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A Delhi Police Sub-Inspector (SI) Raj Kumar was killed by a liquor mafioso in East Delhi on Sunday night. The cop, a resident of Delhi’s Kasturba Nagar, was filming illegal trade of liquor in the area when he was fatally assaulted by a bootlegger. Earlier also, the SI was threatened by criminals for trying to stop illegal liquor trade, said Raj’s bereaved fam- ily members. Shahdara Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Meghna Yaday said, “On May 19 at 10.06 pm, a police control room (PCR) call was received regarding a quarrel at Vivek Vihar police station. Acting on a call, a police team reached the spot, where on enquiry it was found that around 9.00 pm, a fisticuffs had taken place between SI Raj and Vijay, alias Bhuri, a historysheeter of Vivek Vihar police station, in Kasturba Nagar.” Continued on Page 4 S purred by exit polls’ fore- casts that the Modi Government would retain power with a big majority, the bulls took charge of Dalat Street on Monday and pushed the Sensex up by more than 1,400 points to enable it to reg- ister its biggest one-day rise in the last six years. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies jumped by `5,33,463.04 crore on Monday. The NSE Nifty surged over 421 points to log its best single day gains in over 10 years. The majority of exit polls have predicted a clear majori- ty for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is expected to win over 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elec- tions. The counting of vote will take place on May 23. The stocks market wit- nessed a massive correction in the preceding three weeks over the uncertainty related to poll outcome and the US-China trade war. The recovery which started last Thursday on a ten- tative note accelerated on Monday, helped by stronger rupee and broad-based buying. Continued on Page 4 T he Congress fears the desta- bilisation of its Government in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka if the Modi regime returns to power as predicted by the exit polls. On Monday, Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Gopal Bhargava said the party will ask Governor Anandiben Patel to convene a special session of the State Assembly “to discuss important issues and test the Congress Government’s strength”. MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said he is pre- pared to go for a floor test. At the same time, there are apprehensions that the return of Modi “sarkar” will precipi- tate the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, where the Congress and its alliance party, Janata Dal (S), have been at log- gerheads for months. “I am writing a letter to the Governor for convening a spe- cial session of MP Assembly shortly. We want discussion on important issues like the farm loan waiver and (to) test the Government strength,” Bhargava told PTI. He said the Congress, instead of debating issues in the House, was dumping papers at former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s residence, claiming that loans of 21 lakh farmers in Madhya Pradesh have been waived. The Congress is skirting debate on important issues, Bhargava said. During deci- sions and financial matters, we are going to seek division to test whether the weak Congress Government enjoys its support in the House, he said. We have not drawn up a strategy for the floor test of the Government, he said. There is a lot of confusion prevailing over the stability of the Congress-led Government in MP, he added. The BJP said the Kamal Nath-led Congress Government should prove majority in the Assembly. The BJP demand comes a day after as many as six exit polls predicted a 300 plus seats for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections. The exit polls also said the BJP will win maximum num- ber of Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. In elections for the 230- member Assembly last year, the Congress won 114 seats and the BJP come a close second with 109. The Bahujan Samaj Party has two seats, the Samajwadi Party one and the Independents four seats. The Congress had wrested power from the BJP in Madhya Pradesh after 15 years of the saffron rule. Two short of the majority mark on its own, the Congress has the support of the BSP and the SP in the House. The Congress accused the BJP of attempting to destabilise the Kamal Nath Government in Madhya Pradesh through use of “cor- rupt practices” and said in doing so they are trying to negate the mandate of people of the State. Congress general secretary incharge of Madhya Pradesh Deepak Babariya said the peo- ple of the State had rejected the BJP and voted them out in the Assembly elections. Babariya said the people had rejected the BJP Government’s policies and had voted them out of power due to their “malgovernance”. The result of the Lok Sabha elections on May 23 could also determine the future of the Congress-JD(S) Government in Karnataka, which has been subsisting on a wafer-thin majority over the past year. At least half a dozen Congress MLAs are reported- ly in touch with the BJP for weeks and post-May 23 Lok Sabha poll results they could actively try, with the help of the BJP,to topple the State Government, sources said. W ith exit polls predicting a comfortable victory for the NDA in the Lok Sabha elec- tions, BJP president Amit Shah will host a dinner for leaders of the alliance partners on Tuesday to discuss the Government formation exercise at the Centre. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be present at the dinner. Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and Lok Janshakti Party head Ram Vilas Paswan are likely to attend the meeting, which will take place two days before the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls on May 23. A meeting of key BJP lead- ers, including Union Ministers, is also scheduled to be held at the party headquarters before the dinner meeting with allies. The BJP’s decision to start the Government formation exercise before the election results stems from six exit polls predicting 300 plus Lok Sabha seats for the NDA. Several BJP leaders asserted on Monday that the party will get a major- ity on its own, repeating the unprecedented feat it achieved in 2014 by winning 282 seats. Confident of winning the polls, Modi has reportedly asked the PMO to be ready with programmes for next 100 days. While the BJP leadership is supremely confident of return- ing to power, the Opposition has not given up hopes despite the fact that the exit polls has predicted a grim scenario for the Congress and other region- al parties. As part of his ongoing exercise to unite the Opposition to keep alive the prospect of dislodging the NDA if it fails to get the num- bers, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu on Monday met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence. The two leaders did not make any official statement after their 45-minute meet- ing, but sources said they dis- cussed a whole lot of issues that could arise after the poll results. The two leaders also dis- cussed issues that should find focus on a possible common minimum programme “should a situation arise” where an Opposition Government becomes a possibility. Sources said the leaders also discussed ways to keep all the constituents of the grand alliance united under one umbrella. Naidu had met Congress president Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and other leaders before discussion with Mamata. The Bengal Chief Minister had on Sunday reject- ed exit polls’ prediction. Meanwhile, violence con- tinued even after the conclu- sion of the seventh phase of general elections in Bengal with voters from many villages making appeals to the Election Commission to delay the departure of Central forces. “We want the CRPF to stay in Bengal for another one month otherwise they will torch our houses and loot our belong- ings,” said Sona Mondal of Mathurapur. “Our houses have been looted and our men have been badly beaten up by TMC men. They have threatened to loot and torch our houses after the Central forces leave the State,” she said. New Delhi: NaMo TV, a BJP- sponsored channel that publi- cised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rallies, has gone off air, party sources said. A BJP leader, requesting anonymity, said, “NaMo TV was meant as a tool of BJP cam- paign for the Lok Sabha elec- tion. With the polls over, it is no longer needed, so effective- ly from May 17, when all cam- paign has to be paused, it has also gone off air.” The channel was mired in controversy ever since it went on air. The chief electoral offi- cer of Delhi had sent a notice to the BJP for “airing election- related content” on NaMo TV even after the silence period began, but the party rejected the allegation of code violation. Continued on Page 4

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Page 1: 2019/05/21  · 109. The Bahujan Samaj Party has two seats, the Samajwadi Party one and the Independents four seats. The Congress had wrested power from the BJP in Madhya Pradesh

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ADelhi Police Sub-Inspector(SI) Raj Kumar was killed

by a liquor mafioso in EastDelhi on Sunday night. Thecop, a resident of Delhi’sKasturba Nagar, was filmingillegal trade of liquor in the areawhen he was fatally assaultedby a bootlegger. Earlier also, theSI was threatened by criminalsfor trying to stop illegal liquortrade, said Raj’s bereaved fam-ily members.

Shahdara DeputyCommissioner of Police (DCP)Meghna Yaday said, “On May19 at 10.06 pm, a police controlroom (PCR) call was receivedregarding a quarrel at Vivek

Vihar police station. Acting ona call, a police team reached thespot, where on enquiry it wasfound that around 9.00 pm, afisticuffs had taken placebetween SI Raj and Vijay, aliasBhuri, a historysheeter ofVivek Vihar police station, inKasturba Nagar.”

Continued on Page 4

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Spurred by exit polls’ fore-casts that the Modi

Government would retainpower with a big majority, thebulls took charge of DalatStreet on Monday and pushedthe Sensex up by more than1,400 points to enable it to reg-ister its biggest one-day rise inthe last six years.

The market capitalisationof BSE-listed companiesjumped by `5,33,463.04 croreon Monday. The NSE Niftysurged over 421 points to log its

best single day gains in over 10years.

The majority of exit pollshave predicted a clear majori-ty for the BJP-led NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA),which is expected to win over300 seats in the Lok Sabha elec-tions. The counting of vote willtake place on May 23.

The stocks market wit-nessed a massive correction inthe preceding three weeks overthe uncertainty related to polloutcome and the US-Chinatrade war. The recovery whichstarted last Thursday on a ten-tative note accelerated onMonday, helped by strongerrupee and broad-based buying.

Continued on Page 4

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The Congress fears the desta-bilisation of its

Government in MadhyaPradesh and Karnataka if theModi regime returns to poweras predicted by the exit polls.On Monday, Leader ofOpposition in Madhya PradeshAssembly Gopal Bhargava saidthe party will ask Governor Anandiben Patel toconvene a special session of theState Assembly “to discussimportant issues and test theCongress Government’sstrength”.

MP Chief Minister KamalNath on Monday said he is pre-pared to go for a floor test.

At the same time, there areapprehensions that the returnof Modi “sarkar” will precipi-tate the ongoing political crisisin Karnataka, where theCongress and its alliance party,Janata Dal (S), have been at log-gerheads for months.

“I am writing a letter to theGovernor for convening a spe-cial session of MP Assemblyshortly. We want discussion onimportant issues like the farmloan waiver and (to) test the Government strength,”Bhargava told PTI.

He said the Congress,

instead of debating issues in theHouse, was dumping papers atformer Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan’s residence,claiming that loans of 21 lakhfarmers in Madhya Pradeshhave been waived.

The Congress is skirtingdebate on important issues,Bhargava said. During deci-sions and financial matters,we are going to seek division totest whether the weak CongressGovernment enjoys its supportin the House, he said.

We have not drawn up a

strategy for the floor test of theGovernment, he said. There isa lot of confusion prevailingover the stability of theCongress-led Government inMP, he added.

The BJP said the KamalNath-led CongressGovernment should provemajority in the Assembly.

The BJP demand comes aday after as many as six exitpolls predicted a 300 plus seatsfor the National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) in the LokSabha elections.

The exit polls also said theBJP will win maximum num-ber of Lok Sabha seats inMadhya Pradesh.

In elections for the 230-member Assembly last year, theCongress won 114 seats and theBJP come a close second with109. The Bahujan Samaj Partyhas two seats, the SamajwadiParty one and theIndependents four seats.

The Congress had wrestedpower from the BJP in MadhyaPradesh after 15 years of thesaffron rule. Two short of the

majority mark on its own, theCongress has the support of theBSP and the SP in the House.

The Congress accused theBJP of attempting to destabilise the Kamal NathGovernment in MadhyaPradesh through use of “cor-rupt practices” and said indoing so they are trying tonegate the mandate of peopleof the State.

Congress general secretaryincharge of Madhya PradeshDeepak Babariya said the peo-ple of the State had rejected theBJP and voted them out in theAssembly elections.

Babariya said the peoplehad rejected the BJPGovernment’s policies and hadvoted them out of power due totheir “malgovernance”.

The result of the Lok Sabhaelections on May 23 could alsodetermine the future of theCongress-JD(S) Governmentin Karnataka, which has beensubsisting on a wafer-thinmajority over the past year.

At least half a dozenCongress MLAs are reported-ly in touch with the BJP forweeks and post-May 23 LokSabha poll results they couldactively try, with the help of theBJP,to topple the StateGovernment, sources said.

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With exit polls predicting acomfortable victory for

the NDA in the Lok Sabha elec-tions, BJP president Amit Shahwill host a dinner for leaders ofthe alliance partners onTuesday to discuss theGovernment formation exercise at the Centre. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi isexpected to be present at the dinner.

Bihar Chief Minister andJD(U) president Nitish Kumar,Shiv Sena chief UddhavThackeray and Lok JanshaktiParty head Ram Vilas Paswanare likely to attend the meeting,which will take place two daysbefore the counting of votes forthe Lok Sabha polls on May 23.

A meeting of key BJP lead-ers, including Union Ministers,is also scheduled to be held atthe party headquarters beforethe dinner meeting with allies.

The BJP’s decision to startthe Government formationexercise before the electionresults stems from six exit pollspredicting 300 plus Lok Sabhaseats for the NDA. Several BJPleaders asserted on Mondaythat the party will get a major-ity on its own, repeating theunprecedented feat it achievedin 2014 by winning 282 seats.

Confident of winning thepolls, Modi has reportedlyasked the PMO to be readywith programmes for next 100 days.

While the BJP leadership issupremely confident of return-ing to power, the Oppositionhas not given up hopes despitethe fact that the exit polls haspredicted a grim scenario forthe Congress and other region-al parties.

As part of his ongoingexercise to unite theOpposition to keep alive theprospect of dislodging theNDA if it fails to get the num-bers, Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister and TDP chiefChandrababu Naidu onMonday met his West Bengal counterpart MamataBanerjee at her Kalighat residence.

The two leaders did notmake any official statement

after their 45-minute meet-ing, but sources said they dis-cussed a whole lot of issues thatcould arise after the poll results.

The two leaders also dis-cussed issues that should findfocus on a possible commonminimum programme “shoulda situation arise” where anOpposition Governmentbecomes a possibility.

Sources said the leadersalso discussed ways to keep allthe constituents of the grandalliance united under oneumbrella.

Naidu had met Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi, NCPchief Sharad Pawar and otherleaders before discussion withMamata. The Bengal ChiefMinister had on Sunday reject-

ed exit polls’ prediction.Meanwhile, violence con-

tinued even after the conclu-sion of the seventh phase ofgeneral elections in Bengalwith voters from many villagesmaking appeals to the ElectionCommission to delay thedeparture of Central forces.“We want the CRPF to stay inBengal for another one monthotherwise they will torch ourhouses and loot our belong-ings,” said Sona Mondal ofMathurapur.

“Our houses have beenlooted and our men have beenbadly beaten up by TMC men.They have threatened to lootand torch our houses after theCentral forces leave the State,”she said.

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A BJP leader, requestinganonymity, said, “NaMo TVwas meant as a tool of BJP cam-paign for the Lok Sabha elec-tion. With the polls over, it isno longer needed, so effective-ly from May 17, when all cam-paign has to be paused, it hasalso gone off air.”

The channel was mired incontroversy ever since it wenton air. The chief electoral offi-cer of Delhi had sent a noticeto the BJP for “airing election-related content” on NaMo TVeven after the silence periodbegan, but the party rejectedthe allegation of code violation.

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In order to generate awarenessamong the commuters espe-

cially those who play songsloudly disturbing the fellowpassengers, the Delhi MetroRail Corporation (DMRC) hasadvised the commuters tomaintain decorum while play-ing ‘Game of Thrones’ (GOT)season finale on their mobilephones. The DMRC has urgedpassengers to use earphoneswhile catching up on finalepisode of Season 8.

The Delhi Metro whichmakes frequent audioannouncements in every 15minutes requesting the travel-ers not to play songs and videosloudly inside the metro, hasissued a spoiler alert for GOT,asking the commuters to useearphones while watching theseason finale of the series in themetro. DMRC took its socialmedia sites such as Twitter,FaceBook (FB) and Intagram tocreate awareness among thecustomers.

“Last stop of the season!Catch up on the Train ofThrones, but don’t go spoilingit for others. If you’re watchingit on the metro, please be sureto use earphones,” DMRCposted in its Twitter handle.

The infamous HBO’s epicfantasy drama series premieredin the year 2011, ended onMonday after releasing theseason finale with completeeight seasons and 73 episodes.

With issuing the spoileralert through posting tweet, theDelhi Metro also carried a ani-mated poster of Sansa Stark,played by Sophie Turner. ThePoster depicts a message andanimated picture of starkwatching her mobile with ear-phones plugged in.

“Sansa is catching up onthe Train of Thrones she usesheadphones. She does notspoil it for others. Be likeSansa,” read the poster.

“We usually find differentways to educate the passengersabout the rules and regulationsof DMRC and do’s and don’ts

inside the metro train but thistime everyone especially youthsare more excited to completetheir GOT season finale. Also,metro is a place where peoplechose to listen to songs andwatch movies to pass theirtime till reaching their desti-nation.

Thus, this is another cre-ative idea of DMRC to educatethe passengers. Also, DMRCmake audio announcementsurging the passengers not toplay songs and videos in loud-speaker frequently in every 15minutes,” said a senior DMRCofficial.

The official also said thatDMRC also receives frequentcomplaint and feedback fromthe passengers regarding thenoise disturbance inside themetro.

“How do we stop unclesand aunties to listen bhajansandhya on loudspeakers?,”Vipin Barolia, replied toDMRC as soon its posted thetweet.

While some metro travel-ers asked DMRC to increasingcharging points. “Can we havemore charging plugs?? As it’sdifficult to charge at Senior cit-izen seat,” tweeted Nikunj Bali.

In a meanwhile, peoplefrom other cities have laudedthe efforts of the Delhi Metroauthorities for taking suchsteps.

It would be pertinent tomention here that hugely pop-ular “Game of Thrones” is aweb and TV series based onAmerican author George RRMartin’s epic fantasy novels, “ASong of Ice and Fire”.

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Staff behaviour was a “majorcause” of dissatisfaction

among 35 per cent of nearly9,940 patients who visited theAll India Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) in thenational Capital betweenFebruary to April this year, aGovernment feedback mecha-nism has found.

It said around 23 per centof the patients were not satis-fied with the health care ser-vices offered at AIIMS with themajority of them expressingdispleasure with services atthe emergency, surgery,orthopaedic and obstetrics andgynaecology departments.

“The major cause forpatient dissatisfaction is com-ing from the behaviour of staff(35 per cent), followed by otherreasons (34 per cent),” said thefeedback note.

The feedback frompatients, was taken under a ini-tiative “Mera Aspataal” (MyHospital) launched by UnionHealth Ministry in 2016 whichaims at empowering thepatients by seeking their viewson the quality of experience ina public healthcare facility.

Quality of treatment andthe cost of treatment was

another cause of dissatisfactionamong patients - (13 per centand 12 per cent respectively).Cleanliness was the cause ofdissatisfaction among six percent of the patients, the notesaid.

According to the note, 28per cent patients were discontented with the servicesoffered at the emergency,surgery, orthopaedic andobstetrics and gynaecologydepartments.

The note said 25 per centof the respondents were nothappy with the services at theENT department. A total of9,940 responses were receivedfor the ‘Mera Aspataal’ feed-back of AIIMS.

The respondents of 15departments contribute to 75 per cent of the total respons-es out of which the averagepatient satisfaction level was 76per cent.

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Aday after gang war brokeout in Delhi which claimed

lives of two gangsters in nation-al Capital, the massive man-hunt launched by Delhi PoliceCrime Branch, has yieldedresults after the sleuths arrest-ed a 28-year-old fugitive gang-ster cum contract killer work-ing for notorious “RandipBhati” gang. Identified as SunilBhati alias Ropy was wanted byUttar Pradesh Police too andthey have declared a reward of�25 thousand on informationleading to his arrest.

With the rise in gangsteractivities in the nationalCapital, Delhi Police havelaunched its operations to naball gangsters in and aroundnational Capital. The sleuths ofCrime Branch and Special Cellof Delhi Police have also start-ed to hunt these gangsters inUttar Pradesh, Rajasthan andHaryana that provide safehavens for these gangsters.

“These gangsters havetheir gang members in otherStates that help them in arrang-ing weapons, money, house,mobile phones with new SIMcards and vehicle to evadepolice inaction. Police havealso started tracing these peo-ple who provide aide to thegangsters,” said sources.

Many a times, criminals escape to their hide-outs in the neighouring Statesto avoid police dragnet, sourcesadded.

Sunil Bhati, a resident ofDadri, GTB Nagar in UttarPradesh is wanted for hisinvolvement in several cases ofmurder, attempt to murder,kidnapping and arms act reg-istered in Uttar Pradesh.According to Dr G Ram GopalNaik, the Deputy

Commissioner of Police(DCP), Crime Branch, inJanuary this year, Dharmendraalias Dharmi, who himself hadseveral criminal cases regis-tered against him at the

Badalpur Police Station, wasshot dead by the members ofthe Randeep Bhati gang.

“Specific inputs werereceived regarding Ropy who isalso the prime accused inDharmendra killing. Actingon the tip-off a trap was laidand the accused was arrestedfrom DTC Depot in Delhi’sMadhu Vihar, when he hadcame there to meet his associ-ate to commit some crime.Police have also recovered oneloaded semi-automatic pistol of.32 bore alongwith six live car-tridges recovered from thepossession of the accused.Subsequently, a case undersection 25/27 Arms Act wasregistered at Crime Branchpolice station,” said the DCP.

“During interrogation, theaccused disclosed that thekilling incident occurred onJanuary 4, 2019, when oneVivek Singh got engaged in anargument with Dharmendraover giving way on the road inDadri town. Gangster RandeepBhati, who was lodged in Bastijail made phone calls toDharmi over the phone on theday of the incident,” said theDCP.

“While Dharmendra, whohad about a dozen cases lodgedagainst him including a mur-der earlier, had links withRandeep Bhati gang. He haddistanced himself from the lat-ter for quite some time,” saidthe DCP adding that furtherinvestigation is going on.

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A14-year-old boywas allegedly

murdered by aneighbour overwatching televisionon Saturday night atvillage GadouliKhurd.

The police arrested the accusedon Sunday. Theaccused allegedlykilled the boy by suf-focating him with apillow.

The victim hasbeen identified asRahul Khan of Nuhwho was currently residing invillage Gadouli Khurd withhis father Imran Khan.

According to police, ImranKhan was working in IshwarShah mill for the past oneyear. His son Rahul came heretwo months ago.

The accused, Uday Manalof Bihar, was their neighbourand was associated with GeetaPackaging Industries as aMason.

On May 13 Imran’s sonwent to their neighbour’s roomto watch television. Uday andhis two of his friends werealready present there.

“After some time there wasa quarrel between Rahul andUday over watching television.At that time Uday threatenedthe boy with dire consequencesand left the place.

On May 19 the victim’s

father left his native place atNun leaving Rahul behind,” thepolice said.

“He was sleeping in theroom and in the interveningnight of Saturday-Sunday theaccused broke the window oftheir house and murdered thevictim,” the police added.

The next morning neigh-

bours peeped insidethe victim’s housewhere he was lyingon the floor and theyi m m e d i a t e l yinformed the police,the police took thevictim to a privatehospital where hewas declared deadon arrival by thedoctors.

After an autopsy,the body was hand-ed over to the fami-ly.

“During theprobe, we got a leadabout the accusedafter scanning aCCTV footage

installed at Lotus garden nearby incident spot and on the basis of the footage we identified the accused,” Sanjay Kumar, SHOof Sector-10 A police station,said.

“The accused was absconding since after the incident but after a daylongsearch we finally nabbed him from Delhi’s Kapashera border and lodgedhim in the Bhondsi Jail,” theSHO, said.

“On the complaint of victim’s father, a murder case has been registered against the culprits under rel-evant sections of the IndianPenal Code (IPC). Furtherprobe into the matter is under-way,” Subhash Bokenspokesperson of Gurugrampolice said.

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Abody of anunidentified man

was found floating in adrain near theJafarabad MetroStation in northeastDelhi on Mondaymorning.

According to asenior police official, the bodywas spotted by locals who theninformed police at around11.42 am.

“Acting on the call, a policeteam reached the spot andfished out the body. The bodyhas not been identified yet. Nodistinctive injuries marks have

been found on the body.However, the exact cause ofdeath will be ascertained afterthe autopsy,” said the seniorpolice official.

Police suspect that the manwas a drug addict, the officialsaid, adding that a probe intothe matter was underway.

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Ahead of the announcementof poll results on May 23,

the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)on Monday asked the ElectionCommission to provide addi-tional security at a countingcentre in South Delhi, allegingthat political opponents plan tomanipulate Electronic VotingMachines (EVMs).

The letter by AAP’s SouthDelhi candidate and spokesper-son Raghav Chadha said that“he has strong reasons tobelieve that the political adver-saries will attempt to open thestrong rooms and manipulateor replace the machines as ahandful of such incidents havebeen seen in the past”.

“Alarming as it may be, thiswould not be the first time thatan attack on the electoral sys-tem may take place,” he said inthe letter to CEC Sunil Arora.

Citing example of munic-ipal election of 2017, he saidstrong rooms were violatedand seals were broken in wards

falling within South Delhi par-liamentary constituency priorto counting of votes.

To avoid such practices, healso requested the poll body forappointment of another inde-pendent observer.”The sole pri-ority of the observer will be tokeep a vigil eye on strongrooms and ensure safety ofEVMs,” he said.

“We request that the CRPFsecurity at Jijabai Institutewhere South Delhi’s EVMs arehoused be tightened. It is fur-ther requested that additionalCRPF personnel may be

deployed to keep watch overthe strong rooms around theclocks,” he said.

He also sought strictenforcement of entry permis-sions. “All unnecessary move-ment in and around premisesshould be strictly forbidden,” hesaid in the letter.

A delegation of the AAP onMay 18 had met Delhi ChiefElectoral Officer to complainabout the security of the strongroom where EVM machineshave been kept after the elec-tions on South Delhi Lok Sabhaseat on May 12.

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Declaration of results forthe Delhi Lok Sabha seats

may get delayed by around fiveto six hours on May 23 as moretime will be spent on countingVVPATs from each of the 70Assembly segments of thenational capital, Chief ElectoralOfficer Ranbir Singh has said.

He said after the ElectronicVoting Machine (EVM) count-ing is over, the voter-verifiedpaper audit trail (VVPATs)will be counted as per theSupreme Court guidelines.

“From every assembly con-stituency, five (VVPATs) will berandomly selected and they willbe counted for which there isa special VVPAT countingbooth in every counting hall. Itwill take place in five rounds,”Singh said.

Delhi has 70 assembly con-stituencies and in all 350VVPATs will be counted.”Everyassembly segment has 200polling stations and five pollingstations will be selected ran-domly. This will delay the for-mal results but trends will bealready out. Formal declaration

of results will be five to sixhours delayed,” Singh told PTI.

Delhi has seven parlia-mentary constituencies andthere is one counting centre ineach of them. Counting cen-tres will have one counting hallfor each of the 10 assembly seg-ment, officials said.

In each counting hall, amaximum of 14 tables can beput and machines that wouldcome in the first round, theirresults will be compiled anduploaded on the ‘Suvidha’ app.

The counting at 8 am willalso commence with postalballot counting. In the end,when two rounds of EVMcounting will remain, the offi-cials will have to ensure that thepostal ballot counting is over.After the EVM counting isover, the VVPAT counting willcommence.

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After the National GreenTribunal (NGT) on

Monday asked DelhiDevelopment Authority (DDA)to submit its action takenreport on rejuvenation of theNeela Hauz lake in SouthDelhi, the committee that hasbeen working on the projectclaimed that the lake is ingood condition and hasbecome a place for migratoryand resident birds.

Importantly, based on anews report depicting the con-dition of the said lake, the greentribunal chaired by JusticeAdarsh Kumar Goel directedthe DDA to submit the reportwithin a month.

Lauding the importanceand role of water bodies inecology, the green panel hassaid that conservation of awater body is essential for theenvironment as it helps inrecharging ground water andmaintaining microclimate inthe area. “The DDA must takenecessary steps by way of fenc-ing and preventing dumping ofwaste. Accordingly, we are ofthe view that a factual andaction taken report needs to betaken from the DDA. Let suchreport be furnished by theDDA within a month by e-mailat [email protected].”

However, claiming lake’s

condition as quite healthy, DrFaiyaz Ahmad Khudsar, theeminent ecologist with DelhiUniversity said that in his viewthe lake is in a pretty good con-dition and plays host to migra-tory bird species. “Why would

birds visit if the lake is not ingood condition to providerequired food and atmosphere?We have seen NorthernShoveler here,” said DrKhudsar, who was the memberof Neela Hauz lake rejuvena-tion committee led by ProfessorC R Babu.

Meanwhile, the matter isposted for next hearing onAugust 13.The tribunal’s ordercame after taking note of thenewspaper report which saidthe ‘Neela Hauz’ lake is becom-ing a dumping ground. Wasteso dumped is being retrieved

daily by the DDA but no pre-ventive or remedial actionagainst illegal dumping is beingtaken which adversely affectsconservation of lake, it said.

“As the lake lies on the busyAruna Asaf Ali Marg and com-muters just park their vehicleson the side of the road anddump waste directly into thewater body. This ranges frommunicipal solid waste, plasticbags and bottles, glass to pujamaterial and often includesbiomedical waste like syringes,according to officials of theDDA,” the report said.

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The Delhi Commission forWoman (DCW) busted a

‘sex racket’ on Monday beingrun in a Spa situated in CityCentre Mall in North WestDelhi’s Rohini. The commis-sion has received a complainton woman helpline number181 about the ‘The AttractionSpa’, of conducting illegal ‘pros-titution’.

DCW Chief Swati Maliwalhas also issued a notice toDelhi Police to ascertain rea-sons for not making any arrests.Further, a Notice has beenissued to MunicipalCorporation of Delhi (MCD)to ascertain whether any com-plaints had been received bythem against the spa earlier aswell as the action taken bythem against the same.

“The call was made by ajournalist who had done acovert operation and had goneto the spa pretending to be a

customer and was offered girlsat different rates. The com-plainant had made properrecordings of his conversationwith the girls and the spa man-agement,” said a member ofDCW.

After receiving such com-plaint with evidence, the DCWalong with Delhi Police of thatcircle reached the spot andcaught culprits red handed.“We found 11 girls inside spaalong there with condoms,

medicines and some objec-tionable things,” said the offi-cial.

The DCW members fur-ther added that the girls havebeen taken to Prashant Viharpolice station where there state-ments were recorded. An FIRhas been lodged in the matterunder section 3, 4, 8 of ITPCact. However, arrests have notbeen made.

“Prostitution is taking placebig time in the Capital and

many spas are becoming safehavens for the same. I fail tounderstand why the MCD andPolice do not take strict actionagainst the same. When DCWcan take action and conductoperations following a call,why the other agencies remainsilent. Spa’s in Delhi need to beregulated so that they don’t runtrafficking rackets. TheCommission will try andensure proper arrests in thematter as well as closure of thisspa which was being used as abrothel.” said DCW chief.

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Resident doctors of HinduRao went on indefinite

strike on Monday over non-payment of salary.

However, they set up atemporary Out PatientsDepartment (OPD) in the cam-pus for patients but did not jointheir respective departmentsand other duties.

The doctors also wrote tothe President of India seekinghis permission for “suicide”. Inthe letter, the doctors said,“Our situation has turnedpathetic and we are unable totake care of our families. We donot even have money for foodso we seek your permission forsuicide.”

The doctors demandedthat the hospital should behanded over to the Centralgovernment as the North Delhi Municipal Corporation(NMC) is unable to run itsmoothly.

The doctors claimed thatthey have not been paid salariesfor the last three months andthere is no solution in thesight.

“It is not just a question ofthree months salaries. We needa permanent solution of theproblem and the authoritiesshould think of an alternativeto run the hospital properly orhand it over to the CentralGovernment. It just can not golike this,” said Dr RahulChaudhary, president of hos-pital’s Resident DoctorsAssociation.

Meanwhile, a senior NMCofficial said that the salaries ofresident doctors were delayedbecause the funds were notreleased by Delhi Governmenton time.

“We are putting all theefforts to release their salary.Salaries will be paid as soon itis possible,” he said.

“The Emergency depart-ment is working properly and

patient care is our primaryobjective,” the official said,adding that the facilities atoutdoor patients’ department(OPD) and wards of the 1,200bed hospital were affected par-tially due to the strike, the offi-cial said.

However, Doctors allegedthat the hospital authoritiesprevented them from setting upOPD but still they treatedpatients inside the hospitalpremises.

Meanwhile, Leader ofOpposition on Delhi Assembly

Vijender Gupta questioned thesilence of Delhi Chief MinisterArivind Kejriwal over the issue.He accused the AAP govern-ment of step-motherly treat-ment towards the municipalcorporations.

Visited by thousands ofpatients’ every day, Hindu Raois the largest hospital operatedby NMC. A medical collegewas also opened by the civicbody in 2013.

However, the BJP-ruledNMC blames the DelhiGovernment for its financialcrisis. The NMC has been facing acute hardships in reg-ular payment of salaries to itsemployees as it has been deniedfunds by the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) led Government.

The corporation has been unable salaries to thesanitation workers alongwiththe doctors.

Meanwhile NMCCommissioner Varsha Joshisaid that the Delhi Governmenthas released the first quarter

Basic Tax Allocation(�206.5crore) for the current financialyear, which was due in Apriland the salary of doctors will becredited in the morning.

“Grateful to Delhi Govt forfinally having released the first quarter Basic TaxAllocation for the currentfinancial year, which was duein April, over a month and ahalf after the file was processedwithin the concerned Del Govtdepartment. Hope other duesare also released soon,” shetweeted.

“The amounts required forthe salaries of JRs and SRs have been transferred to theDDO of the hospital as soon as received in the @NorthDmc account.

Since this happened lateevening, the salaries will becredited to the individualaccounts in the morning,” shesaid in another tweet. Officialssaid once the salaries are credited on Tuesday, the strikemay end.

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Day after exit polls forecasta clean sweep for the

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) inall seven Lok Sabha seats in thenational Capital, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) andthe Congress questioned theveracity of such an exercise before counting ofvotes even as an elated Delhiunit of the saffron party hopedthat the predictions will cometrue.

Delhi BJP president ManojTiwari thanked people of thenational capital and hoped thatthe exit poll predictions will bereplicated in the actual results.“As per the exit polls, we arewinning all the seven seats inDelhi. We thank the people ofDelhi for this trend and believethat the predictions will bereplicated in the results of LokSabha polls on May 23,” Tiwarisaid.

However, AAP RajyaSabha MP Sanjay Singh raised

questions over the entireprocess. “Is EVM the realgame? Were the exit polls spon-sored? BJP is winning in UP,Bihar, MP, Rajasthan,Chattisgarh, Gujarat,Maharashtra, Karanataka,Delhi, Bengal, who will believeit? All the parties shoulddemand cancellation of theelections on irregularities of

VVPAT-EVM match,” Singhsaid in a tweet.

Some exit polls have pro-jected that Congress may gainin Delhi by winning one seat.

Senior Delhi Congressleader and party candidatefrom Chandni Chowk seat JPAgarwal said the predictionsmade by exit polls were “hardto accept.”

“The predictions are farfrom the real picture. It is dif-ficult to believe that the BJP willwin majority of seats in stateslike MP, Rajasthan andChhattisgarh where it recentlylost the Assembly polls,” saidAgarwal.

According to India TV-CNX Exit poll, the BharatiyaJanata Party is likely to repeatthe 2014 victory when it hadwon all seven seats.

It could be a big setback forthe AAP if the projections ofexit polls and the actual resultsare same.

The India Today-Axis MyIndia exit poll has projected sixto seven seats for BJP while 0-1 for Congress. News 24-Chanakya has predicted all theseven seats for BJP.

Exit polls by News 18-Ipsos has projected six to sevenseats for the BJP, and theCongress may gain by winningone seat. Delhi witnessed a tri-angular contest among the BJP,AAP and the Congress.

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The Capital has witnessedfive fresh cases of malaria

and two of dengue in lastweek, taking the total numberof patients suffering from thevector borne diseases to 17 and47 respectively.

Out of total cases ofdengue, 29 diagnosed belong toother states, according to a datareleased by the South DelhiMunicipal Corporation(SDMC) on Monday.

As per the weekly datareleased by the SDMC, ‘all thethree civic bodies north, eastand south corporations hasfound mosquito breeding in9913 households in the city tillMay 18.

The report further statedthat 11630 legal notices havebeen served to owners of hous-es, hotels and others for vari-ous violations and 480prose-cutions initiated till May 18.Among the areas falling underthe three municipal corpora-tions, the cases of breedingreported were from areas ofnorth, south and east corpora-tions are 2588, 5729 and 1596respectively, the report said.

The cases of vector-borne

diseases are reported betweenJuly and November but thisyear civic body has tracedmany cases in months of Marchand April.

With spurt in number ofcases, civic bodies have steppedup awareness campaign anddeployed Dengue BreedingCheckers (DBCs) in variouswards in order to check breeding and advising peopleto take precautionary mea-sures. Meanwhile, doctors ofthe Government hospitals haveadvised to take precautionslike using mosquito repellents,wear clothes which cover yourfull body and avoid places thatare more prone to the diseases.

According to the SDMC,10 people had died due todengue in Delhi in 2017, ofwhich five were not residents ofthe national capital. Overall, thevector-borne disease hadaffected 9,271 people in the citylast year.

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From Page 1The Nifty went up by over

1,300 points to reach all-timehigh.

IndusInd Bank, SBI, TataMotors, Yes Bank, LT, HDFC,Maruti and ONGC emerged asthe top gainers — surging asmuch as 8.64 per cent.

Barring Bajaj Auto andInfosys, all Sensex scrips endedin the green.

After a big gap-up open-ing, the Sensex closed 1,421points or 3.75 per cent higherat 39,352.67. During the day,the gauge hit a high of 39,412.56and a low of 38,570.04. Thebroader BSE midcap and small-cap indices ended in line withbenchmarks, rallying up to3.57 per cent.

“The domestic equity mar-kets witnessed unprecedentedand remarkable surge, across allsectors and segments, after theexit polls indicated a higherprobability for the current dis-pensation to come back topower with a clear majority,”Joseph Thomas, head research

Emkay Wealth Management,told the PTI.

“What would help the mar-kets sustain the momentum isfactors that are fundamentallyimportant, like decisive policyinitiatives from the new gov-ernment, faster land and labourreforms, and also the unfin-ished task of quick consolida-tion and re-organisation of thebanking system,” he added.

Meanwhile, market regu-lator Sebi and stock exchangeshave beefed up their surveil-lance mechanism to check anymanipulative activities in themarket this week in view of thehigh-octane election relatedevents lined up.

Tracking overall positivesentiment, the Indian rupee onMonday jumped 49 paise toclose at a nearly two-weekhigh of 69.74 against the USdollar.

Globally, bourses in Asiaended on a mixed note, whilethose in Europe were trading inthe red in their respective earlydeals.

From Page 1“After the quarrel, Raj

reached his home and pro-ceeded towards a nearby hos-pital (Garg Hospital) drivinghis own scooty, along with hisdaughter. On way to GargHospital, Raj fainted.However, his daughter man-aged to take him to the hos-pital, where the hospitalauthorities suggested takinghim to the Max Hospital inPatparganj,” said the DCP.

“On reaching MaxHospital, Raj was declaredbrought dead by the doctors.The examination of the bodyof the deceased revealed asuperficial cut injury belowthe chin and a blunt injurymark on the chest,” said theDCP.

“We have seen the CCTVfootage and it has been foundthat no gruesome or continu-ous assault has taken place.There was fight and there is apossibility that the deceasedmight have had some internalinjuries as no other injurymark besides, one superficialcut below the chin and ablunt injury mark on the chest

were found on his body. Thepost-mortem report will revealthe exact cause of death,” saidthe DCP.

“A case under section302/34 of Indian Penal Code(IPC) has been registered atPolice Station Vivek Vihar.The accused Vijay has beenarrested in the case. Police arealso investigating whetherother people were alsoinvolved in the incident.Further investigation is goingon,” said the DCP.

Raj Kumar had joinedDelhi Police as a HeadConstable in 1990 in com-munication cadre. He is sur-vived by a wife and twodaughters aged 30 and 28years old. He was previouslyposted in traffic wing, PCRand Special Branch.

Sources said Raj died dueto cardiac arrest but accordingto his family, he had gone fora walk after dinner when hehad a fight with some mis-creants because police hadset up a permanent picket inthe area where bootleggerslives and sell illegal liquor inthe area.

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Commission had directed thatall recorded programmes dis-played on NaMo TV be pre-certified, the Delhi poll bodyasked the BJP not to air anycontent on the platform with-out its certification.

The chief electoral office inDelhi had also said since NaMoTV was sponsored by the BJP,all recorded programmes dis-played on the platform be pre-certified by media certificationand monitoring committee ofDelhi and all political publici-ty contents displayed withoutpre-certification be removedimmediately.

The commission hadissued a notice seeking a reportfrom the Information andBroadcasting Ministry onNaMo TV, launched just weeksahead of the general election,after opposition parties, includ-ing the Congress, asked the pollbody to direct the ministry tosuspend the channel in viola-tion of the poll code. PTI

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Chandigarh: Punjab Minister SadhuSingh Dharamsot on Monday asked NavjotSingh Sidhu to resign from the StateCabinet if he cannot work with AmarinderSingh, a day after the Chief Ministeraccused the cricketer-turned-politicianof "damaging" the Congress just beforepolls.

As the tension between AmarinderSingh and his Cabinet Minister NavjotSingh Sidhu continues to simmer, moreMinisters have come out in support of theChief Minister.

Amarinder Singh had on Sundaylashed out at the Punjab Tourism andCultural Affairs Minister for his commentsagainst him and the Congress leadershipin the state claiming that Sidhu was per-haps "ambitious" and "wants to be the chiefminister".

Following State Health MinisterBrahm Mohindra backing the chief min-ister, Forest Minister Dharamsot toldreporters here Monday that Sidhu's recentremarks were "against party discipline" andone that could "harm the party".

"Sidhu's remarks came at a time whenentire Congress was unitedly fighting toensure that the party wins all the 13 LokSabha seats in Punjab. The party high com-mand should take notice of his comments.If Sidhu thinks he cannot work with CaptAmarinder ji, then he should resignimmediately," Dharamsot said.

"I think his ambitions are very highand he remains dis-satisfied wherever hegoes. When he was in the BJP, he was not

satisfied there. Today, he may be eyeingchief minister's post, tomorrow evenprime minister's chair may not satisfy him.So, wherever he goes, he has problems," headded.

Dharamsot said the Congress gavemore to Sidhu than he deserved and thathe should not hanker for posts and berths.

"Politics is a serious business, we areall here with a purpose of bringing abouta positive change in people's lives anduplifting poor and weaker sections.Hankering for posts and berths should notbe the aim... Personally, I think Sidhu gotmore than he deserved," he said.

In his attack on Sidhu, AmarinderSingh had said that if the minister was areal Congressman, he should have chosena better time to air his grievances, insteadof just ahead of voting in Punjab.

The chief minister's statement hadcome on a day when all 13 Lok Sabha seatsin Punjab went to polls on May 19.

Soon afterwards, Mohindra hit out atSidhu for his "out-of-turn and untimelyoutbursts against the party leadership, chiefminister and the government", saying itamounted to "sabotage".

On May 17, Sidhu had appeared tocorner the Congress government in thestate over the issue of desecration of reli-gious scriptures and questioned why noFIR was lodged against the Badals in con-nection with the 2015 sacrilege and police-firing incidents.

Sidhu, who was campaigning in favourof Congress nominee Amrinder Singh Raja

Warring in Bathinda, had even said thathe would resign if action was not takenagainst those behind the 2015 desecrationincidents.

Amarinder Singh had said that it wasfor the party high-command to decide onany action against Sidhu, adding that theCongress, does not tolerate indiscipline.

The differences between the chief min-ister and his cabinet colleague came to thefore in August last year when AmarinderSingh advised Sidhu against attending theswearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan asthe Pakistan Prime Minister.

However, the cricketer-turned-politi-cian not only attended the event but alsohugged the Pakistan Army chief which wasdisapproved by Amarinder Singh.

The relation strained further whenmonths later, Sidhu said that Congresschief Rahul Gandhi was his captain andthat the Gandhi scion was the "captain ofthe captain" referring to Amarinder Singh.

Several Punjab ministers had hit outat Sidhu, questioning the "tone and tenor"of his remark.

On Monday, Anil Vij, Health Ministerin the BJP led government in neighbour-ing Haryana, too chimed in advisingSidhu to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf— the political party of the country'sprime minister Imran Khan.

"Navjot Singh Sidhu having (been)snub (bed) from all parties including BJP& Congres is left with no choice except tojoin Imran Khan Party—Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (sic)," Vij tweeted. PTI

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Minister MJ Akbar told a Delhicourt on Monday that he didnot ask scribe Priya Ramani,who has accused him of sexu-al misconduct in #MeToocampaign, to see him in hishotel room in 1994 in connec-tion with her alleged interviewto join a newspaper of which hewas the editor.

Akbar, who had resigned asminister on October 17 lastyear following the allegationslevelled during the campaign,vehemently objected to thequestions of Ramani's counselabout other women scribeswho had also accused him ofsexual misconduct.

The scribe-turned BJPpolitician was being cross-examined by senior advocateRebecca John, counsel forRamani, before AdditionalChief Metropolitan MagistrateSamar Vishal, in connectionwith his private criminaldefamation complaint againstRamani.

"It is incorrect to suggestthat I called Priya Ramani tocome to my room. It is wrongto suggest that she was hesitantor that I insisted... I do notknow whether it was the firstjob interview by Priya Ramaniafter her graduation.

"I am not sure whether

Priya Ramani was offered a jobin the Asian Age newspaper inJanuary 1994 in Delhi Office.As it is a 25 years old matterand to the best of my knowl-edge, she was working inBombay office," Akbar testified.

Ramani had tweeted aboutAkbar's alleged objectionablebehaviour in the hotel room.

Her counsel asked ques-tions regarding other womenscribes and their allegationsagainst Akbar.

The queries were stronglyprotested by senior advocateGeeta Luthra, representing theformer minister and she saidthat the questions were "irrel-evant" as they were not relatedto the case at hand.

"These are all part of my(Ramani's) defence as it showshis (Akbar's) behaviour,"Ramani's counsel replied lead-ing to the heated exchangebetween the two women seniorlawyers of the parties.

The magistrate allowedRamani's lawyer to keep askingquestions to Akbar and alsoagreed to record the objectionsof Akbar with regard to suchqueries.

During the cross-exami-nation, questions were put tohim regarding other womenjournalists, including GhazalaWahab, Kadambari M Wade,Majlie de Puy Kamp, SonaliKhullar Shroff and HarinderBaweja, who had accusedAkbar of sexual misconduct.

Akbar said he had refutedthe allegations levelled byWahab in an article.

In response to anotherquery, Akbar said he could notrecall whether Wade workedwith him as the matter was 20-year old.

Regarding allegationsmade by Kamp, he said "therewas absolutely no question ofharassment of the lady Kamp.I recall there might have beena mention of some misunder-standing which was accepted".

Akbar said he did not recallwhether Shroff worked withhim and that he had not readany tweet written by her inregard of sexual harassment.

The cross-examination ofAkbar by Ramani's counselremained inconclusive andwould resume on on July 6. PTI

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New Delhi: At a time when theElection Commission is underfire from Opposition partiesfor being biased, former presi-dent Pranab Mukherjee onMonday lauded the role of thepoll panel saying the 2019 LokSabha polls were conducted"perfectly".

Speaking at a book launchevent here, he said that rightfrom the first election commis-sioner Sukumar Sen to the pre-sent election commissioners,the institution is working verywell.

He said all the three com-missioners are appointed by theexecutive and they are doingtheir job well. Mukherjee said,"you cannot criticise them, it wasa perfect conduct of elections".

"If democracy has succeed-ed, it is largely due to perfectconduct of elections by electioncommissioners starting fromSukumar Sen to the present elec-tion commissioners," Mukherjeesaid at the launch of the book'Defining India: Through TheirEyes' by NDTV's Sonia Singh.

His remarks come a dayafter Congress president RahulGandhi alleged that the ElectionCommission's "capitulation"before Prime Minister NarendraModi is obvious and the pollwatchdog is not feared andrespected anymore. PTI

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Hailakandi (Assam): Two suspected Rohingyas, includinga woman, were arrested in Hailakandi district whenthey were coming fromMyanmar on Monday, policesaid.

Lala Police Station Officer-in-Charge Liton Nath said theduo were held when they werecoming from Myanmar'sMondu Thana of Kunkarparavillage.

"We suspect the hand of aninternational gang behind thisRohingya immigration issue inthe area," Nath said.

The duo have been bookedunder various sections of thePassport (Entry into India)Act, 1920 and the Foreigners(Amendment) Act, 2004, hesaid. PTI

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Mumbai: Six members of afamily from Maharashtra's Beeddistrict have been swept awayin flash floods in the Gulfnation of Oman where they hadgone on a visit, the MumbaiPolice said on Monday.

The mishap occurred onSaturday when the family ofKhairulla Khan, a retiredteacher in Bukhari School inBeed's Majalgaon, was on a visitto Wadi Bani Khalid, a famoustourist destination, 126 kilo-meters from Oman's capitalMuscat, an official said.

"Khan, his wife Shabana,their daughter-in-law Arshiand three grandchildren,including a 28-day-old man,had gone to Oman where his

elder son Sardar Fazal Ahmedhas been working as a phar-macist for the last two years,"Inspector S A Sayyad ofMajalgaon police station saidMonday.

He said the family hadgone to Wadi Bani Khalid inSardar's car.

"Once they reached thespot, they encountered heavyrainfall and storm. The carcouldn't be driven further dueto rain and smog and the fam-ily opened one of the doors ofthe vehicle in their bid toescape," he said.

But as the door opened,Sardar's four-year-old daughterSidra fell into the water.

"He jumped into the water

to rescue her but he could not.A massive gush of water threwthe entire family out of the vehi-cle, all of them going missingshortly after," Sayyad said.

He said Sardar managed tosurvive by holding on to thebranch of a palm tree. He thenmanaged to reach higherground where he tried toarrange for help.

Speaking to media inOman, Sardar said, "Initiallywe had thought it was a sunnyday and we left for Wadi. Butwhen we reached there, Inoticed people leaving theplace in a hurry. Before wecould comprehend what wasthe matter, it started rainingheavily," he said. PTI

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Srinagar: A group of pellet vic-tims, who were injured duringlaw and order situations in theKashmir Valley over the pastfew years, on Monday held aprotest here demanding com-plete ban on the use of pelletguns by security forces.

The protestors, under thebanner of Pellet Victims WelfareTrust, held the protest at PressEnclave here against continuoususe of pellet guns in the valley bypolice and paramilitary forces.

The protesters demandedban on pellet guns, saying theircontinued use could rendermore people blind.

Among the protestors wasthe youngest pellet victim ofKashmir — Hiba Nisar — whowas injured after getting hit bypellets inside her house in theKapran area of Shopian districtof south Kashmir in Novemberlast year. PTI

New Delhi: Vice AdmiralBimal Verma is likely to filea fresh petition at a militarytribunal here on Tuesdaychallenging a note by theDefence Ministry rejectinghis plea against appoint-ment of Vice AdmiralKarambir Singh as the nextNavy Chief.

Last week, the DefenceMinistry rejected Verma'spetition challenging theappointment of his junior,Vice Admiral Singh, as thenext Navy Chief.

Verma's lawyer AnkurChhibber said a fresh peti-tion challenging ViceAdmiral Singh's appoitmentas well as the defence min-istry's note will be filed withthe Armed Forces Tribunalhere on Tuesday.

Chhibber said a previouspetition filed with the AFTon the issue was withdrawnon Monday for filing of adetailed plea which will alsochallenge the defence min-istry's rejection of Verma'splea.

In an order last week, thedefence ministry saidVerma's statutory petitiondated April 10 againstappointment of ViceAdmiral Singh to the toppost is devoid of merit andhas been rejected in exerciseof powers under Section 23of the Navy Act 1957.

Verma, commander-in-chief of the Andaman andNicobar Command andsenior-most naval comman-der, had moved the tribunallast month questioning ViceAdmiral Singh's appoint-ment as the next Navy Chief,overlooking his seniority.Singh is scheduled to takecharge as the new Navy chieffrom incumbent AdmiralSunil Lanba, who will demitoffice on May 31. The tri-bunal had on April 25 direct-ed the defence ministry todecide Verma's petitionwithin three weeks. PTI

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New Delhi: Home MinisterRajnath Singh on Mondayreviewed the security sce-nario in Assam besides prepa-ration to deal with any possi-ble law and order situationwhich may arise after thepublication of the f inalNational Register of Citizens(NRC) on July 31.

Attended by ChiefMinister Sarbananda Sonowaland top officials of the Unionhome ministry and the stategovernment, the meetingpresided by Singh took stockof the prevailing situation inAssam which last week hadwitnessed a blast, suspected tobe carried out by the bannedinsurgent group ULFA, a

home ministry official said."A detailed review on the

present security scenario ofAssam has taken place. Wehave also discussed about thepossible situation which mayarise after the publication ofthe final NRC," Sonowal toldreporters after the hour-longmeeting.

The Chief Minister saidthe state government isextending all assistance for theNRC updating process and iscommitted to provide securi-ty to all citizens.

"No genuine Indian shouldbe worried about the outcomeof the final NRC," he said.

When the draft NRC waspublished on July 30, 2018,

there was a huge controversyover the exclusion of 40.7lakh people from it. The draftNRC included the names of2.9 crore people out of thetotal 3.29 crore applications.

Some 30 lakh of the 40.7lakh people, left out of thedraft of NRC, filed for inclu-sion of their names in the document. Also, around 600objections were submitted byindividuals who suspect the citizenship of others whomade it to the list.

The Supreme Court,which is monitoring the NRCupdate process, has made itclear that the final NRC hasto be published on July 31,2019. PTI

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Sabha seat candidate PragyaSingh Thakur, who recentlykicked up a row with some ofher remarks, on Monday apol-ogised for it and said she isobserving "silence" for 63hours as a mark of penance.

Thakur, an accused in the2008 Malegaon blast case,said she felt it was now timefor some "soul searching".

The BJP leader last weekcourted controversy by callingMahatma Gandhi's assassinNathuram Godse a "patriot".Prior to it, she claimed that

the then Maharashtra ATSchief Hemant Karkare waskilled in the 26/11 Mumbaiterror attacks due to her"curse".

Taking a dim view of her

remarks on Godse, the BJPsaid it did not agree with her.

Even Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said he willnever forgive Thakur forinsulting Mahatma Gandhi.

An aide of Thakur toldPTI that she began observinga '21 prahar maun' (63 hourssilence) from Monday morn-ing.

Thakur, in a tweet, alsoapologised for her remarks.

"After the poll process,time has arrived for soulsearching. During this period,if my words have hurt thepatriots, I apologise for it. Asper the decorum of public lifeand to repent, I am observinga 21-prahar silence and willundergo hard penance," shesaid in a tweet in Hindi. PTI

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ABJP delegation, led byUnion Minister Piyush

Goyal, met the ElectionCommission (EC) on Mondayand demanded that repolls beheld in some constituencieswhere violence occurred in WestBengal and Central forces bedeployed for free and fair count-ing in the State.

"We have met the ElectionCommissioners and informedthem about the violence that hadtaken place in all the seven phas-es of the Lok Sabha polls andrequested for re-polling in all theviolence-affected constituen-cies," Goyal said after meetingEC officials. He was accompa-nied by Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman and seniorBJP leaders.

Goyal said party candidatesand agents, deployed in WestBengal, were being threatenedand the Election Commissionshould take strict action againstthe culprits. 'We have enlistedwith the EC some constituenciesfor repolling,' he said.

Accusing West Bengal CMof threatening BJP candidates,poll agents and party sympa-thisers, the BJP leader said thatMamata Banerjee has been

repeatedly threatening the peo-ple of the State that 'chunao kebaad sabak sikhayengi'(she willdeal with them after election)and the kind of violence seen tillseven phase of general elections,it is apprehended that violencemay take place again.

"We saw incidents of vio-lence took place till the last phaseof polling. There is possibility ofviolence even after counting ofvotes. So, we have requested the

Commission to deploy the cen-tral forces in Electronic VotingMachine strong rooms till theend of counting to allow free andfair counting," he said.

'It is required that the ECshould deploy central forces atall EVMs strongrooms. Till theModel Code of Conduct is inforce, personnel alreadydeployed should remain there sothat people are reassured that noviolence will be tolerated, ' Goyal

added. The senior BJP leaders also

appealed to the poll panel toensure the sanctity of the count-ing process in Odisha,Karnataka, West Bengal,Madhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh.

"Independent observersmust be sent in these states andCCTV cameras must beinstalled in all counting stationsin the five States," he said.

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The TDP on Monday wroteto the Election

Commission urging adequatesecurity on the countingpremises to ensure the "YSRCPmembers do not disturb thecounting process" in the State.The letter from TDP RajyaSabha member K RavindraKumar came a day after YSRCongress Party approached thepoll body seeking free and faircounting of votes.

YSR Congress Partynational general secretary VVijayasai Reddy had written tothe EC alleging that the TDPhas "trained some unruly ele-ments and appointed them astheir counting agents to disturbthe counting process in casetheir candidates are trailing inthe State".

Accusing YSRCP of mis-chievous game plan like the dele-tion of genuine voters of TDP byfiling applications in bulk in thename of unknown persons from

places like Pune and Kolkata,TDP wrote: "We request theElection Commission to provideadequate security in the count-ing premises to ensure theYSRCP doesn't disturb thecounting process."

The letter further states:"As the political parties are notallowed to carry food inside thecounting hall premises, neces-sary arrangements have to bemade by the concernedReturning Officers (ROs) toprovide food and water to thecounting agents also alongwith other counting person-

nel...Therefore, instructionsmay be issued to all ROs to pro-vide food and drinking waterto the counting agents duringthe period of counting."

The TDP leader alsorequested the EC "to issueinstructions to the concernedofficials to permit the countingagents to carry Form 17CPart-I /account of votes record-ed, Form 17C part-II /scrolling sheet for recordingthe votes counted and requiredwhite papers and pen to makeany representation on thecounting issues."

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CPI(M) general secretary SitaramYechury on Monday demanded

that VVPAT slips should be fullycounted if there is any discrepancywith EVM figures.

"On VVPATs & the EVM tally, theEC is yet to come out with a procedurein case there is a mismatch! Even ifthere is one mismatch in the VVPATsamples picked for counting andEVMs, to maintain integrity of theelectoral process, all VVPATs in thatAssembly segment must be counted,"he tweeted.

With the exit polls predicting adebacle for the Left Front in the LokSabha election, the leaders of variousLeft parties are set to play a waitinggame as regards joining the UPA orbeing part of a non-Congress federalfront. A majority of the exit polls havepredicted 14-16 seats for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF)

in Kerala, 4-6 seats for the LeftDemocratic Front (LDF) and oneseat for the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).

In West Bengal, a State ruled bythe Left Front for 34 years, a majori-ty of the exit polls have given no seats

to it, which could mean the worst everperformance of the front in the State."It is very clear that an Oppositionfront and its strategy can only beformed after the election results onMay 23. One thing is clear that a sec-ular, alternative Government will beformed at the Centre. Who will makeit and how will it be created will bedecided after the results," SitaramYechury told reporters here.

Meanwhile, Communist Party ofIndia (CPI) general secretary SSudhakar Reddy said they would sit inthe Opposition if no party got a clearmajority. "We have our national exec-utive on May 27-28. We will not takeany decision before that. If no partygets a majority, we will sit in the oppo-sition," he said.

CPI national secretary D Rajaconceded that this could be the Left'sworst poll performance in years."What role we will play will be decid-ed post May 23," he said.

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Aday after pollsters predicted asecond term for the Narendra

Modi-led NDA Government,Finance Minister Arun Jaitley onMonday pointed out that EVMsplay no role in exit polls and if theactual results of the general elec-tion are in consonance with theprojections, "the Opposition's fakeissue of the EVMs would also loseits non-existent rationale".

"Many of us may continue tosquabble over correctness andaccuracy of the Exit Polls. Thehard reality is that when multipleExit Polls convey the same mes-sage, the direction of the resultbroadly would be in consonancewith the message," Jaitley said ina blogpost titled 'The Message of

Exit Polls'. "If the Exit Polls are read

along with the 2014 electionresults, it would be clear thatthere is a huge maturing of Indiandemocracy taking place. The elec-torate keeps national interest para-mount before exercising a choiceon whom to vote for. When well-meaning people with similar ideasvote in the same direction, it leadsto the making of a wave," he said.

Referring to the Congress,Jaitley said that the Gandhi fami-ly has become a liability for thegrand-old party. " . . . In theCongress the first family is nolonger an asset but an albatrossaround neck of the Party. Withoutthe family, they don't get thecrowd, with it they don't get thevotes," he said.

He also said the personalisedcampaign against Prime MinisterModi did not cut much ice in 2014and may not cut any ice in 2019.

"Leaders are judged on meritand not on caste or family names.Thus, the Prime Minister's style ofrising above caste and concen-trating on performance relatedissues received far more accept-ability with the electorate," Jaitleysaid.

He said the voters are nolonger willing to trust 'Coalition ofRivals' as their alliances are unten-able.

The arithmetic of caste coali-tions is no longer valid and hasyielded place to national interest."Fake issues only satisfy the 'man-ufacturers of fakery'. The votersdon't buy them," Jaitley added.

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India on Monday adopted aglobal resolution to redefine

four of the seven base units —kilogramme, kelvin, mole andampere, a move expected tousher in changes in educationaltextbooks.

A resolution to redefinefour of the seven base units waspassed by representatives of 60countries at the GeneralConference on Weights andMeasures (CGPM) of theInternational Bureau ofWeights and Measures (BIPM),Paris on November 16 lastyear.

However, it has beenimplemented across the worldon May 20 — WorldMeteorology Day, ShekharMande, Director General of theCouncil for Scientific andIndustrial Research (CSIR),said at an event here.

Over 100 countries have

adopted the metric system ofmeasurements, also known asthe International System ofUnits (SI), which has been inpractice since 1889. The otherbase units are — second, metreand candela.

Mande said that quantumcomputing, artificial intelli-gence (AI), industry 4.0, andspace enabled communicationsare some of the internationalchallenges of the near future.

The fundamental constants

are invariants of time and spaceand have successfully replacedthe artifact based units, andaptly opened up the new era forquantum world by linking allseven base units to fundamen-tal constants or quantum stan-dards, added K Aswal, Directorof the National PhysicalLaboratory (NPL), one of theoldest scientific institutes in thecountry that also takes care ofsetting meteorology standardsdomestically.

The purpose of systemunits is to enable worldwidecoherence of measurements.The International System ofUnits (SI) was formalised in1960 and has been updated sev-eral times to account for devel-opment in measurement tech-nology.

"Since the 1960s, we haveto rely ever more heavily onadvanced science and engi-neering in our day-to-day lives,and also in manufacturing,healthcare and science. Theproposed changes in the unitdefinition have been designedto have no immediate conse-quences," he said.

The unit redefinitions rep-resent a profound change ofperspective and they areexpected to form the founda-tions of improved measure-ments for decades to come asscience and technology con-tinues to develop in a way wecannot currently foresee, Aswal

said. However, this "may notchange anything drastically", hepointed out adding it will mat-ter when it comes to measure-ments less than a kilogramme.For instance, measuring small-er diamonds.

The NPL has also sent rec-ommendations on the pro-posed changes to be incorpo-rated in the National Councilof Educational Research andTraining (NCERT) to imple-ment them in contemporaryeducation.

Recommendations on theproposed changes have alsobeen sent to the All IndiaCouncil for TechnicalEducation (AICTE), IndianInstitutes of Technology (IITs),National Institutes ofTechnology (NITs), and otheracademic institutes to be incor-porated in syllabi of metrolo-gy courses in graduate engi-neering and academic courses,Aswal added.

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From June 1, 2019, no morehassles of running around

the local offices of theArcheological Survey of India(ASI) for seeking permission —whether it is related to exportpermit for antiquity or shootingof films, photography or hold-ing cultural events at the nation-al monuments protected underthe Central agency.

To ensure accountabilityand transparency as well asreduce paperwork besides con-venience of the public , the pre-mier archeological body underthe Union Culture Ministry hasdecided to entertain applicationsonline for granting permissionsfor its various public related ser-vices.

For instance, those seekingno objection certificates (NOC)

for mining or for constructionof power plant near the monu-ments or looking for registrationof antiquity too will have toapply through the ASI's portalfor permission. Their applica-tions will be scrutinised andaccordingly replied. "In case theapplication is accepted, the appli-cant will be asked to deposit thefee, if case any. The fate of reject-ed applications will be informedonline only," said a senior offi-cial from the Ministry.

Issuance of temporaryexport permit for antiquity,proposal for excavation andexploration from the archeolo-gists will be accepted onlineonly, he said adding that themove is the part of the govern-ment's Digital India programme.

All the ASI offices across-about 70 across the country havealready been informed to be pre-

pared for the online job andensure that the applicants areinformed of the development sothat they do not have to gothrough the hassle of paperworks like sending documentsto the offices.

Meanwhile, as the part ofthe Digital India, the ASI hasalready expanded e-ticketingservices to its 26 more monu-ments including Hauz Khas inDelhi from April 1.

Prior to these 26 monu-ments, Taj Mahal, Agra andHumayun's Tomb, SafdarjungTomb, Tughlakabad Fort, OldFort (Purana Qila), Red Fort,Kotla Firozshah, Jantar Mantar,New Delhi were already coveredunder the e-ticketing facility(online and at site).

There are 116 ticketed mon-uments and 32 museums underthe protection of ASI.

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The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) on Monday

conducted searches at 10 loca-tions of the accused persons atMuthupet, Keelakarai,Devipattinam, Lalpet andSalem in connection withinvestigation of the Keelakaraicase, related to conspiracy toprocure arms for their terror-ist gang, raise funds to wagearmed struggle, facilitate escapeof terrorists from jail and wagewar against the country.

During the searches, theNIA seized a number of digi-tal devices including three lap-tops, three hard discs, 16mobile phones, eight SIMcards, two pen drives, fivememory cards and one cardreader besides two knives anda large number of incriminat-ing documents.

"The case relates to a groupof ten persons from differentparts of Tamil Nadu who hadformed a WhatsApp groupnamed "SHAHADAT IS OURGOAL". In 2018, they con-spired together to procure armsfor their terrorist gang, to raisefunds to wage armed struggle,to facilitate the escape of ter-rorists from jail and to propa-gate their ideology, to actagainst the State, the NIA saidin a statement.

The case was initially reg-istered on April 2, 2018 atKeelakarai police station ofRamanathapuram district ofTamilnadu, under Crime No.46/2018 under various Sectionsof the Indian Penal Code (IPC),Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act and ArmsAct 1959 against ten accused,out of which nine accused werearrested earlier. One accused is

still absconding. Later, all the 9arrested accused were releasedon bail by the Court.

IPC sections relating tocriminal conspiracy, religiousor sectarian incitement apartfrom the UA (P)A sectionsrelating to waging war againstthe country for violation of theArms Act.

During the last few years,South India has emerged as amajor hub for transnationalradicalisation groups that areworking at the behest of inter-national terrorist groups likethe Al Qaeda and ISIS. Variousnew forms of recruitmentmethods are adopted by suchgroups including through vir-tual technologies like socialmedia and also through anorganization like Street Dawahthat seeks to attract the gullibleyouths to its fold by impartingradicalized sermons on Islam.

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt agreed on Monday tohear on Tuesday the Centre'splea challenging the DelhiHigh Court order staying itsnotification to allow the 2016black money law to operatewith retrospective effect fromJuly, 2015 to book and probeoffenders.

The Centre is also aggriev-ed by the interim order of thehigh court that restrained theIncome Tax (I-T) departmentfrom taking any action againstVVIP chopper scam accusedGautam Khaitan, againstwhom a black money case hasbeen lodged.

The high court, in its order,said the Black Money(Undisclosed Foreign Incomeand Assets) and Imposition of

Tax Act, which was enacted inApril 2016, could not beallowed to operate with retro-spective effect from July, 2015.

A vacation bench of jus-tices Indira Banerjee and SanjivKhanna took note of the sub-missions of Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, appearing forthe government, that the highcourt erred in staying theCentre's notification to invokethe black money law with ret-rospective effect.

"It will be listed tomorrow,"the bench said when Mehtasaid CBI inquires werelaunched on the basis of thelaw's applicability.

The bench refused toentertain the plea of senioradvocate N K Kaul, appearingfor Khaitan, that the matter be

listed for hearing after a weekas Khaitan's advocate-on-record was not available duringthe week.

"You (Kaul) mention this(non-availability of lawyer)before the bench tomorrow," itsaid.

On May 16, the high courthad restrained the I-T depart-ment from taking any actionagainst Khaitan.

On invoking the blackmoney law with retrospectiveeffect, it had said Parliament, inits wisdom, had enacted the Actwhich was to come into forcefrom April 1, 2016 and as thedate was expressly decided byParliament, it could not bemade applicable with retro-spective effect by way of a noti-fication. PTI

New Delhi: Former KolkataPolice Commissioner RajeevKumar moved the SupremeCourt on Monday seekingextension of the 7-day protec-tion granted to him by it inconnection with the Saradhachit fund scam case in view oflawyers' strike in Kolkata.

Kumar's counsel men-tioned the matter for urgentlisting before a vacation benchcomprising Justices IndiraBanerjee and Sanjiv Khannaand said that since lawyers inKolkata are on strike, the pro-tection granted to the IPS offi-cer should be extended.

The counsel said due to thestrike, Kumar was not able tomove the competent court for

seeking relief and hence, theprotection granted to him becounted from the time thestrike ends.

The lawyer told the benchthat the top court had on May17 granted seven days time toKumar to approach the com-petent court for legal remediesbut four days have alreadyelapsed and they needed timeto approach the competentcourt there.

However, the bench saidsince the May 17 order waspassed by a three-judge bench,Kumar's counsel can approachthe apex court registry or thesecretary general for listing ofthe matter before an appropri-ate bench. PTI

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The name TirunellaiNarayana Iyer Seshan

many not strike any chordwith the new generation. Butyou say TN Seshan and eventhe brash among politicalleaders may stand up in rever-ence. It is no exaggeration ifone tells that people in thecountry learnt about the sig-nificance of the post of ChiefElection Commissioner onlyafter Seshan assumed the postin December 1990. For sixyears when Seshan was the bossof Nirvachan Sadan, boothcapturers and vote merchantsdisappeared altogether.

“I am like a football refer-ee. I don’t have any role exceptsupervising the match so longthe players stick to the rules ofthe game. Ill not interfere. Butthe moment I am convincedthat the play is going out ofcontrol, Ill pull out the yellow

and red cards from my pock-et and show it to the personswho err. If they continue withbreaking of rules , I may haveto sound the whistle and calloff the match,” said Seshanimmediately after taking overas the Chief ElectionCommissioner.

True to his warning, hesounded the whistle duringthe 1991 Lok sabha election,one of the most violent elec-tions the country has seen.

Former Prime Minister RajivGandhi who was campaigningat SriPerumbudur nearChennai was killed by a humanbomb owing allegiance to theLTTE . Seshan, who is a sea-soned astrologer had told hisfriend Rajiv Gandhi to be care-ful as the stars were not infavourable constellation. Thenest six years saw the electionprocess undergoing majorchanges under the watchfuleyes of Seshan. Politicians went

o the extent of describing himas a bull in the China shop , AlSeshan (in synch with thecanine whose growling is suf-ficient to sccare away strangers)and Tough Nut Seshan!

Age has tamed this lion asthe former IAS officer whoturned 86 last December needsthe help of two-three aides tomove around. “His weight is aproblem as he weighs 150 kg.But nothing is wrong with hismental prowess as he is aware

of what is happening around.Seshan keeps track of all eventsthrough newspapers andradio,” said Swamy Sunil Das ofSneham Charitable Trust, whois in touch with the formerCEC on a daily basis.

Seshan stays at Jaya, ahouse which he purchasedafter retirement from IAS at StMary’s Road, Alwarpet,Chennai. His spouseJayalakshmi passed away on2018. A group of aides arealways in attendance to help the‘master’ who has not stoppedroaring commands . ElectionCommissioners and ChiefElection Commissioners wouldcome and go. But each gener-al election brings to mind thename of Seshan, who stream-lined the complex electionprocess in India. MalayatoorRamakrishnan, himself a for-mer IAS officer, had written ashort story with Seshan ascentral character. What does apublic servant want in life?

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Karnataka Chief MinisterHD Kumaraswamy is

annoyed with the exit pollresults which have predictedland slide victory to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andBJP. with a desperate andannoyance Kumaraswamy whoruns a coalition governmentalong with the congress hasexpressed concerns over thevulnerability of the ElectronicVoting Machines (EVMs).

Tweet after tweet he hit outat exit poll predictions andblamed the media as biased andalleged that the “artificiallyengineered” or “manufactured”Modi wave is being used by theBJP to lure regional parties wellin advance to fill any shortfallafter the results on May 23.

He said in a tweet “EntireOpposition political partieshad expressed concern overcredibility of EVMs under PM@narendramodi's rule.Opposition parties evenknocked the doors of theSupreme Court asking for a tra-ditional ballot paper election-sto avoid defective EVMs thatare vulnerable to fraud.”

“World wide, even devel-oped countries have opted fortraditional polls through paper

ballets. The exit poll surveys onMay 19 only reiterated theserious concern of theOpposition parties on misuseof vulnerable EVMs for elec-toral gains by the ruling party,”he said in another tweet.

With most exit polls fore-casting another term for PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andthe BJP almost sweepingKarnataka in the Lok Sabhapolls, chief minister H DKumaraswamy looks desperateand also bogged down by theinfighting within the coalitiondemanding for a change.

He said “The entire exitpoll exercise was an effort tocreate false impression of awave in favour of one particu-lar leader and the party. As theysay, it is just an exit poll, notexact poll.”

Most exit polls on Sundaypredicted that the rulingBharatiya Janata Party ledNational Democratic Alliancewill comfortably cross thehalfway mark of 272 seats inthe Lok Sabha. Some evenprojected that the NDA will getmore than 300 seats.

After the exit polls predic-tion a sweep for the saffronparty in Karnataka, with poll-sters claimed that the BJP waslikely to win over 21 of the total

28 seats. The jubilation is evi-dent in the Karnataka BJPwhich went to polls under theLingayat strong man BSYeddyurappa. However,he saidpeople of the country as well asKarnataka have supportedModi and the exit polls giving22 seats to the saffron party inthe state was a proof of that.

Stressing that many tallleaders of Congress-JD(S) willlose, he said, “Let's see what willhappen after May 23, fightingis on between Congress andJD(S) already, let's see where itwill reach.”The Congress andthe Janata Dal (Secular) lead-ers questioning the EVMsshows their desperation”, headded.

In the 2014 general elec-tion, the BJP had won 17 seats

while the Congress and theJD(S) had bagged 9 and 2seats eachrespectively.However, in thebypolls held in November lastyear the BJP had lost the Ballariseat to the Congress.

Deputy Chief Minister GParameshwara too raiseddoubts over the EVMs, sayingthat the BJP had sponsored theexit polls as the ground realitywas different. He also notedthat the United ProgressiveAlliance will come to power atthe Centre this time.

“Most of the exit polls arethe reflection of the wishes ofnews channels. There is a Modiwave in the news channels butthe actual result will be outwhen the (ballot) boxes areopened,” congress leader BKHariprasad told reporters.“They have shown BJP losing40 to 45 seats in Uttar Pradesh.In rest of the places, thesechannels tried to fill the void.Exit polls are not exact polls.We will get exact poll when thecounting happens,” he added.

Speculation is rife in thepolitical circles that any adverseresults for Congress-JD(S)alliance in the polls will have itsimplications on the longevity ofthe Kumaraswamy-led gov-ernment in Karnataka.

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Ahead of the declaration ofLok Sabha poll results on

May 23, one of the senior mostarmy commander based inNorthern Command head-quarters in Udhampur,Monday warned Pakistan todare not try and come any-where near the Line of Control(LoC) to carry out any actions.

“Should there be any mis-adventure by the Pakistan, theywill be given a befitting reply,”stated GoC-in-C NorthernCommand headquarters Lt-GenRanbir Singh on the sidelines ofa program in Udhampur.

“Indian Armed Forces havethe capability, resolve and oper-ational plan to take any chal-lenge from the Pakistan when-ever it arises” he added.

Addressing a press confer-ence, Lt-Gen Singh also clarifiedthat the first surgical strike hap-pened in September 2016. Hesaid, I don't want to go into whatpolitical parties say, they'll begiven an answer by the govern-ment.What I told you is a state-ment of fact.

In April 2018, DGMO hadclarified in response to a RTIquery, “data pertaining to surgi-cal strikes, if carried out before29 September 2016, was notavailable in the headquarters”

Referring to February 26 airstrikes in Balakote by the IndianAir Force, Lt-Gen Singh said,“The action by IAF for carry-ing out air strikes in Balakoteterrorist infrastructure wasindeed laudable. Our aircraftspenetrated deep into their ter-ritory and carried out attacks onlaunch pads and camps”.

Referring to Pakistan's pos-turing along the LoC, Lt GenSingh said, “they carry out theiroperations close to the LOCand were given befitting reply”.He said, “our deterrence, ourarticulation and our militarystrategy have always been clear”.

“In case they mean business,they got to dismantle, the terrorinfrastructure, launch pads and

camps which are very close tothe LOC,” he added and said,“we are keeping continuouswatch on the LOC and when-ever any wrong activity is carriedout by the Pakistan Army orArmed Forces, suitable responsewill be given to them,” the ArmyCommander asserted.

Commenting on the overallsecurity situation in the state ofJammu and Kashmir, Lt GenRanbir Singh said, “The securi-ty situation in Jammu andKashmir is well under control”.

“During this year, we havebeen able to neutralize 86 ter-rorists so far & our operationscontinue in the same manner.Nearly 20 of them have beenapprehended, we've also beenable to bring back many ofthem to the mainstream”.

Lt-Gen Ranbir Singh said,“Pakistan has continued withactivities, which are mainlyanti India like promoting crossborder infiltration, ceasefireviolations, drug trafficking,narcotics and circulation offake Indian currency”.

He added that all theiractions are ensuring the proxywar raged against India is in con-tinuation, adding, “But I assureyou that our actions to counterthem are in place and thePakistan will not be allowed tosucceed in their designs”.

He said,”As far as the hin-terland is concerned, we haverecently finished with the elec-tions in the state. It is to thecredit of the security forces,administration in the state thatwe have very peaceful, free andfair elections”. Referring tolocal youth joining ranks of dif-ferent terror outfits, Lt GenSingh said locals in Kashmirjoining militancy “remains amatter of concern for all of us.”

“Local recruitment remainsa matter of concern for all of us.Last year, we had 217 localyouth who had picked up mil-itancy. This year, the numberhas significantly reduced and ason date there are only 40 youthwho have picked up arms”.

Lucknow: Just a day afterpolling ended in the Lok Sabhaelections, Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi AdityanathMonday sacked SBSP leaderOm Prakash Rajbhar from theCabinet for his outbursts againstsenior NDA partner BJP.

Governor Ram Naikaccepted the recommendationand relieved Rajbhar withimmediate effect from his postof Backward Class Welfare andDivyangjan EmpowermentMinister, an official spokesper-son said here.

The CM also recommend-ed to the Governor that allother Suheldev Bhartiya SamajParty (SBSP) members holdingthe rank of Minister of State beremoved immediately.

A recalcitrant Rajbharappeared before the media soonafterward and “welcomed” thedecision of the CM.

“I welcome the decision (to

sack me). The decision takenby the chief minister was adelayed one,” Rajbhar said.“Had the decision been takenaround 20 days ago, it wouldhave been much better.”

“By taking the decision, he(Adityanath) has proved hedoes not endorse my waragainst poverty,” he toldreporters, donning his tradi-tional yellow scarf, associatedwith his party.

The Suheldev BharatiyaSamaj Party (SBSP) had wonfour seats in the 2017 UPAssembly elections.

The MoS removed fromthe post included RangaramRajbhar and Virendra Rajbhar,both members of UP BackwardClass Commission; SudamaRajbhar, a member of UttarPradesh Pashudhan VikashParishad; Arvind Rajbhar, theChairman Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises depart-ment; Rana Ajit Pratap Singh,the Chairman-cum-DirectorUP Seeds DevelopmentCorporation, Sunil Arkwanshiand Radhika Patel, members ofNational Integration Council.

All of them enjoyed the rankand status of state ministers.

The senior Rajbhar wasshown the door for making con-

troversial statements quite oftenagainst the saffron party, the lat-est being during the Lok Sabhaelection campaign when hesaid that BJP members shouldbe “thrashed” with shoes.

He had recently sent a let-ter to the chief minister statingthat he was resigning from thecabinet.

In Lok Sabha polls,Rajbhar's party fielded candi-dates from several constituen-cies in Uttar Pradesh and sup-ported the Congress and the SP-BSP candidates on some seats.

Asked about the possibili-ty of going with the BSP-SP-RLD alliance, Rajbhar said hewould talk about it later.

Rajbhar expressed strongresentment towards the BJP fornot allying with the SBSP in thethe state in the Lok Sabha polls.

“I was only demandingone seat in the Lok Sabha elec-tion. We are a party. And if wedo not contest, then what mes-sage will we give to our work-ers and people?” he asked.

On what would be hisfuture strategy, Rajbhar said, “Iwas born alone, I will walkalone. We will take our viewsto the people and spread aware-ness among the backwardcastes about their rights.”

Rajbhar alleged thatAdityanath did not have timeto implement the recommen-dations of the social justicecommittee.

“If Om Prakash Rajbharspeaks about improvement inprimary education to the chil-dren poor households, then itis bad,” he said.

Rajbhar said he used to talkabout implementing prohibi-tion in Uttar Pradesh on thelines of Gujarat and Bihar, butclaimed that Adiyanath wouldnot endorse it.

Hours after Rajbhar wassacked, the state BJP accusedhim of shattering the decorumof alliance dharma by contin-uously speaking against thesaffron party despite being itspartner.

“The BJP is a party whichgives full respect to its allies andhonours the coalition dharma.But, it is unfortunate that ouralliance partner in UP, OmPrakash Rajbhar, not just vio-lated the decorum of alliancedharma, but shattered it. It isfor this reason that the partyand UP Chief Minister YogiAdityanath were compelled totake such a strong step,” UP BJPchief Mahendra Nath Pandeysaid in a statement here. PTI

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In a big relief to students seek-ing admission to medical

and dental under-graduate andpost graduate courses underMaratha reservation quota, theMaharashtra government onMonday promulgated theMaharashtra State Reservationfor Socially and EducationallyBackward Classes (SEBC)(Amendment and Validation)Ordinance, 2019 to facilitatereservations to the studentsconcerned.

Maharashtra Governor ChVidyasagar Rao signed theordinance on the basis of anadvice given by theMaharashtra Cabinet that suchan ordinance was necessary toprovide the benefit of reserva-tions in admissions to SEBCclasses in Medical and Dentalunder-graduate and post-grad-uate courses.

“There shall now be reser-vations in favour of the candi-dates belonging to SEBC class-es from the educational year2019-20 and also for admis-sions to other educationalcourses including under-grad-uate courses requiring the pass-ing of the NEET or any otherNational Entrance Test,” a state-ment issued by Raj Bhavan saidin the evening.

The ordinance has beennecessitated by the stay grant-ed by the Bombay High Courton the 16 per cent quota offeredto the Maratha communityunder the socially and educa-tionally backward classes(SEBC) category for admissionin this year's postgraduatemedical courses.

The Nagpur bench of thehigh court had on May 2, saidthat the notification datedMarch 8 on the implementa-tion of the new 16 per centreservations for the Marathacommunity under the SEBCquota, would not be applicableto the post-graduate medicaladmission process which hadbegun earlier.

The high court agreed withthe petitioners Shivani

Raghuwanshi and PranjaliCharde who stated that thereservation was “unconstitu-tional” for this year’s admis-sions. Their argument was thatthe SEBC Act came into forceon November 30, 2018, whilethe admission process for thePG medical courses had start-ed prior to that, on October 16,2018.

Following the high court’sorder, Maharashtra govern-ment on March 4 filed a spe-cial leave petition (SLP) in theSupreme Court, challengingthe Nagpur bench of theBombay High Court's decisionto stay the 16 per cent quotaoffered to the Maratha com-munity under the socially andeducationally backward class-es (SEBC) category for admis-sion in this year's postgraduatemedical courses.

Immediately after the highcourt’s order, the students seek-ing admissions to post-gradu-ate medical courses in the statehad gone on an indefinite agi-tation seeking admissionsunder the Maratha reservationsquota.

The Maharashtra govern-ment’s latest move comes as ahuge relief to the agitating stu-dents seeking admissions topost-graduate medical coursesunder the Maratha reservation

category. It may be recalled that the

PG medical courses had start-ed on May 2, but on May 5, thestudents were informed thattheir admissions were can-celled, though they had paidfull fees and joined duties.

They had secured admis-sions on the basis of theMaratha quota (SEBC) whilecancelling their seats gotthrough the All India Quota,but the SEBC quota has beendeclared invalid for the currentyear, he added.

The State government hadlast week assured the affectedstudents that it would promul-gates an ordinance to ensurethe admission process was notaffected in the Maratha reser-vations category.

Meanwhile, in its SLP filedbefore the apex court, the stategovernment has submitted tothe court that two rounds of theadmission process has alreadybeen held and preparing arevised list now, will be unjust.The government also broughtto the court's notice that theSEBC students, who crackedthe two rounds of the admis-sion process, have not madeany representation before theHigh Court.

The state government hasargued that deciding on thewrit petition without involvingthe 'to be affected' partiesresults in violation of the prin-ciple of natural justice.

On its part, the State gov-ernment had written a letter tothe DMER on March 8, 2019 toincorporate and implementthe SEBC quota from the aca-demic year 2019 in their post-graduate medical courses.

However, the High Court,in its ruling, said that the gov-ernment's notification ofMarch 8, 2019 regarding theSEBC quota in health sciencecourses will not be applicablefor postgraduate admissionsin dentistry and medicine sincethe registration process forNEET began on October 16and November 2 in 2018,respectively.

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Lucknow: In a setback toPragatisheel Samajwadi Party(Lohia) led by Shivpal SinghYadav, its Agra (North)Assembly bypoll candidateDilip Baghel resigned fromthe party on Monday.

The polling for the by-elec-tion was held on Sunday alongwith the seventh phase of LokSabha elections in the state.

In his resignation letter,Baghel has alleged that theparty leaders did not cooperatewith him in the bypolls.

He alleged that the area inwhich the party’s youth wingpresident resides, no one wasdeployed at the polling boothswhile the district party office-bearers did not participate inhis electioneering.

The PSPL leaders deniedthe charges.

“I am resigning from allparty posts with immediateeffect,” Dilip Baghel said in theletter sent to Shivpal Yadav.

The bypoll to Agra (North)Assembly seat was necessitat-ed following death of BJP MLAJagan Prasad Garg. PNS

Lucknow: “Exit polls are noth-ing but a big farce and oneshould take their outcome witha bucket full of salt,” said asenior office-bearer of Lucknowchapter of People’s Union forCivil Liberties (PUCL) after anumber of television channelsaired analysis of exit as themarathon polls in India endedon Sunday evening.

It was not the exit polls butthe variance in their projectionsthat baffled the viewers. Ninechannels aired exit polls out ofwhich six projected that theBharatiya Janata Party-ledNational Democratic Alliancewould get between 300 and 350seats while three predicted 287to 242 seats for it. The majorityhalfway in 543-member LokSabha or Lower House is 272.The variance is also visible in UP,the largest state of India, wherethe pollsters have given between68 and 22 seats to the BJP.

The PUCL leader said thatone of the news channelsincreased the seat projections

for BJP in Uttar Pradesh by 10.Earlier it predicted 22 seats forthe BJP in UP but an hour laterit jacked it up by 10 saying BJPwould win 32 seats. “How andwhy that increase no oneknows,” he said.

Another news channel saidAam Aadmi Party vote share inUttarakhand would be 2.5 percent though AAP is not con-testing from this hill state, hesaid. The exit polls have thrownup confusing numbers. Whilesome have given upper hand toSP-BSP-RLD mahagathband-han, others say BJP will sweepthe polls in the state. The rangefor BJP varied from 22 to 68. Inthe 2014 parliamentary election,BJP and its ally Apna Dal(Sonelal) had won 73 seats in UPwhich has 80 Lok sabha seats.

As per the exit polls, TimesNow CVoter has given BJP 38+seats in UP, gathbandhan 40seats, and Congress two seatswhile ABP Nielsen has project-ed 56 seats for the alliance, 22 forBJP and two for Congress.PNS

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Aday after exit polls forecasta return of the NDA at the

Centre, enthused State BJPleaders predicted Uttar Pradeshwould give them more than 74of its 80 seats, a claim dismissedby the SP-BSP camp whose topleaders met to discuss post-pollscenarios.

At the UP BJP office here,pointing to electoral maps ofthe state, detailing parliamen-tary and assembly constituen-cies, party leaders and func-tionaries from various districtsindicated places from whereSP-BSP alliance candidateswould lose and claimed the SP-BSP alliance would break upafter the results are announced.

As for SP-BSP, they do notagree with the projections thatthe NDA would get over 300seats.

Bahujan Samaj Party pres-ident Mayawati appeared to beopting for a wait-and-watchpolicy till results are announcedon May 23.

"The future course of actionwill be decided only after thefinal results are announced. Tillthen, she (Mayawati) will be inthe state capital," a party sourcesaid, requesting anonymity.

Multiple exit polls havesuggested that the SP-BSP-RLD alliance is likely to dentthe Bharatiya Janata Party's2014 tally in Uttar Pradesh,though it might not be enoughto throw a spanner in the for-mation of an NDA governmentat the Centre. Against the back-drop of the exit poll projec-tions, Samajwadi Party chiefAkhilesh Yadav drove to theresidence of Mayawati in themorning and held talks withfor about an hour.

"We (SP-BSP-RLD) shouldget nothing less than 55 seatsas the alliance has done exceed-ingly well. We expect around 60(out of 80) seats. We do notagree with exit poll projec-tions," another source said.

Meanwhile, with most BSPleaders preferring to remain intheir districts after hectic elec-

tioneering, there was not muchactivity in the party camp here.

"The party leaders willcome to the state capital onlyafter May 23. They have beenasked to stay in their respectivedistricts and oversee the count-ing process," a party leader said.

Roads outside the BSPoffice and Mayawati's residence

reflected the caution with whichthe party is treading.

Aiming to check the returnof NDA at the Centre,Mayawati had opted to sinkdecades-long differences toenter into an alliance with theSP for the Lok Sabha election.

In the 2014 general elec-tion, the BJP had won 71 seats,

its ally Apna Dal bagged two,the Samajwadi Party five andthe Congress just two, while theBSP drew a blank.

Akhilesh Yadav went into ahuddle with senior party leadersas the SP headquarters remainedbereft of any enthusiasm.

The SP office here is gen-erally abuzz with activities of

party workers but it was not sothis morning though somesupporters were seen dis-cussing outcome of the alliancewith the BSP and the RLD.

"The exit polls show us ingood light. Some of the pollseven give us over 50 seats. Weare enthused with the exitpolls, but are keeping our fin-gers crossed till the results areout on May 23," said AjayPratap Singh, a party leaderfrom Sitapur, exuding confi-dence that the alliance candi-date will win in his district.

A shop outside the SP officewhich usually does brisk busi-ness wore a deserted look withno buyers. Some said the torridweather also played a role.

"We hope after the count-ing, if alliance gets requirednumber of seats, there will bedemand for flags and othermaterials," said Manoj, a vendor.

A group of young peoplehaving tea at a stall outside theparty office were seen busy dis-cussing results and credibilityof exit polls.

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CBI officials on Monday vis-ited the house of an

accused in the case of sexualharassment of women by agang in nearby Pollachi as partof investigation, police said.

Two officers from theCentral Bureau ofInvestigation, which has takenover the probe from TamilNadu CB-CID police recently,visited the house of Sabarirajan,among the five people arrest-ed in the case.

They questioned theaccused's parents, who were inthe house, police said.

A 19-year old woman stu-dent in February lodged acomplaint with the police thata gang of four men had alleged-ly tried to strip her inside a car,shot a video of the act andblackmailed her using the visu-als.

The gang was believed tohave sexually harassed andblackmailed a large number ofwomen in Pollachi over a peri-od of time.

The issue triggered a pub-lic outrage, prompting theTamil Nadu government tofirst transfer the case to the CB-CID police and later to the CBI.

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DMK President M K StalinMonday charged the

Central and Tamil Nadu gov-ernments with having "tied"the hands of the ElectionCommission of India (ECI)"from behind" and urged hispartymen to keep a vigil on May23 when votes polled in the LokSabha elections will be counted.

The BJP and AIADMK"will go to any extent in theirquest for power" and DMKworkers and agents shouldmount additional vigil onThursday during counting ofvotes, he said.

"The Central (BJP) and

state (AIADMK) governments,who have tied the hands of theEC from behind, will go to anyextent in their quest for power.

Though they know thepeople of Tamil Nadu are veryangry against them, they areplanning to prevent the victo-ry of the DMK-led SecularProgressive Alliance and areissuing orders to officials,"Stalin said in a statement.

He said DMK agentsshould reach the counting cen-tres well ahead of time andensure all arrangements were inplace and also make sure thatthe EVM seals are proper.

They should also ensurethat the polled votes and the

ones counted matched and seekreddressal if they come acrossany anomalies, Stalin said.

"We should not ignore thewarnings issued by variousopposition parties about thepossible EVM frauds," headded.

"Our counting centreagents, party district secre-taries and candidates should beextra vigilant during everyround of counting," he added.

Earlier, Congress PresidentRahul Gandhi, TMC supremoand West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee andher Karnataka counterpart H DKumaraswami had questionedthe EVMs.

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Six Hindu Mahasabhaactivists were arrested for

allegedly celebrating the birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi's assassin NathuramGodse at a temple in Surat'sLimbayat area on Sunday,police said.

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Godse was born inBaramati in Pune district, thenpart of the Bombay Presidency,on May 19 in 1910.

The Hindu Mahasabhaactivists had organised the cel-ebration in the premises ofSuryamukhi Hanuman templein Limbyayat area of city, fol-lowing which they were arrest-ed on Monday, said Surat PoliceCommissioner Satish Sharma.

"During the celebration ofGodse's birth anniversary, theseHindu Mahasabha members litup diyas around Godse's photo,exchanged sweets and sangbhajans in the temple premise.They even made videos andtook photographs of the event,"

said Sharma."Their act of revering

Godse, who had killedGandhiji, deeply hurt the sen-timents of citizens. It was anattempt to incite people anddisturb peaceful atmosphere,"said Sharma.

Officials said the six havebeen arrested under IPC sec-tions 153 (provocation with anintent to cause riot), 153A(promoting enmity betweendifferent groups, doing actsprejudicial to maintenance ofharmony) and 153B (makingassertions prejudicial to nation-al-integration). Police identifiedthose arrested as HirenMashru, Vala Bharwad, ViralMalvi, Hitesh Sonar, YogeshPatel and Manish Kalal.

Condemning the act ofthe Hindu Mahasabha, the rul-ing BJP's spokesperson BharatPandya said criticising Gandhijiwas like "spitting at the sky",adding that such celebrationswere being carried out by"immature people who do nothave the vision to under theMahatma's teachings".

The Congress, however,attacked the BJP on the issue.

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There is much talk of how RajivGandhi as Prime Minister tookhis Italian relatives on a holidayto Lakshadweep and compro-mised national security by mis-

using the aircraft carrier INS Viraat andother Navy assets and also had naval offi-cers in attendance to cater to the needs ofthe holiday-makers.

But there is an even greater scandalconcerning the wholly illegal involvementof his Italian brother-in-law in the so-calledtraining of the Special Protection Group(SPG) that managed the proximate secu-rity of the Prime Minister — a matterwhich would have certainly compromisedthe protocols of the special force andexposed it to foreign agencies.

Former Cabinet Secretary BGDeshmukh narrated the story of how theSPG became vulnerable to unknown andunauthorised foreigners in his autobiogra-phy, A Cabinet Secretary Looks Back. He saidthat as Cabinet Secretary, the special forcewas under his charge and one day inOctober 1986, he was told by an officer ofthis force posted in the Prime Minister’s res-idence that a few of them were going to Italyfor “special training.” He immediatelychecked with Rajiv Gandhi and the latter saidthis was being arranged by the “PrimeMinister’s House.” Deshmukh was not at allhappy with this arrangement because thespecial force was a force that protected thePrime Minister of India, not Rajiv Gandhi,the individual. Therefore, he said the expens-es must be borne by the Government. Healso told Rajiv Gandhi that the IntelligenceBureau could handle it but later suggestedthat the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)be entrusted with the job and the paymentsbe made from the secret funds.

Rajiv Gandhi asked him to speak to CaptSatish Sharma, his close friend. Sharma toldDeshmukh that Joshi, Director, RAW, shouldspeak to a certain Italian (whom he named)“and settle the details.” When Deshmukhasked Sharma who this Italian was, the lat-ter “had a hearty laugh” and said Joshi wouldknow. “Joshi ...said, it might have escaped mymemory that this person was Rajiv Gandhi’sbrother-in-law.” Later, Deshmukh said, Joshicame back to him after a week and said whenRAW’s Geneva office asked the Italian to pickup the amount in US dollars, the Italian saidJoshi should himself “make arrangements tobring the amount in Italian currency anddeliver it in Italy.”

Deshmukh recounted what happenednext: “Joshi was not at all happy with this asit would entail carrying about a quarter of amillion dollars in Italian currency in a bigsuitcase, which was sure to invite trouble.” TheCabinet Secretary told Rajiv Gandhi that thearrangement was not acceptable, “speciallybecause the amount was so large. He (RajivGandhi) flushed and told me to forget thewhole affair.” Later, Deshmukh learnt thatofficers did not go to Italy but an Italian expert

came to India — “of course, hebecame rather unpopular withthe SPG for he would throw hisweight around.” Deshmukh alsorealised that thereafter instruc-tions had gone out to keep himout of the loop on all such “sen-sitive (read family) matters!”

In other words, PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi wantedRAW to pay a quarter of a mil-lion dollars to his brother-in-lawin Italian currency supposedly totrain the SPG. And what werethe qualifications of this broth-er-in-law with regard to proxi-mate security of a PrimeMinister? No one had a clue!

Deshmukh concluded hisnarration of this shocking inci-dent by saying that “in theMughal-darbar-like function-ing of the Gandhis, he had com-mitted the cardinal sin of check-ing with the king himself, themessage he conveyed to methrough his aides.”

Deshmukh is a credible andreliable witness to the RajivGandhi era in national politics.He belonged to the Maharashtracadre of the IAS. He was calledby Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhito Delhi in 1986 and appointedCabinet Secretary. A year later,the Prime Minister was copingwith the Bofors scandal. In 1989,he was appointed PrincipalSecretary to the Prime Minister.Therefore, when the Bofors kick-backs allegation became publicin April 1987, he was in the thick

of it, participating in key meet-ings and advising Rajiv Gandhion the way forward when theOpposition mounted an attackon the Prime Minister andaccused him of taking bribes forthe Swedish company.

The senior civil servant saidhe became aware of the fact thatthe Prime Minister’s House hadaccess to funds from abroadwhen the question of hiring RajivGandhi’s Italian relative to “train”the SPG came up. There weretwo sources for these funds —money stashed away by thefamily in foreign banks conse-quent to garnering commis-sions on foreign deals and theother being the secret funds ofthe Government of India. Thesecret funds are deployed forsuch purposes because they arenot subject to inquisitive probesby the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.

Hailing as he did fromMaharashtra, Deshmukh wasaware of how the Congress col-lected funds in the state. In theinitial years of her prime min-istership, Indira Gandhidepended heavily onMaharashtrian leaders like RajniPatil and Vasantrao Naik. Later,when she gained complete con-trol of the party and theGovernment, she decided thatit was far better to collect fundsfor the party by “claiming cutsfrom foreign deals.”

Consequently, trusted offi-

cers were posted in keyMinistries like defence produc-tion. Also, Deshmukh said thepractice of taking kickbacksearned India notoriety in foreigncountries. So much so that whenIndia decided to buy submarinesfrom West Germany, theGerman Defence Ministry toldthe supplier the amount of com-mission that it would have to pay.The general talk in internation-al circles was that in LatinAmerican and African countries,the commission was above 10per cent. India was placed in thefive to 10 per cent bracket.

So, the scandal about com-mission payments by Boforswas no surprise. Deshmukhsaid that although he did notbelieve Rajiv Gandhi took themoney, he said there was strongcircumstantial evidence thathe (Rajiv Gandhi) knew thenames of the recipients but wasreluctant to expose them. Onecould only surmise that thebeneficiaries could be theCongress “or a close relative orfriend of the Prime Minister’sfamily”, Deshmukh concluded.Indeed, he says a lot here with-out taking names. It appears,the dramatis personae ofL’Affaire SPG were once againthe same! For the sake of ourPrime Minister’s security, allthis needs to be probed.

(The writer is an authorspecialising in democracy studies.Views expressed are personal)

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Sir — The Indian cricket teamis one of the favourites to lift theWorld Cup on July 14. Most ofthe players who have beenselected to play in the tourna-ment being hosted by Englandand Wales have proved theirmettle in the Indian PremierLeague (IPL). The sole exceptionseems to be Vijay Shankar, whoplayed poorly in the League. TheIPL, of course, is entirely differ-ent from the World Cup, butmost players took the Leagueseriously. Shankar’s failurethroughout the tournamentmerits concern. Hopefully,Shankar will rise to the occasion.Here’s wishing our heroes thevery best for the World Cup.

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Sir — Tedious temple celebrationstake a massive toll on our gentlepachyderms. The heat, soundand the crush of bodies causethem suffering. Not just animalrights activists but every citizenmust do something to relieve

temple elephants of their burden.The man-animal conflict is theresult of human depredations inforests. Enough emphasis is notbeing laid on protecting wildlifecorridors and extending the arcof the protected forests.

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final result with reasonable accu-racy. A small sample survey can-not be considered as the pulse ofthe people. What better exampledo we need other than Australia,where the ruling Conservativecoalition won surprisingly in thecountry’s general election, defy-ing all opinion and exit polls.

In India, all exit polls haveindicated a landslide victory for theBJP-led NDA. The exit poll resultscannot be brushed lightly. PrimeMinister Modi has won the con-fidence of the people by runninga corruption-free Governmentand focussing on good gover-nance. The negative campaigningby the Opposition that focussedonly on dislodging the BJP with noother agenda on the cards is sureto have a telling effect on theresults. The Opposition shouldcraft a workable strategy.

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India’s southern neighbour Australia wantsmore from the bilateral relationship. But thismay require a lot more investment and imag-

ination from both sides. The Australian conti-nent and the Indian sub-continent have beentied together since the ice age but the ice betweenthem has only begun to break in recent times.This has been buoyed up by an increasinglyprominent Indian diaspora in Australia (soprominent that the last two Australian ambas-sadors to India have been of Indian origin) andby growing appreciation over there aboutIndia’s potential as an economic and strategicpartner. More recently, the two countries’strategic relationship has been in the news afterthe resumption of the Quad.

Driven by diaspora but not dollars: TheIndian diaspora in Australia is highly visible inthe coastal cities and is the second largest Asian-origin diaspora there (after the Chinese) withsome families almost six generations old. Withtheir above-the-median-level education levelsand wealth, Indian-Australians are now enter-ing politics and policy-making in a big way. Forits size (seven lakh in a population of 2.5 crore),Indian-Australians punch above their weight. Interms of economics though, two-way trade lan-guishes at $21 billion, equal to a fifth ofAustralia’s trade with China. Trade deficit isdecidedly in Australia’s favour. However, it is notso much the deficit that is troubling as is theunder-realisation of the potential of the relation-ship. India-Australia ties continues to be drivenby Governments and inadequately by business-es. Australian corporates are too conservative toinvest in what they perceive as a “risky” and“volatile” business environment in India. Barely0.3 per cent of Australia’s outward FDI in 2017came to India. There is a perception amongAustralian corporates, perhaps far more thanEuropean or American counterparts, that Indianbusiness environment is tumultuous with fre-quent Government interventions. On the otherhand, large Indian corporates appear to viewAustralia largely as a market but not as an invest-ment destination. Part of the challenge is thatdespite being a country endowed with naturalresources, Australia’s GDP is largely driven bythe services industry and Indian corporates needsignificant knowhow to muscle their way into it.

Australia’s resource paradox: The lure ofAustralia’s commodities continues to attractIndian investment, albeit at a slower pace. Thesingle-largest Indian overseas investment pro-posal till date, Adani Group’s gambit to buy theCarmichael coal deposit in Queensland for over$16.5 billion, ran into a political storm and hadto be considerably scaled down last November.Though political parties have largely support-ed the acquisition, environmental activists lob-bied against the project. The controversy is sym-bolic of a larger paradox in Australia’s energypolicy, which sits on some of the world’s largestcoal deposits but a large part of its populationnow opposes using coal due to concerns aboutcarbon emissions. Australia is, thus, turningaway from coal-fired plants and is increasing-ly adopting renewables even as it remains theworld’s second largest exporter of coal.

In fact, the Australian economy is so close-ly tied to coal exports that its currency went intoa downward spin in February over rumours ofChina blocking its coal imports, after ships bear-

ing Australian coal were delayed off Dalian.Australia’s biggest markets for coal, China andIndia, are now keen to move up the value chainto own the sources of production. But the factthat Chinese and Indian efforts have arousedmore attention than Australia’s domestic coalproduction among the Australian public and thecontinuing dilemma of economics vs environ-mental responsibility in Australian politics, willplay in the minds of Indian investors intent onAustralia.

Australia is counting big on becoming a topdestination for Indian students for higher edu-cation. The report, ‘An India Economic Strategyto 2035: Navigating from Potential to Delivery’by Australia’s former Ambassador to India, PeterVarghese, stressed the potential for Australia inskilling India’s workforce for rapid economicgrowth. However, the value of an Australiandegree in the Indian job market is not yet seenon par with an American degree. It’s also an opensecret that for many Indian students headed toAustralia, education is the first step towards set-tling down in the country. On the face of it, thisappears to be a win-win solution for Indians aswell as for Australia since the latter is under-pop-ulated, direly needs population in its interiorsand would benefit from a skilled immigrantworkforce. In fact, foreign students, who opt toattend universities in smaller cities like Adelaide,are even being awarded extra points when theyapply for permanent residency.

However, there appears to be some reluc-tance in Australia to fully acknowledge in pol-icy this linkage between foreign students, whocome for education and the latent immigrationaspirations of the foreign students. This may leadto mismatched expectations at some point:Australia welcomes Indian students so that iteconomically helps the local education indus-try and expects that they would return homeafter their study; but Indian students seeAustralian education as a conduit for migration.

The Peter Varghese report, released inApril 2018, has won bipartisan support by boththe Liberal and Labour parties. The report callsfor targetted engagement with 10 Indian States.There is also a call for a regular Strategic

Economic Dialogue between the FinanceMinisters on both sides. In an upcoming par-allel report by Amb Anil Wadhwa, India maysimilarly identify a set of priority areas. For theeconomic relationship to take off, Canberra andDelhi would merit coming up with a list ofmutual actions based on these reports.

Learning political values from each other:Politically, the two democracies appear tomove along parallel longitudes of history albeitin different hemispheres of reality. While India’selectorate is 60 times that of Australia’s, the lat-ter’s electoral system, a full century older thanthe former, has had more time to mature.Despite the vicissitudes of unstableGovernments, stable State institutions keep theeconomy ticking in Australia. India has had itsshare of coalition Governments and despite astable Government, the even-handedness ofState institutions remains a concern.

There’s much that both nations can learnfrom each other. Australia’s democracy with itscompulsory voting rule has much to be envied.One can get a ticket to contest as MP in Australiaby applying to a political party with your resumé,something that is unthinkable in the Indianpolitical scene. Transparency in Australianpolitics is awe-inspiring. Australia has onlyrecently begun to turn its back on a history ofracial exclusionism. Social justice is a demandin both countries but the way India dissolves thelayers in its stratified caste system is likely to bevery different from the way Australia handleshistorical injustices against the native Aborigines.What both nations can, however, concur on isthe undebatable need to ensure equality ofopportunity — in India for women and social-ly under-privileged communities and inAustralia for the people in the rural interior. Inboth cases, youth is an asset, which, if not man-aged deftly, can become a real challenge. Thethreat of extremism and disaffection from themainstream is for real. If polarisation levels alongreligious grounds are likely to pose a clear andpresent challenge in India for years to come, therecent massacre in Christchurch by anAustralian suggest the latent fury in a small sec-tion of its society that cannot be ignored. Given

the way hate-mongers are sharing ideas acrossborders, the policy establishment in both coun-tries needs to brainstorm together on ways toaddress cyber-radicalisation, irrespective ofthe ideological tint, and without sacrificingdemocratic freedoms.

Future areas for cooperation: Lookingahead, the bilateral relationship needs a heavydose of imagination. Notwithstanding India-Australia cooperation in the high seas, includ-ing the recent bilateral naval exercises offVisakhapatnam, there is great scope for collab-oration in other forms of international com-mons. In the internet, India’s IT power can beboosted manifold with Australia’s edge in cybersecurity technologies. And yet, private sectorcyber collaboration may just not be enough.

Both democracies remain highly vulnera-ble to cyber-attacks. In February, Australia’sGovernment and political parties were hit by acyberattack attributed to a “sophisticated stateactor.” In March, the website of the ruling partyin India was hacked. In an era where electionsare won and lost over social media, cyber-secu-rity awareness needs to be ramped up amongleaders of both countries. It is not just about pro-tecting EVMs but about protecting all instru-ments that shape elections — from party web-sites to insulating against any foreign attemptto subvert election through fake news. Both willdo well to collaborate here.

Space is another frontier. Despite a MoUbetween India and Australia, joint space collab-oration remains nascent. Australia’s spaceagency, established in July 2018, stands to gainfrom working together with ISRO on missionssuch as oceanography and remote sensing in theIndian Ocean region. Climate change is arguablythe most under-appreciated area for collabora-tion. India is reeling from a rise in ExtremePrecipitation Events (EPEs) such as the recentKerala floods and unseasonal droughts. For thelast seven years, Australia has been faced withbelow-average rainfall and drought even as ris-ing acidity levels in the ocean have beendestroying the Great Barrier Reef. While thecountries may differ in climate negotiationsabout ways to address carbon emissions, theyacknowledge that climate change is a reality.Hence, there should be no hesitation in collab-orating on developing and benchmarking cli-mate adaptation policies that range from build-ing regulations to forestry to addressing the secu-rity impact of internal displacement of peopledue to climate change.

Building trust bilaterally: For far toolong, Australia and India have been boundtogether by a third country. Pre-independence,it was the British empire that ensured that troopsfrom both countries fought and bled togetherin theatres as diverse as Gallipoli and Tobruk.In recent years, shared interests with the US havebrought the nations closer. But is there a scopeto enhance this relationship without a thirdcountry? This requires Australian and Indiancivil servants and politicians to overcome somelong-standing trust issues. A deep perception-al shift is needed. This goes beyond targettedmeasures to enhance security cooperation.Australians must understand that India willremain a land of paradoxical images which worktogether — democratic freedoms co-exist withdisrupted Parliament sessions,water supplyproblems co-habit a land with anti-satelliteweapons. The deeper, systemic stability ofIndia needs to be understood for what it is.Indians, too, should understand that Australiatoday sees its future far closer to Asia than theAmericas. The familiar bonding over cricket canco-exist with the strangeness of AustralianNational Football.

(The writer was a participant in the 2019Australia-India Youth Dialogue. These views arepersonal)

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The US Trade Representative(USTR) has placed India on itsPriority Watch List (PWL),

alleging lack of “sufficient measurableimprovements” to its IntellectualProperty (IP) framework on long-standing and new challenges thathave negatively affected Americanright holders. It has warned ofenforcement actions under Section301 of the Trade Act or pursuant tothe World Trade Organisation(WTO) or other trade agreement dis-pute settlement procedures, neces-sary to combat unfair trade practices.

The long-standing IP challengesfacing US businesses in India includethose which make it difficult forinnovators to receive and maintain

patents in that country, particularlyfor pharmaceuticals, insufficientenforcement actions and lack of aneffective system for protection againstunfair commercial use as well asunauthorised disclosure of undis-closed test or other data generated toobtain marketing approval for agro-chemical products.

The biggest challenge is Section3(D) in the amended Indian PatentAct (2005), which bars grant ofpatents to new forms of known sub-stances unless the new form resultsin significant enhancement in effica-cy over known substance. The appli-cant should demonstrate that the“new form” gives substantially high-er “efficacy” over a previously knowncompound. Indian law-makers hadjustified this as a step to rein in ten-dencies to seek “frivolous” patents onsome minor modifications to anexisting substance or “ever-greening.”

The Constitutional validity ofSection 3(D) was upheld by theSupreme Court of India in the caseof Glivec (an anti-cancer drug) in2013, the beta-crystalline form ofpre-existing compound ‘imatinib

mesylate’, for which Swiss majorNovartis AG had sought a patent. Itvirtually shut the door to “incremen-tal” innovations such as “new dosageform” and “new delivery systems.”This is what worries global R&Dcompanies and the USTR.

A perception that this will tan-tamount to “ever-greening” is amyth. Patent protection is confinedonly to a “new form” of “known” sub-stance. The latter on completion ofits patent term is already available to“generic” players for manufactureand marketing. Moreover, any com-pany other than the inventor of a“known” compound, includingIndian firms, can come up with a“new form” or a “new dosage” or“delivery system” and take patentcover.

While getting a patent is difficult,securing its enforcement is evenmore daunting. A major factor hereis the use of compulsory licence —a flexibility available to developingcountries under trade-related intel-lectual property rights (TRIPs) agree-ment — which is often misused. Acompulsory licence authorises a

generic firm to manufacture andmarket a patented product withoutprior consent of the patent holder.

Under Section 84 of IndianPatent (Amendment) Act 2005, acompulsory licence can be issued for“private commercial use” if it isfound that the patent holder has nottaken required steps to make patent-ed product available in “sufficient”quantities or price charged is not“affordable.” Further, under Section92, the Government can issue thecompulsory licence citing circum-stances of “national emergency orextreme urgency or in case of pub-lic non-commercial use.”

In 2012, using Section 84, com-pulsory licence was granted to NatcoPharma to make cheaper version ofBayer’s kidney and liver cancer drugsorafenib (brand name: Nexavar).This was upheld by the apex court in2014. With regard to protection ofregistration data, Article 39.3 of theTRIPs agreement states as under:“Members, when requiring, as acondition of approving the market-ing of pharmaceutical or of agricul-tural products, which utilise new

chemical entities, the submission ofundisclosed test or other data, theorigination of which involves a con-siderable effort, shall protect suchdata against unfair commercial use.”

In February 2004, theGovernment had set up an inter-ministerial committee under thechairmanship of Secretary, depart-ment of chemicals and petrochemi-cals, to “consider the steps to be takenin the context of the provisions ofArticle 39.3 for protection of un-dis-closed test or other data submittedto the regulator for seeking marketapproval of agrochemicals and phar-maceuticals.”

In its report submitted on May31, 2007, the committee recom-mended three years of data protec-tion for agrochemicals and also sug-gested protection of informationagainst unauthorised disclosure/useof agrochemicals and pharmaceuti-cals. In Pesticides Management Bill(PMB) introduced in the RajyaSabha in 2008, the then Governmenthad proposed data protection forthree years. The Bill is still pending.

In all the aforementioned three

areas, the gulf between the US andIndia is a bit too wide. While USTRwants Section 3(D) in the amendedIndian Patent Act, 2005, to go or sub-stantially diluted, India is in nomood to yield. On compulsorylicence though, the latter had used itonly once, its being on the statutemakes the former scary. On data pro-tection, with process of enacting thePMB going nowhere, the US hasbecome jittery. No wonder, USTR hasdeclared India as a repeat offender.

Both countries need to makeefforts to bridge the gulf. Indiashould expedite passing a law on dataprotection, dilute provisions ofSection 3(D) and instill confidencethat compulsory licence will be spar-ingly used. For this, it will have toshed a mindset that views protectionof IP rights as being inimical to pub-lic interest. On its part, US-basedMNCs will have to demonstratethat they won’t exploit these rights tothe detriment of patients and Indianfarmers. However, for now, thisseems to be a remote possibility.

(The writer is a New Delhi-basedpolicy analyst)

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Majority of India Inc onMonday chose not to

react to exit polls, giving a sec-ond term to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi as they awaitelections results on May 23.

When reached out, majorindustry chambers Ficci, CIIand Assocham declined tocomment on the exit polls.

Responding to a tweet byChief Economist of MahindraGroup Sachchidanand Shuklaon what to look forward to thisweek, group Chairman AnandMahindra said, “This weekwill have only one ‘Thing’ we’llall be looking out for!” hintingat the May 23 results.

Apart from the electionresults, Shukla had listed USFed’s policy meeting on May22-23, European ParliamentElections on May 23-26 andPMI (Purchasing Managers’Index) numbers for Japan,the US and Eurozone, amongthe global events to watch out for.

Reacting to the exit polls,industry body PHDCCIPresident Rajeev Talwar toldPTI, “All of us in India mustrespect the mandate of thevoter. If they deem it fit to givea second term to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, thenit is much better than anyopinion of anyone else”.

The Indian voter haschanged regimes wheneverthey have felt appropriate. Theyhave also given a repeatedterm in their own wisdom.Therefore, probably if Modigets a second term, it is best forthe Indian economy, India’sprestige and a peaceful Indian

society, he said.“As an industry represen-

tative I believe there are anumber of reforms which havehappened and ones which needto take place. This is a decisivegovernment and the reformsmust continue, (if) we are tobecome a USD 7 trillion econ-omy in the next five years,”Talwar said.

RPG Enterprises ChairmanHarsh Goenka, who is knownfor his witty and humouroustweets, said that now one thingis sure, “the next PM’s initialstarts with ‘N’!”.

He also shared a joke fromWhatsapp, “Based on#Exitpolls there will be a STA-BLE government and noHORSE trading necessary. Nowonder, PM’s residence is onRACE COURSE Road.”

Brokerage EdelweissSecurities said if the NDAreturns to power with a clearmajority in line with exit polls,markets would rejoice the pol-icy continuity.

“Besides, NDA is seen to be

relatively more fiscally disci-plined and less populist innature, which should augurwell for inflationary dynamics,”it said.

Edelweiss said factors suchas the lagged impact of tighterfinancial conditions, sluggishprivate capex ahead of variousdomestic election-related andother external uncertaintiesand possible slower publiccapex amid fiscal constraintswill weigh on growth outlookahead.

“We expect only marginalcyclical improvement ingrowth in FY20 amid easiermonetary stance and someconsumption led the fiscalpush in early FY20. But we seedomestic structural overhangand global slowdown concernsconstraining significant pick-up in growth,” it said.

In a report on Monday,Kotak Institutional Equitiessaid, “we could see a small rallypost-May 23 election results ifthe results are in line with themarket’s expectations”.

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the biggest single-day gain intwo months, to close at 69.74against the US dollar followingsharp gains in equities andforex inflows after exit pollssuggested another term for theruling NDA Government.

Forex traders said investorswelcomed exit poll results thatpredicted a thumping majori-ty for the current BJP-ledGovernment.

At the interbank foreignexchange, the domestic unitopened at 70.36 and advancedto a high of 69.44 during the day.

The currency finally settledat a nearly two-week high of69.74, registering a rise of 49paise or 0.70 per cent against thedollar over its previous close. OnFriday, the rupee had settled at70.23 against the US dollar.This is the biggest single-day forthe rupee since March 18 whenthe currency had zoomed by 57paise or 0.82 per cent.

According to WGC WealthChief Investment Officer RajeshCheruvu, India saw a remark-able strengthening in its cur-rency after exit polls and somede-coupling of the INR fromother emerging currenciescould be seen over the next fewtrading sessions. Sentimentswere also buoyed by positiveopening in domestic equities,and foreign fund inflows.

Benchmark Sensexzoomed over 1,422 points andthe NSE Nifty surged 421points after most exit polls

showed that the NarendraModi-led NDA is returning topower with a thumping major-ity in the Lok Sabha elections.

The 30-share index ended1,421.90 points, or 3.75 per cent,higher at 39,352.67. During theday, the gauge hit a high of39,412.56 and a low of 38,570.04.

In a similar movement,the broader NSE Nifty soared421.10 points, or 3.69 per cent,to 11,828.25.

Foreign investors put in Rs1,734.45 crore on a net basis inequity markets Monday, pro-visional exchange data showed.

“Most of the exit polls haveprojected thumping majority forthe NDA Government. TheGovernment has taken boldsteps in the last five years. Thisensures policy continuity andrequired stability. Hence it willattract long term investors. So ifthe exit polls match the actualoutcome then the rupee mayhead towards 68 levels in com-ing sessions,” said Rushabh Maru,Research Analyst — Currencyand Commodity, Anand RathiShares and Stock Brokers.

However, rising crude oilprices weighed on the domes-tic currency. Meanwhile, Brentcrude, the global benchmark,was trading at 72.51 per barrelhigher by 0.42 per cent.

Meanwhile, the FinancialBenchmark India Private Ltd(FBIL) set the reference rate forthe rupee/dollar at 70.1666and for rupee/euro at 78.4336.The reference rate forrupee/British pound was fixedat 89.7276 and for rupee/100Japanese yen at 64.03.

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Airline stocks on Mondayended on a mixed note,

with InterGlobe Aviationslumping over 1 per cent evenas markets soared on exit pollsshowing NDA returning topower.

Among the three airlineslisted on the exchanges, sharesof Jet Airways and SpiceJetgained, while that of InterGlobeAviation, the parent of IndiGo,closed in the red.

InterGlobe shares fell 1.17per cent to close at �1,456.75apiece on the BSE. It hadopened at �1,539.

On the NSE, the scripdeclined 1.48 per cent to endthe day at �1,452 after openingat �1,519.

Differences have croppedup between the promoters ofIndiGo, the country’s largestairline.

In a detailed statementissued on Saturday, InterGlobehad said that in any strong andwell-managed company therewill always be differences.

“And, yes, there may be dif-ferences currently on certainmatters but the company has agreat track record of resolvingissues and coming out ahead.If the current differences wereto not get resolved, you shallcertainly hear about it, howev-er, it serves no purpose specu-lating about it,” the airline hadsaid.

Shares of shuttered JetAirways climbed 4.94 per centto �130.60 on the NSE afteropening at �130.

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Telecom regulator Trai onMonday said the issue of

whether India needs to take astand on Huawei is a “largerquestion” and that it is up to thegovernment to take a call onthe matter.

Last week, the Trumpadministration had placedHuawei and its affiliates on ablacklist, a move that essentiallybans the Chinese firm frompurchasing parts and compo-nents from American compa-nies without the USGovernment approval.

Replying to a query onwhether India needs to take aposition on Huawei also, TraiChairman RS Sharma toldreporters, “This is a largerquestion and the governmentwill have to take a call.”

He did not comment fur-ther on the matter.

Meanwhile, Huawei hassaid it will continue to providesecurity updates and after-sales services to its existingsmartphones and tablets, evenas the future road map ofproducts remains uncertainafter the cancellation of itsAndroid licence.

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European firms are “caughtin the crossfire” of the US-

China trade war and fewer areoptimistic about their future inthe world’s second-largesteconomy, a business surveyshowed Monday.

The clash between Beijingand Washington does not ben-efit European companies, con-trary to what some might havehoped at the beginning of thedispute last year, according tothe European Union Chamberof Commerce in China.

“Now the trade tensionsare seen as another uncertain-ty on the business environ-ment, something that won’t besorted out quickly whetherthere is a deal or not,” saidchamber vice presidentCharlotte Roule.

“The trade tensions, accord-ing to our members, are notgood for business”. According tothe survey, the trade war is oneof the top concerns forEuropean firms in China (23

per cent), after the Chineseeconomic slowdown (45 percent), the global economy (27per cent) and rising labourcosts in China (23 per cent).

The study, which receivedreplies from 585 firms, wasconducted in January, as trans-Pacific trade tensions eased.

They ratcheted up again inearly May with the UnitedStates and China slapping steepincreases in punitive customstariffs on each other.

But early this year, a quar-ter of European companies inChina said they were alreadysuffering from the US increasein tariffs on Chinese products.

Many European compa-nies manufacture products inChina and export them allover the world.

A small number (six percent) have already relocated tocircumvent the US penalties, orare planning to do so elsewherein Asia or Europe.

But Europeans say theyshare many of the grievancesraised by the Trump adminis-

tration in its campaign againstBeijing.

“The fundamental issuesdriving the trade war need tobe resolved by addressing mar-ket access barriers and regula-tory challenges while also tack-ling SOE reform and forcedtech transfer,” Roule stressed.

Some 20 per cent of thecompanies surveyed com-plained of being forced intotechnology transfers for thebenefit of a Chinese partner,double the figure two years ago.For a quarter (24 per cent),such transfers were currentlyunder way. “The authorities aresaying there are no technologytransfers any more but this isnot what we see in our survey,”she said. Chinese foreign min-istry spokesman Lu Kang reit-erated Beijing’s denial.

“We do not have a nation-al policy of forcing foreigncompanies to transfer tech-nology,” Lu said at a regularpress briefing.

He recalled that the coun-try’s rubber-stamp parliament

adopted in March a foreigninvestment law that prohibitsthe use of “administrativemeans” to force the transfer oftechnology.

More than half of the com-panies said legal protection ofintellectual property was “inad-equate”, and 45 per cent saythey suffer “unequal treatment”compared to their Chinesecounterparts.

State firms and their sub-sidies are their main bone ofcontention.

The Europeans largelyaccuse these companies ofenjoying preferential treatment,with 62 percent saying theyhave better access to publiccontracts.

And the outlook is gettinggloomier: only 45 per cent ofthe firms surveyed say they areoptimistic about growthprospects for their sector overthe next two years, comparedto 62 per cent a year ago.

Half do not expect to see alevel playing field in the nextfive years or even beyond.

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Asurprise election victoryfor Australia’s pro-coal

ruling coalition may bodewell for the Adani Group’slong-delayed mega coal mineproject, with the Group’scountry head saying thedefeat of Labor Party inQueensland, where the pro-ject is based, is a clear mes-sage to get the project done.

The opposition LaborParty leader Bill Shorten whotook a firm stand againstcoal and mining hasannounced he is resigningafter accepting defeat as hisparty fared poorly inQueensland, especially inmining communities in thenorth of the state.

Adani Australia ChiefExecutive Officer Lucas Dowin a video message on thecompany’s Twitter page saidQueenslanders have sent astrong message and it is nowtime for the Queensland gov-ernment to hear that message.

“Queenslanders areproud of their coal miningindustry. They know it is aneconomic powerhouse thatcreates jobs and sustains theirregions and also providesbillions of dollars each yearfor the benefit of the State,” hesaid.

Dow also added thatQueenslanders do not under-stand the Queensland LaborGovernment’s continuedefforts to “tarnish and delaythe work of Adani Mining,which has been held to thehighest level of scrutiny overthe past eight years of plan-ning and demonstrated itscapability to operate as one ofAustralia’s leading miningcompanies”.

Adani Group wants todevelop the Carmichael coaldeposits in Queensland state,but the plan has been ham-pered by regulatory delaysand difficulty in securingfinancing aiming fierce envi-ronmental resistance. Firstproposed in 2010, the project,if fully developed, has thepotential to more than dou-ble the country’s coal exports.

The people of the state“despair at the QueenslandLabor Government’s contin-ued efforts to delay andundermine the delivery of theCarmichael Project, despitewaving through approvals onother projects without thesame level of scrutiny,” hesaid. “As evidenced by thisweekend’s election results,Queenslanders have no tol-erance for political actionsthat are unjust and put peo-ple’s livelihoods at risk.”

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extensive cardiac screening at high schools and colleges as aneffective preventive measure.

Changing lifestyle, food habits, high stress in urban areas,binge drinking and use of narcotics have increased the risk fac-tors among youth and now experts are not surprised to see ateenage or 25-year-old becoming a victim of a heart attack.

Number of young Indians is suffering from this life-threat-ening disease and the reason behind this is a sedentary lifestyle.If this continues the future looks even more dangerous. Thesedays we are not surprised while handling patients between agegroups of 25-35 with heart attack cases and emergency. It is aworrying trend and there is an urgent need to educate the youngergeneration about preventive measures.

According to the ICMR State Level Disease Burden Report,among all age groups, the prevalence of heart disease has increasedby over 50 per cent from 1990 to 2016 in India, with an increaseobserved in every state . Heart disease contributed 17.8 per cent

of total deaths. The most common heart

issues, ailing at the young gen-eration, is coronary artery dis-ease. Another severe conditionis characterised by enlarged car-diac muscle cells which areabnormal and associated withfurther problems, includingheart failure, irregular heartrhythms, and an increased riskof angina and heart attack.Genetic mutation of the genescauses another rare heart mus-cle disease called left ventricularnoncompaction (LVNC).

The biggest cause of heartdiseases in young people is will-ful ignorance towards a properhealthy lifestyle, which therebyincreases the risks of uninvitedheart attacks. The risk factors fora heart attack include high blood

pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, use of substances (narcotics),Diabetes, poor diet, obesity, inactive lifestyle and excessive drink-ing.

Youngsters have a tendency to undermine the risk factors.Sometimes ignoring routine checkup leads to the younger sud-denly succumbing to the disease. Despite this, vast majority ofyoungsters and adults fail to identify the warning signs -Chestpain, breathiness, undue fatigue, acidity and lack of stamina, chestpressure, shortness-of-breath, cold sweats individually, asthmaor even the side effects of an emotional outburst. And this canlead to tragic outcomes.

As a preventive measure, we are also calling for wider car-diac screening high schools and colleges. Even sportspersonsshould be included in the screening. Screening of cardiac con-dition among youth should include a review of risk factors, bloodpressure, heart-related symptoms, family history, and other stress-related issues.

A study conducted at a Government-run heart institute on2,000 heart attack cases in the last two years revealed that 40 percent of them did not have any conventional risk factors. Hencecardiac screening among teenagers and youth and regular check-up by all age group can prevent and reduce heart attacks.

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The mostimportant thing tokeep in mind is to notlick your lips. While lickingmay take away the dryness,your saliva will only irritatethe skin more.

Another key point to keepin mind is to breathe throughthe nose. Most of us don’trealise that sometimes we tendto breathe through our mouth

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Medicover, a European healthcare ser-vice provider has opened its 16th fer-

tility clinic in the Capital. With thelaunch of a state-of-the art fertility clinicin Preet Vihar, the clinic has ensuredthe availability of the best oftechnology and medical expertsto childless couples in EastDelhi and adjoining areas. Itbring best European practis-es, trust, transparency andhigh-quality compassionateservice to all its patients acrossall the centres.

Also, in recognition for provid-ing the world class service to patients,Medicover Fertility CEO Gaurav Malhotrawas awarded Healthcare CEO of the YearAward by Economic Times NOW.Malhotra said: “We are happy that we aregetting recognised for our dedication tohelp people improve and maintain theirhealth. Our clinic is committed to bring

in the best clinical practices, trust, trans-parency and high-quality service. Wepledge a new level of care based on com-passion, sophisticated clinical skills and

advanced technology and equip-ment.”

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The benefits of regularly doing face yogaare reduction of lines and wrinkles, improvedskin tone, reduced headaches and eye strain,release of tension, an energetic appearance anda healthy glow on the face. Face yoga also givesa holistic feeling of well-being which can ben-efit the mind and body.

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old school-goer alwaysloved sharing her stories

and views in front of her class-mates. She was confident andoutgoing, and everyone loved herfor it. However, this time, as shewaited for her turn to present herfirst assignment in Class X, shecouldn’t stop trembling. Her class-mates were reading out the storiesthey had written in their creativewriting class for a peer review andshe was next.

She kept her head down, hop-ing that the teacher would skip hername, but no such luck. It was nowher turn, she made it to the frontof the classroom and began read-ing out her story. The beginningwas smooth, but she eventuallybegan to fumble over her words.Feeling the eyes of her classmateson her, she felt like an animal puton display at the zoo, under thescrutiny of her peers.

“I’m sorry, I can’t do this” shesaid and promptly went to sit backdown on her seat. She was disap-pointed and felt like everyone wasjudging her, silently making fun ofher in their heads. Especially herfriend Maanvi who had turned toanother classmate Ria after a hugefight with her. Ever since, Khushihad started feeling more nervousand jittery around other people asMaanvi, her only support systemfor the last three years suddenlywasn’t there for her anymore. Shehad no other actual friends and wascompletely alone which affected herin ways that she couldn’t point outyet.

Social phobia, which is alsoknown as Social Anxiety Disorder(SAD), is a serious mental healthproblem in the country. SAD is

caused by the effects of not fittingin, being bullied, rejected orignored. Shy adolescents oravoidant adults have emphasisedunpleasant experiences with peersor childhood bullying or harass-ment. Popularity is also found to benegatively correlated with socialanxiety, and children who areneglected by their peers reporthigher social anxiety and fear ofnegative evaluation than other cat-egories of children. It is an intense,persistent fear of being watched andjudged by others. This fear canaffect work, school, and other day-

to-day activities.With regard to Khushi’s situa-

tion, some people with the disor-der do not have anxiety in social sit-uations but have performance anx-iety instead. They feel physicalsymptoms of anxiety in situationssuch as giving a speech, playing asports game, or dancing or playinga musical instrument on stage.

According to National

Comorbidity Survey, social phobiahas an incidence of 2.79 per centand prevalence of 1.47 per cent inIndia. A survey conducted by themwhere mental disorders were stud-ied in a large sample of 1,0148 ado-lescents aged 13 to 17 years clear-ly showed that the level of socialanxiety was higher in children intheir early teens, standing at 11.94per cent in 14 years old, 17.02 percent in 15 years, 6.4 per cent in 16year olds and 0.0 per cent in 17year-old teenagers. This showsthat the incidence of social anxietyis high in the mid-teens. It is whatKhushi is experiencing without anyknowledge of it yet.

One doesn’t get social anxietyin one go. It manifests itself in smallways, like sudden shyness in talk-ing to new people, having troublein opening up in a group; it justkeeps building up. “Social anxietycan often be mistaken for commonshyness,” says Dr Mitali Suri, a psy-chology teacher at The HeritageSchool, Gurgaon.

“Many people suffering fromsocial anxiety often believe that thefear they are experiencing is justshyness and that they will eventu-ally overcome it as time passes.However, social anxiety disorderneeds to be properly treated or itcan last for many years or a lifetimeand prevent a person from reach-ing his or her full potential,” shetells you.

There are two main methodsthat can be used to treat social anx-iety disorder. Psychological coun-selling or psychotherapy are themost common methods whichhelps to improve the symptoms inpeople with social anxiety. Here,one learns how to recognise andchange negative thoughts about

oneself and develop skills to helpthem gain confidence in social sit-uations. “Any anxiety can beworked on by building self-accep-tance, by accepting the fact that noone is perfect, and we are humanbeings who make mistakes, bytaking initiatives even though weknow we can make mistakes,” saysDr Vasudha, a counsellor.

Cognitive behavioural therapyis the most common type of coun-selling for anxiety. It is an experi-ence-based therapy wherein thepatient is eventually taught to facethe situations they fear the most. Ithelps in building confidence andcope with anxiety-inducing situa-tions.Another method used to treatsocial anxiety is medication, whichcan be prescribed by one’s psychi-atrist. These medications general-ly include anti-anxiety or antide-pressants.

“If your treatment isn’t prov-ing effective immediately, don’tgive up. Different people have dif-ferent ways of overcoming theiranxiety and all those ways take adifferent amount of time. It maytake months or years, but it willeventually happen. Try to bringabout a change in your environ-ment and yourself,” says DrVasudha.

Many people with social anx-iety also find support groups help-ful. In a group of people who allhave social anxiety disorder, onecan receive unbiased, honest feed-back about how others in thegroup see one. This way, one canlearn that their thoughts aboutjudgment and rejection are not trueor are distorted. One can alsolearn how others with social anx-iety disorder approach and over-come the fear of social situations.

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President Donald Trump hasissued an ominous warning

to Iran, suggesting that if theIslamic republic attacksAmerican interests, it will bedestroyed. “If Iran wants tofight, that will be the officialend of Iran. Never threaten theUnited States again,” Trumpsaid in a tweet. Tensionsbetween Washington andTehran have been on the rise asthe United States has deployeda carrier group and B-52bombers to the Gulf over whatit termed Iranian “threats.”

This account has been metwith widespread skepticismoutside the United States.

The White House has sentmixed signals in recent days,amid multiple US mediareports of infighting in Trump’scabinet over how hard to pushWashington’s arch foe Iran.

The Trump administration

has ordered non-essentialdiplomatic staff out of Iraq, cit-ing threats from Iranian-backedIraqi armed groups, and sent anaircraft carrier and heavy B-52bombers to the region.

On Sunday, a Katyusharocket was fired into Baghdad’sGreen Zone housingGovernment offices andembassies including the US mis-sion. It was not immediately clearwho was behind the attack.

According to US mediareports, Trump’s long-hawkishnational security advisor JohnBolton is pushing a hard line onIran, but others in the admin-istration are resisting.

Trump himself said recent-ly that he has to “temper”Bolton. Iran-US relations hit anew low last year as US Trumppulled out of a 2015 nucleardeal and reimposed unilateralsanctions that had been liftedin exchange for Tehran scalingback its nuclear programme.

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Iran on Monday dismissed USPresident Donald Trump’s

“genocidal taunts” and warnedhim not to threaten the coun-try. With tensions rising,Trump tweeted on Sunday: “IfIran wants to fight, that will bethe official end of Iran.”

Iran’s Foreign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarif said the President should lookat history.

“Iranians have stood tall formillennia while aggressors allgone... Try respect - it works!,”the BBC reported.

The US has deployed addi-tional warships and planes tothe Gulf in recent days.

But Trump’s tweet markeda shift in tone after recentattempts by him to downplaythe possibility of a military con-flict with Iran. Last week, whenasked by reporters if the US wasgoing to war with Iran, he said:“I hope not.”

His warning to Iran wasissued hours after a rocket wasfired into the heavily fortifiedGreen Zone in the Iraqi capi-tal, Baghdad, and hit a build-ing about 0.5 km (0.3 miles)from the US embassy.

The US recently evacuatednon-emergency staff from themission because of what itcalled a “serious” threat report-edly linked to Iran-backedforces in Iraq.

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Dubai: Saudi Arabia doesnot want war but will nothesitate to defend itselfagainst Iran, a top Saudidiplomat said on Sundayafter the kingdom’s energysector was targeted this pastweek amid heightened ten-sions in the Persian Gulf.

Adel al-Jubeir, the SaudiMinister of State for ForeignAffairs, spoke a week afterfour oil tankers— two ofthem Saudi — were targetedin an alleged act of sabotageoff the coast of the UnitedArab Emirates and days afterIran-allied Yemeni rebelsclaimed a drone attack on aSaudi oil pipeline.

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ASri Lankan Parliament offi-cial was among six people

arrested for their alleged linksto the banned Islamist extrem-ist group, National ThawheedJammath (NTJ), which carriedout the deadly suicide attackson Easter Sunday, a seniorpolice official said on Monday.

Nine suicide bombers car-ried out a series of devastatingblasts that tore through threechurches and three luxuryhotels on the Easter Sunday,killing more than 250 people.The ISIS claimed the attacks,but the Government blamedNTJ for the bombings.

Police Spokesman RuwanGunasekara told the mediathat initially three suspectshad been apprehended after aNTJ training facility was dis-covered at a coconut estateupon a tip-off received by theKurunegala Police.

Gunasekara said the sus-

pects, which included the landowner, were arrested on May 9and have been remanded untilMay 24 after being producedbefore a court.

Details pertaining to twomore individuals including thatof a Kurunegala hospital stafferhad emerged following ques-tioning of the three suspects.Gunasekara said several chequeshad been discovered in thepossession of the hospital staffer.Investigations had also revealedthat cash deposits had beenmade to the suspect’s bankaccount from various places.

Following the questioningof the two suspects, policearrested an individual in theAlawathugoda area lastSaturday. This suspect wasidentified as an employee of theParliament HansardDepartment, Gunasekara said.

The man had beenemployed at parliament overthe last 12 years. He has beenfound to be a main preacher of

the NTJ and had conductedNTJ preaching all over theisland, he said.

The northwesternKurunegala police arrested himand a detention order for 90 dayswas obtained for his questioning,he added. The 42-year-old sus-pect is a father of two childrenand a resident of Alawatugodain the central district of Kandy.

Sri Lanka banned the NTJafter the deadly attacks andarrested over 100 people inconnection with the Easterblasts, which killed over 250people, including foreigners.The Opposition JVP onMonday said they would bemoving a parliamentarymotion of no trust against theGovernment over its failure toprevent the Easter attacks.

“The Government failed inits duty to protect the peopledespite the availability of intel-ligence on the possibility of theattack,” JVP leader AnuraKumara Dissanayake said.

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China, which granted a rarepermit for US Ambassador

Terry Branstad to visit Tibet, onMonday hoped that theAmerican envoy would make an“unbiased judgement” aboutthe conditions in the Himalayanregion especially on religion andthe Tibetan culture.

Branstad was travelling toChina’s Qinhai province and thebordering Tibet AutonomousRegion from May 19 to May 25,making the first trip by anAmerican envoy to the highlyrestricted area in four years.

During his visit, Branstad

is due to have meetings withlocal officials and visit religiousand cultural heritage sites.

His visit is taking placeamid escalating trade warbetween the world’s two largesteconomies. China’s permissionto him came after US early thisyear passed Reciprocal Accessto Tibet Act of 2018 warningequal and reciprocal measuresif Beijing denied access toAmerican citizens, governmentofficials and journalists toTibet, the homeland of theexiled Tibetan spiritual leader,the Dalai Lama.

The new law would imposea visa ban on Chinese officials

who deny American citizens,government officials and jour-nalists access to Tibet.

Currently, foreign touristsneed a special travel permit tovisit Tibet in addition to aChinese visa. Asked why China,which denied permission for USAmbassador to visit Tibet lastyear decided to do so now,Foreign Ministry spokesman LuKang told the media on Mondaythat “we welcome AmbassadorBranstad’s visit so that he can seethe major changes which tookplace in Tibet for past 60 yearsafter the peaceful liberation.”

Commenting on USembassy’s statement that the

visit is a chance for the ambas-sador to engage with localleaders to raise longstandingconcerns about restrictions onreligious freedom and thepreservation of Tibetan cultureand language, Lu said Chinahopes the envoy could makeunbiased judgement on theprevailing situation in Tibet.

“As for the comments fromUS embassy, we hope this visitcan help them make unbiasedjudgement that is fact basedespecially on the religion, cul-ture, heritage and history. Wehope he can make his ownjudgement instead of being mis-guided by rumours,” Lu said.

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Swedish prosecutors onMonday issued a formal

request to hold Julian Assange,currently imprisoned inBritain, on suspicion of rape —a first step towards seeking hisextradition to Sweden.

Swedish deputy directorof public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson, said in a state-ment she had filed a requestwith the Uppsala district court

to have Assange detained in hisabsence on suspicion of rape.Detaining someone in theirabsence is a standard part ofSwedish legal procedure if asuspect is outside the countryor cannot be located.

The request follows lastweek’s reopening of a 2010 rapeinvestigation, and Perssonadded that once the court hadgranted the request, she wouldthen ask British authorities totransfer Assange to Sweden.

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The National Commission for Women (NCW)sought a response from actor Vivek Oberoi for

his “misogynistic” tweet on exit polls that unneces-sarily referenced the various relationships of actressAishwarya Rai, including the one she had with him.Earlier the Maharashtra State Women’s Commission(MSWC) had found the post “disrespectful” to thedignity of women.

Demanding a “satisfactory explanation” from theactor, the NCW noted that the “insulting andmisogynistic” post, carrying the picture of a minorgirl and a woman, drew a sly comparison betweenthe poll results and a woman’s personal life. It saidthat the post made is “extremely offensive, unethi-cal and shows disrespect towards the dignity andrespect of women in general.”

The Maharashtra women’s rights body had alsotaken cognisance of the tweet. “Yes. We have stud-ied the tweet and it is prima facie found to be objec-tionable. We shall serve him notice to explain him-self,” MSWC Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said.

Vivek landed himself in a huge controversy overa meme he tweeted virtually mixing politics and filmsby dragging in the personal lives of prominentBollywood bigwigs.

His tweet showed a set of three photos — onereferring to ‘opinion poll’ having a picture of SalmanKhan and Aishwarya Rai, next was the ‘exit poll’depicting himself with the actress and the third show-ing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with her husbandAbhishek Bachchan and their seven-year-old daugh-ter Aaradhya.

The meme was originally shared by someone elsebut Vivek picked it up for his own comment,“Haha! Creative! No politics here, just life.”

As social media went into a frenzy, NationalistCongress Party women wing chief Chitra Wagh andothers demanded stringent action against Vivek forthe meme.

“He has insulted the dignity of AishwaryaBachchan. The MSWC must lodge a complaint againstOberoi and he should be arrested for crossing his lim-its of decency towards women,” Wagh said.

Celebrities Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Jwala Gutta andMadhur Bhandarkar slammed Vivek’s tweet too.

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Karishma is a cricket fan, herhusband loves tennis instead.So as part of their couple ther-

apy and compromise, they are flyinginto London this summer, she tocatch India in action and he to watcha legend smash it at the Centre Courtat Wimbledon. Then the two willtake a small break in Portugal, endup in Paris and fly back home.

One of the largest and fastestgrowing segments of the tourismindustry — sports tourism and thenotion of people travelling to watchsporting action live — has been anestablished revenue stream for quitesome time. But “the concept is nowfast gathering momentum amongIndians and is booming to a greatextent,” says Heena Akhtar, co-founder of tripXOXO. In fact, theIndian Premier League generatedits own travelling fan base acrossvenues, which is now getting repli-cated for big ticket internationalevents, too.

With less than a month for theICC World Cup to commence,tourism players have recorded anincrease in the number of Indianstravelling to witness the biggestcricket event. Indians’ unparalleledpassion for the game can be attrib-uted as one of the key drivers forsports/cricket tourism in India.

British High Commission’s(BHC) spokesperson apprises usthat besides the seasonal increase inIndians travelling to the UK duringthe peak summertime, the demandfor visas is “even higher due to theworld cup this year.”

The demand is such that theBHC’s visa services partner, VFSGlobal, is receiving more than 3,500applications a day from India. Theyhave already processed over 2,00,000UK visa applications. In March andApril alone, over 1,32,000 applica-tions were submitted, whichaccounted for 65 per cent of theoverall count in January to April.

Karan Anand, head relation-ships, Cox and Kings, too, feels thatthe demand has increased exponen-tially. He says that if we compare thenumbers to the previous tourna-ments, there is a 30 per cent hike inthe percentage of bookings, allthanks to the peak tourist season ofEurope being coupled with thebiggest sporting event.

“While about 65 per cent of thetravellers come from metro cities,there are a considerable number ofcricket lovers covering the longmile from the tie-r 2 cities as well.The highest demand is for datesaround India Vs Pakistan (June 16)and India Vs Australia (June 9),” he

adds.According to ICC research,

India constitutes 90 per cent of onebil l ion cricket fans. BaluRamachandran, head of air anddistribution, Cleartrip says that,with such a large cricket fan base, theWorld Cup would be a major attrac-tion for travelling to England thisJune.

The World Cup is the proverbialcherry on the cake for those plan-ning a vacation to UK. Sunil Gupta,managing director and co, AvisIndia, estimated the hike as 40-50per cent, thanks to the craze forcricket among Indians.

Anand Menon, brand leader,travel tours, FCM Travel Solutions,says that they have also witnessed asurge in the bookings and enquirieswith the onset of the World Cup.There’s 44 per cent increase in trav-ellers. England, Wales and Irelandare the destinations that are indemand now owing to the megaevent. He further adds that this issynonymous to the last time, whenthe event took place in Australia andNew Zealand in 2015.

The British-Irish visa schemehas played a significant role in pro-viding added impetus to the increasein demand for Indians travelling toIreland this year.

As many as 1,854 featurefilms were submitted to bepart of the 2019 official

Selection at the Cannes FilmFestival from across the world thisyear. As many as 39 nations arerepresented as production or co-production countries. India ismissing.

Filmmaker Onir rightly ques-tioned: “What are we supposed tocelebrate about Cannes 2019...The cinema that’s being celebrat-ed or just the clothes our actorswear and the parties they attend.Somehow that is all that seems tobe talked about.”

Barring the overwhelming redcarpet or party looks of Bollywoodactresses making a splash on socialmedia, an India Pavilion, organ-ised by the Ministry ofInformation and Broadcastingand Ficci, is doing its bit to forgeinternational partnerships in dis-tribution, production, pitch Indiaas a shooting destination andpromoting film sales and syndica-tion.

India may be one of the largestfilm producers in the world, but nofilm from the country made it inthe competition categories. Therewas nothing to boast about in thekey sidebars — Director’sFortnight, Un Certain Regard andCritics’ Week this year — either,but for one respite: AchyutanandDwivedi’s three-minute short filmSeed Mother which won the thirdprize in the international sectionof Nespresso Talents 2019.

National Award-winning film-maker Madhur Bhandarkar, whois a part of the government-led del-egation, found it “unfortunate” thatIndian cinema had no presence atthe gala, but said the prerogativeof the festival line-up lies on thejury.

“The jury decides what filmsshould be shown, and we shouldrespect what they want. We shouldbe proud because people havetaken India seriously in terms ofour cinema, our digital content...People are watching Indian cine-

ma in a big way. They know ourstars very well.

“The overseas business of ourfilms with big stars has escalatedin a huge way. We are taking stepsahead and that’s a good thing.There are other countries whosemovies aren’t there, but theprospects, initiatives and interac-tion are very essential to have Indiaon the global map,” Bhandarkarsaid.

To make inroads into such afestival, Bhandarkar said it wasessential that Indian filmmakersfollow the Satyajit Ray and RitwikGhatak kind of cinema with“Cannes value.”

Mira Nair was the firstIndian to win the Camera d’Orin Cannes for Salaam Bombay in

1988. The last Indian film tocompete for the coveted PalmD’Or at the prestigious gala wasShaji N. Karun’s Swaham in1994.

Southern film actor-writer-director Adivi Sesh had raised apertinent point in a Twitterthread about the lack of India’spresence at Cannes: “I hopepeople don’t assume that Indiawith all of its diverse culture, lan-guages and dialects, wasn’t ableto produce a single film worthyof Cannes. Probably, it has a lotmore to do with the infrastruc-ture needed to get a film there.”

Producer Guneet Monga, whohas leveraged the power of co-pro-ductions, said creative collabora-tions with producers across the

world play a major role.“When you get more creative

collaborators and you structurefilms internationally like withEurope, there’s a lot of mentor-ship that comes with it in termsof storyline and process. That’swhat we did with The Lunchboxand Masaan (both of which wereshown at Cannes). I genuinelyfeel co-productions help with thequality of filmmaking and theeye for it for a global launch.

“It challenges us to make bet-ter versions of our own stories, andI would highly encourage peopleto do more co-productions to beable to tell more Indian stories tothe world,” said Monga, whose co-production Period. End OfSentence won an Oscar this year.

She said film festivals in gen-eral take movies with very highquality and originality in story-telling. “It’s not something that canbe questioned or reasoned out. Wejust need to keep pushing our-selves. Co-productions, I’d say, goa long way in shaping the narra-tive of the film in a globallyaccepted way.”

Actress Huma Qureshi,whose two-part film Gangs OfWasseypur was showcased at theDirector’s Fortnight sidebar atthe film jamboree a few yearsago, is at the gala this year — rep-resenting a dose of ‘desi girlpower’ as part of a brand asso-ciation with Grey Goose.

She said, “In 2012, my firstfilm Gangs of Wasseypur was

showcased at Cannes, and it wasa fine example of an Indian filmmaking waves in the FrenchRiveria. There have been a fewothers over the years like Masaanand Manto. But the fact is that weas an industry are not making andsupporting enough films like these.“If we really want to be noticed andshowcased at world festivals likeCannes, are we ready to makefilms where ‘Art is celebrated forArt sake’.”

Malayalam filmmaker SanalKumar Sasidharan finds a silverlining in Bollywood stars glitter-ing on the red carpet. “This is theonly reason when a film goes toCannes, even in a sidebar section,the media gives some attention.”

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ramp with her shimmering, feathery-endsstrapless gown at the red carpet, said that whilediscussing about her look with her stylist, sherealised that she should take the “elegant route,channelling all the classic French Rivierastyles.” She added, “Cannes is one of the mostglamorous red carpets in the world and I want-ed to pay homage to that; elegant but with amodern twist!”

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For his group show, May You liveInteresting Times, at the Venice

Biennale, curator Ralph Rugoff ’shas chosen three Indian artistsfrom 79. The choice speaks of hisacumen, his observation and hiserudite understanding of knowingthat his role is one of great respon-sibility and deep understanding.

Amongst the three are ShilpaGupta who has a penchant forreinventing herself with eachinstallation, Gauri Gill who hasspent years blending the verbaland visual in research tenets ofmarginalised communities in far-flung places such as Maharashtraand Rajasthan and the youngest ofthe lot, 30-year-old nocturnehunter, Soham Gupta who walksinto the other side of midnight inKolkata to find his subjects unrav-el an angst that we have nevercared to observe.

RUGOFF’S TITLEWhen we look at thethree artists, we areaware that he has pickedthem for the prowess increating commentarieson the power and pathosfound in communities,both past and present.When asked why hechose his title he has stat-ed, “I also wanted a titlethat wasn’t too specific,but framed the timeswe live in. This Biennaleresponds to this momentin time and that is whatis interesting about suchevents. They give you aform to think again about whathappened in the last two years andwhat new ideas are changing thefuture that we are moving towards.What I was really interested in, wasartists whose work is very open-ended and is more about askingquestions than providing answersand experiments with the way welook at images and think aboutstories. A lot of this came from theideas of Umberto Eco’s 1962 piece,The Open Work, where he gives aperfect description of what the cul-ture of contemporary art has beenfor the last 60 years and continuesto be and why it has value for soci-ety.”

SOHAM GUPTA’S KOLKATASoham’s Angst, a poignant series ofportraits, entirely shot at night,portrays people in Kolkata wholive on the margins of society. Inan interview he states, “ I havebeen working on Angst since

2013. It is a work in progress. It hasnow evolved into a hopeless taleof a fictive night-time hellhole,whose nooks and crannies areinhabited by decaying souls. It hasits roots in my childhood riddledwith severe asthma attacks and inmy troubled growing-up yearsspent trying to come to terms withthe world’s expectations. I wantthis work to ultimately stand as tes-timony to the requiem of count-less dreams, even as it is a recordof my angst-ridden youth.”

SHILPA GUPTA 100 POETS AND GATEWAYShilpa Gupta creates history ofsorts for having two immersiveinstallations in the VeniceBiennale. Rugoff obviously under-stood her brilliance and her abil-ity to reinvent the vitality ofresearch and installation to presenta comment on society. ShilpaGupta’s new multi-channel sound

installation gives voice to 100poets who have been jailedthrough time for their writing ortheir beliefs. On entering thedimly-lit space of the Fire Station,visitors will encounter 100 micro-phones suspended over 100 metalrods, each piercing a verse of poet-ry. Over the course of an hour,each microphone in turn recites afragment of the poets’ words,spoken first by a single voice thenechoed by a chorus which shiftsacross space.

The poets’ words emerge frommicrophones, fitted with speakers,a device Gupta has adopted in ear-lier works to remind us that themicrophone is not simply some-thing to speak into, but a meansto broadcast a message on a largescale. Here the microphones liter-ally and symbolically give a voiceto those whom regimes fromaround the world have sought tosilence.

The idea of creating an archiveof 100 emblematic instances is anapproach the artist has adopted inprevious works as well. Someoneelse: a library of 100 books pub-lished anonymously or under pseu-donyms (2011), had broughttogether 100 books published byan author under another name asthe author wanted to remainanonymous. Each one was etchedin metal.

Shilpa’s second installation isa gate that swings back and forthas it hits and breaks the wall thatit is embedded in.

GAURI GILL Gauri Gill, India’s archival photog-rapher who has been creatingstunning narratives of groups ofpeople in marginalised periph-eries, unveils two important seriesof works.The first Acts ofAppearance was shown at the Metmuseum last year. It is a series of

vivid colour photographsfor which the artistworked closely withmembers of an Adivasicommunity in Jawhardistrict of Maharashtra.Gill’s collaborator-sub-jects are renowned fortheir paper-mâchéobjects, including tradi-tional sacred masks. Inthese pictures theyengage in everyday vil-lage activities whilewearing new masks,made expressly for thisbody of work, whichdepict living beings with

the physical characteristics ofhumans, animals, or valuedobjects. A range of scenarios andnarratives, situated in both “real-ity” and dreamlike state, cometogether in the photographs,which simultaneously portraysymbolic or playful representationsas well as the familiar experiencesof community members againstthe backdrop of their home andculture.

Gill’s second set of works isentitled Becoming 2003 and dealswith a study of narratives that envi-sion a documentation of the tapes-try of time.

In choosing all three Indiancontemporary artists Rugoff pre-sents the finest in the search forsocietal commentaries that talkabout universal truths and thewidening of gaps between the rich-est and the poorest.

(The Venice Biennale runs tillNovember 2019.)

If one digs deep into differentaspects of love and marriages inIndia, one will come across some

startling intimate accounts of howconventional practices continue tobe hurdles for Indian couples.Coming close on the heels of samesex couples, age disparity too is astrong one especially when viewedthrough the prism of hierarchy. Soan older man marrying a youngerwoman is ‘normal’ but a youngerman marrying an older woman is ataboo. Priyanka Chopra Jonas andNick Jonas were the recent targets ofthis orthodox mentality. Religion,especially given the bogey of LoveJihad, is another narrative bound toarouse strong emotions.

Bengali f i lmmaker RanjanGhosh’s recent drama Ahaa Re, a‘most delicious love story,’ accord-ing to critics, takes inspiration fromhis real life story and aspirations. Itis the story of a chef, Farhaz akaRaja, from Dhaka and a middle-agedwoman entrepreneur, Basundhara,from Kolkata. “I discovered thisstory in 2014 when I was wonder-ing about what my next film couldbe about. I am a great foodie andlove to explore different cuisines andflavours. However, I couldn’t cookwell enough to be a chef so I didn’tfollow it as a profession. I can onlycook everyday dishes for myself. Sohere, Raja is a professional mas-terchef whose ultimate passion is tocook. Hence, the story idea originat-ed from food and some lost desires,”says Ghosh as he laughs.

Other things just organically fellinto place in the story as the direc-tor wanted to present something thatholds a “mirror” to the society. Hesays, “The couple in my story isdivided by age disparity and religion.The young Raja is from the Muslimcommunity and Basundhara, a mid-dle-aged woman, has been raised ina Hindu household. Even though Ihave used the two factors to showthe divide, I have presented it as aunifying medium. That is what Ibelieve in. We don’t really have placefor division in our lives especiallywhen it comes to dealing witheveryday aspects. It is a part of ourpersonal beliefs but every religionlists the same rules and duties.” Headds that religion shouldn’t be a hin-drance but should rather unify people.

Talking about the numerousexamples of lynching and communalviolence that we come across every-day, he says that it is because peopleuse religion as the first and foremostthing to judge a person’s intent andcharacter in India. “The moment theyfind out the name of a person, theywill try to dig out his/her religion andtheir first perception would be basedon a person’s religious identity. Itshould be the last basis of judgingsomeone,” says he.

The director points out that ourancestors were more inclusive whenit comes to religious differences ascompared to today’s “intolerance.”He says, “Saying that the majority of

the population in India has grownintolerant might look like I amstereotyping. However, the truth isthat they indeed have. If we look atthe yesteryears and even the timebefore Partition, there was muchmore harmony and peace amongdifferent communities. They hadlove and respect for each others’ cul-tural practices and festivals, whichthey celebrated together. For them,religion wasn’t really a barrier. It’sonly now that we look at these actsof violence like killings in the nameof religion, pride and honour.”

Striking a balance between rigidcustoms, traditions and desires inurban India could be quite strenu-ous. The social taboos prosper morethan personal relationships anddesires here. However, Ghosh feelsthat it’s high time that these con-structs of deep-rooted patriarchy bechallenged and struck off. In theaccepted terminology, the girl has tobe younger than the guy. But in hisstory, the guy is younger than hiscounterpart. He questions, “We area 70-year-old country now and still

following the old stringent norms ofpatriarchy. It’s time that we pullthem down. If we wouldn’t challengethem now, then when will we do it?We need to allow women to choosetheir professions and partners justas much as men. We should moveforward and not backward. We arestill looking at 100-year-old prac-tices. The world has moved muchbeyond and we need to do so too.”

As the film is set to premier atthe ongoing Habitat Film Festival atthe India Habitat Centre (IHC), hetells us why such festivals bring moreand deserved recognition to films.“Such festivals give a lot of encour-agement. They not just accommo-date films of all languages under oneroof and present them to a commonaudience but also stand as examplesof how films could be. The ‘masalamovie’ culture has jeopardised peo-ple’s expectations from films.However, such festivals show thatfilms could be like this too and standas a mirror to the society,” says he.

(The screening is at 6.30 pm onMay 22 at Stein Auditorium.)

Most Indians may still need apush to visit art galleries and

museums, but when the nationalcapital’s favourite commuting modeMetro Rail doubles up as a contem-porary art gallery itself, it is notuncommon to see Delhiwallahsstop, look and even click an occa-sional selfie.

Whether it is abstract or real-istic art, colourful ceramic tiles orinformative panels, the wide stationnetwork of Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) seems tohave it all covered, as the moderntransport service that began in 2002and continues to expand, zooms inon art and culture.

The artworks at Pink Line’sJohri Enclave station is a tribute tothe eminent classical artists ofIndia. Creative portraits of greatartists like shehnai maestroBismillah Khan, noted flautistHariprasad Chaurasia, popularvocalist Shubha Mudgal and sitarmaestro Pandit Ravi Shankar dotthe station premises.

The Pink Line and Indian cul-tural symbols seem to coalesce inmore stations, especially Gokulpuri

and Shiv Vihar, which exhibit dif-ferent dance cultures of our coun-try — Dhunuchi, Bhangram,Dandiya Raas, Bharatanatyam, forthe former and Chhau, Cham andKathaputli for the latter.

On the Hauz Khas station, anintersection of the Yellow andMagenta Lines, historical monu-ments galore. Lodhi Tombs, theGurudwara Bangla Sahib, JamaMasjid and Humayun’s Tombreflect the diverse cultural fabric ofIndia. Many other metro stationsare ready takers of art on historyand heritage. Mandi House comesfirst to mind.

The works here chronicles thejourney of the area from brick kilnsto a culture hub. Its panels displaydigital prints of original maps andvintage photographs, like a rare aer-ial view of the Modern School atBarakhamba, an old photograph ofIndia’s f irst Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru opening theSapru House, and actorNaseeruddin Shah in a 1973 theatreproduction by theatre doyenEbrahim Alkazi.

Rare images of Dadi Pudumjee,

under whom the Sri Ram Centreestablished the first modern pup-pet theatre are also on display.

At the INA metro station, theDMRC, in collaboration with theMinistry of Textiles, has alsoinstalled 58 panels of handicraftsand handlooms created by crafts-men from across India — fromMithila paintings from Bihar to ter-racotta tiles from Rajasthan.

Two stations on the long andbusy Blue Line, Karol Bagh andKarkardooma, use ceramic art-works and painted wall works toshow signs of a modern, progres-sive society.

While the Karol Bagh muralsfeature development aspects likeeducation and technology, theKarkardooma station, which opensnear the Karkardooma DistrictCourt, has references to the judi-ciary — a set of scales and hands,handcuffs, police and a colossalAshok Chakra.

Nature enthusiasts who com-mute by metro are not disappoint-ed as well, as Mandawali-WestVinod Nagar has its focus on floraand fauna, and the walls of this sta-

tion feature vibrant paintings ofleaves, flowers, toucans and Koifish.

Regular metro commuterswould also know of the MetroMuseum at the Patel Chowk MetroStation, which traces the genesis ofthe Delhi Metro which took 32years to reach the operational stagefrom the drawing boards.

As per DMRC, Delhi Metrostations that cover almost everycorner of the NCR today are per-fect spaces for the promotion ofIndia’s art and culture

“Such projects have also con-tributed towards the beautificationof the city in general. We have alsotried to portray the heritage andhistory of the areas around the sta-tions. For example, the stationspassing through old Delhi has art-works related to that area,” aspokesperson from DMRC said.

For now, Delhi Metro’s presentspan of over 370 km and 271 sta-tions (including the Noida-GreaterNoida Aqua Line) has a lot to offerto its average daily ridership ofabout 30 lakh people.

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Paris Saint-Germain starKylian Mbappe fuelledspeculation surrounding

his future on Sunday, saying thathe wants "responsibilities, maybeat PSG, maybe elsewhere".

The 20-year-old backed uphis excellent 2018 World Cup,where he scored four times asFrance won the trophy, by net-ting 38 times for PSG this sea-son.

He was named as the Ligue1 player of the season on Sunday,but did not deny that a potentialmove away from France could bein the offing.

"It (the award) is an impor-tant moment for me, a turningpoint in my career... Themoment of having more respon-sibilities, maybe at PSG, maybeelsewhere," he told BeIN Sports.

Mbappe did not back downon his comments when askedabout them in the mixed zone afew minutes later.

"For me, it was the momentto say it... When I say something,I think about it," he said, reiter-ating his desire to have more"responsibilities".

"If it's at PSG, it's good, if it'selsewhere, it will be elsewhere for

a new challenge." Mbappe has been regularly

linked with a potential move toReal Madrid since breakingthrough with Monaco's 2017Ligue 1 title-winning team, butinstead made the switch to PSG,initially on loan, and then for 180million euros.

But since Zinedine Zidane'sreturn to the Real dug-out ear-lier this year, rumours aboutMbappe joining his fellowFrenchman at the SantiagoBernabeu have intensified.

This term, Mbappe hasstepped up another gear withteammate Neymar out injuredfor much of the campaign.

Mbappe has followed inNeymar's footsteps by winningthe player of the season accoladein France, although he needs toscore five in the last leaguegame of the season againstReims next weekend to snatchthe European Golden Shoe fromLionel Messi.

"I tell myself that even if Ilose, I lose to Messi, one of thegreatest players in history," hesaid.

"To think that maybe I keptup with him until the last game,that's a source of pride too, butit's not over."

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Former world youthchampion Sachin

Siwach outclassed hisArgentine rival RamonNicanor Quiroga as allseven Indians in fray hada smooth sailing on theopening day of theIndian Open boxingtournament here onMonday.

Fresh from a Bronzeat the GeeBee Boxingtournament, Siwach usedhis height to full advan-tage, dominating thebout right from the firstround en route a 5-0 winby a unanimous deci-sion in the 52kg men'scategory at the KarmabirNabin Chandra BordoloiIndoor Stadium.

Siwach will next faceformer world champi-onship Bronze medalistRogen Ladon in thequarterfinal and aimingto avenge his semifinaldefeat by a split-decisionin the President's Cup.

"It was a narrowdefeat last time. But nowI've now improved myspeed and skill and I willlook forward to settlescores this time," Siwachsaid.

Siwach features inthe bottom half of thedraw that hasCommonwealth GamesGold medalist GauravSolanki, while the top-half in the 52kg draw fea-tures Asian Games Goldmedalist Amit Panghal.

"When it comes toIndians we all know eachother's strengths andweaknesses. It's a toughroad ahead as flyweight ishighly competitive. Butas of now my focus is onthe next round againstthe Filipino boxer," the20-year-old talentedboxer from Haryana said.

Siwach was the onlyIndian in the fray in themen's section, while thewomen's category saw allof them making the next

round.Former world cham-

pionship Silver medalistSonia Lather began hercampaign with a 5-0 winover Chandra KalaThapa to reach the quar-terfinals in the 57kg.

In the women's 60kg,Preeti Beniwal put up arobust display to out-class her Nepalese oppo-nent Sangita Sunar in aunanimous 5-0 victory tomake the quarters.

Making her compet-itive debut in the 60kg,Shahshi Chopra too hadan easy outing defeatingBhutan's Tandin Choden5-0 by unanimous deci-sion.

Manisha Maundefeated Nesthy Petecioof Phillipines 4-1 in the57kg category. Jyoti Guliaand Anamakia also madethe quarterfinals witheasy wins over theirrespective opponents.

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champion Mary Kommay have a possiblesemi-final face-off withAsian ChampionshipsBronze medallist NikhatZareen in 51kg.

As per the draw,

released on Sunday, Asmany as 10 Indian box-ers are already confirmedof a medal each with sixin men and four inwomen entering thesemi-finals straightawaybecause of the smallersize of the draw.

Brijesh Yadav andSanjay are already in the81kg semi-finals, and soare Naman Tanwar andSanjeet in 91kg whileSatish Kumar and AtulThakur are in +91kg.

In women's boxing,Lovlina Borgohain andAnjali are alreadyassured of medals in69kg while BhagyabatiKachari and SaweetyBoora are through to thelast-four in 75kg byvirtue of a first roundbye.

"We have at least acouple of Indian boxersin each category and thecompetition is very close.It will be a very interest-ing tournament and theexposure for the boxerswill stand them in goodstead ahead of the WorldC h a m p i o n s h i p s , "Raffaele Bergamasco, thePerformance Director ofIndian women's boxing,said.

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India will start as favourites against ayoung Malaysian team sans legend Lee

Chong Wei when they clash in a group1D match of the Sudirman Cup here onTuesday.

India, who had reached the quarter-finals twice in the 2011 and 2017 edi-tions, will have to overcome Malaysia,the 2009 semifinalists,when they begin their cam-paign. Any hiccups againstMalaysia will make theirnext clash against themighty China a must-winbattle.

Malaysia were thrashed 0-5 by Chinain the opening match and a loss againstIndia will see them bow out of the com-petition.

The 13-member Indian team, seed-ed eighth this time, chances during themixed team championship will dependon the quality singles players such as PVSindhu, Saina Nehwal, KidambiSrikanth and Sameer Verma.

Malaysia will be led by Goh Jin Weiand Soniia Cheah in women's singles,while Lee Zii Jia will be entrusted withthe responsibility in men's singles in theabsence of Chong Wei, who is still recov-ering from nose cancer.

While India hold the edge in both,given the way Soniia stretched AllEngland Championship Chen Yufei onSunday, it will be interesting to see who

India will select to field between WorldNo 5 Sindhu or Saina, ranked 9th.

Srikanth has consistently reached thequarters but struggled to go beyond in11 of his last 13 tournaments. He had arunner-up finish at the India Open andis expected to hold the edge against ZiiJia.

Malaysia will need their doubles toput up a good performance to salvage

hopes of making it to theknockout stage.

Malaysia saw somepromising performances thisyear from Aaron Chia andSoh Wooi Yik and Ong Yew

Sin and Teo Ee Yi in men's doubles,Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean inwomen's doubles and Goh Soon Huatand Shevon Jemie Lai and Tan KianMeng and Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles.

For India the return of SatwiksairajRankireddy after an injury gap will fuelIndia's hopes in both men's doubles andmixed doubles.

Satwik, who recovered from a shoul-der injury to make a title-winningcomeback at the Brazil InternationalChallenge recently, will form a formida-ble men's doubles pair with ChiragShetty, while pairing with the experi-enced Ashwini Ponnappa in mixeddoubles.

If India can quell the Malaysian chal-lenge, they can go with a relaxed mindagainst the 10-time champions China onWednesday.

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Japan gambled by resting top-rankedKento Momota and nearly paid the

price, suffering a huge scare before bat-tling back to beat Russia 3-2 in theirSudirman Cup opener here on Monday.

The top seeds are bidding to win themixed-team world championships for thefirst time, but a major shock was on thecards when the Japanese went 2-1 down.

The unfancied Russians enjoyed sur-prise victories in the men's singles andmen's doubles, before the Japanese foughtback.

Japan, who along with the hosts arethe favourites, decided to rest worldchampion Momota along with theirfirst-choice men's pairing.

They were initially unaffected andwon the mixed doubles in the openingrubber. But Russia then took advantageof Japan's weakened side with VladimirMalkov, ranked 62, beating Momota'sreplacement Kenta Nishimoto — 10th inthe world — and also winning the men'sdoubles.

But Japan's women saved the day forthem, world number two NozomiOkuhara thrashing Natalia Perminova inthe women's singles to make it 2-2 in thetie.

The women's duo of YukiFukushima/Sayaka Hirota saw offEkaterina Bolotova/Alina Davletova tosave Japan from embarrassment.

"It was a relief to get the winningpoint," said Fukushima.

"In the end it worked out well for us."

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Experienced left-arm pace duo ofMuhammad Amir and WahabRiaz were included in Pakistan's

final 15-member World Cup squad fol-lowing their 0-4 loss to England in theODI series.

Both the bowlers were not includedin the initial World Cup squadannounced last month but Aamir, whois yet to recover from chickenpox, wasnamed for the one-day series againstEngland which Pakistan completed onSunday.

The selectors have axed allrounderFaheem Ashraf and left-arm pacerJunaid Khan from their initial World Cupsquad to make way for the two seniorplayers.

The selectors had discarded Wahabfrom the tour to England but after thethrashing given to the Pakistani pacersin the one-day series they apparently hada change of mind.

Wahab, who turns 34 next month,last played a one-day international for hiscountry in the opening match of the 2017Champions Trophy against India goingfor 87 runs without a wicket and thanlimping off with a injury.

Since then the selectors have ignoredhim for 50-overs cricket while Aamir alsodidn't feature in the series againstEngland after contracting chickenpoxand his form remains a concern after hetook just five wickets in his last 14 ODIssince the Champions Trophy.

According to the cricket board,Amir has recovered from his chickenpoxand he and Wahab will be available forthe warm-up matches againstAfghanistan and Bangladesh this week.

In another major decision, the selec-tors have dropped young batsman AbidAli from their World Cup squad to makeway for the hard-hitting Asif Ali.

Ali was initially not part of the WorldCup squad and went to England for theODI series where he scored two half cen-turies.

"The lack of potency of our frontlinebowlers in the recent ODI series meantthat a change was needed. In addition,we now know that we will encounter bat-ting wickets throughout the World Cupcampaign," Chief Selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq said.

"The combination of these elements,meant that we believed right now, util-ising the World Cup experience andknowledge of Wahab was the correct

choice," he said."Wahab has been training and play-

ing club cricket, and the player of his cal-ibre will not face much problem in adapt-ing and adjusting to the gruellingdemands of the World Cup," Inzamamsaid.

On the exclusion of Abid Ali,Inzamam said: "It was not an easy deci-sion to leave him out particularly afterhe got only one opportunity on the tour.But, he was our third choice opener. Afterboth struck early form, we preferred AsifAli as he brings firepower to the team thatcan strengthen our chances in the tour-nament," the Chief Selector said.

Abid, despite being a member of theinitial World Cup squad, was given justone opportunity on the entire tour.

Inzamam said the final 15-membersquad was announced in consultationwith the captain and head coach.

Wahab has been included in thesquad in place of allrounder, FaheemAshraf while the experienced left armpacer, Junaid Khan has also beendropped after playing in just two ODImatches against England.

Pakistan World Cup squad: FakharZaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam,Haris Sohail, Asif Ali, Shoaib Malik,Muhammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed(Capt), Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan,Wahab Riaz, Muhammad Amir, HasanAli, Shaheen Shah Afridi andMuhammad Hasnain.

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In his prime, his USP was raw pace that terrorised bats-men across the globe and no wonder Jeff Thomson is

impressed with Jasprit Bumrah's ability to "burn oppo-sition with raw pace".

Bumrah has been rated as the world's best bowler bySachin Tendulkar and the legendary Dennis Lillee's for-mer new ball partner's words only add to the Gujarat

slinger's exponentially growing rep-utation.

"Bumrah is really good. He issomeone, more that he has bowled,the better he has got. That's how it

should work," Thomson, theworld's fastest bowler in

the 1970s alongsideMalcolm Marshall, said.

"He has got rawpace to burn opposi-tion as and when hewants to but he mixes

it up. And he is awk-ward too to read. Ihaven't seen batsmenreading him well. He isunorthodox and that'swhat makes him differ-

ent," said Thomson.According to

Thomson, Bumrah, alongwith Kagiso Rabada, will

be the two bowlers to watch outfor as they can put their handup and respond to situations.

Talking about pace bowl-ing, Thomson is a touch wor-

ried about Mitchell Starc's formbut agreed that the left-arm quick would bea vital cog in Australia's wheel.

"I hope Mitchell Starc is on song duringWorld Cup as of late he has been all over theshop like last summer," Thomson said aboutAustralia's senior most pacer.

However, given his quality and ability to runthrough opposition sides, Thomson is confidentthat he will find form.

"Starc, if he can bowl well can be as goodas anybody in the world. He is a precious man.

He needs to bowl quick and at the same time be accu-rate. He gave too much away in the past," he added.

Thomson, however, is not happy that Josh Hazlewoodis not in the bowling unit even though it seems quitedecent.

"Pat Cummins is not a problem in my books. He hastalent. We don't have Hazlewood but he could have beenthere. Still I would say our bowling attack is pretty good,"he added.

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South Africa captain Fafdu Plessis has urged his

teammates to avoid doing"Superman things" andinstead focus on over-coming the "fear of failure"ahead of the World Cup.

South Africa have areputation of losing bigmatches which has earnedthem the label of chokers.The Proteas are yet toreach the finals of theWorld Cup having beenknocked out at the semi-final stage four times inthe past.

"In previous WorldCups, we wanted to do

Superman things. Wethought we had to bemore special, we had to dosomething more than weusually do, and we did notdo what was good enoughbefore," Du Plessis wasquoted as saying by theICC .

"We haven't alwaysgot that right in the past,to play our best cricket atthe World Cup, becausewe put so much pressureon ourselves. We want tojust focus on enjoying ourcricket," he added.

Du Plessis, who willbe competing in his thirdODI World Cup, stressedon the need to be mental-

ly prepared for the tourna-ment which will be imper-ative for the team's successin England.

"There's a reason whywe want the guys to playfreely — because we don'twant them to have a fearof failure, which is whatthe World Cup is for someof them.

"Our success inEngland over the nextcouple of months dependson how well we releasethat aspect of our play —we need that for the teamto be at our best. Eachplayer needs to find outhis own strengths," hesaid.

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England captain Eoin Morgan has admitted that he is stillunsure about the final 15 who will be selected in the squad

for the upcoming World Cup beginning May 30.After the final match of the five-ODI series against

Pakistan which England won by 54 runs, Morgan said thecontinuous improvement in performance by the players hasmade the selection meeting extremely difficult.

"I don't know the 15," ESPNcricinfo quoted Morgan assaying on Sunday after the match. "Every one of these guysshould be proud of what we've achieved so far. The contin-uous improvement of performances makes the selection meet-ing extremely difficult.

"But every single member of the 17-man squad here willplay some role, due to the nature of injuries and illness andcall-ups," he added.

Meanwhile, Chris Woakes, who bagged the Man of theMatch award for his five-wicket haul in Leeds, admitted hewould be anxiously waiting for the confirmation.

Woakes finished on top of the series bowling charts, with10 wickets in four matches and made a strong case for beingselected in the final 15 for the showpiece event.

"Everyone will be wary of that phone call," Woakes said. "Even if you feel like you've got a good chance to being

in the squad, until you hear it from the selectors' mouths,it's not quite set in stone. You're still probably a little bit onedge, particularly with these 16 and 17 players, because every-one has performed at some point. It's a tricky decision forthe selectors. Everyone will be looking at their phones tomor-row I suppose, if that's when we find out," he added.

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Former captain Steve Waugh saidAustralia may not be the favourites

to win the upcoming World Cup but thereturn of Steve Smith and David Warnerwill make other teams "wary" of the five-time winners.

Immediately after returning toaction after an year-long internationalexile, Warner sounded warning bells tothe rival bowlers with 692 runs from 12innings in the IPL, while Smith showedglimpses of his old touch in the threewarm-up matches against New Zealandin Brisbane recently.

"Every side will be wary of Australia.They know the potential of theAustralian side. There's been turmoil inAustralian cricket over the last 12months, but that has been put aside now.We've got our best players available tobe picked in Smith and Warner," Waughwas quoted as saying by the ICC web-site.

The defending champions seem tobe peaking at the right time. Starting in2018, Australia had won just three outof 18 ODIs before they turned their for-tunes around during the limited-overstour of India.

Trailing 0-2, Australia posted ahat-trick of wins to register a remark-able come-from-behind series victoryagainst the favourites and hosts India in

March. Then, they blanked Pakistan 5-0 at the United Arab Emirates, provingthat their success against India was nofluke.

"Their form was very poor, but allof a sudden, they've won their last eightmatches, and they've got Smith andWarner in the team. And that is omi-nous for other sides, they know howgood these sides are.

"Australia will be one of the teams…probably not the favourite for the tour-nament, but the team that other sideswill be probably most fearful of. Theycould do some damage. So I think

Australia could go really deep in thetournament," Waugh said.

The 53-year-old, however, pickedhosts England as the firm favourites toclinch the coveted trophy.

"England to me are probably thefavourites - their form has been out-standing over the last couple of years.They are playing at home. Sometimes,that creates more pressure, but they'vegot a really good coach in TrevorBayliss to keep the players grounded. SoI think England would be favourites,and probably Australia and India on thatsecond line of favouritism," said Waugh.

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Australia head coach Justin Langerhas defended the decision to

exclude Josh Hazlewood from theupcoming World Cup squad, sayingthe pacer didn't play enough white-ballcricket in the recent time to make hiscase for the showpiece event.

"He just hasn't been playing anycricket," cricket.com.au quoted Langeras saying.

"He's come off a second stress frac-ture in his back and while he's juststarting to get up and running in thenets now — I think he's played sixwhite ball games in the last 18 months— that's T20 and one-day cricket.

"We know he's a great bowler. He'sa brilliant bowler, but it was just suchbad timing for him," he added.

Hazlewood played a vital role inAustralia's successful campaign in theWorld Cup four years ago and was alsothe number one ranked bowler in ODIsin 2017.

The right-arm pacer had last weekexpressed his disappointment overthe snub after Kane Richardson was

preferred by selectors following theshoulder injury that forced JhyeRichardson out of the squad.

"It was obviously bitterly disap-pointing. It only comes around everyfour years. I was lucky enough to expe-rience it on home soil last time. It'llprobably hit me a bit once the tourna-ment starts and you're watching onTV," Hazlewood had said.

"It's pretty hard. It's not just a nor-mal ODI series, it's a World Cup," headded.

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Former West Indies allrounder PhilSimmons will step down from his

position as Afghanistan coach afterthe end of the ICC men's World Cup.

Simmons, who took over theposition in December 2017, said hehas achieved his target of takingAfghanistan to the World Cup andthe time is ripe for him to leave.

"I have thought about it and Ihave actually given the ACB mynotice that I will not be renewing mycontract. I will move on to somethingdifferent once my contract expires onJuly 15," Simmons told ESPNcricinfo.

Simmons' contract withAfghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)runs until the end of the World Cupand he might have been given anextension given Afghanistan's riseunder his guidance.

"I signed up originally for 18months and I think I have done a lotin this period. It is time for me to

move on to something else now. Towant to get to the World Cup - thatwas ACB's goal at the time theyappointed me," Simmons said.

"My goal is always to leavethings better than when I joined: theway we practice, the way we thinkabout the game, the way we assessother teams. I've tried to help theplayers in all those areas," added the56-year-old, under whomAfghanistan won the World CupQualifier last March.

Last month, ACB had controver-sially appointed Gulbadin Naib asODI captain in place of AsgharAfghan.

Simmons said he had no clueabout the decisions and he was notconsulted before making thosechanges.

"No, I was not aware of it. I wasnot given any reasons. It was the deci-sion of the Afghanistan CricketBoard and the selectors," Simmonssaid.

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After conceding a 0-4 series defeatagainst England, Pakistan head

coach Mickey Arthur admitted that hisside did not perform well in the bowl-ing and fielding departments which ledto their loss in the five-match rubber.

On Sunday, hosts England comfort-ably defeated Pakistan by 54 runs in thefinal ODI of the series and made surethat their World Cup preparations wereon track and they remain the hotfavourites for the showpiece event.

Pakistan, who are usually termed asa very good bowling side, lacked bite andconceded totals in excess of 300 in thefour completed matches. And towardsthe end of the series, their poor field-ing, which saw regulation catches beingput down and a slew of misfields, also

raised questions over their World Cupchances with less than two weeks to go.

"Our fielding has been very disap-pointing. That has been a massive dif-ference between the two sides,"ESPNcricinfo quoted Arthur as saying

after the loss at Leeds. "At Southampton and Nottingham,

it was anybody's game going into the lastfive overs. We competed really well. Theone difference has been our fielding andthat's a real worry for me," he added.

The Pakistan head coach was,however, happy with the way the bat-ters performed against the number oneranked ODI side.

"We sit here and take a hell lot ofthe positives out of this series. Our bat-ting has gone to another level and wehave batted extremely well. That's givenour dressing room a massive amount ofconfidence. When we were coming toEngland, people were saying we werea 280 team. I am taking a fair amountof positives certainly in that departmentout of this series," said the SouthAfrican.

"Our bowling and fielding hasbeen average at best. Another thing isthat we played against a team which isnumber one in their own conditions. Idon't think there are too many otherteams around in England as preparedas we are in terms of the competitionwe played against and match fitness,which is something very important," headded.

Despite the humiliating series loss,the 51-year-old insisted that he was con-fident that his side will perform well inthe World Cup.

"We've got a couple of days now toregroup, two warm-up games and thenwe'll go. I'm very, very confident withthe players we've got. We need to sharp-en up on a couple of disciplines but we'llcertainly get there. We'll be good," hesaid.

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Australia's cricketers in front of RickyPonting are "like eight-year-old girls

around Justin Bieber", feels the team'sWorld Cup skipperAaron Finch aboutthe batting great,whose mere pres-ence gives them a fil-lip.

In February,Ponting wasappointed as anassistant coach for Australia's World Cupcampaign, specifically working with thelimited overs batsmen.

Ponting has previously worked short-term with Australia's ODI and Twenty20squads.

"The boys all want to impress 'Punter',"Finch was quoted as saying bycricket.Com.Au.

"Everyone wants to impress Punter, youshould see them — it's like eight-year-oldgirls around Justin Bieber when Punter'saround the change room," he said, draw-ing comparisons between Ponting and thefamous Canadian singer-songwriter.

"It's embarrassing, but it's great," Finchsaid of the legend who won the World Cupthree times including twice as captain.

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