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C’garh Maoists kill ‘The only thing the Congress

does honestly is corruption’
BJP MLA, 4 others PM Modi says I-T raids have exposed who is scared of the ‘chowkidar’
Bhima Mandavi’s DNA Correspondent
trail of violence correspondent@dnaindia.net
convoy ambushed chhattisgarh frequently hit by deadly naxal attacks Mumbai: Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

in Dantewada two brought up the Income Tax department’s raids at the

office and houses of Congress leaders and aides at a
rally in Latur district in Maharashtra on Tuesday. It
days before polls was his first joint rally with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav
Thackeray after they linked arms once more in the
DNA Correspondent state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
correspondent@dnaindia.net The Prime Minister said crores of black money
in the form of cash was found as a result of the
New Delhi: BJP legislator raids, which was to be used for purchasing votes.
Bhima Mandavi and four oth- “For last six months, the Congress has been saying
ers, including three police per- that chowkidar chor hai. But these raids expose
sonnel, were killed instantly who is the real chor. Who is afraid of chowkidar? It
after Maoists ambushed his has been barely six months that the Madhya
convoy in Dantewada region Pradesh government has been formed and evidence
of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. of loot of billions of rupees have come to light. The
Mandavi was on the road only thing Congress does honestly is corruption,”
while campaigning for the Wreckage of legislator Bhima Mandavi’s convoy he said.
Lok Sabha elections which After walking up on stage, the Prime Minister
begin on Thursday. The at- „„April 4: Four BSF jawans killed, 2 hurt after Naxals held Uddhav’s hand high enough for everyone to see,
tack on Mandavi took place struck them with improvised explosive devices in Kanker and referred to him as his “younger brother”. The
just two days before the Mao- two powerhouses were at Ausa in Latur district on
ist-infested Bastar area votes „„Feb 18, 2018: 2 state police personnel killed in Tuesday, along with Maharashtra Chief Minister
in the first phase of the polls. gun battle with CPI (Maoist) at Bhejji in Sukma district Devendra Fadnavis and Republican Party leader-
A Central Reserve Police „„April 24, 2017: 26 CRPF killed in clash with Maoists plus-minister Ramdas Athavale.  Turn to P4
Force team was dispatched to in Burkapal-Chintagufa area in south Bastar area
the area, as the state’s Chief
Minister Bhupesh Baghel
called for a high-level meeting. other vehicles in the convoy, region, but he wanted to ad- PM Modi to address 2
rallies in state today
The other four killed are the Maoists, who were hiding dress the people.
Head Constables Chagan Kul- nearby, opened fire, after The Maoists, known to es-
deep and Ramlal Oyemi, Con- which a gunfight followed. calate violence before elec-
stable Somdu Kawasi and the Prime Minister Narendra tions, have warned the locals Ahmedabad: Prime minister Narendra Modi
driver of the vehicle Dantesh- Modi “strongly” condemned not to cast their votes: posters will address two public meetings in Gujarat on PM Narendra Modi with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at a rally in
war Maurya. the attack and added: “The with the message dot the area. Wednesday, his first visit to his home state since support of alliance candidates at Ausa in Latur district—PTI
The Maoists had set off a sacrifices of these martyrs Chhattisgarh’s chief elec- announcement of elections on March 10, while
blast through an improvised will not go in vain.” Lauding toral officer held a video con- Congress president Rahul Gandhi is slated to Talking about human Our government
explosive device buried in the Bhima Mandavi, he said: ference with collectors and visit the state on April 15. Gujarat BJP spokesper- rights doesn’t suit the doesn’t just talk about
road. “The blast ripped apart “Courageous, he assiduously SPs of districts slated to go to son Bharat Pandya told reporters that Modi will
the lawmaker’s bullet-proof served the people... His de- polls in phases 1 and 2 and address rallies at Junagadh Agricultural Univer- Congress as you were the teaching lessons. Our only
vehicle. The mangled remains mise is deeply anguishing.” instructed them to take ut- sity and Songadh in Tapi district. The PM is ex- party which had taken away expectation from PM now
can be seen lying some dis- Mandavi had won from most precautions. The polls pected to reach Rajkot at 9:30 am, from where he the Late Balasaheb is that deal Pak such a blow
tance from a crater in the Dantewada after defeating will be held as per schedule. will travel to Junagadh. “He will address a public Thackeray’s citizenship and that nothing of it remains
road,” said a senior IPS officer. Congress’s Devti Karma in meeting at Junagadh at 10:10 am, and then travel
The five people died in- last year’s assembly polls. He inside to Songadh, where he will address a meeting at
right to vote to mess (with India) again
stantly. Sources said when had been asked not to cam- 12:45,” Pandya said.  Report, P2 Narendra Modi, Uddhav Thackeray,
RSS worker killed by terrorists P5
people tried to come out of paign in the violence-prone Prime Minister Shiv Sena chief

PIL challenges PUBG No proceeding

against top
Kings trump Knights SC verdict on
Rafale review
ban in Guj high court developer: ED petition today
Nirupam Banerjee DNA Correspondent New Delhi: The Supreme
nirupam.banerjee@dnaindia.net correspondent@dnaindia.net Court will on Wednesday pro-
nounce verdict on the pre-
Ahmedabad: A public inter- Mumbai: More than two liminary objections raised by
est litigation has been filed in years after so-called activists the Centre that the docu-
the Gujarat High Court chal- filed a complaint with a bar- ments on which it was claim-
lenging the ban imposed on rage of baseless allegations, ing “privilege” cannot be re-
Is Alpesh set playing PlayerUnknown’s
Battlegrounds, or PUBG, by
the Enforcement Directorate
has finally given clean chit to
lied upon to re-examine the
verdict in the Rafale fighter

to quit Cong? authorities in several cities

across the state. The petition
filed by Internet Freedom
game point
Avighna Developers. “We
conducted a preliminary in-
quiry into the allegations and
jet deal with France.
A bench headed by Chief
Justice Ranjan Gogoi will
Ahmedabad: In a blow to the Foundation (IFF) is likely to „„PUBG is an online found nothing. There is no pronounce the verdict.
Congress ahead of the Lok be taken up this week by the multiplayer battle game FIR and no pending proceed- On March 14, SC had re-
Sabha elections, Alpesh Tha- division bench of Acting developed by PUBG ing in the case now,” ED served verdict on the prelimi-
kor its MLA from Radhanpur Chief Justice AS Dave and Corporation, a subsidiary sources told DNA. nary objections raised by the
seat in north Gujarat, is set to Justice Biren Vaishnav. of South Korean video In November 2016, there Chennai Super Kings’ pacer Deepak Chahar (R) celebrates after dismissing Robin Uthappa of Kolkata Knight Riders Centre on admissibility of
quit all the party posts. How- The multi-platform battle game company Bluehole. was a storm in the media that in an IPL tie in Chennai on Tuesday. CSK won by 7 wickets —PTI  Report, P10 privileged documents an-
ever, it was not immediately game, which took the gaming the ED was investigating into nexed by former Union minis-
clear if he would also leave world by storm with over 10 „„It is inspired by allegations of money launder- ters Yashwant Sinha and
the party and resign as MLA. crore downloads on Google the 2000 Japanese ing involving a former Chief Arun Shourie as also activist

SBI reduces home loan rates

The deci- Play alone, was recently film Battle Royale, Minister of Maharashtra and lawyer Prashant Bhushan in
sion “to re- banned in Ahmedabad, Ra- and expanded into a the involvement of a leading their review petition against
sign from all jkot, Gir Somnath, Vadodara, standalone game city developer in the scheme SC’s December 14 judgement
posts in Con- Surat, Anand and Bhavnagar. of things. It turns out that the that dismissed all petitions
gress party” The ban was imposed by smear campaign by motivated Mumbai: The nation’s largest all tenors, effective April 10. In the February policy re- against the Rafale jet deal.
was taken in the core meeting city police authorities under 21 people who were caught elements was launched to tar- lender State Bank of India on The revised one-year mar- view also the monetary au- “Only after we decide the
of Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Section 144 of the Criminal playing the game. get the developer’s reputa- Tuesday cut interest rates on ginal cost of funds-based lend- thority had lowered the key preliminary objection raised
Sena, said Jagatsinh Thakor Procedure Code (CrPC) on the The counsel for IFF told tion, and the clean chit comes housing loans up to Rs 30 lakh ing rate (MCLR) stands rates by a similar quan- by the Centre, we will go into
of the Sena. grounds that it results in vio- DNA that the ban imposed by as an apt closure for the by 10 basis points. at 8.50 percent down tum. In a 4:2 majority other aspect of the review
“The core committee has lent behaviour among young- law enforcement agencies is Avighna management. Accordingly, the interest from 8.55 percent ear- vote, the central bank petitions,” the bench said,
decided that Alpesh Thakor sters and affects their studies. unconstitutional. The advo- In their plaint to ED, the rate on housing loans below lier, the bank said in had cut the repo rate adding “only if we overrule
will resign from all posts in While many cities includ- cate said people have a right mischievous elements had al- Rs 30 lakh will be in the range a statement. to 6 per cent from 6.25 the preliminary objection, we
Congress within 24 hours,” ing Ahmedabad lifted the ban, to choose their recreation leged the former CM had of 8.60-8.90 per cent, from 8.70- The move follows a per cent earlier, citing will go into other details”.
Jagatsinh Thakor said in a it is still in place till April 30 and there is no concrete evi- ploughed his funds through 9 percent earlier. 25 basis points cut in the need to support Centre had said the docu-
WhatsApp message late on in other cities like Rajkot. dence to prove the game re- offshore routes into a luxury The public lender has also repo rate by RBI in its first growth that has been slug- ments could not be considered
Tuesday. Thakor could not be The petitioners have also sults in violent behaviour housing project of Avighna reduced the lending rates by a monetary policy review an- gish since many months. in evidence as per Section 123
reached for comment. challenged arrests of around among youngsters.  Turn to P4 Group in Parel.  Full report, P4 marginal 5 basis points across nounced last week.  Report, DNA Money Indian Evidence Act. —PTI

EC summons Revenue Nirmohi Akhara appeal to SC

secretary, CBDT head over transfer of Ayodhya land
Manan Kumar & Anjul Tomar Abraham Thomas
Disputed Site
correspondent@dnaindia.net
Ex-civil servants abraham.thomas@dnaindia.net
n Centre plans to transfer 42-
New Delhi: The Election
Commission (EC), on Tues-
write to President New Delhi: The Nirmohi
Akhara, a party in the Ram
acre land around disputed site
to Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas
day, summoned both Revenue New Delhi: A group of Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid
secretary A B Pandey and former civil servants title suit, has filed a plea in the n Nirmohi Akhara claims the
Central Board of Direct Taxes wrote to President Ram Supreme Court over the Cen- lease deed obtained by Nyas
(CBDT) chairman P C Mody. Nath Kovind on Monday tre’s move to transfer 42-acre was by fraud as the state
The move comes a day af- about the “erosion of peo- land around the disputed site originally leased it for a park
ter the Finance Ministry ple’s confidence in the to its original owners – Ram
wrote to EC justifying the credibility of the EC”. Janmbhoomi Nyas. The
raids and assuring that the The letter said that the Akhara has alleged that the this dispute gets settled, the bench in Mohd Aslam Bhure
action by the Income Tax De- Moral Code of Conduct lease deed obtained by Nyas focus will shift to the 67.703 case in March 2003 ordered
partment was impartial and has been violated several was by fraud as the area was acres of land (inclusive of status quo and allowed the
nondiscriminatory, irrespec- times, but EC has “failed originally leased to it for de- disputed site) surrounding it Centre to restore land to the
tive of the political affiliation to take action”. velopment of a park. which the Central Govern- original owners after the legal
of individuals. The recent development is ment acquired under the Ac- battle is settled. The Centre
The EC had on Sunday in- significant as the mediation quisition of Certain Areas of sought SC’s permission to lift
structed investigation and discriminatory, and that the proceedings over the disput- Ayodhya Act, 1993 following the status quo and allow them
enforcement agencies under commission should be kept ed Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri the demolition of the dispute to return/restore 42 acre of
the Finance ministry to en- in the loop. A controversy Masjid site measuring 0.313 structure at Ayodhya. the 67 acre acquired land to
sure raids during election had erupted following recent acre is currently ongoing un- While deciding on the valid- Ram Janmbhoomi Nyas.
time are neutral and non- I-T raids.  Turn to P4 der Court’s monitoring. Once ity of the Act, a Constitution Full report on www.dnaindia.com
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In Central Gujarat, it’s advantage BJP ‘BJP’s 3-yr spend

on MSP more than
BJP looks set to retain Vadodara, Kheda and Chhota Udepur, while the Congress seems to be ahead in Anand
DNA Correspondent
correspondent@dnaindia.net
Panchmahal seats.
Tribal reserved Dahod
will see a face-off between
Cong’s in 25 years’
The Congress party, which Union minister Jashwant-
aims to reverse its fortunes in sinh Bhabhor and former Keyur Dhandeo
Gujarat and is targeting to BJP MP Babu Katara, who is keyur.dhandeo@dnaindia.net CM claim refuted
win 6-9 Lok Sabha seats in the contesting on the Congress „„CM claimed that over
state, faces an uphill task in symbol. Bhabhor had won in The government spend on the past three years,
central Gujarat. While Rival 2014 with a margin of 2.32 Minimum Support Price MSP spend was Rs
BJP is the favourite to win lakh, but Katara is unlikely (MSP) over the past three 2,600 crore as against
three of the six seats in the to be a walkover. It was Kata- years was Rs 2,600 crore as the Rs 1,200 crore during
region, the Congress has its ra who had broken Congress’ against the Rs 1,200 crore dur- the 25-year-rule of the
nose ahead in just one. streak of nine straight wins ing the 25-year-rule of the Congress party
The BJP is expected to win in Dahod by winning it for Congress party, Gujarat Chief
Vadodara, Kheda, and Chho- the BJP for the first time in Minister Vijay Rupani cal- „„Agriculture experts
ta Udepur, the Congress may 1999. He also won in 2004, but imed on Tuesday. However, said that during Cong’
wrest the Anand seat, where- was in political wilderness agriculture experts said that rule, market price were
as a close fight is expected in after being arrested for hu- during Congress’ rule, market remunerative and so
Dahod and Panchmahal man trafficking in 2007. He price were remunerative and MSP was not needed.
seats, say political watchers. BJP’s Ranjanben Bhatt and Congress’ Bharatsinh Solanki campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls —FILE joined the Congress after his so MSP was not needed. They
Vadodara, from where PM son Bhavesh successfully added that the market prices
Narendra Modi was elected ades, all seven seats part of Bimal Shah, who joined the won the seat in 2014 with a 2009, but lost in 2014 by 63,000 contested in 2017 polls as the were subdued during the BJP ket were not remunerative
in 2014 elections, is seen as Vadodara LS were won by Congress recently. Resent- margin of 1.79 lakh, and even votes — the lowest margin in party’s candidate from Jhal- rule and therefore the govern- necessitating higher MSP
one of the sure-shot seats for BJP with a cumulative lead ment among local Congress though the Congress bagged the state. The party’s confi- od seat. ment had to intervene to con- spend in the past three years.
BJP. The party has fielded sit- of 3.66 lakh. leaders over Shah’s selection four of the seven Assembly dence stems from the fact A fight also looks likely in trol agrarian distress. “Earlier Indian agricultural
ting MP Ranjanben Bhatt — Meanwhile, BJP is also ex- is expected to work to the seats that are a part of the that it had a lead of more Panchmahal seat, where the Rupani also said that nev- products were exported. That
elected last time with a mar- pected to win the Kheda seat, BJP’s advantage. Chhota Udepur LS, the BJP than 59,000 votes over BJP in BJP has fielded MLA Ra- er before in the history of pushed up prices. Now we
gin of 3.29 lakh votes after where it has again fielded The BJP is also expected to still had a cumulative lead of the 2017 assembly polls in tansinh Rathod as its candi- Gujarat, groundnut farmers import many of agricultural
Modi vacated the seat — and Devusinh Chauhan as its retain Chhota Udepur seat, over 43,000. Anand. The BJP fielded in- date and Congress has got Rs 1,000 per 20 kg. The CM produce. This decreases mar-
Congress candidate Prashant candidate. Chauhan had de- where it dropped three-term The one seat in central Gu- dustrialist Mitesh Patel from pitched prominent OBC lead- made these statements while ket price. Naturally, the gov-
Patel, who also heads the feated veteran Congress lead- MP Ramsinh Rathwa and jarat where Congress ap- Anand, after dropping MP er VK Khant. The BJP had launching the Gujarati ver- ernment has to spend more
party in Vadodara, is unlike- er and five-term MP Dinsha fielded Geeta Rathwa as its pears to be on a firm-footing Dilip Patel. “The Anand seat won the seat in 2014 polls sion of the party’s manifesto on MSP. In fact this reveals
ly to pose a major challenge Patel with a margin of 2.32 nominee. She will face-off is Anand, where it has fielded is ours to lose,” said a senior with a margin of 1.70 lakh at ‘Kamalam’ state BJP head- the government’s failure,”
to Bhatt. Even in the 2017 lakh votes in 2014, and is ex- against Congress’s Ranjit former union minister Bhar- state Congress leader. votes, and had a sizeable lead quarters in Gandhinagar. Rabari told DNA.
polls, when Congress put up pected to stave off the chal- Rathwa, son of 10-term MLA atsinh Solanki. Solanki had Political insiders also ex- of nearly 74,000 votes even in “We paid a premium of Rs He also denied Rupani’s
its best performance in dec- lenge from former minister Mohansinh Rathwa. BJP had won from Anand in 2004 and pect good fights in Dahod and the 2017 Assembly polls. 1,400 crore, against that the claim that Rs 1,000 for 20 kg
farmers’ claims worth Rs of groundnuts was the high-
2,600 crore have been settled. est ever MSP in Gujarat.
This is the highest ever in the “Previously, prices in open

Shrivastav’s threats state. Claims have been set-

tled in most talukas. There
may be isolated cases where
market were as high as Rs
1,100 per 20 kg. So the claims
of CM are unfounded. There

can violate MCC: CM

claims are yet to be settled,” are a number of talukas
said Rupani. where just about six per cent
He also said groundnut of claims have been settled.
farmers got an MSP of Rs How is it possible if govern-
DNA Correspondent 1,000 per 20 kg which was un- ment has declared them scar-
correspondent@dnaindia.net precedented. According to city-hit,” said Rabari.
him, the state government He said that it was unfair
Threatening voters to vote had also given farmers an in- to compare insurance settle-
in favour of BJP, as done by put subsidy of Rs 13,000 in ment with premium paid. In
Waghodia MLA Madhu addition to the Rs 6,000 prom- fact actual settlement should
Shrivastav, can be a case of ised by the central govern- be compared with claims of
violation of Model Code of ment. Rupani added that the settlement. “You may be pay-
Conduct, but whether it is central and state govern- ing Rs 1,000 as vehicle insur-
a case of party indiscipline ments were taking steps to ance. The vehicle is damaged
will come later, Gujarat ensure doubling of farmers’ and you put claims worth Rs
Chief Minister Vijay Ru- Madhu Shrivastav income by 2022. 10,000. If the insurance pays
pani said in Gandhinagar However, Sagar Rabari, Rs 2,000, it cannot say that
on Tuesday. He said that was reporting on the issue. founder and president of Gu- claimant has got Rs 2,000
what Shrivastav has done State’s chief electoral of- jarat Khedut Ekta Samiti against the premium of Rs
is not proper, adding that ficer S Murali Krishna said said that prices in open mar- 1,000,” he said.
the statement of the Guja- that they are expecting the
rat BJP president, where collector’s report in con-
he referred to a Congress- nection to the incident in a
men as ‘haramzado’ has couple of days, and would
been misinterpreted. take appropriate action
“The EC has issued a based on the report.
notice to Madhu Shrivas- Terming what Shrivas-
tav. He will reply to the no- tav did as unfair, the CM
tice. Threatening someone said that it is not yet a mat-
or giving them induce- ter of party indiscipline.
ments to vote in favour of a “Let him first reply to the
certain party can be a vio- notice by EC. Whether it is
lation of MCC. He should a case of party indiscipline
have been restrained,” said comes later,” he said, add-
Rupani. Shrivastav also ing, “Talking to him now is
threated a journalist who not necessary.” Chief Minister Vijay Rupani addressing a press briefing at the launch of the
Gujarati version of BJP’s manifesto in Ahmedabad on Tuesday

Crop insurance:
Cong camps at
PM Modi to land in Guj today,
agri department
DNA Correspondent
to address two rallies in state
correspondent@dnaindia.net DNA Correspondent
correspondent@dnaindia.net gujarat line-up
The Congress party took the
„„Modi will address
issue of non-payment of crop Prime minister Narendra
rallies at Junagadh
insurance to farmer to the Modi will address two public
Agricultural University
streets, with three MLAs meetings in Gujarat on
and Songadh in Tapi
camping out on Monday Wednesday, his first visit to
district.
night at the office of Director his home state since an-
of Agriculture. They de- nouncement of elections on „„He is expected to
manded the details of the March 10, while Congress address four-five more
status of settlement of claims president Rahul Gandhi is rallies in the state in the
of farmers and after they slated to visit the state on run-up to the elections,
failed to get any details from April 15. File photo of PM Modi addressing one of them in Anand
the government, claimed that Gujarat BJP spokesper- an election rally
the party will make it a cam- son Bharat Pandya told re-
paign issue. porters that Modi will ad- he said. sources said that party pres-
Brijesh Merja from Morbi, dress rallies at Junagadh The BJP’s media coordi- ident Rahul Gandhi would
Rutvij Makwana from Choti- Agricultural University and nator Prashant Vala said be visiting Gujarat on April
al and Chirag Kaladia from Songadh in Tapi district. that the Prime Minister is 15, and address a public
Jamnagar conducted over- He said that the PM will expected to address four-five meeting at Rajula in the Am-
night protest at the office of reach Rajkot at 9.30 am, from more rallies in the state in reli district. They added that
Director of Agriculture in where he will travel to Juna- the run-up to the elections, he would be visiting Gujarat
Gandhinagar on Monday gadh in a helicopter. adding that one of the rallies at least once more before the
night. Chief Minister Vijay “He will address a public would take place in Anand, elections. It is reported that
Rupani termed the act of the meeting at Junagadh at 10.10 while locations of the re- Priyanka Gandhi would also
MLAs as a stunt during elec- am, and then travel to Son- maining meetings are in the be addressing a couple
tion time saying that they are gadh, where he will process of being finalised. of public meetings in the
“shedding crocodile tears”. address a meeting at 12.45,” Meanwhile, Congress state.
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‘RTE portal offers limited choice’

in brief

Parents claim there is a GPS issue with the site, doesn’t allow them to opt for certain schools
Tanushree Bhatia 6-km range es for the parents,” he said.
tanushree.bhatia@dnaindia.net Speaking about the same,
Participants at a voter „„Many parents claimed MI Joshi, Director of Primary
awareness event organised Parents willing to get their that Anand Niketan, DAV Education said: “In the first
by Ahmedabad children admitted under the school, Zydus School for two days, close to 86,000 appli-
Right to Education (RTE) Act Excellence, etc, were not cations have been filed. This
Head constable, are flummoxed by the online
process to fill out the admis-
reflecting on the portal year we have taken due care
for location of schools, but if
„„According to them,
kin in dock for sion forms. According to
them, the portal has GPS is- the portal has GPS
parents face difficulty, they
can approach the forms receiv-
harassing wife sues because they are unable
to select the preferred
issues because they
are unable to select the
ing centre. We have not re-
ceived any complaints so far.”
A complaint was lodged schools. Many parents preferred schools. This year, the state govern-
against a police head claimed that schools such as „„Despite being in the ment aims to give admissions
constable with the Sabar- Anand Niketan, DAV school, 6-km radius, they are not to 1.10 lakh students as
mati police station by his Zydus School for Excellence, reflected on the site. against 85,000 last year. The
wife, alleging that her etc, were not reflecting on the Parents at centres filling up the admission forms under RTE Act process will continue till
husband and in-laws are portal. April 20. The education de-
mentally and physically Sharing her experience, a There are many other schools made a difference, but list re- last year, choice of schools partment intends to complete
torturing her after she
gave birth of baby girl.
Ranjan Vaghela, a resi-
single parent and a resident of
Vejalpur, Shabnam Ansari
(name changed) said: “Since
such as DAV, Zydus school,
Cosmos Castle International
school, etc, within 6 kilome-
mained the same.
“RTE admission is the
only hope for my son to get
was a big problem, said Gul-
moin Khokhar, convenor of
Zubeida Seva Ghar that
the first round of admissions
under RTE before summer
holidays begin. The first list
CEO gets Vaghani’s
comment probed
dent of New Ranip area yesterday, I have tried to fill out tres of my residence, but those good education as I am facing works for the cause of RTE. of admissions will be de-
said that she married the forms 4-5 times, but all in are not in the list. She said that difficulty to raise him. I work On day 1, the website had clared by April 25 and the
Shaktisinh Vaghela in vain. While I could fill out the she also tried to change her as a cook at two houses to run crashed in the afternoon and students whose names are on
2014. Soon after, Ranjan form properly, the tab to select location of my residence from my family”, she said. later in the evening, we found that list will be required to
gave birth to her daugh- schools of my choice only re- Vejalpur police station to Ve- Interestingly, this phe- that not many schools were confirm their admission be- DNA Correspondent
ter and his and his fami- flected state-board schools. jalpur police chowki to see if it nomenon is not new. Even displayed in the list of choic- fore May 1. correspondent@dnaindia.net
ly’s behaviour towards
her changed and they Taking suo motu cognizance
physically and mentally
harassed her. However,
she claims that despite
Govt opposes Alpesh sunny dispositions of media reports related to
state BJP president Jitu Va-
ghani allegedly abusing the

Kathiriya’s bail plea

being tortured for six Congress party, the state’s
years, she filed a com- Chief Electoral Officer on
plaint now because she Tuesday directed the Surat
cannot deal with the har- district collector to conduct
assment anymore. DNA Correspondent used his liberty and violated an inquiry. Jitu Vaghani at a rally
correspondent@dnaindia.net the bail condition” wherein “We have taken note of
AMC seizes 400 he was expected to respect media reports about the com- occurred but if a second inci-
ethylene sachets Ahmedabad: The state gov- law and order. ments made by a political dent takes place, we can
The health department ernment has vehemently op- Patel has submitted that leader in Surat, and have throw you out of Surat,” he
of the Ahmedabad Mu- posed the bail plea of Patidar after getting bail, Kathiriya sought a report from the col- added, while using the abu-
nicipal Corporation on leader Alpesh Kathiriya that and his supporters, on Decem- lector,” CEO S Murali Krish- sive word.
Tuesday seized 400 pack- is pending before the Gujarat ber 25, 2018, started an agita- na said, without naming Va- Vaghani did not divulge
ets of ethylene that are High Court. Kathiriya is tion at the Surat collector’s ghani. The BJP leader stirred the exact incident he was re-
used to artificially ripen presently in jail in connec- office without permission; controversy on Monday by ferring to, but claimed on
the fruits. Along with it, tion with a sedition case reg- unlawfully assembled and using abusive words to target Tuesday that he had used the
the department also de- istered against him in Surat went to Sarthana police sta- the Congress, asking voters abusive words for Congress
stroyed 130 kg of state after a sessions court can- tion and entered into a scuffle to identify those trying to dis- leaders like Mohammad Sur-
and unhygienic fruits celled the bail granted to him with police personnel on De- turb peace in the state. ti, a former minister in the
like mango, papaya, etc. for violating bail conditions. cember 27; and obstructed traf- During a poll campaign Congress government who
They have taken admin- In an affidavit submitted fic police from discharging meet in Surat, Vaghani ac- was convicted in the 1993 Su-
istrative charge of Rs before the single judge bench their duties on December 28. cused Congress of trying to rat bomb blast case.
15,000. The department of Justice VM Pancholi, DCB The inspector also submit- create chaos as it had no Speaking to reporters in
has collected food sam- police station’s inspector ted that considering Kathiri- chance of winning. “I am tell- Valsad, Vaghani said, “I had
ple from 31 units like old Gaurang Patel has submitted ya’s criminal antecedents, past ing the Congress, you cannot said it earlier too. In which
drinks and other milk that Kathiriya was well conduct, and no respect for law, win in Surat and in the state,” government Mohammad
products. The results for aware of the bail conditions the court should not use its dis- he said. Surti was a minister? Was he
them will be declared af- levied on him by the sessions cretionary power to release In the sweltering heat, two elderly women rest in an Ahmedebad garden and cool themselves off with a hand fan “But you want to create a patriot? But, the Congress
ter two weeks. court. However, within a few him on bail. The next hearing on Tuesday evening —Pravin Indrekar/DNA chaos and an atmosphere of always indulges in appease-
days of getting bail, he “mis- is scheduled on April 18. fear. One such incident has ment of minorities.”

GIIS violates FRC order yet again, Woman’s hand

burnt for filing
AMC ignored warning
violence plaint of Dev Aurum members
parents now seek help from CM DNA Correspondent
correspondent@dnaindia.net DNA Correspondent
DNA Correspondent It further stated that the correspondent@dnaindia.net
correspondent@dnaindia.net school is directed to accept A complaint was lodged with
the cheques of all such out- Chandkheda police station on Dev Aurum Commercial
Parents of students of Global standing fees from the par- Monday by a school teacher Complex association mem-
Indian International School ents on the basis of the fees against her husband after he bers have said that they had
(GIIS) were left in shock on determined by the commit- burned her hand with a hot submitted a letter to the dep-
Tuesday morning when the tee. The school has commit- iron box. According to the po- uty municipal commissioner
school authorities, despite an ted a breach of the provision lice, the husband took the dras- in July 2018 regarding insuf-
order from the Fee Regulato- as well as the final orders tic step after his wife lodged a ficient fire safety at their
ry Committee (FRC) to admit passed by the committee and case of domestic violence premises. In the letter, they
students, refused to take back issued school leaving certifi- against him and her in-laws. had mentioned that the fire
students who were given leav- cates to various students for The complaint has been NOC (No Objection Certifi-
ing certificates. Parents of non-payment of fees. lodged by the victim, identi- cate) for Dev Aurum Com-
over 35 students had breathed “The state government fied as Monika Sharma, a resi- mercial Complex had expired
a sigh of relief after the FRC, had brought this Act and had dent of Chandkheda and a on March 2018. They held File photo of the fire in Dev Aurum Commercial Complex
on Monday, had stayed puni- The chaos outside the school on Tuesday after children weren’t allowed in set up zone-wise FRCs. But teacher with the DPS School in that the AMC chose to ignore
tive actions taken by the there is no implementation Gandhinagar. She stated that their warnings. chief fire officer in dock
school against students. How- This is real ‘Dadagiri’ of the school. The of the Act. We do not know in 2014, she married Vikram “To obtain the certificate,
ever, when they dropped their whether the FRC works un- Sharma, a resident of Delhi. we had called the respective Civic chief said his chief fire Commissioner is believed
children off at the school on
school is not even obeying the FRC. Where der the school or it is the Around 10 days ago, her in- agencies so that NOC can be officer had inspected the to have served show-cause
Tuesday morning, the ad- do we as parents go? This was the reason we other way round because the laws came to Ahmedabad and obtained as the government building in the past before notice to chief fire officer
ministration not only refused visited Kamalam and met the CM. school is violating the FRC started living with them. In rules, as informed by the issuing the certificate MF Dastoor on Tuesday.
to take them back, but asked order. Even the cops are sup- that time, a dispute broke out agency – the fire equipment
parents to re-admit the chil- Jay Parikh, parent of one of the affected students porting the school authori- between her in-laws and her installed are incomplete and
dren and pay the fees. ties,” another parent said. because they taunted her for non-operational so NOC that after sending the letter, Commissioner Vijay Nehra,
The parents then rushed When dna contacted the not doing household work can’t be given to the com- they had met the municipal he said his chief fire officer
to Kamalam, BJP’s head- Bhupendrasinh Chudasama matter before the Supreme school management, a GIIS and not giving dowry. plex which is a threat to the commissioner as well. Ac- had personally inspected the
quarters seek help from the who has called all of us on court, the committee has not spokesperson said, “We have Late on Sunday night, life of the staff as well as cording to one of the mem- building in the past before is-
chief minister who was to ad- Wednesday morning for a taken any action till date for followed the due process for when Monika couldn’t han- owners of the 360 units. Re- bers, they had asked the suing the certificate. “A few
dress media persons there. meeting.” non-compliance of its order fixing of school fees and are dle the stress, she lodged a questing you to please do commissioner to cancel months back when the repre-
“This is real ‘Dadagiri’ of the They alleged that the stu- however since the school has in full compliance of the complaint with the police the needful and take imme- Building Use permission as sentation was made, chief fire
school,” said Jay Parikh, one dents were made to stand out- started taking punitive ac- guidelines, directed by the against her husband and in- diate steps and restore the no steps were taken even af- officer himself had visited the
of the parent. “The school is side the school building on tions against the students Supreme Court vide order laws. The next day, when her safety of the said complex,” ter the letter. “Later in Octo- place and made sure that the
not even obeying the FRC. Tuesday morning and the despite the fact that the par- dated February 2, 2018.” husband came to know about states the letter from the ber 2018, a team of the fire things are in order. Subse-
Where do we as parents go? parents were asked to re-ad- ents were ready and willing When prodded about FRC it, he beat her and burnt her Dev Aurum Commercial Co- department had conducted quently, the certificate was is-
This was the reason we vis- mit the children. to pay the fees as determined violation and asked why the hand. She then called police operative Service Society an inspection and had issued sued to the building. I have not
ited Kamalam and met the On Monday, the FRC by the committee, the school students were asked for re- control for help, who reached Ltd to the civic body. DNA a certificate to the building,” received a report on yester-
CM. He has directed the case passed an order observing, is directed to stay all such pu- admission, there was no re- the spot and later a complaint has a copy of the letter. added one of the members. day’s incident as it is still un-
to state Education Minister “During the pendency of the nitive actions.” sponse. was lodged. The members also said Upon contacting Municipal der investigation,” said Nehra.

Four molest woman sleeping inspired shift blue plaque will make it easier to spot unesco heritage bldgs
on footpath, stab husband too City’s heritage properties will get a blue bauble
DNA Correspondent the accused pulled out a Gargi Raval the city reads ‘Ahmedabad
correspondent@dnaindia.net knife and stabbed her hus- gargi.raval@dnaindia.net plaque gambit World Heritage City’ along
band and then they fled from „„Apart from the monuments, there are more with its respective grade and
A 30-year-old woman lodged the spot. In a bid to make UNESCO than 2,200 residential units located in different category, survey number and
a complaint with the Kalu- According to the com- properties even more distinct Pols, 49 institutional buildings and other sites that location. “There will be two
pur police station on Mon- plainant, the entire episode and easily identifiable, many are a part of the city’s rich heritage legacy. sizes of the plaques for resi-
day that four men tried to occurred within 10 minutes monuments and houses in dential and other institution-
molest her while she was and the injured was rushed the city will now get blue „„The blue-coloured plaques in the city will be al monuments,” added the
sleeping on the footpath and to the hospital for treatment. plaques to mark them. So similar to the iconic ones in London, believed director. To honour the herit-
that when her husband tried Later a complaint was lodged now, exploring the Pols, one to be the oldest of its kind in the world. There age status, the civic body has
to stop them, he was stabbed with the police against the will be able to spot the sites are over 940 such plaques in London, whereas initiated to give tax bills to
by one of the accused. four accused. marked by UNESCO as part Ahmedabad will have 2,500 plaques. the heritage units in yellow
According to the police, RG Desai, Inspector of Ka- of World Heritage City. The colour paper with the seal of
the incident took place early couple slept on the footpath lupur police station said, civic body has already start- World Heritage City.
on Monday morning at and at around 4 am, the “Regarding the matter, ed pasting these plaques on will be a matter of pride for London, believed to be the er there was a sticker over a The city has been recog-
around 4 am on the footpath woman woke up after she felt we have taken the complaint each listed heritage property. the house owners as well,” oldest of its kind in the world. steel badge which was easy to nised by many tourists after
located exactly opposite to someone was touching her. and further investigation “Those listed properties said Ashish Trambadia, di- In London, there are around tamper with. The newly-de- bagging the World Heritage
the Sarangpur water tank. As she got up, four unidenti- is on. needed to get a different iden- rector, World Heritage City 940 such blue plaques on the signed plaques will be en- City status from the UNESCO.
The complainant and her fied men were trying to mo- We are trying to recover tity. This makes it easier for Trust of Ahmedabad Munici- heritage sites, while graved with details of a par- Apart from the monuments,
husband work as labours lest her so she started shout- CCTV footage from the near- the tourists or visitors to pal Corporation. Ahmedabad will have more ticular house number, build- there are more than 2200 resi-
and live on the footpath. ing, which alerted her hus- by area to identify the ac- identify the heritage houses The blue-coloured round than 2,500 such plaques. ing or location,” claimed dential units located in differ-
On Sunday night, after band, who then tried to stop cused. But till right now without the help of guides. plaques in the city will be The civic body has already Trambadia. ent Pols, 49 institutional
getting back from work, the them. In the dispute, one of nothing has been found.” Additionally, the blue badges similar to the iconic ones in modified the plaques. “Earli- The plaques designed for buildings and other sites.
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RSS leader, PSO killed in No proceedings

in brief Former Kerala
NCW notice to Finance Min
Maha cheif secy K M Mani dead against top
terrorist attack in J&K
New Delhi: The Nation-

developer: ED
al Commission for Wom- Kochi: Kerala Congress(M)
en has issued a notice to chairman and former state
Maharashtra Chief Sec- Finance Minister K M Mani,
retary over a news re- who had been one of the lead-
port of women getting ing figures of Kerala politics
their wombs removed to
avoid hindering work Curfew imposed in Kishtwar, Army called in after tension grips the district for nearly five decades, died at
a private hospital here Tues-
and fines due to men- day.
struation, it said on Ishfaq-ul-Hassan Terrorism haunts The health condition of
Tuesday. The Commis- h_ishfaq@dnaindia.net Mani (86) who had been un-
sion said it is seriously „„RSS leader, dergoing treatment at the
concerned about the pa- Srinagar: Ahead of the polls, Chanderkant Sharma VPS Lakeshore hospital here
thetic and miserable tension gripped the commu- (52), who worked as a for pulmonary disease, “took
condition of such wom- nally sensitive district of pharmacist at the health a churn for the worse by 11
en and the crimes and Kishtwar on Tuesday when centre in Kishtwar AM” and he breathed his last
atrocities being perpe- terrorists stormed the district at 4.57 PM, hospital sources
trated on them. The hospital in broad daylight and „„This is the second said. Mani had been suffering
news report from the assassinated the senior Rash- major political killing from COPD (Chronic Ob-
Beed district of Maha- triya Swayamsewak Sangh in Kishtwar since structive pulmonary disease)
rastra states that many (RSS) leader Chanderkant and November last year for several years and had fre-
women there have had his Personal Security Officer „„Last year, BJP state quently been hospitalised for DNA Correspondent less allegations against his
hysterectomies as it is (PSO). secretary Anil Parihar and chest infection. correspondent@dnaindia.net political rival, causing im-
the “norm” in villages to Sensing trouble the authori- his brother Ajit Parihar He was again hospitalised mense collateral damage to
remove the uterus after ties clamped curfew and called RSS activists raise slogans and burn tyre during a protest against the were assassinated on Friday for chest infection. Mumbai: More than two Avighna Group’s repute.
having two to three chil- out the Army to maintain or- attack on their party leader Chandrakant Singh —PTI Though he showed sign of years after so-called activists When contacted, Somaiya
dren and the menstrual der. Kishtwar is part of Ud- improvement, his condition filed a complaint with a bar- said, “My job as a people’s
periods hinder work and hampur parliamentary con- ously injured in the incident. he suffered critical wounds,” shop, at Tapal Moholla in the worsened on Tuesday, the rage of baseless allegations, representative is only to
attract fines. The NCW stituency which is going to He was immediately shifted to Angrez Singh Rana, deputy Kishtwar district. sources said. the Enforcement Directorate bring an issue to the notice of
requested Maharashtra polls in the second phase. hospital where he too suc- commissioner of Kishtwar, Protests rocked the town as His body will be taken to has finally given a clean chit the investigating officials
Chief Secretary U P S A pharmacist by profes- cumbed to his injuries. told DNA. This is the second the news of terror attack Kottayam on Wednesday to Avighna Developers. “We and the judiciary. After that,
Madan to intervene in sion, Chanderkant was per- “He was a pharmacist and major political assassination spread in the area. District morning to enable his follow- conducted a preliminary in- I have not followed up in the
the matter and initiate forming the duties when ter- posted in the district hospital. in Kishtwar since November administration immediately ers and friends pay their last quiry into the allegations and case.”
legal action to arrest the rorists barged inside the Sher- Since he was associated with last year. On November 1, BJP imposed curfew and snapped respects and later, to his home found nothing. There is no On their part, the ED offi-
menace and ensure that e-Kashmir district hospital RSS, he was provided with state secretary Anil Parihar the mobile internet as precau- town Pala. The funeral will be FIR and no pending proceed- cials maintain that only a
no such atrocities occur and fired indiscriminately at PSO. At about 12:30 pm some- and his brother Ajit Parihar tionary measure. Later Army held on Thursday at 2 PM at ing in the case now,” ED ‘preliminary inquiry’ was
in future. him and his PSO. body opened indiscriminate were assassinated by terror- was also called out to main- the cemetry in St Thomas Ca- sources told DNA. conducted to ascertain the
The PSO died on the spot firing and injured him and his ists when they were returning tain order and avoid any flare thedral, Pala, party leaders In November 2016, there facts related to the case and it
while Chanderkant was griev- PSO. His PSO is no more while home after closing their book up in the district. said.—PTI was a storm in the media that was found that there is no
the ED was investigating into substance in the allegations.
allegations of money laun- The Avighna Group ap-
Fire beaks out at Customs office
at Delhi International airport
CBI opposes Lalu’s bail plea in fodder case
Abraham Thomas been convicted in four cases
dering involving a former
Chief Minister of Maharash-
tra and the involvement of a
leading city developer in the
proached the ED officials im-
mediately after the allega-
tions surfaced in 2016 and
showed them all the relevant
abraham.thomas@dnaindia.net CBI’s contention where he faces a jail term of scheme of things. It turns out papers. “The ED accepted our
In this backdrop, the CBI 27.5 years and in two cases, that the smear campaign by submissions, ceased further
New Delhi: A fire broke out at The fire broke out on the sec- New Delhi: The Central Bu- wondered that on one trial is pending. Out of the motivated elements was investigations in the case and
the Customs office outside Ter- ond floor of the Customs office reau of Investigation (CBI) hand, Lalu claims his 27.5 years to be spent in pris- launched to target the devel- the clean chit by ED is a logi-
minal-3 of the Indira Gandhi building and was brought un- told the Supreme Court on condition is so bad that on, Lalu has effectively un- oper’s reputation, and the cal closure in the matter,”
International airport here on der control fire by 9 am. No Tuesday that if former Bihar he cannot be housed in a dergone 20 months imprison- clean chit comes as an apt said Kailash Agarwal, chair-
Tuesday morning, gutting sev- casualty has been reported, the Chief Minister Lalu Yadav is jail. At the same time, he ment. He remained hospital- closure for the Avighna man- man of Avighna Group. He
eral important documents, official said. granted bail to lead his party also seeks bail to be out ised for 8.5 months. agement. added that it was a malicious
police said. A call about the fire Police said a case under the – Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to carry out duties as a In this backdrop, the CBI In their complaint to ED, operation by elements with
was received at 7.45 am after section of 436 of the Indian in the Lok Sabha elections, party president wondered that on one hand, the mischievous elements vested interests. “The allega-
which four fire tenders were Penal Code (IPC) has been reg- corporate honchos serving Lalu Prasad Lalu claims his condition is had alleged that the former tions about a former CM in-
rushed to the spot, according to istered against unidentified jail sentence in corruption so bad that he cannot be CM had ploughed his funds vesting funds in Avighna
a Delhi Fire Services official. persons.—PTI cases will be emboldened to that the apex court has al- the country misappropriated housed in a jail. At the same through offshore routes into Group were baseless. No
approach the top court for ways maintained a zero toler- public wealth to the tune of time, he also seeks bail to be a luxury housing project of politician has ever invested a
bail to carry out their usual ance approach towards cor- Rs 950 crore in the fodder out to carry out all essential Avighna Group in Parel. single rupee in Avighna
business. ruption cases and here was a scam. responsibilities as a party The complainant had Group at any point and our
Not wanting to encourage man who as a Chief Minister Out of six cases where he president in the ensuing Lok roped in BJP MP Kirit So- books clearly reflect this,”
such a practice, the CBI said of one of the largest states in is named accused, he has Sabha polls. maiya to intensify the base- said the NRI businessman.

Valour day
‘The only thing Congress claims new
Cong does
honestly is...’
expose´ in note ban
DNA Correspondent
From p1 correspondent@dnaindia.net
Uddhav reciprocated in his
speech by reminding the PM New Delhi: The Congress on
of how Sardar Patel had Tuesday alleged that offi-
thrown his weight behind cials of the Modi govern-
Maharashtra’s cause in Mar- ment continued to exchange
athwada when it was part of old notes after demonetisa-
the Nizam of Hyderabad’s tion in lieu of hefty commis-
empire. He also welcomed his sions. Senior Congress lead-
support for issues close to his er Kapil Sibal, showing a
heart. “The BJP manifesto ‘sting’ operation, alleged Kapil Sibal
promises to build the Ram that an employee of the Re-
Temple in Ayodhya, do away search and Analysis Wing erandi is that the notes are
with Article 370 and look into (R&AW) who is posted at the printed abroad and then
the welfare of farmers, which Cabinet Secretariat, was in- brought into India via the
President Ram Nath Kovind visits an exhibition at National Police Memorial on the occasion of CRPF Valour Day, in is why the Sena has allied volved along with an In- Hindon Air Force Base at
New Delhi, on Tuesday —PTI with the BJP,” he said. “I ap- dusInd Bank employee. Delhi border. Sibal added
peal to Prime Minister Modi Releasing a video at a that “a team of government
to destroy Pakistan which is press conference at the Con- officials drawn from differ-
causing bloodshed every day. gress headquarters, which ent departments” were in-

PIL challenges PUBG ban in Guj HC I challenge the Opposition to

prove their worth by attract-
ing fifty per cent of the crowd
showed the exchange of
banned notes with the new
currencies at commissions
volved in the alleged racket.
Sibal demanded that ac-
tion be taken on the matter.
From p1 The advocate also ques- tion. of today’s rally.” ranging between 15% to 40%, “The alacrity with which the
He also said the arrests made tioned the authorities on how In the popular online game, Demonstrating that their Sibal said the Modi govern- Enforcement Directorate
by the police post the ban is can people be harassed for inspired by the 2000 Japanese differences were clearly a ment looted the people. (ED) searches people, it can
violative of fundamental playing a game, when the ban film Battle Royale, up to a hun- thing of the past, PM Modi “It is another proof of easily arrest these people
rights enshrined under the on it is in clear violation of Ar- dred players parachute onto praised Shiv Sena founder how Modi-led government and tell the country what the
Constitution as Section 144 of ticle 14 (equality before the an island and scavenge for and Uddhav’s father, late Bal- looted the people. They truth is. Will the ED, CBI,
the CrPC does not empower law), 19 (freedom of speech), weapons and equipment to asaheb Thackeray, for put- banned these notes of Rs 500 and the government arrest
the authorities to impose a and 21 (deprivation from life kill others while avoiding get- ting the welfare of the people and Rs 1,000 denominations these people,” he asked.
ban on playing a game. and liberty) of the Constitu- ting killed themselves. before dynastic politics. during demonetisation in Responding to these
2016. But this video shows charges, union minister
the exchange of demonetised Ravi Shankar Prasad told

tenders & Notices

notes with the new ones in a reporters in Patna that the
government godown in Ma- BJP will seek legal remedies.
harashtra,” Sibal alleged. “Kapil Sibal has made false
In the videos, the R&AW allegations on our party
employee is seen mentioning president Amit Shah and we
BJP president Amit Shah will take legal action,” said
twice. The alleged modus op- Prasad.

ECI summons Revenue

sectary, CBDT head
From p1 Searches were also conduct-
These were conducted over ed at several places including
several weeks to unearth use Delhi, Karnataka and Tamil
of unaccounted cash in the Nadu.
upcoming polls, with the Responding to the EC letter,
Congress accusing the Bhar- the Revenue Department
tiya Janta Party (BJP) of tar- said, “We understand the
geting opposition leaders words ‘neutral’, ‘impartial’
across the country. and ‘non-discriminatory’
Congress had alleged that means we must act as and
the BJP-led government was when information is availa-
using the enforcement agen- ble against anyone, irrespec-
cies to change the optics be- tive of political affiliation.
fore elections.  This is precisely the practice
The I-T department has that the department follows
carried out searches at the and will continue to do so.”
premises of the aides of Mad- The department also urged
hya Pradesh Chief Minister the EC to “take action at their
Kamal Nath, senior Congress end if they come across any
leader Ahmed Patel’s Char- specific information about
tered Accountant SM Muin, the use of illicit money in the
and at the houses of CM electoral process. It may also,
Ramesh, the Telugu Desam if deemed fit, pass on the in-
Party MP and a close aide of formation confidentially to
Andhra Pradesh Chief Min- I-T Department for further
ister Chandrababu Naidu. action.”
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political
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ball t
Assets declared by Madhya Nath’s movable assets; his Gold owned by Nath. His wife

05
Pradesh CM Kamal Nath and wife wife’s is worth Rs 33.50 crore. possesses over 915 grams as Independent can-
Alka as per former’s affidavit filed Nath’s immovable assets is well; besides diamond and stone didate Jatin (c) and
for Chhindwara Assembly bypoll over Rs 68.36 crore. jewellery valued at Rs 2.20 crore. Sneha Kale pose af-

ballet
ter filing nomination
as candidates for
There is a real possibility of the country witnessing a
elections in Mumbai
repeat of 1996 in 2019 where regional parties come on Tuesday. Both are
together to evolve a Third Front and form a govt. Congress will members of Mum-
remain an anchor party and Front partners will pick the PM. bai’s transgender
community. --AP
N Chandrababu Naidu, TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister

lok sabha election 2019 Election Commission Tuesday said the notification for phase-5 polls will be issued on wednesday

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Pol parties no game for sports

While BJP sums up its vision for sports in just a few lines, Cong has given little more but with no great insight
Chander Shekhar Luthra This is also because the UK

sports powerhouse? No!

shekhar.luthra@dnaindia.net has 18 million people aged be-
tween 15 and 35, while India has
New Delhi: The 2019 General more than 400 million youth in
Elections are now round the that age group. A survey just
corner. And so is the 2020 To- talk of becoming a global sporting power looks to be a distant dream after the Rio Games calculated Security personnel and poll officials head to polling booths ahead of the
kyo Olympics, as the qualify- the £5.5 million ($7 million) in- first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Majuli, on Tuesday --PTI
ing process has already started vestment per medal by UK

Campaign ends
for our elite athletes to secure Sport, a govt body that funds
a berth in this coveted event. and manages Olympic sport.
So, what is the road map our In simple words, the UK
political parties have been lay- spends $1.5 billion (nearly Rs

for 91 Ph-1 seats

ing down for our athletes? 9000 crore) on sports infra-
With manifestos of almost structure and training through
all major political parties out,
the talk of becoming a global
Krishna Poonia Bhaichung Bhutia Gautam Gambhir Kirti Azad Prasun Banerjee an annual sports budget, while
UK Sport spent about $350 mil-
sporting power looks to be a dis- vs Rajyavardhan lion on Olympics preparation
tant dream for many decades to Constituency: Constituency: Constituency: Constituency: over four years (2013-2017). DNA Correspondent BJP harping mainly on na-
come. How much our political Singh Rathore Sikkim New Delhi seat Dhanbad (Jharkhand) Howrah (West Bengal) In comparison, India spends correspondent@dnaindia.net tional security and Balakot
parties actually care for sports Polling date: Polling date: Polling date: Polling date: a third of UK, or Rs 3,200 crore airstrikes, corruption of op-
and sportsmen can be judged Constituency: on youth affairs and sports New Delhi: The high voltage position leaders and their fear
Jaipur Rural April 11 May 12 May 12 May 6
from the fact that none of the through the Union budget and electoral campaign finally of an “honest” Modi, while
mainstream party – BJP or Con-
Poll date: May 6
Sitting MP: Sitting MP: Sitting MP: Sitting MP: the states, according to esti- came to an end at 5 p.m. on the opposition tried to corner
gress – has dedicated a “full Prem Das Rai (Sikkim Meenakshi Lekhi Pashupati Nath Singh Prasun Banerjee mates from a review of sports Tuesday in 91 constituencies PM Modi over unemploy-
page” to such a subject which Sitting MP: Rajyavardhan Democratic Front) (BJP) (BJP) (Trinamool Congress) budgets of six large states. in 20 states and UTs where ment, agrarian distress and
has mass appeal, or so what we Singh Rathore (BJP) voting is going to be held on hurting dalits and minorities.
have been thinking all our lives! 2014 victory margin: 2014 victory margin: 2014 victory margin: 2014 victory margin: Political field April 11. How crucial these eight

41,742 1,62,708 292954 196,956

Ruling BJP, which has for 2014 victory margin: Congress party, interestingly, Voting for all Lok Sabha seats are for the BJP can be
the first time showed courage
to make an ex-Olympian Rajya- 332896 Runner-up: Runner-up: Runner-up: Runner-up:
has also promised ‘Centres of
Sporting Excellence’ in differ-
seats in Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal, Meghalaya, Utta-
gauged from the fact that PM
Modi began his electoral cam-
vardhan Singh Rathore as Tek Nath Dhakal (Sikkim Ashish Khaitan Ajay kumar Dubey Sridip Bhattacharya ent parts of the country and at rakhand, Mizoram, Naga- paign from Meerut on March
Runner-up: Dr CP Joshi
sports minister, has summed Krantikari Morcha) (AAP) (Congress) (CPM) least one ‘Sports Counselling land, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, 28. He also did two massive
(Congress)
up its vision for sports in just Centre’ in every district, be- Andaman & Nicobar Islands rallies in Saharanpur later.
a few lines. “Our government sides sufficient funds to “pro- and 17 seats in Telangana will The BJP is facing a tough
has taken comprehensive steps Medal Tally 2000-01 `250.4 cr n Under UPA govt mote sports among girls and take place on Thursday. As- challenge from the Grand Al-
to develop the culture of sports 2001-02 `315.27 cr n Under NDA govt women, persons with disabili- sembly elections for Andhra liance of SP-BSP and RLD in
lympic games Asian games
O
in the country through the ‘Kh-
2016 Rio 2018 Jakarta
2002-03 `328.71 cr Sports * Rio ties and disadvantaged groups Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal UP. Besides, Modi’s populari-
elo India’ scheme, and we will
continue to provide adequate
0 Gold 15
2003-04 `412.04 cr budget Olympic
Games,
such as Scheduled Tribes.”
“Congress affirms its belief
Pradesh and first phase of
Odisha Assembly polls will
ty the BJP is also banking on
Congress entry as a third
2004-05 `431.15 cr
resources under this scheme to 1 Silver 24
2005-06 `449.86 cr
since ** Asian that India has the potential to also be held on the day. force to divide votes.
ensure the achievement of de- 1 Bronze 30
2006-07 `523.77 cr 2000-01 Games and
CW Games,
become a great sporting na- Besides, polls will also be Massive crowds in the ral-
clared objectives. Under this 2 Total 69 tion. Our sports policy will aim held on eight crucial seats of lies of all three main contests
2007-08 `815 cr a hike of
scheme, special attention will 67th Rank 8th `253 cr to inculcate in our citizens, es- Western Uttar Pradesh. Last – Grand Alliance, BJP and
be given to encourage sporting 2012 London 2014 Incheon
2008-09 `1564.07 cr pecially students and youth, time in 2014, all eight seats - Congress –and the difficult
talent among women and trib- 0 Gold 11 2009-10 `3670.13 cr the culture of sports and fit- Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaf- caste arithmetic have made
als,” the manifesto reads. 2 Silver 10 2010-11 `2058.8 cr ness and will encourage sports farnagar, Bijnor, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh a psepholo-
Congress, on the other 4 Bronze 36 2011-12 `866.23 cr as a career,” says the manifesto. Baghpat, Ghaziabad and Gau- gist’s nightmare to predict.
hand, has given little more 6 Total 57 2012-13 `757 cr It will be interesting to see tam Buddha Nagar - were won Besides UP, tough contest
than this but without any great 2013-14 `1093 cr how many sportsmen will be- by the BJP by huge margin. is also expected in two con-
56th Rank 7th
insight into “what it needs to come members of the next Lok The campaign here saw stituencies of West Bengal.
2008 Beijing 2010 Guangzhou 2014-2015 `1395.5 cr
become sporting power like Sabha. But what will be more
China”. Both the manifestos 1 Gold 14 2015-16 `1541.13 cr* interesting is to see how many
speak about sufficient funds to 0 Silver 17 2016-17 `1592 cr of them would be able to take up
promote sports amongst wom-
en. BJP has a special mention
2 Bronze 34
3 Total 65
2017-18
2018-19
`1938.16 cr
`2002.72 cr**
the cause of sports in the next
five years. India certainly wants
6 Assembly bypolls on May 19
of much publicised ‘Khelo In- 50th Rank 6th 2019-20 `2216.92 cr to imitate China when it comes New Delhi: Election Commission on Tuesday announced
dia’, which according to party to industry growth, but can the by-election to six assembly constituencies spread over
insiders was the game-changer same be sought in sporting three states. These are Panaji in Goa, Kundgol in Karana-
during the last five years. case he is being made in-charge professionalism in such a sce- from Jaipur rural. The battle fore the 2016 Rio Games trans- arena where China has truly taka and Sulur, Aravakurichi, Thiruparankundram and
But Congress candidate of this ministry, Azad added: nario where the coach doesn’t between these two sporting he- lated into more medals. become a world power since Ottapidaram in Tamil Nadu.
from Dhanbad, Kirti Azad, a “Sports Code should be imple- know whether he will be the roes has made the contest in- A study to compare India winning its first gold medal at Notification for the polls will be issued on 22nd of this
three-time MP, has a different mented on the same lines of coach the next day or not? A lot teresting and can divide the against the UK shows how our the Los Angeles Games of 1984. month and candidates can file nominations till 29 April.
take on the issue. “I went to the Justice Lodha Committee rec- needs to be done in sports and Rajasthan’s Jat community. country spends roughly a one China has gradually made Polling will be held on 19 May and counting will take place
court in DDCA matter to ensure ommendations, which has been Congress has the vision to take fourth on sports budget com- tracks towards becoming a on 23 May. Panaji seat fell vacant due to death of former
transparency is brought in, not accepted in toto by Supreme us forward by giving a chance the Road ahead pared to the UK. It also shows world sports power along with Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
just in the management of Court in July 2016. Look at the to professionals to run the re- India’s first individual Olym- how the UK spends money on economic growth. And if India Sulur and Tirupparankundram seat fell vacant after
cricket association, but all other situation in India... In Hockey, spective sports disciplines.” pic gold winner, Abhinav fewer athletes compared to In- has to come anywhere near to the death of sitting AIADMK MLAs R Kanagaraj and A K
sports,” said the member of In- Australian coach Graham Reid Apart from Azad, former Bindra, recently pointed out dia, where spending is diffused China, it has to demonstrate its Bose. By-election was necessitated in Kundgol seat in Kar-
dia’s 1983 World Cup squad. today becomes our 25th coach Olympian Krishna Punia has how the United Kingdom’s among numerous federations stature as a sports power- nataka due to death of MLA and Minister CS Shivalli.
When asked for his vision in in last 26 years. How can we see been pitted against Rathore huge spending on athletes be- and athletes. house, too!

Kanhaiya files papers Eyeing clean sweep in Haryana, SC rejects plea to Homebuyers
to opt NOTA
with big crowd in toe BJP treads cautiously on 2 seats ban Modi’s biopic in this UP seat
Vithika Salomi Chhavi Bhatia bagged seven seats, losing DNA Correspondent two-minute trailer of the mov- Advitya Bahl
vithika.salomi@dnaindia.net chhavi.bhatia@dnaindia.net why jittery Hisar and Sirsa to regional correspondent@dnaindia.net ie to point out to the court that advitya.bahl@dnaindia .net
rival Indian National Lok Dal it is due for release on April 11.
Patna: Flanked by the likes New Delhi: Even as the BJP „„BJP does not seem and Rohtak to Congress. New Delhi: Calling it prema- The petition argued that since New Delhi: Angry homebuy-
of Jignesh Mevani, Shehla released a list of eight seats to be in a rush to finalise In Rohtak, the party is faced ture to interfere with the the movie showcases the ers of Gautam Buddh Nagar
Rashid, Swara Bhaskar, Gur- for Haryana, it is treading candidates on two seats with a popular face of sitting release of a biopic on life of PM Modi, it will have decided to go for NOTA
mehar Kaur, Teesta Setalvad, cautiously on two -- Rohtak -- Rohtak and Hisar MP Deepender Singh Hooda Prime Minister Nar- influence the voters instead of any candidate in
Fatima Nafees (Najeeb Jung’s and Hisar. While a few names „„The party had lost from Congress. Son of former endra Modi, the Su- during the elections the Lok Sabha election as po-
mother) and followed by a are doing rounds for both the Hisar & Sirsa to regional Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh preme Court on Tues- as it will continue to litical parties ruling UP have
crowd of thousands of sup- seats, the party does not seem rival Indian National Hooda, he has been represent- day left it for the Elec- run in cinema halls failed to render relief. Buyers
porters, Left candidate and to be in a rush to finalise any Lok Dal last time ing the city which is also his tion Commission to across the country allege they were given sever-
former JNUSU president one given how these two plac- home turf since 2005. Al- decide if the movie’s during the polls. al promises by the BJP gov-
Kanhaiya Kumar filed his Left candidate Kanhaiya Kumar es stopped its clean sweep in though the Congress too is yet release would violate the But the bench felt the ernment.
nomination for the much- the state. The third one was despite being a non-entity in to announce its candidates, it Model Code of Conduct. The issue was premature as the However, none of them
hyped Begusarai Lok Sabha ‘democracy wins’ Sirsa. It has, however, fielded this part of the region, the is final that Deepender will be SC order came on a petition Central Board of Film Certifi- were fulfilled after coming to
seat on Tuesday. former IRS officer Sunita party wants to up the victory retained from Rohtak. To filed by Congress spokesper- cation is yet to certify the film. power. Meanwhile, some vil-
Kanhaiya, a native of Bi- “If Kanhaiya Kumar wins, Duggal for Sirsa which is a quotient and is eyeing a clean counter the three-time MP, the son Aman Panwar who de- On Monday, the bench had al- lages alleged they will not vote
hat in Begusarai, started his it would be a victory reserved seat. sweep, sources say, adding the BJP is mulling state ministers manded deferment on the re- lowed the petitioner to bring at all as MPs, MLAs come,
two-kilometre long march af- for democracy,” actor After its phenomenal win extensive chaffing of prospec- Capt Abhimanyu, and OP lease of the Vivek Oberoi-star- proof to show the movie con- make promises and go away
ter taking blessings from his Swara Bhaskar, one of in Haryana in the last parlia- tive contenders for Rohtak Dhankar and former Karnal rer movie, PM Narendra Modi. tained objectionable portions but no work has been done.
mother and said, “I have learnt the most vocal critics of mentary and state elections and Hisar. The BJP had MP Arvind Sharma. The petitioner produced a detrimental to fair elections. Buyers have been running
from mothers that no matter the central government a campaign on social media
how big the target is, persis- in Bollywood, said on targeting Uttar Pradesh CM
tence helps us in achieving it.”
He is up against Union
Tuesday. It was her 31st
birthday and she was in
ballot, not bullet Forget terror, valley immersed in festival of democracy Yogi Adityanath and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Minister and BJP leader Begusarai campaigning The Noida Estate Flat

Kashmir reverberates with poll songs & dance

Giriraj Singh, who was shift- for Kanhaiya Kumar. Owners Main Assn (NEFO-
ed to Begusarai from Nawada MA) and Noida Extension
constituency and ex-RJD Flat Owners Welfare Associa-
MLC Tanweer Hassan, who their support for him,” a local tion (NEFOWA), which have
was the runner up in 2014. reporter told DNA. Ishfaq-ul-Hassan traordinary enthusiasm of the ing, notwithstanding the ter- been running campaigns to
Both Singh and Hassan have The supporters, in fact, h_ishfaq@dnaindia.net people particularly in North rorist threats. garner the support of home
filed their nominations but were unfazed by heavy show- and Central Kashmir regions. “We believe people should buyers to press NOTA, com-
locals claimed that neither of ers that hit Begusarai during Srinagar: ‘Azadi’ can wait Drummers are busy cheer- use their right and power in plained the buyers have been
their rallies were as huge as the march. Groups of youths but elections cannot! ing up the crowds and women the electoral process to choose waiting for years to get the
Kanhaiya had managed. singing parodies such as Come elections, the restive are busy singing the songs for the best candidate at this cru- possession of flats.
“Singh’s was the smallest, “Jhanse mein na aayenge, Kashmir is reverberating candidates as the convoy of cial time,” said Suhail Bukha- Neither the state nor the
perhaps due to his initial re- Kanha ko jitayenge, Thik hai” with song and dance to cele- electioneers pass by. Even men ri, media advisor to PDP Centre has tried to resolve the
luctance to contest from Be- and wearing shirts with slo- brate the biggest festival of are dancing to the drum beats president Mehbooba Mufti. issue yet. “The flat buyers in
gusarai. Hassan at least man- gans such as “Hum leke ra- democracy. in a traditional way to signal The unprecedented enthu- Greater Noida west have not
aged a few thousand together henge Aazadi” were some of From ‘wanwun’ (Kashmiri a new beginning in the valley. Crowd at NC meetings siasm comes despite dreaded got the flats even after the as-
for his nomination rally. But the highlights of his rally. folklore sung by women in “Dekho Dekho Kaun Aaya in Valley; (r) women Hizbul Mujahideen warning surance from the PM. (UP)
today, over two-kilometre However, the jury is still rows during marriages) to (look who is coming),” shouts dancing --courtesy: the people against joining CM Yogi Adityanath consti-
stretch is painted red. Most of out on how many of support- Kashmiri Bacha Nagma the crowd amid a huge round NC/Facebook election rallies in Kashmir. tuted three ministerial com-
his supporters are youths, ers will actually turn into (Kashmir folk dance wherein of cheers. “Sher Aaya... Sher Huge rush in poll rallies mittees but those also did not
carrying red flags and raising votes for Kanhaiya and a man dressed as a woman Aaya,” comes the response What has added a zing to the leaders. From Kupwara to has also given a new lease of help. Hence our association
slogans in his support. Sev- whether he will be able to take wearing langha dances to the from the people who burst the whole campaign is that Srinagar, women are enthusi- life to mainstream leaders has started No Home, No Vote
eral have come from outside on Singh and Hassan in the tunes of Kashmiri songs), the into frantic dance to welcome women in large numbers are astically participating in the who are demanding assembly drive,” said Annu Khan, NE-
Begusarai just to express triangular contest. poll rallies are witnessing ex- their leaders. joining the rallies to welcome poll rallies singing and danc- polls in state at the earliest. FOMA president.
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Not a James Bond movie
The swirling debate on AFSPA is getting to be increasingly shrill, uninformed and dangerous
VVPAT slips
Over the last few
years, we have
been witnessing a
debate on the sub-
The SC order should put to rest any further controversy ject of Armed
Forces Special

A
pparently, political parties are difficult to convince. After per- Powers Act (AFS-
sistent confirmation by virtually every serving and former PA). Sadly, it is be-
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) about the soundness of coming more stri-
electronic voting machines (EVMs), the 21-party opposition front dent as media
Lt Gen Satish Dua
channels have
is not entirely satisfied. Following up with the Supreme Court multiplied, as have activists and ‘ex-
demanding an enhanced paper trail count has paid dividends. The perts’.
apex court has directed a somewhat reluctant Election Commis- Now with the social media, no chan-
sion to increase by five times the number of EVMs whose vote nel is needed. Suddenly, everyone has a
count must be matched with voter verifiable paper audit trail view and a platform to express it. So the
(VVPAT) slips in each assembly segment. On an average, it could debate has got high on rhetoric and low
on content. There are frequent refer-
mean 35-40 VVPAT counts per parliamentary seat. If in the pro- ences to phrases like ‘draconian law’,
cess, the results get delayed by at least four hours, if not more, be ‘licence to kill’, ‘free hand to army to
it so. Though leaders of the 21-party front failed to convince the rape and murder’, and much more.
court of the need to count VVPAT slips of 50 per cent EVMs in the Are we talking about our Indian
Lok Sabha elections, they could rightfully claim moral victory in Army, the simple soldiers who risk
so far as succeeding to get the Commission to change its procedure their lives day after day for country and
countrymen? Or are we talking about
of counting VVPAT slips of one randomly selected EVM per as- characters from a James Bond movie?
sembly segment is concerned. The apex court has, however, done Why have the debates got so shrill?
well to place its confidence in the Election Commission and the Partly because it is fashionable to talk
EVMs. There is no doubt that subjecting more EVMs to verifica- about human rights (in that case, one
tion will lead to greater satisfaction not just for the political par- needs to make a case about the human
ties, but even the common mass of voters. It is equally true, how- rights of soldiers as well, but I will
leave it for a subsequent day).
ever, that it would add to the already overworked Commission. The rights part have got discussed
Even more importantly, it would put the Commission’s infrastruc- threadbare and the legal mores ana-
ture under severe strain on May 23, the day of the general election lysed to the hilt. Knowledgeable in their
results. It would, however, be fair to say that it is a new system that fields as they might be, these experts When conditions improve, and situation permits, the government revokes AFSPA in consultation with the army and other stakeholders
is going to be introduced and chances of unknown glitches cannot have no idea of how to operate in these
be ruled out. Officials in the Election Commission believe, pri- tricky situations, where there is risk to remote, high altitude and thickly for- Special Powers Act.
life and limb. ested mountains, there is no habitation, The Act, as well as the deployment
vately of course, that increasing the mandatory count of VVPAT The Indian Army, on the other hand, let alone any representative of the civil of the army, is temporary. As soon as
trail to five EVMs from the existing practice of one, could delay barely comes out openly in support of administration. Hence the army officer the situation normalises, both will go
results by four hours, if not more. The Commission, under exist- its stand on the AFSPA and has always in charge is empowered to take a few and the army will be most happy to re-
ing rules, follows a system of counting VVPAT slips in one polling been reluctant to put forward its views actions himself, such as searching a turn to its primary duties. When condi-
booth per constituency in Vidhan Sabha elections and one polling in public. The result is the public has bunker or hideout without warrant, tions improve, and situation permits,
booth per assembly segment in Lok Sabha polls. However, this got a one-sided and distorted picture. destroying illegal equipment, explo- the govt revokes AFSPA in consultation
Recently, this subject gathered addi- sives and armament in situ, arrest anti- with the army and other stakeholders.
could stretch even longer, maybe 7-8 hours, if candidates demand tional momentum as a major political national elements without warrant (but In the past, on the recommendations
counting of VVPAT trails for other EVMs, as provided for under party suggested changes in their posi- hand them over to the police within 24 of the army, AFSPA has been revoked
Rule 56 (D) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. So look at it any tion on the AFSPA in their election hours), and lastly stop anyone from do- from Mizoram in 1987, Punjab in 1997
way, expect delayed results on the day of the counting. A sample manifesto. Once again, there was a ing anything that may be illegal and and Tripura in 2015.
survey by the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)-led experts has said flurry of activities, speeches and de- against the interests of the state, to the Selective revocation of AFSPA is
that counting of VVPAT slips of 479 EVMs from a total of 13.5 lakh bates. Given the poll climes, there was extent of opening fire, if needed. seem to understand that these checks fraught with immense danger. It gives
the obvious political tilt, as can be ex- Additionally, if an army man com- are required for our own security and terrorists the latitude to operate from
EVMs ensured a voter confidence of 99.9 per cent. Even more im- pected. mits a wrong while operating under safety. their safe sanctuaries. The failed model
portant, there has been no single mismatch in the EVM count and But the Indian public deserves bet- AFSPA, he can be prosecuted in a court Let us also appreciate that the army of Imphal is a case in point.
VVPAT slips, till date. Be as it may, it is imperative in a democracy ter. The purpose of this piece is to put of law, for which an approval of the cen- is the instrument of last resort. It is Revoking or diluting AFSPA should
that any doubt, howsoever minor, needs to be cleared. By such a forward the facts simply, correctly and tral government is needed. called in when the civil administration, only be done in light of the security
comprehensive exercise, as has been ordered by the SC, it would directly, so that we can aspire for more Later, when AFSPA was made appli- the police and the central armed police situation, after giving due considera-
lay to rest any nagging doubts about the efficacy of the EVMs that informed debates. cable to Punjab and Jammu and Kash- forces have not been able to bring any tion to views of all stakeholders. It will
Let us first understand what AFSPA mir in 1990, two more provisions were given situation under full control. be highly dangerous if extraneous pres-
has acquired a logic and direction of its own. is. It was first promulgated in its pre- added, namely authority to search a When the army is called in, it should sures come to dictate such sensitive

Higher education
sent form in 1958 in North East India vehicle without warrant and to search be empowered or enabled to operate ef- decisions.
when the army was called in to control an individual. fectively. If army is also not effective in If it is so done, the situation is likely
the Naga insurgents, as the Naga Na- These checks have become common- controlling the situation, who else will to worsen and slip back by a few years.
tional Council had declared independ- place in our lives these days. We open the country turn to? And then army will be called in again,
There are no additions to a star-studded list of institutes ence.
Normally, a district magistrate
the boot of our cars and get body
searched very readily by a security
Hence, to operate effectively in a dis-
turbed situation, in the absence of po-
and so the cycle will go on.
Author is a former Chief of Integrated Defence

T
he fourth edition of the Indian rankings based on the Na- hands over any given situation to the guard at a movie hall or a mall. Hardly licing powers, the army needs an ena- Staff and Corps Commander in Srinagar who
tional Institutional Ranking Framework 2019, announced by army by actually signing a form. But in ‘draconian’ or ‘licence to kill’! Here, we bler in the form of the Armed Forces planned and executed the surgical strikes
President Ram Nath Kovind, is a reconfirmation about In-
dia’s top higher educational institutions, even as it does not add
any new name to a star-studded list. IIT-Madras emerges as the QUOTE HANGER slowburn
top- ranked higher education institute, but it should surprise no
one that eight of the top 10 engineering institutions are IITs.
While Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, was de-
Dalima Chhibber Rujuta Diwekar India tops global remittances at $79 bn
@DalimaChhibber @RujutaDiwekar
I
clared the best university, Delhi University’s Miranda House ndia retained its position as the world’s high of $529 billion in 2018, an increase
emerged as the best college. AIIMS was not surprisingly India’s Sad that we had to bow out Don’t be a fool, this phool top recipient of remittances with its of 9.6 per cent over the previous record
diaspora sending a whopping $79 bil- high of $483 billion in 2017. Global remit-
best medical college while NLSIU is ranked as the country’s best of Olympic Qualifiers round 2 because is good for your bones, brain and lion back home in 2018, the World Bank tances, which include flows to high-in-
law school. The one relatively new entry is Jamia Hamdard, of the goal difference. Keep supporting blood sugars. Put your hands said in a report on Monday. India was fol- come countries, reached $689 billion in
which emerged as the top varsity for Pharmacy. While the track us and we will work even more hard lowed by China ($67 billion), Mexico ($36 2018, up from $633 billion in 2017, it said.
together for the coconut flower billion), the Philippines ($34 billion), and
record of such institutions is truly commendable, the bigger
issue at stake is the absence of new names on the list. India’s and come back stronger the next time. Egypt ($29 billion), the global lender said.
developed islands of excellence such as IIT and IISc now produce With this, India has retained its top spot
on remittances, according to the latest
Bob Dylan distillery to
Dimple Yadav
about 15-20 per cent of faculty members of universities world-
wide, which is good news. However, according to the World @Dimpleyadav
edition of the World Bank’s Migration open in winter of 2020
Wherever possible and Development Brief. Over the last

M
Bank, while India has the third largest higher education struc- Anti-liquor activists forgot three years, India has registered a sig- ore information is being released
ture in the world after the US and China, in terms of expenditure we have removed AFSPA, in nificant flow of remittances from $62.7 about music icon Bob Dylan’s project
their ‘save daughter’ campaign in their billion in 2016 to $65.3 billion 2017. “Re- in downtown Nashville in conjunc-
per student as well as per teacher, India falls way behind. In the
inebriated state when it came to
North East. But in mittances grew by more than 14 percent tion with the 50th anniversary of his
last decade, access to higher education has improved as more
IITs, IIMs and central- and state-level universities have been es- harassing a Muslim girl in Meerut Kashmir, removing in India, where a flooding disaster in
Kerala likely boosted the financial help
“Nashville Skyline” album. Dylan is set
to help open a whiskey distillery in win-
tablished. The trouble is that this proliferation has also raised AFSPA will that migrants sent to families, the Bank ter of 2020 under the brand “Heaven’s
concerns about an imbalance between excellence and inclusion. said. In Pakistan, remittance growth was Door.” A news release says Heaven’s Door
Having said that, India needs to welcome the National Institute Donald Trump tantamount to moderate (seven per cent), due to signifi- Spirits will transform the 160-year-old
Ranking Framework as steps in the right direction. Rankings @realDonaldTrump hanging soldiers in cant declines in inflows from Saudi Ara-
bia, its largest remittance source. In
Elm Street Church into the Heaven’s
Door Distillery and Center for the Arts,
increase the quality of education. Universities compete among The mainstream media has full public Bangladesh, remittances showed a brisk featuring the distillery, a whiskey library,
themselves to rank higher as this begets them greater autonomy never been more inaccurate or corrupt uptick in 2018 (15 per cent). According to a restaurant and a 360-seat live perfor-
from regulation, and also more money. Some other reforms like —Narendra Modi, the report, remittances to low-and mid- mance venue. It will also feature Dylan’s
semester systems and choice-based courses could also enhance than today. It only seems to get worse. Prime Minister dle-income countries reached a record paintings and metalwork sculptures.
academic performance and free students to explore their interests. So much fake news.
send your feedback to editor@dnaindia.net

Mapping up the Chinese dragon, India style

The news that cus- when Arunachal was granted state- a number of other Southeast Asian na- first exchange of maps occurred seven
toms officials in hood and have not recognised it as a tions, and a 10-dash line (as opposed to years after the 1993 agreement to main-
China have de- part of India yet. It did the same with China’s earlier nine-dash line) encir- tain peace and tranquility along the
stroyed 30,000 Sikkim. cling most of the South China Sea, not LAC.
world maps print- China’s claims over a large part of to speak of its old claim over the The answer is to redouble its claim
ed in the country Arunachal Pradesh (called South Tibet Arunachal Pradesh. on Arunachal Pradesh by focusing on
for not mentioning in China) being a key pickle of the Si- China does regularly issue diplomat- infrastructure development along the
A r u n a c h a l no-Indian border dispute, constitutes ic complaints when officials from New disputed border with China (the McMa-
Pradesh and Tai- the core of India’s opposition to the Delhi travel to Arunachal Pradesh – be hon Line), thereby promoting further
Prasenjit Chowdhury wan as part of its Belt-and-Road-Initiative (BRI). they Pranab Mukherjee, Narendra migration into the area.
territory, should India has not lent any serious Modi or Dalai Lama. China started the territorial game
not surprise anyone. thought to the Northeast. Sardar Patel’s It unilaterally renamed six places in way before and it’s only lately that In-
With no immediate roadmap to- geopolitical view of the Northeast as Arunachal Pradesh in 2017 in an appar- dia has woken up to the menace.
wards the settlement of Sino-Indian first and foremost a sensitive border re- ent retaliation against the Dalai Lama’s The Indo-China frontier was mapped
border dispute in sight, there is reason gion with China, inhabited by culturally visit to India’s easternmost state, with and the line drawn by Captain Henry
to expect that China would, off and on distinct “Mongoloid” people whose loy- an irredentist intent of reaffirming Be- McMahon of the Indian Army, starting
up the ante, by laying claim to alty to India was highly tenuous, exem- ijing’s “territorial sovereignty” to the in 1893, following which the border was
Arunachal Pradesh now or a fingertip plifies the worldview of Indian elites. region. known as the McMahon line, a demar-
in Sikkim next. China occupied the Aksai Chin pla- What should India do if China sticks cation of which China had almost al-
Earlier, the Chinese Foreign Minis- teau in the 1950s and completed a road to its wide territorial claims and refuses ways remained disdainful. Now if Chi-
try released a map depicting Doklam as through it in 1957 when India was border was delimited by the McMahon map showing the totality of Beijing’s to budge from any part of the occupied na fancies some maps, assigning to it-
part of China. The standard Chinese caught napping (in fact India claimed line between Bhutan and Burma, the territorial claims in 2014 too, taking territories and evince little interest in self territories owned by other nations,
tactic of assigning their own names to some 180 km of the 1,200 km-long road, boundary negotiated by Britain in 1914. into account Taiwan (which Beijing an early settlement of territorial issues? we reserve our fair share of being dis-
places and then claiming historic asso- when they found out about the road by From 1958, Chinese maps started considers a renegade province), the In view of China’s nerve-sapping dainful. Perhaps, a lasting peace calls
ciation with them, is also old hat. reading Peking newspapers of this “re- showing large parts of Bhutanese terri- Spratlys and Paracels, the two main ar- bargaining over where the Line ought for a permanent solution.
China claims almost the entire markable” piece of engineering). tory as part of China as well. chipelagos of the South China Sea, con- to be, the settlement of the LAC cannot Author is a commentator on geopolitical
Arunachal Pradesh. They protested In the east, India argued that the Chinese authorities unveiled a ‘new’ tested by Vietnam, the Philippines and be forthcoming any time soon – the affairs and cultural issues

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Iranian prez says Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan

Rouhani (pictured, right) on
Tehran was quick to retaliate
on Monday by declaring US troops
ington has branded part of a for-
eign government a terrorist
tionary institutions as terror-
ists?” an angry Rouhani demand-
“Who is propagating and en-
couraging terrorism in today’s

US is ‘leader of Tuesday accused the US of being

the real “leader of world terror-
“terrorists” following Washing-
ton’s move, which was welcomed
group, meaning that anyone who
deals with the Islamic Revolution-
ed in a speech broadcast live by
state television... You want to use
world? Who wanted to use ISIS
(the Islamic State group) as a
ism”, hitting back after Washing- by Iran’s regional arch-rivals Is- ary Guard Corps could face prison terrorist groups as tools against tool?” Rouhani asked, saying that
world terrorism’ ton blacklisted Iran’s Revolution-
ary Guards as a terrorist group.
rael and Saudi Arabia.
It was the first time that Wash-
in the United States.
“Who are you to label revolu-
the nations of the region... you are
the leader of world terrorism.”
the US is “hiding” the leaders of
the jihadist organisation. —AFP
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moneyedit Power infra co EMC faces bankruptcy with `6K cr debt

India’s auto Sumit Moitra
m_sumit@dnaindia.net
later called off in 2016.
Given the current state of TRIPPING POINT
stake in McNally Bharat in
2015 followed by a deal to
siders say.
The problem was aggra-
mart slump a Kolkata: More than Rs 6,000
affairs in the power and engi-
neering sectors, both the
„„EMC has an unpaid debt level
of Rs 6,309 crore with SBI having
acquire
19.77% stake.
an additional vated following its exposure
to McNally Bharat.

sign of worry crore worth of loans are at

risk, including State Bank of
companies are now facing
hardships with questions
the highest exposure of Rs 1,675
crore among the members of a
The pact, however, was
called off in 2016 because of
“During FY16, EMC in-
vested in McNally Bharat
India’s (SBI’s) Rs 1,675 crore, now being raised over their the failure of both the Engineering, a bigger loss-

T
consortium of 24 lenders
he automobile industry, with leading power infra- survival. groups to find enough syn- making company. The invest-
the barometer of eco- structure company EMC go- As per claims filed by the „„The company’s fortunes ergy or benefit in their ment had to be funded
nomic health of the ing the insolvency way. financial institutions and started dwindling in financial merger of the businesses. through additional borrow-
country, is facing a grave The debt resolution of other creditors, the Kolkata- year 2016-17 with the change in Till 2015-16, EMC contin- ings of Rs 143 crore. The
demand slump. Society of the entity, which had a sig- based EMC has an unpaid the power sector dynamics and ued its strong presence in the higher debt level was in-
Indian Automobile Manu- nificant global presence, debt level of Rs 6,309 crore rise in its receivables power sector, winning trans- curred during a time when
facturers (SIAM), a lobby might face delays as the with State Bank of India mission projects in countries management’s time was di-
group for vehicle manu- company owned by the having the highest exposure like Georgia, Tanzania, and vided between the existing
facturers in the country, Toshniwal family is under- of Rs 1,675 crore among the also acquiring a company in and the newly acquired busi-
on Monday made a fore- going a forensic audit. members of a consortium kets way back in the 1970s In fact, when the merge the companies, thus Spain call Regya that special- ness leading to weak moni-
cast of single-digit growth EMC was earlier in the of 24 banks and financial by exporting transmission Khaitans were desperately using its strength and con- ised in power projects. toring of cash flows and con-
for the industry in 2019-20. news when it was roped in institutions. towers, conductors and looking at ways to revive tacts to pump in equity and EMC’s fortunes started siderable irregularities in
The data revealed the as a strategic investor to res- EMC is one of the earli- other hardware items, and their ailing McNally Bharat bring in new businesses. dwindling in FY17 with the servicing the debt,” India
slowing urban demand cue the Khaitan family- est entrants in the power also taking up turnkey pro- Engineering, they inked a As per the deal between change in the power sector Ratings said while down-
with car sales growing by owned McNally Bharat En- infrastructure sector and jects in Europe, Africa and deal to rope in EMC as a the Khaitans and the Tosh- dynamics and rise in its grading the company to de-
mere 2.4% in last fiscal, gineering but the deal was forayed into overseas mar- the Middle East. strategic investor and niwals, EMC bought 12.32% receivables, industry in- fault grade in March 2017.
the worst performance in

Banks fail to keep pace ITC’s

the past four years.
SIAM’s forecast is to be
seen in tandem with the
paring of India’s growth Fortune Select hotel
to check out of Lavasa city
forecast. International
Monetary Fund (IMF) on

with RBI’s 50 bps rate cut

Tuesday trimmed the
growth by 20 basis points
to 7.3%, citing loss of mo-
mentum. Similarly, Asian Ashish K Tiwari no service DNA Money, in its July 30,
Development Bank and t_ashish@dnaindia.net 2018 edition, had first report-
Reserve Bank of India had „„Hotel’s reservations ed the possibilities of the ITC
last week peeled off growth Mumbai: Fortune Park Ho- have been closed as the subsidiary exiting Lavasa.
projection to 7.2% from
7.4%, putting blame on the
SBI and other lenders have cut interest rates by 5 to15 bps this year tels, a subsidiary of one of
India’s leading hospitality
brand is going to change When contacted, ITC Ho-
tels did not comment on the
slowing global activities chains ITC Hotels, has „„Earlier, Accor development. Queries
discontinued
and weakening domestic
investments. India’s auto-
motive industry, which is
Manju AB
manju.ab@dnaindia.net SBI to cut pulled the plug on its Lavasa
property.
The 60-room business ho-
management of Lavasa
Convention Centre
mailed to company spokes-
persons remained unan-
swered till press time.
the fourth largest in the
world, forms around 7% of
Mumbai: Despite 50 basis
points (bps) cut in the inter-
savings bank tel managed under the ban-
ner Fortune Select Dasve, was
“The Lavasa hotel will go
out of Fortune’s network
country’s GDP.
The impact of regula-
est rates by Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) in the calendar not in
rate to 3.5% Lavasa hill city’s first full-
service branded hotel to start
very soon. In fact, the hotel
has already stopped accept-
tory changes, increase in year 2019, banks have cut sync operations in March 2009. ing future bookings,” said
insurance cost and the li- rates by only 5 to 15 bps. DNA Money Correspondent Sources told DNA Money another source familiar
quidity crunch, which A basis point is one hun- Deposit correspondent@dnaindia.net that the Fortune Park man- with the development.
forced the industry to go dredth of a percentage growth lags agement is in the final stage A call inquiring about ho-
through a subdued growth point. bank credit For the first time after the of exiting its contract with tel room availability for the
in past seven months, is State Bank of India and growth saving bank deposit rates the hotel. “The management month of May confirmed
likely to spill over to the Indian Overseas Bank on were deregulated by Re- contract for this hotel has cided not to go for an exten- the same.
first quarter of 2019-20. Tuesday cut interest rates Bank credit serve bank of India (RBI) in been under review for a sion. The hotel chain is cur- “Sir, the reservations
Hopefully, the demand by 5 bps. While SBI cut rates growing at October 2011, State Bank of while now. Given the chal- rently in the process of exit- have been closed. You can
may pick up in the second across tenures to be effec- 14% while India will be bringing down lenges faced by the company ing the management of the call after April 15, and check
quarter onward and peak tive from April 10, IOB cut deposit its savings bank rate to 3.5% and the destination, the ITC property,” said a source re- for the same,” said the ho-
in the run-up to the new rates for its two- and three- growth is at for deposits up to Rs 1 lakh Hotels subsidiary has de- questing anonymity. tel’s front desk executive.
emission regime. year loans. 10% effective May 1, 2019. The
SBI’s one-year interest bank has around 440 million

Fortis, Stellant plan

Repo rate
rate, or marginal cost-based savings bank accounts.
Voda Idea
lending rate (MCLR) to
7.75 (%) MCLR rates for 1 year
About 95% of this customer
ST smart which most loans are base have deposits of only
expects Indus
to sell stake in RHT
pegged, is down 5 bps to SBI 8.50% up to Rs 1 lakh. For deposits

Jet operations
8.55%, the lowest among the
banks. It also cut home loan
Indian
overseas 8.65%
above Rs 1 lakh the new de-
posit rate will be 3.25%. stake sale in
rates for up to Rs 30 lakh by
10 basis points to 8.60-8.90%. 6.00 ICICI
Bank
8.75% The new rates will be ef-
fective after the bank links Ateeq Shaikh ling unitholder of RHT, and four months
down to 32 flights In both the monetary Jan 15, 15 Apr 4, 19
HDFC 8.70% its savings bank deposits to ateeq.shaikh@dnaindia.net Stellant Capital Advisory
policy reviews on February the repo rate from May Services Pvt Ltd, the sole New Delhi: Telecom firm
Crumbling Jet Airways
7 and April 4 this year, RBI 1.Two loan products – cash Mumbai: Less than three shareholder of the trustee- Vodafone Idea expects the
has massively reduced its
operations from its main
cut the repo rate by 25 bps How they compare Housing loan below 30 lacs credit and the overdraft fa- months after acquiring manager, that they have sale of its 11.15% stake in
each. For better monetary cility over Rs 1 lakh - will RHT Health Trust, Fortis each commenced discus- Indus Tower to complete in
hub Mumbai to just SBI 8.60% to 8.90% 10th April 2019
transmission, the central also become cheaper by 25 Healthcare Ltd’s interna- sions with various parties the next three-four months
about 32 flights Tuesday, Indian overseas 8.70% 10th April 2019
bank is working on setting bps as these products get tional arm and Stellant to explore the possibility of which could yield an esti-
said an airline source.
up external benchmarks to ICICI Bank 9.05% linked to the repo rate. This Capital Advisor Services sale of their interests in mated Rs 5,500 crore, a sen-
Amid acute financial
which bank loans can be HDFC bank 8.85 % to 9.35% for others means that when there is a Pvt Ltd have initiated talks RHT and the trustee-manag- ior company executive said
crunch, which has also
pegged. movement in the repo rate, to sell a stake in the Sin- er, respectively,” read on Tuesday.
forced it to delay salaries
SBI has linked its cash savings bank deposit rates gapore-listed firm as the regulatory an- Under a contract signed
to employees and
credit/overdraft (CC and Bank, which cut its one-year April 2019. and the select lending prod- well as its trustee-man- nouncement. with Bharti Infratel in April
payments to banks,
OD) rates above Rs 1 lakh to MCLR by 5 bps to 8.70% on Among the banks, only ucts will be impacted. ager RHT Health Trust Fortis Healthcare In- 2018, the company has an op-
aircraft lessors and
the repo rate for better April 8, 2019. Axis Bank has hiked its SBI’s cut in its savings Manager Pte Ltd. ternational owns 27.82% tion to sell the 11.15% stake
vendors, Jet is struggling
transmission of RBI’s policy ICICI Bank had already MCLR by 5 bps to 8.90% and bank deposit rates may trig- According to a disclosure in the RHT Health Trust. in Indus Tower for cash
to remain afloat. “Jet on
rates. The benefit of reduc- revised its lending rates on thereafter, it has kept its ger other big banks to bring made on Singapore Stock RHT Health Trust Manager ahead of the merger of the
Tuesday operated only 22
tion in repo rate by 25 bps by April 1 anticipating a cut in MCLR flat. down their rates. The sav- Exchange on April 7, the Pte Ltd holds 2.68%. The country’s largest mobile
planes, bringing down
RBI (from April 04 2019) will the repo rate in RBI’s mon- “We are conscious of the ing bank deposit rates were discussions are being held trustee-manager is a whol- tower firm with the Bharti
daily operations to 32
get passed on in its entirety etary policy which was un- fact that there has to be effec- for the first time deregulat- by the RHT Health Trust ly-owned unit of Stellant. group firm.
flights from Mumbai, the
to CC/OD customers bank- veiled on April 4. The new tive and appropriate trans- ed in October 2011 but all owners. Fortis Healthcare Inter- “As things stand now, that
main hub. This included
ing with SBI from May 01, one-year MCLR from ICICI mission of the rates. After the big banks continued to “RHT Health Trust Man- national Ltd, as well as Stel- process is in NCLT and ex-
16 arrivals and
2019, the bank said in a re- Bank is 8.75%, down from the last meeting, I had held keep the rates steady at 4%. ager Pte Ltd wishes to in- lant Capital Advisor Servic- pectation is that it should be
departures each,” the
lease. 8.80%. meetings with public sector YES Bank was the first to form unitholders of RHT es Pvt Ltd, have claimed that completed in the next three-
source said, adding the
SBI’s move follows close Bank of Baroda had said and private sector banks. seize the opportunity and that it has been notified by these “discussions are pre- four months timeframe. Be-
airline didn’t operate the
on heels of the largest pri- last week that it is not The banks have cut MCLR hike its rates to 6% in Octo- Fortis Healthcare Interna- liminary and no firm prTuo- fore the merger is consum-
remaining four aircraft.
vate sector lender, HDFC changing in its MCLR in by up to 10 basis points. ber 2011 after deregulation. tional Ltd (FHIL), a control- posal has been received”. mated, we have the right to
India to grow at receive that in cash. The
7.5% in 2020: IMF value will fluctuate.

India is projected to grow for control Founder Bhavish Aggarwal is fighting to maintain his independence against SoftBank “The value is dependent
on Bharti Infratel (stock)
at 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% price. At current Bharti In-

Why Ola turned down a $1.1 billion SoftBank deal

in 2020, supported by the fratel price, the cash value is
continued recovery of more than Rs 5,500 crore,”
investment and robust Vodafone Idea chief finan-
consumption, thus cial officer Akshaya Moon-
remaining the fastest dra said.
growing major economy Saritha Rai SoftBank took a stake in his “SoftBank has been a cording to one person famil- The company expects
of the world, according archrival, Uber Technolo- Time to reroute great partner for us as we’ve iar with the matter. that the money raised from
to the IMF. In 2018, Bengaluru: Start-ups, when gies Inc, and then encour- grown our business,” a Aggarwal has also gone to the stake sale in Indus Tow-
India’s growth rate was „„Aggarwal is piecing together smaller slices of funding
they raise venture money to aged the rivals to merge. spokesman for the company the founders of India’s Snap- er and the Rs 25,000 crore
7.1%, as against China’s from unaligned backers
build their businesses, begin Son struck a preliminary said in a statement. “There deal for advice on managing rights issue, which is open-
6.6%. In 2019, the with a Series A round and deal to put another $1.1 bil- „„This year alone, he picked up $300 million from are so many emerging syn- SoftBank, the people said. ing on Wednesday, will give
International Monetary then proceed through Series lion into Ola to boost his Hyundai Motor Co and about $90 million investment ergies with SoftBank that we SoftBank invested in the e- it long term war chest to
Fund (IMF) projected a E, F or maybe G before going stake to more than 40%, ac- from Sachin Bansal envisage in the years to commerce start-up about five compete in the market.
growth rate of 6.3% for public. The Indian ride-hail- cording to people familiar come, as we continue to years ago and then tried to “We believe that the pro-
China and 6.1% in 2020, ing service Ola is a bit unu- with the matter. But Aggar- „„Aggarwal has also gone to the founders of India’s build a global mobility busi- push the founders to sell out ceeds from the rights issue
according to the latest sual: It just completed its wal tried to include terms to Snapdeal for advice on managing SoftBank ness out of India.” to a larger rival, Flipkart. coupled with the monetisa-
World Economic Outlook Series J fundraising and is guarantee his own control “We enjoy a cordial rela- When Snapdeal refused the tion of our stake in Indus
projections released marching toward Series K, a over the start-up, and the tionship with all our portfolio deal, Son switched allegianc- Towers Limited will allow
ahead of the annual letter almost unheard of by deal ultimately fell apart, “Bhavish is spurning companies, including Ola,” es by stopping further invest- us to make the required in-
spring meetings of the researchers that track such said the people, who asked SoftBank money as he said a SoftBank spokeswom- ment in the company and put vestments in the business
International Monetary things. not to be identified because doesn’t want to get diluted an. “Beyond this, we do not $2.5 billion into Flipkart. to achieve our strategic
Fund and the World What’s going on here is the matter is private. In- out of Ola,” said Mohandas comment on specific individ- Ola currently has 1.3 mil- goals,” Vodafone Idea chief
Bank. “In India, growth about more than money. Ola stead, Aggarwal is piecing Pai, venture capitalist and uals and internal matters.” lion drivers on its platform executive officer Balesh
is projected to pick up to co-founder Bhavish Aggar- together smaller slices of former chief financial of- Aggarwal avoids gather- in over a hundred cities and Sharma said.
7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% in wal is fighting to maintain funding from unaligned ficer of Infosys Ltd. ings with Son and his port- since last year has expanded The Board of directors of
2020, supported by the his independence against backers. This year alone, he “Founders become employ- folio companies when he to Australia, New Zealand Vodafone Idea on March 20
continued recovery of SoftBank Group Corp. The picked up $300 million from ees when someone sits on visits India, according to the UK. It also entered the cleared the planned Rs
investment.” However, Japanese conglomerate, led Hyundai Motor Co and your Board and tells you people familiar with the food delivery business in In- 25,000-crore rights issue at a
IMF had cut global by Masayoshi Son, was an about $90 million invest- how to run the show.” matter. Aggarwal has said dia, burning cash in a bid to price of Rs 12.50 per equity
growth estimate to 3.3% early backer of Ola, but Ag- ment from Sachin Bansal, Bengaluru-based Ola de- he declined SoftBank invita- grab market share from share, a steep 61% discount
as world economy loses garwal has grown con- the co-founder of Flipkart nies there is a rift with the tions only because he Uber Eats as well as local to the prevailing market
steam. cerned about its influence as Online Services Pvt. Bhavish Japanese company. doesn’t visit New Delhi, ac- operators. —Bloomberg rate. —PTI
Aggarwal
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Deal
TechM to acquire
18.1% stake each in
BSNL may cut losses to `7.5K cr Panacea Biotec
to settle 65%
of lenders’
Street lnfotek, Vitaran Market share of the PSU telecom has increased from 9.44% to 9.76% in last nine months
total dues
IT services major Tech Mahindra said it will acquire Mansi Taneja The DoT has already
18.1% stake each in Infotek Software and Systems

6,500cr
mansi.taneja@dnaindia.net asked Trai for its views on New Delhi: Drug firm Pana-

2,500cr 15,000
(ISS) and Vitaran Electronics for a consideration of allotment of 4G spectrum to cea Biotec said SBI-led con-

`
up to Rs 13 crore. “The Investment Committee of the New Delhi: On the back of BSNL without auction. The sortium of lenders has ap-
Board of directors of the company has approved the several cost-cutting meas- ` ` cr revival plan is expected to proved a one-time settlement
proposal to acquire 18.1% equity shares each of ISS ures undertaken, the ailing revival Enterprise business revenues Company saved after Telecom firm’s annual come up for Cabinet approv- plan to clear outstanding
and Vitaran Electronics,” Tech Mahindra said in a telecom PSU company BSNL
signs al only after the new govern- dues.
during 2018-19 curbing various expenses salary expenses
regulatory filing. The cost of the transaction -- being is expected to narrow its ment takes over in June. “All consortium lenders
carried out in cash -- is up to Rs 13 crore, it added. losses to Rs 7,500 crore for “The worst is behind us. have approved the bilateral
The investment will also help expand Tech the fiscal year ending March BSNL Losses financial stress The silver lining is that the one-time settlement (OTS)
Mahindra’s solution portfolio to cater to the smart 2019. However, the compa- decline in revenues has at 65% of their outstand-
Rs crore „„Total revenues is
city projects, the filing said. ny’s total revenues is expect- stopped; it has started look- ing debts,” Panacea Bio-
8,000 expected to come down
ed to come down to Rs 22,000- 7,500 to Rs 22,000-Rs 23,000 ing towards the north. Only tec said in a filing to the
Rs 23,000 crore in the last crore in the last fiscal Reliance Jio and BSNL have BSE.
Citroen ties up Dvara KGFS buys fiscal from Rs 25,000 crore in from Rs 25,000 crore in been adding users and in- The settlement has been
with CarDekho Varam Capital 2017-18. 4,793 2017-18 creasing their market share. done to resolve the current
It had posted a loss of Rs We are seeing positive signs. debt position of the compa-
French automaker Dvara KGFS, formerly 8,000 crore for the year ended „„BSNL has sought The focus is back on reviv- ny, it added.
Citroen said it has tied- IFMR Rural Channels March 2018, and Rs 4,793 equity infusion of al,” BSNL chairman and On Monday, India Resur-
up with auto portal and Services, a crore in the year-ago fiscal. around Rs 7,000 crore managing director Anupam gence Fund, promoted by
CarDekho to enter pre- financial service For the first time, the com- towards the allotment Shrivastava said. Piramal Enterprises and
owned car market in institution, said it has pany recorded a 50% in- of 4G spectrum Since the formation of Bain Capital Credit, along
India. Citroen, which acquired Varam FY17 FY18 FY19
crease in its enterprise busi- BSNL, we have paid around with its associates had an-
announced its India Capital, a non-banking ness revenues at Rs 6,500 Rs 1,65,000 crore towards sal- nounced an investment of up
entry last week, plans microfinance crore during 2018-19. The as it froze employee expens- nancials for the past several ries in February, which cre- ary. The PSU is sitting on a to Rs 992 crore in Panacea
to launch its first institution. Following company, however, has not es, curtailed medical and years. The heightened com- ated a huge issue with elec- gold mine but salaries are Biotec.
vehicle by the end of the acquisition, officially announced the fi- other administrative costs. petitive intensity has im- tions round the corner. This the biggest expenditure that In February, Panacea Bio-
next year. The company customers of Varam nancial numbers. Out of the Rs 2,500 crore an- pacted the overall telecom incident has put the focus is pulling BSNL down, he had said its board had ap-
is confident that in Capital and its digital The market share of nual savings, around Rs 625 industry, leading to a decline back on the revival of BSNL, said. proved raising up to Rs 864
Cardekho, it has found capabilities would be BSNL has increased from crore came from employee in margins and triggering a which has sought equity in- BSNL is expecting a pay- crore for a OTS with its lend-
a dynamic partner to merged with KGFS to 9.44 % to 9.76 % (all India benefits. consolidation phase. BSNL’s fusion of around Rs 7,000 ment of about Rs 2,900 crore ers and other purposes. The
provide a value enhance the ability of level) from March 2018 to Owing to a huge employee employee costs account for crore towards the allotment from the stuck government company had said it would
proposition for the combined business to January 2019, as per Trai base of around 1.76 lakh 55-60% of the total expendi- of 4G spectrum and approval projects in April and May, raise the funds through the
customers in the Indian grow profitably and numbers. with annual expenses of Rs ture. for a voluntary retirement revenue accruals from enter- issue of non-convertible de-
pre-owned car market. serve rural customers. BSNL has been able to 15,000 crore, BSNL has been The company delayed the scheme (VRS) at around Rs prise business and a soft loan bentures on a private place-
save Rs 2,500 crore last year struggling to manage its fi- payment of employees’ sala- 6,500 crore. of around Rs 3,500 crore. ment basis. —PTI

In brief Avaada Energy gets Bajaj Energy plans to Muted demand puts `4.51 L cr
housing units in limbo
JSW Steel’s output `1K cr for solar play
grew 3% in FY19
JSW Steel Tuesday said
New Delhi: Avaada Energy
Tuesday said it has received renewable bet
raise `5,450 cr via IPO Delayed project is resulting in cost overruns, which has been
further compounding the funding crunch for several real estate
builders in top cities, according to property consultant Anarock

its crude steel output

grew 3 per cent to 16.69
million tonne (mt)
an investment of Rs 1,000
crore for financing its 2.4 gw
solar energy portfolio of the
„„Financing is for its
2.4 gw solar energy
Mumbai: Bajaj Energy Ltd
(BEL) along with Lalitpur
Power Generation Company,
This 2,430-mw capacity
comprises 450 mw from five
operational plants of 90 mw
5.6 lakh housing
units - Running behind
72% - Total stuck
housing units in
during financial year portfolio of the targeted 5
targeted 5 gw capacity in Tuesday filed for a initial each, owned and managed by delivery timelines NCR and MMR
2018-19. The company gw capacity in Asia and
Asia and Africa. public offering with the mar- Bajaj Energy and 1,980 mw
had produced 16.27 mt Africa
Avaada Energy is a sub- ket regulator Sebi with a from the power plant owned

` 41,770 cr
of crude steel in the sidiary of Avaada Group. „„Investment has come plan to raise Rs 5,450 crore and managed by a special
2017-18 fiscal, JSW Steel The investment has come from Asian Development through offer. purpose vehicle of Lalitpur
said in a statement.
2.10 lakh 1.92 lakh
from Asian Development Bank, DEG and other The offer comprises fresh Power. - Worth of housing
During 2018-19, JSW Bank; DEG, the German De- financial institutions issue of share up to Rs 5,150 Bajaj Energy intends to units stuck in
Steel’s output of flat velopment Finance Institu- crore by the company and an acquire Lalitpur Power’s
Housing units running Apartments are Bengaluru, Chennai
rolled products stood at tion, Netherlands Develop- offer-for-sale of equity 1,980 mw from the proceeds
11.74 mt, up 3% from behind schedule in NCR delayed in MMR and Hyderabad
ment Finance Company shares by Bajaj Power Ven- of the offer, it said.
11.44 mt in the previous FMO and company’s promot- tures aggregating up to Rs getting ready Edelweiss Financial Ser-
fiscal. er, a statement said. 300 crore. to tap markets vices, IIFL Holdings and SBI If buyers stop purchasing under-
The 2.4 gw capacities The company did not say Caps are the lead managers construction properties, builders would
SREI INFRA FINANCE
`5,150 cr
funded through this infusion when they plan to open the to the issue, while IDBI Capi-
Share price on BSE in ` 95 will facilitate Avaada’s lead- IPO. Normally it takes tal Markets is the co-book have a far more challenging time to get
80
ership role in India’s transi- months to get the Sebi clear- Worth of fresh issue of shares running lead managers to funds from external sources for project
tion to clean energy and con- ance for an initial public of- and offer for sale by Bajaj Power the issue, which will be listed construction,"  —Anuj Puri, Anarock founder and chairman
76.55 65 tribution in achieving the fer. on both the BSE and NSE.
Ventures
50 government’s vision of 100 The company plans to uti- As at the financial year

`4,972 cr
29.25 35
gw of solar energy by 2022. preforming assets generat- lise the proceeds from the ended March 31, 2018, the
Avaada is targeting an ex- ing maximum returns for all IPO to purchase 6.99 million PPAs of the BEL Power
20
Apr 2, 18 Apr 9, 19
tensive portfolio of 5 gw so- our stakeholders,” Avaada equity shares of Lalitpur Co to buy shares of Lalitpur Power Plants and the LPGCL Power
lar projects across Asia and Group chairman Vineet Mit- Power Generation Company from Bajaj Power and Bajaj Hind Plant have a remaining aver-
Africa of which about 2.4 gw tal said. Ltd (LPGCL) from Bajaj Pow- age term of 18 years and 23
Srei to raise up to capacities are under imple- Avaada Energy is a devel- er Ventures and Bajaj Hindu- Bajaj Power owns 100% in years, respectively.
`500 cr via bonds mentation. oper of renewable energy stan Sugar for Rs 4,972 crore, Bajaj Energy, which is into Bajaj Energy and Lalitpur
Srei Infrastructure “Investments by these projects, backed by its strong the companies said in a state- developing, financing and Power Generation Co have
Finance Tuesday global financial stalwarts re- Engineering, Procurement ment, adding the remaining operating thermal power each entered into long-term
opened its bond issue to validates our impeccable ex- and Construction (EPC) ca- amount will be utilised for plants with a gross installed fuel supply agreements with
raise up to Rs 500 crore ecution track record, high pabilities. —PTI general expenses. capacity of 2,430 mw. Central Coal Fields. —PTI
for on-lending and

Discom dues spike to `41,000 cr in Jan Adani’s Oz coal mine Arihant Group
meeting general
corporate needs. The
first tranche of the
company’s non-
plans `250 cr
convertible debentures
(NCDs) is slated to close
on May 9, the company
New Delhi: Outstanding
dues of power producers on stressed sector tion of dues to power gener-
ating companies, taking
wins environmental nod investment in
electricity distribution utili- longer duration of up to 610
Noida project
said in a release. The „„Discoms owed a total
issue is of a face value ties have increased by more of Rs 33,848 crore to days to make payments, the Melanie Burton nine further approvals from
Rs 1,000 each amounting than 20% to Rs 40,804 crore in power generation firms in portal showed. the Fe d e r a l a n d Q u e e n s -
up to Rs 100 crore (base January 2019 compared to January 2018 Maharasthra tops the list Melbourne: India’s Adani l a n d s t at e g ove r n m e n t s
issue) with an option to the year-ago month, adding with 610 days to make pay- Enterprises has taken a step before mining can New Delhi: Realty firm Ari-
retain oversubscription to the woes of the stressed „„In December 2018, ments, followed by Ra- closer to the construction of start. hant Group will invest Rs 250
of up to Rs 400 crore, sector. the total outstanding jasthan (608 days), Tamil a controversial thermal coal “This decision does not crore to develop an afforda-
totalling up to Rs 500 According to PRAAPTI on discoms was Nadu (606 days), Madhya mine in Australia after win- comprise the final approval ble housing project compris-
crore. portal, discoms owed a total Rs 39,400 crore Pradesh (593 days), Karna- ning federal government ap- for this project,” she said. ing 944 flats at Greater Noida
of Rs 33,848 crore to power taka (580 days), Uttar proval for its groundwater The groundwater man- in Uttar Pradesh.
Opto Circuits to generation companies in Pradesh (575 days) and Del- management plan. agement plan also re- The company has launcheof
repay YES Bank January 2018. in same month in 2018. has also increased over the hi (575 days) in that order. Adani wants to de- quires approval from the flats in the project ‘Arihant
The portal was launched Power producers give 60 preceding month. In Decem- Overdues of public sector velop the Carmichael state government. Adobe’ in Greater Noida
Medical devices firm in May 2018 to bring trans- days time to discoms for pay- ber 2018, the total outstand- thermal power companies coal deposit in Queens- While the Carmichael West (popularly known as
Opto Circuits India parency in power purchase ing bills for the supply of ing on discoms was Rs amount to over 52 per cent of land state, but has faced project would create jobs Noida Extension) in price
Tuesday said it has transactions between gener- electricity. After that the out- 39,400 crore while the total the total overdue of Rs 26,052 fierce environmental resist- and has strong support in range of Rs 30-35 lakh.
entered into a one-time ators and discoms. standing becomes overdue overdue amount was Rs crore on discoms. ance that has turned the pro- the region, the ruling con- The entire investment
settlement with YES In January this year, total and generators charge penal 24,262 crore. NTPC alone has overdue ject into a political hot potato servative Liberal-National would be met through inter-
Bank for settling the overdue amount, which was interest on that in most of Discoms in Uttar Pradesh amount of Rs 8,200 crore on ahead of a federal election coalition and opposition La- nal accruals and customer
total outstanding not cleared even after 60 days the cases. (UP), Maharashtra, Karna- discoms, while NHPC has due next month. bor Party both fear losing advances, said Arihant
amount of Rs 33.51 crore of grace period offered by The data on the portal in- taka, Madhya Pradesh, Hary- Rs 1,596 crore and Damodar Environment Minister votes in major cities where Group MD Kaushal Jain.
for a consolidated generators, stood at Rs 26,052 dicates that the outstanding ana, Tamil Nadu and Delhi Valley Corporation at Melissa Price said on Tues- voters are worried about “Noida/Greater Noida is
amount of Rs 8.5 crore. crore against Rs 20,264 crore as well as overdue amount account for the major por- Rs 1,131 crore. —PTI day the project still needed climate change. —Reuters primarily an end user driven
This amount is “to be property market. So, hous-
paid as per the ing demand and sales in
structured installments
by April 2021”, Opto comment With high interest rates, consumers aren’t feeling wealthy, and there isn’t much incentive for them to buy Noida and Greater have
always been good,” he
Circuits India said in a said.

How consumers are broke in India’s $70 bn car market

filing to the BSE. Shares The project, though in af-
of Opto Circuits India fordable category, would be
were trading at Rs 7.98 built with best of construc-
per scrip on the BSE, tion technology, Jain said.
down 2.92 per cent from Anjani Trivedi of the market, posted a 20% cars look and feel the same, affordable, demand will wa- The first phase of the pro-
its previous close. drop. with models made by Maruti ver. One way around this is ject is expected to be ready
JLR starts Heading into an election, In- This downbeat sentiment Suzuki India Ltd and Hyun- to boost auto financing. But and delivered by April 2022
dia’s enthusiasm for cars should worry investors and dai Motor Co dominating that’s already a well-trodden while the entire project may
booking for Velar
and motorbikes has all but policymakers. Inventories theroads. Fancier cars re- path: Such loans already be complete by November
Jaguar Land Rover evaporated. It’s unlikely to are piling up and consumers main inaccessible. On top of back around 70% of passen- 2024.
India (JLR) Tuesday return anytime soon, despite don’t feel like spending. With that, congestion and pollu- ger car buyers and 50% of Jain said eligible home
said it has commenced all the grand promises to im- unemployment soaring, af- tion are becoming a real the two-wheeler market, ac- buyers would get interest
bookings for locally prove the lives of masses. fordability remains a stick- menace. cording to Bernstein. subsidy of up to Rs 2.67 lakh
manufactured Range Passenger car sales, ing point. That’s partly why Consumers’ apathy has Meanwhile, other outlays as this project is being devel-
Rover Velar which is which have been sliding India is largely a two-wheel- spread to manufacturers. De- continue to pile up. Fuel is oped as per the area and
priced at Rs 72.47 lakh since last summer, fell an- er market, with annual sales spite heavy government pro- expensive and the upfront other norms under afforda-
(ex-showroom). The other 6% last month while of more than 20 million units tection with import duties, cost of insurance is also set ble housing scheme of the
model comes with both those for motorbikes – the compared with about 4 mil- margins are shrinking and to rise because of new rules central government. The
petrol and diesel larger and more profitable lion for passenger vehicles. rary blip given sales have rural and smaller urban ar- companies aren’t re-invest- that went into effect in Sep- GST rate will be one per cent.
powertrains, priced market – collapsed 15%. True, there are lots of grown at an average annual eas. Hopes are high that ing much. While India’s auto tember. Arihant Group has deliv-
similarly at Rs 72.47 Commercial vehicle sales, cars and motorbikes on the rate of 8% to 10% over the Modi’s manifesto will double sector has outperformed the With high interest rates, ered seven residential and
lakh. The local which include trucks and road in India – at close to 30 past five years. farmers’ income and create benchmark stock index for it’s probably imprudent for commercial projects in Noi-
manufacturing of the buses, also slowed. Overall million and about 170 mil- So why is demand this opportunities for India’s the past decade, it has under- borrowing to outpace in- da, Greater Noida and Gha-
model also reaffirms the production in the country’s lion, respectively. With more tepid? Because buyers just youth. performed by more than 25% come gains. Consumers ziabad.
company’s commitment $70 billion auto industry is than 1 billion people and low can’t spend. That’s particu- Even for those who have since July, Bernstein aren’t feeling wealthy, and It is planning to develop a
to the Indian market, slumping. Hero MotoCorp levels of car ownership, this larly the case among young- money to spend, their choic- Bernstein analysts note. there isn’t much incentive housing project at Faridabad.
the company said. Ltd which commands a third downturn may be a tempo- er people, as well as those in es are, well, boring. Most Until cars become more for them to buy. —Bloomberg —PTI
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April
2019
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FOOTBALL Argentina coach Lionel FOOTBALL Pele arrives back in Brazil on

Scaloni is briefly hospitalised on Tuesday in Tuesday after a six-day hospital stay in France. He
Mallorca after being hit by a car while riding was discharged from a Paris hospital late on Mon-
a bike. He suffers “facial injury” and “several day after treatment for an urinary infection. Pele,
bruises” and has been discharged from hospital 78, leaves airport in Brazil in wheelchair
MOTOR SPORT Narain Karthikeyan is looking forward to his Super GT debut in Japan this weekend, marking a full-time switch to sports car racing 10

Knights falter
BALL GAME
Bowling tight line
to restrict Warner,

in Kings’ castle
Bairstow: Rajpoot
Kings XI Punjab seamer
Ankit Rajpoot says the
plan was to bowl a tight
line and not give any
room to the dangerous
opening duo of David
Warner and Jonny
Bairstow on Monday
Chahar (3/20), du Plessis (43*) star in CSK’s 7-wicket
night. About Warner, he
said, “The plan was to win over KKR; Russell (50*) wages lone battle for visitors
block his runs by bowling
a tight line. I did not give again to restrict Kolka-
him opportunity to play ta Knight Riders to
to his strength.” Rajpoot 108/9.
said the wicket was a bit KKR never re-
helpful with some swing. covered from the
early loss of wick-
Sharma defends ets and found the go-
SRH’s fragile
middle-order Match No. 23 ing tough to fin-
ish with a be-
SRH medium-pacer low par score
Sandeep Sharma defend- DNA Correspondent despite an
ed his team’s fragile mid- sports@dnaindia.net unbeaten 50
dle-order and its tenden- off 44 balls
cy to fall apart in the on- Mumbai: It is not just like from Andre
going IPL, saying it is that Chepauk is called the li- Russell.
not wise to form opin- ons den. To beat Chennai Su- A lot de- CSK’s MS Dhoni stumps KKR’s Piyush Chawala in their IPL match in Chennai on Tuesday —AP
ions after one failure. He per Kings at their own den is pended on
said: “The fact is that our a dream for every IPL team. the in-form off a delivery that kept low.
Orange cap SCOREBOARD
opening pair has been And Kolkata Knight Rid- Russell af- In the next over, Harb- CSK vs KXIP, Match No. 23, Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai; Toss: CSK, elect to bowl
batting so good that mid- ers’ by now know how tough ter a poor hajan tossed one up to David Warner
dle order was not tested. life is playing at MA Chidam- show from Narine, who attempt- KKR R B 4/6 SR Jadeja 4-0-17-1 (W1), S Kuggeleijn 4-0-34-0 (W1),
Even in this game, Warn- baram Stadium. the batting ed a big shot, only to
(SRH) I Tahir 4-0-21-2
C Lynn lbw b Chahar 0 5 0/0 0.00
er played through, only
in one game the middle
order collapsed and from
In the clash of table top-
pers, the Dinesh Karthik-led
side suffered a rare bad day in
unit. He
played the only
way he knows, going for
skew it to the point
region where Cha-
har took a good
349 runs
S Narine c Chahar b Singh 6 5 0/0 120.00
R Uthappa c Jadhav b Chahar 11 9 2/0 122.22
N Rana c Rayudu b Chahar 0 3 0/0 0.00
CSK (target 109) R B 4/6 SR
S Watson c Chawla b Narine 17 9 2/1 188.88
Jonny Bairstow (SRH)  263
D Karthik c Singh b Tahir 19 21 3/0 90.47 F du Plessis (not out) 43 45 3/0 95.55
one game alone an opin- office when MS Dhoni’s men big shots, and succeed- catch running Andre Russell (KKR)  257 S Gill st Dhoni b Tahir 9 12 0/0 75.00 S Raina c Chawla b Narine 14 13 1/1 107.69
ion cannot be formed.” walked home with another ed to a certain extent. backwards.
A Russell (not out) 50 44 5/3 113.63 A Rayudu c Rana b Chawla 21 31 2/0 67.74
win to emerge as leaders once He finished with five Nitish Rana (0) K Jadhav (not out) 8 8 1/0 100.00
P Chawla st Dhoni b Singh 8 13 0/1 61.53
on the tube again in the points table. fours and three became Chahar’s
Purple cap K Yadav (run out) 0 1 0/0 0.00 Extras (W6, NB2) 8
On a slow-paced and turn- sixes. second victim, taken MP Krishna c Singh b Jadeja 0 2 0/0 0.00 Total (for 3 wkts, 17.2 ov) 111 (6.4 runs per over)
(All Live) ing track, Chennai used all The under-rat- smartly by Ambati
Kagiso Rabada H Gurney (not out) 1 5 0/0 20.00 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Watson, 2.2 ov), 2-35 (Raina, 4.6
their experience and patience ed Deepak Cha- Rayudu. Robin Uthap- Extras (LB1, W3) 4 ov), 3-81 (Rayudu, 14.4 ov)
BASKETBALL: NBA: to chase down Kolkata’s total har, who re- pa (11, 9 balls, 2X4) (DC) Total (for 9 wkts, 20 ov) 108 (5.4 runs per over) Bowling: P Chawla 4-0-28-1 (NB1), MP Krishna 4-0-23-0

11 wickets
Sony ESPN: 07:00 Okla- with seven wickets in hand, turned im- played a couple of good Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Lynn, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Narine, 1.5 ov), (W1), S Narine 3.2-0-24-2 (W6), K Yadav 4-0-16-0, H
homa City vs Houston; thanks to experienced South shots, before perishing 3-9 (Rana, 2.3 ov), 4-24 (Uthappa, 4.4 ov), 5-44 (Karthik, Gurney 2-0-20-0 (NB1)
05:30 (Thu) Brooklyn vs African batsman Faf du Ples- to a pull which landed in 8.4 ov), 6-47 (Gill, 10.1 ov), 7-76 (Chawla, 15.3 ov), 8-76
Imran Tahir (CSK) 9 Result: CSK win by 7 wickets
sis (44*, 45b, 3x4). pressive figures the safe hands of Kedar (Yadav, 15.4 ov), 9-79 (Krishna, 16.3 ov)
Miami Yuzvendra Chahal (RCB) 9 Man of the match: Deepak Chahar
Chennai reached the tar- of 3 for 20 from 4 Jadhav at deep-square Bowling: D Chahar 4-0-20-3 (W1), H Singh 4-0-15-2, R
CRICKET: Star Sports 1, get of 109 runs losing three overs, rattled the KKR leg.
2, 1 Hindi: 20:00 IPL, MI wickets and with 16 balls to top-order with early A lot was expected of n zone HOW THEY STAND
vs KXIP spare. strikes, including that skipper Dinesh

20 25
Opener Shane Watson (17, of the big-hitting Chris Karthik but he flat- No. of dot balls CSK’s No. of sixes Andre TEAM M W L T P NRR
FOOTBALL: Star Sports 3: 9b, 2x4, 1x6) gave a fiery start Lynn as the visitors tered to deceive, ham- Deepak Chahar bowled Russell has scored in CSK 6 5 1 0 10 0.310
20:30 Super Cup semifinal, before Sunil Narine sent him struggled to 29 for four in mering a shot off Ta- on Tuesday, including 6 matches this IPL. His KKR 6 4 2 0 8 0.614
ATK vs Chennaiyin FC back. Suresh Raina, too, fell the powerplay. hir straight into the five in the 19th over. KKR team-mate Nitish
KXIP 6 4 2 0 8 -0.061
This the most number of dot balls Rana is second at 12
UEFA Champions League after a 13-ball 14 cameo. Harbhajan Singh hands of Harbhajan SRH 6 3 3 0 6 0.810
The chase was left to the (2/15), Imran Tahir (2/21) at mid-wicket, to be in an IPL innings ever, jointly with
(QFs 1st leg) Munaf Patel’s 20 for RR against MI 5 3 2 0 6 0.342
Sony Ten 2: 00:30 (Thu) experience pair of du Plessis CSK’s and Ravindra Jadeja (1/17) dismissed for 19 to
KKR in 2009 DC 6 3 3 0 6 0.131
and Ambati Rayudu. And the Imran Tahir put the brakes on the KKR leave KKR in trouble
Manchester United vs Bar- RR 5 1 4 0 2 -0.848

16
duo did well to stitch a 46-run whistles in batting with a disciplined ef- at 44 for five.
celona; Sony Ten 1: 00:30 stand before the latter fell to fort. That KKR’s 50
No. of wins CSK have RCB 6 0 6 0 0 -1.453
(Thu) Ajax vs Juventus celebration out of their last 17 IPL
Piyush Chawla. after removing KKR were under pres- came up only in the matches at MA Chid-
With du Plessis at the other sure from the word go as 12th over, indicating
HOCKEY: FIH Pro League
Star Sports Select 2: end, the target was just as for-
mality as he wisely mixed
KKR’s Dinesh
Karthik in Chennai
on Tuesday —AFP
Lynn and Sunil Narine fell
within the space of five
how much their
batsmen struggled
ambaram Stadium. The
only loss came against MI in 2015 Six meter
22:00 Belgium vs USA
12 7 0
patience with aggression balls. First, Chahar trapped to come to grips
(Women): 00:00 (Thu) to see his team through. Lynn leg-before wicket for with the surface at
Belgium vs Spain (Men) KKR’s Andre Russell in action during
Earlier, Chennai a duck in the first over, as Chepauk. his 50* on Tuesday —AP
bowlers delivered yet the Aussie missed a pull  —with PTI inputs

Rohit eyes return to roaring form Warner indulges in antics to

MI VS KXIP
avoid ‘Mankading’ by Ashwin
Mohali: Sunrisers Hy- big screen. The clip of the in-
Match No. 24, Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
derabad’s David Warner was cident was later uploaded by
Live on Star Sports 1, 2, 1 Hindi, 8pm extra cautious while Ravi- the official IPL website –
chandran Ashwin operated iplt20.com.
Malinga boost for mumbai in the IPL Monday night, de- Earlier in the tournament,
liberately dragging his bat off-spinner Ashwin had dis-
MI: The hosts must be KXIP: Opener KL Rahul inside the safe zone to avoid missed Rajasthan Royals’ Jos
high on confidence Team holds the key with bat becoming a victim of Buttler without giving him a
after two back-to-back News while Chris Gayle has been ‘Mankading’. prior warning and that had
wins. Lasith Malinga’s off colour of late. Captain R The incident happened attracted a lot of criticism
return will further boost Ashwin will seek consistency during the IPL match be- from across the cricket fra-
their morale. Rohit Sharma after their thrilling win over tween Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner (L) grounds his bat as ternity.
will hope to return SRH despite David Warner’s and Kings XI Punjab here. R Ashwin bowls in their match in As per the rules, a bowler
to form half-century Warner was seen taking Mohali on Monday —Twitter is within his right to dismiss
precaution by staying inside a batsman who leaves the
the crease during Ashwin’s not become Ashwin’s crease before the ball is being
Rohit Key Ravichandran over. Warner, who was at the ‘Mankad’ victim. released. But the practice has
Sharma contest Ashwin
non-striker’s end, kept drag- The Australian’s antics been generally deemed as
ging his bat inside the safe was quickly picked up by the against the “spirit of the
Rohit Sharma’s form has been a concern. He will hope to get back zone to ensure that he does cameras and replayed on the game.” —PTI
MI captain Rohit Sharma takes on Lasith Malinga during a net session in Mumbai on Tuesday —Hemant Padalkar/DNA among the runs. Will KXIP captain and offie Ravichandran Ashwin
let him have it so easy?

Match No. 24 ‘Hitman’ in IPL 2019 so far

11 vs SRH, April 6
Played: 23, MI: 12, KXIP: 11 ‘India key to
promoting
Starc sues insurer over
injury payout for IPL
Taus Rizvi Pitch Report: Wicket wil Weather Report: Sea breeze

13 vs CSK, April 3
continue to aid pacers from the west will be a respite
r_taus@dnaindia.net
and batsmen on an otherwise hot evening
women’s Tests’
32 vs KXIP, March 30
8
Mumbai: Virat Kohli’s fail- Punter Point: Watchability quotient: (1-3: Forget it;
ure as captain of Royal Chal- MI: 8/11, Sydney: Australia captain Melbourne: Australia left-
47 vs RCB, March 28
4-7: If there is nothing else to watch;
lengers Bangalore in the KXIP: 11/10 8 and above: try not to miss it) Meg Lanning has said wom- arm pacer Mitchell Starc
12th edition of the Indian MI’s Kieron Pollard with his son on en’s Test matches need to has sought legal remedy to get
Premier League (with six Tuesday —Hemant Padalkar/DNA 14 vs DC, March 24 jab at the Wankhede Stadium daddy scores, which he has spread beyond Australia- $1.53 mn from his insurer over
successive defeats in as on Wednesday, the Borivili been known for. Blame it on England rivalry and felt In- an injury payout for his IPL
many games) has formed a n zone lad will look to returning the slow wickets, Sharma dia needed to play a big role contract after he failed to turn
debate on social media amongst runs in a big way. has succumbed to the oppo- in promoting the format. out for his franchise KKR in a

4,611
No of runs Rohit Sharma has scored in IPL in 178
among Indian cricket fans. And, what better way than to sition in different situations. “We’d love to play more single game last year.
games with an average of 31.57. He stands 3rd in
They want Rohit Sharma to score against a side compris- Going by the numbers, Test matches. Unfortunately, According to a report in the Test series against South Af-
highest run-getters in IPL list
lead the Indian team instead ing an attack of Mohammed the stylish batsman has not it’s only Australia and Eng- SMH, Starc, who didn’t figure rica. The report further stat-
of Kohli at the forthcoming Shami, Sam Curran, Mujeeb managed to impress with land that are interested at the in any game for KKR last year ed that Starc took out a policy
ICC Cricket World Cup in no question about his own as well. Ur Rahman apart from the the bat in the last two sea- moment, and we only play after getting injured in the that would pay him $1.53 mil-
England. form. Having openly conveyed wily offie Ashwin. sons, averaging below 25. each other every couple of Test series against South Af- lion benefit if he missed the
The opinions in virtual On the other side, Shar- his intent to opening the in- Sharma has so far scored But, he will be keen on get- years. That probably is a bit rica, has filed a lawsuit in the IPL season because of injury.
world will hardly have an ma has risen as a strong nings for MI this whole IPL just 118 runs in five games at ting back to his old IPL form of a problem,” Lanning said. Victorian County Court last According to court docu-
impact on the decision of leader displaying some season as a part of the prep- a modest average of 23.60 where he would dominate “Hopefully down the track week against the insurers of ments, Starc paid a premium
the selectors and Kohli will smart moves for his fran- arations for World Cup, with 48 being his highest the attack at will. more countries are interest- his lucrative IPL deal. of $97,920 to be covered be-
continue with his job as the chise — Mumbai Indians. Sharma must not be happy against Kohli’s men. Mind Sharma coming back to ed. I think India would be At the 2018 IPL auction, tween February 27 and March
leader of Men in Blue with However, there has been a with the kind of form he has you, he has been in solid his big-scoring abilities will great at playing Test match- KKR snapped Starc up for 31 in 2018. But on March 10, he
Sharma being his deputy. sudden dip in his batting shown in the first five touch and looks good every not only help Mumbai Indi- es. I think they’d probably be $1.8 mn. But Starc didn’t fea- claimed he started feeling
While Kohli may not have form, which could be con- games. time he steps out to bat. It’s ans but also boost his confi- the big fish to get involved ture in the world’s richest T20 pain in his right calf while
emerged as a successful cap- cerning for not just Mumbai With Mumbai hosting the just that he has struggled to dence heading into the because they’ve got such a tournament last year after bowling in the second Test in
tain in IPL, there has been Indians but for Team India R Ashwin-led Kings XI Pun- convert those starts in to World Cup. big influence in cricket. —PTI suffering a calf injury in the Port Elizabeth. —PTI
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Barca roll into Ole’s town

Hot on Heels

India held 3-3,

bow out of Oly
qualifiers
The Indian women’s
football team Tuesday
missed out an opportuni- Manchester United manager faces reality test since taking charge as Messi & Co meet them in first leg of quarterfinals tonight
ty to qualify for the third
round of the 2020 Olym-
pic qualifiers after it was
held to a 3-3 draw by My-
Manchester: Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer enjoyed a charmed
life as interim Manchester
and the club 11 points off the
top four. Despite recent hic-
cups, he has had notable suc-
Time for Pogba to
deliver on big stage
anmar in Mandalay (My- United manager but Barcelo- cess and ultimately has his
anmar). The Maymol na’s visit to Old Trafford on sights set higher than finish-
Rocky-coached side, with Wednesday will show him the ing in the top four.
an average age of 21, scale of the task he faces as The 46-year-old will proba-
needed a win to top the new full-time boss. bly be forgiven if United fall Manchester: Ahead of Bar- United on Wednesday.
Group A of the Olympic The Norwegian was re- short against a Lionel Messi- celona’s Champions League Benched for both legs of a
qualifiers Round 2 but warded with a three-year deal inspired Barcelona. trip to Old Trafford, the Cata- bitterly disappointing last 16
squandered the lead after reviving United’s for- But if he fails to reverse lans’ president has admitted exit to Sevilla last season by
twice to play out a draw tunes since taking caretaker the mini-slump and Unit- even they could not compete Jose Mourinho due to person-
and bow out of the com- charge in December, lifting ed suffer a heavy defeat with Manchester United’s al differences and poor perfor-
petition at the Mandalar them back into contention for to the Spanish cham- then world record offer to mances, Pogba’s only previ-
Thiri Stadium here. a top-four place and trans- pions there is a dan- bring Paul Pogba back to ous start ended in a red card
forming the mood at the club. ger the season could England in 2016. and a 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint-
Punjab beat The highlight of his reign peter out and mo- “We couldn’t af- Germain back in February.
Assam 2-0 so far was a dramatic 3-1 away mentum could be ford that amount of Without their suspended
Hosts Punjab beat As- victory over Paris Saint-Ger- lost. —AFP money at the time,” star, a youthful United side
sam 2-0 in a group B main in the last 16 in the Josep Maria Bar- pulled off a miraculous 3-1
match on the second day Champions League, which tomeu told ESPN. win in Paris to make it to the
of the 73rd National enabled United to overturn a “So he went to last eight for the first time in
Football Championship 2-0 first-leg defeat to reach the United, and he’s five years and give Pogba an-
for Santosh Trophy at quarterfinals on away goals. making them bet- other chance to shine on the
Guru Nanak Stadium in Solskjaer has given his ter as a team be- Champions League stage.
Ludhiana on Tuesday. creative players licence to at- cause he’s one of The arrival of Ole Gunnar
Earlier in another group tack, with Paul Pogba and the stars of the world Solskjaer to replace the sacked
B encounter, Maharash- Marcus Rashford let off the of football right Mourinho in December re-
tra and Karnataka leash to devastating effect. now.” moved any excuses that it was
played out a 2-2 draw to But some of the gloss has the Portuguese’s straitjacket
share one point each. come off in recent that was limiting the output
weeks, with three de- of one his most talented play-
Shot putter feats in four matches ers. An upturn in form was
Manpreet banned badly denting Unit- immediate. Pogba scored nine
Asian champion shot ed’s chances of quali- goals and created six more in
putter Manpreet Kaur fying for next sea- his first 12 games under Solsk-
has been banned for four son’s Champions jaer. However, his form has
years by the National An- League and dumping cooled since, and not by coin-
ti-Doping Agency them out of the FA Cup. cidence so has United’s with
(NADA) for flunking four Solskjaer, who famously three defeats in their last four
dope tests in 2017. The pe- scored the winning goal for games.
riod of suspension would United against Bayern Mu- Pogba has also not done his
begin from July 20, 2017, nich in the 1999 Champions approval ratings among the
the date of her provision- League final in Barcelona, United fans any favours by
al suspension, according was upbeat after drawing the publicly flirting with Real Ma-
to an order of the anti- Spanish league leaders in the drid while away on interna-
doping disciplinary panel quarter-finals last month, be- However, nearly tional duty last month and
(ADDP) of the NADA dat- fore he was confirmed as the three years on, United talking of his admiration
ed March 29. “Yes, Man- new long-term boss. can feel they have still to for Madrid boss Zinedi-
preet Kaur has been sus- “We want these games receive sufficient bang for ne Zidane.
pended for four years,” against the biggest clubs and the bucks they paid to Ju- “He’s capable of
NADA Director General the biggest teams. We had the ventus for Pogba in an £89 doing everything.
Navin Agarwal said. final against them in 2009 and million ($116 million) There are midfielders
2011 (both of which Barca transfer fee. who know how to de-
Kynan Chenai fails won) and the semifinal in 2008 The French World Cup fend really well, others
to qualify when Scholesy (Paul Scholes) winner will start for just the who are very good in attack. He
India’s Kynan Chenai scored,” Solskjaer said. second time in a Champions knows how to do everything,”
fought valiantly before “It’s these games our fans League knockout game for said Zidane. —AFP
suffering a shoot-off and this club crave. We are
heartbreak that put paid looking forward to this one.”
to his chances of making Worryingly for Solskjaer, N ZONE
the finals of the
men’s Trap event at

0 10
The No. of European match- The No. of English
the ongoing ISSF
es that Manchester United teams that have been
World Cup Shotgun
have lost at home against eliminated in their of
stage in Al Ain, UAE.
The Hyderabad lad CR7 in Juve Barcelona (W2, D2, L0) their last 11 Champions
League knockout ties against Span-
squad at Ajax
shot a creditable 122
ish sides since Since Chelsea beat
out of 125 in the qualify-
Barcelona in the 2011-12 semifinal.
ing round, but given the
Leicester Cith beating Sevilla in
high-level of shooting, Turin: Cristiano Ronaldo
the last 16 in 2016-17 is the only
found himself in a seven- though, some of United’s fa- has been included in Ju-
exception
man shoot-off for the last miliar failings under Jose ventus’ squad for Wednes-
two final slots. Mourinho have returned to day’s match at Ajax in the

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haunt them in the weeks since first leg of the Champions Barcelona have made
the draw was made. League quarterfinals, it to quarterfinal for the
marking his return from 12th successive season,
Poor run two weeks out with a right which is a Champions
1
1
They were unfortunate to thigh injury. He was in- League record
No of visits Barca would have
lose at Arsenal but appeared jured while on interna-
made to Old Trafford since
short of inspiration in losing tional duty with Portugal
the 2008 semifinal and repre-
Tonight’s matches (QFs 1st leg)
17
twice to Wolves in the FA Cup last month.
sents Solskjaer’s biggest test The No. of CL quarter
and Premier League, while Ronaldo scored a hat
Manchester United vs Barcelona, as United boss to date. final appearances Barca
even Solskjaer admitted they trick against Atletico Ma-
Sony Ten 2: 00:30 (Thu) would have made when

2
did not deserve their solitary drid in the last 16, almost The No. of games that United
Ajax vs Juventus, they take on United on
2 win since he was given the
permanent job as Watford
single-handedly over-
turning a first-leg deficit. Sony Ten 1: 00:30 (Thu)
have won of their last 11 CL Wednesday. It is a joint-
knockout ties (W2 D3 L6). record with Bayern Munich.
enjoyed the better of the Defender Giorgio They failed to win both their
chances in a 2-1 defeat at Old Chiellini (calf) and mid- last-eight matches against Bayern

23
Trafford. fielder Emre Can (ankle) Munich in the 2013-14 season The no. of matches, out
3 Solskjaer had a free ride were left off the squad of 29 (79%), that Barca

8
when he took over from Mour- because of injury. —AP The No. of shots that Romelu have won when the first
inho, with morale at a low ebb Lukaku had made at goal in leg of their knockout
Champions League season matches are played
before he scored — with away. They have won only four out
When you get Barcelona, with both of his shots against PSG in of 12 first leg matches at home,
the quality of their team, we their 3-1 win in the last 16 which is just 33%.
know we need to step up our
game. We know we need to perform to
our best levels, which we didn’t Did you know?
n So far in this season Manchester United have only lost only two
against PSG at home. The outcome of Champions League games at home this season. They have lost three
Send in your answers to the second leg against PSG has given in a season only once — in the 1996-97 season. And in all these three
sportsdna@gmail.com. Names
of the first 10 winners will be
the players and supporters belief that matches featured Oe Gunnar Solskjaer, who is the current manager of
the Old Trafford team.
published tomorrow the same is possible against Barcelona Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku (L) and Paul Pogba during a training session on the eve of their Champions n Though Manchester United has defeated Juventus and PSG in the
—Ole Gunna Solskjaer League quarterfinal first leg against Barcelona in Manchester on Tuesday —AFP Champions League, it has lost to both of them at home

Eriksson, Roca shorlisted for India job Kashyap,

Mugdha enter
LPGA founder & Hall of Famer
New Delhi: Former England
manager Sven-Goran Eriks-
son headlines a list of 35
names shortlisted for the post
125 were selected after that
and out of which 80 qualified
as per the AIFF’s require-
ments. After that, around 35-
Under Roca, Bengaluru FC
played four finals in his two
seasons in charge - making
the final of the AFC Cup in
main draw
Singapore: India’s Parupalli
Marilynn Smith dies at 89
of the Indian football team 40 names, based on various 2016, the Federation Cup in Kashyap and Mugdha Agrey Daytona Beach (USA): Mari- written cards, her daily calls
coach, which also includes the criteria, have been forwarded 2017 and the ISL and Super qualified for the main draw of lynn Smith, one of the 13 to my office and her love for
highly successful ex-Bengalu- to the technical committee. Cup in 2018. the men and women singles founders of the LPGA Tour every LPGA teacher, tour
ru FC manager Albert Roca. Seven to eight will be called Under his charge, Bengalu- competitions at the Singapore whose 21 victories, two majors player and staff member,” he
The much-travelled Sven- for the final interviews, fol- ru FC won the Federation Cup Open badminton tournament and endless support of her added. “Quite simply, Mari-
Goran, a Swede, and Spaniard lowing which the appoint- and the Super Cup, but missed here on Tuesday. tour led to her induction into lynn left this world better
Roca apart, Tommy Taylor ment will be made,” an AIFF out on the AFC Cup and the Kashyap, a 2014 Glasgow the World Golf Hall of Fame, than she found it and set a
(England), Hakan Ericson Sven-Goran Eriksson official told PTI on the condi- ISL titles. Commonwealth Games gold died Tuesday. She was 89. standard that will guide us
(Sweden), Tomislav Sivic (Ser- tion of anonymity. In a managerial career of medallist, defeated Japan’s Yu She died in Goodyear, Ari- forever.”
bia), Lee Clark (England) and a ripple effect with the posi- As a manager, the 71-year- over two decades, the 52-year- Igarashi 15-21 21-16 22-20 in the zona, surrounded by family The LPGA Tour began in
Lucas Alcaraz Gonzalez tion of the men’s coach at- old Eriksson won 18 trophies old Alcaraz competed in 10 La final round of the qualifica- and friends, the LPGA Tour 1950. Shirley Spork and Mar-
(Spain) are some of the other tracting over 250 applications, with various clubs in Sweden, Liga seasons at Recreativo, tion to seal his place in the said. Smith last was seen in lene Bauer Hagge are now the
candidates shortlisted for the an unprecedented number Portugal and Italy, between Racing de Santander, Grana- main draw. public on March 24 at the Marilynn Smith —AP only surviving founders.
coveted post. that also includes some well- 1979 and 2000, and became the da and Levante. He was also in Kashyap, who is married to Bank of Hope Founders Cup, Smith had turned pro in
Sven-Goran, who was in known names from Europe. first manager to win league- charge of five clubs in Seg- London Olympics bronze med- greeting players as they er, my North Star and most 1949 at a time when equip-
charge of England for five The post has been left va- and-cup doubles in three unda Division (second divi- allist Saina Nehwal, had ear- walked off the 18th green. importantly my friend,” ment companies began to
years until 2006, had last cant since Stephen Constan- countries. sion), winning promotion lier defeated Malaysia’s June Smith was president of LPGA Commissioner Mike recognize the potential for
month expressed his interest tine resigned after the Indian However, the Swede was with Recreativo and Murcia. Wei Cheam 21-5 14-21 21-17 in the LPGA from 1958 to 1960, Whan said on the tour’s web- growth in golf after World
regarding the job to the All team’s failure to make the not as successful in interna- The 58-year-old Hakan Er- his first qualification round. and in 1973 she became the site. “In her life, she broke War II. She signed a $5,000
India Football Federation knockout round of the AFC tional football. Besides Eng- icson, during his playing ca- Kashyap will take on Den- first woman to work a PGA barriers, shattered stereo- contract with Spalding for up
(AIFF). Asian Cup. land, he had managed the na- reer, turned out for Swedish mark’s Rasmus Gemke in the Tour event as a TV broad- types and made others ‘be- to 100 clinics a year, and she
The Indian team’s spirited “The federation has re- tional teams of Mexico, Phil- sides Aby IF, FK Kick and IK opening round of the men sin- caster. lieve.’” eventually had a signature
showings in recent times had ceived over 250 applications. ippines and the Ivory Coast. Sleipner. —PTI gles event on Wednesday. —PTI “Marilynn was my found- “I’ll miss her weekly hand- line of golf clubs. —AP
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Alia Bhatt, who shares screen space with Sonakshi Sinha for the first time in Kalank,
Alia: All praises shares a warm bond with her. The Raazi actress heaps praise on the Dabangg actress,
“I love Sonakshi because she can act with anything, even with a wall or plant. She has
for Sonakshi probably the sharpest insight to direction as an actor. When Abhishek would direct her for a
scene, the way she picked it up instantly is amazing. She delivers it in the next take itself.”

An epic ‘Tabaah Ho Gaye is more

action restrained than Maar Dala’
drama...
...that’s Kangana Ranaut’s
Madhuri Dixit on comparisons between her latest semi-classical

Meena Iyer
number from Kalank and the earlier one from Devdas

next directorial venture

W
hen you watch
Madhuri Dixit
Nayandeep Rakshit dancing on

K
screen,
angana Ranaut, who made her your world
directorial debut with Manikarnika: momentarily
The Queen Of Jhansi, has finalised comes to a halt. She is one
her second project as a filmmaker. of those danseuse-actors,
Talking to us from Delhi, where she is who almost compels you
shooting for Panga, she reveals, “I’m on the to stop what you are doing
verge of announcing my next directorial and stare at her when she
venture. It’s an action film — an epic performs one of her screen
drama. It has taken a lot of my time. Cur- numbers. Watching her in
rently, we are putting everything in order, the semi-classical number
but we have locked the script. We’ll be Tabaah Ho Gaye from
doing a photoshoot, soon after, which we Abhishek Varman’s Kalank
plan to release the poster, too.” Although had exactly that bring-
the film will be mounted on a large scale, things-to-a-halt-effect on the
Kangana says it’s different from the ones media persons who were
that have been seen on the big screen invited to the preview of
recently. She adds, “It’s based on a real-life the number.
story, which I’m fascinated by.” Easily one of the most
accomplished dancers of
The money factor Bollywood, the yesteryear
Kangana acknowledged that diva combines grace with Madhuri Dixit in Tabaah Ho Gaye from Kalank
getting the expected budget can dexterity in a Kathak-based
be a problem when it comes to
women-oriented films. However,
the Queen heroine feels that the
exclusive number choreographed by
Saroj Khan.
If this one has more
success of Manikarnika has made it restrained movements than
easier for her to seek higher funds for Maar Dala from Devdas
her next venture. She says, “There are a (2002), it is because, her
lot of great stories to be told and actresses character, Bahar Begum
today are bringing a lot of business, too. in Kalank is an introvert.
I’m happy with the way Manikarnika MD says, “We had to
worked for me — as an actor and also as really think about this
a director. Now is the right time to start aspect. The character of
work on my second directorial project.” Bahar Begum is so strong
and guarded that we
I’m happy with the way couldn’t go overboard even
when she is dancing. It was
The actress plays
Bahar Begum in
Manikarnika worked for like walking a tightrope of the movie
me — as an actor and also as a emotions. We couldn’t be too
subtle nor could we try a
director. Now is the right time to Devdas kind of stance The character of Bahar Begum is so
start work on my second where she (Chandramukhi) strong and guarded that we couldn’t go
could really let go. It had to
directorial project be razor-sharp.”
overboard even when she is dancing
Kangana Ranaut A still from Maar Dala in Devdas
Kangana Ranaut, actress-filmmaker Madhuri Dixit, actress
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Work not marriage Ayushmann hits a Zoe tricks

her kids into
on Arjun’s mind century in China! playing nice
at the moment The actor’s film Andhadhun has raced past
the `100-crore mark in the Asian country
While
Arjun

A
yushmann Khurrana has
and Malaika had a great run at the
haven’t desi box office. Now, the
spoken about actor has another reason
to celebrate. His last year’s
their release, AndhaDhun, directed
relationship by Sriram Raghavan, has
Zoe Saldana
collected over `100 core in
to the media,

Z
China. An ecstatic Ayushmann
they aren’t tells us, “Cinema has always oe Saldana knows how to make
had universal appeal and it has her kids play nice. The 40-year-
playing coy. cut across languages and old actress, who has twins Cy
But the fact is borders. It’s overwhelming to and Bowie, four, and Zen, two,
see AndhaDhun among cinema with her husband Marco Perego, has
that, at the that has made our country said she loves nothing more than
moment, he proud. For me, personally, the complaining about how exhausted
is busy with movie making `100 crore in
China is a moment of pride. I’m
she is, because it means her brood
has to be nice to her. She told Us
the movies he delighted that as an artiste, I Weekly, “Sometimes my sons are
has signed have contributed to Indian mean, and the moment you kinda
cinema making its mark go, ‘Be nice to Momma’ and... ‘I can’t
and Malaika, globally.” repeat this anymore,’ they turn back
too, has The Badhaai Ho actor and just do it. You repurpose, and
credits Sriram for the success you’re kind of inspired and you go,
many and acclaim that the thriller ‘I’m so happy I have little boys.’’’
professional has received. He says, “It is a The Guardians of the Galaxy star
humbling moment for me and admitted last year that she and her
commit- the entire team of the film that spouse are raising their little ones
ments after becoming a blockbuster in in a gender-neutral environment.
India, it has been appreciated so She said, “My husband participates
Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor A source much in China, too. Sriram is a in a lot of tasks that were normally
visionary and I’m thrilled to given to women and vice-versa. I get

A
see the love his film has been to do a lot of male things, put the TV
rjun Kapoor and taking place on April 19 they aren’t playing coy. getting. He deserves all the Ayushmann Khurrana together, fix things that break. We’re
Malaika Arora started gaining momen- But the fact is that, at the success.” sort of a gender-fluid household. I
aren’t among those tum. However, those close moment, he is busy with think it’s important to raise boys in
Bollywood couples to the couple say that the movies he has signed that environment and girls as well.’’
who hide their relation- these are just rumours. and Malaika, too, has Cinema has always had Zoe also admitted her boys taught
ship. The two have been This year, Good Friday, many professional com- universal appeal and it her how to be nice, since she’d for-
clicked together by the which commemorates the mitments,” says a source. gotten how to sit down and play with
shutterbugs many times. crucifixion of Jesus The Gunday actor is cur-
has cut across languages and them after getting caught up in
Karan Johar’s question to Christ, will be observed on rently shooting for Pani- borders. It’s overwhelming teaching them life lessons. She said,
Kareena Kapoor Khan on April 19, making it an pat. Sandeep Aur Pinky “We’re caught raising and teaching
his chat show about unlikely date to tie the Faraar and India’s Most
to see AndhaDhun among and disciplining and cooking and
playing bridesmaid to knot on. Then there are Wanted are ready for cinema that has made our cleaning and not enough time to
Malaika set tongues
wagging about a possible
work commitments.
“While Arjun and Malaika
release. So, has a wedding
date been set? The couple
country proud play. I think that my kids always re-
mind me when I’m being too boring.
ceremony on the cards. haven’t spoken about their and their friends are tight- Ayushmann Khurrana, They go, ‘Mama, be nice, sit down
A still from AndhaDhun
Rumours about the same relationship to the media, lipped about the same. actor and play with me.’”

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‘All the chakkars in Tabaah Ho Kartik
heads
Gaye were done in one take’ Udaipur to
Madhuri adds, “Even when
Bahar is dancing, she doesn’t go all

K
out. Here, I must tell you that the
whole spinning bit (some 25-plus artik Aaryan, who was in Delhi
chakkars and turns) were done in just last week, wrapped up the first
one take because we wanted to schedule of Imtiaz Ali’s Aaj Kal
create a memory for the viewers to and returned to Mumbai for a
take back. The whole, ‘How did she do few days to finish his other work com-
it?’ mystery needs to be a talking mitments. Now, the Gen-Y star is all
point.” set to resume work on the romantic
Some of those who saw the drama and will head to Rajasthan for
song, told the Total Dhamaal ac- the same. “He left for the second sched-
tress that it reminded them of her ule of Imtiaz’s film last night. The
evergreen Maar Daala number team will spend the next few weeks in
from Devdas. However, she was of Udaipur, where the crew will film
the firm opinion that there are no some of the major portions of the love
comparisons between the two. She saga.” Imtiaz is known for travelling
says, “Chandramukhi was some- across cities to capture the essence of
one who wore her heart on her different environment in his love
sleeve. She was in love with Dev- stories. But the catch is the second
das and she made no bones about schedule will not have the female lead
it. When she was doing a Maar Sara Ali Khan. “She is not required for
Daala or even for that matter the this leg of the shoot. Kartik will be ro-
classical Kaahe Chhed Mohe, she mancing another newbie for the
was all out there. However, Bahar, portions that will be filmed in
as I said earlier, is more introvert- Udaipur.” Sara will join the crew later,
ed. She is restrained even when for the third schedule. After this, the
she is dancing. And though both, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety actor, too, will
Maar Dala and Tabaah Ho Gaye, get back to shooting Mudassar Aziz’s
are semi-classical numbers, they Pati Patni Aur Woh remake.
Madhur Dixit in Tabah Ho Gaye from Kalank Kartik Aaryan
are very different. Each has its
own appeal.’’

pick your brain crossword hidato Baby Blues

Down Orbit (3)
1 Inexpensive ac- 20 ___ away :
commodation for escaped ? (3)
helots (6) 21 Human-like robot
2 Personae non (7)
___ (6) 22 Body of water
3 Fussy one (4) (3)
4 Rip pans (anag). 23 Plunder (6)
(7) 24 Very much
5 Norwegian com- stirred up (4)
poser - “e.g. rig” 25 Goes too fast (6)
anagram ? (5) 26 Dolt (5)
6 Lazes (5) 27 Avowed (5)
8 Short person (4) 28 Liquor location
9 An unruly crowd (3) The Pajama Dairies
(3) 30 Nursery rhyme
12 Not sweet (3) king (4)
13 Nutlike (5)
15 Iraqi port (5)
18 Composer ___
Dvorak (5)
19 Medium Earth

Across 16 A flavoured drink of wine and 28 Purse (3)

1 A limiting inhibition (4-2) hot water (5) 29 Oblivious to danger (6)
17 After the bell (4) 30 U.S. gangster (6) The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid
7 Restored (8) with consecutive numbers that
8 Small branches (4) 19 Sleight of hand (5) 31 First: Abbr. (4)
connect horizontally, vertically, or
10 Blackfish (6) 21 Fable writer (5) 32 Principal (8)
diagonally from first to the last
11 Ancient, ascetic Jew (6) 22 Nasal grunt (5) 33 Happenings (6)
number in the grid. The first and last
23 Beams of light (4)
14 Capture or arrest (3)
26 Gave medicine (5)
numbers of a puzzle and some other Tina’s Grove
numbers are already filled in.

spellathon How good is your vocabulary? Spell out sudoku

as many words of four or more letters
as you can from the letters in today’s To solve a Sudoku
diagram. In making a word, each letter puzzle, every digit
must be used only once and each word must appear once
must contain the letter in the centre. in: Each of the
There should be at least one nine-letter vertical columns;
word! Plurals, foreign words, and Each of the
proper nouns do not qualify. horizontal rows;
Rate yourself Each of the boxes.
30 Average; 35 Good; 40 Wow!

Tinkersons

spend
crossword

sedan, send, sled, spaced, spade, sped,

solutions

sand, sandal, scald, scaled, scalped, scandal,

sudoku
hidato

pedal, placed, planed, plead, pled, salad,

lapsed, lead, lend, paced, paled, panda,
lade, laden, lanced, land, LANDSCAPE,
clasped, dale, dance, deal, dean, decal, laced,
ascend, candela, candle, caned, cased, clad,
spellathon

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down to the inevitable, and people are holding you back. making you feel you’re not tend to assume that everyone only what you want to see, mending what isn’t broken has
although progress may be Sometimes being held back doing as well as you want, else has less problems. If you rather than the reality of one another side: when something
slow, you will end up with a has a purpose. You often then give yourself a shake. feel that your life is trickier situation. If you are, then needs to be fixed, there is no
solid result. Face up to the fact that achieve a great deal more if you go Be sensible and admit if something isn’t than other people’s at the moment, it you’ll feel let down when you have to face time like the present. Putting it off, or looking
someone in a position to call the shots slower. Out of what may initially seem to working. Cut your losses, focus on your probably isn’t true. They may just be the facts. Not everything is possible in life. the other way hoping that someone else will
may be laying down the law. If you can be setbacks can come something useful. successes, change what you can and hiding it better. Accept the pressures Sometimes it’s a question of waiting till do it, isn’t going to work. Get cracking, push
accept that they are right, you will fare Flying ahead at top speed, cutting accept what you can’t change. A definite around now as a way of holding you back the tide turns, and sometimes it is about yourself over your resistance and you will
better. You may have to work more on corners, can end you up going round in decision to face reality will boost your in order to focus. If you concentrate, you facing up to limitations, to what you can’t glow with satisfaction at the result. Loved
your own so try to use the time wisely to circles. Maybe alter your approach when spirits. You’re being thrown back on your will find the answer. One close change. If you can accept one particular ones may be landing heavier demands on
achieve more. Focus on narrow tasks that it comes to getting your views across. own resources financially and emotionally, relationship will be going through a cool situation now as it is, you will find it easier you or not fulfilling their promises. So be
require attention to detail. Steady persistence might do the trick. so you’ll need to push yourself. phase but that doesn’t mean it will split. to handle. straight with them.

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Marjorie Today you’ll be hypersensitive There will be a few restrictions You may be feeling rather Try to be straightforward with You may have put a loved one Have a care since your emotions
Orr to anything unpleasant, trying about, setbacks, even losses. disappointed since a loved one yourself today. You could get on a pedestal and then found may be deceiving you, making
to avoid the rough edges of There is a risk that you may has not been behaving as you carried away with a whim and that they let you down. But you drift off into romantic
with your
everyday living. But if you get feel a bit low, looking only on had hoped. There are rather then later find it wasn’t such a perhaps it’s not their fault; daydreams and fantasies. You do
queries at too uptight and perfectionist you’ll end up the downside. The best tactic is to face up wet blanket influences around at the maybe you were expecting too much. You need to try and be more practical even if you
hot idea. Relationships with certain people
afterhrs@ feeling cut off from certain people, as if to duty and be conscientious. What is moment, so this is clearly not the time to may not be that good since there are may feel circumstances are pushing you in are feeling gloomy or discouraged. Saturn
dnaindia. you were not getting the support and happening may seem negative, but it need be flinging yourself unreservedly into rather critical influences around which a way you don’t want to go. But this is around at the moment can feel unlucky
net encouragement that you expected. Don’t not necessarily be bad. You just have to get parties or passionate clinches. Just don’t tend to show up flaws and inadequacies. really a time for facing the bottom line and because it doesn’t bring results easily. But it
www. sit behind a brick wall and feel sorry for into hard-working gear. You can’t duck and get that weighed-down feeling. Get a grip, But if you do manage to get into a more getting organised. When Saturn is around does have a positive benefit in that it slows
star4cast. yourself. That will just make things worse. dive and leave all the chores to someone tackle whatever muddles or projects you self-disciplined mode, you will feel grateful you have to lay foundations, sometimes you down and makes you think more
com You have to break out of the vicious circle else. By the day’s end, you will be more have been pushing onto the back burner, at the end of the day because you will have backtrack and unpick mistakes, or face up realistically. You will be more down-to-earth
and find a way of bridging the gap. satisfied. especially if they concern cash matters. created things that are substantial. to people you don’t like. and really focused on the essentials.
 Some people will be sad, some people will
be happy because maybe their theory went second
front
right. Some people will cry and some
people will destroy their TV.

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Giantsbane in Game of Thrones, on the last season

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Dowry-hit women Up number of flights to stabilise

snapshot
‘Will consult
NE people over
soaring airfares, airlines told
get more power
citizenship bill’
New Delhi: India’s aviation The DGCA approves win-
regulator has asked all air- Out of control ter as well as summer sched-
lines to come out with indi- ules every year to ensure
Airfares have been rising in past
Woman driven out of matrimonial house can now file vidual medium-term plan by
Wednesday on enhancing few weeks, particularly after Jet
Airways grounded many planes
smooth flights operations.
The airlines were asked to

case where she has taken shelter, rules Superme Court

availability of domestic come out with immediate and
flights, in a move aimed at medium-term plan over and
It was compounded due to
curbing rising airfares, gov- above the summer action
SpiceJet pulling out 12 ‘737 Max’
DNA Correspondent ernment officials said. plan to make available addi-
planes over safety concerns
correspondent@dnaindia.net Airfares have been on an tional flights so that airfares
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju
New Delhi: Traumatized for
Better recourse upswing across India for last
few weeks due to sharp de-
DGCA has cleared a nearly
7-month-long summer plan for
remain in control.
During the last few weeks,
If other states of the dowry in her matrimonial cline in number of flights many carriers the Jet Airways has been
1 country want the bill
to be enacted, the
home, a wife can now make
her husband and in-laws to
primarily caused by ground-
ing of three-fourths of cash-
grounding its aircraft in
tranches due to non-payment
BJP is committed to bring it. face trial before a court near strapped Jet Airways’ 119-air- augment their additional ca- availability of flights will be of dues to its lessors. While
However, for the northeast, to her parental house or the craft fleet. pacity, which would be over discussed at a meeting on the airline has a fleet of about
the party will consult the place where she has taken The availability of flights and above the flights ap- Wednesday. 119 aircraft, civil aviation
people before taking any shelter instead of the earlier was also hit by pulling out of proved for the summer sched- The DGCA last month ap- secretary Pradeep Singh
decision which is clearly rule that permitted her to file Spice Jet’s 12 “737 Max” air- ule,” a senior government proved a nearly seven-month- Kharola said on April 4 that
mentioned in the manifesto a case in the court near the craft in March following official said. long summer schedule begin- only 26 aircraft of Jet Air-
matrimonial home. safety concerns in the wake According to officials, the ning March 31 for SpiceJet, ways are flying “currently”.
Even if the bill is im-
2 plemented in the rest
of the country, there
Making this exception for
victims of cruelty under In-
of crash of an Ethiopian Air-
lines jet on March 10.
each of the airlines was “re-
quested to bring an immedi-
Vistara, IndiGo, Air India
and GoAir. However, for Jet
After Jet withdrew some of
its flights from several routes,
dian Penal Code (IPC) Sec- “The Directorate General ate and medium-term plan to Airways, the DGCA approved IndiGo on April 8 announced
will be special provisions for tion 498A, the bench of Chief of Civil Aviation has been augment the additional ca- the summer schedule for rolling out new flights on both
the region Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Jus- meeting with the airlines pacity in the market”, and nearly a month only due to its international and domestic
tices L Nageshwar Rao and continuously so that they ways to increase the overall financial crisis. networks. —PTI
No other dispensa-
3 tion has attached so
SK Kaul recognized the fact
that cruelty need not be phys- Women can now file SC said the impact on the mental

Vice Admiral
much importance to
the northeast as the NDA
ical always. There is an ele- matrimonial cases,
including criminal
health of a woman by “overt act” by her
husband or his relatives and trauma of
crushed
ment of emotional trauma
government. matters pertaining being driven away from matrimonial
withdraws plea
attached to cruelty which
There should be no remains with the victim even to cruelty, from the home can’t be ignored
4 doubt among the while she is away from the place where they

over seniority
people of the region, matrimonial home and thus have taken shelter Earlier, the Allahabad HC had said that
the BJP is committed to the rule of filing of a com- after leaving or cruelty under Section 498A of IPC can-
protect their rights plaint would exist in the being driven out of not be punished in a jurisdiction outside
place where the victim (wife) their matrimonial the one in which a woman’s matrimonial Sumit Kumar Singh
Being a representa- home house is situated
5 tive of the northeast,
it is my duty to think
dwells.
The bench borrowed the
Singh.sumit@dnaindia.net

definition of cruelty from New Delhi: Indian Navy

of the people of the region the Domestic Violence in the the parental home even Such consequences, by itself, Vice Admiral Bimal Verma
and I assure them that the Protection of Women from though there may not be any would amount to distinct of- has withdrawn a petition
BJP will protect their culture, Domestic Violence Act, 2005 overt act of physical cruelty fences committed at the pa- from the Armed Forces Tri-
traditions and languages which contemplates emo- at such place...Even the si- rental home where she has bunal challenging his super-
The people have also tional abuse besides mental lence of the wife may have an taken shelter.” session. He would seek the
6 realised the mission and physical abuse.
The Court found this defi-
underlying element of an
emotional distress and men-
As a consequence, the SC
held that the courts at the
“statutory remedy” of ap-
proaching the government
of the BJP. It is com-
mitted to peace, progress nition to have a close connec- tal agony. Her sufferings at place where the wife takes first. He had been overlooked
and development tion with Section 498A which the parental home though shelter, after leaving or driv- for the Navy chief ’s job even
defines cruelty. may be directly attributable en away from the matrimo- being the senior-most officer
Clean election is the CJI Gogoi, writing the to commission of acts of cru- nial home on account of acts in the force,
7 hallmark of clean
governance. We will
judgment for the bench, said,
“Mental cruelty borne out of
elty by the husband at the
matrimonial home would,
of cruelty by the husband or
his relatives, would have ju-
Vice Admiral Bimal Verma
is currently the commander-
try to make election clean physical cruelty or abusive undoubtedly, be the conse- risdiction to entertain a com- A bus is seen underneath trees uprooted by heavy rains in the Leblon neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on in-chief of the Andaman and
without cash and humiliating verbal ex- quences of the acts commit- plaint under Section 498A of Tuesday —Reuters Nicobar Command. Last
changes would continue in ted at the matrimonial home. of the Indian Penal Code. month, the government said
Vice Admiral Karambir Singh
would succeed Indian Navy

Equal rights activist Pak FIA wants

26/11 plotter’s ‘Bots driving pre-election Twitter trends’ chief Admiral Sunil Lanba,
who retires on May 31, ignor-
ing Vice Admiral Verma.

Iyer joins Congress

Vice Admiral Karambir

bail cancelled
Washington: In the run-up at the DFRLab took to Twit- Singh was the second in the
to the general elections, auto- Worrying picture, say experts ter to highlight the findings. seniority list among the three
mated Twitter bots made a “These manipulation at- officers being considered for
n Twitter bots have made a massive attempt
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top massive attempt to boost po- tempts ranged from large to the Navy chief ’s post. Singh
to boost political hashtags
Ketan Vaidya investigative agency has ap- litical hashtags, both in sup- extreme,” Nimmo wrote in a has superseded Verma.
ketan.vaidya@dnaindia.net proached the Islamabad High port of and in opposition to n The manipulation bids have been both Twitter post. Vice Admiral Verma with-
Court to seek the cancella- Prime Minster Narendra in support of and in opposition to PM Modi “They were too clumsy to drew the plea after the tribu-
Mumbai: Equal rights activ- tion of the bail of LeT opera- Modi, according to a research have much impact, but the nal asked why he had not exer-
ist Harish Iyer on Tuesday tions commander Zakiur Re- conducted by US experts. n The scale of the attempted manipulation sheer scale of the attempts cised the legal remedy of first
joined the Congress. hman Lakhvi, the master- The automated accounts bodes ill for online debate ahead of polls on both sides is worrying, approaching the government.
Harish became a house- mind of the 2008 Mumbai were deployed on a massive ahead of the election,” Nim- He was represented by his
hold name after he narrated terror attack. scale on February 9-10, with mo said. lawyer-daughter Rhea Verma
the story of his child abuse, The Federal Investigation small groups of accounts both sides on February 9-10, the sheer scale of attempts to While the scale of the ac- and advocate Ankur Chhibber.
in the presence of actor Agency (FIA) has filed an ap- pushing out thousands of the pro-Modi traffic was far manipulate Twitter traffic as tivity was vast, its impact “Vice Admiral Verma did not
Sridevi and Aamir Khan in peal in the IHC seeking can- posts an hour, according to more heavily manipulated India’s main political parties was rather muted given the initially complain to the gov-
the talk show Satyamev Jay- cellation of the post-arrest the team from the US think- than the anti-Modi traffic. head to the polls. It also un- relatively low number of fol- ernment since the matter
ate. Harish said he wants to Harish Iyer with Rahul Gandhi bail of Lakhvi. tank Atlantic Council’s Digi- According to the team, the derlines the extent to which lowers of the accounts. would have then come up for
continue working on the Hearing the appeal, a divi- tal Forensic Research Lab pro-Modi traffic far more social media more broadly The massive scale of the review in front of the defence
cause of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, no hurry for ticket sion bench of the IHC on (DFRLab). heavily manipulated than has become an electoral bat- attempted manipulation nev- minister whereas the appoint-
Bisexual and Transgender) Tuesday asked authorities to The accounts were domes- any large-scale traffic flow tleground,” the researchers ertheless bodes ill for the ment of the next navy chief
community and against „„The LGBT activist provide the record of the tic in origin and substance, the DFRLab has analysed as wrote in a blog post. quality of online debate in was made by the prime minis-
casteism and Islamophobia said he is not looking at Mumbai attack case in two researchers said. of yet. Ben Nimmo, Senior Fel- India as the election ap- ter-led appointments cabinet
and that politics is a good me- getting a ticket at this weeks. While bots were used on “The incident highlights low for Information Defense proaches. —PTI committee,” said Rhea Verma.
dium to further his cause. jucture of his life The record of the case is
“I am not looking at get- currently with an Islamabad-

‘Clean Ganga’ a fantastic community project: US judge

„„He aspires to have
ting a ticket. I am not given based Anti-Terrorism Court
an all India Queer
any official rank in the party (ATC) which was holding
Congress on the lines
so far. However, I will con- trial of Lakhavi and other ac-
of All India Mahila Cong
tinue to work and support cused arrested in the case. New Delhi: Prime Minister “When somebody goes levels of carbon emissions. perbole and rhetoric but I
Priyanka and Rahul. One day Seven LeT suspects, in- Narendra Modi has a cultur- into the Ganga, they are not Their commitment is power don’t doubt that the prime
I aspire to have an all India like Congress MP Shashi cluding Lakhvi, are facing al faith-based perspective to- just getting wet. They are get- - it is cultural,” he says. minister of India cares about
Queer Congress on the lines Tharoor raising the issue in charges of abetment to mur- wards the Ganga and there ting inspired. It’s a fantastic On being asked about sim- the river Ganges. He cares
of All India Mahila Con- Parliament after dissenting der, attempted murder, plan- will be an “Indian solution” community project. Ganga ilarities between Donald about the river. This is the big
gress,” said Harish. about many party leader’s ning and executing the Mum- to a clean river, says Justice has not been abandoned de- Trump and Modi, Justice difference between the Prime
It was his meeting with stand on LGBT issues. He pa- bai attack since 2009. Michael D Wilson of the Ha- spite all the poisoning, peo- Wilson says there is a big dif- Minister of India and the
Congress president Rahul tiently gave me an ear and at The ATC in December 2014 waii Supreme Court who has ple still revere it. So I think it ference between the two lead- President of the United
Gandhi last year which start- the end said that we are with granted the post-arrest bail to played a leading role in estab- will be cleaned up. There will ers and the Indian prime States. Prime minister Modi’s
ed the process, says Harish. you. It was the empathy that Lakhvi and set him free. Lakh- lishing a court that special- be an Indian solution which minister cares about the riv- commitment is one of faith.
“I raised many difficult made all the difference.” vi has been living in an undis- ises in environmental laws in will have an epic approach,” er. “I don’t know where I can
questions. I also told him as Mumbai Congress is not closed location since then. The the US state. Justice Wilson told PTI in an Image for representation “People compare him to find that commitment level
to how some senior leaders in new to Harish. “I was associ- FIA said it has enough evi- He says “Modi cares about interaction. Trump. There can be some in the executive branch of
the Congress made homopho- ated with Priya Dutt in 2009 dence against Lakhavi and his the river” and dubbed the gov- “This is a culture which and faith. People of India are comparisons which can be USA. The prime minister of
bic statements by calling Ho- when she took up issues like post-arrest bail should be can- ernment’s National Mission believes in longevity - a com- committed to changing the made, but there is a big differ- India has a personal cultural
mosexuality a disease. I also legalization of prostitution,” celled so that he can be re-ar- for Clean Ganga scheme as a mitment that is reflected in present trend of global ence. I know all politicians perspective towards Ganga,”
spoke about many positives said Harish. rested. —PTI fantastic community project. over 2000 years of culture warming and unacceptable have certain amount of hy- Justice Wilson says. —PTI

Toast to 140-characters: Dorsey

rare surgery Ureter is the tube that carries urine from the kidney to bladder

Delhi docs remove world’s longest ureteric stone got $1.40 from Twitter in 2018
DNA Correspondent woman from Saharanpur in Such large stones were tradi- New Delh: For the third year tial”, CNET quoted Twitter
correspondent@dnaindia.net Western Uttar Pradesh. The robot in procedure tionally removed by open or on the trot, Twitter CEO Jack as saying in its filing.
patient, Natasha, was com- large incision procedures. Dorsey has refused all com- The Twitter CEO, howev-
„„Doctors at Sir Ganga
New Delhi: Doctors at New pletely pain-free and unaware Although current technology pensation and benefits from er, has shares whose value
Ram Hospital used a robot
Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospi- of the stone in her body when allows many modes of treat- the micro-blogging portal. He rose 20 per cent since the be-
to carry out the procedure
tal have removed the world’s she reached the hospital. ing the stone with minimal drew only $1.40 in salary last ginning of 2018. He returned
longest stone from a patient’s “The use of surgical robot „„The stone measured invasion, none is fool proof year, according to reports. as Twitter chief in 2015, hav-
ureter using robotic surgery. made it possible to remove 22 cm, nearly the same and may need staged at- It was said that Dorsey ing held the position when
The stone measured 22 cm in such a long stone in a single length as the ureter tempts at complete removal, took one cent for each of the the start-up was nascent.
total, which is approximately surgery and allowed the say doctors. The functional 140 characters Twitter users Taking home a symbolic
the same length as the ureter. stone removal with a mini- „„It weighs 60 grams. The outcome of the surgery was were allowed to include in salary is not new in the corpo-
It weighs 60 grams. The long- mum scar and quick recov- longest ureteric stone so positive as the patient was tweets earlier. The 140-char- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey rate world. Facebook CEO
est ureteric stone so far had ery,” said Dr Sachin Kathu- far had been recorded in discharged the second-day acter limit was increased to Mark Zuckerberg’s basic sal-
been reported in Utah of US ria, consultant, Department the US and it was 21.5 cm post-surgery. 280 characters in 2017. The reason for Dorsey re- ary has remained unchanged
and was 21.5 cms long. of Urology, Sir Ganga Ram Doctors suggest that a lot In fact, last year was the jecting all compensation and at $1 for past many years. Al-
Ureter is the tube that car- Hospital. The team of doctors of stone cases come from first time Dorsey accepted pay benefits for three years has phabet’s chief executive Lar-
ries urine from the kidney to – Dr Sachin Kathuria, Dr move the stone in a single- able only in few hospitals North India and it remains from Twitter since 2015, said been recognised “as a testa- ry Page too has received a sal-
the urinary bladder. Ajay Sharma and Dr Vikram stage procedure lasting four across the country and helps the ‘stone hub’. The only way the company in a filing on ment to his commitment to ary of $1 per year since 2004
The stone was found in the Batra used a robot (known as hours. make the surgery scar free to prevent this is by taking Monday with the US Securities and belief in Twitter’s long- and declined any additional
right ureter of a 35-year-old Da Vinci) to completely re- The surgical robot is avail- and recovery from it early. adequate fluid intake. and Exchange Commission. term value creation poten- compensation. —Agencies