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Rahul discredited India, India treasure trove sitting

in US museum is linked to
want apology: Rajnath, smuggler in Tamil Nadu jail
Goyal lead Govt charge 77 pieces in New York’s Met traced to Subhash Kapoor;
museum says ‘committed to responsible collecting of art’
Dhankhar will
rule today on SHYAMLAL YADAV
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13
Cong demand to
FROM AN ivory sculpture of
expunge remarks “Moon God Chandra” traced to
2nd-1st century BCE to an
eighth-century stone sculpture
LIZ MATHEW & MANOJ C G of “Kamadeva, the God of Love”;
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13

THE SECOND half of the Budget

Opposition MPs walk out of Parliament, Monday. Amit Mehra from an ink-and-watercolour
painting of “Mahishasura
Mardini” in 1760 to another in
Retail inflation drops
Session got off to a stormy start
Monday with the Modi govern- Kharge targets PM: Look “red ochre and wash on paper”
from 1775-80 depicting “Rama to 6.44%, but still
ment targeting Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi in both Lok Sabha who’s talking democracy and Lakshmana”.
All of them sit, catalogued, in
above RBI upper band

E
and Rajya Sabha over his re- theMetropolitanMuseumof Art
marks in London that “democ- Kharge reminded the BJP about (Met) in New York. What is also
racy is under attack” in India. MANOJ C G some remarks made by Prime common to each is a trail that Kamadeva, the God of Love The God Revanta

E X P L A I NE D
The government move, NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 Minister Narendra Modi during goes all the way back to a 73- 8th century, stone, early 10thcentury,bronze, late AANCHAL MAGAZINE
spearheaded by Union Defence his visits abroad. He said it was year-old man currently in cus- medieval Kashmir Chalukyan, Karnataka/Andhra NEW DELHI, MARCH 13
Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok AS THE government tried to cor- strange that “those destroying tody in India.
Rate hike
Sabha and Leader of the House ner the Congress in Parliament democracy”werenowtalkingof AninvestigationbyTheIndian RETAILINFLATION inched lower ● looming
inRajyaSabhaPiyushGoyal,sur- Monday by attacking Rahul “saving” it. Express, in association with the to6.44percentinFebruaryfrom
prisedtheOppositionwhichhad Gandhi over his remarks in While the Opposition re- International Consortium of 6.52 per cent in January, even as THE MARGINALLY lower
been preparing to corner the London on Indian democracy, mained united in attacking the InvestigativeJournalists(ICIJ)and it remained above the upper retail inflation does not
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Congress president Mallikarjun CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 UK-basedFinanceUncovered,has band of the 4+/- 2 per cent give much comfort to the
found that Met’s catalogue in- medium-term target of the RBI and policy makers,
cludes at least 77 antiquities Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for particularly because core
spanningcenturies,including59 the second consecutive month, (non-food, non-fuel) in-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 data released by the National flation continues to be

FATF flags Gandhis’ graft: I&B Minister EXPLAINED The Moon God Chandra
Statistical Office (NSO) on
Monday showed. While food in-
flation eased marginally to 5.95
sticky, remaining at over
6 per cent for the fourth
month. This may prompt
Example mirrors Yes Bank case, purchase of art from Priyanka 2nd-1st century BCE, ivory, per centinFebruaryfromthe re- another 25 basis points
WHAT THE LAWS SAY West Bengal, Shunga period vised level of 6 per cent in repo rate hike in April.
study in its latest report that bought from “the close relative ON ANTIQUITIES January (earlier 5.94 per cent),
DEEPTIMAN TIWARI bears a striking resemblance to of a member of the ruling polit- ABROAD PAGE 15 TOMORROW inflation for cereals, milk and
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 the Enforcement Directorate’s ical party at that time for USD fruits picked up. of another rate hike of 25 basis
case against former Yes Bank 264,000.” Core inflation — non-food, pointsbytheRBIinitsupcoming
THE FINANCIAL Action Task CMD Rana Kapoor. While FATF mentions no WHY NUMBERS Child Saint Sambandar IN JAMMU & KASHMIR, non-fuel component — contin- policy review in April. Also, even
Force,theglobalmoneylaunder- The FATF report even has a names, calling the accused ‘Mr DON’T TELL STORY late 11th century, copper ART ‘NOT TRACED’, ued to remain above 6 per cent as rural inflation inched lower to
ing and terrorist financing reference to money laundering A,’ Information & Broadcasting PAGE 10 alloy, Chola period FIRs GATHER DUST mark for the fourth consecutive 6.72 per cent in February from
watchdog, has included a case throughpaintings,includingone CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 month, prompting expectations CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

‘EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE’ SWEEPS SEVEN

And the Oscars go two India

BUSINESS AS USUAL
BY UNNY

Song Naatu Naatu (RRR); Documentary The Elephant Whisperers

Chaitra Navratri:
UP govt asks
DMs to organise
temple events
Reuters PTI
LALMANI VERMA
LUCKNOW, MARCH 13 The Elephant Whisperers director Kartiki Gonsalves and producer Guneet Monga; (right)
Naatu Naatu music composer M M Keeravaani and lyricist Chandrabose at the Oscars.
THE YOGI Adityanath-led gov-
ernment has issued directives to
district magistrates across Uttar Academy awards. and Bomman and Bellie, get
Pradesh to organise grand reli- SHUBHRA GUPTA It’s not just the song which right to it: it truly is a testament
gious and cultural programmes NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 had had the globe dancing to its to, as Gonsalves said, the “sacred
at temples of goddess Durgaand tune from S S Rajamouli’s block- bond between us and the natu-
Shaktipeeths (significant pil- INDIA SHONE bright at the 95th buster‘RRR’thatmadehistoryat ral world and respect for indige-
grimage sites linked to Academy awards. As an ecstatic this edition of the Oscars. It was nous communities.”
Shaktiism) through the nine M M Keeravani sang out his alsotheBestDocumentaryShort ‘Naatu Naatu’ was the first
days of the “Chaitra Navratri” thanks in tune with that award for the ‘The Elephant Indian win in the Best Original
andRamNavamifestivalthatbe- Carpenters’ immortal cheesy Whisperers’, a heartwarming Song category, and Gonsalves
gins on March 22. This marks a ditty, the auditorium exploded film on the deep bond between the first Indian to win in the
significant scaling up of the cel- in hoots, whistles and loud a pair of elephants and their hu- short documentary category.
ebrations, which were earlier cheers. His namaste, a delightful mans, directed by Kartiki India’s cup would have brim-
held at divisional headquarters. little tailpiece to his acceptance Gonsalves and produced by meth over if Shaunak Sen had
In a nine-point directive, speech, echoed the sentiments Guneet Monga. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
datedMarch10,thestateculture of a billion Indians on top of the If you haven’t seen the 40-
department instructed all world after ‘Naatu Naatu’ won minute film on Netflix, featuring
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 the Best Original Song at the thecharmingRaghuandAmmu, INSIDE PAGES 14, 15

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ANCHOR Thecourse,titled‘Immersing
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ner countries.
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Taliban regime in Kabul will at- nised the Taliban regime, re-
tend a four-day ‘India immer- opened its embassy in Kabul in
sion’ online course that begins The ‘India immersion’ online course is being offered by the June 2022 – several other coun-
Tuesday and is offered by the External Affairs Ministry through IIM Kozhikode. File tries too have done that.
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use” of Central agencies and the
inIndia…Businessmenwantedto
leavethecountryforbetteroppor-

needed for Bharat’s Govt seeks Rahul apology: He discredited India Adani Group affairs – the
Oppositionwanteddiscussions on
both issues in Parliament – some
tunities abroad. But these people
arenowsayingthattheywillcome
back even if their incomes are

global leadership: RSS

governmentoveritsalleged“mis- Butminutesaftertheproceed- foreign soil. He should apologise notjuststrongbutgettingstronger. of the parties spoke in support of lowerthaninotherplaces’...
use”ofCentralinvestigationagen- ings began, Rajnath Singh and to the country and every Indian. With neither side relenting, Gandhiandhisremarks,butsome Was this not an insult to India
ciesanddemandaprobebyaJoint Piyush Goyal, in their respective He should apologise to the Army. Birlaadjournedproceedingsuntil didnot. andIndians?TellyourMinistersto
ParliamentaryCommitteeintothe Houses, referred to Rahul’s re- HeshouldcometotheHouseand 2 pm. When the House re-con- The larger Opposition refrain refreshtheirmemories,”hesaid.
‘swadharm’, ‘swadeshi’ and affairsof theAdaniGroup. marks on foreign soil and de- apologisetotheArmy,mediaand vened, BJP MPs raised slogans, wasthatthegovernmentwasus- Some of the Opposition lead-
DIVYA A ‘swaraj’ in which the entire soci- The Congress countered the manded an apology from him, judiciary for his remarks on seeking an apology from Rahul. ingtheRahulissuetoavoiddiscus- ersaddressedthepressconference
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 ety participated,” it stated. governmentattackandtherewere drawing angry protests from democracy,” Goyal said amid OppositionMPshitback,alsorais- sions on the issues that the with Kharge. While some backed
The resolution passed at the uproariousscenesinbothHouses, Congressbenches. protestsfromCongress. ing slogans. This led to proceed- Oppositionwantedtoraise. Rahul, some remained silent and
AT THE three-day annual meet meet being attended by 1,400 eventuallyleadingtoadjournment InLokSabha,Singhsaid,“Rahul Outside the House, Union ingsbeingadjournedfortheday. Addressingapressconference instead attacked the government
being held in Haryana's leaders and workers of the Sangh of proceedingsfortheday. Gandhi, who is a member of Lok MinistersGoyal,PralhadJoshiand InRajyaSabha,Goyal,without with several Opposition leaders, overtheAdaniissue. BRSleaderK
Samalkha, the Rashtriya Parivar, besides Sarsanghchalak Thefirstsignalthatthegovern- Sabha, had gone to London and AnuragThakurmadeastatement naming Gandhi, said, “He should KhargesaidtheBJPwas“crushing Keshava Rao said the BJP govern-
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) re- Mohan Bhagwat, said, “After mentwaspreparingtoturntheta- triedtodiscreditIndiaandsaidthe condemning Rahul’s remarks. understand what democracy is. democracy” in India. “There is no mentisusingRahul’slargely“aca-
solvedtoensurethatIndiagetsits Independence, we have attained bles on the Opposition came democraticsysteminIndiaiscom- SomeBJPMPsheldaprotest,seek- Democracy had come under place for the Constitution and demic”remarkstomakeapolitical
rightfulplaceontheglobalstage. remarkable achievements in SundaywhenPM NarendraModi pletelycrumbling.Healsosaidthat inganapologyfromRahul. threat when fundamental rights democracy in Modi and BJP raj. issue because it doesn’t want to
The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi manyfields.Today,Bharat'secon- hitoutatRahul,saying“somepeo- foreignpowersshouldsaveIndia’s InLokSabha,asSinghcriticised were suspended during the They are misusing every au- answerquestionsonAdaniaffairs.
Sabha(ABPS)—theSangh'sapex omy is emerging as one of the ple are putting Indian democracy democracy.Hetriedtodeeplyhurt the Congress leader, Opposition Emergency.Hispartydidit.” tonomousbodyandagency…No RJD’s Manoj Kumar Jha said
decision-making body — said in leading economies of the world. on trial and insulting the citizens India’shonourandprestige…This MPs,barringthosefromtheTMC, Khargesaidhecondemnedthe notice, no rule of law... He is run- Rahul had shown the “mirror” to
a resolution passed on Monday TheresurgencebasedonBharatiya of thecountry”. is condemnable. The House came to the Well of the House, remarksagainsttheCongressand ning the country like a dictator. the government. “During the first
thatthe‘AmritKaal’isofferingan eternalvaluesisbeingacceptedby On Monday morning, floor should condemn and he should raisingslogansagainstthegovern- Rahul who was not a member of Andtheyaretalkingaboutdemoc- part of the Budget session, there
opportunitytomakecollectiveef- the world. Bharat is heading to- leaders of 16 Opposition parties apologisetotheLokSabha.” ment. BJP MPs also stood up and the Rajya Sabha. “The world racy, patriotism and pride of the wasmuchheatontheAdaniissue.
fortssothatBharatattainsglobal wards a role for ensuring global met in the chamber of the Leader In Rajya Sabha, Goyal said a raisedslogansagainstRahul. knows what is happening in country,”Khargealleged. So the Sahab was worried… how
leadership. It called upon the so- peace,universalbrotherhoodand of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha senior Opposition leader had at- ParliamentaryAffairsMinister India,” he said. His remarks led to Hethenreferredtosomeofthe todivertattention…howtoman-
ciety to evolve “contemporary human wellbeing based on the Mallikarjun Kharge and decided tacked India’s democracy in a Pralhad Joshi said he was con- an uproar from the treasury remarksmadebyModionforeign age the headline. He has adopted
systems in all the fields of social conceptual framework of to press the demand for a JPC shameless manner in a foreign demningRahulfor“seekinginter- benches,resultinginadjournment soil. “In China, Modi had said that two ways… first was Rahul’s
life, including educational, eco- ‘VasudhaivaKutumbakam’.” probeintotheAdaniGroupaffairs country. Without taking Rahul’s ventionof foreignpowerslikethe of theHouseuntil2pm. ‘earlier you felt ashamed of being speech in which he showed the
nomic,social,democraticandju- TheABPSsaid“intheprocess and seek discussions on the al- name, Goyal alleged that the US and Europe”. “If he has some When the House met again, born in India, but now you feel mirror… how democracy is
dicial institutions in the light of of making a well organised, glo- legedtargetingofOppositionlead- Oppositionleaderhadinsultedthe shame, he should come to this Kharge asked Dhankhar to ex- proud to represent the country’... stricken…the other way is
Bharatiyathoughtprocess,sothat rious and prosperous nation, we ersbyCentralagencies,andonis- Indian Army, Parliament, Lok Houseandtenderanapology.This punge them from the records. Whosaidthis?ThePrimeMinister raids…IT,CBI,ED,”Jhaalleged.
Bharat acquires its rightful place needtoovercomethechallenges suessuchaspricerise,Centre-State Sabha Speaker, Election isourdemand,”hesaid. Goyal replied he had not named hadsaidit,”Khargesaid. AAP’s Sanjay Singh did not
on the global stage as a strong, of fulfilment of basic needs of all relationsandunemployment.The Commission,judiciaryandmedia Speaker Om Birla asked both Rahul.Withbothsidesprotesting, “In South Korea, the PM had mention the Rahul issue and in-
prosperousnationcommittedto sectionsof society,opportunities TrinamoolCongressdidnotattend on foreign soil. “The entire coun- sides to remain seated so that Dhankhar said he would give his said that ‘earlier people would steadfocusedontargetingthePM
universal wellbeing”. for holistic development and the meeting but the AAP and the trysawhowanOppositionleader QuestionHourcouldbetakenup. rulingTuesdayandadjournedthe lament, they would ask what sin overtheAdaniissue.TheTMCtoo
The resolution also men- building new models based on BRSwerepresent. hurt the sentiments of Indians on He said democracy in India was House. —WithDAMININATH theycommittedtohavebeenborn wassilentonRahulremarks.
tioned how the country got dis- Bharatiya concept of modernity
turbed during foreign invasions throughjudicioususeof technol-
and struggle. “During the period
of foreigninvasionsandstruggle,
ogy and eco-friendly develop-
ment”. “In this perspective, the
● UP: DMs to organise temple events ● And the Oscars go two India ● Retail inflation
Bharat’s societal life got dis- callof ‘panchpran’(fiveresolves) divisionalcommissionersanddis- Acommitteeheadbythedis- won the Best Documentary badstrike.Historydoesn’talways the song that you see in the film , 6.85 per cent a month ago, it con-
turbedandsocial,economic,cul- given by Prime Minister on trictmagistratesaboutthecultural trict magistrate in each district Feature for 'All That Breathes', a havetobegrandsweeps.Itcanbe andthefactthatnon-desidancers tinued to remain above urban in-
tural and religious systems were IndependenceDayissignificant”. programmes that should be or- will select the artists who will hauntingfilmaboutapairofDelhi- made out of these small incre- were passed off as the real article flation,whichroseto6.10percent
severely mutilated. In this pe- Italsohighlightedhow“some ganised. Officials have been di- perform at the religious and cul- based brothers who care for in- mental steps, because of what didtakesomeof thesheenoff the from6percent.
riod, under the stewardship of forcesintheworldarenotaccept- rected to complete all the prepa- tural programmes. Public repre- jured kites falling from the skies. theymeanoncethehurlyburlyof act.Butthewin,whichlookedlike Experts said an inflation print
revered saints and great person- ing this Bharatiya resurgence rationsbyMarch21andsharethe sentativeswillbeinvitedtothese Thatlosswillbealastingregret. the awards night and the zillion a shoo-in from the time it was above 6 per cent level for the sec-
alities, the entire society pre- based on its ‘Swa’. These forces GPS locations, addresses, photo- events and public participation But even as Sen’s film kept pre-Oscars and post-Oscars after nominated, brings to the fore the ondstraightmonthindicatesalag
served its ‘Swa’ (selfhood) while opposing Hindutva thought graphs of the selected temples, has to be ensured, says the direc- winningheartsonthefestivalcir- partiesaredoneanddusted. joyousness of music, and the sto- in the impact of monetary policy,
being in continuous struggle. within and outside the country andthecontactdetailsofthetem- tive. The Department of Culture cuit, from Sundance to Cannes, Anawardonastagewherethe riesthatcanbetoldviasongwhen underwhichtheRBIhasincreased
The inspiration for this struggle aredevisingnewconspiraciesfor ple management bodies. Two willallotRs1lakhtoeachdistrict and we kept our fingers and toes worldiswatchingopensupdoors words fail. It brings up one of the thereporate byacumulative250
was based on the ‘Swa – trayi’ of mutual distrust in society.” nodal officers have been ap- administration to pay the hono- tightly crossed, it was “Navalny” notjustforthefilmanditsmakers, majorstrengthsofIndiancinema, basis points to 6.50 per cent since
pointed at the state level to coor- rarium to artists chosen to per- abouttheimprisonedRussiandis- but also the country they repre- which is being unafraid of senti- Maylastyear.They,however,said
dinate between the different form at the events. sident and hardcore Putin critic sent. Those who have been dis- ment, of bringing something real the headline inflation print is ex-

Uttarakhand: Cabinet branchesof theadministration.

On March 29 and 30 —
The culture department’s
Principal Secretary, Mukesh
Alexei Navalny, which had been
gathering momentum in the
missing the ‘song-and-dance’
spectacles of Indian mainstream
and emotional to a world which
has been taken over by pallid su-
pectedtoeaseMarchonwardsdue
toasignificantbaseeffect.

nod to 10% job quota

Ashtami and Ram Navami — the Kumar Meshram, said such cele- build-uptotheOscars. movies,arenowdancingtothein- perheroes and their even more Retail inflation based on the
recitation of “Akhand Ramayan” brationshadbeenheldattemples Thiswasalwaysgoingtobethe fectiousrhythmsof‘NaatuNaatu’, pallidtaleswhichalllookandfeel Combined Price Index
and programmes to propagate inthepastandhehadonlyissued yearthatanti-warsentimentwas evenasSSRajamouli’sRRRwillal- similar. (Combined) had risen to a three-

for statehood agitators

“human values, social values and a reminder to the districts before everywhere,with‘AllQuietOnThe ways come with a caveat of The 95th Academy awards month high of 6.52 per cent in
nationalvalues”willbeorganised Navratri. WesternFront’thefront-runnerin whether or not it was truthful to weresignificantforotherreasons. January this year. It stood at 6.07
atprominentShaktipeeths.Anor- “Sucheventswillbeorganised therace.TheGermanwarepic,di- the lives of the revolutionaries it ItwasnotjustIndia’snight,butall per cent in February 2022, then
ganising committee for these to promote religious and cultural rectedbyEdwardBerger,hadtobe wasbasedon. of Asia, with ‘Everything roseto6.95percentinMarch2022
injuries and arrests. It was fol- events will be constituted at each tourism in the state, especially contentwiththeBestInternational But this is a time to celebrate, EverywhereAllAtOnce’makinga andfurtherto7.79percentinApril
AVANEESH MISHRA lowed by a political tussle with developmentblock,tehsil,anddis- among the youth,” said the Feature,originalscore,production not nit-pick. As first-time Oscar clean sweep of almost every 2022.
DEHRADUN, MARCH 13 the BJP and the Congress apart trictlevel. bureaucrat. design and cinematography, and presenter Deepika Padukone, the award it was nominated for. Amongthesub-groups,while
fromotherpoliticalpartiesseek- it lost out, quite rightly to the to- lights on stage making her even Michelle Yeoh as the first Asian vegetablescontinuedtoremainin
THE UTTARAKHAND state cabi- ingcreditforthestateformation. tallybonkersgenre-bendingmul- more luminous, asked the audi- Best Actress winner, and only the deflationary mode for the fourth
net on Monday gave a nod to the
long-pending demand of 10 per
In 2021, the BJP government
increasedpensionforthosewho
● Taliban joining course on India tiverse sci-fi-action-adventure
‘Everything Everywhere All At
ence quite rhetorically: do you
know‘NaatuNaatu’,anditplayed
second person of colour to win
that trophy after Halle Berry in
consecutivemonthat(-)11.61per
cent in February, cereals inflation
cent horizontal reservation in were jailed or injured during the TheITECoffersseveralcourses whichanofficialfromMEAwillbe Once’, directed by Daniel Kwan outonstage,itwasamoment. 2002 for ‘Monster’s Ball’, spoke of increased to 16.73 per cent in
government jobs for those who movement. each month through different invitedasthechief guest. andDanielScheinert. Theliveperformancemaynot herOscaras“abeaconofhopeand February, the sixth consecutive
protested for statehood - also The job quota bill was sent to “knowledge partners”. Some are OnMondayevening,theweb- Still, two out of three is not a have matched the mad energy of possibilities.” month of double-digit inflation.
called'RajyaAndolankari'-asthe RajBhawanforapprovalbutitwas tailor-madeforjustasinglecoun- site showed that 25 participants Inflationrateformilkandproducts
BudgetSessionbegan.Forthelast returned after some objections try,othersareopenforall. hadregisteredforthecourse. increased to 9.65 per cent in
11years,demandshavebeenre-
peatedlyraisedforreservationin
were raised. While a vertical
reservationappliestoeachgroup
The India course that starts
March 14 and will go on until
The Institute of Diplomacy at
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
● FATF flags Gandhis’ graft: I&B Minister February from 8.79 per cent a
month ago, while that for fruits
governmentjobsforthedepend- specified under law, horizontal March 17 is open to participants Kabul had issued a circular on MinisterAnuragThakurcitedthe ical treatment of Congress presi- awardingoftheprestigiousIndian roseto6.38percentfrom2.93per
entsof peoplekilledduringstate- quotaisappliedseparatelytoeach from all countries. Other than February20,referringtoanofficial report to say it was a matter of dent Sonia Gandhi in New York. award ‘Padma Bhushan’ for him- centamonthago.
hood protests, and demonstra- category,andnotacrosstheboard. Afghanistan, delegates from note from the Indian Embassy in “great shame” that the “story of Thakur said: "One after an- self.ThetrialisongoingandMr.A Inflationrateformeatandfish
tors who were injured or jailed. So once a new law comes into ThailandandMalaysiaarealsoex- Kabul dated January 23, inviting Gandhifamily’scorruption”ispart other, new models of Congress's hasbeeninjudicialcustodysince easedto3.39percentinFebruary
Carved out of northern Uttar force, 10 per cent of the selected pected to attend the course, The the ministry to nominate eligible of the FATF report. corruptionarecomingtothefore. March 2020,” the report says. from 6.04 per cent a month ago,
Pradesh, Uttarakhand was candidates in each vertical quota IndianExpresshaslearnt. candidatesforthecourse. Incidentally, the ED had al- Sometimes it is National Herald, Kapoor was arrested by ED in whilethatforeggeasedto4.32per
formed as a separate state on category-includingOBCs,SCand The course description on the The circular, addressed to all leged that Kapoor purchased a sometimes Vadra land scam, March 2020. He also told the ED, cent from 8.78 per cent. Clothing
November 9, 2000. The state- STs-willbedependentsofpeople ITECwebsitesays“India’sunique- departments in the Foreign painting from Congress leader sometimes some another. Now the agency claimed, that he was and footwear inflation eased to
hood movement, which began killed in stir, and protesters who ness lies in its unity in diversity Ministry, encouraged interested Priyanka Gandhi. FATF has published a case study told by the then Petroleum 8.79percentinFebruaryfrom9.08
in1994,witnessedmanydeaths, were injured or jailed. which makes it seem like a com- employees with an “excellent In its report titled ‘Money thathowaformerUnionMinister Minister Murli Deora that the re- per cent a month ago, while fuel
plex space for outsiders. This pro- command over the English lan- Laundering and Terrorist in the UPA government pres- fusaltobuytheMFHusainpaint- andlightinflationratemoderated

SCO Buddhist heritage

gramme facilitates a deeper un- guage” to apply for the course. Financing In The Arts And The surised an individual in buying ingwillnotonlypreventhimfrom to9.9percentfrom10.84percent.
derstanding of the latent order Those who sign up, it said, would AntiquesMarket’,theFATFflagged Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's average building a relationship with the “Thestickinessofcoreinflation
within the apparent chaos that be required to write short reports the example of Mr A: “Mr A was painting for Rs 2 crore. It is a mat- Gandhi family but also prevent is turning out to be a major prob-

meeting starts today will help foreign officials and ex-

ecutives gain a deeper under-
standing and appreciation of
on the subjects discussed and the
learningoutcomesfromthetrain-
ing. These reports would need to
managing director and CEO of an
Indianbankwhomisusedhispo-
sition during his tenure. He sanc-
ter of great shame that the story
of corruption of the Gandhi fam-
ily is made into a case study and
him from getting the Padma
Bhushan.
Kapoor’slawyerwasnotavail-
lemforthemonetarypolicycom-
mittee... However, India Ratings
believes the odds are more in
AsianandWestAsiancountrieson India’sbusinessenvironment”. besubmittedtotheinstitute. tioned loans of the rupee equiva- beingtoldtothewholeworld,that able for comment. favourofanother25bpsreporate
DIVYA A acommonplatform,theministry Participants will learn about AnIndiangovernmentsource lent of USD 628 million to toobyanorganizationthatworks In March 2020, Congress hike in April 2023 monetary pol-
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 saidinastatementonMonday.At India’s “economic environment, said ITEC offers several courses, business entities incurring losses to stop terror financing." leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi icy. India Ratings expect March
a time when India is trying to es- regulatory ecosystem, leadership and these were open to partici- or with negative credit, deliber- The report neither names had said that in 2010, an M.F. 2023 retail inflation to be 5.7%
MORE THAN 15 scholars and tablish its dominance over China insights,socialandhistoricalback- pants from across the world, and atelyviolatingexistingnormsand RanaKapoor,norGandhi,norYes Hussain painting (which is a por- leading to 4QFY23 retail inflation
delegates will present research "as the birthplace of Buddhism", drop, cultural heritage, legal and there was “nothing specific” to regulations.” Bank, but its details match the trait) of Rajiv Gandhi was sold to tobehigherthan6%,fiveconsecu-
papers on various related topics the meet assumes importance, environmental landscape, con- Afghanistan. The report also refers to a Kapoor case. Rana Kapoor for a sum of Rs 2 tive quarters of more than 6% in-
as part of the first-of-its-kind in- with Chinese delegates also con- sumer mind-sets and business TheAfghanMinistryofForeign study which “revealed that the “Mr.Apurchasedmediocreart crore. flation,” said Sunil Kumar Sinha,
ternational conference on firmingtheirparticipation. risks”. Affairs spokesman Abdul Qahar suspect bought art of no actual from politicians and in turn paid "The entire amount was re- PrincipalEconomist,IndiaRatings.
‘Shared Buddhist Heritage’, India will host the SCO Thecoursewillincludevideo- Balkhi did not respond to calls or value at a price of USD 264,000 huge kickbacks through banking ceivedinchequeandwasfullydis- Expertsalsosaidthatwithrisks
which begins here on Tuesday. Tourism Ministers’ meeting on recorded lectures followed by in- messages seeking details. fromacloseassociateofacorrupt channels,projectingthemasgen- closed in Income Tax return of tilted towards another rate hike
Theeventwillfocuson“India’s March 17-18 in Varanasi, desig- teractions with IIMK trainers. However, the Taliban regime’s politician in order to pay kick- uinepiecesofart,”thereportsays. 2010 by Smt. Priyanka Gandhi going ahead, there should be fur-
civilizational connection with the nated as the first cultural capital ParticipantswilllearnaboutIndia’s spokesman in Doha, Suhail backs”. “In one such incident, Mr. A pur- Vadra.Incidentally,onlytheother therconcernsonthegrowthfront
Shanghai Cooperation Organi- of the SCO. Among those partic- rural economy as well as its an- Shaheen,saidhisgovernmenthad Incidentally, the ED had said, chasedapieceofartfromtheclose week, a painting of M.F. Hussain forthepolicymakers.
zation(SCO)nations”,accordingto ipating in the two-day confer- cientmaritimetraderoutes.Atthe arrangements for such training in one of its chargesheets, that relativeofamemberoftheruling has been sold by ED and has “ForMarch,wetrackheadline
CultureMinistryofficials. ence are experts from China’s endofthecourse,participantswill programmeswithothercountries. Kapoor had told the agency he politicalpartyatthattimeforUSD fetched a price of Rs 13.44 CR. So CPI around 5.5% YoY for now, al-
The two-day event is part of Dunhuang Research Academy; be given a digital certificate, PDF “The Islamic Emirate of was“forced”tobuyanMFHusain 264 000. However, the investiga- stop diverting Mr. PM & FM, an- though the risks to the print re-
India’s leadership of SCO — from Russia’sStateMuseumof History versionsofreferralmaterials,case Afghanistan has such arrange- paintingfromCongress’sPriyanka tion revealed that this was an swerhowdidtheloanbookofYes mainskewedtotheupside,inour
September 2022 to September of Religion; and Myanmar’s studies,PPTs,andteachingvideos. ments of crash courses with vari- Gandhi Vadra for Rs 2 crore and over-valuation, and that that the Bank rise by 2 lakh crore and was view,” Rahul Bajoria, MD & Head
2023 — and will bring together International Theravada An online valedictory session ous countries where we have as- that sale proceeds were utilised price paid was not for art, but Govt. sleeping or complicit?" ofEMAsia(ex-China)Economics,
Central Asian, East Asian, South Buddhist Missionary University. will be held on the fourth day, at signednewdiplomats,”hesaid. bytheGandhifamilyforthemed- ratherwasabribetoinfluencethe Singhvi had then said. Barclayssaid.
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No plans to change On Delhi govt’s ‘snooping unit’,
Delhi power subsidy Congress proposes, L-G obliges
Traffic police plan for
scheme, says Atishi EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
ten to conversations, gather in-
telligence and information and push buttons at traffic
signals yet to take off
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 to ‘spy’ on people and institu-
tions in the National Capital ter-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE IN A move that could trigger ritorythat includes Government
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 fresh trouble for Chief Minister of India,defenceestablishments,
Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP intelligence agencies of the
NEWLY APPOINTED minister government in Delhi, L-G V K Union Government, etc is a clear
Atishi Monday said the Delhi SaxenahasaskedChief Secretary case of sedition,” the complaint Express that not a single pelican had later assured it would install
government has no plan to put Naresh Kumar to take action on stated. JIGNASA SINHA crossing is registered as ‘work- 28 push buttons in the New
any cap on sanctioned load and a complaint by Congress leaders On February 10, Northeast NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 ing’ because the price of the Delhi Range, 2 in West Range
that everyone will continue to demandingthatpartyleadersbe L-G VK Saxena Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, dur- equipmentishighandoccasion- and 2 in North Delhi.
get power subsidy. tried for sedition and the ing Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, IT’S BEEN nearly a month since ally, the technology is misused. However, on Monday, a sen-
Addressing a press confer- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) made similar allegations, accus- the deadline passed to install “We wanted a smarter way ior Traffic Police officer told The
ence, she said, “The Kejriwal Act be slapped against them for of corruption “but a clear case of ing the AAP government of tap- push buttons or pelican cross- tohelppedestrians,buteachpel- Indian Express that police have
government will continue pro- Power minister Atishi alleged “snooping and spying” sedition”. pingthephonesof residents,po- ings in Lutyens’ Delhi, but Traffic ican signal costs up to Rs 6 lakh. not installed any so far, though
viding power subsidy to all peo- by using the now-defunct feed- “It is very interesting to see litical leaders and government Police are yet to make an action The push buttons need a good the February deadline is over.
ple of Delhi, irrespective of their back unit (FBU). that when the AAP government officials staying in the city, espe- plan.Sofar,notasinglepushbut- quality camera for them to func- “Dignitaries and guests from
sanctioned load. The Prime Officials in RajNiwassaid the The development comes makes any complaint or refer- cially in transit, violating their ton has been installed at a traffic tion. The repair cost is also very foreign countries will need
Minister wants to discontinue L-G had not suggested that sub- weeks after Saxena gave sanc- ence to BJP’s L-G, he never takes fundamental right to privacy. signal,whichwastheplanahead high. We noticed that people push buttons. We have marked
the power subsidy and that sidies be removed but only that tion for a CBI probe against for- any action. But BJP’s L-G has im- The Congress complaint of the G20 Summit to make life aren’t aware of the button and 11 spots in New Delhi or
is why he is forcing L-G VK they be given to those who de- mer Deputy Chief Minister mediately taken action on a stated that the “CBI and NIA easier for dignitaries and guests. many didn’t use it. Those who Lutyens’ Delhi where pedes-
Saxena to obstruct it by hook or serve them. Manish Sisodia over allegations complaint by Congress leaders. must be directed... to investigate A pelican crossing is a did would either press the but- trian movement is high and
by crook.” Atishi said Manish Sisodia, thattheDelhigovernment’sFBU Congress and BJP are one,” the under laws governing sedition pedestrian crossing with traffic ton multiple times or press it ag- there’s a need for the machine.
She alleged that the L-G whowastheformerpowermin- was formed in 2015 to “collect AAP alleged. andanti-nationalactivitiesand... signals mounted for both gressively. This led to damage,” Earlier, we had planned to in-
Office had circulated a note ille- ister, had written to the DERC political intelligence”. SetupinSeptember2015,the the CM and ministers of Delhi pedestrians and vehicles. These said an officer. stall 32 push buttons but that
gally recommending changes in chairman requesting him to re- Following Monday’s devel- FBUhadapprovalfromtheDelhi government and officials must can be activated using push but- Ahead of the G20 Summit, a won’t be possible. At present,
the policy: “Under pressure examine the issue and give fresh opment, the AAP accused Cabinet of Ministers and was be prosecuted”. tons that are on the same side meeting to review preparations we are only planning to put up
from the PMO to stop the power opiniononthematter.Following Saxena of being “the BJP’s L-G” tasked with gathering “relevant The AAP hit back: “Rahul of the road as the pedestrian was conducted by the 11,” said the officer.
subsidy in Delhi, the L-G had in- which, the commission carried and argued that the move had informationandactionablefeed- Gandhi has not been arrested in and can help people cross roads Lieutenant Governor with the TheTrafficPolicewillalsode-
structed the power department out a detailed legal examination “exposed”that theCongress and back” regarding the working of a watertight open and shut easily by “activating” lights on police and an action plan was ploy its force at these spots, and
to withdraw (it) based on and placed its fresh opinion the BJP “are one” and have a government departments, au- National Herald case even 10 the signal. prepared. they have already conducted an
flawed legal advice. However, in through an order on January 6, “secret deal” between them. tonomous bodies, institutions years after registering of FIR. A pilot project was started by As per the meeting details, inspection of 88-90 arterial
a letter dated 6.01.2023, DERC retracting its prior ‘statutory ad- Former Congress MP and entities under the jurisdic- Why? Likewise, Modi ji prom- the Delhi Traffic Police in 2013- over 31 spots were identified in roads in Delhi. These include
had recalled its prior advice to vice’ on legal grounds. Sandeep Dikshit and former tion of the Delhi government. ised in 2014 elections that 15 andmore than 40 pelican sig- South, West, North and New Tilak Marg, Mathura Road,
the Delhi government on cur- The minister further added Delhi ministers Mangat Ram Theunit’sactivities,thecom- Congress damad Robert Vadra nals or push buttons were in- Delhi where push buttons are Pragati Maidan, Aerocity,
tailing power subsidy to con- that the government is working Singhal and Kiran Walia had plaint alleged, involved “spying would be arrested immediately stalled at India Gate, INA, Delhi supposed to be installed. Janpath, Moti Bagh, INA-Delhi
sumers having connections of on renewing the voluntary sub- writtentoSaxenaonMarch1ar- on people and institutions in- afterforminggovernmentforhis High Court, Pragati Maidan and As per data, 14 spots in New Haat, etc.
fixed load above 5kW or 3kW.” sidy scheme which will expire guing that mere sanction to the cluding those of the dubious land deals. However, he other spots where pedestrian Delhi Range, 6 spots in West Officials said they are focus-
“After detailed examination on March 31. The scheme will be CBI to prosecute Sisodia in the Government of India in full has not been arrested even after movement was high. However, Range,1spotinNorthRangeand ing on the Lutyens’ area and
of various legal provisions of relaunched in April and FBU case under the Prevention knowledge of the Chief Minister nine years... Why? What is the all these were later removed or 10 spots South Range were South Delhi as G-20 guests and
Electricity Act 2003 and prior SC the people have to opt for the of Corruption Act was “not rele- and the entire Cabinet”. secret deal between Congress are lying defunct. marked for push buttons or pel- dignitaries will be staying in ho-
judgments,DERCconcludedthat subsidy again. vant” since the case was not just “To acquire a capacity to lis- and BJP?” Sources told The Indian ican crossings. The Delhi Police tels here.
it has no legal basis or jurisdic- “This time, we are planning
tion to advise the Delhi govern- to ease the process by taking an
ment about withdrawal of sub- agreementlikeyes ornofor sub-
sidy for any category of sidy from consumers,” said
consumers,” she said. Atishi.

Salary hike for

Delhi MLAs
New Delhi: Legislators in Delhi
will now enjoy a pay hike of 67%
with the government notifica-
tion on increase in salary being
passed last week. The hike
comes after a gap of 12 years.
While MLAs were earning Rs
54,000 till now, they will be paid
Rs 90,000 per month effective
February 2023. Salaries and al-
lowances of the CM, ministers,
Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chief
Whip, and Leader of Opposition
have also gone up from Rs
72,000 per month to Rs 1.7 lakh.
The law and justice depart-
ment of the Delhi government
issued a notification on March 9
regarding the hike in salary and
allowances of legislators and
ministers. Last year, the Delhi
Assembly passed five bills to in-
crease salaries and allowances
by 66.67%. This was supported
by BJP MLAs as well. The pro-
posal was then sent to the
President for approval.
Basicsalaryof MLAshasbeen
increased to Rs 30,000 per
month from Rs 12,000, while
that of ministers, Speaker,
DeputySpeaker,Chief Whipand
LoP has been hiked to Rs 60,000
per month from Rs 20,000. ENS

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Delhi to host international film festival in PLEA SEEKING DE-SEALING OF PROPERTY

August — with ‘non-controversial’ titles Pandits, imams can’t

GAYATHRIMANI
destination for shooting films.
Since this could generate em-
as The Kashmir Files, Pathaan or
anythingthatmaycreatecontro- turn places of worship
to pvt tenements: HC
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 ployment, the scheme also versy...”
found a mention in the budget Officials added that there are
THE DELHI government is going that was centred around the many great foreign documen-
toholditsfirst‘InternationalFilm theme of employment. taries and films to pick from. The
Festival’ in August, ahead of the According to a senior official, tourism department will consti-
G20 Summit – a promise it had the Delhi government’s tourism tute a jury or panel for selecting
first made in last year’s ‘Rozgar’ department will organise the the movies. Artists, actors and
Budget. According to officers in film festival for seven days from celebritiesfromthefilmfraternity Ahmed "in an illegal manner"
theknow,thegovernmentwants August 18 to 25 at Siri Fort are likely to be invited to the film MALAVIKAPRASAD The HC was dealing continued to encroach and oc-
to avoid any “controversy”, and Auditorium. “Preparation is un- Indian classics like Sholay and Mughal-e-Azam will be festival, said the official. NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 with a petition related cupy the property next to the
willscreenIndianclassics,foreign derway; dates have been de- screened at the festival Former Deputy Chief mosque, noticing the same was
films and documentaries, steer- cided for the film festival. It will Minister Manish Sisodiahadlast WHILEDISMISSINGaman’splea to a prime property "primeproperty"."Thewritpeti-
ing clear of “movies like The be hosted in August ahead of the yearannouncedthatthegovern- seeking de-sealing of a property located next to Masjid tion is devoid of any merit and is
Kashmir Files or Pathaan”. G20 Summit, and films and these countries will also be versial movies. Our focus will be ment also has plans to host the near India Gate, the Delhi High liable to be dismissed," the HC
Zabta Ganj on Man
The festival was proposed as shows will be screened. There screened during this festival,” on Indian classics like Mughal-e- Delhi Film Excellence Awards, Court expressed concern over said.
part of a Delhi Film Policy, which are many good films but since said an official. Azam, Sholay, Mother India, etc... where crew members of films conversion of public places of Singh Road Ahmed had contended that
was launched last year in May, the Summit will be around the Askedwhatgenreoffilmsand We want to organise peaceful, would also be honoured. “The worship into private tenements he and his family had been living
with the aim of promoting the corner, the festival will also ho- documentaries will be screened, successful and cheerful festivals film festival will be on the lines where rights are claimed by on the property for several
city’s rich culture and diversity nour participating countries. an official said, “We want to without any controversy... There of the Cannes Film Festival," priests, pandits, imams, caretak- struction work on the property. decadesandthatitwasseparated
and also to make it a popular Moviesanddocumentariesfrom screenfeel-goodandnon-contro- are no plans to screen films such Sisodia had said. ers and their families in an “ille- Justice Singh observed that from the mosque by a wall. He
gal and unauthorised manner”. Ahmedwasan“unauthorisedoc- challenged an eviction notice of
AsinglejudgebenchofJustice cupant” after the court was in- March2,2020,issuedbythesub-
BRIEFLY Prathiba Singh in its March 6 de-
cisionobservedthatpublicplaces
formed by Ahmed himself that
there is no title document to the
divisional magistrate,
Chanakyapuri, and an order of
Girlrapedin ofworshipareconvertedintores-
idencesandoccupiedbypersons
propertyinquestioninhisfavour.
“The petitioner’s father was an
March 5, 2020, which records
thatanevictiondrivewasunder-
Gurgaon:1 who take care of said places in-
cluding by their extended fami-
imam in the mosque and in the
court’sopinion,itcouldbedueto
taken in respect of the said prop-
ertyandthepossessionofthesaid
held,minor lies,domestichelpandothertres-
passers, which is “contrary to
this reason that the petitioner
unauthorisedly came into occu-
property was handed over to the
Delhi Waqf Board.
apprehended law”.Thecourtsaidithasnoticed
that these places of worship are
pation of the said property,” the
HC said.
TheHighCourt,however,said
Ahmedandthethreeindividuals
Gurgaon: Police Monday extended beyond the allotted The High Court directed whom he represented, were
arrested a man and ap- landandconvertedintocommer- Ahmed to pay Rs 15 lakh to the clearly unauthorised occupants
prehended a juvenile for cial property, and rent/lease Delhi Waqf Board within eight and encroachers who had no
allegedly raping a 14- amounts are collected in an ille- weeks considering the duration right in the property.
year-old girl in Gurgaon. gal and unauthorised manner. of illegaloccupationof theprem- While passing directions, the
Police said on March 11, “Even in the present case it is ises and its location. It also asked HighCourtaskedtheWaqfboard
informationwasreceived not clear as to the basis on which him to deposit Rs 2 lakh as costs tosecurethelandallottedtoitby
thataminorgirl,studying so many persons who are de- with the Waqf Board within 8 wayof thegazettenotificationis-
in a government school, scribed as ‘workers’ were in- weeks. sued in terms of the agreement
was raped by three per- ducted by the petitioner into the Thecourtsaidthefamilyofan registered on July 3, 1945 and it
sons on December 18, property and they continued to imam in a mosque cannot claim shall ensure that no land beyond
2022, following which a occupy the property for several any rights in the property of the the0.095acresisoccupiedbyany
case was registered. In a years,” the HC said. mosque, as the property vests in person including the current
statement Monday, a It was dealing with a petition theWaqfandtheimamismerely imam or his family or occupants
Gurgaon police spokes- related to a prime property lo- appointed for purposes of con- on his behalf.
person, said, “The juve- cated next to Masjid Zabta Ganj ducting prayers and taking care Thecourtfurtherdirectedthe
nile was produced before on Man Singh Road. The peti- ofWaqfproperty.Itobservedthat SDMconcernedalongwithDelhi
the Juvenile Justice Board tioner, one Zahir Ahmed, had the imam occupies the property Waqf Boardofficialstoconducta
and sent to an observa- sought de-sealing of the said ina“fiduciarycapacity”onbehalf proper demarcation and ensure
tionhome.Thecaseisun-
der investigation and the
remaining accused will
STANDSTILL property, which consists of one
room, kitchen, bathroom and
some space adjacent to the
of the Waqf and any attempt to
claim independent rights in the
property would be “impermissi-
thelandoccupiedbythemosque
is as per its allotment and no one
illegallyoccupiesanyportionbe-
be apprehended soon...” Traffic was hit in parts of South Delhi on Monday due to partial closure of the Chirag Dilli flyover on Outer Ring Road for mosque.Healsosoughtarestrain- ble”. yond what is permissible. “The
repairs by the PWD. Work began on Sunday and repairs on each carriageway will take 25 days. Praveen Khanna ing order against alleged harass- The court said while an inde- demarcation to be carried out
Docthrashed ment caused to him and sought
permission to carry out recon-
pendentimamwasappointedfor
the property/mosque in 1981,
within 4 weeks,” Justice Singh
said.
bypatientat
Faridabadcivil Excise case: Hyd After death of siblings, MCD
hospital;3held
Gurgaon: Three persons,
businessman sent DELHI
INNUMBERS picks up dogs, locality in shock
to 3-day ED custody
including a patient, were
arrested after they al-
legedly thrashed a doctor DELHI’S for the last eight years and have
on duty in the emer-
gency ward at the Civil casions...EDadmitsthat11state- BUDGET AND ANKITA UPADHYAY
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13
notheardof suchanincidentbe-
fore.”
Hospital in Faridabad, re-
portedly after an argu-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13
mentshavebeenrecorded. They
say I was present at some hotel.
ECONOMY AFTERTHEdeathof twosiblings,
Shesaidpeopleintheareado
not have toilets in their houses,
ment over treatment, Now there are emails confirm- THE SIZE OF DELHI’S BUDGET IN THE PAST 5 YEARS who were allegedly mauled by and neither are there public toi-
said police. In a pur- A DELHI court sent Hyderabad- ing that. What value will I add stray dogs in separate incidents lets, so residents, including chil-
ported video of the inci- based businessman Arun Ram- even if I accept those emails?” 2022-23 ` 75,800 cr two days apart at a forest area dren, go in the forest area to re-
dent, the accused can be chandra Pillai to three days in Pillaihad,throughhislawyers, 2021-22 ` 69,000 cr near Vasant Kunj, police officials lieve themselves.
seen slapping and ED custody in connection with wished to retract statements he 2020-21 ` 65,000 cr deployedintheareasaid19dogs According to Kaptan Singh,
punching the victim. a money laundering probe into madetotheagency.“Clearlythere were picked up from the area by security manager at Sector E,
2019-20 ` 60,000 cr
According to officers, the alleged irregularities in Delhi issomethingtheywantmetoad- the MCD on Sunday and 12 on Pocket 1, of Vasant Kunj, dogs
incident took place excise policy. mitorsaysomethingthatwillad- 2018-19 ` 53,000 cr Monday. haveattackeddomesticworkers
around 2.30 am Sunday. TheEDmovedathree-dayre- vancetheircase,forthatpurpose On Sunday, police officers a few times. Captain Sohan Lal
PER CAPITA INCOME WORKING POPULATION
mandapplicationof theaccused they may be tempted to intimi- hadsaidtheyhavewrittentothe The forest area near Vasant (62) living in Sector E, Pocket 2,
Threeheld through its special public prose-
cutor NK Matta before Special
date me, my only concern is... let
alawyerbeallowedbutwhocan’t
`4,01,982 Approx6.4million MCD toactagainstthedogmen-
ace.
Kunj. Express of Vasant Kunj reiterated this.
A K Mehta, head of the
formurderof JudgeVikasDhull. Ithadclaimed
Pillai is a close aide of Telangana
hear what is going on,” Sharma
told the court.
The state ranks third
behind Goa and Sikkim
expected to grow to
10.7 million in 2040-41
TheNationalCommissionfor
Protection of Child Rights in a vacant plot nearby, with
Vasant Kunj RWA and a resident
of D1 block, said he has reported
carmechanic Chief Minister K Chandrashekar
Rao’s daughter K Kavitha and an
“Retraction is nothing but an
afterthought. We followed all
DELHIISTHETHESIXTHLARGESTCONTRIBUTOR (NCPCR) has also issued sum-
mons to theMCD commissioner
multiple injury marks that
looked like animal bites. On
incidents to officials concerned
but no action has been taken. “A
TOTHENATIONALGDP(7.1%)
New Delhi: Three men alleged frontman of the liquor procedures. CCTV recording is tophysicallyappearbeforeitat3 Sunday, around 8 am, Anand’s friend of mine was attacked by
were arrested and four cartel — “South Group” — that taking place, there is no issue or pm on Friday, along with an ac- younger brother Aditya (5) went dogs some time ago. Monkeys
juveniles apprehended paid kickbacks amounting to torture,”saidMatta.TheSPPtold DELHI'S LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYMENT tion taken report. It stated: “In with his cousin Chandan to the too have become an issue in this
forallegedlykillingaman about Rs 100 crore to the AAP to the court that his statement was COMES FROM THE UNORGANISED SECTOR view of the sensitivity of the same jungle area to relieve him- area,” he said.
inside a property dealer’s
shopinRohini,policesaid
Monday. DCP (Rohini)
gain a larger share of the market
in the national capital under
Delhi excise policy for 2020-21,
recorded in November 2022. “If
we recorded statement earlier,
there is no apprehension of co-
83% of Delhi's
income is from
tertiary sector (services,
matter… the commission con-
siders it appropriate to issue
summons to your good office to
self, when he was allegedly sur-
rounded by stray dogs and
mauled. He died during treat-
Anil Sood, a resident of C-1,
Vasant Kunj, and a member of
the RWA of the society, said they
GuriqbalSinghSidhusaid which was later scrapped. ercion or undue pressure. This banking, insurance etc) physically appear before the ment. have filed complaints but no ac-
on March 11, police re- Matta told the court that case is based on chats. We need commission on 17th March, Family members and locals tion has been taken. “Senior cit-
ceived a PCR call regard- Pillai needed to be confronted to confront on that,” Matta said. 2023, 1500 hours, along with an wereyettoreconcilewiththein- izens who go for a walk in the
ing the incident. A case of
murder was lodged and
preliminary probe into
with Butchibabu Gorantla, a
Hyderabad-basedCAwhoissaid
to be close to Kavitha.
Sharmatoldthecourt,“Anin-
dividual called Chandan Reddy
was summoned, he was slapped 2% is from the primary
sector (production
15% is from the
secondary
sector (manufacturing
action taken report of the mat-
ter.”
Seven-year-old Anand went
cidents.
Harsimar from Little India
Foundation,an NGOworkingfor
morning often carry sticks with
them as there are many dogs in
the area,” he said.
theincidentrevealedthat Advocate Manu Sharma, sohardhishearingwasdamaged. of raw materials) and processing) missingonFridayafterhelefthis the welfare and education of the When contacted, the area
the deceased, Yogesh, whoappearedforPillai,opposed HegotrelieffromHyderabadHC... home in Sindhi Basti, which is children in Sindhi Basti, said: councillor and MCD PRO did not
was a car mechanic. ENS the remand and told the court, “I If wesensesomethingiswrong,I Source: Economic Survey of Delhi 2021-22; DDA Master Plan 2041 near theforest, to go to his aunt’s “This is shocking news… we respond to calls and messages
have been summoned on 29 oc- have to bring it to your notice.” house. His body was later found have been working in the area seeking comment.

RAIN LIKELY THIS WEEKEND

Maintenance work, low levels in Yamuna: Why city is seeing water shortage
the situation to maintenance Delhi Municipal Council area. (million gallons per day), well The areas that are hit due to MostpartsofnorthwestIndia
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE work that was under way at the Meanwhile,waterlevelsinthe below the normal production of lowproductionatWazirabadand have seen large deficits in rainfall
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 Sonia Vihar water treatment Yamuna at Wazirabad have not around 134.5 MGD. This is also Chandrawal water treatment sofarthismonth,whiletheregion
plant.Whilesupplywashitfrom improved, resulting in lower- 10 MGD less than the 83 MGD of plantsincludepartsof NewDelhi as a whole has recorded a large
SEVERAL PARTS of the city con- 10 am onwards on Monday, it is than-normal production at the water that the plant was able to Municipal Council area, parts of deficitinFebruaryaswell.Witha
tinue to see water shortages on likely to be available only at low Wazirabadwatertreatmentplant, produce about a week ago. the Cantonment area and North, western disturbance affecting
account of both maintenance pressure on Tuesday morning. whichdependsonwaterfromthe DJB officials have also attrib- CentralandSouthDelhiincluding parts of northwest India from
work as well as low levels of wa- The areas that are affected river.ThewaterlevelatWazirabad uted the low level of production Jahangirpuri, Greater Kailash, Monday onwards, rainfall is ex-
ter in the Yamuna. are: Malviya Nagar, Geetanjali pond has been below normal for tohighammonialevelsinrawwa- Burari, South Extension, Moolc- pected over the Western
WatersupplyinpartsofSouth Enclave, Sarai Kale Khan, Amar about two weeks. The level on terthattheDJB’swatertreatment hand, Gulabi Bagh, Punjabi Bagh, Himalayan Region over the next
Delhi was affected on Monday Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Greater Monday was 671.4 ft against the plants are unable to process. On SangamVihar,Tughlaqabad,Karol two days. With another western
and will be available only at low Kailash, Vasant Kunj, Okhla, normalof 674.5ftandlowerthan Monday, ammonia level at Bagh, Shakti Nagar, Paharganj, disturbancelikelytoaffectthisre-
pressure on Tuesday morning. Kalkaji, Panchsheel Park, Sarita the 671.7 ft recorded on March 6. Water levels in the Yamuna at Wazirabad have not Wazirabadwas3.2ppm(partsper EastandWestPatelNagar,Oldand gion from March 16 onwards,
An advisory issued by the Vihar, Shahpur Jat, Chhatarpur, Production at the Wazirabad improved. Gajendra Yadav million),abovethe1ppmthatwa- NewRajinderNagar,ModelTown rainfall is likely in Delhi as well
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) attributed Govindpuriandpartsof theNew plant on Monday was 73 MGD ter treatment plants can process. and Subhash Park. from March 17 to 19.
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Jolt to Uddhav as loyalist’s
son joins Shinde’s Sena
VALLABH OZARKAR
MUMBAI, MARCH 13

FORMER MAHARASHTRA chief

minister Uddhav Thackeray re-
ceived a major jolt on Monday
when Bhushan Desai, the son of
formerministerandveteranShiv
Sena(UBT)leaderSubhashDesai,
joined Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde-ledSenaataneventhere. Bhushan Desai withCM Eknath ShindeonMonday. Express
“I welcome Bhushan Desai
intotheShivSena.Seeingthecon-
structiveandprogressiveworkwe ties. He is among the old-time Senaregainsitspastglory,"hesaid
are doing, he joined us. Everyone Senaleaderswhomanagedtore- in a statement.
has their own opinion. He taintheirpositionintheinnercir- When asked whether there
(Bhushan) joined us on his own. cleofUddhavwhenthelattertook was any pressure on him as he
There was no pressure on him. controlof theparty. Athree-time faced allegations of corruption in
Gajanan Kirtikar too came to us MLA, Subhash has not won an Maharashtra Industrial Develop-
the same way, drawn to the path Assemblyelectionsince2009but mentCorporationwhenhisfather
we are following," Shinde said. was accommodated in the Sena wasaminister,Bhushansaiditwas
Speaking at a press confer- asaministerandheldtheimpor- hispersonalchoicetojoinShinde’s
ence, Bhushan said, “It is Shinde tantindustryportfoliointhepre- Sena.Askedif heconsultedhisfa-
whoistakingforwardBalasaheb's vious BJP-Sena as well as the ther before taking the decision,
thoughts and dreams. I trust him Maha Vikas Aghadi government. Bhushan said he had discussed it
and I have experienced how he “Mysonhasnotbeenactivein with his father at the time when
works. I have taken the decision the Shiv Sena or politics. therebelliontookplace.
after seeing him and being in- Therefore, his joining any party Reacting to Bhushan’s state-
spired by his functioning." will not have any effect on Shiv ment, Sena (UBT) MLA and for-
His father, however, said Sena(UBT).MyloyaltytotheShiv mer minister Aaditya Thackeray
Bhushan'sjoiningtheShinde-led Sena, venerable Balasaheb, said:“Thosewhowanttogotothe
Sena was painful for him but it UddhavsahebandMatoshreefor washing machine to get them-
wouldnotmakeanydifferenceto more than five decades will re- selves cleaned, must go. But
the Sena (UBT). main unwavering... I am going to Subhash Desai is still with us and
Subhash Desai, 80, was an as- continue my work along with will notleaveuscomewhat may.
sociateoflateBalThackeraysince many other Shiv Sainiks till com- Bhushan was not with us and he
the party was founded in the six- pletejusticeisservedandtheShiv can join whoever he wishes to.”

Ministry initiates
action against
SC to Centre: Withdraw
5 state branches notice on paying OROP
of Red Cross arrears in 4 instalments
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Fixing the matter for hearing
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE next on March 20, the court also
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 asked the AG to provide the
ACTION HAS been initiated, in- court by then a note explaining
cludinganinquirybyCBI,against TAKING EXCEPTION to the what had been done and what
five state branches of Red Cross Defence ministry issuing a com- remained.
Society, according to Union munication on January 20 stat- “File a comprehensive note.
health ministry officials. ingthat thearrearsof ‘OneRank, Show us what exactly has been
Allegations of irregularities, One Pension (OROP)’ scheme done, what remains now and
financial misappropriation and willbepaidinfourhalf-yearlyin- what is the time schedule and
stalling state committees' elec- stalments,theSupremeCourton the shortest possible time that
tions were levelled against Red Monday asked the government you can pay to them,” the court
Cross branches in Tamil Nadu, to withdraw the same. told the AG.
Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar “TheDefenceministrycannot Agreeing, the AG said “in fact
Islands, Assam and Karnataka. takethelawinitshand...Withdraw I had told the department that I
In Tamil Nadu, the CBI thecommunicationofJanuary20 would like to personally take it
launched a probe in 2022. The which is directly contrary to our over and see that it is done in
accused chairman has since re- order… or will ask the secretary good time”. He added that an in-
signed and the state managing defence to present himself in stalment of Rs 2,000 crore will
committee has been dissolved. court,” Chief Justice of India D Y be paid before March 31.
In Kerala, allegations of funds Chandrachud presiding over a Stating that there were a lot
misappropriationpushedthena- three-judge bench told Attorney of issues in the execution, he
tional headquarters to recom- GeneralRVenkataramani. said, “Let’s understand that the
menddissolutionofstatemanag- The bench, also comprising dimensions are working out. 28
ing committee. A new managing Justices P S Narasimha and J B lakh pensioners, of which 7 lakh
committeehastakenchargenow. Pardiwala,madeitclearthatonce have now been cleared.
In Andaman and Nicobar thecommunicationiswithdrawn, Digitisation of the entire infor-
Islands, the general secretary thecourtwillconsiderthegovern- mation, pension be disbursed
had been holding on to his posi- ment’s request for more time. throughvariousmodes,wehave
tion for a long time without “First ask him to withdraw it. to consolidate the entire infor-
proper elections. A complaint After that we will consider your mation, there are a lot of issues
was forwarded to the L-G and applicationforextensionof time. involved in the operation”.
the chairman was removed. Let him first withdraw it other- Senior Advocate Huzefa
In Assam, the High Court or- wisehewillhavetoanswer…He Ahmadi said 4 lakh pensioners
deredanelectionandanewstate must first withdraw the com- haddied duringthependencyof
managingcommitteeisinplace. munication of January 20 and the petition and it absolves the
In Karnataka, a trust had been then ask us that in these circum- government from paying them
registered in the name of Red stances,moretimemaybegiven, anything. But the court clarified
Cross.AnFIRwasregisteredforthe we will consider the applica- that the pension arrears would
sameandthetrustwasdissolved. tion,” the CJI added. be paid to their dependents.
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023

Budget Session

17 airports made
operational in As BJP raises a storm, a look
N-E: DoNER
minister Reddy
at Rahul’s remarks in UK
we're talking about Europe that's
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MANOJ C G thethingthatshocksme…there's
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 no reaction. Of course there are
reasonsfortherenotbeingareac-
AS MANY as 17 airports have THE SECOND leg of the Budget tion. There is sort of trade and
been made operational in the SessionofParliamentkickedoffon there's money and stuff like that
northeastern region, Union a stormy note Monday with the but Indian democracy is a public
Minister for Development of rulingBJPfiringsalvosattheprin- good and if you're looking at the
NorthEasternRegion(DoNER)G cipal Opposition Congress over democraticstructure...Itisthesin-
Kishan Reddy said in Lok Sabha RahulGandhi'sremarksduringhis glemostimportantpublicgood...
on Monday. recent UK trip that “democracy is
Reddy also said the develop- under attack” in India. The Chatham House
ment of a new greenfield airport Congress returned the fire, main- Rahul Gandhi at an event in During a discussion at the
at Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh, tainingthatRahulwasjustshow- West London. PTI File Chatham House think tank in
and that of Dibrugarh, Guwahati ing the “mirror of truth”. With London on March 6, Rahul said:
and Silchar airports in Assam, members of the two parties trad- “Firstofallthisisourproblem.Itis
Imphal airport in Manipur, ingfireworks,whichledtouproar- a conversation so it's slightly dif- aninternalproblem.ItisanIndian
Barapani airport in Meghalaya iousscenes,boththeHouseswere ferentthanothercountries... problemandthesolutionisgoing
and Agartala airport in Tripura adjournedfortheday. “You've also heard of the at- tocomefrominside.However,the
are ongoing. Here is a look at some of the tack on minorities, the attack on scale of Indian democracy means
Inthenortheasternregion,17 statements made by Rahul dur- the press so you get a sense of thatdemocracyinIndiaisaglobal
airports have been made opera- Union minister Anurag Thakur (left) and BJP MP Ravishankar Prasad (centre) at Parliament House complex, Monday. PTI inghisnearlyweek-longUKtour. what is going on now. The one publicgood.Itimpactswayfurther
tional. Recently Donyi Polo air- way I like to think about it is that than our boundaries. If Indian
port (erstwhile Holongi Airport) Cambridge University Indiandemocracyisapublicgood. democracy collapses, in my view,
has been inaugurated in
ArunachalPradesh,hesaidinre-
ply to a question.
Dependence of KVs on contract Deadline nears,
smart cities’ work
InhisspeechattheCambridge
University’sJudgeBusinessSchool
on “Learning to Listen in the 21st
Because it is by far the biggest
democracy…”
democracyontheplanetsuffersa
veryserious,possiblyfatalblow.So
itisimportantforyoutoo.Itisnot

teachers up threefold, LS told

Referring to railway projects, Century” on February 28, Rahul
Indian Journalists’ justimportantforus.Wewilldeal
the minister said new projects far from target made the following remarks: Association event withourproblembutyoumustbe
worthRs 19,855crorehavebeen “Everybody knows and it's During his interaction with awarethatthisproblemisgoingto
sanctioned for constructing rail- Centre-runschools,hasfinallyad- ernment said in another written New Delhi: With deadline for the been in the news a lot that Indian theIJAinLondononMarch4,the playoutataglobalscale...”
way tracks of 864.7 km since EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE vertised12,099vacantpostsforre- response to a question by YSRCP SmartCitiesMissionapproaching democracy is under pressure, is Congress MP said the following:
2014-15 till date. NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 cruitment,theLokSabhawastold. member N Reddeppa in Lok in June, the Union Housing and under attack, right. I'm an “Peopledon'tquiteunderstand
British Parliament
According to a written re- Sabha on Monday. UrbanAffairsMinistryonMonday Opposition leader in India and the scale of India and its democ- complex
THENUMBERofteachersoncon- sponse to BSP’s Ritesh Pandey by “Thevacanciesariseduetore- informed the Rajya Sabha that we're navigating that space. racy. So how would you react if At an event in the Grand
Panel: Resume tract in Kendriya Vidyalayas has Minister of State (Education) tirement,resignation,promotion cities selected in the fast-track What's happening, the institu- democracysuddenlydisappeared CommitteeRoomof theHouseof

senior citizen morethantripledinrecentyears

due to a freeze in recruitment of
Annpurna Devi, there were
10,462contractualteachersinthe
and additional requirements on
accountofupgradation/sanction-
round of the mission in 2016 had
completed46%oftheirtotalproj-
tional framework which is re-
quired for a democracy –
in Europe? You'll be shocked and
you would be like, oh my God,
CommonsbyIndian-originLabour
Party MP Virendra Sharma on
rebate in rly fare regular faculty, according to gov-
ernment data presented in the
KVsengagedagainstvacantposi-
tions as on December 31, 2022.
ing of new streams as well as en-
hancementof students’strength.
ectssofar,whilethoseselectedin
the fourth and last round had
Parliament, a free press, the
Judiciary,justtheideaofmobilisa-
that's a massive blow to democ-
racy.Well,howwouldyoureactif
March 6, Rahul came across a
faulty microphone and quipped,
Lok Sabha on Monday. Of total12,099regularvacant Filling up of vacancies on a regu- achieved 44% completion. tion, just the idea of moving something,astructurethree-and- inresponsetoaquestiononhisex-
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE With the number of teachers posts at the KVs, 6,150 come un- lar basis is a continuous process Before the deadline for all 100 around, these are all getting con- a- half times Europe suddenly perience of being an MP with his
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 oncontractengagedagainstregu- der the unreserved category, andeffortsaremadetofillupthe cities selected in various rounds strained.Sowearefacinganattack wentnon-democratic.That'shap- British counterparts: “Our mikes
larteachingpostsrisingfrom3,260 3,254postsarereservedforOBCs, vacanciesasperprovisionsof the from 2016-18 was shifted from on the basic structure of democ- pened already. That's not some- arenotoutoforder,theyarefunc-
FOR THE second time in seven in 2020-21 to 10,462 in 2022-23, while1,802and893,respectively, relevant recruitment rules of the 2021toJune2023,thecitieswere racyintheConstitution.Indiaisde- thingthatisgoingtohappeninthe tional, but you still can’t switch
months, a parliamentary panel theKendriyaVidyalayaSangathan are reserved for members of the institution concerned,” the gov- supposed to complete their proj- scribed as a Union of states and future. That's already happened themon.That’shappenedtomea
hasrecommendedthatRailways (KVS), which manages these SC and ST communities, the gov- ernment reply stated. ectsinfiveyears. ENS thatUnionrequiresanegotiation, but there's no reaction. And if manytimeswhileIamspeaking.”
resume the concession to senior

Rahul Gandhi has damaged country’s image, should apologise, says BJP MP
citizens that was withdrawn in
2020 in view of the pandemic.
In its Demand for Grants re-
port presented in Lok Sabha
Monday, the Standing THE RULING BJP on Monday ruling party MPs created up- phere in the country and he has the ruling party's responsibil- By attacking the Chair, he has allegations? He has asked for-
Committee on Railways chaired stalled the proceedings of the roarious scenes in the Lok createdconfusion.Hedidnotact ity to run the House? damaged the prestige of the eignerstocomeandsavedemoc-
by BJP’s Radha Mohan Singh, House, seeking an apology from Sabhawithsloganraising,forc- as a constructive Opposition Yes,weagreethatitistherul- House.Wehadtoraisethatissue. racy in India. During Indira
made the recommendation. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for ing the House to adjourn re- leader. He should apologise. ing party's responsibility to see But most of what Gandhi Gandhi's rule, Subramanian
“The committee reiterate his remarks on Indian democ- peatedly. Why? But the Opposition leader Ganesh that the House functions. We has said during the 50 minutes Swamy(thenaJanaSanghleader)
their earlier recommendation racy during his trip to London. We, in the BJP, have just said contended that Defence Singh wanttoruntheHouse,butRahul has been expunged. was expelled from the Rajya
and urge upon the Railways to Senior BJP leader GANESH Rahul Gandhi, being a member Minister Rajnath Singh, who isamemberof thisHouse.Hehas But it's still on his YouTube Sabha in 1976 for his remarks
consider empathically for re- SINGH, four-time Lok Sabha MP of theLokSabha,shouldnothave led the offensive, did not give a damaged the country's image. channel.Onceexpunged,youare against India on foreign soil.
sumption of concessions in fares from Madhya Pradesh's Satna, made the remarks against India notice to speak. AllhesaidwasthatwhatGandhi He could have raised his con- not supposed to play them or Will the BJP continue its
to senior citizens particularly in tells LIZ MATHEW that Gandhi on a foreign soil. If he had to say Rajnath Singhji is an honor- did was wrong and there should cerns in the House. He spoke for keep them on your social media. protest on Tuesday?
Sleeper Class,” it said. was“beingirresponsible”andhe something, he could have come able leader and he is the deputy be an explanation. 50minutesduringthemotionof No one can report aboutit either. Our party will decide what's
Men aged 60 or above used has to give an explanation to the to the House and spoken. People leader of the House. He has The protests disrupted the thanks debate and his mic was HereRahulGandhiischallenging our strategy for tomorrow. We
to get 40% discount and women people of India. are concerned about what he namedRahulGandhibutdidnot proceedings and there was no not switched off even for a sec- every authority and breaking all want to run the House, but let
aged 58 or above 50%. Ina rare occasiontoday,the said. There is a peaceful atmos- levelanyallegationsagainsthim. business in the House. Is it not ond.ButheaccusedtheSpeaker. rules. What was the basis of his him apologise.

In Rajasthan, Kejriwal says elect Karnataka BJP

leader defends
Don’t start probe
honest AAP for development his remarks into MLA poaching
DELHI CONFIDENTIAL against Islam
HAMZA KHAN
JAIPUR, MARCH 13
charge: SC to CBI
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE set up by the state to probe the
THROWING HIS hat in the ring BENGALURU, MARCH 13 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE charges, but this was quashed by
ahead of Rajasthan's Assembly NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 theSC,whichaskedHCtoconsider
elections, Delhi Chief Minister A DAY after former Karnataka thepleaforaCBIprobeafresh.
ArvindKejriwalonMondayleda minister K S Eshwarappa trig- THESUPREMECourtonMonday In December 2022, a single
roadshow in Jaipur asking that gered a row with his derogatory orally instructed the CBI against judgeof HCtransferredtheprobe
the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) be comments against Islam, the startingitsprobeintoallegations toCBI.Thecourttookagrimview
given a chance in the state in- leader defended his remark on that BJP leaders made failed at- of how the events unfolded.
steadof “VasundharaRajeAshok Monday.Hesaidhedidnotwant temptstopoachfourMLAsof the It said “the controversy re-
Gehlot party” and offered the to hurt religious sentiments and ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi — garding poaching of MLAs is...a
people of the state the develop- was just expressing general sen- formerly Telangana Rashtra serious one" and "the official
ment models of Delhi and timent. Samithi — in Telangana. press conference by the Chief
Punjab. Along with Punjab CM AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Addressingapressconference “Don’tcontinueinvestigation Minister and speaking about the
BhagwantMannandotherparty Mann during a ‘Tiranga Rally’ in Jaipur, Monday. Rohit Jain Paras inMangaluru,hesaidaskedwhat while the matter is with us. It sequence of events and the at-
YOGA DAY COUNTDOWN leaders, Kejriwal led a “Tiranga
Yatra” from Sanganeri Gate to
istheneedforuseofmicrophones
during azaan. Azaan, he said, dis-
will become infructuous,” a
bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna
tempt made to poach ruling
party MLAs is understandable”.
AYUSH MINISTER Sarbananda Sonowal kicked off the 100- Ajmeri Gate in Jaipur’s old city. andthesameparty—Vasundhara ‘doubleenginedoubleengine’.It turbsstudentsduringexamsand and M M Sundresh said. The HC, however, said the
day countdown to International Yoga Day (June 21) on PaintingtheCongressandthe Raje Ashok Gehlot party.” istheircodeword.Itmeansdou- also patients at hospitals. “This is Senior advocate Mahesh “manner in which the video
Monday with an event at the Talkatora stadium that was at- BJPwiththesamebrush,theDelhi “Elect an honest party this blethecorruption,”Kejriwalsaid. my personal opinion, and of the Jethmalani, who appeared for recordingsthroughelectronicspy
tended, among others, by Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, CMsaidfromatopacampaignve- time.I,orBhagwantMann,don’t His campaign truck was sur- people. Muslim leaders should BJP, said this will have to be con- gadgetsanddocumentshavebeen
ManipurCMNBirenSinghandathleteHimaDas.ButSonowal hicle, “I have heard that (former know how to do politics. If you rounded by a sea of the Tricolour think of that and should not im- veyed to the probe agency. uploaded in the public domain
has grander plans afoot in the run up to the yoga day. Over the CM) Vasundhara Raje and (Chief wanttodopoliticsorcorruption, and“MeraRangDeBasantiChola” pose (azaan) on people,” he said. Senior advocate Dushyant testedontheviewpointof theac-
courseof nearlythreemonths,rolemodelsandachieversfrom Minister) Ashok Gehlot get along vote for them. But if you want played in the background. Both Some Muslims, he said, were Dave,whoappearedforthestate, cusedwouldcertainlycauseprej-
different sectors will promote yoga. Sonowal is also in touch very well, there is immense schools, hospitals, roads, water Kejriwal and Mann began their insulting Islam by making the said he had instructions that the udicetothem.Thoughtheinvesti-
with corporate houses to set up ‘yoga cells’ in offices. friendship. Even if a little harm or electricity, come to me,” he addressesbysaying“BharatMata prayer call through micro- fileswereyettobehandedoverto gation is at the preliminary stage,
comes to Gehlot, Raje puts for- said, adding that by going by the ki Jai”, with Mann introducing phones. Whenever he visits a thecentralagency.Thecourtsaid crucialdocuments,whichwerein
wardtheentireBJPforhim.There three-decade tradition of the Kejriwal as a “revolutionary CM”. house, he said, residents com- listedthematterforhearinginthe thenatureofpre-trapproceedings,
GOING SOLO was talk of Raje being removed
and Ashok Gehlot put the entire
state’s electorate voting out the
incumbentgovernment“itisthe
Talkingtojournalists,Kejriwal
said the party would contest all
plain that azaan disturbs stu-
dents. People ask if any law will
week starting July 31. The bench
also recorded in its order the pe-
havecomeoutinpublic”.
Itsaidthe“rightsoftheaccused
ON MONDAY, the Trinamool Congress was missing from the Congressinherdefence.So,these BJP’s number (this time)”. 200Assemblyseatsinthestatein be introduced to stop this prac- titioner’sstatementthatthestate to have fair and unbiased investi-
Opposition camp's floor coordination meeting as well as the are not different parties. It is one “They(BJP)willcomeandsay elections later this year. tice, Eshwarappa said. was yet to hand over papers per- gation are defeated in this case...”
protest march against the alleged “misuse” of Central agencies taining to the probe to CBI. Thestateappealedagainstthisbut
andtheAdaniaffair.Trinamool'sabsencewasintriguingconsid- In November last year, the it was dismissed in February this
eringthatevenAAP,whichhasnotreceivedanystatementofsol-
idarityfromtheCongressoverthearrestofManishSisodiasofar,
joined the meeting, convened by Leader of Opposition in Rajya
Chhattisgarh Cong chief alleges DMF fund TelanganaHighCourthadallowed
a special investigation team (SIT)
yearbyadivisionbenchof HC,af-
terwhichthestatemovedtheSC.

SabhaMallikarjunKharge,andtheprotestmarchtillVijayChowk.
OnTuesday,theTrinamoolplanstohaveitsownprotestsagainst
several issues, including the “exposure” of public sector banks
misuse in Kondagaon; govt assures probe ED showing sisters’ jewellery
andtheLICtothestockmarketaswellastheLPGpricehike.
JAYPRAKASH S NAIDU
Kondagaon seat, alleged misap-
propriation of funds to the tune
about the number of works
sanctioned by the district con-
government will take action
against the officer concerned af- as ‘recovery’, claims Tejashwi
RAIPUR, MARCH 13
OSCAR WHISPERS
of Rs 7 crore in the works under structioncommitteetotheRural ter a probe by constituting a ularjewellerysuchas“mangalsu-
DMF in Kondagaon district. Engineering Service (RES) divi- committee of the House. SANTOSH SINGH tra and kangan” of his four sisters
CHHATTISGARH IN what can be Joining him on the issue, oppo- sioninKondagaoninthelasttwo Choubeysaiddetailsontheis- PATNA, MARCH 13 and their relatives were being
‘PROUD MOMENT for Bharat’, announced RSS's cultural arm seen as a sign of an ongoing sition BJP MLAs also demanded financial years as well in the cur- suewillbecollectedandthemat- shownbyagencyasbeingamong
SanskarBharatiMonday,asIndiabaggedtwoOscars.“RRRmovie power tussle within the ruling an inquiry by the House panel. rent fiscal till January 31. ter will be probed by state-level BIHARDEPUTYChiefMinisterand theitemsrecoveredintheraids.
isthefirstfeaturefilmtobringBharat'sfirsteverOscarinthe‘Best Congress, party’s state chief and After Markam raised the is- Markam, who represents officers. He also assured action RJDleaderTejashwiPrasadYadav “PeoplearereactingtotheED
Song Category’ with Naatu Naatu. Congratulations to the entire MLAMohanMarkamonMonday sue, state Panchayat and Rural Kondagaon Assembly con- into the matter within a month. onMondaysaidtheEnforcement raids as if some treasure trove
team…SSRajamouli,”ittweeted.Later,italsocongratulatedthe alleged misappropriation of Development Minister Ravindra stituency, also asked about the DistrictMineralFoundationsis Directorate(ED)shouldeitherde- has been recovered from our
teamof‘TheElephantWhisperers’.“ThisisBharat!‘TheElephant fundsinworkssanctionedunder Choubey assured that the mat- funds allotted for these works. In atrust,setupasanon-profitbody clare the list of items it claims to house. They (agencies) have not
Whisperers’winstheOscarforbestdocumentaryshortfilm.This the District Mineral Foundation terwillbeprobedbyastate-level his reply, the minister said, no in all districts of state, to work for have seized from raids at houses got anything,” he claimed. “It is
is the first ever Oscar for any Bharatiya production. It speaks of (DMF) in the state's Kondagaon officer and action will be taken work was allotted by the district theinterestandbenefitofpersons of his parents and other family the same old list. Why can they
the sacred bond between humans and the natural world, and district and demanded a probe. within a month. constructioncommitteetotheRES and areas affected by mining-re- membersorhewilldeclarethelist. not declare the seizure list?
emphasisestheBharatiyavalueof coexistence,”itsaid. Speaking in the Assembly, Speaking during the inthedistrictduringtheperiod. lated operations. It is funded Tejashwi, who returned to Either they declare it, or I can de-
Markam, who represents the Question Hour, Markam asked He asked whether the state throughminers’contribution. PatnaonMonday,allegedthatreg- clare it,” Tejashwi said.
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‘Seminalimportance’:SC Vadodara villagers become Some private hospitals
may start medical colleges
guarantors to bail out each
referssame-sexmarriage other after communal clash
this year, says Mandaviya

pleasto5-judgebench
tance of the hospitals stemmed
ANONNA DUTT from excessive paperwork and
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 normsrelatedtorequirementsof
land and infrastructure. “Of
ADITIRAJA OVER 60 big private hospitals course, there can’t be an abun-
VADODARA,MARCH13 were urged to start medical danceoflandinmiddleofcity,and
Appearing for the Centre Act speaks about marriage be- courses during a recent meeting that was a hurdle,” said official.
ANANTHAKRISHNAN G Monday, Solicitor General tween any two persons. AFTER A communal clash broke with the Union Health Minister Last year, the apex medical
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 TusharMehtasaid“nobodyisin- He said that in the Navtej out at Samiyala village in Mansukh Mandaviya on the education regulator National
terfering” with “the right to love, Singh Johar verdict, the SC “cat- VadodaratalukaonMarch11over promise of easing paperwork Medical Commission (NMC), is-
THESUPREMECourtonMonday therighttoexpress,andfreedom egorically said that the right to firecrackers being burst during a andrelaxingsomenorms.Of the sued a draft notification that al-
referred to a five-judge of choice” as laid out in the life includes dignity and choice wedding procession near a place 62 hospitals that participated, lowed hospital chains that have
ConstitutionBenchthepetitions Navtej Singh Johar verdict. of family, marriage, procreation of worship, the villagers have around 20 are likely to start previous experience in running
seeking legal recognition to But, he pointed out, the top and sexual orientation and it in- come together as guarantors for courses this year itself. medical colleges to open more
same-sex marriages, saying the court was also “very, very care- heres in every individual includ- one another in bail proceedings Mandaviya said, “Earlier, elsewhere without waiting for
matter raises questions of “sem- ful” in saying this ruling “should ing the LGBTQ community”. followingthearrestof37persons. At the peace meeting in Samiyala village Sunday. Express good private hospitals were not the hospitals to get established.
inal importance”. not be meant as conferring any “In the Puttaswamy case, the OnSunday,officialsofthedis- interested in training students; As per the existing norms, a
In its order, a three-judge right including the right to mar- SC said same-sex couples enjoy trictadministrationandthepolice the hospital was their business. medical college can be estab-
bench, headed by Chief Justice D riage.” the right to privacy in makingvi- department organised a peace Chavda, taluka police station in- end to “revive” a set of rules that There are four or five such hos- lishedalongwitha300-bedhos-
YChandrachud,saidthesubmis- “Whenthequestionof grant- tal personal choices specifically meeting with members of both charge sub-inspector VG had been in place for communal pitals in every city. Now, they pital only if it has been function-
sions on the issue involve the in- ing recognition, legal sanction to including the right to marry. the communities of Samiyala. Lambariya as well as other police harmony here since 2017. have agreed to start courses.” ing for two years.
terplay between constitutional a relationship is concerned, that In Deepika Singh, the SC Village elders and community administration officials met Sub-inspector Lambariya “With specialised services Thedraftproposaldoesaway
rightsand specificlegislativeen- is essentially a function of the said unconventional manifes- leadersacceptedtherecommen- members of the communities, toldTheIndianExpress,“In2017, available at the hospitals, most withthetwo-yearwaitingperiod
actments, including the Special legislature, and for more than tations of love and family by dation by the authorities and po- urgingthemto“belarge-hearted” after a disagreement, the vil- wouldbeginwithtrainingPGstu- norm if the organisation has ex-
Marriage Act, besides the rights one reason,” Mehta said. same-sex couples equally de- licetobeguarantorsforeachother to live in “complete harmony”. lagers had created a set of rules dents. But some will introduce perience in running a 1,000-bed
of transgender couples. “Parliament will have to de- serve protection under law in the bail procedure. Two days after groups from about processions, religious fes- both UG and PG courses,” said an hospital and medical college
“Having due regard to the bate and take a call whether in and benefits under various Thus, for each of the 37 ar- two communities clashed, set tivities and places of worship to official in the know of the matter. elsewhere in the country.
broader context of the peti- view of the societal ethos and legislations,” Kaul said. rested persons — 22 from the four vehiclesonfireanddamaged avoid any such untoward inci- The hospitals that attended the Sucharelaxation,officialssay,
tions...and the interrelationship several other factors which go “If we holistically look at all Hindu community and 15 from several others, the village was dents... They told us that the meeting included Breach Candy, wouldallowrecentlyestablished
between the statutory regime into the lawmaking, whether these judgments, the rights that the Muslim community— a back to normal on Monday. rulesweredoneawaywithyears Amrita Hospital, Medanta, Amrita hospital in Faridabad to
and constitutional rights, we are we would like this institution your lordships have recognised memberoftheothercommunity According to police, the trigger ago. Now they have decided to Reliance Hospital, and Satya Sai. startcoursesimmediatelyasital-
of the considered view that it to be recognised...” of same-sex couples and the stood as guarantor to secure bail. was the bursting of firecrackers call a meeting and reinforce the As per officials, many of the readyrunsawell-establishedhos-
will be appropriate if the issues Mehta said that the Centre’s community, are far beyond a The exercise, villagers say, has near a mosque during a wedding same rules...” hospitals have already submit- pitalandmedicalcollegeinKochi.
raised are resolved by a affidavit mentioned existing narrow pedantic interpretation rekindled the spirit of “brother- procession playing DJ music past Thevillage,withapopulation ted their applications and those Thisisoneofthemeasuresbe-
ConstitutionBenchof fivejudges provisions in various laws deal- sought to be given to the Special hood” that existed among the midnight on Saturday. of 6,000, has about 2,000 that pass the inspections will ing taken by the government to
of this court having due regard ing with marriage that specifi- Marriages Act by saying that in “older generation”. After the police intervention, Muslims,withtwoof the12pan- takeinstudentsfromthecurrent increasethenumberofUGandPG
to the provisions of Article cally relate to only biological one paragraph, male and female At the meeting, Deputy the villagers have decided to call chayatmembersbelongingtothe academic year. seats, with the numbers almost
145(3) of the Constitution,” the men and women and that the is used," he said. Superintendent of Police BH another meeting over the week- minority community. Officials said that the reluc- doubling over the last nine years.
bench said. laws would become otiose if Senior Advocate K V
Under Article 145(3), a mini- same-sex marriage is legalised. Viswanathan said the petitions
mum of five judges should hear Countering this, Senior directly engageArticle19(a)and
cases that involve “a substantial Advocate Abhishek Manu 21 of the Constitution.
question of law as to the inter- Singhvi, who appeared for some “The right to choose a part-
pretation” of the Constitution. of the petitioners, said it is about ner and have the status of mar-
The bench, also comprising “the right to love that the SC ex- riage is actually a right of ex-
Justices P S Narasimha and J B plained in its judgment decrim- pression, right to dignity and
Pardiwala, listed the matter for inalising same-sex relations is self respect which are trace-
hearing on April 18. the right that makes us human”. able to Article 21.
Thegovernmenthasopposed He said the consequential These rights will have to be
the petitions and urged the issues which follow from the recognised and statutes suitably
Supreme Courttoleavetheissue decriminalisation of Section tailored to give them this recog-
to be decided by the Parliament. 377 is that “the right to marry nition because these have other
It has told the top court that a cannot be withheld from a implications like inheritance,
“legislative understanding of class of persons solely on the family pension etc,” he said.
marriage in the Indian statutory basis of their sex, sexual orien- Senior Advocate Menaka
and personal law regime” refers tation or gender identity”. Guruswamy, who also ap-
onlytomarriagebetweenbiolog- He said that “in the event the peared for the petitioners, said
ical men and women and that right to marry is extended to “the legislative intent of the
any interference “would cause such classes, then it should be Hindu Marriage Act requires
complete havoc”. extended in equal terms". that same-sex marriage be
Any “recognised devia- The senior counsel con- recognised, because Section 5
tion...can occur only before the tended that the court must also of the Act speaks of marriage
competent legislature”, the consider striking down the re- between two Hindus”.
government submitted, adding quirement of prior notice pe- She said that “when
that same-sex marriage cannot riod for those intending to get Ambedkar presented this,
be recognised by law “despite married under the Special the objections he received on
the decriminalisation of Marriage Act. inter-caste marriage, widow re-
Section 377 (homosexuality)” Senior Advocate N K Kaul, marriage etc. were similar to
of the IPC in Navtej Singh Johar also appearing for some peti- what the Solicitor General is
v. Union of India. tioners,saidtheSpecialMarriage saying now”.

Pradhan urges
Centre to pitch
in, check Odisha
forest fire cases
Bhubaneswar:Asaspateoffirein-
cidentscontinuetodevastatefor-
est resources in Odisha, Union
Education Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan on Monday sought
Centre’s intervention.
In a letter handed over to his
cabinet colleague and Union
Police detain Yuva Morcha supporters during a protest ForestandEnvironmentMinister
demanding safety against toxic fumes emanating from plastic Bhupendra Yadav after meeting
waste of Brahmapuram garbage plant, in Kochi, Monday. PTI him in New Delhi on Monday,
Pradhan urged him to convene a
meeting of officials of the Forest

Kochi fire doused but HC Ministryandstategovernmentfor

launching urgent measures to

takes note, seeks details

contain forest fire incidents.
Pradhan said Odisha has
recorded 871 large forest fires

of waste plant spending sinceNovember1,2022,whichis

also season’s national record.
Odisha recorded 642 ‘large’
secretary to “place before the fire incidents from March 2 to 9,
SHAJUPHILIP court on Tuesday all payments the highest in the country dur-
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, madebyKMCundertheheadsof ing the period, according to
MARCH13 collection, transportation, hand- Forest Survey of India. ENS
ingover,treatmentetc.forthepast
THEFIREatthedumpingground sevenyearstocontractorsorstaff
in Kochi's Brahmapuram waste under any head”. Next of kin to get
treatmentplanthasbeendoused The corporation has also
12 days after it started on March been asked to explain the con- Rs 25 lakh if J&K
2, leaving a blanket of toxic haze tract which allowed “a free hand
over Kerela’s commercial hub. to a third party over the respon- CAPF personnel
Ernakulam District Collector sibility of the Brahmapuram
NSKUmeshsaidthefirewasput waste treatment plant”. killed on duty
out completely on Monday Even as the fire and the
eveningandthequalityof airhad smokesubsidedinKochi,heated Jammu: The next of kin (NoK) of
improvedintheregion.“However, exchanges were witnessed in the Central Armed Paramilitary
we would maintain an utmost the state Assembly where the Forces (CAPF) personnel hailing
vigil in the region for the next 48 ruling CPI(M) and the from Jammu and Kashmir, who
hours as there are chances of re- Opposition Congress blamed getkilledinlineoftheirdutieswill
ignition.Allgovernmentemploy- each other for the situation. nowgetanex-gratiareliefofRs25
eesandvolunteerswhotookpart Seeking a CBI probe into the lakh from the UT administration.
in the firefighting mission at the fire incident, the Congress-led Earlier, the J&K government
plant would undergo a detailed Opposition said the garbage was used to pay Rs 5 lakh.
medicalcheck-uponTuesdayata “deliberately set on fire” to help This decision was taken dur-
special camp. They would be the firm, Zonta Infratech, which ing a meeting of Administrative
givenpsychologicalsupportwith was given the task of bio-mining Council chaired by Lt Governor
follow-up programmes,” he said. at the dumping yard. Manoj Sinha and attended by
TheKeralaHighCourt,mean- Leader of the Opposition V D Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar
while, has directed the Kochi Satheesan said the company, Mehta, and LG’s Principal
MunicipalCorporationtofurnish whichwaspickedupbythegov- Secretary Mandeep Kumar
expenditure details on waste ernmenttoclearthegarbage,re- Bhandari.
management in the last seven alised that an inspection from An official statement said:
years.ADivisionBenchofJusticeS the government would expose “As per the decision, the NoKs of
V Bhatti and Basant Balaji, which its failure to shift the waste. martyred CAPF personnel will
is considering a suo motu case “Hence, the garbage was delib- now receive Rs 25 lakh as ex-
with regard to the fire at the erately set on fire,’’ he said. gratia relief, a substantial in-
dumping yard, on Monday di- FULLREPORTON crease from the previous
rectedthemunicipalcorporation www.indianexpress.com amount of Rs 5 lakh,’’ ENS
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MP Assembly censures BBC for

documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots
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Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh

Assembly on Monday passed a
and seconded by Madhya
Pradesh Legislative Affairs min-
India treasure trove in US museum linked to smuggler in TN jail
censure motion against BBC for
allegedly showing Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in abad
ister Narottam Mishra. It was
passed by a voice vote.
A censure motion is an ex-
paintings, with links to Subhash
Kapoor, who is serving a 10-year
prison term in Tamil Nadu for
ateliers.”
■ “Rama and Lakshmana Visit
the Hermitage of an Ascetic”;
to India in July 2012. On
November 1, 2022, he was sen-
tenced to 10 years in jail by a
propriate.”
The Met has also returned
artefacts to India, with
486 ASI antiquities missing
light through its documentary
on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
pression of strong disapproval.
In Parliamentary procedure, it is
smuggling antiquities.
The investigation reviewed
1775-80, Pahari Hills, Guler or
Kangra;medium:Redochreand
court in Tamil Nadu's
Kumbakonamonchargesof bur-
Parliament records listing at
least three instances. On March
since 1947: why numbers
The motion was a private
member resolution moved by
ruling BJP MLA Shailendra Jain
a debatable main motion that
could be adopted by a majority
vote. PTI
the museum’s antiquities cata-
logue and found that the prove-
nance — where each is from and
wash on paper; Met: “The rapid
gestural quality of the sketch fits
well with other preparatory
glary and illegal export of idols
belonging to the Varadharaja
Perumal temple in
8, 2021, the Government in-
formed Lok Sabha about the re-
turn of sculptures “Durga
don’t capture the story
its journey to the museum — of drawings attributed to artists Kanchipuram. He is currently Mahishasurmardini” from the Indian antiquities smuggler
the77antiquitiesonlyshowthat who followed the great master servinghissentenceintheTrichy Uttarakhand and a “Bodhisattva SHYAMLAL YADAV who is serving a 10-year prison
they were acquired from or “do- Nainsukh (active 1735-78) central jail. Head” from Andhra Pradesh, NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 terminTamilNadufor idoltheft.
nated” by Kapoor, or his associ- within the Seu family work- Kapoor is facing charges in both in 2018. Earlier, on April 25, In its report on June 15 last
atethelateDorisWeinerandher shops in the Punjab Hills”. the US as well for smuggling 2016, the Government had in- PERHAPS, THEbiggestchallenge year, the Parliament committee
daughter Nancy Weiner, or ■“Krishna Subdues the Serpent idols and artefacts from Asia. A formed the Lok Sabha that an the Government faces in its flagged that“number of antiqui-

EXPRESS EDUCATION
Kapoor's gallery in Manhattan, Kaliya in the Yamuna River: complaint filed in July 2019 in a “Image of Buddha” from move to bring its heritage home ties retrieved” by the ASI from
Art of the Past (AOP). Nancy Illustration from a Bhagavata New York court by the Bodhgaya in Bihar was “volun- — is at home. This is best illus- abroad “are not even the tip of
Weiner has been convicted in Purana Series”; Pahari Hills, Homeland Security tarily returned without seeking trated by the formidable gap be- the iceberg in comparison to the
the US. Guler or Kangra; medium: Ink Investigation (HSI), the principal anymonetarycompensation”by tween which artefact has been huge number of antiques smug-
Since 2001 This assumes significance at and wash on paper; Met: investigative arm of the US the museum in 1999. “officially” declared missing and gled out from country”.
a time when there is a high-pro- “Attributed to a follower of Department of Homeland Says S Vijay Kumar of India what is surfacing in global mar- Apart from ASI-protected
file official move to ensure the Nainsukh (active 1735-78).” Security, stated that the “total Pride Project, an NGO that has kets or being found in museum monuments, there are several
return of lost heritage from Of the 59 paintings, 55 were value of stolen antiquities been working for the return of shelves and catalogues. others preserved by state gov-
abroad—inOctoberlastyear,the “donated” to the Met with iden- known to have been trafficked antiquities from abroad: “The In fact, estimates of missing ernments and their agencies.
Manhattan District Attorney an- tical provenance details: by Kapoor exceeds $145.71 Methasalreadyreturnedatleast pieces range from less than 500 The ASI's list of missing an-
nounced the return of as many “Possibly Shri Parshotam Ram million”. five artefacts to India and many to as high as 50,000. tiquitiescovers17statesandtwo
as307antiquitiestoIndiavalued Kapoor, Jalandhar and New According to the HSI's com- more to other source nations Since Independence, only UnionTerritories.ApartfromMP,
at nearly $4 million. Delhi, India; Subhash Kapoor, plaint, 2,622 antiquities valued whentheirprovenance research 486 antiquities have been re- Rajasthan and UP, the list in-
However, among those still New York (until 2008; at over $143 million (nearly Rs failed. Common law clearly portedasmissingfromthe3,696 cludes: Uttarakhand (33), Tamil
intheUS,aretheMet'soldestan- donated).” 1,165 crore) with links to Kapoor states that a thief cannot pass a monuments protected and Nadu (30), Bihar (22), Andhra
tiquities which are linked to The provenance of three have been seized. His modus good title and thus India has to maintained by the Pradesh (18), Karnataka (15),
Kapoor.Theyinclude(seethefull other paintings are similar, too: operandi, the HSI stated, was to prove theft or illegal removal.” Maharashtra (12), Chhattisgarh
list on indianexpress.com):
■“TheMoonGodChandrainHis
“Kapoor Curios, Jalandhar, India,
by 1962; Subhash Kapoor, New
first select antiquities, illegally
export them to the US or UK, get
AskedaboutKapoor'slinksto
the Met and his current status in
YOUR RIGHT (8),Odisha(5),Telangana(5)and
West Bengal (3), among others.
Chariot with Wife and York (until 2008; donated).” For them restored and “laundered” India, his lawyer S Nadhiya said: TO KNOW According to ASI, 292 antiquities
Attendant” (West Bengal, 2nd- the remaining painting, itstates: using “false and forged” papers, “We had filed an appeal at the have been brought back to India
1st century BCE); medium: “Subhash Kapoor, New York (by and use AOP to sell them to Madurai bench of Madras High E
AN XPRESS RTI from abroad since 2014 and 13
Ivory; “Shunga dynasty”. 1996; donated).” “dealers, collectors and muse- Court which was on February 15 between 1976 and 2013.
APPLICATION
■ “Kamadeva, the God of Love” The Indian Express has estab- ums around the world”. remanded to a sessions court in According to the ASI list, 322
(J&K, second half of eighth cen- lished from court records that When contacted by The Thanjavur and is now pending of the 486 antiquities were re-
tury); medium: Stone; Met de- (the late) Parshotam Ram Indian Express, the HSI said that there.” She did not respond to Archaeological Survey of India ported missing since 1976, when
scribes it as “a rare survivor from Kapoor, hailing from Jalandhar, while it “will not confirm the ex- the other questions. (ASI), including 139 from India implemented the
early medieval Kashmir”. is the father of Subhash Kapoor. istence of, or otherwise com- TheUnionMinistryofCulture Madhya Pradesh, 95 from Antiquities and Art Treasure Act
■ “The God Revanta Returning The Met catalogue shows these ment on, ongoing/ pending in- andthe ArchaeologicalSurvey of Rajasthan and 86 from Uttar of 1972. Experts say the monu-
from a Hunt” (Karnataka or paintings are mostly from re- vestigations”, the agency is India (ASI) did not respond to Pradesh,accordingtorecordsac- mentsandsitesmaintainedbythe
Andhra Pradesh, 10th century); gions that now fall in Himachal “working with foreign govern- questionnairessentbyTheIndian cessed by The Indian Express un- ASIisonlya“smallpercentage”of
medium: Bronze; “later Pradesh and Rajasthan. mentstoreturntheir...lootedcul- Express detailing its findings and der the Right To Information the total number of archaeologi-
Chalukyan period”. In India, artefacts that have tural heritage and stolen asking about action taken by the (RTI) Act. cal sites and monuments across
■ “Child Saint Sambandar” “been in existence for not less artwork”. Government in this regard. While these are still missing, thecountry.Themenaceof miss-
(Tamil Nadu, late 11th century): than one hundred years” -- 75 Responding to questions According to the Antiquities and the RTI records also show that ing antiquities is illustrated by an
medium: Copper alloy; “Chola years for manuscripts -- are cat- from The Indian Express, the Met Art Treasure Act, 1972: “...it shall 305 antiquities have been UNESCOestimatethat“morethan
period (880–1279)”. egorised as antiquities. And said: “The Met is committed to notbelawfulforanyperson,other brought back to India from 50,000 art objects have been
■ “The God Danda and the guidelines issued globally for the responsible collecting of art than the Central Government or abroadsince1976,including292 smuggled out of India till 1989”.
Goddess Niksubha (Attendants museums,followinganUNESCO and goes to great lengths to en- any authority or agency author- since 2014. However, as the The National Mission on
of Surya, the Sun God)”, 11th convention in 1970, state: sure that all works entering the ized by the Central Government Parliamentary Standing Monuments and Antiquitieshas
century; medium: Sandstone; “When acquiring an object, collection meet the laws and inthisbehalf,toexportanyantiq- Committee of Transport, so far registered 3.52 lakh antiq-
Met provides no background whether by purchase or dona- strict policiesin place atthetime uity or art treasure.” Tourism and Culture points out, uities from the 16.70 lakh it has
details. tion or any other way, museums of acquisition. Additionally, as On September 23, 2020, The these numbers may just be “the documented for an “effective
The 59 paintings include: should exercise due diligence in laws and guidelines on collect- Indian Express investigation of tip of the iceberg”. check” on illegal activities. This
■ “The Goddess Durga Killing verifyingtheobject’shistoryand ing have changed over time, so data from the US Financial Nearly four years ago, the US is just a small portion of the
the Buffalo Demon, Mahisha provenance. If a museum is ac- have the Museum's policies and Crimes Enforcement Network Department of Homeland nearly 58 lakh antiquities in the
(Mahishasura Mardini)”; 1760, quiring an object, the museum procedures.TheMetalsocontin- showedthat Kapoor'snamewas Security’s investigative wing in- country in an estimate submit-
Mewar (Rajasthan); medium: must verify whether the object ually researches the history of flagged in a report filed by formed a court in New York that ted by the Union Ministry of
Ink,transparentandopaquewa- was lawfully obtained, lawfully works in the collection -- often Standard Chartered Bank, New it had seized 2,622 antiquities Culture in Parliament last year:
tercoloronpaper;Met'sdescrip- exported and/ or imported...” in collaboration with colleagues York, “for obtaining millions of valued at over $143 million ASI (15 lakh), various museums
tion: “Finished paintings of this Subhash Kapoor was ar- in countries around the world -- dollars in trafficking looted arte- (nearly Rs 1,165 crore), mainly of centralandstategovernments
subject are well known from the restedinGermany'sFrankfurton and has a long track record of facts from international smug- from Asia, with links to just one (25 lakh), universities (10 lakh)
Mewar court and neighboring October 30, 2011, and extradited actingonnewinformationasap- glers and selling them illegally”. man alone — Subhash Kapoor, and private collections (8 lakh).

Kerala ISIS module case: NIA search in Srinagar In Uttar Pradesh, two teenage cousins
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ideologies of ISIS and was radi-
calisingandrecruitingmembers ‘gangraped’ by 6, all accused arrested
Mohammed Ameen alias Abu to this ISIS module. He and his
THE NATIONAL Investigation Yahya, who had been running associates had even identified According to the preliminary six youths came from behind
Agency (NIA) Monday con- various ISIS propaganda chan- certain individuals for targeted EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE investigation by the police, the and caught them. They dragged
ducted a search in Jammu and nels on different social media killings. They had also made LUCKNOW, MARCH 13 two girls had gone to a local fair the two teenage girls to nearby
Kashmir’s Srinagar in connec- platforms such as Telegram, plans to undertake ‘Hijrah’ to along with two other children – bushes and allegedly gangraped
Contact for Advt. Booking: M/s Friends Publicity Service tion with the Kerala ISIS module Hoop and Instagram. Jammu and Kashmir for engag- TWO TEENAGE cousins, aged 17 a 12-year-old girl and her 10- them,” said a local police officer,
case, the agency said. “Through these channels, he ing in terrorist acts and had and 15 years, were allegedly year-old brother – on Sunday. adding the six youths beat up
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sources for this trip,” an NIA neighbouring village when the they decided to stay at their rel- companying the teenage girls
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“On Monday, the NIA con- a fair in Fatehpur district late two km from the mela ground. After threatening the cousin
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UTTAR PRADESH SHASAN Department of Horticulture & Food

PARIVAHAN ANUBHAG-4 Processing, Uttar Pradesh
In pursuance of the provisions of clause (3) of Article 348 of Constitution of India, the Governor is
pleased to order the publication of the following English translation of Notification no. 7/2023/372/xxx- Udyan Bhawan 2, Sapru Marg, Lucknow
4-2023-30-4099(099)/229/2022, dated 11 March, 2023.
0522- 4072539, 4044414 Dept. website- uphorticulture.gov.in,
Notification E-mail : [email protected]
ORDER Letter No. /MI- /PDMC-FIRM REGISTRATION/2022-23 Dated March, 2023
No 7/2023/372/xxx-4-2023-30-4099(099)/229/2022 “Request for Proposal (RFP)”
Lucknow : Dated : 11 March, 2023 Discovery of Unit Rate of Components and Registration of Micro
In exercise of the powers under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Irrigation System (MIS) Manufacturing Firms for Supply and
Act, 1997 (U.P. Act no. 21 of 1997), the Governor is pleased to exempt the categories of vehicles Installation of MIS in the fields of beneficiary farmers under
described in Column -2 of the Schedule below, from the payment of tax due under section 4 of the
aforesaid Act upto the limit as specified against each in Column-3 of the said Schedule on the condition Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)-Micro Irrigation Seheme.
of getting the said vehicle scrapped in a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility established under the Request for Proposal(RFP) is invited online for discovery of unit rate of components
Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021 issued by the
and registration of pre-registered and willing new Micro Irrigation Manufacturing
Central Government vide G.S.R. 653 (E) dated 23 September, 2021
Firms for supply of material and installation of Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation system
SCHEDULE
at farmer’s field in all districts of Uttar Pradesh under “Per Drop More Crop- Micro
Irrigation” from 2023-24 to 2027-28 (05 years). Received RFP will be examined by
constituted committee and suitable MI Manufacturing firms will be registered by
Competent Authority. Detailed information, terms & conditions and prescribed format
is available on State website www.etender.up.nic.in, which may be downloaded and
submitted online :

Request for Proposal (RFP) form fee : Rs. 1,000/- + applicable GST (Non refundable)

Registration Fee : Rs. 50,000/- + applicable GST (Non refundable)

RFP Date for uploading on State website : 15.03.2023
(2) Under section 3 of the aforesaid Act, there shall be 100% exemption in the penalty payable under
Pre-Bid meeting date and time : 23.03.2023 at 03:00 PM
section 9 of the said Act, on all types of non-transport and transport vehicles, to be scrapped at the
Last date of RFP submission : 15.04.2023 upto 05:00 PM
Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility Centre established under the Motor Vehicles (Registration and

Opening of RFP : 15.04.2023 upto 05:30 PM
Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021 issued by the Central Government :
Provided that exemption of the penalty on the above types of vehicles shall be admissible on the entire The RFP fee Rs. 1,000/- plus applicable GST and Registration Fee amount
due tax.
Rs. 50,000/- plus applicable GST should be deposited online in bank account of State
(3) The above exemption shall be available to the vehicle owner only on depositing the remaining amount
in lump sum payable after the exemption. Micro-Irrigation Committee, (Director, Horticulture and Food Processing, UP).
(4) The above exemption shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of issue of this General informations, technical specifications and terms & conditions related to
notification. Request for Proposal (RFP) are available with the form on State website.
By Order,
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(R.K.Tomar)
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BRIEFLY
Gallantry medal-winning CRPF constable HOUSE PANEL REPORT ON AGRI
TELANGANA
FormerCBI missing since Jan, family seeks answers Ministrycouldn’t
directorVijaya
RamaRaodies while he was on duty.” are being given to all missing use,surrendered
Rs44kcrin3yrs
ABHISHEK ANGAD A month after the FIR, a re- jawans on duty.”
Hyderabad:KVijayaRama RANCHI, MARCH 13 port submitted on February 16 CRPF Jharkhand Sector IG
Rao, former CBI Director by a Court of Inquiry instituted Amit Kumar told The Indian
andministerintheTelugu AFTERTWOmonthsof combing by the CRPF’s 197 Battalion to Express that the force was only
DesamPartygovernment the forests of Chaibasa in look into Badal's disappearance, following rules when they de-
in undivided Andhra Jharkhandlookingforhisbrother, the constable was supposed to clared Badal a ‘deserter’. “If any-
Pradesh, died on Monday BSF constable Mangovind go on leave on January 6. oneismissingwithoutanyinfor- HARIKISHAN SHARMA
inHyderabad.Rao,85,was Murmuissettoreturntohispost The report said that Badal mation, we declare them NEW DELHI, MARCH 13
unwell and had been ad- in Ahmedabad, tired and de- had on January 5 reported at the deserters.Later,anFIRwasregis-
mitted to a private hospi- jected.Hisbrother,BadalMurmu, CRPF's 197 Battalion headquar- tered and, based on the com- THEDEPARTMENTofAgriculture
tal. Telangana CM K agallantrymedalwinnerposted ters, where he was told of an up- plaint, we suspect that Badal and Farmers’ Welfare, which
Chandrashekar Rao said with the CRPF's 197 Battalion, Badal Murmu; his family in Uparshila village, Jharkhand. coming assignment. “He was may have been kidnapped. The comes under the Agriculture Optimum welfare
Rao'sservicesasagovern- was last seen on January 6. told that this battalion has been police are investigating the case Ministry, surrendered Rs not percolating
mentofficialandasapeo- While the CRPF, after initially the give the task of establishing and will reach a conclusion. We 44,015.81 crore of its budget dur-
ple’s representative are declaring constable Badal a de- According to Mangovind, 197Battalionheadquarters,they three Forward Operating Bases are tryingto findhimandare ex- ing the last three years as it could Surrender of large
commendable. ENS serter(bhagauda),havesincethen Badal, who joined the CRPF in told us that he had deserted the in the Battalion’s command ar- tremely concerned.” not fully utilise its allocation, ac- amounts by the
said that he was probably kid- 2010, took part in anti-Naxal op- camp,” says Mangovind. eas of Tumbahaka and Jojohatu SP West Singhbhum cording to a Parliamentary Department is signifi-
KARNATAKA napped by Naxals, Mangovind erations in 2017, when he was On January 16, Badal's wife and that, after reporting from AshutoshShekharsaid,“Itiscon- Standing Committee report cant because the gov-

Mankillsstepson says he is running out of hope.

Alleging that the CRPF de-
posted with the CoBRA 204
Battalion. In 2018, he joined the
Jhano Murmu filed a complaint
at the Muffasil Police Station in
leave, he will have to activate his
sources and that he may be sent
firmedthathewaswithawoman
when he went missing. In the
tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday.
In its report on Demand for
ernment had allocated
this money for schemes
aswifeblockshis clared Badal a deserter though
he was sent off on an official as-
CRPF's197BattalioninChaibasa.
On August 15, 2021, he was
Chaibasa, which, 10 days later,
registered an FIR under IPC sec-
to those areas,as heis a local and
knows the Ho language. On
nextweek,wewillgetanideaon
what may have happened. As of
Grants (2023-24) of the
Department of Agriculture and
aimed at farmers’ wel-
fare. If the department is
phonenumber signment, from which he didn't awarded the President's Police tions related to kidnapping and January 6, he was called again, now, nothing is clear.” Farmers’ Welfare, the Standing not able to utilise the al-
return, Mangovind says, Medal for Gallantry for his role wrongful confinement. but he was not available on the Mangovind dismisses the Committee on Agriculture, located funds, it means
Bengaluru: Enraged at his “Around 6 am on January 6, he in anti-Naxal operations. TheFIRquotingJhanosaid,“I camp premises. A search for him possibility that Badal may have Animal Husbandry and Food benefits of these
second wife blocking his spoketohiswifeandsaidthathe After he went missing on sentmybrothertocheckandwas was launched… On January 7 gone off on his own. “We went Processing, headed by P C schemes are not reach-
number, a 35-year-old was going to a remote location January 6, Mangovind says he told by the CRPF 197 officer that first he was reported missing in into forest areas and spoke to lo- Gaddigoudar, asked the govern- ing the farmers.
man allegedly killed his in the jungle and that he had and and his uncle Janum Mardi, my husband was a bhagauda the Mufassil Police Station and cals. We were informed through ment to “avoid” the “practice” of
stepson by pushing him been sent by a senior officer. 49, a CRPF Havildar currently (deserter) since January 6…My later as a deserter.” sourcesthatmybrotherwaskid- surrender of funds.
intoalake.Thepolicesaid However, when he went miss- posted in J&K, went into the husbandBadalMurmuwouldal- The report further said, “In napped. They say he was seen “The Committee notes from “The Committee feel that the
they had arrested the ac- ing, the senior officers termed forestsontheirmotorcycleslook- ways be sent by the officer of future, if any untoward incident with a woman. I assume that he the reply of the Department that practice of surrender of funds
cused, Sampath Kumar, a him bhagauda. It was only after ing for Badal. “We spoke to sev- CRPF 197 Corps to collect infor- occurs, then his family should tookthiswoman'shelpwhenhe funds have been surrendered must be avoided by all means so
resident of Kolar district, we pressured them that they eral villagers but found nothing. mationandactivitiesof Naxalites get benefits which are being went into the jungle, so that he amountingtoRs23,824.54crore, thatthetangiblebenefitsaccrued
who tried to die by sui- took the case seriously. But even Wewerelaterinformedthrough in remote villages since he knew given to persons on duty. In the could blend with the locals. The Rs 429.22 crore and Rs 19,762.05 from the schemes are allowed to
cide on being confronted then,therehavebeennosolidat- sourcesthatmybrotherwaskid- thelocalHolanguage…Iamcon- present case, the family should CRPF is just trying to evade re- crore during 2020-21, 2021-22 percolatetothegroundlevelinan
by his wife Pushpavathi, tempts to find my brother.” napped. When we went to the vinced that he was kidnapped be given all such benefits which sponsibility.” and 2022-23 (tentative), respec- optimummanner,”itstated.“The
who had filed a missing tively,” the report stated. “That Committee, therefore, recom-
complaint of her son. The means Rs 44,015.81 crore in total mendtheDepartmenttoidentify
deceased has been iden-
tified as Chethan Reddy, HC quashes TN orders
FAKE CONTENT ON MIGRANTS HC quashes FIR havebeensurrenderedbythede-
partment in these years.”
avoidable reasons leading to sur-
render of funds and take correc-
11, a student of a residen-
tial school in Bengaluru.
Theincidenttookplaceon
Bihar Police steps up that gave police powers against BJP MPs
in Deoghar
The report said the surrender
offundsbytheministryismainly
on account of “less requirement”
tive measures to ensure that the
funds are utilized fully...”
The report also highlighted
February 20.

GUJARAT
ENS
efforts to nab accused of executive magistrate airport case fortheschemesmeantforwelfare
ofScheduledCasteandScheduled
Tribe communities. “The
that the department’s budgetary
allocationaspercentagetotheto-
talbudgetof theCentrehascome

IMFLseized SANTOSH SINGH

grant workers in Tirupur.
The Economic Offences Unit ARUN JANARDHANAN
executive magistrates under
Sections 107 to 110 of the CrPC. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Committee has been informed
that the surrender of funds is
down from 4.41% in 2020-21 to
2.57%in2023-24.Thecommittee
fromgovt PATNA, MARCH 13 ofBiharPoliceregisteredasecond
caseagainstManishKashyapand
CHENNAI, MARCH 13 While disposing of a huge batch
ofpetitionschallengingtheorders
RANCHI, MARCH 13 mainlyonaccountoflessrequire-
ment under NES (North Eastern
alsoaskedthedepartmenttolook
into the reasons for delay in set-
vehicle,3held BIHAR Police is conducting raids three others for shooting a THE MADRAS High Court on passedbyDCPsinthestate,aspe- THE JHARKHAND High Court on States),SCSP(ScheduleCasteSub- tlement of claims by Insurance
in Patna, Delhi and other places provocativevideoataPatnahouse Mondayquashedanuncommon cial division bench of justices N Monday quashed a police case Plan) and Tribal Area Sub-Plan Companies under Pradhan
Surat: Three youths were insearchof oneManishKashyap, on March 6. Manish has seven legal practice under which the Sathish Kumar and N Anand against BJP MPs Nishikant (TASP) Components,” it noted. Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
arrestedafterpoliceseized whoitsaidwasakeyaccusedbe- casespendingagainsthim,includ- state police could make habitual Venkateshsaidvestingof powers Dubey and Manoj Tiwari for al-
Indian Made Foreign hind circulation of fake videos ing one for beating up some per- offenders execute ‘good behav- under Section 107 to 110 is legedlyforcingtheairtrafficcon-
Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs andwritingsocialmediapostsas sons from Kashmir post- iour’bonds.Termingitunconsti- “whollyarbitraryandsuffersfrom trol to provide clearance to their
25,000 from a state gov- ifmigrantworkerswerebeingat- Pulwama terror attack in 2019. tutional,a special division bench theviceofmanifestarbitrariness”. chartered flight to take off from
ernmentvehicleandapri- tacked in Tamil Nadu. The police TamilNaduPolicehasalready cancelled two Government The bond, with a one-year the Deoghar airport.
vatecarintheMoraBhagal are also looking for Yuvraj Singh, registered 13 cases. Orders (GOs) issued in 2013 and validity, had triggered dozens of Hearing a petition filed by
area of Surat Sunday. The aYoutuber,forthesameoffence. Bihar ADGP Jitendra Singh 2014, saying they “manifest ar- petitions challenging it even as a them, a bench of Justice Sanjay
accused have been work- OnSunday,TamilNaduPolice Gangwarsaid:“Wehadgivenno- bitrariness and violate the prin- top police officer from Chennai Kumar Dwivedi quashed the FIR
ing as contract drivers to brought another accused, a 32- tice to the accused, Manish cipleof separationof powersun- said about 90 per cent criminals lodged in the Kunda police sta-
thedeputycollector,assis- yea-oldnativeof Biharidentified Kashyap and Yuvraj Singh, but der the Constitution”. who signed bonds under this tion in Deoghar in August
tant collector, chief engi- as Prashant Kumar, on transit re- they did not show up. Our teams “We are shocked, to say the GOs did not commit a crime as last.The case was registered
neer of the water supply mand from Jharkhand to Tirupur have been conducting raids in least,thatsuchproceedingswhich they were under the radar. against nine people, including
department and deputy and produced him before a local Patna, Delhi and other places.” haveabearingonthelibertyofthe “In fact, the GOs do not con- the two MPs, for allegedly forc-
municipal commissioner courtthatsenthimtojudicialcus- Yuvraj is an accused in a subject are conducted in a man- tain any reason at all but merely ing ATC personnel to provide
of North Zone of the Surat tody. Prashant Kumar, settled in Coimbatore case. “We ques- nerthatresemblesagameofmu- say that this was done because clearancetotheircharteredflight
Municipal Corporation. Henegare in Jharkhand, was ar- tionedoneRakeshRanjan.Here- sical chairs within the police de- the Chief Minister of the day to take off from the Deoghar air- PTI
The seized Bolero was
usedbytheofficialsforof-
ficial commute. ENS
rested on March 11 for posting
falseinformationonhissocialme-
dia page and spreading rumours
vealed that the video posted by
Manish was shot at a Patna
houseonMarch6withintention
partment,” the order said.
The two GOs empowered
deputy commissioners of police
wanted it to be so. Such an ap-
proach is, ex-facie, violative of
Article 14,” the High Court said
port beyond the scheduled time
on August 31.
Dubey’scounselinformedthe
FARMERS’ CAPITAL STIR
about the alleged attacks on mi- tomisleadpoliceinvestigations.” (DCPs) to exercise the powers of in its order. court that the flight on August 31 ■ Farmers from Punjab ■Farmerssaidtheirprotest
from Deoghar to Delhi was de- protested at Jantar Mantar, willcontinueuntilalldemands
layed. However, a flight can take seeking equal distribution of aremet.Ateamsubmitteda
SC dismisses pleas against PM’s security War can’t be ruled out, offhalfanhouraftersunsetasper
aviationrules.Onthatdaythesun
water among states. memoranduminParliament.

Allahabad HC order to evict breach: Action working hard to deter such hadsetat6.03pm,whiletheflight
took off at 6.17 pm, which was
■ Bhartiya Kisan Union Rajewal, Kisan Sangharsh Committee
Punjab, All India Kisan Federation, Azad Kisan Sangharsh

mosque on its premises against 9 likely well within the accepted norms Committee and BKU Mansa joined the protest

a possibility: Navy chief

passedbythiscourt…datedJuly KANCHAN VASDEV
of flying, the counsel said.

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NEW DELHI, MARCH 13
17, 2012, by which the original
lessees were granted three
monthstovacatethepremisesin
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 13

FOLLOWING THE diretions of

AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13
piracy, robbery, human, arms,
drugs trafficking - have added a
fresh paradigm to the security
US to issue 10L visas to Indians
THE SUPREME Court on Monday question,weseenoreasontoin- theMinistryof HomeAffairs,the scenario in the recent years. categories,” the spokesperson in processing of visa applications
dismissedappealschallengingthe terferewiththeimpugnedjudg- Punjab government has recom- A WAR with potential adver- “Navigating through these DIVYA A added. In 2022, the US due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2017 Allahabad High Court order ment and order passed by the mended to file charge sheet saries can never be ruled out, challengesisourprimaryconcern NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 Department of State processed TheUSmission,whichhasof-
directing eviction of a “mosque” High Court. Hence both the against nine officials, including a IndianNavychief AdmiralRHari rightnow,andwillremainforthe around nine million non-immi- ficesinMumbai,Chennai,Kolkata
situatedonitspremises,wonder- SpecialLeavePetitionsstanddis- former chief secretary and then Kumar said on Monday, while foreseeable future,” he said. ALMOST A month after opening grant visa applications world- and Hyderabad besides the na-
ing how the government land missed”. state police chief, who were in- competition at sea is played out Talking about external issues up visa slots for Indian citizens wide. The non-immigrant visa tional capital, has also increased
which was given on lease was The Supreme Court added dicted by a Supreme Court-ap- daily without escalating into impacting India’s interest in the over the weekends, the United categories include those for busi- thestrengthofitsconsularstaff,it
converted into a Waqf. that “it will be open to the man- pointed committee that probed armed action. Admiral R Hari maritime domain, he stressed: Stateshasnowannouncedthatit ness, travel, students visas and said in a statement.
A bench of Justices M R Shah agement of the appellants to thethe breach of security during Kumar was speaking about the "Indo-Pacific as a geo-strategic will issue visas to one million crew visas. For Indian citizens seeking a
andCTRavikumarthatheardthe makeadetailedrepresentationto Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s challenges posed to India in the reality is also accompanied by a Indians this year. To achieve the target, the US visa, the purview of the inter-
appellantmosquemanagement, the state government for allot- visittothestateonJanuary5last. maritime domain at an event. return of great power competi- “The US Mission has already Embassyisaddingmorestaff,ex- view waiver was also expanded
the High Court and the state of mentofanalternativespaceinthe Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar There is a vital need to remain tion.TheUS-Chinarivalryishere processedmorethantwolakhap- pandingthescopeofdrop-boxfa- recently. The drop-box facility,
Uttar Pradesh “at length”, said nearby areas” and that if such a Janjua has now sent a file with poised and prepared for such an to stay – and it is not a short plications at our Embassy and cilities and opening up interview which is used to renew a US visa
that “having gone through the representationismade,it“maybe the recommendations to Chief eventuality, he stressed, “while sprint but a long marathon that Consulates in India and we’re on slots over the weekend to withouthavingtogothroughthe
impugned order passed by the consideredbythegovernmentin Minister Bhagwant Mann for his working hard to deter such a they are engaged in. This has in- track to hit our goal of processing smoothen the process for Indian interview, is now applicable to
HighCourtandmoreparticularly accordance with law and its own formal approval. The approval is possibility”. evitably led to a naval arms race morethanonemillionnon-immi- citizens.Thewaitingtimeforvisas various categories,includingstu-
(given that) the disputed prop- merits...”. likely to come on Tuesday. This Highlighting that the Navy between the West and China, grantvisaapplicationsin2023,”a has already decreased. dent visas, business and tourist
erty in question is needed for a During the hearing, the court comes three days after Union closely monitors trends and pat- like the pre-World War I era be- spokesperson from the US In January, the US embassy visas, and skilled worker visas.
public purpose to be used by the told the appellants who con- Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla terns of threats and challenges tween the allied and central Embassy in New Delhi told The openedupspecialinterviewslots “By the summer, the US mis-
High Court of Allahabad, and tendedthattheyhavebeenthere wrote to Janjua asking him to from traditional as well as non- powers, as part of which China Indian Express. onSaturdaysforfasterprocessing sion in India will reach its full
when the cogent reasons have for many years, “It was a leased submit the action taken report traditional sources, he said non- has inducted 148 warships over “Ourgoalistoprocessonemil- of visas for first-time applicants, strength andweexpecttoprocess
been given and taking into con- property. Can leased property be highlighting the delay in acting traditional security threats - the last 10 years — the size of the lion visa applications, which in- inwhatitcalleda“multi-pronged visas at pre-Covid levels,” the de-
sideration the earlier order made Waqf?”. against the erring officers. such as maritime terrorism, entire Indian Navy.” clude non-immigrant visas of all initiative” to address the backlog partment said.

Naatu Naatu brings the golden knight home Win boost to future Indian documentaries
Keeravani held the golden knight world, for the respect of indige- byDalitwomen,becamethefirst
SUANSHU KHURANA andthankedhiscousinanddirec- POOJA PILLAI nouscommunitiesandempathy Indiandocumentarytobenomi-
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 torRajamouliwiththeCarpenters NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 towardsotherlivingbeings(that) natedintheOscars.Thisyear,the
song, On top of the world. “I grew we share our space with and, fi- same category — Best
NOT FLAMENCO, not salsa, it’s up listening to The Carpenters, IN 2017, photographer-turned- nally for coexistence”. DocumentaryFeature — sawan-
the Indian Naatu Naatu – the here I am with the Oscars,” said filmmakerKartikiGonsalveswas Inastatementissuedafterthe other Indian nomination,
catchy music-and-dance high- Keeravani,beforebreakingintohis somovedbyherencounterwith win,GuneetMonga,theproducer Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes,
light in director S S Rajamouli’s ownversionofthe'70shit:"There a young elephant being raised in of the documentary said, “We, as which came with international
blockbuster RRR – which made wasonlyonewishonmymind.... MudumalaiTigerReservebytwo two women from India, stood on laurels,includingtheGoldenEye
history on Monday morning by RRR has to win, pride of every caretakersthatshespentthenext thatglobalstage,makingthishis- award at Cannes and the Grand
winningtheAcademyAwardfor Indian, and must put me on the five years following this unusual torical win… Today, I can say, the Jury Prize at Sundance.
Best Original Song in a Motion A performance on the song Naatu Naatu at the Oscars. AP topof theworld.” family and recording their story. future for Indian cinema is auda- Congratulating The Elephant
Picture at the 95th Oscars. Thehigh-octaneglobalsensa- The resulting documentary, The cious,thefutureishereandnotto WhisperersteamonitswinPrime
The first Indian song and the tion,NaatuNaatuhasbecomethe ElephantWhisperers—herfilm- forget the future is truly female.” MinisterNarendraModitweeted:
second Indian language song to residence of the President of Forever; Lady Gaga’s Hold my first Indian film song to score the making debut — is a 41-minute The Oscar for The Elephant “Their work wonderfully high-
win the coveted trophy, the Ukraine — Naatu Naatu has hand from Top Gun: Maverick, covetedawardandbringthepres- meditation on the interspecies Tribal couple Bomman and Whisperers comes on the heels lights the importance of sustain-
cross-culturalhitfeaturingactors fought formidable competition This is a Life by first-time Oscar tigious golden knight home. AR bondsthatdevelopwhenpeople Bellie on whose life the of agrowinginternationalrecog- able development and living in
Ram Charan and NTR Rao Junior to allow India to have its global nomineeandJapaneseAmerican Rahman had won an Oscar in the liveclosetowildanimalsandthe documentary, The Elephant nition for Indian documentaries, harmonywithnature.”
andcomposedbyMMKeeravani moment. Up against it were singer-songwriter Mitski and samecategoryforDannyBoyle-di- seedsforecologicalsalvationthat Whisperers, is based. PTI including at the Academy TamilNaduChiefMinisterMK
withlyricsbyChandrabose,won American songwriter and 14- Talking Heads frontman David rectedSlumdogMillionaire(2008). may lie in such relationships. Awards. In 2022, Writing with Stalin too congratulated the win-
over a bevy of brilliant pieces. time Oscar nominee Diane Byrne from the film, Everything Rahmanhadbeen nominatedfor On Sunday, when the film Fire by Rintu Thomas and ning team. “No better news to
Shot for 15 days in front of the Warren’s Applause; pop legend Everywhere All at Once. twosongs—JaihoandOsaaya. made history by winning the inheracceptancespeechsaidthe Sushmit Ghosh, which followed wake up to than two women
Ukrainian Parliament and Rihanna’s anthemic Lift Me Up Dressedinabottle-greenkurta FULLREPORTON Academy Award for Best win acknowledged “the sacred the story of Khabar Lahariya, a bringingthefirsteverOscarforan
Mariinsky Palace — the official from Black Panther: Wakanda and trousers, a visibly chuffed www.indianexpress.com Documentary Short, Gonsalves, bondbetweenusandournatural media organisation run entirely Indianproduction,”hetweeted.
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WORDLY WISE
To all the women watching, the future
is audacious, the future is us, and the
future is here. — GUNEET MONGA

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The Oscars have put the spotlight on Indian cinema as
BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL
well as the country’s unique storytelling traditions

THE BIG PICTURE Alaka Sahani

Success of RRR, The Elephant Whisperers at Oscars is a INDIAN CINEMA WITNESSED one of its just one category — Best Original Song — in Deepika Padukone — in the same year. This
biggest moments of glory on a global stage the final Oscar shortlist. That’s still a com- is enough to evoke jubilation among film
moment to savour and build on

T
on Monday morning when The Elephant mendable feat since the Rajamouli directo- lovers in the country. In the run-up to the
WO INDIAN PRODUCTIONS made history at LA’s Dolby Theatre on Sunday WhispererswontheAcademyAwardforBest rial didn’t have the official backing. RRR con- award ceremony, the details of special din-
evening. The Elephant Whisperers, Kartiki Gonsalves’s debut film, won the Documentary Short and RRR’s song ‘Naatu tinued to make its presence felt in the award ners and parties attended by the nominees
Naatu’ won for Best Original Song. Both The season with multiple wins, the most promi- onlyheightenedthatfeeling.Theawardshave
BestDocumentaryShortFilmand‘NaatuNaatu’,composedbyMMKeeravani
Elephant Whisperers and RRR (Rise, Roar, nent being the Golden Globe Award for Best alsoputthespotlightonIndiantalentsaswell
andlyrics by Chandrabose, from the S S Rajamouli film RRR,wonBest Original Revolt)areIndianproductionsthattellstories Song, five Hollywood Critics Association asthecountry’suniquestorytellingtraditions.
Song at the 95th Academy Awards. Three Indian films had been among the nominees deeply rooted in India and its culture. The Awards and two Critics’ Choice Movie This global attention was long overdue. In
thisyear—ShaunakSen’sAll That Breathes wasupfor BestDocumentaryFeatureFilm,but Kartiki Gonsalves-directed The Elephant Awards.Thiskindof successforamainstream spiteof theforeignaudienceappreciatingthe
lostouttoNavalny,whichisabouttheRussiandissidentAlexeiNavalny.Fortwoof thethree Whisperers is a heartwarming documentary Indianmovieduringthe awardseason could films of several Indian filmmakers including
Indian nominees to end up with statuettes is a big moment for Indian cinema — Oscars, about Bomman and Bellie, a couple belong- changethewayIndianfilmmakerspursuein- SatyajitRay,GuruDutt,ShyamBenegal,Mira
ingtoanindigenoustribeinsouthIndia,who ternational glory and recognition. Nair and others, their work had not received
after all, is a global benchmark of excellence in film-making.
dedicatedly look after orphaned baby ele- Recalling his pre-Oscar experience, A R such a sweeping response.
The wins for RRR and The Elephant Whisperers mark a new recognition in the West of phants named Raghu and Ammu, forging a Rahman(whowontheOscarin2009forBest Thetimingforsuchoverwhelmingappre-
the full spectrum of cinema that India produces, an acknowledgement that there is more familylikenoother.Incontrast,SSRajamouli- ScoreinSlumdogMillionaire)inasocialmedia ciation for Indian stories and storytelling
to the films made here than Bollywood. For long, even as filmmakers like Satyajit Ray and directed RRR is a grand cinematic tale that post recalled feeling like a “gladiator” with couldn’t have been better. Online streaming
Adoor Gopalakrishnan were feted in the film festival circuit and, lately, Indian documen- packs action, adventure, music and dance as everyonearoundcheeringforhim.Rajamouli services have blurred geographical barriers.
taries were recognised at festivals like Cannes, the bulk of Indian cinema has attracted lit- itfollowsthefriendshipof tworevolutionar- and his team must have experienced similar Now,Indiantitlescannowbewatchedinany
tle critical attention. The RRR juggernaut, having already snared a Golden Globe and other ies who fight the British in the 1920s. emotions. With the Oscar win, what they corneroftheglobe.So,effortsshouldbemade
When musician M M Keeravani and lyri- have achieved is unprecedented. They have to draw the audience beyond the diaspora to
awards, rode into the Oscars positioned as the favourite in its category and backed by a
cist Chandrabose received the coveted also acquainted the foreign audience with the theatres to watch Indian films. The Oscar
massive, stubborn campaign by Rajamouli after his film was snubbed in favour of Pan The Academy has been
golden statuettes for Best Original Song at older works of Rajamouli, which were re-re- nominationshavecreatedtheperfectoppor-
Nalin’s Chhello Show as India’s official entry in the race. RRR’s epic scale and everything- theAcademyAwards,itmarkedtheculmina- batting for ‘diversity’ and leasedinAmericantheatresaswellassought tunity for Indian documentaries, which are
but-the-kitchen-sink approach, is in sharp contrast to the intimate tale of two orphaned tion of the euphoria that ‘Naatu Naatu’, the ‘inclusivity’ as it tries to steer outbycuriousfilmlovers.Willthisleadtothe often not appreciated enough by the home
elephants and their human caretakers told by Gonsalves’s non-fiction short. The films’ electrifying song-and-dance sequence from clear of ‘Oscars so white’ slur. audience discovering other popular Indian audience though they tell powerful stories,
RRRhadkickedoff.Thesong’simmensepop- movies? That is possible if their makers can to find a wider audience. With All That
wins must also be seen against the larger conversation about diverse voices that is grip-
ularity — 126 million views on YouTube and
This shift in attitude might find a way to capitalise on this momentum. Breathes’s selection, an Indian documentary
ping Hollywood and making room forstories fromothercultures:Everything,Everywhere, make it comparatively easier
counting — powered the RRR team’s tireless We now have a resounding proof with RRR’s was shortlisted for the Academy Award for
All At Once, the story of an Asian-American family featuring actors of Asian origin, sweep- campaign, spearheaded by Rajamouli. This for Indian talent to secure a Oscar victory that the foreign audience loves Best Documentary Feature Film for the sec-
ing the awards is evidence of the churn. Both RRR and The Elephant Whisperers, rooted as campaign acquired a special significance song and dance just as much as Indians do. ond year in a row. Last year, Writing with Fire,
place on the Oscar stage.
they are in Indian milieu, were able to take advantage of this larger shift. They were also since the RRR team continued its efforts to After all, the loudest applause at Dolby the- directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit
bring home the coveted golden statuette
Since Hollywood biggies atreduringtheawardceremonywasreserved Ghosh, too was nominated in the same cate-
aided in no small measure by the entertainment revolution brought in by OTT platforms:
Gonsalves’s film was distributed by Netflix, while RRR’s burst of fame came after it began even after being snubbed during India’s offi- including James Cameron fortheexuberant‘NaatuNaatu’performance. gory.Itwasprobablyjustamatterof timethat
streaming last year.
cial selection made by the Film Federation of and Steven Spielberg have This momentum, however, was not cre- Indiandocumentaryfilmmakersbroughtthe
India (FFI) for the country’s official entry for expressed an interest in atedbyRRRalone.TheShaunakSen-directed coveted statuette home.
Indian cinema has long been touted as its greatest soft power and the two Oscar wins the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film All That Breathes was nominated for the Best TheAcademyhasbeenbattingfor“diver-
present the opportunity to expand both its canvas and market. This means creating con- category. Rajamouli’s work, perhaps Documentary Feature Film category of the sity” and “inclusivity” as it tries to steer clear
ditions that allow the art to flourish, not just in terms of resources but also in experiment- When the FFI chose the Pan Nalin-di- we can expect some exciting 95th Academy Awards while The Elephant of “Oscarssowhite”slur.Thisshiftinattitude
ing with ideas and views that may not necessarily be conforming with the mainstream. rected Chhello Show as India’s entry (Chhello collaborations in future. But Whisperers, produced by Guneet Monga and mightmakeitcomparativelyeasierforIndian
Despite being one of the largest filmmaking countries in the world, India’s track record Show was later shortlisted for the Academy the road ahead is still full of Achin Jain, was a frontrunner for the award talent to secure a place on the Oscar stage.
at the Oscars has been dismal. RRR and The Elephant Whisperers have taken a first step to- Award), for a brief period it was feared that intheBestDocumentaryShortFilmcategory. Since Hollywood biggies including James
RRR’s Oscar campaign might be cut short. In challenges. The biggest All That Breathes follows two brothers who Cameron and Steven Spielberg have ex-
wards correcting this imbalance. Over to tomorrow's storytellers and actors and artists pitfall for Indian filmmakers
thepast,moviessuchasTheLunchbox(2013) have dedicated their lives to rescuing and pressedaninterestinRajamouli’swork,per-
to make the most of this historic moment. andTheDisciple(2020),couldnotsustaintheir would be to bank on RRR- treating the Black Kites in Delhi undaunted hapswecanexpectsomeexcitingcollabora-
Oscar campaign when they were not picked by its pollution as well as a changing social tions in future. But the road ahead is still full
clones for global fame.
as India’s official entry despite receiving im- fabric. In fact, All That Breathes had been gar- of challenges. The biggest pitfall for Indian
Remaining truthful to their
PRICE TO PAY
pressive international acclaim. Emboldened nering high praises and awards, including filmmakers would be to bank on RRR-clones
by the love and appreciation the Telugu-lan- vision and finding unique L’OEil d’Or award during the Cannes Film for global fame. Remaining truthful to their
guage RRR had received since its release stories to narrate, however, Festival, since its world premiere at the vision and finding unique stories to narrate,
abroad, the team submitted the film for Sundance Film Festival in January 2022. however, might help them capture the audi-
Inflation remains high in February, complicates Oscars nomination in 14 categories.
might help them capture the NeverbeforehasIndiahadthreeproduc- ence imagination worldwide.
Notwithstandingtheincrediblebuzzgen- audience imagination tions nominated at the Academy Awards —
policy options before RBI

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erated by this period drama, RRR made it to worldwide. besides an Indian celebrity presenter, actor [email protected]
N MONDAY, DATA released by the National Statistical Office showed that
retail inflation has stayed above the upper threshold of the Reserve Bank of
India's inflation targeting framework for the second straight month. The
headline consumer price index came in at 6.44 per cent in February, only

AFTER THE OSCAR

marginally lower than 6.52 per cent in January. This reversal in the trajectory of inflation
— the consumer price index had fallen below the upper threshold of the targeting frame-
work in November and December last year — will complicate the policy options before
themonetarypolicy committee when itmeetsnextin earlyAprilas itstrugglesto balance
inflation and growth concerns.
The disaggregated data shows that price pressures continue to remain fairly broad-
The Elephant Whisperers’s win offers hope for documentaries struggling for support
based. The consumer food price index has eased, but only marginally to 5.95 per cent in
February, down from 6 per cent the month before. Food inflation was driven by cereals, Pooja Pillai
milk and milk products, prepared meals and snacks, and spices, while vegetables fell.
Cereal inflation has, in fact, registered six consecutive months of double digit inflation. GIVEN THE INCREDIBLE year that S S longed period of drought in the region — is Kapadia’sANightofKnowingNothingtheyear
Moreover, the outlook is likely to be heavily influenced by rising temperatures. Equally Rajamouli’sRRRhashad,therewas,perhaps, never hidden, Gonsalves retains a tight focus before. These films, along with others like
worrying, core inflation continues to remain sticky, signalling price pressures across the very little doubt that it would win the sole ontheloveandhopethatBommanandBellie Cinema Travellers by Shirley Abraham and
economy.Inflationremainselevatedinclothingandfootwear,household goodsandserv- category in which it was nominated at the cometorepresentinhislife.Notsurprisingly, Amit Madhesiya, An Insignificant Man by
95thAcademyAwards.‘NaatuNaatu’bycom- themostmovingscenesinthefilmhavelittle Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla and
ices, health, and personal care and effects.
poser M M Keeravani and lyricist dialogue,oftenfeaturingRaghu—or,later,his Against The Tide by Sarvnik Kaur, have gener-
Since May last year, when the monetary policy committee began to tighten policy, it Chandrabosewasthestrongestcontenderin “sister” Ammu — sitting with one of the hu- atedanunprecedentedinternationalinterest
has raised the benchmark repo rate by 250 basis points. In its last meeting, held just a few itscategory,evenconsideringtheothernom- mancaretakersinsilentcompanionship.It’sa in Indian documentaries. At home, however,
days after the Union budget, the policy statement was rather hawkish, continuing to un- inees. For India, then, the real surprise was heartwarming portrayal of an inter-species thechallengefornon-fictionfilmmakers—in
derline the need for “further calibrated monetary policy action” and to break the “persist- the Oscar won by The Elephant Whisperers, bond, a talisman of hope at a time when sto- terms of recognition as well as funds, both
ence” in core inflation. However, there are growing concerns within the committee that the directorial debut of Ooty-based photog- ries from and about the natural world are — governmentandprivate—remainshuge.The
rapher-turned-filmmakerKartikiGonsalves. with good reason — far gloomier. factthattheFilmsDivision,whichfundeddoc-
consideringthelonglagsinthetransmission of monetarypolicy,itisappropriateto pause
The 41-minute film beat four other con- With its Oscar win, could The Elephant umentaryfilmsinIndia,alongwithPSBT,has
at this juncture and observe the full impact of the interest rate hikes. Two members of the tenders to clinch the statuette in the Best Whisperers blaze a trail for other documen- been merged with the National Films
committee — Ashima Goyal and Jayanth Varma — had in fact voted against the rate hike Documentary Short Category, making it the tary films from India? The global recognition DevelopmentCorporation(NFDC)isbelieved
in the last meeting. Moreover, despite higher inflation, some analysts expect inflation to firstIndiandocumentaryandoneof onlytwo
In this dreary landscape of forIndia’snon-fictioncinematalenthasbeen byseveralindependentfilmmakerstofurther
begin to trend lower now due to the base effect. However, following this data release — IndianproductionstowinanOscar(theother few resources and almost no building up for a few years: Last year, Rintu stack the odds against them.
it is also the last retail inflation data before the next policy meeting — most analysts have one being RRR). “The future is audacious and recognition at home, the Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s Writing With In this dreary landscape of few resources
thefutureishere,”thefilm’sproducerGuneet Oscar for ‘The Elephant Fire, which followed the story of Khabar andalmostnorecognitionathome,theOscar
begun to pencil in another rate hike.
Monga tweeted after she had triumphantly Lahariya,India’sonlynewspaperrunbyDalit forTheElephantWhisperersstandsasabeacon
heldaloftthestatuetteatLA’sDolbyTheatre. Whisperers’ stands as a women,madeittotheDocumentaryFeature of hope. When it comes to international
The Elephant Whisperers follows the story beacon of hope. When it nominations.Thatwasfollowedthisyearbya awards, few others have the commercial

SEE YOU AT THE OVAL comes to international

ofayoungorphanedelephant,Raghu,andhis nomination in the same category for All That cache that the Academy Awards do. Will it
twohuman“parents”,BommanandBellie,in awards, few others have the Breathes, Shaunak Sen’s film about two lead to more Indian documentaries getting a
Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Muslim brothers in Delhi, running a clinic for commercialreleaseinthedomesticmarket?
Taking full advantage of the forest’s natural commercial cache that the black kites. The story of the brothers’ love for Perhaps not immediately or to any great ex-
After home high, Team India will be tested in England when beauty, and shot almost exclusively in natu- Academy Awards do. Will it these magnificent birds is beautifully inter- tent. But thanks to The Elephant Whisperers’s
they meet Australia in WTC final ral light, the film’s stunning visuals comple- lead to more Indian woven with the depiction of a city that is historic win, the path for other non-fiction

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mentGonsalves’sgentle,exposition-freesto- plagued by bad air and an unravelling social filmmakers may just have become a little
EW ZEALAND’S THRILLING last-ball win over Sri Lanka in Christchurch documentaries getting a
rytelling. While the tragedy that undergirds fabric. Sen’s film won the prestigious Golden smoother.
meant a draw against Australia in Ahmedabad would suffice for India to Raghu’s story — his mother was electrocuted commercial release in the Eyeawardatthe2022CannesFilmFestival—
qualify for the World Test Championship final at the Oval on June 7. Captain whenshewentlookingforfoodduringapro- domestic market? the same award had been won by Payal [email protected]
Rohit Sharma has a golden opportunity to win two International Cricket
Counciltitleswithinmonths—theotherbeingthe50-overWorldCupathomeinOctober-
November. At 37, and injury-prone, Rohit Sharma’s tenure as captain is unlikely to be as
long as Virat Kohli’s. Ending India’s ICC title drought since 2013, something his predeces-
sor didn't achieve will help establish Rohit's legacy. MARCH 14, 1983, FORTY YEARS AGO
RetainingtheBorder-GavaskarTrophywitha2-1scorelineisSharma’sfirstbigachieve-
ment as Test skipper. He had missed matches owing to injury since taking over. The rank- LONGOWAL’S CALL two linguistic groups in the Duliajan police
station area in which one person was killed
fication issued by the Ministry of Labour has
said that a member whose pay is less than
turner in Indore for the third Test backfired and the rare win by a visiting team on Indian
soil was a setback. By fighting back after being 0-2 down, this current Australian side, the AKALI DAL PRESIDENT Harchand Singh and two were seriously injured. Official re- Rs 400 a month will get 30 per cent of pay
Longowal asked the people of Punjab to be ports received in Gauhati said incidents of subject to a minimum of Rs 60 and a maxi-
core of which will feature in the WTC final, proved they are no pushovers. For India, the
ready for a “decisive, long-drawn battle” to assaultandintimidationhadincreasedinthe mum of Rs 120.
biggest takeaway will be the runs under Kohli's belt and the strides made by young bats- securetheir“legitimatedemands.”Longowal district in the past two days. Despite the
manShubmanGill.Kohli’sclassy186,hisfirstcenturyinthreeyears,thoughonarelatively
benign pitch in Ahmedabad, will do his confidence a world of good.
said that he had to give this call as the Centre
was evading the issue on one pretext or the
seizure of a sizable quantity of arms and am-
munition in combing operations by troops
FRENCH LOCAL POLLS
That said, there are challenges for Sharma and the team management. There is just a other. Longowal renewed his appeal to the and the police, stray incidents of assault and VOTERS TURNED OUT in large numbers for
10-day gap between the end of the 2023 IPL and the start of the WTC. Workload manage- Punjab Congress (I) and Opposition MLAs to arson were reported. a decisive final round of the French munici-
mentwillbekeytoavoidinginjuryandburnout.Also,Indianspinners,successfulathome, resign their posts. pal council elections, expected to confirm
won'tfind it easyin Oval. Twoyears ago, Indiaunder Kohli didn'tbat to their potentialand FAMILY PENSION losses for the ruling left-wing parties and

lost to New Zealand at the inaugural WTC final at Lord’s. Australia in England will be a dif- CLASH IN ASSAM THE MINIMUM AND maximum family pen-
herald a government shake-up. Both the big
left and right-wing coalitions had urged vot-
ferent proposition. A single-match final with no chance of a comeback will add to the TENSION RAN HIGH in upper Assam’s sion has been raised to Rs 80 and Rs 320 re- ers to go to the polls, and officials reported
pressure. For Team India, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy high is only the beginning. Dibrugarh district followinga clashbetween spectively with effect from last April. A noti- an unusually high turnout.
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023 WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
“Whether it is vicious forays into Gaza, frequent provocations at Al Aqsa by
extremist Jews or murderous rampages in the West Bank, Israel’s message is
clear: the peace process is dead and buried. What remains for the Palestinians in
the holy land is repression and brutal violence.” — DAWN, PAKISTAN

Britain’s real match The new

Behind the uproar surrounding the Gary Lineker episode, the truth remains that the UK needs a debate
helmsman
about asylum seekers that combines compassion with hard-headed solutions WithathirdtermasChina’spresident,Xiissettogain
evenmorecontrol,blurlinesbetweenPartyand
government,andbecomemoreassertiveexternally
in the recent NPC session — leadership
changes;structuralrelationsbetweenParty
and government; and foreign policy.
Xi(69)waselectedunanimously,with-
Rishabh Bhandari out a single dissenting vote, to a third term
asPresident.Theconsolidationof Party,mil-
itary and state power at his command has
AN EXTRAORDINARY ROW has engulfed not been seen since the times of Mao. Xi’s
Britain involving a football icon, a national Sanjay ally and Shanghai boss, Li Qiang (63) took
broadcaster in crisis and uproar over a con- over as Premier of the State Council to re-
troversialasylumpolicy.GaryLineker’scom- Bhattacharyya vive the flagging economy, deal with the
ments comparing the Tory government’s pandemic and restore trust among entre-
stance on a proposed asylum legislation to preneurs.Xi’sformerchef-de-cabinet,Ding
1930s Germany led to his suspension from XIJINPINGASSUMEDthepostof president Xuexiang was elected First Vice Premier to
the BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ and subsequent for a third term with the overwhelming ensuretheStateCouncil’sadherencetothe
boycottsfromhiscolleagues.Ithasprompted support of the National People's Congress Party line. Han Zheng (68), former Vice
heateddiscussionsoverfreespeechandcom- (NPC),China’sparliament.TheNPCmetlast Premier,waselectedasVicePresidentwhile
passionateconservatismexposingthegrow- week to implement the decisions of the Zhao Leji (66), former head of Anti-
ingpolarisationacrossthepoliticaldivide.But 20th National Congress of the Chinese Corruption, became Chairman of NPC. The
awayfromtherhetoric,thetruthremainsthat Communist Party (CCP), held in October new appointments revealed that persons
Britainneedsamaturediscussionaboutasy- 2022.ThePartyhadendorsedXiasGeneral close to Xi were promoted.
lumseekersthatcombinescompassionwith Secretary and Chairman of the Central TheNPCintroducedreformstogovern-
seeking hard headed solutions. Military Commission (CMC) and also in- ment institutions, as approved in the sec-
Firstbroadcastin1964,‘Matchof theDay’ scribed ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ in the ond meeting of the 20th CCP Plenum, held
is a cornerstone of the BBC weekend sched- Constitution. last month. There were steps to dilute the
ule. But on March 11, the nation saw a trun- For decades after Mao Zedong’s death, separation that existed in Party-govern-
cated programme with no commentary or Chinawasguidedbythestrategycraftedby ment relations. The new State Council
studio insights. It was all over in 20 minutes Deng Xiaoping and his comrades, partici- would improve coordination with Leading
instead of the scheduled 80 minutes. The pants in the glories and tribulations of the Groups of the CCP, adding to the oversight
spartanoutcomewastheproductof aninim- Maoera.Havingwitnessedtheremarkable exercised by Party Secretaries. The north-
itably British row, triggered by the govern- economic and technological growth of the south divide between the wings hosting
ment’s hardline policy on asylum-seekers. capitalistwestandthecollapseof socialism CCP and State Council offices, in
Thefiascohastouchedseveralnationalinsti- in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Zhongnanhai, may also diminish with the
tutions, from the BBC, the national sporting Union, Deng felt that only the strong hand new appointments. New structures were
passion, the Tory government, and Gary of the CCP could shape China’s destiny and establishedinsecurity,scienceandtechnol-
Lineker.ThefootballingiconistheBBC’shigh- avoidchaos.Theeconomicpolicyof“reform ogyandfinancialsectorstoenhancetherole
est-paidpresenterandoneof itsbest-known. andopeningup”(gaigekaifang)established of the Party. It was unclear whether cen-
Thefarragomightbeasignof Britain’sfraught SEZs in coastal regions, encouraged FDI, tralisedpolicy-makingwouldeffectivelyre-
political divisions too. supportedexport-ledgrowth,freeduppri- spond to the needs of a complex economy
The origins of this debacle go back to vate enterprise and permitted generation with diverse stakeholder interests.
whenSuellaBraverman,theHomeSecretary, of wealth. On the political front, the Party Outgoing Premier Li Keqiang, who an-
and Rishi Sunak, the PM, showcased legisla- wascautiousbutagreedoncollectivelead- nounced a modest growth target of 5 per
tion intended to “stop the boats” that have ershipandorderlytransitionsof powerbe- centduringhisWorkReportatNPC,toldhis
led thousands of people to cross the English tween generations (leadership positions State Council colleagues at his farewell in
Channelseekingasylum.Thebillwouldhave lastedtwotermsoradecadeandretirement Zhongnanhai to listen to citizen concerns
nearlyallof themdetainedandpermanently by the age of 70). China experienced rapid and coordinate with economic entities;
deported, save for some narrow exceptions. economic growth and its integration into then he added mysteriously that the eyes
“This is beyond awful,” Lineker tweeted the the global community increased its com- of heaven were watching!
same day. When challenged, he shot back: prehensive national strength. China sought to be a global power and
C R Sasikumar
“Thisisjustanimmeasurablycruelpolicydi- Xi came to power, with Premier Li participatedactivelyonglobalissues.Itsrise
rected at the most vulnerable people in lan- development. It was not apparent how the Deporting anyone arriving by a small boat Keqiang,representingthefifthgenerationof coincidedwithinterdependenceandcom-
guage that is not dissimilar to that used by star broke such guidelines. He said nothing with no right to appeal risks offending the Party. He was raised in the chaotic petition with the west, its primary source
Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?”. on air. Nor does he present any political seg- againstprinciplesof proceduralandsubstan- CulturalRevolution(wenhuadageming)and of technology and its principal destination
That led to vociferous condemnation of ments. While Lineker is associated with the tive fairness. Granted that when faced with served briefly with the Peoples Liberation for trade and capital reserves. At the NPC,
Lineker from the right-wing press. In turn, BBC, few would have imputed his views to unfoldinghumantragedyandpoliticalblow- Army (PLA). To strengthen and unify the Xi was critical of the US’s attempts to “con-
those on the Left excoriated the govern- the wider organisation. What comes across back, inertia was not an option. Yet given Party,hesupportedthePLA,reformedeco- tain, suppress and encircle China” as the
ment’s policy and defended Lineker. After a is the BBC’s analogue mentality which is ill- Britain’s proud history of offering the gen- nomic activity and promoted common twomovedtowardseconomicdecoupling,
couple of days of fence-sitting, the BBC de- suited to a digital age. uinely needy a place of sanctuary, charter- prosperity. His anti-corruption campaign whichwouldbepainful.Chinahasbeenun-
cided that the presenter had broken its im- The wider point to call out in this affair is The uproar is dividing ingapaththatcouldbeatoddswiththe1951 targetedevenprominentfiguresintheCCP der pressure with the emergence of the
partialityrulesandsaidhewould“stepback” that complex issues are rarely as binary as UN Refugee Convention would be particu- and clipped the wings of high-profile en- Indo-Pacific. On Ukraine, China had to bal-
from ‘Match of the Day’. The uproar is divid- they are made out to be. When each side be-
Britain’s political classes on larly galling. The hope is that the legislative trepreneurs.HisstrictZeroCovidpolicyled ance its support for Russia with its global
ing Britain’s political classes on expected lieves with ideological rectitude in the right- expected lines. For instance, process resultsincompromises includingal- to an economic slowdown, angst and aspirations,butitalsocouldnotallowlong-
lines. For instance, if you know where some- eousness of their cause, nuance and civility if you know where someone lowing the ability of claims to be processed deaths. Unlike the Deng era, these cam- term stress on Russia.
onestoodonBrexit,asylum-seekersorsome become casualties. The Left has been un- stood on Brexit, asylum- in third countries, additional resettlement paignspurgedmanyinthesystem,affected Atthesametime,thesceptreof conflict
culture-wars topic, their stance on this issue flinching in its criticism of the Tories, paint- schemes and widening the appeals process. economic activity and prompted public over Taiwan and tensions in its neighbour-
may be easily surmised. Ironically, the issue ingthemasheartlessbruteswithlittleregard
seekers or some culture-wars That should allow the political, legal and hu- protests,butconsolidatedthepowerof the hood grew, primarily due to its unilateral
of free speech bucks the trend. Many on the for compassion. Yet that ignores the fact that topic, their stance on this manitarian objectives to be met. Party. advances,aggressivediplomacyandunpro-
right who often champion “freedom” have the government needed to take a tough issue may be easily surmised. None of this will be easy. But Rishi Sunak Externally, China’s quest to secure re- ductiveinvestments.Interestingly,themil-
beennoticeablysilentonGaryLineker’sright stance with thousands of individuals risking Ironically, the issue of free should press on with the task. The truth re- sources, markets and influence for its con- itarydelegatesatNPCinitiatedadiscussion
to expression. their lives to come to the country and with mains that Britain needs an approach that tinuedgrowth,facedheadwinds.Therewas on Taiwan (in the context of the Anti-
This row has fortunately reached a thaw. criminal gang exploitation of such vulnera- speech bucks the trend. combinescompassionwithhard-headedre- competition and friction with the US over SecessionLaw),calledforalegalframework
The BBC’s director-general, Tim Davie, indi- bleindividualsontherise.Sloganeeringwith- Many on the right who alism. Only then will the promise of “taking trade, human rights, security and Taiwan; foroverseasmilitarydeploymentsandpro-
cated thathe wantedLinekerbackonair and outsolutionsmaysuittheOppositionbutthat often champion ‘freedom’ back control” have a genuine chance of be- and security concerns with Europe while posed wartime legislation. China’s heft in
that he was willing to look again at impar- is not a luxury any government can afford. have been noticeably ing redeemed. economic engagement continued. China’s global affairs has grown over time.
tiality rules. The BBC reversed Lineker’s sus- Ontheotherhand,thegovernment’spro- activities in the South China Sea brought it However, it no longer follows the cautious
pension and agreed to review its social me- posals are likely to face a legal challenge or silent on Gary Lineker’s right The writer is a London-based lawyer and intodirectcompetitionwiththecoreprior- Deng approach but is more transactional
dia guidelines. This is a welcome criticism through the legislative process. to expression. political commentator ities of ASEAN, Japan and Taiwan. The Belt and active, including the “willingness to
and Road Initiative expanded China’s foot- fight”.
printbutledmanycountriesintodebttraps A new red star has ascended over the
through poor investments and negatively Chinese sky, bringing a constellation and

The Great Nicobar choke

affected China’s image. As China’s profile orbit that its citizens and the global com-
grew, it adopted proactive and unilateral munity may engage with for some time to
postures,oftenunlikeDeng’spragmaticand come.
cautiousapproachandoftenviolatingeven
its own agreements with partners. The writer is a former Ambassador and was
Threekeyissuesemergedassignificant Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs
NavalbaseoverlookingMalaccaStraitswillforceBeijingtoreassessIndiastrategy
Raja Menon
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IN A BOLD, imaginative and strategic move, activated and India would be the beneficiary ing recommended is in accordance with the demonstrated. In Ukraine, the local satellite
the government of India has quietly begun of the entire tactical picture in the Indian current revolution in military affairs, where information is made available right down to UNFAIR ALLEGATIONS such as bureaucracy — only 14.44% in
tobuildaholisticnavalbaseonGreatNicobar Ocean and South China Sea. An aggressive the prerequisite to victory is in formation the platoon commanders level, on the cell Lok Sabha and an average of 9% in the
Island, which stands squarely overlooking ChinesemoveonthenorthernLACwouldbe dominance and the denial of information to phone via US satellite internet. THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Amid state assemblies — is the root cause of
the entrance to the Malacca Straits, and is countered by a threat to China-bound the enemy. With a base in Great Nicobar, the This author authored a paper in Tripuraflare-up,ManikSahagovt’stask the lack of policies on gender equality.
barely90milesfromthetipof Indonesia.This tankers in the Malacca Straits. Operating entry to the Malacca Straits would be a hun- September 2021 —“Reorientingthe Military cut out after ‘attack’ on Left, Congress But as the President has correctly
step, in terms of chess terminology, is like from the new base in Great Nicobar, Indian dred miles away while the nearest Chinese GrandStrategy:FromDefensiveTerritoriality MPs’ (IE, March 11). It says: “However, pointedout,thenotionthatonegender
moving the queen out into the open to give fighter aircraft directed by own air early base in Sanya would be 1,500 miles away. to an Offensive Oceanic Strategy” — which severalobserversfeelthattheincidents gains an advantage by holding back the
the opposing king a direct check. For in- warning aircraft would clamp down infor- It is rumoured that the Chinese have was circulated within the government. This of post-poll violence in Tripura, espe- other is false. Hence, to address this is-
stance, it immediately threatens to bring the mation dominance over the Malacca Straits. awarded a major dredging contract off papercallsforabandoningthetwo-frontwar cially the attack on parliamentarians, sue, we must first begin with giving
shutter down on China’s extended neck A PLA attempt to send a task force to inves- Gwadar and that their intention is to oper- scenario, downsizing the army and counter- haveraisedaquestionmarkonthecred- women active roles.
stretching far out into the Indian Ocean, far tigate the tanker stoppage would walk ate an aircraft carrier in support of Djibouti punching the Chinese on the seas, thereby ibility of CM Saha’s image as a ‘gentle- Shaswat Jena, Ghaziabad
westward to Djibouti and Gwadar. A naval straightintothetrapof ageographicallycon- and base it in Gwadar. With access to the denying Beijing a fight on ground of its own manpolitician’,whosecallforcleanpol-
base in Great Nicobar would be the central
piecetoanoceanicstrategy,toofferacounter
structed “killing ground” dominated by
Indian aircraft and missile-armed ships and
Malacca Straits in Indian hands, these deep
laid plans would blow away in the wind. A
choosing.WithanIndiantri-servicebasesit-
ting on the Chinese line of communications,
itics boosted the BJP’s electoral
prospects, which had apparently been
CHINA’S MOVE
punch to Chinese aggression in the submarines. Sino-Indianconflict scenario suddenly looks theiroutpostsintheIndianOceanwillwither damagedintheperiodmarkedwithal- THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘TheChina
Himalayas. Hopefully, it won’t come to that because catastrophic for Beijing. Of course India’s to- on the vine. leged violence and hooliganism during hand’ (IE, March 13). China’s success in
Deeply vulnerable in its dependence on Beijing as well as Delhi can make their own talstrategywouldhavetobeplayedskillfully, Allthisisnottosuggestgoingtowar with the tenure of his predecessor Biplab getting the Saudi-Iran deal finalised is a
imported oil, China’s Indian Ocean lines of tactical calculations. coordinating between the armed forces and China, in fact, just the reverse. In the trans- Kumar Deb.” The observations about resultof boththeUS’sambiguousstrat-
communications imports over 65 per cent All this, of course, depends on whether thediplomatstokeepthethresholdaslowas actions between the two countries there is BiplabDebarefalseandbaseless.Going egy in West Asia and China’s prompt-
of its oil dependency. One would think that New Delhi is prepared to see the game possible. fear, currently, on the Indian side, that Delhi bythereportingstandardsof TheIndian ness to fill the geopolitical vacuum.
withsuchadeepvulnerability,Beijingwould through, and permit the new base in Great ThisdaringmovebyNewDelhiillustrates isdealingwithacountrythatcanoverwhelm Express, making false allegations of vio- Chinadeservescreditforbringingthese
tread cautiously on the Himalayan LAC. But, Nicobar to be the beginning of an oceanic once again that the strategic rules governing India, should it choose to do so. It is not an lenceandhooliganismwithoutanyspe- arch-rivalstosomeconcurrence.Itssuc-
so far,it hasfirmly believed that NewDelhiis strategy to replace the tired land-centric ap- war have not changed over the years. unfoundedfear,butonebasedontacticalcal- cific proof or data is uncalled for. cessful stride into West Asia’s politics
totally and deeply mired in a short-sighted proach where India face impossible geo- Alexander the Great never fought on ground culation. This calculation will now change. Pawan Kumar, PS to Biplab Kumar Deb does bring hope to the people of war-
land-centric strategy ignoring the advan- graphical obstacles. It also depends on notof hischoosing,nordidNapoleonandthe The downstream effect will be seen in the torn areas. With the recent Saudi-Iran-
tages conferred on India by its maritime ge-
ography.
whether the political intention is merely to
set up a minor reconnaissance base in great
great captains of war. At sea, choosing the
area to fight essentially means creating a
coming years when China begins to treat
India as an equal, because again, tactical cal-
GENDER ISSUE Chinagroup,Ukraine’schallengesinthe
ongoing war are bound to multiply.
The tactical scenario in the Malacca Nicobar or a full-fledged Pearl Harbour that dominant battlespace where our informa- culation will make the truth obvious in THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Men with- Chinaisleavingnoopportunitytoallow
Straits and South China Sea is already dom- will be the Indian outpost of the to-be-set- tion dominance prevails and the enemy is Beijing. out women’ (IE, March 13). The lack of western powers to rest.
inated by the intelligence sharing and com- up eastern theatre command, which is blinded. Under such conditions, the odds of representation in leadership positions, Kiran B Ransing, Ahmednagar
munications agreements of the Quad. In strong enough to deter the Chinese risking numbers on the Chinese side are not a rele- The writer, a former rear admiral in the navy,
times of crisis, these agreements would be escalation with India. The strategy that is be- vantfactorastheUkrainewarhasonceagain is author of A Nuclear Strategy for India
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023
NOBEL LAUREATE KNOWN FOR POETIC NOVELS
KENZABURO OE DIES AT 88
Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his
memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being
the parent of a disabled son, died at the age of 88.

TOPOFTHE
WORLD China’sparliamentapproveschanges 22,000 held over
anti-government
tospeeduppassing‘emergency’laws demonstrations
Amendment will give special powers to pass laws after just one review session After Saudi-Iran
Gary Lineker was
taken off air after he
LAURIECHEN
BEIJING,MARCH13
However,therehavebeenex-
ceptions in the past.
Three years ago, China im-
deal, Xi calls for
bigger role in
‘pardoned’: Iran
tweeted against UK’s posed a national security law on
immigration policy CHINA'S PARLIAMENT approved thesemiautonomouscityofHong global affairs JON GAMBRELL
changes to a law on Monday that Kong,criminalisingabroadrange DUBAI, MARCH 13
wouldallowittopassemergency of vaguely defined offences in- Supreme
UNITED KINGDOM legislation more quickly, the offi- tended to stifle dissent. JOEMCDONALD IRANANNOUNCED Mondaythat Leader
BBC backtracks cial Xinhua agency reported, a
move that analysts say could
Critics say that legislation,
alsopassedafterbeingreviewed
BEIJING,MARCH13 thecountry’ssupremeleaderhas
pardonedmorethan22,000peo-
Ayatollah
Khamenei
overLineker’s erodepublicdebateandscrutiny. only once by the NPC Standing PRESIDENT XI Jinping called plearrestedintherecentanti-gov-

suspension The amendment to the

Legislation Law, which governs
Committee, further eroded the
rule of law in Hong Kong and
Monday for China to play a big-
ger role in managing global af-
ernment protests that swept the
Islamic Republic. There was no IRAN’S PROTESTS
London: The BBC called a
how laws are enacted, gives the
highest body of the national par- President XiJinpingarrivesfortheclosingsessionof National
crushedfinancialhub’sfreedom.
Chinahasrepeatedlybrushed
fairs after Beijing scored a diplo-
matic coup as the host of talks
immediate independent confir-
mation of the mass release.
AT A GLANCE
truce Monday in its liament, the roughly 170-mem- PeoplesCongressat GreatHallof thePeopleinBeijing. Reuters off criticism of the law, saying it that produced an agreement by The statement by Iran’s judi-
showdown with sports ber National People's Congress protects Hong Kong residents' Saudi Arabia and Iran to reopen ciary head Gholamhossein 82,656
commentator Gary Standing Committee, special freedomsandonlytargetsasmall diplomatic relations. Mohseni Ejehi offered for the prisoners and those
Lineker, reversing its sus- powerstopasslawsafterjustone Communist) party's overall lead- in China are normally published minorityof "criminals"who"en- Chinashould“activelypartic- first time a glimpse of the full facing charges had
pension of the former review session. ership over legislative work”, ac- to solicit public comments, and danger national security". ipateinthereformandconstruc- scopeof thegovernment’scrack- been pardoned, said
soccer great for a tweet It is an “important measure” cording to readouts from dele- are voted in by its rubber-stamp The latest draft of the law, tion of the global governance down that followed the demon- Iran’s judiciary head
thatcriticizedtheUKgov- to “further improve the quality gates'meetingspublishedduring parliamentafterbeingdeliberated publishedMarch5,didnotdefine system”andpromote“globalse- strations over the September Gholamhossein
ernment’s contentious and efficiency of legislation”, and theannualparliamentarygather- during at least two meetings of what constitutes an emergency curity initiatives,” said Xi, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Mohseni Ejehi. Of
new migration policy. an “inevitable requirement for ing, which closed on Monday. the NPC Standing Committee, a situation.Thefinaltexthasnotyet country’s most powerful leader Amini, who had been detained those, some 22,628 had
“Gary is a valued part of strengthening the (ruling Draft laws and amendments process that can take months. been made public. REUTERS in decades. by the country’s morality police. been arrested amid the
the BBC and I know how Thatwilladd“positiveenergy The state-run IRNA news protests, he said.
much the BBC means to to world peace and develop- agency quoted Ejehi as announc-
Gary, and I look forward
to him presenting our
coverage this coming
Xi could meet Putin, speak to Zelenskyy next ment,” Xi said.
The new premier, Li Qiang,
tried Monday to reassure entre-
ing the figure Monday. Iranian
state media had previously sug-
gestedSupremeLeaderAyatollah
19,700
people have been
weekend,” BBC Director-
week as battle continues in Bakhmut: report preneurs but gave no details of Ali Khamenei could pardon that arrested during the

E
General Tim Davie said. possible plans to improve con- many people swept up in the protests, according to
Lineker, 62, said he was ditions after Xi’s government demonstrations, ahead of the Human Rights Activists
“glad that we have found lier-than-expected trip in re- spent the past decade building Muslimholymonthof Ramadan, in Iran — a group that’s
EXPLAINED

been tracking the

a way forward.” AP REUTERS
KYIV,MARCH13
sponsetoalong-standinginvita-
tion from President Vladimir
What makesthis up state companies that control
banking, energy, steel, telecoms,
whenthepiousfastfromdawnto
dusk. Ramadan starts next week. crackdown.
possible eventimportant
NEPAL
Chinese President Xi Jinping
Putin. His plans to also hold a
videoconferencewithZelenskyy
●
and other industries.
Xi called Monday also called
Theannouncementalsocame
ahead of next week’s celebration 530
could wade deeper than before were reported by the Wall Street for faster technology develop- of Nowruz,thePersianNewYear. people have been killed
Paudeltakes into Ukraine diplomacy by next
week,stagingbothhisfirsttripto
Journal, citing sources, which
Reuters couldn’t confirm.
A VISIT by Xi to Russia would be a major event for Putin,
who portrays the war in Ukraine as a conflict with the
ment and more self-reliance in a
speech loaded with nationalis-
There had been calls for anti-
government protests around
as authorities violently
suppressed the mass
oathasthird Russia and his first talks with The Chinese foreign ministry combined might of the West and has frequently spoken of tic terms. both events. While mass demonstrations, the

President Ukraine’s President Volodymyr

Zelenskyy since war began.
did not immediately respond to
requests for comment. The
his plans to host Xi in coming months. Russia relies on
China to buy oil and gas it can no longer sell in Europe. But
He referred eight times to
“national rejuvenation,” or
demonstrations have cooled in
recent weeks, nightly chants
group said. Although,
Iran has not offered any
Several sources familiar with Kremlin said it had nothing to if Xi's visit coincides with Zelenskyy, that could be a bigger restoring China to its rightful against Iran’s theocracy can still official figure of overall
Kathmandu: Nepali the plans told Reuters Xi could announce yet. Zelenskyy’s office coup for Ukrainians, who want Beijing to remain neutral. place as an economic, cultural beheardinsomeneighborhoods deaths for months. AP
Congress leader Ram visit Moscow next week, an ear- didn’t immediately respond. and political leader. AP of Iran’s capital, Tehran. AP
Chandra Paudel was on
Monday sworn in as
Nepal’s third President,
days after he defeated a
candidatefieldedbyanal-
US, South Korea hold AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
lianceledbyCPN-UML.At
a ceremony at Sheetal joint exercise as North BEST
ACTOR

test-launches missiles
Niwas, the President’s
Office,ActingChief Justice Brendan
HariKrishnaKarkiadmin- Fraser,
istered the oath to 78- The Whale
year-old Paudel. Prime
Minister Pushpa Kamal HYUNG-JINKIM
Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Vice- SEOUL,MARCH13 CINEMATOGRAPHY
PresidentNandaBahadur James Friend, All Quiet on the
Pun, outgoing President The South Korean and US mili- Western Front
Bidya Devi Bhandari, tarieslaunchedtheirbiggestjoint
Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire, exercises in years Monday while DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
National Assembly NorthKoreasaidittestedsubma- Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae and
Chairman Ganesh Prasad rine-firedcruisemissilesinanap- others, Navalny
Timilsinawerepresenton parentprotestofthedrillsitviews
the occasion. PTI as an invasion rehearsal.
North Korea’s launches US Army’s armored vehicles
MOZAMBIQUE Sunday signal the country likely prepare to cross Hantan river
Over60deadas will conduct provocative
weapons testing during the US-
near North Korea border. AP

cyclone hits South Korean drills that are ex-

pected to run for 11 days. Last The North’s official Korean Reuters
secondtime week, North Korean leader Kim CentralNewsAgencysaidthatthe Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang pose with the Oscar for Best
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Kenya: Mozambique and ready to repel rivals’ “frantic war from a submarine off its east Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu and James Hong in the Oscars photo room.
Malawi on Monday were preparation moves.” coast showed a resolve to re-
counting the cost of North Korea’s increasing nu- spond with “overwhelming
Tropical Storm Freddy,
whichkilledmorethan60
clearthreats,alongwithconcerns
aboutChina’sambitions,ispush-
powerful” force to the intensify-
ing military maneuvers by “the
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leftatrailofdestructionas Asian alliances. Korean puppet forces.” directing and in three of the four acting categories.
itrippedthroughsouthern In the past year, North Korea KCNA called the missiles RUTH E CARTER BECOMES
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caused landslides. power South Korean officials said It said the missiles flew more sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Ke Huy Quan the best actress statuette — until Sunday,
supply and phone signals the field exercises would return than two hours, drawing figure- Forever. In 2018, she became when Michelle Yeoh clinched it for her lead
were cut off in some af- to the scale of the allies’ earlier eight-shaped patterns and the first African American to win EDITING performance in the movie Everything
fected areas. REUTERS largestfieldtrainingthatwaslast demonstratinganabilitytohittar- the category for Black Panther Paul Rogers Everywhere All at Once.
held in 2018. gets 1,500 km away. AP

Imran leads thousands at election rally MOM, I JUST WON AN OSCAR!

as Islamabad police arrive to arrest him

issued against him for failing to
Quan’s journey from refugee boat to Oscars
M ZULQERNAIN appear in courts in the Ke Huy Quan disappeared from movies for 20 yrs, dispirited by lack of work for Asian-Americans
ISLAMABAD, MAR 13 Toshakhana case and for threat-
eningawomanmagistratewhile actor category, joining Haing S The Vietnam-born actor
PAKISTAN’S OUSTED premier addressing public here last year. BETHHARRIS NgorforTheKillingFieldsin1984. whose family immigrated to
ImranKhanMondayledamarch Earlier, the Lahore district ad- LOSANGELES,MARCH13 Ashisnamewasannounced, California in the late 1970s first
of thousandsof hissupportersas ministrationmetwiththeparty’s Quan rose and hugged co-stars gainedattentionasapre-teenin
Islamabad police arrived here to leadership to discuss the rally, its KE HUY Quan had mostly dis- Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee the hugely popular 1980s
arresthimaftertwonon-bailable routeandsecurityarrangements. appeared from Hollywood for Curtis,whowonsupportingac- movies Indiana Jones and the
arrest warrants were issued The district administration, over two decades, dispirited by tress honors after him. He TempleofDoomandTheGoonies.
against him, a day after he called however, imposed a condition the lack of on-camera work for clasped his hands to his mouth. “I owe everything to the love of
off his party's election rally fol- Securitymoveswithavehicle thatnoleaderwouldgiveastate- Asian Americans. He returned “My mom is 84 years old and my life, my wife Echo,” he said,
lowingabanonpublicgatherings carryingtheex-PM. AP mentagainstthejudiciaryorany in a big way, winning the sup- she’s at home watching,” Quan “who month after month, year
in Punjab's provincial capital. other institution. portingactorOscartocapanin- said.“Mom,IjustwonanOscar!” after year for 20 years told me
The70-year-oldformercrick- Asthecaretakergovernment spiring comeback story. “My journey started on a that one day, one day my time
eter-turned-politician's support- women also joined the rally. had directed the PTI leadership Quan accepted the trophy boat. I spent a year in a refugee will come. Dreams are some-
ers threw rose petals at a convoy Khan left his Zaman Park res- to end the rally at 5.30 pm, it Sunday night for his role in camp and somehow I ended up thingyouhavetobelievein.Ial-
carrying him to Data Darbar idenceasIslamabadpolicearrived could not reach its destination EverythingEverywhereAllatOnce here on Hollywood’s biggest most gave up on mine. To all of
shrinewhereheisexpectedtoad- in Lahore on a special helicopter (Data Darbar shrine) at 7.45 pm. becomingjustthesecondAsian stage,”hesaid.“...Storieslikethis Quan accepting the Oscar for best supporting actor in you out there, please keep your
dresshisPakistanTehreek-e-Insaf to arrest the PTI chief after two Khanisleadingtherallywhilesit- winner ever in the supporting only happen in the movies...” Everything Everywhere All at Once . NYT dreams alive.” AP
(PTI) workers. A large number of non-bailablearrestwarrantswere ting in a bomb-proof car. PTI
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Antiquities abroad: What Indian, international laws say

less than seventy-five years.” roar over the theft of a bronze idol from How is ownership proved? Can India bring back antiquities?
SHYAMLAL YADAV Chamba and some important sandstone TheUNESCO1970declarationstatedthat, There are three categoriesto takenote of:
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 What do international conventions say? idols from other places. “The requesting Party shall furnish, at its ex- antiquities taken out of India pre-independ-
The UNESCO 1970 Convention on the This,alongwiththeUNESCOconvention, pense, the documentation and other evi- ence;thosewhichweretakenoutsinceinde-
AN INVESTIGATION by The Indian Express, in Meansof ProhibitingandPreventingtheIllicit prompted the government to enact The dence necessary to establish its claim for re- pendence until March 1976, i.e. before the
association with the International Import, Export andTransfer of Ownership of Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 covery and return.”The first thing in order to implementation of AATA; and antiquities
Consortium of Investigative Journalists and CulturalPropertydefined“culturalproperty” (AATA), implemented from April 1, 1976. prove the ownership is the complaint (FIR) taken out of the country since April 1976.
Finance Uncovered, has found that the cata- asthepropertydesignatedbycountrieshav- The AATA states, “itshallnot be lawfulfor filed with the police. In India, the problem For items in the first two categories, re-
logue of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, ing “importance for archaeology, prehistory, any person, other than the Central with missing antiquities is that in many quests have to be raised bilaterally or on in-
New York, includes at least 77 items with history, literature, art or science.” Government or any authority or agency au- cases, there is no FIR. But other proof,like de- ternational fora. For instance, the Maharas-
linkstoSubhashKapoor,whoisservinga10- The Declaration further said that “the il- thorised by the Central Government in this tails mentioned by reputed scholars in re- htra government on November 10, 2022
year jail term in Tamil Nadu for smuggling licitimport,exportandtransferof ownership behalf, to export any antiquity or art treas- search papers etc., also work. announced it was working to bring back the
antiquities. of culturalpropertyisoneof themaincauses ure… No person shall, himself or by any sword of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj from
of the impoverishment of the cultural her- PM Modi and then German Chancellor other personon his behalf, carry on the busi- How to check for fake antiquities? London.ThisswordwasgiventoEdward,the
What is an antiquity? itage of the countries of origin of such prop- Angela Merkel with a 10th-century ness of selling or offering to sell any antiq- Under section 14(3) of the AATA, “Every Prince of Wales (the later King Edward VII)
The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, ertyandthatinternationalco-operationcon- Durga idol returned by Germany, in uityexceptunderandinaccordancewiththe personwhoowns,controlsorisinpossession by Shivaji IV in 1875-76.
1972, implemented on April 1, 1976, defined stitutes one of the most efficient means of New Delhi in 2015. PTI terms and conditions of a licence.” of anyantiquity”shallregistersuchantiquity Several antiquities, from Vagdevi of Dhar
“antiquity” as “any coin, sculpture, painting, protectingeachcountry'sculturalproperty.” This licence is granted by the before the registering officer “and obtain a (MadhyaPradesh),totheKohinoordiamond,
epigraph or other work of art or craftsman- After that, in 2000,the General Assembly Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). After certificate in token of such registration.” to Amaravati marbles to the Sultanganj
ship; any article, object or thing detached of the UN and the UN Security Council in 12 of the State List, and Item-40 of the the AATA was implemented, the Centre So far, the National Mission on Monum- Buddha to antiquities related to Rani
from a building or cave; any article, object or 2015 and 2016 also raised concerns on the Concurrent List of the Constitution deal with asked traders in antiquities and art objects entsandAntiquities,launchedinMarch2007, Laxmibaiof JhansiandTipuSultanof Mysore,
thing illustrative of science, art, crafts, liter- issue. An INTERPOL report in 2019 said that the country's heritage. to declare their possessions of antiquities by hasregistered3.52lakhantiquitiesamongthe are currently abroad.
ature, religion, customs, morals or politics in almost 50 years after the UNESCO conven- Before Independence, an Antiquities June 5, 1976, and individual owners by July 16.70lakhithasdocumented,tohelpin“effec- Antiquities in the second and third cate-
bygone ages; any article, object or thing of tion, “the illicit international traffic of cul- (ExportControl)ActhadbeenpassedinApril 5, 1976. tive check” of illegal activities. This is a very gories can be retrieved easily by raising an
historical interest” that “has been in exis- tural items and related offences is sadly in- 1947 to ensure that “no antiquity could be What is 'provenance' of an antiquity? small portion of the total number of antiqui- issuebilaterallywithproof of ownershipand
tence for not less than one hundred years.” creasingly prolific.” exported without license.” Provenance includes the list of all own- tiesinthecountry,whichthegovernmentes- withthehelpof theUNESCOconvention.The
For “manuscript, record or other docu- In 1958, The Ancient Monuments and ers from the time the object left its maker's timates to be around 58 lakh, according to a conviction of Subhash Kapoor has further
ment which is of scientific, historical, liter- What do Indian laws say? Archaeological Sites and Remains Act was possession to the time it was acquired by the statement by the Ministry of Culture in given a chance to India to bring back smug-
ary or aesthetic value”, this duration is “not In India, Item-67 of the Union List, Item- enacted.Thenin1971,Parliamentsawanup- current owner. Parliament in July 2022. gled antiquities.

EXPLAINED GLOBAL EXPLAINED POLITICS

Unrest in Manipur hills

Why Biden, US Congress are
at odds over Wagner Group
What is the Wagner Group?
ALIND CHAUHAN The Wagner Group first surfaced dur- Why has the Manipur govt pulled out of a Suspension of Operations agreement with two tribal insurgent
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 ingRussia’sannexationof Crimeain2014.
Essentially a network of contractors that groups? Why are Kuki tribal bodies protesting, and what is the likely political fallout?
DIFFERENCES HAVE emerged between supply soldiers for hire, the group isn’t
theUSCongressandPresidentJoeBiden’s registered as a fighting unit anywhere
administration over designating the and its source of funding is unknown. criticising Biren for terming the protesters
WagnerGroup—ashadowyprivatemili- Accordingto the EuropeanUnionand TORA AGARWALA, JIMMY LEIVON “encroachers, poppy cultivators,drugsmug-
tia believed to be fighting for Russia US Treasury Department, the organisa- IMPHAL, GUWAHATI, MARCH 13 glers, and illegal immigrants”, saying that it
against Ukraine — as a terrorist organisa- tionisbankrolledbyRussianoligarchand was extremely “affronting and regrettable.”
tion, The Hill reported Sunday. close ally of President Vladimir Putin, IN A surprise move, the Manipur govern- “The chief minister categorically stating that
According to the news outlet, some Yevgeny Prigozhin. Both the Kremlin and ment Friday pulled out of a Suspension of only illegal immigrants are participating in
Democratic and Republican lawmakers Prigozhin have denied the claims. The Operations (SoO) agreement with two tribal the rally is unpardonable and ill-suited to a
are trying to pass a legislation, known as group is said to have been founded by insurgent groups, alleging they were “influ- chief minister…Itisanobtrusiveexampleof
the Holding Accountable Russian Dmitry Utkin, a former special forces of- encing agitation among forest encroachers”. the communal prejudice of the chief minis-
Mercenaries (HARM) Act, which would ficer, member of Russia’s military intelli- This comes after a series of flashpoints in ter against the tribals and the Kukis in par-
require the US State Department to label gence service and a veteran of both the Kuki-dominated hills of Manipur — an ticular,” the statement said, responding to
the Wagner Group as a Foreign Terrorist Chechen wars. eviction drive to clear forest land of “en- the interview the CM gave to a television
Organization (FTO). Apart from Ukraine, Wagner Group is croachers”; a “peaceful” protest march channel on Saturday.
However, the Biden administration reportedly also active in West Asia and against it that turned violent; and a simmer- Also condemning the Biren administra-
arguesthattheFTOdesignationmightre- several countries in Africa. ingbattlebetweentheKukitribalbodiesand tion is the Kuki People’s Alliance, a political
sult in a “potential, negative blowback”, LawmakersbehindthetheHARMAct the BJP government led by N Biren Singh. party formed ahead of the 2022 Assembly
The Hill said. have alleged that the Wagner Group has elections.Theparty,whichwonboththeseats
been involved in murder, rape and tor- An eviction and a protest A rally called by Kuki tribal bodies against the eviction move, on March 10. Express itcontested,laterextendedsupporttotheBJP
What is FTO? ture,notonlyinUkrainebutalsoinAfrica. Various departments under the Manipur government. However, that has not stopped
Section 219 of the US Immigration government have been sending out notices themfromcriticisingBiren’smoveas“uneth-
and Nationality Act says the Secretary of What are the Biden administration’s since August 2022, claiming that 38 villages wildlifesanctuariesforpoppyplantationand ernment’s“extremedisregard”forscheduled ical,unjustifiableanddownrightillegal”.“The
State can “designate an organisation as a concerns? in the Churachandpur-Khoupum Protected drugs business. That's the reason why the Hill Areas and Article 371C of the Constit- movesmacksof ulteriormotiveswithoutany
foreign terrorist organisation… if the The Hill reported that the Biden ad- Forest area (in Churachandpur and Noney rallywasorganised,”newsagencyPTIquoted ution. “The peace rally was a result of ex- regard for democratic norms,” said WL
Secretary finds that (A) the organisation ministration is reluctant to label Wagner districts) are“illegal settlements” andits res- Chief Minister Biren as saying. treme disrespect and exploitation of tribal Hangshing, general secretary of the party.
is a foreign organisation; (B) the organi- Group as an FTO as it believes that the idents are “encroachers”. Biren alleged that the rallies were influ- land rights in the name of various laws and
sation engages in terrorist activity or ter- move “could impede US efforts to con- While notices were sent to five villages, enced by the Zomi Revolutionary Army acts,” said Khongsai. What next for the SoO?
rorism… or (C) …threatens the security vince and work with African nations to thegovernmentfinally setoutonaneviction (ZRA) and Kuki National Army (KNA), armed “They are (notonly) clearingland,but are Thisceasefireagreementwassignedwith
of United States nationals or the national end their associations with or depend- drive in the K Songjang village on February groups with which the Centre and the state evicting our right to existence and our cus- two umbrella groups, the Kuki National
security of the United States”. encyonWagner.”Theorganisationissaid 20. It culminated in clashes between the res- firstsignedaSuspensionof Operations(SoO) toms. We tribals are on the brink of extinc- Organisation (KNO) and the United People’s
Once an organisation is labelled as an to have been operating in several coun- idents and the police. To protest against the agreementin2008.Theagreementhasbeen tion,” said Sasang Vaiphei, president of the Front (UPF), comprising 25 outfits — 17 un-
FTO, “it is unlawful for a person in the tries, such as Sudan, Libya, the Central police action, the Kuki Inpi, the apex tribal periodically renewed. Kuki Students’ Organisation. der KNO and 8 under the UPF. A tripartite
United States or subject to the jurisdic- African Republic, Mozambique, Mali, body of the Kukis in Manipur, called a peace- “Discussed reviewing the Suspension of In a memorandum to the Manipur agreement among the Centre, the state and
tion of the United States to knowingly Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Chad, and ful rally Friday in the Kuki-dominated dis- Operations agreement, particularly with the Governor, the Kuki Inpi said that tribes of the groups, this arrangement meant ending
provide “material support or resources” provides assistance to those nations who tricts of Kangpokpi, Churachandpur and ZRA and KNA who are allegedly influencing Manipur have been “rightful landholders” violenceandhostilitiesfromallsidesandini-
to” it. Funds of an FTO are frozen. have weak militaries. Tengnoupal. The government imposed the agitations after the eviction notices were since colonial times, and that the villagers tiating a political dialogue.
Section 144, but the rally went ahead. issued to the forest encroachers,” Biren have been living in the contested areas since Union Home Minister Amit Shah, ahead
In Kangpokpi, things took a violent turn posted on Twitter. before Independence, much before the en- of the2022elections,promisedto“solve”the

Drishti IAS
when the police tried to stop the locals from actment of the Indian Forests Act, 1972, Kukidemandforaseparateethnicstateif the
protesting. At least five protesters and a few What Kuki tribal bodies claim Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and other Acts BJP was voted to power. The Kuki groups
policemen were injured before the situation The tribal bodies have maintained that the government has cited for evictions. even officially announced their support for
was brought under control. the protests had nothing to do with the theBJP.Therevocationof theSoOagreement
armed groups. Instead, they claimed it was a The political fallout hasnowraisedquestionsaboutthisarrange-
What the state claims “peaceful” protest against the dilution of The churn marks Biren’s first major chal- ment. Seilen Haokip, theKNO spokesperson,
(Prelims + Mains) Following the rallies, the state cabinet Article 371 C, which confers some adminis- lenge after he was sworn in for the second said, “It will be the Centre’s decision as to
(Along with Free Online Facility) metonFriday,andclaimedtheprotestswere trativeautonomytothetribal-dominatedhill time barely a year ago. The latest develop- what happens next.” On Sunday, a team of
organisedforan“unconstitutional” purpose. areas of Manipur. ments threaten to dent his tribal outreach as top bureaucrats, including Manipur Chief
“They were challenging the constitutional Ch Ajang Khongsai, the president of Kuki CM, as part of which he had launched a pop- Secretary Rajesh Kumar, left Imphal for the
provisions...Thepeopletherewereencroach- Inpi, said the rally was a result of public dis- ular “Go To Hills” campaign. national capital to meet the Union Home
8010-440-440 OR Visit Our Karol Bagh Centre at 21, Pusa Road, Delhi. ing reserved forests, protected forests and content, over what he termed the state gov- The Kuki Inpi Sunday issued a statement Secretary to discuss the matter .

Asians make a mark: A brief history of inclusivity at the Academy awards

shesaid,“Forallthelittleboysandgirlswho natedfortheOscars.In1936,theIndian-ori- Actor nominees and no women directors in effect by 2024. In 2020, the Academy an-
PAROMITA CHAKRABARTI look like me watching tonight, this is a bea- gin actor Merle Oberon was the first Asian the running for Best Director. Apart from nounceditsmembershadbecomemoredi-
NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 con of hope and possibilities.” woman to be nominated for Best Actress Quan, the only other non-White nominee verse, with 45% women and 36% underrep-
The number of actors of Asian origin award for her role in The Dark Angel. for Best Supporting Actor was Brian Tyree resented ethnic and racial communities,
INDIA CLINCHED two wins at the Academy contendingfortheOscarsthisyearwasfour, Henry for his role in Causeway. which would have a bearing on voting and
Awards this year. While ‘Naatu Naatu’ from one of the highestfor the community in the Asians in other categories Since inception, the Oscars have never nomination patterns.
SS Rajamouli’s RRR has won the Oscar for Academy’s nearly century-old history. Other Asian nominees included Nobel been particularly noted for inclusivity. ArecentstudybytheUniversityof South
the Best Original Song, The Elephant In 2004, three actors of Asian origin had Prize-winning Japanese The year 2015, when Carolina’s think tank, Annenberg Inclusion
Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves made it to the nominations. This included writer Kazuo Ishiguro for the Academy of Motion Initiative, has noted that while the pace of
and produced by Guneet Monga, won Best Indian-originBritishactorBenKingsleyand Best Adapted Screenplay EXPLAINED Picture Arts and Sciences change is slow, the #OscarsSoWhite cam-
Documentary (Short Subject). Iranian actor Shohreh Aghdashloo for for his adaptation of Akira announced an all-White paign has managed to make inroads.
This was a landmark year for Asians at House of Sand and Fog, and Japanese actor Kurosawa’s Ikiru (To Live) CULTURE nomination for its 20 act- The study found that between 2016 and
the Oscars. With seven wins out of its 11 Ken Watanabe for The Last Samurai. for the Oliver Hermanus- ing awards, marked a turn- 2023 and 2008 and 2015 — eight years be-
nominations, Everything Everywhere All At In an interview with The New York Times directed Living; and Domee Shi, one-half of ing point. fore and after the viral hashtag — the num-
Once, directed by Daniel Kwan, Daniel following her Oscar nomination, Yeoh had the director-duo of Turning Red, in the Best A social media campaign spearheaded ber of nominees from minority and ethnic
Scheinert and starring Michelle Yeoh, said, “Of course, I’m over the moon, but I Animated Feature category. by American activist April Reign, groups have increased to 17% from 8%.
Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee feel a little sad because I know we know #OscarsSoWhite, put the spotlight on the Likewise, the number of women nominees
Curtis, made history. there have been amazing actresses from Oscars and diversity Academy, whose composition since its for- have increased from 21% to 27%.
But the film is significant for one other Asia that come before me, and I stand on Cuban-Spanish actor Ana de Armas was mation has been mostly male and largely Despite this, since its inception,
reason — Yeoh, Hsu and Quan were all in their shoulders…I hope this will shatter intherunningfortheBestActressawardfor White. The next year, when the nomina- only 6% of the nominees at the Oscars have
therunningforactingprizes, of whichYeoh that frigging glass ceiling to no end, that her role in Blonde this time, while Black ac- tions reflectedasimilar lackof diversity,the been from under-represented ethnic
won the Best Actress and Quan the Best this will continue, and we will see more of Deepika Padukone at the Oscars torAngelaBassettwasincontentionforBest campaign gained momentum. groups, includingpeople of colour. Women
Supporting Actor award. The 60-year-old our faces up there.” ceremony Sunday, at the Dolby Supporting Actress for her work in Black In the years since, the Academy has set have made up 17% of the nominees, with
Yeoh is the first Asian to have won the Best Yeoh, of Malaysian-Chinese descent, is Theatre in Los Angeles. AP Panther: Wakanda Forever. There were, up inclusivity parameters as well as a less than 2% being women of colour, the
Actress award. In her acceptance speech, only the second Asian woman to be nomi- however,noactorsof colouramongtheBest broader initiative slated to come fully into study noted.
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SILICON VALLEY BANK COLLAPSE: ALL SECTORS END IN RED

‘Reserve Bank should pause
Indian equity markets fall as crisis the rate hikes, decouple from
in US banking sector raises concern global tightening cycle’
CONFEDERATION OF Indian
Industry (CII) President SANJIV

ENSECONOMICBUREAU
thatthecollapseofUS-basedSVB
couldworsentheoverallmoodal-
SignatureBankwillhaveaccessto
their money starting Monday. Multiple US regional banks’ BAJAJ believes that the Reserve
BankofIndia(RBI)hasalreadyde-

shares halted; SVB execs sued

MUMBAI,MARCH13 ready reeling under rising inter- Nair further said the Fed’s de- liveredtherequisitedosesof rate
est rates and slowing global cision in the upcoming meeting hikestocurbinflationandshould
THE DOMESTIC equity markets growth,” Kotak Securities Ltd will have a crucial impact on the now focus on spurring growth. A
crashed around 1.5 per cent on Head of Equity Research (Retail) market sell-off, as the consensus Washington: US STOCK indexes cent as news of fresh financing pause in rate hikes would be a
Monday tracking a fall in global Shrikant Chouhan said. is reversing to no rate hike trajec- rose in choppy trading on failedtoreassureinvestors,while positive signal for the industry,
markets as the collapse of Silicon According to Geojit Financial tory. Also,theUSinflationdueon Monday as investors weighed a Western Alliance Bancorp and nudging it to ramp up capital ex-
Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Services’ Head of Research Vinod Tuesday will have a vital impact possible pause in interest rate PacWest Bancorp fell 60.2 per penditure, said Bajaj, who is the
Bank raised concerns over the Nairthebloodbathwasseeninthe in the short-term as the market hikes by the Federal Reserve in cent and 30.4 per cent, respec- chairmanandmanagingdirector
health of the US banking system. globalmarketasthefalloutofSVB anticipates a cool down from March and risks of a contagion tively. of Bajaj Finserv. In an interaction
The 30-share BSE Sensex was followed by turmoil at January levels. from Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) Meanwhile, President Joe with SUKALP SHARMA, Bajaj
tanked 1.52 per cent, or 897.28 SignatureBank,keepinginvestors All sectors ended in red with collapse. Bidenvowedtodowhateverwas talksaboutarangeofissues,chal-
points,tocloseat58,237.85.After worriedaboutthestrengthofthe banking and auto facing the ma- Thesuddenshutdownof SVB needed to address the threat to lenges, and opportunities for
opening up, Sensex plummeted USbankingsystem.Theselloff in jor burn, down 2 per cent each. Financial on Friday, after a failed thebankingsystemafterthecol- India Inc. Edited excerpts: Sanjiv Bajaj File
1,040.58 points during the intra- the global market was seen even India Vix jumped sharply by 19 capital raise, triggered concerns lapse of the two banks.
daytrades.ThebroaderNSENifty astheUSauthoritiessteppedinto per cent to 16 levels, indicating about risks to other banks from On Monday, two top SVB ex- There have been concerns to pre-pandemic levels. At the around it.
fell 1.49 per cent, or 258.6 points protect the interest of depositors heightened volatility. Bank Nifty sharp rate hikes by the Fed over ecutivesweresuedbysharehold- over private sector capex and sametime,weneedtobenimble The first thing–interest
to 17,154.3. and provide access to credit to fell2.27percentto39,564.7,with the last year. ers who accused them of con- the PM also recently called enough if the external situation rates–are probably under our
“Downward spiral continued households and businesses. PSUbanksdown2.87percentand Shares of SVB's peer cealing how rising interest rates upon the private sector to takes a turn for the worse. control, but the other two are
in a highly volatile charged trad- OnMarch12,theUSTreasury private banks 2.44 per cent. The Signature Bank, which was also wouldleaveitsSVBunit,"partic- ramp it up. How do you view Therefore, I think decoupling more indirect.
ingsessionduetoweaknessinthe Department and the Federal foreign institutional investors shut down by regulators, were ularlysusceptible"toabankrun. the situation and the way from the global monetary tight-
US and European Deposit Insurance Corporation (FIIs) net sold Rs 1,764.36 crore of halted for trading, along with Theproposedclassactionagainst forward? ening cycle and pausing on rate What impact do you see on
markets.Investors once again ex- (FDIC)inajointstatementsaidall domestic shares on Monday, ac- multiple regional banks. First theCEOandCFOwasfiledinSan Ataverybroadlevel,ifyousee hikes to focus on growth should the Indian start-up and
ited financial stocks on worries the depositors of SVB and cording to CDSL data. Republic Bank dropped 63.7 per Jose, California. REUTERS the last three years, India has be the biggest focus right now. technology space due to
shownresilientgrowthintheface events like the Silicon Valley
ofsignificantglobaluncertainties. Do you think the RBI would be Bank crisis? What lessons
SECTOR WATCH We have also seen coordinated comfortable with decoupling does it hold for the Indian

COMPANIES ‘79% of employers may hike 37% Apprenticesarereal-

timeskilledtalent
availableinthemarket
monetaryactionbycentralbanks
around the world. But as we are
getting out of the pandemic, we
from the global cycle?
We have a very mature cen-
tral bank. If you look at our own
financial services sector?
The immediate impact has
beencontrolledbythestatement
apprentices intake in Q4’ believe it is now the time for the cycle, it was based on our own made by the US Treasury

MeitY to meet Employers are

23% Helpunlockbusiness
growthopportunities
RBI to take a pause on rate hikes
and start focusing again on
growth.
pre-pandemiceconomicparam-
eters. It took into account the
globalfactors…butalsotookinto
Secretary that all depositors will
beprotected.Thatisaverystrong
and positive statement. But the

SVB affected
realising that
apprenticeship
with a degree
69% Large-sizebusinesses
havethehighestNet
ApprenticeshipOutlook
The situation post the pan-
demic is changing in different
parts of the world… Inflation,
accountparticularissuesrelevant
to India, like our inflation,
strengthof oureconomy,andour
taxpayer will not bear the brunt.
Soitwouldbeequityholders, un-
secured debt holders, and then

start-ups today
linkage have very clearly, is moderating in focusareas.AndIbelieveitisnow they might find a way for all
12outof24:Industriesseean India. We are hopeful that with- time to come back to that situa- banks to chip in, almost like in-
better skill increaseintheirNet out any nasty surprise on the ex- tion. surance. That is not detailed yet,
competencies ApprenticeshipOutlook ternal front, inflation will con- but the direction is quite clear.
country. Fintech platforms TheApprenticeshipOutlook tinue to moderate and come What do you think is the They have laid out a very clear
SOUMYARENDRABARIK have partnered with banks,
HIGHESTNETAPPRENTICESHIPOUTLOOK Reportisbasedonasurvey within the comfort band of RBI. biggest challenge for the path for handling this issue. That
NEWDELHI,MARCH13 suchasRBL,ICICIandKotak,to Engineeringandindustrial 90% covering14citiesand24 When you look at growth, Indian industry? should end up reducing the im-
set up dollar depositories in Electricalandelectronics 88% industries. what does the private sector If you see, the Indian private mediate stress.
OFFICIALS AT the Ministry of GIFT City. Banking,FinancialServiceandInsurance 74% Source: Teamlease/PTI need? It needs a strong signal of sector in the last decade has We know that a number of
Electronics and IT (MeitY) are Meanwhile, Indian start- demand and capacity utilisation shown tremendous confidence Indian start-ups have business
scheduled to meet start-ups upssaidtheycouldmanageto reachingadequatelevelsforrein- and opportunity. there, they have raised funding
on Tuesday that were im- withdraw their money that vestment. Demand seems to be But I think there are some is- and kept their money there, so
pacted by the fallout of the
troubled Silicon Valley Bank
was stuck in their SVB ac-
countsonMonday,courtesya 10-yr govt bond yield ‘Task force to coming back and a pause in rate
hikesbytheRBIwouldgiveavery
suesthatweneedtomanage,like
rates and monetary tightening. I
the way the US is dealing with it
should provide them relief…
(SVB). One of the agenda is to manoeuvre of the US govern- draft IndiaAI positive indication. Secondly, if thinkthatisthesingle-biggestis-
figure out if services available
at the Gujarat International
FinanceTech-CityorGIFTCity
ment on Sunday night which
allowedbusinessestohavefull
access to their deposits.
drops to 7.35% in India timent is likely to recover in the
roadmap by
youseecapacityutilisationinthe
private sector, many sectors are
already starting to see reinvest-
sue right now, given the overall
situation.
Second is that global growth
The sense has been that
Indian regulators have been
ahead of the curve.
could be leveraged for start-
ups to park their dollars.
A founder of a start-up,
backedbytheUS-basedtech-
ENSECONOMICBUREAU
MUMBAI, MARCH 13
coming days, said an analyst.
“Apossiblepositiveimpactof April-end’ ment,thelikesofelectronics,tex-
tiles, pharma, steel, etc…
is still slow, so we need to find
waystospurexports.Eventhings
Yes, very proactive. I know
from our own experience that
“The meeting is about lis- nology accelerator theSVBcrisisisthatitmaynudge Another big positive is that likethenextsetofFTAs(freetrade theyhavebeenveryinvolvedand
teningtostart-ups’constraints YCombinator (YC), told The BONDYIELDSinIndiaandtheUS the Fed to go less hawkish since PRESS TRUST OF INDIA our banks are now in a situation agreements) and ensuring that alert.
and encouraging them to use Indian Express said that the havesufferedafallonMondayaf- theaggressiveratehikebytheFed NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 where they are ready to lend. So FTAprioritiesarealignedwithPLI And that is why, our banking
India’s banking system, in- process to withdraw the ter the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), lies at the root of the SVB crisis,” alltheingredientsarethere.What (production-linked incentives) systemeveninthelastthreeyears
cluding discussions on how moneywassmooth,although US’16thlargestlender,collapsed said V K Vijayakumar, Chief THEMINISTRYof Electronicsand weneedisaclearindicationfrom priorities…Thirdly,oilpricesplay has stayed very solid.
entities in the GIFT City could thewaittimeswerelonggiven last week. Investment Strategist at Geojit IT on Monday set up a task force thecentralbankthatthesituation a big role in our economy and FULLINTERVIEWON
be used for dollar deposits if the increased load on the In India, the yield on bench- Financial Services. for framing a draft roadmap for hasonceagaingonebacktoclose there is a geopolitical situation www.indianexpress.com
thatiswhatthesefirmsneed,” bank’s servers. mark10-yeargovernmentbonds If theUSCPIinflationdatato- the artificial intelligence ecosys-
a senior government official A number of these firms declinedbysixbasispointsto7.35 dayindicatesadecliningtrendin tem by end of April.
told The Indian Express.
Anumberofprivatesector
are wiring their money from
SVBtoanotherUS-basedbank
per cent. The yield on 5-year
bonds fell to 7.30 per cent at one
inflation, the Fed is unlikely to
raise rates by 50 bp in the March
Minister of State for
Electronics and IT Rajeev EPFO extends deadline to May 3 for
employees opting for higher pension
bankshadalsosprungintoac- account, given that SWIFT stage before closing at 7.33 per 22 meeting. “That will be a posi- Chandrasekhar after consulta-
tiontoassistaffectedstart-ups. transfers – a secure and stan- cent. The benchmark 10-year US tive from the market perspec- tionwithstartupsandITcompa-
In a statement, Ganesh dardised method of sending bond plunged 25 basis points to tive,” Vijayakumar said. nies working on artificial intelli-
Sankaran, Group Executive & or receiving money from 3.45 per cent on Monday amid “We have seen a flight to gence announced setting up of Monday announced a renewed plicationswastillMarch3,2023.
Head, Wholesale Banking banks globally – do not work speculation that the US Federal safety. US treasuries have rallied an IndiaAI platform which will ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU deadline of May 3 to such em- "On demand of the employ-
Coverage Group, Axis Bank for SVB accounts. “You can't Reserve may not hike interest by 30-50 bps across the curve. focus on boosting research and NEW DELHI, MARCH 13 ployees. ees’/employers’ associations the
said that the lender was “ac- do a SWIFT wire from an SVB rates in the wake of the SVB cri- The possibility of a 50 bps hike in facilitating tools required for the This brings the deadline to Chairman, Central Board of
tively engaging with these account. So we're all just sis.Investorsturningcautiousled the March policy has gone down start-up community for growth. TEN DAYS after the application apply for higher pension for Trustees has extended the time
start-ups to help them park wiringtoanotherUSbankac- to major sell off in equities glob- from 80 per cent to 35 per cent. "IndiaAI platform will focus window for higher pension these employees at par with the for submitting applications for
their funds at the GIFT city countandthendecidingwhat ally. The expectation of terminal rate on promoting Indian Startups, closed for employees who had other set of employees who validation of joint options from
branch of the bank”. todo.I'veheardof othercom- However, with US Federal hasgonedownfrom5.70percent Research and Innovation. I ex- retiredbeforeSeptember1,2014 were in service prior to and after such employees till 3rd May
GIFTCityhasbeenconcep- paniessucceedingwithwires. banking regulators over the to 5.28 per cent. We believe US pect task force to come up with and had exercised joint options September 1, 2014. Earlier, the 2023," a labour ministry release
tualisedtobeaninternational And we've so far had a great weekend taking decisions that treasuries will continue to see designof IndiaAIbyendof April," with employers but whose op- online facility for submitting ap- said.
financialhub.Itaimstobethe experienceswitchingtoBrex,” wouldallowSVBdepositorstoac- safe haven demand for a few Chandrasekhar said. As per esti- tions were not considered ear-
financial and IT hub for the thefounderquotedabovesaid. cess all their money on Monday moresessions,”saidanIFAGlobal mates,AIisexpectedtoadd$967 lier, the Employees’ Provident
withnolosstotaxpayers,thesen- report. billion to the economy by 2035. Fund Organisation (EPFO) on

BRIEFLY 68k cases to be e-verified

Hyundaiinks for income mismatch in
pacttoacquire
GMIndiaplant AIS, ITR for FY 2019-20
New Delhi: Hyundai Motor information not reported earlier
India on Monday said it has ENSECONOMICBUREAU or for any under reporting of in-
inkedatermsheettopoten- NEWDELHI,MARCH13 come in tax returns for 2019-20
tiallyacquireland,buildings fiscal. The taxpayer can reply to
and certain manufacturing WITHAnudgetotaxpayerstofile the department giving explana-
equipment at General updated returns in cases of mis- tion for the mismatch or can file
Motors India's Talegaon- match found between their updated returns if they feel the
basedmanufacturingplant. Annual Information Statement mismatchflaggedine-verification
The company has inked a (AIS) and tax returns, the Income notice is correct.
"term sheet" for the poten- Tax Department has picked up "Onapilotbasis,about68,000
tial acquisition of identified around 68,000 cases for e-verifi- cases pertaining to the 2019-20
assets related to the cation in its initiative to promote fiscal have been taken up for e-
Maharashtra-based facility, compliance. verificationbasedonriskmanage-
it said in a press release. PTI Central Board of Direct Taxes ment parameters set by the de-
(CBDT) Chairman Nitin Gupta on partment," Gupta said.
Fitchaffirms Mondaysaidthesewereselected
on pilotbasis for cases pertaining
So far, e-verification has been
completed in approximately
'BBB-'ofAdani to2019-20financialyearandtax-
payers have time till March 31 to
35,000 cases and remaining are
underverification,thetaxdepart-
Electricity file updated returns.
A total of 15 lakh updated re-
mentsaid.Taxpayershavetimetill
March31,2023,tofileupdatedre-
New Delhi: Fitch Ratings on turns, including returns in the e- turns for income earned in 2019-
Monday affirmed the credit verification scheme, have been 20 fiscal. "Once an assessee files
rating of Adani Electricity filed by taxpayers, which has re- updated ITR, there are less
Mumbai, saying the sultedintotalcollectionworthRs chances of his/her case getting
HindenburgResearchreport 1,250 crore. Under the e-verifica- picked up for scrutiny or re-as-
alleginggovernanceissuesat tion scheme, which is being seen sessment," Gupta said. The risk
theAdanigrouphasalimited as a measure to increase trans- parametersforpickingreturnsfor
near-term impact on the parencyandreducelitigation,the e-verification would be set every
company's cost of funding. taxpayers have time of 15 days to year, he added.
PTI respondtothefirstnoticesentby FULLREPORTON
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about 58 Years, R/o 3/126, IInd Floor, Sunder Vihar,
Delhi-110034,changed my 107A, Chand Nagar,Near-Sunil Ambience, Crossing Republik, Omaxe City, Near Emmkay Paschim Vihar, New Delhi-110063, had disowned/
debarred his son named Gaurav Nagpal, his
name to Pawan Goyal. Diary Chand-NagarNew-Delhi- Ghaziabad, UP-201016 have Hotel, Sector 15, Bahadurgarh, daughter-in-law namely Sakshi Nagpal and his
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to GURMEET KAUR Shyamali Garai to Shyamali changed the name of my client had also severed all his relations with aforesaid

I, Ansh jain S/O Ankush hain born I,PREETAM BHAGAT,S/O LATE DHANJAL,for all purposes. Saha. 0040658827-1 minor son PRANSHU RAJPUT son and daughter-in-law due to their misconduct,
misdeeds and cruel attitude towards him. My client
on 21/02/2005 residing at 12 SH. MANOHAR LAL BHAGAT,R/O aged 3 Years and 11 months, have also dispended all his social relations with them.
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It is further stated that the abovementioned persons
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NAGAR,DELHI-110033,HAVE I,Dhaval Vijay Lal-S/o-Vijay Lal R/O- BW-81/C,SHALIMAR M/S Gulshan Packaging Industries. If any person deals
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Nirmala William,for all I,Divya W/o Hemant Kumar R/o Ambience, Crossing Republik, my client Sh. Sheo Raj S/o Late Sh. Dhannu
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DL72110362361079V dated-06- changed my name NADEEM to I,Bupiinder Singh,S/O Dalbir I Suneeta Devi W/o Mukesh S.K. SANGWAN (Advocate) My Client Smt Anita W/o Lt Shri Prem
7, Plot No.201/1, Hardik Ch.No.807, 8th Floor, Lawyers Chamber Prakash R/o 4227, Galikhari Vachnalay,
03-2023,at New-Delhi. NADEEM AHMAD,for all,future Singh R/O A- 502, Block-A, Kumar R/o H.No.271 near Sabji Mandi, Malka Ganj, North Delhi-
Apartment,Gaushala Road, Block Dwarka Courts, New Delhi-110075 110007, have debarred and disowned
0040658907-10 purposes. 0040658904-1 Shastri Nagar,Delhi- Mehrauli, Delhi-110030,have Chota Stand Balmiki Mandir her son Sharad along with his wife Neha
and their children and her daughter
110052,have changed my minor changed my name to Shehroz Village-Mubarakpur Dabas PUBLIC NOTICE Varsha Vohra along with her husband
I,VED PRASAD SHARMA R/O I,Mohit S/O Narottam Paras Vohra and their children from all
son name,from Manraj Singh to Rani 0040658914-4 North West Delhi-110081 have My clients Nathu Khan & his wife
H.No.105,chaura sadatpur, Vishvkarma,R/O-264, Katra her moveable and immoveable property
Manraaj Singh for all future changed my name Sunita Devi Anisha Begum both resident of due to their misconduct, disrespectful
sector-22 Noida,have changed Gulkhan,Subzi Mandi,Malka I, Ridhi,S/o Charan B-15, B Block, Amarpali, Sector-1, behavior and out of control of my client.
purpose. 0040658918-1 for all future purposes My client has also severed all her
my,name to VED PRAKASH Ganj, Delhi-110007,Changed my Dass,Address-F-102,Bali Rohini, Delhi severe all relations & relations with her son Sharad along with
name to Mohit Vishvkarma. I,Bupiinder Singh,S/O Dalbir disowned/ debarred HIS SON his wife Neha and their children and her
SHARMA For all future,purpose Nagar,near Ramesh-Nagar 0070831955-1 daughter Varsha Vohra along with her
SALMAN KHAN AND
0040658912-9 Singh R/O A- 502, Block-A, Metro station, New Delhi-
husband Paras Vohra and their children.
0040658899-3 I,Jinit Jain S/O Ram bilas jain DAUGHTER-IN-LAW RUHINA If anybody deals with them, he/she will
Shastri Nagar,Delhi -110052 110015,Changed my name to KHATUN from all movable/ do so at their own risk, cost and
I,Mohd Faisal,S/O-Mohd have changed my minor son R/O- 3015,new h b c,sector 15, consequences. My client shall not be
I,Trilok Chand S/o Khem Chand Ridhi Arora. 0040658918-6 immovable property/ assets due to held responsible for their acts in any
Haroon,R/O-G-167 F/2,Dilshad name from Mantej Singh to sonipat,haryana 131001 have their misbehavior. Anybody dealing manner for the same. AKASH GUPTA
R/o-Flat No.34-A LIG,FLat Block- ADVOCATE Ch No.1510, Rohini
Colony,Delhi-110095,have Manntej Singh for all future I, R K Sharma S/o Het Ram changed my name to Jatin Jain with them, shall do at his own risk.
EU Pitampura Delhi 34,have courts. Delhi-85
changed my name to Mohd purpose 0040658918-2 Sharma R/o H No.10 Savarkar permanently. 0040658915-5 Sd/- ADARSH TIWARI
Changed My Name to Trilok Enri.No. D/4697/2021, Advocate
Chand Jain 0040658915-7 Faishal. 0040658923-1 Apartments Plot No-39,I.P. I,Chaya singh,D/o-Balram Ch. No. 1219, Lawyer's Chamber
PUBLIC NOTICE
I,Ateeeque Ahmad,S/O-Anwar Extension Patparganj Block Rohini Court Complex,
It is publically informed that my client, USHA

I,Meenu,W/o,Manish,R/o- Hussain ADDRESS-360, Janta- singh,R/o-A/158,Basant GUPTA D/O CHOTE LAL R/O 292, TAGORE
I,Sunita Kalra,W/o Shyam Shakarpur East Delhi- Delhi-110085 PARK EXTN., MODEL TOWN-I, DELHI, co-
H.No.710,Bans flats,Pocket-11, Jasola- gaon,vasant vihar-1,New owner of Property No.292, Tagore Park, Model
Sunder Juneja R/o.H.No- 110092,,have changed my Town-I, Delhi, and she have lost of Property
Mohalla,Ghitorni New-Delhi- Delhi-110057,have changed my
582,Sector-56,Gurgaon vihar,New-friends,colony S.O name to Rajeev Sharma for all name to Kiara Singh.
PUBLIC NOTICE Documents such as Original Conveyance Deed
registered No.828, Book No.I, volume No.26, on
Haryana-122011,have changed 110030,inform that name of my- South-Delhi,Delhi- My client Shree Ram Singh S/o. pages 150 to 151, dated 07/07/1998 and Back
future purposes. 0040658881-2 chain document as Original GPA registered
my name to Sunita Juneja,for husband has been wrongly- 110025,Changed my name to 0040658923-2 Bishwanath Singh R/o. H.No. No.116611, Book No.IV, Volume No.18070,

all Purposes. 0040658912-4 written as Suresh Kumar and Ateeque Ahmad,for all,future I, Prerna Sharma R/o III F 33/1 C-146, Gali No. 11, Saurabh Vihar, dated 11/07/1989- 19/07/1989, has been
lost/misplaced on 05/03/2023 and she has
Suresh Sharma in my-son and Nehru Nagar Ghaziabad I,Rekha Bisht,W/o-Anil Jaitpur Badarpur, New Delhi-
purposes. 0040658899-2 110044, has severed all relations
intimated this fact to P.S. Crime Branch, Delhi,
I,Sunder Singh S/o Man Singh my daughter school- 201001 have changed my Rawat,R/o-Flat No-E- on 13/03/2023, vide LR No. 235033/2023. Any
person who founds the same or any person who
and disown and debarred his son
R/o 139 Rajapur Sector-9 Rohini record.The actual-name of my I,Asif S/O Md Idris,R/O minor daughter’s name from 504,Antriksh appartment,plot Rohan Kumar from his all movable-
claim to be the owner of the said property in part
of full then he/she/they shall contact either my
Delhi-110085 changed my husband is Manish,which may House.No-44-1 Gali No-6,New Ahana Sharda to Ahana No-26,Dwarka,sector- immovable properties due to his client at the said property address or Mob. No.
8700273986 or me at my Mob. No.9818259093,
name to Sunder Singh Sisodia. be amended-accordingly Govindpura Krishna- Sharma for all purposes. 4,Dwarka,South West,Delhi - disobedience. My client shall not be
within seven days from this notice.
Nagar,Delhi-110051,Have 110078,have changed my responsible for his any acts. Sd/- DINESH KUMAR (Advocate)
0040658913-1 0040658899-7 0040658854-1 Sd/- MANISH TIWARI Enrl. No. D/5096/17
Changed My Name To Mohd name to REKHA RAWAT.Both ADVOCATE
I,Sukhvinder Singh S/o Inder I,Manish S/o-Kailash R/o E-70 JJ Asif,Permanently. I, Parvej S/o Sh. Younus R/o Rekha Bisth & Rekha Rawat Res. Cum Office: M-11B, PUBLIC NOTICE
Singh R/o-143/4, Indira-Colony, Colony Madipur, Paschim 0040658915-3 442/12, Flat-002, UGF Uphar are same & one person only. Saurabh Vihar, Badarpur, This for the information to General public that
Tilak Nagar, New Delhi- 0040658844-10 New Delhi-110044 my client Shiv Lal Sharma S/O Manhor Lal
Vihar Delhi-110063 have I,Arvind choudhary,S/o-yashpal Homes, Krishna Colony, Mob.: 9818053273 Sharma R/o E-1/319, Madangiri Phase-1
110018,have changed my name changed my name to Manish Gurugram have changed my
singh, Address-E-223,second- Deoli south Delhi New Delhi Pin -110062
to Sukhwinder Singh. Bagdi for all purposes. name to Parvej Khan for all Mobile No. 9582059466 debarred/disowned
floor greater kailash-2,New PUBLIC NOTICE their son namely Rahul Sharma Alias Happy
0040658915-9 0040658853-1 Delhi-110048,Changed my future purposes. 0070831963-1 LOST & FOUND Be it known to all that our client Mrs. Chanda
Joshi & Mr. Nitin Joshi have shown their interest
from all movable and immovable properties
and have broken down all their ties and
I,Shriom Shivhare alias Shri Om name to Arvind Kumar. I, Pankaj Bahuguna,S/o- to purchase property bearing House no. B-37,
relation due to his bad behavior, Violence and
I,MAYA GOVIND W/0-VIJENDRA I, Neelam Malik,D/O- Chander Nagar Ghaziabad-201011 from its
Shivhare,S/o-Mr. Mathura KUMAR R/0-FLAT.NO-67 FIRST- 0040658907-5 Chandra Mohan Bhauguna, Late.Madan Mohan Malik,R/O-
present owner Mr. Jayant Kumar Fuloria S/o
Late Shri Bhagwat Chandra Fuloría, presently
harassment with them. Whosoever deals with
them in any matter/manner shall do at his/her
Lal,R/o-Flat No.293,MIG, FLOOR DDA-FLAT PALAM LIG R/o-95,NDSE Shree Niketan R-13(Plot.No.22) G.F.,Naveen
residing at 25 Gandaki, Anushakti Nagar,
own risk and consequences. My client and
I,Anil Kumar S/O-Balwan Apartments,Plot No.24,
Mumbai, Maharashtra (400094).
Second Floor,Seemant PKT-13,DWARKA PHASE-1 Shahdara, Delhi-110032,Have THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SAID their family shall not be held liable for that.
Singh,R/O-House No- Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi- PROPERTY IS AS UNDER: Sd/-
Vihar,Sec-14,Kaushambi, DELHI-110045,HAVE CHANGED Lost My Fathers-Original- 1. Late Shri Bhagwat Chandra Fuloria, father of MANOJ MITTAL (ADVOCATE)
351Nr.Pole.No-74,Village- 110096,have changed my
Ghaziabad,U.P.-201010,have MY NAME TO MAYA VIJENDRA. Property Papers,Saledeed
legal owner Mr. Jayant Kumar Fuloria was the
E.NO.D/668/95
Mundka Delhi-110041,Have name to Pankaj Mohan
allottee/owner of said property bearing Plot no.
CHAMBER: F-623, Karkardooma Court,
changed my name to Shreeom Aggreement To Sale Etc.For B-37, Chander Nagar, Ghaziabad by virtue of
0040658918-4 Changed My Name To Anil And Bahuguna,for all purposes.
freehold deed executed by GDA in his favour Delhi-110032.
Shivhare for all future Above Mentioned-Property.If which was duly regd on 12-06-2013 vide regn
Kumar In My Surname, no.25900
purposes. 0040658923-4 I,LOVE KUMAR 0040658914-2 Anybody-Found The Same 2. Late Shri Bhagwat Chandra Fuloria, father of
PUBLIC NOTICE
Permanently. 0040658915-2 legal owner Mr. Jayant Kumar Fuloria, during his
GULATI,H.NO.80,GAUR GREEN Please-Contact#9871628998 lifetime, executed a WILL devolving the My clients Sarabjeet Singh S/o
I,Shashi Bala Gupta,W/o- I, PRAMOD KR SOOD S/o Late P.
CITY,INDIRAPURAM- I,Akhilesh S/o Tilak Raj Arora ownership of said property in favour of his
S. Sulakhan Singh and Mrs. Raj Kaur
Surender Kumar Gupta,R/o-96- C. Sood R/o A-6, ODS, Lajpat 0040658899-8 youngest son i.e. Mr. Jayant Kumar Fuloría. The
W/o Sarabjeet Singh both R/o WZ-
201014,HAVE CHANGED MY R/o 239-A Rishi Nagar Rani said WILL was duly regd on 07-02-2020 vide
C,DDA Flats,Gulabi Bagh,Delhi- Nagar-IV, New Delhi-110024,
regn no.244 11C/1, G.F. New Sahib Pura, Nr. CRPF
NAME,FROM LOVE GULATI TO Bagh Delhi-110034 changed my I,Kamla Devi,W/o Hari Ram 3. After the death of Shri Bhagwat Chandra Camp, New Delhi-18, have severed
110007,have changed my name have changed my name to Goel,R/o 1870B Shastri Nagar,Tri Fuloria on 04-04-2020, Mr Jayant Kumar Fuloria their relations from their son Ishpreet
LOVE KUMAR GULATI,FOR name to Akhilesh Arora. became the owner of said property vide
from Shashi Bala Gupta,to PARMOD KUMAR SOOD for all Nagar,Delhi-110035,have lost mutation letter dated 07-02-2023 issued by GDA Singh and daughter-in-law Prabhjot
Shashi Gupta,for all future ALL,FUTURE PURPOSES. 0040658913-3 and now selling the said property to our client Kaur W/o Ishpreet Singh, disowned
purposes 0040658849-1 my-Property Original- Mrs. Chanda Joshi and Mr. Nitin Joshi. and debarred them from all movable
purposes. 0040658914-1 0040658907-6 I,Abul S/o Aas Documents finder Plz-Contact
IF ANY PERSON/ LEGAL HEIR/ CLAIMANT
HAS ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE
and immovable properties and shall
I, Neha Maggon,W/o Harsh SAID PROPERTY, HE/ SHE/ THEY MAY not be responsible for their acts, deeds
I,Sanjay Saemuwal,226-A, I,Kum Meena Kumari Yadav,D/o Mohammad,R/o.H.No.289, Arora,R/o-30, Pocket F-25, 0040658918-11 CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED WITH and things done in past, present and
Block-E,SGM Nagar,Faridabad DOCUMENTARY PROOF WITHIN 10 (TEN) future. Anyone who deals with them
Sultanpur-Extension, Shiv Prasad Yadav,R/o PB- Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi-110085, DAYS OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE
shall be doing at their own cost and
Gadaipur,Sultan Pur, South, 123,Ground-Floor,BPTP (Haryana)-121001,have have changed my name to
AND AFTER THAT NO CLAIM AGAINST THE
SAID PROPERTY SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE risks and my above clients will not be
Delhi,Delhi-110030,Have Parkland Pride,Sector- changed my name to Abul Neha Arora 0040658914-5 RECRUITMENT RAVI CHOPRA, ADVOCATE
9811020745
held responsible for their acts.
Shiv Datt Atri (Advocate)
Changed My name to Sanjay 77,Faridabad (Haryana)- Ves,for all Purposes. OFFICE NO. 1 FIRST FLOOR, DDA MARKET
Sec-10, Dwarka, New Delhi
POCKET-A1, MAYUR VIHAR-III, DELHI-96
Prakash Semwal,for all 121006,have changed my name I, Moin Ahmad S/o Mohid
0040658899-1
Purposes. 0040658907-11 to Meena Yadav. 0040658912-3 Ahmad R/o B-7 B-Block, J.J. SITUATION VACANT
I,Aayush S/O-Suman Kumar Colony, Dwarka Sector-1,
I,Sakshi,D/o Sanjay Prakash I,Kuluanna parween,W/o-Zaki Sinha,R/O.803, Block-3,Express South West Delhi-110075 have
Semwal,226-A, Sultanpur- Haider, Address-302 upper-
Extension, Gadaipur,, Sultan ground floor-100 feet-road
Garden-Apartments Vaibhav- changed my son name from ACADEMIC
Khand indirapuram Ghaziabad SHAHBAZ HUSSAIN to MOHD.
Pur,South Delhi,Delhi- ghitorni-gadaipur,New-Delhi UP-201014,have changed my SHAHNAWAZ for all future
110030,Have Changed My name Urgent Requirement:CWSN
110030,Changed my name to name to Aayush Verma. purposes. 0070831952-1
to Sakshi semwal,for all Teacher, Salary: As per rules
Sultana parween. 0040658899-6
Purposes. 0040658907-12 0040658918-3 I, Mohd Hadis S/o Hanif Ahmad Rajindra Public School, Main
I,Krithika R D/o-Ravi R/o H.No-1259, J.J Colony, 50Feet Road, Nihal-Vihar,
I,SAMIUZZAMAN,S/O SAID R/O- Krishnamurthi,R/o-160,Prasad I,AYUB KHAN S/o-TAYEB
Sector-8, Noida, G.B.Nagar, Nangloi, Delhi-110041
146,MOHALLA SALATEEN Nagar,MIG Flats,New KHAN,R/o- PURANA THANA
U.P.-201301 have changed my 8505838662,
KITHOR RURAL KITHORE Delhi,Have changed my name ROAD,DUMRAON BUXAR
name Mohd Hadish for all [email protected]
MEERUT,MAWANA,UTTAR to Krithika Ravi for all future BIHAR-802119,HAVE CHANGED
future purposes. om 0040658915-11
PRADESH-250104,HAVE A purposes. 0040658923-3 MY NAME TO MOHAMMED
CHANGED MY NAME TO SAMI AYUB KHAN,FOR ALL,FUTURE 0070831959-1
I,Krishan Kumar S/O.Jeet Pal PURPOSE. 0040658907-7
UZZAMA PERMANENTLY FOR
Singh,R/O.WZ-188,gali.no.3, I, Mazid (DOB-15.10.1995) S/o PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE
ALL FUTURE. 0040658923-5 I,ATUL KUMAR GOEL,S/o-SHRI Mohd Hadish R/o A-47, 1st
Lajwanti Garden,New Delhi- It is hereby announce that my client Sh
I,Rachpal Singh Narula,S/o Shiv 110046,have changed my name SHIV KUMAR Floor, Sector-12, Noida, Sundar Singh, S/o Late Hardyal Singh,
Ram,R/o-B-2/118, Paschim to Krishan Kumar Rana,for all GOEL,H.No.60P,GROUND- G.B.Nagar, U.P.-201301, have R/o 87 SF, Shanti Niwas, Arjun Nagar,
Vihar,Delhi-110063,have purposes. 0040658904-8 FLOOR, Sector-40,GURGAON- changed my name to Mohd Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-
changed my name to Rachpal 122001(HARYANA), have Mazid (DOB-16.12.1994) for all 110029 have disowned their daughter
I,Kamini Devi alias Kamini changed my name to ATUL future purposes. Dipika as she is acting against family
Singh. 0040658907-8 interest. From now on he has severed
Chaudhary alias Poonam GOYAL,for all Purposes. 0070831957-1 all relationships with her. She has no
I,Rajesh Kumar@ Rajesh Devi,W/o Balmukund,R/o E-
0040658912-8 claim over his movable or immovable
Behl,S/o Sat Pal R/o.C- 18/307,Sector-3,Rohini,Delhi- I, Manoj Kumar S/O, Chandra
assets. He will not be responsible for
26,Rashmi Apartments,Harsh 110085,have changed my name I,ANIL MISHRA S/O SHIVPARSAD Singh Bisht R/o Flat No -125,
any actions done by her.
Vihar, Pitam Pura Delhi- to Poonam Devi,for all MISHRA R/O HNO.A-21,VIJAY Pkt-7, Sector-21 Rohini, Delhi
110034,have changed my name purposes. 0040658907-9 NAGAR,MOHAN have changed my name to KAMAL SINGH
(Advocate)
to Rajesh Kumar Behl,for all GARDEN,UTTAM-NAGAR,DELHI- Manoj Kumar Bisht for all
I,KIRAT KAUR W/O PREET Enrl.No. D/748/2014
Purposes. 0040658912-6 110059.CHANGED MY CHILD purposes. 0040658904-9
SINGH,R/O-64 PUSHPANJALI
I,Rajendra Kumar Purushottam ENCLAVE DELHI-110092, HAVE
NAME VARUN MISHRA TO
I, Hina Bansal Chaurasia D/o MOTILAL NEHRU SCHOOL OF SPORTS
ADITYA MISHRA. 0040658904-7
Sharma,S/o-Parushottam Shri CHANGED MY NAME TO KEERAT Devendra Kumar Bansal R/o
Krishna Sharma,R/o-Flat No.- KAUR. 0040658912-1 I, hitherto known as HARISH AE-95, Avantika, Ghaziabad.
RAI (SONIPAT)-131029
903, Block-B-1,TDI Kingsbury
I,K L Chawla alias Chawla K L S/o
ARYA alias HARISH S/o Ramesh 201002 have changed my name ADMISSION 2023-24
Society,Kundli, Chander, R/o J-3/67, First Floor, to Hina Bansal for all
Sonipat,Haryana,have
Lekh Raj R/o B-
Sujan Singh Park, New Delhi- purposes. 0040658904-10 (Class IV & OSP Category)
72,Hans,Apartment East,Arjun
changed,my name to Rajendra
Nagar near,Karkardooma
110003 have changed my name
I, Harendra Roy, S/o Shri Ramraj Online Admission Process begins
Kumar Sharma,for all and shall hereafter be known
purposes. 0040658914-3
Court Delhi-110032,have
as HARISH. 0040658823-1
Rai R/o Flat No.-208, Patrkar from 21.02.2023 (Tuesday)
changed my name to Krishan Parisar, Sec-5, Vasundhara,
I,Raj Kumar S/o-Jugal Lal Chawla. 0040658913-4 I, hithertho known as Ghaziabad, UP-201012, have
Class IV: App. 50 candidates in class IV (25 Boys
Kishore,R/o G-82, Block- Fakkiravva Sarakar alias changed my name to + 25 Girls) will be admitted.
I,Jasvinder s/o Ajeet Singh,R/o
G,Gurdwara Lane,South City-1, Fakkiravva R.Sarakar alias Harendra Prasad Rai. Vacant seats in other classes will be filled under
16267/HRY

39-B,Gali No-2,East Azad

Gurgaon(Haryana)have Fakkiravva Ramappa Sarakar
changed my name to Raj
Nagar,Krishna Nagar,Delhi- 0040658847-1 Outstanding Sportspersons Category (NO PESAT
alias Fakkiravva urf Pratibha
Kumar Jain,for all Purposes.
110051,have changed my name
Sarakar, D/o Ramappa Sarakar I Fata W/o Shokin, R/o A-31 & NO Written Test)
to Jasvinder Singh, Pandit Deen Dayal Colony,
0040658912-5 W/o,Ambanna Panekanavar Website: www.mnssrai.com mail: [email protected]
permanently 0040658915-1 Merta Nagaur, Rajasthan-
Resident of-Jadar pete Oni,
I,RAJENDER KUMAR,S/o-Sri Ram I,JAYOTI DUA W/O BIRBAL Byahatti, Hubli, 341510, have changed my
Bansal,R/o-BS Block,37- WADHWA,R/O H-717/229, Dharawad,Karnataka-580023 name to Salma Bano ''IMPORTANT''
D,Shalimar Bagh,Delhi- Whilst care is taken prior to acceptance of advertising
UPPER GROUND- presently-residing at-H.No.643 0070831964-1 copy, it is not possible to verify its contents. The Indian
110088,have changed my name FLOOR,SECTOR- type-2 govt-Quarters, sector-7 Express (P) Limited cannot be held responsible for such
to RAJINDER KUMAR BANSAL 7,ROHINI,DELHI-110085.HAVE pushpa-vihar, delhi- I, Geeta w/o Dharamveer R/o D- contents, nor for any loss or damage incurred as a
for all purposes. 0040658923-6 CHANGED MY NAME TO JYOTI 110017,have changed my name 2/149, Sangam Vihar Delhi-62 result of transactions with companies, associations or
have changed my name to individuals advertising in its newspapers or Publications.
I,RAHUL,S/o-RAVINDER SINGH WADHWA. 0040658907-1 and shall hereafter be known We therefore recommend that readers make
as Pratiba Panekanavar Geeta Kumari and my correct necessary inquiries before sending any monies or
THAPA, ADD.F-66/2, VERMA- I,Hem Chand,S/o,Paryag birth date is entering into any agreements with advertisers or
COMPLEX, CHATTARPUR Dutt,R/o,RZ-B39,Jai Vihar- 0040658845-1 22/06/1981instead of otherwise acting on an advertisement in any manner
EXTENSION, NEW DELHI Colony, Nangloi Road, Haryana 22/06/1980. 0040658841-1 whatsoever.
I, Vandana W/o Mr. Ashish
110074,Changed my name to Chaki,Najafgarh, Delhi-43, have Parikh, R/o 1B103, GC Grand, I, Ansar Khan S/o Intezar Khan
RAHUL THAPA. 0040658907-3 changed my-minor son’s vaibhav Khand, Indirapuram, R/o H No.A-64/2, Gali No.5,
I,Priyanka W/o-Vipin name,from Sauray Sati to Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh- CLASSIFIED AD DEPOT (CAD)
SHAURYA SATI,for all Purposes. Shastri Park, East Delhi- Book classified ads at your nearest Express
Chutani,R/o.H.No- 4/139,Shivaji 201014, have changed my name 110053, have changed name of
Group’s authorised Classified Ad Depots

Nagar Gurgaon (Haryana)- 0040658899-4 from Vandana to Vandana my minor son’s from Yusuf to PATPARGANJ : CHAVI ADVERTISERS, Ph.: 9899701024,
EAST

22090987, 22235837, PREET VIHAR : AD BRIDGE COMMU-

122001,have changed my name Parikh for all purpose. Vandana Yusuf Khan for all future
NICATION, Ph.: 9810029747, 42421234, 22017210,

I,Harshdeep Singh salach,S/O SHAKARPUR : PARICHAY ADVERTISING

Ph.: 9350309890, 22519890, 22549890
& MARKETING,

to Priyanka Chutani,for all & Vandana Parikh is one and purposes. 0040658881-3 WEST
Jagjeet Singh R/O D-19 3rd- JANAKPURI : TRIMURTI ADVERTISERS, Ph.: 9810234206,
Purposes. 0040658912-7 the same person. In future I 25530307, KAROL BAGH (REGHARPURA) : K R ADVERTIS-

floor,kirti nagar,new Delhi I Subhash Chand S/o Mehar

ERS, Ph.: 9810316618, 9310316618, 41547697, KARAM-

shall be known by Vandana

PURA : GMJ ADVERTISING & MARKETING PVT. LTD., Ph.:
9310333777, 9211333777, 9810883377, NEW MOTI
I,CHARANJEET SINGH,S/O 110015,have changed my name Chand R/o House No-33, Lunas
NAGAR : MITTAL ADVERTISING, Ph.: 25178183,

Parikh. 9810538183, 9555945923, MOTI NAGAR : UMA ADVER-

TISERS, Ph.: 9312272149, 8800276797, RAMESH NAGAR :
SATINDER SINGH,R/O HNO.WZ- to Harshdeep Singh, (59), Solan, Himachal Pradesh-
POSITIVE ADS, Ph.: 9891195327, 9310006777, 65418908,

0040658828-1 TILAK NAGAR : SHIVA ADVERTISERS, Ph.: 9891461543,

3B,STREETNO.8, CRPF- permanently. 0040658915-4

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BRIEFLY
DelhiCapitalsbeat Indian shuttlers hope to Six-time World Champ Mary
Kom wants Asiad swansong
end All England drought
RCBby6wickets
Navi Mumbai: Delhi Capitals defeated
Royal Challengers Bangalore by six
wickets in their Women's Premier
League match here on Monday. Royal
SHASHANKNAIR
NEWDELHI,MARCH13
Kosovo boxer not
Challengers Bangalore scored 150 for
fourafterbeingsentintobatbyDCskip- SIX-TIME WORLD Champion MC Mary Kom
to get India visa
per Meg Lanning. In reply, DC com-
pleted the chase in 19.4 overs. Alice
Sen,Sindhu&Co.willneedtoplaywellabovetheirpotentialtoend22-yearwait announced on Monday at a Women’s Boxing
WorldChampionshipsponsorshippresscon-
New Delhi: Having lost all hope of se-
curinganIndianvisatocompeteatthe
Capsey blazed away to a 24-ball 38 af- ferencethatshewasplanningtomakeacome- Women'sBoxingWorlds,Kosovaboxer
tertheearlylossofShafaliVerma,while back towards the latter half of 2023 with an Donjeta Sadiku has questioned IBA’s
JemimahRodrigueschippedinwith32 SHIVANINAIK eyeontheAsianGamesorotherinternational decision to grant the event's hosting
in 28 deliveries, before Jess Jonassen MARCH13 boxing events before retiring next year. Kom rightstoIndia.Uncertaintyloomslarge
slammed 29 in 15 balls. REUTERS hadbeenoutofactionaftersufferinganinjury over Sadiku's participation since the
NOT ALL OF it - because Lakshya Sen had the during the Commonwealth Games selection Indian government is yet to grant her
BRIEF SCORES: RCB 150/4 in 20 WorldChampionshipbronzebeforethat-but trials last year. visa. India does not recognise Kosovo -
overs (Ellyse Perry 67 not out, Richa alargepartofhistalebeginsattheAllEngland “I’ll recover by the time the Asian Games a disputed territory in South Eastern
Ghosh 37; Shikha Pandey 3/23) lost wherehemadethefinalslastyear.Thingshave come and will have had enough preparation. Europe."Idon'tknowwhyIBAallowed
to DC 154/4 in 19.4 overs (Alice sobereddownatadpostthatgiddyrun.Anasal At least this year before retirement I want to India to organise this championship,
Capsey 38, Jemimah Rodrigues 32, surgeryafterwhichhe'sstilltogatherbackthat competeintheAsianGames,”saidKomtore- knowingthatIndiadidn'tallowmepar-
Marizanne Kapp 32 not out, Jess same fearlessness of the last campaign, and porters on Monday. ticipatethereinthepast.Thisisthethird
Jonassen 29 not out; Asha Shobana early exits in tournaments where he was de- But her announcement of a comeback time that the India government is not
2/27) by six wickets. fending points, mean Sen starts out at mustbetakenwithagrainofsaltowingtoher allowing me to participate in world
BirminghamArenaalittlemoretentativethan age. According to the International Boxing boxingchampionship,”saidSadiku. PTI
Bagansetupfinal earlier.
TheWorldNo12runsintoChouTienChen
Federation’scompetitionrules,theupperlimit
for an ‘elite boxer’ is the age of 40. Her Rajya
againstBengaluruFC straight away, and an immediate challenge to
reversethat2-0head-to-headscoreline,where
Sabhabio-datapagestatesthatherbirthdayis
March 1, 1983.
need to first make it to its already stacked na-
tional camp.
Kolkata: ATKMohunBaganedgedout bothwerethree-setters.Shouldhegopastthe However, the IBA rules are unclear on Asofnow,sheisyettogobackintotraining
defending champions Hyderabad FC Taiwanese,therecouldbeAndersAntonsenor whetheranathlete’sretirementageis40oraf- and admitted that the Asian Games could be
4-3 in a nail-biting penalty shootout RasmusGemkewaitinginRound2-bothim- ter the end of the 40th year. Kom is eligible to onesteptoofar,evenforher.Herinjuryinpar-
in the Indian Super League semifinal minentlybeatable.Thedrawstartsoutstiffbut India’stop-rankedsingles player LakshyaSen,whoreached the finalof theAll takepartininternationaltournamentsandthe ticular is one that most sportspersons find
here on Monday. Locked 0-0 in the caneaseoutwithAnthonyGintinginquarters, England Championshiplastyear, willopenhiscampaignagainstChouTienChen. File Asian Games if an elite boxer can participate toughtomakeacomebackfrom.Komsuffered
first leg, the reverse fixture also saw a givenSen'spropensitytocounterhimonspeed in competitions in their 40th year. a cruciate ligament injury during the
goalless stalemate till 120 minutes of and good defence. Viktor Axelsen, though, Theagelimitisadeterrentandsheadmit- Birmingham CWG trials. She underwent an
play, including regulation and extra could be waiting in the semifinals. which includes two thrashings) in the ranked No 10. She's in the same quarter as ted that she wanted to box for another five operation on her knee in Mumbai in August
time. It was then their captain Pritam Another probability is the all-too-familiar semis. Asian champ Wang Zhiyi and World champ yearsbutcouldn’tbecauseoftherulesinplace. last year.
Kotal who sealed it in the penalty HS Prannoy vs Sen in quarters, instead of Akane Yamaguchi. “If it were up to me, I wouldn’t retire. But the “My recovery is going well. I have already
shootout after Hamil missed his at- Ginting. Draw-makers just can't seem to get Tai Tzu in Sindhu's path rulessayIhaveto,”ruedKomatthepresscon- forgottenaboutthesadaccidentIsufferedbe-
tempt. ATK Mohun Bagan goalkeeper enoughofthisrivalryasthetwohavemeteach Itdoesn'tgetmorechallengingthanpoten- Doubles challenge ference. foreCWG.Soon,Iwillbeabletorun.I’mtrying
Vishal Kaith thwarted Javier Siverio's other seven times since the start of 2022. The tiallyhavingTaiTzuYingstandingatthequar- ThewithdrawalofKevinSanjaySukamuljo Aside from her age, there is also another my level best to compete. There are multiple
attempt. Dimitri Petratos, Federico score stands at 3-4 in Sen's favour after the terfinalsgateway,evenbeforesniffingthebusi- -MarcusFernaldiGideon,the'Minions'means major hurdle as she aims to box in the Asian boxers in my category. From my side, after re-
Gallego and Manvir Singh were the IndiaOpenwin,butthisistheAllEngland,and nessendofAllEngland.ButPVSindhuistasked India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Games again. Nikhat Zareen is the current covery I will try to compete in one competi-
other scorers for Bagan. The Mariners WorldNo9Prannoyiscurrentlyinthemiddle withtryingtogetpasttheTaiwaneseinthelast Shetty start against a reserve pair. world champion in the 51kg weight category tion before retirement – maybe not Asian
will face Bengaluru FC in the summit ofagiantconsistencybubbleandwouldwant 8 should both of them make the quarters. The testing times though continue as andwillnowbeinthe50kgOlympiccategory. Games, but some other international compe-
clash at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in to make it count. There'sthe26-year-oldChineseYangJiman there's Chinese Liang-Wang, the India Open NituGanghas,the48-kgboxerwhotookKom’s tition,” said Kom.
Goa on Saturday. PTI The 30-year-old starts against Wang Tzu in Round 1, and though the two have traded champswhocouldlineupinRound2,andthe spot at the Birmingham Commonwealth Boxing Federation of India president Ajay
Wei, and is currently 4-3 ahead. You can ex- wins, Sindhu beat her easily at the Malaysia worldchampions-AaronChia-SohWooiYik, Games,wonthegoldatthetournament.Inor- Singh, who was also part of the conference,
IndiabeatGermany pect a long match - six of their seven encoun-
ters have gone into deciders. One of the big
Masters. In Round 2, there's the possibility of
running into He Bingjiao, a tricky opponent,
next.That's6totalmatcheshavinggoneunan-
sweredacrosstwopairings.ButtheIndiansare
der to be a part of the Indian team, Kom will said that the premier boxing organisation of
India would back Kom’s attempt at making a
6-3inProLeague namesPrannoyhasscalpedinthecourseofhis
purplepatchisChouTienChen-winning3of
thoughSindhuhasalwayscomeuptrumpsin
big occasion matches against the Chinese.
duetobreakthejinxatsomepoint,andthere's
nobiggerarenathanBirmingham,acitywhere
returntoboxing.“BFIwillsupportherrecovery
and desire to box again. We will give her a be-
Rourkela: India did a double on their last 5. Theirhead-to-headreads9-10,whichisnoth- theywontheCWGgold,albeitnotatthesame fitting send-off,” Singh said on Monday.
Germany, emerging 6-3 winners Both of the high-ranked Indians, though, ingmuchtoreadintointhepresentSWOT,but venue.
against the world champions to jump might have to cross the Axelsen hurdle to get Bingjiaoisfarfromaneasyopponenttotame. For young Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Not on my level
to the top of the table in the FIH into the finals. It'sthe5-17againstTaiTzuYingthatlooks TreesaJolly,there'sanopportunitytobreakan- Kom, who was there to promote the
Hockey Pro League here on Monday. The third men's singles player is Kidambi discouraging,thoughSindhucouldalwaystell other run of losses as they did against Women’s World Boxing Championship also
Abhishek (22nd, 51st) and Selvam Srikanth, who is currently at World No 19. He herself that her big achievements - the MalaysiansThinaah-Pearly.TheyrunintoThai saidthatshewasexpectingatleastthreegold
Karthi (24th, 46th) led India's goal starts against Toma Jr Popov, a name that can OlympicssilverandWorldChampionshipgold 7th seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and medals from Indian women at the competi-
rush as the Harmanpreet Singh-led haunt him given the unexpected loss at -cameatTaiTzu'sexpense,soit'snotanever- Ravinda Prajongjai, against whom they are 0- tion. She then talked about how consistency
side bounced back after conceding Orleans Masters in the course of Tokyo quali- defeated opponent. Yet, it's now been 7 4 in the head to heads. It's been straight sets, was the key and that winning one medal or
firsttosecureahat-trickof winsinthe fication. The former World No 1 did go on to matches since Sindhu could get one past her. though the last scoreline 23-21, 22-20 where championship wasn’t enough
tournament. This was India's second beat him easily the next time they played In what is a stern draw past Tai Tzu, too, theyplayedcatchupbutcouldn'toverturnthe “Theyhavewonmedalsintheirowncate-
win over Germany in three days and though. Sindhu might run into An Se Young in semis, lead, offers some hope. gories. I want them to maintain this level of
tookthematopthetablewithfivevic- Srikanth has never faced Kodai Naraoka, against whom she's yet to open her account, For India, all eyes will be on Lakshya Sen, performance. Sometimes performances can
tories (17 points). India (+8) are ahead the young Japanese, and is 4-0 against Lu with a 0-5 gasping faceoff score. the finalist from last year and Prannoy, and be up and down. If you compare them to me,
of Spain (+6) on goal difference. In the Guangzu of China, either of whom he Saina Nehwal, who's been to more than boththetopdoubleswhoareforeverthreaten- MCMaryKomatthejerseyunveilingof then no one will be comparable because I’m
first leg on Friday, India defeated the might meet in Round 2. His potential path- a dozen All Englands and made the finals ing to break new ground. thewomen’steamsettoparticipateat the back-to-back five-time World Champion.
World Cup champions 3-2. PTI way to the title, though, has Lee Zii Jia (1-2) in 2015, heads into one more, this time (Live on Sports18 network from 3:30 PM on- theWorldBoxing Championships. BFI Forget about boxing, even in other disciplines
in quarters and Kunlavut Viditsarn (0-3, starting against Chinese Han Yue, who's wards) nooneisabletowinback-to-back,”saidKom.

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WTC finalists shadow-box on sleeping beauty

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SRIRAMVEERA SCORECARD KIWIHANDINWTCQUALIFICATION

AHMEDABAD,MARCH13 INDIA VS AUSTRALIA (4TH TEST) ASTELEVISION replaysconfirmed
AHMEDABAD thatKaneWilliamsonhadindeed
WHEN KANE Williamson frantically stum- madeitsafetothenon-striker'send
Toss: Australia won, chose to bat
bled into the crease to guide New Zealand to tostealafamousTestmatchwin
a spine-tingling win in Christchurch, India AUSTRALIA 1st innings 480
overSriLanka,therewere
celebrated their qualification for the World INDIA 1st innings 571 celebrationsinIndia’sdressing
Test Championship final as they walked out AUSTRALIA 2nd innings roomaswell.TheresultmeantIndia
after lunch in Ahmedabad. werethroughtoasecondsuccessive
RahulDravid,India’scoach,wouldwalkout Overnight 3/0 in 6 overs
MKuhnemannlbwbAshwin 6(35b,1x4) WorldTestChampionshipfinalas
atthebreaktoinspectthepitch,shadow-bata SriLanka—whoneededa2-0series
forward defensive stroke, stare at the turf, TravisHeadbPatel 90(163b,10x4,2x6)
MLabuschagnenotout 63(213b,7x4) winvsNewZealandtopipRohit
shake his head, and walk back. Australia had Sharma&Co.tothesummitclash—
inched to 73 for 1 at lunch. Dravid would re- SSmithnotout 10(59b,2x4)
■ Extras(b4,lb1,nb1) 6 lostathrillingmatch.Needing257
peat the routine at tea as well, with Australia runsonthefinalday&9wicketsin
on158for2.Awicketeachsessiononthefinal ■ Total(2wickets;78.1overs) 175/2decl
■ FoW:1-14(MatthewKuhnemann,10.4ov),
hand,theKiwisreachedthetargetof
day; the pitch had refused to yield to any ro- 285of thefinalballof thematch.
manticnotionsaboutthefinaldayofaTestse- 2-153(TravisHead,59.1ov)
Williamsonwasthehero forKiwis
riesthatstartedwithchatteraboutaspicypitch ■ Bowling:RAshwin24-9-58-1,RJadeja20-7-
scoringanunbeaten121.
and ended with chatter about a lifeless pitch. 34-0,MShami8-1-19-0,APatel19-8-36-1,U
Not that the Indian spinners didn’t try. In Yadav5-0-21-0,SGill1.1-0-1-0,CPujara1-0-1-0 BRIEF SCORES: Sri Lanka 355 &
some ways, collectively, the last-day effort 302 lost to New Zealand 373 &
was one of their finest performances. Even 285/8 (Williamson 121 n,o, Mitchell
Axar Patel, who had been largely invisible in CheteshwarPujarabowledsomeleg-spinand 81, Asitha 3/63) by 2 wickets
the series with the ball, had a probing spell, Shubman Gill some off- breaks as the game
getting the ball to turn past forward prods. petered out to an early finish with the cap- Indiaroadtofinal(seriesresults)
Ravichandran Ashwin, who shared the tainsagreeingtocalloff thegameat3.20pm. DrewwithEngland(away):2-2
player-of-the- series award with Ravindra There were a few other friendly photo-op BeatNewZealand(home):1-0
Jadeja, teased both the moustachioed Travis momentsasthetwoteamsshookhands.Smith LosttoSouthAfrica(away):2-1
Head and the clean-shaven Marnus pattedGill,afterpresumablyakindwordabout BeatSriLanka(home):2-0
Labuschagnewithhisloopymixof off-breaks his batting, or Kohli and Rohit gently hugged BeatBangladesh(away):0-2
and straighteners. Head, in particular, was Smith. Ashwin and Jadeja would collect the BeatAustralia(home):2-1
luckytogetawayonafewoccasions.Ashwin award,andthelatterwouldtalkabouthowhe Out of the 18 Tests India played,
had him in a tangle with two kinds of deliv- wasdisappointedwithhisbattinginthisseries. they won 10, lost five and drew three.
eries: the one that lands on middle and leg, Ashwin would tell a kutti story about how
turning ever so slightly to threaten the LBW, Jadeja sat frozen for an “hour after he got out” World Test Championship final:
and the ball that spins away from the off and inthefirstinningsofthefinalTest.Dravid,who Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli shake hands after the fourth Test ended in a draw, leading to a series win for India. Nirmal Harindran India vs Australia at the Oval, June 7
off-and-middle line. Head would repeatedly probably sweated the most about the pitches

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try to play it - often with an angled bat as if from the Indian camp this series, too was

Stand-in skipper Smith passes last Test in India

he would do the Kohli’s around, shaking and pat-
bottom-handed square Around 21st May, tingtheplayers’backsand
thrash, but would end up there will be six later talking up the two
flailingintheair.Attimes, teams who will be youngAustralianspinners
he would be on the for-
ward lunge, trying to
squirtoutacut,butinvain.
Luck was with him,
though, and he would
also punctuate his trou-
possibly out of IPL
play-off contention
and so whichever
players are available,
we will try and find
‘ Todd Murphy and
MatthewKuhnemann.He
evensaidtheIndianplay-
ers told him that as a
group,alongwithNathan
Lyon, this was the tough-
SRIRAM VEERA
AHMEDABAD, MARCH 13

A DAY after Steve Smith played the ugliest

Iyer out of ODI series
Ahmedabad: Shreyas Iyer has been
ruled out of the three-match ODI se-
wasalwaysintheearof youngspinnersTodd
Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann, guiding
themwithfieldsandthelinestobowl.Hedid-
n’t let the seniors go unnoticed either, telling
NathanLyonontheseconddayinAhmedabad
bleswithpre-determined time to get them to est spin unit they have swipe of his career in the “one hour of mad- ries against Australia because of a re- that “this was the best I have seen you bowl”.
charges down the track to UK early as possible. played in a decade. “After ness in Delhi”, he and Australia looked down curring back injury. It is also learnt Whenherealisedthateventhethird-and
successfullydriveandloft. Graeme Swann and and out. Old rivals began to sharpen their that the KKR captain, who is strug- fourth-day pitch wasn’t going to offer any
Itwasaknockthathad ROHIT SHARMA Monty Panesar, this Aust- knives. Even the statesmanlike Michael gling to walk, could miss a few help to the bowlers, he moved in swiftly, set-
the twin effect of making ON WTC FINAL PREPARATION ralian attack was most Atherton had a stab. He dug out a pre-series matchesof theIndianPremierLeague ting a 7-2 field,shuttingtherun-tap, squeez-
one understand why the challenging.” It was high quoteof Smith-“If youwininIndia,itisbigger (IPL).Specialistdoctorshavealsobeen ing the pressure, and making India do the
AustralianselectorslefthimoutofthefirstTest, andappropriatepraise. thananAsheswin”,beforetwistingtheknifein: consulted by the BCCI for Iyer and running.EvenViratKohliwasmovedtocom-
andalsomadethemunderstandwhythatwas Australia’s finds of the series were those “Howwouldtheyknow?Winning[inEngland] they will take a call on whether he ment: “They were good with the ball and
a mistake. Head has a knack of surviving, and couple of young spinners, who weren’t even haseludedthemsince2001…Mindyou,they needs surgery. Iyer could be on the placed some good fields.”
the precious ability to put away the bad regulars for their first-class teams, but don’tknowwhatitisliketowininIndiaeither, sidelines for up to three months if he On the sandpit in Indore, Smith was sim-
episode and focus on the next ball. In some stepped up to test the Indians to the fullest. wheretheyhavefaredevenworse…Theyhave Steve Smith was on the ball as captain, undergoes surgery, said a source. ilarly efficient, setting the fields for
ways, Head would form the Australian narra- The Indians will take Gill’s hundred at wononeTesttheresincethebeginningof2005.” batsman & fielder. Nirmal Harindran DEVENDRAPANDEY Kuhnemann that allowed him to bowl from
tive of the series - from his ejection to re-es- Ahmedabad with glee, and see him as their It was somehow apt that these two were as close to the stumps as possible and on the
tablishment. Surprisingly, Labuschagne too Test opener for years to come. atit.Inhistime,Athertonhadbeencaughtwith middle-stump line, from where he caused
hadhisfairshareof problemsagainstAshwin In the end, a 2-1 series win to India was a sandinhispockets,whileSmithhadoverseen fered a concussion and fracture, and was out cricket in India,” Smith said at the end of the havoc that set up the game for Australia. He
andJadeja.It’saseriesthatabatsmanasgood fair reflection of the two teams, as Smith too his men with sandpaper in their hands. of the tour. It became clear that Josh series. “I enjoy captaining here. Moving the never let India settle against any one line of
as him should look at with a mix of regret would admit in the post-match conference. Evenoldalliesbegantotalktripe.Australian Hazlewood wouldn’t get fit in time either. fielders to random positions … something attack, smartly shufflingthe young spinners.
and hope. Time and again, he would look se- By the evening, after the players left for their legend Allan Border would bring up the most In the first two Tests, Cummins’ Australia always happens in India. And I love batting And Smith, the catcher, came to the fore in
curebeforeabrain-fadewouldcombusthim. hotels, a net was erected around the centre inanepointaboutSmithgivingthumbs-upto looked a bit shell-shocked, making several here - the pitches can be tricky and you have the most telling moment that spelt the differ-
Like that fatal ungainly prod to Shami in the square. And seven sprinklers came on, Indianbowlersaftergettingbeaten,andusing panicked reactions from selections to their to be always switched on as a batsman.” ence between victory and defeat. When
first innings, or the curious decisions even dampeningtheoutfield.Theflatbarrenslug- that as a symbolic image for Australians get- batting in the middle. It started with the Responsibility liberated him from any CheteshwarPujarawasthreateningtotakethe
on the final day to press back to full-length gishpitchwasalreadyfuriouslysweptclean; ting too “soft”. It was silly as Smith has always omission of Travis Head, their in-form bats- possible negative emotions, fuelling them Indore game away in the second innings with
ballsandthenlethishandsbailhimout,with the dust hung in the air for a while. had tics like that, in good times and bad. man, fromthe first Test, and that toofor Matt into the right channels. A man who loves to one of his finest knocks against spin, Smith
the bat dangling at awkward angles. Once the dust settles on this series and it Not just his batting, even his catching Renshaw. The selectors’ lack of trust in them think, strategise, execute, control the game, threwhimselflowtohisrightatlegsliptopoach
slips into the recesses of memory, a few skills were seemingly deserting him, which turned into a self-prophecy within the team, and someone who adores this sport, was anabsoluteblinder.Game,set,matchAustralia.
Friendly banter events will stir up for recall: Jadeja’s match didn’t go unnoticed by the likes of Mark with their batting crumbling in the first two back where he belonged. Just as Ajinkya It’s a pity that this may be his last Test in
Steve Smith came out to bat in India for haulinthefirstTest,Axar-Ashwin’sbattingin Waugh.Theheat onSmith andAustralia was Tests on turners. Smith had promised much Rahane would turn India’s fortunes in Indiaandhemightnothavehadabigscorebut
possiblythelasttimeinaTestmatch.Bythen, the second, Australia's hour of madness in unmistakable with former Australian greats in the first innings of the first Test, but fell, Australia on their last trip, an accidental cap- watchinghimbatinIndiahasalwaysbeenan
though,thegamehadlostitsfizz.Helaughed Delhi, Lyon tormenting Indians in the third, and old English hands rubbing their hands leaving his teammates without a saviour. tain would turn Australia’s fortunes in India. experience. Smith doesn’t do it as others do;
with Jadeja and soon, the clock rewound to theunceasingpitchchatter,Ashwin’sfruitful in disgust and glee, respectively. It’s in this ItwasattheirlowestpointthatAustralia’s ItwasquitesomethingtowatchSmiththe he does it as he wishes to do: Forward, back-
the old days when Sunil Gavaskar would toil on a dead pitchinthe fourth, and the two context that Pat Cummins rushed back to fortunesin the series started to swing for the captain, the batsman, and the catcher. ward, sideways, with those wonderful hands
mimic Abdul Qadir or Javed Miandad would prime ministers’ chariot ride around the Australiatobewithhisdyingmother,leaving better;itcoincidedwithSmithenjoyingcap- Primarily, as a captain his energy and think- working overtime, eyes watching the balllike
imitateBobWillis’actionandbowlafewballs. arena in Ahmedabad. Smith with the captaincy. David Warner suf- taining, batting, and catching. “I love playing ingwasinfectious.Heneverletthegamedrift, an obsessed lover; an original of our times.
Here, there weren’t any mimics but

In incident-free series, team bonhomie and admiration come to fore

'poorguy'ShreyasIyer,whohadtheunfortu- Ahmedabad. "After getting out, he sat in the mentionedSteveSmith,alongwithKohliand
SANDEEP DWIVEDI nate recurrence of his back injury. dressing room for about an hour." Rohit Sharma. None of the teams would be
AHMEDABAD, MARCH 13 But for that one regret, Rohit had the ex- Jadeja explained their modus operandi carrying wounds from the BGT series to the
pression of a captain proud of his boys. "If of hunting in pairs. Their "passing of infor- WTC final. The 2023 India-Australia series
AS SOON as Rohit Sharma rested his tired you see from Nagpur to Ahmedabad, we mation" and sharing the weakness of rivals. also showed the Team India of Rohit and
limbs on the chair for the end of the series have had our share of challenges through- Ashwin would get embarrassed when his Dravid conducted themselves very differ-
press conference, he asked for water. out and we didn't get any easy victories. spin-partner would call him a good cricket- ently from the one that had Ravi Shastri and
Looking physically exhausted but mentally Boys are happy. End of the day the result is ing brain and how he has information about Kohli at the helm.
satisfied, he would gulp down half a bottle. satisfying," he said. It was the same senti- each team in the world and where they are Having played 49 Tests — about 200 less
Rohit wanted to talk and he couldn't have ment, coach Rahul Dravid had expressed playing. When the left-armer was asked if than his ODI count and 100 less than T20 —
done that with a parched throat. All through after the game. Ashwin was more of a scien- Rohit is a late-bloomer in the
the 20-minutes interaction, he wasn't cau- Both captain and coach were satisfied tist or a cricketer, Jadeja game's longest format.
tious nor did he speak in cliches. Rohit said about how every time the team faced a crisis replied, "He is more of every- Jadeja explained Though, those who have
he was enjoying Test captaincy, learning a new player raised his hand. Dravid at- thing". Now, it wasn't just the their modus played with him for long
from mistakes and would let out a hearty tempted to name the performers but gave two of them who were smil- speakabouthissensitivityto-
laugh when an Australian reporter asked if up. "In the middle we had performances ing. operandi of hunting wards teammates and his
R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja would be from Ashwin, Jadeja, Axar, Shubman there Unusually, this was an in- in pairs. Their man management skills. In
there when Australia return next after four ..."hesaid.Actually,hewasn'tsure,"I'veprob- cident-free India-Australia "passing of the 6 Tests he has led so far,
years. "I don't even know if I will be there," ably missed out a few". He did miss Virat series and the post-match in- Rohit has shown the same
he said, throwing his head back and letting Kohli, Rohit, Cheteshwar Pujara among oth- teractions between rivals information" and leadership skills that helped
out a throaty chuckle. ers. "Whenever we were under pressure mirrored the on-field sport- sharing the Mumbai Indians win 5 IPLs.
Rohit has been around long enough to withourbackstothewallwehad to respond ing atmosphere. Manus It was under him that Hardik
weakness of rivals
know that four years means a lifetime in and we always found that. It's one of the Labuchagne was seen having Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah
Indian cricket. It's no secret that the six-Test heartening things about coaching this team. Team India celebrates after clinching the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Nirmal Harindran a long chat with KL Rahul. A bloomed into international
old captain's legacy will be decided by the People want to stand up and take responsi- fewyoungstersfromtheAussiesquadwould stars. Rohit would often be seen relying on
performanceof theIndianteaminthisyear's bility," he would add. look for Dravid for batting tips. Usman T20 legends Kieron Pollard and Lasith
two ICC events — World Test Championship Dravid would also be credited for saying WTC final for the second consecutive time. We need to recognise that, at least I have Khawaja would get a bat from Virat Kohli. Malinga during the game. In Tests too, he is-
final in June and the 50-over World Cup in the cutest line of the post-match 'quote fest'. The dressing bonhomie was there to see started recognising that over the last 2-3 Dravid would appreciate the efforts of the n't different. "I have captained a lot in T20
October-November.Expectedly,Rohit'smind He would call the game's centurion when the architects of the home win — years. He gives me a lot of freedom to be cre- young Aussie stars Todd Murphy and cricket, more than the other formats but Test
space was occupied by the workload of Test Shubman Gill, "a lovely kid who works hard Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin — shared the ative with the ball, credit to him, I thought Matthew Kuhemann, calling them the cricket I am only six matches old in terms of
players during upcoming IPL, the conditions on his skills." It was that kind of day that Man of the Series and microphone at the he bowled beautifully in the Delhi Test as sharpest spinners to visit India in the last 10 captaincy.Iamstilllearningandguysaround
the team would face at the Oval where they proves that nothing bonds a team likea good award ceremony. "We (him and Jadeja) well and that's why we are here today," said years since England's Greame Swann and me have played a lot of cricket and they are
play the WTC final against Australia and the serieswinagainstAustralia.Inthiscase,there started a long time ago but we wouldn't be Ashwin. He shared an incident to stress Monty Panesar. When talking about Gill and there to help," he said. Can a captain willing
nuance of red-ball cricket. He also felt for wasalsotheadditionaljoyof makingittothe thesameor lethalenough withouttheother. Jadeja's angst of missing out on a big score at how he can learn from the game's greats, he to learn teach India to win ICC events?

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