NEW DELHIRetail inflation eased to

four-month low of 4.87percent in April whileindustrial output slowed toa five-month low of 2.1percent in March, raisinghopes for an interest ratecut by the RBI.

Retail inflation in Aprilinched down to a four-month low of 4.87 percentas prices of food items,vegetables and fruitsturned cheaper.

On the other hand, facto-ry output, as measured bythe Index of IndustrialProduction (IIP), contract-ed by 0.5 percent in March2014, according to govern-ment data released on

Tuesday.The twin macro-eco-

nomic indicators strength-en government and indus-try's call to Reserve Bankof India GovernorRaghuram Rajan to cutinterest rates.

RBI is scheduled toreview its monetary policyon June 2.

Commenting on the data,CII Director GeneralChandrajit Banerjee said,"CII hopes this (easinginflation) would providethe requisite space to RBIto continue with its rateeasing cycle in its forth-coming monetary policyannouncement to provide a

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Delhi govt asked to explain reasons forissuing circular against press

PM Narendra Modi says 10-month NDAgovt better than 10-year UPA govt

Amitabh Bachchan remembersZanjeer on 42nd anniversary P8

NEW DELHIA former BJP MLA has

approached the Delhi HighCourt seeking a direction toAam Aadmi Party (AAP) gov-ernment to fill up the post ofLokayukta, lying vacant sinceNovember 2013.

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PIL in HC for immedi-ate appointment ofLokayukta

NEW DELHITaking a dig at the BJP gov-

ernment, Hindu religious lead-ers Tuesday said they will con-struct Ram temple at the"Lord's birthplace" in Ayodhyawithout any political assistance

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Will build Ram temple inAyodhya without politicalhelp: Shankaracharya

NEW DELHIWith the land acquisition Bill

referred to a Joint Committeeof Parliament, Governmenthopes to get the legislationenacted by the end of theMonsoon session.

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Govt pins hope onpassing land Bill inMonsoon session

NEW DELHIPrime Minister Narendra Modi

said on Tuesday that the possibil-ity of maintaining good ties withPakistan exists only under hisgovernment.

Addressing the BJPParliamentary Party, he said rela-tionships with neighbours will bemaintained on the basis of humanitarian outlook and

Possibility of good ties with Pak exists onlyunder this govt: PM Modi to BJP MPs

NEW DELHIHome Minister Rajnath

Singh on hoped that China willmake serious attempt to resolvethe border dispute with Indiaduring the forthcoming visit ofPrime Minister Narendra Modito that country.

Addressing a gathering afterreleasing a book on Chinese immigrants who are

Hope border issue gets China pushduring Modi visit: Rajnath Singh

PILIBHITUnion minister Maneka

Gandhi has been accused ofslapping and kicking a foreststaff in Mala forest range ofPilibhit Tiger Reserve whilepolice said on Tuesday thatthey are looking into the com-plaint. "We are going into thecomplaint against the minister,"

a senior police official said, adding that no FIR hasbeen lodged in this connection. Approached for

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi accusedof slapping, kicking forest staff

NEW DELHIPrime Minister Narendra

Modi on Tuesday launchedcustom made webpages forupdates on his upcoming three-nation Asian tour May 14-19.

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PM launches web-pages for three-nationAsian tour

BEIJINGPrime Minister Narendra

Modi must not visit the disput-ed border region in pursuit ofhis own political interests, aleading English daily of Chinasaid on Tuesday. The daily'sadvice comes only days aheadof Modi's official visit to China

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Modi should not visitdisputed borderregion: China daily

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AMETHIIn a bid to counter

Rahul Gandhi, who hasbeen championing thefarmers' cause, seniorBJP leader and UnionHuman ResourceDevelopment MinisterSmriti Irani on Tuesdayvisited the Congress vicepresident's constituency,Amethi, where she held a'Kisan Panchayat' andinteracted with farmersaffected by untimelyrains.

However, the Gandhiscion, reacting to Irani'sAmethi visit, later said,“I hope that she gets thefood park back.”

Smriti had earliertoday attacked Rahul onhis home turf on the foodpark issue, charging thathe was more interested inprotecting the interests ofa business house and wasignoring the plight of

farmers.During her visit to

Amethi today, Smriti tar-geted Rahul and said,“When Rahul Gandhispoke for the first time inAmethi, he was talking

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Smriti holds 'Kisan Panchayat' inAmethi, Rahul wants food park back

Inflation slips, factory outputslows; rate cut hope brightens

GHAZIABADUnder attack from

opposition over the newLand Bill, BJP chiefAmit Shah on Tuesdaysaid that not a singleinch of land acquiredfrom farmers will begiven to corporates.

He claimed that theland acquisition Bill hasbeen "misinterpreted"by the opposition.

Addressing theparty's State Executivemeeting here today, the

BJP chief sought toassure that "not a singleinch of farmers' landwill be given to corpo-rates."

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NEW DELHIA new 7.3-magnitude

earthquake and sevenpowerful aftershocksstruck Nepal on Tuesdaykilling at least 50 peopleand triggering panic in theHimalayan nation alreadydevastated by a monstertemblor less than threeweeks ago that hadclaimed over 8,000 lives.

According to NepalPolice SpokespersonKamal Singh Bam, thefresh quake that hit hard-est in remote mountaindistricts northeast of thecountry's capitalKathmandu killed at least50 people, injuring morethan 1,100 people besidescausing further physicaldamages. Unofficialreports put the death tollat around 60.

The earthquake struckat 12:35 PM, some 83 kmeast of Kathmandu nearMount Everest at a shal-

low depth of 15 km, theUS GeologicalSurvey(USGS) said.

The agency had earliermeasured the quake at 7.4on the Richter Scale butlater revised the intensityto 7.3.

The quake hit Dolakhaand Sindhupalchowk dis-

tricts - the worst-affectedareas in the last month'stemblor. At least 26 peo-ple were killed inDolakha, police said,adding a total of 32 of 75districts were affected inthe fresh quake.

A second tremor of 6.3-magnitude struck about

30 minutes after the 7.3-magnitude quake that sentterrified residents runninginto the streets of the trau-matised capital.

The USGS said therewere five more after-shocks measuring over 5on the Richter Scale after

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Earthquake strikes Nepal again, leaves atleast 50 dead, more than 1000 injured

MUMBAINine months after a case of

rape was filed against thedeputy inspector general ofpolice Sunil Paraskar, Mumbaipolice on Tuesday submitted acharge sheet against him in asuburban magistrate's court.

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Chargesheet for rapefiled against MaharashtraIPS officer Sunil Paraskar

DELHIThe Lok Sabha on

Tuesday adopted a motionto refer the Land Bill to ajoint committee ofParliament.

Speaking in the LowerHouse, Union MinisterVenkaiah Naidu said thatthe government was "will-ing to send the LandAcquisition Bill to a jointcommittee of Parliament".

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Land Bill sent to joint committee of Parliament, will have20 members from Lok Sabha, 10 from Rajya Sabha

Corporates will not get even a singleinch of farm land: Amit Shah

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHITrying to corner the

Narendra Modi govern-ment over LandAcquisition Bill,Congress vice presidentRahul Gandhi onTuesday launched avicious attack, sayingthat 'bigger thievescome in daylight wear-ing suits'.

In an apparent refer-ence to the PrimeMinister, Rahul quotedone of the economists assaying that 'he used tothink that thieves comeat night, but now he hasrealised that biggerthieves come in broad

daylight wearing suits.'Speaking in the Lok

Sabha, the Congressleader said his party willoppose the bill tooth andnail.

"If we can't stop you

in Parliament, we willstop you on streets,"Rahul exhorted.

"Will not allow suit-boot ki sarkaar," Rahuladded.

Terming the Modi

government as anti-poor, the Amethi MPsaid the central govern-ment doesn't care for thepoor and is working forits industrialist friends.

The Gandhi scion fur-ther questioned theNDA government, say-ing what is the urgencyto pass the bill whenonly eight out of 100projects are pending dueto land issue.

The Congress leaderaccused the BJP-ledNDA government ofmurdering the land billpassed during UPAregime.

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Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Narendra Modi over land bill,says 'bigger thieves come in daylight wearing suits'

NEW DELHIDays after Arun Shourie

criticised Narendra ModiGovernment, BJP's formerideologue KNGovindacharya on Tuesdaytoo questioned its perform-ance, saying it was not muchdifferent from the UPA dis-pensation and the PM has tocome up with "Made forIndia" policies.

Govindacharya, founder ofoutfit Rashtriya SwabhimanAndolan, said people contin-ue to witness the "same par-tial" and "corrupt" dispensa-tion at the central level.

"The government has com-pleted a year. But at thismoment, we can't see aground to list their achieve-

ments, which is a matter ofconcern. On one hand, it isdirectionless (on policyissues). On the other, thereare internal differencesamongst ministries.

"People feel even thoughModiji looks different fromothers...People will havetheir own assessments.... But(I) can't see much of a

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PM Modi govt not much differentfrom UPA: Govindacharya

PATNATwo high-intensity

quakes rattled Bihar today,claiming 15 lives andinjuring 36 in the incidentof wall and roof collapsesjust weeks after the April25 temblor that left 58 peo-ple dead in the state.

Chief Minister NitishKumar told newsmen: "Wehave information regard-ing death of 15 persons inincidents relating earth-quake today. There is con-firmation of six deaths andfor rest, the confirmationprocess is on."

Later in the evening,special cell of StateDisaster Management con-firmed 12 deaths whileverification for other

deaths was on.Meanwhile, officials in

Delhi put the toll due to thefresh tremors in Bihar at16.

As per confirmedreports, three persons diedin Patna, 3 in EastChamparan, 2 each inPurnea and Darbhanga andone each in Sitamarhi andSiwan.

One person died of heartattack while running out ofhis shop during temblor inBiharisao lane.

A person died in an inci-dent of wall collapse dueto earthquake in AnandBazar area, Danapur policestation officer in-chargesaid. The Chief Minister

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15 killed as Bihar suffersanother strong quake

MEA sets up controlrooms, helplinenumbers NEW DELHI

The External AffairsMinistry has set up controlrooms both in Delhi andNepal, where at least 40people were killed andover 850 were injured asmassive earthquake shookthe Himalayan nation onTuesday. The fresh quakecaused panic in Nepalwhich was recoveringfrom the devastating April25 temblor. While theministry set up the controlroom here, it also re-opened the commandroom in Nepal which wasestablished in the quake-hit region earlier.Following are the helplinenumbers issued by theMEA: +91 11 2301 2113

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Delhi felt the tremors for 30 secondsNEW DELHI

The tremors were felt for over 30 seconds in thenational capital as a strong earthquake measuring 7.3 onthe Richter Scale hit Nepal again on Tuesday.

The tremors were also felt across northern India andseveral eastern parts of the country, including Assamand Nagaland.

LS Rathore, Director General of the IndiaMeteorological Department (IMD), said that the earth-quake's epicentre was 60 km east of Kathmandu.

He said that after the earthquake, three aftershockswere also reported at close intervals.

"The first aftershock was reported at 1.04 p.m. with anintensity of 5.4 on the Richter scale, the second one wasof 6.2 magnitude and came at 1.06 p.m., and the last onewas witnessed at 1.44 p.m. with a magnitude of 4.8 onthe Richter scale," he said and added that the after-shocks will continue for at least few more weeks ormonths.

Delhi Metro services were halted for few minutes dueto aftershock.

"At around 12.38 p.m., the earthquake was felt. Afterthat, train services were stopped which resumed at12.45 p.m.," a Delhi Metro official told IANS.

Officials of the fire department said that no casualtywas reported in the national capital.

"As of now, no casualty has been reported in Delhidue to earthquake which continued for a few seconds,"said an officials of Delhi fire department.

Panic gripped the city's residents after tremors werefelt.

"I was with my client at home when the quakeoccurred. We all ran outside the building and saw manyothers rushing out of their houses after feeling thetremors that lasted at least for 30-45 seconds," UttamDutt, a Delhi-based lawyer, told IANS.

Kushagra Dixit, a journalist with a news portal, saidthat he was lying on the bed when the floor started shak-ing.

"It was a horrible experience. I rushed outside thebuilding and reached a park," he said.

This is the second powerful earthquake to hit Nepalafter the devastating April 25 temblor which rattled theHimalayan nation and killed over 8,000 people, injuredmore than 17,500 and displaced millions.

Some city schools vacated aftertremorsNEW DELHI

Some schools in Delhi and NCR were vacated aftertremors were felt in the national capital on Tuesday.

Students were asked by teachers to evacuate class-rooms and assemble in the playground.

"Taking preventive measures we asked students tovacate the building and come out in the open," teacherof a government school in Turkman Gate area said.

However, after a break of 20-30 minutes schoolsresumed operation.

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richterscale epicentred in Nepal shook West Bengal, Delhi andseveral parts of north India today.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed peo-ple to maintain calm.

"Please do not panic and maintain calm. Earthquakesituation is being closely monitored and officials arealready in the field," Kejriwal tweeted.

Metro halted in Delhi after tremorsNEW DELHI

Metro services were halted in Delhi after strongtremors were felt in the capital city on Tuesday after-noon. Thousands of passengers across the Metro servicefelt the tremors.

Minor fire at AIIMSNEW DELHI

A minor fire broke out at a ground floor ward of AllIndia Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here onTuesday, said a fire official.

"We received a call at 9.35 am and five fire tenderswere rushed to douse the flames," the official told anews agency.

He said that the fire broke out due to an electric shortcircuiting in an air conditioner wire.

"Everything is under control and the fire tenders havenow come back. There is nothing to worry now," hesaid.

Fire breaks out in Oriental Bank ofCommerce office in Delhi’s Connaught PlaceNEW DELHI

A fire broke out at an office of the Oriental Bank ofCommerce in Delhi on Friday.

The office is located in Harsha Bhavan in ConnaughtPlace. As per unconfirmed reports, five persons havereceived burn injuries. They have been rushed to a near-by hospital.

Eyewitnesses said that smoke was first reported fromnear the lift and later spread to more parts of the build-ing. Around 20 firetenders are at the spot and havebrought the situation under control.

No merit in punishing corruption outof compulsion: AAP's KhaitanNEW DELHI

Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khaitan on Mondaysaid the Delhi government would not penalise the dis-possessed who engages in "corruption out of compul-sion". "The Delhi government will not punish thosepoor who indulge in corruption because of compulsion,"Khaitan said at a book release on AAP's election victo-ry in Delhi. "Poor people have to make some compro-mises. And we are not here to punish them. We want toset up humane modal of governance," he added.Khaitan remarked that there was no merit to punish theact of paying off for securing a space in a slumdwelling.

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIObserving that 'prima facie' the

Delhi Government circular, askingofficials to lodge complaints regard-ing defamatory reports, tends to"jeopardise" the freedom of press, thePress Council of India (PCI) hassought to know the reasons thatnecessitated such a move.

In a statement issued here by itschairperson Justice (retd)Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, PCIsaid it had learnt from reports aboutthe circular, issued on May 6, 2015,by the Delhi Government, which, itfelt, may have a bearing on the free-dom of press.

It obtained the circular issued bythe Delhi Government to "deal withthe instances of defamatory imputa-tions covered under section 499/500of the Indian Penal Code" against theChief Minister, ministers and func-tionaries of the government.

The circular "gives veiled threat tothe media for their prosecution underpenal provisions, which may preventthem from carrying out their profes-sional obligations honestly, diligent-ly, independently and with freedom",

the Council opined, and noted thatwhile it is mandated to preserve thefreedom of press, the circular tends to"jeopardise" that freedom.

Taking suo motu cognisance, theCouncil asked the Delhi governmentto furnish reasons, circumstance andnecessity of issuing the circular, with-in a week. Earlier, the ArvindKejriwal led Delhi Government hadasked all its officials to lodge a com-plaint with the Principal Secretary

(Home) if they come across any newsitem which damage the reputation ofthe Chief Minister or the government,so that further action can be taken.

According to a circular issued bythe Directorate of Information andPublicity Department, if any officerassociated with the Delhi governmentfeels that the published or aired newsitem damages his or the government'sreputation, he should file a complaintwith the Principal Secretary (Home).

Delhi govt asked to explain reasonsfor issuing circular against press

NEW DELHIThe Delhi Traffic police

told the High Court that11,439 e-rickshaws hadbeen impounded by itsenforcement staff till Maythis year for running oncity roads despite a ban. Abench of Justice SureshKait was informed by theDeputy Commissioner ofPolice, Traffic (HQ) that incompliance of the court'sJanuary 27 order, a specif-ic direction was issued toall functionaries to takestrict action against e-rick-shaws found plying onDelhi roads in "true letterand spirit".

"...Pursuant to the direc-tion of the court, till May10, 2015 the Delhi Traffic

Police have impounded atotal of 11,439 e-rickshawsfor plying on the roads inviolation of the directionof the High Court underthe provisions of MotorVehicle (MV) Act, 1998and Delhi Police Act1978," the traffic policesaid in their status report.

The report further saidthat "out of these 11,439 e-rickshaws impounded,10,521 e-rickshaws havebeen impounded underDelhi Police (DP) Act and918 under MV Act.

"Further, 5,157 e-rick-shaws which wereimpounded under DP Acthave been released by theconcerned ACPs trafficand 516 e-rickshaws which

were impounded underMV Act have beenreleased by the variouscourts after fine."

The court was hearingShahnawaz Khan's con-tempt petition, filedthrough advocate SugrivaDubey, which has allegedthat e-rickshaws are con-tinuing to operate in thenational capital in viola-tion of the court'sSeptember 9, 2014 direc-tion. The traffic police inthe status report, filed byDelhi government's stand-ing counsel Raman Duggalto the contempt plea ofShahnawaz Khan allegingnon-compliance of thecourt's orders.

11,439 e-rickshaws impounded forplying illegally: Delhi cops to HC

NEW DELHIThe Delhi High Court on

Tuesday took suo motocognizance of an incidentin which a head constableof Delhi Traffic Police hadallegedly hit a woman witha brick in a fit of rage aftershe refused to bribe him.

The matter is listed to beheard tomorrow by abench headed by ChiefJustice G Rohini whichtook cognizance of theincident from mediareports.

The incident occurred inthe Golf Links area nearIndia Gate on May 11 fol-lowing an altercationbetween the cop, SatishChandra, and RamanjeetKaur, a mother of three,over a minor incident of

traffic violation.The incident was cap-

tured on camera and thevideo clip showed thewoman picking up a brickand hurling it at the police-man's bike while the con-stable was seen attackingher back with anotherbrick. Soon after the inci-dent, Chandra was initiallysuspended and then dis-missed from service with

immediate effect as theincident triggered wide-spread outrage. Chandrawas arrested after a crimi-nal case was filed againsthim and later remanded in14 days of judicial custodyby a trial court.

The woman had allegedin her complaint to thepolice that Chandrademanded a bribe of Rs200 accusing her of violat-

ing traffic rules and, whenshe insisted on being givenreceipt, he abused her andhit her with a brick in frontof her three minor chil-dren, one of whom is justfive-month-old. A casewas registered againstChandra at Tuglaq RoadPolice Station underSection 323 (punishmentfor voluntarily causinghurt), Section 341 (punish-ment for wrongfulrestraint) and Section 427(mischief causing damageto the amount of fiftyrupees) of IPC and Section7 (public servant takinggratification other thanlegal remuneration inrespect of an official act)of Prevention ofCorruption Act.

Delhi HC takes suo motu cognizanceof traffic cop's attack on woman NEW DELHI

A Delhi Police sub-inspector rammed hisspeeding car into threewomen sanitation workerson a flyover in the capitalon Tuesday morningkilling them, police said.The official was arrestedfor rash driving, but wit-nesses said his car brakeshad failed leading to hislosing control over thevehicle.

The accident occurredaround 9.30 a.m. on theMehrauli-Badarpur flyoverin south Delhi.

Rishipal, 59, who isdeputed in the PoliceControl Room (PCR) andpresently posted at theDelhi Police Headquarters,was arrested on charges ofrash and negligent driving.

Witnesses said the sub-inspector apparently lostcontrol of his vehicle afterits brakes failed, and it hitthe three women sanitationworkers on the flyover.

According to a witness,the speeding car hit all thethree women one by onefrom behind and draggedone of them to some dis-tance.

The three deceased wereidentified as Meera, 55,Shakuntala, 55, and Maya,28. "Meera was killed onthe spot, while the twoother women succumbedto their injuries later at ahospital. An FIR has beenlodged against the sub-inspector who was arrestedfrom the spot and investi-gations are on in the case,"said a police official.

NEW DELHIChief Minister Arvind

Kejriwal on Tuesdaypraised the courage shownby Ramanjeet Kaur, whowas hit with brick by ahead constable of DelhiPolice in posh centralDelhi locality, saying thecity needs citizen like herwho could speak upagainst prevailing corruptpractices.

Kejriwal today met Kaur,who was accompanied byher husband Gurdeep, atthe Delhi Secretariat andalso assured her good med-ical treatment after shecomplained to him aboutnot getting a proper treat-ment to her injuries, anofficial statement said.

"We are proud of you.We are strongly with youand will do whatever wecan. Delhi needs citizenslike you, I alone can'tchange the system, we allneed to work together tochange the corrupt prac-tices prevailing," Kejriwalsaid.

The woman and her hus-band complained to theCM that they were notgiven a copy of the FIR bythe police and she had notgot proper treatment.

To which, the ChiefMinister told them that hewould arrange the copy ofthe FIR and assured herproper treatment, the state-ment said.

The Delhi CM then

instructed the HealthMinister Satyendra Jain toarrange for good medicaltreatment of the woman.

Jain later met Kaur andher husband and arrangedfor her treatment, it said.

In a horrific incident ofpolice brutality, yesterdaytraffic head constableSatish Chandra was seenhitting Kaur with a brick inposh central Delhi localityafter an altercation in avideo clip.

He was later arrested anddismissed from the serviceas the incident triggeredwidespread outrage afterthe clip of policemanattacking the youngwoman with two childrenat Golf Links area went

Arvind Kejriwal meets woman attackedby Delhi Police head constable

NEW DELHILakhs of commuters in

the city faced severe hard-ships for the second con-secutive day on Tuesdaydue to a strike by DelhiTransport Corporationemployees before it waswithdrawn in the eveningafter Delhi governmentannounced that it willaccept their demand ofextending help to the fami-ly of a deceased driver.

Over 3,000 DTC buseswere off the roads andautorickshaws demandedexorbitant fares, giving aharrowing time to com-muters across Delhi. Therewas huge rush on the DelhiMetro.

The strike affected com-muting of students in hun-

dreds of schools which hadcommercial pact with DTCto ferry the students. Someschools suspended classesdue to the DTC strikewhile some othersadvanced summer vacationfor primary section, as perPTI.

The DTC employeescalled off their strike hoursafter Delhi TransportMinister Gopal Rai saidthat the government willstart proceedings againstthe agitating staffers whodo not return to work.

"The Delhi governmenthas imposed ESMA in thecity. We will start proceed-ings against whoever doesnot return to work. If theystill persist on striking,they will be dismissed

from service. First andforemost, we must providethe people of Delhi with itsservices; at the same time,it is our duty to providesupport to their families,"Rai had told ANI todaymorning.

The agitating DTCemployees were demand-ing a compensation of Rs 1crore for the of thedeceased driver.

DTC driver AshokKumar (42) was beaten todeath on Sunday allegedlyby a youth after his busgrazed the latter's bike inMundka area of westDelhi. The Delhi govern-ment had announced acompensation of Rs 5 lakhfor Kumar's family.

Delhi Police had yester-

day arrested the mother ofthe youth who allegedlythrashed the DTC bus driv-er to death in Mundka.

The woman, Roshni,who was accused of insti-gating his son Vijay forattacking Ashok, wasarrested from Mundka.The accused Vijay wasarrested late on Sundaynight, the police said.

While the commutersfaced a tough time on theroads, both BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) andAAP blamed each other forthe mess.

The AAP governmentblamed the BJP for notonly politicising the issuebut also for the strike.

"BJP is doing politicsover the issue. BJP has

Delhi Transport Corporation employees call off strike

NEW DELHIA 37-year-old woman

was allegedly gunneddown by a juvenile in thepresence of her teenagedson in southwest Delhi'sNajafgarh area here onTuesday.

The incident took placeat around 8.45 am whenthe woman identified asMadhu Saini was at herparents' home with her eld-est son Aakash. Theteenager barged into thehouse and shot her in thehead from close range.Aakash tried to overpowerthe attacker but failed.

The victim was rushed toa nearby hospital whereshe was pronounced deadon arrival.

The juvenile, who hasbeen apprehended bypolice, revealed that hewas given the contract tokill by the victim'sbrother.

"The woman had beenstaying with her parents attheir residence with hertwo sons after separatingfrom her husband. Her

brother, Pradeep aliasSunny was crossed overthis as he suspected that hissister will take her share ofproperty from their par-ents. He used to have fre-quent arguments with herso that she leaves the houseon her own but when thatdidn't happen, he decidedto get her eliminated," saida senior police official.

Pradeep had hired thejuvenile and even paidsome money in advance.The 17-year-old accusedwas apprehended after thevictim's 15-year-old sondescribed his appearanceto police.

He was allegedlyinvolved in a robbery casereported from Najafgarhlast year. He was appre-hended in that case butlater released from correc-tion home for boys.

Efforts are on to nabPradeep who has beenstaying out of the city afteran externment order wasissued against him forindulging in anti-socialactivities.

Three women killed as Delhipoliceman rams car into them

NEW DELHIThe Delhi High Court

on Tuesday sought pres-ence of a senior officerIntelligence Bureau (IB)officer to confirmwhether a look-out noticewas issued against anadvocate, preventing himfrom travelling to Iraqlast year.

Justice Rajiv Shakdherasked the IB officer toremain present on May27, while hearing a pleafiled by advocateMehmood Pracha, whoalleged that the look-outnotice was issued againsthim by IB which had pre-vented him from travel-ling to Iraq on November

24 last year where hewanted to do relief workand oppose IS activities.

The plea challengingthe constitutional validityof "formation, existenceand functioning" of the IBhas also sought its "dis-banding".

According to the peti-tion, Pracha came toknow about the look-outnotice when he and fiveothers were stopped fromboarding their flight andan endorsement"offloaded" was made ontheir passports. They hadin tended to travel to Iraqto do relief work andoppose IS activities, thepetition said.

Woman shot dead byjuvenile in Delhi

IB officer's presence sought inplea against look-out notice

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NEW DELHIIn a jolt to the Centre, the

Supreme Court on Tuesdayrejected its preliminaryplea that the NationalJudicial AppointmentsCommission (NJAC) issuebe heard by a larger benchof 9 or 11 judges.

According to PTI, theapex court also ruled thatthe arguments on petitionschallenging NJAC Act willcontinue before the five-judge bench.

The ruling comes a dayafter the apex court made itclear that it would firstdecide on the issue ofreferring the challenge tothe new system of appoint-ment of judges to a largerbench of nine or eleven

judges and then go into themerits of the case.

It also said it would passan order on appointment ofadditional judges of HighCourt, whose tenure wasending, because theNational JudicialA p p o i n t m e n t s

Commission was not inplace yet.

"We all have tentativelyagreed on this that we willfirst decide the issue of ref-erence (to a larger bench)and then take a call on theentire matter," a five judgeConstitution Bench headed

by Justice JS Khehar saidon Monday.

"If it is referred to a larg-er bench then the matterhas to be heard from begin-ning by a new bench," thebench, also comprisingJustices J Chelameswar, MB Lokur, Kurian Josephand Adarsh Kumar Goel,said.

Senior advocates Fali SNariman and RamJethmalani, who are argu-ing against the NationalJudicial AppointmentCommission (NJAC) Act,said the issue of referringthe matter to a larger benchis an exercise in futile as itis a delaying tactics by theCentre.

Nariman, who had a

heated exchange of wordswith Attorney GeneralMukul Rohatgi, demandeda stay on the operation ofthe NJAC.

However, the benchpacified him saying "noth-ing is happening in theNJAC and still the issue ofeminent members in thepanel has not been takenup.

"Since nothing is hap-pening, we are going topass an order (on the issueof appointment of existingadditional judges for highcourts whose tenure arecoming to end in immedi-ate future". The govern-ment assured the benchthat Additional Judges willnot be made to suffer.

NEW DELHIIrfan Ahmad, a key LeT and

Indian Mujahideen operative whowas recently apprehended byDelhi Police, had planned to flee toPakistan before he was arrested inNepal in 2010 for trying to acquireNepalese citizenship on forgeddocuments.

Ahmad was arrested fromBahraich near Indo-Nepal borderon May 7 by the Special Cell ofDelhi Police after he fled from ajail in Nepal following last month'sdevastating earthquake.

"The quake hit Nepal on April 25and he fled from Sindhupal Chowkjail on April 27. Following this, he

went to his home in Bhairwa onApril 29. He then went to NepalGunj where he stayed for a coupleof days with one Moin Ansariwhom he had met during his stayat Palpa jail.

"He then crossed the border andreached his native place inBahraich on April 5 to evade re-arrest in Nepal but was caught byus on April 7," said a senior policeofficer, associated with the probeinto the case.

Ahmad, who is on a 14-daypolice custody, had been on the runfor past 15 years and was alsotasked with recruiting Indianyouths and sending them to

Pakistan for training in handling ofarms and ammunition as well asfabrication of IEDs. Investigatorssaid he also worked for IndianMujahideen.

According to police, to takerevenge of Babri mosque demoli-tion, Irfan along with his associ-ates successfully executed bombblasts on various trains in Kanpur,Hyderabad, Indergarh inRajasthan, Surat, Lucknow andGulbarga.

The LeT operative was arrestedby the CBI in January 1994 alongwith militant Jalees Ansari whowas also allegedly involved in aseries of bomb blasts in trains

across India.Irfan was convicted in 1999 in a

case registered by the Special Cellbut the trial in the cases lodged bythe CBI was pending. In 2001,Irfan was given parole to attend hisbrother's marriage in Bahraich buthe jumped the parole. He had beenon the run since then.

"He later fled to Pakistan and in2010 he got wind that he was beingtailed by Indian intelligence agen-cies. He was planning to flee toPakistan when he was arrested byNepal police for trying to acquireNepalese citizenship on forgeddocuments. He stayed in KapiVastu jail for three months.

NEW DELHIDays before the

Bharatiya Janata Party-ledNational DemocraticAlliance government is setto complete its first year inoffice, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Tuesdayexalted the progressachieved by his govern-ment since it assumedpower in May 2014.

During the BJPParliamentary Party meet-ing, which began at 9:30am, the PM compared theachievements of his gov-ernment with the previousCongress-led UnitedProgressive Alliance gov-ernment.

The work done by ourgovernment in 10 monthsis better than that by theUPA government in 10years, said Modi.

The PM also pointed outthat a year old NDA gov-ernment worked more thanthe UPA government in thedepartment of foreign rela-tions too.

Reiterating the govern-ment's stance on the issueof black money, the PMsaid he was satisfied withstringent laws made in thisregard.

Addressing the mediaafter the BJP ParliamentaryParty meeting, UnionMinister of State forMinorities Affairs MukhtarAbbas Naqvi said themeeting discussed thework the government didin the first year of its incep-tion.

Hailing the governmentfor improving foreign rela-tions, the PM said only theNDA government is capa-ble of developing good tieswith Pakistan. Naqvi alsosaid it was the NDA gov-ernment which solvedissues with India's neigh-bouring countries like SriLanka and Bangladesh.

The PM also said thatIndia helped Nepal andMaldives during their timeof crisis, added Naqvi.

The BJP hailed the PrimeMinister's efforts towardscooperative federalism andsetting in motion a strategyfor inclusive development,and hoped it will succeedin fulfilling promises madeto the people.

As it prepares to high-light the government'sachievements during theweek-long anniversary cel-ebrations, the BJP

Parliamentary Party, in aunanimous resolution

passed at its meetingchaired by Modi here,backed initiatives to ensuresocial security for poor andvulnerable sections of soci-ety and provide transparentand accountable gover-nance.

"The BJP ParliamentaryParty has commendedPrime Minister NarendraModi for arresting the driftin governance by infusingthe much desired sense of

purpose and for improvis-ing the governance archi-

tecture through coopera-tive federalism, for provid-ing transparent andaccountable governanceand for enhancing thecountry's standing andimage among the interna-tional community," the res-olution said.

"Prime MinisterNarendra Modi told theparty MPs that there willbe week-long celebrationson completion of one year

of NDA government andMPs will highlight the ini-

tiatives taken by the gov-ernment in each of theirconstituencies," UnionMinister Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi said after the meet-ing.

The party had earlier saidthat Union ministers, MPsand functionaries will go tovarious parts of the countryto tell people about thewelfare measures taken forunderprivileged sectionsand farmers as part of a

week-long 'Jan KalyanParv' from May 26 to June.

Union Minister PiyushGoyal said the party wasunanimous in appreciatingModi's leadership andhoped government willsucceed in fulfilling thepromises made.

Parliamentary AffairsMinister M VenkaiahNaidu said while BJP waspursuing "politics of devel-opment" some sections ofthe political class are keento promote the "politics ofpoverty".

"For their own reasons,they want the people of ourcountry to remain poor. Wewill not let this happen," hesaid.

Naidu said the MPs werea part of a historic verdictand congratulated them oncompletion of one year oftheir tenure.

He said people gave amandate for corruption-free and responsive gover-nance that would help themmeet their aspirationsthrough rapid economicdevelopment.

Naidu said in pursuanceof this mandate, theGovernment led by

Narendra Modi is going tocomplete its first year inoffice on May 26.

"BJP MPs and workerscan look forward to afuture with our heads heldhigh on account of whathas been initiated andachieved during the lastone year. Prime MinisterModi has imparted a newsense of purpose, visionand dynamism to gover-nance during the last oneyear."

"The PM has laid strongfoundations for inclusivedevelopment andunleashed new energies toreach that goal. Our jour-ney has begun well and weare confident of fulfillingthe mandate given to thegovernment by people dur-ing the next four years," hesaid.

Naidu added that therehas not been even a singleinstance of corruption orirregularity and it is a greatbeginning towards meetingthe expectations of the peo-ple who were fed up withthe 'Scam India' of the lastdecade.

He said a comprehensivemulti-layered strategy isbeing adopted "to reach the

unreached, fund theunfunded and bank theunbanked".

Naidu said there were sixpillars of their strategy thatinclude ensuring socialsecurity for the vulnerablesections of society,empowerment of youth andother sections to enableharness their individualpotential, direct attack onpoverty through rapid eco-nomic growth, responsivegovernance through mod-ernisation and cooperativefederalism, besides adynamic foreign policy tofurther national goals.

"We are conscious of theexpectations of the peoplefrom our Prime Ministerand the Government andwe will live up to theirexpectations. While we arepursuing the 'politics ofdevelopment', some sec-tions of the political classare keen to promote the'politics of poverty'," hesaid. "During the last oneyear of our Government,there has been a turnaround in the functioningof the Parliament despitedetermined efforts of someparties to stall legislationby all means,” he said.

PM Narendra Modi says 10-month NDA govt better than 10-year UPA govt

LAHORETwo former senior Pakistani mili-

tary officials told AFP Tuesday thata defector from Pakistani intelli-gence assisted the US in its hunt forOsama bin Laden but denied the twocountries had officially workedtogether.

The officials` accounts come afterthe publication of a controversialnew report by US journalistSeymour Hersh in which he claimsto have uncovered a secret dealbetween Washington and Islamabadthat resulted in the killing of the ter-ror chief in 2011.

The White House has flatly reject-ed Hersh`s claims that Pakistan wastold in advance about the May 2Special Forces raid in the garrisontown of Abbottabad, 110 kilometres(70 miles) north of the capital.

The operation sparked allegationsPakistani authorities had colludedwith Al-Qaeda, a claim denied byIslamabad.

A source -- who was a serving sen-ior military official at the time of theraid -- told AFP on Tuesday that thedefector was a "resourceful and

energetic" mid-ranking intelligenceofficer whose efforts were critical to

the operation`s success.Hersh`s report quoted a senior US

source as saying a "walk-in"approached the then-Islamabad sta-tion chief for the American CentralIntelligence Agency (CIA) in 2010promising to lead them to binLaden, who according to the jour-

nalist had been imprisoned byPakistani authorities at the

Abbottabad compound since 2006.However, the Pakistani military

source told AFP the defector had noknowledge his target was bin Ladenbut was instead given a task thatwould help verify the terror chief`sidentity.

The source declined to elaborate

on what that task was, but aPakistani investigation found thatthe CIA had run a fake vaccinationprogramme with the help of physi-cian Shakeel Afridi who obtainedDNA samples. On the defector`srole, the source said: "This guy wasinducted at a much later stage onlyto carry out the ground confirma-tion."

He added that the defector did notbelong to the Inter ServicesIntelligence (ISI), the country`smain spy agency, but anotherbranch, and was now residing in theUnited States.

Another former official, ex-ISIchief Hamid Gul, told AFP he wasalso aware of the defector.

"That is in my knowledge, thatsomeone defected," he said. "Therewas too big a reward, he became amole and agent to put in practicetheir plan."

The US had placed a $25-million-dollar bounty on information lead-ing to the capture or killing of binLaden -- a sum Washington has saidit never paid because no humaninformants were used.

Pakistani defector assisted US in Osama hunt: Officials

Arrested LeT operative wanted to flee to Pak from Nepal in 2010: Investigator

SC rejects Centre's plea for hearing on NJAC issue by larger benchNEW DELHI

Pitching for supportfrom political parties onthe goods and service tax,Railways Minister SureshPrabhu on Tuesday saidthe comprehensive indi-rect tax reform will makeIndia single largest marketin the world.

"I think one good stepwhich the government hastaken is to get GST donebut that is only a part ofthe story. I think the otherpart I hope my otherfriends in other parties andothers will cooperate sothat we can create a singlelargest Indian marketwhich will be 1.25 billioncustomers," he said here.

A large market whichwill be rivalling othermarkets of the world andtherefore India shouldimplement GST, he said atan event organised byFicci.

Lok Sabha has alreadypassed a Constitutionalamendment bill for imple-mentation of GST lastweek after Congress MPswalked out of thehouse.

The main oppositionCongress' floor managersin the Rajya Sabha havemade it clear to the gov-ernment that it will not bepossible for them to backthe bill without referring itto a Select Committee.

GST will make India single largestmarket globally: S Prabhu

NEW DELHITalking about Prime

Minister's NarendraModi's first visit toChina after assumingoffice, Foreign SecretaryS Jaishankar on Tuesdaysaid that all issues per-taining to bilateral rela-tions between the twonations will be discussedduring the meeting.

Giving a little insightinto PM Modi's itiner-ary, Jaishankar toldmedia that his visit willbegin with his arrival inXi'an, which is the hometown of President XiJinping.

“PM Modi would behaving his summit meet-ing with President XiJinping. He will thentravel from Xi'an toBeijing on May 14 latein the evening and onMay 15 he will be for-

mally welcomed byChinese Premier LiKeqiang,” he was quot-ed as saying by ANI.

When asked aboutprogress expected onland-border issues,Jaishankar said that allissues pertaining tobilateral issues will bediscussed, so this willalso be covered.

“Exactly what wouldbe the progress or out-come, I will not be in aposition to predict,” hesaid.

On the issue of Chinabuilding infrastructure inPoK, Jaishankar saidthat the matter has beentaken up with Chinagovernment throughdiplomatic channels.

'PM Modi's visit to China will begin with hisarrival in Prez Xi Jinping's home town Xi'an'

NEW DELHIGoogle on Tuesday

announced the addition ofIndian Railways sched-ules as well as updatedinformation about publictransport in eight Indiancities to GoogleTransit.

This update will nowallow people to accessinformation about 12,000trains, as well as updateddetails for bus and metroroutes from Ahmedabad,Bengaluru, Chennai,Hyderabad, Kolkata,Mumbai, Delhi and Pune,

a company statement saidhere.

Google Transit is a fea-ture in Google Mapswhich helps people planpublic transport tripsquickly and easily.

"Google Transit is partof our effort to makeGoogle Maps more com-prehensive, accurate anduseful for millions of peo-ple around the world whotake buses, trains, metrosor trams to their next des-tination," Suren Ruhela,director, programme man-agement, Google Maps

said."We hope that the addi-

tion of the IndianRailways schedules pan-India and updated infor-mation for eight cities toGoogle Transit in Indiawill make it a little easierto plan your next trip," headded.

At present, GoogleMaps has public trans-portation schedules formore than one milliontransit stops worldwide in2,800 cities, includingNew York, London, Tokyoand Sydney.

Indian Railways schedules now on Google Maps

Men caught from Pakboat carrying heroinweren't smugglers:Mumbai PoliceMUMBAI

The eight men, whowere apprehended byIndian Coast Guard andNavy from a Pakistaniboat off Gujarat coast lastmonth along with herion,were not smugglers them-selves, Mumbai policesaid on Tuesday.

As much as 232 kg ofheroin worth Rs 600 crorewas seized from the boatwhich was intercepted onApril 20. "The eight occu-pants of the boat were notsmugglers, but only foot-soldiers," said AtulChandra Kulkarni, jointcommissioner of police(crime).

Wednesday | May 13, 2015

In a surprise election outcome, the Conservative Partyled by David Cameron has been elected to govern theUnited Kingdom for the next five years, and this time on

its own majority. The results of the fiercely fought May 7elections belied pre-poll predictions of a tie between theLabour and Conservative parties and a hung Parliament inwhich the support of smaller parties would be key to craft-ing a coalition arrangement. The final outcome — predict-ed accurately only by the single exit poll published at 10p.m. after polling ended — has the Conservatives comfort-ably past the midway 326-mark in the 650-seat House ofCommons. The Labour Party, whose leader Ed Miliband rana bold and earnest campaign that focussed on a new andfairer deal for the working people, has come a far second.The party’s traditional stronghold of Scotland has been lostto the Scottish National Party (SNP), which has swept up allbut three of the 59 Scottish parliamentary seats. The LabourParty has also lost out to the Conservatives in England andWales. The Liberal Democratic Party — perceived asuntrustworthy for having reneged on its electoral promiseswhile in coalition — was decimated, its numbers downfrom 57 in the last Parliament to just eight, and with sever-al of its prominent leaders, including Vincent Cable, theSecretary of State for Business who had a prominent role inpromoting trade with India, defeated. The right-wing anti-immigration, Eurosceptic United Kingdom IndependenceParty has got only one seat; its leader, Nigel Farage, failedto win one. The Conservative Party takes credit for steeringthe country into economic recovery and creating two mil-lion new jobs. Its five-year mandate comes at a time whena million Britons depend on food banks for their survival,and where the numbers of people in poverty, according to areport from the New Policy Institute, have increased in thelast two years by 800,000, from 13.2 million to 14 million.The numbers in “deep poverty” have increased from 8.9million to 9.6 million, the same report states. TheConservative manifesto commits the party to welfare budg-et cuts of £12 billion to reduce the deficit. This comes overand above austerity measures that have already been under-taken. With Britain’s National Health Service in a financialand staffing crisis, higher education costs skyrocketing, aserious housing shortage on the cards, and utility costs soar-ing , the new government would appear to have its tasks cutout. Addressing these issues through the austerity route willrapidly abort Mr. Cameron’s promise of building “an evengreater Britain”. Moreover, the uncertainty created by thein-out EU referendum pledged before 2017 by theConservatives is likely to present a challenge for its interna-tional relations, even beyond EU.

BY M. K. NARAYANAN

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sforthcoming visit to China,beginning May 14, is of consid-

erable interest not only to peoplesinhabiting the two countries, but alsoto leaders and strategic analysts glob-ally.

In China, Mr. Modi will be visitingXian, Beijing and Shanghai overthree days, before leaving forMongolia and South Korea. Mr.Modi’s visit follows ChinesePresident Xi Jinping’s trip to India inSeptember 2014. There is a great dealhinging on its outcome with Chinabeing viewed today as a pivot-state,and India the only nation in theregion capable of maintaining thebalance in the region.

For his part, Mr. Modi has, nodoubt, indicated that trade and eco-nomic ties with China would be hismain priority. However, there ismuch more to an Indian PrimeMinister’s visit to China than eco-nomic relations — unstated thoughthis may be. This visit is again takingplace at a time when China hasunveiled a new strategic vision, andelements of the strategy conform toSun Tzu’s principle of “winningwithout fighting”. It implicitlyincludes rewarding nations that itperceives as “friends” and, by impli-cation, excluding nations that standin its way.

New security paradigm

China is also currently affording anopportunity to nations in the region tobecome a part of a Beijing-contrived“security alliance”, holding out thepromise of a new Asian security par-adigm, previously embedded inChinese President Xi Jinping’s “Codeof Conduct for Asia” (2014). The lat-ter contained a veiled “warning” tocountries forging military alliances tocounter China. Perhaps, havingwaded too far out by its references tothe issue of maritime disputes in theSouth China Sea at various regionalfora, and more explicitly in the JointStrategic Vision for the Asia-Pacific

and the Indian Ocean region follow-ing the U.S. President BarackObama-Modi meeting in New Delhiin January this year, the PrimeMinister may, hence, need to indulgein some intricate balancing acts towin the confidence of his hosts.

Many Western analysts believethat China is presentlydemonstrating a degreeof “strategicautism”, result-ing from itsg r o w i n gp o w e r .T h eI n d i a nside needsto factorthis in itscalculations.Under PresidentHu Jintao andPremier Wen Jiabao,China had, by and large, dis-played a benign face. It was duringthis period, in 2008, that India andChina unveiled a “Joint StrategicVision for the 21st Century”. Thiswas considered unusual even then forChina generally finds it difficult toendorse a common vision.

Under Mr. Xi, China has movedaway from Deng Xiaoping’s injunc-tion “to hide our capabilities and bideour time and never claim leadership”.It now countenances the employmentof diplomacy as an instrument for theeffective application of Chinesepower in support of China’s ambi-tious and long-term foreign policyagenda.

Effectively, therefore, the 2008“Shared Vision Concept” is all butburied, and it would be useful to seewhat happens next. The Indian sidemust avoid falling into any kind oftrap of arriving at decisions on strate-gic issues, made seemingly easy bythe Chinese employing very simpli-fied, schematic representations ofhighly complex realities.

Meanwhile, current realities in theregion are becoming more complex

having entered a period fraught withchange.

The emergence of new dangers inWest Asia, the uncertainty inAfghanistan, with the Islamic State(IS) now siding with the

Taliban, tensions among differentnations in South-East Asia and EastAsia, and evidence of increasingChinese assertiveness, have producedan unstable equilibrium.

Impact of developments

Consequently, while there aremany issues that would be uppermostin Mr. Modi’s mind, the visit pro-vides an excellent opportunity forhim to assess, at first hand, whereChina is headed. It will give him achance to estimate the potentialimpact of recent developments onSino-Indian relations.

“ The ‘Maritime Silk Road’ con-cept is possibly an even more auda-cious move, with plans to connectmore than 50 countries via the seaand build a network of port citiesalong the Silk Road. ”

The Prime Minister could begin bymaking a realistic appraisal ofChina’s “Defence Posture” and thekind of threat this poses to India.Rising defence budgets (the 2015defence Budget is estimated at

$141.5 billion — the 26th year ofnormal double digit increases since1989), unveiling of a host of newstate-of-the-art weapons such as theDF-21D “Carrier Killer” anti-shipballistic missile (the Assassin’s Maceaccording to the United States) and

the J-20 stealth fightera i r c r a f t ,

employmentof asymmetric tactics

which conform to Sun Tzu’s pre-cepts, all send out a clear messagethat China is no longer willing towatch from the sidelines where itsimmediate and long-term securityinterests are concerned.

‘Outreach’ programme

Mr. Modi would also have theopportunity to understand, first hand,the implications of China’s“Outreach Programme”. The launchof the New Development Bank andthe Asian Infrastructure InvestmentBank has already demonstratedBeijing’s determination to build analternative financial architecture. The“One Belt, One Road” initiative(inclusive of a Silk RoadDevelopment Fund) aims to boostconnectivity with China’s CentralAsian neighbours, and establish aEurasian land corridor from thePacific Coast to the Baltic Sea, whichpossibly signals China’s determina-tion to undermine the U.S. Pivot toAsia.

The ‘Maritime Silk Road’ concept

is possibly an even more audaciousmove, with plans to connect morethan 50 countries via the sea andbuild a network of port cities alongthe Silk Road. This could well resultin circumventing and circumscribingIndia’s own outreach diplomacy.

The ambit of China’s “PublicDiplomacy” including the rapidexpansion of Confucius Institutes(there are over 415 such institutes

around the globe including around15 in India at present) also mer-

its the Prime Minister’s atten-tion. The interconnectinglinks between theseInstitutes and the authoritiesin China are matters which

require to be better under-stood in the context of China’s

current “soft power” offensive.As in the case of China’s “Peaceful

Rise”, there is room for worry andconcern.

China has already notched up sev-eral diplomatic successes — some ofthese will have an adverse impact onIndia’s external relations. The trans-formation in China-Russia relationsis clearly one. This has been facilitat-ed by the $400 billion gas deal, but itshould not be overlooked that Russiawas possibly the first overseas desti-nation for Mr. Xi. What should spe-cially concern India and Mr. Modi, isthat China and Russia are now deter-mined to deepen their “comprehen-sive strategic partnership” and “con-tribute to lasting world peace”.Likewise, China has gained a strate-gic beachhead in West Asia with itsIran connection. China is reaping thereward of standing by Iran. This willclearly put India on the back foot in aregion which it has carefully nursedfor a long time.

China-Pakistan connection

However, it is the further deepen-ing of the China-Pakistan connectionthat should be cause for graver con-cern, and Mr. Modi could seek fromhis Chinese host what exactlyChina’s intentions are. The $46 bil-lion promised by China for the

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,which would link western China withthe Gwadar port in Pakistan throughPakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK),by itself is worthy of India’s atten-tion, but it is also apparent that thequid pro quo includes China gainingstrategic access to the Gwadar port.The “pivot” to Pakistan in recentmonths, reflects Mr. Xi’s personalpreferences after the equivocation ofthe Hu-Wen period.

All in all, it might be useful for thePrime Minister to tread with cautionlest unexpected consequences followimprobable causes. This is speciallytrue when matters relate to the rulesof engagement between neighbour-ing states that have witnessed trou-bled relations in the past.

The underlying reason for concernis that China seems to be maximisingpower without purpose. The “logic ofstrategy” of such situations is that itinevitably provokes a confrontationalatmosphere.

In China’s evaluation, it is alreadythe predominant power in the region.It now seeks to translate its powerinto influence. Sharing power is far-thest from its mind, and “strategicaltruism” is not a quality that China— or for that matter most countries— possesses. India must remain alertto these eventualities when mattersconcerning strategic realities are dis-cussed.

The combination of an excess ofnationalism, belief in exceptionalism,and of the inevitability of a Sino-cen-tric world that is being fostered underPresident Xi Jinping, does haveinevitable consequences which coun-tries like India cannot overlook. Thisrequires Mr. Modi to focus clearly onthe strategic aspects of the relation-ship, and less on trade and economicties. It is the strategic content thatheightens the importance of a meet-ing of minds when the leaders ofIndia and China meet.

(M.K. Narayanan is a formerNational Security Advisor and for-

mer Governor of West Bengal.)

BY SANJAY HEGDE

“Money is not important, access to itand misuse of it is,” said BharatiyaJanata Party leader and Jayalalithaa’s

f o e - t u r n e d - f r i e n d - t u r n e d - f o e ,Subramanian Swamy, in his written sub-missions to the Karnataka High Court.This was with regard to the former TamilNadu Chief Minister’s appeal againstconviction for possession of assets dispro-portionate to her income. The 919-pagejudgment of the Karnataka High Courttested precisely this proposition.

Ms. Jayalalithaa’s conviction by theSpecial Court, under Section 13 (1) (e) ofthe Prevention of Corruption Act 1988,had all the elements of a potboiler — apopular mother figure, an old accusationfrom an impetuous past, and a judgmentthat could be delayed no longer — butwith even more twists and turns than amovie script.

In 1995, when Ms. Jayalalithaa attendedthe lavish wedding of her now disownedfoster son V.N. Sudhakaran, she and herother co-accused in the case, Sasikala,would have hardly envisioned whatwould follow. Public revulsion at herunaccountable ostentation turned intoelectoral fury in 1996. Ms. Jayalalithaalost power and was arrested in severalcorruption cases.

Section 13 (1) (e) of the Prevention ofCorruption Act of 1988 states: “A publicservant is said to commit the offence ofcriminal misconduct, if he or any personon his behalf, is in possession or has, atany time during the period of his office,been in possession for which the publicservant cannot satisfactorily account, ofpecuniary resources or property dispro-portionate to his known sources ofincome.” It further explains “knownsources of income” as “income receivedfrom any lawful source and such receipthas been intimated in accordance with theprovisions of any law, rules or orders forthe time being applicable to a public ser-vant.” What this means is that at anystage, a public servant should be able toprove that assets owned or controlled byhim or her are attributable to proven, law-ful sources.

On a Re. 1 salary

When Ms. Jayalalithaa was Chief

Minister for the first time, between 1991and 1996, she took a monthly salary ofRe. 1 only. Her career as actor had endedin 1980, and seemed to yield no great sav-ings or assets beyond her house in PoesGarden in Chennai. Sasikala and her fam-ily were accused of possessing propertyon Ms. Jayalalithaa’s behalf.

A first-term Chief Minister often has noidea of the job requirements. Associatesneed to be strictly warned that proximityto powerful figures cannot turn familiari-ty into a revenue model. But a lonelyprima donna exalted to an empress mayperhaps be forgiven for indulging afavourite. However, when the indulgencewas extended to complicity with a wholefamily and tribe, it made a case for theprosecution. The essential premise of thecharge laid before the trial court was thatit was all for one and one for all.

Thus, assets of several companies inwhich Ms. Jayalalithaa, along withSasikala and her relatives, was a personalstakeholder, ended up being attributed inthe trial court judgment to Jayalalithaa.They could not be accounted for from herknown sources of income. It was urgedthat assets of around Rs. 3 crore in 1991could not legitimately metamorphose intoRs. 66 crore in 1996, even after account-ing for inflation in a newly liberalisedeconomy.

Added to the land and property assetswas the mind-boggling figure of 12,000saris, 28 kg of gold and 800 kg of silverfound in Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden resi-dence. Explaining these against a slenderknown income made the case a matter ofdefendable accounting. An auditor mustbe a watchdog and not a bloodhound,ruled the House of Lords in a gentler cen-tury. But not all the Queen’s accountantsand all the Queen’s counsel could, in theSpecial Court, legally laugh away thesheer disproportion demonstrated by theprosecution.

From her first arrest on, Ms.Jayalalithaa has vigorously contested allthe cases against her. Her political for-tunes turned in 2001 when she led herparty to victory despite the pending cor-ruption cases. Her return to power beganto reflect in the special court in Chennai.Several witnesses turned hostile, and theprosecutor seemed to be going through

the motions of a trial. An acquittal for lackof evidence appeared imminent.

At this stage, the Dravida MunnettraKazhagam’s senior-most leader K.Anbazhagan moved the Supreme Court,saying a fair trial of the Chief Ministerwas not possible in Tamil Nadu. The courtagreed and transferred the trial toKarnataka. It also directed the appoint-ment of a Special Public Prosecutor bythe Karnataka government, who would beapproved by the High Court. An expedi-tious trial was ordered. One ofKarnataka’s most respected lawyers, B.V.Acharya, was persuaded to prosecute, andthe case commenced. However, a wholehost of issues was litigated from time totime by one or the other accused. Delay isa known defence tactic. The defence teamkept up a slew of dilatory motions. Theordered speedy trial was dragged and liti-gated at the Supreme Court at every stage.Five different special judges heard thecase over 18 years.

Lost steam

Curiously, after Ms. Jayalalithaa lostpower again in 2006, the prosecutionitself seemed to lack the vigour to pursuethe case. In 2010, ahead of the Assemblypolls of 2011, the case again picked upsteam. A second series of interim motionsand legal manoeuvring ensued. Theprocess also later led to the resignation ofMr. Acharya, who had brought the case tonear fruition. He was replaced by Mr.Bhavani Singh, who appeared to com-mand little praise and less love. Into thisbackground stepped Justice MichaelD’Cunha as the last trial judge, with a rep-utation for thoroughness and probity. InSeptember 2014, Jayalalithaa and herassociates were convicted. The trial courtheld that most of the assets were to betaken as held by the accused personally oron her behalf.

Ms. Jayalalithaa appealed immediately,but hearing on the admission and bail wasdelayed. Bail was denied by the HighCourt, but the Supreme Court in appealgranted it after 20 days of incarceration.The Supreme Court also made an expedi-tious disposal of the appeal a condition ofthe bail, thus eliminating any dilatory tac-tics by the defence.

The hearing of the appeals began again

in January this year and was concluded bymid-March. An issue then arose aboutwhether the Special Public ProsecutorBhavani Singh had been properlyappointed to conduct the appeal. Mr.Anbazhagan again approached theSupreme Court, seeking a fresh hearing ofthe appeal, with another public prosecutorbeing specifically authorised. With twojudges differing on the issue, the matterwent to a bench of three other judges, whofinally ruled that Bhavani Singh had beenimproperly appointed. The court saw noneed for a re-hearing of the appeal, butallowed all parties to make written sub-missions, which the appeals court wouldconsider with the evidence.

The judgment

The result of all this is the compendiousHigh Court judgment — exhaustive andalso thoroughly exhausting. The reason-ing can only be discerned from the last150 pages. Each transaction has beenanalysed; each explanation consideredand ruled on. The expenditure on the wed-ding is not attributed to Ms. Jayalalithaaalone, since she was on the groom’s sideof the event; the bride’s side of the fami-ly, including the late actor SivajiGaneshan, are seen to have contributed toit. Loans taken by Ms. Jayalalithaa toacquire property have also been consid-ered as reducing the disproportion in theassets. A detailed calculation of herincome and assets in tabular form wasconsidered, and the High Court concludedthat the property was acquired from law-ful sources. The footwear and apparelwere also not seriously taken intoaccount, as the prosecution had failed tosegregate them according to their individ-ual users, given that there were four peo-ple in the house. Overall, the High Courthas entertained reasonable doubt and heldthat the prosecution case is not proven.

But the story is not over; the appeal tothe Supreme Court remains. Ms.Jayalalithaa may play a political role for along time to come, but she will alwaysremain the first incumbent Chief Ministerto go to jail. That may have been a fittingclimax to a morality play, but Indian poli-tics is not always about morality.

(Sanjay Hegde is a senior advocate ofthe Supreme Court .)

The return of the Tories

Trial, errors and judgment

To China with a clear strategy

Many Western analystsbelieve that China is presently

demonstrating a degree of“strategic autism”, resulting from

its growing power. The Indianside needs to factor this in

its calculations.

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Earthquake strikes...the second tremor that kept people on the

edge.According to the Indian Meteorological

Department (IMD), the first quake was fol-lowed by at least seven more tremors in aspan of less than two hours, as per PTI.

Police said several houses collapsed in thequake.

The fresh quake triggered massive panicamong the people, who have been staying inthe open since the 7.9-magnitude lethal tem-blor struck on April 25, killing over 8,000people and flattening thousands of buildingsbesides destroying whole villages.

Kathmandu airport was initially evacuatedas a precautionary measure, however, it laterresumed its normal business. Nepal's ForeignMinister Mahendra Pandey said that tele-phone lines have gone dead but efforts wereon to restore telecommunication servicesacross the country. Most of the people are outon the streets. The Nepal Cabinet will meetsoon for damage assessment, he added.

Quake rattles North IndiaStrong tremors were also felt across vast

stretches of east and northeast India. Thequake also jolted Afghanistan, China andIndonesia.

The quake had its impact in several cities inBihar, West Bengal, Delhi and UP etc. Delhiand the NCR region felt strong tremors at12:35 pm. Earth shook for over 20 seconds.Other areas in North India and East India,including West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand andAssam, felt the impact of the earthquake.

A Met official said the epicentre of theearthquake was 70 kms south-east of Nepaland measured 7.1 on the Richter Scale.However, he described it as an aftershock ofthe major one on April 25 that measured 7.9on the Richter Scale.

Fresh aftershocks were felt in the nationalcapital at around 1.13 pm again.

PM Modi reviews situationPrime Minister Narendra Modi took stock

of situation soon after fresh earthquake hitNepal and tremors were felt in parts of thecountry.

No need to panic, says Rajnath SinghUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh also

took to Twitter to confirm the news. The Home Minister, however, said there is

no need to panic.Rajnath Singh also spoke to Home

Secretary LC Goyal and India's Ambassadorto Nepal Ranjeet Ray, and asked the NDRFto be on alert.

India will provide full support to Nepalwherever required, Singh was quoted as say-ing by ANI. Singh, accompanied by NSA andHome Secretary, also briefed PM Modi onthe earthquake situation.

OP Singh, DG, NDRF said that the forcehas been put on alert mode and is ready toprovide all assistance wherever needed.

LS Rathore, DG, IMD, while addressing apress conference, warned that aftershockswill continue for weeks or may be months.The IMD chief said though shocks have beenfelt in almost entire India but intensity wasvery high in areas adjoining Nepal. Theearthquake of magnitude 7.3 was registeredat 12.35 pm, 65 km, east of Kathmandu at adepth of 18.5 kilometres, he added. It wasfollowed by three aftershocks of 6.2, 5.4 and4.8 on Richter scale, the IMD chief said.

The IMD has classified Nepal earthquakeas "major".

In the wake of devastating earthquake inNepal, a meeting of the National EmergencyCommittee has also been convened at 4 pmtoday.

Metro halted after tremors felt in DelhiIn the national capital, the Delhi Metro was

brought to a halt as per standard operatingprocedure. Thousands of passengers acrossthe Metro service felt strong tremors.

Government and private offices wereimmediately evacuated.

Eight dead in India due to massive earth-quake

At least eight people, including three chil-dren, were killed and nearly two dozen peo-ple were injured when a massive earthquakecaused walls to collapse in parts of Bihar,IANS quoted officials as saying. A labourerwas killed when an under-construction wallcollapsed in Danapur near Patna and a childwas killed in Siwan district when a wall col-lapsed. Another child was seriously injured,officials of state disaster management depart-ment said.

Two children were killed in Manigachi inDarbhanga district in a wall collapse and awoman was killed in Dumra of Sitamarhi dis-trict when she came under the debris of awall that fell. One person died in Hajipur inVaishali district, Nawada and Saran districtsdue to the quake.

Over half a dozen girl students of a govern-ment middle school at Bihya in Bhojpur dis-trict were injured when they were trying torush out of classroom.

In Forbesganj in Araria district, borderingNepal, at least 12 people were injured in astampede during the quake.

People in Patna, Darbhanga, Purnea,Kishanganj, Madhubani, Jehanabad andAurangabad felt the tremors for over aminute.

India says no rescue team till Nepal asks

for helpMeanwhile, said today that India will not

send any rescue team to Nepal to assist thelocal administration unless the neighbouringcountry seeks help in the wake of Tuesday'searthquake.

"Government will wait for a call fromNepal before sending any rescue team toNepal," a source privy to the deliberations atthe highest level of the government said.

The move bears significance as after about10 days of the April 25 earthquake, Nepalhad abruptly asked all foreign rescue teams,including India's National Disaster ResponseForce, to return home.

The government, however, has kept theNDRF and the Indian Air Force in full alertand on standby to respond to any emergencycall from Nepal.

Second quake part of chain reaction, sayscientists

On the other hand, the 7.3-magnitudeearthquake that struck Nepal today is part ofa chain reaction in a notorious seismichotspot, scientists said.

Like buttons popping off one by one froma shirt that is ripped open, a large quake dis-places stress to another part of a fault, caus-ing it to rupture, they said.

"Large earthquakes are often followed byother quakes, sometimes as large as the ini-tial one," said Carmen Solana, a volcanolo-gist at Britain's University of Portsmouth,AFP reported.

"This is because the movement producedby the first quake adds extra stress on otherfaults and destabilises them," she told theScience Media Centre (SMC), a not-for-prof-it organisation based in London. "It is a chainreaction."

"Since the first earthquake in April, after-shocks have been migrating more or lesssoutheastwards," Nigel Harris, a professor oftectonics at Britain's Open University, toldthe SMC.

Pascal Bernard, a seismologist at theInstitute for Planetary Physics in Paris, saidaftershocks in the region were unlikely to begreater than five magnitude.

Over 80 years prior to today's quake, east-ern Nepal had an 8.1 temblor in 1934.Around 10,700 people were killed in Nepaland neighbouring India.

"This means that pressure between the twotectonic plates in this region has significantlyeased," Bernard said.

At the interface of the two plates, theIndian plate is riding upwards at around twocentimetres a year.

The movement is not smooth but ratherladen with friction, leading to sharp andpotentially destructive jolts as stress buildsup.

MEA sets ...+91 11 2301 7905Meanwhile, MEA Spokesperson Vikas

Swarup also posted some more contactdetails.

"Our Embassy in Kathmandu and all staffmembers reported to be safe," Swarup tweet-ed.

Earlier in the day, a powerful earthquakemeasuring 7.3 on Richter scale with epicen-tre in Nepal sent ripples through large partsof east and north India, including Delhi dur-ing noon, less than three weeks after theregion was struck by a devastating quake.

15 killed...held a meeting with officials shortly after

the seven tremors, the first two measuring 7.3and 6.2 on Richter Scale and the rest of mod-erate magnitude, rocked Bihar during theday.

On the instructions of the Chief Minister,the district administration has made neces-sary arrangements in Gandhi Maidan forpanic stricken people staying out in the openapprehending more tremors.

The Chief Minister also visited GandhiMaidan and other parks and allayed fearamong people.

He also ordered closure of all schools inBihar for summer vacation from tomorrowitself.

"Summer vacation is scheduled to start inschools in the next 2-3 days. So I haveordered to advance it and declared holidaysfrom tomorrow itself in the view of fear dueto quake and possibility of more after-shocks," he said.

PM Modi...difference in the (two) Governments. Same

partiality, corruption is there," he toldreporters.

On the Government's policies over landacquisition bill and concepts of Smart Citiesand Make in India, he cautioned the PrimeMinister Modi over his advisors in these mat-ters.

"I don't know who are the advisors ofNarendra Modi... who unnecessarily (have)brought into his head this type of a problemof Land Acquisition bill in which the basicnorms could not be followed.

"Therefore, I think, that a clever personlike Narendra Mod...I think he should bewareof his advisors," he said.

Govindacharya advised the government toproperly supplement the "Make in India"concept with "Make for India" and "Made byIndia" policies.

"Otherwise, it will just be a signboard that

'India on Sale', which won't do any good topeople of Bharat," he said.

Shourie, a minister in the Atal BihariVajpayee government, had earlier this monthhit out at the Modi Government saying itseconomic policy was "directionless" whilethe social climate was causing "great anxi-ety" among the minorities.

Rahul Gandhi...When 40 percent of the land is lying

unused in Special Economic Zones (SEZs),why does the Centre wants farmers' land,asked Rahul.

He accused the Modi government of dilut-ing the land bill by deleting the consentclause. "Our government had said there mustbe social impact assessment, and farmersshould be consulted before acquiring land,but the present government has removedsuch clauses."

The controversial land acquisition bill wasintroduced in the Lok Sabha on Mondayamid strong protests by the Opposition whichtermed the measure 'anti-farmer', as membersof Congress and some other parties staged awalkout.

The government tabled the bill afterSpeaker Sumitra Mahajan rejected the con-tention of parties like Congress, TMC, BJD,the Left and others, that a similar measurewas "pending" in the Rajya Sabha.

Smriti holds...for a business house. He did not speak for

the farmers of Amethi.”"If you look at the documents of district

officials, you will understand that from 2010to 2014, the land was not provided byCongress. Whatever help had to be given forgas was not given for long," she said to aquestion on the food park.

She said that the Amethi MP has beenmissing and the promises made by the “threegenerations of Congress” can only be ful-filled by the Narendra Modi government.

Reacting to the announcement on Rahul'svisit to Amethi, she said, “Rahul Gandhi'stiming is suspect, not mine. The timing of MrGandhi is suspect. If you look at theannouncement, there were some press reportsabout my visit here and one and a half hoursafter my announcement, Gandhi's officeannounced his plans to come.”

Inflation slips...fillip to growth and also encourage banks

to reduce rates."Besides, Ficci President Jyotsna Suri

said,"... The (manufacturing) growth remainstepid. Critical constraints for the sector likehigh interest rates, infrastructure bottlenecks,low domestic and export demand are an areaof concerns... And may continue to impactgrowth of the sector in coming months."

According to the data released by CentralStatistics Office, industrial production grewat 2.8 percent in 2014-15 as against a con-traction of 0.1 percent in 2013-14.

Meanwhile, IIP for February has beenrevised downwards by CSO to 4.86 percentfrom the provisional estimate of 5 percentreleased last month.

The IIP had grown at 2.77 percent inJanuary, 3.56 percent in December and 5.2percent in November, respectively.

The factory output contracted by 2.7 per-cent in October.

Corporates will ...accused the NDA government of "killing"

the Land Acquisition Act brought by the UPAand said Congress will fiercely resist withinand outside Parliament the attempt of "suit-boot ki sarkar" to "grab" farmers' land.

"This government wants to give land tocrony capitalists and its industrialist friendsbecause it's a 'suit-boot ki sarkar'," Rahul saidin Parliament.

Exhorting the BJP workers, Shah said thatthey must ready themselves for achieving the'Mission-2017'. Elections will be held inUttar Pradesh in the first of 2017.

The BJP leader also attacked the UP gov-ernment for following old norms while dis-tributing relief to rain-hit farmers of the state.

"As per central government norms, afarmer is eligible for compensation if 33 percent of his crops have been damaged. But theAkhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party gov-ernment in Uttar Pradesh is harsh towardsfarmers and disbursing the compensation onold parameters of 50 per cent crop damage,"Shah.

He said that the UP government must con-duct a fresh survey to assess the crop damagebased on new guideline of 33 per cent andutilise the dormant lying fund of 500 croresallocated by the Centre for disbursementamong rain and hail storm hit farmers and"not for the luxuries of its ministers".

Land Bill sent ...will suggest it for joint committee," and

added, "These are all make up Opposition(Congress), make up as in they want to showpeople that they are fighting," as per ANI.

Also speaking to the media outsideParliament, Rural Development MinisterChaudhary Birender Singh said, "A jointcommittee is to be constituted comprising 20members from Lok Sabha and 10 from RajyaSabha to assess the Land Bill."

He also said, "Joint committee will work asper their system, will look into everythingclause-wise," as per ANI.

"But I also feel that opinions of all stakeholders of land acquisition will also be con-sidered," Singh added.

On the other hand, Congress leaderMallikarjun Kharge said, "In a Parliamentarydemocracy, everyone's view and public opin-ion outside Parliament should be taken intoconsideration."

The members of the Lok Sabha who will beon the joint committee include KV Thomas,Rajiv Satav (both Congress), Anand RaoAdsul (Shiv Sena), Kaltan Banerjee(Trinamool Congress), B Mahtab (BJD),Mohammad Salim (CPI-M), Chirag Paswan(LJP) and SS Ahluwalia, Udit Raj, AnuragThakur, Ganesh Singh (all BJP). The namesof the 10 Rajya Sabha members will beannounced later.

Possibility of ...cited how India had come to the aid its

neighbours in times of crisis."The Prime Minister said the possibility of

maintaining good ties with Pakistan onlyexists under this government. We are confi-dent that we will maintain good relationswith Pakistan as well as other neighbouringcountries," Union Minister Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi told the media briefing about the PM'sremarks.

He said the Prime Minister told BJP MPsthat during the NDA government, ties withneighbouring countries have improved andwill be furthered based on the principle ofhumanitrian outlook.

He cited examples of how India helpedNepal after the devastating earthquake andthe Maldives providing them drinking waterrecently.

Naqvi said the Prime Minister also citedthe example Bangladesh with which Indiahas improved its ties after the passage of theland boundary bill in Parliament.

Earlier addressing the MPs, ParliamentaryAffairs Minister M Venakaiah Naidu said the"dynamic" foreign policy would be used tofurther national goals.

Union Minister...comments, Maneka told reporters outside

Parliament, "I am not even answering thingslike this."

In the complaint with Gajraula police, for-est department employee Rooplal allegedthat Maneka had slapped and kicked himafter she got annoyed seeing a jungle firewhile on her way to Puranpur to attend afunction on Sunday.

Rooplal complained that the UnionMinister for Women and Child Welfarestopped at Garha forest barrier in Mala forestrange when she saw residue of wheat cropbeing burnt in adjacent fields.

She lost her cool and held him responsiblefor it, he alleged. The deputy forest rangerpresent on the spot fled sensing trouble, leav-ing Rooplal to fend for himself, he claimed.

He alleged that the minister got angry withhim and hit him.

Rooplal narrated the incident to Minister ofState in Uttar Pradesh government RiyazAhmad and District Magistrate ON Singh,who were attending a rifle shooting competi-tion.

Singh had said if the forest employeelodged a written complaint, he would get thematter probed.

Ahmed said assaulting a governmentemployee was condemnable.

Hope border...settled in Assam for over a century, Singh

said that India wants to maintain cordial rela-tions with its neighbour as it thinks that thewhole world is one family or 'VasudhaivaKutumbakam'.

"We have been trying our best to resolveour border dispute with China. We hope thatChina will also make serious attempt toresolve the dispute during our PrimeMinister's coming visit to China," he said.

Modi will leave tomorrow for his six-daytour of China, Mongolia and South Korea.

Singh said the NDA government wanted tomaintain friendly relations with its neigh-bouring countries and that is why Modi hadinvited the heads of SAARC nations whenthe new government assumed charge in May2014.

"I hope that the Sino-Indian relations willreach a new high in the coming days," hesaid.

"Makam: Divided Soul" is a coffee tableversion in English of the original novel writ-ten in Assamese by Rita Choudhury fiveyears ago.

PIL in HC ...The PIL, which also includes the Centre

apart from Delhi government and theLieutenant Governor as parties, has soughtimmediate appointment of Lokayukta.

The BJP leader, in his plea, has said non-appointment was adding to the pendency ofcases and, more importantly, has blocked alegal right of residents of the national capital.

He said the institution was set up to inquireinto the allegations against public functionar-ies but the same was vacant for last 18months.

Former legislator Sat Prakash Rana said inhis plea that though AAP governmentassumed charge in Delhi on February 14 ithas "not yet taken any step for the appoint-ment of the Lokayukta and Uplokayuktahere".

The petition said "the petitioner madeenquiries at the office of the Lokayukta,which was currently a functional office, andwhere complaints and petitions are beingaccepted on a daily basis".

"That in other words, public money isbeing spent on running the office of theLokayukta, without there being anyLokayukta to justify the expenditure. Thisamounts to a significant waste of publicmoney, for which the Delhi government andthe LG are squarely responsible."

It also said that in view of the importanceof Lokayukta, the "inaction" by ArvindKejriwal government and LieutenantGovernor Najeeb Jung for 18 months is"astounding" and a "clear reflection of thelack of respect" they have for existing lawsand democratic institutions.

Rana said that the "office of the Lokayuktahas been made a pawn in a political game"and the government "does not wish" to fillthe vacancy.

On September 26 last year, the Delhi HighCourt had, while hearing a different PIL onsame issue, asked the LG to initiate theprocess to fill the post of Lokayukta sayingthe statutory provisions make it mandatoryon the part of the state to ensure that the postis filled up "without any delay".

Will build ...if the Supreme Court gives order in their

favour. The statement came in the wake ofUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh statingthe NDA government can't bring law on Ramtemple without majority in Rajya Sabha.

Addressing the Hindu Dharma Sansad atRamlila Maidan here Tuesday night,Shankaracharya of DwarkapeethSwaroopananda Saraswati asked BJP leadersto stop talking about construction of Ramtemple. "We request you (Singh) with foldedhands, don't talk about Ram Janmabhoomi.We will build Ram temple at the spot,"Shankaracharya said.

Govt pins hope...the bill to the joint panel, government has

saved time and will now be able to imple-ment the law by the end of next session thisyear.

They also said that once the report of thecommittee comes up before the Rajya Sabha,a member under the rules can only refer itback to the same Joint Committee.

The Rajya Sabha also loses the right torefer the bill to its own Select Committeenow, as the same is being looked into by theJoint Committee of both Houses ofParliament.

Sources add that once the report is returnedby the joint panel, the Upper House will haveto either accept the report or not and hencetake a decision on passing the bill or reject-ing it.

PM launches ...communique, Modi has invited people to

see updates on his state visit to China athttp://www.narendramodi.in/china_home,and to Mongolia, where he will be the firstindia prime minister to visit, athttp://www.narendramodi.in/mongolia_home.

For South Korea, the news updates will beshared athttp://www.narendramodi.in/southkorea_home.

People can also leave their feedback atthese pages, the statement said.

Modi should ...this week. It describes the Indian leader as

pragmatic rather than a visionary.“Due to historical feud and mutual mistrust

that stems from geopolitics, the two sides(India and China) have never established realstrategic trust,” the Global Times stated in anopinion piece headlined "Can Modi's visitupgrade Sino-Indian ties?"

The Global Times is known for its sharpviews on India.

Calling for both China and India to notonly strengthen mutual political trust, butalso stick to a series of agreed principles andmatch their rhetoric with action, it stated: “Inlight of this, Modi should no longer visit thedisputed border region in pursuit of his ownpolitical interests, nor should he deliver anyremarks that infringe on the consensus onbilateral ties."

Chargesheet for ..."We filed a 724-page charge sheet against

Paraskar in the Borivali court today," said acrime branch official.

The charge sheet contains statements of 58witnesses and a statement of the complainantrecorded before the magistrate. "It also con-tains the log-book of his (official) car, main-tained by his driver, which shows his move-ments," said the official.

The magistrate then transferred the case tothe sessions court for trial. Paraskar will haveto appear before the trial court on June 12.

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1. The Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric project,completed with the help of Japan, is on the riverA. Ganga B. CauveryC. Narmada D. Godavari

2. The percentage of irrigated land in India is aboutA. 45 B. 65C. 35 D. 25

3. The southernmost point of peninsular India, that is,Kanyakumari, isA. north of Tropic of CancerB. south of the EquatorC. south of the CapricornD. north of the Equator

4. The pass located at the southern end of the NilgiriHills in south India is calledA. the Palghat gap B. the Bhorghat passC. the Thalgat pass D. the Bolan pass

QUIZ TIME

Answer: 1(D), 2(C), 3(D), 4(A)

TODAY’S STARARIES The temptation to take center stage might be too strong to

resist, Aries. Someone may ask you to tell a story. Your giftwith words and vivid imagination should serve you well. Keepit brief. If you go on too long, your friends could fidget. Timeyour performance by watching their expressions. Do it rightand you will be asked to do it again.

TAURUS A gathering could bring you lots of good news and usefulinformation, Taurus. The problem is that there might be toomuch. You will want to remember it all, but your memorymay not be as sharp as usual. Before you attend a gather-ing, grab a notebook and pen. That way you can writedown whatever you want to look into later.

GEMINI You generally enjoy your dreams, Gemini, both the dream-ing process and analyzing them later. But tonight you mighthave too many to keep track of. While you will probablyrecall the most significant ones, it may be frustrating if youforget any of them. This might be the day to start a dreamdiary, if you don't have one. Have fun!

CANCER Too many invitations to social events may come today,Cancer. This might be one evening when you want to relax athome, but you won't want to say no to anyone. Analyze eachinvitation. Consider the location, host, other guests - whatev-er seems most significant to you. Attend only the ones youthink you will really enjoy. Follow your heart.

LEO Today you might work on your spiritual practice or studies,Leo. You could read a book on the subject, attend a lecture,or practice some kind of discipline such as yoga or medita-tion. The only caveat is don't try to do too much at once.You could tire yourself out. Concentrate on one thing at atime. The information will still be there tomorrow!

VIRGO Physical pleasure may be at the top of your priority list today,Virgo. You might want to go to your favorite restaurant and havea great meal, including wine, appetizers, and dessert. Or youmight feel especially energetic and want to take your partner fora complete spa treatment. Whatever your desires, exercise somerestraint You can get too much of a good thing!

LIBRA Love matters may prove too intense today, Libra. You may behaving a rough week. Your partner may be especially demand-ing of your time and energy. This might be a good day to sched-ule some time alone. Go for a massage, sauna, or hot tub - byyourself - and simply relax. That way you will be more refreshedwhen you meet with your beloved in the evening.

SCORPIO You've been hoping for a quiet day on the job, Scorpio, but too manycalls could come your way. You might have to juggle several at once.Don't try to deal with every problem. Exercise your triage abilitiesand take care of the most pressing first. Let the others go, if neces-sary. You aren't doing anyone any favors by getting too distracted.Even you can be less than thorough when overwhelmed.

SAGITTARIUSWere you planning to go shopping today, Sagittarius? If you can,put it off until tomorrow. You could be tempted by too many itemsthat seem wonderful in the store but are nothing but a botheronce you get them home. If you must go, make the effort tobypass shops where you might fall into this trap. You don't wantto have to make a second trip to bring back returns.

CAPRICORN You look especially attractive today, Capricorn, and it's doingwonders for your self-esteem. Even members of your householdnotice. But you probably feel more like staying in than going out.If you want a romantic partner to notice how you look, it might bea good idea to extend an invitation to visit your home. You willget to stay in and still be admired by the one you love the most!

AQUARIUS Today, Aquarius, you might want to make an unqualified declarationof love. That's fine if you've been involved for a while, although youcould overwhelm your partner. If the relationship is new, beware!This could feel like too much too soon. Your friend could respond bybacking away or even disappearing. Use restraint or you might havethe opposite effect to the one you want.

PISCES A friend may offer you a gift today, Pisces. It could involve money,favors, time, items you need, or something else. Be discriminatingabout what you accept, and make sure you offer to reciprocate.Insist, if you must. As generous as your friend may be now, later heor she could feel used or else call in some favors that you aren'twilling to perform. Accept graciously, within limitations.

Samsung has startedrolling out theAndroid 5.0.2

Lollipop update forthe Galaxy CorePrime. The AndroidLollipop update forthe Galaxy CorePrime is beingpushed out over-the-air (OTA).

The company hasinitially startedpushing out theAndroid 5.0Lollipop update tothe Galaxy CorePrime handset inEurope, startingwith Poland,according toSammobile.

Users can alsomanually check forthe update by goingto Settings > Aboutphone > Softwareupdate on theSamsung GalaxyCore Prime.

As yet, there is noofficial changelog for theupdate, but users are reporting that changesinclude expandable lock screen notifications

from stock

Lollipop, refreshed Samsung appswith Material Design, and more.

To recall, Samsung in Decemberlaunched the budget Galaxy

Core Prime smartphone inIndia at a price of Rs. 9,700.

Samsung lately has beenpushing out Android Lollipopupdates for various high-endGalaxy-series handsets. Thecompany globally rolled outthe Android 5.0.1 Lollipopupdate for the SamsungGalaxy Note 4, including inIndia. The Korean consumer

electronics giant had initiallypushed out the update for theGalaxy Note 4 phablet inFebruary in Europe, startingwith Poland.

In March, Samsung Indiastarted rolling out theAndroid 5.0 Lollipop updatefor its 2014 flagship theGalaxy S5.SamsungMobileUK recentlyannounced that Galaxy S5users will soon start receiving"micro-updates" to fix issuesin Android 5.0 Lollipopupdate. Some users thatupdated to Android Lollipop

complained on various bugs inthe final Android 5.0 Lollipop

build for the Samsung Galaxy S5. This even ledthe company to pause the Android Lollipopupdate in European regions for a major period.

Samsung Galaxy Core Prime StartsReceiving Android 5.0.2 Lollipop Update On a bright Sunday

afternoon in centralLondon, in a low-

lit converted wing of ashopping-mall cinema,hundreds of fans cheer astwo teams of 20-some-things riddle each otherwith bullets during a big-screen game for a $25,000reward.

The game is "Call ofDuty", a hugely popularfirst-person shooter thatdemands hair-trigger"twitch" reflexes, team-work and hours of dailytraining to beat the best inthe fast-growing world ofcompetitive gaming tour-naments.

So-called "eSports" areset to generate almost $500million a year in revenuesglobally by 2017, accord-ing to research firmNewzoo.

The weekend tourna-ment is just one of twodozen events this year atLondon's "Gfinity Arena",billed as the only dedicatedeSports venue in the coun-try, seating 600 peopleacross two screeningrooms.

That may not seem muchnext to a 40,000-capacityfootball stadium, but mil-

lions also tune inonline.

"'Call of Duty' is a veryimportant game for us,"said Neville Upton, headof the British eSports firmGfinity that launched thevenue this year. Citing 2.5million views for previoustournaments, he added:"(Most) people who watchare young males...sponsorsare keen to hit that demo-graphic."

The atmosphere veersfrom the quiet tension of achess match to the quick-fire highs and lows of aFormula One race.

Commentators makesense of the on-screenchaos; the blink-and-you'll-miss-it kills averageat one every 1.5 seconds.

The players, many ofwhom have attained

celebrity status, sithunched over screens intransparent booths andbarely register any emo-tion as the on-screen bodycount racks up.

The stars of the eveningare undoubtedly OpticGaming, probably the best-known eSports team, whowear distinctive green-and-white team shirts andwhose fans wait patientlyby the cordoned-off play-ers' lounge for an auto-graph and a selfie.

"This is our first event,and it's pretty good...Betterthan when you see eventsstreaming (online)," saidaudience member IanCurley, 18, waiting in thewings to catch a glimpse of19-year-old Optic captain"Scump" - real name SethAbner.

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Driven by convenience,choice and low prices, theIndian e-commerce mar-

ket is poised to grow at a com-pound annual growth rate(CAGR) of 80 percent over thenext six years but for that to hap-pen, the government needs toallow foreign direct investment(FDI) in business-to-consumersegment.

"The Indian e-commerce mar-ket is poised to grow at a CAGR

of 80 percent or more over nextsix years, driven by convenience,choice and low prices," a reportreleased by India OpportunityAdvisors, a strategy consultingand communication company,stated.

"The sector has been witness-ing a growth of almost 100 per-cent year-on-year. To enable thesector to spur manufacturing forMake in India, create seven lakhjobs and also attract investment

of $25 billion (roughly Rs.1,60,754 crores), opening inven-tory-led B2C e-commerce to FDIis critical," Manish Sharma, man-aging partner, India OpportunityAdvisors, said.

"The industry cannot reach itsfull potential through one modelof B2B (business-to-business)marketplace. Both the modelsneed to co-exist and grow in anenabling environment for theoverall benefit of the economy,"

he added.

With increased penetration of3G and smartphones, the e-com-merce market can grow to beeven bigger than $60 billion(roughly Rs. 3,85,811 crores) by2020, it said.

"However, challenges remainin the form of lack of clear poli-cy and regulatory framework,over-dependence of sales on cashon delivery and under-developed

ecosystem. A stable regulatoryand policy environment canmake e-commerce one of largetriggers for lower prices of prod-ucts, development of Indianbrands, Make in India and be oneof largest foreign direct invest-ment into country," the reportsaid.

Per capita spending on e-com-merce is expected to increasefrom $138 now to about $345 bythe year 2020.

Indian E-Commerce Needs FDI in B2C Segment to Grow Exponentially: Study

Apart from launch-ing the YuYuphoria handset

on Tuesday, Micromaxsubsidiary Yu Televenturesalso launched the YuFit fit-ness tracking band. It willbe available at Rs. 999,

and will go on sale inJune. The

companyalso unveiledanother health-centricaccessory called theHealthYu, which costs Rs.4,999 and will go on salein June as well.

At the price, the YuFitfitness tracking band takeson the Xiaomi Mi Bandthat was recently launchedin India at the same price.However, it brings severalfeatures in addition, givingsome stiff competition tothe popular Chinese manu-facturer. Connecting tosmartphones viaBluetooth, it is compatiblewith both Android andiPhone smartphones.

The YuFit band comesalongside the YuFit app(made in collaborationwith HealthifyMe), andtogether users get suchfeatures as step tracking,sleep tracking, distancewalked, and calories burnt.The app also lets userstrack how many caloriesthey have consumed, with

its database also includingIndian snacks and dishes.The smartband also fea-tures a display that showsthe time, apart from notify-ing users about incomingcalls and messages.

The fitness

t r a c k -ing band also comes

with a Find My Phone fea-ture that helps users locatetheir paired smartphone.Micromax says the first1,000 users will get freeassistance from dedicatedfitness coaches for anunspecified amount oftime.

As for the cassette-shaped HealthYu, theaccessory will connectwith smartphones viaBluetooth, and takes vari-ous health readings, withbody vitals such as heartrate, ECG, respiration rate,blood pressure, blood oxy-gen saturation, and skintemperature.

Users will also be able toshare their HealthYu read-ings with their doctor orfamily. The cassette is saidto be small enough to fit inthe user's pocket, and canprovide several readingson a single charge.

YuFit Fitness Band, HealthYuHealth Tracker Launched in India

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RAIPUROpener Shreyas Iyer struck

an unbeaten 70 after veteranpacer Zaheer Khan led a bril-liant bowling show as DelhiDaredevils notched up a com-prehensive six-wicket win overtable toppers Chennai SuperKings in their IPL cricketmatch here today.

Electing to bat, Chennaiscored just 119 for 6 withZaheer returning with superbfigures of 2 for 9 from his fourovers and Albie Morkel chip-ping in with two wickets asDelhi produced a disciplinedbowling show at the ShaheedVeer Narayan SinghInternational Stadium.

Chasing the small target of120, Delhi, who are already outof contention for a play-offberth, lost two quick wickets tobe reduced to 24 for two in thefifth over as opener Quinton deKock (3) and captain Jean-PaulDuminy (6) were out cheaply.

But young Iyer and veteranYuvraj Singh (32) repaired theDelhi innings with a 69-runstand for the third wicket andset up the easy victory with 3.2overs to spare.

20-year-old Iyer, who wasdropped on 32 in the ninth over,hit 10 fours and a six in his 49-ball unbeaten knock on a slow-ish track while Yuvraj, who wasout in the 14th over, struck four

boundaries and a six in his 28-ball innings.

Iyer hit the winning run, asingle, as Delhi reached 120 for4 in 16.4 overs.

For Chennai, Ishwar Pandeyand Pawan Negi took twowickets apiece.

Today's win was Delhi's fifthfrom 13 matches and in the

process they snapped their four-match losing streak this seasonthough the victory did not havemuch significance as theyremain on seventh spot in the

league table with 10 points withone match left to play.

Interestingly, Delhi snappedtheir seven-match losing streakagainst Chennai in the IPL.

For Chennai, today's lossmeans they are yet to seal aplay-off berth though they stillremain on top of league tablewith 16 points from 13 matcheswith one match left to play.

Earlier, Delhi produced a dis-ciplined bowling show torestrict Chennai to 119 for six.Chennai found scoring difficultas they failed to build partner-ships while losing wickets atregular intervals.

Chennai, one of the most con-sistent IPL sides, made a slowstart and lost three wickets bythe halfway mark before top-scorer Faf du Plessis (29 off 23balls) and captain MahendraSingh Dhoni (27 off 24 balls)tried to repair the innings with a36-run stand for the fourthwicket but in vain.

For Delhi, Zaheer (2/9) andMorkel (2/21) were the topbowlers while Gurinder Sandhuand Jayant Yadav took a wicketapiece.

In-form opener BrendonMcCullum struggled at thecrease and was the firstChennai batsman to be dis-missed in the sixth over bowledby Zaheer for just 11. The Kiwidrove into the hands of Delhicaptain Jean-Paul Duminy atmid-off off a fuller ball outsidethe off-stump.

The other opener DwayneSmith (18) and one-down

Suresh Raina (11) followedMcCullum to the dressing roomin the ninth and 10th overrespectively as Chennai suf-fered jolts in quick successionto be reduced to 46 for 3 at thehalfway mark.

Smith fell to Morkel's firstdelivery of the match as he wasrapped on the pads in front ofmiddle and off stumps from apitched-up delivery.

Next over, Raina was out offa soft dismissal as he camedown the track only to chip theball straight down the throat ofDuminy again off the bowlingof Jayant Yadav.

Du Plessis and Dhoni tried tostitch a partnership but theyseparated in the 16th over. TheSouth African dragged aMorkel delivery onto hisstumps after facing 23 ballsfrom which he hit three bound-aries.

Dhoni hoisted Yuvraj Singhfor a six and then got a four asChennai took 13 runs from the17th over. Bravo followed suitof his captain by smacking a sixin the next over but perishedwhile attempting another bighit off the bowling of GurinderSandhu.

Dhoni, who hit three foursand a six, was out in the penul-timate over and Chennai endedtheir innings on a below parscore.

IPL 2015: Zaheer Khan, Shreyas Iyer guide Daredevils tocomprehensive 6-wicket win over Super Kings

LONDONEngland director of

cricket Andrew Strausssaid Tuesday that KevinPietersen was "not part ofour plans for the summer",saying there was a "mas-sive trust issue" betweenthe England and WalesCricket Board and the con-troversial batsman.

However, Straussstopped short of sayingthere was no way back intothe international set-up forfellow former Englandcaptain Pietersen, adding:"He is not banned from theside but I can give him noguarantees for thefuture."

Pietersen, 34, England`sleading all-time run-scoreracross all formats, was sent

into international exile lastyear following the team`s5-0 Ashes thrashing inAustralia.

But the South Africa-born batsman was givenhope of an internationalrecall when new ECBchairman Colin Gravessais there could be a way

back if he score enoughruns in county cricket.

Yet just hours after hemade his maiden first-classtriple century for Surrey onMonday, Pietersen wastold there was no prospectof him being selected byEngland in the immediatefuture.

Kevin Pietersen not part ofEngland' s plans for summer NEW DELHI

The controversy over allegedsnooping involving incumbentICC chairman and former BCCIpresident, N Srinivasan, took anew turn.

According to a report publishedon Tuesday in the English daily,Indian Express, a former BCCIofficial claimed that the Indiancricket board, headed bySrinivasan never spied on its mem-bers, but it was just a reaction to acurious case of hacking problemthat had surfaced after Lalit Modi’souster from the board.

In the meantime, the newly-elected BCCI board members areshowing a lot of interest to solvethe issue. BCCI secretary, AnuragThakur, had already issued a noticeto the former interim board presi-dent Shivlal Yadav and former sec-retary Sanjay Patel, asking them toprovide the details of expensesincurred on information technolo-

gy.However, Thakur is still waiting

for the reply. In fact, the formerboard official also revealed that theEngland & Wales Cricket Board(ECB) had suggested BCCI to hirethe services of an England-basedcompany, which provides servicesto many government agencies inthe United States of America.

“There had been many instances

when we sent internal mails andafter few minutes we saw tweetsabout it. A London based companywas hired to protect BCCI’s mailsand there was no spying, ” theBCCI official said on condition ofanonymity to the daily.

The official also rubbished thatclaim where media speculated thatthe board spent $900,000 on thesame.

BCCI didn’t snoop, only tried to stophacking, says former official

NEW DELHIDespite apprehensions

raised by some BJP MPsabout a proposed India-Pakistan cricket series,Prime Minister NarendraModi is determined tobreak the ice with theneighbouring countrythrough "cricket diploma-cy", informed sources heresaid.

"We have taken the deci-sion to start a cricket seriesbetween both countries toimprove our relations,"said Modi on Tuesday dur-ing a Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) parliamentaryparty meeting, a BJP MPwho was present told IANSon the condition ofanonymity.

Soon after a resolutionwas adopted appreciatinginitiatives taken by theModi government duringits first year in office, Modisaid some of the membershave expressed concernagainst the series and thatis why he was "clearing theair", said the source.

Party lawmaker R.K.Singh, a former unionhome secretary, had raisedapprehension over theissue in the Lok Sabha onMonday. Cricketer-turned-

BJP MP Kirti Azad hadalso opposed the move.

According to the source,Modi also asked the MPsto present a report to thepeople on a year's progressand works undertaken bythe government in theirrespective constituencies.

The initiatives will helpin ensuring social securityof the poor and vulnerablesections of the society, hesaid.

The parliamentary partyalso commended Modi forhis achievements during

the past one year in officeand a resolution waspassed in this regard, thesource said.

The resolution appreciat-ed the prime minister'sefforts for enhancingIndia's image among theinternational community,the MP told IANS.

Meanwhile, Minister ofState for ParliamentaryAffairs Mukhtar AbbasNaqvi said Modi also saidthat his government hascome up with a tough billon black money.

Naqvi also said that thegovernment's fight is notwith the opposition partiesbut those who are spread-ing corruption in the coun-try.

According to sources,only Modi spoke at themeeting. None of the MPssaid anything this time,especially after BharatSingh, a party MP fromUttar Pradesh, had criti-cized the government at thelast parliamentary partymeeting.

Narendra Modi seeks to improverelations with Pakistan via cricketDONGGUAN

The Indian badmintonteam, led by Saina Nehwaland K Srikanth, will facethree-time championsKorea in a must-win clashof Group 1D in the presti-gious Sudirman Cup hereon Wednesday.

India, who reached theknockout stage of the bien-nial tournament in 2011edition, lost 2-3 toMalaysia in their campaignopener yesterday andanother loss will end theirchances of making thequarterfinals.

It will be an uphill taskfor the Indian team asKorea are a formidableside with World No. 5 WanHo Son and World No. 7Sung Ji Hyun likely to turnup for the men's andwomen's singles matchrespectively.

If Srikanth and Saina canearn India wins in singles,

it will come down to theGlasgow CommonwealthGames silver medallistsJwala Gutta and AshwiniPonnappa to do the unen-viable task of taming theWorld No. 8 pair of Lee SoHee and Shin Seung Chanin the women's doubles.

Expecting a favourableresult in men's doubles andmixed doubles will be tooambitious as Korea boasts

of the World No. 1 LeeYong Dae and Yoo YeonSeong and World No. 8combo of Ko Sung Hyunand Kim Ha Na.

The singles are likely tobe mouth-watering clash-es. Srikanth has beatenWan twice but he has faceddefeats in their last threemeetings and the Indianwill have to recover quick-ly from his loss against

Lee Chong Wei yesterday.In women's singles,

Olympic bronze-medallistSaina has a 5-1 recordagainst Hyun but it will notbe a cakewalk for theIndian, who had to break asweat against world num-ber 56 Tee Jing Yi yester-day.

In women's doubles,2011 World Championshipbronze medallists, Jwalaand Ashwini had lost toLee and Shin in straightgames during GermanOpen in February this year.

Only two teams willqualify from each of thefour pools in Group 1 ofthe knockout stage. TheSudirman Cup features 35teams divided into fourgroups. Of these, the top12 ranked teams in Group1 will vie for the trophy,while the other teams(Group 2, 3, 4) will fightfor ranking spots.

IPL betting case:Four bookies heldin Mathura, oneescapesMATHURA

Five bookies were arrested onTuesday for allegedly betting onIndian Premiere League (IPL)matches during a raid at a shophere. However, one of them man-aged to run away.

The arrests were made as a teamled by circle police officerPryadarshini carried out the raid.

Nine mobile phones, one regis-ter with record of names and betsand Rs.14,570 were seized fromthe five youngsters arrested. Theinformation revealed by these peo-ple would help in carrying outmore raids in the coming days,police said. MathuraSuperintendent of Police, RajeshKumar Singh, said the raids wouldbe conducted in all police stationareas to curb the menace of bettingspread on such a large scale.

India face Korea test in Sudirman Cup

Players Championship win thrusts Rickie Fowler into major conversationLOS ANGELES

Rickie Fowler`s stunning victory at the $10 million Players Championship was unquestionably the perfect riposte toany criticism of his perceived inability to close out tournament wins.

Much more significantly, through, his thrilling playoff win after four extra holes at the TPC Sawgrass thrust his nameback into the conversation about the players most likely to dominate the game at the highest level over the next decade.

Fowler has been bracketed with Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day as golf`s most exciting `young guns` butdoubts had surfaced after he started this year with a solitary career win on the PGA Tour despite several close callsalong the way. An anonymous player poll conducted by Sports Illustrated revealed last week that the young Americanand England`s Ian Poulter were the two most overrated golfers on the U.S. circuit.

Regardless of the survey`s merits, Fowler used the results as strong motivation as he stormed to the top of the PlayersChampionship leaderboard with an eagle-birdie-birdie finish in regulation before sealing victory in the playoff.

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

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Afew hours of unin-terrupted sleepevery night ramps

up our energy levels.Scientists and researchersbelieve that the brain sortsout all the accumulateddetails of the day andreplenishes chemicalsrequired for proper brainfunction while we sleep.But, deep sleep isn't easy tocome by.

From insomnia to sleepapnea, sleep disorders getin the way of your dailyroutine and adverselyinfluence your emotionalbalance and productivity.However, eating the rightfood before you hit thesack could help youimprove the quality of yoursleep. Here are the bestfoods for deep sleep that'llhelp you do just that.

Almonds: Unsalted nuts,particularly almonds, are

considered a major "powerfood" to help you sleep bet-ter. The magnesium presentin these nuts promotes both

uninterrupted sleep andmuscle relaxation. Besidesthis, the protein content inthem also helps to stabilise

blood sugar levels whilesleeping. Hence, it is advis-able to eat at least 2-3almonds an hour before

going to sleep.

Dairy products: Dairyproducts like cheese, milkand yoghurt are a goodsource of tryptophan whichis a natural sleep inducer.You can even use theseproducts to calm yournerves before sleeping asthe calcium content inthem acts as an effectivestress-reducer and stabiliz-er of nerve fibers. The cal-cium assists the brain touse the tryptophan to man-ufacture melatonin.

Hard cooked eggs: Ifyou are facing difficultiesin grabbing a few hourssleep, you should probablyindulge in a mid-nightsnack of hard-cooked eggs.High in proteins, eggs helpimprove your sleep andmaintain your fitness levelsthereby giving you com-plete protection. However,

in case you suffer fromhigh cholesterol issues,you can opt for eating onlythe egg white without theyolk.

Cereals: Recentresearches have indicatedthat whole grain cerealsthat are low in sugar canalso help you snooze bet-ter. Such cereals toppedwith yoghurt can help toactivate serotonin in thebrain that is responsible formood and sleep. Whenserotonin levels in the bodyare high, they make a per-son feel drowsy.

Non-fat Popcorn: Thesepopcorns contain amplecarbohydrates that help tobring tryptophan (an aminoacid) into your brain. Here,the amino acid is used toproduce the sleep-inducingserotonin neurotransmitter.Thus, popping a few bowls

1 to 2 hours before sleepcan help you fight yoursleep woes.

Dried tart cherries: Is itpossible to say no to thesecolorful sweet delicacies?A handful of these cherriesare sufficient to help youget hours of uninterruptedrestful sleep. These cher-ries are loaded with sero-tonin-boosting carbohy-drates. Besides this, theyare also packed with age-defying anti-oxidants andcan help to lessen theimpact of jet lags.

Honey: Add some honeyto your mid-night cerealbowl or drizzle a smallamount in your pre-sleephealth drink; honey canmake a great difference insleep improvement. Thesleep-inducing propertiesof honey makes it a usefulinsomnia cure.

Best foods for deep sleep

Everyone is excited to watchPriyanka Chopra andDeepika Padukone compet-

ing with each other in a specialsong in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’sBajirao Mastani that also starsRanveer Singh the the lead role.The two actresses have just fin-ished shooting the song which is aMaharashtrian dance form calledPinga.

A source from the sets ofBhansali’s film had said, “theactresses an hour to get into thenauvari sarees as they are prettylong. While Deepika is lookinggorgeous in the saree, PC justtakes your breath away.” While weare sure that the two will leaveeveryone mesmerised with theirappearances, we can’t wait to seewho is a better dancer betweenDippy and PeeCee. Take a look attheir hot dance numbers below andtell us who impressed you themost with her moves…

Ram Chahe Leela from Ram-Leela: The item song from SLB’slast release featured the super hotPC who looked resplendently gor-geous in a desi avatar. Ms Chopradid complete justice to the songwith her sensual moves which hada hint of rock fusion. It was a visu-al treat to watch Priyanka grooveto this special number.

Nagada from Ram-Leela: Thissong featuring Deepika, SupriyaPathak and Ranveer Singh, is animportant part of the film as there

was a total turnaround towards theend of this song. If you havewatched the film, you’ll knowwhat we are talking about.Deepika owned this song with hermesmerising look and her gracewhile she performed the tradition-al Gujarati Garba number in a redlehenga choli. Deepika’s dancesteps did remind us of AishwaryaRai Bachchan’s Dholi Taro.

Asalaam-e-Ishqum from

Gunday: Priyanka Chopra sizzledthis foot tapping number fromGunday which was crooned ByBappi Lahiri and Neha Bhasin.The Exotic babe is seen seducingRanveer and Arjun Kapoor in thiscabaret number and is lookingsmoking hot in a shimmery corsetand black shorts.

The hottie begins the numberstraddling a chair and sets thetempo. Watch the song below and

tell us if PC impressed you!

Mit Jaye Gham from DumMaro Dum: Deepika stunnedeveryone with her quirky versionof the ’70s hit.

The actress filled in ZeenatAman’s shoes and left the audi-ences bewildered with the boldlyrics of the song. With her boldand sizzling moves in this number,she sent the crowds into an all timefrenzy.

Priyanka Chopra or DeepikaPadukone: Who is a better dancer?Zanjeer, the film

which gave megas-tar Amitabh

Bachchan the tag of an‘angry young man’, hascompleted 42 years.Directed by PrakashMehra, the 1973 actionthriller featured Big B aspolice officer VijayKhanna along with hiswife Jaya Bachchan andlate veteran actor Pran.

The 72-year-old, whoselatest release Piku featureshim as an old man suffer-ing from constipation, tookto Twitter to thank his fansfor loving the slice-of-lifef a m i l yentertainer.“Zanjeer…42years of its release! 11thMay 1973! The day ofsome consequence… Maymonth excitement… PIKU

May 8,” Amitabh tweeted.In another post, he

added: “Pranaam,Namaskaar and greetingsfor the affection showntowards PIKU.”Piku,which also stars Deepika

Padukone and Irrfan Khan,explores the relationshipbetween a father(Amitabh) and a daughter(Deepika). Directed byShoojit Sircar, the filmreleased on May 8.

Amitabh Bachchan remembersZanjeer on 42nd anniversary

Imran Abbas Naqvi’sfilm Abdullah TheFinal Witness to pre-miere at Cannes filmfestival

Imran Abbas Naqvi isquiet excited as hisupcoming Pakistani

film Abdullah: The FinalWitness will be premier-ing at Cannes Film festi-val. The talented actor willbe travelling with the teamto attend the premiere andthis would be his first visitto the prestigious film fes-tival.

The Pakistani dramawritten, produced anddirected by HashimNadeem focuses on theKharotabad incident inwhich five innocentRussian citizens werekilled, allegedly by a sui-cide bombers of FrontierConstabulary (FC), at theKharotabad check post.The incident was filmedby a journalist and someof the videos were aired.

All eyes are on Katrina Kaif, asshe’ll be making her debut appear-ance at the 68th Cannes Film

Festival tomorrow. But naturally, theactress is pretty excited to walk the redcarpet with starry celebs across the globe.She will be sashaying down the carpet asL’Oreal Paris India’s brand ambassadornot just once but twice. While we are yetto find out what Katrina will be wearing atCannes, here’s picturing her journey fromMumbai to Cannes… at’s promotionalTwitter account- @KatrinaAtCannes isputting up latest updates on the actresses’whereabouts. She was spotted leaving at

the Mumbai airport last night. She tweet-ed, “In transit! On the way to Cannes…Count down.”

Here’s looking at Katrina Kaif’s journeyfrom Mumbai to Cannes 2015