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Govt in a spot as SC admits

‘leaked’ Rafale documents
MoD says papers
being used to give Caught In Turbulence Prime MInister Narendra Modi being presented with a garland during the election campaign rally
in Junagadh on Wednesday, the eve of Lok Sabha polls —PTI

‘incomplete picture’
on security matters
„„The three
leaked confidential
What the court said on Rafale files
„„Privilege
cannot be
„„Even if
documents are
„„Public interest
will outweigh
Will jail Cong leaders
in next five years: PM
documents and claimed over procured illegally, other concerns as
Abraham Thomas their relevance documents that would not be the issue arises
[Link]@[Link] will go into the already significant on the on a complaint
review petition published SC’s decision to alleging grave
New Delhi: The Government proceedings and in public act upon them wrongs in higher DNA Correspondent
lost out its claim to seek priv- domain echelons of power correspondent@[Link] ‘power loot’
ilege over the ‘leaked Rafale
files’ as the Supreme Court Ahmedabad: “Over the last five years, At a poll rally in Panaji, the PM referred
on Wednesday said that since I have come very close to jailing Con- to the I-T raids on close aides of MP CM
the media has published it gress leaders. In the next five years, Kamal Nath, and said Congress wanted
and brought it into public do- they will be in,” Prime Minister Naren- to be in power to loot. He also accused
main, there was no reason dra Modi said on Wednesday while ad- party chief Rahul Gandhi of ‘speaking
why they should not be per- dressing an election rally at Junagadh lies’ after meeting late Goa CM Parrikar.
mitted to be used as evidence in Gujarat.
in the review petitions. PM Modi whipped out three cards —
The decision came as a big Sardar Patel, security and sons of soil brought them close to the bars, in the
blow to the Centre which had — to woo voters and urged them to again next five years, they will be in. (Paanch
objected the hearing of the re- make BJP victorious in all 26 seats in varshma jailna saliya najik laavi didha
view petitions filed by former Gujarat this Lok Sabha election. chhe, aavta panch varshma andar, he
Union Ministers Yashwant He slammed the Congress manifesto said in Gujarati.)”
Sinha, Arun Shourie and advo-
cate Prashant Bhushan.
The petitioners had an-
merit by taking into account
the relevance of the contents
of the three documents
Opposition gets fresh before the crowd for proposing amend-
ments to the Armed Forces Special Provi-
sions Act and the Sedition Act, asking
PM Modi urged recollection that it
was because of Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel that Junagadh and Hyderabad are

ammo to attack govt

nexed these documents in the (leaked classified files), ad- whose interests was it protecting. “It part of India, whereas the Kashmir is-
review petition to reopen the missibility of which, in the seems they have realised jail is their fu- sue, handled by first prime minister
entire controversy surround- judicial decision making pro- ture abode. Between 2014 and 2019, I have Nehru, remains unsolved.  Turn to P4
ing the Rafale deal, once put cess, has been sought to be
to rest by the SC on December questioned by the Centre in DNA Correspondent filing his nomination papers
14, 2018. The SC’s decision
also provided fodder to the
Opposition parties to corner
the review petitions.”
Hours after the SC order,
the Ministry of Defence
correspondent@[Link]

New Delhi: After the top

in Amethi, Gandhi said, “SC
has made it clear that ‘chowk-
idarji’ has committed theft.”
On eve of polls, CRPF jawan
hurt in IED blast by Naxals
the government on the deal. claimed petitioners are using court dismissed the Centre’s Defence Minister Nirmala
The bench of Chief Jus- documents with the intent to objection claiming privilege Sitharaman hit back: “Rahul
tice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices present “a selective and in- over the ‘leaked’ Rafale docu- Gandhi probably doesn’t read
SK Kaul and KM Joseph by complete picture” on matters ments, Opposition parties even half a paragraph of the
two separate verdicts came to pertaining to national secu- sharpened their attacks on SC order. By saying court said Gadchiroli: A CRPF jawan escorting a
a common conclusion that rity. “In the review petitions, the Modi government. ‘chowkidaar chor hai’, he has polling party was injured in an IED blast
the objection of the Centre the petitioners have relied Congress president Rahul verged on contempt of court.” in the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district
needs to be dismissed. It said, upon the documents, some of Gandhi said the SC has “ac- BSP chief Mayawati asked of Maharashtra Wednesday, a day ahead
“We hold and affirm that the which could not have been cepted” that “there was cor- the PM to “apologise” and of voting for the Lok Sabha elections.
review petitions will have to placed in public domain,” it ruption in Rafale deal”. demanded the Defence Minis- The incident comes a day after a BJP
be adjudicated on their own said in a statement. Turn to P4 Speaking to reporters before ter’s resignation. MLA and four security personnel were
killed in a Naxal attack in Dantewada
district of neighbouring Chhattisgarh.

Jallianwala carnage: Bibi Netanyahu headed for fifth term

Wednesday’s blast took place at Gatta
Jambia village in Etapalli tehsil when a
team of election officials was heading for Image for representation
as Israel’s prime minister
UK almost says sorry
a polling booth, escorted by police and the
191st battalion of the Central Reserve Po- sounded after the incident. “Police are
Jerusalem: Benjamin Netanyahu appeared lice Force, a senior police official said. already on high alert, but we are more
to be headed toward a historic fifth term as The area, which borders on Chhattis- cautious after the blast,” an official said.
London: British Prime Min- Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday, with garh, falls in the Gadchiroli-Chimur con- A combing operation has been
ister Theresa May described close-to-complete unofficial election results stituency which will go to polls along with launched in the area and the border with
the Jallianwala Bagh massa- giving his right-wing Likud and other nation- six other seats in Maharashtra on Thurs- the neighbouring states is being sealed,
cre in Amritsar as a “shame- alist and religious parties a solid majority in day. The CRPF jawan sustained serious said Sharad Shelar, Special Inspector-
ful scar” on British Indian parliament. With 97.4 per cent of the vote injuries in the legs, and his condition was General of Police (anti-Naxal operations).
history on Wednesday, but counted, Likud and its traditional political al- critical. The Improvised Explosive Device Additional forces have already been
stopped short of a formal lies were in command of a 65-55 majority in (IED) was attached to a bicycle parked deployed in Naxal-affected areas. Senior
apology sought by a cross- parliament. The outcome affirmed Israel’s con- along the road passing through a market police officers of the rank of Additional
section of Parliament in pre- tinued tilt to the right.  Report, P7 place. A helicopter was sent to airlift the Director General are camping there, he
vious debates. injured jawan, he said. A high-alert was said. —PTI
In a statement, marking
the 100th anniversary of the apology debate
massacre, at the start of her
weekly Prime Minister’s
Questions in the House of
On Tuesday, British MPs
debated a formal apology
Alpesh quits Cong posts saying EC puts off PM biopic
he’s ‘insulted, ignored, betrayed’ release till end of polls
Commons, she reiterated the for the massacre to
“regret” already expressed mark its centenary this
amethi to see an old by the British Government. Saturday. As per British
fight with new zing The massacre took place in government records, 379
Rahul Gandhi files nomination Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar were killed & 1,200 were DNA Correspondent position. Alpesh Thakor add- Manan Kumar dia certification and monitor-
in Congress bastion Amethi, a on Baisakhi in April 1919 injured on April 13, 1919. correspondent@[Link] ed that none of them would [Link]@[Link] ing committee.
day before his archrival, BJP’s when the British Indian resign as MLA. Speculation Taking cognisance of oppo-
Smriti Irani, is set to file her Army troops, under the com- Ahmedabad: Congress MLA about Thakor’s move had been New Delhi: The Election sition parties that approached
papers on Thursday mand of Colonel Reginald deeply regret what happened and Other Backward Classes circulating for a couple of Commission (EC) has stalled the poll watchdog to seek in-
Dyer, fired machine guns at a and the suffering caused. I (OBC) leader Alpesh Thakor days and the drama came to an the release of the movie PM junction, the Commission, in
‘politics can’t have crowd of people holding a pro- am pleased that today the UK- stepped down from all posts of end on Wednesday evening Narendra Modi till Lok Sabha an order, said on Wednesday,
a retirement age’ independence demonstration. India relationship is one of the Congress party on Wednes- when his resignation letter to elections end (May 19) to “Any biopic material on
According to the British collaboration, partnership, day, alleging discrimination Gujarat Congress president ensure a level playing sub-serving the pur-
Indore MP and outgoing LS
records, 379 people, including prosperity and security. In- by the party. He added that he Amit Chavda erupted on so- field. Starring Vivek poses of any political
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan says
men, women and children dian diaspora make an enor- would not be joining the BJP. cial media. Oberoi in the titular entity or any individ-
politics cannot have a fixed
were killed and around 1,200 mous contribution to British He was flanked at the ensuing Alpesh Thakore clarified that he will “My sena told me that I role, the biopic was ual entity connected
retirement age as is the case
injured in the firing. “The society and I am sure the press conference by two more not quit as MLA, nor join the BJP should not stay where I am in- set to release on to it, which is intend-
with government jobs
tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh whole House wishes to see Congress MLAs, Dhavalsinh sulted, ignored and betrayed,” April 11, the first day ed to, or which has the
of 1919 is a shameful scar on the UK’s relationship with Jhala (Bayad constituency) candidate in Banaskantha the letter said. “So I am resign- of the general election. potential to disturb lev-
new citizens edgy British Indian history. As India continue to flourish,” and Bharat Thakor (Bechraji and Patan. Congress has ing from all party posts. The The Commission also el playing field during the
before first polls Her Majesty the Queen (Eliz- she said. constituency). fielded co-operative dairy vet- impoverished youth of my said it is currently processing elections, should not be dis-
Some 13,000 voters in Cooch abeth II) said before visiting Opposition Labour Party However, Bharat Thakor eran Parthi Bhatol, a Chaud- community is angry and upset clarifications submitted by played in electronic media in-
Behar, which saw poll violence Jallianwala Bagh in 1997, it is Leader Jeremy Corbyn de- clarified that he had not re- hary, from Banaskantha and as they were ignored and in- Delhi’s Chief Electoral Offic- cluding cinematograph during
last year, are apprehensive as a distressing example of our manded that those who lost signed from the party and Jagdish Thakor from Patan. sulted. For me, Thakor Sena is er (CEO) regarding pre-certi- the operation of MCC (Moral
they go to vote for the first past history with India,” she their lives deserve a “full, clear will campaign for both the Dhavalsinh did not respond supreme.” Turn to P4 fication of political advertise- Code of Conduct).” 
time after getting citizenship  P5 said in her statement. “We and unequivocal apology”. Congress and Thakor Sena to DNA’s calls to clarify his  Related report, P2 ment on NaMo TV by the me-  Full report on [Link]

Hole truth First pics of ‘light-sucking monsters’ in two galaxies revealed

Chest ailment lands Cargo agent
seizes Jet craft
Scientist likens black hole to ‘Eye of Sauron’ Dalai Lama in hosp
DNA Correspondent Dr Pradeep Chowbey, who has
in Amsterdam
Mumbai: Jet Airways faced
Washington: Scientists re- own Milky Way galaxy. correspondent@[Link] been treating him for years. the ignominy of losing a plane
vealed the first image ever
cosmic task “We have seen what we As his supporters wished on Wednesday when a Euro-
made of a black hole on Telescope data was thought was unseeable,” said New Delhi: The 14th Dalai him a speedy recovery on so- pean cargo agent seized one of
Wednesday, depicting its hot, gathered 2 years ago, Sheperd Doeleman of Har- Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was cial media, in Beijing, for- its wide-body planes at Am-
shadowy edges where light but completing the image vard. Three years ago, scien- admitted to a private hospital eign ministry spokesman Lu sterdam airport for payment
bends around itself. It looked involved about 200 tists using an extraordinarily in Delhi for chest infection. Kang said, “The reincarna- related issues. “The cargo
like a flaming orange, yellow scientists, supercomputers sensitive observing system “His condition is stable now tion of the Dalai Lama agent seized Boeing 777-300 ER
and black ring. and hundreds of terabytes heard the sound of two much but he will remain here for should follow the relevant (VT-JEW) as the airline could
Jessica Dempsey, a co-dis- of data delivered smaller black holes merging treatment for two to three Chinese laws, regulations not clear his dues,” a source
coverer and deputy director worldwide by plane. to create a gravitational wave. days,” said his aide Tenzin and religious rituals.” said. The aircraft was to oper-
of the East Asian Observa- The new image, published in Taklha. The Dalai Lama told news ate a flight (9W 321) to Mumbai
tory in Hawaii, said it re- the Astrophysical Journal Let- The 83-year-old was agency Reuters last from Amsterdam on Wednes-
minded her of the powerful borhood around a supermas- ters, adds light to that sound. flown from his residence month that his incarna- day. Jet Airways, however, said
flaming Eye of Sauron from sive black hole, the light-suck- The image was taken over in Dharamsala on Tues- tion could be found in the flight was delayed due to
the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. ing monsters of the universe four days when astronomers day after he reported India after he dies, and “operational reasons”. Later
Assembling data gathered theorized by Albert Einstein had “to have the perfect discomfort in the warned that any other in the day, for the third time in
by eight radio telescopes more than a century ago. The weather all across the world chest. He was successor named by a week, IndianOil stopped fuel
around the world, astrono- team looked at two supermas- and “literally all the stars brought to Max China would not be supply to the cash-starved air-
Scientists observed two black holes, one in galaxy M87, about 53 million mers created the picture sive black holes, the M87 and had to align” Dempsey said.  Healthcare in respected. —With line for non-payment of dues. 
light years from Earth. It is about 6 billion times the mass of our sun —AP showing the violent neigh- the one at the centre of our  — AP Saket to see agency inputs  Report, DNA Money
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ah edabad
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Will Alpesh loss Another rout looms large for

in brief
Cong complains
against PM Modi
Congress in south Gujarat seats
cost Cong in N Guj?
Senior Gujarat Congress
leader Arjun Modhwa-
dia on Wednesday wrote
to Election Commission DNA Correspondent Political watchers said
demanding that a case correspondent@[Link] they are expecting a good
be registered against fight between former union
PM Narendra Modi for
violation of model code North Gujarat is the 2nd most critical region for party as it The Congress party faces
tough electoral battles in ma-
minister Tushar Chaudhary,
who is facing a battle of po-

had won 17 of the 32 assembly seats from there

of conduct by seeking jority of the Lok Sabha seats litical survival, and MP &
votes for the BJP in the in the state, but none as tough BJP candidate Prabhu Vasa-
name of army soldiers as the south Gujarat region, va from Bardoli ST. Vasava
and martyrs in his pub- DNA Correspondent where another clean sweep had trumped Chaudhary
lic meeting at Latur in correspondent@[Link] by the BJP is extremely with a margin of 1.24 lakh
Maharashtra on Tues- likely. votes when they had faced off
day. Modhwadia said in The rebellion Congress MLA The south Gujarat region in 2014, and he also holds an
the complaint that Modi and Thakor Sena leader Al- comprises Bharuch, Bardoli edge this time, but Chaud-
had violated the code of pesh Thakor has raised ques- ST, Surat, Navsari and Valsad hary said he was confident of
conduct in spite of the tion whether it will cost Con- ST seats. Of the five, BJP win reversing the result.
Commission’s specific gress party seats in north in Surat, Navsari and A local Congress leader
instructions, and de- Gujarat, where votes of Tha- Bharuch, is almost a given, said the party had managed
manded appropriate ac- kor community are signifi- while the Congress may put to bring down the deficit in
tion against him. cant. Thakor’s campaigning up a semblance of a fight in seven assembly seats that
for independent candidates the remaining two seats. form Bardoli LS seat to below
HC penalises BJP and division in Thakor votes Surat is one of the safest 12,000 votes in the 2017 assem-
leader Rajput may reduce votes to Congress, seats for BJP in the state, hav- A vendor waits for customers as he sells kites bearing images of Prime bly elections.
After the City Civil said a political observer. ing won it in each of the eight Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi at a store —PTI “He can win from Bardoli
Court, Bengaluru, in- Congress has fielded two elections since 1989. The is Tushar bhai manages to
formed the Gujarat High Thakors, Jagdish Thakor from party’s candidate Darshana It is a huge margin to erase, but Jitu mend fences with other party
Court that the summons Patan and Rajendra Thakor Alpesh Thakor (right) during press conference Jardosh had won in 2014 with Chaudhary is one of the strong tribal leaders leaders,” he said.
issued by it to Eagleton from Sabarkantha. Alpesh’s a margin of 5.33 lakh votes, Similarly, Congress field-
Resort in Bengaluru claim that he will canvass for and a win against Congress’s from the region, and will put up a good fight. ed senior MLA Jitu Chaud-
have returned unserved, representatives of Thakor Not right time to quit: Congress Ashok Adhevada, who is a A poll expert on chances in Valsad ST seat hari against MP and BJP
the high court on Tues- Sena can hurt Congress in Patidar from Saurashtra, candidate KC Patel from Val-
„„Jagdish Thakor „„“Congress has made Alpesh
day imposed a cost of Rs these seats. Party’s prospects looks like a certainty. A local sad ST seat, which is consid-
from Congress co-in-charge of Bihar, a very
2,000 on BJP leader Bal- in Mehsana and Banskantha Congress leader admitted the coastal belt, but he is un- while Congress fielded Youth ered a bellwether. Patel had
said that whatever critical state for Lok Sabha
vantsinh Rajput. Rajput can also be affected. that they are working to likely to pose a major chal- Congress leader Sherkhan won in 2014 with a margin of
grievance Alpesh had elections,” he said adding
has challenged the Rajya North Gujarat is the sec- bring down the margin of the lenge for Patil. Four of the Pathan as its nominee. How- 2.08 lakh votes, and even
with the party, this that Alpesh’s canvassing for
Sabha poll victory of ond most critical part of the loss. seven constituencies that ever, MLA and Bharatiya though Chaudhari just
was not the time to independent candidates will in no
Congress’s Ahmed Patel state for Congress party. Dur- Navsari seat, which BJP form the Navsari Lok Sabha Tribal Party leader Chhotu scraped through from Kapra-
take such a step. way affect fortunes of Congress.
and made the manager ing the state Assembly polls, candidate CR Patil had won seat are a part of Surat city, Vasava’s candidature is what da seat in 2017 polls with a
of the resort, where Pa- the party bagged 17 seats with a huge margin of 5.58 which are traditionally BJP has made the contest inter- margin of 170 votes, the BJP’s
tel had kept Congress from 32 seats in north Guja- over them is exaggerated as sober person. He may not lakh votes in 2014, also looks strongholds. esting. Vasava had sought overall lead in seven assem-
MLAs from Gujarat be- rat. Saurashtra was the re- “Thakor as a community is have got the media coverage like almost in the bag for the Bharuch is one of the few Congress’s support for his bly seats of Valsad declined
fore the poll, his witness gion that gave maximum more loyal to Congress party that Alpesh got but he is re- party. This is even though seats in the state where a tri- candidature to make it a di- to 1.39 lakh votes.
in the election petition. seats to Congress in Vidhan in general rather than any spected more in the commu- there were demands to drop angular contest is likely. Hav- rect fight between him and “It is a huge margin to
However, the lower court Sabha polls. individual leader. Candidates nity. However, political con- Patil and to field a Koli candi- ing won it nine consecutive BJP, but the plan didn’t work erase, but Jitu Chaudhary is
in Bengaluru has in- After resigning from all like Jagdish Thakor and Ra- troversies have dented Al- date. The Congress has field- times since 1989, the BJP has out, leading a miffed Vasava one of the strong tribal lead-
formed that the sum- the ‘posts’ in Congress, Al- jendra Thakor have good pesh’s image,” he said. ed Dharmesh Patel, who is a a clear edge here. The party to also put up candidates in ers from the region, and will
mons could not be pesh told media persons that reputation in their communi- Talking to DNA, Jagdish Koli, in the hope of getting repeated five-term MP Man- some other tribal dominated put up a good fight,” said a
served as there is no volunteers will campaign for ties as well as in their re- Thakor also reiterated the the community’s support in sukh Vasava as its candidate, seats. watcher.
company in the name of Sena candidates contesting gions. The impact will de- same point that Thakor com-
Eagleton Resort at the as independents, rather than pend upon to what extent Al- munity sees Congress party
given address. The man-
ager of the resort was
Congress candidates, espe-
cially in Banaskantha,
pesh can get the pie of Tha-
kor vote. In a neck-and-neck
as its well wisher. “It is the
Congress party that gave 27
every voter counts Shrivastav case:
supposed to depose be-
fore the high court in
Mehsana and Patan Lok Sab-
ha constituencies. A political
fight, Thakor votes can be
crucial,” said a political ob-
per cent reservation to OBCs.
It was Congress party that
CEO yet to be
the case on Tuesday, but
did not turn up.
observer said that while the
region has significant Tha-
server, on the condition of
not being identified. “Jag-
made Madhavsinh Solanki
chief minister of Gujarat,”
given a report
kor votes, the hold of Alpesh dishbhai is a veteran and a said Jagdish Thakor. State’s Chief Electoral Officer
S Murali Krishna said that he
was yet to receive a report in

Those asking for proof should Cash seizure

in state jumps
connection to BJP MLA Mad-
hu Shrivastav allegedly threat-
ening voters. The Election
Commission had issued a no-

listen to cries of Pak: PM Modi 260% over ’17

DNA Correspondent
tice to Shrivastav and directed
him to submit a reply by
Wednesday. State’s CEO S Mu-
rali Krishna said that he had
DNA Correspondent correspondent@[Link] not received any report from
correspondent@[Link] Vadodara so far. It could not be
Seizure of unaccounted cash in ascertained if Shrivastav had
Taking a dig at Congress, the state since Model Code of replied to the notice as Va-
Prime Minister Narendra Conduct came into force on dodara collector Shalini Agar-
Modi termed terrorism and March 10 by Income-Tax au- wal didn’t respond to phone
corruption as cancers and said thorities touched Rs4.66 crore calls. The status of Surat col-
they were born during Con- on Tuesday, which was nearly lector’s report in connection to
gress regime. Addressing a 260% higher than the cash sei- a suo motu complaint by Elec-
public meeting at zure of Rs1.30 crore made dur- tion Commission against state
Songadh in Tapi, Bardoli ing the 2017 assembly elections. Ahmedabad district collector Vikrant Pandey puts up stickers on the vehicles of commuters as part of a voter BJP president Jitu Vaghani
Lok Sabha constituency, Modi State’s Chief Electoral Of- awareness campaign —DNA for using an abusive word for
said, “Terrorism is like cancer. ficer S Murali Krishna told Congress party
It was born during their re- reporters that I-T authorities
File pic

gime and they did not do any- had seized Rs77 lakh worth of
thing to end it. In just five
years, we acted. If someone is
detected with cancer, how can
I-T raid in poll speech
Addressing a poll rally at Junagadh in The CBDT, that frames pol-
unaccounted jewellery, and
cash of Rs3.52 crore in the state
as of April 8. The figure of
As brother Rahul addresses 3 rallies in state,
Priyanka will seek blessings at Ambaji temple
you stop medicine mid way. cash seized went up to Rs4.66
Can we stop our attempt to kill Gujarat, PM Modi took a swipe at the Con- icy for the I-T department, crore with seizure of Rs1.14
terrorists? Who will do this gress, saying it is known by many names had said the department crore from an angadia firm
without me. Give me one name as far as scams are concerned. The In- has also detected a trail of and a cash handler in Rajkot
who dares to do this. Once ter- come Tax Department recently conducted Rs 20 crore suspect cash on Tuesday. DNA Correspondent district. The district, domi-
rorism is over, we can live a raids on close aides of Madhya Pradesh allegedly being moved Pankaj Srivastava, joint correspondent@[Link] nated by Patels, is part of
peaceful life.” Chief Minister and Congress leader Kamal to the headquarters of a director of Income-Tax, Saurashtra where Congress
He further said, “There was Nath and others in four states on Sunday. major political party Ahmedabad, said that cash After her visit to Gandhi won a substantial number of
a need to end terrorism. Ter- and jewellery worth Rs44 Ashram last for the first time seats in the Assembly elec-
rorists get food in neighbour- lakh were seized in the first in her life, Priyanka Gandhi tions of 2017.
hood. We have to go there to the public, “During my time in and earn money. We will be week of announcement of Vadra is yet again going to Earlier, in the day Prime
end to teach them a lesson, Gujarat, has anyone pointed working towards that direc- polls, Rs65.84 lakh in the sec- make her presence felt in the Minister Narendra Modi had
hence I did so. They had prob- finger for corruption? Since tion”, he said. ond, Rs2.25 crore in the third, state. She be in Gujarat with addressed his first rally in
lems even in that and asked for last six months, all parties are On a concluding note, he Rs1 crore in the fourth, and Rahul on for two days April the state since announce-
proof. Pakistan is crying, all coming together, clicking pho- urged first time voters born in Rs1.19 crore in the fifth. 18 and 19. ment of polls in Junagadh
they need is to listen to their tographs of joined hands, to- 21st century to choose a gov- Krishna said that Rs500 Priyanka Gandhi Vadra which is also part of the Sau-
File pic

cries to get an answer.” day those very people have left ernment that is known to take crore worth of drugs, and will visit the state for the sec- rashtra region. Given that it
Congress wants to remove hands. However, their speeches strong decisions. “Any experi- Rs9.03 crore worth of liquor ond time beginning with a has lost votes among Patels
security forces from Kashmir focus only on ‘Modi Hatao’. Are ence for the first time is always had also been seized in the temple run. Priyanka will be Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been campaigning for the party across India in the region, it is now trying
and want to break unity of this they talking about your issue? memorable whether you sit on state so far. The CEO also said visiting the Ambaji temple to woo the OBC (Other Back-
country. Those who break They do not care about you.” a flight or a train. This voting that 101 complaints regarding while Rahul will address ral- president Ashok Punjabi party won four of the seven ward Classes) communities.
country are called deshdrohis Water crisis is going to be will be the most important model code of conduct viola- lies in Bardoli, Dahod and said the details are being fi- Assembly seats while in On March 12, the Con-
(traitors). Are they not desh- an issue in coming days hence for you as you will choose the tion had been received so far. Siddhpur. It should be noted nalised and the party has Chhota Udepur it had won gress working committee
drohis? A leader of Jammu we have decided to create a future of India. Choose a gov- More than 98,500 posters, ban- that both Bardoli and Dahod also sought that Priyanka three of the seven assembly had held its meeting in
and Kashmir wants two PM’s separate Jal Shakti Mantralay. ernment that is strong and can ners, wall writings, and flags are constituencies going to address rallies in Dahod and seats. Ahmedabad, the first time in
in India. Do you want two We will ensure farmers earn take strong decisions. And had been removed from gov- polls on April 23, along with Chhota Udepur. The party Rahul will also launch the 58 years. It was in Adalaj
PM’s,” asked Modi. double the money, generate you do not need to go anywhere ernment buildings and 18,582 Sidhpur, which is part of the hopes that the presence of party’s campaign in Gujarat near Gandhinagar that Pri-
Terming corruption to be electricity through solar pan- to ask who can take strong de- from private buildings since Patan constituency. Priyanka will help influence on April 15 by addressing ral- yanka Gandhi addressed her
the second cancer, Modi asked els and sell the government cisions.” MCC came into force. Gujarat Congress vice- voters in Dahod where the lies near Rajula in Amreli first public meeting.

Rita Patel likely to be

ditched Western Railways had stopped the only train that ran on the line sighting losses

For 3K agariya families, a railway line is their poll demand Gandhinagar mayor
Smitha R The Kuda line for which ing the line. Once the line is ing them to sell their salt DNA Correspondent the high court disposing the
[Link]@[Link] the families are agitating is uprooted we know the train cheap further pushing them correspondent@[Link] plea seeking Pravin Patel’s
the only one that helps the will never resume service,” into poverty,” said Samera. disqualification, Bihola’s
They live in extremely harsh families transport the salt said Bharat Samera, of He further added that with The Gujarat High Court on counsel said the order indi-
conditions in the Rann and that they produce. Agariya Heet Rakshak the Election Code of Conduct Wednesday disposed a peti- rectly nullifies the order by
often struggle for access to The Western Railways had Manch that works with in place the Railways are not tion filed by Congress coun- a single judge bench of the
basic facilities. But it is the stopped the only train that Agariyas in the area. supposed to take such a deci- cillor from Gandhinagar court directing authorities
‘protection’ of a nondescript ran on the line sighting losses He said earlier the salt sion to uproot the lines but it Municipal Corporation not to declare the results of
railway line that runs but now their attempts to up- farmers would get Rs260 per was done nevertheless. (GMC) Shailendrasinh Bi- the election held in Novem-
through their territories that root the railway line is find- tonne of salt as they were He said the families will hola seeking disqualifica- ber last year and place the
is high on their list of priori- ing stiff resistance from the able to transport the salt by boycott the election if the tion of BJP leader and for- vote of Pravin Patel in a
ties. locals. train to markets beyond their lines are uprooted. mer mayor Pravin Patel on sealed envelope before it.
So much so that about “Earlier when they local area. “But since the Chandubhai Kudeta, sar- the ground that he defected Following the court’s or-
3,500 agariya (saltpan work- stopped plying the trains, we train has stopped plying the panch of Nimaknagar village from Congress to BJP just to der, BJP’s mayoral candidate
ers) families of Halvad and had held discussions with the routes, the farmers are forced said that the work of uproot- become the mayor. The court Rita Patel is likely to assume
Dhrangadhra taluka in Railways and even the state to sell their salt to the local ing the lines have already disposed the petition on the the charge of mayor of GMC
Surendranagar district who government in 2014 and dur- Agariyas working in Rann —File photo traders for a measly Rs140 begun. “We know it is the ground that since Pravin Pa- on Thursday. Rita Patel’s
spend around eight months ing the 2017 Assembly Elec- per tonne. Salt farming is end of our livelihood as we tel has already resigned from husband and BJP leader
of their year in the inhospita- tions the state government Since the train has stopped plying the routes, very hard work and the farm- know it. We have decided to his position as mayor and Ketan Patel told DNA that
ble Little Rann of Kutch have had promised that they would the farmers are forced to sell their salt to the ers work in terrible condi- abstain from voting but still councillor, the question on they are waiting for the copy
threatened to boycott the begin the service. It never be- local traders for a measly Rs140 per tonne. tions under the harsh sun. 20% agaryas may still end his disqualification does not of the order and once it is
elections if their demands gan but recently we came to The train was their lifeline up casting their voter,” said arise. available, Rita will take
are not met. know that they were uproot- Bharat Samera, Agariya Heet Rakshak Manch and now it has stopped forc- Kudeta. With a division bench of charge.
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HC puts A’bad-Karnavati Five of six Prahladnagar

in brief
HC relief to DPIL
promoter
bldgs fail fire safety norm
name change talk to rest
In a temporary relief to
Sumit Bhatnagar of Dia-
mond Power Infrastruc-
ture Limited (DPIL), DNA Correspondent
who is behind bars in correspondent@[Link]
the Rs 2,654 crore bank
fraud case, the Gujarat
High Court on Wednes- State puts issue on backburner, petitioner can move court in future The Ahmedabad Fire and
Emergency Services of the
day granted him condi- Ahmedabad Municipal Cor-
tional bail for the period DNA Correspondent poration (AMC) surveyed the
between April 15 and 17. correspondent@[Link]
poll effect fire safety equipment of
The temporary bail was „„The petitioner had some buildings in Prahladna-
granted to Sumit by the The Gujarat High Court, for submitted that no gar on Wednesday. The de-
single judge bench of the time being, has rested the historical data warrants partment conducted the sur-
Justice VM Pancholi on controversy over the pro- such a name change vey after a fire broke out in a
the ground that he need posed change of the city’s and it was being done commercial complex Dev
to take care of admis- name from Ahmedabad to as a means of “divisive Aurum located in Prahladna-
sion of his dyslexic Karnavati and disposed of vote bank politics” by the gar. Of the six buildings in-
daughter in Class XI. public interest litigation government before the spected, five did not have Recently a fire broke out in Dev Aurum complex in Prahladnagar—File photo
(PIL) seeking the court’s in- Lok Sabha polls. proper fire safety systems in
Air Asia to fly tervention in restraining the place and only one had a of equipment were installed of the sprinkler which had
A’bad-Bangkok government from doing so. „„Notably, Sancheti proper system. but were defunct. These been removed.
Air Asia is all set to start The division bench of Act- had filed the petition The department had sur- buildings have been served From among the residen-
a flight from Ahmedabad ing Chief Justice AS Dave on the backburner and the ed not to change the city’s in November last year veyed six commercial units, notice to fix the issues imme- tial units Sachin Tower, San-
to Bangkok from May 31 and Justice Biren Vaishnav issue lost its relevance. name. when the debate over of which three were commer- diately,” added the official. jay Tower and Dhananjay
onwards. The direct asked advocate Hetvi San- Sancheti had appealed be- She had claimed that the the city’s name change cial-cum-residential units. Of the inspected build- Tower, only Sanjay Tower
flight will operate four cheti, who filed the petition, fore the court to direct the issue of name change had was at its peak “Two teams have been ings, Mondeal Square had a had a proper system in place
times a week and the to pursue her representation state, Ahmedabad Municipal cropped up time and again in formed to supervise the man- non-functioning system and while in Sachin Tower, the
booking will start from pending before the govern- Corporation, and the Union the past and the only perma- agement and functioning of they did not have a fire NOC entire system was not func-
April 9 to April 21 for ment against the name government, to recognise the nent solution to the problem published by the state gov- fire and safety equipment of (No Objection Certificate) ei- tional. Even the fire alarm
travel between May 31 change. However, the bench name ‘Ahmedabad’ as “Intan- was to declare the name ernment and submitted to commercial units at random ther. The building has ten and other systems were not
and February 4, 2020. The gave her the liberty to ap- gible cultural heritage” and ‘Ahmedabad’ as an “Intangi- the UNESCO clearly men- across the city. On Tuesday, floors. Another building in- working. The building needs
flight will have early proach the court again in the frame policies for safeguard- ble Cultural Heritage” and tions that the city of commercial buildings were spected was Parshwanath to install a new system and
morning arrival and future, if the need arises. No- ing the same as per Article 11 frame policies for safeguard- Ahmedabad was founded by inspected in the Prahladna- Business Park which has 11 the spiral ladder must be re-
evening departure, giv- tably, Sancheti had filed the and 13 of the Convention for ing the same. Sultan Ahmed Shah and the gar pocket and some shock- floors with some minor faults moved, stated the note shared
ing passengers more time petition in November last the Safeguarding of the In- The advocate had also ar- name ‘Karnavati’ is reflected ing results were revealed,” which need to be fixed. The by the fire department.
to spend in Bangkok. year when the debate over the tangible Cultural Heritage gued that the change of name nowhere. The advocate also said a senior fire official. team from the civic body On the other hand, the estate
Ahmedabad is the ninth city’s name change was at its (CICH), 2003, of which India will also affect the city’s her- claimed that there were no “Of the total surveyed handed over a list of changes department sealed nine go-
Indian destination for Ai- peak. However, after facing is a signatory. Also, it was the itage tag granted by UNE- domestic laws or policies in buildings, none of them had to them. The Landmark downs of oil due to non-com-
rAsia Thailand, after severe criticism, the govern- petitioner’s demand that the SCO. It was submitted that place for safeguarding intan- properly functioning equip- building was asked to re-es- pliance of fire safety equip-
Kochi, Chennai, Kolkata, ment then put the proposal authorities should be direct- the historical evidence as gible cultural heritage. ment. At many places, types tablish the water connection ment.
Bengaluru, Bhubane-
swar, Jaipur, Visakhapat-
nam and Gaya (seasonal).

Auto rick driver

abducted by biker
HC asks former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt chilling effect 32-year-old
kills self after
A complaint was lodged
with the Nikol police sta-
tion on Tuesday after the
to furnish details of witnesses mental abuse
22-year-old auto driver DNA Correspondent continue. DNA Correspondent
was abducted by four ac- correspondent@[Link] Notably, the case was filed correspondent@[Link]
cused after he met with against Bhatt in Jamnagar
an accident with the ac- The Gujarat High Court has way back in 1990. Bhatt sub- A complaint was lodged with
cused. The victim was directed former IPS officer mitted before the trial court the Ramol police station on
taken to a deserted place Sanjiv Bhatt, who is facing a that while the prosecution Tuesday after a 32-year-old
and was beaten up for trial in a custodial death case had cited over 300 witnesses woman committed suicide in
damaging their vehicle. in Jamnagar, to put forth the in the case, only 32 of them the Vastral area. Relatives of
The incident took place documents related to deposi- have been examined. There- the victim alleged that she
on Monday late night tion of the witnesses in the fore, he requested the court to was being mentally and physi-
near Khodiyarnagar ongoing trial. Notably, the Sanjeev Bhatt summon around 40 witnesses cally harassed by her husband
crossroad. The com- former cop had moved the for examination, including and in-laws.
plaint was lodged by vic- high court after the trial Justice Sonia Gokani, on the DGPs, who are important The deceased was identi-
tim’s sister identified as court rejected his plea to Wednesday, directed Bhatt’s as they were senior to him fied as Jyoti Verma, a resident
Poonam Badel, a resident summon nearly 40 witnesses counsel and senior advocate and had investigated the of Vastral area. The incident
of Nikol. She stated in in the case. The list of wit- BB Naik to place the docu- case. The state government, took place on Monday. The
her complaint that on nesses pushed forth by Bhatt ments related to the witness- however, opposed Bhatt’s complaint was lodged by the
Monday night she got a includes former director gen- es who have already deposed plea before the trial court victim’s brother Subham Ver-
call from her brother erals of police (DGPs) PP before the court. The court submitting that the case is ma (26), a resident of Ramol.
that he was abducted by Pandey and HP Singh, and then adjourned the matter three-decade-old and many A tiger stands in a pool in his cage to beat the heat at Kankaria Zoo in the city— Pravin Indrekar/DNA He stated in his complaint that
two bikers. DGP (admin) TS Bisht. till Friday when further hear- of the witnesses in the case nine years back, Jyoti had got-
The single judge bench of ing on the same will are not alive. ten married to Sunil Shreeves
and started living in the Vas-
tral area. A couple of months

Victim develops School fee issue: Edu minister supports GIIS parents back, a dispute broke out be-
tween Jyoti and her in-laws
regarding household work.

gangrene after
DNA Correspondent the matter related to the fee school against the students, ters intervention in revoking The verbal dispute turned
correspondent@[Link] issue in Gujarat on April 12. however, when the students orders of cancellation of ugly and got physical after she
The parents had met Bhu- went to the school on Tuesday, school leaving certificate, was beaten up by her husband.
Disgruntled parents of Glob- pendrasinh Chudasama on they were asked to pay fees harassment by school author- The matter was resolved later.

nurse plays doctor

al Indian International Wednesday morning after and re-admit. The meeting had ities for fees and implementa- On Monday, Subham got a
School (GIIS) who had met around 32 children., granted parents, the education secre- tion of the Act. Our intention call from Shreeves who said
the state education minister leaving certificate by the tary, district education officers was to know whether the gov- that his sister Jyoti had com-
over harassment by the school for non-payment of and FRC members as well. ernment is with us or not. mitted suicide by hanging her-
Sharadkumar school authorities over fee is- fees, were refused admission Sharing details about the While the minister has as- self in her room. Regarding
sharad,kumar@[Link] sue, have been assured sup- despite the order by the Fee meeting, Jay Parikh, one of sured us justice, he has also the matter, later, a case of abet-
port by the state government Regulatory Committee. On the parents said, “We had asked u to wait for two more ment of suicide was lodged
A complaint was lodged with and asked to wait till April 12. Monday, the FRC had stayed gone with three objectives days as Supreme court will Students were not allowed to with the Ramol police station
Narol police station on Tues- The Supreme court will hear punitive actions taken by the that included seeking minis- hear the matter on April 12.” attend school —File photo against husband and in-laws.
day by a 50-year-old woman
alleging that due to the negli-
gence of a nurse, her 22-year-
old daughter is going through
mixing method It is a machine that uses a procedure to mask booth-wise voting patterns

Totaliser would restore electoral process credibility: LSE prof

several operations and might
even lose her hand. The com-
plaint was lodged by Usha
Jain, a resident of Samor drips. Despite that, Pathak
Residence in the Narol area. took some drips and injection
According to her complaint, from the hospital and they re- Tanushree Bhatia jected. Time has come now to
on the morning of March 24, turned home. At home, she [Link]@[Link] All are equal in queue at polling booth pressurise the government to
her daughter Mansi had gave Mansi an injection and „„There were many takeaways from the talk that included introduce a Totaliser. A ma-
some temperature, so she drips on her left hand. The secrecy of the ballot is at our perception of poor people going to vote. chine has been developed, it
took her to neighbour Divya The next day, Mansi’s con- stake and the only way to works well, why are we not
Pathak, who works as a nurse dition got worse and she gain credibility of the elec- „„Professor Banerjee said many poor people feel it is introducing it? The only way
with Ashirwad hospital lo- started feeling pain on her toral process back is to intro- the only place they do not feel discriminated, women to get credibility of the elec-
cated in Isanpur area. Pathak left hand which was a little duce a Totaliser, said profes- are allowed to take their own decisions. toral process back is to intro-
checked Mansi and gave her swollen. When Usha consult- sor Mukulika Banerjee of duce a Totaliser.”
some medicine. That even- ed Pathak, she told it normal London School of Econom- „„There is no hierarchy as everyone stands in a She further spoke about
ing, Mansi’s condition wors- and that it would be gone by ics, while addressing stu- queue be it the rich or the poor. So voting in India is a fingers being pointed at the
ened, she was taken to the next day. But on March 26, dents of the Ahmedabad Uni- sense of pride and celebration. ECI as a number of women,
Ashirwad hospital by Pathak. Mansi’s entire hand was versity (AU). Muslim and Dalit voters have
As per the allegation, as it swollen and she was rushed Banerjee was in the city to voting system and the credi- incidents of people being os- gone missing from the voters
was Sunday, the doctor was not to LG hospital for treatment. deliver a talk organised by bility of the Election Com- tracized would emerge. To list. “The voters list has to be
present at the hospital, so At the hospital, the doctor the School of Arts and Sci- Mukulika Banerjee was in the city to deliver a talk organised by the School mission of India and the elec- avoid this, a machine called a updated and cleaned often.
Pathak called the doctor and stated that her hand had been ences at AU, on “Elections of Arts and Sciences at Ahmedabad University toral process, she said, Totaliser was developed While such incidents happen,
told him about Mansi. The doc- infected and it showed symp- 2019: A Radical Rupture”, in “When there were paper bal- which would mix all the when you see a trend of only
tor told Pathak to give some toms of Gangrene and that it which she not only delved into the drastic change that masks booth-wise voting pat- lots, it was an easy way to booth votes to end identifica- Dalit voters missing from the
medicine to her but to avoid should be immediately oper- into why India votes but also the country has undergone terns. identify booth-wise who has tion. However, when the ma- list, one needs to ask ques-
any kind of injection and ated on. gave the students an insight from 2014 to 2019. A Totaliser While talking about the voted for whom and hence, chine came in, the BJP ob- tions.”
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Western Ghats: Govt Mamata, Rahul trade barbs in WB

AIIMS issues
advisory on
dressing a rally at Karandighi,
fire for ward
seeks accord on ESA
hit back at Mamata, putting the
blame back on her. “If the Con-
without NOC gress has not been fighting the
BJP, who has unearthed the
impact Rafale scam? Has Congress
ever allied with the BJP?” he
Cheena Kapoor
[Link]@[Link] Centre presses said. He also said that neither
Mamata nor Prime Minister

New Delhi: After an exclusive states to trace Arshad Ali

Narendra Modi has waived
farmers’ loans and that none of

Eco-Sensitive
DNA report revealed that the correspondent@[Link] them has created employment.
new private ward at the All In- Earlier on March 23 at Mal-
dia Institute of Medical Sci- Kolkata: Apart from the usual da, while campaigning for Isha
ences (AIIMS) was running
without a No-Objection Cer-
Areas in meeting BJP-bashing which they had
been indulging in so far during WB CM Mamata Banerjee (L), Congress president Rahul Gandhi —ANI
Khan Chowdhury, Rahul had
alleged Mamata of running the
tificate from the Delhi Fire DNA Correspondent election campaigns, the two state according to her whims
Services, the hospital issued a correspondent@[Link] heavyweights – TMC supremo and fancies. Mamta had re-
four-page advisory on ‘precau- Mamata Banerjee and All In- Congress candidates If the Congress has fused to reply to that saying,
tions against fire accidents at New Delhi: In a bid to gather dia Congress Committee from Berhampore not been fighting the “He is a kid. He can say such
AIIMS’. The advisory also momentum for a consensus (AICC) president Rahul Gan- things. I don’t have to react to
mentions the latest fire at on delineating Eco-Sensitive dhi took on each other at two and Jangipur — who is BJP, who has everything.”
AIIMS Trauma Centre on Areas (ESA) in Western A file photo of Western Ghats in Gujarat separate meetings in West Ben- also Pranab unearthed the Rafale Chowdhury said that it
March 24. Ghats, the Centre held a gal on Wednesday. Mukherjee’s son — scam? Has Congress looked like Mamata was the
“In view of the recent fire meeting with five of the six green asset 2,133 villages, the state-level At Chopra in North Dina- core committee member of
mishap at JPNATC and the states that are home to the committee formed to look into jpore district, Mamata alleged both are being backed ever allied with the RSS. “Mamata knows the in-
forthcoming summer season, a chain of hills in the Ghats. The 1,600 km-long the issue retained 1,745 vil- that Congress candidates have by the RSS BJP? side story about RSS. I think
fire advisory is circulated re- The Centre made it clear to Western Ghats mountain lages and removed 388 villag- joined hands with the Rash- she is their core committee
treating the onus of responsi- Maharashtra, Goa, Karnata- es. It also added 347 villages triya Swayamsevak Sangh
Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, member. We all know who has
chain is a UNESCO
bilities and implementation ka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu world heritage site as it and eventually recommended (RSS) to contest polls. WB CM Congress president been closer to the saffron bri-
thereof. It is only the vigilant that considering the impor- is home to hundreds of that an area of 15,359.49 sqkm “I have been informed that gade. She has so far not said
stance of each and every staff tance of the Ghats and the endemic animals and be the ESA. Tamil Nadu rec- the Congress candidate from that her alliance with the BJP
member of the Institute that recommendation of the K plants. It is spread across ommended an area of 6,665.47 Berhampore is contesting the backing,” Mamata said. spectively. On Tuesday, Mama- was a mistake or that whatever
can obviate the possibility of a Kasturirangan-led high-level the states of Kerala, sqkm, while the expert panel election with the help of RSS. The Congress candidate ta targeted the Congress for be the result of the polls, she
likely fire hazard,” stated the working group, no state would Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, had recommended an area of Also, the Jangipur Congress from Berhampore and Jan- putting up a poor fight which will not form an alliance with
advisory. Last week, DNA had be exempt from the process of Goa, Maharashtra and 6,914 sqkm. candidate, who is Pranab gipur are Adhir Chowdhury led to the rise of BJP. the party under any circum-
reported about the absence of delineating ESAs. Officials of Gujarat, with an area of The government’s meeting Mukherjee’s son, has RSS and Abhijeet Mukherjee re- A few hours later, Rahul, ad- stances,” Chowdhury said.
an NOC. The ward has 60 Gujarat government did not approximately 1,40,000 with the states also happened
rooms and has been operation- attend the meeting. sqkm in the backdrop of a National
al for over a decade. It has been
running without an approved
The minutes of the meet-
ing, which took place in Feb-
Green Tribunal (NGT) order
passed on August 24, 2018.
bengaluru calling
SIT probe
plan and was even issued a no-
tice for the shortcomings.
“Two staircases in the ward
ruary, were made public a few
days ago.
The Kasturirangan-led pan-
Mishra, Secretary, Union Envi-
ronment Ministry.
Karnataka was the most vo-
The government is bound by
the order wherein the NGT
has directed the Centre to fi-
ordered into
are blocked. The doors are not
wide enough. We have commu-
el had recommended that an
area of 56,825 sqkm should me
cal against the ESA area rec-
ommended for the state. The
nalise the notification declar-
ing the full extent of ESAs in
RSS leader’s
nicated but the hospital has
failed to make any changes.
demarcated as ESA to protect
the fragile ecology and endem-
state’s senior forest officials
informed that the state Cabinet
the Ghats along with the full
list of villages falling in murder in J&K
Without the NOC, they should ic flora and fauna of the Ghats. was not in favour of the draft ESAs across the six states. It
not be running the ward. This It also told states that fragmen- notification on the ESA in had also said that in view of DNA Correspondent
is a direct violation of the Fire tation of the area to notify ESA Ghats and had rejected it. the Kerala floods, no altera- correspondent@[Link]
Services Act,” said Abhishek in a state-wise manner is not Maharashtra said that as tions would be allowed in the
Malik, Divisional Fire Officer, feasible. The meeting was held against 17,340 sqkm ESA de- ESAs, as it would seriously Srinagar: Jammu and Kash-
Delhi Fire Services. under the chairmanship of CK marcated in the draft across impact the environment. mir police have constituted a
Special Investigation Team
(SIT) to probe the assassina-

‘100 Naxals may have role in Dantewada ambush’ tion of RSS leader Chander-
kant even as stone-pelting inci-
dents rocked parts of commu-
Raipur: At least 100 Naxals “We have received inputs MM pistol and two rifles, were nally-sensitive Kishtwar town-
are suspected to be involved in that around 100 Naxals, in- reported to be missing from ship on Wednesday.
the attack in which a BJP MLA cluding 50 to 60 armed and the attack site, he said. On Tuesday, terrorists had
and four security personnel rest militia (lower rung) mem- “According to ground in- stormed the district hospital
were killed in Chhattisgarh’s bers, led by commanders puts, it was a pre-planned at- of Kishtwar and assassinated
Dantewada district, a police Deva and Vinod, were in- tack as a large number of Chanderkant and his Personal
official said on Wednesday. Po- volved in the attack,” armed cadres could not gath- BJP National president Amit Shah with Party Candidate BN Bachegowda from Chikkaballapur constituency during Security Officer (PSO) Ra-
lice have also recovered a GPS Dantewada Superintendent er in such a short span of an election road show ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019, in Bengaluru on Wednesday —PTI jinder Kumar in broad day-
device of Naxals from the site of Police Abhishek Pallava time. It could have been a trap light. Sensing trouble, the au-
in which the rebels had set the told PTI over phone. laid for the MLA,” Pallava thorities clamped curfew and
location of the Improvised Ex- Malangir area committee said. On Tuesday, it was Man- called in the Army to maintain
plosive Device (IED) used in
the incident.
Bheema Mandavi, the BJP
The remains of the BJP MLA’s
vehicle seen in Dantewada —ANI
of the banned CPI (Maoist),
which is active in the area,
along with Kerlapal area com-
davi’s third visit on the route
in the election season.
The SP said the area was
Govt in a spot as SC admits law and order. Kishtwar is part
of Udhampur LS constituency,
which is going to polls in the

‘leaked’ Rafale documents

MLA from Dantewada seat, near Shyamgiri village on mittee and some cadres of Jag- sanitised twice by the District second phase.
and four personnel of his se- Tuesday, just two days before argunda area committee joint- Reserve Group (DRG) in last For the second day, Kisht-
curity staff were killed when the first-phase of the Lok ly executed the attack, he said. five days, but the IED can be war town remained tense with
Naxals blew up their vehicle Sabha polls in the state. Three weapons, including a 9 planted in a day only. —PTI protesters clashing with secu-
From p1 judgment, rejected the Cen- rity forces at a few places.
The documents that form the tre’s argument that the leaked Forces resorted to cane charge

PM says he will jail Cong bone of contention are: an

eight-page note dated June 1,
2016 written by three mem-
documents cannot be dis-
closed under Right to Infor-
mation (RTI) Act. The judge
and lobbed smoke shells to dis-
perse the stone pelting mobs.
“Situation is under control.

leaders in next five years

bers of the Indian Negotiat- noted that Section 8(2) of the Curfew is in place. Protesters
ing Team (INT) in the Rafale RTI Act marked a “legal revo- pelted stones on the forces but
deal, Note18 of the Ministry lution” that will override ex- were dispersed intelligently,”
of Defence marked ‘Secret’ emptions under OSA as well. said Angrez Singh Rana, depu-
From p1 conspired to dethrone him Publicising his govern- under the Official Secrets Act Replying on the privilege ty commissioner of Kishtwar.
He said Congress, a family in two years.  Now they can- ment’s performance record, (OSA), and Note 10 dated No- claim, Justice Joseph said, Several RSS and BJP lead-
party, had always been un- not tolerate a chaiwala he claimed that under his  vember 24, 2015 by Deputy “The documents in respect of ers were among the mourners
just to Gujaratis. “Congress (from Gujarat) is PM. ‘Modi rule, the poor have got 1.5 Secretary, MoD, AIR III) which the privilege is who joined the last rites of
did injustice to Sardar Patel Hatao’ is their singular mo- crore homes compared to 25 marked ‘Secret’ under the documents had been pub- claimed are already on re- slain Chanderkant in Kisht-
[by denying him PM post]. tive, while I am trying to lakh during Congress rule, OSA. lished in the Hindu and were cord.” Though the manner in war on Wednesday.
Then it could not digest that erase corruption and make families that did not have toi- Attorney General KK thus available in the public which the evidence was pro- However, BJP rebel Lal Sin-
Morarji Desai, a Gujarati, the country stronger,” the lets have now got one, and Venugopal argued that these domain has not been seri- cured was illegal, it would gh, who floated Dogra Swabhi-
became Prime Minister, and PM said. homes have been electrified. documents were unauthoris- ously disputed or contested not have significant bearing man Sangathan, was detained
He claimed his flagship edly leaked and hence by the Centre... that apart, on the court’s decision to act at Doda and not allowed to
Aayushman Bharat Scheme claimed ‘privilege’ under even assuming that the docu- upon the same, he added. move to Kishtwar. The Army
tenders & Notices has enabled the poor and the  Section 123 of Evidence Act
middle classes to get free on its further use. Those who
ments have not been pro-
cured in a proper manner
Also, the Centre did not
contest the correctness of the
staged a flag march to main-
tain law and order and prevent
medical treatment up to Rs 5 stole or used it were liable for should the same be shut out leaked documents but only flare-ups in the sensitive town-
lakh. He urged first-time vot- punishment under the OSA, of consideration by the requested it to be removed ship. “Security forces have cor-
ers to bring return the party he added. Court?” from the record, the judgment doned off some areas and
which is committed to the In response, the bench Justice Joseph, in his sepa- noted. searches are going on (to track
country’s security to power. said, “The fact that the three rate but concurring 38-page Full report on: [Link] down terrorists),” said Rana.

Alpesh quits Cong

post saying he is...
From p1
Later, while addressing the
media, Thakor said that no
one in the party paid heed to
the needs of the Thakors as
they are a poor community.
“Right from the district level
to state leaders, even state in-
charge Rajeev Satav did not
pay heed to our sensitivities,”
he said. He also alleged that Alpesh Thakor —file photo
nomination tickets for elec-
tion are sold in the party and nity is mature and being giv-
that he had helped his former en due respect in the party.
party win 43 seats in the Leg- We should take part in social
islative Assembly in 2017. reforms beyond political
For the upcoming polls, he lines.”
said volunteers of the Tha- Rebutting Thakor’s allega-
kor Sena will canvas for inde- tions that he was ignored,
pendent Thakor candidates Chavda pointed out that he
in Patan and Mehsana con- was made AICC secretary, co-
stituencies. in-charge of Bihar, member
On his part, Chavda said of Public Accounts Commit-
he also found out about Tha- tee in Legislative Assembly
kor’s resignation through and member of all major
social media. “We have not seven committees for Lok
received a physical copy of Sabha elections including
the letter yet,” he said. “Once convener of campaign com-
we get it, the high command mittee in Gujarat. “Once one
will decide on our future is in a political party, one has
course of action.” He termed to abide by its philosophy and
his former colleague’s deci- discipline,” said Chavda. “If
sion as unfortunate and the one expects all ticket distri-
language used in the letter bution to be done as per one’s
inappropriate. “This is an in- wish, is not practicable. The
sult to all Congress workers,” interest of party supersedes
he said. “The Thakor commu- all individual ambition.”
 Their worth Gurjar
might
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ball t
Assets declared by Congress Assets declared by Milind Deora, Assets declared by Priya Dutt,

05
candidate from North Mumbai, Congress candidate for Mumbai Congress candidate in Mumbai North Union Minister
Urmila Matondkar, in her election South constituency. In 2014, Deora Central. Her assets have increased Prakash Javadekar
affidavit filed on Wednesday had lost to Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant by around 45% in five years shares a light

ballet
moment with Gurjar
leader Kirori Singh
Five years back he was the chaiwala and now he is suddenly the
Bainsla and his son
chowkidar. And after the elections people will not find him Vijay Bainsla during
anywhere. For four and half years he was busy touring the globe and now a news conference
there is no employment here, farmers have died failing to pay their debts... after they joined BJP
in Delhi Wednesday.
Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief & West Bengal CM

lok sabha election 2019 Election Commission Wednesday issued notification for phase-5 LS polls to be held on May 5 in 51 seats

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Amethi all set for a showdown BJP gung-ho on Haryana Caste math in its favour,
Flanked by family, Rahul files nomination from Amethi; BJP’s Smriti Irani to file papers today
Manan Kumar Congress also banks on the Chhavi Bhatia feud will dent its vote count

know this vvip constituency

[Link]@[Link] long-term projects undertak- [Link]@[Link] with many Jats deserting it and
en during Congress rule, in- going the JJP way. This divi-
New Delhi: Casting the die cluding the Hindustan Aero- New Delhi: The Hindi-speak- sion turned out to be advanta-
for an interesting showdown nautics Ltd (HAL) factory that ing state of Haryana is look- geous for the BJP in Jind by-
in Amethi, Congress presi- helped bring Amethi as an ing at an interesting fight this polls, where it yielded success
dent Rahul Gandhi filed his important place on the map. time as it casts ballot next by bringing a non-Jat in fray.
nomination papers in his long Another factor that may month. Set to elect its Assem- BJP, which lost Jat support
held bastion on Wednesday. help Rahul Gandhi against bly too later this year, a lot is in the aftermath of 2016 quota
His archrival, the fire- Irani is Mahagathbandhan riding on the Lok Sabha polls stir, is busy consolidating non-
brand BJP leader Smriti Zu- choosing to opt out from the for parties trying to work the Dushyant Chautala has dealt a Jat votes. It has fielded a mix of
bin Irani who lost by over one electoral fight in Amethi and mind-boggling caste arithme- body blow to INLD by floating JJP Brahmin, Punjabi and OBCs
lakh votes in 2014 despite get- making it a bi-polar fight be- tic even while factoring in including Rao Inderjit Singh –
ting over 3 lakh votes is all set tween Congress and BJP. The new clauses that have been Congress and local rival INLD. a towering name in Yadav com-
to file her nomination on vote share of the two parties thrown in. While all the prime Despite being 27% in number, munity. “Congress and INLD
Thursday. Rahul Gandhi is expected to face a tough fight in Amethi from Union Minister and BJP nominee Smriti Irani in 2014 was around 9% and if players -- BJP, Congress, INLD this community being vocal infamously ignored non-Jats.
On way to file his nomina- transferred fully to the Con- and Jannayak Janata Party has the knack to influence vot- 2014 polls -- where 47% Brah-
tion, Rahul rode on the roof- Rahul Gandhi Asheesh Shukla Rahul Gandhi Smriti Zubin Irani gress it can provide the extra (JJP) – are hoping for a clean ers of other communities. This mins, 55% other upper castes,
top of a truck, along with Congress BSP Congress BJP bit of push to Rahul Gandhi. sweep, it seems it is advantage year, however, the Jat votes will 40% non-Jat OBCs and 20%
sister Priyanka Gandhi 4, 64, 195 93, 997 4,08, 651 – 47.71% 3, 00, 748 – 34.38% In 2014, Rahul Gandhi’s vote BJP despite a five-year rule be triumvirate, given Dushyant Dalits voted for BJP -- forebode
Vadra, her husband Robert (71.78%) (14.54%) (-25.07%) (+28.57%) share had seen a sharp de- riddled with poor law and or- Chautala, grandson of INLD these people are ones who hold
Vadra and their children cline of 25% while Modi wave der on various occasions. patriarch Om Prakash Chau- the key to win this year too,”
Raihan and Miraya. Sonia had added 28% to the BJP’s Jats are counted as the most tala breaking away and floating says Dr Krishna Gautam, for-
Gandhi joined the family at vote share. dominant vote bank in Hary- JJP. The body blow that INLD mer professor of political sci-
the time of filing papers. 2014 Meanwhile, in a tweet, Pri- ana, traditionally voting for suffered due to a bitter family ence, Kurukshetra University.
2009 Turnout
Though the move is being yanka Gandhi, who is the
Turnout 8, 74, 625 - 52.38%
interpreted by Congress a Congress in-charge for east-
6, 46,650 (45.16%) (+7.22%)
way to show how the Gandhi ern Uttar Pradesh, recalled
family considers Amethi its
home, it has also given the
BJP a handle to attack Vadra,
Victory margin
3, 70, 198 (57.24%)
Victory margin
1,07, 903 (12.36%)
her father and former prime
minister Rajiv Gandhi’s as-
sociation with Amethi.
Retirement age can’t be fixed
in politics: Sumitra Mahajan
who is an accused in land Kumar Vishwas Dharmendra Singh BSP “Some relationships are
deals and is being probed by Pradeep Kr. Singh BJP AAP 57, 516 – 6.60% from the heart. Today, the
the Enforcement Directorate. 37, 570 (5.81%) 25, 527 (2.92%) (-7.94%) whole family was present for
A Congress bastion, Ame- my brother’s nomination.
thi has been represented by This was my father’s ‘karma- Indore: Indore MP Mahajan, who has would not contest the Lok
several members of the Gan- Total Voters Male Female bhoomi’, it is sacred land for and outgoing Lok been winning from In- Sabha elections. Mahajan
dhi family, including Sanjay
Gandhi, former Prime Minis-
ter Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia
13,29,459 7,05,262 6,24,055 us,” she tweeted.
Rahul Gandhi came to
Amethi buoyed by a Su-
Sabha Speaker Su-
mitra Mahajan
Wednesday said
dore constituency
since 1989, also said
she did not have any
had written to BJP chief
Amit Shah stating that she
has freed the party to make
Gandhi. preme Court order on the politics cannot have authentic information its choice for Indore seat.
Though in the history of Irani, a tough Congress diehard Congress support- the Amethi Ordnance factory. Rafale deal earlier in the day. a fixed retirement age about her party’s policy Mahajan turns 76 Friday.
Lok Sabha elections, Con- baiter, has put in a lot of ef- ers. The Modi government In comparison, Rahul’s re- The court has allowed as is the case with govern- about not giving tickets to “Politics cannot be com-
gress has lost Amethi only fort during the last five years and the Yogi government in cord is not bad as he has vis- leaked documents to be tak- ment jobs, days after she those leaders who 75 plus. pared with govt [Link]-
twice – in 1977 and in 1998 – to win the confidence of Am- Uttar Pradesh have also tried ited his constituency 17 times en into account when it opted out of the poll fray As the BJP dithered on an- cians are involved with happi-
the battle this time does not ethi voters. She has been to their best to wean people and spend about 35 days hears a review petition on a amidst speculations that nouncing the candidate for ness and sorrows of the com-
look so easy for Rahul Gan- Amethi 21 times since 2014 away from Congress, the lat- there. Moreover, his sister judgment that had given the the BJP was not keen to the Indore seat, Mahajan an- mon people and work beyond
dhi, who is seeking his fourth and spent 26 days in all to cul- est being giving contract to Priyanka Gandhi has also government a clean chit in field leaders above 75. nounced on April 5 that she deadlines,” she said. --PTI
consecutive win from here. tivate her relationship among manufacture AK-203 rifles to been to Amethi several times. the Rafale deal.

It’s Yadavs vs Yadavs & Manjhi EC to make use

of drones for 91 seats to go to polls today
vs Manjhi in dozen Bihar seats first time today
Advitya Bahl
Come Thursday, India will undergo a two-month-long process to elect its next government. The Lok Sabha Elections 2019
will be conducted across the country in seven phases, beginning April 11. Twenty states and union territories will vote in
the first phase. Citizens of 20 states will vote for 91 out of the 543 seats that are up for grabs.
Vithika Salomi [Link]@[Link] Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Meghalaya Tripura West Bengal
[Link]@[Link]

Patna: Politics in Bihar pri-

New Delhi: The drones,
which are now more popular
25 319 1 7 2 9 1 13 2 18
marily revolves around caste
and the battle for 2019 prom-
ises to be an interesting one
in checking terrorist intru-
sions along the border, will
make a first on Thursday in
45,920 1,878 3,167 1,679 3,844
with over a dozen seats in the Gautam Budh Nagar LS con-
Main parties Main parties Main parties Main parties Main parties
state set to witness a direct stituency. Drone power is
contest between candidates apart from the 10,000-odd se- n BJP, Congress, n BJP n BJP n BJP n BJP
of the same castes, fielded by NONE ABOVE CASTE: Patna Sahib will witness a battle between 2 Kayastha curity personnel who are on n TDP, YSRC, n Congress n Congress n Congress n Congress, TMC
the two major coalitions. leaders -- Shatrughan Sinha of Congress and Ravi Shankar Prasad of BJP guard in this constituency.
The constituencies, where According to administra- n Jana Sena n BSP n NPP, UDP n CPM, TMC, SKM n Left (CPM, RSP, AIFB)
both BJP-led-NDA and the Op- who stands to benefit in such fights? tion officials, 13 drones are
position Grand Alliance (GA) going to be operating across
have pitched candidates hail- It has to be seen whether direct caste-contests will divide the district, especially in sen- Assam Mizoram
ing from the same castes in- voters or if their allegiance is pre-determined. Parties claim sitive areas in order to keep
clude both seats of state capital the castes are loyal to the main party leaders and their
ideologies rather than individual candidates. “Each and every
an eye on unwanted activities 5 41 1 6
Patna -- Pataliputra and Patna on the ground.
Sahib, apart from Banka,
Bhagalpur, Gaya, Gopalganj,
Karakat, Kishanganj, Mad-
Yadav has put his force behind Lalu ji. No question of other
Yadav candidates getting our votes,” an RJD leader said.
“There are a total of 23,995
polling booths in the districts
of which 163 are critical/sen-
9,574 1,175
hepura, Maharajganj, Munger, rural Patna, will witness a munity leaders are fighting it sitive booths keeping in mind Main parties Main parties
Muzaffarpur and Vaishali. fight between two Yadavs out for Gaya -- Jitan Ram Man- the past activities in the area.
n BJP n BJP
One of the most talked (Ahir caste) -- Misa Bharti of jhi (HAM-S) against Vijay The police officers, along with
about seats -- Patna Sahib -- RJD against her “chacha” Manjhi (JD-U), Nishads are up the administration, are on n Congress n Congress
will witness a battle between and MP Ram Kripal Yadav. against each other on Muzaf- toes to ensure law and order n AIUDF n ZPM, MNF
two Kayastha leaders -- Banka and Madhepura seats farpur seat where Ajay Nishad in the district,” said BN Sin-
Shatrughan Sinha (Con- will also witness a division of (BJP) is defending seat from gh, District Magistrate, Gau-
gress) and Ravi Shankar Yadav votes with Jay Prakash Rajbhushan Nishad (VIP). tam Budh Nagar. Arunachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Manipur Uttar Pradesh Odisha
Prasad (BJP). This, in fact, is Narayan Yadav (RJD) pitted Rajputs are pitted against He further requested the
one of the two seats, where
there is a direct fight between
against Giridhari Yadav (JD-
U) from the former seat and
each other on Maharajganj and
Vaishali seats while Munger
voters to vote without fear.
“We are hoping for a good
2 12 2 33 1 8 8 96 4 26
both national parties in Bi-
har (the other is Sasaram).
Pataliputra, which pri-
Sharad Yadav (RJD) fighting
Dinesh Chandra Yadav (JD-
U) on the latter’s seat.
seat will see a fight between
Bhumihars and Kishanganj is
set to witness a contest between
turnout. If anybody is found
obstructing the poll process in
any manner, strictest action
2,202 3,489 1,300 16,633 7,233
marily comprises outer and While two Musahar com- two minority candidates. would be taken,” said Singh.
Main parties Main parties Main parties Main parties Main parties
n BJP, Congress, n PDP+Congress n BJP n BJP n Biju Janata Dal
right to vote First ls vote after getting India citizenship, but... n People’s Party of n National Conf n Congress n Congress n BJP
Arunachal (PPA) n JKNPP, BJP n NPF n BSP+SP+RLD n Congress

...Bengal’s Cooch Behar wary of voting Bihar Maharashtra Telangana Uttarakhand Sikkim

Arshad Ali promises they made. “Enclave 4 44 7 122 17 443 5 52 1 11

correspondent@[Link] dwellers still live in tin sheds,”

Kolkata: After getting Indi-

an citizenship, this would be
said Saju Rahman, a resident
of Karala enclave.
Even at Poaturkuthi en-
7,486 14,731 567 11,235 567
the first Lok Sabha elections clave, which is Muslim major- Main parties Main parties Main parties Main parties Main parties
for over 13,000-odd voters liv- ity, whispers of voting in fa-
ing in enclaves of Cooch Be- vour of BJP are doing the
n BJP+ JD(U) n BJP+Shiv Sena n BJP n BJP n BJP
har, which goes to poll on rounds. “We have been cheat- n Congress+RJD n Congress+NCP n Congress n Congress n Congress
Thursday. But there is an ap- ed. Promises are not kept. n SDF, HSP, SKM n BSP n SDF, HSP, SKM
prehension among the people Though they don’t want to
here, thanks to the rampant spell it out, almost all Muslims
candidates polling
violence during the panchay- will vote for BJP from here,” constituencies
centres
at elections last year. People at Cooch Behar enclave still struggle for basic amenities —DNA said a Poaturkuthi resident on
“Under normal condi- condition of anonymity.
tions, we would have been nation. In the Assembly by- owing to the violence. “Many Since midnight August 1,
excited, but given the vio- poll, we were told that our have made up their minds 2015, the Land Boundary HIGH ALERT ASSETS EDUCATION CRIMINAL CASES
lence in the last panchayat votes have already been that if they are stopped from Agreement (LBA) between In- 37 of 91 constituencies `6.63 cr 32% or 401 42% of 526 66 candidates 213 of 1,279 candidates have
election and a bypoll here, we cast,” said Bishnu Burman, a voting this time, they will put dia and Bangladesh came into are red-alert constituencies. Average assets candidates candidates have are illiterate, criminal cases against them, ranging
are keeping fingers crossed. resident of Shibprasad up a fight,” he added. force making 14,215 persons Nandyal, in Andhra’s Kurnool per candidate possessed educational quali- 19 just from murder to kidnapping, crime
During the panchayat polls, Mustafi enclave in Cooch Be- Residents say TMC leaders living in 37 inhabited Bangla- district tops the chart as eight contesting assets worth fication between educated to against women and hate speech
the ruling party candidate har. He also said there was had unleashed goons to con- deshi enclaves out of 51 in In- of 20 candidates here have phase one at least Class 5 and be deemed Party-wise
won uncontested because no growing resentment among trol the poll process because dia, defacto citizens of India. criminal cases against them polls. `1 crore Class 12 literate. 36% BJP, 42% Congress
one was allowed to file nomi- people against ruling TMC they had not lived up to the  Full report: [Link]
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daily news & analysis The military is obsessed with India because it justifies its indispensability and is also good for business

India beats China

There are four pow-
er centres in Paki-
stan. Sitting atop
the other three is
Demographic dividend needs education, employment the military, which
controls one-third

T
his is one area where India has got the better of China. Its of Pakistan’s econ-
population grew at 1.2 per cent a year between 2010 and 2019, omy and almost all
marginally higher than the global average of 1.1 per cent, but its terror groups.
significantly, more than double China’s growth rate of 0.5 per Minhaz Merchant The other three
centres of quasi-
cent. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFA), power are the government, the judiciary
India remains one of the most “highly fertile” countries in the and the mullahs. The media is powerless.
world. Roughly, half of India’s population in 24 states has Civil society has no voice.
achieved the so-called replacement fertility rates of 2.1 children The Pakistani army is obsessed with
per woman, which is the desired family size when the population India for one overriding reason: it justi-
stops growing. What will, however, fuel India’s population boom fies the army’s indispensability to the
country and is good for business. The
is the country’s large youth bulge. But India’s population control Pakistani army is run like a private lim-
methods have been largely voluntary, unlike China’s mandatory ited company. Indian strategists working
‘One-Child Policy’, and it is showing. India has made some on counter-terror operations make the
groundbreaking shifts at the policy level, moving from a target mistake of thinking that Pakistan’s
approach to a rights-based approach. Yet, India has not yet been “deep state” is responsible for Islama-
able to move away from sterilisation incentives and disincen- bad’s malignant behaviour.
There is no deep state in Pakistan. The
tives, which should not have been used in the first place. But the army is the deep state and its tactics are
phrase “the more things change, the more they stay the same” open, even brazen. The Inter-Services
fits the last-mile delivery of services like a glove. Larger policies Intelligence (ISI) makes no secret of its
may have changed and reproductive rights are now recognised subversive role. Its public relations divi-
legally, but the fact remains that little has changed on the ground. sion (ISPR) is run by Major General Asif
Women still account for at least 93 per cent of total sterilisations, Ghafoor, who deals daily in Goebbelsian
propaganda.
even though male sterlisations are safer and easier. Then there The Pakistani army’s Fauji Founda-
is the other issue: there has been consistent lack of implementa- tion owns businesses across Pakistan. In
tion of a rights framework within government schemes and a written reply to Pakistan’s Senate in Retreat ceremony at the Wagah border post between BSF jawans and Pakistani Rangers goes on unabated daily
programmes. The UNFA assessment showed discrimination and 2016, a glimpse of the army’s business
exclusion of a range of persons, gross neglect of reproductive holdings was revealed. As Dawn report- my’s top brass. There is little oversight. foreign minister, was so rattled by the
deaths within government schemes and polices and unavailabil- ed: “There were nearly 50 projects and To keep the defence budget high and possibility of blacklisting that he told
units functioning in the country under the illicit money machine ticking over, journalists at a recent press conference
ity of safe abortion services. The silver lining in this entire ex- the administrative control of Fauji Foun- the Pakistani army needs an enemy. In- in Lahore: “The Foreign Office is calcu-
ercise is that India has demonstrated that there is no need of dation, Shaheen Foundation, Bahria dia fits the bill. The Pakistani army is not lating the annual loss if Pakistan is
coercion as contraceptives and family planning services can Foundation, Army Welfare Trust (AWT) interested in Kashmir. It uses the state to pushed in the blacklist by the FATF as
limit a family size. Greater emphasis is needed on sex education, and Defence Housing Authorities prosecute a low-cost, low-intensity proxy India is lobbying for this.”
ensuring that young people can avail the information that is (DHAs). According to the details provid- conflict with India, deploying its terror- Indian foreign policymakers have
needed. The important thing to note here is that all the positiv- ed in the reply, eight DHAs were estab- ist arms to attack India and keep tensions been ambivalent over Pakistan. Diplo-
lished in major cities. These DHAs — simmering just below boiling point. matic relations remain unchanged. A
ity of reaping demographic dividend will amount to nothing, if mostly created through ordinances — are A key part of this strategy is to main- private member’s bill to declare Pakistan
this vast mass of youngsters lack education and skills. Employ- in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi-Islama- tain a facade of seeking talks with India. a state sponsor of terrorism has been
ment for young people is critical, as is developing public policies bad, Multan, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, For the Pakistani military, talks and ter- bul Mujahideen — launch periodic at- shelved. Cross-border trade continues as
for the elderly on pension, services and support. After all, as the Peshawar and Quetta. Besides, there are ror go together. Structured dialogue with tacks on Indian targets to ensure that the before, notwithstanding the withdrawal
UNFA report points out, the poorest 20 per cent households have 16 projects/units functioning under the India gives Islamabad respectability in low-intensity conflict continues. of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status.
the largest unmet need for contraception and reproductive AWT, 15 under the Fauji Foundation and the eyes of the international community, The Indian Air Force’s Balakot strike Even the ludicrous retreat ceremony at
11 under the Shaheen Foundation.” diluting the impression that it is a pariah deep inside Pakistan changed the low- the Wagah border post between BSF
health services, with adolescents, disabled, unmarried young Projects under the Fauji Foundation state. But the Pakistani army has no in- cost terror business model that the Paki- jawans and Pakistani Rangers goes on
people and the socially marginalised, among the most deprived. include plants manufacturing every- tention of allowing talks, when they do stani army had perfected over years. Sud- unabated daily. Pakistan craves equiva-
It is on this section that India needs to sharpen its focus. Demo- thing from cement and fertiliser to en- take place, to actually succeed in resolv- denly, the cost had risen. The loss of lence with India. Indian policymakers
graphic dividends in a country with low skill and literacy levels, ergy and cereal. The Fauji Foundation ing the Kashmir issue. A resolution hundreds of terrorists and several Paki- give it far too many opportunities to
can turn into a nightmare in no time. Yet the report, appreciat- itself claims on its website that it runs 18 would end the conflict. The army’s role stani army officers in Balakot was just claim false equivalence.
ing the sensitivity of the situation, notes that despite the huge industries. Quite apart from official hold- in Pakistan would diminish. So would one blow. Meanwhile, the Pakistani army keeps
ings, the Pakistani army controls benami the Fauji Foundation’s fortunes. An equally punishing one could be ly- a beady eye on India, obsessing over
numbers involved, India has shown commitment by putting in land and foreign bank accounts. India’s peace lobby comprises several ing around the corner: blacklisting by the every Pakistani rupee it can extract from
its own money into reproductive health services. The country’s defence budget at $10 bil- well-meaning activists. The Pakistani Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The the longest geopolitical fraud it has
lion is 3.5 per cent of Pakistan’s GDP — army’s civil society proxies engage in Paris-based body monitors money laun- pulled off for decades through its proxy

Dowry harassment
nearly double India’s (1.8 per cent) as a endless track two meetings with them. dering and terror financing globally. The war of terror against India. The new In-
ratio of GDP. Few countries spend more on The purpose: build a bridge to eventually Pakistani establishment engages copi- dian government, whichever alliance
defence as a percentage of GDP than Paki- open a dialogue between India and Paki- ously in both. If the FATF blacklists Pa- forms it, must end the charade that en-
stan. China’s defence budget is 1.4 per cent stan at the political level. Meanwhile, the kistan, it could severely damage that riches the Pakistani army at the cost of
It helps women if cases are heard on familiar ground of GDP. A significant portion of Pakistan’s
defence budget is siphoned off by the ar-
Pakistani army’s terror proxies — Jaish-
e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hiz-
country’s already fragile economy.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s
Indian lives.
The writer is an author and publisher

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his is a step forward in providing mental relief to women
traumatised for dowry abuse and the Supreme Court must
be hailed for appreciating the sensitivities of a social ma- QUOTE HANGER slowburn
laise by taking it beyond its economic dimensions. A three-
member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Jus-
tice Ranjan Gogoi has ruled that in dowry cases, a wife can now
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make her husband and in-laws face trial before a court near her addled with long dark winters at home, Wildlife Foundation indicated that nearly
parental house or the place where she has taken shelter. The For the rest of my life, Most parts of India are Swedes have for decades been frequent one in five Swedes had chosen to travel by
flyers seeking out sunnier climes, but rail rather than by air in order to mini-
existing rule permits her to file a case in a court near her mat- whenever anyone says something is facing a severe drought. A sincere a growing number are changing their mise their environmental impact. The
rimonial home, which can be a case of deep emotional and psy- too hard, I’m just gonna say, “But in request to have a one bath per day ways because of air travel’s impact on the trend was most noticeable among women
chological stress, being physically closer to the scene of torture 2019, we photographed a black hole.” using only one bucket of water. climate. “Flygskam”, or flight shame, has and young people, it said.
and trauma. Making this an exception for victims under Sec- become a buzzword referring to guilt over
tion 498A of the IPC, the bench recognised the fact that cruelty the environmental effects of flying, con-
need not always be physical. There is an element of emotional Mayor of London
The only relationship
tributing to a trend that has more and
more Swedes, mainly young, opting to
Not laughter, rest is
trauma attached to cruelty, which remains with the victim even
while she is away from the matrimonial home and thus the rule
@MayorofLondon
between city and player travel by train to ease their conscience. A the best medicine
Jallianwala Bagh massacre growing number of public figures have
in Indian cricket to
G
of filing of a complaint would exist in the place where the vic- vowed to #stayontheground, including etting rest may be the most effective
tim (wife) dwells. For a woman scarred by violence and taunts, was one of the most brutal events in Swedish television skiing commentator cure for common musculoskeletal dis-
and belonging to a less economically secure stratum of society, Indian history. I strongly urge the match Dhoni and Chennai is Bjorn Ferry who said last year he would orders like carpal tunnel syndrome
only travel to competitions by train. And and lower back pain, which are caused by
it is reliving the anguish all over again if the case is being heard govt to go further than it has and to Tendulkar and 250 people working in the film industry repeated moderate-strain activity, scien-
close to the scene of the crime. The chance of intimidation by make a formal apology to the victims’
her tormentors remains high. In comparison, the new court Mumbai. In signed a recent article in the country’s
biggest daily Dagens Nyheter calling for
tists have said. Following a study con-
ducted on rats, researchers said a four-
order makes it easier for her to file a case where she currently
families and to India as a whole. contemporary Swedish film producers to limit shoots week period of rest was nearly as effec-
resides. It adds to a woman’s emotional and physical security abroad. Emissions from Swedes’ interna- tive as an experimental drug. “Rest ap-
if she is on more familiar ground. It would be worth arguing Amina J Mohammed cricket, this level tional air travel have soared 61 per cent pears to be a good first treatment choice.
that a conducive hearing could help improve the conviction rate @AminaJMohammed of adulation is since 1990. Swedes’ concerns rely on solid
data; the Swedish Meteorological Insti-
Other treatment should include exercises
to improve tissues, and pain reducers. If
in dowry harassment cases, which remains low at the moment. Conflicts in Arab region unmatched. tute said last week that the average an- the symptoms don’t subside, pharmacol-
According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) nual temperature was rising twice as fast ogy treatment may be needed,” said
data, nearly 200,000 people were arrested for dowry offences in aren’t only an obstacle to achieving the — Harsha as the global average. In March, the World Amanda White, post-doctoral fellow.
2012, but only 14.4 per cent of those accused were convicted. #SDGs, but also create new ones. Bhogle
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Not just drugs, ancillary approach needed for TB-free India

A recent Lancet to the risk of being unemployed, push- documentation system that creates a re- tween the first onset of symptoms to the
Commission re- ing them further into financial hardship. pository of evidence-based stories that completion of treatment.
port on tuberculo- Poverty, coupled with environmental bring out the direct impact that nutri- This includes unsuccessfully ‘shop-
sis (TB) calls for conditions, including low hygiene condi- tion (and other social and ecological ping’ for providers that are unable to
greater invest- tions, crowded and poorly ventilated factors) has on treatment outcomes. provide them relief from their symp-
ments to ensure homes and work-places, provide an envi- While the focus of the government’s toms (due to misdiagnosis or incorrect
everyone has ac- ronment conducive to the spread of TB. National Strategic Plan is to bring eve- prescriptions) before they finally turn
cess to high quali- These challenges put the spotlight on ry TB patient into national TB pro- to the public sector for care.
ty care no matter the long-term measures that need to be gramme’s fold, a collective approach by They face challenges of travel in the
Nerges Mistry where they seek it, implemented to break the disease cycle. various departments like urban devel- public sector too, as they move between
reaching those at The Papworth experiment in Britain opment, sanitation, social welfare and locations for different aspects of care.
a higher risk and ensuring accelerated and the Farmer experience in Peru ex- perhaps even food, can help in evolving To address this challenge, a pilot pri-
research to develop new tools and strat- emplified how TB was not just a medi- long-term solutions to improve living vate sector engagement programme in
egies apart from other action items. cal condition and how its decline can be conditions of the urban poor, as well as Mumbai was started in 2014, which in-
While this broadly captures the logi- achieved by significantly improving liv- ensure food and nutrition security. volved creating a network of sensitised
cal steps required to eliminate TB, our ing conditions, including housing, nu- From our research, we understand service providers in the private sector
research in Mumbai over the years has trition, social environment and finan- every 12 hours compared to the mini- And while the decision by the TB pro- that the disease imposes additionally on to strengthen their capacity to serve pa-
attempted to look at TB more from a pa- cial security. mum desirable of 6 per hour, signifi- gramme to provide an incentive for all the patient, the difficult task of naviga- tients better.
tient’s perspective and as a consequence WHO’s housing and health guide- cantly increasing the risk of infection. TB patients is welcome, assuring nutri- tion of a complex and fragmented By engaging a host of private provid-
of their environment. lines has TB infection on top of the list Unsurprisingly, Mumbai has emerged tion to patients through a mere Rs 500 health system. ers including chemists, diagnostic labs,
Anyone can be affected by TB, but it of risks attributed to unhealthy hous- as a ‘hotspot’ with a large concentration every month, is at best a token gesture. Low awareness, knowledge-action and formal and informal providers, the
is five times more likely to impact the ing. A case in point is Mumbai, which is of TB cases. Nutrition requires more financial gaps and stigma associated with TB initiative even with its limited reach in
poor, and though it’s completely cura- one of the most densely populated cities Though there is scope for greater re- support, which will ensure that the pa- continue to be the biggest challenges in the community, has shown reasonable
ble, the treatment longevity can push in the world with nearly 12.4 million search in this field, another factor that tient does not become vulnerable to TB tackling the problem. success in shortening the care seeking
economically weaker families into fur- people and still growing. contributes to weakened immune re- by slipping into the cycle of poverty and If the patient happens to be drug- re- pathway.
ther deprivation. For instance, vulnerable housing in sponses is poor nutrition, which is prev- under-nutrition. sistant in an urban metropolis, they Author is director, the Foundation
The stigma associated with TB adds Mumbai experiences one air exchange alent across Mumbai and the country. Admittedly, we need to put a robust may travel from 86 km to 650 km be- for Medical Research, Mumbai

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Netanyahu cements NZ lawmakers pass tougher gun laws

in brief
US Prez says one
person in charge of Wellington: New Zealand
I could not fathom

victory for 5th time

lawmakers have almost
immigration: Him unanimously passed sweep- how weapons
ing gun reforms, paving the that could cause
Washington: President way for a ban on military-
Donald Trump says style semi-automatic weap-
such destruction, and
there’s only one person in ons to enter into force as soon large-scale death could
charge of his immigra- as Friday. have been obtained
tion policy: Him. Asked
by reporters Wednesday Re-election gives Israeli PM a boost as he braces for Lawmakers passed the
legislation on final reading,
legally in this country. I
could not fathom that.
whether he had consid-
ered tapping his influen- possible criminal chargers in corruption scandals less than a month after a
gunman entered two
Jacinda Ardern,
tial aide, Stephen Miller, mosques in Christchurch
to lead the Department of Jerusalem: Benjamin Net- killing 50 people. New Zealand Prime Minister
A girl carries flowers to a memorial following the mosque shootings —AP
Homeland Security given anyahu appeared to be head- During the debate Wednes-
Miller’s focus on the is- ed toward a historic fifth day Prime Minister Jacinda
sue, Trump was ready term as Israel’s prime minis- Ardern told parliamentari- attack”, the weapons used face the public or “the vic- reform attempts.
with praise — but not a ter on Wednesday, with close- ans she “vividly” recalled the and how they were notified tims that had been left behind The sole holdout against
promotion. “Stephen is to-complete unofficial elec- moment after the massacre but had been obtained legally. from this terror attack and the legislation was the ACT
an excellent guy. He’s tion results giving his right- when she, without consulting “I could not fathom how tell them hand-on-heart that Party, which has a single seat
wonderful person... He’s a wing Likud and other nation- widely, decided the govern- weapons that could cause our system and our laws al- in the 120 seat parliament.
brilliant man,” Trump alist and religious parties a ment had to act. such destruction, and large- low these guns to be available The new rules are aimed at
said as he departed for solid majority in parliament. Ardern, her voice filled scale death could have been and that was okay. Because it removing semi-automatic
Texas. But “frankly, The outcome affirmed Isra- with emotion, said it was dur- obtained legally in this coun- was not.” firearms from circulation
there’s only one person el’s continued tilt to the right ing a briefing with the police try. I could not fathom that,” The new rules amend per- through a buy-back scheme,
that’s running it,” Trump and further dimmed hopes of commissioner when she was she told lawmakers. missive 1983 gun laws that prohibition and harsh prison
said. “You know who that a negotiated solution to the Is- told about the “nature of the She could not, she said, had the subject of multiple sentences. —AFP
is? It’s me.” raeli-Palestinian conflict. Re-
election will also give Netan-
Red Cross regains yahu an important boost as he
Khashoggi
entry to Venezuela
military prisons
Caracas: The Internation-
braces for the likelihood of
criminal charges in a series of
corruption scandals.
Israeli Likud Party campaign material and posters of PM Benjamin
Netanyahu strewn on the floor at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv —AFP

US peace plan has better chance: Trump

Thousands flee Tripoli homes family denies
as battle rages on outskirts settlement
al Committee of the Red With 97.4 per cent of the
Cross has regained access vote counted, Likud and its tra-
to prisons in Venezuela, ditional political allies were in „„President Donald Trump „„Trump predicted a boost
including highly guarded
military facilities where
command of a 65-55 majority
in parliament. A couple of
said on Wednesday that
election results handing
to his administration’s
promised plan for a Tripoli: Eastern forces and backed revolt.
with Saudis
dozens of inmates consid- small parties were still teeter- a narrow victory to PM settlement to the Israeli- troops loyal to the Tripoli Since then, political and Washington: The family of
ered political prisoners ing along the electoral thresh- Benjamin Netanyahu give a Palestinian conflict government battled on the armed factions have vied for murdered journalist Jamal
are being held, as Presi- old and fighting for their sur- “better chance” to a yet to outskirts of Libya’s capital power and control of Libya’s Khashoggi denied being in
dent Nicolas Maduro seeks vival, so the final makeup of be unveiled US peace plan „„“The fact that Bibi won, on Wednesday as thousands oil wealth, and the country talks to reach a settlement out
to counter mounting criti- the next parliament has yet to I think we’ll see some of residents fled from the split into rival eastern and of court with Saudi authori-
cism of his government’s be decided. Final results were „„“I’d like to congratulate pretty good action in terms fighting. western administrations ties Wednesday, following re-
human rights record. The expected Thursday. Bibi Netanyahu,” he said of peace,” Trump said The Libyan National linked to shifting military al- ports that his sons had taken
fact that the visits include Two of his potential allies, Army (LNA) forces of east- liances after a battle for Trip- payouts. “Currently, the trial is
military prisons, which hawkish former Defense Minis- ty representatives next week ern commander Khalifa Haf- oli in 2014. The United Na- taking place and no settlement
hadn’t been previously re- ter Avigdor Lieberman and
I want to make it before picking the candidate tar held positions in the sub- Members of the Libyan National tions wants to bring both discussion had been or is dis-
ported, was confirmed to economic-centric Finance Min- clear, it will be a with the best chance of assem- urbs about 11 km south of Army (LNA) in al-Aziziyah —AFP sides together to plan an elec- cussed,” read an English state-
The Associated Press by a ister Moshe Kahlon, have yet to right-wing bling a parliamentary majori- the centre. Steel containers tion and way out of the chaos. ment posted to Salah Khashog-
human rights lawyer and formally confirm they would sit ty. Together with his current and pickups with mounted homes in conflict areas to On its Facebook page, gi’s verified Twitter account.
family members of those with Netanyahu and could
government, but I intend Jewish ultra-Orthodox and machine-guns blocked their safer districts. Many more Haftar’s forces published a The Washington Post on
detained. emerge as wildcards. In any to be the prime minister nationalist partners, Netanya- way into the city. were trapped, it said. video purporting to show April 1 reported Khashoggi’s
case, the country now faces of all Israeli citizens, hu seemed to have a clear path Residents reported LNA The LNA forces moved their seizure of a govern- children, including Salah, had
Sudan: 11 killed in what could be weeks of political toward building a coalition planes buzzing Tripoli as out of their stronghold in ment base in the Aziziya dis- received multimillion-dollar
clashes between negotiations over the composi-
right or left, Jews and government that has a major- anti-aircraft guns fired at east Libya to take the sparse- trict of southern Tripoli. homes and were being paid
protesters, security tion of a ruling coalition. But non-Jews alike. ity in the 120-seat parliament. them. On the ground, Haf- ly-populated but oil-rich The images, which could not thousands of dollars per
Cairo: Clashes between under nearly every scenario, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rivlin said that for the first tar’s forces were fighting south earlier this year, be- be verified, showed a vehicle month by authorities.
Sudanese security forces Netanyahu was the big winner. time, his discussions with par- Prime Minister Fayez al- fore heading a week ago to- on fire and soldiers firing in Khashoggi -- a contributor
and protesters holding a The long-time Israeli leader Israel PM ty leaders would be broadcast Serraj’s soldiers at the for- wards Tripoli, where the in- the air, shouting “Allahu Ak- to the Post and a critic of the
large anti-government sit- had fought a tight, ugly race on live television “in the name mer international airport, ter nationally-recognised bar” (God is greatest). Saudi government -- was killed
in outside the military’s against centrist ex-military support seems to have come at of transparency.” With a vic- witnesses said. A Reuters government sits. UN humanitarian agency and dismembered in October
headquarters in the capi- chief Benny Gantz, whose nas- the expense of the venerable tory, Netanyahu would capture reporter in downtown Trip- Libya has been divided OCHA said it was extremely at the kingdom’s consulate in
tal Khartoum killed at cent Blue and White party Labor and leftist Meretz par- a fourth consecutive term and oli could hear the gunfire. and anarchic since the 2011 concerned about the “dis- Istanbul by a team of 15 agents
least 11 people including emerged as a viable alternative ties, who both earned historic fifth overall, which this sum- The United Nations said toppling of then-strongman proportionate and indis- sent from Riyadh. His body has
six security forces, the to Netanyahu’s decade in pow- lows in Tuesday’s election. mer will make him Israel’s at least 4,500 Tripoli resi- Muammar Gaddafi. He ruled criminate use” of explosive not been recovered.
government’s spokesman er. The near-final results The spotlight now falls on longest-ever serving leader, dents had been displaced, for more than four decades weapons in densely popu- Saudi Arabia’s powerful
said Wednesday. showed it deadlocked with Li- Israel’s president, Reuven Riv- surpassing founding father Da- most moving away from before falling in a Western- lated areas. —Reuters crown prince, Mohammed bin
kud at 35 seats. But most of its lin, who will consult with par- vid Ben-Gurion. —AP Salman, has been accused of
orchestrating Khashoggi’s kill-

EU to grant UK’s May a Brexit Nausheed’s party wins Maldives vote

ing, but a local investigation
later claimed the prince was
not involved. The kingdom ini-
tially said it had no knowledge

delay, but with conditions

of Khashoggi’s fate, but later
Colombo: The party of exiled His party will rule without The holiday destination blamed rogue agents for his
former Maldives president needed to form a coalition, an popular with honeymooners death. Saudi Arabia’s public
Mohamad Nasheed has won unprecedented election out- is only just emerging from prosecutor has charged 11 peo-
Brussels: European Union
leaders will grant PM Theresa Brisith shoppers the country’s first outright
majority in parliament in its
come for the Indian Ocean
archipelago nation.
years of strongman rule, po-
litical crises and corruption
ple over his murder. —AFP

May a second delay to Brexit at democratic history, officials The MDP’s closest rivals, scandals miring the govern-
an emergency summit on
Wednesday but will argue over
make last ‘booze results showed Wednesday.
The final count released
the Jamhooree Party and
Progressive Party of the Mal-
ment and judiciary.
Nasheed’s comprehensive
how long and on what terms as
they struggle to end Britain’s
cruises’ to France by the Election Commission
shows Nasheed’s Maldivian
dives, both won five seats.
Two minor parties and inde- Maldives former President
victory was another rebuke
for his rival Abdulla Yameen,
troublesome membership. Paris: “We’re British! We’re Democratic Party (MDP) won pendents secured 12 seats Mohamed Nasheed —Reuters who was dumped as presi-
French President Emma- not going to stop drinking,” 65 of the 87 seats in parlia- among them. dent in a shock election de-
nuel Macron is pushing to Tom Young joked as he packed ment in elections held Satur- Nasheed -- who until five thumping mandate to usher feat in September under a Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
withhold any commitment to A street musician waves an EU flag the trunk of his car with bot- day -- a more than two-thirds months ago was still in exile in a new era of stability and cloud of corruption and em- Salman (R) with Salah Khashoggi,
extend Friday’s deadline much in Brussels on Wednesday —AFP tles of French wine on a quick majority. -- has vowed to use his party’s democracy in the Maldives. bezzlement allegations. —AFP son of Jamal Khashoggi —AP
beyond elections to the Euro- cross-Channel shopping trip.
pean Parliament on May 23-26 ‘flextension’ As Prime Minister Theresa
unless May binds herself, and
any potentially more anti-EU PM Theresa May has
May toured European capitals
this week pleading for a fur-
jetsetter Cuba to enact new constitution
successor, not to disrupt the
workings of Brussels in the fi-
nal months of Britain’s mem-
given herself an option
to accept summit chair
Donald Tusk’s proposal
ther Brexit delay, supermar-
kets in northern France were
doing a brisk trade as British
launching modest state revamp
bership. of a “flextionsion” of nine shoppers rushed to stock up on Havana: Cuba’s national as- overwhelmingly ratified the
But three weeks after Ma- months to a year, by their favourite tipple. sembly enacted the new consti- new constitution after a year
cron’s impatience with announcing she is ready Young and his wife were tution on Wednesday, allowing of debate, updating its 1976,
France’s historic cross-Chan- to hold an election in taking no chances on Friday. the government to launch a Soviet-era Magna Carta. While
nel rival dominated the last Britain for EU lawmakers The couple, who travelled modest update of its centrally it retains socialism as “irrevo-
summit, when Brexit was put on May 23. If Britons do from Essex in southeast Eng- planned single party system cable”, it codifies changes in
back by a fortnight, diplomats not vote, they must leave, land to the French port of Cal- with dozens of laws expected Cuban society since the 1991
said he again will face a more deal or not, on June 1 ais, returned home with 300 on everything from the econo- collapse of the Soviet Union,
cautious line from German bottles of wine for a wedding, my to political structures. In a like the opening of the econo-
Chancellor Angela Merkel, 30 as she seeks help from her taking advantage of lower February referendum, Cubans my to free enterprise. —Reuters
who said she favours an exten- Labour opponents to build an French prices. “We come every
sion of “several months”. elusive majority in parliament year for our holidays. We take
Just two days before Britain behind her plan for leaving the advantage of those trips to buy
will otherwise leave the bloc EU. Much will hang on how wine, whether it’s in a place
with no treaty to clarify legal May handles her peers. like here or in the vineyards in
matters and no transition to “It is not certain there will France,” Young said. While
new trading arrangements, EU be a delay and it is not certain Brexit had not prompted the
diplomats suggest the April 12 what that would mean,” Bel- trip “it has affected the tim-
deadline will be pushed back. gian Prime Minister Charles ing,” he said. “We wanted to
Other leaders, too, insist Michel said before hosting Ma- make sure we got the wine be- A worker cleans the statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first person who flew to space, ahead of Cosmonautics Day
they will not force Britain out cron and other leaders from fore Friday, when there is a pos- celebrated on April 12, in Moscow, Russia on Wednesday. Cosmonautics Day marks when Soviet cosmonaut Yuri
against its will and May has Britain’s neighbours at pre- sibility that we will crash out Gagarin became the first man to fly in space, in 1961, orbiting the earth once before making a safe landing —AP
asked them to wait until June summit talks. —Reuters with no deal. —AFP

Iran orders 60K to leave flood-hit city Assange being spied

Tehran: Authorities ordered
tens of thousands of residents
of the southwestern Iranian
well as floodwater coming from
the north.
It is the latest in a series of
on, alleges WikiLeaks
London: WikiLeaks founder ous matter but of much great-
city of Ahvaz to evacuate im- unprecedented floods that have Julian Assange has been the er concern to me is this mate-
mediately on Wednesday as hit the normally arid country subject of a sophisticated spy- rial-gathering and spying on
floodwaters entered the capital since March 19, killing at least ing operation in the Ecuado- Julian Assange by the (Ecua-
of oil-rich Khuzestan prov- 70 people in 20 of Iran’s 31 prov- rean embassy where he has dorean) government ...
ince, state television reported. inces. The country’s northeast been holed up since 2012, the against an individual who
The province’s governor, was first swamped on March 19 group said on Wednesday. was granted asylum,” Hrafns-
Gholamreza Shariati, said he before the west and southwest WikiLeaks said video, au- son told reporters. The Ecua-
ordered the evacuation of five of the country were hit on dio, photographs, copies of dorean embassy in London
districts as a “precautionary March 25. private legal documents and did not immediately respond
and preventive move to avert On April 1 the west and even a medical report turned to a request for comment. The
any danger”, Iran’s Tasnim southwest were again up in Spain, where a group country’s Foreign Ministry in
news agency reported. swamped by floods when heavy threatened to start publishing Quito said it did not have any
The districts have an esti- A car half-covered with mud seen in Lorestan province, Iran —Reuters rains returned. unless they were paid three immediate comment.
mated population of between The huge inflow of water million euros ($3.4 million). Assange’s relations with
60,000 and 70,000. Shariati joined each other near Ahvaz caused them to join up.” forced authorities to release Kristinn Hrafnsson, his hosts have chilled since
asked young men to “help us in and are now flowing towards Shariati said a sixth district large volumes of water from WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, said Ecuador accused him of leak-
building dykes and to assist in the city,” Shariati told state TV, was also put on standby for the province’s largest dams, he met members of the group ing information about Presi-
the evacuation of women, chil- adding this was unprecedent- possible evacuation. which is now threatening some who were selling the material dent Lenin Moreno’s person-
dren and the elderly.” ed. “These two rivers are far Khuzestan province has of the cities downstream in- and that Spanish police are al life. Moreno has said As-
“The Dez and Karkheh riv- away from each other, but the been struggling with major cluding the Ahvaz region, now investigating the case. sange has violated the terms
ers have for the first time huge volume of floodwater floods due to heavy rains as home to 1.3 million. —AFP “Extortion is a very seri- of his asylum. —Reuters
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news in numbers 2.27% - Dip in exports of agricultural and processed food products during April-February period of 2018-19

moneyedit Auto cos cut production, dealers heave a sigh of relief

Why structural Shahkar Abidi
a_shahakar@[Link]
tight liquidity situation,
putting stress on the deal-
Vehicle registration data time away from being “com-
fortable”. “Liquidity is still
tion by way of production
cut is a painful decision for
factories in March, the com-
pany said in a regulatory fil-
reforms are Mumbai: At a time when
ers’ financials.
At present, the inventory
Category
2-wheeler
Mar'19 Mar'18 Feb'19 YoY chg MoM chg
13,24,823 14,25,356 12,07,258 -7% 10%
an issue for retailers. I hope
it improves too,” said the
all stakeholders, especially
original equipment manu-
ing last week. Barring vans,
the company reduced pro-
key to growth auto sales are on a decline
and the outlook is bleak, fall-
levels across the country
showrooms is around 40-45
3-wheeler
Commercial vehicle
53,229 56,803 51,463 -6% 3%
61,896 70,203 60,769 -12% 2%
retailer.
Federation of Automo-
facturers and that too in a
growing market like India
duction of all other seg-
ments including that of its
ing inventory levels may pro- days for passenger vehicles bile Dealers Associations and I am thankful to our big-selling compact and util-

I
Passenger vehicle 2,42,708 2,69,176 2,31,512 -10% 5%
nternational Monetary vide automobile retailers (PV) and commercial vehi- (FADA), a lobbying body of principals for understand- ity segments.
Fund (IMF) may have with some relief. cles (CV). For two-wheelers, Total 16,82,656 18,21,538 15,51,002 -8% 8% retailers, which has been ing the pain and pressure In February, Maruti Su-
moderately scaled down Dealers claim that the it is 45-50 days. Source: FADA Research taking up the issue of exces- that auto dealers were going zuki had cut production by
India’s economic growth production cut by vehicle According to the industry sive inventories with the through with historically over 8% in comparison to a
projection to 7.3% for 2019- manufacturers in March, experts, the inventory levels fresh demand with the start average inventory level in vehicle manufacturers, said high inventory, and that too, year ago.
20, but has predicted that which is expected to con- traditionally increase dur- of New Year. However, the the passenger segment stood it appreciates the steps tak- in such a tight liquidity sit- Rivals including Tata Mo-
the country would retain tinue in April, may help in ing the festive season of situation did not change, re- at 50-60 days. Similarly, it en by a majority of original uation.” tors and Mahindra & Mahi-
the tag of the fastest-grow- bringing down the stock lev- October-November, which sulting in a massive in- was 80-90 days for two-wheel- equipment manufacturers Most of the vehicle manu- ndra are also reported to
ing large economy as Chi- els at the showrooms to a contribute to around 60-70% crease in the inventory at ers and 45-50 days for com- (OEMs) for regulating pro- facturers cut their produc- have cut the production,
na’s growth is pegged way sustainable level of about 30 of yearly sales. However, de- retailers’ level, forcing mercial vehicles. duction to current demand tions till May due to the though the extent of it could
below that of India. Ac- days. spite muted sales last year, many them into a financial- A Mumbai-based retailer and helping dealers in re- slowness in demand. Coun- not be ascertained. Like-
cording to Gita Gopinath, Inventories at retail- the vehicle manufacturers ly tough situation. said the situation regarding ducing inventory. try’s largest carmaker wise, manufacturers of two-
chief economist, IMF, the level had piled up due to continued pumping up in- According to the retail- inventory has improved re- FADA president Ashish Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) wheelers have also trimmed
global growth is expected poor sales demand and ventories in anticipation of ers, around a month ago, the cently, but it is still some Kale said, “Inventory reduc- cut it by around 21% across their production.
to stabilise beyond 2020, at

Air Canada, Vistara circle Jet

around 3.5%, bolstered by

Railways off
growth in China and India.
Its message for India is
very clear: that the country
should continue to under-

track on revised
take economic reforms, in-
cluding hire and fire, in or-
der to create jobs. In its
World Economic Output Lenders extend EoI deadline; former SBI chief A K Purwar may take over as airline’s chairman

earnings target
(WEO) titled ‘Growth Slow-
down, Precarious Recov-
ery’, a flagship publication
Manju AB and Shakhar Abidi
[Link]@[Link]
Jet Airways 263.40 apiece on BSE.
To be certain that genuine
shareholding as on Dec 31, 2018
brought out during the an- parties are bidding, SBI
nual spring meetings of the Mumbai: State Bank of India   Caps, the merchant banker
IMF and World Bank in (SBI) and executives of Jet  Naresh
Kumar Goyal
FIIs
3.19% undertaking the task, said
Washington, the IMF
pegged India’s economic
Airways met late on Wednes-
day to approve the appoint-   51.0%

Insurance
all members of the consor-
tium have to provide their
Sindhu Bhattacharya
correspondent@[Link]
Cumulative gross earnings
growth for 2018-19 at 7.1%, a
shade higher than the offi-
ment of A K Purwar, former
SBI chief, to take over as
 
ETIHAD
Airways
24.0%
Companies
2.14% details, which then have to
New Delhi: For the fourth
upto March, 2019
2018-19 (Rs crore) YoY % chg
be certified by their manag-
cial projection of 7% by the chairman of Jet Airways as 
Public &
ing director or chief execu- successive year, Indian Rail- 51,016.89 1,32,149.21 1,92,561.50

Mutual

Others 5.60 12.89 10.74
second advance estimates. an interim arrangement. Funds
16.12% tive director. ways (IR) has fallen short of
3.55% 4,650.86 4,744.54
IMF believes that In- The meeting also dis- Meanwhile, fuel supplies its gross earnings target for 2.42 19.41
dia’s growth is projected cussed a long-term strategy from Indian Oil Corporation 2018-19. This target was set

15 7
to pick up, supported by to save the debt-laden carrier (IOC) to Jet were cut from 3 during the revised estimates

`1,500cr
the continued recovery of which is yet to shortlist a Aircraft Jet Boeing 737-800 aircraft of Jet Funds lenders pm on Wednesday, accentuat- (RE) when the Interim Budget
investment and robust suitor to take over its man- has perational Airways DGCA de-registered will infuse in ing the problems for the air- 2019-20 was presented last Total
in its fleet on Wednesday the airline other Sundry
consumption amid a more agement. Meanwhile, bank- line which is operating with month. The RE of the earn- coaching
expansionary stance of ers have extended the time- just 26 planes, down from the ings target of passengers, Total Goods (Incl. Total (Incl.
monetary policy and
some expected impetus
line to submit the Expression
of Interest (EOIs) to April 12 Jan 1, 19 263.40 119 it was operating until De-
cember 2018 when it default-
goods and other heads had
anyway been lowered versus
Passenger NTPC) NTPC)
#Goods Earnings Inclusive of NTPC Traffic,
from fiscal policy. The for the third time to give more Share price on BSE in ` ed on its repayments. the Budget Estimates (BE). NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation
continued implementa- players adequate time to par- Apr 10 From January, Jet has not Latest data shows that even Source: Indian Railways
tion of structural and fi- ticipate. Binding bids have to paid salaries to its employees the lower gross earnings in RE
nancial sector reforms be submitted by April 30. 281.05 and lessors have taken pos- have not been achieved. ‘Gross
with efforts to reduce pub- SBI Caps, the merchant session of its planes. Earnings on Originating Ba-
lic debt will remain essen- banker appointed to find a allow for better participation, ways. Lenders are offering to Vistara made some prelimi- According to IOC sources, sis’ figures by the railways
tial to secure the econo- new owner, said in a release lenders have agreed to exten- offload up to 75% stake in the nary inquiries. Some of the the fuel supply to Jet Airways show gross earnings were at
my’s growth prospects. late on Wednesday, “As part of sion of timeline.” airline. bidders wanted to come as a was stopped at about 3 pm and Rs 192,561.5 crore, almost 11%
the process, we are in receipt Air Canada, AirAsia and The binding bids have to be consortium to share the cost resumed by 8:30 pm. “Thedis- more than in 2017-18 but al-
of some EOIs and some more Vistara are some of the air- submitted by April 30, 2019. of taking over the airline,” continuation happened most 2.5% lower than RE.
persons have expressed de- lines which have made en- “There are a lot of inquir- said a banker. across all the airports of the During 2018-19, the rail-
ST smart sire to participate if addition- quiries on the bidding pro- ies from different investors. On Wednesday, Jet Air- country where Jet Airways ways earned almost Rs 140
al time is provided. In order to cess for taking over Jet Air- Air Canada, Air Asia and ways’s shares fell 1.59% to Rs operates,” the official said. crore a day by transporting
passengers, Rs 8 crore a day
Insurers to share more than in 2017-18 but about

claims status New `20, other Centre extends date for filing Rs 2 crore a day less than the
BE. In freight earnings, the
gap between BE and actual

coins to come into final sales return to April 13

Insurance companies earnings is wide; BE was Rs flat at 0.33%. In 2016-17, pas-
will have to inform about 550 crore per day while actual senger growth was flat at
claim settlement status was a mere Rs 362 crore a day. 0.46%, while freight in-
to policyholders at vari- In 2017-18, the transporter had creased by almost 8%.
ous stages of processing
from July, Insurance
Regulatory and Develop-
ment Authority of India
circulation by May New Delhi: The government
Wednesday extended the last
date for filing final sales re-
turn form GSTR-1 for March
said in a notification.
The extension of due date
for filing sales return came
after businesses complained
earned Rs 320 crore a day.
The consistent shortfall in
earnings versus target is hap-
pening as growth in passen-
Manish Agarwal, leader
infrastructure at PwC, said,
“Freight, long distance pas-
sengers and suburban pas-
(Irdai) said. The firms Anjul Tomar by two days till April 13. of some issues in the GSTR-1 gers and freight has been sub- sengers – each revenue
need to adopt a clear and [Link]@[Link] Mint street Similarly, the due date for form while filing the form. optimal in the last five years. stream of IR is under pres-
transparent communica- furnishing tax deducted at AMRG & Associates Part- Growth in passengers in 2018- sure. In freight, all commodi-
„„New series of Rs 2
tion policy to protect the New Delhi: The new series source (TDS) return GSTR-7 ner Rajat Mohan said, “Even 19 was only 1.83%, with re- ties, except those transported
and Rs 5 will be the first
interest of policyholders, of coins will come into cir- for March has also been ex- after 20 months of GST im- served category up by about long distance in bulk, have
to be launched by April 30
it said in a circular. “In culation starting April 30. tended till April 12. plementation, GSTN is suf- 7% but non-reserved (which limited potential for increas-
order to ensure fair and The finance ministry had „„It will be followed by The last date for filing fering from technical glitch- accounts for bulk of passen- ing revenue. Long distance
transparent claim settle- last month announced the Re 1 coins which will GSTR-1 and GSTR-7 for the vices Tax Rules, 2017, for the es leading to inefficiencies in gers) declining by 0.52%. Sub- passengers are being wooed
ment procedures, all in- rollout of the new series of released by May 15 month was April 11 and month of March 2019 shall be the overall compliance struc- urban passenger growth grew by airlines and buses as these
surers shall notify about coins, including that of Rs April 10, respectively. furnished electronically ture of tax filings. The GST at under 3%, while freight modes offer more speed or
the status of the claim at 20 for the first time in the „„The coins of Rs 10 “The details of outward through the common portal, Council also needs to have a haulage was up by about 5%. flexibility. In suburban pas-
various stages of its pro- country. and Rs 20 will be rolled supply of goods or services on or before April 13, 2019,” ‘Plan-B’ for a swift and In 2017-18, freight was up senger segment, IR does not
cessing. In case of The coins will be issued in out by May 31 or both in Form GSTR-1 of Central Board of Indirect smooth GST compliance net- by about 5% and passenger recover operating costs to
health insurance, where denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, the Central Goods and Ser- Taxes and Customs (CBIC) work”. —PTI growth remained virtually keep fares affordable”.
third-party administra- Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 20.
tors (TPAs) are engaged The new series of Rs 2 and
for rendering claims ser-
vices, it is the responsi-
Rs 5 will be the first to be
launched by April 30. It will new pastures Many look to help investors and borrowers navigate mounting credit risks
bility of insurers to en- be followed by Re 1 coins

Top bankers go solo amid credit crisis

sure that status of claim which will come in circula-
shall be notified to the tion by May 15. The coins of
claimant at every stage Rs 10 and Rs 20 will be rolled
of claim,” the regulator out by May 31.
said. “The value of currency
keeps on depreciating. Ear- Divya Patil ing credit risks. um. The duo plans to evalu-
GPF interest rate lier Rs 5 and Rs 10 coins were serve Bank of India (RBI) Banks and rating compa- risky bets ate borrowers using models
at 8% for Apr-Jun not there. The new denomi- under the provisions of the Mumbai: Several of the best- nies have been humbled in „„The individuals which give more weighting
nation coins are introduced RBI Act. known bankers in India’s fi- that regard in India over the branching out face huge to the strength of the busi-
The government has
from time to time keeping in The new Rs 20 coin has nancial capital, Mumbai, are past year. The individuals risks succeeding where ness and its cash flows, rath-
retained the interest
view inflation,” said a senior been given a dodecagon striking out on their own af- branching out face huge risks financial institutions with er than the traditional model
rate for General
finance ministry official. shape, which is a 12-sided ter one of the most turbulent succeeding where financial deeper pockets stumbled of collateral based apprais-
Provident Fund (GPF)
Currently, the total value of polygon, with design of periods in decades for the institutions with deeper als. “Collateral-free working
and other related
coins in circulation stands at grains itched on it. The news country’s credit markets. pockets stumbled and their „„But as they see capital and secured machin-
schemes at 8 per cent for
Rs 25,000 crore. series coins of denomina- The moves highlight how businesses are largely just in it, the recent market ery financing are two areas
the April-June quarter.
“The old coins will be tions Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5 and Rs mounting strains in the coun- initial stages. But as they see turmoil has created of massive opportunity,”
The rate is in line with
minted till the stock of raw 10 will be circular in design try’s markets are reshaping it, the recent market turmoil the need for a more Mohan said.
that of Public Provident
material lasts. The old coins and will represent denomina- traditional career paths. has created the need for a boutique approach Kunal Mehta, 34, will fo-
Fund. The interest rate
will, however, continue to be tions written in Hindi script. Banks have been in the cost- more boutique approach. cus on lending to micro and
on GPF was at 8% in the
in circulation till they are These coins contain differen- cutting mode as they grapple “Banking ain’t the hottest small businesses across sec-
January-March quarter
worn out,” the official said, tiating design features for with one of the world’s worst sector any more in India as business in the country. He capital markets, treasury ond and third tier cities in
of 2018-19. “It is
adding that the old series visually impaired persons. non-performing loan ratios, the credit markets evolve has started Incipia Advisors and banking, he set up Ma- eastern and central India.
announced for general
would not be demonetised. According to the finance and shock defaults since last and new opportunities LLP with his wife Shalini vuca Capital Advisors Pvt. Mehta, former head of in-
information that during
The new series coins ministry, the Rs 20 coin will year by shadow bank IL&FS emerge,” said Mansi Mehta, Chhabra, a banker in credit The firm plans to identify clusive finance institutions
the year 2019-20,
would be easily distinguish- weigh 8.54 gram and its out- group have added to a crisis a partner at Mumbai-based risk management. The duo mid-sized corporates under at RBL Bank Ltd, teamed up
accumulations at the
able from old coins. Designed side diameter will be 27mm of confidence. executive search firm Nodus plans to provide risk manage- stress, and advise and con- with Pravash Dash, 38, ex-
credit of subscribers to
by the finance ministry, the with the outer ring made of While hitting a glass ceil- Talent International. ment and advisory services to nect them to buyers. head for micro-enterprise
the GPF and other
coins will be minted under nickel silver and the centre- ing in their organisations The following are some of institutional clients. Shalabh Mohan, 46, after finance products at YES
similar funds shall
the Coinage Act at Mumbai, piece of nickel brass. can cause senior bankers the recent moves: Jayen Shah, 47, former more than twenty-three Bank Ltd to start Arthan
carry interest at the rate
Alipore in Kolkata, Saifabad The face of the new Rs 20 anywhere to branch out, the Neeraj Gambhir, 46, is one of head debt capital markets at years in banking, teamed up Finance Pvt. They foresee a
of 8 per cent with effect
and Cheriapally in Hy- coin and all other coins will recent moves in India are no- the prominent names in In- IDFC First Bank Ltd, figured with banker friend Vivek Ku- huge demand for credit in
from April 1 to June 30,
derabad and Noida in Uttar bear the ‘Lion Capitol of table for some commonali- dia’s debt capital markets who he could do more in dis- mar to launch financial ser- the nation’s eastern and
2019,” a Department of
Pradesh. However, the coins Ashoka Pillar’ with ‘Satya- ties: many of them involve has branched out on his own tressed assets amid the na- vices for micro-, small- and central geographies given
Economic Affairs
will be distributed or issued meva Jayate’ inscribed be- efforts to help investors and after heading Nomura Hold- tion’s battle with bad debt. medium-sized firms in April low credit-to-GDP ratios
notification said.
for circulation by the Re- low. borrowers navigate mount- ings Inc’s primary dealership After almost 24 years in 2018 under the brand Indi- there. —Bloomberg
 c mpanies
[Link] I [Link]/dna I [Link] I [Link]/dnaindia
09
Ahmedabad I Thursday, April 11, 2019 I daily news & analysis

Deal
Flipkart CEO
Krishnamurthy
US biz to lift pharma cos’ Q4 show Airtel signs
Nokia, Ericsson
for its 4G
Street invests in UrbanClap Analysts say new launches in the key US market along with lower API prices are expected
calling service
13%
According to a YourStory report, Kalyan

21.6
Soumonty Kanungo formance volatility could

60%
Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart, has invested Rs 1.6 [Link]@[Link] emerge from price hike of Gurugram: Telecom opera-
crore in UrbanClap, right after the hyperlocal
marketplace raised its Series D round. Sources close to Mumbai: Companies in the
% APIs and shortages in the
US.
tor Bharti Airtel will have
European vendors Nokia
the matter said that the valuation of the company, post pharmaceutical sector are Aggregate revenue growth of Estimated aggregate India’s imports of Reliance Securities, too, and Ericsson to handle its 4G
this round, stands at around $480 million. As per the pain pharma cos expected in Q4 of profit growth of Sensex its intermediary
expected to post steady earn- reliever in its pharma earnings pre- voice call service across In-
RoC filings, the price per share for this round stood at ings growth in the January- 2018-19 companies in Q4 requirements from China view report said that with dia, a senior official said
Rs 51,552, for a total of 310 equity shares. Kalyan, the March quarter of the last fi- the low year-on-year base while declining the possibil-
former MD at venture capital firm Tiger Global, has nancial year (2018-19) on the However, most of the over the last seven quarters, ity of roping in Chinese tel-
invested in several startups. In November 2018, back of a pick up in US busi- S&P BSE Healthcare pharma companies growth the domestic formulations ecom gear maker Huawei.
UrbanClap raised equity funding of $50 million in its 14500
ness activity led by new 14407.89 in the domestic market has business of its coverage “We have two-vendor
Series D round led by Steadview Capital and Vy Capital. product launches and fa- not been encouraging in the universe is expected to strategy. We have Nokia as
vourable currency move- 14250 first nine months of fiscal grow by 9.9% YoY, but will one vendor. Now, Ericsson
ment. 2019 because of channel in- decline by 5.3% on a quar- has come in as second ven-
Info Edge invests Clevertap gets “The pharma and health- 13960.60 14000 ventory cor rection and ter-on-quarter basis on ac- dor. When there is growth,
in Bizcrum $26 mn funding care sector is expected to an overall slowdown in count of year-end inven- we give it to other vendors.
register 13% YoY growth on 13750 Indian phar maceutical tory clearance. As and when our VoLTE traf-
Info Edge said it has Software-as-a-service the back of decent growth market (IPM) g rowth, The IPM is expected to fic picks up, we will be giving
invested about Rs 6 crore platform Clevertap has across segments – formula- 13500 the Nir mal Bang re por t witness mid-teen growth expansion order to both the
in Bizcrum Infotech raised $26 million from tions, active pharmaceutical said. over the next few years led by customers,” Bharti Airtel
(ShoeKonnect). Tiger Global Management, ingredients (APIs) and con- “We expect the channel new product launches. Chief Technology Officer
13250
ShoeKonnect is a B2B and existing investors tract research and manufac- Jan 1, 19 Mar 29 inventory to stabilise from Overall, pharma compa- Randeep Sekhon told report-
marketplace that enables Sequoia India and Accel, turing services (CRAMs). here on and expect the com- nies under the coverage uni- ers.
footwear brands, which will be used to fund Formulations growth is interesting one with year-on- ings growth witnessed in the panies in our coverage uni- verse of Reliance Securities He declined to have any
manufacturers, expansion. With this likely to be driven by 18.4% year (YoY) revenue and prof- October-December quarter verse to post double-digit are expected to report reve- possibility of including Hua-
wholesalers and retailers funding, the third for the increase in the US led by it growth of Sensex compa- of last fiscal (Q3) should also growth, in line with IPM nue growth of 13.1% YoY, wei in the 4G calling service
to connect and transact five-year-old firm that growth in base business due nies expected at 6.9% and be visible in Q4. Pricing pres- growth (10-11%). primarily on account of network.
with each other. “The pitches itself as a to waning price erosion, op- 21.6%, respectively, ICICI sure in the US has moderated Growth in the rest of the growth in India and the US “Huawei is there in core
company (Info Edge) has customer lifecycle portunities created by high Direct said in its research and new products launches world has been impacted by business. network (of Airtel). There
acquired 60 lakh, 0.01% management platform, profile exits and new launch- note. are contributing to the the decline in tender busi- According to a pharma is no point bringing three
compulsorily convertible total valuation has gone es (including limited compe- Another broking firm growth. Incrementally, ra- ness following a deteriorat- sector analyst, the sector (vendors for 4G calling ser-
preference shares having a up above $150 million. The tition launches), the broker- Nirmal Bang in its earnings tionalisation of research and ing funding environment. will see a strong perfor- vice),” Sekhon said. He said
face value of Rs 10 each,” current round takes the age said in its research preview report said that the development (R&D) spend- We will continue to see the mance on the back of a low Ericsson has just been giv-
Info Edge said in a total funds raised by it to note.” pharmaceutical sector is in ing has also begun, which is impact in Q4,” the preview base of Q4 2017-18, which en contract and it has start-
regulatory filing. $41.6 million. The fourth quarter earn- a recovery mode and the also supporting earnings note said, adding that a fair was adversely impacted due ed deploying telecom net-
ings season is likely to be an positive trajectory in earn- growth. bit of selective earnings per- to pricing pressure. work.—PTI

In brief
Voda Idea plans Cab-hailing co
Uber mulls
Benign crude oil to ease margin
pressures of Indian aviation cos in 2019
Adjusted Net Income (YoY % change)

76
80
60

to build capacity,
TATA MOTORS 35
$10 bn share
40
Share price on BSE in ` 380 Domestic aviation companies like IndiGo are likely to outperform their peers amid strong 20
load factors and marginal improvement in yields, said a Bloomberg report 9
0 0
sale via IPO
330
338.80
280
30% -20

improve profits
– Drop in -39 -40
215.65 230 2014 2015 2016 2017 3Q ’18
oil prices in 2018 to
180 Joshua Franklin change earnings out- Note: Dataset derived using a sample of 13 Asian
airlines. 3Q18 data refers to earnings reported in
130 look of Asian airlines quarter-ended September 2018
Apr 2, 18 Apr 10, 19
Uber Technologies Inc has

$ 60-70/bbl
Source: Company Fillings, Bloomberg Intelligence
decided it will seek to sell
Mumbai: Vodafone Idea around $10 billion worth of Companies without fuel-hedging policy
Vodafone Idea
TaMo global Ltd., the second largest tele-
com services provider, em-
Share price on BSE in ` 48
stock in its initial public of-
fering, and will make public
– Oil expected
to trade in 2019
IndiGo
AirAsia
sales dip 5% barks on three-pronged strat-
46.87
the registration of the offer- SpiceJet

Tata Motors on
Wednesday reported 5
egy to thwart competition,
stay relevant in highly cus-
tomer centric market
41

34
ing on Thursday, people fa-
miliar with the matter said
on Tuesday.
39% – Decline in
y-o-y adjusted net
Garuda Indonesia
Jet Airways
Thai Airways
Air China
per cent decline in through entering expansion An IPO of this size would income of Asian Singapore Air
global sales, including mode and ensuring higher 27 make Uber one of the biggest airlines in Q3 2018 China Southern
that of Jaguar Land returns to its shareholders. technology IPOs of all time, China Eastern
Rover (JLR) vehicles, at
1,45,459 units in March.
The company had sold
The telecom service pro-
vider’s right issue opened
16.35 13
20 and the largest since that of
Chinese e-commerce giant 26-29%
– Higher fuel bills
Korean Air
Japan Airlines
ANA
Wednesday, through which it Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0% 10 20 30 40 50
1,53,156 units in March plans to generate Rs 25,000 Apr 2, 18 Apr 10, 19 in 2014. in first half of 2018
reported by Air China, Noe: Dataset based on figures reported as os
2018, Tata Motors said crore. The promoters group Uber is seeking a valua- September 2018. Figures for Air China, China Eastern
in a statement. In the would contribute maximum tion of between $90 billion China Eastern and and China Southern are as of June 2018
passenger vehicle while balance would be and $100 billion, influenced China Southern
towering Source: Company Fillings, Bloomberg Intelligence
category, global sales raised from other sharehold- by the poor performance of Brent crude below $60
challenges
stood at 88,296 units last ers or investors. smaller rival Lyft Inc’s a barrel will lead to a
month as against 96,757 Price-sensitivity in markets such as India and the growing rivalry has precluded
` 25,000 cr
Balesh Sharma, CEO, shares following its IPO late recovery in profit mar-
units in March 2018, Vodafone Idea listed out the last month, the sources said. gins of Asian airlines airlines from passing higher fuel costs onto customers, as fare hikes dent their load
down 9%. The reasons behind rights issue Investment bankers previ- in coming quarters factors and crimp demand,"  — The report added
company’s sales of and explained the telecom Vodafone Idea plans to raise ously told Uber it could be
commercial vehicles in service providers future through rights issue of shares worth as much as $120 bil-
March stood at 57,163

`5,000 cr
growth plan. lion.

Ford may end solo India ops Samsung aims

units, up 1% from 56,399 “The promoter entities Uber most recently was
units a year ago. have pledged to subscribe valued at $76 billion in the

to regain mkt
upto 73% worth Rs 18,000 Vodafone Idea posted losses in private fundraising market.
OYO says created crore in the issue and re- each of the last two quarters Most of the shares sold
1 L jobs in India
share with A
maining Rs 7,000 crore will would be issued by the com- Aditya Kalra deal being negotiated, Ford
Hospitality firm OYO come from other investors,” pany, while a smaller portion will form a new unit in India
Wednesday said it has Sharma added. work experience to our cus- would be owned by Uber in- New Delhi: Ford Motor Co in which it will hold a 49%
created over a lakh
direct and indirect jobs
The telecom operator will
issue up to 20 billion fully
tomers, enhance our ability
to add more broadband cus-
vestors cashing out, one of
the sources said.
is nearing a deal with Mahi-
ndra & Mahindra to form a
stake, while Mahindra will
own 51 percent, the two
series phones
in India and is aiming to paid-up equity shares at a tomers and improve profita- Uber plans to make its new joint-venture company sources said.
double the number by price of Rs 12.50 per share bility by reducing costs and IPO registration with the in India, a move that will The US carmaker’s Indi- Rajkumar Leishemba
2020. The company is aggregating to Rs 25,000 delivering synergies,” he U.S. Securities and Exchange likely see the U.S. automaker an unit will transfer most of
helping empower crore by way of rights issue said. Commission publicly avail- cease independent opera- its current automotive busi- Bangkok: South Korean
multiple ancillary to eligible equity sharehold- The company is working able on Thursday, and will tions in the country, two endra Modi’s strategy to en- ness to the new entity, in- electronics major Samsung
industries in the ers. towards building revenue at kick of its investor roadshow sources with direct knowl- courage domestic manufac- cluding its assets and em- Wednesday unveiled the A80
hospitality ecosystem Commenting on the right current costs and is focused during the week of April 29, edge of the talks told Reu- turing. ployees, according to one of model, the flagship of its A
by leveraging scale to issue, Sharma said that the to create huge capacities putting it on track to price its ters. Over two decades, Dear- the sources. series mid-range mobile
make bulk procurement company’s top priority is to across businesses, he added. IPO and begin trading on the The deal would make Ford born, Michigan-based Ford “It’s like a partial exit (for phones which are expected
that supports local integrate quickly to improve Vodafone Idea posted a New York Stock Exchange in the latest automaker to pare invested more than $2 billion Ford from India),” the source to play a key role in its efforts
businesses, OYO said in customer experience and loss of more than Rs 5,000 early May, the sources said. back its interests in India. At in India but has consistently said. to wrest back lost market
a statement. profitability. crore each in the September The sources cautioned the end of 2017, General Mo- struggled - it currently has a The deal is expected to share from Chinese competi-
“We believe that the ex- and December quarters. The that the plans are still sub- tors Co downsized its Indian market share of just 3% in close within 90 days, the tors in India.
Airtel sets Apr 24 panding coverage and in- company has 387.2 million ject to change and market operations and stopped sell- India, one of the world’s sources said, adding the val- As part of its strategy to
as record date creasing capacity will enable subscribers. conditions, and asked not to ing cars locally, dealing a fastest-growing car markets. ue of the transaction was not take on competitors such as
us to offer a superior net-  —TickerNews Service be identified. —Reuters blow to Prime Minister Nar- Under the terms of the yet clear. —Reuters Xiaomi, Huawei and One-
Telecom operator Bharti
Plus, Samsung had last year
Airtel has fixed April 24
said it would introduce latest

Panasonic Life aims

as the ‘record date’ to
determine shareholders weak signal Voda Idea, Airtel, Jio paid spectrum charges due on Apr 10 innovative features on its A
series of devices as well in-
eligible to apply for the
stead of just the top-end Note

Mobile cos to shell out `10K cr dues $1 bn topline by FY22

equity shares in the
and S smartphone series.
upcoming Rs 25,000
The company is expected
crore rights issue.
to launch in India the A70
Bharti Airtel is learnt to
model - which has already
have already received
New Delhi: Leading telcos the sector has lost 42 per cent Mumbai: Anchor Electri- been globally unveiled soon
market regulator
Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel revenue from sales of tele- cals, the wholly- owned arm eyeing target - later this month, followed
Securities and
and Reliance Jio have paid com services on quarterly of Japanese major Panason- by the A80.
Exchange Board of „„Last year Panasonic
the government over Rs basis between April-June ic Corporation that has re- “The Galaxy A Series pro-
India (Sebi’s) approval Life’s sales grew at
10,000 crore in spectrum 2016 and July-September named as Panasonic Life vides a range of models so
for the rights issue. The 16% while profit rise
dues slated for April 10, but 2018. They have said the debt Solutions India, expects to everyone can choose a device
board of the company faster at 32%
debt-ridden Reliance Com- level on four mobile opera- double its revenue to $1 bil- that fits their unique needs
had approved the rights
munications has so far not tors is at around Rs 5 lakh lion by 2021-22. „„Co says growth will and enables them to pursue
issue proposal in
deposited its outstanding crore, and 60 per cent of the The company has also be driven by B2B and their passions. The Galaxy
February.
amount of Rs 492 crore, a liability is from spectrum changed its corporate iden- B2G segments A80 offers premium features
PV sales dip 10% source said. payment obligations. tity from Anchor by Pana- for digital natives who want
in March: FADA The payments are to- Vodafone Idea has earlier sonic to Panasonic. to fully engage in the Era of
wards the latest installment sought two-year moratorium Anchor became a fully- they are looking at lighting Live,” Samsung Electronics
Automobile dealers’ in deferred spectrum liabil- on annual spectrum pay- owned subsidiary of Pana- and indoor air quality, which President and CEO, IT and
body FADA Wednesday ity for radiowaves bought in ment of over Rs 10,000 crore, sonic in 2007 after a $400-mil- will be our big focus areas on Mobile Communication Di-
said retail sales of the past auctions. crore and Reliance Jio paid dustry observer noted that citing high debt levels and lion acquisition. Last year consumer side. vision, DJ Koh said while
passenger vehicles (PV) The source privy to the Rs 1,109.1 crore, the embat- RCom has repeatedly writ- stress on the balance sheet. its sales grew at 16% while He further said the com- unveiling the A80 here.
in March declined by development said that the tled Reliance Communica- ten to the DoT, seeking re- In all, the amount to be paid profit rise faster at 32%. pany will use the power of Samsung Electronics has
10% to 2,42,708 units as country’s largest telecom op- tions has not yet made pay- turn of excess bank guaran- by Vodafone Idea is estimat- “In FY19, we had a turno- both brands--Panasonic and set a revenue target of $4 bil-
compared to the same erator Vodafone Idea has ment of about Rs 492 crore as tee encashment. ed to be around Rs 11,900 ver of Rs 3,410 crore and we Anchor--in transforming it- lion in 2019 from its A series
period last year. made payment of over Rs on the due date. Typically, The next round of install- crore this year, spread over expect this to touch $1 billion self from Anchor Electricals alone in India as compared
According to Federation 6,277.1 crore to the Depart- telecom companies are given ments for the operators is multiple instalments by FY22,” said Panasonic to Panasonic Life Solu- to an insignificant contribu-
of Automobile Dealers ment of Telecom (DoT) to- a grace period of 10 days af- scheduled for September- through the year. Life Solutions India tions and double the tion to its total mobile reve-
Associations (FADA), wards its spectrum dues. ter the due date by the DoT to October. The company has em- managing director revenue to touch $1 nue of around Rs 36,700
PV sales stood at The company, which has put make the stipulated pay- The government, in barked on a massive fund Vivek Sharma. billion-mark by crore in FY2017-18 when it
2,69,176 units in March in motion a Rs 25,000-crore ment. March last year, enhanced raising drive - Vodafone He said growth 2021-22. had just two models A7 and
2018. Two-wheeler sales rights issue, had paid Rs Bharti Airtel, Vodafone number of annual install- Idea’s Rs 25,000 crore rights will be driven by The wiring de- A9 under the series.
declined by 7% to 3,042.7 crore to the depart- Idea and Reliance Jio did not ments for spectrum payment issue opened Wednesday, business-to-business vices is the most Samsung currently sells
13,24,823 units last ment in March as part of a comment on mails sent to from 10 to 16 years to provide and the telecom operator is (B2B) and business- profitable business A10, A20, A30 and A50 mod-
month as compared previous installment. them. Reliance Communica- relief to the debt-laden tele- offering 2,000 crore shares to-government (B2G). for the company fol- els under the A series priced
with 14,25,356 units in While Bharti Airtel has tions too declined to com- com sector. at a price of Rs 12.50 a In the product catego- lowed by wires and between Rs 8,490 and going
the year-ago period. made payment of Rs 2,745.8 ment on the issue, but an in- The industry argues that share. —PTI ry, he said, cables. —PTI up to Rs 22,990 in India.—PTI
Vivek Sharma
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TENNIS Samantha Stosur, 2011 US MOTOR SPORT Ferrari’s Charles

Open champ, is recalled for Australia’s Fed Cup Leclerc is gunning for his 1st win this week in
semifinal against Belarus as the nation chases China. “It’s the 1,000th race in F1 history. I hope
its first title since 1974. Last year, she withdrew the car will be good so that I can continue to go for
from consideration due to form and fitness the results we deserve,” he says
VOLLEYBALL The second season of Pro Volleyball League will be held in October-November this year. The number of teams is set to increase from six 10

Pollard leads MI to win Injury forces Rohit

BALL GAME
Manage Warner’s
ego, says Smith
Former South Africa
to miss KXIP game
Stand-in captain scores 31-ball 83 to guide Mumbai to nail-biting victory over Punjab
captain Graeme Smith Taus Rizvi bai Ranji Trophy batsman
has some advice for Aus- r_taus@[Link] Siddhesh Lad make his IPL
tralia coach Justin debut.
Langer – make sure Da- Mumbai: Mumbai Indians “Rohit Sharma had suf-
vid Warner’s ego is man- suffered a big jolt on Wednes- fered right leg muscle spasm
aged if he starts to “get day when captain Rohit Shar- during training. Rohit has
bigger than everybody ma was ruled out of a crucial recovered significantly. As a
else”. Smith said that game against KXIP here. precautionary measure,
while he admired Warn- While training on Tues- Mumbai Indians manage-
er’s batting, he had day, India’s limited-overs ment has decided to rest Ro-
“pissed a lot of people opener suffered a muscle hit for one match, i.e vs

Match No. 24
off ” throughout his ca- spasm in the right leg and KXIP,” said an official release
reer. “I don’t know,” he was seen struggling to get from MI.
told Fox Sports on Tues- back to the dressing room. In Injury to Sharma will defi-
day evening when asked Taus Rizvi Sharma’s absence, senior nitely give a scare to Indian
if he would have any is- r_taus@[Link] player Kieron Pollard lead selectors who will be picking
sue in welcoming Warn- the blue and golden brigade. the squad for the World Cup
er back to the Australian Mumbai: In the 14th over of The injury also saw Mum- next week.
team. “Guys like Langer the Mumbai Indians-Kings
and whoever is captain-
ing the side going for-
XI Punjab’s Indian Premier
League game at the
Orange cap Purple cap
ward need to ensure Wankhede, visiting captain David Warner Kagiso Rabada
they stay on top of that Ravichandran Ashwin
and manage that space bowled the last ball of the (SRH) (DC)
and that ego well going
forward,” Smith said.
over with an action that sur-
prised one and all.
Often bowlers forget their
349 runs 11 wickets
KL Rahul (KXIP)  317 Imran Tahir (CSK) 9
Wisden lashes out line and lengths when they
at The Hundred Jonny Bairstow (SRH)  263 Yuzvendra Chahal (RCB) 9
are taken to cleaners. It

Six meter
English cricket’s contro- wouldn’t be wrong to say so
versial new 100-ball com- for Ashwin too in that over n zone

12 9 4 133
petition has been com- when Mumbai’s stand-in cap- No. of consecu-
pared unfavourably with tain and batsman Kieron Pol- tive matches Rohit
Brexit in the latest edi- lard had smashed the offie for Sharma has appeared
tion of Wisden. The back-to-back sixes with ease. for Mumbai Indians in IPL since
156th edition of the Wis- Pollard gave the strongest 2011 before the streak ended on
den Cricketers’ Alma- reply to KL Rahul’s (100*) and Wednesday. This is the second long-
nack, published on Chris Gayle’s (63) when he
HOW THEY STAND est run of consecutive appearances
Thursday, offers a highly smashed 83 (31, 3x4, 10x6) to TEAM M W L T P NRR in IPL, behind Suresh Raina’s 134
sceptical take on The guide Mumbai to a three- CSK 6 5 1 0 10 0.310 from 2008 to 2018
Hundred. “All the while wicket win over Punjab by

1
KKR 6 4 2 0 8 0.614
The Hundred hung over three wickets here at the Wednesday was the first
the English game like Wankhede Stadium on MI 6 4 2 0 8 0.290 time that Kieron Pollard has
the Sword of Damocles, Wednesday. KXIP 7 4 3 0 8 -0.057 led Mumbai Indians in IPL.
suspended only by the In the absence of an in- SRH 6 3 3 0 6 0.810 However, he had captained MI in
conviction of a suited jured captain Rohit Sharma, Champions League in 2014 when
DC 6 3 3 0 6 0.131
few. “Some preferred a only Pollard could have Sharma fractured his middle finger
modern analogy: this emerged as match-winner for RR 5 1 4 0 2 -0.848
was cricket’s Brexit, an Mumbai, doing something RCB 6 0 6 0 0 -1.453
unnecessary gamble that his mates from Caribbe-
that had overshadowed an have been doing in the In- MI’s stand-in captain Kieron Pollard in action during his match-winning 83
SCOREBOARD
all else, gone over budg- dian T20 league. against KXIP in Mumbai on Wednesday —Hemant Padalkar/DNA MI vs KXIP, Match No. 24, Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai; Toss: MI, elect to bowl
et and would end in Chasing 198 to win, it was
KXIP R B 4/6 SR S Lad b Shami 15 13 1/1 115.38
tears,” Wisden editorial Pollard all the way who S Yadav c (sub) b Curran 21 15 4/0 140.00
says. helped the team cruise to the ended up with a total of 197/4 opening pair of Punjab did KL Rahul (not out) 100 64 6/6 156.25
K Pollard c Miller b Rajpoot 83 31 3/10 267.74
total. After he smashed the in 20 overs after Mumbai In- not step on the gas from the C Gayle c K Pandya b B’dorff 63 36 3/7 175.00 I Kishan (run out) 7 10 1/0 70.00
Bancroft eyes visiting bowlers all around dians opted to field first. word go. Rather they waited D Miller c de Kock b H Pandya 7 8 1/0 87.50 H Pandya c Miller b Shami 19 13 2/0 146.15
Ashes return the park for 10 sixes, Pollard If there were any ques- for two overs scoring just K Nair c Chahar b H Pandya 5 6 0/0 83.33 K Pandya c Miller b Shami 1 2 0/0 50.00
Cameron Bancroft says got out after hitting Punjab tions on why India captain four runs, testing the waters S Curran c de Kock b Bumrah 8 3 2/0 266.66 A Joseph (not out) 15 13 2/0 115.38
M Singh (not out) 7 3 1/0 233.33 R Chahar (not out) 1 1 0/0 100.00
he has been “completely pacer Ankit Rajpoot for a six Virat Kohli has persisted and the wicket. Extras (W11, NB1) 12
accountable” for his role and four drawing the game to with Rahul despite his string Once settled, it was Gayle Extras (LB1, W6) 7
Total (for 4 wkts, 20 ov) 197 (9.85 runs per over) Total (for 7 wkts, 20 ov) 198 (9.9 runs per over)
in the Australian ball- a close with Mumbai needing of poor scores in all formats who took the initiative of tak- Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Lad, 3.4 ov), 2-56 (Yadav, 7.4
Fall of wickets: 1-116 (Gayle, 12.5 ov), 2-131 (Miller, ov), 3-62 (de Kock, 8.5 ov), 4-94 (Kishan, 11.6 ov), 5-135
tampering scandal as he five runs in as many balls. of the game and that how he ing on the MI pacers.
14.6 ov), 3-141 (Nair, 16.5 ov), 4-151 (Curran, 17.3 ov) (H Pandya, 15.1 ov), 6-140 (K Pandya, 15.4 ov), 7-194
prepares to make his Tail-enders Alzarri Jo- is still in the scheme of MI’s Australian recruit Ja-
Bowling: J Behrendorff 4-0-35-1, J Bumrah 4-0-38-1 (Pollard, 19.2 ov)
county cricket bow as seph and Deepak Chahar things for the World Cup, son Beherendorf was taken
(W2), A Joseph 2-0-22-0 (W1), R Chahar 4-0-27-0, H Bowling: A Rajpoot 4-0-52-1 (NB 1), Md Shami 4-0-21-3
Durham captain, with took their team through with Wednesday’s knock answered to task by the strapping Ja- Pandya 4-0-57-2 (W3), K Pandya 2-0-17-0 (W3), G Viljoen 4-0-34-0 (W7), R Ashwin 4-0-37-1, S
an Ashes return in his quick sprinting in a photo- them all. maican when he smashed Curran 4-0-54-1 (W1)
sights. “We all make mis- finish. While Gayle went all out him for three sixes in differ- MI (target 198) R B 4/6 SR Result: MI win by 3 wickets
takes and I guess it’s Earlier, riding on KL Ra- and was brutal in his assault Q de Kock c Miller b Ashwin 24 23 2/0 104.34
ent corners of the park. The Man of the match: Kieron Pollard
how you’re able to grow hul’s scintillating unbeaten on bowlers, Rahul was re- seamer’s trick of slowing
as a person, in admitting 64-ball 100 (6x4, 6x6) and fined and elegant in his down the pace didn’t work as MI’s Hardik Pandya congratulates his friend KL Rahul on his century at the
and being honest with Chris Gayle’s enterprising 63 stroke-making throughout he went for 23 runs in the end of the KXIP innings. Both the cricketers were recently embroiled in a
yourself about those (36, 3x4, 7x6), Kings XI Punjab his innings. The dangerous fifth over. controversy following their ‘inappropriate’ comments on a TV show —BCCI
mistakes,” said Bancroft,
26. “I certainly have been
and, as a person, that’s
something that I’m com-
pletely accountable for
RR VS CSK Muzumdar backs Smith, Stokes to come good
Match No. 25, Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
and I wouldn’t have it Jaipur: Steve Smith and good in the next match formed all over the world
any other way.” However, Live on Star Sports 1, 2, 1 Hindi, 8pm Ben Stokes are yet to siz- against CSK. “I feel we are so I am sure he realises it
his immediate thoughts zle this IPL but Rajasthan one of the strongest squad and I am sure he would
are with Durham, where Struggling Royals face HOT Super Kings Royals batting coach and Steve Smith is a prov- come to terms with it and
he has been appointed Amol Mazumdar on en customer all over the would perform his best for
captain. RR: Royals are still CSK: Super Kings are com- Wednesday reposed faith world,” Muzumdar said. us. That what we hope, no
struggling to find their Team ing off a clinical 7-wicket on their abilities and “Ben Stokes is a fine all- doubts about his abili-
on the tube bearings. They are News thrashing of KKR and are backed the duo to come rounder and has per- ties,” he said. —PTI
2nd last in table. Sanju table toppers. CSK boast
(All Live) Samson is still recovering of a perfectly balanced squad
from an injury. Steve Smith to excel on any surface and all

Kohli wins Wisden honour yet

BASKETBALL: NBA:
returning to form conditions. CSK will be wary of
Sony Ten 1: 05:30 is a plus RR’s home comfort
Brooklyn vs Miami; 08:00 The Chepauk pitch on Tuesday was once again so slow that KKR’s Andre

Dhoni, Chahar hit out again, Mandhana joins club

Denver vs Minnesota Russell could not play his natural game —BCCI
Ajinkya Key Deepak
CRICKET: Star Sports 1, Rahane contest Chahar
2, 1 Hindi: 20:00 IPL, RR
vs CSK Except for a knock of 70, Ajinkya Rahane hasn’t been amongst runs. London: It was a double de- year with five hundreds to

at slow Chepauk pitch

He’ll look to correct himself and put up a solid show. Will be mindful light for India as they swept his name.
FOOTBALL: UEFA Europa of CSK new ball bowler Chahar, who has impressed in Power Play
League (QFs 1st leg) the Wisden Cricketers’ Alma- Mandhana was rewarded
nack on Wednesday with Vi- for scoring 669 and 662 runs
Sony Ten 1: 00:30 (Fri) Played: 20, RR: 7, CSK: 13 rat Kohli and Smriti Mand- in ODIs and T20Is last year.
Slavia Praha vs Chelsea; Chennai: Chennai Super pitch at home. hana clinching the ‘Leading She also amassed 421 runs at
Sony ESPN: 00:30 (Fri) Pitch Report: Teams Weather Report: Humid and Kings captain Mahendra Chahar, who returned Cricketer of Year’ honours, an astounding strike rate of
Benfica vs Frankfurt; Sony have chased well but difficult conditions for players
Singh Dhoni has criticised with impressive figures of continuing their award-win- 174.68 in the women’s Super
170+ will be a challenge with temperature in mid-30s
Six: 00:30 (Fri) Villarreal the “low-scoring” Chepauk 3/20 against KKR, blamed ning spree. League.

7
vs. Valencia; Sony Ten 2: Punter Point: Watchability quotient: (1-3: Forget it; pitch despite winning all the nature of the wicket on Kohli and Mandhana had The Indian men’s team
00:30 (Fri) Arsenal vs. RR: 11/10, 4-7: If there is nothing else to watch; their home games so far here. hot and humid weather con- won big in the last ICC captain was named as the
Napoli CSK: 8/11 8 and above: try not to miss it) Defending champions CSK ditions. “I’m happy I per- Awards night too. Leading Cricketer in the
thrashed Kolkata Knight Rid- formed well, but obviously Mandhana was ad- Smriti Mandhana World for an unprecedented
ers by seven wickets on Tues- we’re looking for a better judged ‘Women’s third year in a row by the 2019
day night for their fifth win wicket,” Chahar said. “No- Cricketer of the named the Wisden Leading edition of Wisden Cricketers’

Players benefitting from our fight: Viru in six games, and fourth in a
row at home.
KKR made 108/9, a target
body wants this type of a
wicket. It is because of the
soil and heat. It’s too hot
Year’ as well as the
‘Women’s ODI Play-
er of the Year’
Cricketer of the year for the
third successive time, hav-
ing amassed 2,735 runs
Almanack, its 156th edition,
while this is Mandhana’s
first honour.
New Delhi: Financially more ciation within the next few by New Kabaddi Federation. which CSK reached in 17.2 here and the pitch cura- by the ICC in across the three formats in Afghanistan spinner
secure than athletes in any days but the seeds were first The context of his com- overs. “I don’t think we want tors are doing their best D e c e m b e r, 2018. Rashid Khan was named the
other sport in India, the cur- sown by Tendulkar, Sourav ment was IPKL organisers to be playing on these tracks. job to give us a good while the The Indian talisman was Leading T20 Cricketer of the
rent generation of cricketers Ganguly, Dravid and Kumble, committing 20 per cent of It becomes too low scoring. It track. But, at the end of talismanic picked as one of the five Wis- Year for the second year in a
should be thankful to Sachin who had formed a ‘Players’ As- their revenue reserved for becomes slightly difficult for the day you can’t help K o h l i den Cricketers of the year row, following his superb per-
Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and sociation’ demanding a share players. “If IPKL is sharing our batsmen as well. After it,” he added. along with England’s Tammy formance last year. He took 22
Anil Kumble for fighting for from the BCCI’s TV rights deal. 20 per cent revenue for play- losing (Dwayne) Bravo, it is KKR leg-spinner Beaumont, Jos Buttler, Sam wickets at an average of 8.68
them, feels former batting “We had to fight to get a ers, it’s a good thing. Other slightly difficult for us to get Piyush Chawla, who Curran and Rory Burns. for Afghanistan in T20Is, be-
star Virender Sehwag. share of revenue from BCCI sports can learn from this the combination right,” said took a wicket and two The India skipper is only sides scalping 21 wickets in
Referring to the trio’s fight but I don’t think there is any move,” said Sehwag. Dhoni after Tuesday’s win. catches including a w o n the third cricketer ever to the Indian Premier League
for share in BCCI revenue for such precedence in any other “I once spoke to former In- “We have been cribbing running one to dismiss the Cricketer have won the award more 2018.
players back in 2001-02, Se- sport. Had the likes of Ten- dia hockey captain Sardar about the track but we have Suresh Raina, said the of the Year than three times after Don The Five Cricketers of the
hwag said it went a long way dulkar, Dravid and Kumble Singh, who told me that he ended up winning the game.” visitors didn’t misread award besides Bradman (10 times) and Jack Year are chosen by Lawrence
in guaranteeing financial se- not fought for our rights, we used to receive a mere TA/DA Meanwhile, man of the the wicket. finishing as Hobbs (8 times). Booth, the editor of the Wis-
curity that is enjoyed by the wouldn’t have been where we while representing the coun- match in Tuesday’s win, CSK He said the batsmen the top bats- Kohli had notched up 593 den Cricketers’ Almanack,
current crop of players. are today,” Sehwag said on the try and no match fees. It’ll be pacer Deepak Chahar agreed played too many shots man in Tests. runs in five Tests at an aver- with the 2019 version serving
The BCCI is on the cusp of sidelines of newly launched great if football and hockey with his captain Dhoni that at the start that hurt Indian cap- age of 59.3 during India’s 1-4 as the 156th edition. —PTI
having its own Players’ Asso- IPKL Kabaddi League floated can take a cue,” he added. —PTI the team needed a better them badly. —PTI Virat Kohli tain Kohli was loss to England and ended the
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Hot on Heels

India register 1-0

win over Malaysia
The Indian women’s
hockey team Wednesday
struck a late goal
through youngster Lal-
remsiami to beat hosts
Malaysia and take an un-
assailable lead in the
five-match bilateral se-
ries in Kuala Lumpur. In-
dia won the first two
matches 3-0 and 5-0 fol-
lowed by a 4-4 draw in
their previous game. Lal-
remsiami’s sensational
55th-minute goal ensured
the team secured a nar-
row win in a hard-fought
contest that saw Malay-
sia give their all to put
up a defensive game.

Boxer Pinki off to

flying start
Pinki Rani started her
51kg campaign with a win
as Indian boxers assured
themselves of at least a
couple of medals at the
Cologne Boxing World
Cup in Cologne on
Wednesday. The 2018 In-
dia Open gold medallist
beat local hope Ursula
Gottlob 5-0. While Rani
entered the quarter-finals,
the seven-member Indian
contingent is already con-
firmed of at least a silver
medal and a bronze
through Meena Kumari
Maisnam and Pwilao Ba-
sumatary respectively.

Magic Johnson
quits LA Lakers
Magic Johnson abruptly
quit as the Los Angeles
Lakers’ president of bas-
ketball operations on
Tuesday night, citing his
desire to return to the
simpler life he enjoyed as
a wealthy businessman
and beloved former play- Tottenham’s Son Heung-min celebrates scoring the only goal of the match with teammates and fans during their 1-0 win over Manchester City at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Wednesday —Reuters

Son rises again for Spurs

er before taking charge
of this tempestuous fran-
chise just over two years
ago. Later, Los Angeles
lost 104-101 to Portland.

Golfer’s death was

natural: Report
Malaysian golfer Arie
Irawan died suddenly in
his sleep of natural caus-
es without any drugs or South Korean star scores match’s lone goal as Tottenham gain lead over Man City; Liverpool beat Porto 2-0
toxins in his system, the Tottenham’s Harry Kane
PGA Tour Series-China
said on Wednesday, citing
London: With Tottenham’s
Champions League quarter- ‘VAR will change spirit of game’ N ZONE reacts after a tackle that
ruled him out of the match on

9 5
Chinese investigations. final scoreless and oozing Spurs have qualified to the next round on No. of Wednesday —AFP
The announcement came intensity, Harry Kane London: Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio
each of the last nine occasions they’ve won European
as friends and family
held a service for the
launched into a challenge to
block Fabian Delph’s run,
Pochettino fears the “spirit of football” is being
changed by Video Assistant Referee (VAR) after his
the first leg of a European knockout match matches Will come back
(excluding qualifiers)
28-year-old in Kuala clattering into the Manches- side fell victim to technology on Tuesday. The penalty that Manchester
stronger: Kane
3
awarded by VAR against Danny Rose for handball City have played
Lumpur on Wednesday, ter City opponent and twist- On the other hand, Manchester City have against English
hours after his body was ing an ankle. was missed by Sergio Aguero. While a sliding Rose’s been eliminated from all three of their previ- London: Tottenham
arm did make contact with the ball as he attempted opposition and
flown in from Sanya, It was the same left ankle ous Champions League knockout matches have lost all of striker Harry Kane vowed
where he died on Sunday. the Tottenham striker dam- to block Raheem Sterling’s shot, no City player ap- when they have lost the first leg on Wednesday to come
pealed for a penalty. “I think it’s going to change the them, including
aged just a couple of months back “stronger than ever”

13
spirit of the game and I’m very worried about how all three in the
ago, and soon he was hob- No. of matches that Spurs have won out after his latest ankle in-
it’s going to work next season,” said Champions
bling down the Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris dives and saves a penalty from of their their past 16 home matches in jury cast a cloud over his
Pochettino —Reuters League
tunnel. Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero on Tuesday —Reuters all competitions (D1 L2) side’s victory against

20
S o n Manchester City.
1
18
Heung-min No. of goals that Son Heung-Min Kane limped off the
once again
seized the op-
MATCH STATS Liverpool ease past Porto
No.
of goals
has now scored in 40 games in
all competitions this season for
pitch after a challenge
with England teammate
Tottenham Man City Liverpool: Liverpool closed in on a Champions League that Liverpool’s Roberto
portunity to Spurs (53 appearances in 2017-18) Fabian Delph. It immedi-
semifinal meeting with Barcelona or Manchester Firmino (20 —12 goals, 8
become Totten- 41% Possession 59% ately looked serious as
United after sweeping aside Porto 2-0 in the assists) has been involved

3
ham’s savior, just as he did 388 passes 552 Kane was unable to put
2 when Kane missed seven 13 Shots 10
first leg of their quarterfinal tie at Anfield. Far
from the late drama that has accompanied
in this season. Only Cristiano
Ronaldo (24) has been
No. of penalties that Hugo Lloris has
faced with Spurs in all competitions any weight on his left foot
games during January and involved in more goals in 2019. He has saved all the three and was helped down the
February. 4 Shots on target 2 the Red’s EPL title bid of late, Naby Keita and tunnel, later leaving the
Roberto Firmino struck inside the first 26 since the start of last spot kicks that came against Leicester City,
Son gave the crowd at Tot- 3 Corners 3 Arsenal and Manchester City ground on crutches and
minutes to put the hosts in command. “2-0 season
tenham’s new stadium his 8 Fouls 11 with the joint in a brace.
3 own injury scare. But mo- 1 Yellow cards 2
is a really good result, I would have taken
it before the game and I take it now,” said
The club’s medical
ments after being treated —
2 off sides 6 Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp. “It was a Did you know? staff will allow any swell-
and 20 minutes after Kane’s ing around the joint to
good game, a controlled game. We de- n Tuesday’s match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester
departure — Son put the ball subside before a scan to
in the net on Tuesday night. Stopwatch: Tottenham 1 served the win 100 percent and scored City was their first clash in the European league and 157th meeting reveal how bad the inju-
After receiving a pass on (Heung-min 78) two wonderful goals.” —AFP overall between the teams in all competitions ry is, expected to be on
the right from Christian beat Manchester City 0 Thursday.
n The match between Liverpool and Porto was Jurgen Klopp’s 400th
Eriksen, Son’s poor first Liverpool 2 (Keita 5, Firmino Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino win as a manager in all club competitions “Gutted to go off in-
touch nearly put the ball over 26) beat Porto 0 celebrates after scoring —AFP jured but every setback is
the byline, but he just kept it a chance to come back
in play. The South Korean stronger than ever,” Kane
then cut the ball back and leg. Son has already shown he Son said. “It was a very diffi- in a season that has seen him smiles.” City was smiling — VAR had intervened to check tweeted. “Big finish from
skipped past Delph’s chal- can more than fill in for Kane, cult game and in the end, we miss spells to go on South Ko- initially — early in the first whether Tottenham defender the boys to go on and
lenge before striking a low who has 24 goals this season. were more clinical than rea duty at the Asian Games leg when a video review gave Danny Rose blocked Raheem win!”
Send in your answers to shot under goalkeeper Eder- When Kane missed those six them.” in August and the Asian Cup the Premier League champi- Sterling’s shot with his hand. Spurs boss Mauricio
sportsdna@[Link]. Names son in the 78th minute. weeks with a damaged liga- Son also scored in Totten- in January. ons a penalty. But goalkeeper Hugo Lloris Pochettino admitted the
of the first 10 winners will be It was enough to secure a ment, Son scored four times. ham’s first game at its $1.3 “If he is one player who No City players appeared saved penalty diving to block injury could end Kane’s
published tomorrow 1-0 lead to take to City next “As a team, we never give billion new stadium last deserves to score, it’s him,” to be appealing for the penalty Sergio Aguero’s spot-kick in season —AFP
Wednesday for the second up for 90 minutes — we fight,” week, and he now has 18 goals Pochettino said. “He always when the screens signaled the the 13th minute.—AP

McIlroy powers into Masters with Tiger poised to pounce Srikanth, Sindhu,
Augusta (USA): Rory McIlroy
is in fearsome form as he ar-
rives at Augusta National chas-
all four of golf ’s major profes-
sional titles.
“I’ve shot enough good
but real belief that he can
claim a fifth green jacket.
“I just feel like I’ve improved
Saina sail into Rd 2
ing a rare career Grand Slam, scores around here over the a lot over the past 12, 14 Singapore: Star Indian shut- first-round loss at Malaysia
but a renewed Tiger Woods years that if I can put my best months,” said Woods, whose tlers P V Sindhu, Saina Ne- Open to Thailand’s Pornpaw-
could have something to say effort forward, I’m going to injury return was in its embry- hwal and Kidambi Srikanth ee Chochuwong when she
about the Northern Ireland have a good chance to do well onic stages when he teed it up eased into the second round faces her in the second round.
star’s bid for a breakthrough here,” McIlroy said. last year. From a tie for 32nd, he of the $355,000 Singapore Chochuwong beat young
Masters win. Plenty of his peers agree. would go on to contend in two Open with straight-game Indian Mugdha Agrey 21-6
“I don’t think I’ve ever start- “Rory is playing unbelieva- majors and win the US PGA wins over their respective ri- 21-8 in another match.
ed a season this well in terms ble golf,” said Spain’s Jon Tour championship and says vals in the singles event here Sixth seed Kidambi Sri-
of finishes, and even stats wise, Rahm. “I mean, he’s playing the he’s “proven to myself that I on Wednesday. kanth, who had reached the
looking at all my stats, they are best golf he has played in a long can play at this level again”. Taking the court first, finals at India Open, defeated
right up there with some of the time ... Really good golf and it Woods, 43, admits he would Sindhu, seeded fourth, took Thailand’s Sitthikom Tham-
best years that I’ve had,” said seems like his putting has been never have foreseen the major just 27 minutes to get the bet- masin 21-17 21-18 in a 41-min-
McIlroy, whose seven top-10 lot better. If Rory is hitting the drought that has followed his ter of Indonesia’s Lyanny ute match. He will next lock
finishes in seven starts this ball the way he is, and he putts 14th major victory at the 2008 Alessandra Mainaky 21-9 21-7 horns with Denmark’s Hans-
year include a victory at the US good, he’s tough to beat.” (Left) Tiger Woods of USA looks on during to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday. (Right) McIlroy of US Open. in a one-sided match. Kristian Solberg Vittinghus.
PGA Tour’s prestigious Play- Northern Ireland hits from the sand on the second hole during the final day of practice —AFP/Reuters “After I won my 14th, I felt The Rio Olympics silver- Commonwealth Games
ers Championship in March. Hard to handicap like I still had plenty more ma- medallist will next play Mia 2014 champion Parupalli
He owns top-10 Masters fin- Rain on Monday and Tuesday jor championship of the year. son and Bubba Watson must Champion, has a chance to be- jor championships that I could Blichfeldt of Denmark. Kashyap, who had reached
ishes the past four years, in- could heighten long-hitting Each of the last four win- always be judged a threat. come the third golfer of the win, but unfortunately I just Later, sixth seed Saina too the semifinals of the India
cluding a tie for fifth behind McIlroy’s chances, making the ners — and seven of the last World number one Justin modern era to capture three of didn’t do it,” he said. “I put my- tamed another Indonesian in Open last month, continued
American Patrick Reed last course play longer. The dimin- eight — have been first-time Rose and second-ranked Dus- four consecutive majors. self there with chances on the Yulia Yosephin Susanto 21-16 his good run with a 21-19 21-14
year, and with more than a dec- ished practice time could also major winners, a trend Rahm tin Johnson will be aiming to And this year, that emphati- back nine on various Sundays 21-11, to book her place in the win over world number 28
ade of experience on a course play in favor of experienced certainly hopes to continue. bulk up resumes highlighted cally includes Woods, who car- and just haven’t done it. next round. Rasmus Gemke of Denmark
where local know-how is key, Masters campaigners. But with experience at a by one US Open win apiece and ries not just the hope he had “Hopefully this year, I put Saina, who won a bronze in 21-19 21-14 to set up a clash
says there’s no reason he can’t Rahm noted the difficulty premium, multiple winners fourth-ranked Brooks Koepka, last year — in his first Masters myself there again and, hope- the 2012 London Olympics, with Olympic champion
become the sixth man to win of handicapping the first ma- including Woods, Phil Mickel- the reigning US Open and PGA since spinal fusion surgery — fully, I’ll get it done.” —AFP will next look to avenge her Chen Long of China. —PTI
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The latest buzz is, Rajkummar Rao and Ishaan Khatter are best friends! They will appear as
Raj-Ishaan: BFFs on a Colors Infinity show. “It is an unusual jodi. Nobody knew they were close buddies. But
the Stree actor and Janhvi Kapoor are doing a film, Rooh Afza, together. Since Ishaan is close
New BFFs to his Dhadak co-star, the three hang out together. The makers thought it would be interesting to
get Ishaan and him together,” says a source. The two will shoot for the show today.

‘ALIA IS NOT MY BEST

Dabboo Ratnani

FRIEND, BUT SHE IS SPECIAL...’

Varun (Zafar) Dhawan, as he addresses himself for the Kalank promotions, is not swayed by
emotions. He’s an ambitious man who knows exactly where he wants to take his career graph
Meena Iyer

Pics: Ashwini Sawant/DNA

If we call each

M
eeting Varun Dhawan other, it’s about
is always a delightful
experience. Unlike
work. Whether it’s
many other super- 8 am or 2 am, we’re
stars who wear their discussing how we can
most amicable face
during film promotions and go back do better. Alia is
to hiding behind ‘dark glasses’ someone who is my
otherwise, Varun is transparent.
He always wears his best profile, equal as far as our
knows what he wants and is fully collaborations go. I’m
tuned in to what he is selling,
whether it is his film or his talent. slightly arrogant when it
With him, what you see is usually comes to my films and Shah Rukh Khan
what it is. For this alone, you have to
knowledge of cinema.

SRK in talks for

give him hundred on hundred.
Over to Gen-Now’s sweetheart; But she is superior to
yup, he has a huge draw at the box
office and he knows it. Excerpts...
me in terms of craft

Mersal remake?
l Is Alia Bhatt your best friend?
I wouldn’t say Alia is my best
friend. My best friend is Aman
Malhotra, who lives three buildings
away from me. I met him at the age
of two. And I have another friend
called Ankit. So, if I take Alia's
name, they will get upset (smiles). Filmmaker Atlee Kumar, who directed the original, has
But she is definitely a very close
friend of mine. Rarely do you form a approached the Bollywood superstar for two projects
close connection with someone you
work with. But in her case, my Nayandeep Rakshit also bounced off the idea

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relationship with her goes beyond of a possible Hindi remake
work. We have formed a successful hough Shah Rukh of Mersal. Incidentally,
pair having begun with Student Of Khan has received that film, too, featured Vi-
The Year (2012) and then Humpty several offers from jay. Shah Rukh has shown
Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014) and filmmakers down interest in the project. He
Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017). We’re South, things never fell has asked the director to
here today with Kalank that releases into place. But, looks like develop it further, keeping
on April 17. Whether I work with Varun Dhawan that may change soon. The the pan-India audience in
her or not in the immediate Zero actor is in talks with mind. But he is yet to take
future, it doesn’t matter. She director Atlee Kumar. a call on the same.” The
and I share a bond. A source reveals, “Atlee two were spotted spending
next), will take a lot of our when we (Alia and I) will work has been in touch with time together during the
l Did you really mean it when individual time. In fact, the one together next. Shah Rukh for the last few last KKR vs CSK match in
you said earlier that Kalank is I’m doing with Shashank months. He has spoken to Chennai on Tuesday. That,
your last film together? (Khaitan), titled Rannbhoomi, l Considering we won’t see Alia and the actor about a cameo in too, hinted at the possibili-
It was a joke. We won’t be will actually take a year to make. you together for a while now makes his next Tamil film
Atlee Kumar ty of a collaboration
working together for some Kalank even more special, doesn’t it? Thalapathy 63, which stars between them.
time now. That’s the way life l Is Alia not in it? There is a certain screen chemistry Vijay and Nayanthara. It’s A source close to the
has it. Her forthcoming The makers haven’t started the between the two of you. not a special appearance. superstar tells us, “Shah
movies (Brahmastra, RRR, casting for Rannbhoomi yet. It’s got I think it’s something that just SRK is expected to have an Rukh is currently reading
Insha Allah) and my next slate a lot of VFX and we're trying to kind of happened. Definitely, we did important role.” Tamil movie Mersal with a few scripts, but he wants
of projects (Coolie No 1, Street do something new in terms of work hard on it, we knew we were Besides this project, the the Don star. The source to take his time to figure
Dancer, Shashank Khaitan’s The actor with Alia Bhatt technology as well. I don't know on to something special. filmmaker wants to adds, “While meeting SRK which film he wants to
Contd on P13 remake his successful for Thalapathy 63, Atlee do next.”

Rani’s midnight Mysterious

Nushrat sets the
Prabhat of
investigation Made In Heaven mercury soaring
in Australia
N
ushrat Bharucha
couldn’t treat
herself to a
vacation post the
success of Sonu Ke Titu
Ki Sweety. However,
Sobhita Dhulipala she got a chance to take
a break after she
wrapped up a schedule
of Dream Girl that sees
her sharing screen
space with Ayushmann
Khurrana. The pretty
lady decided to explore
the gorgeous locales of
Australia during her
two-week long vacay
with her family. And
looking at the pictures,
soaking up the sun at
the beach was definitely
Prabhat Choudhary on the agenda. She

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donned a red bikini for
here is already a lot of the time by the sea and
chatter around the character set the mercury soar-
Rani Mukerji on the sets of Mardaani 2 of Prabhat in the narrative ing. Once she returns to
of Zoya Akhtar’s web-series Mumbai tomorrow,

R
Made In Heaven. He is referred to she will start shooting
ecently, Rani in multiple episodes (even by for the last schedule
Mukerji was seen in In Mardaani 2, Rani Mukerji will be seen Sobhita Dhulipala) when some of Turram Khan,
the middle of an media advice is to be sought. which also features
intense shooting as the Superintendent of Police, We know for sure that this is a Rajkummar Rao.
schedule for her next,
Mardaani 2. The scene,
who is locked in a vicious battle with real-life reference to Prabhat
Choudhary, who is one of the most
which saw the actress a 21-year-old merciless villain sought-after brand strategists in
hitting the streets of the the entertainment business. What
city at night, featured her Rani took on the kingpin merciless villain. This will we can tell you is that there is as
conducting a gripping of a child trafficking rack- be Rani’s next release after much mystery surrounding him
investigation. The movie et. In the sequel, she will Hichki (2018). in real life as there is in the series.
has generated buzz since reprise her role of Shivani Mardaani 2, which is As in the show, he is less visible in
its announcement and Shivaji Roy. This time, being produced by Aditya real life, too, except for Soho
every picture is further she will be seen as the Chopra, marks the House soirées. We hear that his
piquing the curiosity of Superintendent of Police, directorial debut of Gopi character will be further
cinegoers. who is locked in a vicious Puthran, the writer of developed in season 2. And that’s
In Mardaani (2014), battle with a 21-year-old Mardaani. gonna be spicy. Nushrat Bharucha

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‘Kalank is Abhishek’s baby and I’m protective about it’
Alia and I knew people love
watching us on the big
l The film also stars Sanjay
Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Aditya
Abhishek’s life and there is
so much he is going
Those films were made for a
reason and the fact that you
l Do you ever feel that
you’re a commercial actor
screen. I think what they Roy Kapur, Kunal Kemmu and through. But he won’t be are talking about them to- and you have to prove your
recognise is the drive that Sonakshi Sinha. Then, why happy if I say anything about it. day makes me happy. acting chops with subjects
we both have towards our are people rooting for just the Trust me, he’s gone through October just struck a chord. like October and Sui Dhaaga?
work, we don’t take it for two of you? hell and made this film. But his When Shoojit (Sircar) sir Or you can show that in films
granted. We are very pas- Honestly, this is an focus hasn’t faltered even for a spoke about it, it hit some- like Kalank, too?
sionate about what we do. ensemble and the biggest I second. He is my friend and I thing in my heart. I felt I That opportunity is there 100
It’s not that we meet, get have done so far. It’s the love him. Kalank is his baby was becoming selfish as a per cent in Kalank, too. But
along and that translates on biggest ensemble that people and I’m protective about it. human being. After two actors have to work equally
screen. Of course, that’s also will get to see on screen in a back-to-back big hits (Hump- hard, whether the film is
a part of the whole thing, long time. Also, I believe, l Abhi and you were ty Sharma Ki Dulhania and commercial, middle-of-the-
but the other part is the everyone should root for assistant directors at a point. Judwaa 2), I was becoming road or just plain art. Even
hard work, the practice, the Abhishek Varman’s hard Did your friendship help your something I wasn’t. When I when it comes to a Street
rehearsals and the focus. If work and dedication. And working equation? heard October, I wanted to Dancer, I need to pour every-
we call each other, it’s about I’m not saying this I think I was the only one be like Dan and the only way thing I have within me into it.
work. Whether it’s 8 am or 2 because he is the director. who made him laugh on the I could be like him was to People may believe it or
am, we’re discussing how I’ve never worked with set. I would do certain With Abhishek Varman play him. I learnt a lot. As choose to ignore it but jab
we can do better. She is such an obsessive filmmak- things and he would burst for Sui Dhaaga, it was a fun aapko ek chhota sa emotion
someone who is my equal as er, who wants to be involved out laughing, ‘Why are you script. My character is a milta hai aur uske saath khel-
far as our collaborations go. in every aspect of the mov- doing this, Varun? Don’t on 2 States, so they have a family man. The film na padta hai, toh ek actor hi
I’m slightly arrogant when ie. Even if a picture or a disturb me.’ I know him as a certain wavelength. He real- explored the father-son khel sakta hai. If you don’t
it comes to my films and line about it is being re- friend. When he was shoot- ly gets what he wants from relationship, too. Getting to know acting, then you’ll fall
knowledge of cinema. But leased, he wants to be in- ing the Heera Mandi por- Varun Dhawan in a still from Kalank her. I have the habit of doing team up with Aditya Chopra flat on your face. Every scene
she is superior to me in volved. That’s the level of tions with someone else, every scene ulta. He has re- sir, who was super-passion- in a film must hold. I’m act-
terms of craft. Drive-wise, I obsession Abhishek has as there was the Munshi tained certain things that I ate about it, was also a draw. ing to be a good dancer
won’t say she is better, but far as this film is concerned. quarter where I would go in did. But there are many In fact, I keep asking Ma- among great dancers. I’m act-
she is equal. And she will Usually, when my movies re- for my shots and lie down on pretty much stayed on the l Shouted the most at you in things that he has removed. neesh (filmmaker Maneesh ing to dance as well as Prab-
also agree with this. It’s like lease, I am the most ob- one of the cots. He would set. He’s the only director yaari-dosti? There would be a little spar- Sharma) when is it releas- hudheva. Actually, I’m not in
a line in our song in Kalank, sessed and I can go to any say, ‘What are you doing? who would leave the set at 2 I don’t know about that. I’m ring going on between us. ing in China. The film did his league. Obviously, he is
‘Hazaaron mein kisi ko lengths for it, but I must say I’m making a film here.’ And am and be back at 6 am. So, a little dheeth (stubborn, pretty much the business I better than me. But if I can
taqdeer aisi mili hai, Abhishek beats me. I would tell him, “You direct, I would tell myself, ‘The di- thick-skinned) also. If I have l You got appreciation for expected it to do. All in all, make people believe that I can
Raanjha aur Heer jaisi.’ He (Abhi) is like a tigress I’m not disturbing you. I rector is giving so much to a certain take on the scene, I October and Sui Dhaaga: I’m quite happy with it. give him a takkar, then that’s
That kind of sums up our guarding her cub. He has just feel like lying down the film, even I want to be like to perform it that way. Made In India. But those Even now, when it comes on acting. There is a lot of hard
relationship, which trans- put everything on line for here and seeing what around. Aur yeh dost bhi Alia and Abhishek would were films that weren’t too satellite television, people work and talent in it, but
lates into our onscreen Kalank. There are so many you’re doing.” During the hai.’ I think he shouted at gang up against me. They mainstream. Did you have a talk about how they liked there’s also performance in it
chemistry. things that have gone on in 35 days we shot there, I’ve me the most! have worked together before reason for doing them? the film. to make people believe that.

pick your brain crossword hidato Baby Blues

Down 19 Epochs (4)
1 Not of the 20 Marshal at
clergy (4) Waterloo (3)
2 Preservative 23 Wide open (5)
(4) 24 Actress
3 Stead (4) Blakley (5)
5 Began a sea 25 Respiration
voyage ? (6) disorder (6)
6 Spanish 26 Madness (6)
queen (3) 28 ___ Paar:
7 Smart (6) 1954 Guru
9 Sixth sense, Dutt movie
in short (3) (3)
11 “To lac” ana- 29 Embankment
gram for milk (4) The Pajama Dairies
prefix ? (5) 30 Branchlet (4)
12 Graze (5) 31 Pull without
15 Himalayan lifting (4)
legend (4) 33 Heavy weight
16 Carpentry pin (3)
(4)
18 Dubious (4)

Across 15 Hankered (6) 27 Record needle once (6)

1 Tie together (4) 17 Became hard, taut or tense 28 Took as one’s own (7)
(9) 32 Anne ___, married Shake- The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid
4 Climbing move (6) with consecutive numbers that
8 Dish with a crust (3) 21 Away; not on ? (3) speare (8)
connect horizontally, vertically, or
10 Troubles (4) 22 Soak (3) 34 Pitcher (4)
diagonally from first to the last
13 Calculate (8) 23 Atmosphere ? (3) 35 “King Kong” studio (3)
number in the grid. The first and last
26 Being not conspicuous at all 36 Bugs (6)
14 Regain equality (5,2)
? (6,3) 37 Excitedly expectant (4)
numbers of a puzzle and some other Tina’s Grove
numbers are already filled in.

spellathon How good is your vocabulary? Spell out sudoku

as many words of four or more letters
as you can from the letters in today’s To solve a Sudoku
diagram. In making a word, each letter puzzle, every digit
must be used only once and each word must appear once
must contain the letter in the centre. in: Each of the
There should be at least one nine-letter vertical columns;
word! Plurals, foreign words, and Each of the
proper nouns do not qualify. horizontal rows;
Rate yourself Each of the boxes.
07 Average; 08 Good; 10 Wow!

Tinkersons
crossword
solutions

sudoku
hidato

quiet, quip, quit, quite

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spellathon

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doesn’t even read even half a paragraph, but here, second
front
by saying that the court has accepted, and by also
saying that the court has said ‘Chowkidaar Chor
Hai,’ these verge on contempt of court
— Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister
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‘Vested interests politcising issue’ Cong uses Imran Khan’s

Centre defends barring civilians on Jammu-Srinagar highway, says ‘reasonable restrictions’ placed remark to slam PM Modi
Sumit Kumar Singh
[Link]@[Link] ‘Branded’ hand in J&K New Delhi: Congress on
Wednesday said Pakistan has
“officially allied” with Prime

is fodder for protesters

New Delhi: The Centre has Minister Narendra Modi and a
sought to play down the contro- vote for him would mean a vote
versy arising from traffic re- for the neighbouring country.
strictions it imposed on the The party was reacting to
Jammu-Srinagar National Ishfaq-ul-Hasssan mock the attempt at saving Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s
Highway, claiming instead that h_ishfaq@[Link] paper? I’m just angry at the statement that he believes
“certain vested interests” are degrading, inhuman treat- there may be a better chance
raking up the issue. It decried Srinagar: Protests contin- ment being meted out to peo- of peace talks with India and
people for sensationalising the ued against the lockdown of ple,” said former chief minis- settle the Kashmir issue if
issue without any considera- the Jammu-Srinagar Nation- ter Omar Abdullah. the BJP wins the general elec-
tion for national security. al Highway on Wednesday, Omar and another former tions. “Pakistan has now of-
The Centre also said it Security along the highway being beefed up. — AP but it was the issue of a CM Mehbooba Mufti staged a ficially allied with Shri Mod-
“strongly refutes the deliber- stamped hand that was their sit-in protest demanding the iji. Pakistan Prime Minister Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. — file
ate and mischievous disinfor- hours each. “This has been be in place until May 31, keep- rallying point. revocation of the order. Me- appears to say that a ‘Vote-for-
mation” being spread about done to ensure safe movement ing in view efficiency and The only way civilians hbooba even went to the ex- Modi is a vote for Imran cause it wants to isolate India
the recently imposed traffic of forces, and at the same security of the personnel, could travel on the highway tent of asking people to defy Khan’. It seems that Pakistan
they said it while its relationship with
restrictions on the National time, also minimise inconven- particularly in the backdrop was by getting a stamped pass the ban and to ply their vehi- has now officially allied with Speaking to the media China be strengthened.
Highway in Jammu and Kash- ience to public. Also, for the 12 of the Pulwama attack. issued by duty magistrates cles on the highway. “People Modi. Imran Khan seems to earlier this week, “Let me say as a citizen of
mir. “An impression is being hours, alternative routes like “The restrictions were re- who were placed at important should defy the ban and ply now wish for his friend Mod- Pakistan Prime Minister India that Pakistan PM’s dia-
created by some individuals the old national highway and imposed after keeping the re- junctions. However, one per- their vehicles on the highway. iji’s success,” Congress Imran Khan had said if bolical design and wish will
that the highway has been other internal roads are all quirements of students, pa- son got not the pass but rath- We will see who will stop you. spokesperson Randeep Sur- the BJP wins elections, never come true. We will de-
closed for civilians. This is far- available for civilians to com- tients and others in mind,” the er his own hand stamped and It’s not like Israel and Pales- jewala told reporters. “some kind of settlement” feat every force that perpetu-
thest from the truth,” it said. mute without hassle,” the gov- Centre said, adding that a ro- signed. This issue became a tine,” she said. Senior Congress leader can be reached regarding ate and propagate hatred divi-
It further pointed out that ernment added. bust mechanism to facilitate rallying point for protesters Later, district development Ahmed Patel also took a jibe Kashmir sion in this country,” he said.
the Jammu and Kashmir ad- Such restrictions were in the public by the administra- who called it inhuman. commissioner of Anantnag, at PM Modi, saying “true col- Thursday is when Lok
ministration has already place even in the past, and tion for exceptions and emer- “This is how permission is Khalid Jahangir, said they are ours are out”, and termed Sabha elections’ first phase
clarified in unambiguous they are done in other parts gencies has also been ensured. granted to people in Jammu verifying the stamp issue. “We Khan’s statement as “ma- colours are out. This is called begins across India.
terms that “reasonable re- of the country as well, to en- “Further, a mechanism has and Kashmir to use their are definitely verifying it. Let hamilavat”, a phrase used by Mahamilavat,” Patel said. “Perhaps if the BJP wins,
strictions” have been imposed sure movement of security also been put in place to review highway. Their hands are be- us see. It’s difficult to reach the Prime Minister to de- Surjewala said Pakistan some kind of settlement in
on two out of seven days in a convoys. In the current in- these restrictions from time to ing stamped and written on. any conclusion. We have to get scribe the Opposition’s ‘Ma- wants that a Prime Minister Kashmir could be reached,”
week, and that too for just 12 stance, the restrictions will time,” the Centre stated. Should we be flippant and it verified”, he said. hagathbandhan’. “Their true should continue in India, be- Khan had said earlier. —PTI

snapshot a boat for a vote

Blow for Lalu
Vendetta can’t EC says anonymous electoral as SC rejects
be a defence in
corruption: FM bonds hamper transparency his bail plea
DNA Correspondent DNA Correspondent
Election correspondent@[Link] correspondent@[Link]
officials
carry EVM New Delhi: The Election New Delhi: The Supreme
machines Commission on Wednesday Court has refused to grant
on a boat told the Supreme Court that bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav,
to reach electoral bonds are a cause meaning the RJD chief will
remote of worry in a democracy, not be able to lead his party
Arun Jaitley — file polling because of the anonymity in the upcoming Lok Sabha
stations in attached to donors as well elections. Lalu, who is facing
Dibrugarh, as amounts of cash donat- conviction in four fodder
It has become routine
1 practice to call any
action against cor-
some 480
kms from
ed, which hamper the poll
panel’s transparency push.
scam cases, also has two cas-
es pending. Though he is fac-
Guwahati The EC’s submission Image used for representational purposes only ing a total sentence of 27.5
ruption as political vendetta. in the state
Claim of vendetta has never came during PIL proceed- years, an apex court bench
of Assam. ings before a bench headed 2003, we took one step for- observed that he had spent
been a legitimate defence
— AFP
Electoral bonds
in corruption. Those who by Chief Justice Ranjan Go- ward by ensuring govern- only 22 months in prison.
commit such large acts of goi, which is considering legalise ment companies and foreign Senior advocate Kapil
corruption have to be judged passing interim orders on anonymity. If subsidiaries are kept out of Sibal, on behalf of Lalu told

Water levels drop, drought beckons

on the merits of the action whether the sale of bonds transparency in political funding. Now we the court that his appeals
itself. needs to be stayed. The have gone two steps back as against his conviction are
hearing will conclude on election funding is to we do not know if the donor pending before the Patna
An argument is being be maintained, this
2 given as to why they
are singled out and
New Delhi: India’s northern of non-renewable loss in the groundwater usage in In-
Thursday. The PIL demand-
ed that if the bonds are to anonymity must go.
is a government or foreign
firm. Also, parties need to
and Jharkhand high courts.
“There is no way my appeal
and eastern states saw a rap- groundwater volume at an dia is linked with irrigation continue, transparency of disclose only the total will be taken up immediate-
their political rivals are not id decline in usable ground- alarming rate. abstraction practices. India is individual and corporate Rakesh Dwivedi, Counsel amount and not individual ly. And moreover, I have
being searched. Is there a water between 2005 and 2013, However, Indian states the largest user of ground- donors and their amounts for Election Commission contributions.” served 22 months and won’t
Right to Equality that no raising an impending risk of like Andhra Pradesh, water in the world. It need to be observed in larg- The Centre rebutted by be running away. What’s the
action can be taken till the severe drought, food crisis, Maharashtra, Guja- uses an estimated er public interest. producing a report by the danger in granting bail?”
opponents are charged? and drinking water scarcity rat, Chattisgarh 230 km3 of ground- The bench sought the we have no problem.” Carnegie Foundation, Sibal asked.
for millions of people, re- show replenishing water per year, EC’s view on the two de- When the bench asked which showed India spends The bench replied to this,
They (Congress) do
3 not even spare those
who live in destitu-
searchers have found.
The first estimates of us-
UGWS trends.
Earlier works
over a quarter of
the global total.
mands. Senior advocate
Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing
Dwivedi if they want list of
donors to be published, he
the most during election
campaigns. Attorney Gen-
saying, “There is no danger
except the fact that you are
able groundwater (UGWS) have only been able These depletion for the EC, said, “Electoral said, “Of course, we want eral KK Venugopal attrib- convicted in four cases. You
tion. This is the hypoc-
across India shows rapid de- to estimate the total trends and practic- bonds legalise anonymity. transparency. Disclosure is uted this to black money have to serve the sentence in
risy of Indian politics. After
pletion in Assam, Punjab, groundwater, only a es, he noted, have not If transparency in election in the interest of democracy, inflow into party funds by one case after the other. Now
inflicting such injustice they
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bi- part of which is usable only affected the ground- funding is to be maintained, free and fair elections, and way of cash donations. To you have served just 22
have the audacity to speak
har, and West Bengal. In- for human purposes. Lead re- water storage but also de- this anonymity must go. If right of citizens to make an stop this, he said, the Centre months out of 27 years. We do
of Nyay.
creases in food production searcher Abhijit Mukherjee clined the flow in the adjoin- a bond is made transparent, informed choice to vote. In introduced electoral bonds. not think we should release
have come about at the cost said more than 85 per cent of ing rivers. — PTI you on bail.”

Climate change: Half Medical marvel: Woman with misplaced organs lives to 99
a billion in line of fire Salem (Oregon): Rose Marie
Bentley was an avid swim-
mer, raised five kids, helped
and other abnormalities.
Cameron Walker’s class at
the University in Portland
Bentley, who lived in Mo-
lalla, 40 kilometers south of
Portland, had led a normal
only academic health centre.
“This is an important case
that really gave us an oppor-
her husband run a feed store, was examining the heart of a life. Her only recurrent phys- tunity to talk about the im-
and lived to the ripe old age of cadaver last year when they ical complaint was arthritis, portance of future clinicians
99. It was only after she died noticed the blood vessels were her daughter Louise Allee paying attention to subtle
that medical students discov- different. When they opened remembered. When she was anatomic variations, not just
ered that all her internal or- the abdominal cavity, they in her 50s, she underwent a large anatomic variations, in There is no way my
gans except for her heart saw that all the other organs hysterectomy, and the doctor terms of addressing their fu-
were in the wrong place. were on the wrong side. The also wanted to remove the ap- ture patients as individuals,”
appeal will be
The discovery of the rare unusual blood vessels helped pendix. But he couldn’t find Walker said. “Don’t judge a taken up soon.
condition, which was pre- the heart compensate. it, Allee said. book by its cover, and always And I have served 22
sented this week to a confer- In a telephone interview, When Bentley had her gall- check and see what you’ve got
ence of anatomists, was as- Walker described his reaction bladder removed at least a before you talk about care.”
months and won’t be
tounding, especially because to the find as “definitely a mix Rose Marie Bentley — AP decade later, it was on the op- He has researched how running away. What’s the
Bentley had lived so long. of curiosity, fascination and a posite side of where it should long people with the condi- danger in granting bail?
People with the condition sense of wanting to explore a would say the students felt have been, she said. “No one tion have lived, and he found
known as situs inversus with little bit of a medical mystery something very similar,” said a thing,” Allee said. no documented cases in Lalu Prasad Yadav,
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. —twitter/ Copernicus levocardia often have life- a medical marvel really that Walker, an assistant professor Bentley agreed to donate which a person lived beyond Through lawyer Kapil Sibal
threatening cardiac ailments was in front of us”. “And I of anatomy, told AP. her body to OHSU, Oregon’s age 73. — AP
Farmers and power genera- change for worse
tors in Europe have been
thrust into the front lines of
a battle with climate change,
2018 was the third hottest
year on record, while
facing the music US prez used music from batman film for a tweet, but producers were having none of it

Copyright laws prove Trump’s bugbear on Twitter again

as the phenomenon threatens rainfall was 80% below
to upend lives of half a bil- average levels, resulting
lion people in the world’s big- in agricultural losses,
gest trading bloc. wildfires and losses of
Last year was the third hot- woodland worth over
test on record, which under- $100 million Washington: A video that said, calling Trump’s 2020 re- dead link with a message that
lines the “clear warming Donald Trump re-tweeted
not the first time election a “great victory.” The read “This media has been
trend” experienced in the last that included the soundtrack „„In the past too, Donald soundtrack of the video was disabled in response to a re-
four decades, according to the trating how climate change is of a Batman movie was pulled Trump has retweeted composer Hans Zimmer’s port by the copyright owner.”
Copernicus Climate Change unfolding on Europe’s land- from his account due to copy- controversial fan-made Why Do We Fall? from the The The video, however, garnered
Service, which operates a net- scape. “As temperatures rose right violations. material on Twitter. Dark Knight Rises movie, and 101,000 likes and 31,000
work of satellites for the Euro- during the year, so did the “First they ignore you, movie Warner Brothers, retweets before it was pulled.
pean Union to collect weather, duration of sunshine,” Co- then they laugh at you, then „„Previous cases even which owns the Batman fran- This is not the first time
soil, air and water data. pernicus said. “Parts of cen- they call you racist,” read the include the image of chise, was not happy. “The that Trump has retweeted
In addition, rainfall was 80 tral and northern Europe text at the start of the fan- Trump hitting a CNN logo use of Warner Bros.’ score controversial fan-made mate-
per cent below average levels, experienced up to 40 per cent made 2020 Trump campaign from The Dark Knight Rises rial. Previous cases include
„„Pharell Williams and
resulting in agricultural loss- more sunshine hours than video, as pictures of Demo- in the campaign video was the image of the president
es and wildfires. Satellite pho- average, with Germany being crats Barack Obama and
Aerosmith have complained unauthorised,” the movie stu- body slamming a CNN logo.
tos showed dozens of Swed- the sunniest on record.” Hillary Clinton flashed on
about Trump using their dio told Buzzfeed News. “We Musicians including
ish forests burning in July Alpine glaciers, whose melt- the screen.
music for political reasons are working through the ap- Pharell Williams and Aeros-
that destroyed more than $100 ing waters help top off hydro The video, which Trump US President Donald Trump. — file propriate legal channels to mith have also complained
million worth of woodland. power plants in Austria and reposted on Tuesday evening, have it removed.” By Wednes- about Trump using their mu-
Copernicus’s lenses cap- Switzerland, are disappearing showed images of his presi- with North Korean leader mation of Supreme Court “Your vote proved them all day, all that was left on sic for political purposes.
tured dozens of images illus- at a faster pace. —Bloomberg dency, including his meeting Kim Jong-un and the confir- Justice Brett Kavanaugh. wrong,” the two-minute video Trump’s Twitter feed was a — AFP