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A s reported first by The Pioneer quoting other sources two days back, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday confirmed that the country is expected to witness one degree above normal temperature between April and June across half the country with heat wave like conditions over Central and northwest parts of India. North India, including the national Capital Delhi, will face the maximum heat. The temperature in Delhi has already touched 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday. There is also a high prob- ability of 76 per cent of maxi- mum temperatures in the core Heat Wave (HW) zone during the 2018 hot weather season to be above normal. The Pioneer had reported on its March 31 edition that the rise in the country’s tempera- ture by nearly 1 degree Celsius and erratic climatic patterns are set to impact the farmers hard and reduce productivity in agriculture sector. According to IMD’s sec- ond seasonal outlook for the 2018 summer, normal to above normal temperatures will pre- vail over the core heat wave zones in the country. The core heat wave zones are the States of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, HCD (Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi), Himachal Pradesh, west and east Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, west and east Uttar Pradesh, west and east Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, which will be witnessed more than 1 degree Celsius than nor- mal. “This means heat wave conditions will prevail in these areas. However, normal to slightly below normal maxi- mum temperatures are likely to prevail over subdivisions of eastern, east central and south- ern parts of the country,” said officials of IMD. “The current sea surface temperature conditions pre- vailing over equatorial Pacific suggest prevalence of La Niña conditions. However, the atmospheric conditions are not suggestive of La Niña condi- tions. The latest forecast from Monsoon Mission Climate Forecast System (MMCFS) indicates that La Niña condi- tions are likely to continue at least during the forecast peri- od. However, forecasts from some of the global climate centres indicate weakening of La Nina conditions from the spring season onwards,” the IMD said. I n a major breakthrough, the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Sunday arrested three persons, including two teach- ers of a private school, in con- nection with the alleged leak of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII economics paper. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar said, “The arrested are Rishabh and Rohit, both teachers at the Mother Khajani Convent School in Bawana, and Tauquir, who runs a coaching centre in Outer Delhi’s Bawana area.” Rohit is a Physics teacher and Rishabh teaches Mathematics at the Mother Khajani Convent School in Bawana, added police. The Delhi Police said that they have not given clean chit to the Central Board of Secondary Education. Meanwhile, a CBSE official was suspended over laxity in supervising an examination centre in connection with the paper leak case and a formal enquiry has been initiated in the matter, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry said on Sunday. HRD Secretary Anil Swarup tweeted, “On the direc- tion of HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar to take swift action against culprits, the CBSE has suspended KS Rana, the offi- cial found lax in supervising examination centre 0859 with immediate effect. A formal inquiry has been instituted.” “Consequent to the arrest of two teachers from Mother Khajani Convent School, Mungeshpur, Delhi, and coaching institute head Tauquir by Delhi Police, for colluding to leak the class12 economics paper and probe done by CBSE, a CBSE official KS Rana, found lax in super- vision,” he further tweeted. According to police, the trio had been planning to leak the Economics Question paper for the last two weeks. “They are friends. So far, they have told us that it is the first time that they had leaked the paper,” said police. T errorist groups received a major blow in their south Kashmir bastion as security forces shot dead at least 12 of them belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e- Tayyiba outfits in three separate encounters in Shopian and Anantnag districts on Sunday. Three soldiers and two civilians have also been killed in the gunfights and subse- quent clashes near the encounter sites as people attempted to break cordons and help terrorists escape. Over a hundred civilians have been injured in the clashes, many of them hit with bullets or pellets in their eyes. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief over the deaths of civilians even the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a grouping of top sepa- ratist leaders, called for shutdown on Monday. Army said that at least two of the slain terrorists were involved in the killing of off-duty Army officer Lt Ummer Fayaz in May 2017 when he was abduct- ed and subsequently killed in Imamsahib area of Shopian where he was attending wedding of his cousin. “Today is a special day for the counter terrorist operation in the Valley for all our security forces,” General Officer Commanding of XV Corps Lt Gen AK Bhat told reporters at a Press conference at Awantipora headquarters of Victor Force, a counter-insurgency division operating in south Kashmir. “..Most importantly we have killed two of the terrorists involved in the killing of Lt Ummer Fayaz in May. We have avenged his death,” Bhat said identifying the involved terror- ists as Ishfaq Ahmad Malik and Riyaz Thokar. Director General of Police Shesh Paul Vaid told reporters that seven local terrorists were killed in a single gunfight at Draggad village. Sources said the ultras had assembled in the vil- lage for a meeting. The security forces got a specific tip-off and cordoned the area leading to fierce gun battle. Police said in a separate encounter at Peth Dialgam vil- lage in Anantnag district, a ter- rorist Rouf Khanday was killed while another ultra whose iden- tity was not revealed surrendered his arms. Security officials said the first anti-terror operation was launched in Peth Dialgam Anantnag around 10:30 pm on Saturday after an input about ultras presence.“Our SSP Anantnag made a special effort. He called the family members of the terrorist and exchanged talks with him for about 30 minutes to leave the weapons. But unfor- tunately, he did not (pay) heed to the advice of his family and instead fired. Police and forces had no option but to retaliate and he was killed. We caught other one alive without harming. I don’t think in any part of the world forces will be doing oper- ation in this manner,” Vaid, flanked by Corps commander and a battery of counter-insur- gency officers, said. The encounters in Shopian district, sources said, were launched at around 12 am at Draggad and Kachdoora vil- lages, 20 kilometers apart from each other. The gunfights erupted as heavy contingents of Army, CRPF and counter-insurgency police cordoned off the areas. A civilian, identified as Zubair Ahmad Bhat, was killed and over 50 others were injured after they tried to march towards the gunfight sites. Another civilian Mushtaq Ahmad Padroo received bullets near his house. Militants had reportedly taken positions inside Padroo’s house. Army said the operation at Kachdoora was difficult as near- ly 13 civilians including two chil- dren had to be evacuated from the house where another group of terrorists was hiding. “We lost three of our jawans in this gunfight,” an Army offi- cer said. “Three ultras were killed in the gunfight,” he said. The identity of the slain soldiers and terrorists in the gunfight could not be established. The slain terrorists in Draggad encounter were identified as Zubair Turray, Ishfaq Ahmad Malik, Yawar Itoo, Nazim Ahmad Dar, Adil Ahmad Thoker, Ubaid Ahmad Malla and Riyaz Ahmad Thokar — all residents of Shopian district. T he Mamata Banerjee Government finally agreed to let a four-mem- ber BJP fact-finding team enter the communally troubled parts of Raniganj and Asansol. The commu- nal violence that rocked the region, allegedly over Ram Navami celebra- tions, claiming three lives and injur- ing many others including a senior IPS officer, was not spontaneous but cre- ated by the men in power in Bengal, party Vice-President OP Mathur, who led the group of four, said. Mathur blamed the Chief Minister for looking right through the simmering situation and allowing the people to suffer for narrow polit- ical gains. The four-member team that com- prised Mathur, BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussein, former Jharkhand DGP VD Ram and MP Rupa Ganguly would submit a detailed report on the riots to BJP president Amit Shah, they said. Though the State Government earlier said that it would not be able to supply adequate security as model code of conduct had been imple- mented post announcement of the panchayat elections finally relented in the face of a growing discontent in the masses, allowing the team to visit the disturbed zone, sources said. T he ‘All Fools’ Day’ popular as ‘April Fools’ Day’ turned out to be another day of politi- cal slugfest in India with the par- ties accusing each other of fool- ing the people of the country. While a shadow boxing was already going on in the social media, in a bid to add some more punch to the game, the Congress released a spoof video on the Twitter attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his poll promises. The BJP hit back soon with a video made out of clips of Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s speech bloopers. Terming April Fools’ Day as the ‘Happy Jumla Diwas’, the Congress in a sarcastic video message made in the form of ‘breaking news’ said the Modi Government has “cleaned Ganga”, “made smart cities”, “eliminated corruption through demonetisation, and has put 15 lakh in every Indian’s account.” It also lauded diamond traders Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi for ‘swiping clean’ the Punjab National Bank as part of the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyaan. “They (Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi) have been awarded a foreign trip for their acheiement,” the video says. Taking a dig at the Government on jobs front, the video said that the Modi Government has provided 200 crore jobs, and now, even aliens from Mars would work in India. The Congress continued its attack on Twitter too. “Thanks to the Modi Govt for eradicat- ing corruption from the very roots. Jay Shah too says thanks,” Congress tweeted while taking a dig at BJP president Amit Shah’s son. “Here are some other BREAKING NEWS stories trending this hour: An amount of INR 15,00,000.00 has been CREDITED to your A/C on 01/04/2018 towards Acche Din. Ref No. http://BJP00000420.Total Avail.bal INR 0.00,” the Congress tweeted. The Congress youth wing attacked the BJP on unem- ployment issues. “After wooing voters with big fat promises of Employment, Lower Inflation, 15 Lakhs support and what not, the Modi Govt terms them all as Jumlas. The convenience with which the Govt trans- forms Promises to Jumlas is extraordinary. Today is the day for the Govt,” the Youth Congress tweeted. Lawyer-turned-political activist Prashant Bhushan tweeted: “The promise of Jobs for youth, fair MSP for farmers, Lokpal, war on black money, 15 L in our pockets, scam free Govt (NiMo, Rafale, Birla/Sahara, Adani/Ambani), Ek Bharat for all, turned out to be #HappyJumlaDivas .” Compared to the attack, the BJP’s response was some- what muted though the BJP Karnataka’s Twitter did post a tweet about ‘Pappu Divas’. In the tweet, the BJP posted a pic- ture of a Game of Thrones character Ned Stark and asked: “Can someone please explain to us what is this #PappuDiwas #WorldPappuDay?” The BJP also came out with a video containing Rahul Gandhi’s blooper. The tweet read: “Mr. Rahul Gandhi, make no mistake, you are the undis- puted king of bloopers and this is just the trailer. We trust you will always keep us enter- tained.” I n a major setback to India’s space odyssey, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday lost contact with its military satellite GSAT 6A and was making efforts to renew links with it. GSAT 6A was launched two days ago at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and ISRO lost contact when it attempted to ignite the engine to move the satellite to its desired loca- tion. A textbook take-off of the second orbit raising operation was successfully carried out on Saturday. The space agency said that while the satellite was on course to normal operating con- figuration for the third and final firing scheduled for Sunday, communication with the satellite was lost. ISRO remained silent on the health of the satellite. The agency received data from the satellite for about four minutes after the second orbit raising operation, after which it went blank, a source said. A source also said it could be a power failure. The 2,140 kg GSAT-6A riding piggyback on ISRO’s powerful geosynchronous rock- et (GSLV-F08) fitted with the indigenous cryogenic engine at the third stage was put into orbit successfully after the launch in what was described by a senior ISRO official as a “magnificent mission”. U nion Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey’s son Arjit Shashwat Choubey was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Sunday and lodged in Bhagalpur Central jail after his mid-night arrest near Mahabir Mandir at Patna Junction. He was taken to Bhagalpur and pro- duced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at his residence. There were counter claims whether Arjit was arrested by police or he had surrendered. The video footage of the midnight action showed he was near the temple with some of his supporters chanting slo- gans of Jai Sri Ram and Bharat Mata ki jai. Additional Director General of Police (headquarter) SK Singhal said Arjit has been arrested. “His move- ments were under surveillance and his calls were also tracked,” he added. Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj said police were keeping a close vigil on his movements. Bhagalpur police was also camping here, he added. P etrol price on Sunday hit a four-year high of 73.73 a litre while diesel rates touched an all-time high of 64.58 in the national Capital, renewing calls for the Government to cut excise tax rates. State-owned oil firms, which have been since June last year revising auto fuel prices daily, on Sunday raised petrol and diesel rates by 18 paise per litre each in Delhi, according to a price notification. Petrol in the national Capital now costs 73.73 a litre, the highest since September 14, 2014, when rates had hit 76.06. Diesel price at 64.58 is the highest ever, with previ- ous high of 64.22 being on February 7. The Oil Ministry had ear- lier this year sought a reduc- tion in excise duty on petrol and diesel to cushion the impact rising international oil rates but Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget presented on February 1 ignored those calls. India has the highest retail prices of petrol and diesel among South Asian nations as taxes account for half of the pump rates. Jaitley had raised excise duty nine times between November 2014 and January 2016 to shore up finances as global oil prices fell, but then cut the tax just once in October last year by 2 a litre. T he bodies of the 39 Indian work- ers abducted and killed in Iraq will be flown back to India on Monday. Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh on Sunday left for Iraq in a special flight to bring back the mor- tal remains of these persons killed by the ISIS in the war-ravaged country. “The Minister left around 1 pm from the Hindon airbase and is expect- ed to return with the bodies tomor- row,” an official said. The aircraft car- rying the bodies will first land at Amritsar followed by Patna and Kolkata where the bodies will be handed over to the family members. The news of the death of these men was broken External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Parliament. Sushma had said out of the 40 Indians abduct- ed by ISIS from Mosul in June 2014, one of them escaped posing as a Bangladeshi Muslim, while rest were taken to Badush shot dead. RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015

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Page 1: 4,4!1# *!4 5 ˚!˚˛˝#$˝%˚&’˛˙ (!˘ - dailypioneer.com … ·  · 1 day agoL in our pockets, scam free Govt (NiMo, Rafale, Birla/Sahara, Adani/Ambani), Ek Bharat for all,

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As reported first by ThePioneer quoting other

sources two days back, theIndia MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) on Sundayconfirmed that the country isexpected to witness one degreeabove normal temperaturebetween April and June acrosshalf the country with heatwave like conditions overCentral and northwest parts ofIndia. North India, includingthe national Capital Delhi, willface the maximum heat. Thetemperature in Delhi hasalready touched 40 degreesCelsius on Sunday.

There is also a high prob-ability of 76 per cent of maxi-mum temperatures in the coreHeat Wave (HW) zone duringthe 2018 hot weather season tobe above normal.

The Pioneer had reportedon its March 31 edition that therise in the country’s tempera-ture by nearly 1 degree Celsiusand erratic climatic patternsare set to impact the farmershard and reduce productivityin agriculture sector.

According to IMD’s sec-ond seasonal outlook for the2018 summer, normal to abovenormal temperatures will pre-vail over the core heat wavezones in the country. The core

heat wave zones are the Statesof Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab,HCD (Haryana, Chandigarh &Delhi), Himachal Pradesh,west and east Rajasthan,Uttarakhand, west and eastUttar Pradesh, west and eastMadhya Pradesh, Bihar,Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh,which will be witnessed morethan 1 degree Celsius than nor-mal.

“This means heat waveconditions will prevail in theseareas. However, normal toslightly below normal maxi-mum temperatures are likely toprevail over subdivisions ofeastern, east central and south-ern parts of the country,” saidofficials of IMD.

“The current sea surfacetemperature conditions pre-vailing over equatorial Pacificsuggest prevalence of La Niñaconditions. However, theatmospheric conditions are notsuggestive of La Niña condi-tions. The latest forecast fromMonsoon Mission ClimateForecast System (MMCFS)indicates that La Niña condi-tions are likely to continue atleast during the forecast peri-od. However, forecasts fromsome of the global climatecentres indicate weakening ofLa Nina conditions from thespring season onwards,” theIMD said.

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In a major breakthrough, theCrime Branch of the Delhi

Police on Sunday arrested threepersons, including two teach-ers of a private school, in con-nection with the alleged leak ofCentral Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE) Class XIIeconomics paper.

Joint Commissioner ofPolice (Crime) Alok Kumarsaid, “The arrested are Rishabhand Rohit, both teachers at theMother Khajani ConventSchool in Bawana, and Tauquir,who runs a coaching centre inOuter Delhi’s Bawana area.”

Rohit is a Physics teacherand Rishabh teachesMathematics at the MotherKhajani Convent School inBawana, added police. TheDelhi Police said that they havenot given clean chit to theCentral Board of SecondaryEducation.

Meanwhile, a CBSE officialwas suspended over laxity insupervising an examinationcentre in connection with thepaper leak case and a formalenquiry has been initiated inthe matter, the Union HumanResource Development (HRD)Ministry said on Sunday.

HRD Secretary Anil

Swarup tweeted, “On the direc-tion of HRD Minister PrakashJavdekar to take swift actionagainst culprits, the CBSE hassuspended KS Rana, the offi-cial found lax in supervisingexamination centre 0859 withimmediate effect. A formalinquiry has been instituted.”

“Consequent to the arrestof two teachers from MotherKhajani Convent School,Mungeshpur, Delhi, andcoaching institute headTauquir by Delhi Police, forcolluding to leak the class12economics paper and probedone by CBSE, a CBSE officialKS Rana, found lax in super-vision,” he further tweeted.

According to police, thetrio had been planning to leakthe Economics Question paperfor the last two weeks. “Theyare friends. So far, they havetold us that it is the first timethat they had leaked the paper,”said police.

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Terrorist groups received amajor blow in their south

Kashmir bastion as securityforces shot dead at least 12 ofthem belonging to HizbulMujahideen and Lashkar-e-Tayyiba outfits in three separateencounters in Shopian andAnantnag districts on Sunday.

Three soldiers and twocivilians have also been killedin the gunfights and subse-quent clashes near theencounter sites as peopleattempted to break cordons andhelp terrorists escape. Over ahundred civilians have beeninjured in the clashes, many ofthem hit with bullets or pelletsin their eyes.

Chief Minister MehboobaMufti has expressed grief overthe deaths of civilians even theJoint Resistance Leadership(JRL), a grouping of top sepa-ratist leaders, called for shutdownon Monday.

Army said that at least twoof the slain terrorists were

involved in the killing of off-dutyArmy officer Lt Ummer Fayaz inMay 2017 when he was abduct-ed and subsequently killed inImamsahib area of Shopianwhere he was attending weddingof his cousin.

“Today is a special day forthe counter terrorist operation inthe Valley for all our securityforces,” General OfficerCommanding of XV Corps LtGen AK Bhat told reporters at aPress conference at Awantiporaheadquarters of Victor Force, acounter-insurgency divisionoperating in south Kashmir.

“..Most importantly we havekilled two of the terroristsinvolved in the killing of LtUmmer Fayaz in May. We haveavenged his death,” Bhat saididentifying the involved terror-ists as Ishfaq Ahmad Malik andRiyaz Thokar.

Director General of PoliceShesh Paul Vaid told reportersthat seven local terrorists werekilled in a single gunfight atDraggad village. Sources said theultras had assembled in the vil-

lage for a meeting. The securityforces got a specific tip-off andcordoned the area leading tofierce gun battle.

Police said in a separateencounter at Peth Dialgam vil-lage in Anantnag district, a ter-rorist Rouf Khanday was killedwhile another ultra whose iden-tity was not revealed surrenderedhis arms.

Security officials said the first

anti-terror operation waslaunched in Peth DialgamAnantnag around 10:30 pm onSaturday after an input aboutultras presence.“Our SSPAnantnag made a special effort.He called the family members ofthe terrorist and exchanged talkswith him for about 30 minutesto leave the weapons. But unfor-tunately, he did not (pay) heedto the advice of his family and

instead fired. Police and forceshad no option but to retaliate andhe was killed. We caught otherone alive without harming. Idon’t think in any part of theworld forces will be doing oper-ation in this manner,” Vaid,flanked by Corps commanderand a battery of counter-insur-gency officers, said.

The encounters in Shopiandistrict, sources said, were

launched at around 12 am atDraggad and Kachdoora vil-lages, 20 kilometers apart fromeach other.

The gunfights erupted asheavy contingents of Army,CRPF and counter-insurgencypolice cordoned off the areas. Acivilian, identified as ZubairAhmad Bhat, was killed and over50 others were injured afterthey tried to march towards thegunfight sites. Another civilianMushtaq Ahmad Padrooreceived bullets near his house.Militants had reportedly takenpositions inside Padroo’s house.

Army said the operation atKachdoora was difficult as near-ly 13 civilians including two chil-dren had to be evacuated fromthe house where another groupof terrorists was hiding.

“We lost three of our jawansin this gunfight,” an Army offi-cer said. “Three ultras werekilled in the gunfight,” he said.The identity of the slain soldiersand terrorists in the gunfightcould not be established. Theslain terrorists in Draggadencounter were identified asZubair Turray, Ishfaq AhmadMalik, Yawar Itoo, NazimAhmad Dar, Adil AhmadThoker, Ubaid Ahmad Mallaand Riyaz Ahmad Thokar — allresidents of Shopian district.

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The Mamata Banerjee Governmentfinally agreed to let a four-mem-

ber BJP fact-finding team enter thecommunally troubled parts ofRaniganj and Asansol. The commu-nal violence that rocked the region,allegedly over Ram Navami celebra-tions, claiming three lives and injur-ing many others including a senior IPSofficer, was not spontaneous but cre-ated by the men in power in Bengal,party Vice-President OP Mathur,who led the group of four, said.

Mathur blamed the ChiefMinister for looking right through thesimmering situation and allowingthe people to suffer for narrow polit-ical gains.

The four-member team that com-prised Mathur, BJP national

spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussein,former Jharkhand DGP VD Ram andMP Rupa Ganguly would submit adetailed report on the riots to BJPpresident Amit Shah, they said.

Though the State Governmentearlier said that it would not be ableto supply adequate security as modelcode of conduct had been imple-mented post announcement of thepanchayat elections finally relented inthe face of a growing discontent in themasses, allowing the team to visit thedisturbed zone, sources said.

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The ‘All Fools’ Day’ popularas ‘April Fools’ Day’ turned

out to be another day of politi-cal slugfest in India with the par-ties accusing each other of fool-ing the people of the country.

While a shadow boxingwas already going on in thesocial media, in a bid to addsome more punch to the game,the Congress released a spoofvideo on the Twitter attackingPrime Minister Narendra Modion his poll promises. The BJPhit back soon with a videomade out of clips of Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi’sspeech bloopers.

Terming April Fools’ Dayas the ‘Happy Jumla Diwas’, theCongress in a sarcastic videomessage made in the form of‘breaking news’ said the Modi

Government has “cleanedGanga”, “made smart cities”,“eliminated corruption throughdemonetisation, and has put �15 lakh in every Indian’saccount.”

It also lauded diamondtraders Nirav Modi and MehulChoksi for ‘swiping clean’ thePunjab National Bank as partof the Swachchh BharatAbhiyaan. “They (Nirav Modi,Mehul Choksi) have beenawarded a foreign trip for theiracheiement,” the video says.Taking a dig at the Governmenton jobs front, the video saidthat the Modi Governmenthas provided 200 crore jobs,and now, even aliens fromMars would work in India.

The Congress continued itsattack on Twitter too. “Thanksto the Modi Govt for eradicat-ing corruption from the very

roots. Jay Shah too says thanks,”Congress tweeted while takinga dig at BJP president AmitShah’s son.

“Here are some otherBREAKING NEWS storiestrending this hour: An amount

of INR 15,00,000.00 has beenCREDITED to your A/C on01/04/2018 towards Acche Din.Ref No.http://BJP00000420.TotalAvail.bal INR 0.00,” theCongress tweeted.

The Congress youth wingattacked the BJP on unem-ployment issues. “After wooingvoters with big fat promises ofEmployment, Lower Inflation,15 Lakhs support and what not,the Modi Govt terms them allas Jumlas. The conveniencewith which the Govt trans-forms Promises to Jumlas isextraordinary. Today is the dayfor the Govt,” the YouthCongress tweeted.

Lawyer-turned-politicalactivist Prashant Bhushantweeted: “The promise of Jobsfor youth, fair MSP for farmers,Lokpal, war on black money, 15

L in our pockets, scam freeGovt (NiMo, Rafale,Birla/Sahara, Adani/Ambani),Ek Bharat for all, turned out tobe #HappyJumlaDivas .”

Compared to the attack,the BJP’s response was some-what muted though the BJPKarnataka’s Twitter did post atweet about ‘Pappu Divas’. Inthe tweet, the BJP posted a pic-ture of a Game of Thronescharacter Ned Stark and asked:“Can someone please explain tous what is this #PappuDiwas#WorldPappuDay?”

The BJP also came outwith a video containing RahulGandhi’s blooper. The tweetread: “Mr. Rahul Gandhi, makeno mistake, you are the undis-puted king of bloopers and thisis just the trailer. We trust youwill always keep us enter-tained.”

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In a major setback to India’sspace odyssey, the Indian

Space Research Organisation(ISRO) on Sunday lost contactwith its military satellite GSAT6A and was making efforts torenew links with it.

GSAT 6A was launchedtwo days ago at Sriharikota inAndhra Pradesh and ISROlost contact when it attemptedto ignite the engine to movethe satellite to its desired loca-tion.

A textbook take-off of thesecond orbit raising operationwas successfully carried out onSaturday. The space agency saidthat while the satellite was oncourse to normal operating con-

figuration for the third and finalfiring scheduled for Sunday,communication with the satellitewas lost. ISRO remained silenton the health of the satellite.

The agency received datafrom the satellite for about fourminutes after the second orbitraising operation, after whichit went blank, a source said. Asource also said it could be apower failure.

The 2,140 kg GSAT-6Ariding piggyback on ISRO’spowerful geosynchronous rock-et (GSLV-F08) fitted with theindigenous cryogenic engine atthe third stage was put intoorbit successfully after thelaunch in what was describedby a senior ISRO official as a“magnificent mission”.

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Union Minister of State for HealthAshwini Kumar Choubey’s son

Arjit Shashwat Choubey was sent to14-day judicial custody on Sundayand lodged in Bhagalpur Central jailafter his mid-night arrest nearMahabir Mandir at Patna Junction.He was taken to Bhagalpur and pro-duced before the Additional ChiefJudicial Magistrate at his residence.

There were counter claimswhether Arjit was arrested by policeor he had surrendered. The videofootage of the midnight actionshowed he was near the temple withsome of his supporters chanting slo-

gans of Jai Sri Ram and Bharat Mataki jai.

Additional Director General ofPolice (headquarter) SK Singhal saidArjit has been arrested. “His move-ments were under surveillance and hiscalls were also tracked,” he added.Patna SSP Manu Maharaaj said policewere keeping a close vigil on hismovements. Bhagalpur police wasalso camping here, he added.

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Petrol price on Sunday hit afour-year high of �73.73 a

litre while diesel rates touchedan all-time high of �64.58 in thenational Capital, renewing callsfor the Government to cutexcise tax rates. State-owned oilfirms, which have been sinceJune last year revising auto fuelprices daily, on Sunday raisedpetrol and diesel rates by 18

paise per litre each in Delhi,according to a price notification.

Petrol in the nationalCapital now costs �73.73 a litre,the highest since September 14,

2014, when rates had hit�76.06. Diesel price at �64.58is the highest ever, with previ-ous high of �64.22 being onFebruary 7.

The Oil Ministry had ear-lier this year sought a reduc-tion in excise duty on petroland diesel to cushion theimpact rising international oilrates but Finance MinisterArun Jaitley in his Budgetpresented on February 1ignored those calls.

India has the highest retailprices of petrol and dieselamong South Asian nations astaxes account for half of thepump rates. Jaitley had raisedexcise duty nine times betweenNovember 2014 and January2016 to shore up finances asglobal oil prices fell, but thencut the tax just once in Octoberlast year by �2 a litre.

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The bodies of the 39 Indian work-ers abducted and killed in Iraq will

be flown back to India on Monday.Minister of State for External AffairsV K Singh on Sunday left for Iraq ina special flight to bring back the mor-tal remains of these persons killed bythe ISIS in the war-ravaged country.

“The Minister left around 1 pmfrom the Hindon airbase and is expect-ed to return with the bodies tomor-row,” an official said. The aircraft car-rying the bodies will first land atAmritsar followed by Patna andKolkata where the bodies will behanded over to the family members.

The news of the death of these menwas broken External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj in Parliament. Sushmahad said out of the 40 Indians abduct-ed by ISIS from Mosul in June 2014, oneof them escaped posing as a BangladeshiMuslim, while rest were taken toBadush shot dead.

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The safety performance ofthe North Central Railway

(NCR) has shown an improve-ment by 57 per cent whichmeans that the accidents on thezone have decline by the samepercentage during the lastfinancial year that ended on 31March.

On the other hand NorthFrontier Railway NFR hasachieved the target of elimina-tion of all unmanned levelcrossings in group “B” route on31st March, adhering to the tar-get set by Railway board.

The North Central Railway(NCR) claimed that it tookproactive steps for safety intrain operations that yieldedhandsome results in the finan-cial year 2017-18, which hasjust closed on 31 March.

NCR GM MC Chauhan,while talking to reporters, onSunday said that this improve-ment in safety was achieved byregular weekly safety confer-ences in which all the safetyrelated issues were discussedthreadbare and remedialactions to be taken wereadvised.

NCR also launchedMission Zero SPAD (SignalPassing At Danger) in February2017. “This initiative gave spec-tacular results by achievingZero SPAD by the Loco Pilots

belonging to NCR on NCR inthe financial year 2017-18,”said MC Chauhan, GM NCR.

NCR claimed that it alsokeep conducting intensiveinspections especially night,footplate and surprise inspec-tions by officers and supervi-sors in addition to training andsensitization of frontline staff insafety-related matters.

NF Railway has 230 kms ofGroup “B” route betweenMalda Town and NewJalpaiguri. There are 22 un-manned level crossings in thissection, all of which have beeneliminated. 21 of them by man-ning i.e. by posting gatemanand 1 by diversion.

Presence of un-mannedlevel crossing is a major safety

concern, that too in a highspeed and high density trafficroute. Elimination of these 22un-manned crossings hasaddressed this serious safetyconcern for the railway.It is tobe mentioned that NF Railwayhas so far eliminated 229 un-manned level crossing s during2017-18. All un-manned levelcrossing, in all routes of therailway are to be eliminated by31 March, 2019.

Railway routes are classi-fied into various categoriesbased on the future maximumpermissible speed i.e. Group “A”with sanctioned speed of 160km per hour, Group “B” withsanctioned speed of 130 km perhour, Group “C”, Group “D”,Group “E” etc.

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As talks of an anti-BJP frontfor the next Lok Sabha

polls gain ground, Kerala ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan hassaid he is not in favour of join-ing hands with the Congress toforge an opposition alliancethat should be aimed at givingpeople a real political alterna-tive .

Vijayan, 73, also said thatregional parties are strongthese days and that the syner-gy between them could beused to take on the rulingBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) inthe general elections due nextyear. Alleging that the BJPhas been destroying the coun-try's democratic norms, theCPI-M veteran, who com-pletes two years in office nextMay, said co-operationbetween regional parties wasessential to "defeat those whomust be defeated".

The remarks by the lonecommunist chief ministercome against the backdrop ofWest Bengal Chief Ministerand Trinamool Congress(TMC) chief Mamata Banerjeeand her Telangana counterpartand Telangana Rashtra Samithichief K Chandrashekhar Raokickstarting efforts to form aso-called Federal Front' with orwithout the Congress.

Regional parties are strongthese days. Regional tie-upscan be considered during elec-tions for a real political alter-native. There is no point injoining hands with one par-ticular party at the nationallevel, Vijayan told PTI in anexclusive interview here.

The draft political resolu-tion adopted at CPI-M'sCentral Committee meeting inKolkata in January this year

had ruled out any electoralalliance or understanding withthe Congress.

But, the Committee hadsaid that the main objective ofthe party is to defeat theBharatiya Janata Party and itwill focus on "mobilising allsecular democratic forces forthat purpose.

Interestingly, on March 30,the CPM announced that itwould support the "strongestcandidates" who would be in aposition to defeat the BJP inthe upcoming Assembly pollsin Karnataka, which mightmean even supportingCongress nominees.

Continuing his scathingattack on the BJP-led NDAgovernment, Vijayan said sec-ular minds are disturbed by thehappenings around the coun-try which would lead to amovement sweeping away theright-wing Government frompower. Vijayan was in Delhi toattend the Central Committeemeeting of the CPI-M earlythis week. There is a newuprising. Take a look at thefarmers' uprising in somestates. The states ruled by theBJP are witnessing people'smovements, he said.

"Trade unions are agitat-ing. The cultural scene in thecountry is already in trouble.The youth and the campusesacross the country are on

streets protesting for theirdemocratic rights. There is aneed for a real (political) alter-native.

The chief minister alsosaid it was saddening that cer-tain Constitutional bodies havebeen acting as a puppet in thehands of the government,remarks seen as an attackagainst the ElectionCommission of India.

The poll body faced criti-cism over its controversialdecision to delay the declara-tion of the Gujarat Asemblypolls last year until the last rallyof Prime Minister NarendraModi.

"They (BJP) are destroyingthe Constitutional bodies ofthe country. CertainConstitutional bodies havebeen acting as a puppet in thehands of government. This issaddening. Secular minds aredisturbed by the happenings.Secularism is in great dangerhere. A movement will beginin the country which willsweep the BJP away frompower," he said.

"What we have to focus onnow is how is to effect achange. When we are able toshow some difference, it bringsan overall change. It may notgive us any political advantagebut we could bring somechange by helping to defeatthose who must be defeated,"Vijayan added.

Vijayan, while talkingabout the recent assembly pollsin Tripura where the long-standing bastion of the LeftFront collapsed in the saffronwave, said it was the Congressparty which lost its base there.

In the state Assembly elec-tions since 1983, the BJP hadnever polled more than 2 per-cent votes in Tripura, except in

1998 when it polled 5.87 per-cent votes.

"The Centre's show ofauthority and a huge moneyflow resulted in BJP coming topower in Tripura, he alleged,adding, The 10 MLAs that theCongress had there nowbelong to the BJP .

He also pointed out that 36of the BJP candidates fielded inthe Tripura election were withthe Congress party last timeand the grand old party couldgarner only 1.5 per cent of thevote, when compared to the 36per cent it got last time.

"The rest went to BJP. Itmeans that the Congress hasbecame BJP. Along with thatthey joined hands with theIndigenous People's Front ofTripura (IPFT)," he said.

"If we look at UttarPradesh assembly election lastyear, the Samajwadi Party (SP)and the Congress contestedtogether. SP had considerableinfluence there but that wasnot visible in the election. Atthe same time Congress lost itsdeposit at many places," hesaid.

Referring to the denial ofpermission for notices for no-confidence motion against thegovernment in Lok Sabha,Vijayan said democratic normsare getting toppled .

Lok Sabha SpeakerSumitra Mahajan has citedlack of order in the House fornot taking up the notices.

"The Parliament functionsas per a procedure. If a no-con-fidence motion was moved,and has got enough support,then how can one try to stopit? They were saying that theSpeaker was not able to ascer-tain the number of membersinside the house. It's ridiculous.This is a black mail.

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As BJP is trying to step up itsorganisational thrust to win

over backward caste con-stituency by observing‘Ambedkar Samajik Nyay Diwas’on April 14, the birthday of Daliticon BhimRao Ambedkar, twoof its Dalit MPs have registeredprotest against the alleged moveto end reservation, dilution ofSC/ST atrocities Act, and UPGovernment’s decision to addAmbedkar’s middle name‘Ramji’ in State official records.

The voices of ‘Dalit dissent’from within have come closeto the party gearing up toobserve April 14 as social jus-tice day in all districts. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi isexpected to inaugurate theAlipore Road memorial , thelast residence of Ambedkar inthe Capital, on the same day.

BJP MP from Baharaichconstituency of Eastern UttarPradesh Savatri Bai Phule, haslaunched an open revolt againsther party-led Governments atthe Centre and the State. She hasbeen lashing out at a section ofthe senior leaders of the BJP forallegedly ‘fiddling with the con-stitution'.

Phule alleged that the BJPwas trying to end reservation atthe behest of some of its seniorleaders, and announced agita-

tion under the banner of ‘NamoBuddhai Jenseva Simiti. With aneye on Lok Sabha poll in herconstituency, Phule has beensoliciting support of ScheduledCastes, OBCs and minorities inher constituency.

The MP has sought intro-duction of reservation in privatesector, strengthening of pre-vention of atrocities against SCand ST, introduction of a pro-motion quota in Governmentdepartments and ensuringreservation for dalits andminorities in it.

BJP leaders have offered nocomments on her rebellion inthe State. The MP has becomemore vocal after Supreme courtruling againstany automaticarrest under SC/ST (Preventionof Atrocities ) Act.

In its ruling on March 23,

the Supreme Court expressedconcern over rampant misuseof the SC/ST Act and intro-duced the provision of antici-patory bail and directed thatthere would be no automaticarrest on any complaint filedunder the law and a preliminaryinquiry must be conducted bypolice within seven days beforetaking any action.

Another BJP MP Udit Rajhas taken exception to UP gov-ernment’s decision to addAmbedkar’s middle name‘Ramji’ in all state records . Hesaid the move would create anunnecessary controversy.

“I don't find any reason tochange his name, it's an indi-vidual's freedom to decide howhe wants to be known, Why cre-ate a controversy unnecessari-ly?”, he said reacting to UP

Government’s decision, seenby political opponents of theBJP as an act of appropriatingdalit icon’s name.

The MP from North-WestDelhi also claimed that the com-munity was not happy on themove. The UP Government hadrecently sent a circular saying“documents related toGovernment will now have hiscorrect name”. Ramji is the mid-dle name of Ambedkar’s father.

The BJP has chalked outabout a month-long pro-gramme sheet for variousorganisational functions includ-

ing observing `Ambedkarsamajik Nyay` divas on April 14in all districts . A range of pro-grammes would continue fromApril 14 to May five whichwould include April 18`Swachch Bharat Divas`, April20 `Ujjawala diva`, April 24`Panchayati Raj Divas` andApril April 30 `Swasth Bharatdivas` and May 2 ̀ Kisan kaliandivas` and May 5 `Ajivika andkaushal divas.` All these func-tions will be attended by all theMPs ,MLAs and party workersin all the districts across thecountry.

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Anew study has warnedthat up to half of plant and

animal species in the world’smost naturally rich areasincluding India’s WesternGhats could be wiped off bythe end of the century due toclimate change if carbon emis-sions is left unchecked.

The study ‘Impacts of cli-mate change on wildlife’ bythe University of East Anglia,the James Cook University,and World Wildlife Fundexamined various climatechange scenarios and theirimpact on nearly 80,000 plantand animal species in 35 of theworld’s most diverse and nat-urally wildlife-rich areas (SeeBox).

Researchers selected eacharea for its uniqueness and thevariety of plants and animalsfound there.

The findings pointed to anurgent need for action on cli-mate change. “We will seealmost 50 per cent species lossin areas studied if global tem-peratures rise by 4.5°C and 25per cent species loss in areasstudied if we limit global tem-

perature rise to 2°C,” says thestudy.

“Hotter days, longer peri-ods of drought, and moreintense storms are becomingthe new normal, and speciesaround the world are already

feeling the effects,” said NikhilAdvani, lead specialist for cli-mate, communities, andwildlife at WWF. “While wework to ratchet down emis-sions, it’s critical we alsoimprove our understanding

of species response to climatechange and develop strategiesto help them adapt.”

The study gave instance ofanimal species like Africanwild dogs which are sensitiveto heat and typically hunt inthe cooler periods of the day.Hotter temperatures poten-tially mean shorter huntingperiods and less food whichcould reduce pup survivalwhile rising temperatureswould also shrink or eliminatethe animals’ range. Climatechange may increase thespread of some wildlife dis-eases, says the study.

Similarly, severe draughtswill have direct impact onnumber of African elephantwhich need 150-300 liters perday per day for drinking pur-pose while sea turtle will faceissues with feeding and breed-ing grounds.

The researchers havecalled for stronger climatemitigation efforts to avoidsevere loss of biodiversity.

In fact, a report “IUCNWorld Heritage Outlook 2”released last year by theInternational Union forConservation of Nature

(IUCN) had pointed out thatpressure from the humanpopulation in the WesternGhats region is greater thanthat faced by many protectedareas around the world.

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Aparliamentary panel hasexhorted the Ministry of

Water Resources to acceleratethe pace of implementation of‘inter-linking of rivers’, projectand set a timeline as many ofthe projects have neither beentaken up. The panel has soughta greater role of Prime MinisterOffice and Ministry of ExternalAffairs to prevent loss of cropsand property caused every yearby floods from rivers flowing inthe country from the neigh-boring countries. This obser-vation was made by a panelheaded by senior Congressleader Mallikarjun Kharge in itsreport “Disaster Preparednessin India”.

The total flood affectedarea in the country is over456.40 lakh hectares of land.An average of 72.25 lakhhectare of land is affectedannually by f loods ofwhich37.89 lakh hectare iscropped area. Thus floodscause loss of livelihood of lakhsof farmers every year in thecountry. India has 4728 reser-voirs or large dams in 29 states.According to an estimate in2002, the total cost of inter link-ing of river is likely to be over�5, 60,000 crore.

The panel also examinedthe preparedness of states andunion territories from floods inthe country. “Only eight stateshave prepared emergencyaction plan for 192 large damsagainst 4728 large dams in 29states,” the report said.

According to officials ofMinistry of Water Resources,

National Water DevelopmentAgency has studied and pre-pared reports on 14 inter-linkprojects for Himalayan com-ponent, 16 inter-link projectsfor Peninsular component and37 intrastate river linking pro-jects The average rainfall inIndia is about 4,000 billioncubic meter, but most of India'srainfall comes over a 4 monthperiod - June throughSeptember.

The idea of interlinking ofrivers in the Indian subconti-nent is atleast 150 years old.During the British Raj in India,Sir Arthur Cotton, a Britishgeneral and irrigation engineer,first suggested linking theGanga and the Cauvery fornavigational purposes.

Dr. K.L. Rao’s Proposal(1972), which had 2640 km.long Ganga - Cauvery link asits main component involvedlarge scale pumping over ahead of 550 m. The powerrequirement for lifting thewater was huge, estimated to be5000 to 7000 MW, for irrigat-

ing an additional area of 4 mil-lion hectares only. The schemewas also not having any floodcontrol benefit. Dr. Rao hadestimated this proposal to costabout Rs. 12,500 crores, whichat 2002 price level comes toabout Rs. 1,50,000 crores. TheCentral Water Commission,which examined the proposal,found it to be grossly underestimated and economicallyprohibitive.

In another proposal, Capt.Dastur Proposal (1977) envis-aged construction of two canals– the first 4200 km. HimalayanCanal at the foot of Himalayanslopes running from the Raviin the West to the Brahmaputraand beyond in the east; and thesecond 9300 km Garland Canalcovering the central and south-ern parts, with both the canalsintegrated with numerous lakesand interconnected withpipelines at two points, Delhiand Patna. The cost estimatedby Capt. Dastur was Rs. 24,095crores. The cost estimated bythe experts in 1979 was about

Rs. 12 million crores. The real-istic cost at 2002 price levelcomes to about Rs. 70 millioncrores.

The total expenditure like-ly to be incurred on inter-link-ing of rivers can only be knownafter completion of all indi-vidual Detailed ProjectReports. As per DPR, the esti-mated cost of Ken-Betwa LinkProject Phase-I and Phase-IIare about Rs. 18057.08 croresand about Rs.2282.94 croresrespectively. The estimated costof Damanganga-Pinjal LinkProject is about Rs.3008 crores.The estimated cost of Par –Tapi – Narmada Link project isRs. 9279 Crore.

“But the project is not sim-ply a scheme to connect riversby canals. It is a system of largedams and high-capacity canalsto sequentially transfer verylarge volumes of water fromone river basin to another, toconnect the high-discharge,perennial Himalayan riverswith the seasonal rivers ofpeninsular India,” said offi-cials.

The decades-long Cauverywater dispute principallybetween Karnataka and TamilNadu, is a typical example ofStates sharing water of one(Cauvery) river basin betweentwo states. Another typicalexample is the decades-longSYL canal dispute of Punjaband Haryana, inter-basin(Sutlej and Yamuna) watersharing, with Punjab enactinga law not to share its water withHaryana, and the SupremeCourt striking down that law as“unconstitutional”.

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NMDC Ltd will soon startwork for distribution of

piping and setting up a gasmixing station at its upcoming3 MTPA integrated steel plantat Nagarnar near Jagdalpur inBastar region of Chhattisgarh,officials informed.

Notably, the company hadalready commissioned the220KV GIS (Gas InsulatedSwitch) Main Receiving Sub-station recently followed byPower supply to the SinterPlant.

Subsequently, as per sched-ule, power will be steppeddown to 33KV and conductedto the 11 sub-stations that willdistribute power to differentunits of the steel plant by the

Plant Power DistributionSystem (PPDS) through over-head cable gallery system.

BHEL-Industrial SystemsGroup, Bangalore has engi-neered, supplied, erected andis commissioning the 11 sub-stations for NISP’s PPDSPackage at a cost of �359crores.

The Power sub-stationpackages that will be activat-ed subsequently are the RawMaterial Handling Plant,Coke Oven, Blast Furnace,Steel Melting Shop, Hot StripMil l , Lime & DolomiteCalcination Plant and RailwayYard, officials informed.

NMDC’s �15525 crore 3MTPA capacity steel plantproject in Bastar is slated tobe commissioned inSeptember 2018. Of the steelPlant’s total power require-ment of 296 MW, the com-pany proposes to take 241MW from the grid throughChattisgarh State PowerTransmission CorporationLimited (CSPTCL) while thebalance will be generated in-house.

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I am committed to the devel-opment of Raipur city being

a legislator from the city andhave ascertained the all roundprogress in my previous threeterms”, said Minister for PublicWorks, Housing andEnvironment, Rajesh Munat.

Addressing ‘Meet to Press’programme at Raipur PressClub on Sunday, Munat saidwhen he got elected and wasmade PWD Minister, he includ-ing 26 of the outskirts villages inmunicipal limits converted themas developed wards.

My efforts were instrumen-tal in formation of Chhattisgarh

State Textbook Corporationwhen I was Minister for SchoolEducation, he said.

Talking about his efforts

for industrial development in thecapital, Munat said he con-vened an international levelGlobal Summit to pave way forthe industrial development .

Regarding works done inthe field of environment con-servation, Munat said beautifi-cation of lakes and road widen-ing work were done at a masslevel for making the city beau-tiful.

To reduce the traffic volumein the already existing narrowroads of the city flyovers weremade. And thus the problem oftraffic jam was rectified, hesaid.

Construction of an inter-national level swimming pool

and establishment of CentralLibrary are few more works tobe counted, he said.

Being Transport Minister Iensured transparency in RTOand made the Chhattisgarh statefirst which completely abol-ished the ‘Toll Barriers’ andexempted tax on them, he said.

Munat also lauded theefforts of Chhattisgarh HousingBoard and Raipur DevelopmentAuthority for overcoming fromthe situation of haphazard devel-opment in the city.

Citing details of KamalVihar, he said the township isbeing developed with under-ground sewerage system, tele-phone and electric lines.

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Atotal of seven proposalsunder the Central Road

Fund (CRF) scheme have beenreceived from Chhattisgarhrelating to State Roads andNational Highways, the CentralGovernment has informed.

The seven estimatesamounting to �294.18 crorehave been processed forapproval, it informed.

Notably, a sum of �1897crore have been allocated forthe construction of NationalHighways during the last threeyears in Chhattisgarh underhead National Highway(Original) and NationalHighway DevelopmentProgram – IV, the CentralGovernment informed lastyear.

There are 18 numbers ofNational Highways passingthrough Chhattisgarh, itinformed.

A length of 378 km four-lane National Highway havebeen completed in the State.

Out of total 2032 kms,National Highways had beendeclared in-principle inChhattisgarh and stretches willbe taken up for developmentdepending upon inter-se pri-ority and availability of funds.

Nationally, about 20,557km of National Highways areunder DPR preparation as onJune 30 in the last financialyear, the Governmentinformed.

Notably, the UnionMinistry of Road Transportand Highways allocated �1533.68 crores to Chhattisgarh

for development of nationalhighways during the last finan-cial year, the Government hasinformed.

A total of �895.63 crorehad already been spent ordevelopment of national high-ways in the State, it informed.

During the last financialyear, a total of �359.94 crorewas allocated out of which339.80 crore was spent for thedevelopment of national high-ways in Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh is also all setto get new national highways(NHs) with roads totallinglength of 1367 kms, informofficials.

It may be recalled thatChhattisgarh had been alreadyinviting private investors toset up manufacturing clustersfor taking advantage of five seaports within its 600 km reachfrom the State.

With five ports Paradipand Dhamra in Odisha,Visakhapatnam, Kakinada andMachillipatnam in AndhraPradesh, the opportunity ofsetting up of manufacturingclusters in Chhattisgarh isimmense, officials informed.

The ChhattisgarhGovernment in 2015-16 hadinformed that it had adoptedPublic Private Partnership(PPP) model for developmentof roads and expects capitalinvestment of nearly �10,000crore.

A total of 12 roads havebeen marked underChhattisgarh State RoadDevelopment Project, out ofwhich work on developing sixroads has already been started,

officials stated.In 2015-16, a total of 3724

kms of roads were built andupgraded and construction of41 bridges has been complet-ed. Construction of 123bridges is in progress, officialshad informed.

The Union Ministry ofRoad Transport and Highwayshad approved � 3,300 crore forbroadening and upgradationof the National Highways inChhattisgarh in 2015-16.

Notably in July 2015, theCentral government had alsoannounced that it wouldaward contracts for three keyroad projects in Chhattisgarhmeasuring 149 kms to bedeveloped at an estimated cost

of �3,522 crores this year, offi-cials stated.

It had targetted to award273 road projects in the coun-try covering a length ofapproximately 12,900 kmamounting to about �1,26,700 crore during 2015-16under various schemes of theUnion Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways, offi-cials had stated.

The Central governmenthad also sanctioned anamount of �305.56 crore for 10important works underCentral Road Fund Schemeduring 2015-16 inChhattisgarh, officials stated.

These 10 works includeconstruction of one road

route, two Railway over-bridges and under-bridges,one fly-over and bridge.

The Union Ministry ofRoad Transport and Highwaysacquired 115 hectares of landin Chhattisgarh for taking upvarious national highway pro-jects during 2015-16, theCentral Government hasinformed.

Notably, land for the con-struction of NationalHighways in the country isacquired under the provisionsof the National Highways(NHs) Act, 1956, and thecompensation is determinedin consonance with the applic-able provisions of the Right toFair Compensation and

Transparency in LandAcquisition, Rehabilitationand Resettlement (RFCT-LARR) Act, 2013.

The National HighwaysAuthority of India (NHAI)had acquired 66 hectares ofland during 2014-15. It hadtargetted to complete 10,950km of National Highways dur-ing 2015-16 in the country. Atotal length of 1733 km havebeen constructed till July 31,2015.

The Central governmenthad also sanctioned an amountof � 305.56 crore for 10 impor-tant works under Central RoadFund Scheme during 2015-16in Chhattisgarh, officials stat-ed.

The ChhattisgarhGovernment had been sanc-tioned �352 crores for devel-opment of roads in Left WingExtremism (LWE) infesteddistricts under RoadRequirement Plan-I (RRP-I)during the last financial year,the Central Government hasinformed.

The Government hasapproved a scheme of con-struction of roads under LeftWing Extremism (LWE)under Road RequirementPlan-I (RRP-I) in 2009 fordevelopment of 5477 km roadsat a cost of �7300 crore cov-ering eight States viz. AndhraPradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Odisha (erst-while Orissa) and UttarPradesh, with other devel-oped areas of the respectiveStates as well as neighbouringStates and other parts of thecountry.

The ChhattisgarhGovernment had informedlast year that new roads mea-suring 1320 kms have beencompleted in Left WingExtremism (LWE) infesteddistricts of the State underCentre’s RRP-I scheme.

Notably, a total of 6372rural roads measuring 26,815kms had been prepared inChhattisgarh so far involvingan expenditure of Rs 7880crore under Pradhan MantriGramin Sadak Yojana(PMGSY) during the lastfinancial year.

The Government havetaken up the task of con-structing a total of 98 roads inseven districts of the Stateunder Pradhan Mantri GramSadak Yojana (PMGSY).

The districts where theroads would be constructedare- Sukma, Rajnandgaon,Bijapur, Dantewada,Kondagaon, Janjjgir-Champaand Kanker, officials informed.

Notably, a total of 6372rural roads measuring 26,815kms had been prepared inChhattisgarh so far involvingan expenditure of `7880 croreunder Pradhan Mantri GraminSadak Yojana (PMGSY) duringthe last financial year.

A total of 6697 rural roadshad been approved by theCentral Government measur-ing 29,562 kms under PMGSY.

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Atotal of 56 proposals havebeen received by the Union

Ministry of Textiles during lastmore than three years fromChhattsgarh under NationalHandloom DevelopmentProgramme(NHDP) out ofwhich 51 projects have beensanctioned with a projectedcost of Rs. 16.68 crore, theCentral Government hasinformed.

Notably, a total of 940weavers had been benefitedunder the Village IndustriesDepartment’s IntegratedHandloom DevelopmentProgramme in the State during2016-17 , officials informed.

Rural Industr yDepartment Off icialsinformed that this schemewas started for development ofhandloom weavers of theState, under which financial-ly weak weavers of rural areasare divided into groups of 20and are provided weavingtraining of four months so asto make them more employ-able.

For making designs as perthe market demands, weaversare provided two-months ofskill improvement training.Weavers who do not havetheir own looms are providedRs 25,000 for loom and Rs3000 for other necessaryequipment. Moreover,Weavers cooperative societiesare provided financial aid of Rs20 lakh each for infrastructuredevelopment.

A total of 8,500 personswere provided employmentunder the Prime MinisterEmployment GenerationProgramme (PMEGP) in

Chhattisgarh during the pasteight years, officials stated.

According to ChhattisgarhKhadi and Village IndustriesBoard, the PMEGP duringthe financial year 2015-16 ason December 2015 had pro-vided fund of �17.56 crore to830 cottage industry units forcommencing their works. Inturn, these units have provid-ed employment to 948 per-sons. The PMEGP is a pro-gramme sponsored by CentralKhadi and Village IndustriesCommission.

Under this scheme, forsetting up of cottage industry,projects costing upto � 25lakh is sanctioned. For bene-ficiaries of general categorymargin money of �25 per centis provided by the Board,while for beneficiaries belong-ing to the female category, ST,SC and OBC class, 35 per centmargin money is provided asgrant, officers said.

The loan availed from thebank has to be returned overa period of seven years, theysaid.

Mainly Poha Mill, mini

rice mill, crusher plant, lackproduction, bamboo and caneproduction center, potterybusiness, pulses mill, flourmill, soap industry, incense

sticks, candle industry, car-penter works, ironsmith,hosiery, production of utensilsfrom brass-copper-brass, alu-minum utensil, iron furnitureproduction unit and others arefinanced under the pro-gramme.

As many as 119 cottageindustry units were estab-lished in Chhattisgarh involv-ing an estimated cost of �1.78crore under Prime MinisterEmployment GenerationProgramme (PMEGP) during2015-16, officials stated.

The project inChhattisgarh is being run byChhattisgarh Khadi andGramodhyog Board.

Notably, Chhattisgarh had7,586 persons involved inmanufacture of Khadi prod-ucts as on March 31, 2015,officials stated.

Out of the 7,586 persons,there were 6502 spinners and1084 weavers, according to thedata released by the UnionMinistry of Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (MSME),officials stated.

Notably, the ChhattisgarhKhadi and Village IndustriesBoard has been churning outtrained youngsters throughits various training pro-grammes from rural areaswith complete knowledge ofavailability of raw material,marketing and financial man-agement to run their units ,officials stated.

Beneficiaries of thisscheme also have easy accessto bank loans.

The Board provided self-employment training to 73youth from rural pockets ofthe State during 2014-15under its Artisan TrainingScheme.

Nearly �14.84 lakh hasbeen spent on this training inthe programme.

Board officials informedthat under this scheme, young-sters of rural areas are pro-vided training in varioustrades for self-employment.

It may be recalled that theChhattisgarh government hasalso established an ApparelTraining & Designing Centreeach in Bilaspur, Raipur,Bhilai and Rajnandgaon, offi-cials stated.

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Chief Secretary Ajay Singh hasdirected officials to establish

32 Kv power transmission line tomeet the rising power supplydemand of Dr BhimraoAmbedkar Hospital and PanditJawaharlal Nehru MedicalCollege in Raipur on Saturday.

In a review meeting held atthe Mantralaya, the Chief

Secretary directed that the offi-cials must ensure pure drinkingwater for patients in all govern-ment hospitals of the State.

He also directed that allgovernment hospitals must haveproper arrangement for dispos-al of bio medical waste andshould have sewerage treatmentplant.

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Reacting to the statement ofChief Minister Raman

Singh that the BJP will pass theexamination with first class bysecuring 65 plus seats in theupcoming Assembly polls in

the State, Chhattisgarh In-charge of All India CongressCommittee (AICC), P.L. Puniasaid this time the BJP will bedefeated in the polls.

Punia who is on a two-dayvisit to the state while talkingto media persons here atSwami Vivekananda Airport,said this time Congress party

would have a clean sweep in theupcoming polls.

This time the Congressparty is working at the booth

level and the candidates withthe help of organization wouldcertainly ascertain their victo-ry, he said.

Commenting on the ChiefMinister’s claim Punia said thetruth would come to fore afterthe polls.

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In Haryana, textbooks will beavailable in all Government

schools before the commence-ment of new academic sessionwhich is being started fromApril 2, an official spokesmansaid on Sunday.

Stating this in Rewari, thespokesman said that this wasfor the first time when the workof delivering textbooks inschools was being completedbefore the start of new session.

This time, the governmenthad paid complete attention inthis direction. Earlier, due todelay in availability of text-books in schools, courses werenot completed on time and

both the student and teacherwere worried. This had alsoimpacted the results. This timethe textbooks have alreadybeen reached in schools beforethe commencement of newsession.

He said that there is provi-sion to provide free text booksfrom I to VIII classes in all gov-ernment schools in the state.The new academic sessionwould start from April 2 andstudy in schools would not bedisrupted due to lack of books.

The spokesman added thattextbooks from I to V and VIIclasses had already reachedgovernment school and thesame for VI and VIII standardwould reach by Monday.

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As Union Minister of Statefor External Affairs V K

Singh left for Iraq to bring backthe mortal remains of 39Indians, including 27 fromPunjab who were massacred byterror group ISIS, authorities inAmritsar are making therequired arrangements toreceive the bodies expected toarrive by a special aircraft onMonday afternoon, a seniorofficial said.

"All necessary arrange-ments have been made totransport the mortal remains of31 Indians killed in Iraq, whohail from different places inPunjab and Himachal, to their

native places when the bodiesreach tomorrow," AmritsarDeputy CommissionerKamaldeep Singh Sangha saidtoday.

Last month, ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swarajhad told Parliament that 40Indians were abducted by ISISfrom Mosul in Iraq in June2014, but one of them escapedposing as a Muslim fromBangladesh. The remaining 39were taken to Badoosh andkilled, she had said.

Of the Indian citizenskilled by the terrorist organi-sation, 27 belonged to Punjabwhile four hailed fromHimachal Pradesh.

"As per the information we

have received, the bodies areexpected to reach the interna-tional airport at Amritsar ataround 1:30 pm tomorrow,"Sangha told PTI over thephone.

According to the schedule,Union Minister Singh willreach Amritsar followed byPatna and Kolkata to handover bodies to the relatives, offi-cials said.

Sangha said he held ameeting yesterday with variousstake-holders involved in theprocess of smooth handingover of the bodies to the rela-tives. "Those who took part inthe meeting included directorof the Amritsar internationalairport, officials of the customs,

immigration, CISF, police, IAFand bureau of civil aviation," hesaid.

The Amritsar DC alsospoke to his counterparts inother districts in Punjab andHimachal Pradesh.

Arrangements for ambu-lances and other vehicles forferrying the coffins to thenative places have been madeby the respective districtadministration with all neces-sary assistance extended bythe authorities in Amritsar, hesaid.

"As it is a sombre occasionand to ensure that no incon-venience is caused to the griev-ing relatives, we have madearrangements so that there is

no chaos at the airport. Thebodies will be brought outfrom a different exit passage,"he said.

Eight victims belonged totwin districts of Amritsar andadjoining Tarn Taran.

Meanwhile, family mem-bers of the 39 Indians massa-cred by ISIS were still trying tocome to terms with the grimreality.

Dimplejeet Kaur, sister ofDharminder Kumar (27), saidhe was the sole bread winnersupporting a large family.

"All our hopes are dashednow; we are heart broken," shesaid.

Kumar went to Iraq toearn for his family in 2014. He

was a resident of villageTalwandi Jhira in Gurdaspurdistrict.

Among the 39 Indians,most were from different placesin Punjab like Amritsar,Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur,Kapurthala and Jalandhar.

Speaking to reporters onthe sidelines of budget sessionof the state Assembly over aweek ago, Punjab ChiefMinister Amarinder Singh hadpromised adequate compensa-tion by the State Governmentfor the families of the Iraq vic-tims.

He also demanded thatthe Centre also compensate thevictims since the tragedyoccurred overseas.

New Delhi: Scores of medical students andresident doctors of several hospitals acrossthe country are set to observe a token strikeon Monday, over some of their demandsregarding the National MedicalCommission Bill not being accepted by thegovernment.

The stir called by the Indian MedicalAssociation (IMA) would be held for twohours from 12 noon to 2 pm. Healthcareservices at multiple hospitals are likely tobe affected briefly.

In Delhi, resident and junior doctorsand medical students will hold a peacefulprotest in front of the All India Instituteof Medical Science (AIIMS).

Besides, protests will be held acrossIndia and a large number of doctors andmedical students are set to hold rallies inmany districts.

The Bill still remains "anti-poor, anti-federal, anti-democratic and lacks nation-al character", the IMA has alleged.

The Bill does not address the issues ofDNB (Diplomat of National Board) andpractical difficulties with common med-ical entrance test NEET and foreign grad-

uates.The Cabinet has apparently agreed to

four of the 10 demands put up by the IMAin connection with the Bill, the associationsaid in a statement.

Removing the clause for sepa-rate Exit Examination and to have a

common final year MBBS examina-tion, amendment to drop the provision

of bridge course for AYUSH doctorsand subsequent registration to

practice modern medicine and intro-duction of a new punitive clause

for quacks and unqualified persons forpractising modern medicine were wel-comed by the IMA.

"Although, the Cabinet-approved draftof NMC Bill has marginally increased thestate representation and control of the gov-ernment over 50% of the fee levied, IMAfeels that these are cosmetic in nature andthe Bill still remains anti-poor, anti-federal,non representative and undemocratic," saidSecretary General of IMA R N Tandon.

He expressed concern about the unad-dressed major issues such as token pres-ence of elected members, sub-optimal rep-

resentation to state governments andhealth universities and the lack of auton-omy of the National Medical Commissionitself.

The doctors' body has also decided tocome out with a health policy for the ben-efit of the community and fraternity andto support those parties and candidates,who accept it. At the meeting of the StateWorking Committee of IMA KarnatakaState Branch on April 8 at Raichur, thenational president will launch this policy,it said.

The Cabinet on March 28 approvedamendments to the NMC Bill includingremoving the contentious provision of"bridge course", which would have allowedpractitioners of alternative medicines topursue allopathy.

The Union cabinet chaired by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi also approvedthat the final MBBS examination would beheld as a common examination through-out the country, and would serve as an anexit test, to be called the National Exit Test(NEXT).

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Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan said today his gov-ernment would create one lakhjobs in various departmentsand abolish the contractualemployment system soon.

He also said that the retire-ment age of employees of gov-ernment departments, civicbodies, corporations and courtswould be raised to 62 yearsfrom the current 60.

The announcements comeat a time when state Assemblyelections are slated for later thisyear and data tabled in theHouse recently showed only19,226 jobs were created ingovernment departments in14 years of BJP rule.

"The contractual employ-ment system is unjust. And itis going to be abolished (in gov-ernment departments)," he toldrepresentatives of employees'unions who had called on himat his residence in Bhopal.

He, however, did not givea time frame for the abolitionbut stated that a meeting withcontractual employees wouldbe convened soon.

Chouhan said one lakhjobs would be generated in var-ious government departments.Recruitment of 31,000 teachers,assistant teachers and profes-sors would be made soon andthe vacancies would be adver-tised this month, he said.

The government had, yes-terday, issued a statementclaiming that it would recruit89,000 people over the next afew months.

The decision to increasethe retirement age has drawncriticism from the oppositionCongress, and other parties,which said it amounted to"deceiving" the 1.5 crore edu-cated, unemployed youth inMadhya Pradesh.

According to data tabled inthe Legislative Assemblyrecently, only 19,226 peoplehave got jobs in different gov-ernment departments in the

past 14 years of BJP rule, anaverage of 1,373 jobs per year.

The opposition Congressalleged that increasing theretirement age did not amountto much, with its chiefspokesperson K K Mishraclaiming that just 27 per centof the 4.5 lakh governmentemployees would benefit.

Mishra said the retirement

age for doctors and nurses inthe health department wasalready 65 years and 62 yearsrespectively, while it was 62 ina few other departments.

He alleged that it had beenincreased because the stategovernment was short of Rs20,000 crore to pay retirementbenefits to staffers on the vergeof superannuating. PTI

Karnal: Senior Congress leader Randeep SinghSurjewala today accused the BJP-led governmentat the Centre and in Haryana of betraying farm-ers, youth and poor sections by not honouringthe pre-poll promises.

"The people have made up their mind to teacha befitting lesson to BJP in the next polls,"Surjewala, who is MLA from Kaithal, was address-ing 'Jan Aakrosh Rally' at Nissing here today.

Surjewala alleged that the BJP and its leadershave lost people's support for its "anti-people poli-cies".

Criticising the Narendra Modi government fornot waiving farm loans despite the farmers distress,Surjewala said, "I wonder what is the logic for writ-ing off huge amount of loans for a few select indus-trialists, but not being bothered about the croresof distressed farmers". PTI

New Delhi: It was a pleasant day for Delhiites asthe city recorded a maximum of 35.4 degreesCelsius, two notches above normal. The minimumtemperature settled at 20 degrees Celsius, onenotch above normal, a MeT official said. Thehumidity oscillated between 72 and 37 per cent.

"The maximum and minimum temperatureis expected to hover around 36 degrees and 20degree Celsius, respectively tomorrow," the offi-cial said. Yesterday, the maximum and minimumtemperatures were recorded at 36.2 degrees.

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Bhopal: With an eye on theAssembly elections, due laterthis year, the BJP govern-ment in Madhya Pradesh hasannounced that it will recruitover 89,000 people in differ-ent departments over the nextfew months.

The announcementcomes two days after ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan said the retirementage of state governmentemployees would be raised to62 years from the current 60years.

However, the move wasopposed by the Congress andan outfit of the educated,unemployed youth, which hadaccused Chouhan of "deceiv-ing" 1.5 crore educated, unem-ployed youth of the state byincreasing the superannuatingage.

The BJP dispensation'spromise to recruit over 89,000people is expected to blunt thecriticism it has been facingfrom the Congress over thelack of government jobs in theelection year.

According to data tabledin the Legislative Assemblyrecently, the BJP regime hademployed only 19,226 peoplein different departments in

the last 14 years, since it cameto power in the state.

According to the data, onan average, 1,373 youth gotgovernment jobs per yearduring the said period.

"The government willemploy more than 89,000people in the next fewmonths," a release issued bythe state government yester-day stated.

It said 10,000 posts,including 9,500 positions ofpatwaris and 400 positions ofnaib tehsildars in the revenuedepartment, would be filled inthe next few months.

Posts of 60,000 teachers inthe school education depart-ment and 1,300 doctors, 700paramedical staff, 1,053 nurs-es and 500 ANMs (AuxiliaryNurse Midwife) in the urbanareas in the health departmentwould also be filled, therelease added.

Besides, 8,000 peoplewould be recruited in the policedepartment, 4,000 in the homeguards department, 4,000 inthe women and child develop-ment department, it said.

However, the governmentdid not mention the exacttime-frame for filling theposts. PTI

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Bhopal: Veteran BJP legisla-tor and former MadhyaPradesh Chief MinisterBabulal Gaur has advocatedthe introduction of a 'policecommissionerate system' inmajor cities of the state tocurb crimes against women.

This system will vest mag-isterial powers in senior IPSofficers in big cities and help

in taking effective and quickdecisions in dealing withcrimes, he said.

In the present system,such powers lie with districtmagistrates.Under the cur-rent system, the district policechief is a senior superinten-dent of police (SSP)-rankofficial.

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Adefunct uncontrolledChinese space laboratory is

set to re-enter the earth’s atmos-phere on Monday and expect-ed to fall anywhere fromAustralia to the US, Chineseofficials said on Sunday.

China’s Tiangong-1 spacestation, which is falling towardsearth, was reported to havebeen 179 km outside the earth’satmosphere by Sunday noon(local time), China MannedSpace Agency was quoted assaying by the Hong Kong-basedSouth China Morning Post.

The agency, however, didnot provide an exact arrivaltime or likely landing site forabandoned eight-tonneTiangong, a Chinese name forHeavenly Palace.

The European SpaceAgency forecast the space lab-oratory’s re-entry for about7.25 am on Monday (localtime).

Based on its current tra-jectory, scientists have said thespace station could land any-where from Australia to the US

with the southern part ofMichigan’s Lower Peninsulaincluded in the strip of the US—from northern California toPennsylvania - where it mightcrash down, the report said.

Authorities in the US stateof Michigan were taking nochances, however, and had putemergency teams on standby inpreparation for the possibilityof it landing on their patch, itsaid.

Chinese officials said thefalling debris will not causemuch damage as smallamounts of the space lab’s fuel

will be burnt together withother parts on its re-entry intothe earth’s atmosphere.“It will not cause damage toobjects on earth nor producetoxic substances,” Chinese mil-itary officials said earlier.

On Thursday, ChineseDefence spokesman Col RenGouging said China has briefedall relevant international agen-cies, including the UN, aboutthe re-entry of the spacelab.

Launched in September2011, Tiangong-1 was anexperimental space lab withdesigned life of two years.

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The United States and SouthKorea kicked off a low-key

joint military drill on Sundayas a diplomatic thaw overNorth Korea gathered pace.

Tension on the flashpointpeninsula have showed signs ofeasing in recent months afterthe isolated, nuclear-armedNorth proposed summits withthe South and their “imperial-ist enemy” the US.

The annual Foal Eagledrill — a series of field train-ing exercises involving some11,500 American and 290,000South Korean troops — beganearly Sunday, Seoul’s defenseministry spokesman said.

The drill — which wasdelayed to avoid clashing withFebruary’s Winter Olympicsin the South — will be held fora month in April, about half thetime it usually lasts.

This year’s drills featurefewer strategic weapons like anuclear-powered aircraft car-rier, Seoul Army said earlier.The deployment of such pow-erful weapons at past drills has

frequently drawn an angryresponse from the North.

The two allies are also set tostage the annual Key Resolvedrill — a tabletop exercise usingmainly computer-based simu-lations — for the usual durationof two weeks beginning lateApril. Pyongyang, which habit-ually slams the joint armydrills between the South and

the US as a rehearsal for inva-sion, has remained relativelyquiet on the issue in recentweeks.

The Foal Eagle drill start-ed the same day as a historicconcert by South Korean popstars in Pyongyang, which willbe staged late today as a peacegesture ahead of this month’sinter-Korea summit.

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An 18-year-old British girlhas reported her parents

as Islamic State (ISIS) sup-porters who exposed her andher younger brothers toextremist propaganda, fol-lowing which all four childrenare now in State-monitoredfoster care in the UK, accord-ing to court documents.

Police intervened afterthe girl from a Somali-originfamily in the Midlands regionof England contacted theChildline charity to say thatshe and her three brothers,aged 10, 14 and 16, “were keptat home, did not attend schooland were kept socially isolat-ed, only being allowed outonce in every three weeks”,‘The Sunday Times’ reported.

The 10-year-old boy alsosuffers from learning diffi-

culties and has been so trau-matised by the alleged “phys-ical and emotional abuse” thathe is unable to speak, courtpapers note.

The details of the caseemerged last week after ahearing in the family divisionof the UK High Court.

“The children have com-plained that their parentsexpressed support for extrem-ist violence and haveexpressed anti-semitic, anti-British, homophobic and anti-white views in the home,which the children reject,”the court judgment states.

Dame Esther Rantzen,founder and president ofChildline, said the case was“horrific” and applauded theteenage girl’s courage.

The parents, who cannotbe named for legal reasons,deny the allegations.

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Aman Tuleyev, the longtimeGovernor of Russia’s

Kemerovo region where a hugemall fire killed at least 64 peo-ple including 41 children lastweekend, resigned on Sunday.

“I submitted my resigna-tion letter to the RussianPresident,” he said in a three-minute video address releasedby his office.

Tuleyev, who had been atthe helm of the key coal-min-ing region since 1997, said hecould no longer remain at hispost with “such a heavy bur-den” and added that his resig-nation was “the only rightchoice”.

At least 64 people—includ-ing 41 children— died when ahuge fire ravaged a mall in theindustrial city of Kemerovo inwestern Siberia last Sunday.

The tragedy — in whichsome parents lost all their chil-dren — plunged Russia intoshock.

Many people who lost rel-atives have said they diedbecause of the inaction of fire-fighters and police lacking thenecessary equipment and skills.

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Afghanistan’s legislative elec-tions will be held on

October 20, officials saidSunday, following three years ofdelays as the war-torn countrygrapples with a resurgentTaliban and political instability.

The polls were originallyset to be held in 2015 follow-ing Presidential elections theprevious year, but were repeat-edly pushed back due to secu-rity fears and logistical issueswithin the fragile unityGovernment.

If held, candidates willcontest the 249 seats in theNational Assembly for five-yearterms. The country will alsohold regional elections in tan-dem in some 400 districtsacross Afghanistan — severalof which are outside of Kabul’scontrol.

“Holding elections is not aneasy job in Afghanistan,” said

Abdul Badi Sayad,Afghanistan’s election com-mission chief, adding that vot-ers will be able to apply for reg-istration cards in mid-Aprilbefore candidates formallydeclare. The polls come justmonths ahead of the presiden-tial elections scheduled forApril 2019.

However, western diplo-mats continue to express doubtover the Government’s abilityto oversee the project amidheightened security threatscountrywide.

Following the announce-ment, the United Nations laud-ed the commission’s move, butcalled for the inclusion of allAfghans in the process.

“The participation of allAfghans in the electoralprocess, not merely the elec-tions themselves, is critical,”said Tadamichi Yamamoto, theUN secretary-general’s specialrepresentative for Afghanistan.

Questions continue tolinger over how polling will beheld in contested areas and ifAfghans lacking identity cardsand those displaced by conflictwill be eligible to vote.

Taliban and Islamic Statemilitants have been ramping upattacks in Kabul in recentmonths, piling pressure on theAfghan Government, which isfrequently scolded for its inabil-ity to protect civilians.

The Taliban has beenresurgent since the withdraw-al of US-led NATO combattroops in late 2014, seizingchunks of territory and blis-tering Afghanistan’s belea-guered security forces.

Last month, AfghanPresident Ashraf Ghani extend-ed an olive branch to theTaliban, suggesting that if theyare prepared to negotiate theycould be recognised as a polit-ical party with a legitimaterole in Afghanistan’s future.

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Afinal deal has been reachedfor fighters and civilians to

leave the last opposition-heldpocket of Eastern Ghouta, amonitor said on Sunday, pavingthe way for Syria’s regime toretake the onetime rebelenclave near Damascus.

The deal brokered byregime ally Russia would seefighters with the Jaish al-Islamrebel faction leave Ghouta’smain town of Douma for oppo-sition-held territory in north-ern Syria, the SyrianObservatory for Human Rightssaid.

There was no immediateconfirmation from the rebels,but pro-regime newspaper Al-Watan quoted “diplomaticsources” as saying the agree-ment would see fighters give upheavy weapons and leaveDouma for northern Syria.

The retaking of Eastern

Ghouta would mark a majormilestone in President Basharal-Assad’s efforts to regain con-trol of territory seized by rebelfactions during Syria’s seven-year civil war.

Backed by Russia, Assad’sforces have scored a series ofvictories over rebel forces inrecent years, often throughcampaigns of siege, aerial bom-bardment and ground offen-

sives that have drawn wide-spread international condem-nation.

The Observatory, a Britain-based monitoring group, saidSunday’s deal provides for Jaishal-Islam fighters and their fam-ilies, as well as civilians whowant, to be evacuated to rebel-held areas in the northernprovince of Aleppo.

It will also see Russian

military police enter the townand Government institutionsreturn to the area, the monitorsaid.

Regime forces had alreadyretaken more than 95 per centof Eastern Ghouta in a six-weekair and ground blitz that forcedtens of thousands from theirhomes.

Successive evacuation dealswere reached with rebel forcesin parts of the enclave, withmore than 45,000 fighters andcivilians bussed out in recentweeks. Tens of thousands ofother civilians have fled toregime-held territory.

More than 4,000 people leftthe devastated town of Harastalast week under a deal with theAhrar al-Sham rebel group.

And more than 41,000evacuated a southern pocketincluding the town of Arbinthis week under another dealwith the Faylaq al-Rahmanopposition faction.

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expelled from the United Statesand their families has landed inMoscow.

Russian news agencies saythe plane that landed today atVnukovo Airport was carryingdiplomats from the RussianEmbassy in Washington.

A separate flight withdiplomats and families fromthe New York consulate andRussia’s United Nations mission was expected later inthe day.

The United States last weekordered 60 Russian diplomatsto leave, part of a widespreadexpulsion of diplomats byBritain and some of its allies inconnection with the poisoningof a former Russian doubleagent and his daughter inBritain.

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Cairo: Six jihadists and twoEgyptian soldiers were killedlast week during a sweepingoperation against Islamic Stategroup militants in the SinaiPeninsula, the Army said onSunday. The Army launchedthe campaign on February 9after Egyptian President AbdelFattah al-Sisi, who this weekwon a second term, gave it athree-month deadline to crushIS in the Sinai.

Army spokesman TamerRifai in a statement said the sixjihadists were killed in anexchange of fire in the north ofthe Sinai, as the army launcheda raid against a “very danger-ous terrorist cell”. An officerand a soldier were also killedlast week and two other troopswounded, he said.

During the same period thearmy arrested more than 500“wanted criminals” and pre-

vented 169 people of variousnationalities from infiltratingacross the western border withLibya, the military said.

Since the campaign waslaunched, more than 100jihadists and at least 22 soldiershave been killed, according toofficial figures.

Sisi won a second termwith 96.9 per cent of valid votesduring this week’s presidentialelection, in which he faced onlyone candidate, State mediareported on Friday.

The National ElectionAuthority is scheduled toannounce the full official resulton Monday. In November Sisi,a former army chief, issued anultimatum to the army to crushthe jihadists after suspected ISgunmen massacred more than300 worshippers at a Sinaimosque associated with SufiMuslim mystics. AP

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Jerusalem: Israel’s DefenceMinister says troops actedappropriately by only firingon Palestinian protesters whocharged toward Gaza’s borderwith Israel. Avigdor Liebermansaid Sunday that those whoprotested peacefully were notharmed, and he rejected accu-sations of excessive use of forcein the mass protests Friday inwhich 15 Palestinians werekilled.

It was the area’s deadliestviolence in four years. Gaza’s rul-ing militant Hamas group hastouted the protests as the launchof a six-week campaign againstthe territory’s decade-old block-ade. The Israeli military hasidentified and named ten of thedead as militants from Hamasand other groups. AP

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Stephen Hawking’s tailor-made hi-tech wheelchair

and his computer-generatedvoice are expected to live on asa legacy of the world-famoustheoretical physicist who diedearlier this month aged 76.

According to ‘The SundayTimes’, the scientist’s familyhope that his wheelchair andvoice systems could help pre-serve his memory and areopen to offers from museums.

One of the ideas underconsideration is for the ScienceMuseum in London to com-memorate Hawking’s life withan exhibition featuring one ofhis two wheelchairs as a cen-trepiece, accompanied byrecordings of his lectures.

Computer engineers hadspent four years rebuilding the33-year-old synthesiser thatcreated Hawking’s robotic tonesafter it was in danger of failing.

“We fixed the new system

to his wheelchair on January26,” Peter Benie, a computingspecialist at CambridgeUniversity who co-led the pro-ject, told the newspaper.

“It was the same voice butmuch clearer. He was using itto talk with his family but hedied before it could be heard inpublic. I would be happy tohear it used to repeat his lec-

tures,” he said.The wheelchair, made in

Sweden and capable of travel-ling 20 miles at 8mph on onecharge, combined technologyfrom around the world.

Its computer, a Lenovofrom China, used anAmerican-made infrared sen-sor on his glasses to “read” hischeek movements.

Hawking’s voice was devel-oped by Dennis Klatt, a US sci-entist who based it on his ownspeech. The “CallText 5010”system based on Klatt’s workdelighted Hawking so muchthat he bought three - butwhen the last began failing, itwas too old to fix.

Hawking had famouslyrejected all ideas of an afterlife.“I regard the brain as a com-

puter which will stop workingwhen its components fail.There is no heaven or afterlifefor broken down computers;that is a fairy story,” he said.

He had been diagnosedwith motor neuron disease inhis 20s, which meant he spentmuch of his life in a wheelchair.For his friends and family thewheelchair was central to hisidentity, which would

now most likely have anafterlife.

Thousands lined the streetsof Cambridge yesterday forthe private funeral of the authorof ‘A Brief History of Time’ atthe University Church of St.Mary the Great.

It was announced earlierthis month that Hawking’sashes will be buried near thegrave of Isaac Newton, anoth-er famous British scientist,during a thanksgiving serviceat Westminster Abbey inLondon on June 15.

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British Labour Party leaderJeremy Corbyn is facing

growing criticism over his han-dling of reported anti-Semitismamong some of his supporters.

The simmering row esca-lated on Sunday with newspaperreports about numerous anti-Semitic Facebook posts fromgroups that support Labour.

The Sunday Times report-ed that some senior Labourstaff workers were members ofFacebook groups that madeanti-Semitic and violent com-ments. Labour has denied thegroups are connected to theparty in any way.

Corbyn’s leadership alsohas been criticized by longtimeLabour activist David Garrard,a major donor. Garrard toldThe Observer newspaper hehas left the party because of its

failure to confront anti-Semitism.

“I have watched with dis-may and foreboding the man-ner in which the leadership has,in my view, over the last twoyears, conducted itself,” he said.“I consider that it has sup-ported and endorsed the mostblatant acts of anti-Semitism.”

He said the party has failedto expel members espousing“the grossest derogatory” com-ments about alleged Jewishconspiracies and characteris-tics, saying the attacks are likethose that led “to such unbear-able consequences for innocentmillions in the past.”

Allegations of Labour anti-Semitism have grown sinceCorbyn, a longtime critic ofIsraeli actions against thePalestinians, was elected leaderof Britain’s main oppositionparty in 2015.

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Ihave a lot of aircraft models, and oneof my favorites is that of a Lufthansacargo MD-11. This three-enginedaircraft with the third engine placedin the tail is a development of the

Douglas DC-10, which in the 1970’s and1980’s was a mainstay of the commercialaviation industry. In fact, three engineswas the way to go. There was the LockheedL-1011 Tristar and of course, the Boeing727, all of which popularised air travel.There were several others as well, therewas the British Trident and the SovietTupolev Tu-154. In fact, I have a love die-cast model of the Tupolev as well, an air-craft which connected the vast reaches ofthe Soviet Union.

But given how limited Indian aviationwas in those days few of those aircraftmade their way to India, and as aircraftand particularly aircraft engines becamemore efficient, the three-holers began todie out. While there are a few Boeing 727’sstill in service as private jets and cargo air-craft, of the more than 1800 built, fewerthan 100 are still in flying condition. Theirolder generation engines were too noisyand inefficient to compete with the likesof the Airbus A320 and the Boeing 737,at latter of which as it stretched seatedmore people than a 727 eventually. Soonafter the tragic incidents of September,2001, most airlines in the United Stateswithdrew 727’s from service as limiteddemand coupled with high oil pricesdoomed them. The British Trident, whichserved in the 1980’s had been replaced byits main operator British Airways byBoeing aircraft and then Airbus A320 fam-ily planes.

But the bigger planes was where theLockheed Tristar and DC-10 fought it out,as air travel soared in the 1960’s and 1970’sairlines needed a plane smaller than the400-seat plus Boeing 747 but bigger thanthe likes of the Boeing 707 and DC-8,which fit just 160-180 people, and one thatcould carry people over the AtlanticOcean. This was made possible by a wholenew generation of aircraft engines, but itwas the development of one engine thatdoomed the Tristar. The Lockheed Tristarwas to use the Rolls-Royce (the aircraftengine company, not the car company)RB.211 engine, which was to use a revo-lutionary new design that made it moreefficient and quieter than existing engines.But problems and issues in developing theengine led to bankruptcy of the Britishcompany and it was saved by a govern-ment bailout. This meant that the com-peting DC-10 which used less complicat-ed engines from Pratt&Whitney andGeneral Electric as well as simpler engi-neering solutions, it mounted the tailengine as a pipe under the tail instead ofa ‘S-Duct’ as in the Tristar and Boeing 727.

This allowed the DC-10 to enter serviceearlier and become very popular with USairlines. Some of the engineering solutionshowever did have a highly negative impactgoing forward for the DC-10. That said,these aircraft played a major role in thedevelopment of air travel in that period.

But the development costs and delaysthat plagued the Tristar despite the suc-cess the aircraft enjoyed becomingextremely popular for airlines like BritishAirways, Cathay Pacific and Delta ensuredthat Lockheed exited the civilian aircraftgame. Douglas, which by then had mergedwith McDonnell to become McDonnell-Douglas also realised that the DC-10needed to be modernised to be able tocompete with the upcoming Airbus A340and Boeing 777 in the long-range market.As it is, the DC-10 was gradually losingpopularity in the high-density and high-frequency markets to aircraft like theBoeing 767 and the Airbus A300. And theMD-11 was developed.

This is when the advancements thatRolls-Royce had achieved with the RB.211changed the game, and previous regula-tions that prevented twin-engined aircraftfrom making extended trips over water farfrom diversion airports were graduallychanging. Aircraft engines were not justbecoming more efficient and quieter,they were also becoming more reliable.Engine failures on commercial aircraft wasbecoming so rare that the concept of hav-ing a spare engine on a plane ‘just in case’was being removed. Engines were alsobecoming massively powerful thanks to

development of massive titanium fan-blades and when two engines can do thejob of three, both capital costs and oper-ational costs come down for airlines. TheRB.211 developed into Rolls-Royce’s mas-sively successful Trent series of enginesthat power Airbus’ A330, A340 and A350aircraft and Boeing’s 777 and 787 planes.

However, the Tristar because of itsvery limited production of just 250 planesand little modernisation over the yearsquickly faded from sight. Towards the end,many Tristars were operated by DeltaAirlines in the US, which bough severalplanes from across the world. But theTristar just could not compete, and otherthan the British Royal Air Force that oper-ated a few old British Airways planes asmodified airborne refullers and transportaircraft, they faded away. Even the RAFretired the Tristar in 2014 replacing it witha A330, powered by a pair of Rolls-RoyceTrent engines.

The MD-11 did not manage to meetsome performance benchmarks, and wasquickly withdrawn from service by someairlines. Singapore Airlines quicklyreplaced the MD-11 with the A340 andjust asv quickly replaced those with theBoeing 777, the clear winner of the long-range wars of the 1990’s and 2000’s.American Airlines withdrew the MD-11in favour of the Boeing 777 but still keptoperating the DC-10 oddly enough. Otherthan a few airlines such as KLM andFinnair, the MD-11 was gradually with-drawn from passenger service and todayno passenger versions survive.

For many years, KLM, Royal DutchAirlines flew the only passenger MD-11into Delhi, in fact the Amsterdam-Delhisector was one of the last sectors to get theMD-11. I was fortunate enough to makea couple of return trips on this sector in2009. The MD-11 was a large and com-fortable plane and I distinctly recall thelarge windows on the plane, and while Isat at the back of the aircraft, it did not feelparticularly more noisy than the Boeing777 or Airbus A340’s that were replacingthem in droves. However, even KLMchanged over to more efficient planes andretired their last passenger MD-11 in 2014.The failure of the MD-11 meant thatMcDonnell-Douglas, the company thatbuilt the famous DC-3 and the F-4Phantom II was bought by Boeing whichquickly withdrew the MD-11 from pro-duction.

But the MD-11 had a second life as acargo plane, the long front section of theplane could easily fit a big cargo door andbecause the planes were depreciated andhad a relatively long-range the MD-11,many express cargo and air freight oper-ators such as FedEx, UPS and LufthansaCargo, all three of whom still make occa-sional MD-11 flights into Delhi, eventhough the Boeing 777 Freighter is grad-ually replacing even the MD-11.

So if you see a MD-11 anywhere in theworld, give it a quick salute!

(The writer is Managing Editor, The Pioneer)

(Courtesy: The DIALogue, DelhiAirport Magazine)

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Bengal on the boil” (March 27).Despite unimpeachable personalhonesty, Trinamool supremoMamata Banerjee may not beconsidered as a capable ChiefMinister and adroit administrator.It is evident in case of WestBengal. Law and order situation inthe State is worsening day by day.

Like Congress, Banerjee hasadopted the policy of appease-ment to please the minoritycommunity and ultimately tosecure their votes. Restricting theprocession during the celebrationof Ram Navami in Purulia andNorth 24-Parganas and banningof taking trishuls during theprocession, a cultural symbols ofreligion of majority community,is not judicious and fair.

Really speaking, Banerjee isapathetic and callous of the feel-ings and sentiments of the major-ity community. This is intolera-ble and unacceptable. Her cyni-cal attitude, outlook and tempera-ment against Hindus in WestBengal would no doubt create anadverse impact on the minds andsentiments of the majority com-munity.

Nimai Charan SwainBhubaneswar

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Sir — This refers to the report,“CM slams L-G for ‘obstructing’free pilgrimage scheme for seniorcitizens” (March 31). LieutenantGovernor of Delhi Anil Baijal’sdecision is undoubtedly wise andin public interest. Chief Minister

Arvind Kejriwal’s idea to spendnearly �54 crore per year at therate of �7,000 per person for77,000 senior citizens’ pilgrimage,seems thoughtless and unneces-sary. It clearly shows a confusedsense of priorities.

I am also a senior citizen andmy foremost priority is my health,as also how to use spare time fruit-fully. Pilgrimage is hardly a mean-ingful issue. Moreover, generallyspeaking, by the time one reachesthe retiring age, one has been to afew pilgrim destinations. Hence, ifKejriwal is keen to offer a gestureto Delhi’s senior citizens, he couldset up a few geriatric centres in thenorth, south, east and west Delhifor the welfare of the old people.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Testing times” (March 30).Examination is a process to judgethe merit of a student. However,over the past few years, theexamination process itself hasbeen mired in controversies,mainly due to leaking of questionpapers. The Government shouldlook into the matter seriously.While public awareness is a must,we must also make our studentsunderstand the adverse effects ofsuch practices. A thorough aninvestigation into the paper leaksand fitting punishment to the cul-prits can put a stop to this self-defeating practice.

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Indian civilisation is one of the fore-most in the world in terms of cultur-al wealth and the great works it pro-

duced. The indigenous people of Indiaplayed a major role in the creation of thecivilisation. However, people of diversecultures from outside the peninsula havealso doubtlessly contributed to the cre-ation of this tremendous cultural wealth.One among such people are the Turkswho led an amiable coexistence along-side the Indian people for decades.

In the first half of the 11th century,a great Turkish Sultanate was foundedin northern India and subsequentlyTurkish influence extended furthersouth. The foundation of this state hada notable impact on the history and cul-ture of India. As a result of this impact,Delhi flourished to the point of compet-

ing with Baghdad, Cairo and Istanbul —the leading commercial and cultural cen-ters of the world at that time.

Here onwards, the Turkish-Islamicinfluence began to shape all cultural areasfrom architecture and literature to artsand cuisine. Concrete examples of thisimpact can still be seen today. The cen-turies-long co-existence of both Indianand Turkish culture led to the exchangeof words between the Turkish andIndian languages despite their vaststructural differences. Some Turkishwords were directly adopted as theywere, while some words were transcribedaccording to their Indian pronunciations.

The most prominent aspect of theTurkish influence in India, however, isreflected in architectural works, with itsmyriad examples. One such example isthe Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque thatwas constructed by Qutab Ud-Din-Aibak, the founder of the DelhiSultanate. It was the construction of thismosque that laid the foundation of theIndo-Islamic architecture in India. Thefamous ‘Qutb Minar’ minaret, whichwas constructed by Qutab Ud-Din-Aibak in 1500, is a 72.6 meter tall tower

built of red sandstones, based on theMamluk architectural style.

Following the Qutb Minar, manycastles, palaces, tombs, granaries, bath-houses, ponds, mosques and evencities were built throughout India dur-ing the Mughal period. Akbar Shah’srule was particularly marked by themixed use of Persian style andIndian/Buddhist style architecturaldesign, thus giving rise to a new andunique type of architecture. Humayun’sTomb in Delhi, the Fatehpur SikriFortress, which was declared the cap-ital of the Mughal Empire by AkbarShah, and Akbar’s own tomb in Agraare some of the chief examples of thisstyle. And, of course, let us not forgetthe exceptionally beautiful Taj Mahal.

Although the Indian state is seem-ingly responsible for the preservation ofall these great works, there are examplesreflecting the importance of personal ini-tiatives. Esra Birgen Jah, the formerprincess of Hyderabad, is one suchexample. Born as the daughter of a fam-ily from the Ottoman Dynasty, and thefirst wife of Barkat Jah, the Nizam ofHyderabad, Esra Birgen Jah successful-

ly restored the Chowmahalla Palace toits former glory after lengthy efforts.

A great many people from diversedisciplines such as architect, textile spe-cialists, conservationists and historianstook part in the restoration efforts. Thepalace, which was turned into a muse-um housing historical artifacts, costumesand documents, was presented with aUNESCO award.

Whether their origins date back toTurkish or other cultures, all histori-cal monuments in India should berecognised as ‘cultural heritage,’ andprovided with the protection theydeserve. For this reason, the greatworks in India, which have seen the riseand fall of the civilisations of the past,witnessed countless major events anddevelopments in the history ofhumankind, and stood as a testamentto ‘history’ itself, needs to be restoredand conversed so that the human his-tory can be preserved and passed downto the next generations.

Today, the Turkish heritage on theIndian peninsula is considered India’sown property. Their preservation shouldbe viewed as a key factor that will help

reinforce Turkish-Indian relations andfriendship, and Turkey should providethe necessary support to the IndianGovernment in this regard.

The emergence of the artistic andcultural heritage of a country is aprocess that extends over the course ofcenturies yet sometimes, it can take justa few days for this cultural heritage tovanish irrevocably. Be it Indian orTurkish, all nations should take goodcare of the historical works within theirdomains and consider them as the com-mon heritage of humankind.

Wherever this common heritagemay be located in the world, itshould be preserved to the utmostfrom ethnic and religious conflicts,exploitation, negligence and, ofcourse, the destructive forces oftime. This will awaken interest in dif-ferent cultures among nations andrender peace. In this way, the Indianand Turkish people, already linkedby a historically strong bond ofbrotherhood, can usher in a new erathat will recapture and consolidatethe spirit of fraternity.

(The writer is a Turkish author)

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Practically every day one con-fronts reports on sexual harass-ment, suicides, acid attacks,

and even rape and murders. Thisparticular day as I peruse items of myparticular interest — education, andchildren — I read about the suicideof a 16-year-old girl in Noida. Shewas said to have been harassed bytwo of her teachers for a couple ofmonths. In this case — and suchcases are reported rather regularly —police response was just ‘routine’.

It did not add sections of theProtection of Children from SexualOffences Act (POSCO) in spite of itbeing on record that parents hadcomplained to the school principala couple of months ago. It is beingreported that instead of seriouslyexamining the case, parents werethreatened with the expulsion of thechild as the reputation of the schoolmust be protected at every cost. Theschool makes a counter allegation:None of the parents attended the lastseven PTA meetings convened by theschool. All this is not an uncommonapproach in such cases. Children suf-fer in the process of education inmultifarious ways, some even losetheir lives.

The shocking aspect of the sce-nario is that cases of sexual harass-ment in most prestigious schools,institutions and universities are onthe rise but these are invariably treat-ed just in a ‘routine’ manner, therebeing no evidence of any urgencyeither in preventive strategy or ingetting the culprit punishment intime. More often than not, the estab-lishment stands behind the accusedand not with those harassed andexploited; and tries every possibletrick to suppress the matter.Everyone, except the victim, appearskeen to hush up the matter, as oth-erwise, it may bring a bad name tothe institution.

In higher education, cases of sex-ual harassment are not uncommon.In addition, there is rampant polit-ical exploitation of the youth. Everypositive step and an innovative mea-sure introduced to curb the menaceof gender discrimination; more oftenthan not; becomes a victim of ideo-logical moorings and compulsions ofwell-entrenched disruptive anddestructive elements.

The current illustrative exampleis that of India’s most liberally-invested university, the JawaharlalNehru University (JNU). It was allalong hijacked by a group of ideolog-ically-constrained individuals whowent out of the way to make it a hubof political activism of their choice.In the name of pursuing free-play ofideas, they ensured that only thosewho think alike could enter the fief-dom of their dominance. Now that

some cracks are appearing in theirwell-protected citadels of power andauthority, these elements are, obvi-ously, deeply upset. This is a rare uni-versity in many ways.

One could remain a researchscholar for umpteen years, pursuinga PhD for ages; enjoy the facilitiesand fellowship at the expense of thetax-payer. And, believe me, they doall these to better a lot of the ‘lastman in the line’. No regulationsapplicable to other universities areacceptable. If they wish to go in anelection campaign for three-fourmonths, no questions should beasked, their peripherals, perks andfellowships just cannot be touchedunder any rule or regulation. Becausewe are JNU, we are distinct, differ-ent and distinguished.

Our only goal, for the welfare ofthe proletariat, is the destruction ofthe existing system of governance,culture and social moors. These no-attendance-no-regulation seekersare probably not aware that institu-tions do not survive only on past rep-utations, they have to consistentlyproject dynamism to absorb thechanges all-around, analyse these,envision their future implicationsand come out with a well-studiedresponse for the benefit of the peo-ple and the nation.

Reference is often made to thelandmark judgement of the SupremeCourt delivered in 1997 in theVishaka case. It laid down guidelinesto be followed by every establishmentin cases of complaints against sexu-al harassment at workplaces. TheSexual harassment Act of 2013 casts

several obligations on the employer,the most important being to providea safe working environment.

Essentially, the Act and the ear-lier guidelines were attempts to“provide for the effective enforce-ment of the basic human right ofgender equality and guaranteeagainst sexual harassment and abuse,more particularly against sexualharassment at workplace”. TheUniversity Grants Commission(UGC) issued guidelines to univer-sities and other institutions to cre-ate permanent mechanisms to ensurethat the SCI guidelines are effective-ly implemented. Every institution isobliged to constitute a committee asper the guidelines and notify it to allconcerned. While the mechanismexists, its efficacy needs a thoroughscrutiny. For years together, suchcases remain under investigation,causing tremendous mental traumato the victim.

Punishment, if at all awarded, israrely commensurate with the mag-nitude of the crime or offence. In therecent JNU instance, one wonderswhy all 10 complaints of sexualharassment against a professor arelodged on the same day? It would beinteresting to watch how things final-ly shape up in this case. What aboutthe delay in other past cases? The factremains that most of the institutionshave not implemented the provi-sions, and acted, in accordance withthe true spirit of ensuring an environ-ment that is free from even the appre-hension of sexual harassment.Probably, some more steps arerequired to ensure that every educa-

tional institution pays greater atten-tion to the concerns of gender equal-ity and elimination of practices thathurt beyond acceptance in an accul-turated society, and inflict irreparabledamage on the psyche and personal-ity of the victim. The universities likeJNU, Banaras Hindu University, andIGNOU must become the torch-bearers in eliminating sexual harass-ment from their campus.

The gradual erosion of an empa-thetic traditional teacher-taught rela-tionship of mutual affection and thehighest level of consideration, careand respect between the two standsvisibly weakened. It is often mani-festing in several tragic events thatare reported rather regularly fromdifferent places and stages in educa-tion. Talk to a group of teachers andremind them that they are creatingthe future of India, that they areblessed with the opportunity toreshape the lives of thousands ofyoung persons, they would just lookat each other’s face and would bekeen to opt out of the gathering.

In the 50s and 60s, it was impos-sible to think of a university or col-lege teacher conducting tuition class-es or extending his services to com-mercial coaching institution. Today,it could even be the real-estate busi-ness and none minds that. This is thechange. To bring about any reversalin the direction, the ground levelreality must be acknowledged first.The rise in the credibility of presti-gious institutions delivers exponen-tial developmental outcomes.

(The writer is former Director,NCERT, and an educationist)

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Uttar Pradesh has topped thelist in providing housing to

the rural poor under the“Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana”by scoring more than doublethe national average. UttarPradesh has achieved a rare dis-tinction to grab the first spot inthe construction of housesunder the Pradhan MantriAwas Yogjna (gramin) (PMAY-G) in the country by con-structing little over 7,71 Lakhhouses in a record time of ninemonths. The beneficiaries of therural housing scheme havebeen provided with direct ben-efit transfer of �1,000 crore dur-ing the first nine months of theYogi Adityanath Governmentwhich completed one year inoffice on March 19.

Bahriach district of easternUP has achieved the top spotin the country for developingrural infrastructure whileChandauli district came onthe 19th spot. UP has increasedits target of construction ofhouses under the PMAY(Gramin) to 11 lakh units inthe current financial year too ina record six months time. Thisinformation was disclosed bythe minister of state (indepen-

dent charge) for rural devel-opment Mahendra Singh at aPress conference on Sunday.

“The BJP Government hasin true sense of the word livedup to the slogan ‘Ek Saal, Nai

Misal’ when the previousSamajwadi Party Governmentdid not completed a singlehouse in the PMAY (Rural)while this Yogi AdityanathGovernment completed over

seven lakh houses in a recordtime of nine month,” theMinister claimed.

Against the national aver-age of 34 per cent, UP hasscored 85 per cent in con-structing houses under thenational scheme during 2017-18. The second and thirdplaced Chhattisgarh andMadhya Pradesh have clockedaggregates of 47 per cent and 45per cent respectively.

In UP, the beneficiarieshave been provided with directbenefit transfer of �1,000 croreunder the scheme. In fact, thestate of UP accounted for 25per cent of all rural housingunits constructed during theperiod, while states figuring atthe bottom of the list accounted for zero per cent oftheir targets.

The achievement is shot inarm for Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, who had lastmonth completed a year inoffice. The fact that BharatiyaJanata Party ruled UP hastopped the list trailed by Statesruled by the saffron party forthe last several years, has for-tified Adityanath’s stature as ago-getter with regards to cen-tral schemes.

The flagship scheme of the

ruling National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) was launchedby Prime Minister NarendraModi on November 20, 2016 atAgra. The States were asked toachieve the consolidated targetsfor 2016-17 and 2017-18 dur-ing the last financial year.

Pan India, the Centre hadset the target of over 9.5 millionhousing units in rural areas, ofwhich the net achievement bythe states stood at a little over3 million. Under the scheme,�120,000 is given to the eligi-ble individual.

At several occasions,Adityanath has reiterated hisgovernment was committed toproviding houses to all poor inthe state by 2022. Interestingly,this would also coincide withthe next UP poll.

In January 2018, the StateGovernment had approvedanother scheme to providehouses in rural areas to thoseexempted under the PM AwasYojna or other government-runhousing schemes. Under thenew Mukhya Mantri AwasYojna (Grameen), financialassistance of �130,000 aidwould be given to individualsinhabiting Naxal-affected areas and �120,000 to otherbeneficiaries.

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Equating the Congress withcorruption, BJP national

president Amit Shah onSaturday cautioned theKarnataka voters against re-electing the ruling party onMay 12 as it would result in more graft in the southern State.

“If the same party(Congress) is re-elected andforms the Government, thencorruption will turn into atsunami wave,” Shah told themedia on the second-day of hisvisit to the State’s old Mysuru region.

Claiming that the peoplewanted to oust the corruptCongress from power, the partychief said the ruling party had turned the StateGovernment into an ‘ATM’ ofcorruption for itself.

“The KarnatakaGovernment is nothing butthe ‘ATM’ of corruption for theCongress,” Shah said.

Noting that 3,500 farmershad allegedly committed sui-cide across the State over thelast four years due to agrariancrisis, Shah it was unfortunate

Chief Minister Siddaramaiahhad termed the death of somany farmers as a conspiracy.

“It’s a pathetic and insen-sitive statement by the ChiefMinister,” he said.

Blaming the Congress forignoring the Other BackwardClasses (OBCs), Shah regrettedthat the grand old party hadprevented the Modi govern-ment from giving constitu-tional status to the OBCs byblocking an amendment bill inthe Rajya Sabha.

“Siddaramaiah says he is aOBC leader and hisGovernment is doing a lot forOBCs. If it were so, why did he

fail to convince his party on notstalling constitutional amend-ment,” the BJP leader said.

Appealing to the people tovote for the BJP in the ensuingassembly election, Shah saidthe state would developmentrapidly under its chief minis-terial candidate B.S.Yeddyurappa and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi atthe Centre.

“If the people in the stateare looking for change, it’s onlythe BJP under Yeddyurappa’sleadership is capable of pro-viding it,” claimed Shah, addingthe regional party Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) would not be ina position to form the next gov-ernment in the State.

Vote count is on May 15after single-phase polling onMay 12.

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From the ruins of Raja Bhoj’sfort in Buxar to noted

author George Orwell’s birth-place in Motihari, Bihar’sarchaeology department hasbrought nearly 13 heritagelandmarks under its fold in thelast ten years.

According to top officials inthe State’s Directorate ofArchaeology, the total numberof monuments and sites pro-tected under the Bihar AncientMonuments and ArchaeologicalSites Remains and Art TreasuresAct, 1976, has now grown to 42.

“An old mound located inLari area of Arwal district is thelatest site (42nd) to be declaredprotected. The notification forthe same was issued onSeptember 8, last year,” a seniorofficial said.

The consolidated list alsoincludes the colonial-era clocktower in Jamui.

Named after Lord Minto,who was the Viceroy of India

from 1905-1910, the yellow-coloured clock tower, built inEuropean style and toppedwith a dome, is a distinct land-mark in the region in the erst-while Gidhaur zemindari estatein Bihar.

The State legislation pro-

vides for preservation ofancient monuments andarchaeological sites other thanthose declared by or under thelaw made by parliament to beof national importance for theregulation of archaeologicalexcavations and for the pro-

tection of antiquities in Bihar.According to data shared

by the Bihar’s archaeologydepartment, the over 230-year-old granary Golghar wasamong the first six monu-ments which were notified asprotected in 1976.

The other five landmarkswere — Agam Kuan andKamaldah Jain Temple inGulzarbagh, Begu Hajjam kiMasjid and Chhoti Patan Deviin Patna City (old Patna), andDurukhi Statue in Kankarbagh.

According to the consoli-dated list, in 2016, the ruins ofRaja Bhoj’s fort at Dumaron inBuxar district were broughtunder the ambit of the archaeology department, whileHareshwar Nath temple located at Dwalakh village inMadhubani was included in 2015. In 2014, six sites werenotified, including MintoClock tower in Jamui district;‘Hazeldel’ or Morrison House,a charming colonial-era bun-galow in Patna, situated rightnext to Golghar, and AhilyaSthan in Darbhanga.

The ruins of Tekari Fort(built by Tekari Raj, zemi-nadari estate) in Gaya; ApsadhGarh and Varah Sculpture, andParavati Pahari in Nawadawere included in the protected

monuments list of the State in 2011.

The house of British authorGeorge Orwell, who was bornas Eric Arthur Blair in thenunified Champaran district’sMothihari town in 1903, wasbrought under the state archae-ology department in 2010.

The ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’and ‘Animal Farm’ author is stillremembered by many localresidents who hold commem-orative events, and his housealso draws scholars andresearchers from far and wide.

Between 1976 and 2007,some of the iconic sites andmonuments which were noti-fied by the State Governmentinclude — ancient VishnupadTemple in Gaya (2007);Hazarimal Dharmashala inWest Champaran’s Bettiahassociated with MahatmaGandhi (1996), Nepali Mandirin Hajipur (1981), birthplace ofBabu Veer Kunwar Singh inBhojpur (2000) and MungerFort (2001).

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Activist Teesta Setalvad whoruns foreign funded NGOs

was booked by AhmedabadPolice on late Saturday follow-ing a complaint from RaeesKhan, her former employee formisusing Central Governmentfund during 2010 to 2013.

Reacting on the complaint,police booked Teesta underSections 13 (1)(D) and 13(2) ofPrevention of Corruption Actas well as under sections 120 B,153 A, 153 B, 406, 409 and 420of IPC. Khan said in the com-plaint that Teesta’s NGOSabrang Trust allegedly gotfunds in tune with �1.40 crorefrom Union Ministry ofHuman Resource Developmentfraudulently.

The complaint namesTeesta and her husband JavedAnand, resident of NirantBungalow, situated on JuhuTara road in Mumbai. Both aredirectors of the Sabrang Trust.

Khan had worked closely withSetalvad and her husband post2002 Gujarat riots.

According to Khan,Setalvad misused the fundsshe received for educationrelated activities for KHOJproject under ‘the Scheme forassistance for experimental andinnovative programme for edu-cation at the elementary stageincludes non-formal educa-

tion’ linked to Department ofSchool Education and the SarvaSikhsah Abhiyan.

During the period, theHRD Ministry had asked forNCERT’s opinion to includeKHOJ in the scheme.According to complainant thefund received for KHOJ wasutilised for personal purposes.

Teesta, 56, is also the sec-retary of Citizen for Justice andPeace (CJP), an organisationformed for fighting for justicefor victims of communal vio-lence in the Gujarat in 2002.The CJP is co-petitioner seek-ing a criminal trial against 62people, including politiciansand Government officials inconnection with the 2002 riots.She is the daughter of AtulSetalvad, a Mumbai basedlawyer. Her grandfather wasIndia’s first Attorney General.

She was accused of pres-suring Zaheera Shekh, the keywitness in the Best Bakerycase, to make certain state-ments, leading to the unprece-denated transfer of the caseoutside Gujarat.

In August 2005, theSupreme Court of India com-mittee absolved her of thecharges of inducement lev-elled against her by Zaheeraand awarded a one-year jailsentence to Zaheera for perjury.

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Angry over the recent inci-dents of desecration of B R

Ambedkar’s statues, BJP MPfrom Bahraich Savitribai Phuleon Sunday demanded thatcases of treason be filed againstthose indulging in such acts.“Cases of treason must be reg-istered against those founddesecrating, vandalising ordamaging the statues or bustsof Babasaheb Bhimrao RamjiAmbedkar.

“Babasaheb gave the coun-try its Constitution. An insultto Babasaheb is virtually aninsult to the country’sConstitution. A person whodamages the idols of Babasahebis a traitor, and accordinglyadequate action must be takenagainst him,” Phule said. At the“Aarakshan Bachao Maha

Rally” organised by a non-gov-ernment organisation, shedemanded that a caste censusbe conducted.

This will help in ascertain-ing the actual condition ofScheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes across thecountry. There are many depart-ments in which there are vacan-

cies pertaining to ScheduledCastes which must be filled upat the earliest, the BJP MP said.

“Whether I remain an MPor not, I will not allow anyoneto tamper with theConstitution of India in thename of review of reservation...We, the members of the BhujanSamaj, have to unite” she said.

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The Comptroller andAuditor General of India

(CAG) has rapped the GujaratGovernment for not takingadequate steps to regulate fish-ing activities in the State.

The CAG found fault withthe Government over non-adoption of a uniform fishingban period, and raised concernabout the possible ‘over-fishing’on the State’s coast. The Statefisheries department did nothave a marketing policy, whichis critical to its success, it noted.

A report of the apexGovernment auditor on func-tioning of the State fisheriesdepartment was recently tabledin the Legislative Assembly.

The CAG expressed con-cern over the environmentalissues associated with the fish-ing activity, in the wake of the

United Nations’ sustainabledevelopment goals, envisagedto save the marine life fromunregulated or destructive fish-ing activities and promotingenvironment-friendly fishing.

Though the GujaratFisheries Act of 2003 pre-scribed that “the StateGovernment may regulate,restrict or prohibit fishing inany specified area to conservefish, no specific notification onthe subjects/matters has beenissued by the Government as ofMay 2017,” the CAG said.

When the issue was raisedduring the audit, the state fish-eries department said inSeptember 2017 that theprocess of issuing such a noti-fication had been initiated, itnoted. “The reply is not con-vincing. Since the enactment ofthe Act in 2003, the notificationhad not been issued. Further,

the reply did not give reasonsfor non-issuance of the notifi-cation though mandated by theAct,” the CAG said.

The report also expresseddissatisfaction over the ‘non-adoption of a uniform fishingban period’ by the StateGovernment. As per the rec-ommendation of a technicalcommittee constituted by theCentre in 2013, fishing shouldbe banned from June 1 to July31 on the west coast, the CAGnoted. Though the GujaratGovernment consented to therecommendation, the “auditobserved the State was impos-ing a fishing ban for 67 days,starting from June 10 to August15 every year.”

“Thus, the GujaratGovernment was not comply-ing with the Centre’s directionsfor the adoption of a uniformfishing ban period,” it said.

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Aperennial waterfall in Goa,revered by locals and visi-

tors for its religious significanceand natural beauty, has dried up, with the vil-lagers blaming it on the reck-less mining activity.

The locals claim that forthe first time in decades theyhave seen the waterfall, locat-ed in Harvalem village near thePandava caves in North Goadistrict, about 50-km fromhere, going dry even as thesummer is yet to set in.

A temple dedicated to LordShiva stands nearby, and theplace is considered religiouslysignificant as people from far and wide bring the ashes oftheir deceased near and dear ones for immersing in the water.

“The mines which arelocated upstream this waterfallhave gone so deep that theyhave actually disturbed thewater table,” claims SangeshKundaikar, vice-president ofthe Rudreshwar temple atHarvalem.

“The waterfall has a histo-ry spanning nearly 500 years.The people claim the waterfallhas never gone dry to such anextent,” Kundaikar said.

The mine owners areresponsible for this situation,

he alleged.“The rivulets which feed

the waterfall have thinneddown. For the first time wehave seen that the waterfall hasdried completely in Marchitself,” he said.

A dozen mining leaseslocated upstream the waterfallin Sonshi village, located about5-km from Harvalem, used todivert the water for miningpurposes and later pump itback into the rivulet.

But, the stoppage of min-ing activity last month, fol-lowing a Supreme Court order,has forced the mine owners toabandon their leases.

The state government ear-lier issued a circular asking themine owners to continuepumping water from the pitsowing to safety issues (so thatit does not cause flooding innearby villages). But, somemine owners have refused todewater the pits.

“A majority of the mineshave stopped dewatering due towhich there is no water flow inthe rivulet, leaving it dry,” saidHaresh Melwani, a mine ownerand member of the GoaMining Association.

“Some of the minesupstream this waterfall havegone below the water tabledue to which there is an imbal-ance,” he claimed.

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In a twist in killing of Dalityouth in Bhavnagar district

of Gujarat, police said the vic-tim was not killed for owninghorse but issued related to eve-teasing.

Bhavnagar police said asper the primary investigationthe reason of killing 21-year-old Dalit youth Pradip Rathodwas not only ownership ofhorse but issues related to eve-teasing as many complaintsabout objectionable behaviourof the boy came to fore. Police,however, said police was in theprocess to find out the truth.

According to police, vil-lagers had complaint thatRathod often used to performstunts on the horse and hismotorcycle after seeing girlspassing from the streets of thevillage. Some villagers also saidthat when confronted oversuch behaviour, he used tofight with them.

Rathod hailed from Timbivillage of Bhavnagar district

and was found dead on thestreets of village on lateThursday night. A day after hisdeath, Pradip’s father KalubhaiRathod filed complaint againstpeople from an upper castecommunity. As per the com-plaint, the victim receivedthreats from members of uppercastes in the village for buyinga horse couple of months ago.The complainant claimed thatthe same persons who threat-ened his son on the phonekilled him.

Interestingly, police havealso come across many com-plaints related to land grabbingagainst the complainantKalubhai also.

Though police have inter-rogated few people from Timbivillage, they are yet to identifyand nab the culprits who killedPradip.

Police have detained threepersons, including oneNatubha Darbar, and interro-gated them. Four teams ofcops are investigating in thesensitive case.

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Navy on Sunday deputed adiving team to launch

underwater search for a Latviannational who went missingfrom Kovalam beach area inThiruvananthapuram, aDefence spokesman said.

The Southern NavalCommand (SNC) deputed itsdiving team after the StateGovernment sought the help ofNavy and Air Force for under-water search in the area for 33-year-old Liga.

"Based on the request forassistance for finding the miss-ing Latvian national, SouthernNaval Command has sent onefull clearance diving team withunderwater camera and DiverHand Held Sonar (DHSS) tolocate the individual at therequest of state police," thespokesman said. Range ofDHSS is about 45 m.

The area to be searched isabout 100 m in length atKovalam beach area, he said.

Liga had come to the Statecapital along with her sisterIlzie some weeks ago. She islikely to have gone missing onMarch 14.

The Defence spokesmansaid an AN32 aircraft of IndianAir Force was used for trans-port of about 1,000 kg of equip-ment, including Gemini inflat-able boat and OBM.

Liga was suffering frommental depression and hadbeen staying at a privateAyurveda treatment centre atnearby Pothencode. She went tonearby Kovalam from the treat-ment centre in an autorickshawon March 14 morning, afterwhich she had gone missing.

A case has been registeredbased on the complaint fromthe authorities of the treatmentcentre.

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Senior BJP leader and formerUnion Minister Bandaru

Dattatraya on Sunday accusedTRS Government in Telanganaof not giving any funds to thegram panchayats and takingaway powers of Sarpanchesand other local bodies.

Attacking Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao on hisaccusation against the Centreon devolution of funds and notgiving more powers to theStates, Dattatraya alleged thatfor the last four years the TRSGovernment had not granted asingle penny to the gram pan-chayats in the State.

"On the other hand, theCentral Government gaveamount to all Sarpanchesthrough cheques. The StateGovernment has to give �1,000crore, but the funds have beendiverted," the Secunderabad

MP alleged at a Press conferencehere. On the TelanganaPanchayat Raj Bill, 2018, recent-ly passed by the Assembly,Dattatraya claimed that therewas nothing new in it but onlythe number of gram panchay-ats, thandas (hamlets) andsarpanches have been increased.

There was no devolution offunds to the gram panchayatswhich the State finance com-mission has to give. Powers ofSarpanches have been takenaway, he said. "Instead of unnec-essarily propagating politicalagenda like ‘cooperative feder-alism’", the Government shouldgive powers to the Sarpanches,mandal praja parishads andzilla praja parishads, he said.

On Rao’s proposal to formnew political front, Dattatrayasaid everyone is planning newfronts, but all regional partiesshould think of national inter-est first.

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Tamil Nadu is all set to wit-ness an action-packed week

of agitations, bandhs anddemonstrations by variousfarmers’ outfits, political partiesand even student associationsdemanding the immediate con-stitution of the CauveryManagement Board andCauvery Water RegulationCommittee as per the February16 Supreme Court order.

A sense of uncertainty andtension is discernible all overthe State as political parties andvarious outfits are getting readyfor a showdown with theCentre. On Tuesday, the rulingAIADMK will stage a State-wide fast to force the Centre tosee the writing on the wall.

A curtain raiser to thetroubled days was staged by theDMK, principal Oppositionparty, when it organised a mas-sive demonstration atValluvarkottam in Chennai onSunday. The demonstrationgot transformed into a road

roko as the party activists ledby working president MKStalin and his son Udayanidhiblocked the flow of trafficalong the Arcot Road, one ofthe main thoroughfares in themetropolis.

Earlier in the day, Stalin

announced that the partywould organise a Tamil Nadubundh on Thursday (April 5)in unison with otherOpposition parties to force theCentre to constitute the CMB.

"We will ask the AIADMKtoo to join in this State-wide

bundh," said Stalin whilespeaking to reporters onSunday. The DMK workingpresident presided over a meet-ing which was attended amongothers by all major Oppositionparty leaders, including SThirunavakarassar (Congress),

K Veeramani (DK), and otherconstituents in the front.

The meeting also endorsedthe DMK’s decision to stageblack flag demonstrationagainst Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for the failureof the Centre to constitute theCMB. "Tamil Nadu will see aseries of agitations for theCauvery water from hereonwards. We are demandingout rights and not any alms,"said Stalin.

Meanwhile, all major farm-ers’ associations in the Statehave called for a bandh onApril 3 for the same cause. Alltraders in Tamil Nadu woulddown their shutters throughoutthe State on the same day toexpress their solidarity with thefarming community.

The announcement aboutthe April 3 bandh was made byS Ranganathan, septuagenarianpresident of Cauvery DeltaFarmers Welfare Association, PR Pandian of Tamil Nadu AllFarmers Association and PAyyakannu, the controversialfarmer leader who staged a

streaking in New Delhi last year.The border between Tamil

Nadu and Karnataka was tensefollowing the decision by var-ious Kannada political outfitsnot to screen any Tamil filmsin Karnataka. The State has aconsiderable Tamil populationand any kind of ethnic unrestarising out of Cauveryimbroglio could have disastrous effects, said intelli-gence officials.

What adds to the woes ofthe State Government is thewell planned but secret flashdemonstrations to be held bythe youth wings of variousLeft, Extreme Left and Tamilchauvinistic unions in the State.

Nearly 50 students staged aflash protest march in Chennai’sMarina Beach on Friday toexpress their resentment againstthe Centre over the delay inconstituting the CMB.

Meanwhile Tamil Nadu isalso witnessing a massiveprotest against the expansionplans of Sterlite Copper, part ofthe Anil Aggarwal ownedVedanta group to set up a cop-per smelter plant atThoothukudi. Besides profes-sional agitators like Vaiko, filmactor Kamal Haassan too haspitched his tent at Thoothukudiin southern Tamil Nadu againstthe Sterlite plant.

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DMK leader MK Stalin wastaken into custody on

Sunday while protestingagainst the CentralGovernment for not setting upthe Cauvery ManagementBoard (CMB).

Led by Stalin, leaders ofCongress and VCK partiesprotested at Valluvar Kottam

here. A large number of DMKactivists participated in event.

Addressing the crowd,Stalin said a statewide shut-down would take place onApril 5, blocking trains andbuses. Black flags would beshown to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi whenever hecomes to Tamil Nadu for notconstituting the CMB, theparty said.

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Aday after Jammu &Kashmir Chief Minister

Mehbooba Mufti requestedPrime Minister Narendra Modito initiate talks with Pakistan,Union Minister Jitendra Singhon Sunday said the decision tohold or not to hold a dialoguewith Islamabad is purely theCentre's prerogative.

The BJP on Saturday hitback at the PDP for its remarksthat delay in resumption of adialogue between India andPakistan has the potential ofundermining the Agenda ofAlliance of the PDP-BJPGovernment and said suchremarks could lead to mistrustand add to confusion amongthe people.

"The decision to hold ornot to hold talks with Pakistanis purely the Centre's preroga-tive and only the Governmentof India is in a position to takea call on this," Singh, theMinister of State in the PrimeMinister's Office, told reporterson the sidelines of the BJP StateWorking Committee meetingat Suchetgarh, near here.

Asked to comment onMehbooba's statement thatIndia should hold talks withPakistan at the earliest, Singhsaid he "is not qualified toanswer whether or not andwhen India should hold talkswith Pakistan because he is notprivy to the sensitive inputs andconfidential reports, based onwhich, the Ministry of ExternalAffairs and the Union Ministryof Home Affairs take a view".

He, however, said, anydecision in this regard isbeyond the purview of theJ&K Government.

Without naming any polit-ical party, Singh said evengoing by the ideological posi-tions taken by Kashmir-centricpolitical parties espousingdemands such as autonomy,these parties have also, in theirpolicy documents, left themanagement of foreign affairsto the Central Government.

Lauding the security forcesfor eliminating eight militantsin a single operation in theKashmir valley on Sunday,Singh said, "Our security forcesare doing a commendable joband the nation is eternallyindebted to them. We areapproaching the last phase of

militancy," he said, claiming thecommon man in Kashmir, par-ticularly the youth, has alreadymoved ahead.

On the deliberations at theBJP State Working Committeemeeting, the Minister said coali-tion Government in the Statehas completed three years inoffice, even though it was beingclaimed by the Opposition par-ties, particularly the Congressand the National Congress, thatthis Government will not lasteven three days.

He said the working com-mittee meeting, held everythree months, was a part of theBJP's traditional curriculumoffering an opportunity toreview the activities and expe-riences and to chalk out thefuture road map accordingly.

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The agitating residents ofNowshera in Rajouri dis-

trict of Jammu and Kashmirtoday decided to stage a protestin New Delhi soon to press fortheir long pending demandfor district status.

The decision to hold a sit-in outside Parliament was takenby the Joint Action Committee(JAC) which is spearheading theongoing 45-day long agitation inthe border town, its state secre-tary Jagdish Sawhney told PTI.

He said the JAC is finalis-ing the date and other arrange-ments for the proposed protest.

People in Nowshera,

Kalakote and Sunderbanitowns of Rajouri district wenton an indefinite strike onFebruary 16 to protest theGovernment decision toappoint Additional DeputyCommissioner (ADC) forKotranka area and allegedlyignoring them.

On March 9, the StateGovernment announced newposts of ADCs to work on rota-tional basis in Nowshera,Sunderbani, Kalakote andKotranka areas in an attempt todefuse the crisis.

But the formula was reject-ed by the residents of thestrike-hit areas and threatenedto intensify the agitation to

press for the district status orpermanent ADC posts.

A 'Jammu Chalo' rally byhundreds of residents wasthwarted by the local adminis-tration on March 17 with anassurance that their demandswould be addressed by theGovernment.

After the assurance, theagitated residents cancelledtheir programme to gheraocivil secretariat on March 19 insupport of their demand.

Violent clashes rocked thetown on March 24 leavingmany people including RajouriDeputy Commissioner ShahidIqbal Choudhary and a policeofficer injured.

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The BJP Government inUttar Pradesh has decided

to introduce chapters on iconsfrom Pasi community in schoolsyllabus, "so that future gener-ations know about their con-tributions", Chief Minister YogiAdityanath has said.

Addressing a programmeorganised by the communityhere, Adityanath said hisGovernment has decided toinclude chapters on Pasi com-munity icons — such asMaharaja Bijli Pasi, LakhanPasi, Raja Ganga Bux Rawat and Uda Devi — inschool syllabus.

Uda Devi was a warrior inthe Indian Rebellion of 1857,who fought against the BritishEast India Company.

Adityanath said that chap-

ters on these icons were beingintroduced in the syllabus "sothat future generations knowabout their contributions andtake encouragement from them".

"Geography of those whocould not preserve their histo-ry changes. All castes should beaware of their social, cultural,economic and political history,"Adityanath said.

The Pasi community fallsunder the Scheduled Caste(SC) category. The communi-ty accounts for nearly 16 percent of the SC population in theState, making it the secondlargest group in the categoryafter the Jatav community.

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Srinagar: Separatists onSunday called for a two-daystrike in Kashmir over thekillings of 11 terrorists andtwo civilians in three separateencounters in the Valley.Separatists, under the bannerof Joint Resistance Leadership(JRL), called for a two-daystrike from on Sunday acrossKashmir to protest the killings,a spokesman of the JRL said.He said the JRL, comprisingSyed Ali Shah Geelani,Mirwaiz Umar Farooq andYasin Mailk, asked people tosuspend business and otheractivities and offer funeralprayers in absentia across the Valley.

Meanwhile, authoritieshave put the Mirwaiz underhouse arrest at his Nigeenresidence here. Twelve terror-ists have been killed in threeseparate encounters in southKashmir on Sunday.

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Defaulting firms have beengiven more time to submit

their filings under the compa-nies law, with the governmentextending the Condonation ofDelay Scheme till April 30.

Following requests fromvarious stakeholders, theCorporate Affairs Ministry hasextended the deadline for thescheme, which ended onMarch 31.

The scheme, announcedinitially for a three-monthperiod starting from January1, was introduced in the wakeof the crackdown on compa-nies allegedly being used asconduits for illicit fund flowsas well as those registeredentities that have not been

carrying out business activi-ties for long.

As part of the clampdown,the ministry had disqualifiedmore than 3.09 lakh directorsof companies which failed tosubmit annual filings for along time. Subsequently, therehave been concerns in certainquarters that action might havealso been taken against genuinefirms. Against this backdrop,the three-month window wasprovided for the defaultingcompanies.

In a communication datedMarch 28, the ministry saidthat on consideration ofrequests received from variousstakeholders, the scheme hasbeen extended up to April 30,2018.

Under the scheme, the

Director IdentificationNumbers (DINs) of the dis-qualified directors that havebeen de-activated would be“temporarily activated” dur-ing the scheme period. Aftersubmission of the filings, acompany concerned wouldhave to file a separate formseeking condonation of thedelay along with a certain fee.

In case of defaulting com-panies whose names have beenremoved from the register andhave filed applications forrevival, DINs of the directorsconcerned would be re-acti-vated subject to NCLT orderand other conditions.

Last December, CorporateAffair Secretary Injeti Srinivashad said that since so manypeople were affected, the gov-

ernment felt that some resolu-tion was required without com-promising the fight againstillegal activities.

“The scheme is not openfor directors of struck off com-panies. They can come onlywhen they (those companies)are restored through theNCLT,” he had said.

Since implementation ofthe Companies Act, 2013 fromApril 1, 2014, this is the secondtime that the ministry hascome out with such a scheme.In 2014, there was a CompanyLaw Settlement Scheme thatalso gave defaulting firms timeto make their filings.

At the end of February,there were more than 11.5lakh active companies in thecountry, as per official data.

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Sensitising truck driversagainst drunken driving,

telling farmers to reduce use ofpesticides, ringing the stockexchange bells to promote gen-der equality — companies aregoing from roads to farms totrading floors to meet theirCSR commitments.

India is among the fewcountries to have a law requir-ing a large number of compa-nies to mandatorily spend aportion of their profits on CSR(corporate social responsibili-ty) activities.

The law is just about fouryears old and even some largecorporates are not able to meetthe mandated 2 per cent ofprofit towards CSR spending,but the trend is catching up fastand several companies havecome up with innovative ideasto meet these goals.

This has also opened upopportunities for some startupswho are seeking to attract CSRfunds for various social caus-es.

Saira Aslam, a journalist-turned-entrepreneur andfounder of ‘D For Darzi’, forexample feels the traditionaltailoring sector is one of thelargely untouched areas so farand needs the much-neededboost of the CSR funds.

Among major corporates,global retail giant Walmart’sSustainable Trade Initiativesupports cotton producers inIndia in adopting better cottonproduction principles by reduc-ing use of water in cotton pro-duction, reducing use andimpact of pesticides, improvingsoil health and biodiversityand promoting fair wages.

So far, the program hastrained 60,000 farmers, includ-ing 4,922 women, while the

Walmart Foundation provideda grant of USD 650,000.

According to WalmartIndia, its other CSR initiativesinclude Agribusiness SystemsInternational Sunhara PrayasProject, which focused onempowering women with agrant of USD 1 million fromthe Walmart Foundation.

Besides, its TechnoServeproject empowered farmersby upgrading farming prac-tices and developing the locallogistics connecting farmersto the formal retail sector,among various other initia-tives. Honda Motorcycle andScooter India Pvt Ltd, onthe other hand, recently cel-ebrated the National SafetyWeek 2018 with more than350 truck drivers.

Besides sensitising themabout safe driving, the cam-paign also informed the truckdrivers about ill-effects of

drunken driving while two‘nukkad nataks’ (street plays)were organised for them.

Last month, HondaMotorcycle and Scooter Indiaalso started an exclusive ini-tiative for female riders wheremore than 10,000 womenacross 12 cities in India tookthe ‘HelmetOnLifeOn’pledge. The InternationalWomen’s Day last month alsosaw the World Bank Group’sIFC (International FinanceCorporation) together withleading stock exchange BSEorganising an event titled‘Ring the Bell for GenderEquality’. The campaigncal led upon businessesever ywhere to advancewomen empowerment andgender equality.

Aslam’s venture seeks tocater to the poor tailoringcommunity across the Indiansubcontinent and will soon

launch its e-commerce plat-form to make custom tailor-ing affordable and easy toorder. Aslam said peoplespend big amounts for buyinga designer sari or suit, but theprofit might not be passed onto the weaver or tailor whoworked extremely hard on it.

Besides, tailors in bigcities get much more thanthose in smaller cities, whilethose in export houses ormanufacturing hubs end upworking very long hours andunder inhospitable condi-tions.

“We at D For Darzi wantto link CSR activities of firmsto uplift the poor tailoringcommunity of the Indiansubcontinent by identifyingand partnering with themthrough local NGOs.

“We want to revolutionisethe CSR architecture by pass-ing on regular jobs to these

tailors and also ensuring aminimum profit percentage,”she said.

D For Darzi also plans toconduct training for tailors tobetter understand custom tai-loring and popularise it overfactory-style stitching.

“This would also makecustom tailoring affordablefor the public and ensure awin-win situation for all. Welook forward to collaboratewith firms for such CSRactivities and campaigns.

“For the recent photoshoot for our website, wealso shattered stereotypicalnotions of the body type ofmodels and roped in com-mon people instead who had‘real’ bodies. Hence, we aretrying to address social issuesthat we have become so con-ditioned to that we don’teven realise they exist,” Aslamsaid.

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Videocon Group ChairmanVenugopal Dhoot has said

loans were sanctioned by ICICIBank based on the merit ofprojects in the oil and gas sec-tor, as he sought to reject alle-gations of quid pro quo in loanreceived from the lender.

His comments comeagainst the backdrop of reportsalleging quid pro quo betweenthe group and the bank’s CEOChanda Kochhar and her fam-ily members in giving theloans. Amid the controversy,the lender has come out indefence of Kochhar, saying ithas full faith and confidence inher. It is alleged that a loan ofover Rs 3,000 crore was givento Videocon Group, which inturn pumped money into

NuPower Renewables, a firmowned by Deepak Kochhar,husband of ICICI Bank CEOand Managing DirectorChanda Kochhar.

“When NuPowerRenewables started, I investedaround Rs 2.5 lakh worth sharesin NuPower Renewables, but,immediately I sold my entireinvestment of Rs 2.5 lakh worthshares and exited from NuPowerRenewables,” Dhoot told PTI.

He also denied reports thathis group had invested Rs 64crore in NuPower Renewables.

“This is not correct and wedeny as we have not invested Rs64 crore in FCD (fully convert-ible debentures) of NuPowerRenewables,” he said and alsodenied allegations of transferringaround Rs 325 crore fromMauritius route to Deepak

Kochhar’s company.On loans given to Videocon

group by the bank, he said,“There was no quid pro quofrom ICICI Bank to Videocon asICICI Bank has under the con-sortium arrangement (withother lenders and leader bankbeing SBI) and which is less than10 per cent loan to Videocongroup... “...the sanction by theICICI Bank has been done onthe merit of the projects andtherefore, there is no question ofany quid pro quo.”

Observing that at that time,oil price was above USD 100 abarrel, Dhoot said, “Videoconwas a rated company and all thebanks were chasing for invest-ment into Videocon. So, invest-ment by ICICI Bank cannot beconstrued as a favour toVideocon.”

The group had “huge qual-ity oil and gas assets in Brazil,Mozambique and Indonesia andother domestic good assets,which were appraised by the twolead banks, SBI and IDBI Bankand thereafter ICICI Bank hassanctioned the above loan (Rs3,000 crore) to the company”, headded.

“We have not transferredany money....It is very unfair todrag Videocon into the so calledallegation or controversy aboutICICI Bank dealing withVideocon,” Dhoot said.

On the Rs 660-crore loangiven to Tuskar Overseas Inc, agroup company of Videocon,Dhoot said it was given to thecompany 12 years ago by theprevious management of thebank and was paid back withoutany default.

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Vehicles will soon come fit-ted with number plates

and the cost will be included inthe four-wheelers’ price, UnionMinister Nitin Gadkari said.

At present, a vehicle licenseplate — which is attached tovehicles bearing its official reg-istration number, commonlyknown as “a number plate” —is procured by various statesseparately from designatedagencies. “We have taken animportant decision. Now,manufacturers will fit the platesand embossing will be donelater through machine,” RoadTransport, Highways, Shipping,Water Resources and GangaRejuvenation Minister Gadkaritold PTI.

Naturally, the price of theplate will be included in car’scost and the consumer will get

some relief, he said.The minister said the new

technology number plates wereintended to bring relief not onlyto consumers but also to bringin uniformity across states aseach state used to buy theseplates earlier.

The prices for numberplates procured by statesranged from Rs 800 to Rs40,000, he said.

At present, the the licenceplate (number plates) numberis issued by the district-levelRegional Transport Office(RTO) of respective states.

Also, Gadkari said thatthere would be no compromisein terms of security as far asvehicles were concerned andsuch norms will be same for allmodels be it economy or lux-ury.

“We will not compromisewith security.... what security

norms we have done for eco-nomic models, same is for lux-ury and SUVs,” he said.

The government hasrecently made it mandatory forall cars manufactured afterJuly 2019 to have air bags fordrivers and seat-belt remindersbesides speeding alert systemsbeyond 80 kmph and sensorsfor reverse parking to avoidaccidents.

“Motor vehicles of catego-ry M1 (cars), manufactured onand after the 1st day of July,2019, shall comply with theadditional safety features andits requirements stipulated inAIS-145 -2017,” the notificationissued by the Road Transportand Highways Ministry hassaid. The minister also said thatthere would be no compromiseon pollution front as well anda number of initiatives havebeen taken in this regard.

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Hyderabad and Bengaluruare at the top two positions

in a list of 30 global short-termgrowth cities, according to prop-erty consultant JLL.

Indian cities dominated the‘short term momentum ranking’in JLL’s latest annual global report‘City Momentum Index’ (CMI)2018.

Pune has been ranked atfourth, followed by Kolkata (5th)and Delhi (8th) in the top 10cities out of the 30 top globalshort-term growth cities.

“Chennai (14th) andMumbai (20th) completed India’sstellar show on the annual rank-ings,” JLL said in the report.

JLL said it’s CMI’s short-termmomentum rankings identifyurban economies and real estate

markets which are currentlyundergoing the most rapidgrowth.

Indian cities performedextremely well on key parametersof human resource, connectivi-ty, real estate investments, prop-erty prices, economic output, cor-porate activities, constructionand retail sales.

“India maintained it’s pre-eminence in the Short-TermMomentum rankings as thesecities registered among the high-est rates of demographic and eco-nomic growth globally, whilealso benefiting from govern-ment efforts to boost businessattractiveness and invest in infra-structure,” the report said.

While Indian cities haveperformed exceedingly well inthe short-term momentumindex, it will be a delight to see

them become long-term invest-ment destinations in the future,JLL India CEO and CountryHead Ramesh Nair said.

While economic energy ispropelling India’s cities forward,the consultant said that many ofthese cities also face challengeslike strains on infrastructure andlocal amenities, high levels of eco-nomic disparity and affordabili-ty issues and environmentaldegradation.

In order to maintain theirgrowth over the longer term,these cities will need to focus onfuture-proofing their marketsthrough improved liveability andaffordability, regulatory trans-parency and physical and tech-nological infrastructure.

“The need to take intoaccount a city’s future-proofingcapabilities is increasingly recog-

nised by real estate investors,developers and corporations. Forinvestors, it is imperative to com-prehend which cities will be ableto gain from transformations forlong-term value preservationand growth,” Nair said.

Hyderabad and Bengaluru,have been leading India’s prowessin the global IT/ ITeS and BPMdomain.

Bengaluru remains thelargest Grade A office market interms of leasing activities. Apartfrom being a major outsourcinglocation for multinational cor-porations, it is also home toresearch and development facil-ities for a growing number ofglobal companies.

However, in recent quarters,Hyderabad has picked pace onaccount of favourable govern-ment policies that have had pos-

itive impact on the office marketin the city.

Global brands like Deloitte,Qualcomm and Microsoft, toname a few, have establishedthemselves in the market.

Another trend seen in thereport was the relatively lowerpositions of tier 1 markets ofDelhi and Mumbai which wereat position 8th and 20th respec-tively. However, JLL said Delhiand Mumbai are stable markets,with great investment and growthpotential.

“Despite concerns on para-meters like sustainability, eco-logical and infrastructural devel-opment etc, these locations, onaccount of their size, demand andrental and capital values, may beone of the firsts to move towardsthe long-term investment quad-rant in the future,” the report said.

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New Delhi (PTI): Government-owned miner Coal India Ltdis planning to generate about 20,000 megawatt (MW) in the next10 years as part of its diversification plan, a senior company offi-cial has said.

India has set a target to generate 100 GW of solar power by2022.

“For Coal India to be sustainable we must diversify. We havealready defined our roadmap. We are going in a big way for solarand have set a target of generating 20,000 MW or 20 Gigawattin next 10 years,” Coal India Chairman and Managing DirectorGopal Singh said.

However, the official did not elaborate on investment plansof the company.

According to industry estimates, a sum of around Rs 5 croreis required to install 1 MW solar project.

“...if you look beyond 2050 the way renewable is coming asa citizen it should be our priority we must switch over to renew-ables because the global warning is somewhere or the other affect-ing each and everyone... We must be prepared for it,” he said.

Today coal-based power is the cheapest. Renewable naturallywill be costly. But the ways work is being done in renewable theday is bound to come when it will be affordable may be after twoor three decades, he said.

The chairman also said that the plan will require 40,000hectares of land and which is already available with the company.

“We don’t have the land in single size, its of our various sub-sidiaries which we will use,” he said.

Coal India Limited (CIL), a maharatna, under the Ministryof Coal is the single largest coal producer in the world.

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The oil ministry has askedsector regulator PNGRB to

look at unbundling of compa-nies like GAIL India Ltd toresolve the conflict of interest inbeing both the transporter andmarketer of natural gas.

The reference to thePetroleum and Natural GasRegulatory Board (PNGRB) fol-lows a revival of a plan to splitGAIL by hiving off gas market-ing business into a separatefirm, leaving just pipeline trans-portation with GAIL.

“GAIL was created in 1984by hiving off gas business out ofONGC. ONGC was producingoil and gas, and also transport-ing it. GAIL was hived out ofONGC for transportation ofnatural gas, and then slowly italso acquired the activities relat-

ing to marketing of gas,” an offi-cial privy to the developmentsaid.

He said it is a well-accept-ed fact that there is some con-flict of interest between thesame entity that carries outtransportation of natural gas andalso markets it.

Over a period of time moreplayers have come into gas mar-keting. Gujarat government enti-ty GSPC is a major player in gasmarketing and also in gas trans-portation.

“So, we have asked thePNGRB to look into this issueof how to resolve this conflictand come up with some sug-gestion,” he said.

The Government had in2006 issued the Policy forDevelopment of Natural GasPipelines and City for LocalNatural Gas Distribution

Networks which envisaged thatin the long run and with thematuring of gas markets, theauthorised entities will havetransportation of natural gas astheir sole business activity andwill not have any business inter-est in the gas marketing or cityor local gas distribution net-works. “So, as we move towardsa more gas-based economy,there is a conflict of interestbetween the activities of trans-portation of gas and marketingof gas,” the official said.

Incorporated in August1984 by spinning off gas busi-ness of ONGC, GAIL (India)Ltd owns and operates about11,000-km of natural gaspipelines in the country. It sellsaround 60 per cent of natural gasin the country.

The government has 54.89per cent stake in GAIL India.

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India is now the second largestmobile phone producer in the

world after China, as per infor-mation shared by Indian CellularAssociation with TelecomMinister Manoj Sinha and ITMinister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

“We are happy to inform youthat with the strenuous and cal-ibrated efforts of government ofIndia, ICA and FTTF, India hasnow emerged as the secondlargest producer of mobile hand-set by volume,” ICA NationalPresident Pankaj Mohindroosaid in a letter to both the unionministers on March 28.

ICA referred to data available

from market research firm IHS,China’s National Bureau ofStatistics and Vietnam GeneralStatistics Office.

According to the data sharedby ICA, annual production ofmobile phones in India increasedfrom 3 million units in 2014 to11 million units in 2017.

India replaced Vietnam tobecome second largest produc-er of mobile phones in 2017.

With the rise in mobilephone production, imports of thedevices in the country alsoreduced to less than half in2017-18.

“We are also happy to informyou that our completely buildunits as percentage of domestic

market has now come downfrom 78 per cent (2014-15) to 18per cent (2017-18),” Mohindroosaid.

The fast track task Force, abody under Ministry ofElectronics and IT, has set targetto achieve around 500 millionmobile phone production inIndia by 2019, with value esti-mated to be around USD 46 bil-lion.

The FTTF (), which hasmembers from industry andgovernment, has set target to cre-ate USD 8 billion componentmanufacturing as result ofgrowth in mobile phone pro-duction and create 1.5 milliondirect and indirect jobs by 2019.

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Asserting that there will be“zero tolerance” on air

safety issues, Civil AviationMinister Suresh Prabhu hassaid the aircraft with engineproblems will remain ground-ed till the issues are addressed.

His remarks came againstthe backdrop of aviation watch-dog DGCA grounding 14 A320neo planes, operated by IndiGoand GoAir, due to problemswith their Pratt & Whitneyengines.

“Pratt & Whitney hasdone some retrofitting, whichhas resulted in some chal-lenges in engines. So, when Ibecame the (civil aviation)minister, it was pointed out tome... I said this is too riskybecause safety should not becompromised on any account,”Prabhu told PTI in an inter-

view.Prabhu, who took charge of

Civil Aviation Ministry onMarch 12, noted that safetyshould not be compromised onany account.

On the same day, aviationregulator DGCA orderedIndiGo and GoAir to immedi-ately ground 11 A320 neoplanes powered with a certainseries of P&W engines afterincidents of mid-air enginefailures.

“Let them rectify this errorand till that time they will begrounded and we called the air-lines and told them to makealternate arrangements,”Prabhu said.

“By doing this, we areensuring that there will bezero tolerance on safety issues,”he said, adding that the engineswill be required to be certifiedagain for air worthiness.

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Champions in the inaugural edi-tion of the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) but banned from

the last two seasons because of a cor-ruption scandal, Rajasthan Royals'objective of bringing salvation to theirprestige is going to be one tough jour-ney this season.

Some prominent names missingfrom the squad will be Shane Watson,James Faulkner, Tim Southee, BenCutting, Karun Nair, Chris Morrisand, of course, the now tainted SteveSmith. Though former skipper andmentor of the 2008 champion team,Shane Warne will be around with hisoff-the-field support as team manag-er, it won't be the same for Royals whoare in the game this time withoutboasting of a star studded line-up, butwith only a few aces up their sleeve.

NEW PICKSIn the players’ auction ahead of

this year’s IPL, Rajasthan Royals brokebanks and added English all rounderBen Stokes and Indian pacer JaydevUnadkat into their squad for thewhopping amount of �12.5 crore and�11.5 crore, respectively making themthe top two picks of this year’s edition.Both these players were top per-formers for Rising Pune Supergiantsin the 2017 edition and major con-tributors in the team's run-up to theFinal. Their inclusion will boost thecore strength of the side.

Stokes, bought for �14 crore in hisdebut season scored 316 runs in 12games along with 12 crucial wicketsbefore leaving for England forChampions’ Trophy preparations,skipping the IPL Final where his sidelost to Mumbai by a solitary run.However, he was awarded the Playerof the Tournament for his exploits.

As with Stokes, another RPS play-er Undakat’s second innings in inter-national cricket got a push in IPL 2017,where he finished as the second high-est wicket-taker after BhuvneshwarKumar. Unadkat’s 24 wickets of 12games not only received fan appreci-ation but the 26-year-old pacer wasalso graced with a call from thenational side for the shortest formatof the game.

Apart from the RPS duo,Rajasthan also added Big Bash League2018 Hobart Hurricanes showstoppers

D'Arcy Short and Jofra Archer for �4 crore and ��7.2 crore, respectively

The 27-year-old Australian all-rounder Short was the leading runscorer in the BBL season, finishingwith 572 runs in just 11 innings withan average of 57.20. His golden runwith the bat also helped him receivesummons for the national team for thefirst time when he featured in the T20tri-series featuring England and NewZealand. The Australian in his debutseries, excelled in the highest suc-cessful run chase in internationalT20s with a 76 off 44 balls against NewZealand in February.

It was the 23-year-old JofraArcher’s ��7.2 crore bid which cameas a surprise . However, the Sussex all-rounder who hasn't done anythinggreat as of now but has the capabilityto turn the tables at any point whichis a big asset, and Rajasthan Royals willrely on this young gun in the slogovers. Adding to the list of these newpicks, explosive English wicketkeep-er batsman Jos Buttler needs nointroduction to cricketing fans allround the globe. However, the Englishplayer's stats of 527 runs in the 24games he featured in do not reveal thecorrect measure of his potential.

Apart from these fancy playerswho have already proved their worthin the international level, RajasthanRoyals have invested in some uniden-tified domestic players like PrashantChopra and Krishnappa Gowthamwho over time have shown theircapabilities at the very best.

The 25-year-old Prashant Choprawho plays for Himachal Pradesh in thedomestic circuit will be the first pickfor the opening spot alongside skip-per Ajinkya Rahane.

While 29 years old Karnataka's allrounder Krishnappa Gowtham whofinished with 34 wickets in 8 gameswill aim to grab every chance in jus-tifying his worth of �6.2 crores.

PLUSESRajasthan Royals' biggest asset

ahead of this year's edition is the num-

ber of match winners the franchise hasincluded in the squad. Skipper AjinkyaRahane who has a terrific record inIPL with Rajasthan Royals will be theflag bearer for the side providingstrong start with the bat. Rahane wasthe second highest run scorer in the2015 edition with Royals where he fin-ished with 540 runs in 14 innings.

Apart from Rahane, SanjuSamson will be another big asset forRajasthan. The 23 year old batsmanfrom Kerala was bought for �8 crores

using RTM and is undboutedly a bigplayer in making. In the previous edi-tion playing for Delhi, Samson was aconsistent performer and scored 386run.

Since the start of IPL, overseasplayers have always played a key rolein Rajasthan's success whether it wasthe magical spinner Shane Warner orthe star all rounder Shane Watson.And following the same tradition thistime even, Rajasthan added BenStokes, D'Arcy Short, Jos Buttler and

Jofra Archer to do the same honours.Though it will be the first season

for Short and Archer in the tourna-ment but both these young ladswould like to resume their inningsfrom the same end where they endedfor Hobart Hurricanes in the Big BashLeague.

The biggest pick in IPL for the sec-ond consecutive season is Ben Stokeswould be looking to recreate that samemagic he did for Pune last year.Stokes who is among the top allrounders of the world hasn't seen goodtimes for a while but the star Englishplayer will aim very high to leave thesame impression.

Following the footsteps of his

countrymen Stokes, another explosiveEnglish player Jos Buttler will be thekey man. The English keeper batsmanis undoubtedly one of the most dan-gerous batsmen in the current erabecause of his power hitting in the slogovers will definitely like to wash thejinx of poor performance in the IPL.

MINUSESThough Rajasthan tried to pick

key players who can have a big impactin the game with their Individual per-formances, the 2008 champions fail tohave the proper bench strength.

Apart from the fancy overseas allrounder which they have addedspending crores of money, the lack of

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Tim Paine was in agony.Australian cricket in tor-

ment.Both showed some guts

on Day 3 of the final Test inSouth Africa on Sunday, but itlikely wasn't going to beenough to avoid a big defeat.

New captain Paine made62 with Australia up against itin the series decider andplayed through the pain of afractured thumb sustainedwhile he was wicket-keepingthe day before.

But despite Paine's fight-ing half-century and anotherone from bowler PatCummins, South Africabowled Australia out for 221in its first innings and thenextended its lead to 401 runsby the end of the day.

South Africa ground itsway toward a series win withan unbeaten 40-run partner-ship between Dean Elgar (39not out) and skipper Faf duPlessis (34 not out). Those twoopted to be resolute and giveaway nothing. Elgar madejust 5 runs in 61 balls in thatunbeaten stand to take SouthAfrica to stumps.

Tasked with putting theshattered morale of the teamback together, Paine led fromthe front, combining withCummins for a 99-run part-nership at the start of Sundayafter Australia was in dangerof collapsing at 96-6 on Day 2.

After being diagnosedwith the fractured thumb onSaturday, Paine stayed on aswicketkeeper while Australiawas in the field and also tookhis place in the batting lineup.He was 5 not out overnightand hit seven fours and twosixes in all to give Australia's

f irst innings a l itt lerespectability despite it beingway behind South Africa's.

Paine was last man out toa running, diving catch byElgar, which gave the inningsa gripping finish. Fast bowlersVernon Philander and KagisoRabada and spinner KeshavMaharaj all picked up threewickets each for South Africa.

Cummins made 50 andalso removed Aiden Markramand AB de Villiers early inSouth Africa's second inningsfor his sixth and seventh wick-ets of the game.

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Dinesh Karthik on Sunday acknowl-edged that he has an onerous task of

replacing a very successful GautamGambhir but asserted that he has it in himto steer Kolkata Knight Riders to at leastthe IPL play-offs and get the best out ofhis side.

KKR think tank chose not to retaintwo-time IPL winning skipper Gambhirand handed the reins of the team to theTamil Nadu batsman, bought for �7.4crore.

"What Gautam Gambhir has achievedfor KKR is phenomenal. He's left abenchmark," Karthik said after joining hisnew team and on the sidelines of their jer-sey launch.

Under Gambhir, KKR twice emergedchampions (2012, 2014) and also made theplay-offs thrice (2011, 2016 and 2017).

Karthik has wealth of experience hav-ing played for as many as five different IPLfranchisees - Royal Challengers Bangalore,Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab, DelhiDaredevils and Gujarat Lions in last sea-son.

"Being a leader of the team, the man-agement will expect from me the same.I'm aware of the expectations. Yes, therewould be pressure. As a captain, you'reexpected to at least go to the play-offs,that's the least anybody can expect. I thinkI'm at a stage where I can handle it andget the best out of the team," he asserted.

Karthik looked a transformed bats-man in the Tri-nation final againstBangladesh in Colombo last month whenhis last-ball six sealed a nervy win forIndia.

"It's been close to 10 days now sincethat innings, things have moved on, peo-ple have moved on. We have a new bunchof boys. It was a great game as I've said.When we play Bangladesh, it's a different

kind of pressure. If you win, you are like'okay you've won', but if you lose it's like'wake up, what you doing' types.

"We had a good start, it dipped in themiddle. I just had to hit boundaries whenI got in. I was lucky on that day. We hada good season, and for us not win thatgame would not have been nice to end theseries. It was a great feeling."

Meanwhile, KKR CEO Venky Mysoresaid the franchise was not losing sleep overstar Australian pacer Mitchell Starc beingruled out of IPL due to injury, adding hisreplacement will be announced onMonday.

"It's funny how injuries are beyondanybody's control. Sunrisers(Hyderabad) are feeling something,Mumbai (Indians) lost a player, (RoyalChallengers) Bangalore lost a player sothis is what you plan for sometimes. Youhope that it doesn't happen but you areready. So it's not about big names to behonest," Mysore said on the sidelines ofKKR's jersey launch at the team hotelhere.

"In 2012, nobody had even heard ofSunil Narine. He came and took IPL bystorm. So something like that could hap-pen and I always feel in every adversitythere is an opportunity. So there may besomeone who can come and surprise us.We are disappointed but not that much,"he added.

"We have a very good option inMitchell Johnson. He has played moreIPLs and won two championships whenhe has played for teams and he is an out-standing player," Mysore said.

There is talk about West Indies cap-tain Jason Holder filling in for Starc butMysore did not want to dwell on thoserumours.

"We are working on it. We are veryclose. In the next 24 hours, we will havea replacement," he said.

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James Vince made 76 and Mark Stoneman60 as England took firm control of the sec-

ond cricket Test against New Zealand onSunday, reaching 202-3 to lead by 231 runsat stumps on the third day.

Joe Root was 30 not out and DawidMalan 19 when stumps were drawn threeovers early because of bad light.

Vince broke a form drought with thethird half century of his career andStoneman posted his highest Test score andsecond fifty of the series in a 123-run part-nership for the second wicket which allowedEngland to build decisively on its 29-run firstinnings lead.

Vince looked on track at least to surpasshis highest test score of 83 but a lapse in con-centration cost him dearly. He was well setand batting fluently, having reached his halfcentury from 71 balls, when he flashedunnecessarily at a wide delivery from TrentBoult and was caught by Ross Taylor whowas keeping a lone vigil in the slip cordon.

Stoneman also failed to build on the

strong foundation he had set over threehours and five minutes at the crease, pass-ing his previous test best of 57 before chas-ing a wide delivery from Tim Southee whichgave wicketkeeper BJ Watling his secondcatch of the innings.

Unfortunately for England, openerAlastair Cook remained stuck in his formtrough, dismissed for 14 by Trent Boult forthe fourth time in the series and ninth timein his career. He has had scores in the cur-rent two-test series of 5, 2, 2 and 14 at anaverage of 5.7.

Cook's dismissal Sunday was demon-strative of his current lack of form and con-fidence as he unnecessarily played at a widedelivery from Boult and edged the ball towicketkeeper BJ Watling.

Earlier, Stuart Broad took 6-54 andshared all 10 wickets with new ball partnerJames Anderson as England bowled outNew Zealand for 278 in reply to its firstinnings of 307.

Broad and Anderson both took two ofthe four New Zealand wickets which fellSunday as the home side added 86 runs toits overnight total of 192-6. Watling, resum-ing at 77, made 85 and followed hisEngland opposite Jonny Bairstow in mar-shaling the tail after the failure of the toporder.

While Watling's contribution onSunday was cut short after he was bowledby Anderson, his overnight partner TimSouthee went on to make 50, his fourth Testhalf century.

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Struck by an ankle sprain prior to theCommonwealth Games 2018,Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu

hopes to regain peak fitness before thestart of individual events and assured Indiawill return with multiple medals.

Sindhu had suffered a sprain on herright ankle while practicing at theGopichand Academy on Tuesday butscans showed no injury to the bone or lig-ament, much to the relief of Indian con-tingent and fans.

“Preparation wise, everything hasbeen going on well for me. Of course,unfortunately, I sprained my ankle a bitbut I think I should be fine by the time theGames starts, I hope I will be completelyfit by then,” the 22-year-old Indian said.

Four years ago, Sindhu had hoped ofretaining the women's singles Gold thatSaina Nehwal won for India for the firsttime in the Delhi edition.

However, the yellow metal eluded herand she settled for a bronze after losing inthe semifinals to Canada's Michelle Li.

A lot has changed since then andSindhu is currently India's top shuttler anda prime contender for the gold medal atCWG, given the field which is nothingcompared to the Super Series tournamentsthat she plays throughout the year.

"Last time, I had a Bronze and thistime I want to do well and give my best.I can't tell a particular number but defi-nitely we will get a lot of medals this time,"she said. At Glasgow CWG, Sindhu hadentered the tournament as an 18-year-oldwho had become the first Indian womanto win a medal at the WorldChampionships. Though she settled forBronze in the event, she went on to addanother bronze at the 2014 CopenhagenWorld Championship.

Being the top sportsperson from thecountry, Sindhu is aware that expectationswill be at an all-time high at Gold Coastbut the shuttler just wants to stay fit andgive her best.

“The responsibilities are high, every-one wants me to win and I have to givemy best and play my game and automat-ically you will do well,” was her briefanswer to her prospect at CWG.

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Half-an-hour after SloaneStephens won her home-

town tournament, she lingeredon the confetti-covered court,posing for photos and signingautographs as if reluctant toleave Key Biscayne.

The Miami Open is mov-ing, and Stephens became thefinal women's champion onthe picturesque island by beat-ing Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (5), 6-1 Saturday.

Stephens was born in SouthFlorida, played on Key Biscayneas a junior and lives in nearbyFort Lauderdale. That made thereigning US Open championespecially eager to win theMiami Open before it moves 18miles north next year to sub-urbia and the NFL Dolphins'stadium.

"This place is pretty specialto me," Stephens said. "I'm def-initely happy I could be the lastperson to win here. I've hadsome amazing experiences here,and I'll definitely miss it."

Even so, Stephens was sur-prised that fans jeered duringthe trophy ceremony whentournament director JamesBlake mentioned the relocation.

"I was kind of confused bythat," she said. "I'm excited forthe move. I think it will be greatfor the tournament — a newfacility. I'm sure it will be beau-tiful."

Mike and Bob Bryan wontheir 115th doubles title andtheir biggest in nearly two yearswhen they beat Andrey Rublevand Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-4.

The No 13-seeded Stephenswon with defense, repeatedlyextending rallies untilOstapenko would make a mis-take. Ostapenko had a 25-6advantage in winners but com-mitted 48 unforced errors to 21by Stephens.

"She was moving reallywell," Ostapenko said."Sometimes I was going for anaggressive winner when I did-n't have to. I was sometimes

missing shots I was normallymaking this week."

Stephens was the surprisechampion at the US Open lastSeptember, and then lost hernext eight matches, including thefirst two of 2018. But she shookher slump on Key Biscayne,improved to 6-0 in finals and willbreak into the top 10 for firsttime next week at No 9.

"It's incredible," Stephenssaid. "I knew if I just got backto the drawing board I would beOK. I wasn't expecting a titlehere. I just wanted to make sureI got my game back where Iwanted to be."

Stephens and the No 6-seeded Ostapenko, last year'sFrench Open champion, battledalmost exclusively from thebaseline, and the quality ofplay was often ragged. Thefinalists traded breaks for fourgames, and Stephens was bro-ken twice more when servingfor the first set.

She wobbled again leading6-2 in the pivotal tiebreaker,

committing unforced errors tosquander consecutive set points.But Ostapenko dumped an easybackhand into the net to losethe set, and the Latvianappeared to tire after that.

Stephens said she benefitedfrom a pep talk by her coachafter the opening set.

"I was a little nervous, andit was showing in my game," shesaid. "My feet weren't moving,and I wasn't swinging throughthe ball. I just needed a little bitof a reminder to just go for it ifI wanted to take the title."

Stephens swept the final sixgames, clinching one with theshot of the match. Ostapenkochased down a drop shot andpunched it back, but Stephensstretched near the baseline to hita forehand volley cross-courtfor a winner.

That made it 5-1, and onchampionship point momentslater, Ostapenko sent a forehandwide. Stephens celebrated bypumping both fists to cheersfrom her hometown crowd.

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Even without being fully fit and despiteplaying only a few minutes, Lionel

Messi still had enough to keep Barcelonafrom losing in the Spanish league.

Messi, who recently missed twointernational friendlies with Argentinabecause of a leg muscle problem, scoredan 89th-minute equalizer in Barcelona's2-2 draw with Sevilla on Saturday.

Sevilla led 2-0 until the 88th minutewhen Luis Suarez scored, then Messimade his mark again a minute later toextend the team's unbeaten run to 30matches.

Messi started on the bench atSanchez-Pizjuan Stadium and went onin the 58th, not long after Sevilla scoredits second through Luis Muriel.

Franco Vazquez put the hosts aheadin the first half.

Suarez scored from inside the areaand Messi quickly got the equalizer witha well-placed left-footed shot into thelower corner, taking his league-leadingtally to 26.

"He was still bothered (by the mus-cle problem), but it was already expect-ed that he would play a few minutes,"Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said.

Barcelona has lost only three match-es this season - two to Real Madrid in theSpanish Super Cup and to Espanyol inthe Copa del Rey. It was also unbeatenin the last seven league matches last sea-son, and is one match away from equal-ing the record streak achieved by RealSociedad from 1978-80.

Barcelona has a 12-point lead oversecond-place Atletico Madrid, whichhosts struggling Deportivo La Coruna on

Sunday.Sevilla stayed in sixth place.Sevilla and Barcelona will play the

Copa del Rey final on April 21 atAtletico's Wanda Metropolitano Stadiumin Madrid.

)�����'���������*Despite the absence of Cristiano

Ronaldo, who was rested for Tuesday's

match against Juventus in the ChampionsLeague quarterfinals, Madrid defeatedLas Palmas 3-0 in the Canary Islands tomove within a point of second-placeAtletico.

Bale opened the scoring in the 26thminute after a long throughball by LukaModric, making a run from near themidfield line before entering the area andfinding the top corner with a powerful

left-footed shot.Benzema, in his 400th game with

Madrid, converted a 39th-minute penal-ty kick after Lucas Vazquez was fouledinside the area, and Bale netted his sec-ond goal by converting another penaltykick early in the second half after he wasbrought down inside the box.

In addition to Ronaldo, coachZinedine Zidane rested defender Sergio

Ramos, midfielder Francisco "Isco"Alarcon, left back Marcelo, and mid-fielder Toni Kroos.

"The players who don't get to playoften did a good job," Zidane said.

It was the fifth straight win forMadrid in all competitions.

*���������Levante held Girona to 1-1, ending

the Catalan club's home winning streakand moving further from the relegationzone.

Girona, in its inaugural season in thefirst division, had won six straight gamesat home without conceding any goals.

Girona went ahead early in the sec-ond half with a shot by Alex Granell, whofound the top corner from outside thearea. Levante equalized less than 15 min-utes later through Jose Luis Morales fromclose range following a quick breakaway.

Girona stayed in seventh place, stillin contention for a Europa League spotnext season.

Levante remained 17th, but it openeda seven-point lead over Las Palmas, thefirst team inside the relegation zone. Theresult extended Levante's unbeaten streakto four matches. It hasn't lost since PacoLopez took over the team after coachJuan Lopez Muniz was fired.

"We moved a point closer to our goalof avoiding relegation," Lopez said.

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for Celta Vigo to draw at Athletic Bilbao1-1, a result that kept both teams near themiddle of the table.

Celta was ninth, three points aheadof Athletic in 12th.

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Leonardo Bonucci's goal on hisreturn to former team

Juventus ultimately counted fornothing as the Bianconeri beatAC Milan 3-1 to move fourpoints clear in Serie A onSaturday.

"It was pre-written," Juventusmanager Massimiliano Allegrisaid. "He scored on his return butJuventus won, no one could haveimagined a better night."

Bonucci cancelled out PauloDybala's opener in the first halfand Hakan Calhanoglu rattledthe crossbar as Milan surpris-ingly outplayed the six-timedefending champion.

But Juan Cuadrado and SamiKhedira struck late for Juventus.

Second-placed Napolislipped further behind afterdrawing at Sassuolo 1-1.

Juventus drew at lowly Spal0-0 last time out, and this willboost it ahead of the Champions

League quarterfinal against RealMadrid on Tuesday.

All 10 matches were playedon Saturday because of Easter.

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fect start when Dybala fired it infront with a powerful shot fromoutside the area in the eighth

minute.Andre Silva headed wide

from six yards and Milan leveledin the 28th minute when Bonuccigot between his former team-mates Andrea Barzagli andGiorgio Chiellini to head in.

It was Bonucci's first matchat Juventus since his surprise exitin July after seven years at the

club, and his every touch was metby jeers and insults. The Italydefender celebrated with a wash-your-mouth action.

It was the first league goalJuventus conceded this year.

Milan almost took the lead10 minutes after the break asCalhanoglu's effort crashed offthe crossbar and GianluigiBuffon turned Suso's follow-upround the post.

Cuadrado was brought onfor his first appearance of 2018on the hour and he marked hisreturn from injury with a goal 19minutes later, heading inKhedira's cross.

Khedira got on the score-sheet himself three minutes fromtime following a low cross fromDybala. It was a blow for Milan,which slipped eight points offfourth place and the finalChampions League qualifyingberth — occupied by Inter Milan,which it faces in the derby onWednesday.

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Jithin MS scored in the 19thminute for Kerala while JitenMurmu drew level in the 68thminute. In extra time, VibinThomas first found the net in the117th minute after Rajon Burmanwas sent off. Tirthankar scored lateinto injury time for Bengal to takethe game to penalties where Keralaemerged eventual victors.

Bengal were on the attackfrom the early minutes of thematch. Tirthankar Sarkar had twofreekick chances from the left sideof the area within the first six min-utes. While the first one was dulycleared by the Kerala wall, left-backSreerag G pulled off a goal-lineclearance from MonotoshChakladar's shot after goalkeeperMidhun V parried it away.

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broke the deadlock against the runof play. Jithin Gopalan intercepteda ball in the centre of the park andfound Seesan S close by. He thenshowed some great vision to releaseJithin MS on the run. Bengal's left-back, Abhishek Mukherjee was offhis position and with SouravDasgupta failing to track thewinger, Jithin MS brought up hisfifth goal of the tournament by slot-ting home through goalkeeperRanajit Majumder's gates. Allattempts of a comeback fromBengal were thwarted by the south-ern side.

Ankit Mukherjee and NabiHussain Khan missed the firsttwo penalties for Bengal asMidhun V saved both. TirthankarSarkar and Sanchayan Samadder’sconversion did not help as Keralahad a cent percent record withRahul V Raj, Jithin Gopalan andJestin George all scoring. For thefinal kick, Jiten Murmu took on thegloves but Seesan S shot past thestriker to deliver Kerala the HeroSantosh Trophy. PNS

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Now it's on for Manchester City to win theEnglish Premier League in the earliest and

sweetest way possible: Victory over ManchesterUnited in next Saturday's derby will seal the tro-phy for Pep Guardiola's runway leader.

"I have lived in Manchester long enough toknow what it means," City captain VincentKompany said after Saturday's 3-1 win at Everton."It will be lively and spicy but I don't mind."

Not even Alex Ferguson managed to clinchany of his 13 titles for United by beating the neigh-bors. Even more incredibly, City can secure itsthird title since 2012 with six games to spare thanksto the Manchester rivals both winning onSaturday.

City then cruised at Goodison Park, withLeroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus, and Raheem Sterlingscoring inside the first 37 minutes and Everton set-tling for a second-half consolation from YannickBolasie.

"We are so, so close and so happy with the per-formance," said Guardiola, whose side is back onMerseyside in midweek to face Liverpool in theChampions League quarterfinals.

It is unlikely that West Bromwich Albion willstill be in the league next season, remaining 10points from safety in last place after losing toBurnley 2-1.

Southampton, which occupies the remainingrelegation place, lost to West Ham 3-0.

Palace remained two points above the dropzone, a point below Huddersfield, which lost toNewcastle 1-0. Swansea, like Huddersfield, is onlythree points clear of the bottom three.

Leicester is chasing a Europa League spot,beating Brighton 2-0 to stay three points behindseventh-place Burnley.

The comfort of mid-table continued forWatford and Bournemouth after their 2-2 drawin the league.

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Olympic Stadium — with pitch invasions and theWest Ham owners threatened — the only protestscame before facing Southampton.

Inside there was not just tranquility but joyrarely seen at the venue unloved by manyHammers supporters.

For good reason: West Ham was able to rollover Southampton with ease in Mark Hughes' firstgame in charge of the relegation-threatenedsouth-coast club.

Marko Arnautovic's double after Joao Mario'sopener ensured the three points were sealed beforethe break, taking West Ham five points clear ofdanger.

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India on Saturday vehemently deniedany wrongdoing after syringes werefound near their athletes' accommo-

dation at the Commonwealth GamesVillage even as the authorities are ascer-taining if the matter requires thoroughprobe. It has been reported that syringeswere discovered near accommodationwhere a few Indian athletes are putting up.However, it was still unclear who theybelonged to.

Commonwealth Games Federation(CGF) chief executive David Grevemberg

has said that a staff at the athletes' villagetold them about the syringes and the mat-ter will be probed. However, an Indianofficial claimed that it was they who hand-ed the syringes to the CGF medical com-mission. "The syringes were not found inIndian athletes’ rooms. It's in the samebuilding where athletes from many coun-tries are residing. It does not belong to us,"an Indian official said.

"It's the Indian contingent's doctorswho handed over the syringes to the med-ical commission and they disposed themof. They had nothing more to ask us andthere was no further communication from

them. It's unfair that we are being doubt-ed. We acted in good faith," the officialadded. A few Indian athletes were sub-jected to dope tests but the official said itwas routine and not related to thesyringes incident.

"We have tried to ensure that no drugcheat is competing. It's a norm that ran-domly many athletes are tested before theGames begin. It's pre-Games testing andit has nothing to do with this incident,"the official insisted.

Grevemberg said, if analytical evi-dence indicates it's worth a follow-up, theCGF medical commission will follow up.

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