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C ommuters passing through central and east Delhi on Tuesday had a harrowing expe- rience as a portion of Bhairon Marg caved in causing to mas- sive traffic snarls on all roads leading to the stretch. Blocked and barricaded, the small stretch that connects Mathura Road with Ring Road brought a major part of the city to a standstill. All major roads remained chock-a-block for most part of the day and a spillover effect was experienced on most arterial roads. Traffic especially in Central, North, East and New Delhi is expect- ed to move slowly as repair work will take around two weeks, said officials involved in repairing Bhairon Marg. “Massive road cave in on Bhairon Marg. Complete diver- sion of traffic coming from Ring Road to Mathura Road on Bhairon Marg till repair is done,” Delhi Traffic Police tweeted on Tuesday morning. As Bhairon Marg was closed for traffic movement and all vehicles were diverted to other roads, commuters complained of being stuck in traffic jam for hours at Geeta Colony flyover, Vikas Marg, Ring Road and NH-24. Bumper-to-bumper traffic was witnessed on Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Inner Ring Road) from Indraparstha Marg to Sarai Kale Khan Inter-State Bus Terminus. The cascading effect was seen on other roads includ- ing Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Sikandra Road and Indraprastha Marg. Long tailbacks were also observed on Barapullah Elevated road as well. Continued on Page 4 A series of apparently coor- dinated explosions ripped through Brussels airport and a city metro station on Tuesday, killing 34 people and wound- ing over 200, including an Indian woman, in the latest attacks on Europe by the dreaded ISIS which claimed responsibility for the carnage. The injured included two employees of the privately- owned Indian airline Jet Airways, and a Slovenian diplo- mat, although the authorities did not release his name. The explosions triggered a transport shutdown in the city that is home to the headquar- ters of both the EU and NATO. Flights, metro, tram and bus services were all suspended. Airports across Europe swift- ly announced they were boost- ing security, including in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Jet Airways cancelled all its flights to and from the Belgian capital till Wednesday. Major international train lines into Brussels, including the Eurostar, were suspended, while security was also beefed up at Belgium’s nuclear plants and at EU buildings in the French city of Strasbourg, home to the European Parliament. Belgium’s neighbours France, Germany and the Netherlands tightened border security after the attacks. Fourteen people were killed as two quick explosions took place in the country’s biggest airport just before 8 am in a departure area, breaking windows, furniture and machinery, leaving it looking like a war zone. Over 80 people were injured in the huge blasts, which trig- gered a panic run by hundreds of stunned passengers and staff from the airport building. Continued on Page 4 O n the heels of the merciless attack on dogs in the national Capital, Bengaluru witnessed a similar gruesome assault in which eight puppies were dashed to death by a woman. The accused woman, named Ponnamma, was on Tuesday arrested killing pup- pies on March 15. According to animal rights activists, Ponnamma killed the puppies to teach their mother, Ammu, a lesson for taking shelter on the drain near her house. Outraged by the mur- ders, Ponnamma’s neighbours filed a complaint with Cupa (Compassion Unlimited Plus Action) on March 17. Following which the organisa- tion registered a complaint against Poonamma. Giving details about the crime, KB Harish of CUPA said, “When we asked the woman why she killed the puppies. She said she wanted to teach a lesson to the mother dog for using a drain outside her house as a shelter.” According to her neigh- bours, Poonamma threw the puppies on a boulder. Ammu had given birth to the eight puppies in the drain. Seven of the eight puppies Poonamma dashed against a boulder died on the same day while the last one succumbed to the woman’s brutality the next day. The grieving 4-year-old mother Ammu is making aborting attempts to revive the puppies by nudging them, said the neighbours. The social media was abuzz with this ghastly incident. It trig- gered outrage in the city. It may be recalled that Kerala was also in the headline over the mass killing of dogs. Systematic culling and mass poisoning had been reported from various parts of the State. However, residents claim this is meant to curb the stray dog menace. E ven as Uttarakhand Police horse “Shaktiman” — who was brutely beaten by BJP’s Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi— recuperates from a fractured leg, a batch of his 20 colleagues are undergoing a gruelling three-month training at the ITBP academy near here to learn special skills of keep- ing protesters at bay during law and order duties. A contingent of 20 horses and 30 handlers from the Uttarakhand Police came from Dehradun in January to National Equine Training School at the forces’ Bhanu camp for learning special skills and techniques of crowd control, mob dispersal and patrolling in mountainous terrain. Officials said the police horses like Shaktiman were sent to the academy here on a request by the Uttarakhand Government to Union Home Ministry last year. He said the horses — Akbar, Sultan, Altamas, Naaz, Nawab, Neelam, Angoori, Raka, Mandakini, Diana and Julie among others — are around the same age group as 13-year-old Shaktiman and are being given special training to render duties in the hill State for effective upkeep of law and order duties. Continued on Page 4 T he political impasse in Jammu & Kashmir is head- ing towards a closure as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti is all set to become the first woman Chief Minister of the embattled State. She would be formally elected the legisla- ture party chief on March 24 in Srinagar, thus paving the way for her ascendance to the helm. The two-and-a-half-month- long stalemate ended in a brief meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mehbooba in New Delhi. The PDP chief described the meeting as “very positive and good” and main- tained she was “very satisfied”. Sources said that Mehbooba (56) has sent a mis- sive to all party legislators to assemble in summer capital Srinagar on Thursday. She will be formally elected the legisla- ture party chief, a pre-requisite to stake claim for the Government formation. “We are seeing a stalemate for last two to three months over Government formation in the State but today I am satisfied. I am very satisfied,” she told reporters after her meeting with the PM. Asked if the stalemate has ended, she said, “When you meet the Prime Minister of the country, naturally the solution to the problems faced by the people of Jammu & Kashmir is more clear”. Sources said that the oath ceremony would be held next week. “There is possibility that the oath will take place on March 29. No dates have been finalised though,” said a senior PDP leader privy with the developments. Continued on Page 4 New Delhi: Despite the terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go ahead with his scheduled visit to Brussels on March 30 for the 13th India-European Union Summit. While Modi, who will head to Washington from Belgium for the Nuclear Security Summit from March 31, condemned the attacks saying the news was “disturb- ing”, the MEA said there were no Indian casualties though a lady ground staff of Jet Airlines suffered some injuries. PNS Detailed report on P5 New Delhi: All Indian airports and metros sta- tions have been put on high alert after the ter- ror attack in Brussels. In a communication, the Central Government asked the State Governments and security agencies, including CISF, to beef up security at airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Instructions have also been given to tight- en security in metro networks in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bengaluru, official sources said. Meanwhile, Jet Airways on Tuesday said that it received security alerts for five flights from Delhi. “Jet Airways has received a security alert for five flights from Delhi. All flights are on ground and are being checked by security agen- cies at the respective airports,” the airline said in a statement. M adhya Pradesh Anti- Terrorist Squad (ATS) has detained two people in con- nection with the Ujjain hotel case where a bag containing explosives was left behind in a room at the hotel. The seizure of explosives on Sunday came a month ahead of the Simhastha Mahakumb Mela scheduled to be held in the ancient temple town of Ujjain next month. While talking to media persons here at the police head- quarters on Tuesday, Inspector General of Police (ATS) Sanjeev Shami said, "Sushil Mishra, who works in a private security agency, placed the bag in the hotel. Earlier, Sushil used to work in a mine in Ashoknagar from where he procured explosives. He was adept in handling explosives." Continued on Page 4 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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Tuesday had a harrowing expe-rience as a portion of BhaironMarg caved in causing to mas-sive traffic snarls on all roadsleading to the stretch. Blockedand barricaded, the smallstretch that connects MathuraRoad with Ring Road broughta major part of the city to astandstill. All major roadsremained chock-a-block formost part of the day and aspillover effect was experiencedon most arterial roads. Trafficespecially in Central, North,East and New Delhi is expect-ed to move slowly as repairwork will take around twoweeks, said officials involved in

repairing Bhairon Marg. “Massive road cave in on

Bhairon Marg. Complete diver-sion of traffic coming fromRing Road to Mathura Road on

Bhairon Marg till repair isdone,” Delhi Traffic Policetweeted on Tuesday morning.

As Bhairon Marg wasclosed for traffic movement

and all vehicles were divertedto other roads, commuterscomplained of being stuck intraffic jam for hours at GeetaColony flyover, Vikas Marg,

Ring Road and NH-24.Bumper-to-bumper traffic waswitnessed on Mahatma GandhiMarg (Inner Ring Road) fromIndraparstha Marg to Sarai

Kale Khan Inter-State BusTerminus. The cascading effectwas seen on other roads includ-ing Tilak Marg, Bahadur ShahZafar Marg, Sikandra Road

and Indraprastha Marg. Long tailbacks were alsoobserved on BarapullahElevated road as well.

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Aseries of apparently coor-dinated explosions ripped

through Brussels airport and acity metro station on Tuesday,killing 34 people and wound-ing over 200, including anIndian woman, in the latestattacks on Europe by thedreaded ISIS which claimedresponsibility for the carnage.

The injured included twoemployees of the privately-owned Indian airline JetAirways, and a Slovenian diplo-mat, although the authoritiesdid not release his name.

The explosions triggered atransport shutdown in the citythat is home to the headquar-ters of both the EU and NATO.Flights, metro, tram and busservices were all suspended.Airports across Europe swift-ly announced they were boost-ing security, including inLondon, Paris, Frankfurt andAmsterdam.

Jet Airways cancelled all itsflights to and from the Belgian

capital till Wednesday.Major international train

lines into Brussels, including theEurostar, were suspended, whilesecurity was also beefed up atBelgium’s nuclear plants and atEU buildings in the French cityof Strasbourg, home to theEuropean Parliament.

Belgium’s neighboursFrance, Germany and theNetherlands tightened bordersecurity after the attacks.

Fourteen people werekilled as two quick explosionstook place in the country’sbiggest airport just before 8 amin a departure area, breakingwindows, furniture andmachinery, leaving it lookinglike a war zone.

Over 80 people were injuredin the huge blasts, which trig-gered a panic run by hundredsof stunned passengers and stafffrom the airport building.

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On the heels of the mercilessattack on dogs in the

national Capital, Bengaluruwitnessed a similar gruesomeassault in which eight puppieswere dashed to death by awoman. The accused woman,named Ponnamma, was onTuesday arrested killing pup-pies on March 15.

According to animal rightsactivists, Ponnamma killed thepuppies to teach their mother,Ammu, a lesson for takingshelter on the drain near herhouse. Outraged by the mur-ders, Ponnamma’s neighboursfiled a complaint with Cupa(Compassion Unlimited PlusAction) on March 17.Following which the organisa-

tion registered a complaintagainst Poonamma.

Giving details about thecrime, KB Harish of CUPAsaid, “When we asked thewoman why she killed thepuppies. She said she wanted to

teach a lesson to the motherdog for using a drain outsideher house as a shelter.”

According to her neigh-bours, Poonamma threw thepuppies on a boulder. Ammuhad given birth to the eight

puppies in the drain. Seven ofthe eight puppies Poonammadashed against a boulder diedon the same day while the lastone succumbed to the woman’sbrutality the next day.

The grieving 4-year-oldmother Ammu is makingaborting attempts to revive thepuppies by nudging them, saidthe neighbours.

The social media was abuzzwith this ghastly incident. It trig-gered outrage in the city.

It may be recalled thatKerala was also in the headlineover the mass killing of dogs.Systematic culling and masspoisoning had been reportedfrom various parts of the State.

However, residents claimthis is meant to curb the straydog menace.

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Even as Uttarakhand Policehorse “Shaktiman” — who

was brutely beaten by BJP’sMussoorie MLA GaneshJoshi— recuperates from afractured leg, a batch of his 20colleagues are undergoing agruelling three-month trainingat the ITBP academy near hereto learn special skills of keep-ing protesters at bay during lawand order duties.

A contingent of 20 horsesand 30 handlers from theUttarakhand Police came fromDehradun in January toNational Equine TrainingSchool at the forces’ Bhanu

camp for learning special skillsand techniques of crowd control, mob dispersal andpatrolling in mountainous terrain.

Officials said the policehorses like Shaktiman weresent to the academy here on arequest by the UttarakhandGovernment to Union HomeMinistry last year.

He said the horses —Akbar, Sultan, Altamas, Naaz,Nawab, Neelam, Angoori, Raka,Mandakini, Diana and Julieamong others — are around thesame age group as 13-year-oldShaktiman and are being givenspecial training to render dutiesin the hill State for effectiveupkeep of law and order duties.

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The political impasse inJammu & Kashmir is head-

ing towards a closure as thePeoples Democratic Party(PDP) president MehboobaMufti is all set to become thefirst woman Chief Minister ofthe embattled State. She wouldbe formally elected the legisla-ture party chief on March 24 inSrinagar, thus paving the wayfor her ascendance to the helm.

The two-and-a-half-month-long stalemate ended in a briefmeeting between Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Mehboobain New Delhi. The PDP chiefdescribed the meeting as “verypositive and good” and main-

tained she was “very satisfied”.Sources said that

Mehbooba (56) has sent a mis-sive to all party legislators toassemble in summer capitalSrinagar on Thursday. She willbe formally elected the legisla-ture party chief, a pre-requisiteto stake claim for theGovernment formation.

“We are seeing a stalematefor last two to three months overGovernment formation in theState but today I am satisfied. Iam very satisfied,” she toldreporters after her meeting withthe PM. Asked if the stalematehas ended, she said, “When youmeet the Prime Minister of thecountry, naturally the solutionto the problems faced by thepeople of Jammu & Kashmir ismore clear”.

Sources said that the oathceremony would be held nextweek. “There is possibility thatthe oath will take place onMarch 29. No dates have beenfinalised though,” said a seniorPDP leader privy with thedevelopments.

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An extremely popular actorin the south film industry,

Karthik Jayaram made hisHindi debut with STAR Plus'sshow, Siya Ke Ram. The actorwas in Bhopal on Tuesdayafternoon to speak about hischaracter and the upcomingVanwaas track on the show.

While talking to mediapersons, he said, "The role ofRaavan is special to me.Rarely any actor gets a rolethat makes him go down inhistory. I take pride in everycharacter that I have playedand after being selectedamongst the 9,000 auditionsthis makes me very lucky.After I gave the audition Iwasn't expecting a call fromthe production house, butwhen I got selected, my joyknew no bounds."

On how he prepared him-self for the role, he said, “I amplaying the role of Raavan, Ithink that is enough only toimagine all the challenges thatcome along with this character.When the makers approachedme, they had specific guidelinesabout the way they wanted thecharacter of Raavan should

shape like. Ever since I wassigned for the role, I have been

undergoing rigorous training toget into proper shape, I've beengrowing my hair and beard aswell.”

One special thing aboutRaavan was that he was a self-proclaimed biggest bhakt ofLord Shiva and he used to dothe Tandava as well. “So,while I did actually had timeon hand before I begunshooting, I even took basicTandava classes to learn theart so that if and when I haveto shoot for it, it isn't new tome and I can easily pull it off,”he added.

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BHEL Ladies Club onTuesday celebrated the fes-

tival of colours on the theme‘Celebrate Holi but save water’,keeping in view the WorldWater Day. Holi Milan pro-gramme was organised at theclub in presence of ArunaYugandhar, President BHELLadies Club and Saroj Singh,Vice-president of the club.

Yugandhar in her addressthrowing light on the impor-tance of World Water Day saidthat we all should try to savewater. She further said that Holiis an auspicious festival whichbrings with it the message ogjoy, happiness and prosperity.

On this occasion variouscompetitions were organised inwhich Shelly Sinha and RatnaSharma were present as the

judges. Sumita Mishra won thefirst and Archana Sharma thesecond. Jaishree Soni coordi-

nated the programme andManisha Sharma proposed thevote of thanks.

Meanwhile, in a simpleprogramme held at BHEL,Bhopal TG Chouragade,

General Manager, WE, CS &HR presented certificates to 18executives of BHEL, Bhopalwho successfully completedthe two-day Internal Auditorstraining programme. BHEL ismoving towards acquiring ISO-50001 certification and in thisdirection the training was con-ducted. The certificates wereissued by consultant Ramesh CGrover, Director, Qualitygrowth services private limited.

Chouragade in his addresssaid that Energy conservationteam of BHEL is fully commit-ted in trying to get accreditedwith ISO-50001 certification.

On this occasion, RajeevSarna, AGM, EnergyExcellence Centre; Alok Johri,AGM & Co-ordinator ISO-50001; Mahesh Ekka,AGM,ELX and Rajesh Patil,DGM, Gas Plant were present.

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Governor Ram NareshYadav, Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in-charge Leader of Opposition inthe State assembly BalaBachchan, Public Relations,Energy, New and RenewableEnergy and Mineral ResourcesMinister Rajendra Shukla andother leaders of the State haveextended greetings and bestwishes to State’s people onHoli.

The Governor said thatHoli is the festival of coloursand enthusiasm. It inspires tomove ahead on path of devel-opment with love, brother-hood and unity.

The Governor hasappealed to people to celebrateHoli with enthusiasm and fer-vour with clean and healthysocial traditions.

In the presence ofGovernor Ram Naresh Yadav,Holi Milan programme will beheld at Raj Bhavan on March24. The Governor willexchange greetings and bestwishes of Holi with all visitors.

Chief Minister Chouhanhas extended greetings andbest wishes to people of the

state on Holi. Chouhan saidthat Holi is the symbol of richIndian heritage with special sig-nificance in Indian culture.

The festival inspires mean-ingfulness in life and commit-ment to serve people. It alsogives the message to moveahead in life with social har-mony sinking all differences.

Chouhan wishes thatpeople celebrate Holi withjoy, fervour and mutual affec-tion without harming envi-ronment.

In-charge Leader ofOpposition in the State assem-bly Bala Bachchan said, “Holifills our hearts with ecstasy andbonhomie, what I relish mostabout this wonderful festival isits role in promoting the tra-dition of 'unity in diversity' byeliminating all social and cul-tural barriers.”

Public Relations MinisterShukla has extended greetings

and best wishes to people of thestate on Holi. In his greetingmessage, Shukla said that sig-nificance of Holi lies in the factthat on this day all sort of socialdiscrimination comes to anend. This is the occasion whenall sections of society cele-brate festival cordially.

The Minister hasappealed to people to cele-brate the festival with har-mony, linking all differences.He wished for enthusiasm,fervour and happiness in peo-ple's lives. He appealed to cel-ebrate Holi with peace, har-mony and dignity.

BJP State president andMP Nandkumar SinghChouhan in his message on theoccasion said, “Such festivalsnot only promote the commu-nal harmony but also bringcheers and inculcate the fun-damental and eternal valuesamong the people as enshrined

in our ancient Indian Culture.”Madhya Pradesh Congress

Committee (MPCC) PresidentArun Yadav has also greetedthe people and wished that maythis festival bring happiness inthe lives of the public. He saidthat the colours of Holi willremove all evils and create anatmosphere of equality andharmony. He has urged peopleto observe this festival of har-mony and friendship harmo-niously.

Bhopal Mayor AlokSharma, Bhopal MunicipalCorporation Chairman SurjeetSingh Chouhan, Leader ofCongress Corporators group inBMC Mohammed Sagheer,Mayor in Council members,Alderman’s and all theCorporators of the State capi-tal have also extended greetingsand best wishes to the peopleof state capital on the festival ofcolours Holi.

Mayor Sharma in his mes-sage on the occasion said thatfestival of colours is the har-binger of joy, happiness and ful-fillment and wished that thejoyous festivities would infusein us a sense of compassion forour fellow human beings in thelives of the people.

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Body of a 20-year old youth,who had gone missing on

Sunday, was found near LowerLake under Jehangirabad policestation area on Tuesday; policeclaimed that the death occurredunder suspicious circum-stances.

According to police onTuesday a body was foundnear at Lower Lake and policewere informed after spottingthe body. A police teamreached the spot and startedfurther investigation.

Investigating Officer SIRajeev Thakur said that the inthe initial investigation thedeceased was identified asFaizu Khan who went missingon Sunday. Later his familylodged a complaint with theJehangirabad police after theyfailed to find him.

The deceased used to workas building painter and was aresident of Laxmiganj GallaMandi and on Tuesday he theleft house returned house butnever returned after whichfamily lodged a missing com-plaint.

After preliminary investi-gation the body was sent for thepost mortem a case under sec-tion 174 of the CrPC was reg-istered by the police. Duringthe investigation police foundthat the deceased married oneyear ago and separated from hisfamily.

On Tuesday his body wasfound floating near Khatlapuraarea at Lower Lake. The postmortem report is awaited andafter receiving it, the reasonbehind the death could beascertained.

Whether it was a suicide orthe deceased was killed, wouldbe investigated. The families ofboth the deceased and his wifewere not happy with the mar-riage which is seen as reasonbehind the death but still noth-ing could be said and would beinvestigated.

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Unidentified miscreantstargeted an electronic

shop and decamped with elec-tronic goods and �25000 cashfrom Govind Vihar underMP Nagar police station areaon Tuesday.

On Tuesday morningwhen employee of the shopwent to open the shop the lockswere found broken andinformed the owner of shopPrabod Verma was informedregarding the burglary. Thevictim rushed to the shop andfound that electronic goods andcash were missing.

Victim lodged a complaint

claiming that a laptop and�25000 cash were burgledfrom his shop UltimateServices which deals in pro-viding repair services of com-puter and laptops. The laptopburgled from the shop for duefor repair and belongs to acustomer.

After the preliminaryinvestigation the police haveregistered a case under section457 and 380 of the IPC.

Meanwhile, gold and silverjewelry worth �50000 wasstolen from Roshanpura underJehangirabad police stationarea on Tuesday.

According to the policethe victim Rajkumari Batham

had gone for some work andwhen returned the house wasfound ransacked and the valu-ables were found missing.

A complaint was lodgedwith the Jehangirabad police bythe victim. Victim claimed thatgold and silver jewelry worth�50000 were found missing inthe theft.

The police have registereda case under section 380 of theIPC and have started furtherinvestigation.

The victim is a housewifeand while leaving she had notlocked the door as she wasscheduled to return within ashort period of time.

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The second day under thecelebration of 40th

Foundation Day of IndiraGandhi Rashtriya ManavSangrahalaya was marked withinauguration of two exhibi-tions, annual lecture, Art andCraft and food delicacies apartfrom band performance andtribal dances of Nagaland onTuesday.

An exhibition on tattooculture of Nagaland, entitled as‘The Konyak’s: The Last of theTattooed Head-hunters’ wasinaugurated by formerDirector, KS Negi, ReenaDiwan, Phejing Konyak andthe photographer Peter Bos.

The Konyak’s: The Last ofthe Tattooed Head-hunters:The series of photographs cap-ture the vanishing tattoo tra-dition of the Konyak Nagatribe of Nagaland State, NorthEast India, also known as thehead-hunters, a body art thathas been practiced for genera-tions due to its relation withhead hunting. This visual artwas a form of beautification forthe wearer that marked the dif-ferent stages of the cycle of lifefrom boyhood to manhoodand from girlhood to woman-hood. Tattoos mark physicaljourneys and life events whichrepresents different messagesabout the tattoos and its wear-er.

IGRMS mounted this exhi-bition with support fromPhejing Konyak and the pho-tographer Peter Bos. PhejinKonyak is the great grand-daughter of a tattooed head-

hunter Ahon, who was one ofthe first interpreters duringthe ‘Diaries of Two Tours in theNaga Hills’ 1923 written by JHHutton, the first ethnographerto venture into the Naga Hillsduring the time of the BritishRaj.

Phejin lives in Shiyong vil-lage, Mon District, Nagaland,India. Peter Bos is a profes-sional portrait photographerfrom Eindhoven, TheNetherlands. He travels toremote corners of the world.His main focus is capturing theessence of unique cultures,through strong and movingportraits. His work method ispersonal; he submerges into thelocal society, establishes goodrelationships and has a one onone approach.

The Naagas- The Naga vil-lage is generally built on a com-manding features which quiteoften happened to be the top ofa hill – the selection of site waslargely influenced by consid-eration of defensive strategytheir traditional life revolvedaround the village. Naga danceand music are intrinsic part ofNaga life mostly eulogisingbravery, beauty, love and gen-erosity. It is full of vigour andvitality, Naga dancing is alwaysin a group.

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With an aim to promoteConcentrating Solar

Thermal (CST) Technologiesbeneficial to various industri-al sectors, Global EnvironmentFacility and United NationsIndustrial DevelopmentOrganisation (GEF-UNIDO)in partnership with theMinistry of New andRenewable Energy (MNRE)launched the project‘Promoting business modelsfor increasing penetrations andscaling up of solar energy’.

Under this project, a seriesof workshops and site visits arebeing organised to createawareness about the technolo-gy and its potential of applica-tion in the industrial sector.Wider participation and sup-port from industry was ensuredthrough close cooperation withthe State Nodal AgencyMadhya Pradesh Urja VikasNigam Ltd. (MPUVN) andConfederation of IndianIndustry (CII) for the work-shop and site visits to theRajeev Gandhi ProudyogikiVishwavidyalaya (RGPV) atAirport Road and the AnantSpinning Mills in theMandideep Industrial Area ofBhopal.

The RGPV campus show-cased the Cross Linear -Concentrating Solar Power(CSP) system innovated byProfessor Yukata Tamaura inRajeev Gandhi ProudyogikiVishwavidyalaya (RGPV) whilein the Anant Spinning Mills sitethe Parabolic Trough CST sys-tem was demonstrated.

The workshop focusing onpromotion of “CST technolo-gies for industries” provided aplatform to a large number of

senior industrial representa-tives in and around MadhyaPradesh to have open discus-sions with the consumers andmanufacturers of CST systems.

National Project Manager,UNIDO Anil Misra in his wel-come address demystified thebarriers associated with tech-nology adoption, and alsoshared details on the most

suitable solar thermal tech-nologies namely, ParabolicTroughs, Dish Collectors andLinear Fresnel systems.

Chairman, CII MadhyaPradesh State Council CPSharma in his remarksappealed that industry shouldcome forward to implementsolar technologies in their fac-tories because usage of Solar

Energy in industries is a sus-tainable and cost effectivemethod.

Principal Secretary,Madhya Pradesh andManaging Director, MadhyaPradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd.(MPUVN) Manu Srivastavaobserved that Solar Thermaltechnology promotion reach-ing industrial areas in MadhyaPradesh definitely indicatesthat the impetus in this area isgaining ground.

Convener – Energy &Environment Panel, CII MPState Council K Vaidyanathan,in his concluding remarksmentioned that investmentsin CST definitely makes a lot ofbusiness sense as ultimately oneis creating sustainability for theentire industry.

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Vendor meet for new andprospective vendors was

organised by MaterialsManagement group of SCRdivision BHEL Bhopal onSunday.

About 20 vendors fromdifferent parts of country par-ticipated. They discussedrequirements, expectations,apprehensions with respect tothe product and strategies withmaterial management and engi-neering groups of SCR divisionto meet the requirement ofshort delivery and quality mate-rial at competitive prices beingdesired by BHEL customers.

The meet was inauguratedby MS Kinra GM-SCR and HKNigam GM-MM. Kinra assuredall the participants that BHELtreats its vendors as business

partners to achieve the goal ofcustomer satisfaction. Heemphasized the need for greaterinteraction between BHEL andvendors to ensure quality mate-rial at optimum prices and atright time. Nigam assured ven-dors present all the possible helpfrom BHEL to establish theirproduct and meet customeraspirations. Convener of thevendor meet Ravi ShingwekarAGM (MM-SCR) emphasizedupon key factors of competitivepricing, short delivery cycle anddesired product quality. Heassured that BHEL will provideequal opportunity in an unbi-ased manner to all the vendors.

Technical presentationswere given by Rahul Grover,Rajesh Sharma while presen-tation on MM system and reg-istration process was deliveredby NK Malhan and Nitinrespectively.

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will conduct joint operationsagainst the illegal mining andits transportation. It has beendecided that those involved insuch illegal activities wouldface externment from the dis-trict.

Moreover, strict action willbe taken against them by can-celling their license of arms andseize their vehicles. This deci-sion was taken during themeeting by GwaliorCommissioner KK Khare.

In the meeting it has beendecided that the illegal trans-portation of minerals should bestopped and special checkingshould be conducted in future.On these check-posts, jointteams of police and forest depart-ments and district administra-tion would remain deployed. Itwas also decided that for inten-sifying the checking, new checkposts will start soon.

In the meeting, Chambalregion commissionerShivanand Dubey, IG GwaliorAdarsh Katiyar, Umesh Joga,Chief Forest ConservatorRajesh Kumar, Collector

Gwalior Sanjay Goyal andMorena Collector VinodSharma, Gwalior SPHarinaryan Chari Mishra,Morena SP Vineet Khanna,Forest Block Officer GwaliorVikram Singh Parihar, SAFCommandant along withGwalior and Morena districtsforest and Mining departmentofficers were present.

Gwalior commissionerKhare have deputed nodal offi-cer and instructed to stop theillegal mining and its trans-portation. District administra-tion and police will play theirrole when it is required.Chambal RegionCommissioner Shivanand andIG Adarsh Katiyar, Umesh Jogahas assured that police willcooperate to stop the illegalmining and its transportation.

Gwalior Collector SanjayGoyal said that the vehicleswhich are used in illegal min-ing should be seized and thestrict checking should be donealso for those vehicles whichare passing before and afterthese seized vehicles. He fur-ther said that those vehicleswhich are having illegal armsshould be seized under thearms act.

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Madhya Pradesh (MP) malehockey academy team

secured first runner up positionin the 79th All India ScindiaGold Cup held at Gwalior.

The matches were playedfrom March 11 to 19, 2016 atGwalior in which final matchwas played between PunjabNational Bank (PNB), Delhiand Madhya Pradesh. PNBDelhi won the match by 4-2goals, while the MP academy’splayers Nizamuddin and ArjunSharma scored one goal eachfor the team.

In the quarter final match,MP played against ONGCDelhi and the match was adraw with each team scoringtwo goals. In the match

Nizamuddin and VikasChoudhary scored one goaleach for MP. In the shootout,Vivek Sagar and VikasChoudhary scored goals whilegoal keeper Abdul Samadstopped four shootouts and MPteam won the match.

Similarly, semifinal matchwas also interesting. It wasplayed between Punjab andSind Bank, Jalandhar and MPacademy and the match was adraw with each team scoringtwo goals. The goals for theMP academy were scored byVikas Choudhary and NikkiKaushal. In the shootout,Abdul Samad stopped threegoals and led the team to vic-tory.

The MP Sports and YouthWelfare minister Yashodhara

Raje Scindia congratulated theacademy players. The Directorof Sports and Youth WelfareUpendra Jain also expressedhappiness in the achievementof the academy players.

The MP academy teamincluded Abdul Samad (goalkeeper), Shakir Hussain,Devesh, Nikki Kaushal,Mohammad Nizamuddin,Vivek Sagar, Arjun Sharma(captain), Mohan Mahor,Ameen Khan, Izhar Qureshi,Ravi Pache, Abhay Yadav, SohelZafar, Abhay Parihar, VikasChoudhary, Himanshu Sanik,Shahnawaz and Amit Rathore(goal keeper).

The players were trained byCoach Habib Hasan, LokendraSharma and technical advisorAshok Dhyanchand.

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From page 1However, Special

Commissioner of Police(Traffic) Muktesh Chander saidthat an SMS alert was issued

around 11 am specifying thata massive road cave-in hadhappened on Bhairon Margand traffic coming from RingRoad to Mathura Road is being

diverted.“Since the situation

remained the same throughoutthe day, there was no need toissue further alerts. We willcheck the status tomorrow(Wednesday) and issue SMSalerts accordingly,” he said.

From page 1Interestingly, the road had

caved in on Sunday as well butthe Public Works Department(PWD) had conducted therepairs. However, the roadcaved in again on Mondaywith a 20-feet crater-like holeappearing on the road. ThePWD said that it appears thata sewer line passing under thearea has collapsed leading tothe cave-in of the road. It fur-ther said that Delhi Jal Board(DJB) has to fix the samebefore the road can be repairedagain.

“We are trying to figure outthe reasons which led to thecave-in of the road and accord-ingly the repair work will start.It will take around 10-15 daysfor the repair work to be fin-ished,” said DJB CEO Keshav

Chandra.However, Special

Commissioner of Police(Traffic) Muktesh Chander saidthat traffic police are consult-ing with PWD to figure out thepossibility of using one lane ofthe other carriageway (fromMathura Road towards RingRoad) for reverse traffic.

“We can only confirm onWednesday if that can be done.But yes, we are consulting withPWD to explore the possibili-ty. It is the DJB and the PWDthat have to figure out how torepair the road and how longit will take. If they say it willtake 15 days, then it will takeminimum of that and we haveto come up with an alternativeplan. So we have asked them tolet us use one of the three lanesof the other carriageway,” hesaid.

From page 1The horses, unlike

Shaktiman who was withoutany body armour, are beingtrained by providing them par-tial body cover which isrequired to keep them safewhile rendering duties duringprotests and other similarpolicing duties when mountedpolice is called in to deal withprotests.

“The recent incidentinvolving Shaktiman is surelyat the back of the minds of thetrainers but every time theytrain a police horse, the aim isto make him stronger andsturdier than what they are,” theofficials said.

From page 1Authorities said a suicide

bomber was to blame for oneexplosion and that someonewas heard shouting in Arabicand open fire moments earlier.A Kalashnikov was later foundnear the body of a dead man.

The Army team blew up asuspect package at Brusselsairport, a journalist said, amidreports police had found anunexploded suicide vest aftertwo deadly bomb attacks.

An hour later, anotherexplosion shattered the middleof a three-coach train car at theMaalbeek Metro station, leav-ing the carriage in a heap ofmangled wreck with 20 deadand 55 injured, 16 of them crit-ically.

As the global community,including India, USA, UK andRussia rallied in solidarity withBelgium, Prime MinisterCharles Michel called it a“moment of tragedy” andblamed it on “blind, violent andcowards”.

He declined to link thebloodbath with the March 18arrest in Brussels of SalahAbdeslam, the suspect in theParis terrorist attack whichkilled 130 people in Novemberlast year.

Belgium’s Foreign MinisterDidier Reynders said authori-ties feared that suspectsinvolved in the deadly attackscould still be at large.

“The inquiry is still ongo-ing... Because we fear that peo-ple are still at large,” Reynderstold RTBF television after anews briefing in the Belgiancapital.

Indian Prime Minister

Narendra Modi said the terrorattacks were “disturbing” and“condemnable”.

Indian Embassy in Brusselsissued a travel advisory askingIndian nationals living or vis-iting it to exercise caution andremain alert, avoiding crowd-ed places. It said people couldseek help on phone numbers +32 2 64091 40, + 32 2 645 1850and + 32 476 748 575 and askedIndian nationals to share per-sonal whereabouts with closefamily members and friends atall times and keep in touch withthe Mission for necessaryadvice.

The Embassy in a tweetsaid Jet passengers stranded inBrussels are being shifted fromthe airport and that food andaccommodation are being pro-vided.

US President BarackObama condemned the “out-rageous” attacks saying theUnited States would do every-thing in its power to huntdown those responsible.

British premier DavidCameron tweeted that hiscountry would do “everythingwe can to help,” and announcedthat Britain’s COBRA securitycommittee would meet onTuesday.

Russian President VladimirPutin said the blasts “show oncemore that terrorism knows noborders and threatens peopleall over the world.”

French President FrancoisHollande said, “Terroristsstruck Brussels but it wasEurope that was targeted andall the world that is concerned.Today it is Belgium, yesterdayit was France.”

TV footages showed anumber of Indian passengersbeing evacuated from the air-port. Two Jet Airways planeshad arrived earlier in the dayfrom Mumbai and Delhi.According to Jet airways, twoof its cabin crew were injuredin the blasts, one of whom is anIndian woman.

Jet Airways said it quicklymoved guests and staff on thelandside at Brussels airportaway from the terminal andtransit guests in the terminalbuilding to hangers in coach-es.

Bollywood singer AbhijeetBhattacharya has said his wifeand son are stranded inBrussels, but he assured theyare safe. The singer’s family wason board a New York-boundJet Airways flight, which had astopover in Brussels.

“My wife and son are safebut stranded in Brussels.Initially they were not guidedwhere to go and what to do.Then by the time a thirdannouncement was made, theywere evacuated and taken tothe tarmac as it was the safestplace,” Abhijeet told PTI.

Witnesses said victims layin pools of blood at the airport,their limbs blown off. Therewere chaotic scenes as passen-gers fled in panic, with a thickplume of smoke rising from themain terminal building.

“A man shouted a fewwords in Arabic and then Iheard a huge blast,” airportbaggage security officerAlphonse Lyoura said, hishands bloodied.

“A lot of people lost limbs.One man had lost both legs and

there was a policeman with atotally mangled leg.”

Hundreds of people fledthe airport building, some withblood on their faces. Firstreports said the blasts were cen-tred at the American Airlinescheck-in desk. The false ceilingin the building came crashingdown.

Pictures showed the ter-minal windows blown out fromthe force of the explosion andplumes of smoke rising highinto the sky. Video also showedterrified passengers running fortheir lives out of the terminal.

Interior Minister JanJambon announced thatBelgium’s terror threat hadbeen raised from three to amaximum of four, and thecountry’s national securitycouncil was due to meet.

Residents were told to “staywhere you are”, while DeputyPrime Minister Alexander DeCroo urged people to avoidmaking calls to stop the city’smobile networks getting satu-rated, and to communicatewith online messages instead.

Meanwhile, Belgianauthorities urged the media torefrain from reporting on theprobe into triple bomb attacksafter some said raids wereunder way in the city.

“The federal prosecutornotes that certain journalistsare reporting informationabout the investigation underway,” a statement said.

“The federal prosecutorurges the Press to immediate-ly refrain from conveying infor-mation relative to the investi-gation so as not to harm theinquiry,” it said.

From page 1Sources said that

Mehbooba is likely to repeatthe Council of Ministers thatworked with her late father.“The party has not discussedthese matters yet. Such discus-sions will be held after March24”, the leader said.

The Government forma-tion was hanging in the balanceafter Mehbooba exhibitedreluctance to take oath follow-ing the demise of her fatherMufti Muhammad Sayeed onJanuary 7. Mehbooba was seek-ing commitment from theCentral Government on thetime-bound implementationof the Agenda of Alliance,even as she described it as adocument carved in stone. TheAgenda of Alliance was inkedbetween Modi and MuftiMuhammad Sayeed before theformation of PDP-BJP coalitionon March 1, 2015.

Mehbooba, however,nursed a grudge that her fatherwas not treated well by theCentral Government. Sherefused to step into her father’sshoes without guarantee on thetime-bound implementationof the agenda. Even as BJP con-sistently maintained that it hadno issues with Mehbooba’s ele-vation to the top seat, thealliance seemed to be on asticky wicket last week after thePDP chief ’s meeting with herBJP counterpart Amit Shah.

BJP general secretary RamMadhav said that the party wasnot willing to form theGovernment with PDP on con-ditions. The situation was,however, reversed afterMehbooba’s meeting with thePM on Tuesday morning.

“The future course of

action regarding governmentformation would be decided atthe legislature party meetingscheduled for March 24”, PDPspokesman Mehboob Beg said.

“Following the sad demiseof our leader MuftiMohammad Sayeed, the PDPhad authorised the party pres-ident Mehbooba Mufti to takea call on the party’s futurecourse of action vis-à-visGovernment formation andher meeting with the PrimeMinister today and with BJPpresident Amit Shah earlier waspart of the same process,” Begsaid terming the meeting as“very positive”.

He said Mehbooba wouldbrief the legislators about herdeliberations with the PrimeMinister. “The party wouldannounce its future course ofaction and the next step afterits legislature party meetingwhich is the proper forum totake a call on such issues,” hesaid.

Ram Madhav said that theissues related to Governmentformation would be discussedin a meeting of PDP and BJPlegislators. The joint meetingwill be held after Mehbooba’selection as legislature partychief.

Meanwhile, the NationalConference asked the PDP andthe Prime Minister’s Office tocome clean on what demandswere made by Mehbooba as apre-requisite for Governmentformation in the State andwhat concessions, if any, weregranted in the meeting with thePrime Minister

Former Chief Minister andNational Conference workingpresident Omar Abdullahaccused Mehbooba of opting

for power and not principleswhile deciding to re-align withthe BJP.

“It’s becoming increasing-ly clear that in the choicebetween principles & powerMehbooba has opted forpower”, Abdullah tweeted.

“The PDP must comeclean & let people know whatconcessions Mehbooba soughtfrom the PM & what assur-ances, if any, she received fromhim,” Omar said in a series oftweets.

“It’s not enough for her tocome out from meeting the PM& say she is satisfied. Her sat-isfaction is immaterial if she leftempty handed,” Omar said.

Pradesh CongressCommittee president GA Mirsaid that people and politicalparties in the State need toknow as to what transpired in“secret” meetings between thePDP and the BJP which seemready now for continuing theiralliance.

“Government formationbetween the PDP and the BJPis good but on which condi-tions and new things the PDPseems to be ready to continuethe alliance. They must explainto the people and political par-ties here,” Mir said.

“Why did the PDP delaythe Government formation forover two months when theparty is ready to worship the“sacred” document of Agendaof Alliance on which theywanted assurance and time-frame form their coalition part-ner,” he said.

Legislator and CPI(M)state secretary MY Tarigamisaid that even as alliancebetween the PDP and the BJPwas intact all the time, yet itscontinuance does not provideanything new to celebrateabout.

From page 1"Ashish Chandel, who is

posted as constable with IndoreLokayukta Police, master-minded the plot with the inten-tion of fixing some of his col-leagues. Both have beendetained," he said.

Shami said that 2.77 kg ofexplosives, 25 detonators and a60 metre-long wire were alsoseized. Besides, a fake Aadhaarcard made in the name ofSajish Khan was also seized.The Aadhaar card was made inthe same name which wasused for the SIM card used bythe culprits.

In response to a query, theIG said the incident was notrelated to Simhastha and therewas no terror angle. On thetransportation of explosivesdespite tight security arrange-ments in the temple town, hesaid the accused were involvedin quarrying. Therefore, it wasnot difficult for them to trans-port the material.

Earlier on Monday IGShami in his official statementclaimed that there were threesuspects and when he wasquestioned regarding the thirdsuspect he said that he wasreleased as nothing suspiciouswas found about him in theinvestigation.

The details of the victimswhich were targeted by theaccused were not revealed byShami when questions of theidentity of the victims wereraised.

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Banks are undertaking vari-ous works continuously in

Mela area for Simhastha to beheld from April 22 to May 21at Ujjain. During the period,facilities including ATM,Mobile ATM, debit cards, pointof sale machines, coin dis-penser machines and foreignexchange will be provided. Forthis, banks are constructing e-galleries on plots allotted tothem.

Bank of India has startedconstruction of its e-gallery atKhak Chowk in MangalnathZone.

E-galleries will have sev-eral specialities like ATM,deposit machine, coin dis-penser machine etc. Bankingservices will be provided todevotees by 20 banks in Melaarea, which also has 12 mobileATMs. In entire Mela area, 35ATMs will be set up. Similar

number of ATMs will beestablished in Mela's adjoin-ing areas l ike Mahakal,Harsiddhi, Kal Bhairav, Bhairavgarh,Ramghat etc.

In view of Simhastha,Family Heritage Walk was heldat Ksheer Sagar ground atUjjain on January 24 and cyl-cothon on January 26. InFamily Heritage Walk, 6300persons had walked 2 kms.Similarly, cylcothon was heldon 67th Republic Day onJanuary 26.

The cyclists carrying mes-sage 'Green Ujjain-CleanUjjain' had cycled throughmajor roads in Ujjain cityupto Kartik Mela ground. Forboth these events, GoldenBook of World Records hadissued provisional certificates.After witnessing video-recording, committee ofGolden Book of WorldRecords has officially con-firmed breaking of record.

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As many as �6,438.55 croreincluding principal and

surcharge, were pendingagainst defaulters of UttarHaryana Bijli Vitran Nigamand Dakshin Haryana BijliVitran Nigam till December2015 in the State.

In reply to a question,Transport Minister KrishanLal Panwar informed theHouse that for recovery ofoutstanding amount in ruralareas, it was decided that prin-cipal amount of the old arrearswould be recovered from theconsumers in five regularinstallments along with currentbills.

After paying the last billand installment, the entire sur-charge amount would bewaived off, he added. TheMinister informed thatdemand for power in the stateduring summer was between7,000 and 9,000 MW, and inwinter, it was between 3,000and 6,300 MW. Presently, theState has availability of10,082.83MW power from allsources. 6,294.78MW is pur-chased by Haryana from 46companies, said he.

Panwar also apprised theHouse that the CentralGovernment had recentlylaunched a new scheme, name-ly ‘UDAY’, to bail out powerdistribution companies. Underthis scheme, the governmentwould take over 75 per cent ofthe debt and would help thembreak even within two years.

Haryana proposes com-mon facility centre

Haryana Government hasproposed to develop a commonfacility centre at a cost of�1,687.28 lakh with the assis-tance of the CentralGovernment and IndianPlywood Industries Researchand Training Institute,Bengaluru.

Haryana IndustriesMinister, Capt Abhimanyuwhile replying to a question inthe State Assembly on Tuesdaysaid that with a view to facili-tate about 100 plywood indus-trial units in districtYamunanagar, it has been pro-posed to set up a commonfacility centre. He alsoinformed the House that underthe Enterprises PromotionPolicy-2015, emphasis hadbeen laid on the developmentof micro, small and mediumindustries, which included theplywood industry ofYamunanagar.

The Minister said that areport regarding the plywoodindustry of Yamunanagar hadbeen prepared.

Reiterating that the StateGovernment is laying empha-sis on modernisation of the ply-wood industry ofYamunanagar, the Ministerinformed the House that theseunits met 50 per cent of thetotal demand of the country.

Haryana to deputeayurvedic and dental doctorin all PHCs

Haryana Government hasdecided to depute one medicalofficer, one Ayurvedic medicalofficer and one dental doctor inall PHCs in rural areas of thestate. Speaking in the House,

Health Minister Anil Vij admit-ted that there is a shortage ofdoctors in health institutions. Hesaid that a survey of dilapidat-ed buildings of the heath centersand hospitals in all districts isbeing conducted so as to getthese repaired at the earliest.

Vij added that biometricattendance system would beinstalled in all hospitals toensure the presence of doctorsand para-medical staff.

Govt. to look into fundsmisappropriation in con-struction of toilets

Stating that �10,024.38lakh have been spent on con-struction of IndividualHousehold Latrines (IHL) inthe rural areas of all 21 districtsunder the ‘Swachh BharatMission (Gramin)’ fromOctober 2014 to March 10,2016, Haryana Developmentand Panchayats Minister OPDhankar said that a baselinesurvey to prepare the details ofhouses without toilets would beconducted again in Haryana.

Responding to the demandof vigilance inquiry by INLDMLA Zakir Hussain into thealleged scam of high expendi-ture on construction of toilets,Dhankar said departmentalinquiry would be conductedand baseline survey wouldagain be conducted.

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With a few days left for thecrucial floor test, Chief

Minister Harish Rawat trainedhis gun on the Centre again onTuesday, saying that the Statehas been grappling with fundcrunch because of the 14thFinance Commission recom-mendations.

“We are currently incur-ring a loss to the tune of �1400crore annually and if you add10 percent annual increment itwould be around �1700 croreper annum,” he said while talk-ing to the media.

To buttress his claim, CMcited Economic Survey reportand Finance Minister ArunJailtley’s letters. Jaitley hadwritten, as per CM’s claim, thatthe fund transfer toUttarakhand was �5,997 crorewhich is marginally less than�7,402 crore released toUttarakhand during 2014-15.

CM further said that hewas revealing things because ofthe tricky situation theGovernment was in. “Earlier,we vowed to release a whitepaper on the quantum ofCentral assistance,” he said.

Refuting the BJP allegationof the State Government fail-ing to draw money because ofits failure to submit utilizationcertificates, he said the real sit-uation is different. “Being atthe helm of things, I wouldcontinue to raise the issue ofthe State’s deprivation,” hesaid.

He said that he was readyto sacrifice anything if that iswhat is required to serve theinterests of the State.

Countering the allegation

of the nine dissident CongressMLAs Vijay Bahuguna, HarakSingh Rawat, Subodh Uniyal,Amrita Rawat, Shaila RaniRawat, Shailendra MohanSinghal, Umesh Sharma Kauand Kunwar Pranav SinghChampion, CM said he haddone his best to bring aboutdevelopment in their Assemblyconstituencies since February1, 2014-the day he became theCM.

Giving details regardingSitarganj—former CMBahuguna’s constituency, CMsaid that he had completedseveral works started by hispredecessor. “For instance, aroad has been constructedlinking Shaktifarm with SIID-CUL, ISBT, and Polytechnic.There are several others too,”he said.

Referring to Harak SinghRawat’s constituencyRudraprayag, CM Rawat saidthat a nursing college and anagriculture college had beenconstructed in his village.“This aside, a sainik collegecame up there too. We allo-cated �43 crore for the devel-opment works in his con-stituency,” he said.

The same is true aboutKedarnath, the constituencyof MLA Shaila Rani Rawat, CMsaid, adding that he had inau-gurated works worth �172crore in Kedarnath.

“We have done a lot forMLA Champion’s constituen-cy,” CM said, adding that hehad allocated Rs three crore forGanga Canal. “Narendranagar,the constituency of anotherrebel party MLA SubodhUniyal, has seen developmenttoo,” CM said.

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Reacting sharply to the ChiefMinister Harish Rawat’s

allegation of the BJP MLAsrequesting him to build thesmart city over the tea estate,State BJP chief spokespersonMunna Singh Chouhan said onTuesday that CM is misleadingthe people while flauntinginnocence.

He said it was true that theBJP leaders had written a let-ter to CM in 2014, asking himto take initiatives to free thecity from traffic congestion.“We are for smart city and weasked him to develop it some-where outside the city by wayof retrofitting. We never saidthat it should be built on the teaplantation. It is clear that theembattled CM is trying toshrug off his responsibility byputting the blame on BJP,” hesaid.

Chouhan reiterated that hisparty would not allow theState Government to get awaywith the land scam. “Taking

advantage of the smart cityproject, they have cleared theland dispute involving the teaestate that was as old as 40years. The area is spreadover1100 acres and it is wortharound Rs 3000 crore at currentmarket price. All the successivegovernments tried to vacatethe land from the occupationof Doon Tea Company (DTC).However, during this regime,SDM court has given its rulingin favour of DTC and againstthe State Government. In thisscenario, the incumbent DMsought permission from theState government to take theruling to Garhwal commis-sioner’s court, but the StateGovernment instructed him tobe idle. Even they did not both-er to challenge SDM court’s rul-ing in High court or SupremeCourt,” Chouhan said.

“Things are intriguing asthe State government foughta case in the High Courtagainst a person who had ashop in MCD-owned land ille-gally. Similarly, the State gov-

ernment took to the HighCourt a case of a GramPradhan who had allegedlyembezzled �29,000. Butstrangely enough, the samepro-active government decid-ed to keep a low profile regard-ing the DTC case,” he said.

The BJP leader further saidthat the State government hadlost the case against DTC onOctober 19 and they pur-chased the land by payingDTC Rs 500 crore for the con-struction of smart city. “Wewould continue to protestagainst the smart city dealunless and until the StateGovernment brings the landunder its ownership. Theyshould be active to have theruling vacated,” Chouhan said.

Referring to CM’s allega-tion on mining lease, he saidwhen the BJP legislature Party(BLP) had brought adjourn-ment motion in the House onMarch 17 against illegal min-ing CM Rawat had threatenedthem to spill the beans, land-ing BJP in trouble. “BJP MLAshad dared CM to take strin-gent action against the accusedwhoever they are. We are chal-lenging him again to initiateaction against those involvedin the menace, irrespective oftheir political affiliation. Wewant him to name them,”Chouhan said.

However, in the samebreath, he said that CM shouldstop being verbose on the issueif it is mere blackmailing he isindulging in.

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Despite the terror attack,the Ministry of External

Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday saidthere is no change in plan ofPrime Minister NarendraModi’s scheduled visit toBrussels on March 30 for the13th India-European UnionSummit. While Modi, who willhead to Washington fromBelgium for Nuclear SecuritySummit from March 31, con-demned the attacks saying thenews is “disturbing”, the MEAsaid there were no Indian casu-alties though a lady groundstaff of Jet Airlines sufferedsome injuries. All Indian air-ports have been put on highalert after the terror attack inBrussels.

“An Indian lady crewmember of Jet Airways isinjured. She has been rushed to

the hospital,” External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj saidand tweeted the IndianEmbassy’s helpline numbersin Brussels. The Jet Airways,however, said two of its staffwere injured. It has cancelled allits to and fro flights fromBrussels till Wednesday.

Indian passengers stuck atthe airport have been evacuat-ed and moved to safer places.The Minister is constantly intouch with the Indian mission.“I hv again spoken to ourAmbassador in Brussels. He hsinformed that all strandedIndian passengers are beingprovided hotel accommoda-tion,” Swaraj tweeted.

The Union Home Ministryhas alerted all airports acrossthe country to tighten thesecurity measures in the wakeof Brussels terror attack. Apartfrom CISF, which maintains

important airport, the Statepolice units and their intelli-gence wings have been asked tocheck the entire levels of secu-rity inside airports from entrypoint to boarding and exitpoints. Private operators inthe aviation sector too havebeen asked to tighten their rou-tine checks, said officials.

The Indian Governmenthas strongly condemned theterror attack and called forunited fight against the menace.“News from Brussels is dis-turbing. The attacks are con-demnable. Condolences tofamilies of the deceased. Maythose injured recover quickly,”PM tweeted soon after thenews of attack broke.

“We condemn the attackwith strongest possible terms.We stand in solidarity withpeople and Government ofBelgium. We offer our condo-

lences to families of the victims.Terrorism is a global scourgeand the attack in Belgiumunderscores once again theneed to counter it unitedly,”MEA Spokesperson VikasSwarup said.

Actor Gul Panag’s pilothusband Captain GS Attariworking in Jet Airways andBollywood singer AbhijeetBhattacharya’s family areamong those who are stuck inBrussels. “Flushing Operationis still on. They are still findingbombs. His crew and passen-gers are safe. They all were inthe aircraft for over two hours.Now they have been taken to asecure holding area,” Panagtold media.

Bhattacharya’s wife SumatiBhattacharya and son were inBrussels at the time of the sui-cide attack. The singer postedon Twitter about his family.Abhijeet shared that his wifeand son have been evacuatedand are in a safe zone now.

PM’s Belgium tour waslong pending as the last PMvisit to Brussels was in 2012.The India-EU ties saw somestrain after the 28-memberbloc did not respond to India’sproposal for a brief visit byModi to Brussels, the EU head-quarters during his trip toFrance, Germany and Canadain April last year. Apart fromBrussels, Modi will also visitWashington and Riyadh duringthe three-nation tour.

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In a clear departure from thepast, the annual report of the

Defence Ministry for 2015-2016 released here on Tuesdayrefrained from namingPakistan and China. Earlierreports used to clearly state thatterror infrastructure inPakistan and growing militarymight of China pose securitychallenge and India’s continuesto monitor the scenario.

However, this time roundthe 237-page report preferredto mention that “terrorismemanating from India’s neigh-bourhood and Af-Pak regioncontinuing to be epicentre ofinternational terrorism” is amatter of concern. The onlyreference to Pakistan withoutidentifying it comes when thedocument says developmentsin Jammu & Kashmir andPunjab, especially the cross-border terror attacks and traf-ficking or arms and narcoticsis a cause of concern.

The report goes on to sayeven as overall security situa-tion in Jammu & Kashmirremains stable, external factors— including the changing sit-uation in Pakistan andAfghanistan — may alsoimpact the internal situation inthe border State.

In comparison, last year’sannual report(2014-2015) said“Pakistan continues to remainhome to several Non-Stateactors with North WesternFrontier Province (NWFP)serving as the fountainhead forterrorist activity in the region.Pakistan’s quest for strategicdepth in Afghanistan continuesto drive its policy to supportTaliban and its affiliates inAfghanistan.”

“The expanding footprintsof extremist and terrorist organ-isations in Pakistan and theirlinkages with terrorist activitiesin J&K and rest of India posesa major security challenge toIndia, with severe ramifica-tions on bilateral relations, aswell as to the peace and secu-

rity of the region,” it said. “The use of terrorism as an

instrument of state policy hasdeep roots in Pakistani militaryestablishment. Ceasefire viola-tions and infiltration fromacross the border also continuesunabated. India desires peace-ful and cooperative ties withPakistan. However, continuedactivities of terrorist organisa-tions operating from Pakistaniterritory and territories underPakistan’s control are majorobstacle and source of concern,”the last year report said.

While this year’s reportdid not touch upon China letalone naming it, last year’sreport clearly stated Indiaremains “conscious and watch-ful of the implication of China’sincreasing military profile inour immediate and extendedneighbourhood, as well as thedevelopment of strategic infra-structure by China in the bor-der areas.” India is also takingnecessary measures to developthe requisite capabilities tocounter any adverse impact onour own security, it said.

Coming to the latest report,the document said terrorismand the activities of terroristorganisations are perhaps themost serious threat to peaceand security. “The use of ter-rorism as an instrument of pol-icy by a few states has exacer-bated intra and inter-state conflicts.”

Terrorist groups have lever-aged new technologies, partic-ularly in cyberspace, for trans-national mobilisation and ide-ological radicalisation, espe-cially of the youth. They alsocontinue to gain logistical andfinancial support for theiractivities from disparatesources including some States,and are increasingly able tothreaten regions well beyondtheir base areas, the reportsaid.

Without mentioning ChinaIn the context of it flexing mus-cle in South China Sea, thereport said renewed maritimedisputes in the Asia-Pacificregion has introduced newdimensions in military anddiplomatic interactions amongthe major powers and region-al States. Ongoing contestationsover island territories in theregion have fuelled regionaltensions that could seriouslystrain the co-operative struc-tures that have enabled a rapidgrowth of the Asia-Pacificregion as an engine of globalgrowth.

India has major strategicinterests as well as economicand commercial stakes in theregion and holds the view thatall countries must exerciserestraint and resolve bilateralissues diplomatically and with-out recourse to the use orthreat of use of force, the doc-ument said.

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The 8th annual Summit ofBRICS will be held in Goa

from October 15-16. ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swarajwhile announcing the datessaid India’s core-theme duringBRICS chairmanship will bebuilding responsive, inclusiveand collective solutions for thegrouping.

India assumed chairman-ship of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa)from Russia on February 15which will last till December 31.

“We will adopt a five-pronged approach during ourChairmanship. It will com-prise Institution Building,Implementation, Integration,Innovation, and Continuitywith Consolidation (IIIIC orI4C),” Swaraj said unveiling a

logo and website of theSummit. She added enhancing“greater people-to-people par-ticipation” will be among thetop priorities and BRICSevents which would be heldthroughout the year acrossthe country.

“We have planned a seriesof events including — theBRICS Under-17 FootballTournament, BRICS FilmFestival, BRICS WellnessForum, BRICS Youth Forum,Young Diplomat’s Forum,BRICS Trade Fair, BRICSFriendship Cities Conclavebesides the think-tank andacademic forums. This willgive people a greater opportu-nity to enrich the BRICSprocess. It would also be anoccasion for our BRICS part-ners to visit different citiesand states of India,” she added.

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President Pranab Mukherjeeon Tuesday honoured 58

Defence and Paramilitary per-sonnel with Gallantry awardsincluding sepoy Jagdish Chandwith Kirti Chakra for his brav-ery in chasing and killing oneof the terrorists who hit thePathankot airbase before beingmartyred.

Chand was honoured withKirti Chakra, the second high-est peace-time decoration, fordisplaying great presence ofmind, valour and conspicuousgallantry before making thesupreme sacrifice.

His award was handed overby the President to his wife,who received a rapturous clap-ping from the audience whichincluded Vice President HamidAnsari, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and formerPrime Minister ManmohanSingh, among others.

Col MN Rai of GorkhaRifles was honoured withShaurya Chakra (Posthumous)for unprecedented courage andvalour, well beyond the call ofduty, that he displayed during an encounter inPulwama district of Jammuand Kashmir on January 27 lastyear.

His daughter, Alka Rai,who had left the nation emo-tionally devastated as she rose

above her grief to shriek an oldGorkha war cry just before hiscremation last year, stood up inattention as her motherreceived the award from thePresident.

Havildar Tanka KumarLimbu of the 21 Para, who hadtaken part in the operation onJune 8, last year along theIndo-Myanmar border, wasalso given Shaurya Chakra.

Mohammad Shafi Sheikhand Reyaz Ahmad Lone, twoconstables of Jammu andKashmir Police, were also hon-oured with Shaurya Chakra

(Posthumous).Hira Kumar Jha, Second-

in-Command of CRPF’s 7thBattalion, who was martyred inan encounter with Naxals inBihar in 2014 was also deco-rated with Shaurya Chakra.He was the only Paramilitarypersonnel to have been deco-rated with this honour onIndependence Day last year. Hewas conferred with the awardfor making supreme sacrificewhile displaying exceptionalleadership and raw courage inthe face of grave adversity.Known for his fearless attitude

and daredevilry, Jha hadaccounted for a number ofother successful operations inthe past as well. Hailing fromRanchi, he had joined the CRPFin 1999 as AssistantCommandant. The brave offi-cer is survived by his wife BinuJha who received the medal, ason and a daughter.

Meanwhile, Vice Chief ofNavy Vice Admiral PMurugesan was given ParamVishist Seva Medal and DeputyChief of Army Lt Gen SubrataSaha was given Uttam YudhSeva Medal.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday stressed

for putting in place an effec-tive mechanism for stringentquality monitoring of roadsbeing built under PMGSYand due monitoring of loansbeing given to self-help groupsunder Deendayal AntyodayaYojana (DAY).

Reviewing progress ofrural development schemes onMonday, he said that qualitychecks for the roads beingconstructed should be made atthe material procurementstage, the construction stage,as well as the maintenancestage of the scheme.

Underlining that ruralprogress and prosperity is atthe core of his government’sdream of creating a developedIndia, the Prime Minister saidon Twitter, “Yesterday’s meet-ing on rural developmentschemes involved wide-rang-ing discussions on variousschemes for developing ourvillages.

“Satisfying progress hasbeen made in adding moreroads in rural areas. We dis-cussed best practices underPMGSY that are very benefi-cial.”

Modi said the meeting

also discussed aspects relatingto Deendayal AntyodayaYojana, which seeks to allevi-ate poverty through sustain-able livelihoods.

“The Prime Minister wasgiven a presentation on theprogress of Pradhan MantriGram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)and Deendayal AntyodayaYojana (DAY), by the NITIAayog,” an official statementsaid.

An average of 91 kilome-tres of rural roads have beenbuilt daily in the FinancialYear 2015-16, resulting inaddition of a total 30,500 kmof rural road length and con-necting around 6500 habita-tions.

The Prime Minister wasalso informed about use of

GIS and Space Imagery forplanning and monitoring, effi-cient fund flow by minimisingthe number of layers and cit-izen grievance redressalthrough the app — “MeriSadak.”

On Deendayal AntyodayaYojana (DAY), the PrimeMinister was informed that sofar, around 3 crore householdshave been linked to self-helpgroups (SHGs).

“The Prime Ministerasked for due monitoring ofthe loans being given to SHGs,using Aadhaar. He empha-sised that loans must reach theintended beneficiaries, for thisscheme to be successful,” thestatement said.

In a separate tweet,Parliamentar y AffairsMinister M Venkaiah Naidusaid that a record number ofwelfare and developpmentschemes were launched inpast twenty months of theNDA government benefitingfarmers, poor and downtrod-den in various sectors. In sep-arate tweets on the occasion ofInternational Water Day, thePrime Minister today saidthat its demonstrates the needto spread greater awareness onwater-related issues and col-lectively conserve preciouswater resources.

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The BJP on Tuesday announced a 3-day pro-gramme to commemorate Bhagat Singh’s

martyrdom and attacked Congress over its MPShashi Tharoor’s remarks comparing JNU stu-dent leader Kanhaiya Kumar with the freedomfighter.

Demanding an apology from Congressand Tharoor, Union Minister Prakash Javadekarsaid the Opposition party may have distanceditself from its MP’s comments but it was not ade-quate as he had not withdrawn it or expressedregret.

Javadekar alleged Tharoor said so with aneye on Kerala Assembly polls.

“What is Congress doing? For 12 years, itopposed Modi, for two years, it opposed devel-opment (under Modi), then it gave respectabil-ity to anti-India slogans raised in JNU and nowinsulting martyrs has become the identity ofCongress under Rahul Gandhi,” he told the

media at a party brief-ing.

BJP leaders acrossthe country will paytribute to the threemartyrs on Wednesday,sing Singh’s favouritesong ‘Rang de basantichola’ on Holi the dayafter and, on the lastday, burn effigies ofthe “mindset thatinsults martyr”,

Javadekar said.There is “anger” among people across the

country over the episode and BJP will expressit through the exercise, he said.

Pointing to reports that Kanhaiya’s postershave been used by Congress leaders in Assam,he said it showed the Opposition party wasdepending on “borrowed pictures”, said the BJPleader.

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From Clean Ganga to Green Ganga, is thelatest catchphrase of Namami Gange. It

will carry out a five year long programmeon reforestation in the five States ofUttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,Bihar and West-Bengal during a five yearperiod from 2016-2021.

A Detailed Project Report (DPR)underlining the specific activities to betaken up during the period was releasedjointly by the Minister For WaterResources & Ganga Rejuvenation, UmaBharati and Environment MinisterPrakash Javadekar on Tuesday.

This has been prepared by the ForestResearch Institute (FRI) emphasising onextensive plantations in natural, agricul-

tural, and urban landscapes as also massawareness drives to boost efforts for pro-

tecting the river. A total of 40 differentplantation and treatment models have beenselected for implementation by the fiveStates.

The DPR aims at achieving an increasein the flow of river water. The experts usedRemote sensing and GIS technologies forspatial analysis and modeling of pre-delin-eated Ganga riverscape covering83,946sq.Kms. out of a much larger GangaRiver basin area in the country.

Apart from this, conservation inter-ventions such as soil and water conser-vation, riparian wildlife management,wetland management and supportingactivities such as policy and law inter-ventions, concurrent research, monitor-ing and evaluation have been projected inthe DPR.

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Sheldon Pollock is a schol-ar and a globally well-connected one. For manystudents and academi-cians of Shastric tradition

and ancient cultural texts inIndia, the American philologist’sinterpretation carries the stamp ofauthority. For decades in thiscountry since Independence,when the Left-view prevailedfrom areas as diverse as politicsto history to archaeology to evencinema, he held sway over theminds of many Indians who werebrought up to understand theirculture from the prism of itsancient scriptures such as theVedas and the Upanishads andmagnum opuses such as theRamayan. Such is his influencethat he has managed to brainwashentire generations here andabroad, into buying his theoriesthat present Hindu texts ascasteist, oppressive and gender-discriminatory.

Over the years though, anddespite his stature and connectiv-ity, many scholars have begun toseriously question Pollock’spremises. They are no longer will-ing to let go uncontested, hisclaims that are based on Westernmodels of social studies whichsimply do not fit in the Indiancontext, and are far removedfrom the lived experiences of thepeople connected with the ethosof their ancient texts, offeringthem not just a spiritual path butalso a better way to mundane liv-ing. Given this background, it isunfortunate that Pollock has beenchosen as editor of the MurtyClassical Library of India. Worse,organisation head Rohan Murtyhas contemptuously dismissedan online petition by 132 acade-micians and public figures (thepetition has garnered more than13,000 supporters worldwide),protesting against the appoint-ment. He said, “It is quite rich tosit in the peanut gallery, passcomments and throw emptyshells at those who are actuallyrolling their sleeves up and work-ing on the ground.”

Rohan Murty’s responsesmacks of arrogance, and of thekind that Pollock and his sorthave nurtured against those whodare to question them. The peo-ple that Murty says are sitting inthe ‘peanut gallery’ are noted aca-demicians and intellectuals fromvarious walks of life — and theircommon concern is to do withPollock’s prejudices and the fearthat he will exploit the MurtyClassical Library of India assign-ment to further promote his

biases and ram down the throatsof Indians the belief that there islittle for them to be sociallyproud of in their classical past. Asfor ‘actually rolling their sleevesup and working on the ground’,the library founder may be sur-prised to know that there arequite a few scholars who havebeen doing just that — except thatthey either do not catch his atten-tion or that they do not have thebenefit of global connect.Moreover, these scholars are notsaying things that can be spinned-off to a world audience by way ofa condemnatory appraisal ofIndian culture and traditions.

Pollock’s credibility as animpartial interpreter of ancientSanskrit texts and Sanskrit Indiais further dented by the overtpolitical position he has been tak-ing. It can be argued that his polit-ical beliefs should not be used tojudge his scholarship, but such athought would have been credi-ble had Pollock not mixed up hispolitical persuasion with his aca-demics. It comes as little surprisethat the Left-leaning lot in thiscountry is the most vocal in itssupport for the American and for

Murty having ticked off Pollock’sdetractors. Commentators whohave sided with Murty andPollock are either the Left-liber-als or the Centrists who areLeftists in disguise.

While Murty has steamrolledthe critical appointment to hisventure, he cannot easily wishaway the argument of dissent. Theonline petitioners noted that thehistorical project ought to behelmed by people who are “deeplyrooted and steeped in the intel-lectual traditions of India”. Thepetitioners further said that suchpeople “also need to be imbuedwith a sense of respect and empa-thy for the greatness of Indiancivilisation”. They believe (andthey are not the only ones) thatPollock’s record does not inspireconfidence. The petitioners force-fully maintained that theAmerican Sanskritist had “deepantipathy towards many of theideals and values cherished andpractised in our civilisation”.

If all this is water off a duck’sback for Murty and his support-ers, it is because the pro-Pollockelements in and outside the coun-try are not just well-entrenched

but have also got institution-alised over the years. Like the Lefthad in its over three-decade rulein West Bengal infiltrated into allwalks of life and established theirdominance, including over polit-ical violence, Pollock’s insidioustheories on the use of Sanskrit tomarginalise people, of Vedas astools to oppress masses, ofRamayan as a response to the riseof Buddhism etc, have becomeinherent thought-processes inthousands of minds — someinnocent and impressionable,and others pre-conditioned toabsorb the lopsided.

One of the few scholars tohave effectively taken on Pollockin recent times is Rajiv Malhotra— an Indian-American author,one-time entrepreneur, andfounder of Infinity Foundation,which, Wikipedia says, focuses on“Indic studies”. His new book, TheBattle for Sanskrit: Is SanskritPolitical or Sacred, Oppressive orLiberating, Dead or Alive?, meetsPollock head-on, systematicallyrefuting the latter’s pet theories byhis own intellectual might aswell as comments and disserta-tions of experts who have longworked on Sanskrit studies.

The question as to why therehaven’t been more voices of theRajiv Malhotra kind to globallychallenge Pollock and his flock,is easy to answer. The first reasonis that many genuine scholars inIndic studies within the countrysimply do not have the resourcesto take on the darling Indologistof the West. The second is thatquite a few of them, althoughdeeply knowledgeable in theirarea of expertise, are not comfort-able with English and thus can-not reach out to a wider audience.The third reason is that some ofthem are in awe of Pollock’s rep-utation and cannot even mildlyquestion him even whey are con-vinced of his misrepresentations.And the fourth is that these ‘tra-ditionalists’ find no traction evenwithin India, where the Pollocknet has been cast far and wide.

Having bagged the presti-gious Murty Classical Library ofIndia assignment, Pollock mustbe hoping to seal the deal to headthe Adi Shankara Chair ofHinduism Studies at ColumbiaUniversity in the US. It is thisprospect that propelled analarmed Rajiv Malhotra to writehis latest book and launch a fer-vent campaign within India andoutside to pre-empt the appoint-ment. Will it work or will we seea further outsourcing of ourShastric traditions to the West?7

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Spiritual guru Sri Sri RaviShankar should be awarded theNobel Peace Prize for his efforts tobring so many people from differ-ent countries and different cul-tures, under one roof and makethem experience real peace and joyfor three days.

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called private banks is now bust-ing. Now worms in private banksare coming out. Private bankshave increased their non-per-forming assets by 39 per cent, to�1.16 lakh crore; a large sum con-sidering they operate in a narrowband. Total outstanding loans byprivate sector banks stood at�14.33 lakh crore, 20.8 per cent,ie one-fifth of their total credit.

Rating agency ICRA saysthat private banks have been giv-ing more loans. It has increasedthree times faster at 18.3 per cent.They possibly took the strictnessthat public sector banks havestarted adopting of late. They aresanctioning far less loans thanearlier. The PSBs saw a creditgrowth of 6.2 percent tillSeptember 2015.

It’s a myth that private banksare better managed. Many of theprivate banks re-employ employ-

ees of the PSBs. The cultural dif-ference is minimal. A ReserveBank of India data shows that therate of growth in bad loans at pri-vate banks has been equal to thePSBs. Public banks had total out-standing loans of �34.47 lakhcrore. Entire outstanding is notbad loan. In 2014-1205, 19 pub-lic banks showed a gross non-performing asset rise of �1.92lakh crore — 39 per cent year-on-year increase.

During the same period,new private banks’ gross NPArose by 36 per cent, year-on-year,to �24,534 crore. Supposedly, onebank recorded a 44 per cent risein gross NPAs at �15,000 crore.The operations of the private andpublic banks are not much dif-ferent. Their exposure too is ofthe same level. It is said that dur-ing 2009-2014, they were subject-ed to political dictates.

This apart, the nature ofclientele or exposure to loans issimilar. They are extending loans

to infrastructure, steel and powercompanies. Many companieswho have bad debt with PSBshave also said to have taken loansfrom the private banks.

It has affected profits ofmany banks. One such bank hasthe lowest profit of four per cent.The profit of another bank is stat-ed to be the lowest in 11 years.

Private banks apparently lostmore in their spree to capture themarket of PSBs. Poor economicsituation has definitely createdproblems for all these banks. Butthat is not the only reason for ris-ing bad debts.

This process is makingthings difficult for the RBI as itis not only the regulator for PSBs,but for the entire banking sector.Any deviation from normal callsfor intervention. The job ofReserve Bank of India does notstop at making the monetary pol-icy. The success of monetary pol-icy is equally its responsibility.

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the banks themselves — thebasic lubricant for the economy— are in a turmoil. It is also truethat the turbulence started in2009, when the UnionGovernment raised the limits ofdiscretionary sanctioning powerof Chairmen of banks from�100 crore to �400 crore.

This apart, it tweaked rulesfor appointing the board ofdirectors. The chartered accoun-tant member’s position in theboard was removed. Besides, asthe limit itself was raised, loanapplication could be cleared bythe chairman without seekingapproval of the board. This uni-lateral change was done in thename of easing loan procedureand has created enormous threatto the banking sector.

Earlier, it was believed thatsuch tweaking of rules has onlyhit the PSBs. But now, it is beingrealised that it has hit the entirebanking sector.

The rules made credit easy

virtually without a scrutiny.The chairmen and other bankstaff acted arbitrarily. They gaveloans without collateral orassessing the capacity to repay.The banks are now in aquandary as to how to recoverthe huge sums they have virtu-ally doled out. Bank officials for-got that the money did notbelong to them. They were nokings to have offered largesse.

The loans now are well-known were diverted to fundother causes. A probe can evenreveal whether the money wasused for illegal purposes andlaundering or not. The situationis more dangerous than it appearsto be. This calls for a detailedprobe. The banks or theGovernment cannot restrict itselfto mere recovery procedures.Banking rules prohibit any diver-sion. But it is no secret that mostof the 100 large creditors haddiverted the funds.

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real estate companies. Theynot only diverted to supposed-ly illicit activities but eveninvested such funds in so calledtelevision channels. They virtu-ally made a mockery of free-dom of speech. Most mediacompanies also folded up in notime, creating another crisis inthe media world. The ramifica-tions of bad debt are wider thancan be perceived. Detailedinvestigation into each of theunpaid portfolio is required. Itcalls for probe to see how it notonly has hit the economy butalso has created threat percep-tions for national security.

It was public money. Thebanks are custodians of themoney depositors park withthem. The banks are known tohave diverted fund prior toIndependence and some evena few years later. Their erraticbehaviour now is once againvirtually bringing those memories back.

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The fig-leaf of dissent hasbeen used for years, espe-cially by the communistparties in India, as a coverto propagate an ideology

that has essentially and always tried tohack away at India and at her civilisa-tional unity. In the name of ‘dissent’,the communist parties have alwayspreached and pushed for a retrogradeand violent agenda, aimed at creatinga state of perpetual conflict and warwithin the country and to inject insome young minds, anti-India tenden-cies. No one disputes the right to dis-sent, to criticise the Government of theday and to find fault with policies andpolitical directions — these are legit-imate activities within a democraticframework. But when the practice ofdissent is used as a cover to push forthe breaking of the country, it calls forremedial action or resistance.

Except fascists — which the com-munists, ultra-Leftists and their intel-lectual drum-beaters are — and a fewfading and confused American intellec-tuals who are rebels forever in searchof a cause (Noam Chomsky leads thepack), the vast majority of Indians have,however, displayed remarkable forth-rightness in condemning the damningcall for India’s vivisection that was madeearlier in February under the mask ofpromoting dissent.

Meanwhile a veteran communisthistorian who has peddled the Marxistagenda throughout her life has in factjustified the programme at theJawaharlal Nehru University ofFebruary 9, held to observe the death‘anniversary’ of a terrorist and to callfor the vivisection of India, as a pro-gramme that aimed at discussing theissue of ‘capital punishment’. In anarticle in an established weekly, shejustified the gathering and sought toblanket over the slogans raised argu-ing that “slogans took over in a con-fused fashion, as happens in such sit-uations, and the serious issue of cap-ital punishment was lost”.

The classic communist habit ofpropagating a line through tacticaldiversion is evident in such false state-ments when one keeps in mind that asper the organisers’ own publicity postersand pamphlets the agenda of the pro-gramme of February 9, was to supportsecessionism in Kashmir, to supportthose who call for Kashmir’s secessionfrom India and to garner support for allthose who ‘struggle’ for ‘self-determina-tion’ from the Indian Union and to cel-ebrate the actions and life of a convict-ed terrorist — Afzal Guru — who hadplayed a leading role in attacking theIndian Parliament in 2001.

The organisers had also declaredthat they were “ashamed” that the ter-rorist’s killers continued to live —thereby consciously inciting violenceagainst the various wings of theIndian state and its officers and hold-ers of constitutional positions whohad carried out their constitutionalduties in the trial of the terrorist. Adiscussion on ‘capital punishment’ asstated by this veteran card-holdercommunist historian was nowhereremotely seen to be the topic of the

evening’s gathering. In typical com-munist and ultra-Leftist manner a lieis propagated until it starts appearingto be the truth, at least to some. Aveneer of democratism, of rights andfreedoms are quickly splashed so thatthe actual agenda — calling for thedissolution of India — gets sub-sumed under the colours of ideology,praxis, dialogue and dissent. Such arethe expressions of fascism in India.

Such has actually been the agen-da of Maoism, Naxalism, communismand jihadism in India — which haveappeared in alliance today to stall theaspirations of India. The sloganeers inJNU have simply become pawns —conscious pawns — in this game oftrying to dissolve the civilisationalidea of India. However, the manner inwhich ordinary Indians came out incondemnation of these sloganeerswas something that was reassuring. Avast multitude of common citizensresponded to the call for a march forunity and came out in large numbersto reiterate their faith in the true ideaof India — nurtured and shaped overmillennia by our sages and thinkers.A large number of academics fromleading institutions also openly calledfor safeguarding our universities fromforces that wish to destroy Indiawhile trying to turn our educationalinstitutions into battlefields to carryout their nefarious political objectives.

But what was most ironical wasCongress vice president RahulGandhi’s open support to such seces-sionists promoting fissiparous tenden-cies. The Congress vice president

justified this support in the name offreedom of expression. It is in factsuch irresponsible political behaviour,inspired by cheap and shallow oppor-tunism that gives winds to the sails ofthose who wish to create disruptionand instability in the country. Havingbeen in power for so long, theCongress leadership should haveshown maturity — but perhaps that istoo much to expect. India’s unity,integrity, her security and well-beingis non-negotiable and that has beenmade amply clear by BJP presidentAmit Shah in his presidential addressat the just concluded NationalExecutive meeting in Delhi.

The BJP National Executive’spolitical resolution also spoke of howa “microscopic” section in the coun-try is indulging in a “kind of dema-gogy that goes against the very essenceof our Constitution.” This demagogyhas always expressed itself throughcommunist and Maoist politics in thecountry, a pattern of politics that hasalways collided with the very existenceof India. The resolution, in fact, is anunambiguous expression of faith inthe very idea of India and, in a sense,reflects the thoughts of millions ofIndians when it said that, “OurConstitution describes India as Bharatalso; refusal to chant victory to Bharattantamounts to disrespecting ourConstitution itself. Bharat Mata ki Jaiis not merely a slogan. It was amantra of inspiration to countlessfreedom fighters “during India’s inde-pendence struggle.”

But for communists who had

actively opposed India’s freedommovement and colluded with imperi-alism to subvert the urge for freedom,who have never displayed uncondi-tional allegiance to the Constitution,its sacredness has no meaning orevoke no feeling. While the commu-nist parties do not believe in nation-alism and nation and the Congressworks to continuously try and dilutethe larger vision and faith in nation-alism, Prime Minister NarendraModi’s actions — in governance andoutreach — aim to strengthen theforces of unity and inspire an all-encompassing affirmative action toput India on track towards a greatpower status.

Those who refuse to strive forIndia’s emergence, or to celebrate herpotential, or to work to position herin the comity of nations belong to theanti-India tribe, whose sole objectiveis self-glorification. In an India thataspires to evolve to a new dimensionof energy and growth, in an India thataspires for prosperity, equity and jus-tice for all, anti-Indianness and glori-fication of India’s civilisational enemieshave no place as have no place all thosewho advocate or support that line.

In Jana Gana Mana — Tagore —that ‘bourgeois poet’ — talks of “darunbiplab” — mighty or fierce revolutionin the midst of which the sound of theImmutable’s Conch of hope is heard.Such is the hour now, and a revolutionis in the offing, but one which is of adifferent kind; it is a revolution thatstrives and struggles to celebrate Indiaand to preserve and worship her.

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The JD(U) on Tuesday suspended two of its leg-islators and issued them show cause notices

asking why they should not be expelled from theparty. The Gopalpur MLA Narendra Kumar Neerajalias Gopal Mandal was constantly in the news forhis controversial utternances. But theparty swung into action when the three-time MLA publicly rebuked ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar for banningliquor from April 1, calling it a wrongdecision.

The party MLC Rana Gangeshwarwho too has been suspended has ques-tioned the national anthem calling it a“symbol of slavery.” JD(U) spokesmanNeeraj Kumar confirmed that the twolegislators have been suspended fromthe party and show cause notice issued to them.Mandal, whose recent statements caused ruckusin the state legislature, on Monday crossed all limitof decency when he said he would now indulgein politics of murder. Addressing a Kavi Sammelanin his constituency, he said, “Previously I was inthe politics of murder but later shunned it. Nowmy opponents are leveling baseless charged on meso I will return to the politics of bloodshed.”

Unhappy over the CM’s prohibition policy toban countrymade liquor from April 1, Mandalmade fun of the decision. He said, “Those livingin heavens love sura (booze) and sundari (beau-tiful women). Liquor is the drink of kings and

princes. How the CM can ban this. His decision(to ban) is wrong and this will never succeed. Howone can afford to go without booze during Holi.Let Nitish ban liquor, people will use bhang andganja.” The MLA’s public statement made Nitishfurious and at his instruction the party suspend-ed him from the party. Earlier the party was

uncomfortable with Mandal’s otherprovocative utterances. Recently hethreatened his opponents that hewould not waste a single minute inslashing the tongues of those doingcaste discrimination with his sup-porters. Mandal boasted that hebecame a powerful neta after going tojail and was not scared of going toprison again and again.

Rana Gangeshwar, the JD(U)MLC at a function in Samastipur on

Monday was quoted saying that the nationalanthem composed by Tagore was a symbol ofslavery by referring to a few lines of the song.

Mandal was on the target of the oppositionduring the ongoing Budget session of the legis-lature and they had demanded that the partyshould rein in the wayward MLA. State BJP pres-ident Mangal Pandey said that Mandal was tak-ing into his hands and threatening others includ-ing senior politician and former Deputy CMSushil Kumar Modi. Modi alleged that MLAsbelonging to ruling alliance were continuouslyindulging in criminal activities and were beingpatronized by the CM.

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Hope floats for Assam's sink-ing Majuli river Island

after BJP's Assam state presi-dent and Chief Ministerial can-didate Sarbananda Sonowalfiled nomination papers to con-test the forthcoming Assemblypolls from Majuli legislativeAssembly constituency.

Credited with repealing theinfamous Illegal Migrants'(Determination by Tribunal)Act, Sonowal have become a newhope for the residents of Majuli,the unique river Island of Assamwhich had already lost more thanhalf its landmass due to erosionin the last several years.

Sonowal will contest againstthe Congress' sitting MLA RajibLochan Pegu, who has beenretaining the seat since 2001.

Majuli—which is the hubof neo-Vaishnavite culturepropagated by 15th centurysaint philosopher of AssamSrimanta Sankardev—is one ofthe largest inhabited riverIslands in the world.

Mainly inhabited by the

Mishing community people,Majuli Island has been severeerosion. Although the state andCentral Government had spenthundreds of crores of rupees toprotect the Island from erosionand save the rich cultural her-itage, the efforts are yet to bringany results.

“Majuli has a history of 300years of existence. The ancientscriptures has the reference ofMajuli and according to theancient scriptures, the Island isspread to about 1,256 square kmsof area. However, according tothe government statistics, thearea of the Island is only 523.88square kms now,” said

Debananda Deba Goswami,Deka Satradhikar of DakhinpatSatra in Majuli.

The erosion not only affect-ed people of the Island by wash-ing away their houses and paddyfields—turning rich farmersinto paupers overnight—butalso the rich history and culturallandscape of the Island. “Therewere 65 Satras in the Island dur-ing the time of SrimantaSankardeva. However, now wehave only 22 left in the Island.Erosion has already washedaway 43 Satras from the Island,”he said while adding that thepresent location is the fifthlocation of Dakhinpat Satra.

“We are thankful thatSarbananda Sonowal has cho-sen Majuli to contest polls. Heis a young leader and he will cer-tainly do something to save theIsland. Sonowal has filed a casein Supreme Court seeking torepeal the IM(DT) act, whichwas a bottleneck to identify theillegal Bangladeshi immigrantsand subsequently it wasrepealed by the apex court,” saidBhadra Goswami, a schoo,teacher in the Island.

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In yet another blow to theTrinamool Congress the

Calcutta High Court onTuesday turned down theBengal ruling outfit’s plea topostpone the Narada exposehearing till the Assembly elec-tions were over and directedthe news portal to file an affi-davit and submit the originaland unedited footages of thesting operation along with the camera used to shoot the contents.

Trinamool MP and lawyerKalyan Banerjee objected tothe hearing taking place beforethe elections as the “so-calledexpose” he contended, wasdone with a political motive tomalign the ruling party.However, advocate BikashBhattacharya who appearedfor the petitioner said notwith-standing its timing the footageof the video films meritedexamination for their gen-uineness as the incident con-cerned larger public interest.

A public interest litigationwas filed earlier demanding aprobe into the Narada exposewhere a galaxy of Trinamoolleaders including its MPs andsenior Ministers were caughtaccepting cash for promisefrom a sting journalist whoposed as a businessman.

The Division Bench ofChief Justice Manjula Chellurcalled for the original videofootages of the expose and filean affidavit in two week’s time.The Narada has offered tosubmit the footages, the cam-era and file an affidavit byApril 5. The next date of hear-ing has been fixed for April 8.

The Portal was also like-ly to submit the footages ofthe second sting operationreleased on Monday showinganother Trinamool MP fromArambagh in Hooghly districtAparupa Poddar acceptingcash from a Narada repre-sentative. Apart from herparty leader Sankudeb Pandawas also shown striking a dealwith the person demandingan estate from him in lieu ofsome favour.

Curiously while all theearlier leaders discarded the video footage as fabricat-ed Poddar said the moneycould well have been accepted as donation for elec-toral purposes.

Meanwhile, the ElectionCommission said that Rs 1crore had been seized by fly-ing squads in various districtsin the past 18 days. The ECIsquads were keeping an eyeon money being siphonedfrom one place to other forelectoral purposes.

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Braving inclement weatherconditions, the Indian Coast

Guard (ICG) personnel rescuedseven fishermen from a sinkingboat, off the Ratnagiri coast onMonday evening. “All fisher-men are safe. The damaged fish-ing boat is being repaired in Rat-nagiri Harbour,” an ICGspokesperson said on Tuesday.

At about 12 noon onMonday, fishing FB DurgaAmbika raised a distress alert on

VHF Channel that there wasconsiderable ingress of water ina fishing boat FB Mahez strand-ed 26 nautical miles north-westof Ratnagiri harbour. The sink-ing boat had seven fishermen onboard. The Coast Guard Dornieraircraft on surveillance moni-tored the distress and relayed itto the ICG, Maritime RescueCoordination Centre (MRCC),Mumbai.

Coast Guard RegionalHeadquarters West at Mumbaidirected for sailing, Interceptor

Boat, ICGS C 402 with maxi-mum speed from Angre Port,Jaigarh for SAR.

“Braving the rough weatherconditions, Indian Coast GuardShip C 402 rescued seven fish-ermen from distress fishing boatMahez (Malpe Registered) at1600 hrs today,” an ICGspokesperson said.

Subsequently, the CoastGuard Ship de-flooded the dis-tress boat using her submersiblepump and safely towed it toRatnagiri.

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Aday after the ruling ShivSena and the Opposition

parties created ruckus in boththe Houses of the StateLegislature clamouring vocifer-ously for his dismissal from hisConstitutional post over hiscontroversial statement espous-ing the cause of separate state-hood for Marathwada region,Maharashtra's AdvocateGeneral Shrihari Aney onTuesday resigned from his postin what he called “the interest ofthe people”.

Saving chief ministerDevendra Fadnavis embarrass-ment of having to deal with anagressive ruling Sena and a bel-ligerent Opposition Congressand NCP in both Houses for thesecond consecutive day, 65-year-old Aney met MaharashtraGovernor Ch Vidyasagar Rao inthe morning and tendered hisresignation from his post as theState AG.

As soon as the Assemblymet in the morning, the chiefminister said that the state gov-ernment did not agree with thestand taken by Aney onMarathwada statehood issueand that the latter had already

submitted his resignation tothe Governor.

Fadnavis, in an identicalstatement made in both theHouses of the State Legislature,said that Aney had submittedhis resignation to the Governorwho had appointed the latter asthe constitutional post as theState AG. “According to proto-col, the AG has submitted hisresignation to the Governor.Governor will ask for an opin-ion from the government aboutaccepting or otherwise of Aney’sresignation. As and when theGovernor does so, we will takethe decision in the State Cabinetand convey to the Governor thathis resignation be accepted,” thechief minister said.

Notwithstanding the chief

minister’s statement that Aneyhad indeed resigned from hispost, the Opposition memberswere in no mood to let the out-going State AG off the hook forhis controversial statementmade at Jalna on Sunday thatMarathwada deserved state-hood on the ground that thebackward region had sufferedmore injustice than Vidarbha

and that pressure should bebrought to bear on the Centreto form a separate state.

Leader of the OppositionRadhakrishna Vikhe-Patil said:“Aney may have resigned, buthis resignation had not beenaccepted yet. Aney has spokenabout carving out Marathwadaand Vidarbha fromMaharashtra. While holding

the constitutional post as theState, he should not have sucha stand. Hence, Aney shouldapologise to the House”.

NCP’s group leader JayantPatil said: “On his part, the chiefminister has said that the stategovernment does not agreewith Aney’s espousal thatMarathwada be carved out ofMaharashtra and made a sepa-rate state. However, the stategovernment has so far remainedsilent on Aney’s earlier state-ment demanding separate state-hood for Vidarbha region”.

The chief minister urgedthe Opposition not to make apolitical issue of the State AG’sresignation.

Aney’s resignation cameafter the noisy protests in boththe Houses of the StateLegislature on Monday. Theruling Sena, which had takenthe lead in demanding the dis-missal of Aney’s post, hadwarned the state governmentthat it would not participate inthe legislative proceedings tillsuch time Aney was not sackedfrom his post, while theOpposition Congress and NCPhad rooted for the removal theAG from his post on the groundthat he had exceeded his brief.

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As he facing stiff oppositionwithin his party and oppo-

sition for the creation of AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) whichis expected to weaken theLokayukta institution ,Karnataka Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah on the floor of thehouse on Tuesday made it clearthat his government would notwithdraw ACB. He not only jus-tified but said there was nomala fide intention to shield thecorrupt or to weaken theLokayukta.

Replying after the BJP andJDS called off their dharna in thewell of the House demandingwithdrawal of ACB,Siddaramaiah said he was will-ing to discuss ways to strength-en the Lokayukta institutionwith the Opposition.

Meanwhile, BJP leaderJagadish Shettar said the ACBshould be withdrawn "at anycost" and his party would takethe fight to outside the Houseand announced withdrawal oftheir protest to facilitate smoothfunctioning to discuss other"burning" issues like drought sit-uation in the state.

JDS member Y S V Duttasaid government had claimedthat ACB and Lokayukta wereexisting in parallel in 15 statesand it should get the informationabout it and share it with theOpposition parties. His party toowas calling off the protest toallow discussion on other impor-tant issues, he said.

The withdrawal of protestwas also preceded by SpeakerKagodu Thimappa's appeal tothe Opposition parties.

Countering the BJP attack,

Siddaramaiah said the policewing in the Lokayukta wouldalso continue and a similar sys-tem prevailed in 15 states. "Thereis no mala fide intention behindour decision. Nor are we tryingto shield anyone.

"There is no question ofwithdrawing the ACB," he said,firmly ruling out stepping backon the issue.Both BJP and JDSmembers were on dharna whenthe House was adjourned for theday on Monday.

The two parties allege thatthe ACB was an attempt to pro-tect the corrupt and "destabilise"the Lokayukta, set up inKarnataka in 1984 duringRamakrishna Hegde's Chiefministership which is consideredan exemplary model. ChiefMinister Siddaramaiah said thatthe government has no ulteriormotives to weaken the Karnataka

Lokayukta but at the same timeit would not withdraw the orderwith regard to establishing theACB. Anomaly in the function-ing of the Lokayukta, which hasbeen excersing powers under thePrevention of Corruption Act,1988, has been taken away byforming ACB, he said and addedthat the police wing would notbe withdrawn from theLokayukta.creation of ACBwhich is anticipated to weakenthe Lokayuykta institution whichhas a great past in Karnataka hascome under severe criticismwithin the Congress also.

Senior leaders like SMKrishna, Janardhana Poojari andmany other leaders haveopposed the formation of ACB.In fact it is learnt that Congresshigh command has asked chiefminister to justify reasons for cre-ation of ACB.

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Former Indian cricketer SSreesanth is likely to be

among the celebrities contestingthe May 16 Kerala Assemblypolls for the BJP. The party’s cen-tral leadership has already talkedto him about the matter and heasked for time till Wednesday totake a final decision. The BJPleadership is expected toannounce Sreesanth’s name forcandidature on Wednesday.

“I have already taken a 50-50 decision about contesting,”Sreesanth told the media inBangalore on Tuesday. The BJPleadership wants the cricketer tobe the party candidate inErnakulam or Thripunithura,constituencies where he is a verypopular figure. “My choice willbe Thripunithura if I am decid-ing to contest. Wait for anoth-er day,” the cricketer said.

An announcement of hiscandidature – most probably inThripunithura – may come afterhe meets BJP president AmitShah, who will be inThiruvananthapuram onWednesday to oversee the Stateparty unit’s preparations for thecrucial election. As per reports,Shah himself had askedSreesanth to join the fray as BJPcandidate.

Sreesanth’s family mem-bers confirmed that some topBJP leader had talked to him.The central leadership hasreportedly asked the State partyunit to undertake further tasks

for fielding him as candidate inThripunithura or Ernakulam.State BJP presidentKummanam Rajasekharan didnot confirm or deny reports onSreesanth’s candidature.

“Several names from thefields of arts, sports and cultureare under consideration,” hesaid. However, a senior Stateleader said somebody fromthe central leadership couldhave contacted the formerIndian pacer.

Observers are of the opin-ion that if Sreesanth decides tocontest from Thripunithura itwill be a big challenge to theCongress candidate, ExciseMinister K Babu, who hadwon the seat in all electionssince 1991. The BJP had doneextremely well in the localadministration bodies comingunder the Assembly con-stituency in the civic polls oflast November.

The BJP, which has alreadyannounced a first list of 22

probable candidates in whichthe names of almost all thesenior State leaders figure, hasalmost completed the seat-sharing talks with its allies. Theparty leadership is workinghard to prepare the final list ofcandidates before the close ofthe week.

At the same time, the BJPis also planning to field someother celebrities, mainly fromthe film field, as candidates inthe Assembly election. As perthis, director Rajasenan, whohad become a party member atthe conclusion of the pre-pollKerala march held byKummanam Rajasekharan, islikely to be a candidate.

While the party may fieldRajasenan in the Nedumangadconstituency inThiruvananthapuram district,popular film actor KollamThulasi is likely to be the BJPcandidate in the Kundara seatin Kollam district. “I do wish towork for the people on a larg-er plain along with my activi-ties in the film industry,”Rajasenan told newsmen.

Bheeman Raghu, anotherMalayalam movie actor, maybecome the BJP candidate inPathanapuram in Kollam dis-trict where film star KB GaneshKumar of the Kerala Congress(B), sitting member and formerminister, will be the Left-sup-ported candidate. The Congressis planning to field movie actorJagadeesh to oppose Ganesh inPathanapuram.

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Alocal court in Ahmedabadrejected the bail application

of three jailed associates of 22-year-old convener of PatidarAnamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS)Hardik Patel on Tuesday in thesedition case lodged byAhmedabad Crime Branch(ACB).

Additional sessions judgeN G Dave rejected the plea ofChirag Patel, Ketan Patel and

Dinesh Bhamaniya, three of theclose aides of Hardik Patel whois demanding reservation for hiscommunity in government jobsand educational institutionsunder OBC category.

The bail plea was rejected onthe ground that the circum-stances since the rejection of theirbail plea prior to the submissionof charge-sheet on January 18had not changed and so it can-not use its discretionary powersto grant them bail. Judge Dave

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Rapid Action Force wascalled in at Hyderabad

University campus on Tuesdayafternoon as students protest-ing vice-chancellor Appa Rao'sreturn to work, following dalitscholar Rohith Vemula's suicideon January 17, confined him toa room for nearly six hours.

He could move out onlyafter the police used force andtook the agitators in custody andbrought the situation under con-trol. Meanwhile, the Universityissued a cheque of �1.77 lakh toRohith's mother towards hisarrears of scholarship.

The university authoritieshad stopped his scholarshipsfor several months before hewas suspended from the hos-tel in controversial circum-stances. As the scholarship wasonly source for him and hismother, Rohith had pleaded insuicide note to his friends tohelp his mother by getting thescholarship money released.

The university authoritiesreleased the amount more thantwo months after his suicide.

Students staged a noisyand violent protest at the VC’sLodge and ransacked his officeopposing his return to the cam-pus. Window glass panes, officefurniture and some other prop-erty was damaged in the stone

pelting. Students went on arampage pulling down shelves,damaging computers and van-dalising the office completely.

Police said that both thehouse and the office of the VCbecame the target of the stu-dents’ attack forcing them tointervene. The students alsoclashed with the police andhurled stones at them injuringa few policemen.

Incident occurred as the VC

had called a news conference athis office in the morning.

Appa Rao had gone on anindefinite leave on January 24after a Dalit PhD studentRohith Vemula had committedsuicide following his suspen-sion and “social boycott”.

Vemula’s suicide by hang-ing on January 17 in a hostelroom had triggered a pro-longed strike both by the stu-dents and the staff demanding

action against responsible fordriving him to suicide.

With a big crowd of stu-dents gathering at the VC’sLodge in the HCU campus, thepolice rushed to the scene.Fearing that the situation mayslip out of control the policeused force and made a batoncharge to disperse the protes-tors. Some students were takenin to custody.

Meanwhile Appa Rao reject-ed the demand for his resigna-tion and removal. “A section ofstudents can not dictate terms tome”, he said advising the agita-tors to come for talks on theirissues. Expressing pain andanguish over the violent inci-dents, he said that thoseindulging in unruly behavior didnot belong to any organization.

Appa Rao said that he decid-ed to return to his duties as thejudicial inquiry ordered in toRohith Vemula’s suicide was co-mpleted. He regretted that stu-dents were relying only on rum-ours and heresy to target him. “Ifany group of students is going todictate who should be the ViceChancellor, this will be a nation-al problem tomorrow”, he said.

Apart from Appa Rao, theagitating students had alsoheld two BJP ministers SmiritiIrani and Bandaru Dattatreyaresponsible for Vemula’s suicidesparking off a nation widepolitical row. The students hadalleged that at the behest ofBJP’s students wing ABVP,local minister BandaruDattatreya had written a letterto Human ResourcesDevelopment minister Iranialleging that the university hadturned in to a den of casteistand anti national politics.

Later Smiriti Irani’s officesent a spate of five letters toHCU Vice Chancellor seekingthe report of action against thestudents allegedly involved inattacking ABVP members.

It had led to suspension ofRohith Vemula and four otherstudents from the hostel. Onthe day all the suspended stu-dents had gone on a hungerstrike to demand revocation oftheir suspension Rohithhanged himself in a friend’sroom in the hostel.

Tension was prevailingamid the reports thatJawaharlal Nehru StudentsUnion President KanhaiahKumar was also likely to visitthe campus to express his sol-idarity with the agitating stu-dents of HCU.

“Kanhaiah is a student ofanother university. Whetherto allow him to visit the cam-pus will be decided after con-sulting the other senior mem-bers of the university staff ” ,Appa Rao said.

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had on March 8 rejected the bailplea of Hardik Patel too.

The Ahmedabad crimebranch had on October 21,2015, against Hardik and five ofhis associates under IPC sec-tions 124(A) (sedition), 121(A) (conspiracy to wage waragainst the government) and120 (b) (criminal conspiracy)for their role in the violent stirwhich in all had claimed thelives of 11 people, including apolice constable. Two otheraccused, Alpesh Kathiria andAmrish Patel, have meanwhilebeen declared absconders.

‘The court in its order men-tioned about the seriousness ofthe crime and examination of therole of each of the petitioner,’Public Prosecutor SudhirBrahmbhatt said. The PAAS co-nvener is currently lodged in Laj-pore central jail in Surat, whileChirag, Ketan and Dinesh are inSabarmati jail in Ahmedabad.

The verdict of the courtdespite ‘no-objection’ from theprosecution for their condition-al bail has come as a setback forthe trio who had in a written sub-mission assured that they wouldfollow all the conditions put forthby the court for bail. They hadalso expressed their willingnessnot to indulge in any activity thatmight cause unrest or law andorder problem in the society.

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Yadav noted the country

cannot attain progress withoutdevelopment of the state.

Claiming that the SP gov-ernment fulfilled all its 2012assembly poll promises, he said"SP has fulfilled its promise ofconstructing biggest sugar millin the country in record time"."The government has given jobsto those unemployed and'Samajwadi Pension' to poorpeople. It has also made arrange-ments for free medical facilityand education," he said. PTI

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Edelweiss AssetManagement on Tuesday

announced the acquisition ofbigger rival JP Morgan’smutual fund business inIndia, which has assets worthover �7,000 crore, markingyet another exit of a foreignfund house from the over�13 lakh-crore industry.

The companies did notdisclose the financial detailsof the acquis it ion , butsources pegged the deal sizeat less than �100 crore.

Under the dea l ,Edelweiss will acquire allonshore fund schemes man-aged by JP Morgan AssetManagement India includingits country-based onshoremutual fund business andthe international fund offunds, Edelweiss said in astatement.

Post acquisition, theassets under management(AUM) of the combined

entity would be �8,757 crore.Along with the schemes,

Edelweiss said it is commit-ted to absorbing majority ofthe employees of JP MorganMF ensuring business conti-nuity as well as a platformfor enhanced growth.

The deal, which is sub-ject to regulatory approvals,is expected to be completedin four to s ix months ,Edelweiss Group CEOGlobal Assets and WealthManagement Nitin Jain said.

It is believed that sever-al fund houses including

Tata Asset Management andReliance MF were in race toacquire JP Morgan MF.

In the past few years, anumber of global playershave exited Indian mutualfund business . Rel ianceCapital Asset Managementlast year announced takeoverof global giant GoldmanSachs’ mutual fund businessin India for �243 crore in anall-cash deal.

Standard Chartered soldmutual fund business inIndia to IDFC in 2008,Fidelity sold mutual fund to

L&T Finance in 2012, whilelast year HDFC MF acquiredMorgan Stanley’s fund busi-ness here.

Besides, Birla Sunlife hadacquired ING Mutual Fund,Kotak MF has b oughtPineBridge Mutual Fund andPramerica has taken overDeutsche Bank’s MF businessin India.

Still there are more than40 fund houses in the coun-try with a total AUM of over�13 lakh crore.

JP Morgan Mutual Fundhad assets base of �7,081crore at the end ofDecember, while that ofEdelweiss was at over �1,600crore.

JP Morgan had enteredinto the Indian mutual fundsbusiness in 2007. Last year,JP Morgan MF got into trou-ble due to its exposure todebt securities of AmtekAuto.

Edelweiss GroupChairman and CEO Rashesh

Shah said: “Given the com-plementary business advan-tages and the significantbusiness that JP Morgan MFhas built, this acquisition isa natura l win for bothEdelweiss and JP Morgan.There will be planned invest-ments into the business interms of products, technol-ogy, distribution and a clears t rateg y to comp oundgrowth.”

The acquisition will fur-ther strengthen EdelweissGroup’s �31,000 crore glob-al asset management busi-nesses, which include thegroup’s existing mutual fundbusiness, credit alternativefunds, offshore funds andequity funds.

“Edelweiss having focusedon market expansion and smartproduct performance has seena doubling of its AUM, makingit among the fastest growingAMC this fiscal,” EdelweissAsset Management CEOVikaas M Sachdeva said.

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��!� ��$��The Delhi HighCourt on Tuesday soughtresp ons e of ANITechnologies, which runsapp-based cab service underthe name of Ola, on its com-petitor Uber’s plea seeking�49.61 crore as damagesfrom Ola for allegedly inter-fering in its business bymaking fake accounts tobook rides and then cancelthem.

Ola denied the allega-tions made by Uber andtold the court it has nointention of indulging inany of the actions attributedto it by its competitor.

In view of the submis-sion made by Ola, JusticeVipin Sanghi directed Ola to

abide by its statement andlisted the matter for furtherhearing on September 14.

“Defendants (Ola and itssubsidiary Serendipity Cabs)emphatically deny the alle-gations. Counsel for defen-dants states they have notdone anything to interferewith plaintiff ’s (Uber) busi-ness as alleged, or its systemby making false accounts,bookings or cancellations...Nor has any intention ofdoing so.

“D efendants , t he i ragents and employees shallabide by t h i sstatement...,”the court said,and issued notice to Olaand Serendipity asking themto file their written state-

ment, reply and submit doc-uments within four weeks.

Uber was asked to file itsrejoinder to Ola’s reply inanother four weeks and thematter was listed for hearingon September 14.

Uber in its plea allegedthat Ola’s employees havecreated over 93,000 fakeaccounts across India onUber’s platform and wereusing them to make falsebookings which were latercancelled and thus, causingloss to Uber which has topay the cancellation charges.

It has claimed to havepaid over Rs five lakh ascancellation charges andalleged that by making falsebookings, Ola was “squat-

ting” on cabs associated withUber.

Ola, on the other hand,contended in the court thatUber’s plea is an “offshoot”of the contempt petitionfiled against it by Ola forallegedly not complying withcourt directions to phaseout diesel cabs.

It also argued that Uber’splea was based on assump-tions that Ola’s employeeswere creat ing the fa l seaccounts to make bookingsand then cancel them.

It also said Uber wasnot paying any cancellationcharges as the customer ischarged if he/she does notcancel booking within fiveminutes of making it. �

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“Prime Minister NarendraModi has set us a target ofreducing oil import depen-dence by 10 per cent by 2022.We are confident of achievingthat in six years,” he said at anevent here.

Modi had set the target ofreducing import dependence inMarch last year. He had soughtthe dependence to be cut to 66per cent from 77 per centdependence in 2013-14.

Import dependence has,however, risen since then to78.5 per cent in 2014-15 whenIndia imported 189.4 milliontonnes of crude oil for $112.7billion. In February this hadrisen to 83.1 per cent.

Pradhan, however, exudedconfidence of meeting the tar-get by 2022 by raising domes-tic output and conserving fuel.Also, half of the 10 per cent

import dependence cut can beachieved by increasing use ofenvironment friendly gas, hesaid.

He said the Governmenthas already taken a number ofpolicy initiatives in the sectorthat would unlock a large quan-tity of hydrocarbons.

With the economy expand-ing rapidly, India’s energy con-sumption is increasing andwithout energy security, therecan be no development, he said.

He said the Government isworking with public sector oilcompanies to set up a startupfund for oil and gas industrywhich would further boost theinnovative ideas in the sector.

Pradhan said the country

was committed to reduce thecarbon footprint by 30-35 percent by year 2030. In thisregard, the government is pro-moting the use of clean fuel likenatural gas.

Stating that the sector hasto be developed through par-ticipation by all these stake-holders, he asked sector regu-lator PNGRB to play a lead rolein the expansion of gas networkin the country.

The Government, he said,is committed to the balancedgrowth and for this purposenew pipelines are being laid inthe eastern India which willboost the availability of gas inthe underdeveloped parts of thecountry. �

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The committee has beenasked to submit by July 31 itsreport on “acts of omission andcommission” as well as com-pensation to ONGC, an oil min-istry official said.

The extension was necessaryas RIL and its partner NikoResources of Canada joined theinquiry committee only onFebruary 19 and have submittedvoluminous data which needs tobe studied, he said.

“They (the committee)sought an extension,” he said.

The ministry had constitut-ed the one-man panel underJustice (Retd) A P Shah after US-

based consultant D&M, in itsfinal report, stated that as muchas 11.122 billion cubic meters ofnatural gas, worth over �11,000crore, had migrated from idlingKrishna Godavari fields of Oiland Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)to adjoining KG-D6 block ofRIL.

The panel initially soughtwritten comments on the D&Mreport and the issue of connec-tivity of reservoir from all par-ties to the case.

While ONGC and upstreamregulator DGH responded, RILand its partner Niko questionedthe very constitution of thepanel and decided not to par-ticipate in its proceedings.

However, their 30 per centpartner BP plc of UK agreed toparticipate in the proceedings.RIL and Niko later had a changeof heart and agreed to participatein the inquiry.

The official said since RILand Niko submitted theirresponse together with volumi-nous data late, the ShahCommittee wanted more time tostudy it.

The panel has been asked tolook into legal, financial and con-tractual provisions and submit areport.

It has also been asked toreport any “acts of omission andcommission” on part of all thestakeholders including RIL,ONGC, the Directorate Generalof Hydrocarbons and the gov-ernment, according to the termsand reference of the panel.

It has been asked to “quan-tify the unfair enrichment, ifany, to the contractors of theadjacent block KG-DWN-98/3(KG-D6) and measures to pre-vent future unfair enrichmentto these contractors on accountof gas migration.”

It has also been asked to“recommend action to be takento make good the loss toONGC/Government onaccount of such unfair enrich-ment to the contractors.”

The official said the gov-ernment will decide on futurecourse of action based on therecommendations of theCommittee. RIL has 60 percent interest in KG-D6 block,while Nikoholds 10 per centstake. BP holds the remaining30 per cent.

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Mahindra on Tuesday namedits forthcoming SUV asNuvoSport, which will berolled out in the first week ofApril.

NuvoSport is based on thesame new generation platformas the Scorpio but sport a boldand aggressive styling, thecompany said, adding the newvehicle is targeted at thoseleading an active, outdoorsylifestyle.

Other details of the SUVsuch as engine capacity, power-train, price etc have not beenrevealed yet.

Pravin Shah, President and

Chief Executive for automotivedivision at M&M expressedhope that NuvoSport will meetthe needs.

“I am sure with NuvoSport,we will further consolidate ourleadership in SUV segmentand effectively address theentire gamut of customer seg-

ments across price points rang-ing all the way from �4.5 lakhto �25 lakh,” he said.

NuvoSport has beendesigned and developed in-house by Mahindra designteam, while its R&D has beendone at the Mahindra ResearchValley in Chennai.

Early January, the compa-ny had launched its first petrolengine-driven compact vehicleKUV100 in the �7 lakh rangeand late last year a mid-seg-ment unit called TUV300under �8 lakh range.

Throughout last year, thecompany has been reportingfalling sales and with the UV100 it made a big bet with anew territory of petrol power-trains.

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Renault-Nissan on Tuesday said it wouldhike output at its Chennai plant with the

implementation of third production shift tomeet demand for current line-up and to pre-pare for upcoming models.

“From this week, the plant will operatea new night shift on one of its two produc-tion lines, which will effectively increaseoverall annual capacity,” Renault NissanAutomotive India Private Ltd (RNAIPL)said in a statement.

The plant has a capacity to produce 4.8lakh units per year at full ramp up. It willcontinue to deliver the export demand forChennai-produced vehicles around the worldlike Sunny and Micra.

The decision will allow the plant to meetaccelerated domestic demand for the newly-launched Renault Kwid and prepare forintroduction of Datsun’s third model in thecoming months, it added.

Commenting on the development,RNAIPL Chief Executive Officer andManaging Director Colin MacDonald said:“Increasing our production capability meanswe will be able to better meet the demandsof our Indian and overseas customers by lim-iting waiting times on deliveries.”

On an average, the alliance launched twonew models each year since the plant opened,he said.

The plant, which is the largest alliancemanufacturing facility in the world, startedoperation in March 2010 with an initialinvestment of �4,500 crore, which has nowrisen to �6,100 crore.

Till date a total of 12 all-new Nissan,Renault and Datsun models have been intro-duced to its two production lines catering forboth domestic and international markets.

The facility crossed the one million unitproduction milestone in January this yearwith over 6 lakh units exported to 106 coun-tries.

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Republican front-runnerDonald Trump has

affirmed complete support forIsrael, declaring that a Trumppresidency will veto any UN-imposed Middle East peacedeal and dismantle Iran’s glob-al terror network, even as hesought to articulate a largelynon-interventionist US for-eign policy.

Trump used a majoraddress to the American IsraelPublic Affairs Committee onMonday to quietly dump hismuch-assailed position of neu-trality in peace negotiationsbetween Israel and Palestineand project himself as “a life-long supporter and true friendof Israel”.

Israel and Palestine mustnegotiate a settlement them-selves, with the US at best beinga facilitator of negotiations, hesaid, making it clear that no onecan tell Israel it must abide bysome agreement made by oth-ers thousands of miles away.“When I’m President, I will vetoany attempt by the UN toimpose its will on the Jewishstate,” he said.

A little earlier in the day,speaking to The WashingtonPost Editorial Board, Trumpsought to project a differentworld-view in which he wouldlike to see the United Statesreduce its stake in the NorthAtlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO) and curtail its militarypresence in Asia. NATO, as heput it, is “costing us a fortune”and the US can’t afford it any-more.

He made the case forAmerica steering its resourcestowards rebuilding its crum-bling infrastructure rather thantake care of allies, commenting:“I know the outer world exists,and I’ll be very cognizant ofthat. But at the same time, ourcountry is disintegrating, largesections of it, especially theinner cities.”

Trump quickly changedgear at AIPAC, whereDemocratic front-runnerHillary Clinton had sought toexpose him hours earlier,remarking: “We need steadyhands, not a president whosays he’s neutral on Monday,pro-Israel on Tuesday, and whoknows what on Wednesday,because everything’s negotiable.”

“Israel’s security is non-negotiable. America can’t everbe neutral when it comes toIsrael’s security or survival,”Clinton had said to prolongedcheers at the packed venue,adding: “Anyone who doesn’tunderstand that has no busi-ness being our president.”

When he took his turn,Trump took swipes at PresidentObama and his administration,including Clinton as his formerSecretary of State, for alleged-ly pursuing wrong deals thatpressured America’s friendsand rewarded its enemies,thereby emboldening thosewho hate America.

“When I become presi-dent, the days of treating Israellike a second-class citizen willend on Day One,” Trumpasserted as he condemned theIran nuclear deal which, as heput it, has ended up with the USrewarding “the world’s leadingState sponsor of terrorism with$150 billion” and receiving“absolutely nothing in return”.

“My number one priority isto dismantle the disastrous dealwith Iran. I have been in busi-ness a long time. I know deal-making and let me tell you, this

deal is catastrophic – forAmerica, for Israel, and for thewhole Middle East,” he said butlater in the course of the sameaddress said he, as President,would ensure “restructuring”the terms of the deal.

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Donald Trump and HillaryClinton may well remain

the top choices of Republicansand Democrats, but a majori-ty of registered American vot-ers hold strong negative viewsof both the front-runners,according to two different pollsreleased on Tuesday.

In what would be music tothe ears of Trump, who is fac-ing a challenge from theRepublican establishment, aCNN/ORC poll found “littleappetite for replacing the del-egate leader and front-runnerwith another candidate at theconvention or through a third-party run”.

A total of 47 per cent ofRepublicans would like to seeTrump win their party’s nom-

ination as against 31 per centsupport for Senator Ted Cruzand 17 per cent for OhioGovernor John Kasich.

In the Democratic race,Clinton continues to top heronly rival, Bernie Sanders, with51 per cent favouring the for-mer Secretary of State and 44per cent backing the Senatorfrom Vermont.

While the CNN poll pro-jections may be good news forTrump and Clinton, anotherpoll conducted by The NewYork Times and CBS Newsfound that an overwhelmingmajority of registeredAmerican voters held either anunfavourable opinion of thetwo front-runners or remainedundecided about them.

The NYT/CBS poll foundthat only 24 per cent of votersfavoured Trump, while 57 percent were unfavourable to hiscandidacy, with 19 per centundecided. In respect ofClinton, only 31 per centfavoured her, with 52 per centremaining unfavourable and 16per cent undecided.

Beijing: Philippine sailors threw“fire bombs” and brandishedknives at Chinese Governmentvessels during a dispute over con-tested fishing grounds in theSouth China Sea, Beijing said onTuesday. Philippine media thisweek said local fishermen hadbeen rammed by the Chinesecoast guard while fishing offScarborough Shoal, which Chinahas occupied since a 2012 stand-off but which lies within thePhilippines’ claimed exclusiveeconomic zone.

The incident is the latest ina series of sometimes violent dis-putes between China and otherclaimants to the South China Sea— through which about a thirdof all the world’s traded oil pass-es — that have put the region onedge. Speaking at a regular pressbriefing, Chinese foreign min-istry spokeswoman HuaChunying said that thePhilippine fishing vessels had“defied” orders to leave the area.

“People on Philippines’ ves-sels even brandished knives andhurled firebombs at Chineseships,” she said, adding that theattacks were intended to “delib-erately provoke” Chinese lawenforcement vessels “and seri-ously endanger the order andsafety of Huangyan’s territorialwaters.” PTI

Karachi: At least 24 Hindus,including six women, havedied after consuming spuriousliquor during Holi celebra-tions in Pakistan’s Sindh, twoyears after a similar tragedystruck the country’s southernprovince.

Police said 35 people wererushed to a hospital in theTando Mohammad Khan district late on Monday night,where 24 of them died. Six were women.

“They were celebrating thefestival of Holi this week andpurchased the cheap liquorfrom a dealer in TandoMuhammad Khan,” seniorpolice official in Hyderabad,Haq Nawaz, said.

“The condition of theremaining people was also notgood,” he said. Following thetragedy, residents staged aprotest against the police forfailing to stop the illegal sale ofhooch in their neighbourhood.Authorities have suspendedthe area Station House Officer.Two persons have been arrest-ed for brewing the illegal drink.

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Washington: Republican pres-idential front-runner DonaldTrump has stoked yet anothercontroversy by referring to apopular Democratic Senator,who made claims about herNative American ancestry, as“the Indian”.

“Who’s that, the Indian?You mean the Indian?” Trumpsaid sarcastically interruptinga reporter when she broughtup criticism by DemocraticSenator from MassachusettsElizabeth Warren. “The prob-lem with the country right nowis it’s so divided and people likeElizabeth Warren really have toget their act together becauseit’s going to stay divided,”Trump said in response to aquestion.

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Afghanistan Super 10 matchWorld Twenty20, here today atFeroz Shah Kotla stadium. Ateam who has shown such excel-lent fighting spirit againststrong oppositions with likes ofSri Lanka and South Africa inWT20 tournament.

England, on the otherside after their stunningvictory over South Africa,where they chased down230, suffered six-wicketdefeat when they met WestIndies. England now faces a must-winsituation against the Afghans.

And even England start asfavourites against Afghanistan,England would be aware that theirbowlers would have to put up animproved performance.

The 2010 champions' under-firebowlers and fielders will be up against apotent Afghanistan batting line-up that gaveSouth Africa a scare in their last match.

The performance of England's openingpace duo of David Willey and Reece Topleycan be termed horrendous against WestIndies the other day as they sprayed the ballon both sides of the wicket to concede hugeruns. The likes of Chris Jordan and Ben Stokestoo were very expensive.

England's batting has been satisfactory sofar in the tournament with Root leading fromthe front. However, they need a collective bat-ting effort from the likes of Alex Hales, JasonRoy, Stokes, Jos Buttler and skipper EoinMorgan to make themselves a strong force inthe tournament.

With a win and a loss under their belt,England are currently lying fourth in the five-

team group and a win will definitelypropel Morgan's men up in standings.

Minnows Afghanistan, on theother hand, has lost both their matches againstSri Lanka and South Africa. But despite thedefeats, the Afghans, who advanced to theSuper 10 stage for the first time, showed greatcharacter in those two matches.

Led by Asghar Stanikzai, the Afghan bat-ting department, which also has MohammadShahzad and batsman Mohammed Nabi,crossed 150-run mark in both the matches,but it their inexperienced bowling unit whichneeds to come to the party to hand their teammaiden win in the event.�D��3E�� &�� :� 6�� �3�' ��-��/�' ��@���/� ��+�2 ��/�'���-���/������� ��/�6������ �"� �� �#/�'��%�������"*4#/�%�����4�/� ��%�����/�� ����7�����/�8� �����4���/�-����)�����/�9����'��� /� ����- ���/�8� ��� *�$�E&�� �7�� �� �� ���� �4; ��"� �� �#/��� �� ���� �; ��"*4#/������ ���Q �� /(� ��� �/���� �� ��� ��/�D ����� ���/�� ������ ���� ���/�- ����D� /� ����2 �; /�� *� ��Q �� /��� �����Q �� /���� ���� ��/�� ����� �����* ��/�� !����� �Q �� /�2 ����2 $

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Galvanised by the triumph overarch-rivals Pakistan, a confi-dent India will look for anoth-

er colossal victory and inch closer tothe semi-finals when they square offagainst an embattled Bangladesh inWT20 on Wednesday. Under tremen-dous pressure after the opening lossto New Zealand, inaugural champi-ons India roared back by beatingPakistan in a high-voltage clash at theEden Gardens to put their campaignback on track in the tournament.

A victory in this Super 10

Group 2 match would take the hostsa step closer to the coveted semi-final berth and the team would lookto ensure that it wins big to improveits Net Run Rate (NRR), which tooka hit owing to the New Zealand loss.

Bangladesh, on the other hand,are on the verge of being knockedout of the event and a win tomor-row would go a long way in givingthem a mathematical chance ofmaking the last- four stage.However, a close look at the currentform of the two teams would makeIndia outright favourites for thematch even though Bangladeshhave built a reputation of upstagingbig teams in big events.

India’s formidable batting line-

up, led by the peerless Virat Kohli,gives them a clear edge and shouldbe more than a handful for theBangladeshi bowlers, who would findit an enormous task to either containor dismiss the hosts. The only bat-ting worry for India is the form ofopener Shikhar Dhawan, SureshRaina and Rohit Sharma, all three ofwhom have looked distinctly uncom-fortable in the two outings so far.

However, playing in home condi-tions, the trio is expected to strike formsooner than later and make up for itsfailures against the Kiwis andPakistan.But Kohli will be the cyno-sure of all eyes once again after belt-ing a classy unbeaten 55 againstPakistan. The swashbuckling right-

hander is currently a cut above the restas far as ease of scoring is concerned.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoniwill be hoping that Kohli onceagain anchors the Indian inningsalbeit with good support from therest of the line-up. Thethink-tank might con-sider giving a chance toAjinkya Rahane, whohas been warming thebench in the tournament,especially due to the contin-ued failure of Sharma,Dhawan and Raina.

Yuvraj Singh, who madea crucial 24 and added 61runs with Kohli in the matchagainst Pakistan, would loveto continue the good work inWednesday’s match. On thebowling front, the attacklooks settled but it would beinteresting to see if Dhonidecides on bringing in senioroff-spinner Harbhajan Singhgiven that the pitches so farhave been supportive of slow-er bowlers.

In contrast, Bangladesh,who have lost both theirmatches, are looking foranswers as to what has gonewrong for them after a finebuild-up. The team, whichcreated a flutter by reachingthe Asia Cup finals, has beenin shambles ever sincemaking the main draw ofthe World Twenty20.

Their prospects were furtherdented by the suspension of pacerTaskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny,both of whom were found guilty ofbowling with illegal actions. Giventhe situation, Bangladesh CaptainMashrafe Mortaza will bank on theall-round abilities of Shakib AlHasan and Mahmudullah, who putup a good show in the last matchagainst Australia.

The think-tank would contem-plate bringing back Tamim Iqbal,who is in a good nick with scores of103 not out, 47 and 83 not out in thequalifiers and 25 against Pakistan.The side will also hope that his open-ing partner Soumya Sarkar strikesform to give the team a good start.

The biggest headache forBangladesh is to get a suitable replace-ment for Taskin and Sunny. Such hasbeen the impact of their suspensionthat Mortaza broke down during aPress conference when quizzed aboutthe duo, insisting that the suspensionhas been harsh. Mortaza’s breakdownwas perhaps indicative of the lowmorale in the Bangladeshi dressingroom even though the team did putup a creditable show during the lossto Australia.

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Morgan is not taking Afghanistanlightly. During the pre-match Pressconference at the Feroz Shah Kotla helooked calm and focused ahead oftoday's game. JATIN VERMA reportsfrom the ground

�On playing unpredictableAfghanistan…

Yes they have shown great charac-ter in their last two games and are a dan-gerous side. Tomorrow is a big game andwe are certainly not taking Afghanistanfor granted. I think focusing on anythingelse at the moment, given that there aretwo group games left, would be a littlebit naive, no actually stupid. Tomorrowis very important and getting a winunder our belt is the aim.

�What have you make of theKotla pitch?I expected a dryer pitch. There's a lot ofgrass on it. I don't know what it's goingto do. We'll have to leave it as late as pos-sible to select the side, and see what con-ditions are like. If it's another hot day liketoday, the team management will thentake the decision. Rootie (Joe Root) canbe a viable option for a third spinner but(left-arm orthodox) Liam Dawson addsa lot more certainly with the ball thanJoe Root. So certainly he could comeinto consideration if the grass comes offthe pitch.

�On Afghanistan team evolvingin cricket?They have played a really excitingbrand of cricket. Ten years ago we mightnot have known much about them, butnow that is the nature of modern sport.We watched the early stages of the tour-nament and they played some reallygood cricket. We watched both games,against Sri Lanka and South Africa indifferent circumstances, and it's been

nice for us to see what they are about asa side. It's probably a little bit of unpre-dictability. I think in T20 games againstany team unpredictability can be astrong mountain. Certainly we havelacked consistency in T20s in recenttimes and certainly there is a bit ofunpredictability

�You suffered defeat againstHolland in last edition. Any fear fromtoday's match?Holland was a unique set of circum-stances. We knew we were out of thetournament. Probably we came intothat game with a completely wrongmindset. We were flying directlyafter that game and have alreadypacked our bags to leave. So certain-ly in my mind I was already at homesitting on the couch going into thatgame. A lot of guys were in the samekind of mindset.

�What do you think ofMohammad Shahzad?I think he (Shahzad) is a good batsman.I think it would be rude on my part tosingle out any player of their side. As aside they can be quite strong and verydestructive.

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employees. While assigning duties is a majortask, the actual task is much more involved. Itadds to the overall success of the organisationin several ways. Before knowing what has to bedone, the manager first must determine the goalthat is both short and long terms for the salonin order to formulate a clear idea of what is tobe achieved.

With the specific goals in mind, the man-ager can define the actions that will best achievethose goals. It is of primary significance for anorganisation to sustain pay levels that draw andpreserve quality employees while recognisingthe need to keep hold of the evident compen-sation policies and introducing the competitivebenefits for employees. Salon managers are oftenaccountable for scheduling staff members,training new front desk workers and determin-ing budgets. They have a highly important roleas they are responsible for effectively and com-petently running of the salon.

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Management and changing trends in the busi-ness environment, aspirants can take their careerto a new height. This profession not only pro-vides you an expertised career option but alsomeant for those who have the right entrepre-neurial spirit. It offers scope for managing afranchise or a brand with multi branches, whichprovides a candidate to grow to the top man-agement level and if competent, it also opensup the option of venturing his own salon withsubstantial experience and expertise.

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skill. An effective manager should be able torecognise, interpret, and relate the organisation’svision back to their employees in order to main-tain productivity. The person should go aboveand beyond their daily job responsibilities tomanage a salon successfully. Strong communica-tive and management skills will also come inhandy. A prospective salon manager must main-tain a high-level of professionalism and be ableto work in a high-pressure environment.Excellent knowledge of the beauty industry andkeeping up to date is definitely a skill set.Another driving factor is mandatory like thewillingness to work in flexible hours and buildexceptional customer relationship sets the

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soft and hard skills like:Legal responsibilities: Many rules and reg-

ulations apply to the business industry to ensuresafety, responsible business practices and com-pliance with the law. The rules and regulationsdepend on what type of salon a person is oper-ating and what is the location of the business,as they are set by State boards and city codes.Therefore, the business must obtain the prop-er licenses and certificates to meet standards.

Importance of retail sale: Retail is an essen-tial part of any salon business and adds anoth-er dimension to your client’s overall salon expe-rience. This means you are helping grow thesalon and helping it succeed.

Communication skills: Clear and consis-tent communication is essential for making surea business runs the best. An excellent commu-nication skill is vital to its success.

Making of appointment sheet: A success-ful salon management career require technicalskill to maintain an appointment sheet forsmooth process of work on daily basis.

Work relations with staff: Managing peo-ple can be challenging but rewarding part ofrunning a business. Situations that require man-agement of people often require a manager.

Client care: A salon is not just about ren-dering the best services, but it is also a lot aboutcustomer service. Customer is king in this busi-ness and making them feel as comfortable andpampered as possible would always win repeat

visits and a loyal client list.Body language: There might be some

minor changes that team can do that might giveclients a much better experience. So, body lan-guage plays vital role in this course.

Store management: There are challengesranging from separate trends from fashion, san-itation to safety concerns to managing a high-turnover work force. The aspirants must betrained at managing the store.

Staff management: Weekly staff meetingsare a great opportunity to get all staff togetherand to address any concerns or questionsamongst them.

Advertising: There is numerous ways toadvertise a salon, both online and offline.Advertising campaigns differs in reach, cost,time and money which need to be taken intoconsideration before deciding on a particularadvertising strategy.

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and control the pay and benefits process for anorganization's employees. In some organiza-tions, it is a dual role a manger plays or theyare divided into two positions like humanresources managers and salon managers.Businesses depend on the expertise of these pro-fessionals in order to stay competitive when hir-ing employees. Salon managers develop pro-grammes that support a company's competenceto recruit, hire and maintain workers. Specificjob roles include managing and administeringcompensation and benefits plans, conductingsurveys and research, and scheming strategicplans to support company objectives. They maycoordinate and supervise staff activities too.

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includes human resources director and direc-tor of salon. Despite the current limited jobgrowth, managers can have the benefits to earnhigh salaries. The monthly income for thesemanagers is about �25,000 to �30,000 in thebeginning and with few years, with relevantskills and expertise the competent individualscan earn up to �60,000 to a lakh per month.However, management should not be takenlightly, and it is not something that comes eas-ily to everyone. Salon operators must be effec-tive managers in order to achieve success in theirbusinesses.G"�������������� ��������������@����H��@��������������

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�What is the present state ofskill development of people inIndia?

We are facing significantchallenges on this front. At pre-sent, 54 per cent of our popula-tion is below 25 years of age andover 62 per cent of them is in theworking-age group. In Indiaalone we have an incrementalhuman resources requirement of109 million skilled people across24 key sectors by the year 2022.However, only around 5 per centof the Indian population hasundergone formal skills training.Moreover, there is the highnumber of people entering theworkforce every year. To meetthis shortfall, the newly formedMinistry of Skill Developmentand Entrepreneurship (MSDC),NSDA and NSDC are workingon this through various initia-tives like PMKVY, Udaan,National Urban LivelihoodsMission, etc. �Tell us about the recent ini-tiatives of NSDC?

NSDC is working under theguidance of the MSDE andhence aims to support as manyschemes as projects as it canunder the PPP model. MSDE’srecent skill development policyhas helped rationalise the entirespectrum of skill developmentprocesses and systems includinginputs, outputs, funding, costnorms, third party certificationand assessment, monitoring ortracking mechanisms, andempanelment of trainingproviders. NSDC also workswith corporates, foundationsand PSEs to design and structurelarge-scale skill developmentprojects as part of their CSR.�What all CSR projects on skilldevelopment have been signedrecently?

The first CSR project underthe modified Companies Act,2013 was signed between NSDF,NSDC and Power GridCorporation of India in January2015. Since then a large numberof agreements have been signedwith corporates and PSEs forsuch CSR projects.Collaborations with SCOPE,USIBC, World Bank and manyother organisations to attractCSR funding for skill develop-ment. Recently we’ve addedcouple of Sector Skills Councilsto the existing gamut. We addthe Aviation SSC, Green SSCand Domestic Workers SSCwhich are focused towards moreniche segments and services. �What are the challenges inroadmap of skilling people?

The biggest challenge is theaspiration of skills amongst theyouths, who must understandthe difference that skill develop-ment programmes bring totheir lives, something which adegree or certificate alone can-not.

Moreover, another chal-lenge that we’ve is vocationali-sation of education and imple-mentation of the National SkillQualifications Framework incollaboration with school edu-cation and higher education. Weare actively ensuring delivery ofstandards across all initiativesand bridging the gap betweenthe industry and the academiato build and sustain a cohesiveskill ecosystem for the youthand make them employable.�What are the strategies that

NSDC is following in dealingwith those issues?

NSDC is working closelywith the industry on elaborateroadmap to help them partnerin the areas of skill developmentto take care of school dropouts,college dropouts, graduates andpost-graduates, engineering,vocational skills, agriculture andallied activities, craft and self-help groups.

Through National Skill con-clave which was organised inMumbai, many corporates haveagreed to channelise their CSRfund to skill development, whichwill be an investment in thecountry’s future and the indus-try itself can reap benefits.Recently Government has liber-alised the apprenticeship frame-work in a bid to fast track skilldevelopment. PMKVY’sRecognition of Prior Learning(RPL) has been rolled out in 22States in India covering 127 dis-tricts in 23 sectors catering to 95job roles. �How are industries helping inSkill India initiative?

The year 2016 focuses clear-ly on the dire need for industryto step forward and contributeto Skill India. The industry hasto look beyond the areas wherethey operate and have invested.There needs to be a strongeffort towards creating entrepre-neurs/self-employment as well.The industry needs to align tothe National Skill QualificationFramework, to the 3500 uniqueNational OccupationalStandards which have been cre-ated and also to the certificationprocess that is in place throughNational Skill DevelopmentCorporation and the SectorSkill Councils.�Upcoming programmes?

We will be working in con-junction with the Governmentto expand Pradhan MantriKaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)to regions where there is lessfocus on skill development tillnow. We will also be workingclosely with the skilling networkin the country to ensure shortterm skill courses are beingintroduced and run across engi-neering colleges and polytech-nics. This would be a good sus-tainable business model formany and will add to capacitybuilding for skill developmentfor the youth in India.

We will continue tostrengthen our partnershipswith other countries andexplore way of working withtheir Technical VocationalEducation and Training(TVET) counterparts to createtransnational standards whichwill be globally accepted. NSDCwill also be working closely withentities to ensure a stringentassessment framework so thatthere is fair evaluation andcertification of skills.

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It is time to higher calling for edu-cation, not just learning craft and

starting earning. We’ve to ponderover purpose of education. Througheducation, we’ve to rise above thecast, creed and religion and becomean Indian and contribute for thenational development. We shouldtry to work to enjoy not only forearning but bring smile on the faceof the poorest of poor,” Najeeb Jung,Lt Governor of Delhi and chancel-lor of Guru Gobind SinghIndraprastha (IP) University opinedat the recently held 11th convoca-tion ceremony of Guru GobindSingh Indraprastha University,Dwarka, Delhi.

A total of 20,690 degrees wereawarded. 59 students were award-ed PhD degrees, 71 students weregiven gold medals and 36 studentswere given certificates for theirexemplarary performances.Delivering the convocation addressas the chief guest of the occasion,Prof Hari Gautam, former chairmanof UGC and former VC BanarasHindu University said that it is an

occasion for students to look backat the struggle and hard work theyhave put in to earn their merit cre-dentials. Through right kind ofeducation, we can inculcate citizen-ship values, liberate people fromignorance, empower them withknowledge, information, skills andexpand their outlook.

Presenting the universityreport, the vice-chancellor of theuniversity Prof Anil K Tyagiinformed the university has 76,171students enrolled in 153 pro-grammes of 13 university schools,two specialised centres and 115affiliated institutes.

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The NationalCentre for the PerformingArts (NCPA), Mumbai, andCiti India, jointly invite appli-cations for the 8th edition ofthe Citi-NCPA Scholarshipfor Advanced Training inHindustani Music under theaegis of the ‘Citi-NCPA GuruShishya Program’.

Nine scholarships of�90,000 each to be awarded forthe year 2016-2017 foradvanced training inHindustani Music in Vocals(Khayal, Dhrupad) and MelodyInstruments (sitar, sarod, vio-lin, flute, harmonium etc.)

Eligibility: Candidatesbetween 18-30 years of age areeligible to apply. Students whoare benefiting from any otherNCPA scholarship in the year2016-17 are not eligible toapply. Applicants should not beworking as professional musi-cians.

How to apply: Candidatesare required to submit a writ-ten application in an envelopeto ‘Citi-NCPA Scholarship forHindustani Music’, to NationalCentre for the Performing Arts,NCPA Marg, Nariman Point,Mumbai 400021 or mailat [email protected] details regarding thename, date of birth, address,contact number/alternate con-tact number, professional qual-ification, email ID, musicteachers/gurus, number ofyears of training and details ofachievements /prizes/scholar-ships and performances,amongst other noteworthydetails.

The shortlisted candidateswill be informed via email ortelephone. They will berequired to appear for an audi-tion at the NCPA, Mumbai inthe month of April-May 2016.

Application deadline: Onor before March 31, 2016.

The Bayer Science &Education Foundation isawarding 25 scholarships (fivefor Indian students) this yearfor the Bayer Science Camp inDenver, United States. Thetheme of the science camp isLife Science and Medical HealthIssues and will be conducted in

partnership with the pres-tigious STEM Harmony edu-

cation center at the Universityof Colorado, United States.

Eligibility: Applicantsshould be 14-16 years-old andhave good grades in scientificsubjects, a very good commandof the English language and astrong interest in medicalhealth issues.

How to apply: The appli-cation form is available on theBayer India website,http://bayer.in/science_and_education.php. Supporting docu-ments must be attached withthe application form.

Application deadline: Onor before March 31, 2016.

Vienna Graduate Schoolof Population Genetics isinviting applications for PhDposition in PopulationGenetics. Position is open tointernational applicants butthose from related disciplines,such as physics or mathemat-ics are also welcome to apply.

Eligibility: Universityencourages young, enthusiasticgraduate students intrigued bythe interdisciplinary nature ofthe Vienna Graduate School ofPopulation Genetics to applyfor the program within theapplication deadline. They wel-come candidates with back-grounds in either theoretical,computational or experimentalfields such as bioinformatics,statistics, evolutionary genetics,functional genetics, theoreticaland experimental populationgenetics. Candidates fromrelated disciplines, such asphysics or mathematics arealso welcome to apply.Applicants with a genuineinterest for interdisciplinaryPhD education will be pre-ferred.

How to apply: Applicantsare requested to email the fol-lowing information as a singlepdf document to the pro-gramme coordinator :Application form, CV, a moti-vation letter with a statement ofresearch interests, universitycertificates including grades, acopy of your university degree,at least two reference letters, anindication of two preferredtopics.

Application deadline: Theapplication deadline is May 22,2016.

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�Why should Indian students chooseIreland for higher education?

Students coming to Ireland can beassured that they will be studying in asafe and welcoming environment. In arecent independent study of 18European countries, Irish higher edu-cation institutions were appreciatedfor their community atmospheres,innovative programmes and supportstructures for students, as well as theirmulticultural mix and student life.They offer a wide range of areas,including medicine, finance, engineer-ing, business, management and sciences.Ireland offers very good value formoney for Indian students and thechance of a hugely valuable education-al experience. Students looking towiden their horizons academically,professionally and culturally shouldconsider Ireland.�Does Ireland provide ease of access toIndian students?

Yes. At our education fairs, studentscan meet with academics and seniorstaff from Irish institutions to get a clearunderstanding of course content andentry requirements. Also, we alwayshave a visa officer present to counsel thestudent (and parents) on visa require-ments. Once in Ireland, the student willfind a support network for internationalstudents through the internationaloffice and the accommodation office. �Work permit for how many years isgiven to international students?

A student visa to Ireland allowsnon-EU/EEA students who have grad-uated from Irish higher educationinstitutions to remain in Ireland for anadditional 12 months to seek employ-ment. International students onapproved programmes can avail ofcasual work to help support themselveswhile in Ireland. Students are allowedto work part-time (up to 20 hours aweek) or full-time (up to 40 hours aweek) during academic holiday periods.�Do maximum students go for UGcourses or PG courses?

Majority of Indians are studying atpostgraduate level. The most popular dis-ciplines include data analytics, cloud com-puting, computer science, management,business, finance and MBA. There is alsoa growing interest in niche courses suchas cyber security, food technology and

hotel management. In the undergradu-ate sector, there is a growing interestamong Indian students in arts andhumanities. �What is the scope for work after study-ing in Ireland? Which industries canyoung graduates work in?

There is skill shortage in certain fieldsin Ireland including ICT, engineering andpharmaceutical sectors. We have seen anincrease in the number of internationalstudents coming to Ireland to study thesecourses. Over 1,000 multinational com-panies have set up operations in Ireland.Many of the programmes offered at ourhigher education institutions offer intern-ships in these companies as part of theiracademic programme.�How does the Irish education systemmake Indians skill/job ready?

Indian students who come to Irelandhave proven themselves to be not just aca-demically strong but also adept at tran-sitioning successfully into the workplace.The professionalism with which youngIndian students start out in their careersis very valuable to their education insti-tution as it strengthens the reputation ofthe institution among industry leaders.�Can you give us the year-on-year per-centage growth of number of Indianstudents studying in Ireland?

There are, at present, land. Around2,000 of these are Indian students, andgrowing each year. The number ofIndian students studying in Ireland hasrisen particularly in the last five years dueto an increased awareness of Ireland, itsculture and the strong post-study employ-ment opportunities.

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their subordinates to deliver to thebest of their efficiency.Recognising the strengths andweaknesses of the employees,playing to their strengths andensuring that the team is greaterthan the sum of its parts areimportant responsibilities of ateam leader.

Finding the hidden talents ofteam members and using them tothe team’s advantage is one suchkey skill that can make a differ-ence between a good managerand a brilliant one. All humanbeings are different, and peoplemanagement involves recognis-ing this difference and playing itto the advantage of the team. Notall employees can be fitted intoa straitjacketed working envi-ronment. Some may need greatercreative and work freedom towork to the best of their abilities.The true victory of the manage-ment is to spot different talentsand help evolve and use them forimproving results. Using a personto his/her strengths is key to asuccessful team drive. For exam-ple, a team may consist of fourmembers — one of whom hasgood verbal communicationskills, another might have goodwriting skills, a third may begood at creative ideas, while thefourth may be a good coordina-tor. If you entrust the third onewith coordinating responsibilitiesand force the fourth one to comeout with new ideas, the teamwould function below its capac-ity. However, when each one ofthem is entrusted with theresponsibility they have a natur-al knack for, the team will emergeas more than the sum of its parts.Recognising these hidden talentsand playing them out to the max-imum is a key component ofmanagement skills.

Hidden talent exists at all lev-els of most organisations. Butfinding one out is a tedious task.Let’s take a look at some easy-to-implement secrets that will changethe way you look at things whensearching for talent within yourown team.

� Always knowyour employeesbeyond work:Employees are alwayshired for definite positionsbut a manager who knowsthem well may find out their hid-den talents in other domains. Forexample, a company hires a youngfresher for a position of creativewriting. However, the managerrealises in due course that while theemployee is not too good of awriter, he has very effective eventcoordination skills. This can pre-

vent an unnecessary sacking bytransferring the employee to thedepartment of his/her strength. Thekey is therefore to always lookbeyond resumes. The best way toknow about your employee is toknow about their likes and inter-ests. Informal communication is a

useful tool to discovertheir hidden capacities. If

you find out that one of theteam members writes stories or

dramas in private time, you can usehis knack in designing creative pro-grammes or put him in charge ofthe organisation’s newsletter whichmight be struggling for new ideas.Employee skills are an opportuni-ty to take advantage of, either with-in your department or with anoth-er company. Remember that evenif you lose an employee you havewon an ally.

� Let your employees don newresponsibilities: Giving yourteammates a new challengeeveryday will help identify theirtalents and hidden abilities better.Unless you give them new chal-lenges everyday by not limitingthem daily to the same chores, youwill never know who is capable ofwhat under pressure.

Not only will this help youunderstand their skill pool, but itwill also give them much moreconfidence in their own abilities.Do not micro-manage their work.You might have a good method ofgetting results, but another personmight have a better mechanism inmind. Focus on the result, and letthe team take their own course. � Give them flexibility andfreedom: One can’t bear theirboss standing over his head allthe time and asking for hourlyupdates. While some employeesmay adapt to this way of working,others may find it suffocating andmight underperform. Giving yourteammates freedom to work willhelp them explore their own tal-ents. At the end of the day, everyemployee, irrespective of the sizeof the business in which he works,appreciates flexibility and somedegree of freedom. Giving thema fair chance to contribute in anyproject according to them willgive them more confidence towork. �Welcome suggestions and crit-icism: A boss who is welcome tosuggestions is the one who is bestable to understand his team’shidden abilities. The criticisms orsuggestions a team membercomes up with during a teammeeting can say a lot about hishidden abilities. Bosses who arenot open to this will never findout what his teammates are think-ing or ideas they might bring tothe table. When someone in yourteam proposes something, neverreject it outright without giving aproper ear to it. An inability to doso will inevitably lead you to losegreat ideas and will leave yourteam mates disappointed and dis-couraged.

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ment under which it will financeexpenses for stem cells storageunits, cosmetics-based hairtreatment, dental and eye care,IVF & maternity care, laproscopiccure for a dozen ailments, andelective medical/paramedicalcare for many other issues.

The Pune-based company,which claims to be the first toenter this segment in the coun-try, expects to net around �1,000crore in sales over the next fiveyears from this business hopingto an encore of the massivedemand for such segmentalfunding in the Western marketswhere life care segment is a

booming business.“We are already test-servic-

ing a slew of elective paramedicalcare that comes under the life carecategory, which as of now is a�20,000 crore market in thecountry. We have alreadyfinanced 400 customers for theirexpenses towards stem cell stor-age, cosmetics-based hair restora-tion therapy and dental caresuch as braces, whitening etc.”

“A formal launch in the sixtop metros is expected within amonth four weeks,” Bajaj Financepresident for consumer busi-ness Devang Mody told PTI onTuesday over phone from hisPune headquarters. He said thedomestic life care category busi-ness is around �20,000 crore andis clipping at 20-22 per cent and

is likely to cost at a higher pacegoing forward with financingoptions now being available.

Mody said while the hairrestoration segment is a �1,500-crore market, the stem cells stor-age market is around �700 croreannually and that he expects tofund a large portion of this mar-ket with a national launch overthe next six months when ithopes to be present in the 40largest cities.

On the costing side, he said,the customer can avail of theirfinancing at 5-6 per cent premi-um over the sale prices of thedevice or care. Its service isalready available in Mumbai,Delhi and Bengaluru and overthe next three months it hopes toenter Kolkata, Chennai and

Hyderabad too. Mody said thecompany over the past onemonth has financed stem cellstorage, dental care, maternitycare expenses of 400 customersin Mumbai, Delhi andBengaluru.

He said a stem cell storagedevice will cost about �25,000to �1 lakh while his averagefinancing is around �50,000per unit. The largest player inthe country sells around10,000 units a month, he said,adding that shows the latentpotential of the market.Explaining the business hesaid it is like any other financ-ing by an NBFC, whereintheir customers come to themthrough partners who sellthe service or the product.

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MUMBAI: The benchmark Sensex on Tuesday closed in the pos-itive territory for the third straight day, but the day’s gain was lim-ited to just 45 points after deadly terror attacks in Brussels sentmarkets globally into a tailspin. The closing was a fresh 11-weekhigh of 25,330. The modest rise came on the back of investorssticking with their buying activity amid sustained foreigninflows. In a trade marked by choppiness, the 30-share barom-eter opened higher, but quickly slipped into the red zone afterprofit-booking in recent gainers kicked in. A decisively weak trendoverseas after the explosions at the Brussels airport and a localmetro station dragged the broader index further down. PNS

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market share in most of the sec-tors despite countries all over theworld experiencing fall inexports, Union CommerceSecretary Rita Teaotia said onTuesday. “It is not just India thathas seen fall in exports, China lastmonth reported 25 per cent fallin exports. Europe, US, (in) allcountries the demand has con-tracted, this is the situation,”Teaotia told reporters here.

“We are going to have to seethat we strengthen our industryto be able to ride out this period,to maintain the market share; andI may assure you that most of thesectors are managing to maintain

their market share, even increasetheir market share.” “It is the pricerealisations which have reducedand which hopefully as the com-modity prices begin to improveand the global economy strength-ens, those will also go up.”

Teaotia was speaking toreporters after meeting exportersalong with the State Governmentofficials here. She said sectors likepharmaceutical gems and jew-ellery have been good news forthe country in exports.

Pharma sector has continuedto remain robust and to increaseits market share across the globe,textile sector and garmentsexport in some markets contin-ued to remain robust, she said,adding that gems and jewelleryhas certainly ‘held its own’.

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grab a bigger share of thebooming Indian smartphonemarket will start selling in thecountry from April 8 for�39,000, a price higher thanthat of existing models.

Beetel Teletech andRedington have said they willbegin the distribution ofiPhone SE, Apple’s lowestpriced smartphone, from April8. Apple Inc had on Mondayunveiled a new, smaller iPhoneSE at a relatively low price tagof $399 as it looks to boostsales in high-growth marketslike China and India.

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ly to become operational byMarch 2017, Communicationsand IT Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad said on Tuesday. “Verysoon by March next year weare going to bring in pay-ments bank of the Postaldepartment. And how thingsare changing, we have just gotin-principle approval and weare going to the Cabinet soon,”Prasad said.

The Minister added that 60international consortiums arekeen to partner India Post forthird partner delivery forinsurance and banking, amongothers. Speaking at the DigitalIndia Summit organised byTimes Network here, Prasadsaid India Post has the largestnetwork of core banking solu-tion branches in India.

“When I became Minister(2014), just 230 India Postbranches had core bankingsolutions and as of on Monday20,494 post offices have comeunder core banking solutionsout of 25,000 and we can com-plete it by April,” he said.

“Today I am very proud toannounce that core bankinglinkage of post offices is biggerthan State Bank of India. SBIhas 16,333 core banking solu-tion branches,” he added. OnATMs, he said the number hasrisen from four to 850 and bymid-April it will go to 1,000.

India Posts received in-principle approval fromReserve Bank of India onSeptember 7, for setting up ofpayments bank within 18months. The department hasalso received clearance forfunds from the PublicInvestment Board (PIB) forthe payment banks.

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State-owned IDBI Bank on Tuesday said itplans to raise �20,000 crore from bonds in

one or more tranches next fiscal to fund busi-ness growth. The bank, at its board meetingheld today, approved in-principle the rupeebond issuance limit of �20,000 crore, IDBI Banksaid in a regulatory filing to stock exchanges.

The fund would be raised in one or moretranches comprising senior or infrastructurebonds, Basel-III compliant tier-II or addition-al tier-I bonds by way of private placement orpublic issue in 2016-17, it said. Last month, the

bank got market regulator Sebi’s approval toraise �3,771 crore through issue of shares toqualified institutional players, a move whichwould dilute the Government's holding sig-nificantly in the lender. The Government’sholding in the bank stands at 80.16 per cent.

As per the existing norms, the governmentequity in a PSB cannot go below 52 per centto maintain the public sector character of state-owned banks. Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyhad earlier indicated a change in the charac-teristics of IDBI Bank where Governmentwould have a majority stake, but at the sametime maintain an arm’s length distance.

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2 Super-10 match between NewZealand and Pakistan.

Pakistan have got to regrouptheir unit and have to hit theground running to chase downthe target put up by the BlackCaps. After winning the toss,New Zealand's decision to batfirst paid off.

Apart from the opening over,when Mohammad Amir gave justa single run, Kiwis batsmen werein full throttle. In the very secondover, Kane Williamson played abeautiful square cut, which wasfollowed by a six over long-on byMartin Guptill in the bowling ofMohammad Irfan.

Guptill followed it up bysmashing three boundaries in thevery next over bowled by Amir.The opening duo, mainly led byGuptill, was on fire. They reachedtheir fifty partnership in no time.

With a six from Guptill offMohammad Sami in the fourthball off the sixth over, the Kiwisreached fifty runs. It was the eightfifty plus partnership betweenGuptill and Williamson in the last10 T20Is they opened together.

At the end of the battingpowerplay, New Zealand were55-runs. However, the break-through finally came for Pakistanin the eight over. Irfan, whoreplaced Sami, delivered the goodsfor his captain.

Williamson mistimed his offdrive and hit it straight into thearms of Afridi, who made no mis-take in holding on to it.

Williamson's struggles eventual-ly came to an end as he couldmanage only 17-runs off 21 balls.

'Boom Boom' Afridi eventu-ally decided to try his luck in theninth over. Munro got lucky in thesecond ball when his edge shotwent behind for four.

But, the luck did not last longas Colin Munro eventually threw

away his wicket in the fourth ballwhen his attempted sweep shotwent straight into the hands ofKhalid Latif in square-leg asPakistan's captain fantastic yetagain delivered when his teamneeded the most.

But, the new batsman CoreyAnderson and the settled Guptillsteadied the ship as New Zealand

reached 100 runs in just 12 overs.In doing so Guptill also reachedhis half century from only 33 balls.

Anderson playing a goodanchor role, as Guptill did most ofthe hitting. In the first ball off thefifteenth over Guptill struck a fourbetween the mid-off and coverfrom Sami as the duo of Guptill-Anderson quickly raised on to a

50 run partnership for the thirdwicket in just 32 balls.

But Sami had the final laughas Guptill's nicked the ball on thestumps when he tried to defend iton the third ball of the same over.Thereby, the 29-year-old broughtan end to his brilliant knock of 80from just 48 balls, which includ-ed 10 fours and three sixes.

New Zealand had a bit of ablip in that period as Andersonalso threw away his wicket in thevery next over, when his power-ful hit from Afridi's bowling couldonly find Shoaib Malik in thelong-off.

Thus the Kiwis who were127/2 found themselves in a spotof bother with 132/ 4 in the six-teenth over. However, LukeRonchi and Ross Taylor playedsome good shots to keep thescore ticking.

Even though Ronchi got outin the last before over off Sami,when Malik took the catch, Taylorcontinued to score runs.

Starting with a six of the firstball off the final over from Amir,Taylor was instrumental in scor-ing 16 runs of that over to takeNew Zealand to a commanding180/5 in 20 overs. Taylor scored 36of 23 balls, including a six and twofours. From the bowling side,Sami was excellent with 2/23 runsand Afridi also picked two butgave away 40 runs.

The Indian women's team paid the pricefor a dismal batting performance as it

lost to England by two wickets in a thrillinggroup league encounter of the ICC WorldTwenty20, here on Tuesday.

Batting first, India crawled their wayto 90 for 8 in 20 overs after being put intobat. None of the Indian batswomen savefor Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored 26 off25 ball, tried to force the pace againstEnglish bowlers.

In reply, England middle and lower-order survived some nervy moments beforegetting past the finishing line in 19 overswith two wickets remaining.

With England needing 3 in the penul-timate over, skipper Mithali Raj dropped aneasy catch of Anya Shrubsole off VedaKrishnamurthy's delivery and the verynext ball was hit past the point fielder muchto joy of the England dug-out.

The defeat, India's second in threematches, also put a spanner on their

chances of qualifying for the semi-final asWest Indies and England both have twowins in their kitty.

India have one match left against WestIndies which they have to win to have anyoutside chance whatsoever and depend onother favourable results.

Skipper Mithali tried to put up a bravefront at the post-match presentation cere-mony. "We are in contention. If we winagainst West Indies, we will have to dependon other results. We realised it was difficultto score runs. We could have shown moreapplication with the ball to pull us through."

It was batting that again let India downas they failed to reach the three-figure markonce again after scoring 96 against Pakistan.

In all, only eight boundaries were hit inthe 20 overs by the Indian batswomen,which went a long way in them not beingable to score 110-115.

Heather Knight (3/15) was successfulbowler for England. While chasing, left-armspinner Ekta Bisht (4/21) did her best to putbrakes on the opposition scoring but withtoo few runs on the board, it was always agame that was slipping out of India's grasp.

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Outclassed by three-time championsAustralia in their opening match,South Africa will look to turn around

their campaign and keep their semifinal hopesalive when they clash with a lowly Ireland intheir Women's WT20 match on Wednesday.

South Africa suffered a six-wicket loss toAustralia in at Nagpur on Friday and they willlook to get across the Irish team, who are stillnursing their double loss against New Zealandand Sri Lanka.

South Africa almost has a settled line upand they would not be unduly worried at theChepauk turf where they had two practicegames and training before the tournament.

With a strong line up that is flush with tal-ent, South Africa will start as favourites onWednesday and they would look to step uptheir game ahead of their clashes against NewZealand and Sri Lanka later in the league phase.

Their openers Trisha Chetty (45) and Dvan Niekerk (34) had done well against

Australia when they shared a 72-run standand skipper M du Preez will expect anoth-er good show from them. But what is wor-risome is the lack of contribution from theirmiddle-order.

South Africa’s bowling will revolve aroundShabnim Ismail, who scalped two Aussie wick-ets early on to give them a glimmer of hopein their last match.

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The ICC has given the DDCA timetill 12 noon today to get the

required clearance to use the RPMehra Block for the World Twenty20semifinal scheduled to be held at theFeroz Shah Kotla on March 30.

DDCA treasurer RavinderManchanda on Tuesday said that theInternational Cricket Council hasgiven the state association time tilltomorrow to get permission for theR P Mehra Block, which has a seat-ing capacity of around 2,000.

"Today we have given our repre-sentation and plea to Justice Mudgal(DDCA observer) that the semifinalbe held at Kotla and public specta-tors be allowed to sit in the old pavil-ion (R P Mehra Block). The ICC onthe other hand has given us time till12 noon tomorrow to sort out theissue," Manchanda said.

Earlier, the DDCA withdrew itspetition seeking a direction to SouthDelhi Municipal Corporation(SDMC) to issue the requisite certifi-cate for the block, which is at the cen-tre of a controversy.

"We have given our representa-tion to Justice Mudgal. As per theHigh Court directive we canapproach Mudgal to seek a solution,"said Manchanda while adding thatBangalore has been kept as standbyfor the semifinal.

The R P Mehra Block has notbeen used in the World T20 match-

es that has taken place at the Kotlaso far. The ICC is concerned aboutthe prospect of the matches beingheld at Kotla in front of emptystands, especially from the broadcastpoint of view.

During the hearing, advocateSangram Patnaik, appearing forDDCA, told the bench that issue withthe R P Mehra block is for the semi-final match only.

To this, the bench observed,"You (DDCA) are answerable to thelaw. You undertook a huge risk. Youknew about the consequences of theaction which you have taken. Youmake sure that you get the certificate.Nothing prevents you."

When Sethi said SDMC hasalready granted occupancy certifi-cate to the DDCA, the bench said,"It is clear that occupancy certificatefor the R P Mehra block was notgranted."

During the hearing, Patnaikreferred to the mails received fromICC and BCCI and told the benchthat "let Justice Mudgal take thedecision".

The bench, however, said, "He(Mudgal) cannot take a decision. Heis only assisting this court so thatmatches can take place here."

At this juncture, the DDCA alsoappreciated the works done by JusticeMudgal and said the cricketing bodywas grateful to him.

"But the ICC has taken a viewthat since it is a semi-final match andif complete access is not given thenthe semi-final match cannot beplayed here," it said.

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"Tintu finished 11th in the lastOlympics. I have been running frompillar to post to ensure that she getsto participate in as many internation-

al events as possible. I am still hope-ful that the federation will do some-thing about it," added Usha.

Usha said the lack of overseasexposure is hindrance in Luka's path.

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