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N oted film actor of yester- year and former MP Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday and will take on Samajwadi Party’s Muslim face Azam Khan in Rampur, while Maneka Gandhi and her son, Varun Gandhi, swapped their seats of Pilibhit and Sultanpur as per the ninth list of the BJP released on Tuesday. Union Minister Manoj Sinha has been fielded from Ghazipur, Rita Bahuguna from Allahabad, State BJP president Mahendra Nath Pandey from Chandauli, and Jagdambika Pal from Doomariyaganj. BJP’s ninth list which has 29 candidates from Uttar Pradesh (and 10 from West Bengal) repeats many of the current MPs, including BJP’s Kisan Morcha head Virendra Singh Mast (Ballia), Harish Dwivedi (Basti), Kirtwardhan Singh (Gonda), Pankaj Choudhary (Maharganj), Vijay Dube (Kushinagar), Kamleshwar Paswan (Bansgaon SC), Ravindra Kushwaha (Salempur), Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (Fatehpur), Lallu Singh (Faizabad), Daddan Mishra (Shawasti), and Brijbhushan Sharan Singh (Kaiserganj). The Rampur contest has the potential to be bitter and intense since both Jaya Prada and Azam Khan arch rivals. Jaya Prada had at one time accused Khan of circulating scurrilous video purportedly featuring her in Rampur. Rampur has the highest concentration of Muslims in entire UP. Muslims are over 50 per cent of the total voters in the constituency. Riding the Modi wave, BJP’s Nepal Singh had won from there in 2014. A two-term Lok Sabha member from the SP, Jaya Prada is a close associate of Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh, who was expelled from the SP and has since come close to the BJP. Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jaya Prada described him as a “brave” leader in whose hands the coun- try is “safe”. Noting that she started her political journey with the TDP and was its Rajya Sabha mem- ber before joining the SP and being elected to Lok Sabha from Rampur, Jaya Prada told reporters that joining the BJP is a “significant” moment in her life and she would now work dedicatedly for the saffron party. W ith an attempt to counter the influence of the BJP, the Samajawadi Party on Tuesday inducted three more OBC-dominated political out- fits in the SP-BSP-RLD alliance. The three OBC political parties are Janwadi Party (Socialist), Rashtriya Samanta Dal and the Nishad Party. These small parties have pock- ets of influence among their respective communities in eastern UP. “I congratulate the three parties on joining the alliance,” said Akhilesh Yadav at a Press con- ference here on Tuesday to announce the expansion of the alliance that had started with a tie-up between Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party and later includ- e d Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal. Akhilesh’s effort appears to be aimed at stitching a caste arithmetic under the SP-BSP combination — Nishad, Dalit, Muslim, Yadav and non-Yadav backward com- munities. Headed by Sanjay Singh Chauhan, the Janwadi Party Socialist Party has a strong hold among the Chauhan community, an extremely backward caste of the OBC category, which has a considerable presence across eastern UP. I n its bid to have a direct interaction with the voters in national Capital for Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Congress head- ed by Sheila Dikshit has planned to launch “Aay Pe Charcha” (discussion on income) from April 1 to generate aware- ness among people about benefits of the “historic” minimum income guarantee scheme’ announced by party president Rahul Gandhi on Monday. Terming the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay) announcement as an “extraordi- nary step”, Sheila said this is the biggest scheme announced ever for the poor after the highly successful MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). “This stupendous scheme will ben- efit the people below the poverty line in the country. It is the first time that such a step has been taken in the world,” said Sheila, adding that it will empower the poorest in the country. Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Sheila said it is strange that the BJP Government which has coined “hollow” slogans such as “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” and “Achchhe Din” seems to be rattled by the announcement. Sheila said the Congress will implement the scheme for five crore poor families in the country after it forms the next Government in the country. “The formalities (of the scheme) will be worked out after Congress forms the Government and implements it,” she said. Brushing aside accusations of the BJP that the scheme will put a heavy burden on the economy of the country and it would not be practical to implement the scheme, Sheila said, “The party has taken all possibilities into consideration for the successful imple- mentation of the scheme, it would be implemented without delay”. C howkidar chor nahi, chowkidar pure hai. Chowkidar ka dobara PM banna sure hai. Desh ki samasyaon ka wo hi cure hai. (Watchman is not a thief, but he is pure. Watchman is all set to become PM again. He is cure to country’s prob- lems), said Union Home Minister Raj Nath Singh while addressing an election rally titled “Vijay Sankalp Sabha” in Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar on Tuesday. Singh’s response was aimed at blunting the often repeated allegations of Congress president Rahul Gandhi “Chowkidar chor hai” to hit out at the Prime Minister over alleged corruption in the Rafale deal. Attacking the Congress for levelling false allegations of corruption on Modi regarding the Rafale deal, Singh asked, “For whom will our Prime Minister take money?” V eteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday said he has been asked by the party not to contest the polls. Within hours, BJP nominated Khadi and Gramodyog Minister in Yogi Government Satyadeo Pachauri from Joshi’s Kanpur seat. In a statement, Joshi said the party general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal has asked him not to contest the LS poll. The statement was released for the voters of Kanpur, from where Joshi had won in 2014 by getting 57 per cent of the vote. Joshi heads Parliament’s Estimates Committee and some of its observations, including on jobs, the GDP and non-performing assets, recent- ly embarrassed the Union Government. Earlier, another senior party leader from UP Kalraj Mishra had announced not to contest the elections from his Deoria seat. T he Congress on Tuesday knocked at the doors of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) against the BJP’s Puri Lok Sabha seat candidate Sambit Patra alleging violation of the election model code of conduct by him. A six-member Congress team petitioned the CEO that the BJP national spokesperson used Lord Jagannath’s idol dur- ing a campaign rally from Bhubaneswar to Puri in viola- tion of the code. “When it has been men- tioned by the Election Commission of India (ECI) that no election can be fought on basis of any religion, caste, creed or culture, the election rally of Sambit Patra and the photographs thereof clearly show the violation of model code of conduct,” the Congress said. Notably, Patra was seen holding a Jagannath idol dur- ing his rally from Bhubaneswar via Uttara, Pipili and Sakhigopal en route to Puri on Monday. “An admirer gifted me the idol. As an Odia and a devotee of Lord Jagannath, I can never refuse it. I will embrace it and worship it. What’s wrong in that?” Patra questioned. The Congress, however, criticised the BJP for exploiting religious sentiment. “They play with the religious sentiments of people during elections. We won’t tolerate it and allow this to happen,” said PCC vice-pres- ident Aryakumar Jnanendra. The BJD too spoke on similar lines. “When elections approach, they (the BJP) bring up Ram Mandir issue. They do politics over religion. We won’t allow them to exploit people’s sentiments,” BJD leader Subhas Singh said. A head of the elections, various enforcement agencies deployed by the Election Commission of India have seized hard cash and contraband items worth 1.54 crore from different places in Odisha so far. Hard cash of 15.40 lakh, 53 lakh litres of liquor worth 1.37 crore and other banned goods worth 1.20 lakh have been seized dur- ing raids by March 25, informed a Press Information Bureau (PIB) release here on Tuesday. The release also informed hard cash and other items worth 540 crore have so far been seized during raids from different places of the country so far. T he BJD on Tuesday rubbished the petition filed by one Viabhav Verma in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking expediting the CBI probe in a coal block allocation case, in which an inquiry was pending against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, and said Patnaik has no role to play in the case. As per the petition, MS Central Collieries Co Limited and Ors (Nagpur) was awarded the Takli-Jena- Bellora coalfield in Maharashtra in 1998 even before its registration. Patnaik was the then Union Minister of Coal, thus making his role ques- tionable. There’s no reason to delay the case, the petitioner stated, adding that Patnaik has already been inter- rogated by the CBI on November 25, 2017. As evident, again there is a delay of almost two years since his inter- rogation and the CBI is yet to com- plete its investigation and has failed to take any concrete steps despite the fact that the apex court is monitoring the coal block cases, the petitioner stated. The case was registered on March 26, 2014; and the CBI investigation into the allocation of captive coalfields was part of Supreme Court-monitored probe between 1993 and 2010. The allegations in the case are those of forgery, criminal breach of trust and selling of coal in the open market against the concept of captive alloca- tion of coal mines for a specified end- use product, stated the petitioner. However, SC lawyer and BJD MP Pinaki Misra in reaction to the peti- tion said, “It’s a contemptible move. The issue is 21 years old. It relates to a time when Naveen Patnaik was holding an additional charge of the Coal Ministry for about a couple of months only during the Vajpayee regime.” He further said that the issue never came up when Patnaik was holding additional charge of the Coal Ministry. So, he had no role to play in the matter. “Repeated attempts have been made to try and drag him into it by the Centre. As this is election time, efforts are being made by some vested elements to tarnish the clean image of Patnaik,” Mishra alleged.

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Noted film actor of yester-year and former MP Jaya

Prada joined the BJP onTuesday and will take onSamajwadi Party’s Muslim faceAzam Khan in Rampur, whileManeka Gandhi and her son,Varun Gandhi, swapped theirseats of Pilibhit and Sultanpuras per the ninth list of the BJPreleased on Tuesday.

Union Minister ManojSinha has been fielded fromGhazipur, Rita Bahuguna fromAllahabad, State BJP presidentMahendra Nath Pandey fromChandauli, and JagdambikaPal from Doomariyaganj.

BJP’s ninth list which has 29candidates from Uttar Pradesh(and 10 from West Bengal)repeats many of the currentMPs, including BJP’s KisanMorcha head Virendra SinghMast (Ballia), Harish Dwivedi(Basti), Kirtwardhan Singh(Gonda), Pankaj Choudhary(Maharganj), Vijay Dube(Kushinagar), KamleshwarPaswan (Bansgaon SC),Ravindra Kushwaha(Salempur), Sadhvi NiranjanJyoti (Fatehpur), Lallu Singh(Faizabad), Daddan Mishra(Shawasti), and BrijbhushanSharan Singh (Kaiserganj).

The Rampur contest hasthe potential to be bitter andintense since both Jaya Pradaand Azam Khan arch rivals.Jaya Prada had at one timeaccused Khan of circulatingscurrilous video purportedlyfeaturing her in Rampur.

Rampur has the highestconcentration of Muslims inentire UP. Muslims are over 50per cent of the total voters inthe constituency. Riding theModi wave, BJP’s Nepal Singhhad won from there in 2014.

A two-term Lok Sabhamember from the SP, JayaPrada is a close associate of

Rajya Sabha member AmarSingh, who was expelled fromthe SP and has since come closeto the BJP.

Lauding Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Jaya Pradadescribed him as a “brave”leader in whose hands the coun-try is “safe”.

Noting that she started her

political journey with the TDPand was its Rajya Sabha mem-ber before joining the SP and being elected to LokSabha from Rampur, Jaya Pradatold reporters that joining theBJP is a “significant” moment in her life and shewould now work dedicatedly forthe saffron party.

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With an attempt to counterthe influence of the BJP,

the Samajawadi Party onTuesday inducted three moreOBC-dominated political out-fits in the SP-BSP-RLDalliance.

The three OBC politicalparties are Janwadi Party(Socialist), Rashtriya SamantaDal and the Nishad Party.These small parties have pock-ets of influence among theirrespective communities ineastern UP. “I congratulatethe three parties on joining the alliance,” saidAkhilesh Yadav at a Press con-ference here on Tuesday to

announce the expansion of thealliance that had started witha tie-up between SamajwadiParty and Bahujan Samaj Party and later includ-e dAjit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal.

Akhilesh’s effort appears tobe aimed at stitching a castearithmetic under the SP-BSPcombination — Nishad, Dalit,Muslim, Yadav and non-Yadav backward com-munities. Headed by SanjaySingh Chauhan, the JanwadiParty Socialist Party has

a strong hold among theChauhan community, anextremely backward caste ofthe OBC category, which hasa considerable presence acrosseastern UP.

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In its bid to have a direct interactionwith the voters in national Capital for

Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Congress head-ed by Sheila Dikshit has planned tolaunch “Aay Pe Charcha” (discussion onincome) from April 1 to generate aware-ness among people about benefits of the“historic” minimum income guaranteescheme’ announced by party presidentRahul Gandhi on Monday.

Terming the Nyuntam Aay Yojana

(Nyay) announcement as an “extraordi-nary step”, Sheila said this is the biggestscheme announced ever for the poor afterthe highly successful MGNREGA(Mahatma Gandhi National Rural

Employment Guarantee Act). “This stupendous scheme will ben-

efit the people below the poverty line inthe country. It is the first time that sucha step has been taken in the world,” saidSheila, adding that it will empower thepoorest in the country. Hitting out at theBharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Sheila saidit is strange that the BJP Governmentwhich has coined “hollow” slogans suchas “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” and“Achchhe Din” seems to be rattled by theannouncement. Sheila said the Congresswill implement the scheme for five crore

poor families in the country after it formsthe next Government in the country.“The formalities (of the scheme) will beworked out after Congress forms theGovernment and implements it,” she said.

Brushing aside accusations of the BJPthat the scheme will put a heavy burdenon the economy of the country and itwould not be practical to implement thescheme, Sheila said, “The party hastaken all possibilities into consideration for the successful imple-mentation of the scheme, it would beimplemented without delay”.

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Chowkidar chor nahi, chowkidar pure hai.Chowkidar ka dobara PM banna sure hai.

Desh ki samasyaon ka wo hi cure hai. (Watchmanis not a thief, but he is pure. Watchman is all setto become PM again. He is cure to country’s prob-lems), said Union Home Minister Raj Nath Singhwhile addressing an election rally titled “VijaySankalp Sabha” in Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar on

Tuesday.Singh’s response was aimed at blunting the

often repeated allegations of Congress presidentRahul Gandhi “Chowkidar chor hai” to hit outat the Prime Minister over alleged corruptionin the Rafale deal. Attacking the Congress forlevelling false allegations of corruption onModi regarding the Rafale deal, Singh asked,“For whom will our Prime Minister takemoney?”

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Veteran BJP leader MurliManohar Joshi on Tuesday

said he has been asked by theparty not to contest the polls.Within hours, BJP nominatedKhadi and GramodyogMinister in Yogi GovernmentSatyadeo Pachauri from Joshi’sKanpur seat.

In a statement, Joshi saidthe party general secretary(organisation) Ram Lal hasasked him not to contest the LSpoll.

The statement was releasedfor the voters of Kanpur, from where Joshi had won in2014 by getting 57 per cent ofthe vote.

Joshi heads Parliament’sEstimates Committee andsome of its observations,

including on jobs, the GDP andnon-performing assets, recent-ly embarrassed the UnionGovernment.

Earlier, another seniorparty leader from UP KalrajMishra had announced not tocontest the elections from hisDeoria seat.

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The Congress on Tuesdayknocked at the doors of the

State Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) against the BJP’s PuriLok Sabha seat candidateSambit Patra alleging violationof the election model code ofconduct by him.

A six-member Congressteam petitioned the CEO thatthe BJP national spokespersonused Lord Jagannath’s idol dur-ing a campaign rally fromBhubaneswar to Puri in viola-tion of the code.

“When it has been men-tioned by the ElectionCommission of India (ECI)that no election can be foughton basis of any religion, caste,creed or culture, the electionrally of Sambit Patra and thephotographs thereof clearly

show the violation of modelcode of conduct,” the Congresssaid. Notably, Patra was seenholding a Jagannath idol dur-ing his rally from Bhubaneswarvia Uttara, Pipili andSakhigopal en route to Puri onMonday. “An admirer gifted methe idol. As an Odia and adevotee of Lord Jagannath, Ican never refuse it. I willembrace it and worship it.What’s wrong in that?” Patraquestioned.

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criticised the BJP for exploitingreligious sentiment. “They playwith the religious sentiments ofpeople during elections. Wewon’t tolerate it and allow thisto happen,” said PCC vice-pres-ident Aryakumar Jnanendra.

The BJD too spoke onsimilar lines. “When electionsapproach, they (the BJP) bringup Ram Mandir issue. They dopolitics over religion. We won’tallow them to exploit people’ssentiments,” BJD leader SubhasSingh said.

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Ahead of the elections, various enforcementagencies deployed by the Election

Commission of India have seized hard cashand contraband items worth �1.54 crore fromdifferent places in Odisha so far.

Hard cash of �15.40 lakh, 53 lakh litresof liquor worth �1.37 crore and other bannedgoods worth �1.20 lakh have been seized dur-ing raids by March 25, informed a PressInformation Bureau (PIB) release here onTuesday.

The release also informed hard cash andother items worth �540 crore have so far beenseized during raids from different places ofthe country so far.

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The BJD on Tuesday rubbished thepetition filed by one Viabhav

Verma in the Supreme Court onMonday seeking expediting the CBIprobe in a coal block allocation case,in which an inquiry was pendingagainst Odisha Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik, and said Patnaik has no roleto play in the case.

As per the petition, MS CentralCollieries Co Limited and Ors(Nagpur) was awarded the Takli-Jena-Bellora coalfield in Maharashtra in1998 even before its registration.Patnaik was the then Union Ministerof Coal, thus making his role ques-tionable. There’s no reason to delaythe case, the petitioner stated, addingthat Patnaik has already been inter-rogated by the CBI on November 25,

2017. As evident, again there is a delayof almost two years since his inter-rogation and the CBI is yet to com-plete its investigation and has failedto take any concrete steps despite thefact that the apex court is monitoringthe coal block cases, the petitionerstated.

The case was registered on March26, 2014; and the CBI investigationinto the allocation of captive coalfieldswas part of Supreme Court-monitoredprobe between 1993 and 2010. Theallegations in the case are those offorgery, criminal breach of trust andselling of coal in the open market

against the concept of captive alloca-tion of coal mines for a specified end-use product, stated the petitioner.

However, SC lawyer and BJD MPPinaki Misra in reaction to the peti-tion said, “It’s a contemptible move.The issue is 21 years old. It relates toa time when Naveen Patnaik washolding an additional charge of theCoal Ministry for about a couple ofmonths only during the Vajpayeeregime.”

He further said that the issuenever came up when Patnaik washolding additional charge of the CoalMinistry. So, he had no role to playin the matter. “Repeated attempts havebeen made to try and drag him intoit by the Centre. As this is electiontime, efforts are being made by somevested elements to tarnish the cleanimage of Patnaik,” Mishra alleged.

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BJP State vice-presidentSubash Chauhan resigned

from the party on Tuesdayafter 30 long years of associa-tion with it citing injusticeover election ticket allocation.

In a letter addressed to BJPState president Basant Panda,Chauhan stated that heresigned from the party’s pri-mary membership.

Chauhan expressed dis-contentment over being deniedparty ticket to contest from theBargarh Lok Sabha con-stituency even though he hadbagged the highest number ofvotes among all the contesting

BJP candidates in the State inthe 2014 elections. He alleged“conspiracy” behind his beingdeprived of the nomination.

Notably, the BJP has thistime fielded another senior

party leader, Suresh Pujari, asthe candidate for the Bagarh LSseat, where the BJD has put upits Rajya Sabha memberPrasanna Acharya as his rival.

Sources revealed that theBJP leadership had wantedChauhan to contest againstBJD supremo Naveen Patnaikfrom the Bijepur Assemblyseat, but he refused the offer.

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There is an accumulatedawareness regarding the

menace of fake news. Suchitems of news are normallyplanted through modalities notnecessarily always ethical. Aleading TV news channel hasa daily programme on theissue of fake news.

The instances were reveal-ing by themselves. When newhorizons and dimensions ofmedia developed (like thesocial media), the convention-al self-restraint found itselfcorroded. From the situation ofno restraint, we have now again

regulate and calibrate the sys-tem so as to ensure the befittingimage and role of differentcontours of the media.

External regulatory mech-anisms have always beenopposed by all branches ofmedia. But a built-in in-housemedia is the most desirable andideal situation. Every freedomis at a price. Freedom must notturn into licence. These are thestandard norms one has beenused to.

Once compromisedthrough such measures as fakenews, the mutual trust betweenthe media and the society atlarge would turn severely vul-nerable. We live our lives forensuring an inter-gender equi-ty. We cannot, therefore, be aparty to the declining trends.

With the elections comingup, it is critically important thatIndians have access to credibleinformation before they vote.The problem is that many donot feel they do. In a brand newsurvey of English-languageInternet users in India con-ducted by the University ofOxford, it is seen that a major-ity of the respondents are con-

cerned with whether the newsthey come across online is realor fake.

After the Pulwama attack,social media and messagingapps were flooded with falseand misleading contents aspeople tried to make sense ofthe horrible violence. TrusharBarot, a former BBC journal-ist who leads Facebook’sintegrity initiatives in India,tweeted, “I have never seenanything like this before – thescale of fake contents circulat-ing on one story.”

Disinformation is not onlya problem of social media anddigital platforms. In a recentsurvey, those who useFacebook and/or WhatsAppfor news do not report higherlevels of concern over whetherthe news they come across isreal or fake than those who donot rely on them. It seems peo-ple are as concerned aboutinformation from news mediaas they are about informationfrom social media.

More detailed questionsduring a survey reveal a farmore complex set of widerproblems. At the heart of dis-

information problems are sto-ries that are completely madeup for political or commercialreasons to try to discredit rivalsor make money from click-bait.It has been found that 51%claim to be concerned aboutthis problem.

But strikingly, a similarnumber say they are concernedabout what they consider to bepoor journalism (stories thatrespondents consider marredby factual mistakes, inaccura-cies, etc.). And 50% claim thatthey are concerned by hyper-partisan political contentswhere facts are spun or twist-ed to push a particular agendawhether from politicians, pun-dits or publishers.

So, when many Indians inthe run up to the elections saythey are concerned about whatis real and what is fake on theInternet, this is clearly in partabout social media and digitalplatforms. But unfortunately, itis also about some news mediaand some politicians who peo-ple see as part of the disinfor-

mation problems that Indiafaces. It is only a few years agothat the Press Council of Indiasaid “the phenomenon of ‘paidnews’ has acquired seriousdimensions”, “goes beyond thecorruption of individual jour-nalists and media companiesand has become pervasive,structured and highly organ-ised.”

The council concluded, “Itis undermining democracy inIndia.” Cobrapost’s sting oper-ation last summer, whichexposed large media houseswilling to peddle propagandaas news, demonstrates thatsome of these problems persist.

It is clear that platformcompanies have much to do toimprove their content moder-ation and contain disinforma-tion. Facebook has announcedthat it currently has over 500fulltime employees and at least3,500 external contractors whofocus on election work, on topof the 30,000 people across thecompany focused on safetyand security issues. (Given the

fact that India accounts formore than 10% of the globaluser base of both Facebook andWhatsApp and is growingrapidly, it would be good toknow how many of these peo-ple are focused specifically onIndia).

Similarly, it is troublingthat some coordinated attemptsto amplify and spread falseinformation sometimes seemto emanate from major politi-cal parties and activists whosupport them.

This ought to stop; and ifit does not, has to be continu-ously and critically covered byindependent journalists toensure that people are aware ofwhat is going on.

The Indian news media hasmiles to go before it sleeps asit has promises to keep. Thismedia has a vital role to play inrising to the occasion andregain the trust of the public. Itis in cleansing the process andsanitising the filtration of newthat the media has risen to theoccasion to reform from with-in. This requires a lot of mutu-al trust than mistrust. Theyouths have to be very cautious;

and they being a huge numberwith them in an election year,imposing a high degree ofpublic trust has to be done notby misdeeds by abusing thefreedom given to a party. Therehas to be mutuality in a democ-racy.

The media in general hasto work very hard towards theobjective of curbing theincreasing trend of fake news.In a situation where disinfor-mation seems to be every-where, and digital platforms,some politicians and somenews media are intertwined inthese problems, we can onlyhope that those news mediawhich genuinely do stand outas providers of credible infor-mation are able to convincepeople that they provide exact-ly that – news that is worthynot only of people’s attentionbut also their trust.

But a response from thepublic to the increasing trendis the need of the hour. For this,we have to build public opin-ion and in the formulation ofthe opinion the media place avital role of influencing thefinal decision. This power is

amenable to abuse like in suchpower would be.

It is the level of sensitivi-ty and responsiveness of thecivil society that would finallyprovide the backbone to sur-vive, fight and win. In this longmarch, formation of publicopinion has to emanate fromgrassroots. Right from the PalliSabha onwards, the differentalternates can be projected anddebated upon so as to filter thepublic opinion as it movesupward towards theGovernment and the UnionParliament.

These are the issues thatmust concern the youths beingthe majority. Let us not havethe liberty itself at stake.Curbing a wrong trend is adesirable step in the interest ofthe society. Contributing to thatis not a sectarian interest; andthat matter concerns all of us.

(The writer, a SeniorAdvocate, is a former All IndiaService officer, a former diplo-mat, a former editor, a formerPresident of Orissa High CourtBar Association and a formerAdvocate General of [email protected])

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Odisha will go to polls infour phases from April 11

to April 29 with a total of31,800,787 voters exercisingtheir franchise.

First-time voters from theState in the age group of 18-19are 5,45,401.

The citizens must carrytheir voter ID cards, voter slipsor other ID proofs to thepolling booths in order to casttheir votes.

Electors who do not havevoter cards but are enrolled asvoters can use any one of thebelow mentioned documentsas identity proof to case votelike passport, driving licence, service identity cardswith photograph issued toemployees by Central/StateGovernment,

IPSUs/Public Limited com-panies, passbooks with photo-graph issued by bank/postoffice, PAN card, Smart Cardissued by RGI under NPR,MNREGA job card, Health

Insurance Smart Card issuedunder the scheme of Ministryof Labour, pension documentwith photograph, official iden-tity cards issued toMPs/MLAs/MLCs, andAadhaar card.

If it is not possible to estab-lish the identity of the electoron account of mismatch of

photograph, etc. the electorshall have to produce one of thealternative photo documents.In case your name is missing onthe list, you are not entitled tovote.

In order to search one’sname in the electoral roll, one can visit http://ceooris-sa.nic.in/FindYourName.html.

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The rifts between supporters and rivals of elec-tion ticket aspirants are at an all-time high, often

leading to clashes. Tension prevailed outside BJD supremo Naveen

Patnaik’s residence Naveen Niwas on Tuesday aftera faceoff between the supporters of two Assemblyticket aspirants from the Niali Assembly con-stituency.

While the supporters of sitting Niali BJD MLADr Pramod Kumar Mallick rooted for the party tick-et again for him, the followers of Mallick’s rivalTrupti Ranjan Behera vied for Behera’s nominationreplacing Mallick, against whom they levelled cor-ruption charges.

As word spread that Mallick was the favouritefor the ticket, it resulted in a scuffle between thetwo groups on the road in front of the NaveenNiwas. Besides, supporters of Behera staged ademonstration and squatted on the road disrupt-ing vehicular movement for some time.

Police and security officials intervened and dis-persed the warring groups before the situation coulddeteriorate further in the high-security area.

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decades after Independencefocused on programmes pro-posed by different parties intheir respective manifestos.People used to consult knowl-edgeable persons in the con-stituencies and vote on thestrength of the candidate tobecome their leader.

Of course, the charisma ofthe leader of the party at theCentre as well as in the Statewould certainly be a factor.Moreover, the candidates usedto be from the educated classwho appreciated the needs ofthe society and the country atlarge. Many of them served invarious areas and carried theexperience with them to thelegislatures. Most of them con-tributed constructively. In thepast five decades, this haschanged a lot. Candidates arepicked on their attaining the

minimum age for candidatureprescribed in the Constitutionalone! What kind of experienceand expertise such a candidatecan bring to the legislature isanybody’s guess! Membershipof legislatures is becoming ajob, which carries pension, forwhich the qualifying service isfive years, along with manyother perks, which are immea-surable.

Further, membership helpsthem acquire immunities aswell as power to build a fol-lowing, which becomes a toolat their Majesty’s service in allconditions as long as sustain-able! No wonder, the countryhas reached the current state ofgovernance! Qualificationsrequired are very differentfrom the ones needed by one toenter public service!

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BHUBANESWAR: The Commissioneratepolice arrested six persons on Tuesday inconnection with the vandalism in theCongress Bhawan a couple of days ago.

Police took Sk Amir Mohammad, SabirMohammad, Latifur Rahman, Sajir KhanHadaqat Khan, Sayed Tafiq and BiswaRanjan Khatei into custody for ransackingthe Congress Bhawan and damaging prop-erty. Police scutinised the CCTV footages toidentify the miscreants.

The arrestees are neither Congressworkers nor ticket aspirants for the elections,police said.

The miscreants had resorted to violenceon the premises of the Congress Bhawan andlater locked its gate protesting the decisionof the party to allot the ticket for the Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Assembly seat to RashmirekhaMohapatra.

Following the incident, the Congressfiled a complaint with the Capital police. Theaccused have been forwarded to court. Thepolice are trail of the other accused and theywould be nabbed soon, sources said. PNS

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Union MinisterDharmendra Pradhan on

Tuesday claimed that Lotus,election symbol of the BJP,would bloom in Ganjam dis-trict in the upcoming electionas people here have alreadybecome fed up with the “fail-ures” of the BJD Government.

Pradhan said this afterattending the nomination filingof BJP candidate for HinjiliAssembly constituency,Pitambar Acharya. He reiter-ated his claims that the BJPwould win all the 21 Lok Sabhaseats and also formGovernment in the State.

“People of Hinjili havevoted Naveen Patnaik for thelast 19 years. But youths of

Hinjili and Ganjam are stillworking in various industriesin Surat, Mumbai, Delhi andother cities. People are still fac-ing dearth of drinking waterand irrigation facilities. Peopleof Hinjili and Ganjam will cer-tainly choose BJP to formGovernment both at the Centreand in the State,” he said.

Pradhan wanted that BJDcandidate Naveen Patnaikmake a reply in the public as towhy youths of Ganjam aregoing outside in search ofwork.

He said the allegation ofthe BJD relating to stopping ofdisbursement of KALIAscheme assistance is complete-ly false. The State Governmenthas not been able to make a listof beneficiaries yet, he said.

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Addressing a Press confer-ence here on Tuesday, PCC

chief Niranjan Patnaik saidAICC president Rahul Gandhihas on Monday announcedthat �72,000 per year would bedeposited in the accounts ofpoor families under theNyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY)if the party came to power inthe 2019 polls.

No other country in theworld has done it, he toldwhile hailing the scheme.

He explained the familywhose income is �6,000 permonth from his own source theGovernment would give �6,000to help the family to reach theminimum income mark of�12,000.

There are 20 per cent fam-ilies who come under the cat-

egory in the country who willbe benefited, said Patnaik.

A vote for the Congress isa vote for fulfilling the aspira-

tions of the poor and deprivedof our nation, for ensuringthat they live a life of honour,dignity and prosperity, he toldand added that the minimumguarantee scheme is women-centric.

Reacting to a question onthe murder case at Ghasipuraof Keonjhar, he said stringentaction should be taken againstthe accused and demandedCBI inquiry of the murdercase.

Among others, PCC vice-president AryakumarJnanendra was present.

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The Orissa EnvironmentalSociety (OES) launched a

‘Clean and GreenBhubaneswar’ campaign tomake the initiatives of theadministration fruitful withthe active participation of thepeople of the city.

BMC CommissionerSamarth Verma launched thedrive in the Khandagiri-Udayagiri heritage area.

In a meeting organizedunder the chairmanship of theOES president Dr SN Patro,Verma joined as the chief guestand sought the cooperation ofall the inhabitants to makeBhubaneswar a clean and greencity so as to be at the top of theSwachhta list.

S u p e r i n t e n d i n gArchaeologist of

Archaeological Survey of India(Bhubaneswar Circle) ArunMallik was the guest of honouron the occasion. He stated thatBhubaneswar as a heritage cityneeds to protect its ancientmonuments and alongsidemaking the city adorable byenriching its environment.

At the beginning, ErManoranjan Mishra presented

the welcome address andRaghunath Prusty conducted‘Green Resolution’ oath amongthe members. Among others,Additional Commissioner ofBMC Surath Chandra Mallick,secretary of OES Dr JayaKrushna Panigrahi, DrDebabrata Swain, DebendraNath Satpathy, Dr SebaMohapatra, Dr Ashok Kumar

Rout, Manju Mishra, SureshChandra Mohapatra, GirijaShankar Acharya, SwapnaBehera and Dr Bijan BasiniMohanty spoke.

Dr Pradeep Kumar Rathpresented the vote of thanks.

After the meeting, all themembers participated in awaste collection drive con-ducted in the locality. The

organizations who were asso-ciated with the campaigninclude ASI (BhubaneswarCircle), Khandagiri BaristhaNagarik Sangh, JayadevWalkers Club, Bharatiya YogYog Sansthan, Khandagiri YogZilla, Khandagiri AnchalikVikas Parishad andCosmopolis WelfareAssociation.

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The Utkal Sammilani hasdemanded that the name of

Angul district be written inOdia correctly at all places inthe district before the UtkalaDivas on April 1.

Sammilani MancheswarIndustrial Estate branch pres-ident Dillip Dashsharma said

that the Sammilani would for-mally make a demand in thisregard before the ChiefSecretary and the Angul districtCollector soon. The spelling ofthe district’s name has been dif-ferently in Odia at differentplaces, which is a disrespect tothe mother tongue, he main-tained.

Dashsharma said he saw

the mistakes during his recentvisit to the district headquarterstown of Angul. Spelling ofAngul in Odia was different atthe Collectorate, Tehsil andother Government and pri-vate places, he said, urging thedistrict administration toensure that the spelling is rec-tified at all places before theUtkal Divas on April 1.

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Former Ghasipura Assemblyseat candidate of Keonjhar

district Ramachandra Beherawas brutally killed by uniden-tified miscreants allegedly overpolitical rivalry late on Mondaynight.

Sources said the assailantscalled Behera, an ex-Chairmanof Anandpur block in the dis-trict, from his residence atDharakote at the night andattacked him with sharpweapons before fleeing fromthe spot. Locals rescued him ina critical condition and admit-ted him to a hospital inAnandpur. However, he diedwhile being shifted to the SCBMedical College Hospital inCuttack.

As per the latest reports,four persons were arrested on

Tuesday morning in connec-tion with the incident thoughpolice did not divulge any fur-ther details. The four accusedwere being interrogated andinvestigation of the murdercase was underway, sourcesadded.

Meanwhile, irate localstook to the streets and stageda road blockade on NH-20demanding stern action againstBehera’s killers. To avoid anyuntoward incident, police per-sonnel were deployed at thespot till last reports came in.

Reportedly, 60-year-oldBehera, a former Congress

leader, was to join the BJD onTuesday.

BJP MLA candidate forthe Ghasipura constituencyPrithviraj Kuanr alleged thatthe family of Minister BadriNarayan Patra are involved inBehera’s murder.

Speaking to media, Kuanrsaid Behera, who was also anoted social activist, was killedby BJD workers. He said,“Behera was an aspiring MLAcandidate of the BJD. Childrenof Minster Badri Patra areinvolved in the murder.Without their direction, noparty worker would dare tocommit such a heinous crime.”

The Naveen Patnaik BJDGovernment, which claims tobe a transparent one, shouldorder a CBI probe into the inci-dent, Kuanr said and alsodemanded that Behera’s callrecords be examined to unrav-el the truth of his murder.

However, Minister Patrarefuted the allegations, sayingthat the BJP is bringing suchcharges since the party knowsthat they are going to lose in theelections.

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BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) on Tuesday announced the can-didature of Sanat Kumar Gadtia as its nom-inee for the Bijepur Assembly seat.

The Central Election Committee of theBJP decided to field Gadtia against BijuJanta Dal (BJD) president and ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik, who filed hisnomination papers for the seat on Monday.

The saffron party released its fourth listof candidates for the Assembly polls in theState.

Gadtia, a former BJD veteran, haddeserted the party days ahead of Bijepur by-poll last year. Later, he along with his sup-porters joined the BJP. Earlier in 2008,Gadtia had quit the BJP to join the BJD.However, he again changed party after 11years. Notably for the first time, NaveenPatnaik is contesting from two seats, his oldHinjili constituency and the new oneBijepur. PNS

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While the BJP has chosen SampadSwain, a new face, to contest

polls from the Paradip Assembly seat,the BJD and the Congress are yet tofinalise their candidates from amongmany aspirants.

Swain, the BJYM Jagatsingpurdistirct president, was chosen as he isin the good books of Union MinisterDharmendra Pradhan and has beenworking for the party for the last fouryears.

After incumbent MLA DamodarRout was suspended from the BJD,now names of Rout’s son SambitRoutray, Municipality ChairmanBasanta Kumar Biswal, Cuttack-Barabati MLA Debasish Samantarayand prominent trade union leaderSantosh Kumar Pattnaik are doingrounds as main aspirants of the BJD.

As Rout has remained as MLA ofParadip for the last 10 years, it seemsthat he has some pocket votes. So, theBobby Das group thinks that Routwould be silent if Sambit is made acandidate. However, he wouldn’t help

his son as he is a star campaigner ofthe BJP. Samantaray is now underpubic scanner as he misbehaved mar-tyr Manoj Behera uncle's insulation inthe public. That matter was even tele-act in a section of Pakistani media.Biswal, who is not Paradip munici-pality chairman, will continue to be inthe post till April 2020.

Thus chances of trade unionleader Santosh Pattnaik to become aBJD candidate are more as he is lead-ing nine organisations like the EIORWUnion, ECBE Union, ORCLC Society,Paradip Port Banik Sangh, JD TruckOwners’ Association, BBJD DumperOwners’ Association, Paradip PortLand Losers’ Association, PurbaBharat Kaibartya Mahasabha,Jagannath Temple Committee andthe Udaya Bata Dham.

He has working for the party since2000 under the guidance of BJD dis-trict president Bishnu Das. He isorganising all party activities. He iscredited to have collected 4,006 unitsof blood last year and 5,034 units ofblood this year by orgainising theJeevan Bindu Programme. Besides, his

organisations have donated lakhs ofrupees to the Chief Minster’s relieffund. He is also leading the MahanadiSurakshya Abhijan.

“If BJD supremo chooses Patnaikfor the Paradip seat, he will have aneasy win because his whole career hasgone through public service only andhe is not involved in any business,” saida BJD worker on condition ofanonymity.

In Congress, Bapi Sarkhel andPramod Jena are in the ticket race. Jenahad fought the 2009 election from theAssembly segment and got only 13,500votes. In 2014, Bapi Sarkhel got a partyticket and got 46,000 votes. Sarkel isnot a son of soil. He had come fromBiramitrapur of Sundargarh district asa contractor.

With Rout’s help and throughtrade unions, he had entered politics.In 2012, he had been arrested in theDuryadhan Swain murder case inPosco area. Later, he was arrested inSeaways’ manager killing case. He isalso running many lucrative businessesin the area. If he gets a ticket, oppo-nents will raise these allegations inpublic. He will also not get any sup-port from Pramod Jena..

In view of all these, prospects oftrade union leader Patnaik lookbrighter.

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Jagatsinghpur Collector–cum-Election Officer G Poonam

Tapas Kumar held an interac-tion with mediapersons here onMonday informing about thepreparedness with regard toconducting the coming elec-tions in April.

Speaking at the meeting,the Collector informed thatEVMs and VVPATs randomi-sation have been completedand these machines have beenkept in the SVM College for thefour Assembly constituencies inJagatsinghpur district withround the clocks vigil.

The electors are advised tobring 12 specified documentsrecognized by ElectionCommission of India as iden-tity proofs for casting votes.

However, polling staff andpolice personnel can cast theirvotes in facilitation centerthrough postal ballot, TapasKumar said.

A toll free number18003457555 has been openedat the district election moni-toring cell to receive any com-

plaints from public violatingpoll code and conducts. Thecitizens can lodge complaintthrough C vigil Apps, and anygrievance would be attendedforthwith, the Collectorassured.

The second phase trainingof polling personnel wasunderway in eight centerswhich will continue for a week.Flying squads have beendeployed to check the modelcode violations. While a MLAcandidate is allowed to spend�28 lakh and a MP candidatecam spend �70 lakh for elec-tions. The expenditures com-puting will begin right from fil-ing of nomination and theexpenses would be verified byelection observers regularly tillend of elections, the Collectorsaid.

Moreover, model boothsand pink booths will be openedin each block headquarters tomake voting comfortable.Micro observers, photogra-phers and volunteers will bepresent in such booths duringpolling, the Collector said.

As many as 9,04,099 elec-tors will cast votes in 1,047booths in the four Assemblyconstituencies of the district.Balikuda-Erasama Assemblyseat has highest 250,843 voters,followed by Paradip, 207,867,Tirtol, 234,179 andJagatsinghpur with 211,210voters.

The Press meet was attend-ed by ADMs SatchidanandaSahoo, Kanhu Charan Dhir,sub collector MP Mohanty andDPRO Kaminiranjan Patnaik.

CHAMPUA: Although it isobligatory on the part of thelocal administration to removeall the hoardings of all politi-cal parties, but even after 15days of the election declarationhoardings of the ruling BJD arestill on display in the groundnear the St Teresa School ofJoda town under the ChampuaAssembly constituency.

Sources close to RanjitMahakud and other BJP lead-ers revealed that they hadbrought the matter to thenotice of local Sub-CollectorParul Patwari, who is theReturning Officer of the con-stituency some days back, butno action has been taken tilldate. It was demanded that allthese hoardings be removed forensuring a free and fair elec-tion. PNS

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The 2019 twin polls inOdisha witnesses relations

entering into the fray.The highest number fam-

ily members in the poll fray areseen in backward Balangir dis-trict followed by other tribaldominated Sundargarh andKalahandi districts.

As the Assembly electionwill be held along with the LokSabha polls in the State, thefamily members are visibleseeking votes from the public.

In Balangir, a father-sonpair, a brother-brother pairand a husband-wife duo areseeking elections.

The pairs are evenly dis-tributed in three major politi-cal parties like ruling BJD,opposition Congress and BJP.

Former Minister AU SinghDeo’s son Kalikesh NarayanSingh Deo is contesting on BJDticket for Balangir Lok Sabha

seat while his younger brother Arkesh is BJD candi-date for Balangir Assemblyseat.

BJP Legislature partyleader KV Singh Deo and hiswife Sangeeta Singh Deo arealso in the poll fray.

While KV has been seekingreelection from PatnagarhAssembly seat, his former MPwife Sangita is a BJP candidate

for the Balangir Lok Sabha seat.Incidentally, the fight will bebetween Kalikesh andSangeeta, who are nephew andaunt.

For Kalikesh Singh Deo,who won the Lok Sabha con-stituency in 2009 and 2014, thebattle will be an interesting one.

Similarly, Leader ofOpposition (Congress)Narasingha Mishra is seeking

re-election from the BalangirAssembly segment while hisson Samarendra is a party can-didate from Balangir Lok Sabhaseat.

In Sundargarh district, vet-eran Congress leader and for-mer Chief MinisterHemananda Biswal's twodaughters are in the fray asnominees of BJD andCongress, respectively. While

Sunita Biswal is a BJD candi-date for the Sundargarh LokSabha seat, her younger sisterAnita has been fielded by theCongress from the SundergarhAssembly seat.

In Kalahandi district, for-mer Union Minister BhaktaCharan Das has been fielded bythe party from the KalahandiLok Sabha constituency and hisson Sagar Charan Das is the

party's candidate from theB h a w a n i p a t n aAssembly seat.

Similarly, George Tirkey isthe Congress candidate for theSundargarh (ST) Lok Sabhaconstituency while his sonRohit Joseph has been fieldedas the party nominee from theBirmitrapur (ST) Assemblyseat, now represented by hisfather.

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The BJD rebels, opposingnomination of Sharada

Prasad Nayak in RourkelaAssembly seat, filedtheir nomination papers on

Tuesday.Minati Debata, who was an

aspirant for Rourkela filed hernomination papers for the seatas an Independent candidateon Tuesday. Similarly, VikashMansingh, another youth BJDleader of Sundargarh district,also filed his nomination forthe seat.

Significantly, Minatiarrived at the Sub Collectoroffice, along with hundreds ofher supporters with the BJDflags on their hands. When shewas asked why she is carrying

the BJD flag, when she was notgiven BJD ticket, she defendedher action, sayingthat BJD has given a ticket toSharada Nayak, who is totallyrejected by the people ofRourkela.

"Nayak is a betrayer fromday one as he had once gar-landed shoes in portrait ofBiju Pattnaik and he was one ofthe main conspirators of coupattempt of Naveen PatnaikGovernment on May 29, 2011,"Minati said.

"After the coup incident,Sharada Nayak, although was favoured with BJD t i c k e twas rejected by the people ofRourkela," she maintained.

"He has managed to getticket, even after all these rejec-tions and also negative reportsagainst him," she said andadded, "Therefore, I havedecided to contest as an inde-pendent candidate and exposehim in front of the public andthe party."

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Sundargarh MP and UnionTribal Affair Minister Jual

Oram filed his nomination forSundargarh Parliamentary con-stituency as a BJP candidate onTuesday.

Similarly, Congress candi-date George Tirkey and BJDcandidate Sunita Biswal,daughter of senior Congressleader and former CMHemanand Biswal, also filedtheir nominations onTuesday for the Sundargarh

MP seat.Oram, after filing his nom-

ination, exuded his confidenceof victory in a bigger marginthis time. Similarly, BJD can-didate Sunita also expressed herconfidence of winning the poll."The BJD has a strong organi-sational base here in

Sundargarh district and peopleare in support of Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik," she said.

"The good work done bythe Naveen PattnaikGovernment is certainly goingto help me in winning the pollsfrom here," she added.

Congress candidate GeorgeTirkey, who also reached theCollector office in a long pro-cession, also expressed his confidence of winning theseat.

Significantly, Tirkey is aknown tribal leader and sittingMLA of Biramitrapur con-stituency, who joined Congressrecently. "The people ofSundargarh are in a mood forchange this time as they are fedup with the performances ofModi and NaveenGovernments," Tirkey said.

Bagi Lakra, another triballeader of Sundargarh district,also filed his nomination forSundargarh Parliamentary seat,on the day, as a Bahujan SamajParty candidate.

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In yet another major case ofman-animal conflict in the

State, a wild tusker trampled todeath a couple at Dudhakatenivillage under the DhenkanalSadar Forest Range on Tuesday.

The deceased were identi-fied as Dambaru Pradhan andhis wife Sukanti of ChauliaRamei village under theGondia police station.

Locals said the couple hadvisited Dambaru’s in-laws’house to watch an opera andwas returning home in thewee hours when the jumboattacked them near a cashewgarden.

While Sukanti succumbedto the injuries at the spot, herhusband died at the DistrictHeadquarters Hospital.

After the mishap, irate vil-

lagers blamed forest officials forthe attack and claimed elephantincursion has increased in thearea considerably in past fewmonths, but Forest Departmentdid not take any step to driveaway the elephants.

Sadar Range OfficerManwar Khan claimed thathis department had knowl-edge regarding the presence ofthe tusker in the area andtaken all precautionary mea-sures.

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Four Maoists cadres wereapprehended by police

while they were putting upposters during the wee hours ofTuesday near KusumpurSquare under the Raigharpolice station in Nabarangpurdistrict.

The Red rebels in theposters urged people to boycottthe ensuing polls in the State.They were spotted by a policepatrolling party at around 4.30am near Kusumpur Square.

The arrestees were identi-fied as Pila Ram Netam,Eswarilal Netam, TikeshNetam and Sanjay Netam.They all belong to Joratarei vil-

lage under Dhamtari district inChhattisgarh and are alleged tobe members of the Sita NadiArea Committee of CPI(Maoists).

Posters, banners and twomotorcycles were seized fromtheir possession.

The four rebels were arrest-ed under Sections 120 (B),121, 121-A, 506, 34 of IPC andSections 16 (B), 18, 20 of UAP

Act.In another instance, Maoist

posters were found inBarabandha panchayat underthe Rampur police station inKalahandi district on the day.

The posters allegedly putup by the Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh(KKBN) Division ofCPI(Maoists) appealed to peo-ple to boycott the ensuing Lok

Sabha and Assembly elections.Through the posters, the

outlawed outfit also threat-ened the Kalahandi SP that theMaoists would kill “policeinformers” in coming days.On receiving the information,police reached the spot and

seized the posters.Earlier on March 17, the

Baghuna Division ofCPI(Maoists) had put up ban-ners and posters nearKandhibandha village in thedistrict urging people to boy-cott the upcoming polls.

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Passing judgement in thematter of alumina tenders,

the Orissa High Court onTuesday asked Nalco to allowthe Vedanta Limited to partic-ipate in the alumina tendersfloated by the PSU.

This is latest developmentin the tussle between the twoaluminium giants over the cru-cial raw material, which alsosaw Jharsuguda citizens lend-ing their voice and support tothe ‘Odisha’s resources forOdisha first’ movement.

Where Vedanta is strug-gling from the want of alumi-na, Nalco exports more than amillion metric tonnes of alu-mina every year. Vedanta hasrepeatedly sought supply ofalumina from Nalco, butdenied participation in tenders

floated by the latter citinggrounds.

Prior to seeking legalrecourse into the matter,Vedanta had tried participatingin the open alumina tendersbut to no avail. The companyis undergoing immense rawmaterial scarcity despite beingin Odisha, home to India’srichest bauxite reserves. Forcedto turn to imports, the compa-ny loses millions in forex annu-ally.

Alumina supply fromNalco could provide somerespite to Vedanta, as the com-pany looks to adding morevalue in the State through itsproposed Aluminium Park atJharsuguda which can create anecosystem of ancillary indus-tries near the mother smelter.

Vedanta is the economicbackbone of Jharsuguda, whichhas gained reputation as anindustrial town and is one ofthe biggest contributors toState GDP.

In January, a delegation ledby eminent citizens ofJharsuguda reached out toNalco on behalf of a people’smovement where nearly 12,000people of Jharsuguda signed apetition requesting Nalco tosupply alumina to Vedanta.

The delegation also metChief Secretary AP Padhi,requesting intervention in thematter. This was followed byanother appeal from the dele-gation when Nalco openedtender for 30,000 metric tonnesof alumina in February, inwhich Vedanta requested par-ticipation.

Upon rejection to partici-pate, Vedanta sought legalintervention by filing a writpetition with Orissa HighCourt.

On March 26, the HighCourt found Vedanta eligiblefor the tenders under all pre-vailing conditions and direct-ed Nalco to allow Vedanta toparticipate in the same.

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In yet another incident of thedeteriorating law and order

situation in the area, threeunidentified miscreants lootedcash of �70,000 from a petrolpump in Balanga at gunpointon Monday night.

As per sources, three mis-creants came to the petrolpump by a black Pulsar bikearmed with lethal weaponsand gun and forcibly enteredthe office and attacked managerSalal Uddin with swords. Later,they looted the cash and fledfrom the spot.

The injured manager wasrushed to the Capital Hospital,Bhubaneswar. Pipili SDPODebadutta Baral and theBalanga police rushed to thespot.

It might be mentioned thatsome days before, three mis-creants had looted cash of �1.5lakh from the same petrolpump.

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BJP’s Kharabela Swain andCongress’ Manoj Acharya

filed their nomination papersfor the KandhamalLok Sabha seat on Tuesday, thelast day of the second-phasepolls.

Besides, Mrutyunjaya ofthe TMC, Ameer Nayak of theBSP, Tuna Mallick of the CPI,Padmanav Singh of the JaiPrakash Janta Dal andIndependent candidateBahmachari MadhabChaitanya also filed their nom-ination papers.

Notably, BJD’s AchyutaSamanta had filed his papers onMonday.

Besides, on Tuesday, BJP’sDeb Narayan Pradhan, BJD’sAngada Kanhar, Congress’s

Kishor Chandra Kanhar andindependent candidates Nabin

Kanhar, Jayasree Kanhar,Birendra Kanhar, Jagdish

Pradhan, Premasila Jhankar,Krushna Kanhar,Chakrasekhar Kanhar and

Jemant Kanhar filed their nom-inations papers for thePhulbani Assembly seat.

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The Indian Institute ofEducation and Care (IIEC)

in association with the IndoGlobal Social Service Societyand the Secours CatholicCaritas France organised aState-level workshop on “74thAmendment Act and UrbanPoverty” here on Tuesday.

IIEC Director Dr ShisirKumar Das inaugurating theworkshop suggested that theurban poor be included in themainstream of the develop-

ment soon. He was of the viewthat urban poor can createown identities if they are givensupports.

Former Panchayati RajDirector Dr Karunakar Patnaikbriefed about the 74thAmendment Act. Discussionswere held on three importantaspects; functioning ofautonomous bodies, financialsides and eradication of urbanpoverty.

Bidyadhar Maharana, SaralDas, Dr Srinivas Das, ProfSushant Das, Kishore KumarDas, Paresh Chandra Mohantyand Sachikant Pradhan alsospoke. IIEC’s BanshidharSahani, MajuprabhaMahapatra, Santilata Sahu andRajalaxmi Dash coordinatedthe programme.

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The Association of Smalland Medium Newspapers

of India (ASMN)’s 20th nation-al convention would be held atGopalpur in Ganjam district onMarch 30 and 31, informedASMN Odisha branch presi-dent Rabi Rath.

Rath said more than 250editors of different newspapersfrom different States wouldattend the convention and holddiscussions on various prob-lems of the small and mediumnewspapers and advertisement

policies of various StateGovernments and the Centre.

Rath informed that associ-ation national president KeshavDutt Chandola would presideover the meeting.

Convention receptioncommittee chairmanBhagirathi Maharana and Rathhave urged editors and pub-lishers of small and mediumnewspapers to attend the meet-ing.

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As part of the annual festi-val of the Shree Jagannath

Temple at Nalco Township inAngul, a six-day-long ShreeJaganath Mahotsav began withits inauguration by GajapatiMaharaja Dibyasingha Deb onMonday.

Nalco CMD Dr TapanKumar Chand also attendedthe festival organised by theNalconagar TempleCommittee, Angul in associa-tion with the Shree JagannathSanskruti Parishad. Besides,seers from across the State anda large gathering of followers ofLord Jagannath attended.

Gajapati MaharajaDibyasingha Deb emphasisedon spiritual growth, along withmaterial achievement for last-ing peace and happiness whileDr Chand elaborated on theimportance of Lord Jagannathculture and its focus on uplift-ment of downtrodden andsocial welfare at large.

Acharya ChinmayaMission, Ranchi’s SwamiMadhabananda SaraswatiMaharaj conducted the pro-gramme. Among other,Parishad president GopinathMohanty, VP Pitabas Routray,Radhaballava Matha and Puri’sMahanta Ramakrishna DasMaharaj were present.

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The Xavier School of HumanResource Management

(XAHR) under the XavierUniversity Bhubaneswar(XUB) has successfully con-cluded its placement pro-gramme ‘Xuberance’ by secur-ing placements for all 123 stu-dents of the 2017-19 batch.

The season witnessed stu-dents receiving offers from 67companies across various

industries, out of which 37 werenew recruiters. ‘

As many as 19 students ofthe batch were awardedPPO/PPIs.

The DE Shaw emerged asthe highest paymaster with anoffer of �27.5 lakh per annum,which accounts for a 30 percent increase in the highestsalary offered as compared tothe previous year.

The average salary standsat �12.75 lakh per annum, up

from �11.88 lakh per annumlast year. The median salary fig-ure is �12.20 lakh per annum,and the average salary for thetop 50 students is �15.50 lakhper annum.

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As many as 23 candidates,including BJD’s Kishore

Kumar Mohanty, have filednominations for theBrajrajnagar Assembly con-stituency, which will go topolls in the second phase onApril 18.

According to information,a total of 18 candidates filednominations on Tuesday, thelast day of filing of nominationsfor the second-phase polls.

Besides, BJP’s Dinesh Jainand Congress’ Mahendra Naikfiled papers for the JharsugudaConstituency.

MLA Naba Kisore Das andBJD leaders like Tapas RaiChoudhary, Sandeep Awasthiand Manoranjan Mohapatraaccompanied Mohanty to filenominations at the Sub-Collector’s office here.

Mohanty said he wouldcontinue his fight to resolvelongstanding problems ofBrajrajnagar like displacementand unemployment and makeall efforts for conferment of subdivision status to Lakhanpurblock. Congress candidateMahendra Naik and BJP’sDines Jain made various com-mitments in their own ways.

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The Congress kicked off itssix-day long ‘Parivartan

Yatra’ in Haryana on Tuesday,to reach out to the voters andsend across a message that “allis well” in the faction-riddenstate party unit.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who isthe Congress general secretaryin charge of Haryana flaggedoff the yatra which will see allsenior party leaders travellingin a bus together for election-eering in view of Lok Sabhapolls.

On the first day of the

yatra, former Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda andstate Congress chief AshokTanwar set aside their differ-ences and were seen sittingtogether in the bus during‘Parivartan Yatra’ which beganfrom Gurugram.

Congress legislature partyleader Kiran Choudhry, RohtakMP Deepender Singh Hooda,Rajya Sabha MP Selja Kumari,former minister Ajay Yadav,former assembly SpeakerKuldeep Sharma were amongthe leaders who were on thebus.

Kuldeep Bishnoi again gave

a miss to the party’s eventamid speculations that he islikely to join the BJP.

Adampur MLA Bishnoihad last week stayed away fromthe meeting of coordinationcommittee of the Congressand party’s workers meeting inNew Delhi.

While the party leadershave kept mum on his absencefrom the events, Bishnoi hadearlier denied the reports ofjoining the BJP.

On the other hand,Kuldeep’s elder brother andformer Haryana deputy ChiefMinister Chander Mohan had

last week attended party’sworkers meeting in New Delhi and has been active-ly participating in various partyevents since past fewmonths.

Bishnoi, the son of formerChief Minister Bhajan Lal hadmerged his party HJC in theCongress in 2016. He had inthe past served as Hisar MPand is seen as a frontrunner fora Congress’ ticket from the par-liamentary seat.

His brother ChanderMohan has reportedly alsostaked his claim on party’sticket from Hisar seat.

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday dashed thehopes of a faction led by formerAIADMK leader TTVDhinakaran for getting the‘pressure cooker’ symbol exclu-sively for the upcoming LokSabha and Assembly by-elec-tions, but asked the ElectionCommission to allot a commonfree symbol to it.

The top court said to“ensure a level playing field”among the contesting politicalparties in Lok Sabha polls andby-election in Tamil Nadu andPuducherry, it has directed thepoll panel to allot a commonfree symbol to the group.

A Bench of Chief JusticeRanjan Gogoi and JusticesDeepak Gupta and SanjivKhanna also made it clear thatif candidates fielded byDhinakaran-led group win theelections, “they will be treatedas Independent candidates”.

“The claim of the appellantto the symbol of ‘pressurecooker’ in an exclusive mannercannot be acknowledged inview of the provisions ofSection 29A of theRepresentation of the PeopleAct, 1951 and the guidelines

issued by the ElectionCommission of India thereunder, which the appellant orhis group has concededly notfollowed.

“We are, therefore, notinclined to grant any recogni-tion to the appellant or hisgroup to the symbol of ‘pres-sure cooker’,” the Bench said.

It took on record the list ofnames of 59 candidates,marked as ‘X’, to be fielded byDhinakaran led group in theupcoming Lok Sabha elections

and assembly by-elections inTamil Nadu and Puducherry.

“The EC on due and prop-er satisfaction that the candi-dates named in the documentmarked with the letter ‘X’ (listof names) want to contest theelection under any one com-mon symbol, will make allendeavour to ensure that in theforthcoming elections..., theaforesaid candidates be allottedany one particular free symbol,”the Bench said.

The court, clarified, that itspresent order will not amountto recognition of the group orits any part as a political partywhether “registered” or “unreg-istered” and only electioncommission can take a decisionin that regard as and whenrequired.

It added, “We also make itclear that in the event any of thecandidates mentioned in thelist marked with the letter ‘X’is to be elected, such candidatewill be counted as an indepen-dent candidate and not belong-ing to any political party for allpurposes including for the pur-poses of the Tenth Schedule ofthe Constitution”.

The court’s order came onthe last day of filing of nomi-nation papers for the upcom-ing Lok Sabha elections in 40seats and assembly by-elec-tions on 19 seats in TamilNadu and Puducherry to beheld on April 18. PTI

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Adelegation of the Left par-ties on Tuesday met

Election Commission (EC)officials and demanded thatrelease of the film based on thelife of Prime Minister NarendraModi be deferred, claiming itto be a “propaganda material”.The delegation led by CPInational secretary D Raja andCPI(M) Polit Bureau memberNilotpal Basu, pointed out seri-ous law and order situations inTripura and West Bengal.

“The delegation had adetailed discussion with the ECon the release of the biopic onNarendra Modi. The delegationpointed out that there are well-established precedents on with-holding the release of such pro-paganda materials during thependency of the elections. Thepoll body, however, was non-committal,” a statement fromthe two Left parties said onTuesday.

The delegation also reiter-ated the demand of matchingthe VVPAT records with thoseof the EVM for randomly cho-sen 50 per cent of the booths.The EC pointed out that as perthe Supreme Court direction,the Commission will be sub-mitting an affidavit on March28 on this subject.

“The delegation also point-ed out the serious law andorder situation in Tripura andWest Bengal, where the ruling

party goons are particularly tar-geting the Left Front and itscandidates,” the statement said.

They also raised theKolkata airport incident involv-ing the wife of AbhishekBanerjee, MP and TrinamoolCongress candidate inDiamond Harbour and thenephew of West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee.

The delegation urged thatthere should be a probe by theCommission to ascertain thetruth as this has financial impli-cations and a possible impacton free and fair polls.

The Congress too hadmoved the poll body to get therelease of the biopic, withBollywood actor Vivek Oberoiplaying Modi, deferred till thefinal phase voting in the LokSabha polls on May 19. Earlier,the DMK, NCP and the NDAally RPI(A) have approachedthe poll body seeking defer-ment of the Modi’s biopic tillthe Lok Sabha polls is over.

New Delhi: All eight newlyappointed members of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpalwill take oath of office onWednesday, officials said onTuesday.

President Ram NathKovind had on Saturdayadministered the oath of officeto Justice Pinaki ChandraGhose as the country’s firstLokpal. Former Chief Justicesof different High Courts —Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Pradip Kumar Mohanty,Abhilasha Kumari — besidessitting Chief Justice ofChhattisgarh High Court AjayKumar Tripathi were appoint-ed as judicial members in the Lokpal.

Former first woman chiefof Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)Archana Ramasundaram, ex-Maharashtra chief secretaryDinesh Kumar Jain, formerIRS officer Mahender Singhand Gujarat cadre ex-IAS offi-cer Indrajeet Prasad Gautamare the Lokpal’s non-judicialmembers.

All these eight memberswill be administered the oathof office on Wednesday, theofficials said. PTI

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Aday after Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi

announced his ambitious min-imum income guaranteescheme, the party on Tuesdaysaid the beneficiary of thescheme’s financial assistancewill directly go to the womanmember of the family.

The party sought to clear“confusion” over the schemewith party chief spokespersonRandeep Surjewala saying thatthe scheme will directly bene-fit 20 per cent beneficiary families and that scheme is“women centric”.

Surjewala said theNyunatam Aay Yojana (Nyay) isnot a “top-up scheme” and is awomen-centric scheme where-by the money will go directlyinto the bank accounts of thewoman member of a family.

At the same time, Congressasked Prime Minister NarendraModi and the BJP to clearlyspell out whether they supportits proposal to give �72,000annually to five crore poor fam-ilies under a minimum incomeguarantee scheme, claimingmany BJP Ministers wereopposing the idea.

Party general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi took to Twitterto applaud Rahul Gandhi’sannouncement and said thebest aspect of the Nyay is it willprovide women with steadymoney. “What’s making me

most happy is that the NYAYscheme will add �72,000 everyyear in the bank accounts ofwomen,” she tweeted

“The Congress will get thisamount credited to the bankaccounts of the women of ben-eficiary families. This schemewill be implemented withoutany discrimination betweenthe urban and rural areas. Itwill be implemented acrossthe country uniformly,”Surjewala said.

Rahul on Mondayannounced that �72,000 peryear will be given as minimumincome to poor families if hisparty is voted to power in LokSabha polls. Asserting that it willbe the final assault on poverty,he said the scheme would ben-efit around 25 crore people.

Congress also attackedFinance Minister Arun Jaitleyfor dubbing the scheme as a“bluff announcement”, sayingno other political party has“betrayed” India for more thanseven decades in the name ofpoverty. Surjewala also attackedGovernment think tank NITIAayog vice chairman RajivKumar dubbing the body heheaded as “Rajneeti Ayog” andasked him to run the organi-sation from the BJP office andcontest elections instead.

A c t o r - p o l i t i c i a nShatrughan Sinha — who is allset to quit the BJP will join theCongress in Bihar on Thursday,showered praise on RahulGandhi, calling him the “mas-ter of situation” and his pro-posed scheme a “masterstroke”.

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Tuesday termed as“very very serious” the revela-tions made by CBI in its statusreport relating to the recentinterrogation of the thenKolkata Police CommissionerRajeev Kumar in connectionwith the Saradha chit fundscam case.

A Bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi said itcannot “close its eyes” if some“very very serious facts” are dis-closed to it and directed CBI tofile an application seekingappropriate relief againstKumar, who had earlier head-ed the state SIT to probe thechit fund scam.

The Bench, which alsocomprised Justices DeepakGupta and Sanjiv Khanna,granted 10 days to the probeagency for filing the applica-tion. Kumar and others canrespond to the plea seven daysthereafter.

The top court refused todrop the contempt proceedingsagainst the West Bengal DGP,the chief secretary and Kumar.

It was hearing the CBI’scontempt application againstvarious senior officials of theWest Bengal Government onthe ground of non-cooperationin its probe and alleged tam-pering of evidence includingcall data records (CDRs) of keyaccused and Sardha groupCMD Sudipta Sen and DebjaniMukherjee. The court, whichhad earlier directed CBIDirector to file an affidavit giv-ing details about the allegedcontempt committed by WestBengal cops and others in thecase, perused the reply of theCBI chief and the fresh statusreport, pertaining to quizzingof Kumar.

“We have gone throughyour (CBI’s) status report.There are something very veryserious,” the Bench said.

The Bench asked AttorneyGeneral KK Venugopal, repre-senting CBI, to file an appro-priate application as it cannotpass any order on the prayersas they were part of the sealedcover report to which the otherside has no access.

“File an application or anaffidavit, if you want to pressfor your reliefs. We cannot actunilaterally and the other sidehas to be heard,” the bench said.“We are not passing any order.File an application and give theother side an opportunity toreply,” the Bench said. Senioradvocate AM Singhvi, appear-ing for West Bengal officials,opposed the liberty beinggranted to CBI to file an appli-cation against Kumar.

“While considering thecontempt matter, suppose somevery very serious things cometo our notice then, should weclose our eyes to that,” theBench said while asking CBI tofile the fresh plea.

At the outset, Venugopalreferred to the reply of the CBIDirector and alleged that theWest Bengal police has notbeen cooperating with theprobe, providing incompleteand tampered with details tothe probe agency.

He said the CDRs, provid-ed by the state police, of the keyaccused to the CBI werematched with those providedby the mobile service providersand various discrepancies werefound in them.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, also appearing for CBI,said that there has been seriousbreach of the apex court orderasking State police to cooper-ate in the investigation. PTI

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The Ministry of Personnelhas directed the Union

Home and Railway Ministriesto move separate proposals togrant “organised service” statusto the Central paramilitaryforces and Railway ProtectionForces respectively.

The move comes followinga directive from the SupremeCourt for granting organisedservice status to these forces.The organised service statuswill enable the cadre officers tobe eligible for certain servicebenefits like Non-FunctionalUpgradation (financial benefitsafter certain number of years ofservice if promotion to the nextpost is not possible).

Department of Personneland Training (DoPT) under theMinistry of Personnel in a let-ter issued on Monday to theJoint Secretary (Police-I) ofHome Ministry AmitabhKharkwal and Joint Director(Estt/GC), Railway Board,Amitabh Joshi said,“….MHA/Ministry of Railwaysrequested to move a proposalfor grant of organised status forimplementation of the order of

the Supreme Court immedi-ately. The directions of thecourt regarding deputation ofIPS officers to CAPFs and RPFmay also be kept in view whileformulating the proposal.”

The procedure for granti-ng organised status to a serviceis similar to that of a cadrereview. Such a proposal, ini-tially moved by CadreControlling Authority (CCA) isexamined by DoPT andDepartment of Expenditure,and subsequently, their rec-ommendations are placedbefore the Cadre ReviewCommittee chaired by theCabinet Secretary.

The proposal is then sentfor final approval of theCabinet. Necessary notifica-tions in this regard are to beissued by the CCA like MHAfor Central Armed Police Forceand Ministry of Railways forRPF (Railway Protection Force,reads the DoPT order issued byMS Subramanya Rao, Directorof Cadre Review Division.

VPS Panwar, Chairman,National CoordinationCommittee for Ex CPMFsWelfare Associations, said thereis no need at all for a proposal

for granting organised servicestatus to the paramilitary forcesas the Supreme Court had saidthat the forces are already in thecategory and the Governmentwas directed to simply issue anotification to the effect.

Panwar said a contempt

petition is pending before theDelhi High Court and the nextdate of hearing is March 28. Thecontempt petition was movedby the National CoordinationCommittee as the Governmenthas sought proposals for grant-ing organised service status

instead of declaring them asorganised service as directed bythe court.

The grant of organised ser-vice to Group A cadre officerswill entitle them to timely pro-motion and enhanced paypackages. This will also enable

them to form associations onthe lines of the All IndiaServices and represent proper-ly before the Central PayCommission besides givingthem a collective bargainingpower for better service con-ditions, Panwar added.

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Foreign Minister SushmaSwaraj on Tuesday asked

Pakistan to ensure the imme-diate release of the two Hindugirls who were allegedly kid-napped and forcefully con-verted to Islam in Sindhprovince last week.

“Justice demands that boththese girls should be restored totheir family immediately,” shetweeted.

Reena and Raveena, hailingfrom village Hafiz Salman nearthe town of Daharki in Sindh,were allegedly kidnapped andforced to convert fromHinduism to Islam on March20, before being married toMuslim men.

“Forced conversion of

Hindu girls in Pakistan: Theage of the girls is not disputed.Raveena is only 13 and Reena is 15 years old,” theMinister said.

“Even the Prime Ministeron Naya Pakistan will notbelieve that girls of this tenderage can voluntarily decideabout their conversion toanother religion and marriage,”

she said. A Pakistani high court on

Tuesday ordered official pro-tection for the two girls due toconcern about their safety asauthorities widened a probe toascertain if the teenage sisterswere abducted, forcibly con-verted and married.

On Sunday, Swaraj tweet-ed that she asked the Indian

envoy in Islamabad to send areport on the incident.

Hours later, India issued anote verbale to Pakistan on theissue, sharing its concerns overthe incident and called for suit-able remedial action to protectand promote safety, security andwelfare of people from theminority communities.Subsequently, Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan orderedan investigation into the inci-dent. The Islamabad HighCourt issued the order Tuesdayafter the petition was filed by thegirls and their husbands to seekprotection from adverse action.

On March 20, the girls’family lodged a FirstInformation Report againsttheir alleged forced conversionto Islam.

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Bengaluru: Conceding thatthe ruling Congress-JD(S)alliance is facing dissidence insome Lok Sabha constituencies,the Congress' Karnataka uniton Tuesday expressed confi-dence about resolving differ-ences by making both partyworkers understand the need todefeat "communal BJP."

With transfer of votesbetween the Congress and theJD(S) crucial for them to out-perform the BJP, there is worryin both parties that the dissi-dence may hamper theirprospects.

Agreeing that there wasdisgruntlement in two to threeplaces like Mandya, Tumkurand Hassan, coalition coordi-nation chief and Congressleader Siddaramaaih said itwas common in an alliance andwhen there were aspirants fromboth parties.

"There is some amount ofdisgruntlement in Tumkur asthe sitting MP did not get theticket from the Congress,because the seat went to theJD(S)," he said at a twitter inter-

action organised by theKarnataka PCC.

"We are talking to workersthere, also disgruntled leadersthere. I have confidence that wewill be able to pacify them," hesaid.

"Coalition Governmentand alliance was inevitabletoday. We will make workersand leaders of both partiesunderstand about the situationand the need for an alliance todefeat the communal BJP.

I'm confident that they toowill agree and there won't beany problem," he added.

Defying the electoralarrangement under whichTumkur was allotted to theJD(S), sitting Congress MP S PMuddahanumegowda filed hispapers on Monday, even asJD(S) patriarch and formerPrime Minister HD Deve

Gowda filed his nomination asthe joint candidate of the rul-ing alliance.

Another Congress leaderand former MLA, K NRajanna, also filed his nomi-nation on Monday fromTumkur as an independentcandidate, opposing Gowda.

KPCC chief Dinesh GunduRao on Tuesday said he hasspoken to bothMuddahanumegowda andRajanna and the party wouldresolve the issue "amicably."

"We have spoken to him(Muddahanumegowda), wehave spoken to Rajanna...Wewill again speak to them andwill solveit amicably," Rao toldreporters in response to a ques-tion about action on rebel can-didates in Tumkur.

If Muddahanumegowdacontests from Tumkur as a

rebel candidate, it will add tothe Congress-JD(S) coalitionworries as the alliance is facingbacklash at several placesincluding Mandya and Hassan,with party workers unhappywith the seat arrangements.

Both parties that hadfought bitterly against eachother ahead of May 2018Assembly polls joined hands toform an alliance as the electionthrew up a hung verdict.

Though Congress-JD(S)leaders have decided to go topolls together, it is not some-thing that the workers of bothparties at the booth level, whohave been fighting each other,agree with.

Deve Gowda's grandsons,Prajaval Revanna and NikhilKumaraswamy, are the alliancecandidates from Hassan andMandyarespectively.

Responding to a question,Siddaramaiah agreed thatTumkur was conceded to theJD(S) as he was against givingaway Mysore seat to the region-al party, which had asked foroneamong the two seats.

"We had to concedeMandya because sitting MPthere was from JD(S), so nat-urally they asked for theseat.They also asked for a seat-either Mysore or Tumkur, I saidwe cannot concede Mysorebecause there is more oppor-tunity for Congress there." PTI

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Jaipur: Congress presidentRahul Gandhi on Tuesdaytermed his party’s promise ofminimum guaranteed incometo the poorest 20 per centhouseholds a "surgical strikeon poverty" and said nobodyshould be poor in 21st centu-ry India.

Addressing a rally inSuratgarh town of Ganganagardistrict, a day after declaringhis party would roll out thescheme if voted to power,Gandhi alleged that PrimeMinster Narendra Modi gavemoney to the rich and topindustrialists of the country,but the Congress would servethe poor.

He said the promised min-imum income scheme was a"big bang".

"Dhamaka hai ye...Bombfatega (It's a big bang...A bombwill set off ). This is aCongress's surgical strike onpoverty. They (the BJP)worked to eliminate the poorwe will eliminate poverty,"Gandhi said.

On helping the poor, hesaid, "We thought how itshould be done. After discus-sion and brainstorming, wethought that there should be aminimum income line of�12,000 per month. Soon afterformation of the CongressGovernment in 2019, the min-imum income line in India will

be �12,000 per month."The name of the proposed

scheme is 'Nyuntam AayYojana' or Nyay. The word'Nyay' stands for justice inHindi.

He alleged that povertyand unemployment increasedunder the Modi Government.While the Congress-led UPAGovernment lifted 14 crorepeople out of poverty, "Modimade them poor again", heclaimed.

On Monday, Gandhiannounced in New Delhi that�72,000 per year will be givenas minimum income to poorfamilies, benefiting around 25crore people, if his party isvoted to power in Lok Sabhapolls.

"Nobody should be poor in the country in 21st century,"he told the Suratgarh rallyTuesday.

Finance Minister Arun

Jaitley Monday dismissed theCongress promise of mini-mum guaranteed income, say-ing the party has a history of"cheating" the poor and mis-leading the country in thename of removing poverty.

In 1971, Rahul Gandhi'sgrandmother and then PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi hadalso given 'Garibi Hatao, DeshBachao' (remove poverty, savethe nation) slogan during thegeneral election campaign.Years later, PM Modi, during aspeech in 2018, termed the'Garibi Hatao' slogan a "falsepromise".

Rahul Gandhi Tuesdayalso alleged the ModiGovernment weakened theschemes and programmes suchas MGNREGA and food secu-rity introduced by the UPAdispensation.

"Whatever was done underthe MGRENGA, food securi-ty and loan waiver by the UPAGovernment, that all were fin-ished by Narendra Modi.Poverty and unemploymentincreased in his rule," he said.

He said that top industri-alists were helped by theGovernment in "looting" thepublic money and their debt of�3.5 lakh were written off, butfarm loans were not.

The Congress chief con-tinued his "chowkidar" barb atthe PM. PTI

Patna: Bollywoodactor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha,who has been associated withBJP for about three decades,will join Congress at New Delhion March 28, a senior partyleader said here on Tuesday.

"Shatrughan Sinha will joinCongress in New Delhi onMarch 28 at 11.30 am ... He willbe our candidate from PatnaSahib", chairman for the stateCongress election campaigncommittee Akhilesh PrasadSingh told newsmen here.

Sinha is a two-term BJPLok Sabha member from PatnaSahib Singh but has beendropped by the saffron partywhich has chosen to field unionminister Ravi Shankar Prasadfrom the seat.

Sinha has been openly crit-ical of Prime Minister NarendraModi and BJP president AmitShah. Speculation had beenrife for some time that hewould join the Congress, whichis an ally of the'Mahagathbandhan' which alsoconsists of the RJD and otherlocal parties.

Asked whether Sinhawould be induced in the partyin the presence of AICC pres-ident Rahul Gandhi, as wasbeing speculated in the media,Singh said Top leaders will bepresent on the occasion". PTI

Patna: The Darbhanga LokSabha seat, represented by for-mer test cricketer Kirti Azad,who recently quit the BJP andjoined the Congress, onTuesday emerged as a newbone of contention in theOpposition Grand Alliance inBihar, with the RJD stating thatit wished to field its veteranleader Abdul Bari Siddiquifrom the seat.

The Lalu Prasad-led partycontended that its candidatehad lost the seat to the BJP bya thin margin in 2014.

"Darbhanga is our tradi-tional seat. We have won itmany times. Even in the 2014polls, which were swept by theBJP-led NDA, our candidatelost the battle by a thin margin.

"We would therefore like tocontest the seat again and fieldAbdul Bari Siddiqui this time.A formal announcement wouldbe made shortly," RJD MLA

and chief state spokesman BhaiVirendra said here.

Notably, senior RJD leaderMohd Ali Ashraf Fatmi wonthe seat in all Lok Sabha pollssince 1991 except on threeoccasions — 1999, 2009 and2014.

The party's decision tofield Siddiqui — a senior leaderwho has formerly been theleader of the Opposition in theAssembly and served as theFinance Minister — is seen asa move to placate the veteran,who is said to have been sulk-ing over being sidelined fol-lowing the entry of LaluPrasad's sons Tejashwi Yadavand Tej Pratap Yadav intoactive politics.

When asked about BhaiVirendra's statement, Siddiquisaid, "I am a disciplined partyworker. If the party asks me tocontest from Darbhanga, I willput my heart, mind and soul

into the fight."Siddiqui had fought the

2014 election from Madhubaniand lost to Hukum DeoNarayan Yadav of the BJP.

State Congress presidentMadan Mohan Jha, whenapproached with queries aboutthe RJD's claim, saidDarbhanga was an "importantseat", but a final call will betaken by the party's high com-mand.

The Congress had last wonthe seat way back in 1980.

Elaborating further on theparty's dilemma, Congressleader Rishi Mishra — whosegrandfather Lalit NarayanMishra was a minister in IndiraGandhi's cabinet and is said tobe the tallest leader in theMithila region whereDarbhanga falls — claimedthat Maithil Brahmins in theconstituency are traditionalsupporters of his party. PTI

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Carrying eleven non-bailablecharges on his head, Nishit

Pramanik, the BJP candidate forthe Coochbehar Lok Sabha seat,seems to have become aheadache for the saffron party.

Trinamool Congress hasalready approached the ElectionCommission of India drawing itsattention towards the affidavitfiled by Pramanik. “The BJP hasfielded a person who has elevennon-bailable charges againsthim to serve the people ofCoochbehar. We have alreadybrought it to the notice of theECI,” North BengalDevelopment MinisterRabindranath Ghosh said onTuesday.

Pramanik has been bookedfor murder, attempt to murder,dacoity, human trafficking,Ghosh said quoting the affidavitfiled by Pramanik before theECI. Out of the eleven non-bail-able cases two have been filed inother States.

“He is charged with lootinga bank and a jewellry shop atAlipurduar,” Ghosh said won-dering “how a party whichclaims to give good governancecan nominate a person who hassuch grievous charges againsthim dismissing the BJP allega-tion that the charges were theresult of the TMC’s vendetta pol-itics against the Oppositionleaders. “If such was the casethen how could he have beenbooked in other States where theTrinamool is not in power,”Ghosh said adding “even theHigh Court has rejected bailapplications filed by him in twocases.”

Yet another political turn-coat to be fielded by the Bengalsaffron outfit, Pramanik had ear-lier left the Trinamool Congressto join the BJP.

His organsational capabili-ties apart, Pramanik’s allegedcriminal records could pose his

party some problem inCoochbehar constituency bor-dering Assam and Bangladesh.This, notwithstanding the factthat the BJP has fast come up togain the second position dis-placing the Left Front in this dis-trict. In the last Assembly elec-tions the BJP had taken a leadover the TMC in the urban areaswhereas the latter had posted alead in the rural belt.Considering the recent elec-toral patterns a slight shift in thevote base could affect either par-ties much, experts said.

Controversies hit the BJP inanother constituency, this timeBasirhat in south Bengal whereparty candidate Sayantan Basuwas reported against by theTMC for telling a crowd that “wewill ask the CRPF through ourcentral leadership not to shootat the legs but directly throughthe chest if the mischief mongerscome to capture booths. Thistime round no Sahjehan orAurangzeb will come to save theTMC’s goon.”

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Kolkata: The BJP on Tuesdaydeclared the list of 10 morecandidates for Bengal. Amongthese are: Humayun Kabirfrom Murshidabad, KrishnaJoardar from Behrampore,Mukut Mani Adhikary fromRanaghat, Nilanjan Roy fromRaiganj, Rantideb Senguptafrom Howrah, Subhas Sarkarfrom Bankura, Joy Banerjeefrom Uluberia, ShantanuThakur from Bongaon andDebashis Samanta fromContai.

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Moradabad (UP): BJP presi-dent Amit Shah on Tuesdaysaid Narendra Modi was the"only" Prime Minister who hadresponded strongly to terroractivities in Pakistan, likeningthe Centre's response to the USaction against terrorism.

"We attacked on Pakistanwithout any delay after thePulwama attack, while theOpposition leaders were insist-ing for negotiation, Shah saidat a 'Vijay Sankalp' rally in UttarPradesh's Moradabad district.

The Bharatiya Janata Partychief alleged that theOpposition was insulting thesoldiers who died in thePulwama attack by askingquestions on the number ofcasualties in the Balakotairstrike.

"When the country wascelebrating after air strikes atterrorist camp, the Opposition

here was grieving likePakistan," he said in an appar-ent reference to the Balakotairstrike.

He asserted that the BJP-led NDA would win 74 of thestate's 80 Lok Sabha seats. Ithad won 73 in 2014.

Pointing out thatSamajwadi Party chief AkhileshYadav and Bahujan Samaj Partysupremo Mayawati were "ene-mies" earlier, Shah said theyhad come together now due to

"fear" of Modi.He predicted that the SP-

BSP-RLD alliance would failbecause "our Government isvery much popular due to ourpositive works".

Shah hit out at Yadav, alleg-ing that all miscreants werethere in the former ChiefMinister's Government andcrime was on the rise.

But during the present BJPGovernment, he claimed, allmiscreants were either in jail orfled the state.

Shah said communal vio-lence and land-grabbing inci-dents, which he said were nor-mal during the previous dis-pensation, had become a thingof the past and there was peace.

Listing out the Modi dis-pensation's welfare schemes,Shah claimed that for the firsttime since Independence, thefarmers, poor, Dalits and the

deprived sections had beenfeeling that they have their owngovernment at the Centre.

BJP media head AnilBaluni said in a statement thatthe party organised over 250'Vijay Sankalp' (pledge for vic-tory) rallies across the countryon Tuesday with its tops lead-ers addressing them.

While Shah spoke inMoradabad, Union MinistersRajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj,Nirmala Sitharaman, PiyushGoyal and Uma Bharti spoke inNew Delhi, Ghaziabad, Udupi,Vijaywada and Sonipat respec-tively, he said.

Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath spokein Varanasi, Gujarat CM VijayRupani in Porbandar, HaryanaCM Manohar Lal Khattar inPanipat and former MadhyaPradesh CM Shivraj SinghChouhan in Puri.

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Varanasi: Hitting out atCongress president RahulGandhi over his minimumincome scheme announcement,Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath on Tuesdayasked why the party didn't doanything to uplift the poor dur-ing the 10 years when it was inpower.

In a big-bang poll promise,Gandhi had on Mondayannounced that �72,000 peryear will be given as minimumincome to poor families, bene-fiting around 25 crore people, ifhis party is voted to power in theLok Sabha polls beginning nextmonth.

Addressing a 'Vijay SankalpSabha' (victory pledge meeting)here, Adityanath asked Gandhiwhy the Congress-led UPA

Government had not done any-thing to bring happiness into thelives of poor people during its10-year term from 2004 to2014.

He also heaped praises onPrime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government at the Centrefor introducing various welfareschemes to benefit the poor.

He claimed that Modi,unlike the Congress, is sensitivetowards the needs of the poor.

Adityanath accusedCongress leaders of siphoningoff Government funds meantfor the poor.

"Your father Rajiv Gandhi'shelplessness was clearly visiblewhen he had said that of �100that his Government sent to thepoor, only �10 reached them,"the Chief Minister said.

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Mumbai: Vice PresidentVenkaiah Naidu on Tuesdaysaid knowledge is going to be thedriver of the Indian economyand will play a vital role inimproving the living conditionsof people.

India must rise to the occa-sion and reorient its highereducation system, in order to beglobally competitive, Naidu said,addressing the 16th convocationceremony of Indira GandhiInstitute of DevelopmentResearch here.

Eight PhD, six M.Phil and29 M.Sc degrees were awardedby the Vice President on theoccasion. "The education systemshould be reoriented by movingaway from the colonial mindset;it must teach history in anobjective manner as it actually

unfolded," he said."Education is not only for

employment. It should empow-er the individual with knowledgeand wisdom to sift the wheatfrom the chaff. Access to qual-ity education for all and at all lev-els is equally essential to ensureinclusive growth and preventany kind of discrimination," hesaid. Time has come for India toonce again emerge as the glob-al knowledge hub, he said. "Forthat to happen, the seats of learn-ing, especially the universities,must reinvent themselves ashubs of vibrant intellectual pur-suit," he said. While it accountsfor less than a fifth of the GDP,agriculture still remains themain source of employment fornearly half of Indias labourforce, he said. PTI

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Tuesday questioned the presentculture inside the BJP whichwas far different from what waspreached by its foundingfathers.

In reference to the waysome of its senior leaders likeLK Advani and MM Joshi wereignored in distribution of tick-ets, Banerjee said “BJP is aparty that does not respect itsveterans,” wondering thosewho did not pay adequaterespect to the veterans werewell bred.

Hitting out at the BJP forignoring Advani who made theBJP what it was today she said“Advani was the actual mentorfor BJP. They have forgotten olddays because of the new cropof leaders. But old is gold. It isan insult to him.”

She remembered how “Ihave worked under Vajpayeeand Advani,” when the formerwas the Prime Minister ofIndia.

She however said that itwas her personal feeling andthat “they may not agree to it.”Neither Advani nor Joshi weregiven nominations by the BJPand it is alleged that they werenot even taken into confidencebefore distributing the tickets.

On whether the partypatriarch should quit the partyBanerjee said, it would not looknice. “He is a leader respectedin the party and has been therefrom the beginning.”

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Chennai: Six people, includingthree of a family, died ofasphyxiation at Sriperumbudurnear here Tuesday while theywere cleaning a septic tank,police said.

Krishnamurthy (53) andhis two sons Kannan (23) andKarthik (21) were cleaning thetank in their apartment whenthe incident occurred, thepolice said.

The other three victims -Paramasivam and Suradhawere living in the same apart-ment while Lakshmikanth wasa member of the public whooffered his help and also lost hislife, police told PTI.

The bodies have beentaken to the general hospital,Sriperumbudur, for an autop-sy, they said.

According to a senior Fireand Rescue Services officialwho was involved in the rescueoperation, Krishnamurthy andhis two sons were cleaning thetank and shortly afterwardsthere was no response fromthem.

Then, Paramasivam,Suradha and Lakshmikanthwent into the tank and they toodied after inhaling the poiso-nous gas, the official said.

A case has been registeredand an investigation on. PTI

Lucknow: Former ChiefMinister of the UP andSamajwadi Party chief,Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesdaysaid he hopes the MinimumIncome Plan by Congress partywon’t be like the ‘�15 lakhpromise’ to the poor by the BJP.

Speaking to the media atthe Samajwadi Party office inLucknow, the party presidentexpressed his doubts overCongress’s scheme for thepoorest 20% people of India.

However, Yadav alsobanked on the opportunity toboast about the pro-poorschemes launched by hisGovernment.

Akhilesh said, “It was ourSamajwadi Party Governmentwhich had for the first timeannounced a package for thepoor people of Bundelkhandwherein they were given grains,milk, oil, etc.”

He added that the SPGovernment used to give theLohia Awas worth �3.05 lakh tothe poor and the Samajwadipension to females of the fam-ily.

“We always lead by exam-ple,” Akhilesh said.

The SP party presidentinformed the media that theirteam will assess the details ofthe scheme and then decide theparty’s stand.

The Congress party chiefRahul Gandhi in an electionsop on Monday announcedthat �72,000 per year will begiven as minimum income topoor families if his party isvoted to power in the LokSabha polls. Asserting that itwill be the final assault onpoverty, he said the schemewould benefit around 25 crorepeople. AGENCIES

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Kolkata: West Bengal ChiefMinister and TMC supremoMamata Banerjee will visitAndhra Pradesh on March 31to campaign for the rulingTelugu Desam Party in theState as a mark of Oppositionunity.

Several other oppositionleaders will also be going toAndhra Pradesh to campaignfor Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister N ChandrababuNaidu and the TDP, sourcessaid.

"By the end of this monthshe will visit Andhra Pradesh

for a day or two to campaignfor N Chandrababu Naidu. It ispart of of Opposition unity thatwe all have worked for in thelast few months," said a seniorTMC leader.

Banerjee will be cam-paigning for Naidu in someconstituencies of AndhraPradesh, he said.

Naidu and Banerjee sharea cordial relationship and theAndhra Pradesh Chief Ministerhad taken part in the January19 mega Opposition rally orga-nized by TMC at the Brigadeparade grounds. PTI

Kolkata: Senior West BengalBJP leader Sayantan Basu onTuesday courted controversy byasking party cadres to shootthose who would try to capturebooths during the coming LokSabha polls.

"If you notice goons tryingto capture booths, shoot them.Don't aim at their legs, shootthem in the chest," Basu saidwhile addressing a rally atBasirhat.

Basu, state BJP general sec-retary, is the party candidatefrom Basirhat Lok Sabha con-stituency.

Referring to the violenceduring last year's panchayatpolls in West Bengal, Basusaid the Trinamool Congressshould not think of rigging thepolls, as elections will be heldunder the supervision of theElection Commission with cen-tral forces patrolling the streets.

Reacting to Basu's state-ment, senior TMC leader andminister Jyotipriyo Mullicksaid the party would inform theElection Commission and urgeit to take steps against him.

"The BJP is trying to viti-ate the poll atmosphere bymaking such provocative state-ments. The EC should takeaction against him," Mullicksaid. PTI

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Targetting Prime MinisterNarendra Modi over Rafale

scam, NCP chief Sharad Pawaron Tuesday wondered as to howcould one expect Modi to pro-tect the country when he couldnot keep classified documentsin the Government “safe”.

Addressing an electionrally at Parbhani inMarathwada region, Pawarsaid: “Here’s a Prime Ministerwho cannot keep the classifiedinformation safe in hisGovernment. How can youexpect Modi to defend or pro-tect the country?”.

Pawar was referring to thesubmission about the theft ofclassified documents relating tothe Rafale aircraft purchasemade by Attorney General KKVenugopal before the Supreme

Court during the hearing on areview petition in Rafale air-craft purchase case. (It may berecalled that three days aftermaking submission before theSupreme Court about the theftof Rafale papers, Venugopalhad reneged on his earlierclaim and said that the peti-tioners had used “photocopiesof the original” papers, deemedsecret by the Government).

Pawar also charged PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hadpurchased Rafale aircraft worth�550 each at �1660 crore just tohelp his industrialist friendAnil Ambani. “We have threegovernment companies thatare involved in the aircraftmanufacture. Why did theModi government ensure thatRafale-related contract wasgiven to the Anil Ambani-owned company which has

absolutely no experience inthe manufacture of aircraft?,”the NCP chief asked.

Coming down heavily onthe Modi Government for“politicising” Pulwama terrorattack and subsequent IAF airstrikes on terror camps inPakistan, Pawar said: “All polit-ical parties supported theGovernment over the standtaken by it in the wake ofPulwama terror attack.Following international pres-sure, Pakistan released WingCommander Abhinandan.When India could seek andobtain the release WingCommander Abhinandan, whydid 56-inch chest make a sim-ilar attempt to seek the releaseof Kulbhushan Jadhav?”

Slamming the Modi gov-ernment for its failure on var-ious fronts, Pawar said that

after demonetisation, 15 lakhpeople lost their jobs. “After thedemonetisation, only Modiknows where has the blackmoney gone. We know thatmore than 15 lakh people losttheir jobs. After the introduc-tion of GST, lakhs of traderssuffered. ... The Modi govern-ment promised adequate pricefor agriculture produce.Neither did the Governmentgive increased MSP to farmersnor did it waive the farm loans”

Alluding severe droughtprevailing in the State, Pawarsaid: “There is acute shortageof water in drought-hit areas.There are no fodder sheds forcattle. The farmers have beenneglected totally. We will notallow this government toremain in power. Let’s throwthis BJP government out in theLok Sabha polls”.

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At 83 years of age, NationalConference president and

former Member of Parliament,Dr Farooq Abdullah, is 'appar-ently' taking ElectionCommission of India (ECI) fora ride by repeatedly doing 'cut,copy, paste job and getting awayeasily too while hiding factualdetails of movable/immovableassets of his wife.

On Monday, when DrAbdullah filed his nominationpapers ahead of contestingS r i n a g a r - B u d g a mParliamentary seat, fourth timein a row, he once again declaredin his affidavit, "since my spouseis in London from April 1990,I have no knowledge about herassets in London (U.K).However, she has no property inJ&K (India)".

Dr Abdullah is contesting

from Srinagar Lok Sabha seatsince 2009.

Since it is mandatory forevery contesting candidate todeclare details of movable andimmovable assets and cash inhand against the name of spouseand dependants at the time offiling nomination papers DrAbdullah is also religiously fol-lowing the practice.

In his latest affidavit, DrAbdullah declared, " he ownsmovable assets to the tune of�10.6 crore and total worth ofhis immovable assets is �10.68crore. According to the affidavit,"charges in the case related tocriminal conspiracy for misap-propriation of JKCA funds areyet to be framed".

But close scrutiny of affi-davits submitted by him since2008 clearly reveals he is'apparently' misleading theelection commission of Indiaby giving a standard reply thathis wife is away in Londonfrom April 1990. I have noknowledge about her assets inLondon (U.K).

Panaji: The MaharashtrawadiGomantak Party, support ofwhose three MLAs is crucial forthe stability of BJP-led dispen-sation in Goa, on Tuesday saida "conspiracy" was beinghatched by "our rivals" thatmight force it to move out andalign with the Congress toform a new Government.

The party has three MLAsin the 40-Member GoaAssembly and its senior leaderand Marcaim legislator SudinDhavalikar is the Deputy ChiefMinister in the Pramod SawantGovernment.

Speaking to PTI, MGPpresident Dipak Dhavalikaralleged one of his party's offi-cer-bearers was "made to issuea letter" to the Governor andspeaker declaring authorityover entire legislative affairs ofthe outfit.

Dhavalikar said the MGPcentral committee would meeton Wednesday to chalk out itsfuture course of action, which,he claimed, can decide the fateof the State Government.

"There is a larger conspir-acy under which one of oursenior officer bearers, generalsecretary Lavoo Mamlatdar,was made to issue a letter to theGovernor and speaker, inwhich he stated that he was tak-ing over the entire authority on

legislative affairs of the party,"Dhavalikar said.

He said his party was thestate's oldest regional outfitbut some sections wereopposed to its growth.

Mamlatdar had last weekwritten a letter to the governorand Assembly speaker statinghe was the sole authority in theMGP to communicate partydecisions to them.

Following the letter, theMGP had expelled Mamlatdar.

Talking about Wednesday'sparty meeting to discuss thisissue, Dhavalikar said, "Wemight take certain resolutionsin the central committee meet-ing which can have bearing onthe stability of the Governmentled by Pramod Sawant."

He alleged moves wereafoot by his rivals to wean awayMGP MLAs ManoharAjgaonkar and DipakPawaskar, and in the processisolate Deputy Chief Minister

Sudin Dhavalikar."Any attempt to disturb our

MLAs will be viewed seriouslyand we won't mind pulling outof the Government," he said.

On being queried aboutwhether the option of thealigning with the oppositionCongress was open to theMGP, Dhavalikar replied in theaffirmative.

After the demise ofManohar Parrikar, BJP'sPramod Sawant took over asChief Minister. He heads acoalition Government com-prising the MGP, the GoaForward Party (GFP) and threeIndependent MLAs

Sawant faced vote of con-fidence during which his gov-ernment garnered the supportof 20 MLAs: 11 from the BJP,three each from MGP andGFP, three independents.Fifteen MLAs — 14 from con-gress and one from NCP —voted against his Government.

The support of three MGPMLAs is crucial as withoutthem the strength of the coali-tion government will reduce to17 in the house. The magic fig-ure in the 40-member assem-bly, the strength of which hasbeen reduced to 36 followingresignations of two MLAs anddemise of two includingParrikar, is 18 as of now. PTI

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Purnea (Bihar): A candidatewho appeared to file nomina-tions for Purnea Lok Sabha seaton Tuesday ended up behindbars as he was found to bedrunk, in violation of the ban onsale and consumption of alco-hol in Bihar.

Election Observer MShailendran said Independentcandidate Rajiv Kumar Singh, aresident of Bhagalpur district,stank of liquor when he reachedthe collectorate in this northBihar district for submitting hispapers.

He was made to undergobreath analyzer tests which con-firmed that he had consumed

alcohol and, subsequently, sentto jail after being booked forviolating the prohibition law,Shailendran said.

In April, 2016 the NitishKumar government in Biharhad imposed complete ban onsale and consumption of alco-hol, a move which has met withboth adulation as well as disap-proval from different quarters.

Altogether 17 people havefiled their nominations forPurnea Lok Sabha seat wherevotes will be cast in the secondphase of elections on April 18.

Out of them, 11 had sub-mitted their papers on the lastdate on Tuesday. PTI

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Veteran Congress leader andformer Union Home

Minister Sushil Kumar Shindeon Tuesday created a stir in theMaharashtra political circles, byclaiming that the BJP had triedto “poach” him and his MLA-daughter Praniti Shinde recent-ly.

Interacting with a televi-sion channel, Shinde — whohas been re-nominated by theCongress to contest the LokSabha polls from his home con-stituency of Solapur in western

Maharashtra — said that asenior BJP leader of his staturehad “approached” his daughterPraniti first and later him withan “offer” to join the principalruling party in the State and atthe Centre.

“The BJP leader concernedapproached my daughterPraniti first with an offer to joinhis party. The same leader,who is of my seniority andstature, made a similar offer tome subsequently to join theBJP. But, both of us bluntlyrefused,” Shinde said.

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ination to contest the Lok Sabha polls on a Congressticket, Shinde said: “There is absolutely no question of our leaving the Congress. We will not be swayed by thiskind of allurements of the BJP.We are both committedCongress workers and willcontinue to remain so till ourlast breath".

Seventy-seven-year-oldShinde, however, refused toidentify the BJP leader who had“approached” him and legisla-tor-daughter Praniti to jointhe BJP.

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Mathura: Fighting for theMathura Lok Sabha seat on aBJP ticket, the sitting MP andfilm actor Hema Malini is a bil-lonaire with the value of herassets having increased by awhopping �34.46 crore in thelast five years, discloses anaffidavit filed by her with thepoll panel.

The affidavit shows HemaMalini presently owns totalwealth including bungalows,jewelleries, cash, jewelleries,shares and term deposits worthover �101 crore, while fiveyears ago before the 2014 gen-eral elections, her total assetshad been valued at nearly �66crore.

The value of her actor-hus-band Dharmendra SinghDeol's assets grew to �12.30crore during the correspondingperiod, according to HemaMalini's affidavit, detailing herassets and liabilities along withthose of her spouse.

The affidavit was submit-ted by her to the ElectionCommission of India while

filing her nomination as LokSabha candidate from theMathura parliamentary con-stituency.

The affidavit, accompa-nied by her income tax returnsfor the last five years, revealsthat the couple earned �10crore each during the last fiveyears.

In her IT returns, HemaMalini has shown an income of�15.93 lakh in 2013-14 againstthat of over �1.19 crore in2017-18.

The affidavit shows herincome to be �3.12 crore in2014-15, �1.19 crore in 2015-16 and �4.30 crore in 2016-17.

Thus, as per the affidavit,the yesteryears' 'Dream Girl'earned over �9.87 crore, andher 'he-man' husband nearly�9.73 crore in last five years.

The affidavit disclosed thatHema Malini has two cars,including a Mercedes boughtfor �33.62 lakh in 2011. Theother car is a Toyota that, shesaid, she bought for �4.75 lakhin 2005. PTI

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If the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) returns to power two monthsfrom now, piggybacking the armedforces, one central fact will beeminently clear: The optics of a

powerful military with high moralebelies the ground reality. TheGovernment has misled the country ondefence modernisation and preparednessthrough high-decibel claims and self-praise for its devotion to the soldier.Never before has any Government milkedthe success of military operations forpolitical and electoral gains as the pre-sent one and successfully politicised thearmed forces. The creation by it ofnationalist sentiment and allied jingoismthrough coopting sections of the printand electronic media and their armies ofsupporters and cheerleaders has divert-ed the focus of elections from Achche Dinand Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas to nation-al security and taking the mickey out ofPakistan.

Last Sunday, the BJP launched a blitzof victory rallies in Uttar Pradesh, pitch-ing the forthcoming elections as a meansof rooting out terrorism and defeatingPakistan. Citing Balakot air strikes as theGovernment’s “befitting reply forPulwama”, its leaders said that only aGovernment led by the charismatic anddecisive leader, Narendra Modi, couldguarantee the country’s defence andsecurity. Part II of this self-congratula-tory boast is the caustic criticism ofOpposition parties, mainly the RahulGandhi-led Congress, for questioning theGovernment and the Indian armed forceson their claims of targetting, damageassessment and casualties. Balakot hasbecome the magic wand for winning theLok Sabha polls.

In 2016, following the Uri terroriststrike, modest ground surgical strikeswere magnified to being the silver bul-let for ending cross-border terrorism and,therefore, employed liberally to show-case the Government’s determination toteach Pakistan a lesson. They were citedextravagantly to win the Assembly elec-tions in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, toname just a few. Banners and postersusing serving Army officers’ picturesalongside Government leaders politicisedthe military. Surgical strikes were liber-ally replayed to deify the BJP leadership,principally Prime Minister Modi. TheArmy’s resolute stand at Doklam was alsoappropriated by the Government as itsown dogged action of thwarting Chinain its attempt to present Bhutan and Indiawith a fait accompli. In all the three mil-itary operations — Operation SurgicalStrikes, Operation Juniper and OperationBalakot — the Army and IAF came outas winners but it was the Governmentwhich super-imposed the “lotus” onthem.

This is the great irony as the ModiGovernment apparently attaches minus-cule importance to the Defence portfo-lio, posting four Ministers in five years.The last of these, Nirmala Sitharaman, isa first-time MP, who has spent herprime-time defending Modi on Rafale inand outside Parliament, whereas tradi-tionally, the Defence Minister is invari-ably a political heavyweight. UnionFinance Minister Arun Jaitley was twicea part-time Defence Minister and is notknown to be terribly sympathetic towardsthe military. The most effective and com-mitted was the late Manohar Parrikarwhose pledge to appoint the Chief ofDefence Staff (CDS) was unfortunatelykilled by the Prime Minister’s Office. Thiscoupled with the musical chairs in theDefence Ministry allowed NationalSecurity Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval tobecome de facto CDS and also interferein key issues of the Ministry like Rafale.Policeman Doval is the first NSA tobecome directly involved in planning andconduct of operations, notably Pathankot,which is in the remit of a military pro-fessional. His appointment as Chairmanof Defence Planning Committee is anoth-er first and needless padding to planning.The Doval empire is enviable.

Under Jaitley, defence funding etchedan interesting trajectory. After his secondbudget, his reasoning for limited capitalfunding for modernisation was that themilitary is unable to spend even what lit-tle is allotted. The following year, Jaitleychanged tack, saying that actually, he didnot have the money to increase the cap-

ital account. The interim budget present-ed this year by acting Finance MinisterPiyush Goyal earmarked the lowestamount in memory for modernisationwith the staple byline, “more funds willbe provided if required.” At a nationalsecurity conclave last month, Jaitley saidthat hike in modernisation funding willdepend on paying off committed liabil-ities and that any increase would be con-tingent on income from widening the taxnet. This year’s allocation may fall shortof even accounting for committed liabil-ities. Still, BJP president Amit Shahraved about the current defence budgetas a milestone having crossed the �3 lakhcrore mark, more than 70 per cent ofwhich is revenue expenditure.

The true reflection of the state ofdefence funding and operational readi-ness was provided by the BJP’s own chair-man of the parliamentary standing com-mittee on defence, Maj Gen BCKhanduri, who rated defence allocationof 1.5 per cent of GDP as “disabling warpreparedness.” His blunt inference led tohis removal and replacement by partyveteran Kalraj Mishra. Just as well thatBalakot did not escalate into a short andintense conventional war as ammunition,tank, artillery and night-fighting equip-ment inventories are critically hollow, notto mention the plummeting decline in AirForce squadrons from the authorised 42to below 30 squadrons, actually around26 squadrons (Air Chief Marshal AYTipnis at last month’s security conclave).No Service Chief should have to say “wewill fight with what we have” as Air Chief

Marshal BS Dhanoa had to.The armed forces have been succes-

sively short-changed by the once in 10years Pay Commissions. The last SeventhPay Commission was no exception evenas roll-on anomalies have piled up.Service Chiefs were denied a meetingwith Modi on Seventh Pay Commissionand on One Rank One Pension earlier.The then Defence Secretary MohanKumar did not endorse the military’srequest to reconsider their case for NonFunctional Upgrade (NFU), which about60 A group services receive. Now theCentral Government has opposed in theSupreme Court an Armed ForcesTribunal order, asking it to include thearmed forces in NFU. This has seriousimplications for status, parity and paygrade and is one issue hurting the moraleof the military. So much for Balakot’ssurge in nationalism and the Government putting the soldier on apedestal. India’s military is overly obedi-ent with high tolerance threshold in civil-military relations. Service chiefs have nottaken an issue-based stand individuallyor collectively.

A professional, secular and apoliticalmilitary is being progressively politicisedand utilised for advancing electoralprospects of the ruling establishment inthe guise of promoting nationalism.Questioning the military and theGovernment on this is kosher.

(The writer is a retired Major Generalof the Indian Army and founder memberof the Defence Planning Staff, currently therevamped Integrated Defence Staff)

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Flying with a broken wing” (March26) by Kushan Mitra. Undoubtedly,Jet Airways was in a better condi-tion than Air India. While the lat-ter’s net loss stood at �5,765 crorein 2017, the former’s net profit was�438 crore during the same period.Besides, Jet was also ahead of AirIndia in operational indices andcould fly more passengers than thenational carrier despite having asmaller fleet size of 124 aircraft ascompared to 163 of the latter. If theGovernment has been patient withAir India, taking care of the gaps inits operational funding, it can at leastbe pragmatic with other airlines.

Given a nascent market for TierII and III connectivity under Udan,uncertain fuel pricing and unsteadyglobal economy, airlines had to nec-essarily negotiate turbulence, whichought to have been factored inwhile dealing with their loandefaults. Surely, the Government’sintention is not to take the scrapdealer route to the likes of IBC butto facilitate a speedy restoration ofa vital sector poised to be the thirdlargest after the US and China.

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Sir — It is unfortunate that theDravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) is destined to carry theCongress as an albatross aroundits neck every time there is anelection in the State or at theCentre. The Congress demandsseats disproportionate to its eli-gibility in terms of the party’s

vote share or potential to win theseats. It is unfortunate that in theforthcoming crucial electionsto the Lok Sabha, too, the grandold party has taken 10 seats fromthe DMK, representing 25 percent of the total constituencies.

There are reports that thereis a lot of resentment in theselection of Karti Chidambaram,against whom many criminalcases are pending, as the

Congress candidate to contestthe Sivaganga constituency.

Sudarshana Nachiappan,one of the most deserving can-didates who was assured of hiscandidacy by the high com-mand till late last night, hasaccused P Chidambaram forthis last minute change in favourof his son.

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Sir — This refers to the article,“Flying with a broken wing”(March 26) by Kushan Mitra.Lenders don’t seem to havelearnt from the Kingfisher fias-co and infused �1,500 croreinto Jet Airways. Ideally, NareshGoyal should have allowed a bet-ter and financially sound man-agement to run his companyrather than playing with thecareer of the more than 23,000employees.

Lenders seem to believe thatit’s better to explore revival of thecompany than take theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode (IBC) route. Though theIBC may not be the perfect andonly solution, in the current cir-cumstances, it is the best alter-native for the lenders.

The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has been sensitive in itsapproach to ensure lenders gettheir money back on time andany promoter with bad inten-tions get the stick.

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The ongoing attempt by L& T Infotech, to buya controlling stake in Mindtree, has been metwith stiff resistance by its founders and

employees. L&T has already bought 20.3 per centstake in Mindtree by paying over its long-terminvestor, VG Siddhartha of Café Coffee Day. Asrequired by the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition ofShares and Takeover) Regulations, the infrastruc-ture giant has already announced an open offer tobuy 31 per cent stake, in addition to picking up 15per cent of the shares through an open market pur-chase, making a stake of 66.32 per cent in Mindtree.

A ‘hostile takeover’ is the acquisition of onecompany, known as the target firm, by another,which is called the ‘acquirer’ and the acquisition isaccomplished by going directly to the company’sshareholders or fighting to replace management toget the acquisition approved. This is different froma friendly takeover, which is a proposal where a tar-get company’s management and board of directorsagree to a merger or acquisition by another firm.Since liberalisation, India has seen numerousfriendly takeovers but hostile acquisitions have beenfew and far between.

In the 1980s, London-based NRI, Swaraj Paul,sought to control the management of two Indiancompanies, Escorts Limited and DCM (Delhi ClothMills) Limited, by picking up their shares from thestock market. Though Paul failed to fulfill his dreamof controlling Escorts and DCM, he was success-ful in highlighting how particular families were exer-cising managerial control over large corporate enti-ties despite holding a minuscule proportion of theconcerned company’s shares. Paul finally retractedhis bid. While he was ultimately unsuccessful, Paul’shostile threat sent shockwaves through the other-wise complacent Indian business world.

This was followed by India Cements Limited(ICL) in its hostile bid for Raasi CementsLimited (RCL) in 1988, where ICL made an openoffer for RCL shares at �300 per share at the timewhen the share price on the stock exchange,Mumbai (BSE), was around �100. The Indian FIs,that were protecting the promoters, felt cheatedas they sold their stakes, leaving the FIs high anddry till they were bought out by ICL in an openoffer. The effort by ICL to buy out Raasi was forits crown jewel, Shri Vishnu Cement. Raju, thepromoter of Raasi, transferred 39.5 per cent ofShri Vishnu Cement to a group of nine invest-ment companies, in violation of the takeover codeand the transfer was considered invalid. Finally,ICL sold the shares of Shri Vishnu Cement by theassociate companies of Raju.

In a third example, in October 2000, AbhishekDalmia made an open offer to acquire 45 per centof the share capital in Gesco Corporation at �23 pershare. This transaction entered into a drama of hos-tile takeover until the promoters of Gesco corpo-ration and the Dalmia group announced they hadreached an amicable settlement in the battle forGesco, with the former buying out Dalmias’ 10.5per cent stake at �54 per share for a total consider-ation of �16 crore. The Gesco Corporation takeoverdrama showed that a bidder, with admittedly poorfinancial resources, could talk up a share only to exitlater with a huge profit via a negotiated deal. In 2008,Emami acquired 23.6 per cent stake from Vaidyas,who are the co-founders of Zandu, at �6,900 pershare. The Parikhs, who have been managing the

company’s operations for years, also part-ed with 20 per cent stake after trying tosave the firm for four months. Emami paid�750 crore to acquire 72 per cent stake inthe firm.

There are numerous ways which arefollowed by the acquiring companies fora hostile takeover: Toehold acquisition,which is a purchase of the target’s shareson an open market; tender offer, wherean acquirer offers the target’s sharehold-ers a buyout option at a premium over themarket price; and proxy fight, a solicita-tion of the shareholders’ proxies to votefor insurgent directors. Having decided toacquire a target, the acquire usually dealswith either of the two main corporate con-stituencies of the target: Management orshareholders.A possibility or threat of ahostile takeover causes the target’s boardto adopt and implement anti-takeoverdefences.

Stock re-purchase is a transaction bythe target of its own-issued shares fromits shareholders. This is an effectivedefence strategy that has registers success.

Poison pill is a distribution to the tar-get’s shareholders of the rights to purchaseshares of the target or the mergingacquire at a substantially reduced price.What triggers an execution of theserights is an acquisition by an acquirer ofa certain percentage of the target’s share-holding. If exercised, these rights can con-siderably dilute the acquirer’s sharehold-ing in the target and can thus deter atakeover. The poison pill is one of the mostpowerful defences against hostiletakeovers.

Shark repellents are certain provi-sions in the target’s charter or by-lawsdeterring an acquirer’s desirability of a hos-tile takeover. This defence typicallyinvolves a supermajority vote requirementregarding a merger of the target with itsmajority shareholder. This defence alsoincludes other takeover deterrent provi-

sions in the target’s certificate of incorpo-ration or bylaws.

Golden parachutes are additionalcompensation to the target’s top manage-ment in case of termination of its employ-ment following a successful hostile acqui-sition. Since these reimbursementsdecrease the target’s assets, this defencereduces the amount the acquirer is will-ing to pay for the target’s shares. Thisdefence may thus harm shareholders. It,however, effectively deters hostiletakeovers.

Staggered board is a board in whichonly a certain number of directors, usu-ally one-third, is re-elected annually. It isa powerful anti-takeover defence, whichmight be stronger than is commonlyrecognised. For the reason of being toostrong and reducing returns to the target’sshareholders, the latter happened to resistthis type of defence.

Greenmail is a buyout by the targetof its own shares from the hostile acquirewith a premium over the market price,which results in the acquire's agreementnot to pursue obtaining control of the tar-get in the near future.

Standstill agreement is an undertak-ing by the acquirer not to grab any moreshares of the target within certain periodof time. A standstill agreement is an addi-tional defence that usually accompaniesthe greenmail described above.

Leveraged recapitalisation is a seriesof transactions designed to affect the equi-ty and debt structure of a corporation.Recapitalisation usually involves suchtransactions as sale of assets, issuance ofdebt and distribution of dividends.

Leveraged buyout is a purchase of thetarget by the management with the use ofdebt financing. This defence burdens thetarget with the debt. In such a case, themanagement becomes a bidder and com-petes with a hostile acquire for control overthe target.

Crown jewels are options underwhich a favoured party can buy a key partof the target at a price that may be less thanits market value.

White knight is a strategic mergerthat does not involve a change of controland relieves the target’s management ofthe responsibility to seek best price.

White squire is given by the target toa friendly party of a certain ownership inthe target. This defence is effective againstacquisition by the hostile party of the tar-get by “freezing out” minority sharehold-ers.

Scorched earth is a self-tender offerby the target that burdens the target withdebt.

Lockups are defensive mechanismsin friendly mergers and acquisitionsdesigned to deter hostile bids.

Pacman is a target’s tender offer forthe acquire’s shares.

Change of control provisions is thetarget’s contractual arrangement withthird parties that burden the target in thecase of a change in its control.

Finally, ‘Just say no’ is a simpleapproach that enables the board simplyto reject a proposal of any potential acquir-er who would fail to prove that his acqui-sition strategy matches that of the target.Like all strategies, some defence strategiesare more effective than others and not allare successful all the time. A golden para-chute may decrease the price that theacquirer would be willing to pay for thetarget but it may not necessarily stop thehostile acquisition.

On the other hand, a poison pill caneasily lose its effect if the acquire wins aproxy fight for the target and thenredeems the pill. Therefore, it is prudentthat a company should consider devisingrelevant anti-takeover defences from thevery incorporation of business.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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With elections round the corner,the Opposition still seems tobe groping for a solid and

cohesive poll narrative against theModi Government, while the rulingBJP has identified terror and national-ism as its main theme. The Oppositionhad been concentrating on a basicplank, essentially on livelihood issues.It was confident of taking on theGovernment with issues like jobs,agrarian crisis and demonetisation —all of which determine the outcome ofthe polls as it affects the common man.

However, this was the scenario tillthe Pulwama and Balakot incidentshappened last month. Also, until then,the Opposition was in an advantageousposition after the BJP lost three States

to the Congress in the Hindi heartland— Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh in December last year.Momentum was gradually shiftingfrom the BJP to the Opposition. Anupbeat Congress began its campaignwith high spirit during the New Year.

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee and her Delhi coun-terpart, Arvind Kejriwal, organised twoimpressive rallies to show offOpposition unity in Kolkata and Delhirespectively. The Opposition becameaggressive and the BJP, until six weeksago, seemed to be the only respond-ing to its campaign on Rafale dealrather than setting the agenda. There’sno doubt that last month’s unprece-dented events — Pulwama terrorattack, the retaliatory Balakot airstrikes, the capture and release of WingCommander Abhinandan Varthamanby Pakistan — have made ‘security’ and‘terrorism’ the key poll issues, thusbringing nationalism to the forefront.

The Opposition lost the momen-tum it briefly acquired to put the BJPon the defensive. The saffron partyquickly snatched the advantage andbegan to build its poll campaign on

the twin planks of ‘nationalism’ and‘terrorism’. All earlier issues like thebuilding of the Ram temple inAyodhya and triple talaq were pushedto the backburner.

Obviously, the BJP has regained thepolitical narrative for the electoral bat-tle while the Opposition is still twid-dling its thumbs as to how to bring backthe livelihood issues to the forefront asthey cannot criticise the Governmenton intelligence failure beyond a limit.

The Opposition is also not doinga united campaign at the national level.The BJP is taking full advantage of itsdisunity and appears to have success-

fully projected itself as the party bestsuited to guard the country against ter-rorism, sponsored by Pakistan. On theground, each Opposition party hasbeen doing its own campaign. TheOpposition claims that though there isnot one single narrative at the nation-al level, individual parties will campaignon the common theme that the BJPmust be removed because of its failureon various fronts, including unemploy-ment and farmers’ issues. “Every partyhas to stick to its own platform,”claimed a Left leader.

As for the Congress, the princi-pal Opposition party, its president,

Rahul Gandhi, is running a sustainedcampaign on the Rafale deal for thepast few months but it is not catch-ing up. Also, the Congress fell into theBJP’s trap when it changed the pollnarrative to Pulwama and‘Chowkidar’ baits instead of focus-ing on bringing the real issues back.

The BJP is happy to dwell onthese issues as it diverts attention fromother subjects like jobs and agrariancrisis where the Modi Governmenthas really not lived up to the expec-tations. The BJP is going all out withits latest mass campaign — ‘Main BhiChowkidar’ and ‘Namumkin abMumkin Hai’, slogans showing Modias the supreme leader who can solveIndia’s problems. The BJP hopes towin the elections mainly on theweakness of the Opposition, whosemuch-touted ‘Mahagathbandhan’ atthe national level still remains an ideaand not a reality; although there areState-specific coalitions.

The second is Modi’s presiden-tial style of campaigning. It is Modiversus no Opposition face, which canlimit the Opposition’s chances. Third,it is the failure of the Opposition to

come up with a credible and effec-tive narrative, capitalising on theGovernment’s weaknesses. On theother hand, the BJP has been able todetermine its agenda by gettingaway with its diversionary tactics.Fourth, the BJP has stitched alliancesin various States, even ceding spaceto the allies; whereas the Congress isstill dilly-dallying.

However, the BJP also knowsthat it will be difficult to sustain thePulwama and Balakot themes forthe next two months; though it gota big boost to its campaign in thepast few weeks. As time passes, itwould get further diluted. Therefore,the BJP needs a winning narrative.The Opposition, too, needs an effec-tive counter-narrative. All these inan electoral background where thereis no ‘hawa’ for or against any party,no highly emotional issues, notmuch of anti incumbency againstModi and unlike 2014 no ‘Modiwave’. The results will show who hasthe right narrative this time — theNDA or the UPA.

(The writer is a senior political com-mentator and syndicated columnist)

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Jet Airways’ domestic pilots body, the NationalAviators Guild (NAG), on Tuesday sought a meet-

ing with State Bank chairman Rajnish Kumar overpending salaries, a day after the lenders took over thecarrier founded by Naresh Goyal a quarter of a cen-tury ago.

The guild had last week announced that its over1,100 -odd members would stop flying from April 1of their salaries dues were not cleared and a clarity onthe revival roadmap was not provided by March 31.

After lots of dilly-dallying, founder chairmanNaresh Goyal and his board-member wife Anita, hadMonday decided to step down and also pare their staketo 25.5 percent from 50.1 percent. The changes alsosaw its foreign partner Etihad halving its stake to 12percent and ceding a board position.

Under the new deal, banks, mostly led by state-run lenders, have would infuse �1,500 crore of emer-gency liquidity to the airline and convert total debt ofover 9,700 crore (including the fresh capital infusion)into equity worth 50.1 percent at a price of �1.

With this, the public float in the airline has alsocome down 12.5 percent from 25 percent earlier.

“We humbly request to you to alleviate some ofthe hardships that we and engineers have been facing,by ensuring that the new Jet management does not fur-ther delay our pending salaries dues at the earliest,”NAG general secretary Tej Sood said in an e-mail toKumar.

Thanking SBI for putting Jet on the road to recov-ery, Sood said, “we’d also be grateful if you could spareus some time and meet us to give us an idea of therecovery roadmap,” as this would help us rebuild ourconfidence and reassure us that the uncertainty isbehind us.

The guild represents about 1,100 of the around1,600 pilots of the airline, and many of them havereportedly got offers from rival Indigo and Spicejet.

The guild members have come together and stoodbehind the airline when it was passing through its worstperiod, he claimed adding, “despite the severe finan-cial difficulties and uncertainties over our future thatwe have been facing over the past few months, we havenot wavered.”

Sood also assured the new management of its con-tinued support in reviving the once top airline.

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Shares of Jet Airways continued to risefor the second day on Tuesday and

closed 6.5 per cent higher on the boursesfollowing the exit of Chairman NareshGoyal and his wife Anita Goyal from itsboard.

The stock closed at �271, up 6.48 percent on the BSE. During the day, itzoomed 9.62 per cent to �279.

At the NSE, shares jumped 5.37 percent to close at �267.75.

On the traded volume front, 54.11 lakhshares were traded on the BSE and over 6crore shares on the NSE during the day.

Shares of Jet Airways had zoomed 15.5per cent on Monday.

Naresh Goyal and his wife will resignfrom the board of the airline, according toa regulatory filing Monday.

The decision was taken at the airline’sboard meeting held in Mumbai Monday.

In the filing to the stock exchanges, JetAirways on Monday said Naresh Goyal,Anita Goyal and one nominee of EtihadAirways PJSC would step down from theboard.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad is a strategicpartner with 24 per cent stake in JetAirways.

Naresh Goyal would also cease to bethe chairman, the filing had said.

Further, an immediate funding of upto �1,500 crore would be provided to thecash-strapped airline by “way of issue ofappropriate debt instrument”, the filingadded.

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Former RBI GovernorRaghuram Rajan on

Tuesday expressed doubtsover Indian economy growingat 7 per cent when not enoughjobs were being created andsaid the current cloud over theGDP numbers must be clearedby appointing an impartialbody to look at the data.

Rajan, who has alsoserved as Chief Economist atthe International MonetaryFund (IMF), said he had noidea what statistics are point-ing at currently and “arevamp” was needed “to real-ly figure out what India’s truegrowth rate is”.

“I know one minister (inthe Narendra ModiGovernment) has said (that)how can we be growing at 7per cent and not have jobs.Well, one possibility is that weare not growing at 7 per cent,”he told CNBC TV18.

He did not name theMinister.

Finance Minister ArunJait ley has been stoutlydefending the growth datasaying an economy cannotbe growing at 7-8 per centwithout creating jobs. He hasalso stated that no majorsocial agitation indicates ithasn’t been jobless growth.

Rajan, who was ReserveBank of India (RBI) Governorbetween September 2013 andSeptember 2016, said astronger broad-based growthis needed that creates morejobs.

On doubts being raised bysome over economic data after

revision in growth rate, he saida clean up act is needed andan impartial body appointedto look at the numbers.

“I just think that we neednow to essentially clean up, findout what in fact is the source ofconfusion with the new GDPnumbers, with the revisions etc.I would say setting up animpartial body to look at it isan important step to resortingconfidence,” he said.

The impartial body maythrowback the same numbersbut “we absolutely need bet-ter confidence in our GDPnumbers now given the backand forth we have had”.

In November 2018, theCentral Statistics Office (CSO)lowered the GDP growth forprevious Congress-led UPA byrecalibrating nationalaccounts. After this, the fouryears of the currentGovernment showed higheraverage growth than thatachieved during the UPA.

Last month, theGovernment revised the eco-nomic growth rate upwards to7.2 per cent for 2017-18 from6.7 per cent estimated earlier.

Questions have beenraised about the Governmentnot making public the NSSOlabour survey that reportedlyput unemployment rate in2017 at a 45-year high.

Earlier this month, agroup of 108 economists andsocial scientists said that late-ly, the Indian statistics and theinstitutions associated with ithave however come under acloud for being influencedand indeed even controlled bypolitical considerations.

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MoMAGIC Technologieson Tuesday released a

report — Disrupting MobileAd Tech in India: deliveringuser experience, in which near-ly 84% respondents stated ajump in their budgets forMobile Ad spends within thespectrum of digital marketing.

“Mobile advertising inIndia is all set to take a quan-tum jump in the next twoyears with more and moreIndians, moving to consumingcontent especially videos ontheir mobile phones. Withmobile data prices in Indiabeing the lowest in the world,advertisers and marketers havechanged their strategy to getquantifiable results with deepuser insight,” Arun Gupta,CEO and Founder MoMAGICTechnologies said.

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The Centre has refused toshare details related to the

appointment of RBI GovernorShaktikanta Das citing a clausein the transparency law whichbars disclosure of information,including “records of delibera-tions of the council of ministers,secretaries and other officers”.

Replying to an RTI query,it declined to share the details,including names of short-list-ed candidates and file notingsrelated to the appointment.

Das was on December 11,2018 named as the ReserveBank of India (RBI) Governorby the AppointmentsCommittee of the Cabinetheaded by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for three years.

The appointment cameafter Urjit Patel abruptlyresigned amid a face-off withthe Government over issuesrelated to governance andautonomy of the central bank.

The RTI application wasfiled by this correspondent withthe Department of FinancialServices (DFS) seeking detailslike copy of any advertisementor vacancy circular issued by theGovernment on appointment ofRBI Governor, names of allapplicants who had applied forthe post and those short-listedfor the top post.

The DFS was also asked toprovide details on compositionof search committee to short-list candidates and copy ofminutes of meetings held ondeciding the RBI Governor.

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The rupee appreciated by 10paise to end at 68.86 against

the US dollar on Tuesday fol-lowing a robust response toRBI’s maiden rupee-dollarswap auction.

Sustained foreign fundinflows and heavy buying indomestic equities also proppedup the local unit, forex traderssaid.

Under the rupee-dollarswap auction conductedTuesday, the Reserve Bankreceived bids for $16.31 billion,against the notified amount of$5 billion.

At the Interbank ForeignExchange (forex) market, therupee opened strong at 68.88against the greenback but sur-rendered the gains to slip to alow of 68.98.

However, it clawed back

lost ground and finally endedat 68.86, up 10 paise against itsprevious close of 68.96 perdollar.

“The success of India’sUSD 5 billion swap auction willdecide whether it will becomea popular instrument in thecentral bank’s liquidity toolbox,” said V K Sharma, HeadPCG and Capital MarketsStrategy, HDFC Securities.

“The rupee appreciatedfurther as foreign institution-al flows continue to find theirway into Indian markets,” saidSunil Sharma, ChiefInvestment Officer, SanctumWealth Management.

Foreign institutionalinvestors (FIIs) pumped in Rs150.40 crore on a net basisMonday, provisional datashowed.

The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback’s strength

against a basket of six curren-cies, fell 0.07 per cent to 96.50.

Meanwhile, global crudeprices were trading higher andthis restricted the rupee’supmove.

Brent crude futures, theglobal oil benchmark, was trad-ing 0.88 per cent up at $67.80per barrel.

Meanwhile, benchmarkSensex rebounded about 425points, or 1.12 per cent, to endat 38,233.41 Tuesday. Thebroader NSE Nifty climbed129 points, or 1.14 per cent, to11,483.25.

The Financial BenchmarkIndia Private Ltd (FBIL) set thereference rate for therupee/dollar at 68.8469 and forrupee/euro at 77.8663. Thereference rate for rupee/Britishpound was fixed at 90.7737 andfor rupee/100 Japanese yen at62.55.

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New Delhi: The FinanceMinistry has sought theElection Commission’s

approval for announcing theGovernment’s borrowing pro-gramme for the first half of the

next fiscal year beginning April1, an official said.

The Government in theBudget had proposed to bor-row a gross amount of �7.10lakh crore from the marketduring 2019-20, higher than�5.71 lakh crore in the currentfiscal.

Finance Ministry officialsand representatives of theRBI Tuesday finalised theborrowing calendar for theApril-September period ofnext fiscal, but did not makeany announcement as themodel code of conduct for theensuing general elections is inplace.

“We have sought ElectionCommission’s approval andwill announce the borrowingschedule after receiving itsnod,” the official said.

The Government bor-rows money from the marketto meet its fiscal deficit,which is the dif ferencebetween total expenditureand total receipts. PTI

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TV viewers may be able toswitch their DTH or cable

service providers withoutchanging the set top box (STB)by the end of this year, accord-ing to regulator Trai’sChairman R S Sharma.

“Since last two years wehave been trying to make STBsinteroperable. Large part ofproblem has been resolved.There are some business chal-lenges (which) remain... We arelooking at this to happen byend of this year,” Sharma toldreporters at an event hereTuesday.

He added that interoper-ability in a product should notcome as an “after thought” butshould be in place at the prod-uct planning stage itself.

“Open systems are going tobe the future. Entire back-endof Aadhaar has been developed

on open source software exceptbiometric de-duplication sys-tem,” Sharma said.

The Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India (Trai) chair-man released a study on openecosystem for devices in India,prepared by the Indian Cellularand Electronics Association(ICEA) and consultant firmKPMG, which showed that 89per cent of mobile phones inthe country work on opensource operating systems.

Sharma cited interoper-ability as one of the key factorsbehind the success of theIndian mobile phone industrywhere no subscriber isrequired to buy a new phoneif he wants to change his ser-vice provider.

The report found thatOpen OS mobile operatingsystems have expanded thesmartphone market in India byreducing barriers to entry.

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New Delhi: Oberoi Hotels & Resorts Tuesday unveiled a new brand iden-tity, Oberoi Sun, and added a tag line 'Heart. Felt.'. In a statement, The OberoiGroup said the rebranding was based on extensive research that showed that "sin-cere care and personal attention" set it apart from others. “Oberoi Hotels & Resortshas revisited its identity to ensure that it reflects all its core values and proudlypresents the 'Oberoi Sun'. The 'Oberoi Sun' translates the warmth, energy, andsense of well-being that our guests experience. This is the promise that each oneof us at Oberoi makes to every single guest,” it said. A newly-revamped websitehas also been launched. “The words 'Heart. Felt.' have been added to explain theway guests describe their Oberoi experience and form the central pillar of thebrand strategy and communication programme,” the statement said. The OberoiGroup Executive Chairman P R S Oberoi said: "With a belief and commitmentto our guests, we thought who better to guide us into the future than our guests,initiating an exciting journey of brand re-discovery for Oberoi.” Oberoi Hotels& Resorts operates 22 hotels and resorts in six countries. The Oberoi Marrakechin Morocco, the newest resort in the portfolio, is set to open this year.

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John Players to Reliance Retail for an undisclosed amount. Besides, the Kolkata-based firm has also transferred the trademark as part of the deal. “In line withthis ongoing restructuring, ITC has sold the brand John Players and related trade-marks and intellectual property, and the goodwill related thereto, to Reliance RetailLtd,” a spokesperson of ITC said. He said a restructuring plan is underway aspart of the strategic review of the lifestyle retailing business. According to mediareports, the deal is estimated to be around Rs 150 crore. The deal would strength-en the presence of Reliance Retail and its online platform Ajio.com in the grow-ing lifestyle retail space. Established in 2002, John Players was a youth fashionapparel brand from ITC.

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New Delhi: Shares of Jet Airways continued to rise for the second day Tuesdayand closed 6.5 per cent higher on the bourses following the exit of ChairmanNaresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal from its board. The stock closed at �271,up 6.48 per cent on the BSE. During the day, it zoomed 9.62 per cent to �279.At the NSE, shares jumped 5.37 per cent to close at �267.75. On the traded vol-ume front, 54.11 lakh shares were traded on the BSE and over 6 crore shares onthe NSE during the day. Shares of Jet Airways had zoomed 15.5 per cent onMonday. Naresh Goyal and his wife will resign from the board of the airline,according to a regulatory filing Monday. The decision was taken at the airline'sboard meeting held in Mumbai Monday. In the filing to the stock exchanges,Jet Airways Monday said Naresh Goyal, Anita Goyal and one nominee of EtihadAirways PJSC would step down from the board.

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Benchmark Sensex rebound-ed about 425 points to end

well above the 38,000-markTuesday, breaking its two-dayfalling streak on gains in heavy-weights RIL, SBI and ICICIBank amid persistent foreignfund inflows and positive glob-al leads. The broader NSENifty too inched closer to thekey 11,500 mark.

A stronger rupee, whichclimbed 19 paise to 68.77against the US dollar (intra-day), also supported the rally,brokers said.

The 30-share Sensex stayedin the green for the better partof the session and hit the day'shigh of 38,297.70 as buyingpace gathered momentumtowards the fag-end.

It finally ended at38,233.41, up 424.50 points, or1.12 per cent. The gauge hadlost over 575 points in the pre-vious two sessions, tracking asell-off across global markets.

The broader NSE Niftyclimbed 129 points, or 1.14 percent, to close at 11,483.25Intra-day, it shuttled between11,495.90 and 11,352.45.

Oil-to-telecom conglom-erate Reliance Industriesemerged as a prominent gain-er in the Sensex pack, spurtingover 3 per cent.

Foreign institutionalinvestors (FIIs) remained netbuyers, pumping in Rs 150.40crore, while domestic institu-tional investors (DIIs) soldshares worth �12.52 croreMonday, provisional datashowed.

Globally, Asian andEuropean stocks bounced back,reversing part of their recentlosses, as US Treasury yieldsedged higher, easing concernsabout a recession in the world'slargest economy.

“After a subdued opening,market bounced back sharplyand covered yesterday's lossesdue to positive global peers.Global growth outlook stillremains a concern while rise inUS 10-yr bond yield after twodays of fall gave some respite toinvestor sentiment. “Therebound was broad basedexcept IT index due tostrengthening rupee. Gradualfall in FII inflows added somecaution among investors whichmay end up with some con-solidation in the near term,after a sharp rally in the shortterm,” said Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch, Geojit FinancialServices. State-run NTPCtopped the gainers' chart in theSensex pack, rallying 3.28 percent, followed by SBI at 3.23 percent. Other winners wereVedanta 3.18 per cent, ICICI

Bank 2.75 per cent, BajajFinance 2.72 per cent, YesBank 2.71 per cent, KotakBank 2.60 per cent, AsianPaints 2.02 per cent, IndusIndBank 1.84 per cent, Axis Bank1.79 per cent, HCL Tech 1.73per cent and HDFC Bank 1.21per cent.

Sun Pharma, Tata Motors,Maruti Suzuki, M&M, TataSteel, HUL, Hero MotoCorp,PowerGrid, ONGC and BhartiAirtel too ended with gains ofup to 1.11 per cent.

However, Infosys lost 1.23per cent, Bajaj Auto 0.85 percent, ITC Ltd 0.68 per cent,L&T 0.37 per cent, TCS 0.26per cent, Coal India 0.08 percent and HDFC Ltd shed 0.01per cent.

Shares of Jet Airwayssoared for the second dayTuesday, zooming nearly 7 percent following the exit offounder and Chairman NareshGoyal and his wife Anita fromthe board of the ailing airline.

Coming to sectoral indices,bankex gained 2.19 per cent,power 1.70 per cent, PSU 1.31per cent, metal 1.11 per cent,consumer durables 1.08 percent, infrastructure 0.99 percent, oil and gas 0.97 per cent,realty 0.73 per cent, healthcare0.61 per cent, FMCG 0.13 percent and capital goods 0.15 percent.

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Profitability of state-owned refinerssuch as Indian Oil Corp (IOC) may

come under pressure if the governmentasks them to temporarily freeze theprices of petrol, diesel and other fuelsahead of general elections, Moody'sInvestors Service said Tuesday.

Before the Gujarat and Karnatakastate elections, the government hadasked oil companies to temporarily sus-pend the practice of adjusting theprices of petrol and diesel on a dailybasis.

“Given India's upcoming generalelection in April-May, we expect therefiners' profitability may come underpressure if they are asked by the gov-ernment to temporarily freeze theprices of petroleum products,” Moody'ssaid in a report.

The BJP-led NDA, if voted back topower, could allow oil companies torecover their losses post elections as ithas done in previous state-level elec-tions, it said.

“A change in government mayexpose the oil companies to a new setof challenges that are harder to antici-

pate because the oil and gas sector pol-icy of other parties contesting in theelections is not yet clear.”

State-owned IOC, BharatPetroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) andHindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL)had temporarily stopped revising fuelprices first in December 2017, ahead ofassembly elections in Gujarat and thenin April/May 2018 before Karnatakaelections. So far, they have continued tochange prices on a daily basis.

India goes to polls in seven phasesbeginning April 11.

Moody’s expects India’s state-ownedoil companies will continue to pay highdividends in the next fiscal year, whichwill be negative for refiners but the oilproducers will not be as significantlyaffected.

In a report on the country’s state-owned oil and gas companies, Moody’ssaid: “High shareholder returns willincrease the oil companies’ aggregateborrowings and constrain their creditprofiles.” It expected Oil and NaturalGas Corp (ONGC), IOC, Oil India Ltd(OIL) and BPCL to maintain high div-idends payments as well as conductshare buybacks in fiscal 2020.

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market in India is likely to grow at over16 per cent annually to touch USD 17.02billion by 2023, according to a study bybusiness consultancy firm MarketResearch Future.

The study, titled 'Digital PlatformsReign in the Food Ordering Market', said

the growth in online food orderingmarket has been attributed to the risingnumber of women in working popula-tion in most of the metro cities. “TheIndian online food ordering market isslated to grow at a CAGR (compoundannual growth rate) of 16.2 per cent atUSD 17.02 billion by 2023," it said.

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ORIENTBANK 106.00 108.95 106.00 108.25ADANIPORTS 361.00 369.65 361.00 368.70PHILIPCARB 171.90 172.80 169.00 169.50INFIBEAM 41.55 42.50 41.25 41.95KTKBANK 125.00 131.00 124.75 130.05LTI 1670.00 1679.95 1648.85 1672.55RNAM 188.50 196.00 187.00 189.15RAYMOND 790.00 806.00 789.00 804.30GAIL 351.25 360.50 351.25 358.60CHOLAFIN 1337.40 1393.40 1331.60 1379.75KEC 294.75 298.30 283.80 295.60APOLLOTYRE 213.60 214.90 210.30 213.95DRREDDY 2794.00 2795.35 2763.40 2776.45TATAPOWER 72.90 72.95 70.70 71.25AMARAJABAT 708.00 720.35 704.00 709.45IDFC 43.05 44.90 43.00 44.75JISLJALEQS 57.95 59.35 57.65 58.20MAGMA 108.60 108.65 101.95 106.20FSL 46.25 46.90 45.80 46.35PVR 1579.25 1594.15 1554.50 1568.90RCOM 4.81 4.81 4.81 4.81EXIDEIND 219.00 225.50 217.65 224.05SIEMENS 1048.05 1064.80 1044.40 1056.60SBILIFE 613.00 617.80 600.55 605.20CIPLA 527.95 532.00 525.95 529.20RCF 57.75 58.25 57.15 57.90DCMSHRIRAM 403.95 422.95 402.00 416.95SPARC 188.40 189.90 185.35 186.35SUNTV 585.00 590.00 581.80 584.95NAUKRI 1903.05 1911.35 1880.00 1889.85UJJIVAN 321.10 329.80 320.55 327.80GRASIM 820.00 839.00 817.40 837.15BAJAJELEC 530.80 543.00 527.00 530.75LICHSGFIN 522.20 534.00 522.20 530.10POWERGRID 202.00 204.00 199.55 202.75CENTURYTEX 891.85 919.00 889.15 915.05BIOCON 613.00 616.20 610.00 611.55TATAMTRDVR 87.95 87.95 85.20 86.15IRB 140.00 143.30 140.00 142.20GRUH 259.10 263.00 258.00 261.90PETRONET 239.60 241.10 237.00 237.95NAVKARCORP 39.90 41.00 38.80 39.50CASTROLIND 161.00 164.15 160.75 163.55SRF 2440.00 2476.15 2406.00 2463.00CHENNPETRO 256.65 266.60 256.25 264.30SOBHA 452.55 468.25 447.70 457.60STAR 438.05 446.90 437.45 445.10BATAINDIA 1338.35 1357.00 1334.80 1353.50TORNTPOWER 254.95 256.80 251.10 254.05OBEROIRLTY 513.30 523.45 513.30 520.00ABFRL 219.65 222.40 216.00 217.70MPHASIS 958.30 961.30 940.30 951.15

PNBHOUSING 826.90 832.50 815.00 819.25PRESTIGE 265.00 268.40 257.20 258.25ACC 1575.10 1587.55 1555.75 1568.30MCX 793.00 797.00 774.35 783.35TRENT 361.05 382.00 361.05 377.25TVSMOTOR 464.35 466.25 458.15 460.50CGPOWER 44.00 44.75 43.65 43.80TATAGLOBAL 198.95 198.95 194.35 196.00BAJAJFINSV 6969.00 7038.90 6920.55 6983.75NESTLEIND 10550.00 10769.00 10533.00 10694.65TRIDENT 67.00 68.75 66.00 67.00INDIANB 253.80 262.50 253.55 261.75RADICO 398.55 399.75 393.00 395.00JKTYRE 90.30 90.95 89.10 90.35EICHERMOT 21249.95 21433.95 21021.00 21358.20GODREJIND 532.00 544.00 530.75 540.70AUBANK 550.00 558.95 542.75 555.60MUTHOOTFIN 592.65 601.80 592.60 597.15TATACHEM 584.00 585.50 573.00 581.55SCI 35.60 37.45 35.50 37.15AMBUJACEM 228.00 232.25 228.00 231.40VOLTAS 604.30 615.00 603.75 613.20PAGEIND 23900.00 25149.95 23671.25 24766.85OIL 176.50 179.70 176.50 177.35MMTC 28.05 28.65 27.70 27.90CHAMBLFERT 161.10 165.35 160.60 164.25DIVISLAB 1710.00 1767.10 1687.90 1705.20BRITANNIA 3097.25 3130.00 3063.00 3097.50KEI 408.05 410.80 403.00 409.00COCHINSHIP 385.00 393.00 378.85 388.80CROMPTON 216.95 216.95 212.70 214.25EQUITAS 130.00 132.25 129.55 131.65JINDALSAW 85.45 87.25 85.40 86.15SUVEN 261.25 268.65 261.25 264.55NIITTECH 1316.85 1318.55 1295.70 1306.80ITI 92.45 94.70 92.30 93.10HFCL 21.80 22.25 21.70 22.00SRTRANSFIN 1208.90 1213.75 1191.75 1204.20SOUTHBANK 15.70 15.89 15.65 15.82MINDACORP 132.45 137.15 132.45 135.90AJANTPHARM 1001.05 1020.00 1001.05 1009.30IFCI 13.24 13.40 13.20 13.31BHARATFORG 489.90 494.20 484.60 491.00HINDCOPPER 48.00 49.35 47.60 48.30COROMANDEL 483.65 484.00 469.00 479.65JSLHISAR 88.90 91.00 84.80 90.05BAJAJ-AUTO 2960.00 2964.65 2933.00 2951.30COLPAL 1241.45 1260.00 1233.35 1256.90BBTC 1250.05 1265.90 1240.20 1257.65MANPASAND 112.00 116.20 112.00 113.95MARICO 332.00 339.50 331.40 338.40MANAPPURAM 119.15 120.15 118.80 119.55CEATLTD 1084.00 1105.00 1081.70 1097.20INFRATEL 306.85 314.50 306.30 313.00APOLLOHOSP 1165.70 1165.70 1141.25 1156.35PIIND 1017.75 1030.00 1003.35 1029.95HAL 717.00 726.15 712.95 722.55NHPC 24.40 25.10 24.40 24.85GLENMARK 643.90 651.00 637.00 648.55OMAXE 206.75 208.05 205.75 207.65HSCL 115.30 117.10 114.60 115.15ADANITRANS 216.95 222.15 214.10 216.45KRBL 354.30 354.90 332.00 340.45TIINDIA 362.35 382.00 362.30 375.30MFSL 446.90 447.90 434.00 437.45ASTRAL 1118.60 1121.00 1068.05 1108.95GODREJCP 695.95 695.95 683.20 691.50JAMNAAUTO 58.15 59.20 57.80 58.80PARAGMILK 252.05 259.00 252.05 256.80WABAG 325.00 330.65 322.00 324.55ECLERX 1166.90 1166.90 1136.00 1138.75SHANKARA 417.80 418.00 405.00 408.15TEJASNET 151.50 179.00 151.50 168.55GRANULES 109.00 113.35 109.00 111.50GODREJAGRO 481.50 491.90 481.50 486.40IPCALAB 921.15 932.00 914.40 921.85BANDHANBNK 494.00 494.00 487.00 488.40TORNTPHARM 1872.00 1899.55 1872.00 1883.65WELSPUNIND 58.95 59.80 58.40 58.75NIACL 180.20 187.10 178.20 184.95LAKSHVILAS 63.65 64.70 63.20 64.05MOIL 154.85 158.00 154.00 155.15ISGEC 5598.80 5645.00 5480.10 5522.95CUB 201.80 202.30 199.75 200.55CUMMINSIND 720.10 730.90 717.80 729.00SYMPHONY 1363.50 1367.95 1338.05 1347.65KALPATPOWR 446.00 452.90 440.20 443.05ISEC 247.00 248.80 240.60 244.90GODFRYPHLP 1123.00 1128.75 1101.65 1121.50MRPL 74.00 75.35 73.35 74.40TTKPRESTIG 8251.10 8430.00 8251.10 8318.45HUDCO 44.50 44.85 43.75 43.95COFFEEDAY 278.55 301.00 277.15 284.95KSCL 454.30 455.90 448.75 451.00IBULISL 275.00 293.60 275.00 279.95VGUARD 216.00 217.95 214.45 217.20CORPBANK 27.90 28.70 27.05 27.80KAJARIACER 553.00 563.80 549.30 562.00RAJESHEXPO 654.50 659.40 652.50 655.55DCBBANK 196.00 200.00 195.40 199.15CCL 289.55 294.00 279.75 293.20DEEPAKFERT 134.05 135.15 130.10 132.25RAMCOCEM 710.55 713.60 702.05 709.90CYIENT* 674.95 674.95 660.00 660.25BALMLAWRIE 188.00 189.00 182.50 184.35THOMASCOOK 232.20 239.75 225.40 237.05RELAXO 752.10 763.00 747.10 758.95TATACOFFEE 88.35 91.30 88.35 89.90OFSS 3349.00 3395.00 3328.05 3361.20

INOXLEISUR 300.55 302.60 293.50 294.90SREINFRA 28.25 29.00 27.90 28.00HEIDELBERG 179.50 179.50 175.35 176.00INDHOTEL 147.20 151.50 147.00 150.95CARBORUNIV 377.60 380.65 367.65 376.55MOTILALOFS 605.00 608.10 595.10 598.80LUXIND 1310.30 1360.00 1305.25 1336.50GSFC 100.65 101.50 100.00 100.70ADANIGREEN 35.40 36.25 34.90 35.85SUPRAJIT 235.05 241.10 234.00 239.50ADVENZYMES 170.05 175.70 168.00 172.65INTELLECT 201.45 201.45 196.50 198.50LTTS 1450.00 1467.00 1440.00 1464.10GICRE 244.00 250.00 239.05 242.40GPPL 98.00 101.65 95.85 100.05SADBHAV 263.90 263.90 240.65 247.60CADILAHC 334.90 336.95 330.00 335.45MINDAIND 347.55 352.40 340.00 341.40GDL 127.90 131.90 125.65 127.75GUJFLUORO 1068.85 1070.05 1050.00 1053.55GSPL 178.10 179.35 174.35 178.30CENTURYPLY 197.30 200.00 196.20 198.25LINDEINDIA 478.25 488.95 475.00 479.20BOSCHLTD 18255.00 18255.00 18065.75 18170.15VINATIORGA 1589.70 1624.95 1569.50 1619.85SWANENERGY 104.85 105.45 103.40 105.10ALKEM 1760.00 1777.20 1719.80 1772.25MHRIL 229.35 241.50 229.35 238.50GLAXO 1299.45 1300.20 1281.00 1290.50NAVINFLUOR 710.70 717.00 705.00 708.80EMAMILTD 394.65 395.90 391.25 393.30INOXWIND 68.05 68.25 65.20 66.65MAHINDCIE 228.60 233.60 225.25 232.10SHK 153.20 154.05 149.70 151.30TATAMETALI 626.00 638.20 624.00 631.00LEMONTREE 79.20 79.75 77.80 78.35EIDPARRY 204.90 206.05 200.25 201.05PERSISTENT* 636.00 648.95 630.00 635.65ASHOKA 125.60 126.00 125.10 125.45ITDC 275.80 286.45 275.75 277.50GREAVESCOT 135.85 138.80 135.80 137.15NATCOPHARM* 572.90 575.85 563.00 565.70GREENPLY 154.80 155.50 151.45 153.40HIMATSEIDE 202.80 204.60 199.00 200.90HERITGFOOD 523.50 527.10 513.95 526.20MERCK 3320.00 3390.00 3310.00 3375.70EVEREADY 194.45 198.40 192.70 195.40J&KBANK 48.70 49.55 48.60 49.25TATACOMM 593.05 602.95 590.70 598.75GICHSGFIN 250.95 254.00 250.70 252.25BAJAJCON 322.05 322.10 317.00 318.40LALPATHLAB 1080.00 1096.50 1068.00 1079.55GHCL 232.35 234.00 230.00 232.10AEGISLOG 202.35 204.35 198.50 200.10BASF 1443.05 1478.00 1443.05 1463.15SHILPAMED 354.00 363.00 336.90 342.80BDL 279.00 285.00 278.75 282.30FCONSUMER 44.90 44.95 44.30 44.70PTC 74.70 75.45 74.25 74.50KNRCON 251.00 264.00 251.00 261.80GUJALKALI 484.10 493.00 482.55 485.15THYROCARE 540.05 540.05 522.00 525.65THERMAX 986.75 1000.00 976.75 991.80JYOTHYLAB 186.00 186.25 183.35 184.20INDOSTAR 350.00 355.00 346.30 353.60PFIZER 3158.25 3270.00 3149.00 3220.45SHOPERSTOP 460.70 476.00 456.55 468.60ALLCARGO 112.95 113.20 110.15 111.80BAYERCROP 4292.60 4375.00 4279.75 4341.15SCHNEIDER 103.00 104.00 101.85 103.05FLFL 483.00 483.00 469.30 475.15QUESS 795.65 799.85 782.95 785.80HINDZINC 272.40 273.65 270.05 273.00TIMKEN 564.85 567.00 560.00 564.75UFLEX 212.50 218.00 211.40 214.90ENDURANCE 1149.50 1150.00 1141.00 1145.00HSIL 255.00 258.50 249.10 252.25ANDHRABANK 25.45 25.80 25.30 25.65GUJGAS 149.40 150.50 145.60 147.25BHARATFIN 1075.85 1095.55 1063.50 1089.20GRINDWELL 573.20 573.20 559.75 569.70UCOBANK 18.25 18.50 18.25 18.35FINCABLES 482.75 485.50 474.05 481.15PRSMJOHNSN 86.90 89.80 86.85 88.40PGHH 10390.35 10506.00 10330.00 10346.45CRISIL 1473.00 1484.95 1469.65 1478.40SJVN 24.25 24.25 24.00 24.10VBL 809.75 822.15 809.75 813.50CENTRALBK 32.25 32.90 32.25 32.55PHOENIXLTD 670.40 673.70 643.00 648.65MRF 56330.35 56368.75 55945.10 56233.80FORBESCO 2270.00 2334.00 2180.00 2210.40BIRLACORPN 525.00 525.00 506.30 515.35SUPREMEIND 1065.00 1078.70 1052.40 1065.80LAXMIMACH 6185.00 6185.00 6025.60 6067.20ASTRAZEN 1971.25 1999.80 1961.20 1969.10GMDCLTD 82.05 82.15 80.55 80.80JSL 38.50 40.60 38.50 39.60JAGRAN 112.65 115.40 111.75 114.25SIS 890.00 890.00 853.00 860.75DCAL 204.00 207.55 203.00 205.15SHREECEM 17900.00 18334.00 17830.55 18056.95APLAPOLLO 1413.80 1429.70 1390.00 1424.40WHIRLPOOL 1512.70 1532.80 1503.00 1527.75SONATSOFTW 326.75 333.40 326.70 330.00BAJAJHLDNG 3268.00 3274.95 3210.30 3249.65GSKCONS 6942.60 6990.00 6928.00 6969.30ATUL 3336.05 3399.00 3336.05 3388.80ABB 1336.65 1340.85 1322.60 1333.30

KPRMILL 552.10 552.10 544.25 547.10MAHLIFE 356.65 365.00 356.10 358.65PNCINFRA 153.50 155.70 145.00 152.55FORTIS 137.00 137.45 136.00 136.20GESHIP 283.25 285.00 279.00 280.40NILKAMAL 1385.00 1417.85 1384.15 1411.30ZENSARTECH 229.20 231.00 228.90 230.05FDC 174.10 174.60 167.85 168.70EIHOTEL 188.60 195.00 185.15 191.65TNPL 206.75 209.15 204.05 206.30JKCEMENT 810.75 831.95 805.00 823.30IFBIND 929.55 949.15 922.45 936.65JBCHEPHARM 340.00 344.00 335.90 342.45VTL 1081.10 1094.95 1061.70 1077.05LAOPALA 206.00 209.00 200.20 207.70SOMANYCERA 390.00 400.00 390.00 397.75SHARDACROP 364.65 369.10 360.00 368.20FINOLEXIND 494.50 499.80 490.00 497.30NH 216.10 218.50 208.75 215.30IOB 13.54 13.75 13.54 13.61JKLAKSHMI 347.35 347.35 340.00 342.80CENTRUM 32.20 32.25 31.70 31.85ERIS 634.40 640.10 624.80 635.15SUNDRMFAST 554.55 558.75 549.00 551.70UNITEDBNK 10.68 10.80 10.65 10.70CAPPL 408.00 411.95 401.25 402.20SUDARSCHEM 326.95 329.25 325.60 328.90IEX 160.55 161.85 158.85 159.35MONSANTO 2610.00 2610.00 2571.00 2585.25NETWORK18 34.30 34.30 33.55 33.85SANOFI 5584.00 5767.80 5570.00 5718.55NESCO 463.00 463.00 449.00 458.75BLUESTARCO 670.00 670.50 661.00 662.55CERA 2654.55 2658.00 2626.60 2650.00ASTERDM 158.70 159.90 155.15 155.80CONCOR 508.65 508.65 503.80 504.50NBVENTURES 103.25 103.30 101.05 101.95TATAINVEST 834.00 834.00 828.00 828.35TVSSRICHAK 2181.00 2250.00 2170.00 2200.80GAYAPROJ 151.30 154.80 146.75 150.85MAHABANK 13.14 13.50 13.13 13.32NAVNETEDUL 107.65 109.00 107.50 108.20REDINGTON 98.00 98.20 96.25 96.80GALAXYSURF 1100.55 1108.85 1070.00 1076.60WABCOINDIA 6203.00 6247.90 6190.00 6212.45ESSELPRO 115.05 115.05 111.30 114.00ZYDUSWELL 1312.95 1315.35 1292.40 1299.853MINDIA 24049.00 24368.40 23835.00 23964.70RALLIS 160.80 161.60 160.50 160.75DBCORP 188.75 190.00 186.35 188.85VMART 2585.75 2656.00 2585.75 2627.35SKFINDIA 1931.45 1931.45 1898.45 1900.60KIOCL 144.60 144.60 137.05 141.40SYNGENE 566.75 575.00 566.25 573.55TVTODAY 320.00 320.00 316.10 318.90AIAENG 1725.00 1727.00 1679.30 1699.70GULFOILLUB 828.65 830.85 817.85 821.45GET&D 276.20 276.20 270.00 272.50ABBOTINDIA 7306.25 7400.20 7306.25 7355.15MAHLOG 489.95 495.00 486.05 494.70APLLTD 535.00 535.00 527.10 529.55ITDCEM 135.00 135.00 127.65 129.15TIMETECHNO 102.05 102.05 99.75 99.90DHANUKA 415.00 415.40 405.00 408.15HATSUN 706.90 717.00 705.80 716.85AKZOINDIA 1763.15 1787.00 1763.15 1778.60ORIENTCEM 86.10 87.00 84.10 84.85STARCEMENT 98.80 98.90 97.00 97.55BLUEDART 3415.00 3455.00 3415.00 3447.60CARERATING 993.60 993.95 981.05 988.40SUPPETRO 221.90 223.50 216.00 222.80TRITURBINE 105.05 108.00 105.05 106.20GILLETTE 6560.15 6584.50 6440.00 6532.75ASAHIINDIA 260.65 261.80 258.00 258.55TEAMLEASE 3000.00 3006.00 2955.10 2971.60APARINDS 660.35 666.00 660.35 663.00RATNAMANI 892.75 904.95 867.95 874.15TIFHL 480.00 480.00 455.65 462.60SUNCLAYLTD 2835.05 2954.95 2815.00 2858.20GEPIL 812.30 813.00 803.05 812.95ELGIEQUIP 240.00 242.50 237.00 240.50SHRIRAMCIT 1798.60 1818.25 1782.00 1784.95SOLARINDS 1043.75 1043.75 1018.50 1019.80JCHAC 1890.00 1921.00 1875.10 1888.35SCHAEFFLER 5442.75 5455.00 5351.05 5450.85HONAUT 21925.00 22100.00 21900.05 22014.50SFL 1307.00 1328.00 1290.00 1290.00MAHSCOOTER 3358.55 3368.05 3352.00 3366.35

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11375.20 11496.75 11352.45 11483.25 129.00NTPC 136.00 142.00 136.00 140.75 5.40SBIN 294.75 305.00 294.75 304.80 10.80VEDL 170.00 174.35 169.00 174.25 6.00RELIANCE 1330.30 1371.60 1330.00 1369.00 44.55BAJFINANCE 2860.00 2942.00 2859.00 2940.00 90.20YESBANK 247.50 254.80 247.45 254.65 7.40ICICIBANK 384.95 395.50 383.40 394.70 11.20KOTAKBANK 1312.25 1347.95 1310.05 1343.10 34.45GRASIM 820.00 838.80 816.10 836.00 20.60IBULHSGFIN 721.00 734.80 716.00 730.30 16.95INFRATEL 305.20 314.00 305.20 313.70 7.10GAIL 352.80 362.00 351.65 359.40 7.75INDUSINDBK 1681.00 1720.00 1668.60 1720.00 36.45ADANIPORTS 361.35 369.85 361.35 369.00 7.65AXISBANK 747.40 760.95 741.65 760.70 15.00HCLTECH 1013.35 1043.80 1011.50 1038.00 20.35ASIANPAINT 1460.50 1492.25 1460.50 1482.00 24.45TITAN 1105.00 1120.00 1088.35 1118.50 18.40ONGC 159.00 163.05 158.70 160.20 2.55ULTRACEMCO 3869.00 3944.75 3830.00 3930.00 58.95HDFCBANK 2275.90 2315.00 2272.60 2313.50 32.20HINDALCO 205.55 209.35 204.60 208.25 2.80JSWSTEEL 277.95 282.40 276.50 282.40 3.60SUNPHARMA 467.00 471.50 462.10 470.15 5.50TATAMOTORS 171.90 173.60 171.60 173.30 2.00MARUTI 6558.00 6600.00 6480.00 6595.00 72.40EICHERMOT 21275.00 21444.20 21005.00 21382.05 230.70HINDPETRO 275.05 280.00 272.25 276.80 2.55TATASTEEL 516.00 520.95 514.15 519.55 4.40ZEEL 418.10 427.20 416.60 419.95 3.50BAJAJFINSV 6967.00 7060.00 6920.00 6970.25 53.00M&M 664.65 672.40 661.00 669.50 4.90POWERGRID 202.15 203.90 199.40 203.45 1.45HINDUNILVR 1679.90 1691.55 1674.00 1684.00 10.15BHARTIARTL 328.55 331.40 326.25 328.70 1.70CIPLA 528.50 532.50 525.70 529.15 2.30BPCL 384.25 388.40 376.50 384.40 0.70HDFC 1950.40 1953.35 1930.85 1948.20 2.55BAJAJ-AUTO 2961.05 2968.00 2939.00 2957.00 -0.95HEROMOTOCO 2586.00 2604.70 2546.80 2574.50 -1.20DRREDDY 2791.00 2793.95 2762.50 2776.65 -4.30LT 1379.80 1388.80 1367.75 1372.85 -3.90TCS 1984.00 1994.95 1958.05 1977.40 -6.85ITC 295.00 296.35 291.05 294.00 -1.05COALINDIA 237.25 242.75 234.30 235.80 -1.40WIPRO 257.10 258.60 253.40 254.95 -1.55INFY 735.25 735.25 719.10 727.80 -7.45UPL 910.55 917.30 891.10 902.95 -9.75IOC 165.10 169.75 160.50 161.95 -2.40TECHM 790.20 791.90 768.15 769.65 -19.95

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British MPs have inflicted afresh humiliating defeat on

Prime Minister Theresa May,after voting to temporarily seizecontrol of the Brexit process,allowing back-benchers to holda series of votes on alternativesto her deal.

An amendment tabled byformer Conservative MinisterOliver Letwin was passed by329 votes to 302 on Monday asMPs expressed exasperationat the government’s failure toset out a fresh approach for theUK to exit the European Union(EU), reports the Guardian.

After the amendment, thegovernment in a statementwarned that it “upends thebalance between our democ-ratic institutions and sets a dan-gerous, unpredictable prece-dent for the future”.

Three ministers -- ForeignAffairs Minister Alistair Burt,Health Minister Steve Brineand Business Minister RichardHarrington -- resigned to backthe Letwin amendment. ThirtyConservative MPs rebelled tovote for the amendment.

Harrington accused the

government of “playing roulettewith the lives and livelihoods ofthe vast majority of people inthis country” in his resignationletter.

In a series of so-calledindicative votes, MPs will beable to vote on a number ofoptions -- likely to include a“softer Brexit”, a Customs unionwith the EU and another ref-erendum -- designed to test thewill of Parliament to see what,if anything, commands amajority, the BBC said.

But the precise format ofvotes and how they will workwas not set out in the amend-ment.

Parliament is also expect-ed to pass a law this week post-poning the Brexit date fromMarch 29.

Speaking after Monday’svotes, opposition Labour Partyleader Jeremy Corbyn con-gratulated Parliament for “tak-ing control” of the Brexitprocess, CNN reported. “Thegovernment’s approach hasbeen an abject failure and thisHouse must now find a solu-tion,” Corbyn said.

May, still hoping of gettingher twice-rejected Brexit dealpassed, told the House ofCommons earlier in the daythere was not enough supportfor her deal to bring it back fora third meaningful vote.

The Prime Minister alsosaid she could not “commit thegovernment to delivering theoutcome of any votes held bythis House. But I do commit toengaging constructively withthis process”.

Britain is scheduled tocrash out of the EU on April 12if May’s withdrawal deal is notpassed and the UK governmentfails to provide new proposalsfor a way out of the impasse.

In response to the devel-opment, the EuropeanCommission said it has pre-pared for an “increasingly like-ly” no-deal scenario.

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Chinese President Xi Jinpingsaid on Tuesday that China

and Europe were “advancingtogether” but that the two trad-ing blocs needed to overcome“suspicions”.

“Of course there are differ-ences and competition, but it’spositive competition,” Xi told apress conference in Paris withthe leaders of France, Germanyand the European Commission.

“We are advancing togeth-er. We shouldn’t let suspicionslead us to be constantly lookingbackwards.”

Xi was speaking on thethird day of a France visit dom-inated by concerns over China’smassive investments on thecontinent, which are being builtup through a series of bilateraldeals.

French PresidentEmmanuel Macron urged hisChinese counterpart to “respectthe unity of the EuropeanUnion” and called for an “exem-plary relationship” betweenEurope and China during thejoint press conference.

“No one is naive but we

respect China,” Macron said,while adding that EU leaders“naturally expect our majorpartners to respect the unity ofthe European Union and thevalues that it has and carries inthe world.”

Macron, GermanChancellor Angela Merkel andEU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker all labelledChina a “rival”, and Merkel andJuncker urged the Asian giant togive the EU the same marketaccess as it afforded Chinesecompanies.

Referring to China’s vast“New Silk Road” infrastruc-ture project connecting thecountry with Europe, which hassparked unease in the EU,Merkel said: “We Europeanswant to play a role.”

But, she added, “there has tobe a bit of reciprocity on eitherside and we have a bit of diffi-culty in finding it.” Juncker saidthat labelling China a rival wasmeant as a “compliment” to thecountry.

Speaking ahead of a EU-China summit on April 12, healso called for a more balancedrelationship.

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APakistani court on Tuesdayordered the Government

to remove Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz chief ShehbazSharif ’s name from the no-flylist.

Shehbaz, who is also the Leader of the Opposition inthe National Assembly, hadfiled a petition in the LahoreHigh Court last month to havehis name removed from theExit Control List, Geo TVreported.

The 67-year-old leader hasbeen indicted along with nineothers in the Ashiana IqbalHousing scam case.

His name was placed onthe travel blacklist on February22 for allegedly possessingassets beyond his declaredsources of income.

His counsel earlier toldthe court that the PML-Nleader had been appearingbefore the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB)in every inquiry and cooperat-ing with the anti-corruptionwatchdog in every way.

Sharif was arrested by the

NAB in the probe on October5, 2018. He was released on bailon February 14.

He had approached theLahore High Court seekingdeclaration of theGovernment’s decision to placehis name on the no-fly list asnull and void.

In his petition, he had con-tended that as the leader of theOpposition as well as of one ofthe country’s largest politicalparties, his name should not beon the ECL.

Sharif served as the chiefminister of the politically cru-cial Punjab province from 2013to 2018. He became PML-Npresident after his elder broth-er Nawaz Sharif was barredfrom holding the top partyposition and public posts.

Federal InformationMinister Fawad ChaurdhyTuesday said that theGovernment would be chal-lenging the Lahore HighCourt’s decision in the SupremeCourt.

“There is a record of Shariffamily members leaving thecountry and not coming back,”said Chaudhry.

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Prime Minister Imran Khanhas said Indo-Pak relations

would remain tense till the gen-eral elections in India are over,adding he feared “another mis-adventure” by Pakistan’s easternneighbour.

Tensions between Indiaand Pakistan escalated after theFebruary 14 attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed inPulwama.

Amid mounting outrage,the Indian Air Force carriedout a counter-terror opera-

tion, hitting what it said was aJeM training camp in Balakot,deep inside Pakistan onFebruary 26.

The next day, Pakistan AirForce retaliated and downed aMiG-21 in an aerial combatand captured an Indian pilot,who was handed over to Indialater.

Khan said shadows of warwere still hovering overPakistan and India as PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’sadministration could go for“another misadventure” beforethe general elections.

“The danger is not over.The situation will remain tensetill forthcoming general elec-tions in India. We are alreadyprepared to avert any aggres-sion from India,” Dawn quot-ed Khan as saying.

Khan also claimed that hecancelled his scheduled meet-ing with the Taliban inIslamabad due to “concerns”expressed by the Afghan gov-ernment. The Taliban lastmonth said that its representa-tives would visit Islamabad tomeet Prime Minister Khan onFebruary 18.

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Iranian President HassanRouhani on Tuesday accused

his US counterpart DonaldTrump of “colonialism” forrecognising Israeli sovereigntyover the disputed Golan Heights,a border area seized by Israelfrom Syria in 1967. “In a pointof time when colonialism ruled,some colonialist powers didsuch things and bestowed partsof one country to another, butthis is unprecedented in the pre-sent century,” Rouhani said,according to the official gov-ernment website.

“Nobody could have

believed that a man would comein America and unilaterally andagainst all international laws andregulations give away a landbelonging to one country to anaggressor,” Rouhani said in ameeting with advisors and min-isters. Trump on Monday signeda proclamation recognisingIsraeli sovereignty over theGolan Heights, which Syriadenounced as a blatant attack onits sovereignty. US recognitionfor Israeli control over the ter-ritory breaks with decades ofinternational consensus and hasbeen criticised by most Islamicnations, and other countriessuch as Russia.

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ASingapore Airlines flightfrom Mumbai to Singapore

with 263 passengers on boardTuesday received a bombthreat, prompting SingaporeAir Force to send two F-16s toescort the aircraft.

The flight landed safely atSingapore’s ChangiInternational Airport onTuesday around 8 am (localtime), the airline added.

“Singapore Airlines con-firms there was a bomb threatconcerning SQ423 operatingfrom Mumbai to Singapore.

The aircraft arrived in Singapore on March 26,2019, at about 0800hrs (localtime).

“There were 263 passen-gers on board. We are assistingthe authorities with their inves-tigations and regret that we areunable to provide furtherdetails,” a statement issued bythe airline said.

The Republic of SingaporeAir Force said two F16C/Dsescorted the SIA aeroplane.

The RSAF said in aFacebook post that two F-16C/Ds were scrambled tointercept the SIA flight.

“Our fighters escorted theairliner till it landed safely atChangi Airport,” it said.

All passengers, except for awoman and a child, disem-barked safely and had to under-go screening.

The woman and the childwere held back for questioningby the police, who are investi-gating the incident.

Preliminary checks showedthat the airline received a callafter the plane left Mumbai’sairport on Monday at about11.35pm local time. The callerclaimed that there was a bombon the plane.

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China has destroyed 30,000world maps printed in the

country for export for notmentioning Arunachal Pradeshand Taiwan as part of Chineseterritory, the officla mediareported on Tuesday.

China claims the north-eastern Indian state of

Arunachal Pradesh as part ofSouth Tibet. China routinelyobjects to Indian leaders visit-ing Arunachal Pradesh to high-light its stand.

India says the State ofArunachal Pradesh is its inte-gral and inalienable part andIndian leaders visit ArunachalPradesh from time to time, asthey visit other parts of thecountry.

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The Islamic State group onTuesday claimed an attack

on US-backed forces in thenorthern Syrian city of Manbij,days after their “caliphate” wasdeclared defeated.

Manbij is a former ISstronghold that is now ruled bya military council affiliatedwith the Syrian DemocraticForces (SDF), the US-backedKurdish-led alliance thatdeclared victory over IS in itslast redoubt in eastern Syria onSaturday.

At around midnight (2200GMT) on Monday, gunmenopened fire at fighters manninga checkpoint at the entrance tothe city, killing seven, the coun-cil said. IS claimed responsi-bility for the attack in a state-ment published on its socialmedia channels on Tuesday.

“The caliphate’s soldiersattacked a checkpoint... West ofManbij city last night,” it said.

A spokesman for theManbij Military Council,Sherfan Darwish, said it couldbe a revenge attack.

“After the victory over IS,we have entered the phase ofsleeper cells,” Darwish toldAFP.

“These sleeper cells arebeing activated and carryingout attacks but we will foil theiroperations.” The SyrianObservatory for HumanRights, a Britain-based moni-tor of the war, said it is “the firstattack of its kind” since the SDFdeclared the defeat of the“caliphate” last week.

Observatory head RamiAbdel Rahman said it was alsothe bloodiest attack in Manbijsince January 16, when 19people -- including four USservice personnel -- were killedin a suicide bombing claimedby IS.

IS has vowed to carry out revenge attacks against the SDF over the six-monthoffensive against it that culminated in the jihadists’defeat in the village of Baghouz,close to the Iraqi border, onSaturday.

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In its early days agriculture wasregarded as just cultivating andgrowing crops. Fertile land had one

purpose only — the yield it could pro-duce for consumption. Over time theapproach towards agriculture pro-gressively shifted to a business-ori-ented one, making it one of thebiggest and busiest commercialecosystems in all of the world.

Agriculture plays an instrumen-tal role in the economic developmentof a country. Advanced countriesattribute a notable portion of theirprogress to this sector. In developingcountries like India, the role of agri-culture is even more critical. Alliedsectors such as fisheries and forestryare also major contributors to thecountry’s GDP. According to theIndia Brand Equity Foundation(IBEF) report.

We are a country of farmers. Theeconomic and societal value of agri-culture in our country is unparalleled.The sector employs about 65 per centof the workforce of our nation, and yetthe contribution to GDP is a disap-pointing 17.5 per cent.

Such a complex situation hasgiven rise to the need for a strategicapproach to managing agriculturalresources. Thus, an aspect of man-

agement specific to agricultural wasdesigned, bringing about programslike MBA in agribusiness manage-ment. At its essence, agribusinesscan be described as the followingstatement — the farmer works the soil,the manager works the produce.

With the Indian terrain hosting allkinds of climates and geographies, thesame type of crops display differingprincipal characteristics. This makesagribusiness a highly diversified busi-ness sector as per the website YourStory. It revolves around stages suchas input, production, processing,manufacturing, transport, and mar-keting. It has a tremendous influenceon other big industries. The serviceand manufacturing sectors haveincreasingly contributed to the growthof the economy.

The mass diversity in agricultur-al productivity across the countrydepends on a number of disparate fac-tors. This requires managers who arecapable of analysing the challenges ofthis sector and have an insight intostrategic solutions. Financial aspectssuch as access to agricultural creditand crop insurance, assurance ofremunerative prices for agriculturalproduce, and storage and marketinginfrastructure also factor into decision

making in this sector.The study of agribusiness man-

agement equips incumbents to focuson bettering areas of agriculturalinput supply, agricultural produc-tion, commodity assembly and pro-cessing, and agricultural marketingorganisations. Management and mar-keting of agricultural products likecrops and livestock are vital for sus-tainable development of our economy.With resource management, conser-vation of crops, and commercialisa-tion of agriculture, agribusiness boostsproductivity, and profits.

Agribusiness managers are skilledwith managing and organising theentire process of getting food itemsfrom the farm, to food processors, tobranded companies and packaging, tofood retailers, and ultimately to theend consumer according to websiteMBA central.

This path from farm to table isanalysed through multiple lenses suchas consumer trends, public policy, andlegislation, technological innovations,and food safety. Agribusiness man-agers help optimise our food distrib-ution system which has a significantimpact on the livelihoods and healthof people nationwide. Their skill andeducation empowers them to have a

tangible effect on the food productionand distribution systems of our econ-omy.

Today the management of agri-culture addresses the need for sus-tainable growth. According to UCDavis, this integrates three mainobjectives: maintaining a healthyenvironment, achieving economicprofitability, and social, economicequity. The food system involvesmany stakeholders right from farm-ers, food processors, distributors,retailers, and consumers. All of themplay an essential role in the system.

Farmers employ many methods topromote soil health, minimise wateruse, and lower pollution levels.Consumers and retailers focussed onsustainability look for value-basedfoods that are farmer and environ-ment-friendly, and contribute to theeconomy.

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The Admission toCompany Secretaries

(CS) FoundationProgramme is on.Candidate seeking admis-sion till March 31, 2019will be eligible for exami-nations in December 2019.

Students can registeronline by selecting onlineservices option available atwww.icsi.edu.

All fees and other duespayable to ICSI is to beremitted through paymentgateway at Online Servicesoption.

With the aim to provide bet-ter facilities to the stu-

dents, The Institute of CompanySecretaries of India opened its100th Study Centre at SanskritiCollege, Tonk, Rajasthan onMarch 25, 2019. The study cen-tre will facilitate and benefit stu-dents from the remote villagesand small towns of the area. TheICSI study centres will help inreaching out to the unreached.

CS (Dr) Shyam Agrawal,Past President, the Institute ofCompany Secretaries of Indiainaugurated the study centre atTonk. Speaking on the occasion,

CS (Dr) Shyam Agrawal said,“Opening of Study Centre in citieswhere ICSI do not have officeswill help students in resolvingqueries, obtain information aboutexams, registration, Class roomteaching etc.”

“To further strengthen theService - Delivery Mechanism,The ICSI is in the process ofestablishing more such StudyCentres across India,” Dr. Agrawalfurther added.

Thanking ICSI for openingthe study centre, Mr. MahavirPrasad Sharma, Chairman,Sanskriti College said that this

step will open the door to pro-fessional education in Tonk andsurrounding areas.

CS Rahul Sharma, Chairman,Jaipur chapter of The Institute ofCompany Secretaries of India,

gave detailed information to thestudents and their parents aboutthe Company Secretary Course,profession and career opportu-nities available.

The ICSI is a premier pro-

fessional body set up under anAct of Parliament, i.e., CompanySecretaries Act, 1980, for theregulation and development ofthe profession of CompanySecretaries in India. It functionsunder the jurisdiction of Ministryof Corporate Affairs,Government of India. TheInstitute, being a pro-active body,focuses on best and top-qualityeducation to students ofCompany Secretaries Course andbest quality set standards for CSmembers. The institute has over56,000 members and about 3.5lakh students on its roll.

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The International SchoolOf Design — INSD

offered a one-of-its-kindopportunity for all aspiringinterior and fashion designers.The premier college of IndiaINSD conducted a two daysfree workshop for studentswho were interested in know-ing more about interior andfashion designing courses attheir Main campusGujranwala Town part 1.

The purpose of the eventwas also to announce thenewly launched Study tour to

Paris, programme whereINSD students will go to parisfor various projects and learnthe intricacies of globaldesigning and european artand culture experience to cre-ate and spread awarenessabout the careers in designindustry for the wave of aspir-ing students looking forwardto step in the design industry,

The open house sessionalso provided informationrelated to latest developmentsin block printing, screenprinting, tie and dye printing,fabric painting, and embroi-dery.

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Strathclyde, Glasgow invitesapplications for MScAdvanced Manufacture:Technology & Systems coursestarting in September 2019.

This course is ideal forgraduates wishing to transfersmoothly and effective0ly to acareer in the manufacturingsector of industry establishedmanufacturing engineers,designers and managers work-ing in the industry who arefacing new challenges andincreased areas of responsi-bility.

Eligibility: Candidateshaving first or second classHonours degree, or equiva-lent, in a relevant engineering,technology or science disci-pline.

Fee: £20,050 for interna-tional students

How to apply: Log on todmem-pg t@strath .ac .uk ;https://www.strath.ac.uk/courses/postgraduatetaught/advancedmanufacturetechnologysys-tems/.

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of Design invites applicationfor Bachelors, Masters &Diploma Programmes inFashion Design.

Eligibility: Class X passfor diploma, class XII forbachelors & diploma andgraduates for masters degreeor diploma(any stream).

Last date to apply: April15, 2019.

How to Apply: log on tohttp://www.insd.edu.in/apply-online.html.

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(MRU) is inviting applica-tions for its Law Programmes.

Eligibility: For LLB pro-grammes, candidates havingpassed Class XII with 50 percent or more marks in aggre-gate. Should have qualifiedEnglish as a subject. For LLMprogramme, candidates hav-ing passed LLB or five year sIntegrated Law course with 50per cent or more marks inaggregate.

How to apply: Log on to

manavrachna.edu.in.Last Date to Apply: April

17, 2019.

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International Institute ofResearch and Studies is invit-ing applications for MassCommunication programmefor the session 2019-20.

The different programmesoffered are Journalism & MassCommunication MRIIRS,MA Journalism & MassCommunication MRIIRS, PGDiploma in Advertising &Public Relation MRIIRS andPhD in Media Studies.

Eligibility: For BA, 50per cent marks in aggregate ofbest five subjects in class XIIin any stream with pass inEnglish. For MA, 50 per centmarks in any stream at grad-uation level with pass inEnglish in class XII. For PGDiploma, 50 per cent marks inany stream at graduation levelfrom a recognised universitywith pass in English in classXII.

How to apply: Log on tomanavrachna.edu.in.

Last Date to Apply: April17, 2019.

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Paramedical Sciences invitesapplications for its one yearfull time certificate course inMedical Lab Technology.

The program aims to pro-vide efficient and balancedtraining in laboratory medi-cine. This course offers chal-lenging career in a hospital,minor emergency centers, pri-vate laboratory, blood donorcenters, doctor's office or clin-ics.

Eligibility: Class XII passfrom any recognised board.

Last date to apply: April15, 2019.

The field of robotics is rife withopportunity as it makes headway

right into the heart of India. Slowlybut surely, it’s gaining traction asrobotics becomes an integral part ofour lives. Look around and you’llrealise that robots are making humanlives easier and much simpler. Fromrestaurants to operation theatres,from nursing homes to classrooms,to our homes; robots are slowly butsurely transforming our way of life. �How the face of robotics willchange in the next five years?

Robotics is a trendsetting indus-try with constant advancementsbeing made year on year. New andimproved techniques are beinginvented, assimilated and applied aswe speak with a view to revolutionisethe way we live, work or entertainourselves. Recently, a cafe in Tokyolaunched service rendered by robotwaiters. The four feet tall MinatoWard robots are being remotelycontrolled by people with physicaldisabilities such as amyotrophic lat-eral sclerosis (ALS — a form ofmotor neuron disease), enablingthem to perform a job they would-n’t be able to otherwise. Robots areproving to be a gamechanger in anumber of fields — be it at home,public security, education, surveil-lance, defense or entertainment.

Think of robots cooking com-plex meals on demand. Too out-landish? Well, you’d be surprised to

know that Spyce, a restaurant basedin Boston, Massachusetts is a robot-ic-powered restaurant which pre-pares meals in under three minutes.Some restaurants are using self-ordering tablets for taking customerorders. Hospitals are increasinglymaking use of surgical robots to per-form surgeries with precision, small-er incisions, decreased blood loss,less pain, and quicker healing timefor patients. And you may not evenrealise but a majority of us areusing robots at our homes too.

In case you fear that more robotsmean fewer jobs for humans, thinkagain. In fact, in a recent study con-ducted by Indeed (an Indian job por-tal) revealed a hike of 186 per cent

amongst job seekers looking foropportunities in the robotics sectorin India between May 2015 and May2018. And during the same periodof time, job postings in the sector sawa growth of 191 per cent.

Robotics is a fast-growing sectorin India with sectors such as manu-facturing, healthcare and construc-tion leading the demand for robot-ics talent. And there’s a huge scopefor its application in other sectors tooas access to Internet connectivity andopen source applications becomemore widespread in the countrywhich will prove conducive to thesector’s growth. Even though peoplehave a fear of automation takingaway jobs from us humans, in fact,

more job opportunities are being cre-ated for skilled personnel.Maharashtra is creating the mostrobotic jobs in India followed close-ly by Karnataka and Telangana.

So, all you parents out there cantake heart from the fact that this isa viable industry which is going fromstrength to strength. And this is theopportune time to get your kidsinvolved in robotics. Inculcate a lovefor making in them as that will helpthem explore and search withinthemselves whether they’re trulypassionate about robotics or not.When children get introduced torobotics at an early age, they candevelop and hone skills like creativethinking, collaboration, program-ming and coding and have good ol'fun while doing it.

Avishkaar is one such entitywhich is working towards this visionwith a fervour. With an emphasis onpromoting the culture of makingamongst children and adults alike,through its range of DIY roboticskits.

To sum up, robotics has a brightfuture ahead in India with careeropportunities in diverse fields likeaerospace, defense, manufacturing,healthcare and medical research,entertainment, construction andmore. As they say, the proof is in thepudding, and boy this pudding isdefinitely worth a try.

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standard of living in the country. Asa start-up founder or small businessowner, you may think that you areworking hard to build your ownbusiness and provide for yourselfand your family. But you’re doing anentire heap a lot of for your localpeople, state, region, and also thecountry as an entire.

Start-up entrepre-neurship is crucial as aresult of it brings inno-vations, new jobs, andcompetitive dynamicsinto the business set-ting. �Wealth creation andsharing: By establishingthe business entity, entre-preneurs invest their ownresources and attract capital (inthe shape of debt, equity andothers) from investors, lenders andalso the public. This mobilises pub-lic wealth and allows people to ben-efit from the success of entrepre-neurs and growing businesses. �Create jobs: Entrepreneurs are bynature and definition job creators,as opposed to job seekers. The sim-ple translation is that once you

become an entrepreneur, there’sone less job seeker within the econ-omy, and then you provide employ-ment for multiple other job seekers.This kind of job creation by new andexisting businesses is one in all theessential goals of economic devel-opment. �Balanced regional development:

Entrepreneurs setting up newbusinesses and industrial

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hospitals, malls, and different pub-lic and private services that will notsomewhat be out there. Every newbusiness that locates in an exceed-ingly less developed space can pro-duce each direct and indirect job,serving to elevate regionaleconomies in many alternativeways. The combined disbursementby all the new workers of the new

businesses and therefore the sup-porting jobs in different business-es adds to the native and regionaleconomic output. �GDP and per Capita income:India’s MSME sector, comprised ofthirty-six million units that giveemployment for more than eightymillion folks, currently accounts forover thirty-seventh of the country'sGDP. Each new addition to thosethirty-six million units makes use ofeven additional resources like land,labour, and capital to develop prod-uct and services that augment thenational income, national productand per capita financial gain of thecountry. This growth in GDP andper capita financial gain is oncemore one among the essential goalsof economic development.

So, there’s a very importantrole for entrepreneurs to spark eco-nomic development by startingnew businesses, making jobs, andconducive to improvement innumerous key goals like grossdomestic product, exports, the stan-dard of living, skills developmentand community development.

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Eligible students musthave excellent grades fromHigh School and strongEnglish test results.

Value — £2000 per yearEligibility: To apply for a

Science Elite scholarship,candidates must: Be availableto commence their academicstudies in the UK by the startof the academic year inSeptember/October 2019.

Hold an offer of study onan Undergraduate course inthe Faculty of Science,University of Strathclyde.

Be paying full interna-tional fees.

Subjects: Chemistry,Computer and InformationSciences, Mathematics andStatistics, Pharmacy andBiomedical Sciences, Physics,Forensic Science.

For more information:[email protected]

Application deadline:The last date to apply isSeptember 16, 2019

The University CollegeCork has announced 11excellence scholarships for

International PhDStudents at UCC in

Ireland, 2019.These scholarships are

awarded every year to appli-cants who intend to start aPhD, PhD Track or MPhildegree in the College of Arts,Celtic Studies and SocialSciences in September 2019or January 2020.

Eligibility: EU and non-EU students have at leastSecond Class Honours(Grade 1) or equivalent intheir undergraduate or post-graduate degree and musthave already applied for theirchosen postgraduate courseare eligible to apply.

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If we consider today’s children the flag-bearers of tomorrow, one of the bestmeasures of our progress as a nation

can be the quality of life that we have tooffer them. It is therefore imperative thatwe nurture them in their developmen-tal years through a combination of care-fully considered nutritional and educa-tional interventions.

It is evident from the success of themid-say meal programme that anutri-tious meal can go a long way in sup-porting the health and education of chil-dren. In bringing 94 million children toschool, the programme ensures thatthey are not deprived of their right toeducation and right to aspire or the rightto a bright future.

The programme serves as an incen-tive for children to come to school. Moreimportantly, it provides parents an incen-tive to send their children to school. Theresultant boost in enrolment, atten-dance, and retention rates in schools, theperformance of children, and theimprovementin their nutritional profilebode well for the socioeconomic progressof the nation.

When children sit together to havetheir mid-day meal, it eradicates the bar-riers of caste, religion, and economic sta-tus, and fosters the sense of socialisation,thus contributing towards the develop-ment of community and the nation.

Considering that one of the prima-ry objectives is to improve the nutritionalstatus of children, the integration of mil-lets in mid-day meals through a collab-oration between the Centre and State'sMDM and agriculture departments canbe a massive step towards child welfare.The inclusion of these high-fibre, proteinand micronutrient-rich smartfoods of the21st Century can add to the nutritionalvalue of mid-day meals, thus contribut-ing towards the enhanced nutritional sta-tus and health of the beneficiaries.In fact,finger millet (ragi), with thrice theamount of calcium compared to milk,and pearl millet (bajra) with their richiron and zinc content are considered per-fect health foods for children and deserv-ing constituents of their regular diet.

Going beyond ‘food for education’ to

‘smart food for education’ is in the bestinterest of the children. In the long run,nutrition combined with a conduciveenvironment for learning in schools canenhance the physical and psychologicaldevelopment of children, thus fuellingtheir aspirations and putting them on apath to a bright future.

In incentivising education and bring-ing more children to schools, the pro-gramme has created a large pool of tal-ent that needs to be harnessed and nur-tured. It is important to assure childrenat a young age that their dreams are valid.Furthermore, we ought to support thesedreams by promoting and supportingthem because if their talent is not har-nessed in early life, it is most likely to gountapped.

In developing countries, when thetalent pool is large, it may remain unde-veloped due to lack of resources. Whilethe Government's efforts to bring chil-dren to school by incentivising educationis commendable, these efforts need to besupported. If corporates and non-profitorganisations can contribute towardssuch initiatives in the form of infra-structure, expertise, and resources, it canbe a massive step towards providing chil-dren a better future by encouraging themto explore their passion.

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If a student is dreaming tosecure a seat in one of the IITsit is mandatory to crack both

JEE Main and Advanced. TheNational Testing Agency is organ-ising JEE Main twice in 2019. TheJEE Main 2019 (January session)has been conducted. The Aprilsession will be conducted fromApril 7, 2019 onwards. Paper-1(BE/BTech)— April 8, 9, 10 and12, 2019 and Paper-II (BArch/BPlanning) — April 7, 2019.

The best of the two scores ineither of the January-April ses-sions will be considered. This timeboth the sessions are ComputerBased Tests. The students whoclear the cut off in JEE Main 2019would be able to appear for JEEAdvanced on May 19, 2019.

The previous cut offs of JEEMain will draw the attention ofthe students as they aspire to crackone of the most coveted exams ofthe country. Getting familiar withthe past year paper trends will behandy and useful for the students.The result of JEE Main 2019April will be announced on April30 (Paper-I) and May 15 (Paper-II).

The questions that may trou-ble are:

As the competition level willbe high? Will I able to make it?

The competition level will be

stiff for everybody.Whether you can make it or

not will depend upon the actualperformance on the exam day.Putin your sincere efforts, practisinggood number of JEE Main levelquestions. Focus on speed andaccuracy. Believe in yourself, youwill surely crack JEE Main 2019.

I left couple of topics. ShouldI start them now?

Don’t start any fresh topic thatyou haven’t read in the last oneyear or recent months. Just reviseformulas and practice as manyquestions as you can from alreadystudied topics.

What if the paper difficultylevel increases this year?

You should ponder too muchabout the difficulty level of theexam. If it increases, it will be forevery aspirant. At your end, Youmust prepared as per the syllabiof JEE Main and also solved ade-quate number of questions of JEEMain level. With sincere and bestefforts, you can secure a seat inany branch of National Instituteof Technology (NIT)and qualifyfor JEE Advanced.

Where do I stand as myfriend’s preparation is far betterthan me?

Selection in any competitiveexam is based on one’sPreparation level, Comprehensive

and Analytical skills, TimeManagement and most importantthe actual performance on theexam day. You cannot controlyour friend’s performance, butyou can certainly control yourself.If you give the best result, thenthere will not be any need forcomparison.

Are there any portals formock test?

Yes, there are portals whichconduct mock tests for JEE Main2019. The most famous web por-tal for mock test is www.mypat.in.This will help the students to befamiliar with their strong andweak areas. Stay fit and healthy forthe exam as it enhances your per-formance in the exam.

THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND�Do remember to carry your

JEE Main 2019 admit card. Readfor instructions on the admitcard as you will not be allowed tocarry any stationery like pens,erasers writing Boards, etc.

�Don’t stay awake late in thenight. Be in bed by 10 or 10:30 pmand this should be added to yourdaily routine one month beforethe exam.

�Focus on your health, eathealthy and home-made food.

�Stay away from the studentswho revise topics a few minutes

before the exam at the examina-tion venue.

�Just go and do your best inthe exam

�Don’t discuss your prepa-ration with your friends

�Remember to read all theinstructions carefully mentionedin the question paper.

�Be Mentally and physicallyprepared for everything. Take allthe Precautionary movements.Most importantly believe in your-self.

PREPARATION TIPSMathematics: Keeping in pre-

vious year trends, Co-ordinateGeometry, algebra, and Calculusare the topics which need to begiven more attention. Topics likemathematical reasoning, statisticsand determinants can be helpfulin increasing the score. Refer toprevious year question papersfor better understanding of whatto expect.

Physics: Kinematics andParticle Dynamics are two topicswhich are asked most in theexam. As per the trends,Mechanics, Electricity andMagnetism are the topics fromwhich questions are always asked.Thermodynamics is the mostimportant chapter both in Physicsand Chemistry. Wave Optics is

much smaller as compared to RayOptics to cover. Vectors need tobe studied properly, as it troublesmost of the students. ModernPhysics is theoretical, yet somescoring questions are frequentlyasked.

Chemistry: Conceptual clar-ity, application skills and aware-ness should be of focus inChemistry.

Special attention should begiven to topics like Mole Concept,Chemical Equilibrium andElectrochemistry.

As far as Inorganic chemistryis concerned, the major topicssuch as chemical bonding, struc-tures, processes, applications andCoordination Chemistry shouldbe given special attention.

The students are advised tofirst attempt theoretical ques-tions than the ones which requirecalculation.

PREP CHECKS�Thorough with exam pat-

tern and syllabus�Self -confidence is the key

to achieve success in the exam�Speed and accuracy when

attempting the questions�No one is perfect. Stay calm

and give your best performanceon the day of the exam.

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Shikhar Dhawan scored apainstaking half-century inDelhi Capitals' sub-par 147

for 6 against Chennai Super Kingson a lifeless Kotla track in an IPLencounter here on Tuesday.

The senior opener once againplayed the role of sheet anchor inhis 51 off 47 balls that had sevenboundaries but unfortunatelyfailed to accelerate during thefinal overs. This left the hometeam at least 30 runs short of afighting score.

From a comfortable 120 for 2

with the dangerous Rishabh Pantat the crease, CSK seized themomentum, effecting a middle-order collapse. Capitals lost fourwickets for seven runs in just 1.5overs. From 118 for 2 after 15overs, the last five overs yieldedonly 29 runs.

With the ball stopping andcoming, Capitals batsmen foundDwayne Bravo's (3/33 in 4 overs)variations difficult to handle.Ravindra Jadeja (1/23 in 4 overs)also made life difficult for theCapitals in the middle overs andHarbhajan Singh (0/30 in 4 overs)also bowled as many as 10 dot

balls.Dhawan, however, contin-

ued to hold one end up and hitthe occasional boundary inbetween, even as stroke makingbecame increasingly difficult.

Pant (25 off 12 balls), duringhis 41-run stand with Dhawan,tried to negate the pitch factorbut did not last till the deathovers.

He did reach out to a shortball from Harbhajan, dispatchingit over long off for a six. In thenext over, his short arm pull offDwayne Bravo was taken byShardul Thakur at deep square

leg boundary.With Colin Ingram (2) and

Keemo Paul (0) also being dis-missed cheaply, followed byDhawan, the expectations of a175-plus total withered away.

During the start of the sec-ond innings Chennai were at 51for the loss of one wicket.

Ambati Rayadu was bowledout for just five runs.

Shane Watson was batting at28 runs in 19 balls which includ-ed four 4s and one 6s. WhileSuresh Raina was batting at 14runs in six balls which includedthree 4s.

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Skipper R Ashwin is in the eye of astorm after 'Mankading' a rival

player but a winning start will keepKings XI Punjab upbeat when they facehome favourites Kolkata Knight Ridersin an IPL fixture here on Wednesday.

It was Ashwin's mankading of JosButtler that had triggered a dramaticcollapse with Kings XI Punjab restrict-ing Rajasthan Royals to 170 for nine tonotch up a 14-run win.

Buttler was looking in imperioustouch with 69 from 43 balls andRajasthan well on course to overhaulthe target of 185 but following the dis-missal they went on to lose eight wick-ets for 62 runs to hand Kings XI Punjabtheir maiden win in Jaipur.

Though the dismissal was withinthe rules of the game, it sparked a hugefurore with spin legend and RajasthanRoyals brand ambassador Shane Warnelabelling it as "disgraceful" and againstthe spirt of the game.

With a debate raging over therunout, it remains to be seen howAshwin and Co. Start afresh in whatwill be their first away match of the sea-son.

Kings XI's biggest star Chris Gaylescored a 47-ball 79 and his Jamaicanrivalry with fellow mate Andre Russell,who also looked in blistering touch forKKR, will be one of the sub plots of theclash here.

The Universe Boss, who will retirefrom ODIs after the 2019 World Cup,has been in sensational form, smash-ing 39 sixes in the five-match ODIseries against England and set therecord for most sixes by a batsman in

international cricket.A typical slow starter, Gayle was 14

off 18 balls but the opener hit top gearin the 12th over hammering JaydevUnadkat for four successive boundaries.

A former KKR player, Gayle knowsEden Gardens like the back of his handas he would look to continue hisassault on the spin-oriented KKRattack.

Russell will be KKR's answer toGayle as the KKR star also fashioneda sensational win, smashing an unbeat-en 49 from 19 balls in their opening fix-ture against Sunrisers Hyderabad heretwo days ago.

The win saw their star spinner andexplosive opener, Sunil Narine, hurt hisfinger and KKR would hope he is fit intime.

KKR will embark on a crucial four-match away sojourn after this and theywould look to keep their momentumintact before they return home to faceDelhi Capitals on April 12.

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Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttleron Monday became the first victim

of 'Mankading' in the history of theIndian Premier League when a desper-ate Kings XI Punjab skipperRavichandran Ashwin dismissed thebatsman in the controversial mannerduring their IPL match.

With Buttler going strong at 69 off43 balls while chasing 185 runs, Ashwinmankaded the Rajasthan Royals open-er without giving him any warning.

As per the laws of the game, thethird umpire declared Buttler out butsuch a dismissal had always raised eye-brows as it is considered against thespirit of the game.

As expected Buttler seemed furi-ous and had a heated exchange withAshwin before leaving the field.

The dismissal is sure to create a bigcontroversy going into the 12th editionof the IPL.

Rajasthan were 108 for one in 12.4overs at that stage.

Among Indians, it was Kapil Devwho had mankaded Peter Kirsten ofSouth Africa during the 1992-93 seriesand in Indian domestic cricketRailways' spinner Murali Karthik hadmankaded Sandipan Das of Bengalduring a Ranji Trophy match.

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Unapologetic about'Mankading' Jos Buttler in an

IPL match here, senior Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwinsaid his decision was "instinctive"and cricket laws should be recon-sidered if what he did was againstthe 'spirit of the game'.

Kings Xi Punjab captainAshwin, in a match againstRajasthan Royals on Monday,'Mankaded' rival batsman JosButtler, triggering a debate on'spirit of the game'.

In a first in 12 editions of theIPL, Ashwin ran out a rampagingButtler, who was at the non-strikers' end, on his delivery stride

in the 13th over, an action popu-larly known as 'Mankading'. TVreplays showed that Ashwin hadwaited for Buttler to move out ofthe crease before removing thebails.

"Look it was very instinctive.It wasn't planned or anythinglike that. It's there within the rulesof the game. I don't know fromwhere the understanding of theSpirit of the Game comes,"Ashwin said at the post-matchpress conference.

The mode of dismissal is per-missible as per ICC Rule 41.16 ofplaying conditions, according towhich there is no need to warn thebatsman as was the case in earli-er times.

"Naturally if it's there in therules, it's there. Probably, we needto go back to the rules," India'spremier Test spinner said.

When probed further onwhether it affects the 'spirit of thegame', the irritation was palpableon his face.

"I don't understand the pointbecause it's rules. What applies forone man doesn't apply for every-one else?" he asked.

There has been a debatewhether Ashwin deliberatelydelayed while loading up on hisdelivery stride having apprehend-ed that Buttler backs up too far.

"I didn't even load and he leftthe crease. It's always been mytake on the crease, because it's my

half of the crease," he said.The Kings XI skipper lauded

his bowlers for bringing the teamback into the contest.

"We all know that after sixovers it is going to slow down.Credit to bowlers on how theybowled. I have been working ona lot of variations, pretty happythat it came out," he said.

"Sam (Curran) had a bad daywith the ball, but he came backwell. Everybody ticked theirboxes. We do have a few optionsamongst us, but if we can havegood five overs, there is nothinglike it."

Man-of-the-match ChrisGayle, who hit 79 off 47 balls, washappy with his form.

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Impressed with his composure andcontrol Over his swing, former India

batsman Yuvraj Singh said J&K youngfast bowler Rasikh Salam is going toemerge as a special player in the nexttwo to three years.

"Rasikh swung the ball in thenets, that is why the boys wanted toplay him. He got hit for a six and fourin the last two balls. Other than that,he bowled well," Yuvraj, who scored ahalf-century on his debut match for theMumbai Indians against Delhi Capitals,said.

"I think he did fantastic for his firstmatch in terms of handling the pres-sure. Pretty much like an internation-al game. I feel he is going to be specialin the next 2-3 years," he said in aninterview with MITV.

Salam started off with a no-ballagainst Delhi Captains but respondedwith a brave bouncer on the free-hitthat was pulled towards deep midwick-et straight into the palms of a fielder.

On another day, he would have had awicket on his debut.

Mumbai Indians bowling coachShane Bond also praised Salam, sayinghe was one of better bowlers for theteam during its IPL opener againstDelhi.

"It was a challenging start but as Isaid in the pre-camp, things are goingto go wrong at times. You are going tobowl a no-ball but the easy thing forRasikh to do would have been to go topieces but he certainly didn't. I thoughthe showed great composure and wasone of our better bowlers," said thecoach.

Bond also said Salam has thehunger to learn.

Zaheer Khan, who is Mumbai'sDirector of Cricket Operations, saidSalam is an exciting young prospectwho has great temperament.

"Even Rohit Sharma is impressedwith Rasikh. He was thinking of giv-ing him an opportunity as early in theseason as possible, so exciting timesahead," said Zaheer.

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Watching teammate Andre Russell bulldoz-ing Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers was a

breathtaking experience for KKR pace spearheadLockie Ferguson, who is happy that he does nothave to bowl to the West Indian this IPL.

The Jamaican single-handedly won thematch for Kolkata Knight Riderswith his unbeaten 49 off 19 ballsin their opening match.

"It's one of those I've neverseen anything like that person-ally. That was unbelievable. I'mpretty excited he's not on myside, I don't have to bowl tohim," the New Zealand quicktold reporters on the eve of theirmatch against Kings XI Punjab.

The Punjab outfit hasexplosive Chris Gayle in itsranks but Ferguson said they areprepared to tackle the Jamaican.

"Chris (Gayle) is in some pretty fine touchat the moment. He really batted well last night.It's nice to watch him. Perhaps there are someareas we can look at attacking him," he said ofGayle who starred with a 47-ball 79 to fashionKings XI Punjab's 14-run win against Rajasthan

Royals."It's important to stick to your plan and back

yourself because in T20, if you keep working onyour strengths then definitely it will come offbetter."

KKR have the reputation of being a spin-oriented attack as Ferguson said it's exciting timeto be part of the bowling unit.

"To have the spin attack wehave, and with PK (PrasidhKrishna) swinging the ball andbeing very good at the death, soby no means I think I'm lead-ing. We all do our part. AndreRussell also got the wickets."

Having added some morepace to his bowling, Ferguson ishoping to make the most of theIPL experience, ahead of theWorld Cup.

"It's high pressure in IPL. It'sone of the biggest competitions

in the world, playing in front of big crowds,against the best players in the world. Of courseall these experiences you're gaining, playing inthe IPL is going to help you going forward.

“Obviously there's a big World Cup in a fewmonths but at this stage, I'm focusing on KKRand trying to assist them, get some more wins.”

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Roger Federer admits hefaces a real battle to land

the 101st title of his careerwith the in-form DanielMedvedev next up afterSerbian Filip Krajinovic wasdispatched 7-5, 6-3 onMonday at the ATP andWTA Miami Open.

The Swiss superstar pro-duced an excellent all-roundperformance despite beingtested by the world number103 who belied his lowlyranking by producing someexcellent tennis during anexciting first set.

Federer, however, styl-ishly weathered the storm toseal the win — the 52nd ofhis career in Miami — andset up an intriguing last eightmatch with the highly-ratedMedvedev.

The Russian, who is at acareer high ranking of 15,saw off American ReillyOpelka 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/0), and has won fourATP hard-court titles, includ-ing three since last August.

Federer beat him twicelast year but is already a fan.

"He's clever how he playsthe court because he canplay it up and down, and he'sunusual when he plays fromback," said the Swiss, who hit14 aces and won an impres-sive 74% of points on his firstserve.

"It's a bit of a differentapproach.Thankfully I playedhim last year twice in Baseland Shanghai.

I'm very impressed abouthis progress.

I must say the last yearhas been unbelievable forhim."

Krajinovic struggled withinjury last year as problemswith his ankle, left foot andhand restricted him to justseven tournaments in thefirst seven months of 2018.

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Raheem Sterling believesUEFA should punishalleged racist chanting

aimed at England players inMonday's 5-1 win overMontenegro in Podgoricawith a stadium closure.

Manchester City's Sterlingcelebrated the visitors' fifthgoal by cupping his earstowards the home fans on anight when another impres-sive performance to start Euro2020 qualifying by the ThreeLions was overshadowed.

"I just want to show themyou need more than that toupset us and stop us," Sterlingtold Sky Sports.

"It's 2019 now, I keep say-ing it. It's a shame to see thisgoing on and we can onlybring awareness to the situa-tion.

"It's now time for the peo-ple in charge to put a realstamp on it because you canfine someone, but what isthat going to do?

"You've got to make it a bitharder, punish fans that can'tcome to games. Do somethingthat's going to make themthink twice. If their team can'tplay with fans, it's going to bedifficult."

Sterling also tweeted aphoto of his celebration withthe message: "Best way tosilence the haters (and yeah Imean racists)."

England manager GarethSouthgate said he heard racistchants aimed at Danny Roseand promised to report theissue to UEFA.

"There is no doubt in mymind it happened. We willmake sure that is reported toUEFA because it's not accept-

able," said Southgate. "We'vegot to make sure we supportour players."

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On the field,the World Cups emi- f ina l i s t sshowed whythey are amongthe favourites tobe Europeanchampions nextyear.

Southgate'strust in youthwas againrewarded as1 8 - y e a r - o l dCallum Hudson-Odoi, who isyet to start a Premier Leaguegame for Chelsea, shone onhis full international debut,while Declan Rice, 20, wasalso handed his first England

start."Fabulous performance,"

said Southgate on Hudson-Odoi. "With young players

it is always up to them.You can see the tal-

ent, his applicationhas been excellent.He's got to contin-ue that."

England arenot used to fallingbehind thesedays, but showeda resi lience to

bounce backafter MarkoVesovic turnedinside Michael

Keane and curledpast Jordan Pickford on 17minutes.

Keane made amends forhis earlier error with a com-manding header from RossBarkley's free-kick on the half

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Captain CristianoRonaldo left the field

with a thigh injury asPortugal drew 1-1 againstSerbia in an Euro 2020qualifier on Monday.

Ronaldo was replacedafter 30 minutes in Lisbonas Fernando Santos' reign-ing European championsdrew for a second time intheir opening two games ofthe campaign after theywere held by Ukraine onFriday.

There was no wordwhether the five-timeBallon d'Or winner wouldbe fit for to play for his clubJuventus in the first leg oftheir Champions Leaguequarter-final at Ajax onApril 10.

William Carvalhowasted the best of the earlychances at Benfica's two-thirds empty Estadio daLuz.

Serbia failed to clearthe ball in the box before itfell to the unmarked RealBetis midfielder who's side-footed shot glanced pastthe post after five minutes.

Ronaldo was denied anequaliser two minutes lateras his effort was very well

saved Marko Dmitrovic.The 156-time interna-

tional left the field on thehalf hour mark after hepulled up chasing a ball onthe left wing.

He received quicktreatment from membersof the medical team beforereturning to action butwas replaced by Pizzi min-utes later as Pepe tookover the skipper's arm-band.

The visitors were levelwith three minutes of thefirst half to play. Porto'sDanilo Pereira hammeredhis shot from outside thebox into the top cornerpast a helpless Dmitrovic.

Carvalho should haveput his side into the lead 25minutes into the secondhalf. Guerreiro chipped across to the back post,Bernardo Silva then playedit into the middle of thebox but Carvalho couldn'tmake a solid enough con-tact with the ball to chal-lenge Dmitrovic.

Fernando Santos' out-fit were denied a secondpenalty on 73 minutesafter the linesman over-ruled referee SzymonMarciniak's original deci-sion for off-side.

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Kylian Mbappe scored oneand set up two more as

France routed Iceland 4-0 at theStade de France on Mondaynight to move to the top ofGroup H in Euro 2020 qualify-ing.

The result gives France sixpoints from their first twomatches and puts them aheadTurkey, who also won 4-0 onMonday, on goal difference.

"It was our objective to takesix points but the manner wasgood as well," France managerDidier Deschamps told thepost-match press conference.

Deschamps praised histeam's "offensive efficiency"against a "dense" Icelandicdefence.

"When the opponent playsvery defensively it can be verydifficult to find a way throughso that was a good sign," saidDeschamps, although heacknowledged that Icelandicfatigue near the end played arole.

He added that he waspleased that all three strikers —Mbappe, Antoine Griezmannand Oivier Giroud — scored.

"They are the champions ofthe world and you saw thattoday," acknowledged Iceland

manager Erik Hamren."Five shots on goal and they

scored four. That's top class"From the start Mbappe's

movement mesmerised theIcelanders, though his contribu-tion to the opening goal after 11minutes was straightforward.

The visitors cleared a cor-ner only as far as BenjaminPavard. The right back switchedthe ball to Mbappe, alone onthe left. The young star hadtime to aim his cross whichSamuel Umititi met at the nearpost with a header that glancedoff the inside of the far post andinto the goal.

Four minutes later, Giroudalmost headed another, from across by Pavard, but HannesHalldorsson leapt and stretchedto palm the ball over.

For the next 45 minutes,France, who have never lost toIceland, gave the impressionthat they had slipped down acouple of gears and were con-tent to take the long-rangeshooting opportunities thepacked Iceland defence wasallowing.

Iceland meanwhile workedcourageously and managed toforce the occasional smallthreat.

After 68 minutes, Icelandwere again punished for failing

to put distance on a clearance.France moved the ball to

Pavard who swerved a cross infrom the right that luredHalldorsson into a desperatedive for a ball he could notreach.

Giroud kneed the ball intothe empty net for his 35thFrance goal. That moved himinto third on the all-time list ofFrance scorers, breaking a tiewith David Trezeguet. TheChelsea striker trails onlyMichel Platini, on 41, andThierry Henry, the all-timeleader on 51.

Mbappe added a third after78 minutes. Griezmann slippeda pass between two defendersto the advancing Mbappe whoshrugged off a timid challengeand slid the ball pastHalldorson.

Six minutes later, Mbappereturned the assist with a neatbackheel that sent Griezmannscampering through the frozenIcelandic backline to poke theball into the corner of the goal.

"We've started well withtwo nice team performances"Paul Pogba told French broad-cster M6.

"We knew what we were upagainst. They are a team thatdoesn't let in a lot of goals buttoday we did our job."

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hour mark to sett leEngland's nerves.

Nine minutes later,Barkley applied the finish-ing touch after Hudson-Odoi's positive run into thebox and shot which hisclub teammate turned infrom close range.

Further goals fromBarkley, Harry Kane andSterling rounded off anexcellent start to qualifyingfor England after a 5-0thrashing of Czech Republicon Friday.

Sterling scored a hat-trick against the Czechs atWembley, but also played

provider here as his cut-back broke perfectly forBarkley to coolly side-foothome.

The Manchester Citywinger then led a rapidcounter-attack with onlyKane for company andsquared for the Englandcaptain to tap home his22nd international goal.

And after scoring justtwice in his first 45 caps,Sterling now has six goals inhis last four England gamesas he raced onto JordanHenderson's through ballbefore slotting low past thegoalkeeper.