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I n a big twist during the hear- ing of the Rafale review peti- tion in the Supreme Court, the Government on Wednesday alleged that documents related to the fighter jet deal was stolen from the Defence Ministry and threatened to prosecute The Hindu newspa- per under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for publishing arti- cles based on them. However, the court said if an act of cor- ruption has been committed in the Rafale deal, then Government cannot take shel- ter behind the OSA. Those who put documents on the Rafale deal in the pub- lic domain are guilty under the Act as also contempt of court, Attorney General KK Venugopal said before a three- judge Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. However, the AG did not answer to the questions of the judges, why no action was initiated and he said that he will get back to Government and inform the status to the court on the next date of hearing on March 14. Unruffled by the Centre's stand, the writer and Hindu publishing group chairman N Ram said nobody would get any information from the newspaper on the confidential sources who provided the doc- uments. “You may call it stolen documents...We are not con- cerned. We got it from confi- dential sources and we are committed to protecting these sources. Nobody is going to get any information from us on these sources. But the docu- ments speak for themselves and the stories speak for them- selves,” Ram told PTI. While publishing articles based on stolen documents amounts to violation of the Official Secrets Act, entailing maximum punishment of up to 14 years, the contempt law attracts six months jail as also a fine of 2,000. An investiga- tion into the theft is on, the AG said on a day the newspaper published another article on the fighter jet deal. The Bench, also including Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, was hearing a batch of petitions seeking a review of its December 14 verdict dismiss- ing all the pleas against the deal. Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, and advocate Prashant Bhushan, who had jointly filed the petition, alleged the Centre suppressed crucial facts when the SC decided to dismiss the batch of PILs. When Bhushan referred to articles written by Ram, Venugopal said the write- ups were based on stolen doc- uments. An FIR has not been registered so far into the theft of documents, he said. The first write-up appeared on February 8 and Wednesday's edition had another article aimed at influ- encing the court's proceedings which amounted to contempt of court, he said. The newspa- per published the documents by omitting the word “secret” on top, he said, seeking a dis- missal of the review petitions and raising objections to Bhushan's arguments based on the articles. On behalf of Sinha, Shourie and himself, Bhushan said the top court would not have dis- missed the plea for an FIR and the probe, had critical facts not been suppressed. Venugopal said the documents relied upon by Bhushan were stolen from the Defence Ministry and an investigation into the matter was underway. The CJI said hearing Bhushan did not mean the top court was taking on record the documents on the Rafale deal. Justice Gogoi asked Venugopal to tell the court what action had been taken on theft of docu- ments on the aircraft deal. The AG submitted that the documents were marked secret and classified. He also told the SC that the Rafale case pertains to defence procure- ment which cannot be reviewed judicially. W ith tension escalating along the Line of Control (LoC) as the Pakistan Army is targeting civilian areas and Indian Army posts using heavy artillery guns, India on Wednesday warned that any further “provocation or mis- adventure” will invite “dire consequences.” The stern mes- sage issued by the Indian Army in New Delhi came after con- tinuous ceasefire violations by Pakistan in which at least three civilians were killed and several others hurt in the last one week. Nearly 400 ceasefire viola- tions along the LoC have already taken place this year, including 60 in the last one week since the Indian air strikes against terror camps in Pakistan on February 26. The ceasefire violation figure for the entire last year stood at 1,629 while 860 such incidents took place in 2017. The Indian Army’s state- ment said, “Post our warning to the Pakistan Army NOT to tar- get civilian areas, the overall sit- uation along the LoC remains relatively calm. In the last 24 hours, the Pakistan Army resorted to intense and unpro- voked firing with heavy calibre weapons in selected areas of Krishna Ghati and Sunderbani, targeting Indian posts and civilian areas with mortar bombs and heavy artillery guns. The same was effective- ly retaliated by the Indian Army. There have been no casualties on the Indian side.” It further said, “We would reiterate that as a professional Army we are committed to avoid civil casualties, especial- ly along the LoC. All actions taken by our defence forces are targeted towards counter ter- rorism and terrorist infra- structure, away from civilian areas, to avoid civilian casual- ties. We are maintaining strict vigil along the LoC and International Border (IB). Any further provocation or misad- venture by Pakistan will be responded in a befitting man- ner with dire consequences.” The situation is particularly grim in Poonch and Rajouri sectors, south of Pir Panjal ranges, with the Pakistan Army using heavy artillery guns to hit Indian positions and civilian areas. This is for the first time in many years that the Pakistan Army has used heavy and long range guns thereby escalating tension along the LoC. T he Supreme Court on Wednesday said it intends to pass the order soon on whether to refer the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation and asked all the parties con- cerned for the names of possi- ble mediators for reaching an amicable settlement. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and SA Nazeer reserved the order on whether or not to refer the Ayodhya land dispute for mediation. Hindu bodies except Nirmohi Akhara opposed the suggestion of the court to refer the matter for mediation, while Muslim bodies supported the suggestion. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the UP Government, said the SC should refer it for mediation only when there exists an ele- ment of settlement. Senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan, appearing for Ram Lalla Virajman, told the Bench that mediation has not yielded any result in the past despite repeated attempts. There is no dispute that Lord Ram was born in Ayodhya but the dispute is what is the Ram Janmasthan (place of birth), he said, adding that he issue of Janmasthan cannot be mediated. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy told the SC, “PV Narsimha Rao Government had in 1994 made commitment to apex court that if ever found that there was a temple, land will be given for temple con- struction.” “It is not only about prop- erty. It is about mind, heart and healing, if possible,” the Bench said. A 57-year-old Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Sub-Inspector (SI) died and several files were gutted in a major fire at the office of the Ministry of Social Justice at the fifth floor of the 11-storey building that houses several Government offices at CGO Complex on Wednesday. According to Atul Garg, Chief Fire Official of Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a call was received about the fire at 8.34 am following which 25 fire ten- ders were rushed to the spot. “The fire was brought under control at 10.50 am. Initial probe suggests that short-circuit caused fire in the building. However, the exact reason would be ascertained after investigation,” said Garg. CISF Sub-Inspector and shift-in-charge MP Godara died in the fire on the fifth floor of Pandit Deendayal Antodaya Bhawan, previously known as Paryavaran Bhawan. “Godara, a former Air Force personnel, first noticed the smoke coming out of the fifth floor and reached the spot with other CISF personnel to start evacuating the area. But during the evacuation process, he inhaled toxic gasses and fell unconscious. He was taken to AIIMS, where he died during treatment,” said spokesperson of CISF. “The autopsy had already been conducted and body has been sent to his native village in Rajasthan,” said Vijay Kumar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district. Godara, a resident of Churu district in Rajasthan, had joined CISF in 2008. He is survived by two sons and wife who live in Churu. Ministry officials said 80 per cent of the entire B1 wing of the building has been gutted in the fire and several files have been destroyed. T hree cities in Madhya Pradesh bagged top awards of Swachchh Survekshan 2019 announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Wednesday. Indore (4,659.09 points) retained the cleanest city tag for third straight year in a row, Bhopal (3,793.68) cleanest Capital and Ujjain (4,244.47) cleanest city in the category of medium city (3-10 lakh popula- tion). The second and third positions in the category were grabbed by Ambikapur (4,394.09) in Chhattisgarh and Mysuru (4,378.54) in Karnataka. Chhattisgarh is India’s Best Performing State followed by Jharkhand and Maharashtra. Meghalaya is on the bottom. The New Delhi Municipal Council area (4,190.52) was given the ‘Cleanest Small City’ award, Uttarakhand’s Gauchar was adjudged the ‘Best Ganga Town’. The awards were conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind at an event in the national Capital on Wednesday. C ongress chief Rahul Gandhi reached out to JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda to finalise the alliance deal, making Karnataka the fourth State after Bihar, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu where the Congress will take on the juggernaut of Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls. Rahul and Gowda had a meeting at the latter’s resi- dence where the seat-sharing agreement was discussed threadbare. The outcome is likely to be announced by this weekend. In the two-hour meeting, Rahul and Gowda broadly discussed seat sharing in Karnataka, prevailing polit- ical situation in the country and the need for Opposition unity. Sources said it was decid- ed that the Congress would contest 18-19 of the total 28 seats and the JD(S) will get the rest. Gowda, who has been demanding at least 13 seats, scaled down his claim to ten. “Rahul discussed about seat sharing in Karnataka. This is the first such discussion between the two parties. Earlier, I had asked for 12 seats. At the meeting, I request- ed Rahulji to give at least 10 seats to the JD(S),” said Gowda. “Some issues which were not discussed at the meeting have been left to me and AICC’s general secretary in Karnataka KC Venugopal to finalise. We will announce our decision by March 10,” said JD(S) national general secretary Danish Ali. One of the reasons behind the delay in sealing the deal has been the rift between Gowda and his former protégé, K Siddaramaiah. Tension sur- faced after the JD(S) staked claim to Mysore seats, Siddaramaiah’s home turf. C ommuting will become eas- ier for the people of Delhi- National Capital Region (NCR) especially from the Ghaziabad and Noida as the Delhi Metro is set to open Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda on Red Line on March 9. Noida City Centre to Noida Electronic city on Blue Line may start on March 9, but the DMRC is likely to take a final decision soon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate both the sections on March 8. Both sections of the Delhi Metro have already been grant- ed the nod by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS).

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In a big twist during the hear-ing of the Rafale review peti-

tion in the Supreme Court, theGovernment on Wednesdayalleged that documents relatedto the fighter jet deal wasstolen from the DefenceMinistry and threatened toprosecute The Hindu newspa-per under the Official SecretsAct (OSA) for publishing arti-cles based on them. However,the court said if an act of cor-ruption has been committed inthe Rafale deal, thenGovernment cannot take shel-ter behind the OSA.

Those who put documentson the Rafale deal in the pub-lic domain are guilty under theAct as also contempt of court,Attorney General KKVenugopal said before a three-judge Bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi. However,the AG did not answer to thequestions of the judges, why noaction was initiated and he saidthat he will get back toGovernment and inform thestatus to the court on the nextdate of hearing on March 14.

Unruffled by the Centre's

stand, the writer and Hindupublishing group chairman NRam said nobody would getany information from thenewspaper on the confidentialsources who provided the doc-uments.

“You may call it stolendocuments...We are not con-cerned. We got it from confi-

dential sources and we arecommitted to protecting thesesources. Nobody is going to getany information from us onthese sources. But the docu-ments speak for themselvesand the stories speak for them-selves,” Ram told PTI.

While publishing articlesbased on stolen documents

amounts to violation of theOfficial Secrets Act, entailingmaximum punishment of up to14 years, the contempt lawattracts six months jail as alsoa fine of �2,000. An investiga-tion into the theft is on, the AGsaid on a day the newspaperpublished another article on thefighter jet deal.

The Bench, also includingJustices SK Kaul and KMJoseph, was hearing a batch ofpetitions seeking a review of itsDecember 14 verdict dismiss-ing all the pleas against the deal.

Former Union MinistersYashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie,and advocate PrashantBhushan, who had jointly filedthe petition, alleged the Centresuppressed crucial facts whenthe SC decided to dismiss thebatch of PILs. When Bhushanreferred to articles written byRam, Venugopal said the write-ups were based on stolen doc-uments. An FIR has not beenregistered so far into the theftof documents, he said.

The first write-up appearedon February 8 andWednesday's edition hadanother article aimed at influ-encing the court's proceedings

which amounted to contemptof court, he said. The newspa-per published the documentsby omitting the word “secret”on top, he said, seeking a dis-missal of the review petitionsand raising objections toBhushan's arguments based onthe articles.

On behalf of Sinha, Shourieand himself, Bhushan said thetop court would not have dis-missed the plea for an FIR andthe probe, had critical facts notbeen suppressed. Venugopalsaid the documents relied uponby Bhushan were stolen fromthe Defence Ministry and aninvestigation into the matterwas underway.

The CJI said hearingBhushan did not mean the topcourt was taking on record thedocuments on the Rafale deal.Justice Gogoi asked Venugopalto tell the court what action hadbeen taken on theft of docu-ments on the aircraft deal.

The AG submitted thatthe documents were markedsecret and classified. He alsotold the SC that the Rafale casepertains to defence procure-ment which cannot bereviewed judicially.

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With tension escalatingalong the Line of Control

(LoC) as the Pakistan Army istargeting civilian areas andIndian Army posts using heavyartillery guns, India onWednesday warned that anyfurther “provocation or mis-adventure” will invite “direconsequences.” The stern mes-sage issued by the Indian Armyin New Delhi came after con-tinuous ceasefire violations byPakistan in which at least threecivilians were killed and severalothers hurt in the last one week.

Nearly 400 ceasefire viola-tions along the LoC havealready taken place this year,including 60 in the last oneweek since the Indian air strikesagainst terror camps inPakistan on February 26. Theceasefire violation figure for the

entire last year stood at 1,629while 860 such incidents tookplace in 2017.

The Indian Army’s state-ment said, “Post our warning tothe Pakistan Army NOT to tar-get civilian areas, the overall sit-uation along the LoC remainsrelatively calm. In the last 24hours, the Pakistan Armyresorted to intense and unpro-voked firing with heavy calibreweapons in selected areas ofKrishna Ghati and Sunderbani,targeting Indian posts andcivilian areas with mortar

bombs and heavy artilleryguns. The same was effective-ly retaliated by the IndianArmy. There have been nocasualties on the Indian side.”

It further said, “We wouldreiterate that as a professionalArmy we are committed toavoid civil casualties, especial-ly along the LoC. All actionstaken by our defence forces aretargeted towards counter ter-rorism and terrorist infra-structure, away from civilianareas, to avoid civilian casual-ties. We are maintaining strictvigil along the LoC andInternational Border (IB). Anyfurther provocation or misad-venture by Pakistan will beresponded in a befitting man-ner with dire consequences.”

The situation is particularlygrim in Poonch and Rajourisectors, south of Pir Panjalranges, with the Pakistan Armyusing heavy artillery guns to hitIndian positions and civilianareas.

This is for the first time inmany years that the PakistanArmy has used heavy and longrange guns thereby escalatingtension along the LoC.

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The Supreme Court onWednesday said it intends

to pass the order soon onwhether to refer the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjidland dispute case for mediationand asked all the parties con-cerned for the names of possi-ble mediators for reaching anamicable settlement.

A five-judge ConstitutionBench headed by Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi and comprisingJustices SA Bobde, DYChandrachud, Ashok Bhushanand SA Nazeer reserved theorder on whether or not torefer the Ayodhya land disputefor mediation.

Hindu bodies exceptNirmohi Akhara opposed thesuggestion of the court to referthe matter for mediation, whileMuslim bodies supported thesuggestion.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for the UP

Government, said the SCshould refer it for mediationonly when there exists an ele-ment of settlement.

Senior advocate CSVaidyanathan, appearing forRam Lalla Virajman, told theBench that mediation has notyielded any result in the pastdespite repeated attempts.

There is no dispute thatLord Ram was born inAyodhya but the dispute iswhat is the Ram Janmasthan(place of birth), he said, addingthat he issue of Janmasthancannot be mediated.

BJP leader SubramanianSwamy told the SC, “PVNarsimha Rao Governmenthad in 1994 made commitmentto apex court that if ever foundthat there was a temple, landwill be given for temple con-struction.”

“It is not only about prop-erty. It is about mind, heart andhealing, if possible,” the Benchsaid.

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A57-year-old CentralIndustrial Security Force

(CISF) Sub-Inspector (SI) diedand several files were gutted ina major fire at the office of theMinistry of Social Justice at thefifth floor of the 11-storeybuilding that houses severalGovernment offices at CGOComplex on Wednesday.

According to Atul Garg,Chief Fire Official of Delhi FireServices (DFS), a call wasreceived about the fire at 8.34am following which 25 fire ten-ders were rushed to the spot.

“The fire was broughtunder control at 10.50 am.Initial probe suggests thatshort-circuit caused fire in thebuilding. However, the exactreason would be ascertainedafter investigation,” said Garg.

CISF Sub-Inspector andshift-in-charge MP Godaradied in the fire on the fifth floorof Pandit Deendayal AntodayaBhawan, previously known as

Paryavaran Bhawan.“Godara, a former Air

Force personnel, first noticedthe smoke coming out of thefifth floor and reached thespot with other CISF personnelto start evacuating the area. Butduring the evacuation process,he inhaled toxic gasses and fellunconscious. He was taken toAIIMS, where he died duringtreatment,” said spokespersonof CISF.

“The autopsy had alreadybeen conducted and body hasbeen sent to his native villagein Rajasthan,” said VijayKumar, the DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP), South district.

Godara, a resident ofChuru district in Rajasthan,had joined CISF in 2008. He issurvived by two sons and wifewho live in Churu.

Ministry officials said 80per cent of the entire B1 wingof the building has been guttedin the fire and several files havebeen destroyed.

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Three cities in MadhyaPradesh bagged top

awards of SwachchhSurvekshan 2019announced by the Ministryof Housing and UrbanAffairs on Wednesday.Indore (4,659.09 points)retained the cleanest citytag for third straight year ina row, Bhopal (3,793.68)cleanest Capital and Ujjain(4,244.47) cleanest city inthe category of mediumcity (3-10 lakh popula-tion). The second and thirdpositions in the categorywere grabbed byAmbikapur (4,394.09) inChhattisgarh and Mysuru(4,378.54) in Karnataka.Chhattisgarh is India’s BestPerforming State followedby Jharkhand andMaharashtra. Meghalayais on the bottom.

The New DelhiMunicipal Council area(4,190.52) was given the‘Cleanest Small City’award, Uttarakhand’sGauchar was adjudged the‘Best Ganga Town’. Theawards were conferred byPresident Ram NathKovind at an event in thenational Capital onWednesday.

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Congress chief RahulGandhi reached out to

JD(S) supremo HD DeveGowda to finalise the alliancedeal, making Karnataka thefourth State after Bihar,Maharashtra and Tamil Naduwhere the Congress will takeon the juggernaut of NarendraModi in the Lok Sabha polls.

Rahul and Gowda had ameeting at the latter’s resi-dence where the seat-sharingagreement was discussedthreadbare. The outcome islikely to be announced by thisweekend. In the two-hourmeeting, Rahul and Gowdabroadly discussed seat sharingin Karnataka, prevailing polit-ical situation in the country andthe need for Opposition unity.

Sources said it was decid-ed that the Congress wouldcontest 18-19 of the total 28seats and the JD(S) will get the

rest. Gowda, who has beendemanding at least 13 seats,scaled down his claim to ten.

“Rahul discussed aboutseat sharing in Karnataka. Thisis the first such discussionbetween the two parties.Earlier, I had asked for 12seats. At the meeting, I request-ed Rahulji to give at least 10seats to the JD(S),” said Gowda.

“Some issues which werenot discussed at the meetinghave been left to me andAICC’s general secretary inKarnataka KC Venugopal tofinalise. We will announce ourdecision by March 10,” saidJD(S) national general secretaryDanish Ali.

One of the reasons behindthe delay in sealing the deal hasbeen the rift between Gowdaand his former protégé, KSiddaramaiah. Tension sur-faced after the JD(S) stakedclaim to Mysore seats,Siddaramaiah’s home turf.

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Commuting will become eas-ier for the people of Delhi-

National Capital Region (NCR)especially from the Ghaziabadand Noida as the Delhi Metro isset to open Dilshad Garden toNew Bus Adda on Red Line onMarch 9. Noida City Centre toNoida Electronic city on BlueLine may start on March 9, butthe DMRC is likely to take a finaldecision soon.

Prime Minister NarendraModi is likely to inaugurateboth the sections on March 8.

Both sections of the DelhiMetro have already been grant-ed the nod by the Commissionerof Metro Rail Safety (CMRS).

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The shocking facts which arenow surfacing regarding

the SC/ ST Scholarship scamindicate that many senior offi-cers may land themselves in thesoup once the SIT probe iscompleted. One thing is clearafter the initial probe that theverification and documentationhad not been done in thescholarship distribution.

After the arrest of five peo-ple, including the youngerbrother of Manglaur MLA QaziNizamuddin of the Congress,sources said that the MLAhimself is also on the team'sradar. He is the trustee of a col-lege which is under cloud,post-investigation. The role ofthe then social welfare officeris also suspicious, sourcesadded.

The college which hadbeen constructed in 2005 onthe banks of Gangnehar hadnot run properly, but the pro-prietors of the college hadallegedly siphoned off scholar-ship funds from the social wel-

f a r ed e p a r t -ment bys u bm it -ting afake list ofstudents.It hasb e e nrevealedthat theManglaurl e g i s l a -t o r ' sb r o t h e rNooruddin and his partnershad closed the institution in2014 due to its non- accredita-tion by the education council.However, the scholarshipamount had allegedly contin-ued despite the closure of thecollege and its website.

The college had receivedthe scholarship for the studentsfrom the year 2012 to 2015while students had stoppedcoming to the college in 2011itself. At one point of time,there were just 50 studentsstudying in the college

The SIT team probing the

scam worth �2.5 crore hadarrested five people so far in thematter — Qazi Nooruddin,Pradip Agarwal, Sanjay Bansal,Ankur Sharma and Om Tyagi.Qazi Nooruddin is youngerbrother of Manglaur MLA QaziNizamuddin. Pradip Agarwal isthe son of a reputed business-man from Manglaur andSanjay Bansal is a resident ofDehradun.

Notably, the inspectingteam has till date scanned fivecolleges based in the districtand found a scam worth sev-eral crores of rupees.

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Despite theo f f i c i a l s

repeatedly giv-ing statementson major stepsbeing taken toraise theincome of theM u n i c i p a lCorporation ofD e h r a d u n(MCD), thecivic body hasno properrecord of thetotal number ofthe taxpayersbased in thecity.

It is learntthat MCD inthe past hadappointed twoprivate compa-nies to count atotal numberof the houses from where tax comesunder 60 wards. However both thecompanies had failed to complete thetask. MCD, on the other hand, reelingunder staff crunch, they cannotthemselves undertake the work.Currently, MCD just sends remindersto the taxpayers who have been sub-mitting it for some years. This meansthat the new houses or those which

remained out of the records of the civicbody for some reasons pay no tax tothe civic body.

Quizzed over the matter, the mayorSunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ admitted thatMCD does not have the record of thehouses located in 60 wards from wherethe tax comes. “We are planning toengage people to do the count and alsocollect taxes through outsourcing. This

would help us keep a proper record ofthings and at the same time, the tax col-lection process would be smoother,” hesaid.

Speaking of the matter, the munic-ipal commissioner Vinay ShankarPandey said, “This is true that we donot have a proper record of the hous-es of the tax payers. However, steps arebeing taken regarding this.”

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The tax collection camps being organ-ised by the Municipal Corporation

of Dehradun (MCD) would continue till15 March in various parts of the city.Besides, the taxpayers can also avail 20per cent off in the tax payment till March15. It is pertinent to mention here thatthe tax department has collected taxworth nearly �19 crore, though the tar-get is �25 crore.

The tax camps will be organised atBrahamadvala and Dalanwala (wardnumber – 46, 29) on March 7. On March8, such camps will be organised atIndirapuram and Kashmiri colony(Ward number – 45, 46, and 48). OnMarch 11, tax camps will be organisedat Seemadwar and Neshvilla Road(Ward number- 51, 6). On March 12, thesame will be organised at KaulagarhRoad and Karanpur (Ward- 11, 59). OnMarch 13, the camps will be organisedat Rajiv Nagar and Racecourse (Wardnumber- 2,16), On March 14, the campswill be organised at Kargi chowk andNehru Colony (Ward number- 42,33).On March 15, the camps will be organ-ised at Panditwari and Racecourse area(Ward number 52, 38).

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The prestigious Lal BahadurShastri National Academy

of Administration (LBSNAA)is now in its 60th (diamondjubilee) year of its existence inthis hill station. On September1 this year, it will complete 60years in Mussoorie.

On April 15, 1958, thethen Home Ministerannounced in the Lok Sabha aproposal to set up a NationalAcademy of Administrationwhere training would be givento all the recruits of the CivilServices. The Ministry ofHome Affairs decided to amal-gamate the IAS TrainingSchool, Delhi and the IAS StaffCollege, Shimla to form aNational Academy ofAdministration at Mussoorie.The Academy was set up in1959 and was called the'National Academy ofAdministration'. Its status wasthat of an 'attached office' of theGovernment of India under theMinistry of Home Affairs. InOctober 1972, its name waschanged to "Lal BahadurShastri Academy ofAdministration" and in July1973, the word "National" wasadded and the Academy isnow known as the “LalBahadur Shastri NationalAcademy of Administration"

It was on September 1,1959 that the academy wasestablished in Charleville, thefirst hotel to have been built inthis hill station, around 1870.Over the years, many newbuildings have been added tothe old ones of the hotel. Theacademy was shifted fromMetcalfe House to Charlevilleacquired by the government.

September 1959 was indeeda very special time forMussoorie, especially for the pic-turesque Happy Valley just a fewkilometres away from the busyLibrary Point (Gandhi Chowk).The Tibetan government inexile was just settling down in

Happy Valley. The young DalaiLama with his followers hadarrived in the summer. As forLBSNAA, its address ofCharleville, at the Happy Valleyend of The Mall Road holds astrong sense of history goingback to the mid-nineteenth cen-tury. Charleville was a grandlandmark of Mussoorie and hasbeen mentioned in several oldaccounts of foreign travelers tothe Queen of Hills.

The main building of thehotel was built by GeneralWilkinson in 1854 on theChajauli Estate. In 1861, theproperty was purchased byHobson, a retired manager ofMussoorie Bank who startedthe hotel.

In March 1905, thePrincess of Wales (later QueenMary) visited Dehra Dun andMussoorie. In Mussoorie, shestayed at the Charleville Hotel,the only hotel in India to be sohonoured.

In the year 1984, the mainblock of the academy was gut-ted in a fire, destroying the his-toric building of Charleville.Some historic records werealso destroyed in this fire. Aformer probationer, who isnow a senior officer , says “Wehad great times in the loungeof the old Charleville building.It had a small balcony outsidefrom where you could see thevalleys beyond with the viewof a temple on top of a hill.Below the lounge was a love-ly old library. It had a niceplace for sitting and readingwith a lovely view on theother side”.

The most fascinating storylinked to the Charleville Hotelis that of famous author andpoet Rudyard Kipling’s stay atthis hotel in the summer of1888, when he was twentythree years old. AmongKipling’s unpublished papersin the Library of Congress,there exists an album of pho-tos which has two pictures ofCharleville Hotel. One was aphoto of the hotel’s office.

Kipling had written, “And therewere men with a thousandwants/And women with babesgalore /But the dear little angelsin Heaven know/That Wuzzlernever swore”. Wuzzler was thepatient, long-suffering man-ager of Charleville.

The academy in the HappyValley area is a place worth see-ing. Its campus is picturesqueand the entire ambience has asense of history as well asgrace. The LBSNAA has lentdignity and prestige, over thepast six decades, to the beau-tiful hill town of Mussoorie .This Academy stands for val-ues envisioned by SardarVallabhbhai Patel and furtheramplified by Lal BahadurShastri. Long before our inde-pendence, and at the height ofthe colonial administration,the British PM David LloydGeorge, had compared thecivil services to the steel frame.

After independence, withthe ushering in of democracy,new challenges came up, andthe services moulded them-selves to serve the best inter-ests of the people and thecountry. The civil serviceslargely have been able to live upto the high standards.

This Academy is the firststop for all Civil Servantsentering the portals ofGovernment after their selec-tion by the UPSC. The acade-my takes up the responsibilityof laying the foundation oftheir career and shaping upattitudes. Numerous innova-tions designed by the alumniof this Academy have earnedthe admiration of the commonman. Their contributions havebeen recognised on the CivilService Day.

One can safely say thatalmost all of the improve-ments in various StateGovernments, departmentsand Central Government areauthored by officers who passout of these environs, irre-spective of the service theybelong to.

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The seven-day InternationalYoga Festival which was

kicked off on 28 February atGanga Resort came to an endon a musical note onWednesday. The festival wasorganised by Uttarakhandtourism department andGarhwal Mandal VikasNigam.

During the festival, manyattempts were made for attain-ing world records.

The organisers are hope-ful of the world records beingset once the verification isdone by the team. Attemptswere made for setting worldrecords in the postures ofwarrior, bridge pose and mer-

maid pose.Speaking to The Pioneer,

the managing director ofGarhwal Mandal Vikas NigamJyoti Neeraj kherwal said,“Here at the festival, we triedto include various attractionsfor the yoga practitioners,including discourses by emi-nent ayurvedacharyas andyogacharyas. The hallmarkwas the performance by hun-dreds of yoga students. Themain asanas were Virbhadraand Raj Kapot. We intend toget some world record forthese two Asanas. While 897students performed VirbhadraAasan for 3 minutes and 3 sec-onds Raj Kapot asan was per-formed by 761 practitionersfor 1 minute 30 seconds.

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Members of the auto- rick-shaw unions slammed

the State Government for itsdecision to ban diesel autos ply-ing on the city roads andreplace it with battery- operat-ed vehicles to minimise pollu-

tion. According to Doon AutoRickshaw Union, the legality ofthe decision is questionable anddiscriminatory against them.While interacting with themedia, Pankaj Arora, leader,Doon Auto Rickshaw Union,said, “The decision by the RTAis discriminatory and acting

against auto rickshaws whichoffer economical public trans-portation to the common peo-ple. It is one-sided and takenonly against the diesel autorickshaws while there is a lot ofother diesel vehicles freely ply-ing in the city and creatingmore pollution than our autos.”

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The State administrationreshuffled the responsibili-

ties of one IAS and seven PCSofficers on Wednesday.According to official informa-tion, Nainital district magistrateVinod Kumar Suman ,who wasalso holding the additionalcharge of Mandi Parishad direc-tor, has been relieved of theadditional charge while addi-tional director of training direc-torate, Haldwani, officer BSChalal has been given the addi-tional charge of Mandi Parishaddirector. Women empowermentadditional secretary JharnaKamthan has been relieved ofher additional charges of APDand ADB (urban development).Almora additional district mag-istrate Arvind Kumar Pandey’searlier transfer has been can-celled and he will assume chargeas Rudraprayag ADM.

Similarly, Pauri ADM BSFirmal’s earlier transfer hasbeen cancelled and he willassume charge as the AlmoraADM. The Rudraprayag ADMGirish Chandra Gunwant hasbeen transferred to the post ofMussoorie DehradunDevelopment Authority(MDDA) secretary whilePrakash Chandra Dumka hasbeen transferred from the postof MDDA secretary to the postof SIIDCUL general managerand APD, ADB (urban devel-opment). Shiv Kumar Barnwalwho is on deputation to RailVikas Nigam Limited inRishikesh has been given theadditional charge of PauriADM.

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After a long wait, theGovernment Doon

Medical College (GDMC)Hospital would soon get a newComputer AssistedTomography (CAT) machine.After the process of tenders, thehospital administration islearnt to have finalised thecompany which would supplythe ultra-modern machine. It isnow expected that the machinewould be installed at the radi-ology department of theGDMC Hospital within thenext two months. The newmachine, estimated to costaround �6 crore, would beable to perform coronaryangiography besides its othernormal functions and wouldreplace the old error-pronemachine which would beinstalled at the emergency wingof the hospital.

The principal GDMC, DrAshutosh Sayana, said that theprocess of selection of the newCT scan machine is in its laststage. He hoped that the newmachine would be installed intwo months. Notably, the hos-pital administration had raisedthe demand for a new machine

to the Chief Minister TrivendraSingh Rawat when he visitedthe hospital in September 2017.The demand had been accept-ed by the CM after which thebudget for the machine hadbeen allotted.

The hospital administra-tion had been demandinginstallation of the machine fora long time and many propos-als had been sent by it to theState administration.

The experts opine that thenew machine would help inbetter diagnosis of the patientsof neurology, neurosurgery,cardiology, orthopaedics andcancer.

The patients of the coro-nary diseases would get themaximum benefit of themachine as it would be able toperform coronary CT angiog-raphy.

It is worth mentioning thatthe existing CT scan machinehas become obsolete and it isprone to repeated breakdowns.The CT scan machine had been

installed at the hospital in 2004. The team of the Medical

Council of India (MCI) duringits visit to the hospital had alsopointed out that the CT scanmachine of the hospital was tooold for use. Besides, it did notconform to the norms pre-scribed for a medical college, theteam had said.

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State Congress is likely todeclare the names of the

candidates for the five LokSabha seats from Uttarakhandbefore the Congress presidentRahul Gandhi’s proposed visitto the State on March 16.

The Congress presidentwould address a rally at ParadeGround in the city on March 16to kick start the election cam-paign of his party inUttarakhand. Ahead of the visitof Rahul Gandhi, the Congresscircles are agog with speculationthat the party might declare thenames of the candidates for allthe five Lok Sabha seats nextweek. The in- charge of theState Congress, AnugrahNarayan Singh, is expected tosubmit the panel of the candi-dates prepared by the statescreening committee to theparliamentary screening com-mittee of the Congress onMarch 9. The Congress presi-dent Gandhi has convened ameeting of the state unit pres-idents of the party on March 9.It is expected that the PradeshCongress Committee (PCC)president Pritam Singh wouldhold discussion on the proba-ble candidates for the five par-liamentary constituencies ofthe State during the meeting.

The screening committeefor selection of candidates forUttarakhand is headed byAnugrah Narayan Singh. The

co-in-charge of CongressRajesh Dharmani, State

Congress president PritamSingh, the leader of the

Opposition in the StateAssembly Indira Hridayesh andthe national general secretary(organisation) Venu Gopal arethe members of the committee.

Besides, the Congress hasalso appointed observers for allthe five Lok Sabha seats. Theparty has nominated the formerminister Tilak Raj Behed as theobserver for Tehri, the deputyleader of the Congress legisla-ture party Karan Mahra as theobserver for Pauri, the formerMinister Dinesh Agarwal as theobserver for Nainital, seniorleader Mahendra Pal Singh asthe observer for Haridwar andthe former minister SurendraSingh Negi as the observer ofAlmora.

Queried over the selectionof the candidates, the PCCchief Pritam Singh said that theprocess for selection is goingon. “It is for the party todecide when to declare thenames,” he said. He claimedthat the rally of Congress pres-ident in Dehradun would be ahistoric one, given the over-whelming support the party isenjoying among the people ofthe State. Meanwhile, the StateCongress has started to gearitself up to make the rally to beaddressed by Rahul Gandhi ahuge success in terms ofturnout. The state party lead-ers said that in case, the rallyturns out to be a well-attend-ed one, it would silence thecritics who say that the party

is lagging far behind the rulingBJP in the preparation of thepoll. The state party held ameeting at Rajiv Bhawan-thestate party office- onWednesday to discuss the nittygritty of the public meeting tobe addressed by Rahul Gandhi.In course of the meeting, theparty assigned responsibilitiesto different leaders to make therally a big success.

The probable names-Among the Congress proba-bles for the LS poll from theState, the name of the formerChief Minister Harish Rawat isdoing the rounds. He is expect-ed to contest from Haridwarand Udham Singh Nagar-Naninital seats.

Similarly, the contention ofthe PCC president PritamSingh and his predecessorKishore Upadhyaya is alsoquite strong from Tehri seat.From Almora-Pithoragarhreserved seat, names of theRajya Sabha MP PradeepTamta and Sarita Arya are incirculation. The former StateCabinet Ministers-GaneshGodiyal, Rajendra SinghBhandari and Surendra SinghNegi-are being cited as thefront runners for the Garhwalseat. Leader of the Oppositionin the State Assembly, IndiraHridayesh and senior leaderTilak Raj Behed are also saidto be eager to throw their hatsfor Nainital-Udham SinghNagar parliamentary seat.

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The patients have been fac-ing problem as the lone

CT scan machine of thedepartment of radiology ofGDMC Hospital has not beenrepaired yet though it haddeveloped malfunctioning inlast week of February. It islearnt that an amount of �40lakh is expected to be spent onthe repair of this importantradio diagnostic machine.More than 40 CT scans aredone by the machine dailyand in the absence of the facil-ity, the patients are beingforced to visit expensive pri-vate hospitals and diagnosticcentres to get the CT done.

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More than 10,000 youthsattended Young

U t t a r a k h a n d - To w a r d sEntrepreneurship andEmployment programme inau-gurated by Chief MinisterTrivendra Singh Rawat atParade Ground here onWednesday. Prominent indus-trialists invited to the event alsomotivated the youth for self-employment.

Addressing the gathering,Rawat said that with the guid-ance and support of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, var-ious initiatives have been takentowards providing employ-ment opportunities for theyouth.

Following the firstinvester’s summit held inOctober last year, till March2019 investment projectsamounting to �12,500 crorehave been activated on theground.

Referring to the immensetourism potential of the State,he said that tourism is a majorsource of employment oppor-tunities. To make it the main

source of livelihood, the Stategranted industry status totourism with 13 new theme-based tourist destinations alsobeing developed in 13 districts.

Working towards the tar-get of making 5,000 homes-tays, the State already has 802new homestays with electric-ity being supplied at domes-tic rates to such enterprises.Further, Mussoorie andKedarnath will also be linkedby ropeway soon. Such invest-ment and policies are boost-ing self-employment in theState, he added.

He also spoke about howthe State’s film policy hadattracted film makers andalso generated jobs for thelocals. For the integrateddevelopment of Uttarakhand,for the f irst t ime theGovernment envisionedgrowth centres to facilitateincome generation based onlocally available resources in670 Nyay Panchayats of theState. Such growth centreshave been started in morethan 100 places so far.

Referring to the forestwealth of Uttarakhand, Rawat

said that pine is often criti-cised for forest fires but theState Government is workingon generation of electricityfrom Pirul (dry pine nee-dles).

This will not only mitigatethe forest fire problem but alsogenerate electricity and

income for the locals. The CMspoke about the various initi-ates taken towards enhancingeducation along with provi-sion of 10 per cent reservationfor economically weakermembers of general category.

He spoke about the mea-sures taken for improving

agriculture and capitalisingon water reservoirs. Rawatsaid that since April 2017,more than three lakh oppor-tunities for jobs and selfemployment had been gener-ated in the State. Taking directquestions on different issuesfrom youngsters from across

the State, he stressed on theneed for citizens to resolveand act to end corruption insociety. He also spoke aboutthe action taken by theGovernment as part of itspolicy of zero tolerance forcorruption.

Replying to the youth, hespoke about measures taken toboost tourism, organic agri-culture, mitigate migrationand improve connectivity.Earlier, State Minister DhanSingh Rawat welcomed thegathering and informed thatmore than 10,000 youth wereattending the event apart fromthousands in 52 degree col-leges participating throughvideo link.

Oyo CEO Aditya Ghoshand former CEO of HCLTechnologies, Vineet Nayarwho now heads the SamparkFoundation also addressedthe gathering on the occasion.

Cabinet Ministers PrakashPant, Harak Singh Rawat,Madan Kaushik and Stateminister Rekha Arya werealso present on the occasion.Sectoral sessions were heldlater in the day.Representatives of about 50companies apart fromGovernment departments alsoparticipated in the event.

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When the StateGovernment was

organising ‘YoungUttarakhand, towards entre-preneurship and employ-ment’ , the federation ofunemployed youths held ademonstration at the protestsite, demanding jobs.

The members of the fed-eration who had gathered atthe protest site intended totake out a rally, but they werenot provided permission forit by the district administra-tion. Later, the agitatingmembers torched the effigyof the State Government byway of venting anger.

Speaking of the stir, theystaged, the president of thefederation Bobby Panwarsaid that the StateGovernment, on one hand, iscelebrat ing the year asemployment year and, onthe other, no employment is

being provided to the unem-ployed.

He further said thatinstead of squandering awaymoney on such a programmemeant to confuse the people,the State Government shouldhave firmed up a policy forproviding employment.Panwar said that the BJPhad promised to fill all thevacant posts within sixmonths since coming topower.“But even after almosttwo years in power, the StateGovernment is yet to live upto the promise. We are allfrustrated with the apathy theState Government is showingto us. They have deceived us,”he said.

The speakers on theoccasion warned that theunemployed youths wouldteach BJP a lesson in theupcoming Lok Sabha electionif the recruitment process isnot initiated soon in theinterest of the unemployed.

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The Union Ministry ofHousing and Urban Affairs

declared the Swachh SurvekshanReport 2019. According to thereport, Gauchar in Chamolidistrict has been ranked as thecleanest Ganga town. Dehradunranked 384th in the category ofthe cleanest city among 425 citieswith a population of more thanone lakh. The city scored 1343marks out of 5,000.

Notably, the SwachhSurvekshan Report is a surveyof the Urban Local bodies ofthe country under the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s flag-ship programme of SwachhBharat Abhiyan.

The cities are ranked byfour categories-PublicParticipation, DirectInspection, Improvement inservices and Third PartyCertification that is basedupon the star ratings.

Over the past two years,Dehradun has been placed inthe lowest rank this year. In2017, it achieved 316th posi-tion and in 2018 it secured259th position. However, thisyear the position of the cityrolled down to 384th.

Among other cities ofthe state, Roorkee ranked281 in the list. Last year thecity clinched 158th position.Kashipur ranked 308th this

year while last year the cityfinished 310th.

Haldwani ranked as the350th cleanliest city whilelast year it scored 251st posi-tion. Haridwar ranked 376thin the list while last year thecity scored the 205th posi-tion. Rudrapur this yearranked 403rd while last yearthe city scored 281st .

Under the category ofthe cleanest cantonmentboard, Almora figured as the

11 best cantonment boards inIndia this year. Last year,however, the board capturedthe second position.

Ranikhet received 13thposition of being the bestcantonment board in thecountry. Last year the boardfinished third.

Dehradun cantonmentboard received 19th posi-tion this year while last yearthe board was placed as the16th.

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Chief Minister TrivendraSingh Rawat inaugurated

various developmental worksand unveiled the foundation ofdifferent projects in Mussoorieand Kotdwar on Wednesday. InMussoorie, he inaugurated thejoint hospital building con-structed at a cost of �5.50crore and unveiled the foun-dation for the Dehradun-Mussoorie ropeway project. InKotdwar, he inaugurated thePakhro eco-tourism zone inCorbett tiger reserve and inau-gurated construction ofEmployees State InsuranceCorporation super-specialityhospital (medical college).

In Mussoorie, Rawat saidthat the Dehradun-Mussoorieropeway would be built at acost of about �300 crore inthree years and be one of thefive longest ropeways in theworld. With the construction ofthe ropeway, the distancebetween Purkul in Dehradunand Mussoorie would be cov-

ered in 10-12 minutes. In order to decrease traffic

load in Mussoorie, variousroads are being constructed inthe surrounding areas. Toresolve the problem of parking,space has been identified tobuild a high tech parking facil-ity. He assured that moderntechnology will be utilised forrepairing the roads inMussoorie.

Later, in Kotdwar the CMinaugurated various develop-mental works and also pre-sented financial assistancecheques and different equip-ment to beneficiaries undervarious schemes. He alsoannounced � 40 crore for con-struction of advocates’ cham-bers.

Speaking on the occasion,he said that after the unveilingof foundation stones, the con-struction of various muchawaited works will be expedit-ed.

Apart from facilitatingdevelopment at the local level,these works will also boost the

state’s development and provideemployment opportunities tothe youth. Referring to theYoung Uttarakhand pro-gramme held in Dehradun, hesaid that similar events wouldbe held in other districts too.Stating that a ropeway will beconstructed soon betweenDehradun and Mussoorie, theCM said that survey work isbeing undertaken for con-

struction of ropeways atKedarnath, Neelkanth,Mukteshwar and other places.He also spoke about the stepstaken by Government toimprove the condition of med-ical health facilities, educationand other important sectors.

Cabinet Minister and localMLA Harak Singh Rawat alsoexpressed his views on theoccasion.

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Taking action against thedeputy director of mining

for not providing informationsought, the Haridwar districtmagistrate has directed thatthe official’s salary be with-

held till further orders.

The official has also beendirected to provide clari-

fication in writing. Further,the DM Deepak Rawat andsenior superintendent ofpolice Janmejay Khandurialso inspected six stone crush-ers and got them sealed onfinding irregularities there.

According to official com-munication, to stop illegalmining in the district, the DMhad earlier directed the

deputy director verbally onmany occasions to provideinformation about the quan-tity of materials being broughtto stone crushers and thequantity being sent out fromthe crushers.

However since the saidinformation was not provid-ed, it seemed as if the officialswas not interested in stoppingillegal mining and followinginstructions of the senior offi-cer. Considering this negli-

gence in work, the DMordered withholding hissalary and sought clarificationfrom him. Further, onWednesday, the DM and SSPalong with other officialsacted on complaints of illegalmining and revenue theft atstone crushers and inspectedsix locations in Buggawalaarea.

These six stone crusherswere sealed due to irregular-ities found there.

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To look into the demands ofthe protesting teachers on

the issue of regularisation,Punjab Government onWednesday set up a committeefixing a 90-day deadline forsubmitting the report.

The Cabinet, in its meet-ing on Wednesday, has decid-ed to form an eight-membercommittee of teachers’ unionleaders and senior officers tolook into other demands ofteachers, including full payscale to 8,886 teachers ofAdarsh schools, Sarva ShikshaAbhiyan (SSA) and RashtriyaMadhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA).

“This Committee will sub-mit report to the cabinet sub-committee within threemonths and thereafter, theCabinet sub-committee willexamine it and submit it to theCabinet for final approval,”said the state EducationMinister OP Soni.

Besides, the Cabinet hasalso acceded to the long-pend-ing demand of contractual

teachers by approving regular-isation of 5,178 teachers withfull pay scale. In addition, theCabinet has also regularised650 nurses of the HealthDepartment as per theDepartment's probation rules.

Of the 5,178 teachers, 5,078were recruited in the master'scadre and 100 as classical andvernacular teachers by theEducation Department in 2014,2015 and 2016. They will getfull pay scale with effect fromOctober 2019.

In another major relief,the Cabinet has reduced theprobation period from threeyears to two years.

Further, the teachers wouldbe assigned seniority from thedate of completion of their pro-bation period.

These teachers are cur-rently paid Rs 7,500 per monthand their salary would be nowfixed at minimum of grade paywhich is Rs 15,300 per monthtill the time they are given fullscale, said the governmentspokesperson.

Teachers have beenprotesting against the State

Government, demanding reg-ularisation of their servicesand full pay scale. Nurses havealso been demanding regular-isation of their jobs.

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Cabinet has approved theallotment of land by improve-ment trusts and urban localbodies for employees' cooper-ative group housing societies atreserve prices.

The Cabinet also gave itsnod to reserve three percent ofresidential plots for the allot-ment of land to governmentemployees by these bodies,which is the long-pendingdemand of the employees.

Spokesperson said that thescheme would be soon notifiedwith complete details by theState Government for allot-ment of one acre of land to agroup of 40 employees on thelines of Maharashtra.

The three percent reserva-tion would be provided to theemployees of the StateGovernment, besides itsBoards, Corporations, Punjab

and Haryana High Court, offi-cials of the institutions work-ing under CooperationDepartment of the StateGovernment like Markfed,Milkfed, Punjab StateCooperative Bank, Housefedand universities funded by thePunjab Government.

The applicant should havecompleted at least five years ofregular service or should haveretired within the last fiveyears from the date of com-mencement of the scheme.Persons on deputation inPunjab from Government ofIndia or any other state wouldnot be eligible to apply underthis scheme, added thespokesperson.

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The Cabinet has decidedto raise the emoluments of ser-vice providers (veterinarypharmacists) and ‘Safai Sewaks’of the state’s RuralDevelopment Department.

While the emoluments ofservice providers have been

increased from Rs 8,000 to Rs9,000 per month, those of'Safai Sewaks' have gone upfrom Rs 4,000 to Rs 4,500 permonth with effect from July 1,2018.

Notably, the AnimalHusbandry Department con-tributes about 13 percent ofGDP in economic growth ofthe State along with agriculturesector.

The State Government hasalready transferred back 582Civil Veterinary Hospitals tothe Animal HusbandryDepartment, including 582sanctioned posts of RuralVeterinary Officers from RuralDevelopment and PanchayatDepartment, to provide effi-cient animal health services.

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To enable industrial unitschoose between Net GSTincentives and incentivisedSGST on intra-state sale, theCabinet has approved anamendment to the PunjabGoods and Services Tax Act,2017.

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In Haryana, there are as manyas 5,910 registered centenari-

an voters.Haryana Joint Chief

Electoral Officer, Inderjeet onWednesday said that in all the 90assembly constituencies ofHaryana, there are 5,910 voterswho are of 100 years of age orabove. It is a matter of pride forHaryana that elderly voters ofthis age are registered in the vot-ers’ list, he said.

Inderjeet said that voters’ listwas published on January 31,2019. According to the voters’list, the maximum number of553 voters who are of 100 yearsof age or above, are in Karnal,which is Chief Minister ManoharLal’s constituency. The lowestnumber of 111 centenarian vot-ers is in Panchkula. Inderjeet saidthat there are 8,9711 voters in 90

to 99 years age group in the vot-ers’ list, the maximum numberof 7,946 such voters are inBhiwani, while the lowest num-ber of 1,436 voters are inPanchkula. He further said thatthose voters who are still left outin the voters’ list, they could fillform no. 6 on website online toget their votes made.

During the special briefrevision of voter lists in Haryana,3,68,494 new voters have beenadded to the list. The names of85,613 ineligible voters havebeen removed from the voters’list and the details of 60,995 vot-ers registered in voters’ list havebeen corrected.

The Joint Chief ElectoralOfficer said that if still, thename of any citizen is not on thevoters’ list then one can gethimself or herself registered andalso get corrected their person-al details.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on

Wednesday written to theUnion Home Minister RajnathSingh seeking the immediaterestoration of the historic mate-rials removed from the libraryof Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar,during Operation Bluestar in1984.

Seeking the UnionMinister’s intervention in thematter, the Chief Minister saidthat a delegation of some rep-resentatives of the SikhOrganizations CoordinateCommittee from the UnitedKingdom met him recently todiscuss some issues of concernto Resident Indians and SikhCommunity Diaspora of UK.The subject of the materialtaken from the Golden Templewas among them.

“Punjab Government isalready considering these issuesraised by the delegation at

appropriate levels, but the mat-ter of restoration of the historicmaterial to Sri Darbar Sahibrequired urgent intervention ofthe Union Ministry of HomeAffairs,” said Capt Amarinder,in his letter.

The Chief Minister point-ed out that most of the historicoriginal valuable materials ofSikhism were taken away by thesecurity forces in June 1984,and no account of that hadbeen given so far. “Sikh com-munity has been raising thismatter time and again. Even thePunjab Government has beenrequesting the Government ofIndia to intervene to ensurethat these historic materials,wherever available, should berestored to Sri Darbar Sahib,Amritsar,” he wrote.

He also sought Rajnath’sindulgence in the matter to sortout the issue at the earliest, say-ing that it would go a long wayin meeting the long-pendingdemand of the community.

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With the PunjabGovernment once again

putting off the final decision onthe issue of teachers’ regulari-sation, the protesting teachers onWednesday expressed displea-sure with the government for“going back” on its promises.

The teachers lashed out atthe State Government for notfulfilling its promise of givingfull pay scale from February andnot addressing the issues ofthose involved with the SarvaShiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and theRashtriya Madhyamik ShikshaAbhiyan (RMSA).

The cabinet, in its meetingchaired by the Capt AmarinderSingh, has decided to regu-larise the services of 5,178 teach-ers with full pay scale fromOctober 1, 2019. Of the 5,178

teachers, 5,078 were recruited inthe master's cadre and 100 asclassical and vernacular teach-ers by the education departmentin 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Currently getting Rs 7,500monthly, the teachers’ salarywould be now fixed at mini-mum of grade pay of Rs 15,300per month till the time they aregiven full scale.

The teachers, protestingunder the banner of AdhyapakSangharsh Committee, said thatthey were upset that the Cabinetapproved giving full pay scale to5,178 teachers from Octoberinstead of February.

“We were promised that thefull pay scale will be given witheffect from February this year.But the government is nowsaying that the full pay scale willbe given from October,” said acommittee member Bikramjit

Singh Kaddon.The teachers said that dur-

ing their meeting with fourministers — Education MinisterOP Soni, Finance MinisterManpreet Badal, HealthMinister Brahm Mohindra andCooperation and Jails MinisterSukhjinder Randhawa, theywere assured that the issue ofpay protection of 8,886 teachersof Adarsh schools, SSA andRMSA would also be addressedin the Cabinet meeting.

“But this issue will now belooked into by a committee,along with other issues,” saidKaddon. The Government hasformed an eight-member com-mittee of teachers' union lead-ers and senior officers to lookinto other demands of the teach-ers which would submit itsreport to the cabinet sub-com-mittee within three months.

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As part of its initiative to pro-mote menstrual hygiene,

the Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT) Roorkeeinstalled sanitary pad vendingmachines in its premises. Thesocial initiative is a part of IITRoorkee Cognizance.Cognizance is the annual techfest of IIT Roorkee.

A programme ‘Stories ofSolidity’ was organised in theuniversity on Wednesday duringwhich issues like womenempowerment and menstrualhygiene management were dis-cussed. On the day, four vend-ing machines were installed atthe girls’ washroom of the cam-pus. The girls can take out san-itary pad from the machine byinserting a five rupee coin. Anincineration machine has alsobeen installed along with thevending machines in which theused pads would get incinerat-ed. The founder of SukarmaFoundation Maya Vishwakarmawho is also known as 'padwomen' said menstruationshould be included in the cur-riculum so that it is not consid-

ered a taboo.The overall coordinator of

Cognizance-2019, Tushar Bairagisaid “The vending machines areelectronically operated and willprovide ease to the girls in caseof emergency. Menstrual mythshave a long history rooted in ourlack of understanding of thehuman body and our habit ofdeductive reasoning based onsymptoms. But our beliefs andpractices must change with timeand with scientific advance-ment”.

He further said that a recentstudy suggests that in India, 50percent of the girls have noknowledge about menstruationand how to manage it when theyhave their first period. “Webelieve in a world where everywoman and girl can manage hermenstruation hygienically withconfidence and without stig-ma”, he said.

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Himachal Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur on

Wednesday inaugurated newand modern facilities on Kalka-Shimla heritage railway linehere on Wednesday. Theseinclude Vistadom coach, mod-ern toilet complex, renovatedsecond class waiting room,lighting of railway station onanalogy of airport, 160 KV PKsolar power plant, heritageengine and coach at Shoghi sta-tion, LED lights and WiFi facil-ity on all the major stationsfrom Kalka to Shimla block etc.

The chief minister alsolaid foundation stones of twolifts at railways station besidesrenovation of Shimla extensionstation.

He said the railway track

between Pathankot-Jogindernagar has beenupgraded which has reducedthe travelling distance by abouttwo hours. He said similarefforts would be made toreduce travelling time betweenKalka-Shimla line.

The Chief Minister said theVistadom has been presentlyattached in Train No 52453/54and more such coach would beready in next six months. Hesaid that in the next three to six months, the trainwill run at a speed which canreduce the travel time by 30 to40 minutes.

"All these facilities wouldgive boost to tourism develop-ment in the State as the Kalka-Shimla railway ride wouldemerge as an added attractionfor the tourists," he added.

The Chief Minister alsolaunched a new hop-on hop-offservice for which passengerscan get down at any station andspend some time and canboard in another incomingtrain without purchasing tick-ets. This would help in boost-ing tourism on way side sta-tions like Barog, Solan andShoghi etc. He also inaugurat-ed open window restaurantcoach.

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In a stepped-up counteragainst those doubting

Indian Air Force (IAF) strikeagainst ‘terrorist camps’ inBalakot in Pakistan , the BJP onWednesday claimed that theOpposition was rallying aroundterror exporting countryPakistan even as a UnionMinister sought a surgicalstrike against the Governmentcritics within India engaged in“insulting Army”.

The slugfest between theBJP and the opposition, par-ticularly the Congress, thatkicked off following February26 IAF strike in Pakistan keptgenerating more heat with theBJP accusing them of speakingin the language of Pakistan.

Taking a dig at theCongress, BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said seeingthe “cries and the critical com-ments” of the Congress and itspolitical friends, one is leftwondering if they have been hitby the strike that “killed anunprecedentedly large numberof terrorists” in Pakistan’s ter-

ritory.He said in a statement that

“irresponsible” comments byvarious Congress party leadersover India’s air strike on terrorbases in Pakistan show theirdesperation and frustration atthe unprecedented success ofthe Indian armed forces andtheir valour.

It was a travesty that theCongress and its allies were“rallying behind the terror-exporting Pakistan”, he said.

Rao said India and its braveforces are brimming with con-fidence and are celebrating therising power and stock of a‘New India’, while the Congressand their political friendsappear to be feeling threatenedof their political future in a ris-ing India.

Meanwhile UnionMinister VK Singh said peoplewant India to emulate Israel intargeting terrorists but it can-not happen because theOpposition in that country,unlike India, does not questionand “insult” their Army whenit carries out tasks like‘Operation Munich’.

In a Facebook post, heattacked Government critics,including Opposition mem-bers, students leaders, activistsand media, and called for a“surgical strike” within India,claiming if it does not happen,then the “robbers are ready toloot”.

The former Army chiefcalled student leaders accusedof involvement in “anti-India”protests as “jonk” (leeches)and took aim at the media forreferring to terrorists as “mil-itants”, claiming such things donot happen in Israel. It is hightime that the country followedIsrael, he said.

In a tweet, Singh also useda mosquito metaphor to referto the debate on casualty fig-ures of terrorists, asking if hewas expected to sit and counthow many he killed at night or“sleep in comfort”.

“There were a lot of mos-quitoes at 3:30 am at night. So,I used Hit (mosquito repellent)on them. Now, should I sit andcount how many mosquitoes Ikilled or sleep in comfort,”Singh tweeted.

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The Congress onWednesday launched a

fresh attack on Prime MinisterNarendra Modi over the Rafaleaircraft deal, alleging that hemisused his office to “benefit”Dassault Aviation and that acase under the prevention ofcorruption law is made outagainst him. Alleging that the“trail of corruption” in thefighter jet deal “begins andends with” Prime Minister,Congress President RahulGandhi claimed there “is nowenough evidence” to prosecutehim.

Leading the party’s attackon the Modi dispensation overthe deal, Rahul also alleged“destruction of evidence” and“obvious cover-up” after thegovernment told the SupremeCourt that crucial files per-taining to the fighter jet dealwere “stolen”.

“There is now enough evi-dence to prosecute the PM inthe Rafale Scam. The trail ofcorruption begins & ends with

him. That crucial Rafale filesincriminating him are nowreported “stolen” by the Govt,is destruction of evidence & anobvious coverup,” he said onTwitter, using the hashtag“FIRagainstCorruptModi”.

The Congress chief ’s attackcame on a day when the gov-ernment said in the SupremeCourt that documents relatedto the Rafale fighter jet dealhave been stolen from theDefence Ministry and threat-ened with action under theOfficial Secrets Act for pub-lishing articles based on them.

The party which has beencontinuously targeting theCentre on Rafale deal, theparty alleged corruption andmalfeasance in the fighter jetdeal and said the time hascome to lodge an FIR againstPrime Minister NarendraModi. “The corruption andmalfeasance in Rafale deal isout in the open. PM Modi mis-used his office to give benefitsto Dassault Aviation andcaused loss to the public exche-quer,” Congress chiefspokesperson Randeep

Surjewala said at AICC Pressconference.

“It is now crystal clearthat blatant and massive cor-ruption has taken place in theRafale deal. It is undoubtedlyestablished that Modi mis-used his office as PrimeMinister to grant undue ben-efit to Dassault Aviation andcaused a loss to public exche-quer,” he said.

Surjewala said that theIndian Negotiating Team(INT) to finalise the purchaseof the fighter aircraft was side-lined and National SecurityAdvisor Ajit Doval finalisedthe negotiation at the behest ofthe Prime Minister’s Office(PMO). He claimed the gov-ernment bought the fighter air-craft at a much higher rate thanwhat was negotiated by theUPA and also waived bankguarantee.

The government’s claimof buying the 36 aircraft at�59,000 crore is wrong and theINT has put the figure at�64,000 crore, he claimed,accusing the government ofmisleading Parliament.

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In a first of its kind, theMinistry of Housing and

Urban Affairs (MoHUA) hasprepared the ‘ModelGuidelines for Developmentand Regulations of RetirementHomes’ for senior citizenswho aspire to spend theirretired life independently in asafe, secure and dignified envi-ronment.

Among others the guide-lines suggest standards andnorms for building design,green building principles, liftsand staircases, corridors, ser-vices standards and living envi-ronment to be provided tosenior citizens in retirementhomes along with the basicamenities; medical and fitness,safety and security.

A resident of retirementhomes will be any person whois 60 years of age and above.

The guidelines suggest settingup a task force in States andUnion Territories to imple-ment it effectively. “A promot-er can build and manage theretirement homes or engage a‘service provider’ or ‘retire-ment home operator’ for man-agement of retirement homes,”it said.

Providing the details ofthe guidelines, Union Housingand Urban Affairs (MoHUA)minister Hardeep Singh Purisaid the guidelines addressthe special needs and protectthe rights of senior citizensand retirees l iving inRetirement Homes. “TheGuidelines provide option tosenior citizens and familymembers, who are willingand can afford to purchase aliving space for their par-ents,” Puri added.

The model guidelines spec-ify ‘basic rights of resident of

retirement home’ and also pre-scribe the model tripartite

agreement.The model guidelines

would enable states and unionterritories (UTs) to establish

transparency and account-ability with customised redres-

sal of issues pertaining toexclusive housing projects forsenior citizens like retirementhomes.

Officials of MoHUA saidthat the idea of elderly peopleliving independently, undercustom-tailored circum-stances, is quite normal in theWest, but is still a relativelynew and a cutting-edge con-cept in India.

The population of seniorcitizens is expected to grow to17.3 crore by 2025 — morethan double in a little over onedecade — and will furtherincrease to about 24 crore by2050. The population share ofsenior citizens will increase to19% in 2050 from 8%in 2015and it is expected that by theend of the century, senior cit-izens will constitute nearly34% of the total population ofthe country. There were 7.6crore senior citizens in 2001.

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The Delhi High Court onWednesday refused to

accept the request of SwanTelecom promoter ShahidUsman Balwa and others tospare them from the task oftaking care of the trees whichthey were directed to plant asa penalty for failing to file ontime their response on the EDand CBI’s appeals challengingtheir acquittals in 2G cases. Theaccused persons said that totalcost of planting and nurturing16,500 tress till rainy seasonwill cost �6.27 crore.

After the accused cited the“excessive” cost involved, JusticeNajmi Waziri said they will haveto plant and nurture the treestill rainy season and they canbear the expenses as they residein posh areas of Mumbai with“fancy addresses”. However, thecourt agreed to reduce thenumber of trees to be plantedby Balwa and businessmanRajiv Agarwal. Balwa andAgarwal, who were earlierasked to plant 3,000 trees, willnow have to plant 1,500 trees.

Advocate Vijay Aggarwal,appearing for Balwa andAgarwal, submitted that theywelcome the court order forplantation of trees and wereready to comply with it butsought modification of theFebruary 7 order to the extentof sparing them from the workof nurturing as the cost ofdoing it was very high.

The court had earlierdirected Balwa, director ofKusegaon Fruits and VegetablesPrivate Limited Rajiv Agarwal,and firms — Dynamic Realty,D B Realty Limited and NiharConstructions Private Limited— who were acquitted in theED case, to plant 3,000 treeseach in Delhi’s South Ridge for-est area. It had also asked ARaja’s erstwhile private secre-tary RK Chandolia, Asif Balwaand Agarwal to plant 500 treeseach in South Delhi.

New Delhi: The NIA onWednesday arrested an accusedNazir Mir from Pulwama inconnections with a case relat-ing to grenade attack on PoliceStation Maksudan in Jallandhardistrict of Punjab.

The NIA probe hasrevealed that the attack washandiwork of Kashmir-basedterror outfit Ansar Ghazawat-ul-Hind (AGH), an affiliate ofAl Qaeda. Two accused andresidents of Pulwama--FazilBashir Pinchoo and ShahidQayoom were earlier arrestedin this case.

The arrested accused AmirNazir Mir is a resident ofDadsara, Awantipora underPulwama district of Jammuand Kashmir.

On September14, 2018,four grenades were hurled atthe building of police stationMaksudan in which one policepersonnel was injured. Initially,the FIR was registered onSeptember 14 last year at policestation Division Number-1,Jallandhar. Subsequently, thecase was taken up for investi-gation by NIA and re-registeredas RC-39/2018/NIA/DLI.

Arrested accused Pinchooand Qayoom were pursuingtheir B.Tech (Civil) from St.Soldier Group of Colleges,Jalandhar. Two other accusedpersons involved in the attack--- Rauf Ahmed Mir and UmarRamzan, both residents ofPulwama were killed in anencounter with security forcesin South Kashmir onDecember 22, 2018.

Amir Nazir, is a key accusedas he procured and facilitateddelivery of four grenades usedin the attack on the directionsof Ansar Ghazwatul Hind ChiefZakir Musa. Nazir was theactive link between arrestedaccused and Musa.

Nazir has been taken ontransit remand to be producedbefore the Special NIA CourtMohali for obtaining his PoliceCustody for interrogation, aNIA spokesperson said. PTI

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Upset at the ‘distasteful’statements made by politi-

cians in reference to peoplewith disabilities, particularlyduring election season, dis-ability rights’ crusaders havewritten to the ElectionCommission to direct the polit-ical fraternity to use respectfullanguage for PwD and also tohighlight provisions ofDisability Act in the event ofcontravention.

Though they had beenobjecting to such ‘abuses’ timeand again, the trigger point towrite to the top poll watch dogcame following Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s remarksagainst dyslexia at an eventwhere he co-related the neu-rological condition with one ofhis political rivals.

Citing various suchinstances where elected repre-sentatives ‘belittled’ the sector,Dr Satendra Singh, disabilityrights activist and member,Delhi State Steering Committeeon Accessible Elections said ina letter that the use of such lan-guage during election cam-paigns to deride political oppo-nents is unpardonable. “Insuch sweeping remarks, politi-cians deem persons with dis-

abilities as being unfit to holdthe government post,” he said.

He felt that the non-actionof the Commission in suchincidents (2014 elections andpresent) can be considered asan apathy. “Such apathy can beinterpreted as acceptance - bythe perpetrators, the public,and - worse - the marginalizedvoters with disabilities. If leftunchallenged, slurs persistsand grows, as we saw the dis-turbing trend being continuedtill now despite Section 92(a) ofthe Rights of Persons withDisabilities Act, 2016 havingprovision of imprisonment ondisability abuse,” he said.

Such statements are pun-ishable under specific sectionsof the Indian Penal Code andthe RPWD Act 2016 withimprisonment for a term whichshall not be less than sixmonths, but which may extendto five years and with fine”, saidJamshed Mistry, a lawyer, whoworks for social causes.

The National Platform forthe Rights of the Disabled(NPRD) too expressed its dis-may at the Prime Minister‘disregarding’ the value of thedisabled people even when hewas the one who had equateddisability with divinity andcoined the term “divyang”.

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New Delhi: India onWednesday said its first meet-ing with Pakistan to finalise themodalities for Kartarpur cor-ridor would be held at theIndian side of the Attari-Wagahborder on March 14.

The announcement came aday after Pakistan said it wouldsend a delegation to India onMarch 14 to discuss a draftagreement for setting up of thecorridor to facilitate visa-freevisit of Sikh pilgrims to theGurudwara Kartarpur Sahib.

The first meeting betweenIndia and Pakistan to discussand finalise the modalities forKartarpur corridor would beheld at Attari-Wagah (Indianside) on March 14, the Ministryof External Affairs said in astatement. PTI

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The Centre has warned itsemployees of consequences

if they go on strike on March13 to protest against the NewPension Scheme (NPS), thePersonnel Ministry has said inan order.

It has been brought tonotice that the National JointCouncil of Action (NJCA) hasdecided to organisedharna/demonstrations infront of Jantar Mantar, NewDelhi, and across the countryon March 13 in order to protestagainst the NPS, the ministrysaid.

Citing existing rules, theorder said instructions prohibitgovernment servants from par-ticipating in any form of strike,including mass casual leave, goslow, etc., or any action thatabet any form of strike/protest.

“Any employee going onstrike in any form would face

the consequences which,besides deduction of wages,may also include appropriatedisciplinary action,” it said.

All officers have been

requested to not sanction casu-al leave or any other kind ofleave, if applied for, during theperiod of the proposed strikeand ensure that the willingemployees are allowed hin-drance-free entry into the officepremises, the order stated.

The ministry has alsosought a report from all divi-sional heads in case employeesgo on strike. They have beenasked to forward the reportindicating the number anddetails of employees absent onthe day of the strike, it said.

The Personnel Ministryhas asked officers concerned ofthe Central Industrial SecurityForce (CISF), which guardsmajority of important govern-ment buildings, to ensure strictvigil on all entry gates and ifnecessary, deploy extra securi-ty personnel for the purpose.

There are around 48.41lakh Central Governmentemployees.

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Experts from ISRO will startreceiving training for the

‘Gaganyaan’ project at theToulouse Space Centre inFrance from this month,French space agency CNESsaid Wednesday.

The experts will also betrained at CADMOS, the cen-tre for development of micro-gravity applications and spaceoperations, and the MEDESSpace Clinic in France, it said.

For further cementing tiesin this area, the space agenciesof India and France signed anagreement to build a constel-lation of satellites for mar-itime surveillance intended toidentify and track ships in theIndian Ocean.

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In a scathing attack on themahagathbandhan, Prime

Minister Narendra Modi saideven though the Oppositionparties are working very hard toremove him from power, he isworking on a different front andthat is to rid the country of ter-rorism, corruption, other evils,etc.. Addressing a pre electioncampaign at Kalaburagi inKarnataka on Wednesday, hewas at his sarcastic best in tak-ing the mahaghatbhandan.Addressing a rally he said “Thework of the "milawati maha-gathbandhan" (AdulteratedGrand Alliance) is to removeModi. But they should opentheir ears and be clear that thecountrymen understand every-thing and everybody. They arecoming together to removeModi and Modi is workinghard to eradicate terrorism.Terrorists, poverty and corrup-tion should go from the coun-try. Towards this goal, I amworking," he told while address-

ing a rally here.The Prime Minister, with-

out taking the name, attackedGandhi family and said politi-cians who are bothered abouttheir families' welfare are not lik-ing new India's new policy andwant a helpless Government tofulfill their vested interests.

Modi also said he is notafraid of Pakistan and the cor-rupt when the blessings of 125crore people is with him.

"The politicians who areonly concerned about theirfamilies and interests, are notliking the new policy of newIndia. To fulfill their own vest-ed interests, they want a help-less Government," he said.

Modi also came down heav-ily on JD(S)- Congress collationGovernment in Karnataka ledby chief minister HDKumaraswamy and said peoplehave to pay a heavy price for the

small mistake they have com-mitted . He also called thisGovernment as helplessGovernment Modi said some-times people have to pay aheavy price for small mistake forhaving a helpless Government,but hoped people do not wantsuch Government at the centreafter experiencing the same inKarnataka.

"Karnataka has a 'Mazboor'(helpless) Government but Ihope you don't want such aGovernment at the Centre.Sometimes we have to pay aheavy price for a small mistake.The people of Karnataka mustbe experiencing the same," hesaid.

"There are some suchGovernments. They think bytransfering money into theaccounts of farmers, Modi willhog all limelight. To avoid this,this Karnataka Government hasstabbed the backs of the people.This power-intoxicatedCongress and remore-con-trolled Chief Minister (HDKumaraswamy) so far not given

the list of farmers to us," he said.He also expressed disap-

pointment that despite his goodintentions to deposit moneyunder Pradhan Mantri KisanNidhi programme, he is unableto do so because of the hurdlescreated by the coalition gov-ernment in Karnataka.

"They are not pained at themoney directly going into theaccounts of the farmers, whichis not giving any scope for themiddlemen to benefit from,and hence they are creatingobstacles," he said.

The real purpose ofmilawati mahaghatbandhanand Congress is to win votes bymaking false promises to farm-ers. Modi said KaranatakaGovernment made falsepromises of waiving off farmloans and thereof betrayedinnocent farmers.

"They (KarnatakaGovernment) made falsepromises of waiving off farmloans for all farmers for votes.They have betrayed innocentfarmers," he said.

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The campaign of the NationalDemocratic Alliance in

Tamil Nadu for the upcomingLok Sabha election commencedon Wednesday atKancheepuram near Chennaiwith an electrifying speech byPrime Minister Narendra Modi.

But while the PrimeMinister was inaugurating mul-tiple development projects min-utes before the rally, the DMDK,a prospective ally of theAIADMK-led front was in “mul-tiple talks” with the DMK for abetter deal. Sudheesh, brother-in-law of Vijayakanth, reportedlycontacted Durai Murugan, theDMK treasurer with a request toinclude the DMDK in the UPA.This was disclosed by Murugan

himself while speaking toreporters and this has put theDMDK as well as the NDA in atight spot.

The Prime Minister in his 30minutes long speech lambastedthe Maha Ghatbandhan formedby the Opposition parties bydescribing it as a platform builton hate Modi campaign. “TheOpposition’s hatred forNarendra Modi is reaching newlevels. There is a competitionamong the leaders of variousOpposition parties in abusingand hating Modi. Who willabuse Modi more is the theme ofthe contest. Someone will makefun of my poor origins, someonewill make fun of my parents,some others are making fun oflower caste origin,” thunderedModi. The Prime Ministerpointed out that the ate Modi

campaign reached new level theother day with a Congress leaderspeaking of killing him. “I am notbothered about it. For me,mycountry stands first and thepeople are my strength, Everydrop of my blood in my veinsand every second of my life hasbeen dedicated to the 130 croreIndians. A strong and powerfulIndia is my life’s mission,” said thePrime Minister addressing therally which was attended byleaders of all constituent partiesin the AIADMK-led front.

Modi came down heavily onthe Congress for insulting andhumiliating former Congresschief and Chief Minister of theState K Kamaraj. “Congress hsthis habit of insulting strongregional leaders. People of TamilNadu would not forget howKamaraj was humiliated andinsulted by the Congress. Whatwas his crime? He spoke for peo-ple and democracy. He spokeagainst dynasty and corruption.The Congress got a democrati-cally elected Government underMGR dismissed,” said the PrimeMinister.

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Raiganj and Murshidabadseem to have emerged as

two bones of contention hin-dering the alliance talks

between the CPI(M) andCongress in Bengal. Enjoyinga sizeable presence in these twoLok Sabha constituencies, boththe parties have refused tobudge, sources said.

While CPI(M) general sec-retary Sitaram Yechury onWednesday said his party hadalready made its position clear onthe issue, the Pradesh Congressleaders led by PCC presidentSomen Mitra are known tohave expressed their “final view”about the two seats to partypresident Rahul Gandhi. ThePCC leaders met the Congresspresident on Wednesday.

Gandhi is known to havetold them that he would talk toYechury on this issue. The seatsare currently held by CPI(M)MPs Md Salim and BadruddozaZaman. The Congress holdsMalda North and South,Behrampore and Jangipur.

Kancheepuram (TN):AIADMK leaders K Palani-swami and O Panneerselvam onWednesday heaped praise onNarendra Modi, saying the 'capa-ble' and 'efficient' Prime Ministeralone can ensure the country'ssafety and sought a successiveterm for him.

In a grand NDA rally head-ed by Modi and attended bycoalition partners, includingPMK and outfits like PuthiyaTamizhagam, Chief MinisterPalaniswami, who is the jointcoordinator of the rulingAIADMK, said Modi was theonly "capable" person to rule the

country. Panneerselvam, theAIADMK coordinator andDeputy Chief Minister, said thecoming Lok Sabha polls was afight between "dharma andadharma" and said his alliancewas fighting to uphold dharma.

"The only man capable ofruling this country is the PrimeMinister. If we are living safelyhere, it means the credit goes tohis administrative skills,"Palaniswami said. The safety of130 crore Indians was importantand Modi had the qualificationto ensure that, Palaniswamisaid. PTI

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Indians are as scared ofNarendra Modi as they

would be of star bandit GabbarSingh of Sholay, Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeesaid on Wednesday whilelaunching a scathing attack onthe Prime Minister for tryingto create war hysteria ahead ofthe hustings by “distractingpeople’s attention from hisfailures to bombs, missilesand guns.”

Banerjee told a gatheringat Howrah, how instead ofconcentrating on the realissues facing the country, thePrime Minister was diverting

the popular attention towardsexternal threats.

Referring to Indian armedforces’ success in handlingthreats emanating fromPakistan, Banerjee said, “Weare with the Army, we are withthe Navy, we are with the AirForce, we are with the civili-sation, peace, culture, unitybut we are not with ModiBabu. None is with him. Infact, people are now afraid ofModi Babu as they used to bein context of Gabbar Singh.”

Attacking the PrimeMinister for showering newprojects Banerjee said “who ishe to launch new projectswhen his Government haspassed its expiry date.

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Lucknow: Several members of the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal,including former MP SarikaSingh Baghel, joined the BJPhere on Wednesday in thepresence of its State presidentMahendra Nath Pandey, theparty said.

Former Hathras MPBaghel joined the BJP, leavingthe RLD, a BJP spokesmansaid.

Vedram Bhati, a three-time MLA and a former UPMinister, quit the BSP andjoined the BJP along with hissupporters, according to theparty spokesman. PTI

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Kalaburagi (K’taka): Congressrebel MLA Umesh Jadhavjoined the BJP at a rally here onWednesday, two days after hequit the Karnataka Assemblymembership, and is tipped totake on Congress veteranMallikarjun Kharge in the com-ing Lok Saba elections.

Jadhav joined the BJPbefore Prime Minister NarendraModi’s address at the rally, in thepresence of state BJP presidentB S Yeddyurappa, former chiefminister Jagadish Shettar and ahost of other party leaders.

“I am happy and proudjoining BJP,” Jadhav said beforeModi arrived on the stage.

He also sought blessingsfrom the people of Kalaburagito make Modi Prime Ministeragain. BJP sources said, Jadhavis likely to be the party’s LokSabha candidate for theGulbarga seat to challengeKharge, a nine-time MLA andtwo-term Lok Sabha memberwho has never tasted electoral

defeat.Jadhav had Monday sub-

mitted his resignation from theAssembly to Speaker RameshKumar.

The Congress has peti-tioned the Speaker seeking dis-qualification of Jadhav alongwith Ramesh Jarkiholi, BNagendra and MaheshKumathali under the anti-defec-tion law.

The four MLAs had keptthe party on tenterhooks forseveral weeks, defying its whiptwice to attend the CongressLegislative Party (CLP) meet-ings on January 18 and February8 and had skipped the early partof the budget session.

After the MLAs refused tofall in line, the Congress hadpetitioned Speaker to disquali-fy them under the Anti-Defection Law.

However, Jadhav along withother three MLAs had attend-ed the session and voted infavour of the finance bill, withan intention not to violate whipand avoid any stringent action.

Jadhav was upset withCongress against the allegeddominance by veteran party

leader Kharge and his sonMinister Priyank Kharge in theregion.

He was against PriyankKharge getting Ministerial berthfrom the region, ahead of sev-eral senior Congress leadersincluding himself.

Jadhav’s quitting theCongress has come after twoother senior leaders, BaburaoChinchansur and MalikayyaGuttedar, from the region quitthe party and joined the BJP,allegedly against dominance ofthe Kharges.

Jadhav is likely to face somehurdles ahead of his candidaturefor the Lok Sabha polls, as apetition to disqualify him wasstill pending before the Speaker.

“The petition to disqualifyJadhav is still pending... Withoutdisposal of this petition his res-ignation cannot be accepted asper law, in my knowledge,”Congress Legislature Partyleader Siddaramaiah said onTuesday.

However, whether to acceptthe resignation or not is ulti-mately left to the Speaker as heis the ultimate authority, he hadadded. PTI

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Thiruvananthapuram: Will‘pre-marital’ or ‘extra-marital’sex lead to the transmission ofdeadly HumanImmunodeficiency Viruses(HIV)? Yes, says the 10th stan-dard biology textbook underthe State syllabus being taughtin Kerala schools.

It is stated in Chapter 4titled “Keeping Diseases Away”of the textbook that HIV canspread through‘premarital/extra marital sexu-al contact’.

To the question, “Whatare the ways by which HIVspreads?”, the text book alsostates that “by sharing the nee-dle and syringe used by AIDSpatients”, “through body fluids”and “from HIV-infected moth-er to foetus”.

The startling fact is that thetext book, prepared by the

State Council of EducationalResearch and Training(SCERT), has been used in stateschools since 2016 and noteacher or school authorities

had pointed out the blunder tillsome netizens uploaded thesnippet from it on social mediaplatforms recently.

After it had gone viral on

social media, several doctorsand experts objected to it.

When contacted, SCERTdirector J Prasad said the print-ing of the new textbook for the

academic year 2019-20 is com-plete now and the blunderwould not figure in the newedition.

“That textbook has beentaught since 2016 and no onehas pointed out the mistake sofar. “When it came to ournotice, we took steps to excludethe portion in new textbookswhich will be distributed to stu-dents soon,” he told PTI.

However, the official wasnot willing to comment furtheron the blunder in a school text-book.

SCERT is concerned withthe academic aspects of schooleducation including formula-tion of curriculum, preparationof textbooks, teachers’ hand-books and teacher training.

It advises the governmenton policy matters relating toschool education. PTI

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Mumbai: The Maratha com-munity in Maharashtra onWednesday threatened to voteagainst BJP and Shiv Sena inthe upcoming Lok Sabha andState assembly polls, saying thetwo parties had failed to fulfiltheir demands.

The decision was taken bymembers of the MarathaKranti Morcha (MKM) at ameeting.

MKM convener MaheshDongre said the Sena-BJPGovernment had failed to ful-fil the promises given to theMaratha community.

“The community is upsetwith the Government. We haveplanned to distribute five crorepamphlets appealing not tovote for Sena and BJP in theupcoming LS polls,” he said.

According to him, theGovernment had assured theMaratha community that casesfiled by the police against over13,000 protesters during thepro-quota stir.

The state had also assuredthat compensation and a gov-ernment job would be provid-ed to the kin of the protesters,

who had committed suicideduring the stir.

On November 30, 2018,the Maharashtra Legislaturehad passed a bill proposing 16per cent reservation in educa-tion and Government jobs forthe Marathas, a declaredsocially and educationallybackward class by theGovernment.

However, the Governmenthad issued a circular putting abreak on issuing appointmentletters to the candidates, whogot selected for theGovernment job under thequota.

Dongre claimed that with-out the contribution ofMarathas, the Shiv Sena wouldnot have spread to the grass-root level.

“The community willteach a lesson to the Sena byshowing the power ofMarathas in the upcomingpolls,” Dongre added.

Despite assurances fromChief Minister DevendraFadnavis, nothing concrete hasbeen done so far, the commu-nity leaders have claimed. PTI

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Mumbai: Dams inMaharashtra have only 32.88per cent water stock of theirtotal storage capacity as ofnow, almost 14 per cent lesscompared to last year, accord-ing to a report of the State waterresources department.

The situation is particularlyworrisome in Aurangabad divi-sion (falling under the aridMarathwada region) wherecurrently the water stock is justseven per cent against 42.67 percent around the same time lastyear, the report said.

The State has 3,267 damsand there was 47.74 per centwater stock in them last yeararound this time.

The State Government has

so far deployed 2,636 tankers tomeet the demand of drinkingwater in rural and semi-ruralareas, Public WorksDepartment ministerChandrakant Patil said onTuesday.

There was less storage indams after last year’s monsoondue to erratic showers in thefirst couple of months of therainy season followed by longdry spells, an official from thewater resources departmentsaid.

He said as of now, theKonkan division has 55.06 percent water stock against 61.20per cent last year, while Punedivision has 46.67 per centstock as compared to 60.26 per

cent in 2018.“The water stock in these

two regions is comparativelybetter,” he said.

Besides, the Nashik divi-sion has 29.79 per cent waterstock as compared to 49.91 percent in 2018 while in Amravatidivision it is 31.48 per centagainst 24.84 per cent last year,the report said.

The Nagpur division has16.74 per cent stock left against24.84 per cent last year, itadded.

The rainfall season inMaharashtra is from June toSeptember every year andwater from dams is used fordrinking, agriculture andindustrial purposes. PTI

Shillong: Meghalaya ChiefMinister Conrad K Sangma onWednesday said the cash-richillegal coal mining business inthe State was a challenge as theGovernment had to balancebetween ecology, economy andthe overall safety.

Speaking on the comple-tion of one year of his coalitionGovernment, that includes theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), inthe North-Eastern state,Sangma said they were work-ing towards improving theseaspects.

“It will take time but I canassure you that our focuses arein these areas,” he toldreporters.

The December 13 disasterin the East Jaintia Hills district

of the State, in which 15 dig-gers were trapped in a rat-holecoal mine, had attracted angryreactions from across thecountry.

Even, the Supreme Courthad come down heavily on theissue.

Lured by the quick money,the illegal activity has contin-ued in the state in blatant vio-lation of the National GreenTribunal’s order imposing ablanket ban on coal miningand transportation inMeghalaya in 2014.

The Meghalaya CMtermed the coal mine tragedyas “unfortunate” and said a lotof issues have been exposedafter the accident.

“Committees, headed by

the deputy commissioners,have been set up in all the dis-tricts especially to check if anyillegal mining is taking place,”Sangma said.

Considering the gravity ofthe incident, leading agenciesof the country including Army,Navy and NDRF carried therescue operations for months.

Although, the rescuers sawfive bodies, they could manageto retrieve only two highlydecomposed bodies.

On March 1, the team ofrescuers from the Navy andArmy announced to leave theoperation site, 60 days afterlaunching a search operationfor the 15 miners trapped in a370 feet-deep illegal coal minein a remote area. PTI

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Panaji: An Israeli national,who has been booked in nar-cotics cases in Goa, was injuredin an attack by a group of peo-ple at the Anjuna beach nearhere, police said onWednesday.

The incident took placeTuesday night and the Israeli,David Driham, has lodged acomplaint, they said.

The Anjuna police saidDriham, in his complaint filedin the wee hours ofWednesday, accused a localbusinessman and people asso-ciated with him of assaultinghim.

A staff member of thebusinessman has accusedDriham of stabbing him, theysaid, quoting a separate com-plaint.

Driham, 43, has beenbooked under the NarcoticsDrugs and PsychotropicSubstances (NDPS) Act in sev-eral cases in the past and is fac-ing trial. PTI

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Patna: In a veiled criticism ofthe Congress-led Opposition,Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar on Wednesday assert-ed that there should be no pol-itics on the Pulwama terrorattack and the air strikes on aJaish camp in Balakot that fol-lowed.

Kumar, whose JD(U) is anNDA ally, also underscoredthat there should be dueacknowledgement of the patri-otic upsurge that has followedthe recent events in Jammu &Kashmir and of the fact that therespect for the armed forces hasincreased further.

Such things should not bespoken. There should be nopolitics on this issue whichconcerns national unity andintegrity. The popular senti-ment must be respected, theChief Minister told reportershere.

The the Janata Dal(United) was responding to

queries about a number ofopposition leaders, notablyCongress veterans DigvijaySingh and Kapil Sibal, raisingdoubts on the air strike.

The Opposition leadershave been citing internationalmedia reports which claimthat the IAF operation inBalakot had caused no casual-ties, contrary to claims bysome Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leaders that hundreds ofmilitants were killed.

It should be understoodthat the respect for the armedforces has further increased inthe wake of the recent opera-tions. The popular sentiment isalso appreciative of the gov-ernments handling of the cri-sis. This should be kept inmind, the JD(U) national pres-ident said.

Kumar had expressed hisanger over the killing of 40CRPF jawans in the Pulwamaattack on February 14. PTI

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Thiruvananthapuram/Idukki(Ker): Following a series of sui-cides by debt-ridden farmers inKerala, Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan on Wednesday askedbanks to halt recovery pro-ceedings on loans taken bythem in line with the morato-rium announced by theGovernment.

In a meeting held with therepresentatives of the StateLevel Bankers’ Committee(SLBC) here, he said the stategovernment had announced aslew of relief measures, includ-ing extending till December 31the moratorium on repaymentof all loans taken by farmers.

Vijayan also requested thebanks to have an empatheticapproach towards farmers andunderstand the difficultiesfaced by them due to the recentfloods and the resulting croploss, Chief Minister’s Officesaid here in a statement.

“Considering the situation,the banks should cooperatewith the state governmentcompletely. In view of themoratorium, there should beno recovery procedures orother such actions,” he said,adding no banks should beallowed to violate the order.

Asking the banks not todeny fresh loans to farmers to

restart farming in the name ofrepayment dues, Vijayan saidthe Government would pay theinterest of the new loans takenby them for one year.

The SLBC accepted hissuggestion to fix the interest ofthe agriculture loan as 9 percent, the statement said.

Besides the Chief Minister,his Cabinet colleagues T MThomas Isaac, V S SunilKumar, E Chandrasekharan,Kadakampally Surendran andK Krishnan Kutty and chiefsecretary Tom Jose and repre-sentatives of various bankstook part in the meeting.

Meanwhile, Leader ofOpposition RameshChennithala staged a one-dayhunger strike at KattappanaMunicipal maidan in Idukki

district as a mark of protestagainst the alleged governmentinaction to stop farmer suicides.

Hitting hard at theCPI(M)-led LDF Government,Chennithala alleged that theextension of moratorium peri-od was to “cheat” the farmersand the State Government’srelief measures were a “farce”.

He urged Vijayan to writeoff the agriculture loans andconvene a special assemblysession to discuss farmers’issues.

According to officialsources, eight cases of farmersuicides were reported fromhigh range Idukki district alonein the last two months.

One death was reportedfrom Thrissur district, sourcesadded. PTI

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Varanasi (UP): A 21-year-oldwoman, who went missingnine years ago, was rescuedfrom Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasidistrict on Wednesday, policesaid.

A raid was conducted at ahouse in a red-light area ofMaruadih town and thewoman was rescued. Two menand half-a-dozen women havebeen detained, the police said.

The Varanasi crime branchand the local police jointlyconducted the raid and freedthe woman, who had gonemissing at the age of 12 fromher house in Chandauli district,a police officer said. PTI

Jaipur: Seven people, includinga women, were killed and 20others injured on Wednesdaywhen a speeding bus rammedinto the rear of another busparked on the road inRajasthan’s Pali district, policesaid.

The accident took placenear Kainpura crossing appar-ently due to the rush among busdrivers to take passengers onboard, the officer said, Sanderaopolice station inchargeDholaram said.

The speeding bus was enroute to Ahmedabad fromJaipur, he said.

Four persons died on thespot and three others suc-cumbed to their injuries whileundergoing treatment,Dholaram said. He said 19among those injured are in crit-ical condition and were referredto a hospital in Pali from a pri-mary care centre in Rani town.Champa Devi (38), Chunni LalSattar (22), Arjun Singh (22),Poonam Singh (19), Pappu Ram(35), Girdhari Singh (35) andRawal Singh (22) were killed inthe accident, he said. PTI

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Itanagar: The BJP Governmentin Arunachal Pradesh hasannounced a judicial probe intothe large scale rioting, violenceand vandalism during the recentPRC protest that left three peo-ple dead.

In his address to the stateBJP council meeting hereTuesday, Chief Minister PemaKhandu said justice would bedelivered to the bereaved fami-lies and the people responsiblefor unleashing the violencewould be brought to book.

The probe would be carriedout by a committee headed by aretired judge, a CMO commu-nique said on Wednesday.

Protests had erupted inItanagar and adjoiningNaharlagun in late Februaryover the proposed grant ofpermanent resident certificates(PRC) to six non-ArunachalPradesh Scheduled Tribe(APSTs) communities living inthe Namsai and Changlang dis-tricts and to the Gorkhas livingin Vijaynagar.

Curfew clamped in Itanagarand Naharlagun town failed todeter protesters from venturing

into the streets and peltingstones that left 35 people, includ-ing 24 police personnel, injured.

The private residence ofDeputy Chief Minister ChownaMein was set ablaze and theoffice of the Itanagar deputycommissioner ransacked.

Clarifying that the stateGovernment had never intend-ed to move a resolution or a billin the Assembly over the PRC,Khandu said the matter was tobe taken up for deliberationsduring a short-duration discus-sion in the House and to makethe recommendations of theJoint High Power Committee(JHPC) on the PRC public.

“The state government hadplanned to make wider publicconsultation involving all stake-holders, community-basedorganisations, student organi-sations and other bodies,” theChief Minister said.

The issue was “misinter-preted”, causing unrest amongthe students, Khandu said.

A statement was issued onsocial media platforms that thePRC issue would not be taken upfurther, he said. PTI

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Kolkata: West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee willkick off the TrinamoolCongress’ campaign for theLok Sabha polls onInternational Women’s Day onMarch 8, a party leader said onWednesday.

Incidentally, the TMC chiefhad also commenced her party’selection campaign for the 2014parliamentary and 2016Assembly elections on the samedate.

Banerjee is scheduled toparticipate in a rally convenedby the party’s women’s wingfrom Shraddhananda Park toPark Street here on Friday tocelebrate the InternationalWomen’s Day.

“Although election datesare yet to be announced, butour campaign for the Lok Sabhaelections will begin on March8. During the 2014 Lok Sabhapolls and 2016 Assembly pollsalso, Mamata di had started her

poll campaign on Women’sDay,” a senior leader of theTMC’s women’s wing said.

The purpose of this rally isto create a “new India, unitedIndia and strong India”, theposters of the rally read.

“She (Banerjee) will giveher message for the Lok Sabhapolls. And after the dates areannounced, a full-fledged cam-paign will begin,” the TMCleader said.

Banerjee, who has beenthe prime mover of an anti-Bharatiya Janata Party front,had organised a megaOpposition rally here onJanuary 19, during which shehad given a call to oust theModi Government. The TMC,which is vying to play a majorrole in the formation of the nextgovernment at the Centre, hasvowed to win all the 42 LokSabha seats in the state. Theparty had won 34 seats in the2014 general election. PTI

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The episode that began with theattack on a CRPF convoy inPulwama on February 14 endedwith the repatriation of WingCommander Abhinandan

Varthaman to India on March 1, withouttriggering an India-Pakistan war. While thisis all to the good, relations between the twocountries will remain tense and furtherserious confrontations cannot be ruled out.This is because the two main causes of theircontinuing hostility will remain —Pakistan’s desire to annex Kashmir andIndia’s demand for an end to the cross-bor-der terrorist attacks that Pakistan has beenconducting against it for almost 40 yearsnow.

Pakistan’s obsession with Kashmirstems not only from the region’s fabled beau-ty but its strategic importance. ControllingKashmir, Islamabad can bring its armouredand infantry formations unopposed toJammu & Kashmir’s borders with Punjaband Himachal Pradesh, and launch theseagainst Delhi. Any such offensive has nowto contend with the Indian forces stationedalong the international border between thetwo countries in Jammu and the Line ofControl in Kashmir. This is why India can-not part with Kashmir — besides the fun-damental reason of the latter being an inte-gral and inalienable part of this country.

Control over Kashmir will enablePakistan to launch a three-pronged attackagainst India — from the Sind-Rajasthanand Punjab borders as well as Kashmir, andit will push some of its Army formationsclose to Delhi. This strategic considerationis supplemented by its pathological hatredtowards India, which routed it in the 1971war that led to Bangladesh’s liberation.

Pakistan’s fixation with gaining con-trol over Kashmir is also a result of itsstrategic doctrine which aims at India’sbalkanisation. In his book, India: A Studyin Profile, Lieutenant-Colonel JavedHassan (who retired as a Lieutenant-General) contended that “India washostage to a centrifugal rather than a cen-tripetal tradition.” Holding that India “hada historical inability to stay as a unifiedstate”, he identified Punjab, Jammu &Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and six north-east-ern States (strangely leaving one of theseven sisters out), as being completelyalienated from mainstream India.

Hussain Haqqani, who refers to thisbook in his Pakistan: Between Mosque andMilitary, wrote that Hassan felt that “withsome encouragement, the alienated regionscould become centres of insurgencies thatwould, at best, dismember India, at [the]least, weaken India’s ability to seek region-al dominance for years to come.” Hassan’sbook is most significant as it resulted froma study of the Pakistani Army’s Faculty ofResearch and Doctrinal Studies, Commandand Staff College, Quetta. It was publishedand distributed by the Services Book

Club, Rawalpindi. None of thiscould have happened withoutsanction from the top, which,in turn, indicated that it artic-ulated — at least was in syncwith — official policy. Further,Haqqani points out in a foot-note in his book, that in sever-al conversations with him,Lieutenant-General HamidGul, who was director-gener-al of Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence from 1987to 1989, referred to an opera-tional plan to encourage cen-trifugal forces in India thatexisted when he was director-general of military intelligencefrom 1984 to 1987.

Haqqani further states thatafter the United States hadagreed to support the Afghanjihad against Soviet occupationof Afghanistan and Americaneconomic aid had started pour-ing into Pakistan, the latter’sPresident, Zia-ul Haq, wanteda forward policy drawn upregarding India. Haqqani alsosays that a conversationbetween Zia and Lieutenant-General Akhtar AbdulRahman led to the implemen-tation of a policy combiningclandestine operations to weak-en India with the pretence ofseeking durable peace,throughout the years Zia was inpower as well as subsequently.

As can be seen, it is being

followed even now. What canIndia do? A war? It can end inIndia’s victory, defeat or a stale-mate. Defeat is impossible giventhis country’s enormous mili-tary superiority over Pakistanand the valour of its uniformedpersonnel. A victory is possiblegiven India’s superiority onland, sea and air, and India diddefeat Pakistan comprehen-sively in the 1971 war which ledto the liberation of Bangladesh.It, however, then had completesupport of the Soviet Unionunder the Indo–Soviet Treaty ofPeace, Friendship andCooperation which, underArticle IX, provided for imme-diate “mutual consultations”to remove any “attack or threatthereof ” that either countrymay face and the taking of“appropriate effective measuresto ensure peace and security oftheir countries.” Thus, theSoviet Union sent ships of itsPacific Fleet to counter war-ships of the United States’Seventh Fleet which entered theBay of Bengal to tilt the balancein Pakistan’s favour. India isunlikely to receive the samekind of support from Russiawhich is now reaching out toPakistan. Besides, even if Indiawins a comprehensive victory,it will not end terrorism fromPakistan. The 1971 war did not.Pakistan was back to promot-

ing terrorism and insurgency inIndia within 10 years of that.

Things might be different ifthis country annexes Pakistan,which the world will not allow.It is one thing for countries notto condemn — or even tacitlyendorse — an attack on the JeMterrorist-training camp atBalakot, and, quite another forthem to allow India to swallowPakistan. Equally, Pakistan maynot rattle its nuclear-tippedmissiles over an Indian aerialattack on a target inside it butwill certainly do so if Indiantroops get, say, within 50 kilo-metres of Islamabad.

Most likely, a war will endin a stalemate. Besides notending terrorism, it willimpose a heavy cost in termsof human lives, public and pri-vate assets destroyed and eco-nomic disruption. Instead of it,one needs a coherent long-term policy and a clear blue-print to fight terrorism, pro-viding for diplomatic and eco-nomic pressure on Pakistan,sound intelligence gathering topre-empt terror strikes inIndia and terror attacks inPakistan itself. Whipping upjingoism and war hysteriaonly diverts attention fromthis essential task.

(The writer is ConsultantEditor, The Pioneer, and anauthor)

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The Prime Minister hasmocked the differently-abled,marking a new low in our politi-cal discourse. When the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities Act talksabout non-discrimination andrespect for persons with disabili-ties, activists are well within theirrights to demand an uncondition-al apology.

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Sir — Kudos to team India forregistering its 500th win in theOne-Day International (ODI)

cricket match after achieving anexceptional victory in the secondODI, played against Australia atthe Vidharbha CricketAssociation Stadium, Jamtha.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli,who scored his 40th ODI centu-ry, must be lauded for taking theteam to a handsome total of 250runs on a tricky pitch despite earlydismissals of Indian openers anda failed middle order.

The Indian bowling team,too, did a good job. KuldeepYadav, Kedar Jadhav andRavindra Jadeja bowled excep-tionally well and gave strongbreakthroughs to the Indian teambut the wicket of Marcus Stoinistaken by Vijay Shankar in the lastover was the most notable andadmirable.

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the art of the possible.During the 1971 war, Indira

Gandhi milked the situation to thehilt and romped home in the nextLok Sabha election. In 1979, for-mer US president Jimmy Carterhad to pay a price for the botched-up operation of releasing thediplomatic staff from the USEmbassy in Tehran, Iran, and hecould not get a second term. In2011, President Barack Obamaordered the assassination ofOsama bin Laden. With the mis-sion being successful, he wasvoted for a second term.

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ShashikantVia email

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The Union Government, State Governmentsas well as local self-governments aregrappling with the Herculean challenges

of urban sanitation. Indeed, while the word“urban” should imply modern sanitation facil-ities, the fact remains that 68 per cent of urbanhouseholds in India do not have access to asewage network and 85 per cent of the liquidwaste generated goes untreated. This often resultsin the contamination of groundwater and sur-face water which in turn manifests as water-borne diseases like diarrhoea and jaundice, theleading cause of child fatalities. Hookworms,which can spread through open defecation, causeanaemia and weight loss among women, besidesseverely impacting productivity, the well-beingof the households and the community.

In order to take this challenge head on, the2008 National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP)had initiated a framework for cities to prepareCity Sanitation Plans (CSPs) under theirrespective State strategies. But as policy mak-ers and other stakeholders often report, eachcity, town and slum presents its own complexset of challenges. Whether it is the lack of pipedwater, toilets or sewage treatment mechanism,the entire value chain of providing good san-itation — imperative for national health — hasbeen under severe stress and requires uniquesolutions and collaborations.

Yet, while challenges are unique in the localcontext, solutions have had their implicationsfor the broader sanitation ecosystem. Finally,there was a dire need to explore new approach-es since most households in India depend onon-site sanitation facilities such as septic tanksand pits vs centralised sewerage systems,where safe management of human waste,which includes its safe containment, transport,treatment and disposal, was essential.

It was against this backdrop of searchingfor new complementary approaches that theNational Policy on Faecal Sludge and SeptageManagement (FSSM) was formulated. TheFSSM approach — an end-to-end managementof faecal waste collected in pit latrines and/orseptic tanks — can be applied to arrest harm-ful impacts of poor sanitation in cases wherethe provision of sewerage system is unfeasibleor takes longer time.

As recognition for FSSM as an innovativeapproach grew, Odisha, which had embarkedon its own sanitation journey, also rolled outpilot projects in two small towns — Angul andDhenkanal in early 2015 under Project Nirmal.The idea was to demonstrate sustainable san-itation solutions for communities. This pilotprogramme was implemented with supportfrom the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(BMGF), Arghyam, Centre for Policy Researchand Practical Action. Since then, the initiativehas been scaled up to nine other towns underthe Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and UrbanTransformation (AMRUT) by 2016.

However, implementation at such a grandscale required augmentation of internal capac-ity. This was achieved through a technical sup-port unit comprising Ernst & Young with sup-port from BMGF, which helped steer clear thegrassroot implementation of the interven-

tions and stitched a collaborationbetween various stakeholders. Today,FSSM has been integrated with theState’s policy plans and set of opera-tive guidelines for Urban Local Bodies(ULBs) to implement FSSM interven-tions across the sanitation value chain.

Six septage treatment plants(SeTPs) were commissioned onOctober 26, 2018, and six others arein progress, which together will caterto 60 per cent of the State’s urban pop-ulation. All these SeTPs are based onlow energy-consuming technologies toensure minimal operation and main-tenance cost. Recently, Odisha decid-ed that all ULBs will adopt the FSSMapproach and will set up septagetreatment facilities. Much more nowneeds to be done to ensure quickgrounding of such initiatives to achieveuniversal coverage of safe humanwaste disposal in all urban areas.

While the FSSM framework andtechnology speaks of innovation,equally important has been a deliber-ate approach to roll out capacity-building interventions among ULBsand build community participationin all programmes. The capacity-building efforts have includedstrengthening of various grassroots-level institutions such as the SlumSanitation Committee, WardSanitation Committee and CitySanitation Task Force (CSTF) toensure community ownership in san-itation service and people-centricsanitation service delivery systems in

the ULBs.ULB officials, Community Based

Organisations (CBOs) and communi-ty leaders have also come together tocreate community engagement mod-els in urban sanitation. FSSM case stud-ies show how community organisationsand vulnerable groups have been inte-grated, not as beneficiaries but as keystakeholders and partners in the imple-mentation and involvement of commu-nities in the processes.

For example, in Bhadrak munic-ipality, CBOs like the Mahila ArogyaSamitis (MAS) and women’s groupsare working to promote improved san-itation and FSSM practices at the wardlevel, particularly, among the urbanpoor. In Cuttack, a male SHG of san-itary workers from a vulnerable com-munity is being engaged for Operationand Maintenance (O&M) of cesspoolemptier vehicles in the municipal cor-poration.

The involvement of such groupshas helped the Government improveon-ground sanitation services througha linkage between livelihood and effi-cient FSSM services provided bymembers of the community itself.Significantly, the State has also seenhow the involvement of communitymembers in various ways boosts con-fidence and ensures dignity of thecommunity members, who becomepart of these programmes and who aresubsequently looked upon as rolemodels in their community.

The sanitation challenge in India

is complex and large in scope andscale. The FSSM roll-out in Odishaand other States is a testament of com-mitment at multiple levels of theUnion Government, StateGovernment, ULBs, global organisa-tions and most importantly, localcommunities, who have taken it uponthemselves to collaborate and “own”these initiatives. FSSM also shows usthat an innovative solution is feasible,can be customised to address the com-plex local challenge in sanitation andcan also be scaled by using the rightframework and protocols.

Finally, FSSM has shown a wayforward where multi-organisation,multi-stakeholder, sanitation enhance-ment programmes can be carried outsuccessfully. A recent study by theWater and Sanitation Programme ofthe World Bank estimated that inad-equate sanitation costs India theequivalent of 6.4 per cent of its GrossDomestic Product.

At the same time, experts haveconsistently pointed out that citiesdrive economic growth. The caveathere is this: It is the cities with goodsanitation which will drive econom-ic growth. Indeed, it will be nirmalshahars (clean cities) that will be aproxy for economic growth in humanhealth and well-being. FSSM’smomentum must be maintained.

(The writer is commissioner-cum-Secretary, Housing and UrbanDevelopment Department,Government of Odisha)

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this year was climatically differentfrom other seasons in the precedingyears. The intermittent rainy daysthis year helped fight bad air daysand were instrumental in bringingthe pollution levels down.

This is indeed a miracle consid-ering the fact that winter seasons areusually air pollution nightmares.Healthy rains in the northern plains,coupled with ample snowing in thehills somewhat marked a thankfuldeparture compared to last year whenthe Himalayan mountains, especiallythe foothills, bore a dry appearancedue to the absence of proper snowfall

in March.With a winter that is signing off

on a positive note, can we gingerlyexpect the summer of 2019 to treat uswell? Maybe not if some reports bymeteorological offices are to bebelieved from across the world. Withthe imminent advent of the summers,experts in the weather offices and lab-oratories have started making well-researched scientific predictions onwhat the summer has in store for us.Though these have no direct bearingon how India will fare during thehottest months, they do give a gener-al idea of what is in store for mankindglobally.

Climate forecasters in the UnitedKingdom warned that 2019 is expect-ed to be one of the hottest years of alltime. The British meteorological officeestimated that average global temper-atures for 2019 will be 1.10C abovepre-industrial levels, putting it amongthe five hottest years ever. In fact, it isuncomfortably close to the record-breaking 2016, when temperatureswere 1.15C above the 1850-1900 peri-od. The predictions were based on theworsening impacts of climate change

caused mainly by spiralling green-house gases. Britain by itself experi-enced a hot summer in 2018 with theyear’s average temperatures around0.96C above pre-industrial levels.

Predictions for India are notpromising as well. The combinedeffect of climate change and an evolv-ing El Niño could make 2019 thehottest year ever. In fact, the past threeyears from 2015 to 2017 happened tobe the warmest ever recorded. Andalthough the current year started offwith a moderate La Niña phenome-non, which generally has a coolingeffect on global climate, it is going toend up being the fourth warmest year,

clearly showing a warming trend.In fact, the 20 warmest years on

record have occurred in the last 22years. This trend also sits in perfect-ly with the emission rates of green-house gases (GHGs), which were at arecord high in 2018, according to theWorld Meteorological Organisation.

According to climate scientistsfrom the Pennsylvania State University,the combination of human-causedwarming and a natural upswing intemperatures increases the odds thatany new El Nino year will be thewarmest ever. Many weather forecast-ers around the world, including theIndia Meteorological Department

(IMD), had predicted the developmentof an El Niño phenomenon by the endof 2018. This has already made win-ters in India warmer than usual andif the trend continues into the springof 2019, it will mean that the summers,too, will witness soaring temperatures.

Another major indicator of thewarming trend due to climate changeis ocean heat content (OHC). The year2018 recorded a new high in terms ofOHC since observations began in1940. There is more heat stored in theearth’s oceans today than at any timein the last 78 years. When GHGs trapheat in the atmosphere, some of it getsconverted into surface temperature but90 per cent of it gets assimilated intothe oceans. Therefore OHC is a muchbetter indicator of climate change thansurface temperatures. So how willIndia cope with this temperaturespike? Although it’s clear that nothingas such can be done to register animmediate impact, much can be doneto prevent worse summers.

The green house gas (GHG)emissions are the main culprits behindthe rising number of hot days. This canbe curtailed by bringing a decisive dif-

ference in the usage of fossil fuels,which contribute heavily to GHGemissions. Thermal power plants andvehicular fuels are the main bulksource of GHG and sadly enough,India is unable to ramp up the alter-native energy sources so that they canreplace the polluting thermal energyand fossil fuels.

Although on the face of it, wors-ening climate seems to be the primafacie reason for soaring tempera-tures, the real anthropogenic reasonscannot be overlooked. The numerousclimate conferences or climate scien-tists’ predictions are only a pointlessexercise if the same are not translat-ed into action in the form of meaning-ful reduction in GHG levels. The timehas come for the Government to startassessment of the efforts based onGHG level monitoring. This alone willensure that further time and moneyis not wasted and effective progress isclocked in protecting the environment.If this is not done, we will soon haveonly one season all throughout theyear — summer.

(The writer is an environmentaljournalist)

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conviction for providingworld-class airports by AAIhas been acknowledged withFour AAI airports getting thetop honours in the recentlyannounced ASQ awards. Theairports viz. Ahmedabad,Bhubaneswar, Chandigarhand Indore won nine awardsin different categories.

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Aushadhi stores, which providequality drugs at affordablerates, have been opened acrossthe country and another 2,500will come by 2020.

Also, the Government isplanning to open at least one JanAushadhi store in every block.

The number of PradhanMantri Bhartiya JanaushadhiKendra (PMBJK) in the coun-try under the Pradhan MantriBhartiya JanaushadhiPariyojana (PMBJP) hascrossed 5,000-mark, Ministerof State for Chemicals andFertilisers Mansukh LMandaviya told reporters here.

“By the year 2020, anoth-er 2,500 Jan Aushadhi storeswill be opened in the country.Our aim is to have at least onesuch store at every block level,”

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people to buythe genericm e d i c i n e sfrom the near-est JanA u s h a d h istores, theminister saidthe medicinessold at thesestores arecheaper and consumers musttake the benefit.

“Health is one sector whichis on priority of our government.Government is continuouslyworking to provide affordabletreatment and medicines atcheaper prices. Today if a patientstarts his/her treatment, 70 percent of money goes on buyingmedicines,” he said.

He further said that thedemand of generic medicine isgrowing and Jan Aushadi stores

across the country are serving10-15 lakh people per day.

The Minster also said thatfor providing further impetusand creating awareness about useof generic medicines, it has beendecided to celebrate March 7,2019, (Thursday) as ‘JanaushadhiDiwas’ across India.

Under the PMBJP, theGovernment provides morethan 800 medicines and 154surgicals through Jan Aushadhikendras.

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�2,000 each to over 2 crorefarmers so far under the ambi-tious Pradhan Mantri KisanSamman Nidhi (PM-Kisan)scheme, Agriculture MinisterRadha Mohan Singh said onWednesday.

In the Interim Budget2019-20, the centralGovernment had announcedthe PM-Kisan scheme underwhich �6,000 per year will begiven in three instalments to12 crore small and marginalfarmers holding cultivableland up to 2 hectares. Itpromised to give the firstinstalment of �2,000 byMarch.

On February 24, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi offi-cially launched the scheme inUttar Pradesh by transferring

the first tranche amount to overone crore farmers.

“Many states are seriouslyshowing interest to implementthe scheme and sending thedata. So far, over 2 crore farm-ers have been benefitted,” Singhtold reporters.

Some states such as WestBengal, the minister said, arenot keen to roll out thescheme and therefore not pro-viding the data. “To suchstates, I only urge to keep thepolitics aside else the elec-torate will teach them a les-son,” he added.

Asked about a large num-ber of vacancies in top leader-ship positions at the IndianCouncil of AgriculturalResearch (ICAR), Singh saidthe recruitment would be donein a transparent manner now asthe entire process has beendigitised unlike manual processearlier.

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ing crude oil prices even as the greenbackstrengthened vis-a-vis other major currencies.

Forex traders said heavy buying in domesticequities and robust foreign fund inflows alsopropped up the rupee.

This is the second successive session of gainfor the domestic currency, during which it hasclimbed 64 paise.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex)market, the rupee opened on a weak note at 70.60.Intra-day, it fluctuated between 70.67 and 70.25,before finally closing at 70.28, up 21 paise overits previous close.

On Tuesday, the rupee had rebounded by 43paise to finish at 70.49 against the US dollar.

Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, wastrading at $65.61 per barrel, lower by 0.38 percent.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges thegreenback’s strength against a basket of six cur-rencies, rose 0.07 per cent to 96.92.

“Dollar is trading up for the sixth consecu-tive session as the market awaits developmentsin US-China trade talks after the failure of Kim-Trump summit,” said V K Sharma, Head PCG &Capital Markets Strategy, HDFC Securities.

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SunSource Energy onWednesday said it would

develop a 70 MW solar powerproject under the open accessscheme in Uttar Pradesh. Thepower generated by the projectwould be sold to commercialand industrial customersthrough long-term PowerPurchase Agreements (PPAs),a company statement said.

The project, once commis-sioned, will be one of the largestopen access solar power projectsin Uttar Pradesh and will offsetover 85,000 tonne of carbonemissions every year, the state-ment said. The project is expect-ed to be launched on March 8 byPrime Minister Narendra Modiin Kanpur, along with variousother development projects in UP.

The project will help indus-tries and commercial establish-ments reduce their energy billand meet Renewable PurchaseObligation (RPO) targets, thecompany said. “With the launchof our first open access solarpower project in the state, we areglad to contribute towards real-isation of Prime Minister’s andUttar Pradesh’s clean energy tar-gets,” SunSource co-founderand CEO Adarsh Das said.

SunSource presidentKushagra Nandan said: “This

win demonstrates our ability todeliver high quality solar ener-gy projects. Since inception,our innovative energy solu-tions have helped infrastructure,industrial and commercial cus-tomers across the globe toreduce their energy bills andlimit their greenhouse gas emis-sions.”

The company had earliersigned an MoU with UP todevelop 200 MW solar projectsin the state. It recently won oneof India’s largest solar with stor-age projects in Leh that will sup-ply clean and stable power to theMilitary Engineer Services, adefence infrastructure devel-opment agency in India, bylargely substituting their dieselgenset power, it added.

SunSource’s customersinclude large commercial com-panies, manufacturing compa-nies, India’s largest oil compa-ny, airports, leading educationinstitutes, textile companies andwarehouses.

New Delhi (PTI): US-headquartered sports-wear brand Under Armour on Wednesdayannounced launch of operations in India throughits wholly owned subsidiary in the country. Thebusiness, which will be operated through a fullyowned subsidiary, will be run by Under ArmourIndia managing director Tushar Goculdas, thecompany said in a statement. Under Armour saidits athletic performance products would soon beavailable through franchised partner retail loca-tions and e-commerce platforms and it alsoplanned to launch its first store here in the com-ing weeks.

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Benchmark indices postedgains for the thirdstraight session on

Wednesday on sustained buy-ing mainly in finance, energyand metal counters amid pos-itive global cues.

The 30-share BSE Sensexspurted 193.56 points to finishat 36,636.10, while the broaderNSE Nifty gained 65.55 pointsto 11,053.

The market sentiment hasturned favourable weeks aheadof the general elections amid eas-ing of tensions between Indiaand Pakistan, analysts said.

Mid- and small-cap stocksare witnessing renewed investorinterest due to attractive valua-tions, they added.

In a boost to global marketsentiment, the US and Chinaseemed to be nearing an agree-ment to avoid further escalationof their trade dispute. USPresident Donald Trumpdeferred raising tariffs on moreChinese goods, citing the recentprogress in talks.

Among the Sensex con-stituents, 17 stocks rose and 13fell. The 30-share index hasgained over 768 points in the lastthree sessions.

Bajaj Finance led the Sensexchart with a jump of 2.60%, fol-lowed by ICICI Bank 2.55% andReliance Industries Ltd 2.15%.

Other scrips which lifted theBSE gauge were Vedanta,PowerGrid, HDFC, NTPC, ITC,TCS, Bharti Airtel, Coal India,M&M, SBI, Bajaj Auto, L&T,Kotak Bank and Infosys, risingup to 2%.

Bucking the overall trend,Tata Motors slipped 2.81%, fol-lowed by Axis Bank 1.72%,HUL 1.38%, HCL Tech 1.24%and Hero Moto 0.96%.

“Market crossed an impor-tant resistance level of 11,000 asinvestors continued to focus ondomestic macros. It was a broadbased rally, where mid- andsmall-caps led from the frontdue to its attractive valuation.We expect the positive bias willcontinue, while further directionwill depend upon upcoming USFed policy and conclusion ofUS-China trade agreement,”said Vinod Nair, head ofresearch at Geojit FinancialServices.

The Sensex started on a pos-itive note at 36,544.86 in themorning and touched a high of36,666.47 and low of 36,456.82during the session. Intra-day, theindex saw a movement of over209 points. It finally settled theday at 36,636.10, higher by193.56 points, or 0.53%.

The NSE Nifty opened at11,024.85 and hit a high of11,062.30 and low of 10,998.85during the day. The index swungaround 65 points during the

trading session. It closed at11,053, showing a rise of 65.55points, or 0.60 %.

Analysts said the marketbreadth had improved on theback of participants sensing thepossibility of the incumbentgovernment retaining power,which provides policy stability.

In the broader market, thesmall-cap index outperformedthe mid-cap and large-capindices. The BSE SmallCapindex gained 0.97%, mid-capclimbed 0.49% and large-capadvanced 0.56%. Overall on theBSE, 1,673 companies advanced,1,026 declined while 151 endedunchanged. Except BSE Auto, allthe sectoral indices closed in thegreen. Energy, consumerdurables, telecom, power andhealthcare were the top gainers,rising up to 1.73.

Brent crude, the interna-tional oil benchmark, was trad-ing at USD 65.50 a barrel,down 0.55%.

Meanwhile, Asian sharesclosed mostly higher trackingdevelopments on the US-Chinatrade talks front amid modestlosses on Wall Street. TheShanghai Composite indexgained 0.9% and Hong Kong’sHang Seng rose 0.2%. Japan’sNikkei fell 0.54%. In Europe,Frankfurt’s DAX dropped 0.22%while Paris CAC 40 slipped0.15% in their early deals.London’s FTSE gained 0.19%.

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Auto component maker TataAutoComp Systems on

Wednesday said it had part-nered with Australia’s TritiumPty Ltd to supply direct current(DC) fast chargers for electricvehicles in India.

The two companies havesigned an MoU under whichTata AutoComp will soonmake available Tritium’s DCFast Chargers in India, thecompany said in a statement.

Tritium is a DC charginginfrastructure company pro-viding chargers to the globalautomotive industry. Its Veefil-RT DC Fast Chargers are capa-ble of charging full range ofelectric vehicles from two-wheelers, passenger vehiclesto commercial vehicles.

Commenting on the devel-opment, Tata AutoCompSystems MD & CEO ArvindGoel said with the advent ofelectric vehicles, the need forchargers capable of poweringthem was significant.

“We see a huge opportuni-ty in this market,” he saidadding the company wouldstrive “to bring the latest tech-nology and solutions to ourcustomers”.

Tritium CEO and co-founder David Finn said: “TheMoU ensures Tata AutoCompremains at the forefront ofinnovation in India, as thenation adopts the FAME India(Faster Adoption andManufacture of (Hybrid and)Electric Vehicles) scheme.”

The FAME policy is amongthe most progressive initia-

tives in the world, and TataAutoComp’s commitment torolling out DC fast chargers forvehicles of all sizes is helping toput India ahead of the world inits drive towards a cleanerfuture, he added.

Under the �10,000 croreFAME II scheme announcedlast month, the governmentplans to provide subsidy to 10lakh electric two-wheelers, fivelakh three-wheelers, 55,000four-wheelers and 7,000 busesfor accelerating adoption ofelectric and hybrid vehicles.

Besides, the scheme pro-poses support for setting up ofcharging infrastructure where-by about 2,700 charging sta-tions will be set up in metros,other million-plus cities, smartcities and cities of hilly statesacross India.

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New Delhi (PTI): Grasim Industries, part ofAditya Birla Group, on Wednesday said it wouldfully acquire textile firm Soktas India for an enter-prise value of �165 crore. Soktas India PrivateLimited (SIPL) has presence in the premium fab-rics segment under the brand name of SOKTA,Giza House and Excellence by SOKTA. The dealwould help the Aditya Birla group to strengthenits presence in the segment. The transaction wouldbe funded by the company primarily from itsinternal accruals and the payment would be sub-ject to net debt and working capital adjustments,as of the closing date, said a joint statement.

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BHEL 67.40 70.10 67.30 68.90KOTAKBANK 1245.00 1247.20 1235.95 1240.85MOTHERSUMI 164.60 169.00 164.45 167.70ESCORTS 718.00 744.80 716.00 736.45TITAN 1039.00 1060.80 1029.60 1054.55RECLTD 146.10 146.90 142.35 143.45DEEPAKNI 244.00 255.80 243.00 248.90BANDHANBNK 490.10 506.85 487.00 499.90EQUITAS 128.50 132.70 125.75 128.05HINDPETRO 247.00 255.10 243.55 246.40NTPC 146.95 149.30 146.35 148.60BANKINDIA 90.70 92.50 89.05 89.70UJJIVAN 312.25 323.05 311.00 317.50JKTYRE 93.00 95.10 91.05 93.40HDFC 1861.00 1889.50 1860.00 1885.20ASIANPAINT 1406.05 1408.00 1387.20 1393.75ADANIPORTS 343.70 348.95 334.65 337.50DLF 176.00 180.55 174.35 177.15HCLTECH 1060.05 1063.50 1038.30 1043.60BHARTIARTL 313.80 313.80 307.85 309.35HINDALCO 200.40 203.65 199.85 202.40INDIGO 1184.10 1238.85 1178.05 1228.75IGL 300.40 302.90 288.75 290.70HFCL 23.05 24.65 23.00 23.65VENKYS 2245.00 2295.40 2210.00 2239.05GRUH 255.00 266.70 252.40 264.50BLISSGVS 179.75 180.10 173.50 176.05JSWSTEEL 297.45 297.45 286.90 289.65SOUTHBANK 14.40 15.49 14.40 15.05GNFC 292.90 294.15 283.95 285.55MEGH 62.95 65.05 61.40 62.45ISEC 225.00 234.00 221.15 230.40MMTC 29.70 29.90 28.60 28.80VOLTAS 596.15 602.00 591.45 599.20RELAXO 740.05 785.00 715.00 744.20PHILIPCARB 182.00 183.40 175.40 176.20INDIACEM 97.40 100.20 96.35 97.25ADVENZYMES 153.00 159.95 151.60 156.10DELTACORP 263.00 266.05 254.00 255.25HAVELLS 722.70 730.70 712.20 714.15HDFCBANK 2107.50 2113.10 2091.95 2103.05UBL 1399.95 1408.25 1382.35 1391.45SHK 157.10 161.00 149.10 150.20ITI 99.70 101.95 98.50 99.15TATAELXSI 935.00 958.00 930.00 950.80RADICO 404.00 405.60 391.95 396.70DRREDDY 2654.00 2704.95 2654.00 2693.35SUNTV 625.00 633.40 615.75 621.15MOIL 166.30 171.85 165.00 166.35CANFINHOME 299.00 306.45 288.00 289.50ASHOKA 130.00 141.80 130.00 136.75TATAMTRDVR 96.45 96.65 93.35 94.15EICHERMOT 21555.00 21771.80 21396.50 21500.15IDBI 46.95 47.15 45.15 45.80HEROMOTOCO 2799.00 2834.95 2745.00 2765.80RCF 59.40 59.90 57.90 58.15BBTC 1287.90 1317.00 1261.85 1281.65SBILIFE 607.00 620.45 600.00 606.10LUPIN 784.75 794.35 781.70 788.65DISHTV 41.30 41.80 39.80 40.45DEEPAKFERT 136.00 143.35 136.00 139.45NIACL 200.50 212.00 200.50 206.25JSLHISAR 95.75 97.00 93.10 93.65JSWENERGY 68.00 70.40 67.30 68.50NOCIL 142.55 145.50 140.70 142.10FEDERALBNK 89.40 89.90 86.95 87.35GODREJIND 505.00 520.00 505.00 509.30GODFRYPHLP 967.00 974.05 925.00 932.25DCMSHRIRAM 465.00 500.00 461.50 476.70BIOCON 628.00 634.55 624.30 625.45INFRATEL 296.00 306.50 296.00 303.15NMDC 105.50 108.00 105.50 106.70ABCAPITAL 100.50 101.50 98.50 99.65SRF 2313.10 2371.95 2313.10 2361.95DIVISLAB 1670.00 1713.50 1653.00 1704.35CANBK 255.00 257.30 251.00 252.15MCX 725.00 753.65 720.05 744.55STAR 438.30 444.90 430.75 437.80KSCL 424.80 433.50 424.00 426.30TAKE 136.45 142.50 134.15 141.20HINDCOPPER 51.55 52.70 50.55 51.20KEI 377.60 397.95 375.85 390.30JINDALSAW 91.60 97.25 90.05 95.05MANAPPURAM 120.20 121.65 119.25 119.80PFC 115.55 118.55 113.45 114.65BAJAJFINSV 6600.00 6620.00 6522.00 6605.25GAIL 347.60 348.00 342.85 345.35LINDEINDIA 539.90 556.50 539.25 551.75UPL 877.70 885.00 867.80 876.70BHARATFORG 520.00 526.00 514.00 517.00JUBILANT 788.70 789.15 751.60 765.85APOLLOHOSP 1190.60 1214.55 1185.00 1192.30JISLJALEQS 63.00 64.10 61.15 61.90DCBBANK 191.00 199.00 191.00 196.60MARICO 337.50 340.85 333.40 336.30HINDZINC 269.10 273.80 262.05 267.10IRB 150.25 153.30 146.90 150.15PIDILITIND 1150.00 1169.95 1137.05 1141.30KEC 276.55 280.20 274.50 277.35ALBK 52.15 53.00 50.65 51.35ITDC 298.00 307.00 281.25 285.45TORNTPOWER 252.00 252.90 245.00 247.45RNAM 188.00 192.60 180.30 185.00NIITTECH 1315.00 1322.20 1307.30 1316.95ULTRACEMCO 3979.00 4015.00 3938.90 3968.25MFSL 408.00 420.70 399.00 407.55APOLLOTYRE 223.50 224.90 218.00 219.75ORIENTBANK 94.75 96.20 92.80 94.30TATACHEM 590.00 590.00 576.05 577.10

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GMRINFRA 17.00 17.15 16.60 16.85PRESTIGE 205.75 207.60 203.80 205.70TV18BRDCST 37.00 37.85 36.50 36.85HSCL 122.40 126.50 120.55 121.55RALLIS 156.00 161.00 156.00 159.55HERITGFOOD 489.10 493.00 475.10 478.40AUBANK 585.95 595.00 584.15 588.90ABB 1233.85 1254.80 1227.15 1244.45HSIL 238.75 245.80 238.70 242.05ZENSARTECH 205.50 214.90 205.50 211.35HEIDELBERG 170.20 174.00 169.35 170.55SREINFRA 30.90 31.50 30.35 30.75CHENNPETRO 258.15 262.40 252.25 255.20AMARAJABAT 744.00 751.70 740.00 747.45FINCABLES 448.00 448.00 420.90 431.70PRSMJOHNSN 90.00 90.65 86.35 89.05MAHINDCIE 242.75 244.45 238.65 240.65NATCOPHARM* 570.20 574.90 558.00 561.70TATAMETALI 631.00 640.00 623.10 626.85SCHNEIDER 107.00 107.00 102.70 105.00MAGMA 116.85 118.60 110.45 113.10CENTURYPLY 188.00 190.00 185.45 187.15NBVENTURES 109.85 112.30 107.85 110.75NILKAMAL 1370.05 1447.45 1362.10 1392.75MRPL 70.80 72.10 70.15 70.85BIRLACORPN 543.00 559.95 523.85 549.35AIAENG 1791.00 1827.00 1770.60 1792.95INOXLEISUR 287.00 294.80 279.45 289.80KANSAINER 436.50 446.45 431.50 433.80PIIND 959.85 972.00 952.60 961.40VINATIORGA 1600.10 1638.00 1585.00 1590.70WHIRLPOOL 1559.60 1594.00 1543.00 1556.35KRBL 388.30 391.20 370.60 373.15COROMANDEL 460.35 465.00 450.70 459.40JAGRAN 101.80 105.70 101.05 103.75COFFEEDAY 285.00 286.50 279.40 284.10GICRE 249.00 259.80 249.00 250.35TORNTPHARM 1784.80 1818.00 1768.35 1800.45GODREJAGRO 510.00 518.00 508.90 515.35PTC 81.00 81.75 79.90 80.80GREAVESCOT 130.00 130.85 127.70 130.25PFIZER 3351.00 3377.30 3226.00 3274.55GLAXO 1345.00 1350.00 1296.00 1298.80BDL 290.50 292.00 285.05 286.40PVR 1531.35 1538.15 1510.00 1526.85PERSISTENT* 685.00 692.15 657.10 666.40CROMPTON 216.05 222.20 215.15 218.40GUJALKALI 524.75 528.00 510.00 512.20GHCL 236.25 242.05 232.00 235.30CYIENT* 655.55 671.00 654.90 662.00KNRCON 221.40 236.70 221.40 233.75RAMCOCEM 720.00 727.00 714.40 723.45GODREJPROP 710.40 713.35 696.00 699.95LUXIND 1233.75 1270.00 1225.00 1261.75BERGEPAINT 307.40 307.50 302.00 304.25SUNDRMFAST 534.60 537.35 525.90 528.10NAVINFLUOR 649.90 652.20 640.00 643.20SYMPHONY 1320.00 1359.85 1313.00 1320.85FINOLEXIND 522.70 540.95 520.00 536.25LEMONTREE 76.85 79.90 76.55 78.75DENABANK 12.35 12.60 12.30 12.39SOMANYCERA 365.00 366.75 354.15 360.00GPPL 89.75 89.75 87.90 88.75RAJESHEXPO 573.50 578.00 570.00 572.70JYOTHYLAB 184.90 193.00 184.90 190.30BOSCHLTD 19000.00 19050.00 18785.55 18904.00HAL 694.50 700.00 686.00 689.70GREENPLY 149.50 153.70 146.80 147.40LAOPALA 215.05 218.80 209.20 213.30CENTRALBK 32.05 32.50 31.90 32.25TATAINVEST 856.00 861.75 836.00 838.40ANDHRABANK 26.50 26.80 26.10 26.25VMART 2590.00 2681.50 2590.00 2679.30KAJARIACER 563.50 565.00 557.40 562.95CCL 285.75 292.60 284.30 286.65BLUESTARCO 661.95 675.00 653.65 657.50WELSPUNIND 57.80 57.80 55.30 56.65SONATSOFTW 342.00 344.00 335.70 336.45ASTERDM 156.50 157.00 152.20 155.75MINDAIND 330.00 335.20 328.00 332.55IBULISL 310.00 315.95 310.00 315.95MRF 57536.60 58700.70 57536.60 58503.90MHRIL 213.70 221.65 213.70 218.15CHAMBLFERT 165.90 167.00 163.50 164.15IFBIND 914.10 939.80 903.30 931.90JBCHEPHARM 344.70 350.00 333.35 334.55CUB 187.00 191.00 187.00 189.10

LAXMIMACH 6088.60 6119.60 6014.10 6055.80UCOBANK 19.60 19.75 19.30 19.45BASF 1390.30 1429.90 1390.30 1414.00ALLCARGO 107.40 109.00 106.00 108.20ELGIEQUIP 262.25 270.00 261.05 263.10TNPL 209.00 212.00 203.55 207.25GESHIP 294.40 294.40 283.25 287.50BHARATFIN 967.20 968.95 959.60 962.95PNCINFRA 137.00 138.70 134.05 137.70BAJAJHLDNG 3175.00 3246.65 3175.00 3213.35GSKCONS 7445.00 7445.00 7080.00 7097.45FDC 173.00 176.60 171.65 175.15JKCEMENT 771.00 783.10 752.90 779.20CARERATING 980.95 1003.20 980.95 997.05SJVN 24.95 24.95 24.00 24.20SANOFI 5814.90 5848.70 5710.00 5722.05ALKEM 1773.95 1774.25 1740.00 1746.15ATUL 3404.80 3436.05 3400.00 3411.40CORPBANK 30.60 30.95 30.00 30.25ITDCEM 117.30 119.90 114.80 115.75AEGISLOG 204.55 209.00 202.45 204.75APLAPOLLO 1390.50 1406.00 1372.55 1396.60HIMATSEIDE 181.05 182.00 175.25 176.20VIJAYABANK 45.75 45.80 44.60 44.90SWANENERGY 115.00 115.55 110.60 112.95REDINGTON 91.15 91.20 89.15 89.90MINDACORP 151.25 153.50 148.05 148.95SHILPAMED 369.05 386.00 369.05 380.80GET&D 300.50 303.00 294.10 296.40SUPREMEIND 1109.00 1112.15 1075.40 1095.10EIHOTEL 190.50 193.00 187.15 187.85SOBHA 459.85 459.85 439.10 440.05THYROCARE 554.95 554.95 530.00 531.80KPRMILL 576.70 592.00 573.45 588.10SHREECEM 17325.00 17640.55 17252.15 17505.35TIINDIA 379.00 383.45 373.05 377.95CENTRUM 34.80 36.00 34.70 35.30INDOSTAR 349.95 349.95 342.65 348.35SUPRAJIT 205.70 214.00 205.10 212.30ABBOTINDIA 7330.00 7400.95 7330.00 7390.90CAPPL 414.00 414.00 401.00 404.70MAHLOG 475.00 480.00 467.65 478.30MAHABANK 13.98 13.98 13.32 13.39NESCO 430.05 470.05 430.05 466.00IOB 13.95 14.25 13.95 14.19TRITURBINE 114.00 114.95 111.10 112.80DHANUKA 419.80 444.00 415.05 441.60BAJAJCON 354.25 359.75 350.75 353.10INOXWIND 80.75 80.75 76.35 76.70SOLARINDS 1048.00 1050.25 1020.00 1033.45TVTODAY 340.35 352.45 339.10 347.40JCHAC 1851.00 1935.90 1828.55 1895.85TIMKEN 579.90 595.00 579.90 589.80AKZOINDIA 1795.00 1809.20 1755.05 1768.85SIS 823.00 855.80 822.00 834.45VBL 825.00 828.00 811.70 821.60ZYDUSWELL 1289.90 1289.90 1253.00 1273.10LAURUSLABS 351.00 360.80 351.00 355.90WABCOINDIA 6531.25 6537.20 6390.00 6439.45PGHH 11100.00 11190.00 10605.15 10704.20ASAHIINDIA 280.00 282.75 275.00 275.95TEAMLEASE 2900.00 2997.00 2900.00 2957.20CARBORUNIV 384.80 386.05 380.05 383.05KIOCL 140.15 144.20 140.00 143.80NH 228.00 231.20 223.10 227.55ECLERX 1055.05 1067.45 1035.00 1045.20SUDARSCHEM 343.40 349.85 343.30 345.10ORIENTCEM 81.05 83.50 79.90 80.95SHRIRAMCIT 1700.00 1700.00 1650.15 1691.10PHOENIXLTD 640.00 640.00 625.95 632.50KALPATPOWR 413.95 415.00 394.35 398.20LALPATHLAB 1023.95 1027.55 1017.00 1019.90MAHLIFE 377.55 382.90 377.35 378.70ERIS 630.30 630.30 613.00 617.15SUPPETRO 221.25 227.70 217.35 218.60SKFINDIA 1939.90 1971.20 1937.00 1951.80TVSSRICHAK 2379.95 2379.95 2248.20 2280.50VTL 1052.00 1056.00 1033.45 1041.25MONSANTO 2560.00 2633.65 2552.00 2601.953MINDIA 23967.45 23967.45 23010.00 23289.65SUNCLAYLTD 2978.00 3103.00 2920.00 3084.90ESSELPRO 113.25 114.00 113.00 113.40SYNGENE 594.35 594.90 587.10 590.00CRISIL 1479.90 1524.15 1479.90 1505.10APARINDS 662.00 665.00 655.00 655.05APLLTD 552.00 554.90 547.00 550.20THERMAX 1013.05 1013.05 994.00 1000.35SHARDACROP 371.00 375.00 362.15 372.75STARCEMENT 99.60 101.55 99.25 99.75BLUEDART 3191.25 3240.00 3180.00 3203.95IEX 160.60 160.60 158.00 158.15GAYAPROJ 167.00 174.00 167.00 171.20CERA 2515.85 2518.65 2485.00 2502.20GEPIL 820.00 824.00 811.60 814.90GALAXYSURF 1094.05 1094.05 1051.50 1071.20GRINDWELL 554.90 559.90 546.80 554.85FORBESCO 2249.95 2249.95 2220.00 2222.75TIFHL 468.65 495.55 468.65 475.20FLFL 439.00 439.45 423.65 427.30SHOPERSTOP 482.00 490.00 481.55 487.90BAYERCROP 4305.00 4350.00 4295.85 4330.05GULFOILLUB 879.95 880.00 852.00 862.40SCHAEFFLER 5450.00 5473.35 5356.55 5443.80HONAUT 22211.15 22231.75 21900.00 21947.05GILLETTE 6493.10 6549.95 6463.05 6516.55NAVNETEDUL 107.50 107.90 106.35 106.40RATNAMANI 870.00 880.20 870.00 875.50HATSUN 669.95 672.00 665.10 665.25SFL 1360.00 1360.00 1350.00 1350.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11024.85 11062.30 10998.85 11053.00 65.55BPCL 364.80 373.80 363.35 372.80 10.30BAJFINANCE 2715.00 2774.20 2700.00 2766.00 70.85ICICIBANK 365.25 372.85 365.25 371.25 8.00HINDALCO 200.00 203.95 199.65 203.00 4.25VEDL 177.65 180.00 176.10 178.60 3.65INFRATEL 296.95 306.50 295.35 302.25 6.10WIPRO 274.40 285.90 273.10 278.15 5.45TITAN 1038.00 1060.90 1028.30 1055.40 20.40RELIANCE 1239.80 1273.10 1235.10 1262.00 24.35TECHM 812.00 829.70 812.00 824.60 14.60POWERGRID 183.10 186.40 181.70 186.30 3.30DRREDDY 2660.60 2708.50 2656.65 2692.50 38.40HDFC 1864.70 1889.50 1858.80 1886.00 26.00NTPC 147.70 149.50 147.10 149.00 2.00ITC 285.00 289.20 284.75 285.95 3.40GRASIM 818.90 822.20 804.50 818.50 8.35BAJAJFINSV 6610.00 6625.00 6518.35 6601.00 57.25TCS 1989.30 2015.00 1985.05 2005.00 16.90LT 1310.50 1327.55 1310.50 1316.80 11.00SBIN 277.30 282.55 276.45 278.10 1.65IOC 155.00 157.25 153.50 154.55 0.90COALINDIA 241.15 246.20 238.00 242.05 0.90BHARTIARTL 310.95 313.25 308.30 309.00 1.15KOTAKBANK 1242.10 1247.00 1236.60 1243.75 3.30BAJAJ-AUTO 2895.65 2942.00 2876.25 2910.00 6.25M&M 660.00 664.85 654.00 658.20 1.45ULTRACEMCO 3963.00 4020.00 3935.80 3966.00 3.80ONGC 155.10 157.00 152.80 155.00 0.00UPL 879.00 884.60 866.70 875.50 0.00SUNPHARMA 457.00 469.35 446.95 455.80 -0.10INFY 736.10 736.10 727.00 732.25 -0.25EICHERMOT 21510.00 21800.00 21405.00 21500.00 -5.40HDFCBANK 2110.00 2110.30 2090.55 2103.15 -3.95HINDPETRO 248.40 255.35 243.35 246.00 -0.75CIPLA 551.00 552.00 541.95 546.80 -1.85TATASTEEL 522.90 525.35 515.45 519.30 -2.45INDUSINDBK 1537.50 1541.00 1522.25 1534.00 -7.60ASIANPAINT 1408.00 1410.00 1386.55 1396.75 -7.10GAIL 348.00 348.90 342.60 344.55 -1.95HCLTECH 1060.60 1062.00 1038.60 1044.60 -7.95JSWSTEEL 292.70 294.00 286.75 288.90 -2.30ADANIPORTS 342.50 349.20 334.05 336.30 -2.95MARUTI 7137.85 7144.90 7010.00 7053.00 -64.75HEROMOTOCO 2795.00 2815.00 2742.00 2769.00 -26.65YESBANK 238.10 240.65 232.95 235.05 -2.40HINDUNILVR 1726.10 1730.00 1697.95 1700.00 -24.60AXISBANK 733.90 733.90 712.55 719.20 -12.85IBULHSGFIN 748.00 766.50 725.60 725.60 -14.35TATAMOTORS 195.40 195.40 187.75 189.40 -4.65ZEEL 484.00 486.70 466.00 470.90 -13.55

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North Korea is restoringfacilities at a long-range

rocket launch site that it dis-mantled last year as part of dis-armament steps, according toforeign experts and a SouthKorean lawmaker who wasbriefed by Seoul’s spy service.

The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit lastweek between North Koreanleader Kim Jong-Un and USPresident Donald Trump thatended without any agreement.

South Korea’s NationalIntelligence Service providedthe assessment about theNorth’s Tongchang-ri launchsite to lawmakers during a pri-

vate briefing Tuesday. NorthKorea didn’t immediatelyrespond in its state media.

An article from 38 North, awebsite specialising in NorthKorea studies, cited commercialsatellite imagery as indicatingefforts to rebuild some structuresat the site started sometimebetween February 16 and March2. Dismantling parts of its long-range rocket launch facility wasamong several steps the Northtook last year when it enterednuclear talks with the US andSouth Korea. North has carriedout satellite launches at the sitein recent years, resulting in UNsanctions over expert claimsthat they were disguised tests ofbanned missile technology.

Islamabad: Pakistan must takestrict measures, including actionagainst banned outfits by May,to avoid economic sanctionsover the non-implementation ofFinancial Action Task Force(FATF) recommendations, thefinance secretary has warned.

Last year, the Paris-basedFATF, an international terrorfinancing watchdog, finalised areport with 40 recommenda-tions for de-listing Islamabadfrom its ‘grey list’. Pakistan wasplaced on the list for failing tocurb anti-terror financing.

Arif Ahmed Khan wastalking to reporters afterattending a meeting of a sub-committee of the PublicAccounts Committee (PAC)

on Tuesday. Dawn reportedthat he said “the country had toproceed against the bannedoutfits in the light of FATF rec-ommendations”.

Khan expressed apprehen-sions that Pakistan might faceeconomic sanctions if the FATFrecommendations wereignored and not implemented.The Finance Secretary saidPakistan had to take strictmeasures to implement theFATF recommendations.

The InternationalCooperation Review Group ofFATF that reviewed Pakistan’saction plan in recent meetingswas not satisfied with theprogress on milestones set forJanuary 2019. PTI

I s l a m a b a d : J a i s h - e -Muhammed (JeM) whichclaimed responsibility for thePulwama attack does not existin Pakistan, the military’sspokesperson has said, daysafter Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi admittedthat the terror outfit’s chief ispresent in the country.

The already sour relationsbetween India and Pakistanhave worsened after Pakistan-based JeM claimed responsi-bility for the February 14Pulwama attack that left 40CRPF personnel dead.

Director General Inter-

Services Public Relations (ISPR)Major General Asif Ghafoorwhen asked if the two countrieswere close to war after theattack told CNN, “We were Iwould say close to war becausewhen they (India) violated theairspace under token aggres-sion, we went for response.”

“Along the LoC we wereeyeball-to-eyeball. There ispresence of troops at the LoCfor decades. But post the Indianaggression and our response,the safeguards have been takenby both side,” Ghafoor said onthe situation along the LoC.

He said troops had been

increased “because it is natur-al as part of military planning.When the situation gets hotthere are safeguards. Thosesafeguards are in place on bothsides.” After the Pulwamaattack, the IAF carried out acounter-terror operation, hit-ting what it said was a JeMtraining camp in Balakot, deepinside Pakistan on February 26.

The next day, Pakistan AirForce retaliated and downed aMiG-21 and captured its pilotWing CommanderAbhinandan Varthaman whowas handed over to India onFriday. PTI

Washington: The US is “veryclosely” following the reportsthat Pakistan misusedAmerican-made F-16 fighterjets against India in the recentaerial confrontation betweentheir air forces, according to atop State Department official.

The Indian Air Force onThursday displayed parts of anAMRAAM beyond visualrange air-to-air missile as evi-dence to “conclusively” provethat Pakistan deployed US-

manufactured F-16 fighter jetsduring an aerial raid targetingIndian military installations inKashmir after India’s anti-ter-ror operation in Balakot.Pakistan has said that no F-16fighter jets were used.

The US State Departmenthas said that America is seek-ing more information fromPakistan on the potential mis-use of American-made F-16fighter jets by it against Indiain violation of the end-useragreement.

“We’ve seen those reportsand we’re following that issuevery closely,” US StateDepartment DeputySpokesperson Robert Palladinotold reporters at his biweeklynews conference on Tuesday.

He was responding to ques-tions that Pakistan has violatedthe end-user agreement on F-16fighter jets that it procuredfrom the United States. “I can’tconfirm anything, but as a mat-ter of policy, we don’t publiclycomment on the contents ofbilateral agreements that wehave in this regard involving USdefence technologies nor thecommunications that we havewith other countries about that.“So, we’re taking a look andwe’re going to continue to takea look. I’m going to leave it atthat,” Palladino said. PTI

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Celebrities at the 91st editionof Oscars, dazzled the redcarpet with some simple

yet noteworthy trends that canactually be donned to glam thecasual days. It was no less than theprevious ones; full of surprisingwins and breath-taking looks. Italso celebrated the talent fromacross the globe and surelyinspired us with top-notch looks.Advanced Hair Studio expertshave put together a list of top teneye-catching hairstyles spotted atthe Academy Awards 2019.

LADY GAGAPop sensation, Lady Gaga topsour list because of her subtle yetstylish look at the Oscars 2019.Like always, she surprised usonce again with her uniquestyling sense. Keeping the make-

up soft and fresh, Gaga’s hair wastucked in a voluminous twistedupdo that complemented herblack Alexander McQueen gown.

BRADLEY COOPER

Bradley Cooper wearing a classictuxedo, sported a tousled hairstylewith his long stubble. Cooperpulled off this look effortlesslyand this hairstyle works well forboth informal and formal occa-sions.

CHRIS EVANSChris Evans went for a well-groomed look complementinghis stylish velvet tuxedo. Hisslicked back, heavily gelled hairwith shorter sides enhanced hislook even further. We highly rec-ommend this hairstyle for partiesand special occasions.

JENNIFER LOPEZ

Jennifer Lopez’s look was theshowstopper of the Oscars 2019fashion show. The singer andactor’s spectacular ensemble wasno less than a masterpiece. Withthis striking outfit, Lopez donned sleek side-swept blownout wavy hairstyle. This ever-green hairstyle has been a redcarpet look friendly for manycelebrities.

ADAM DRIVER

Styling long hair differently hasalways been difficult for men.However, Adam Driver’s side-parted and pushed back wavyhairdo can definitely be an inspi-ration for men with this hairlength.

EMMA STONEEmma Stone chose a monochro-matic look to go with hersequenced Louis Vuitton gown.She completed the look with asimple pulled back hairdo andmetallic eye makeup. Her ‘goodgirl’ look and pulled back bob intoa sculptural bun was indeed mes-merising and inspiring for womenwith short hair.

RAGINA KINGRegina King was undoubtedly thequeen of the red carpet becauseof her radiant and on-point lookat the 91st Academy Awards.Her lob (long +bob) tousled wavy

hair complement her trend-set-ting look. This versatile hairstylecan complement varied face cuts.

NICHOLUS HOULTNicholus was spotted donningshort spikes with faded sideswith his stylish ensemble for the91st edition of the AcademyAwards. Spiky hair helps inadding style and texture to a reg-ular cut. Men with short to medi-um hair length can easily pull offthis hairstyle in many ways.

CONSTANCE WUConstance Wu amazed us with afresh and glowing look at the redcarpet. Neat ponytail with a lowpuff is definitely an interestingSpring-Summer’19 hair trend.Sporting this hairstyle on a longday can help you have a stylishhairdo throughout and escapethe hassle of managing yourmane.

ADAM LAMBERTAdam Lambert’s neatly pushedback long hair with brown high-lights is our immediate favoritefrom the red carpet of Oscars2019 in men’s category. We high-ly recommend this hairstyle ifyou want to have a fuller andvoluminous look.

Can the memory of Michael Jacksonsurvive Leaving Neverland?After all, it has bounced back before.

The superstar’s image was tarnished byallegations of sexual abuse that shadowedhim throughout much of his adult lifeand even stood trial on child molestationcharges in 2005, for which he wasacquitted. His untimely death in 2009seemed to wash that stain away in an out-pouring of public love and a resurgenceof sales of his always popular music.

Now, 10 years later, the HBO docu-mentary Leaving Neverland has aireddetailed and disturbing stories from twomen who say Jackson groomed them forsex and molested them when they werejust little boys. It has cast a spotlight onJackson’s unsavory history at a #MeToomoment when old allegations againststars have been taking hold, and takingthem down.

So far, there has been no evidence ofmajor damage to Jackson’s music or hisestate, which has made an estimated $2billion since his death. His music hasbeen featured in commercials and is thesubject of a Cirque Du Soleil show in LasVegas. A play about his life by PulitzerPrize-winner Lynn Nottage is due out onBroadway next year. And it may not.After all, Jackson is dead now, whichmeans he can’t be charged or put on trial,keeping the story in the headlines formonths or years to come.

And there is Jackson’s nearly unpar-alleled star status — starting out as acherub-faced 11-year-old sensation withthe Jackson 5, then catapulting into aglobal phenomenon with the world’sbest-selling album of all time, Thriller, tohis credit and hits adored by multiplegenerations.

“It’s hard to compare someone ofMichael Jackson’s caliber to anyoneelse,” said Danny Deraney, a publicistwho often handles crisis management.“I don’t think we’ve seen anything likeit.”

Still, Oprah Winfrey, with her vastinfluence, may have heralded a shift in

public attitudes just by hosting the spe-cial “After Neverland,” in which she inter-viewed the documentary’s subjects,James Safechuck and Wade Robson.

“I hope we can get beyond MichaelJackson the icon, stop staring into thesun, and do what is necessary to help ourchildren and ourselves,” Winfrey said infront of an audience of sexual abuse sur-vivors and their supporters.

She did not directly condemnJackson. But she praised the film, treat-ed its assertions as truth, and said thatshe was expecting an earful from

Jackson’s defenders.“I’m going to get it,” Winfrey, who

interviewed Jackson before the allega-tions emerged in 1993 and his familyafter his death, said at the end of theshow that aired Sunday and Monday onHBO and OWN just after the documen-tary.

And she did. Even before the specialtaped, she was subject to fierce criticismby some who left disparaging commentson her social media account.

It could be that Jackson’s fandom isso pervasive, especially in countries thatdon’t follow his personal news closely,that the documentary and renewedallegations will just make a small dent.

“For Michael Jackson’s fans, more soprobably outside of America, I don’tthink it will have an effect, becausethey’ll ride or die with Michael,” Deraneysaid.

Robson and Safechuck’s allegationsdidn’t emerge until 2013, when they filedlawsuits seeking money from Jackson’sestate that have since been thrown outand are under appeal. Both men had pre-viously denied Jackson sexually abusedthem and had been among his fiercestdefenders when Jackson was alive, butsay having their own children andJackson’s death led them to confronttheir truth.

Because of the men’s past denials,some Jackson fans have dismissed theirtestimonies as lies, motivated by money.Some even refused to watch the docu-mentary. Still, after the film began air-ing, there were casual fans who felt gut-ted by the revelations, with some sayingthey could not listen to his music thesame way — if at all.

“People have already made the deci-sion one way or the other,” Deraney said.“I think when a lot of people think ofMichael Jackson they already think‘pedophile,’ whether or not there is anyproof.”

“I think what it comes down to,”Deraney added, “is future generations.”

Many millennials have only vagueknowledge of the Jackson accusations,and are shocked even by facts that areacknowledged by both sides.

“I’m young enough to have not beenaware of the allegations about MichaelJackson as they were happening,” 31-year-old New York Times columnistJamelle Bouie tweeted while watchingthe documentary. “It is WILD TO MEthat anyone thought his behavior aroundand constant contact with young boyswas remotely okay.”

Some of Jackson’s fellow artists haveindicated they will not give him and hisinfluence up easily, and say they can sep-arate the performer from the person.

Jason Derulo recently released thefirst music and videos from a plannedboxed set of EPs that the singer anddancer made in tribute to Jackson. It’sset to be released in its entirety on June25, the 10th anniversary of Jackson’sdeath.

“Michael was the sole reason Istarted singing and dancing, so this wasa way for me to give back,” Derulo, who

has not seen “Leaving Neverland,” toldThe Associated Press. “I started this pro-ject because of my love of the performerthat Michael Jackson is and the influencethat he had on my life as the best per-former that ever lived. This has nothingto do with anyone’s personal life.”

India. Arie says it was right to speakout against R. Kelly, who faces new sex-ual abuse charges after the Lifetime doc-umentary “Surviving R. Kelly” airedmore than a decade after he was clearedof child pornography charges. ButJackson’s situation is different, the singersaid.

“I think it’s too late for people to besaying ‘mute Michael Jackson,’” Arie toldthe AP.

“With R. Kelly there’s video,” shesaid, referencing a sex tape that alleged-ly shows the singer’s abuse. “WithMichael Jackson, there’s a lot of specu-lation. I don’t know if it’s going to go asfar. ... Not because we love him more, Ijust think it’s a different situation.”

Jackson’s estate, his most ardent fans,and his family, have no such ambiguity

in their views. They say the documen-tary repeats discredited allegations fromadmitted liars.

Jackson’s brothers said they werealready in a rough period of managinghis memory and legacy with their fatherJoseph Jackson’s death last year, whenthey heard that “Leaving Neverland” wascoming.

“This time is difficult for us becauseyou know Michael, coming up on the10th anniversary of his passing and myfather passed away six months ago,”Marlon Jackson told the AP last week.“So those things are still there, and younever get rid of them. You learn to livewith them. And now we’re dealing withsomething that’s totally different but hasno truth to it. There’s no facts at all.”

At least one prominent and former-ly devoted fan says he’s been forced toreconsider.

“I’ve spent a lifetime loving MJ,” LosAngeles Times music writer Gerrick D.Kennedy wrote after seeing the docu-mentary’s premiere at the Sundance FilmFestival.

“Roughly an hour into ‘LeavingNeverland,’ it felt like my chest had cavedin .... It wasn’t long before I accepted that‘Leaving Neverland’ would force me —and likely many others who also feel adeep connection to Jackson’s work — tosee that none of us really knew him. Andthat maybe we’d been avoiding thetruth.”

The subjects of the documentarythemselves don’t have strong feelingsabout whether people should give upJackson’s music.

“It’s a chance to reevaluate who youwant to be your idols,” Safechuck told theAP at Sundance. “Because you canwrite a song, does that mean you shouldbe people’s moral compass? ... It’s lessabout tearing down somebody andmore about an opportunity of who dowe want to look up to.”

“There’s plenty of other amazingpeople to fill that role.” F,+

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Satish Shankar, a more than 20-year-old veteran of the firm,

Bain & Company, will take over asthe regional managing partnerfor Asia-Pacific (APAC), effectivefrom April 1 (Q2) in Singapore.Manny Maceda, worldwide man-aging partner announced onWednesday.

Shankar has been the manag-ing partner for the firm in theSoutheast Asia (SEA) region forfive years. Under his tenure, thecompany experienced a strongdouble-digit growth across theregion with a strong emphasis onmaking Bain the best place forbusiness talent, building a strongtrack record of driving tangibleresults with clients, and helping todevelop the firms’ new offices inIndonesia, Malaysia and Thailandinto successful growth pillars forthe firm. The company is beenincreasingly seen as the go-tofirm for transformations and dig-ital solutions in the SEA.

Shankar works with clientsacross Energy and NaturalResources, Transportation, andConsumer Products on Strategy,Transformation, PerformanceImprovement and M&A. He hasalso led Bain’s M&A practiceacross APAC. “Satish is the perfectleader to drive our APAC regionthrough another period of suc-cessful growth, delivering endur-ing results for our clients, and

inspiring Bain’s people to great-ness,” said Manny Maceda.

He added, “He truly has theability, experience and characterthat fits best with our needs in theregion for the years ahead, as wecontinue to partner and teamwith our clients around the world.I congratulate him as he takes overthis role.”

In his new role, Shankar willbe responsible for leading Bain’sbusiness across the Asia-Pacific(APAC) region and overseeingstrategy, operations, training anddevelopment. He will also focus onworking with the managementteams of national and multi-national companies to help themtransform their organisations andachieve lasting business results,while helping businesses becomemore efficient, competitive andfuture-ready.

“It is a privilege to take on thisnew role and to continue workingwith our talented and diverseteam and help our clients achieveexceptional results,” said Shankar.“As we approach our industrywith an insurgent mindset, weremain dedicated to helping clientsbe disrupters, and APAC is an areawith exciting growth and signifi-

cant innovation, which is criticalto our firm’s long-term success,” headded.

Dale Cottrell, who has servedas the firm’s regional managingpartner for six years, will return toadvising the firm’s clients as partof Bain’s ‘servant leader’ model, inwhich partners regularly rotate intoleadership roles and then get backto client work. Under Cottrell,Bain’s APAC markets have seenunprecedented success, both interms of strong double-digitgrowth and clients, people and thefirms’ strategic priority to deliverleading edge digital and analyticsolutions.

“It’s been a true privilege toserve the company through thisrole for the past six years and tohave seen the firm continue toachieve monumental success andgrowth across cutting-edge tech-nology solutions, from AI,machine learning and blockchainto automation, robotics and IoT,”said Cottrell, adding, “My biggestsource of pride has been workingwith the best people across such adiverse set of markets and exper-tise to help our clients navigate thedisruptive forces they are facingand deliver out-performance intheir industry.”

Dale and Satish will workclosely together in the comingmonths to ensure a seamless tran-sition.

In presence of around 300 fam-ilies of Assam Rifles, a health

screening camp was inauguratedby Sangeeta Sangwan, President,ARWWA, at the Assam RiflesMultispeciality Hospital onWednesday.

As part of the inauguration,Brigadier V S Sayed (Med), 101Area Shillong, delivered a lectureon ‘Cancer Among Women.’

The event also saw a skit pre-sentation on the importance ofscreening and timely follow-up ofCancer among women, whichwas performed by the team ofMH Shillong led by MajorRajminder Kaur.

As part of the camp, all thefamilies of AR in Shillong are

being screened for Anaemia,Blood Sugar, Hypertension,Breast self examination, Gallstones. A PAP Smear examina-tion of volunteer families wasalso carried out by a team ofgynecologists from ARMH, MHShil long and CompositeHospital, BSF.

Hardeep S Puri, Ministerof State (I/C), Ministry

of Housing and UrbanAffairs, on Wednesday inau-gurated the upgraded BasantLok Community Centre andVasant Udyan (district park,Vasant Vihar).

DDA has developed 11district centres and 44 com-munity centres.

The upgradation ofBasant Lok community cen-tre has been taken up on aug-mentation of infrastructureservices. Re-organisation ofpublic open space is key toincrease the space utilisationby making it more accessible.Segregation of vehicular andpedestrian movement is also

taken care of.Defined pedestrian

movement with highlightedflooring patterns and use ofdirection signage helps togive a new look to the com-plex.

While upgrading the

centre, the provision of aug-mentation of necessary ser-vices like rain water har-vesting, fire-fighting in thecomplex, connectivity to themetro station and VasantUdyan adjoining to the com-plex have been taken into

account. All the vendors havebeen shifted and now thepedestrian area of the marketis ready to use.

Vasant Udyan, an area of43 acres is also being main-tained by DDA and thischunk of green space in thelocality caters to variouscolonies like MunirkaEnclave, Vasant Vihar, HillView apartments and others.It is now open to the gener-al public.

The park is located adja-cent to the Basant Lok com-plex, Vasant Vihar. This is ahistorically-rich area withremains of one of the last gar-dens planted by Firoz ShahTughlaq.

Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) is a business approach thatcontributes to sustainable devel-

opment by delivering economic, socialand environmental benefits to all stake-holders. It is a concept with multiple def-initions. Generally understood as beingthe way through which a companyachieves a balance of economic, envi-ronmental and social imperative, it alsoaddresses the expectations of share-holders and stakeholders.

Airports Authority of India (AAI)is continuously exploring the opportu-nities where it can serve the society andis therefore, gradually increasing itsexpenditure on CSR and other welfareactivities. The organisation aims toachieve, consolidate and strengthengood corporate governance includingsocially and environmentally responsi-ble business practices that balancefinancial profit with social well-being.

As a socially-responsible enter-prise, AAI is committed to serve thesociety and is making efforts to enhancethe quality of life of the people from theunderprivileged sections of the society,especially those residing near its airports.

Keeping this bid to be sociallyresponsible in place, here are some ofthe CSR and welfare initiatives under-taken by AAI:

Skills Development Programme AAI and Construction Industry

Development Council (CIDC) signedtwo MoU’s for Employment-OrientedTraining and Skill Development pro-gramme of unemployed youth, the SCs,STs and OBCs, women and EWS ofSociety for 2000 persons pan-India andNorth East Region for �10.59 crore each.This programme is for underprivi-leged/poor sections of society, specifi-cally in the Northeast region.

The initiative has been furtherreinforced by including a clause inGeneral Conditions of Contracts inAAI’s construction project works which

state that around 20 per cent of thelabour force at any stage of constructionon projects should be trained, tested andcertified.

Mechanised central kitchen for mid-day meal in Assam

AAI has signed a MoU with thestate government of Assam and AkshayaPatra for �15.71 crore for constructionand setup of a Mechanised CentralKitchen in Assam for providing mid-daymeals. This will serve the under-privi-leged students from government schoolsaccess to nutritious, warm and healthyfood.

Construction of toilets, drinkingwater and other infrastructure ingovernment schools

Since 2014 to 15, AAI, in co-ordi-nation with the Ministry of HumanResource Development (MHRD),under the Swachh Vidyalaya initiative,has constructed more than 1,500 toiletsin approximately 800 governmentschools, thereby benefitting more than1,00,000 underprivileged students. TillMarch 31, 2018, more than �29 crorehas been spent on the construction ofthese toilets.

Installation of proper sanitation prac-tices and awareness camps in 20 cities

AAI, through Kalyanmayee, itswomen welfare association, will spend�5.98 crore on the installation of sani-

tary napkin vending machines andincinerators at various schools, com-munity centers and slum areas and willbe organising awareness camps in 20cities across the country.

Providing Radiotherapy equipment ingovernment hospital in Chennai

The organisation has signed anMoU to provide Radiotherapy equip-ment (linear accelerator and brachyther-apy) in government hospital in Chennaiamounting to �18.5 crore.

Low Energy Linear Accelerator forcancer unit AIIMS, Rishikesh

The project accounts for �10 crorefor the procurement of Low EnergyLinear Accelerator for the cancer unitat AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

Construction of a community hallIt has provided assistance for con-

struction of a community hall at Garal,Kamrup, Guwahati for �2.35 crore.

Providing funds for pharmacy andmedical canteen-cum-waiting hall

The organisation has signed anMoU for the construction of pharma-cy and medical canteen-cum-waitinghall in Roing, Arunachal Pradeshamounting to �80 lakh.

Providing funds for Cochlear implantsurgery to ALIMCO

To sponsor 200 underprivilegedchildren, the AAI signed an MoU withthe Artificial Limbs ManufacturingCorporation Of India (ALIMCO),amounting to for �134.10 million.

Empowering people against Hepatitisthrough empathy campaign

Project Empathy, a four-year pro-ject being implemented by AAI andILBS, is focussed on empowering peo-ple against hepatitis. The comprehen-sive campaign aims to de-stigmatisehepatitis and create an enabling envi-ronment for infected individuals andtheir families for social participation andcare seeking. AAI has committed �5crore for FY 2018-19.

Promoting holistic sustainable devel-opment in villages

AAI and the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP) inIndia have signed an MoA on a newpartnership to enhance livelihoodopportunities and provide better livingstandards to communities living nearairports in Assam and Jharkhand for�10 crore.

Rajeev Mehrotra, CMD of RITES Ltd, underCSR support to Bisnouli Sarvodaya Gramodyog

Sewa Sansthan, attended a function to mark the inau-guration of its Skill Development Training Centre inChhapera village in Nuh district of Haryana forwomen, initially engaged with tailoring and computercourses. Pankaj, IAS, the district magistrate, inau-gurated the training centre.

Mehrotra enthused the beneficiaries to lookbeyond the limitations of daily life engagements andbecome self dependent in terms of livelihood, asenvisaged by NITI Aayog.

Other prominent dignitaries who were presentincluded Ajay Kumar Gaur, CFO, RITES, andRakesh Ranjan from NITI Aayog.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is settingup a network of Solar-based Electric Vehicle

Chargers (SEVC) on the Delhi-Chandigarh Highway.The first in the series of charging stations was

inaugurated by Dr A R Sihag, secretary, Departmentof Heavy Industry (DHI), in the presence of AtulSobti, chairman and managing director, BHEL, atEthnic India Resort in Sonepat, Haryana.

The project is covered under the FAME scheme(Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) andElectric Vehicles in India) of DHI. The establishmentat regular intervals over the entire 250 kilometrestretch between Delhi and Chandigarh would allayrange-anxiety among the electric vehicle users andbolster their confidence for inter-city travel. As partof the project, BHEL has also developed a CentralMonitoring System (CMS) for EV chargers with auser-friendly mobile app.

BHEL’s scope of work in the project includesdesign, engineering, manufacturing, supply andinstallation of the EV charging stations along with aCentral Monitoring System. Each SEVC station willbe equipped with a rooftop solar power plant to sup-ply green energy and EV chargers.

As part of its diversification initiative, BHEL hasbeen expanding its footprints in the e-mobility busi-ness. Notably, the company has already installed DCchargers at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi. BHEL isalso executing another commercial order for instal-lation of DC chargers across various locations in thecountry.

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The New Delhi MunicipalCouncil (NDMC) has

bagged the award for the clean-est city in the small city cate-gory with one to three lakhpopulation. Chairman NareshKumar has received the awardfrom President Ram NathKovind at Vigyan Bhawan onWednesday.

The chairman has said thatthe Council has also beenawarded the ODF++ statusand ranked for garbage-freecity with three stars in thenationwide Swachhta awardcategory.

Even though the aggre-

gate score as per the parame-ters places the NDMC at sec-ond position, its overall rank-ing is fifth in the SwachhSurvekshan 2019.

Congratulating the employ-ees of NDMC in general andsafai sevaks in particular, thechairman credited NDMC forgetting the Swachhta awards.

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ShriJual Oram, Minister for TribalAffairs launched the Van Dhan schemefor Minimum Support Price (MSP),

and Minor Forest Produces (MFP) as wellas for development of value chain ofMFPs at a National workshop.

ShriJual stated that almost 5.5 croretribals will be benefited from the scheme.It will offer remunerative MSP for 50 com-mercially viable items. MSP had been raisedby 30 to 40 per cent. This would go a longway in adding to the income of the trib-als. Three hundred and seven district col-lectors have been given responsibilitythrough the state agencies to provide MSPto the tribal gatherers.

He further added that this programmepromotes enterprise and marketing skills.It will be a game changer if implementeddiligently. At present tribals are getting only20 to 30 per cent but it will change after VanDhan which aims to take this share to 70to 80 per cent.

TRIFED has tied up CSR funds to pro-mote tribal livelihoods. Socially oriented

public sector organisations like BPCL,IOCL and SPMCL have sanctioned approx-imately �10 crore for promoting VanDhan operations in Barwani, Rajnandgaon,Dewas and Hoshangabad districts of

Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Representatives from 30 states partic-

ipated in the workshop where detailedinteraction took place about various aspectsof the scheme.

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Steve Smith and DavidWarner's year-long exile

has likely left them hungri-er than ever and theirreturn can spark Australiato World Cup glory, Testgreat Shane Warne saidon Wednesday.

The star pair's banfrom state and interna-tional cricket for ball-tam-pering expires later thismonth and they areexpected to be rushed backinto the Australian sidefor the defence of their titleat the showpiece tourna-ment in England this year.

Both players haverecently undergone elbowsurgery and the greatunknown is how they willperform back on the worldstage, particularly in whatis sure to be a hostileatmosphere in England.

But Warne has nodoubt they will be as goodas ever, benefiting from thebreak rather than theirskills being blunted.

He is talking fromexperience.

Warne was suspendedin 2003 for a year after test-ing positive to banneddiuretic drugs.

Many wrote him off,but the leg-spinning legendquickly bounced back andenjoyed several more yearsplaying at the highest levelwith the Australian team.

"Sometimes having anenforced lay off — likeI'm used to, I had 12months off myself — what

that means is you becomereally fresh," he told FoxSports.

"You freshen yourmind up, you become hun-gry again and realise howimportant cricket is toyou." Warne said bothplayers would also "have apoint to prove" when theyeventually pad up again.

"That's why I reckonAustralia can win theWorld Cup," he said,despite the team's recentpatchy one-day form.

"They'll walk straightback in, they'll be hungry.They'll be a bit nervous inthe first few games butthat'll be good for them,they'll be excited and Iwould expect them to playas good as they alwayshave."

Newly-appointed assis-tant Australia coach RickyPonting echoed similarsentiments recently.

Both players areexpected to feature at theupcoming Indian PremierLeague as they tune-upfor the World Cup.

Smith only returnedto the nets last week fromsurgery in January afterbeing forced to drop out ofthe Bangladesh PremierLeague Twenty20 tourna-ment with a ligament prob-lem.

Warner's injury, sus-tained at the same event,was less serious and hecould play his first gamesince then for his club sideRandwick-Petersham thisweekend.

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Adesperate Indian women's team wouldaim to snap its five-match losing

streak in the second T20 Internationalagainst England here on Thursday.

India suffered a crushing 41-run lossto England in the first T20 of the three-match series here on Sunday.

The loss, India's fifth in a row in theshortest format, meant the W V Raman-coached side has a lot of work to do beforethe T20 World Cup in Australia early nextyear.

India lost all their T20s in NewZealand after winning the ODI series andthings seems to be heading in a similardirection against England.

Chasing England's competitive 160 forfour in the series opener, Indian batterscut a sorry figure to be restricted to 119for six.

After England had put on a compet-itive total, the onus was on India's top-order to do the job but the quartet ofHarleen Deol, skipper Smriti Mandhana,Jemimah Rodrigues and veteran MithaliRaj failed to live to the expectations, seri-ously hurting the team's cause.

The absence of a power-hitter likeHarmanpreet Kaur in the run chase wasfelt immensely. The regular T20 captainis nursing an injury.

It was a rare failure from Mandhana,that too, on her captaincy debut consid-ering the fact that she has been sublimeform off late, plundering runs at will whichearned her the ICC Woman Cricketer ofthe Year award.

In Kaur's absence, ODI captainMithali was expected to play a bigger rolein the three T20s but she failed to seize theopportunity scoring just 7.

And come on Thursday, the 36-year-

old, who is likely to retire from the short-est format before the T20 World Cup inAustralia next year, would like to make astrong statement.

Veda Krishnamurthy, who made acomeback to the team, looked a pale shad-ow of herself, struggling to 15 off 25 balls.

Eventually, it was left to the lower-order to do the job and the likes of ShikhaPandey (23 not out), Deepti Sharma (22not out) and Arundhati Reddy (18) did trybut the asking was too tall.

On the bowling front too, India werenot up to the mark with the likes of Deepti,Arundhati and Radha Yadav leakingruns.

Medium pacer Shikha Pandey (1/18)and leg-spinner Poonam Yadav (0/18)were economical but they would need sup-port from their colleagues to keep Englandbatters at bay.

On the other hand, Tammy Beaumont(62 off 57), skipper Heather Knight (40 off20) and Danielle Wyatt (35) looked ingreat touch as England produced an all-round effort to get the better of the hometeam in the first T20.

A���India: Smriti Mandhana (captain),Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, DeeptiSharma, Taniya Bhatia (wicketkeeper),Bharti Fulmali, Anuja Patil, ShikhaPandey, Komal Zanzad, ArundhatiReddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht,Radha Yadav, Veda Krishnamurty,Harleen Deol.England: Tammy Beaumont, KatherineBrunt, Kate Cross, Sophia DunkleyBrown, Freya Davies, Georgia Elwiss,Amy Ellen Jones, Heather Knight(c),Laura Marsh, Natalie Sciver, AnyaShrubsole, Linsey Smith, LaurenWinfield, Danielle Wyatt, Alex Hartley.

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Jonny Bairstow made themost of the absence of a

few specialists with a blis-tering early assault to setEngland on the way to afour-wicket victory overthe West Indies in the firstday/night T20 internation-al of a three-match series atthe Darren SammyStadium in St Lucia onTuesday.

Replying to the hometeam's total of 161 for eight,Bairstow led the charge atthe top of the order with hisbest T20I score of 68 off 40balls with two sixes andnine fours. His entertaininginnings ended in the 12thover via a catch on theboundary by CarlosBrathwaite off spinnerAshley Nurse.

Joe Denly (30) andSam Billings appeared tohave finished the job witha 50-run fifth-wicket stand.However both were dis-missed with victory in sightalthough the target wasstill easily attained with

seven balls to spare.Left-arm pacer

Sheldon Cottrell was theCaribbean team's most suc-cessful bowler with three

for 29.England will defend

the early advantage whenthe series heads to St Kittsfor the final two matches of

the T20 contest and thetour on Friday and Sunday.

Nicholas Pooran'spyrotechnic half-centuryhad lifted the West Indiesto a respectable total as thehosts suffered early set-backs, including big-hit-ting opener Chris Gayle,after being put in.

He was one of twowickets to fall to ChrisJordan, the Barbados-bornall-rounder also removingDarren Bravo (28) via aspectacular diving effortoff his own bowling tobreak a 64-run fourth-wicket stand with Pooran.

Tom Curran wasEngland's top wicket-takerthough with four for 36. Hedismissed makeshift open-er Shai Hope and thenShimron Hetmyer beforereturning to york the ram-pant Pooran in the 18thover.

Pooran smashed foursixes and three fours in get-ting to 58 off 37 deliveriesto underline his value in theshortest form of the inter-national game.

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Aprofligate P V Sindhu was onWednesday knocked out ofthe All England

Championship by an industriousSung Ji Hyun of Korea in thewomen's singles opening round.

In men's singles, 2017Singapore Open champion B SaiPraneeth defeated compatriot HSPrannoy 21-19, 21-19 in a pulsat-ing contest

Fifth-seeded Sindhu, who wasbeaten by Sung Ji twice in last threemeetings, lost 16-21, 22-20, 18-21,despite saving as many as eightmatch points in the second andthird game.

Sindhu went into the openerwith an overall record of a 8-6against Sung Ji but the Korean onceagain troubled the Indian in the 81-minute thrilling clash which wentdown to the wire.

Sindhu showed grit in the clos-ing moments of the second andthird game but also committed toomany unforced errors during thematch.

The Indian saved three matchpoints at 17-20 in the second gameto take the match to the decider,during which she saved five matchpoints before suffering her fourthfirst-round loss at the $ 1 millionevent.

Sung Ji will face Hong Kong'sCheung Ngan Yi in the secondround.

"I think I could have not givenher big lead at the starting. It wastoo many points and it was difficultto cover," Sindhu saidafter the loss.

"It was my badluck probably as mymid court smasheswere going to net. Iwas just hitting out butoverall it was good matchand she played well. She has goodanticipations and there were longrallies.

"I had trained enough but it wasjust not my day. Such matcheskeep happening and I have to take

it as a challenge and come backstronger."

The women's doubles pair ofMeghana Jakkampudi andPoorvisha S Ram also fought hardbefore losing 21-18, 12-21, 12-21 tothe Russian combination ofEkaterina Bolotova and AlinaDaveltova.

The opening clash betweenSindhu and Sung Ji turned out to bea thrilling contest.

Sindhu enjoyed a 6-3 lead earlyon but Sung Ji drew level, helped bySindhu's poor judgement.

The Korean kept up the attackand entered the first interval witha lead of 11-8 after the Indian hitthe net.

Sindhu dominated the ralliesafter the breather and drew parity at11-11 with a cross-court smash.

However, the Indian struggledwith her timing and committed toomany unforced errors to allow theKorean a cushion of 16-14.

Sung Ji continued to gatherpoints and clinched four gamepoints. The Korean sealed it withoutmuch fuss when Sindhu struck outagain.

After the change of sides, Sindhufound the going tough with Sung Jigrabbing a 11-8 advantage at thebreak.

After the breather, Sindhu man-aged to make it 13-13 with some pre-

cise returns.Sindhu tried to put pressure on

her rival in the rallies but Sung Jiremained determined and led 18-14.

Sindhu continued to strugglewith her strokes and buried two ofher returns into the net, giving SungJi a lead of 18-14.

Sindhu narrowed the deficit to17-18 before sending another cross-court smash wide. Sung Ji grabbedthree match points after that.

However, the Indian produced arazor sharp cross court return andengaged her rival in the longest rallyof the match to save three points.

Sung Ji hit the net to give a gamepoint to the Indian, who sealed itwith a body smash to roar back intothe contest.

In the decider, the duo engagedin some good rallies but Sung Ji againhad a two-point advantage at theinterval after reeling off four straightpoints.

The Korean kept pushing for-ward, moving to a 15-9 lead at onestage.

A wide shot broke her run ofpoints but Sindhu committed a ser-vice error and followed it up with twomore unforced errors to allow SungJi to lead 18-10.

Sung Ji soon grabbed as many asseven match points with a superbreturn near the net. Sindhu did savefive of them but it just wasn't enough.

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Amatch-winning performanceagainst Australia in the second

ODI has boosted his chances ofsecuring a World Cup spot but Indiaall-rounder Vijay Shankar insists heis not losing sleep over his selection.

Captain Virat Kohli handedthe ball to Shankar when Australianeeded 11 runs from the last overand India required two wickets fora win. Shankar dismissed MarcusStoinis and Adam Zampa in threeballs, delivering when it mattered.

"I've said previously also that Inever think about the selection or

World Cup thing because it's a longway off from now. Every game isvery important. I just look to givemy best and win a game for theteam," said the Tamil Nadu all-rounder.

Shankar said the tough final ofthe Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka lastyear when he struggled to rotatestrike was a big learning curve forhim and it helped him in pressuresituation today.

"To be honest the NidahasTrophy has taught me too manythings. Actually, I learnt to how tostay neutral after that. Be it high orlow, it doesn't matter. I need to stay

calm and neutral all the time.""I was just ready for the chal-

lenge because I knew I had to bowlthat one over. And I was just telling(myself) after the 43rd-44th over, Iam going to bowl anytime. Maybethe last over and I should be readyto defend a total of 10 runs or 15runs. So, I was mentally prepared forthat."

The young all-rounder saidexperienced Jasprit Bumrah alsoguided him while approaching thefinal over.

"After the 48th over, Bumrahcame up to me and said the ball isreversing a bit. He told me that I

need to hit the right length on thiswicket, where I give myself a chanceto hit the stumps.

"When he said that, I was clearmentally that the only way to defendthose runs is by picking wickets andif I can bowl straighter, (I'll) givemyself a chance to take wickets," hesaid adding that he only bowled thelast over for his club side before this.

Shankar said he would notover-react after taking match-win-ning wickets but is glad that hecould help the team win.

"Just because I got the twowickets in the last over does notmake me feel really high or happy."

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India's Twenty20 skipperSmriti Mandhana on

Tuesday put her weightbehind team's new seambowlers, saying they willdevelop into match-win-ners with time and expo-sure.

While Shikha Pandeyput up a reasonable show inthe series-opener, givingaway 18 runs in her four-over quota, ArundhatiReddy ended up bleeding45 runs as India lost thematch by 41 runs.

India is a spin-heavyattack but Mandhana saidthat does not mean, there isno depth in the fast bowl-ing unit. India hadunleashed the spin-troika ofDeepti Sharma, RadhaYadav and Poonam Yadavin the first match of theseries.

"I do not think we lack

in the fast bowlingdepartment. Jhulan 'di'has a lot of experienceand it is unfair to expecta pace bowler to come inher second match and dothe same thing Jhulan didoes for us," Mandhanatold reporters on the eveof the second T20 againstEngland.

"I think looking atthe pace bowlers, I do notthink depth is not there,we just have to give themenough chances and Iam sure they will producematch-winning perfor-mances."

Mandhana said shedoesn't regret electing tobowl first in the firstmatch, despite thebowlers giving away toomany runs.

"I thought the wick-et was really nice to baton and it did not changemuch. If the wicket is

changing in the secondinnings, then we wouldthink the decision tobowl first was wrong," shesaid.

"Only in bowling, Ithought we gave 10-15runs extra, but sayingthat I thought 160 wasgettable but none of thebatters were able to stayon the wicket for a longerperiod."

Mandhana alsoheaped praise on left-arm spinner RadhaYadav, who had snappedtwo wickets in the firstmatch.

"Radha has donereally well for us in theT20 format in the pastyear. She is young and shegives us more as a batteras well in the middle-order," said Mandhana,who was awarded theICC cricketer of the yearrecently.

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India on Wednesday named a rel-atively young 18-member team to

be led by midfielder ManpreetSingh for the 28th Sultan AzlanShah Cup after several key playerswere ruled out of the prestigioushockey tournament due to injuries.Manpreet will be assisted by a newdeputy in defender SurenderKumar in this year's Azlan ShahCup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysiafrom March 23 to 30.

Apart from India and hostsMalaysia, the other participatingnations are Canada, Korea, SouthAfrica, Asian Games Gold medal-list Japan.

India, which starts its campaignagainst Japan on March 23, will

miss the services of experiencedforwards SV Sunil, AkashdeepSingh, Ramandeep Singh, LalitUpadhyay, besides defendersRupinder Pal Singh, HarmanpreetSingh as well as midfielderChinglensana Singh, who all weresidelined due to injuries.

Two junior players Vishal Antiland Pardeep Singh also missed thecut owing to injuries.

According to a statement fromHockey India, all the injured play-ers will continue their rehabilitationat the Sports Authority of IndiaSouth Centre in Bengaluru.

The 18-member team willhave experienced PR Sreejeshunder the goal post while KrishanB Pathak will be the second custo-dian.

The backline will be spear-headed by vice-captain Surender inthe company of Gurinder Singh,Birendra Lakra, Kothajit SinghKhadangbam and dragflick duo of

Varun Kumar and Amit Rohidas.Skipper Manpreet will man the

midfield alongside young gunsVivek Sagar Prasad, Hardik Singh,Sumit and Nilakanta Sharma.

India's forwardline consists ofMandeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh,Gurjant Singh, Shilanand Lakraand Sumit Kumar.

"It is unfortunate that we willbe missing some key players for the28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019due to injury," said HI's HighPerformance Director David John.

"It is a relatively young side buteach of these players have tremen-dous potential and have a goodamount of international exposure.It is important to see how they fairin Malaysia as it will show thedepth we possess in the core groupahead of the Olympic Qualificationevents this year," added John, whois currently in charge of the teamin the absence of a full-time chiefcoach.

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The 90m mark is mentioned every-time Neeraj Chopra picks up the

javelin that has pierced through manya records but the Indian star says hewants to steer clear of the pressure ofgetting there and first achieve consis-tency in hitting 87-88m this year.

A record-breaking year behindhim, star Indian javelin thrower NeerajChopra aims to break new grounds inthis "crucial" season leading up to theOlympic Games next year.

"Last year, it was 85-86m I wasconsistent at and this year I want to beconsistent at around 87-88m and ifpossible 90m. I will be happy if I dothat. Consistency is the key,"Neeraj

said from Potcheftsroom, South Africawher he is training right now.

"But I don't put any pressure onmyself that I will have to cross 90m.Every time I go to a competition, I justthink of doing my best."

The dashing six-footer is current-ly training at the North WestUniversity campus in Potcheftsroom.He has been there since January 12 andwill train till the end of this month.

He is set to be exempted from theMarch 15-18 Federation Cup NationalChampionship in Patiala, which willserve as the selection trial for the AsianChampionships in Doha (April 19-24).

"It was a very satisfying last sea-son, I won Gold in two major multi-sporting events and then improved mynational record. This year is very cru-cial, there is the Asian Championshipsand the World Championships(September 28 to October 6), not toforget the Diamond League seriesevents," Neeraj said.

"Obviously, I want to do better thisyear than last year. A better perfor-mance this season will boost my con-fidence going into the Olympic year(next year). I could not do well in theWorld Championships in 2017 andthis time I would like to make amendsof that poor show," he added.

Neeraj had failed to qualify for thefinal round in the 2017 LondonWorld Championships. He could notclear the automatic qualification markof 83m with 82.26m being the best inthe three throws in the preliminaryround.

The likes of world number 3Magnus Kirt of Estonia (personal best89.75m) and World ChampionshipsSilver-medallist Jakub Vadlejch ofCzech Republic (personal best89.73m) are currently training at thesame facility.

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Harry Kane fired TottenhamHotspur into the

Champions League quarter-finals as his winning goal atBorussia Dortmund inTuesday's return leg sealed a 1-0 victory to wrap up a 4-0 aggre-gate success.

On Monday, Spurs coachMauricio Pochettino haddemanded they "finish the job"after beating the Bundesligaleaders 3-0 in the first leg atWembley.

His Spurs side delivered,soaking up everythingDortmund threw at them in aone-sided first half beforeKane's goal just after the breakkilled off the hosts' spiritedchallenge.

"It's always difficult in thesetype of games, you don't knowwhether to defend or attack,"said Kane, who singled outSpurs goalkeeper Hugo Llorisfor praise after a string of keysaves.

"They had a few moments.In that first half we neededeveryone, defenders blocking it,Hugo saving it, that's whatChampions League is about —you need everybody."

This is the f irst t imeTottenham are in the last eightof the Champions League since2010/11 when they bowed out5-0 on aggregate to RealMadrid.

Needing to score at leastthree goals, Dortmund packedtheir line-up with forwards asMario Goetze, Marco Reus andPaco Alcacer — who havescored 30 goals between them— all started together for thefirst time this season.

Dortmund flew out of thetraps, pounding the Spursdefence with 10 attempts in thefirst half alone, restricting theLondoners to a single SonHeung-min effort, and enjoying70 percent possession.

"We have showed that wehave the quality, we can build onthe first-half performance, butwe need to score goals," saidDortmund captain Reus.

The Germans harassedSpurs at every opportunity andhad two clear chances in theopening 25 minutes as Alcacerfired just over, while Llorissnaffled a stinging Reus shot atthe second attempt.

Tottenham's f irst realchance came with half an hourgone when Son got in behindhis marker Marius Wolf andfired wide with the goal at hismercy.

Lloris then pulled off twosaves at point-blank rangebefore palming Goetze's shotover the bar shortly before thebreak.

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Spurs took the lead when Kanescored with his first chanceand only his team's second ofthe game.

His run split the hosts' cen-

tre-backs, as he latched ontoMoussa Sissoko's pass andcurled his shot past Dortmundgoalkeeper Roman Burki.

The video assistant refereeconfirmed Kane was on-sideand his goal on 49 minutes sub-dued the crowd at Signal IdunaPark who had hoped for a mir-acle.

With the tempo havingdropped, Spurs' Pochettinobrought on Eric Dier, back frominjury, to beef up the midfieldin place of Harry Winks for thefinal 35 minutes.

Spurs seemed content toabsorb Dortmund's attackswhile countering on the fewopportunities they had.

In a bid to boost flaggingconfidence, Dortmund headcoach Lucien Favre brought onChelsea-bound Christian Pulisicand Danish forward JacobBruun Larsen for the final halfan hour.

With Reus tiring, unsurpris-ingly after four weeks out witha thigh injury, Thomas Delaneycame on for the Dortmundskipper with 17 minutes left.

Sissoko attempted to win alate penalty and Kane put theball into Dortmund's net butwas flagged for offside as thegame petered out and home fansstarted slipping away.

While Spurs go marchinginto the last eight, Dortmundcan focus on trying to preventBayern Munich winning a sev-enth straight Bundesliga titlewith just goal difference cur-rently separating the sides.

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Santiago Solari vowed to fight onbut the reign of Real Madrid inEurope is over and their season

effectively is too after they werestunned by a 4-1 defeat at home toAjax on Tuesday.

In seven days, Madrid havebeen knocked out of the Copa delRey, La Liga's title race and now thelast 16 of the Champions League,the competition they had cometo believe was their own.

They had won it three timesin a row, four times in the lastfive years, while the lasttime Madrid failed to reachthe quarter-finals was 2010, inCristiano Ronaldo's first year at theclub.

Ronaldo rescued them last sea-son in the quarter-finals and thenGareth Bale won them the trophy,but the former is gone and the lat-ter started on the bench here,dropped again by Solari.

Solari oversaw an improvementafter Julen Lopetegui was sacked inNovember but his team, 12 pointsbehind Barcelona in La Liga, havewatched their season unravel in aweek.

Madrid president FlorentinoPerez is now faced with decidingwhether it is worth keeping hiscoach until the end of the season, letalone beyond the summer.

"I did not come to the club insuch a difficult moment to give up,"Solari said afterwards.

He could havefew complaints.Ajax were hard-done-by in the 2-1first-leg defeat anddominant at theSantiago Bernabeu,their scintillating vic-

tory confirming a 5-3win on aggregate anda place in the quarter-finals. On this evidence,

they can go further.Hakim Ziyech and

David Neres put themtwo up at half-time and

the excellent Dusan Tadic madeit three before Marco Asensio gaveMadrid hope. It lasted two min-utes, as Lasse Schone sent a bend-ing free-kick into the top cornerbefore Nacho was sent off in injury-time.

Bale was on after 29 minutes forthe injured Lucas Vazquez but hitthe post and then missed two goodchances. Sergio Ramos was in thestands, having earned a deliberatebooking to clear a ban, believing thistie was already won.

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ished it within five minutes butheaded onto the crossbar from six

yards and instead Ajax took control.Toni Kroos, poor all night, was

caught in possession from a throw-in and Tadic

skipped freedown the right.He pulled backfor Ziyech, who

guided it withhis left foot into

the far corner.Ajax were

bouncing as Neres baf-fled Carvajal with a

pirouette in the corner andthen Tadic did the same,

spinning around Casemiro inmidfield before teeing up the

second. Neres rounded ThibautCourtois and chipped the ballhome.

Vazquez and Vinicius Juniorboth left the field injured and intears, the latter after an electric runforward. Bale came on, withAsensio, and raced down the left buthis finish from the angle clipped thepost.

The fans whistled at half-timeand Madrid were no better after, cre-ating chances but lacking composureand control. Karim Benzema shim-mied past Ziyech but curled wide,only for Ajax to add a sumptuous,albeit controversial, third.

They worked it from right to leftand then inside again, whereDonny van de Beek shifted a last

pass to Tadic, who whipped a siz-zling shot into the top corner.

The cheers stopped as refereeFelix Brych waited for VAR, with theball seemingly out for a throwbefore Noussair Mazraoui slid tokeep it in. The camera angle wasunclear and the goal stood.

Madrid needed three in 24 min-utes and then two in 20, as Asensioswept in Sergio Reguilon's cross togive them hope. Erik ten Hag wasseconds from bringing Schone offbut instead, his midfielder bent afree-kick into Courtois' top corner.

Frenkie de Jong put his first footwrong in the 84th minute, giftingLuka Modric the ball in the area butBenzema slipped and the chancewent begging. Nacho was sent off fora clash with Van de Beek andMadrid were in tatters.

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Indian boxing star Vijender Singhwill make his debut in the

American professional circuit onApril 12 against a yet-to-be-decid-ed opponent and is currently train-ing under Hall of Famer FreddieRoach, who shaped the likes ofManny Pacquiao and Mike Tyson.

Vijender, unbeaten in his 10-bout pro career, will make his USdebut at Staples Center on THEVasiliy Lomachenko-AnthonyCrolla undercard. It will be aneight-round contest and his oppo-nent will be announced later.

The 33-year-old Vijenderrecently relocated his training baseto Los Angles where he is trainingat the 'The Wild Card BoxingClub' under Roach, a 2012

International Boxing Hall of Fame(IBHOF) inductee, his India pro-moters IOS Boxing Promotionssaid in a press release.

In his 32 years as a trainer,Roach is widely regarded as one ofthe best boxing coaches of all time.

Roach has been mentor to 36world champions including thelikes of Tyson, eight-division worldchampion Manny Pacquiao, five-time and four-division worldchampion Miguel Cotto and mul-tiple world champion Oscar de LaHoya. He has also trained formerjunior welterweight championAmir Khan.

Vijender's April 12 bout willstream live in the United States.

"I am thrilled to start my train-ing under such a legendary figurein world boxing," Vijender said.

"Professional boxing in UnitedStates is of the highest level, and Ibelieve Freddie is the right guy tobring the best out of me. I look for-ward to showing the boxing fans anew and improved Vijender Singh,"he added.

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Vinicius left the field in tearsafter sustaining the injury in thefirst half of Madrid's 4-1 defeat.

A Real Madrid statement onWednesday read: "Vinicius hasbeen diagnosed with a ligamentrupture of the right ankle."

The club did not include atimeframe for recovery but reportsin the Spanish press suggestedVinicius, who has enjoyed animpressive debut season, could besidelined for two months.

The injury will likely meanVinicius is unable to play forBrazil against Panama and theCzech Republic later this month,after he had received his firstcall-up to the national squad.

It could also mean the 18-year-old misses the rest of the campaignfor Madrid, although they have lit-tle to play for after their shockChampions League exit followeddefeats to Barcelona in the Copadel Rey and La Liga. AFP

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