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AAP freebies can eclipse development, growth: Patil

BJP Gujarat Chief C.R. Patil on Thursday said the people need to be cautious about the freebiesbeing offered by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as these can "eclipse" the development of the state.

Surat, May 26 (IANS) BJPGujarat Chief C.R. Patil onThursday said the peopleneed to be cautious aboutthe freebies being offeredby the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) as these can "eclipse"the development of thestate.

Patil was addressing agathering after dedicatingthe South Gujarat MedicalEducation and Research In-

stitute in Surat. Withoutnaming the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) or Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal, hesaid, "Some political leadersare visiting the state to criti-cize the state infrastructure,they are like an eclipse toGujarat's development, weshould keep distance fromthem and be aware of theirpropaganda."

He further said the state

does not need 'MohallaClinics' as the health sectorinfrastructure was strong tomeet the needs of thepeople. "Since the last 27years, the BJP has put thestate on the path of devel-opment and is progressingwell, people do not needAAP-like party in the state,"he said.

The BJP chief also cau-tioned the people about

getting influenced by thepromises of giving servicesat free of cost. He said, "Free-bies are not good for theeconomy and can ruin thestate."

Reacting on this, AAPleader Sagar Rabari toldIANS, "If Patil had at leastonce gone through thestate government's ownrecords, he would havenever claimed that the state

health sector is wellequipped," and added, "Ac-cording to thegovernment's own statistics,several Community and Pri-mary Health Centers are op-erational without doctors orspecialised doctors, manyhospitals don't haveenough stock of medicine."

Rabari said, "There was ahuge shortage of doctors inthe state and it does not

meet the WHO's standard ofa doctor per one thousandpopulation. Then how canPatil claim Gujarat a devel-oped state."

The AAP leader said,"Not AAP but BJP is biggereclipse for the state. To freethe people of state from thiseclipse AAP has entered intothe state politics and willfree people from the eclipsenamed BJP."

Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath addressing a press conferenceafter the presentation of state budget for the year of 2022-23 at Vidhan Bhawan,in Lucknow. UNI

6 held for tryingto rob petrolpump employeeby chilli powderattack

Gurugram, May 26(IANS) Six accused havebeen arrested for allegedlytrying to rob a petrol pumpemployee in Gurugram afterthrowing chilli powder onhim, police said on Thurs-day.

The accused have beenidentified as MohammadJamahir, Colleen, Gulshan,Shamsher, Amit alias Gorilla,and Mosin.

All the accused werenabbed by a crime branchteam on Wednesday after atip-off.

The incident took placeon Monday when Rameshwas going to deposit thecash of Rs 16.8 lakh col-lected from different petrolpumps in the UCO Bankbranch located near HarishBakery in old Gurugram.

CBI raids 16 placesin JharkhandNational GamesScam

New Delhi, May 26(IANS) The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) on Thurs-day began raids at 16 loca-tions across the counrty inconnection with 34th Na-tional Games Scam whichwere held in Jharkhand in2011.

A CBI source said thatthe agency is conductingraids in Jharkhand, Delhi,Patna, Ranchi, and Dhanbad.

"We are searching thehouse of R.K. Anand whoused to be the Chairman ofthe Organising Committeeof the National Games," thesource said.

In the event held in2011, several irregularitieswere reported and com-plaints were made in thisregard. Jharkhand Policehad lodged an FIR in thematter.

Malali mosquerow: Will not allowdisturbance, sayK'taka Police

Dakshina Kannada(Karnataka), May 26 (IANS)The Karnataka Police de-partment has said that theywill not allow any distur-bance in the law and ordersituation over the MalaliMasjid row in DakshinaKannada region.

Additional DGP (Lawand Order) Alok Kumarstated on Thursday that noroom for disturbance wouldbe given in the region in thebackdrop of the row thatsurfaced following the find-ing of temple structure dur-ing the renovation of themosque.

"The matter of Malalimosque is in the court. Thecourt has ordered statusquo till June 3. Necessarysteps have been taken toensure peace in the region,"he said. "Mangaluru is a sen-sitive place. The electionsare going to take place nextyear. Necessary actionwould be taken to ensurepeace by holding meetingswith officials," he said.

President Ram Nath Kovind lighting the ceremonial lamp to inagurate theNational women Legislative confreance of Kerala Legislative Assembly.KeralaGovernor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala legisla-tive assembly speaker R Rajesh , Kerala Assembly Opposition leader V DSatheesan and others also seen in the picture,in Thiruvanathapuram. UNI

Arrest of 4 Khalistani terrorists:MHA hands over case to NIA

New Delhi, May 26(IANS) The Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) hashanded over the case of ar-rest of four Khalistani ter-rorists in Karnal to the Na-tional Investigation Agency(NIA), officials said here onThursday.

The NIA registered afresh case against the fourterrorists and also namedanother terrorist HarvinderSingh Rinda who is said to

be hiding in Pakistan.On May 5, the Haryana

Police arrested fourKhalistani terrorists whohave links with proscribedorganisation Babbar KhalsaInternational. Arms and am-munition and explosiveswere recovered from theirpossession. These Punjab-based gangsters were ar-rested by the Haryana Policeat a toll plaza in Haryana'sKarnal.

The four gangsterswere reportedly on theirway to Telangana to deliverthe explosives and armswhen they were arrestedafter inputs from the Intel-ligence Bureau and PunjabPolice.

One pistol, 30 cartridges,three IEDs weighing 2.5 kgeach and Rs 1.3 lakh cash iswas recovered from the ve-hicle that bore a Delhi reg-istration number.

Delhi court reserves order on quantumof punishment for former Hry CM

New Delhi, May 26(IANS) A court here onThursday reserved thequantum of sentence toformer Haryana Chief Minis-ter Om Prakash Chautala,who was convicted in a dis-proportionate assets case.After the submissions of theCentral Bureau of Investiga-tion (CBI), Delhi's Rouse Av-enue Court is set to pro-nounce the order on Friday.

In the course of thehearing, the probe agencyopposed Chautala's lawyerwho argued for a conces-sion on medical grounds forthe 87-year-old politician.

Instead, the Central agencyargued for maximum pun-ishment, pointing out thatthe convict is a public figure.If the punishment is less forhim, it would send a wrongmessage to society. It wasalso argued that Chautala isconvicted for the secondtime and does not have aclean image.

On May 19, the courthad reserved its verdict inthis case. As per the chargesheet filed by the CBI,Chautala is responsible foramassing assets worth Rs6.09 crore (disproportionateto his legitimate source of

income) between 1993 and2006. In May 2019, the En-forcement Directorate hadattached over Rs 3.6 croreworth of properties of theformer Chief Minister lo-cated in New Delhi,Panchkula, and Sirsa.

Chautala was also con-victed in the JBT scam inJanuary 2013.

In 2008, Chautala and 53others were charged in con-nection with the appoint-ment of 3,206 junior basictrained teachers in Haryanafrom 1999 to 2000. In Janu-ary 2013, a court sentencedOm Prakash Chautala and

his son Ajay Singh Chautalato ten years imprisonmentunder various provisions ofthe IPC and the Preventionof Corruption Act. Chautalawas found guilty of illegallyrecruiting over 3,000 un-qualified teachers.

Out on parole, Chautalawas released from Tihar Jailon July 2, 2021 from a 10-year prison sentence aftercompleting due formalities.

He was the Chief Minis-ter of Haryana four timesbetween 1989 to 2005. Hisgrandson DushyantChautala is the Deputy ChiefMinister of Haryana.

Russia-Ukraine war could causeglobal recession: World Bank chief

Reform, perform, transform define today's governance: PM ModiHyderabad, May 26

(IANS) Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Thursdaysaid reform, perform andtransform mantra definetoday's governance in thecountry.

He said during the lasteight years, the governmentwith the political willpowerbrought reforms and theyyielded results on theground due to people's par-ticipation.

He said this while ad-dressing 20th anniversarycelebrations and gradua-tion ceremony of the PostGraduate Programme ofClass of 2022 at the IndianSchool of Business (ISB)here.

Addressing students ofboth Hyderabad and Mohalicampuses of the ISB, he saidthat while the need for re-form was always felt in thecountry, there was always alack of political willpower.

"Due to the continuouspolitical instability in the lastthree decades, the countryhas seen a lack of politicalwillpower for a long time.Because of this the country

stayed away from reformsand from taking big deci-sions. Since 2014, our coun-try is seeing political will andalso, reforms are being donecontinuously. We haveshown public support andpopular support is assuredwhen reforms are under-

taken with determinationand political will," he said.

He cited the example ofadoption of digital pay-ments among people. Hesaid in a country where

banking wasconsidered ap r i v i l e g e ,fintech haschanged thelife of thec o m m o nman. Hepointed outthat today 40per cent ofthe world'sdigital trans-actions are

happening in India.The Prime Minister

noted that today, India is thefastest growing economy inthe group of G20 countries.In the case of smartphonedata consumers, India is atnumber one. India is secondin the world in terms of the

number of Internet users.India is also second in theworld in the Global RetailIndex. The world's third larg-est start-up ecosystem is inIndia. The world's third larg-est consumer market is inIndia.

He claimed that evenamid Covid pandemic, Indiaproved its resilience. Thecentury's biggest health cri-sis disrupted the global sup-ply chain and the war addedto the problem.

"Despite all this India isemerging as a major centreof growth today. Last year,the highest ever recordedFDI came into India. Todaythe world is realising thatIndia means business."

Modi said it was not thesuccess of the governmentalone but business schoolslike ISB, professionals whopassed out from such insti-tutes and youth played a bigrole.

Washington, May 26(IANS) David Malpass, chiefof the World Bank. haswarned that Russia's ongo-ing invasion of Ukrainecould cause a global reces-sion as the price of food, en-ergy and fertiliser jump.

He made the remarkswhile addressing a US busi-ness event on Wednesday,the BBC reported.

"As we look at the globalGDP, it's hard right now tosee how we avoid a reces-sion... The idea of energyprices doubling is enoughto trigger a recession by it-self," he said in the latestwarning over the rising riskthat the world economymay be set to contract.

Last month, the WorldBank cut its global eco-

nomic growth forecast forthis year by almost a full per-centage point, to 3.2 percent.

Malpass also said thatmany European countrieswere still too dependent onRussia for oil and gas.

That's even as Westernnations push ahead withplans to reduce their depen-dence on Russian energy.

He also told a virtualevent organised by the USChamber of Commerce thatmoves by Russia to cut gassupplies could cause a "sub-stantial slowdown" in theregion.

He said higher energyprices were already weigh-ing on Germany, which isthe biggest economy in Eu-rope and the fourth largest

in the world, the BBC re-ported.

Developing countriesare also being affected byshortages of fertiliser, foodand energy, the World Bankhead added.

Malpass also raised con-cerns about lockdowns insome of China's major cities.including the financial,manufacturing and ship-ping hub of Shanghai,which he said are "still hav-ing ramifications or slow-down impacts on theworld".

"China was already go-ing through some contrac-tion of real estate, so theforecast of China's growthbefore Russia's invasion hadalready softened substan-tially for 2022," he said.

FIR againstK'taka seer forgiving life threatto woman

Koppala, (Karnataka)May 26 (IANS) KarnatakaPolice have lodged a com-plaint against a religiousseer for allegedly giving lifethreat to a woman em-ployee in Gangavathi townof Koppala district, policesaid on Thursday.

The complaint has beenlodged against KotturSwamiji of Kalmatha Peeth.He is also President ofK o t t u r e s h w a r aVidyavardhaka Sangha.

Kamalakshi a.k.aNiramala Mallaiah Swamy,a resident of Hirejantakalhas lodged a complaintwith Gangavathi City po-lice station against theseer. The complainantworked as the cookingstaff in the secondaryschool division. She hasalso lodged a complaintagainst colleagueBasavalingamma.

The woman has allegedthat Basavalingamma hasassaulted her while she wasworking and threatened herthat the accused swamijihas a pistol and he wouldget her killed.

Reacting to the develop-ments, Kottureshwaraswamiji has clarified that thewoman was sacked fromthe job in March and hencehas lodged a complaint tosettle the scores with him,he said.

'Eight years, eight bluffs', Congreleases booklet on Modi govt

New Delhi, May 26(IANS) The Congress onThursday released a reportcard on the performance ofthe eight years of the Modigovernment and named it"eight years, eight bluffs".

The Congress in the re-port card has highlightedinflation, unemployment,economic mismanagementand national security as ma-jor failures of the govern-ment and said that the"Acche din" promised by theBJP is nowhere in sight andpeople are just facing hard-ship. Releasing the booklet

named 'Aath saal, Aathchhal', Congress GeneralSecretary RandeepSurjewala and Ajay Makensaid that people are feelingthe pinch now. "During thecampaigns in 2014, Modiused to say that good dayswill come but people are stillwaiting for it," they said.

Maken said, "It is onlythe BJP and a few industri-alists have benefited fromthis government." Surjewalaasked why the incidents ofcommunal violence are onthe rise. The Congress al-leged that inflation is at an

all time high and theeconomy is in shambles."One after another, BJP's di-sastrous policies contrib-uted to the severe fall of theIndian economy. What wasonce the fastest growingeconomy, is now in turmoil,thanks to BJP's 8 years ofmisgovernance. BJP govt isbreaking all records inhoodwinking its ownpeople. First, by setting uppetrol-diesel prices reallyhigh by increasing exciseduty and then reducing it abit to showcase itself as apro-people government.

UGC asks Odisha govt to abide bySC order on recruitment in universities

Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) The Univer-sity Grants Commission (UGC) has asked theOdisha government and Odisha Public Ser-vice Commission (OPSC) to abide by the Su-preme Court's stay order on recruitment ofteaching and non-teaching staff in universi-ties. UGC secretary Rajnish Jain has writtenletters to the Odisha higher education de-partment and OPSC in this regard.

The Supreme Court on April 20 issued astay on the Odisha Universities (Amendment)Act, 2020 through which the state govern-ment had sought to control appointment toimportant academic and administrative postsin state universities, including the recruitmentof teaching staff.The court stayed the recruit-ment process in state universities for the nextthree months after hearing a petition filed by

the UGC and retired professor of JNU, AjitKumar Mohanty. The court has also sought areply from the Odisha government and setthe date for the next hearing on the matterafter two months. However, the UGC said, ithad noticed that, despite the stay granted bythe SC, the OPSC, which is a party in the case,is continuing to undertake recruitment to thepost of assistant professor (sociology) and as-sistant professor (commerce) pursuant to anadvertisement issued in 2020-21. "Since therecruitment of teachers /faculty by the OPSC,and that of non-teaching staff by the State Se-lection Board (SSB), is directly in issue in theaforesaid SLPs pending before the SC, the con-tinuation of the recruitment process will bein the teeth of the stay order granted by thecourt," Jain said in his letter.

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Sugar low:Enabling supply response, notcreating policy uncertainty, isthe only durable solution tosupply-side inflation

Unlike in wheat, where government esti-mates of the size of this year's crop seem highlyoptimistic, there's no debate over sugar output.And its prices have hardly risen; nor do they looklike going up.

The Narendra Modi government seems to begoing all out to control food inflation. After the un-expected May 13 notification banning export ofwheat, it has now “restricted” sugar shipments, be-sides scrapping all duties and cesses on crudesoyabean and sunflower oil imports. While the moveto make imports duty-free makes sense — retailinflation in edible oils was at 17.28 per cent year-on-year in April — the same does not hold for ex-port bans and restrictions. Sugar production in2021-22 (October-September) is estimated at an all-time high of 35.5 million tonnes (mt). With openingstocks of 8.5 mt, the total availability at 44 mt is morethan comfortable to meet the domestic consump-tion requirement of about 27 mt. Unlike in wheat,where government estimates of the size of thisyear’s crop seem highly optimistic, there’s no debateover sugar output. And its prices have hardly risen;nor do they look like going up.

True, the government has not banned, but onlydecided to “regulate” and allow export of sugar “withspecific permission”. It has further sought to cap to-tal exports at 10 mt for 2021-22. This comes even asthe contracts signed (around 9 mt) and quantitiesactually shipped out (7.8 mt) have already surpassedlast year’s record of 7 mt. Given that exports even inthe natural course may not cross 10 mt, it promptsthe question: What was the need to announce re-strictions in the first place? The ban on wheat ex-ports, just days after official claims about India be-ing ready to “feed the world”, not only dented thecountry’s image as a reliable global supplier, but ithas also caused huge losses to Indian farmers andtraders, who had held back their crop or entered intocontracts for supplying to big export houses. Sugarimporters and domestic millers have every reasonto ask: What is the guarantee that its exports, too,will not soon be moved from the “restricted” to “pro-hibited” category?

The Modi government’s discomfort with foodinflation — at 8.38 per cent in April, it was higherthan the overall annual retail inflation of 7.79 percent — is understandable. One must also appreci-ate its recent decision to slash excise duties on die-sel and petrol. Since there’s not much that the Re-serve Bank of India can do about fuel and food in-flation, a lot hinges on the government’s fiscal andsupply-side management measures. But such mea-sures should not be turning the back on reforms.Export curbs and stocking limits (imposed last yearon the pulses trade) will make farmers and agri-busi-nesses wary of expanding acreages or investing insupply chain infrastructure and developing markets.The government needs to realise that enabling sup-ply response, and not creating policy uncertainty, isthe only durable solution to supply-side inflation.

The Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur at the felicitation ceremony of the Women’s World BoxingChampionships Team, in New Delhi.

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Ambedkar's prophecies about China's expansionist mindset are proving rightNew Delhi, May

26 (IANS) B. R.Ambedkar was criti-cal of Nehru'sfriendly approach toCommunist Chinaand taking a non-alignment positionpreventing India todevelop close tieswith the democraticUS.

Given the trackrecord of China andits expansionist ap-proach, Ambedkarhad pointed out thatIndia's first PrimeMinister JawaharlalNehru's policy of en-gagement withCommunist Chinawas a mistake, in-stead India couldhave better allied itsforeign policy withthe US as both thecountries are demo-cratic.

In retrospect, es-pecially after the1962 war and usur-pation of Aksai Chinby China,Ambedkar's proph-ecy was proven right.

While addressingstudents of LucknowUniversity in 1951,referring to China,Ambedkar said "In-dia must choose be-tween parliamentarydemocracy andCommunist way ofdictatorship and

come to a final conclusion".He was opposed to

Nehru's approach of 'Indo-China Bhai Bhai' (India andChina are brothers) and dis-agreed with India's Tibetpolicy.

Ambedkar was an ar-dent realist and his assess-ment of Chinese intentionsthen is again proving righttoday.

He was aware of the limi-tations of an idealist foreignpolicy stance of India.

He espoused a prag-matic approach to realisethe strategic goals of thecountry and solve the im-pending problems ratherthan endeavouring torealise an ideal geo-politicalorder.

He was not even averseto using power and wit formaximising the strategicgains of the country andcriticised Nehru's patientwaiting for evolution of ajust global political order onthe assumption that goodsense would prevail amongthe world powers.

The great expert of po-litical science and Constitu-tion believed that there is noplace for Panchsheel (five-fold ideals) in politics. Ac-cording to him, India wouldhave tried hard to win a per-manent seat in the UN Secu-rity Council and a pragmaticTibet policy.

Instead of relying onChina, Ambedkar felt thatclose Indo-US relations pre-mised on a natural affinity ofdemocracies would lead toforeign assistance to India

and alleviate the nationalburden.

Ambedkar did not juststop at that but also mootedan idea of forming a leagueof democracies in Asia andbeyond to counter expan-sionism of Communist andother autocratic regimes.

Today if we look around,Ambedkar's pragmatic for-eign policy prophecies areproving right.

Ambedkar had warnedagainst China's expansion-

ist approach. While China isusing its military power forterritorial expansionism inthe neighbourhood, it is us-ing its "deep pocket"nonchalantly to enhance itsstrategic outreach even if itmeans violation of the inter-national laws and leads todebt trap for allies.

It was prophetic on hispart to doubt CommunistChina's intent to cooperatefor development and strate-gic partnership. The Com-munist ideology of his timeshad an underlying elementof military expansionismand it has not changed eventoday, especially in case of

China.Chinese expansionism

continues in itsneighbourhood unabatedsince it occupied Tibet in theearly 1950s and it has notspared even smaller coun-tries in the South and Cen-tral Asian neighbourhood.

It is infallible fact thatChina followed its policy ofexpansionism in Tibet, EastTurkmenistan, SouthernMongolia and also HongKong and Taiwan in one way

or the other.While the

whole worldis watchingwith greatc o n c e r nChina's re-cent and ex-plicit policyof expan-sionism inthe SouthChina Sea incontraven-

tion to international laws, itsincursions in smallerneighbouring countries inSouth Asia remains less no-ticed.

Nepal and Bhutan arecases in point. Notwith-standing its claim aboutfriendship with Nepal, Chinahas successfully capturedsome parts of the former, bymeans of what is describedas "salami slicing". China haspenetrated and occupiedland in seven border dis-tricts of Nepal, includingDolakha, Gorkha, Darchula,Humla, Sindhupalchowk,Sanbhuwasabha andRasuwa.China has also not

spared Bhutan; a smallcountry in the North-East ofIndia. A Chinese map pub-lished in 1951 showed terri-tories in Bhutan, Nepal andSikkim in China. Incursionsby Chinese soldiers and Ti-betan herdsmen have pro-voked tensions in Bhutan.

On July 29, 2017, Bhutanprotested to China againstthe construction of a road inDoklam, a place at the meet-ing point of Bhutan, Indiaand China. A stand-off be-tween China and India hasendured since then at thetri-junction adjacent to theIndian state of Sikkim afterthe Indian Army blocked theChinese construction of aroad what Bhutan and Indiaconsidered Bhutaneseterritory.The Foreign Policymagazine reported that"since 2015, a previouslyunnoticed network of roads,buildings and military out-posts have been con-structed deep in a sacredvalley in Bhutan".

Gyalpang, a 232-squaremile area in Bhutan wasclaimed by China since theearly 1980s. Chinese havebeen visiting this area,planting settlers, securitypersonnel and military infra-structure.

China even tried to en-croach the territoriesaround its border with India,the latest being Chinesemilitary's forward move-ment in the Galwan Valleyviolating the 1996 agree-ment with India to maintainpeace till border disputesare settled.

India has foiledChinese bids of incur-sion in its Ladakh re-gion.

China is also as-siduously playing itsexpansionist gamesby creating false nar-ratives and distortionof historical facts forlegitimising its wrongclaims on the territo-ries of theneighbouring coun-tries or justifying itsblind pursuit of strate-gic interest in highseas and obfuscatingits economicmisdemeanours, es-pecially violation andstealing of patentsand acts of dumpingapart from pushingthe poor nations intounsustainable tradedeficit and debt trap.

China's desire to"liberate" what Maocalled the five fingersof Tibet (Ladakh,Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkimand ArunachalPradesh) is one suchnarrative which in re-ality is based on terri-torial outreach ofZhongnanhai-basedregimes in antiquitywhen the modernstates were neitherborn or delineated.

PRC's claim that'Tibet has been a partof China for at least900 years' is com-pletely inaccurate.

Yasin Malik-The rise and fall of a separatistBy Ahmed Ali Fayyaz

New Delhi, May 26: On March 30, 1990, he took over asthe second 'Commander-in-Chief' of the Jammu and Kash-mir Liberation Front (JKLF) when Ashfaq MajidWani was killed in an encounter with the se-curity forces at Hawwal, in Srinagar. On 6 Au-gust 1990, he was arrested with a cache of armsand ammunition from the Barzalla residenceof the leading businessman Zahoor AhmadWatali, ex-DIG Ali Mohammad Watalis brother.In May 1994, he was silently released from jail.For the next 25 years, Yasin Malik, the son of abus driver who introduced guns and grenadesin the valley and promised 'azaadi' to theKashmiri, survived as a parallel State.

Even after his JKLF claimed scores of civil-ian killings and carried out deadly attacks onthe Police and security forces, Malik gainedsubstantial clout in the Indian establishment.He met Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministerswith fanfare, emerged as a 'hero' for thecountry's left-liberal support structure of sepa-ratism, introduced himself as a 'Gandhian', keptshuttling between New Delhi, Islamabad, Lon-don and New York and married and importedan LSE graduate from Pakistan.

The CBI kept murder cases against him in'go-slow mode for 29 years. Chief MinistersGhulam Nabi Azad and Farooq Abdullah wereseen standing up to shake hands with him.India's, including J&K's, top legal luminaries took pride inrubbing shoulders with him. Veteran journalist and formerHigh Commissioner in London, Kuldeep Nayyar, flew toSrinagar frequently to break his hunger strike with a glassof fruit juice. Chief Election Commissioner Wajahat

Habibullah was seen serving wazwaan at his post-weddingfeast. The European and the American diplomats and jour-nalists jostled for an appointment with Yasin Malik.

Malik appeared in programmes on the national and theinternational television channels. His level ofself-confidence was incredibly stupendous tothe point that once in BBC's Hard Talk, he ad-mitted JKLF's assassination of NeelkantGanjoo, the judge who had convictedMaqbool Bhat for a murder.But when a desig-nated court for the National InvestigationAgency (NIA) cases at Patiala House in NewDelhi awarded him a lifer with an additionalrigorous imprisonment of 55 years and fineof Rs 10 lakh on Wednesday evening, YasinMalik had nobody around. As he didn't have acounsel to defend him, the court provided himwith amicus curiae who contested the NIA'splea of the capital punishment.'

It seemed as if history was repeating itself.In the 1980s, the JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat'sKashmiri lawyers had similarly disappearedtowards the end of his trial and appeals. AfzalGuru was similarly left in the lurch by the civilsociety that hailed him as a 'crusader'.

Bhat and Guru were executed and interredin Delhi's Tihar Jail, respectively for a murderand an alleged terror attack on the Indian Par-liament in 1984 and 2013. Malik has been sen-tenced to a lifer, fine and multiple terms of rig-orous imprisonment after pleading guilty to

the NIA's charges against him in a case of terror-fundingand unlawful activities filed in 2017.

However, booked in around 70 cases of murder and ter-rorist activities, Malik is separately facing trial in two high-profile cases of the CBI in Jammu's TADA court -- kidnap-

ping of the then Union Home Minister Mufti MohammadSayeed's daughter, Dr Rubaiya Sayeed, and killing of thefour Indian Air Force personnel.

The CBI had investigated and filed challan in both thesecases in 1990. Malik got the trial stayed in April 2009. Dueto egregious political and bureaucratic intervention, the CBIslept over the two cases for 10 years. It was only after thekilling of 40 CRPF men in a terror attack that the CBI gotthese cases revived and transferred to Jammu where thetrial started in April 2019.

Nobody knows about Malik''s academic record beyondhis 12th standard but acclaimed professors from Delhi's uni-versities projected him as a scholar and his friends in theUnited States of America introduced him as the HarvardUniversity's 'visiting professor'.

He engaged top intellectuals to write books on his lifeand 'philosophy'. The Government of India not only left himfree to demonise India and its institutions all over the worldbut also issued him passports, permitted him to share stagewith the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba ideologue, Hafiz Saeed, and fre-quently travel to Pakistan?once with a cash of Rs 1 crorefor distribution as 'relief'' in the country that introducedand sustained militancy in Punjab and Jammu and Kash-mir since 1980. Malik himself raised these questions inWednesday's arguments, asking why the State was virtu-ally at his feet for 30 years if he was a terrorist. But his aver-ments were declared irrelevant as he had voluntarilypleaded guilty to all charges unlike 14 other co-accused.

Three of the co-accused, including the Dukhtaran-e-Millat supremo Asiya Andrabi, have been discharged by thetrial court. However, top separatists including Shabir Shah,Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar aka Bitta Karate, ZahoorAhmad Watali, ex-MLA Engineer Rashid, separatist hardlinerSyed Ali Shah Geelani's son-in-law Altaf Fantoosh and theHizbul Mujahideen chief Salahuddin's two sons are facingcharges in the same terrorist activity and terror-funding

case. Born in 1966, Malik started his separatist activityaround 1980. He was among the youths who staged a pro-Pakistan demonstration at an international cricket matchin Srinagar between India and West Indies in 1983. In the1987 Assembly elections, he and his associate Aijaz Dar es-corted the Muslim United Front candidate MohammadYousuf Shah with a .12 bore gun throughout the campaign.Malik, who aspired to become a model, ended up as a ter-rorist when the JKLF's HAJY group started attacks in 1988-89. One car bomb attack on the CRPF, killing 40 personnelin February 2019, changed everything. Malik and almostall other separatist leaders were arrested and booked infresh cases. JKLF and Jamaat-e-Islami were banned. Policeprotection and VVIP status was withdrawn from all the sepa-ratists. J&K's special status was revoked in August 2019. Theerstwhile State was split into two separate Union Territo-ries. This all, in the backdrop of the termination ofMehbooba Mufti's PDP-BJP government in June 2018, re-moved the securities that many of the separatists and mili-tants enjoyed for over 20 years. Finally, after 20 years, "anti-India" demonstrations, stone pelting on security forces, fu-neral processions and gun salutes for the militants killed inencounters disappeared. The pellets, bullets, tear gas andstones are now rarely visible.

In sharp contrast to the militants' million-marches in1990, not more than 50 residents gathered at Maisumawhen Malik's sentence was pronounced. There were fewslogans and a minor stone pelting which was quelled witha few tear smoke canisters. High speed internet was sus-pended for some time in Maisuma but it continued unin-terrupted across the rest of Srinagar and the entire Kash-mir valley. Shops were shut in certain localities but the trans-port operated smoothly.Malik's sentence triggered a po-litical typhoon in Pakistan but there were immediately nosignificant reactions from the Indian intellectuals who foryears saw the JKLF chairman as a future 'head of the State'.

Asthma Awareness Month: Underdiagnosis and lack of adherence totreatment significant contributors to the increasing Asthma burden in India

Ahmedabad:The Glo-bal Burden of Disease(GBD) study hasestimatedthat India is home to over30 millionasthmatics,accounting for13.09% of the globalburden.However, when itcomes to mortality, Indiaaccounts for over 42% of allglobalasthma deaths. De-spite being a leading causeof morbidity and mortality,the disease continues to beundiagnosed and un-treated foryears.Population-basedstudies done globally,haveestimated that 20% to70% of patients withasthma remain undiag-nosed and hence un-

treated.Citing the GAN study,

Dr. Mukesh Pate, MD Chest- Sparsh Hospital saidstressed on the impor-tance of addressing thesocial stigma towardsasthma. “When an asth-matic patient consults adoctor, only 71% of doctorsgive the diagnosis of“Asthma” as the name oftheir disease while close toa third(29%) use other ter-minologies. Also, at the pa-tient level, only 23% asth-matic patients call theirdisease as asthma. Socialstigma associated withasthma and use of inhalersis prevalent. Further, pa-tients barely adhere to

medication and mostlytake symptom driventreatment. Awareness, Ac-ceptance and Adherenceneed to be aligned to winagainst asthma.”

Dr. Mukesh Patel, MDChest - Sparsh Hospital-highlighted, “Asthma isconsidered as a stigma andmany patients conceal thedisease. It is only when thesymptoms aggravate orare intolerable a patientconsults a physician andwill take the medicationthat is prescribed. We needto keep reminding pa-tients that Symptom-free isNOT asthma-free. This re-mains one of the biggestchallenges in asthma man-

agement. Many patientsdiscontinue using inhalersonce they feel better. Thisdiscontinuation oftenleads to flare up of symp-toms which can worsendisease outcomes. Further,incorrect notions such asinhalers beingharmful andhabit forming also play arole in treatment non-ad-herence. Hence this needsto be addressed aggres-sively”

Thevarious contribu-tory factors forunderdiagnosis andundertreatment of asthmainclude lack of diseaseawareness, poor adherenceto inhalation therapy, illit-eracy, poverty, and social

stigma. The patients oftenoverlook their early symp-toms which eventuallylands them in a more criti-cal condition. According tothe Global Asthma Network(GAN) study, 82% of pa-tients with early symptomsand 70% of patients withsevere asthma, remain un-diagnosed in India. The per-centage of adherence tothe optimal treatment isalso very low among diag-nosed patients, with lessthan 2.5% of patients usingdaily inhalation therapy.

Asthma often referredby lay publicas‘swas’,‘dama’,or ‘coldand cough’, is achronic respiratorydiseasethat causes diffi-

culty in breathing, chestpain, cough, and wheezing.The disease affects the air-ways of the lungs, causingchronic inflammation,which makes the airwaysmore sensitive to triggersthereby increasing thechances of asthma attacks.

The need of the hour forpatients is to gain timelyconsultation with a physi-cian, which will help himget the right informationand diagnosis forhis symp-toms and start with theright treatment early on.Timely diagnosis is very im-portant to manage asthma.Understand your asthmasymptoms and consultyour doctor.

2.4 lakh senior citizens inUP reach out to 'Elderline'

Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) More than 2.4 lakh senior citi-zens in Uttar Pradesh have availed the 'Elderline' service inthe past one year. The Elderline, a helpline for senior citi-zens, has received as many as 2,40,335 calls, including over67,027 actionable calls. The toll-free helpline, 14567, launchedfor senior citizens, is run by Uttar Pradesh Industrial Consult-ants Limited (UPICON). According to the government spokes-man, majority of callers sought information on the proce-dure to be followed to avail benefits of the government wel-fare schemes, health-related information, Covid support, le-gal aid, and emotional support.UPICON Managing DirectorPravin Singh said that the initiative promises help to seniorcitizens within 48 hours and remains operational from 8 a.m.to 8 p.m., and provides free information, guidance, emotionalsupport, field intervention in cases of abuse, rescues andreunion of homeless elderly driven by values of consistency,care, empathy and encouragement. In every district, a fieldresponse officer (FRO) has been deputed to resolve the com-plaints. While medical or personal emergency, depression,loneliness, break-down are accorded the highest priority, is-sues about property disputes, delay in disbursement of thewelfare schemes and others are passed on to the depart-ment concerned.all across the state last year.

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Kamal Haasan's new movie'Vikram' gets U/A certificate

Chennai, May 26 (IANS)Tamil superstar and politi-cian Kamal Haasan's latestmovie 'Vikram' directed byLokesh Kanagaraj has got aU/A certificate from theCensor Board.The film,

which is one of the mostanticipated movies of 2022has Vijay Sethupathi andFahad Fazil playing majorroles along with KamalHaasan.

Tamil actor Suriya is

playing a cameo role. Themovie kickstarted its pro-motion by releasing thetrailer on May 19.LokeshKanagaraj who has directedthe movie is a popular Tamildirector with movies like'Kaithi', and 'Master' starringKarthik and Vijay were su-per duper hits.

The director hastweeted that 'Vikram' gotthe U/A certificate from theCensor Board.Kamal Haasanhad announced at theCannes Film Festival 2022that the movie will be inNon-Fungible Token (NFT)and is on the Metaverseplatform.'Vikram' is an ac-tion thriller and is expectedto hit the screens on June 3.

Satish Kaushik accuses airlines of using 'dubiousways to earn money from passengers'

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS)Bollywood actor SatishKaushik shared a post onsocial media accusing pri-vate airline Go First of usingdubious means to earnmoney from passengers.

He talked about a recentbad experience where hepaid extra money for a par-ticular seat but the airlineallegedly still sold that seatto someone else.

Satish posted on Twitteron Wednesday morningabout paying Rs 25,000 fora middle seat on a Go Firstflight from Mumbai toDehradun. He later foundout that the same seat hadbeen sold to some otherpassenger.

The actor wrote, "It isvery very sad that@GoFirstairways has to usedubious ways to earnmoney from passengers. Myoffice booked two seats(Satish Kaushik/Ajay Rai) inthe first row with middleseat also and paid 25K in G82315 from Mum-Dehradunon 23rd June. But alas theysold the middle seat to an-other passenger inspite ofmy office paying for it."

He added that members

of the flight crew tried tohelp him and were apolo-getic too.

"Mr Zubin from Go Firsttried to help by telling theother passenger that he willadjust him next flight sincethe flight was full and therewas no seat but that passen-ger was adamant. After thefellow passenger did not getseat and flight was in hold Idecided to offer the seat tohim.

"Zubin and air hostesseswho were aghast at the mis-take of their ownorganisation thanked me.Air hostess told me that I willmail her airline office aboutthis unfortunate glitch fromtheir side and give you anapology. Zubin told me thatI will inform the office get

refund the money for thatseat.

"I told Zubin that it willnever happen and as Ithought that actually hap-pened. Zubin my office iscontacting the customercare and they are sayingwhat I expected, NO RE-FUND."

"Is it right?? Is this theway to earn extra money byharassing a passenger? It isnot about getting refundbut it is about voicing yourgrievance," his note furtherread. He concluded by add-ing, "I could have hold theflight but my goodness andholding the passengers formore hours after threehours of torturous delay didnot allow me to do that.Good luck #GoFirstairways.

Adivi Sesh plans to arrange a specialscreening of 'Major' for Pawan Kalyan

Hyderabad, May 26(IANS) 'Major,' starring AdiviSesh, had already begunpre-screening and receiveda standing ovation at thePune premiere.

The excitement hasgrown now as Adivi Seshhas said that he is planninga special screening of 'Major'for Telugu celebrities anddignitaries.

According to the latestreports, Adivi Sesh hasstated that he will arrange aspecial show for actorPawan Kalyan.To a Twitteruser who requested a spe-cial show for the 'GabbarSingh' actor, the Goodachari

actor replied, "Pakka (Sure)."Earlier, Adivi Sesh had

shared screen time withPawan Kalyan in 'Panjaa'.

The 'Major' team is alsosaid to be having specialscreenings, on which theteam will make an an-nouncement soon.

The film is directed bySashi Kiran Tikka and starsSaiee Manjrekar as theactor's love interest.SobithaDhulipala, Prakash Raj,Revathi, and others play piv-otal roles in the biographi-cal film.'Major', which fea-tures Sricharan Pakala's mu-sic, will be released on June3.

KJo's actingdebut from 1989kids' sci-fi showgoes viral

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS)A clip of Karan Johar, who re-cently celebrated his 50thbirthday, is currently goingviral. The said clip is from hisacting debut in 1989 fromthe kids' sci-fi TV show'Indradhanush' in which hewas part of the main cast.

The show, which airedon state-sponsoredDoordarshan with 13 epi-sodes, followed a group ofkids, who assemble a com-puter which is host to analien prince from Androm-eda Galaxy. As one of thekids gets kidnapped, thePrince gives the kids a timemachine, resulting in theirotherworldly adventures.

The show was shot atthe RK Studios in Chemburand was considered bymany as ahead of it's time.

It starred actors likeJitendra Rajpal, AmeeshaJhaveri, and Sagar Arya,Vishal Singh, Akshay Anand,with veteran actors GirishKarnad and Vikram Gokhale.Filmmaker AshutoshGowariker and actressUrmila Matondkar also hadsupporting roles in theshow.

New Delhi, The first-ever BMW i4 has beenlaunched in India today.With this launch, BMWGroup is the first car manu-facturer to offerthe most exten-sive portfolio ofelectric cars inIndia.

Electrifying:The BMW i4 isBMW’s firstpurely electricmodel focusedsquarely ondriving dynam-ics. It is the ulti-mate electricdriving ma-chine that rep-resents the es-sence of

Exceeding all expectations, first electric mid-size sedanwith unlimited sheer driving pleasure debuts in India

NEXTGen Joy, the BMW at-titude. The BMW i4 com-bines sporting prowesswitha range that also con-vinces for long journeys

with comfort, spaciousnessand practical appeal.

The BMW i4 can bebooked online atshop.bmw.in. Deliveries

will start by the beginningof July 2022.

Mr. Vikram Pawah,President, BMW Group In-dia said, “With the launch

of the BMW i4, I amexcited to intro-duce the first elec-tric mid-size sedanin the country.BMW i4 effortlesslyc o m b i n e s s h e e rdriving pleasurewith sustainabilityas never experi-enced before.

Thanks to itsunique combina-tion of BMW eDrivetechnology, ex-tremely slim andh i g h - v o l t a g elithium-ion battery,

rear wheel drive and ad-vanced suspension kine-matics, the BMW i4 gets anoutstanding sporty feel. Itis India’s longest rangeelectric vehicle.

Absolute luxury withclass leading ambience,generous space, and rearaxle air suspension en-sures maximum comforteven for longer trips. Excit-ingly dynamic, comfort-able and powerful in equalmeasure, the BMW i4 pro-vides a truly electrifyingexperience that exceeds allexpectations – every day,every trip. BMW Group to-day offers the most exten-sive and diverse portfolioof electric cars for Indiancustomers”.

BMW i4

Kudos! Maddam Sir completes500 glorious episodes and they arecelebrating in style!

Mumbai, It’s time for aresounding applause forIndia’s most loved womencops as Maddam Sir on SonySAB completes 500 epi-sodes successfully. Rightsince its launch over twoyears ago, the show hasmanaged to captivate audi-ences with a strong femaleled cast coupled withthoughtful narratives andplotlines.

Featuring SHO HaseenaMalik (Gulki Joshi), KarishmaSingh (Yukti Kapoor),Santosh (Bhavika Sharma),Pushpa Singh (Sonali Naik)and Cheetah Chaturvedi(Priyanshu Singh) in thelead, the show has embod-ied confidence and awe-someness in reflecting the

daily challenges that comewith headlining a MahilaPolice Thana, solving thequirkiest cases with full‘jazbaat and in the most in-novative ways.

Over the last 500 epi-sodes, Maddam Sir hastouched upon numerouscontemporary themes andpersonal experiences thatare inspirational to girls whoaspire to become masters oftheir craft and run it effort-lessly. From women empow-erment to bullying to soci-etal stereotypes, mentalhealth and much more, theshow has successfullyweaved in relevant issuesinto the narrative offeringsolutions that deliver valueand impact.

Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Gandhinagar

Executive Engineer, Public Health Works Division, Nakhatrana Kutchthrough e-tendering system in Work for.Comprehensive Opetation And Maintenance of LAKHPAT RegionalWater Supply Scheme of Remodelling Package-3, Taluka-Lakhpat,District Kutch as per the Components Executed under the contract,The work Include O & M, All Pipeline Network M & R, HydroulicStrcuctures, Civil Structures, head works/Sub head works and Electro-Mechanical Work under the Scheme. This also include all kind of ManPower Consumables (Except Electricity), Equipment Tools, Tackles,Vehicles, Spares etc. as required for Supplying Regular and RequiredQuantity of Treatud Water of the Beneficlary Village, For (24 Months)Under Lakhpat RWSS M & R Programme 2022-23 Ta.-LakhpatEstimated Cost Rs.39,59,520.00 (Tender I.D.No.526650)Tender can be downloaded after Dt.23/05/2022 Last Date of onlineSubmission is till Dt.07/06/2022 at 18.00 Hours. Further details areavailable on the Website http://www.gwssb.nprocure.comRegarding the problem of drinking water in rural areas, It is requested

to, contact the helpline no.1916/1800 200 1400 of Gujarat WaterSupply & Sewerage Board, Gandhinagar.

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Executive Engineer, P.H.W.Dn., NakhatranaTender Notice No.01 Year 2022-23

Gujarat Mineral Develop-ment Corporation Ltd.(A Government of Gujarat Enterprise)

e-Tender Notice :-9/LP/ARC/CIVIL MAINTENANCE WORK/2022e-tenders are invited for “Annual Maintenance Contract for a period of two yearsfor the Miscellaneous Civil works (Repairs Maintenance work as and whenrequired) at SKV Nagar, GMDC Colony at GMDC lignite Project Panandhro, Tal:Lakhpat, Dist-Kutchh”For e-tenders notice tender documents and for further details visit web sitewww.gmdcltd.comTender shall be downloaded from the gmdc.nprocure.com and submitted online as per e-tender notice Please http:gmd.nprocure.com for time to time forany corrigendum/addendum

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Anthony and Joe Russoare 'big Dhanush fans'

Los Angeles, May 26(IANS) Joe Russo says he andhis co-directing partner-brother Anthony Russo arebig fans of Indian actorDhanush, who plays "one ofthe top assassins of theworld" in their upcomingfilm 'The Gray Man'.

The filmmaker says therole is specifically written forthe Indian star. The directoralso shared that there is apossibility that the actor willfeature in the films of thepotential franchise.

Joe said on Twitter spacesession hours before thelaunch of the trailer: "An-thony and I are big Dhanushfans. We wrote this role spe-cifically for him. He's a sortof classic bada** character,who shows up to combat

the hero and complicate thefilm. He's a fun character.He's unique."

"Dhanush has a greatpresence on camera and thecharacter is almost mysticalin a way. The intention is ifaudiences like this film, weexpand out the storytellingfrom here, and this is a fasci-nating character to moveforward in that world."

Details related toDhanush's character are stillunder wraps.

According to thestreamer, 'The Gray Man' isCIA operative Court Gentry(Gosling), aka, Sierra Six, whois plucked from a federalpenitentiary and recruitedby his handler, DonaldFitzroy, played by Billy BobThornton.

Power Peck: Wamiqa Gabbireveals her first kiss experience

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS)Actress Wamiqa Gabbi,whose recent romantic webanthology 'Modern LoveMumbai' is getting a lot ofpositive response, hasshared howshe per-ceived theidea of loveas a teen-ager andalso spokeabout herexperienceof her firstkiss.

In theanthology,Wamiqa is apart of theepisode di-rected byVishal Bhardwaj, titled'Mumbai Dragon', whichtells the story of love be-yond the boundaries of cul-ture and traditions.

The actress shared, "Ihave always been a roman-tic soul - a firm believer inlove stories, or even so, filmylove stories."

Talking about her firstkiss, she said, "I still remem-ber being kissed for the firsttime when I was a teenagerand not washing my face fortwo days. I was nervous yet

excited and to-tally in lovewith the idea ofbeing in love atthe time."

She furtherm e n t i o n e d ,"Fuelled bypreadolescenthormones, thisb e a u t i f u l'puppy love'phase in my lifelasted for quitesome time be-fore I grewolder and

started to look at love sto-ries through a more maturelens and all of this camerushing back to me re-cently, during the shoot of'Modern Love'. But it mademe realize that you can fallin love more than once. Youcan fall in love over andover again. We have the ca-

pacity and we have theheart to do that."

'Modern Love Mumbai'also stars ChitrangadaSingh, Arshad Warsi, FatimaSana Shaikh, NaseeruddinShah, Prateik Babbar, AhsaasChanna, Pratik Gandhi,Tannishtha Chatterjee,Kashmira Irani and RahulVohra.

Pankaj Tripathi had a tough timeshooting in Ladakh for 'Gulkanda Tales'

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS)Actor Pankaj Tripathi, who isgearing up for his upcomingweb show 'Gulkanda Tales'created by director duo Rajand DK, shared his experi-ence of the show's grillingLadakh shoot schedule.

The ac-tor shot forintense anda c t i o npacked se-quences inLeh andL a d a k h ,which isover 12,000feet abovesea level.

Sharing his experience,the 'Mirzapur'actor said,"The scenes which theymeant to shoot needed acertain level of fitness, andwe had hired these coachesto help us get trained andbe in a fit shape to allow usto walk or run (if required)on inclined slopes andtough terrains."

"The entire experiencewas like working on an ad-venture trip, and as muchphysically draining as it was,I enjoyed each and everyday of the entire schedule.Look forward to the releaseof this much-awaited and

thrilling webshow," headded.

The se-ries whichalso starsK u n a lKemmu, hasbeen di-rected byRahi AnilBarve who

earlier directed the mytho-logical horror film'Tumbbad'.

Aamir Khan preps for hosting 'LaalSingh Chaddha' trailer event at IPL final

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS)Even as the 'Laal SinghChaddha' trailer is set forlaunch during the IPL final,Aamir Khan is going aheadwith preperations for thebig night seriously for hisrole as event host.

While the much antici-pated movie trailer will belaunched during the first in-nings in the second timeout

of the IPL final on May 29, itappears that Aamir Khanwho stars in 'Laal SinghChaddha' will also be an-choring the event.

The videos shared bythe makers of 'Laal SinghChaddha', indicate AamirKhan is also hosting theevent where he will have adialogue with world re-nowned cricketers includ-ing Harbhajan Singh.

Aamir can be seen tak-ing tips from a crew mem-ber of the TV channel, as towhat kind of questions heshould be asking of

Harbhajan. Aamir then de-cides to go ahead and testhis interviewing skills, result-ing in a hilarious situation.

This is for the first timethat a trailer of an upcomingmovie is being unveiled at amega cricketing event onIndian television. The excite-ment amongst cricket andcinema lovers has made'Laal Singh Chaddha' themost talked about topic onthe Internet. The event is tobe hosted by Aamir Khanfrom 6 p.m. onwards on May29 on the Star Sports net-work and Disney+ Hotstar.

Varun Joshi gave up engineeringto pursue acting dream

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Actor Varun Joshi, who was pre-viously seen in TV shows like 'Kundali Bhagya', 'KumkumBhagya' and 'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein', says his childhoodhabit of mimicking actors bought him into the entertain-ment industry. He says: "Since my childhood, I got a habitof mimicking actors and dancing hook up steps. My pas-sion to become an actor has been since that time. But Irealised it after completing my studies. I enjoy watching alot of movies and that helped me to be part of the enter-tainment industry today. I always wanted to see myself asan actor." Varun has also acted in web series like 'The Tat-too Murders', 'Dubeyji & the Boys' and will be next seen in'Kharoach' reveals he left his engineering job to pursue hisdream of becoming an actor. He adds: "I completed Engi-neering in Electronics Instrumentation and control Engi-neering from Azad Institute of Engineering and technol-ogy Lucknow in 2005. But somehow God showed me thepath to this entertainment industry, even today I'm not surewhat am I doing, just following it as few people are lovingand appreciating my acting and are being supportive."

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10 held for sloganeering, stonepelting outside Yasin Malik'shouse in Kashmir

Srinagar,Ten persons have been arrested forsloganeering and stone pelting outside convictedseparatist leader Yasin Malik's house at Maisuma inSrinagar, police said on Thursday.

The stone pelting happened on Wednesday. "10accused arrested so far in anti-nationalsloganeering and stone pelting outside home ofYasin Malik prior to sentencing in Maisuma yester-day. All other areas remained peaceful," the Jammuand Kashmir Police said in a tweet.

"Youths are again requested not to indulge inactivities that can spoil their careers and disruptfamilies."Police said others are being identified andwill be arrested soon and a case has been registered.

The police said the main instigators of this hoo-liganism would be booked under PSA. "Such anti-national activities and provocative posture will bealways dealt strictly and with full force of law," po-lice added in its tweet.

MoU inked to explorebiotechnological interventionsin Ayush sector

New Delhi, A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed between Ministry of Ayush andDepartment of Biotechnology (DBT) on Wednesdayto bring out the expertise under one platform to-wards evidence based biotechnological interven-tions in Ayush sector.

The inter-ministerial cooperation between Min-istry of Ayush and DBT is expected to generateknowledge and new means of intervention strate-gies for difficult to treat diseases, said Dr. Rajesh SGokhale, Secretary, DBT.

Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry ofAyush, said that the MoU between Ministry of Ayushand DBT is expected to pave way for coordinatedresearches in Ayush sector and the huge untappedpotential of Ayush health care system may be uti-lized for the community benefit."BiotechnologicalR&D and Ayush interventions will improve qualityof life as well as life span ( VayahsthaapanaRasayana) and bring down the associated morbid-ity pertaining to chronic diseases such as diabetes,obesity, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis,cachexia, pain management and infectious diseasesfor example Tuberculosis," said the ministry in astatement.

WBSSC recruitment scam: Ex-Education Minister seems'clueless' about opaque results

Kolkata, Former West Bengal Education Minis-ter and Trinamool Congress Secretary General,Partha Chatterjee, on Wednesday, underwent amarathon seven-and-half hour grilling by the Cen-tral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths relating tothe West Bengal School Service Commission(WBSSC) recruitment irregularities.

During that marathon interview, what appearedstrange for the interrogating officers of the centralagency was the asserted ignorance of the ministerabout the opaque process of publication of the re-sults of the examinations on the website ofWBSSC.Explaining the blemished system of resultpublication, a senior agency official, on strict con-dition of anonymity, said that instead of publishingthe entire merit list of the written examination, thepublication in the website was made in such a waythat the candidate concerned could only know his/her marks secured in the written examinations andnot the marks of the competitors.

Digital health system greatequaliser to support UniversalHealth Coverage: Mandaviya

New Delhi, Union Health Minister MansukhMandaviya on Wednesday, in his address at theWorld Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davosat Congress Centre, exhorted India's commitmentto strengthen the Digital Health System and in clos-ing the vaccine gap.

Underscoring the need to strengthen EquitableVaccine Manufacturing Collaborative (EVMC),Mandaviya said: "Digital health is a great equaliserand enabler to support Universal Health Coverageand Sustainable Development Goals and can helpensure accessibility and affordability of health ser-vice delivery."

The Health Minister delivered the opening re-marks for "Unlocking the Power of Digital Health"and "Closing Vaccines Gap" sessions at the WorldEconomic Forum Annual Meeting onWednesday."With prime focus on moving fromsiloed to an ecosystem approach for digital health,India is creating a national framework for digitalhealth in India. Under Ayushman Bharat (Long LiveIndia) Digital Mission, India has embarked on digi-tal transformation of healthcare in India," saidMandaviya in his remark.

Yogi govt in UP presents state'slargest Budget with an eye on2024 polls

Lucknow, With an eye on the upcoming LokSabha elections, the Uttar Pradesh government ledby Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursdaytabled a budget of

Rs 6,15,518.97 crore for the financial year 2022-23.This is almost double the size of Rs 3,46,935 crorebudget presented by Akhilesh Yadav governmentfor the financial year 2016-17.It includes newschemes worth Rs 39,181.10 crore.The state gov-ernment has also announced budgetary provisionworth crores of rupees to strengthen the police andmaintain law and order in the state.Tabling the bud-get in the Assembly, state Finance Minister SureshKhanna said that the government has not onlymade a record payment of Rs 1,72,745 crore to sug-arcane farmers until May 16, 2022, which is Rs 77,530crore more than the five years of accumulated pay-ment of Rs 95,215 crore during Akhilesh Yadav'sgovernment, but has also proposed Rs 1000 crorefor payment to the remaining sugarcane farmers.

26 foreign terrorists killed inKashmir so far this year

Srinagar, A total of 26 foreign terrorists havebeen killed in different gunfights with the securityforces in Kashmir this year so far, including threeLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists from Pakistan, whowere killed in North Kashmir's Kupwara district onThursday.

"From the incriminating materials recovered, thethree killed terrorists have been identified as Paki-stani, affiliated with terror outfit LeT. So far, 26 for-eign terrorists (14 JeM & 12 LeT ) have beenneutralised this year," Jammu and Kashmir Policequoting Inspector General Police Kashmir zone VijayKumar tweeted.Police said they had a specific in-put which was later developed by the Kupwara Po-lice regarding an infiltration attempt of terrorists invillage Jumagund. Based on this input an encoun-ter started when the infiltrating terrorists were in-tercepted by Army and the police.

L&T eyes turnover ofRs 4 lakh crore by 2026

AhmedabadLarsen &Toubro Ltd (L&T) is lookingto achieve a turnover of Rs 4lakh crore by 2026, said CEOand MD SN SubrahmanyanWednesday.

The company is alsolooking to invest heavily inhydrogen production andInformation Technologysectors. “(In the) next fouryears, we want to double ourturnover, which is about Rs1,60,000 crore this year. By2026, it will be nearly Rs 4lakh crore. We are positiveand gung-ho about it,”Subrahmanyan said whilespeaking about the growthtrajectory of his companyduring an interactive sessionheld at the Gujarat Chamberof Commerce and Industry(GCCI) Wednesday.

“We are looking at hy-drogen because we believethat would be the future ofenergy in India,” he said,adding that India spends

about USD 180-200 billionbuying fossil fuel every yearand as the economy grows,the number of vehicles isbound to grow alongside,thereby increasing thecountry’s dependence onfossil fuel.Subrahmanyansaid L&T would be investingnearly Rs 40,000 crore in thenext three to four years.“Weare going to invest in hydro-gen. We will invest inelectrolysers, grid batteries,hydrogen plants and thatwill be a big investment thatL&T does. We will be invest-ing in certain other techno-logical matters… We havestarted a high-end engi-neering educationprogramme. These are thekinds of businesses that willsee more investments for us.All this will be about Rs15,000-20,000 crore of in-vestments in the next threeto four years,” said the offi-cial from L&T.

Modi, Shah to attend conclavein Gandhinagar on May 28

AhmedabadPrimeMinister Narendra Modiand Union Home MinisterAmit Shah will be visitingGujarat on May 28 to attenda conclave on cooperativesector at Gandhinagar.PMModi will be first travellingto Jasdan to attend a pub-lic event and will also visit ahospital. Thereafter he willaddress the conclave atGandhinagar. On May 28,Shah will visit Dwarka and

Jamnagar and thereafterreach Gandhinagar.

On May 29, Shah willvisit Godhra where he willattend an event organisedby Panchamrut Dairy that isoperated by thePanchmahal District Coop-erative Milk Producers’Union Ltd. Later in theevening he will visitNarendra Modi stadium atMotera and watch the IPLfinals.Gujarat government

spokesperson Jitu Vaghanisaid that Gujarat will alsohost a National conferenceon School Education is be-ing held by Central govern-ment in the state on June 1-2.Meanwhile, state HomeMinister Harsh SanghaviWedne-sday said that Shahwill inaugurate 57 newlyconstructed housing andoffice complexes for policeat a function in Kheda onMay 29.

Gujarat HC upholds lower court’s dischargeof alleged hawala operator Afroz Fatta

AhmedabadTheGujarat High Court on Tues-day dismissed a state gov-ernment plea challengingthe discharge of allegedhawala operator AfrozHasan Fatta by a specialPMLA court in Ahmedabadin April 2021 from proceed-ings arising out of an FIRfiled at the Surat Detectionof Crime Branch (DCB) po-lice station in 2014.

While a detailed order ofthe Gujarat High Court up-holding the lower court’sdischarge of Fatta fromcheating and forgery allega-tions remains to be madepublic, pronouncing the op-erative part of the verdict onTuesday, Justice B N Kariasaid, “The prosecution hasnot been able to throw anysuspicion, and prima facie,no case is made out againstthe respondent (Fatta). Thiscourt does not find any

merit in the present revisionapplication and therefore itis dismissed.”

In March 2014, a first in-formation report (FIR) wasregistered with the SuratDCB police station based ona complaint filed by ICICIBank, Surat, against RA Dis-tributors Pvt Ltd and its di-rectors, accusing them ofhatching a criminal con-spiracy and depositing 17entries. By submitting thesaid forged bills before ICICIBank, Surat, the accused hadallegedly illegally trans-ferred Rs 104 crore throughhawala to Dubai and HongKong to different compa-nies, the FIR said.Fatta waslater added as an accused inthis FIR through a supple-mentary chargesheet andwas arrested in August 2014in this regard. Fatta was ac-cused of cheating and forg-ery for laundering money

out of India by presentingfake bills of import. Subse-quently, Fatta was arrestedby the Enforcement Direc-torate (ED) in May 2014 af-ter being accused of carry-ing out hawala transactionspurportedly worth over Rs5,000 crore in just two

months with the help of thediamond trading firms heran.An Ahmedabad court inApril 2021 had dischargedFamarily observing thatprima facie, the evidence re-lied upon by the prosecu-tion does not involve Fattain hawala transactions. T

300 passengers from USA toDelhi stranded at SVPI airport

AhmedabadA NewDelhi-bound United Airlines(UA) flight from Newark inUSA was diverted to SardarVallabhbhai Patel Interna-tional (SVPI) airport inAhmedabad due to badweather on early Tuesdayafter which around 300 pas-sengers werestranded at theairport for around 24 hours.

According to airport of-ficials, UA82 Flight operatedby United Airlines left fromNewark Liberty Interna-tional Airport in the USaround 10 pm Sunday nightand was scheduled to reachIndira Gandhi International(IGI) airport by 11 pm onMonday night. Howeveraround 1 am, the flight was

rediverted to SVPI Airportdue to bad weather condi-tions and around 300 pas-sengers were deplanedaround 4 am.

The airport officials in-formed that UA has tied upwith Air India to facilitate theservices for passengers atairports in India.

Several passengers tookto Twitter to express theirgrievances where one ofthem with Twitter id@kookanis wrote, “UA 82Flight diverted toAhmedabad last night, andpassengers deplaned at 4am. It’s been four hours andbags have still not arrived.Air India groundstaff res be-half of UA are no where to

be seen. Folks have been re-duced to crying, withoutfood and water for the pasteight hours.

Many passengers havemissed their rebooted con-nections and are now leftfending for themselveswithout a semblance of sup-port or response from eitherUA or AI (sic). ”An official ofSVPI Airport said that a newflight has been scheduledfor IGI Airport for 8 am onWednesday.

In 2020, Covid 2nd major killer in seven states:Registrar General of India’s certified death data

The Covid-19 diseaseclaimed 1,60,618 deathsin 2020 and accounted for8.9 per cent of the total18.11 lakh medically cer-tified deaths in the coun-try, according to the Re-port on Medical Certifica-tion of Cause of Death-2020 released by the Of-fice of the Registrar Gen-eral of India (RGI) onWednesday.While Covid-19 was the fourth biggestcause of medically certi-

fied deaths nationally in2020, it was the second big-gest in seven states —Maharashtra (17.7 per cent),Manipur (15.7 per cent),Uttar Pradesh (15 per cent),Himachal Pradesh (13.5 percent), Andhra Pradesh (12per cent), Punjab (11.9 percent) and Jharkhand (7.6 percent).The report’s medicallycertified Covid death figureof 1,60,618 in 2020 is higherthan the officially declaredUnion Health Ministry’s

Covid death count of1,48,994 in 2020. Since thebeginning of the pan-demic till May 25, 2022,India registered 5,24,507Covid deaths, as per theUnion Health Ministrydata.For purposes of theReport on Medical Certifi-cation of Cause of Death-2020, a separate groupCovid-19 was added fordata collection after thepandemic broke out in2020.

Gujarat: Woman kills 9-month-old daughter, dies by suicide AhmedabadA woman

allegedly killed her nine-month-old daughter andlater died by suicide at herresidence in a village inSurendranagar Wednesday,police said.

According to the police,the incident occurred inNavagam village inSurendranagar on Tuesdayevening when BhavubenDabhi (22) allegedly killed

her daughter Niharika andthen died by suicide.

According to police,Bhavuben was married toRajesh recently and thecouple along with theirdaughter lived in a jointfamily at their village. Policesaid that Tuesday evening,Bhavuben allegedly killedher child Niharika by tight-ening a noose around herneck.

Police arrest six accused over ‘theft’ of19 tonnes of petcoke from Kandla port

Gandhidham, Days af-ter 19 tonnes of petcokewere stolen from KandlaDeendayal port in Kutch-Gandhidham, policeWednesday arrested six ac-cused in the case.

Police said on May 6, 19tonnes of petcoke worth Rs3.7 lakh, stored in a plotowned by ACT InfraportLimited company, was sto-len by unidentified per-sons.

However, two days later,Central Industrial Security

Force (CISF) personnel de-ployed at Kandla DeendayalPort found an abandonedtruck with 19 tonnes ofpetcoke outside the port.Based on the complaint ofan official from ACT com-pany, police had then filedan FIR against unidentifiedpersons for theft at KandlaMarine Police Station onMay 7. On Wednesday, po-lice arrested the accused al-legedly involved in stealing19 tonnes of petcoke.

“We have arrested six

accused identified asGhulam Hussain (39), AltafJusab (26), Dilip Chorthia(22), Noor Mahmad aliasNoori (26), Aadam (29) andAbdul Bhatti (28), all resi-dents of Gandhidham.

Altaf and Dilip had sto-len the petcoke in a truckwhile Aadam and Abdul hadthen parked the vehicle atHamza parking plot nearKandla port. Noor Mahmadhad then sold the petcoketo Ghulam Hussain,” said asenior police official.

Ex-MLA P.C.George sent to 14 daysjudicial custody in hate speech

Thiruvananthapuram,May 26 (IANS) Former MLAP.C.George was on Thursdaymorning remanded to 14days judicial custody by alocal court here in connec-tion with a hate speech.

The arrest of George,one of the most controver-sial politicians of the state,was preceded by more thanthree weeks of politicaldrama.

On May 1, he was firstarrested from his house atPoonjar in Kottayam districtand brought to the statecapital and released on bailthe same day.

A few days later aftergetting bail, during an elec-tion rally in Thrikkakara inKochi, George again re-sorted to a hate speech at-tacking the minority com-

munity.Soon, a fresh case was

registered and again he ap-proached the court for bailand on Wednesday when hewas travelling to Kochi topresent himself before theKochi police in connectionwith the matter, it was learntthat his bail given on May 1has been cancelled by acourt in the state capital.

After recording his state-ment in the case registeredin Kochi, the police team ar-rested the former seven-time legislator Thursday andbrought him here.

He was produced beforethe local court this morningwhich remanded him to a14-day judicial custody.

Just before being takento the Central Jail, he toldmedia that all this is a joke.

Allahabad HC denies bail to 34 copsaccused of killing 10 Sikhs in 1991Prayagraj, May 26 (IANS)

In a significant order, theAllahabad High Court hasdenied bail to 34 constablesof the Pradeshik ArmedConstabulary (PAC) whohave been accused of killing10 Sikh men in an allegedfake encounter in 1991,treating them as terrorists.

The bench of JusticesRamesh Sinha and Brij RajSingh observed that the ac-cused cops had indulged ina barbaric and inhuman kill-ing of innocent persons bycalling them terrorists.

"Besides, if some of thedeceased were involved inanti-social activities andcriminal cases were regis-tered against them, thentoo, procedure establishedby law should have beenadhered to, to bring them totask and not indulging insuch a barbaric and inhu-man killing of the innocentpersons." The court listedthe criminal appeal of ac-cused filed challenging theirconviction, for a final hear-ing on July 25. As per theprosecution case, on July 12,1991, a bus containing pas-

sengers/pilgrims wasstopped near Pilibhit by ateam of Uttar Pradesh Policeof district Pilibhit (appel-lants). They brought down10-11 Sikh youths from thebus, boarded them in theirblue police bus and somepolice personnel sat in thebus along with the remain-ing passengers/pilgrims.

Thereafter, the remain-ing passengers/pilgrimskept roaming the pilgrims'bus the whole day here andthere with the police person-nel and after that, the police-men left the bus in aGurudwara in Pilibhit atnight, whereas 10 Sikhyouths, who were alightedfrom the pilgrims' bus, werekilled by the police. The 11thone was a child whosewhereabouts could not betraced out and his parentswere given compensation bythe state. Initially, the investi-gation of the incident wasconducted by the local po-lice of district Pilibhit, and aclosure report was filed bythe local police. However, theSupreme Court entrustedthe investigation of the inci-

dents relating to the encoun-ter to the CBI. The trial tookplace in the court of the Spe-cial Judge, CBI/AdditionalDistrict Judge, Lucknow, andvide its judgment and orderdated April 4, 2016, in total,47 persons were convictedunder Sections 120-B, 302,364, 365, 218, 117 IPC. All the47 convicts/appellantsmoved to the High Court.Out of these 47 convicts, 12were granted bail by a co-or-dinate bench of the highcourt either on the groundsof age or severe ailment. Thecourt observed that it was acase of a gruesome murderof the deceased who had nocriminal antecedents alongwith some of the deceasedwho had criminal anteced-ents. However, the courtadded that it was not justi-fied on the part of the ac-cused persons to treat all thedeceased to be the terroristsby separating them fromtheir wives and their chil-dren, who were going on apilgrimage on the bus, andtaking them to another busand killing them in a fake en-counter.

Chief of material, indian navy reviewspassing out parade of electricalspecialisation course at ins valsura

Ahmedabad, The ‘Passing Out Parade’

(POP) of O-176 ElectricalSpecialisation Course wasreviewed by Vice AdmiralSandeep Naithani, AVSM,VSM, Chief of Materiel, In-dian Navy at Indian NavaslShip (INS) Valsura on 24 May2022. The POP marked theculmination of 95 weeksprofessional training in Elec-trical Specialisation for a to-tal of 18 Officers of the In-dian Navy. The event wasalso witnessed by the proud

parents of the passing outcourse.The Admiralcomplimented the paradeand congratulated the offic-ers of the passing outcourse. He highlighted thattraining at INS Valsura hadkept pace with the rapid ad-vancements in the field oftechnology to prepare thepersonnel for the chal-lenges they would encoun-ter onboard ships. The cer-emony culminated with thedistribution of awards to themeritorious Officers.

PAAS members level graft allegationsagainst Hardik, misuse of platformGandhinagar, May 26

(IANS) Patidar AnamatAndolan Samiti (PAAS) con-vener and former GujaratCongress working presi-dent, Hardik Patel is underattack from his one time as-sociates and fan followers.They have also accused himof indulging in corruption.Hardik is not reachable forcomment.

The latest allegation hasbeen made by Hardik Patel'sone time associate BhaveshSomani from Bhavnagar,who said that he had hurled'Chappal' on Hardik Patel'sinstruction on the thenUnion Minister of StateMansukh Mandaviya.

Somani has also levelledserious allegations of cor-ruption against Hardik Patel.He said that Hardik took Rs23 lakh bribe to give ticketfor the Gariyadhar assemblyconstituency election in2017. "Rs 10 lakh cash wasdelivered to his fatherBharatbhai at hisAhmedabad flat and therest was paid throughAngadia services in two

instalments," Somani said.Hardik Patel is tight-

lipped on the issue. WhenIANS contacted him overphone and through textmessage, he did not re-spond. While Hardik is cor-nered with various allega-tions, his one time associateVandana Patel has come outin his support. She has ap-pealed Patidars and PAASworkers to stop making al-legations against HardikPatel in public. She cited theunwritten rule of the tribalcommunity, where no onemakes allegations againsttheir leaders if they switchsides. She said AshwinKotawal and Keval Joshiyarajoined BJP, but the tribalcommunity did not criticisethem.

"These allegations can'tbe termed baseless," saidRajendrasinh Gohil, presi-dent of the Bhavnagar Dis-trict Congress Committee.Gohil said, "I know BhaveshSomani was one of the trust-worthy and confidant ofHardik Patel in Bhavnagar. Ihave heard about him de-

manding money toorganise Hardik's publicmeeting in Bhavnagar dis-trict, in the run up to theelections. Gariadhar Con-gress candidate PareshKheni was a party worker aswell as the PAAS workertoo." People will questionand make such allegations,argues Dhanji Patidar, PAASworker from Unava in theMehsana district, and said,"why is Hardik Patel not dis-closing his family's annualincome before and after heheaded PAAS movement.What is his source of in-come? Does he do a job any-where? Does he have invest-ment in any industry? Howis he meeting his expensesand living a lavish lifestyle?""Once a Patidar leader joinspolitics, such allegations willkeep cropping up," saidVarun Patel, PAAS convenerand now BJP leader, on spe-cific corruption allegationsagainst Hardik Patel. He said,"It is difficult to either call itbaseless or true, but onething is sure, where there isa smoke, there is a fire."

AAP freebies can eclipsedevelopment, growth: Guj BJP chief

Surat, May 26 (IANS) BJPGujarat Chief C.R. Patil onThursday said the peopleneed to be cautious aboutthe freebies being offeredby the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) as these can "eclipse"the development of thestate.

Patil was addressing agathering after dedicatingthe South Gujarat MedicalEducation and Research In-stitute in Surat. Withoutnaming the Aam AadmiParty (AAP) or Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal, hesaid, "Some political leadersare visiting the state to criti-cize the state infrastructure,they are like an eclipse toGujarat's development, weshould keep distance fromthem and be aware of theirpropaganda."

He further said the statedoes not need 'Mohalla Clin-ics' as the health sector in-frastructure was strong tomeet the needs of thepeople. "Since the last 27

years, the BJP has put thestate on the path of devel-opment and is progressingwell, people do not needAAP-like party in the state,"he said.

The BJP chief also cau-tioned the people aboutgetting influenced by thepromises of giving servicesat free of cost. He said, "Free-bies are not good for theeconomy and can ruin thestate."

Reacting on this, AAPleader Sagar Rabari toldIANS, "If Patil had at leastonce gone through thestate government's ownrecords, he would havenever claimed that the statehealth sector is wellequipped," and added, "Ac-cording to thegovernment's own statistics,several Community and Pri-mary Health Centers are op-erational without doctors orspecialised doctors, manyhospitals don't haveenough stock of medicine."

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Jesse Koz has traveled 52,000 miles through 17 countries in his 1978Volkswagen Beetle with his pet Golden Retriever Shurastey. But on Monday, Kozand his pet were killed in a head-on crash with a Ford Escape on US Highway199 near Selma, Oregon. Koz and his dog were pronounced dead at the scene.The driver of the Ford Escape, Eileen Huss, 62, was taken to a hospital for treat-ment to her injuries. A two-year-old child who was in her vehicle was uninjured.

Melissa Sloan, 45, from UK, claims she was abused by her brother Gavin, 46(bottom inset), who's been jailed for 21 years for a string of sickening rapesand sexual assaults against other children. She said that covering her body intattoos helps her to cope with the emotional scars left by the abuse. Picturedtop inset: Melissa and Gavin as children.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will join The Queen at a thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral nextweek to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, it has been announced, and Prince Andrew will be there too. The LA-based couple will honour the monarch's seven decades on the throne at the special service on Friday, June 3,alongside her other children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Prince Andrew will also make a rarepublic appearance for the first time since his father's memorial in April, The Telegraph reports, where he wasbrought in from the cold to support his mother as she walked in and out of Westminster Abbey. The eyes ofthe world will be on the Sussexes at St Paul's in eight days' time, because it will be the first time Prince Harryand Meghan will be surrounded by such a large number of royals since their wedding at Windsor in 2018.Since then they have used Oprah and other US TV stars to fire transatlantic potshots about the Royal Familyincluding claims one senior member was racist and senior members of 'The Firm' ignored Meghan when shewas suicidal whole pregnant.

Police accused of using expired teargas on women, children in Pak protests

Islamabad, May 26(IANS) Tensions in Pakistan'sPunjab rose after policemade use of tear gas andarrested several activistsparticipating in the PTI'sAzadi March in cities acrossthe province as the activistsattempted to remove ship-ping containers blockingroutes to Islamabad, localmedia reported.

Senior journalist HamirMir, on his Twitter account,claimed to have received amessage from PTI leader DrShireen Mazari in which sheclaimed that the tear gasfired on women and chil-dren by the police was "ex-pired".

"Use of expired tear gasis not only violation of courtorders but it's a terrorismagainst Pakistani citizens byRana Sanaullah," he quotedMazari as saying. Mazariretweeted Mir's tweet in anapparent confirmation ofher claim, Dawn reported.

Former Pakistan PrimeMinister and Pakistan

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chair-man Imran Khan, along withother party workers, onWednesday reachedIslamabad after PTI workersand supporters made theirway towards the federalcapital, pushing aside con-tainers and braved tear gasshelling, Express Tribune re-

ported.A large number of party

workers and supporterswere present at Islamabadtoll plaza to welcome theirleader.

PTI leader Faisal JavedKhan, taking to Twitter, saidthat Imran Khan's caravanhad entered the federal

capital."This caravan has not

entered Islamabad but intoa naya (new) Pakistan," hewrote, adding that they willearn "real independence"now.

"The workers present atD-Chowk wait for me? I ambringing a sea of people

there," Khan an-nounced atop his con-tainer, Express Tribunereported.

Khan earlier in theevening said that hislong march had en-tered Punjab and head-ing towards Islamabad.

"No amount of stateoppression and fascismby this imported govt

can stop or deter ourmarch," the former premierwrote on his official Twitterhandle.The PTI chief in afresh statement to his sup-porters this evening askedthem to take to the streetsfollowing the top court'sverdict regarding the venueof the political gathering.

Russia-Ukraine war increasesfinancial stability risks: ECB

Frankfurt, May 26 (IANS) Financial stability con-ditions in the eurozone have worsened as the on-going war between Russia and Ukraine is pushingprices higher and increases risks to inflation andeconomic growth, the European Central Bank (ECB)said.The ECB warned in a report on Wednesday that"vulnerabilities may increase" due to the uncertain-ties of the conflict and the shifting expectations ofpolicy normalisation in advanced economies, re-ports Xinhua news agency.

The war in Ukraine has brought "immense hu-man suffering", ECB Vice President Luis de Guindossaid. Financial stability risks have increased as theconflict has impacted all aspects of economic ac-tivity and financing conditions, he explained."Pricesfor commodities and energy have remained el-evated and volatile, which has caused some stressin derivatives markets for these products," the ECBsaid in a press release.

UNSC to vote on N.Koreasanctions on Thursday

Seoul, May 26 (IANS) The UN Security Council(UNSC) is set to vote on Thursday on a US-led reso-lution to impose additional sanctions on North Ko-rea for its recent ballistic missile launches.

A related session will be held in New York onThursday, Yonhap News Agency quoted diplomatsas saying amid a view that China and Russia, theveto-wielding members of the Council, will likelyvote against strengthening sanctions againstPyongyang.The US government has called on theinternational community to join in condemning theNorth's latest missile launches, describing them asa threat to the region and the entire world.NorthKorea fired three ballistic missiles, including an ap-parent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), onWednesday.The launches marked the 17th of theirkind this year, North Korea has conducted at leastthree known ICBM tests since the start of the year.

Signs of continued activityspotted at N Korean nukecomplex: Report

Seoul, May 26 (IANS) North Korea appears to becontinuing operations at its main Yongbyon nuclearcomplex with signs of some facilities even beingexpanded, a North Korea information provider said,the media reported on Thursday citing satelliteimagery.The assessment came amid concerns therecalcitrant and unpredictable regime may carry outanother nuclear test in the near future, reportsYonhap News Agency.

Commercial satellite photos taken from April 27through May 14 of the site, north of Pyongyang, in-dicate ongoing operations at its 5 MWe reactor aswell as expansion efforts, such as the constructionof buildings near the experimental light water re-actor, according to a recent post by 38 North on itswebsite."Taken together, these activities suggest alonger-term investment in further developing thecountry's nuclear weapons programme," it added.

More vehicles have been observed than usualaround the 5 MWe reactor and a nearby spent fuelstorage building since late April, which include sev-eral cargo trucks and as many as three tractor trail-ers, according to 38 North.No new activity has beenspotted at the experimental light water reactor,which has yet to start operations, but the construc-tion of buildings nearby appears to be ongoing, itsaid.

Yemen's warring sides negotiateon lifting siege on Taiz

Sanaa, May 26 (IANS)Representatives of theYemen government and theHouthi militia have startedmeetings in Jordan's capitalAmman to discuss lifting ofa siege on Taiz city, whichholds strategic significancein the war-torn nation'ssouthwesternregion.

The UNSpecial Envoyfor YemenH a n sG r u n d b e r gsaid that thetalks are underhis auspicesand he has spent the lastfew days in Jordan talkingwith Yemen's politicalheavyweights, reportsXinhua news agency.

The government-con-trolled Taiz has been undersiege since the civil warerupted in Yemen in late2014.

Lifting the blockadewould facilitate the move-ment of citizens and allowhumanitarian aid access.

This is also the last ma-jor term to be fulfilled pur-suant to the agreement

reached by warring sidesbefore the two-monthceasefire starting on April 2.

The truce marks the firstbreakthrough in more thanseven years in efforts to endthe war in Yemen that haskilled tens of thousands ofpeople and pushed the

country tothe brink ofstarvation.

L a s tweek, theHouthis saidthey wereconsideringa request bythe UN to ex-

tend the ongoing truce withthe Yemeni government,which expires on June 2.

As the talks between thewarring sides continued,hundreds of people onWednesday took to thestreets in Taiz to protestagainst the siege.

A local official toldXinhua that "large demon-strations were organisedacross the neighbourhoodsof Taiz demanding theopening of closed crossingsand roads leading to theircity.

UNICEF chief urges action to protectchildren after Texas school shooting

United Nations, May 26(IANS) Citing the deaths inthe US' Texas elementaryschool shooting, the head ofthe UN Children's Fund(UNICEF) asked on Wednes-day: how many more chil-dren will die before leadersact?

"Tragedy after tragedy,shooting after shooting,young life after young life:how many more childrenwill die before governmentleaders act to keep childrenand their schools safe?"asked Catherine Russell, ex-ecutive director of UNICEF."Because until they do, thesehorrors will continue."

She said the children at-

tacked and killed in Uvalde,Texas, on Tuesday were at-tending school, the oneplace outside of their homes

where they should be safest,Xinhua news agency re-ported.

The 19 children, ateacher and a school staffmember who set off forschool in the morning will

never return home to theirfamilies, said Russell, addingthat many more who wit-nessed the carnage will bearthe emotional and psycho-logical scars for the rest oftheir lives.

"It happened in Texas,"she said. "Where will it hap-pen next? This year, we havealready seen horrific attackson schools in Afghanistan,Ukraine, the US, West Africaand beyond."

There has been criticismof constitutionally pro-tected US gun laws, espe-cially those allowing the saleof automatic weapons toyoung people, under 21years of age.

Canada confirms 16monkeypox cases

Ottawa, May 26 (IANS)The Public Health Agency ofCanada (PHAC) has con-firmed 16 cases ofmonkeypox in the country.

All the cases have beenreported in the province ofQuebec, PHAC said in astatement, adding thatsamples are being receivedfor confirmatory testingfrom multiple jurisdictions,reports Xinhua newsagency.

According to the state-ment, cases of monkeypoxare being identified andtreated by local health clin-ics.

There is ongoing plan-ning with provinces and ter-

ritories to provide access toapproved vaccines inCanada that, if required, canbe used in managingmonkeypox in their jurisdic-tion.

As a preparedness step,PHAC provided Quebecwith a small shipment ofImvamune vaccine fromCanada's National Emer-gency Strategic Stockpile tosupport their targeted re-sponse.

Similarly, as warehous-ing and cold chain opera-tions are confirmed, otherjurisdictions will begin re-ceiving limited pre-position-ing supply shipments, PHACsaid.--IANS

Venezuela puts 10% share oftop state bank up for sale

Caracas, May 26 (IANS)The Venezuelan govern-ment has officially put upfor sale up to 10 per cent ofthe shares of the country'stop state-owned bank.

The Ministry ofEconomy, Finance and For-eign Trade said in a state-ment it is a "first step" to of-fering private national andinternational investors theopportunity to buy stock in

public companies throughthe stock market, reportsXinhua news agency."Thepublic offer of 5 per cent to10 per cent progressively ofthe Bank of Venezuela's(BDV) share capital will al-low all citizens who wish toparticipate in the success ofa solid public company.

"The BDV shows 169 percent growth in the public'sdeposits and has more than

15 million customers," theMinistry added.Accordingto the Ministry, the bank is"the top profit-makingbank in the National Finan-cial System".On May 11, rannounced the govern-ment would sell between 5and 10 per cent of shares inseveral state-run compa-nies "for fundamentally na-tional, or international, in-vestment.

Biden signs order aimed atreforming federal police practicesWashington, May 26

(IANS) US President JoeBiden has signed an execu-tive order aimed at reform-ing federal police practices.

The action cameon the second anni-versary of the policekilling of African-American manGeorge Floyd in Min-neapolis, Minnesotaduring an arrest, re-ports Xinhua newsagency.

Biden, speaking at anevent from the White House,said that the order "pro-motes accountability", withmeasures including the cre-ation of "a new national lawenforcement accountability

database to track records ofmisconduct so that an of-ficer can't hide the miscon-duct".

It also bans chokeholds,

restricts no-knock warrants,and tightens use-of-forcepolicies to emphasize de-es-calation, according to theWhite House.

Biden underlined theexecutive order applies di-

rectly to all federal law en-forcement officers, whosenumber exceeds 100,000.

"Though federal incen-tives and best practicesthey're attached to, we ex-pect the order to have sig-nificant impact on state andlocal law enforcement agen-cies as well," he added.

The families of Floyd andBreonna Taylor, who waskilled in 2020 by officers ex-ecuting a "no-knock" war-rant in Louisville, Kentucky,attended the signing cer-emony.

Floyd's death sparkedmassive demonstrationsacross the US in the summerof 2020 against police bru-tality and systemic racism.

Germany to relax Covidtravel restrictions

Berlin, May 26 (IANS)Germany will relax its Covid-19 travel restrictions duringthe summer months, so thatproof of vaccination, recov-ery or a negative test result(cumulatively known as the3G rule) will no longer berequired upon entering thecountry.Germany has there-fore joined the last countriesin the European Union (EU)to ease their rules for travel-lers from the other memberstates of the bloc orSchengen-associated coun-tries, reports Xinhua newsagency.

Most Covid-19 restric-tions in Germany weredropped in April.

"Until the end of August,

we will suspend the 3G ruleon entry," Minister of HealthKarl Lauterbach told the lo-cal media on Wednesday.

Following the Omicronwave that saw daily Covid-19 infections peak at closeto 240,000, figures have de-clined continuously in thecountry.On Wednesday,49,141 new daily cases wererecorded, compared to oneweek ago when the figurestood at 72,051, accordingto the RKI.

The country announcedlast week that it would in-vest 830 million euros in theprocurement of a newCovid-19 vaccine that pro-tects against different vari-ants of the virus.

Sweden-Turkey NATO talks ongoing: PMStockholm, May 26

(IANS) Sweden is continuingits dialogue with Turkey tosecure Ankara's support forStockholm's bid to join theNATO military alliance,Prime Minister MagdalenaAndersson said here.

"Sweden's dialogue withTurkey is ongoing, and I lookforward to strengtheningthe Swedish-Turkish bilat-eral relations including onpeace, security and the fightagainst terrorism,"Andersson told a press con-ference held jointly withCharles Michel, visiting

President of the EuropeanCouncil.Sweden and Fin-land simultaneouslyhanded in their official let-

ters of application to joinNATO on May 18, reports

Xinhua news agency.Turkeyhas been the only NATOmember to object to thesebids, citing the two Scandi-navian countries' support tothe outlawed KurdistanWorkers' Party (PKK) and theKurdish People's ProtectionUnits (YPG), the Syrianbranch of PKK.

Turkey's Foreign Minis-ter Mevlut Cavusoglu onTuesday demanded a "writ-ten agreement" from Fin-land and Sweden on stepsto end their "support for ter-rorism" if they want to joinNATO.

25 killed in Rio deJaneiro police operation

Rio de Janeiro, May 26(IANS) Twenty-five peoplewere killed in a police opera-tion conducted in a favela,or marginal neighbourhood,in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilianauthorities said.

The operation by theFederal Police, the FederalHighway Police and the Mili-tary Police took place in VilaCruzeiro in an attempt tocapture leaders of the city'slargest criminal faction, re-ports Xinhua news agency.

In a statement onWednesday, the Military Po-lice said that officers re-sponded to an attack by al-leged criminals in the favela,leaving 15 suspects dead,while a 41-year-old womanwas killed by a stray bulletand nine other bodies havenot been identified yet.

The confrontation alsoleft several wounded, in-cluding a teenager and twopeople who died onWednesday.

Red Cross highlights 3 concerns overcivilian protection in armed conflictUnited Nations, May 26

(IANS) Robert Mardini, Di-rector-General of the Inter-national Committee of theRed Cross (ICRC), has high-lighted three areas of par-ticular concern with regardto the protection of civiliansin armed conflict.

In a briefing to a UN Se-curity Council open debateon the subject, Mardini saidthe first issue of concern isthe appalling human cost ofwars in cities, reports Xinhuanews agency.

"I hardly need to remindyou of the massive harm ur-ban warfare causes, prima-rily to civilians, all the moreso when explosive weaponswith wide-area effects areused," he said.

This clearly raises seriousquestions about how par-ties to such conflicts inter-pret and apply relevant rulesof international humanitar-ian law. In fact, the conceptof "military necessity" isabused more often than not,

used as an excuse for theuse of force rather than as areason to limit it. The risksoften increase when weap-ons are supplied tobelligerents by allies or part-ners without proper over-sight, he said.

The second issue of par-

ticular concern is the rapidspread of misinformation,disinformation and hatespeech during armed con-flict, said Mardini.

"We are seeing first-hand in our operations howthis phenomenon reducesthe ability of affectedpeople to make well-in-formed decisions that im-pact their safety and dignity.

It dangerously distorts infor-mation vital to humanneeds, such as access tosafety, shelter and healthcare. We are also seeing thesurge in misinformation,online and offline, which isjeopardizing humanitarianefforts to earn the trust and

acceptance of affectedpeople. False narrativesaround the role of hu-manitarian organisationsnot only hamper ourwork but can create dan-gers for the people weare trying to protect andassist and for our staff,"he said.The third concern

relates to the increasingpressure on front-line hu-manitarian organisations tohelp states obtain informa-tion for eventual criminalproceedings in armed con-flict, he said.Better respectfor international humanitar-ian law requires account-ability, which, in turn, helpsprevent violations of inter-national humanitarian law.

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Business &Technologylights that Gujarat tops allother Indian states when itcomes to the demand oflaptops. The company hasexpandedthe selection ofitsportfolio and addedthelatestproducts by top brandsacross price points suchasless than 30K, 35K to 45K,70K and many more.Ahmedabad, Surat,Vadodara, Rajkot andGandhinagarare the top cit-ies that are driving additionalgrowth for the laptop seg-ment in the state along withsmaller towns includingVapi,Valsad, Bhuj, Bhavnagar,Ankleshwar and Palanpur. HP,Lenovo, Delland Asusare thetop brands in theregion.Amazon India hasseen positive double-digitgrowth in the search forlaptops on Amazon.in.

Laptops continue to be one of thefastest-growing categories in Gujarat

New Delhi, Amazon In-dia announces ‘Back toSchool’, a specially curatedstore for all the students of-fering various deals on awide range of productsacross categories. Custom-ers can get up to 40% off onstudy and writing essentials,stationery, laptops, tablets &PCs, headsets & speakers,printers from top brands likeHP, Lenovo, Asus, Honor,Xiaomi and Dell. ‘Back toSchool’ will be live until12thJune 2022.

“Over the last 2 years,customers have increasinglyswitched to laptops drivenby workfrom home andlearn from home use cases.Now, with the opening ofeducational institutes, wehave seen an increase in de-mand of laptops from the

region. CustomersinGujarathave been shop-ping for laptops onAmazon.in and are using fi-nance schemes such as no-cost EMI and much more.They are choosing from thevast selection of laptopsavailable on Amazon.inacross different price rangesand benefit from fast door-step delivery. Interestingly,p r e m i u m / m i d - r a n g elaptops are popular amongcustomers on Amazon.in.We remain committed tohelping customers find allthat they need from thesafety of their homes andare fully prepared to addressthe increasing customer de-mands.” Said AkshayAhuja,Director, Consumer Elec-tronics, Amazon India

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In line with this, ASSOCHAM organized One to OneMeetings between Ahmedabad based Industries and ahigh level delegation from Sharjah Airport InternationalFree (SAIF) Zone. The agenda of these meetings was to ap-prise the AhmedabadMSMEs about the tremen-dous business/investmentopportunities that havebeen created by the con-clusion of India-UAE CEPA.

H.E. Mr. MohamedSalim Al Mahmoud, Direc-tor of Sales, said, “There isa significant demand for Indian Products in UAE and in GCCmarkets and Indian exporters must utilise this opportunity.Following the FTA, UAE will emerge as a major re-exportcentre. There are many promising opportunities and incen-tives in SAIF Zone for Indian companies that an investorcan enjoy.”

Chintan Thaker, President, ASSOCHAM Gujarat, the or-ganizing body of the event, said, “It has been observed thatthere is very less awareness surrounding the Free TradeAgreement between the UAE and India in many cities. Thisis one of the reasons why we have chosen Ahmedabad tohost a one on one business meeting so that we can increasethe awareness among the industrialists and to give all thehelp to set up their business on the global level.”

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Roll up, roll up... welcome to the last night of the Gareth Bale show. One of football's most curious epi-sodes, featuring the Welsh wizard and the world's most prestigious football club, will draw to an end withthis Saturday's Champions League final. It could easily be the case that Bale's Real Madrid swansong is awhole load of nothing. Carlo Ancelotti could simply leave him out of his matchday squad and Bale won'teven travel to Paris. Yet, as Ancelotti ponders his team selection this week, there will be a big part of himtempted to pick Bale given the moments of magic he has produced on this stage in the past. They includethe extra time goal in 2014 that put Real ahead for the first time in their final with city rivals Atletico andthe astonishing overhead kick he produced against Liverpool in the 2018 showpiece. They were the goodtimes for Bale at the Bernabeu. More recently it's been all injuries and insults, with the fans questioning hisloyalty, quite a lot of golf and the Spanish media branding him a 'parasite'.

IPL 2022, Eliminator: Bangalorebeat Lucknow by 14 runs, tomeet Rajasthan in Qualifier 2

Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Rajat Patidar produced aknock for the ages, slamming a 49-ball century whileJosh Hazlewood picked three wickets in poweringRoyal Challengers Bangalore to Qualifier 2 of IPL2022, defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runsin the Eliminator at the Eden Gardens onWednesday.After rain delayed proceedings by anhour and ten minutes, Patidar slammed 12 bound-aries and seven sixes for scoring an unbeaten 112off just 54 balls, taking Lucknow's bowling attackto cleaners. Patidar was brutal in the last five overs,which brought a whopping 84 runs with DineshKarthik provided finishing fireworks in an uncon-quered 37 as Bangalore posted a mammoth 207/4.

In reply, Lucknow were kept in the hunt, thanksto a 96-run stand between KL Rahul (79 off 58 balls)and Deepak Hooda (45 off 26 balls). But withHazlewood making three strikes and Harshal Patelconceding just 1/25 in his four overs apart from su-perb fielding display, Lucknow could make only193/6. The win means that Bangalore will faceRajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 at Ahmedabad onFriday.

All sports facilities to stay openfor sportsmen till 10 pm: Sisodiaon 'athletes being forced towrap up early'

New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Delhi Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said that ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal has directed all Delhi Gov-ernment sports facilities to stay open for sportsmentill 10 PM.The direction comes following a mediareport that the Thyagraj Stadium was being closedfor sports activities earlier than usual so that a se-nior IAS officer could walk his dog at thefacility.Tagging the media report that alleged thatover the past few months, athletes and coaches atthe Delhi government-run Thyagraj Stadium havebeen forced to end their training earlier than usual,by 7 pm, Sisodia tweeted that CM Kejriwal has di-rected all sports facilities to stay open for sports-men till 10 pm.

Chessable Masters:Praggnanandhaa falters onopening day, loses first matchto Ding Liren in final

Chennai, May 26 (IANS) Indian boy wonderRameshbabu Praggnanandhaa found the goingtough and lost the first match in the two-round, two-day final against China's Ding Liren in the ChessableMasters, going down 2.51.5 on the opening day ofthe summit clash of the fourth leg of the Champi-ons Chess Tour.

In the four-game encounter, Pragg lost the first,came back strongly to win the second but suc-cumbed to pressure in the third. The Chinese man-aged to steer the fourth game to a draw to take theopening encounter.

The final of the Chessable Masters started withDing Liren giving 16-year-old Pragg a tough test justhours after the talented youngster sat a real-lifeschool exam, his class XI final exams.

I am still president of IOA, Batra afterHI post is struck down by Delhi HC

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS)Indian Olympic Association(IOA) president Dr. NarinderDhruv Batra has rejected thecontention that he becomesineligible to hold his post inIOA because of his elevationas "life president" of HockeyIndia was struck down bythe Delhi High Court.

Rejecting reports thathe is no longer the IOApresident because of the HCorder in a case againstHockey India filed by AslamSher Khan, a member of the1975 World Cup-winningIndian hockey team.

Rejecting the claim thathe had contested the postof president of IOA or thepresident of the interna-tional hockey federation(FIH) by virtue of being lifepresident of Hockey India,Batra said that he will "con-tinue to serve the IOA aspresident til such time as

new elections are held".Batra termed reports of

his being removed as presi-dent of IOA as untrue.

"I have today morning

(26 May 2022) read news ar-ticles that I am not anymorethe president of IndianOlympic Association andone newspaper says that Mr.Anil Khanna will now be of-ficiating president and an-other newspaper says thatMr. R.K Anand or Mr. Anil

Khanna will be the officiat-ing President of IOA till theelections of IOA are held.These reports are untrueand do not accurately rep-resent either the facts or thejudgment of the Hon'bleDelhi High Court," Batra saidin a statement addressed toIOA members and issuedthrough WhatsApp.

"I did not contest theelection for either PresidentFIH or President IOA by vir-tue of holding any post thatwas struck down by the Or-der of the Hon'ble HighCourt. I currently continue toserve the IOA as President,till such time new electionsare held," he said.Batra reit-erated that he will not con-test for the post of IOA presi-dent in the next election,whenever it is held. He alsotermed as 'misreporting'claims that he has resignedas president of IOA.

Sports is celebration of fair play, noclandestine ways to win: Delhi HCNew Delhi, May 26

(IANS) The Delhi High Courthas noted that sports is acelebration of fair play andthere can be no clandestineways to win, as that wouldnot be a sport while dealingwith a plea by formerhockey player Aslam SherKhan -- who was a part ofthe winning team that wonthe gold medal in the 1975Hockey World Cup.

The plea of the formerOlympian was challengingthe appointment ofNarinder Dhruv Batra andElena Norman as Life Mem-ber and CEO, respectively, ofHockey India.

"Often the heart-beat ofa nation is hinged on thatsubtle nick to the ball intothe goal-post, in the last mo-ments of a game," observedthe bench of Justices NajmiWaziri and Swarna KantaSharma in Wednesday's or-der.

Sports does not merelyinfuse a spirit of healthycompetition among players,spectators, and enthusiasts,it also gives people a unify-ing cause to rally behind, ofcourse, with much passion

and fun, the bench noted."But, above all, it teaches

discipline and respect forrules and to acknowledgethe legitimate winner. It is asublimation of physical en-ergies and mental alacrity ina fair competition, to ac-knowledge a clear winner. Itis a celebration of fair play.There can be no clandestineways to win, as that wouldnot be a sport. Fairness onthe play-field, admirableskills of players, unity of pur-pose, teamwork and coordi-nation, etc. are qualities andvalues which any sport,played fairly, imparts and in-stills in society," the orderstated.

In the order, the benchheld that Hockey India hasviolated the National SportsCode and constituted athree-member Committeeof Administrators (CoA) torun its day-to-day affairs.

The CoA would be at lib-erty to take the assistance ofthe respondent on the hold-ing of tournaments, selec-tion of players, and all othermatters necessary for theproper governance of thesports body.--IANS

Never considered being Englandchief coach, reveals Justin LangerPerth, May 26 (IANS)

Former Australia coach Jus-tin Langer has revealed thathe was never in touch withthe England and WalesCricket Board (ECB) for thejob of head coach of the En-gland men's team, subse-quently filled by ex-NewZealand skipper BrandonMcCullum.

Langer, who resignedfrom his role with Austaliaearlier this year following arevolt by the players whowere unhappy with his wayof handling things, wasdubbed the best man forthe England coaching job.But now the former Austra-lia opener has revealed thathe never considered takingup the job.Langer's depar-ture coincided with thesacking of Chris Silverwoodafter England's disastrousAshes campaign in Austra-

lia. A host of England greatsimmediately called forLanger to be considered asSilverwood's replacement,with former skipper NasserHussain claiming the Aus-tralian was "the type of char-acter England need at the

moment", while Ashes-win-ning captain MichaelVaughan said there was no-body "better suited thanJustin Langer" to coach En-gland, said a report on theICC's official website.

But as Langer revealedduring his speech as key-note speaker at a Chamberof Commerce and Industry

WA event in his hometownof Perth on Wednesday, theAustralian didn't even con-sider taking up the job.

"(Long-time friend andformer England captain)Andrew Strauss rang me theday after I resigned... but Ihave known Andrew Straussfor a long time and that was14 weeks ago," Langer wasquoted as saying in reportsin Australian media.

Langer said the final sixmonths of his time in chargeof Australia was the mostfulfilling, with the Ashesdrubbing of England andthe T20 World Cup victorythe standouts."The last sixmonths of my coaching ca-reer was my most enjoyableperiod of 12 years of coach-ing," he said. "Not only didwe win everything, but I hadenergy and I had focus andI was happy.

leading from the front in in-creasing awareness and di-agnosis of the diseaseamong the Indian popula-tion. Not long ago, the com-pany launched the#TakeChargeAt18 cam-paign to drive Hypertensionawareness and screening ofIndian adults above 18 yearsof age.

Hypertension is one of

the most important risk fac-tors for cardiovascular dis-eases (CVD), particularly is-chemic heart disease andstroke. Currently, it is esti-mated that 28.1% of alldeaths in India were due toCVD, and high systolic bloodpressure (SBP) was thesingle largest contributor(8.5%) to disability-adjustedlife years (DALYs).

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals concludesHypertension Awareness Month in India

Mumbai, GlenmarkPharmaceuticals Limited(Glenmark), an innovation-driven, global pharmaceuti-cal company marked May asthe Hypertension Aware-ness Month. Glenmarkpartnered with more 18,000healthcare professionals(HCPs) from more than 8000hospitals and clinics in 50cities across the country,and organized morethan 110 publicawareness rallies and8000 screeningcamps to create massawareness around Hy-pertension (HighBlood Pressure).

While talkingabout this program,Alok Malik, Group VicePresident & Head ofIndia Formulations,Glenmark, said, “Thismonth-long initiativeis our endeavor to cre-ate awareness about this si-lent killer disease in thecountry, which has little orno warning signs or symp-toms. As per the recent sur-vey conducted by the IndiaCouncil for Medical Re-search, one out of everythree Indian adults is hyper-tensive. As a leader in Hyper-tension management,Glenmark is committed to

taking every possible step inthe country’s fight againstthis disease, which affectsmillions of people everyyear.”

The rallies comprised adetailed session by an HCPon the signs, symptoms aswell as preventive measuresaround Hypertension; andwere followed by screeningcamps for the general pub-

lic. The whole activity waswidely appreciated by themedical fraternity and pub-lic. Through this initiative,the company was able tospread awareness amongstmore than 2 lakh adults.

Being a leader in the Hy-pertension category, withone of the path-breakinganti-Hypertension drugs,Telma®, Glenmark has been

pertise to solve local chal-lenges. Dinesh Rathi, ChiefExecutive Officer, Lagos FreeZone, added: “We are de-lighted that BASF, one of ourmost prestigious interna-tional clients, have decidedto expand their operations inNigeria, and taken up ournew Standard Industrial Fa-cility for setting up their re-search laboratory and theirflagship Waste-2-Chemicalsproduction unit. In the wakeof the COVID-19 pandemic,we have made special effortsto ensure ease of doing busi-ness, and to assist our clientsin navigating the processeseasily through ourstrongrelationships withregulators.

Lagos Free Zone announces major expansion plan by BASFNew Delhi, Lagos Free

Zone (LFZ), the first and onlyeconomic free zone in Nige-ria to be integrated with thecountry’s deepest seaport,has announced that one ofits most prestigious clients isexpanding its Nigerian busi-ness by setting up a uniqueresearch and manufacturingfacility in LFZ.

BASF, one of the world’sleading chemical companies,with over 150 years’ experi-ence across a wide range ofindustries, is setting up astate-of-the-art circulareconomy research labora-tory and a custom-madeproduction unit for thecompany’s Waste-2-Chemi-cals project in LFZ.

Having gone through apilot phase over the last 18months, BASF is now ex-panding and consolidatingon its supply chain capabili-ties in the zone, and lining upinvestments for local manu-facturing, starting with thefirst demo unit of its flagshipproject that converts wasteinto chemicals.

BASF West Africa Limitedhas been doing business inNigeria for 55 years, touchingmillions of lives every day. Ithas been constantly invest-ing in developing its capa-bilities, operations, andpeople through localisation.The company has now takenup the new Standard Indus-trial Facility at the Lagos Free

Zone and considers it theperfect home for therealisation of its growth planover the next three years.

Taiwo Ilesanmi, Manag-ing Director, BASF Opera-tions LFTZ Enterprise, said:“We believe there is no big-ger demonstration of thecommitment to Nigeria thanthe transfer of know-howand enabling local knowl-edge creation. This meansinvesting in local innovationcapabilities by building labo-ratories, enabling us to de-sign and deploy customizedsolutions for Nigeria in Nige-ria, while supportingacademia. BASF in West Af-rica continues to act as abridge, deploying global ex-

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Myprotein LaunchesTwo New Products ForFitness Enthusiasts

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EXTRACT OF STATEMENT OF STANDALONEAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE

QUARTER/ YEAR ENDED ON 31ST MARCH, 2022

For DENIS CHEM LAB LIMITEDHIMANSHU C. PATEL

MANAGING DIRECTORDin No. : 00087114

Date : 26th May, 2022Place : Ahmedabad

Notes:-1 The above is an extract of the detailed format of Annual

Financial Results filed with BSE Limited underRegulation 33 of the SEBI (LODR) Reg., 2015.

2 The full format of Annual Financial Results is availableon the website of BSE Limited at www.bseindia.com andalso on the website of the Company.

DENIS CHEM LAB LIMITED[CIN: L24230GJ1980PLC003843]

Registered Office: Block No. 457, Vil lage: Chhatral,Tal: Kalol (N.G.) Dist: Gandhinagar – 382 729

Quarterended

on31-03-2021(Audited)

(Rs.in Lakh)Year

endedon

31-03-2022(Audited)

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on31-03-2022(Audited)

Particulars

Total income from operations (Net) 3777.44 13655.65 2,771.65Net Profit / (Loss) for the period(before Tax, Exceptional and/orExtraordinary items) 150.47 888.34 (45.72)Net Profit /(Loss) for the periodbefore tax (after Exceptionaland/or Extraordinary items) 150.47 888.34 (45.72)Net Profit /(Loss) for the periodafter tax (after Exceptional and/orExtraordinary items) 94.28 626.30 (28.83)Total ComprehensiveIncome for the period 94.28 598.75 (13.54)Equity Share Capital 1387.67 1387.67 1,387.67Reserves (ExcludingRevaluation Reserves) - 5257.46 -Earnings Per Share (afterextraordinary items) (Face valueof Rs. 10/- each) (for continuingand discontinued operations)Basic & Diluted: 0.68 4.51 (0.21)

JAYATMA ENTERPRISES LIMITED(Formerly known as Jayatma Spinners Limited)

Regd. office :- 2nd Floor, 1, Laxminagar Co-op Hou. Soc. Ltd., B/s Naranpura Post Office,Naranpura, Ahmedabad – 380013 Website :- www.jayatmaenterprise.com :

Mail us on :- [email protected] : Ph. No. : - 079 - 27682700 CIN : L17110GJ1979PLC003355

Date : 26.05.2022Place : Ahmedabad.

By Order of the BoardFor, Jayatma Enterprises Limited

Sd/- Nirav K. Shah (DIN : 00397336)Chairman & Managing Director

Note: The above is an extract of the detailed format of Standalone Audited FinancialResults filed with the Stock Exchange under Regulation 33 of the SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The full format ofStandalone Audited Financial Results are available on the Company’s website i.e.www.jayatmaenterprises.com and website of stock exchange i.e. www.bseindia.com.

EXTRACT OF AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FORTHE FOURTH QUARTER/YEAR ENDED ON 31.03.2022

(RS. IN LACS)

PARTICULARS31.03.2021(Audited)

1 Total income fromoperations (net) 21.00 18.60 17.72 85.4 96.33

2 Net Profit / (Loss) fromordinary activites beforetax, exceptional and/orextra ordinary items 6.72 9.26 8.08 41.17 40.53

3 Net Profit / (Loss) for theperiod before tax (afterExceptional and/orExtraordinary items) 6.72 9.26 8.08 41.17 40.53

4 Net Profit / (Loss) for theperiod after tax (afterExceptional and/orExtraordinary items) 8.47 4.43 0.89 29.32 29.33

5 Equity Share Capital 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.006 Reserves (excluding

Revaluation Reserve asshown in the BalanceSheet of previous year) 315.19

7 Earning Per Share (Inrupees before/afterextraordinary items)(of Rs. 10/- each)Basic : 0.28 0.15 0.03 0.98 0.98Diluted : 0.28 0.15 0.03 0.98 0.98

31.03.2022(Audited)

Sr.No. 31.03.2021

(Audited)31.12.2021(Unaudited)

31.3.2022(Audited)

Quarter Ended Year Ended

ParticularsSr.No.

For theQuarterended

31/03/2022(Audited)

For theQuarterended

31/03/2021(Audited)

1 Total Income from Operations 1104.35 1061.8 910.78 3118.4 1485.462 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period

(before Tax, Exceptional and/orExtraordinary items# ) -81.07 -79.8 0.56 -206.23 -192.72

3 Net Profit / (Loss) for the periodbefore tax (after Exceptional and/orExtraordinary items#) -81.07 -79.8 0.56 -206.23 -192.72

4 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period aftertax (after Exceptional and/orExtraordinary items#) -59.45 -65.12 -5.71 -159.06 -160.36

5 Total Comprehensive Income for theperiod [Comprising Profit / (Loss)for the period (after tax) and OtherComprehensive Income (after tax)] -58.92 -64.85 -5.18 -157.71 -161.18

6 Equity Share Capital 494.16 494.16 494.16 494.16 494.167 Reserves (excluding Revaluation

Reserve) as shown in the AuditedBalance Sheet of“the previous year 0 0 0 0 0

8 Earnings Per Share (of Rs. 1 /- each(for continuing and discontinuedoperations)1. Basic:2. Diluted: -0.12 -0.13 -0.01 -0.32 -0.32

For theQuarterended

31/12/2021(Unaudited)

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31/03/2022(Audited)

MINAXI TEXTILES LIMITEDCIN : L17119GJ1995PLC025007

Regd. Office : : Plot No.3311, GIDC, Phase IV, Chhatral,Taluka Kalol, Gandhinagar 382729

EXTRACT OF STANDALONE AUDITED FINANCIALRESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED ON 31.03.2022

NOTES :1 The above Audited Financial Results for the Quarter and Year ended on 31st March 2022 have

been reveiwed by the Audit Committee, and have been considered and approved by the Board ofDirectors at its meeting held on 26th May, 2022. The Financial Results for the year ended on 31stMarch, 2022 were audited by the Statutory auditor, who have issued an un modified report thereon.While placing this financial results before the Board, the Managing Director and the Chief FinancialOfficer Who has issued certificate as required under Regulation 33(2)(a) of the SEBI (LODR)Regulations, 2015.

2 As informed earlier to BSE the company has Transfer and dematerialized 1485600 UnclaimedShares on 02.11.2021 in dmate account namely "Minaxi Textiles Limited- Unclaimed SuspenseAccount held with Shah Investor's Home Limited (SIHL) in compliance with Schedule VI r/wRegulation 39(4) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, Out of which 171000 Shares were claimedby shareholders which are transferred them through corporate action by RTA on 08.04.2022. Nowthe company has 1314600 remaining Unclaimed Shares in Dmate account namely "MINAXITEXTILES LIMITED UNCLAIMED SUSPENSE ACCOUNT”.

3 The company has considered possible effects that may result from the COVID-19 pandemic inpreparation of these financial results including the recoverability of its assets comprising Property,Plant and Equipment, Trade Receivables, and Inventories. In developing the assumptions relatingto future uncertainties in the economic conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has at the dateof approval of these financial results, used relevant internal and external sources of information,including economic forecast and expect that the carrying amount of these assets are recoverable.The impact of COVID-19 may be different from that estimated as at the date of approval of thesefinancial results, the company will continue to monitor any material changes to future economicconditions.

4 The financial results have been prepared in accordance with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015 (IND AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 andother accounting principles generally accepted in India.

5 Figures for the previous periods have been regrouped wherever considered necessary.6 The company is engaged in single segment of business i.e. Textiles and hence only one reportable

operating segment as per Ind As 108 - Operating segments.7 Figures for the quarter ended 31st March, 2022 and 31st March, 2021 represents the difference

between the audited figures in respect to the full financial year and the published unaudited figuresup to the end of the third quarter of the current financial year and previous financial year respectively,which were subjected to a limited review.

8 The company has incurred cash losses in current year and preceding financial year. During theyear the company has executed debt restructuring scheme and restructured its overall borrowings.This will result into substantial reduction in the interest outflow for future period and has extendedthe repayment plan in relation to restructured borrowings. Further, the Company expects to generateoperational cash-inflows in near future, which will support the Company to meets its near futurecash obligations. Taking these factors into consideration, the Company believes financial informationis fairly presented on going concern basis.

9 The Company is not a Large Corporate as per the applicability criteria given under the SEBI circularSEBI/HO/DDHS/CIR/P/2018/144 dated November 26,2018.

Place : ChhatralDate : 26/05/2022

For and on behalf of the BoardMINAXI TEXTILES LIMITED

Dineshkumar P Patel(Managing Director)

DIN : 02268757

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31/03/2021(Audited)

SHREE NARMADA ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIES LIMITEDReg. Office : 95/1, Bharuch-Palej Road, Bholav, Dist: Bharuch, Gujarat - 392001

Tel: 912642260624 E-mail : nalexbh@@yahoo.co.in CIN :L91110GJ1981PLC004269STATEMENT OF AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FORTHE QUARTER AND YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

Place : MumbaiDate : 26.05.2022

For and on behalf of Board of DirectorsKantilal B. Patel

Chairman & M.D. - CEOMilan R Patel

Director and CFO

Note :- The above extract Financial Results for the quarter and nine months ended 31.03.22filed with the stock exchange under Regulation 33 of the Sebi (LODR) Regulation 2015. The fullformate of the same with the notes are available on the web site of the stock exchange aswww.bseindia.com and company website www.snailbh.in

(Rs.In Lakhs)

Other Income 0.00 0.00 5.93 0.00 5.94Profit for the period -2.88 -2.62 4.38 -8.08 1.27Remeasurement of the defined benefit plan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07Total Comprehensive Income (IX+X) -2.88 -2.62 4.38 -8.08 1.35Paid up Equity Share Capital (FV 10/share) 52.96 52.96 52.96 52.96 52.96Earnings Per Share (Basic+Diluted) -0.55 -0.50 0.84 -1.55 0.24

Quarter Ended Year Ended31.03.2022 31.12.2021 31.03.2021 31.03.2022 31.03.2021

Audited

Particulars

AuditedAudited Unaudited Audited

The government has rolledout tax incentives, such as azero withholding tax and a10 year corporate tax holi-day, which have led manyforeign financial institutionsto open offices in GIFT City.

In India, regulations inprinciple prohibitextending foreigncurrency-denomi-nated loans, butGIFT City providesan opportunity tobook India-linkedoffshore businesswithin India whichwe believe will en-able us to meet di-verse fundingneeds of custom-ers in a marketwhere futuregrowth is ex-pected. In addition,

foreign currency lendingoperations, hitherto mainlyconducted from outside In-dia, can now be processedwithin the country.

This, together with anexpected simplification ofprocedures, will improve di-

MUFG Receives Approval toOpen GIFT Branch in India

Tokyo, MUFG Bank an-nounced that it has becomethe first Japanese bank toobtain approval to open abranch (GIFT Branch) in theGujarat International Finan-cial Tec-City (GIFT City) fromthe International FinancialServices CentresAuthority in Indiaand the FinancialServices Agencyin Japan. We willproceed withpreparations toopen the GIFTBranch.

As part of theI n d i a ngovernment's vi-sion to make Indiaa hub for interna-tional financialservices, it estab-lished GIFT City inGujarat State, western India,as a financial and IT specialzone with an internationalfinancial service centre foroffshore transactions. GIFTCity encourages banks andinvestors to return businesscurrently overseas to India.

versity and mobility in fi-nancing in India, enablingclients to benefit from im-proved financial services.MUFG Bank strives to pro-vide financial services to itsclients in India, doing soever since the establish-ment of the current MumbaiBranch in 1953. In March2022, we announced the es-tablishment of the MUFGGanesha Fund[1] , an invest-ment fund totaling USD300million for startups in Indiawith the aim of further con-tributing to the develop-ment of clients operating inIndia and of India itself. Pres-ently, MUFG Bank has fivebranches in India (NewDelhi, Mumbai, Chennai,Bengaluru and Neemrana),making the GIFT Branch oursixth branch. We will makethe most of this network, thelargest of any Japanesebank in India, and work toprovide even more exten-sive enriched financial ser-vices so as to live up to cli-ents’ needs better than everbefore.

Tapan RayMD & GroupCEO, GIFT City

L&T named Second Strongest GlobalEngineering & Construction BrandMumbai, Larsen &

Toubro (L&T), an Indian mul-tinational engaged in EPCProjects, Hi-Tech Manufac-turing and Services, hasbeen named as the ‘SecondStrongest Brand’ among thetop 50 Global Engineeringand Construction (E&C)companies – by Brand Fi-nance, the world’s leadingbrand valuationconsultancy.

L&T has also beenranked as the ‘Third FastestGrowing Brand’ by the Lon-don-based consultancy inits ‘Engineering & Con-struction 50 – 2022’ report.It is the only Indian com-pany among the ‘MostValuable Global E&C Firms’.L&T with its footprintacross 50 countries hasgained 44% in its BrandValue over last year.

Commenting on thisachievement, an L&Tspokesperson, said: “Brand isabout so much more thanjust a name or a logo. It'sabout trust, reputation,value systems and credibil-

ity. We are honoured to berecognized as the SecondStrongest Global Brand inthe Engineering and Con-struction space by Brand Fi-nance. This recognition is atestament to our team'scommitment to excellenceand our clients' trust in ourability to deliver on ourpromises.” “We are excitedto see what the future holdsfor our brand and our busi-ness. With continuedgrowth and expansion intonew markets and new sec-tors, we are confident thatwe will continue to build onour strong foundation andsolidify our position as aleading player in the globalindustry.”

L&T achieved a signifi-cant improvement in itsbrand strength, with itsBrand Strength Index (BSI)increasing by 7.1 points, to83.9 out of 100, with a cor-responding rating of AAA.Among the ‘Most ValuableE&C 50 2022’ brands L&T isthe only Indian brandpresent there.

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Prashant Kishor to begin connectivityprogramme within 10 days

Patna, May 26 (IANS) Ina bid to prepare ground for"Jan Suraaj" (Good Gover-nance) campaign, ace politi-cal strategist-turned-politi-cal leader Prashant Kishor(PK) will start his missionfrom Bihar's Vaishali within10 days.

"The actual idea is to es-tablish regional connec-tions with the people whoare active in society," hesaid.

During the first pressmeet in Patna on April 5,Kishor claimed that hewanted 18-20,000 people tojoin his campaign. Now, hehas already met with 60,000people from across the stateand everyone is enthusias-tic about joining the cam-paign and are wanting tochange the system, he

added. He said due to theenthusiasm and eagernessthat they are showing to-wards Jan Suraj campaign,they are wanting him to visittheir respective areas andthe regional connectivityprogramme is geared to-wards this.

He said that he will startfrom Vaishali and then go toother districts according tothe wishes of the people."Such a regional connectiv-ity initiative will actuallyhelp to understand whatactual problems people ofBihar are facing now. Wewant to prepare separateplans for separate issues.The motive of Jan Suraajcampaign is not only to con-nect with people but alsoprovide solutions to themas well," he said.

Gehlot or Pilot in Raj, Cong to decide after June 10New Delhi, May 26

(IANS) The Congress willtake a final call on the lead-ership issues in Rajasthan,where tussle betweenSachin Pilot and AshokGehlot continues, after June10 Rajya Sabha polls in or-der to avoid the Punjab-likesituation to hit the party.

Sources said that therewill be a major overhaul inthe state organisation andthe government, and partyinterim president SoniaGandhi has held discussionswith leaders, including Gen-eral Secretary in-charge AjayMaken.

Sachin Pilot has beenvying for the Chief Minister'spost, but Ashok Gehlot hasthe confidence of SoniaGandhi. Time and again,

Pilot's MLAs have beentargetting their own gov-ernment. The top leadershipof the party in Delhi hasbeen upset with this.Sources say all this will bedecided after Rajya Sabhapolls and preparations for2023 Assembly polls willalso begin.Ahead of the RSpolls many MLAs are target-ing the government.

Congress MLA RajendraSingh Bidhuri from Begun inChittorgarh said that CMAshok Gehlot "is scared thathis minister will go to jail,due to which he is not con-ducting a CBI inquiry intothe REET scandal."

The MLA also com-mented on an appointmentsaying, "The CM gave himthe status of Minister of

State, who lost twice by50,000 votes. If we win asMLAs, then only will you be-come the chief minister."

The man he indirectlytargeted is Surendra SinghJadawat, who was ap-pointed as the Chairman ofthe Rajasthan Heritage Con-servation and PromotionAuthority (RHCPA)

Advisor to Gehlot andIndependent MLA fromSirohi, Sanyam Lodha alsoopened a front against thegovernment. He gave abreach of privilege noticeagainst the Home Depart-ment and the Revenue De-partment for inaction in twocases despite an announce-ment being made in the As-sembly. Lodha submittedbreach of privilege notices

against both the depart-ments to the Assembly Sec-retary. Now, the AssemblySecretariat will start the fur-ther process.

Theinfighting is hap-pening when the opposi-tion BJP is aiming to win twoRajya Sabha seats by field-ing two candidates.

Four seats of the RajyaSabha are going to pollsfrom the state, the Congresswants to win three but itsshort of 15 MLAs there are13 independent MLAs.While one of the RashtriyaLok Dal MLA is in alliancewith the Congress, the CPI-M and the Bharatiya TribalParty of India have twovotes each. The BTP recentlyannounced its divorce fromthe state Congress.

ED raids residence, office of ShivSena Minister Anil Parab

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Direc-torate (ED) swooped on the homes and offices ofShiv Sena leader and Transport Minister Anil D. Parab,here early on Thursday.The ED teams simultaneouslyreached over half a dozen locations in Mumbai,Ratnagiri, Pune, including Parab's official bungalowhere and carried out searches.

The action follows a complaint lodged by theagency in an alleged money-laundering caseagainst Parab.

Parab became the second sitting Minister of theMaha Vikas Aghadi government who has beentargetted by central probe agencies.Earlier in Feb-ruary, Nationalist Congress Party Minister NawabMalik had also been raided and is currently injail.Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party former MPKirit Somaiya, who had predicted the ED actions, saidthis is only the beginning and many more personsshall be in the net.

Youth killed over interfaith love,K'taka town tense

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), May 26 (IANS) Securityhas been beefed up in Karnataka's Kalaburagi dis-trict on Thursday after the murder of 25-year-oldHindu youth, who was in love with a woman of adifferent faith.The deceased has been identified asVijaya Kamble, a resident of Bheema Nagar Layoutin Waditown in the district.According to police,Kamble was in love with a woman belonging to an-other religion and wanted to marry her. Thewoman's family was opposed to their relationship.

According to preliminary reports, Kamble waswaylaid near the railway bridge by a gang of mis-creants. He was attacked by weapons, stones andbricks. Police said that the deceased had been at-tacked brutally.Kamble succumbed to profusebleeding on the spot. The incident took place onWednesday night and the situation has turned tensein the Wadi town.

Five-tier security in Chennaiahead of PM's visit

Chennai, May 26 (IANS) Five-tier security hasbeen put in place for the visit of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, who is arriving in Chennai on Thurs-day for inaugurating and laying foundation stonesfor a slew of projects.

Around 22,000 policemen have been deployedby the Greater Chennai Police. The event is sched-uled to be held at 5.45 p.m. at Jawaharlal Nehru in-door stadium, Chennai.

This is the first visit of the Prime Minister toChennai since M.K. Stalin became the Chief Minis-ter of Tamil Nadu. The Chennai city traffic police hasissued a notice to the public that there would betraffic regulations between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in thecity from EVR salai and Dasprakash to Chennai medi-cal college junction.

Lalu reachs Patna, will soonannounce Rajya Sabha candidates

Patna, May 26 (IANS) RJDnational President LaluPrasad Yadav arrived inPatna on Wednesdayevening and was receivedby a large number of partysupporters at the airport.

Lalu Prasad, along withhis eldest daughter MisaBharti, arrived at Patna air-port at 7 pm, and went to hiswife Rabri Devi's official resi-dence at 10 Circular Road.

He also met party lead-ers including his son TejPratap Yadav, Jay PrakashNarayan Yadav, Abdul Bari

Siddiqui and other leadersat the residence.Followinghis arrival, he will announcethe names of two RajyaSabha candidates of hisparty. Sources have said thatthe name of Misa Bharti isalready confirmed, but hasnot been announced offi-cially, and Lalu Prasad willfinalise the name of anothercandidate any time fromnow on.Earlier, there was aspeculation that the RJDmay send Baba Siddiqui orace Supreme Court lawyerKapil Sibal to the upper

house of Parliament. How-ever, the latter has alreadyfiled the nomination fromLucknow as an Samajwadiparty-backed independentcandidate. Now, there is abuzz that a candidate fromRajya Sabha will be selectedfrom Bihar. At present, ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar'scloseness with the RJDchief 's younger sonTejashwi Yadav has been in-creasing appeared in thelast one month especiallyduring the month ofRamzan.

Jayant Chaudhary to beSP's 3rd candidate for RSLucknow, May 26

(IANS) Jayant Chaudhary,president of the RashtriyaLok Dal will be the thirdcandidate supported bythe Samajwadi Party forthe Rajya Sabha biennialelections.

The party has alreadyannounced its support forKapil Sibal, who is contest-ing as an independent can-didate. Another SP nomi-nee is Javed Ali.

By announcing sup-port to Jayant Chaudhary,the Samajwadi Party hasmade the first move to ce-ment the SP-RLD alliance

for the Lok Sabha elec-tions.

The RLD has eightMLAs in the Uttar PradeshAssembly and a candidateneeds 37 votes to win theseat.

Meanwhile, SamajwadiParty sources said that theparty was likely to fieldDimple Yadav in the up-coming by-election on theAzamgarh Lok Sabha seat.

The seat had fallen va-cant after Akhilesh Yadavresigned from the LokSabha in March and optedto remain active in statepolitics.

Victim in actress abduction case expresseshappiness after meeting Pinarayi Vijayan

Thiruvananthapuram,May 26 (IANS) For the firsttime after her harrowing ex-perience in 2017, when shewas abducted and harassedin a moving car in Kochi city,the victim on Thursdaycalled on Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan at his officehere and expressed happi-ness after meeting him.

"I was wanting to meethim for a long time and itbecame a reality today andam extremely happy withthe assurance that he hasgiven to me," said the ac-tress to the media after the10-minute meeting she hadwith Vijayan.

"I have conveyed my ap-prehension to him aboutthe probe not going in rightdirection and he has as-

sured me that they are withme," added the actress.

Early this week, she hadapproached the Kerala HighCourt with a petition statingthat she wish the court in-tervenes as she suspectsfoul play in the investigationas it is entering its last phase.

In reply to a question onif she spoke against the gov-ernment in her petition, shereplied in the negative.

"I have also conveyedmy fears and I am reallyhappy with the outcome ofthe meeting," added the vic-tim.

According to sources inthe know of things, she con-veyed her wish that theprobe that is currently onshould not be closedabruptly.--IANS

CBI summons Trinamool MLA over coal smuggling scamKolkata, May 26 (IANS)

The Central Bureau of Inves-tigation (CBI) has sum-moned Trinamool CongressMLA Saokat Molla in con-nection to a coal smugglingcase in West Bengal.

Mollah is the party's sit-ting MLA from the Canning(East) Assembly constitu-ency in South 24 Parganasdistrict.

He has summoned toappear at the CBI's office in

Kolkata on Friday at 11 a.m.CBI sources said that al-

though the coal-belt ofAsansol in West Burdwandistrict was the base ofsmuggling rackets, the in-vestigating sleuths have re-cently identified severalpoints where the coalsmuggled illegally weresent to different areas in thestate.

"Now Jeebantala areaunder Molla's constituency,

Canning (East) houses sev-eral brick kilns that requirehuge amount of coal atcheaper rates to success-fully operate. We have comeacross many such brick kilnsin Canning (East) which hadbeen getting regular supplyof smuggled coal. Our inves-tigators doubt that the localMLA acted as a mediator inthis supply and hence hehas been summoned forquestioning on Friday," a

CBI official said on the con-dition of anonymity. Inci-dentally Molla's residence isalso at the Jeebantala area.

Molla has however, de-nied his involvement, say-ing: "This is a sheer politicalconspiracy to frame me."

The MLA also said thathe was yet to decide abouthis appearance before theCBI on Friday.Molla is a two-time Trinamool CongressMLA since 2016. --IANS

Yasin Malik's conviction exposed Pakistan'sterror factory: Ajmer Dargah head

New Delhi, May 26(IANS) Pakistan has beenexposed of its involvementin carrying out terror activi-ties in India with the convic-tion of Kashmiri separatistleader Yasin Malik, who wassentenced to life imprison-ment by an NIA Court herefor waging war against In-dia, according to AjmerDargah's spiritual head.

"The real face of Pakistanis being exposed in front ofthe world, how Pakistandoes terrorist funding in In-dia through people likeYasin Malik, by provokingterrorism in India," SpiritualHead of the Shrine & Heredi-

tary Sajjadanashin of AjmerDargah, Dewan Syed ZainulAbedin Ali Kha Sahab said.

He further said the terroractivities done by Pakistanare now in front of the worldas they funded the Kashmiriseparatist to carry out terrorincidents in Kashmir andsnatching books from inno-cent Kashmiris and force-fully putting guns in theirhands and making them ter-rorists.

Malik, 56, was sentencedto life on Wednesday by aspecial NIA court in Delhi. Hemay not even challenge thesentencing in higher courtsas he himself pleaded guilty.

Vinai Kumar Saxena takesoath as Delhi's new L-G

New Delhi, May 26(IANS) Vinai Kumar Saxenaon Thursday took oath asthe 22nd Lieutenant Gover-nor of Delhi.

Saxena, 64, is the formerchairperson of the Khadiand Village Industries Com-mission (KVIC). His prede-cessor Anil Baijal resignedlast week from the positionciting personal reasons.He

was sworn in as the new L-G at a simple ceremony inthe Raj Niwas by Chief Jus-tice of Delhi High CourtVipin Sanghi.The swearing-in ceremony was attendedby Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, his cabinetcolleagues, several Unionministers, Delhi MPs andMLAs, and top bureaucratsof the city.

Vendors sell fruits at a floating market in Rangamati, Bangladesh.UNI

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma offering puja at Maha BhairavShiva temple in Tezpur. UNI

5 arrestedfrom Kolkata'sEden Gardens

for bettingduring IPL

Kolkata, May 26 (IANS)Five persons were arrestedin connection with a cricketracket operating from EdenGardens while the much-hyped IPL match betweenRoyal Challengers Banga-lore (RCB) and LucknowSuperGiants (LSG) was un-derway, sources said onThursday.

The arrests were madeby the anti-rowdy squad(ARS) under the detectivedepartment (DD) of KolkataPolice on Wednesdayevening.

All the five -- SunilKumar, Ajay Kumar, AmarKumar, Obada Khalil andAniket Kumar -- are resi-dents of Bihar.

It is learnt that on beingtipped by their sources, thesleuths of ARS in muftireached the F-I block of theaudience gallery of EdenGarden on late Wednesday.Three youths at the blockcaught their attention as in-stead of watching the nail-biting match, they werebusy surfing on their mobilephones. The ARS sleuths ap-prehended them and ar-rested them.On the basis oftheir confession, two morepersons were arrested froma private guest house at theNew Market area in centralKolkata on Wednesdayevening only.--IANS