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N early three decades after the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other parts of the country, a comment by former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Jagdish Tytler’s role has snowballed into a major controversy and has flared up the tempers once again. BJP’s Amritsar LS seat can- didate Arun Jaitley questioned the “clean chit” to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the riots by Amarinder Singh. In response, the Congress leader has come out with a “clarification” blaming the ruling combine for dis- torting his statement. Attacking Singh for his reported defence of Tytler, Jaitley questioned whether the former Chief Minister was “trying to prejudge the guilt of a person who is perceived to be involved in the riots?...Is his personal and political rela- tionship more important than the interest of the victims?” Jaitley’s remarks came in reaction to Capt Amarinder’s statement that when he had vis- ited the riot-hit places in Delhi at that time, people did not name Tytler. Amarinder, in his televi- sion interview a day before, had stated, “I’m not the CBI, I’m not the court. I’m telling you what I saw and felt....I was in Delhi, I went to all the camps...and everyone I met took all these names that I have told you, except Jagdish Tytler. When did Jagdish Tytler’s name come up? It came up when he was fighting Madan Lal Khurana in Delhi, that was months later.” His statement attracted massive criticism with Akali MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Badal assailing him for defend- ing Tytler, the main accused in the riots. Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday clarified that he had not given a clean chit to Tytler. “I had heard the names of other Congress leaders, includ- ing HKL Bhagat, Lalit Maken and Sajjan Kumar, but not Tytler’s from the riot victims living in relief camps,” he said. The former Punjab CM, however, added that anti-Sikh riots of 1984 were the most tragic and gruesome and those responsible should be given exemplary punishment. “I, along with my brother and a cousin, besides a friend, was the first person to reach out to the riot victims and I toured all areas...and went to all Gurdwaras in Delhi where they had taken shelter between November 1 and 4, 1984 and nowhere was Tytler’s name mentioned,” Singh said. Training his gun at the Congress, Jaitley alleged that those guilty for the “state spon- sored” violence still remain unpunished. Describing the “massacre” of innocent Sikhs after the Indira Gandhi’s assassination as a “black spot” in democracy, the BJP leader, wrote in his blog, “The fact that the inno- cents can be killed in thousands is terrible. What is worse is that the guilty went unpunished.” He later said that the defence of the guilty by Singh is “anoth- er blot” on the country. He alleged that the “collu- sion” of the state was visible. None of the rioters were fired upon by the police, he added. “They were given a safe pas- sage to loot and kill. For years, the FIRs were not registered. No arrests were made. The violence was politically rationalised by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi,” he said. The BJP leader alleged that Justice Ranganath Mishra’s Commission, appointed by the Congress Government, pro- vided a cover-up for the “state sponsored” violence. “After his retirement, the judge was rewarded with the Rajya Sabha nomination by the Congress,” he said. He claimed that it was only the NDA Government who appointed Justice Nanavati Commission of Inquiry which came out with the truth. “Since then investigating agencies have tried to prosecute many of those involved in the riots,” Jaitley added. Meanwhile, in Delhi, BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi lashed out at Singh for “giving a clean-chit to some of the miscreants”. “Mr Amrinder Singh tried to pre-judge the issue pending in the court due to personal relationship,” she said. Asked about Singh’s accu- sations that BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Amritsar Arun Jaitley had represented Dow Chemicals, Lekhi said that the senior BJP leader had appeared for Dow Financial company which, among others, is owned by noted publication Wall Street Journal. Further clarifying the issue, the BJP spokesperson said, in fact it was Congress leader Manu Singhvi, also a Supreme Court lawyer, who had appeared for Dow Chemical, responsible for Bhopal gas tragedy. Lekhi took a jibe at Singhvi by repeatedly calling the latter a “CD man”, alluding to a CD that purportedly fig- ured him. T he Supreme Court on Monday gave a go-ahead for iron ore mining in Goa and directed that under the fresh licences, to be issued by the State, the beneficiary mining companies will be entitled to extract ore only to the extent of 20 million MT every year. Allowing an interim arrangement in the State after a gap of almost two years of mining ban, the Green Bench of the apex court warned the State that all leases issued by it must be in line with policy decisions and rules made by the State and would be subject to strict judicial scrutiny. Lifting the ban, the apex bench took note of the fact that Goa’s economy was heavily dependent on mining, which accounted for 1.5 lakh jobs, besides contributing to rev- enue. “We cannot, therefore, prohibit mining altogether.” Mapping the extent of damage caused to the envi- ronment and natural resource by the miners in the State, the Bench of Justices AK Patnaik, SS Nijjar and FM Ibrahim Kalifulla formed a “Goan Iron Ore Permanent Fund” into which each miner will hence- forth have to contribute 10 per cent of the sale price of iron ore sold in the market. The court asked an Expert Committee of the State Government, constituted on orders of the court, to devise schemes in order to utilise the said fund towards achieving purposes of sustainable devel- opment and inter-generational equity. This exercise would be completed within six months, the Bench added. The Expert Committee, comprising ecologist CR Babu, geologist SD Dhiman, miner- alogist BK Mishra, forestry expert S Parameshwarappa and Government nominee Parimal Rai, was also asked to consid- er and report whether the Continued on Page 4 T he Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candi- date Narendra Modi on Monday vowed to cleanse the political system and Parliament of criminal elements if he came to power and said his first job would be to set up a panel to probe pending criminal cases against the new MPs. He also attacked dynastic rule while targeting both the Congress and Samajwadi Party. Modi’s call against crimi- nalization of politics came dur- ing his hectic campaigning in support of party candidates from Hardoi, Etah and Mathura on Monday. Modi said he would ensure all offenders were sent to jail after asking the Supreme Court to hear the cases against them expeditiously. Addressing a poll rally in Hardoi, Modi said: “I have decided that when a new Government is formed after May 16, I will set up a commit- tee to find out what cases are pending against whom. While filing nominations (Lok Sabha) candidates submit the details of cases against them. I will not dis- criminate. I will not even spare BJP and NDA candidates.” Asserting that he would ask the Supreme Court to fast-track such cases, Modi said: “Those who have committed crimes will go to jail and their seats will go to candidates with a clean image. No accused will dare to fight polls. Who says that this cleans- ing cannot happen? I have come to cleanse politics. It is necessary to free Indian democracy from criminalisation,” he said. Launching a hard-hitting attack on the SP, BSP and Congress, Modi said the power games being played by the clans of the three parties were responsible for the sad plight of UP and the nation, even as he ridiculed Rahul Gandhi for visiting homes of the poor like tourists who visit Taj Mahal. Playing up his tea vendor image, Modi also sought to con- trast it with those “born with a silver spoon in their mouth” and made an oblique reference to his OBC origin as he reached out to voters in the Hindi heartland. Alleging that poverty is a “tourist destination” for Gandhi, Modi said: “Whenever he goes for a visit, he is accom- panied by a crew of television cameras. He picks up a child in his lap for a good snap and immediately after the photo session is over, the child is put back on the ground.” Continued on Page 4 P10: Cong rakes up Sohrabuddin encounter to vilify NaMo T he sitting Samajwadi Party legislator is facing a strange predicament — his nephew Anshul Verma is contesting parliamentary elections on a BJP ticket from Hardoi. Even though Anshul Verma is a lesser known name in political circles, he is giving all other candidates a run for their money because of the Narendra Modi factor. People here are not going for the can- didate but for Modi. Anshul Verma’s uncle Shyam Prakash is a MLA from Gopamau constituency in Hardoi district. In the 2012 Assembly elections, as SP candidate Shyam Prakash won the Gopamau seat which was created after the delimitation. Verma is a native of Pushpatali Village under Tadiyawan block and is con- testing for the first time. An advocate by profession Verma had never been an active politician. In Hardoi the main fight is between the BJP, Shiv Prasad Verma of the BSP and Usha Verma of the SP. The Congress has fielded Sarvesh Janseva. However, BJP supporters believe Anshul has a clear edge because of the Modi wave across the district. “We are vot- ing for Modi and not for Anshul Verma,” said a farmer and advocate Anil Kumar Mishra, a native of Hardoi. Though the SP’s “Cycle” enjoyed a comfort- able run here in the 2009 general elections as- well-as in the 2012 Assembly elections, this time the party may have to encounter a number of potholes. Continued on Page 4 N ilgiris, (Tamil for blue mountains) in the pic- turesque Western Ghats is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Lok Sabha con- stituencies in Tamil Nadu. A Raja, described as the “King of corruption” for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam, is fighting from the Nilgiris on a DMK ticket to redeem his reputation. With the Returning Officer rejecting the nomination papers filed by S Gurumurthy and his dummy candidate D Anbarasan of the BJP for their failure to submit the authori- sation form from the party, the NDA is left without a candidate in this constituency which has become the cynosure of all eyes due to Raja’s presence. Now the fight is between C Gopalakrishnan (52) of the AIADMK and Raja. Though there are two candidates from AAP and the Congress, they are irrelevant as the fight is between the DMK and the AIADMK. Raja, who won from this constituency in 2009 with a margin of 86,000 votes has adopted a new style of cam- paigning. He is approaching the electorate with the plea that only their endorsement of his candidature would help him to come out of the victimisation drive launched against him by the powerful business lobby in New Delhi. His campaign man- agers have spread the message that the ire of the corporate lobby is because of his Dalit background. Since he launched his cam- paign in February 2014 itself, Raja has completed two rounds of campaigning in this con- stituency spread across the dis- tricts of Nilgiris, Erode, Tirupur and Coimbatore. Raja is a rank outsider in the Nilgiris as he was transplanted from his hometown of Perambalur. With the realignment of parties and formation of NDA, the situation underwent a big change in the Nilgiris. The DMDK led by Vijayakanth has more than a lakh votes in the constituency. The Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam, an out- fit of Gounders has nearly 75,000 votes. Add to this the votes of the BJP, MDMK and the PMK, the other con- stituents of the NDA. Had there been a NDA candidate in the fray, Raja would have faced a drubbing in the Nilgiris. That’s how “Operation Lotus” was conceived and exe- cuted. The DMK was sure that the DMDK, the PMK, and the MDMK voters would not vote for Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK. “With the BJP out of the scene, the DMDK votes would go en masse to the DMK,” said a top BJP office- bearer in Chennai. He also pointed out that many DMK agents have infil- trated into the BJP for acts of subversion. Adding insult to injury is the fact that the Tamil Nadu BJP leadership is yet to devise a course of action in the Nilgiris. Continued on Page 4 New Delhi: Taking umbrage at Amarinder Singh’s “clean chit” to Jagdish Tytler in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, hun- dreds of Sikhs belonging to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) staged a protest out- side Congress headquarters at 24, Akbar Road in New Delhi on Monday. The Delhi Police had erected barricades to prevent the protesters from reaching the Congress office. Later the police resorted to water can- nons to disperse the agitators. “Delhi SAD president Manjit Singh GK and 15 other protesters were detained at Tughlaq Road police station and later let off,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police SBS Tyagi. Detailed report on P3 W ith VHP leader Pravin Togadia coming under attack for allegedly “spreading venom” against minorities, the Gujarat Police filed an FIR against him on Monday and the Election Commission sought the recording of the speech made by him in Bhavnagar on Saturday in which he had reportedly remarked that Muslims should be stopped from buying prop- erty in Hindu areas. Bhavnagar police have started an inquiry into the alleged hate speech given by VHP chief Pravin Togadia. “They (EC officials) are in the process of acquiring the recording of the statements made by Togadia and after listening to it they will decide the future course of action,” Bhavnagar District Collector and Returning Officer PK Solanki told PTI in Rajkot on Monday. The BJP has distanced itself from the VHP leader by saying he was not a party member. “We have no control over him,” party spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said, “If these report- ed remarks are correct, we completely denounce them. It is not BJP’s view. Whatever decision the EC takes in this regard, the Gujarat Gover- nment is bound to follow”. Reacting to Togadia’s pur- ported comment, the NDA ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) said the Indian society has no place for such people. The RSS dismissed the report, saying that “no swayamsevak thinks on such divisive lines.” Denying the reports that Togadia has made such a statement, RSS spokes- person Ram Madhav said, Continued on Page 4

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Nearly three decades afterthe anti-Sikh riots in Delhi

and other parts of the country,a comment by former PunjabChief Minister AmarinderSingh on Jagdish Tytler’s rolehas snowballed into a majorcontroversy and has flared upthe tempers once again.

BJP’s Amritsar LS seat can-didate Arun Jaitley questionedthe “clean chit” to Congressleader Jagdish Tytler in the riotsby Amarinder Singh.

In response, the Congressleader has come out with a“clarification” blaming the ruling combine for dis-torting his statement.

Attacking Singh for hisreported defence of Tytler,Jaitley questioned whether theformer Chief Minister was“trying to prejudge the guilt ofa person who is perceived to beinvolved in the riots?...Is hispersonal and political rela-tionship more important thanthe interest of the victims?”

Jaitley’s remarks came inreaction to Capt Amarinder’sstatement that when he had vis-ited the riot-hit places in Delhiat that time, people did notname Tytler.

Amarinder, in his televi-sion interview a day before, hadstated, “I’m not the CBI, I’m notthe court. I’m telling you whatI saw and felt....I was in Delhi,I went to all the camps...andeveryone I met took all thesenames that I have told you,except Jagdish Tytler. When didJagdish Tytler’s name comeup? It came up when he was

fighting Madan Lal Khurana inDelhi, that was months later.”

His statement attractedmassive criticism with AkaliMP from Bathinda HarsimratBadal assailing him for defend-ing Tytler, the main accused inthe riots.

Capt Amarinder Singh onMonday clarified that he hadnot given a clean chit to Tytler.

“I had heard the names ofother Congress leaders, includ-ing HKL Bhagat, Lalit Makenand Sajjan Kumar, but notTytler’s from the riot victimsliving in relief camps,” he said.

The former Punjab CM,however, added that anti-Sikhriots of 1984 were the mosttragic and gruesome and thoseresponsible should be givenexemplary punishment.

“I, along with my brotherand a cousin, besides a friend,was the first person to reach outto the riot victims and I touredall areas...and went to all

Gurdwaras in Delhi where theyhad taken shelter betweenNovember 1 and 4, 1984 andnowhere was Tytler’s namementioned,” Singh said.

Training his gun at theCongress, Jaitley alleged thatthose guilty for the “state spon-sored” violence still remainunpunished.

Describing the “massacre”of innocent Sikhs after theIndira Gandhi’s assassination asa “black spot” in democracy,the BJP leader, wrote in hisblog, “The fact that the inno-cents can be killed in thousandsis terrible. What is worse is thatthe guilty went unpunished.”He later said that the defenceof the guilty by Singh is “anoth-er blot” on the country.

He alleged that the “collu-sion” of the state was visible.None of the rioters were firedupon by the police, he added.

“They were given a safe pas-sage to loot and kill. For years,

the FIRs were not registered. Noarrests were made. The violencewas politically rationalised bythen Prime Minister RajivGandhi,” he said.

The BJP leader alleged thatJustice Ranganath Mishra’sCommission, appointed by theCongress Government, pro-vided a cover-up for the “statesponsored” violence.

“After his retirement, thejudge was rewarded with theRajya Sabha nomination by theCongress,” he said.

He claimed that it wasonly the NDA Governmentwho appointed Justice NanavatiCommission of Inquiry whichcame out with the truth.

“Since then investigatingagencies have tried to prosecutemany of those involved in theriots,” Jaitley added. Meanwhile,in Delhi, BJP spokespersonMeenakshi Lekhi lashed out atSingh for “giving a clean-chit tosome of the miscreants”.

“Mr Amrinder Singh triedto pre-judge the issue pendingin the court due to personalrelationship,” she said.

Asked about Singh’s accu-sations that BJP’s Lok Sabhacandidate from Amritsar ArunJaitley had represented DowChemicals, Lekhi said that thesenior BJP leader had appearedfor Dow Financial companywhich, among others, is ownedby noted publication WallStreet Journal.

Further clarifying the issue,the BJP spokesperson said, infact it was Congress leaderManu Singhvi, also a SupremeCourt lawyer, who hadappeared for Dow Chemical,responsible for Bhopal gastragedy. Lekhi took a jibe atSinghvi by repeatedly callingthe latter a “CD man”, alludingto a CD that purportedly fig-ured him.

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The Supreme Court onMonday gave a go-ahead

for iron ore mining in Goa anddirected that under the freshlicences, to be issued by theState, the beneficiary miningcompanies will be entitled toextract ore only to the extent of20 million MT every year.

Allowing an interimarrangement in the State aftera gap of almost two years ofmining ban, the Green Benchof the apex court warned theState that all leases issued by itmust be in line with policydecisions and rules made by theState and would be subject tostrict judicial scrutiny.

Lifting the ban, the apexbench took note of the fact thatGoa’s economy was heavilydependent on mining, whichaccounted for 1.5 lakh jobs,besides contributing to rev-enue. “We cannot, therefore,prohibit mining altogether.”

Mapping the extent ofdamage caused to the envi-ronment and natural resourceby the miners in the State, theBench of Justices AK Patnaik,SS Nijjar and FM IbrahimKalifulla formed a “Goan IronOre Permanent Fund” intowhich each miner will hence-forth have to contribute 10 percent of the sale price of iron oresold in the market.

The court asked an ExpertCommittee of the StateGovernment, constituted onorders of the court, to deviseschemes in order to utilise thesaid fund towards achievingpurposes of sustainable devel-opment and inter-generationalequity. This exercise would becompleted within six months,the Bench added.

The Expert Committee,comprising ecologist CR Babu,geologist SD Dhiman, miner-alogist BK Mishra, forestryexpert S Parameshwarappa andGovernment nominee ParimalRai, was also asked to consid-er and report whether the

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The Bharatiya Janata Party’sprime ministerial candi-

date Narendra Modi onMonday vowed to cleanse thepolitical system and Parliamentof criminal elements if he cameto power and said his first jobwould be to set up a panel toprobe pending criminal casesagainst the new MPs. He alsoattacked dynastic rule whiletargeting both the Congressand Samajwadi Party.

Modi’s call against crimi-nalization of politics came dur-ing his hectic campaigning insupport of party candidatesfrom Hardoi, Etah and Mathuraon Monday. Modi said he wouldensure all offenders were sent tojail after asking the SupremeCourt to hear the cases againstthem expeditiously.

Addressing a poll rally inHardoi, Modi said: “I havedecided that when a new

Government is formed afterMay 16, I will set up a commit-tee to find out what cases arepending against whom. Whilefiling nominations (Lok Sabha)candidates submit the details ofcases against them. I will not dis-criminate. I will not even spareBJP and NDA candidates.”

Asserting that he would askthe Supreme Court to fast-tracksuch cases, Modi said: “Thosewho have committed crimes willgo to jail and their seats will goto candidates with a clean image.No accused will dare to fightpolls. Who says that this cleans-ing cannot happen? I have come

to cleanse politics. It is necessaryto free Indian democracy fromcriminalisation,” he said.

Launching a hard-hittingattack on the SP, BSP andCongress, Modi said the powergames being played by theclans of the three parties wereresponsible for the sad plight ofUP and the nation, even as heridiculed Rahul Gandhi forvisiting homes of the poor liketourists who visit Taj Mahal.

Playing up his tea vendorimage, Modi also sought to con-trast it with those “born with asilver spoon in their mouth” andmade an oblique reference to hisOBC origin as he reached out tovoters in the Hindi heartland.

Alleging that poverty is a“tourist destination” forGandhi, Modi said: “Wheneverhe goes for a visit, he is accom-panied by a crew of televisioncameras. He picks up a child inhis lap for a good snap andimmediately after the photosession is over, the child is putback on the ground.”

Continued on Page 4P10: Cong rakes up

Sohrabuddin encounter to vilify NaMo

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The sitting Samajwadi Partylegislator is facing a strange

predicament — his nephewAnshul Verma is contestingparliamentary elections on aBJP ticket from Hardoi.

Even though AnshulVerma is a lesser known namein political circles, he is givingall other candidates a run fortheir money because of theNarendra Modi factor. Peoplehere are not going for the can-didate but for Modi.

Anshul Verma’suncle ShyamPrakash is aMLA fromG o p a m a uconstituencyin Hardoidistrict. Inthe 2012A s s e m b l yelections, asSP candidateShyam Prakashwon theGopamau seatwhich was created afterthe delimitation.

Verma is a native ofPushpatali Village underTadiyawan block and is con-

testing for the first time. Anadvocate by profession Vermahad never been an activepolitician.

In Hardoi the main fight isbetween the BJP, Shiv PrasadVerma of the BSP and UshaVerma of the SP. The Congresshas fielded Sarvesh Janseva.

However, BJP supportersbelieve Anshul has a clear edgebecause of the Modi waveacross the district. “We are vot-ing for Modi and not forAnshul Verma,” said a farmer

and advocate AnilKumar Mishra, a

native ofHardoi.

Thoughthe SP’s“ C y c l e ”enjoyed acomfort-able runhere in

the 2009g e n e r a l

elections as-well-as in the

2012 Assemblyelections, this time

the party may have to encounter a number of potholes.

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Nilgiris, (Tamil for bluemountains) in the pic-

turesque Western Ghats isundoubtedly one of the mostbeautiful Lok Sabha con-stituencies in Tamil Nadu. ARaja, described as the “King ofcorruption” for his alleged rolein the 2G spectrum scam, isfighting from the Nilgiris on aDMK ticket to redeem hisreputation.

With the Returning Officerrejecting the nominationpapers filed by S Gurumurthyand his dummy candidate DAnbarasan of the BJP for theirfailure to submit the authori-sation form from the party, theNDA is left without a candidatein this constituency which hasbecome the cynosure of all eyesdue to Raja’s presence.

Now the fight is between C

Gopalakrishnan (52) of theAIADMK and Raja. Thoughthere are two candidates fromAAP and the Congress, they areirrelevant as the fight is betweenthe DMK and the AIADMK.

Raja, who won from thisconstituency in 2009 with amargin of 86,000 votes hasadopted a new style of cam-paigning. He is approaching theelectorate with the plea thatonly their endorsement of hiscandidature would help him tocome out of the victimisationdrive launched against him bythe powerful business lobby inNew Delhi. His campaign man-agers have spread the messagethat the ire of the corporatelobby is because of his Dalitbackground.

Since he launched his cam-paign in February 2014 itself,Raja has completed two roundsof campaigning in this con-stituency spread across the dis-

tricts of Nilgiris, Erode,Tirupur and Coimbatore. Rajais a rank outsider in the Nilgirisas he was transplanted from hishometown of Perambalur.

With the realignment ofparties and formation of NDA,

the situation underwent a bigchange in the Nilgiris. TheDMDK led by Vijayakanth hasmore than a lakh votes in theconstituency. The KongunaduMunnetra Kazhagam, an out-fit of Gounders has nearly

75,000 votes. Add to this thevotes of the BJP, MDMK andthe PMK, the other con-stituents of the NDA. Hadthere been a NDA candidate inthe fray, Raja would have faceda drubbing in the Nilgiris.

That’s how “OperationLotus” was conceived and exe-cuted. The DMK was sure thatthe DMDK, the PMK, and theMDMK voters would not votefor Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK.“With the BJP out of thescene, the DMDK voteswould go en masse to theDMK,” said a top BJP office-bearer in Chennai. He alsopointed out that manyDMK agents have infil-trated into the BJP foracts of subversion.

Adding insult to injury is thefact that the Tamil Nadu BJPleadership is yet to devise acourse of action in the Nilgiris.

Continued on Page 4

New Delhi: Taking umbrageat Amarinder Singh’s “cleanchit” to Jagdish Tytler in theanti-Sikh riots of 1984, hun-dreds of Sikhs belonging tothe Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) staged a protest out-side Congress headquartersat 24, Akbar Road in NewDelhi on Monday.

The Delhi Police haderected barricades to preventthe protesters from reachingthe Congress office. Later thepolice resorted to water can-nons to disperse the agitators.

“Delhi SAD presidentManjit Singh GK and 15other protesters weredetained at Tughlaq Roadpolice station and later let off,” said DeputyCommissioner of Police SBS Tyagi.

Detailed report on P3

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With VHP leader PravinTogadia coming under

attack for allegedly “spreadingvenom” against minorities, theGujarat Police filed an FIRagainst him on Monday andthe Election Commissionsought the recording of thespeech made by him inBhavnagar on Saturday inwhich he had reportedlyremarked that Muslims shouldbe stopped from buying prop-erty in Hindu areas.

Bhavnagar police havestarted an inquiry into thealleged hate speech given byVHP chief Pravin Togadia.

“They (EC officials) are inthe process of acquiring therecording of the statements madeby Togadia and after listening toit they will decide the futurecourse of action,” Bhavnagar

District Collector and ReturningOfficer PK Solanki told PTI inRajkot on Monday.

The BJP has distanced itselffrom the VHP leader by sayinghe was not a party member.“We have no control over him,”party spokesperson MeenakshiLekhi said.

BJP spokesperson PrakashJavadekar said, “If these report-ed remarks are correct, wecompletely denounce them. Itis not BJP’s view. Whateverdecision the EC takes in thisregard, the Gujarat Gover-nment is bound to follow”.

Reacting to Togadia’s pur-ported comment, the NDAally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)said the Indian society has noplace for such people. The RSSdismissed the report, sayingthat “no swayamsevak thinkson such divisive lines.”

Denying the reports thatTogadia has made such astatement, RSS spokes-person Ram Madhav said,

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Five months after theFebruary 13, 2010 bomb

blast at Pune, IndianMujahideen (IM) had plannedto carry out a terror strike atGerman Bakery in the Capitalon August 1 but the plan wasaborted as one of the executorssustained bullet injuries due toaccidental firing.

In its chargesheet filed in acity court against IM’s Indianchief Yasin Bhatkal and his aideAsadullah Akhtar in connectionwith the September 19, 2010Jama Masjid terror attack casein a city, the Special Cell of DelhiPolice said Yasin had planned tocarry out the strike at GermanBakery in Paharganj on August1, 2010 and co-accused QateelSiddiqui, who died undermysterious circumstances inPune’s Yerawada Jail in 2012,and Mohd Adil were assignedthe work to open fire at the

foreign tourists.On February 13, 2010, a

powerful bomb blast hadripped the Pune’s GermanBakery killing 17 people,including foreigners, andinjuring around 60 others. TheSpecial Cell, in its chargesheet,also said while Qateel and Adilwere on their way to carry outthe attack, the carbine whichwas in possession of Adil went

off accidentally and Qateelsustained injury in his hips.

“On August 1, 2010, Adilwas supposed to carry out theattack at about 9 pm but thecarbine then being carried outby him went off accidentallyand Qateel received bulletinjury in his hip while theywere on their way to carry outthe attack,” the police said.

They said that in July 2010,

Yasin and Qateel had conducteda reconnaissance of the placeswhere foreigners made frequentvisits in Delhi and Yasindecided to carry out the strikeat German Bakery in Paharganj.

The Delhi Police also saidthat after the “failed attempt”,Yasin decided Jama Masjid wasthe area where attack would becarried out and AsadullahAkhtar and Pakistani nationalZia-ur-Rahman, alias Waqas,who was recently arrested, wouldexecute the strike. “However,Adil and Qateel insisted that theybe given one more chance toexecute the strike. This wasconveyed to Riyaz (Bhatkal)who consented to this butdirected that Asadullah andWaqas should give cover toQateel and Adil this time,” it said.

It claimed that inpursuance to the conspiracy,the strike was carried out atGate no. 3 of Jama Masjid onSeptember 19, 2010 whereQateel and Adil “firedindiscriminately” on foreigntourists getting down from abus and sped away.

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Acity court on Monday fixedMay 5 for commencement

of recording of statements offormer Telecom Minister ARaja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and15 others facing trial in the 2Gspectrum allocation case. SpecialCBI Judge OP Saini posted thematter for May 5 after theaccused sought some more timeto answer the 1,718questions runninginto 824 pages askedby the court.

“The time has come whenthe accused will talk to medirectly. It is a dialogue betweenthe accused and the judge. I haveno problem in giving time butI will not give time in between.After it (recording of statements)will start, it will go on. It mustgo at an appropriate speed,” thejudge said, adding, “You(accused) will have to answer thequestions in bullet speed.”

As soon as the hearingbegan, the defence counselsaid that they need time toprepare the answers to thequestions provided by the

court. Senior advocate RameshGupta, who appeared for Raja,requested the judge that thematter be fixed for May 5 andthey will not seek any moretime after that.

Advocate Vijay Aggarwal,who appeared for Swan Telecompromoter Shahid Usman Balwa,also told the court that theyneed time to answer thequestions. The court, however,said that cross-examining awitness and asking questionsfrom the accused under Section313 of CrPC were different andlawyers were not going to beinvolved in the process.

“This is between the accusedand the judge.Accused may saysomething to thejudge. These are

very simple questions,” it said. “Infour months, I have read the fileand you (accused) must haveread the file as well. You can giveanswers,” the judge said and alsoasked the accused if any one ofthem was ready to give answerson Monday.

The accused told the judgethat they would give answersafter the recording of statementof Raja. During the hearing,Raja, Kanimozhi, Balwa andtwo other accused did notappear before the court and theywere exempted from personalappearance for the day.

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Affirming that the DelhiPublic School Ghaziabad

(DPSG) management body hasnot worked in synergy with thedistrict administration, irateguardians defied prohibitoryorders of the administration onMonday. They staged a dharnaoutside the District Magistrate(DM) office despite prohibitoryorders enforced under Section188 of CrPC.

The parents alleged that thedistrict administration seemedhelpless in front of the fallibleschool body. “It did not bothershowing its account books to thedistrict administration asdemanded by the DM forinspection. The three branchesof DPSG were allotted subsidisedland to provide education gratisto the poor but all norms were

flouted by the school. Instead feeenhancement at 40 per cent hasbeen imposed on hard upparents,” rued an aggrievedparent. They said parents wereleft with little option but todemur in order to convince thedistrict administration to forceschool management to roll backthe hike. Taking parents’ woesinto account, the DistrictMagistrate SVS Ranga Rao hadearlier enforced prohibitoryorders and sought the school’saccount books, but the schoolbrazenly defied all directives.

The three branches ofDPSG, including Meerut Road,Vasundhara and Dasna, arecontrolled by local societyheaded by retired bureaucrat OmPathak. “Being controlled by aformer Ghaziabad DM, DPSGmanagement disregards the DM.Parents are bearing the brunt andbeing denied justice at the locallevel. A school of thought isbeing developed among parentsto file a petition in the AllahabadHC,” said Alok Arora, a parent.

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Awitness to a murder wason Monday afternoon

allegedly attacked by theaccused in the case insideKarkardooma court complex inEast Delhi. As per police, thevictim, identified as Tahir, wasa witness in the murder of oneIbrahim which took place ayear ago in MS Park area.

He was killed by six menwho were later arrested andsent to jail while the case isunder trial.

“Today there was hearingin that case at Karkardoomacourt. As everybody wascoming out of the court, theaccused somehow freedthemselves from thepolicemen and attackedTahir,” said a police official.Eyewitnesses said that thevictim had to take shelterinside one of the judge’srooms to save him.

Policemen soon caughthold of the assailants andtook them away. The victimwas provided medicalassistance at a nearby hospital.

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Mystery shrouds the deathof Samajwadi Party (SP)

secretary of Gautam BuddhNagar district Anil KumarYadav, who was foundmurdered in his house inNoida’s Sector 71 on Mondaymorning. Police have registereda case and preliminaryinvestigation revealed that itcould be a handiwork of someone who is closed to thedeceased. Police have bookedtwo persons, including awoman, after a complaintlodged by family members ofthe slain SP leader.

Police said that incidenttook place late night whenSunita, wife of deceased’sbrother Sunil Yadav, received acall on her mobile that Anil hasbeen killed in his flat in JagritiApartment. She immediatelyinformed her husband, whoalong with siblings reachedthe house where they found thevictim in an unconscious state.He was rushed to FortisHospital where doctors

pronounced him dead onarrival. The family alleged thehand of Heena Khan, a closefriend of the deceased, and herfriends in the murder andlodged a complaint againstthem. “As Anil was alsoinvolved in realty trade, therewas a long-pending disputebetween him and Heena. Weare sure she has committed the crime with the help of her friends.”

“As family members havesuspected Heena and herfriends, we have registered acase against them and aresearching them at their possible

hideouts. We have sent thebody for a post-mortem examand are scanning the call detailsof Anil. We have booked Heenaand her friends under Section302 of IP and are investigatingthe matter but things will beascertained after the post-mortem report,” said a seniorpolice official. Meanwhile,angry locals took traffic hostageand created stir at Sector 60police post demandingimmediate arrest of the accusedpersons. Protesters also blockedthe roads for a few hours. Themove was pacified after seniorofficials intervened.

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ADelhi University studentwas arrested on Sunday

evening for allegedly extortingmoney and blackmailing awoman student of theuniversity. The accused,identified as Arvind Malik,resides in Rohini area and ispursuing a correspondencecourse at DU. The victim, aFrench department student,was being blackmailed by theaccused on the pretext ofuploading her obscene picturesover the Internet. Malik haddemanded a sum of �2 lakhfrom her. Police officials claimedthat all the pictures, which werefound on the mobile phone ofthe accused, were morphed.

The victim informed thepolice and following hercomplaint a case was registered

at Maurice Nagar police station.The victim told the police thatshe met Malik on a socialnetworking site around threemonths ago. Malik posed asRajiv, an employee of a privatebank in Mumbai. “The girlclaimed she met the victim a fewtimes where he clicked picturesof both of them together. Helater started blackmailing her formoney,” said a police official. Hefurther added that the victimlater stopped showing interest inhim and avoided him followingwhich he started stalking herand blackmailed her.

A trap was laid and theaccused was called by thevictim to collect the money.The moment he accepted themoney, police officials arrestedhim and seized the picturesfrom the accused. Furtherinvestigations are underway.

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Two persons were killed and 47 otherssustained injuries in three separate

road calamities in Gautam Buddh Nagardistrict. The first accident took place onYamuna Expressway. The second mishapwas on a road leading towards YamunaExpressway. The third accident occurredat the crossing of Noida’s Sectors 21/25.Victims of all three accidents wereadmitted to hospitals in Noida andGreater Noida where the condition ofmore than 12 is stated to be critical. Caseshave been filed by the district police.

The first accident was reported onSunday night when five acquaintances —Arvind Chauhan, Sumit Suri, Gayatri,her two friends — were headed to Agrafrom New Delhi in a Hyundai Verna.Before zero point, Sumit, behind thewheels, lost control of the car and hit amilestone. The car turned turtle andskidded 30 metres. The victims, allresidents of Janakpuri area of thenational Capital, suffered multiplefractures and were admitted to Kailash

Hospital in Greater Noida. Sumit andArvind were pronounced dead on arrivalwhile the condition of the other threeremains critical.

In the second incident, one Rajendrawas killed and 40 others injured when aspeeding bus they were travelling inoverturned in Dankaur area earlyMonday morning. The victims, allheaded to Bulandshahr district afterattending a procession, met with theaccident when the inebriated bus driverlost control behind the wheel. Thevictims were first admitted to a hospitalin Greater Noida. Later some werereferred to District Hospital in Noidaafter their condition worsened. Theerrant driver is in police cuffs.

The third accident occurred onAshok Road where four persons,including two women, were headed toAtta Market in a Ritz early morning. Atthe crossing of Sectors 21/35, a speedingtruck from the rear rammed into theircar. All victims were admitted to Kailash Hospital where they areconvalescing. This is the second majoraccident at the same crossing in a year.Earlier in January, eight school pupilswere ser iously injured when a speeding truck had a head-on collisionwith their school bus.

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Mob justice? A HeadConstable posted with the

Crime Branch of Delhi Policewas thrashed by more thanhalf a dozen men outside hisresidence in Outer Delhi’sRohini area late on Sundaynight. Head Constable MohanLal was on his way back homeand had reached his apartmentgate when he was attacked. Hewas rushed to a nearby hospitalwhere he was discharged aftertreatment. Police officialsclaimed that the reason behindthe assault is yet to beestablished. The attackers alsotook his gold chain and fled.Four accused identified asNeeraj, Amit, Surender andAnil have been arrested. Theywere in an inebriated stateduring the time of the incident.

According to the police, theincident took place around 10.30pm on Sunday night when Lalwho was in his car and hadreached the gate to hisapartment. Lal resides with hisfamily at Dataram Apartmentsin Rohini Sector 18 area. He wascalled out by name and he firstparked his car near the gate andthen walked towards them. “Themoment he approached themen, around eight of themstarted hitting him with sticks.A security guard known asSanjay intervened to save himbut he was also beaten by theaccused men,” said a policeofficial. A PCR call was made;Sanjay and Lal were rushed to anearby hospital where they weredischarged on Monday morningafter treatment. The wholeincident has been captured onCCTVs installed outside.

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BJP’s candidate YogendraChandolia, a councillor

from Dev Nagar, and RavindraGupta of Karol Bagh are set tobecome Mayor and DeputyMayor of North DelhiMunicipal Corporation (NMC)unopposed respectively. Onthe last date of filing of nomi-nation papers, no candidate ofother parties submitted theirdocuments on Monday. Two-time councillor Chandolia is aknown Dalit face of the BJP inDelhi. The election for thepost was supposed to be heldon April 28.

Having denied Lok Sabhaticket from the North-WestDelhi parliamentary con-stituency, Chandolia was thesuitable and obvious choice forthe party. The Pioneer on April15 reported about his possiblenomination for the covetedpost of North Delhi.

The third year of theCorporation is reserved forthe Scheduled Caste and moveis being seen as an attempt toplacate Chandolia who wasalso a contender in the DelhiAssembly elections inDecember last year.

Other two BJP corporatorsRekha Gupta and Dr SanjeevNayyar, including Congress’Prithvi Singh Rathore ofCongress also filed their nom-inations for the posts of mem-bers of the StandingCommittee to be nominatedfrom the Corporation onMonday. Since no other can-didate has submitted nomina-tion papers, they are also all setto be elected unopposed.

In the House of 104 mem-bers of North Delhi MunicipalCorporation, the BJP present-ly has absolute majority with58 councillors. One councillorfrom Wazirpur ward

Mahender Nagpal has gotelected as MLA fromWazirpur Assembly seat.Congress has 29 while thereare seven BSP corporators andnine Independent councillors.

In South Delhi, since BJPhas insufficient numbers inthe House of 104 members, itwill have to seek supportfrom BSP and others. BJP hasnominated Khushi Ram forthe post of Mayor and leftDeputy Mayor’s post for BSP.Bir Singh has been named byBSP for the post. Khushi Ramis councillor from AmbedkarNagar ward and recently con-tested Assembly electionsfrom Ambedkar Nagar seatunsuccessfully. However, theCongress has also decided tocontest both - Mayoral andDeputy Mayoral posts andDharmveer Singh andPraveen Rana filed their nom-

inations on Monday for thetop posts. NCP has alsoannounced to contest for thecoveted posts.

Earlier, BJP has 44 mem-bers in the south Delhi munic-ipality but three of its mem-bers have won Assembly elec-tions and two has left theparty. Now, it has total 39 cor-porators. Congress is secondlargest party the civic body

with 29 seats. BSP which hasalliance with BJP possessedfive seats. In South DelhiCorporation, others play

important role as theirstrength is 26. The election forthe top positions will takeplace on April 29.

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The Delhi High Court onMonday said no repair or

renovation work can go on nearJama Masjid area without per-mission of the municipal bodythere and asked the personsclaiming to repair two shrinesthere to seek consent of theauthority. The application wasmoved by the contractorsundertaking construction workthere who have contended theywere carrying out repair andrenovation of the Dargah ofHare Bhare Shah and SufiSarmad Shaheed adjoining themonument.

Justice Manmohan passedthe order while hearing a pleaseeking setting aside of thecourt’s order directing that sta-tus quo be maintained in con-nection with alleged illegalconstructions close to Jama

Masjid. They submitted thatthey have obtained no objec-tion certificates from theDeputy Conservator of Forestsand Delhi Waqf Board.

The court, however, direct-ed them to apply, within aweek, to the North MunicipalCorporation of Delhi (NMC)for carrying out the repair andrenovation work. After the

application is filed, a represen-tative each from ArchaeologicalSurvey of India (ASI), NMC,architect of the Jama MasjidRedevelopment Plan, etc,should visit the site in questionwithin a period of two weeks,the court said.

It said that on the basis ofthe inspection/site visit, theNMC is to dispose of the appli-

cation of the two private per-sons who are carrying out theconstruction activity near JamaMasjid. Meanwhile, NMC toldthe court that its officials havevisited the area and will be fil-ing its status report shortly. Thematter will now come up forhearing on May 26.

On April 4, the High Courthad ordered that status quo bemaintained in connection withalleged illegal constructionsclose to Jama Masjid. The courtwas hearing a plea by MohdAftab, a shopkeeper of MeenaBazaar, who has alleged that lotof unauthorised occupants andconstruction mafia wereencroaching upon Jama Masjid.In his petition, he has allegedthat large scale unauthorisedconstruction has been discov-ered at Dargah of Hare BhareShah and Sufi Sarmad Shaheedadjoining the monument.

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Spanning an area of 1,847square metres, Poorva

Sanskritik Kendra (PSK) inEast Delhi that was built topromote culture and providea platform to budding artistshas been closed owing topoor infrastructure and lackof civic amenities. Built assequel to India Habitat Centrein Preet Vihar in East Delhi,the PSK resembling a garbagepit has now been closed.Around 3,000 lifetime mem-bers who paid a handsomeamount to get lifetime mem-bership have been left in thelurch as Delhi State IndustrialInfrastructure DevelopmentCorporation (DSIIDC) hasnot renewed the lease of G&SSarovar Park Plaza PrivateLimited, which was operatingit for the past nine years.

The operator Sarovar ParkPlaza Hotels & Resorts (Masterfranchisee of India of the ParkPlaza and Park Inn Hotelsbrand of Carson Hotels world-wide hotels USA) is regarded asIndia’s fourth largest hotelindustry managing 29 deluxehotels across the country.

Sources in theGovernment said that the oper-ator of PSK had been directedto vacate the premises by May1. “The Government has notrenewed its licence to run thePSK. The operator was runningit for the past nine years. Theentire premises need completeoverhauling and renovation.The lift is dysfunctional. Thetoilet blocks are in an abysmalstate. People have stoppedcoming to PSK,” sourcesinformed. The PSK was con-sidered a dream project of DrAshok Kumar Walia, formerMinister in the erstwhileCongress-led Government.

People of Preet Vihar, oneof the finest localities in East

Delhi, felt elated after the thenChief Minister Sheila Dikshitand her deputy Dr AshokKumar Walia flagged off con-struction of PSK in 2003 alongthe lines of India Habitat Centreto promote art and culture.After two years of hard work,the Sanskritik Kendra — thatwas constructed at a total costof 14.4 crore — was finallyopened in 2005. The amountspent for constructing PSKappears to have gone down thedrain as authorities appearnonchalant about restructuring

PSK.“Some called its structure

- a huge building crowned byan elliptical dome - a master-piece. Some called it a hub forfoodies as it housed a slew ofrestaurants serving Chinese,North Indian, Mughlai andother cuisines. It had a grandauditorium, an extensivelibrary, exhibition space, cof-fee house and garden area.Spread over 1,847 squaremetres, the grand habitat cen-tre soon fell victim to the apa-thy of the authorities con-cerned. It’s in a state of ruin. It’sa sheer waste of public money,”said a member of PSK oncondition of anonymity.

“Initially it was thriving asthe total number of memberssoared to 3,000. Its declinebegan three years back.Restaurants and cafés werethe first to feel the pinch.Mismanagement marred itsservices, including gyms, artgalleria and theatre,” saidRahul Sharma, member ofPSK. Sharma has since stoppedgoing to PSK and so have theothers. PSK witnessed a sharpdecline in its membership asthe total number of membersfell by hundreds.

Grand PSK centre thatused to be one of the best habi-tat centres in Delhi is now ashadow of its former self withonly a banquet hall and bar. “Ithas not been privy to any lec-tures, debates, workshops andother curricular activities overthe years,” said Sharma.

People further demandedthat its operation be given toanother operator in order torestore its former glory. “Irequest the authorities to give thecontract to a reputed contractor,who can take PSK to newerheights,” Sharma said. Oddlyenough, according to officials,there are 2,300 defaulter members of PSK.

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Peeved over its AmritsarLok Sabha candidate

Captain Amarinder Singh’s‘clean chit’ to fellow partyleader Jagdish Tytler in theanti-Sikh riots of 1984, hundreds of Sikh protestersbelonging to Shiromani AkaliDal (SAD) on Monday stageda protest outside Congress headquarters. Hundreds ofSikhs marched to the Congressoffice as they took affront to thestatement of the former ChiefMinister of Punjab. Led byDelhi SAD president ManjitSingh GK, protesters reachedthe Congress office at 24 AkbarRoad on Monday afternoon,holding placards and raised slogans against Amarinder and Tytler.

Delhi Police also erectedbarricades to prevent themfrom reaching the Congressoffice and later had to resort touse of water cannons to dispersethem. The protesters dispersedafter half and hour or so afterregistering their protest.Protesters also had a clash withsome police officials when theywere stopped from marchingahead. “Manjeet along with 15other protesters were detainedat Tughlaq Road police stationand later let off,” said DeputyCommissioner of Police (NewDelhi district) SBS Tyagi.

“I’m not the CBI, I’m notthe court. I’m telling you what

I saw and felt. I was in Delhi, Iwent to all the camps andeveryone I met took all thesenames that I have told youexcept Jagdish Tytler. When didJagdish Tytler’s name comeup? It came up when he wasfighting Madan Lal Khurana inDelhi, that was months later,”Amarinder had said.

“Amarinder’s remarkscome as the rescue to Congressleader Tytler, who allegedlyplayed a role in the violence of1984. Amarinder doesn’t haveany rights to give any cleancheat to Tytler,” said ManjitSingh GK, President of DelhiSikh Gurdwara ManagementCommittee. Manjit also alleged:“He (Amarinder) gave state-ment on 1984-riots to polarisevotes for making seniorCongress leadership happy,”

“We will soon file a com-plaint against Singh(Amarinder) to the ElectionCommission of India,” he alsoadded. Terming the statement byAmarinder as “atrocious, shock-ing and anti-Sikh”, Manjit alsosaid that it had angered the Sikhsliving all over the globe and hasrubbed salt into the wounds offamilies of innocent Sikhs killedin riots. “Amarinder Singh hasno judicial authority to give aclean chit to an accused of aheinous crime. By making suchcomments he had tried to pres-surize the judicial system of thecountry,” he further alleged.

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The Delhi High Court onMonday refused to exempt

Delhi’s Chief Secretary fromappearing in person on April23 in connection with delay infiling a report on proposedshort and long term measuresto tackle the issue of waterlog-ging in the national Capital.

“No. You (DelhiGovernment) are not getting thepoint. The purpose behind call-ing the Chief Secretary is no onecan refuse him,” a bench of ChiefJustice G Rohini and JusticePradeep Nandrajog said inresponse to city Government’splea to let some other senior offi-cer appear before the court.

The court also said that asper the panel which was tomake the report, none of theGovernment departments werecooperating with it by provid-ing the data, maps and otherdetails. It also said that thereport which had to be filed onMarch 26, 2014, as per its orderof October 29, 2013 was filed onApril 16 after it had soughtpresence of the Chief Secretary.

Seeking exemption frompersonal appearance of the ChiefSecretary, Delhi Governmentsaid there was delay in filing thestatus report due to confusion asto whether the panel headed byProfessor AK Gosain of IITDelhi or the Urban Development(UD) Department will file it.

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Vihar ward) and Jai Gopal(elected from Anarkali Ward)of BJP filed their nominationsfor Mayor and DeputyMayorship of East Delhi onMonday. Two Congress mem-bers Tulshi and Aas Mohdhave also filed their nomina-tions for these posts respec-tively. The elections to theposts of Mayor, DeputyMayor and three vacancies ofmembers of StandingCommittee will be held in themeeting of the East DelhiMunicipal Corporation to beheld at Udyog Sadan,Patparganj on April 29. InHouse of 64 members of EastDelhi Corporation, BJP hascomfortable majority with 35seats while the Congress has19. BSP and others have total10 councillors.

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Sabarinath, perhaps theyoungest financial fraud-

ster Kerala has ever seen andthe infamous hero of the sen-sational ‘Total 4 You’ fraud ofthe State capital of 2008, sur-rendered before a court inThiruvananthapuram onMonday after spending aboutthree years in hiding. He is saidto have amassed over �40 crorein the form of investmentsfrom hundreds of people.

Accused in 32 cases offinancial fraud and another ofsexual abuse, Sabarinath, now24, surrendered before theJudicial Magistrate Court 5 ofThiruvananthapuram onMonday afternoon clad in saf-fron dress saying that he hadbeen on a long pilgrimage tothe Himalayas and templetowns like Thiruvannamalaiin Tamil Nadu.

“I went into hiding then asI was under a great deal of ten-sion,” Sabarinath told media-person about his decision to gointo hiding after getting bailthree years ago. “My life wasunder threat. Now I have faith.I believe that God will give mestrength. I have come back withthe decision to fight the charges

against me legally and I will set-tle my debts,” he said.

Sabarinath said that hecould return the money of thevictims of his fraudulent busi-ness once he could sell his assetswhich were presently underthe control of a Government-appointed Receiver. He reject-ed the reports that several of hisbusiness associates were well-placed men and that he was incontact with such persons whilein hiding.

The young fraudster prayedto the court to send him — ifhe was remanded — to a cen-tral prison and not to a districtjail as he still faced threats. The

court remanded Sabarinath injudicial custody till May 5 andsent him to the district jail say-ing that his plea could be con-sidered when it took up the caseagain on that day.

The young man wasaccused of collecting severalcrores of rupees as investmentsfrom hundreds of peoplepromising quick returns ofunimaginable volumes throughthe fraudulent business he wasrunning at the age of 18 yearsthrough his companies like‘Total 4 You’ and ‘Total Invest’.He had even promised toreturn �1,30,000 for a three-month investment of �1,00,000.

The business had madeSabarinath, the unimpressiveboy with just Plus II qualifica-tion, a star at gatherings ofsocialites in the State capital ina short time. His businesseswere so ‘famous’ that evenwell-known PSU executivesand bank managers ofThiruvananthapuram hadworked for him as associatesand field agents.

Sabarinath was known forhis craze for luxury cars andlavish lifestyle by hosting par-ties where leading film starswere present as guests andpresenters.

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The largest Khap in Haryana‘Malik Khap’ on Monday

welcomed the historic decisionof ‘Satrol Khap’, which has notonly allowed marriages to besolemnised within 42 villagesthat fall within the Khap butalso allowed an inter-castemarriage subject to parental consent.

Satrol Khap represents 36communities over an area of250 square kilometers in theState. The Khap took a historicdecision at a Maha Panchayatconvened in Narain town ofHisar district on April 20.

While talking to ThePioneer, Baljit Singh Malik,national president of MalikKhap said the Malik Khap hadalready taken same decisionearlier during a meeting atKurkushetra. Similar decisionby Satrol Khap was necessary.

“Earlier in Haryana, peo-ple used to leave five gotras-gotra of itself, of mother, ofgrandmother (Paternal andMaternal) and of great-grand-mother during marriage oftheir children. But with thepassage of time, all these ritu-als had to be left behind, nowmost of the people are focus-ing only on two gotras-itselfand of mother,” said Malik.

He added that the decisionwould help in solving the prob-lem of marriages of male dueto low sex ratio of girls as com-

pared to boys across Haryana.Dahiya Khap has also

implemented the same decisionlong time back.

The Satrol Khap hasallowed inter-caste marriagesbut the ban on marriages with-in the same gotra, village andtwo neighboring villages’ stays.

In another decision, theKhap Panchayat formallyapproved a resolution underwhich the 42 villages will notaccord sanctity to any com-munities like Jats, Ahirs, etc.Instead, all in the villages willbe considered equal withoutbringing in any perceived supe-rior or lower image of a par-ticular community.

While welcoming the deci-sion of Satrol Khap, HaryanaJanhit Congress (HJC) chiefKuldeep Bishnoi said thatKhaps are for the welfare of thesociety and this decision is alsofor the society, hence our partyagrees with it.

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Aday after the Indian MuslimLeague candidate from

Haridwar parliamentary con-stituency, Asif Hussain joinedthe Congress, scores of BahujanSamaj Party leaders — includ-ing Subodh Rakesh, Haridwardistrict Panchayat member —and the brother of suspendedBSP MLA and Cabinet MinisterSurendra Rakesh, along withAditya Brijwal, the son of sus-pended BSP MLA Haridass,joined the Congress in presence of Uttarakhand ChiefMinister Harish Rawat inDehradun on Monday.According to sources, two moreBSP MLAs are expected join theCongress soon.

Addressing the gatheringon the occasion, the Chief

Minister said that the Congresswill become stronger with thenew members. “The way todefeating communal forces willbecome clearer with this devel-opment. Cabinet MinisterSurendra Rakesh and BSP MLAHaridass are working tostrengthen the Congress-ledState Government enabling theGovernment to move aheadwith its developmental agenda,”said the Chief Minister.

Uttarakhand PradeshCongress Committee presidentand Cabinet Minister YashpalArya waited for the newentrants to the party but had toleave for a public meet in Tehri.His message was read out byCongress State general secretaryVijay Saraswat in the presenceof party State spokesmanSurendra Kumar.

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Tana Bhagats are a group ofdhoti-kurta clad gentle-

men, wearing Gandhian cap,who demand solution to theirage-old problems in a peacefulmanner, following in the foot-steps of Mahatma Gandhi.Their bugle and brass slate sel-dom get sounded for politicalreason. But it seems wind ofpolitics has taken a tool ontheir image. Generally apolit-ical, the Tana Bhagats havenow pitched in with their voiceto salvage "troubled" boat ofthe Dishom Guru.

"We had gone to meetShibu Soren when he was lan-guishing in jail after gettinglifer. He cried before us andasked whether the matterwould come before theSupreme Court. I, by virtue ofmy yoga and salvation, assuredhim. After two months he gotbail. This time as well, we havecome to bail him out," said anemotional looking KD Guru,leading a batch of 22 Tana

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Living up to its panthic image,the Shiromani Akali Dal

(SAD) on Monday promised toset up a Commission under theSupreme Court judge to probeconspiracy behind 1984 mas-sacre, besides establishing the fasttrack courts to try ’84 riot casesending across a clear messagethat “no one involved in riots willbe spared”. The party, in its elec-tion manifesto for 2014 generalpolls released on Monday, alsopromised to take up the issue ofturban and Sikh identity with theforeign countries.

Other than that, the AkaliDal also promised all for whichit had all along been criticisingthe Congress-led UPAGovernment at the Centre —

special industrial package for thestate, comprehensive crop insur-ance, MSP at 50 per cent profit,transferring Chandigarh andother Punjabi-speaking areas toPunjab, federal structure withgreater political and fiscal auton-omy to States, 50 per cent sharein central taxes to States, amongother things.

Presenting the old wine inthe new bottle, the “sensitive”issues concerning Punjab “as aState” — including justice to 1984riot victims, transfer ofChandigarh and other Punjabi-speaking areas, sharing of riverwater, among others — are stillhanging around from one elec-tion manifesto to another.

With a manifesto being acut-copy-paste document of theprevious ones, the party gave pri-

ority to the “peace and commu-nal harmony”, other than clean,transparent, responsive andaccountable administration, andfocus on fast, sustainable andinclusive round development.Releasing the manifesto, partypresident and Deputy ChiefMinister Sukhbir Badal said thata commission of inquiry will beset up under a Supreme Courtjudge to “inquire into the entirepolitical conspiracy behind the1984 massacre and expose andpunish the real conspirators”.

He said: “The scope of theCommission will also cover theentire sequence of events tobring to book those who shield-ed the guilty after the conspira-cy of mass murders had beenmeticulously executed. No onewill be spared.”

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Aday before campaigningends in south Kashmir’s

sensitive Anantnag parliamen-tary constituency, militants str-uck at two places in Tral pocketof Pulwama district killing threepolitical workers, including afather-son duo. One of the slainworkers was a sarpanch affiliat-ed to the Congress and anotherwas a village headman.

Sources said that unidenti-fied gunmen entered into thehouse of sarpanch GhulamNabi Mir at Batagund village insouth Kashmir’s Tral pocket, 40kilometers from here at around9 pm. They showered a volleyof bullets on Mir killing himinstantly. His son FirdausAhmad was also hit by bullets.He was rushed to hospital wherehe succumbed to wounds.

Mir was a former BlockDevelopment Officer who con-tested panchayat polls in 2010and later joined the Congress.He was a close relative of asenior Congress functionaryGhulam Muhammad Mir, whoaccompanied Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah during a recenttour to the militant-infestedarea. His son was aGovernment employee.

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Bhagats, who came all the wayfrom Bero near Ranchi toShibu Soren's Dumka resi-dence.

The staunch Gandhiansbelieve that the 'Gandhi ofJharkhand' -how they definethe JMM founder and LokSabha candidate from Dumka- is in deep trouble and fight-ing the battle of his lifetime,and thus requires their help."Heis the second Gandhi as he hasgiven freedom to Jharkhand.Unfortunately, the State start-ed badly and landed in deeptrouble what we are facingtoday. Dishom Guru's defeatwould be an irreparable dam-age to Jharkhand," added Guruand held JVM chief BabulalMarandi, who is contestingagainst Soren from Dumka,responsible for making life difficult for the bat-tling leader.

The group comprises manymen and women who playedtheir identical tune when Sorencame out to meet his support-ers gathered at his residence.Tana Bhagats' support to Sorenhas been doubled also becauseof the JMM contesting the pollin alliance with the Congress.

"We have been supportingthe Congress since our birthand do not know any otherparty. But Shibu Soren is aboveparty politics for us. We havecome here without being invit-ed," says Soma Tana Bhagat(60). The Gandhians, thoughhave little demands from theJMM chief, but none of thoseare for their personal gains.

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Nischalananda Saraswati, react-ing to the reported terroristplans to organise serial blasts inPuri during the car festival tocause heavy human causalities,said Puri is one of the fourimportant dhamas and animportant place of pilgrimageof Hindu faith where everydaythousands of pilgrims visit tooffer prayers to Lord Jagannath.

It is the responsibility ofboth the Union and StateGovernments to protect thetemple and ensure safety of thepilgrims and the visitors. Allsocio-cultural and economicdevelopments of the countrycentre round the abode ofLord Jagannath. Hence, it is theforemost duty of the authoritiesto protect the shrine and theholy city, Shankaracharya said.

Notably, following a ter-rorist strike in IISc, Bangaloreand Hyderabad, a three-mem-ber national security guardteam headed by CommanderMajor LK Nishad had evaluat-ed the existing security arrange-ments of the temple in 2006.

He had described it as a softtarget for terrorist strike andsubmitted a number of sugges-tions to prevent possible strike,including an emergency con-tingency plan in the event of aterrorist strike. Though theNSG Commander, Nishad hadrefused to reveal his suggestionsof lacunas, it is learnt that thereport suggested removal of allstructures from the perimetersof the temple as the multi-storey buildings located in closeproximity of the temple andaround it pose a threat to it.

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From Page 1Usha Verma, sitting MP of SP, is once again in the fray

from Hardoi Lok Sabha seat, hoping to score a hat-trick.She had won the seat in 1998 and 2009 on the SP ticket.

The stakes are high for Usha. The anti-incumbency fac-tor against the Akhilesh-led SP Government is going againstthe party candidate here in a big way. People in Hardoi arealso not happy with the false promises made by the sittingMP. The pace of development has been low in the district.

"Usha had promised much but did nothing for the devel-opment of the region. There is no proper road in the village.Electricity disruption is a perennial problem being face byvillagers. This time also she is making the same promises thatshe made earlier. We will vote for Modi. Why should we votefor her when there is no development," said Dinesh Singh,a former Gram Pradhan of Sathra Village.

Though SP's Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Agarwal is leavingno stone unturned to ensure Usha Verma's victory, his effortsmay go in vain as the BSP's Shiv Prasad Yadav is also cam-paigning with gusto and has the support of the BSP's strongSC vote bank.

From Page 1"I have spoken to Praveen Togadia. He

completely denies making such com-ments. It is fabricated" the RSS leader saidadding "no swayamsevak thinks on suchdivisive lines". Under-fire Togadia himselftermed the media reports about his con-troversial remarks as "false, malafide andmischievous." "The report about a misin-formed incident in Gujarat...Is false,malafide and mischievous," Togadia saidin a statement issued on his behalf by hislawyer. "We wish to state here emphaticallythat there was nothing socially or legallywrong in the above advice given by myclient to the said group as mentioned. Thesaid report gives a completely false storyintended to malign my client socially...,"it said. Togadia said legal notices had beenissued by his lawyer to media houses inDelhi and Gujarat. Congress leader andUnion Minister Kapil Sibal hit out at theVHP leader and sought authorities in theState to act against Togadia. "He alwaysspreads venom, you know that. And hebelongs to that category of people in thiscountry who do not believe in the unityand the integrity of India. What can yousay about people like this?," Congressleader and Union Minister Kapil Sibal said."It (statement) spreads venom and it is forthe authorities to decide," he said. Togadiahad reportedly joined a group of VHP andBajrang Dal members in a street protestin Rajkot on Saturday outside a house pur-chased by a Muslim businessman. Togadiareportedly told the gathering to takeforcible possession of the house.Denouncing the statement, Congressleader Rashid Alvi said, "I think Togadiashould be given treatment. He should behospitalised.

"In this country, if Hindus stay in aHindu area and Muslims in a Muslim area,and they are not allowed to buy proper-ty in each other's areas, it will be againstthe Constitution," Alvi said. NareshGujaral of SAD said while he is not awareof what Togadia has exactly said India hassurvived because of its democracy."Democracy can survive only if there isaccommodation and acceptance for eachother....We can't be rigid about these thingsand anybody who speaks this kind of lan-guage has no place in our society," he said.

From Page 1The DMK has pasted posters carrying

pictures of Raja's arrest in connection withthe spectrum scam and is asking the peo-ple to give their verdict if he is guilty or not.Stalin, the chosen heir of party president MKarunanidhi, who campaigned in Nilgirisdid not utter the words spectrum, corrup-tion and scam. His focus was on the "mis-rule" of the Jayalalithaa-led Tamil NaduGovernment.

Nilgiris is important to Jayalalithaasince she has a sprawling retreat at Kotagiri,which she loves more than Chennai. Manytimes in a year, the Chief Minister fliesdown to the vast estate which has all mod-ern communication facilities includingvideo conferencing. She has handpickedGopalakrishnan, a local municipal chair-man, as the party candidate from theNilgiris.

Raja's election speeches focus more onthe flood relief work done by him in theregion during 2009. But the 2G scam hit theheadlines much after that. "We know thathe was in jail for 18 months and is out onbail. Nobody will keep a person for such along time in jail without any reasons," said

Venkateshan, a Badaga community mem-ber from the Kotagiri hills.

Gopalakrishnan himself is aware of thesignificance of the bout for Nilgiris. "I amconfident of winning this election. The factthat I have been selected by Amma (readJayalalithaa) and that I am the son of thesoil are my advantages. The welfare mea-sures launched by Amma are our strongpoint. We have been organising legal aidclinics for poor people for the last ten yearsand this has gone down well with the vot-ers," Gopalakrishnan told The Pioneer.

Gopalakrishnan's confidence foundecho in Venugopal, an employee in one ofthe tea estates. "People are aware of the kindof misdeeds committed by Raja while hewas the Communication Minister. We arenot that illiterate," he said.

True to the adage, everything is fair inlove and war, the AIADMK activists solic-it votes from all parties including theDMDK and the MDMK. They assure theNDA that after the elections the AIADMKwould support Narendra Modi.

Raja too has abstained from criticisingModi since the former CommunicationsMinister could smell the Modi wave bil-lowing from the Western Ghats. But every-thing depends on how the AIADMK couldconvince the 12.42 lakh voters about theimportance of the race for Nilgiri derby.

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The court further taskedthe Ministry of Environmentand Forests to demarcate eco-sensitive zones around nation-al parks and wildlife sanctuar-ies within six months as it heldthat no mining would be per-mitted within one kilometreradius of national parks andsanctuaries in Goa.

It was evident from thereport of Central EmpoweredCommittee (CEC), the adviso-ry body formed on environ-mental issues by the SC, that inGoa, the extent of illegal min-ing was unaccountable andassumed gigantic proportions.Most of the deemed miningleases in Goa had expired inNovember 1987, and by a fur-ther renewal period of 20 years,they had to stop mining by

2007. Mining by the lesseesafter November 22, 2007 wasillegal. Hence, the court did notquash the suspension ordersissued by the State Governmentand MoEF, in effect ending allthe old leases.

The court criticised thelack of any checks and balancesadopted by the State miningdepartment and Goa PollutionControl Board as CEC esti-mated that an excess quantityof 395.645 lakh MT wasextracted between 2007 and2011. With the State havingintroduced Goa (Prevention ofIllegal Mining, Storage, andtransportation of Minerals)Rules 2013, the court hopedthat the rules will be strictlyenforced for future mining activities.

The court directed the Statepollution board to be more vig-ilant in future and be proactivein cancelling leases which failedon counts of pollution causedto air and water.

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The BJP has expressed con-fidence that its alliance with

Telugu Desam Party will winmajority of Lok Sabha seats.“We will also come to power inSeemandhra and the result inTelangana will also surprisemany,” said Prakash Javadekar,spokesperson of the BJP.

Addressing a Pressconference in Hyderabadon Monday, Javadekarconfidently declared thatthe NDA alliance is com-ing to power in the coun-try with more than 300seats in Parliament.

“We are going to win 55Lok Sabha seats in SouthIndia,” he said basing hisassessment on the voting pat-tern in the 232 Lok Sabha con-stituencies where polling hasbeen completed so far. The BJPwon 18 of the 129 seats inSouth India in 2009.

Javadekar also pre-dicted that the seats ofthe UPA will come downto mere 15 this timecompared to 85 of2009 in South.

“Electorate are com-ing forward to vote out the

Congress,” he said. People wanta change and they want to givea decisive and stable mandate,he added.

Referring to the promisesmade by other parties includ-ing Telangana Rashtra Samiti,Javadekar said that fulfillingthose promises will need hun-dreds of billions asking “from

where they will bring thismoney. Only BJP can makedevelopment possible.”

Javadekar’s assertion of amerry TDP-BJP alliance

came a daybefore party’s

prime ministerial can-didate Narendra Modi is

scheduled to visit Telanganaand address rallies atKarimnagar, Mahbubnagar,

Nizamabad and Hyderabad.

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Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam SinghYadav made a targeted attack on Bharatiya

Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate, alleg-ing that over 7,000 farmers had committed sui-cide in Gujarat during Narendra Modi’s tenure.

“The most costly fertiliser is being sent tothe farmers in Gujarat... Over 7,000 farmershave committed suicide during Modi’s regime,”Yadav cited while making a frontal attack onModi’s much-publicised ‘Gujarat Model’.

Addressing a rally, just near to the oneattended by Narendra Modi in Hardoi onMonday afternoon, Samajwadi Party supremowarned the people of Gujarat model andclaimed that only the rich and industrialistsflourish in Gujarat as Modi snatches the agri-cultural land of the farmers and sells it to thebig corporate houses at throw-away prices. Healso criticised Modi’s industrialisation boomin Gujarat, citing that thousands and thou-sands of small industries have closed duringBJP’s PM candidate’s tenure.

In a desperate bid to woo the Muslim vot-ers, Mulayam said that the condition of themonority community is rather pitiable in thecountry and no political party has tried toimprove their situation. Urging the people tovote for the SP, he added that only his partycould prevent Modi from becoming the PrimeMinister of the country.

Yadav reiterated that neither the BJP northe Congress would get majority in the LokSabha elections and the Third Front, in whichSP would be the largest party, would form theGovernment at the Centre. He promised a slewof benefits for farmers like interest free loan,free water for irrigation, age relaxation in retire-ment of Government employees and specialreservation for Muslims. Appreciating the

works done by the SP Government — led byhis son Akhilesh Yadav — the SP chief said thatall the promises made in 2012 Assembly elec-tions have been fulfilled in over two years time.

“A number of welfare schemes have beenlaunched by the SP Government in the State.Even others States are following the UPmodel,” he said while disclosing that how theyimplemented promises made in their poll man-ifesto during 2012 Assembly elections and

would further leave no stone unturned to for-ward welfare schemes for the poor anddeprived sections of the society along with theminorities, if their party would comes to power.

Meanwhile, party sources also confirmedthat Mulayam Singh Yadav would file hisnomination for the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seaton Tuesday. He is also contesting fromMainpuri Parliamentary constituency fromwhere he is the sitting MP.

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Animals are hogging all thelimelight this poll season.

They have, sort of, taken a cen-tre-stage in the political arenaas all the major players aregoing overboard to score apolitical mileage and brow-beat their rivals by raking uptheir names.

The brouhaha in the polit-ical circle started with BJPPM-pick Narendra Modi, whenin an interview with newschannel, he was heard quoting‘puppy’ sobriquet when he wasasked to comment on theGodhra issue.

Notably, the issue still isAchilles’s heels for Modi when-political rivals did not leave anychance to fire salvo at himeverytime they addressed a pub-lic meeting or interact with

news channels. Modi is in thefiring line of his arch rivals onthe issue to this date.

Since then, the political turfis inundated with such com-ments and counter comments— center staging the animaljibe and even the seasonedpoliticians did not miss the‘opportunity’ to lash at theirrival politicians.

Most recent was the Lionand Hyena jibe which Modi and

his political arch-rival ChiefMinister Uttar PradeshAkhilesh Yadav were heard bar-raging on one another duringpolitical hustings this electionseason. Modi had taunted that Gujarat gave lionsto UP but the StateGovernment fearedso much that it putthem behind the cages.

In the counterreply, AkhileshYadav said the lionsgreeted him when he visitedthe zoo recently expressed theirgratitude towards him. TheUP CM was later was heardquoting that the UPGovernment had sent Hyenasto the Gujarat Government.

In between, the jibe ofUnion Minister, Beni PrasadVerma is also worth quoting as

he was heard throwing dog jibeon his political rival Modi. Ina counter reply, Modi acknowl-edged the barb saying this wayBeni certified that he was veryloyal as the dogs are very loyalby their basic instinct.

The ongoing ‘jibe’ cam-paigning is becoming more vit-riolic and full of comedy.

Recently, when SamajwadiParty supremo landed

in Lakhimpur toaddress public, a straybull came at the place

where his chopper landed.The incident gave enough

fodder to Modi to take a jibe atNetaji saying the UPGovernment did not have anycontrol on stray animals.

Modi, however, got acounter scathing with Netajitold that the bull had come towelcome him. “But this

Parliamentary election, thenames of animals outsmartedany other metaphors that apolitical leader uses against hisor her rival. The words werehighest in numbers in beingquoted in newspapers, Englishand Vernaculars, twitter andfacebook and other social mediawebsites this election season,”said a political analyst.

It was found that after thenotification for the election wasannounced on February 28, thepolitical leaders were all out withsalvos to denigrate their rivals.“This election they had otherjibes also. But most catchingamong the jibe is addressingtheir rivals or personifying theirrivals by the names of animals.The puppy, Lion and Hyena jibewas highest among that werefired on political rivals,” thepolitical observers said.

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Prime Minister ManmohanSingh and his wife Gursharan

Kaur will arrive in Assam onThursday to cast their votes.

Senior Superintendent ofPolice (Guwahati) AP Tiwaryconfirmed this on Mondayand confirmed receivinginstructions from the PMO inthis regard.

“We have been asked toarrange for proper securityarrangements in consultationwith the Special Protection

Group (SPG),” said Tiwarywhile adding that adequatesecurity will be arranged for thearrival of the Prime Ministerand his wife.

Singh, who is a member ofthe Upper House from Assamsince 1991, and his wife arevoters of Dispur LegislativeAssembly constituency inAssam. Both the PM and hiswife will cast their votes at thepolling centre at the DispurGovernment HS School.

According to the electoralrolls, the address of the Prime

Minister is House No 3989,Sarumotoria, Guwahati Assam.Singh has the serial number688 in the electoral roll, fol-lowed by his wife (689).

On May 30 last year, Singhmade it to the Rajya Sabhafrom Assam for the fifthstraight term.

It may be mentioned thatSingh has been representingAssam in the Upper Housesince 1991. Former Assam ChiefMinister Late Hiteswar Saikiaoffered him a Rajya Sabha seatfrom Assam after he became theUnion Finance Minister. Saikiaalso made him a tenant in hishouse located at Sarumotorialocality in Guwahati.

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In Seemanchal’s Katihar andAraria Lok Sabha con-

stituencies, anti-incumbencyand Narendra Modi areappearing to play a pivotalrole in deciding the poll courseof the candidates. These twonorth-eastern Parliamentaryconstituencies also have a con-siderable percentage of Muslimvotes that could swing theresult either way.

The BJP candidate, NikhilChaudhury, has been winningon Katihar seat for the last threeelections but this time heapparently is facing the tough-est battle of his political career.Contesting against him, hisold rival, Tariq Anwar, is in thefray on a NCP ticket. The rul-ing party JD(U) has fielded for-mer Minister Ram PrakashMahto to make the contest tri-angular but apparently makingno presence in the battlefield.

Like its neighbouring

Parliamentary constituencies,Katihar has over 30 per centMuslim electorate and thistime, it seems, they have decid-ed to vote for the NCP candi-date for (party’s) alliance withthe UPA, who could stallNarendra Modi from becomingthe Prime Minister of the coun-try. Though, there are alto-gether six candidates in the frayfrom the minority communitybut this time it is unlikely to seeany division in votes.

“Like the previous polls, ifthe Muslim votes get split thenthe winning chances of the sit-ting BJP MP will increase,” saidShivprakash Mahto of Manihari.

However, there is one sil-ver lining for the BJP candidate.The records show that theShershahbadi Muslims, whoare believed to have come fromBangladesh, have been votingfor their local candidate fromtheir own community insteadof one from any national party.They even had voted againstCongress candidate Tariq

Anwar in 2009 Lok Sabha pollfor which he lost by a marginof less than 10,000 votes. TariqAnwar, though, had won LokSabha poll from the seat fourtimes since 1980.

Shershahbadis have con-siderable poll influence in areaslike Barsoi, Barari and Kadwa.In last elections, they had votedfor Hamid Muabarak fromtheir own community.

There are altogether 20candidates on Katihar seat butthe two main contestants are of

the BJP and the NCP.Besides, the BJP candidate

had also got votes of EBC andMahadalit as JD(U) was analliance partner in 2009 pollbut since they have parted

ways this time, it has becomedifficult for the BJP candidate.The JD(U) candidate, though,is banking on the develop-ment plank of Chief MinisterNitish Kumar.

“This time we’re not votingfor any candidate but to thoseonly who could stop Narendra

Modi,” said Akhtar Hussainwhile adding that in given sce-nario Tariq sahib comes as anatural choice.

But, against the BJP candi-date, the anti-incumbencyapparently is reeling strong.He is riding on NaMo wave aswell as the consolidation ofHindu votes in the name ofNarendra Modi.

While criss-crossingthe constituency, it wasfound that the local issueswhich were predomi-nant earlier, now havevanished and the pollhas veered around anti-Modi orpro-Modi factor. “The issues ofManihari road bridge, flyoversand rail connectivity are not ofthe poll talk now. The only issuereeling is Narendra Modi,” saidBabloo Jaiswal, a resident.

Similar is the poll scenarioin the neighbouring Araria LokSabha constituency where RJDcandidate Mohd Taslimuddin isposing a tough challenge to BJPcandidate and sitting MP

Pradeep Kumar Singh whileJD(U) candidate Vijay Mandalis pitching hard to make the tus-sle triangular on Nitish Kumar’sdevelopment works.

With almost 30 per centMuslim vote share, majority ofthem Kulhaiya (nativeMuslims) Araria is aSeemanchal constituencywhere polarisation of votes

after NaMo couldplay a decisive

role in the result.The effect of

Akhtarul Iman, theJD(U) candidate from

Kishanganj, who pulled outfrom the race, is apparent inadjoining Araria constituency.

“When Akhtarul playedhis part in stalling NaMo frombecoming the PM, in Arariathe Muslims may rally behindRJD candidate MohdTaslimuddin to ensure his win,”said Asrar Ahmad.

Besides Muslim voters, theconstituency has also about 3lakh Yadav voters and an equal

number of EBC voters. “I don’tsee any problem for MohdTaslimuddin if the Muslimvoters join hand with theYadavs,” said a resident ofBhajanpura village.

JD(U) candidate VijayMandal is riding on his goodimage but the Bhajanpura fir-ing incident has dented hisimage. He is accused of doingnothing about the incidentorchestrated by a BJP MLC.

“Nitish Kumar may havedone some development worksbut he can’t say himself secular.He was in alliance with the BJPfor over 17 years and he didn’tdo anything in Bhajanpura fir-ing case,” said villager.

Mohd Taslimuddin, hasbeen a controversial politicianof Seemanchal area for long buthe apparently wields a signifi-cant political influence in theregion. His son, SarfarajAhmad, is a MLA from JokihatAssembly constituency and heis campaigning hard on behalfof his father.

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poll in the only booth ofAndhalewadi village in Ashtitaluka of Beed constituency onApril 24, following reports ofalleged booth capturing by theBJP workers on April 17.

The EC’s announcementof a re-poll in Andhalewadivillage came after BeedCollector and District ElectionOfficer Naval Kishore Ramsubmitted a report on theApril 17 incident — in whichat least 15 BJP workers bargedinto the only polling booth(No 213) in Andhalewadi vil-lage and took control of thepolling station half-an-hourbefore the polling was sched-uled to end at 6 pm.

“We wrote to the ElectionCommission seeking a re-poll here and it has beenapproved. We have made nec-essary preparations to conductre-poll in the Andhawadi pollbooth on April 24,” the BeedDistrict Collector said.

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Bhagalpur (Bihar): Counter-attacking the divisive and com-munal barb, the BJP onMonday said that the Congresswas the ‘biggest communalparty’ because it was responsi-ble for the Partition of Indiaand the Bhagalpur riots.

“The Congress is trying tofrighten Muslims in the nameof Narendra Modi and callingthe BJP communal and divi-sive... But the truth is that theCongress is the biggest com-munal party which facilitatedthe Partition of the country,”BJP president Rajnath Singhsaid in an election meeting atKahalgaon while promotingShahnawaz Hussain.

“Jab Gujarat nahi bata todesh kaise batega (whenGujarat was not divided dur-ing the Modi regime how willthe country will be divid-ed)?” he asked in the Muslim-dominated Bhagalpur LS seatthat will go to the polls onApril 24.

Making a strong defence ofNarendra Modi, Singh saidMuslims had the highest percapita income in Gujarat com-pared to other States.

“Hindus and Muslims livein harmony in Gujarat .Muslims vote for Modi in alarge chunk and will do thesame in Varanasi this time,”he said.

Shahnawaz Hussain alsoappealed to Muslims not to fallinto the trap of Congress andother “so called” secular partieswho were trying to gain theirvotes in the name of 2002Gujarat riots.

“Congress, before accusingthe BJP of riots in Gujarat, shallfirst tell us about 1989Bhagalpur communal strifethat resulted in the death ofthousands of Muslims,”Hussain said.

The BJP president also hitback at Congress for accusingthe BJP of spending over�10,000 crore on publicity inthe current elections. PTI

Amethi: Defending his decision ofresigning from the Delhi ChiefMinister post, AAP leader ArvindKejriwal has said his “soul did not allowme to continue” adding that he will“not think” of assuming the post untilhis party gets easy majority to run theState Government on their own terms.

On being asked if he wouldaccept the role of CM in Delhi again,Kejriwal said “Not until we get easymajority to run the Government onour own without any pressure.”

Rejecting further any possibilityto form a Government (Delhi) withsupport of either Congress or BJP, healleged both the parties had joinedhands in making things difficult forthe party to run the Government.

“They (BJP and Congress) joinedhands and did not let us pass crucial

Bills like subsidy, Jan Lokpal, Swaraj.Even the Budget was passed after sev-eral hurdles,” he alleged.

“I may have continued as a CMbut my soul did not allow me and Idecided to resign,” he told the media.

“I thought that it was a big sac-rifice, and the public would praise us,but the public couldn’t understand thelogic,” he said.

However, Kejriwal admitted to acommunication gap between hisparty and the citizens of Delhi whenhe tendered his resignation.

“Before forming the Governmentwe held 280 meetings with the peo-ple but at the time of submitting myresignation we were at fault as we didnot any hold meetingswhich could haveremoved the confusion.”

Rejecting the claimof being an “escapist”leader, Kejriwal claimed hewould not escape fromany responsibility how-ever, he does not long forany political position.

Attacking Congress vice-presi-dent Rahul Gandhi and BJP PM can-didate Narendra Modi for their devel-opment claims, he said their “defeat”would be in the interest of the nationand the people must end the traditionof dynasty politics. PTI

Amethi: Attacking both Congress and BJP, Aam Aadmi Partychief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the two had been play-ing a “friendly match” in Amethi till now and it was onlythis time that the constituency would witness a real fight withthe entry of his party candidate Kumar Vishwas.

“Earlier in Amethi, there used to be a friendlymatch between BJP and Congress like match-fixing,but this time Amethi people are observing the realfight where AAP’s Vishwas is all set to defeatCongress nominee and incumbent MP Rahul

Gandhi with huge margin,” said Kejriwal atMusafirkhana here. The former Delhi CM was speaking

during the second day of his three-day road show in theconstituency.

“Rahul Gandhi will lose from Amethi and NarendraModi will lose from both the seats,” he added. Kejriwal wasaccompanied by Vishwas. PTI

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Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi sought the

support of Telangana people forthe State Congress and for theUPA at the Centre to ensuredevelopment in all the sec-tions of the society.

Addressing a mammothelection rally in Mahbubnagaron Monday, Rahul made strongpitch for a prosperous andprogressive Telangana ensuring

social justice.“Only Congress can ensure

development which will bene-fit the Dalits, farmers, labour-ers, backwards, women andminorities all at once. Theparty will favour Hindus,Muslims, Sikhs and Christiansin one spirit.”

Rahul’s first election speechin Telangana was remarkablefor no reference to his arch-rival and BJP’s prime ministe-rial candidate Narendra Modi.

He made only one mention ofthe BJP when he said that theparty was trying to makeHindus fight with Muslims.

Entire focus of his half-an-hour-long speech was ondevelopment and on the roleplayed by the Congress in ful-filling the promise of TelanganaState. “We don’t want politics ofanger and revenge”, Rahul said.

The young Congressleader, who often drawn flakfor lacking oratorical skill, on

Monday emerged as an effec-tive orator with clear thinking.

“If not for Sonia Gandhi,Telangana State would nothave become possible,” he saidamid the cheers of the crowdwhich had come bravingintense summer heat.

“If you want benefits andprogress in your State, thenyou should vote for theCongress Government and wewill ensure unprecedenteddevelopment,” said Gandhi

who was described by otherspeakers at the rally as “thefuture Prime Minister”.

Rahul’s aversion toModi’s reference wassurprising as theBJP leader is sched-uled to visit theregion on Tuesdayand address a rallyat the same venue.

Urging the peopleto make a choicebetween a big dreamand a small dream,Rahul said, “Vote forthe Congress if you want tohave a big dream which canchange your life, where ‘Madein Telangana’ will become abrand,” he said.

He said, while theCongress did everything pos-sible to evolve a consensus andmake Telangana a separateState, the Opposition TeluguDesam Party and the BJPtried to stop its formation inParliament and the TRS had

no role in drafting and pass-ing the Bill.

Lashing out at the TRS hewondered, “When the partycould not keep its promisemade to the Congress formerger and failed to fulfil itspromises of making a Dalit thefirst Chief Minister ofTelangana, how can it fulfil thepromises made to you”.

“TRS leaders want only onething — power,” Rahul said.

“We will makeTelangana a State

where every reli-gion will haverespect and whichwill follow secularvalues,” he said.

“If you want tomake Telangana a

great State thenyou should carry all the

sections and religionsalong”. He said that theCongress party will fulfil all

the promises made both tothe people of Telangana

and Seemandhra.Promising a far-sighted

Government in Telangana,Rahul made a three-point com-mitment — India’s biggestpower plant in the region, 10-year tax holiday to ensureequal part to all the districtsand national status for thePranahita-Chevella andPalamuru irrigation projects.

Recalling how the UPAGovernment had adopted a

right-based approach to lift 15crore poor people above pover-ty line, Rahul said that onreturning to power for thethird term, the UPA will con-tinue the same approach. Hepromised to give the right toshelter or housing, right to freemedical care to the poor and 33per cent reservation to womenin Parliament and StateAssemblies on a priority basis.

“After three years you willnot find a single poor familywithout a roof over their headin Telangana,” he said.

Talking of employment forthe youth, he rued that T-shirts, watches, mobile andshoes worn by the youth in thecountry today carry ‘Made inChina’. But “we want to changethis by developing industrialcorridors in the country andgenerate employment for lakhsof youth. We want to see ‘Madein Telangana’ and ‘Made inIndia’ on every product usedby our people. Only theCongress can do it”.

Later Rahul left forNizamabad to address anoth-er election rally.

The Mahbubnagar rallywas also addressed byTelangana State Congress pres-ident P Lakshmaiah,Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha can-didate and Union Minister SJaipal Reddy, NagarkurnoolLok Sabha candidate NandiYellaiah and others.

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Peace seems to be still elusivein poll-bound Bodoland

Territorial Areas Districts(BTAD) of Assam, which wit-nessed the worst-ever violenceabout two years back killingover 100 civilians and displac-ing over four lakh people.

The four districts of BTADand its surrounding areas,which fall under the KokrajharLok Sabha constituency inWestern Assam are going topoll on April 24 as part of thethird phase polling in Assam.

However, a majority of thelocals — including the victimsof 2012 riots — seemed ratherconfused about their future inthe Bodo heartland.

“We have lost everythingduring the 2012 riots. Ourhouses and belongings were setablaze and we escaped to save

our lives,” said Rafiq Ali, anative of Nower Bhita villageunder Dotma police station,located only 40 kms away fromKokrajhar town.

There used to be 490 fam-ilies in the village, which arenow reduced to only 220.

While some of the families— which were shifted to otherplaces during the violence —have returned to the village,others have left their homelandfearing another round of back-lash in future.

The people of Nower Bhitaand adjoining villages havefallen victim to month-longclashes between the Bodos andBengali-speaking Muslim set-tlers in the BTAD which rockedthe entire State in 2012.

“The violence took place inJune 2012 and we returned inNovember last year when theState Government assured usfull protection,” Ali said while

adding that although there weresecurity pickets near our villageinitially but they were with-drawn about four months back.

“The State Governmentpromised compensation to thetune of �5 lakh for each fami-ly but only a few families haverelieved less than �60,000 sofar,” he said.

Another resident ofTetliguri village, located 20kms of the Kokrajhar town,

Sukna Basumatary also wit-nessed devastation due to retal-iatory attacks during the vio-lence but they are yet to

receive the compensation fortheir loss.

“Many have come to usseeking votes. I don’t knowwhom to vote for now but Icannot refuse to vote either. Wecan’t even complain to theauthorities as they have failedin protecting us,” said another

resident of Nower Bhita oncondition of anonymity whileadding that the Dotoma policestation, which is located onlyhalf-a-kilometre away fromthe village, has failed to securethe village from the rioters dur-ing 2012. “I cannot trust any-one here. The police, adminis-tration, leaders are all hand-in-gloves,” he said.

The statement assumes sig-nificance as there have beenallegations of large-scale rig-ging during polls in the BTADalong with free flow of moneyand muscle power.

However, thesituation is farfrom being normal in theBTAD in Assam.

While there have beenno major incidents of violenceso far, many locals — particu-larly the non-Bodos — fail tofeel safe in the land where theyhave been living for decades.

The gun culture adoptedby the former rebels, who arein power in the BodolandTerritorial Council (BTC) thatruns the administration in theBTAD have made the future oflocals rather unsettling.

Nazimuddin Siddique, adoctoral research scholar atGauhati University who isdoing a research on Bodolandriots, rued that non-Bodos arestill the second-class citizens inBodoland.

“Non-Bodosliving there arereally scared. Two

weeks back there was anincident and it was enough

to prompt a group to leavetheir village, this shows thekind of fear the people are liv-ing under,” he said adding thatthe non-Bodos in Bodoland arevoiceless.

It may be mentioned herethat Kokrajhar, which is the

corridor to Northeast India, hashad a history of riots, each leav-ing its imprints in the minds ofpeople residing in area.

There have been a series ofclashes between the Bodos andthe Adivasis during 1996 to1998. Bodos and Muslimminorities have clashed in1953, 1993 and 1994 too.

However, the riots betweenthe Bodos and Bengali-speak-ing Muslim settlers of 2012 isoften termed as one of theworst due to its magnanimity.

The 2012 riots also engulfeddifferent places of India that ledto counter or reverse exodus ofNortheastern people in dif-ferent States of India.

What magnified the ethnicconflagration into a full-blownnational problem was the bulkSMSes and promotion throughsocial media which triggeredthe largest exodus of mankindin post-Independence era.

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Amethi: An FIR was registered against AAP lead-ers Arvind Kejriwal and Kumar Vishwas and 10others for allegedly violating the Model Code ofConduct and prohibitory orders.

The FIR was lodged after authorities reviewedthe video of Vishwas’ campaign, Circle officerNaveen Kumar Singh said. Kejriwal and Vishwashad allegedly violated the model code and pro-hibitory orders by holding roadside meetings with-out taking permission and disrupting traffic.

Earlier, an FIR was registered against Vishwasand 100 others on April 18 for staging a dharnainside Gauriganj Police Station to press for an FIRagainst Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, VinodMishra and others. PTI

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New Delhi: Those opposingabrogation of Article 370 shouldspell out how it has benefitedJammu & Kashmir, BJP presi-dent Rajnath Singh said whilefavouring a debate on the con-stitutional provision that grantsspecial status to the State.

“Our stand is that becauseof this (Article 370), Jammu &Kashmir has not benefited atall. Had it benefited, had ithelped in reduction of pover-ty, then we would welcomed it.But that never happened,” saidRajnath in an interview.

Favouring a debate on theissue, he said those opposingabrogation of the Article“should spell out how it hasbenefited the State. We believeit has not benefited the State.”

In its manifesto for theupcoming Lok Sabha polls,the party has said, “The BJPreiterates its stand on theArticle 370 and will discuss thiswith all stakeholders andremains committed to theabrogation of this Article.”

On relations with Pakistanif NDA comes to power, theBJP chief said there will bequest for friendly ties withexpectation of reciprocity.

“Pakistan is our neighbour.We will want to have good rela-tions with it and all other neigh-bours. But Pakistan also shouldhave the same approach. We alsoexpect Pakistan to have goodrelations with India,” Singh said.

On apprehensions that aNarendra Modi Governmentcould have a hawkish approachtowards Pakistan as BJP hasbeen accusing the ManmohanSingh Government of being“weak” in dealing with thatcountry, he said, “The UPAGovernment failed on thediplomatic front. We havealready extended friendly handto Pakistan and all countries.”

Singh said an NDAGovernment would like to havecordial relations with neigh-bours and others also.

On the reference in theparty manifesto that a BJP-ledGovernment would “revise andupdate” the nuclear doctrine,Singh said there should be nomisgivings as it will maintain“no-first-use” policy.

Seeking to downplay theissue, he said, “All Governmentskeep reviewing nuclear policyto tune it with the interest ofcommon masses.”

The BJP has said in themanifesto, “We will follow antwo-pronged independentnuclear programme, unen-cumbered by foreign pressureand influence, for civilian andmilitary purposes, especiallyas nuclear power is a major con-tributor to India’s energy sector.”

It has said, “BJP will studyin detail India’s nuclear doctrine,and revise it and update it, tomake it relevant to the challengesof current times. We will main-tain a credible minimum deter-rent that is in tune with chang-ing geostatic realities.”

Credible minimum deter-rence is the principle of India’s‘no-first use’ nuclear weaponspolicy, in force since the AtalBihari Vajpayee Government,and under it, an arsenal whichcan help in retaliating strong-ly if attacked by an adversary,will be maintained.

Releasing the manifestoalong with other senior leadershere on April 7, BJP’s primeministerial candidate NarendraModi had vowed to pursue“zero tolerance” approach oninternal as well as externalsecurity so that “no one daresthreaten” India. PTI

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Hyderabad: Mahbubnagar,one of the key Lok Sabha con-stituencies in Telangana, isgoing to witness a trial ofstrength between two bitterrivals — BJP’s prime ministe-rial candidate Narendra Modiand Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi.

Their respective electionrallies on two consecutivedays are being seen as a directfight between the two starcampaigners.

While Rahul is addressinghis rally at the MVS CollegeGrounds on Monday evening,Modi will address a rally onTuesday at the same venue.

The local leaders of boththe parties are pulling out all thestops to mobilise the maximumcrowd as people are bound tocompare the response for theirrallies at the same place.

The venue has the capac-ity for 70,000 people andCongress leaders are trying topack the venue. The BJP lead-ers are also looking forward toa houseful show.

Mahbubnagar is witness-ing a keen contest betweenUnion Minister Jaipal Reddy ofthe Congress and BJP-TDPalliance candidate NagamJanardhan Reddy. PNS

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In what could be called a bril-liant move to pressurise the

political candidates, the mem-bers of the All India Union ofForest Workers People arenegotiating with them in forestareas to look into their variousdemands. The simple fundathat they are following is “FirstGive and Then Take” implyingthat they first give the assur-ance that they would look intoissues like claims under theForest Right Act, solve theproblems like atrocities by thepolice and the forest depart-ment, only then the Unionwould vote for them.

The negotiations are beingcarried out just before thepolling date. Deputy GeneralSecretary of the Union, Roma,while talking to The Pioneersaid that they are meeting thelocal candidates of all theregional parties in Renukoot on

May 1 (Labour Day) wherethey will take a written assur-ance from the candidate asagainst their demand charter.

She said that the dialoguewill be carried out at Renukootwhich has the industries andthe forests. She also emphati-cally pointed out that thedemand charter which coversthe adivasis, dalits, musims ,tribals, scheduled tribes andother forest dwellers has theprime aim of saving the forests.

The demands include thekey issues of FRA (ForestRights Act), Withdrawal offalse cases filed by the forestofficials and the police in theforest area, granting ofCommunity Forest Rights,formation of NTFP (NonTimber Forest Produce) Co-operatives and review of70,000 rejected claims.

Interestingly, she does notconsider man-animal conflictas an issue which she points outis the primarily the creation of

the forest department whocarry out illegal felling of treesthat causes forest destruction.She believes that forest dwellerslive in harmony with animals.

Commenting on theirstrategy she said, “It is alwaysbelieved that the politicalparties contest election butpeople watch this process andvote passively. In the discus-sions held under Sungharsh-2014, we decided that it is notonly political parties that con-test election but the people of

this country too contest elec-tion, hence, it is important toshow our power as it is thetime, the political partiescome begging to the peopleand listen to them. This strat-egy has given tremendousstrength to the communitypeople, who are now activelyengaging themselves in thepolitical dialogue with thecandidates in the area andwith the Government at theState level.”

Pointing to their demands

she said, “We believe that in thepoor, backward and especial-ly the forest region the mainfight is against the neo-liberalregime, capital that is blatant-ly taking over the naturalresources with huge profitmargins, hence, uprooting thelocal people from their liveli-hood resources and environ-ment. They are posing a seri-ous threat to the environmentagainst which only the peopleespecially women who aredependent on these naturalresources are fighting. It isthrough organised peopleunity only that the corporateand imperialist policies couldbe attacked,” she said.

She added that this needsto be challenged also in thiselectoral battle. This interven-tion in the election willempower politically and willgive them lot of energy tocarry this fight in a long run.

Roma said that they wereonly looking at the regional

parties which were associatedwith the region because theywill be the ones who will beimplementing the policies.

On being asked if the polit-ical parties step back once theywin the elections, she said,“We assume that this processwill not end after the electionbut will continue even after theelection. It is important for thepeople to stay in the electoralbattle to push their demands ofdignified human living condi-tions, about their basic humanrights, labour rights, protectionof women, rights to naturalresources, Constitutional rightsas enshrined in ourConstitution” she said.

On the issue of man animalconflict she said that there wasno such issue.

“It is the prime creation ofthe forest department thatencourages illegal felling. Leftwith no habitat the forestsrush towards the other areas,”she alleged.

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After exit of City Congresspresident, Neeraj Bora,

who forwarded his support toBJP candidate Rajnath Singh,Congress candidate fromLucknow Parliamentary con-stituency, Reeta BahugunaJoshi, might receive anothersetback in the coming days asone of the minorities leader isall set to change the side insearch of a greener pasture.Speculations are high that hewould join the Samajwadi Partybrigade supporting party’s can-didate Abhishek Mishra.

Sources confirmed thatjust on the lines of NeerajBora, who ditched the Partyeven when Congress high-command gave him due recog-nition soon after he joined theParty not only by giving himticket for Assembly elections in2012, and for Mayor electionsbut later also madehim City Congresspresident, yetanother minorityleader who playedhis cards well with-in the Congress tosee a sharp rise with-in a short span oftime, is now readyto quit Congress.

However, what surprisedthe Congress bosses is that justlike Neeraj Bora, who was givendue recognition by Joshi, whenshe was State president of UPCongress, too wanted to leaveRita Bahuguna mid-way insearch of steep rise in less time.

Interestingly, in many ofthe debates in which Rita wasinvited, she sent this minorityleader as her ‘representative’.

Sources further confirmedthat to bring Congress Stateheadquarters under controver-sy, this minority leader violat-ed all protocol — first shot offa leader to one of his senior col-

league and when objected, heclashed with his senior insidethe Party’s office two days back.

Surprisingly, when seniorCongressmen at State head-quarters, were trying to resolvethe issue to avoid any contro-versy, this leader reportedlyover-looked and sources saidthat he met Chief Minister

Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday. Though this minori-ty leader so far com-

municated that hismeeting was justa courtesy calland has been

fixed ten days inadvance but sources

said that it was a senior SPleader close to Akhilesh Yadav,who fixed the meeting, prob-ably to lure the Congressleader to join Samajwadi Partyand support Abhishek Mishraif he wanted to have a muchgreener pasture.

Sources said that thisminority leader who has notmade any official call in thisregard yet, tried to project hismeeting with Akhilesh as aroutine one, hence, he active-ly took part in Joshi’s campaignon Monday.

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In what could give someprior indication to the

Election Commission of theprevailing situation inBirbhum district ahead ofApril 30 general elections,several alleged TrinamoolCongress men were blowninto pieces when bombs,allegedly, they were preparingat a house went off acciden-tally, police said.

While local SP insistedthe numbers of death wereonly two, the locals said theyhad seen about 20 peopleinside the house of a localTrinamool leader SK Ismail,where they were makingbombs purportedly to be usedagainst the Opposition duringthe elections.

“Such was the impact of theblasts that the tin roof flew off150 metres into a pond andsome motorcycles were tossedabout 20 metres away,” said aneyewitness adding the miscre-

ants who were not injured,dragged out other bodies.

“Two corpses with theirlower portions completely tornoff were found about 100 metreinside a paddy field,” a terrifiedlocal said adding those whowere making bombs were out-siders and had been brought inby the followers of TrinamoolMLA Munirul Islam.

Islam, had hours before,

apologised to the ElectionCommission for publiclydirecting the party workersnot to allow the Oppositionvoters to cast their votes.

It was in the same districtthat saw a gang of Trinamoolmen hacking SK Hiralal, aCPI(M) leader, to death a fewdays ago. Both the incidentshave been reported to theCommission, police said.

Birbhum had been hittingthe headlines since its districtTrinamool president AnubrataMandal publicly directed hismen to torch the houses of theOpposition camp and bombpolice vehicles during pan-chayat elections. Curiously arebel party member was shotdead two days later after hispublic speech.

While Mandal is named asaccused number one in the FIRhe has not yet been arrestedeven as Chief Minister MamataBanerjee has openly promisedto stand by his side.

Meanwhile, the Congress,the BJP and Left leaders onMonday met Special Observerseeking his intervention tothwart booth capturing “as ithappened in the first phase inCoochbehar.”

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Reaching out to the voters inthe age group of “18 to 28

years”, BJP’s prime ministerialcandidate Narendra Modi onMonday exhorted the young-sters “in the golden period” oftheir lives not to just remainvoters, but to step out of theirhomes and canvas among peo-ple for bringing in a “strong”Government at the Centre that“will deliver” and “change thefortunes” of their lives.

Shifting gears of his cam-paigning that would in thenormal course have seen himtake jibes at Congress leadersSonia Gandhi and RahulGandhi, Modi concentratedon the development issues formost part of his 45-minuteaddress here, but made it pointto request voters in the agegroup of “18 to 28 years” toturn “canvassers” for the BJP tohelp him usher in a strongNDA Government with “300plus” seats at the Centre.

Making an emotional

appeal for support from votersin the “18 to 28 years” agegroup, Modi said: “Youngstersin the age group of 18 to 28years are passing through agolden period of their lives.This is the period when all youyoungsters have to chart ourcareer and make decisions thatwill decide the future course ofyour lives.., If at this juncture,you have a nikamma (useless)Government in Delhi, justthink as to what will happen toyou? What if something goeswrong at this stage your lives?”

Addressing a huge rally forthe BJP-led “Maha-Yuti” (grandalliance) at the BKC grounds inNorth-Central Mumbai, Modisaid: “Let others in the countrymay think whatever they wantto, but you youngsters in theage group of 18 to 28 yearsthink only about your future...If something goes amiss now,your lives will plunge intodarkness. Then, how will be ofany help to the country?. I amvery much concerned aboutyour lives...You can ill-afford to

have a useless Government atthe Centre... Instead, you needa Government that delivers, aGovernment that will change

the fortunes of the youngstersin the age group of 18 to 28years,” the BJP’s prime minis-terial candidate said.

Reaching out directly tovoters in the “18 to 28 years” agegroup, Modi said: “That’s whyI appeal you to not to just

remain voters, but become can-vassers (for the BJP-led NDA)..Those of you in Mumbai havetwo more days at your dispos-al and your counterparts else-where in the country have 20more days. Step out, turn can-vassers, go to every home andinspire people to bring in astrong Government at theCentre. As I have alreadytold you before, I wouldlike form aGovernment in Delhiwith 300-plus seats”.

Earlier, predictingthat the Congress-ledUPA would be wipedout in the LS polls, Modi said:“The Congress will not evenopen its account in some of thestates. There will be no State inthe country where theCongress will touch a double-digit figure. The scale of debatethat the Congress will suffer inthe polls will be of an unprece-dented nature”.

Ridiculing the Congress forharping on the issue of secu-larism, Modi said: "I have for the

last six months raising issues ofdevelopment.. I talk of employ-ment to 70 crore youth in thecountry. They talk of secularism.I talk of issues like providing twosquare meals to poor, a perma-nent roof the for the needy,security for women.. but theykeep harping on secularism.They have answers to my

queries. They simply hidethemselves in thebunkers of secular-ism and try to save

their skin”.Interacting with the audi-

ence on the nature ofGovernment that looked for-ward to having at the Centre,Modi said: “What people wantis a strong Government at theCentre, a Government that cantaken quick decisions”.

Modi cited an analogy ofhow the Railways did away withthe third class compartments inthe trains, to dismiss the UPA’sclaim that it had brought 15crore people in the countryabove the poverty line. “It is likedrawing the poverty line lower

than the earlier level and bring-ing the poor automatically abovethe poverty line. The manner inwhich UPA Government hasgone about the whole thing islike the Railways doing awaywith the third class compart-ment in trains and having onlycompartments that are secondclass and above”.

Criticising Rahul Gandhi— whom he repeatedly calledin his speech “Rahul Bhayya”,for turning the homes of poorinto tourist destinations, Modisaid: “Here is a man who isborn with golden spoon in hismouth. For him visiting thehomes of poor people is likevisiting a tourist destination.He goes to their homes withmedia persons in tow. He eatsat their homes, depriving themof their own food, poses forphotographs with children.He says he does not enjoy orbe happy unless he speaks topoor people. On the otherhand, I will not be able to sleepthe whole night, after I meetup or interact with people.”

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The EnforcementDirectorate — now probing

the Saradha scam — stumbledon more facts and documentsafter the intense grilling ofarrested Saradha chief SudiptoSen’s son, wife and daughter-in-law, sources said.

According to the EDsources, the sleuths have dis-covered two more bankaccounts and some forged landdeeds of the Sens. The accounts,belonging to his wife Piyali,showed how these were used togive favours to some of the topTrinamool Congress politicians.

Quoting the ED reports,Congress leader and Seramporecandidate, Abdul Mannan won-dered how Piyali’s account wasused to purchase the paintingsof Mamata Banerjee.

“It is baffling as to how somecrores of rupees were paid topurchase the Chief Minister’spaintings considering the factthat she is not an establishedartist” Mannan said adding that“If infact that happened thenwhere are those paintings now,if there were any paintings tobegin with.”

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Even as Mr NarendraModi’s march to Delhiseems unstoppable, twounnecessary irritantsthreaten to take the

sheen off his triumph, the like ofwhich independent India hasnever seen. The Gujarat ChiefMinister is resented in some cir-cles not for his non-Congressbackground, but because he rep-resents the first break in continu-ity with the elite bequeathed bythe colonial Raj and nurtured bythe Congress Raj. This patronagecovered every sphere of life, fromthe professions/academics to theperforming arts and the noisy dis-sidence of well-funded activists.Soon, as their gravy trainvapourises, they will seek to dis-credit the new regime. Theirranks will be swelled by those whojumped off the sinking Congressship and do not get the covetedadvantages from the new regime.

Hence, it would be in orderfor Mr Modi to soothe the risingdisquiet over the appointment ofthe new Army Chief and the so-called emissaries to separatistleader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.The proposed Chief of ArmyStaff is the next in line. Tosupersede him in favour of aclose relation of a former chief-cum-BJP star, especially after thecontroversy in the appointmentof the new Navy chief, wouldtaint the incoming regime,demoralise the Armed Forcesand upset the veterans whoseunstinted support gave an earlyboost to the Modi juggernaut.

The so-called problem ofJammu & Kashmir is not the toppriority of the incoming regime.Yet a senior leader from an alliedorganisation was reputedly pre-sent in the State around the timethat two Kashmiri Pandits metMr Geelani. As neither belongs tothe BJP, which was not in theloop, the party denied sendingfeelers to the separatist leader. Asthe news has upset the uprootedminority, the initiative must beunequivocally disowned.

Nothing should tarnish themost epochal moment in ourmodern history. As Mr Modigives interviews to televisionchannels with varying footprints,he outclasses the arrogant andinarticulate dynasty, leapfrogsthe muck-raking over his distantmarriage, and mesmerises thenation with the promise of end-ing the stagnation and decay ofthe past 10 years. This is where hemust retain national attention.

A fundamental takeawayfrom Mr Modi’s interviews is that

despite his corporate-friendlyimage (invoked to malign him),there will be no de-constructionof the public sector, no sale ofloss-making public sector units.In Gujarat, he ended politicalinterference and exploitation thatcaused loss-making units andturned them around throughprofessional management andtechnological upgradation. Hisassertion will bring relief toorganisations like Coal India,which was the target of intensehostility for ‘non-performance’after ‘Coal-gate’ revealed massiveirregularities in the allotment ofcoal blocks to large industrialhouses and sundry cronies.

The most disturbing facet ofcrony capitalism is when theState helps private capital toacquire monopoly over an indus-try, service, or natural resource.The Sheila Dikshit regime gavetwo private firms monopoly overpower distribution in the capital,though they did not produce theelectricity or even upgrade thetransmission network, but twicechanged the electronic meters.

Electricity bills went throughthe roof with official complicity,

and Delhi Electric SupplyUndertaking workers werereplaced with casual labour, evenas the firms acquired real estateworth thousands of crores ofrupees, free. The Aam AadmiParty rose on the crest of publicanger over this loot and the lethar-gy of Delhi-based BJP leaders. MsDikshit also planned to privatisea natural resource like water andresisted harvesting the abundantrains during her 15-year tenure.Nor did she promote solar power.

Mr Modi lays emphasis onthe promotion of small and medi-um industries which form thebackbone of industrial develop-ment, and cooperatives toempower farmers in marketingtheir produce. Farmers andtraders could similarly take thecooperative route for setting upcold chains and warehouses foragricultural produce. Should thishappen in tandem with the pro-posed expansion of roadwaysand railways, employment gener-ation across the nation could beexponential. Possibly as aresponse to the huge miningscams in several States, he feelsIndia must stop exporting raw

materials (for example, iron-ore)and set up manufacturing unitsand create jobs at local level inStates with raw materials, ratherthan crowding the big cities.

One of his most promisinginitiatives involves changing thetenor of Centre-State relations, torespect regional aspirations, andgive States flexibility in decidingtheir developmental priorities.A surprising fact revealed duringinterviews is that Mr Modi didnot apply the ‘Gujarat model’ uni-formly in every district in hisState, but tweaked it according tothe ground reality. It is not rock-et science that uniform planninghas been a disaster, but it hastaken Mr Modi to insist thatHimalayan regions, deserts,coastal States, urban, rural andlandlocked regions, flood ordrought prone regions, must betreated differently.

To his credit, despite hyster-ical ranting by the Congress andothers, he has not swerved fromhis endeavour to craft a newgrammar of politics, speaking ofthe people as a whole (six croreGujaratis, 125 crore Indians) andaddressing national constituen-cies on a non-partisan basis asyouth, farmers, women, agedparents (senior citizens). Breakingaway from the politics of castearithmetic (KHAM, MY, et al), hehas also resisted hints to appeaseminorities. This is as it should be.As Muslims mainly wear theskull cap during prayer, it is amockery of Islam for non-Muslims to flaunt the cap to har-ness votes. More pertinently,however, as he explained, “I haveto respect my own tradition aswell although I respect all tradi-tions”. Hitherto, no politician hashad the courage to be so guileless.

Treating rape with the gravityit deserves, he refrained from crit-icising Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav’sstatement that rape is a minoroffense for which capital punish-ment is not justified, saying it is notan issue for scoring political points.Instead, the need is for greater sen-sitivity, to feel that every daughterof India is one’s own.

To conclude, the BJP electioncampaign is Modi-centricbecause the people will not haveit any other way, as attested by thethin, even negligible, audiences atthe meetings of other leaders. Aspeople rally around the Gujaratveteran as the symbol of theirhope and aspirations to salvagethe 21st century, the BJP owes itto him and to them to ensure thatthere are no thorns on the roadto South Block.0

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Sir — To create an impression onthe voters, political parties havebeen rolling out promises, and thecandidates have been talking ofunveiling several welfare mea-sures when their party was inpower. Politicians must understandthat they are not doing any favourto the people, and whatever theypromise to do or have done, forman integral part of their duties andresponsibilities as the elected rep-resentatives of the people.

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Sir — It is an open secret that theHindus in Pakistan andBangladesh have had to bear thewrath of the majority communi-ty in the name of Islam. The con-dition of Hindus in Pakistan andBangladesh is abysmal, as the lat-ter live under a constant threat ofbeing harassed or killed. They aretreated as second-rate entities.

There is a steep decline in thepopulation of Hindus there,which is linked to the persecutionthat they face at every moment oflife. Archaic laws such as thoseconcerning blasphemy are used as

an instrument to settle personalscores against the Hindus.

Prime Minister ManmohanSingh has done nothing toimprove the condition of Hindusin neighbouring countries. Butthen, the ideology of the Congresshas always been anti-Hindu.

The onus of ensuring that therights and lives of Hindus livingin Pakistan and Bangladesh areprotected will now lie with thenew Prime Minister who will takecharge sometime next month.

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Sir — Surprisingly, of late, BJP’sprime ministerial candidateNarendra Modi has begun givinginterviews to the electronicmedia, which was not the case inthe past. It is heartening that hehas categorically mentioned thathe would rather be on the losingside than indulge in communalpolitics of the kind that Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi has beendoing. And it is also good that hewould rather focus on ensuringthat our system does not see newcorruption cases than waste hisenergy on existing ones.

More importantly, Mr Modihas stated clearly that he will not

play the politics of vendetta. Thisis welcome. It is good that amature and strong leader like MrModi is expected to be at thehelm of affairs to take India in theright direction.

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Sir — This refers to the appeal tothe voters issued by some filmpersonalities, including well-known producer-directorMahesh Bhatt, to support ‘secu-lar’ candidates and parties.Although the appeal does notmention it, it is clear that the sig-natories are asking the people notto vote for the Bharatiya JanataParty and its prime ministerialcandidate Narendra Modi. MrBhatt himself backs the Congress.

But, for the likes of him, sec-ularism doesn’t matter whenCongress president Sonia Gandhimeets the Shahi Imam of Delhi’sJama Masjid and seeks Muslimvotes. Is this the sign of a secularparty? Does minority appease-ment equal secularism?

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India and China have a longhistory of love-hate rela-tions that can be traced to

the pre-civilisational era.Colonisation, of course,changed the conventional termsof engagement — especiallythe Boxer Rebellion in whichthe Indians fought, along withBritish forces, against theChinese revolutionaries. Sincethen, the Chinese have neverreally trusted the Indians.

A part of the Henderson-Brooks-Bhagat report on the1962 India-China War clearlyestablishes the effects of this oldChinese complex. It also detailsthe blunders done by the IndianArmed Forces and the defenceestablishment. Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru’s heightenedsentimentalism, rather his showof statesmanship that caused forthe war, have also been exposed.The report is only partially inthe public domain; nonetheless,it has given much insight into

India-China relations. Tibet and Kashmir and

China’s irritating stand onboundary issues are the focus injournalist Shishir Gupta’s book,The Himalayan Face-off:Chinese Assertion and the IndianRiposte, which says, “Even ifbilateral trade between Indiaand China goes beyond $100billion in the coming years,China’s posture towards India isadversarial and will perhapsremain so in the future, withBeijing viewing New Delhithrough the prism of the DalaiLama and the TibetanGovernment-in-exile… A ris-ing China, inflexible on bound-ary dispute resolution and withstrong tentacles across SouthAsia and beyond, couldencroach on India’s strategicspace and lead to a potential cri-sis this decade.”

However, the book doesn’tlook into the India-China ‘face-off ’ in Nepal. China has turned

overtly cunning in Nepal, so asto challenge the traditionalcomfort characteristic of India-Nepal ties.

China is infusing largeamounts of money in Nepal tominimise the warmth NewDelhi and Kathmandu haveenjoyed through economiccooperation. On the ‘softer’side, China is missing no chanceto slap its cultural load onNepal. Hence, the number ofNepalis wanting to learn theChinese language has seen adramatic rise in recent years.Still, it will be difficult for Chinato counter India’s traditionalposition in Nepal.

Politically, the advent ofMaoism in the mid-1990s gaveChina a big foothold in Nepal.But Maoism in this HimalayanKingdom has been so dilutedthat it has almost lost itsChinese soul, especially in theface of the complex conditionsproduced by local competitive

politics. For many years,Maoists were able to hold on topower because they were prag-matic and flexible in their polit-ical programming.

The Maoists in Nepaldesigned their policies in keep-ing with the changing politicalsituation of the land. They roseto occupy the highest positionsin the country, but in recent yearsthey have lost the sheen after thetop Maoist leadership’s dubiousstands were exposed and the for-mer insurgents frittered away thecredentials to stay on the highmoral ground.

China is watching thedevelopments in Nepal close-ly. The 2013 election has giventhe new regime a mandate togovern, not rule ruthlessly andwithout a sense of direction. Inthis new composition, Maoistsare a minimal force.

From a larger geo-strategicpoint of view, China perceivesIndia to be getting close to the

world’s only superpower.Therefore, it has been seekingto encircle India through vari-ous advances. Some may arguethat this is perhaps partially anexistential tussle caused byChina’s continuing complex vis-à-vis India. Perhaps China stillsees India as a collaborator ofthe colonial British Army thatplundered Chinese cities.

However, this seems likea ridiculous argument whenChina, today, is one of thebiggest offenders of humanrights. It makes little sense asto why China would seek toshape its current engagementwith India on the basis of anevent that happened over acentury ago, and that toounder the control of colonial-ists, not Indians per se. Still,India and Nepal, in all theirdiplomatic manoeuvringstowards China, must take intoaccount the complexities ofthe Middle Kingdom.

Time and again, theChinese leadership has assert-ed its belief in co-existence —India has been acknowledgingthis without giving heart to it,as this country has its ownshare of complexes, born out ofChinese betrayals that began in1962. Nepal, with its uniquehistorical position, has rarelyhad to face-off with eitherBeijing or New Delhi.

India and China appear tobe in a tug of war, with theirmany unresolved issues. It is dif-ficult to be optimistic about thefuture, given the incorrigiblecomplexes of both Beijing andNew Delhi. The Himalayanface-off is a reality, and it isgoing to be an enduring one.India and China are competingeverywhere on earth — fromnearby Pakistan to farawayAfrica — for natural resourcesand diplomatic edge. The situ-ation is no different in therugged terrains of Nepal.

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In just over three weeks, we willknow the results of the generalelection to the 16th Lok Sabha. Itappears likely that a coalition ledby the Bharatiya Janata Party will

win and that Mr Narendra Modi will,in all likelihood, be the 14th PrimeMinister of India (or 15th if you wishto count Gulzarilal Nanda). Of course,elections are strange creatures and, fol-lowing the stellar and unanticipatedsuccess of the Aam Aadmi Party in theDelhi Vidhan Sabha poll in December,the science of electoral predictions hastaken a beating in India.

Whatever happens on May 16 andthe weeks following the declaration ofresults, one thing is certain: Indianeeds to get back to work. The past twoyears have been an incessant stream ofloud and often politically obnoxiousopinions on television, social media andoccasionally even in Op-ed columns. Tobe fair, every party is guilty of indulgingin muck-raking.

But there is a sense now that whileIndians want a stable Governmentand don’t mind the politicking as longas the campaign is on, following theelection and the formation of aGovernment, they want to see workdone — not in television studios but inthe corridors of power.

For far too long, policy-making inIndia has been in a state of paralysis.While the Congress-led Governmentmanaged to pass some pet Bills of theGandhi family, several other importantBills, some pending through the life ofthis Government, such as the Bill toprotect the interests of disabled people

and amendments to the Motor VehiclesAct, have lapsed. Several media reportshave shown that the 15th Lok Sabha,which oddly lasted its full-term, hasbeen a disaster in terms of law-making.

If the next Government is to suc-ceed, it has to ensure that these ‘non-flagship’ Bills get passed. These are thesmall Bills that can make a big differ-ence to people’s lives. The amendedMotor Vehicles Act can dramaticallyimprove the abysmal nature of road-safety in the country. What was worseabout the 15th Lok Sabha was that somany critical Bills were passed withoutdiscussion. So, when some describedthe Houses of Parliament as a giant‘Country Club’, finding arguments todisagree became increasingly tough.

There have been a slew of massivetax cases in the higher courts ofIndia. Foreign investors have becomedespondent at the lack of reforms inIndia. Nobody doubts the potential ofthe Indian markets or the economy ingeneral, but without a clear directionon the taxation or on the policy front,investing in India has come to a near standstill.

Police and judicial reforms arelong overdue. Your columnist has longargued for these reforms. There arearguments for and against the deathpenalty, but to keep people on deathrow for decades, with the Governmentsitting on mercy petitions for years, isnothing but a monumental example ofprocrastination. Delays in the Indianjudicial system have become so endem-ic that threats of filing a case are madebecause people know the labyrinthine

process of Indian law. The old adage,‘justice delayed is justice denied’, musthave been written after two-decade-long real-estate cases in India. This is,in a way, attacking the over-burdenedjudicial system in India, but even ourlearned justices will possible agreethat a drastic overhaul of the system isurgently needed.

However, it will be difficult for afuture Government to manage expecta-tions, particularly for a BJP-led regime.Through a clever series of advertisementsand slogans, the BJP has whetted theappetite, particularly of the younger, first-time voting Indians. This is a class of peo-ple that wants rapid change, becausethese people want to climb up the socialladder. This is the same sense across thecountry. These are boys who want toafford the latest and best mobile phonesand motorcycles; and girls who want safeplaces to work and travel and the latestbrands in stores.

Across the length and breadth ofIndia, people appreciate the work doneby the Vajpayee-led Government whichpropelled India’s development process.The BJP has promised rapid develop-ment of a high-speed rail ‘DiamondQuadrilateral’ which, much like whatthe ‘Golden Quadrilateral’ did forroadways, can kickstart an ambitiousmodernisation of India’s creaking rail-way system.

But India has been adding infra-structure, maybe not at the pace itshould, but there is no denying thatprogress has been made in the pastdecade. However, where the newGovernment ought to focus its energies

on are in areas such as water, food andenergy independence. India is facingdown the barrel of a serious water, andthus, agrarian crisis, thanks to rampantwater-mining and wastage, particular-ly in north Indian States. Some States,including Gujarat, have found noveland affordable solutions to the crisis.

The same applies to food — drivingdown major highways one now seesmassive development of cold storages,mainly in northern and western India.But the fact remains that cold-chainsin India have a long way to go. Food isstill rotting in Government godownsand grains meant for the poor are oftensold in the black market. Best practices,such as the model of distribution fromChhattisgarh, can be replicated acrossthe country.

These are small examples, and theBJP as well as some other parties havesaid that they will enhance the federalstructure of the country. Best practicesshould be shared between States. Butthese are just examples of the work thatremains to be done.

It is not going to be easy and theeffects will not come throughovernight. It will take time to undo theyears of non-governance.Unfortunately, we do live in a time ofinstant gratification, and this is some-thing the next Government will haveto take into account. Impatient youthwill not be satisfied by the refrain of“ho jayega” (it will get done); they wantprogress and development now.

And, again, there is little chancethat any development will come fromthe television studios.

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The CBI has filed closurereports in two coal block

allocation cases, giving a cleanchit to Congress MP VijayDarda and his company JLDYavatmal Energy Ltd as theagency “could not find anyprosecutable evidence”.

Besides JLD Yavatmal, theagency also filed a closurereport against JASInfrastructure Capital Pvt Ltddue to lack of evidence.

The CBI had booked thesetwo companies in September2012 and had also carriedsearches at various placesbesides questioning Darda, hisson Devendra, brother andCabinet Minister inMaharashtra GovernmentRajendra Darda, ManojJayaswal and others.

The agency had allegedthat Darda and his company,which bagged Fatehpur EastCoal Block in Chhattisgarh,had entered into a criminal

conspiracy with Coal Ministryofficials and provided wronginformation in their applicationswhile applying for coal blocks.

In its closure report on JLDYavatmal Energy filed before adesignated courthere, the CBIconcluded thatduring thecourse ofinvestigations,“no evidencecould begathered top r o v eprima-facie commis-sion of offence under Sections120-B (Criminal Conspiracy)and 420 (cheating) against thecompany, its directors or anyother public or private person.Further no evidence of any

malafide association or quidpro quo between the accusedcompany and public servanthas surfaced during the courseof investigation.”

In the other case, Nagpur-based businessman Manoj

Jayaswal, who had closeassociation with Dardas,his brother AnandJayaswal and sonAbhishek Jayaswalwere named as

accused in allegedirregularities by JASInfrastructure and

Power Ltd. The companyallegedly did not disclose to theCoal Ministry that it was inpossession of six coal blocksallocated to it earlier fraudu-lently projected their financialstatus to be sound.

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Defence Ministry onMonday accepted Western

Command chief Vice AdmiralShekhar Sinha’s plea seekingvoluntary retirement. He hadput in his papers to theMinistry on Thursday last afterhe was superseded by RabindraKumar Dhowan who wasappointed the new Navy chief.

The Government acceptedSinha’s request for voluntaryretirement citing personal rea-sons with immediate affect,officials said here, adding hewill be entitled to all post-retirement benefits like pensionand other facilities. The chargeof the crucial command wastemporarily given to ViceAdmiral P Karve, who is theChief of Staff of the sameCommand.

Sinha was the senior mostin the race for Navy chief ’s postafter Admiral DK Joshiresigned on February 26 own-ing moral responsibility for aseries of accidents involvingwarships. These includedmishaps on board two sub-marines INS Sindhurakshakand INS Sindhuratna killing 20naval personnel.

However, the Governmentchose to ignore the well-estab-lished seniority principle andappointed Dhowan as the newNavy chief on Thursday last.Apparently miffed over thisdecision, Sinha sought volun-tary retirement the same day.

The Navy is now without aVice Chief and head of WesternCommand after Dhowan’s ele-vation as the chief and Sinha’s

retirement respectively. Thesetwo posts are likely to be filledin next few days, officials said.

Meanwhile, Dhowan in hisfirst interaction as chief withofficers here on Monday urgedthem to focus on commit-ment, credibility, compassingand integrity. He made theseremarks in obvious reference tothe Navy’s image taking a beat-ing in the past few months dueto spate of accidents.

He asked the officers to bemore pro-active and work col-lectively to ensure that standardoperating procedures areadhered to while operatingwarships, submarines and airassets. In fact, the day he tookover as the chief, Dhowan toldreporters that he will ensure

that there were no short cutswhile operating such complexplatforms.

Defence Minister AKAntony inaugurated the five-day Army Commanders’Conference here on Thursdayand urged the Services to buildcapabilities to fight cyber war.With increasing dependenceon information and commu-nication network, the risk ofcyber war had increased manyfolds and the armed forceswill have to face this challengein the coming years, he said.

The commanders will takestock of situation in Jammu &Kashmir, operational pre-paredness vis-à-vis China andPakistan and pace of moderni-sation during the conference.

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The Congress on Mondayraked up the decade-old

Sohrabuddin encounter caseand produced Call Data Recordsto allege that the Gujarat ChiefMinister’s office was involved inthe case in which three people,including the sole witnessTulsiram Prajapati were killed inan encounter.

The party said that sincethe Call Data Records (CDRs)pointed out that the GujaratCMO was ‘monitoring’ theentire operation, ChiefMinister Narendra Modi, alsothe BJP’s prime ministerialcandidate, is a ‘potentialaccused’ in the Prajapati mur-der case and should be inter-rogated by the CBI.

Hours after a rally atHardoi, Modi promised tocleanse the political systemand Parliament of criminalelements, Telecom and LawMinister Kapil Sibal demand-ed the arrest and interrogationof one Parag Shah, who wasearlier working in the GujaratCMO. Sibal claimed Parag hadheld detailed talks with thepolice officer who allegedlyexecuted the murder ofPrajapati.

“This evidence has comefor the first time, which showsthat the CMO was directlyinvolved in what was happen-ing” with regard to the encoun-ters, Sibal said, submitting theCDRs of conversations betweenParag with Rajkumar Pandian,who “planned and executed themurder of Prajapati.”

Sibal said Parag, who wasappointed as Officer on SpecialDuty (OSD) in the CMO was

also “associated with the cybercell of the Anti-Terrorist Squadand earlier served as PA to for-mer Home Minister LK Advanifrom June to December 1998.

“There can hardly be anydoubt that the Chief Ministermust have been aware of thePrajapati encounter carried outby police officers working inthe ATS led by DIG DGVanzara. Modi is a potentialaccused. The circumstantialevidence is clear. We are won-dering why the CBI has notarrested Parag Shah and whyModi has not been interrogat-ed. The nation needs to know.The CBI needs to answer.Courts in India should ensurethat a proper investigationtakes place with the interroga-tion and arrest of Parag Shahand the summoning of Modifor interrogation,” he said.

He said that during the“core period of criminal con-spiracy” between November2005 and December 2006, thetotal number of calls exchangedbetween Amit Shah, DGVanzara, S Pandian Rajkumarand Dinesh MN has beenreflected in the CBI charge

sheet in the fake encounter case.Presenting a detailed Press

note and CDR accessed from awebsite “Truth of Gujarat”,Sibal also quoted Vanzara'sremarks in his resignation let-ter to buttress the point that theChief Minister was aware of thewhole incident. “We being fieldofficers have simply imple-mented the conscious policy ofthis Government which wasinspiring, guiding and moni-toring our actions from veryclose quarters,” he quotedVanzara as saying.

Sibal said Prajapati was“required to be eliminated”because he was the only witnessin the abduction ofSohrabuddin and Kauser Bi.“His testimony as a witnesswould have directly implicatedall the accused,” he said.

According to Sibal, Parag isthe brother of Hiten Shah,who was close to Modi sincethey were volunteers in the RSSand he looked after publicity.Releasing the call record detailsbetween Parag and Pandian,Sibal said what was notrevealed is the number ofphone calls between themalong with the phone callsbetween Amit Shah andPandian.

“Sohrabuddin was killed inan encounter with the policeparty on November 26, 2005 atAhmedabad. Kausar Bi, hiswife was murdered onNovember 29/30, 2005 andher body was disposed of.Prajapati was murdered in apolice encounter on December28, 2006. In all these coldblooded murders, Amit Shah isa co-conspirator...,” the LawMinister said.

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Irked by the non-response toan appeal by RTI applicant

on missing of his applicationsfrom NHAI records, theCentral InformationCommission (CIC) has ordereda ‘thorough enquiry’ and fixresponsibility on erring officers.

The case pertains to DPMajhi, presently working asUnder Secretary in the HRDMinistry, who had sought infor-mation from NHAI throughRTI in June 2013. Neither thedocuments were provided northere was any response fromNHAI in this regard promptingthe CIC in its January 2014 orderthat the road making agency hasadmitted that Majhi's applicationfor absorption in NHAI underthree posts was received whichis also evident by the copy of adiary receipt. Majhi neededdocuments for an ongoing hear-ing on a petition before JusticesBD Ahmed and SiddharthMridul in the Delhi High Court.

Taking a strong exception,the Commission directedNHAI Chairman that a “thor-ough enquiry may be con-ducted by an officer not belowthe rank of Joint Secretary tolook into the case of the miss-ing applications and fix respon-sibility”. The enquiry be com-pleted within three weeks andfindings intimated to the appel-lant and the Commission.

However, though threemonths, instead of three weeksas stipulated by the CIC,elapsed yet no enquiry reportwas received. When contacted,

Col (Retd) Khushwant Singh,CGM (Technical), NHAI andthe Enquiry Officer in thismatter was refused to commenton his enquiry report and saidhe was on a site meeting andcannot divulge the detail, how-ever, sources in NHAI said thatthe report has been submitted.

Meeta Singh, IRS, nowAddl Director (Income Tax)who confirmed receiving appli-cations from the aggrievedHRD official in her capacity asthen GM (HR/A)-II on depu-tation in NHAI, said vestedinterests at NHAI had con-spired against officials of HR/A-II division. “Instead of rectify-ing irregularities, as directed bythe Delhi High Court in WP617/2009, or punishing guiltyresponsible for the same, theofficers, who took initiatives tocorrect it, were punished andirregularities covered. A CBIenquiry would make the recordstraight,” Meeta stressed.

In yet another similar case,senior official Vishnu Darbari'scomplaint on missing file ofabsorption of VK Sharma with-out the “vigilance clearance”upon his induction, the CICordered for “trace out the miss-ing file” of Sharma. NHAIMember (Finance) SatishChandra, IAS is separately con-ducting an enquiry in this regard.

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The Supreme Court onMonday reserved its order

on a plea by Sahara chiefSubrata Roy, who soughtrelease from jail promising tofurnish an upfront payment of�3,000 crore in cash withinthree days of his release.Slapped with a condition by theCourt to first furnish �10,000

crore to prove hiscredentials for

repayment of asum of over�20,000 croreto SEBI, Royagreed to fur-

nish theremaining sum of

�2,000 crore by May 30and the remaining sum of�5,000 crore by way of bankguarantee before June 20.

The fresh proposal came inaddition to a petition filed byRoy challenging the March 4order of the Court directinghim and two of his Directors toremain in jail till its orders forpayment of money was notcomplied with.

A bench of Justices KSRadhakrishnan and JS Kheharreserved the final verdict on thepetition as well as the proposalsubmitted by Sahara after hear-ing counsels appearing for Roy,

Sahara companies, and SEBI.The proposal submitted

by Roy's counsel and senioradvocate N Ganesh gave anundertaking from Roy todeposit �3,000 crore withinthree days of release from jail.Till date, Roy had offered anupfront amount of �2,500crore. While the initial paymentwould be raised by mopping upmonies in Sahara’s bankaccounts, it promised to raisebank guarantee by selling itsproperties in Pune, Gorakhpur,Ahmedabad, Jodhpur,Bhavnagar and Vadodara.

SEBI raised objections bypointing out that the proposalindicated that the companyintended to raise cash from saleof certain properties, whichwould then be offered againstbank guarantee. SEBI counselinsisted on furnishing of alter-nate properties as a safety net toensure payment of the �10,000crore part payment.

New Delhi: Tehelka editorTarun Tejpal suffered yetanother setback on Monday ashe was refused interim bail bythe Supreme Court in a case ofalleged sexual assault of hisemployee in Goa.

His lawyer, senior advocateHarish Salve offered a voluntaryundertaking on his client's behalfpromising to remain in Goa asa condition to be released oninterim bail. The bench headedby Chief Justice P Sathasivam,however, considered that thestage for grant of bail was notappropriate as the stage offraming of charge followedby recording of evidencehad yet to take place.

The bench issuednotice on Tejpal’s bail pleato Goa Government andsaid, “We cannot grant youbail unless we hear the otherside,” posting the matter afterfour weeks. The matter isexpected to come during sum-mer vacations in the apex court.

The Court enquired fromSalve on the stage of trial. Salvesaid that despite the incidentbeing of November last year, thepolice filed a charge sheet inFebruary this year and cross-examination of 152 witnessesremained pending. With bailbeing earlier denied by the Goabench of Bombay HC on March14, the apex court agreed withthe reason given by the HC forearly conclusion of trial. PNS

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In one corner of the groundfloor of Government Medical

College Hospital, Jammurepair/renovation work is goingon in full speed for past sever-al days. The construction mate-rial and heaps of dust remainscattered all over the placealong with other byproducts.

A labourer is seen ham-mering the wall outside RoomNo 6. The windowpane,marked in red paint, readsChemotherapy Room. Insidethree patients are receivingchemotherapy in grave viola-tion of the strict protocol. In theabsence of trained staff nurses,sometimes the attendants aretutored to administer the dose.

The cancer patients andtheir attendants are alsoexposed to unhygienic envi-ronment at the time of admin-istering chemotherapy.Worried attendants, faces cov-ered, struggle hard to beat thefoul smell. The sewerage pipe,with an outlet near room no 6overflow on almost daily basis

and spread litter in thechemotherapy room. Wearinganxious looks the caretakers areleft with no choice but to stareat the dusty wall, in need ofurgent repair.

When this correspondentvisited the Regional CancerCentre, restless attendants,monitoring the flow of medi-cine in the chemotherapyroom, claimed, “We have beenmaking lot of noises, request-ing the senior faculty membersto shift the chemotherapy roomto some other place for the timebeing but all our pleas have fall-en on deaf ears in the din ofelection season.”

Head of the DepartmentProf Ashutosh Gupta was notpresent in the centre. One ofthe office assistants informed,“The HOD is at present out ofstation to attend a seminar.”However, he refused to disclosethe exact location.

In his absence attendantspresent in the centre told ThePioneer, “No one is listening tous. The hospital authoritieshere have exposed the cancerpatients to such unsafe envi-rons and risking their lives.”

“Nothing can be moreironical than this,” anotherattendant of the cancerpatient said.

Other patients waiting inthe narrow aisle outside the

OPD rooms of junior doctorsrevealed, “It is a normal routinehere at the Regional CancerCentre ever since hospitalauthorities have started reno-vation work.”

On their part the juniordoctors in the Regional cancercentre, on the condition ofanonymity told The Pioneer,“before the repair work start-ed we pleaded before the Headof the department and seniorhospital authorities to shift the

OPD and Chemotherapy roomto some other floor of themulti-storey hospital buildingbut nothing was done.”

The junior doctors claimedeven they have been facing lotof hardships while examiningpatients in the OPD but no oneis coming to our rescue.

Cancer patients who comefrom far off places for regularfollow up and receiving treat-ment complained, “We cannotspend hefty money on private

treatment and forced by cir-cumstances to visitGovernment-run hospital.Instead of providing safe treat-ment the cancer patients areexposed to infection proneenvironment at the time ofreceiving chemotherapy.”

Some of the patientsclaimed they are now contem-plating writing to the Indiancancer society and the UnionHealth Ministry to take note ofthe criminal negligence on thepart of hospital authorities asthey have been playing with thelives of cancer patients by notadhering to the strict protocol.

To improve the healthcarefacility for cancer patients,mushrooming in the State withalarming frequency, the UnionHealth and Family WelfareMinistry had last year sanc-tioned two Tertiary cancercentres for Jammu & Kashmir.Each centre will cost �45 crore.Of the �45 crore, an amount of�30 crore would be spent onthe purchase of PET Scan andLinear Accelerator while as�15 crore each would beincurred on the building.Besides, to strengthen theCancer care facilities across theState, the Health Ministry hasalso sanctioned one StateCancer Institute (SCI) eachfor twin capitals — Jammu andSrinagar.

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Project Snow Leopard, a flag-ship species programme of

the country covering Jammu &Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,Uttarakhand, ArunachalPradesh and Sikkim, has shownsuccess in Ladakh. The area,which has nearly 60 per cent ofthe 400-500 individual speciesfound in the country, has suc-ceeded in boosting the recentefforts in ecotourism, an essen-tial component of the project.

This has been achieved bythe participation of local com-munities, which has increasedthe inflow of internationaltourists in the area. In Februarythis year, the ecotourism ini-tiative of the Department ofWildlife Protection in Ladakhwas accredited as the ‘BestResponsible Tourism Project’in the country.

Snow Leopard is includedin the list of species underRecovery Programme of theEnvironment Ministry whichis funded through the umbrel-

la scheme of IntegratedDevelopment of WildlifeHabitats.

According to sources inthe Ministry who are review-ing the project, one of themajor thrusts of the projectwas the promotion of eco-tourism. The project aimed atensuring the participation oflocal communities who wereto host the tourists in theirhomes. This was expected toserve dual purpose of pro-moting tourism and snowleopard conservation throughcommunity participation.

Since its launch in 2009, theecotourism activities in variousprotected areas of Ladakhincluding Hemis National Park,Changthang Wildlife Sanctuaryand Karakoram WildlifeSanctuary, had been working topromote various aspects of eco-tourism which had been attract-ing international tourists. Thisyear around 90 per cent of over

3,000 tourists, mostly foreign-ers, who visited the park sight-ed Snow Leopard in its wildhabitat, informed the sources.

Sources pointed out that anintegral part of ecotourism inLadakh has been the promotionof recycling, effective use ofrenewable energy, water con-servation and creation of eco-nomic opportunities for thelocal communities. Today, thereare more than 700 homes inLadakh, where local communi-ties offer shelter to the visitingtourists, informed the sources inMoEF. The project includescompensation packages for live-stock and to preserve the naturalhabitat of snow leopard for itsconservation.

The best season to visitLadakh to see Snow Leopard isfrom November to March,when there is heavy snowfall inthe upper slopes of the moun-tains which drives the big catsto the lower terrains which arerather easily approachable.

In view of the huge rush,the bookings of tourists arebeing made well in advance,latest by July 2014, to enablethe department to have a strictregulatory regime in place forthe sighting season startingNovember, the sources said.

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New Delhi: The CBI onMonday questioned formerCoal Minister DasariNarayana Rao in connectionwith alleged irregularities inallocation of Odisha-basedTalabira-II coal block toHindalco in which AdityaBirla Group Chairman KumarMangalam Birla and formerCoal Secretary PC Parakh arenamed as accused.

Rao was summonedto the CBI headquarterson Monday morning andquizzed about the allo-cation of the coal blockAditya Birla GroupCompany, Hindalcodespite same having beenalready allocated by theScreening Committee toPublic SectorUndertaking (PSU) NeyveliLignite Limited.Rao, aCongress MP from AndhraPradesh, was Minister of Statefor Coal between 2004 and2006 and in his second term

from 2006 to 2008. While CBI is likely to

question Parakh this week asthe agency has examined topexecutives of the Group com-pany in connection with theallocation. However, a decisionto summon Birla is yet to betaken, agency sources said.

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Hotel Leelaventure Ltd is intalks with sovereign

wealth funds of Abu Dhabi,Qatar and Malaysia to sell itsprime properties in Delhi andChennai for around Rs 1,850crore to pare debt.

The firm, which owns,operates and manages hotels,palaces and resorts, is likely tohive-off the two propertiesinto separate entities.

While the foreign investormay pick up 74 per cent inter-est in the hived-off entities,Leelaventure will retain 26 percent stake and continue tomanage the five-star hotels,industry sources said.

The deal is however not yetfinalised, they said.

A Leelaventure spokesper-son did not reply to emailsseeking comments.

When it was first reportedin February that Leelaventureis selling the two hotels, thecompany informed the stockexchanges: “In terms ofCorporate Debt Restructuring(CDR) package being imple-mented, the company has toreduce its debts through sale ofassets.”

It had stated that the com-

pany was “in discussion withvarious investors” and it con-tinues to “evaluate proposals”.

Sources said as part ofdiscussions with the cash-richsovereign wealth funds of AbuDhabi, Qatar and Malaysia,Hotel Leelaventure will still runand manage the Delhi andChennai properties for 33 yearsfor a fixed fee.

The Leela chain, in whichITC Hotels holds 12 per centstake, has been in the red forthe past several quarters, hit bybusiness slump, competitionand demand-supply mismatch.

Part of The Leela Group,The Leela Ventures is lookingto divest stakes in its bouquet,

full of luxury hotels, resortproperties, IT and businessparks, as well as real estatedevelopment.

In 2011, it sold the luxuryKovalam beach hotel to indus-trialist Ravi Pillai for Rs 500crore and followed it up by sell-ing the Chennai IT park build-ing for Rs 170.17 crore toReliance Industries in 2012.

Sources said it is now intalks to offload stakes in TheLeela Palace,

Delhi and The LeelaPalace, Chennai to pare debtafter moving the corporatedebt restructuring (CDR)cell.

CDR is a mechanismwhere borrowers seek exten-sion of loan period and adjust-ment of interest rate. HotelLeelaventure’s debt as onSeptember 30, 2013 was Rs4,295.15 crore.

Sources said IDBI Capitaland SBI are advising Leela onthe transaction.

Leela Delhi is a 260-roomproperty in the heart of thecapital for which the grouphad paid nearly Rs 600 crorefor buying land. Located in thediplomatic enclave atChanakyapuri, it is the capital’sfirst freehold property.

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HDFC Bank on Monday said parentHDFC, which is majority-owned by

FIIs, shouldn’t be considered as foreignbecause changes in the law defining overseasstake in a firm cannot apply retrospectively.

The remarks come in the backdrop of RBIbanning foreign investors from picking upmore shares in HDFC Bank.

Under the present laws, with HDFC’s 22per cent stake, for-eign holding inHDFC Bankexceeds the per-missible limit of 74per cent.

HDFC Bank,however, saysHDFC held thestake in its before2009 and changesin law cannot applyretrospectively.

“We have gotlegal opinion fromone (former) chief justice and another (for-mer) Supreme Court judge, which funda-mentally says that since HDFC’s holding wasthere in HDFC Bank prior to the law ondeemed foreign companies being passed, thatthey should be grandfathered,” HDFC BankMD and CEO Aditya Puri said.

“Normally, you do not have retrospectiveapplication of the law. So, when that law camein, HDFC already had the holding. Now youhave changed the law, that will have to be forfuture,” he added.

At the end December, 2009, FIIs held59.37 per cent in HDFC.

The government had amended the foreignholding definition in 2009, under which anentity with over 50 per cent overseas invest-ment or controlled by foreigners, is consid-ered foreign-owned.

Parent HDFC is considered foreign as FIIshold 74 per cent stake in it as on December,2013.

As per the existing norms, a bank isrequired to take FIPB approval for increas-ing its foreign shareholding limit (FII and

FDI) beyond 49 percent and up to 74per cent respective-ly. The investmenttill 49 per cent canbe done throughautomatic route.

As the foreignholding limit in thebank was breached,the RBI had direct-ed that no furtherpurchases of HDFCBank shares wouldbe allowed through

stock exchanges on behalf of overseasinvestors, including NRIs, persons of Indianorigin and holders of depository receipts.

Apart from HDFC’s 22.64 per cent, for-eign institutional investors own 34.08 per centin the bank, 0.03 per cent is with qualified for-eign investors, 0.33 per cent with NRIs and16.97 per cent with overseas depositoryreceipt holders.

Puri said the bank has taken the adviceof former Chief Justice of India SP Bharuchaand former Supreme Court judge B NSrikrishna on the matter, to come to this con-clusion.

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RJIL, telecom arm ofReliance Industries

Limited on Monday signed anagreement with AmericanTower Corporation for utilis-ing the mobile towers for itstelecom network.

“...We are committed tocreating a cutting edge net-work for high speed 4G. Ourrelationship with ATC willaccelerate the roll-out of theseservices across India,” RelianceJio Infocomm LimitedManaging Director, SanjayMashruwala, said in a state-ment.

ATC has a portfolio of11,000 towers in India.

“There is considerablepent up demand for data and4G has tremendous growthpotential. We, at ATC India,are delighted to offer our coun-trywide network infrastructureto help Reliance Jio in itsaggressive nationwide roll-out,” ATC’s Chief OperatingOfficer, B Ramanand said.

With this agreement, totalavailable towers for RJIL to rollout its network would reachabout 1,80,000. The companyalready has an agreement withBharti Airtel, RelianceCommunications and ViomNetwork to utilise their infra-structure.

As per the deal with BhartiAirtel, RJIL will have access toabout 82,000 mobile towers,while the agreement withRCom deal will provide it

access to about 45,000 towers.The recent deal with ViomNetworks gives it access to42,000 mobile towers.

RJIL is expected to launch4G services in July-Septemberquarter.

RJIL holds pan-Indiabroadband wireless accessspectrum that can be used for4G services. Besides, it wonairwaves in the 1800 Mhzband, widely known as 2Gspectrum, which is also beingused for 4G services world-wide.

The company will use bothavailable 4G technologies toprovide services.

RJIL is the first telecomoperator in the country to geta unified licence for all 22 ser-vice areas in India. The unifiedlicence, which it received inOctober, will allow RJIL tooffer all telecom services,including voice telephony.

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Sensex on Monday rose to itsall-time high of 22,795.58

but settled the day a few pointslower at 22,764.83--its life-time closing high on hecticbuying in blue-chip stocksL&T, ICICI Bank and SBI,while rupee lost a hefty 30paise to end the day at almostone-month low of 60.59against the dollar due to freshdemand for the US currencyfrom importers, mainly oilrefiners.

The 50-share Nifty of NSEbreached the crucial 6,800-mark to end the day at it its all-time closing high of 6,817.65,a rise of 38.25 points or 0.56per cent. It set a fresh all-timehigh of 6,825.45 intra-day.After a promising start, theBSE Sensex witnessed highvolatility but a spurt of buyingin the late afternoon tradelifted the index to its life-timehigh of 22,795.58. But itimmediately pared some gainsto settle the day at 22,764.83,a gain of 135.99 points or 0.60per cent, from its previousclose.

Capital inflows also boost-ed the market sentiment as

they bought shares worth a netRs 433.40 crore on lastThursday, as per provisionaldata from the stock exchanges.

Mid-cap and small-capindices also shot up by 0.79 percent and 1.38 per cent respec-tively on sustained buying fromretail investors and outper-formed the Sensex.The marketmay remain volatile this week inview of expiry of futures andoptions April contract onWednesday, brokers said.

Sesa Sterlite zoomed 4.78per cent, the best among Sensexscrips, after the the SupremeCourt today lifted the one-and-a-half year old mining banin Goa, but with some restric-tions.

L&T with over 4 per centgain and SBI at 2.62 per centwere two other prominentSensex gainers.M&M at 3.54 percent, BHEL 3.07 per cent, BhartiAirtel3.00 per cent Axis Bank2.57 per cent, Maruti Suzuki2.16 per cent, Coal India 1.84per cent, ICICI Bank 1.55 percent were among Sensex othergainers. However, Wipro fellsharply by 6.65 per cent on itsdisappointing revenue outlookfor the next year. HUL wasdown 1.69 per cent.

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MTS, promoted bySistema Shyam

Teleservices Ltd, has decidedto hold on to its tariff for noweven as other major playershave hiked rates in a the lat-est tariff war led by leaderslike Vodafone, Airtel andRCOM, who have raised ratesto the extent of 20 per cent.

Speaking to The Pioneer,MTS India sources said thatthey were aware of the indus-try move but did not say thatit would raise tariffs in thecoming days. “We are watch-ing the dynamics,” sourcessaid even as there was noimmediate move on thisaccount.

In the wake of RelianceJio impending entry in themobile segment in a big way,mobile operators have beenkeeping their options openand have refrained from hik-ing tariffs, which they fearmay lead to an erosion oftheir customer base.

Last week, Vodafone,Airtel as well as RCOM hikedtheir tariffs in their pre-paidplans and even scaled downtheir schemes in the pre-paid section, which compris-es 90 per cent of the telcosrevenues. Infact, market lead-ers like Vodafone, Idea as wellas Airtel have been refrainingfrom hiking the headlinerates but RCOM had gone

ahead and hiked headlinerates by as much as 20 percent. RCOM raised base ratesfrom Rs 1.5 to Rs 1.6 per sec-ond in its prepaid plans. Atthe same time, Airtel hasreduced its talk time from Rs48 to Rs 38 as against earlierwhen it was available for thefull paid-up amount. WhileVodafone has reduced itsvalidity from 30 days to 24days on promotional packvouchers.

However, the higheranticipated outgo in terms ofexpenses in operation as wellas pumping more funds intheir recent ly acquiredlicences in the recently con-cluded 2G auctions have putenormous pressure on tele-cos. Besides this, the satura-tion in the tariffs has left lit-tle room for further cuts inrates in either voice or datatariffs.

MTS, which one of the

buggest player in data servicesand is operated by SistemaShyam Teleservices Ltd hasreported higher consolidatedrevenues for the final quarterfor calendar year 2013 by 5.3per cent however saw a reduc-tion in full year revenue whichsaw a fall to Rs 12,270 milliondue to reduced operating foot-print. The company has alsoreported a rise in the data cardbase by 11 per cent to 1.34 mil-lion through its HSD serviceswhich now covers 550 townsand nine circles.It also report-ed higher non-voice revenuesfrom both data and mobileVAS which has witnessed anincrease by 5.2 per cent to Rs1030 million.

SSTL has also madeinvestments to the tune of Rs374 million during last quar-ter 2013 even as net losses dur-ing the quarter reduced by 41per cent over that same peri-od in the previous year.

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Taiwanese mobile phonemaker HTC corp is eyeing

10 per cent market share, as thecompany adopted an aggres-sive pricing strategy for its newsmartphones.

“ We don’t disclose as suchbut according to third partyreports we have 4- 6 share andas soon as possible we want toachieve 10 per cent marketshare in India ,” HTC India

Country Head Faisal Siddquitold The Pioneer.

“Today we are launchingthree devices and after six weeks,we will launch another device”he added when asked about thefuture products lined up.

HTC on Mondayannounced global launch of itslowest priced smartphoneDesire 210 for Rs 8,700 here.We have been thinking aboutto come up with sub-Rs 10,000product for Indian market.

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Cadbury India, a subsidiary ofMondelez International, today

changed its name to MondelezIndia Foods Limited.

The change in name ofCadbury is in line with the grad-ual changeover of the name of allsubsidiaries of MondelezInternational globally, the compa-ny said in a statement.

In early 2010, British candyand confectionery companyCadbury was acquired by US-based Kraft Foods for about £11.9billion. However, Kraft Foodschanged its name to MondelezInternational following the divisionof parent company Kraft Foods Incinto two independent companies- Mondelez International Inc andKraft Foods Group Inc - inOctober 2012.

Commenting on theannouncement, Mondelez IndiaFoods Ltd Managing DirectorManu Anand said: “With the

change in name of the company toMondelez India Foods Limited, weconclude the process of transitionthat began over two years ago.”

However, the company saidchange in name of the companywill have no impact on the names

or packaging of its products likeCadbury Dairy Milk, 5 Star, Gems,Bournville, Perk, Celebrations,Choclairs, Halls, Bournvita, Tangand Oreo, which will continue tobe sold under the same brandnames as before.

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Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) has signed an agree-

ment with Japanese majorMitsubishi Corporation to forma single IT services unit.

The merger, in which TCSwill hold 51 per cent stake andMitsubishi 49 per cent, will cre-ate a new IT services company ofsignificant scale in the Japanesemarket with annual turnover ofover $600 million.

“TCS Japan, IT FrontierCorporation (ITF) –- Mitsubishi’s100 per cent IT subsidiary -- andNippon TCS Solution Center(NTSC), to merge as a single newentity,” TCS said in a statement.

TCS will hold 51 per cent inthe merged entity, whileMitsubishi will have 49 per cent

and the merged entities would beoperational from July 2014, itadded.

ITF brings its long-standingrelationships with Japanese cor-porations, talented workforce andcompetencies in industries likeretail, distribution and trading,TCS said.

This will complement TCS’deep domain knowledge, tech-nology expertise and strong exe-cution track record, it added.

“This strategic transactionsignifies our serious commit-ment to the Japan market. TCSwill now have the scale, stronglocal presence and our full rangeof global capabilities to serve theJapanese corporations effectivelyand accelerate our growth inJapan market,” TCS CEO andManaging Director NChandrasekaran said.

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Hero MotoCorp on Monday announced a jointventure with Bangladesh’s Nitol Niloy group and

both of them plan to invest around $40 million (overRs 240 crore) in next five years.

The joint venture, in which Hero MotoCorp willhold 55 per cent stake and rest will lie with the

Bangladeshi partner, plans to set up a new manufac-turing facility which will have an annual capacity of1.5 lakh units when fully functional by second quar-ter of 2015-16. The plant in Bangladesh will be the thefirst full-fledged manufacturing facility for the Indiantwo-wheeler major outside India. The diversified NitolNiloy group has interests in various sectors and alsomarkets Tata Motors’ vehicles in Bangladesh.

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Syria will hold presidentialelections on June 3, the

country’s Parliament Speakerannounced on Monday, a votePresident Bashar Assad is like-ly to contest as his nation sinksdeeper into a bloody civil war,now in its fourth year.

Assad has been widelyexpected to seek another seven-year term in office despite theuprising against his rule. Theconflict that has engulfed thenation since March 2011 haskilled over 150,000 people andforced one-third of the coun-try’s population from theirhomes. Parliament SpeakerMohammed Laham said can-didates seeking to run forPresident can register theircandidacy from Tuesday April22 until May 1.

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The captain and crew of aSouth Korean ferry that

capsized with hundreds of chil-dren on board acted in a way“tantamount to murder,”President Park Geun-Hye saidon Monday, as four more crewmembers were arrested and thedeath toll rose to 80.

Park’s denunciation, inwhich she vowed to hold allthose responsible for the dis-aster “criminally accountable”,followed the release of a tran-script showing the panic andindecision that paralysed deci-sion-making on the bridge asthe ship listed and sank onWednesday morning.

The confirmed death tolljumped to 87 as divers steppedup the recovery of bodies frominside the 6,825-tonne Sewol,but 215 people remained unac-counted for.

“The actions of the captainand some crew members wereutterly incomprehensible,unacceptable and tantamountto murder,” Park said in ameeting with senior aides.

“Not only my heart, but the

hearts of all South Koreanshave been broken and filledwith shock and anger,” saidPark, who was heckledThursday when she met rela-tives of the hundreds of pas-sengers still missing — most ofthem schoolchildren.

The families have criticisedthe official response to the dis-aster, saying the initial rescueeffort was inadequate and mis-managed. The President said itwas increasingly clear thatCaptain Lee Joon-Seok hadunnecessarily delayed the evac-uation of passengers as theferry started sinking, and then“deserted them” by escapingwith most of his crew members.

“This is utterly unimagin-able, legally and ethically,” shesaid. Lee was arrested onSaturday along with a helmsmanand the ship’s relatively inexpe-rienced third officer, who was incharge of the bridge when theship first ran into trouble.

Three more officers and anengineer were detained by policeon Monday and prosecutorssaid they could face similarcharges of criminal negligenceand deserting passengers.

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A16-year-old boy stowedaway in the wheel well of

a flight from California toHawaii, surviving the triphalfway across the PacificOcean unharmed despite frigidtemperatures at 38,000 feet(11,500 metres) and a lack ofoxygen, FBI and airline officialssaid.

FBI spokesman TomSimon in Honolulu told TheAssociated Press on Sundaynight that the boy was ques-tioned after being discoveredon the tarmac at the Maui air-port with no identification.

“Kid’s lucky to be alive,”Simon said. Simon said secu-rity footage from the San Joseairport verified that the boyhopped a fence to get to

Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 onSunday morning. The teen hadrun away from his family afteran argument, Simon said.When the flight landed inMaui, the boy hopped downfrom the wheel well and start-ed wandering around the air-port grounds, he said.

“He was unconscious forthe lion’s share of the flight,”Simon said. The flight lastedabout 5 and a half hours.

Hawaiian Airlines spokes-woman Alison Croyle said air-line personnel noticed the boyon the ramp after the flightarrived and immediately noti-fied airport security.

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A23-year-old Saudi womanhas been caught defying

the Kingdom’s ban on femaledriving by getting behind thewheel of her husband’s car forwhich the couple was detainedand the man was fined.

The couple were detainedby police after the woman wascaught driving on Thursday inthe Qatif district in EasternProvince, the Saudi Gazettereported.

Police made the the couplesign a pledge not to repeat theoffence before they werereleased on bail.

The man, 28, was finedSaudi Riyals 900 (about �15,000)and his car was impounded forseven days for allowing his wifeto drive, the report said. A traf-fic violation was registeredagainst the woman for driving

without a licence.There is a de facto ban on

female drivers in Saudi Arabia.Women in Saudi Arabia

have been defying their nation’sde facto ban on driving by get-ting behind the steering wheel.

Over the past six months, acampaign for change has gath-ered pace on social media.

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British Prime Minister DavidCameron has come

under fire after hebranded the UK a“Christian country”.

A group of publicfigures in Britainincluding scientists,novelists and politi-cians have accusedCameron of “fosteringdivision” within the countrywith his remarks.

“Apart from in the narrowconstitutional sense that wecontinue to have an estab-lished Church, Britain is not a‘Christian country’,” write theauthors in the letter publishedin The Daily Telegraph.

“Repeated surveys, polls

and studies show that most ofus as individuals are notChristian in our beliefs or our

religious identities. Ata social level, Britainhas been shaped forthe better by manypre-Christian, non-Christian, and post-Christian forces.

“We are a pluralsociety with citizenswith a range of per-

spectives, and we are a largelynon-religious society,” theyadded. Signatories to the letterinclude novelists TerryPratchett and Philip Pullman,philosopher AC Grayling, andprominent scientists includ-ing Alice Roberts, Simon Singhand the Nobel-prize winningHarry Kroto.

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Vice-President Joe Biden onMonday launched a high-

profile visit to demonstrate theUS commitment to Ukraine andpush for urgent implementationof an international agreementaimed at de-escalating tensionseven as violence continues. TheState Department said pho-tographs show that some of theforces in eastern Ukraine areRussian special forces.

Biden planned to meetTuesday with Government lead-ers who took over after pro-Russia Ukrainian PresidentViktor Yanukovych was oustedin February following months ofprotests. The White House saidPresident Barack Obama andBiden agreed he should make thetwo-day visit to the capital cityto send a high-level signal of sup-port for reform efforts beingpushed the new Government.

Biden will hold talks withArseniy Yatsenyuk andOleksandr Turchynov, the actingUkrainian Prime Minister andPresident. He also is scheduledto meet with legislators fromacross the country and democ-racy activists before returning toWashington Tuesday night.

The State Department,

meanwhile, said photos availablefrom social media and other sitesshow Russia has sent forces intoeastern Ukraine. The alleged“concerned citizens” who wantmore autonomy in easternUkraine are dressed the same andare carrying the same kind ofRPG-30 rocket launchers that areissued to Russian army troops.

There was no way toimmediately tell if the descrip-tions of photographs were legit-imate or to independently con-firm them. None of the peoplein the photographs were iden-tified, and there were few indi-cators to prove where the pic-

tures were taken.A senior administration

official told reporters onboardAir Force Two en route to Kievthat Biden plans to announcenew technical support to theUkrainian Government toimplement energy and eco-nomic reforms. The official,speaking on a condition ofanonymity to allow Biden topublicly announce any agree-ments, said the vice presidentalso will follow up on recentU.S. commitments of non-lethal security assistance anddiscuss what more Washingtoncan offer to help.

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Malaysian police is probingif there was any sabotage

behind the emergency landingof a Bangalore-bound flightcarrying 166 people on boardand the Government has soughta report within two days.

The Malaysia AirlinesFlight MH192 turned backearly Monday morning fol-lowing a tyre burst and faultylanding gear.

Investigations would be car-ried out to see if there were ele-ments of sabotage on the plane,Inspector General of PoliceKhalid Abu Bakar said whileresponding to Acting TransportMinister HishammuddinHussein’s call for the police toconduct an investigation.

Hishammuddin askedpolice to submit their report byWednesday.

“I give them two days. OnWednesday, I want to see anearly report as this is not some-thing like MH370 that is miss-ing in the Indian Ocean, it isrelated to the condition of thetyres (landing gear),” he said.

“These sort of incidentsshould not happen. I have direct-ed that although MAS is underKhazanah, the investment armof the Government, the Ministry

should be given the report assoon as possible,” he said.

Asked on possibility ofsabotage, the Minister said hehad directed the police to getgoing immediately, adding,“our standard operating pro-cedure (SOP), as with MH370,has not changed but any leadsthat we have must be verifiedand corroborated.” He askedpeople not to speculate.

The Boeing 737-800 —carrying 159 passengers andseven crew members — wasen route to Bangalore fromhere when it made the emer-gency landing. The MalaysiaAirlines said in a statementthat the turn back was because“one of the tyres on the righthand main landing gear burstduring takeoff.

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Over 40 asylum-seekersfrom Punjab, variously

described as victims of policepersecution and human traf-ficking by agencies charging ahefty fee, have been languish-ing in a US detention facility inEl Paso, Texas for nearly 10months after being held oncharges of illegal entry into thecountry.

The men, mostly Sikhs intheir 20s from Punjab’s Doabaregion, were picked up in Juneand July last year after theyreportedly tried to enter the USunauthorisedly from a port ofentry in New Mexico.

In a bid to draw attentionto their prolonged detention, 43detainees recently went onhunger-strike, which they

ended last Wednesday. Six ofthem have had to be hospi-talised, says the California-based North American PunjabiAssociation (NAPA), whichhas taken up their cause.

“The (New York-based)Sikh Coalition has joinedhands with us and we are try-ing our best to get parole for allthe detainees,” NAPA’s execu-tive director Satnam SinghChahal said in a statement.

The detainees crossed intoAmerica after a long and cir-cuitous road that reportedlytook them to Moscow, Havana,

Ecuador, El Salvador,Guatemala and Mexico. Mostof them entered the US lastJune and July throughColumbus in New Mexico,where they were detained andtransferred to the Immigrationand Customs Enforcement’s ElPaso Processing Centre.

Chahal argues that there is“zero evidence” that any of thedetainees has a criminal back-ground. As such, they shouldbe set free on parole withoutany further delay. As part of thequest for speedy justice, NAPAis also seeking transfer of thecases from the 5th circuit courtto the 9th circuit.

John Lawit, a Dallas-basedattorney hired to take up thecases of some of the detainees,told El Paso Times that the menare seeking political asylum andhave gone through “crediblefear interviews establishing theirreasons for seeking asylum”.

“They’re determined tocontinue with their hungerstrike until they are released,”Lawit. The detainees have

reportedly claimed that theyhave been activists of a partic-ular Sikh party that has beentargeted for violent attacks.They are also reported to havesubmitted documentation ofrelatives living in the US whoare either citizens or permanentresidents. To date, two of thedetainees have succeeded inobtaining parole.

Without going into detailsof the case involving the Indiandetainees, ICE spokeswomanLetty Zamarripa has been quot-ed as saying that the agencyrespects the rights of all peopleto express their opinion with-out interference.

“While we continue towork with Congress to enactcommon sense immigrationreform, ICE remains commit-ted to sensible, effective immi-gration enforcement that focus-es on its priorities, includingconvicted criminals and thoseapprehended at the borderwhile attempting to unlawful-ly enter the United States,” thespokeswoman said.

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Japan’s Shinzo Abe offered agift to the controversial

Yasukuni war shrine onMonday, but reportedly plansto stay away during the springfestival, in an apparent com-promise between not angeringAsian neighbours and playingto his nationalist base.

The unapologeticallynationalist Abe donated asacred “masakaki” tree to coin-cide with the start of a three-day festival, a shrine officialsaid, two days ahead of thearrival of US President BarackObama.

The sending of a gift hasbeen seen as a sign that Abedoes not intend to visit, as hedid on December 26, sparkingfury in Asia and earning hima diplomatic slap on the wristfrom the United States, whichsaid it was “disappointed”.

Yasukuni Shrine honoursJapan’s war dead, includingsome senior military andpolitical figures convicted ofserious crimes in the wake ofthe country’s World War IIdefeat.

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Every year, Earth Day iscelebrated in 192 coun-

tries across the globe withdifferent thoughts andideas. The theme for

this year is Green Cities.Our planet is at a turningpoint. The massive glob-al migration underway nowfrom countryside to cities willdemand huge investments inenergy, water, materials, waste, fooddistribution and transportation over thenext 25 years. If the right investments aremade now, this unique opportunity willbe the catalyst for dramatic changes in thefight against carbon emissions and cli-mate change.

Pathways to Green Cities-InnovativeIdeas from Urban India is an e-book witha collection of 24 case studies on innov-ative green measures adapted and imple-mented in various organisations acrossurban centres of India. These storiesrevolve around eco-friendly topics likewaste, energy, water management, sus-tainability, green construction, pollutionand other key areas that need criticalattention. Paharpur Business Centre

(PBC) in association with Earth DayNetwork and The Climate Project India(TCPI) will launch the book today.

In the book, read about Rag PickersTurned Entrepreneurs initiative by SouthAsian Forum for the Environment. Itshows how trash bins can be convertedinto money-making machines. It hashelped rag pickers build a business strat-

egy by recycling waste and shap-ing it into a micro-enterprise.

It has brought social recog-nition and empowermentto them. The idea hasalso been recognised byUNEP in their CleanUp the WorldCampaign.

Earth Day Networkruns a fun-filled-student-

centric campaign, BackseatBuddies, to encourage car-

sharing as a way to ease the prob-lem of traffic congestion near prominentschools in Kolkata. The campaign, whichincluded a lively song, a film, stickers,posters, reached over 70,000 students in33 schools and culminated in an inter-school competition in the first phase.

The Society for Child Developmenthas mentioned about an economicallysustainable way of being eco-friendly.This organisation runs a project named,‘Avacayam’ that makes natural dyes andcolours from the flowers discarded fromtemples, hotels and other places. It alsoprovides livelihood to differently-abledyoungsters. This inspiring story is men-tioned in the case study, GatheringFlowers.

If you only holiday for adven-ture sports, you most likely

will be disappointed with thedestination options in India.You not only have limitedoptions to explore for youradventure holiday but it is alsotough to trust the safety mea-sures provided at some destina-tions. If TripAdvisor’s recentsurvey is anything to go by, 79per cent travellers feel safetymeasures that Indian operatorsemploy are not at par with theirinternational counterparts. Fortysix per cent prefer doing adven-ture activities at internationaldestinations managed by foreignoperators. About 69 per cent aremost comfortable taking adven-ture trips with their friends.

Annual Adventure TravelSurvey with 1,034 respondentsaimed at understanding thepreferences and concerns of theIndian traveller with respect toadventure travel in the country.Nikhil Ganju, country manag-er, TripAdvisor India, said, “It isdisheartening that majority ofthe respondents do not consid-er India safe enough to under-take adventure activities.However, what is encouragingis the upward trend of increas-ing number of Indians wanti-ng to participate in extremesports. As per the survey find-ings 61 per cent respondentsare willing to participate in anextreme sport while on holidaythis year versus 47 per cent lastyear.”

Commenting on the per-ception of India as an unsafeAdventure Tourism destina-

tion, Akshay Kumar, presi-dent, Adventure TourOperators Association of India(ATOAI), said, “ATOAI under-stands that safety is of prima-ry importance where adventuretravel is concerned. Our topadventure travel companies inIndia have a high regard forsafety issues and follow riskmitigation policies that arecomparable to the best in theworld. We recognise that thereis a need to bring in the small-er operators into the systemand make them equally com-petitive on safety issues. Toaddress this issue the ATOAIhas laid down basic minimumstandards and best practices tobe implemented at the statelevel through tourism bodiesand at the regional level through

tourism associations. ATOAIalso organises a series of wilder-ness safety workshops across thecountry which help enhancesafety standards at the groundlevel. At the same time, it isequally important for theadventure travel enthusiast tocheck the credentials of thetour operator before under-taking any such activity. Whilethe industry is still in itsnascent stage, we are confi-dent, with these measures,we will soon be able to trans-form this perception.”

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tation: Fifty nine per centpeople say that they indulge inadventure activities for gainingvaried experiences in life, while

32 per cent like the thrill,excitement and sense of riskattached to it. Thirty one percent feel that such sports givethem a sense of achievement.

Authorised operator:While Indians are consideredprice sensitive travellers, yetmajority of respondents (59 percent) said they will not go in forcheap trips being offered thesedays by the tour operators. Intheir opinion it directly reflectson the quality and safety stan-dards employed by the opera-tor and they would rather paya high price and choose a tripoffered by a certified operator.

Cost factor: While anIndian traveller has startedlooking at adventure sports, yet,the high cost attached to certainsports, for example high altitudetrekking, force 58 per cent peo-ple to change their mind fromundertaking them.

Health factor: While 62per cent respondents felt theyare physically prepared to par-ticipate in an adventure activ-ity or extreme sport, 40 per centsaid they undergo a fitnessroutine when planning toengage in a strenuous physicaladventure activity on holiday.

��������������������Goa retains top spot secondyear in a row as the favouritedestination for adventuresports.�Australia, New Zealand andThailand remain in the top fivefavourite international destina-tions for adventure sports.

With the Queen’s successunderway, Kangana

Ranaut has become the lady ofthe moment. Sai Kabir, directorof Revolver Rani, acknowledgesthe pressure and mountingexpectations, as the star is onlyexpected to deliver ‘good perfor-mance’. The trailers whereKangana is seen as a gangsterfrom Chambal have alreadyraised the curiosity level. “Shehas done a fabulous job inQueen. But I got impressedafter Fashion. She is a versatileactor and it’s a pleasure for meas a filmmaker that people areexpecting onlygood out of mymovie. I won’tlet her fansdown as she hasacted brilliantlyin this film too,”says the director.Kabir is excitedto see all theattention despite low promo-tions. “A movie is promoted toget attention. But Kangana’s ter-rific performances in the pasthave already made people curi-ous. So all I can say that peoplecan go to theatre with expecta-tions,” he says.

For some, it is difficult toimagine the ‘sweet’ fashion divaas a gangster, beating localgoons and taking on the malebastion. “She moulds herselfeffortlessly. She was the originalchoice since she is ready to takeon challenges and doesn’t seeherself under any specific tag.Though I didn’t write the char-acter or the script keeping herin mind, we always knewKangana would be our hero-ine,” he says.

Revolver Rani is Kabir’sreaction to confusions inmodern Indian society.According to the film-maker, there are severalcivilisations running par-allely in this country.“On one hand, we haveultra-modern cities withskyscrapers and high-tech lifestyle while onthe other hand peopleare devoid of basicamenities. In betweenthe two, people arecraving forAmericanisation. Ithink there’s sometamasha going onall the time. It’s sobizarre and confus-ing. So I created char-acters which couldtranslate my

thoughts. Revolver Rani hasmuch more beyond politicalgoons and black comedy.Characters speak English, theywear designer clothes and then,there’s a craving to becomeBollywood actor. So I havemashed a lot of things togetherwhich is juxtaposed to ourmodern society,” he says.

Gwalior-born director sayshe wants to revive the times ofGuru Dutt and Bimal Roy in theindustry. “There was a timewhen Guru Dutt and Bimal Royused to take risks and took up

subjects likethese but afterfew years thesesubjects losttheir sheenamidst male-o r i e n t e dscripts. But,the new-age

filmmakers haverevived the trend and are givingimportance to the female char-acters,” he says.

Kabir started his career infilms as an assistant director toKundan Shah and Aziz Mirzaand worked with them for eightyears. He has written dialoguesand screenplays for films likeChatur Singh Two Star, Lamhaa:The Untold Story of Kashmir andKismat Konnection. He made hisdirectorial debut withChemistry. “I am inspired bySaeed Akhtar Mirza and Aziz

Mirza,” hetells us.

Ang Kaji Sherpa was one of the12 climbing guides who gotkilled in one of the most dead-

liest avalanches on Mount Everest lastweek. He was working with a team ofelite Sherpa, who were setting up ropesto prepare the way for their clients tofollow in the days to come. In 2012,Ang served as a guide for of theNational Geographic/The North Faceexpedition to Everest and was the firstmember of that team to reach thesummit.

The mountaineers across theglobe are shocked by the unprecedent-ed loss in the mountains. Manybelieve that Sherpas, despite being thegame changers of the expeditionindustry, continue to be at the receiv-ing end.

The Sherpas, an ethnic group of80,000 in Nepal that moved southfrom the Tibetan plateau some 300years ago, have been used as labour onmountaineering expeditions sincethe very beginning.

Genetically adapted to high alti-tude, Sherpas are stronger, faster andnaturally fitter above 23,000 feet(7,000 meters), where most Westernclimbers begin using bottled oxygen.Sherpas have also been dying onEverest from the very beginning — onthe first serious attempt of Everest, in1922, seven Sherpas died in anavalanche. Although statistically aclient climber is more likely to dieattempting the summit on Everest, aSherpa is more likely to die in theKhumbu Icefall. “They are the front-

line of every climber who go up.Expeditions are heavily dependenton them. They open route, fixropes and erect tents,” says SankarShridhar, a mountain enthusiast.For them, treacherous rocks aremore than just means of livelihood.“Rocks are their Gods. Unliketrekkers, they are a part of moun-tains and believe to live in harmo-ny with them. Any unlikely eventis considered as a warning from theAlmighty,” he says adding thatSherpas will continue to be at thereceiving end. “Things are improv-ing gradually. Sherpas have madeschools in the areas. A lot of themthem don’t want the next genera-tions to follow the deadly careersince they don’t do it out of theirchoice. In a way they are forcedinto this profession,” he says.

Another climber, Pavan Bisht,who was at the base camp recent-ly, met all his Sherpas and somehad a minor escape from thedeadly avalanche that reportedlykilled 13 Sherpas. “Avalanchesoccur because of fresh snow andSherpas mostly are aware of thepoor weather conditions but thensome things are unpredictable,”says Pavan, adding that poor con-dition of living and facing politicsof the trade is an integral part ofSherpas’ lives.

“The Sherpas are the ones whogo first up the mountain. Theybreak the deep snow, lay the fixedropes and carry the heaviest loads.

They face avalanches, altitude sickness, lack ofoxygen and brutal cold. The risks for Sherpas onthe mountain are twice that of the Westernclimbers. Over the years, the tourist flow at theEverest has increased and with that the demandof the Sherpas. With the increase in demand,Sherpas face a lot of pressure from the clients.More the amount the client pay, better dedica-tion and services they expect from the Sherpa.One can also hire a personal Sherpa who will notonly guarantee that arrangements are madeappropriately but will also take a guarantee thatyou reach at the top. All these things have cre-ated a lot of competition, monopoly in someregions,” adds Pavan.

Apart from occupational hazards that theyface owing to the weather conditions, they alsosurvive the politics in their trade.

“If you are being hired by good agency youare paid well but not otherwise. American com-panies mostly pay well but not all are lucky to getthat. Then there is regional politics as well. Forexample, a Sherpa from Makalu won’t get to doan expedition in Khumbu and vice versa,”informs Pavan.

While the average annual income in Nepalis just $700, a high-altitude Sherpa guide canmake $5,000 during the three-month climbingseason. Climbers, meanwhile, can easily paynearly $1,00,000 for a chance to reach the sum-mit.

According to reports, Sherpas might aban-don the expeditions this year. “But there is a hugeflow of money. Expeditions have become anindustry where international communities areinvolved. Even Sherpas cannot dictate the deci-sions alone,” says Sankar.

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It was in the 1970s when sufi wasn’t the most‘it’ thing that ace danseuse Shovana Narayandid sufi presentations based on inspirations

such as Khalil Gibran, Omar Khayyam andRumi. Narayan says that in Vaishnav philoso-phy bansuri (flute) is the symbol of Lord Krishnaand it is described that the instrument can bethe medium to help us unite with the almighty.“If you will notice, the message given by saints,be it sufi or Hindu, was the same. It is just thattheir ways of saying it was different. The ulti-mate message was to cleanse our souls, to makeour spirits pure, free from the vices and allevi-ate to such a level where we can be one with theGod. Through my dance I tried to present thiscommon message. I have been personallytouched by the works of greats like KhalilGibran, Rumi and Omar Khayyam and there-fore conveyed their ultimate message to thewider audience through my dance,” explainedthe Kathak maestro. Narayan will be perform-ing some parts based on Gibran’s works, that shecame up with in 1973, and Omar Khayyam’s(1978), at Sufiaana, a fusion charity concert atChinmaya Mission on April 26. Talking aboutthe concept of sufism and why she is personal-ly drawn to it, she added, “It is said that the wordsufi comes from suf, which means wool. Thecoarse wool is whitish in colour and then we giveit different hues to make it suitable for our use.Sufism says that our soul is like that whitish woolwhich is dyed to different colours. We need totry to get rid of those colours to find purity andit is through that pure soul that we will find thealmighty. There were various songs and poemswritten by the poets to spread this message. Itis only that now we have put those songs in var-ious categories and one of them is sufi.”

Thanks to the growing influence of sufi andits reach, that now there are more experimentshappening around it. Sufi singer Ragini Rainusays that sufi has come a long way and she wasinvited to perform at Sankat Mochan MusicFestival, touted as one of the biggest classicalmusic festival in Varanasi. “It is not just becausesufi is popular today that there are so manyexperiments happening around it and it is evenpart of classical evenings. It is because peopleare now aware of its philosophy and there isan eagerness to understand it deeply throughart, music and dance,” said Rainu, who will beperforming with Narayan at Chinmaya Mission.

Rainu is the disciple of the santoor maestroand music composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori. She

is known for strong base of classical gayaki (vocalsystem) and her style is embedded with tayari(fluency) and bhava (aesthetics and expressions).Born and brought up in Jammu, she grew up ina musical family and is now taking forward itssufiyana tradition, which is now marked by moreoriginal compositions. About her forthcomingperformance she informed, “My first song willbe by Sindhi sufi poet Sachal Sarmast. In hispoem he has used an earthen poet as ametaphor to describe life. The matkaor an earthen poet is talking to thealmighty about the problems itsfacing in completing its jour-ney. The next will be byBaba Bulleh Shah, it’sone of his most pas-sionate cre-ations.”

She finds beauty in some-thing as lifeless and disre-

garded as a human nail, oldperfume bottle and usedpaper. She combines all thiswith metals and stones, pre-cious and semi-precious, soaesthetically that they areconverted into a beautifulwork of art that can be evenworn as an ear or fingeradornments. Artist MasoomaSyed was born and broughtup in Lahore but post hermarriage she has been stay-ing in Delhi and is knownamong her friends for herability to turn mostly ignoredand wasted objects into wear-able art.

“You can say that its jew-ellery or wearable sculptures.Different kind of metal likebronze, silver, copper andeverything else that I like arepart of my works. They aretiny, 3D pieces that pick uptheir shapes from differentstructures. They are mostlyabout things that we findaround us but often ignore,”says Masooma,who isexhibit ingher recentbody ofwork, calledMountains toMosque andOther Details atKhoj Studios fromtomorrow.

Masooma bel ievesthat beauty lies in thehands of creator, so nomatter whatever the medi-um is, anything done witha concept can look appeal-ing.

“For my recent works Ihave used paintings of land-scapes, mosques and otherthings that we find aroundus but we never see them aspart of jewellery. Breakingthe stereotypes is not myonly intention but it is toshowcase and present howeverything around us can besomething worth appreciat-ing,” says the artist, who hasbeen involved in studio prac-tice and has exhibited inPakistan and abroad.

Apart from participat-ing in several artist residen-cies and workshops,Masooma has also taughtart in various institutes likeThe National College of Arts,Lahore, School of Art andDesign, Kathmandu

University, Nepal andManchester MetropolitanUniversity. Some landmarkexhibitions of Masooma areher first solo show at RohtasGallery Islamabad and ArtSpace University New SouthWales while she was on theCommonwealth Arts andCrafts Fellowship. Some ofher works were part of groupshows like Parallel Realities,Fukuoka Asian ArtTrienniale, Japan, Threads,Dreams, Desires , Harrismuseum & Art Gallery,England and Playing with theLoaded Gun at Apex Art inNew York.

For Masooma, jewelleryis more than mere orna-ments to adorn the body. Sheexplains, “In traditional andhistorical realm of all soci-eties and cultures, the func-tion of jewellery has beendefined as attachment to thebody, personal decoration,displaying socially meaning-ful codes, serving as portableand redeemable wealth.Undoubtedly it has ability totouch people as a coded,portable, ornament, accessi-ble by sensation. But jew-ellery as an art form is a

strong vehicle ofbody expression.

Once itg e t s

strippedof famil-i a r

codes, traditionalmaterials andmeanings, it goesbeyond the idea of

commodity. As abody centered orna-

ment, adornment or embell-ishment it carries the strongmessage, challenges the con-ventions of body, rituals andits function. I believe mypractice responds to this par-ticular sensibility wherecommonly understood craftof utility could be investigat-ed and liberated from itsstereotypes. A worn artobject has great potential tospeak about human connect-edness. It alters the meaningof adornment, the preciousand the powerful, permanenceand the ephemeral. My practiceof jewellery making falls in thecategory of sculpture, whereI’m trying to push its bound-aries, both in form andcontent.”

Bright colours reflecting variousaspects of nature were the high-

light of works by Pikani Ranjan Berashowcased at Triveni Kala Sangam.The show was curated by Priti Bajaj.“I have been brought up in a villagewhose scenic beauty has alwaysbeen close to my heart. My coloursare inspired by my surroundings. Inot only relate to colours, but con-verse with them. Painting for me islike the food I eat. Just like one can-not live without eating, I cannot passa day without my colours. Throughmy paintings I want to give the view-ers an insight into my imagination,”said Bera.

He belongs to family of artists.The appreciation his parents receivedat their exhibitions inspired him asa child. His paintings have a usualpattern. His art embodies all hiswork within an enclosed boundary,within this boundary are the mixesof most colours and the blends of dif-

ferent forms. “Colours are fadingfrom our lives. By using them in myart I want to show people that thisworld is still a beautiful place,colours in our lives are still presentand it is our busy life that makes usignore these shades,” said Bera.

Abstract painting has throughthe years been an instinctive subject.To some it may define the joy or themelancholy of our surrounding, forothers it may just be a crisscross. “Ido not mind if people do not dis-tinctly understand my work, but itdoes hurt when you are not appre-ciated for your creativity. I do nothold the indifference as a grudge butinstead use it to further improve myart. I do always try to bespeak thebackground of my painting. I explainit in terms of nature. I ask individ-uals to understand the colours andfeel them, hoping that they mayunderstand the meaning behind theabstraction,” said Bera.

Paintings require a subject anda structure. Talking about the tech-nique applied on the hangings, Berasaid, “I focus on the structure. Themanner of execution matters to memost. The abstract form intriguesme. These shapes and structures aremy thoughts. There is a rush ofthoughts when I paint, thesethoughts decide the stroke of mybrush. Discovery of new coloursthrough blending, excites me tocarry forth my vision.”

Adistant look at a huge form givesan impression that it’s some

archeological discovery or a carcassof a huge animal, probably a dinosaur.But a closer look reveals that it is aninstallation by artist Adip Dutta, dis-played at Shrine Empire Gallery aspart of the exhibition InventedIdentities. It is a hair clip placed upsidedown. The installation hints how theeveryday object is used by women to“project” an impressive look. “Wewear branded clothes or luxuriouscosmetics just to sport a differentimage which doesn’t exist otherwise,”says Paroma Maiti, curator of theexhibition.

There are 12 sets of artworks byfour artists, including two interna-

tional ones, all depicting theideas of “identities”. “The exhi-bition speaks about the inven-

tion of identity. There is aconstant desire to fabri-

cate a fake image inkeeping with social

moulds anddemands. There

is a particularreference tosocial net-

working websites here. People postimages on Facebook just to fabricatean image which doesn’t representtheir real self,” says the curator addingthat “the other element that we havetried to bring is that how memory andimagination play role in this projec-tion. How at certain point in time,memory and imagination collate and

we try to erase or add to our memo-ries imaginatively to stitch a new pic-ture.” Adip Dutta’s another hugepainting is covering the full wall. Thebarbed wires are cutting through thewall diving it into two halves. “It’s anidentity stretch, talking about thenational identities. How we create anew person to be projected as a

nationalist. It explores, in tongue-in-cheek fashion, how real our idea ofnational identity is. Like if I am awoman in India, I would think toshow myself in a certain light. PaulaSengupta’s The Monkey & the Dogshares fables narrated to her by twowomen refugees from Tibet. Thestory is about two Chinese men who

arrive at a village with a dog and amonkey. While villagers enjoy withthe animals, the invaders take over thefields. The same story has beenpassed from generations after gener-ations with modifications. The printsare put on Tibetan prayer wheels.”

Artist Anoli Perera has put up herown personal memories with printson glasses, chairs and tables. Theseprints show her and her husband pos-ing at different stages of life.

She has given special effects, likesepia, to add intensity to her works.Another impressive installationshows a galaxy of 69 bamboo fans puttogether on a wall.

“Each has an image of clown asseen in pack of playing cards. Thesebamboo fans are largely viewed asfeminine objects. But she has addedman’s faces on them as a gesture thatshe is there to entertain them (men),”the curator explains.

Maiti took more than a year tostitch everything together and findsthe theme relevant to our times.“People are constantly trying to besomeone else. Just to be different, theyare conforming to certain things,” shesays.

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Still smarting from their opening loss, SunrisersHyderabad will face the arduous task of taming a

rampaging Kings XI Punjab when they lock horns inIPL-7 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday.

The Sunrisers suffered a last-over defeat toRajasthan Royals when James Faulkner blasted twofours in as many balls to chase down their modesttarget of 133 on Friday.

The Hyderabad team failed to put up enough runson the board as skipper Shikhar Dhawan and DavidWarner lost wickets after setting a foundation andthey would look to not repeat the mistake againstPunjab, who are on a roll with two wins.

Punjab have proved that no target is stiff enoughfor them as they chased down scores of 205 and 191against Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royalsrespectively with more than an over to spare.

The team has relied on the dangerous duo ofGlenn Maxwell and David Miller, who have shownlittle respect for the opposition bowlers going on arampage to blow Chennai and Rajasthan away.

With scores such as 95 runs off 43 balls and 89in 45 balls, Maxwell has been the most devastatingbatsman in IPL-7 this year, while Miller too has beensimply unstoppable as he blasted 37-ball 54 and 19-ball 51 in his last two unbeaten innings respective-ly and skipper George Bailey will want the duo to con-tinue the carnage on Tuesday.

For Hyderabad, it would be the pace troika ofDale Steyn, Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar,who would be in the firing line of Maxwell and Millerand Dhawan would hope they do enough to stopthem from running away with the match.

The Hyderabad pace troika had reducedRajasthan to 31-3 in 6.2 overs in their last match andthey will have to produce a similar dose of seam andbounce to tame Punjab.

In spin department, the Sunrisers have a potentcombination in India leg-spinner Amit Mishra andMeerut-lad Karn Sharma.

While Mishra has been brilliant during the WorldTwenty20 with 10 wickets in six matches, Karn toohad done a good job for Hyderabad in the last sea-son, taking 11 wickets in 13 matches and a lot willdepend on them when they come to bowl in the mid-dle overs of the match.

�������He has taken the IPL by storm witha couple of brutal knocks but Kings XIPunjab's Australian import Glenn Maxwellsays the mayhem that he causes with his batis merely a bit of luck and his ability to"manipulate" fielders.

Maxwell steered Kings XI Punjab to asecond successive win last night when hestruck a blazing knock of 89 which came off45 deliveries. This came after a his 95-runonslaught against Chennai Super Kings inhis team's tournament-opener. "You don'texpect to make two big scores like that in arow and I have had a bit of luck as well.Hopefully, the luck stays with me and I cankeep making some big scores," Maxwell toldIPL's official website.

"I actually try to manipulate the fieldersas much as I can. It depends on the bowlerand the size of the boundary, which I try totarget. I targeted the short boundary tonightand the wicket was holding up when theybowled slower balls.

"At the moment, I have got somethingthat is working for me and I am going to keep

trying to do that as much as I can. It is justabout batting the way you think you bat bestand that is what I am trying to do," he added.

The all-rounder said he has so farenjoyed the pressure of chasing down hugetotals. "We have won chasing two big totalsand we are pretty happy to be where we areat the moment. At the same time, we stillhave a lot to work in the nets. Our bowlingand fielding has not been up to the mark inthe first two games, but it is nice that the

batting group can save them and get us overthe line," he said.

"I don't get burdened by pressure. Pressureis something that you put on yourself. I putpressure on myself before a game or before Igo out to bat. But when I go out there to bat,I just enjoy it and have a little bit of fun. I lookat the total and take it from there."

Maxwell said he felt frustrated when hecould not complete the job and got out afterbringing the team close to victory.

"I did think (David) Miller will finish thegame for us. With Miller and George Baileyto come, I thought we still had enough firepower to finish the job," Maxwell said.

Asked which of his two knocks so farwould be rated higher by him, Maxwell said."I would rate this one higher than the one thatI played against Chennai Super Kings."

"...It was a slow outfield, and the bowl-ing attack I was facing was more challenging.They bowled well according to the conditionsand I felt this one was a bit more under pres-sure. I would rate both these innings at thetop two of my list in my T20 career." "*+

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Former BCCI chief Sharad Pawar wantsJustice J N Patel, who is part of a three-

man probe panel set up by the Board toinvestigate the IPL corruption scandal, tocome clean on his reported links with thebody's interim President Shivlal Yadav.

He also deprecated the presence of for-mer India captain Ravi Shastri on the inquirycommittee, citing conflict of interest.

"I think Patel should definitely discloseif he is related to the BCCI's interim presi-dent Shivlal Yadav. If not, then BCCIshould clarify and should not allow thesetype of discussions," Pawar said.

The names of the former Chief Justiceof the Calcutta High Court, Shastri and ex-CBI director R K Raghavan were approvedby the Board members at an emergent work-ing committee meeting here on Sunday.

Their names would be submitted forapproval of the Supreme Court which is

hearing the the IPL scandal, with the nexthearing scheduled on Tuesday.

The SC had directed the BCCI at the lasthearing on April 16 to suggest names of per-sons who will conduct a "fair probe" into theIPL 6 spot-fixing and betting scandal.

The apex court is expected to considerthe suggestion by the BCCI and pass orderson the future course of the probe.

"I don't know him (Patel) personally, butI think it is his duty to disclose if this news(information) is correct," Pawar said.

"This morning, I got a call from someBCCI member that there is a judge J N Patel.I know he was a very upright judge whenhe was here. He had taken very toughresponsibilities and had performed very well.

"But the issue which I was not aware of.Somebody rang me up from AndhraPradesh this morning, saying the BCCI'sinterim president Shivlal Yadav and Patel areclose relatives. Brother-in-law or somethinglike that. I don't know.

"If the news is correct, then the peoplewill judge. Generally, I have seen many times(that) a judge, if there is some lawyer whois close to him is there, will immediatelyrecuse himself from the case," Pawar said.

"I am sure that knowing fully well JusticePatel's reputation, he will not allow this typeof a thing," he added.

Pawar, a former president of theInternational Cricket Council, also ques-tioned the eligibility of Shastri to be a mem-ber of the probe panel because of the con-

flict of interest issue as the player-turned-commentator has got a financial contractwith BCCI. "Ravi Shastri is a good player.In fact, when I was BCCI chief (2005-08),we signed a contract with him and SunilGavaskar. So, he had a financial contractwith BCCI. Now, someone says how can aperson who has got a financial contract withBCCI, become part of an inquiry commit-tee of BCCI chief," he said. "I have no reser-vation about Shastri's integrity, his honesty.But definitely, anybody can raise the issue.And that is why, a sensible person will tryto keep away from this (probe panel)."

On allegations against former IPLchief Lalit Modi and embattled BCCI chiefN Srinivasan, who has been ordered by theSC to step aside when the IPL probe is on,Pawar said, "I don't think Modi has doneany harm. Unfortunately, about Srinivasan,I haven't got any details. But whateveraction has been taken recently was essen-tially taken by judiciary.”

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Though Chennai Super Kings ishome to four international

captains this Indian PremierLeague, New Zealand skipperBrendon McCullum insists thatMahendra Singh Dhoni is the soleleader of the pack and says he haslots to learn from his India coun-terpart in his first year with thefranchise.

"At CSK there is only one cap-tain and that is MS Dhoni. He isthe sole decision-maker when itcomes to the on-field matters.There is not much team talk

about that," said McCullum whenasked about his role in the teamalongside other international cap-tains in Dhoni, Faf du Plessis ofSouth Afria and Dwayne Bravo ofthe West Indies.

"However, as experiencedleaders, we are expected to dosmall things off the field likeguiding the younger players andhelping out the team-mates withthings they need assistance with.On the field there are smallerthings like we must not wait forthe captain to wave his hands atus asking to step a bit closer or fur-ther. We should be able to figure

those things out with our experi-ence," he was quoted as saying bythe tournament's official website.

Both McCullum and Dhoniare wicketkeeper-batsmen but theNew Zealander clarified that thereis not much in common betweenthe two strong personalities.

"Well, there are many thingsthat he and I don't have in com-mon too. But yes, he is a very niceguy, very humble and one of thebest captains in the world. I ampleased to have this opportunityto play under his leadership sincethere are many things one canlearn from the man," said

McCullum, who had earlier playedfor the Kolkata Knight Riderswhere he famously blasted anunbeaten 158 against RoyalChallengers Bangalore in the first-ever IPL game in 2008.

Asked whether he would liketo take over wicket-keeping dutiesfrom Dhoni, the New Zealandersaid: "Oh, no, I am happy to lethim do the job behind the stumps.My body is not up to regular workbehind the wickets now. I am gladto be in the same team as Dhoni,who is a brilliant wicketkeeper. Iam the backup option if the teamrequires one."

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Chennai Super Kings produced a clini-cal performance to crush Delhi

Daredevils by 93 runs and register their firstwin in the seventh edition of IndianPremier League here on Monday.

Chennai first rode on Suresh Raina'sfine half-century and a late burst fromskipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to post acompetitive 177 and then came up witha disciplined bowling and fielding effortto bundle out the Daredevils for a paltry84 in 15.4 overs.

Raina made 56 off 41 balls duringwhich he struck five boundaries and onesix. He shared 54 runs off 46 balls for thesecond wicket with Dwayne Smith to laythe base for the total.

Towards the end, skipper Dhoni usedhis long handle to great effect to race hisway to 32 off just 15 balls with the help oftwo fours and as many sixes. Faf du Plesisalso made a useful 24 off 17 balls.

Chasing the target, the Daredevilswitnessed a nightmarish start as they losthalf of their side with just 50 runs on theboard in the 10th over.

The Delhi outfit's chase never really gotgoing at they lost wickets at regular inter-vals to reel for major part of their innings.

Young Ishwar Pandey impressed hisIPL debut. He struck the first blow forChennai in only his second over by remov-ing Mayank Agarwal. Agarwal was brilliant-ly caught by a running Raina at cover as thebatsman went for an inside-out shot.

Murali Vijay (11) and Manoj Tiwarytoo did not help their side's cause as theydeparted in the next two overs.

While du Plesis pulled off a stunner tosent packing Viajy off Mohit Sharma's bowl-ing, the South African pounced on anoth-er skier in Pandey's next over to removeTiwary.

Skipper Dinesh Karthik (21) and J PDuminy (15) tried to resurrect theDaredevils' chase with a 25-run stand forthe fourth wicket but it was not to be aswickets continued to tumble like pack ofcards.

Duminy was caught plumb in front of

the wicket by Dwayne Smith of his first ballbefore Ben Hilfenhaus induced an edgefrom an out-of-form Ross Taylor which wasgleefully accepted by Dhoni.

Karthik was then cleaned up by Ashwinin the 13th over. Jimmy Neesham (21 off15) tried hard but the asking was too tallto achieve as Chennai bowlers ran throughDelhi's tail with consummate ease.

Ashwin (2/3), Jadeja (2/18) and Pandey(2/23) shared Delhi six wickets betweenthem.

Earlier, Chennai made a relativelyquiet start to their innings after electing tobat as they scored their 50-run mark off

exactly the same number of balls.Chennai, however, suffered their first

blow in the fourth over in the form of dan-gerous Brendon McCullum (9).

The hard-hitting Kiwi batsman failedto latch on to a life provided by Duminy offJaydev Unadkat's first delivery and perishedin the next ball, caught by substituteWayne Parnell at short thirdman.

After McCullum's dismissal, Rainaand Smith played cautiously to build theinnings together and help Chennai make65 runs for the loss of one wicket at thehalfway mark.

After taking a close look of the wick-

et, Raina finally opened up and clobberedleft-arm spinner Shabaz Nadeem straightover his head for the first six of the innings.

But Chennai suffered their second blowin the last ball of the 11th over when Smithwas cleaned up by Nadeem.

The wicket hardly had any impact onRaina as he smacked Murali Vijay for threefours in the next over.

Raina brought up his half-century inthe next over off 36 balls with the help offive fours and one six.

But soon after Raina departed insearch of quick runs. He was caught by Vijayat long-on off Neesham.

Then came in Dhoni and he made hisintentions clear from the onset by smack-ing Unadkat for six and four in consecu-tive deliveries of the 17th over.

Dhoni was going great guns before hefound Agarwal at the square-leg boundaryoff Unadkat's bowling. Mithun Manhasmade a quick five-ball unbeaten 12.

For Delhi, Unadkat (3/32) picked upthree wickets while pace spearheadMohammed Shami (1/45) went for runs.

Brief ScoresChennai Super Kings: 177/7 in 20 overs(Suresh Raina 56, Mahendra Singh Dhoni32; Jaydev Unadkat 3/32) beat DelhiDaredevils: 84 all out in 15.4 overs(Jimmy Neesham 22, Dinesh Karthik 21;Ravichandran Ashwin 2/3, Ravindra Jadeja2/18, Ishwar Pander 2/23) by 93 runs.

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Jose Mourinho finds himself in theChampions League semifinals onceagain, although Atletico Madrid hopes

to make sure the Portuguese manager failsto progress from this stage for the fourthseason in a row.

Mourinho's Chelsea plays at Atletico'sVicente Calderon Stadium on Tuesday withits domestic title hopes floundering follow-ing a 2-1 loss to last-place Sunderland onSaturday. Atletico, meanwhile, secured aneighth straight victory to move within threewins of its first league title since 1996.

Mourinho made it as far as the semi-finals twice during his previous spell withthe Blues before guiding Inter Milan to thetitle in 2010. Since then, he has three straightvisits to the semifinals with Real Madrid,losing each time.

Chelsea faces the only unbeaten clubleft in the competition, with Atletico hav-ing stifled Barcelona and AC Milan on itsway to its first European Cup semifinalsince 1974.

Here are five things to know before thefirst match of the two-legged series:

����� ��$�������Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeonewould like to pick up where he left offagainst Mourinho, following the Portuguesecoach's time in Spanish football.

Mourinho won two trophies in threeseasons at Real Madrid, but capped hisworst season as a football coach with a lossto Atletico in the Copa del Rey final lastyear. That stinging defeat helped sendMourinho bolting back to Chelsea and pro-pelled Atletico on its improbable run thathas it on the verge of becoming the firstSpanish club apart from Real Madrid orBarcelona to lift the Spanish title sinceValencia did in 2004.

"It's going to be a competitive gamebetween two teams that play a similar style,"Atletico captain Gabi Fernandez said."Mourinho's teams are always tactically pre-pared and will look to impose their way."

��*�������$����Chelsea looks likely to be without one ofits top attacking weapons for the first leg,with Eden Hazard still not back in train-ing after a calf injury.

The Belgium winger limped out of thequarterfinal second leg against Paris Saint-Germain on April 8 and has missed

Chelsea's last two games.The most recent update on his condi-

tion came on Friday, when assistant man-ager Steve Holland labelled Hazard a"major doubt."

Chelsea will definitely be without rightback Branislav Ivanovic, who is suspend-ed for the first leg.

������������Atletico Madrid's attack received a majorboost with the news that playmaking mid-fielder Arda Turan will be available againstChelsea. The Turkey international hasbeen sidelined by a groin injury since a 1-1 draw at Barcelona in the opening leg ofthe quarterfinals. Turan's return will aidAtletico's attack with Spain playmaker Kokehaving been forced to be the main providerfor striker Diego Costa.

Diego Costa scored his 27th leaguegoal in Atletico's 2-0 win over Elche onFriday to take his season tally to 35 in allcompetitions.

�������������While much of Atletico's success can be

attributed to the boot of striker DiegoCosta, its defense has not only been Spain'sbest but Europe's too.

Atletico has stifled opponents likeLionel Messi and Mario Balotelli withease and has conceded a competition-low five goals.

While center backs Miranda andDiego Godin have been superb this sea-son, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois hasbeen outstanding without a dip in form.Atletico will be counting on the 21-year-

old Belgium international against hismother club after UEFA ruled thatCourtois could not be left out of the seriesdue to any pre-agreed contractual agree-ments with Chelsea over his loan deal.

������������Chelsea striker Fernando Torres will makehis return to his boyhood club this weekamid increasing speculation he could beback at the Vicente Calderon for goodbefore next season.

Torres spent the first six years of hisprofessional career at Atletico, captainingthe team for a spell before leaving Spain forLiverpool in 2007.

His career has stalled at Chelsea sincehis 50-million pound (then $81 million)move there in 2011, and the prospects ofan emotional return to Atletico wereraised after comments by coach DiegoSimeone last week.

It would be a major surprise ifTorres started the second leg, with thestriker appearing to have slipped to thirdin the pecking order behind Samuel Eto'oand Demba Ba.

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Marathon starting line withsecurity tight along the 26.2-mile(42-kilometer) course Monday,in a show of resilience a yearafter the bombing that turnedthe race into a scene of carnage.

American Meb Keflizighi, aformer New York City Marathonchampion and Olympic medal-ist, won the men's title in 2hours, 8 minutes, 37 seconds. Hewas the first American man towin in three decades.

Police were deployed inforce along the route, with heli-copters circling above andbomb-sniffing dogs checkingthrough trash cans. Officerswere posted on roofs.

The two pressure-cooker

bombs that went off near the fin-ish line last year killed three peo-ple and wounded more than 260in a hellish spectacle of tornlimbs, smoke and broken glass.

Boston Marathon racedirector Dave McGillivray saidit had been a long and difficultyear. "We're taking back ourrace," he said. "We're takingback the finish line."

A total of 35,755 athleteswere registered to run — thesecond-largest field in its histo-ry, with many coming to show

support for the event and thecity that was traumatized by theattack on its signature sportingevent. "I can't imagine the num-ber of emotions that are goingto be there," said KatieO'Donnell, who was stoppedless than a mile from the end lastyear. "I think I'm going to startcrying at the starting line, andI'm not sure I'll stop until I crossthe finish line."

Buses bearing the mes-sage "Boston Strong" droppedoff runners at the starting line

in the town of Hopkinton. Abanner on one building read:"You are Boston Strong. YouEarned This."

Among the signs lining theend of the route was one payingtribute to 8-year-old MartinRichard, the youngest of thosekilled in the bombing. "No morehurting people. Peace," read thesign. A photograph of Martinholding a poster he made forschool with those words waspublished after his death. Ishowed up, I'm back, and I’mgoing to finish what I didn't fin-ish last year," said MaryCunningham of St. Petersburg,Florida, who was stopped amile short of the finish line bythe explosions last year.

Sabrina Dello Russo, 38, ofSouth Boston, was running herfirst marathon for a good friend,Roseann Sdoia, who lost herright leg in the bombing. "She ismy inspiration from day one lastyear when I saw her in the ICU.Every run I do, she is in the backof my head, and she will be keep-ing me going today," DelloRusso said.

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First-timers Bengaluru FC on Mondaywrote a new chapter in Indian football by

clinching the I-League title in their debut sea-son courtesy a 4-2 away win over DempoSports Club here, with captain Sunil Chhetrifittingly netting the final goal.

Needing a win to snatch the title aheadof other established teams, Bengaluru ledfrom start to finish. They scored throughSean Rooney (2nd), Robin Singh (56th),John Menyongar (79th) and captain SunilChhetri (90+7).

Dempo reduced the margin throughRoberto Silva (82nd) and substitute RomeoFernandes (89th).

After Sean Rooney had given them adream start in the second minute, there wasno looking back. Dempo threatened a brieffightback but that was not enough tothwart Bengaluru. The win helped theSouthern club accumulate 44 points and takean unassailable lead with one round still tobe played. The likes of East Bengal andSalgaocar Football Club will play for the sec-ond and third spot.

Bengaluru needed a win from any of theirlast two matches to emerge triumphant butin the end it was clear that they would notleave anything to chance.

Robin Singh scored in the 56th minuteto give his team a 2-0 lead. With ten minutesleft to be played, Bengaluru put the issuebeyond doubt when John Menyongar madeit 3-0. There was brief fightback fromDempo as Brazilian midfielder RobertoMendes da Silva pulled a goal back in the82nd minute and Romeo Fernandes thenscrambled home to make it 2-3.

But India and Bengaluru captain SunilChhetri scored the winners' fourth goal ofthe evening.

Coach Ashley Westwood was suspend-ed for the game and assistant coach PradyumReddy took charge in the dugout. ButWestwood had done enough in pre-matchpreparations to help his team sail through.

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Messi's 75th-minute goal answered someof the criticism the club's all-time leading scor-er had received for his lackluster performancesin the team's recent losses in the league,Champions League and Copa del Rey final.

Barcelona was on its way to another defeatwhen AritzAduriz scored inthe 50th, provok-ing a smatteringof white handker-chiefs in theCamp Noustands, but PedroRodriguez equal-ized when he slot-ted in AlexisSanchez's scuffedstrike in the 72nd.

B a r c e l o n astill neededdefender JavierMascherano to

block Mikel Rico's point-blank try in injurytime to protect the three points after CristianTello had wasted one of numerous opportu-nities to put the result beyond doubt.

"After the first half I thought that this was-n't to be our day after missing so manychances," said Barcelona coach GerardoMartino, whose job probably depends onBarcelona catching Atletico to defend its title."But we kept fighting. We played with a lot ofheart to overcome a difficult week and a gamethat had turned against us. Messi defends him-self on the pitch and I am happy for him."

Barcelona moved provisionally into secondplace, four points behind leader AtleticoMadrid. Madrid is two points behind Barcelonabut with a game to play.

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