We The State - Issue 29 Vol 2

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he StateAPRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014

Vol-02. Issue-29. Bhopal. Monday Page-12 Price-5/-

POSTAL REGD. MP/BHOPAL/4-323/2013-15

Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

Online edition availble at wethestate.com and wethestate.blogspot.in

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Will Sori be ableto make a difference in thelives of people?

3People struckup in vortex ofcorruption :Chauhan

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Modi factorleads to consolidation ofHindu votes, butMuslim votesdivided

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Jacqueline's lovetriangle with

RiteishDeshmukh and

Pulkit Samrat

10Dhoni expectsSuper Kings to

reach at leastsemifinal

8No smoothsailing for

SamajwadiParty in UP

very vote counts, but for tribalsof a village in Danwakheda for-est, this sounds like a cruel joke.

They have been trying for voting rights fora long time now, but with each passing daytheir hope in the democracy seems to befading away. Danwakheda forest comesunder Ghodadongri Assembly segment ofthe Betul seat. Lok Sabha polls for this seg-ment will be held on April 24. The clock isclicking very fast for the tribals and they areclamouring for their right to vote.Unfortunately, there is no clarity on theirfate as everything seems to be mired inpaper work now.

More than 55 Gond and Korku tribals(see pictures), led by Rajendra Garwahl of

Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SJP), covered upto 70 Kilometre to stage a protest at theBetul Collectorate recently demanding vot-ing rights. "They have been living heresince 2000, but despite repeated requests,administration refuses to recognise them,"told Rajendra Garhwal.

Rajesh P Mishra, Collector Betul dis-trict, termed them as illegal encroacherswho are residents of neighbouringChhindwara district and no such villageexists as claimed by the tribals. "When Ivisited this area this month I found onlyfour sheds and only 10 tribals were presentthere. These Tribals are actually fromChhindwara which is 3 km from there andthey are on the voters list in Chhindwara,"claimed Rajendra Garhwal. However, BrijKishore Pandey, a lawyer representing

some tribals in encroachment cases refutesall the charges. "If there is any electoral listthen why no one has produced it instead oflevelling baseless allegations," told BrijKishore.

"The fact that forest department andadministration had levelled encroachmentcharges way back in 2004 substantiate trib-als claim that they have been living here fora long time, but voting rights have not beenextended to them," he said.

Tribals representatives allege that col-lector Rajesh P Mishra never informedabout his visit which caused all the confu-sion. "Tribals subsist on minor forest pro-duce such as mahua and firewood. This ismahua season and tribals had gone to col-lect mahua when collector visited theplace," claims Rajendra Garhwal. But, thecollector alleged that the tribals were beingexploited as SJP's Fagram is a candidatefrom the seat.

"We made a complaint to the ElectionCommission following which a report hasbeen submitted by Election Commissionobserver Sushil Kumar," said AflatoonAfloo, National Secretary, SamajwadiJanparishad.

Now, the real question is: Will the trib-als get a chance to vote on April 24? Tribalsand their representative have requestedElection Commission to take a final call ontheir claims.

"If we are wrong prove us so, otherwisedon't take away our right to vote," claim thetribals. "They have never voted in theirlives, either in Chhindwara or Betul.Anyone who lives in any place for morethan six months is eligible to vote there,"said Rajendra Garhwal.

VARANSI: While there had been a lotof talk about a common candidate of the"secular" front being fielded in Varanasi, ithas not materialized because none of theparties would want to be seen as cedingspace against Modi and instead would wantto present itself as the principal voiceagainst the Hindutva mascot.

This would end the biggest mystery inthe Varanasi battle. Earlier, the Congress'sdelay in announcing the candidate from theLok Sabha seat had triggered speculationthat the party could be looking for a "big"name like Karan Singh who was sent to con-test against Atal Bihari Vajpayee inLucknow.

But failing to find any big name to takeon Bjp's prime ministerial candidateNarendra Modi, Congress finally fielded AjayRai from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Rai isCongress MLA from Pindra near Varanasiand belongs to Bhumihar community.

The constituency is thus set for a con-test between Modi, Aam Aadmi Party (Aap)chief Arvind Kejriwal and Rai besides thenominees of the Samajwadi Party (SP) andBahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

The temple town of Uttar Pradesh hastaken centre stage in this election after BJPdecided to field Modi and AAP declaredKejriwal's name to contest here. The BJPclaims that Modi's presence in the holy citywould shore up the party's chances in east-ern UP region that has 32 Lok Sabha seatson offer. While Kejriwal latched on Modi'sannouncement to stake his claim there, theCongress had been hamstrung by theabsence of a personality to take on the for-midable saffron rival.

NEWS maxNo common candidate ofsecular front in Varansi

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Will tribalsbe denied theright to vote ?

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Will Sori be able to make a difference in the lives of people?

The ChhattisgarhWildlife Society and theChhattisgarh state forestdepartment have decided toplant more trees to invite themigratory birds to keepcoming, though their excre-ta destroy the trees and theynever return to them.Instructions are given tostart plantation by first weekof July, at the start of themonsoon. And the locals areinformed to restrain fromcutting the branches, princi-pal chief conservator of for-est, Ram Prakash said.Prakash said his departmentwould plant peepal, neem,babool and banyan trees inten identified spots whereAsian Open Bill Storks nestupon. Open Bill Stork is a

major species among the 11Stork species in Asia. Apartfrom India, it is found insmall numbers in Pakistan,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.Monsoon invites the migra-tory bird Asian Open BillStork to more than ten spotsin Chhattisgarh. Storkscome in flocks of 2,000 -5,000 and nestle on trees inRaipur district of the state.

Gudrudih village, nearTumgaon in Mahasamunddistrict, used to be a nestingplace for more than 1,000birds. But the place is nowdeserted with not a singleAsian Bill visiting. Treesthey nestle upon get plas-tered with toxic bird excre-ta, and afterwards thesebirds never return to thesetrees.

Rajnandgaon has been also at the forefront of theECI's SVEEP programme, Systematic Voters'Education And Electoral Participation. As part ofSVEEP, an initiative, PRTIGYA, an acronym forPeople in Rajnandgaon Affirmatively Take Initiativeto Generate Youth electoral Awareness, waslaunched here during the assembly polls and it wonthe EC's Best Electoral Practice Award. The awardwas conferred by the President of India recently.Since the campaign was aimed at motivating youth,Dr Priyanka Shukla, chief executive Officer (zilapanchayat, Rajnandgaon), the moving force behindthe campaign, widely used the social network toreach out to the targeted audience. The Facebookpage of PRTIGYA has over 6500 likes and is being

used to motivate voters. It has daily updates and a lotof youngsters interact on it. Meanwhile, in order toencourage voters in Chhattisgarh, the IndianMedical Association (IMA), Rajnandgaon, has comeout with a novel idea. All the private nursing homesof the state registered with the association will pro-vide discount in the outpatient department (OPD)fees to people who show ink mark on their finger toprove their participation in polling.

Secretary of IMA, Rajnandgaon Dr PankajJethani said all the private nursing homes of stateaffiliated to the association have decided that a dis-count of at least 25% would be offered on all servic-es for three days, April 17-19, to those who wouldcast their votes. "All one has to do is to shownhis/her inked index finger to avail the discount", saidJethani.

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Rajnandgaon at the forefrontof the ECI's SVEEP programme

2 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)CHHATTISGARH EXPLORE

Forest dept to plant treesto attract migratory birds

RAIPUR

The fate ofSoni Sori, whowas branded aMaoist agentand sexuallytortured inpolice stations

and jails formonths, was

sealed in EVM.She was the onlywoman fighting

elections fromBastar parlia-

men-tary

constituency in Chhattisgarh, a region in central Indiaunder the red rebels' control. The 39-year-old tribalwoman teacher from Jabeli village of Dantewada wasamong the last to enter the fray in the constituencythat went to poll on April 10, the first phase of poll in

Chhattisgarh. However, the candidate of the AamAadmi Party (AAP) has made international headlinesfor the bold move she took just months after gettingout of jail on bail. The question uppermost in every-one's mind is whether Sori would get elected to parlia-ment so that she could make a difference in the livesof her people who are caught between the red rebelsand the security forces.

The mother of three began her election campaignwith her account showing a bank balance of 424rupees and a total asset of 1,95,000 rupees, the poorestamong the eight candidates in the constituency.Heropponents are Devchand Dhruwe of the CommunistParty of India (Marxist) with a total asset of 3,71,000rupees, Dinesh Kashyap of BJP with 1.61 crore andArjun Singh Thakur of Ambedkarite Party of Indiawith 4.68 crore rupees. What has boosted the most isthe enormous financial support she received fromfriends and well wishers, some from far away coun-tries such as Canada and US. Funds were raised at afunction organized in Edmonton, Canada, on March31 by AAP member Anurag Srivastava. Sori madehistory by publishing her manifesto on a 1,000-rupeejudicial stamp paper, saying that if she falters, electorscan use it against her. "I have released a manifesto ona stamp paper and not just a leaflet. People should useit against me if I fail to fulfil what I promise and standfor," Sori said. Sori's manifesto promises 10 millionrupees as compensation to families of security person-

nel killed in Maoist violence, rehabilitation of victimsof land acquisition and employment opportunities forlocal youths. It also promises to fight for tribals, whoare languishing in jails. She has become AAP's mascotagainst oppression and travails of tribals.

The tribal school teacher had been imprisoned in2011 by the state's ruling BJP state governmentallegedly for being a Maoists' sympathizer. The statepolice had filed a criminal case against her forallegedly acting as a conduit between the Essar Groupand Maoists. She was granted permanent bail by theSupreme Court in February this year, after severalNGOs rallied for her release.

Sori was arrested by the Delhi Police's CrimeBranch for Chhattisgarh Police in 2011 on charges ofacting as a conduit for Maoists. During her imprison-ment, she alleged that she was tortured and sexuallyassaulted by Chhattisgarh state police. By April 2013,the courts had acquitted her in six of the eight casesfiled against her due to lack of evidence.

Sori's father, Mundra Ram, is a former IndianNational Congress chief of their home village of BadeBedma. Her family has large landholdings in theregion. Her father also acted as an informant for thestate police. He was shot in the leg by Maoist rebelsin 2011. Sori's mother fell ill after Sori's arrest anddied in 2012. Her husband Anil Futane, a driver, hadbeen detained for one year on charges of collaborationwith the Maoist rebels.

RAIPUR

3 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)BHOPAL

otes were cast nine con-stituencies in the state inthe first phase of elections.

The fate of candidates from Rewa,Satna, Sidhi, Mandla, Shahdol,Jabalpur, Balaghat, Chhindwara andHoshangabad constituencies wassealed in electronic voting machines.

BJP is in safe zone in Mandla,Shahdol, Balaghat and Hoshangabadseats. Mandla and Shahdol are in theCongress' kitty but BJP candidatePhaggan Singh Kulaste and DalpatSingh Paraste may register victorythis time. Congress can hope to winChhindwara and Satna. The contestwill be tough in Sidhi and Jabalpur.There is three-cornered contest inRewa and Satna.

In Balaghat too, there is Modiwave which is helping BJP candidateBodhsingh Bhagat. Similarly,Hoshangabad Congress MP RaoUdaipratap Singh joining the BJPhas come as shocker to the Congressfrom the election point of view. InRewa, BJP candidate JanardanMishra could outsmart Congresscandidate Sunderlal Tiwari andBSP's Devraj Patel. Mishra is gettingthe benefit of the image of NarendraModi and Shivraj Singh Chauhan.Similarly, in Satna, there is a triangu-lar contest between Congress' AjaySingh, BJP MP Ganesh Singh andBSP's Dharmendra Tiwari.

With the Maihar MLA NarayanTripathi quitting the Congress andjoining the BJP, the latter may bene-fit. However, individual anti-incum-bency against Ganesh Singh is dam-aging BJP's prospects. There is atough contest between BJP andCongress in Sidhi. BJP has fielded anew face in Riti Pathak againstCongress candidate, the former min-ister Indrajit Patel, which has madethe contest interesting.

The BJP is working hard for thevictory of its candidate ChandrabhanSingh from Chhindwara butKamalnath still has an edge. TheChief Minister Shivraj SinghChauhan may have addressed 10public meetings there but defeatingCongress in Chhindwara seems to bea daunting task. The BJP MP RakeshSingh from Jabalpur seat may facetrouble from Congress candidateVivek Tankha. The incident of firingby BJP MLA's son on Congressworkers is giving political leverageto the Congress. In the 2009 generalelections, the BJP and Congress hadwon four seats each while one seathad fallen into the kitty of BahujanSamaj Party (BSP).

BRIEF People struck up in vortexof corruption : Chauhan

Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chauhan has said thepeople of the country havebeen stuck up in the vortex ofcorruption, dearness and inse-curity. They are looking for achange in this Lok Sabha elec-tion and they are looking atthe BJP with hopes that itwould provide powerful lead-ership to the country. He saidthe BJP has moved the devel-opment cart of the State on asingle wheel for ten years.Now the time has come whenwe have the opportunity toelect a BJP Government ledby Narendra Modi at theCentre so that the country andState both could run fast ondevelopment path.

Addressing an electionmeeting at Panna recently,Chauhan said the BJP-ledNational Democratic Alliance(NDA) Government led byAtal Bihari Vajpayee left thecountry financially sound. Atthat time, the current UnionFinance Minister PChidambaram had lauded thepink status of the Indian econ-omy of that time and hoped totake it further, but during thepast 10 years, the Congress-led United ProgressiveAlliance (UPA) Governmenthas ruined all the achieve-ments done by the VajpayeeGovernment. He further saidthat BJP's prime ministerialcandidate Narendra Modi hasearned worldwide good-willby presenting model of devel-opment and good governance.

The CM said for country'spride and development thepeople of country would makeMission 272 + a huge success.

He said during the past tenyears, Madhya Pradesh hasattained comprehensive devel-opment despite the partisanattitude of the CentralGovernment. The assistancemeant for the States wereeither curtailed or stopped bythe UPA Government becausethe Congress could not see the

State prosper, he added.Meanwhile, in an apparentreference to SP leader AzamKhan's 'hate' speech draggingthe Kargil conflict into thehigh-voltage Lok Sabha elec-tioneering, Chauhan said hewas appalled by the desperateattempts to communalise thepolls. "India needs growth,

jobs, security, infrastructureand justice for all Indians," hesaid on micro-blogging siteTwitter. "Our armed forcesshould be kept out of commu-nal politics at any cost andadded that any inimicalattempt to do so should faceprosecution," he tweeted with-out taking any names.

BHOPAL

Cong can hope to winChhindwara, Satna

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4 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)

3rd phase of polling: Maoist violencereported from various parts

Amid unprecedented security arrange-ments, Maoists violence is being reportedfrom different parts of the country duringthe third phase of polling across 11 statesand three Union Territories to pick 91 ofthe 543 MPs. Maoists opened fire on secu-rity forces near 10 polling booths inChhattisgarh's Bastar parliamentary seat,where around 30 percent of the electoratecast their votes till noon.

Besides, a huge haul of explosives,including 15 IEDs and three pressurebombs, were today recovered by securityforces from separate places, averting amassive strike by the ultras in the insur-gency-hit region.

"Naxals opened fire on security forcesnear around ten polling booths while vot-ing was underway there. No injury or casu-alty was reported in the incidents," a seniorpolice official said. Rebels fled to the forestafter security personnel launched retaliato-ry attack on them, he said.

The polling booths where firing wasreported are - Korra and Amirgarh inSukma district, Samoli and Thanikarkabooths in Dantewada district, Nednar booth

of Narayanpur district, Padeli andRaigabodi in Kondagaon, he said. Votingwas suspended for few minutes in many ofthese places but presently it is undergoingsmoothly, he said.

Two jawans of the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) were killed onThursday in a landmine blast in Jamui par-liamentary constituency in Bihar at around5:30 am, one and a half hour before thestart of polling in the area. The incidenttook place when CRPF and Bihar Policeteam were travelling in two jeeps andwere on their way to a polling station inJamui.

The Maoists triggered an IED plantedunder the bridge they were crossing, nearSawa Lakh Baba Mandir at the entrance ofBhimbandh jungle. In the blast, five othersjawans also suffered injuries and wererushed to the Sadar Hospital in nearbyMunger district.

Meanwhile, additional forces havebeen deployed in the area in the face ofmore such attacks during the day. LokJanshakti Party (LJP) President Ram VilasPaswan's son Chirag Paswan is in the frayfrom the Jamui parliamentary constituencyagainst Bihar Assembly Speaker UdayNarayan Choudhary of the Janata Dal

(United) and Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhaskarof the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Pollingis going on in six parliamentary constituen-cies of Bihar, including Jamui, today. Allsix -- Jamui, Aurangabad, Sasaram, Gaya,Nawada and Karakat are located in theMaoists-affected areas in the state.Maoists had earlier given a call for a pollboycott. In another incident, Gaya Police

seized six can bombs weighing 30 kg eachfrom Banke Bazar area under ImamganjAssembly segment, which is part ofAurangabad Lok Sabha seat, where toopolls are underway. The bombs weredefused, Gaya senior superintendent ofpolice Nishant Tiwari said. Maoists havelooted electronic voting machines in theKotpad area of Odisha.

Chief Minister RamanSingh claimed Chhattisgarh isthe first state in India to enact aFood Security Act to get thefoodgrains to the mostneedy.Addressing a public gath-ering at Geedam recently, Singhsaid nobody will remain hungryunder the BJP rule inChhattisgarh and to ensure atwo square meal daily to thepoor, the state government hasbeen providing rice at rupee oneper kilogram. He said theCongress party is responsiblefor the inflation, price rise,unemployment and the Maoistviolence. Hitting out at theManmohan Singh government,the chief minister said povertyhas increased across the country

during the Congress rule. Theincrease in the prices of essen-tial commodities has hit thecommon people hard. The ChiefMinister said his governmentwill provide electricity to everyvillage, and improve communi-cation by building concreteroads. He said it was because ofthe flawed economic policy ofthe Congress-led UPA govern-

ment that the people had to faceinflation and price rise. The ter-rible inflation, increasingMaoist activities and terrorismare the outcome of the ten-yearCongress rule, he remarked.

The Congress is responsiblefor the current situation and inthe ensuing Lok Sabha electionthe people are determined togive it an emotional farewell. InIndia, the poor became poorerunder the Congress raj, heremarked amid clapping by vot-ers at Makdi. In his speeches,Raman Singh not only attackedthe Congress-led UPA govern-ment, but also highlighted thedevelopment and welfare meas-ures the BJP government inChhattisgarh for the villages,the poor and the farmers, duringthe last ten years.

Nobody will remainhungry under BJP rule

RAIPUR TRAIL

Raipur

Chhattisgarh needs focus on development

to deal with Naxalism

RAIPUR

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has said the state needsfocus on development of national highways and railway networks. Hesaid a national policy on procurement of minor forest produce is need-ed that would directly benefit a vast tribal population. Singh saidNaxalism is a national problem affecting many states and a compre-hensive national policy and strategy is needed to deal with it. Ourfocus will be on taking up massive development initiatives, includingconstruction of roads and other infrastructure in Maoist affected areasby ensuring security with deployment of adequate forces and simulta-neously using high-end technology, including deployment ofunmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other state-of-the-art equipmentto track down Maoist leaders. Singh said tackling Maoist menace ishigh on BJP agenda. It has already been discussed at party level. Hesaid a comprehensive development plan for tribal areas coupled withhigh technology backed action to counter Naxalites would be put inplace once Modi government assumes power at Centre after LokSabha polls. The chief minister said the conventional warfare againstMaoist guerrillas has not been so effective. The strategy has to changeto track them with the use of modern technology, Singh said. Hepraised the then Union home minister P Chidambaram for what hetermed as fearless actions in anti-Naxalite operations but said his suc-cessor Sushil Kumar Shinde could not take any bold decisions to dealwith them. Tribal Bastar region in state's South and tribal Sargujaregion in the North would benefit if Centre agrees to change the fund-ing pattern to bring it on lines of North-Eastern states, Singh said.

RAIPUR

5 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

School children meet CS, givesuggestions on various issues

The state government has sent letter through PublicHealth and Family Welfare Department to all districtcollectors saying that all polling booths should bedeclared "no-smoking zone". Notice boards saying"Smoking Prohibited" should be installed at all pollingbooths.It is noteworthy that the Central Government hasbanned smoking at public places like governmentoffices, centres of entertainment, libraries, hospitals,stadiums, hotels, shopping malls, coffee houses, pri-vate offices, bus stops, court premises, railway sta-tions, cinema halls, restaurants, auditoriums, airports,waiting rooms, bus stops, public transport, education-al institutions, tea stalls, confectionary shops, dhabasetc. Smoking at these places may entail fine of Rs.200. This order can be enforced by government ser-vants up to inspector ranks and all senior officers.34.26 percent young voters in stateIn 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, 4 crore 80lakh 91 thousand 624 voters will cast their votes.These include, 2 crore 52 lakh 89 thousand 978 males,

2 crore 28 lakh 592 females and 1054 other voters.Number of young voters is maximum among voters inthe state. The number of voters turning 18 years of ageas on January 1, 2014 and from 18 up to the age of 29is one crore 64 lakh 75 thousand 859 who will exercisetheir franchise on April 10, 17 and 24. This is 34.26percent of total number of voters in the state. Numberof voters of 18-19 years is 16 lakh 43 thousand 741and 20 - 29 years one crore 48 lakh 32 thousand 118which is 3.42 percent and 30.84 percent, respectively.

All polling booths to be declared no smoking zoneInaugurating 3-day

international conference oncommunity systems andnetwork technology hererecently, Governor RamNaresh Yadav said that ourcountry has registered con-siderable progress in com-munication and networktechnology during lastsome years. However, con-stant depletion of numberof high-class techniciansand network experts is acause of concern.

This shortage canassume alarming propor-tions if timely action is nottaken in this regard. Theconference was held to

mark golden jubilee year ofNational Institute ofTechnical EducationTraining and Research. TheGovernor inaugurated theconference by lighting alamp and released goldenjubilee logo and souvenirof the institution. TheGovernor said that womenshould increase their partic-ipation in communicationsystem and technology net-work sector.

He said that the way ourcountry has progress in thissector is a source of inspira-tion for entire world. Ouryoung scientists' demandand respect has increased inthe world.

Shortage of quality techniciansand experts cause of concern

Software to ensuretransparency in disbursal of relief tohail-hit farmers

BHOPAL

A number of school children withoffice-bearers of Child RightsObservatory, Madhya Pradesh andUNICEF called on Chief SecretaryAnthony de Sa here recently. On theoccasion, the Chief Secretary alsoreleased a book "Aawazen BachchonKi". Chairperson of Child RightsObservatory Nirmala Buch and MadhyaPradesh Head of UNICEF Traver Clarkwere present on the occasion.

The Chief Secretary discussed andsought information from children aboutteaching arrangements. The school chil-dren put forth suggestions regardingRight to Education Act, Child Labour Actand holding various activities for chil-dren in schools. The Chief Secretary saidthat apart from education, it is also theright of children to get various facilitiesin schools as per their sports and culturalinterests.

The children expressed their views onwhat type of activities they like to have inschools and what changes they want inschool syllabus. They spoke about theextracurricular activities in their respec-tive schools. They discussed issues likecorporal punishment in schools, need of

children forums in both private and gov-ernment schools to provide a platform tochildren to share their views, violenceagainst children, child marriage and oth-ers. They also said that children shouldbe consulted when plans are made forthem. Chief secretary assured the chil-dren that they would be consulted inplanning process and added that govern-ment was committed to ensure develop-ment for children. The Chief Secretarysaid the non-academic activities are also

equally important for the physical andmental growth of the children. The chil-dren who met the Chief Secretary todaybelonged to Bhopal's Sunflower Schoolsituated in Naya Basera area, 7 HillsPublic School, Arera Hills, Ankur MiddleSchool, Shivaji Nagar, Ankur HigherSecondary School, Ravishankar Nagarand Itarsi's Jeevoday Vidyalaya. Shri AnilGulati of UNICEF and Shri RaghurajSingh of Child Rights Observatory werealso present on the occasion.

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Bhopal

The state government has developeda software www.onlinereliefmp.in tobring about transparency in the actionplan for distribution of relief to peopleaffected by hailstorm/untimely rainfallbetween January and March 14, 2014 inthe state. Relief Commissioner has issuedinstructions in this regard to collectors ofall concerning 49 districts to ensure time-ly distribution of relief by allocatingamounts following assessment of affect-ed crops as per norms prescribed in rev-enue book of circulars 6-4. For this,directives have been given to collectorsto send demand for additional relief inPDF format duly signed by them to e-mail address [email protected]. The Relief Commissionerhas further directed to specially ensurethat no eligible person is left out whilemaking field survey and assessment ofloss and no ineligible person is givenrelief amount. In order to distributeimmediate relief to calamity affected per-sons, the state government had made par-tial allocation of funds in March duringlast financial year 2013-14.

Now, an action plan has been chalkedout to allocate relief funds to districtsfrom available budget for current fiscal2014-15. As per it, the districts demand-ing Rs. 20 crore relief will be given centpercent amount while 50 percent or uptoRs. 20 crore, whichever is more, will begiven to the districts demanding over Rs.20 crore relief.

BHOPAL

16-04-2014- Wednesday - VaishakhMah Krishnapaksh-EkamPositive directions -West and SouthBad time - 12:27 pm to 2:02 pmGood time - 6:07 am to 9:17 amand 10:52am to 12:26 pm and 3:36 pmto 6:46 pm

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Bad time - 7:39am to 9:14 amGood time - 6:03 am to 7:38 am

and 9:15 am to 10:50 am and 2:01 pmto 6:48 pm

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ASTROLOGY

6 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)EDITORIAL

he so-called secular partiesface a difficult situation in thepresent Lok Sabha polls. Thesecular parties are likely to

achieve the exact opposite of what theyintend: an easy win for Modi. In manyconstituencies where the Muslim votematters in the battleground states ofUttar Pradesh and Bihar, which is wherethe BJP's fate will be decided, there ismore than one "secular" claimant for theMuslim vote. For example Aligarh inUP is seeing a situation where theMuslim vote is divided while the Hinduvote is uniting due to the Modi factor.

Normal voting theory states that

Muslim votes unite while Hindu votesdivide along caste lines. But this time itis the other way round. The Muslim votein Aligarh appears split between theSamajwadi Party, the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) and, to some extent, theCongress.

It is the Hindu vote that seems to beconsolidating behind Modi, even break-ing caste barriers. The Muslim vote inwestern Uttar Pradesh is headed towardsthe Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ofMayawati, while in Bihar ChiragPaswan, son of LJP chief Ram VilasPaswan, may win if the Muslims dividetheir vote between Lalu Prasad's RJD

and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (U). TheBihari Muslim is torn between NitishKumar, who sacrificed his alliance withBJP over Modi, and the RJD-Congressalliance, which did nothing for Muslimsbut appears to be more viable thanstranded Nitish Kumar. Muslims wouldhave liked to stand by Nitish, but he can-not defeat the BJP. So their vote couldbe split, helping the BJP.

Modi's key role has been to break thecaste barrier even while opening up thedivide for the "secular" vote to flow tomany parties. In fact, all the secularfights relate to Muslim versus Muslimthis time. In Saharanpur, Congress can-didate Imran Masood dished out his"boti, boti" video in order to make him-self a superior claimant for the Muslimvote, which his Samajwadi Party candi-date (and cousin) Shadan Masoodlooked set to capture.

In Delhi, even as the Jama Masjid'sImam Bukhari batted for Congress andSonia Gandhi, his brother Syed YahyaBukhari, said the Aam Aadmi Partydeserved the Muslim vote. Again, evenMuslims are divided on which secularparty to vote for. By creating so manyrivals to himself in so many parties,Modi has inadvertently and effectivelydivided rather than united the oppositionagainst him.

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lthough there is nostatistical data on theshare of PilgrimTourism in the total

domestic travel in the country,it is a foregone fact that IndianDomestic Tourism is largelydriven by religious travel. Thetourist numbers of some of thestates, which have places asso-ciated with religious signifi-cance, more than authenticatethis fact.

An instance in this regardis the recently held MahaKumbh at Allahabad. Around12 crore pilgrims congregatedin a small city in a small win-dow period of 50 days, whichis by far the largest gatheringof humanity all over the world.An estimated 60,000 devotees

visit Tirupati Temple in oneday, the average waiting periodthat an average devotee spendsin Tirupati is more than 10hours.

There are hundreds of suchpilgrim centres in the country,which beckon crores of devo-tees every year. The annualChar Dham Yatra (constitutingthe highly revered Hindu reli-gious sites of Yamunotri,Gangotri, Kedarnath andBadrinath in Uttarakhand) isone such mass religious travelin summer. An estimated 25lakh pilgrims undertake thisreligious tour annually.

The importance of religioustravel and the impact it makeson the socio-economic envi-ronment of the destinations

cannot be ignored. However,this socio-economic impact iseither not well understood byvarious agencies or underesti-mated in a big way, resulting inabject neglect in properlydeveloping these places, put-ting in place regulations, disas-ter management mechanisms,etc. Despite innumerableinstances of natural and man-made disasters in recent yearsat pilgrim centres, resulting inhuge collateral damages, nolessons were learnt by govern-ments or agencies governingthe affairs of these centres. Attimes, they tend to ignore mostof these mishaps in the name ofreligious sentiments or vote-bank politics. The macabre ofdestruction caused recently by

flash floods in higher reachesof Uttarakhand, which is heart-rending, would have been lessdamaging had agencies rightlyenforced various regulatorynorms in terms of developmen-tal activities in environmental-ly-fragile zones. The conse-quence will be disastrous ifcommercial and business inter-ests take precedence over thecarrying capacity of a place.Let's hope the visuals of highrises built right on the banks ofthe Ganges, tumbling like apack of cards into the river,would at least bring sense tothose industry leaders whoargue vehemently for relax-ations in CRZ rules withoutcaring for environmentalimplications.

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7 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)MUST READ

ore and more students inBhopal and Indore arefalling victims to fake joboffers as a result of poorplacement conditions in

their colleges. Most of students who gettrapped are from outside who becomedesperate to get a job once they finishtheir course and look for jobs to contin-ue in the city. Taking advantage of theirdesperation, they are sold dreams of jobthat does not exist. In Indore, a fakecompany duped 350 engineering gradu-ates of thousands of rupees by promis-ing jobs in software companies. Thecompany named 'EPTA TechnologyPvt. Ltd' organised a placement drive ata local institute recently and recruitedmany fresh graduates. The graduateswere first asked to deposit a sum of Rs20,000 as security and were forced tosign one-year bond.

One of the victims Ashish Rawatsaid, "The company recruited around350 fresh graduates from various col-leges in Indore in November last year.They put us under training for threemonths and promised to pay stipend forthis period, but did not pay a singlepenny." He added that he completedthree months with the company onMarch 3, but they did not pay him any-thing and kept postponing the matter.He smelled something fishy when thecompany declared an extended holidayfor Holi till March 25. He madeenquires with various heads and the

company's branches in other cities andcame to know that the company hadconned them. The company had branch-es in Jaipur, Lucknow, Pune andChennai. News from other cities alsoconfirmed the fraud. The companyamassed about Rs 70 lakh from 350fresh graduates, he added. Police havenow registered an FIR against SatyaPrakash, Nikhil Raj, Manoj Raj, Nehavastav and Ritu Gautam under section420 of IPC. Similarly in Bhopal PreetiYadav, 23, an engineering student fromLakshmi Narain College of Technology(LNCT) was duped on promise of job.She was looking for a job in secondterm of her course. After coming acrosssome job ads in newspapers, she started

applying. Few weeks later, she receiveda call from a consultancy firms askingher to reach their office in MP Nagar.When Preeti went there she was askedto deposit Rs 2,000, promising to returnmoney with first salary. Needing jobbadly, Preeti deposited the money with-out thinking much. She was not alone todo so. There were at least 10 more likeher, who deposited money. They wereasked to join a week later. To their sur-prise, when they went to the place theylearned that the place was a salon run bya bunch of people from northeast. Theplace was only used as sham to lurecandidates and take the money.Similarly, Prateek Vyas, 24, an engi-neering student, was on cloud nine

when he received an online job offer let-ter from a law firm in Bhopal. Prateekshared personal details with mailer andwhat followed later was nothing lessthan a horror. Prateek soon started get-ting offensive calls from unknown num-bers and was asked to pay Rs 3,000 asmentioned in terms and conditions ofthe mail. This followed for a month anda helpless Prateek had to change hisnumber to get rid of caller. So stay onalert in case you are getting persistentcalls from companies offering youpromising jobs and handsome salaries.You never know you may be gettingfake job offers. Fraud institutions havesprung up across the city, out to ensnarehundreds of students every day.

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More and morestudents fall preyto fake job offers

BHOPAL

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Political parties are pulling allstrings to reach out to voters as thecountry prepares for the biggestdemocratic exercise in the world.What has gained the most in theprocess is the good old radio.

With estimated listnership of15.8 crore in the country, the politi-cal parties are seizing the reach andhiring private firms for contentdevelopment of radio jingles andads to woo the voters. Out of 15.8crore, 10.6 crore listeners tune toFM radio stations. There are 245private FM stations in India across86 cities, including 10 in the nation-al capital. The "prime time" slots of7-11 am and 5-9 pm which registermaximum listenership for the radio

is now bombarded with politicaladvertisements. The radio jinglestimed from 30 seconds to 3 minutesare being played in every ad break,sometimes cutting the time allottedfor songs. Radio advertising agen-cies say they provide strategic cam-paigning ideas to theirr clients.Along with designing the advertise-ment, they also look after the imple-mentation and releasing part. If anational party wants to campaign ina local area, the agencies suggestthe effective use of the media there.

As the election nears, agencieshave increased the frequency of theradio jingles of the political parties.These advertisements are priced ataround Rs 1,000 per 10 seconds.Sometimes owing to popular

demand, radio stations cut on songsand increase the frequency of thepolitical advertisements. There is ahuge demand by the parties to playthem in the prime time slot. WhileCongress and BJP are aggressivelycampaigning for their respectiveparties on varied platforms; theirrelatively new adversary, AamAadmi Party (AAP) is relying ondoor-to-door campaigning. "Werely on our base of volunteers whoare knocking at every door to knowwhat people want. Our volunteersinteract with the people and discussthe issues faced by them. Theseissues then find their way into ourmanifesto," says Bipul Dey, an AAPvolunteer and one of the membersof the party's publicity team.

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Political parties pulling allstrings to reach out to voters

POLITICS

EC moves ahead with new technologyhe first Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh StateElection Commission N.B. Lohani has said thata new era has dawned with new technology. We

need to carry out our works with new technique.Lohani was inaugurating www.mplocalelection.gov.in,the website of State Election Commission here today.

Lohani said that during his term as the State ElectionCommissioner, the Madhya Pradesh State ElectionCommission had conducted elections to urban bodiesand three-tier Panchayats with traditional method after73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in years1994 and 2000. Due to lack of modern technologyentire electoral process of these elections had becomevery lengthy. Now, with availability of informationtechnology, proposed elections to urban bodies andthree-tier Panchayats will be held smoothly and easily.

He hoped that polling percentage in these elections willalso increase due to use of information technology.Lohani said that State Election Commission has taken atimely step for which its present Commissioner R.

Parasuram and all officers and employees deservepraise. On the occasion, Lohani release a CD of the filmon functioning of EVMs during elections of urban bod-ies and three-tier Panchayats. He also released voterawareness posters and "Hamara Sankalp" for commis-sion's officers and employees. Deputy Secretary GirishSharma informed that commission's website is both inHindi and English. Its address is www.mplocalelec-tion.gov.in. He gave detailed information about web-site's features. The website has been linked withFacebook, Youtube, SMS and E-mail management.

State Election Commissioner R. Parasuram,Principal Secretary Urban Administration andDevelopment S.N. Mishra, Secretary G.P. vastava, Dr.Pratibha Raggopal, officers and employees of the com-mission were present on the occasion.

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Two Catholic priests have been appointed ambas-sadors to promote vote awareness in a district that hadrecorded the lowest polling percentage in UttarPradesh in the last general elections five years ago. Inevery district the Election Commissioner appointsnon-political and non-governmental agencies as iconsfor Systematic Voters Education and ElectoralParticipation (SVEEP). The District Collector ofMaharajganj in Uttar Pradesh has Fathers Gibi N Joseand Kuriakose (Jaimon) Appasseril as the good willambassadors. The priests are members of Gorakhpurdiocese that covers the northeastern region of UttarPradesh, the most populous state in the country.

The appointment of the priests as SVEEP "isindeed a sign of the district administration's faith andrecognition of the role of the Church in serving socie-ty," says Fr Sony Kalladanthiyil, former EducationSecretary of Gorakhpur diocese. The two ambassadorpriests are well known in Maharajgang as they haveserved as principals in several schools in the district.Fr Jose is currently principal of Christ the King Schoolin Sonauli, close to Indo-Nepal border. He was earlierdirector of Purvanchal Gramin Seva Samiti, the socialservice wing of the Syro-Malabar diocese. FrAppasseril is the principal of Little Flower SchoolMaharajganj.

"We have a jagrigta rath (awareness chariot) and ateam each of street play, and puppet theater troupeswhich we have deployed to create awareness amongthe rural population in the district," Fr Jose, who hasbeen a priest for 10 years in Gorakhpur diocese said.He noted that the district had recorded the lowestpolling rate in Uttar Pradesh in the last general elec-tion. "Also we are engaging school children in thecampaign to ensure pledges from their parents to exer-cise their vote, through dances, posters and signaturecampaigns," said Fr Jose, who sounded confident ofthe priests' contribution to increase the number of vot-ers. Pope John Paul II erected the Gorakhpur diocese30 years ago with Fr Dominic Kokkat, a member ofthe Congregation of St Teresa, as its first bishop.

Catholic priestspromote voterawareness

The Samajwadi Party (SP), already facinganti-incumbency factor, will find it hard tomake inroads in the Jat land of western parts ofUP where the communal divide afterMuzaffarnagar may harm the prospects of theparty in power in the state. It was probably thefirst elections in the recent times when theMulayam Singh Yadav-led party went to pollswith the handicap of not being the first choiceof Muslims in the state.

Samajwadi Party is probably no longer the first choicefor the minority community following the inept handlingof Muzaffarnagar riots coupled with common perceptionof poor governance in the state over the past two years.

Such was the predicament of the SP thatMulayam Singh Yadav had to issue a sweetthreat to the 'Shiksha Mitras', the contractteachers, to vote for the party or their conces-sions will be withdrawn.

Mulayam and his son and Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav were at pains convincing theelectorate of western UP of the measurestaken by the government during and after theriots but the emotions still run high. Theycampaigned hard in the region which has

never been a stronghold of the SP. Of the 10 Lok sabhaseats, Muzaffarnagar is the one Parliamentary constituen-cy whose people have set the tone for other seats, politicalanalysts said.

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No smooth sailing for Samajwadi Party in UPLUCKNOW

The Andaman and Nicobar archipelago comprises556 islands of which only 37 are inhabited. TheAndaman and Nicobar Administration is planning tothrow open three to four islands soon to attract moretourists. This will involve creation of infrastructure onthese islands and will generate employment. "We haveidentified a few islands for development. A large numberof tourist attractions exist across the Andaman andNicobar Islands but we are planning to do more to attracttourists. Unemployment and lack of opportunities con-

tinue to remain a major challenge before us. As ecolog-ical issues are involved, industrialisation is not possibleon these islands. Today, the government is the largestemployer but this is not enough. More opportunitiesneed to be created and tourism has to grow," Lt Gen(retd) A K Singh, Lieutenant Governor, Andaman andNicobar Islands, said recently. According to him,between 2.4-2.5 lakh tourists visited the Andamans in2013. This may seem a large figure but there is capacityfor much more. The problem, according to Singh, is thelack of sufficient tourists from abroad. One major reason

for this is the non-availability of international flights.Though the Andamans is a hub for activities such asscuba diving, snorkeling and other adventure sports,more centres will have to be opened to attract interna-tional tourists who have already been to the islands inthe past. This can only happen if new islands are opened."We also want to start night landing facilities at the VeerSavarkar International Airport at Port Blair. It is only aninternational airport in name. Though 96 internationalflights overfly Port Blair every day, not a single onelands here.

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he NDA has opposed MNC entryinto FDI in retail in its electionmanifesto. It relies more on big,

domestic companies. This indicates a tilttowards domestic companies. The UPA,on the other hand, is more inclinedtowards MNCs. Perhaps it believes thatMNCs have better managerial and tech-nological skills and the country will loseout in their absence. The UPAGovernment took no effective steps inthe last ten years to bring back Indianwealth stashed away in Swiss banks, orto stem the outflow through hawala tak-ing place continuously.

Anecdotal evidence indicates a hugeincrease in illegal outflows from Indiaduring the last 10 years. The UPA's pen-chant for MNCs arises from the need toattract foreign capital to compensate forthe outflow of domestic money. TheNDA has lesser need of FDI because it ismore focussed on good governance. Thesecond difference between the NDA andUPA is on how to ensure that the fruits ofdevelopment reach the common man.

The NDA is focussed on providinggood governance and also increasingpublic investment on infrastructure. Itbelieves that this will lead to an all-roundincrease in economic activities and thecommon man will be spontaneously ableto engage in business and other activitiesand improve his standard of life. This isvery uncertain. The problem is that capi-tal is cheap. Companies can borrow atnear-zero rates of interest in the US,Japan and Europe. It is profitable for big

companies to use automatic machines.The result is increase in unemploy-

ment. Large numbers of weavers havelost their livelihood because the textilemills of Surat are producing cheap cloth.The entry of big companies leads to lossof employment, while the provision ofgood governance and infrastructure leadsto an increase in the same. The net

impact is not necessarily positive. It isquite likely that the increase in employ-ment on account of big companies maybe bigger. The UPA's approach is moredirect. It wants to impose taxes on bigbusinesses and use the revenue to direct-ly provide relief to the common manthrough programmes like MNREGA,loan waiver and the Indira Awas Yojana.

There are two problems here. One prob-lem is that the energy of the recipient isturned towards begging, instead of'developing.' Thus, a virtuous cycle ofgrassroots production and consumptionis not triggered. A Chinese saying goesthat it is better to teach a man to fishinstead of giving him fish to eat. TheUPA wants to give out fish to eat.

More islands in Andamans to be opened for tourists soon

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FDI in retail: Who will benefitfrom the stand of UPA and NDA ?T

10 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)SPORTS

Chennai Super Kings cap-tain Mahendra Singh Dhonifeels adjusting to the condi-tions in UAE will be thebiggest challenge for his teamthough he expects the two-time champions to at leastreach the semifinals of the sev-enth Indian Premier League(IPL) beginning onWednesday. "There are play-ers who are coming from theAsia Cup in Dhaka, some evenfrom New Zealand. The chal-lenge is the ability to adaptand perform quickly," Dhonisaid ahead of their tournamentopener against Kings XIPunjab here on Friday.Talking about the weather,Dhoni said: "Yes, the weather

is slightly different when youcompare to Mumbai orChennai or Kolkata. It is hotand humid. But Delhi has verydry heat and this place is simi-lar to that. It will be a chal-lenge. But sports people crib alot initially. But you don`t getbothered by it once we start toplay." The Super Kings haveretained the core of their teamcomprising RavichandranAshwin, Ravindra Jadeja,Suresh Raina, West IndianDwayne Bravo and Dhonihimself. The most successfulteam in the IPL looks a formi-dable force by also boastingthe likes of New Zealand cap-tain Brendon McCullum andthe dangerous Faf du Plessisfrom South Africa.

Confident Anand looksforward to re-matchagainst Carlsen

he World Championship loss in Chennai had"knocked the stuffing out" of Viswanathan Anandbut the five-time winner on Wednesday said that

clinching the Candidates title has boosted his confidence andhe would try to avenge his loss to Magnus Carlsen later thisyear. Three losses over 10 games without a win and the worldChampionship title was in tatters last November but Anandsoon scripted a historic turnaround when he registered threevictories in 14 games without a defeat en route to hisCandidates victory to earn a rematch against Carlsen.

The 44-year-old Indian said delay in addressing his errorscost him the World title and it was his decision to stay awayfrom chess, which helped him to recover emotionally andbounce back with a bang. "I think many errors had cropped upin my approach to play chess. I was becoming reliant on com-puters and there were some mistakes coming up. I was notoblivious to it but I was not able to address the problem exact-ly right. I didn`t have time to fix anything," Anand, who washere to highlight the role of chess in Business Analytics in anevent, said. "I remembered long back once after the end of anevent, me and (Anatoly) Karpov were talking. He mentionedthat a player who had a bad tournament will take long time torecover from bad result because he was so much in love withthe game and he didn`t have something else to take his mindoff chess. "So I decided that it was more important to recoveremotionally, after all, a result like this knocks the stuffing outof you. So in December and January, I was trying to avoidchess. There were some tournaments which were unavoidablebut most of the time I tried to get away from chess," he said.After losing his World Championship title, Anand bowed outin the group stage of the London rapid and also his perform-ance at Zurich in March was not upto the mark.

Anand said: "May be my opponents didn`t focus on meproperly or probably I was playing more freely. I had one ofmy best results in Candidates and I`m playing in WorldChampionship in November.

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Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Dhoni expects SuperKings to reach atleast semifinal

Abu Dhabi

Force India aims to repeatpodium show in China

Sahara Force India says the podium finish inBahrain was not a "one-off" thing since the car wasvery consistent and the aim is to repeat the per-formance at Sunday`s Chinese Grand Prix, here.

In a terrific show, Sergio Perez finished thirdand Nico Hulkenberg was fifth as the team cata-pulted to second in constructors` championshipwith 44 points, just one more than third-placedMcLaren. Team Principal Vijay Mallya said theyhave shown in the first few races that they have avery competitive car this season.

"Bahrain was not just a one-off and we`ve beenimproving with each race. It`s our best ever start toa season, which always gives me a great sense ofsatisfaction, but we won`t sit back; we are always

trying to improve. The aim is to repeat the podium,"Mallya said. "But each race is different and the fieldis so competitive that it`s impossible to predict.Some tracks will suit us more than others but I wantto see us up there fighting towards the front," headded.Perez was very hopeful of continuing thegood show but cautioned against taking things forgranted. "The target is to move on, keep improvingand target more podiums. Bahrain was the first realopportunity I had to develop the car through theweekend without any issues so it felt like my sea-son really started there. Now we need to think abouthow we can do better in China. At the same time wemust not get carried away because we know howcompetitive Formula One is and how things canchange very quickly," the Mexican said.

Shanghai

11 APRIL 14 TO APRIL 20, 2014 (MP & CG)GLAMOUR

Jacqueline's love trianglewith Riteish Deshmukh

and Pulkit Samratootloose heroines seem to be the flavour of the seasonand Jacqueline Fernandez is the latest one to join thebrigade. The actress will play an NRI in Bangistan

which will see her in a love triangle with Riteish Deshmukhand Pulkit Samrat. The film is being directed by former

movie critic Karan Anshuman who is currently in Ladakhfinalising the locations. A source revealed, "Jacqueline plays

an NRI. It's a character somewhere on the linesof Lisa Haydon's in Queen, but with an entirely

different personality.

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Shah Rukhssleepless nights

Shilpa Shetty Kundralaunches jewelry storein Mumbai with hubby

ndianPremier League (IPL) is just a few days away andsuperstar Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of Kolkata

Knight Riders, has been working hard andhasn't slept for two days. The UAE leg

of IPL will be held fromWednesday to April 30. "The full

moon has followed me fromMumbai to Abu Dhabi, so has

its dark side. Nice to behere and seeing all myIPL buddies. Bulawa

aaya hai (gotinvitation)," he

tweeted Tuesday."All nighter inAbu Dhabi.

Haven't slept twodays but I know it willbe fun with the IPL

players so hard workcomes easy," he

further posted onTwitter.

Ihilpa Shetty Kundra along withher husband Raj Kundra, wasspotted launching their veryfirst Satyug Gold store in

Mumbai. On the occasion, the 30-year-old Bollywood actress and

businesswoman said, "Everyone wants tobuy gold because it's important for them

and brings happiness and prosperity, andthis business is very important for me

because I will be able to fulfill people'sdreams." The store's 5-year purchase plan

will give 37 percent discount on gold, andsince the jewelry is crafted by her, the designs

are very modern. "I will be coming up with aspecial line for housewife's that will have

bangles and earrings which will start from veryaffordable price," she added.

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Two different musiccompanies cometogether for Heropanti

iven the music scenario in the industry, we see asurprising thing happening with the music of TigerShroff's debut film, Heropanti. We see two differ-ent music companies coming together with theirmusic for the film. The first song of Heropanti,

Whistle Baja which was recently launchedamidst flute sellers is owned by Sa Re

Ga Ma music companyfor years now as it was

Jackie Shroff's tunefrom his filmHero.

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oung and old voters in India areusing social media to showcasetheir democratic sensitivity and

urge others to cast their votes in theongoing elections in the country.

"I have successfully cast my vote.Have you voted?" Sindhu Joy, a youngpolitician, wrote on her Facebook aftercasting her vote in Thiruvananthapuram

constituency, the capital of Kerala.Kerala went to polls in the third roundof the nine-phase elections along withthe national capital and nine other statesto elect 91 of the 543 members of par-liament.

Sindhu announced her going to thepolling booth early morning displayingher voter identity card on Facebook. Onreturned she posted another note: "Ifyou haven't, please go to your respective

polling booth and caste your preciousvote! A single vote might make a hugedifference!

Choose the right person." Sindhu, aformer national vice president of theStudent Federation of India, was a can-didate in the last election five years ago.Like Sindhu thousands have turned toFacebook and Twitter to express theirpride and exuberance after casting theirballots. Pictures of inked fingers, with

accompanying messages such as "myvote, my pride," "best thing I have doneas an Indian citizen" are being posted onsocial networking sites on Thursdaywhen as the national capital and severalother states also voted. "I love my India.Proud to be an Indian," GeorgeKallivayalil, a journalist in Delhi, wroteon Facebook displaying his left indexfinger with the blue ink mark. The postdrew hundreds of "likes" and scores ofcomments on Indian democracy.

The election fever has not sparedeven the newlyweds. A bride in Keralarushed to the polling booth with hergroom immediately after the marriageservices to caste her maiden vote.

Julie Anil of Mundackal later toldmedia persons that the couple did notwait for the reception as she consideredcasting her first ballot was as importantas the marriage. Among the first votersto display their inked fingers wasGauthami Nair, a leading actress inSouth Indian movies.

"Koi bhi desh perfect nai hota, useperfect banana padta hai' (no country isperfect; it has to be made perfect) didmy bit to make India perfect," oneKevin posted on twitter with a picture.Another twitter user Anshul Bharadwajwrote: "This is more meaningful thanany other tattoo. Vote for change." AnkitSinha, a PR professional, took toFacebook to urge people to vote. "It'stime to change the nation. So pleasevote," Sinha posted.

hase one of polling in Uttar Pradeshin ten constituencies saw a top ArmyGeneral and a top police officer fac-

ing the rough and tumble of electoral politics,even as a large turnout marked the day ofpolling.

While for former Army Chief Gen(retired) VK Singh, it was a first-hand experi-ence of the existence of bogus voters inGhaziabad, for the former Mumbai policecommissioner Satyapal Singh in Baghpat, itwas a taste of party rivalry that left him man-handled. Both are BJP candidates and wereamong 146 candidates in the fray for 10 seatsthat saw brisk polling in the early hours, fol-

lowed by a lull, and then a huge turnout as theday drew to a close. The constituencies wereSaharanpur, Bijnore, Baghpat, Meerut,Muzaffarnagar, Kairana, Ghaziabad, GautamBudh Nagar, Bulandshahr and Aligarh, with atotal electorate of 1.74 crores. All these areasare adjoining to or surround the epicentre ofthe gruesome riots that shook the region lastAugust-September.

The Congress is contesting 6 seats and itsalliance partner RLD 4 of the ten seats, whilethe BJP, SP and BSP have fielded candidateson 10 seats each.

In Ghaziabad, Gen Singh told mediaper-sons that there were 2.6 lakh "fake voters inthe electors' list of Ghaziabad constituency"adding that he had lodged a complaint withthe Election Commission seeking early cor-

rection. He alleged that there were severalfake voters who are of the same name andparentage but were listed with separate voterids. Others in the fray against him are RajBabbar of the Congress and Shazia Ilmi ofAam Aadmi party.

In nearby Baghpat, former Mumbaipolice chief Satyapal Singh's motorcade wasattacked when he was proceeding to checkallegations of bogus voting in Malakpur vil-lage in Baghpat constituency. His car wasattacked by a mob and its windows were shat-tered in the attack. Even Singh receivedinjuries when he tried to resist the attack inwhich supporters of the BJP and RashtriyaLok Dal (RLD) clashed with each other.Singh is facing RLD chief Ajit Singh in thelatter's family borough.

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