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3 for 3: Army kills Pak

soldiers, wipes 7 posts
In response to Poonch district
shelling that left „„Ten Pakistani soldiers were
PM Modi being garlanded by party workers in Bhawanipatna, Odisha. —PTI

child, two others

Cong govts sent growth
injured in Rakh Chakri area
along the Line of Control on
dead on Monday Tuesday
„„Army targeted Pakistan

in reverse gear, says PM

Ishfaq-ul-Hassan posts instrumental in
h_ishfaq@[Link] Monday’s firing. Three were
located in Neza Peer area,
Srinagar: The Army neutral- Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
ised three Pakistani soldiers
on Tuesday in response to the „„Subsequently, schools and DNA Correspondent Credit for India’s transformation
Islamic nation’s ceasefire vio- educational institutions in the correspondent@[Link]
lation on Monday which area were shut down for the
goes to the people of the country,
killed a five-year-old girl, BSF jawans pay tribute to their fallen colleague T. Alex Lalminlun at day and cross-LoC trade was Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi who voted the BJP to power. It is your
among other civilians. Ten wreath-laying ceremony in Jammu on Tuesday—AP also suspended on Tuesday launched a scathing attack vote that brought about positive
other Pakistani soldiers were on the Congress, saying governance gets changes in the country.
also injured and the Army into “reverse gear” whenever the party

Cong vows to review

Narendra Modi,
smashed at least seven posts jouri and Pooch districts. “At comes to power. The PM was kicking off
in Rakh Chakri area along the about 1130 hours, Pakistan the NDA’s Bihar electoral campaign
Prime Minister of India
Line of Control (LoC) in initiated unprovoked cease- from Jamui, a constituency where ally

Army presence in J-K

Poonch district. fire violation by shelling with LJP is fielding Chirag Paswan. gains,” he said. “Even those who were with
A BSF soldier, two civilians artillery, mortars and firing of “Whenever Congress comes to pow- JP during the Emergency are now sitting
and 11 others were injured by small arms in Nowshera Sec- er, price of essential commodities rise, in Congress’s lap,” he added, a reference to
Pakistan army’s on Monday tor. The Indian Army is retali- incidents of terrorism and violence LJD leader Sharad Yadav who is in an al-
along the LoC. Five houses ating befittingly,” said Lieu- Amrita Madhukalya few years, the voting percent- increase, corruption escalates and liance with Congress in Bihar.
were also damaged in the tenant Colonel Devender [Link]@[Link] age has fallen down to single black money consolidates. In fact, gov- He denied that the BJP government
shelling. Anand, Defence spokesman at digits. We have a lot of work ernance goes into reverse gear each will do away with reservations in educa-
Hours later, the Army Jammu. At around 5 pm New Delhi: The Congress pro- to do,” Gowda said. time Congress and its allies come to tion and government jobs, saying only
launched a massive fire as- again, Pakistan began shell- posed a series of changes re- However, party spokesper- power,” he said. his detractors were spreading canards
sault targeting the Pakistan ing in Shahpur and Kerni Sec- garding the security situation son Randeep Surjewala said Appealing to the state’s Dalit voters, about this. “We implemented 10 per cent
posts that were instrumental tors. Subsequently, the Jam- in the Kashmir Valley, includ- their stand on AFSPA is the Modi said the Congress “neglected and quota for economically weaker general
in firing. “Among the seven mu and Kashmir government ing reduction in the presence Supreme Court 2016 judge- insulted” BR Ambedkar like no other class without tampering or ending the
posts destroyed, three were closed down schools and edu- of the Indian Army and cen- ment, where the powers of party did. “Everyone who holds Ambedkar present quota system. Nobody can touch
destroyed in Neza Peer area of cational institutions in the tral armed police forces armed forces were curtailed dear will never side with Congress. But reservations for the backward classes,”
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir,” areas. Cross-LoC trade was (CAPFs), a review of the in criminal offences and sex- now, people are only looking at electoral he said. Turn to P4
said a source. also suspended on Tuesday. Armed Forces (Special Pow- ual violence.
Pakistan confirmed the “Thirty-five trucks were to ers) Act, and has promised to Another key promise is
casualties and identified the
dead soldiers as Subedar Mu-
hammad Riaz, Lance Haval-
leave for PoK, but they could
not go due to firing,” said Fa-
reed Kohili, Custodian Trade
not bring any change to Arti-
cle 370 of the Constitution.
Convenor of the party’s
“an approach of uncompro-
mising firmness” on the bor-
der. The party also said it will
Cong manifesto an agenda
for ‘Balkanisation’: Jaitley
dar Aziz Ullah and Sepoy Sha- Facilitation Centre, Chakan manifesto team, MP Rajeev appoint three interlocutors
hid Mansib. da Bagh. Gowda, told DNA that the sit- for peace talks, hold free and
Fresh tension gripped the Official figures show that uation in Kashmir is “deterio- fair elections for the state As-
Line of Control (LoC) after Pakistan violated ceasefire rating dramatically”. “Dur- sembly and end discrimina-
Pakistan pounded Army posi- 1,599 times in 2018, killing 20 ing the UPA years, we applied tion against students from the DNA Correspondent
tions and civilian areas in Ra- security force personnel. a healing touch but in the last state in other parts of India. correspondent@[Link]
some salient points
n Guarantee of a minimum income
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun to eliminate poverty or Nyuntam Aay

Setback for Hardik as SC declines hearing Jaitley has slammed the Congress par-
ty’s manifesto, saying some of the ideas
in it are “positively dangerous”, and that
the party is on an agenda for “Balkanisa-
Yojana (NyAY)
n Job revolution to ensure 34 lakh jobs
in public sector and persuading state
DNA Correspondent The order passed a pointed query to Patel’s tion” of India. “The Congress’ manifesto govts to fill 20 lakh vacancies
correspondent@[Link] counsel. “The order of con- is a charter to weaken India. After read-
against you is of viction passed against you is ing the manifesto, my worst fears have
n AFSPA and Disturbed Areas Act in
July 25, 2018. Jammu and Kashmir will be reviewed
New Delhi: Patidar leader of July 25, 2018. What were come true. Repeal of Section 124(A) of
Hardik Patel’s hopes of con- What were you doing you doing since then? You the IPC, diluting AFSPA, and ‘bail is the n To simplify GST regime with a
testing the Lok Sabha elec- did not challenge it then; rule, jail is the exception’ for terrorists single moderate rate of tax, zero rate
tions from Gujarat have re-
since then? You didn’t what’s the urgency now?” the and hardcore criminals will severely of exports, and exemption for essential
ceived a major blow, after the challenge then, what’s bench asked. compromise national security,” goods and services.
Supreme Court on Tuesday the urgency now? When Hardik’s counsel Jaitley said.
declined to give his plea an Prashanto Chandra Sen sub- “The manifesto compromises
urgent hearing. Hardik had Supreme Court, while mitted that the high court national security and has sham Later, during a press confer-

Now, tackle fake moved the apex court to seek

a stay on his conviction in a Patidar leader Hardik Patel — file
hearing Hardik Patel’s plea order refusing a stay on the
conviction was on March 29,
and bluff promises with little
detailed understanding of the
ence at BJP headquarters, he
said, “70 years of mistakes have

news online using

2015 case of rioting. the court said, “The high subjects involved. It’s an ir- dragged Jammu and Kashmir to
The last date for filing 29, the Gujarat High Court the court that he is seeking court order was passed on responsible document where it is today. We are estab-
nominations is April 4, and if had refused to grant him re- extraordinary relief to list August 8, 2018. Now you sud- which has never to be imple- lishing rule of law, but Con-

WhatsApp ‘tipline’ Hardik doesn’t manage to get

a stay on the conviction be-
fore that, he won’t be allowed
lief, following which he
moved the apex court.
On Tuesday, lawyers ap-
his case and hear the appeal
because there were only two
days for the nomination
denly wake up and seek an
urgent hearing. How can we
help you when you can’t help
mented since Congress
looks a certain loser,”
Jaitley wrote on his
gress wants to estab-
lish rules of terror-
ists and insur-
New Delhi: WhatsApp unveiled its to contest the polls. On March pearing for Hardik informed deadline. But the bench had yourself ?” Turn to P4 Facebook blog. gents.” Turn to P4
‘Checkpoint Tipline’ on Tuesday where

Why target only my New private ward at AIIMS lacks fire dept NOC
people can check the authenticity of in-
formation received as the messaging
giant looks to crack down on fake news
ahead of the general elections.
“Launched by PROTO, an India-
based media skilling startup, this tipline
will help create a database of rumours
to study misinformation during elec-
statues, Maya to SC Cheena Kapoor
[Link]@[Link]
“The two staircases in the ward
are blocked. The doors in the ward
are not wide enough. We have com-
the staircase that leads into SBI
bank. “The other side will be
cleared soon. We are working on
tions for Checkpoint - a research project Abraham Thomas New Delhi: Patients and their at- municated but the hospital has getting this NOC,” the AIIMS offi-
commissioned and technically assisted [Link]@[Link] tendants visiting the new private failed to make any changes. With- cial said.
by WhatsApp,” the company said. ward at All India Institute of Med- out the NOC, they should not be In the past few years, AIIMS has
Citizens can submit misinformation New Delhi: Cornered by the ical Sciences (AIIMS) will be sit- running the ward. This is a direct witnessed several major and mi-
or rumours they receive to the Check- Supreme Court (SC) for in- ting ducks in case of a fire accident violation of the Fire Services Act,” nor fire incidents. The latest one
point Tipline on WhatsApp (+91-9643- stalling her statues at public as the ward does not have a No said Abhishek Malik, Divisional was at the AIIMS trauma centre on
000-888). expense, Bahujan Samaj Par- Objection Certificate (NOC) from Fire Officer, Delhi Fire Services. March 24. The blaze was doused by
Once a WhatsApp user shares a sus- ty (BSP) chief Mayawati the Delhi Fire Services. The ward Image used for representation As per the Delhi Fire Services 24 fire tenders. While no casualties
picious message, PROTO’s verification questioned in the SC on Tues- has 60 rooms and has been opera- Act 2010, every hospital needs to were reported, many patients were
centre will seek to respond and inform day as to why her statues tional for over a decade. comings. A CAG audit conducted adhere to the norms to get an NOC shifted to other wards and several
the user whether the claim made in mes- alone have been targeted A spot visit by DNA revealed in 2016 stated that a majority of the from the fire department. When others were evacuated. A fire in-
sage shared is verified or not. while other state govern- BSP supremo Mayawati — file that the ward has been running hospitals in Delhi either do not contacted, a concerned official side the administration block at
“The response will indicate if infor- ments were spared for simi- without an approved plan and was have proper fire exits or lack the from the hospital said that they AIIMS in 2015 had destroyed hun-
mation is classified as true, false, mis- lar acts. Stately statues even issued a notice of the short- necessary safety equipment. had pulled down a wall and cleared dreds of files.
leading, disputed or out of scope and Her affidavit came in re-
include any other related information sponse to an order passed by n Statue of Unity:
that is available,” the statement said.
This centre is equipped to review con-
the SC on February 8, asking
Mayawati to reimburse the
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Space junk created Orbital debris that may hit International Space Station
Cost to Guj govt:
tent in the form of pictures, video links money spent out of the state `3,000 cr

Mission Shakti a ‘terrible thing’: NASA chief

or text and will cover English and four coffers for erecting her stat-
regional languages — Hindi, Telugu, ues while she was chief min- n Shiv Smarak of
Bengali and Malayalam. ister. The order came on a PIL Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
PROTO will also look at working with filed by advocate Ravi Kant Cost to Maha govt:
organisations at grassroot level to sub- against the indiscriminate `3,643 cr Washington: Chief of NASA and NASA is right now tracking
mit misinformation circulating across waste of public money by called India shooting down of one objects which are 10 centimeters or
different regions during the election politicians who use their au- n Statue of NT Rama Rao of its own satellites as a “terrible Garbage in orbit bigger. “Some 60 pieces of orbital
period. thority for self-glorification. Cost to Andhra govt: thing” as it created about 400 piec- n ASAT test created 400 pieces of or- debris have been tracked so far, 24
Under pressure to stop rumours and Finding nothing illegal in `155 cr es of orbital debris that have a 44 bital debris that have 44% chance of out of which poses risk to the ISS,”
fake news, WhatsApp had last year re- what she did, Mayawati told per cent risk colliding with the In- colliding with International Space Stn he said.
stricted forwarding messages to five the Court, “The construction n Memorial for J ternational Space Station. India said the test was done in
chats at once. It has also been putting of memorials and installa- Jayalalithaa On March 27, DRDO shot down n NASA says 60 pieces have been the lower atmosphere to ensure that
out advertisements in newspapers and tion of statues in India is not Cost to TN govt: its own low-orbit satellite with a tracked so far, of which 24 are above there is no space debris. “Whatever
running television and radio campaigns a new phenomenon.” She `50.08 cr ground-to-space missile, making the ISS’ apogee debris that is generated will decay
offering tips to users on how to spot mis- cited the installation of stat- India a “space power”. Only three n MEA said test was done in lower and fall back onto the earth within
information. — PTI ues of former Prime Minis- other countries — the US, Russia atmosphere to ensure the debris weeks,” the Ministry of External
ters Jawaharlal Nehru, Indi- jarat government and the and China — have anti-satellite generated will decay and fall back Affairs said after the test. The ASAT
ra Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, PV Central government using missile (ASAT) capabilities. test did not violate any internation-
Forward Narasimha Rao by successive public funds worth over Rs The National Aeronautics and
onto earth within weeks
al law or treaty to which India is a
Citizens can submit misinformation Congress governments at the 3000 crore. Similarly, she Space Administration (NASA) Ad- party to or has any national obliga-
or rumours they receive as Centre and state level. highlighted certain decisions ministrator Jim Bridenstine said bit farthest from the Earth. with the future of human space- tion, MEA also clarified.
WhatsApp messages to +91-9643- She then cited the con- adopted by various state gov- about 60 pieces of debris have been “That is a terrible, terrible thing flight that we need to see have hap- Interestingly, Bridenstine is the
000-888. It will then inform the user struction of the 182 metre tall ernments to undertake con- tracked so far and out of which 24 to create an event that sends debris pen,” he said at a NASA townhall first top official from the Trump
whether the claim made in message statue of Sardar Vallabhai struction of statues and me- are going above the apogee of the and an apogee that goes above the with employees on Monday. administration to come out in pub-
shared is verified. Patel named as Statue of morials using public money. International Space Station (ISS), international space station. That Bridenstine said not all of the lic against the India’s ASAT test.
Unity made jointly by the Gu- Full report, [Link] the point of the space station’s or- kind of activity is not compatible pieces were big enough to track  — PTI
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daily news & analysis I Ahmedabad I Wednesday, April 3, 2019
ah edabad
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Ahd-E: Caste factor Cong fields Dhanani from Amreli,

in brief
Cops file affidavit
in VHP case
finalises candidates for 5 other seats
challenge for BJP
The city police on Tues-
day filed an affidavit in
connection with a petition
in which The Vishwa Hin- DNA correspondent the candidate against BJP
du Parishad (Uttar Guja- correspondent@[Link] president Amit Shah from
rat Prant) Ahmedabad the prestigious Gandhinagar
had accused the cops of
being mute spectators as BJP in a quandary over selection of candidate in what Ending the suspense, the
Congress finalised Paresh
seat. Shah replaced LK Ad-
vani as the BJP nominee.
the VHP forcefully evicted
them from their office in is otherwise a safe seat, awaits Congress move Dhanani as its candidate for
Amreli Lok Sabha on Tues-
The Congress also final-
ised Ashok Adhewal as its
Paldi on February 9, 2019. day. The party also finalised candidate from Surat LS seat.
The cops had denied all Chintan Acharya candidates for five other Late on Monday night, the
the allegations and said [Link]@[Link] seats. A formal list likely to Congress had nominated for-
that the argument that pe- Assembly Constituencies be announced on Wednesday mer government official and
titioner’s demand for the Gandhinagar : The caste morning. Patidar leader AJ Patel from
return of the property equation over Ahmedabad under this seat Sources said the Con- Mehsana. He belongs to the
should not be considered East was never an issue for gress’s Central Election Com- politically and economically
as litigation regarding the BJP till 2014 polls as the seat is Dahegam, Gandhinagar South, Vatva, Nikol, Naroda, mittee cleared Dhanani’s Paresh Dhanani would contest LS election for first time —File Photo powerful Kadva Patidar com-
appointment of trustees believed to be sure for the par- Thakkarbapa Nagar, Bapunagar name as Amreli candidate. munity.
was still pending ty. However, the situation This would be his first LS other responsibilities rather dropped by BJP, Tuesday an- With these, the Congress
before the Charity Com- seems tough for the ruling election. DNA had reported than being tied up in one seat. nounced support for Patel. party has finalised candidates
missioner. party as they are struggling to on March 30 that Dhanani A triangular fight is likely in The Congress finalised for 20 out of 26 LS seats in the
decide from which community was the frontrunner for the Bharuch if BTP leader and Mulu Kandoriya, who has state. Ahmedabad East, Sa-
Traders hail GST their candidate should be field- ticket. MLA Chhotu Vasava also re- been associated with the par- barkantha, Banaskantha,
set off change ed against the Congress. PD Vasava, MLA from mains in the fray. ty for 35 years, as its candi- Bhavnagar, Dahod, and Kheda
Traders in Gujarat have In the 2014 polls, Bollywood ac- Nandod seat, was finalised as The Congress finalised date from Jamnagar Lok are the seats where the candi-
hailed the amendment by tor Paresh Rawal made his de- the candidate from Bharuch. four-term former MP and Sabha seat. The 60-year-old is dates are yet to be declared.
Central Board of Indirect but in politics through this seat There was immense pressure Limbdi MLA Soma Patel as also involved with various
Taxes (CBIC). Earlier, the only and he was elected from on senior leader Ahmed Patel its nominee from Suren- educational trusts. He will Prabhu Tokiya from DNH
tax refund under IGST here during the Modi wave un- to fight from Bharuch, but he dranagar. He will face off take on MP and BJP candi- The Congress finalised tribal
was first set off against disputedly, despite him not is believed to have prevailed against BJP candidate Ma- date Poonam Madam. leader Prabhu Tokiya, 40, as
tax payable for IGST and having the local base here. over the party that it would hendra Munjpara. Sitting MP Gandhinagar North MLA its candidate for Dadra & Na-
then for CGST and SGST However, the same wave seems SC 2.37 be better if he focused on Devji Fatepara, who was CJ Chavda was selected as gar Haveli seat.
in that order. Now the af- missing this time. The BJP Patel 2.07
ter exhausting IGST pay- leaders are forced to do the rig- Muslims 1.20
ment, the balance could
be set off against SGST
orous brain churning to select
a candidate from this seat.
OBC Total Voters 2.30
2.10
Man with 56 ki change of track
Non Gujarati
17.87 L
or CGST in any order.
Now traders will be able
The names of front runners
for this seat belong to different
Kshatriya
Thakor
1.10
2.20 chhati will
finish Pak: CM
to utilize their entire re- communities. Those in race are Brahmins 1.03
fund amount for payment convener of Vishv Umiya Foun- Sindhi 1.40
of taxes and then only dation CK Patel, Bollywood ac- Others 2.10
they will have to pay ad- tor Manoj Joshi, BJP MLA Jag- Numbers in Lakh DNA Correspondent
ditional tax, if any dish Panchal, and local leaders correspondent@[Link]
from Ahmedabad city like Jag- Poll results in past
Two injured in dish Patel and Asit Vora. Sourc- Gujarat chief minister Vijay
2009 2014
LPG blasts es said these too are based on Rupani on Tuesday said that
Two persons sustained the caste equation again. Harin Pathak (BJP) won with the Paresh Rawal(BJP) won with the PM Narendra Modi will finish
injuries in a fire caused A senior BJP leader said on margin of 86,056 votes against margin of 3,26,633 votes Pakistan. Rupani was address-
by 11 LPG cylinders’ the condition of anonymity, Congress’ Dipak Babaria against Cong Himmatsinh Patel ing a rally in hometown Ra-
blast at Saragvada “There is no committed vote jkot before the BJP Lok Sabha
village in Dholka on bank this time after 2014. A candidate from Rajkot seat,
Tuesday. Two houses huge chunk of BJP voters have timate choice is the preroga- Kshatriya community. The Mohan Kundariya, filed his
were reduced to ashes as further divided into communi- tive of the party high com- Vatva, Nikol, Naroda, Th- nomination. Rupani referred
a result of fire. The ties and therefore we are look- mand,” the leader added. akkarbapa Nagar and Bapuna- to the PM as “man with 56-
sudden blast of two LPG ing for the face that is accept- Looking at the pattern of gar assembly seats are in inch ki chhati”.
cylinder in quick able to all.” caste combination for this par- Ahmedabad city and here, Rupani said, “The man with
succession caused panic “We have therefore decided ticular seat, there are seven there are almost equal number 56-inch ki chhati will finish
among the villagers. to wait for Congress’ candidate assembly seats that fall under of voters from Patel, Schedule Pakistan by entering to their
Local police has begun to come out first. We will field the Ahmedabad East Lok Sab- Caste and Non-Gujarati votes. territory. These elections are
an investigation our candidate accordingly. We ha constituency. Dahegam and Besides this, the population of between Hindustan and Paki-
regarding the cause of prefer the local persons who Gandhinagar South seats have Muslim, Sindhi and OBC com- stan. If Rahul Gandhi wins Former PAAS leader Reshma Patel (centre) joined NCP on Tuesday in presence of Jayant Boski (left), president of
fire. can remain among the masses rural base and dominance of munities is also in considera- these polls, crackers would NCP in Gujarat. She had recently resigned from BJP —PRAVIN INDREKAR/DNA
after being elected, but the ul- Thakor voters followed by the ble number. burst in Pakistan.”
“The BJP’s agendas are na-
tionalism and patriotism

BJP fields Shardaben Patel from Mehsana

DNA Correspondent Jayshreeben Patel, who had said to be under tremendous it has announced candidates
whereas the Congress plays
politics of vote bank and ap-
peases terrorists. Their Gath-
bandhan is a group of thugs
Shah to visit city to Cong says
Shah’s rally
address party issues violated MCC
correspondent@[Link] won in 2009 and 2014, as the pressure to contest from so far. The other women field- that could not decide on their
BJP candidate in the Patidar Mehsana. ed by BJP are Bharti Shiyal leader, whereas BJP’s leader is
Laying to rest speculations dominated seat. Her husband After much delay, the BJP from Bhavnagar, Poonam Narendra Modi who is com-
about its candidate for Anil Patel, who was industries also repeated Darshana Jar- Madam from Jamnagar, Ran- mitted to the development of DNA Correspondent
Mehsana Lok Sabha seat, the minister, and also founder dosh as its candidate from Su- janben Bhatt from Vadodara, India and Indian people with- DNA Correspondent correspondent@[Link]
BJP announced that Sharda- president of Ganpat Univer- rat seat. There were specula- and Geeta Rathwa from Chho- out appeasement to any,” Ru- correspondent@[Link]
ben Patel, wife of former min- sity, had succumbed to cancer tions that the two-term MP ta Udepur. pani added. The state Congress on Tuesday
ister Late Anil Patel, would be in August. would be dropped in favour of The BJP is yet to announce Rupani also said that Modi Gandhinagar: Bharatiya Ja- complained to the state’s Chief
its nominee from the crucial The announcement of another candidate, but the candidate for Ahmedabad acted as Chowkidar (watch- nata Party’s national presi- Electoral Officer (CEO) against
seat. The party also repeated Shardaben Patel as the BJP BJP decided to stick with her. East seat. Actor and sitting man) of India and brought ter- dent Amit Shah is going to BJP president Amit Shah for
its Surat MP Darshana Jar- candidate also comes as a With this, BJP has fielded MP Paresh Rawal had recently rorism to an end. His acts baf- come on Wednesday evening allegedly violating the model
dosh. huge relief for deputy chief women candidates in six out said that he would not be con- fled the Congress and there- in Ahmedabad. He will con- code of conduct for holding a
Shardaben replaces MP minister Nitin Patel, who was of 25 Gujarat seats for which testing in the polls. fore, they were making fake duct important meetings rally near hospitals.
promise to lure voters, claimed with top brass of the party for The BJP held a rally and
Rupani. two days. road-show near Sardar Patel
Rupani also verbally at- Party chief is here to en- statue cross-road in Naranpu-
tacked the Congress’ poll man- sure that party members’ are ra before Shah went to Gandhi-
ifesto and said that Manmohan kept in good mood for the run nagar for filing his nomination
Singh was just a remote control up to the election, as there is Amit Shah papers for Gandhinagar Lok
PM and Soniya Gandhi and her possibility of some changing Sabha seat on March 30.
family looted India for the ten side after the list of candi- The Congress alleged in the
years of their rule at the Cent- dates is announced. Agenda complaint that three big hospi-
er. He also added that the Con- The major issue is for Un- Last week, when the party tals, with emergency and trau-
gress always was intent on cor- jha assembly constituency chief had visited the city ma care wards, exist near the
ruption of national resources. where the by polls are going he had summoned BJP crossroad, and holding a rally
Vijay Rupani also spoke to be held on April 3. The for- members and asked them to around such an area was a vio-
about the central govern- mer MLA Naran Patel has resolve the underlying prob- lation of model code of con-
ment’s different schemes and been opposing Congress turn- lems, said a party source. duct.
said that only the BJP and Nar- coat Dr Asha Patel who is “How can permission for
endra Modi could think and front runner in the race for Amit Shah is also likely using loudspeakers be given in
act for the sake of people of the ticket. also review the prepara- the vicinity of hospitals, where
India. He launched a mobile A senior party leader of tions for Modi rally to be so many patients are undergo-
application BJP-Setu here for BJP confirmed the updates held on April 10 ing treatment,” state Congress
the party’s campaign as well. and said, “Last time when he spokesperson Manish Doshi,
had come to file nomination, said.
a day before also he had sum- meeting in night and that In a letter to CEO S Murali
moned all the BJP leaders at could last till the late night, Krishna, Doshi alleged that
his home and had literally the leader added. traffic was stopped on public
rapped them over political Moreover, he is also going roads all of a sudden for the
imbroglio prevailing in state. to discuss the issues related road-show without the police
The local leadership failed to to poll rallies by PM Naren- commissioner issuing any no-
control the damage and there- dra Modi that will be held in tification or public circular.
fore now Amitbhai has to play Gujarat April 10 onwards. “These are serious lapses.
the role of rescuer.” The party chief will push the The administration has ig-
Shah will arrive local organisation to bring in nored its functions, and there
Ahmedabad in a private char- voters in maximum numbers is a clear violation of model
ter in the evening and will for the rally as the PM will ad- code of conduct. A complaint
reach his residence directly. dress one rally for three to should be filed against the BJP
The BJP chief may start four constituencies at one go. candidate,” he demanded.

support system They want govt to give them pension

Divyang org ask for atleast 2 LS seats

DNA Correspondent lenges we do,” said Kumar. “The card should ideally
correspondent@[Link] Hailing from Mehsana Ku- have been enough for us to
mar said that he has set dead- get discounts in public trans-
The Bharatiya Divyang San- line to April 7 for political port and other such facilities.
gathan has sought that each parties to declare disable can- But as of know nothing of
of the prominent national didates. He said if they fail to that sort is provided,” said
and state parties give ticket agree to his demand he will Kumar.
to at least one Disabled candi- reveal some big announce- Another crucial demand
dates this Lok Sabha elec- ment. Kumar had was pension ben-
tions. Kumar was also not satis- efits for disabled community.
Amit Kumar, national fied with the arrangements “People who are above 90%
president of the organisation for disabled voters at the poll- disabled they should get fi-
said that for years the disa- ing booth. Amit Kumar national president of nancial support in form of
bled people have been repre- He also said a divyang Bharatiya Divyang Sangathan pension from the govern-
senting their programmes card does not appeal to disa- ment. For many poor, the big-
but they hardly get ad- bled voters. himself wheelchair bound. gest concern is source of in-
dressed. “Only a disabled “We don’t need identity He said what the card come as they don’t even get
MLA can understand our card. Moreover when people could have instead done was jobs. If pension provided will
concerns since he too would see us they know we are disa- provide them access to ser- help them lead a respectable
have faced the same chal- bled,” said Kumar who is vice by presenting the card. life,” said Kumar.
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Deadlock on Pirana solution

in brief
Bizmen pay
condolences to
former GCCI prez Environment ministry asks civic body to find alternative to dumping site rather than capping
Businessmen and people
from all walks of life Gargi Raval floated tenders again for the
paid rich tributes to [Link]@[Link] plastic ban same. But there’s also trouble
Kalyan Shah, former as two companies have already
„„The civic body is also
president of Gujarat There’s a question mark yet been given a contract to use the
in a dilemma regarding
Chamber of Commerce again on the solution to Pirana. legacy waste as well as the
the ban on single-use
and Industry (GCCI). Recently, the Ministry of Envi- daily solid waste to generate
plastic. Quite a few
Shah had passed away ronment and Forest (MoEF) electricity. There is yet another
wrappers and covers for
on Sunday, March 31. A had written a letter to the big question on the project of
things such as packing of
condolence meet (besna) Ahmedabad Municipal Corpo- electricity generation. “After
bread are of single-use
was held on Tuesday. He ration (AMC), asking it to find the drive of segregated waste
plastic. Meetings with
headed GCCI for the some alternative for the dump- collection, around 20-25% of
plastic manufacturers and
term 2001-2, He was a site other than capping. the dry waste has been recy-
hotel associations are
well known face in the The civic body had given a cled while the remaining is wet
going on, regarding a ban
textile industry of project to prepare a Detailed waste. Generation of electric-
on plastic cups, forks and
Ahmedabad. Project Report (DPR) to Tata ity needs dry waste which can
spoons.
Consultancy Services for cap- be used for combustion; wet
69 candidates ping off one of the garbage “We have received a letter According to the director of waste can’t be used for that
filed nomination hills of Pirana. Earlier, the from the MoEF asking to find Solid Waste Management, Har- garbage is pending there can purpose,” said an official, on
Gandhinagar : As many task of preparing DPR was some solution other than cap- shad Solanki, there are three be used for resurfacing the condition of anonymity.
as 69 candidates on
Tuesday have filed their
nomination for Lok Sab-
given to IL&FS. After receiv-
ing a letter from the MoEF, the
civic body is in a dilemma over
ping. Recently, the standing
committee had approved to
give a project of preparing
garbage hills at Pirana landfill
site. One of them is Ajmeri
hill, the oldest one, which the
land or can be mixed with or-
ganic fertilizer. But after re-
ceiving a letter from the MoEF,
“We are skeptical about
the bio-mining project also
and we fear that someone may
Heatwave warning for
ha polls on different
seats in Gujarat. The list
includes seven candi-
what to do with Pirana, which
is already a headache for
them.
DPR to a private company for
the capping,” said a senior
AMC official.
AMC has not been using since
1990. Bio-mining of that site is
not possible, he said. Whatever
there is a problem again.
On the other hand, for bio
mining, the civic body has
approach the high court
against this decision,” added
the official.
state in next three days
dates of BJP and three DNA Correspondent
of Congress. Besides correspondent@[Link]
Son, father
School not cooperating, says DEO
that, total seven candi-
dates filed nominations The India Meteorology Depart-
for three different as-
sembly constituencies
Dhrangadhra, Jamnagar
were attacked DNA Correspondent
ment (IMD) has warned of
heatwave conditions at several
places across the state in the
Rural and Manavadar.
The last day of filing over parking correspondent@[Link]
School entitled to next three days. The city is al-
ready sizzling with the mercu-
nomination is April 04
in Gujarat for the polls
DNA Correspondent
correspondent@[Link]
A day after over 50 students
were allegedly locked up in a
insist for fees ry going up. On Tuesday, the
maximum temperature was
Take a chill pill
to be held on April 23.
A complaint was lodged with
classroom by Global Indian In-
ternational School (GIIS), the
approved by FRC four degrees above normal. The
mercury touched the 42 degree
„„Tips to avoid heat
HC refuses bail stroke:
the Narol police station on District Education Officer, The FRC has allowed Ud- Celsius mark, making it the sec-
to army man Monday after a father and son Ahmedabad-rural, in a report gam School for Children to ond hottest day of the year so „„Drink plenty of water
The Gujarat High Court duo were attacked by four peo- submitted to the Fee Regulatory insist parents for payment far.
„„Avoid boozing
has denied bail to a dec- ple with an iron rod and a sword Committee stated that the of any outstanding According to IMD data, cur-
orated para special force over vehicle parking issues in a school authorities are non-coop- amount of final fees ap- rently the northwesterly winds „„Stay indoors,
commando, Jigar Vyas, housing society. erative. proved by the FRC before are prevailing across the state. especially between 2 and
rejecting his argument The complaint was lodged The report was submitted fol- giving admission for aca- These winds blow from the dry 5 pm
that his services are re- by victim Nasir Pathan (18), a lowing a complaint made by demic year 2019-20. The and hot state of Rajasthan. It
quired at the front in resident of Rehmat Society in some parents of GIIS, alleging Pic for representation school last month had further stated that heatwave „„Wear light and loose
Jammu and Kashmir. Narol. He stated in his com- that the school had held their written to the DEO seek- conditions are likely to prevail clothes
The division bench of plaint that he lives with his children in a classroom and had Rakesh Vyas, DEO, Ahmedabad- reply on why action should not ing their intervention for at isolated pockets in the dis-
Justice SR Brahmbhatt family in a rented house. cancelled their admission. On rural said, “Our report essen- be taken against them. The FRC some parents, who were tricts of Banaskantha, Sabar- Across the state, Suren-
and Justice VB Mayani On the night of April 1, at Monday, after the parents tially focuses on non-coopera- asked the school to file their re- not willing to pay fees. The kantha, Ahmedabad, Kutch, dranagar recorded the highest
rejected Vyas’s plea on around 10:30pm, his father, dropped their wards to school, tion by the school management ply in seven days failing which school in its letter had Porbandar, Surendranagar and maximum temperature which
the ground that it is al- identified as Rahim Pathan, few affected students were in for over complaint filed by the par- the committee will pass appro- stated: While the school Amreli. was 42.5 degree Celsius. The
ways open for him to in- was parking his auto rickshaw a shock when they were not al- ents. The school did not give any priate order. has refunded the differ- According to IMD, the maxi- lowest minimum temperature
voke executive powers in the society’s parking area. lowed to enter the classroom but reply and were not cooperative An official statement from ence as per the FRC, there mum temperature is expected was recorded at Naliya which
and authority of the One of the neighbours started sit in a separate classroom for an hence we are drawing attention the school said, “GIIS is a re- are some parents who have to be around 42 degree Celsius was 19.3 degree Celsius.
state, if so warranted, abusing him for it and told him hour, as they had not paid fees. of the FRC which will eventu- sponsible academic institution not paid fees as per the today, while the minimum tem- The scorching sun and sud-
for his release. He is to park the vehicle somewhere Following the complaint, the ally take action against the that works for the betterment of FRC order. As the new aca- perature will be around 23 de- den rise in temperature has left
serving a life term for else. When his father told the education officials visited the school. The FRC has also issued education in India and takes the demic year is about to start gree Celsius. many citizens restless. “We
killing his wife’s para- person to stop abusing him, the school campus to verify the al- show-cause notice to the issues of safety and well-being from April 2019, we will The temperature dipped in cannot move out during day
mour in Bhavnagar. accused, identified as Rasida- legation and insisted on check- school.” of any child on its premises very need to clarify with the au- parts of Saurashtra and rose in time and feel like drinking wa-
banu, Yunus, Javed and Irfan, ing the CCTV footage. However, Interestingly, on March 30, seriously. GIIS has followed the thorities on the action the parts of Kutch. There was no ter and cold beverages con-
all belonging to the same family, the CCTV was not working. FRC had issued a show-cause due process for fixing of school school can take. large change in the Gujarat re- stantly,” said Shayma Pandya,
started attacking Pathan. Commenting on the report, notice to the school seeking a fees. gion. a resident of Jivrajpark.

‘Glaring’ violations FESTIVE FERVOUR

Relief to L&T as HC quashes
of EC guidelines in customs levy of `532 crore
law min’s poll win DNA Correspondent
correspondent@[Link]

DNA Correspondent tably, Chudasama’s poll victory In a major relief for corporate
correspondent@[Link] from Dholka constituency by a major Larsen and Toubro
wafer-thin margin of 327 votes (L&T), the Gujarat High Court
In what could add to the trouble has been challenged by rival has saved it from customs duty
Pravin Indrekar/DNA

of law minister Bhupendrasinh Congress candidate Ashwin demand of Rs 330 crore and an
Chudasama who is defending Rathod before the high court. interest of Rs 202 crore for al-
his assembly poll victory, the The latter has alleged that the legedly violating provisions of
Gujarat High Court has found BJP leader won the election af- the Customs Act with regard to
“glaring” violations of the ter the returning officer myste- storage and release of imported
mandatory guidelines issued riously rejected 429 votes re- goods from a private bonded
by the Election Commission ceived through postal ballots, a warehouse in Hazira. The com-
(EC) regarding vote counting number greater than the win- pany is involved in the manu- A warehouse in Hazira
procedures by returning officer ning margin. Rathod has also Women of Maheshwari community celebrate Gangaur festival where they worship Goddess Gauri facturing of oil exploration
Dhaval Jani. The court has also alleged that Gaurang Prajapati, platforms and related machin- Company’s defence
brought the violations to the who was supposed to be the re- ery, and ship building, at its „„The counsel for the order the raw materials
notice of the poll panel, so that turning officer, was replaced Hazira facility.

CGST officials unearth `88 crore

company contended that and parts used for
it can take corrective steps. No- with Jani after the implementa- The demand notice for the the union government had manufacturing of goods
tion of the election code of con- period 1986-2012 was issued by issued various notifications supplied in connection
duct to increase Chudasama’s customs department on the since 1986, with the latest with offshore oil
prospects of winning the elec-
tion.
During the hearing on Tues-
tax evasion in Kushal Limited ground that the goods imported
and stored in the private bond-
ed warehouse were used for
being on March 17, 2012.
„„As per the 2012
exploration and ships
from customs duty were
exempted
day in the ongoing trial in the DNA Correspondent ments like e-Way Bill. The firm manufacturing in the ware-
case, the single-judge bench of correspondent@[Link] got and sold fake invoices in- house and cleared from there
Justice Paresh Upadhyay has volving transactions worth Rs after the stipulated expiry of court quashed and set-aside the because the same private bond-
joined Jani and the EC as party- Central Goods and Services Of- 672.32 crore, and claimed ITC one-year. The department demand notice by remarking it ed warehouse was also the
respondents and directed them ficials (CGST) officials bursted worth Rs 88.78 crore, causing claimed that the company nev- as “illegal”, “belated”, “without manufacturing site, the same
to file their reply in the matter a racket of tax evasion to the equivalent revenue loss to the er applied for extension of authority and law” and “unrea- cannot be termed as ware-
Bhupendrasinh Chudasama by April 16. tune of Rs 88.78 crore and ar- state exchequer. warehousing period and treat- sonable”. The court held that housed goods having been
In a 23-page order, the court rested Sandeep Agrawal, CMD “The central GST depart- ed the same as ‘improperly re- throughout the disputed peri- stored beyond the stipulated
has pinpointed seven violations of Ahmedabad-based Kushal ment is actively monitoring moved goods’. It also claimed od, there were sufficient checks period. The court also held that
No verdict yet of the EC guidelines by Jani, Ltd. Agrawal had used fake bills of the state for issuing of bill such frauds involving issuance that some of the imported con- and balances, where the offic- when warehouse was also the
The court clarified that which includes avoiding man- to claim Input Tax Credit (ITC), and receiving invoices. Howev- of fake invoices which leads to signments were stored in the ers of the department were in manufacturing site, the restric-
the violations pointed datory reverification and re- without actual transportation er, these transactions were only major evasion of GST and the warehouse, used for manufac- control and monitored the tion of removal from the ware-
above are not the opinion counting of postal ballots, start- of goods. on paper and did not involve department resolves to take turing, and cleared from there movement of goods at the ware- house within the stipulated pe-
of the court and it has not ing EVM counting before end According to a statement of any transportation of goods. suitable action against individ- after expiry of 90 days and be- house. riod is immaterial. It also con-
arrived at any judgment of the postal ballot counting, Preventive Wing of Central When questioned after the ar- ual and companies involved in fore one-year, on which interest The court also held that once sidered the fact that production
on any of the issue. using mobile phone which is GST, Agrawal used a number of rest, Agrawal confessed that such acts to protect government is recoverable as per the Act. the goods were released in the cycle in ship manufacturing is
prohibited in counting room. companies from different parts there were no transport docu- revenue,” the statement said. A division bench of the manufacturing process, merely a relatively long process.

Dediapada taluka panchayat keeps its ‘hisab’ on display FB pal harasses school
Smitha R
smitha.r@[Link] Feedback
next, they put up a board out-
side the school to detail the
chayats don’t have much power
and this was a good way of in-
teacher, calls him cheat
„„Govind Desai of same. “We felt we had to give forming people about the work DNA Correspondent As their friendship grew they
A gram panchayat in the Dedi- AKRSP said when the them the information — being done,” claimed Desai. correspondent@[Link] decided to meet. At the time,
apada taluka in Gujarat has calendar detailing the whether they asked us or not,” Interestingly, he said, when Sharma’s friend, identified as one
done what many national gov- income and expenditure said Vasava. the calendar detailing the in- Friendship on Facebook has Shanu, was also present. They
ernments don’t like to do: Pre- was released, there was Govind Desai, senior man- come and expenditure was re- turned out to be a nightmare for had gone to Karnavati club area
sent a clear ‘hisab’ of how they no criticism of the way ager of Aga Khan Rural Sup- leased, there was no criticism a school teacher after his female in Sharma’s car and after a while,
spent their annual budget. funds were being spent port Programme (AKRSP) who of the way funds were being friend alleged him of stealing her Joshi was dropped back home.
To that end, the gram sabhas but instead, the villagers has worked in the area as part spent, but instead, the villagers purse. When he denied the charg- The next day morning, Joshi got
of Khokhraumar and Kundi- simply gave feedback on of their good governance ini- simply gave feedback on how es, she forced her way into his a call from Sharma and she told
amba — covering two and three how and where the funds tiative said it was during one and where the funds could be house with a couple of accom- him that her purse was missing
villages respectively — decided could be spent better of the discussions that the spent better the next time. “The plices and threatened him and and asked him whether he had
to create a calendar that details gram panchayat put forward villagers wanted more funds to his family. The incident took any idea about it. Joshi told her
its income and expenditure and the idea. “It has been our ob- be spent on ensuring drinking place on the night of April 1, at she must have left it inside her car
distributed it among the 200 to several months, we did collect servation that many times, vil- water supply, which is a major around 11:30pm. The complaint itself and denied seeing it. Seven
250 families of the villages. all the details of the funds al- lagers don’t trust the gram problem here. They also want- was lodged by victim Sagar Joshi days after the incident, Sharma
Maganbhai Vasava, sar- Pic for representation located and the actual work panchayat and the sarpanch, ed better spending on health (32), a resident of Vastrapur area asked Joshi to meet her at Shalby
panch of a Kundiamba village done and sanctioned,” said and believe that no work is be- and education,” said Desai. and a teacher at Anand Niketan hospital road. When Joshi
said that the idea behind the tantly, an attempt at transpar- had to chase the talati for some Vasava. ing done because the funds are He added, though, that for School. Joshi stated in his com- reached the shot, he saw that
initiative was that they wanted ency. “It took us some time to time as he would be able to give He said that though they being siphoned away by the the gram panchayats to get de- plaint that around two months there were two unknown men
the people to know about the actually get information about us information only when he experimented with the calen- panchayat. The truth is that tails of the funds allocated, was back, he became friends Kritika with Sharma, who started abus-
work done and more impor- the funds allocated to us. We was free. But, over a period of dar for one year only, for the the sarpanch and gram pan- an exercise in patience. Sharma, on Facebook. ing him for stealing her purse.
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BEL bent norms for AFSPA partially revoked in Arunachal Sumit Kumar Singh
three of nine ed stated that AFSPA will

private co: Report

[Link]@[Link] continue in other areas in
„„AFSPA has been view of continuing activities
New Delhi: The controver- removed from 3 of 9 of banned insurgent groups
sial Armed Forces (Special districts of Arunachal of the Northeast.
Powers) Act (AFSPA) has A review of the law and
been partially removed from „„AFSPA has been order situation in Arunachal
three of nine districts of termed a controversial Pradesh’s six districts was
Arunachal Pradesh but will law by many activists undertaken before the March
Internal papers point to malpractice in Bharat Electronics Ltd remain in force in the areas
bordering Myanmar. „„In March 2018, AFSPA
31 deadline.
In March last year, the AF-
DNA Correspondent The Ministry of Home Af- was removed completely SPA was removed completely
correspondent@[Link] fairs issued a notification stat- from Meghalaya following from Meghalaya following
ing that the four police station improvement in security improvement in security sit-
New Delhi: The Bharat Elec- areas which were declared as File photo of a protest against AFSPA situation. uation.
tronics Limited (BEL) is in disturbed areas under the AF- The AFSPA is imposed in
the dock for allocating a con- SPA in Arunachal Pradesh cation issued on Sunday A senior Home Ministry Changlang and Longding dis- areas where armed forces are
sultancy contract of confi- are no longer under the pur- pointed out AFSPA has been official said, “The disturbed tricts and areas under the required to operate in aid to
dential air command and view of the special law. from Balemu and Bhaluk- area tag was withdrawn from jurisdiction of Namsai and civil authorities. For the AF-
control project of Indian Air The ministry took the de- pong police stations in West the four police station areas Mahadevpur police stations SPA to become valid, an area,
Force to a single company cision exercising its powers Kameng district, Seijosa po- as law and order situation in Namsai district, Roing in however, needs to be declared
without proper laid out pro- conferred under section 3 of lice station in East Kameng there has improved.” Lower Dibang Valley district disturbed either by the Cen-
cess, reveals the company’s the Armed Forces (Special district and Balijan police The notification, however, and Sunpura in Lohit district tral or the state government
internal report. Powers) Act, 1958. station in Papumpare dis- stated that AFSPA will con- till September 30. under the section 3 of the
The report, accessed by The ministry in the notifi- trict. tinue to remain in Tirap, The official further point- 1958 Act.
DNA, said that there were

Election panel shunts Rajasthan Guv violated poll

“irregularities” in awarding
consultancy contracts of the Representational image of a defence communication system
Integrated Air Command and
Control System (IACCS), an Official behind deal joined pvt firm

out J’khand top cop code, EC writes to President

automated command and
control system for air defence „„The contracts were of „„But the official, RK
operations, to a private com- Integrated Air Command Handa, joined the company
pany. IACCS also integrates and Control System after his retirement
all ground based and air- Ranchi: The Election Com- New Delhi: The Election
borne sensors.
„„In Oct 2018, an official „„The scam was out after
mission has ordered the can’t visit state Commission of India (ECI)
No unique case
awarded a contract for a few IACCS sites under
The BEL, in October 2018, preliminary project report construction crashed transfer of senior IPS officer The EC said that Anurag on Tuesday wrote a letter to In the 1990s, a governor
also found that a senior of- of Jharkhand Police (Special Kumar should not be President Ram Nath Kovind was forced to quit for
ficer RK Handa, who was be- Branch), Anurag Gupta. allowed to take leave or accusing Rajasthan Gover- flouting the model poll
hind awarding contract to the given for all 10 sites across for only two years (2010-11 In its order, the Commis- given work that can call nor Kalyan Singh of alleg- code by campaigning
private vendor to prepare a the country had deviations in and 2011-12),” the inquiry re- sion asked the Chief Election for a visit to Jharkhand. edly violating the model code for his son. Voting was
Preliminary Project Report, the implementation at few port stated. Commissioner of the state to He has been accused of of conduct. also cancelled in the
later joined the same compa- places incurring losses to The matter of irregulari- remove him from the current interfering in elections On March 25, Singh had constituency, which was in
ny after his retirement. The BEL. ties came to limelight when a assignment. and miuse of power. said that as a party worker, Madhya Pradesh. Kalyan
PSU awarded M/s RD Kon- The inquiry report point- few IACCS sites under con- The Additional director he “genuinely” wanted the Singh had praised PM
sultants to prepare the PPR ed specifically that M/s RD struction had collapsed. An general of police was asked Bharatiya Janata Party Modi in his speech for
in 2011 and then again Konsultants was established inspection team visited one by the poll panel to report to conduct/service rules.” (BJP) to win the ensuing Lok which EC has written to
brought as the design con- in April 2010, but to show a of the sites on March 22, 2018 the resident commissioner The state will have Lok Sabha elections while ob- the President.
sultant in 2013, violating laid turnover of the last three and March 23, 2018 to probe Jharkhand at New Delhi by 1 Sabha elections in four phas- serving that Narendra Modi Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh
out norms. years as per requirement of the incident. Even though pm on Tuesday. es, with the first phase on should become the Prime
The report stated: “No the contract, they showed a CCTV cameras were in- The EC said that he should April 29. Minister again. of Uttar Pradesh (1991-1992 other rivals had brought
norms of Request for Pro- turnover of 2009-10 and also stalled, the BEL fact-finding not be allowed to take leave or Earlier, Rajeev Kumar, a This, however, has been as well as 1997-1999) was ap- the issue to the notice of
posal or tendering were fol- got it verified by a chartered team was told by its own given work that can call for a 1989-batch IPS officer, was in construed as a violation of pointed the Governor of Ra- the Election Commission
lowed, but it was selected just accountant. manager deployed at the site visit to Jharkhand. the eye of a storm following a the MCC by the ECI, sources jasthan in 2014. and demanded action as per
based on a recommendation “This clearly shows that that the footage was not avail- In a letter to the Jharkhand tussle between the Mamata said earlier today. A Governor is considered the law.
by the Defence Research and false information was pro- able. chief electoral officer, EC Banerjee government and the “As a worker of BJP, I gen- to be a neutral post and the In the 1990s, a Governor
Development Organisation vided. Also, a company that An engineer from Metal- said Anurag Gupta is holding NDA regime at the Centre. uinely want the party to win. person occupying the office was forced to resign for vio-
(DRDO) with no written cor- came into existence on April lurgical & Engineering Con- the post of ADG, Special The officer was the police We want that once again Nar- is not supposed to side with lating the poll code by cam-
respondence from the 2010 showed that its employ- sultants (India) Limited, the Branch in the state, a posi- commissioner of Kolkata. He endra Modi should become any political party. paigning for his son and vot-
DRDO.”. ees had an experience of five government-owned company tion considered as a “sensi- was accused of questionable the Prime Minister. It is im- Singh’s remarks had led to ing was also cancelled in the
RD Konsultants was the years in 2013. This again is blew the whistle on irregu- tive assignment” for the pur- conduct when he had headed portant for the nation and a huge controversy, with the constituency, which was in
design consultancy firm for false information. It is inter- larities at a project site. pose of conduct of elections. the special investigation society that Narendra Modi Opposition terming it an in- Madhya Pradesh.
all 10 IACCS sites, but the esting to note that another MECON Limited functions Last year, cases were reg- team probing the Saradha should become the Prime sult to the position a gover- Seven phase Lok Sabha
contract to execute the pro- company, M/s Systems Dy- under the Ministry of Steel istered against Gupta in mat- and Rose Valley scams. The Minister again,” Kalyan had nor holds. Under the Consti- elections in the country will
ject was given to different namics, was rejected by the and is working as a project ters relating to “interference CBI later took over the case told reporters in Aligarh. tution, the post of governor begin from April 11 and go on
companies. The report also committee on the criterion management consultant at in elections, misuse of offi- and wanted to question Ku- Singh, who served two is an apolitical position. till May 19. Counting of votes
highlighted the contracts that it had shown a turnover five IACCS sites. cial position and breach of mar, triggering a face-off. terms as the Chief Minister The Congress and BJP’s will take place on May 23.

Cong govts sent growth in reverse gear, says PM bus in blaze

From p1 the Congress governments of poor reaches them,” he said.

He then addressed a rally in the past, invoking former He added that he’s been
Gaya, where he shared the prime minister Rajiv Gan- working “diligently” to bring
dais with LJP chief Ram Vi- dhi’s remark that of Re 1 about a transformation to the
las Paswan. “Before May sanctioned by the govern- country, without taking a sin-
2014, there were blasts in ment, only 15 paise reached gle day off in five years.
every city — Hyderabad, the masses. “The then prime “Credit for India’s transfor-
Ahmedabad, Delhi, Ayodhya minister was aware of the mation goes to the people of
— but what happened after problem, but he failed to pro- the country, who voted the
that? What happened to In- vide a solution. Despite diag- BJP to power. It is your vote
dian Mujahideen (IM) and nosing the disease, he offered that brought about positive
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam PM Modi in Kalahandi district of Odisha on Tuesday no remedy,” Modi claimed. changes in the country,” he
(Huji), which were trying to “But I can proudly say that in said, calling upon people of
spread terror? Police and se- The results are before you,” Bhawanipatna town in Kala- the last five years, this gov- Odisha to vote for the “double
curity agencies are the same, he told the crowds. handi district, once known as ernment has taken steps to engine government” of the
but your votes changed tradi- Earlier in the day, he also the state’s “hunger zone”. ensure that the entire money BJP both at the Centre and at
tion, policies and intentions. addressed a rally in Odisha’s Here again, Modi targeted meant for the welfare of the the state.

Blow to Hardik
as SC says no
Congress manifesto
aims at Balkanisation
Firefighters douse a fire in a Delhi Transport Corporation bus near Kashmiri Gate, New Delhi, on Tuesday —PTI

to early hearing
From p1

of India, says Jaitley Govt raises concerns over delay

The petition drafted and filed
by advocate Divyesh Pratap
Singh said that in August

in release of Indians in Pak jails

2018, the high court suspend-
ed Hardik’s sentence but From p1 and jail is the exception’, he
didn’t consider the aspect of a The country can’t forget the said, “They want to make
stay on conviction. On March “historic blunder” commit- changes to the CrPC. They
8 this year, Hardik moved a ted by the Nehru-Gandhi want to change the way in
fresh application to suspend family regarding Kashmir, he which the law of bail func- Sumit Kumar Singh
his conviction owing to the said, also pointing out how tions. Now, not granting bail [Link]@[Link]
upcoming general election. there was no mention of dis- will be considered a violation
Solicitor general Tushar placed Kashmiri Pandits in of law.” New Delhi: The External Af-
Mehta, who appeared for the the manifesto. He said Rahul has made fairs Ministry expressed deep
Gujarat government, said it’s “Even though the Con- “unimplementable” and dan- concern over the long pend-
too late in the day to entertain gress had set up a drafting gerous promises, but the ing release and repatriation
the request. Since August committee to prepare the country won’t be in a mood to of Indian prisoners held un-
2018, he hadn’t bothered to ap- manifesto, it appears that oblige him. He also slammed der Pakistan custody despite
peal, and it’s only because he some important points relat- the Congress’s proposed completion of sentence and
wants to contest the elections ed to Jammu and Kashmir Nyuntam Aay Yojna (NYAY) nationality confirmation.
tenders & Notices that he’s doing so. The bench
then told Hardik, “When you
were drafted by Rahul Gan-
dhi’s friends in the ‘Tukde
scheme as “nothing but a
bluff ”.
The ministry also re-
quested Pakistan High Com-
have suffered the conviction, Tukde’ gang,” he said. Regarding the Congress’s mission to make immediate
where is the urgency?” Also tearing into the Con- promise to create more jobs, necessary arrangements for
gress for its promise to re- Jaitley said, “Rahul Gandhi the immediate release and
move the sedition law, Jaitley says they will fill 28 lakh jobs. repatriation of 10 Indian ci- There are 385 Indian fishermen, whose nationality has been confirmed —FILE
said, “They have promised to But the next sentence of the vilian prisoners lodged in
remove Section 124(A) of the Congress manifesto says 20 Pakistan jails who have al- Indian fisherman Bhikha. responsibility of the Govern-
IPC. The party that promises lakh jobs are in state govern- ready completed their sen- “Our Mission in Islamabad ment of Pakistan. Arrange-
this in its manifesto doesn’t ments. He must at least read tence and whose nationality had been repeatedly taking ments may be made for expe-
have the right to get even a what he is saying.” has been confirmed and con- up the matter of poor health ditious repatriation of mor-
single vote.” veyed to the Government of condition of Bhikha. The tal remains of deceased
Regarding the Congress’ Pakistan. Government of Pakistan has Bhikha,” the ministry stated.
promise of amending the Further, there are 385 In- not intimated the circum- India has been providing
Code of Criminal Procedure dian fishermen, whose na- stances and causes leading to consular access in a timely
and related laws to affirm the tionality has been confirmed the death of Bhikha includ- manner to esteemed High
principle that ‘bail is the rule and conveyed to the Govern- ing details of medical facili- Commission officials to their
ment of Pakistan and who ties provided to him,” the prisoners in India. However,
have been languishing in Pa- ministry stated to Pakistan consular access to Indian
kistan jails despite complet- High Commission. fishermen and prisoners in
ing their sentence/s. It is re- This is not the first such Pakistan jails is inordinately
quested that urgent and con- case. delayed. Such delays cause
on sedition law crete steps be taken to repat- The death of Indian fish- avoidable delay in confirma-
riate them to India at the ermen Deva Bhai and late tion of their nationality and
Jaitley said Congress earliest, along with their Nanu Bhai, was informed af- thus detrimental to timely
has promised to remove boats. The list of these 385 ter inordinate delay. “The release of prisoners and fish-
Section 124(A) of IPC. fishermen is enclosed at An- Government of Pakistan is ermen.
“The party that promises nexure A. urged to ensure the safety, “ In this context, it is again
this in its manifesto Further, the Ministry security and medical well- informed that consular ac-
doesn’t have the right to shares its serious concern being of all Indian fisher- cess for 5 civilian prisoners is
get even a single vote.” and protest on the delayed men/prisoners as their phys- still pending at Pakistan’s
information of the death of ical safety and security is the end,” the ministry stated.
 seizures continue Filmy rhetoric
flies thick & fast
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ball t
seized from across the country -- worth drugs’ seizure off Gujarat worth seizure of illegal induce- and Jaya Prada in Rampur

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in cash, liquor and drugs -- since coast is the single largest con- ments, suspected to have been on Tuesday. In the historical
parliamentary election schedule tributor to state’s Rs 509 crore routed and used to bribe voters, Mughal-era city, one-time tin-
was announced by the poll panel seizure of illegal inducements puts Tamil Nadu in third place sel town queen Jaya Prada is

ballet
taking on SP stalwart Azam
I did not seek ticket from the Indore seat in 1989 Khan and, not surprisingly,
when I first contested the Lok Sabha elections. The filmy rhetoric is flying thick
party on its own made me its candidate. I have never and fast. She had said Khan
reminded her of Alauddin
demanded my nomination. Khilji, essayed by Ranveer
Sumitra Mahajan, Lok Sabha Speaker & Indore MP Singh in film ‘Padmavaat’.

lok sabha election 2019 Will reverse ‘illegal interference’ by BJP govt in RBI functioning, says Congress manifesto

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‘Hum Nibhayenge’: Farm woes, Begusarai heats up for

jobs supreme in Cong manifesto Bihar’s big-ticket battle
Vithika Salomi comes to deciding who will ance (GA) or Mahagathband-
[Link]@[Link] hold power at the Centre. han, in majority of these

55-page document also has moderate GST, `72K/annum to poor & women safety as key focus Patna: With 40 Lok Sabha
While it will be a largely
straight contest between the
seats, some of the constituen-
cies will also witness a trian-
constituencies, Bihar is an National Democratic Alli- gular battle, owing to the Left

three years. The party has ‘Cong word to

Amrita Madhukalya starting a business in the first important state when it ance (NDA) and Grand Alli- parties or rebel leaders.
[Link]@[Link]
In 2019, the constituencies to watch out are
to power, everyone will have a repeal sedition
also declared that if it comes
New Delhi: In a counter to the
BJP’s narrative of national- right to healthcare and free Begusarai Patna Sahib Saran
ism for the 2019 election cam- diagnostics, out-patient care, law nonsense’ This will be perhaps the most Ever since actor-turned-BJP Saran is the home constituency of
paign, the Congress manifesto medicines and hospitalisa- closely watched constituency MP Shatrughan Sinha started two ex-chief ministers of Bihar -
has made poll promises in tion will be provided in gov- New Delhi: Noted Jurist Soli in Bihar, with Union minister singing a different tune than Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi,
three key areas -- rising cases ernment as well as some pri- Sorabjee Tuesday dubbed as and firebrand BJP leader Giriraj that of the party, it was evident and is believed to be a stronghold
of unemployment, farmers’ vate hospitals. The number of “nonsense” and “impracti- Singh locking horns with that he will no longer have a of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Former
distress and women security. days of guaranteed work un- cal”, the promises made by ex-JNUSU president and CPI re-run from the Patna Sahib Union minister and MP Rajiv
The document, Congress Will der NREGA will be increased Congress party in its poll candidate Kanhaiya Kumar, a constituency as a saffron Pratap Rudy, who defeated Rabri
Deliver, was released Tuesday from 100 to 150 days, is anoth- manifesto that it would repeal son of the soil. The contest will party candidate. The constitu- from the seat in 2014 by over
by party president Rahul Gan- er promise. the colonial-era laws on crim- be made triangular by RJD’s ency came into existence after 40,000 votes, is for a re-run from
dhi, his mother UPA chairper- The party has also prom- inal defamation and sedition, Tanveer Hassan, the runner-up delimitation in 2008 and Sinha the seat as the BJP nominee. How-
son Sonia Gandhi, former PM ised to provide free and com- if voted to power in the up- in the 2014 polls who had lost represented it in 2009 and ever, the makes the contest curious
Manmohan Singh, former un- pulsory school education till coming general elections. to late BJP MP Bhola Singh by 2014. It will be interesting is the “sasur-damad” fight between
ion minister P Chidambaram Mother, son & holy book: Gandhis release Congress manifesto on Tuesday class twelve in public schools, In the manifesto released around 55,000 votes. to see how he fares from the RJD candidate Chandrika Rai and
and senior leaders AK Antony, and increase the GDP spend on Tuesday, the party prom- Once known as the Leningrad same seat on a Congress ticket “Independent” Tej Pratap Yadav.
KC Venugopal, Rajeev Gowda He said that the party’s well as10 lakh jobs in pan- on education to 6 percent. It ised to omit Section 499 of the of Bihar, Begusarai constituency against Union minister and After RJD declared Chandrika as
and Randeep Surjewala. counter to BJP’s nationalism chayats will be filled up. He has also promised to pass the Indian Penal Code and make has around 19.42 lakh voters BJP candidate Ravi Shankar their candidate, despite Tej Pratap’s
Gandhi said that when the narrative was NYAY, the min- also said that apart from farm Women’s Reservation Bill in ‘defamation’ a civil offence. from almost all religions and Prasad, who sources say, was opposition owing to his troubled
manifesto process started, he imum income guarantee loan waivers, a separate budg- the first session of the 17th It also said, “Sedition has castes. In 2014, BJP-combine a front-runner for the BJP marriage with his daughter Aish-
had laid out two criteria. “I scheme the party has prom- et for farmers will also be pre- Lok Sabha, and bring in a law been misused and, in any had polled around 39% votes, ticket from the seat even in warya Rai, Tej Pratap announced
wanted this manifesto to re- ised under which 20% of the sented. “If a farmer misses his to outlaw hate crimes. event, has become redundant while RJD polled around 2014. his candidature as an independent
flect the wishes of the people. country’s poor will get Rs loan payment, it will no longer Former union minister P because of subsequent laws.” 34% and CPI around 17% in Patna Sahib constituency from the “family seat.” “The Saran
I did not want a single lie in 72,000 per year. be a criminal offence,” he said. Chidambaram said the focus On being asked about his Begusarai. comprises urban parts of the seat has remained in the family,
this manifesto. After over a Promising to halve unem- Some of the other key will be to “create wealth and views on the Congress party’s Giriraj, who had initial reserva- state capital and has a sizeable how can others be fielded from
year of work, the team has ployment numbers in five promises in the manifesto are guarantee welfare”. “This promise, Sorabjee said it is tions against contesting from section of Kayastha votes on there,” said Tej Pratap, the elder
delivered those two promis- years, Gandhi said that 22 lakh that entrepreneurs will not manifesto is millions of voic- “nonsense” and such claim in Begusarai, gave in after a word which both Ravi Shankar and son of Lalu and Rabri who has
es,” said Gandhi. government vacancies as need any permissions for es we’ve heard,” he said. “impractical”. with party president Amit Shah, Shatrughan are banking. The also launched Lalu-Rabri Morcha
Congress President Rahul said he had come to Begusarai latter is also banking on the separate from the RJD. There are
Gandhi is facing trial in a to defeat the traitor. “Anti- Muslim-Yadav votes of the over 16.55 lakh voters in Saran,
criminal defamation case nationals will be given a befitting RJD, while the BJP is pretty dominated by the Yadav caste.
pending in Bhiwandi in Ma- reply by the people,” he said. sure that they have unwaver- The constituency which came
harashtra for allegedly blam- Kanhaiya has termed Giriraj as ing support from the Kayastha into existence in 2008 has seen
ing RSS for the assassination the “Visa minister of Pakistan” community. close fights between the RJD and
Amit shah P Chidambaram Uddhav thackeray Manish sisodia of Mahatma Gandhi. and said, “I have been cam- Why the BJP considers Patna BJP. In 2009, Lalu won the seat,
Sorabjee, however, refused paigning in the constituency for Sahib its stronghold is evident defeating Rudy by over 51,000
Congress manifesto is a It (sedition law) is a I have not read the mani- Today, the Congress has to comment on Rahul’s pend- months, while he was not even from the 55% plus votes that votes but Rabri lost it in 2014. Now
pack of lies...It’s an insult to colonial era law. Not one festo. I wonder what issues crossed all limits. While it ing defamation case. ready to contest the polls.” Shatrughan polled as their Tej Pratap’s entry into the scene is
the country’s people and its but many people have said they might have taken up... has promised full statehood “I would not like to com- The RJD had initially agreed to candidate in 2014 while Con- likely to make it a triangular contest
brave soldiers...It is bring- sedition law has become There should be one law to Puducherry, there is no ment on that,” he said. support Kanhaiya’s candidature gress’ Kunal Singh could only with the RJD loyalists already
ing a smile to terrorists and outdated. Anything that in the country. Terrorism, such mention about Delhi. Section 500 of IPC holds a but backed out at the last mo- manage about 25% votes. Add confused about supporting the
separatists while lowering comes under sedition has which has raised its ugly What enmity do these (BJP maximum of two years im- ment saying the controversies to fact that a good number of party candidate or the chief’s son.
the morale of the country’s no safeguards at all. It has head in Kashmir, should be and Congress) parties have prisonment for the offence of surrounding him may not fetch voters believe that Shatrughan Chandrika himself was a minister in
armed forces... become redundant... removed by its roots with the people of Delhi? criminal defamation. —PTI him votes. Their candidate Has- has done “nothing” for the the Mahagathbandhan government
san is banking on the Muslim- constituency, it is going to be in Bihar and is the son of ex-Bihar
Yadav support in the region. an uphill task for him. CM Daroga Rai.

Actor Suresh Electoral bonds to block black

Poll date: April 29 Poll date: May 19 Poll date: May 6
Trivia (fourth phase) (seventh phase) (fifth phase)
Voters: 19,42,769 Voters: 2136800 Voters: 1655736
South feels BJP’s Gopi in BJP’s Male: 10,34,260 Male: 1127718 Male: 888612

money, Centre tells Apex court

female: 9,08,446 female: 1008966 Female: 767089
hostility: Rahul
latest list of 3 transgenders: 63
LS 2014 polls
transgenders: 116
LS 2014 polls
Transgenders: 35
LS 2014 polls
Won - Dr. Bhola Singh (BJP) Won - Shatrughan Sinha (BJP) Won - Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP)
DNA Correspondent Abraham Thomas 4,28,227 votes (39.72%) 485,905 votes (55.04%) 3,55,120 votes (41.12%)
correspondent@[Link] correspondent@[Link] Lost - Tanveer Hassan (RJD) Lost- Kunal Singh (Cong) Lost - Rabri Devi (RJD)
3,69,892 votes (34.31%) 220,100 votes (24.93%) 3,14,172 votes (36.38%)
New Delhi: The Bharatiya New Delhi: Facing stiff re- Key candidates Key candidates Key candidates
Janata Party (BJP) on Tues- sistance from the Election
day announced the names of Commission on the issue of
three more candidates – two electoral bonds, the Centre
for Gujarat and one for Kerala again drummed up support
– for the ensuing Lok Sabha for the same alleging that the Giriraj Tanveer Kanhaiya Ravi Shankar Shatrughan Sinha Rajiv Pratap Chandrika Tej Pratap
New Delhi: Congress president elections. old system which the EC is Singh Hassan Kumar Prasad Cong - but not Rudy Rai Yadav
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday For Mahesana Lok Sabha harping upon was “wholly BJP RJD CPI BJP formally announced BJP RJD Other
claimed people in South India seat in Gujarat, the party has opaque” with anonymous do-
“feel hostility” from Prime dropped sitting MP Jayshree- nors pushing unaccounted
Minister Narendra Modi and ben Patel and nominated cash into the electoral system Govt response came on a PIL filed by NGO Association for Democratic Rights Pataliputra
said he decided to contest from Sharda Ben Patel instead. For with no accountability over
Wayanad in Kerala to send out Surat Lok Sabha seat, the BJP the manner of its spending black money was pumped in The second constituency of Pataliputra constituency, which Poll date: May 19
the message that he stands has repeated sitting MP Dar- by various political parties.
bonds sale up for financing elections.” state capital Patna, Pataliputra, is mostly the outer and rural (seventh phase)
with them. “There is a feeling in shana Jardosh. The Centre’s response came This stand was in variance is set to witness a replay of Patna, a sizeable number com- Voters: 1909112
SBI sold electoral bonds
South India, a very strong feel- In Thrissur Lok Sabha seat on a PIL filed by NGO Associa- to what the EC stated last week. 2014 “chacha-bhatiji” fight. prises the Yadavs. However, Male: 999021
worth Rs 1,716 crore in Jan
ing in South India, that they are in Kerala, the BJP has fielded tion for Democratic Rights It said, “By insertion of provi- RJD president Lalu Prasad Ya- with the BJP candidate also Female: 910035
and March this year against
not being carried (along) by the popular Malayalam actor which questioned the intro- sion to Section 29C of RP Act dav’s eldest daughter and MP being a Yadav, the community Transgenders: 56
Rs 1,056 crore of bonds
current government. South India Suresh Gopi. Actor is cur- duction of electoral bonds and vide Section 137 of the Finance Misa Bharti is locked in a direct votes are likely to split between
sold in six months in 2018, LS 2014 polls
feels hostility from Mr Narendra rently a Rajya Sabha MP. exemptions under various Act, 2017 it is evident that any contest against party turncoat both, making the contest an
signalling the maximum won - Ram Kripal Yadav (BJP)
Modi, they feel that they are not With this, the BJP has an- Acts that exempted political donation received by a party and now Union minister Ram interesting one. In Misa’s
amount of donations are 3,83,262 votes (39.16%)
being included in the decisions nounced the names of 377 parties from disclosing contri- through an electoral bond has Kripal Yadav, who had defeated favour, is also the support of
being made via this route. Lost - Misa Bharti (RJD)
of the country,” Gandhi said. candidates. The party has an- butions received under these been taken out of the ambit of Misa by over 40,000 votes in CPI (ML-L), which has decided
the last election. Ram Kripal’s not to field any candidate from 3,42,940 votes (35.04%)
nounced candidates for all bonds. The bonds are in de- reporting under the Contribu-
Notification for the Lok Sabha seats which nominations beginning from ply, the Director in Ministry of tion Report as prescribed un- was one of the most surprising Pataliputra as a return goodwill Key candidates
phase 4 polls out will go to polls in the first four Rs 1,000 till up to Rs one crore. Finance, Akhilesh Kumar der Section 29C. It cannot be switch in 2014, after the Lalu gesture of the RJD for leaving
New Delhi: The Election phases of the seven-phase What prompted the Court Mishra said, “Under the old ascertained whether the party loyalist lost the party ticket to the Ara seat. “The Left candi-
Commission Tuesday issued Lok Sabha elections. to file a second affidavit in the system...massive amounts of has taken any donation in vio- Misa in a constituency where date had polled over 50,000
notification for phase four of The BJP has so far an- matter was an affidavit of EC political donations were being lation of provisions under Sec- he claimed to have toiled day votes in 2014 and that may
Ram Kripal Misa
Lok Sabha elections to be held nounced candidates for all filed last week criticising the made in cash by individuals/ tion 29B of RP Act which pro- and night for the RJD. make all the difference,” an
Yadav Bharti
on April 29 in which 71 seats the Lok Sabha seats which introduction of these bonds corporate using illicit means hibits parties from taking do- Of the 19.09 lakh voters of RJD source said.
BJP RJD
across nine states will go to will go to polls in first four for ending transparency in po- of funding. This ensured that nations from govt firms and
polls. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and phases of the 7-phase polls. litical funding. In its fresh re- unaccounted criminal money/ foreign sources.”
West Bengal will head for voting
in all the seven phases of the
general elections. Five seats in
Bihar, three in Jharkhand, six in
ED attaches `315-crore
netaji’s riches SP patriarch has declared total property worth Rs 16.5 cr

Mulayam owes over `2 cr to son Akhilesh: Affidavit assets of TDP MP’s firm
Madhya Pradesh, 17
in Maharashtra, six in Odisha,
13 each in Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh and eight in West
Bengal will go for polling.
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party 2015, for allegedly threatening New Delhi: The ED Tuesday Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Uncertainty over patriarch Mulayam Singh Ya-
what sc had said IPS officer Amitabh Thakur said it has attached assets FIR filed against Best &
Cong-AAP pact dav owes more than Rs 2.13 The Supreme Court over phone. The case is pend- worth Rs 315 crore in connec- Crompton Engineering Pvt
New Delhi: Uncertainty crore to his son and party on March 25 had said ing in the court of the chief tion with a money laundering Ltd (BCEPL) and their offi-
persisted over alliance between president Akhilesh Yadav it would like to know judicial magistrate. and alleged bank fraud case cials, who entered into a crim-
the AAP and the Congress, even and the value of his assets from the CBI whether His affidavit mentions that against a firm promoted by inal conspiracy during 2010-
after party president Rahul Gan- has declined by Rs 3 crore in a case has been he owes Rs 2.13 crore to his TDP MP Y S Chowdary. 2013 for “defrauding
dhi Tuesday said the Congress the last five years. registered against the son Akhilesh Yadav. It said a provisional Central Bank of India,
is “open and very flexible” for a This was revealed in an af- alleged accumulation of Mulayam Singh Yadav and order for attachment Andhra Bank and
tie-up with other parties. Delhi fidavit filed by Mulayam Sin- disproportionate assets his wife Sadhna Yadav have was issued under Corporation Bank.”
Congress president Sheila Dik- gh, who has been fielded by by SP patriarch Mulayam an annual income of Rs 32.02 the Prevention of The total loss
shit, and AICC in-charge of the the SP from its stronghold Singh Yadav, his sons lakh and Rs 25.61 lakh respec- Money Laundering caused to the con-
Delhi Congress P C Chako met Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat. former Uttar Pradesh tively. Act (PMLA) for at- sortium of banks
Gandhi at his residence to dis- He had filed his nomina- CM Akhilesh Yadav and Sadhna Yadav has shown taching immovable and due to the fraud was to
cuss the issue. Later, she hud- tion papers from the constitu- Assets declared by Mulayam Singh Yadav (R) is Rs 3.20 crore less than the Prateek Yadav. assets worth Rs 5.06 crore. movable properties of the tune of Rs 364 crore.
dled with other leaders of the ency on Monday. assets declared by him in an affidavit ahead of the 2014 LS elections According to the election Viceroy Hotels Ltd, Hyderabad BCEPL is a part of Sujana
Delhi Congress at her residence As per the affidavit, the SP affidavit, Mulayam Singh in a bank fraud case. Group of Companies, ED
in a meeting that continued for patriarch has declared a total This is Rs 3.20 crore less the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Mulayam Singh Yadav at the Yadav does not have a car. The Enforcement Directo- said. Chowdary is considered
several hours. However, Dikshit property, both movable and than the assets declared by According to the affidavit, Hazratganj police station in However, his wife owns a rate (ED) had taken up the a close aide of Andhra CM
maintained silence over it. immovable, worth Rs 16.52 cr. him in an affidavit ahead of a case was registered against Lucknow on September 24, luxury car. —PTI case on the basis of a Central Chandrababu Naidu. —PTI
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Electoral bonds
Everyone loves
elections in India.
Especially the vi-
brant Indian me-
The remedies appear to be worse than the disease dia which lives off
elections, seem-

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here may be some doubts about the transparency of electoral ingly at the cost of
all other news.
bonds, but there certainly is no doubt about their immense In the process,
popularity that is growing by leaps and bounds. In the process, television news to-
Raju Mansukhani
the much-touted attempt by political parties to promote greater day has created its
transparency in political funding, seems to be sidelined. An RTI own imagery: capturing the pandal, a
reply has come up with some startling details. In a span of two stage set high above the ground far re-
months with elections looming large, electoral bonds worth Rs moved from the people gathered in front;
a line-up of leaders in white khadi photo-
1,176 crore were issued — a whopping 60 per cent jump from the graphed with arms raised, their hands
previous year. In 2018, bonds worth Rs 1,056 crore was issued. Sur- clasped in a photo-op of solidarity; tinselly
prisingly, details sought for 2017 were not available. The point to crowns, swords, bows, and arrows being
be noted here is that the government has decided to go ahead nev- presented to a supreme leader.
ertheless with electoral bonds, despite serious objections being It is the crowning glory. What takes the
raised by no less than the Election Commission (EC). The biggest cake, rather the crown, is the mukut or
tiara itself. Innumerable images, even of
drawback of electoral bonds is that they have not achieved pre- Dalit leaders, who have spent lifetimes
cisely what they had set out to do — promote transparency. The fighting for equality and constitutional
fact that the name of donors are not revealed, is the single biggest freedoms are on camera juggling uneasily
factor that undermines public accountability. In April, 2018, an- with gold-plated tiaras on their heads.
other RTI expose revealed that the EC had rebutted amendments An accessory befitting a local theatre
introduced in four Acts to facilitate the bonds — namely, the In- group enacting Ramayana scenes is now
seen occupying pride of place. For upper
come Tax Act, the RBI Act, the Representation of People Act (RPA) caste political leaders, the mukut seems
and the Companies Act, saying they suffer from huge problems just right.
and are a ‘retrograde step’. Indications from several other quar- The mukut-dhaaris wear it with a sense
ters also suggest that this system is far from perfect. An SBI report, of entitlement completely at odds with our
for instance, has revealed that there is no demand for bonds of democratic polity. The King-like mystique
lower denominations, as 99.9 per cent of the total bonds were pur- or Goddess-like aura is recreated time and Indian media loves and lives off elections, mostly at the cost of all other news —File
again, reinforcing the image of rulers
chased in denominations of Rs 10 lakh and above. This is a clear with their ‘right to rule’ persona. No ques- Today’s leadership is about numbers; the chor has made rubbing hands his signa-
indication — if indeed any indication was needed — that corpora- tions asked. more leaders on stage, the more powerful ture style. It was a gesture rarely seen on
tions are purchasing these bonds and not the common man. The Now is the time when swords create im- they are perceived to be. Politics and per- TV screens; he created the imagery of an
case against the earlier system, where donations came in cash ages. Throughout the Hindi heartland, the ceptions share shadowy borders. eager auctioneer rubbing his hands in
from a range of sources, including political workers, party sym- talwar or sword held aloft is a metaphor of When there are people, people every- glee. Breaking news made him break the
pathisers, small business persons, and large industrialists, most- martial strength sanctified by our caste where, there’s new powerful imagery. Ja- mould.
hierarchies. Leaders are filmed drawing nata or the crowds are packed together. Other anchors are in throes of self-in-
ly anonymous, resulted in ‘unclean’ or `black money’ entering the the sword, often shakily, from its scabbard. Like a wheat-field packed, filled with rip- duced ecstasy, a news-morphine-high,
system. But the remedy, it appears, is worse than the disease. For Undoubtedly, it is a mighty act. ening stalks. When Elias Canetti used which makes them leap across studio
instance, amendment to the Section 29(C) of RPA, 1951, directly Unsheathing the power of the sword, such strong imagery to explain crowds, he floors, punching the air in front of large
hits electoral transparency. Limitless money can now be freely bringing die-hard bravery to the fore and visualised homogeneous faceless masses. studio screens.
paid by companies, without anyone knowing who has given mon- reaffirming their right to fight for demo- Crowds in India seem homogeneous but The whiplash of their words activates
ey to whom — and for what consideration. What’s even more mys- cratic rights with such ancient weaponry. they are not. Village folk sit, crouch, and on has become a defining moment. Like a mass of graphical data, conjuring im-
Images of women leaders, conserva- stand in similar ways; they lean together during the ‘India Against Corruption’ ages of a ringmaster on a circus floor,
tifying, the source of political donations made through electoral tively draped in saris, now with a naked and when prompted, cheer in unison. They movement at Ramlila grounds of New summoning jokers, who cartwheel and
bonds need not be declared before the EC! Frankly, it would be sword in hand gets its share of coverage. are the audience, watching political dra- Delhi. Each leader who donned one was monkeys who ride bicycles. And then sud-
difficult to find a bigger antithesis of transparency. There are It is an image of empowerment in this age mas unfold on the stage in front of them. hoping it would create a new image, gener- denly it all fades away…time now for
other serious flaws as well. For instance, the removal of the cap of gender fluidity, with the clarion calls for What they see and what they hear is not ate a new aura around them and make his- Chyawanprash ads to roll.
on the donation that companies can make to political parties, Bharat Mata ki Jai in the background. what is telecast or broadcast. Leaders of- tory. These images and performances go on,
which used to be 7.5 per cent of the average three-year profits, has Next is the imagery of togetherness ten hail this janata as ‘janardan’, likening The socialists of Uttar Pradesh prefer evening after evening, night after night,
and leadership. On a dais or a stage way them to a benevolent God, who always red instead of white caps. Colours change when electoral politics are dissected, de-
been lifted. Instead, 100 per cent profits can be donated to any above the ground level, a mass of men and helps. What a turn and twist in this phrase: but the simplicity, austerity of the Gandhi bated and discussed. Our television stu-
party. If that was not enough, amending the Foreign Contributions women come together signifying their Janata janardan hai. cap continues to be a complete misfit in dios, newspapers, magazines and news
Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA) now exempts political parties from unity and uniformity. The Gandhi cap is still an omnipresent today’s time and age of consumerism, portals are a world of such profound
the scrutiny of foreign funds received by them. The amendment Seen from a distance, this critical mass image. But it just doesn’t fit all or any- opulence and fortune-for-the-few. sound and fury, music and graphics.
makes it legal for political parties to receive funding from foreign of leadership is often indistinguishable. body! Even though the cap is freely avail- On TV studio-floors, there’s the taan- It signifies our reality: so western, so
donors, that too with 42 years of retrospective effect! The images captured have flashes of white able at all Khadi Bhandar showrooms, dav of image-making. Television anchors contemporary, where modern style and
and red, green and saffron, the dominant stacked in cardboard boxes, it really seems are adept at creating their own imagery, substance go together hand in hand. Who
colours signifying India. like a limp relic of the past. aesthetically designed to pull audiences said we are stereotypical, regressive,

Local becomes global

The leaders’ attire, body language and Neither the Congressmen and women into a studio-generated illusionary world. chauvinistic, unimaginative and uncon-
speeches do make them distinct for a nor leaders of other political hues have Here colours streak across screens stitutional…?
while, as they speak from the rostrum. shown the imagination to make capital out with music rising to a crescendo and Author is journalist, researcher, writer, and
Speech over, they merge together again. of this simple cap. Merely putting the cap merging visuals into words. One TV an- communications consultant
Website names in regional languages will promote diversity

S
ome regional languages in India will feature alongside Manda- QUOTE HANGER slowburn
rin, Arabic, Russian, and Devanagari on the worldwide web.
Come June global internet servers will give users the freedom to
register the name of their website in a language of their choice. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Dr David Frawley Perilous state of insect population in UK
@kiranshaw @davidfrawleyved
A
The nine Indian scripts that will contribute to the “non-English” fter analysing 50 years of data, UK the journal Biological Conservation, re-
bouquet are Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Students @iitmadras have Rahul Gandhi is a joint scientists have found that with the searchers had assessed studies from
Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu. These scripts will be fed in woodlands affected by climate change, around the world and found that 41 per
come up with a ‘scavenger’ robot that candidate with the communal Muslim insects have “no place to hide”. This cent of insect species had declined, con-
root servers of the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers). It’s a celebration of the freedom of choice
uses high-velocity cutters to cut League in Kerala. What happened to his means that insects have to bear the cluding, “insects as a whole will go down
warming temperature without the refuge the path of extinction in a few decades”.
and a nod to the diverse cultures that constitute India. Once the through the thick sludge in septic Brahmin and Shiv Bhakt identity? of shade. The research examined records
system is up and running — Label Generation Rules are finalised tanks and remove debris with a Political expediency over dharma. of the first springtime flights of butter-
— it will allow people to choose the complete name of a website in
any of the nine regional languages. As of now one can book a web-
vacuum pump. flies, moths and aphids and the first eggs
of birds between 1965 and 2012, says a
Indonesia takes steps to
site name in Devanagari script, but only .bharat in this script is
Two-thirds of the Arab
Guardian report. As average tempera-
tures have risen, aphids are now emerg-
protect Komodo lizards
available as extension. The Internet has shown a remarkable abil- Erik Solheim
T
ing a month earlier, and birds are laying he presence of animal smuggling
ity at assimilating and promoting non-English scripts and cultures.
@ErikSolheim world’s people are under the age eggs a week earlier. The scientists said rings might have forced the Indone-
Not long ago, Oxford English Dictionary made headlines by includ-
ing the word “chuddies” in its collection. Cultural exchanges in a The plastic rivers of of 30. Harnessing the this could mean animals were becoming
“out of sync” with their prey, with poten-
sian government to close the popular
Komodo island to tourists for one year.
highly integrated world have brought so-called distant communi- Indonesia are insane. Horrible dynamism of young tially serious ramifications for ecosys- According to local media reports, Ko-
tems. Many plants and animals use tem- modo will be off-limits from January
ties closer. Since the earliest instances of migration, mankind has pollution! people is the main perature to time breeding and migration, 2020. However, plans to limit the number
witnessed how one civilisation has impacted the other. Language
is a powerful tool to showcase that impact. Having Indian regional key to the region’s which are both associated with the onset
of [Link] findings, published in the
of Komodo visitors have for long time
been been under discussion. The bust-
languages on the Web will also promote India’s mindboggling di- Anusha Yadav future. journal Global Change Biology, showed ing of an alleged smuggling ring in
versity. Though English has been a unifying force in India, it serves the shift towards an earlier spring was which 41 Komodo lizards were taken
a limited purpose in conveying/translating the nuances of a re- @anushayadav —António happening in shady forests as well as from the island and sold abroad for 500
gional language. Having a website name in a regional language The Congress Manifesto Guterres, more open areas. The perilous state of million rupiah each (about $35,000)
brings the local to the global stage. Universal Acceptance Steering is the best pre-nuptials draft in a UN Secretary the global insect population is well prompted the government to take some
Group is working to finalise standard characters of non-English
General known by now. In a paper published in tough measures.
long long while.
scripts to be accepted by internet system globally.
send your feedback to editor@[Link]

India has lost shore land of Nagpur city size to coastal erosion
Between 1990 and And, these coastline changes are not to Indus and Brahmaputra deltas, “the chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
2016, the country limited to India alone. A study published effect of the upstream dams is combined Modi approved the ‘Flood Management
lost 235 square kil- last year — ‘Global long-term observa- with human degradation of the coastal and Border Areas Programme’ for the
ometre (sq km) of tions of coastal erosion and accretion’ — mangrove forests, resulting in enhanced period 2017-18 to 2019-20 with a total out-
land to coastal ero- has reported that on a global scale, be- erosion due to the decreased capacity of lay of Rs 3,342 crore. Coastal erosion also
sion, which is tween 1985 and 2015, there has been a net the estuaries to retain sediments”. finds a mention in this programme. It is
slightly more than loss of about 14,000 sq km of surface for Coupled with these natural and hu- important to note that protecting our
the area of Nagpur human settlements and terrestrial eco- man-made factors, climate change in- coastline doesn’t need engineering solu-
city (227. 4 sq km). systems. duced sea-level rise emerges as a serious tions alone. A large number of coastal
Nidhi Jamwal In Andhra Pradesh Coastal environments form the inter- threat multiplier for coastal erosion. As states, such as Kerala, Gujarat, Puduch-
alone, the state is face between the land and sea/ocean, R Ramasubramanian, principal co-ordi- erry, etc have built seawalls to keep the
losing 2.67 sq km of shoreline every year. and host about 40 per cent of the world’s nator with Chennai-based MS Swamina- sea at bay. But, the results aren’t encour-
Visakhapatnam city, the state capital, global population. In India alone, nearly than Research Foundation points out, aging, as seawall shifts the problem of
has lost 54 hectare of beach along a 10 250 million people live within 50 km of sea-level rise, shoreline erosion, changes sea ingress to other areas. It blocks sand
km-long stretch at an average loss of one the coastline. And, over seven million in tides and currents, saltwater intru- movement (remember that a beach is a
hectare per year. coastal families of fishers and farmers sion are some of the impacts of climate ‘moving’ river of sand) and destroys the
These startling facts about shoreline directly depend on the coastal zone. change already being witnessed by the beaches. Rao recommends other eco-
changes were shared by K Nageswara Coasts are not static and undergo con- coastal communities in India. friendly and cost-effective coastal protec-
Rao, professor emeritus, department of stant changes due to natural factors, gained 40 sq km by accretion. Hence, net lished in 2018 notes that “dams are A study conducted by A Ramachan- tion measures, such as dune stabilisa-
geo-engineering at Andhra University such as rivers flowing into the sea, sedi- coastal area lost in the state is 48 sq km among the most prominent erosion fac- dran, emeritus professor, Centre for Cli- tion by vegetation, timber fencing, plant-
during a recent media workshop on ‘Cli- ment deposition, tides, storms, tsuna- in 18 years. tors, as they retain sediment that would mate Change and Adaptation Research ing mangroves/vegetation, etc. Coastal
mate change, climate justice and resil- mis, and so on. These natural factors Apart from these natural factors, hu- normally feed the downdrift beaches”. It at Anna University in Chennai has pro- communities can be involved in these ac-
ience in the Bay of Bengal region’ organ- lead to both accretion (land gain) and man presence also leaves a lasting im- goes on to name some threatened deltas jected sea-level rise of 4.51 cm to 4.94 cm tivities of beach protection and rejuve-
ised by the Earth Journalism Network. erosion (land loss) of coastline. For in- pact on the coastline because of con- in the world including the delta of the along the coastline of Tamil Nadu by nation as an additional option of liveli-
Rao has been researching and document- stance, as reported by Rao, between 1990 struction of coastal infrastructure, dams Indus river, at the border between India 2025. Highest risk is to Chennai and Kan- hood.
ing changes in Indian coastline both due and 2008, Andhra Pradesh has lost 88 sq (that alter water and sediment flow), and and Pakistan, and the Brahmaputra del- yakumari districts. Author is environment editor with Gaon
to natural and human-made factors. km of coastline due to erosion and chopping of mangroves. The study pub- ta. Authors of the study note, in relation On March 7, the Union Cabinet Connection

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Now, Trump mulls an Khashoggi’s children paid by Saudis

in brief
Second woman
raises complaint Washington: The children and may also receive larger

‘immigration czar’
of murdered Saudi journalist payments that could amount
against Biden Jamal Khashoggi have re-
ceived multimillion-dollar
to tens of millions of dollars
each, according to the report.
Washington: Aides to homes and are being paid Negotiations over further
Joe Biden are stepping thousands of dollars per payments are expected to
up their defense of the month by the kingdom’s au- take place following the trials
former vice president as thorities, The Washington of Khashoggi’s accused kill-
he faces scrutiny over
past behavior toward US President steps up efforts to coordinate immigration Post reported on Monday.
Khashoggi – a contributor
ers, according to the officials
and others who spoke to the
women. Biden spokes-
man Bill Russo blasted policy across various federal agencies, inform insiders to the Post and a critic of the
Saudi government – was
paper on the condition of
anonymity.
“right wing trolls” for killed and dismembered in Saudi Arabia’s powerful
conflating images of Washington: As he threat- October at the kingdom’s crown prince, Mohammed
Biden embracing col- ens to shut down the south- consulate in Istanbul by a bin Salman, has been ac-
leagues and friends in ern border, President Donald team of 15 agents sent from cused of orchestrating
his official capacity dur- Trump is considering bring- Riyadh. His body has not Saudi King Salman (R), his son MBS (2nd R) with kin of Khashoggi —file photo Khashoggi’s killing, but the
ing swearing-in ceremo- ing on a “border” or “immi- been recovered. kingdom has claimed that the
nies with uninvited gration czar” to coordinate The payments to his four public statements,” the Post children, plans to continue prince was not involved.
touching. The move immigration policy across children – two sons and two said. living in the kingdom, while Saudi Arabia initially said
Monday came on a day various federal agencies, ac- daughters – “are part of an The houses given to the the others, who live in the it had no knowledge of
when a second woman cording to four people famil- effort by Saudi Arabia to Khashoggi children are lo- United States, are expected to Khashoggi’s fate but later
said Biden had acted in- iar with the discussions. reach a long-term arrange- cated in the port city of Jed- sell the homes, the paper blamed rogue agents for his
appropriately, touching Trump is weighing at least ment with Khashoggi family dah and are worth up to $4 said. death.
her face with both hands two potential candidates for members, aimed in part at million, the newspaper re- In addition to the proper- Its public prosecutor has
and rubbing noses with the post: former Kansas Sec- ensuring that they continue ported. ties, the children are receiv- charged 11 people over his
her in 2009. The allega- retary of State Kris Kobach to show restraint in their Salah, the eldest of the ing $10,000 or more per month murder. —Agencies
tion by Amy Lappos, for- and former Virginia Attor-
mer aide to Democratic ney General Ken Cuccinelli,
Rep. Jim Hines of Con-
necticut, followed a mag-
azine essay by former
Nevada politician Lucy
according to the people, who
spoke to The Associated
Press on condition of ano-
nymity because they were
Pedestrians crossing from Mexico into the United States at the Otay Mesa
Port of Entry wait in line in San Diego —File photo Thai army chief leaves open EU warns UK
of disorderly
Flores, who says Biden
kissed her on the back of
the head in 2014.
not authorized to discuss the
conversations publicly.
Kobach and Cuccinelli are
far-right conservatives with
Have no special plan to restrain
migrant caravans, says Mexico
possibility of yet another coup exit from bloc
London: British Prime Min-
 strong views on immigra- Bangkok: Thailand’s army ister Theresa May held crisis
tion. Cuccinelli was seen at Mexico City: Notwith- This comes amid US chief said staging a coup is rare briefing talks with her ministers Tues-
Fifth stabbing in four the White House on Monday. standing the US threat to President Donald Trump difficult and depends on pre- day to try to resolve a months-
days in north London „„Apirat said staging
The planning comes as shut down the shared bor- threatening to close the bor- vailing conditions in the long Brexit deadlock, as the
a coup isn’t easy, it
London: London police Trump is threatening anew der, Mexico on Monday (lo- der if Mexico fails to stop country, while adding that EU warned of the growing
depends on the situation,
said on Tuesday they to close the U.S.-Mexico bor- cal time) claimed to have no “illegals” from entering his the military doesn’t want to risk of disorderly departure
in a rare media briefing
were investigating a fifth der as soon as this week if special plans to restrict country. “Mexico has for get involved in politics. from the bloc next week.
stabbing in four days in Mexico does not completely migrant caravans from many years made a fortune “Staging a coup isn’t easy,” „„He referred to May gathered her divided
the same north London halt illegal immigration into crossing over to the United off of the US, far greater Apirat Kongsompong said in Thailand’s March 24 cabinet to try to agree the next
district as authorities the U.S. And it serves as the States through its territory. than Border Costs. If Mexi- a rare briefing to foreign me- general polls, held after steps after MPs failed for a
try to contain a surge in latest sign that the president However, Mexican Inte- co doesn’t immediately stop dia in Bangkok on Tuesday. 5 years of military rule, second time on Monday night
knife crime in Britain. plans to continue to hammer rior Secretary Olga ALL illegal immigration “It depends on the situation. but was inconclusive to agree an alternative to her
Four victims were his hardline immigration Sanchez Cordero has said coming into the United Right now it looks like things Thai Army chief Apirat Kongsompong unpopular withdrawal deal.
stabbed from behind rhetoric and policies as he that the authorities plan to States through our South- are going well.” Brussels has set Britain an
over the weekend in the moves past the special coun- regulate the process. “No, ern Border, I will be CLOS- The army chief spoke in ing the Future Forward Party, chief, Thananthorn Juan- April 12 deadline to pass the
Edmonton area of north- sel’s Russia investigation and we are planning to regulate ING the Border, or large sec- the wake of Thailand’s incon- which according to prelimi- groongruangkit, with unsup- divorce deal, settle on an al-
west London, and detec- works to rally his base head- and maintain security,” tions of the Border, next clusive and dramatic general nary figures ran a strong ported allegations that it op- ternative or crash out of the
tives said they believed ing into his 2020 re-election said Cordero, said Sputnik. week,” he had tweeted. —PTI election on March 24 after third in the March 24 general poses the monarchy. European Union, risking
it was not linked to ter- campaign. nearly five years of military election. The inconclusive results to huge economic disruption.
rorism and a single sus- Aides hope the potential rule. Party co-founder Piyabutr the March 24 election, pitting In reality, the deadline is
pect was involved. appointment, which they Monday to requests for com- when there has been an “ur- A proxy party for the rul- Saenkanokkul used to be part the party of the junta leader nearer as the EU has called
Two men were arrested caution is still in the plan- ment. Kobach previously gent need” for sustained, in- ing junta and an alliance of the Nitirat Group, legal against an opposition alli- an emergency leaders sum-
on suspicion of grievous ning stages, would serve as served as vice chair of the ter-agency policy coordina- critical of the military gov- scholars who had sought re- ance, have seen both the pro- mit for April 10.
bodily harm and remain the “face” of the administra- president’s short-lived elec- tion. While Homeland Secu- ernment both claim they have forms in Thailand’s lese army Palang Pracharat party May’s deal has been reject-
in custody. In the fifth at- tion on immigration issues tion fraud commission, rity often plays a leading role a mandate to form the next majeste law, which carries and the opposition claim vic- ed by the House of Commons
tack, police said a man and would placate both the which was disbanded after when it comes to immigra- administration. “The army stiff prison terms for people tory. Final results may not be three times but she says their
in his 30s was found with president and his supporters, finding little evidence of tion policy, the department is will not get involved in poli- found guilty of defaming the clear for weeks. failure to agree anything else
stab injuries early on showing he is serious and widespread abuse. not in charge of officials at tics,” Apirat also said. monarchy. Apirat’s predecessor as means it is the only option,
Tuesday morning and taking action. A Department of Home- the departments of Health At a news conference on There has been a strong army chief, Prayuth Chan- and could bring it back for a
was in a life-threatening White House press aides, land Security official noted and Human Services, State, Tuesday, Gen. Apirat Kong- online campaign since the ocha, is seeking to stay in fourth vote this week.
condition in hospital. Kobach and Cuccinelli did that White House czars have Defense and Justice, which sompong appeared to be tar- election to discredit the Fu- power as an elected prime The EU’s chief negotiator,
not immediately respond been appointed in the past often play key roles. —AFP geting intellectuals support- ture Forward Party and its minister. —Agencies Michel Barnier, said an or-
derly exit was still possible

Mexican rock star kills self Prince Harry’s ‘biggest fan’ dies in Oz at 99
but was becoming less likely.
“If the UK still wants to
leave the EU in an orderly
manner, this agreement, this

after #MeToo accusation

Sydney: A 99-year-old Aus- more... than anyone could Harry first met Dunne in treaty is and will be the only
tralian war widow known ever imagine,” they said. 2015 when he noticed her one,” he told a think tank in
as Prince Harry’s “biggest “We, her family, would husband’s war medals Brussels. He added: “No deal
fan” has died after a bout of like to thank everyone for pinned to her chest. was never my intended sce-
Mexico City: The founder
and bassist of the Mexican Magician Blaine pneumonia, her family said
Tuesday.
the love and support they
showed Daphne.” She had
Meghan is due to give
birth to the couple’s first
nario, but the EU 27 is now
prepared. It becomes day af-
child later this spring. —AFP
facing sexual
rock band Botellita de Jerez, In a statement posted on received a message from ter day more likely.”
64-year-old Armando Vega Instagram, Daphne Dunne’s Prince Harry and his wife
Gil, killed himself on Mon- family said she had passed Meghan for her birthday
day after posting a suicide
letter on Twitter that said he
assault probe away peacefully at a hospital
in Sydney on Monday, just cluding last October on the
just last week, which she
said had “really made my
was falsely and anonymously New York: The New York days after turning 99. steps of the Sydney Opera day”.
accused of sexually abusing Police Department is investi- Over the years, Dunne House. “Well I’m not out of hos-
a minor. gating sexual assault allega- had been photographed mul- “The simple act of stop- pital, but the letter has cer-
Vega Gil was found dead at tions against popular magi- tiple times greeting the Duke ping Daphne in the street tainly made me feel better,”
his Mexico City home, au- cian David Blaine, authori- of Sussex on rope lines, in- and holding her hand meant she had told 7NEWS.
Armando Vega Gil said he was
thorities confirmed. ties confirmed on Monday.
anonymously accused on Twitter
The musician said that he Chief of Detectives Der-
was anonymously accused via
the #MeTooMusicosMexica-
nos (#MeTooMexicanMusi-
‘Death no admission’
mot Shea told reporters at an
unrelated news conference
that Blaine is under investi-
Indian sentenced to 8 years in jail
in major call centre fraud in US
„„In his suicide note, the
cians) Twitter hashtag of gation.
musician wrote that his
abusing and harassing a wom- The official declined to
death should not been
an when she was 13-years-old. discuss any details, including
seen as confession of guilt
“I will say this categori- whether police had sought to Washington: A 31-year-old and the India-based call cen- The conspirators collected
cally, this accusation is false,” „„On the contrary, Vega interview Blaine. Indian national has been sen- tres to extort money from the fraud proceeds by with-
Vega Gil’s letter said. “Let me Gil wrote, his action is a Shea was responding to a tenced to eight years and nine American residents by imper- drawing cash from prepaid
make it clear that my death is radical declaration report by the Daily Beast months in prison on Monday sonating Internal Revenue cards purchased and funded
not a confession of guilt, on of his innocence website that the NYPD had for his involvement in a ma- Service officers between 2014 by victims; hiring other con-
the contrary it is a radical dec- taken statements from two jor call centre scam under and 2016. During this period, spirators (runners) to re-
laration of my innocence. I women accusing Blaine of which he and his co-conspir- they mislead the victims in trieve money wired by the
just want to clear the path my acrimonious debate on Mexi- sexual assault. Citing un- ators extorted money from believing that they owed mon- victims to those runners;
son will walk in the future.” can social media. Some argued named sources, the report American residents by imper- ey to the IRS and would be ar- and/or hiring runners to
The representative for Bot- that if he was innocent he said one of the alleged vic- sonating tax officers, the US rested and fined if they did open bank accounts into
ellita de Jerez, Paola Hernan- should have cleared his name tims claims she was attacked Department of Justice said. not pay their alleged taxes which victims deposited
dez, said she spoke with Vega in justice system, while others by Blaine inside his Manhat- Nishitkumar Patel, who back immediately. fraud proceeds. —PTI
Gil at around 2.00 a.m., some said the court of public opin- tan apartment in 1998. had pleaded guilty to the
two hours before his death. ion, especially online, had per- The Daily Beast had previ- charges on January 9, has
“He was really sad and manently muddied his reputa- ously reported that a former also been asked by a Florida
pissed off, he didn’t know how tion. model alleged Blaine raped court to pay USD 2,00,000, for-
to clear his name. He said he Vega Gil ended his letter her in London in 2004, an al- feit cash and a 2015 Land
wasn’t guilty ... he was wor- saying: “Don’t blame anyone legation he denied. Scotland Rover that was seized in Oc-
ried about how his son would for my death, this suicide is a Yard detectives later de- tober 2018.
take all this,” Hernandez said conscious, voluntary, free clined to take further action According to court docu-
on radio. and personal decision. Hasta after investigating her claim, ments, Patel connived with
Vega Gil’s death sparked an pronto.” —Reuters the website said. —AP the US-based co-conspirators

mission decode many look for meaning of new monarchy’s name

Japan puzzles over new imperial term

Tokyo: Japanese printers ern calendar. While many Japanese
rushed to turn out calendars But Reiwa’s meaning has were positive about the new
emblazoned with the new im- generated confusion and con- name, to some, particularly
perial era name on Tuesday troversy. young people, it sounded
as the public tried to make The first character, “rei,” harsh.
sense of the meaning of “Rei- is often used to mean “com- “Do they mean ‘Give in to
wa” a day after its unveiling mand” or “order,” imparting orders?’ They probably want
gripped the nation. an authoritarian nuance that another militarist era,” said
The new era begins on May offends some. Prime Minister one Twitter user.
1 when Crown Prince Naruhi- Shinzo Abe and his govern- The mixed response may
to ascends the Chrysanthe- ment prefer “good” or “beau- reflect a generation gap or a
mum Throne a day after the tiful”, a less widely known A Japanese official unveils the decline in knowledge of kan-
abdication of his father, Em- sense. name of new era ‘Reiwa’ —AP ji, the Chinese characters
peror Akihito, brings to an The second character, used in Japanese and in gen-
end the 31-year Heisei era. “wa,” is defined as “peace” or and harmony’ as has been re- go, said Masaharu Mizukami,
The name, or “gengo”, fig- “harmony”, and together ported in the press,” the con- a professor of Chinese phi-
ures in daily life on coins, they mean “beautiful harmo- sulate said in a statement. losophy at Chuo University in
drivers’ licenses and official ny,” Japan’s consulate in New The name is chosen by the Tokyo. “To those who don’t
paperwork, as well as in York said in a bid to dispel cabinet, rather than the em- know the ‘good’ meaning, it
counting years, though many confusion. peror, from a short list pro- can come across as negative,”
Japanese also use the West- “It does not mean ‘order posed by scholars. he said. —Reuters
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Insolvency
SC deals blow to banks’ NPA recovery efforts
process hits Apex court verdict quashing RBI’s February 12 circular may impact banks’ ability to change management of defaulting firms
SC wall Manju AB preme Court could have re-
What is February 12, 2018 circular?
RattanIndia, Coastal
Around Power sector
`3.8L cr
[Link]@[Link] tained. RBI can now appeal to Energen, KSK Energy,
the apex court to retain these Meenakshi Energy
resolutions to
T
he Supreme Court rul- Mumbai: The Supreme aspects of the circular.” A revised framework Banks were asked to resolve are some of the ailing
ing on Tuesday that Court’s surprise verdict of The debt-conversion on resolution of the account in 180 days, power plants that can
put down the conten-
tious circular of Reserve
quashing the Reserve Bank of
India’s (RBI) February 12 cir-
clause in the circular had
boosted the case of the
stressed assets failing which they had to take
the borrower to NCLT for
escape from a time-
bound resolution Total debt impacted due to the circular
get delayed
Bank of India (RBI), is- cular will weaken the banks’ banks. “By virtue of the ver- It invalidated all (across 70 large borrowers), as per an earlier
sued on February 12, 2018, ability to change the manage- dict, the conversion of bankruptcy proceedings Ateeq Shaikh & Sanjay Jog
other resolution estimate by Icra, of which
has come as a rude shock ment of defaulting companies shares at a discount to banks [Link]@[Link]
mechanisms It was for large accounts of
for the banking regulator and resolve the debt of Rs 3.8 will be challenged. The

2 92%
and banks. It has raised a lakh crore across the stressed transfer of the said shares Rs 2,000 crore and above Mumbai: SC order quashing
Asked banks
flurry of queries in the sectors such as power, sugar can also be challenged. The RBI’s circular on the resolu-
process, putting a big
question mark on the ju-
and shipping. Of the total
debt, the power sector alone
verdict may, therefore, com-
pel banks to take corrective
to mandatorily
recognise even one-
day defauts
The circular also withdrew
earlier restructuring
schemes, including CDR,
` L cr Of debt was
tion on bad loans will only
the delay resolution of
risdiction of the central accounts for loans of up to Rs action to transfer valid title Is across 34 already classified stressed power assets.
bank as the regulator. 2 lakh crore. (shares or otherwise) to in- SDR and S4A borrowers in power as NPAs as of Promoters of around 30
The ruling has obvi- The verdict deprives banks terested buyers. This might sector March 2018 thermal power projects in-
ously given relief to pro- of acquiring shares at a dis- have an impact on cases like cluding GMR Chhattisgarh
moters of several projects count as they did in the case Jet Airways,” said Markand Energy, RattanIndia Amra-
currently facing insolven- of Jet Airways where lenders Joshi, partner MMJC and vati, Avantha Power’s sub-
cy proceedings under the took 50.1% stake in the airline Associates LLP, a corporate sidiary Jhabua Power Plant,
Insolvency and Bankrupt- by converting shares at Re 1 compliance firm. Jaiprakash Power Ventures,
cy Code (IBC). According through the issuance of Following the SC order, GVK, IL&FS, Essar, Jaypee,
to Icra, the total debt im- 114 million new shares. big loan-defaulting com- Coastal Energen, that had got
pacted due to the circular The RBI circular earlier panies can now avoid classified as non-performing
is around Rs 3.8 lakh crore empowered the banks to being mandatorily assets (NPA) as per the circu-
across 70 large borrowers, take this route for debt- pushed into bankruptcy. lar, stand to get a “breather”.
with Rs 2 lakh crore laden companies having a A senior banker said, Though the apex court
spread across 34 borrow- negative net worth. “Mandatory reference will go has termed the circular as

Fewer default cases may head to NCLT

ers in the power sector RattanIndia, Coastal En- away. It will delay resolutions “ultra vires”, clarity on what
alone. The circular had ergy Pvt Ltd, KSK Energy for sure for close to Rs 3.8 lakh all points or provisions of
made it mandatory for Ventures, Meenakshi Ener- crore stressed assets, particu- the circular have been struck
banks to recognise even a gy, and Jindal Thermal Pow- larly in the power, sugar and down is awaited.
day’s default and resolve er are some of the ailing shipping sectors. Now RBI Praveena Sharma the detailed judgement and a leading management con- RBI circular as unconstitu- The circular had done
the problem in 180 days, power plants that can now will have to come out with ap- [Link]@[Link] response of RBI before de- sultancy, who did not want to tional. Unconstitutional is a away with the earlier re-
failing which such ac- escape from a time-bound propriate notification on how ducing the impact of the be named as he is working strong word. It must be say- structuring schemes. “Does
counts, of Rs 2,000 crore resolution as they are yet to to deal with this debt. Earlier, New Delhi: The squashing of SC’s order on the banks with several banks. ing that it is going against this order mean that all these
and above, had to be re- be admitted to the NCLT. once the resolution plan was RBI’s February 12 circular is and borrowers. A former banker, who the established rights of the schemes have come back to
ferred to National Com- R Gandhi, former deputy in place, we were getting RBI likely to see fewer default “Automatically, the num- spoke anonymously to DNA borrowers,” he said. resolve such power pro-
pany Law Tribunals for governor, RBI, said, “It will approval.” The apex court’s cases being referred to the ber of cases going to the Money said the SC had used The ex-banker expects the jects?,” asked Ashish Chhaw-
resolution. weaken the banks’ ability to judgment will not just be National Company Law Tri- NCLT under Insolvency and the word “unconstitutional” “the position” before the RBI chharia, partner – Restruc-
Experts, however, be- resolve the debt and they will positive for power, shipping, bunal (NCLT), central bank Bankruptcy Code (IBC) law to establish the constitution- circular to be restored fol- turing Services, Grant
lieve that banks would be at the mercy of the bor- textile and sugar companies coming out with revised pru- will get reduced with this al rights of the borrowers lowing the SC order. “If the Thornton Advisory Pvt Ltd.
continue to have an option rowers. The conversion of but also other biggies who dential norms and banks get- judgement. The RBI gover- that had been breached by SC court order is followed
to refer such defaulting debt into equity at a discount are sitting on a mountain of ting a major relief in terms of nor had said he will not di- central bank’s directives is- then till the account become
borrowers under IBC, in and a time-bound resolution debt and are being referred provisioning for bad assets. lute the circular. Now, he will sued last year. out-of-order after 90 days, no SC order won’t impact Jet
case the resolution plans are the positive aspects of the to the National Company However, most experts have to go by the SC ruling,” “What are reasons the SC action can be taken for de- Airways case, p9
fail. But banks may need to RBI circular that the Su- Law Tribunal. said they would wait for said a banking analyst with has found for treating the claring it as NPA.”
seek more clarity on how
to deal with the committee
of creditors and resolution

Govt confident of meeting Jet Airways Irda allows settlement Rajan Anandan
professionals. There is no
doubt that the court order
would delay the ongoing
grounds 15 quits Google,
resolution process of sev-
of claims monthly too
3.4% fiscal deficit target more planes ventures into
eral companies.

ST smart
Mumbai: Cash-crunch hit
private carrier Jet Airways
DNA Money Correspondent
correspondent@[Link] More flexible Sequoia Capital
Anjul Tomar Fiscal Deficit taxes of Rs 70,000-80,000 on Tuesday said it has „„The option of the
[Link]@[Link] As a % of GDP crore. grounded 15 more aircraft Mumbai: Policyholders of settlement of claims in New Delhi:
Factory whir falls New Delhi: With the total
4.8 4.6 4.1
3.9
“We are maintaining the
fiscal deficit target. There is
due to non-payment of rent-
als to lessors, taking the total
the personal accident and
benefit-based health insur-
installments will offer an
income in the hands of
Google’s In-
dia and South
to six-month low expenditure at about 97% of
the budgeted amount as it
3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 a shortfall in resources due
to which we have to delve
number of grounded planes
to 69.
ance plans can choose to
receive the claim in regular
the claimants East Asia
president Ra-
Reflecting a loss of ended the financial year into public accounts and The fleet strength in the installments or a lump sum „„It is applicable to jan Anandan
“growth momentum”, 2018-19, the central govern- spend from NSSF. While we airline has, however, has amount or a combination personal accident and has put in his
manufacturing activi- ment is hopeful of maintain- have maintained the expend- come down to 20 now. of both. benefit-based health papers after an eight-year
ties in the country ing the fiscal deficit target at iture level, there have been Till last month, the Mum- The Insurance Regulatory products and add-ons stint at the American tech
slowed down to a six- 3.4% of the GDP despite a RE BE savings in the normal course bai-headquartered airline, and Development Authority giant.
month low in March shortfall in revenue receipts. FY13 FY20 without putting any pressure which is now under the new of India (Irdai) has issued Anandan, also an investor
amid softer increases in The shortfall will be met RE:Revised estimates, BE: Budget estimates on the ministries. If we take ownership, had taken 54 draft guidelines for claim in multiple start-ups, is slated
new orders, production with the help of unspent into account expenditure planes out of operations due settlements. to join venture fund Sequoia
and employment, ac- amount, some spending cuts Cutting along with NSSF, then the to lease rental defaults. According to the draft Capital. He will work with
cording to a survey. The and National Small Savings expenditure expenditure will be around “.... an additional 15 air- guideline, the option of the Google until the end of this
Nikkei India Manufac- Funds (NSSF), finance min- 97%,” the official said. craft have been grounded settlement of claims in in- month. Vikas Agnihotri will

` 60,000 cr
turing Purchasing Man- istry sources said. The government is likely due to non-payment of stallments will offer an in- take on the interim responsi-
agers’ Index (PMI) de- The government expendi- to have spent about Rs 23.96 amounts outstanding to les- come in the hands of the bility. He is currently serv-
clined to 52.6 in March ture has been compressed by lakh crore out of the total sors under their respective claimants for a reasonable ing as Google’s country di-
from 54.3 in February, a around Rs 60,000 crore, Compression in government budgeted expenditure of Rs lease agreements,” Jet Air- period of time. rector for sales.
report said Tuesday. A which includes savings from expenditure 24.57 lakh crore for the finan- ways said in a filing to the It is applicable in respect “We are grateful to Rajan
reading above 50 indi- ministries at around Rs cial year 2018-19. This in- stock exchanges. of a personal accident and diac problem (in case of in- for his huge contribution to
cates expansion while a
print below that level
points to contraction.
47,000 crore and a spending
cut of close to Rs 9,000 crore.
The finance ministry has
`47,000 cr
savings by the ministries
cludes mostly savings from
ministries and also some por-
tion of the expenditure cut.
Last week, the airline had
informed the government it
has 35 aircraft in operations.
benefit-based health products
and add-ons attached to in-
demnity policies of both indi-
demnity based health cover).
Unlike the regular medi-
claim policy where money is
Google over the past eight
years. His entrepreneurial
zeal and leadership has helped
“Falling from 54.3 in managed to compensate the “Of the total expenditure, On March 25, Jet Airways’ vidual and group products. paid for the specific purpose grow the overall internet eco-
February to a six-month remaining shortfall by dip- the ministries could not board approved a resolution These policies offer a of the medical treatment or system in India and Southeast
low, the latest figure ping into the NSSF. try official said. spend around Rs 47,000 crore plan formulated by SBI-led lump sum amount to the hospitalisation, in case of Asia,” Google president Asia
highlighted a loss of “The revenue collection is Revenue collections have by March 31. An amount of domestic lenders. Under the claimant/benefactors in these policies the policyhold- Pacific Scott Beaumont said
growth momentum,” less than expected. But we seen a major shortfall dur- Rs 9,000 crore was withheld plan, lenders decided to take case of an accident (in case er can use the money as in- in an emailed statement.
the report said, adding have managed our expendi- ing 2018-19, with direct taxes by the finance ministry on control of the airline and of personal accident policy) come replacement. The Anandan had joined
that although operating ture through other resourc- likely to see a shortfall of Rs the last day of the financial make a fund infusion of Rs or diagnosis of a critical ill- amounts tend to be large, Rs Google from Microsoft India
conditions in the Indian es,” a senior finance minis- 40,000 crore and indirect year,” a source said. 1,500 crore. —PTI ness such as cancer or car- 10 lakh and upwards. in 2010. Previously, he was
manufacturing industry also been associated with
continued to improve, Dell India and McKinsey &
there was a widespread
slowdown in growth. Check out time Industry experts say attrition level is much higher compared to hotel aggregator’s claims Company.
In a tweet, Anandan said,
“8 amazing years. 850million
May 10 deadline

OYO loses 82 hotels from India portfolio every year

internet users across India
for realtors and SEA. Many billions of
Real estate firms have revenue and the fastest
time till May 10 to com- growing region in the world.
municate to their re- Incredible team that thinks
spective jurisdictional Ashish K Tiwari “We have very stringent one of the experts request- OYO legal team because “Single hotel asset owners big and executes superbly.
officers whether they t_ashish@[Link] checks and balances in ing not to be identified. these hoteliers don’t have
COLD RECEPTION who would earlier charge Thank you @GoogleIndia
want to continue with terms of quality and service The reason for higher at- the ability/capacity to de- „„The reason for higher customers as per their #GoogleSEA. Loved every
the old GST rates with Mumbai: OYO, South Asia’s delivery across our lease- trition levels, experts said is vote time and money in attrition levels, experts whims and fancies are obvi- minute.” Some of the compa-
the input tax credit, fail- largest chain of branded ho- operated and franchised ho- because OYO typically en- fighting the litigation. And said is because OYO ously not happy because nies in which Anandan has
ing which they will be tels and homes, is losing 82 tels portfolio. And hotels not ters into a one-year contract having burnt their fingers typically enters into a OYO hotels offer quality invested include WebEn-
deemed to have migrat- hotel assets from its network conforming to our standards with hotel asset owners. In associating with OYO, they one-year contract rooms at affordable rates. We gage, Instamojo, Capillary
ed to new tax rates. The every year. According to a get discontinued,” he said. fact, some of the hoteliers are left with no option but to have almost 8,500 asset own- Technologies, TravelKhana,
GST Council had given top company executive, the Ghosh was in Mumbai on DNA Money spoke to said exit the network once the „„Some hoteliers say ers and the so-called hotel and EasyGov.
the option to real estate the hotel chain with 8,200 Tuesday to relaunch its two that OYO starts defaulting on contract expires. However, OYO starts defaulting associations don’t even have Sequoia Capital manag-
companies to either opt properties at present, has a brands - Collection O and Sil- payments the moment they by then, the exiting hotel as- on payments the 100 members. However, we ing director Shailendra J
for old rates of 12% (for hotel attrition level of 1% in verKey that will specifically realise there isn’t set owners would have also moment they realise are also addressing their Singh, in a Linkedin post,
residential) and 8% (af- its India portfolio. cater to the millennials and enough money to be lost their business and there isn’t enough grievances. We discuss the said Anandan will join the
fordable housing) with OYO claims it has over full-serviced executive stays, made with the hotel loyal clientele,” said one money to be made issues at regular intervals leadership team at the firm,
input tax credit (ITC) 8,700 hotels and homes respectively. asset. of the hoteliers. with our asset owners and in addition to the six current
benefits or the new tax across the globe and is the Industry experts, howev- “That’s one rea- This conflict of consider their suggestions managing directors.
rates of 5% for residen- sixth-largest hotel chain. er, have a completely differ- son leading to liti- business interest has and the OYO management. for the business to create a Anandan will focus on de-
tial units and 1% for af- Responding to a DNA ent observation on Ghosh’s gation between led to a major battle The hotel chain, however, win-win scenario for both,” veloping ‘Surge’ programme
fordable housing with- Money query, Aditya Ghosh, claims of 1% attrition of OYO and hotel asset between hotel asset maintains that there are a said Ghosh. On illegal prop- for start-ups by acting as an
out the benefit of ad- chief executive officer – hotel assets. “That’s an in- owners. A lot of owners/hotel asso- lot of disgruntled hotel erties in the network, Ghosh investment advisor and men-
justing the credit on in- South Asia, OYO Hotels & correct number. It is way small asset owners ciations from owners who do not appreci- said the company has stand- tor to the founders. Surge
puts used during con- Homes, said the 1% attrition higher than OYO manage- get taken on a across ate OYO’s way of looking at ardised format in terms of aims to engineer rapid early
struction. happens for various reasons. ment’s claims of 1%,” said ride by the Aditya Ghosh India this business. all the documents. progress for start-ups. —PTI
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Ahmedabad I Wednesday, April 3, 2019 I daily news & analysis

Virtuous to buy two

Tata Realty malls SC order won’t impact Jet case Jio transfers
optical fibre,
Industry experts say the carrier’s case is being resolved outside the insolvency proceedings tower units to
Deal
Street for `7,000 crore
Shahkar Abidi was the main reason why
RIIHL trusts
51
Virtuous Retail is in advanced discussions to buy

180
a_shahakar@[Link] prospective investors were
two mall projects from Tata Realty and hesitant in infusing funds. New Delhi: Reliance Jio has

1,500cr
Infrastructure (TRIL) for about Rs 700 crore. The
two mall properties, located in Amritsar and
Mumbai: The legal frater- % However, the promoter transferred control of its fi-
nity and aviation industry ` along with his family even- bre and mobile tower units to
Nagpur respectively, cover an area of 1.15 million experts are of the view that Stake previously held tually had to bring down two infrastructure invest-
square feet. While the Amritsar mall is already smooth Days by which lenders need by Naresh Goyal and his Amount infused by lenders
the apex court ruling on the runway their ownership to less than ment trusts set up by Reli-
operational, the Nagpur mall is expected to open RBI circular is unlikely to to find a resolution plan family members after Naresh Goyal’s exit half from 51% earlier. ance Industrial Investments
in the next two months. TRIL owns 90% stake in have any impact on the Jet The development thus and Holdings Ltd (RIIHL).
these properties. It had invested in these malls Airways case, as it is being Jet Airways interim man- paved the way for the lend- The optical fibre cable in-
through its maiden fund, Tata Realty Initiatives resolved outside the insol- agement committee is being ers to infuse Rs 1,500 crore, frastructure unit, Jio Digital
Fund I, which raised a corpus of $750 million, vency proceedings through set up by the lenders led by which is expected to bring Fibre Private Ltd (JDFPL)
according to DealStreetAsia. a bank-led mechanism. State Bank of India (SBI) to some normalcy to the air- has allocated shares worth
The Supreme Court manage the daily operations line’s troubled situation. Rs 500 crore to Reliance Jio
struck down the February 12 of the crisis-ridden airline Amit Kapur, joint manag- Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) on
Mswipe raises SurveySparrow order by the Reserve Bank of until the lenders are able to ing partner, J Sagar Associ- March 31, 2019, according to
$30 mn funding raises seed funding India (RBI) and called it un- sell/issue shares to new in- ates, said though he is una- a regulatory filing. Also, mo-
constitutional. The RBI cir- vestors, with the entire pro- ware about the proceedings bile tower unit Reliance Jio
Mswipe Technologies, SurveySparrow said it cular mandates that a bor- cess to get completed by of the Jet Airways case, the Infratel Private Ltd(RJIPL)
which develops point-of- has raised $1.4 million rower missing repayment June. RBI still has the power to has allocated shares worth
sale terminals for in seed funding from even for a single day would The SBI executives in- initiate an action if it wants, Rs 200 crore to RJIL, it said.
merchants, said it has Prime Venture be treated as a defaulter. volved in the deal said that subject to government au- On the same day, Digital
raised $30 millionfrom Partners. Further, the banks need to the lenders are likely to issue thorisation as is prescribed Fibre Infrastructure Trust
existing investors SurveySparrow allows finalise a resolution plan for When asked if the bankers applicable to the companies an expression of interest under the law. acquired control of JDFPL
Falcon Edge, B Capital, users to create and defaults in excess of Rs 2,000 still have the option to con- with negative net worth and (EOI) by April 9 with the Meanwhile, National Avi- by purchasing 51% of the eq-
Epiq Capital and DSG share mobile-first, crore within the next 180 vert their loans into equity requires approval by all the deadline being month-end ators Guild (NAG), the do- uity share capital of JDFPL
Growth Partners. conversational surveys. days, failing which the insol- by payment of Rs 1, Hirede- lenders and stakeholders. and bid to be awarded by May mestic pilots union of the for Rs 262.65 crore.
Mswipe plans to have 1.5 I will use the fresh vency process would be initi- sai said, “It will in no way get Further, in Jet Airways 31. crippled Jet Airways, on Besides, Tower Infrastruc-
million merchants on its funds for product ated. impacted.” case the debt has been con- The airline’s founder Nar- Tuesday demanded interest ture Trust acquired control
platform by the end of development and build According to Santosh Jet Airways lenders have verted into equity, therefore esh Goyal stepped down from on their delayed salaries of RJIPL by purchasing 51%
2019-20 financial year it into a continuous Hiredesai, analyst, SBI Cap decided to convert their technically there is no Jet the Board as well as the chair- along with timely payment. of shares of RJIPL for Rs
from the current base of improvement platform, Securities, there will be no debt into equity and take a Airways anymore. manship, paving the way for The letters from guild 109.65 crore, the filing said.
over 400,000 merchants. it said. The global change as far as Jet Airways controlling stake in the car- Mark Martin, founder lenders to look for suitable president Karan Chopra on “This will result in sig-
The company has raised online survey software is concerned, as the apex rier by paying a token sum and CEO Martin Consulting investors. Tuesday comes two after nificant deleveraging of the
over $80 million from market is valued at over court ruling today states that of Re1 for 11.4 crore equity said, “So technically, the SC Insiders claim that Goy- they deferred their strike consolidated balance sheet
investors. $4 billion. banks have the right to pro- shares. ruling does not apply (in Jet al’s insistence on not leav- call to April 15, which was of the company as at March
ceed the way they want. The mandate by RBI is Airways case)” ing the control of the airline earlier to begin on April 1. 31 2019,” it said. —PTI

In brief MG Motors to launch India’s first Foxconn to start

internet-enabled car in June trial run of iPhones
Mansi Taneja will create a disruption in a
[Link]@[Link] tech-driven meaningful way. Technology Saritha Rai
innovation is one of the pil-
„„MG Motor India said it
New Delhi: MG Motor In- lars for our foundation,” Bangalore: Foxconn Tech-
will invest over Rs 5,000
dia, owned by China’s SAIC Chaba said. We will challenge nology Group is within
Motor Corp, will launch its
core in the next five to
six years
existing ownership brands, WPP cos credit quality not weeks of starting trial pro-
first car in the country in we are building from scratch duction of the latest iPhones
June this year, followed by „„The company will and won’t repeat the mistakes to be hit by higher capacity in India as Apple Inc seeks to
No production of three other launches over
the next two years.
launch an electric
vehicle eZS later this
made by others, he added.
“We know the pattern of
Debt-driven expansions will not affect the credit profiles of revive its fortunes in the
country, people familiar with
Tata Nano in Mar On Tuesday, the company
showcased the pictures of its
year failure in the auto industry.
We are conscious of those fac-
manufacturers because of healthy cash flows emanating from
higher WPP prices, said a Crisil report the matter said. The trial run
of the iPhone X range of de-
For the third month in a first car named Hector, along tors (failures of others) and vices would come before Fox-
row Tata Motors did not with its iSMART Next Gen we will establish trust with conn starts full-scale assem- would allow it to open its own
produce any unit of its technology developed in our brand. No doubt, we are bly at its factory outside the stores in the country.
entry level small car partnership with global tech- like a dark horse but we will southern city of Chennai, “Seen from Cupertino the
Nano in March, nology players including Mi- succeed,” Chaba further said. sources said. India market looks minuscule

`63,000/ `70,000/
heightening the crosoft, Adobe and SAP. The connectivity system in Wistron Corp already pro- so Apple’s strategy has been
uncertainty over the “This will be the first in- duces older models, such as
15%
Hector will help the car owner myopic,” said Neil Shah, re-
future of the vehicle ternet car in India,” MG Mo- to stay connected on the go as the iPhone 6s, iPhone SE and search director, Counterpoint
once dubbed as ‘people’s tor India president and man- the vehicle will have an em-
- Estimated rise
tonne tonne iPhone 7, at a plant in Banga- Research. “They haven’t capi-
car’. According to a aging director Rajeev Chaba bedded machine to machine Prices of Maplitho lore. Apple has become a mi- talized on the ground poten-
regulatory filing, the in writing and increased to in prices at near
told DNA Money. The con- (M2M) eSIM. The platform nor player in India with tial- India will cross half-bil-
company also said it did printing paper past two years 3-year highs
nectivity service will be free will be IPV6 and 5G-ready and about 1% of the country’s lion smartphone users this
not sell even a single capacity (WPP)
for the first three years and said it will invest over Rs 5,000 comes preloaded with music. shipments as its higher pric- year.” As Apple’s market
by fiscal 2022
100 basis points
unit of the small car last has been designed to work on core in the next five to six It will also enable users to es deter customers in the share declines in China and
month. even 2G and 3G networks, years. After Hector, the com- receive real-time entertain- Capacity to - Demand for world’s fastest growing ma- the US-China trade war heats
apart from the 4G network. pany will launch an electric ment content and applica- increase by one WPP to grow by over next five fiscals jor market. Production in up, the US company needs to
L&T Construction
Currently, the company has vehicle eZS later this year. tion updates, besides giving million tonne to India would help the Cuper- diversify into India. “Apple no
bags large orders tied up with Airtel to offer “India is a tough market. live traffic navigation, locat- Large WPP makers to operate at over tino, avoid import duties of longer wants to keep all its
6.5 million tonne
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) internet connectivity. Not many western players ing cars remotely and geo- in next 3 years 90% capacity utilisation 20% and also meet the 30% eggs in one basket,” said
said its construction Last year, MG Motor India have succeeded here. But, we fencing. local sourcing rule that Shah. —Bloomberg
arm has bagged large

Dr Reddy’s Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel to sell

contracts from multiple
clients for power
transmission and
NTPC’s power Perfetti expects
distribution business in
capacity at 25% share in
assets in UK, Spain, Belgium
the domestic and

settles case 55,126 mw next 3 years

overseas markets. “The
power transmission and
distribution business of
L&T Construction has New Delhi: The total in- William Wilkes hoff said. New Delhi: Global confec-
TATA STEEL

with Celgene
bagged several stalled capacity of NTPC German newspaper Han- tionery major Perfetti Van
group has reached 55,126 Frankfurt: Thyssenkrupp Share price on BSE in ` delsblatt reported details Melle expects to increase its
engineering, 775
procurement and megawatt (mw) with the ad- AG and Tata Steel Ltd have about the asset sales on Mon- market share in India to
construction orders dition of a 800 mw unit of offered to sell assets in Bel- 700 day. Asset sales outside of around 25% in the next three
across its various Gadarwara Super Thermal gium, Spain and the UK to 682.02 Germany may satisfy de- years, a company official said.
business lines,” L&T New Delhi: Dr Reddy’s Lab- Power Project in Madhya win antitrust approval for a 625 mands by Thyssenkrupp’s The company expects to
said. oratories said it has entered DR REDDY'S LABs Pradesh. European steel joint venture, labour leaders that the joint climb the ladder on the back
into a confidential settle- Share price on BSE in ` 2850 “We wish to inform that according to source. The two 531.10 550 venture won’t cause job loss- of its “innovative” products,
S&P revises Tata ment agreement with the US- 2796.40 pursuant to change in proce- companies proposed divest- es in Germany. “iconic” brand building and
Steel’s outlook based biotechnology firm 2650 dure for capacity addition ing two automotive steel 475 Union representatives at extensive distribution net-
Celgene for its abbreviated notified by Central Electric- plants in Spain and Belgium the company control half of work with a price point start-
S&P Global Ratings said
new drug submissions 2411.50 2450 ity Authority, the first unit to meet demands by Euro- 400 all votes on the supervisory ing from Re 1, the official
it has revised its
(ANDS) related to a generic of 800 MW of Gadarwara pean regulators, said the Jan 1, 18 Apr 2, 19 board and would fiercely op- mentioned. India is among
outlook on Tata Steel to
version of REVLIMID brand 2250 project (2x800 mw) has been source. pose concessions that cut its top five markets globally.
positive from stable.
capsules pending before added to the total installed The companies may also German steelworkers. Perfetti Van Melle (PVM)
The diminishing
Health Canada. REVLIMID 2050 capacity of NTPC,” NTPC sell a UK steel operation, but market supply and prices. The plan to create a Eu- India is also adapting to
prospect of Bhushan
(Lenalidomide) is indicated said in a filing to BSE. plan to keep the main Port The European Commis- ropean steel company changes in consumer prefer-
Power and Steel Ltd’s
for treatment for multiple 1850 With this, the total in- Talbot mill, the person said. sion is expected to review jointly owned by Germa- ences and would continue to
(BPSL) acquisition and
myeloma (cancer). Jan 1, 18 Apr 2, 19 stalled capacity of NTPC Ltd The two companies are work- the proposal and make a ny’s Thyssenkrupp and In- introduce more products un-
the sustained high steel
“Pursuant to this confi- is now 47,325 mw and that of ing to ease concerns flagged decision by June 5. “As we dia’s Tata “raised several der its seven core brands pre-
prices in India are key
dential settlement, the par- NTPC group is 55,126 mw. by European regulators that see it, our proposals cover issues,” the EU said last sent here- Center Fresh, Cent-
factors for the outlook
ties agreed to discontinue all
booster dose Shares of NTPC were the combination of their Eu- all the concerns expressed year when it opened an in- er Fruit, Alpenliebe, Juzt
revision on Tata Steel,
legal proceedings involving „„Dr Reddy’s trading at Rs 134.50 per scrip, ropean steel operations would by the Commission,” Thys- depth probe into the trans- Jelly, Chupa Chups, Mentos
S&P said in a
certain of Celgene’s Cana- Laboratories said other down 0.37%, on BSE. —PTI have too much control over senkrupp CEO Guido Kerk- action. —Bloomberg and Happydent. —PTI
statement. The rating
dian patents related to Lena- terms of the agreement
agency also noted that
lidomide and the company’s are confidential
Tata Steel will continue
to support its 100%
ANDS for a generic version
of Celgene’s Lenalidomide „„The company, new pledge Boeing and Lockheed Martin- are in the race for the Indian fighter jet market
subsidiary Tata Steel however, did not
capsules pending before

Boeing offers to build 21st-century aerospace

UK Holdings (TSUKH) disclose how much
Health Canada,” Dr Reddy’s
when needed. payment its subsidiary
said in a BSE filing.
Polycab to raise Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Promius Pharma will
`1,345 cr via IPO said other terms of the receive
agreement are confidential. Lalit K Jha future F/A-18 Super Hornet being able to service, both the
Polycab India plans to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories upgrades can be co-devel- Indian Navy and the Indian
raise around Rs 1,345 through its wholly owned milestone payments contin- Washington: Eyeing India’s oped with India, maximising Air Force requirements to-
crore through a mix of subsidiary Promius Pharma gent upon achievement of multi-billion dollar fighter performance, affordability, gether is so vital because it
fresh issue of equity on Tuesday announced sale certain commercial objec- jet market, Boeing has of- indigenisation for decades. creates a volume that sup-
shares and an offer for and assignment of the US tives,” Dr Reddy’s Laborato- fered to build a 21st-century The McDonnell Douglas ports industrial development
sale, which will be rights for its marketed der- ries said in a regulatory filing. aerospace ecosystem in In- F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-en- at a massive scale,” Allen said
launched on April 5. The matology brands to Encore The company, however, dia for co-developing F/A-18 gine, supersonic, all-weather, in response to a question.
issue, which includes Rs Dermatology. did not disclose how much Super Hornet upgrades as carrier-capable, multirole Boeing says that the
400 crore of fresh issue Promius Pharma, LLC, an- payment its subsidiary Pro- part of the country’s ad- combat jet, designed as both ‘Make in India’ programme
and an offer for sale nounced the sale of its rights mius Pharma will receive. vanced medium combat air- a fighter and attack aircraft. for the Super Hornet has
(OFS) of 17,582,000 for SERNIVO spray, 0.05% Dr Reddy’s co-chairman craft (AMCA) programme. As a result, Allen argued, been envisioned for aircraft
shares of face value of and assignment of its rights and CEO G V Prasad said the Two major American the impact will be transfor- made in India for India. The
Rs 10 a piece, will close to market and distribute, announcement is in line fighter jets manufacturers- mational- building a next- Super Hornet production
on April 9. PROMISES topical cream and with its renewed strategy to Boeing and Lockheed Mar- gen warfighter in India and line will exist in the US to
TRIANEX 0.05% (Triamci- enable us achieve self-sus- tin- are in the race for the capability it’s building up of the Boeing Executive a 21st-century aerospace eco- meet the immediate needs of
Metropolis raises nolone Acetonide ointment, tainability and profitable Indian fighter jet market. the supply chain, it’s build- Council, said. system with Hindustan Aer- its American and interna-
`530 crore USP) in the United States, to growth for each of its busi- Lockheed Martin has offered ing up engineering capacity, Last month, Allen was onautics Limited (HAL) and tional customers.
Metropolis Healthcare Encore Dermatology. nesses. to shift its entire F-16 manu- technical mechanical capac- named the senior vice presi- Mahindra along with Boeing India is to build an en-
raised Rs 530 crore by “Under the terms of the Shares of Dr Reddy’s Lab- facturing base from the US to ity. It is bringing the build, dent of Boeing and president industry’s partners (GE Avi- tirely new line, leveraging
selling shares to anchor agreement, Promius Pharma oratories were trading 0.06% India. not the kit, to India,” Marc of Embraer Partnership and ation, GKN Aero, Northrop Boeing’s commercial and
investors ahead of its is eligible to receive an up- lower at Rs 2,789.40 apiece on “What we’re talking about Allen, president of Boeing Group Operations. Grumman and Raytheon). defence experience, Allen
initial share-sale. front payment and future the BSE. —PTI is a complete ecosystem of International and a member Boeing has offered that “And that’s why the idea of said. —PTI
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authorities should be more proactive when it jaer says he has been assured by star mid-
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erning bodies only reacted once incidents had does not want to leave Man United despite
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Gopal googlies blow RCB’s top away

BALL GAME
World Cup win
best cricketing
moment: Sachin Riding on leg-spinner’s 3/12, Rajasthan Royals register their first win of season beating Kohli & Co by 7 wickets
India lifted their second
World Cup on April 2,
2011, at Wankhede Stadi-
um, which, Sachin Ten- Tushar Arothe
dulkar says, is the “best
moment” of his cricket-
ing career. “I was the
Former India
highest run-getter for the
team so my contribution Match No. 14 women’s
coach arrested
was well worth it, because
in the end what matters is Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals
that the trophy is sitting leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal
in your dressing room,
not the opponent’s dress-
bowled a sensational spell to
play a lead role in his team’s
for IPL betting
ing room. That was the first win of the season in DNA Correspondent
best cricketing moment Jaipur on Tuesday. sports@[Link]
of my life,” International Helped by Gopal’s three-
Cricket Council quoted wicket haul, Royals chased Mumbai: Former India
Tendulkar as saying. down a target of 159 set by women’s cricket coach Tush-
RCB, for whom skipper Virat ar Arothe was arrested on
Pakistan bans IPL Kohli and ace batter AB de Monday night in connection
broadcast Villiers failed to get going with an Indian Premier
Pakistan banned the tele- once again. After four match- League betting by detection
cast of IPL matches in the es, RCB are still in search of crime branch at his cafe in
country, alleging that In- their first win of the season. Vadodara.
dia has made an “organ- RR won with one ball to Along with Arothe, 18 per-
ised effort to harm” the spare after No. 4 Rahul Trip- sons including two owners of
game in Pakistan. Infor- athi pulled Umesh Yadav over the cafe were held for the
mation Minister Fawad mid-wicket for a six. Tripathi, same. According to reports,
Chaudhry told a press batting at No. 4, made good the the betting was taking place
conference that the deci- solid start given by captain during the game between
sion was taken at a Cabi- Ajinkya Rahane and Jos But- Kings XI Punjab and Delhi
net meeting chaired by tler. The openers shared 60 in Capitals being played in Mo-
Prime Minister Imran under 8 overs to put Royals on hali.
Khan, a former captain of the victory path. Tripathi “We arrested Tushar
Pakistani cricket team. shared 50 for the third wicket Arothe along with 18 other
with Australian Steve Smith, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli (R) is bowled by Rajasthan Royals bowler Shreyas Gopal (below) in Jaipur on Tuesday —AFP persons during a raid at a
Ganguly asked to who was batting for the first cafe. Their phones and vehi-
clear his stand time at No. 3 this season. conceding just 12 runs in his SCOREBOARD cles have been seized.” JS
The BCCI Ombudsman Virat Kohli’s bowlers four-quota over. Orange cap Purple cap RR vs RCB RR R B 4/6 SR Jadeja, DCP Crime Branch,
Justice DK Jain has asked could not beat the Royals bats- It was opener Patel who Match No. 14, Venue: SMS Stadium, Jaipur Vadodara was quoted as say-
Sourav Ganguly to clear men enough to make a match resisted the Royals attack David Warner Yuzvendra Chahal A Rahane lbw b Chahal 22 20 4/0 110.00
ing by ANI.
Toss: RR, field first JC Buttler c Stoinis b Chahal 59 43 8/1 137.20
his stand on allegations out of it, despite leg-spinner with aplomb, hitting a bel- (SRH) (RCB) S Smith c Yadav b Siraj 38 31 2/1 122.58 All the accused were later
RCB R B 4/6 SR
254 8
of conflict of interest in Yuzvendra Chahal taking ligerent 67 off 41 balls with R Tripathi not out 34 23 3/1 147.82 released on bail.
his role as Delhi Capitals two wickets for 17 runs in nine boundaries and six to runs wickets V Kohli b Gopal 23 25 3/0 92.00 B Stokes not out 1 2 0/0 50.00 The former Baroda player
advisor while serving as his four overs. Chahal, with help his side put a decent P Patel c Rahane b Archer 67 41 9/1 163.41 Extras (B4, LB1, W5) 10 was appointed as the coach
Jonny Bairstow (SRH)  198 Imran Tahir (CSK) 6 AB de Villiers c & b Gopal 13 9 2/0 144.44
president of Cricket Asso- 8 wickets this season, is total on board. TOTAL (for 3 wkts in 19.5 Ov) 164 (8.26 runs per over) of the Indian women’s team
ciation of Bengal. There now the Purple Cap own- Stoinis (31 not out) too Andre Russell (KKR)  159 Shreyas Gopal (RR) 6 S Hetmyer c Buttler b Gopal 1 9 0/0 11.11 in 2017 after a previous stint
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (AM Rahane, 7.4 ov), 2-104 (JC
M Stoinis batting 31 28 2/1 110.71
have been complaints er. played a key part in shor- Buttler, 12.4 ov), 3-154 (SPD Smith, 18.6 ov) as the India women fielding
M Ali not out 18 9 2/1 200.00
filed by cricket fans Bhas- Sent in to bat first ing up team’s total, add HOW THEY STAND Bowling: U Yadav 3.5-0-40-0, N Saini 4-0-35-0, M Siraj coach and head coach be-
Extras (B1, LB2, NB1, W1) 5
wati Santua, Ranjit Seal
and Abhijeet Mukherjee
by RR, RCB lost key
top-order batsmen
32 quick runs in part-
nership with Moeen Ali
TEAM M W L T P
CSK 3 3 0 0 6
NRR
0.507
Six meter TOTAL (for 4 wkts in 20 Ov) 158 (7.9 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (V Kohli, 6.3 ov), 2-71 (AB de
4-0-25-1, Y Chahal 4-0-17-2, M Stoinis 3-0-28-0, M
Ali 1-0-14-0
tween 2008 and 2012.
However, Arothe was re-
on how Ganguly as CAB to Gopal before (18). moved after guiding the team

1 8 3
Villiers, 8.3 ov), 3-73 (SO Hetmyer, 10.1 ov), 4-126 (PA Result: RR win by 7 wickets
President can sit in Delhi Parthiv Patel Playing with a cau- KXIP 4 3 1 0 6 0.164 Patel, 17.2 ov) to the World Cup final. This
Man of the match: Shreyas Gopal
Capitals dug out during and Marcus tious approach, Kohli Bowling: K Gowtham 4-0-19-0, D Kulkarni 3-0-26-0, J was after the BCCI received
SRH 3 2 1 0 4 2.111
IPL match against KKR at Stoinis pro- was happy working the Archer 4-0-47-1, S Gopal 4-1-12-3, V Aaron 1-0-16-0, S complaints from senior play-
Eden Gardens recently. pelled them to ball around. Parthiv KKR 3 2 1 0 4 0.555 Binny 1-0-6-0, B Stokes 3-0-29-0 ers, especially Twenty20
158/4. was aggressor of the DC 4 2 2 0 4 0.215 ceived Kohli with one, which skipper Harmanpreet Kaur,
on the tube Gopal two. Parhtiv hit three
RR 4 1 3 0 2 -0.333
went through the gates. In a tournament like IPL, when you have no about his training methods.
claimed boundaries in Jofra The leg-spinner returned Meanwhile, in Jharkhand,
(All Live) three wick- Archer’s first over as MI 3 1 2 0 2 -0.750 and this time got rid of de Vil-
momentum, then these things can happen. three persons were arrested
ets, includ- RCB finished the Pow- RCB 4 0 4 0 0 -1.901 liers with another wrong one The team hasn’t gone off to a good start, and from Parsudih for their al-
Basketball
Sony ESPN
ing that of er Play overs with which stopped a bit as the these things look really bad. But we have to keep leged involvement in a bet-
Virat Kohli 48 runs on that, Gopal was introduced South African hit it straight ting racket during an IPL
08:00 NBA: Golden State (23) and the board. into the attack and he began back to Gopal, who bowled a
believing that we can turn things around. match, the police said on
vs Denver AB de Vil- Imme- to trouble the Indian captain rare wicket-maiden. Virat Kohli, RCB captain Tuesday.
liers (13), diately after with his googlies. Gopal de-  (With PTI inputs) —With PTI inputs
Cricket
Star Sports 1, 2 & 1 Hindi
20:00 IPL: Mumbai Indians
vs Chennai Super Kings
Football
Losing such matches will not benefit us: Iyer Akmal’s night out
Sony Ten 2
22:30 Serie A: Empoli vs
Napoli
Mohali: Left speechless after
Delhi Capitals’ collapse, skip-
per Shreyas Iyer said his
play smart cricket and Pun-
jab outplayed us in all the
departments.
start but we need to learn
from this small things.” Iyer
was also critical of their
lands him in trouble
01:00 LaLiga: Valencia vs team simply “panicked” and “We miscalculated the tar- bowling. Karachi: Pakistani cricketer and this action is a reitera-
Real Madrid “miscalculated” the target in get. I think it was just a panic “Also we didn’t bowl that Umar Akmal’s dancing skills tion and timely reminder
Sony Ten 1 its 14-run loss to Kings XI in between. They got two great to be honest, we got a off the pitch have landed him that any indiscipline shall
00:30 Serie A: Genoa vs Punjab in an IPL fixture here. wickets in succession, (Chris) bad start but we controlled in in trouble as the maverick not be tolerated or accepted.”
Delhi were going strong at Morris and (Rishabh) Pant between and that is some- middle-order batsman was Umar managed just 150
Inter Milan 144 for 3 in the 17th over, chas- and there we lost the match. thing we need to take for- fined 20 percent of his match runs in the five matches -- a
Star Sports 3 ing 167 but Sam Curran’s hat- Our batsmen did not take the ward,” the Delhi skipper fee for a night out in Dubai. disappointing show that
20:20 Super Cup: NEROCA trick saw the visitors being initiative to win the game,” said. “Looking at the quality The 28-year-old talented could have a negative impact
FC vs NEUFC bowled out for 152 in 19.2 the skipper said. we have, I think we shouldn’t yet indisciplined player was on his potential selection for
Star Sports 3 overs. In their earlier match, be losing such matches.” in the United Arab Emirates the 2019 World Cup, to be held
00:05 PL: Tottenham Hot- “I am really speechless. It Delhi Capitals had won the Asked about Sandeep for a five-match series against in England and Wales from
spur vs Crystal Palace is a crucial match and losing game in Super Over despite Lamichhane, who took two Australia, which Pakistan May 30 to July 14.
Star Sports Select 1 such matches is not going to looking good at one stage to for 27, Iyer said: “Sandeep is lost 5-0 in Dubai on Sunday. The player has had a his-
00:05 PL: Manchester City benefit us,” Iyer said at the overhaul the target against a confident lad, he has been It was his first interna- tory of disciplinary problems
post-match presentation cer- Kolkata Knight Riders. playing all over the world, he tional fixture since January since making his interna-
vs Cardiff City emony. Iyer said his team needs to DC’s Sandeep Lamichanne is bowled by KXIP’s Sam Curran —BCCI has been bowling invariably 2017. tional debut in 2009.
Star Sports Select 2 “Really disappointing. learn from their mistakes. “I really well. So I am really But a video clip circulat- He was infamously ar-
00:05 Chelsea FC vs With the way we were going, couldn’t figure it out what we were going really good to work on,” he said. confident as a captain to pass ing on social media showed rested for a day in 2014 after
Brighton & Hove Albion we came to run-a-ball and to happened today. It happened and suddenly ball-to-ball.... “Our batting has been re- on the ball to him at any time. Umar attending a concert attacking a traffic warden. In
lose from there. We didn’t in the previous match as well, these are key factors we have ally dominant right from the —PTI and dancing on Friday night 2015, he was dropped from the
in Dubai. Pakistan team after local me-
The Pakistan Cricket dia reported another raucous
star turn After opening batting for kxip, Englishman says he played in that position at school Board (PCB) said in a state- night of dancing.
ment late Monday that Umar Waqar Younis, Pa-

I didn’t really know about the hat-trick, says Curran

had apologised after team kistan’s previous
manager Talat Ali charged head coach, also
him with breaching the suggested
team’s curfew and going the PCB
to a club, a violation keep Umar
Mohali: The youngest to Curran’s hat-trick started of the rules for away from
notch up an IPL hat-trick,
I have worked a lot on my batting over the last in the 18th over when he got tours. the team
England and Kings XI Punjab few months. I like to work hard on my rid of Harshal Patel off the “I am glad over disci-
all-rounder Sam Curran said batting, bowling and fielding. I have opened in last ball of the over. that Umar has plinary
he had “absolutely no idea” He then dismissed Kagiso real- ised problem s
that he had taken one during
school cricket, but think this was the first time in Rabada and Sandeep Lamich- h i s fol- lowing the
the game against Delhi Capi- professional cricket. hane off successive deliveries mis- World Twenty20 in
tals here. Sam Curran, KXIP all-rounder at the start of the 20th over. take, India in 2016.
The left-arm medium pac- “My main focus was obviously and has He has also
er’s hat-trick, which was the that last ball when Rabada accept- clashed repeatedly
first of this edition of the IPL, came and I knew his strengths ed and with current head
helped Kings XI Punjab script player of the match for snap- Curran and younger brother and where I could bowl, so I apolo- coach Mickey Ar-
an exciting 14-run win over ping four for 11 as Delhi Capi- of another England interna- was always aiming for his gised for thur.
Delhi Capitals on Monday tals collapsed from 144/3 to 152 tional player Tom Curran, stumps and his toes,” Curran his ac- In 2017 Arthur
night. all-out while chasing a target cricket is indeed a family af- said. t i o n s , sent him home days
The 20-year-old from North- of 167. fair for young sensation. Curran said he needs to which were before the start of
ampton, KXIP’s costliest buy “I didn’t really know (about On Tuesday, he was drafted work hard on his batting. “I clearly unpro- the Champions Tro-
this year with a price tag of Rs the hat-trick),” said Curran. into the match when the in- have worked a lot on my bat- fessional and in n o phy after he failed a
7.20 crore, surpassed Rohit “When we won the game, form Chris Gayle was ruled ting over the last few months. way can be ignored or fitness test.
Sharma in becoming the one of the players came up to out due to a back injury. I like to work hard on my bat- overlooked,” PCB manag- Later that year he
youngest to take an IPL hat- me and said ‘you’ve got a hat- Curran filled in the slot ting, bowling and fielding. I ing director Wasim Khan received a three-
trick. Sharma had achieved trick’. I had absolutely no idea quite well, making a quick-fire have opened in school cricket, said. month ban after a spat
the feat as a 22-year-old for I had taken one,” he elaborat- 10-ball 20 in the opening posi- but think this was the first “The PCB expects a with Arthur in the
Deccan Chargers against ed. tion. He struck three fours and time in professional cricket. high level of profes- national cricket
Kings XI Punjab’s bowler Sam Curran (L) is congratulated by team owner Mumbai Indians in 2009. Son of former Zimbabwe a six in his short but exciting Hopefully, we keep winning sionalism and commit- academy in Lahore.
Preity Zinta and teammates after he took a hatrick on Monday —AFP Curran was adjudged the all-rounder the late Kevin stay at the crease. games,” he said. —PTI ment from its players, —AFP
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Constantly Super Kings

hot on heels
Sameer suffers
MI VS CSK
Match No. 15, Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
loss to Shi Yuqi in Live on Star Sports 1, 2, 1 Hindi
Malaysia Open RIVETING CONTEST ON CARDS
India’s Sameer Verma
put up a daunting effort
before going down in Trolled as Dad’s MI: Sri Lankan pacer
Lasith Malinga will Team
News
CSK: MS Dhoni’s form puts
CSK as favourites. CSK
three games in a pulsat-
ing opening round clash Army for their reportedly return home
to play in domestic T20
have the edge in batting
and in spin bowling. Leg-
tournament. Meanwhile, gie Imran Tahir, offie Harbhajan
30-plus players,
against World no 2 Chi-
nese Shi Yuqi in the USD Aussie pacer Jason Beheren- Singh and left-armer Ravindra
750,000 Malaysia Open in dorff joins the Jadeja offer spin variety even in
Kuala Lumpur on Tues-
day. The 24-year-old from
Dhoni and Co squad from Dubai Power Play

Madhya Pradesh, who

had lost to Shi Yuqi in the
have proved with Rohit Sharma Key
contest
Imran Tahir
semifinals of the World
Tour Finals in December their consistency
The MI captain is yet to fire in this IPL and it won’t get any better than
last year, suffered a heart-
breaking 20-22 23-21 12-21 that there is no his homeground to put his big hits on display. But, he will have to
contend with the firing leg-spinner Imran Tahir
loss in a 65-minute men’s
singles here. Pranaav Jer-
ry Chopra and N Sikki
substitute for Head to head: Played: 24, MI 13, CSK 11
Reddy, however, made a
good start to their cam-
experience Pitch Report: Good for Weather Report: Pleasant
batting, though spinners evenings with the sea breeze
paign, eking out a 22-20
will like bowling here blowing. Dew could be a factor
24-22 win over Ireland’s

8
Sam Magee and Chloe Punter Point: Watchability quotient: (1-3: Forget it;
Magee in mixed doubles. MI: Evens 4-7: If there is nothing else to watch;
CSK: 4/5 8 and above: try not to miss it)
German football
chief steps down
German football federa-
Match No. 15
tion president Reinhard
Grindel resigned on
Tuesday, bowing to in- G Krishnan
MI hope to shed tag
of poor starters
creasing pressure follow- [Link]@[Link]
ing allegations of unde-
clared earnings, the re- Mumbai: The ongoing IPL
ceipt of a luxury watch might have so far dished out
and general discontent varied emotions, scintillating G Krishnan
with his leadership. Grin- performances and other [Link]@[Link]
del, who promised great- things. However, there has CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C) and his team ‘Men In Yellow’ have emerged as favourites this season as well —PTI
er transparency after tak- been a constant — Chennai Mumbai: Mumbai Indians
ing over in April 2016, Super Kings’ consistency. kiri and losing from a win- team up without even saying are in a familiar territory.
apologised for accepting
a watch worth about
So far this season, Super
Kings have played like a
ning position.
The Capitals, with a mix-
MSD’s composure helps us win: Fleming much.
While MI have two of the
And, and they rather not be
in it.
$6,700 from Ukrainian ol- champion side that has won ture of young, talented and Mumbai: Chennai Super ence is calm, his influence hottest Indian cricketers in It has become a habit for
igarch Grigoriy Surkis — three titles in 11 editions. dashing batsmen fell to Kings Kings head coach praised over the team has been con- pacer Jasprit Bumrah and all- Mumbai Indians to begin
a UEFA vice president They are unbeaten in their XI Punjab on Monday night, MS Dhoni’s unbeaten 75 sistent over the years. “It rounder Hardik Pandya, they poorly and then make up as
and executive committee three matches and are right snatching defeat from what against Rajasthan Royals has been talked about it a are heavily dependent on the tournament goes on. This
member at the time. on top of the points table. was a smooth sailing. last Sunday, saying it as lot, does have a big effect Sharma to score the bulk of season, they have one win on
Up against the team of vet- This is where the CSK and “one of the good ones” he when a player turns up and the runs at the top. either side of their two loss-
Giannis returns to erans here on Wednesday is their yellow brigade of large- has played. Fleming said he is going to be consistent, The arrival of a seasoned es. The only victory came Rohit Sharma —BCCI
power Bucks’ win Mumbai Indians, who are the ly 30-plus-year-olds stand here on the match eve on rather than up and down, Yuvraj Singh has not really set against Virat Kohli’s Royal
Giannis Antetokounmpo only other team to win the ti- apart from the rest. Often Tuesday: “His (Dhoni’s) depending on form or life – the stage on fire, though the Challengers Bangalore in bility.
returned from a right an- tle three times. Both the teams have they been trolled as the composure and skills at the or whatever has been, he 37-year-old 2011 World Cup Bengaluru, by a narrow six On the team’s consistent
kle sprain to score 28 have won their titles under ‘Dad’s Army’. They don’t end of the innings help us has been constant through- hero has not lost his brilliance runs that was marred by the defeats at the start of the
points on Monday, power- one captain. CSK led by MS mind it. They get the job done win the game and have been out the 12 years I have been with age. It is just a matter of last ball ‘No Ball’ controversy. tournament, Sharma had
ing the Milwaukee Bucks Dhoni and the other led by — and have proved to be the a dominating factor be- involved (with the fran- finishing things at the crucial Their two losses were said a few days ago: “Whoev-
to a 131-121 NBA victory Rohit Sharma. big daddy of IPL. tween two teams. His pres- chise).” No. 4 that would have made more to do with the opposi- er is handling the job needs to
at Brooklyn. Danny Among the constants in Dhoni is revered for his the difference in MI winning tion batting blowing them take care. Be it a batsman or
Green powered Toronto CSK is Dhoni, to whom goes cool head even in times of ex- one game and losing two so far. away. While it was Rishabh a bowler. If a bowler is bowl-
with 29 points and the major credit for his team con- treme pressure situations not der Dhoni, even 60-year-olds dar Jadhav, through to Dhoni All CSK-MI matches are Pant for Delhi Capitals in ing the last over and 10-15
Raptors stayed in the sistently winning not only the just by the fans but also by his can win consistently and take himself and Bravo, and then eagerly anticipated and the their opening game at their runs are required, he (needs
hunt for the overall top matches but also the titles. own team-mates and the op- on the rest of the teams with finish with the 40-year-old cricket-mad Mumbai specta- fortress – the Wankhede – the to see) how to bowl in that
spot with a 121-109 home They impose themselves on position. The 37-year-old from their chins up. Purple Cap contender Imran tors have thronged the other was in Mohali when situation. Similarly, for a bat-
victory over Orlando, im- the opposition in a way that Ranchi has created such an Experience does count. The Tahir, the team is made up of Wankhede to the full for IPL. their bowlers failed to stop ter, he needs to see what’s to
proving to 55-23 with four they look like they have won impact over the years that has more 30-plus-year-olds, the players in their mid- and late And, when you have Dhoni, the rampaging Chris Gayle be done if 15-20 runs are
games remaining. the match when they turn up made his team, India when he greater the experience in var- thirties. who is in the last leg of his and Mayank Agarwal besides needed in the last over. It lies
at the ground. led and CSK, to an envious ied situations. Right from the The South African leg- career, the sea of blue at the a responsible KL Rahul. more on individual at that
Icardi to start for Of course, things don’t al- position. top of the batting order with spinner Tahir’s enthusiasm Wankhede may be waving While there is over de- point of time. We need to ad-
Inter at Genoa ways go their way. But, they His trusted all-rounder the retired international and energy on the field can some yellow flags in support pendence on skipper Rohit dress those little situations.”
Mauro Icardi will make cannot be faulted for not try- Dwayne Bravo said the other Shane Watson from Australia put to shame anyone half his of the team from Chennai. Sharma to score a bulk of the It is high time MI start
his first appearance for ing till the last ball is bowled. day that CSK is not a team of and the reliable Ambati Ray- age. And, the respect he has After all, experience, and runs, those lower down the winning consistently if they
Inter Milan in nearly two They are not like Delhi Capi- 60-year-olds. It may not be an udu to the middle-order com- for Dhoni was evident when not age, counts. And, CSK is order have been inconsistent are to be in line for a fourth
months when the team tals to be choking, doing hara- exaggeration to say that un- prising Suresh Raina and Ke- he said the skipper can lift the all about that. in shouldering the responsi- IPL title
visits Genoa on Wednes-
day. Inter coach Luciano

Don’t think McGregor Murray’s back

Ramsey, Lacazette strikes hand
Spalletti said Icardi will
be in his starting line-up
for the Serie A match.
on court after
is finished: Khabib
Icardi resumed training

hip surgery
Arsenal 2-0 win over Newcastle
with Inter over the inter-
national break. That fol-
lowed a six-week exile af-
ter being stripped of the Moscow: Khabib Nurmago- London: Andy Murray has
captaincy amid protract- medov doesn’t think Conor returned to a tennis court
ed contract negotiations. McGregor’s retirement is for two months after undergoing London: Unai Emery chal-
real. hip resurfacing surgery. lenged revitalised Arsenal to
McGregor said last week Murray, who has not write their own history after
he was quitting mixed mar- played competitively since they climbed to third place in
tial arts but Nurmagomedov, his first round exit at the Aus- the Premier League with a 2-0

1 who beat the Irish fighter for

the UFC lightweight title in
tralian Open in January, said
last month he could possibly
win against Newcastle.
Aaron Ramsey’s first half
October, isn’t buying it. play at Wimbledon as he was strike was followed by Alex-
Speaking on Tuesday in now pain free after the sur- andre Lacazette’s killer sec-
his native Russia at a Moscow gery. ond in the closing stages at

2 university, Nurmagomedov
said McGregor “couldn’t Khabib Nurmagomedov —AP
The 31-year-old posted a
short video on Instagram,
the Emirates Stadium, main-
taining Arsenal’s impressive
reach a deal with the UFC where he was seen hitting the progress under Emery.
and it’s so they feel they’ve the end of his Nevada State ball in an outdoor court while Emery’s side climbed two
lost him and they could lose Athletic Commission ban for rallying with a wall with a points above fourth placed

3 money.”
“I don’t think he’s fin-
the chaotic brawl with
McGregor’s team after the
caption, “It’s a start.”
Murray had said he was
Tottenham and fifth placed
Manchester United to bol-
ished,” Nurmagomedov add- October fight. McGregor’s not sure he could play in the ster their chance of qualify-
ed. sanction ends on Saturday. singles draw at Wimbledon, a ing for the Champions
McGregor previously re- However, Nurmagomedov tournament he has won League via a
tired in April 2016 but re- said he didn’t want to fight twice, but targeted a possible top-four fin-
versed the decision two days before longer sanctions on return in doubles at this ish with sev-
later and returned to the two other Russian fighters year’s tournament as it put en games to
UFC. The 30-year-old Irish- also end. Abubakar Nurma- less stress on his hip. go.
man hasn’t won a fight since gomedov and Zubaira Tukhu- The three-times Grand It is the
beating Eddie Alvarez in No- gov were each banned for one Slam champion compared first time Ar-
vember 2016 to become the year by the Nevada State Ath- his situation to that of Amer- senal have been
first UFC fighter to hold letic Commission for their ican doubles player Bob Bry- as high as third place since
Send in your answers to championship belts in two part in the brawl. Those sanc- an who returned to the court April 2017, highlighting their Alexandre Lacazette (left) celebrates with teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after scoring Arsenal’s second
sportsdna@[Link]. Names divisions at once. tions run until Oct. 6. 5-1/2 months after a similar improvement since former goal during their Premier League tie against Newcastle in London on Tuesday —Reuters
of the first 10 winners will be Nurmagomedov also said “They were banned be- procedure. Paris Saint Germain boss
he would like to fight again in cause of me,” Nurmagome- This year’s Wimbledon be- Emery replaced Arsene
published tomorrow
September, two months after dov said. —AP gins on July 1. —Reuters Wenger at the end of last sea- n zone Aguero to sit out,

10 28 20 Jesus to step in
son. The No. of The No. of The No. of

F1: Mick Schumacher tests with Ferrari

Ramsey’s fifth goal of the consecutive Premier goals of Ar-
season was only the Wales EPL home League senal striker Manchester: Pep Man-
midfielder’s second since he games Arsenal have games Newcastle has Alexandre Lacazette’s chester City will be without
signed a lucrative pre-con- won within the same lost against against out of his 27 Premier injured leading scorer
Manama (Bahrain): More peared calm and was smiling tract agreement to join Ju- season — and this is Arsenal. No other side League goals that Sergio Aguero as they try to
than 12 years after Formula when he arrived at the Fer- ventus at the end of the cur- for the first time since has beaten the Magpies have come in home regain the advantage in the
One great Michael Schu- rari garage and drove onto rent campaign. May 1998 more often in EPL games (74%) Premier League title race
macher drove his last race for the track for the first time, But, while Ramsey won’t against struggling Cardiff on

3
Ferrari, his son showed he watched by his mother, be part of Emery’s long-term The no. of consecutive Wednesday. A thigh injury
might be ready to carry on Corinna. plans, the future still looks clean sheets kept by did you know? means the EPL’s leading
the family legacy. Schumacher was sixth bright for Arsenal, who re- Arsenal in all competi- Arsenal have registered a win in all marksman (19 goals) will sit
Mick Schumacher drove fastest in the morning ses- corded a 10th consecutive tions — for the first time of their 17 EPL home games in which it out with Brazil star Gabriel
in his first F1 test for Ferrari sion, which was twice inter- home league victory for the since December 2017. Aaron Ramsey has scored for them Jesus taking his place.
on Tuesday and set the sec- rupted by rain, with a best first time since December Victory over a side they
ond fastest time. time of 1.32.552 over 30 laps. 1997 to May 1998. thrashed 5-0 in the away
Shortly before the end of The 20-year-old European Arsenal finished with 63 “We have created a big at- Arsenal. —AFP fixture earlier this season
the afternoon session in Bah- F3 champion made his For- points in Wenger’s final sea- mosphere here. We are in a would see City leapfrog
rain, the 20-year-old Schu- mula Two debut at the Sakhir son, but Emery has matched good moment, a good mental- Stopwatch Liverpool to lead the title race
macher posted a time of 1 circuit over the weekend, fin- that tally with seven games to ity with the players. by a point, with both having
Arsenal (Ramsey 30, Lacazette played the same number of
minute, 29.976 seconds. That ishing eighth and sixth in the spare. “We are improving and
83) beat Newcastle 0 games. City manager Pep
was briefly the fastest time of Mick Schumacher (inset) returns to the garage after his first laps for Ferrari two races. No wonder Arsenal fans making progress, but we
the day before it was sur- at the Sakhir circuit in Manama on Tuesday —AFP The German, whose father celebrated an important win know it is difficult. Totten- Guardiola admitted Aguero
passed by Red Bull’s Max Ver- won the Bahrain Grand Prix by taunting their spluttering ham, Chelsea and Manches- Playing today faces a race to be fit for
stappen, who was 0.597 sec- The performance is likely to seven F1 titles were won with from pole position in a Fer- north London rivals with ter United are going to win a Chelsea vs Brighton and Hove the FA Cup semi-final with
onds faster. generate even more excite- Ferrari from 2000-04. His rari one-two on April 4, 2004, chants of “are you watching lot of games.” Albion Brighton on Saturday and the
Schumacher completed 56 ment about the prospect of see- 50-year-old father also holds will also test with the Ferrari- Tottenham. It’s a new history. ewcastle remain seven Manchester City vs Cardiff City first leg of the Champions
laps, with only Verstappen ing a Schumacher driving in the record for F1 wins with 91. powered Alfa Romeo team We are creating our own way. points above the relegation Tottenham Hotspur vs Crystal League quarter-final away to
and defending champion Ferrari’s famed red car again. Despite the focus, the (formerly Sauber) on Wednes- Our target is very clear,” Em- zone after a 12th defeat in Palace Tottenham next Tuesday.
Lewis Hamilton doing more. Five of his father’s record younger Schumacher ap- day. —Agencies ery said. their last 13 meetings with
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April
2019
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After A Kid Like Jake and Isn’t It Romantic, Priyanka Chopra Jonas announced that she’s producing
PC in Marvel and acting in a movie based on the life of Ma Anand Sheela. Post that, she may soon be seen in Joe
Russo’s film. The Avengers director visited Mumbai to promote the last part of the series, and revealed
movie? during an interaction that he’s in talks with PC for a film. It’s touted to be a mega-budget actioner, and
rumours suggest it’ll be a new superheroine character. We can already imagine PC donning the cape!

The trailer of Kalank Ranveer’s Devils head

releases today! to Dharamshala
Abhishek Varman has helmed the epic love saga
Meena Iyer

R
anveer Singh has found the
best way to beat Mumbai’s
sweltering summer heat.
He is heading to the cooler
climes of Dharamshala. Of course,
RS isn’t going there for fun.
Kabir Khan is starting intense
preparation for his much-awaited
film 83, in which the Gully Boy
actor plays the legendary skipper
Kapil Dev. Known as Kapil’s Devils,
the Indian team shocked everyone
by winning the cricket World Cup
and defeating the mighty West
Indies in the finals of the 1983
tournament. The filmmaker was
clear that his cast members, who
play the underdogs, should bond
well before the movie goes on floors.
“The 1983 squad was a family
that fought for each other and that’s
why they lifted the World Cup and
brought glory to India. Kapil led
from the front and it was truly a
unit that dared to dream under him.
Kabir wanted his actors to train
and live with each other before the
shoot kick-starts. This one can be
called Ranveer’s Devils! All of them
are headed to Dharamshala for
intense training. During their
15-day stay, they will stay together,
do readings and also bond. Kabir
wants his cast to truly become a
team,” says a production source on
condition of anonymity.

Madhuri Dixit, Varun Dhawan, Sanjay Dutt,

Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sonakshi Sinha During their
Kalank takes us 15-day stay in
back to the Dharamshala, all the actors

W
ith a few days left been composed by Pritam
monumental era has managed to get the will reside together, do
for its release,
Kalank is one of
and sung by Arijit Singh.
It became an instant hit of the ’40s and
viewers excited to witness
the epic drama. After
readings and also bond.
the most-awaited within minutes and was featuring in three movies, Kabir Khan wants his cast
films of 2019. Ever since trending in the top has already fans are eager to witness to truly become a team
the teaser of the period position on YouTube. We created a frenzy Alia and Varun’s mesmer-
drama was released last have also seen two more ising chemistry again on A source Ranveer Singh
month, fans and movie songs — Ghar More among the screen.
buffs were excited to get a Pardesiya (featuring Alia audience Fox Star Studios

‘Both of us could
glimpse of the trailer. Bhatt and Madhuri Dixit) presents Kalank, A
Kalank takes us back to and First Class (featuring Dharma Productions &
the monumental era of
the ’40s and has already
created a frenzy among
Varun Dhawan and Kiara
Advani) — which also
received an overwhelming
going to witness in the
trailer of the magnum
opus, which will hit the
Nadiadwala Grandson
Entertainment film,
directed by Abhishek Justin-
Hailey’s
relate to the script’
the audience. response from across digital platforms today. Varman, releases on April
The makers have the world. The stellar ensemble 17. Produced by Karan
launched three songs from With so much content cast, which includes Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala,
the movie post the teaser.
Last week, we witnessed
the melodious title track
of the movie out, the
anticipation for the trailer
is sky high and we are
Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi
Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun
Dhawan, Aditya Roy
Hiroo Yash Johar and
Apoorva Mehta, it is
co-produced by Fox Star baby news
of the film, which has wondering what we are Kapur and Sanjay Dutt, Studios.
a prank Madhuri Dixit and Dr Shriram Nene reveal why they

Kangana opts out

forayed into production with a Marathi film
Deepali Singh

of Anurag’s Imali A
fter venturing into
Marathi cinema as
an actor with Bucket
List last year,
Madhuri Dixit has now
backed a movie — 15 August

The actress says it was a ‘tough call’

Justin Bieber — in her mother tongue
with husband Dr Shriram
Nene. The slice-of-life flick,
which is currently stream-
Nayandeep Rakshit ing on Netflix, is set in a

A
Mumbai chawl, where the
few months ago, Kangana residents are preparing for
Ranaut announced that she the Independence Day flag-
would be teaming up with hoisting ceremony. However,
Anurag Basu, who launched a couple of zany mishaps
her in Bollywood with Gangster occur when one of the
(2006), for a project. Imali, as the inhabitants ends up creating
film was tentatively titled, would a problem, resulting in the
Hailey Baldwin
have been the actress’ third others uniting to get him
collaboration with the filmmaker. out of the mess. The story

B
But now, we have learnt that she has eliebers were explores the idea of free-
opted out of the project. taken aback when dom, both on a higher level
Kangana says, “Last year, when I Justin Bieber as well as on a personal one.
announced Panga and Imali together, shared an ultrasound And that, says the couple,
Anurag Basu’s film was supposed to photo on April Fool’s is what attracted them
go on floors in November 2018. But Anurag Basu Day. The singer, 25, towards it.
I had to direct and reshoot shared a post on “We were hearing a lot of
Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi. Instagram without a scripts, but we kept coming
So, I had to push Imali. I was also caption, causing fans back to this one,” recalls,
meaning to be a director for a while, Anurag and I will to imply that he and Madhuri, adding that it was
so I couldn’t have said no to this. work together at some wife Hailey Baldwin the rootedness of the story Dr Shriram Nene
Meanwhile, Panga had already were expecting their and the fast-disappearing and Madhuri Dixit
started and I couldn’t not do that.”
point. Imali is a beautiful first child. chawl system that appealed
The busy schedules of her films love story and we can do However, the model, to them. “JB Nagar, where I
have caused a few shifts in her 15 August speaks of personal freedom —
that later. But right now, 22, quickly clarified in lived earlier, was not a
choices, too. Kangana has picked the the comments section, chawl, but a place where all whom to love, what profession to
Jayalalithaa biopic, which goes on my focus is on my next writing, “Very the neighbours knew each
choose, etc. Finally, we are saying that unity is
floors this October after she wraps up directorial venture funny…” But then, just other. We would come
work on Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s sports minutes after he posted together to celebrate important and love sets us all free
drama. The Queen heroine explains, Kangana Ranaut, the ultrasound, Bieber occasions and if somebody
Madhuri Dixit, actress-producer
“Manikarnika has done very well, so I actress-filmmaker shared a set of photos needed help, all of us would
want to take my directorial career that showed Baldwin be there for them. I had a lot
further. I can’t not direct now. I had with medical of relatives, who resided in
signed the Jayalalithaa biopic lot of my time and I have conveyed professionals touching chawls and I have lived with beautiful,” she adds. don’t know what people
because it’s a strong character and it to Anurag, who understood my her stomach area. “If them. So, all these charac- Madhuri admits that the would have expected even if
in sync with whatever I’m doing with situation,” she adds. you thought it was ters in the film seemed so thought of her acting in the they had seen me in a cameo
regards to women empowerment.” Ask her if she and Anurag will April fools (sic),” he familiar. 15 August speaks film did cross her mind, but or a song,” says the diva,
Kangana adds that it was a “tough reunite for a project soon and she wrote along with the of personal freedom — she decided not to go ahead and her husband concurs.
call” for her to make. “Anurag and replies, “We will work together at three photos. Bieber whom to love, what with it. “We believe in the “It’s not like we would never
I have spoken about it. I feel some point. Imali is a beautiful love later clarified the profession to choose, etc. purity of the product. There produce anything with her
extremely bad because Imali was story and we can do that later. But pregnancy post with a Finally, we are saying that is no point distracting as an actress, but here, we
giving me an opportunity to work right now, my focus is on my next doctored ultrasound unity is important and love people by embedding wanted the merit of the
Kangana with my mentor again, but I’m on the directorial venture because I’ve just photo that included the sets us all free. It was a yourself for no reason. The spirit, the direction and the
Ranaut verge of announcing my own film in a delivered a `100-crore film and it’s the head of a puppy. delicate, layered script, expectations from the movie acting to stand alone,” he
few weeks from now. That has taken a right time for me,” she signs off. which we thought was become different then. I states. Contd on P13

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Zaheer Iqbal
SRK invited
Contd from P12

says he’s single ‘It has to be a

by Mesut Ozil great story’
T
hat Shah Rukh Khan is a sports lover is known While Marathi films
to all. The superstar was an ace football player have been doing well
in his college days and, obviously, has a great in the last couple of
affinity for the sport. The actor was invited to years, with producers
watch an Arsenal vs Newcastle United match backing quality con-
recently. The invite was specially sent to him by tent, the powerhouse
footballer Mesut Ozil. Says a source, “Mesut is a huge performer says it was
SRK fan and invited him for an important match that an amalgamation of
took place on Sunday night at the Emirates Stadium creative satisfaction
in London. The footballer invited the superstar to his and good business
hospitality box. He watched the match and chilled acumen to produce
with Mesut and his girlfriend after that.” This just this project. “Both
goes to show the global reach that the superstar has. Ram and I have Maha-
rashtrian roots and we
could identify with the
script. The characters
were so close to home
that we thought we
would make this script
Zaheer Iqbal as our first film. The
language didn’t matter,

Z
but since this was a
aheer Iqbal is barely one film old in Bollywood, but Marathi film, we chose
the actor’s name has already been linked to a couple to go with this as we
of B-Town ladies. Now that he’s made his debut with loved the subject,” she
a love story, we asked him if he’s ever been in love. informs. Ram also re-
“Yes, of course. I’m a die-hard romantic and I believe in veals that they are in
old-school romance,” he said. But when we took the names the process of reading
of the actresses he’s been linked with — Sana Saeed, Rhea and greenlighting
Chakraborty and Sonakshi Sinha — and he stated, “I’m other scripts, which
single now.” But was there ever anything on between him may or may not be in
and any of the girls, we asked. “Even if I was seeing any of Hindi. “It has to be a
them, I would not mention it. I don’t think a guy should great story that enter- Madhuri Dixit and Dr Shriram Nene
Shah Rukh Khan With Mesut Ozil mention a girl’s name like that. That’s not cool,” he said. tains the audience,”
A gentleman, then. he points out.

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later, your imagination may be running feeling like taking responsibility so you are wavelength. Companions may become sermonise at mates and assume you are the bleak side of situations and always need essentials. It may not be a passionate or
away with you which can make you ploughing ahead in good style. You will bored since they are not as involved as you the only one with the authority to speak, to check your hunches out against reality very exciting time but you will accomplish a
moody as you worry about things which find more self-discipline than usual, and are, or even confused since you have an you won’t go down too well. Later you’re before acting on them. You have strong substantial amount since you will be pushing
are never going to happen. Being more want to work hard. This in turn should rub entirely different standpoint. But if you can likely to over indulge and will be gloriously feelings which you are keeping firmly to yourself extra hard. You will be able to sort
detached will help you. Ask for feedback off onto workmates who will pitch in with be a little more detached, you do have a lazy, but it might be an idea in the peaceful yourself. But you will sense that one old out muddles and will cope admirably with
from sensible mates. more enthusiasm as well. clear way of seeing things that others lack. moments to mull over old memories. resentment has finally been put to rest. tricky practical situations.

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Marjorie Companions may be quailing a Close mates do secretly admire More emotional than usual at the You will be able to sort out quite a Maybe you are being slower With Mercury in your own sign
little when you come around at your courage for being so moment, you may be over- few situations which have been than usual to make up your until the 17th, you are quick
Orr
the moment since you are so outspoken, though at times they sensitive to the slightest whiff of bugging you for a few days. Pluto mind. But once you get on witted and at times rather sharp
with your observant. Try to let them know wonder about your lack of criticism at home or from a family track nothing will budge you. of tongue. So you need to pause
is great for cleaning out,
queries at your intentions are good hearted behind your humility. Still nothing ventured, nothing gained member. Try not to sound too defensive, when re-organising and generally unravelling You are taking a rather hard-headed line, to think before you speak since mates could
afterhrs@ rather critical approach. There may be an odd as far as you are concerned at the moment. most often it will not be necessary. Just let it muddles. It puts you back in control. Though focussing on what is practical. You are be startled by your direct comments. Today
dnaindia. atmosphere at home since Neptune tends to Your witty, entertaining chat will bring you all run off your back and try to go with the there is a risk that because you see the truth of uneasy about lofty discussions about in particular you will be talking nineteen to
net bring up misunderstandings which are hard popularity and attention from the right people. flow. You will be feeling lacklustre, daydreamy one situation clearly you may be coming vague notions. You’ll take pleasure from the dozen about nothing very much. Round
www. to pin down or clear up. Try to be straight. You will notice that you want everything at and certainly not in the mood for across as rather critical. Try to add tact to hard work for a short while. There is a and round in circles, chopping and changing
star4cast. Don’t tell little white lies to keep the peace, home and in your emotional life to be totally confrontations or practical chores. honesty, and make it obvious to loved ones good balance between feelings and duty. your mind endlessly, you will confuse even
com since they will come out into the open at the perfect, which of course could set you up for a Concentration and motivation may be lacking, and everyday mates you don’t mean to cause You will come across as calm, sensible your nearest and dearest. Slow down and
wrong time. minor let down. so give yourself a break. harm. and in control of practical situations. write out a list of priorities.
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important to them and what’s important is how they
receive it, not necessarily how you intended it.
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Trigger failure averted tragedy Omar’s Wazir-e-Azam pitch

sparks Gambhir’s tweet-ire
Probe into the Benihal blast reveals there was a cocktail of explosives in the secondary blast
Ishfaq-ul-Hassan
h_ishfaq@[Link]
SC says ample proof, DNA Correspondent
correspondent@[Link]

cancels Watali’s bail

Srinagar: A last-minute Srinagar: A war of words
glitch in the trigger mecha- has broken out on Twitter
nism on the explosive-laden between former Jammu and
car prevented a catastrophe Kashmir chief minister
on the Srinagar-Jammu Na- New Delhi: The Supreme collected to show the linkag- Omar Abdullah and cricket-
tional Highway at Banihal on Court on Tuesday cancelled es between the Hurriyat lead- er-turned-BJP leader Gau-
Saturday. An investigation the bail of Zahoor Ahmad ers of the Jammu and Kash- tam Gambhir over Abdul-
into the explosion has now Shah Watali, a Kashmiri mir and terrorists/terrorist lah’s pitch to revive the post
revealed that there was a businessman, in a terror organisations and their con- of Sadr-e-Riyasat and Wazir-
cocktail of explosives and in- funding case, saying NIA tinuous activities to wage e-Azam. Omar Abdullah and Gautam Gambhir exchanged barbs on Twitter
cendiary material that was has collected ample war against Govern- “Omar Abdullah wants a
part of the secondary blast. evidence to show ment of India,” said separate PM for J&K & I want Kashmir. “Gautam, I never Riyasat and Wazir-e-Azam
The failure meant that the Police investigating the site of the Banihal blast —FILE linkages between a bench of Justices to walk on oceans! Omar Ab- played much cricket because positions be revived for the
bomber only managed to trig- the Hurriyat lead- AM Khanwilkar dullah wants a separate PM for I knew I wasn’t very good at state.
ger the primary blast. study group to suggest meas- recovered some parts of the ers of Jammu and and Ajay Rastogi. J&K & I want pigs to fly! More it. You don’t know very much Gambhir again replied to
A massive explosion had ures to strengthen security IED that blasted. Plus we also Kashmir and ter- The judgement than a separate PM Omar Ab- about J&K, it’s history or the Abdullah’s jibe and said,
ripped through a Hyundai along the highway. recovered unexploded IED in ror organisations. assumes signifi- dullah needs some sleep fol- role of National Conference “Never mind your lack of
Santro while a CRPF convoy “On the scene, we recov- a tiffin box,” said Dilbag Sin- The bail was cance in the light of lowed by a strong coffee! If he in shaping that history yet cricketing prowess but Kash-
was on its way to Jammu ered a large quantity of ex- gh, director general of police, granted by the Delhi the government’s re- still doesn’t understand then a you insist on displaying that miris and our country would
from Srinagar on Saturday plosive material that was Jammu and Kashmir. High Court to Watali arrest- cent crackdown on separa- green Pakistani passport ignorance for all to see. Stick have been well served if you
morning. While there was no scattered around the burnt “Trigger mechanism was ed by NIA for his alleged role tist outfits based in the state. (sic),” tweeted Gautam. to stuff you know about, knew a thing or two about
loss of life or injury, a CRPF car. It included 50 gelatin not perfect and there was mi- in a terror-funding case in- The apex court’s verdict The tweet evoked a sharp tweet about the IPL”, re- selfless governance. By the
bus’ rear side suffered minor sticks, urea, sulfur, ammoni- nor blast which caused fire volving Pakistan-based came on an appeal filed by the reaction from the National sponded Abdullah. way history is always consist-
damage. um nitrate, two bottles of and injuries to the bomber. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief NIA against the high court’s Conference leader, who asked The Twitter feud was a re- ent but perspectives are sub-
The Jammu and Kashmir petrol and two LPG cylinders The secondary blast could not Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. September 13, 2018 judgement Gambhir to concentrate on action to Abdullah’s demand jective. Better clean ur read-
police has now formed a — one big, one small. We also be detonated,” said Singh. “Ample material has been granting bail to Watali. —PTI IPL rather than discussing on Monday that the Sadr-e- ing glasses. (sic)”

More than 113 million people snapshot

‘Sharad Pawar 1
He (Modi) criticised
(Sharad) Pawar
saheb. He said
2
Pawar saheb has
the responsibility to
bring other parties
3
Act if you have the
guts. We will show
how some Maha-
4
The BJP and Shiv
Sena will draw a
blank in the first

suffer from ‘acute hunger’: UN clean bowls

his opponents’
Pawar got out hitting
wickets at the hands of
his nephew...Our leader
together to form the
alternate government.
Modi ji targeted Pawar
rashtra ministers and
other leaders of the BJP
go to jail after the party
phase polling in Vid-
arbha. You can see it in
the poor response they
Paris: More than 113 million mained key factors, along Nawab Malik, is the one who claims saheb out of this loses power at the Centre are receiving to their
people across 53 countries with economic turbulence NCP leader wicket clean bowled. very fear. and in Maharashtra. campaign rallies. —PTI
experienced “acute hunger” and climate-related shocks
last year because of wars and like drought and floods, the
climate disasters, with Africa report found.
the worst-hit region, the UN In countries on the verge
said on Tuesday. of famine, “up to 80 percent
Yemen, the Democratic Re- of the population depend on
public of Congo, Afghanistan Yemen households face the most agriculture,” Bourgeon said.
and Syria were among the acute shortages of food —AP The report also highlighted
eight nations accounting for the strain put on countries
two-thirds of the total number greatest difficulties. African hosting large numbers of
of people worldwide exposed states were “disproportion- refugees, including neigh-
to the risk of famine, the Food ally” affected as close to 72 bouring nations of war-torn
and Agriculture Organisation million people on the conti- Syria as well as Bangladesh.
(FAO) said in its 2019 global nent suffered acute hunger, Globally, the overall situa-
report on food crises. said the FAO’s emergencies tion slightly improved in
Launched three years ago, director Dominique Bour- 2018 compared to 2017 when
the annual study takes stock geon on Tuesday. 124 million people suffered
of the countries facing the Conflict and insecurity re- acute hunger. —Reuters

‘Church should admit

history of male control’
Vatican City: Pope Francis,
addressing an array of scan-
dals, said on Tuesday that the Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Roman Catholic Church had
to acknowledge a history of
male domination and sexual
‘India lobbying
abuse of women and children
to repair its reputation may put us in
among young people or risk
becoming “a museum”. FATF blacklist’
But, in a major document
offering a partial admission Lahore: Pakistan could be
of significant failings by cler- A Church always blacklisted by the Financial
gy, he also said that the on the defensive, Action Task Force (FATF)
church “could not agree with due to “lobbying by India”,
everything some feminist which loses her Foreign Minister Shah
groups propose,” a clear ref- humility and stops Mahmood Qureshi said as he
erence to the Church’s ban on listening, which leaves estimated that the country
a female priesthood. could suffer $10 billion loss
The pope is grappling with no room for questions, annually if it remains in the
criticism over the Church’s loses her youth and turns watchdog’s grey list.
response to a decades-long into a museum. In June last year, the Paris-
sexual abuse crisis that has based FATF had placed Paki-
gravely damaged its standing Pope Francis stan on the ‘grey list’ of coun-
around the globe and seen it tries whose domestic laws are
pay out billions of dollars in considered weak to tackle the
compensation. challenges of money launder-
Francis made his com- pontiff said. ing and terrorism financing.
ment in a 50-page “Apostolic “With this outlook, she can The FATF has asked Paki-
Exhortation”, his reflections support call to respect wom- stan to reassess the operation
on the workings of a month- en’s rights, and offer con- of banned terrorist outfits in
long meeting of bishops in vinced support for greater the country as Pakistan is un-
October on the role of young reciprocity between males der intense international
people in the 1.3 billion-mem- and females, while not agree- pressure to rein in terror
ber Church. ing with everything feminist groups like the Jaish-e-Mo-
Francis also urged young groups propose,” he said. hammed (JeM) after the Pul-
people not to be disillusioned Some women’s groups wama terror attack.
by the clerical sexual abuse have called for a female “The Foreign Office is cal-
scandal that has hit the priesthood, which the Church culating the annual loss if
Church, but to work with the has ruled out based on the Pakistan is pushed in the
overwhelming majority of argument that Jesus chose black-list by the FATF as India
priests and other clergy who only men as his apostles. is lobbying for this,” said For-
had remained faithful to This month the all-female eign Minister Qureshi at the
their vocation. “A living staff of the Vatican newspa- Governor’s House. He said the
Church can look back on his- per’s monthly magazine on government has calculated
tory and acknowledge a fair women’s issues abruptly re- that Pakistan will face $10 bil-
share of male authoritarian- signed, saying the new editor lion loss annually if it re-
ism, various forms of en- was trying limit their auton- mains in the ‘grey list’.
slavement, abuse and sexist omy and put them “under di- A group of experts from
violence,” the 82-year-old rect male control”. —Reuters the FATF recently visited Pa-
kistan to review whether Is-
lamabad has made enough
Pope: Fake news is fomenting hate progress against financial
crimes to warrant its exclu-
Vatican City: Internet-based “fake news” is fomenting sion from the watchdog’s
prejudice and hatred, Pope Francis said on Tuesday, warn- ‘grey list’. —PTI
ing our culture “has lost its sense of truth and bends the
facts to suit particular interests”. The foreign office
He issued the stark warning in a letter to young people
around the world following last October’s youth-themed
has calculated
bishops’ synod. “There are huge economic interests oper- that Pakistan
ating in the digital world, capable of exercising forms of will face $10 billion
control as subtle as they are invasive, creating mecha-
nisms for the manipulation of consciences and of the
loss annually if it
democratic process,” the pope wrote. Social networks en- continues to remain
courage contact between people who already think alike, on the ‘grey list’.
precluding them from debate, he said. “These closed cir-
cuits facilitate the spread of fake news and false informa- Shah Mahmood Qureshi,
tion, fomenting prejudice and hate.” —AFP Pakistan Foreign Minister