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M aking it clear that his sec- ond innings would break many new grounds in gover- nance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to demolish the web of deception, illusion and false fear created around minorities by the ‘traders of vote bank pol- itics’ and usher in an era of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. Elected unanimously as the leader of BJP Parliamentary party and of National Democratic Alliance at the central hall of the Parliament, Modi came up with his set of commandments to drive home his message to the MPs of the ruling coalition — the prima- ry being that the Constitution of India, before which he bowed before beginning his address, is supreme and the only reference point of gover- nance. Maintaining that minori- ties were used in politics, Modi said “we need to win the con- fidence of the minorities” and sought to revive the spirit of 1857 when all communities together waged the war of Independence against the British. “We fought for ‘Swaraj’ then, today we can together fight for ‘Suraaj’”, he said. He also pointed out how his previous tenure had been able to penetrate through the deceptive poverty eradication slogans and illusion perpetu- ated by the previous regimes. In his second term, he said he would strive to shed the tag of “developing country” associat- ed with India. In a stern warning to motormouths, Modi advised MPs not to be tempted by cam- eras and media and derail the government’s vision, plan and policies. “Rashtra ke naam sandesh dene ki jaroorat nahin hain,” he quipped referring to those who love to see their face on TV screens. He also advised them to check the facts before opening their mouths, if it was utmost necessary. “Do not give time to media, inko 70 saal se aur logon ne pala hai,” he said apparently charging past regimes of giving patronage to a section of the Press. Ahead of the Cabinet formation of his Government, the Prime Minister also warned MPs against trusting media reports on the probable Ministers. “It will be done according to norms,” he maintained adding there are many who claim that they have knowledge as to who is being included in the Cabinet. Cautioning that arrogance should be resisted, he said the MPs should be treating all those who voted for them and those who oppose equally. “You are representatives of all,” he said and reminded them of the ubiquitous BJP ‘mantra’ of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. Turn to Page 4 R ahul Gandhi is said to be insistent on resigning as the Congress president despite the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Saturday unani- mously rejecting his offer to put in his papers taking responsi- bility for the party’s Lok Sabha poll debacle. The CWC authorised him to carry out an overhauling and restructuring of the party at all levels but Rahul is learned to have asked the party to look for another chief. This is the second time in five years that Rahul has offered to resign. Following the drub- bing in 2014 Lok Sabha, Rahul, who was the Congress vice president then, along with party president Sonia Gandhi had offered to resign which too was rejected by the CWC. AICC sources said Rahul was adamant on resigning and also rejected the few sugges- tions that favoured his sibling, General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, to take over as the chief of the grand old party. When the name of his sis- ter came up as an option, Rahul reportedly said, “Don’t drag my sister into it. It is not necessary that the Congress president should be from the Gandhi family.” Both Rahul and his sister Priyanka cam- paigned extensively across the country in this election. If not Rahul, then who, this question rankled the minds of the Congressmen as Rahul remained unmoved with Priyanka and his mother Sonia’s efforts to see him rea- son too failed. Rahul informed the 52- member CWC that he would like to exit as its top boss. He had taken over from Sonia a year and a half ago. Turn to Page 4 W ounded by the electoral reverses suffered by the Trinamool Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday offered to quit her office but “found myself hopelessly alone in try- ing to do so as all the leaders of my party forced me to con- tinue as the CM.” Lashing out at the BJP for “squandering cash and creating a totally communal atmosphere to purchase votes,” an apparently emotional Chief Minister said: “I loathe being the Chief Minister of an electorate where votes can be purchased and elec- tions can be won by communal polarisation.” The TMC, which she built up bit by bit after coming out of the Congress in 1998, suf- fered a colossal defeat, biggest since 2006 conceding 18 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats to a surging BJP which reportedly capi- talised on a huge chunk of shifting Left votes. “I don’t want to continue as the Chief Minister of a State where the votes can be sold and purchased. I have information on how votes were purchased for 5,000 per head. Many families were approached with such offers,” she said. Turn to Page 4 C hief Minister-elect of Andhra Pradesh Jaganmohan Reddy had a hec- tic day spread over the two Telugu-speaking States on Saturday. After chairing two meetings with his newly elect- ed Assembly and Lok Sabha members, Reddy flew to Hyderabad from Gannavaram in his private chopper. The day culminated with ESL Narasimhan, Governor for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State, clearing the YSRCP-LP letter requesting to invite him (Reddy) to form the Government in Andhra Pradesh. He will be sworn-in at the refurbished Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijayawada on May 30 at 12.23 pm, as per a Raj Bhavan com- munique. Apart from his wife, party leaders Botsa Satyanarayana, Dharmana Prasad Rao and Adimulapu Suresh accompa- nied Reddy to Raj Bhavan. They also met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) in his camp office. KCR has agreed to be present at Reddy’s swearing-in. Meanwhile, the CM-elect, along with Chief Secretary LV Subrahmanyam will head to New Delhi on Sunday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invite him to his swearing in ceremony. Sources said Jagan could also offer the YSRCP’s issue-based support to the NDA. Turn to Page 4 G rounded Jet Airways’ founder and former chair- man Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita were offloaded from an Emirates flight on Saturday, after the immigration officials barred them from leaving India. The authorities have issued a lookout circular against the Jet Airways founders. Informed official sources said Goyal and his wife had boarded an Emirates aircraft EK 507 at 3:30 pm. The aircraft was already on the taxiway and preparing for take-off from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. The aircraft was called back by air traffic control. The two were off-loaded following an advice from the immigra- tion authorities. The Airways, which temporarily suspended its flight operations on April 17, is trapped in a debt of more than 15,000 crore. Turn to Page 4 BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik will be sworn-in as Odisha Chief Minister on May 29 for a fifth consecutive term after a thumping win in the State Assembly elections, the party said on Saturday. Naveen Patnaik has con- tinued his grip over Odisha with his party, BJD, winning 112 Assembly seats in the 147- member House. G uarakshaks thrashed two men and a woman over alleged suspicion of beef trans- portation in Seoni town of Madhya Pradesh. One of the attackers Shubham Baghel is the head of the Sri Ram Sena and he has been arrested in var- ious crimes in the past. The police have arrested in connection with the assault after a video of the said incident went viral in social media. The said incident is believed to have took place on May 22 and the police learnt about the incident when the video of the thrashing went viral on May 24. The attackers also were forcing the victims to chant Jai Sriram slogans. Another viral video of the sad incident shows the attackers forced one of the victims to slap his wife with slipper and chant Jai Sri Ram slogan. Five accused behind the incident — Shubham Baghel, a history sheeter, Deepesh Namdev, Rohit Yadav, Sandip Uike and Shyam Deharia have been arrested by the police. They have been booked under section 292, 323 and 506 of the IPC. The police claimed that three persons engaged in trans- porting beef including Taufiq, Anjum Shama and Dilip Malviya too have been arrest- ed under anti cow slaughter act and were remanded to judicial custody by a court, said media reports According to reports, Shubham and his friends inter- cepted an auto rickshaw as they suspected that the couple on board was carrying beef. Instead of intimating police, they started thrashing the trio including the driver of the auto rickshaw. The viral video shows two men beaten up badly by a group as the victims haplessly plead them let them go. A crowd also gathered on the spot but no one came to the rescue of the trio. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 C M Y K C M Y K

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Making it clear that his sec-ond innings would break

many new grounds in gover-nance, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Saturdayvowed to demolish the web ofdeception, illusion and falsefear created around minorities

by the ‘traders of vote bank pol-itics’ and usher in an era of“Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”.

Elected unanimously asthe leader of BJP Parliamentaryparty and of NationalDemocratic Alliance at thecentral hall of the Parliament,Modi came up with his set ofcommandments to drive home

his message to the MPs of theruling coalition — the prima-ry being that the Constitutionof India, before which hebowed before beginning hisaddress, is supreme and theonly reference point of gover-nance.

Maintaining that minori-ties were used in politics, Modisaid “we need to win the con-fidence of the minorities” andsought to revive the spirit of1857 when all communitiestogether waged the war ofIndependence against theBritish. “We fought for ‘Swaraj’then, today we can togetherfight for ‘Suraaj’”, he said.

He also pointed out howhis previous tenure had been

able to penetrate through thedeceptive poverty eradicationslogans and illusion perpetu-ated by the previous regimes. Inhis second term, he said hewould strive to shed the tag of“developing country” associat-ed with India.

In a stern warning tomotormouths, Modi advisedMPs not to be tempted by cam-eras and media and derail thegovernment’s vision, plan andpolicies. “Rashtra ke naamsandesh dene ki jaroorat nahinhain,” he quipped referring tothose who love to see their faceon TV screens. He also advisedthem to check the facts beforeopening their mouths, if it wasutmost necessary.

“Do not give time tomedia, inko 70 saal se aurlogon ne pala hai,” he saidapparently charging pastregimes of giving patronage toa section of the Press. Ahead ofthe Cabinet formation of hisGovernment, the PrimeMinister also warned MPsagainst trusting media reportson the probable Ministers. “Itwill be done according tonorms,” he maintained addingthere are many who claim thatthey have knowledge as towho is being included in theCabinet.

Cautioning that arroganceshould be resisted, he said theMPs should be treating allthose who voted for them andthose who oppose equally. “Youare representatives of all,” hesaid and reminded them of theubiquitous BJP ‘mantra’ of‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”.

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Rahul Gandhi is said to beinsistent on resigning as the

Congress president despite theCongress Working Committee(CWC) on Saturday unani-mously rejecting his offer to putin his papers taking responsi-bility for the party’s Lok Sabhapoll debacle.

The CWC authorised himto carry out an overhauling andrestructuring of the party at alllevels but Rahul is learned tohave asked the party to look foranother chief.

This is the second time infive years that Rahul has offeredto resign. Following the drub-bing in 2014 Lok Sabha, Rahul,who was the Congress vicepresident then, along withparty president Sonia Gandhihad offered to resign which toowas rejected by the CWC.

AICC sources said Rahulwas adamant on resigning and

also rejected the few sugges-tions that favoured his sibling,General Secretary PriyankaGandhi, to take over as thechief of the grand old party.

When the name of his sis-ter came up as an option,Rahul reportedly said, “Don’tdrag my sister into it. It is notnecessary that the Congresspresident should be from theGandhi family.” Both Rahuland his sister Priyanka cam-paigned extensively across thecountry in this election.

If not Rahul, then who, thisquestion rankled the minds ofthe Congressmen as Rahulremained unmoved withPriyanka and his motherSonia’s efforts to see him rea-son too failed.

Rahul informed the 52-member CWC that he wouldlike to exit as its top boss. Hehad taken over from Sonia ayear and a half ago.

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Wounded by the electoralreverses suffered by the

Trinamool Congress, WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Saturday offered toquit her office but “foundmyself hopelessly alone in try-ing to do so as all the leadersof my party forced me to con-tinue as the CM.”

Lashing out at the BJP for“squandering cash and creatinga totally communal atmosphereto purchase votes,” an apparentlyemotional Chief Minister said:“I loathe being the ChiefMinister of an electorate wherevotes can be purchased and elec-tions can be won by communalpolarisation.”

The TMC, which she builtup bit by bit after coming outof the Congress in 1998, suf-fered a colossal defeat, biggestsince 2006 conceding 18 out of42 Lok Sabha seats to a surgingBJP which reportedly capi-talised on a huge chunk ofshifting Left votes.

“I don’t want to continue as

the Chief Minister of a Statewhere the votes can be sold andpurchased. I have informationon how votes were purchasedfor �5,000 per head. Manyfamilies were approached withsuch offers,” she said.

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Chief Minister-elect ofAndhra Pradesh

Jaganmohan Reddy had a hec-tic day spread over the twoTelugu-speaking States onSaturday. After chairing twomeetings with his newly elect-ed Assembly and Lok Sabhamembers, Reddy flew toHyderabad from Gannavaramin his private chopper.

The day culminated withESL Narasimhan, Governorfor both Andhra Pradesh andTelangana State, clearing theYSRCP-LP letter requesting toinvite him (Reddy) to form theGovernment in AndhraPradesh. He will be sworn-in atthe refurbished Indira GandhiMunicipal Stadium inVijayawada on May 30 at 12.23pm, as per a Raj Bhavan com-munique.

Apart from his wife, partyleaders Botsa Satyanarayana,Dharmana Prasad Rao andAdimulapu Suresh accompa-

nied Reddy to Raj Bhavan.They also met Telangana

Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao (KCR) inhis camp office. KCR hasagreed to be present at Reddy’sswearing-in. Meanwhile, theCM-elect, along with ChiefSecretary LV Subrahmanyamwill head to New Delhi onSunday to meet Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and invite himto his swearing in ceremony.Sources said Jagan could alsooffer the YSRCP’s issue-basedsupport to the NDA.

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Grounded Jet Airways’founder and former chair-

man Naresh Goyal and hiswife Anita were offloaded froman Emirates flight on Saturday,after the immigration officialsbarred them from leaving India.

The authorities have issueda lookout circular against theJet Airways founders.

Informed official sourcessaid Goyal and his wife hadboarded an Emirates aircraftEK 507 at 3:30 pm. The aircraftwas already on the taxiway andpreparing for take-off fromChhatrapati Shivaji MaharajInternational Airport.

The aircraft was calledback by air traffic control. Thetwo were off-loaded followingan advice from the immigra-tion authorities. The Airways,which temporarily suspendedits flight operations on April 17,is trapped in a debt of morethan �15,000 crore.

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BHUBANESWAR: Biju JanataDal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaikwill be sworn-in as OdishaChief Minister on May 29 fora fifth consecutive term after athumping win in the StateAssembly elections, the partysaid on Saturday.

Naveen Patnaik has con-tinued his grip over Odishawith his party, BJD, winning112 Assembly seats in the 147-member House.

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Guarakshaks thrashed twomen and a woman over

alleged suspicion of beef trans-portation in Seoni town ofMadhya Pradesh. One of theattackers Shubham Baghel isthe head of the Sri Ram Senaand he has been arrested in var-ious crimes in the past.

The police have arrested inconnection with the assaultafter a video of the said incidentwent viral in social media. Thesaid incident is believed tohave took place on May 22 andthe police learnt about theincident when the video of thethrashing went viral on May 24.

The attackers also wereforcing the victims to chant JaiSriram slogans. Another viralvideo of the sad incident showsthe attackers forced one of thevictims to slap his wife withslipper and chant Jai Sri Ramslogan. Five accused behind theincident — Shubham Baghel, ahistory sheeter, DeepeshNamdev, Rohit Yadav, SandipUike and Shyam Deharia havebeen arrested by the police.They have been booked undersection 292, 323 and 506 of theIPC. The police claimed thatthree persons engaged in trans-porting beef including Taufiq,Anjum Shama and DilipMalviya too have been arrest-

ed under anti cow slaughter actand were remanded to judicialcustody by a court, said mediareports

According to reports,Shubham and his friends inter-cepted an auto rickshaw as theysuspected that the couple onboard was carrying beef.Instead of intimating police,they started thrashing the trioincluding the driver of theauto rickshaw.

The viral video shows twomen beaten up badly by agroup as the victims haplesslyplead them let them go. Acrowd also gathered on the spotbut no one came to the rescueof the trio.

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Now we know why Will Smithdecided to shake a leg for two-seconds in Student of The year

2. It was to prepare us for the dancesequence in Aladdin. Not that he isbad. But then it is a Disney movie.They know how to charm even thosewho don’t like movies based on folktales. And this one is from the tales inThe Book of One Thousand and OneNights.

Those who were looking forsomething different or new will bedisappointed. Director Guy Ritchiehas stuck to the original story as muchas possible with just a twist or two.What he has counted on is for WillSmith to create his magic and hedelivers this with aplomb.

While the big blue top-knottedgenie may only grant three wishes, thefilm delivers on a lot more platformsespecially for the kids. They will lovethe action, the drama, the song, thedancing and most importantly a funnygenie.

It has been years since Will Smithdid something that was fun. His MenIn Black series showed us glimpse ofhow he can be entertaining. Aladdinproves that he still has charm in placeand can make you laugh with his one-liners and sarcasm.

The good is that the film talksabout woman empowerment throughJasmine. The sad part is that thedirector has not been able to improveon the original animation film. Givenwhat one can do with technology, theCGI could have been better. But thisdoesn’t mean that the movie is notvisually impressive.

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The upcoming weekend’sepisode of Sa Re Ga MaPa Li’l Champs are bound

to be exciting with Bollywoodsuperstars Salman Khan andKatrina Kaif gracing the sets topromote their much-awaitedfilm Bharat. While the duoenjoyed all the performances,Salman Khan was left smilingwhen a beautifully curatedvideo of all his visits to the setsthrough all the seasons of Sa ReGa Ma Pa was played for him.One of the most hilariousmoments showcased in themontage was Salmancompelling former contestantAneek Dhar to take off his shirtbefore he performed his super-hit song O O Jaane Jana.

With Aneek still around inthe course of Salman’s latestvisit to the sets, this timehaving graduated to a jurymember, the Bollywood

superstar took to the stage andrecreated the iconic momentwith him , where he compelledAneek yet again to take off his

shirt and perform the samesong shirtless the Salman way.While Salman and Aneekperformed to the hit song,

Katrina performed the hookstep and raised theentertainment quotient a notchhigher.

Kudos to handsomesuperstar for being a sport andrecreating a sweet momentthat took us back in time.

The musical evening willsee oodles of fun andentertainment. ContestantAnushka Patra’s performanceon Yeh mera dil entertained allthoroughly. Yodelling queenPickosa Moharkar’sperformance to Ek do teenmesmerised all and the youngdynamite taught her iconicmoon-walk step to Salmanand Katrina too. Moreover,the contestants came togetherto sing popular song JagGhoomeya and our favouritestar Salman left everyonespeechless when he did thehook-step.

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Entertainment Television’s showMere Sai — Shradha Aur Saburi isincreasing every day. Many newviewers are joining the club toreligiously tune in to watch the show.The audience loves the simplicity andthe teachings of Sai Baba andwatching it come alive on screen is avisual treat. Abeer Soofi the lead actoris making waves and becoming verypopular as he is brilliantly portrayingSai Baba. The fan base of Abeer iswidening every day and they keepsurprising him with uniquely showingtheir love and affection every time.

Abeer celebrated his birthday onMay 6 with his extended family — thecast and crew of the show this year.Abeer’s birthday became special whenhis fan from Delhi surprised him. Alady named Punita Sahani Trikhatravelled all the way from Delhi andvisited the sets to meet Abeer and wishhim. She not only surprised Abeerwith her warm presence but also madeAbeer’s birthday special by pamperinghim with gifts like his mother. Punitagifted him a gold chain as the birthdaygift and wished for his growth andsuccess. Abeer took this warm gestureof her to his Instagram and thankedher by recognising her as Maa for thelove she showered on him.

When contacted Abeer, heconfirmed, “Punita is such a warmlady, she travelled all the way fromDelhi to Mumbai specially for mybirthday. She came directly fromairport to the sets and brought somany gifts for me and one among

them was the gold chain. Though Ididn’t want to take such expensivegifts but she insisted and said that itis her motherly love for me on mybirthday and this is not the first timePunita has visited the sets to meet me,we have met before too. I stillremember when she first came tomeet me on sets and told me that howwatching Mere Sai has changed herway of thinking and perspective of life,how she adores me, my work and whodoesn’t like to be loved and my fan’slove is a bunch of blessings theyshower on me. My fans are Sai baba’sblessings for me.”

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This weekend will one of the most melodious one’son Sony Entertainment Television’s The Kapil

Sharma Show where Guinness World Record holdersand the best singer and lyricist of Bollywood, KumarSanu will be seen with Sameer who has writtenaround 3,500 songs. While talking about the famous1990 cult movie, Aashiqui, Sameer made aninteresting revelation about ace director Mahesh Bhattand the Late Gulshan Kumar.

While conversing with Kapil, lyricist Sameerrevealed that Gulshan Kumar didn’t want to producethe movie Aashiqui but was more interested toproduce the music album of the same movie. Towhich, Sameer requested Mahesh Bhatt to step in ashe was finalised to direct the film. Sameer added,“When Bhatt sahab and I reached Gulshanji’s office,we tried and convinced him to produce the film asthe songs were very good, but he still didn’t agree.So, Bhatt sahab went to the extent of saying that ifthe film becomes a hit and if the songs does wonders,it will be the best thing to happen in the history ofhis music label. But if it’s the opposite, Mahesh jivowed never to direct any film and that’s what ledto an agreement given by Gulshanji that he will beproducing Aashiqui as a film and will do the bestmarketing."

Further revelations in the show were made —Kumar Sanu gets scared of sleeping alone in abedroom as he thinks that there are super naturalpowers in the room.

I�� ��"����� �� ��������� ��1�Tell us about your character inKawach Mahashivratri.

I play Sandhya, a Bharatnatyamdancer. She is a simple, loving andcaring girl. She believes in true love andsupports her family. She believes in Godbut not in the supernatural. She is adignified woman and knows how to carryherself. On Mahashivratri, during aninauspicious hour something happens toher which creates a havoc in her love life.She is torn between who to be with,Angad (who she loves) or Kapil (who willenter her life at a later stage).�Did you have to do a lot ofpreparations for the role?

Yes. I am learning Marathi andworking on my accent. I have to get thelanguage right. For dance, I didn’t haveto do much because I am a Odissidancer. But still I make sure to takesome time out and practice my steps.I also do yoga because a lot of bodywork is involved in dance so wehave to prepare our body forthat.�What prompted youto play Sandhya?

This role iscompletely differentfrom my previouswork. I was patientlywaiting for a longtime for the rightrole to come andthis was whatattracted me andwhat I wanted. Also,it is a big show anda big productionhouse — BalajiTelefilms. I am gladthat I get to workwith them.���Are you affectedpersonally becauseyou are part of asupernaturalshow?

No,n o t

exactly. But yes, if you are playing acharacter and shooting for 12 hours thenyou need a couple of hours to calmyourself. We can’t just finish shooting andgo back to sleep. It is not that easy. Weneed some time to calm our mind. Thisis what I love about my work. I love takingchallenges and whenever I find myself inmy comfort zone, I get bored of it. Thesechallenges wake me up for the next dayand bring in that motivation to reach thesets even before the call time and gothrough the script and find out what newor different I can do today.�From Sandhya in Diya Aur Baati Humto Sandhya in Kawach Mahashivratri,

do you find any similarities in yourroles except for the name?

It is a mere co-incidence thatI have got the character with thesame name again. Other than thisthere are no similarities in my

roles. Sandhya (Rathi) in DiyaAur Bati Hum was an

independent and a career-oriented girl but Sandhya

in Kawach... is loving andcaring. She is more inclinedtowards her family while theprevious Sandhya was not.Sandhya is madly in love

and will do anything to getthe love of her life backwhile Sandhya (Rathi) wasnot fond of love. Both theroles are different fromeach other. Whileplaying this Sandhya,

every day comes as achallenge. I have tostart afresh each

day.�How did acting

happen?While I was

in college, I sawa stage play and

I goti n f atu at e dwith acting.I used toi m a g i n e ,

how people perform on stage and they getto perform different characters in one life.This idea always excited me. I wanted toexperiment with different roles. I wasdoing B Com Honours at that time andmy family was not in favour of me doingacting. But the idea of becoming an actortook root in me. I started doing eventsand got my portfolio. Then I won MissDelhi title. This kept on adding to mycareer and I started getting calls for ads.I would say acting never left me. I was notinterested in getting selected for any rolebut I just wanted to act. Then, Iauditioned for Diya Aur Bati Hum and Iwas selected.

My family was in shock when theygot to know that I have been selected.For them I was a shy person, who hasnot even held a mic in her hand, whichdefinitely was the case, I used to getnervous on stage. When I used to geton stage to give speeches, my handsused to shake for the first five to 10seconds while holding the mic. Myfamily never saw me acting so they wereworried that I was taking a risk in mycareer. They thought: Iss ko kisi ney boldiya hai ki yeh sundar dikhti hai isliyeisko acting karni hai. When they saw thefirst episode of my show, my fatherimmediately called to tell me that thisis the right profession for me and thisis where I belong.�How has the journey been thus far?Were there more highs or more lows?

The journey has been amazing. I ama positive person. I don’t know what aredowns. I can find positivity in the worstof situations. I trust God and I believeeven if I am going through a bad phasein life, it is just a ladder to success. I seedifficulties as a way to get prepared forthe next level.�Do you have a checklist when itcomes to signing projects?

Not at all. I see opportunities as God’sblessings. I go with the first thought thatI get after reading the scripts. If itappealed to me in the first go and I feelexcited to do that work, I just go for itwithout giving it a second thought.

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Claiming that it was a victo-ry of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and national-ism in the Lok Sabha elections,former Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan said that whenthe Opposition was busy count-ing bodies after the airstrike, thecountry stood behind the PrimeMinister.

Talking to media personshere on Saturday, Chouhansaid that jatiwad, panthwad, raj-tantrawad and goondawad(casteism, nepotism, rein ofroyals and goonism) came to anend collectively in the elections.

He stated that the SP andBSP alliance did not work in theUP and similarly, a caste andfamily based party RJD in Biharcould not win a single seat.

It was a win of Modivaad(Modism) which means ‘SabkaSath Sabka Vikas’, claimed theformer Chief Minister whosaid he himself expected max-imum 50 seats in UP for the BJPwhile party president AmitShah had calculated that theparty would win 61 to 68 seats.

I was sceptical on this fig-

ure so as we thought when‘Amit Shah Bhai’ used to predictabout BJP forming govern-ment in states like Assam andTripura. He also called AmitShah modern day Chakankyafor having guided the BJP to ahistorical.

The opposition, Chouhansaid, kept focussing on PMModi pushing besides criticalissues. “A slogan like chowkidarchor hai triggered a passionamong the public to makeNarendra Modi Prime Ministeronce again.”

It was high time the oppo-

sition introspects that partylike Congress can’t sustain rely-ing on a family all the time,casteist parties can’t solely bankon the caste and leaders likeMamata Banerjee can’t savetheir party by pushing the stateinto violence, opined Chouhan.

Chouhan also trained hisguns on Kamal NathGovernment saying he hadcautioned him on issues such as83 promises fulfilled and farmloan waiver but they did not lis-ten to him. He also accusedCongress of complicating farmloan waiver scheme.

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A 25-year-old engineeringstudent died after he was

hit by trolley attached withtractor at near Anand Nagarsquare under Piplani police sta-tion area on Friday.

The youth was injuredafter he was hit by concretemixing machine attached withtractor in the afternoon andwas rushed to a nearby hospi-tal where he died during treat-ment.

The deceased was identi-fied as Sitaram Vanshkaar ofTikamgarh and was pursingengineering from a privateengineering college. He metaccident after he was on hisway to home at Saket Nagarwhere he used to stay in a rent-ed apartment.

The tractor driver escapedthe spot leaving the tractor andis still at large. Police wereinformed and after the pre-liminary investigation the bodywas sent for post mortem. Thepolice registered a case undersection 304 A of the IPC.

Based on the registrationnumber of the tractor accuseddriver would be searched.

Police said that the search forthe errant driver has beenstarted. During the investiga-tion police have found that thedeceased tried to overtake thetractor and in a bid fell andtrolley hit him which provedfatal for him.

The deceased was pursuingengineering and was final yearstudent of TIT College.

Meanwhile, depressed overunemployment and frequentdisputes with his wife, a 35year-old man committed sui-cide by hanging at his residencein Narela Shankari underAyodhya Nagar police stationarea on Friday.

According to police, thedeceased was Arvind Agnibhojwas found hanging by the fam-

ily members and was rushed toa nearby hospital where he wasdeclared dead. Police said thaton Friday at around11 pm theman committed suicide.

In the initial investigationno suicide note has been foundby the police that could help inthe revealing the reason ofsuicide.The deceased lost hisjob tried to run a food stall butfailed and used to have fre-quent fights with his wife overunemployment as his wife usedto work at a call center.

After the preliminaryinvestigation the body wassent for the post mortem andthe police have registered a caseunder section 174 of the CrPCand have started further inves-tigation.

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Chief Minister Kamal Nathhas asked the concerning

authorities to encouragetourism friendly attitude andhave special attention on devel-opment of requisite infra-structure to make MadhyaPradesh as a Tourism State.

The Chief Minister saidthat the tourism promotionpublicity ventures and mar-keting of the tourist sitesmust focus on ‘mouth public-ity’ as it is effective. He said that the Governmentintends to create employmentopportunities in tourism sector.He was reviewing strategiesand future plans to harness thepotential of tourism sector at ameeting at Mantralaya here onSaturday.

The Chief Minister saidthat tourist circuits and a des-tination hub should be createdin such a manner that a touristcould visit more than onetourist destinations.

He also asked the author-

ities to arrange helicopter ser-vice for a hassle-free transport.This will save time of touristsand they could visit moreplaces. He said that in order toboost tourism industry,tourism policies of all thosestates should be studied where

tourism has become a lucrativebusiness.

The Chief Minister saidthat Madhya Pradesh offers alltypes of tourism from nature toheritage tourism.

The need is to formulate apolicy, which could speed upthe progress of tourism indus-try. An impressive tourismpromotion strategy is a must.This will enable the local youthto get job opportunities.

The Chief Minister furthersaid that better coordination isrequired in all governmentand non government agenciesin order to attract tourists,and institutions. Tourismfriendly behaviour plays animportant role, he added.

The Principal Secretary,Tourism, Hari Ranjan Raogave detailed presentation.Chief Secretary SR MohantyAdditional Chief SecretaryForest KK Singh, AdditionalChief Secretary FinanceAnurag Jain and senior officialswere present.

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The UNICEF office here onSaturday was full with ener-

gy of adolescents and youngpeople as around 90 adoles-cents and young people were intheir office, spoke about childrights in their own diversestyles.

Youth changeloomers ofHarda used songs and danceform to talk about education,health and say no to discrimi-nation, while adolescent groupfrom Jhabua said no to childmarriage and Poshan Vatika,how they are learning aboutnutrition and talking about it,in form of a skit and song.Adolescents of Bhopal Avinash,Ashish, Manaya and Soniyaspoke about child protectionissues, while members ofschool forum of Child RightsObservatory spoke about issueof child marriage, and sayingno to violence and also did askit on the child abuse whichhappens, with a call to attentionto say no to it. It was an openhouse in UNICEF office.

Nirmala Buch, President ofChild Rights Observatory, chil-dren have rights and it is dutyof the State and us that childrenare able to realize their rights,and work is needed at bothends of empowering adoles-cents, advocating for change,understanding the law andstrengthen the system torespond. She said it is impor-tant that the issues raised byadolescents are responded toand Child Rights Observatorywill continue to advocate for

their rights. She congratulatedUNICEF for its work and formarking 70th year in India.

Michael Juma, Chief,UNICEF Madhya Pradesh,shared that UNICEF inMadhya Pradesh has consis-tently been providing technicalsupport in evidence generationand system strengthening in itspursuit to advance child rightswith particular focus on end-ing child marriage, child sex-ual abuse and any form of vio-lence.

Anuradha Shankar, ADGTraining, Police said that ado-lescents are understanding,thinking and talking aboutissues which impact them isimportant, and it is importantwe listened to voices of ado-lescents.

Anil GulatiCommunication Specialist,UNICEF, Madhya Pradeshmoderated the programme,and said that it is best to listento adolescents and young peo-ple, on their views in an openhouse as we celebrate UNICEFIndia at 70.

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A 63-year-old lady doctorwas robbed of her bag

carrying valuables worth�60,000 near Smart Parkingunder TT Nagar police stationarea in the evening on Friday.

The incident which tookplace at around 8 pm left thevictim Dr Gitika Nigamshocked when she was robbedof her purse while she wassearching for keys of her car atSmart Parking.

The victim runs Asthahospital in Nehru Nagar and inthe evening she came for shop-ping along with her niece andparked her car at SmartParking after completing theshopping the two reachedSmart Parking and when wassearching for keys two bikeborne miscreants over blackBajaj Pulsar attacked her andsnatched her purse carrying�12,000 cash, one mobilephone, jewelry and importantdocuments.

Later, the victim lodged acomplaint with the TT Nagarpolice. The sudden attached

shocked with the attack victimshe raised alarm but the mis-creants managed to escape.The police have registered acase under section 392 of theIPC and have started furtherinvestigation.

Based on the details pro-vided by the victim, the policehave started search for themiscreants. Police havechecked CCTV camerasinstalled in the area and near-by areas but failed to find thebike borne in the CCTVfootages.

The victim and her nieceescaped unhurt in the incident.Police suspects that the mis-creant was followed by the mis-creants and were waiting forthe victim to move away frombusy market.

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The pre-monsoon activities have settledpresently and abrupt changes have faded

away after 4-5 days of harsh weather conditionsacross the state.

The night temperature continues to makeweather conditions unbearable for state capitalas with slight decrease night temperature wasrecorded at 29.5 degree Celsius.

Among other regions which recorded high-er night temperatures were Jabalpur, Rajgarh andRaisen recorded over 30 degree Celsius whileDamoh, Satna, Tikamgarh, Khajuraho, Umaria,Bhopal, , Shajapur, Sheopur recorded around 29degree Celsius.

State capital which recorded day tempera-ture over 42 degree Celsius on Friday recorded41.6 degree Celsius on Saturday. Damoh,Chattarpur, Umaria and Sagar districts are like-ly to witness hot wave conditions in the next 24hours.

Day temperatures were recorded around

same levels without any significant change. Inthe past 24 hours Damoh district reported hotwave conditions. Highest day temperature wasrecorded at 44 degree Celsius in Damoh andKhargone on Saturday.

The temperatures were moderate while twodivisions Rewa and Shahdol. In the past 24 hourslight rainfall at isolated places in Rewa divisionand Morena district was witnessed.

According to the forecast state capital is like-ly to witness day temperature at 42 degreeCelsius and night temperature at 29 degreeCelsius. The weather conditions would be par-tially cloudy and speedy winds of the speed 18km/hr are likely to be witnessed.

Among the major cities Indore recorded daytemperature at 40.2 degree Celsius and nighttemperature at 27 degree Celsius, Jabalpurrecorded day temperature at 41.7 degree Celsiusand night temperature at 30.2 degree Celsius andGwalior recorded day temperature at 40.6degree Celsius and night temperature at 26.2degree Celsius.

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Mandar And No MoreFoundation (MANM)

working for the cause ofdrowning prevention here onSaturday organised aWorkshop to develop contentfor their awareness programmetitled Tinka P Narahari,Secretary and CommissionerPublic Relations Department ofMadhya Pradesh was the ChiefGuest of this programme whoemphasized on the need ofpartnering with the media insolving the grave problem offrequent drowning deaths.

It is a matter of great con-cern that Madhya Pradesh isreporting about 4000 acciden-tal drowning deaths every yearwhich is the highest in any

state. In India more than 35,000lose their life to accidentaldrowning, according toNational Crime RecordsBureau.

The Guest of Honor,Amitabh Saxena, ViceChancellor of CV RamanUniversity, praised the effortsof MANM and suggested thatthe text books at primary levelshould contain education onwater safety.

He was of the opinion thatNCERT should take cog-nizance of this matter andwork with organizations likeMANM to address this issue.

The workshop was aimedat developing appropriate con-tent for drowning preventionawareness programs conduct-

ed by MANM. As this inter-vention is expanding, theFoundation will be covering100 schools and colleges inBhopal and Indore each.

About 100 participants

contributed their expertise,experience and perspectivesin developing the content.These included Psychologists,Counselors, Trainers, Teachers,Motivational Speakers, Parents, school & college stu-dents, academicians fromScope College, RKDF andRNTU, office bearers of BhopalManagement Association, rep-resentatives from Rotary Clubs,industrialists and businessmen from Bhopal andMandideep.

This group was able tocarve out a viable, practical andeffective structure of awarenessprogram, which will be con-ducted in various educationalinstitutions. P Narahri assuredthe support of his departmentin developing audio-visuals

which will help sensitizing themasses on the issue of drown-ing risks. He said consideringthe highest number of deathsreported, the Tinka Programshould be taken across thestate.

He also said that thedepartment of Sports andYouth Welfare can play animportant role in propagatingthis program of preventingdrowning. The workshop wasalso attended by Amit Raje,Director of AIC-Aartech,Sanjay Agrawal, DyCommissioner Income Tax,Vishwas Ghushe, FounderDirector of MANM, NKChhibbar, Hon Secretary,BMA. The program was con-ducted by Ameya and PreetiKhare.

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Gwalior: Following the fire ina Surat coaching centre thatkilled many students, theDistrict Administration hasdecided to crack whip on thecoaching institutes functioningin gross violation of rules.

On directions from theDistrict Collector, AnuragChaudhary, the officials of thedistrict administration and theeducation department, havelaunched an inspection driveagainst private tuition centersand have initiated steps to sealmany of them for operating inviolation of official directives,especially pertaining to firesafety and other security mea-sures for the students.According to official sources,many private unregistered

coaching centers in the city areoperating in gross violation ofrules and regulations set by theadministration.

Earlier the DistrictCollector, Anurag Chaudharyhad convened a meeting of thedirectors of the coaching cen-ters and had instructed them totake adequate safety measuresfor the security of the students.

The meeting was also attend-ed by the Gwalior SP NavneetBhaseen and Panchayat CEOShivam Verma.

The District Collector hadinstructed the coaching centersto keep a complete data of thestudents studying in their cen-ters. He had further instructedthat the parents must be inti-mated through SMS if a studentis absent on any day. The col-lector had also instructed thecoaching centers to periodical-ly have discussions with the par-ents about their wards.According to sources in thedistrict administration and edu-cation department, the coachingcenters will be given three daysto set things right, failing whichthey will be sealed. PNS

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Himachal Additional ChiefSecretar y (PWD &

Revenue) Manisha Nanda onSaturday held a meeting toreview the progress of con-structions of Four LaningProjects of National HighwayAuthority of India (NHAI)and National Highway in theState.

She discussed andaddressed all the problems,difficulties and hindrancesbeing faced in the construc-tion of the Highway by thestake holder departments.

Nanda said for the acqui-sition of land for the con-struction of Kiratpur-Manali,Parwanoo-Shimla and BaddiNalagarh Four LaningProjects an amount of aboutRs. 4260.00 crore was receivedfrom the NHAI and out ofwhich about 4004.00 crorehave been disbursed to theland owners.

She said that it has beenseen that umpteen complaintsare being received in contextof the damages to the privateproperties on account of con-struction of Highways whichare situated outside R.O.W.(Right of Way) for whichthere has not been made anyprovision of paying compen-sation by the NHAI, in suchcases the damage has to beassessed by the District LevelCommittee (D.L.C.) for thepurpose and compensationworked out and paid to theaffected persons.

Nanda emphasized thattimely relief should be givento the land owners to avoidany kind of inconvenienceand redress the problem in amission mode. In context ofacquisition of houses wherethey have been acquired part-ly, the grievance should be

redressed by taking the con-sent of the house owner toacquire it completely and thecase for acquiring the landwhich is outside the R.O.W.should be referred to thecompetent authority foracquisition in a special cir-cumstances as the landremains of no use to the landowners. This kind of situationis prevailing in the vicinity ofSolan town which would alsobe applicable elsewheredepending on the genuine-ness and merit of the case, sheadded.

Reviewing the construc-tion of Takoli-Kullu stretch ofKiratpur-Manali Four LaningProject, where most of thework has been done, Nandaasked the Project directorNHAI Mandi to complete itbefore 15th July, 2019 in allrespects before the onset ofrainy season. Similarly thework in Parwanoo-Solanstretch of Parwanoo-ShimlaFour Laning Projects shouldbe geared up to complete it ina mission mode.

She assured the NHAIauthorities to provide allassistance in completing theprojects in time bound man-ner and exhorted all the offi-cers present in the meeting towork in coordination andwork as a team to completethe task of construction ofHighways which will go along way to enhance the paceof development in the State.

The ACS emphasized onholding “Camps” at appro-priate places in coordinationwith District Administration,stake holders and local rep-resentat ives of concerned Panchayati RajInstitutes to complete the taskof disbursement of compen-sation.

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From Page 1He also cautioned them

against being carried away byhanger-ons who would seek tocome close to them in thenational Capital. “Choose yourassistants whom you know andtrust,” he stressed.

Stating that the time for achange has come, the PrimeMinister asked MPs to shirk theVIP culture and pointed toincidences of some behavingpricy when stopped securitychecks at the airports.“Checking has to be there,why should it not be,” he asked.The end of “Lal baati culture”by his government, he said,gave a message to people andsought lawmakers to develop“Seva Bhaav”. Moreover, he

said MPs should not restrictthemselves to their states onlybut must develop a nationalvision.

Modi gave a call to revivethe spirit of the 1857 freedomstruggle to usher in Swaraj bytaking all sections of societyalong in the task of makingIndia strong and prosperous.

He said the ideas ofMahatma Gandhi, Deen DayalUpdadhyay, Ram ManoharLohia and BR Ambedkar, whowrote the Constitution, whichin one way or the other influ-ence different shades of Indianparties, should be guiding thethoughts and actions of elect-ed MPs.

He said it is not Modi whogot MPs elected but the people

who make them winners and“we are directed by people toserve”. He reminded MPs thatin the Modi-2 regime “hum kuch karne nahiaaye hain, bahut kuch karneaaye hain”.

Modi said a strong NDA isa must for the future of Indiaand he would work towardsthis end even though BJP on itsown is 300-plus strong. Thefuture of India would haverun on regional aspirationsand national ambition and theneglect of the former wouldnegatively impact on the latter.And thus he coined the term of‘NA-RA’ - National Aspirationsand Regional Aspirations say-ing “ we will move forwardwith this”.

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the YSRCP chief during the election campaignhad said his party would support whoeverpromises Andhra Pradesh the Special CategoryStatus.

Earlier, the day began with a meeting of theYSRCP Legislature Party in which all the newlyelected 151 members participated. They unan-imously elected party chief Jaganmohan Reddyas their leader.

It was followed by an interaction with thenewly-elected 22 Lok Sabha members.

In a virtual indication of how he intendsto run the government, he urged the partymembers to be transparent and honest in theirfunctioning. He cautioned them that it wasbecause of corrupt practises that NChandrababu Naidu was punished by God andhe was ousted from power.

“TDP got only 23 seats and the results alsocame on May 23. God has written a beautifulscript with 23,” he said.

From Page 1“We have to continue our fight.

I am and will remain a disciplinedsoldier of the Congress and contin-ue to fight fearlessly. But I do notwant to remain the party president,”Rahul reportedly said to the mem-bers. Conspicuous by his absence wassenior party leader and MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath,who, it turned out, offered to resignas MPCC president.

Leaders exiting from the four-hour-long huddle remainedtightlipped and did not speak to thewaiting media contingent. Butsources said Rahul’s silence after themeeting and his absence at the Pressbriefing was seen by many as a signthat the party was finding it tough totalk him out of his decision.

Senior leaders once again talked

of the oft-used “thorough intro-spection” but did not share the rea-sons for the party’s “disastrous” per-formance.

Former Defence Minister andCWC member AK Antony, in fact,asserted at a Press conference laterthat even though the party lost,which is common in democracy, itcannot be termed disastrous.

AICC chief spokesman RandeepSurjewala said all CWC members“unanimously and in one word”rejected Rahul’s offer to resign. “Weneed Rahul to guide us in these chal-lenging times,” Surjewala said joinedby senior leaders AK Antony,Ghulam Nabi Azad, KC Venugopaland RPN Singh. Azad said Rahul’soffer to tender his resignation wasrejected unanimously by the CWC.“I have been in politics for fourdecades. I have been instrumental inmaking many leaders to write theirresignation but I have never seen

such unanimity across age groups inany CWC. Nobody has doubtedRahul’s leadership,” said Azad.

“In a democracy winning orlosing keeps happening but provid-ing leadership is a different matter.He gave a leadership, one which isvisible - maybe less on TV but veryevident among public. We haveaccepted our defeat but it was a defeatof numbers and not ideology,” headded. CWC resolution furtheradded that the Congress “accepts thepeople’s mandate with humility andwill perform its duty as theOpposition, raising people’s issuesand holding the next Governmentaccountable to the people of India.”

“The CWC unanimously calledupon Rahul to lead the party in itsideological battle and to championthe cause of India’s youth, the farm-ers, the SC/ST/OBCs, the minorities,the poor and the deprived sections,”it said.

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From Page 1She, however, added she

would “now concentrate moreon party affairs and its organi-sational side,” because “I havealready done more than Ipromised as the Chief Minister.Now I will do some work for theparty.”

Apart from lambasting thesaffron outfit for communalis-ing the electoral atmosphere,manipulating the Central forcesand other institutions to win theelection, Mamata mounted a no-holds-barred attack on theCommission for playing a par-tisan game.

“They listened only to theruling party. They listened to noobjections from the Oppositionparties,” she said adding “the ECwas influenced in such a man-ner that its own officials’ protestswere not recorded.”

Mamata said, “I haverealised that development is not

the sole factor to catch votes.There are other things likemoney power, communalisa-tion of the electorate” andmanipulation of the EC and theEVMs which impact pollingpattern as it did this time round,apparently pointing fingers atsome kind of “setting” betweenthe Central Government and theECI.

“What else can explain theEC’s silence on the communalstatements made by the BJPleaders despite clear SupremeCourt rulings against it, where-as the Opposition parties wererepeatedly booked on same rea-sons,” Mamata wondered adding“not only the EC, but the Centralforces and all other institutionsand a large section of the mediawere sold out.”

Meanwhile, violence con-tinued in large parts of the Statethis time the TMC was at thereceiving end of the most of the

attacks, allegedly mounted bythe BJP, sources said.

There was one case of deathfrom Chakdah in Nadia districtwhere a BJP supporter whohad recently left TMC to join thesaffron outfit was allegedly shotdead leading the BJP workers toblock roads and rail traffic forhours.

In other places BJP workersallegedly attacked the TMCworkers and their houses andparty offices in West Midnapore,C o o c h b e h a r ,Jhargram, Burdwan leavingmany injured sources saidadding in many cases likeGarbeta and Ghatal over 200TMC men on Saturday joinedthe BJP. The TMC tended totaste the same bitter pill --- itprepared once for the CPI(M) --- even as its party offices wereoccupied by the BJP inBarrackpore, Jhargram,Coochbehar and other places,

sources said.Pointing out at the unusual

situation of the Opposition par-ties getting wiped out in largeparts of the country, Mamatasaid, “It is difficult to accept howOpposition was wiped out inlarge swathes of India. I wonderwhether it was possible withfaultless EVMs.”

On the BJP leveling theOpposition leaders as pro-Pakistan before the elections shesaid “when they invite the for-eign guests including thePakistan Prime Minister duringoath-taking there is no fault butwhen we talk about them orshare a dais with some of themduring a cricket match we areleveled as Pakistanis.”

Interestingly, the ChiefMinister also reminded that shewould “definitely attend theIftaar parties” if invited by theMuslim leaders “because thoughI come from a Hindu family I

believe in unity of religions. I amagainst discrimination.”

She added “people mayaccuse me” of mollycoddling theMuslims but “still I will jointhem in their festival because Iwill have to take care of the cowthat gives milk to me.”

On whether she predictedan early State election she said,“Let them try to dismiss myGovernment and then they willsee the consequence,” Mamatasaid.

In a bid to revamp theTMC’s organisational set up, theChief Minister changed a wholelot of district party presidentsparticularly from the placeswhere the BJP had won. Amongthe districts where now presi-dents were inducted wereJhargram, Bankura, SouthDinajpur, North Dinajpur,Hooghly, Ranaghat, Krishangar,Asansol, Malda andMurshidabad.

From Page 1It owes money to suppliers,

pilots and oil companies.Lenders of the now-groundedJet Airways have taken a con-trolling stake in the airline, andare currently in the process ofselling a stake to recover theirdues.

The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) and theMinistry of Corporate Affairs(MCA) are currently examin-ing the books of the debt-trapped Jet Airways and itswing Jet Privilege. The MCA isexamining the books for anyalleged fund diversion.

There was a vehementdemand in certain quartersrecently that the MumbaiPolice impound the passportsof Goyal and other senior offi-cials of the beleaguered airlinesto prevent them from leavingthe country.

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Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on

Saturday expressed his grati-tude to voters for the impres-sive victory of the Congress inthe state in this Lok Sabha polls.

He also thanked Punjabministers, party legislators andCongress workers for the goodshow they put up in the state."I express my gratitude to allworkers of Youth Congressand NSUI for their support andhard work which led to such agood showing in the Lok Sabha

polls," he tweeted."I also thank people of

Punjab for placing trust in usby giving such a mandate," thechief minister tweeted, reiter-ating his commitment of mak-ing Punjab "number one again".

In the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls, Congress won eight outof total 13 seats in Punjab,bucking the pro-Modi trendseen across northern and cen-tral India in this general elec-tion.

The Congress rompedhome to impressive victory oneight seats, surprising both the

SAD-BJP combine and theAam Aadmi Party (AAP) andimproving its tally from threein the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Ithad won Gurdaspur in a bypollin 2017.

The Akali Dal-BJP alliancewon four seats. The lone seatwon by the AAP was ofSangrur, a constituencyretained by Bhagwant Mann.

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The vote share of theCongress in Punjab jumped to40 per cent in the 2019 Lok

Sabha polls in which it woneight out of total 13 parlia-mentary seats in the state.

The vote share of the AamAadmi Party which couldmanage to win just one seat,nosedived from 24 per cent in2014 Lok Sabha polls to 7.38per cent in the present elec-tions.

The Shiromani Akali Dal'svote share also rose to 27.45per cent despite the party win-ning only two seats, Ferozepurand Bathinda, out of 10 it con-tested.

The BJP, which won

Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspurseats, also witnessed anincrease in its vote share to 9.63per cent, as per the ElectionCommission data.

In the 2014 Lok Sabhapolls, the Congress party's voteshare was 33.10 per cent andthe SAD's 26.30 per cent. Thevote share of AAP and the BJPstood at 24.40 and 8.70 per centrespectively.

Another surprise in theelections was the BahujanSamaj Party getting 3.49 percent of the polled votes. BSPcandidates who contested from

Anandpur Sahib, Hoshiarpurand Jalandhar constituenciesmanaged to get more than onelakh votes in each segment.

The Aam Aadmi Party wasalmost routed from Punjab,winning sole seat of Sangrurout of 13 it contested. The AAPhad surprised many in 2014Lok Sabha polls when it wonfour seats in Punjab.

In the 2014 Lok Sabhapolls, while the SAD-BJP com-bine had won six seats, theAAP and Congress hadbagged four and three seatsrespectively.

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Chandigarh: The BahujanSamaj Party may not have wonany seat in the Lok Sabha elec-tions in Punjab but it has sur-prised many by finishing thirdon the three seats it contested,doing better than the AAP.

Facing the erosion of itsvote bank over the past sever-al years in Punjab, the BSP gar-nered vote share of 3.49 percent as against 1.9 per cent in2014. The party polled 4.79lakh votes in the state this gen-eral election. The BSP stitchedan alliance and became a partof Punjab Democratic Alliance,a conglomeration of severalpolitical outfits for contestingthe elections.

As part of the seat-shar ngpact, the BSP fielded threecandidates from Anandpur

Sahib, Hoshiarpur (reserve)and Jalandhar (reserve) seats inPunjab.

In 2014, the BSP had con-tested all 13 seats and still gotonly 2.63 lakh votes. The partywas on fourth spot on sevenseats, sixth on two seats andranked fifth on two seats.

On all the seats it contest-ed this Lok Sabha polls, the BSPcontestants finished third, asper the election results. Thecandidates of the AAP, whichis the main opposition party inPunjab, finished fourth onthese seats. What surprisedmany was that its Jalandharcandidate Balwinder Kumargot more than two lakh votesor 20 per cent of total votespolled, though he could notwin. PNS

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AHindu representative teamfrom Pakistan would visit

the Jagannath Temple at Puri,Sun Temple at Konark andLingaranj Temple inBhubaneswar. The OdishaInternational Centre (OIC)and the Omkar Nath Mission(ONM) would facilitate theirvisits to the shrines and felici-tate them. The representativeswould have darshan of LordJagannath in the Shreemandiron Sunday morning and visitthe Sun Temple in the evening.They would have darshan ofLord Lingaraj on Mondaymorning and later attend a

felicitation programme. Notedpersons like ONM chief GuruKinkar Bithal Maharaj, for-mer MP Tathagata Satpathy,former AIIMS Bhubaneswar

Director Dr Ashok KumarMohapata, KriyayogaFoundation chief SwamiShankarananda Giri andBharatiay Charitable Trustchairman Dr Kissanlal Bharatiawould felicitate the Hindu rep-resentatives. Seven eminentpersons would be honouredwith “Jatiya Sahmati Puraskar”(National Integration Award)on the occasion. EducationistDr Badrinath Patnaik andUtkal Journalists’ Associationpresident Bibhuti Bhushan Karinformed this at a Press meethere. Among others, IndiraMishra, Jayaprakash Mishraand Prasant Kumar Sahu werepresent.

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As many as 1,85,397 voters opted for NOTA inJharkhand during the recently concluded

General Elections and 159 candidates securedfewer votes than NOTA in their respective con-stituencies, data available on the ElectionCommission of India’s (ECI) official websitereveals.

The candidates who got fewer votes thanNOTA in their constituency form nearly 70 percent of the total 229 candidates who contested thepolls in Jharkhand.

The number of NOTA votes cast in Khuntiand Lohardaga constituencies, where the BJP wonby a thin margin, was higher than the victory mar-gin in the respective constituencies. In Khunti,BJP’s former chief minister Arjun Munda defeated Congress party’s KaliCharan Munda by a thin margin of 1,145 votes,whereas the NOTA button was pressed by as manyas 21,245 voters in the constituency reserved fortribal candidates. Lohardaga witnessed a similartrend, where BJP’s Sudarshan Bhagat defeated

Congress party’s Sukhdeo Bhagat by a margin of10,363 votes, 120 less than the number of NOTAvotes cast.

At least 11 of 14 candidates in Lohardaga andKhunti constituencies got fewer votes thanNOTA. At least 17 of 26 candidates in Chatra weredefeated by NOTA, while seven of nine candidateslost to NOTA in Singhbhum.

On an average, more than half of the candi-dates in each of the 14 constituencies lost to NOTA in Jharkhand thiselections.

According to ECI, the highest number ofNOTA votes, 31,164, was cast in Koderma con-stituency, where Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP)Annapurna Devi defeated Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P)chief Babulal Marandi by nearly five lakh votes.

As many as 229 candidates contested the elec-tions for the 14 parliamentary constituencies inthe tribal State this year.

The NDA clean swept the state by winning12 of 14 Lok Sabha seats.

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Having missed her polio vaccine inher childhood, Nimmi is crippled

for life. Her disability restricted her tothe four walls of her home as well onthe wheel-chair, gradually pushing herinto depression. "After my motherdied, I felt all alone. There is nothingworse in the world than being lonely,"she says.

With the timely intervention ofDelhi-based 'Yes, We Can' NGO, the35-year-old today actively participatesin range of social activities like watch-ing movies to quizzes conducted by theorganisation throughout the year, par-ticularly during special occasions likefestivals.

Meenu Arora Mani, a wheelchair-user herself and head of the 'Yes, WeCan', notes: "Usually, specially-abledpeople don't interact with a lot of oth-ers. Neither do they have enoughexposure to the outside world. So theybarely meet new people. We want it tobe changed and try to provide a plat-form to people with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities besides phys-ical disabilities to let them enjoy the

sense of freedom and mingle with oth-ers.

"With the help of philanthropistsand volunteers, we also organise work-shops to focus on their financialempowerment so that they can lead adignified life."

In fact, Meenu's is just one of theNGOs in the sector which are trying togive the 'wings' to the specially-abled

people. For instance, Bengaluru-basedAnuprayaas is trying to making Indiaa blind-friendly nation. Founded byPancham Cajla, the NGO has installedBraille signage at Mysuru, Mumbai andBengaluru railway stations.

Says Cajla, "In India, accessibilityat public places is still a distant dreamfor people with disabilities. Hence, trav-elling becomes difficult. We are here

to change all this." Similarly, Chennai based Vidya

Sagar has started a project called 'GetGoing' to enable people with disabili-ties to travel and feel empoweredwhenever they need to. Larsen &Toubro (L&T), has donated two wheel-chair-friendly vehicles to help theNGO to reach out to people with dis-abilities.

The transport will make travel fordisabled people easier and will beavailable to people with intellectual aswell as physical disabilities, said S NSubrahmanyan, CEO - ManagingDirector, L& T.

Planet Abled NGO is engaged inproviding accessible travel solutionsand leisure excursions for people withdifferent disabilities. With a tagline —'Together let us make the planet acces-sible for everyone to travel, one trip ata time', the organisation run by NehaArora— whose parents are differently-abled — has developed more than 35destinations including Leh-Ladakhacross the country around variousthemes. It is almost a hit among thepeople who love travelling despitetheir disabilities.

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Acouple of days after theelection results, the

Election Commission onSaturday submitted a list ofnewly-elected MPs toPresident Ram Nath Kovind,setting in motion the processfor constituting the 17th LokSabha.

The full ElectionCommission — comprisingChief Election CommissionerSunil Arora and ElectionCommissioners Ashok Lavasaand Sushil Chandra — calledon the President and submit-ted a copy of the notificationissued by the EC containingnames of the members, aRashtrapati Bhavan commu-nique said.

While the EC notificationsets in motion the constitutionof a new Lok Sabha, the listgiven to the President enables

him to formally initiate theGovernment formationprocess.

Earlier in the day, thePresident dissolved the 16thLok Sabha on the recommen-dation of the Union Cabinet.On Saturday evening, thenewly-elected MPs of the BJP-led National DemocraticAlliance are likely electNarendra Modi as the alliance'sleader.

After this, a delegation ofleaders of the BJP and its alliesis expected to call on thePresident and convey to himtheir choice of Modi as PrimeMinister, following which hewill be invited to form theGovernment.

The counting of votes inelections to the 17th Lok Sabhawas taken up on May 23 andthe BJP scored a resoundingvictory, winning 303 seats inthe 543-member House. Its

arch rival, Congress, managedon 52 seats.

Elections were held for542 of the 543 seats. The elec-tion in Vellore Lok Sabha seatwas cancelled by the EC citingabuse of money power. A freshdate is yet to be announced.

The President congratu-lated the Chief ElectionCommissioner and the otherElection Commissioners onthe successful completion ofthe electoral process in thelargest democratic exercise inthe human history.

On behalf of the entirecountry, the President laudedthe efforts of the EC, publicofficials and security person-nel in successfully completiona free and fair election, thestatement said.

The President also com-mended hundreds of millionsof voters who participated inthe election process.

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Two Assam Rifles personnelwere killed and four others

injured on Saturday in anambush by insurgents in Monarea of Nagaland near theIndia-Myanmar border. Theinjured were given medicaltreatment immediately andtheir condition was stable.Efforts were on to identify themilitant group responsible forthe attack and combing opera-tion was launched to trackthem down.

Giving details of the inci-dent here, military sources saidit took place at about 1.30 pmwhen a patrol of the AssamRifles in two vehicles was sub-jected to an improvised explo-sive device(IED) blast. Themilitants then opened fire andin the ensuing gun fight ajunior commissioned

officer(JCO) and a soldier werekilled while four others werewounded. The attack took placenear border pillars 147 and 148in Mon area of Nagaland alongthe India-Myanmar border.

This attack comes daysafter Arunachal Pradesh MLATirong Aboh and his sonbesides eight others were killedin an ambush by suspected

National Socialist Council ofNagaland(IM) insurgents onTuesday last in Tirap district ofthe State. The Indian Armyalong with the State police haslaunched a massive operation tohunt down the perpetrators ofthis incident which saw a groupof more than 15 to 20 insur-gents waylaying the four-vehi-cle convoy of the MLA.

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Jammu: Barring the Ladakhparliamentary constituency,majority of the contestingcandidates lost their securitydeposit in five other LokSabha constituencies inJammu & Kashmir where 51of them even failed to get oneper cent of the valid votes.

The BJP retained threeparliamentary seats of Jammu,Udhampur and Ladakh, whilethe National Conferenceswept the polls in the Kashmirvalley, winning all the threeseats of Srinagar, Anantnagand Baramulla.

A total of 79 candidateswere in the fray for the six par-liamentary seats, but 63 ofthem lost their securitydeposit of Rs 25,000 and Rs12,500 (for schedule tribe andscheduled caste candidates) asthey failed to get the mini-mum required one-sixth(16.67 per cent) of the totalpolled valid votes, accordingto official data by the ElectionCommission of India.

The Ladakh parliamen-tary seat which was won by33-year-old BJP leaderJamyang Tsering Namgyal --the youngest among the six

winners from the state -- wasthe only constituency whererest of the three candidatesmanaged to save theirdeposits.

Namgyal got 42,914 votes(33.94 per cent) and defeatedhis nearest rival and inde-pendent candidate SajjadHussain who secured 31,984votes (25.3 per cent).

Congress rebel candidateAsgar Ali Karbalai came thirdwith 29,365 votes (23.23 percent) followed by Congress'official candidate RigzinSpalbar who polled 21,241votes (16.8 per cent).

The Ladakh Lok Sabhaconstituency is the largest inIndia in terms of area but hasthe lowest number of over1.71 lakh voters in the state. Atotal of over 1.26 lakh votershad exercised their franchisewith 922 of them preferringNone Of The Above (NOTA),which was 0.73 per cent of thetotal voting.

The voting trend in theJammu parliamentary con-stituency, where the highest 24candidates were in the fray,revealed a direct contestbetween BJP's Jugal Kishore

and senior Congress leaderand former minister RamanBhalla.

While Kishore retainedthe seat for the party by get-ting 8,58,066 votes (58.02 percent), Bhalla got 5,55,191votes (37.54 per cent).

The rest of the 22 candi-dates, including patron ofJammu and Kashmir NationalPanthers Party Bhim Singh,Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan(DSS) founder and formerBJP minister Lal Singh andBSP leader Badri Nath gotbelow one per cent votes.

The constituency hadrecorded the highest 72.16per cent polling in the stateand only 2,618 among14,78,795 voters pushed theNOTA button.

Similarly, the Udhampurparliamentary constituency,which was retained by unionminister Jitendra Singh by ahuge margin of 3.57 lakhvotes defeating Dogra scionand Congress leaderVikramaditya Singh, saw 10candidates loosing their secu-rity deposit.

The BJP's candidate got7,24,311 votes (61.38 per cent)

against the Congress candi-date who polled 3,67,659 votes(31.1 per cent).

Two other Rajputs in thefray -- JKNPP chairman andformer minister Harsh DevSingh and DSS founder (LalSingh) -- got 2.06 and 1.61 percent votes, respectively.

In Srinagar, where only14.1 per cent of over 12.94lakh electorate exercised theirright, 10 of the 12 candidateslost their deposits with eighteven failing to reach one percent mark.

National Conference pres-ident Farooq Abdullahretained the seat by getting1,06,750 votes (57.14 percent), defeating Aga SyedMohsin of the PDP, who got36,700 votes (19.64 per cent).

People's Conference can-didate Irfan Raza Ansari wasthe only other candidate whomanaged double figures with15.4 per cent (28,773 votes).

The Anantnag parlia-mentary constituency, wherethe second highest 18 candi-dates, including former chiefminister Mehbooba Mufti,were locked in a multi-cor-nered contest, saw 15 candi-

dates losing their securitydeposits.

The seat, where electionwas held in three phases dueto security concerns, regis-tered the lowest voter turnoutof only 8.76 per cent in thestate. It was won by NationalConference candidate and for-mer judge Hasnain Masoodi.

Mufti, who had won theseat in 2014 before resigning tobecome the first women chiefminister in 2016, polled only30,524 votes (24.44 per cent).

The Baramulla parlia-mentary constituency waswon by senior NC leaderMohammad Akbar Lone aftersecuring 1,33,426 (29.29 percent) votes, defeating RajaAijaz Ali of the Peoples'Conference, who got 1,03,193(22.65 per cent). EngineerRashid managed 1,02,168votes (22.43 per cent).

The constituency hasrecorded the highest 34.71per cent voting in the Valley.Six of the candidates, includ-ing from the PDP, theCongress and the BJP, gotonly 11.75 (53,530), 7.58(34,532) and 1.73 per cent(7,894 votes), respectively. PTI

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Listing out the biggest take-aways from the just-con-

cluded Lok Sabha election,where the BJP and NDA inflict-ed a humiliating loss on theOpposition, BJP chief AmitShah on Saturday said one ofthem was that the electoratevoted out dynastic, casteist andappeasement politics.

Addressing the NDA MPs,who elected Narendra Modi astheir leader, he also pointed outthat it was after 1971 that forthe first time a PM is returningto power again after serving afive-year term and that thistime round, the voters electeda 'leader', who happens to havetaken not singe day's off in thelast 20 years he has seen of him.

He further said that peo-ple's mandate in the 2019 LokSabha elections underlined thatGovernments will be elected onthe basis of their performance,not dynasty, caste politics orappeasement politics.

He said when Modibecame the Prime Ministerfor the first time in 2014, ordi-nary citizens were filled withhope that a person from amodest background could beelected to the highest office.

"With that hope, the peo-ple have trusted Modi. The suc-

cess of the extension of Gujaratmodel to the whole countrywas an experiment and peoplehave blessed Modi once again.What Modi promised, he hasbeen able to deliver, and thistrust has been shown by thepeople in him," he said.

Shah added that the 22

crore poor who have been thebeneficiaries of the PrimeMinister's welfare schemes haveshown their faith in him.

Shah added that he hastoured the country fromKashmir to Kanyaumari andKamarkhya to Kutch, and peo-ple in all parts of the countryhave unanimously voted infavour of Modi. "There hasbeen a Modi Tsunami in thecountry," he said.

"Without any taint, he(Modi) has been elected as thecountry's Prime Minister forthe second term. This has beenpossible because he governedthe country by rising abovevote bank politics. In the lastfive years, he took many toughdecisions, but none that did notbenefit the country," the BJPPresident said.

"The citizens I have spokento want the country to becomea global super power and'Bharat Mata' be accorded herproper place on an interna-tional scale. I wish that Modiji

is able to take forward thestrong foundation of a 'NewBharat' that he has placed andis able to fulfil the dreams of asuccessful democracy that thewhole world will admire," Shahconcluded.

Shah also pointed to the airstrike in Pakistan's Balakot inresponse to the Pulwama ter-ror attack as a reply to thosewho had dismissed the cross-LoC surgical strike ofSeptember 2016 as fluke.

Shah said the surgicalstrike and the Balakot air strikeproved that India had a leaderwho could target the terroristsin their den.

"During the 90s, when ter-rorism raised its head andshook the country, people feltthat the then Governmentswere not serious about thesafety and security of the coun-try. For the first time under theModi government, people haveconfidence that here is a leaderwho can hit the terrorists intheir den," he said.

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Having already conqueredthe Mt. Everest in 2013,

Ravindra Kumar, an IAS offi-cer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, willundertake yet another mis-sion to scale the peak thissummer with the aim to spreadawareness amongst peopletowards the urgent need of con-trolling water pollution, savingrivers and Ground WaterAcquifers besides ensuringavailability of Clean Water toAll.

Kumar told The Pioneer hehas termed his expedition as"Swachchh Ganga SwachchhBharat Everest Abhiyaan 2019"with Ganga symbolising allrivers of India as one of themain sources of water.

Kumar is the first and onlyIAS officer of India who hasclimbed Mt. Everest. RavindraKumar is presently on a Centraldeputation Minister ofDrinking Water and Sanitation.Begusarai (Bihar) bornRavindra Kumar has alsoauthored two motivationalbooks on his previous journey.

His first scaling of the

Everest was inspired by theSikkim Earthquake of 2011,where mountaineers werecalled for search and rescuemission post earthquake inthe State.

His second EverestExpedition in 2015 could notbe completed due to the earth-quake in Nepal. That missionto spread awareness aboutimportance of Sanitation inIndia through 'SwachchhBharat Abhiyan' was flagged offby Prime Minister NarendraModi.

"In the present scenario,

focus on water sector, especiallydrinking water, is need of thehour. As per World Bank esti-mates 21 per cent of commu-nicable diseases in India arelinked to unsafe water. Riversare nearly dying due to dis-charge of pollutants and lack ofcontinuity due insufficientwater. Ground water table isdeclining and creating groundfor future water crisis.Therefore, this sector needsimmediate through people'sinvolvement in addition toGovernment's effort," saidKumar.

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Banerjee offered to quit aschief minister following herparty's drubbing in the LokSabha polls, but the TMC reject-ed it.

"It is good that at least shehas accepted defeat. But heroffer to quit is nothing but adrama to garner sympathy,"BJP national general secretaryKailash Vijayvargiya told PTI.

Reacting to Banerjee's com-ment that BJP will commit amistake if it tries to topple her

Government, Vijayvargiya saidit will fall on its own.

He said, "We will not top-ple it. It will fall on its own.TMC leaders have lost confi-dence in her. They are fed up. Ifthey come to us and crib abouther misrule and authoritarianapproach, what can we do?"

Bengal witnessed a saffronsurge in the Lok Sabha polls asthe BJP inflicted a blow to rul-ing TMC by winning 18 of total42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.The TMC won 22 seats, downfrom 34 in 2014. Addressing herfirst press conference after theelection results were declared,she on Saturday accused the BJPof polarising people on religiouslines to garner votes in WestBengal. PTI

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Hyderabad: YSR Congress pres-ident Jaganmohan Reddy, whowas invited to form the nextGovernment in Andhra Pradeshby the Governor, on Saturdaycalled on Telangana ChiefMinister K Chandrasekhar Raohere and invited him for theswearing-in ceremony atVijayawada on May 30.

A release from the CM'soffice said Reddy extended hispersonal invitation to Rao toattend the ceremony.

There was no official wordon Raos response, but TRSsources indicated that it was like-ly to be positive.

After he was elected leaderof the YSRC legislature party,Reddy met the Governor ofAndhra Pradesh and Telangana,ESL Narasimhan at the Raj

Bhavan in Hyderabad andstaked claim to form the gov-ernment.

The swearing-in ceremonywould be held at Indira GandhiMunicipal Corporation stadium,Vijayawada, on May 30 at 12.23PM, a Raj Bhavan commu-nique said.

Reddy called on Rao aftermeeting the governor.

During the meeting, Raotold Reddy that his govern-ment would like to have cordialrelations with Andhra Pradesh,the release said.

"Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao made itclear that the policy of Telanganais to maintain cordial relationswith neighbouring States in agive and take manner, and samewould be followed in case of

Andhra Pradesh State also," therelease said.

Rao said he visitedMaharashtra to meet ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis tosort out water disputes betweenundivided Andhra Pradesh andMaharashtra.

The disputes reportedly heldup irrigation projects inTelangana.

Maharashtra cooperatedafter the initiative and this hasled to Telangana being able toconstruct irrigation projects likeKaleshwaram, Rao told Reddy.

"Our policy would be tomaintain similar relations withthe present Andhra Pradeshstate also. Let us act in such amanner so that both the statesare benefitted," the release quot-ed Rao as saying. PTI

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Hindustan Shipyard Limited(HSL) and two other pub-

lic sector undertakings havecome together to float a con-sortium for building sub-marines.

The two other PSUs areBharat Heavy ElectricalsLimited (BHEL) and MishraDhatu Nigam Ltd (Midhani).

Indigenous constructionof six conventional submarinesis envisaged by Ministry ofDefence, a Press release fromHSL said here on Saturday.

Representatives of HSL,BHEL and Midhani signedanMoU on Friday in the pres-ence of HSL chairman andmanaging director RearAdmiral LV Sarat Babu, therelease said. The MoU is a stepto keep in line with the'MakeIn India'initiative of theGovernment in the Defence

sector, it said.The agreement aims to

harness the complimentaryexpertise of the three compa-nies and provide the countrywith a credible, domestic alter-native for construction of thesubmarines. The consortiumwould jointly stake claim withthe Ministry for being consid-ered as a prospective bidder forthe proposed project of theNavy in partnership with OEM(foreign technology provider)for building six submarines atthe Hindustan Shipyard Ltd,the release added.

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Adani Groups solar manu-facturing arm Adani Solar

is expecting to get 50 per centmarketshare in two years, a topcompany official said onSaturday.

As 80 per cent of solar pan-els available in the country weremade in China, the companywas manufacturing moduleand panels, which were cheap-er and durable, for Indian mar-kets, general manager(busi-ness development) of AdaniSolar Cecil Augustine toldreporters here.

With a marketshare of 10per cent and expected growth,the company was sure to cap-ture 50 per cent marketshare in

another two years, Augustinesaid.

The company official washere to announce the launch ofits retail distribution businessin Tamil Nadu with K PowersSolar, an exclusive channelpartner for the region.

In a span of three months,Adani Solar has expanded theretail distribution of its solarpanels in seven regions, help-ing over 500 cities across thecountry meet their renewableenergy requirement, he said.

The partnership with KPowers is a stride towards facil-itating the switch to sustainablesolar power, across consumers,SMEs, MSMEs and institu-tions in the state at the lowestcapex costs, he added.

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India should cut interest ratesfurther and adopt consistent

policies for the export of agri-cultural produce to enableIndian exporters to take advan-tage of the current US-Chinatrade war, industry body Ficci'sPresident Sandip Somany saidSaturday.

Currently on a businesstrip to China, Somany also saidthe NDA government in its sec-ond term should focus on get-ting big ticket investmentsfrom China, specially in thecapital goods sector, and moti-vate Chinese machinery man-ufacturers to set up plants inIndia.

The bruising US-China

trade war, under which bothcountries have slapped billionsof dollars worth of tariffs oneach other's exports, offers a bigopportunity for some categoryof Indian exports to make adent in both the US andChinese markets, Somany toldPTI here.

Somany, who is the vicechairman and managing direc-tor of HSIL Limited, the secondlargest glass manufacturerIndia, also met the IndianAmbassador to China VikramMisri and the Secretary ofChina's Boao Forum for Asia,Li Baodong.

If the US-China trade warcontinues, it offers good oppor-tunities for Indian exports incertain areas, he said.

IANS n Vadodara (Gujarat): The entire top deck of Gujarat-based Manpasand Beverages including the company's ManagingDirector have been arrested on allegations of GST fraudt.

According to a BSE filing by the company, the Commissionerof Central GST and Customs carried out search and seizure pro-ceedings at various premises of the company on May 23 and fur-ther inquiry was conducted on May 24 at the GST Bhavan officehere. PTI

San Francisco: Ads are comingto WhatsApp, finally, and theintrusion into the popular ad-free mobile messaging platformwould begin from Status page.

At a Facebook MarketingSummit in the Netherlands,Facebook revealed a 2020launch date for WhatsAppStatus ads. “WhatsApp willbring Stories Ads in its statusproduct in 2020,” tweetedOlivier Ponteville who attend-ed the conference this week.

The news first came inOctober when media reportedthat the Facebook-owned mes-saging app is planning to allowadvertisements to be displayedin the “Status” section of theapp. IANS

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Low-cost carrier Air AsiaIndia has dropped its plan

to lease B737 aircraft ofgrounded Jet Airways as theTata group venture carrierwants to continue with onetype of aircraft.

“Air Asia India hadinformed the aviation regula-tor about their plan to leasesome of the B737 airplanes thatwere operated by Jet Airways.But later it did not follow up.Now, the idea has finally beendropped,” said an industrysource.

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Iranian media are reportingthat the country’s Foreign

Minister has arrived inBaghdad to meet his Iraqicounterpart and other offi-cials.

The official IRNA newsagency reported Saturday thatMohammad Javad Zarif willmeet with Iraqi ForeignMinister Mohamed al-Hakim,Iraqi President Barham Salih,and Prime MinisterMohammed al-Halbousi dur-ing his two-day visit.

Iraq’s Foreign Ministryspokesman says Zarif will dis-cuss the situation and ways offinding common ground. OnFriday, Zarif was in Pakistan andmet officials there as tensions

have ratcheted up in the region. The White House earlier

this month sent an aircraft

carrier and B-52 bombers tothe region in response to a still-unexplained threat from Iran.

The US Plans to send 1,500additional troops to the WestAsia amid heightened tensions.

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The United States said itwas deploying 1,500 addi-

tional troops to the West Asiato counter “credible threats”from Iran in a movedenounced by Tehran onSaturday as “a threat to inter-national peace”.

“Increased US presence inour region is very dangerousand a threat to internationalpeace and security and must beconfronted,” Foreign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarif toldthe official IRNA news agency.

The escalation of the USmilitary presence follows adecision in early May to sendan aircraft carrier strike forceand B-52 bombers in a show offorce against what Washington’sleaders believed was an immi-

nent Iranian plan to attack USassets.

And it comes as the Trumpadministration is planning tobypass congressional restric-tions to sell arms to SaudiArabia, a close US ally and Iran’sarch-enemy in the region.

“This is a prudent responseto credible threats from Iran,”acting Defense SecretaryPatrick Shanahan said Friday.

President Donald Trump,who approved the deployment,called it “protective.” “We wantto have protection in theMiddle East,” Trump toldreporters as he prepared to setoff on a trip to Japan.

“We’re going to be sendinga relatively small number oftroops, mostly protective,”Trump added. “It’ll be about1,500 people.”

The new deploymentincludes reconnaissance air-craft, fighter jets and engi-neers. Six hundred of the per-sonnel belong to a Patriot mis-sile defense battalion that hadits deployment in the regionextended.

Pentagon officials said themove was necessary after mul-tiple threatening actions andseveral small-in-scope attacksin May by Iranian forces, theIranian Revolutionary GuardCorps, and “proxy” forces.

Those include a rocketlaunched into the Green Zonein Baghdad, explosive devicesthat damaged four tankers inFujairah near the entrance tothe Gulf, and a Houthi droneattack against a Saudi oil instal-lation.

Iran has denied involve-

ment in any of the attacks.“Americans make such

claims to justify their hostilepolicies and to create tension inthe Persian Gulf,” Zarif said.

The initial threat came atthe beginning of May, accord-ing to Rear Admiral MichaelGilday, director of thePentagon’s Joint Staff.

The US caught the IRGCattempting to covertly deploy“modified dhows capable oflaunching cruise missiles,” hesaid, referring to small tradi-tional boats. “We view this asa campaign,” Gilday toldreporters.

The moves “are all part ofa dangerous and escalatory

strategy by Iran to threatenglobal trade and to destabilizethe region.”

“We believe with a highdegree of confidence that thisstems back to the leadership ofIran at the highest levels, andthat all of the attacks... Havebeen attributed to Iran throughtheir proxies or their forces,”Gilday said, citing still-secretUS intelligence.

US officials said the aim ofthe deployment was both toextend greater protection to the70,000 US forces in the MiddleEast and Afghanistan, and todeliver a message to Iran torefrain from attacks.

“We think that through acombination of a very mea-sured deployment of assets aswell as public messaging, we areagain trying to underscore that

we are not seeking hostilitieswith Iran,” he said.

Gilday said the US moveshave had some impact. WhenWashington first learned ofTehran’s alleged intent tolaunch attacks, it delivered astern warning to Tehran “with-in hours” through an unnamedthird party.

Since then, the threat of themissile-bearing dhows appearsto have subsided.

However, the Trumpadministration continues todraw criticism that it has notclearly shown the need for anescalation.

Members of Congress werealso angered that Trump wasoverriding their block on deliv-ery of lethal weapons to theSaudis.

“More tactics with

absolutely no strategy,” tweet-ed Democratic Senator ChrisMurphy.

“All that is happening nowis escalatory move after esca-latory move. Trump has ZEROplan for how this ends, and thatshould scare the hell out ofeveryone.” But Pentagon offi-cials stressed that the US doesnot seek war with Iran.

“We do not see these addi-tional capabilities as encour-aging hostilities. We see themas defensive in nature,” said act-ing Assistant Secretary ofDefense Katie Wheelbarger.

“Our policy remains an eco-nomic and diplomatic effort tobring Iran back to the negotiat-ing table to encourage a com-prehensive deal that addressesthe range of their destabilizingbehavior in the region.”

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Saturday a US decision todeploy 1,500 additional troopsto the Middle East is a “threatto international peace,” statemedia reported.

“Increased US presence inour region is very dangerousand a threat to internationalpeace and security and must beconfronted,” Zarif told the offi-cial IRNA news agency beforeheading home from a visit toPakistan.

Washington says the rein-forcements, which come afterthe deployment earlier thismonth of an aircraft carrier taskforce, B-52 bombers, anamphibious assault ship and a

missile defence system, are inresponse to “campaign” ofrecent attacks approved byIran’s top leadership.

“Americans make suchclaims to justify their hostilepolicies and to create tension inthe Persian Gulf,” Zarif said.

The United States thismonth ended the last exemp-tions it had granted fromsweeping unilateral sanctions itreimposed after abandoning alandmark 2015 nuclearbetween major powers andIran in May last year.

The move dealt a heavynew blow to Iran’s already reel-ing economy as even vocalcritics of the renewed sanc-tions, like Turkey, announcedthey had stopped buyingIranian oil.

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Saturday with an array of hope-fuls promising to succeedwhere Theresa May failed andfinally pull the divided countryout of the EU.

But European leadersinsisted they had made theirfinal offer during months oracrimonious negotiations thatresulted in an unpopular com-promise for which May endedup paying with her job.

The British prime minis-ter’s voice broke on the steps ofher Downing Street office whenshe told Britons on Friday thatshe was quitting on June 7.

May is bowing out with herlegacy in tatters and the coun-

try in agony over what to doabout voters’ decision in 2016 toabandon the European integra-tion project after nearly 50 years.

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Indian batting line-up's soft under-belly lay exposed in slightlyfavourable bowling conditions as

New Zealand gave a rude wake-upcall, winning the first warm-upgame ahead of the ICC World Cup bysix wickets here on Saturday.

Under overcast conditions, TrentBoult's (4/33 in 6.2 overs) incisiveswing bowling was a test of techniquefor the Indian top-order batsmen andthe Men In Blue never recovered froman early collapse, being bowled out for179 in 39.2 overs.

It was a walk in the park for the'Black Caps' as they reached the tar-get in only 37.1 overs with KaneWilliamson (67) and Ross Taylor(71) helping themselves to half-cen-turies.

While it was a warm-up game andthe outcome of the result isn't some-thing that India would be botheredtoo much but what certainly wouldkeep them worried is the failure tofind a solution to their problems.

KL Rahul failed at No 4, DineshKarthik's poor IPL form continuedwhile Vijay Shankar and KedarJadhav's respective injuries in all like-lihood would prevent the team man-agement from checking them outagainst Bangladesh in the secondwarm-up game at Cardiff.

The two wrist spinners —Kuldeep Yadav (0/44 in 8.1 overs) andYuzvendra Chahal (1/37 in 6 overs),who have gone off the boil in the pastfew months — also didn't makemuch of an impact.

A sub-200 total meant thatWilliamson and Taylor, during their114-run stand, hardly took risk againstthe duo, getting run-a-ball with min-imum fuss.

For India, Ravindra Jadeja'sdecent show (54 off 50 balls and 1/27in 7 overs) was the only silver lining.

There was a possibility that afterIPL, played on pitches devoid of anylateral movement and conditions thatdidn't aid swing bowling, the footworkwould remain a touch iffy for Indianbatsmen.

It was Boult's first spell which sawopeners Rohit Sharma (2) and ShikharDhawan (2) along with No. 4 KLRahul (6) being dismissed that provedto be decisive in overcast conditions.

The lack of footwork was evidentas Boult trapped Rohit with a deliv-ery that darted in while Dhawan hadan inside edge to a delivery that hada shade more bounce. Rahul was

played on when Boult got one to rearup. On all three occasions, there wasdistinct lack of footwork.

Skipper Virat Kohli (18 off 24balls) found his defence breached byColin de Grandhomme's off-cuttertrying to play across the line.

Jadeja's half-century ensured a175-plus score for the 'Men In Blue'after being reduced to 115 for 8 at onestage. His 62-run ninth-wicket standwith Kuldeep Yadav (19) was the onlysaving grace for India in an otherwisedisappointing batting performance.

Before Jadeja, it was HardikPandya (30 off 37 balls), who added38 runs with Mahendra Singh Dhoni(17 off 42 balls) for the fifth wicket.

Dhoni's painful stay at the creasewas cut short by Tim Southee whenhe was caught at short mid-wicketwhile trying to give the bowler charge.

Dhoni, who takes time to settledown, not for once looked comfort-able and failed to rotate the strike dur-ing the partnership, consuming a lotof deliveries.

It was Jimmy Neesham (3/26 in 3overs), who dismissed Hardik with across-seam delivery that moved ashade, inducing an outside edge.

Hardik was promoted ahead ofDhoni in adverse conditions and heshowed positive intent with sixboundaries.

Dinesh Karthik was gone in thesame over, flicking a half-volleystraight to fine leg and it was Jadeja,who resurrected the innings withKuldeep for company.

When New Zealand batted, JaspritBumrah (4-2-2-1) bowled a testingfirst spell and Mohammed Shami (4-0-16-0) also found the right length,which will be a positive that Kohli andCo. Can take from this game.

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West Indies' recent one-dayinternational form isn't any-

thing to swoon over, but with a fullstrength team at their disposal,they will hope to send a messageas they take on South Africa intheir first World Cup warm-upgame on Sunday.

Windies come into their firstofficial warm-up on back of mixedfortunes. While they trouncedhosts Ireland in each of their twogames in the tri-series, they wereoutclassed on all three occasions byBangladesh, including in the final.

However, they were not play-ing their full strength side in thatseries and stalwarts like ChrisGayle, Andre Russell and NicholasPooran among others, were absent.With them back in the fold,Windies look a lot more well-rounded outfit although they werebeaten rather convincingly byAustralia in an unofficial warm-upfixture two days ago.

The Windies batting has apretty robust feel about it. The likesof Gayle, Russell, Pooran, ShimronHetmyer and Evin Lewis are able

to play big shots for breakfast,while Darren Bravo and ShaiHope are capable of holding thingsdown.

It is their bowling that looks atouch off-colour. Skipper JasonHolder's recent rise in Test crick-et hasn't reflected in his ODInumbers. Kemar Roach picked awhole bunch of wickets in the tri-series and while Shannon Gabrielwas also among the wickets, not

too many of those came againstBangladesh.

They will be up against a con-fident South Africa, who come intothe game on back of a resounding87-run win against Sri Lanka intheir first warm-up. The Proteasseem to have covered all bases, butwill want their batsmen to getsome more runs.

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Pakistan, who suffereda three-wicket loss to

Afghanistan in their firstwarm-up game on Friday,will look to find winningways against Bangladesh,before the real actionunfolds at the Men'sWorld Cup.

Things aren't lookinggreat for Pakistan aheadof the World Cup asthey've remained winlessin their last 11 ODIs.Their three-wicket loss toAfghanistan in their firstwarm-up match onlydeepened concerns. At203/4 in the 38th over,they were on course forgetting an above par firstinnings total. But thelower middle-order col-lapse restricted theirinnings to 262 all-out inthe 48th over.

Their bowling unitseemed much the samelike it was in the recent-ly concluded ODI seriesagainst England, failing toproduce wickets for mostpart of the innings.Mohammad Amir wentwicket-less in his sixovers, bowling at an aver-age speed of 82.6 mph,markedly slower than hisnormal pace. WahabRiaz's late burst was theonly significant positivebut the game was far

gone by then. TheSarfaraz Ahmed-led sidewill look to capitalisetheir final chance to makeamends, before they takeon West Indies on 31May in Nottingham inthe tournament proper.

Bangladesh comefresh from a tri-serieswin in Ireland, after theybeat West Indies in arain-affected final. Afterbeing clean-swept inNew Zealand earlier inthe year, the series sawgreat results for themwith significant contri-butions from their seniorplayers like Shakib AlHasan, Soumya Sarkar,Tamim Iqbal andMushfiqur Rahim. Newcomer Abu Jayed, whosespot was uncertain inthe final World Cupsquad earlier, too pro-duced a match winningspell of 5/58 againstIreland.

Bangladesh, who hadcaused the biggest upsetat the World Cup 2015,knocking the currenthosts England out of thecompetition, will look tomaintain their good formand try to get a settledcombination before theircampaign gets underwayagainst South Africa on 2June.

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Steve Smith said he had noproblems being jeered by

spectators as he marked his firstmatch against England follow-ing a year-long ban for ball-tampering with a hundred atSouthampton on Saturday.

Smith's 116 was the cen-trepiece of Australia's 297 fornine against England in aWorld Cup warm-up fixture.

"I'm pretty chilled, every-one's entitled to their opinion,"Smith told Sky Sports during theinnings break when askedabout the crowd's taunts.

"I'm just happy to be backplaying. Fortunately, I was ableto contribute today and hope-fully I can take this form intothe World Cup."

If the sound of Smith andteam-mate David Warner beingbooed was a sign of things tocome, England will hope theformer Australia captain'sinnings is not an omen for aseason that includes both theWorld Cup and a five-TestAshes series.

Smith and Warner onlyreturned to international dutyearlier this month after theyboth completed 12-month sus-pensions.

Warner was booed first byspectators on Saturday when hewalked out to open the inningswith captain Aaron Finch afterAustralia lost the toss.

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arrived at the crease, one fanshouted: "Get off Warner youcheat."

Warner's dismissal for 43,

caught in the deep by JonnyBairstow off Liam Plunkett,was greeted by immediatecheers from England fans.

But there were more boosas he returned to the pavilionto be replaced by Smith, com-ing in with Australia 82 for twoin the 17th over.

The BBC reported therewere a few chants of "cheat,cheat,cheat", although a loneAustralia fan shouted "Get 'emStevie!".

There was, however, thecustomary round of applausefrom the crowd for a batsmanreaching his fifty when Smithgot to the landmark.

Long a thorn in England'sside, Smith went to 99 with asuperb carved six over thirdman off Ben Stokes.

The next ball delivery sawSmith complete a 94-ball hun-dred, including eight fours,prompting yet more boos aswell as clapping to acknowledgehis century.

Smith's innings ended inbizarre fashion when, off thepenultimate ball of the innings,third umpire Joel Wilson ruledhe'd been caught and bowled byTom Curran off what looked tobe a bump ball.

Earlier, injury-proneEngland fast bowler MarkWood could only manage 3.1overs before going off withwhat a team spokesman saidwas "left foot discomfort".

The Durham quick thenwent to hospital for a scan.

Meanwhile Liam Dawsonsplit the skin on his right fin-ger, with England saying thespinner would not bat on hisHampshire home ground.

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It was a cakewalk for South Africaas they registered a 87-run victo-

ry against Sri Lanka in a World Cupwarm-up game on Friday, but moreimportantly it was their depth insquad that came to the fore.

Andile Phehlukwayo (35),Dwaine Pretorius (25 not out) andChris Morris (26 not out) got impor-tant runs while Phehlukwayo (4/36)and Pretorius 1/34) bagged wicketstoo, strenghthening their case for aspot in the starting XI.

Phehlukwayo was particularlyimpressive with the ball, as HashimAmla (65) and skipper Faf Du Plessis(88) also got runs.

"I think there is quite good com-petition and good depth within thesquad," Phehlukwayo was quoted assaying by www.cricketworldcup.com.

"Personally, I am not looking interms of those competitions. I justwant to contribute for the team, who-ever is playing in that all-rounderposition is obviously the person inform and hopefully they can do thejob for the team. Aside from that Idon't think personally I have anyagenda in terms of the all-rounder.

Skipper du Plessis said that atleast one of those three playerswould have to sit out.

"There is definitely not space forthree of them," he said. "Dependingon fitness, Dale Steyn is progressing.So, if he doesn't progress the way thathe wants to then two all-rounderscome into the equation. If our fastbowlers are all fit, we love thatdiversity in our attack."

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Former Pakistan crick-eters have urged skipper

Sarfaraz Ahmed to bat high-er up the order so that theteam could post big totals inthe upcoming World Cup,starting May 30.

"Sarfaraz does not havethe big shots to justify hisbatting at number 5, 6 or 7.He needs to bat higher up sothat he can build his inningsand help Pakistan get bigtotals," former captainShahid Afridi said.

"He is wasting himselfcoming lower than four andthis doesn't help the team. IfPakistan is to do well in theWorld Cup, Sarfaraz has abig role to play as captainand player. He has to be theleader on and off the field,"he added.

Sarfaraz's batting posi-tion has become a matter ofdebate as he has battedmostly lower down the orderbut moved up a couple oftimes in the recent ODIseries against England buton Friday in the warm-upgame against Afghanistan,he again came late at num-ber six.

"He has to realise thathis worth for the team is atnumber four or five. He isthe sort of player who canchange the momentum ofthe game with his rotation ofstrike and ability to keep thescoreboard moving,"Pakistan's most successfulTest captain Misbah-ul-Haqsaid.

Misbah noted thatSarfaraz coming up theorder will allow the team toutilise the two senior most

players — MuhammadHafeez and Shoaib Malik —properly.

Former wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan said hehad suggested Sarfarazbefore the team left forEngland to open the inningsif necessary.

"In the last World Cup Iwas the chief selector and Itried him out as an openerand he did well. He is some-one who needs overs topace his innings."

With openers FakharZaman, Inam-ul-Haq andone down Babar Zamanhaving batting averages of 50plus, number four is the bestposition for Sarfaraz fol-lowed by Hafeez, Malik,Asif, felt Moin.

Some of his critics haveused Sarfaraz's reluctanceto bat higher up in the order

as an excuse to blame himfor letting the team down.

"A captain has to lead byexample and if he comes atnumber four, the other bats-men will also respond andplay sensibly," Test wicket-keeper-batsman KamranAkmal said.

Enigmatic fast bowlerShoaib Akhtar also urgedSarfaraz to bat higher up theorder and be more authori-tative as captain on the fieldand in the dressing room.

"He has to marshal theinnings and he has to playthe team he wants not theeleven the chief selector andthe head coach want. Onlythen will he be able to dowell in the World Cup."

Akhtar felt Sarfarazneeded to be more assertiveas a captain like India's ViratKohli.

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Former skipper andcurrent assistant coach

Paul Collingwood onSaturday was forced totake the ground as a sub-stitute fielder afterEngland pacers MarkWood and Jofra Archersuffered injury scares in awarm-up game against Australia.

The 42-year-old, who had led England to 2010 T20World Cup title, walked out to field after Mark Woodand his replacement Jofra Archer left the ground fol-lowing injuries.

While Wood walked off the field after suffering ahamstring injury in his fourth over, Archer also left soonafter injuring himself while fielding at the deep.

Collingwood, England's fielding coach, was then seenrunning around on the ground wearing Wood's WorldCup jersey, giving ample display of his fitness.

Joe Root, who was rested for Saturday's warm-upmatch, was also asked to take the field.

England captain Eoin Morgan was missing in actionSaturday due to a finger injury suffered during a train-ing session, while spinner Adil Rashid skipped the warm-up game due to a shoulder injury, leaving the hosts withno option but to bring Collingwood onto the field.

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The Indian teamheaved a sigh of

relief after scan reportsrevealed that all-rounderVijay Shankar hasn't sus-tained a fracture on hisright forearm after beinghit by net bowlerKhaleel Ahmed during atraining session onFriday.

Shankar had left thefield and was taken for a

precautionary scan, thereports of which cameon Saturday.

"Vijay Shankar washit on his right forearmduring practice onFriday. He underwentscans and no fracturehas been detected. BCCIMedical Team is aidinghim in his recovery,"BCCI posted on theirtwitter handle.

However, the TamilNadu all-rounder didn't

take part in the firstwarm-up game and isalso unlikely to play inthe second practicematch againstBangladesh at Cardiffon Tuesday as there is abit of bruise, which willtake time to heal.

Shankar on Saturdaytook some throwdownsbatting 'single-handed'during the net sessionprior to the NewZealand game.

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That India is a land of diverse literaryand cultural traditions has beenused so often as to have become atruism. However, similar attentionto the variegated nature of the

socio-cultural as well as the literary landscapeof the larger region of South Asia is missing. Infact, in the popular narratives of the self-con-gratulatory brand of nationalism, one tends tojuxtapose the fluidity and multiplicity of Indiawith the apparently static literary and sociallife of the nations in its immediate vicinity.Additionally, the use of markers such as ‘SouthAsia’ denotes a sense of homogeneity and uni-formity which leaves little room for conceptu-alisation of a unique national identity, let aloneof innovations and differences of each nationwithin the said area. It is only through ananalysis of the entire region with an acuteawareness simultaneously of what unites andalso what gives each constituent country itsdistinctive identity can one truly begin to chal-lenge the imposition of labels of Western ori-gin. In spite of what they might suggest, labelsare never wholly organic and they always cre-ate as much as they name a reality.

Socioliterary Cultures in South Asia byAnisur Rahman is an attempt towards under-standing the “…self-evolved centrality ofeach location [in South Asia]” so that when“all of them [are] taken together”, they“impart uniqueness to a broader South Asianidentity”. The book has a twofold aim, whichis to celebrate the individual socioliteraryidentity of the nations comprising South Asiaand to also understand that this microcosmicfocus does not necessarily unravel the collec-tive political identity. In other words, thebook manages to maintain a fine balancebetween the local and the global.

Rahman, a former professor at the depart-ment of English in Jamia Millia IslamiaUniversity, is an author, poet, and translatorand has various publications as well as edit-ed/co-edited works to his credit, includingHazaron Khawaishen Aisi: The WonderfulWorld of Urdu Ghazals (2018) and InTranslation: Positions and Paradigms (2019).His latest book, Socioliterary Cultures in SouthAsia, is an ambitious literary enterprise which,as the name suggests, covers the rather expan-sive geo-literary territory of South Asia. Theaim of undertaking this challenge is promptedby, as the author writes in the preface of the

book, the desire to resist the homogeneityimposed on the region through the use of theterm ‘South Asia’. Socioliterary Cultures studiesfive nations — Afghanistan, Bangladesh,India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka — which sharenot just national boundaries but also a historyof diverse literary and linguistic practicesmany of which have at different points in his-tory overlapped, interacted or informed eachother. Through its nuanced analysis, the bookstresses on the distinctive character of each ofthese countries without contesting or under-mining the sense of a collective South Asianidentity. There is a clear sense of co-sharingand co-development, which does not takeaway from an appreciation of the distinctive-ness of each literary culture. In the author’sown words, “In addition to their social, cul-tural, economic, and political variables, SouthAsian nations have had a shared history ofunderdevelopment... they have always impact-ed each other either directly and indirectly,but even while they have done so, they havemaintained their intrinsic differences.”

The book covers a wide expanse of timefrom the medieval period of the Sufi poetRumi (1207-1273) and the Bhakti poet, SantKabir (c 1338-1448) to the contemporary era.It has a clear postcolonial emphasis in theways it identifies the writers and texts as wellas in its acknowledgement of the distinctiveliterary history of each region.

Socioliterary Cultures is divided into threethematically arranged sections: ‘SecularTraditions’, ‘Imaginary Landscapes’, and‘Realistic Configurations’, each of whichmoves across spatial/national boundaries. Thebook will certainly be an asset for anyoneinterested in literature, particularly because ofthe lucid writing style. The ideas have beenexplained well and the arguments are clearand devoid of any pedantic jargon whichmake it an engaging read for people across awide spectrum. The thematic variety that thebook explores — from Premchand to the cine-matic representation of Muslims in India, andfrom the Sufi poet Rumi to contemporarywomen poets of Pakistan — ensures that thereis something for all kinds of readers.

Through its 17 chapters, the book fulfillsits promise of offering a broad and expansivelayout of the literary landscape of the fivenations under consideration. Chapters suchas ‘An Evolving Text: Tahmima Anam’s A

Golden Age’ focus on the literary scenario ofBangladesh — an otherwise severely neglect-ed area in South Asian studies — throughthe analysis of Anam’s debut novel releasedin 2007. The novel depicts the struggles of awidowed woman, Rehana Haque, trying toraise her family in a country struggling tocreate its national identity. Anam’s work isnoteworthy for the way it weaves togetherthe personal and the public, but also how itunderlines a shared history of the subconti-nent all the while maintaining its commit-ment to delineating the war for the libera-tion of Bangladesh.

As the author notes: “It has been general-ly argued that A Golden Age is a novel thatdraws essentially upon the experiences of warand liberation. To develop a larger and moreCatholic view, I should like to posit that apartfrom drawing upon the idea and experienceof war and liberation, this novel operates attwo particular levels of time and space as itmoves through the meandering motions of ahistorical period and the shifting locations ina given space. Even while it engages directlywith Bangladesh, it also refers back and forthto two neighbours —India and Pakistan —that act as causes to many effects at the per-sonal level of the characters involved and thepolitical levels of the countries in question...This saga, which projects Bangladesh in adirect-indirect relationship with India andPakistan, with all their parities and dispari-ties, represents a major aspect of contempo-rary history of the Indian subcontinent.”

Keeping in tune with its broad thematicfocus, the book covers a wide variety of gen-res from poetry to films. This, in turn, atteststo the rich diversity of socioliterary output ofthe region under consideration. The authordraws upon the printed text as well as the tra-dition of oral recitation, as in the case ofKajri. It is “a verbal and performance text”,which was sung primarily when rain-bearingclouds were heavy in the sky. Traditionally, aharbinger of the rains, the singing of Kajri isnot limited to the monsoon season. It is ahighly flexible form of poetry, which canincorporate issues that are political/public innature. For instance, Kajri has been employedby some poets, like Ustad Bismillah Khan, tosuggest an environment of political turmoiland pressure. The Ustad, once invited to amusical gathering in Jammu, sang the Kajri in

spite of there being no indication of rains. Forhim, at that point in time, the clouds evokedin Kajri represented the atmosphere of politi-cal intrigue in contemporary Jammu.According to Prof Rahman, “The Ustad’soffering may be taken as a folklorist interludeof hope, faith, and redemption that his musicmight bring to listeners.”

Since this poetic form of expression israre, it is pertinent to note what the authorhas to say about it, in greater detail: “Kajrimay be read as eminent examples of secularpoetry rooted in history, culture, region, spiri-tuality, and patriotism. Apart from other con-stituents, nature and women remain at thecentre of this composition. Kajri is an emo-tional and dramatic representation of villagelife... It represents individual history as force-fully as it does the history and geography of apeople, its sociology, and its philosophy ofexistence... Kajri has had various forms sinceits origin at some point of time in the past andhas passed through several variations in tech-niques of composition and styles of rendi-tion... There are regional variations in thestyle of singing that may clearly be noticed inthe way Kajris are sung in Ramnagar (Kashi)and Mirzapur. In this respect, Kajris may alsobe read as manifestation of the tones andtunes characteristic of a community of peopleliving in two areas of the same region.”

The book is a treasure trove of informa-tion for people who are interested in SouthAsian studies and who want a book that issimultaneously engaging and informativewithout being reductive. The writer’s exper-tise in translation also comes to bear uponthe chapters where he uses his own transla-tion of Urdu verse as well as vernacular poet-ry. Other texts and writers discussed in thebook include Sarojini Naidu, Faiz AhmedFaiz, and Agha Ali Shah. It is clear that agreat amount of research has gone on the partof the writer in the making of this book,which is never belied by the tone of effortlessease maintained by the writer. The book is amust-read for anyone interested in the socialand literary traditions of South Asia, whetherfor academic purposes or otherwise.

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The long-drawn seven-phase elections are over and theresults have come. Needless to say that the electionsthis time were fought on emotive rather than rational

plank. For some observers, though, elections are always basedon emotional rather than real issues. But the Indian expe-rience may prove otherwise on many occasions. Nevertheless,there is a need to focus on the core issues which were large-ly glossed over in the cacophony of noise largely created bymotivated media campaigns that were premised on the “heav-ens will fall doctrine”. So the two sides of the divide were bothtrumpeting the same sound — if not we, the heavens willfall. But the fact remains that heavens will not fall, becauseheavens cannot fall. Anyway, it is time to get on to the brasstacks right away. Interestingly, everyone is aware of what needsto be done. But immediate gains become important. So, thereis a supplementary question that comes in the way: Whatis there for me? It is this question that makes all and sundrydeviate from the issues as people are driven by the logic thatin the long run, everyone is dead. Well, that does make sensefor the present generation, but there is a need to think of thegenerations to come. History is replete with examples thatsuggest that even monarchs thought of the future and madeplans that were strategic and long term in nature. Sher ShahSuri planted trees on both sides of the Grand Trunk Road,though he knew it would take years before they grow fulllength. The unfortunate part is that people, in their cravingfor power, occupy themselves with next elections rather thanthe next generation. There is an urgent need for statesman-ship in the political dispensation that can address issues ofrealpolitik rather than abstractions that charge people for ashort while, but do precious little to address the ground real-ities. As the new Government takes over, there is a need tobroach over the basics, the real agenda. As many politics-watchers rightly pointed out, the most serious issue of ourtimes — climate change — hardly found a mention in theelectoral debate. The problem is serious and concerns all ofus. It is the environment, the ecosystem, which sustains life.In the primary class geography books, we used to read aboutits critical nature. Unfortunately, no one is bothered aboutecology these days. But the rate at which the mean temper-atures are rising and pollutants choking the atmosphere, allthose investments in technology may be rendered ineffec-tive. Nature’s disapproval of human ways are already loudand clear, only we need to read the writing on the wall.Addressing the sustainability of the ecosystem must then bethe topmost item on the agenda of the Government. But itmust also be understood that the physical ecosystem is toointricately connected with the social ecosystem. The trees,rivers, land all provide lifeline to the poor also. The plightof the underprivileged class which, despite the statistical jug-glery, comprises a large section of the populace and is noless responsible for the damage to the environment than thebig industries. It is equally important to think of income gen-eration schemes for the poor and deprived. The rich man’sgreed and the poor man’s need are both equally responsi-ble. The physical environment and the socio-economic envi-ronment are parts of the same whole.

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I am using the word sadhanabecause I did not find a suit-able word for it in English.

This Sanskrit word means wor-shipping an idol or an image ofGod like a photo. It also meanswanting to please God by oursincere efforts. Sadhana can bedone in many ways, like medi-tation, chanting, just feeling thepresence of God, looking at amurti of God or even a photo.There are no restrictions placedon how you do it as long as ithelps in becoming God-con-scious. Some people regularlyread spiritual texts.

Such sadhana has enormousbenefits. I am detailing many ofthem herein, some of them Ihave experienced; these benefitsaccrue only gradually. What isour experience? That superiorbenefit takes time in coming.Once we get started, momentumwill build slowly. As we begin toexperience the benefits of doingsadhana, we will fall in love withGod but that will take time. Lifewill become smoother. Not thatone will be freed from all trou-bles, because that never happensin this impermanent place ofmiseries. (Gita 8.15) Mostimportantly, one will begin toenjoy life in various ways. Godhelps us realise that ultimatelylife is meant to be enjoyed only.

Initially, sadhana may appeardifficult to do but it doesn’thave to be. One should customisefor self because doing sadhana isimportant, not how it is done.God has given us multipleoptions. We can choose our pos-ture, sitting down or even lyingdown. The idea is to be able to

do sadhana not how, becausebeing able to do regular sadhanaqualifies us for God’s grace.

I begin with the great ben-efit of being freed from negativeemotions. Of course, this hap-pens gradually only but one cannever underestimate this boon.One is freed from debilitatingfears related to one’s body, nearand dear ones, material posses-sions, etc. Even a habitual wor-rier can hope to be rid of thispainful habit. One can sleep bet-ter as anxiety will not affect thatmuch. Living in the materialworld in material bodies, it isimpossible to be completely ridof anxiety, but it becomes man-ageable. And the mental facul-ty of such practitioners remainssound till the end of life. Whata boon this is when mentalhealth is becoming a very seri-

ous problem worldwide.One realises spiritual truths.

Personally, I have been veryfortunate in this regard. The cos-mic design begins to be revealedto us. This is a great boon; weknow how we are placed vis-à-vis the creation. We learn aboutwhat we need to do to get all thatGod has to offer like guidance,help, shakti/bala, security, peace,happiness, support, etc. All weneed to do is take God’s shelterin all respects. Not only is thenext birth guaranteed to besuperior but the possibility of thepresent life ending badly is alsoeliminated. (6.40)

Connected with God, phys-ical health becomes a beneficia-ry, because one comes underLord’s care. Even family mem-bers, ie the near and dear ones,get the ripple effect. One toler-

ates better. Remember no one isexempt from suffering. Onemust tolerate what cannot beavoided. (2.14) If someone comesto God consciousness, some-how, anyhow, God will give thestrength to be able to continue todo so. Steady sadhana will ensureit. I can vouch for it. Faith willbecome stronger steadily.

In conclusion, I will statethat we, small souls, are pro-grammed to be highly self-cen-tered, but most people don’trealise where their self-interestlies. It is in Vasudeva, who iseverything. (7.19) We mustrealise that we are small and, inthe ultimate sense, quite helpless,and it is in our best interest tosurrender to God. Regular sad-hana will take us there.

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Shri Krishna cast a magic spellover the minds of innumer-able people from all parts ofthe world, belonging to manycreeds and castes, who find

themselves impressed with one or theother feature of his magnificent per-sona and character. In the samestrain, the Jains in India were fasci-nated with Krishna’s grand persona,so much so that they recast thePauranic account of Krishna saga intheir own way, as befitting their ide-ologies. In this context, it seems per-tinent to note that in India, religioustradition flows through three majorstreams of thought — the Vedic orPauranic, Buddhist, and Jainism.

The latter two streams ofthought, however, originated anddeveloped in India outside the paleof Pauranic tradition, but their mainaim was confined to delineating andelaborating the theology and mythol-ogy surrounding popular Indiandeities, such as Shri Krishna or ShriRam, with the help of assigning dif-ferent features in their personaecharacter as suitable to their ideals.While pointing out three point ofviews on Krishna and His interactionwith the Jains, let’s not lose sight ofthe fact that from the very beginning,in India they emerged as an impor-tant section of Indian society and 8thcentury BC onwards have con-tributed a good deal of thoughtmaterial of Indian civilisation, whichis considered a substantial and gen-uine tradition of the Indian nation.

Similarly, the Jain tradition onKrishna holds great importance forunderstanding the arch-type ofKrishna concept. It is found that theJains not only included the Krishnaconcept within their religious fold,but also some other cults and beliefsin their own sect. According tosome, the Jains were averse to theencounters of pastoral Krishna, forthey hardly talk about it, rather, theyrelish talking about the oldest tradi-tion on Krishna, which hails him asthe Lord of Dwarka and not GopalaKrishna. Further for knowing theJain tradition on Krishna, the Jainwork such as Jaina Harivansha andother Puranic works have to be tra-versed. These Jain works describe indetail the achievements of Krishnaand name him not Krishna butVasudeva, as is common practicewith the Bhagavatas.

Similarly, the Jains’ other descrip-tions of Krishna’s forefathers, Yadavas,and his last days on Earth are inagreement with those of the Puranas,likewise, most of the childhoodencounters of Krishna almost findsimilar versions in the Jain sources.For instance, the Jains also treatBaladeva or Balaram as Krishna’sbrother and helpmate. The Jains,

however, preserve different lists ofKrishna’s ancestors and descendants.Besides this, even distorted version ofKrishna’s exploits as given in theMahabharata and the Puranas istraceable in the Jain sources.According to the Jains, Jarasamdha’skiller is Krishna and not the Pandavabrother Bhima; Krishna used toremain disgusted with the Pandavasand for that reason they were forcedby him to leave Hastinapore andmade to settle far off in south. TheJain sources similarly speak different-ly about Krishna’s killer, who was ananonymous fowler according to thePuranas, but according to the Jains,he was Jarakumar or Jarakumar andhappened to be Krishna’s half broth-er and a Yadava prince like him. Hereit seems that the idea of an anony-mous hunter killing a God could notbe acceptable to the Jains, so theyinvented an idea of the killer ofKrishna of equal royal rank and sta-tus as that of Krishna. BesidesBalarama, Krishna’s other nine broth-er are referred to by the Jains alongwith their father, who is named asAndhaka-Vrishni.

With this general note on thetransference and innovations inKrishna’s personae by the Jains, itmay be added that the Jains have pro-vided us a peculiar type of informa-

tion on Krishna tradition with whichthey became conversant and fascinat-ed. So much so that they could notdesist themselves from includingKrishna and his brother among their63 great personages of the era whomthey cherish with great respect andhonour. Shri Krishna finds the lastposition in their list of great person-ages, whom they call “ShalakaPurushas”. They know him asVasudeva Keshava, the son ofVasudeva. Besides, in Jain tradition,Krishna’s 10 forms or incarnations arealso popular along with the notionsof cowherd Krishna in passing.Moreover, it is interesting to note thatthe Jains not only agree upon treat-ing their first Tirthankara as LordVishnu’s great avatara, but evenrecast the biography of the 22ndTirthankara Arishtanemi on the pat-tern of Krishna Saga and declaredhim as the famous prince of Krishna’sYadava clan and as being related tohim as his cousin. The Jains also treatKrishna’s Preceptor Ghorangirasa asin the Bhagvata tradition on Krishna.

As a preacher of Gita, Krishnafinds a cherished position in the Jaintradition. Among other features of theJain tradition on Krishna, His role asthe Lord of Dwarka or Raivataka ismost endearing to the Jains. Theyabstain from associating Krishna

with Mathura and Vrindavan and nei-ther cherish him as Bala Krishna orGopala Krishna, rather are fond ofcalling him by the title “destroyer ofthe vanity of many powerful andproud ones like the wrestlers Charuraand Kamsa”. The Jains also admireKrishna as the destroyer of Putana,Shakuni bird, vicious bull, and Kaliya.

With regard to the other featuresof Jain ideology and notion onKrishna, it may be also stated that asthey have included Shri Krishnaamong their 63 personages of highhonour, it proves that they lookupon him as the great and nobleKshatriya prince, who according tothem, was a representative of theninth black Vasudeva and alwaysaccompanied with white Vasudevawho was Baladeva. The Vasudevas, inalliance with the Baladevas, who arealso held by the Jains to succeed over-powering the Vishnudvishas who inKrishna’s case is Jarasamdha and notKansa. The Jains also know Krishnaas having multitude wives number-ing 16,000. The Jains also knowKrishna as the son of Vasudeva, whohad two wives Devaki and Rohini.Besides Baladeva or BalaramaKrishna is said to have anotheryounger brother, Gajasukumar.

Summing up the Jain traditionon Krishna, it can be ascertained thatassigning him the role of the ninthVasudeva and one of the 63 ShalkaPurushas, the Jains — although hav-ing their rich theological tradition —could not overlook Shri Krishna’smanifold personae-features so muchso that they included him amongtheir great persons who were worthyof their worship and honour, andalso assigned him equal status nextto that of the Tirthankara. This Jaincontribution towards Krishna con-cept goes to prove that Krishna’sappeal was not only confined to thefollowers of the Vedic-Brahmanictradition, but spread beyond amongthe non-Brahmanic believers anddevotees belonging to other schoolsof thought and discipline like theJains or others.

Besides accepting Krishna as oneof the nine Vasudevas, the Jains lib-erally extend their support to the viewwhich accepts Krishna as belongingto the status of the great chieftains ofthe age, and one who had obtainedsupreme glory and was very kind-hearted. Concluding the discussionon Krishna’s interaction with theJains, let us repeat verbatim theirbelief that “Shri Krishna would appearin the form of future 12th Tirthankaraof the next world-period along withother members of his family like hisparents, brothers who will alsoachieve similar position”.

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India recently witnessed the quin-quennial festival of democracy —the General Elections. Democracy

has empowered people with choice. Itis the right and responsibility of eachcitizen to vote. Almost all systemscome with inherent faults, and it is ourduty to reduce the faults and increasethe efficiency of the system.

So-called equality: The common peo-ple vote to elect the next Government.Every vote counts and adds or subtractschances of winning or losing the elec-tion. Candidates who receive maxi-mum votes come to power. The votesof learned and ignorant are given equalpreference. In a society where alongwith the innocent population, there arepeople like criminals, hate-mongers,addicts, abusers, debauchees, how canwe expect them to cast their vote forthe Government which will act in adirection they may not like? It is likean insincere student wishing to havea strict class teacher. Generally, this cat-egory of people will try to find a leaderwho matches their narrative of life.Spirituality teaches people to sober upin life and helps them overcome theirnegative habits. Such trained populacecan definitely give better candidates,who can represent them and do bet-ter for society.

Populist measures: People go by whatis good for their immediate future thanlong-term benefits. The populist mea-sures corrode the economy in terms ofinvestment in wrong things, burden onfinancial institutions like banks,degrades the attitude of people whoalways want to take from the state than

making contributions, make themlazy and always waiting for such kindof largesse. Spirituality teaches us tolook beyond the immediate good.Austerity, which is an integral part ofspirituality, is about voluntarily givingup certain pleasurable things for bet-ter spiritual prospects. Spiritualityteaches that we are eternal beings,atman, and spiritual happiness comeswhen we disengage our senses fromflickering pleasures of this world to theservice of God. In this way, peopleexperience higher inner bliss and theyare able to develop distaste for imme-diate pleasures, which often rob peo-ple of their valuable health, wealth, andcharacter. Such people won’t go fortemporary populist measures, but willsee the greater, long-term good for all.

Casteism: Parties place their candi-dates based on the caste arithmetic,

considering where they can have win-ning candidates based on the caste ofthe mass population in that region. Insuch attempts and in the heat of elec-tions, unnecessary communal tensionsare aroused by provocative speeches ofthe leaders, which contribute to build-ing fault lines between various castesand communities. Atman is beyondany physical conceptions of body likecaste, religion, or nationality. Spiritualpeople identity unity among thisexternal diversity on the spiritualplatform. This unity helps them giveup external differences.

Winning chances than performance:While selecting candidates, manytimes, the winning ability is prioritisedover performance capability and char-acter assessments. Even criminals gettickets to fight elections if they havea higher chance of winning. Scripturesare torchlights which highlight what thedesirable traits are and what aren’t. Thetorchbearer of truth can’t be deceivedby criminals hiding within the system.

Shifts in ideologies: Opportunismtrumps ideological integrity. Peopleshift their ideologies for desirableperks. Voters get deceived if after theelections, elected candidates switch toor align with the parties with oppositeideology. Spiritual people don’t haveegoistic hollow attachments to their ide-ologies, but they have reasons forthings they value as sacred. In this way,spirituality can definitely help strength-en the democratic system for the ben-efit of the people in general.

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The United States ofAmerica is a liberal nation

par excellence and with theTrump regime, there has beenan awesome impetus given tothe Global War on Terror(GWOT). It was then PresidentGeorge Bush, who initiatedthe now extant terminologywith the flock of the neo-con-servatives, and the PNAC(Project on New America)GWOT group.

In academia, there are twinterminologies which holdmuch water in the context ofboth the global terror and theSouth Asian and West Asianvisage of cross-border terror-ism. The formulation com-prises the idea of the suppres-sor state which aids, abet andimposes terror modules on arecipient suppressed state.Another facet includes thecanny nomenclature of superterrorism which includes adeft utilisation of the nodes andinternodes of the suppressedstate. This terror methodologyrefers to the idiom that nodescan be construed as the urbancentres, shopping malls alongwith the energy depots in anyreceptacle nation. On the otherhand, the internodes are thevast swathes of highways, rail-ways and air routes which con-nect these sequestered nodes ofpopulation and attendant infra-structure.

Thus, terrorists world overnow utilise the state infra-structure to randomise the lifeand support systems of civili-sational hubs and Defensefacilities in India and SouthAsia, both being the stapletargets of jehadi terrorism.

The manner in which theUnited States, the UnitedKingdom and France have ablysustained India’s impetus toenlist Jaish-e-Mohammad chiefMaulana Masood Azhar as aglobal terrorist speaks volumesabout the success of NewDelhi’s counter-terror diplo-macy with the recently consti-tuted United Nations SecurityCouncil Resolution No. 1267

Committee at the UnitedNations. Thus, the long Frenchleave of the terror mongers hasbeen curtailed by the UnitedNations. Even peacenik nationshave to absolve themselves ofthe globally infused guilt ofbeing hard nosed with the ter-ror mongers in their infestedterrains and populations. TheUnited States issued a muchneeded warning to PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khanduring the Pulwama incidentwhich enervated Rawalpindiand Islamabad and securedblink quick release of WingCommander Abhinandan inthe throes of a dogfight.

There was a time in theearly nineties that then USAssistant Secretary of State forSouth Asia Robin Raphaelwould ask India while visitingNew Delhi about the imaginedtheme of human rights abusesby the Indian security forces inSouth Asia. Since the advent ofthe present world politics, thetide has turned the other way.Now, President Trump calls theIndo-US relationship as the

most prized and special rela-tionship and both the nationsare moving towards full-fledged alliance. Specially in thecontext of counter-terror coop-eration, both the nations haveattempted a clearly delineateddefinition of terrorism andsought recourse to the UnitedNations mechanism.

The UN mechanism com-prises aiding the less resourcedand developing nations in tech-nology and training in the waragainst terror. As an attendantfact, in the aftermath of theSeptember 11 attacks, nationsare required to submit anannual report to the UNSecurity Council in order tomonitor the still evolving glob-al mechanism of counteringterror and its global machina-tion. The recent decision in theheady portals of the UNSecurity Council to list MasoodAzhar as a global terrorist isone of the initial mechanismsof the UN body aided byAmerican support to amelio-rate the concerns of New Delhi,especially in the aftermath of

the Mumbai terror attacks andthe recent outage on Uri andPulwama, and the Indianresponse in Balakot inPakistan. The impunity withwhich terror leaders such asHafiz Sayeed and MasoodAzhar roam around Pakistanmobilising jehad against theimagined Indian excesses hasalready been commented uponby scholars and media alike.Pakistan’s deep state has alwayscontested that its territory andresources are the hotbeds ofterror training. But facts speakotherwise. The US has beenpro-active with US Marinesattacking terrorist hotbeds inthe Af-Pak region with heavybombs termed as MOAB, themother of all bombs. The UShas delayed the selling ofweaponry to Pakistan on thecharges of sponsoring terrorand has always been followingthe diplomatic line of seekingand demanding qualified evi-dence from Islamabad that ithas not aided the terror drag-net in the region and in India.

The American legislation

COMCAST is another instanceof placing unprecedented pres-sure on Islamabad to disman-tle its terror infrastructure,primarily directed at India.Also, the US has initiated amove to invite India to play amore active role in the insur-gency ridden Afghanistan andwhat is required is a headyresponse by the Indian inter-locutors. Thus, countering ter-ror in a manner reflects theAmerican gumption and theIndian capacity to spread itsarms to the region with NewDelhi playing a global role intaking to task the terror machi-nation directed against India, inthe name of jehad for the Stateof Jammu & Kashmir.

Thus, the US also throughits new immigration policyhas outlawed illegal entry fromnations such as Pakistan to itshomeland, that is, Americanterritory; it is more than a sym-bolic impetus and a fillip to theIndian stance on counteringand targeting cross-border andother phoenix like ides of ter-rorism. There is a whole body

of counter-terrorism jurispru-dence which has been createdby the UNSC.

The entire counter-terrorjurisprudence involves theambit of the following fewUnited Nations SecurityCouncil Resolutions compris-ing the following UNSCResolutions: 1267(1999),1989(2011) and 2253(2015).

The United NationsSanctions Committee hasdeclared, “The entry specifiedbelow includes ISIL(Da’esh)and Al Qaida Sanctions amongthe list of individuals and enti-ties subject to the assets freeze,travel ban and arms embargoset out in paragraph 1 ofSecurity Council resolution2368 (2017), and adoptedunder Chapter VII of theCharter of the United Nations.”This is what the United Nationsofficial web release declares inits May 1, 2019 release.

The United NationsSecurity Council Resolutionno. 1267 passed in 2019explains its concerns as,“Recalling the relevant inter-national counter-terrorismconventions and in particularthe obligations of parties tothose conventions to extraditeor prosecute terrorists, strong-ly condemning the continuinguse of Afghan territory, espe-cially areas controlled by theTaliban, for the sheltering andtraining of terrorists and plan-

ning of terrorist acts, and reaf-firming its conviction that thesuppression of internationalterrorism is essential for themaintenance of internationalpeace and security.”

Thus, the feel of the UNcharter reverberates through-out the nomenclature and thelanguage of the UNSCResolution No. 1267.Afghanistan might be the cen-tre of the sanctions regime butthe extended overarch ofcounter-terror mechanismscomprise the terror spectaclespreadeagling across the Indianand South Asian region. Earlyon, the United States soughtirreversible action on thescourge of terror in South Asiaand India. The US office ofForeign Assets control hasincluded the name of a few ter-ror financial facilitators whichreflects the political will on thepart of the US to initiate adoughty mode of combatagainst the global terror infra-structure. The argument thatIndia is provoking a war by iso-lating Pakistan is a dysfunc-tional approach, which onlyreflects the sympathy andempathy for the ministrationsof global terror and nothingmore.

(The writer teachesInternational Relations atIndian Institute of PublicAdministration, Delhi)

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Blocked from pursuing his polit-ical crusade in Spain’s parlia-

ment, the most prominent jailedleader of Catalonia’s separatistmovement is vowing to take his fightto the European Parliament.

The lower chamber of Spain’sParliament on Friday suspendedOriol Junqueras and three col-leagues from their recently gainedseats as national lawmakers becausethey are currently in jail during anongoing trial at Spain’s SupremeCourt. They face up to 25 years inprison for rebellion charges thatstem from a banned referendumand an independence declarationmade by the separatist-controlledCatalan government in late 2017.

But Junqueras is also runningfor the European Parliament inelections that take place on Sunday,and polls say that he and his formerboss, Carles Puigdemont, whounlike Junqueras fled the country toavoid arrest, have a high chance ofbeing elected.

Even so, the Catalan separatistsface several legal hurdles to besworn in as European lawmakers.

“The sole fact that a Europeanlawmaker and a candidate to thepresidency of the EuropeanCommission is a political prisonerof one of the European Union’smember states is a very powerfulmessage in favour of democracy,fundamental rights and freedomsnot only in Catalonia but in allEurope,” Junqueras told TheAssociated Press on Friday.

The Spanish Government has

repeatedly rejected the term “polit-ical prisoner” to refer to the prose-cuted Catalan separatists, pointingout that they were jailed by inde-pendent courts according to legal

provisions in the country.The Government also often

reiterates that political parties open-ly advocating for secession are legalin the country, but the only way to

achieve independence for a regionlike northeastern Catalonia is byreforming the country’s 1978 con-stitution, which currently prohibitsthe secession of a region unless all

Spaniards vote on it.Junqueras spoke via video con-

ference from a jail on the outskirtsof Madrid shortly before the wide-ly expected announcement that hewould be suspended as a Spanishlawmaker.

Speaker Meritxell Batetannounced that the governing bodyof the Congress of Deputies hadruled for the suspension in line withthe country’s criminal code, whichbans those indicted for rebellion orterrorism-related charges and inpreventive custody from holdingpublic office.

But the 50-year-old formernumber 2 of the Catalan regionalGovernment, who was previously aEuropean lawmaker between 2009and 2012, told AP that the suspen-sion in Spain doesn’t affect himbecause he was planning to give uphis seat anyway: Members of theEuropean Parliament can’t holdcertain public offices in their homecountries.

Junqueras is the lead candidatein the European elections of AhoraRepublicans, a coalition of a Catalanand other small regionalist partiesin Spain. Polls give it enough votesfor him to claim one of the 751 seatsin the chamber, but his possibilitiesto be sworn in are unclear given hislegal situation.

Junqueras said he hopes Spain’sSupreme Court will allow him totravel to the European Parliament inStrasbourg, France, for the openingsession in July. “For me, it will be apleasure to return to the European

Parliament,” he said, because thatwould allow him rejoin former col-leagues in the bloc’s assembly and“explain to them firsthand the deepinjustice that innocent people are inprison.”

If he succeeds in becoming aparliament member, Junquerasplans to launch a largely symboliccandidacy to become EuropeanCommission president as the con-tender for the European FreeAlliance, a grouping of small region-al and separatist parties from acrossEurope, including Scottish, Flemishand Corsican nationalists.

While Junqueras said that if hisattempt to become a European law-maker is blocked he will appeal it incourt, Puigdemont faces evengreater potential challenges to joinhim in the continental legislature.

According to an internal reportby the European Parliament’s legalservices that the AP has had accessto, Puigdemont would have toreturn to Spain to be officiallyincluded in the list of its electedEuropean lawmakers and therebyface arrest.

Despite the chaos caused by theBrexit referendum in the UK,Junqueras is not wavering in hisbelief that the solution to theCatalan question is a regional voteon independence.

Election results and polls indi-cate that the 7.5 million residents ofthe Catalonia region are roughlysplit down the middle by the seces-sion question. Junqueras and threefellow separatists from Puigdemont’s

conservative JxCat party were elect-ed last month to a new, fragment-ed Spanish lower house, along withanother colleague who won a seatin the Spanish Senate.

Spain’s Supreme Court grantedthem permission earlier this weekto attend — escorted by police —the opening parliamentary sessionsof the new legislative term. WhileJunqueras has made clear that hewants to give up his seat to anoth-er member of his left-wing separatistERC party, all eyes in Spain are on what the three JxCat politicianswill do.

Deciding to accept the suspen-sion but not giving up their seatsand leaving them empty wouldalter the number of deputies need-ed to form the next Spanish gov-ernment. Caretaker Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez’s Socialist party wonApril 28 national elections but fellshort of a majority and will needsupport to form a government.

When not attending trial as adefendant, Junqueras, a historian,says he spends his time at the Sotodel Real prison writing a collectionof stories for his son and daughter,who he estimates he has seen “a totalof 50 hours” since he was putbehind bars in November 2017.

“I tell (my children) that unfor-tunately we live in a country whereI can be put in jail,” Junqueras said.“My job consists precisely in ensur-ing that this doesn’t happen againand that my children don’t have togo through what their father has.”

Courtesy: AP

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school, grudgingly came asking me:“Why did you raise my hope when I wasnot destined to make it?” “My friend,when I talked about your potential, I alsosuggested a lesson in how to organiseyour mind. It would have helped improveyour focus, which you lacked badly. Also,I aided you in bringing down your men-tal aberration that often disoriented yourmind. Did you follow it in the rightearnest,” I countered. “Your process couldhave cost me at least half an hour everyday. My focus was on covering the subjectmatter as much as I could. I put in eightto nine hours a day. Yet, if I could notscore, would it not mean that I was notdestined for it,” he responded.

Remember, destiny plays a definiterole in one’s life, but it doesn’t necessari-ly define in finite terms how it mayexactly play out, as it can’t involuntarilybear fruits. Bear in mind: Destiny indi-cators are there as an indwelling poten-tial, just like a small seed carries withinthe essence of a fully grown tree. Keepthe seed on your table, it will remainthere in a still form. If, however, you

sow it in earth mass in a seasonfavourable to its fruition, and nurse it,the seed will first sprout and then growinto a full-fledged tree. As per the estab-lished norms of Astrology, three factorsneed to be accounted for while lookingat destiny pointers — kala, patra, andsamaya. Kala is the overall environmen-tal condition, which is available in equalproportion to all those competing withyou. Samaya offers the timeline whenyour individualistic destiny pointerscould bear fruits. Patra is about yourindividual worthiness and vulnerabili-ties, which matter the most in realisingyour potential. That defines how quali-tative or otherwise would be yourefforts. Invariably, unlike the negativesthat play out involuntarily from thefront, the positives need to be identified,acknowledged, honed and then backedby quality effort. Just physical effortwould not suffice, which you did put in.

Here, a brief run into the chemistryof mind becomes imperative. More thephysical labour you put in tilling theland, larger area you may cover. On thecontrary, a relaxed mind becomes moreproductive. That may, in the first place,offer ground to remain focused. You may

then be able to have a clear understand-ing of the subject matter. Second, it pro-vides space necessary to absorb educativeinputs. Third, it ensures proper coordi-nation between conscious and sub-con-scious levels of mind. Remember, allthat you learn, their impressions getparked at the sub-conscious level. Ifconscious and sub-conscious coordi-nate well, you may be able to recall allthe memory inputs in store of the latterin quick flashes, enabling you to cor-rectly answer questions at hand.

In the above context, let me put forththe mirror image of your potentials andvulnerabilities in the astrological frame.The Sun conjunct Mercury speaks ofyour high intelligence and very goodmemory power. Higher education(beyond graduation) is identified with the9th house. The 9th sign and cusp sub-lord Saturn occupies the 8th house, in thenakshatra owned by Mars, the 4th sub-lord posited in the 10th house, meaningprofessional education. Linkage of the 4thand 9th house promises higher educa-tion. Incidentally, Mars happens to be thelord of the 6th house identified with suc-cess in competition and 11th house signi-fying fulfillment of desires. So, in astro-logical terms, you carry the potential ofpursuing professional course. More so,

because Karmic Saturn has a harmoniousrelation with Mars identified with efforts.Saturn being in the 8th house, yourefforts may begin on a low note, but asyou gain momentum, you may finallysucceed in your endeavour. Now, towardsnegatives, the first marker is the Geminilagna with Moon therein, conjunct Ketuand opposite mischievous Neptune aswell as erratic Uranus. That speaks of afertile but vacillating mind, continuouslybreeding imaginary thoughts, more oftendistanced from ground realities, and alsoan erratic behaviour.

Mars crossing path with Uranusmakes you temperamental. Venus con-junct the Sun makes you emotionallytouchy whereby you get over-exercisedeven on trivial matters. The energieslost thus, and with your cluttered mindspace, you are not left with enough toput in your best towards the desireddestination. And the result is there tosee. Organise your mind, and I amsure you will make it.

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