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A day after being sacked from the Delhi Government, Kapil Mishra accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of taking 2 crore from his Cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain, a charge vehe- mently refuted by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Sisodia said the allegations of corruption levelled by Mishra did not merit a response. “His allegations do not merit a response. He has been sacked due to poor performance,” Sisodia told reporters while responding to Mishra’s sweep- ing allegations. “The allegations are so absurd and there are no facts,” he added. Kejriwal’s mentor and social activist Anna Hazare said he was deeply saddened by the latest controversy sur- rounding his former protege and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.” “I am deeply saddened by whatever I saw on television,” Hazare told mediapersons after sacked Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra said he saw Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain hand over 2 crore to Kejriwal at his Delhi residence. Anna said he had been fighting cor- ruption for the last 40 years and Kejriwal had joined in his fight against the menace. Senior AAP leader Kumar Vishwas too came out in sup- port of Arvind Kejriwal, saying he has known him for 12 years and even his enemies cannot imagine him taking bribe. Vishwas’ remarks came hours after Kapil Mishra alleged that he saw Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain giving Kejriwal 2 crore. “We can disagree, fight or be disappointed with each other... I know Arvind for 12 years and I can say that I can- not imagine him taking a bribe or being corrupt... Even his enemies cannot imagine this,” he told reporters. Mishra’s allegations came amid growing rumblings in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after the drubbing in recently held municipal elections in the national Capital. Mishra, who held Water and Tourism Portfolio in Arvind Kejriwal Government, was summarily sacked in a late night development on Saturday after he supported senior party leader Kumar Vishwas who has been at loggerheads with the AAP dispensation. Mishra claimed that he given a statement to Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal regarding various irreg- ularities seen by him during his two-year stint as a Cabinet Minister in the Kejriwal Government. “I saw with my own eyes Satyendar Jain giving 2 crore in cash to Arvind Kejriwal at his residence. When I asked Kejriwal, he said such things happen in politics and it will be revealed later,” Mishra told reporters after paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial at Rajghat on Sunday morning. Mishra went further and alleged that Satyender Jain, the Health and PWD minister in AAP Government, told him “personally” that he had “settled a land deal of Kejriwal’s relative”. Continued on Page 4 P rime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all Ministries to submit details of unutilised Government land and properties within 15 days to create a land bank in States and Union Territories. The move will help the Centre chalk out developmen- tal schemes as per availability of public land and speed up ongo- ing projects, including afford- able housing to all by 2022. Last week, the Prime Minister had held a meeting in this regard and expressed annoyance over the slow pace of works on collecting details of Government land and properties. According to officials, Ministries and Union Territories are not keen to pro- vide details of public land and properties. “The Prime Minister’s Office is closely monitoring the progress of the ambitious pro- ject as some States have found it difficult to match the pace with their peers. The Ministry of Urban Development is the nodal agency,” said officials on the condition of anonymity. “Once the land bank is cre- ated, it will help to chalk out better infrastructure schemes in future,” said officials citing an example of Peripheral Expressway projects that got delayed several years due to land acquisition issues in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Officials also feel that the Government wants to build a land bank to give a push to the affordable housing initiative. The States are facing a problem in planning housing projects because of the paucity of land. Officials also cited the case of Delhi, which doesn’t have jurisdiction over land and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the land owning agency, doesn’t not have any records or details of land owned by it. Officials said States, such as Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi, have found it difficult to find land for low-cost housing projects. “These States would be asked to send housing proposals once pockets of land have been identified, thereby speeding up the implementation of the scheme,” officials said. On the other hand, the Urban Development Ministry’s prime focus is on unutilised land within developed Government colonies as they already have basic amenities and getting approvals will be easier. Incidentally, the Railway Ministry too has started creat- ing a land bank. And both Kerala and Haryana have decided to buy land from those farmers who wish to sell their land for future projects. Officials said the aim is to pre- vent distress sale of land by farmers and to involve the landowners in decision making while locating the sites of devel- opment projects. T he Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress launched a blistering attack on Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after sacked Minister Kapil Mishra accused the Delhi Chief Minister of taking 2 crore from Satyendar Jain, a Cabinet Minister in the AAP Government. Addressing a Press con- ference, Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said, “Kejriwal has no moral right to hold the post of Chief Minister. He must resign immediately”. “I have said a number of times that Kejriwal is directly involved in corruption. Mishra’s allegations have proved our point,” he added. The BJP leader said a case must be filed on the basis of the allegations made by Mishra, who was sacked from the Delhi Government on Saturday night. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Ajay Maken too demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying that the AAP had “lost its anti-cor- ruption plank”. Terming Mishra’s allega- tions against Kejriwal as “very serious” in nature, Maken said the CBI and the Anti- Corruption Bureau should take cognisance of the charges. “Kejrwal has forfeited the moral right to be the CM after the damning allegations of his own Cabinet colleague and he must resign,” said Maken while talking to media persons in his office on Sunday. T he State recorded the high- est day temperature at 46.1 degree Celsius which was recorded in Nowgong on Sunday. Soaring temperatures in the last three days peaked on Sunday after city recorded the highest day temperature of the season at 43.3 degree Celsius. With the increasing day temperatures night tempera- tures have soared and the highest night temperature was recorded at 28 degree Celsius in Sheopur and Tikamgarh. Nowgong which recorded the highest day temperature recorded night temperature at 27.1 degree Celsius. Rajgarh recorded night temperature at 27.5. Shivpuri, Satna, Sagar and Ujjain recorded night temper- ature at 26 degree Celsius while Hoshangabad recorded night temperature at 26.4 degree Celsius. The abrupt weather con- ditions would continue to maintain the weather condi- tions at harsher level as dust storms and heat wave condi- tions are likely to be wit- nessed. Met department official told that the rising trend of temperatures would continue for the next 2-3 days due to system over central UP which is passing over MP, Vidharbha and extending till interior Karnataka. Warning of heat wave conditions have been issued by Met department and the regions which are likely to witness are Damoh, Gwalior, Chattarpur, Tikamgarh and Umaria districts. Four places in the State recorded day temperature at above 45 degree Celsius while the highest day temperature of the State was recorded at 46.1 degree Celsius on Sunday. Extreme hot conditions were witnessed in the State and the State capital on Sunday making the city people to remain indoors. Deserted roads and public places were witnessed across the city on the weekend. Intense hot conditions were witnessed till late after- noon which were followed by thundery activities and light showers were witnessed. Sehopur recorded day temperature at 45 degree Celsius, Khargone recorded day temperature at 45.4 degree Celsius, Khajuraho recorded day temperature at 45.6 and Gwalior recorded day tem- perature at 45.5 degree Celsius. Among major cities Indore recorded day temperature at 40.4 degree Celsius and night temperature at 24 degree Celsius and Jabalpur recorded day temperature at 42.1 degree Celsius and night tempera- ture at 27 degree Celsius. According to the forecast, thunder activities and light showers are likely to be wit- nessed in Jabalpur and Hoshangabad (except Katni district) divisions and Raisen, Sehore, Khargone, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Dindori, Anuppur, Neemuch and Mandsaur dis- tricts while the remaining part of the State is likely to witness dust storms and thundery activ- ities in the next 24 hours. M en not allowed! Can somebody imagine that in this world of male domi- nance there could be a place where men are not allowed? Well, such place existed in Bhopal before Independence in the name of Pari Bazar that was perhaps the first only women market where buyer and seller were women and males above the age of 10 years were not allowed. After about 75 years on May 4, two young Muslim women entrepreneurs Saima Faruqui and Maria Siddiqui joined hands to repeat history and recreated Pari Bazar by bringing over two dozen women entrepreneurs under one roof by hiring a marriage hall for a day and converted it into an market exclusively for women. The budding entre- preneurs Saima and Maria strictly restricted entry of males above age of 10 years into the ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ Fair’ organised under the banner of Learning Oasis at Star Shadi Hall some 100 metres away from Pari Bazar in Shahjehanabad locality of the State capital on Thursday. God helps those who help themselves turned to reality as not only the fair became a big hit but was also blessed by an old lady named Birjis Anjum who had the privilege of doing shopping in actual Pari Bazar in her childhood with her mother. Saima Faruqui while talk- ing to The Pioneer over her ambitious project said, “We were thinking since long over two major problems of women who remain under purdah. The first concern was to do something for those women who are doing busi- ness by remaining in their homes or at the most by open- ing boutiques in their houses or close vicinity of homes and the second was about the purdah -clad women con- sumers who could not do shopping freely in the market and they are shy and also hes- itant while talking to men other than that of family.” Saima further said that I discussed the issue with my colleague and friend Maria and found that she was also having similar concerns after that we talked to our elders, relatives and friends and found that almost all women have similar concerns. Following that we decided to do some- thing over the issue and came out with the idea of bringing women entrepreneurs run- ning their business from home under one roof by creating exclusive market where buyers and sellers both would be women, she added. She said we talked to women business personals running business from home who happily accepted our pro- posal so we booked the mar- riage hall to go ahead and organised the fair on Thursday. “The response to the fair was beyond expecta- tions as we were able to bring 25 women entrepreneurs to showcase their products and though we did not publicised it much except in the Whatsapp groups with the relatives, neighbors and friends. But the turnout in the fair was large and it was a huge success,” she added. Excited with the success of the fair, the duo of Saima and Maria are planning similar fairs of more than a day time in near future. A bout 80-year-old Birjis Anjum who reached the ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ Fair’ on wheelchair while talking to The Pioneer said, “I have faded memories of doing shopping with my mother in Pari Bazar probably in the year 1946. When I came to know through my grandchil- dren that something similar to that of Pari Bazar is going to take place I could not stop myself from visiting the place.” Birjis Anjum further said I could not walk but seeing my enthusiasm my younger sister has brought me here on wheelchair, though it is not necessary that I should buy something from here, I am here just see the fair and feeling good that the girls have done com- mendable job. This thing should con- tinue and more such fairs should be organised, she added. E mboldened with over a month-old Yogi Adityanath Government’s crackdown against illegal slaughterhouses in neighboring Uttar Pradesh, about 14-year-old BJP Government of Madhya Pradesh has decided to shut all illegal abattoirs in the State. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the move at a religious function of the Jain community in Mohankheda of Dhar district (300 km from Bhopal) on Sunday. The CM was among a host of politicians who attended the Acharya Pattabhishek cer- emony of Jain seer Rishabh Vijayji. CM Chouhan made the announcement in response to a request made by the Jain seer, who became head of the Mohankheda pilgrimage on Sunday. Acharya Rishabh Vijayji said he had raised the issue of illegal slaughterhouses with the Chief Minister during his recent visit to Mohankheda for the State BJP executive meeting. He also remembered hav- ing raised with the CM the issue of both halal and jhatka slaughter. The CM responded promptly to the Jain seer’s con- cerns by announcing the shut- down. Continued on Page 4 RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 C M Y K C M Y K

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Aday after being sackedfrom the Delhi

Government, Kapil Mishraaccused Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal of taking �2 crorefrom his Cabinet colleagueSatyendar Jain, a charge vehe-mently refuted by DeputyChief Minister Manish Sisodia.

Sisodia said the allegationsof corruption levelled by Mishradid not merit a response. “Hisallegations do not merit aresponse. He has been sackeddue to poor performance,”Sisodia told reporters whileresponding to Mishra’s sweep-ing allegations. “The allegationsare so absurd and there are nofacts,” he added.

Kejriwal’s mentor andsocial activist Anna Hazaresaid he was deeply saddened bythe latest controversy sur-rounding his former protegeand Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal.”

“I am deeply saddened bywhatever I saw on television,”Hazare told mediapersons aftersacked Delhi Water MinisterKapil Mishra said he saw DelhiHealth Minister Satyendar Jainhand over �2 crore to Kejriwalat his Delhi residence. Annasaid he had been fighting cor-ruption for the last 40 yearsand Kejriwal had joined in hisfight against the menace.

Senior AAP leader KumarVishwas too came out in sup-port of Arvind Kejriwal, sayinghe has known him for 12 years

and even his enemies cannotimagine him taking bribe.

Vishwas’ remarks camehours after Kapil Mishraalleged that he saw DelhiHealth Minister Satyendar Jaingiving Kejriwal �2 crore.

“We can disagree, fight orbe disappointed with eachother... I know Arvind for 12years and I can say that I can-not imagine him taking a bribeor being corrupt... Even hisenemies cannot imagine this,”

he told reporters.Mishra’s allegations came

amid growing rumblings in theAam Aadmi Party (AAP) afterthe drubbing in recently heldmunicipal elections in thenational Capital.

Mishra, who held Waterand Tourism Portfolio inArvind Kejriwal Government,was summarily sacked in a latenight development on Saturdayafter he supported senior partyleader Kumar Vishwas who has

been at loggerheads with theAAP dispensation.

Mishra claimed that hegiven a statement toLieutenant-Governor AnilBaijal regarding various irreg-ularities seen by him during histwo-year stint as a CabinetMinister in the KejriwalGovernment.

“I saw with my own eyesSatyendar Jain giving �2 crorein cash to Arvind Kejriwal athis residence. When I asked

Kejriwal, he said such thingshappen in politics and it will berevealed later,” Mishra toldreporters after paying homageto Mahatma Gandhi at hismemorial at Rajghat onSunday morning.

Mishra went further andalleged that Satyender Jain, theHealth and PWD minister inAAP Government, told him“personally” that he had “settleda land deal of Kejriwal’s relative”.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi has asked all

Ministries to submit details ofunutilised Government landand properties within 15 daysto create a land bank in Statesand Union Territories.

The move will help theCentre chalk out developmen-tal schemes as per availability ofpublic land and speed up ongo-ing projects, including afford-able housing to all by 2022.

Last week, the PrimeMinister had held a meeting inthis regard and expressedannoyance over the slow paceof works on collecting details of Government landand properties.

According to officials,Ministries and UnionTerritories are not keen to pro-vide details of public land andproperties.

“The Prime Minister’sOffice is closely monitoring theprogress of the ambitious pro-ject as some States have foundit difficult to match the pacewith their peers. The Ministryof Urban Development is thenodal agency,” said officials onthe condition of anonymity.

“Once the land bank is cre-ated, it will help to chalk outbetter infrastructure schemesin future,” said officials citing anexample of PeripheralExpressway projects that gotdelayed several years due toland acquisition issues in

Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.Officials also feel that the

Government wants to build aland bank to give a push to theaffordable housing initiative.The States are facing a problemin planning housing projectsbecause of the paucity of land.

Officials also cited the caseof Delhi, which doesn’t havejurisdiction over land and theDelhi Development Authority(DDA), the land owning agency,doesn’t not have any records ordetails of land owned by it.

Officials said States, such asKerala, Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, and Delhi, havefound it difficult to find landfor low-cost housing projects.“These States would be askedto send housing proposals oncepockets of land have been

identified, thereby speedingup the implementation of thescheme,” officials said.

On the other hand, theUrban Development Ministry’sprime focus is on unutilisedland within developedGovernment colonies as theyalready have basic amenities andgetting approvals will be easier.

Incidentally, the RailwayMinistry too has started creat-ing a land bank. And bothKerala and Haryana havedecided to buy land from thosefarmers who wish to sell theirland for future projects.Officials said the aim is to pre-vent distress sale of land byfarmers and to involve thelandowners in decision makingwhile locating the sites of devel-opment projects.

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launched a blistering attack onArvind Kejriwal and AamAadmi Party (AAP) aftersacked Minister Kapil Mishraaccused the Delhi ChiefMinister of taking �2 crorefrom Satyendar Jain, a CabinetMinister in the AAPGovernment.

Addressing a Press con-ference, Delhi BJP presidentManoj Tiwari said, “Kejriwalhas no moral right to hold thepost of Chief Minister. Hemust resign immediately”.

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The BJP leader said a casemust be filed on the basis of the allegations made byMishra, who was sacked fromthe Delhi Government on

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Committee (DPCC) presidentAjay Maken too demanded theresignation of Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, saying thatthe AAP had “lost its anti-cor-ruption plank”.

Terming Mishra’s allega-tions against Kejriwal as “veryserious” in nature, Maken said the CBI and the Anti-Corruption Bureau shouldtake cognisance of the charges.

“Kejrwal has forfeited themoral right to be the CM afterthe damning allegations ofhis own Cabinet colleagueand he must resign,” saidMaken while talking to mediapersons in his office onSunday.

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degree Celsius which wasrecorded in Nowgong onSunday. Soaring temperaturesin the last three days peaked onSunday after city recorded thehighest day temperature ofthe season at 43.3 degreeCelsius.

With the increasing daytemperatures night tempera-tures have soared and thehighest night temperature wasrecorded at 28 degree Celsiusin Sheopur and Tikamgarh.

Nowgong which recordedthe highest day temperaturerecorded night temperature at27.1 degree Celsius. Rajgarhrecorded night temperature at27.5. Shivpuri, Satna, Sagar andUjjain recorded night temper-ature at 26 degree Celsiuswhile Hoshangabad recordednight temperature at 26.4degree Celsius.

The abrupt weather con-ditions would continue tomaintain the weather condi-

tions at harsher level as duststorms and heat wave condi-tions are likely to be wit-nessed.

Met department officialtold that the rising trend oftemperatures would continuefor the next 2-3 days due tosystem over central UP whichis passing over MP, Vidharbhaand extending till interiorKarnataka. Warning of heat

wave conditions have beenissued by Met department andthe regions which are likely towitness are Damoh, Gwalior,Chattarpur, Tikamgarh andUmaria districts.

Four places in the Staterecorded day temperature atabove 45 degree Celsius whilethe highest day temperature ofthe State was recorded at 46.1degree Celsius on Sunday.

Extreme hot conditionswere witnessed in the State andthe State capital on Sundaymaking the city people toremain indoors. Desertedroads and public places werewitnessed across the city on theweekend.

Intense hot conditionswere witnessed till late after-noon which were followed bythundery activities and lightshowers were witnessed.

Sehopur recorded daytemperature at 45 degreeCelsius, Khargone recordedday temperature at 45.4 degreeCelsius, Khajuraho recordedday temperature at 45.6 andGwalior recorded day tem-perature at 45.5 degree Celsius.

Among major cities Indorerecorded day temperature at40.4 degree Celsius and nighttemperature at 24 degreeCelsius and Jabalpur recordedday temperature at 42.1 degreeCelsius and night tempera-ture at 27 degree Celsius.

According to the forecast,thunder activities and lightshowers are likely to be wit-nessed in Jabalpur andHoshangabad (except Katnidistrict) divisions and Raisen,Sehore, Khargone, Khandwa,Burhanpur, Dindori, Anuppur,Neemuch and Mandsaur dis-tricts while the remaining partof the State is likely to witnessdust storms and thundery activ-ities in the next 24 hours.

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Men not allowed! Cansomebody imagine that

in this world of male domi-nance there could be a placewhere men are not allowed?Well, such place existed inBhopal before Independencein the name of Pari Bazar thatwas perhaps the first onlywomen market where buyerand seller were women andmales above the age of 10 yearswere not allowed.

After about 75 years onMay 4, two young Muslimwomen entrepreneurs SaimaFaruqui and Maria Siddiquijoined hands to repeat historyand recreated Pari Bazar bybringing over two dozenwomen entrepreneurs underone roof by hiring a marriagehall for a day and converted itinto an market exclusively forwomen. The budding entre-

preneurs Saima and Mariastrictly restricted entry of malesabove age of 10 years into the‘Women Entrepreneurs’ Fair’organised under the banner ofLearning Oasis at Star ShadiHall some 100 metres awayfrom Pari Bazar inShahjehanabad locality of theState capital on Thursday.

God helps those who helpthemselves turned to reality asnot only the fair became a bighit but was also blessed by anold lady named Birjis Anjumwho had the privilege of doingshopping in actual Pari Bazarin her childhood with hermother.

Saima Faruqui while talk-ing to The Pioneer over herambitious project said, “Wewere thinking since long overtwo major problems ofwomen who remain underpurdah. The first concern wasto do something for those

women who are doing busi-ness by remaining in theirhomes or at the most by open-ing boutiques in their housesor close vicinity of homesand the second was about thepurdah-clad women con-sumers who could not doshopping freely in the marketand they are shy and also hes-itant while talking to menother than that of family.”

Saima further said that Idiscussed the issue with mycolleague and friend Mariaand found that she was alsohaving similar concerns afterthat we talked to our elders,relatives and friends and foundthat almost all women havesimilar concerns. Followingthat we decided to do some-thing over the issue and cameout with the idea of bringingwomen entrepreneurs run-ning their business from homeunder one roof by creating

exclusive market where buyersand sellers both would bewomen, she added.

She said we talked towomen business personalsrunning business from homewho happily accepted our pro-posal so we booked the mar-riage hall to go ahead andorganised the fair onThursday. “The response tothe fair was beyond expecta-tions as we were able to bring25 women entrepreneurs toshowcase their products andthough we did not publicisedit much except in theWhatsapp groups with therelatives, neighbors andfriends. But the turnout in thefair was large and it was a hugesuccess,” she added.

Excited with the success ofthe fair, the duo of Saima andMaria are planning similarfairs of more than a day timein near future.

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About 80-year-old Birjis Anjum whoreached the ‘Women Entrepreneurs’

Fair’ on wheelchair while talking to ThePioneer said, “I have faded memories ofdoing shopping with my mother in PariBazar probably in the year 1946. WhenI came to know through my grandchil-dren that something similar to that ofPari Bazar is going to take place I couldnot stop myself from visiting the place.”

Birjis Anjum further said I could notwalk but seeing my enthusiasm myyounger sister has brought me here onwheelchair, though it is not necessarythat I should buy something from here,I am here just see the fair and feelinggood that the girls have done com-mendable job. This thing should con-tinue and more such fairs should beorganised, she added.

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Emboldened with over amonth-old Yogi Adityanath

Government’s crackdownagainst illegal slaughterhousesin neighboring Uttar Pradesh,about 14-year-old BJPGovernment of MadhyaPradesh has decided to shut allillegal abattoirs in the State.

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan announced the moveat a religious function of the Jain

community in Mohankheda ofDhar district (300 km fromBhopal) on Sunday.

The CM was among a hostof politicians who attendedthe Acharya Pattabhishek cer-emony of Jain seer RishabhVijayji. CM Chouhan made theannouncement in response toa request made by the Jain seer,who became head of theMohankheda pilgrimage onSunday.

Acharya Rishabh Vijayji

said he had raised the issue ofillegal slaughterhouses with theChief Minister during his recentvisit to Mohankheda for theState BJP executive meeting.

He also remembered hav-ing raised with the CM theissue of both halal and jhatkaslaughter.

The CM respondedpromptly to the Jain seer’s con-cerns by announcing the shut-down.

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The National Eligibility cumEntrance Test (NEET) 2017

was conducted here on Sunday.Notably, NEET exam is con-ducted by Central Board ofSecondary Education (CBSE)for admissions in Dental andMedical colleges.

The three hour long exambegan at 10 am and concludedat 1 pm. In State capital theexam was conducted in about14 centers.

Approximately, 6,000 can-didates appeared for the exam-ination from Bhopal. However,from across the country about11,35,104 candidates gaveNEET 2017.

As per the instructionsby CBSE, strict arrangementsfor security check were madeat the exam centers. Thecandidates were asked to takeoff their shoes, socks, andwrist watches, while thefemale candidates were askedto leave hair bands, scarvesand stoles outside the hall asthey were all set to appear forNEET 2017.

The students were asked toleave their footwear outside theexam hall and no kind ofaccessories were allowed insidethe centre. Admit cards werealso checked before allowingentry in exam hall. Along withthe admit cards, Aadhaar cardsof the candidates were alsomandatory avoiding proxy.

The students reached theexam hall till 9:30 am and thepaper began sharp at 10:00 am.

According to the studentsthe overall paper of NEET was

average. The students sharedthat most of the questionswere direct and to-the-point.Some students were satisfiedwith the Chemistry andBiology section while somecomplained about the tricky‘Physics’ section. The studentsalso seemed happy as no ques-tions asked from outside thesyllabus.

The paper consisted of 180

objective type questions fromsections Physics, Chemistryand Biology. Interestingly, aspecially designed machine-gradable sheet was given to thestudents for answering thequestions using a ball-pen. Itwas given in a sealed TestBook only to be opened by thecandidate.

Notably, the result of NEET2017 is expected on June 8.

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The ongoing exhibition atIndira Gandhi Rashtriya

Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS)— ‘The Future of the Food:Pulses’ — has become centre ofattraction. It is proving educa-tion for both parents and chil-dren, whereas the producers arelearning about its economicbenefits shown through statis-tics. There is no other foodwhich provides such highquantity of protein on con-sumption and consumes verylittle water for production. Itbecomes essentially importantconsidering the ever dippingwater levels.

Peas, beans, lentils, andchickpeas have been staplesfor centuries, but pulses are onthe verge of becoming thenext big thing. Last year, 2016,was the United Nations’International Year of Pulses

(IYoP) and there many goodreasons why these crops couldbecome the healthy, sustain-able food trend for the com-ing decades. And it’s some-thing producers should bepaying attention to because ithas big implications for theircropping practices, the healthof their soil, and their bottomline. Consumers are asking formore protein, a meat alterna-tive, an allergy-free andgluten-free food and pulseshave it all. Health profession-als are looking for ways totreat diseases such as dia-betes and high cholesterolwith food instead of just pre-scriptions pulses fit that bill.And society wants farmers toreduce inputs and water useand improve the soil pulsescan do that, too.

This exhibition covers thebroad topics of History ofPulses. The exhibition also

includes hands-on exhibits,original samples of differentspecies of pulses, 3D diorama,visual illustrations, multime-dia, videos and info-graphics.This exhibition is interactivecum participatory in nature.

IGRMS as a leadingNational Museum is proud toassociate in presenting theexhibition in its premiseswith a new taste incorporat-ing a panel showcasing thecultural significance of puls-es among the people of India.As a part of inter-institution-al collaboration between theNational Institutions, theexhibition now travels to theIGRMS to give a respite to thevisitors knowing about thisimportant food crops in onehand, whereas it will help toraise awareness of theprospects and challenges ofensuring food security on theother.

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The tuneful evening filledwith classical music was

experienced by the Bhopalites onSunday. A cultural evening wasorganised on Sunday at MadhyaPradesh Tribal Museum.

It was organised under theregular series of classical eventsUttaradhikar. The Bhopaliteswere enthralled to watch themesmerising jugalbandi ofClarinet and Violin by KapoorNagar and Vinod Metele. It wasfollowed with the beautifulKathak performance byMaryada Kulshreshtha andtroupe from New Delhi.

The musical evening beganwith the clarinet jugalbandi byKapoor Nagar and VinodMetele. They began playingwith Khayal in Raga PuriyaDhanashree. In this raga theyplayed bada khayal in ek taalfollowed with the chhota khay-al in dhrut teen taal.

As the duo began playingthey impressed the audiencewith their finery and clarity ofragas. They were able to make

audience sit till the end of theirperformance and let the audi-ence enjoy more.

Their performance wasthen followed with Dadara inRaga Pahadi and Thumri andRaga Bhairavi.

The duo was accompaniedby Kamal Prakash Raikwar onTabla, Yashwant Sharma onHarmonium and AmitGandharva on Taanpura.

The event was followedwith fascinating Kathak per-formance by MaryadaKulshreshtha and troupe.

Maryada along with herpartner Deepak Gangani beganthe performance with showcas-ing different roopas of LordShiva. Their performance ‘ShivSatyam’ was all about the descrip-tion of Lord Shiva. In here theypresented the love saga of Shivaand Parvati, Angikam-Vacchikam and Adhrang Kathak.

Later the troupe presentedTarana and Dhamar in 14 lay-ers of rhythm. Both the per-formances spell bound theaudience as they took pleasureeach of them with ecstasy.

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Gold and silver jewelleryworth �90,000 and

�62,000 cash were burgledfrom Sai Nagar under Ratibadpolice station area on Saturday.

According to the policethe victim Brijesh Dwivedialong with his family hadgone to Kolar and when hereturned and entered thehouse valuables were foundburgled.

A complaint was lodgedwith the police and in his com-plaint the victim stated that hehad gone to Kolar for somework and when he returnedlate in the night and enteredthe house gold and silver jew-elry and �62,000 cash wasfound burgled.

One gold chain, two goldfinger rings and two gold ban-gles worth �90,000 were bur-gled claimed the victim.

Police suspects that themiscreants were aware of the

whereabouts of the victimwhich helped them in com-mitting burglary within a shortperiod and escaped the spot.

The police have registereda case under section 457 and380 of the IPC and have start-ed further investigation.

Neighbours, domestic helpand security guard of the areawould be questioned.

Meanwhile, �40,000 werestolen from a Sehore basedtrader at Loha Bazaar underKotwali police station area onSaturday.

The victim LaxminarayanMeena came to city for shop-ping and was carrying cash ina bag and while he was shop-ping at Deepak Readymadegarments bag was stolen.

Victim lodged a complaintand stated that the bag wascarrying �40,000. Based on thecomplaint the police have reg-istered a case under Section379 of the IPC and have start-ed further investigation.

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Nearly 33 young farmersfrom villages including

Kartaj, Singhpur, Lokipar,Jallapura and Joba ofNarsinghpur district have fol-lowed the concept of dou-bling income of farmers in fiveyears as per the StateGovernment’s plan. Thesefarmers formed groups andhave begun farming of drum-stick on 150 acres of landthrough Drip Method.

The farmers have planteddrumsticks by drip method ata distance of 10 feet line to lineand 5 feet from plant to plant.These farmers have also takentwo lines of turmeric at inter-vals. These farmers haveacquired 80 quintals per acreturmeric through advancedtechnique of farming and thishas fetched the farmers anadditional income of �1 lakh.

In Kartaj village itself,drumsticks are being grownthrough advanced methods offarming on 100 acres of agri-cultural land. Drumstick ismainly a horticulture crop,

the leaves, fruit, flower ofwhich is all used. Drumstick isacquired from about 150-200quintal per acre land.

This fetches a profit ofabout �2.5 to 3 lakh for thefarmers. AgriculturalProduction CommissionerShri PC Meena who visited thefields of the farmers inNarsinghpur district under“Gramoday se Bharat UdayCampaign” praised the inno-vation. He termed horticulturecrop and animal husbandry asmandatory for raising theirincome.

Agricultural ProductionCommissioner PC Meenainstructed the agriculturalgroup to register themselves

under Atma Yojana ofAgriculture Department. Hesaid that special kits were pro-vided to progressive farmersfor bee farming. This will hikefarmers income up to 25 percent.

Agricultural ProductionCommissioner toured roundthe villages along with localMLA Jalam Singh Patel,Collector Narsinghpur RRBhonsle, CEO DistrictPanchayat Pratibha Pal,departmental officials underthe Gramoday-se Bharat UdayAbhiyan. He also gave infor-mation of modern techniquesand horticulture crops in orderto make farming a profitablebusiness.

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Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan said that 12 crore

species of fruit bearing andumbrageous trees’ saplings willbe planted during the rainy sea-son up to 2 km from the banksof Narmada river. Stream ofNarmada river will get constantwater gradually from theseplants. CM Chouhan wasaddressing the Jan-Samvad heldat Khalhe Doodhi of Anuppurdistrict today through mobilephone. He could not attend theprogramme in person owing tothe technical fault in the aero-plane. Chouhan mentionedthat he will take blessings fromSwami Narmada Das Ji soon inAshram situated at Shesh Ghatof Khalhe Doodhi.

CM Chouhan said that banwill be imposed on all theactivities damaging MaaNarmada and persons damag-ing Narmada river will bepenalised. He mentioned thatNarmada Seva Yatra has estab-lished its image in the entire

world as a river conservationmovement. He further statedthat living entity status hasbeen given to Maa Narmadabecause sons and daughtersalso hold responsibilitiestowards mother. Narmada is alifeline; hence we all are respon-sible for its protection. We existtoday but will not be here infuture and in case if MaaNarmada’s flow gets obstructedthen our future generation willnot pardon us. Narmada Yatrais a sense of responsibilitytowards river conservation.This is an environment aware-ness yatra. Chouhan furthersaid that other rivers of the statewill be conserved besidesNarmada River.

Moreover Chouhan statedthat liquor sale in the radius of5 km from the banks ofNarmada river has beenbanned from April 1. A statewide campaign will be con-ducted to encourage people for–de-addiction so that peopleshould quit this social evilthemselves.

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After the State Governmentrejected Additional District

Magistrate (ADM) of Gunadistrict Niyaz Ahmad Khan’srequest to stay at Taloja Jail inNavi Mumbai with gangsterAbu Salem for his fifth book, hewas advised by State Ministerfor higher education and ex-Bajrang Dal chief Jaibhan SinghPavaiya to write a book on latePresident Abdul Kalam instead.

Pavaiya told journalists inGuna on Sunday, “I don’t knowwhat and why the official iswriting, but if he wants towrite a book on a Muslimonly, he should author a bookon Abdul Kalam. Instead ofrequesting to go to jail, heshould go to Rameshwaram forresearch on Kalam as thatbook would be inspirational forall,” said Pavaiya.

The Minister, however,added “I don’t advocate curbson the creative freedom of anywriter.”

The State Government had

rejected Khan’s written requestmade on March 28, 2017 toallow him a month’s stay atTaloja Jail at his own expenseto research on the 1993Mumbai serial blasts accused,Abu Salem, for his novel, ‘LoveDemands Blood,’ inspired byAbu Salem and actor MonicaBedi’s love story.

Niyaz Khan, whose fifthfiction novel is nearly 80 percent completed has since 2011penned other fiction novels,including The Ocean of Blissand also including Confessionsat Black Grave, Untold Secretsof My Ashram and Destiny inDrugs.

Activists of Vishwa HinduParishad (VHP) had on Fridaysubmitted a memorandumaddressed to the President andthe MP Governor, to the Gunadistrict collector. In the mem-orandum, VHP activistsdemanded that a probe shouldbe conducted to ascertain whythe administrative official eventhought of writing a book onSalem.

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Narmada Seva Yatra hasbecome an amazing

example of communal har-mony. People of all religions,caste and creed are partici-pating in it. The yatra, a sym-bol of environment conserva-tion, is in its final stage now.

Member of MuslimCommunity came forward andreceived Narmada Seva Yatra’sflag when it reached GramPanchayat Farhada of Anuppurdistrict. Expressing their faithtowards resolutions of NarmadaSeva Yatra, they raised boththeir hands while administeringpledge for plantation, environ-ment conservation, organicfarming, Beti Bachao andSchool Chalein Hum campaign.

A 35-year-old ShahidaBegum who runs a small groceryshop in Farhada mentioned thatYatra being undertaken by theGovernment is a campaign to

link common men with waterconservation. Moreover, her hus-band Mohammad Dahim Khansaid that he will emulate theobjectives of Yatra i.e. cleanlinessand plantation etc. and willencourage others.

Khan said that he does notown a big land. He will protectKhamher, Mahua, Sarai besideother saplings which he hasplanted in a small piece of land.He informed that he does nothave faith in confusions pre-vailing in the Muslim commu-nity towards education of girls.Khan further mentioned thatdespite limited resources, hewill make efforts to encouragehis 9 year old daughter Shifa tobecome a doctor and to renderservices in the social servicesector. Shifa mentioned that sheis studying hard to be a doctorand she will establish her iden-tity in education sector as perthe intention of the ChiefMinister of the State.

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The school students are enhancing their creative skills about sci-ence in a summer vacation workshop ‘creative Science’ being

organised at Regional Science Centre, Bhopal.The first batch of the vacation training was on Electronics

and Sublime. Notably, with a motive to make children learn aboutthe various facts and also to make them aware of the new inno-vations in different streams of science the summer vacation work-shop is being organised.

As many as 24 students from different schools of Bhopal haveparticipated in the workshop to enhance their knowledge aboutscience and its various streams. Through fun learning activities,the students are exploring the unknown and unique facts aboutscience not only attending lectures, but also practically.

Every day new demonstrations were given to the studentsand in the second half, they will fabricate a new kit. On the con-cluding day, students demonstrated these kits in front of theirparents.

During the workshop the students learned to fabricate vari-ous science models/kits viz. Magnetic Motion, Submarine,Newton’s Third Law of Motion, Simplest DC Motor, StrawSprinkler: A Centrifuge, Magnetic Braking System, Water LevelIndicator and more.

These experiments were explained to the students by theexperts of science centre. Students individually performed therespective experiments through papers and shapes.

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A24-year-old youth wasassaulted with wooden

sticks and robbed of hismotorbike and mobile phoneby four masked bike bornemiscreants near Bilkho villageunder Nazeerabad police sta-tion area on Saturday.

According to the policethe victim Deepak Sahu wasrobbed by four masked bikeborne miscreants while on hisway to Sarkhandi village in theafternoon on Saturday.

The victim was rushed tohospital in Berasia where hiscondition is reportedly stable.The victim was attacked withwooden sticks injuring him inhis hands and back.

The victim lodged a com-plaint with the police and inhis complaint he stated thatthe incident took place at 1 pmwhen he was on his way toSarkhandi to attend a functionand when he reached nearBilkho village two masked

bike borne miscreants askedhim address and while he wasproviding details two moremasked bike borne miscreantsappeared and started to assaulthim. One of the miscreantsescaped with his bike bearingregistration numberMP04NW4207 while two oth-ers robbed his mobile phone.

The total loss in the rob-bery is around �50,000 claimedthe victim. The police haveregistered a case under Section394 of the IPC and have start-ed further investigation.

The victim is a resident ofShamshabad village and isinvolved in agriculture work.

Police have intensified thesearch for the miscreants. Thenearby areas of the spot wouldbe searched and habitual crim-inals of the area would bequizzed during the investigation.

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Forest Minister GaurishankarShejwar dedicated two

ambulances worth �30 lakhsfrom MLA-fund on Saturday.While a fully furnished ambu-lance worth �18 lakhs wasentrusted to Raisen DistrictHospital another worth �12lakh was entrusted toGairatganj community healthcentre. Shejwar said that theDeendayal Vananchal SevaSamiti is working with theHealth and Woman and ChildDevelopment Department toremove malnutrition and for

regular health examination,diagnosis and treatment ofpeople from far-flung areas. Itspositive outcome has startedcoming in. Shejwar said that theForest Department has takenup the cudgels to provide secu-rity engaged in to protect for-est and wildlife.

Shejwar said that threeyears back a few children haddied of malaria in far-flungareas of Harda district as healthfacilities could not reach there.Following this, training ofMalaria examination and treat-ment supported by the HealthDepartment was imparted to

forest employees and officers.Since then there has been nodeath due to Malaria due toprompt availability of trainedforest workers.

Shejwar said that in 40villages of Sanchi developmentblock, Shiv Gomti Jan-KalyanSamiti is working for regularhealth examination of pregnantwomen and secure institution-alised delivery with the supportof the Health Department.Today the Infant-MaternalMortality Rate is nil. This com-mittee is also working for theremoval of anaemia in girls andmalnutrition.

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Two persons were nabbed byMP Nagar police for bru-

tally killing a 25-year-old youthat Shivaji Nagar on Saturdaynight; accused who were in aninebriated state vandalisedmore than three dozen parkedvehicles, two accused remainabsconding said police.

According to the policethe deceased Salman was killedwhen he oppose the damage tohis parked loading auto rick-shaw vehicle.

SHO MP Nagar SanjaySingh Bains said that two daysago the vehicle of main accusedShivaji was brushed bydeceased’s vehicle and to settlescore the accused damagedparked vehicles and whenSalman opposed the damagedhe was killed.

The accused who wereheavily drunk attacked theaccused with sharp edgedweapons on his head due towhich he fell and was dragged

to a nearby water tanker andrammed his head into thewater tanker and was moweddown by Innova car.

After the incident ShivajiPatil and Rocky have beenincident while Bharat Soni andChotu are absconding andsearch has been intensified.

The accused was rushed toNarmada hospital where hedied during treatment. Thedeceased Salman was attackedafter he opposed abusing by theaccused. He was attacked in hishead by Shivaji Patil.

Earlier, the accused, whowere heavily drunk targetedaround 35 vehicles damagingthem and one of the vehiclewas of the deceased’s family.

The accused were identi-fied as Shivaji Patil, Rocky,Bharat Soni and Chotu.

After the preliminary inves-tigation the body was sent forthe post mortem. The policehave registered a case underSection 302 of the IPC and havestarted further investigation.

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Minister for PublicRelations, Water

Resources and ParliamentaryAffairs Narottam Mishra per-formed bhumi pujan of CanalCC Line Work costing �38crore at Bhander of Datia dis-trict. Dr. Mishra said that pub-lic representatives are account-able for the problems of com-mon men. They listen to theproblems of citizens and bringit to the notice of officers.Officers are required to act onthe demands and letters of thepublic representatives immedi-ately to dispose off the matter.

Mishra made anannouncement for construc-tion of culvert at a cost of �25lakh near village Soda andrepair works worth �2 crore 33lakh of Dhanpipri canal at therequest of MLA GhanshyamPironiya.

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Corporation Avdhesh Nayakwere present on the occasion.

Minister Narottam Mishraperformed bhoomi poojan ofcommunity bhavan of KalchuriRai Shivhare Community to bebuilt at a cost of �5 lakh atBhartiya Vidhyapeeth-JhansiRoad of district Datia. TheKalchuri community wel-comed Mishra with a garland.

Mishra mentioned thatKalchuri community is a richand prosper community with acommercial approach. Thegovernment is of the view thatthe community shouldprogress constantly, every pos-sible help will be provided fortheir development. He urgedthe community members toundertake plantation at thebhavan’s construction site nec-essarily. This activity willinspire other communities.Members of Kalchuri RaiShivhare Community andPublic Representatives werepresent in the programme.

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give a deadline for the crack-down against illegal slaughter-houses.

The CM had in April, dur-ing the ongoing Narmada SevaYatra, announced to make MPa dry State in phases.

In April, Bhopal MayorAlok Sharma had said that theBhopal Municipal Corporation(BMC) had identified 100 ille-gal meat shops in various partsof the State capital and assuredaction under relevant rulesand regulations. The IndoreMunicipal Corporation (IMC)had, also in April, demolishedan illegal meat shop-cum-slaughterhouse in Manik Bagarea.

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Agroup of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists

in Kulgam on Sunday offeredgun salute to a terrorist whowas killed in an abortiveattempt to snatch a rifle froma policeman during a shootouton Saturday night in southKashmir’s Anantnag district.Three civilians, a policemanand a militant died in theshootout.

Sources said hundreds ofpeople joined the funeral pro-cession of the slain terroristamid chanting pro-freedomand anti-India slogans. At leastfour militants appeared amidthe crowd and fired gunshotsin the air from their AK-assaultrifles to offer salute to theirslain cadre, said sources adding,“The militants raised someslogans and then fled.”

The incident came just acouple of days after the secu-rity forces carried out a majorcombing operation in theneighbouring Shopian districtto flush out militants.

On Saturday night, mili-tants attacked a police partynear Mirbazar in Anantnagresulting into killing of fourpeople and injuring three oth-ers. Police said the attack took

place after a police party wasclearing road near Malporafallowing an accident in whicha driver was killed.

“As the traffic was beingcleared, militants fired indis-criminately,” a police officialsaid. “The attack was retaliat-ed by the police party.” Policesaid a hand grenade and liveammunition were recoveredfrom the pocket of slain mili-tant identified as Fayaz AhmedAshwar, alias Setha, a residentof Reshipora Qaimoh in southKashmir’s Kulgam.

Fayaz, a truck driver, whohad reportedly joined militan-cy, had been on the run sinceAugust 2015 after his namecropped up in the Udhampurterror strike case.

Sources said he was killedwhen he attempted to snatch anAK-47 rifle from a cop afterattack. Fayaz was one of themain accused in August 5,2015 attack on a BSF convoy inUdhampur. The attack result-ed in the death of two BSF per-sonnel while 13 others wereinjured. The case was subse-quently transferred to NIA forinvestigation.

Fayaz carried a cash rewardof Rs two lakh on his head andhad been charge-sheeted by theNIA in the case.

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The Government hasembarked on a first-of-its-

kind �470-crore NationalMission on Cultural Mappingand Roadmap to create a com-prehensive database of India’scultural assets and resourcesand artistes and institutionsfrom the block to the nationallevel.

Spanning three years, theaim of the mission, to belaunched under Union CultureMinistry’s umbrella scheme‘Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana’, isto preserve India’s rich cultur-al heritage and create a strong“cultural vibrancy” throughoutthe country. The data collectionunder the mission will be exe-cuted by 14,000 volunteersacross the States.

The artistes and institu-tions will be given uniqueidentity cards entailing theirexpertise and they can avail thebenefits extended to them by the Government throughthese cards.

Under the Mission, an all-encompassing NationalCultural Working Place(NCWP) portal will also be

established for obtaining infor-mation, sharing knowledge,participation, performance andawards in the field of all artforms across the country.

A senior official from theMinistry said, “The culturalmapping (i.e. database of cul-tural assets and resources) willbe done by launching nation-wide cultural awareness cam-paign called ‘Hamari SanskritiHamari Pahchan’ for the devel-opment of all art forms andartists. This campaign will takecare of their aspirations andneeds by providing a robustmechanism under ‘Design for

Desire and Dream’ project.” A special drive called

“Sanskritik Pratibha KhojSamaroh Din” will be arrangedat various levels wherein com-petitions will be held fromblock to national level to iden-tify the talented artists.

About the unique identifi-cation cards, the official said acode will be designed for everyartiste and institution based ontheir respective cultural assetsand resources, the data forwhich will be gathered at alllevels in the country. Thesecards will be separate from theAadhaar cards.

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that he had settled a land dealworth �50 crore of Kejriwal’srelative. When I conveyed it toKejriwal about it, he said thatit was a lie and asked me tohave faith in him,” Mishraalleged.

Mishra claimed that he wasgiven the marching orders afterhe put pressure on the partyleaders over matters of “cor-ruption” that have been takingrounds for quite some time.

“I want to ask if it was so,why Kejriwal and Sisodia didnot say it earlier. If they werefooling people when they weretalking about work done bytheir Government in develop-ing water supply in the city,” theformer Delhi Water Ministersaid.

For a long time, talks aboutdifferent types of “corruption”involving fundings, Punjabelections and the DelhiGovernment have been makingrounds, he said.

“I saw some of it with myown eyes but I believed inKejriwal and felt no one can

corrupt him. The cases ofmoney laundering, blackmoney and appointment ofdaughter of a minister (Jain),luxury bus scheme, CNG fit-ness test scam, all these were inhis knowledge and I alwaysbelieved he will take action.”

Mishra insisted that hewill fight “corruption” whileremaining in the AAP and noone can throw him out fromthe party.

“AAP is my party, no onecan throw me out of the party.We will sweep corruption awayfrom the party and I havecome here (Rajghat) to beginthis work,” he said.

Mishra asserted his hon-esty saying he was a Minister inthe Kejriwal Government fortwo years but faced no cor-ruption charges.

“I am the only Minister inthis Government who is notfacing any enquiry either fromthe Anti-Corruption Branch(ACB) or the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI)” and whohas not appointed his daughteror relative on any post,” Mishraclaimed.

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Detailed data of every resi-dent would be gathered in

Haryana under a special mis-sion, and every house would beallotted a smart house ID.

“This ID would be gener-ated through tablet by visitingevery house. Work on gather-ing the data would commenceon June 15, and would becompleted by August 15,” saidChief Secretary DS Dhesi,while presiding over a meet-ing of deputy commissionersof the State through a video-conference here on Sunday.

He briefed them on theirresponsibi l it ies and the

process to gather data, anddirected them to complete thetask in a time-bound manner.

Dhesi said that for the firsttime, such a big campaign isbeing initiated in the state. Areal time-based survey wouldbe conducted to gather socio-economic data. For this, teamsof Saksham and e-Numeratorwould visit houses to feedtheir GPS location in theirtablets and create smart houseIDs online and link eachhouse with biometric.

During the survey, addressof each house, photo, location,details of owner of house, elec-tricity connection, water con-nection, details of electronic

devices, bank account numbers,IFSC code and Aadhaar andpersonal details such as mobilenumber, e-mail ID, education-al qualification, religion andother details would be gathered.

The data would help ingetting details of land, pen-sion, scholarship, MGNRE-GA, loan and LPG.

The State Governmentwould make sure that benefitsof 150 services of 87 depart-ments are provided onlinethrough this data. The unem-ployed youth would be pro-vided with employmentthrough this survey, and everySaksham would cover 150 to200 houses, said the CS.

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Punjab Government wouldsoon come up with a com-

prehensive policy for educationreforms.

The policy would aim atquality education at the gov-ernment run schools, said thestate Education Minister ArunaChaudhary on Sunday, whilespeaking in Mothers’ Day func-tion at a Jalandhar school.

The policy would includevaluable suggestions from edu-cation experts, needs of stu-dents and their future employ-ment plans, role of teachers andsyllabus as per modern require-ments.

Chaudhary said that therewas great possibility of reformsin the education sector and thePunjab Government wouldimplement these possibilities.

Advocating the EducationDepartment’s online function-ing to eliminate corruption atevery level, the Minister saidthat the Department hasalready initiated the process inthis regard.

“In next six months, allfinancial issues like GPF,Gratuity of teachers and grantswould be treated only online,”she said.

The Minister also said thatthe new policy would givemuch needed facelift to thebasic infrastructure in theschools.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on

Sunday announced a job ofNaib Tehsildar for the elderdaughter and a reserved job ofAssistance Sub-Inspector(ASI) for the elder son of theslain army-man ParamjeetSingh, who was among twosoldiers beheaded by thePakistan military recently.

Besides, the ChiefMinister also announced toname a school and a stadiumin the area in the name of themartyred jawan Paramjeet

Singh, killed and later behead-ed by the Pakistan Army whenhe was on patrol in Krishnaghati area in Jammu andKashmirs Poonch district onMay 1.

The announcements cameas the Chief Minister visitedParamjeet’s native village, VeinPoin, to condole his death.

Capt Amarinder said thatthe jobs for the two elder chil-dren, which the family hadsought from the government,would be in addition to thecompensation alreadyannounced for the deceased’snext of kin.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on

Sunday reiterated hisGovernment’s commitment towaive off farmers’ debts, sayingthat the State Farmers’Commission would work outthe modalities and give viablerecommendations on the issuewithin two months.

“I am personally commit-ted to implementing allCongress poll promises in theState, including farm loan waiv-er, elimination of drugs men-ace and exemplary punish-ment for those found guilty ofsacrilege,” said Capt Amarinderwhile talking to media personson the sidelines of his maidenvisit to Punjab State WarHeroes Memorial and Museumin Amritsar.

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� �����������Be it due to the massive victories in UP in theLok Sabha and Assembly polls or the Yogieffect, the Narendra Modi Government seemsto be leaving no stone unturned to ensure thatit delivers on its promise to ramp up devel-opment in the State. Union UrbanDevelopment Minister M Venkaiah Naidu,with dozens of officials in tow, recently wentto Lucknow to give approvals to projects undersix major schemes-Smart City Mission, HRI-DAY, Swachh Bharat Mission, AMRUT, PMAY,and DAY-NULM-launched by the UrbanDevelopment and the Housing and UrbanPoverty Alleviation Ministries. In normalcourse, it’s the Chief Ministers who come call-ing on the Centre to ensure projects in theirStates get expedited or approved. This couldbe the first time that a Union Minister and thebabus have landed in any state to tell them howthey could get funds under different schemesto promote the developmental agenda.

���������������Journalists covering the defence beat went intoa tizzy last week after some of them were notallowed to enter the Defence Ministry leadingto speculations that India was planning retal-iation against Pakistan. As scribes weredenied access to the Ministry for a brief whilejust a day after two Indian soldiers were muti-lated by Pakistan Army, rumours starteddoing the rounds that a major meeting wason in the South Block to discuss retaliation.As scribes went on an overdrive to confirmwhat it was all about, it was clarified later thatthere was a communication gap and thatjournalists were free to come to the Ministry.

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BJP president Amit Shah too is common knowl-edge. The latest to adorn Goel’s residencereflects the ‘rising BJP’ with a tagline: “Chal chalachal, chalta chala chal” (keep on going with thevictory spree). Perhaps, a take off the from pop-ular Hindi film song, “ Fakira chal chala chal…”

���������������On the day the First India-UK Home AffairsDialogue was held, news channels were busysince morning reporting how the extradition offugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya would figureprominently in the talks. When the HomeMinistry conducted a press brief-ing on the dialogue, there was adeluge of queries, including‘loaded’ ones, regardingMallya’s extradition. ButMHA Adviser AshokPrasad wasn’t one to fall forit as he continued to maintainthere was no specific case thatwas discussed. The Mallya issue being subjudicetoo was put forth as a reason. There was nobreaking news for the channels which were wait-ing for it all along.

����������� �After creating the repository of 101 success sto-ries of the MNREGA covering the 11-year-longjourney of the rural job scheme, a brain child ofthe UPA, the Union Rural Development Ministryhas decided to expand the compilation to 1000MNREGA stories with focus on the latestinnovation and success stories undertakenunder the NDA Government from 2014-15onwards. The first edition “MNREGA sankalanI” is likely to be published soon.

����������Desi dance parties in India are never completewithout Punjabi latke jhatke. But one was sur-prised to find Punjabi numbers making theirway to the diplomatic party of Israel embassyon May 3 to mark its National Day. The spe-cially-flown Israeli DJ enthralled with ‘MamboNumbers’ and other popularEnglish rock and rollmusic. And to add sometadka to the party the DJ inbetween played Punjabidance numbers much to theliking of the internationaldiplomatic communitywhich danced its heart outthat night. The most interesting part was thatnone troubled the DJ with special requests say-ing DJ wale babu mera gana chala do as is com-mon in Indian parties.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Sunday said his

Government aims to make theNorth-East a gateway toSoutheast Asia by making hugeinvestments for the overalldevelopment of the region butrued the lack of cleanliness inthe Hill States.

“If such a beautiful gatewayis unclean, diseased, illiterate ordisbalanced, then it will fail tocross the gateway of the country’sdevelopment. There is no reasonwhy, with all our resources, weshould remain backward orpoor,” the Prime Minister said.He was addressing the centenarycelebrations of the prominentvoluntary organisation, BharatSevashram Sangha, in Shillongthrough video-conferencing.

He lamented that “onlyGangtok had found a placeamong the first 50 clean cities”,out of the 12 cities from theNortheast surveyed as part of therecent nationwide cleanlinesssurvey. While four Northeasterncities found a place between 100and 200 clean cities, seven werepositioned between 200 and300, with Shillong being the276th, he said even as he stressedthat ‘Swachhata’ or cleanlinesswas a major challenge for every-one in the region.

“We have to make theNortheast a gateway forSoutheast Asia,” Modi said,adding if this gateway is dirty,

then the dream would not be ful-filled and asked the people andorganisations like the Sangha tojoin hands with the StateGovernments and their agenciesin the cleanliness campaign.

Observing that there hasbeen no balanced developmentin the entire North-East so manyyears after Independence, Modisaid his Government, “with all itsresources”, had planned to bringabout balanced development ofthe States here. He said themajor thrust was to improveconnectivity and develop theentire region for tourism. “Allthese initiatives will help tomake the North-East the gatewayof Southeast Asia,” he said.

While an investment of�40,000 crore is being made toimprove the road infrastructurein the entire Northeast, 19 bigrailway projects have also beenstarted in the region, he said.“We are also improving the

electricity situation in theNortheast and trying to bringeven more tourists to theregion,” Modi said.

Maintaining that theNortheast would soon be con-nected with UDAN (Ude Deshka Aam Nagarik) scheme, hesaid small airports were alsobeing developed in the region,while the extension of the run-way at Shillong airport hasbeen approved.

Lauding the role of theSangha in playing a critical roleduring natural calamities, thePrime Minister said a myth wassought to be created that spiri-tuality and service cannot gotogether. “The Bharat SevashramSangha has been able to dispelthis myth, through its work,” hesaid, saying that societal devel-opment through ‘Bhakti’, ‘Shakti’and ‘Jan Shakti’ was achieved bySwami Pranavananda, theSangha’s founder.

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The Union UrbanDevelopment Ministry

(UDM) is in the process ofmodernising the Government-owned printing presses butwill close down five old oneswhich are not only non-feasi-ble but also continue to occu-py prime land. A proposal tothis effect is being finalised bythe UD Ministry. Presentlythere are 15 Government-owned presses which printparliamentary papers, classifieddocuments, the Union Budget,ballot papers, question papers,Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India’s (CAG)

reports and text books, amongmany other crucialGovernment papers.

The machinery being usedby these presses are 40-45 yearsold. Presently these presses arefacing severe manpower short-age, forcing employees who aremeant to operate the pressmachinery to sweep, cook andclean too.

Sources in UDM said thatthe Government is bringing aproposal to shut at least five ofprinting presses. A group ofsecretaries in UDM has sug-gested to close down printingpress that are non profitableand their and their land shouldbe used for commercial pur-

poses. The Ministry has pre-pared a list of at least five suchprinting press.

Sources further stated thatin some of the presses thevacancies are more than 90 percent like in Koratty press (90per cent). In Coimbatore pressthere 83 per cent posts arevacant while Nilokheri andTemple Street and Faridabadpresses have 75 per cent vacan-cies. The strength of MintoRoad Press has been reducedfrom 861 to 363. Every year 57-58 employees are retiring. Inthe Bhubaneswar text bookprinting press the staff strengthis only 70.

Despite sorry state of

affairs, these presses functionday and night, in three shifts,with obsolete printingmachinery and, surprisingly,even manage to surpass theirtargets. “The non-availabilityof paper, severe fund crunch,lack of manpower and an

outdated accounting systemare among several issuesplague these units, which arestaring at a possible shut-down,” said a senior officer ofUD Ministry.

“The modernisationremains the most pressing issuefor these presses. This has ledto an overall downfall in thedemand for high quality andstate-of-the-art jobs. TheMinistry has acknowledgedthat in the last two decades, therequired modernisation hasnot happened,” said officialadding that most of theGovernment printing pressesare located on prime land andland could be used for other

purposes also.As per the data provided

by the UD Ministry,Coimbatore printing press isspread at 132.70 acre;Faridabad press at 100.03 acre;Nilokheri press at 35.01 acre;Aligarh press at 37.39 acre;Koratty press at 75 acre;Santragachi press at 92.48 acre;Temple Street press Kolkata at1.508 acre; Nashik press at109.00 acre; Minto Road pressat 6.3 acre; Ring Road,Mayapuri press at 37.161 acre;Shimla press at 5.278 acre;Chandigarh (Text Book Press(TBP)) at 11.07 acre;Bhubaneswar (TBP) at 28.928acre and Mysore (TBP) at 28.6

acre.Before 1947, India had six

printing presses. Post inde-pendence, the Government feltthe need to add more units tosupport the increased work-load. At present, there are atotal of 15 such presses oper-ating across India.

The ParliamentaryStanding Committee had alsosuggested that enhanced bud-getary support; land leveragingpilot project; and modernisa-tion through Pilot PPP aresome of the ways to revive thesepresses. Even the NationalBuildings ConstructionCorporation has been asked tosurvey the land and suggest

ways to allow these units tobecome self-reliant.

The committee hadobserved that Governmenthas initiated the modernisa-tion process of the MintoRoad Press in New Delhi,which is to be renovated in thefirst phase as a pilot projectover two years. However, thecommittee had expressed itsreservations about the timeframe and noted: “If it takesthree years per press for mod-ernisation and renovation,then, at this pace, the 15thPress will be modernised after45 years, even if we presumethat these are going to be ren-ovated back to back.”

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In the wake of two deadlyattacks on the paramilitary by

Naxals in Sukma in a span ofless than two months, theCentre has shifted the strategicanti-Naxal operations com-mand headquarters of Centralzone of the CRPF from Kolkatato Raipur for a quicker responseto such exigencies. The movealso comes ahead of UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singh’smeeting with Chief Ministers of10 Naxal-affected States onMonday to brainstorm on “re-calibrating” the strategies.

“The idea is to base theNaxal command headquarterswhere the exact fight and theLWE challenge is. The HomeMinistry felt that having thisstrategic office, headed by anADG rank officer, in far offKolkata was not serving thepurpose of strategising quick,

intelligence-based and coordi-nated offensives against Naxalsright where the guerrillas areposing the biggest threat tointernal security of the coun-try,” a senior officer said, detail-ing the reasons for shifting thecommand HQ to Raipur.

Altogether 37 CRPF per-sonnel have been killed byNaxalites in the worst-hit

Chhattisgarh in less than twomonths. The April 24 assaulton a CRPF road opening partythat claimed lives of 25 per-sonnel was the deadliest sincethe April 2010 attack inDantewada, also inChhattisgarh, in which 76 per-sonnel were slain.

The move comes roughlyseven years after the com-

mand HQ was shifted fromRaipur to Kolkata due to logis-tical and connectivity issues.Officials said the newlyappointed CRPF DirectorGeneral Rajeev Rai Bhatnagarhas been asked to ensure thatthe command begins func-tioning from Raipur beforethe high-level meeting of LeftWing Extremism (LWE)-hitStates here on Monday.

The Home Minister-chaired meet would discussways to revamp intelligencegathering mechanism, take aclose look at ongoing opera-tions against Naxalites, identi-fy problem areas and deviseways to minimise casualtiesamong the security forces, aHome Ministry official said.

Chief Ministers ofChhattisgarh, Jharkhand,Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar,Maharashtra, Telangana, UttarPradesh, Madhya Pradesh andAndhra Pradesh have beeninvited to the meeting whichwould be chaired by Singh.District magistrates and super-intendents of police of 35

worst-hit districts, besidesheads of paramilitary forcesand intelligence agencies willalso attend the meeting.

The main agenda will bethe issue of re-calibrating theanti-Naxal strategy to make itmore effective, and to minimisecasualties, the official said.

The home minister hasasked security officials to lookfor out-of-the box solutions tothe problem of successive attacksby Naxalites on security per-sonnel providing protection forroad repair or developmentwork in the troubled areas.

Road construction andother development activities inthe affected areas will also bediscussed. Ways to cut down ontime spent on laying roads arealso likely to be discussed.Road opening parties of central

paramilitary forces haverepeatedly come under savageassault by Naxalites in the past.

Currently 90 per cent ofMaoist activity is limited to 35districts, though the ultra- Leftguerrillas have pockets of influ-ence in 68 districts in 10 States.

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New Delhi: Home MinisterRajnath Singh on Sundayappealed to the public to donateto the martyrs’ fund main-tained at the websitebharatkeveer.gov.in or BharatKe Veer portal. “Encouraging response to#BharatKeVeer website. Withina month, the portal has receivedmore than �2 crore for helpingmartyrs’ families,” the HomeMinister tweeted. The App and

the website was launched lastmonth by Singh along withBollywood actor AkshayKumar, who mooted the idea.General public can visit the por-tal and make the contributionto support the families of thosejawans who died in the line ofduty. “The monetary contribu-tions made on the website gostraight into the bank accountof martyred soldier’s family,” theHome Minister said.

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In view of allegations by anumber of Opposition par-

ties that the Electronic VotingMachines (EVM) were tam-pered to favour the BJP in therecent Assembly and MCDpolls, the Election Commissionof India (ECI) has planned astrong stepwise counter.

Sometime after May 12,the representatives of all polit-ical parties and their expertswould be invited separately torandomly select any EVMused in any booth in therecent concluded Assemblypolls in five States. The lead-ers of the Opposition partiescould also send their repre-sentatives/experts to see thelive demonstration of the func-tioning of the votingmachines.

“Once any leaderapproaches the ECI on theissue, he or she would first beasked to select the EVM ofany booth. Then, the leaderalong with the representa-tives of the poll panel will besent to the particular State toget the EVM of their choice.It will be for the particularleader to decide whether hewould like to travel by hisown vehicle or in the one pro-vided by the poll panel. OnceEVM is selected, it will besealed and brought back toDelhi in the vehicle in whichthe leader will be traveling”.

“Then, in the presence of

one and all, the data of themachine will be deleted andpreserved. Once the pollingdata is deleted, polling will beconducted in presence ofthose who had raised fingersover the functioning of theEVM’s. They would also beinvited to heck the voting inpresence of ECI representa-tives,” said the sources.

ECI officials are confidentthat voting machine cannot betampered. “If the EVM isfound in perfect shape, will thepoliticians tender a publicapology since questions havebeen raised on our functioningand it is necessary to restorefaith of people in the inde-pendent poll panel? We justwant to put an end to thisunnecessary controversy,” saida senior official of ECI.

As many as 16 politicalparties including AAP con-vener Arvind Kejriwal, BSPsupremo Mayawati andSamajwadi Party chiefAkhilesh Yadav have allegedthat EVMs were tampered.Kejriwal had even gone to theextent of saying that if a per-son presses any button; thevote would automatically go infavour of the BJP. Citing his IITbackground, he had alsoclaimed that he could practi-cally demonstrate in 10 differ-ent ways how these machinescould be tampered with. Forher part, Mayawati filed a pleain the Apex Court allegingtampering of voting machines.

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External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj and her

counterpart from TheNetherlands, Bert Koenders,will on Monday hold discus-sions on the roadmap toenhance bilateral trade and eco-nomic activities, cooperation inthe areas of water and educa-tion, and also review the rela-tions between the two countries.

Koenders will be in NewDelhi for talks with Swarajafter attending some econom-ic events in Bangalore, wherehe arrived on Sunday night

“Welcome His ExcellencyMr.Bert Koenders Minister ofForeign Affairs, Government ofNetherlands. @DutchMFA,”Swaraj tweeted adding

“Looking forward to meetMr.Bert Koenders, ForeignMinister of Netherlands - theland of Tulips. @DutchMFA.”

Koenders said he washappy to be visiting Indiaand that the Netherlandswould like to boost coopera-tion with the country in sev-eral areas, including technol-ogy and water.

During his four-day Indiavisit, Koenders’ first destinationwill be Bengaluru where he will

meet Karnataka’s Minister forLarge and Medium ScaleIndustries R V Deshpande. InNew Delhi, following his talkswith Swaraj, Koenders will alsoattend an event of theConfederation of IndianIndustry.

With Dutch companiesmaking huge investments inIndia, The Netherlands at presentis the fifth largest investor ofForeign Direct Investment (FDI),28th largest trading partnerglobally and 6th largest tradingpartner in the European Unionafter Germany, U.K., Belgium,Italy and France.

Dutch companies are atpresent involved in sectorslike technology, energy, logis-tics, financial services andtransport.

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At least one incident ofceasefire violation by

Pakistan has been reporteddaily along the LoC in Jammuand Kashmir in 2015 and 2016,with 23 security personnelbeing killed in the two years,the Home Ministry has said inan RTI reply.

It also said that 1,142 ter-ror incidents were reported inJ&K between 2012 and 2016 inwhich 236 security personneland 90 civilians were killed.

In the same period, 507terrorists were killed inencounters, the Ministry said.

According to the reply,Pakistan violated the ceasefireacross the Line of Control449 times in 2016, as com-pared to 405 violations in2015. Twenty-three securitypersonnel were killed in thetwo-year period, it said.

Major Gen (retd) G DBakshi said Pakistan is runninga “covert” war againstIndia.”Though Pakistan talksabout peace, it does not believein it, and Jammu and Kashmiris an example,” he said.Compared to 220 terror inci-dents in Jammu and Kashmir in2012, there were 322 incidentsin 2016 in which 82 securitypersonnel and 15 civilians werekilled, the RTI reply said.

It said in 2015, 39 securitypersonnel and 17 civilians werekilled in 208 terror incidentswhile 108 terrorists were killedin encounters. While 47 secu-rity personnel and 28 civilianswere killed in the state, 110 ter-rorists were killed in encoun-ters in 2014, the reply said.

The RTI reply said in 2012,15 security personnel and asmany civilians were killed in 220terror incidents, and 72 terror-ists were killed in encounters.

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Ayoung Indian woman, whomarried a Pakistani recent-

ly, sought help of the IndianHigh Commission inIslamabad on Friday. Sourcessaid the Indian HighCommission is providing nec-essary consular assistance toher and is in touch with thePakistan Foreign Office on thematter and her family in India.

The Indian woman namedUzma from New Delhi met aPakistani national — Tahir —in Malaysia and reportedly fellin love with each other. Uzmalater travelled to Pakistan onMay 1 through the Wagahborder and the two contractednikah (marriage) on May 3.

Uzma, according to Tahir,visited the Indian HighCommission building onFriday to submit visa forms butnever returned back. Tahir hasaccused the Indian HighCommission officials of detain-ing his newly-wed wife.

He alleged that the couplehad gone to the HighCommission together. Theydeposited their mobile phonesat the reception. While Uzmawas called by the Indian offi-cials for visa he stayed back.When Uzma did not returnafter several hours, Tahirenquired about her from offi-cials. He was told she was notthere. Tahir later filed a FirstInformation Report (FIR) inthe Secretariat Police Station inIslamabad.

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This is second time in arow that this column isdiscussing aboutKashmir, where large-scale combing opera-

tions by security forces are inprogress. The immediate provoca-tion seems to be looting of banks,ruthless killing of police personneland mutilation of the bodies ofIndian soldiers by Pakistan troops— terror network combined.

It may not strike as rational ifa clinical analysis of the factorsthat led to Pakistan’s Army muti-lating and beheading the bodiesof two Indian soldiers it abduct-ed within the Line of Control areais directly traced to the intensify-ing civilian-military conflict with-in Pakistan itself.

We on this part of the bor-der may tend to disbelieve anysuch conclusion. But it must beread in context of Pakistan’spower realities. In Islamabad,military is not just the Army, itis a wing under civilian com-mand. It is as much a powerdealer as the civilian constitu-tional set up of the Government,unlike in India and in mostother democracies.

The basic concept of theArmy under Islamic tradition isof a force meant to guard Islam,not just as a protection to thestate, which is a modern concept.In Pakistan, the Army has fash-ioned itself as the sole arm ofIslam’s thrust into ‘Hindu’ India.

It is, therefore, a decisive forcein politics. The Army’s takeover ofthe civilian authority has also beenjustified on the basis that the civil-ian authority is unable to carry outits mission of invading and subju-gating the ‘Hindu’ people.

Pakistan, for a bulk of Muslimmasses, is a starting point to re-establish Islamic rule in the entiresubcontinent. It was propagated inthe pre-partition politics of the All-India Muslim League, that theBritish took India from Muslimmughals, so they must return it toMuslims. Of course this is contraryto facts, for most of India had man-aged to free itself from Islamic rulebefore the arrival of the British.

This false narrative has contin-ued since the creation of Pakistanand received impetus after thecentral figure Liaquat Ali Khan wasassassinated in 1951. The civilianand military rules in that state havebeen alternating ever since.

Academic research fromPakistan: Between Mosque andMilitary, a book by diplomat andacademic Husain Haqqani, tomore current books like ChristineFair’s book, Fighting to the End:

The Pakistan Army’s Way of War,have confirmed this basic histo-ry of Pakistan.

Meanwhile, as Ayesha Siddiqahas established in her researchwork, Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan’sMilitary Economy, the Army inPakistan has grown to be a hugeenterprise that sits on an annualbounty of two billion dollars to itself.It also blackmails the Americansinto believing that if Washingtondoes not pay off, there is every dan-ger of nuclear weapons falling intothe hands of terrorists.

The intelligence apparatus ofPakistan’s Army, the Inter-ServicesIntelligence, (ISI) was envisagedas a fifth arm to infiltrate Indiaand facilitate its take over. Afterthe end of Soviet occupation ofAfghanistan in 1989, a large num-ber of jihadi participants in anti-Soviet action there, were ‘unem-ployed’. Part of them were used bythe ISI to spread Islamic extrem-ism into India and carry on thesabotage plan. That was the timewhen Kashmir’s own separatistsgot more funds and terrorist helpin their politics.

The state came under enor-mous stress as madarassas prolifer-ated and tightened the grip of theclerics over the youthful generation.

To enforce the power of the mosqueorganisations like the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammedand others came up. Their reachinto Islamic countries like SaudiArabia, further enhanced theirresources and power as indepen-dent authority within Pakistan.When diplomat Haqqani wrote hismuch admired book, Pakistan infact was a plaything between themilitary and the mosque.

It was as clear as the day, thatin such an arrangement with eachgroup trying to project itself as moreanti-India than the other, therewould be intense rivalry andextremist action by each party.While Islamabad, representing thecivilian authority of theGovernment, has one set of prior-ities, the military has another,because it must be constantly pro-voking India and exposing itself astrue to Pakistan’s basic existence asmeant to destroy or damage kafirIndia’s standing.

The mosque or the mullahhas to train and send terror mod-ules into India and elsewhere tojustify its claim as the real, anti-India (read kafir) entity and keepthe donations tap flowing.

The Dawn leak was the resultof this rivalry. In October last, a

high level civilian-military-mullahmeeting with Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif present, ended up inmutual accusations. TheGovernment was criticised for thefact that Pakistan was gettingincreasingly isolated diplomatical-ly due to its handling of anti-Indiaoperations; the Governmentaccused the Army of selectiveopposition to terrorist organisationsand the mullahs took on both fortheir failures in damaging India andin the process getting isolatedfrom international community.

Dawn correspondent CyrilAlmeida got wind of these inter-nal rivalries and reported theproceedings of the top secretmeeting in his paper. This reportangered both the Army bosses andthe clerics. They blamed someone,especially Prime Minister’s advis-er Tariq Fatemi for the leak. PrimeMinister Sharif instituted a com-mittee, headed by a retired judgeto investigate the Dawn leak.

When on the recommenda-tion of the committee, AdvisorFatemi was shown the door andthe Prime Minister’s officeannounced it the military publicly,saying, this was not adequate andmore action was needed. This ledto mutual accusations on the socialmedia. The Army had to intensi-fy its anti-India actions ever since.

The mutilation event is said toform part of the Army’s plans toprove its credentials as anti-India.It also puts Prime Minister Sharifin an embarrassing position as theinternational standing of Pakistangets more damaged. The brutalityalso enables the military to comeback to prominence as anti-Indiaand expose the limits of what Indiacould do in retaliation.

For Sharif, this may also be anevent to raise the fear of a nuclearattack and get the internationalcommunity to enter the Kashmirscenario once again, which hedesperately needs, to retrieve hisposition in the Pakistani see-sawfor power between himself, themilitary and the mosque. SoIndian response cannot be a wildstrike from Delhi that wouldenable Sharif to seek internation-al intervention in Kashmir.

So as New Delhi mulls itsoptions, those who ask for 10heads for each head thatPakistan mutilated, should becareful that we do not play intothe hands of the three muske-teers of Pakistan and let theGovernment calmly think andexecute its considered response.

(The writer is former RajyaSabha MP from BJP and Delhi-based socio-political commentator)-

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Bold, welcome verdict”(May 6). The Supreme Court’sjudgement, confirming deathsentence for all four culprits inthe infamous Nirbhaya rapecase, is welcome. However, theissue should not be allowed to beslowly poisoned by tactics ofdelayed execution throughlengthy procedures of reviewpetition and mercy petition.

In fact, the apex court mustdo away with the tradition ofhearings on review petitionsafter rejection of mercy peti-tions. It should also direct theGovernment to ensure decisionon mercy petitions in a time-bound period of, say, threemonths. The execution shouldtake place within one week ofrejection of a mercy petition.

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Bold, welcome verdict”(May 6). The Supreme Court’sverdict upholding the deathsentence to four convicts in thebrutal Nirbhaya gang rape and

murder case has strengthenedthe people's faith in the rule oflaw and the judiciary. The apex court rightly said that ifever a case called for hanging,this was that.

However, I feel thatNirbhaya would have got justicefully if the sixth person, the juve-nile (one committed suicide inthe jail), who had been themost brutal of all and deservedthe capital punishment morethan others, would have alsobeen sent to the gallows insteadof serving just a three-year termin a reformatory home.

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Bold, welcome verdict”(May 6). The Supreme Court hasrightly awarded the death sen-tence to four convicts in theNirbhaya rape and murder case.Though death to the fouraccused cannot bring her backbut punishment, no short ofdeath to the persons involved inbrutal act, will give some senseof relief to the bereaved family.People who rob the dignity andlife of others have no right tolive. Incidents of similar kind

weaken the case for abolition —which some activists want — ofcapital punishment.

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Sir — Litigant Ashwini KumarUpadhyay’s plea, with referenceto the three-language formula ofthe Official Language Resolutionof 1968, while emphasising onthe obligation of the non-Hindispeaking States to teach Hindi inschools, conveniently downplaysthe obligation of the Hindi-speaking States to teach a mod-ern Indian language (preferablya south Indian language).

The implementation of thethree-language formula in thiscontext has been poor in Hindi-speaking States which haveoffered languages like Sanskrit inplace of a modern Indian lan-guage. Upadhyay and also fellowactivists are well advised to focuson this aspect of the non-imple-mentation in the Hindi speakingStates. This could serve to furtherthe cultural integration of India.

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The Union Government’sdecision to formulate anon-performing asset

(NPAs) resolution policy is wel-come. Accordingly, a sectorspecific norm will be devised todeal with bad loans which haveincreased to �9.64 lakh crore ason December 31, 2016. Duringthe period between April andDecember 2016, public sectorbanks (PSBs) have added onelakh crore rupee bad loan. Inspite of many measures likerecapitalisation, bank mergers,one time settlement, loan re-structuring, loan write off,recapitalisation and formationof asset re-construction compa-nies, the bad loan continues tohaunt the banks.

Two to three per cent NPAis good for bank as it showsbank’s ability to take risk. If theNPA growth is above 3.5 percent of the total loans andadvances, it shows banks’ riskappetite is more than what it can

chew. PSBs handle around 70per cent of the total deposit inthe entire banking sector. Thisshows they still win the trust ofthe majority of people.

PSBs pay four per cent inter-est on savings bank deposit andzero per cent on current accountdeposit. Those current accountand savings bank deposits are lowcost resources for the bankswhich sustain banking business.Banks also accept different kindsof term deposits and pay higherinterest to compete in the mar-ket. Besides the banks borrowfrom different sources and payinterest on the borrowings.Managing funds and reducingrisk is a big challenge for banks.

External environment has apositive or negative impact onbank’s business. The UnionGovernment set 40 to 75 percent priority sector lending tar-get for different banks. If cred-it absorption capacity is notthere in priority sector, more

credit flow always ends up inNPA. If a village does not haveirrigation facility, a dedicatedextension services and a trans-parent marketing facility, thebank credit will not generatesurplus income for people.

Politicians tell banks to lendmore to poor people in prioritysector and in the same time theydeclare loan waivers. In fact, loanwaiver schemes often create wil-ful defaulters and demoralisethose who sincerely repay bankloan in time. Elected representa-tives should take the responsibil-ity of improving the banks’ recov-ery position. They should ensurethat the loans and subsidiesreach the beneficiaries.

Macro level policy has animpact on bank’s business. IfGovernment gives sops to hous-ing and automobile sectors, moreand more people will buy hous-es and cars even if they have lesscapacity to repay. The USGovernment gave sops to hous-

ing sector which helped precip-itate the subprime crisis whoseeffect is still there in the globalfinancial sector. Many banks inIndia, have given huge educationloan and do not get back themoney, here the Government hasto ensure that the educationalinstitutions maintain quality andthe children, after completingeducation should be employable.

Internal efficiency is the keyto a bank’s good performance.In PSBs, more than 73 per centofficers, in deputy general man-agers and general managersranks are above 55 years and arenot first generation computersavvy people.

They have migrated frommanual to computer environ-ment in their 40s. Huge data isbeing uploaded in the bankingsystem every minute in a corebanking environment. Seniorbankers should be in a positionto access account wise and sec-tor wise NPA status instantly

from smartphones and issueinstruction to the branches fromany place on the earth.Monitoring of loan account hasbecome far easier today withinnovation in software.

The software should tellwhich loan account has becomedry. The branch manager willget the warning signal immedi-ately and take corrective mea-sures. Senior bankers, who havemigrated to computer environ-ment, find it difficult to handlehuge data in the system. Thoughthey have experience andknowledge, their slow keyboardspeed and inability to work insoftware environment maketheir task very difficult.

Even computer savvy peoplewithout knowledge on variouseconomic sectors, finance andbusiness are of little use in banks.They should know the variouseconomic activities and have asound business sense to channelthose activities into

business proposition.India has made rapid

progress in satellite technologybut it has not made use of it inpractical field, like monitoringprojects, sanctioned by banks.Today, core banking has madeanywhere banking possible.

But, PSBs need hourly mon-itoring of accounts and dedicat-ed Information system audit asthe conventional auditors andinspectors have become redun-dant in new environment, whichdemands higher computer skills.If a top banker cannot detectfraud attempt in his bank with-in seconds there is somethingwrong in their digital skill. Peoplelike Vijay Mallya fraudulentlydiverted huge bank loans tobuild assets in foreign countries.There are still many Mallyas inIndia waiting to dupe banks.PSBs need more innovation andcreativity to beat the NPA blue.

(The writer is a freelancecommentator)

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As Prime Minister NarendraModi is on the cusp of com-pleting three years in office,two things that stand out onthe economic front are his

revolutionary decisions on demonetisa-tion and passage of the Goods andServices Tax Bill — both are game-chang-ing moves that will leave for posterity adigitised, scam-free, bigger and betterIndia. On the foreign policy front, the sur-gical strike on Pakistan in September 2016and eventually isolating Pakistan, with vir-tually every South Asian Association forRegional Cooperation (Saarc) nationboycotting the Saarc summit in Pakistanlast year, the civil nuclear deal with Japan,keeping China at an arm’s length by show-ing heft to engage with Vietnam, Taiwan,Bangladesh and Nepal, in a manner thatbehoves India’s tall stature, spearheadingthe Brazil, Russia, India, China andSouth Africa (Brics) combine, theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations(Asean) and East Asia Summit (EAS)meets by not merely signing multi-mil-lion dollar deals but more importantly,taking charge of things, with no pussyfoot-ing on issues that count, and of course,India’s prized entry into the MissileTechnology Control Regime (MTCR),will go a long way in shaping India’s grow-ing clout in the global sweepstakes.

Economics and foreign affairs aside,passing the Juvenile Justice (Care andProtection of Children) Act, 2015 thatgives courts the right to try juveniles asadults, where the crime is extremelyheinous, the Mental Healthcare Bill,2016, that decriminalises suicide andemphasises on zero discrimination basedon sexual orientation, the MaternityBenefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 thatincreases maternity leave from 12 to 26weeks and is a salvo in the arm for work-ing women and of course, the HumanImmunodeficiency Virus (HIV) andAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS) Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017that provides for equality in matters oftreatment, education and jobs, for personsafflicted, are some of the most path-break-ing decisions by the Modi Government,in its earnest march towards a truly inclu-sive and progressive India.

However, amidst the many notewor-thy achievements of the ModiGovernment, if there is one thing thatstands out for its sheer desire to challengedecadent stereotypes and male hegemo-ny in a country of 127 crore Indians, it isthe bold move to give Muslim womentheir due, by initiating a process of doingaway with the retrograde practice of tripletalaq, which is against the most basic fun-damental right. The right to life, libertyand the security of person, as enshrinedin Article 21 of the Constitution. tripletalaq is also against those principles of nat-ural justice that celebrate love, loyalty,fidelity, common brotherhood, equalityand gender parity.

The All India Muslim Personal LawBoard (AIMPLB), which is just anotherNGO, set up in 1973, under the aegis ofa vote-bank hungry Indira Gandhi, hasbeen trying every trick in the book todefend triple talaq, forgetting that it is anextra-constitutional body and what it saysor believes is legally irrelevant. In 1986,Rajiv Gandhi over-rode the Supreme

Court of India’s 1985 ruling in the ShahBano case and thereby denied a margin-alised and divorced Muslim woman, herrightful alimony of just �179 per month,by passing the Muslim Women(Protection Of Rights on Divorce) Act1986. Shah Bano eventually died in 1992,after living a miserable life of abjectpenury. Rajiv Gandhi’s damning blunderin the Shah Bano case underminedJustice Chandrachud’s historic verdict andmade a mockery of Section 125 of theCrPc which grants maintenance towomen with no income, includingdivorced women.

Thanks to Rajiv Gandhi, India lost agolden opportunity to legally empowerArticle 44 of the Directive Principles andget rid of the Muslim Personal Law(Shariat) Application Act, 1937, which hasno place in a country like ours, where theConstitution reigns supreme. It took 30odd years for Modi to have the politicalwill and gumption, no less, to ensure thatthe regressive practice of triple talaq isgiven the burial, going forward.While theapex court will have the final say, the diceon this one, has been rolled, for good.

The Modi administration’s painstak-ing efforts to integrate Muslim womeninto the mainstream is not an isolated one.Nai Manzil, a scheme launched with aninitial corpus of �3,738 crore by the ModiGovernment, aimed primarily at thethousands, who study in the three lakhodd madrassas in the country, is break-ing new ground in imparting skilled train-ing to Muslim boys and girls, largelyspeaking, so that they can get the right jobsand enroll in universities of higher edu-

cation, if they wish to. Upgrading Skillsand Training in Traditional Arts/ Craftsfor Development (USTTAD), yet anoth-er skill upgradation scheme, in ancestralarts and crafts, Maulana Azad NationalAcademy for Skills and Seekho AurKamao, are the other schemes the BJP-ledNDA has embarked upon, to ensure thatit lives up to its basic ethos of ‘Justice forall and appeasement of none’.

Besides Nai Manzil, other notableschemes to help the minority communi-ty are Nai Udaan, to help students whohave cleared prelims in UPSC, SSC etc.Nai Roshni, to empower women, schol-arships under Maulana Azad EducationFund (MAEF), Welfare schemes underNational Rural and National UrbanMission, mid-day meal schemes,Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) services through Anganwadiworkers, bank credit at concessionalrates, under priority sector lending, SarvaShiksha Abhiyan and Kasturba GandhiBalika Vidyalayas, Padho Pradesh tohelp those who wish to study abroad byproviding subsidised loans, RashtriyaMadhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, JanShikshan Sansthan, Multi SectoralDevelopment Programme to providebasic amenities, health, sanitation, socio-economic infrastructure and more.

The fact that the Modi Government’soverarching drive to ameliorate the lot ofminorities is yielding desired results is bestexemplified by the fact that while underthe erstwhile UPA, minorities accountedfor just 6.2 per cent and 6.8 per cent ofthe overall recruitments in Governmentjobs, public sector undertakings and

banks, that number stood at 8.6 per centin 2014-15, as per the Labour Bureau.While the Congress was busy playing tothe gallery, the Modi Government hasgone ahead and implemented various rec-ommendations in the spirit of the SacharCommittee report, thereby, doing what itdoes best; good governance.

Close on the heels of empoweringMuslim women, Parsi women too figurehigh on the Modi Government’s agenda,given that scores of Parsi women, whohave married outside their community, areforced to forego various rights, includingthe right to visit the agiary, the fire tem-ple and are also coerced into renouncingany valid claims, to funds from variousParsi trusts.

It is often said that the best panaceafor most ills is economic emancipation.The Modi Government has done far morethan any Government in post indepen-dent India. Mudra Bank that has dis-bursed more than �3.5 crore worth ofloans at concessional rates to more than7.5 crore underprivileged Indians, has seena large chunk of its loans being availed of,by SC/STs, including minorities. Raisingthe minimum wage from �246/day to�350/day for non agricultural and nonskilled workers and amendments to theBonus Act to raise minimum bonus from�3,500 to �7,000 or the minimum wage,whichever is higher, changing the dynam-ics of MGNREGA with a record alloca-tion of �48,000 crore are steps that willhelp the weakest, minorities included, ina ‘New India’.

(The writer is chief spokespersonfor the BJP, Mumbai)

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Even as the OppositionCongress is still to decide its

strategies for the forthcomingState Assembly polls, GujaratChief Minister Vijay Rupaniannounced to contest fromhis existing Rajkot West con-stituency.

Addressing a meeting ofBJP workers of his constituen-cy Rupani made it clear. Hisremarks came followingCongress MLA from RajkotEast constituency IndranilRajguru’s statement that theGujarat CM would change hisconstituency. The Congresshas almost finalised Rajgurufor the Rajkot West con-stituency and since past oneyear he is holding group meet-ings there.

“I am not going to changemy constituency. Howeversenior Congress leaders likeShankersinh Vaghela (Leaderof Opposition) and ShaktisinhGohil are looking for safeoptions as they are not goingto win from their present con-stituencies,” said the ChiefMinister.

Meanwhile, lots of specu-lation is going on following ameeting of Gujarat Congressleaders with their top leaderand All India Congress

Committee (AICC) vice-pres-ident Rahul Gandhi at NewDelhi on Saturday.

The meeting has becomehot topic in the political circlesof Gujarat as Vaghela left themeeting before it concluded.Moreover, he was also notpresent for the group photo-graph taken of all the core-committee members withGandhi.

The meeting was held toresolve Gujarat Congressinfighting in which newlyappointed in-charge of thestate and former RajasthanCM Ashok Gehlot, politicaladvisor of AICC presidentSonia Gandhi and Member ofParliament Ahmed Patel,Gujarat Padesh CongressCommittee (GPCC) presidentBharatsinh Solanki, Vaghela,Gohil, former Gujarat

Congress president ArjunModhvadia among othersremained present.

A senior GPCC leader onthe condition of anonymitysaid that Vaghela would beappointed as CampaignCommittee Chief for the forth-coming assembly polls.Vaghela’s supporters want himto be declared as ChiefMinisterial candidate. In ashow of strength at his palatialbungalow on the outskirts ofstate capital Gandhinagar atleast 36 out of 57 CongressMLAs allegedly supportedVaghela’s claim as CM candi-date.

GPCC is allegedly hit byfour factions led by Solanki,Gohil, Modhvadia andVaghela. Over the past threeassembly polls, these factionswere seen becoming hyperactive when times of ticketallocation for 182 constituen-cies come closer. Every factionwanted larger pie from the cakeand ultimately proved to bepoor choices of candidates fol-lowing results of polls. Postmeeting with Rahul Gandhi,GPCC chief Solanki quoted assaying that as per tradition theparty will not declare any per-son as CM candidate andwould allow elected MLAs tochoose their leader.

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The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) and the

Kerala Police have started prob-ing the pro-Islamic State (ISIS)messages being circulated oversocial media platformWhatsApp allegedly in order toattract Keralites into the terrorforce.

The ISIS campaign,intended to spread its ideolo-gy, including that of Jihadwith the objective of attractingyouth from Kerala into the ter-ror group, is being carried outthrough WhatsApp seeminglyby some of those who had gonemissing from the country lastyear and were feared to havejoined the terror group. AnAfghan phone number is beingused for the campaign.

The admin of theWhatsApp group called“Message to Kerala” is said tobe one Abu Isa. Investigatorsthink that he could be the sameIsa from Yakkara, Palakkadwho was among the group thathad left India to join theIslamic State last year. A mes-sage received in Kerala over aweek ago had said that Isa’sbrother Yahia had been killedin Afghanistan in a US attack.

A message received by

trader Harris Mustan ofAnankoor in Kasaragod hadsaid that his name had beenincluded as a member in thegroup, Message to Kerala. Hereceived several voice mes-sages when he asked the senderabout the group’s objectives.The messages were seeminglyprepared by Rashid Abdullah,one of the Keralites who hadgone missing last year.

To a query whether RashidAbdullah had indeed beenkilled as reports suggested,the reply was: “The NIA andother agencies are releasingseveral unreliable reports…Even the NIA doesn’t have ownsources to get news. I don’tknow from where they got the

news of death of RashidAbdullah. I am surprised byit… because I am RashidAbdullah”.

Harris had handed overthe message to the CircleInspector of police, Kasaragodon Thursday, the day hereceived it. A DeputySuperintendent of Police fromthe NIA had reportedly record-ed his statement the followingday. It is not yet clear whetheranyone else has received sim-ilar messages but policesources said no other com-plaint had been received so farin this regard.

In the complaint he haslodged with the Kasaragodpolice, Harris has said he hadgot messages calling on him tojoin the ISIS. Though thosewho had left India to join theISIS had been sending mes-sages to people in Kerala ear-lier also, they have been usingthe Telegram App. This wasperhaps the first they wereusing WhatsApp for the pur-pose.

As per messages receivedby relatives and social activistsin Kerala, three men – includ-ing Yahia – from the group of22 persons who had left thecountry for joining the IslamicState, had been killed in attacksin Afghanistan. The otherswho were killed in Afghanistanwere TK Hafeezuddin andMurshid Muhamad, both fromKasaragod.

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The office of Kerala’s loneBJP MLA O Rajagopal at

Pappanamcode inThiruvananthapuram wasattacked by miscreants in thewee hours of Sunday. Theoffice and a vehicle parkedinside the compound suffereddamage. The BJP blamed theMarxists but the CPI(M)’sThiruvananthapuram districtleadership rejected the allega-tion.

The miscreants smashedthe windowpanes of the MLA’soffice and destroyed the boardinstalled there. The windshieldsof a car parked outside theoffice were also smashed. It issaid that the attack was carriedout by miscreants who came onmotorcycles. The area hasbeen witnessing conflictsbetween the CPI(M) and BJP oflate.

According to BJP activists,a gang of Marxists had hurledstones at the MLA’s office atabout 1.30 AM Sunday. BJPworkers were reportedly pre-sent at the office till midnight.The attack seemed to havebeen carried out after theyhad left. The BJP’s State officein Thiruvananthapuram hadcome under alleged Marxistattack in September last year.

While Rajagopal said theattack was carried out by theCPI(M), State BJP president

Kummanam Rajasekharan saidthat the Kannur lobby of theCPI(M) was behind it. “Whatgives the CPI(M) workers thecourage to do such things istheir belief that big brotherVijayan (Marxist ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan)would protect them,” saidRajagopal.

The MLA, a former Unionminister, said that the CPI(M)activists had been perpetratingviolence against BJP workers inthe Nemom constituency oflate and the attack on his officewas a sequel to this. The officesof several BJP councilors in theT h i r u v a n a n t h a p u r a mCorporation had come underattack several times but thepolice were not doing anythingto stop this, the BJP alleged.

“This attack was not acci-dental or isolated. It was pre-planned. There was a conspir-acy between CPI(M) leader VSivankutty (who had lost theAssembly election toRajagopal) and the Kannurlobby of the CPI(M),”Kummanam said inAlappuzha. Pinarayi himself issaid to be the leader of theCPI(M)’s Kannur lobby.

The State BJP chief allegedthat there was a conscious effortfrom the part of the CPI(M) tospread violence inThiruvananthapuram district.He called for Pinarayi’s imme-diate intervention in the matter.

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AKatappa would cut them tosize if Bengal’s ruling

bahubalis did not mend theirways. A similar warning camefrom Bengal BJP chief DilipGhosh for Trinamool Congressmusclemen who have alleged-ly played a big role in the out-fit’s successive wins since 2014.

Ghosh, who had earlierwarned the Trinamool, saying,“We are not Marxists to enterthe rat-holes,” told an electioncrowd at Pujali a small munic-ipality in Howrah district thatthe “Bahubalis of theTrinamool Congress shouldbetter come back to senses forthe Ministers and senior lead-ers on whom they rely fortheir criminal activities wouldnot sustain them for long.”

Ghosh was addressing ameeting at Pujali where munic-ipal elections will be held alongwith six other civic boards on

May 14. Elections will be heldin Kurseong, Darjeeling Mirik,Kalimpong (in the Hills ofNorth Bengal), Pujali in South24-Parganas district, Raigunj inNorth Dinajpur district andDomkal in Murshidabad dis-trict.

Making it clear that seniorTrinamool leaders, includingMinisters and MPs would soongo to jail as “papers are beingreadied and evidences collect-ed” against them in variouscorruption cases. “In sixmonths’ time the situationcould change upside down.Your (the musclemen) protec-tors may not be there to shieldyou. So you should better mendyour ways from now. Don’tscare the voters.”

Warning the Trinamoolgoons that they were beingwatched he said, “don’t thinkthat the police administrationcan save you because afteryour bosses go to jail you will

be hounded out. We will catchyou even if you have fled yourhouses. We will get you fromwherever you have fled.”

Reacting sharply toGhosh’s statements Bengal Urban DevelopmentMinister Firhad Hakim said“as they are in power in Delhi,the BJP is trying to scare theTrinamool workers, which isundemocratic.”

At least a dozen senior

Trinamool Congress leadersincluding Hakim and a numberof his Ministerial colleagues arefacing CBI and ED probe in theNarada pay-off case apart fromcases related to chit fund scam.

Meanwhile, sources said asteady rise in BJP’s politicalgraph has forced the MamataBanerjee Government to post-pone elections to five munici-palities. Polls to Durgapur,Dhupguri, Nalhati, Panshkura

and Haldia municipalities wereto be held in the month of June.

The Government hasdecided to ignore the propos-als sent in by the State ElectionCommission, said sources,adding there were plans toappoint administrators to thefive municipalities which wereto go to polls.

Though sephological sur-veys put the Trinamool aheadin all the municipalities whathas been alarming for the rul-ing outfit is a steady rise of theBJP displacing the Left at leastin the urban areas thus makingthe saffron party a strong con-tender for power in the State.

“An increase in vote per-centage would naturally put theBJP on the high leading theparty to apply further suchdivisive tactic as armedRamnavami processions whichpaid them good dividend in theSouth Contai Assembly by-elections where they displacedthe CPI(M) to win the secondposition,” said a Minister andTrinamool MLA from Kolkataadding it was the need of thehour to “de-communaliseBengal and prepare the rightsituation for voting.”

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Locked in a bitter powerstruggle between his son

Akhilesh and brother ShivpalSamajwadi party patronMulayam Singh Yadav saidthat it was his biggest mistakeof life to have installed Akhileshas the Chief Minister of UP.Mulayam Singh said peoplecommitted no mistake and theSP lost the elections due to itsown follies.

In the same vein MulayamSingh also praised his sonAkhilesh saying `Akhileshworked hard for the develop-ment of UP and many impor-tant development projectsworks were completed duringhis regime. Mulayam Singhalso endorsed the bitter criti-cism of Ram Gopal Yadav byhis brother Shivpal Yadav.Mulayam Singh also attackedhis cousin brother Ram GopalYadav, Rajya Sabha MP andaccused him of sabotaging theeffort for unity in the party.

`` Had I been the chiefminister f UP, the Samajwadiparty would have won the 2017state assembly elections. I con-fess that I made a mistake bydeciding for Akhilesh as ChiefMinister. I should have takenover as the chief minister in2012. The Samajwadi Party in2012 went to the state assemblyelections on my face and thepeople had voted for me, yet Icommitted a grave error anddecided for Akhilesh as chiefminister’’, said Mulayam Singhin Mainpuri on Sunday.

``Ram Gopal Yadav is notworking for the party. He is aselfish person and is concernedonly for his narrow politicalinterests. Ram Gopal Yadavhad spent lot of money forensuring the defeat of Shivpalfrom the3 jaswant nagar assem-bly seat in Etawah. When Ilearnt of this development I hadto go to Jaswantnagar and heldpublic meeting there’’, said

Mulayam Singh Yadav.On Shivpal Yadav's com-

ment terming Ramgopal Yadavas "Shakuni", Mulayam said,"Whatever Shivpal said isabsolutely correct as the con-duct of Ram Gopal Yadav isworse than Shakuni. RamGopal not only hatched a con-spiracy for the defeat of Shivpalfrom Jaswant nagar he alsospent huge sums of money forthe purpose’’.

To a question on his broth-er Shivpal Yadav deciding toform a new front, he said effortsshould be made to strengthenthe Samajwadi Party. Shivpal,who retained the JaswantnagarAssembly seat during the recentelections, has said that a secu-lar front would be formed ifAkhilesh Yadav did not handover the reins of the party backto his father Mulayam in threemonths.

Earlier this week ShivpalYadav announced the launch ofthe ̀ Samajwadi secular front’ tobe headed by his brotherMulayam Singh. Next dayMulayam Singh backed outsaying `` I have not spoken toShivpal for a week and I willtalk to him and will neverallow the split in 25 year oldparty.

Ever since the bitter feud inthe first family of the Samajwadiparty erupted in public domainand since fought through the

media Mulayam Singh Yadav isseen one day placating hisbrother shivpal and other dayhe defends his son Akhilesh andalso criticise his son the for-mer Chief Minister of UP.

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After Saharanpur andBareilly, yet another

Bharatiya Janta Party MLAcreated problem for law andorder when he alleged to haveabused a young woman IPSofficer in Gorakhpur.Interestingly the MLA laternot only denied charges on himbut held the woman officerguilty of beating innocent chil-dren and woman and claimedto have demanded actionagainst her for inhuman act.

Reports said that local pub-lic had staged a blockade toprotest running of countrymade liquor shop inChiruwadal area of Gorakhpuron Sunday.

Learning of the protest thecircle officer of GorakhnathCircle, Charu Nigam rushed tothe spot. She reportedly tried toexecute the orders of DGPSulkhan Singh to clear theblockade on highways.

However during process,some women protesters tried tomanhandled her after whichthe cops used force to dispersethe crowd. They also detained

half a dozen women in thisregard.

The matter reportedly tookan ugly turn after local SadarMLA Radha Mohan DasAgarwal reached the spot. In thepresence of senior officers,Agarwal reportedly hurled abus-es on woman IPS officer andforced the cops to release thedetained accused. Surprisinglythe young officer broke downafter her seniors took no actionand almost bowed down beforethe MLA assuring of lookinginto charges made by him on thewoman officer.

Later, Agarwal denied thecharges of abusing the womanofficer and claimed that shetook law in her hand andassaulted a pregnant lady anda 8-year-old boy in the name ofmaintaining law and order. Hedemanded that action shouldbe taken against the officer forher inhuman act.

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Chief Minister Yogi Aditya-nath on Sunday flagged off

a fleet of 27 air-conditionedbuses of the Uttar Pradesh StateRoad Transport Corporation(UPSRTC) in Lucknow.

The Chief Minister alsotravelled on a low-fare JanrathAC bus along with otherMinisters to get a first handexperience of the ride andlater, went to the airport to goto Agra on an official visit.

The function for flaggingoff the new AC buses was heldoutside the official residence ofAdityanath where State Deputy

Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma,Transport Minister SwantraDeo Singh along with otherministers — Rita Bahuguna-Joshi, Mohsin Raza and ChetanChauhan — were also present.

The first bus, which wasflagged off, will ply betweenGorakhpur and Agra. The CMinquired the officials and con-ductors about the facilities tobe given to the riders.

He cross checked the facil-ities in the buses as ambulancesflagged off by the StateGovernment last month weresaid to be below standard forwhich it drew severe criticism.

The high-end Volvo and

Scania buses would run onGorakhpur-Lucknow-Agra viaKanpur, Lucknow-Delhi viaKanpur, and Gorakhpur-Delhivia Kanpur routes.

Janrath buses, which haveaffordable fare for mid-segmentpassengers, will ply fromLucknow to Delhi, Banda,Sitapur-Bareilly, Dumariaganj-Barhni, Bahraich, Jhansi,Sultanpur-Varanasi, Faizabad-Azamgarh and Faizabad-Deoria.

Meanwhile during his visitin Agra, the CM made on thespot inspection of Taj-YamunaCorridor Projects and direct-ed to immediately complete allthe work soon.

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With the announcementof the launch of

Samajwadi secular front byshivpal Yadav, the bitterpower feud in the party hasresurfaced. Samajwadi Partypresident Akhilesh Yadavon Sunday expelled fiveleaders including two keysupporters of Shivpal Yadavfrom the party.

The State President ofthe Samajwadi party NareshUttam said here on Sundaythat on the directions of thenational president, formerGeneral Secretary DeepakMishra and partyspokesperson MohammedShahid have been expelledfrom the party.

Deepak Mishra was themost powerful leader of theparty when Shivpal was thestate president. MohammedShahid was also an impor-tant face of the party whenShivpal Yadav was the statepresident of the party. Theother leaders expel ledinclude Rajesh Yadav ofHardoi, former NoidaMahanagar presidentRamesh Yadav and formerNoida Yuvjan Sabha presi-dent Kallu Yadav. NareshUttam said the leaders havebeen expelled for their anti-party activities.

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Pakistan InternationalAirlines (PIA) has decided

to suspend its bi-weekly flightsbetween Karachi and Mumbaifrom Tuesday owing to “com-mercial considerations”.

Currently, the PIA operatestwo flights in a week — onMondays and Tuesdays —between Karachi and Mumbai.

However, PIA will contin-ue to operate flights betweenLahore and Delhi, consideringthat the traffic volume on thisroute is satisfactory.

Confirming the suspen-sion of flights between Karachiand Mumbai from Tuesday,PIA’s country managerMuhammad Ahmed Barakzaitold “The Pioneer” on Sunday:“We will be suspending oper-

ation of flights between Karachiand Mumbai from Tuesday.Later in the coming week, wewill take a final call on whetherto restart the flights or keep theoperation of flights suspended

for a longer time". “We will operate the flights

scheduled for Monday. Therewon’t flights between Karachiand Mumbai from Tuesdayuntil further notice. As of

today, we have stopped ticketbookings from Tuesday,”Barakzai said.

Barakzai attributed thecancellation of bi-weekly flightsbetween Karachi and Mumbaito the very poor passengerload. “The passenger load onthe Mumbai-Karachi sector isvery low. For instance, we havemere 18 to 20 passengers onKarachi-Mumbai flight. Thereason for low passenger loadis that there is some strain inthe relations between Indiaand Pakistan,” Barakzai said.

According to Barakzai, PIAhas been incurring losses onthe Karachi-Mumbai route forthe past several months, a rea-son that has prompted the air-line to suspend the services onthis route from Tuesday.

Another reason that PIA is

attributing to its decision tosuspend the Karachi-Mumbaiflights is that the airline, whichhas taken four aircraft from aTurkish company on a wetlease, would soon have toreturn the leased aircraft.

The PIA has been incur-ring huge losses in recent years.So much so that the PIA man-agement had told a SenateCommittee in Pakistan Januarythis year that the airline hadaccumulated liabilities of over�300 billion and an additionalloss of over �5.6bn is beingadded to this amount everymonth.

The PIA earned round �7.5billion a month while itsexpenses were over �13.14 bil-lion, the airline managementinformed the SenateCommittee.

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In a tragic incident a wild ele-phant, which went amok,

trampled two CRPF jawansoutside their camp near Taraluvillage on the outskirts ofBengaluru on Sunday.According to police, the inci-dent occured in the morningnear the CRPF camp andwhere in the wild elephantstrayed and trampled twoJawans to death.

Krishna Kumar, policeinspector at Kaggalipura policestation, said, “The incidentoccurred in the early hourswhen the elephant strayed intothe CRPF camp at Taralu vil-lage from the adjacentSavandurga forest and attackedthe victims.”

CRPF assistant sub-inspec-tor Dakshina Murthy, 52, and

constable Puttappa Lamani,35, are the victims of the attack.Murthy hailed from TamilNadu and Lamani was fromHaveri district in Karnataka.The CRPF camp was locatedjust 35 kms away fromBengaluru.

According to DeputyConservator of Forests JavenMumtaz the rogue elephant hasescaped to the Savandurga for-est after the incident. He said“A case has been registeredunder Section 174 of the CRPCas the victims were on guardduty. The rogue elephant hasescaped to the forest after thehorrible incident.”

Karnataka, which has oneof the highest number ofAsiatic elephants in the wild inthe world, has started elephantcensus and this incident hasbrought to the lore the increas-

ing man animal conflict apartfrom eroding forest cover andtheir migratory route.

The incident has happenedjust 35 kms away from IT CityBengaluru it clearly indicatesshrinking forest space whichhas many time led to conflict.

Karnataka has over 6,500wild elephants. The cutting ofmigratory route and large scaleencroachments of the forestspace due to urbanisation havemade elephants frequentlystrayed into the city space.

According to Forestdepartment sources, lot of ele-phants have been migratingbetween Tamil Nadu andKerala forests in search ofwater and fodder. The droughtlike situation and short ofavailability of water has madethese elephants come toCauvery valley.

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Amid heightened security inthe backdrop of surge in

violent activities, the StateGovernment offices wouldresume functioning in summercapital Srinagar on Mondayafter biennial shifting of thecapital from Jammu. This is thesecond time Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti would inspectguard of honour at the civil sec-retariat but the occasion is notaltogether satisfying for thePDP-BJP coalition in theembattled State.

The offices were closed inthe winter capital on April 28amid worsening security situ-ation in Kashmir valley. OnSaturday evening, a police-man, two civilians and a sus-pected militant were killed ina shootout in south Kashmir’sAnantnag district, the latest inthe chain of violent incidents.The entire area observed acomplete shutdown against thekillings on Sunday, a day aheadof the re-opening of top gov-ernment offices.

The security has been tight-

ened around the civil secretari-at and police have establishedcheckpoints at various places.

The durbar move officesare reopening at a time whenthe Valley is oscillating betweenhope and despair with unpre-dictability becoming a norm.This is the third time when thepresent coalition is shiftingback to Srinagar and each timethe biennial shifting has beena tougher challenge.

Mehbooba Mufti, hercouncil of ministers andbureaucrats with entire officialwherewithal are arriving at atime when the Valley is reelingunder a perpetual sense of

unrest, insecurity and resent-ment. The student proteststriggered by the avoidableingress of the Governmentforces into the premises ofPulwama Degree College onApril 15 are not showing let up.The militants are striking at willand targeting police and othergovernment forces, pro-Indiapolitical workers and banks.The south Kashmir region,once the most bankable regionsof the ruling party, is toppingthe list of dangerous zones.

The Opposition parties areaccusing the ruling alliance ofpushing the State into misruleand anarchy. On Sunday, the

National Conference (NC)described the situation as “dete-riorating” and expressed dis-appointment at the completefailure of the coalition in termsof governance and to create asuitable peaceful environment.The party cited cancellation ofthe Anantnag bypoll and risingincidents of violence and tur-moil in the state as stark exam-ples of government’s failure.

The NC in Core Groupmeeting chaired by MP FarooqAbdullah and attended by NCWorking president OmarAbdullah expressed disappoint-ment over the unwillingness ofthe Government of India torecognise the political nature ofthe problem which has com-pounded the situation in theValley and added to the alreadyserious level of alienation.

“The mounting human tollof the deteriorating situation inthe Valley is painful. The fail-ure of both the State and theCentral Government toacknowledge the gravity of thesituation is alarming,” saidSakina Ittoo, a senior partyleader and former Minister.

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The Jammu & KashmirGovernment has issued

directions to all district mag-istrates to take “urgent and nec-essary action” in transmissionof non-permitted TV channelsby cable operators in the State.

The Home Department hasissued an order No PS/Home/2017-60, dated May 6, 2017, inwhich it has directed the districtmagistrates to ensure thaturgent and necessary action istaken in accordance with theCable TV Networks RegulationRules and compliance reportsubmitted to the HomeDepartment.

“It has been reported thatcable operators in the Valleyhave been transmitting certainTV channels which are not per-mitted by Ministry ofInformation & Broadcasting.The transmission of thesechannels have the potential toencourage or incite violenceand create law and order dis-turbances in Kashmir Valley,"the order reads.

"It needs being noted thattransmission of non-permittedTV channels apart fromattracting the violation (of thelaw), has the potential to

encourage or incite violenceand create law and order dis-turbances in Kashmir Valley,”said an order issued on Saurdayby Principal Secretary, HomeDepartment, RK Goyal to allthe district magistrates (deputycommissioners) of the State.

Goyal asked the DeputyCommissioners to clarify as towhat action has been taken inregard to media reports thatcertain cable operators weretransmitting such non-per-

mitted channels and alsodirected them to take urgentnecessary action.

"In the circumstances, it isimpressed upon you to ensurethat urgent necessary action istaken in accordance with pro-visions of law,” the order reads.

He said the transmission ofnon-permitted TV channelsby the cable operators attractsviolation of the Cable TVNetworks Regulation Rules.

On Friday, Union Infor-

mation & Broadcasting MinisterM Venkaiah Naidu spoke withthe state chief secretary over theissue and sought a compliancereport at the earliest. Heexpressed concern over reportsthat these channels were beingbroadcast in Jammu andKashmir without permission.

The State Home Depart-ment, which is headed by ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti, haslisted 34 such channels belong-ing to Pakistan and Saudi

Arabia including ZakirNaik’s banned Peace TV.Among the 34 channels listedin the order include PTVSports, ARY Zindagi, Noor TVand Karbala TV.

The channels are Peace TVUrdu and English, ARY QTV,Madni Channel, Noor TV, HadiTV, Paigam, Hidayat, SaudiAl- Sunnah Al-Nabawiyah,Saudi-Al-Quran Al-Karim,Sehar, Karbala TV, Ahli-biatTV, Message TV, Hum TV,ARY Digital Asia, Hum Sitaray,ARY Zindagi, PTV Sports, ARYMusik, TV One, ARY Masala,ARY Zauq, A TV, Geo News,ARY News Asia, Abb TakkNews, Waseb TV, 92 News,Duniya News, Samna News,Geo Tez, Express News andARY News.

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After two major clasheswithin a fortnight and in

wake of coming festival season,both Principal Secretary HomeDewasheesh Panda and DGPSulkhan Singh visitedSaharanpur and reviewed lawand order situation on Sunday.

Both the officers held dis-cussions with senior officers toextract the reasons behindregular trouble in the area,especially due to excesses ofSaffron leaders.

Later talking to the mediapersons, Panda said that theydirected to improve theIntelligence network in the areaso that preventive measurescould be taken against the trou-ble makers.

He said that they also askedthe officers to gear up for com-ing festival season as holy monthof Ramadan and Shrawan Yatra

is drawing near. Reacting to recent clashes,

Sulkhan Singh said that no onewill be allowed to take law in hishand and all those accused inthe clashes will be arrested. Hedirected officers to make no hes-itation in taking action even ifthe troublemakers are closed topower. Interestingly, both theofficers made no comments tothe query that the BJP MPaccused for communal riot willbe arrested or not.

The Saharanpur policefailed to nab the main culpritswho led the communal vio-lence in the name of taking outShobha Yatra in memory of DrBR Ambedkar last month.

On Saturday, another clashalso took place in the districtwhen some saffron leaders triedto take out yatra after garland-ing statue of Maharana Pratapdespite of their permission forthe same has been rejected.

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Amidst the crucial ongoingtalks among the

Opposition parties for a jointcandidate for the Presidentselection, Samajwadi Partypatron Mulayam Singh Yadavlaunched a scathing attack onthe Congress saying “the grandold party never left any stoneunturned to eliminate himfrom politics.’’ Congress pres-ident Sonia Gandhi had recent-ly spoken to Mulayam SinghYadav for enlisting his supportfor the joint candidate of thesecular political parties.

“The alliance with theCongress in recent UP assem-bly elections is behind theworst ever poll debacle and thepoor state of the SamajwadiParty in UP and efforts shouldbe made to strengthen the SP.The Congress left no stoneunturned to ruin my life. TheCongress did its best me toframe me in false cases yetAkhilesh forged alliance withit,” said Mulayam in Mainpuri

on Sunday.“I advised Akhilesh not to

go ahead with the alliance buthe ignored my advice. The SPis itself responsible for its defeatand not the people of thestate", said the SP patron.

Mulayam was in Mainpurito unveil a statue of martyrDharmendra Yadav in Junesavillage in Karhal tehsil of thedistrict.

The SP patron alsoattacked Prime MinisterNarendar Modi and dubbedhim as a “liar”. "Modi had liedto the people and promised �15lakh in every account but even�15,000 was not given," hesaid.

The Samajwadi Party hadwitnessed a bitter feud betweenuncle Shivpal and nephewAkhilesh in the run up to theUttar Pradesh Assembly polls.Many in the party blamed thepower struggle betweenAkhilesh and his uncle Shivpalfor the Samajwadi Party's dis-mal performance.

The Samajwadi Party con-

tested the polls underAkhilesh's leadership but suf-fered a humiliating defeat at thehands of the BJP .Against theclaims of forming the nextgovernment the SP-Congressalliance had to suffer crushingdefeat as its tally was reducedto SP—47 and Congress 7 andtotal 54 seats. In 2012 assem-bly elections the SP had wonclear majority by winning 224seats in the 403 member house.Mulayam had earlier blamedAkhilesh for the SamajwadiParty's poor performance in the

UP Assembly elections andsaid that his son had insultedhim.

Following a bitter feudbetween the father and the son,Akhilesh had snatched reins ofthe party from Mulayam andtheir fight also reached theElection Commission.

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����������The government’sall out war against NPAs willhelp in c leaning ba l-ancesheets of state- ownedbanks and expedite fund rais-ing via markets to meet theglobal Basel III capital ade-quacy norms, an official said.

“As NPAs get resolved,the balancesheets of the pub-lic sector banks will get bet-ter, improving the valuationof their stocks,” a seniorFinance Ministry officialsaid.

So, the banks would be ina better position to raisemuch needed funds from thecapital market as envisagedin Indradhanush plan, reduc-ing burden on exchequer,the official said, adding thatfaster resolution of non-per-forming assets means earlierthan anticipated public offersfrom banks.

As it is, the FinanceMinistry expects about half-a-dozen banks to raise capi-tal from the market duringthe second half of the currentfiscal.

Some banks like StateBank of India, Bank ofBaroda and Punjab NationalBank have potential to go forpublic offers during thecourse of the year, the officialsaid.

As per the Indradhanushplan, public sector banksneed to raise �1.10 lakh crorefrom markets, includingthrough follow-on publicoffers, to meet Basel IIIrequirements which kick infrom March 2019.

This will be over andabove �70,000 crore banks

will get as capital supportfrom the Government. Ofthis, the Government hasalready infused �50,000 crorein the past two fiscals and theremaining will be pumped inby the end of 2018-19.

SBI has already takenboard approval for raising upto �15,000 crore through var-ious means, including publicoffer and overseas issuance ofshares, during the currentfiscal.

The funds will be raisedeither through follow-onpublic issue, qualified insti-

tutional placement, rightsissue, private placement,Global Depository Receipt,American Depository Receiptor a combination of these, SBIhad said last month.

The fund-raising will bedone at an opportune time oras may be approved by thegovernment and the RBI, itadded.

Meanwhile, the govern-ment will continue to supportpublic lenders based onrequirements as wasannounced by the FinanceMinister in his Budgetspeech, the official said.

In the Budget 2017-18speech on Februar y 1 ,Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyannounced capital infusion of�10,000 crore for the currentfiscal.

“In l ine with theIndradhanush road map, Ihave provided �10,000 crorefor recapitalisation of banksin 2017-18. Additional allo-cation will be provided, asmay be required,” Jaitley hadsaid. ��

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���&���The sectoral watch-dog Irdai has issued newguidelines on outsourcingactivities by insurers byclearly defining the areas ofwork that should be donein- house and those whichcan be handed out to third-parties.

The regulator said theregulations dated April 20but put on the Gazettee ofIndia on May 5, is aimed atensuring that insurers fol-low prudent practises onmanagement of risks arisingout of outsourcing so as toprevent negative systemicimpact on one hand and toprotect the interests of thepolicyholders on the other.

The move is also toensure sound and respon-sive management practisesfor effective oversight andade quate due d i l igencewhile outsourcing activitiesby insurers, it added.

Accordingly, the newregulations ban insurersfrom outsourcing invest-ments and related functionsto third parties, apart fromnot allowing fund manage-ment, including NAV cal-culations; compliance withAML and product design.

Insurers are also expect-ed to do all actuarial func-tions and enterprise-widerisk management in house,apart from decision makingon underwriting and claimsfunctions excluding proce-dural activities related to

payment of survival benefitclaims in life insurance; pol-i c y hol d e rs g r i e v an c e sre d re s s a l ; d e c i s i on toappoint insurance agents,surveyors; loss assessors andfinally approving advertise-ments.

Irdai said the new regu-lations called ‘Outsourcingof activities by insurersRegulations of 2017, willcome into force from thedate of their publication inthe Official Gazette andsupersede the guidelinesissued earlier.

However, these normsare not applicable to re-insurers but are applicableto all insurers registeredw it h t he Insu r anc eR e g u l ator y andDevelopment Authority. Ifan insurer is engaged inboth direct insurance as

well as reinsurance busi-ness, these regulations areapplicable only in respect ofdirect insurance business ofsuch insurers, it added.

It defines ‘outsourcing’as use of third-party ser-vices to perform activitiesthat would normally beundertaken by the insurerbut does not include ser-vices such as legal services,banking services, courierservices, medical examina-tion, and forensic analysis.

The new regulations alsomake it mandatory on theboard of the insurer put inplace an outsourcing policyand also set up an out-sourcing committee com-prising key managementpersons of the insurer,including the chief risk offi-cer, chief financial officerand chief of operations. ��

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The Hinduja brothers havetopped the 2017 list of the

richest people in the UK withan estimated fortune of 16.2 bil-lion pounds, a massive 3.2 bil-lion pound hike in their for-tunes over the previous year.

Besides the Hinduja broth-ers, there are over 40 Indian-origin super-rich in this year’slist of the UK’s 1,000 wealthi-est people, who seem to bereaping a so-called “Brexitbonanza”.

‘The Sunday Times RichList’ says that uncertaintiestriggered by Britain’s vote toleave the European Union (EU)last June have not impacted thecountry’s billionaires’ abilityto make money, as they grew innumbers with a 14 per cent risein their fortunes since last yearto earn a record 658 billionpounds collectively.

Srichand and Gopichand

Hinduja, aged 81 and 77, leadan elite group of 134 UK-based billionaires in the list andhave made their fortune frominvestments in industries suchas oil and gas, automotive, IT,energy, media, banking, prop-erty and healthcare sectors.

Their latest 350-million-pound project is converting theOld War Office in Londoninto a five-star hotel and luxu-ry apartments, the newspapernotes.

“The Hindujas have alsorecently bought British assetsincluding Careline, an out-sourcing business, and the busmaker Optare. There are assetsin Switzerland of about 3.6 bil-lion pounds, according toBilan’s 2016 ‘Swiss Rich List’.Their six-storey mansion, asapphire’s throw fromBuckingham Palace, adds 300million pounds,” it adds.

Another set of India-bornentrepreneurial brothers, David

and Simon Reuben, who hadtopped the list last year havemoved down to third placewith a fortune of 14 billionpounds and steel tycoonLakshmi N.

Mittal is at fourth with 13.2 billion pounds.

“The furnaces are roaringagain in the steel industry.Mittal, 66, the largest steel-maker in the world, is feelingthe effect in his bank balanceand on the ‘Rich List’, where his6.1 billion increase from lastyear is one of the highest annu-al rises to date,” the list reads.

However, he remains along way from his 2008 peak asthe UK’s richest with then for-tunes of 27.7 billion pounds.The second spot, occupied bythe Hinduja brothers until2016, has been taken over byUkrainian businessman LenBlavatnik (15.9 billion pounds).

“While many of us worriedabout the outcome of the EU

referendum, many of Britain’srichest people just kept calmand carried on making bil-lions,” said Robert Watts, com-piler of the list for the news-paper.

“We expected to see a chill-ing effect in the run-up to theEU referendum, but that sim-ply did not materialise. A buoy-ant stock market usually drivesthe wealth of Rich Listers high-

er, and since last June equitieshave soared,” he said.

Among the other 40Indian-origin super-richinclude new billionairesGujarati migrant brothersMohsin and Zuber Issa, whoseEuro Garages business isEurope’s largest independentfuel retailer.

They are ranked 133rd onthe list with a fortune of 1 bil-

lion pounds.Joining them among the

new billionaires are another setof brothers – Raj, Tony andHarpal Matharu – who made 1billion pounds last year withtheir Grange hotel chain in theUK.

NRI industrialist LordSwraj Paul’s business markedan 80-million-pound dip overlast year, moving him down tothe 194th slot, with an esti-mated wealth of 660 millionpounds.

“A number of Paul’s busi-nesses went into administrationin late 2015 as a result of thesteel industry crisis and hisLondon-based Caparo Group,which includes property inter-ests, saw its assets sink from 77million pounds to 49.6 millionpounds,” the list notes.

The other Indian-originbillionaires on the list includeSri Prakash Lohia at 27 with3.97 billion pounds; metals

tycoon Anil Agarwal at 60with 2 billion pounds; SunilVaswani and family’s car deal-erships business at 63 wortharound 1.97 billion pounds;Manchester-based Simon,Bobby and Robin Arora at 65with 1.92 billion pounds; Navinand Varsha Engineer’s phar-maceuticals business at 107and valued at 1.2 billionpounds; and hotelier JasminderSingh and family is ranked 128with 1.03 billion pounds.

Most of the remaining mil-lionaires with Indian rootshave made their money in avariety of industries, includingBhikhu and Vijay Patel in phar-maceuticals (675 millionpounds); Jatania brothers intoiletries and property (630million pounds); SouthallTravels owners Kuljinder Bahiaand family in the travel indus-try (420 million pounds); andTom Singh and family in fash-ion (385 million pounds).

Among the artists,Mumbai-born sculptor AnishKapoor makes the list of 1,000with 134 million pounds.

He joins popular singerAdele, who is listed as Britain’swealthiest female musicianwith 125 million pounds.

This year’s list has beendescribed as more diverse incomposition, with morewomen, more people from eth-nic backgrounds, and morefrom surprising walks of life,with egg farmers and pet foodmakers among the super-richline-up.

It now takes assets of 110million pounds to break intothe ranks of the richest 1,000people in the UK.

The figure in 2016 was 103million pounds. The top 20 inthe list alone are worth a totalof 191.77 billion pounds,increasing their wealth by 35.18billion pounds over the past 12months.

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����������Telecom regulatorTrai will “look into” the com-plaints about operators dolingout customised retention offersto influence subscribers whowant to shift to a rival network.

Trai Chairman RS Sharmaasserted that all offerings byoperators need to be transpar-ent, non-discriminatory andfiled with the regulator butrefused to be drawn into thespecifics.

“If these complaints havecome, we will certainly lookinto them. Because the tariffhas to satisfy the criteria ofbeing transparent and beingnon-discriminatory. So theseprinciples have to be fol-lowed...We will look into that,”Sharma told the news agency.

He was responding to aquery about Trai views onnewcomer Reliance Jio’s recentallegation that incumbent oper-ators are lining-up customisedretention offers for subscriberswanting to shifting out of theirnetwork.

In a letter to Trai lastmonth, Jio had termed suchmethods as being “unfair anddeceptive”, and claimed that theoffers were being presented tocustomers “surreptitiously” onone-to-one basis and not avail-able to the general public.

Nor are the companiesopenly publicising such offerson their website as is stipulat-ed, Jio charged, demandingthat “strongest action” againstthe three operators - Airtel,Vodafone and Idea Cellular --for what it termed as a gross

violation of Trai’s norms.“I remember having dis-

cussions in Trai in one of themeetings that such complaintshave come. But I have not seenthe specific complaints,”Sharma said.

While it may be natural foroperators to play up offeringsand the strength of their net-works to the departing cus-tomers, telcos cannot offerplans that they do not file withTrai, he said.

“If someone tries to leave,people will tell him ours is thebest network, that is part of thebusiness. (But) I don’t think anyoperator should be giving aplan which is not given toTrai...Or is not a part of theirstandard set of plans,” he said.

As per the norms, whiletariffs are under forbearance,every plan has to be filed withthe Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India (Trai) with-in 7 working days from itslaunch.

Asked if the regulator will

call operators for a meeting todiscuss and resolve the issue,Sharma said the matter was stillin a “preliminary” stage.

“This is preliminary...Wewill certainly take necessaryaction within the framework ofour regulation,” he empha-sised.

Admitting that businessrivalry comes into play whenoperators compete in a hyper-competitive market, Sharmasaid that the regulator willhave to look into every com-plaint and take a call.

In its complaint, Jio hadalleged that the such practicesare in violation of tariff report-ing requirements of Trai andbreach the limit of 25 plans(prepaid and postpaid) allowedas per regulations to operators.

However, Airtel andVodafone had refuted Jio’s alle-gations saying they were incompliance of all regulatoryguidelines including tarifforders and mobile numberportability regulations. ��

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Finance Minister ArunJaitley on Sunday asked

Asian Development Bank(ADB) to ensure primacyis accorded to views ofdeveloping countries inoperations of the multilat-eral lending agency.

The Finance Ministerexpressed the views in hism e e t i ng w it h A DBPresident Takehiko Nakaohere. He also held bilater-a l d i s c u s s i ons w it hJapanese Finance MinisterTaro Aso.

During the meetingwith his Japanese counter-part, he highlighted theinitiatives under Make inIndia and called uponJapanese companies to setup facilities in India formanufacture of rollingstock for metro rail pro-jects.

“Both the ministersnoted the growing syner-g y between India andJap an and c om m itte dthemselves towards work-ing c lose ly to fur ther

expand India-Japan bilat-eral economic coopera-tion,” an official statementsaid.

In his meeting withNakao, Jaitley discussedIndia-ADB bi latera lengagements.

“While noting with sat-isfaction that India today isthe largest client of ADB,Jaitley urged the Presidentto ensure that since ADBprov ides s er v ices toD e veloping Memb erCountries, the Bank shouldensure that primacy isaccorded to the views ofdeveloping countries inADB’s op erat ions andresource planning,” it said.

Jaitley is on a three-dayofficial visit to Japan toparticipate in the AnnualMe et ing of B o ard ofG over nors’ of As i anDevelopment Bank (ADB),among other engagements.

The Finance Ministeris being accompanied byEconomic Affairs SecretaryShaktikanta Das and othersenior of f ic ia ls of theMinistry of Finance.

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��������� Revenue SecretaryHasmukh Adhia is hopeful of asmooth transition to the GSTregime and says it will help domes-tic firms to become more com-petitive apart from streamliningthe taxation for all business activ-ities.

“Unlike in other countries, thetransition to the new tax regimewould be smooth here becausethere are multiple points of taxa-tion in the country. Hence, the pos-sibility of sudden spurt in inflationis remote,” said Adhia, who isspearheading the implementa-tion of the Goods and Services Tax.

He was speaking at a confer-ence on GST organised by theFederation of Gujarat Industriesand the chief commissioner,Central Excise, Customs & ServiceTax, Vadodara zone, here lastevening.

Explaining GST’s importancefor giving a boost to the manu-facturing sector, he said,“Cascading taxes along with non-

availability of input credit meantthat domestically produced goodsfound it harder to compete withimported ones.

“GST is a multi-point tax onvalue addition with seamless inputtax credit,” he said.

Adhia’s comments come amidcalls from some experts and a sec-tion of the industry for deferringthe GST roll-out to September-October instead from July 1.“There will be a level playing fieldfor all and this will benefit thedomestic units,” Adhia said.

Eight state Assemblies havepassed the State Goods andServices Tax (SGST) Bill since thebeginning of April.

The GST Council, the topdecision-making body headed byFinance Minister Arun Jaitley,approved the model SGST Bill atits 12th meeting on March 16.The next GST Council meetingwill be held in Srinagar on May18-19 to fix the tax rates of var-ious commodities. ��

���&� � � The count r y ’slargest lender SBI has invit-ed applications for appoint-ment of four independentdirectors to its central boardwho will be elected by thepublic shareholders on June15.

The election has beennecessitated after the resig-nation of Sunil Mehta andthe expiry of the three-year-term of the three otherdirectors -- Deepak Amin,Sanjiv Malhotra and MDMallya, the bank said in anotice.

The term of appoint-ment for the four new direc-tors will be for three yearstill 2020, and the electionwill be held during theforthcoming general meet-ing of shareholders on June15, it said.

“The election of direc-tors is being held to fill inthe vacancies arising out ofthe retirement/resignationof the four directors electedby eligible shareholders ofthe bank, other than thegovernment,” it said.

Any shareholder havingnot less than 5,000 shareseither in his/her name or asfirst named holder when

jointly held, is eligible tocontest the election.

Led by chairmanArundhati Bhattacharya,who is on an extension tillSeptember, the central boardof SBI comprises four inde-pendent directors, two gov-ernment nominees, one rep-resentative from the ReserveBank and also four of itsmanaging directors.

Nomination form andthe format of declaration andundertaking to be submittedby shareholders is availablewith the secretariat of thechief general managers at allthe local head offices and thecentral board secretariat atthe Corporate Centre of thebank in Mumbai.

The final date for sub-mitting the documents isMay 24, the notice said.If thetotal number of valid nomi-nations exceed four, therewould voting for the electionat the general meeting.

Any shareholder otherthan Government with over50 shares each for a mini-mum of three months priorto the date of the generalmeeting will be eligible tovote in the election, the pub-lic notice said. ��

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The Pakistani Army said onSunday it has killed over 50

Afghan soldiers near the bor-der between the two countries,as tensions between the twoforces escalated after clashesearlier this week killed 10Pakistani civilians.

Major Gen Nadeem Ahmedsaid more than 100 Afghan sol-diers were also injured in theretaliatory attack by the army tothe firing by Afghan forces onFriday in the Balochistanprovince. Ahmed, however, toldreporters he was “not happy”about the incident as “Afghansare Muslims, our brothers.”

Afghan and Pakistani secu-rity forces have been fightingsince Friday when 10 Pakistanicivilians were killed and morethan 40 people, including

women and children, wereinjured in in firing by Afghanforces on Pakistani censusworkers and the troops escort-ing them at border villages inBalochistan. The incident mar-ked the latest round of escala-tion of border tensions betweenthe two countries, which oftenaccuse each other of shelteringterrorists who launch deadlycross-border attacks on eachother’s soils.

Both the countries deny theaccusations. Separately,Commander of the SouthernCommand Lt Gen Amir Riazsaid the Pakistan Army dest-royed five Afghan checkposts.“Anyone who tries to makePakistan’s territory disputed willface similar consequences,” LtGen Riaz told reporters duringa visit to Chaman, where theFriday clashes took place.

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French voters went to thepolls on Sunday to pick a

new president, choosingbetween young centristEmmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen ina watershed election for thecountry and Europe.

Polling day follows anunprecedented campaignmarked by scandal, repeatedsurprises and a last-minutehacking attack on Macron, a39-year-old who has neverheld elected office.

The run-off vote pits thepro-Europe, pro-businessMacron against anti-immigra-tion and anti-EU Le Pen, tworadically different visions thatunderline a split in Westerndemocracies.

Le Pen, 48, has portrayedthe ballot as a contest betweenthe “globalists” represented byher rival — those in favour ofopen trade, immigration andshared sovereignty — versus the“nationalists” who defend strongborders and national identities.

Voting began at 0600 GMTin 66,546 polling stations. Mostwill close at 1700 GMT, exceptthose in big cities which willstay open an hour longer.

A first estimate of theresults will be published around1800 GMT.

“The political choice theFrench people are going to

make is clear,” Le Pen said inher opening remarks during anoften vicious debate betweenthe pair on Wednesday night.

The last polling showedMacron — winner of lastmonth’s election first round —with a widening lead of around62 per cent to 38 per centbefore the hacking revelationson Friday evening. A cam-paigning blackout entered intoforce shortly after.

Hundreds of thousands ofemails and documents stolenfrom the Macron campaignwere dumped online and thenspread by anti-secrecy groupWikiLeaks, leading the candi-date to call it an attempt at“democratic destabilisation.”

France’s election authority

said publishing the documentscould be a criminal offence, awarning heeded by traditionalmedia organisations but flout-ed by Macron’s opponents andfar-right activists online.

“We knew that there werethese risks during the presi-dential campaign

because it happened else-where. Nothing will go withouta response,”

French President FrancoisHollande told AFP on Saturday.

US intelligence agenciesbelieve state-backed Russianoperatives were behind a mas-sive hacking attack onDemocratic candidate HillaryClinton’s campaign ahead ofAmerica’s presidential electionlast November.

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Abomb explosion that killedtwo people in a Muslim

community in Manila was spa-rked by a personal feud, Philip-pine police officials said on Sun-day, but the ISIS group claimedits fighters were responsible.

Police said a package beingdelivered by a man exploded lateSaturday in downtown Manila’sQuiapo district, killing him andanother man receiving it at aShia centre. Police said four oth-ers were wounded.

Another explosive, either ahomemade bomb or a grenade,went off more than two hourslater near the scene of the firstblast and wounded two police-men deployed to help secure thearea and investigate the bomb-ing, according to authorities.

Metropolitan Manila policechief Oscar Albayalde said thebombing apparently was set offby a personal feud, adding thepackage that contained theexplosive was intended for a spe-cific person who may have been

the target of the attack.Albayalde called for public

vigilance following the bombing,the second in more than a weekin Quiapo, a popular trans-portation, shopping and reli-gious hub mostly for the work-ing class in the capital. TheManila police went on alert fol-lowing the explosions.

The ISIS group, through itsAamaq media arm, claimedresponsibility for the Quiapoexplosion, saying in a brief state-ment that “five Shias have beenkilled and six others injured bydetonating an explosive device bythe ISIS State fighters in centralManila.” The death toll differedfrom details released by the po-lice and other officials in Manila.

There have been fears of theSunni-Shiite violence spreadingto the largely Roman CatholicPhilippines, home to minorityMuslims who are mostly Sunnisin the country’s south. A Shiacentre was bombed in the southin 2015 and two local Shiiteswere killed in an attack nearManila that same year.

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Suicide attackers from theISIS group killed two

Kurdish peshmerga forces todayin an operation against a base innorthern Iraq, officers said.

“Two members of thepeshmerga were killed and fivewounded in a suicide attack onK1 base,” a major general in thepeshmerga said on condition ofanonymity.

He said five armed menwearing suicide belts attackedthe base, where he said foreignadvisers from the US-led coali-tion assisting Iraq against thejehadis were stationed.

“The attack was thwartedand all the attackers werekilled,” the officer.

Wista Rasool, anothersenior peshmerga officer in thearea, confirmed the attack,which targeted a base betweenthe Kurdish-controlled city ofKirkuk and the ISIS-held townof Hawija.

ISIS has been trying todefend the city of Mosul, its lastmajor stronghold in the coun-try, against a massive six-month- old offensive.

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German police on Sundayevacuated some 50,000

people from the northern cityof Hanover in one of the largestpost-war operations to defuseWorld War II era bombs.

Residents in a densely pop-ulated part of the city wereordered to leave their homes forthe operation, planned sincemid-April, to extract five recent-ly discovered unexplodedbombs. Seven retirement andnursing homes were affectedand some rail traffic throughthe city was disrupted for theoperation, which was expectedto last all day.

Local authorities arrangedsports, cultural and leisureactivities, including museumvisits and film screenings, tooccupy residents affected by theevacuation.

More than 70 years afterthe end of the war, unexplod-ed bombs are regularly foundburied on German land, lega-cies of the intense bombingcampaigns by the Allied forcesagainst Nazi Germany.

New York: A French-speakingwoman flew more than 4,800-km in the wrong direction in theUS after the United Airlinesfailed to notify her of her flight’slast- minute gate change, accord-ing to media reports.

Lucie Bahetoukilae, whodoes not speak English, wassupposed to go to Paris fromNewark on April 24 but was hor-rified when she landed in SanFrancisco.

Three thousand miles (4,828km) later, Bahetoukilae disem-barked at San FranciscoInternational Airport, where shewaited an additional 11 hoursbefore boarding a flight back toParis. In total, she claims to havebeen travelling for 28 hours,WABC TV reported.

The airline called the inci-dent, which it just settled in aconfidential lawsuit, “a horriblefailure,” it said.

“Newark to Charles deGaulle,” Bahetoukilae’s boardingpass read. She went to the gatestamped on it and said a Unitedrepresentative scanned it. Soshe boarded the plane and head-ed for her seat, 22C. PTI

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Asenior pilot of Pakistan’sflag carrier PIA has been

taken off duty for allegedly sleep-ing on a London-bound flightand risking the lives of over 300passengers by handing over theaircraft to a trainee.

Captain Amir AkhtarHashmi had taken a two-and-a-half-hour nap in the businessclass passenger cabin on April 26soon after flight PK-785 took offfrom Islamabad for London,the Dawn reported. The issuewould have gone unnoticed, butone of the passengers saw theuniformed pilot sleeping. Uponlearning about who he was, thepassenger raised the matter with

cabin crew and an airhostess reg-istered his complaint. PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA) wasinitially reluctant to take actionagainst Hashmi, a former pres-ident of the highly influentialPakistan Air Lines Pilots Asso-ciation (PALPA), but later cavedin to “pressure from above”.

PIA spokesman DanyalGilani said Hashmi, who “com-promised air safety and put thelives of over 305 passengers onboard at risk”, has been taken offfrom flying duty pending aninvestigation. During the jour-ney, Hashmi asked MohammadAsad Ali to control the flight,while regular first officer AliHassan Yazdani sat in theobserver’s seat in the cockpit.

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Two suspected terrorists onSunday blew themselves

up in “suicide blasts” whensecurity forces raided theirhideout in Bangladesh, the lat-est such incident amid anintensified nationwide crack-down on Islamist militants,officials said.

“It is a Neo-JMB den wheretwo terrorists were killed in theencounter...It (operation) isstill underway,” a senior policeofficer told reporters.

One of the terrorists deto-nated his suicide vest whenpolice entered the single-storybuilding at Bazrapur aroundJhinaidah district, officer-in-charge of Moheshpur Police

Station Ahmed Kabir was quot-ed as saying by the Daly Star.

The second terrorist diedin another suicide blast insidethe building, he added.

The first militant was iden-tified as Tuhun.

The security forces nowawait arrival of a special bombdisposal unit at the scene tolaunch the “final assault” toflush out the rest of the ultras,the official said.

Media reports earlier saidthe elite anti-crime rapidAction Battalion (RAB), police’scounter-terrorism team andtransnational crime unit(CTTC) and district policelaid a siege along the hideoutsince midnight after receivinginformation that the ultra were

inside the house.Bangladesh witnessed an

intensified anti-militancy clam-pdown across the country asthe police headquarters recent-ly circulated a list of nearly5,000 suspected ultra to all dis-trict police chiefs.

In March, Bangladeshipolice conducted series oflarge-scale operations againstterrorists, in which at least 17suspected terrorists were killed.

On March 31, eight terror-ists blew themselves up with agrenade after the security forcesraided their hideout north of theBangladeshi capital.

Bangladesh has been wit-nessing a spate of attacks onsecular activists, foreigners andreligious minorities since 2013.

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Eighty-two of the more than200 schoolgirls kidnapped in

northeast Nigeria in 2014 onSunday headed to meet PresidentMuhammadu Buhari after aprisoner swap deal with BokoHaram secured their release.

The presidency announcedon Saturday that months oftalks with the jehadis had“yielded results” some sixmonths after 21 of their class-mates were freed with the helpof international mediators.

“Today 82 more Chibokgirls were released,” a state-

ment said.“After lengthy negotiations,

our security agencies havetaken back these girls, inexchange for some BokoHaram suspects held by theauthorities.”

No details were given abouthow many suspects werereleased or their identities.

But AFP understands threeChadian nationals, allegedlysenior commanders underBoko Haram leader AbubakarShekau, were handed over.

Military and civilian mili-tia sources in the town ofBanki, on the border with

Cameroon, said the girls leftfor Borno state capitalMaiduguri on board six mil-itary helicopters at 6:10 am(0510 GMT).

“One of the girls was car-rying a baby with her, a boy ofless than two years,” said thesource on condition ofanonymity.

The presidency said theteenagers would be brought toAbuja to meet Buhari, whowas swept to power on apromise to defeat BokoHaram, whose insurgency haskilled at least 20,000 people inNigeria since 2009.

Kunduz: Hundreds of Afghanfamilies have fled fightingbetween the Taliban and gov-ernment forces near the north-ern city of Kunduz as theinsurgents captured a strategicdistrict soon after launchingtheir annual spring offensive.

The militants began theirassault on the Qala-e-Zal dis-trict in Kunduz province onSaturday and captured most ofit including the district centre.

The attack triggeredintense fighting with govern-ment forces that sent civiliansfleeing toward the provincialcapital of Kunduz. AFP

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Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says the

Palestinians are not educatingtheir children toward peace.

Netanyahu spoke today athis weekly Cabinet meetingahead of US President DonaldTrump’s upcoming visit to Israel.

Netanyahu says Trump’s firstoverseas trip as president reflectsthe strong bond between thenations.

He welcomed Trump’s pushto resume peace talks, but criti-cized Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas for “praisingterrorists and paying them” andlying about preaching peace tochildren. The Palestinian “mar-tyrs’ fund” pays about 35,000families of Palestinians killed andwounded in the long- runningconflict with Israel, and says themoney amounts to welfare pay-ments to victims.

Israel has long said the pay-ments glorify terrorism and pro-vide an incentive to kill. Lastweek, Netanyahu urged Abbas to“fund peace and not murder.”

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North Korea announcedon Sunday it had

detained a US citizen for“hostile acts” — its secondarrest in a fortnight of anAmerican as tensions risebetween Pyongyang andWashington.

Kim Hak Song wasdetained yesterday, the statenews agency KCNA reported.“A relevant inst itut ion is now conducting detailedinvestigation into his crimes,”it added.

It said Kim had workedfor the Pyongyang Universityof Science and Technology

(PUST), as had the US citizendetained last month.

The two-paragraph reportgave no further details of thearrest of Kim Hak Song.

Last Wednesday theNorth confirmed the arrest onApril 22 of Kim Sang-Duk, orTony Kim, for trying to “over-turn” the regime.

The arrest of Kim HakSong means four US citizensare currently being held in theNorth.

Pyongyang is engaged ina tense standoff with theadministration of new USPresident Donald Trump overits missi le and nuclearweapons programmes.

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Scientists have discoveredthe oldest orchid fossil

trapped in amber that datesback some 45 million years to55 million years.

The finding shatters theprevious record for an orchidfossil found in Dominicanamber about 20-30 millionyears old.

The orchid family hassome 28,000 species — morethan double the number of

bird species and quadruplethe mammal species.

“It wasn’t until a few yearsago that we even had evidenceof ancient orchids because therewasn’t anything preserved in thefossil record,” said GeorgePoinar, professor at OregonState University in the US.

“But now we’re beginningto locate pollen evidence asso-ciated with insects trapped inamber, opening the door tosome new discoveries,” saidPoinar.

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AChinese manned sub-mersible has explored sub-

marine turbidity currents inthe disputed South China Sea.

With a maximum depthof 2,980 metres, the sub-mersible named ‘Jiaolong’ wasunderwater for nine hoursand 54 minutes in its seventhdive in the second stage ofChina’s 38th ocean scientificexpedition, which will lastuntil May 13.

Three crew members inthe submersible conductedsurveys and sampling andmeasured environmentalparameters, state-run Xinhuanews agency reported.

They brought back sam-ples of sediment and seawaternear the seabed as well ashigh-definition photos andvideo footage.

Xu Jingping, a professorwith the Ocean University ofChina, said China startedresearch on submarine tur-bidity currents, a major chal-lenge in geoscience, relative-ly late.

“The dive helped us obtainevidence of the topographicfeatures and sediment of mod-ern turbidity currents innortheastern South China Sea.

“It enriched our scientif-ic understanding of canyonturbidity current in the regionand provided key data andtechnical support for futureresearch,” Xu said.

Besides China, resource-rich areas in the South ChinaSea are claimed by thePhilippines, Vietnam,Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

The 38th oceanic scien-tific expedition started onFebruary 6. Jiaolong com-pleted a dive in the north-western Indian Ocean earlierthis year as part of the firststage of the mission. It willalso conduct surveys in theYap Trench and the MarianaTrench in the third stage.

Named after a mythicaldragon, Jiaolong reached itsdeepest depth of 7,062 metresin the Mariana Trench inJune 2012.

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APakistani man accused theIndian High Commission

here of detaining his newly-wed Indian wife after theywent there to apply for his visa,media reports said on Sunday.

Uzma, who belongs to NewDelhi, and Tahir met inMalaysia and and fell in lovewith each other after which shetravelled to Pakistan on May 1via the Wagah border. Thetwo contracted nikkah (mar-riage) on May 3.

According to Tahir, theyvisited the High Commissionbuilding and submitted visaforms as well as their phones to

the officials. Uzma then wentinside on being called by theofficials while he stayed back,reports said.

When his wife did notreturn after several hours,Tahir enquired about her fromofficials, who claimed she wasnot there. Tahir alleged thatthe officials also refused togive their three mobile phonesback to him.

Tahir said he has filed aFirst Information Report (FIR)in the Secretariat Police Station.

According to Dawn news-paper, Pakistan Foreign Office(FO) Spokesperson NafeesZakaria said that the woman is‘stranded’ inside the building.

Zakaria said the IndianHigh Commission confirmedto police and the media that thewoman is present inside thebuilding but would only be letgo after the matter is discussedwith the FO, the paper said.

He said that the FO is incontact with the Indian HighCommission and the issuewould be resolved soon.

On the other hand, theIndian High Commission saidthat Uzma has been stayingthere out of her own will, GeoNews said. They said that theyhave told her husband to visitthe High Commission tomor-row to meet his wife and get thevisa as well, it said.

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The 49-year-old, a mother-of-two from Kent in southeastEngland, is regarded by thePentagon as a “high priority”for assassination in Syria afterit emerged that the so-called“jehadi bride” of British terrorsuspect Junaid Hussain isamong the most prolificWestern recruiters and attack

planners for ISIS, The SundayTimes said.

One plot involved kidnap-ping a US Army veteran andbeheading him on camera inhis home before broadcastingthe murder to the world.

Another foiled attack wasto be carried out by a teenag-er opening fire on hundreds ofpeople at a concert or night-club, the newspaper said.

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Stung by successive loss-es, Sunrisers

Hyderabad will look toturn the ship around andinch closer to a play-offberth when they facetable-toppers MumbaiIndians in a crucial IPLT20 match here onMonday.

Hyderabad, currentlyplaced fourth on thepoints table with 13points, need to win itsremaining two matches tocompletely seal their play-offs berth.

Hyderabad had lostto Delhi Daredevils by sixwickets at New Delhi butwhat hurt them most wastheir 12-run loss to RisingPune Supergiants at homeon Saturday.

It was their first homedefeat of the season.

Chasing a modest tar-get of 149, Captain DavidWarner (40) and YuvrajSingh (47) made decentcontributions but otherbatsmen Shikhar Dhawan(19), Kane Williamson (4),Moises Henriques (4) andNaman Ojha (9) werefound wanting.

It was JayadevUnadkat's five wicket haul,which included a hat-trickin the final over, that didthe trick for Pune as theyrestricted SRH to 136-9.

The middle-order bat-ting has been a point ofbother for Sunrisers andthey need to address it ifthe team has to winMonday's match againstMumbai.

The bowling, however,has been a major strengthfor Sunrisers withBhuvneshwar Kumar,Rashid Khan andSiddharth Kaul takingmost wickets for them.

In fact, Kaul returnedwith a four-wicket haulyesterday to restrict RPS to148-8.

Hyderabad's seasonedbowler Ashish Nehra leftthe field apparently due tocramps yesterday afterbowling seven balls and itwas not immediately clearwhether he would beavailable on Monday.

Mumbai Indians, onthe other hand, have

already qualified for theplay-offs, but remainsfocused on getting themost from its remainingleague games.

MI has been in sub-lime form and their mas-sive 146-run win overDelhi Daredevils last nighthas only cemented theirposition at the top.

The blazing inningsof MI batsmen — LendlSimmons (66), KieronPollard's unbeaten 63helped the team post amassive 212 runs againstDD on Saturday.

Parthiv Patel andNitish Rana also beenbeen in good form, whilecaptain Rohit Sharma toohave contributed with thebat.

Pandya brothers —Hardik and Krunal —have also chipped in fromtime to time.

In the bowling depart-ment, experiencedHarbhajan Singh and KarnSharma scalped threewickets each last night,while pacer MitchellMcClenaghan was backamong wickets in recentmatches.

Pacer Lasith Malinga,who has been out of form,also took two wickets yes-terday and may just bereturning to the kind ofform that once made hima T20 specialist.

Jasprit Bumrah toohas been phenomenal withhis death bowling.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor VVSLaxman on Sunday said they are not

thinking much about their play-offchances and trying to focus on execut-ing the plans properly against MumbaiIndians here on Monday.

"We are not thinking too muchabout the points table. We just want totake each game as it comes," Laxmansaid.

"We know that our next gameagainst Mumbai Indians is an importantgame. Once we execute our plans, I amsure we will get the desired results," hesaid.

Hyderabad, currently placed fourthon the points table with 13 points, needto win its remaining two matches tocompletely seal their play-offs berth.

SRH, the defending champion, hadlost to Delhi Daredevils by six wickets

at New Delhi but what hurt them mostwas their 12-run loss to Rising PuneSupergiants at home yesterday. It wastheir first home defeat of the season.

The Hyderabad team takes onMumbai Indians in Hyderabad onMonday. Asked about Ashish Nehra,who left the field on Saturday apparentlydue to discomfort in the hamstring, hesaid the injury was being assessed.

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Delhi Daredevils skip-per Zaheer Khan insists

his team can still make theplay-offs despite the drub-bing it received at the handsof table-toppers MumbaiIndians in the IndianPremier League.

Mathematically, Delhistill have a slim chance ofprogressing in the compe-tition provided they win alltheir remaining threegames. "We still have a chance. We needto win. You can always talk about thepoints table but the first thing is that weneed to win. We need to regroup as quick-ly as possible, we got a three day breakcoming up, that will help us regroup andcome back stronger," said Zaheer after histeam was bowled out for 66, their lowest

total this season."Nine days back

nobody was giving usa chance. Today youare talking about playoffs. Surely, it is goingto go down to thewire. We need to staypositive, the mindset iscritical. We will bedoing the same thingsthat we have done inthe past," said the for-mer India pacer.

It was the secondtime this season that Delhi were bowledout for a sub-70 total but Zaheer defend-ed his batsmen. "When you are chasing200 plus, you have to go for it from ballone. I don't think there was anythingwrong in terms of approach. It was one ofthose days we couldn't get going," said thecaptain.

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The instant stardom associ-ated with impressive per-

formances in the IPL has notchanged Rashid Khan's ulti-mate cricketing dream — tobowl lethal googlies to thebest in the world while don-ning Afghanistan whites.

A dream that is expected tosoon turn into a reality withICC set to give green light toAfghanistan's impending Teststatus.

"Any cricketer has oneultimate dream. To do well inTest cricket for his country. Bythe grace of Almighty, wewould soon be playing Testcricket. I am just waiting forthat day when I will be playing

Test cricket for Afghanistan.For me, success in Test cricketwill define me as a cricketer,"the soft-spoken Rashid saidduring an interaction.

Rashid has had a fantasticdebut IPL season with 12 wick-ets for the SunrisersHyderabad. "It's been like a

dream for me. Playing in theIPL with so many stalwarts.More importantly being able tohold my own and perform forthe team. Our coach TomMoody has been constantlytelling me that self belief is keyto success. I have always hadfaith in my abilities and it's pay-ing off," the 19-year-old, whohas played 26 ODIs and 24 T20Internationals for his country.

His googly has troubledmany batsmen and he men-tions three dismissals that hasgiven him immense satisfac-tion. "David Miller would betop in my list followed byBrendon McCullum and RohitSharma. All three were foxedby googlies and are the best inthe business," he stated.

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Sunil Narine smashed thejoint fastest IPL fifty in his

sensational knock of 54 asKolkata Knight Riders thrasheda hapless Royal ChallengersBangalore by six wickets to seala Play-offs berth here onSunday.

Narine (54 from 17 balls)reached his fifty in just 15 balls,the same number of deliverieshis KKR team-mate YusufPathan had consumed in 2014against Sunrisers Hyderabad, ashe played some stunning shotsmuch to the disappointment ofthe home crowd at theChinnaswamy Stadium.

The West Indian and hisopening partner Chris Lynn(50 from 22 balls) put on 105runs from just 6.1 overs in ashow of batting pyrotechnics asKKR chased down the target of159 in a jiffy. They rompedhome with 4.5 overs to spare.

Yuzvendra Chahal (4-0-39-1), Sreenath Aravind (1-0-26-0) and Samuel Badree (3-0-40-0) bore the brunt of the furyfrom Narine and Lynn. The

KKR batting duo also notchedup the record of the highestpowerplay total in the IPL asthe visiting side were 105 for noloss at the end of six overs.

The win, their eighth of theseason, sealed KKR a play- offs

berth with 16 points from 12matches. Already out of reck-oning, RCB, on the other hand,slumped to their 10th defeat in13 matches to remain at thebottom of league table withmere five points.

Colin de Grandhomme(31) and captain GautamGambhir (14) took KKR on thethreshold of victory beforeManish Pandey (4 not out)completed the formalities asKKR reached 159 for four in

15.1 overs.Earlier, Travis Head

smashed a brilliant unbeaten 75after Mandeep Singh's 52 asRCB recovered from a top-order collapse to post 158 forsix after being put into bat.

The big names like ChrisGayle, Virat Kohli and A B deVilliers were dismissed cheap-ly as RCB slumped to 34 forthree in the fifth over. Mandeep(52) and Head then stitched 71runs for the fourth wicket totake the score past 150-runmark.

Head hit two sixes and afour from the final three deliv-eries as RCB took 21 runs in alate flourish. Mandeep hit fourboundaries and a six in his 43-ball knock while Head struckthree fours and five sixes in his47-ball unbeaten knock.

The match began in a dra-matic fashion with Gayle, whohas failed miserably this season,getting out in the first ballbowled by Umesh Yadav. Gayletried to defend but the ballmoved away and took a lead-ing edge to land at the hands ofKKR captain Gambhir.

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Hashim Amla played a brilliantknock to notch up his secondcentury of the ongoing IPL

and power Kings XI Punjab to a chal-lenging 189 for three against GujaratLions, here on Sunday.

Amla, thus, became the secondbatsman after Virat Kohli to registertwo centuries in a single IPL season.

Amla made 104 off just 60 ballswith the help of eight fours and fivehuge hits over the fence to take KingsXI forward.

He was ably supported by ShaunMarsh (58 off 43 balls) as the duoshared 125 runs for the second wick-

et to set the platform for the total.Towards the end, skipper Glenn

Maxwell remained unbeaten on 20 off11 balls.

Sent into bat, Kings XI lost MartinGuptill in the fifth delivery of theinnings, caught by Basil Thampi ofPradeep Sangwan (1/28) as the bats-man top-edged a short delivery.

The early fall of wicket had animpact on Kings XI as the hosts foundthe going tough initially and the firstfour overs just yielded 21 runs.

But a stroke of luck for Amla sud-

denly changed the script for Kings XIas Ravindra Jadeja dropped a difficultchance at backward point off thebowling of Basil Thampi.

Thereafter, it was a completeAmla and Shaun Marsh show.

The duo got into the attackingmode after the initial silence to take

Kings XI forward against Gujarat'sinexperienced and lacklustre bowlingattack.

The duo struck boundaries at willas the notched up their 100-runstand for the second wicket in the13th over.

Amla brought up his fifty off 35

balls with the help of four boundariesand one six.

Marsh's half century came off 37balls during which he struck fivefours. Dhawal Kulkarni (1/24) final-ly broke the partnership, dismissingMarsh in the 16th over caught at long-on by Finch.

But Amla continued his onslaughtand cleared Kulkarni over the long-on for his third six of the match.

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We have attained huge technical advance-ments and with all the advancement ofscience, no remedy has yet been found

for lack of inner peace. Even in good financial con-dition and in good health, people have no peaceof mind, which only proves that peace of minddoes not depend on external conditions or on anyscientific or technical progress. The solution hasto come from within, not through externalmeans.

Everyone seeks importance in Inner peace andbalance and highly value but few possess them.However, everyone can develop them, somemore, and some less.

We gain inner strength that protects you frombeing adversely affected by what people say or do,and the ability to function and be in control indifficult situations. The presence of inner peaceand balance in your life means that you possesscommon sense and good judgment, and that theoutside world cannot shake your inner world.

It is essential that the moments immediatelyafter awakening influence the mood of the day andthese moments have to be used correctly.

To use it after waking up in the morning,instead of thinking about the difficulties or tasksthat are awaiting you, smile, and tell yourself whata wonderful day you are going to have. Thinkabout the pleasant things you are going to do orexperience, not the about the difficulties. Repeatto yourself several times that today you are goingto maintain inner balance, common sense andpeace of mind.

The moment you wake up in the morning,until you go to sleep at night, try to maintain acertain degree of emotional detachment. This doesnot mean being indifferent or uncaring. It meansnot reacting immediately to situations, words,

emotions or thoughts. It might not be so easy, butif you persevere, you will win.

When you confront a problem or meet fail-ure, this could sometimes be devastating. At thesetimes, always remember that if you descend intoa valley, but keep walking on, sooner or later, youwill arrive to a point, where you will start climb-ing up again.

After every fall, there is rising up again. Thisunderstanding will help you restore your innerpeace and balance in these situations.

To develop inner strength, and the ability tomake the mind quiet, through concentration,meditation and detachment, will take you a longway toward attaining and maintaining a state ofinner peace and balance. It is a state of being emo-tionally and mentally at peace, without restless ordisturbing thoughts, and being in control of yourmind, moods and reactions.

A state of inner peace eliminates anxieties,fears and worries. It also removes negativethoughts, stress, lack of satisfaction and unhap-piness. It is a state of emotional and mental poise,happiness, confidence and inner strength.

Each of use desire inner peace, even if he orshe is not aware of this desire. Few realize theimportance and benefits of inner peace, and stillfewer know that it is a skill that can be learned.

You can continue living where you are, with-out making external changes in your life, and yet,attain a state inner peace. Some might progressfast, and others at a slower pace. Some might reachfar, and others not so far. However, everyone cangain, at least a certain measure of inner peace,enough to transform their lives.

The truth is that peace of mind can be attainedand enjoyed, even while leading a normal, ordi-nary life, with a job and family.

Making the mind quiet and calm preventsanxieties, worries, stress and fears, and awakensinner strength and confidence.

Peace of mind is an inner condition, and isindependent of external conditions and circum-stances and when you gain this skill, and it is askill that can be learned, you remain calm and incontrol of yourself and your mind, even in themidst of problems and difficult situations. Insteadof getting anxious and fearful, instead of think-ing negative thoughts and expecting the worst,instead of getting tense, unsatisfied and unhap-py, you can choose to stay emotionally and men-tally poised and unshaken. You can experienceinner peace and happiness, as well as innerstrength and confidence.

When your mind is at peace, you are notaffected by what people think or say about you,and there is no restless thinking. You are notswayed by events or difficulties, and maintain astate of inner poise and clear judgement in all sit-uations.

In a world where stress, strain, rush and rest-lessness abound, peace of mind is of paramountimportance. It is a treasure that everyone desires,but only very few know how to gain it, and evenfewer really do something to get it.

It is not always possible to change externalconditions, but you can certainly change yourinner attitude and learn to stop allowing outsideinfluences affect your moods and states of mind.It is attainable here and now, wherever you are,irrespective of your external circumstances, sinceit is an inner state, and is independent of circum-stances and external conditions.

Peace manifests, when the incessant innerchatter of the mind slows down.

Peace of mind will enable you to manifestcalmness and tranquility in your daily life, and alsoin difficult and trying situations. It will allow youto display emotional and mental detachmentwhenever needed, and thereby avoid being tooaffected by other people’s words, feelings andbehavior. It will also enable you to control yourreactions and become a happy, patient, tolerantand open-minded human being.

There are various techniques for gaining peaceof mind, and following and implementing them,even for just a few minutes a day, will make anoticeable difference in your life, and you willsoon become aware of positive inner changeswithin you.

Everyone can continue living your own life,without changing your external condition, con-tinue with your job and relationships, and yetwork on attaining inner peace. This is done in agradual manner, by learning to change your men-tal attitude, developing inner strength and innerdetachment, through meditation and throughother means.

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ular phenomenon worldwide includingIndia and smartphone players are launch-ing products to join the selfie bandwag-

on. Oppo which had previously launchedthe F3 Plus has now introduced the F3

which is priced at �19,990 and packs thesame dual-selfie cameras like on

the higher end variant. You get aprimary 16MP front facing cam-era and a secondary 8MP wideangle camera as well. On therear you get a 13MP shooter.The OPPO F3 comes in Goldand Rose Gold colors and is

available for pre-order exclu-sively on Flipkart as well as offline stores till May 12 and goeson sale from May 13.

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The Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry ofCommunications has launched Tarang Sanchar, a web portalfor Information sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission.The portal empowers any common person to know, at the con-venience of a mouse click, about towers working in a partic-ular locality and whether they are compliant to the EMF emis-sion norms defined by the Government. Tarang Sanchar por-tal is a unique initiative as it is one of the largest and most com-plex inter operator database of its kind in the world. It has thecomplete collated technical details of over 14.5 lakh base sta-tions (BTSs) spread across the country of all technologies (2G,3G, 4G etc.) and of all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs). Anyperson can request for EMF emission measurement at a loca-tion by paying a fee of Rs 4000 online. More information is atwww.tarangsanchar.gov.in.

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as an investor has launched the srt.phone at �12,999.The mas-ter-blaster himself unveiled the product at an event last weekin New Delhi.Powered by a Snapdragon 652 processor , thephone packs a 5.5 inch display, 13MP/5MP cameras and runs

on Android 7.1.1. The phone packs upt0 64GB on board stor-age and offers unlimited cloud storage but there is no mem-ory card slot. Smartron srt.phone is priced at �12,999 for the32GB version and the 64GB version costs �13,999. It will beavailable exclusively on Flipkart.

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in partnership with Airtel and several other ISPs. The serviceaims at offering high speed internet over WiFi at a low costfor consumers to access content. Users can buy a daily, week-ly or monthly data packs and go online. In a market wheremobile data prices are still high compared to broadband tar-iffs, services like Facebook Express and Google WiFi are a bigwin for consumers.

Dawn is just breaking and the sun is yet toturn into a fiery ball that is the norm inDelhi in May. One can hear a distinct

rumble in the distance, which gradually growsto a roar. And soon a group of bikers astrideHarley Davidsons, Royal Enfields, Hondas andSuzukis vroom past. One can’t help but noticethat many people on the road are left gaping –for what they just saw was an anomaly in Delhi– a group of women riders kitted out in com-plete gear whizzing past not riding pillion butin the driving seat.

Twenty-eight independent bikers cametogether for a ride in Delhi on InternationalFemale Ride Day (IFRD) on May 6. IFRD is aglobal campaign for women motorcyclists whoown, ride or have access to a motorcycle. Theday invites women to “Just Ride” and is in its11th edition this year.

The bikers are a study in contrast, unitedby their common love for biking. The youngestis a 19-year-old who loves to race her YamahaYZF R 15 and the oldest a 47-year-old.Homemakers, doctors, entrepreneurs, stu-dents and even journalists are all there. Somesport the grunge look, wear camouflagetrousers and heavy duty boots. Others wearbright lipsticks and have done up their eyesimmaculately. A stringed top rubs shoulderswith a hijaab here and neither of them judgeseach other for their appearance. They’ve comefrom all over NCR, one even from as far asManesar.

Two friends, Vidhi Malla, 33 and AnitaKrishnan, 35, both enthusiastic bikers decidedto mobilise independent women riders to ridetogether for the day. Malla, a communicationsspecialist who also runs a pet boarding calledPaw Tails says, “In a group it becomes a man-date for you to ride for a good. As an individ-ual that isn’t important. As an individual you goto support each other.”

Krishnan, a physical instructor and “aproud navy wife” too feels that it was importantto assert their identity as individual bikersthrough the event. “There are some rides hap-pening in Delhi but those are being organisedby groups. Once you are part of a group you haveto follow their rules and be a part of all their rides.So we thought of organising a ride for indepen-dent women riders, who aren’t part of a group.We decided that today we will ride for ourselvesand there was no day better than the IFRD todo this,” says Krishnan as she sits astride herThunderbird 350 CC. Even though cities likeHyderabad and Pune have seen events whereindependent riders took part, this was done forthe first time in Delhi.

Krishnan and Malla had initially planned toride together on the day. Once they created aFacebook events page, the outing acquired a lifeof its own and became something bigger.People (men and women) shared the event withothers and it became popular. Nidhi Pandey, whohas started Obsession Inspired, India’s first ded-icated lifestyle brand for riders, stepped in. Shegot Riders Adda, a place where you can pick upanything and everything related to bike acces-sories on board, which decided to sponsor theplace as well as the breakfast for the riders toenjoy post ride.

The women riders, 28, of them to be exact

started from Millenium Park near Sarai KaleKhan early in the morning and headed towardstheir destination, 18 km away. The ride, not sur-prisingly, given Delhi’s reputation of not beingvery women friendly, did have its share of trou-ble – even though it was a relatively minor inci-dent. “Three men were not allowing us to passthrough. Vidhi was marshalling and trying togo ahead but they weren’t letting her,” saysKrishnan, who towers (literally) over theentire group. It took one of the male riders,who looked even more dominating riding ashe was a Harley Davidson, to smoothenthe way. Beyond that the ride wasrelatively incident free.

Once at the RidersAdda at Andheria Mor thebonhomie was real and thecamaraderie apparent to all.Stories were swapped,games played, breakfast par-taken and a birthday celebrat-ed with a delicious cake.

“Events like these areimportant event. There wereriders whom we had nevermet or interacted with. Manyof them opened up andvoiced their thoughts aboutbiking,” says Pandey who ridesa Bajaj Avenger 2015 modelwhich has been modified tocurrent age. She feels riders area community. She adds, “Peoplesay we are shauqiya people. Wearen’t that, we are a communi-ty which believes in helpingeach other. While mobiles andinternet have driven people away

from social activity, this helps to bring peopletogether.”

And in that context, the event, believes Mallawas a big success. “Twenty eight women on bikes,in Delhi is a huge number. I believe this is thelargest and biggest number that we have got fora biking event in Delhi. The essence of the eventis supporting each other as women and in thatcontext, it is a success.”

Women bikers at the event came out to speakabout their struggle to do something, which isprimarily seen as being restricted to a men’sdomain. Soon they started sharing storiesabout parents who resisted the very idea of theirdaughters riding a bike, of unsupportive spous-es who finally came around. Along the way, thewomen have travelled and how. From Leh toManali, from Chandigarh to Manali and Kasauliand of course all over Delhi — they have beeneverywhere.

But not just the families, there are also peo-ple on the road who aren’t comfortable with theidea of women who ride. “Many men (andwomen) carry the baggage of an attitude and theyare shocked when they see a woman riding. Theycome from a background where women are notsupposed to be riding a bike, a scooty is ok,” saysMalla, holding a black helmet, which she has cus-tomised to her liking. Fibre styled like aMohawk hairstyle runs its entire length fromtemple to the nape and elicits a round of oohsand aahs from the rest of the ladies.

But somewhere along, things are alsochanging. There is Simran Verma, a homemak-er who is taking her first tentative steps in busi-ness. “I have two homes, one in Manesar andthe other in Delhi and I commute the distanceon a bike. But most important, it was my in lawsand husband who supported my desire to do so,”she says. Verma rides a Bajaj Avenger andbelieves that a ride embodying the idea of

women empowerment is the order of theday.

And there are others too RoshniMisbah, a hijaab wearing 22-year-old who

is studying Arab Islamic culture atJamia Milia Islamia rides every-thing from a Honda CBR Repsol

250 to Royal Enfield 500 andSuzuki Intruder 1800. Her father,a bike enthusiast, has supported herthe entire way and she rides a biketo college, 18 km from home. She

recalls an incident which made herfeel special. She says, “One day whileriding, I stopped at a red light inbetween two school buses. The chil-dren noticed that I was a girl andthey called out to me. When I lift-

ed the helmet’s visor, everyonestarted clapping. When the lightturned green, the traffic parted

and gave me the right of way.” Shealso feels that it is very importantto organise events like these espe-

cially in Delhi as not many womenride bikes here as opposed to down south.

Malla, enthused by the response is raring toorganise another one soon. “We will soon beback – bigger and better,” she promises as sherides off into the proverbial sunset.

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Sensing the pulse of the crowds,tapping into the mood on the

dance floor and expressing itthrough electronic music havemade him one of the most sought

after warm-up DJs in the coun-try. Anish Sood began his trystwith destiny during his teens and

there has been no looking back forhim since. With no formal musi-cal training, he says he grew up sur-rounded by melodies. “My uncleand dad are both guitar players. Idid take some basic guitar andpiano lessons as a kid, so I had abasic understanding of chords andstructure,” he tells us.

But Anish was always a goodlistener and knew which kind ofmusic would be a crowd-pleaser.About those early days, he shares,“I loved collecting music as a kid.I used to collect cassette tapes ini-tially and then CDs and by the timeI was 13, I had already built up aformidable collection. Of course,the most natural instinct when youcollect something is to share it withothers and that’s definitely what ledme to discover DJing.”

Anish recently toured with

Grammy Award-winning DJ DavidGuetta and says it was his mostexciting experience. On his mostwicked weekend ever, he said,“Touring with David Guetta inJanuary was definitely wicked! TheMumbai show was postponed,which meant we had to play twocities in one day. Hectic but superfun.”

Ask him about his favouritetune, the one which never fails onthe dance floor, and he says, “That’sa tricky question because my setsare constantly changing and evolv-ing. Though one of my long timesecret weapons has been SharamJey & Sirus Hood - Picture Picture.”

As one of the busiest DJs in thecountry, Anish is among those whohave taken the Indian dance musicindustry by storm. He is aggressiveabout the future of EDM in India.“I’m seeing a revival in the Indianclub scene. Dance music fans arenow looking for music beyond theTop 10 that’s played at festivals.Clubs are the best place to discov-er that. I also expect a surge in bou-tique festivals around the countrythat offer a unique experience and

location.”Anish reveals about his recent-

ly launched label Class Action,which combines music and fashion.“I’m currently working on finish-ing my debut studio album whichshould be out this September. I’malso working on video and visualcontent to release alongside andworking out a live show. Apart fromthat, I recently launched ClassAction which is a hybrid music andfashion label. I’m currently finalis-ing samples for clothes that shouldbe out in August and I plan to startsigning new artists for the labeltowards the end of the year.”

Advising the younger lot, hesays, originality is the key. “Focuson writing original music becausethat’s the key right now. If you aren’tmusically trained, get some basictraining and work hard on yourproduction skills. Apart from that,go out and network with people.You need to be on the dance floorfirst before you can get into thebooth. Meet resident DJs, promot-ers, fans and build friendshipsthat will help you get more gigs,” heconcludes.

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As per the primary laws of cosmic change, the outward con-dition of the world reflects the inward condition of thesouls who reside therein. So, as long as souls remain pure

and unpolluted, free of negativity, nature remains unpolluted; soulis benign, nature is benign; as masters of ourselves, we becomemasters of the world in which we live.

However, in the headlong rush for material gain, knowledgeof who we are and the resulting self-mastery have been utterlylost. As a result, we have misunderstood our eternal relationshipwith nature and with God. In our pride of scientific achievement,we have forgotten the laws of the universe, which we transgressonly at our peril. Over a hundred years ago, Henry David Thoreaunoted the link between mental and physical environment. Henoted, “The mass of men leads lives of quiet desperation.” Weare mortal or so we think. However the fact is that we are notmortal after all because in reality we are souls, non-material unitsof consciousness, and our bodies are simple temporary earth-enware costumes. But as we proceeded through the play of time,adopting one material puppet after another, we lost our rightunderstanding. The puppet hypnotised the puppeteer. We becameattracted physically to other bodies and our minds became pol-luted with body consciousness.

Another law of cosmic change is “attraction produces repul-sion.” Following this law, our initial unity and harmony turnedinto fragmentation and dissonance.As we grew apart psychologically, theearth we walked on broke apart. Thecontinents, afloat on their tectonicplates, split away from the centralmass of the earth . The various cul-tures sprang up and concomitantlythe various religions of the world. Intheory, each group made peace itsyearning and love its theory of humanrelationship. Yet the practice of eachwas prejudice and pride.

A concept of God and a belief inreward and retribution remainedand served to hold the advancing neg-ativity in check. Once God was discarded and Truth defamed,universal ethics replaced by relativism and perfection immolat-ed as a personal ideal, the human family was hopelessly brokeninto shards of selfishness. With the fall from soul-consciousness,we fell, through the trap door of history and and now we havereached rock bottom.

But yet, even in this darkest hour, secret forces are at workto help us salvage from this situation. Powerful of all are chan-nelising the energy of purity into the material world. Man is nowincredibly close to the greatest changes ever witnessed. To wit-ness these changes with the safety of understanding means thatwe must question many of our accepted theories and be preparedto accept that which seems to provide greater clarity. ThroughRajyoga, through unique knowledge and union with theSupreme, the body ego is transcended and we reach the peak ofour own long latent powers of love, purity, light and might.

In the same way that the forces of good and evil become fullypolarised, the metaphysical is about to be separated from its phys-ical surrounds for a brief period of change and renewal. By chang-ing our own mental environment, we shall change the face ofthe earth, which in turn shall give birth to a new society, tech-nologically advanced, yet also completely and divinely virtuous;a paradise of endless happiness. We have arrived at the end, whichis the new beginning. All we need to do now is become pure andwalk on the path of planetary transformation. Are you ready?

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Often we hear young peopleascribing their state of mindand behaviour to a mental

condition. “I am so organised andneat. I have OCD (ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder) ” or “He getsangry easily, must be bipolar.”Some complain of uneasiness due to“panic and stress attacks.” Such dis-orders are being casually bandiedabout in everyday conversation,often diluting and misrepresentingthe severity of the relevant mentalhealth condition. In a country wherealmost 7.5 per cent of the populationsuffers from mental illness, thistrivialising tendency is doing moreharm than good.

According to WHO, not onlydoes 4.5 per cent of India’s popula-tion — 56 million Indians — sufferfrom depression at this moment,another 38 million Indians sufferfrom anxiety disorders. Mental ill-nesses have long been considered ataboo and their acceptance as an ail-ment just like any other is a hugechallenge anyway. With a flippantattitude of not matching the diseaseor condition with the diagnosismay end up fogging perceptionseven further. Says Dr Arun Broota,a clinical psychologist, “It is goodthat we know about disorders likeOCD and bipolar disease today. Thisat least starts a conversation in thesociety but the manner of propaga-tion of words like OCD has caused

the severity of the disease to be lost.This may have huge impact on thepatients suffering from them. Theirvoices might get muffled by the con-tinuous trivialisation.”

You do not need a linguist to tellyou how certain words and their rep-etition in everyday conversationimpact the mind. Unconsciously,you start believing in their popularmeaning. Using technical wordslike “bipolar” or “schizophrenic” todescribe mundane deviations oraberrations means the originalmeaning is lost on us while unknow-ingly associating them with fleetingexperiences that may not be a dis-ease at all. In a sense, it normalisesthe disease or illness. But would wehave been able to do such a thingwith a severe physical ailment, theimpact of which is visual? No, men-tal illness, given its amorphousmanifestation or absence of physi-cal symptoms, is open to abusiveinterpretations. Abusive because ifflakiness is diagnosed as represent-ing a serious anomaly, how doesone express or explain the moreintense occurrence of a disease?

Talking about the growing use ofmental disorders as behaviourialtraits, Dr Broota says, “This trivial-isation has increased with the adventof social media and adds to the pre-existing stigma around mental dis-eases in the country. The approachtowards dealing with mental illness-

es in India is three-forked. First,there’s a stigma attached to mentalillnesses often leading to fear on thepart of the patient or the family.Second, turning to spiritual reme-dies and paranormal conclusionsregarding the illness or disorder.Third, the reluctance to seek prop-er treatment for mental diseases asit is not often available or affordablein local healthcare and medicalinstitutes.”

Dr Broota also explains why thisacceptance does not come easily inIndian society. “In our country, if achild is born with a hole in his heart,then we get tests and scans done toconfirm the anomaly. Once weknow that, we move ahead to atreatment protocol. We only look for

tangible or visible proof of existencefor an ailment. Since there is noblood test for detecting a mental ill-ness, we consider it futile, an eliteaffectation and even made up attimes. We do not seek help.”

Arguing the case for a moreempathetic discussion, psychiatristSeema Kumar says, “We as a soci-ety have never been able to devel-op a culture of free and uninhibit-ed communication within our fam-ilies. Mental health care follows thebio-psycho-social model and cultureis considered one of the mostimportant psycho-social factors inhuman life. We lack the understand-ing for seeking help professionally.We view going to a psychologist orpsychiatrist as a confirmation of

being labelled ‘insane.’ Seclusion andsilence where the right words areneeded are one of the reasons whywe have not been able to understandmental illnesses. This insecurity ofbattling the people around youwhen seeking help needs to be doneaway with gradually. For that con-versations need to be delicate, bal-anced and mature.”

Prevalence of seeking faith heal-ing practices — like treatmentoffered by astrologers, priests, blackmagicians and so forth — is highamong psychiatric patients, evenwith easy accessibility and availabil-ity of psychiatrists and hospitals, andthis can lead to delay in seeking psy-chiatric care.

“We live in a society wherespending money around a lakh ortwo lakh rupees on a pooja suggest-ed by a pandit to ‘help’ a familymember with mental illnesses is con-sidered a better option than visitinga medical professional,” adds DrBroota.

Currently, India needs 11,500psychiatrists and 17,250 clinicalpsychologists. It only has 3,000 psy-chiatrists and 500 clinical psychol-ogists. In addition to this, we require23,000 psychiatric social workers.Given these challenges, it is time weact and speak responsibly and talkabout a condition only when we areabsolutely sure of its presence andknow how to manage it.

Are you a nervous flyer? Do youfeel nervous before your flight?

Flying can make even the calmestperson a bit nervous. In fact about 6.5per cent of people report a degree offlying fear. Travelers at one Germanairport can now receive spiritualsolace by entering a booth and listen-ing to a prayer of their choice beforeboarding the plane.

The prayer booth at StuttgartAirport’s Terminal 3 features 300prayers from various religions in 65dif ferent languages, airportspokesman Johannes Schumm said.

“Often, passengers still have a bitof time before their departure at thegate,” Schumm added. “The prayerbooth is an offer by the airport’schaplains to provide a moment ofcontemplation.”

Designed by Berlin artist OliverSturm, the former photo booth offersa vast variety of prayers, includingthe Christian Lord’s Prayer, theJewish Shma Israel and the Islamicmuezzin’s call to prayer. The HinduHare Krishna chant, Tibetan monkchants, Buddhist sutras, prayers ofShamans from New Guinea or Mali,even American TV preachers are alsoavailable on the touch-screen display.

In addition to the big monothe-istic faiths, polytheistic religions and

animist beliefs are also included.The ‘Gebetomat,’ which roughly

translates as ‘Pray-o-Matic,’ was firstdesigned by Sturm in 2008. Its redcabin has a gray curtain and anadjustable swivel chair inside. Thebooth is free and will be available forthree months at Stuttgart Airport’sboarding area next to Gate 310.

The artist, who could not imme-

diately be reached for comment,writes on his home page that “allprayers are real prayers of believers,gathered in worship, prayer rooms,homes.”

Sturm has designed severalprayer booths in recent years thathave been installed at schools, uni-versities and museums.

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Lionel Messi scored his 50th and 51st goalsin all competitions to help Barcelona keepthe pressure on Real Madrid in the Spanish

league's tight title race on Saturday.Neymar and Luis Suarez also struck in a 4-1

victory over Villarreal that increased the combinedgoal tally of Barcelona's trio of star strikers to 102in the campaign.

Barcelona's fifth straight win kept it level onpoints with Real Madrid, which even withoutCristiano Ronaldo eased to a 4-0 victory at alreadyrelegated Granada.

Barcelona holds the tiebreaker over Madrid,but Madrid has three matches to play after thisround to Barcelona's two. That means Madridcontrols its own fate as it tries to dethroneBarcelona and lift its first Liga title since 2012.

"We now have three finals left," Madrid coachZinedine Zidane said. "It doesn't matter whatBarcelona does, we have to focus on our match-es."

&����������%2����������Messi's goal on the last kick of the first half

tilted a match that was wide open for the first 45minutes in Barcelona's favor.

Neymar, who excelled in his incursions fromthe left flank throughout, opened the scoringwhen he poked in a shot by Messi that hit adefender and fell to him in front of goalkeeperAndres Fernandez.

Villarreal responded with agoal by striker Cedric Bakambuin the 32nd when RobertoSoldado played him clearon the break as he spedaway from Gerard Pique.

Soldado barelymissed with a headeron the other end beforeNeymar helped Messireach the 50-goal markfor the fifth time in hiscareer.

Neymar deftly drib-bled past a pair of defend-ers and laid off for Messi toput the ball on his left boot.Head down, Messi opened anangle around two defenders and

unleashed a long strikethat took a deflection off

Villarreal's Mario Gasparbefore finding the net.

"(Messi) is a specialist inknowing where to be to do

damage," Barcelona coach LuisEnrique said.

"(Neymar) has a different way of under-standing football for all the rest. He plays at sucha high speed. Sometimes it's a dance, somethingexceptional, more than just merely dribbling."

Suarez fired his goal under Fernandez in the69th after Sergi Roberto set him up in the area.

Messi increased his league-leading haul to 35goals when he converted a penalty in the "panen-

ka" style, gently chipping the ball down the mid-dle after the goalie moved, after Jaume Costa han-dled the ball in the box.

��������/%�������������With Ronaldo resting for the Champions

League semifinals, a Madrid side full of second-choice players had no trouble dealing Granada a

fifth loss in a row under new coach Tony Adams.James Rodriguez needed three minutes to

spark the rout and another eight to double thelead. Alvaro Morata took over, scoring twice moreby the 35th.

Granada offered little resistance and only thewoodwork denied Lucas Vazquez adding to thedemolition.

"Real Madrid is on another level to us," Adamssaid.

��������������2%/��&���Atletico Madrid rebounded from its stinging

loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League bysealing its return to the continent's top-tier com-petition for a fifth consecutive year.

Atletico's victory at home over Eibar ensuredDiego Simeone's side will finish in the top fourplaces in Spain.

Atletico remained in third place, 11 pointsahead of Villarreal in fifth.

Atletico lost at Madrid 3-0 in the opening legof their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday.The return leg is next Wednesday.

Far from being downcast following thatdefeat, Atletico's fans cheered loudly throughoutthe match.

�������������/%/�&�����������������������James Milner's perfect record from thepenalty spot ended at a crucial time in the PremierLeague season for Liverpool in a 0-0 draw againstSouthampton on Sunday, damaging his team's questfor Champions League qualification.

The left back scored from his first seven spotkicks this season but his eighth attempt was savedby Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster in the66th minute of a lackluster game at Anfield.

"I can't do more than hold my hands up andapologize to the boys," said Milner, whose last penal-ty miss in the Premier League was in 2009.

The point lifted Liverpool back into third placeabove Manchester City, but this was a missed oppor-tunity in its bid to finish in the top four and returnto Europe's elite competition next season.

Southampton defended deep and in numbers,and barely ceded a chance to a Liverpool side thatplayed too narrow and was predictable going for-ward.

Liverpool has picked up only two points fromits last three games at Anfield and is struggling with-out injured top scorer Sadio Mane.

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The Indian cricket team willparticipate in next month's

Champions Trophy after theBCCI gave its all clear to the movein a Special General Meeting onSunday, a massive climbdownfrom its initial aggressive stance.

The Board announced thatthe squad for the eight-teamevent, starting June 1 in England,will be picked on Monday.

It was decided that no legalrecourse will be taken against theICC as per the diktat of theCommittee Of Administrators(COA).

The ICC welcomed the deci-sion from the BCCI to confirmthe participation of defendingchampions India.

"The hundreds of millions ofcricket fans around the world justwant to see good cricket and nowwe can all look forward to asuperb event in England andWales starting on June 1," an ICCofficial said.

The SGM completely toed theCOA instruction of sending theteam and not serving any notice

to global body, which has nearlyhalved the BCCI's revenue shareand cut down on its executivepowers by revamping the con-troversial 'Big Three' administra-tive structure.

It was a setback for the oust-ed N Srinivasan faction which waskeen to take an aggressive stand.Srinivasan, in fact, joined the dis-cussions via Skype to air hisviews but didn't take a con-frontational stand.

"The outcome of the meetinghas been positive. India will par-ticipate in the Champions Trophy.There is no pulling out.Tomorrow the squad will be sentto the ICC," IPL governing coun-cil member Rajeev Shukla toldreporters after the meeting.

"The honorary Secretary(Amitabh Chaudhary) has beenauthorised to renegotiate withICC as far as the financial modelis concerned. There will be nobinding on him.

"Our approach should be thatof trying to resolve through dia-logue rather than being con-frontational. There are five sixissues regarding revenue and gov-

ernance model which need to besorted," Shukla said.

COA head Vinod Rai said hehad already informed the playersthat they were going for the eventstarting June 1 in England.

"Of course I am relieved thatthey are playing ChampionsTrophy. But players always knewthey were going. I had spokenpersonally to Anil Kumble andVirat Kohli that you guys are play-

ing Champions Trophy. I havealways said that $100 millionmore is okay," Rai said.

"India can make up themoney by playing bilateral series.They get �45 crore for playing asingle match at home," he addedafter dropping in to attend IPLGC meeting.

While it is being perceived asa climbdown but AmitabhChaudhary has made it clear that

participation in the ChampionsTrophy doesn't mean concerns arenot there.

"BCCI reserves all legaloptions against the ICC. Playingin the Champions Trophy doesnot mean we agree with the ICCRevenue and governance model.Not only revenue share but gov-ernance structure is also an issue,"Chaudhary told newspersons.

However, the formerJharkhand top cop agreed thatnegotiations should continue.

"The Negotiation process willbe an ongoing one before the ICCAnnual Conference in June.Other members I spoke to duringthe April round of meetings arealso keen on amicably resolvingthe matter," Chaudhary said.

"The SGM is unanimous onone aspect. Our position as thepredominant cricket countryshouldn't be diminished. MostICC members empathise withIndia. Now renegotiation is asensitive issue. I wouldn't like tocomment on any figures," hesaid.

Like Shukla, Chaudhary alsopraised COA's role in trying to

take all BCCI units on board.It was learnt that when the

discussion on whether to send anotice to ICC took place, one ofthe West Zone unit officialapprised that if MembersParticipation Agreement isinvoked, one needs to give a 30-day notice period to cure thebreach but India's first matchagainst Pakistan on June 4 isbefore the stipulated time.

Asked about Srinivasan'saggressive stance, Chaudharysaid, "He gave his views as he hasan intricate knowledge on ICCissues."

The joint Secretary alsododged questions about ShashankManohar being the bete noire ofBCCI.

"I don't believe individualsdeal with institutions. Two insti-tutions are involved and not indi-viduals," he said.

Admitting that team selectionhas been delayed, Chaudharysaid that coach Anil Kumble andother support staff 's contracts,which come up for renewal afterChampions Trophy, will be dis-cussed very soon.

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The Indian hockey team mayhave climbed up to No 6 in

the world rankings but its abil-ity to cope with pressureremains suspect, feels coachRoelant Oltmans.

Not only do they comeunder pressure in the closingstages of international encoun-ters, during the past week,India were also found wantingwhen challenged with thedemand of a two-goal victoryover a resilient lower-rankedopponent during the 26thSultan Azlan Shah Cup tour-nament.

"We can play fantastichockey and we have shown thatoften, but you need to proveyour ability when there is realpressure," says Oltmans.

In the last league matchagainst Malaysia, the Indianteam seemed to wilt under thepressure coming from therequirement of a two-goal vic-tory that would have placedthem in the final.

"I don't know, but I feel youhave to be able to cope with thatkind of pressure. If you reallywant to become a team that cancompete with the best in theworld, then you should haveknown how to score those two

goals," says Oltmans."We are not there yet. I am

sure if Germany would havebeen playing that situation,they would have scored two ormaybe three goals.

"That India still doesn't doit marks the difference betweenus and the top sides in theworld. That's where work needsto be done," he added.

Oltmans said there were alot of positives from India'scampaign in the Azlan ShahCup, where India slipped one

notch below their silver medalof last year to end with abronze.

"I never take anything neg-ative out of a tournament, I lookat what we can improve as ateam, which is different frombeing negative," said Oltmans."In any team, there is alwaysroom for improvement."

"This is not the World Cupor the Olympic Games. This isthe Sultan Azlan Shah Cup,which was a good test for theyoung players," the coach

asserted."We came to Ipoh with sev-

eral youngsters and a new com-bination. This was a very goodlearning experience for themand they do need some time tosettle down at this level," he said.

"We want to test ourselvesin certain areas. If that meansthe results dropping down a bitat this moment, it is okay withme." said Oltmans, who saw hissixth-ranked team in the worldstruggle to overcome No. 16Japan in the league fixture andtwo days later succumb to No.14 Malaysia.

"A couple of players are notyet able to perform up to ourexpectations when the intensi-ty of the encounter increases,but luckily we have enoughtime to improve that," he said.

"There are some importanttournaments coming up duringthis year. We must look at thebigger picture."

For India, the bigger pic-ture would include the AsiaCup in Dhaka scheduled fromSeptember 30 and WorldLeague Finals in Bhubaneswarin December. Thereafter, Indiawill look forward to four majoroutings in 2018 —Commonwealth Games,Champions Trophy, AsianGames and the World Cup.

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Maria Sharapova recovered from ashaky opening to defeat Mirjana

Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in thefirst round of the Madrid Open on Sunday,getting off to a good start in her secondtournament since returning from a dopingban.

Sharapova took control of the matchafter struggling early against the 20th-ranked Lucic-Baroni, cruising to victory inthe final set after more than two hours onthe center court in Madrid.

Sharapova had 16 winners and only 10unforced errors in her opening-roundvictory, her fourth since a controversialreturn to tennis.

The Russian was broken three times inthe first set, but only once the rest of thematch at the clay-court tournament.

Sharapova said it was "extremelyimportant" to get the opening-round vic-tory. "The first match of a tournament isalways one of the most difficult and it's beena while since I played on this court," shesaid. "I was just so happy to be back outhere, to have the opportunity to play againsta really tough opponent and come out andbe a winner in three sets."

It was Sharapova's fifth match since a15-month ban for testing positive for mel-donium at last year's Australian Open. Sheplayed her first tournament after the banin Stuttgart last month, being eliminated in

the semifinals by 17th-ranked KristinaMladenovic of France.

The five-time Grand Slam championhas been relying on wild cards because shelost her ranking following the doping ban."My goal is to play as many matches as Ican right now," Sharapova said. "When youare out of the game for a long time you justwant to play and want to compete and findyourself in different situations of thematch. And like this one, it was extreme-ly tough, not many rallies, she forced meto come out with some of my good tennisand I really had to dig deep."

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