SHAMLI After a tense weekend which saw the police clashing with thousands of residents, the Shamli dis- trict in western Uttar Pradesh is striving to reconfigure to normal. On Friday, a group of Muslim clerics who were travelling on a train to neighbouring Saharanpur were pushed around by a mob of men. The next day, around 2,000 Muslims then protested on the train tracks, accusing the local police of failing to help the clerics. The demonstration, which lasted over an hour, turned violent and some protesters and policemen were injured. The police has registered a case against 2,000 protesters, including a state lawmaker from the ruling Samajwadi Party. Nahid Hasan has been listed damaging rail property and disrupting train services, according to news agency PTI. None of the men who roughed up the clerics have been arrested as yet. "The situation is com- pletely normal, you will notice that all the shops are open today, just like any CONTD. ON P AGE 3 MUMBAI Temperature: 34 0 C Precipitation:0% Humidity:67% Wind: 21Km/hr HAQ SAADDA FIGHT FOR RIGHT Tuesday, May 05, 2015 Media Has Accepted a 'Supari to Finish AAP', Says Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal HTC One M9+ Plastic Variant Passes Certification, Specifications in Tow Here’s what Varun Dhawan’s Badlapur co-star Yami Gautam does to keep herself fit… P8 HYDERABAD An engineering student from Hyderabad, who had gone to join the Islamic State, has died in the fighting in Syria, intelli- gence sources have told reporters. Haneef Waseem, 25, had fled CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Hyderabad Engineer Dies in Syria While Fighting for Islamic State: Sources NEW DELHI India's largest mobile-com- merce platform Paytm in a goodwill gesture gifted its cus- tomer a laptop which was mis- takenly delivered to him instead of a WiFi router. CONTD. ON P AGE 3 M-Commerce Site Gifts Customer Laptop it Had Delivered Mistakenly NEW DELHI About 27,000 employees of MTNL will be retiring in the next 10 years, bringing down the salary burden of the debt- laden public sector firm. At present, around 70 per cent of the total revenues of the CONTD. ON P AGE 3 27,000 MTNL Employees Will Retire in Next 10 Years: Report SILIGURI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today handed over relief materials for Nepal earthquake victims at the Indo- Nepal border in Darjeeling dis- trict. She also oversaw relief meas- ures being taken in the wake of the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Nepal Earthquake: West Bengal Sends 30 Trucks of Relief Material LUCKNOW Laying stress on education, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that the countries, which have pro- gressed, first ensured strength- ening their educational system. "We cannot progress without education. All the countries, which have progressed economically, first ensured CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Cannot Progress Without Education: UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav AURANGABAD NCP president Sharad Pawar today termed the performance of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Aurangabad municipal corpo- ration election as just a fluke, and said that parties like AIMIM do not last long. "Parties like AIMIM do not last long (electorally) and may be out of the (political) arena within a year or two," Mr Pawar said responding CONTD. ON P AGE 3 AIMIM Will Not Last Long in Maharashtra Politics: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar BHADOHI, UP A month after resigning from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), its founder member and former minister, Deena Nath Bhaskar has said that he has joined the Bharatiya Janata CONTD. ON P AGE 3 BSP's Founder Member Deena Nath Bhaskar Joins Bharatiya Janata Party LONDON Northern Ireland's first-ever Sikh candidate contesting the UK general election has com- plained that he was allegedly forced to remove his turban by police at Dubai airport. Amandeep Singh Bhogal, a Conservative party prospective CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Sikh leader 'forced to remove turban' in Dubai P6 P2 Weather Report DELHI Temperature: 38 0 C Precipitation:0% Humidity: 17% Wind: 16Km/hr KOLKA T A Temperature: 36 0 C Precipitation: 30% Humidity:72% Wind: 19Km/hr CHENNAI Temperature: 39 0 C Precipitation:10% Humidity:64% Wind: 23Km/hr MUMBAI In support of expelled Aam Aadmi party (AAP) leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, nearly 350 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) volunteers and leaders from Maharashtra today quit from the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. "As many as 350 vol- unteers and leaders resigned from AAP and this figure would go up when we will start to sen- sitise everyone about democracy being mur- dered in AAP," said Maruti Bhapkar, former state executive commit- tee member of AAP unit in Maharashtra. Mr Bhapkar led the workers in the mass res- ignation programme held in Pune. "We are now with Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan to strengthen their hands to afloat the concept of Swaraj throughout the country in true sense," he added. "You can think about the insensitivity of so- CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Backing Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, Nearly 350 AAP Workers in Maharashtra Resign For Tension in UP's Shamli, a Samajwadi Party Lawmaker Named in Police Case MUZAFFARNAGAR The young man and woman were found hanging from two ends of a dupatta flung across the branch of a tree, in death very close. The police allege that Rajnish, 22, and Imrana, 18, made a sui- cide pact because they were not allowed by their families to marry as they belonged to dif- ferent communities. Rajnish, a Hindu Dalit man, and Imarana, a Muslim girl, of Bhorakhurd village in communally sensitive Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, had been miss- ing since last night, the police said. They were found hanging from the tree this morning, a pair of slippers stacked nearby, in what brought back the tragic image of two young teen girls, CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Vol. 1 Issue: 232 Price: Rs.3:00 Reg. No: DELENG/2014/58212 Delhi Edition Pages: 8 Website: www.saaddahaq.in Email: [email protected]NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attended the International Buddha Purnima Diwas celebrations in Delhi and offered prayers for the people affected by the earthquake in Nepal. He later addressed the gather- ing which was attended by ambassadors, MPs, scholars and Buddhist monks from across the globe. Here are the highlights of the Prime Minister's address: X Today is a special day yet we feel a bit bur- dened. That is because Nepal, a land we all love, is facing difficulty. X The country where Lord Buddha was born is going through a tough phase CONTD. ON P AGE 3 'Freedom From War Only If We Follow the Path of Buddha,' Says PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI The 9.1 kilometre long Dhola-Sadia bridge linking Assam with Arunachal Pradesh will be completed in a year at an investment of Rs. 876 crore, a top ministry official said. "The work on the Dhola- CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Bridge Connecting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to be Completed Within a Year HANOI Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit to China, Vietnam has accused China of threatening Indian oil companies. Vietnam said if PM Modi raises the issue of marine security with China, it would welcome such a move. "China has threatened those Indian oil companies which are conducting exploration in Vietnam," CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Will Welcome it if PM Modi Raises Marine Security Issue With China, Says Vietnam Young Couple Hanging From Tree Shows Horrific End to Love Story NEWS IN BRIEF BEIJING Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ven- ture into Sina Weibo - China's answer to Twitter - has received a mixed response from Chinese users. While most welcomed him to Weibo and praised his efforts to reach out to the Chinese people ahead of his visit to the country, a few users posted political comments on Tibet -- reiterating Beijing's official stand that Tibet is a part of China. China claims Arunachal Pradesh is part of Southern Tibet. "Southern Tibet is China's, Thank you," read one post. Another read, "Welcome. Welcome. but Southern Tibet is China's". Another post read: "India's Prime Minister, hello! Hope that during your administration, we can push to solve the problem about the bor- der territory. So that there will be more trust and healthy develop- ment between our two countries. Common prosperity," In April, the Chinese foreign ministry described Arunachal as a "huge dispute". In February, China had issued a strongly-word- ed statement and lodged an official protest against PM Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. PM Modi was the first Indian politician to log onto Weibo ahead of his China visit. The popular microblogging site has CONTD. ON P AGE 3 PM Modi's Entry to Weibo Gets Mixed Response From the Chinese GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said fre- quent visits by Union minis- ters to the state and North- East are only bringing "big promises". "The central ministers are visiting Assam and other North- East states very fre- quently. They are making big CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Central Ministers' Visits Yet to Yield Tangible Gains: Assam CM NEW DELHI On the birth anniver- sary of Lord Buddha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his teachings of compassion were the answer to the ongoing turmoil in the world and wished that "beloved" Nepal bounces back soon from its current crisis created by the dev- astating earthquake. "We should share the pain and wipe the tears of people of Nepal," he said while referring to the dev- astation caused in the birthplace of Lord Buddha. CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Lord Buddha's Teachings an Answer to the World's Ongoing Turmoil: PM Modi 5 Quotes From PM Narendra Modi on the Buddha NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed religious lead- ers, MPs, envoys and scholars in Delhi on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. Here are five points PM Modi made on Buddha 1. If we want freedom from war, we have to fol- low the path of the Buddha 2. Nepal, the country where Lord Buddha was born, is going through a massive crisis. It is CONTD. ON P AGE 3 Days After Moga Horror, Another Woman Allegedly Molested on Bus in Punjab KHANNA In the middle of anger and protests in Punjab over the death of a 14-year-old who was molested and then thrown from a moving bus, another woman was alleged- ly harassed on a private bus on Sunday. The latest incident took place in Khanna, around two hours from Moga, where the teen was killed on Wednesday. The woman passenger was allegedly harassed by the CONTD. ON P AGE 3 KATHMANDU India and 33 other nations have been asked by Nepal to pull out their res- cue teams nine days after the massive earthquake that has left at least 7,300 people dead in the tiny Himalayan country. Teams from Japan, Turkey, Ukraine, UK and Netherlands have begun the process of leaving. The foreign ministry said on Monday that the Nepal government had asked countries to remove their "first response" teams as the focus is now on relief, rather than rescue. Speculation that the Nepal government is angry with India was emphatical- ly denied by both coun- tries. "Nepal is not at all angry with India. Please be posi- tive, no negativity," said Deep Upadhyay, Nepal's envoy to India. "Nepal now needs rubble removal equipment and has asked India for help. An army engineering team will be going," said the CONTD. ON P AGE 3 India, Others Asked to Withdraw Rescue Teams by Nepal Government
Transcript
SHAMLIAfter a tense weekend
which saw the policeclashing with thousands ofresidents, the Shamli dis-trict in western UttarPradesh is striving toreconfigure to normal. OnFriday, a group of Muslimclerics who were travellingon a train to neighbouringSaharanpur were pushedaround by a mob of men.
The next day, around2,000 Muslims thenprotested on the traintracks, accusing the localpolice of failing to help theclerics. The demonstration,which lasted over an hour,
turned violent and someprotesters and policemenwere injured. The policehas registered a caseagainst 2,000 protesters,including a state lawmakerfrom the ruling SamajwadiParty. Nahid Hasan hasbeen listed damaging railproperty and disruptingtrain services, according tonews agency PTI.
None of the men whoroughed up the clericshave been arrested as yet.
"The situation is com-pletely normal, you willnotice that all the shops areopen today, just like any
Media Has Accepted a 'Supari to Finish AAP',Says Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
HTC One M9+ Plastic Variant PassesCertification, Specifications in Tow
Here’s what Varun Dhawan’s Badlapur co-starYami Gautam does to keep herself fit… P8
HYDERABADAn engineering student from
Hyderabad, who had gone tojoin the Islamic State, has diedin the fighting in Syria, intelli-gence sources have toldreporters.
Haneef Waseem, 25, had fled CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Hyderabad Engineer Diesin Syria While Fightingfor Islamic State: Sources
NEW DELHIIndia's largest mobile-com-
merce platform Paytm in agoodwill gesture gifted its cus-tomer a laptop which was mis-takenly delivered to him insteadof a WiFi router.
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
M-Commerce Site GiftsCustomer Laptop it HadDelivered Mistakenly
NEW DELHIAbout 27,000 employees of
MTNL will be retiring in thenext 10 years, bringing downthe salary burden of the debt-laden public sector firm.
At present, around 70 percent of the total revenues of the
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
27,000 MTNL EmployeesWill Retire in Next 10Years: Report
SILIGURIWest Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee today handedover relief materials for Nepalearthquake victims at the Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling dis-trict.
She also oversaw relief meas-ures being taken in the wake ofthe devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Nepal Earthquake: West Bengal Sends 30Trucks of Relief Material
LUCKNOWLaying stress on education,
Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav today said thatthe countries, which have pro-gressed, first ensured strength-ening their educational system.
"We cannot progress withouteducation. All the countries,which have progressed economically, first ensured
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Cannot Progress Without Education:UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
AURANGABADNCP president Sharad Pawar
today termed the performanceof All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) inAurangabad municipal corpo-ration election as just a fluke,and said that parties likeAIMIM do not last long.
"Parties like AIMIM do notlast long (electorally) and may be out of the (political)arena within a year or two," Mr Pawar said responding
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
AIMIM Will Not Last Long in MaharashtraPolitics: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar
BHADOHI, UPA month after resigning from
the Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP), its founder member andformer minister, Deena NathBhaskar has said that he hasjoined the Bharatiya Janata
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
BSP's Founder MemberDeena Nath Bhaskar JoinsBharatiya Janata Party
LONDONNorthern Ireland's first-ever
Sikh candidate contesting theUK general election has com-plained that he was allegedlyforced to remove his turban bypolice at Dubai airport.
Amandeep Singh Bhogal, aConservative party prospective
Aam Aadmi party (AAP)leaders Yogendra Yadavand Prashant Bhushan,nearly 350 Aam AadmiParty (AAP) volunteersand leaders fromMaharashtra today quitfrom the ArvindKejriwal-led party.
"As many as 350 vol-unteers and leadersresigned from AAP andthis figure would go upwhen we will start to sen-sitise everyone aboutdemocracy being mur-dered in AAP," saidMaruti Bhapkar, formerstate executive commit-tee member of AAP unit
in Maharashtra.Mr Bhapkar led the
workers in the mass res-ignation programme heldin Pune.
"We are now withYogendra Yadav andPrashant Bhushan to
strengthen their hands toafloat the concept ofSwaraj throughout thecountry in true sense," headded.
"You can think aboutthe insensitivity of so-
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Backing Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan,Nearly 350 AAP Workers in Maharashtra Resign
For Tension in UP's Shamli, aSamajwadi Party Lawmaker
Named in Police Case
MUZAFFARNAGARThe young man and
woman were foundhanging from two endsof a dupatta flungacross the branch of atree, in death veryclose. The police allegethat Rajnish, 22, andImrana, 18, made a sui-cide pact because theywere not allowed bytheir families to marryas they belonged to dif-ferent communities.
Rajnish, a Hindu
Dalit man, and Imarana,a Muslim girl, ofBhorakhurd village incommunally sensitiveMuzaffarnagar, UttarPradesh, had been miss-ing since last night, thepolice said.
They were foundhanging from the treethis morning, a pair ofslippers stacked nearby,in what brought backthe tragic image of twoyoung teen girls,
Narendra Modi todayattended the InternationalBuddha Purnima Diwascelebrations in Delhi andoffered prayers for thepeople affected by theearthquake in Nepal. Helater addressed the gather-ing which was attendedby ambassadors, MPs,scholars and Buddhistmonks from across theglobe.
Here are the highlightsof the Prime Minister'saddress: Today is a special
day yet we feel a bit bur-dened. That is becauseNepal, a land we all love,is facing difficulty. The country where
Lord Buddha was born isgoing through a toughphase
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
'Freedom From War Only If We Follow thePath of Buddha,' Says PM Narendra Modi
NEW DELHIThe 9.1 kilometre long
Dhola-Sadia bridge linkingAssam with Arunachal Pradeshwill be completed in a year atan investment of Rs. 876 crore,a top ministry official said.
"The work on the Dhola-CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Bridge Connecting Assamand Arunachal Pradesh to beCompleted Within a Year
HANOIDays before Prime
Minister Narendra Modi'smaiden visit to China,Vietnam has accusedChina of threateningIndian oil companies.Vietnam said if PM Modiraises the issue of marinesecurity with China, itwould welcome such amove.
"China has threatenedthose Indian oil companieswhich are conducting exploration in Vietnam," CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Will Welcome it if PM Modi Raises MarineSecurity Issue With China, Says Vietnam
Young Couple Hanging From TreeShows Horrific End to Love Story
NEWS IN BRIEF
BEIJINGPrime Minister
Narendra Modi's ven-ture into Sina Weibo -China's answer toTwitter - has received amixed response fromChinese users.
While most welcomedhim to Weibo andpraised his efforts toreach out to the Chinesepeople ahead of his visitto the country, a fewusers posted politicalcomments on Tibet --reiterating Beijing'sofficial stand that Tibetis a part of China. Chinaclaims ArunachalPradesh is part of
Southern Tibet."Southern Tibet is
China's, Thank you,"read one post. Anotherread, "Welcome.Welcome. but SouthernTibet is China's".
Another post read:"India's Prime Minister,hello! Hope that duringyour administration, wecan push to solve theproblem about the bor-der territory. So that
there will be more trustand healthy develop-ment between our twocountries. Commonprosperity,"
In April, the Chineseforeign ministrydescribed Arunachal asa "huge dispute". InFebruary, China hadissued a strongly-word-ed statement and lodgedan official protestagainst PM Modi's visitto Arunachal Pradesh.
PM Modi was the firstIndian politician to logonto Weibo ahead of hisChina visit. The popularmicroblogging site has
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
PM Modi's Entry to Weibo GetsMixed Response From the Chinese
GUWAHATIAssam Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi today said fre-quent visits by Union minis-ters to the state and North-East are only bringing "big
promises"."The central ministers are
visiting Assam and otherNorth- East states very fre-quently. They are making big
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Central Ministers' Visits Yet toYield Tangible Gains: Assam CM
NEW DELHIOn the birth anniver-
sary of Lord Buddha,Prime Minister NarendraModi has said that histeachings of compassionwere the answer to the
ongoing turmoil in theworld and wished that"beloved" Nepal bouncesback soon from its currentcrisis created by the dev-astating earthquake.
"We should share the
pain and wipe the tears ofpeople of Nepal," he saidwhile referring to the dev-astation caused in thebirthplace of LordBuddha.
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Lord Buddha's Teachings an Answer tothe World's Ongoing Turmoil: PM Modi
5 Quotes FromPM NarendraModi on theBuddhaNEW DELHI
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi todayaddressed religious lead-ers, MPs, envoys andscholars in Delhi on theoccasion of BuddhaPurnima.
Here are five points PMModi made on Buddha
1. If we want freedomfrom war, we have to fol-low the path of theBuddha
2. Nepal, the countrywhere Lord Buddha wasborn, is going through amassive crisis. It is
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
Days After MogaHorror, AnotherWoman AllegedlyMolested on Bus inPunjabKHANNA
In the middle of anger andprotests in Punjab over thedeath of a 14-year-old whowas molested and thenthrown from a moving bus,another woman was alleged-ly harassed on a private buson Sunday.
The latest incident tookplace in Khanna, around twohours from Moga, where theteen was killed onWednesday.
The woman passenger wasallegedly harassed by the
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
KATHMANDUIndia and 33 other
nations have been asked byNepal to pull out their res-cue teams nine days afterthe massive earthquakethat has left at least 7,300people dead in the tinyHimalayan country.
Teams from Japan,Turkey, Ukraine, UK andNetherlands have begunthe process of leaving.
The foreign ministry saidon Monday that the Nepalgovernment had askedcountries to remove their"first response" teams as
the focus is now on relief,rather than rescue.
Speculation that theNepal government is angrywith India was emphatical-ly denied by both coun-tries.
"Nepal is not at all angrywith India. Please be posi-tive, no negativity," saidDeep Upadhyay, Nepal'senvoy to India.
"Nepal now needs rubbleremoval equipment andhas asked India for help.An army engineering teamwill be going," said the
CONTD. ON PAGE 3
India, Others Asked to WithdrawRescue Teams by Nepal Government
Allegations against Vishwas serious,must be investigated: CongressNEW DELHI
The president of the Delhi unit of the Congress Party,Ajay Maken, on Monday said that the allegations ofmolestation against AAP leader Kumar Vishwas are veryserious in nature, and demanded a thorough investiga-tion on it. "These are very serious allegations; there mustbe a thorough investigation on this. It is a serious issue,"said Maken.
Another Congress leader Shobha Oza said strict actionneeded to be taken against Vishwas if he was foundguilty. "This must be investigated thoroughly, if foundguilty Kumar Vishwas must be punished," she said.
Vishwas had unsuccessfully contested againstCongress vice president Rahul Gandhi from Amethi inthe general elections. According to reports, the victim'shusband has threatened to divorce her.
Jilted lover kills girl's brother in Delhi, heldNEW DELHI
A teenager has been arrested for killing the 12-year-old brother of a girl who spurned his advances, policesaid on Monday.
Lakhan, 18, was arrested on Sunday from his rentedhouse in west Delhi's Sagarpur.
He took the victim, identified as Prince, to a secludedplace nearby on April 28 on the pretext of a local excur-sion and strangled him to death.
Prince's body was found on April 29 morning, policesaid. Lakhan had come to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh forstudies. He stayed with his sister and brother-in-law whowere tenants of the victim's family.
"As Lakhan had stayed as a tenant at the house of thedeceased a few years ago, he was picked up on the basisof suspicion. He later confessed to his crime duringinterrogation," Additional Deputy Commissioner ofPolice Nupur Prasad said.
"While living as a tenant at the house of the deceased,he studied with his sister and developed affection forher." "Later on, Lakhan shifted to a nearby colony butcontinued his affection for the victim's sister. He hasappeared in class XII exam this year. The girl hadspurned his advances and started avoiding him recently,"the official said. Due to this Lakhan developed a grudgeagainst her, police said.
Rijiju advises Delhi LG, CM Kejriwal towork as per ConstitutionNEW DELHI
The Centre on Monday advised Delhi LieutenantGovernor Najeeb Jung and Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal to work as per the Constitution while discharg-ing their respective responsibilities.
"Delhi is a Union Territory. We all have to understandthat Delhi is not a full-fledged state. The LieutenantGovernor has certain constitutional duties and responsi-bilities. "The Chief Minister also has certain duties andresponsibilities. We all have to work under a set-upwhich is there in the Constitution," Minister of State forHome Kiren Rijiju told reporters here.
The Union Minister's comments came after reportsthat Jung and Kejriwal were on a tussle after the LGdirected Delhi Ministers and top officials to route allimportant files through him as per Constitutional frame-work and laid down procedures.
Jung's order came after reports that Kejriwal has askedhis Ministers and senior officials of Delhi governmentnot to bother the LG's office by sending files to him.
Rijiju, however, refused to elaborate further.
Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal meetto discuss land issueNEW DELHI
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and hisDelhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Monday held ameeting to find a solution to the dispute over ownershipof land in south Delhi.
Yadav was accompanied by cabinet ministers of UPShivpal Singh Yadav and Rajendra Choudhary. DelhiDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was also presentin the meeting. The meeting was also attended by seniorofficials of both the states, in which the two sides dis-cussed the ongoing case in the Supreme Court about thedispute. Both the states tried to understand the viewpointof each other, and the apex court will be apprised of theoutcome of the meeting on the next date of hearing.
The dispute between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh govern-ments relates to ownership of 214 bighas of land inSouth Delhi. The land is next to irrigation departmentfacility of UP government in Okhla.
Delhi News2 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MAY 05, 2015Fight For Right
Kejriwal has accused the media ofaccepting a supari or contract to fin-ish off his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),in his sharpest attack yet on journal-ists. The Chief Minister also calledfor a "public trial" of media groups.
Mr Kejriwal made the remarkswhile defending his Law MinisterJitender Singh Tomar, who is accusedof faking his law degree, during thelaunch of a website.
"There is a need for a public trial ofthe media to expose their bias," theChief Minister said, alleging that "alarge section of the media" had triedeverything to tarnish his party'simage.
AAP had its back to the wall in thepast few weeks over the alleged sui-cide of a farmer at its rally and a uni-versity's claim in court that the lawminister faked his degree.
"TV channels did everything todestroy us before the election andeven now they are trying. But peoplewill not be fooled," said Mr Kejriwal,who apologized last month for mak-ing a speech even after a Rajasthan
farmer hanged himself from a tree athis rally.
Last week, the Chief Minister con-fronted violent protests by oppositionparties who have demanded the sack-ing of Mr Tomar. Mr Kejriwal said hewas satisfied with his minister's clar-ification and said he was beinghounded by the media.
"The media's aim is not to know thetruth but to get Tomar sacked. I am
not Tomar's relative or friend. I hadsought an explanation from Tomar onthe controversy. He gave a satisfacto-ry answer and said he wasn't at faultas his degree is genuine," MrKejriwal said.
To support his allegations of bias,he accused the media of deliberatelynot reporting an auditor's report onviolations by Purti, a company linkedto union minister Nitin Gadkari.
Media Has Accepted a 'Supari to Finish AAP',Says Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
NEW DELHIDeployment of addition-
al police, anti eve-teasingteams and emergencyresponse vehicles are someof the fresh steps taken forthe safety and security ofgirl students in DelhiUniversity, the DelhiPolice has told the HomeMinistry.
In a report submitted tothe Home Ministry, theDelhi Police said a numberof steps have been takenfor safety and security ofgirls students in the varsi-ty's campuses.
Police pickets have beendeployed at strategicpoints to prevent anddetect crime in the cam-puses, Emergency
Response Vehicles andQuick Response Teamshave been deployed forsafety and security of stu-dents, particularly girls.
Anti eve-teasing teamsare deployed at variouspoints in the campuses ofDelhi University to takeaction against eve teasersand prevent girl studentsfrom sexual harassment ormolestation, according tothe report.
CCTV cameras havebeen installed for safetyand security of studentsincluding girl students aswell as well for surveil-lance over criminals in thecampuses.
Self-defence trainingprogrammes in Delhi
University campuses areorganised to prepare girlstudents to safeguardthemselves in case of anyemergency.
Mobile and footpatrolling have been inten-sified in the campuses ofthe university to inculcatethe feeling of safety andsecurity among the stu-dents.
Complaint boxes havebeen fixed at various col-lages and hostels in thecampuses.
Besides, a 24-hourwomen helpline of DelhiPolice i.e. 1091 is alsofunctioning to facilitate thewomen complainants inthe hour of need, the reportsaid.
Police step up security of girlstudents in Delhi University
NEW DELHIThe Delhi Commission for
Women has summoned AamAadmi Party leader KumarVishwas and his wife on a com-plaint by a woman volunteer of hisparty, who wants him to make apublic clarification that they werenot in an "illicit relationship" whilecampaigning for last year's nation-al elections.
Mr Vishwas has alleged "charac-ter assassination" and accusespolitical rivals of trying to malignhim and his party. "Na hum sahibse darenge na sahib ki party sedarenge (Neither sahib nor hisparty intimidates us)," he said,referring to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and his party, theBJP.
The woman volunteer allegesthat her reputation has been tar-nished and she has been aban-
doned by her husband after shewas falsely accused of having anaffair with Mr Vishwas. This fol-lowed rumours, she said, that theAAP leader's wife found him in a"compromising position" with awoman in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh,where he contested against
Congress vice-president RahulGandhi.
The woman alleges Mr Vishwashas ignored repeated requests tomake a public denial. "I have justasked him to come forward, makeit clear publicly that nothing hap-pened between us, why can't he do
that?" she asked, adding, "I'm nei-ther the BJP's agent nor theCongress'."
The commission, which is head-ed by Barkha Singh of theCongress, has said it has sum-moned Mr Vishwas tomorrow as"now it is a matter of her respect."
Kumar Vishwas said the policemust help the woman against thosemaligning her. "She wrote to mesaying 'Bhaiya' (brother) I've filedan FIR, what should I do next? Wetold her to consult the AAP legalcell," he said.
As the Congress and the BJPrushed to attack AAP, Mr Vishwashas threatened to sue for defama-tion.
His party's Sanjay Singh said,"Please don't malign our families.Please spare our families fromthese unsubstantiated, baseless sto-ries. It pains us and our families."
She Calls Me 'Bhaiya', Says AAP's KumarVishwas, Blames BJP for Defamation
NEW DELHITaking a sarcastic jibe
at Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) leader KumarVishwas over his allegedaffair with a woman dur-ing the 2014 GeneralElections, the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) onMonday said the formerwas taking 'good care' ofhis colleagues andadopting foul means intaking advantage of hisposition in the party toget himself exonerated.
"The AAP's degenera-tion in political spear hasno parallels. One minis-ter accused of holding afake law certificate andhe is the law minister.Another is accused to beindulging in road rageand went scot-free, nowKumar Vishwas of tak-ing 'good care' of hisparty colleagues. Rather
adopting the most foulsmeans to take advantageof his position in AAP,"BJP spokesperson GVLNarasimha Rao told ANIhere.
"I think these are ques-tions which the mediaand the people of Delhicontinue to ask. AndKejriwal should be pre-pared to answer thembecause he is a people'srepresentative holdingthe position of DelhiChief Minister," headded.
Vishwas has beenaccused of a physicalrelationship with a vol-unteer in the run-up tothe 2014 Lok Sabhapolls. Vishwas hadunsuccessfully contestedagainst Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhifrom Amethi in the gen-eral elections.
'Sarcastic' BJP saysVishwas took 'good
care' of party colleagues
Alumni Can'tInterfere in InternalMatters: StStephen's CollegeNEW DELHI
St Stephen's College'sSupreme Council todaypassed a resolution statingthat its alumni have notright to interfere in itsinternal matters even as agroup of former studentsalleged "rampant illegali-ties" in the functioning ofthe college and sought theHRD Ministry's interven-tion. The Association ofOld Stephanians, a bodynot recognized by the col-lege, today released a'White Paper' detailingalleged financial andadministrative illegalitiesin the college and also sentcopies of the same to thePMO and the HRDMinistry seeking theirintervention. The alumniassociation, which hasbeen raising allegationsagainst college principalDr Valson Thampu, wasjoined today by DUTAwhich alleged inaction byDU Vice ChancellorDinesh Singh despiterepeated complaints tohim. The 'White Paper' hasraised several allegationsincluding the appointmentof Dr Thampu being ille-gal in view of improperqualifications, illegalappointment of collegechairman, improper func-tioning of the GoverningBody and victimisation ofseveral persons by princi-pal leading to litigation incourts. The college'sSupreme Council, whichis the decision makingbody of the institution,resolved that certain alum-ni are resorting to "falsepropaganda" and the col-lege shall not be forced.
NEW DELHICongress on Monday
announced that its candi-dates for the municipalelections due in 2017would be decided by theparty workers of a particu-lar area and not by theleaders.
Delhi Congress ChiefAjay Maken announcedthis while attending theparty's district workers'convention at Karol Bagh.A membership drive andIT Cell membership wasalso launched at the event.
"For MunicipalElections: the ticketswould be decided not byleaders but by the workersof the area," Maken alsosaid in a tweet.
According to a seniorparty leader, Congress isgearing up for the munici-pal elections and wants todevolve the decisionregarding candidates to theparty workers and mem-bers.
Meanwhile, during theconvention, Congressmembers complained that,earlier, party leaders werenot approachable andfailed to address localissues.
"Maken assured thatpower would be given tothe grassroots workers andtickets would be given tothose who will be chosenby the block-level workersand members," a seniorleader said.
NEW DELHIA 26-year-old businessman
was allegedly assaulted bythree drunken men in a roadrage case in the Rohini area ofouter Delhi, police said.
According to police, in theincident which took place lastnight in Sector 6 of Rohini, oneAmarjeet Chopra was thrashedby the trio, who also misbe-haved with his parents.
"As Chopra, who was driv-ing, reached a traffic signal, hisWagon R car hit a Swift Dzirecar from behind which waswaiting for the signal tochange," a senior officer said.
Infuriated over the knockfrom behind, the men sittinginside the other car got out and
started abusing Chopra. Thespat turned violent and theystarted hitting Chopra.
Police said that the victimhas complained that he was hitwith a rod and also punchedseveral times in the face. Healso alleged that his parents,who were sitting in the rearseat, too, were misbehavedwith when they resisted theattack on him.
After thrashing Chopra, thetrio fled the scene while theinjured businessman was takento a hospital and police wasinformed.
Police said they have arrest-ed an accused, identified asMayank (23), while a manhuntis on to nab the others.
"Mayank works at a privatecompany. He was arrestedfrom his house in RohiniSector 5.
The other two accused havebeen identified... A case underthe relevant sections has beenregistered at Rohini Southpolice station," a senior officersaid.
A 38-year-old man wasallegedly beaten to death infront of his minor sons in cen-tral Delhi's Turkman Gate areain a road rage case last month.Md Shahnawaz, the victim,was attacked by the occupantsof a car after his bike grazedtheir vehicle. Police havearrested all the five accused inthe case.
Road rage: Businessman thrashedby drunken trio in Rohini
NEW DELHIAccusing the AAP
government of throw-ing "rules to the wind",senior BJP leaderVijender Gupta hasrefused to accept theroom allotted to him inhis position as theDelhi AssemblyLeader of theOpposition citingspace constraints.
"The government istrying to suppress theOpposition through itsunjust and callousbehaviour resulting indiscrimination whichwould not be tolerat-ed," Gupta said.
Asserting that he
refused to accept thenewly-allotted room toprotest against the"injustice" to theOpposition, Guptasaid, "On one hand therooms for 21P a r l i a m e n t a r ySecretaries, AAP mem-bers of DDA and vari-ous Committees arebeing prepared; theBJP MLAs who havebeen nominated toDDA or are Chairmanof differentCommittees are beingdenied rooms. This dis-crimination will not betolerated at all."
In a letter, Gupta hasrequested Speaker
Ram Niwas Goel toreview the decisionwith regard to allot-ment of the room andhas stressed that he beextended the samefacilities accorded to aminister as per tradi-tion.
"Room no 29 hasadequate infrastructurefor performing theimportant function ofLeader of Opposition.But the office of thepresent Speaker RamNiwas Goel arbitrarilyissued orders regardingallotment of room no33 that neither hasspace nor facilities," hesaid.
Nominees for 2017 Delhicivic polls to be chosenby workers: Congress
BJP's Gupta refuses room allot-ted for LOP in Delhi Assembly
NEW DELHIChief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal has directed allthe government officialsnot to entertain therequests of MLAs or min-isters seeking free passesof high profile events orconcerts.
According to a source,Kejriwal has told hisPrincipal Secretary tocommunicate with all thedepartments to put a blan-ket ban on demands of freepasses of entertainmentevents in the city by AamAadmi Party (AAP) MLAsand ministers.
Kejriwal has also direct-ed that if someone makes arequest for free passes then
department head shouldalso inform the ChiefMinister's office about thesame.
"Kejriwal also directedthat if anyone wishes toattend any event or concertthen they can buy the tick-ets of the programme andattend it," a senior officersaid. Ministers and MLAscan only attend the event ifthey have bought the tick-ets or they are invited bythe organiser for an event.
In past, practice ofdemanding free passes forhigh profile events likeIPL matches, plays andmusic concerts were com-mon by the ministers andMLAs.
No free passes for AAP MLAsor ministers: Arvind Kejriwal
'Freedom From... Don't know how long Nepal will have
to suffer I would like to pay tribute to Nepal's
people for facing the earthquake bravely The message that Buddha has given
for human kind - it is time to live those ideals Those ideals, principles can help wipe
out the tears of Nepal If we want freedom from Yudh, it can
be through the Marg of Buddha Whenever we discuss Buddha, it is
evident that in today's world, his life and hismessage is relevant Imagine the courage and conviction to
leave everything, money, power and worktowards Manav Kalyan (Public Good) Buddha, who spent his entire child-
hood in the comforts of a royal lifestyle, rep-resented compassion Everyone knows that 21st century is
Asia's century. But without Buddha's teach-ings, the 21st century would not have beenours. In times like these, where will the mes-
sage of Karuna (compassion) come from?The answer lies in Buddha. The solution to the problems which
people are facing across the world lies inBuddha The teachings of Buddha showed
Gyan Marg (the path of knowledge), andthat's why they are still relevant The issues that we talk about today in
India,2500 years back Buddha also talkedabout same things Whether its caste system or anything
good or bad, Lord Buddha was sensitive onevery issue Buddha wanted evolution, he wanted
the world to be united
Lord Buddha's ...He wished that Nepal overcomes its pres-
ent crisis and quickly bounces back with newstrength even as he observed that the tragedyis so immense that nobody can assess howlong it will take for recovery.
PM Modi was addressing a gathering inNew Delhi on 'Buddha Purnima' where aone-minute silence was observed in memoryof those killed in the recent earthquake inNepal and India.
"The birthplace of Lord Buddha, ourbeloved Nepal is going through a massivecrisis. It is difficult to imagine how long andarduous this journey will be. We should sharethe pain of people of Nepal. Let us pray toLord Buddha that they get new strength," hesaid.
PM Modi said the world is going through"turmoil" and the teachings of Lord Buddhacan show the way out.
"Violence is at its peak. Major part of theworld is soaked in blood... People are bayingfor each other's blood. In this situation ofbloodshed, where will the message of com-passion come from? The only resort is LordBuddha and his teachings," the PrimeMinister said.
He cited how Buddha, who was born as aprince, renounced the wordly things likepower and wealth to seek salvation throughspiritualism 2500 years ago.
PM Modi said Lord Buddha had alwayschampioned the cause of dalits, oppressed,and deprived classes of the society besidesthe empowerment of women.
He did not believe in "ekla chalo" (marchalone) but always laid emphasis on bringingpeople together, which has inspired dalit iconBaba Ambedkar.
"Lord Buddha wanted evolution in thesociety... The issues being discussed present-ly were taken up by Lord Buddha 2500 yearsago. His teachings are relevant in this age aswell," the Prime Minister said.
Referring to the talk that 21st centurybelongs to Asia, he said this cannot happenwithout Buddha and the application of histeachings.
"Buddha's words had immense power andthat is why the world accepted him," heunderlined.
He said he proposes to build an impressiveBuddha temple in his ancestral placeVadnagar in Gujarat where materials relatedto the founder of Buddhism had been found.
5 Quotes ...difficult to imagine how long and arduous
this journey will be. I pray to Lord Buddha togive the people of Nepal strength.
3. It is evident that the Buddha's life andmessage are relevant even in today's world.He renounced power and wealth to seek sal-vation 2,500 years ago. Imagine the courageand conviction to leave everything, money,power and work towards public good.
4. Everyone knows that 21st century isAsia's century. But without Buddha's teach-ings, the century would not have been ours.
5. The solution to the problems that peopleare facing across the world lies in theBuddha's teachings.
India, Others ...Indian foreign ministry.India's National Disaster Response Force
has the largest presence in Nepal; 16 teams of
nearly 50 personnel each are involved in theHerculean rescue efforts mounted after theApril 25 earthquake. China, with nearly 400personnel, is the second largest contingent.
"The first responders, the people diggingthrough rubble, those who came with searchdogs, those who came with paramedics cannow begin the process of leaving," sourcesreporters.
Nepal has all but given up hope of findingany more survivors.
"In the disaster relief framework, there arestandard operating procedures, clear cutdirectives, that you slowly leave and the statehas the resilience to get back on its own feet,"Nepal's Army Chief General Gaurav SJBRana said in an interview.
The distribution of aid to survivors hasbeen a major challenge for Nepal.International agencies are worried that reliefmaterial pouring in from across the world ispiling up at the airport, and has not yetreached thousands of affected people.
The quake brought down thousands ofbuildings in Kathmandu and severely dam-aged communication facilities, roads andbridges.
Central Ministers' ...promises. But we are not getting anything
on practice," Mr Gogoi told reporters.As most of the North Eastern states are
having non-BJP governments, the NDA-ledCentre is trying to capture power in theregion, he said.
Asked if the visits are meaningless, MrGogoi said, "I will not term it meaningless. IfI get money, it will be meaningful."
For examples, the Chief Minister saidUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari, who visitedNorth East last week, announced and tookcredit of only those projects which weresanctioned by the previous UPA government.
"Gadkari also said he created toll gates inMaharashtra and earned revenue for develop-ment. This is market economy. This is possi-ble in Maharashtra, Gujarat or Delhi, but notin Assam or North East. We are poor state,"he added.
Mr Gogoi said there are two toll gates onNational Highways in Assam, of which oneis already closed and another will be shutafter the lease with the current operator endsin August.
"The Railway Minister also came andmade big promises. What happened?Nothing has started on ground," he added.
Mr Gogoi accused the Centre of promotingbig corporates by making schemes for theirprofit.
He slammed Mr Gadkari for his proposalthat state government should acquire land fordevelopment of road projects in the state bythe Central agencies.
"He (Gadkari) asked me to pay for acquisi-tion and then they will develop roads. Wherewill I get the money from? How is it possi-ble?" Mr Gogoi asked.
Days After Moga...man sitting next to her and when she com-
plained, the bus driver and conductor, insteadof helping her, allegedly let the man escape.The woman then called the police helpline.
"I was molested. I asked for help but theconductor and driver didn't help me. Theydidn't even stop the bus," the woman said.
The police tracked down the bus andarrested the driver and conductor, but theman who allegedly harassed the woman isstill missing.
The state's Akali Dal government has beenfacing protests after the teen's death afterbeing molested on a private bus linked toChief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's family.Mr Badal's son and deputy Sukhbir SinghBadal owns shares in the bus company OrbitAviation, which has now been taken off roadson the government's orders.
The bus had tinted windows and curtains,which is against the rules, and was beingdriven recklessly on the highway momentsbefore the girl was thrown off by her moles-ters.
The opposition has called a shutdowntoday and demanded an inquiry against allprivate buses.
The teen's relatives had refused to cremateher for four days until they relented onSunday and also accepted Rs. 30 lakh ascompensation from the government, in acompromise that the Chief Minister himselfoversaw.
PM Modi's...over 500 million users.His first post read, "Hello China! Looking
forward to interacting with Chinese friendsthrough Weibo".
On the first day, PM Modi's account drewover 7,000 hits. One of the responses hereceived read, "When will Xi Dada (a nick-name for Chinese President Xi Jinping) opena Weibo account?"
PM Modi is expected to begin his three-day state visit to China on May 14. The visitfollows the invitation by Mr Jinping, whowas in India in September last year.
International services like Google,Facebook and Twitter aren't available inChina, and local services that have similarfeatures have become immensely popularwith the people of China.
Several international leaders, including
British Prime Minister David Cameron, havejoined Weibo to step up interaction withChinese people. Mr Cameron's account hasreceived over 800,000 hits.
Backing Yogendra ...called leader Arvind Kejriwal that a farmer
died before his eyes and he kept on his polit-ical speech," Mr Bhapkar said.
"Not only from Pune, but volunteers fromMumbai, Nashik, Pimpri-Chinchwad,Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai etc also hadcome to Pune to quit AAP," he added.
Manav Kamble, another former seniorleader from AAP, has also joined hands withMr Bhapkar.
However, a senior AAP leader downplayedthe resignations and said that this is not goingto affect the party in anyway.
"Only handful party workers are leavingthe party and that comprises no senior lead-ers or workers. So I don't think that theywould leave any impact on the party," saidRavi Srivastava, member of State ExecutiveCommittee.
Subhash Ware, head of AAP unit ofMaharashtra, could not be contacted as hewas convening a meeting of district workersof Ahmednagar today.
For Tension...other normal day," said Pramod Kumar, the
District Magistrate. Some of those whojoined the protest were brought in by trucks,he said, adding that "three-four police vehi-cles" were damaged over the weekend.
Shamli, in western Uttar Pradesh, wasamong the areas seared by riots in 2013, theworst communal violence in a decade inIndia's largest state; 60 people were killedand nearly 40,000 were left homeless.
The delicate balance in the region was test-ed this weekend by a series of WhatsAppmessages which called for violence againstMuslims; some tweets used the hashtagGodhraAgain to invoke the attack on a trainwhich triggered the communal riots of 2002in Gujarat.
Some of the most inflammatory messagescame from the handle of Amitesh Singhwhose account (now deleted) claimed that hewas a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha mem-ber in Pune.
Young Couple...cousins, who were found hanging from a
tree last year in another village in UttarPradesh.
Police said the couple had been in love forabout four years now, but their families wereunyielding in their opposition to them marry-ing. Imarana, they said, was to be married toa man of her community today.
The police are prima facie treating theirdeath as a case of suicide. The bodies havebeen sent for post-mortem.
"Had absolutely no idea about this. Don'tknow if there was any foul play, the copsshould find out," said the young man's father.
"To us it is a case of suicide. The police areinvestigating," said the woman's mother.
Two years ago, western Uttar Pradesh wastorn apart by riots epicentred inMuzaffarnagar. In the worst communal vio-lence in a decade in the country's largeststate, more than 65 people were killed andabout 40,000 were left homeless.
It took months for many to return home asfear stalked the region.
Will Welcome...said Van Nghiem, the head of Vietnam's
Directorate of External Information.Under a pact last year with Vietnam, India
has been exploring for oil in South China Sea- over which a territorial dispute ragesbetween China and Vietnam.
India has fished in troubled waters, acquir-ing two oil blocks from Vietnam. And thoughChina claims they are within its territorialwaters, India has persisted with the explo-ration despite finding them commerciallyunviable.
"We don't know if the issue of marine secu-rity in southeast Asia will be raised in themeeting between PM Modi with his counter-part in China," said Mr Nghiem. But if Indiaraises its stand with China in coming visit, "itcould be beneficial for both Vietnam andIndia," he added.
New Delhi has been widening its "Look-East" policy -- building long-term engage-ment with southeast Asian countries. In fact,during his recent visit to Myanmar, PM Modihad even said India was moving to turn its"Look East policy to Act East policy".
Vietnam is emerging as one of key pillarsin this strategic initiative. The ties betweenNew Delhi and Hanoi encompass a widearea, including trade, defence, scientificissues and space research.
Nepal Earthquake...Himalayan country on April 25."There is scarcity of some things in Nepal
which its government has sought from us. Iam carrying those things," she told reportersat the airport before leaving from Kolkata.
Ms Banerjee had visited Siliguri on April26, a day after the quake, to take stock of thedamage in north Bengal.
North Bengal reported three deaths - oneeach in Jalpaiguri, Naxalbari and Siliguri due
to the quake. Several injured have beenadmitted to a government hospital in Siliguri.
AIMIM Will...to a query on the performance of the
Hyderabad-based party in the civic polls heldlast month.
Though the Shiv Sena-BJP allianceretained the civic body, the AssaduddinOwaisi-led party registered an impressiveperformance by winning 25 seats in its maid-en outing.
Taking a swipe at Shiv Sena and AIMIM,Mr Pawar said the current political situationin the state was helping only these parties andnot the common man.
Referring to the agrarian crisis in the state,the former Union minister said the govern-ment should waive loans of farmers as theirsituation has turned "grim" due to crop loss.
He also termed his party MLA JitendraAwhad's statement questioning the creden-tials of veteran historian BabasahebPurandare who was conferred withMaharashtra Bhushan award as a "personalopinion".
Mr Pawar also took a dig at the NarendraModi Government over hike in prices ofpetrol and diesel, saying it seems "ache din(good days) have come."
Cannot Progress ...strengthening of educational system," he
said.Inaugurating the Rafeeq-ul-Mulk IAS
study centre at Urdu Academy in Lucknow,the Chief Minister said it would provide allpossible help to students aspiring for themost difficult examination in the country.
He said that setting up the center for Urdustudents was an appreciable step.
Mr Yadav expressed confidence that achange would come and every person wouldget equal opportunity.
Advising the students to keep an eye onpolitical developments, he said, "along withstudies, there should be an eye on politics."
The state government was working for thewelfare of all sections of the society, he said,adding, that the country could progress onlyafter following the path of secularism andchange would come when all get opportunityto progress.
Hyderabad Engineer...to Syria from London, where he had gone
in November 2014 for studies. He died onMarch 15.
Waseem was studying for a master's degreein engineering in London. While in London,he got influenced by the Islamic State.
The young man, who had got his degreefrom Shadan College of Engineering, wasfrom Mancherial in Adilabad district. He hadvisited home for the last time in February toattend his sister's wedding.
Police have also reason to believe thatWaseem took another young man fromKarimnagar with him. A search is on for him.
Since last year, several Indians, influencedby speeches of IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, went to join the "jihad" in Iraq andSyria.
In October last year, a Mumbai-based soft-ware engineer, Anees Ansari, was arrestedfor allegedly conspiring to blow up Americanestablishments in Mumbai, including aschool in suburban Bandra.
Two months later, a young electrical engi-neer from Kolkata, Mehdi Masroor Biswas,was arrested for allegedly operating the mostinfluential Twitter handle for Islamic State -@shamiwitness.
M-Commerce Site...Delhi-based Anuj Chauhan had placed an
order on Paytm for a WiFi Router on April10, but much to his surprise was delivered aDell laptop by the company on April 16.
"On seeing that big box in the hands of thedelivery boy, I told him that this wasn't myorder, but he was so sure that it made mecheck the details on the box. Voila! Thosewere my details, name, phone number. Ithought, maybe they have packed it biggerthan expected ...you know, concerned for thesafety of the product and all," Anuj Chauhanwrote on his Facebook page. (Read his entirepost here) Mr Chauhan, was however,charged only for the WiFi router, which wasRs.1,145, whereas the laptop was worth Rs.30,000. Mr Chauhan decided to return theunexpected gift and wrote a mail to the com-pany about it. "I was in a fix! I slept over thisconfusion that night. Next morning I got upearly, and the first thing I did in the morningwas finding the details of the CEO/MD ofPaytm," he said.
Paytm in turn decided to honour MrChauhan's gesture by gifting him the laptop.
"When Anuj tagged us on the Facebook wechecked back and figured the merchant hasshipped laptop instead of router. ConsideringAnuj was so sincere and honest with his sideof story we let him keep the laptop as ouracknowledgement of his honesty. We arevery happy that Paytm attract such highethics Indians to shop. And we wish Anujgreat success in future," a companyspokesperson told reporters.
Recently there have been many incidentsof e-tailers delivering wrong goods to people.
Last year, Laxminarayan Krishnamurthhad ordered a Samsung mobile phone
through Snapdeal during its Diwali sale, butinstead got a soap bar and a brick delivered tohim.
27,000 MTNL...state-run telco are used to pay salary to
34,000 staff.A top official of MTNL told PTI that
27,000 employees are going to retire in thenext 10 years.
MTNL, which offers telecom services inDelhi and Mumbai, has also identified13,000 employees, whose skills are not rele-vant due to the changing technologicaladvancements in the telecom sector.
The employees are though utilised in someother services.
"We have 13,000 employees whose skillsare not relevant in the changing technologi-cal environment in the telecom sector. Wehave identified them as wasting cadre, whichmeans we don't require that set of peoplewhen they retire," the official said.
According to a standing committee report,which was tabled in Parliament recently,MTNL CMD PK Purwar had said that theturnover of MTNL in 2014-15 has been Rs3,600 crore and the operating loss is about Rs3,000 crore.
"The biggest reason for this loss is the costof salary to its 34,000 staff, which is around70 per cent of the total revenue," he had said.
The Department of Telecom has informedthe committee that MTNL is under a seriousdebt burden of around Rs 16,332 crore (as onJanuary 2015) and is unable to mobilisefunds required for various network upgradeand expansion projects.
"At present, MTNL is passing throughsevere financial difficulties because of whichit is able to take up only those projects forwhich external funding arrangements aremade," the report has said.
BSP's Founder...Party (BJP) and a formal announcement
will be made on May 14."I had resigned from the Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP) on April 4 and after detailed dis-cussion with my supporters I have taken themembership of the BJP," Mr Bhaskar toldPTI.
"A formal announcement to this effect willbe made in a public meeting at the ShyamaPrasad Mukherjee Park in Bhadohi in thepresence of state BJP president LK Bajpaiand other senior leaders," Mr Bhaskar said.
When asked about contesting elections, hesaid "if the party gives me a ticket, I will con-test the 2017 Assembly polls from Auraiyaconstituency."
Mr Bhaskar was the health minister duringthe Samajwadi Party (SP)-BSP coalition ledUttar Pradesh government in 1993 and hadlater quit the BSP to join Samajwadi Party in1996. He returned to the BSP in 2009.
Sikh leader ...parliamentary candidate for the May 7
polls, was on his way back to Belfast whenhe was allegedly made to remove his turbanand 'kara' (bracelet).
Singh expressed his anger through a seriesof tweets and retweets - "My Sikh faith beinggrossly violated at @DubaiAirports by@DubaiPoliceHQ as not being allowed leaveuntil I take off and leave my Sikh bangle".
An official statement from theConservative Party is awaited as UK author-ities got involved to try and resolve the situ-ation.
Bhogal, who was born in Jalandhar, hasmade his mark on the campaign trail for theConservative party in his trademark blue tur-ban.
The 31-year-old represents the Upper Bannconstituency in the heart of Northern Ireland,which is 54 per cent Protestant and deeplyChristian and churchgoing.
His candidacy is attracting widespreadmedia interest though he is not expected towin the seat, which is currently held byDavid Simpson of the Democratic UnionistParty (DUP).
Bridge Connecting...Sadia bridge in Assam will be completed
within a year," Road Secretary Vijay Chibbersaid. During this winter season (startingNovember) we should be able to finish thework, he added. The bridge is slated to becompleted by December 2015 but a delay offew months will not have an impact on thecost. "It is annuity based project so there isno cost escalation plus hopefully there willbe no delay," he added. An annuity is anycontinuing payment with a fixed total annualamount. The bridge, touted to be country'slargest, will come up at a cost of Rs. 876crore of which Rs. 592 crore financial sup-port has been given by the Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways. The bridge willconnect the villages of Beshoni Mukh,Laopani, Sesenigaon, Balijan Chapari,Padumphula gaon, Lakhimpuria gaon,Mugalpur, Islampur, Lakhimpuria,Chapakhuwa, Ghogdri, Santipur,Kukurmara, in Assam. "This project will notonly save about 4 hours of travel timebetween Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, butwill also promote socio-economic activityaround the area," Akash Borah, DeputyManager Navayuga Dhola Infra Projectssaid.
3 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MAY 05, 2015Fight For Right
As the dust settles over Nepal, the landlocked coun-try is saddled with questions related to disastermanagement and state structure, to be answered
by its polity and those in charge of governance. As reportspoint out, Nepal’s earthquake tragedy — with the loss of7,000 lives (and counting), physical and psychologicalinjuries to many more, and extensive damage to property— has been exacerbated by the fact that rescue, relief andrehabilitation efforts are concentrated in the Kathmanduvalley. Areas closer to the epicentre are mostly inaccessi-ble: the roads are broken, and landslips have ravaged analready difficult terrain. Yet it is in these very areas thatthe damage has been the most severe. The Nepal govern-ment has virtually thrown its hands up, showing up itsincapacity to address the severity of the problem, as aidflow from agencies, and countries including India andChina, has filled the breach to a limited extent. This inca-pacity is, to a great extent, the Nepal polity’s own making,unable as it has been to complete the Constitution-writingproject started in 2008. Meanwhile, poor governance hasrendered Nepal a difficult place to live in. Out-migrationhas been on the rise, even as many Nepalis have flocked tothe capital city despite its congestion. Most of the eco-nomic activity is concentrated in and around the valley. Soare the donor agencies and the bulk of the political leader-ship in charge of aid distribution. The issues that have heldup the successful completion of the Constitution-writingprocess are closely related to the present inability of theNepal government to respond quickly and effectively tothe natural disaster. If Nepal had been a truly federalrepublic with greater decentralisation of power at the locallevels, and had a diversified economic base that is not lim-ited to the valley, would there not have been better roadsand more responsive administrative systems in place insome of the most-affected places beyond the valley? Ifthese federal units had been structured in such a manner asto give local communities greater power and responsibili-ty, would they not have been more prepared to handle dis-aster? Would not a strong executive unhindered by differ-ences between the presidency and the parliamentary lead-ership have helped more streamlined decision-making?The answers to these questions are in the affirmative. Thisthen suggests that the promise of the successive Jan-Andolans that led to the formation of the ConstituentAssembly in the first place has to be realised by a respon-sible and forward-thinking polity. Nepal’s political classought to use this juncture as a spur to finalise aConstitution. This should allow its citizenry to be betterprepared for any more such tragedies in the seismicallyfragile zone they inhabit.
BY RANJIT GUPTA
The intense fighting thatresulted in the virtualtakeover of Yemen by the
Shia Houthis earlier this year sentforeign nationals fleeing the chaos,resulting in the recent, splendidlyexecuted, and deservedly, well-pub-licised rescue of more than 5,000Indian and foreign nationals by theIndian government. It also sentshock waves through neighbouringSaudi Arabia which chose to reactrobustly though there was no attackon Saudi Arabia by Yemenis.
To properly understand the situa-tion, one first needs to studyYemen, its politics and its turbulenthistory. The Shia Imams ruledYemen for over 1,000 years till1962, when the Imamate was over-thrown by nationalist military offi-cers led by Col. Abdullah Sallal.Both Col. Sallal and RepublicanYemen’s second President, AbdulRahman Yahya Al-Iryani, wereZaydi Shias; Ali Abdullah Saleh,President for 34 years, is also aZaydi. In fact, Mr. Saleh waged abitter military campaign against theHouthis from 2004 to 2010. TheMuslim Brotherhood is quintessen-tially a Sunni entity, but in Yemen,its chairman and secretary generalare Zaydis. Thus, all this shows thatpolitical contestations in Yemenhave always been driven by person-al ambitions and political ideology,and never by sectarianism.
Chronic infighting
A unique attribute of Yemeni soci-ety is that every individual has sev-eral firearms. As a result, the coun-try is awash with millions ofweapons. Rockets and missiles,Kalashnikovs, machine guns, andeven tanks have been on sale open-ly for decades. Also, resorting toviolence is the usual medium of set-tling disputes. Both theImams/Kings of Yemen in the 20thcentury were assassinated; aPresident too. Two others wereoverthrown in coups. In Yemen,
chronic infighting is a normal thing.
Soon after Saudi Arabia was for-mally established in 1932, it invad-ed Yemen in 1934 and absorbed theYemeni provinces of Asir, Jizan andNajran. In the Yemen civil war of1962-1967, Saudi Arabia supportedthe Zaydi Imam. Since then, SaudiArabia has sought to influenceinternal political dispensations byproviding billions of dollars in aid.
Yemen was among the four Arabcountries convulsed by massivedemonstrations from February 2011onwards. Alarmed by its protégé,Mr. Saleh’s inability to control bur-geoning unrest, mediation by theSaudi-led Gulf CooperationCouncil (GCC) forced him to stepdown in February 2012, whilepower was redistributed among theother existing power holders — Mr.Saleh’s General People’s Congress,the Mushtarak, the “loyalist”Opposition and the Sunni Islahparty, leaving out the Houthis eventhough they had participated veryactively in the 2011 uprising. AbdRabbuh Mansour Al Hadi, Vice-President under Mr. Saleh, waselected President without any can-didate to oppose him. However, helacks legitimacy in the eyes of thepeople, especially after fleeing thecountry and operating from SaudiArabia. He has no tribal or politicalsupport base in northern Yemen andeven in the south, outside Aden.
With both Mr. Saleh and theHouthis shut out, the stage was setfor an alliance between these erst-while bitter enemies. Having head-ed the Army for so long, Mr. Salehenjoys considerable support withinit and particularly among the pow-erful Republican Guard. TheArmy’s huge weapons inventorybecame the key factor that enabledthe Houthis to take control ofSana'a in September 2014, andlater, of many of the country’s maincities and ports, and more crucially,its administrative, energy, financialand governmental apparatus.
The Iranian angle
Saudi rhetoric has focussed onIranian involvement. Yemeni ZaydiShias are “fivers” whose ideology iscloser to the Sunnis than to theIranian “twelver” Shias. There is norecord of significant Iranianinvolvement with the Zaydi Shiasof Yemen beyond some Houthispursuing religious studies in Iran inthe early 1990s. Among them wasHussein Badr Al-Deen Houthi, thefounder-leader of the Ansar Allah,during which he picked up whatbecame the Houthi motto: “Death toAmerica, Death to Israel, Damn theJews, Victory to Islam.” Iranianinterest was kindled by the six-yearconflict between Mr. Saleh and theHouthis from 2004 to 2010 but trulymeaningful interaction between thetwo began only after the Houthistook control in Sana'a. Directflights between Tehran and Sana'astarted in March 2015 after a gap of25 years. Iran has signed agree-ments with the Houthi-led Yemeniauthorities to supply Iranian oil, forhelp in the construction of powerplants, and the modernisation ofstrategic ports. Implementing theseagreements will take a long time, ifever.
There is little credible evidencethat Iran has provided large enoughconsignments of weapons to theHouthis to make any tangible dif-ference on the ground; logistically,it is almost impossible to do so.However, with several airports andports now under Houthi control, thepossibilities of Iranian weaponssupplies to Yemen exist, if needed.From being an interested bystanderat best, Saudi actions, policies andrhetoric in the past few years haveenabled Iran to acquire crediblelocus standi and become an activeplayer in the processes of determin-ing Yemen’s future.
Iran’s influence throughout WestAsia has risen dramatically sincethe so-called Arab Spring unrest
began — it has become the mostinfluential power in Iraq, Lebanon,Syria and now Yemen also. The suc-cess of negotiations between theU.S.-led P5+1 (the United States,the United Kingdom, Germany,France, Russia, and China, facilitat-ed by the European Union) has fur-ther augmented Iran’s regionalstanding while further exacerbatingalready mounting Saudi concerns.
The Saudi response
Saudi King Salman ascended thethrone on January 23, 2015, andwithin hours appointed his son, lessthan 30 years old, with no govern-mental experience, as DefenceMinister. Ambitious, brash, andoozing self-confidence, he isbelieved to be the driving forcebehind Saudi Arabia’s extremelymuscular reaction to events inYemen. Within hours of PresidentHadi fleeing Yemen, Saudi Arabialaunched “Operation DecisiveStsorm” on March 25. The DefenceMinister has been personally super-vising these operations.
Rather impressively, Saudi Arabiahas successfully forged a “grandSunni alliance” in a matter of daysand committed 100 fighter jets,150,000 soldiers deployed along theborder and some naval units, withBahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan,Sudan, the United Arab Emiratesand even faraway Morocco joiningthe air strikes. Egypt is deployingan unspecified number of naval andair force units; ground forces willbe deployed “if necessary.” TheUnited States is only providing“logistical, intelligence and techni-cal support”. Concerted efforts ledby King Salman personally to per-suade Pakistan to join have failed.This could have consequences forPakistan later. Despite initial sup-port for the air strikes, Turkey nowfeels that a negotiated solution is abetter approach.
“Operation Decisive Storm” hasinvolved extensive daily air strikes
against Houthi and Saleh forcesmainly in and around Sana'a, Saada,Taiz, Hodeidah and Aden. Despitealmost 2,500 air strikes, the over-whelming majority by SaudiArabia, killing many Houthi andallied fighters and resulting in thelarge-scale destruction of theirweaponry, the Houthi/Saleh domi-nance has not been meaningfullydented. The air strikes are causingmounting civilian casualties andwholesale destruction of villages,sending thousands fleeing fromtheir homes; this is causing a fur-ther alienation of Yemenis fromSaudi Arabia.
The UN Secretary-General hascalled for an immediate ceasefireand has appealed for $274 millionin aid for urgent relief and rehabili-tation measures. The ceasefiredemand has been rejected but KingSalman has decided to contributethis entire amount immediately.However, this will not mitigateYemeni anger. Meanwhile, bydefault, the al-Qaeda in Yemen isbenefiting enormously.
Though the war cannot be wonthrough air strikes, sending inground troops will be disastrous.Given that Saudi troops performedpoorly against the then much weak-er and less organised Houthis in2009-2010, and have no real com-bat experience, they are hardly like-ly to do any better this time fightingagainst battle hardy Yemenis ontheir own terrain. Nevertheless, onApril 21, King Salman ordered themobilisation of the National Guardalso which has since been deployedalong the border. Confusingly, laterthat evening, Saudi Arabia unex-pectedly announced the end of“Operation Decisive Storm” and thebeginning of “Operation RestoreHope”, promptly welcomed by theU.S., only for the air strikes to beresumed the very next day andwhich continue with increasingintensity! It is reasonable to assumethat the Defence Minister wasbehind this since on April 29 he was
also appointed Deputy CrownPrince.
Despite growing U.S. reserva-tions, Saudi Arabian hardlinersseem determined to impose a mili-tary solution; instead, Saudi Arabiais likely to find itself mired inYemen for a long time in anunwinnable war.
The way forward
The Houthis have welcomedYemen’s exiled PresidentAbdurabuh Mansur Hadi’s recentappointment of Khaled Bahah, anIndian-educated former Yemeni PRto the UN and Prime Minister, asthe new Vice-President; this pro-vides an opening for negotiationswhich are the only way forward.Initially they should be convenedby the new U.N. Special Envoy forYemen and the Yemeni governmentrepresentation should be led byKhaled Bahah. The various UN res-olutions over the past four years,the Peace and Partnership agree-ment signed between the Houthisand Mr. Hadi in September 2014and the outcomes of the NationalDialogues in 2013 and 2014 pro-vide a good basis for negotiations.
If Yemen is to have long-termdomestic stability, it is exceedinglyimportant that all power brokers ofthe past are exiled abroad for atleast five to 10 years. Reports thatMr. Saleh and his family have leftYemen, probably for Oman, whichhas offered to mediate between thecontending parties, are encourag-ing. However, restarting the politi-cal process will take time and get-ting results even longer. In themeantime, the unfortunate peopleof Yemen have to face an eventougher future than their difficultpast.
(Ranjit Gupta was IndianAmbassador to Yemen, and in
January 1968 had visited Sana'a asthe Prime Minister’s Special
Envoy.)
BY SONALDE DESAIBY DEBASIS BARIK
Recently, a parliamentary commit-tee declined to extend the size ofhealth warnings on cigarette pack-
ets due to lack of independent evidenceon the health impacts of smoking on theIndian population. A longitudinal studyconducted by the National Council ofApplied Economics (NCAER) andUniversity of Maryland shows that inIndia too, smoking kills.
The India Human Development Survey(IHDS) was first conducted in 2004-05. Inthis survey, 41,554 households were sur-veyed in both urban and rural areas in allStates and Union Territories with theexception of Andaman-Nicobar andLakshadweep. At this time, extensiveinformation about the lifestyles of overtwo lakh individuals residing in thesehouseholds was collected. In 2011-12,these same households were surveyedagain. We were able to re-interview about83 per cent of the original households. Atthe time of the re-interview, informationon current location of the individualsfrom the original household was obtained,including whether they are still alive.Thus, we have access to a prospectivedata set, which contains both informationon smoking tobacco products and whetherthe individual has died in the seven yearsbetween the two interviews. The resultsunambiguously show that even after wetake into account individuals’ age, gender,education and household wealth, thosewho are reported to be daily smokers aremore likely to die.
In the initial interview, 26 per cent menand 1.6 per cent women above the age of15 smoked. These statistics are very simi-lar to those observed in the Global AdultTobacco Use Study by Professor Ram andhis colleagues at International Institute ofPopulation Sciences, conducted on behalfof the Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare in 2009-10. The GATS study alsonoted that 24.3 per cent of men and 2.9per cent of women aged 15 and abovesmoked.
Categorising smokersSince smoking is often underestimated
for younger people, when smokers tend to
hide their habits from the older familymembers, we focus on individuals whoare 30 and above. In this age group, near-ly 36 per cent men in the IHDS samplesmoke; 29 per cent smoke daily. Amongwomen, only 2.5 per cent smoke.Although men from all walks of lifesmoke, smoking is disproportionatelyconcentrated among Dalit, Adivasi andMuslim men. Among this group, about 45per cent men smoke; 37 per cent smokedaily. Lack of education also plays a role.About 46 per cent of illiterate men smoke,while only 16 per cent of the college grad-
uates smoke. Moreover, smoking is con-centrated among the lowest incomegroup. Nearly 46 per cent of the men inbottom fifth smoke compared to only 20per cent in the upper fifth. Death rates arehigher for daily smokers than for non-smokers or occasional smokers. About11.3 per cent of men aged 30 and aboveand who smoke daily died in the sevenyears following our initial survey; only10.2 per cent of the non-smokers andoccasional smokers died. However, as wenoted above, smokers come from lowersocio-economic strata. Hence, it is diffi-cult to know if these characteristics, ratherthan smoking, may be the cause of higher
death rates among smokers. So we com-pare like with like and control for educa-tion, marital status, age, caste/religiousbackground, urban/rural residence, stateof residence and whether the individualwas employed at the first interview. Wealso control for household wealth. Thisdoes not change the relationship observedabove.
Even after taking into account all thesedifferences, we find that smokers have ahigher death rate than non-smokers.Among men, daily smokers are 1.14 times
as likely to die between the two inter-views as the non-smokers and occasionalsmokers. Lest this seem like a small dif-ference, the improvement in survival bygiving up smoking would be more than bydifference between illiterate and thosewith eight years of education or betweenmen living in Uttar Pradesh andKarnataka. For women, smoking is evenmore harmful but given the very smallnumber of women who smoke, thisimpact is not significant.
Delaying anti-smoking campaigns willtake a heavy toll on the Indian population,particularly poorer and less educated men.
What is disturbing about the currentdebate is the message that it sends to cur-rent and potential smokers. Whether thepictorial warning covers 20 or 30 per centof the package is less important than theimplication that Indian population’s riskprofile is somehow different from that ofnon Indians and that until a study has beenconducted in India, we should not believethat smoking increases health risks inIndia. Nonetheless, the results we showabove should lay to rest the argument thatIndians are not somehow immune tohealth consequences of smoking thatbeset non-Indian populations.
Debate in other countriesThis debate is reminiscent of similar
battles fought in other countries. In theU.S., for decades cigarette companiestried to throw a smoke screen overresearch results that unambiguouslyshowed that smoking caused cancer andincreased mortality. In France, even in thelate 20th century, the legislature arguedthat controlling public smoking was pit-ting non-smokers’ rights against smokers’rights. Financial interests played animportant role in the French debate too.Constance Nathanson notes that by 1990,French tobacco market had been capturedby multinationals, leading a smoking pro-ponent to grumble that anti-smokingadvertising would selectively weakenFrench tobacco industry and, “there willno less smoking or drinking in sweetFrance but smoking and drinking will beless French and more American.” Thesedelays in anti-smoking legislations haveled to slower decline in smoking inFrance than in other high income coun-tries; as World Atlas of Smoking shows,today 34 per cent French men smokecompared to 23 per cent in neighbouringSwitzerland.
Let us not give mixed messages to ouryoung men and increasingly, youngwomen; smoking is not harmless, smok-ing is not cool. Smoking kills, even inIndia.
(Sonalde Desai is Senior Fellow atNCAER and Professor of Sociology at
University of Maryland. Debasis Barik isAssociate Fellow at NCAER. Views are
personal.)
Nepal’s moment of truth
Smoking kills — in India too
Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
Editorial4 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MAY 05, 2015Fight For Right
Delaying anti-smoking campaigns willtake a heavy toll on the Indian popula-
tion, particularly poorer and less educat-ed men. What is disturbing about the
current debate is the message that it sendsto current and potential smokers. Whether
the pictorial warning covers 20 or 30 percent of the package is less important than
the implication that Indian population’s riskprofile is somehow different from that of nonIndians and that until a study has been con-
ducted in India, we should not believe thatsmoking increases health risks in India.
Fight For Right
HYDERABADHyderabad MP and All
India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ulMuslimeen (AIMIM) pres-ident Asaduddin Owaisidoes not shy away fromcontroversy. Speaking hismind is also a politicalstrategy and compulsion,some would say. OnSunday, Mr Owaisi was ata book release functionwhen he publicly ques-tioned why the BharatRatna was given to formerPrime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee and why LKAdvani was given thePadma Vibhushan.
"How can the country'ssecond highest civilianhonour, Padma Vibhushan,be given to Advani who isfacing criminal cases inconnection with the Babrimasjid demolition and whosent the country into acommunal spin with hisrath yatra,'' Mr Owaisi
asked. "This could proba-bly be the first instance ofPadma Vibhushan beinggiven to a person who isfacing criminal cases," theAIMIM leader said.
Mr Owaisi alleged thatMr Vajpayee had madesome controversial com-ments on the Ayodhyaissue, the videos of whichwere available on theYouTube even now.
"Have we forgottenDecember 5 (1992)? The
same Atal Bihari Vajpayeewho had said 'we are goingto level the ground' (hasbeen now given the BharatRatna)," he claimed.
Telangana BJP chiefKishan Reddy has reactedto Mr Owaisi's commentssaying he was not right tomake them. "The countryknows of what Vajpayee jiis. Neither Vajpayee ji orAdvani ji or the publicwants any certificate fromOwaisi."
PANAJIAhead of French
Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit,India on Monday said thatnegotiations for the pro-curement of Rafale fighterjets for the Indian AirForce (IAF) will begin thismonth, and the multi-bil-lion dollar deal will befinalised "as early as pos-sible".
"The government togovernment committeewill be set up which will
begin negotiations on thedeal. The negotiations willstart anytime in May andwe have to conclude themas early as possible,"Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar toldPress Trust of India inGoa.
He, however avoided toset any deadline to seal themuch talked-about dealclaiming "since it is gov-ernment to governmentprocedure, the deal wouldhappen quickly".
The French DefenceMinister is expected to bein New Delhi on May 6 tofinalise the modalities forthe negotiations.
"He will visit only forthe purpose of setting upmodalities and take theprocess forward. We willnot be directly involved infuture talks. The commit-tee is being appointed forit by two governments tokick start the process andfix the modalities," MrParrikar said.
The Defence ministersaid the governmentappointed committee willcomplete the negotiationsin a time bound fashion.
He said that the proce-dure to work with coun-tries in the defence sectorhas been well established.
"We are working gov-ernment to governmentwith many countriesincluding the UnitedStates, Israel, and Russia.We have already workedwith France in past," Mr
Parrikar said.He said since it is an
important deal, the negoti-ation aspects will be dis-cussed by the govern-ments and terms for thecommittee would be set upby the defenceministries.
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi during hisvisit to France last monthhad signed an agreementto buy 36 Rafale fighterjets in fly-away conditionfor over USD 6 billion.
NATIONAL /INTERNATIONAL5 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MAY 05, 2015Fight for right
tinue to oppose the landBill as it is "anti-farmerand dilutes the pro-farmerprovisions of LandAcquisition Act-2013"which was passed with theconsent of all parties, for-mer Union Minister JairamRamesh said today.
Mr Ramesh also dubbedas "totally rubbish" theclaim of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi that underthe 2013 Act, it will not bepossible to acquire land forhospitals, schools androads among others andclarified that there was nobar on acquiring land forgovernment, includingdefence projects.
"We are against theamendments made in the2013 Land Act by theModi government throughOrdinance without callingan all-party meeting,despite the fact that it waspassed with the consent ofall parties," he toldreporters in Bhopal.
"In the current scenario,it is impossible for this Bill
to get passed in the RajyaSabha as the SP, BSP, JD-U, TMC, DMK and evenNDA allies like Shiv Senaand Akali Dal are opposedto it," the senior Congressleader said. The Congressis opposing these amend-ments on five grounds, hesaid. Elaborating further,he said the Bill dilutes theconsent clause of securingconsent of 80 per centfarmers for acquiring landfor private companies and70 per cent for projects tobe implemented on PPP(Public, PrivatePartnership) mode.
The present Bill dilutesprovisions of SocialImpact Assessment for pri-vate projects to check thepractice of acquiring landfor a government projectand handing over to privateplayers after sometime, hesaid. There was a provisionin the 2013 Act that if theacquired land is not usedwithin five years, then itwill be handed back to itsowner, but this clause wasalso removed in the 2014Land Bill, he said.
The provision of acquir-ing one-km stretch of landon either side of the major
road is being done with anintention to help privatecompanies, and Congressis opposed to it as it isimpractical, Mr Rameshsaid. The Congress isopposing removal of theprovision for providingfour times compensationfrom back date to thoseland owners who were notsatisfied with the awardthey got at the time ofacquisition, he said.
Mr Ramesh said that theCongress demands imple-mentation of 2013 LandAct in toto and will notallow any dilution of it.
Congress Will Continue toOppose Land Bill: Jairam Ramesh
WASHINGTONAncient people in the Indus
Valley apparently did not stay put,as was previously thought, a teamof US and Indian researchers hasfound by examining 4,000-year-old teeth.
When tooth enamel forms, itincorporates elements from thelocal environment - the food oneeats, the water one drinks, the dustone breathes, researchers said.
When the researchers looked atremains from the ancient city ofHarrappa, located in what isknown today as the PunjabProvince of Pakistan, individuals'early molars told a very differentstory than their later ones, mean-ing they had not been born in thecity where they were found.
The text of the Indus ValleyCivilisation remains undeciphered,and known and excavated burialsites are rare.
new study illuminates the livesof individuals buried more than4,000 years ago in those rare grave
sites by providing a novel compar-ison of the dental enamel andchemical analyses of the water,fauna and rocks of the time, usingisotope ratios of lead and stron-tium.
In its heyday, Harrappa held apopulation of 50,000, although thenumber of individuals representedby skeletal remains across the
entire culture area totals in thehundreds.
"The idea of isotope analysis todetermine the origin of individualmigrants has been around fordecades. But what people haven'tbeen doing is looking at the differ-ent tooth types, essentially, snap-shots of residents during differenttimes of individuals' lives," said
Benjamin Valentine from theUniversity of Florida.
The researchers, includingVasant Shinde and Veena Mushrif-Tripathy, from the Department ofArchaeology, Deccan CollegePost-Graduate and ResearchInstitute, Pune discovered that thepeople in the Harrappa grave siteswere not born there, but migratedthere from the hinterlands.
"Previous work had thought theburial sites represented local, mid-dle-class people. There was nonotion that outsiders were wel-comed and integrated by localswithin the city. It's not clear whycertain young hinterland peoplewere sent to the city.
"All told, these novel methodsprovide windows into the life his-tory of past people and underscorethe role of interdisciplinaryapproaches to illuminate dynamicsof human migration," Dr Valentineadded.
The study was published in thejournal PLOS ONE.
Indus Valley People MigratedFrom One Place to Another: Study
Rafale Fighter Jet Negotiations to Start This Month: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
NEW DELHIRailways has initiated
the process for setting upof a regulatory body on thelines of telecom sector,said Union Minister SureshPrabhu who has asked theNITI Aayog Chairman toprepare the roadmap for it.
Asserting that there wasa need for having a regula-tory mechanism independ-ent of the public trans-porter for getting privateparticipation, Mr Prabhusaid once the model wasready it would be put onthe website for wider dis-cussions.
"A regulatory mecha-nism is specificallyrequired...so that privateparticipation does not com-promise public interest,does not hamper publicfunction. Private sectoralso need not worry aboutthe security of their invest-ment. We have to trade offthe balance between pri-vate and public," MrPrabhu told PTI in an inter-view.
Asked about the contoursof the proposed body, hesaid it would be like regu-
lators for telecom andpower. "Arvind Pangarayiahas been requested to sug-gest a road map. He isindependent, very intellec-tual, very competent andalso part of our system ashe is the vice chairpersonof NITI Aayog. He met merecently and we discussedthe issue. Once he is readywith the model, we willhave wider discussion andwe will put it on websitefor comments," he said.
Railways have beenoffering projects relating tocapacity augmentation,
betterment of passengeramenities and high speedservice among others forprivate participation.
During the interaction,Mr Prabhu also talkedabout a new initiative ofintegrated transport solu-tion to arrest the passengerfall.
Asked to elaborate on theplan, he said "we havetalked to several states andcities like Mumbai,Bangalore, Chennai.
I also spoke to MamataBanerjee and I will go toKolkata for this. We will
together plan it so thatthere is an integrated strat-egy for it (transportationsystem). Under the system,all the modes of transporta-tion will be inter-linked toprovide point-to-pointservice.
On the recent CBI raidssuspecting irregularities inthe weight of freight car-ried in trains, Mr Prabhusaid it was a joint action toremove corruption.
"When we discoveredthat there could be a possi-bility of under-weighing,we asked our vigilance togo into the root cause,investigate and take action.It's a joint action and wehave clear instruction toour vigilance departmentthat go to the root cause.
"Earlier, I had lodged acomplaint with police forrecruitment scam in rail-ways. Somebody wassending letters that youhave got the job immedi-ately so deposit money insome account. FIR wasfiled at different locations.The whole idea is to bringin transparency andremove corruption."
Railways to Have a Regulatory Body on Lines ofTelecom Sector: Union Minister Suresh Prabhu
Lawmaker Asasuddin Owaisi Questions Highest Honoursfor BJP Patriarchs Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani
PATNASenior BJP leader Sushil
Kumar Modi today saidthat Chief Minister NitishKumar has failed to sup-port farmers affected byunseasonal rains andclaimed that the recent sui-cide of a debt-riddenfarmer was the first suchincident in the state in post-Independence era.
"Nitish Kumar has failedto support the farmers inthe state who were affectedby unseasonal rains andcyclonic storms," he said.
Mr Modi, along with theUnion Minister of State forSanitation and DrinkingWater Ram Kripal Yadavand other BJP leaders, metthe family members of
Mr Singh had committedsuicide last week by con-suming pesticide inSinghara panchayat under
Patna district's Maner.Referring to reports that
the Centre has denied per-mission to the ChiefMinister to visit Janakpurin Nepal to reach out toquake-ravaged people
there, the senior BJP leadersaid that Mr Kumar shouldhave visited the farmer'sfamily to console theminstead of showing 'desper-ation' to visit Nepal.
Mr Modi termed it a mat-ter of shame that a farmerin his state took such anextreme step to end his lifeover non-procurement ofpaddy harvest despite arice mill, owned by a localJD(U) leader, located in hisneighbourhood.
Mr Singh's suicide wasthe first such incident inBihar in post-independ-ence era, the formerDeputy chief minister said.
Mr Singh took theextreme step due to mount-ing debt in the wake of the
state's faulty foodgrainprocurement policy as wellas its indifference toaddress the woes of farm-ers whose crops had beendestroyed by unseasonalrains and cyclonic stormsover the past couple ofmonths, Mr Sushil Modisaid in a statement.
Describing the farmer'ssuicide as a blot on theNitish Kumar Government,Mr Modi asked the state toset up an all-party commit-tee to probe the matter.
He also demanded thatthe government shouldannounce Rs. 10 lakh com-pensation to the aggrievedfamily, government job toSingh's widow and freeeducation for his children.
Nitish Kumar Failed to Support Rain-Hit Bihar Farmers: BJPNEW DELHI
An Afghan businessmanis believed to be allegedlyindoctrinating youth fromMaharashtra to join theIslamic State, claimsNational InvestigationAgency (NIA) which hassent its first judicialrequests in the case toAfghanistan seekingdetails of the person.
The Afghan national,whose name has beenwithheld, was runningbusiness of dry fruits inIndia and allegedlyapproached the four youngmen from Kalyan areaneighbouring Mumbai andincited them to join ranksof ISIS terror group, offi-
cial sources said.The man had mysteri-
ously disappeared afterNIA arrested AreebMajeed when he wasdeported from Turkey toIndia last November.
The port of exit of theAfghan national was foundout to be from Delhi inDecember last year,sources said. They saidLetters Rogatory, sent toAfghanistan, have beencleared by the HomeMinistry. The NIA requestto the Afghan governmentincludes verification of hisaddress, his complete bankaccount details, associatesin that country and theGulf and call data records.
India loses $9.8billion every yeardue to disastersNEW DELHI
India suffers losses of$9.8 billion every yearowing to multi-hazard dis-asters as 58.6 percent of itsland is prone to earth-quakes and 8.5 percentvulnerable to cyclone, asper a UN estimate.
The UN Office forDisaster Risk Reduction's(UNISDR) GlobalAssessment Report onDisaster Risk Reduction(GAR) 2015, a risk profileof India, estimates thataverage annual loss(AAL) from multi-hazarddisasters in India is to thetune of $9.8 billion peryear.
Afghan Businessman AllegedlyIncited Mumbai Men to Join ISIS
Wa t c h m a k e rTimex haslaunched two
new activity trackers - theIronman Move x20 andIronman Run x20 GPS -for the Indian market. Bothactivity trackers will beavailable in India exclu-sively on Amazon India,priced at Rs. 8,995 and Rs.11,995 respectively.
The Timex IronmanMove x20 (see above) isessentially a fitness track-ing band that can track themovement of the wearerall day including measur-ing workouts, but alsonotifies and displays callsand texts from the connect-ed smartphone. TheIronman Move x20 is com-patible with Android andiOS smartphones runningthe Timex app.
The Timex Ironman Runx20 GPS (see below), onthe other hand, is a GPSwatch and lets the usertrack distance, pace, speedand calories burned in real-time while running orworking out.
Commenting on thelaunch, Anupam Mathur,Head of Sales andMarketing, Timex GroupIndia Limited said, "Withthe introduction of TimexIronman Move x20, andTimex Ironman Run x20we aim to offer our con-sumers a confluence offuture technology andstyle, Timex's foray intowearable technology. Weare pleased to introducethese new products to our
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1. Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?A. Hargobind Khorana B. J.J. ThompsonC. Benjamin Franklin D. Meghnad Saha
2. FROZEN FOOD - Who discovered the first practi-cal method of freezing food?A. C. Birdseye B. F. RozenoshC. G. Findus D. R. Scott
3. When was the Raggedy Ann doll patented?A. 1915 B. 1920C. 1919 D. 1911
4. What Frank Whittle invented?A. Radar B. Ethyl gasolineC. Sonar D. Jet propulsion
5. When was the first Lionel trains manufactured?A. 1920 B. 1890C. 1901 D. 1944
QUIZ TIME
Answer: 1(A) 2(A), 3(A), 4(D), 5(C)
TODAY’S STARARIES You might not be in the mood to cooperate today, Aries. You
will most likely want to work on projects alone at your ownpace. You will probably have to come out of your shell andinteract with others. You may need advice or input. Try not tobe too pouty with your partner or kids. They might not under-stand the real reason why you're distracted.
TAURUS Start today on the right foot by projecting a positive mood andhealthy mindset, Taurus. If you're dragging your heels andalready dreading the forthcoming events, you will only suc-ceed in making it harder to move ahead, regardless of whatyou end up doing. Attitude is everything. This is one of thosedays in which it matters the most.
GEMINI You may discover your emotions are tempered today, as youwant to turn inward, Gemini. You're apt to surprise yourself andthe people around you when you decide that all you want to dois go into your room and sit by yourself instead of join the crowdoutside. Don't feel bad about doing this even if you're expectedat the party in full regalia. Do what feels most natural for you.
CANCER Your strength lies in your inner resources, Cancer. Today you willfind that these resources have opened up within you. You will findthat your emotions are calm and under control in the face ofchaos. This time of new beginnings is extremely important. Itwould behoove you to probe your depths and fix any internalquirks that might give you trouble in the future.
LEO Offer your services to others, Leo. Your generosity in spreadingyour knowledge will be rewarded. Things might be rather confus-ing at first, but once you start talking, you will be surprised by howmuch you really know and how far your incredible wit, manners,and sociable attitude can take you. Try your best to reach out toothers without seeming needy or demanding.
VIRGO Something you feel you desperately need right now is missing,Virgo, and it's very well hidden. You may search the house for itand drive yourself crazy in the process. Do you really need it thatbadly? If so, sit for a moment and try to collect your thoughts. Ifyou can't, leave it for now. You may find it by chance or througha sudden insight. Relax and hang in there!
LIBRA You may wake up in a fog of confusion this morning for somereason, Libra. The good news is that the air is likely to clear asthe day continues. By late afternoon and early evening, youshould be revved up and ready to go once again. Your normalself has returned and you're ready to face the world with a dra-matic show of courageous action and adventure.
SCORPIO Here's a suggestion. If you get a strange vibe about a situationtoday, walk away, Scorpio. Your instincts will tell you if somethingis dangerous or not. If you don't feel safe, find another place tobe. You won't be productive in an environment where you don'tfeel comfortable. You will also enjoy yourself much more if youcan relax in the situation instead of being uptight about it.
SAGITTARIUS It's time to take charge of your life, Sagittarius. Don't rely on otherpeople to sort out your problems. There may some anxiety in theair today that causes you to overreact to a situation that normal-ly wouldn't faze you. You need to dig down and take responsibil-ity for getting out of this mental or emotional jam. Don't rely onother people to do it for you.
CAPRICORN It's time to show other people that you have backbone,Capricorn. It could be that up until now very few people havenoticed, since you're so flexible and adaptable to change. Youeasily wriggle your way downstream, and as a result, peoplemay think they can control you. Prove to them that this isn't thecase by setting your own agenda and sticking to it.
AQUARIUS You may be anxious to get some new projects underway today,Aquarius, even though they aren't necessarily ready or well thoughtout. You must first learn that patience is key. Jumping the gun couldcause a false start that disqualifies you from the race. Avoid this fateby playing it cool and laying low. Keep your big guns under wraps fornow. You don't need to bring out all the heavy artillery yet.
PISCES There's a romantic, dreamy feeling to today that you should indulgein, Pisces. If you have a special someone in your life, this is theperfect day to share these feelings! Try to plan a candlelit dinner athome for just the two of you. But don't feel pressured to cook anelaborate meal. Pick up some Chinese and serve it on the goodchina. Keep the focus on the two of you.
Science & Tech6 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MAY 05, 2015Fight for right
high-end smartphones withan all-metal build, it seemsthat the company wants totarget broader consumerswith its plastic variant ofhigh-end smartphones.
The company had previ-ously tried its hand at'affordable flagship' seg-ment with its plastic One(E8) model, and recentlylaunched the One E9+.Now, another plastic vari-ant of the HTC One M9+,dubbed HTC One M9ew,has been spotted at China'sTenaa certification.
First spotted byEngadget Chinese, theplastic HTC One M9ewhandset is said to havepassed through a Chinesecertification authority,complete with specifica-tions.
The Tenaa listing of theHTC One M9ew tips somespecifications, such as 5.2-inch QHD (1440x2560pixels) display; 2.2GHzocta-processor (unspeci-
fiedchipset); 3GB of RAM;microSD card storage sup-
port);20-megapixel rear camera;
UltraPixelfront cam-era, andf i n g e r -p r i n tscanner.
T orecall ,H T Ch a s
already launched a plasticvariant of the One M9+
called the HTC One E9+last month in China. Muchlike HTC M9+, the OneE9+ sports a QHD(1440x2560 pixels) resolu-tion IPS LCD display butwith a bigger 5.5-inchscreen (534ppi). Poweredby MediaTek MT6795M64-bit octa-core processorclocked at 2GHz, thesmartphone is equippedwith 3GB of RAM. 16GBof inbuilt storage is alsoincluded that can beexpanded via microSDcard (maximum capacityunspecified).
Recently, HTC con-firmed that the Android 5.1Lollipop update wouldstart rolling out to the 2014flagship, One (M8) inAugust, complete withSense 7 UI introduced withthe HTC One M9.
HTC last week startedrolling out an update for itsCamera app that broughtsupport for shooting pho-tos in the raw format pre-ferred by professionals onthe 2015 flagship - the
HTC One M9smartphone.
HTC One M9+ Plastic Variant PassesCertification, Specifications in Tow Agroup of German
researchers hasdeveloped a Harry
Potter-type portableinvis-
ibili-t ycloak that can effectivelyshield objects while beingsmall enough to use inclassrooms.
The cloak works usingdiffused scattered light andlike frosted window panes,it lets light in but hides thesource of light.
By scattering light, thematerial slows down thepropagation speed of lightwaves through the medi-um.
The light can then be
sped up to make up for thelonger path lengtha r o u n d
t h eh i d d e nobject.
"Our cloak takes advan-tage of the much lowereffective propagationspeed in light-scatteringmedia," said RobertSchittny, from Germany'sKarlsruhe Institute ofTechnology, who led theproject.
The cloak cannot hide ahuman, but it can makesmall objects disappearfrom sight.
In the cloak, the object to
be con-cealed
is placedinside a hollow metalcylinder coated with
acrylic paint,Daily Mailreported.
The tube is embeddedwithin a block of polydi-methylsiloxane, a com-monly used organic poly-mer, doped with titaniumdioxide nano-particles thatmake it scatter light.
If the time light takes totravel through the polydi-methylsiloxane block isproportionate to the time ittakes to travel through thecloak, the core willbecome invisible.
Portable 'Invisibility Cloak'Invented by Researchers
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Young people areaware of the risksof cyber-bullying
but perceive others asbeing more at risk thanthemselves, says a study.
Young women are morevulnerable to this percep-tion than young men, thestudy said.
"Our findings suggestthat whilst young people
are aware of the potentialrisks associated withcyber-bullying, theybelieve that they are lesslikely to experience cyber-bullying than their peers,"said Lucy Betts fromNottingham TrentUniversity (NTU).
"This unrealistic percep-tion of invulnerabilityappears to lead many to
think it is something thathappens to other people,"she added.
The study, designed tomeasure how vulnerableyoung people felt to cyber-bullying and how vulnera-ble they felt compared toother people, included 63females and 46 males agedbetween 16 and 18 yearsold.
Analysis showed thatstudents rated themselvesas being at a lower risk ofcyber-bullying than othergroups (friends, studentsyour age, younger studentsand strangers).
Among these othergroups, younger studentswere identified as those atmost risk of becoming avictim of cyber-bullying.
Girls also had a higherperception of the risks ofexperiencing cyber-bully-ing than boys.
"However, given thereported high prevalencerates of cyber-bullying insome studies (ranging from7-70 percent) it may benecessary to implementmore measures so thatwhilst continuing to raise
young people's awarenessof the risks we also ensurethey fully understand thatthis could actually happento them," Bettssaid.
The findings are sched-uled to be presented at theBritish PsychologicalSociety's AnnualConference next week inLiverpool.
Young People Aware of Cyber-Bullying Risksbut Feel It Won't Affect Them: Study
SPORTS7 NEW DELHI | TUESDAY | MAY 05, 2015Fight for right
by Chennai Super Kings sawthem defend a modest total asthey crushed Royal ChallengersBangalore by 24 runs to regaintheir position at the top of thetable in the Indian PremierLeague cricket tournament,here on Monday.
Having posted a modest 148for nine in 20 overs, CSKbowlers led by Ashish Nehra(3/19 in four overs) andDwayne Bravo (2/19 in 3.4overs) exhibited brilliant deathover skills to bundle out RCBfor 124 in 19.4 overs.
Such was the dominance ofCSK bowlers at the back end ofthe innings that RCB lost asmany as seven wickets for 27runs in only 5.5 overs.
From a relatively comfortable97 for three with another 52runs to get, RCB's slump start-ed when Bravo effected asuperb reflex run-out off hisown bowling to get rid of oppo-sition skipper Virat Kohli (48,44 balls).
Kohli had hit two fours and asix during his knock as headded 63 runs for the fourthwicket with Dinesh Karthik(23) after they were left totter-
ing at 34 for three.Once Kohli was gone, the
procession started, with Karthik
being snapped up in the deepoff Nehra's bowling in the 15thover. In his very next over, the
veteran seamer removedSafaraz Khan (8) and HarshalPatel (0) to take his wickets
tally to 17 in the tournament.Bravo, on his part, bowled an
exceptional 18th over with
clever change ups and the off-cutters which led to MitchellStarc playing four dot balls.
On his part, skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni readthe pitch perfectly as he knewthat it would slow down withpassage of time and strokemak-ing would be extremely diffi-cult in the second half. His intu-ition turned out to be spot on ashis bowlers vindicated his deci-sion.
Earlier, Mitchell Starcbowled brilliantly for his fig-ures of 3/24 in four overs asRCB managed to restrict CSKto 148 for nine in stipulated 20overs after Dhoni had decidedon batting first. Starc was sup-ported well by Harshal Patel(2/19) and David Wiese (2/29).
Suresh Raina, CSK's mostconsistent player over eightseasons, again top-scored witha 46-ball-52 that had fivesweetly-timed boundaries apartfrom a six.
But Starc was the mostimpressive of the RCB bowlersas he first yorked DwayneSmith (0) off the very first overthat went for a maiden.
However, BrendonMcCullum (20) was in his usualaggressive self as leg-spinner
Yuzvendra Chahal and seamerWiese came in for some harshtreatment during that initialperiod.
He raced to 20 but it was thepace of pitch that did him in ashe tried to reach for a pull-shotand was caught at the mid-wicket boundary by IqbalAbdullah off Wiese's bowlingin the final over of thePowerplay.
Raina, who hit some delight-ful cover drives, then conjureda 64-run partnership with Fafdu Plessis (24) as the pair tookthe team's total near 100 beforeHarshal's double blow put paidto the hopes of a big total.
First Du Plessis was playedon and then off the last delivery,Raina was trapped plumb in-front trying to pull a lengthdelivery.
Dhoni smashed 29 off 18balls that had two huge sixes --one each off spin twinsAbdullah and Chahal beforebeing holed out in the deep.
Once Dhoni was gone, even150 looked a distant dream asthe 'Men in Yellow' finishedtwo runs short of what seemedlike a par-score on a slowChepauk track.
IPL 2015, Match 37: Brilliant CSK rout RCB by 24 runs
KOLKATAA stifling bowling effort
enabled Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) carve out a35-run win over SunrisersHyderabad in an IndianPremier League (IPL)encounter at the EdenGardens here on Monday.
Umesh Yadav (2 for 34)came up with a sensationalopening over while BradHogg (2 for 17) and theother bowlers choked theSunrisers to submission asthe visitors were restrictedto 132/9 in reply to thedecent 167/7 posted by theKnight Riders.
The victory carried theKnights to the third spot inthe league table with 11points from 10 games.Sunrisers are still fifth witheight points from nine out-ings.
Chasing a 168-run target,the visitors were jolted atthe start of their inningswith pacer Umesh Yadavdisturbing rival skipperDavid Warner`s (4) citadelin the third delivery andthen castling Naman Ojha(0) with his last ball. Afterover one, the Sunriderswere 6/2.
Shikhar Dhawan(15) was
the next man out as theSunrisers were reduced to29/3 in the fifth over.
All-rounder MoisesHenriques, however, thentook the matter into hisown hands as he smashed
Yusuf Pathan for 19 runs inhis first over.
The 50 came up in 6.5overs but the innings stut-tered again as the Sunriserskept on losing wickets atregular intervals and found
themselves in all sorts ofbother at 69/6 by the 12thwith two dismal run-outsadding to their woes.
Henriques` (41; 33b,2x4, 2x6) lone battle endedsoon as he top edged one to
Manish Pandey in thedeep.
Karn Sharma (32; 21b,0x4, 3x6) Aprovided somelate entertainment for thescanty crowd as he beltedoff-spinner Johan Botha
for three consecutive sixes,but by then the die hadalready been cast.
Earlier in the night, theKnights were off on a can-ter as skipper GautamGambhir and RobinUthappa plundered 50 runsof just 5.3 overs.
However, Gambhir (31;23b, 5x4) fell soon there-after trying to hit KarnSharma for a biggie.
(30; 27b, 3x4) andJamaican hard-hitter AndreRussell (1) followed theirleader into the dugout a lit-tle while later, even as thescoreboard kept tickingalong at a decent pace.
The 100 came up in the13th over, and just as KKRlooked settled with ManishPandey and Ryan tenDoeschate, the former fellshort of his crease trying tosneak a single amidst inde-cision.
Three more wickets fellthereafter as KKR scrapedpast the 160-run mark topost a decent total.
For Sunrisers, KarnSharma and BhuvneshwarKumar claimed two wick-ets each while Pathanplayed an unbeaten cameoof 30 in 19 balls for KKR.
IPL 2015: Ajinkya Rahane Stars in RajasthanRoyals' Victory Over Delhi Daredevils
NASSAUWhile the eyes of the
sporting world were fixedon boxing`s much-touted"fight of the century" inLas Vegas, the two fastestmen on the planet reneweda rivalry which bodes foran electrifying season onthe track.
Six-time Olympic goldmedallist Usain Bolt andAmerican arch-rival JustinGatlin took to the bluetrack of the ThomasA.Robinson stadium in thecapital of the Bahamas justas the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao title boutgot under way.
The comparison was notlost on either athlete asGatlin helped the US quar-tet to the 4x100m crown in
the second edition of theIAAF World Relays, Boltunable to snag Americananchor Ryan Bailey in therun-in for the line.
"I think it`s going to be agood rivalry - likePacquiao andMayweather," said Gatlin,against whom Bolt says hehas no problem competingafter the American 2004Olympic 100m goldmedallist saw out his four-year ban for doping.
"I think that`s what thetrack fans want to see thisyear and I want to helpbring that." Gatlin, 33,dominated the 2014 seasonwith career-best andworld-leading times in the100 and 200m of 9.77 and19.68sec respectively.
Usain Bolt makes IAAF WorldRelays debut to set up season
against Justin Gatlin
NEW DELHIFormer BCCI chief N
Srinivasan on Monday wasaccused by his gay sonAshwin of forcing him tomarry a woman in order tocontinue their family line-age.
This shocking revelationwas made by DNA news-paper in an interview withSrinivason's son.
“I want my father to giveme my share of the familyproperty and let me livemy life like I want with mypartner Avi.“We’re beingheld captive against ourwill and tortured by myfather who wants me tobreak up with Avi, get mar-ried and have children tofurther the family line,”said Ashwin Srnivasan toDNA.
Ashwin has also claimedthat he along with his part-ner Avi Mukherjee arebeing held captive inChennai’s tony FirstAvenue neighborhood ofBoat Club in close vicinityto the residence of hisfather.
On being asked for proof
by DNA, Ashwin alsoshared various letters writ-ten by Srinivasan, clearlystating his opposition to hisson's relationship withanother man.
The letters, all written onN Srinivasan’s personalstationery between 2007and 2008 are in possessionof the newspaper.
One of the letters fromSrinivasN Srinivasan forc-ing gay son to marrywoman, personal lettersrevealan to Ashwin datedJune 20, 2007 reads: “Ash,you are my only son. Bothyour mother and I love youvery much. You are awareof the hope I had for you,”and advises, “I feel youneed to do certain things tohelp yourself”, before
going to explicitly state, “Ihave saved money throughmy own hard work.
That is to say my wealthis self earned. I would likeit go to my flesh and blood– I want a lineage to carryon the business. I can’tgive it tostrangers.Therefore I thinkit will be good idea for youto marry a girl acceptableto us which probably mightenable creation of a line-age.”
“You need to re-enternormal society which youleft years ago. Until youchange, I am going toinduct Rupa (Ashwin’s sis-ter, who is married toGurunath Meiyappan) onto the India CementsBoard. You can also join
the board after you accom-plish the changes I havesuggested,” signing offaffectionately as Anna.
Another letter, written onSeptember 27, 2007,states: “See how you’reliving now – man of youreducation and qualifica-tion, you are not preparedto face normal society. Ifyou make an effort tochange I will reward you.”
Clearly unhappy with hisfather's attitude, Ashwinlashed out againstSrinivasan with a letter.
Srinivasan on January20, 2008 replied to hisson's letter, stating: “I amin receipt of your lettertalking of vague andunconnected events at dif-ferent times in your privatelife. I see you are using allthis to threaten me andextortion is clearly visible.I can see desperation –without your knowledgeyour letter exposes the truecharacter of your ‘friend’(Avi) as a criminal whobreaks the law, indulges indrugs, etc. – all criminalactivities.
N Srinivasan forcing gay son to marrywoman, personal letters reveal
LONDONRoger Federer clinched his 85th career title in Istanbul
on Sunday but remains second in Monday`s unchangedATP rankings, still led by Novak Djokovic.
The 27-year old Serb holds the top spot for the 40thconsecutive week, more than 5,000 points ahead of theSwiss star with Scot Andy Murray completing the podi-um ahead of his rain-delayed Munich final againstPhilipp Kohlschreiber, the world number 24 fromGermany. With the Madrid Open Masters Series tourna-ment taking centre stage this week, Spain`s Rafael Nadalremains fourth, in front of Kei Nishikori of Japan andMilos Raonic of Canada.
Rankings as of May 41. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 13,845 pts2. Roger Federer (SUI) 8,6353. Andy Murray (GBR) 6,1204. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5,3905. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 5,2806. Milos Raonic (CAN) 5,0707. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4,9608. David Ferrer (ESP) 4,4909. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 3,49510. Marin Cilic (CRO) 3,40511. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 2,98512. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 2,38013. Gilles Simon (FRA) 2,25514. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 2,04515. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 2,02016. Roberto Bautista (ESP) 1,98517. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 1,96018. John Isner (USA) 1,76519. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 1,76520. Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 1,730
Novak Djokovic wellahead in ATP rankingsRoger Federer clinched his 85th career title in Istanbul
on Sunday but remains second in Monday`s unchangedATP rankings, still led by Novak Djokovic.
MUNICHAndy Murray won the
first clay-court title of hiscareer when he saw offGermany`s PhilippKohlschreiber in a toughthree-setter duringMonday`s rain-delayedfinal of Munich`s ATPtournament.
The world number threeand top seed in Munichneeded just over threehours to seal a 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 7-6(7/4) win overKohlschrieber, ranked 24thin the world, who foughthard in front of his homecrowd in the Bavarian cap-ital. It was the 32nd title ofMurray`s career but hisfirst on clay as he prepares
for the French Open at theend of the month.
Heavy rain meant only23 minutes of the finalcould be played on Sundaybefore the match wasmoved to Monday morn-ing.
It was a gruelling tusslebetween the pair and wasreminiscent of their epicfive-setter in their thirdround at Roland Garroslast year when Murrayclaimed victory after win-ning the tie-breaker 12-10.
The Scot had little timeto celebrate with a bye intothe second round at thisweek`s Madrid Masters --where he is set to faceKohlscreiber.
Andy Murray wins firstclay title in Munich
NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of
'khwahishen' - a film by Moonlightproduction. Adding a film to it's cred-it after grand success of skits and adfilms Delhi lad Param MLP, producerand director of film expressed 'weadded another feather in our cap withactress Samira Khan of Parwarishfame. Her other serials like 'Kabhisaas bhi kabhi bahu thi', 'Kahani GharGhar ki' of Balaji films were greathits. "My this film is a family drama.Our artists have put in their hundredpercent to showcase so called show-biz life of the society and I hope thatlike every hit drama, this film willattract people from all walks of life,he said. Actress Samira expressed thatit was a different experience to workwith Moonlight productions. I will tryto give my best in this film too likemy previous films and I am optimisticthat people will find my characterwith the pace of the film, she says.The film has been shot at variouslocations of Delhi and Jaipur. AryaSingh has been music director where-as Noor, Kailash and Amit has givenplayback. Promos of film are expect-ed soon.
Yami Gautam hastaken up an inter-esting fitness
regime recently. Thepretty actress who hasbeen following a strictfitness regime now hasgone ahead and chosen afun way to fitness withZumba. Zumba is a fit-ness regime that helpsyou work on your entirebody and also helps inbuilding strength andenjoying throughout theprocess.
Yami has recentlypicked this up and isenjoying workouts likenever before as thisincludes dance andmusic. She feels that italso makes you feelupbeat when you startyour day with Zumba.
So, she did her research
and invested in someinteresting Zumba DVDswhich she starts her daywith. They are also withYami in her bag when sheis traveling forshoots.
Says Yami, “Zumba isan absolute fun way tostay fit. The music anddance routine helps yourelease stress and keepsyou very happy. In fact,you are smiling through-out the session which isthe best way to start yourday. I’ve been enjoying itso far and it has been awhole lot of fun. Besides,I can do this wherever Igo and at my own pace.”The actress is currentlyin the midst of her shoot-ing schedule for her next.She recently wrapped upa long schedule in Patialafor the same.
Here’s what Varun Dhawan’s Badlapur co-starYami Gautam does to keep herself fit…
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Trauma parenting specialistJane Evans, who was in thecity for a talk, discusses strate-
gies to haul your kid out of 5 emo-tionally damaging experiences
It's a cliche, and it's not even true.A `carefree childhood' needn't be
every kid's privilege in the 21st cen-tury, say parenting counsellors.Which makes it important for parentsto be able to handle a sticky situationwhere their child may have experi-enced a notso-happy incident, and beunable to cope with it, in the absenceof skills that adults tend to havepicked up along the way.
Jane Evans, a UK-based, traumaparenting specialist, who was inMumbai last weekend to helm a talkon tools to establish a special bondwith children at an event organisedby Born Smart, says trauma in kidsmust be addressed. "They won't just`go away'. Ignoring it can make yourchild's brain operate on survivalmode, sensing threat everywherethereafter," she explains. And the firststep is to recognise it, because unlikeadults who will spell it out, childrenare likely to express themselvesthrough behaviour. Some cope bytrying to please everyone and sacri-ficing their needs, says Evans.Others, may overreact to the slightestthing. "A tiny cut on a finger, thatshouldn't get more than a few min-utes of attention, will exag gerate intheir trauma-induced minds and feellike a catastrophe," she says.
The second step is to offer simpleexplanations to a child. If allowed tomake sense of the challenging situa-tion on their own, they are likely to
harbour misconceptions that can leadto anxiety. For instance, a child mayend up believing that the argumentbetween mummy and daddy happensbecause he is naughty. To tackle thisstress, the child may behave inconsis-tently with those he loves the most orseek out `self - soothing' strategies,including the constant use of videogames, alcohol, drugs or overeating.
Evans suggests how parents shouldhandle the most common causes oftrauma among children.
1. FAMILY FIGHTS
Signs:A child may have an emotional out-
burst, lashing out at other kids orfinding it difficult to make friendsand unable to develop social skills.They may find it tough to focus on atask at hand, get emotional and find ittough to calm down. Alternately, hecould also turn quiet and meek,observe more than speak and doexactly as told. Keeping everyonehappy may make him feel secure.
CORRECTIVE MEASURES:Compassion and kindness is what
you need here. Irrespective of achild's behaviour, be calm and try toconnect with him emotionally.Broaching the subject with, "I'm wor-ried about you," is a good idea.Getting them to talk will help rewirethe brain, which could be in survivalinstead of reasoning mode. If theypush another child at play, it's notbecause they intend to hurt a friend.It's because they are trying to venttheir feelings. Encouraging them to
come and play (accompany them), ortake up a class of yoga or singing willhelp regulate their feelings.
2. DEATH AT HOME
Signs:The signs could be similar to those
above. The child may appear with-drawn, worried and reclusive, or anx-ious. Eating patterns may be disrupt-ed. Eating too much or too little arered flags. They could seesaw betweenemotions -very quiet one momentand agitated another.Most childrenunder six don't fully understand theidea of death. They are unable tograsp its irreversible nature. Pre-schoolers will believe that their deaddog will wake up.
CORRECTIVE MEASURES:If the child asks questions, respond
to them honestly and in a way he willunderstand. Be sensitive to what thequestion really is and tailor yourresponse appropriately. Checking
after a few days of explaining, if thechild has any new questions, is agood idea. Processing news of trau-
matic events is crucial for helpingkids comprehend what happened.Ifthe child is holding itself responsiblefor the death, explain to him simply,that everyone's body gets sick some-times, and when medicines don'thelp, a person may die. It's possiblethat you may have to explain thesame thought over and over, althoughsensitively, before the child inter-nalises it.
3. DIVORCE
Signs:A typical trait, says Evans, in
behaviour of children from brokenhomes, has to do with a visit to theabsent parent. He may be wellbehaved there but have a dramaticoutburst on returning to the parentwith custody. Sometimes, it couldtake a week to calm them down. Thisoccurs because the child is likely to
repress what he feels when he meetsthe absent parent because he isn't toocomfortable around them.
Child custody disputes make thingsworse since kids interpret it as beingtaken away from a parent who lovesthem by the other.Parents who tryand communicate with theirestranged spouse through the childcause undue stress since the child isforced to negotiate a situation thatadults have washed their hands of.
CORRECTIVE MEASURES:Spare the child details of the sepa-
ration or divorce but let them knowthat you are always available to him,and open to talking about the separa-tion if they wish. If the child doesn'texpress feelings or have questionsabout the event, a simple explanationshould be sufficient. In any case, theparent living with the child shouldmake himself/herself available phys-ically and emotionally all the time.It's double the work, but imperative.
4. ACCIDENTS
SIGNS:As adults, an accident can invoke
anger or frustration, but among kids,the reactions are complex. Childrenmay withdraw, turn easily irritable,experience a decrease in appetite orhave repeated nightmares. In extremecases, children can also develop astrong response to locations thatremind them of the tragedy.
CORRECTIVE MEASURES:The only way to rectify this is by
openly discussing the event with
them when they are ready.This willoffer them closure, allowing you andthe child to refer to the event assomething that `happened' and re-inforce that you are now safe. Newsreports or disaster updates can repeat-edly trigger the imagery in theirminds. You need to help them disas-sociate from that imagery, and detachfrom the event and reinforce that youare now safe.
5. EMOTIONAL UNAVAILABLI-TY
SIGNS:It's a modern-age trauma that sev-
eral kids have to deal with. The pres-sure that both parents face to holdjobs, or race ahead in their career byworking long hours, can mean theyhave little emotional energy to investin their kids. Left alone to make senseof their emotions and everyday expe-riences, they lack inputs from `rea-sonable' adults. The latter is impor-tant because over time, it helps chil-dren learn to `self-soothe', makesense of relationships around themand their expectations from daily life.
CORRECTIVE MEASURES:It sounds simple, and it might just
be. Take time out every day to talk toyour child. Communication is key tobuilding an emotional connect. Beingemotionally available (in tune withtheir mental state) coupled with thembeing physically present (accompa-nying them out to play once in awhile) acts as both balm, and securi-ty reinforcer.
5 ways to handle most common traumas in children
Nach Baliye 7 seemsto be the talk of thetown especially
with the new format inplace. Performances havebeen decent so far but thecontestants seem to bepushing the button withtheir every act.
For the past two weeksShakti Arora and his betterhalf Neha Saxena havedrastically improved theirgraph with each perform-ance.
Marzi Pestonji even gavethe couple a standing ova-tion last Sunday, not thatthey really deserved it yet,
but it definitely boostedtheir ego.
This Sunday, Shakti andNeha will be doing a pup-pet dance together and thecouple will be attached toropes throughout their per-formance.
We caught a photographof the couple dressed aspuppets and for a minutewe were convinced thatthey were wooden replicasof Shakti and Neha.
This week is definitelygoing to be interesting andquite creative. Take a lookat the pictures and tell uswhat you think.
Nach Baliye 7: Shakti Aroraand Neha Saxena turn puppets
