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A UK court on Thursday found Julian Assange guilty on the charge of breaching his bail conditions after the Wikileaks co-founder was arrested by Scotland Yard offi- cers from his Ecuador Embassy hideout in London as the South American country withdrew the asylum granted to him. Assange, who has also been arrested on a provi- sional US extradition warrant, was produced before Westminster Magistrates Court in London where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of fail- ing to surrender. Describing his behaviour as that of a “narcissist who can- not get beyond his own selfish interest”, District Judge Michael Snow ruled Assange was guilty for breaching bail and ordered him to appear via videolink on May 2 for an extradition hearing. The court heard that dur- ing his arrest at the embassy after nearly seven years in hid- ing, the 47-year-old had to be restrained as he shouted: “This is unlawful, I am not leaving.” Scotland Yard said after his initial arrest on breach of bail conditions in the UK, Assange was further arrested on behalf of the US authorities after his arrival at a central London police station on an extradition warrant. British Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed the arrest in Parliament, describing it as a “legal matter” as Assange now faces extradition pro- ceedings to the US on “charges relating to computer offences”. “He has also been arrested in relation to an extradition request from the United States authorities,” May told the Commons in a statement. “This goes to show that in the United Kingdom, no one is above the law,” she said. Assange, who was seen in public after many years as he was dragged out of the Ecuador Embassy, appeared visibly aged and sporting a long white beard. He waved a thumbs-up sign at the public gallery in court as he was produced in court. He now faces a 12- month sentence in the UK on the charge of failure to surren- der and will remain in judicial custody until he is sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London next month. According to details that emerged in court, his extradi- tion to the US is sought on alleged conspiracy charges related to one of the largest leaks of Government secrets. Earlier on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said its officers had executed a warrant against Assange dating back to June 29, 2012 for “failing to sur- render” before a UK. The Australian-born cam- paigner has been holed up in a back room of the Ecuador embassy in central London for nearly seven years since his arrest on sexual assault charges in Sweden. He had claimed asylum on the grounds that he feared ultimate extradition to the US, where he claims to face a pos- sible death sentence or torture for Wikileaks’ alleged leak of American secrets. Continued on Page 4 Related reports on P12 E ven as the killers of RSS leader Chandrakant Sharma from Kishtwar are yet to be identified, security forces are desperately hunting for a group of seven to eight terrorists who are believed to be tasked by their Pakistani handlers to target leaders of a particular commu- nity and desecrate their places of worship in an effort to stoke communal strife. Alarm bells have started ringing in the security estab- lishment as the heavily-armed group is still at large after infil- trating into the region from across the Line of Control (LOC) from launch pads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) about a week back. Intelligence reports said terrorists are likely to carry out attacks in Batote and Udhmapur regions besides Kishtwar. All these regions in Jammu region south of Pir Panjal have not seen terrorist related incidents in the last one and half decades thereby posing a fresh challenged to the secu- rity forces. Not ruling out more attacks in the coming days, sources in the security establishment said on Thursday the main aim of the ISI and Pakistan Army is to up the ante in all the dis- tricts South of Pir Panjal in Jammu division. Elaborating upon the “deadly” game plan, officials said the terrorists who infiltrated into the region were specifically instructed to target minority group leaders and desecrate religious places. This region has so far seen com- munal harmony and virtually no terrorist related incidents even as North of Pir Panjal region including the Srinagar valley and other regions are witnessing terrorism. Given the geographical spread of South of Pir Panjal region comprising Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch, they said this area is much big- ger and rugged than the Srinagar valley and other dis- tricts in North of Pir Panjal. Continued on Page 4 T he Supreme Court on Thursday brought down the curtain on the case of alleged corruption involving politicians, bureaucrats and corporates in the Enron- Dabhol power project, saying that “long delay” of over 25 years, will serve no “useful purpose” in continuing with the judicial commission of enquiry. The SC was faced with the sole question as to whether the judicial commission of enquiry, which was set up on November 7, 2001 under the chairmanship of former apex court judge SP Kurdukar, should continue with the probe to ascertain cul- pability of various public ser- vants in the 1993 case. Detailed report on P5 U nion Home Ministry on Thursday clarified that media reports on the green light beaming on the head of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi during a media interaction in Amethi was not a sniper’s light but was merely the light of the mobile phone of the AICC photographer who was video- recording his impromptu Press conference. The Ministry spokesperson said the SPG Director enquired the matter and found that the green light originated from the mobile phone of the AICC photographer. He also said that Congress did not complain to Home Minister Rajnath Singh on this incident. The Home Ministry said they had contacted the SPG chief, after the media reported on the complaint of Congress on breach of security after Rahul came out from filing nominations from Amethi on Wednesday. It is learned that certain Congress leaders raised con- cern when the laser light was seen pointed at Rahul’s head. This led to security concerns within the party, but it was later found that the light was from a camera. Continued on Page 4 T he turnout dipped heavily in North-East States of Assam, Arunachal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland — a pos- sible outcome of unrest over the contentious Citizenship Bill — in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections. The region saw no upswing in turnout with States such as Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram recording status quo. Maharashtra, Odisha saw a slight decline in turnout while the politically explosive region of western Uttar Pradesh saw no major change in compari- son to 2014. However, with 53 per cent polling, Bihar saw 2 per cent rise in turnout as com- pared to the 2014 LS polls. With TDP president Chandra Babu Naidu and his bitter rival Jagan Mohan Reddy of YSR Congress going all out for massive mobilisation, Andhra Pradesh saw improvement in the polling percentage. Andhra Pradesh CEO Dwiwedi said the percentage may come out to be 80 per cent, six per cent more than 2014 general elections. There was high voter turnout of 81 per cent for two Lok Sabha seats of Bengal and 72 per cent for one Jammu seat. One thing was distinctly clear: There was no major upswing in the voters’ turnout in major part of the country. This marked the absence of any “wave” in the polls — some- thing can be interpreted in either way by both the ruling BJP and the Opposition parties. Meghalaya recorded an average turnout of 62 per cent on two LS seats as against 69 per cent witnessed in 2014, while turnout out fell by near- ly 10 per cent in Nagaland from 88 per cent in 2014 to 78 per cent this time around. In Sikkim, the turnout was 74 per cent as against 83 per cent recorded in 2019. In Assam, where polling was held for five Lok Sabha seats — Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaliabor, Tezpur and Lakhimpur — the turnout slipped to 68 per cent from 80 per cent in 2014. Arunachal Pradesh saw a decline of near- ly 12 per cent votes at 66 per cent in comparison to 78 per cent recorded in 2014. However, Tripura recorded an impressive turnout of 81 per cent, marginal decline of three per cent whereas Manipur matched the 2014 turnout of 79 per cent as was the case with Mizoram which recorded turnout of 61 per cent. About 64 per cent of voters exercised their franchise till 6 pm on Thursday in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh that went to polls in the first phase. Estimating an average voter turnout of 63.69 per cent, the poll officials said the percentage is likely to increase when total is compiled. Poll officials said till 6 pm Saharanpur recorded maxi- mum voter turnout at 70.68 per cent, while the least turnout was reported for Ghaziabad where it stood at 57.60 per cent. Continued on Page 4 Related reports on P6 W ith the drug haul going up to 27,184 kg before the first phase of polls itself, the Election Commission (EC) has strictly prohibited grant of parole by States to drug offend- ers. The EC also instructed States that parole should be granted to imprisoned convicts during the ongoing poll season only in cases of “extreme emer- gency” and it should be ensured that they do not participate in election-related affairs. As per EC’s data, the Commission has seized drug worth 1,091.93 crore since the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls on March 10. In a letter to chief secre- taries of all States and UTs, the EC said the model code of con- duct should be applied in cases of release of convicts on parole. The enforcement agencies are worried as 27,184 kg of drugs/narcotics were seized across the country during the first phase of elections. As per reports, tablets of anti-depres- sants alprazolam, tramadol, heroin, opium, ganja, cocaine, denatonium benzoate, methamphetamine and brown sugar form the part of the seizure. The EC officials feel that huge quantity of drug may be used by political workers or politicians to influence the voters during the poll seasons. The Commission has also made a special reference for the grant of parole to drug offend- ers, saying this should be “strictly prohibited”, and in case they are granted this leave from jail under special cir- cumstances, police and anti- narcotics sleuths should be informed in advance. Continued on Page 4 T hree persons — two belonging to the YSR Congress and one Telugu Desam Party — were killed in poll-related violence between the two parties in Andhra Pradesh that registered a 73 per cent polling for the simultane- ous elections for 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats. Among the injured included Assembly Speaker K Siva Prasad Rao. In Telangana though, the polling process passed off peacefully with over 60 per cent voter turnout. Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi said there were some glitches in the func- tioning of 381 EVMs which were rectified soon. This is the first general election in the State after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and the creation of Telangana in June 2014. In Guntakal (AP), Jana Sena Party candidate and for- mer MLA Madhusudan Gupta smashed an EVM in a fit of rage alleging that the party symbol was not properly print- ed on the ballot unit. He also shouted at the polling person- nel. Gupta was immediately taken into custody, police said. The polls will decide the fate of Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and Opposition YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy. Detailed report on P6 I n first phase of the 2019 gen- eral elections, tension gripped Raulpur Gujran polling station in Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana after the Border Security Force (BSF) fired five shots in the air to dis- perse an agitated crowd, who police officials said, tried to enter the polling booth without carrying voters’ cards. According to an official, the election process remained disrupted from 11.05 am to 12.30 pm. However, the situa- tion was brought under control. Two villagers Ajmer Singh and Pahal Singh alleged that the polling staff had asked them to cast their vote for joint candidate of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and they had to return without casting votes. Following which some vil- lagers were enraged and they turned up at the polling booth situated in a primary school outside the village in Kairana and started raising slogans against staffers. When crowd soared, a BSF jawan opened fire in the air after which the crowd dis- persed and calm prevailed at the polling station. Continued on Page 4

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AUK court on Thursdayfound Julian Assange guilty

on the charge of breaching hisbail conditions after theWikileaks co-founder wasarrested by Scotland Yard offi-cers from his Ecuador Embassyhideout in London as the SouthAmerican country withdrewthe asylum granted to him.

Assange, who has also been arrested on a provi-sional US extradition warrant,was produced beforeWestminster Magistrates Courtin London where he pleadednot guilty to the charge of fail-ing to surrender.

Describing his behaviouras that of a “narcissist who can-

not get beyond his own selfishinterest”, District Judge MichaelSnow ruled Assange was guiltyfor breaching bail and ordered him to appear viavideolink on May 2 for anextradition hearing.

The court heard that dur-ing his arrest at the embassyafter nearly seven years in hid-ing, the 47-year-old had to berestrained as he shouted: “Thisis unlawful, I am not leaving.”

Scotland Yard said after hisinitial arrest on breach of bailconditions in the UK, Assangewas further arrested on behalfof the US authorities after hisarrival at a central Londonpolice station on an extraditionwarrant. British Prime MinisterTheresa May confirmed the

arrest in Parliament, describingit as a “legal matter” as Assangenow faces extradition pro-ceedings to the US on “chargesrelating to computer offences”.

“He has also been arrestedin relation to an extraditionrequest from the United Statesauthorities,” May told theCommons in a statement.“This goes to show that in theUnited Kingdom, no one isabove the law,” she said.

Assange, who was seen inpublic after many years as hewas dragged out of the EcuadorEmbassy, appeared visibly agedand sporting a long whitebeard. He waved a thumbs-upsign at the public gallery incourt as he was produced incourt. He now faces a 12-

month sentence in the UK onthe charge of failure to surren-der and will remain in judicialcustody until he is sentenced atSouthwark Crown Court inLondon next month.

According to details thatemerged in court, his extradi-tion to the US is sought onalleged conspiracy chargesrelated to one of the largestleaks of Government secrets.

Earlier on Thursday, theMetropolitan Police said itsofficers had executed a warrantagainst Assange dating back toJune 29, 2012 for “failing to sur-render” before a UK.

The Australian-born cam-paigner has been holed up in aback room of the Ecuadorembassy in central London fornearly seven years since hisarrest on sexual assault charges

in Sweden. He had claimed asylum

on the grounds that he fearedultimate extradition to the US,where he claims to face a pos-

sible death sentence or torturefor Wikileaks’ alleged leak ofAmerican secrets.

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Even as the killers of RSSleader Chandrakant Sharma

from Kishtwar are yet to beidentified, security forces aredesperately hunting for a groupof seven to eight terrorists whoare believed to be tasked by theirPakistani handlers to targetleaders of a particular commu-nity and desecrate their placesof worship in an effort to stokecommunal strife.

Alarm bells have started

ringing in the security estab-lishment as the heavily-armedgroup is still at large after infil-trating into the region fromacross the Line of Control(LOC) from launch pads inPakistan Occupied Kashmir(POK) about a week back.

Intelligence reportssaid terrorists are likely tocarry out attacks in Batoteand Udhmapur regionsbesides Kishtwar.

All these regions inJammu region south of PirPanjal have not seen terroristrelated incidents in the last oneand half decades thereby posinga fresh challenged to the secu-

rity forces.Not ruling out more attacks

in the coming days,sources in the security

establishment said onThursday the main

aim of the ISIand Pakistan

Army is to up theante in all the dis-tricts South of PirPanjal in Jammudivision.

E laborat ingupon the “deadly”game plan, officialssaid the terroristswho infiltrated intothe region were

specifically instructed to targetminority group leaders anddesecrate religious places. Thisregion has so far seen com-munal harmony and virtuallyno terrorist related incidentseven as North of Pir Panjalregion including the Srinagarvalley and other regions arewitnessing terrorism.

Given the geographicalspread of South of Pir Panjalregion comprising Doda,Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch,they said this area is much big-ger and rugged than theSrinagar valley and other dis-tricts in North of Pir Panjal.

Continued on Page 4

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The Supreme Court onThursday brought down

the curtain on the case ofalleged corruption involvingpoliticians, bureaucrats andcorporates in the Enron-Dabhol power project, sayingthat “long delay” of over 25years, will serve no “usefulpurpose” in continuing with the judicial commission ofenquiry.

The SC was faced with thesole question as to whether thejudicial commission of enquiry,which was set up on November7, 2001 under the chairmanshipof former apex court judge SPKurdukar, should continuewith the probe to ascertain cul-pability of various public ser-vants in the 1993 case.

Detailed report on P5

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Union Home Ministry onThursday clarified that

media reports on the greenlight beaming on the head ofCongress chief Rahul Gandhiduring a media interaction inAmethi was not a sniper’s lightbut was merely the light of themobile phone of the AICC

photographer who was video-recording his impromptu Pressconference.

The Ministry spokespersonsaid the SPG Director enquired

the matter and found that thegreen light originated fromthe mobile phone of the AICCphotographer. He also saidthat Congress did not complain

to Home Minister RajnathSingh on this incident.

The Home Ministry saidthey had contacted the SPGchief, after the media reportedon the complaint of Congresson breach of security afterRahul came out from filingnominations from Amethi onWednesday.

It is learned that certainCongress leaders raised con-cern when the laser light wasseen pointed at Rahul’s head.This led to security concernswithin the party, but it was laterfound that the light was froma camera.

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The turnout dipped heavilyin North-East States of

Assam, Arunachal, Sikkim,Meghalaya, Nagaland — a pos-sible outcome of unrest over thecontentious Citizenship Bill —in the first phase of Lok Sabhaelections. The region saw noupswing in turnout with Statessuch as Tripura, Manipur andMizoram recording status quo.

Maharashtra, Odisha saw aslight decline in turnout whilethe politically explosive regionof western Uttar Pradesh sawno major change in compari-son to 2014. However, with 53per cent polling, Bihar saw 2per cent rise in turnout as com-pared to the 2014 LS polls.

With TDP presidentChandra Babu Naidu and hisbitter rival Jagan Mohan Reddyof YSR Congress going all out formassive mobilisation, AndhraPradesh saw improvement in thepolling percentage. AndhraPradesh CEO Dwiwedi said thepercentage may come out to be80 per cent, six per cent morethan 2014 general elections.

There was high voterturnout of 81 per cent for twoLok Sabha seats of Bengal and72 per cent for one Jammu seat.

One thing was distinctlyclear: There was no majorupswing in the voters’ turnoutin major part of the country.This marked the absence of any“wave” in the polls — some-thing can be interpreted ineither way by both the rulingBJP and the Opposition parties.

Meghalaya recorded an

average turnout of 62 per centon two LS seats as against 69per cent witnessed in 2014,while turnout out fell by near-ly 10 per cent in Nagaland from88 per cent in 2014 to 78 percent this time around. InSikkim, the turnout was 74 percent as against 83 per centrecorded in 2019.

In Assam, where pollingwas held for five Lok Sabhaseats — Dibrugarh, Jorhat,Kaliabor, Tezpur andLakhimpur — the turnoutslipped to 68 per cent from 80per cent in 2014. ArunachalPradesh saw a decline of near-ly 12 per cent votes at 66 percent in comparison to 78 percent recorded in 2014.

However, Tripura recordedan impressive turnout of 81 percent, marginal decline of threeper cent whereas Manipurmatched the 2014 turnout of 79per cent as was the case withMizoram which recordedturnout of 61 per cent.

About 64 per cent of votersexercised their franchise till 6pm on Thursday in eight LokSabha constituencies of westernUttar Pradesh that went to pollsin the first phase. Estimating anaverage voter turnout of 63.69per cent, the poll officials saidthe percentage is likely toincrease when total is compiled.

Poll officials said till 6 pmSaharanpur recorded maxi-mum voter turnout at 70.68 percent, while the least turnoutwas reported for Ghaziabadwhere it stood at 57.60 per cent.

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With the drug haul going upto 27,184 kg before the

first phase of polls itself, theElection Commission (EC) hasstrictly prohibited grant ofparole by States to drug offend-ers. The EC also instructedStates that parole should begranted to imprisoned convictsduring the ongoing poll seasononly in cases of “extreme emer-gency” and it should be ensuredthat they do not participate inelection-related affairs.

As per EC’s data, theCommission has seized drug

worth �1,091.93 crore sincethe announcement of the LokSabha polls on March 10.

In a letter to chief secre-taries of all States and UTs, theEC said the model code of con-duct should be applied in casesof release of convicts on parole.

The enforcement agenciesare worried as 27,184 kg ofdrugs/narcotics were seizedacross the country during thefirst phase of elections. As perreports, tablets of anti-depres-sants alprazolam, tramadol,heroin, opium, ganja, cocaine,denatonium benzoate,methamphetamine and brown

sugar form the part of theseizure.

The EC officials feel thathuge quantity of drug may beused by political workers orpoliticians to influence thevoters during the poll seasons.

The Commission has alsomade a special reference for thegrant of parole to drug offend-ers, saying this should be“strictly prohibited”, and incase they are granted this leavefrom jail under special cir-cumstances, police and anti-narcotics sleuths should beinformed in advance.

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Congress and one TeluguDesam Party — were killed inpoll-related violence betweenthe two parties in AndhraPradesh that registered a 73 percent polling for the simultane-ous elections for 175 Assemblyand 25 Lok Sabha seats. Amongthe injured included AssemblySpeaker K Siva Prasad Rao.

In Telangana though, thepolling process passed offpeacefully with over 60 per centvoter turnout.

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were some glitches in the func-tioning of 381 EVMs whichwere rectified soon. This is thefirst general election in the Stateafter bifurcation of AndhraPradesh and the creation ofTelangana in June 2014.

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The polls will decide thefate of Andhra Pradesh CMand TDP president NChandrababu Naidu andOpposition YSR Congress chiefJaganmohan Reddy.

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According to an official,the election process remaineddisrupted from 11.05 am to12.30 pm. However, the situa-tion was brought under control.

Two villagers Ajmer Singhand Pahal Singh alleged thatthe polling staff had askedthem to cast their vote for jointcandidate of the Samajwadi

Party (SP) and Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) and they had toreturn without casting votes.Following which some vil-lagers were enraged and theyturned up at the polling boothsituated in a primary schooloutside the village in Kairanaand started raising slogansagainst staffers.

When crowd soared, a BSFjawan opened fire in the airafter which the crowd dis-persed and calm prevailed atthe polling station.

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Aworkshop on ‘Prevention ofSexual Harassment Act’ was

organised by the “TrainingDivision” of Delhi Police for thesenior police officials onThursday. The aim and objectiveof the workshop was to sensitsethe senior police officials aboutthe role and responsibility inensuring greater awareness onthis issue in their respectivejurisdictions.

“The workshop helped par-ticipants to understand the intri-cacies and variations of dealingwith sexual harassment casesand made aware of theirenhanced responsibility inensuring timely recording andreporting of information, andinvestigative procedures,” saidSuman Nalwa, the DeputyCommissioner of Police, PoliceTraining College (PTC).

The workshop was presidedover by PK Bhardwaj, SpecialCommissioner of Police,Training and the Session wasconducted by Jasbir Singh Bajaj,

(retired) IAS and Sunita Suman,from Legal Intellect.

Special CP in his addressreiterated the need for suchworkshops in the organizationand need for sensitivity on thisissue. “Taking the objective ofthis workshop further, a moduleon prevention of SexualHarassment is being made avail-able online at Delhi Police e-learning portal “NIPUN”, so

that all police-personnel canaccess this module and learnabout this Act to prevent SexualHarassment at workplace,” saidthe DCP.

“Delhi police is committedto protecting its women employ-ee from sexual harassment atwork place by creating andmaintaining safe working andliving environment,” the DCPadded.

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Beware before giving keys ofyour vehicle to online buy-

ers for test drives as you mightbe at the risk of losing yourvehicle. The Delhi Police hasarrested a 28-year-old manwho posed himself as a buyeron OLX and then fled awaywith a bike on the pretext of atest drive.

The sleuths of Punjabi BaghPolice Station of West district has arrested, Arjun (28)a resident of Sangam Vihar, forportraying himself as a buyeron ‘OLX’ and later committinga theft of a motorcycle.

Monika Bharadwaj, the

Deputy Commissioner of Police(DCP), West district said, lastmonth a complainant reportedthat he had offered his bike forsale on ‘OLX’.

“A person namely Arjun who posed himself as thebuyer contacted him and insisted him for physicallyinspecting the bike near PunjabiBagh Metro Station, whereaccused on the pretext of tak-ing ‘test drive’ of motorcycle,fled away with the bike,” said theDCP. “During investigation, itwas revealed that the mobilenumber being

used by accused has beenobtained on some fictitiousaddress of Sangam Vihar. Thepolice team conducted local enquiries in Sangam Viharand sketches of accused werealso distributed, finally follow-ing a tip off Arjun was arrest-ed on Wednesday,” the DCPsaid.

“During interrogation, itwas revealed that the bike isbeing used by the Thak Thakgang operating in South Delhi.Members of this gang havebeen arrested by the AmbedkarNagar police and bike has beenrecovered,” said the DCP.

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Ablack kite which had fall-en on Delhi Metro tracks

due to exhaustion and dehy-dration and was in danger ofbeing run over by a train, wasrescued by a wildlife body onWednesday night.

According to Wildlife SOS,the incident occurred onWednesday night, when thekite, escaped a narrow brushwith death after collapsing ontracks between BotanicalGardens and Okhla BirdSanctuary metro stations of theMagenta Line.

“It had collapsed on thetracks, due to exhaustion anddehydration from heat. Afterthe rescue the bird was keptunder observation for a few

hours and later safely releasedinto the wild,” said an officialof Wildlife SOS.

According to the MeTDepartment, the day tempera-ture in Delhi on Wednesdayhad settled at 38.7 degreesCelsius, three notches above theseason’s average.

Accordingto the DelhiMetro RailC o r p o r a t i o n(DMRC) offi-cials, a trainoperator saw thebird stranded onthe tracks andknowing that itwas in danger ofbeing run over,the authoritiesi m m e d i a t e l y

contacted Wildlife SOS.“Metro services on the

Magenta Line were temporari-ly affected, during the rescueoperation,” said DMRC official.Last year, the NGO rescued anIndian cormorant that wascaught in a similar situation atthe Kalindi Kunj Metro station.

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Social media was buzz afterpictures of some policemen

on election duty in Noida wereseen serving meals in packetslabelled “Namo Foods”, follow-ing which officials clarified thatthose were procured from NamoFood Shop in Noida and notfrom any political party. Manyverified handles on the microblogging site posted photos and

alleged that police personnelwere indulging in malpractices.

According to a senior policeofficial, the food packets werebrought in the boot of a hatch-back car and were distributedaround 9.30 am among per-sonnel deployed in Sector 15Aon election duty. The packets,coloured in a shade of saffron,had ‘Namo Foods’ emblazonedon top in Hindi. They soonstarted generating a buzz among

curious onlookers.Uttar Pradesh Chief

Electoral Officer LVenkateshwarlu said he hasalready spoken with the DistrictMagistrate on the issue. “It isnothing related to the PrimeMinister as the name of thecompany itself is Namo,” toldthe PTI.

Following the allegations,

the Senior Superintendent ofPolice (SSP), Gautam BuddhNagar, Vaibhav Krishna saidthat misinformation is beingspread that some policemenhave been distributed food froma political party.

“This is absolutely wrong.At local level, some food pack-ets were procured from a shopnamed ‘Namo Food Shop’ andnot from any political party,”said the SSP.

“Some people are spreadingwrong and politically motivat-ed rumour. There is no officialorder to procure food from anyparticular food outlet,” said SSPand appealed to people not topay heed to rumours beingspread via social media(Twitter). Earlier in the day, thepolling began at 7 am onThursday in Noida, under theGautam Buddh Nagar con-stituency.

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Professor Najma Akhtar wason Thursday appointed as

the first woman vice-chancel-lor of Jamia Millia Islamia,making her the first woman tohold the charge.

In exercise of powers con-ferred under Statutes of JamiaMillia Islamia Act, 1988, thePresident of India, in his capac-ity as the Visitor of Jamia, hasbeen pleased to appoint ProfNajma Akhtar, NIEPA, NewDelhi as the vice-chancellor of

Jamia, for a period of five years,an official order said.

The other persons, whowere shortlisted by theGovernment for the post were SM Ishtiaque of IIT-Delhi and

Furqan Qamar, currently thesecretary-general of Associationof Universities.

Manipur Governor NajmaHeptulla is the Chancellor of thevarsity. The varsity was func-tioning without a VC after TalatAhmad resigned from the postlast year to join as the head ofKashmir University.

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Aam Aadmi Party nationalconvener Arvind Kejriwal

on Thursday claimed that anti-BJP votes have been deletedacross India at an “unprece-dented scale”. In a series oftweets, Kejriwal tagged thepeople who claimed theirnames or the names of their rel-atives have been deleted fromthe voter lists.

“Anti-BJP votes deleted allacross India. Reports comingfrom all across India that voteshave been deleted on unprece-dented scale. Why are all faultyEVM machines seen to be vot-ing always for BJP?” he said ina tweet.

“Why are all faulty EVMmachines seen to be votingalways for BJP? Why do mostdeleted voters turn out to beanti-BJP voters?,” he said inanother tweet. Replying toanother tweet he said“Absolutely shocking. This hashappened all across the coun-try,”

Polling began Thursdaymorning in 91 constituenciesspread across 18 states and twounion territories in the firstphase of Lok Sabha elections.

He re-tweeted and shared

profiles of a number of peoplewhose names have been delet-ed. One of them included busi-ness woman Kiran MazumdarShaw who said her mother’sname has been deleted. “Mymother’s voter ID has beendeleted on some flimsy excusethat there was a report that sheno longer lives at her address.She is so upset I can’t tell youbecos she has been at the sameaddress for 19 years. So muchfor ‘verification’,” she said in atweet.

Kejriwal also re-tweeted atweet in which a ShobanaKamineni, who claimed she feltcheated after she was told at apolling booth in Hyderabadthat her vote had been deleted.“I came back because I want-ed to exercise my franchise. Icame to the booth and I wastold that my vote is deleted,”

said Kamineni. Kamineni saidshe had voted at the samebooth in December for theTelangana state polls.

Joining the party chiefDeputy Chief Minister ManishSisodia tweeted “Dear ECI!We have been reporting this toyou for last one year. But yousaid no votes deleted. Justbecause BJP was there behindall such illegal deletions? Now!What is this? A person livingon same address for 19 years isnot able to vote. Why are youkilling democracy?”

“ ‘Election Commission ofIndia!’ Please see what you aredoing to ‘Voters of India’ Somany people reporting aboutillegal deletion of their ownvotes. Is this the way you wantto serve India? This nothingbut serving BJP, Sisodia said inanother tweet.

AAP has been targeting theBJP over alleged deletion ofnames of voters from the listafter the poll panel came outwith the final voter list inJanuary. Earlier, the party hadalso alleged the “deletion” ofnames of 30 lakh voters, par-ticularly of Purvanchali,Muslims and Bania communi-ties, since the assembly electionin Delhi in 2015.

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AMohalla Clinic built by theAAP Government in Karol

Bagh was on Thursday alleged-ly demolished by the BharatiyaJanta Party-led north corpora-tion, which prompted a sharpreaction from Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal. Themove by the North DelhiMunicipal Corporation (NMC)comes ahead of the Lok Sabhapolls in Delhi on May 12.

The AAP chief took toTwitter to express his displea-sure “People shud rememberthis when they go out to vote inDelhi. Del govt constructedthis mohalla clinic. BJP ledMCD demolished it today (sic),”

A senior Government offi-cial had also shared pictures ofthe mohalla clinic site where theaction was taken. “Shamefullycriminal & blatantly illegal:North MCD demolishes anewly constructed MohallaClinic at Har Dayal Singh Road,Karol Bagh on a PWD Road.North MCD had no jurisdic-tion, no notice given & a pri-mary health public facilitydestroyed for no reason,” hetweeted.

“North MCD now threat-ening to demolish this almost

complete Mohalla Clinic atPyare Lal Road Karol Bagh. Thisis again on PWD Road. Haveyou ever heard that a civicbody without any basis is threat-ening to destroy a primaryhealth centre,” he tweeted.

This Road had been trans-ferred to the PWD by the MCDin 2012. On what basis did theNorth MCD carry out thedemolition? Why is BJP usingthe MCD for destroying a pri-mary health public utility mere-ly for taking revenge with thepeople of Delhi, the officialtweeted?

Another senior Delhi gov-ernment official said, a com-plaint has been registered by thecity government’s PWD at

Prasad Nagar police station.“We have registered a com-

plaint against the NDMC fordemolishing a mohalla clinicwithout prior permission fromPWD. We have demanded anaction in the matter,” he said.

Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (Central) Mandeep SinghRandhawa confirmed that theyhave received a complaint in thisregard. However, no case hasbeen registered. However, asenior official of North DelhiMunicipal Corporation saidthat the move was taken as theclinic at Har Dayal Singh Roadin Karol Bagh area was beingset-up “without any NOC (no-objection certificate)”.

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In the dust and toil of the 600-year-old Pillanji village, 55-

year-old Shakuntla Devi wholives with her family has to jos-tle daily with six other familiesfor water. they have to use sin-gle toilet and this shows the uglyliving conditions of pepole liv-ing in urban and rural areas.

This ‘Urban Village’ situat-ed in the heart of the nationalCapital lacks developmentalwork. It houses people from thelower strata especially fromUttar Pradesh and Bihar whoeak out their livelihoods bydoing menial jobs. She coughsup �7,000 per a month for herrented accommodation. Thereare many families in Planji likeShakuntla who barely make thetwo ends meet.

“We do not have a separatebathroom, for collecting waterwe wake up at early morningevery day, political parties seemto remember us only in electionseason. Rest of the year civicauthorities harasses us for socalled ‘unauthorised construc-

tion’…” rued Devi. Even being situated in the

heart of New DelhiConstituency, Pilanji is a classiccase of neglect and appears to beforgotten by the political leadersas well as the civic authorities asthe nearly 600-year-old village isexpanding day by day with ille-gal and rampant unauthorisedconstruction right under thenose of Delhi DevelopmentAuthority (DDA) and NewDelhi Municipal Council(NDMC).

Pillanji village, sandwichedbetween Laxmi Bai Nagar andSarojini Nagar and situated fewhundred metres away from theDilli Haat, it lacks basic ameni-ties such as toilets and water.Interestingly, the village with apopulation of around 30,000 isadopted by the sitting Memberof Parliament (MP) MeenakshiLekhi. The village has a popula-tion of more than 30,000 peopleand has around 25,000 voters.

Another villager, MadanKumar who is a landlord said,“Most of the houses here areowned either by the Jaat’s or

Gurjars. We people earn moneyfrom rents but what about thepoor. Moreover, though we owna house or two but we also wantour children to be educated, goto school and college and get agovernment job but it is very sadto say, that the schools just cor-ner the parents and their chil-dren from the queue as soonthey get to know that they comefrom ‘Pillanji village’. The villageshould develop as a ‘heritage vil-lage’ and the government should

pay attention as it has been con-verted into a slum and the peo-ple are discriminated against.

Other villagers alsoexpressed disgruntlement aboutthe poor infrastructure, illegalconstruction, traffic jams,garbage disposal, poor lighting,lack of water and access toschooling and education andMohalla clinics.

Residents want the govern-ment to build a community cen-tre, 24 hours water supply, foot

over bridge, marriage hall, voca-tional teaching courses centresuch as (stitching course forwomen, adult education for theold and crèches for the children),pensions for senior citizen andwidow, proper playground forchildren and parking facilities ofthe auto and e-rickshaws.

The villagers also listed thatthe MP Lekhi who adopted thevillage in 2014 under theSaansad Aadarsh gram Yojanahas carried out some good

development works such asimprovement of the inner roadinfrastructures and sewage linesbut that was not enough.

However, a villager com-plained, we have written toDDA, NDMC and MLA toconstruct a foot over bridge(FOB) here but none has put lis-ten to us. It is a nightmare for thechildren who take risk to crossthe road as the Gaon is situatedright on the main road. Whencontacted DDA officials said it

is the responsibility of NDMCand officials here did notrespond to the queries.

When contacted, Memberof Parliament from New Delhiconstituency Meenakshi Lekhisaid that the condition of the vil-lage was very poor during thecongress regime. “Soon after Iadopted the villages, majordevelopmental works were ini-tiated to improve the overallinfrastructure,” she said.

Lekhi further said that she

developed proper roads,pipelines and sewerage in thearea using MP fund. Earlier, thearea had poor infrastructureand very narrow lanes that waslater widened. “New trans-formers were installed to ensureelectricity exclusively for theresidents of pillanji. We keptorganizing monthly mobilecamps to interact with the peo-ple to address their issue,” shesaid, adding that a specialawareness programme was alsoinitiated to keep the area cleanby managing waste.

She also said that they wereinformed to dispose the wet anddry garbage separately. A wastetreatment plant has also beeninstalled in the area to processwaste, she added.

However, she said that thereare need to develop ‘Foot OverBridge’, community centre, andplayground that would beaddressed. Accusing the rulingAAP, she said the government isnot letting the things done. Ihave written many letters to theDelhi government but with noresponse.

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Adelegation, consisting offour members of Uganda,

on Thursday, observed the firstphase of Lok Sabha electionsand appreciated the enthusiasmshown by the voters in theworld’s largest democracy. Thedelegation visited severalpolling booths at Indirapuramand in other parts ofGhaziabad.

Talking with The Pioneer,Aisha B Lugeba, DeputyChairperson of Uganda elec-tion commission, said shenoticed the enthusiasm inIndian voters while castingtheir vote. “It is the high levelof democracy in the world,” shesaid.

Kigozi SebbegalaMustapha, the Commissionerof Uganda ElectionCommission, observed theelection process is a very“enthusiastic” occasion forIndian voters.

Ahebwe Justin Mugabi,other commissioner, said wewill implement some goodthings in our country whileMatsiko Emmanual a seniorelection officer also seemedinspired by the welcome of the

election commission team herein India.

They all collectively said weare here to study the electionprocess. “In our country theelections are not conducted bythe Government, instead bytemporarily hired personnelby the election commission ofUganda. While we see here thewhole election process is con-ducted by the governmentmachinery. In our countrythere is a seven member elec-tion commission out of whichthree are here including deputychairman,” said the members ofdelegation.

The delegation was assist-ed by a two member team ofelection commission of India.

“We will adopt some of thenew features in our 2021 gen-eral election. We are inspired bythe Indian democracy” theysaid while leaving the city toDelhi.

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Leader of Opposition (LoP)in Delhi Assembly, Vijender

Gupta, said the Aam AadamiParty’s promise during the LokSabha election campaigning ofproviding affordable housing toevery family in Delhi within 10years is absolutely hollow.

Gupta said its falsehoodcan be gauged from the factthat having come to powermore than four years back onthe promise of providing houseto each JJ Cluster family, itfailed to construct even a sin-gle house for them. Not onlythis, it also failed to allocateabout 18,000 built up flats to JJCluster families, he said.

“Thousands of poor fami-lies deposited huge amountsbeyond their means by bor-rowing from the moneylenders

in the hope of getting their ownhouse but today, they findthemselves entangled in web ofmoneylenders,” he said.

The party which could nei-ther build flats for poor peoplenor could allocate the built-upflats for J J dwellers can beexpected to meet its promise ofproviding house for everyone,he said.

As per policy prepared by

the Delhi Urban ShelterImprovement Board (DUSIB)on 25th February, 2013 where-by it collected Rs. 68,000 fromeach J J Cluster beneficiary asadvance payment for allot-ment of flats, he said, addingthat the policy was revised in2015.

“According to this revisedpolicy, each family wasrequired to pay Rs. 1,12,000 asadvance for allotment. Inaddition, the beneficiary wasrequired to pay Rs. 30,000 formaintenance of flat for fiveyears,” he added.

Gupta further said that asmany as 5173 J.J. dwellers paid �39.40 crores in total inthe hope of their own house. It is tragic that only 1469already built-up flats could beallocated.

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Pakistan and its PrimeMinister Imran Khan are

“supporting” Narendra Modi inthe Lok Sabha polls as they wantto spread riots in India, DelhiChief Minister Arvind Kejriwalalleged Thursday.

The Aam Aadmi Party chiefalso alleged that what Pakistancould not do in 70 years, their“friend” Modi did it in five years— that is damaging India’sbrotherhood.

His remarks on Twittercame after the BJP tweeted thatit will ensure implementation ofthe National Register of Citizens(NRC) in the country and will“remove every single infiltrator”,except Buddhists, Hindus andSikhs. “Pakistan and (prime

minister) Imran Khan wantriots to spread in India. That iswhy Pakistan is openly sup-porting Modi in the upcomingpolls,” Kejriwal tweeted inHindi.

In an interview to a smallgroup of foreign journalists,Imran Khan had said that hebelieves there may be a betterchance of peace talks with Indiaand settle the Kashmir issue ifPrime Minister Modi’s partyBJP wins the general elections.

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Faced with the burden of“unnecessary” files, the ser-

vices department of the DelhiGovernment has asked alldepartments to send refer-ences for its advice with abackground note and priorapproval of secretary con-cerned.

The move comes after itwas observed that departmentsare not clearly indicating theissue on which the advice fromthe services department isrequired, leading to delay in

processing of cases.According to a circular, it

was also observed that depart-ments are seeking opinion onroutine administrative mat-ters, requesting vetting of pro-posed action among others,which do not come under themandate of the services depart-ment.

In order to streamlinethings, the services depart-ment issued guidelines, whichinclude that all references to itshould be sent with theapproval of the administrativesecretary concerned.

The circular stated thatthe note seeking advice shouldbe invariably give a detailedbackground with full facts andcircumstances of the case.“Proposals seeking vetting ofproposed action, draft order,affidavit, etc shall be avoided,”it stated.

In case the matter involvesfinancial implications, theviews or opinion of the financedepartments may also beobtained in the first place andincluded in the reference madeto services department foradvice, it also stated.

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In order to connect with peo-ple directly, Bharatiya Janta

Party (BJP) hold an hour longFacebook live session that wasjoined by 700 people.

The initiative was hostedby party’s Delhi unit presidentManoj Tiwari. He welcomedthe new members of the partysaying their membership willbe formalised within a week.“The Facebook live sessionthat lasted for around an hourreached to over four lakh per-sons and more than 2,000 per-sons interacted with the DelhiBJP president.

“Around 700 personsbecame members of the partyin this unique digital initiative,”said Delhi BJP’s social mediaand media co-inchargeNeelkant Bakshi.

Tiwari said not only sup-

porters of the BJP but evenpeople of the country wereworking actively to ensure vic-tory of the party to makeNarendra Modi PrimeMinister of the country for thesecond term.

Answering a question onfull statehood, Tiwari said hisparty had promised a “review”

of full statehood. “We hadpromised a review of the fullstatehood but no one hadexpected that an elected ChiefMinister like Arvind Kejriwalwould threaten to obstructRepublic Day parade,” Tiwarisaid.

He said anyone joining theBJP would do so because theCongress was “exposed” as ithad failed to deliver when itwas in power. In the live chat,Tiwari said by not implement-ing the Ayushman Bharatscheme in Delhi, ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwalthought that he can deny cred-it of the scheme to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

The event was coordinatedby media team of Delhi includ-ing incharge of media andsocial media team PratyushKanth and convener AshokGoyal.

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With Congress finalisingnames for the four Lok

Sabha seats in the Delhi, anyprospect of a pre-poll alliancewith the ruling Aam AadmiParty (AAP) has finally come toan end.

"All talks of having analliance with the AAP were putto the rest by the Congress afterit finalised names of four of theseven candidates for the LokSabah seats on Thursday afterAAP has refused to budge on itsdemands of seat arrangementsin Haryana and Punjab", said aparty leader who didn't want tobe identified.

Insiders said that Congress

has given up on seat sharingarrangements with AAP as thetime was running out and AAPleadership was too intransi-gent. In another important butrelated development, CongressPresident Rahul Gandhi isbelieved to have asked DelhiCongress President SheilaDikshit to contest from the EastDelhi seat. She is reportedly toldthe Congress President thatshe will take tu final call aftertalking to her family..

Sources maintained thatnames were finalised after ameeting of senior Congressleaders with the party highcommand on Thursday. Namesfor the other three remainingseats will be finalised in a dayor two as the party wants its

candidates to get enough timeto go for an all out campaignagainst the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) which had won allthe seven seats in 2014 nation-al polls.

Earlier the talks betweenthe AAP and Congress had meta dead end after ArvindKejriwal led party refused tobudge on the number of seatsthat Congress was demanding.Congress was asking for NewDelhi, Chandani Chowk andNorthwest. Talks were stalled asCongress adopted a hard standon having any truck with AAPin Haryana and Punjab.

According to the informedsources, Congress leaders delib-erated on the candidates withwinnability chances. Former

Union Minister Ajay Makenfrom New Delhi seat, formerUnion minister and eminentlaw maker Kapil Sibal fromChandni Chow, former MP J PAggarwal from North East andformer city minister Raj KumarChauhan from North Westconstituency have been final-ized. Sibal who is also a RajyaSabha member from UttarPradesh had made it clear thatthat he would contest fromChandni Chowk which he hadearlier represented twice in theLok Sabha.

Other candidates whosenamed figured during the delib-erations included the names offormer MP Mahabal Mishraand former minister ArvinderSingh Lovely Ramesh Kumar,

the younger brother of SajjanKumar.

It may be noted that theCongress had been undertremendous pressure from allieslike veteran NCP leader SharadPawar and West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee tocome to an understanding with AAP. But the alliancecould not be reached out as the AAP was adamant that theCongress shouldalso stitchtogether an alliance in Haryana,Punjab and Goa.

But the Delhi unit wassteadfast in its refusal to haveany truck with the AAP as anyseat sharing arrangement wouldbe detrimental to the interrst ofthe grand old party, party insid-ers added.

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The underdeveloped hin-terlands of Chambal, once

famous for dreaded dacoits,envisage a change with therelease of Chambal Manifesto2019 ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

Released by former banditqueen-turned-Member ofParliament Phoolan Devi’smother Moola Devi at her villageSheikhpura Gura in Jalaun dis-trict of Uttar Pradesh, the man-ifesto talks about bringing devel-opment in the area. It suggestsformation of Chambal Aayog forunderstanding the problems of

Chambal and demands a specialpackage for the development ofChambal with the formation ofChambal Vikas Board. It alsotalks about establishing a FilmCity in the area.

Social activist Shah Alam,who prepared the manifestoafter talking to hundreds ofpeople across the region, saysthe time to end exploitation ofChambal has come and changeis awaiting here.

“Chambal is looking atchange. This region is stereo-typed for dacoits and criminalsbut it is inhabited by simple andgullible people who need

Government attention forsocio-economic transforma-tion. Conditions have notimproved with the poor still liv-ing in pathetic conditions” saidShah to The Pioneer.

Shah, who also managesAwam Ka Cinema, hit theheadline in 2017 for embarkingupon awareness campaign oncycle covering more than 2000km in the region.

Shah had organised theJan Sansad in the region in 2017under the aegis of ChambalStudy Circle. He is also plan-ning to establish ChambalUniversity in the region.

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New Delhi: India and theNetherlands Thursday dis-cussed ways to strengthen bilat-eral political and economicties, including boosting coop-eration at the United Nationsand other international fora.

The two countries heldForeign Office Consultationshere, with the Indian side ledby A Gitesh Sarma, Secretary(West), Ministry of ExternalAffairs, and Johanna (Yoka)Brandt, Secretary General,Ministry of Foreign Affairs,leading the Dutch delegation.“India and the Netherlandsshare a multi-faceted relation-ship. Both countries used thisopportunity to review theentire gamut of bilateral rela-tions, including political, eco-nomic, commercial, scientificand cultural cooperation,” theMinistry of External Affairssaid in a statement.

The two sides alsoexchanged views on regionaland multilateral issues, includ-ing cooperation at the UnitedNations and other interna-tional fora, it added. PTI

New Delhi: The ElectionCommission on Thursdayserved a notice to UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath over his “Ali andBajrang Bali” comment madeon Tuesday during election-eering in Meerut, stating that itviolated the model code ofconduct (MCC) and provi-sions of the Representation ofPeople’s Act.

The EC notice askedAdityanath to explain his standabout the remark within 24hours of the receipt of the notice,failing which the Commissionwill take further decisions.

The EC said that theSupreme Court has held thatreligion and caste cannot beused by anyone while makingstatements during electioneer-ing, or otherwise.

“The Commission is primafacie of the opinion that youhave violated the provisions ofthe model code of conduct, therelevant sections ofRepresentation of People’s Actand wilfully disobeyed theorder of the Supreme Court bymaking the impugnedremarks,” the EC said.

Targeting Bahujan SamajParty chief Mayawati for herrecent remarks urging theMuslim community not to splittheir votes between theCongress and the SP-BSP-RLDalliance, Adityanath had said:“Agar Congress, SP, BSP ko ‘Ali’par vishwaas hai toh humeinbhi ‘Bajrang Bali’ par vishwaashai (If the Congress, SamajwadiParty and Bahujan Samaj Partyhave faith in Ali, we have faithin Hanuman).” IANS

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Pakistan on Thursdayendorsed the demand that

the UK Government must apol-ogise for the 1919 JallianwalaBagh massacre and the famineof Bengal ahead of the 100thanniversary of the mass killing.

While endorsing thedemand for apology from theBritish government over theJallianwala Bagh massacre ontwitter, Information MinisterFawad Chaudhry also said theUK must return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to Lahoremuseum.

“Fully endorse the demandthat British Empire must apol-ogise to the nations of Pakistan,

India and Bangladesh onJallianwala Massacre andBengal famine...These tragediesare the scar on the face ofBritain, also Koh-e-Noor, mustbe returned to Lahore museumwhere it belongs,” he tweeted.

The Pakistani minister’sstatement came a day afterBritish Prime Minister TheresaMay described the JallianwalaBagh massacre in Amritsar asa “shameful scar” on BritishIndian history but stoppedshort of a formal apologysought by a cross-section ofParliament in previous debates.

In a statement, marking the100th anniversary of the mas-sacre at the start of her week-ly Prime Minister’s Questions

in the House of Commons, shereiterated the “regret” alreadyexpressed by the BritishGovernment.

May’s statement came afterBritish MPs at WestminsterHall of the Parliament complexdebated the issue of a formalapology for the massacre tomark its centenary thisSaturday.

The massacre took place inJallianwala Bagh in Amritsaron Baisakhi in April 1919 whenthe British Indian Army troops,under the command of ColonelReginald Dyer, fired machineguns at a crowd of peopleholding a pro-independencedemonstration.

Historical records claim

that Dyer had fired on theBaisakhi gathering withoutwarning and continued to firefor 10 minutes even as theywere trying to escape, while heblocked the main exit with hissoldiers and armoured vehicles.

The massacre saw morethan 1,000 unarmed men,women and children killed bythe British army riflemen.

The Bengal famine leftabout 3 million people dead in1943-44.

Then British Prime MinisterWintston Churchill had orderedthe diversion of food from starv-ing Indian civilians to well-sup-plied British soldiers and even totop up European stockpiles inGreece and elsewhere.

From Page 1“If a State Government

considers that release of anyconvict on parole is absolutelyessential for certain compellingreasons, in that case, the StateGovernment shall consult theChief Electoral Officer (CEO)concerned before grantingparole,” the EC said.

It added that parole shouldbe given in cases of “extremeemergency and it should beensured that they do notindulge in any election-relatedactivities”.

“However, if grant of paroleto such (drug crime accused)offenders becomes necessaryfor certain reasons, thenadvance intimation shall begiven to police and drug lawenforcement agencies, includ-ing the NCB (narcotics controlbureau) zonal units, so that awatch on their activities may bekept,” the EC said.

If such a person is foundindulging in any objection-able activity, his parole “should

be cancelled forthwith”, the ECcommunication said.

“The district election offi-cers shall also apprise theObservers of the constituenciesconcerned about the release ofconvicts on parole, if any,” theEC added.

As per the EC, the flyingsquad has seized 14,604 kgdrug from Maharashtra, 6,551kg from Madhya Pradesh,5,371 kg from Punjab, 146 kgfrom Karnataka, 111 kg fromGujarat, 108 kg from Bihar; 46kg from Himachal Pradeshand 10.4 kg from Jharkhand.The EC has deployed hundredsof general observers, expendi-ture observers and static andmobile surveillance teams inthe country to keep watch onthe flow of black money andother illegal gratification so thatthe level playing field of hold-ing fair polls is not disturbed.

During the election to fiveState Assemblies last year, theEC had seized drugs and nar-cotics worth Rs 17 crore.

From Page 1When contacted, a Home

Ministry spokesperson said assoon as the Ministry’s attentionwas drawn to reports about theincident, the Director (SpecialProtection Group) was asked toverify the factual position.

“Director (SPG) hasinformed MHA that they havegone through the video clip-ping of the incident very close-ly. The ‘green light’ shown inthe clipping was found to bethat of a mobile phone used bythe AICC photographer, whowas video-graphing theimpromptu Press interaction ofRahul Gandhi near the collec-torate at Amethi.

“The Director (SPG) hasalso informed the MHA thatthis position was conveyed tothe personal staff of RahulGandhi. The Director (SPG)has confirmed that there wasno security implication what-soever,” the spokespersonsaid.

Congress chief spokesper-son Randeep Surjewala theparty has written no letter per-taining to alleged securitybreach to Home MinisterRajnath Singh.

From Page 1Assange sought refuge at

the Ecuador Embassy inKnightsbridge in June 2012,having lost an appeal againstextradition to Sweden for ques-tioning on allegations of rapeand sexual assault that went upto the UK Supreme Court.

While the Swedish casehas since been dropped,Assange was wanted byScotland Yard for breach of bailand faced arrest the moment hestepped out of the diplomati-cally immune territory. Butonce that immunity was lifted,he was taken into custody.

The UK Government wel-comed the arrest, which it saidwas the result of “extensive dia-logue” between the UK andEcuador. A Downing Streetspokesperson stressed that theUK did not lobby for his arrestin any way and the “decision torevoke asylum” was entirely

made by Ecuador. “Ecuador’s actions recog-

nise that the UK’s justice sys-tem is one in which rights areprotected and in which, con-trary to what Mr Assange andhis supporters may claim, heand his legitimate interests willbe protected,” UK home secre-tary Sajid Javid said in a state-ment to Parliament.

Wikileaks tweeted thatEcuador had acted illegally interminating Assange’s politicalasylum “in violation of inter-national law”.

The relationship betweenAssange and his host country hadsoured considerably in recentmonths, resulting in the Wkileaksco-founder taking legal actionagainst Ecuador last Octoberfor allegedly violating his “fun-damental rights and freedoms”.He was placed under a new setof house rules and allowed onlylimited internet access.

From Page 1In this backdrop, the Army

had to create three controlcentres of its own, includingRomeo force to take care ofRajouri, Delta Force for Dodaregion and Uniform centre forother regions.

All these centres compriseRashtriya Rifles troops of theArmy. Incidentally, they areonly two such centres in Northof Pir Panjal as the area is small.

The early 1990s had wit-nessed large scale infiltration inSouth of Pir Panjal and terror-ist related incidents and relent-less operations over the yearsbrought the situation wellunder control after a few years.

In fact, the region had notseen any incidents in the lastone decade.

Taking note of the threatposed by Pakistan renewedeffort to increase levels of vio-lence in this region, sourcessaid it may pose a far biggerchallenge given the vastness ofthe area. The security estab-lishment will undertake areview of its counter-insur-gency and counter-infiltrationstrategy in the background ofthe emerging situation, theyadded.

Meanwhile, the mortal

remains of Sharma and hisPersonal security Officer(PSO), Rajinder Kumar, killedin a terrorist attack inside dis-trict hospital on Tuesday, wereconsigned to flames at a his-toric Chougan parade groundin Kishtwar.

In effort to prevent anycommunal strife in the wake ofthe murder, the district admin-istration continued with curfewrestrictions in Kishtwar regioneven on Thursday. KishtwarDeputy Commissioner A SRana said there was no reportof any untoward incident fromanywhere in the district andstrict vigilance was being main-tained in all sensitive areas.

Situation in the area wasvolatile despite heavy presenceof security forces onWednesday as a group of agi-tated local residents peltedstones on the office ofSuperintendent of Police nearChougan parade ground dur-ing the funeral procession.Police had to resort to use oftear smoke shells to dispersethe crowd.

Rana said the situation wasbrought under control as someprotesters pelted stones afterthe cremation ceremony wasover. He said the army columns

remained deployed in the areaand no major incident of vio-lence was reported in the area.Earlier, district authorities pre-vented large gathering ofmourners in the area antici-pating violence during the lastrites. Several senior BJP lead-ers and local residents were notallowed to proceed towardsChougan by the local authori-ties in the wake of curfewrestrictions.

EX-BJP MLA ShaktiParihar, along with his sup-porters, was not allowed to pro-ceed towards Kishtwar fromDoda by the district authoritiesand prevented from travellingon the highway.

Similarly, chairman of theDogra Swabhimaan Sangathanparty Lal Singh was taken in topreventive custody while he toowas moving towards Kishtwarto attend funeral procession ofRSS leader.

As regards the investigationsinto the killing of the RSS leader,the police have picked up severalover ground workers (OGWs)for questioning. “We havepicked up some people, mostlyknown as over ground workers(OGWs). They are being inter-rogated,” the Inspector Generalof Police (IGP), Jammu zone, MK Sinha told reporters on thesidelines of his visit to a pollingstation to oversee the securityarrangements, reported PTI onThursday.

From Page 1As the news of firing was

flashed on wireless, the districtmagistrate Akhilesh Singh andthe Senior Superintendent ofPolice (SSP) Ajay Kumar rushedto the spot and found the peacerestored at the polling station.

The DM asked the votersto cast their votes and the re-polling started in the presenceof the District Magistrate. “Thepolling remained suspendedfor 25 minutes,” said the DM.

The DM had also sum-moned the BSF command-ment Virendra Dutton took

over the command and processof polling restored.

Kairana and seven otherseats in western Uttar Pradesh- Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar,Bijnor, Meerut, Baghpat,Ghaziabad and GautamBuddha Nagar - voted in thefirst of the seven phases in theLok Sabha election. UttarPradesh, which has 80 parlia-mentary seats, will see pollingin all seven phases of the LokSabha election.

In Kairana, the SP is field-ing Tabassum Hasan, the sittinglawmaker from the Rashtriya

Lok Dal (RLD), as a joint can-didate of the Akhilesh Yadav-Mayawati-Ajit Singh combine.Hasan had won the KairanaLok Sabha by-election last yearwhen she contested on an RLDticket and as a joint candidateof the Opposition.

Kairana, 119 km fromDelhi, became a test case for asuccessful Opposition collabo-ration to defeat the BJP in itsown seat. For the BJP, Kairanaholds immense significance asit was defeated in the LokSabha by-election held lastyear.

From Page 1The polling percentage in

Meerut and Baghpat stood at 63around 63.90 per cents respec-tively.

The voting percentage inKairana was 62.10 per cent,Muzaffarnagar 65.66 per cent,Bijnor 65.40 per cent and 60.15per cent in Gautam BuddhaNagar, they said.

At a Kairana polling booth,a BSF jawan fired in air to dis-perse some people, who werenot carrying their identity cardsand tried to forcibly enter thepremises to cast vote, police said.

The incident took place ata polling booth in RasoolpurGujran village under Kandhlapolice station around noon.

In Muzaffarnagar, BJP MPSanjeev Balyan stoked a con-troversy by demanding thatmale officials check the identi-ty of burqa-clad women at pollstations where women securitypersonnel had not been posted.

“If someone comes in aburqa, whether the same personis coming four or five times,how will you check,” Balyan toldreporters in Muzaffarnagar.

Three Union Ministers - VKSingh (Ghaziabad), SatyapalSingh (Baghpat) and Mahesh

Sharma (Gautam BuddhaNagar) - are in the fray in thefirst leg of the seven-phase polls.

The BJP had won all theeight seats in 2014 Lok Sabhaelections but lost Kairana seatin a bypoll held later. Thecommunally sensitive seat ofMuzaffarnagar is witnessing aclash between RLD chief AjitSingh and Balyan. Some secu-rity personnel on election dutyin Noida were served meals inpackets labelled “Namo Foods”,triggering criticism from theOpposition even after the localpolice said the packs only dis-played the name of the foodshop.

Sporadic violence marredthe polling to Assembly and LokSabha elections in AndhraPradesh, reportedly leaving twoYSR Congress and one rulingTDP member dead as the Statewitnessed over 77 per centvoter turnout.

Incidents of EVM damageand stone-pelting marked thehigh octane polling that saw alarge number out of the over3.97 crore eligible voters turn-ing up braving the scorchingsummer heat. The election willdecide the fate of incumbentChief Minister N ChandrababuNaidu and main OppositionYSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy, son of late ChiefMinister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.Other contenders include theCongress, BJP and the JanaSena of Pawan Kalyan, who has

tied up with BSP. Polling wasalso held simultaneously for175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabhaseats in the State, in the first gen-eral election after bifurcation ofAndhra Pradesh and creation ofTelangana in June, 2014.

The ruling TDP raised ahue and cry over malfunction-ing of electronic votingmachines (EVMs) and blamedthe Election Commission forfailing to conduct the electionsproperly.

An estimated 61 per cent ofvoters cast their votes onThursday in Lok Sabha electionsin Telangana, exercise passed offpeacefully, officials said.

All the 17 segments, includ-ing Nizamabad that saw over170 farmers contesting demand-ing remunerative price for theirproduce, went to polls in thesingle phase and till 5 pm,60.57 per cent voting wasrecorded.

In Maharashtra, altogether55.78 per cent voters onThursday exercised their fran-chise in the first phase of pollingin seven Lok Sabha constituen-cies in the Vidarbha region. Thisis 6 per cent lower turnout incomparison to 2014. The StateChief Electoral office saidNaxal-hit Gadchiroli-ChimurLok Sabha seat witnessed animpressive 61.33 per cent voterturn-out, while 60.50 per centelectorate exercised the fran-chise in Bhandara-Gondiya.

Chandrapur recorded

55.97 per cent polling, fol-lowed by 55.36 per cent inWardha, 53.97 per cent inYavatmal-Washim, 53.13 percent in Nagpur and 51.72 percent in Ramtek (SC) seat.

Prominent candidates inthese constituencies were UnionMinisters and senior BJP lead-ers Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur)and Hansraj Ahir(Chandrapur).

An estimated 53.06 percent voter turnout was record-ed in four Lok Sabha con-stituencies of Bihar which wentto the polls in the first phase onThursday, a top election officialsaid. Altogether 70.52 lakh vot-ers were eligible to exercisetheir franchise in the four LokSabha seats which had 44 can-didates in the fray.

“A total of 53.06 per centvoting was recorded in four LokSabha constituencies ofAurangabad, Gaya, Nawadaand Jamui. It was 2.27 per centhigher turnout in these fourseats in comparison to 2014general elections,” ChiefElectoral Officer (CEO) HRSrinivas told reporters here.This is a decline of three percent in comparison to 2014.

Brisk polling was recordedin Odisha on Thursday with 68per cent of the over 60 lakh elec-torate casting their votes infour Lok Sabha seats and 28Assembly constituencies. In2014, the State had recordedturnout of 73 per cent.

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NaMo TV cannot air anypolitical content without

getting approval by the mediacertification and monitoringcommittee (MCMC), ElectionCommission has told the Delhichief electoral officer underwhom the MCMC functions.

In a letter to the DelhiChief Electoral Officer, theElection Commission said anypolitical publicity material on

electronic media without cer-tification should be removedimmediately as the ModelCode of Conduct is in place.

“As NaMo TV/Content TVis sponsored by a politicalparty, all recorded programmesof political contents displayedon the channel/platform wouldbe covered under the purviewof the Commission’s Order...”the Election Commission’s let-ter reads.

“Any political publicitymaterials/contents, being dis-played on electronic mediawithout the requisite certifica-tion from competent authori-ty (MCMC in this case) shouldbe removed immediately andany political content shall onlybe permitted strictly in accor-dance with the EC instructions

in this regard,” the letter adds.The Delhi Chief Electoral

Officer had approved the logoof NaMo TV, which the BJPsaid is part of the NaMo Appthat it owns, but did not “cer-tify” the content as it containedthe old speeches of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

As per EC instructionsdated April 15, 2004, issued fol-lowing SC order dated April 13,2004 in Secretary, I&B VsM/sGemini TV, all politicaladvertisements and politicaladvertisements are mandatori-ly required to be pre-certified byMCMC before telecasting/dis-playing. EC has asked DelhiCEO to ensure implementationof the commission’s aboveinstructions and send a com-pliance report immediately.

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platforms Twitter, Whatsappand Facebook have removedmore than 500 posts, adver-tisements, accounts and otherobjectionable content foundto be violating the poll code,following directions of theElection Commission betweenApril 10 and 11, the poll bodysaid Thursday.

“Facebook -468 posts werereported and removed. Theposts included violations ofMCC and voter misinforma-tion. One post from Karnataka,two posts from Assam and theremaining from Telangana. 32ads active in Telangana wereremoved. Seven ads and twopost are reported, awaitingaction,” the EC said.

Micro-blogging site Twitterhas removed two accountswhile action on 39 others isawaited.

“One was fake account of

CEO UP, the account wasdeleted. The other account waspromoting animosity betweencommunities. The account wassuspended. 39 tweets arereported on account of MCCviolations,” it said, adding thatthe account of one WhatsAppuser from Manipur was dis-abled for spreading contentpromoting animosity betweenvarious communities.

Between March 10 andApril 9, the media platformshave removed six such contents- two tweets were reported onTwitter, one was creating pub-lic mischief and the other wasviolation of the model code ofconduct.

Five violations, all fromKarnataka, were reported onFacebook during this periodand all have been removed. Thefirst round of polling in theseven-phase Lok Sabha electionwas held on Thursday. PTI

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) has car-

ried out searches at six loca-tions in Mumbai in connectionwith a �1,400-crore allegedloan default by an aluminiumfoil manufacturing firm, offi-cials said here on Thursday.

The CBI searched thepremises of Kamlesh Kanungogroup, Kirti Kedia Group andJK Shah group as the ParekhAlumunium allegedly divertedto these firms a sizeable portionof �1,400 crore loan takenfrom 22 banks.

Officials said the ParekhAluminium availed of the loanfrom the 22 banks from 2004-12 and diverted a major por-

tion of the fund to the threegroups.

Based on cases registeredin 2017, the searches began ear-lier this week and completedWednesday night, officials said.

The officials are scrutinis-ing the seized materials andfurther action like summoningthe suspects would begin soon,sources said.

As per the banking norms,the loan amount has to beutilised for the purpose thefund has been taken. Diversionof loan fund is against thebanking norms and falls in theambit of criminality.

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Even as a US website report-ed that a batch of Pakistani

pilots were trained on Rafalefighter jets being procured byQatar Air Force, FrenchAmbassador to New DelhiAlexandre Ziegler on Thursdaydismissed it as “fake news.”This categorical denial came asthere were concerns in theIndian military establishmentover the report.

In an effort to set the pos-sible controversy at rest, theFrench ambassador tweeted “Ican confirm that it is fakenews.” French diplomaticsources further said noPakistani pilot was ever trainedon Rafale jets in France.

American aviation industrywebsite ainonline.Com reportthat the first batch of pilotstrained on the Rafale fighter jetfor Qatar in November 2017were Pakistani exchange offi-cers. The report further said“Escadron de Chasse 04.030was established at Mont-de-Marsan as the Qatar RafaleSquadron on Oct. 1, 2017.”

Qatar which is the othercountry besides India to ink adeal for Rafale jets, took the

delivery of first Rafale onFebruary 6 this year. In a pressstatement, Dassault had saidQatar had signed for 24 Rafalefighters in May 2015. InDecember 2017, it ordered anadditional 12 fighters. The dealfor the first 24 fighters is valuedat euro 6.3 billion. India hasinked a contract for 36 Rafalejets at a cost of �59,000 crores.

The Government to gov-ernment contract is dogged bycontroversy with the Congresscharging the NDA Governmentwith wrong doing in the dealand favouring industrialist Anil

Ambani’s firm RelianceDefence bag an offset contractwith Dassault Aviation, themanufacturer of Rafale jets.

On Friday, the SupremeCourt also rejected the centre’sargument that classified doc-uments accessed by the mediaon the Rafale fighter jet dealcannot be evidence. The courtsaid it will examine the secretdocuments while consideringpetitions asking for a review ofits order giving the govern-ment a clean chit on the dealthat the opposition allegeswas corrupt.

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On World Parkinson’s Daymarked on Thursday, doc-

tors said that the neurodegen-erative disorder, commonlyaffecting elderly population, isnow taking toll on even peopleless than 40 years in the coun-try. Those who have a familyhistory of Parkinson’s are moreat risk much like those who areexposed to environmental tox-ins such as insecticides, cont-aminated water and man-ganese, they said.

The progressive neurode-generative disease is caused bythe deficiency of dopamine, achemical produced by nigros-triatal neurons of the brain.Degeneration of these braincells marks the onset of the dis-ease that can be treated butdoes not have a cure.

“We receive about 25 casesof Parkinson’s every monthand it is certainly no longer ageriatric disease. While three-fourth of the patients are

between 40 and 60 years, therest comprise patients as youngas 20 years,” said Dr AKSahani, Head Neurology,Delhi-based Indian SpinalInjuries Centre.

But one must be aware ofthe warning signs. (See Box)

People should try to avoidexposure to insecticide, herbi-cides, and toxic heavy metalssuch as manganese, said DrSahani.

Dr Rajesh Garg, Directorand HOD, Neurology, FortisHospital Shalimar Bagh was ofthe opinion that the vast major-ity of Parkinson’s cases are notdirectly inherited while about 3per cent to 5 per cent of peoplewith Parkinson’s report havinga relative with the disease. Also,people with an affected first-degree relative, such as a parentor sibling, have a four to ninepercent higher chance of devel-oping the disease.

In advanced cases, Deepbrain stimulation (DBS), whichinvolves minimal permanent

surgical changes to the brain, isprescribed to treat symptomslike tremor, rigidity, stiffness,slowed movement and walkingproblems.

In fact, introduction ofApomorphine that stimulatesthe production of dopamine bynerve cells in the brain, provid-ing quick and effective relief topatients and improving theirquality of life is now a buzz inthe sector. Bengaluru-basedVikram Hospitals last year in

association with the UK-basedpharma firm BritanniaPharmaceuticals launched thedrug in the country.“Apomorphine, available both asinjections and infusion pumps,has been popular in the West forover 15 years in the managementof Parkinson’s, but Indianpatients could not benefit fromit until now,” said Dr. SomeshMittal, CEO, Vikram Hospitals,Bengaluru. On the other hand,Rusan Pharma, is said to become

a first Indian pharma companyto indigenously develop andlaunch the new approved drugfor the treatment of Parkinson’sin the country.

Dr Shivam Om Mittal,Parkinson’s Disease &Movement Disorders Specialist,Vikram Hospitals, Bengalurupointed out that the currentprevalence of PD in India isaround 300-400 out of 100,000,which is expected to more thandouble by 2030. It will be amajor non-communicabledegenerative disorder alongwith dementia to burden thehealthcare system of India.Experts like Tejali Kunte,Clinical Psychologist, Danceand Movement therapist atParkinson’s Disease andMovement Disorder Society(PDMDS) have also recom-mended complementary ther-apies such as exercise, boxing,yoga, and Tai chi and mindful-ness techniques such as medi-tation, manual practices such asacupuncture and massage.

New Delhi: The Uttar PradeshGovernment on Thursday toldthe Supreme Court that formerMP Ateeq Ahmad, who waslodged in Deoria jail, hadindeed assaulted and kid-napped a businessman onDecember 26 last year.

Confirming the incident,the UP government said CCTVcameras in the jail complexwere tampered with at the time.

A bench of Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi and justicesDeepak Gupta and SanjivKhanna said it would consid-er the report submitted by UPgovernment on April 23.

In a report submittedthrough senior advocate VijayHansaria, appointed as amicuscuriae (friend of court), thestate government said depart-mental action against five jailofficials has been initiated.

Hansaria, assisted by advo-cate Sneha Kalita, told the benchthat jail norms were relaxedwith respect to visitors meetingthe former parliamentarian.

In his submission, thesenior advocate said there are109 cases registered againstAhmad from 1979 to 2019which include 17 murder cases,12 cases under UP Gangster

Act, eight under Arms Act andfour under UP Goonda Act.

Hansaria said eight casespending investigation were reg-istered against Ahmad between2015 and 2019 of which two aremurder cases.

The report said the stategovernment has constitutedtwo committees which primafacie found names of two per-sons, including businessmanMohit Jaiswal’s, in visitors reg-ister for meeting Ahmad.

It said the committees havefound the jail superintendentand other jail officials guilty forthe assault on the businessman,and departmental proceedingsagainst five officials and thestate government has sus-pended three persons.

The report further saidthat after the incident wasreported in media and FIR waslodged by the businessman,Ahmad was transferred fromDeoria jail to Bareilly jail in UPand efforts were being made toarrest the associates of the for-mer lawmaker, who wereinvolved in the incident.

Ateeq Ahmad was a five-time MLA and one-time MPand has been jail since Feb 11,2017. PTI

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Holding that there was clearabuse of public power, the

Supreme Court on Thursdayimposed a �20-lakh fine onWest Bengal Government overnot allowing screening of satir-ical film “Bhobishyoter Bhoot”and castigated the state police,saying its action poses a gravedanger to personal liberty andfree speech and expression.

In scathing remarks, thetop court said that by pullingdown the film from the the-atres, the West Bengal policeoverreached their statutorypowers and became “instru-ments in a concerted attempt tosilence speech, suborn viewscritical of prevailing culturesand threaten law abiding citi-zens into submission”.

The top court alsorestrained the West Bengal gov-ernment from using “extra con-stitutional” means to stop thescreening of the film and saidthe state shall specifically ensurethat the properties of the theatreowners are duly protected andviewers safety is looked after.

“We have no manner ofdoubt that this was a clearabuse of public power. Thepolice are entrusted withenforcing law. In the presentcase, the West Bengal policehave overreached their statu-

tory powers and have becomeinstruments in a concertedattempt to silence speech, sub-orn views critical of prevailingcultures and threaten law abid-ing citizens into submission,” abench comprising Justices D YChandrachud and HemantGupta said in its verdict on aplea by the filmmakers.

The apex court said thefine amount would be given toproducers and cinema hallowners as compensation forviolation of right to freedom ofspeech and expression. It alsoawarded Rs 1 lakh as litigationcosts to the producers.

It said that the petitionershave suffered violation of theirfundamental right to freespeech and expression and oftheir right to pursue a lawfulbusiness.

The apex court said thatthe state of West Bengal hadinformed it that it had nottaken recourse to its statutorypowers either under state orUnion legislation.

“If that be so, there has tobe some explanation forth-coming before the court whythe film was simultaneouslyremoved from the theatres, atone stroke, shortly after release.

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The HRD Ministry onThursday appointed vice

chancellors to three universitiesafter the Election Commissiongave its nod as the ModelCode of Conduct is in placedue to the Lok Sabha elections.The three universities are JamiaMillia Islamia, MahatmaGandhi Central University inMotihari and Mahatma GandhiAntarrashtriya HindiVishwavidyalaya in Wardha.

“Najma Akhtar has beenappointed as the VC of Jamiawhile names of Sanjiv Sharmaand Rajaneesh Kumar Shuklahave been approved for the toppost at Motihari Central uni-versity and Wardha’s MahatmaGandhi varsity,” a senior HRDministry official said.

While no appointments areallowed during this period, theHRD Ministry had approachedthe Election Commission seek-ing its nod arguing that theselection process was completebefore the model code cameinto place.

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If the identity of the pur-chasers of electoral bonds

meant for transparent politicalfunding is not known, then theefforts of the Government tocurtail black money in electionswould be “futile”, the SupremeCourt said Thursday.

The top court reservedverdict on the plea of an NGOwhich has challenged the valid-ity of the scheme and hassought that either the issuanceof electoral bonds be stayed orthe names of donors be madepublic to ensure transparencyin the poll process.

The Centre vehementlysupported the scheme sayingthat the purpose behind it is toeliminate the use of blackmoney in elections and askedthe court not to interfere withit at this stage and examine thewhether it has worked or notonly after the elections.

“So far as the electoralbond scheme is concerned, it isthe matter of policy decision of

the government and no gov-ernment can be faulted fortaking policy decision,” it toldthe bench comprising ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi andJustices Deepak Gupta andSanjiv Khanna.

The bench asked AttorneyGeneral KK Venugopal, repre-senting the government, as to

whether bank knows the iden-tity of purchasers at the time ofissuing the electoral bonds.

Venugopal answered inaffirmative and then said thebanks issue bonds after ascer-taining KYC which is applica-ble for opening the bankaccounts.

“When the bank issues theelectoral bond, does the bankhave details on which bond wasissued to ‘X’ and which bondwas issued to ‘Y’,” the benchasked.

On getting the response innegative, the bench said, “If theidentity of purchasers of bondsis not known then there will begreater ramification on theIncome Tax law and all your(government’s) efforts to cur-tail black money will be futile”.

Venugopal said bonds arepurchased through properbanking channels by usingwhite money and throughcheques, demand drafts andelectronic means and no thirdparty cheques are allowed toprocure bonds.

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The Supreme Court onThursday brought down

the curtain on the case ofalleged corruption involvingpoliticians, bureaucrats andcorporates in the Enron-Dabhol power project, sayingthat “long delay” of over 25years, will serve no “usefulpurpose” in continuing withthe judicial commission ofinquiry.

The top court was facedwith the sole question as towhether the judicial commis-sion of inquiry, which was setup on November 7, 2001 underthe chairmanship of former

apex court judge SP Kurdukar,should continue with the probeto ascertain culpability of var-ious public servants in the1993 case.

“In view of the long delayand in view of the fact that dueto non--availability of manypersons involved, no usefulpurpose would be served incontinuing with the judicialcommission of inquiry, weclose the petition in the pecu-liar facts and circumstances ofthe case,” said a bench of ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi andJustices Deepak Gupta andSanjiv Khanna.

The plea for judicialinquiry was raised before the

apex court in view of the find-ings of a committee headed byMahdav Godbole, formerHome Secretary.

The Godbole Committee,in its report to theMaharashtragovernment in 2001, had indi-cated serious illegalities in thematter of award of the contractand processing of approvals,which were prima facie againstpublic interest.

It said that “failure of gov-ernance” was “broad and across

different governments and atboth administrative and polit-ical levels”.

According to the sugges-tion of the GodboleCommittee, a one-man enquirycommission headed by JusticeKurdukar was appointed.

The report had dealt withhandling of the issues duringthe tenure of Sharad Pawar asthe Chief Minister when he wasin Congress Party, the 13-day-long BJP-led Union govern-ment which had reworked thedeal in 1996, the then Shiv Senasupremo Balasaheb Thackerayand his government inMaharashtra headed byManohar Joshi.

While declining the pleafor judicial inquiry, the apexcourt, however, said that nor-mally a probe was needed insuch cases.

“We are of the consideredview that though normally insuch a case a judicial inquiryshould have been conductedbut as far as the present case isconcerned, more than a quar-ter of century has elapsed sincethe first PPA was executed.

“The foreign corporationand the original project pro-ponents are no longer available.Most of the senior officialswould have retired and virtu-ally no action can be takenagainst them.

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The Delhi High Court hasset aside the Centre’s order

suspending the passport of theson of International drugsmuggler Iqbal Mirchi for notjoining the ED’s investigation ina money laundering case.

The court said the passportof Junaid Iqbal MohammedMemon, a Non-ResidentIndian (NRI) who has beenresiding permanently in UAEsince 1993, could not havebeen suspended in public inter-est.

It noted that the Memonhad voluntarily agreed toappear by tele-conferencingand to make arrangements forit but that was not accepted bythe agency.

Justice Vibhu Bakhru reliedon a judgement of the DelhiHigh Court division bench inLalit Kumar Modi’s case inwhich it was observed that

Foreign ExchangeManagement Act (FEMA) didnot entail custodial interroga-tion and, therefore, a requestfor an alternate mode of exam-ination by video conferencingought not to be shrugged aside.

“This court is of the viewthat the controversy involved inthe present petition is coveredby the decision of the divisionbench in Lalit Kumar Modi(supra) and the petitioner’s(Memon) passport could notbe suspended in public inter-est,” the judge said.

“The impugned order sus-pending the petitioner’s pass-port is set aside. However, it isclarified that respondent no.3(ED) is not precluded from ini-tiating any other proceedings aspermissible in law,” the courtsaid.

The court disposed ofMemon’s plea challenging sus-pension of his passport by theCentre in August 2015, on the

ED’s request to revoke thetravel document for his refus-ing to join the investigationdespite issuance of summons.

He had submitted that hehas been carrying on businessin property development andhospitality in UAE since 2011and he was an NRI and notcovered by the provisions ofFEMA.

He claimed that the actionof the authorities to impoundhis passport was arbitrary as itwas not based on any relevantmaterial and was completelycontrary to the records.

The ED had alleged thatMemon has been involved inmoney laundering and hastransferred the sale proceeds ofassets in India, belonging to hislate father to foreign countries.

Pursuant to these allega-tions, certain directives wereissued to him by the agencyand summons were issued ask-ing him to appear in person.

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The Naxal attack inDantewada, a couple of days

ago, failed to deter the voterswho were enthusiastic to casttheir ballot as they came out indroves to register an impressive77 per cent turn out at theShyamgiri polling station in thefirst phase of Lok Sabha pollingon April 11. But north easternStates unexpectedly recorded alower turn out this time around.

While Bihar witnessed anunenthusiastic response fromthe voters with just about 50 percent of them coming to exercisetheir franchise, West Bengalrecorded 81 per cent turnout. 4seats in Bihar and 2 in Bengalwent to polls in the first phase.Interestingly, 7-8 polling stationsin Odisha went with zero pollingdue to naxal fear.

According to ElectionCommissioner, Umesh Sinha,about 56 per cent turnout wasrecorded in Chhattisgarh'sBastar Lok Sabha seat with theShyamgiri polling booth wherethe Maoist attack two days agohad left a BJP MLA dead.

In 2014, the turnout hadbeen 59 per cent. Barring a fewminor incidents, the overallpolling in the Maoist-affectedarea was peaceful, the poll panelsaid. "Long queues of voters wereseen outside the polling stationsin several Maoist-affected areas,"

he added. "Of the 28 Assemblyconstituencies that went to pollsin Odisha, 20 were in Maoist-affected areas of the State. Except7-8 polling booths inChitrakonda block' whichrecorded zero per cent votingbecause of naxal fear, peoplecame out in large numbers in theMaoist belts to exercise theirfranchise," the EC said.

An improvised explosivedevice (IED) blast was reportedin Maharashtra's Gadchiroli dis-trict as voting was underway inthe Maoist-affected district. No

one was injured in the incident.A similar blast was triggered byMaoists in Chhattisgarh'sNarayanpur district in BastarLok Sabha constituency in thewee hours of Thursday but noinjury or casualty took place dueto special security measures asthere was deployment of 80,000security personnel, it said.

As the voter turnout was69%, 60% and 78% in Sikkim,Mizoram and Nagaland respec-tively, the highest turnout amongthe North Eastern States was inTripura with 81.80% of voters

exercising their voting rights forchoosing their representativefor the 17th Lok Sabha. Thevoter turnout was 78.20%, 68%,66% and 67.16% in Manipur,Assam, Arunachal Pradesh andMeghalaya respectively.

Altogether 56 per cent vot-ers exercised their franchise inthe first phase of polling in sevenLok Sabha constituencies inMaharashtra. According to EC,Naxal-hit Gadchiroli-ChimurLok Sabha seat witnessed animpressive 61.33 per cent voterturn-out, while 60.50 per cent

electorate exercised the franchisein Bhandara-Gondiya.Chandrapur recorded 55.97 percent polling, followed by 55.36per cent in Wardha, 53.97 percent in Yavatmal- Washim, 53.13per cent in Nagpur and 51.72 percent in Ramtek (SC) seat.

According to EC, there havebeen some incidents whereEVMs have been damaged. 6incidents in Andhra Pradesh,five in Arunachal Pradesh, onein Bihar, two in Manipur andone in West Bengal.

An estimated 69 per cent ofthe voters in Sikkim have exer-cised their franchise till 5 pm toelect a 32-member StateLegislative Assembly as well asthe lone Lok Sabha memberfrom the State. In 2014, voterturn out was 83.65 per cent.Chamling, who is seeking aneighth successive term as anMLA, is contesting from twoAssembly seats — Poklok-Kamrang and Namchi-Singhithang. Former Indianfootball captain BhaichungBhutia, the working president ofthe Hamro Sikkim party (HSP)has entered into fray from twoAssembly seats as well, includ-ing the Gangtok Assembly con-stituency, reserved for theindigenous Bhutia-Lepcha com-munities.

Voting for two Lok Sabhaconstituencies and 60 Assemblyseats in Arunachal Pradesh wit-nessed 66 per cent voter turnout

this time as compared to 80 percent in 2014.

As per EC, Odisha wit-nessed 68 per cent voter turnoutwhich is lower than 73 per centof 2014. BJD chief, NaveenPatnaik, is seeking fifth term inthe State. As per the trendobserved over the last generalelections, higher turnout inOdisha cannot be categorised asanti-incumbency or pro-incum-bency, but a certain inferencecould easily be drawn out.Higher turnout in Odisha givesa decisive mandate to a party.

Of the 70 lakh people,around 50 per cent voted by theend of the day in the Maoist-affected districts of Gaya,Nawada and Jamui in the firstphase of Lok Sabha elections inBihar.

According to EC, an over-all 56 per cent of the votes werecast in Jammu & Kashmir'sJammu and Baramulla LokSabha constituencies. Voterturnout in Jammu is recorded72.16 per cent and 35.01 per centin Baramulla.

Over 57 per cent of the elec-torate in Uttarakhand cast theirvote on Thursday to seal thefates of 52 candidates as pollingwas held in the first phase of thegeneral elections to its five LokSabha seats.

The turnout recorded at 5pm across the five seats was57.85 per cent, Chief ElectoralOfficer Soujanya said.

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The killings of three persons— two of the YSR Congress

and one of the Telugu DesamParty — in Andhra Pradeshmarred the election atmos-phere in the State with bothparties accusing the other oftriggering violence. AssemblySpeaker, K Siva Prasad Rao,was among the several injuredin the clashes between the twoparties.

The clash occurred atVeerapuram village underTadipatri Assembly con-stituency in the afternoon.

The YSRC alleged that fol-lowers of local TDP MP andMLA, the JC brothers (MP JCDiwakar Reddy and MLA JCPrabhakar Reddy), tried to rigthe votes in a polling booth atVeerapuram.

Another YSRC worker wasalso injured in the incident, theparty alleged in a statement.

Additional police forceshave been rushed to the villageto bring the situation undercontrol.

Noteworthy, clashes hadbroke out between workers ofTDP and YSR Congress at var-ious places in the State as vot-ing got underway.

A mandal parishad mem-ber of YSRC was seriouslyinjured when TDP workersallegedly attacked him at apolling station in Eluru city.

In Jammalamadugu inKadapa district, tension pre-vailed in Ponnathota village asYSRC and TDP workersindulged in stone-pelting.

In Narsaraopet con-stituency of Guntur district,YSRC leaders alleged TDPmen ransacked a polling stationin Yelamanda village and dam-aged the furniture.

Police personnel were alsopreventing YSRC sympathisersfrom entering the pollingbooth, they alleged.

Minor trouble was alsoreported at a few other con-stituencies in Guntur,Prakasam and Anantapuramudistricts as well but neither theelection authorities nor thepolice confirmed the reports.

TDP president and ChiefMinister N ChandrababuNaidu condemned the killingof his party worker and accusedthe YSR Congress of indulgingin violence to win the election.

In neighbouringTelangana, the polling processpassed off peacefully with avoter turnout of over 60 percent.

Andhra Pradesh ChiefElectoral Officer (CEO), GopalKrishna Dwivedi, said therewere some glitches in func-tioning of 381 ElectronicVoting Machines which wererectified immediately. This isthe first general election in theState after bifurcation ofAndhra Pradesh and creationof Telangana in June 2014. Ina statement, the CEO askedpeople not to believe inrumours as the poll process wasgoing on peacefully.

In Guntakal (AP), formerMLA and contesting candidateof Jana Sena Party,Madhusudan Gupta, smashedan EVM in a fit of rage alleg-ing that party symbols were notproperly printed on the ballotunit. He also shouted at thepolling personnel on duty.Gupta was immediately takeninto custody, police said.

The election will decide thefate of incumbent ChiefMinister N ChandrababuNaidu and main OppositionYSR Congress chiefJaganmohan Reddy, son of lateChief Minister Y S RajasekharaReddy. Other contendersinclude the Congress, BJP andthe Jana Sena of Pawan Kalyan,who has tied up with BSP.

Chandrababu Naidu andhis family members exercisedtheir franchise at a polling sta-tion in Undavalli village in Statecapital region Amaravati.

His son, Nara Lokesh, inci-dentally, is the TDP candidatefrom Mangalagiri Assemblysegment that covers Undavalli.

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Jammu: Avtar Krishen's lastwish is to live the remainder ofhis life at his ancestral home inKashmir, and like several dis-placed Kashmiri Pandits, theseptuagenarian said he voted onThursday hoping a newGovernment ends his three-decades "exile".

Krishen is among the sevenlakh-odd Kashmiri Pandits whohad to flee the Valley in thewake of spread of terrorism in1989-90.

The Baramulla and Jammuparliamentary seats in Jammuand Kashmir went to polls in thefirst-phase of the general elec-tions along with 89 other LokSabha seats in India onThursday. "I have again votedwith the hope that a newGovernment will ensure myreturn and rehabilitation in mynative place in Kashmir," saidKrishen, who casted his vote at

the polling booth in Jagati campin Jammu for a candidate inBaramulla in Kashmir.

The camp is one of four thathouses displaced Kashmiri pan-dits. Jagati has around 15,000residents.

The 79-year-old, who fledhis home in a remote hamlet innorth Kashmir's Kupwara dis-trict in 1990, said he has votedwith one wish— returning to hisroots."I have voted in 1996,2002, 2008 and 2014 Assemblyelections and 1999, 2004, 2009,2014 parliamentary elections.See how many governmentswere formed since then. But myvote for 'ghar wapsi' has notbeen addressed at all," saidKrishen.

He said he wants to take hislast breath in his ancestral placeand "this may be the last timethat I will vote...My only wish isto return back to my roots"

Returning officer PankajAnand told PTI that as many as4,593 voters as per M-formprocedures are entitled for vot-ing at 26 polling stations inJammu, Udhampur and Delhi.

The Election Commissionin a notification said 21 specialpolling stations have been set upfor Kashmiri Pandit migrantvoters in Jammu, one inUdhampur and four in Delhi.

Kashmiri Pandits livingacross India, including Jammuand Udhampur, continue tovote for candidates in theirhome constituencies in Kashmirto keep their connect with theValley However, they rue thatrespective governments at theCentre and in the state haveassured but not ensured theirreturn to their ancestral landwith full dignity and security.

Kashmiri Pandits every yearJanuary 19 mark their "exile"

from the Valley and this yearthey completed 30 years.

From a remote area inKupwara's Wadipora belt, fallingin the Baramulla constituency,Chuni Lal, also an elderly,believes that his vote will ensurehis return to his native place forpermanent rehabilitation beforehis death. Though Lal andKrishen believe that voting forcandidates in their home con-stituencies will fulfil their wish,Santosh from Sopore inBaramulla said it is futile as theirdemands have failed to find tak-ers. "Who does not want toreturn to their homes in theKashmir valley. We have votedfor returning in past elections,but no government has ensuredour return for the past 30 years.

"What am I voting for again.It is futile, but we still have faith.They don't want us to return",he said. PTI

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Peaceful polling process ontwo Lok Sabha seats of

Baramulla and Jammu-Poonch, which recorded 54.49per cent polling in the firstphase, ended on a violent noteafter one minor boy was killedand another received injuriesduring clashes in Langate areaof Kupwara district onThursday.

According to groundreports, clashes broke out inthe Mandigam area ofLangate, falling underBaramulla Parliamentary con-

stituency, after the poll processwas over.

According to thesereports, a group of youthreportedly pelted stones onsecurity forces who werereturning after dischargingtheir poll duties. As clasheserupted security forces tried tocontain the situation. Duringclashes, a 13-year-old boy,identified as Owais Mir,received critical injuries andlater, he succumbed to injuriesin district hospital, Handwara.Police has registered an FIR tocarry out detailed investiga-tions in the case.

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Itanagar: A good job, politicalstability and peaceful environ-ment are on the wish list ofmany first time voters inArunachal Pradesh, wheresimultaneous Lok Sabha andassemly polls are being held onThursday.

They want upcoming law-makers of the state to change thenarrative for a better tomorrow,saying the state's developmentshould be their main agenda.

Kalung Pinky, who cast hervote at Government SecondarySchool polling station at P-Sector here, said she had exer-cised her franchise according to

her conscience."People should vote for

those persons, irrespective oftheir party affiliations, who canreally work in the interest of thepeople.

"I hope the first time vot-ers will elect those candidateswho will be able to change thestereotype political scene in thestate so that people can lead apeaceful life without any dis-crimination in the develop-mental process," 21-year-oldPinky said.

Another first time voterYari Nabam who cast her voteat Arunudaya Higher

Secondary School at VivekVihar here, said she wants a sta-ble government in the statethis time.

Norbu Tsering, who cast hisvote at Niti Vihar secondaryschool polling booth here, wasof the view that the new gov-ernment in the state should cre-ate enough employmentavenues for the youths. "We areall concerned about jobs. Thepolitical leaders and lawmakers,we elect, should work onimproving the employment sce-nario," Norbu a student ofEnglish literature in a privatecollege here said. PTI

Hyderabad: Nizamabad LokSabha constituency inTelangana, which went to elec-tions on Thursday, may well getinto the Guiness Book of WorldRecord for the use of largestnumber of electronic votingmachines (EVMs).

With a high number of185 candidates, including 178farmers, in the contest, theElection Commission used 12EVMs in each booth in the con-

stituency.Election officials have

approached the Guinness Bookof to recognise the usage of largenumber of Electronic VotingMachines (EVM) in a con-stituency.

Telangana Chief ElectoralOfficer Rajat Kumar said theyused nearly 27,000 Ballot Unitsfor Nizamabad where the largenumber of farmers jumped intothe fray to highlight their

demand for remunerative pricefor turmeric and red sorghumand setting up of a TurmericBoard there.

We have approached to theconsultant (of Guinness Book)who is based out of Hyderabad.They have given us a question-naire and the answers to someof the questions I have approvedand submitted to them. Theprocess is in motion, RajatKumar told PTI. PTI

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Mamata Banerjee and AmitShah on Thursday

engaged in a furious war ofwords from two different elec-toral rallies in Darjeeling withBengal Chief Minister vowingto form a Trinamool Congress-led Government at the Centreand the BJP president callingupon the people of Bengal to“drive away a corrupt, crimi-nalised and chit fund-aidedTrinamool Congress” dispen-sation from the State.

Shah speaking from a rallyat Kalingpong said duringMamata regime, Bengal hadseen a steady flight of capitalleaving back a “syndicate raj.”There was “no industry exceptthe bomb-making industrythriving in Bengal” he saidadding “law and order situa-tion in the State has deterio-rated further from what it wasearlier.”

Attacking the ChiefMinister for “presiding over aGovernment of thugs and chitfund dealers” Shah said thepoor man’s interest featured theleast in Banerjee’s agenda. “Shehas done nothing for the teaworkers, she has brought theState economy down as there

is no employment, the peopleof Bengal have to go out toother States for employment,”

Shah said there was nodemocracy in the State and theruling party was “clinging onto power by unleashing agoonda raj,” adding this timeround the BJP would clinch 23seats which will pave the wayfor Banerjee’s downfall inBengal.

“Come May 23 it will bethe beginning of TMC’s end inBengal,” he said, the grandalliance of the Opposition par-ties which Banerjee was tryingto lead would fall apart.

Reacting sharply to Shah’sspeech Banerjee who spokehours later at Darjeeling daredthe BJP to “save Delhi firstbefore eying Bengal.”

She said “TMC will leadthe coalition of parties to forma Government in Delhi,” ask-ing the people to “vote for usas we will lead India fromBengal.” Attacking the BJP forselling the country’s interests tothe rich Banerjee said PrimeMinister Narendra Modi wastalking about terror and infil-tration while during his regimeterror attacks had increasedmanifold in India.

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In yet another feather inMamata Banerjee’s cap, her

Government has won inter-national awards for two flag-ship projects called UtkarshBangla and Sabuj Saathi.

The United Nationsrecognised body WorldSummit on the InformationSociety (WSIS) has awardedthe Bengal Government forUtkarsh Bangla a project that

aids the youth in getting tech-nical education and the SabujSaathi which entails providingfree bicycles to the schoolstudents for travelling.

Several lakh of studentsboth girls and boys have beenbenefited from these twinprojects. Earlier the StateGovernment had also woninternational awards forKanyashree projects helpingthe girl students in their edu-cation.

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UPA chairperson SoniaGandhi on Thursday filed

her nomination papers from theRae Bareli Lok Sabha con-stituency in Uttar Pradesh.

She was accompanied byher son and Congress presidentRahul Gandhi, daughterPriyanka Gandhi Vadra andher son-in-law Robert Vadra.

Before filing her nomina-tion papers at the Collectoratehere, the UPA chairperson helda roadshow and offered puja atthe Congress central office here.

Congress general secretaryin-charge for Uttar Pradesh(East) Priyanka Gandhi, herchildren Raihan and Miray,and several party leaders attend-ed the puja at the Congressoffice.

Congress workers carryingparty flags and banners, gath-ered at the Collectorate to greetthe UPA chairperson.

Sonia Gandhi (72) is seek-ing re-election from the seat forthe fifth time in a row.

Rae Bareli, where votingwill be held in the fifth-phase ofthe Lok Sabha polls on May 6,will see a straight contestbetween Sonia Gnadhi andDinesh Pratap Singh, whorecently joined the BJP afterleaving the Congress.

The Samajwadi Party (SP)and the Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) have not fielded a candi-date in the Congress bastion.

Sonia Gandhi had won theseat in 2004, 2006 (by-polls),2009 and 2014.

On Wednesday, RahulGandhi filed his nomination

papers for neighbouring AmethiLok Sabha seat. He had also helda roadshow and was accompa-nied by his family.

The three-term MP fromAmethi will take on UnionMinister and BJP nomineeSmriti Irani.

Like Rae Bareli, in Amethi,too, the SP-BSP-RLD alliance inUttar Pradesh has not to field-ed a candidate.

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The fate of the April 18election from Lok Sabha

constituency of Vellore inTamil Nadu hangs in the bal-ance as the Chief ElectoralOfficer has written to theElection Commission of Indiaabout the seizure of largeamount of cash made by the

Income Tax Department andthe Flying Squad of the elec-tion department from the res-idence and business premisesof Kathir Anand, the DMKcandidate.

This was disclosed by theChief Electoral OfficerSatyabrata Sahoo while speak-ing to reporters in Chennai onThursday. “We have written tothe CEC about the seizure of

unaccounted cash and thepolice complaint filed by us .It is for the ElectionCommission to take a decisionon the letter,” said Sahoo.

He also said that the ECIhas been intimated the detailsof the raid which took placefrom the night of March 29 toApril 1 at the residence ofKathir Anand and the engi-neering college owned by

him at Vellore.An official of the

Election Commission filed acomplaint with the KatpadiPolice on Wednesday that officials of the Income Tax Department and the Flying Squad deployed by theelection Commission seized�11.48 crore from a cementgodown owned by P Srnivasan,said to be a close confidante of

Durai Murugan, DMK trea-surer and father of KathirAnand.

The police complaint hasbeen filed against KathirAnand under Section 125(A)of the Representation ofPeople’s Act 1951, Sections 17(B) (2) and 17 (E) of theIndian Penal Code for filingfalse affidavits and attemptingto bribe voters.

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Alot has been said about theNDA government’s strategytowards doubling farmers’income and the subsequentrecommendations by a special-

ly constituted committee on it. Unlike inthe past, the core theme of this round ofpolicy recommendations has been to con-sider farmers’ income as the fulcrum ofstrategy. The report has laid out multiplerecommendations for achieving the goal ofdoubling farmers’ incomes by 2022.However, it must be noted that most ofthese recommendations are the outcomeof a top-down approach at the Union level,even though much of these policy decisionsneed to be undertaken by StateGovernments. Moreover, only some ofthese recommendations pertain to partic-ular States and these are to be identifiedafter examination at the ground level,which was not undertaken in the commit-tee’s deliberations. Out of the seven-yearperiod set for doubling of farmers’ income,three full agricultural years have alreadygone. There is, therefore, a daunting taskahead. Finally, even though committeereports provide estimates of the investmentrequired to double farmers’ income, noattempt has been made to sequence invest-ment needs. After all, given the fund con-straints for investment and time limitation,the top priority should have been to iden-tify the most binding constraints forincreasing farmers’ income state-wise andallocate funds accordingly.

The binding constraints to farmers’income or economic activity at the Statelevel differ depending on the natural, polit-ical and institutional settings. A betterunderstanding of these constraints helps todevise appropriate policy for efficientallocation of scarce financial resources. Themethodology of growth diagnostics isconceptualised as a decision tree, which fol-lows a top-down approach. This method-ology developed by Hausmann et al (2008)considers the hierarchy of distortions,from the largest to the smallest. The strat-egy could be to start reducing the largestdistortion to the level of the next largest andthen proceed in a similar way in the sub-sequent round. This strategy is found tohave welfare-improving effects. However,this requires a complete list of constraints,which is difficult to obtain and is unknownexplicitly.

According to Hausmann et al (2008),the best strategy, therefore, is to focus onreforms that would alleviate the most bind-ing constraint. The relaxation of the mostbinding constraint is guessed to have thelargest direct effects on farmers’ income/welfare. Since it is impractical to identifythe full list of constraints, it is useful to startfocussing on proximate determinants ofeconomic growth (e.g. infrastructure).After identification of proximate determi-nants, one should search for their associ-ated economic distortions (e.g. tax, corrup-tion, finance), the removal of which wouldhave the largest impact on farmers’ eco-nomic growth. Of course, it is not easy toidentify these distortions.

The strategy is to startwith aggregate outcome such aseconomic growth (agricultur-al income growth in case ofagricultural sector) and itsproximate determinants. Inthe context of a particularcountry, Hausmann et al(2008) began the diagnostic ofeconomic growth throughthree proximate determinants— returns on accumulation,private appropriability and costof financing accumulation. Thefirst stage is to identify whichof these three factors is thegreatest obstacle to economicgrowth. In the next stage, dis-tortions associated with mostbinding constraints or mostsevere of these constraints areto be identified. The mostcommon distortions includeinadequate infrastructure, poorproperty rights and corruption.In short, the growth diagnos-tic approach starts with deter-minants of economic growthand then role of distortions thatunderline the binding con-straints.

A proper diagnosis of eco-nomic growth involves identi-fication of the correct maladies(binding constraints). As dis-cussed earlier, the idea ofgrowth diagnostics is that notall the constraints affect eco-nomic growth equally and thatan appropriate strategy should

consist of identifying mostserious constraints. Hence, suc-cess of growth diagnosticsdepends on identification ofdrivers of growth and thenmost binding constraints ongrowth drivers. Policy reformscan be prioritised for unleash-ing the most binding con-straints on growth. Economictheory and evidence help inidentification of growth driversand binding constraints.

The discussion in theabove sections providesinsights into the details ofgrowth diagnostics frameworkand possible analytical toolsthat can be used to identify thedeterminants of agriculturaloutput growth. Since the prof-it-maximising objective func-tion behind a producer is toequate marginal revenue tomarginal cost, a producerwould produce to the pointwhere this condition holds.Of course, the producer aswell as policy makers can makeinterventions to shift the pro-ducing point by removing con-straints.

What are the binding con-straints for raising agricultur-al income on the input and out-put side? Agricultural outputgrowth depends on farm size,yield (technology), price andcrop/enterprise diversification.Similarly input use depends on

availability of seed, fertiliser,pesticide, labour, machinery,irrigation and credit. Supposethat the overarching problem iswhy has agricultural growth instates slowed down during therecent years? Application ofgrowth diagnostics involvesasking a series of questionsabout the binding constraintson growth determinants. Forinstance, if the problem seemsto be a low scale of farming, isthat due to poor soil quality,inadequate irrigation facility,expensive labour and govern-ment restriction on a particu-lar cropping pattern? Is the lowscale of farming also due toinsecure land tenure, frag-mented land holdings, higherrent or restrictions on landleasing? Yield is an importantdriver of output growth. If lowcrop yield appears to be aproblem, is that due to lack ofaccess to new technology, highcost of technology, failure oftechnology, poor training offarmers to use the technology,low agricultural research anddevelopment expenditure, hightaxes or poor definition ofproperty rights? Similarly,binding constraints on otherdeterminants of output growthcan be identified and then theremedies worked out.

On the input side, farmerscould face a situation where

they get lower returns from themodern inputs and hence lowmotivation, resulting in under-investment on high pay-offinputs. If the problem is withnon-availability of qualityinputs, is that due to corrup-tion, poor quality control, poordelivery system and high cost?If the problem is over the useof inputs affecting sustainabil-ity of production, is that due tosubsidy, poor regulation orlack of awareness? Similarly, ifhigh cost of financing is aproblem, is that due to poorintermediation, low bankingdensity or dominance of infor-mal financing? In a similar way,binding constraints on specif-ic inputs such as fertilisers,seed, labour, irrigation andmachinery can be identifiedand suitable remedies designedto remove the constraints.

Understanding uniquebinding constraints in order ofpriority, State by State, is a firststep towards raising agricultur-al income. The policy actionsaiming at removing distor-tions or making investmentform the next step.

(The authors are AssociateProfessor, Centre for the Studyof Regional Development,School of Social Sciences, JNUand Professor, NCAER respec-tively. The views expressed arepersonal).

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Muscular pledge” (April 10). TheBharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP)manifesto or Sankalp Patra as theparty likes to call it, has laid to restfears of competitive populism. Infact, the vision document is notmuch different from its earlierversion. On such seminal issueslike the construction of a RamTemple at Ayodhya, even thewording of the two manifestoes issimilar. Further, it is replete withpromises of other largesse such aspensions for different segmentsand waiver of interest on farmloans up to �1 lakh. For the ruralpoor, there is a promise of provid-ing piped water to all householdsby 2024 and to link all panchay-ats by high-speed optical fibre by2022. Then there is, of course, thecommitment to fight terror withan iron hand and to deal withexternal enemies sternly.

However, by now, voters havebecome cynical enough to take allmanifestoes with more than apinch of salt. Parties must, hence,take the promises seriously andendeavour to implement them.

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Sir — The apex court has direct-ed a somewhat reluctantElection Commission toincrease by five times the num-ber of Electronic VotingMachines (EVMs), whose votecount must be matched withvoter-verified paper audit trail(VVPAT) slips in each Assembly

segment. This despite the persis-tent confirmation by virtuallyevery serving and former ChiefElection Commissioner (CEC)about the soundness of EVMs.However, the 21-party opposi-tion front is not entirely satisfied.

Apparently, political partiesare difficult to convince. If onlyhad their lordships been as con-fident about the incorruptibili-ty of the EVMs — as Nirvachan

Sadan contends — they ought tohave forcefully rejected theclaims of Opposition partiesand directed them to desistfrom being obstructionist. Yet byordering a less-than tokenincrease in the number ofVVPAT devices, the court haspermitted a continuance of the“no smoke without fire” theory.

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In the aftermath of India’s Mars mission a fewyears back, the New York Times had publisheda cartoon to mock our space endeavours. The

caricature was of an Indian in rustic attire, rep-resenting the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) with a cow beside him, trying to knockon a door of a room in which were seated someelite White people who, perhaps, depictedWestern aerospace agencies. The cartoon spokevolumes about the racist and White supremacist(sic) mentality that still exists in the West andmore so among a section of media over there,which still finds it difficult to acknowledge theaccomplishments of Asian countries like India inspheres, hitherto a monopoly of the West.Therefore, it was not surprising that typical ofproverbial habit, a section of Western mediadoubted the Balakot airstrike and the downingof a Pakistan F-16 jet by an Indian Air Force (IAF)MiG-21 despite its limited understanding of manyaspects of tactical air operations.

The Washington-based Foreign Policy mag-azine recently published an article titled, ‘DidIndia Shoot Down a Pakistani Jet? U.S. Count SaysNo’ with an effort to drive home the point thatIndia may not have shot down a Pakistani F-16since, as per the magazine, “senior US defenceofficials with direct knowledge of the situationtold Foreign Policy that US personnel recentlycounted Islamabad’s F-16s and found nonemissing.”

Even though the Pakistani establishment wasquick to latch on the report in its rush to scorebrownie points, and some in India, too, duringelection time were frothing in their mouth to pinthe Indian armed forces down by referring to thearticle, it did not quite have the intended impact.Later, however, it was also reported that the US’Defence Department officially stated that it wasnot aware of any such head count of F-16 fleetof Pakistani Air Force having been done by itsauthorities, thereby totally shattering the credi-bility of the Foreign Policy article.

IAF did it in 1965 War, too: The pertinentquestion is, where does the truth lie and why aresome having difficulty in accepting it? In the firstplace, this was not the first time that IAF pilotsshot down far superior combat jets even whilethemselves flying more vintage ones. In the 1965India-Pakistan war, there are well-documentedreports of IAF Gnats checkmating technological-ly superior Pakistani F-104 Starfighters and F-86Sabres in aerial combats and downing several ofthem, leading to the depletion of the Pakistan AirForce combat fleet by around 17 per cent by theend of war.

The other important thing to remember isthat IAF pilots are thorough professionals. Theydon’t take up to the sky for jingoism but for seri-ous business. Wing Commander AbhinandanVarthaman would not have crossed the Line ofControl (LoC) at the cost of irrefutable mortaldanger to his life, had he not radar-locked aPakistani F-16 with his short range R-73 missile.Radar locking on a target is like a hunter gettingthe irresistible scent of blood. Wing CommanderAbhinandan could have easily returned to thebase once the Pakistani F-16 had crossed the LoCbut the reason he did not do so was because hewas sure of the kill.

The Indian objective: In spite of themassive End-Use MonitoringAgreement (EUMA) violation byPakistan and feat of IAF in downing anF-16, India, having already shared allevidence with the US, including radarsignatures, visual records and interceptsof Pakistani defence communications,perhaps would not push it too hard toacknowledge the crash. At stake are bil-lions of dollars of business and credi-bility of some of America’s finest aero-space and defence firms. To officiallyacknowledge that a fourth generationand highly upgraded F-16 was shotdown by a third generation Mig-21 andthat the F-16’s evasive manoeuvres orelectronic warfare measures failed tododge a short range R-73 kind ofWithin Visual Range (WVR) missile,would have serious ramifications for theAmerican aerospace industry in termsof business and its halo of invincibili-ty. India’s objective is not that but tofight terror that emanates fromPakistan.

For both India and US, there areother priorities: Having acknowledgedthe feat of IAF, both India and US wouldprefer the matter to slowly get into thebackburner and focus on other majorissues where Indians have convergencewith Americans. The most criticalamong them is surely that of designat-ing Masood Azhar as a global terroristin the UN Security Council wherein theUS has now taken a new approach tonegate the Chinese resistance to themove in the past.

Blacklisting Pakistan by FATFhigh on agenda: The second key issuewhere India is working closely with theUS is in the realm of making a solid case

for blacklisting Pakistan by the FinancialAction Task Force (FATF). This is a crit-ical step in taking forward the fightagainst terrorism emanating fromPakistan. The blacklisting would severe-ly hurt its ability to continue with itssupport of terror infrastructure at thecost of a massive financial catastrophesince blacklisting by FATF can severe-ly impede Pakistan’s already depletedchance of getting financial bailouts fromglobal financial institutions or invitingForeign Direct Investment. As per thePakistan Foreign Office, greylistingalone is costing Pakistan an annual lossof around $ 10 billion.

Defence cooperation: Besides, inthe field of aerospace development,defence cooperation and nuclear powergeneration, several Indian companiesand Government agencies are workingclosely with their American counter-parts. In all these areas, there arestrong dynamics, which is far more crit-ical for India than to push the US intoadmission that a US F-16 was shotdown by the IAF. As a strategic partnerof the US, India has shown enoughmaturity in dealing with the issuerather than creating a ruckus over it.One would also not be surprised if a dis-creet note of applause would also havebeen passed on informally by theAmericans in admiration of the feat ofIAF.

India’s objective is clear andaccomplished: India’s Balakot strikeinto the epicentre of Pakistan’s terrortraining bastion has altered the thresh-old of India’s counter-terror responsemechanism by raising the bar of con-sequence on Pakistan through ‘NonMilitary Pre-emptive Strikes’. This is the

new-normal and this would be thequantum of India’s response every timethere is a major cross-border terrorattack emanating from Pakistan.

However, that does not mean thatsome in the Western or Pakistanimedia would not come up with articlesto discredit India. That is part of theinformation warfare that has to becountered in a different way. Such plant-ing of doubts on India’s abilities has hap-pened for the last 70 years and in spiteof that, India has steered forward.

Will Western media now do somereal journalism? Till date, however,Pakistan has failed to account for thesecond pilot, which both their Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)Spokesperson Gen Asif Ghafoor as wellas Pakistan Prime Minister ImranKhan had emphatically claimed ofbeing in a Pakistani hospital after hisplane had been shot down. Where is henow? Was that a case of mistaken iden-tity of a Pakistani pilot being wronglypresumed to be Indian? Is he still alive?

Or is it that he, the Pakistani pilotof F-16, has died of his wounds andbeen quietly buried to bury the truth?What about the visuals of frantic effortsby Pakistani men in uniform to removedebris of what seemed to be remnantsof a Pakistani F-16 shot down by WingCommander Abhinandan? Which for-eign journalist would dare to investigatethese? Which foreign magazine woulddare to investigate where exactlyPakistan channelised the $33 billion aidfrom the US that it got for fighting ter-ror but did everything else apart fromfighting terror?

(The writer is a New Delhi-basedstrategic affairs analyst)

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Many believe that militarycoups have become a passé.Due to the rapidly chang-

ing dynamics of international pol-itics and economics after the end ofthe Cold War in 1990, the world sawa dramatic decrease in militarycoups. According to the anthology,Sociology of the Military, edited byG Caforio and Marina Nuciari, the20th century was an era of militarycoups. According to the book, themilitary coup was the most fre-quently attempted method ofGovernment change in the men-tioned century — especially betweenthe 1950s and 1980s. There were 112coups in the 1960s, 89 in the 1970s,and 68 in the 1980s. Caforio andNuciari confirmed that there was adrastic decline in the number ofcoups after the 1990s.

The politics of the Cold War(1949-1990) and that of the post-Second World War decolonisationprocess actually encouraged thetwo superpowers — the formerSoviet Union and the US — to facil-itate and even finance militarycoups in various countries as a wayto mark their areas of influence.

According to Caforio andNuciari, over 90 per cent of thecoups between the 1950s and 1990stook place in the so-called ‘ThirdWorld’ and/or developing countries.Yet, it is also true that the mecha-nisms of the military coups in suchnations were inspired by four pre-1950s coups in European countries:Italy (1922), Portugal (1926),Germany (1933) and Spain (1936).On all four occasions, legitimacy formilitary-backed takeovers wasderived from claims of political andeconomic chaos and the need toinstill staunch forms of nation-alisms. In the many Asian, SouthAmerican and African countries,where military coups became anorm between the 1950s and 1990s,legitimacy for military coups wasestablished on similar pretexts.Many political analysts, who have

recently commented on the rise ofnationalism in Europe, the US andIndia, equate this rise with the eco-nomic and political conditionswhich triggered (fascist) coups inEurope in the 1920s and 1930s.Cafiorio and Nuciari wrote that theUS has remained virtually coup-freethroughout. But has it really?

In 1964, Hollywood releasedtwo major films. One was directedby the celebrated film-maker StanleyKubrick and was called DrStrangelove, and the other, SevenDays in May, was directed by anoth-er famous director, JohnFrankenheimer. Kubrick’s film wasa cutting satire on Cold War poli-tics in which a Right-wing US mil-itary general (who is also a vehe-ment conspiracy theorist) attemptsto overthrow the US Government bytriggering a nuclear war against theSoviet Union.

In Seven Days in May, after theUS President signs a peace agree-ment with the Soviet Union, thecountry’s Air Force chief plans totopple the Government through acoup d’etat. Both the films were saidto have been influenced by the tenseevents of the 1962 Cuban Missile

crisis that had nearly caused anuclear showdown between the USand the USSR.

Indeed, the mentioned episodedid influence the making of thesetwo films, but there was more to itthan just this. In 2004, the best-sell-ing American author Philip Rothwrote a novel called The Plot AgainstAmerica. In the novel, real-life USaviator Charles Lindberg, who issaid to have had a soft corner forHitler, wins the 1940 US election. Hesigns a peace treaty with NaziGermany and halts any possibilityof the US entering World War II. Butthen Lindberg’s plane goes missingand Vice-President Wheeler takesover. Meanwhile, German radiosays that Germany has evidence thatthe plane’s disappearance was aJewish plot. This causes widespreadanti-Semitic riots in the US.

The tome was clearly inspiredby a 1935 novel, It Can HappenHere, by Sinclair Lewis, in which aRight-wing populist wins the USpresidential election and imposes anauthoritarian regime through aruthless paramilitary force. In boththe novels, there are no coup d’etatsas such. But these novels and the two

aforementioned films were influ-enced by a lesser known true eventin which a military coup did becomea possibility. It is remarkable howthis event, that has inspired numer-ous works of fiction, is still kept outfrom most American history books.

In 2012, American investigativejournalist, historian and authorSally Denton published his book,Plots Against the President. Thebook is the result of Denton’spainstaking investigation into anevent in which (in 1933) a group ofpowerful American businessmenplotted to finance a coup againstPresident Franklin D Roosevelt.Denton wrote that when theDemocratic Party nomineeRoosevelt won the election in 1932,he inherited a country facing anunprecedented economic depres-sion, widespread unemploymentand a banking crisis threatening thecountry’s monetary system.

What’s more, in Europe at thetime, the same issues were bringingto power populist nationalists andfascists and wiping out democracies.Roosevelt initiated ambitious legisla-tive programmes and reforms, manyof which became blueprints for

future welfare states. The President’sreforms did not go down well withbig businesses and their backers inthe Senate and the Congress.Denton wrote that critics ofRoosevelt’s reforms “feared thatRoosevelt was a communist, asocialist or the tool of a Jewish con-spiracy.”

A plan was hatched in someinfluential circles to removeRoosevelt. Today, it is known as ‘theWall Street putsch.’ According toDenton, the plot was conceived by‘a group of Right-wing financiers.’The idea was to convince thePresident to step down so that a‘military-type dictatorship’ couldbe imposed. Upon the President’srefusal, he was then to be removedthrough a military coup. The groupformed an organisation called theAmerican Liberty League (ALL) forthis purpose. It invested ‘several mil-lions of dollars’ and a stockpile ofweapons.

Denton narrated that chiefs ofmany major American businessesand industries were part of ALL alongwith some anti-Roosevelt politiciansand former military men. An exclu-sive militia of 500,000 men was also

planned, which was to storm theWhite House during the coup. To leadthe militia, ALL approached Major-General Smedly Butler. Butler waspromised three million dollar for theoperation. The group had believedthat Butler was anti-Roosevelt. Whatthe group didn’t know was that,indeed, he was a Republican, but hadturned pro-Democrat in 1932! Butleragreed to lead the militia but almostimmediately leaked the plan to theauthorities.

In 1934, an investigation waslaunched. But to Butler’s disap-pointment, no arrests were made. Acommittee released a report of itsinvestigation but the names of theplotters were blacked out. There arevarious theories as to why such luke-warm action was taken for such aserious plot. The most prominentone is that Roosevelt did not wantto create commotion during his firstterm. Once the plot was curbed, heknew the plotters would stay in line.However, according to Denton, hadButler not leaked the plot, the USmay have become a fascist state, thusaltering the course of 20th centuryhistory.

(Courtesy: The Dawn)

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cent stake in the ailing airlineas security for loans fromPunjab Nat ional Bank,according to a regulatory fil-ing.

Last month, Goyal andhis wife Anita Goyal quit theboard of cash-strapped car-rier as part of a debt resolu-tion plan.

Jet Airways on Thursdayinformed the stock exchangesthat Goyal has pledged over2.95 crore shares or 26.01 percent s take with PunjabNational Bank.

The pledge was createdon April 4 as “security forexisting/ new borrowingstaken by Jet Airways (India)Ltd,” the filing to the BSEsaid.

On the same day, over5.79 crore shares held byhim were released. Thosewere kept under “non dis-posal undertaking” as secu-rity for borrowings taken bythe airline, as per the filing.

Goyal gave up the chair-manship of Jet Airways,which he founded more than25 years ago, under a debtrestructuring plan whereinlenders have taken control ofthe carrier.

Shares of the airline weretrading flat at �264.65 apieceon the BSE.

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In deepening crisis, JetAirways on Thursday said 10

more aircraft have beengrounded due to non-pay-ment of lease rentals, takingthe total number of such planesto 79.

Struggling to stay afloat,the full service carrier hasalready cancelled many flightson various routes.

In a filing to the BSE, theairline said an additional 10 air-

craft have been grounded dueto “non-payment of amountsoutstanding to lessors undertheir respective lease agree-ments”.

Jet Airways, which is look-ing to raise funds, said it ismaking all efforts to minimisedisruption to its network.

“The company also con-tinues to provide required andperiodic updates to theDirectorate General of CivilAviation in this regard,” itadded.

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Despite the many a policythrust on helping small

businesses like the Mudra and59 seconds loan schemes, theshare of the State-run banks inloan disbursals to the MSMEsegment has plunged to 39 per-cent in December 2018 from ahigh 58 percent five years ago,says a report.

According to a report bythe Small IndustriesDevelopment Bank of India(Sidbi), the Government’s spe-cialised vehicle to uplift the sec-tor, and credit informationcompany Transunion Cibil, theplunge is due to the asset qual-ity woes plaguing the state-runbanks.

And the loss of the state-run banks has been the gain ofprivate sector banks and non-banking financiers, which inthe meanwhile, grew at a muchfaster clip, leading to anincrease in their market shareto 33 percent in December2018 from 22 percent inDecember 2013, and up to 21percent from 13 percent,respectively.

The report did not quanti-fy the credit disbursals inabsolute terms though.

It can be noted that thegovernment has been givinga lot of focus to the MSMEsegment through schemeslike Mudra and another oneunder w hich loans arepassed in just 59 seconds,which was launched byPrime Minister NarendraModi last year with muchfanfare.

The massive fall in thecredit share of state-run banksis striking as normally, gov-ernment schemes are drivenon the back of state-runbanks.

“Going forward, we expectthat state-run banks would beable to claw back some of theirlost share as they come out ofthe prompt corrective action(PCA) framework of theReserve Bank,” the report saidThursday.

The PCA is the specialprovision wherein the ReserveBank restricts a lender’s activ-ities due to various reasonsincluding high non-performingassets.

From an NPA perspective,the MSME segment showed animprovement in the quarter toDecember 2018, and Sidbi

chairman and managing direc-tor Mohammad Mustafa con-siders this, along with creditgrowth, as a promising indica-tor.

The overall credit to theMSME segment grew 19.3 per-cent per annum during the fiveyears ending December 2018,the report said.

Managing director andchief executive of TransunionCibil Satish Pillai said growthof this magnitude needs to bemonitored carefully as rapidacceleration in debt build-upmay indicate prospective stressin the system.

Lenders should monitortheir portfolios constantly forloan stacking, leverage anddebt build-up, the regulatorsmust keep systemic risks incheck, he added.

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There is a lot of scope inIndia for reducing untar-

geted food and fertilizer subsi-dies and enhancing revenueadministration, the IMF hassaid.

“When one looks at someof the populist proposalsannounced by political partiesduring this election season,the important thing is to lookat the benefits but also look atthe costs and to look at thedetails,” Paolo Mauro, DeputyDirector, the InternationalMonetary Fund’s Fiscal AffairsDepartment, told reporters ata news conference here onWednesday.

“Certainly, when one looksat the case of India, there is a lotof scope for reducing untarget-ed food and fertilizer subsidies,and for enhancing revenueadministration, including forthe GST, which was a transfor-mational positive reform. But,

again, even there, improvedtax compliance would be a pri-ority,” Mauro said.

Responding to a questionon announcements made bypolitical parties during thiselection season, Mauro said inIndia’s case, the priority con-tinues to be gradual fiscal con-solidation because the grossgeneral Government to GrossDomestic Product (GDP) ratiois at about 70 per cent.

“You also have a very rapidgrowth rate. The economy isgrowing in excess of 7 per cent,and the objective there is tomake sure that that growth isinclusive and it filters down topoverty reduction,” he said.

“On the schemes, therefore,ultimately what matters is thecombined distributional impactof the transfer policies and alsoof the taxes that would financethem. So, one has to look at thewhole package together toassess the distributionalimpact,” Mauro said.

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Bank credit rose by 13.24percent to �97.67 lakh

crore, while deposits grew by10.03 percent to �125.72 lakhcrore in the fortnight to March29, according to RBI datareleased on Thursday.

In the year-ago fortnight,deposits were at �114.26 lakhcrore and advances at �86.25lakh crore.

In the previous fortnight toMarch 15, credit demand hadgrown by 14.46 per cent to�95.53 lakh crore whiledeposits increased by 10.03per cent to �122.26 lakh crore.

On a year-on-year basis,non-food bank credit increasedby 13.2 percent in February2019 as compared with anincrease of 9.8 percent in theyear-ago period.

Loans to the services sec-tor almost doubled with a 23.7percent growht in Februarycompared to 14.2 percent in thesame month last year.

Advances to agricultureand allied activities increasedby 7.5 percent in Februarycompared to an increase of 9percent in February 2018.

Credit to industry rose by5.6 percent in February, upfrom an increase of 1 percentin February last year.

Credit growth to infra-structure, chemical and chem-ical products, and all engi-neering, accelerated. However,credit growth to basic metal &metal products, textiles, andfood processingdecelerated/contracted.

Personal loans rose 16.7percent in February down from20.4 percent in February 2018.

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Nearly 200 million peoplewho had sensitive infor-

mation snatched from theirYahoo accounts will receive twoyears of free credit-monitoringservices and other potentialrestitution in a legal settlementvalued at $117.5 million.

The deal revises an earlieragreement struck last October,only to be rejected by USDistrict Court Judge Lucy Kohin San Jose, California. Thevalue of that settlement hadbeen pegged at $50 million, butKoh questioned the calcula-tions.

A more detailed break-down used in the revised set-tlement drove up the estimat-ed cost. The money will be paidby Yahoo’s current owner,Verizon, and Altaba, a holdoverfrom Yahoo’s past that stillowns a stake in Chinese inter-net company Alibaba Groupworth billions of dollars.

If approved, the settlementwill become part of the finan-cial fallout from digital bur-glaries that stole personal infor-mation from about 3 billionYahoo accounts in 2013 and2014 — believed to be thebiggest data breach ever.

And now the $117.5 mil-

lion settlement could becomelargest amount ever doled outfor a data breach, a recurringproblem in an increasinglydigitally driven world. Iteclipses a $115 million settle-ment that Koh approved lastyear to cover 79 million peoplewho had personal informationstolen in a 2015 breach athealth insurer Anthem Inc.

Yahoo didn’t begin to dis-close the extent of its securitybreakdown until 2016 amid anFBI investigation that eventu-ally linked some of the hackingto Russia . The revelationsbrought a mortifying end to the

reign of Yahoo CEO MarissaMayer, eventually promptingthe company to reduce its sell-ing price to Verizon by $350million.

Verizon has since writtenoff much of the nearly $4.5 bil-lion price for the Yahoo acqui-sition in sign of the erodingvalue of that business.

Lawyers representing theYahoo accountholders estimateabout 194 million people in USand Israel will be eligible tomake claims, according tocourt documents. Those peo-ple collectively may have hadabout 896 million of the Yahoo

accounts hit in the break-ins.The biggest piece of the

revised Yahoo settlement dis-closed in documents filedTuesday consists of the freecredit-monitoring services thatwill be offered to everyone cov-ered by the deal to protect themfrom identity theft and otherpotential problems.

The service from AllClearusually costs $14.95 per month,or $359 for two years. Peoplewho already have a credit-monitoring service will be eli-gible for cash payments instead.

Yahoo accountholders whopaid anywhere for $20 to $50annually for premium emailaccounts will be eligible forrefunds of up to 25%. Peoplewho had to spend time pro-tecting their identities or deal-ing with other issues caused bythe breach can be seek to bepaid at a rate of $25 per hourfor up to 15 hours.

The settlement will alsopay up to $32.5 million in feesand other expenses to thelawyers representing Yahooaccountholders, down fromthe $37.5 million sought in theearlier agreement — anothersticking point for Koh.

A hearing on the revisedsettlement is scheduled forJune 27.

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Finance Minister ArunJait ley has discussed

India’s economic reformsand outlook for the future ashe addressed investors here.

India’s C onsulateGeneral in New York tweet-ed Wednesday that since hisarrival in the city, Jaitley“held a series of roundtableswith the investors commu-nity of New York on India’seconomic reforms and visionfor the future. Investors arebullish on India.”

Jaitley is visiting the USto attend the IMF-WorldBank meeting in Washingtonfrom April 12 to 14.

Ja it ley addressed aninteractive session jointlyorganized by industry cham-b er FICCI , the IndianConsulate in New York andthe US-India St rateg icPartnership Forum.

“When we do reforms,we have to make sure thatbenefit reaches last man inthe queue,” a tweet by FICCIsaid, citing the Finance

Minister as saying at theinteractive session, attendedby MasterCard CEO AjayBanga among other topbusiness executives andinvestors.

Another tweet by FICCIsaid that Jaitley told theinteractive session that “get-ting bank accounts for all,providing 99% of populationwith access to toilets, mod-ern approach of cooking,rural road connectivity,house for all were part of theef for ts towards so c ia lreforms.”

“Over the next five years,reducing poverty, providingbest infrastructure, newcities to manage migration,increasing participation ofwomen, will be the focus,”another tweet by FICCI said,citing Jaitley as saying dur-ing the interactive session.

Earlier, Jaitley addressedinvestors at a roundtable on‘India’s reforms & economicoutlook’ organized by theUS-India Business Council,industry chamber CII andUS stock exchange Nasdaq.

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The recent rate by theReserve Bank is credit pos-

itive for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) mar-ket as it will offset the risingfunding cost for the lenders,preventing an increase in mort-gage rates, says a report.

Last week, the RBI had cutthe repo rate by 25 basis pointsto 6 percent. This cut was fol-lowed by a similar reduction inthe February policy.

“Funding costs for lendershave increased by 50 basispoints over the past year, andas a result we view a cut in

mortgage interest rates asunlikely. However, the recentRBI cuts will help counterbal-ance the higher costs and helpprevent further mortgage raterises,” Moody’s analystSiddharth Lal said in a note

Thursday.The agency

expects mortgageinterest rates toremain elevatedthis year follow-ing significantincreases over thepast 12 months.

“However, wedo not expect theelevated interest

rates to cause delinquencies inthe mortgages backed RMBS asin most cases these higherinterest rates have been passedon to borrowers in the form ofextensions to loan terms, ratherthan higher monthly loan

amounts,” he said.The low household debt

and high economic growthwill support borrowers abilityto repay mortgage loans, headded.

The mortgages backedRMBS continues to have strongcharacteristics, including bor-rowers with good credit histo-ries, low loan-to-value ratiosand amortizing principal andinterest loan terms, he said.

“These strong characteris-tics will support the perfor-mance of RMBS and keepdelinquency rates stable at theircurrent low levels over thenext year,” the report said.

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The government needs tobring out a policy on solar

module waste managementand standards for use of mate-rial for manufacturing, accord-ing to consultancy Bridge ToIndia on Thursday. “There is anurgent need to formulateappropriate quality standardsfor use of environmentally sus-tainable materials in manufac-turing of modules. This willhelp in minimising potential-ly hazardous end-of-life mod-ule waste in India,” said a BTIstatement.

The European Union (EU)already has an Eco-DesignDirective 2009, a policy instru-ment to reduce environmentalimpact of energy-related prod-ucts throughout their life cycle,the statement added. Bridge ToIndia (BTI) Managing DirectorVinay Rustagi said while thesolar sector continues to growrobustly, from a mere threegigawatt (GW) in 2014 to over28 GW currently, there is stillno clarity on solar waste man-agement in India.

“To make solar a trulygreen source of energy, it isimperative for the industry asa whole to work together andproactively towards ensuring asustainable waste managementplan for solar energy systems,”he said. India has set an ambi-

tious target of having 100 GWof solar energy by 2022. BTIhas estimated the solar modulewaste volume to grow to 1.8million tonne by 2050, whichis close to the total e-waste vol-ume being annually generatedin India currently. Solar mod-ules use potentially hazardousmaterials, including lead com-pounds, polymers and cadmi-um compounds. If disposed ofin an inappropriate way, poten-tial leaching of those haz-ardous materials can have neg-ative environmental and healthimpacts. Currently, India nei-ther has a requisite policyguideline nor the minimaloperational infrastructure toensure recycling of modulewaste using conventional recy-cling technologies.

Most of the central biddingdocuments rest the responsi-bility of handling and dispos-ing photo voltaic (PV) waste onthe developers as per E-waste

(Management and Handling)Rules, 2011. It said, “The e-waste rules make no mentionof solar PV waste. Even theconventional recycling facilitiesfor laminated glass and e-wasteare unavailable in the country.”

Solar module recycling isstill not commercially attrac-tive. Cost of recycling is esti-mated to vary between USD250 and USD 300 per tonne inEurope and the US.Transportation cost can add 60to 100 per cent to this costdepending on distance. Bycomparison, the value of recov-ered materials is estimated tobe only about USD 45-130 pertonne depending on the recy-cling technology used for crys-talline silicon (c-Si) modules.Various attempts are beingmade, especially in the EUand the US, towards ensuringa higher recovery of raw mate-rials in a cost-effective manner,it added.

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Curtains seem to be final-ly drawing on crippled

Jet Airways as the once-lead-ing carrier Thursday ground-ed its services to and fromthe East and Northeastregions and suspended itsinternational operations fora day.

The drastic measure wasannounced after the airlineinformed the exchanges thatit was forced to ground 10more planes due to non-pay-ment of rentals to the lessors.

"Jet Airways flights toLondon, Amsterdam andParis from Mumbai, NewDelhi and Bengaluru sched-uled for April 12 are can-celled for operational rea-sons" said an airline sourceclose to the development.

The airline will not oper-ate on the B engaluru-Amsterdam-Bengaluru routeon April 13 as well.

Earlier in the day, the air-line announced grounding of10 more planes due to non-payment of rentals to thelessors.

"All Jet operations to andfrom the E astern andNortheastern regions are sus-pended. Following this, thereare no Jet flights to and fromKolkata, Patna, Guwahatiand other airports in theregion," said a travel indus-try source.

When contacted, JetAirways said its Mumbai-Kolkata, Kolkata-Guwahatiand Dehradun-Guwahati viaKolkata stand cancelled forFriday due to "operationalreasons."

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Luxury sports car makerPorsche on Thursday

launched the all new 911range in India with pricestarting at Rs 1.82 crore (ex-showroom). The 911 CarreraS is priced at Rs 1.82 crorewhile the 911 Carrera SCabriolet is tagged at Rs 1.99crore. The rear-engine modelrange has been redesigned tohave a muscular look.

“Just like the first genera-tion, the latest 911 is a sportscar for the new era. Our iconhas once again evolved and isnow more powerful, more

emotional, and more efficientthan its predecessors,” PorscheIndia Director Pavan Shettysaid. The eighth generationmaintains the 911’s status as apure driver’s car that also

offers everyday usability andunique design, he added. Thetwo variants now come with450 HP of power which is 30HP more than as compared tothe previous version.

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New Delhi (PTI): MarutiSuzuki India (MSI) on Thursdayhiked the prices of its popularmodel Alto K10 across thecountry following the additionof various safety features and thehatchback will be costlier by upto Rs 23,000 in Delhi-NCR.Depending on the variant, theex-showroom price in Delhiand NCR region shall vary fromRs 3.65 lakh to Rs 4.44 lakh. Forthe rest of the country, therevised price range is Rs 3.75lakh to Rs 4.54 lakh, the com-pany said.

The new prices are effectiveimmediately from Thursday, itadded. The high-selling modelnow comes with various safety

features like ABS (anti-lockbraking system) with EBD (elec-tronic brake force distribution),driver airbag, reverse parkingsensor, seed alert system and dri-ver and co-driver seat beltreminder. “This will result inprice increase in all variants ofAlto K 10 model,” MSI said in aregulatory filing. While thecompany did not specify theincrease in prices, industrysources saidthe hike willrange fromRs 15,000to Rs23,000 inthe Delhi-NCR mar-

ket, depending upon the variant.The auto major last monthlaunched an updated version ofits multi purpose vehicle Eecowith various safety features,including reverse parking assistand co-driver seat belt reminderas standard fitment. As a result,the price of the model hasgone up in the range of Rs 400to Rs 23,000 across variants.Earlier this month, MSI had

increased prices by up to Rs689 across models on

account of manda-tory high secu-rity registra-tion platesfrom April 1.

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Script Open High Low LTPSUZLON 6.75 6.83 6.53 6.70JPASSOCIAT 5.74 5.74 5.55 5.61SPICEJET 94.00 103.85 93.75 101.25IBREALEST 120.90 125.90 116.75 118.75DHFL 168.00 174.45 163.25 172.65TATAMOTORS 216.60 219.25 213.30 218.20DLF 180.60 182.25 175.50 177.60PCJEWELLER 98.00 98.35 93.95 95.75YESBANK 269.00 270.15 264.10 268.90IBULHSGFIN 833.00 849.75 827.05 845.85JETAIRWAYS 263.00 267.90 256.00 260.40BHARTIARTL 341.00 351.00 337.30 347.50ASHOKLEY 91.60 94.65 91.40 94.30VEDL 188.25 188.25 179.60 181.30RELIANCE 1332.80 1351.70 1328.70 1346.15WIPRO 283.50 284.55 280.25 281.30RPOWER 9.95 9.95 9.42 9.65TCS 2048.00 2055.30 2012.35 2019.05ITC 294.95 297.25 293.00 296.30IOC 157.30 161.60 156.60 157.65INFY* 753.00 753.00 740.05 743.15SBIN 311.20 315.00 308.95 314.70RELCAPITAL 187.90 188.15 181.65 184.45UJJIVAN 341.30 355.70 339.00 346.85MANAPPURAM 120.00 129.80 119.55 127.30RELINFRA 131.70 132.20 127.65 128.95HINDUNILVR 1699.40 1715.00 1699.15 1707.50TATASTEEL 541.60 546.40 534.80 537.15WOCKPHARMA 450.00 457.80 445.00 447.10BDL 295.00 321.15 289.40 309.85IBVENTURES 350.00 354.00 342.25 349.05JINDALSTEL 182.90 182.90 175.15 177.00NATIONALUM 56.50 56.50 54.85 55.15CROMPTON 227.20 235.00 225.25 233.55HDFCLIFE 377.35 396.95 373.90 393.30ZEEL 412.95 415.55 406.00 410.35SHANKARA 482.00 529.90 475.50 527.10AXISBANK 760.10 760.65 747.05 752.05MARUTI 7175.00 7213.80 7146.80 7179.30NBCC 61.60 62.20 61.30 61.85ABCAPITAL 97.00 99.45 95.50 98.55BANKBARODA 129.85 130.15 127.70 128.70SUNPHARMA 464.90 470.70 461.70 464.95BHEL 72.05 74.75 71.30 74.30PNB 93.45 93.60 91.95 92.75M&M 666.15 679.20 666.15 672.15ASIANPAINT 1411.45 1431.60 1409.65 1422.65RAIN 107.70 111.50 107.00 109.50ICICIGI 1096.00 1109.55 1061.70 1062.40DMART 1522.00 1525.00 1471.00 1477.25LT 1371.50 1386.50 1371.50 1377.80PVR 1690.00 1729.10 1684.75 1711.95FSL 52.80 54.20 51.80 53.30IDEA 16.40 16.50 15.90 16.30CGPOWER 38.50 40.15 37.45 39.80SAIL 58.05 58.30 56.45 56.65BALKRISIND 965.00 969.35 950.10 951.20TATAMTRDVR 103.45 104.10 101.95 103.85RCF 61.80 63.80 61.70 62.15GODREJPROP 943.90 949.00 912.00 918.45BAJFINANCE 3002.75 3053.55 2993.25 3048.80STRTECH 201.30 207.45 201.00 201.80GRAPHITE 464.40 466.55 455.50 459.95TATAPOWER 71.05 73.15 70.65 73.05BEL 95.60 95.65 93.00 93.50INFIBEAM 46.00 46.25 44.40 45.00RCOM 2.71 2.74 2.68 2.68DISHTV 38.50 38.50 36.65 37.75IDFC 46.00 47.15 45.50 46.15HDFCBANK 2249.00 2262.50 2237.00 2253.20GODREJCP 667.70 669.70 659.00 665.50IFCI 12.80 12.90 12.60 12.65JUSTDIAL 585.20 597.80 584.30 593.05PERSISTENT* 634.70 634.70 620.10 621.75IRB 138.90 139.00 132.85 135.50HDFC 2031.90 2047.00 2017.85 2021.15ICICIBANK 394.35 395.00 387.75 390.10ADANIPOWER 46.55 50.60 46.55 50.35PNBHOUSING 863.05 865.20 835.00 839.10BOMDYEING 137.40 137.40 134.50 135.60HINDPETRO 256.90 261.50 255.55 260.00CIPLA 546.10 554.40 542.25 544.35WELCORP 143.20 146.50 136.70 138.60L&TFH 146.35 147.80 144.50 147.05DRREDDY 2766.05 2815.00 2758.80 2810.20KOTAKBANK 1350.00 1350.00 1334.00 1342.35POWERGRID 199.00 199.30 195.55 195.85JUBILANT 691.00 700.70 682.40 687.05TATAGLOBAL 207.05 215.00 207.05 214.60RADICO 382.00 382.05 368.00 370.20INDIGO 1390.00 1414.00 1385.00 1402.00NCC 103.00 105.70 102.00 105.10JAICORPLTD 125.10 126.50 120.50 122.00HEG 2072.00 2089.40 2054.65 2065.55GRANULES 112.35 114.20 111.25 112.00INDUSINDBK 1745.00 1753.90 1729.00 1740.80BANKINDIA 100.90 101.20 98.85 99.45MPHASIS 994.95 1012.50 985.05 1010.40BPCL 357.90 363.80 357.40 361.10SUVEN 269.60 273.20 268.95 270.10BAJAJ-AUTO 2940.00 3002.50 2935.35 2986.90MFSL 413.15 439.15 413.15 436.20HINDALCO 211.00 213.00 209.70 211.45JUBLFOOD 1410.45 1415.50 1370.15 1379.00TITAN 1102.00 1108.00 1090.95 1107.00LAKSHVILAS 88.70 90.80 88.20 89.90STAR 497.70 503.15 489.40 497.45APOLLOHOSP 1242.95 1254.60 1235.00 1242.80

ACC 1639.60 1680.00 1636.45 1673.75UNIONBANK 93.10 94.05 91.95 93.15TECHM 792.95 795.40 777.20 780.95LICHSGFIN 530.00 536.80 521.40 532.65BAJAJFINSV 7391.00 7580.00 7391.00 7556.00CEATLTD 1100.00 1101.70 1074.40 1101.20CANBK 284.00 284.00 278.00 279.20HEXAWARE 347.55 350.80 341.00 342.20MRPL 70.70 71.15 70.10 70.35GRASIM 848.10 852.00 845.25 850.00HEROMOTOCO 2599.70 2614.20 2593.00 2602.90IDFCFIRSTB 54.60 54.85 53.75 54.50MUTHOOTFIN 604.05 615.45 596.00 610.35GMRINFRA 18.60 19.35 18.55 18.70NTPC 134.70 136.35 134.50 135.65SRTRANSFIN 1199.45 1223.50 1194.95 1210.15HFCL 22.80 23.30 22.70 23.15ESCORTS 772.00 784.00 762.15 770.20PHILIPCARB 172.40 172.50 169.00 170.45INDIACEM 108.00 110.00 105.70 109.50GNFC 332.00 337.65 324.50 326.65ADANIPORTS 381.85 384.00 377.55 380.10SUNTV 598.95 606.70 591.00 599.95EDELWEISS 187.90 189.55 181.85 183.65LUPIN 805.05 812.00 803.25 810.00IDBI 44.10 44.40 43.35 43.80PETRONET 236.80 241.45 235.70 239.00ICICIPRULI 363.20 369.15 360.35 368.80CENTURYTEX 900.00 912.00 883.00 912.00COALINDIA 239.55 241.20 238.50 240.45SIEMENS 1172.95 1178.25 1161.20 1170.10ONGC 158.20 159.20 156.00 158.55AUROPHARMA 792.00 796.90 775.50 783.95JISLJALEQS 56.95 57.30 55.15 55.90BEML 975.50 979.15 965.45 971.00LTTS 1605.00 1647.20 1601.60 1636.90MOTHERSUMI 148.90 151.05 148.85 149.70OBEROIRLTY 564.60 577.00 562.35 565.50FEDERALBNK 97.90 98.15 95.95 96.15AMBUJACEM 224.20 228.05 222.75 226.65DELTACORP 257.30 261.75 257.05 257.75KEI 397.90 401.90 388.00 397.85

RBLBANK 675.90 675.90 660.15 664.00KTKBANK 133.20 135.20 131.80 134.55SOUTHBANK 17.40 17.50 17.25 17.40MINDTREE 975.00 979.00 971.15 973.00J&KBANK 64.25 64.45 62.35 62.70JSWSTEEL 288.40 289.65 285.25 287.30BIOCON 628.00 633.90 624.10 629.65EXIDEIND 221.40 223.50 219.40 222.75RECLTD 151.95 152.50 149.50 151.55DEEPAKFERT 135.95 140.40 135.90 137.55AMARAJABAT 688.00 692.80 678.65 682.50EQUITAS 134.10 136.80 132.50 134.00ORIENTBANK 111.75 111.80 108.90 110.35COLPAL 1212.00 1237.80 1208.20 1231.65GSFC 105.25 107.10 105.25 106.15PFC 120.75 120.90 117.95 119.20DABUR 404.95 406.10 399.75 403.55RAYMOND 783.95 783.95 770.30 780.80ULTRACEMCO 4101.00 4164.90 4095.50 4150.00FORCEMOT 1799.90 1800.00 1765.20 1770.70OMAXE 212.70 213.40 211.10 211.40NIITTECH 1300.00 1304.20 1291.50 1295.85NOCIL 143.00 144.55 140.20 141.45VOLTAS 612.35 619.00 609.35 616.80BRITANNIA 2959.00 2977.15 2945.00 2951.00PEL 2683.00 2692.30 2648.00 2670.00M&MFIN 413.95 418.65 409.85 414.00HAVELLS 761.00 761.00 750.50 751.85TATACHEM 613.90 613.90 602.55 604.50AVANTI 395.00 395.65 388.30 391.60BHARATFORG 499.40 503.05 495.00 496.00CANFINHOME 346.10 351.40 344.00 349.40ALBK 53.25 54.25 52.75 53.60PIDILITIND 1289.85 1295.10 1274.05 1278.70MCX 779.00 793.05 766.00 788.10GUJGAS 153.00 158.40 150.95 156.85KSCL 473.25 480.25 462.80 478.30EICHERMOT 20919.95 21077.00 20824.85 20935.05CHAMBLFERT 168.00 171.50 165.65 168.55

TEJASNET 182.55 195.40 182.00 190.25SPARC 183.50 186.10 183.50 185.45IBULISL 362.00 376.00 357.15 361.20TAKE 143.00 143.00 139.50 140.35VGUARD 218.40 223.85 218.00 220.05ABB 1377.05 1418.00 1370.60 1403.40GAIL 338.50 343.50 338.30 342.30VENKYS 2137.15 2149.50 2105.00 2119.35INOXLEISUR 320.00 323.55 315.15 317.45SUNTECK 490.25 492.85 484.90 489.75FINCABLES 487.45 488.55 476.10 480.90TATAELXSI 965.00 965.90 956.00 956.55GODFRYPHLP 1150.25 1167.10 1135.00 1140.85CADILAHC 344.40 346.20 342.90 345.35BATAINDIA 1385.00 1390.45 1368.50 1383.50INDIANB 272.15 273.40 266.70 269.45ITI 101.10 101.10 99.50 100.05NMDC 104.20 104.55 103.20 103.60LTI 1640.20 1665.00 1640.15 1663.00SBILIFE 622.70 629.00 622.00 623.15VIPIND 473.50 475.00 467.20 472.05CHOLAFIN 1476.00 1507.00 1461.25 1491.00DIVISLAB 1722.00 1725.00 1704.05 1719.40PAGEIND 23999.00 24049.35 23408.70 23462.95ASHOKA 130.45 132.10 127.95 128.70WESTLIFE 414.65 419.85 407.00 415.40UPL 926.90 930.30 919.05 922.20WELSPUNIND 57.95 59.40 57.45 58.25ADVENZYMES 188.80 193.75 187.50 192.50HSCL 119.45 119.95 115.50 115.50ENGINERSIN 116.90 118.25 116.15 117.10BANDHANBNK 543.95 547.25 538.00 540.00TORNTPHARM 1862.90 1862.90 1816.70 1834.30APOLLOTYRE 215.90 216.15 212.80 213.75KAJARIACER 605.00 615.00 600.00 605.95MEGH 60.90 61.80 60.60 60.90HCLTECH 1099.00 1100.65 1085.20 1087.80MGL 1004.00 1029.00 994.50 1003.55REPCOHOME 448.70 448.75 434.00 438.80SYNDIBANK 42.00 42.25 41.05 41.55CUMMINSIND 745.25 749.95 735.55 749.90ABFRL 221.10 224.10 220.30 222.10NAVKARCORP 39.45 40.00 38.80 39.35SRF 2445.00 2476.85 2445.00 2465.05CYIENT* 590.75 597.00 580.05 582.20UBL 1429.95 1429.95 1399.85 1417.65RAMCOCEM 759.85 759.85 745.60 757.50COROMANDEL 427.85 441.00 427.85 435.90TVSMOTOR 482.75 487.60 482.00 486.00NESTLEIND 10793.60 10882.30 10705.10 10761.55IPCALAB 945.60 952.25 937.30 942.10TORNTPOWER 254.80 256.50 252.00 252.75IGL 310.55 312.20 306.25 307.95AJANTPHARM 1011.00 1021.05 1010.95 1014.00PRESTIGE 265.25 274.65 264.55 266.15KANSAINER 446.10 460.00 445.00 456.35SYMPHONY 1345.50 1407.50 1340.15 1388.30HINDCOPPER 49.80 49.90 49.15 49.35RAJESHEXPO 660.55 672.00 658.00 672.00CASTROLIND 165.45 166.60 164.60 166.40GICRE 247.40 250.45 242.00 246.00OIL 178.80 179.30 176.25 177.25MANPASAND 114.95 116.20 113.00 114.10MARICO 359.00 360.80 353.50 357.50GLENMARK 648.80 652.20 646.55 651.00LINDEINDIA 505.00 519.25 496.70 498.95MERCK 3882.45 3969.95 3864.20 3898.95CAPPL 381.45 393.00 381.45 390.00RNAM 198.95 199.00 194.75 195.40GRUH 281.00 283.50 276.10 278.05TATACOMM 575.25 591.00 575.25 587.50DBL 628.50 628.50 610.00 623.00BAJAJCON 321.85 326.00 319.95 326.00TV18BRDCST 35.40 35.40 34.75 35.25HINDZINC 281.80 282.75 280.00 281.40HSIL 273.00 274.15 268.30 269.35WABAG 312.00 313.50 305.95 307.40NAUKRI 1929.90 1930.00 1890.60 1907.40PARAGMILK 250.80 251.25 245.40 247.35INDOSTAR 404.85 410.65 400.00 404.50CONCOR 519.65 522.00 514.00 519.70HAL 717.50 729.90 710.00 715.90BAJAJELEC 544.00 552.80 539.30 548.60EIHOTEL 190.05 192.60 188.60 191.10EMAMILTD 405.25 405.95 400.00 401.50NATCOPHARM* 567.95 569.90 562.60 566.60INTELLECT 224.00 227.90 222.00 224.20BALMLAWRIE 182.30 182.65 178.55 179.50JINDALSAW 83.20 83.65 81.75 82.15BHARATFIN 1100.00 1105.10 1090.80 1100.90DCBBANK 196.40 200.35 196.25 199.25ISGEC 548.00 563.90 545.10 552.05NIACL 187.60 194.00 185.15 190.35IEX 155.40 156.80 155.05 155.60SWANENERGY 110.25 111.05 108.50 110.75NAVINFLUOR 712.00 724.05 711.65 718.40GHCL 239.10 240.45 235.55 236.75OFSS 3570.90 3579.45 3533.00 3560.00GDL 136.45 140.95 136.00 139.40KEC 288.00 288.60 281.60 282.15MAGMA 122.20 122.25 118.00 119.00HUDCO 44.65 44.85 44.10 44.40FCONSUMER 43.20 43.35 42.85 43.10ISEC 223.00 227.70 223.00 227.70TRIDENT 67.00 67.05 66.50 66.70AUBANK 580.15 591.65 578.05 590.80SJVN 24.20 24.20 24.10 24.10JMFINANCIL 88.05 88.85 87.20 87.55GODREJIND 529.00 533.30 526.30 527.25

JSL 40.40 40.45 39.75 40.20ASTRAZEN 2024.00 2085.00 2001.10 2057.05THOMASCOOK 250.00 250.55 247.70 249.50CENTURYPLY 193.90 194.35 188.10 189.75MOIL 162.90 163.00 160.60 161.10ADANIGREEN 37.45 37.45 35.00 36.10ANDHRABANK 29.30 29.50 28.65 28.95GREAVESCOT 149.10 151.50 148.60 149.55JKTYRE 92.40 92.50 91.50 91.95NHPC 24.10 24.20 23.95 24.00JAGRAN 118.65 119.95 118.30 119.95SCI 35.65 35.70 35.00 35.05SHK 156.70 158.90 155.40 156.05HEIDELBERG 177.75 179.00 176.15 178.30FORBESCO 2429.85 2500.00 2380.00 2458.60FORTIS 136.00 137.30 136.00 136.50JSWENERGY 72.35 73.00 71.65 72.30INDHOTEL 153.40 153.40 151.00 151.70MMTC 28.00 28.05 27.75 27.90BASF 1381.00 1395.00 1373.00 1392.15DCMSHRIRAM 402.00 406.05 392.50 393.95VINATIORGA 1720.00 1721.30 1661.15 1680.95DEEPAKNI 270.00 272.00 266.75 267.20BERGEPAINT 319.10 322.50 318.20 321.00ESSELPRO 117.80 124.45 116.85 122.30QUESS 711.35 717.05 705.25 713.85CRISIL 1498.95 1527.00 1496.35 1520.00SOBHA 494.65 505.00 494.60 501.80AARTIIND 1668.00 1668.00 1639.25 1641.00LEMONTREE 78.75 79.15 76.50 79.00BOSCHLTD 17800.10 17954.00 17758.35 17940.00JBCHEPHARM 346.75 351.55 344.95 347.95FDC 165.25 165.65 163.70 165.15FRETAIL 430.80 434.00 426.00 427.40CUB 199.05 200.25 197.00 197.00PHOENIXLTD 651.80 668.00 643.60 647.00BAJAJHLDNG 3329.10 3332.55 3291.05 3325.00TATAMETALI 664.15 668.00 656.00 660.00BBTC 1282.95 1287.50 1270.15 1274.00GSPL 181.90 183.50 181.60 183.10BIRLACORPN 507.00 513.25 496.55 509.10TNPL 209.45 212.00 208.95 211.00EVEREADY 186.45 187.70 180.60 184.95HIMATSEIDE 218.80 218.80 209.10 214.40SONATSOFTW 334.90 339.90 331.05 334.90SREINFRA 28.80 28.95 28.20 28.35SYNGENE 575.70 584.85 573.00 577.00TATACOFFEE 90.85 92.30 90.85 91.60UFLEX 246.00 246.00 239.50 240.40JSLHISAR 89.35 90.40 88.00 89.15SKFINDIA 2120.00 2164.50 2105.30 2105.30MAHINDCIE 222.50 223.55 220.50 222.00GUJALKALI 480.10 486.05 476.50 480.00INFRATEL 315.90 317.00 312.05 314.45GICHSGFIN 262.35 264.60 259.00 260.25GODREJAGRO 509.50 514.05 508.70 510.65CHENNPETRO 252.75 258.00 252.40 256.20BLISSGVS 177.95 177.95 176.10 176.10PTC 73.75 73.90 73.00 73.05ALLCARGO 118.40 118.40 114.60 115.10COCHINSHIP 401.50 402.50 392.40 394.90TRENT 348.80 357.00 348.75 353.35NILKAMAL 1378.00 1403.20 1355.00 1363.15GPPL 96.50 98.30 96.20 96.25LAURUSLABS 405.00 407.50 397.25 397.25PRSMJOHNSN 93.40 94.75 92.00 93.90MRF 57899.95 58070.75 57305.00 57500.00THERMAX 981.90 986.40 975.00 985.15ATUL 3520.00 3527.95 3475.00 3508.60WABCOINDIA 6305.00 6360.00 6305.00 6360.00ALKEM 1749.00 1760.00 1733.80 1754.45DCAL 237.00 237.00 229.80 231.35JYOTHYLAB 188.00 188.00 185.00 185.90JKCEMENT 867.80 887.15 867.80 870.00JAMNAAUTO 59.50 59.60 58.90 59.00CORPBANK 28.05 28.35 27.95 28.20MINDAIND 343.70 343.70 335.05 336.65SUNDRMFAST 561.50 571.00 560.05 565.00GEPIL 868.30 877.05 858.70 862.50LUXIND 1315.20 1351.70 1310.00 1349.90GUJFLUORO 1079.30 1079.30 1046.20 1046.20SUDARSCHEM 361.70 367.15 359.05 365.00ORIENTCEM 98.90 98.90 92.50 95.50PIIND 1009.45 1042.90 1009.45 1022.00NETWORK18 35.00 35.40 34.80 35.00HERITGFOOD 511.00 512.45 497.10 501.00JKLAKSHMI 354.55 364.00 354.55 360.00CENTRALBK 34.70 34.70 34.00 34.25KRBL 323.95 325.10 318.60 319.10UCOBANK 18.80 18.95 18.65 18.70EIDPARRY 205.20 205.25 202.10 202.80FINOLEXIND 490.00 493.00 481.30 482.20MAHABANK 14.40 14.49 14.04 14.35PFIZER 3260.00 3265.00 3220.20 3224.70NLCINDIA 68.00 68.00 67.20 67.20GREENPLY 169.60 169.95 163.50 167.00RALLIS 160.20 160.25 158.70 159.65ADANITRANS 215.05 220.50 214.75 217.45AEGISLOG 210.50 212.00 208.00 208.00ECLERX 1127.00 1127.00 1120.00 1123.00LALPATHLAB 1033.15 1036.35 1021.00 1021.00SCHNEIDER 104.00 104.30 103.00 103.50GMDCLTD 79.45 79.45 77.40 77.50IOB 14.84 14.90 14.64 14.80SHILPAMED 339.00 345.00 337.00 340.00GRINDWELL 587.25 605.70 586.80 599.40APLAPOLLO 1487.15 1492.05 1447.55 1447.55GESHIP 301.80 302.00 296.60 298.00CARBORUNIV 374.00 380.60 374.00 380.00

3MINDIA 24407.80 24697.00 24400.00 24500.05GSKCONS 7142.00 7186.25 7115.15 7145.60VBL 857.85 864.85 846.10 847.00ZENSARTECH 232.85 239.00 229.70 231.55KNRCON 249.50 252.55 244.00 244.00WHIRLPOOL 1448.60 1448.85 1430.00 1435.00MOTILALOFS 663.75 677.70 660.00 672.35SOMANYCERA 435.00 440.00 417.10 419.35BLUESTARCO 694.80 694.80 682.15 682.85FLFL 477.75 488.00 477.75 485.00SUPREMEIND 1133.00 1134.30 1127.00 1130.00SUPRAJIT 227.85 232.60 226.00 232.00MINDACORP 132.35 133.00 129.80 131.00COFFEEDAY 275.00 275.45 272.60 274.00MAXINDIA 69.45 70.05 69.25 69.70ASTRAL 1193.05 1203.95 1187.85 1200.25ITDC 279.70 279.70 274.55 276.70NBVENTURES 102.80 103.20 101.90 102.00BAYERCROP 4237.40 4263.15 4177.25 4260.00ASTERDM 156.80 160.00 153.25 153.70SIS 837.20 844.30 830.00 843.00GET&D 278.00 281.10 275.80 277.20KPRMILL 565.00 573.75 563.20 567.00DBCORP 196.45 196.50 193.25 195.90SHREECEM 18961.30 19000.00 18852.70 18904.55LAXMIMACH 6140.00 6140.00 6051.00 6118.95GALAXYSURF 1002.50 1005.50 990.65 991.00REDINGTON 96.75 97.25 96.35 96.35GLAXO 1293.15 1300.00 1290.05 1290.05PGHH 10750.00 10750.00 10660.15 10700.00MAHLIFE 367.85 375.00 367.85 371.00SADBHAV 247.00 250.00 239.70 242.00KIOCL 115.00 142.00 115.00 139.15CARERATING 993.00 994.50 986.55 986.60TRITURBINE 108.00 109.50 105.95 106.75VTL 1127.05 1133.00 1119.50 1133.00UNITEDBNK 11.05 11.30 10.96 11.00AKZOINDIA 1787.50 1791.70 1761.00 1761.10CCL 276.00 276.00 272.55 276.00VMART 2567.00 2614.70 2535.00 2572.00ITDCEM 126.00 126.00 122.65 124.15GILLETTE 6940.00 6966.00 6917.60 6966.00MAHLOG 521.20 523.00 516.20 522.00MAHSCOOTER 3586.05 3680.00 3581.55 3652.35SANOFI 5780.00 5838.75 5780.00 5820.00TEAMLEASE 2965.30 2969.20 2870.00 2871.00APLLTD 540.00 540.00 533.80 537.00AIAENG 1769.30 1781.25 1750.00 1750.05SHOPERSTOP 445.30 452.70 445.30 452.70SHARDACROP 386.70 408.45 386.70 408.45KALPATPOWR 478.30 478.30 473.60 474.35ELGIEQUIP 265.95 265.95 247.25 252.50CERA 2800.00 2817.50 2732.00 2748.75INOXWIND 69.00 69.10 67.85 67.95TTKPRESTIG 8421.15 8436.15 8381.15 8396.45SHRIRAMCIT 1723.10 1736.30 1723.10 1732.00RELAXO 839.20 850.00 838.00 850.00THYROCARE 520.00 524.50 518.80 519.10SCHAEFFLER 5438.65 5439.00 5399.50 5408.10TIINDIA 378.00 382.00 377.10 377.10TATAINVEST 859.90 862.30 855.10 857.05ERIS 631.00 636.50 628.95 636.50TVTODAY 310.00 310.00 302.95 305.00ENDURANCE 1170.50 1172.00 1160.40 1165.00PNCINFRA 147.55 149.60 147.50 148.50NH 219.55 219.55 216.20 216.50ASAHIINDIA 247.60 253.60 247.60 249.45MHRIL 236.00 240.95 236.00 240.95SOLARINDS 1070.00 1077.45 1060.00 1074.75NESCO 469.00 469.50 463.05 463.10HONAUT 24100.00 24189.90 23900.60 24008.15TIMETECHNO 95.05 96.00 95.05 96.00ZYDUSWELL 1315.75 1315.75 1298.95 1299.55GULFOILLUB 875.00 884.85 875.00 875.00ABBOTINDIA 7315.00 7391.95 7315.00 7375.00TIMKEN 585.00 586.85 581.10 581.60GAYAPROJ 172.35 174.50 170.15 170.15NAVNETEDUL 110.20 111.00 109.20 109.20CHOLAHLDNG 485.00 494.95 478.00 482.00SUNCLAYLTD 2749.05 2810.00 2748.00 2750.00TVSSRICHAK 2219.70 2219.75 2195.00 2208.65CENTRUM 34.00 34.00 33.65 33.75IFBIND 878.50 878.50 866.10 874.85JCHAC 1966.00 2049.75 1966.00 1975.10RATNAMANI 892.00 892.00 883.95 890.00MONSANTO 2555.10 2572.55 2542.00 2542.00LAOPALA 205.00 205.05 204.50 204.90DHANUKA 389.40 390.45 388.25 388.25BLUEDART 3289.20 3289.20 3250.25 3254.10STARCEMENT 99.50 99.50 98.50 98.75HATSUN 758.65 760.00 755.30 760.00SUPPETRO 218.75 218.75 217.60 217.60SFL 1355.00 1355.00 1355.00 1355.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11592.55 11606.70 11550.55 11596.70 12.40IBULHSGFIN 832.70 848.80 826.60 845.35 20.95BHARTIARTL 341.70 351.25 337.15 346.80 6.80BAJAJFINSV 7419.50 7590.00 7396.20 7560.00 136.70BAJAJ-AUTO 2940.90 3000.00 2939.00 2992.10 49.20DRREDDY 2772.65 2815.00 2757.85 2808.00 43.00GAIL 338.40 343.55 337.80 342.70 5.00SBIN 311.00 315.40 308.70 315.40 4.50RELIANCE 1332.95 1353.00 1329.00 1350.00 18.60BAJFINANCE 3008.00 3055.00 2992.00 3037.10 38.75HINDUNILVR 1703.00 1716.50 1698.05 1712.00 17.85NTPC 134.95 136.40 134.40 136.00 1.40TATAMOTORS 216.60 219.20 213.30 218.25 2.20HDFCBANK 2244.90 2263.00 2236.95 2258.60 21.25ITC 294.55 297.45 293.00 297.45 2.75BPCL 358.50 364.00 356.00 361.05 3.30ASIANPAINT 1409.70 1431.95 1408.00 1422.00 12.15IOC 156.60 161.80 156.15 157.90 1.30ONGC 158.00 159.40 155.90 159.30 1.30YESBANK 268.75 270.25 264.00 270.10 1.85M&M 669.30 679.75 669.30 674.00 3.75TITAN 1106.95 1106.95 1090.10 1105.10 4.90ULTRACEMCO 4140.00 4161.00 4093.85 4149.00 17.95LT 1371.65 1387.95 1371.65 1376.50 4.95COALINDIA 240.10 241.60 238.60 240.85 0.80GRASIM 848.00 853.00 843.35 850.00 2.70HEROMOTOCO 2600.00 2612.00 2589.65 2600.00 5.60WIPRO 283.50 284.60 280.15 281.40 0.40MARUTI 7186.95 7220.00 7150.00 7196.00 9.65HINDALCO 211.00 212.55 209.70 211.70 0.00EICHERMOT 20900.00 21073.90 20810.40 20970.00 -3.75CIPLA 546.35 554.70 542.00 545.30 -1.15INDUSINDBK 1748.90 1752.90 1727.80 1743.00 -4.45INFRATEL 315.35 317.00 311.05 314.00 -1.30UPL 925.80 930.70 918.25 922.00 -3.95BRITANNIA 2964.00 2974.05 2940.00 2945.00 -13.80JSWSTEEL 288.00 289.70 285.05 287.00 -1.55HDFC 2028.00 2048.00 2017.50 2018.10 -11.15KOTAKBANK 1349.70 1349.95 1333.55 1341.30 -8.60ZEEL 413.00 415.60 406.10 409.85 -2.70TCS 2045.00 2055.00 2013.65 2025.00 -15.25HCLTECH 1092.30 1101.10 1085.00 1088.90 -9.80ICICIBANK 394.50 394.50 387.55 390.00 -4.20ADANIPORTS 382.50 383.00 377.50 379.20 -4.25TATASTEEL 541.00 546.40 533.50 537.95 -6.45INFY 751.75 751.75 740.05 743.40 -9.30AXISBANK 760.50 761.35 747.00 751.25 -9.60TECHM 790.40 795.75 778.60 780.00 -10.25POWERGRID 199.15 199.40 195.65 195.95 -2.70SUNPHARMA 465.25 470.90 461.60 465.30 -6.65VEDL 188.45 188.45 179.40 181.35 -7.15

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UN special rapporteur onthe right to privacy JoeCannataci said the arrest wouldnot change his previouslyannounced intention to meetwith Assange later this month

or to investigate his claims that his privacy hadbeen violated.

The arrest merely meansthat “instead of visiting Mr.Assange and speaking to himat the Embassy of the Republicof Ecuador in London, I will visit him and speak tohim in a police station or else-where in the UK where he maybe held in custody,” Cannatacisaid. AFP

Washington: Julian Assangewas arrested in London on aUS warrant charging him overhis alleged role in a massiveleak of military and diplomat-ic documents in 2010, theJustice Department said.

Assange faces up to fiveyears in jail on a federal chargeof “conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agree-ing to break a password to a classified US Governmentcomputer,” according to a state-ment. AFP

Los Angeles: Actor Pamela Anderson on Thursday expressed“shock” over the arrest of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assangefrom his Ecuador Embassy hideout in London.

Assange, 47, spent almost seven years inside the embassy toavoid extradition to Sweden. He was arrested on Thursday theSouth American country withdrew the asylum granted to him.

Anderson, 51, who had visited Assange on multiple occa-sions when he was lodged in Ecuador embassy, launched a Twitterrant to condemn his arrest. “I am in shock... I couldn’t hear clear-ly what he said? He looks very bad. How could you Equador?(Because he exposed you). How could you UK? PTI

London: WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange “is no hero”,British Foreign Secretary JeremyHunt said on Thursday follow-ing his arrest at the Ecuadorianembassy in London. “What isnot acceptable is for someone toescape facing justice and he hadtried to do that for a very longtime and that is why he is nohero,” Hunt said in a statement.

“He has hidden from thetruth for years and years and itis right that his future should bedecided in the British judicialsystem,” he added. Assange hadbeen living at Ecuador’s embassyin London’s plush Knightsbridgedistrict since 2012 when hesought refuge there after beingaccused of sexual assault inSweden. The MetropolitanPolice said it arrested Assangefor breaching his bail conditionsdating back to that period, andthat he is also being held overan extradition request from theUS. AFP

Sydney: Australia said it wouldseek consular access toQueensland-born JulianAssange and expressed confi-dence he will get legal dueprocess following his arrest inBritain on Thursday.

Foreign Minister MarisePayne said she was awareWikiLeaks founder Assangehad been arrested in Londonunder a 2012 warrant for fail-ure to surrender to court.

“Mr Assange will continueto receive the usual consularsupport from the AustralianGovernment,” she said in astatement. “Consular officerswill seek to visit Mr Assange athis place of detention.”

Payne added that she was“confident” that he “will receivedue process in the legal pro-ceedings he faces in the UnitedKingdom”. “As the matter is thesubject of law enforcementand legal proceedings we willnot provide ongoing comment.”

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“Images of Ecuador’sambassador inviting the UK’s

secret police into the embassyto drag a publisher of — like itor not — award-winning jour-nalism out of the building aregoing to end up in the historybooks,” the former contractorwith the US National SecurityAgency said on Twitter.

“Assange’s critics maycheer, but this is a darkmoment for Press freedom,”said the fugitive former USGovernment contractor.

Snowden denouncedEcuador’s decision to with-draw asylum from Assange,who had been living in itsLondon embassy since 2012.

He called the decision an“extraordinary and very likely unprecedented revoca-tion of what at least the UnitedNations considers a legitimategrant of asylum.”

Like Snowden, Assangeremains a polarising figure, withsome calling him a heroic cam-paigner for openness, while oth-ers accuse him of being anenemy of the US trying to avoidjustice. “I don’t have to agree withevery part of a man’s journalismto believe he shouldn’t be arrest-ed for it,” Snowden wrote inresponse to criticism of Assange’smethods. AFP

=����������5�+� ����+�������� �5����&Quito: President Lenin Moreno’sGovernment withdrew theEcuadoran citizenship grantedJulian Assange, acting beforethe WikiLeak founder’s arrest inLondon, Foreign Minister JoseValencia said. Assange was evict-ed from Ecuador’s embassy inLondon and arrested by Britishpolice, ending a nearly seven yearstandoff after Quito ended asy-lum for the Australian-bornfugitive. Moreno tweeted thatEcuador acted within its “sover-eign rights” when it withdrewAssange’s asylum “for repeated-ly violating international con-ventions and the protocol of co-habitation.” AFP

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Khartoum: Sudanese PresidentOmar al-Bashir was ousted bythe Army on Thursday, broughtdown by months of anti-gov-ernment protests against histhree decades of iron-fisted rule.“I announce as minister ofdefence the toppling of theregime and detaining its chief ina secure place,” Defence MinisterAwad Ibnouf said in a sombretelevised address to the nation.

A transitional militarycouncil would replace Bashirfor two years, he said, addingthat the country’s borders andairspace would be shut untilfurther notice.

The veteran leader, whoswept to power in a 1989 coup,was one of Africa’s longestserving presidents. He is want-ed on charges of genocide andwar crimes by the InternationalCriminal Court. Since earlymorning huge crowds of jubi-lant Sudanese had begunthronging squares across thecentre of Khartoum onThursday as the army promisedan “important announcement”.

Chanting “the regime hasfallen,” thousands poured intothe open ground outside armyheadquarters where defiantprotesters have braved tear gas

to keep up an unprecedentedsit-in now in its sixth day.

The protests, which erupt-ed in December over the gov-ernment’s tripling of the priceof bread, were the biggest chal-lenge yet to Bashir’s long rule.The security agency alsoannounced it was freeing allpolitical prisoners.

Army vehicles carryingtroops were seen deployingacross the centre of Khartoumfrom early on Thursday. Troopsraided the offices of the IslamicMovement, the ideologicalwing of Bashir’s ruling National

Congress Party, witnesses toldAFP. And martial music wasplayed on state television as sol-diers ordered the TV to halt itsnormal programming.

Outside Army headquar-ters, dozens of joyful protestersclimbed on top of landcruisersand armoured vehicles thathad been posted to protectthem from intervention byother branches of the securityforces. Braving the searing 42degree Celsius (108 degreeFahrenheit) heat, protestershugged and kissed soldiers inthe crowd. AFP

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There are very, very fewtimeless cars. Thanks toadvancements in engine

technology, demands of luxuryand the need for modern safety,a car today looks very differentfrom a car in 1963. But thenthere is the Porsche 911. If youhave ever been to the PorscheMuseum in Stuttgart, which isone of the best automotive muse-ums in the world (alongside theMercedes-Benz Museum in thesame city), you will see an exhib-it which is nothing more thanline drawings of Porsche’s evolu-tion, from the original Porsche356 to the latest 911, and yourealise that the car’s designershave always followed the mantraof “evolution, not revolution.”

Its engineers, on the otherhand, have not, and that isapparent when you get behindthe wheel of the latest, eighth-generation iteration of thePorsche 911. This car is techni-cally called the Porsche 992series to define it as a separatemodel from the seventh gener-ation, which was the 991 series,and the sixth generation, whichwas the 997 series, and so on. Butplace it next to an earlier gener-ation and while the physicalsimilarities are obvious, the dif-ferences from the earlier 991 arefairly subtle to the naked eye. Onthe inside and to drive, howev-er, there is a world of difference.The first is of course the new dig-ital console. The Porsche

Communication Managementsystem, which now has a muchlarger screen and is laid out farstraighter than the earlier layout,is a sort of homage to the earli-er 911 designs.

The Carrera 2, two-wheeldrive variant of the new Porsche911 that was launched at the BIC,will set you back by �1.82 crorewith the Cabriolet, with its fancymulti-panel folding fabric roofcosting �17 lakh more. While thecars have a flat six-cylindertwin-turbo-charged engine likeits predecessor, the 450 horse-power is 30 horsepower more,and this means it can go fromzero to 100 kmph in 3.7 seconds,and even faster if you get thesports chrono package. Try theLaunch Control feature and youwill feel your spine meld into theseat. But any car can go very fastin a straight line. The beauty ofthe modern 911 is that theresponsive engine not only goesfast around corners, but acceler-ates like its pants are on fire outof the corner. And despite onlyrear-wheel drive, and the factthat it has that heavy lump of anengine at the back, the shaman-ic rituals that the Porsche engi-neers must have conducted todefy the concepts of inertia andmomentum pay off. You do notneed to be trained in the darkarts to be able to drive this car,anybody can drive this 911, eventhough very few can afford it inIndia.

The 911 though is a smallpart of Porsche’s sales in India.The bulk of the sales for thesportscar firm are from the big,bruising Cayenne Sports Utility

Vehicle, whose third iterationwas launched by the carmaker inIndia last year. The Cayenne,whose diesel-powered modelwas the company’s bread andbutter, lost the oil burner thisgeneration, a direct result of theemissions scandal after whichPorsche said that its future waspetrol and electric. But despitethere not being a diesel option ofthe new car, the Cayenne wassold out for three months. This,according to Pavan Shetty,Director, Porsche India, isbecause, “Porsche does not standfor diesel or petrol, or evenelectric or hybrid. Porsche standsfor the promise of the brand.That is performance, that islongevity.” Porsche also show-cased the second-generation oftheir smaller SUV, the Macan.“We will be bringing that toIndia later this year and it will becompetitively priced.”

Shetty, speaking exclusivelyto The Pioneer, also revealed thatPorsche is unveiling a new “dig-ital showroom” in central Delhi.Opening by the end of 2019, herecustomers and fans alike can notonly experience some ofPorsche’s products but also havean immersive dive into thebrand. “They will be able to dig-itally configure their cars. Dothings like select the colour ofthe seat belts they want, forexample. But we realise that weget a lot of our brand relevancefrom fans, so yes, we will alsowelcome fans into this new con-cept of a showroom.” Delhi willhave only the sixth such digitalshowroom for Porsche in theworld.

Beyond the glitz and glamour ofit being the capital, the denizensof Delhi NCR region considerthe poor air quality a glaringproblem and an impediment to

their continued stay here. A recent sur-vey conducted by Nagarro, an IT consult-ing firm, reveals the severity of the issue.In the survey done among 1,383 employ-ees of the company in Delhi NCR, peo-ple expressed their willingness to do any-thing to fix the air quality index of the city.Around 74 per cent of the respondents arewilling to skip their next salary incrementsif they have to choose between money andgetting rid of the pollution. This clearlyindicates the increasing awareness levelabout pollution and armed with it, theyare ready to find a solution.

Over 49 per cent of the respondentssaid that at least one person in their fam-ily suffers from air-borne allergies —chronic cough, asthma, bronchitis or sim-ilar breathing issues. The extent of theproblem is such that more than 75 percent of the people have considered mov-ing out of Delhi NCR for their family’shealth, especially during winters due tosmog. A significant number of these wasparents of young children.

Rahul Rakesh, an executive at a lead-ing media agency in Gurugram says, “Airpollution is adversely affecting the livesof people, especially infants and elderly.When people travel long distances forwork, it further increases the risk to theirhealth. I have been living here for the past20 years but in the last few years the sit-

uation has worsened. Around 75.2 percent respondents including many of myfriends are considering moving out ofDelhi NCR because of air pollution. I mayalso consider it, if the situation does notimprove.”

Air pollution is causing an increasein the household expenditure too as thesurvey reveals that a household spends�16,187 on an average, yearly to fight airpollution, which includes cost of air puri-fiers, medicines, visits to doctors and soon. This amount rose to �18,498 if therewere children and senior citizens in thehousehold and further rose to �22,501 ifsomeone in the family had breathing trou-ble.

Manas Fuloria, CEO, of the epony-

mous organisation says, “The results ofthe survey highlight that the city’s wors-ening pollution is disrupting health andbusiness. Even the direct financial burdenon families fighting air pollution proba-bly far exceeds the government’s spend onthe issue. On top of that, you have latenthealthcare costs of associated diseases likecancers and the negative impact ontourism industry. The government mustspend more on fighting air pollution andalso impose higher penalties on polluters.

“We also need to change our mind-set. We need to discourage plastic wastethat often gets burnt and encouragecomposting instead of burning the organ-ic waste. Today, we try to fix traffic jamsby destroying green belts and wideningroads, kicking up a lot of dust andencouraging private vehicle use, insteadwe need create awareness and emphasiseon using public transport, car-pooling,walking or cycling and discourage the useof private vehicles for commuting,” headds.

Did you know? India has the dubiousdistinction of being home to 22 of the 50most polluted cities globally and almost6,27,000 premature deaths are attributableto ambient, or outdoor pollutants. Whena household or indoor pollution is addedto this figure, it rises to 1.6 million.

Venturing out on a busy road in Delhican now be equated to being exposed toHitler’s gas chambers as the levels ofVOCs, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide,carbon monoxide and ground level ozoneare very high.

How did you first conceptualisethe idea of the Swaniti initia-tive? Where did you draw the

idea from?As a graduate student at Kennedy

School, we conceptualised the idea ofsupporting Parliamentarians at the con-stituency level. We wanted to bringtogether the best talent from acrossIndia and embed them in rural commu-nities. I envisioned a programme wherewe could have young people leveragingdata and key insights at the grassrootlevel by working in partnership withparliamentarians. In 2009, we had a fewHarvard Graduate school students workwith parliamentarians and we noticedthat the impact was truly phenomenal.Key insights in the constituencies couldbe very powerful. After mulling on Indiafor two years, in 2011 I started workingpart-time with MPs on constituencydevelopment myself (while still at theWorld Bank). I really enjoyed the kindof work I was pursuing. Subsequently in2012, I left the World Bank inWashington DC and came back to Indiato jump in, head first, in to SwanitiInitiative. Its focus is to deliver devel-opment solutions to the base of the pyra-mid. We leverage data and technologyand work with governments to createsustainable impact.

What are the two most importantissues that need to be addressed whenbridging gaps and promoting develop-ment in the country?

� Use of facts and data in deci-sion-making: One of the key gaps thatexists is that we don’t provide enoughinformation at the local level to effec-tively take best decisions. These contin-ue to be taken by gut feel instead of con-crete insight in ground conditions.Knowing, for example, how manyunemployed people there are in specif-ic communities and what are theresources available to remedy this, canbe powerful. This would enable deci-sion-makers to take more immediatedecisions.

� Having talent equally spreadacross districts: If you go to Godda inJharkhand, it would be hard to findsomeone with a stellar academic andprofessional background. Most of ourtalent prefers living in the cities becausemost amenities like good schools andhospitals are available there. Godda’sstory is prevalent across India. But with-out talent on ground, it is difficult togrow communities. We need to find away to get our talented men and womenat grassroots to help build infrastructure.We particularly need them in govern-ment because without talent, we will notbe able to build sustainable systems inthe government.

What were the biggest challenges thatyou faced while implementing yourideas?

The government is huge and can

make a tremendous impact. However,it also takes a while to move and youneed to be very patient when workingwith them. For example, something assimple as implementing a new financialmanagement system can take sevenmonths (changes that might take a fewweeks in the private sector). But theincredible thing about the governmentis that when these changes are imple-mented, they impact a lot of people. Andthat kind of impact is powerful.

Being a woman, were there certainstereotypes that people labelled youwith especially when you startedworking on your own ideas?

As is often the case, a womanentrepreneur hears things that are lessthan kind about herself. There were peo-ple in the government who said theydidn’t want to work with women. Orthat women were too gentle to managethe tough realities of field. However, Iam fortunate to come from a family ofstrong women. And men in my family(including my husband) are the pillarsof our lives. It is with this strength thatSwaniti and I have been able to grow.

How do you think stereotypes affect awoman’s right to equality and hergrowth?

Beyond stereotypes, I think it is theexpectations that we have of women thatare appalling. We expect the woman totake care of the home, her family andon top of that work and be competitivein the professional field. On the otherhand, with men we are happy if theyexcel only in their profession. Keepingthese double standards for women willaffect our growth in the long term andnot create the ecosystem that we needfor them to thrive and grow.

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Do you think a chef ’sgender affects thefood in any way? How

do you think men’s cookingis different from that of awomen’s?

I believe cooking is some-thing that requires a lot of pas-sion, ef fort, hard work,courage as well as determina-tion. It is sheer determinationof an individual that makesone a successful chef, it real-ly doesn’t matter if you aremale or female or the thirdgender.

It really does not play anyrole in determining the won-ders that a chef can showcaseon 10 inch diameter.

How did you land in thisprofession? Were there anygender-specific stereotypesthat you had to face?

Women are as good asmen and trust me as I alreadymentioned that gender doesnot play even a minisculerole when it comes to cookingskills. My love for food can betraced to my genes. I inherit-ed it from my parents, espe-cially my mother and grand-mother. They are the oneswho made delicious foodevery single day at home. Ilearned the basics of thekitchen from them andrealised my love for food andingredients. If I would havebeen bothered by the stereo-types in the society, I wouldnot be marshalling an army of150 fine chefs in my team,today. I always brushed themaside.

Tell us about your stint atlearning French cuisine.Why did you only choosethat as your field of special-isation? Why not Indian?

Indian cuisine is one ofthe finest cuisines in the worldand that will always be myfirst choice. When I firstentered the hotel industry, Ifound French cuisine as allur-ing as Indian. I decided toinvest more time in Frenchcuisine and was totally mes-merised with the fine play ofbasic ingredients. Respect forfood takes the highest rank inmy repertoire, be it from anycuisine.

How did you prepare thedishes to present at Pluck?What is your strategy?

I keep it very fundamen-

tal at Pluck. First, we work onthe taste of the food and oncewe achieve the desired taste of

any dish, we start playingwith the edimentals at our dis-posal. The concept is very raw,

it’s all about the freshness,cooking them à la minute(preparing quickly and serv-ing immediately), ensuringthe right balance of flavours,textures and colours beforeserving it for the guests.

What is your signature dishand how did you come upwith the experiment?

Trilogy of Lamb is the onethat I flaunt to the world.There is a lot of thought givento this dish; it’s an amalgama-tion of the three differentcooking methods coming onone plate giving the dish mostversatile flavours.

What is your take on Indiancuisine? When do you thinkit will become the worldfavourite?

Indian cuisine is one ofthe oldest and varied cuisines,influenced by travellers andrulers of India in the medievalera. From the Royal kitchen ofMughals, langars of Sikhismto the bhandaras of Hindus, ithas all in it. This is the veryfirst cuisine I was exposed toat my home and it is still asfascinating as it was hun-dreds of years ago. I believe itis still the world’s favourite.

In this age of food bloggersand reviewers, do you thinkit is an injustice to the chefswho prepare a dish that adish is photographed anduploaded on social mediaeven before it is tasted?

Yes, I do have a feelingthat this injustice should bestopped as soon as possible asit is actually ruining the beau-tiful art of cooking food.Nowadays, it is getting morecommercial. Bloggers andreviewers are the ones whoactually influence the choiceof food or restaurant for manypeople. So, if the job is notdone on merits than it’s acomplete waste of skills.Anything that gets posted onsocial media should be firsttasted for its flavours andtextures. Later, it should beposted on various forums.

What do you think could bethe greatest cause of failurein a chef ’s dish?

Lack of compassion anddetermination are the twogreatest cause of failure in achef ’s dish. The food that ismade without compassionwill never come out beautiful.Further, if the chef is notdetermined towards makingthe food that he/she is offer-ing to the guest taste sublime,it will one day lead to a faileddish being served to themwhich can be disastrous.

(The chef is the Director of Culinary atPullman and Novotel,Aerocity.)

Once in a while one findssomething interestingby accident. It happenedto me recently whenexploring the white,

wide and winding blocks ofConnaught Place, I stumbled uponthe red-and-grey gates of a Frenchbut surprisingly vegan café called theBrioche Dorée. The fact that it wasa Parisian bakery café was reinforcedby its glass window sills at theentrance and yellow-striped andgrey walls. Of course what made itmore attractive was that I could keepmy Navratra pact intact.

Unlike India, Continental fooddoes not have rice, curry, lentils orpickle but even then the croissants,baguettes and tarts seemed to holdwarm memories of home. I beganwith Spinach and corn quiche. Thosewho dislike vegetables shouldabsolutely try this one. It mightchange your perspective on veggies.The quiche was served hot withbaked cheese over the top andcrushed spinach and corn as its fill-ing. It was scrumptious and I canvouch that I could go back to eat iteven on a full stomach.

Next up was the exotic Pestosandwich which had an abundanceof ingredients and vegetables.However, my heart still lay with thequiche and the second pick couldn’tcompete with my previous one.

Surprisingly it didn’t even comeclose to to it. A classic French pestobread, the burgwich, was stuffed withexotic greens like pumpkin and bellpeppers, coated in pesto mayonnaise.Its filling was indeed fresh but thesandwich couldn’t make a mark onthe taste quotient. Truth be told, I wasleft wondering what it tasted like.This made me a little apprehensiveif the next dish would turn out to beunusual or at least, better than thisone.

I was curious to try some of thebeverages like a fruit Sangria or aMasala Iced Tea, but I skipped thepage and turned to soups. Making achoice between tomato and basilsoup and its Navaratra specialPumpkin Soup was quite difficult.Eventually, I chose the latter.Presented in a white coffeemug, the yellow-coloured, creamy soup,with roasted babypumpkin, was gar-nished with freshcream and Italian pars-ley. It tasted like a throw-back to the times when wehad fallen sick and ourmothers would prepare some-thing soothing and warm tonurse us back to health. But ifyou think it was tasteless or worse‘sickly’, banish the thought. It wassomething that one can happily

embrace even in health.Moving ahead, I ordered a

Classic Croissant. The flaky pastry,layered with fine French butter,made its way to my heart at the veryfirst bite. Crispy on the outside andsoft inside, the croissant looked andtasted fresh. It could make for a sim-ple and delicious start to the meal atthis place. Or even feature as a greatbreakfast.

The Roasted Veg and Olive Pizzawas the next in line. What made itstand out was the base which waspuffy and flaky like a patty ratherthan a regular pizza. It was crispy andseemed to become even more so withevery bite. Layered with pilati, toppedwith cheese and oven-roasted veggieslike olives, mushrooms, bell peppers,and pumpkins, the rectangular pizza

seemed to be a blast of exoticflavours in my mouth.

I was moving towardsthe end of a satisfying

meal and ordered theMexican Burritobowl. The dish hadthe best of every-thing — layers offresh ingredients, rice

flavoured with spices,olives, kidney beans, fine-

ly-chopped tomatoes, a fewnacho chips with white mayon-

naise to complement it, choppedcoriander, chipotle chilli along with

crushed cumin and salt. If only Icould describe its flavourful taste!The bowl was irresistibly delectableand nothing like anything that I havetasted before.

It was time for the desserts,which I couldn’t resist since I wasalready impressed with what I had tillnow. I ordered a Chocolate bananatart and a Caramel romance cake.The two put me in the ultimatedilemma — because there isabsolutely no way that I can comparethe two or even choose one. Eachscored brownie points on its ownstrengths. While the former was notjust picture perfect but had a perfecttart crust, crispy and smooth, withdark chocolate and banana slicescomplementing each other; the lat-ter, was a burst of caramel and milkchocolate. If one sentence coulddescribe what I went through, it issheer gluttony. I polished off bothwithout leaving behind a scrap.Never mind the diet I have beenplanning for a while.

Deeply satisfied, the epicureandelights left a deep impression on me.I certainly believe that this place,manages to blend the best of bothworlds — French perfection withIndian flavours — which makes itextraordinary. Now I know, what theother Brioche Dorées around theworld would taste and look like —heavenly.

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Cristiano Ronaldo was againhailed by Juventus coach

Massimiliano Allegri after scor-ing with his side's only shot ontarget to earn a 1-1 draw awayto an excellent Ajax in the firstleg of their quarter-final inAmsterdam on Wednesday.

On his return from a thighinjury, Ronaldo subdued the50,000 home fans in the JohanCruyff Arena when he headedJuventus in front on the strokeof half-time to take his recordgoal tally in the competition to125.

However, Brazilian wingerDavid Neres conjured a stun-ning equaliser almost immedi-ately after half-time to give Ajaxa draw that was the very leastthey deserved.

Despite that, it is Juventus— for whom substitute DouglasCosta struck a post late on —who hold the upper hand head-ing into next Tuesday's return inTurin, with the winners of thistie facing Manchester City orTottenham Hotspur in the lastfour.

Ronaldo had not playedfor his club since scoring a hat-trick to dump out AtleticoMadrid in the last 16, and hisgoal here saved the visitors in theface of another fine Ajax perfor-mance.

Ronaldo won the trophy inthe last three seasons with RealMadrid, but a fearless Ajaxended the Spanish side'sEuropean hegemony in the pre-vious round after a thrilling 4-1 victory in Spain.

This result allows them tomaintain hope ahead of thereturn, even if they might feelthey should have won here.

Ten Hag's brilliant youngside is likely to be broken up atthe end of this campaign, so thismay be the Amsterdam club'sbest chance in a long time to wina fifth European Cup.

��"����� ����������'Frenkie de Jong is leaving

for Barcelona, and the 21-year-old's eagerness to get on the balland start moves here underlinedwhy the Catalans were preparedto pay an initial 75 million euros($84.5 million) in January tosecure his signa-ture.

However,it was theM o r o c c a ninternational,Hakim Ziyech,who was the most promi-nent going forward in thefirst half — one curlingeffort in the 18thminute was head-ing for the top cor-

ner before being tipped over byWojciech Szczesny.

Donny van de Beek thenput a great chance agonisinglywide after being teed up byDusan Tadic, while Juventusonly displayed their attackingthreat in patches.

Ronaldo was largely quiet,but he was afforded too muchtime and space by the Ajaxdefence as he opened the scor-ing right on half-time.

He collected a RodrigoBentancur pass, spread the playto Joao Cancelo and then ranunhindered in a straight lineinto the box to head home hiscompatriot's cross.

It was his 25th goal of theseason — he has now scored sixChampions League goals at theJohan Cruyff Arena, as many asex-Ajax star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Ajax fans greeted theirteam's return for the second halfwith a rendition of Bob Marley'sThree Little Birds, and theywere still belting out the wordsto their adopted hymn whenthey equalised within a minuteof the restart.

Neres robbed Cancelo bythe left touchline just inside theJuventus half and advancedbefore curling a shot beyondSzczesny and into the far corner.

Exerted home pressure fol-lowed, although Costa nearlydelivered a late sucker punch ashe hit the woodwork at the otherend.

Ajax are still right in the tie,but left-back Nicolas

Tagliafico will besuspended for thereturn afterbeing booked

here.

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Lewis Hamilton sounded a warning aheadof the 1,000th grand prix on Sunday, say-

ing he was focused only on victory, adding:"I'm not one for special days like this."

The Mercedes star from Britain is facingmultiple challenges this season, primarilyfrom Ferrari, who go into the third race ofthe season with the fastest car.

But that did not stop the 34-year-old win-ning in Bahrain two weeks ago after theFerrari of Leclerc lost power towards the end.

Hamilton, a five-time world champion,was dismissive on Thursday of the partyatmosphere surrounding this weekend'smilestone Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.

"I'm not one for birthdays, I'm not onefor anniversaries, I'm not one for special dayslike this," said Hamilton, who is a pointbehind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas at thetop of the early drivers' standings.

"It's absolutely no different to any otherrace weekend for me.

I'm here to do one job, and one job only,and that's win.

"It does not matter if it's the 1,000th,2,000th or 10,000th (race), it's an irrelevantfigure for me."

That steely resolve looks set to be put tothe test this weekend in Shanghai, where theBriton has triumphed five times and is acrowd favourite.

Shanghai has one of the longest straightsin F1, which will suit Ferrari's searing pace.

Hamilton does not expect hisMercedes team to have closed thegap in that department, and sees the

Red Bull team as a seriousthreat too.

Cautioning howeverthat the season is in itsinfancy, Hamilton said thathe hopes to beat the Ferrarisof Leclerc and SebastianVettel fair and square, ratherthan hope they suffer somekind of mechanical problem.

"I hope that we do nothave to rely on reliability andhope that we have a muchcloser race," he said.

"Qualifying was ok inthe last race, but the race was

a big delta (to the Ferrari speed)."I hope this weekend is closer between

us because this is a great track to have a realrace.

"The closer it is, the better."

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Fast-rising Ferrari starCharles Leclerc said on

Thursday that he must shut outthe growing hype surroundinghim if he is to win his maidenFormula One race.

The 21-year-old fromMonaco came an agonisingthird last time out, in Bahrain,

after leading for much of therace until his Ferrari lost power,allowing Mercedes' LewisHamilton to snatch victory.

Speaking in Shanghai, thethird race of the season, Leclercconceded that getting himselfon the podium for the first timehad propelled him into thespotlight.

"After the first race

(Australia, where he was fifth)nobody sees me as a title con-tender," he said.

"After the second race,everyone sees me as a title con-tender so things can go(change) very quick in FormulaOne.

"I need to keep the focus onwhat I'm doing in the car, workas hard as possible and try to do

the best job in the car and out-side the car, and I'm pretty surethe results will come."

Leclerc, in only his secondseason in F1 and first with thefamed Ferrari team, added:"The win was very close (inBahrain) and hopefully I'll getmy first win soon.

"That's the target and that'swhat I'm working for."

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Atletico Madrid striker DiegoCosta will miss the rest of the

season after being handed an eight-match suspension by the SpanishFootball Federation on Thursday.

Costa was sent off in the first halfof Atletico's 2-0 defeat to Barcelonaon Saturday for directing a crudeinsult towards referee Gil Manzano.Manzano also reported that Costahad "grabbed" him by the arms dur-ing the incident.

The lengthy ban means Costawill not play again this season asAtletico have seven games left in LaLiga, having been knocked out of theChampions League and Copa delRey.

According to the match reportsubmitted by Manzano, Costa insult-

ed his mother in a foul-mouthed out-burst before "grabbing me by thearms to prevent me showingcards to numbers 24 and 2respectively".

The RFEF ruledCosta should therefore besuspended for four match-es for "clear insults andoffensive expressionsmade by the playertowards the referee" andanother four, after "meet-ing the referee with mildviolence, without aggres-sive spirit, but in a mannerthat is reflected in the act ofgrabbing".

Costa has endured a difficult sea-son, having scored only five goals inall competitions and missed almosttwo months at the start of the year

due to a foot injury.Atletico signed Alvaro Morata

on loan from Chelsea inJanuary and the 26-year-old is now likely to begiven an extended run inthe starting line-up.

Costa is no strangerto controversy. He movedto Atletico after falling outwith Chelsea coachConte in 2017, a disputethat saw the forward relo-cate to Brazil and refuse toplay for his club.

He was also twicehanded three-match sus-

pensions by the Football Associationin England, for stamping onLiverpool's Emre Can in January2015 and kicking Arsenal defenderGabriel Paulista nine months later.

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The Indian trio of P V Sindhu, SainaNehwal and Kidambi Srikanth con-

tinued their impressive run and pro-gressed to the singles quarterfinalsof the $ 355,000 Singapore Openhere on Thursday.

The fourth-seeded Sindhu, took39 minutes to get the better of worldnumber 22 Mia Blichfeldt 21-13, 21-19, her second straight win over theDanish shuttler, who had clinched theSpain Masters earlier this year. She willnext face China's Cai Yanyan.

Sixth seed Srikanth survived ascare in the second game before over-coming Denmark's Hans-KristianSolberg Vittinghus 21-12, 23-21, settingup a meeting with top seed Japan'sKento Mamota, who ended HSPrannoy's campaign with a straightgame victory.

Sixth seed Saina had to work hardin her bid to avenge a Malaysia Openfirst-round loss to PornpaweeChochuwong before pulling off athrilling 21-16, 18-21, 21-19 win overthe Thai shuttler in the second round.

Nehwal will next square off againstsecond seeded Nozomi Okuhara.

While Saina was plotting the down-fall of Chochuwong, her husband andfellow shuttler Parupalli Kashyap, waslocked in a fierce battle with reigningOlympic champion, Chen Long ofChina.

Kashyap stretched Chen to threegames before losing 9-21, 21-15, 16-21to the fourth seeded Chinese, who hadreached the finals at Malaysia Open lastyear.

It was curtains for Prannoy too,after 11-21, 11-21 defeat at the handsof the world No 1 Japanese.

Sameer Verma continued hisimpressive run, beating China's LuGuangzu 21-15, 21-18, to set up a clashwith second seeded Taipei player ChouTien Chen.

Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N SikkiReddy also entered the quarterfinalsafter stunning world No 11 HongKong pair of Tang Chun Man and TseYing Suet 21-17, 6-21, 21-19 in a 50-minute clash.

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Manchester United haveanother monumental taskon their hands in the

Champions League after Luke Shaw'sown goal gave Barcelona a 1-0 quar-ter-final, first leg lead at Old Trafford.

Shaw turned Luis Suarez's head-er into his own net after just 12 min-utes and despite being far from theirbest, Barca comfortably held out toedge towards a first semi-final in fouryears.

United produced one of theEuropean Cup's finest ever come-backs from a 2-0 first-leg defeat athome to Paris Saint-Germain in thelast 16.

However, on the ground wheremanager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer com-pleted another famous fightback towin the competition as a player in1999, United must repeat the trick atthe Camp Nou in six days' time.

Much has been made of Suarez'sChampions League goal drought onthe road and while the Uruguayan hasstill not officially netted an away goalin the competition since September2015, he had a huge hand in Barca'swinner.

Lionel Messi drifted in behind theUnited defence and his cross hung upto the back post was headed goal-wards by Suarez, the ball flicking offShaw on its way past David de Gea.

An errant offside flag brieflythreatened to spoil Suarez's delight.However, the goal was quickly givenon a VAR review and the formerLiverpool striker took extra glee athaving the last laugh with a fist pumpin front of the Stretford End.

The early goal should have settledthe Spanish champions into theirstride as their dominance of posses-sion touched close to 90 percent inthe opening stages.

Yet, they offered United plenty ofencouragement with Sergio Busquetsin particular off the pace.

Marcus Rashford shrugged off anankle injury to start and provided bya distance United's biggest threat.

A free-kick from the Englandinternational flew just wide inside thefirst five minutes and he sent anoth-er dipping effort from range just overMarc-Andre ter Stegen's crossbar.

United defender Chris Smallinghad said "bring it on" at the prospectof facing Messi on the eve of thegame.

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ied from the nose as he careered intoan aerial challenge on the half-hourmark.

Messi was quickly back on his feetand into the heart of the action, but itwas Philippe Coutinho who cameclosest to extending Barca's advantagebefore the break with a thunderous lowshot that De Gea did brilliantly to repelwith his feet.

Moments later United could easi-ly have been on level terms, but thehosts' best chance of the half fell to thewrong man as Rashford picked outDalot only for the Portuguese to com-pletely miscue his header across goal.

Rashford, though, also failed tomake proper contact with his bigchance early in the second-half whenTer Stegen could only punch a crossinto his path.

Barca boss Ernesto Valverde intro-duced midfielders Sergi Roberto andArturo Vidal from the bench in orderto restore to control.

And as United chased in vain foran equaliser, the visitors began to cre-ate chances again in the final quarter.

Suarez fired into the side-nettingbefore De Gea used his feet to goodeffect once more to deny Jordi Alba.

Anthony Martial had one final bigopportunity to send United toCatalonia next week on level terms, buta heavy touch allowed the faultlessGerard Pique to intervene and con-demn the Red Devils to a fourthdefeat in their last six home ChampionsLeague games.

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Swashbuckling AndreRussell's big-hitting prowess

will be pitted against KagisoRabada's inch-perfect york-ers for the second time whenKolkata Kight Riders faceDelhi Capitals in a return-legfixture of the IPL at EdenGardens on Friday.

Away from the match, thespotlight will also fall on whereformer KKR and India captainSourav Ganguly sits during thematch. Ganguly will be a 'vis-itor' at his 'home' ground ofEden Gardens as he is current-ly donning the advisor's hat inthe Delhi franchise, which hasdrawn 'conflict-of-interest'charges against him.

Second in the IPL tablewith eight points from sixmatches, KKR's season so farhas been a Russell show withthe Jamaican amassing 257runs from five innings, out ofwhich 150 have come in sixesalone.

His average has been128.50 while the strike rate isa mind-boggling 212.39,something that has left theopposition clueless on how tostop him.

Mahendra Singh Dhonidid it with perfect execution bystranding Dre-Russ (as Russellis known to KKR fans) with hisspin-heavy attack en route tohanding KKR a crushingseven-wicket defeat inChennai in their last match.

KKR's second defeat thisseason has been at the handsof Delhi Capitals in a dramat-ic Super Over finish at Kotlawith Rabada winning the bat-tle against Russell.

Tasked to defend 11 runsin the Super Over, Rabada wassmashed for a four by Russellin the first ball, but returnedstrongly to uproot the middlestump with an inch-perfectyorker, something Gangulyhas termed as the "ball of thetournament".

While KKR will look to

avenge their first leg defeat,Delhi, who have six pointsfrom as many matches, will belooking for their fourth win ofthe league to return to top-five.

While the KKR fans maybe anticipating a Russell-maniaat the Eden, the nature of thewicket will also play an impor-tant role in Friday's match.

With Delhi Capitals boast-ing a world class pace attackspearheaded by the 23-year-old South African Rabada, afew insiders at CricketAssociation of Bengal haveclaimed that its presidentGanguly may have a 'say' in thepitch which could assist pac-ers.

"You will know about thenature of the wicket on the dayof the match. Whatever it is,whichever team plays well willwin, it's simple," Ganguly said.

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Kolkata Knight Riders onThursday signed uncapped

Australian pacer Matt Kelly toreplace their injured South Africanimport Anrich Nortje in the ongo-ing tournament.

The 24-year-old Kelly, a right-arm pace bowler, has played 16 First-Class matches, five List A games and12 T20s so far and has not featuredin the past editions of the IPL, thefranchise said in a statement.

The 25-year-old Nortje was

ruled out of the tournament right atthe start when he sustained a shoul-der injury. Nortje was bought by theKKR at his base price of ��20 lakh.

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Patel was also ruled out of theremainder of the IPL owing to a frac-ture in his right hand, coach RickyPonting said on Thursday.

"He has suffered a fracture in hisright hand in the game againstKings XI (on April 1). It took us afew days to actually get to the bot-

tom of that fracture. He's had someX-Rays. He's been ruled out forthree-four weeks which basicallyruled him out of the tournament. Weneed to find a replacement," Pontingsaid at the pre-match conference.

Patel has featured in two out ofthe six games for the Delhi-basedoutfit this season, picking up 2/40 inthe tied game against the KolkataKnight Riders, which Delhi won inthe super over. He had conceded0/37 in the 14-run dramatic lossagainst the Kings XI Punjab inMohali.

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His whirlwind 83 pow-ered Mumbai Indians to

a last-ball three-wicket winover Kings XI Punjab andstand-in skipper KieronPollard said the key to the suc-cessful chase was staying cooland collected under immensepressure.

Pollard, who led the teamin place of the injured RohitSharma, smashed 10 toweringsixes and three fours in his 31-ball innings to take MI to thedoorsteps of victory.

Once he departed early inthe last over, it was AlzarriJoseph (15 not out), whotook MI home, chasing downKings XI's target of 198 off thelast ball.

"You can say yes, you cansay no (whether it was his bestknock ever). It's more impor-tant that we won the game. Istayed calm under pressure. I

wanted to finish off the game.Keeping that calm head in theend was good," Pollard said atthe post-match press confer-ence.

"The guys rallied reallywell. That's why it's a teamsport," the 31-year-oldTrinidadian complimentedhis team mates.

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Delhi Capitals head coach RickyPonting is not worried about

Rishabh Pant's inconsistency andjust wants the dashing wicketkeep-er batsman to play with completefreedom.

Once the left-hander gets going,he becomes a nightmare for thebowlers but the 21-year-old oftengets criticised for playing rash shots.

"I am not going to curb the wayhe plays. I am not going to tell himto slow down and settle downbecause I know if he plays his besthe wins games for us," Ponting saidon the eve of their return leg matchagainst Kolkata Knight Riders at theEden Gardens.

"I want him to go out there with

pure freedom and with no otherthought in the back of his head otherthan trying to hit the ball for six."

Pant smashed a 27-ball 78against Mumbai Indians in theiropening game of IPL 2019 but sincethen he's been struggling for runsbut the Aussie great hoped he wouldcome good at the back end of thetournament.

"You don't want to take thataway from him but what we wantfrom him is, he has to understandthat we need him batting in the lastfour overs of every game we play.

"So far the difference has beenin some of the close games that wehave played, our best batsmenhaven't been in at the back end of theinnings and that's what we need andcertainly what we expect from our

better players."We are less than halfway

through the tournament and I amsure he will win another three-fourfor us as we go along."

With three losses from sixmatches, Ponting said it's the battingthat has let the team down.

"We feel like we've got a reallyrounded attack and the bowling sofar for has been pretty good rightthrough the tournament. It's beenour batters who have let us down acouple of times and they're veryaware of what to expect and they arevery aware of what the team needsthem to do as well.

"We haven't been brilliant yet,but I think we've got a group goingforward, they can play some brilliantcricket and it's really exciting to be

around this around this time at themoment. It's about putting a teamtogether that's got the right balanceof youth and experience. We feel thatwe've got it in our team."

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Spinner Kuldeep Yadav saysVirat Kohli has a different

kind of hunger when he plays forIndia, refusing to believe that theIPL losing streak will affect theskipper's form going into theWorld Cup.

The Kohli-led RoyalChallengers Bangalore have lostsix matches on the trot this IPLseason but Kuldeep backed hiscaptain.

"He's one of the best in theworld, has broken so manyrecords I don't think he will beaffected by this," Kuldeep said.

"He has a different hungerwhen he plays for India.Everyone is highly motivated todo well in the World Cup."

The 24-year-old fromKanpur feels lack of team com-bination is the main reason

behind RCB's failure."With 5000-plus runs, indi-

vidually he's doing his best. Butmaybe his team combination isnot clicking. Maybe somewheredown the line he's lacking inteam combination. It's a teamcombination.

"He's in great touch and if hekeeps doing well like that it willbe good for India in WorldCup."

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Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary was a prominentface in the Delhi Capitals trials along with

bustling Mumbai fast bowler Tushar Deshpande atthe Eden Gardens on Thursday.

The other notable face during the trials wasPunjab pacer Manpreet Singh Gony.

However DC management has not yet takenany decision on replacements as there is anotherround of trials setto be held onFriday morning.

"Manoj willtravel with theteam to our nextmatch againstHyderabad onApril 14. He willcontinue trainingand then we willtake a final call,"DC advisor SouravGanguly said.

With pacerHarshal Patel ruledout with a hand fracture and batsman Manjot Kalraalso likely to sit out, DC will need at least tworeplacements.

Tiwary, who has been a part of past 11 IPL edi-tions, missed out at the auction and was doingBengali commentary for the host broadcaster whenhe was summoned for the trials.

"Yes, I attended the trials. I felt that it went offwell. I had a chat with DC advisor Sourav Gangulyand coach Ricky Ponting. I have not been official-ly told anything. Hoping for the best," Tiwary said.

If Tiwary makes the cut, it will be in place ofleft-handed Kalra. The Bengal skipper has playedfor Delhi franchise on two separate occasions apartfrom KKR, KXIP and Rising Pune Supergiants.

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Ahead of India's World Cup squad announce-ment, Kolkata Knight Riders mentor

Abhishek Nayar Thursday backed Dinesh Karthikto make the UK-bound team, saying he is a ver-satile player who can also bat at number four.

Karthik had found himself out of favour asthe selectors dropped him for India's final fiveODIs before the World Cup.

"I think in the past two years he has showedus how versatile he is. He is not only a finisherbut even batting up the order. I think he givesyou that versatility also being a wicketkeeper anda very good fielder," Nayar said of Karthik.

"He is not only a keeper backup but also abatsman backup who can come and field. We'veseen how well he fields and the kind of catcheshe has taken. He is also ideal to bat at numberfour because of the kind batsman he's you canuse him anywhere in the batting order. So for mehe is someone I feel he should be definitely inthat World Cup squad."

KKR lost their last round match againstChennai Super Kings after being restricted to 108for nine.

"I think one game doesn't define this team.Even in the last game, we fought till the end

defending a small total and showed characteroverall," Nayar said, hoping for a turnaroundagainst Delhi Capitals.

In their return leg clash, the spotlight is onCricket Association of Bengal president SouravGanguly, who will be sitting in the opponents'dug-out as their advisor.

"We are fine as long as he's not playing.Having someone like Sourav is a great USP, butit's about the cricketers on that particular day thatshowcases their skill that wins the game," Nayarsaid without reading much into the scenario.

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Andre Russell has showed signs of weakness againstthe turning ball, feels Kuldeep Yadav, insisting he has

enough tricks up his sleeves to outwit the big-hitting WestIndian in the World Cup.

Russell has been a picture of consistency for KolkataKnight Riders, amassing 257 runs from just 121 balls witha stunning ball striking rate of 212.39 in this IPL.

However, his KKR teammate Kuldeep said he hasfound a chink in Russell's armour which he will look toexploit during the May 30-July 14 showpiece event.

"He has some problems facing a turning ball. If theball is turning, then he has a weakness," he said.

"It's not just this, I've different plans to unleash againsthim in the World Cup. I know how to stop him and I'mvery clear in my mind," the 24-year old added.

He has been sharing the dressing room with Russellbut Kuldeep conceded that he has never bowled to himat the nets.

"He does not take chance against spinners. He's a ter-ror for pacers. And I've never bowled him at the nets.You are always under pressure when you're hit for twosixes in a row," he said.

"It's important how you comeback. All it takes is oneball to get the batsman out. You can assess a player's char-acter by that."

Kuldeep has so far taken just three wickets from sixmatches but the India wrist spinner said he is happy withhis performance and he has matured as a cricketer.

"If I'm not getting wickets it does not mean I'm notbowling well. Now I play as a matured cricketer and thinkmore about the team. Even as I'm not taking wickets, myeconomy rate is tight," he pointed out.

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Bespectacled Mitchell Santnersmashed Ben Stokes into the standsoff the final delivery to guide

Chennai Super Kings to a thrilling fourwicket victory in an IPL game which sawa very public outburst from winning cap-tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

CSK recorded their sixth win inseven games as they made a rough weath-er of a modest 152 run target beforeSantner's six sealed in a dramatic finalover in which CSK needed 18 runs.

Dhoni on his part scored 58 off 43and added 95 with Ambati Rayudu (57off 47 balls) for the fifth wicket. HoweverStokes got him with a yorker and a clearwaist high no-ball to Santner was ruledout by umpire Ulhas Gandhe after try-ing to raise his arm. This prompted anangry Dhoni to enter the ground and lit-erally blast Gandhe before leg umpireBruce Oxenford calmed him and senthim back before Santner finished it offin style spoiling a brilliant outing fromJofra Archer (1/19 in 4 overs).

Dhawal Kulkarni bowled a perfectaway going delivery that squared upShane Watson (0) while Suresh Raina (4)was beaten by a direct throw.

Faf du Plessis (7) soon followed thesuit as Rahul Tripathi took a well judgedcatch at the deep mid-wicket boundaryoff Jaydev Unadkat's bowling to reduceCSK to 15 for 3.

Kedar Jadhav (1) didn't last long butit took an air-borne Ben Stokes to pull offan incredible catch at backward point offJofra Archer's bowling.

At 24 for 4, Dhoni walked in andwith two young spinners in ShreyasGopal and Riyan Parag (0/24 in 3 overs)bowling in tandem, he launched into theduo hitting them for a six each as Rayudukept on rotating the strike, hitting the oddboundaries in between. Their 50-run

stand for the fifth wicket came in 42 ballsas Dhoni deposited Gopal into thestands for his third six. Rayudu also didhis bit lofting Stokes for a six.

Earlier, Chennai Super Kings pro-duced yet another disciplined bowlingeffort to restrict Rajasthan Royals to amodest 151 for seven in 20 overs.

Save Jos Buttler (23 off 10 balls) at thetop of the order, none of other Royalsbatsmen looked the part as CSK skipper

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's immaculatereading of the track once again helped thedefending champions.

Left-arm spin duo Ravindra Jadeja(2/20 in 4 overs) and Mitchell Santner(1/25 in 4 overs) checked the run-flowas Royals batsmen were always playinga catch-up game.

Even Imran Tahir (0/28 in 4 overs),who went for a few more runs comparedto the other two spinners ended with

decent enough figures.Royals skipper Ajinkya Rahane (14

off 11) failed once again with seamerDeepak Chahar (2/33 in 4 overs) trappinghim leg before.

Buttler belted Shardul Thakur (2/44in 4 overs) for a few boundaries beforehe mistiming one which was easilycaught by Ambati Rayudu.

Once Buttler was gone, Royals lostthe momentum as wickets fell at regularimtervals. Steve Smith (15 off 22 balls)struggled once again as he slog sweptRavindra Jadeja towards deep mid-wick-et only to find Rayudu. Samson also topedged a sweep which was caught by sub-stitute fielder Dhruv Shorey.

Rahul Tripathi's struggles in themiddle-order continued while BenStokes' 28 (26 balls) wasn't good enough.

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