NEW DELHIContinuing its crack-

down on major sources ofair pollution in the nationalcapital, the Delhi PollutionControl Committee hasissued notices to 172 ongo-ing construction projects inthe city.

The concerned partieshave been directed to sub-mit reports on the currentstatus of construction andsteps being taken by themin compliance with theMinistry of Environmentand Forests guidelines,2010, on prevention ofdust and garbage accumu-

lation on their sites, whilecarrying out the construc-tion.

They will also have tosubmit adherence reportson directions mentioned inthe orders of the NationalGreen Tribunal.

It has been found thatthough these projects hadobtained prior environ-mental clearance from theMinistry of Environmentand Forests or from StateEnvironment ImpactAssessment Authority(SEIAA), Delhi, subse-quently, the mandatory

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HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTSunday, April 19, 2015

Yogendra Yadav terms Aam AadmiParty's showcause notice a 'joke'

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JAMMUSeveral activists of Jammu

and Kashmir Youth Congresson Saturday held a protesthere against the state govern-ment and the Centre, allegingthat both the Central and

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Congress MP bats forNetaji Subhas Boseregiment in Indian Army

NEW DELHIDelhi Metro Rail

Corporation Saturdaylaunched a Metro AdventureClub to promote adventureand sports activities among itsover 8,500 employees.

The adventure club waslaunched by taking out a'Heritage Walk' from Chawri

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Metro Adventure Clublaunched in Delhi

NEW DELHITwo vigilant Delhiites,

including a young girl whoprevented a foreigner frombeing looted by a chain snatch-er, were felicitated today bythe Delhi Police.

Delhi Police CommissionerBS Bassi gave a reward of Rs10,000 each to Rajesh Saini

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Two vigilant Delhiitesfelicitated by Delhi Police

NEW DELHI"I am a hard nut to crack,"

says HRD Minister Smriti Iraniwho also asserts that she is "toofat" to be cut to size. The 39-year-old minister, who is in theeye of many a controversyincluding being accused of saf-fronising education, dismissessuggestions that she was get-ting "isolated" and that her Ministry reports to RSS."If you notice all the articles, a few cut and copy paste

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I am a hard nut to crack: Smriti Irani

MUMBAIMaharashtra Chief Minister

Devendra Fadnavis Saturdaysought to clarify Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's remarks inToronto in which he has blamedthe erstwhile government forleaving a "mess" behind, sayingthe statement was meant only toassure industries of "hassle-free" environment in the country.

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Modi's Toronto remarks aimed atassuring industries: Fadnavis

JAIPURUnion Minister Kiran Rijiju

on Saturday said people shouldunderstand their duties towardssociety and learn to be tolerant.

Speaking at a seminar onmotivational leadership inMount Abu, Rijiju said thatpeople should work withpatience and stay calm in order

to remain unaffected from stress and this way they cancreate a good environment in the society.

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People should understand theirduties towards society: Rijiju

LUCKNOWA group of farmer organisa-

tions have threatened tolaunch a nation-wide stir topress for their demand ofwithdrawl of the land acquisi-tion bill. "Our organisationalong with other farmer

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Farmer organisationsthreaten to ghearoParliament over Land Bill

SINGAPOREA 49-year-old Indian-origin

soldier in Singapore has diedafter he was found uncon-scious under mysterious cir-cumstances, prompting apolice probe into the incident.Jude Sebastian Vincent,Master Warrant Officer ofSingapore Armed Forces

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Indian-origin Singaporesoldier found dead

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Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 380CPrecipitation:0%Humidity: 37%Wind: 11Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 340CPrecipitation: 40%Humidity:68% Wind: 12Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 370CPrecipitation:50%Humidity:64%Wind: 14Km/hr

ISLAMABADBanned terror outfit

Jamaat-ud-Dawa's (JuD)chief Hafiz Saeed hasadmitted that his organi-sation helps the PakistanArmy in supportingKashmiris.

Speaking during aninterview with Pakistan'sChannel 24, Saeed said,“There are lakhs of peo-ple in Kashmir who aredemanding freedom. Ifthe Indian governmentresorts to firing then wewill also retaliate in astrong manner.”

“We support Pakistan,Pakistan government andPakistan Army in theireffort to help the people

of Kashmir who don'thave freedom. And wecall it jihad,” he added.

Saeed said further,“Pakistan and its govern-ment have always main-tained that people ofKashmir should get their

rights. Whatever thePakistani governmentdoes to achieve this isjihad for us and we sup-port Pakistan, Pakistanigovernment andPakistani forces.”

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JuD supports Pakistan Army's'jihad' in Kashmir, says Hafiz Saeed

Delhi government scales-up battlewith air pollution, notices issued to

172 construction projects

AHMEDABADAhead of Congress'

high-stake farmers'rally in Delhi Sundayagainst the Land Bill,Union MinisterVenkaiah Naidu todayaccused the oppositionparty of using the Billto derive politicalmileage even as he saidthe government waswilling to accept "use-ful" suggestions on it.

"Shouldn't children offarmers get jobs? Youhave seen in Gujarat

how infrastructure got aboost and national high-ways too wereincreased (in length)after factories and insti-tutions came there. As aresult of this the pricesof land surrounding (theindustries) too shot up,"the parliamentaryaffairs minister toldreporters here.

Naidu was in the cityto participate in a work-shop on the theme of'smart cities', which was

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NEW DELHITo counter the Narendra

Modi government's amendedLand Acquisition Bill, theCongress party on Saturdaylaunched a bilingual websitenamed 'Zameen Wapsi'(http://zameenwapsi.com) thatwill provide misinformation onLand Bill.

The website was launchedjust a day before the party'smega farmers' rally here and ona day when Congress vice pres-ident Rahul Gandhi met farm-ers in his first engagement afterbeing back from nearly two-month-long vacation.

Addressing a press confer-ence here, senior Congressleader Jairam Ramesh said,“This website will constantlyget updated. It will provideinformation about land acquisi-tion through a single click.”

He further said, “We willreach to the people through thiswebsite, we will ensure a griev-ance redressal mechanism onthis website.”

“We will also put the LandAcquisition Acts of different

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Land Bill: Congress launches ‘Zameen Wapsi’ website,says Modi govt resorting to ‘bundle of lies’

NEW YORKIndia is walking the talk

in its efforts to contributeto the success of the ambi-tious post-2015Development Agendathrough the national tar-gets to eradicate povertyand provide access to basicsanitation and electricity toall, the country's top diplo-mat at the UN said.

India's PermanentRepresentative to the UNAmbassador AsokeMukerji stressed thatIndia's diplomatic activityis directly aligned with the

country's primary goal ofaccelerating national eco-

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NEW DELHISenior diplomat Vikas

Swarup, whose debut novelwas made into the Oscar-win-ning movie "SlumdogMillionaire", on Saturdayassumed charge asSpokesperson in the ExternalAffairs Ministry.

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Vikas Swarup takes overas Spokesperson in MEA

NEW DELHIDespite getting several

international offers, reju-venation of Ganga cannotbe modelled on foreignrivers as the river has cul-tural and religious signifi-cance, Water MinisterUma Bharti said onSaturday.

She pointed out thatcrores of people take a dipin the river while therewere several persons whoran small businesses alongits banks and said these

people have a major rolein the Clean GangaMission.

"We have offers frominternational agencies who

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Ganga rejuvenation cannot be modelledon foreign rivers: Bharti

NEW DELHIThe Prime Minister's

Office says it has noinformation about thecost incurred on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'swardrobe.

Replying to a queryunder the Right toInformation Act, thePrime Minister's Officesaid it had no record ofthe information sought byapplicant Rohit Kumar.

"It is your contentionthat the expenses on theprime minister's

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No information on cost of Prime Minister NarendraModi's wardrobe, says his office in reply to RTI query

Govt open to useful suggestionson Land Bill: Venkaiah Naidu

Helping development agendathrough own targets: India to UN

Posters outside BJPoffice, Shah residence

seeking return ofSanjay Joshi

NEW DELHIPosters on Saturday

sprung up outside the BJPheadquarters and resi-dences of party presidentAmit Shah and LKAdvani here, seeking thereturn of Sanjay Joshi,Narendra Modi's betenoire and former generalsecretary, to the party-fold.

The poster depicting thephotograph of Joshi, oncea powerful BJP leader

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TORONTOPrime Minister

Narendra Modi's visit toCanada has generatedbusiness worth morethan 1.6 billion Canadiandollars, according toofficial figures releasedby the Harper govern-ment in Toronto.

Sixteen commercialagreements andannouncements weremade by Canadian and

Indian companies andorganisations duringPrime Minister Modi'svisit this week.

The commercial agree-ments and announce-ments have a combinedvalue of over 1.6 billionCanadian dollars,Canadian Prime MinisterStephen Harper's officesaid in a statement.

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NEW DELHILeading NRI industrialist

Lord Swraj Paul on Saturdaypraised Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for "raising"India's profile on the worldstage and his efforts towardseducating the girl child.

Paul, the chairman of UK-based Caparo group, said thatthe last Indian leader to havethe stature of Modi was IndiraGandhi and called upon thebusinesses to treat this moment

as an "opportunity"."Modi government has

promised delivery. The firstmajority government after 30years. He has given hope andraised the profile of India.

"At the moment India'sstanding is high at the worldstage and Modi is the mostsought after politician. The lastIndian leader to have thatstanding was Indira Gandhi,"he said.

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PM Modi has raised India's profile onthe world stage: Lord Swraj Paul

NEW DELHIRahul Gandhi, who returned

from a 56-day sabbatical twodays back, on Saturday inter-acted with a delegation offarmers from Uttar Pradesh,

Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjaband discussed changes beingbrought in UPA's land law bythe Narendra Modi govern-ment.

Rahul, accompanied by

Rajasthan PCC Chief SachinPilot at his residence, assuredthe farmers his party's full sup-port.

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Rahul Gandhi meets farmers' delegation, discusses Land Bill NEW DELHIBharatiya Janata Party`s

(BJP) Delhi unit chief SatishUpadhyay on Saturday saidthat Prime Minister NarendraModi`s successful foreign tripshave made the country proud,adding that he is taking the

nation forward at a `swiftpace`. "Prime Minister Modi isscripting a new history by mak-ing successful foreign visits.The Prime Minister has madethe entire country proud by tak-ing the Tricolour to different

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PM Modi's successful trips havemade country proud: BJP

PM Modi's visit generated businessworth 1.6 billion dollars, says Canada

NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | APRIL 19, 2015Delhi News2 SAADDA HAQ

NEW DELHIDelhi Police Saturday filed

chargesheet against 13 personsarrested in connection with thePetroleum Ministry documentleak case.

Crime Branch of Delhi Policefiled the chargesheet beforeMetropolitan Magistrate AkashJain, who fixed April 20 for itsconsideration.

According to police sources,the accused have beenchargesheeted for the allegedoffences punishable under sec-tions 457 (trespass), 380 (theft),420 (cheating), 468 (forgery forthe purpose of cheating), 471(using as genuine forged docu-ments), 120-B (criminal con-spiracy) and 34 (common inten-tion) of IPC.

The court fixed the 44-pagechargesheet for considerationbefore Chief MetropolitanMagistrate Sanjay Khanagwal,who was on leave today.

The police have arrayed 42prosecution witnesses in thecase.

Police sources said that provi-sions of the stringent OfficialSecrets Act (OSA) have notbeen invoked against theaccused yet and further investi-

gation is going on.On April 15, the Ministry of

Petroleum and Natural Gas in itsreport had told the court thateight documents recovered fromthe accused in the case wereclassified in nature and none ofdocuments seized from themwere in public domain.

Among the 13 accused are fivecorporate executives -- ShaileshSaxena from RIL, Vinay Kumarfrom Essar, K K Naik fromCairns India, Subhash Chandrafrom Jubilant Energy and RishiAnand from Reliance ADAG.

Other eight accused are IshwarSingh, Asharam, RajkumarChaubey, Lalta Prasad, Rakesh

Kumar, Virender Kumar, energyconsultant Prayas Jain and jour-nalist Shantanu Saikia.

All the accused are in judicialcustody.

On April 10, the court hadsought reports from the Homeand the Petroleum ministriesabout the nature of documentsrecovered by the investigatorsduring their probe.

On February 20, police hadarrested the five accused corpo-rate executives alleging that theyused to procure the classifieddocuments from other arrestedaccused Lalta Prasad andRakesh, and used to paythem.

Corporate espionage case: Policefile chargesheet against 13 accused

NEW DELHIA day after Aam Aadmi

Party (AAP) issued show-cause notice to rebel leaderYogendra Yadav along withPrashant Bhushan and twoothers for alleged anti-party activities, he termedit as a “joke” on Saturday.

Yadav took to Twitter onSaturday to confirm that hehad received showcausenotice from the disciplinarycommittee last night andsaid that he was beingaccused of “leaking news”even as the contents of hisshowcause notice hadalready been leaked evenbefore he had received it.

The rebel AAP leaderquestioned whether it wasjudgement before trial as2/3 members of the disci-plinary committee havealready supported thecharges against him.

In the Facebook post, he

also raised questions as tohow can those members bepart of disciplinary com-mittee who had made alle-gations against him andBhushan earlier.

“The Committee that hasserved the notice and willdecide the matter includesShri Pankaj Gupta who hadsigned a written publicstatement accusingPrashant Bhushan and meof anti-party activities, thecharge he is going to inves-tigate now!

The Committee alsoincludes Shri AshishKhaitan who had lastmonth made derogatoryremarks against PrashantBhushan and his family(which he had to apologisefor and delete) and was thekey source of "evidence' ofPrashant Bhushan's anti-party activities duringDelhi elections.

He has liberally cursedboth of us on TV. Everheard of complainants andwitnesses themselvesbecoming judges?,” hewrote.

Yadav added that he has

spoken to the chairman ofthe disciplinary committee,Dinesh Waghela, about thesame and he has agreed tolook into the matter.

He added, “Will theyrecuse themselves now and

review the show causenotice? Will the committeelook into its own leaksbefore it sits down to exam-ine someone else's? Or willthe joke continue? Orshould I call it a farce?.”

NEW DELHIThree persons including a

government official were onSaturday taken into custodyfor allegedly taking bribe bythe Anti-Corruption-Branch(ACB), the first arrests relatedto any complaint made on thenewly launched anti-grafthelpline in Delhi.

According to ACB, a com-plaint was lodged by a calleron Delhi government's 1031helpline on Thursday, claimingthat bribe was being taken atthe entry gate of AzadpurMandi for allowing trucks hav-ing valid entry pass to enter.

"The caller was then askedto do a sting after which a teamof 15-18 officials of ACB car-ried out a late night raid at 1:30am when close to 20,000 truckqueue up to get entry," an offi-cial said.

Following the complaint,ACB verified the details of thecomplaint and conducted araid today and arrested threepeople including a governmentemployee.

"A security in-charge andtwo contractual staff werearrested who used to take heftyamount from transporters to

allow them early entry.Amount varied on the basis ofurgency and cost of consign-ment in the truck," the officialalleged.

These were the first arrestsin connection with complaintson the helpline, officials said.

The agency has also seizedcurrency notes from their pos-session. Out of the three arrest-ed, one is a governmentemployee.

According to the govern-ment, within 100 hours of itslaunch, the helpline answereda total of 32,489 telephonecalls out of which only 70were found to be serious andthey were forwarded to ACBfor investigation.

Kejriwal launched thehelpline at a public gatheringat Talkatora stadium on April5. The helpline is functioningon a 24x7 basis and willremain open on all days.

The calls received so far arenow being analysed to segre-gate frivolous and real com-plaints.

The government said effortsare being made to ensure thatno call made on 1031 numberremains unanswered.

First arrests carried out on Delhianti-graft helpline complaint

Yogendra Yadav terms Aam AadmiParty's showcause notice a 'joke'

NEW DELHIDelhi Government will

start its participatory budg-eting exercise Sunday in thePatparganj Assembly con-stituency of East Delhi andChief Minister ArvindKejriwal will chair theevent.

The first round of budgetconsultation with public willbe held in Patparganj, theAssembly constituency ofDeputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia. The sameprocess will be followed in11 other constituenciesbefore tabling of the finalbudget in the Assembly inthe first week of June.

The inaugural publicmeeting at Patparganj willbe attended by cabinet min-isters, MLAs whose con-stituencies have been chosen

for participatory budgetingexercise, along with seniorofficials of government,Delhi Police and DDA.

The AAP government hasdecided to seek public opin-ion for the budget prepara-tion to decentralise decision-making. "Delhi has beendivided in 12 segments andRs 20 crore will be allottedto each. These segments willbe further divided into 40parts so each gets Rs 50lakh," an official said.

According to the official,for the first two hours, vot-ers will propose local issuesto be taken up in their areas.Then in the last hour votingwill take place on individualitems and then work will beprioritised as per number ofvotes.

Capital intensive works

will be taken up throughdepartmental budgets, whilesmall works up to the publicmeeting limits will befinalised in the meetingitself, official said.

visitors a separate enclo-sure has been made at eachvenue so that they can watchthe proceedings but will notparticipate either in process-ing or budgetaryexercise.

"A separate enclosure hasbeen provided for submis-sion of grievances of the cit-izens which will beuploaded to the public griev-ance monitoring system(PGMS) of DelhiGovernment. Grievancesbox will be installed where-in citizens can drop theirgrievances," the officialsaid.

Public consultation for DelhiBudget to begin Sunday

NEW DELHIPosters on Saturday sprung up

outside the BJP headquarters andresidences of party presidentAmit Shah and LK Advani here,seeking the return of SanjayJoshi, Narendra Modi's bete noireand former general secretary, tothe party-fold. The poster depict-ing the photograph of Joshi, oncea powerful BJP leader who wasdivested from all party posts in2005 following a CD controversy,sought his "ghar wapsi".

The posters with pictures ofModi, Shah and Joshi took a digat the Modi government's sloganof "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas",and asked why Joshi was notbeing taken along.

The poster states that BJP work-ers' 'Mann ki baat' be heard and"Sanjay Joshi's 'Ghar Wapsi' be

initiated". It also says, "With all,justice for all. In this lies BJP'sdevelopment". The posters, thatappeared outside the BJP head-quarters on Ashoka Road, andbesides the houses of BJPPresident Amit Shah on AkbarRoad and veteran party leader LK Advani on Prithviraj Road,were later removed.

No BJP leader was willing tocomment on the issue.

Similar posters with Joshi's pic-tures had come up in 2012 target-ing Modi without naming himand Joshi had then issued anappeal that no such posters be putup and that he has no role in it.

A number of leaders of theparty had celebrated Joshi's birth-day on April 6, with some UnionMinisters and BJP MPs also wish-ing the former RSS Pracharak.

Posters outside BJP office,Shah residence seekingreturn of Sanjay Joshi

NEW DELHIDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia onSaturday appeared before a court here inconnection with a criminal defamationcomplaint filed against them by formerunion minister Kapil Sibal's son AmitSibal.

Kejriwal, Sisodia, noted advocatePrashant Bhushan and Shazia Ilmi, whohas quit the Aam Aadmi Party, appearedbefore Metropolitan Magistrate SunilKumar Sharma who recorded Sibal's state-ment in the matter in which all four ofthem are facing trial.

As the matter commenced before thecourt, advocate Rahul Mehra, appearingfor the accused, moved an applicationseeking exemption from personal appear-ance for Kejriwal and Sisodia.

Mehra said that Kejriwal has gone to StStephen's College to attend the convoca-tion function, while Sisodia had a meetingwith the Union Home Minister.

He, however, said if the court woulddirect them to appear today, they would doso later in the day.

Advocate Mohit Mathur, who appearedfor Sibal, opposed the plea seekingexemption for Kejriwal saying whether a

college convocation was more importantthan attending the court proceedings.

"He (Kejriwal) is willing to attend theconvocation but not bow down before thecourt. This is very strange," he said.

Mathur, however, did not opposeSisodia's exemption plea.

At this juncture, Mehra told the courtthat Kejriwal and Sisodia would appearbefore it at 12.30 pm.

Thereafter, when the court startedrecording Sibal's statement, Kejriwal andSisodia appeared before it. Bhushan andIlmi were also present.

The matter has now been fixed for cross-examination of Sibal by the accused onMay 2.

The court on September 20 last year hadput all the four accused on trial for chargeunder section 500 (defamation) of the IPC.

The accused had not pleaded guilty tothe offence and had claimed trial.

The court had on July 24 last year sum-moned Kejriwal, Sisodia, Bhushan andIlmi in the criminal defamation case filedby Amit Sibal, who is a senior lawyer.

Sibal had alleged that AAP leaders hadsaid he had taken advantage of his father'sposition to represent a telecom companyin the court cases here.

Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodiaappear in court in a defamation case

NEW DELHIA young aspiring

model was criticallywounded when her 'hus-band' allegedly shot ather in her home in HariNagar locality ofAshram area in south-east Delhi here onFriday night.

The victim NehaSharma (21) was rushedto Trauma Center ofAIIMS. Her conditionwas said to be stable byevening.

The accused, identi-fied as Prince, is on therun and police haslaunched a manhunt toarrest the accused. Nehawho was earlier based inMumbai and hasappeared in some realityshows during the period,was living with her par-ents and younger sisterat the Hari Nagar housefor the past four months,police said.

"A few days ago, ayouth named Prince

came to the Sharmas'residence and intro-duced himself as Neha'shusband. She too toldher parents that they hadmarried five months agoin a temple and it wasnot disclosed to theirfamilies," said a seniorpolice official.

Prince stayed with thefamily and on Fridaynight while every onewas sleeping, heallegedly came in aninebriated condition and

picked up a fight withNeha and he took a pis-tol and allegedly shot ather. He fired twice hit-ting her in the abdomen,the officeradded.

She was rushed toAIIMS and admitted tothe ICU. The localpolice reached the spotof incident and carriedout investigations whilethe accused wasabsconding, headded

Model shot at by 'husband' in Delhi's Ashram area NEW DELHIDelhi University's former Vice

Chancellor Deepak Pental, who isaccused in a case of forgery, cheatingand plagiarism along with another per-son, was on Saturday granted exemptionfrom personal appearance for the day bya court here on health ground. LinkMetropolitan Magistrate Richa GusainSolanki allowed the separate pleasmoved by Pental and co-accused KVSKPrasad seeking exemption from person-al appearance for today.

Exemption application has beenmoved by both the accused (Pental andPrasad)... Same are allowed. Put up forAugust 19," the court said.

Pental's counsel sought the relief say-ing his client was suffering from cervi-cal spondylosis. The counsel for Prasadmoved a similar plea saying he was aresearcher and was presently in the US.

The exemption applications, however,were opposed by the counsel for DUprofessor P Pardha Saradhi, complainantin the case, saying the accused weregranted bail in the case and they shouldnot misuse the liberty.

Advocate Praveen Kumar Singh, whowas appearing for the complainant, saidboth the accused should appear in thecourt for hearing and by moving suchpleas they were trying to delay the pro-ceedings. The case file is in Delhi High

Court for a hearing on July 23 on thepleas of Pental, Prasad and Sarathi chal-lenging trial court's orders.

Pental and Prasad, who face allega-tions of plagiarising DU ProfessorSaradhi's paper on biotechnology andpublishing it as their own, had movedthe high court seeking quashing of thetrial court summon issued on November18, 2013 and also to stay the proceed-ings in the case. 63-year-old Pental hasbeen accused of cheating and misappro-priating some genetic material from theuniversity's science lab on a complaintfiled by Saradhi, now a professor ofEnvironmental Studies with DelhiUniversity.

Plagiarism case: Delhi court grants exemption to Deepak Pental

NEW DELHIDeputy Chief

Minister of DelhiManish Sisodia onSaturday warnedgovernment schoolsto improve the quali-ty of mid-day mealafter he found it to be"very poor".

Sisodia, who alsoholds the Educationportfolio, during aninspection at RajkiyaSarvodaya KanyaVidyalaya, found thatpoor quality mid-daymeal was beingserved to the childrenand directed the prin-cipal to ensurehealthy meal is givento the students, agovernment officialsaid.

He warned thataction will be takenagainst schoolswhich fail to meetguidelines set underthe mid day mealscheme.

Sisodia also saidthat the governmentwill soon take "bigsteps" to improve thequality and providenutritious food tochildren.

During an inspec-tion earlier this week,a principal of a gov-ernment school wassuspended and a caseregistered with anti-corruption branch(ACB) against himafter Sisodia foundhuge irregularities infinancial transactionsof the institution dur-ing a surprise inspec-tion.

Manish Sisodia warnsschools on mid-day meal

NEW DELHIIn a step taken to

empower woman, theAam Aadmi Party-led Delhi govern-ment on Fridayinducted 30-year-oldV Saritha as the firstwoman driver of theDelhi TransportCorporation busservice. DelhiTransport MinisterGopal Rai congratu-lated Saritha and saidthat the decision is likely to inspire and encourage other womento choose driving as a career Saritha, who belongs to Telangana,has been currently been posted at Sarojini Nagar Depot and willbe put on day-time duty at a route in the central part of the city.

Since a PSV badge is mandatory for performing line/bus duty,she was provided all possible help by the DTC authorities forobtaining the badge from from Transport Department, said theDelhi government press release.

Applications were invited from willing women candidatesthrough advertisements published in leading newspapers. Inresponse to this advertisement, seven applications were received.Out of these, five candidates turned up and after scrutiny of theirdocuments, they were found eligible by the Screening committeeconstituted for this purpose.

The eligible five candidates were directed for medical exami-nation by the DTC Medical Board. Out of these, one woman can-didate namely Vankadarath Saritha was found medically fit.

After completing all pre-requisite(s) formalities, VankadarathSaritha was directed to DTC Training School for imparting fourweek job-training as she is already having HTV driving licenseissued by RTA-Nalgonda.

AAP govt inducts firstwoman driver of DTC

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Land Bill...states on this website,” the former Union

minister added.Another Congress leader RS Surjewala

said that through the website ‘ZameenWapsi’, information whether in Hindi orEnglish can be obtained.

Further hitting out at the Modi government,he said, “Some false facts are being spreadregarding the Fair Compensation Act 2013and amendments made by the Modi govern-ment in the Land Bill.”

Party General Secretary Digvijay Singh,who is the convenor of tomorrow's rally,dared the government for an open debate onthe land acquisition issue.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UnionMinister Nitin Gadkari say that they areready for a debate. If that was the case whydid they bring the ordinance. Gadkari talks ofdebate in such a way as if he was throwing achallenge. I as well as Jairam Ramesh areready for such a debate wherever they like,"said Singh.

Tomorrow's farmers' rally, which theCongress party plans to organise at the RamLila grounds here is significant as it is beingheld on the eve of the second phase of theBudget session of Parliament.

Leaders of as many as 14 opposition par-ties had marched under the leadership ofSonia Gandhi to the Rashtrapati Bhavan inthe first phase of the Budget session toprotest against the controversial land bill.

Meanwhile, the official Twitter Account ofIndian National Congress (INC) wrote:“Follow @ZameenWapsi, the OfficialTwitter handle ofhttp://www.zameenwapsi.com/ to knowevery aspect of the Land Acquisition Act”.

Earlier in the day, making his first publicappearance after his nearly two-month longabsence, Rahul Gandhi declared that he willoppose tooth and nail the Land AcquisitionBill and make the government heed to theirdemands for its withdrawal.

Holding two interactive sessions withfarmers and their representatives from vari-ous states at his residence a day before theparty's mega Kisan Rally here, the Congressleader told them that he and his party willfight a "decisive battle" on farmers' issuesincluding the NDA's Land Acquisition Bill,according to party leaders.

Farmer leaders said that Gandhi askedthem what were their views on the new landlaw brought by the Modi government, howmuch damage has happened to their crop dueto unseasonal rain and hailstorm recently,and what is the rate at which the governmentis purchasing their produce.

Some of the farmers, who took part in thefirst 50-minute interaction with him, ruedthat people who had no understanding ofgrassroot issues and knowledge of agricul-ture are engaged in drafting policies forthem, be it the present BJP-led governmentor the earlier Congress-led government at theCentre.

Rahul Gandhi ...seen as some sort of a relaunch of Rahul,

who is being hailed as a "mature" leader whowould restore the party's health after itsdownturn in Lok Sabha polls.

With the Sunday rally being the first majorpublic outreach event for the Congress vicepresident after his leave, the party is pullingout all stops to galvanise support for the rally.

"Tomorrow's rally would be a historic rally.Lakhs of farmers from across the countrywill get together in Delhi and we want toexpose this BJP government for the wayfarmers have been duped only to pay backfavours of some people. The BJP is 'conspir-ing' to take over the land of small farmers,"Pilot said.

A senior party functionary said that besidesthe rally, Rahul will also be speaking in theLok Sabha and is expected to take on thegovernment after the second part of theBudget session begins on Monday.

Congress is hoping to rally around peoplefrom various parts of the country with the'Chalo Dilli Chale' slogan which will be seenon hoardings and heard on FM radio chan-nels on which it has booked spots.

A 17-coach 'Kisan Express' train carryingfarmers will leave from Jaipur and arrive atDelhi after six stops on the rally day. Stateleaders have been directed to ensure that therally has full attendance.

Seeking to protest against the NarendraModi-government's "anti-farmer and anti-poor" policies, the rally is being organised ata "mammoth" scale that would witness "a seaof humanity", the spokesperson said.

PM Modi has...Paul was speaking during a session with

representatives of business houses includingBharti Enterprises and Intel under the aegisof the Global Business Coalition forEducation.

The initiative is part of an effort to bringthe business community together for deliver-ing quality education to children and youth.

Paul asked the corporate representatives tonot leave the task of educating the margin-alised entirely to the government, stressingthat businesses "must take some responsibil-ity".

He also made a strong pitch for educationof the girl child.

Referring to the controversial BBC docu-mentary on December 16 gangrape case, hedecried the attitude of lawyers and the con-vict featured in it. However, he felt that a ban

did not help."The attitude of the lawyers and the convict

was disgraceful. I don't know why it wasbanned but after the ban more people haveseen it.

"We need to fight against prejudices andneed to be open about things and corporatescan play more role in raising awareness," headded.

Paul, who is also the Chancellor ofUniversity of Wolverhampton, emphasisedthat "girls of the same age are far brighterthan the boys" and India was losing out ontheir talent which should be tapped.

PM Modi's...parts of the world.He is taking India forward at a great

speed," Upadhyay told ANI.Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi

returned to India after concluding a success-ful three-nation, nine day tour of France,Germany and Canada.

BJP leaders, including Satish Upadhyayand Vijay Goel, were present at the Palam AirForce Station in the national capital toreceive Prime Minister Modi, garlanding himand offering him bouquets after his fruitfultrip.

Posters outside ....who was divested from all party posts in

2005 following a CD controversy, sought his"ghar wapsi". The posters with pictures ofModi, Shah and Joshi took a dig at the Modigovernment's slogan of "Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas", and asked why Joshi was not beingtaken along. The poster states that BJP work-ers' 'Mann ki baat' be heard and "SanjayJoshi's 'Ghar Wapsi' be initiated".

It also says, "With all, justice for all. In thislies BJP's development".

The posters, that appeared outside the BJPheadquarters on Ashoka Road, and besidesthe houses of BJP President Amit Shah onAkbar Road and veteran party leader L KAdvani on Prithviraj Road, were laterremoved.

No BJP leader was willing to comment onthe issue.

Similar posters with Joshi's pictures hadcome up in 2012 targeting Modi withoutnaming him and Joshi had then issued anappeal that no such posters be put up and thathe has no role in it.

A number of leaders of the party had cele-brated Joshi's birthday on April 6, with someUnion Ministers and BJP MPs also wishingthe former RSS Pracharak.

No information...wardrobe were met by the government,

then the information sought might be held aspart of government records. It is noted thatthe CPIO (Central Public InformationOfficer), PMO has clearly stated that norecords are available," the reply said.

"Given that where no records are availableand existing with regard to the matter in handin office, to contend that PMO should pro-vide the information is not correct," it said.

Rohit Kumar said the same stand was takenby the First Appellate Authority when hedecided to appeal against the reply.

"My argument is that if the expenditureincurred on prime minister's wardrobe is metout of the government's treasure then it mustbe the part of record since no government'sofficial should be permitted to dissipate theexchequer's money without keeping its prop-er records. It is mandatory to keep therecords of the exchequer's money," he said.

PM Modi's visit...cover a wide range of sectors, including

aerospace and defence, education, energy,mining, infrastructure, sustainable technolo-gies, information and communications tech-nology.

The agreements further demonstrate thesignificant growth taking place in theCanada-India bilateral commercial relation-ship, the statement said.

"One commercial agreement involvingSaskatchewan-based Cameco will see thecompany supply India with over seven mil-lion pounds of uranium over the next fiveyears. This deal was made possible due inpart to the Canada-India NuclearCooperation Agreement negotiated by ourGovernment," it said.

Harper also welcomed Prime MinisterModi's announcement that India will issuevisas upon arrival, which will make it easierfor Canadians to travel to India.

Mr Harper and PM Modi welcomed theprogress made on negotiating a BilateralForeign Investment Promotion andProtection Agreement and agreed to intensifydiscussions to finalise all outstanding issues.

The two Prime Ministers also participatedin several cultural events where they metwith members of Canada's vibrant Indo-Canadian community.

During these events, Mr Harper paid a trib-ute to the tremendous contributions theIndian-origin community continues to maketo Canada's social, cultural and economiclandscape.

Helping development...main focus of which is the eradication of

poverty and generation of employment.At a seminar at the prestigious

International Institute for Strategic Studieson 'The Multilateral Dimensions of India'sForeign Policy Since May 2014', Mr Mukerji

noted that the setting of national targets byIndia in many of the areas covered by thesustainable development goals indicates itsseriousness of purpose in walking the talk tocontribute to the global success of the post-2015 Development Agenda.

In his address to the UN General Assemblylast year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hadmentioned the three sustainable developmentgoals of access to basic sanitation, drinkingwater and to electricity.

In each of these three areas, India hasannounced its own national goals, includingthe 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' that seeks toreach the targets on basic sanitation and cleanwater by the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi in October 2019.

Further, India has to generate $640 billionto provide for an urban population of over500 million people, reflecting the urbandevelopment infrastructure funding require-ments between 2015 and 2031.

In this context, Mr Mukerji stressed thatthe imperative for the country's multilateralforeign policy objectives to focus on creatinga conducive external environment for itsaspirations and needs could not be moreemphatic.

For India, the achievement of its nationalgoals would profoundly accelerate theimplementation of the post-2015Development Agenda, given the country'scentral role in global poverty eradicationagendas.

The acceleration would further lead to apositive effect on the availability of financialand technological resources for the imple-mentation of other international developmen-tal targets.

The Indian envoy described 2015 as awatershed year for India's multilateral diplo-macy since designing the outcomes of differ-ent processes of negotiations under theframework of the United Nations will enableIndia to effectively transform itself, and, inthe process, transform the world.

JuD supports ...Masarat Alam was arrested by the J&K

Police for raising pro-Pakistan slogans andhoisting Pakistan flags at a rally in Srinagarearlier this week.

He was arrested by the police and has beensent to seven-day police custody by aBudgam court.

Protests have broken out in the area sinceAlam's arrest and one person has been killed.

Delhi government ...'Consent to Operate' clearance was not

sought from the Delhi Pollution ControlCommittee.

State environment minister Asim AhmedKhan has also directed the officials of thedepartment to follow-up on the steps beingtaken to penalise those responsible for burn-ing of garbage, leaves and plastic in the open,another main source of air pollution apartfrom the vehicular traffic in the nation capi-tal. Mr Khan has sought a presentationreport on further steps that could be taken toreduce air pollution caused by open construc-tion activity in the city. He will also take upthe matter with the Public Works Department(PWD) and other concerned departments todraw up a joint comprehensive plan compris-ing of awareness programmes and punitivemeasures to check the growing sources of airpollution in the city.

Govt open...organised by Gujarat Technological

University.He later visited the state BJP office 'Shree

Kamlam' in Koba area on the outskirts ofGandhinagar town.

"Farmers are happy here. In the entirecountry farmers are not opposing (the bill)...Only Congress wants to use it as a politicalweapon, but they will not succeed in it," hesaid.

Naidu said the government always wantedto hold a discussion on the Bill.

"We all have to sit together to make thislaw more useful. If anybody has any sugges-tion then our government will accept it," hesaid.

Tomorrow's rally organised by theCongress at the Ram Lila grounds in Delhi issignificant as it is expected to see the firstmajor attack on the NDA government byparty Vice-President Rahul Gandhi after hisreturn from leave of absence.

Opposing the Bill, leaders of 14 oppositionparties had marched under the leadership ofSonia Gandhi to Rashtrapati Bhavan in thefirst phase of Budget session.

Ganga rejuvenation...are ready to support in cleaning of Ganga.

They are ready to help us with funds, techno-logical measures and other expertise. ButGanga has a unique character. It is not likelike any other river like Thames in London,"Bharti said releasing a booklet on theachievements of her ministry in the last oneyear.

She informed that her ministry is in talkswith several countries like Germany, China,Nepal, Bangladesh for cooperation to cleanGanga with Australia even promising toextend all technological support.

"People take a dip in Ganga for its culturaland religious significance. Every year around20 to 30 crore people from all over the worldtake a dip in Ganga. So, we have to be care-ful in taking measures for its rejuvenation.

"There are lakhs of people in states like UP,

Bihar and Uttarakhand who run small busi-ness during festival seasons. These peoplehave major role to play in cleaning Gangamission. It should come through publicawareness and participation," she said.

The Water Resources, River Developmentand Ganga Rejuvenation Minister called forclose coordination between urban local bod-ies to achieve the goal.

National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG), an autonomous body under theWater Ministry has launched 'Nirmal GangaSahbhagita' for initiating a sustainable part-nership with 118 urban local bodies locatedalong the river for a clean Ganga.

In a notice to 78 urban local bodies ofUttrakhand, UP, Bihar and Jharkhand lastweek, the ministry had directed to furnishaction plans to set up sewage treatment plantsto it within 15 days, as 75 per cent of the pol-lution in the river is caused by untreated sew-erage waste.

Highlighting the achievements of her min-istry, Bharti said that inter-linking of river forbetter management of water resources isbeing taken up as top priority.

The Interlinking of Rivers Programme hasbeen given special attention by the ministryin past one year and it also set up a specialcommittee as per directions of SupremeCourt in September last year.

The three major projects of water sharingbetween states under inter-linking pro-gramme include Ken-Betwa link project inUttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh andDamanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmadalink projects in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

However, the Minister said there has notbeen much clarity on river development. "Wewill have to work for few more years on riverdevelopment as there is not much clarity onit," she said.

I am a...job. If you look at the articles, issues are

more personal which makes me believe thatpolitically when it comes to education...I ama hard nut to crack," she told a news channel.

She was asked about views that she was nota political heavyweight and a women activistsaying she would not trust her with jam andpickle ministry.

Irani said it was quite telling that frombeing a political non-entity, she was nowsomeone that everybody was talking about.

"That says a lot. May be because the statusquo is being challenged. I am of the opinionthat the education sector has become a matterof political friction. In the last 10 monthsthere is a political consensus emerging. Thatrattles a lot of people," she said.

Asked if she was feeling victimised, theminister said, "I have never cried martyr. Ihave never played the victim card and I wontdo it today as well."

When told if she was being isolated fromthe party, she said "I don't think so".

Asked about her exclusion from the BJPnational executive, Irani said, "I am not adecision maker. I am a party worker. Myresponsibility to the position I hold is toensure that within the constitutional frame-work I fulfill my obligations".

"Are you being cut to size," she was asked."I don't think so. I am too fat for that," shereplied.

To a question whether there was a move toundercut her, Irani said she did not think so.

"I do not think so. My Prime Minister wonthe elections on good governance. He givesme a responsibility as the HRD Minister. Iam fulfilling the responsibilities to the best ofmy abilities. My performance in Parliamentis for the entire nation to see and judge. Itsmy boss who judges me, for my party tojudge. I am still doing OK."

Queried about allegations of saffronisationof education, she said the education sectorwill be within the constitutional frameworkof the country. "How wrong is that".

She was asked about a belief that her min-istry reports to RSS. She said "no, it doesnot."

People should ...The minister said people of the country

should understand their duties towards socie-ty and should learn self control through spir-itual knowledge.

The seminar was organised by PrajapitaBramha Kumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalawhich was attended by personnel of policeand paramilitary forces from different partsof the country, a release said.

Modi's Toronto ..."Firstly, he (Modi) never said that mess

happened in Congress' regime. What he wastrying to convey was that industries will befree from hassles that they had once faced.

"It was also essential for him (Modi) to saythis because unless you assure them, thecountry cannot move forward. They neededan assurance. If the PM had not said what hedid, investors would not have got the assur-ance they required," Fadnavis told PTI.

While addressing a gathering at RicohColiseum in Toronto on Thursday, Modi,flanked by Canadian Prime Minister StephenHarper and his wife, had said those who hadto create a mess had done it and left and thathe would clean it up. "Earlier, the countrywas known as 'scam-India'. We want it to beknown as 'skilled-India'," he had said.

The remarks riled opposition Congresswhich said Modi was "maligning" his prede-cessor on foreign soil.

"Investors believe in the Government ofIndia and not only in Modi government. The

chair of PM is not permanent. Tomorrow, ifsomebody else occupies the chair and speaksagainst Modi will he realise his mistake?Modi's comments on the foreign soil areencouraging chief ministers to spend moretime on talking about the previous govern-ment rather than doing some real develop-ment," said Congress spokesperson SachinSawant.

Congress MP...Mufti Sayeed governments have been sup-

porting anti-national forces in the state."The NDA government led by Prime

Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-sup-ported coalition government in Jammu andKashmir have been supporting and promot-ing anti-national forces in the state," presi-dent, J&K Youth Congress, Pranav Shagotrasaid.

The protestors who were raising slogansagainst the governments also burnt an effigyof Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"When Congress was in power, all the ter-rorists and other anti-national forces werebehind the bars, but ever since BJP has joinedhands with PDP to form government inJammu, the anti-national forces are having afield day," Shagotra claimed.

The Youth Congress said it strongly con-demns the incident of waving of Pakistaniflags and raising anti-India and Pro Pakistanislogans during a rally in Srinagar.

"Strong action must be taken against theseparatists for waving the Pakistani flag,"Shagotra said.

Metro Adventure...Bazar Metro station that holds the distinc-

tion of being the deepest Metro station of theDelhi Metro network.

Located in the old city, Chawri BazarMetro station is also known as 'TimeMachine' station because the swanky Metrostation below the surface, complete withescalators, lifts, air-conditioning and allmajor amenities, is in an area that is markedby centuries old buildings and denselypacked streets.

The Heritage Walk organised in associationwith Delhi Walks was flagged off by DMRCmanaging director Dr Mangu Singh who alsojoined it. The Walk covered historical land-marks including Jama Masjid, Red Fort,Gauri Shankar Mandir, Gurudwara Sis GanjSahib and the famous Paranthe Wali Gali.

The Delhi Metro Adventure Club willorganise a visit of Yamunotri and Gangotrinext month.

Two vigilant ...and Aditi for setting an example for gener-

al public to help curb crimes in the city.Saini was felicitated for helping in the

arrest of an accused who was molesting aminor in his car. He gathered people andshowed courage and presence of mind so thatthe accused was caught red handed and theminor was saved.

On the other hand, Aditi helped police innabbing a chain snatcher who was accostinga foreign national and snatched her bag inPreet Vihar area.

Farmer organisations...organisation will gherao Parliament on

May 5 and demand withdrawl of the landacquisition bill," General Secretary of AkhilBhartiya Kisan Sabha, Atul Kumar Anjaanhere said.

On May 14, he said, we would court arrestcountry-wide against the anti-farmer ordi-nance and traffic blockade ('chakka jam')would be observed.

Anjaan alleged that whether it's the Centreor the state governments, they do not seemedto be concerned about farmers hit by rain andhailstorm.

He also alleged that while farmers werecommitting suicide, Prime Minister NarendraModi was on foreign tour.

Anjaan claimed that merely Rs 200 to Rs700 per acre was being given in the name ofrelief and demanded that Rs one lakh croreshould be withdrawn from the foreign mone-tary fund and distributed among the affectedfarmers.

Indian-origin...(SAF) was found unconscious at Stagmont

Camp yesterday, the Ministry of Defence(MINDEF) said in a statement.

Vincent was given first-aid and shifted to anearby hospital where he pronounced dead.

"The SAF Medical Officer and medicscontinued to resuscitate him en route to thehospital. Vincent was pronounced dead at11.54 am," the statement said.

A police investigation will be conductedinto his death, the SAF said.

Vikas Swarup..Swarup succeeded Syed Akbaruddin, who

has been promoted as Additional Secretary inthe External Affairs Ministry and will also bethe Chief Coordinator for the India-AfricaSummit in October.

Both Akbaruddin and Swarup had accom-panied Prime Minister Narendra Modi on histhree-nation tour and returned today.

Swarup is the author of internationallyacclaimed novel "Q&A" which was madeinto "Slumdog Millionaire", which won eightAcademy Awards in 2009, including BestPicture, Best Director and Best AdaptedScreenplay.

BY HASAN SUROOR

Narendra Modi will soon com-plete a year in office. Is ittime for Indian Muslims to let

go of the past and give pragmatism achance?

Generally, whenever Muslim“leaders” go to meet the PrimeMinister of the day, they carry a thickdossier of complaints and a charter ofdemands, most of which have little todo with the community’s real inter-ests.

But when a group of maulvis metPrime Minister Narendra Modi lastweek, they had a rather unusualrequest. Rather than cribbing aboutHindutva loudmouths or demandingjob reservations, they wanted thegovernment’s help in rescuing IndianIslam from Wahabbis seeking to sub-vert its gentler Sufi tradition andreplace it with the harsh Saudi brand.

They were concerned that theWahabbi influence — a principalsource of radicalisation — was grow-ing among Indian Muslims, with for-eign-funded groups attempting toinfiltrate their institutions. Thisincluded attempts to take over Sufishrines (dargahs), which Wahabbisregard as symbols of idolatry, as wellas mosques and madrassas.

It was Mr. Modi’s first such inter-action with Muslims since he becamePrime Minister and he was clearlykeen to tom-tom it. His tweet that he“had a good meeting with leaders ofthe Muslim community” was accom-panied by a photo of the meeting witha link to an official statement.

This was duly followed by a cheerypress release from the PrimeMinister’s Office highlighting how“Muslim leaders reiterated full sup-port of the community to the primeminister in meeting his objectives ofensuring speedy economic growth,promoting communal harmony andpeace, and strengthening nationalsecurity”. Mr. Modi, in turn, “specif-ically assured the leaders that he willlook into their grievances regardingissues concerning shrines, masjidsand madrassas”. He shared their con-cern about “the trend of increasedradicalisation and the emerging

threat of terrorism”.

Who represents Muslims?

So far, so good. But then conserva-tive Muslims swung into action call-ing the whole thing a “farce”; a “PRstunt” by the Bharatiya Janata Partyand “sarkari” Muslims to burnish Mr.Modi’s image. The show, theysaid, was staged to claimthat Mr. Modi was“engaging” withM u s l i m s .T h emau l -v i s

i nq u e s -tion weresought to bedismissed as“nonentities”, keento advance their personalambitions.

At this point, it is important tostress that those who met Mr. Modiwere all from the relatively moderateBarelvi sect, which doesn’t share thefatwa-spewing, hang-‘em-flog-‘emzeal of the Deobandi school, many ofwhose leading lights are behind theattack. Some independent Muslimcommentators, too, have questionedclaims about the representative char-acter of the delegation.

“It is not clear who organised themeeting… but it was clear that hav-ing failed to woo the ‘usual suspects’of Muslim leadership, [the] Moditeam had to settle for people thatmost Indian Muslims have neverheard of… most of them areunknown or very marginal playerseven in the Barelvi movement,’’wrote Kashif-ul-Huda, editor of thecentrist Muslim blogsite,TwoCircles.net.

He may be right. But here’s thequestion: who truly represents all ofthe Muslim community? Mr. Huda’s“usual suspects”? Deobandi mullahs?Muslim politiciansof the

C o n g r e s s /Samajwadi Party variety? Over thepast 60 years, we have tried them all.And look where they have landed thecommunity.

So, rubbishing Barelvi mullahs fornot being sufficiently representativeis a bit of a red herring. What this rowreally exposes is the deep intra-com-munity divide over the issue ofengaging with the Prime Minister.Even among liberal Muslims whofavour engagement, there are divi-sions. One set suggests that it shouldnot become a prestige issue aboutwho makes the first move. The otherinsists that Mr. Modi must first showsome sign of reaching out to them,indicating regret over his alleged rolein the Gujarat violence.

“I think Mr. Modi will have to

make the first move. Congress apolo-gised for anti-Sikh riots. If not [an]apology, then Mr. Modi will at leasthave to show some indication that heis willing to join hands. This is clear-

ly not there in the present situation,”said Arshad Alam, assistant professorat Jawaharlal Nehru University, to aTV journalist, echoing the popularMuslim sentiment.

Head over heart

In a few weeks’ time, the Modigovernment will complete a year inoffice, but Muslims still remain tornbetween their mind, which tells themto be more pragmatic, and their heart,which doesn’t let them forgetGujarat. Anyone who favoursengagement is dubbed a “sarkari”Muslim. Wipro chairman AzimPremji has been accused of giving‘legitimacy’ to the RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh agenda byattending an RSS event despite his

protestations that he wasn’t doingany such thing. The sharp Muslimreaction underlines the depth of theiropposition to doing business with theSangh Parivar.

Given the RSS’smajoritari-

an agendaand its deep-seated

antipathy towards Muslims, the com-munity’s reluctance to shake handswith it or its political proxies such asthe BJP is understandable. It willrequire a huge leap of faith for themto embrace groups that routinelyquestion their nationalism.

But while it is easy to see whereMuslims are coming from and sym-pathise with the position they havetaken, the problem is that it is anemotional response. And the difficul-ty with emotional responses is thatthey ignore practical commonsense— that a permanent state of hostilityultimately hurts the weaker side. Andwhether they like it or not, Muslimsare the weaker side in this case and acompromise is in their interest.

Moreover, a compromise is not

such a bad thing; it is a means to anend. Having allowed the heart to rulethem for so long (and it has donethem little good), how about givinghard-headed realism a chance? To beblunt, they have no other option: notonly is Mr. Modi here to stay but,given the prevailing public mood,RSS remote-controlled governments

are likely to become a more fre-quent feature of our political

landscape.

And here’sa n o t h e r

h a r dr e a l i -

t y :

t h ec o l -

lapse oft h e

Congress plusthe fragmented

state of other so-calledsecular forces means that

there seems to be no such thing asa viable secular alternative any more.Nobody is coming to their rescue.Muslims are on their own now. Howthey handle this new situation will bea test of their political maturity andsurvival instincts.

Meanwhile, the leadership vacuumamong Muslims has never been asserious as it is today. If the liberalclass continues to be coy about soil-ing its hands, it will lose the moralright to crib that mullahs and theirpolitical proxies have hijacked theagenda.

(Hasan Suroor is the author ofIndia’s Muslim Spring: Why Is

Nobody Talking About It? E-mail:hasan.suroor@gmail.com)

Editorial4 NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | APRIL 19, 2015SAADDA HAQ

BY T. P. SREENIVASAN

In 2009, when theNorwegian NobelCommittee decided that the

Nobel Peace Prize was to beawarded to U.S. PresidentBarack Obama “for his extraor-dinary efforts to strengtheninternational diplomacy andcooperation between peoples”,and within the first year of hiselection as the AmericanPresident, no one, not even therecipient himself, thought thathe deserved it. “There was asense of surprise and evenshock,… a belief that the awardwas premature, a disservice anda political liability,” said aWashington Post commentator.The Chairman of theNorwegian Nobel Committee,Thorbjørn Jagland, himself,denied the charitable sugges-tion that the award was inanticipation of Mr. Obama liv-ing up to his promise. “We havenot given the prize for whatmay happen in the future. Weare awarding Obama for whathe has done in the past year,”he said.

Among the accomplishmentsof the Nobel Laureate whichwere enumerated by the NobelCommittee were his Cairospeech to reach out to theMuslim world, and his Praguespeech, which announced hiscommitment to a nuclearweapon-free world and his ini-tiatives on climate change. Butnone of these will match hisrecent, path-breaking movestowards Myanmar, Cuba andIran. All American soldiershave not come home fromAfghanistan, Iraq and else-where, but the image of theUnited States today is of arestrained and reasonablepower, and not of a DonQuixote tilting at windmills.Mr. Obama is now lookingmore like a Nobel Laureatethan he did in 2009.

The lifting of sanctions

against Myanmar even beforedemocracy was restored was aconcession to the military juntathere. The dramatic handshakeand subsequent meeting withPresident Raúl Castro of Cubain Panama, recently, is indeedhistoric. On Iran, Mr. Obama istaking major risks, having tobattle not only with Iran, butalso with Israel, Saudi Arabiaand his own Congress. Noother American President hastaken so many initiatives withglobal implications in a shorttime. All the deals are not done,but each of these could lead tothe ending of some festeringconflicts and to greater eco-nomic benefits to the U.S. andothers.

Mr. Obama seems to havecome to realise what WinstonChurchill knew a long timeago: “To jaw-jaw is always bet-ter than war-war.” The newObama doctrine is that engage-ment combined with addressingcore needs is more useful thansanctions. Breaking isolationistpolicies for strategic advantageis the new approach of theObama administration. With itsimmense power and resources,the U.S. can afford to takesome calculated risks. It canalso retrace its steps if its part-ners fail to abide by their com-mitments or adopt inimical pos-tures. Increasing strategicdepth by making concessionseven while keeping optionsopen is a refreshingly novelidea that Mr. Obama has put inplace.

Iran nuclear deal

Among his new initiatives,striking a deal with Iran over itsnuclear programme has beenthe riskiest. Given the nature ofthe Iranian regime and thevolatility of its neighbourhood,there is no guarantee that thedeal will be implemented. TheIran nuclear deal is still aframework and there is many a

slip between the cup and thelip. Mr. Obama himself admitsthat the deal is fraught withrisks for the U.S., Israel andSaudi Arabia. The fact sheetsand statements by the two sidesare contradictory and thechances of reconciling thembefore the end of June this yearare by no means assured.

Something most fundamentalto the framework like the peri-od for which the restrictionsimposed by the agreement willlast is still unclear. The U.S.mentions 15 years, while theIranian figure is 10 years. Theprovision relating to the ship-ping out of low-enriched urani-um, leaving only 300 to 500 kgon Iran’s soil, and even aboutthe destination of the shipment,are vague. Some years ago,Brazil had worked out a similararrangement, which was dis-owned by both the U.S. andIran. It is also not clear howIran would be prevented fromreconverting any remainingenriched uranium. Convertingthe facility in Fordow into aresearch laboratory was apainful decision for Iran. But,with the infrastructure pre-served there, the temptation togo back to its original missionwill remain.

The monitoring mechanismwill be the hardest nut to crackwhen the deal is finalised. Thedeep distrust between the twocountries will not disappear ina hurry and the intrusive moni-toring, which goes beyond theprovisions of the AdditionalProtocol that Iran had accepteda long time ago, will be hard toput in place. The InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA)reports are replete withinstances of its inspectors beingturned away from sensitiveinstallations. The devil in thedetails of the monitoring mech-anism will raise its headthroughout the period ofrestrictions on Iran’s nuclear

activities. The selling point ofthe deal for the Iranians is thatthe nuclear infrastructure willremain intact and that the“break out” period for Iran,now two months, has beenextended only to one year forthe next 15 years. Iran willzealously guard this capability,with its attendant effects onmonitoring.

Iran’s supreme leader,Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’saccusations recently, about theObama administration “lyingand having deceptive and devil-ish intentions” may be totoughen Iran’s bargaining posi-tion in the next two months, buthis insistence that all sanctionsmust be lifted as soon as theagreement is signed is mostunrealistic.

Mr. Obama will not be in aposition to give any such guar-antee, given the position of theCongress. Moreover, there isno intention on his part toremove the sanctions relatingto human rights and terrorism.Since Iran’s sole motivation forthe deal is to get the cripplingsanctions lifted, this may wellbe the biggest hurdle in itsfinalisation and implementa-tion.

A reconnection with CubaThe U.S. has nothing to lose

by normalising relations withCuba. Cuban immigrants in theU.S., who want to see theCuban regime crushed, droveAmerican policy so far. TheCuba policy had isolated theU.S. in its own backyard. Bywinning Cuba back, the U.S.may win back some of its lostinfluence in Latin America.Congressmen of Cuban originwere the greatest proponents ofthe blockade because of theirpersonal animosity towardsFidel Castro. Cuba has not beena threat to the U.S. for quitesometime. Even the U.S.’sallies were not with it in the

case of the Cuban blockade.Cuban cigars and rum came tothe U.S. through other coun-tries. In fact, Cuba had main-tained contact with the U.S. atfairly high levels through its‘Cuban Interests Section’ in theSwiss Embassy in Washingtonto deal basically with theCuban immigrants. SomeCuban diplomats were productsof Ivy League universities andspoke American English likenatives. Normalisation of rela-tions with Cuba was long over-due and it is likely to succeedsooner than the two sides seemto expect in their statements inPanama.

Calculated risk on MyanmarThe U.S.’s decision to make

up with the junta in Myanmarmay appear insignificant, butgiven the special position ofChina in Myanmar, it was a cal-culated risk. In the short term,Myanmar has brought econom-ic benefits for the U.S. andMyanmar’s own desire todiversify its international rela-tions has presented a windowof opportunity. The risk is thatthe junta may not change itscolour and the U.S. may becompelled to reverse its policyin Myanmar.

The new Obama Doctrine hasalready brought in changes,considered unlikely even a fewmonths ago. Nobel Peaceprizes have been awarded in thepast for less spectacular suc-cesses in foreign policy. Theaward of the Nobel Peace Prizeto Obama in 2009 may havebeen premature, but today, thedecision of the Nobel commit-tee appears vindicated.

(T.P. Sreenivasan was theGovernor for India of the

IAEA from 2001 to 2004. He isthe Director General of the

Kerala International Centreand the executive head of the

Kerala State Higher EducationCouncil.)

The arrest of the Kashmir separatist leader MasaratAlam Bhat within six weeks of his release fromjail shows an early collapse of the ‘healing touch’

policy adopted by the Jammu and Kashmir governmentled by the Peoples Democratic Party soon after coming topower. Mr. Alam was a known troublemaker with thepotential to instigate violence, and little thought seemedto have gone into the decision to let him walk free fromjail after more than four years in detention. At a rally tobe addressed by Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali ShahGeelani in Srinagar, Mr. Alam was at the head of a groupof youths shouting anti-India slogans and waving thePakistan flag, forcing the government to first place himunder house arrest and later take him into custody. Thatthe PDP and its partner in government, the BharatiyaJanata Party, were divided on how to deal with Mr. Alamwas evident from the start. Not only did the PDP fail toconsult the BJP on the issue, it appears to have underes-timated the sinister consequences of releasing Mr. Alamwithout wresting any kind of assurances from him. If Mr.Alam’s release last month embarrassed the BJP, his arrestnow is an acceptance of failure by the PDP, which was atpains to stress that while the released person had a histo-ry of involvement with stone-pelting he had never wield-ed a gun. If political considerations weighed heavily inthe decision to release Mr. Alam, matters of practicalpolicing seemed to have forced the government’s hand inordering his rearrest. Other than giving the hardliners inthe Kashmir dispute an opportunity to regroup, therelease and rearrest episode appears to have achieved lit-tle. The Kashmir issue is not any closer to a solution.Politically, both the PDP and the BJP will be seen as hav-ing bungled in this case. In a State torn by violence, flag-waving and sloganeering might seem minor crimes, butthe Jammu and Kashmir government cannot be seen asignoring the anti-national implications of Mr. Alam’swaving the Pakistan flag in the Valley. If the governmentdoes not clamp down on this symbolic defiance, it willonly embolden the separatist forces. Political autonomyfor Kashmir will have to be negotiated within the frame-work of India’s sovereignty, and the crackdown follow-ing the waving of the Pakistani flag is a clear statementof intent and purpose from both the State and Centralgovernments. The Masarat Alam release and rearrest fias-co was an avoidable political miscalculation. Nothingmust be allowed to undermine the credibility of a genuinepolitical initiative from the Mufti Sayeed administration,which should pick up the threads of the earlier dialoguebetween New Delhi and Srinagar on proposals for moreautonomy for the State.

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Time to forge a post-Gujarat reality

This was duly followed by acheery press release from the Prime Minister’s

Office highlighting how “Muslim leaders reiterated fullsupport of the community to the prime minister in meeting his

objectives of ensuring speedy economic growth, promoting com-munal harmony and peace, and strengthening national security”. Mr.Modi, in turn, “specifically assured the leaders that he will look into

their grievances regarding issues concerning shrines, masjidsand madrassas”. He shared their concern about “the trend

of increased radicalisation and the emergingthreat of terrorism”.

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL 5NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | APRIL 19, 2015SAADDA HAQ

NAGPUROn the 64th anniver-

sary of social reformerVinoba Bhave's'Bhoodan (land gift)movement', a BJP MLAon Saturday claimed thatabout 23 lakh acres ofland acquired during themovement is yet to bedistributed among thelandless villagers andfarmers.

Nearly 47 lakh acres ofland was acquiredthrough donations andother means of servicesduring the movement,

which began on April 18,1951 and continued forthe next 14 years, BJPMLA Ashish Deshmukhsaid.

Deshmukh has alsowritten a letter to PrimeMinister Narendra Modiurging him to take cogni-sance of the matter andexpedite the process ofland distribution.

"At a time when theopposition is politicisingthe Land Bill issue, it isin the favour of farmersthat the poor landless getbenefit of the Bhoodan

movement," the BJPMLA wrote in the letter.

According to officialdata obtained byDeshmukh, the centralgovernment after intro-ducing the Land CeilingAct, in its first round byDecember 1970, hadacquired a total of 25.64lakh acres of the 47 lakhacres. From the acquiredland, 11.78 lakh acreswere redistributed to theneedy by the governmentacross the country.

On the other hand,12.16 lakh acres secured

through bhoodan washanded over to scores oflandless people, he said.

Deshmukh claimedthat till date, 23 lakhacres of bhoodan land isyet to be distributed, ofwhich 45,000 acres is inMaharashtra.

April 18 marks the64th year of the com-mencement of 'Bhoodanmovement'. The move-ment had evoked hugeresponse, mainly instates like Bihar, UttarPradesh and MadhyaPradesh.

'23 lakh acres land of Bhoodanmovement yet to be distributed'

AHMEDABADOpposition Congress has

written to the Gujarat govern-ment-appointed committee thatthe state law providing formandatory voting is unconstitu-tional and unclear, and it shouldnot be enforced.

Governor OP Kohli gaveassent to the Gujarat LocalAuthorities Laws (Amendment)Bill 2009 in November 2014. Itmakes it mandatory to vote inthe elections to the local bodies,apart from reserving half theseats for women.

"The bill has been moved in ahurry without inviting any dis-course with intellectuals,experts or social activists. Thisbill is violative of the right tofreedom under the article 19 (1)(a) as it does not give choice tovoters to abstain from voting,"Congress's chief whip in theAssembly, Balwantsinh Rajput,said in his letter yesterday.Article 51 (a) of the

Constitution gives the right tovote, but doesn't speak aboutmandatory duty, the lettersaid.

The BJP government earlierthis month formed a committee,headed by the former state elec-tion commissioner KC Kapoor,to frame rules under the law andinvited suggestions from thepeople.

Rajput said if a person,though physically fit, can notcast vote due to some social orother compulsion, it would beimproper to impose "an illogi-cal law" on him or her.

The committee -- which issupposed to prescribe the penalaction under the law -- cannotdeclare a citizen as defaulterand bar him/her from casting avote, contending polls or win-ning an election (for failing toexercise the franchise),Congress said, adding that suchan action would amount to thecapital punishment in a democ-racy. The law itself does notspecify the punishment, so it isnot clear. Further, the Gujaratcitizens who are outside thestate during the polls can not beforced to vote, it said.

Former Governor Kamla hadrefused assent to the bill twice,saying it violated the Article 21(right to personal liberty) of theconstitution.

Gujarat's mandatory voting lawis unconstitutional: Congress

SRINAGARA teenager was shot dead

by security forces in theKashmir Valley onSaturday during a strikecalled by hardline HurriyatConference against therecent killing of two youthsin an Army operation inTral, prompting the author-ities to register a murdercase and order a magisteri-al probe. Two policemenhave been arrested in con-nection with the incident,sources said.

As violence erupted inseveral parts of the Valley,fuelling tensions further,state police personnelopened fire to disperse pro-testers at Narbal inBudgam, wounding three,including a 16-year-oldboy. The injured wererushed to a hospital herewhere Suhail Ahmed Sofidied. Earlier reports hadsaid the boy was killed in

firing by the CRPF."Additional Deputy

Commissioner has beenasked to probe the incidentthat led to the death of theboy. He has been asked tosubmit a report within 15days," District MagistrateBudgam Mir Altaf Ahmadtold PTI. A controversy

erupted over the killing ofthe boy with the policeadmitting that their person-nel had prima facie not fol-lowed the standard operat-ing procedure at the time ofthe incident. Exactly howthey violated the SoP wasnot yet known.

"The preliminary inquiry

into the incident indicatedthat the forces have acted inviolation of the laid downStandard OperatingProcedures (SOPs)," apolice spokesman said.

He said a case underSections 302 (Murder),147, 149, 341 and 427 RPChas been registered at

Magam police station."We regret the unfortu-

nate incident and extendour sympathies to thebereaved family," thespokesman said.

The family of thedeceased claimed he wasdetained before being shot.

"Suhail was first detainedand asked questions beforehe was shot dead," TariqAhmad Sofi, uncle of thedeceased, told reporters attheir family residence. Sofi,quoting eyewitnesses,alleged "Forces took mynephew aside and then shothim point-blank."

The death of the teenagersparked more violence inthe area with stone-peltingprotesters setting ablaze anabandoned police picketand a tourism hut at Narbal.Reports of protests werealso received from Pattanin Baramulla district andKupwara town in north

Kashmir. Several separatist leaders

including Chairman of themoderate faction of theHurriyat Mirwaiz UmarFarooq have been put underhouse arrest as a "preven-tive" measure. HardlineHurriyat leader Syed AliShah Geelani is alreadyunder house arrest sinceThursday night.

JKLF chairman YaseenMalik and social activistSwami Agnivesh weretoday briefly detainedwhen they tried to lead amarch to Narbal.

Meanwhile, Mirwaiz fac-tion of the Hurriyat haspetitioned the NationalHuman RightsCommission requesting itto take cognizance of theincident and conduct paral-lel proceedings.

"The investigation intothe matter is going on bythe police but, under the

law, the petitioner is notbarred from filing theinstant petition or com-plaint and there is the setprocedure that parallel pro-ceedings can be initiatedsimultaneously on the basisof complaint of facts andpolice investigation," aHurriyat spokesmansaid. Mirwaiz himself alsocondemned the killing, say-ing "black laws like AFSPAhave given licence toIndian forces to killunarmed Kashmiris."

"Despite repeated pleasfor its revocation by theKashmiri people, the centreand so-called state govern-ment is not ready to repealit," he said.

Ruling PDP presidentMehbooba Mufti also con-demned the killing of theteenager and voiced con-cern over the police notadhering to the SoP.

"Now that FIR has been

lodged in the tragic inci-dent, I am sure investiga-tion would be taken to thelogical conclusion andaction would be takenagainst the personnelinvolved in the incident,"Mehbooba said in a state-ment. Meanwhile, Geelani,who is under house arrest,said he would lead an hour-long sit-in at Partap Parktomorrow against theNarbal killing.

"The killing of a thirdstudent at Narbal inBudgam district is theworst example of state ter-rorism. I along with otherpro-freedom leaders willstage an hour-long protestsit-in against the incident atPartap Park (in Lal Chowk)at 2 pm tomorrow," Geelanisaid in a statement.

He also called for a shutdown in entire Budgam dis-trict against the killingtomorrow.

Two policemen arrested for teenager's deathin Kashmir Valley during firing, probe ordered

VISAKHAPATNAMThe CPI(M) on Saturday

said that the immediate taskon its hand was the fightagainst the Narendra Modigovernment's policies and"communal" agenda of theHindutva forces, but ruledout joining hands withCongress in its campaign.

"This (fight against BJPand its policies) is the maintask at hand. This requires aconcerted opposition to theModi Government's eco-nomic policies and itsHindutva-oriented socialand educational policies,"said the draft political reso-lution adopted on the penul-timate day of the party's21st congress here.

While the main directionof the struggle is against theBJP, the party will continueto oppose the Congress,which too has pursued"neo-liberal policies". It is

the UPA Government's"anti-people" policies and"corruption" which helpedthe BJP to acquire popularsupport, it said.

The resolution made itclear that the party, whichhad provided outside sup-port to ruling UPA 1, willhave no understanding orelectoral alliance with theCongress.

Briefing reporters on thedeliberations of the meetheld every three year towork out the party's poli-cies, Polit Bureau memberS Ramachandran Pillai saida plenum will be held laterthis year to examine theCPI(M)'s line in variousaspects and correct defi-ciencies, if any.

The resolution was adopt-ed by the congress after areply to the discussion byCPI(M) General SecretaryPrakash Karat, who will be

stepping down at the end ofthe meet as he has complet-ed three consecutivetenures in the top post.

"The party has to conducta political-ideologicalstruggle against the BJP-RSS combine. The fightagainst communalism can-not be conducted in isola-tion. It has to be integratedwith the struggle against theneo-liberal policies and indefence of the people'slivelihood."

It resolved to give pri-mary attention to develop-ing and building independ-ent strength of the party, themost prominent Left forcein the country.

At the same time, CPI(M)will strive to develop unitedactions on people's issues,defence of national sover-eignty, states' rights andagainst imperialism withother democratic forces and

non-Congress secular par-ties, the resolution added.

The party will activelywork to rally the like-mind-ed forces so that a Left anddemocratic front can beforged step by step. Thiscan be achieved onlythrough the process ofdeveloping united strugglesand joint movements,CPI(M) said.

The electoral tactics ofthe party should be guidedby interests to strengthenitself and to help the rally-ing of the Left and demo-cratic forces, the resolutionsaid.

Pillai said the discussionfor the appointment of newGeneral Secretary is yet tobegin. He rubbished thereports suggesting that he isalso in the race for the topjob in CPI(M), saying theparty will decide the candi-date for the post.

Fight against PM Modi govt maintask, no truck with Congress: CPM

JAMMUClaiming that social activist

Swami Agnivesh's antecedentswere "doubtful", VHP onSaturday demanded a probeinto his activities and askedArya Samaj to clarify whetherhe is its leader or not.

"We demand a probe by thegovernment into the circum-stances in which Agniveshlanded in Kashmir and tookpart in protests...," VHP statepatron Rama Kant Dubey toldreporters here today.

Agnivesh were todaydetained, along with JKLFchairman Yaseen Malik, whenthey tried to lead a marchtowards Narbal in centralKashmir's Budgam where ayouth was killed in firing bysecurity forces during aprotest. Agnivesh had joined

Malik this morning in a hungerstrike against the proposal tocreate separate settlements fordisplaced Kashmiri Pandits.

The VHP leader saidAgnivesh's identity andantecedents "are doubtful" anda probe must be conducted toexpose on whose behest he isworking with those who "aretriggering anti-Indian violencein Kashmir".

Dubey also asked the "AryaSamaj to clarify whether he istheir leader or not. They needto expose this man, who isusing a swami's image to servehis masters".

Earlier in the day, Agniveshasked Kashmiri Pandits torefuse living in such colonies."Composite and separatecolonies are oppositeterms.

VHP demands probeagainst Swami Agnivesh

KOCHIWith more than 300

Bangladesh nationals safe-ly evacuated from war-tornYemen and brought hereon board two passengerships on Saturday, a seniordiplomat of the neighbour-ing country thanked Indiafor the timely help.

"We are grateful toIndia's effort to bring ournationals safely from theconflict-hit Yemen," ShahAhmed Shafi told reportershere.

A total of 337Bangladesh nationals wereamong the 475 peopleincluding 65 Yemenese ofIndian Origin who arrivedfrom Djibouti onboard thetwo passenger ships sentby the government.

He said his country washaving difficulty in evacu-ation of its nationals andthey approached the IndianGovernment followingwhich evacuation of 337Bangladeshis was made.

Shafi was here to receivethe Bangaldesh nationalsand arrange for theironward journey to Dhakha

by special flights.A doctor, part of the crew

of one of the ships, saidthey had to take specialcare to keep well kidneypatient 50 year oldRamadan Salah Husseinduring the six-day journey.

The patient, anYemenese of Indian Originwho required two dialysis

a week, managed the jour-ney without much trouble,Dr Azaf Niyaz said.

"It was because of thewill power of the patient.He has been taken toGeneral HospitalErnakulam for dialysis,"he said.

Meanwhile, Officialssaid of the 65 Yemenese ofIndian Origin, eight did nothave travel documentswhile others had Person ofIndian Origin (PIO) cards.

While those with PIOcards would be sent to var-ious destinations, includ-ing Maharashtra andGujarat, officials wereawaiting instruction fromthe government withregard to disembarkmentof the eight.

Evacuation of Bangladeshis fromwar-torn Yemen: Diplomat thanks India

LUCKNOWA group of farmer organisations

have threatened to launch anation-wide stir to press for theirdemand of withdrawl of the landacquisition bill.

"Our organisation along withother farmer organisation willgherao Parliament on May 5 anddemand withdrawl of the landacquisition bill," GeneralSecretary of Akhil Bhartiya KisanSabha, Atul Kumar Anjaan heresaid.

On May 14, he said, we wouldcourt arrest country-wide againstthe anti-farmer ordinance andtraffic blockade ('chakka jam')

would be observed.Anjaan alleged that whether it's

the Centre or the state govern-ments, they do not seemed to beconcerned about farmers hit byrain and hailstorm.

He also alleged that while farm-ers were committing suicide,Prime Minister Narendra Modiwas on foreign tour.

Anjaan claimed that merely Rs200 to Rs 700 per acre was beinggiven in the name of relief anddemanded that Rs one lakh croreshould be withdrawn from theforeign monetary fund and dis-tributed among the affected farm-ers.

Farmer organisations threaten toghearo Parliament over Land Bill

SRINAGARFormer Jammu and

Kashmir ChiefMinister OmarAbdullah on Saturdaycondemned the killingof a youth in centralKashmir's Budgamdistrict, demandingresponsibility be fixedimmediately and theguilty punished.

"I strongly condemnthe killing of 15-year-old Suhail Ahmed inan incident of firing onunarmed protesters byparamilitary forces inNarbal. I express pro-found grief and sorrowand extended heartfeltcondolences to thefamily for their incon-solable loss," Omarsaid in a statementissued here.

The NationalConference (NC)working president saidit was "evident" thatthere was "dispropor-tionate use of force"on the protesters.

"It was evident thatthere was indiscrimi-nate and dispropor-tionate use of forcethat resulted in multi-ple youth receivingbullet injuries andyoung Suhail losinghis life after succumb-ing to his injuries," hesaid.

The former chiefminister said there canbe no condemnationstrong enough to con-demn such a tragic

incident." R e s p o n s i b i l i t y

should be fixed imme-diately and the guiltyshould be identifiedand punished. We haveseen (Chief MinisterMufti MohammadSayeed) Sahab say thathe would be responsi-ble for any HR viola-tions and that hewould not permit aviolation of set stan-dard procedures forthe security and para-military forces.

"Both in the case ofthe Tral youth's killingand now in Narbal -Mufti Sahab's wordshave proven to be hol-low as the SOPs werebrazenly violatedwhile the ChiefMinister continues tomaintain a conspicu-ously apologeticstand," he said.

Omar said Sayeedshould "not only comeforth with answers onthis unfortunatetragedy in Narbaltoday but also aboutthe killing of the youthin Tral"

The NC workingpresident prayed forthe recovery of theinjured youth, sayingtheir welfare and well-being was the stateGovernment's respon-sibility and that thebest possible medicalcare should be ensuredat all costs by theGovernment.

Omar Abdullah condemnskilling of youth in Budgam

European data pro-tection authoritieshave joined forces

to probe Facebook's priva-cy controls, a Frenchwatchdog said, putting thepopular US social mediagiant under fresh pressure.

"There is concerted col-lective action betweenfive European authorities,France, Belgium,Germany, the Netherlandsand Spain," said IsabelleFalque-Pierrotin, head ofFrance's CNIL privacywatchdog.

She added that theNetherlands was coordi-nating the project, whichconsists of a workinggroup involving represen-tatives from the five coun-tries that will look intoFacebook's practices.

Facebook has for yearsbeen dogged by concernsover how well privacy issafeguarded online.

Falque-Pierrotin saidFacebook's privacy policywas at the heart of discus-sions, and data protectionwatchdogs are likely toexamine the sharing ofdata between differentapps such as Instagram orWhatsapp, both of whichbelong to the USgiant.

Facebook, whose inter-national headquarters arebased in Dublin, for itspart said it was acting incompliance with data pro-tection legislation.

"We recently updatedour terms and policies tomake them more clear andconcise, we're confidentthe updates comply withapplicable laws," aFacebook spokeswomantold AFP.

Earlier this month, anAustrian law graduatefiled a closely-watched

class action suit againstthe social network foralleged privacy breaches.

Max Schrems and25,000 other users aresuing the social mediagiant for various rightsviolations, ranging fromthe "illegal" tracking oftheir data under EuropeanUnion law to Facebook'sinvolvement in the Prismsurveillance programmeof the US NationalSecurity Agency.

Google has also been inthe firing line over privacyissues and has had multi-ple run-ins with authori-ties in Europe.

In December, forinstance, Dutch privacywatchdog DPA warnedGoogle it faced a heftyfine if it did not fix allegedbreaches in data protec-tion laws when it uses per-sonal details for targetedadvertising.

iBall has launched a newAndi-series smartphone, theAndi 5F Infinito, priced at Rs.

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The Andi 5F Infinito supportsdual-SIM (GSM+GSM) andruns Android 4.4 KitKat. Thecompany notes that the smart-phone is upgradable to Android5.0 Lollipop.

It features a 5-inch (540x960pixels) qHD IPS display with apixel density of 220ppi. Thesmartphone is powered by a

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NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | APRIL 19, 2015SAADDA HAQScience & Tech6

1. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?A. Thornton HargreavesB. Peter HargreavesC. James HargreavesD. Simon Hargreaves

2. Which insurance salesman invented the fountainpen in 1884?A. Lewis Edson WatermanB. Sir William GroveC. Charles KetteringD. George Fountain

3. When was the first elevator built?A. 1743 B. 1739C. 1760 D. 1785

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(C), 2(A), 3(A)

TODAY’S STARARIES Whether you spend today with your feet on the ground or in an

airplane, you're eager and enthusiastic about your life direction.If you aren't on your way to a distant land, it's likely that you willbe airborne soon, Aries. You've achieved tremendous successlately and that trend is going to continue. If this trip is a reward toyourself for all of your hard work, you deserve it!

TAURUS Success and good fortune are strongly indicated today, Taurus,along with a sense of optimism. All sorts of changes and surpris-es lie in store for you. You may receive information from a busi-ness partner that radically changes your short-term plans. A tripmay be in order, or you could have a visitor. You accept thechange in plans with your usual good humor. You're a winner!

GEMINI Money matters are highlighted today, Gemini. You can expectto spend a lot of time with the calculator as you balance yourcheckbook or begin to work on your budget. Even if you don'tconsider yourself particularly good with numbers, you will do agreat job. You're conscientious. Success in all endeavors isindicated today.

CANCER An unexpected financial windfall could come your way today,Cancer. You may stand there with an open envelope in yourhand, unable to speak. Whether it's an unanticipated bonus,gift, or surprising stock dividend, invest the money wisely.You've spent a lot of money recently, and it would be good foryou to begin to replenish the bank account.

LEO Even though you're slaving away at work, your mind is very muchon romance. Passion is running high, especially yours, Leo! If youalready have a romantic partner, why not plan an intimate eveningtogether? If you don't yet have someone special in your life, it'slikely you will meet someone today or soon thereafter. Make sureyou look your best at all times!

VIRGO If you had to score your life right now, it would have to be a per-fect ten. You look great, your career is going well, and yourdomestic life is harmonious. Could there be anything more to life?Don't think so. You may receive news of more success at workwhen an important sale comes through or a project is successful-ly completed. You have much to celebrate, Virgo!

LIBRA You have a lot to celebrate, Libra, especially where your love lifeis concerned. Today you may receive a communication fromyour loved one that makes you yearn for this person's company.You've been together a lot recently, attending many dinners andsocial gatherings, but you've had little one-on-one time. Do whatyou can to rectify that tonight!

SCORPIO There's a lot of work to be done today, and much of it centers onfinances. Whether you're working on budgets or investments, youwill easily finish the task. Your trusty computer will help you as youdiscover a new website that supports your efforts or post a questionin a financial chatroom that yields many responses. Favorableadvancement is likely, Scorpio, if not today then quite soon.

SAGITTARIUSYou may be privy to some information today that will ultimately resultin financial gain, Sagittarius. You may get wind of a new companyand be one of the first investors. Or perhaps what you hear gives youan idea for a new product that you bring to market yourself. The out-look for you is rosy indeed, although your success won't come with-out putting your own skills and talents to use!

CAPRICORN Expect to receive some great news today, Capricorn. Answer yourphone and check email all day, because you never know when it willcome. Indications suggest that success in all aspects of your life iscoming. You may complete a project to acclaim or submit a reportthat's accepted without question. These small successes boost yourself-confidence, which brings more success. It's a powerful cycle.

AQUARIUS Your optimistic nature has served you well. This quality makes you agreat manager since you can motivate and inspire co-workers. Todayyou may be recognized for your leadership abilities and can-do atti-tude. Your reward might be a promotion or bonus, or perhaps anoth-er project even more challenging than the last. Your career effortsbring you success. You have a lot to celebrate, Aquarius!

PISCES You woke up feeling happy and enthusiastic, Pisces. Your intuitiontells you that you will achieve whatever you set your mind to.Whatever your goals - career, education, or personal - you'rebound to succeed. If you don't have a significant other by your sideto support your progress, all signs indicate that you will meet some-one soon. If you have a mate, lucky you!

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Microsoft and 343 Industries on Thursdayannounced a new top-down shooter that's aspin-off from the firm's Halo series of futuris-

tic military first person shooters. Made by 343 Industriesand Vanguard Games (the developers of Halo: SpartanAssault), the Halo: Spartan Strike has been made avail-able for Windows 8/ 8.1, Windows Phone 8/ 8.1, Steam,and iOS (iPhone and iPad).

The debut release of a Halo game on iOS is also thefirst time a Halo game has been made available on anApple platform since the original Halo: Combat Evolvedwas launched for Mac OS X in 2003. Notably, Microsofthas not released a Halo game for the Android platformtill date. Alongside the release of Halo: Spartan Strikefor iOS, Microsoft also made available an iOS version oflast year's Halo: Spartan Assault.

Halo: Spartan Strike is a top-down shooter like itspredecessor, and features 30 missions set in cities andjungles. Players will have access to the Halo arsenal ofweapons, abilities and vehicles in their fight againstCovenant and Promethean foes.

Players of Halo: Spartan Assault will don the role of aSpartan supersoldier in a classified ONI simulation thatstarts during the events of Halo 2 on New Mombasa in2552, and have to lead UNSC troops through numerousmissions that will lead them all the way to the GammaHalo "located at the edge of charted space."

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SPORTS 7SAADDA HAQNEW DELHI | SUNDAY | APRIL 19, 2015

PUNEAndre Russell's spectacular all-round per-

formance helped defending championsKolkata Knight Riders thrashed Kings XIPunjab by 4 wickets, in an IPL cricket matchhere on Saturday.

The Jamaican all-rounder hit a blistering 66from 36 balls after his KKR were reeling at 60for five as KKR cantered to victory target of156 in 17.5 overs from a near losing position.

It was a day to remember for Russell as hefirst took 2/39 while bowling apart from cou-ple of smart catches during KXIP innings.

With the willow, he belted nine boundariesand two sixes adding 95 runs in 9.2 overs forthe sixth wicket with Yusuf Pathan (28 no) totake his team home which looked unlikelyafter the first eight overs when half of theteam was back in the dug-out.

Russell scored his 50 off 28 balls with eightboundaries and a six as he got a standing ova-tion from his teammates.

When he was finally out, KKR had tied thescores.

Defending a not so big total, KXIP bowlersneeded to do well upfront and young SandeepSharma responded brilliantly with figures of4/25 as polished off the top-order with someincisive swing bowling as they were reducedto 60 for five in 8 overs.

He got the ball to shape in consistently get-ting Robin Uthappa (13), Manish Pandey (12)and Ryan ten Doeschate (0) with incomingdeliveries. Ten Doeschate was a bit unluckyas replay showed that he got an inside edge.

Skipper Gautam Gambhir, who has beenpretty consistent so far got one whichSandeep slanted across and Wriddhiman Sahatook an easy catch.

Saha however took a brilliant diving catchto cut short Suryakumar Yadav (23 off 10balls)'s little cameo when he tried to steer aThisara Perera delivery towards vacant third-

man boundary.Once they were down in the dumps at 60 for

five, Russell came in and started to counter-attack at the bowlers which paid dividends.Surprisingly, it was Pathan (...) at the otherend, who was playing the second fiddle intheir partnership as they took their team homewith minimum fuss.

Earlier, a disciplined performance by the

Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers enabled themto restrict Kings XI Punjab to 155 for 9 instipulated 20 overs.

For the home team, skipper George Bailey

played an useful hand with a 45-ball-60 whileGlenn Maxwell (33) also showed some prom-ise during his brief stay as KKR bowlers per-formed as a unit giving awya hardlyanything.

Pacers Umesh Yadav (3/33), Morne Morkel(2/27) and Andre Russell (2/39) were impres-sive as they never let the KXIP batsmen dom-inate the bowling for a lengthy period of time.

Spinner Sunil Narine (1/17) was the mosteconomical bowler for the defending champi-ons.

The highlight of the KXIP innings was a 63-run stand for the fourth wicket betweenBailey and Maxwell, who first time looked insome sort of touch. Bailey had five fours andtwo sixes in his innings.

Maxwell got a lease of life when YusufPathan dropped a dolly at deep mid-wicket offRussell's bowling. It was the simplest ofchances as Maxwell was on 13 and KXIP notout of woods at 51 for three.

But the Aussie couldn't capitalise on themiss although he showed glimpses of return-ing back to form during his 26-ball 33 that hadtwo fours and two sixes.

He added 63 with skipper Bailey befirebeing holed out off Yadav's bowling asRussell took a lovely catch diving forward atsweeper boundary.

After being put into bat, Murali Vijay (0)failed to open his account as he was done inby extra bounce with Russell taking a smartcatch running from mid-wicket.

Saha (15) did hit a four and a six but didn'tlook comfortable against the extra bounce.After successfully connecting two pull shots,he failed while attempting a third pull offMorne Morkel as the thickish outside edgewas taken by Pathan at first slip.

Virender Sehwag (11) hit a lovely squaredrive off Russell bisecting the two fielders atpoint and gully. But Russell got the revenge ashe fired one towards his pads and the flickwas snapped by Piyush Chawla at shortsquare leg at reduce KXIP to 27 for threebefore Maxwell-Bailey duo resurrected theinnings.

IPL 2015: Andre Russell powers KKRhome by 4 wickets against KXIP

HYDERABADIndian captain Sania Mirza led from the

front as the hosts registered a 2-1 victoryover Philippines in the final of theAsia/Oceania group II of the Fed Cup ten-nis tournament, here today.

India's Prarthana G Thombare defeatedAnna Clarice Patrimonio 6-3 6-1 in the firstsingles match of the

However Ankita Raina was defeated byKatharina Lehnert 2-6 7-5 7-5 in the secondsingles match.

Sania, who joined the campaign in thedoubles match, showed a glimpse of herbrilliance by securing a 6-3 6-3 win forIndia in the company of Thombare. Indianow move to the Asia/Oceania Zone groupl in 2016.

VISAKHAPATNAMSkipper Jean-Paul Duminy led

from the front with a brilliant all-round display as DelhiDaredevils pipped SunrisersHyderabad by four runs in athrilling Indian Premier Leaguecricket match here.

Duminy first smashed 54 off 41balls as Daredevils scored adecent 167 for four and thenchipped in with four wickets asvisitors kept their nerves in thecrucial stages of the nail-bitingcontest to restrict Sunrisers to163 for eight and record theirsecond successive win at theACA-VDCA Stadium here.

Needing just 10 runs off thelast over with Ashish Reddy andKarn Sharma at the crease,Nathan Coulter-Nile got the for-mer run-out in the second ball ofthe over.

Two balls later, withHyderabad needing seven runsfrom two deliveries, Karn wentfor a huge hit towards the pointboundary but fielder MayankAgarwal went back to the edge ofthe rope, leapt up and effected agoalkeeper like save as he parriedthe ball back in play saving whatlooked like a sureshot six.

Mayank's superb save made allthe difference in the end and lastball of the match resulted inSharma getting out, handingDelhi their second consecutivewin.

Earlier, Delhi Daredevils man-aged to get on board a competi-

tive score, thanks to fearless bat-ting by young Shreyas Iyer (60off 40 balls) and Duminy (54)after electing to bat on a difficult

pitch at the ACA-VDCA Stadiumhere.

In reply, the Sunrisers seemedto achieve the target as they werecruising at 50 for no loss in justsix overs, but Duminy changedthe equation, grabbing four for17 to guide the team to victory.

Coulter-Nile, Angelo Mathewsand Imran Tahir took wicketapiece. Duminy accounted forthe top order, seeing off danger-ous David Warner (28), ShikharDhawan (18), top scorer Ravi

Bopara (41) and Eoin Morgan(1).

The Sunrisers got off to a goodstart with Warner and Dhawan

putting on 50 runs for the open-ing wicket before Bopara cou-pled with KL Rahul (24) andNaman Ojha (12) to keepHyderabad always within achiev-ing the total.

Comfortably placed at 110 forthree in 15 overs, the Sunriserslost Naman Ojha, Ravi Boparaand Eoin Morgan in space ofseven deliveries.

Duminy dismissed Bopara andMorgan with the fourth and sixthball of the 17th over to tilt the

match completely in Delhi'sfavour.

But some good batting byReddy (15) and Karn (19) madesure that the match went down tothe wire.

Earlier, the Daredevils lostopener Mayank (1) in the thirdover with Bhuvneshwar Kumarstriking early for the Hyderabadoutfit.

But Iyer and Duminy madesure there are no further damageearly on, as the duo put on 78runs together for the secondwicket to steer the team to a com-petitive total.

Surprisingly Shreyas turnedout to be more dominating thanhis South African partner, hittingthe balls at will.

Shreyas came up with threeboundaries and five sixes duringhis 40-ball knock. He hit twosixes of successive balls bowledby leggie Karn in the 10th over ofthe Delhi innings.

Duminy was more guardedduring his innings that came of41 deliveries and was studdedwith five fours and two sixes.

Medium pacer Praveen Kumargave the much-needed break-through to the Sunrisers by see-ing off Iyer in the 12th over, andhad a great chance of takinganother one with the last ball ofthe same over.

But Ravi Bopara dropped acatch at the mid-wicket to givethe new batsman, Yuvraj Singh alease of life.

But the star batsman Yuvraj,who was purchased by the Delhifranchise for a whopping Rs.16crore, could hardly capitalise onthe advantage.

Duminy, on the other end,pounced on every lose ball thatcame his way, churning out 15runs off Bopara's over to take theDelhi outfit to 121 for two at theend of 15th over.

However, pacer Dale Steyn,who after a three-match wait wasfinally included in the playingXI, replacing Trent Boult, justi-fied his selection by dismissinghis dangerous South Africanteammate to bring the Sunrisersback into the game.

To add to Delhi's woes, Yuvraj(9) got out in the very next over,bowled by A Ashish Reddy.

The ball was sailing beyond themidwicket boundary, but DavidWarner timed his jump to perfec-tion, holding his hands over thehead just at the right time to graba stunning catch.

Although the double blowrocked the Daredevils for a briefperiod, Angelo Mathews (15 notout) and Kedar Jadhav (19 notout) quickly got into the grooveand their little cameos to propelthe score beyond 165-run mark.

Bhuvneshwar (1/21) was thepick of the bowlers who endedwith an economy rate of less thansix per over. BesidesBhuvneshwar, Steyn, Praveenand Reddy all picked up a wicketeach.

IPL 8: JP Duminy steers Delhi Daredevils to a thrilling win

AZERBAIJANFive-time world cham-

pion Viswanathan Anandplayed out his secondstraight draw in theShamkir Chess tourna-ment, signing peace withMaxime Vachier-Lagraveof France quite easilywith black pieces in thesecond round here.

After letting reigningworld champion MagnusCarlsen of Norway off thehook in the first round,Anand had little difficultywith his black pieces asVachier-Lagrave failed tofind anything worthwhile.Anand took his tally toone point out of a possibletwo as a result.

Carlsen, meanwhile, gotinto the groove prettyquickly and put it acrossovernight joint leaderShakhriyar Mamedyarovof Azerbaijan. TheNorwegian was lethal inhis brilliant attack on thequeen side andMamedyarov caved inquite early.

Wesley So of United

States played out a drawwith Vladimir Kramnik ofRussia while MichaelAdams of England

achieved the same resultagainst world number twoFabiano Caruana of Italy.In the only other game ofthis ten-player roundrobin tournament, DutchGrandmaster Anish Giriwas still fighting it outagainst Rauf Mamedov ofAzerbaijan.

With seven rounds stillto come in the 100000Euros prize money tour-

nament, Carlsen emergedas the new co-leaderalong side Wesley So andthese two have 1.5 points

apiece. Anand, Kramni k,Adams, Vachier-Lagraveand Mamedyarov followthe two leaders a halfpoint behind whileCaruana opened hisaccount with his firstdraw.

Anand's new found lovein the Ragozin variationof the Queen's gambitdeclined has been servinghim well in the recent past

and the Indian ace stuckto it looking for somecomplications despiteplaying with black pieces.

Vachier-Lagrave did notgo for wild variations asthey have been thorough-ly analysed and went forattaining a minisculeadvantage instead. Anandshowed fine skills whiletackling the position andstrategically exchangedhis pieces at regular inter-vals to reach a perfect bal-ance in the ensuingendgame. The Frenchmancould do no better thanforce the draw in 47moves.

Carlsen was at his posi-tional best out of a Slavdefense game againstmamedyarov. From whatseemed like a level open-ing, Carlsen unleashed aseries of attackingmanoeuvres on the queenside to break through suc-cessfully. Mamedyarovwas at sea finding the bestdefense and lost in a mere29 moves.

Michael Adams played

it safe against Caruanagoing for an unabitiousapproach in the closedRuy Lopez with blackpieces.

The Queens got tradedearly and Caruana drewvide repetition in just 25moves.

Kramnik developedslight pressure with whiteagainst Wesley So but theyoung American wasquite up to the task infinding the right defense.This game was drawnwhen the players reacheda level minor pieceendgame.

Results round 2:Maxime Vachier-Lagrave(Fra, 1) drew with VAnand (Ind, 1); MagnusCarlsen (Nor, 1.5) beatShakhriyar Mamedyarov(Aze, 1); VladimirKramnik (Rus, 1) drewwith Wesley So (Usa,1.5); Michael Adams(Eng, 1) drew withFabiano Caruana (Ita,0.5); Anish Giri (Ned, 0)playing Rauf Mamedov(Aze, 0.5).

Viswanathan Anand draws with Vachier-Lagrave in Shamkir Chess tournament

MANAMASeries leader and

defending world championLewis Hamilton securedhis fourth straight poleposition of the seasonSaturday when he out-paced all his rivals in qual-ifying for Sunday`sBahrain Grand Prix.

The 30-year-old Briton,in untouchable form,crushed his opponents`efforts to stay with him ashe delivered a stunningfinal lap in one minute and32.571 seconds.

This lifted him clear ofGermans Sebastian Vettelof Ferrari, on the front rowof the grid, and hisMercedes team-mate andrival Nico Rosberg, who

was third ahead of FinnKimi Raikkonen in thesecond Ferrari.

"I feel great, veryhappy," he said afterwards."That was the target, to tryto master this track. That`show it`s gone this week-end. The laps were prettygood, you can alwaysimprove, but I`m gratefulto have this beast under-neath me and really feel Ican attack the cornershere."

The two Williams ofFinn Valtteri Bottas andBrazilian Felipe Massawere fifth and sixth aheadof Australian DanielRicciardo of Red Bull andGerman Nico Hulkenbergof Force India.

Lewis Hamilton onpole for Bahrain GP

MONTE CARLONovak Djokovic moved into position for a

potential fourth trophy this season as hereached his fourth career final at the monthCarlo Masters on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-3defeat of Rafael Nadal.

Djokovic, the world number one and formplayer this season with titles from theAustralian Open plus the first two Masters1000 events of 2015 at Indian Wells andMiami, advanced into his 33rd Masters finalwith a 97-minute winning display.

Nadal, eight-time champion in the princi-pality, played with enthusiasm but appearedto still be suffering from the lack of confi-dence and elite fitness which has botheredhim for months. On Sunday, Djokovic willtake an 18-2 record into the final againstCzech sixth seed Tomas Berdych, whodeflated the finals dream of Gael Monfils 6-1, 6-4. Djokovic said he needed a top per-formance to go through against Nadal as hewon his fifth match from the last six playedbetween the two longtime rivals.

"I`m very happy with how I played againstsuch a tough opponent. Rafa is the all-timebest on the clay, it was not an easy match,"the Serb said. "I played well, it was a relief toget this win. There was a lot of tension, itwas tough to keep it all under control.

"I know the final with Tomas will be a dif-ferent kind of match, but I`ll do my best to

recover and get ready." Djokovic won theopening set after coming back from an earlybreak down against Nadal, with the top seedclaiming the set on a third set point. The sec-ond pivoted on a massive 11-minute seventhgame, which Djokovic won on a break for a4-3 lead after Nadal lost a 40-0 lead. Worldnumber one Djokovic closed out the victorytwo games later with another break of theSpaniard as Nadal saved a match pointbefore falling victim to a cross-court winner.Djokovic is bidding to become the first manto win the opening three Masters tourna-ments of a season and would win his fourthin a row - levelling with Nadal in that cate-gory - after also winning in November 2014at Paris Bercy.

Novak Djokovic downs RafaelNadal in Monte Carlo semis

Sania leads India toFed Cup Asia / Oceania

Group triumph

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.

Health/Bollywood8 NEW DELHI | SUNDAY | APRIL 19, 2015SAADDA HAQ

Neem tree has beendescribed inAyurveda's prime

text, the Charaka Samhita,as sarva roga nivarini (thatwhich keeps all diseases atbay) or arishtha (reliever ofdisease).

Its extracts have beenused in the Ayurvedic tradi-tion for thousands of yearsfor maintaining health andoverall well-being. Theroots, bark, gum, leaves,fruit, seed kernels and seedoil are all used in therapeu-tic preparations for bothinternal and topical use.

1. Neem, a tree native toIndia, is a vital ingredientin Ayurveda. Regarded asa 'one tree pharmacy', theNeem tree has severalmedicinal uses and formsan integral part of homeremedies for the hair andskin.

2. Neem leaf has antifungaland antibacterial proper-ties, making it effective in

treating dandruff.

3. It also relieves drynessand itching, strengthenshair and promotes hairgrowth.

4. Traditionally, neem pastehas been used to condi-tion the hair and scalp.

5. It also soothes irritation,prevents dryness and

flaking.

6. Neem is mentioned inmost Ayurvedic formula-tions for the treatment ofskin disorders because ofits detoxifying properties.

7. The growth of acne-caus-ing bacteria such as pro-pionibacterium acnes (P.acnes) and staphylococ-cus epidermidis is also

inhibited by neem.

8. The role of neem in acneis further supported bystudies which have shownthat it exhibits anti-inflammatory activity bysuppressing P. acnes-induced reactive oxygenspecies (ROS) and thep r o - i n f l a m m a t o r ycytokines TNF-a and IL-8.

9. Neem oil and neemleaves are excellent skincare ingredients. The oilrelieves dry skin andsoothes itchiness, rednessand irritation.

10. It also improves generalskin health and immunity,combating bacterialinfections such as acne,boils and ulcers.

11. Its antimicrobial proper-ties help heal woundswithout causing anyinfections or septic condi-tions.

12. For acne, neem tacklesbacteria from the root andprevents the recurrence ofpimples and blemishes.

13. It is especially beneficialfor skin disorders likeeczema and minor skininfections. Neem leavesalso eliminate acne-caus-ing bacteria.

14. It is also a gastro protec-

tive element and effectivein healing ulcers.

15. It contains high level ofantioxidants that helpprotect skin from envi-ronmental damage andfrom aging.

16. Neem oil contains fattyacid and vitamin E thatgets absorbed easily intothe skin, it helps rejuve-nate skin cells and restoreelasticity.

17. It helps maintain a glow-ing skin and balance skintone.

18. The high fatty-acid con-tent in neem oil helps pre-vent and treat scars fromacne.

19. Neem leaves are alsoexcellent exfoliants; ittightens pores andremoves impurities whenused as a mask.

20. It is an excellent healerof skin fungal infections.

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This film of mine is a familydrama: Param MLP

Aleading dailyreported a possi-bility of Farhan

Akhtar being a part ofNitya Mehra’s muchtalked about film starringSidharth Malhotra andKatrina Kaif.

However, Farhan took toTwitter and rubbished thereport. He tweeted saying:

Nitya has assisted theDil Dhadakne Do actor on

Lakshya and Don and willnow make her first filmunder Farhan’s banner. Alot has been reportedabout the casting of thisfilm.

The director earlierwanted Aamir Khan andDeepika Padukone to be apart of her maiden ven-ture, but the cast had to bereworked on after theypulled out of the film.

Though Ms Padukone’sreasons for leaving thefilm are not known, Aamirdid not sign the film as hedemanded a huge stake inthe film’s profits.

As of now, the Sidharth-Katrina starrer is expectedto go on floors by the endof this year.

Keep watching thisspace for more goss onthis film!

Farhan Akhtar NOT doing Nitya Mehra’s filmstarring Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif

Kalki Koechlin’s Margarita, With A Strawsaw its release recently and has received araving response from film critics as well as

B-town celebrities. The film directed by ShonaliBose, highlights the emotional journey of Laila(Kalki), who suffers from Cerebral Palsy.

Kalki was seen promoting the film at an eventrecently and arrived with a rather special guest. Forthose unaware, Margaria, With A Straw wasinspired by director Shonali’s cousin Malini, whosuffers from Cerebral Palsy herself and was seenaccompanying Kalki for the promotional event!

Kalki in an EXCLUSIVE interview withBollywoodLife had revealed that she used to havehanging out sessions with Malini, in order to under-stand the condition better and incorporate her man-nerisms in to the role of Laila, which she plays inthe film. Shonali on the other hand revealed that theidea of Margarita, With A Straw came to herbecause of her cousin Malini, as she wanted peopleto be aware about the condition of Cerebral Palsy.Both Kalki and Shonali posed happily with Maliniand had a gala time during the photo session.

Seventh entry in theFast and Furiousfranchise has passed

the much coveted $1 bil-lion mark at global boxoffice. Furious 7 took just17 days to gain more than$1 billion, a record timemuch ahead of Avatar, TheAvengers and Harry Potterand Deathly Hallows, Part2. These movies took 19days to reach the mark.

For Universal Pictures,Furious 7 is the only filmto reach the billion pointduring initial theatricalrun. Jurassic Park man-aged to achieve the samewhen it was re-released in3-D in the year 2013.

Directed by James Wan,Furious 7 has earned esti-mated $273.7 million inNorth America and $735.2million globally in 17

days, reportsEntertainment Weekly.The amount has nowpushed the collective earn-ing of the franchise to $3

billion. “We’re incrediblyproud to watch Fast &Furious take its place asthe only original live-action franchise to reach

these kinds of results at thebox office,” president ofdomestic distribution atUniversal Nick Carpousaid in a statement.

Strong reviews andheartfelt farewell to PaulWalker are the two mainreasons for how Furious 7has been breaking records.

Revealed: The person whoinspired Kalki Koechlin’sMargarita, With A Straw

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Furious 7 box office collection: Paul Walker’slast film crosses the $1 billion mark

TV actor GauravChopra to do ViratKohli’s biopic?Actor Gaurav Chopra, who

mostly flaunts his grownout locks with aplomb, has

gone in for a hairdo and look sim-ilar to that of Indian cricketer ViratKohli for his upcoming TV showGulmohar Grand.

Last seen in Savdhaan India, thetall and handsome Gaurav will beplaying the main lead of Aniruddhin Gulmohar Grand. His rolerequired him to let go of his longhair and sport a Virat-inspired

look. And while this was a toughdecision for him, Gaurav finallysaid yes to the haircut after muchpersuasion from the productionteam, said a source.

After his haircut, Gaurav is saidto have drawn many compliments,but if the source is to be believed,he can’t wait for his hair to growlong again.

Star Plus’s new offeringGulmohar Grand, a finite series of26 episodes, will give an insightinto the world of a five-star hotel.

Each episode will have a differ-ent and gripping story, showcasingthe glamorous and luxurious worldof hotels, but also introducing aworld of hotels in a way that hasnever been seen before on Indiantelevision, said a statement.