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Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08
26 Pages ₹ 15.00 RNI No. UPENG/1986/49939
Vol. 14 ! No. 23
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IN BRIEF
" NTA sets up panel
on NEET allegations;
CWC asks Rahul to take over
rules out a re-test as Leader of Opposition in LS
‘LS poll verdict The Hindu Bureau Rahul says he will decide ‘very soon’; panel lauds party’s performance in polls; committees to study below-par results in
signifies end of NEW DELHI
some States; Congress Parliamentary Party meeting held at Samvidhan Sadan re-elects Sonia Gandhi as chairperson
negative politics’ The National Testing Agen-
cy (NTA) has constituted a Sandeep Phukan
LUCKNOW high-powered committee NEW DELHI ‘INDIA bloc should
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Samajwadi Party (SP) chief led by a former Union Pu-
Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday blic Service (UPSC) Chair- he Congress Work-
function cohesively’
said the Lok Sabha poll verdict
signified the end of negative
politics in India. » Page 4
person to look into the
grievances around the Na-
tional Eligibility-cum-En- Students stage a stir seeking
T ing Committee
(CWC) unanimous-
ly adopted a resolution on Sobhana K. Nair Mallikarjun Kharge on
trance Test (NEET), 2024, re-examination of NEET, in Saturday asking Rahul NEW DELHI Saturday stressed that the
the results of which were Varanasi on Saturday. PTI Gandhi to become the INDIA bloc would
Plea in Delhi announced on June 4. Leader of the Opposition Calling the people’s “function cohesively and
Several students and cal colleges. He said the (LoP) in the 18th Lok mandate in the Lok Sabha collectively both in
court for Engineer political parties have de- committee will submit its Sabha. polls a “decisive rejection” Parliament and outside”.
Rashid’s release manded a re-test alleging a report in a week. Taking note of the senti- of the politics of
question paper leak in Bi- Following receipt of the ments expressed at the “divisiveness and hatred”, FULL REPORT
SRINAGAR har and opposing grant of report, the NTA will take party’s highest decision- First step: Congress leaders coming out after attending the CWC Congress president » PAGE 10
The Awami Ittehad Party has grace marks, “illogically time-bound action, which making body, Mr. Gandhi meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
petitioned a Delhi court to high” scores and an unex- will not affect the results of said he would think it over
allow its jailed MP-elect, pected number of full other candidates or the ad- and decide “very soon”. her name was proposed by In his opening remarks Narendra Modi’s “sub- stitution and enhance
Engineer Rashid, to participate marks (720/720). mission calendar and Party president Mallikar- Mr. Kharge. at the CWC, Mr. Kharge as- stance and style of gover- social and economic
in the oath-taking ceremony in Concerns were also ex- counselling, Mr. Singh jun Kharge urged him to The CWC praised the serted that the 2024 Lok nance”. justice”.
Parliament. » Page 9 pressed about the pre- said. “abide” by the CWC’s for- party’s Lok Sabha perfor- Sabha election verdict is a “That is why, as mem-
sence of eight high-scorers “The issue concerning mal resolution and take up mance under adverse con- “decisive rejection of the bers of the CPP, we have a Moral defeat for PM
from one centre in the NEET exam is perti- the responsibility. ditions, but the party de- politics of divisiveness and special obligation to be “The verdict of the people
Haryana. nent to six centres and The Congress Parlia- cided to set up separate hate of the BJP of the past watchful, vigilant and is not just a political loss
Subodh Kumar Singh, 1,600 candidates,” Mr. mentary Party (CPP) com- committees in States, in- 10 years” and stressed that proactive in holding him but a personal and moral
Director-General, NTA, Singh told a press confe- prising the newly-elected cluding party-ruled Hima- the INDIA bloc must conti- and his new NDA govern- defeat for the Prime Minis-
ruled out a re-test, adding rence on Saturday. Lok Sabha members and chal Pradesh, Karnataka nue to function cohesively ment accountable.” ter who sought the man-
that the grievances pertain Rajya Sabha members also and Telangana, to find out both inside and outside The main resolution of date in his name,” the reso-
to only 1,600 students out CONTINUED ON met later at the Central why the performance was Parliament. the CWC congratulated the lution read.
of 23 lakh candidates who » PAGE 10 Hall of Samvidhan Sadan below expectations and Ms. Gandhi said she did people for “voting so po-
appeared for the entrance SEE ALSO and re-elected Sonia Gand- what could be done to cor- not expect to see any werfully to preserve de- CONTINUED ON
MAGAZINE 8 PAGES » test for admission to medi- » PAGES 2, 7 hi as the chairperson after rect the situation. change in Prime Minister mocracy, protect the Con- » PAGE 10
CLASSIFIEDS PAGE 5 »
CM A ND-NDE
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THE HINDU
2 Sunday, June 9, 2024
City Delhi
INBRIEF
! BJP asks Speaker to convene Fire at Narela factory
kills three, injures six
special session on water crisis
The Hindu Bureau
Convene session urgently to allow a discussion on the crisis, BJP leader tells Speaker; Atishi blames NEW DELHI
Haryana govt. for shortage, says entire city will be affected if water level at Munak canal doesn’t rise
Three workers were killed
and six were injured after a
The Hindu Bureau fire caused a blast in a food
NEW DELHI processing unit in Narela
Industrial Area on the in-
Traffic police issue advisory
T
he BJP on Saturday tervening night of Friday
wrote to Assembly and Saturday, the police
ahead of PM’s swearing-in Speaker Ram Ni- said.
was Goel demanding a spe- The police received a
The traffic police on Friday issued an advisory in cial session of the House to PCR call at 3.35 a.m. early
light of the swearing-in ceremony of Prime discuss the prevailing wa- Saturday morning about a The fire was likely caused by a
Minister-elect Narendra Modi scheduled at ter crisis “caused by mis- blaze that had broken out gas leak. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
Parliament on Sunday. With VVIP guests likely to management of the Delhi at a factory of Shyam Kripa
visit Rajghat and Sadaiv Atal on Sunday morning, government”. Foods Private Limited, der, 26, Akash, 19, Mohit
traffic will be diverted from 6.45 a.m. to 8.45 a.m. Meanwhile, Water Mi- which manufactures dry Kumar, 21, Ravi Kumar, 19,
at Ram Charan Aggarwal Chowk, Delhi Gate, nister Atishi continued to moong dal. Monu, 25, and Lalu, 32 —
Rajghat Chowk, Shanti Van crossing, Geeta blame Haryana for the wa- Rohini residents Ankit are undergoing treatment
Colony flyover, and Subhash Park intersection, ter shortage, accusing the Gupta and Vinay Gupta, for burns at Safdarjung
said the advisory. It also urged people to make BJP’s State government of the factory owners asso- Hospital, the police said.
maximum use of public transport. It asked those not releasing Delhi’s share ciated with the company, According to the DFS of-
travelling toward ISBTs, railway stations, and of 1,050 cusecs of water in have been booked under ficial, the fire was likely
airport to plan their travel carefully. the Yamuna river through relevant sections of the In- caused by a gas leak from a
the Munak canal. “If the dian Penal Code. pipeline. “The pipelines
water level in Munak canal A senior Delhi Fire Ser- supplied gas to burners
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does not increase by to- vices (DFS) official said six- used for roasting the
Greater Noida authority morrow morning, water
supply in the entire city
teen fire tenders were
rushed to the spot, and the
moong dal. As the fire
spread, it caused the com-
reclaims land worth ₹150 cr. will be affected,” the Minis- A woman waiting with empty cans for a water tanker in Delhi on Saturday. SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR blaze was doused at noon. pressor to overheat, result-
ter said. But the fire had engulfed ing in the blast,” he said.
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Earlier this week, the ceives about 995 cusecs. Delhi, it means Haryana is from this disaster caused the factory, trapping some Beerpal’s son Akash Ya-
Authority (GNIDA) on Saturday used bulldozers Supreme Court had direct- However, in the past week, not releasing enough water by mismanagement of the workers inside, said a pol- dav was woken up by his
to demolish illegal structures in a village in ed the Himachal Pradesh the Capital has been get- in the Munak canal,” Ms. Delhi government and the ice officer. mother at 6 a.m. to inform
Tusyana village, reclaiming approximately government to release 137 ting much less water. Atishi said. Delhi Jal Board”. “Nine workers were res- him about the accident. He
75,000 square metres of land with an estimated cusecs of surplus water to “The city received 924 Blaming the Delhi go- BJP’s South Delhi MP- cued from the building and only learned of his father’s
market value of ₹150 crore. According to the the national capital on Fri- cusecs on June 1, 884 cu- vernment for the crisis, elect Ramvir Singh Bidhuri admitted to Satyawadi Raja death after reaching the
official statement, the demolition action came on day and asked Haryana to secs on June 4, 856 cusecs BJP’s chief whip in the As- said water released by Hi- Harish Chandra Hospital in hospital on his bike.
the direction of GNIDA CEO N.G. Ravi Kumar. give the water the “right of on June 6, and 840 cusecs sembly, Ajay Mahawar, re- machal Pradesh takes 48 Narela, but three of them “I have only one de-
“Local colonisers were attempting to develop an passage”. on June 7. During every quested the Speaker to hours to reach the city and were declared dead on ar- mand — that action be ta-
unauthorised colony. Our team successfully Addressing a press con- summer, there is a loss of “immediately call a special that the Water Minister had rival,” he said. The de- ken against the employers,
demolished the illegal structures and cleared the ference, Ms. Atishi said around 59 to 60 cusecs of session of the Delhi As- begun accusing the Harya- ceased were identified as who ran the factory round
land,” the statement added. Each square metre of during the summer, when water due to evaporation. sembly to discuss and find na government even be- Shyam, 24, Ram Singh, 30, the clock without paying
the land was estimated to be priced at Haryana releases 1,050 cu- However, if only 840 cu- a solution to this crisis and fore the 137 cusecs of water and Beerpal Kumar, 42. heed to the maintenance of
approximately ₹20,000. PTI secs of water, Delhi re- secs of water is reaching provide relief to the people had made its way to Delhi. The injured — Pushpen- the machinery,” he said.
AAP seeks SC probe into NEET ‘irregularities’ Two arrested for assaulting, confining
The Hindu Bureau
NEW DELHI
na, pointing to a “big scam”
in the States ruled by the
67 toppers, six were from a
single centre in Haryana’s
ties”, including paper leaks
and unusually high scores.
domestic help in Vasant Kunj apartment
BJP directly or in alliance Jhajjar. “The National Test- Delhi BJP spokesperson
The Aam Aadmi Party with other parties. ing Agency is silent over Praveen Shankar Kapoor Alisha Dutta manded his salary. Mr. Ms. Handa’s house around ciety’s residents’ welfare
(AAP) on Saturday alleged Demanding a Supreme questions on the paper leak hit out at AAP, saying it was NEW DELHI Haque had been working 7 p.m. on Friday. association (RWA) mem-
that many of the “irregular- Court-monitored probe in- and its scope,” he said. “shameful” of the Delhi go- as a dog sitter and car “When I reached the bers, who informed the
ities” in the conduct of the to the matter, AAP spokes- The results for the com- vernment to first take credit Two persons were arrested cleaner for Ms. Handa for house, I saw that my em- police. A police team then
National Eligibility cum En- person Jasmine Shah said petitive medical exam were for the success of NEET stu- on Saturday for assaulting the past two months, the ployer was having a drink rescued the complainant
trance Test – Undergrad- reports of paper leaks had announced on Tuesday, dents from Delhi and then a domestic help in south- FIR states. with a friend. When I asked from the apartment.
uate (NEET-UG) occurred in emerged from Bihar and but since then, several aspi- accuse other States’ stu- west Delhi’s Vasant Kunj. The victim has accused for my salary, the two start- The two accused have
Bihar, Gujarat, and Harya- Gujarat and that out of the rants have cited “irregulari- dents of “malpractice”. The complainant, 24-year- the two of slapping and ed punching and hitting been booked under IPC
old Shaidul Haque, has al- punching him and confin- me, then they locked me in Sections 323 (voluntarily
leged that his employer, ing him in a room at Ms. a room,” he said. causing hurt), 342 (wrong-
Preeti Handa, and her Handa’s house for two When Mr. Haque did not ful confinement), 506 (cri-
friend, Nikhil, assaulted hours. Mr. Haque told The return home for a long minal intimidation), and
him on Friday when he de- Hindu that he had gone to time, his wife called the so- 34 (common intention).
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States Delhi
INBRIEF
! LS poll verdict signifies AIADMK vote share
up, no ties with BJP
end of negative politics for 2026 polls: EPS
in the country: Akhilesh M. Sabari
SALEM
After chairing SP parliamentary party meeting, he says vote of every section and class AIADMK general secretary
instrumental in changing the direction of future politics not only in U.P. but entire country Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Haryana to start recruitment said on Saturday that com-
pared with the 2019 gener-
process for 50,000 posts: CM Mayank Kumar a political party”. al election, his party had
LUCKNOW “By voting for the SP, ev- secured 1% more votes this
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on ery section and class of the time, and ruled out the AIADMK general secretary
Saturday said his government will soon initiate amajwadi Party (SP) society changed the direc- possibility of an alliance Edappadi K. Palaniswami
the recruitment process for 50,000 vacant posts
in the State. This will be done as part of the
government’s efforts to provide job opportunities
S president Akhilesh
Yadav on Saturday
said that the 2024 Lok Sab-
tion of future politics not
only in U.P. but the entire
country. The PDA’s mes-
with the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) for the 2026 As-
sembly election.
addressing the media on
Saturday E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN
and support the aspirations of the youth, he said ha poll verdict signified the sage of social harmony is a After a meeting with par- leaders O. Panneerselvam
on the sidelines of the swearing-in ceremony of end of negative politics and new message for ‘New In- ty functionaries at Omalur, and V.K. Sasikala appealing
the new chairman of the State Staff Selection the issues and concerns of dia’. The INDIA alliance, in the wake of the Lok Sab- for unity among suppor-
Commission Himmat Singh. Mr. Singh, a former common people taking which protects the Consti- ha election results, he told ters of late leaders M.G. Ra-
Haryana Additional Advocate General, was centre stage. tution, democracy, reser- reporters that the DMK and machandran and Jayalalith-
administered the oath of office by the CM. PTI Speaking to the media vation, equality and har- the BJP had so many promi- aa, he said, “The AIADMK
in Lucknow after chairing mony, will become more nent personalities who secured more votes this
the parliamentary party powerful with time on the campaigned for them. time owing to their ab-
meeting of SP, he said the Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav with newly elected MPs basis of increasing public “However, for our al- sence. The setback for the
CPI(M-L) Liberation demands victory belongs to the PDA of his party in Lucknow on Saturday. SANDEEP SAXENA support and become a liance, only me and Pre- party in southern Tamil Na-
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(Pichda, Dalit, and Alpa- strong shield for the ex- mallatha Vijayakant [of the du will be sorted out soon.”
rollback of Agnipath scheme sankhyak) and other mar- protect their interests as the SP alone securing 37 ploited, deprived and op- DMDK] had campaigned. On former Minister S.P.
ginalised social groups and per the Constitution,” said seats and the Congress pressed,” he said. However, this time, the Velumani’s statement that
The CPI(M-L) Liberation, which won Aarah and the onus is on the SP to the SP president after hold- winning the rest. In the meeting, the SP AIADMK gained 1% more the AIADMK-led front
Karakat Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, on Saturday protect their interests after ing a meeting with the par- Mr. Yadav, who won MPs congratulated Mr. Ya- votes than what it got in would have won 35-40
demanded immediate rollback of the Agnipath the positive poll outcome. ty’s newly elected Lok Sab- from Kannauj Lok Sabha dav for the party winning 2019. Even the vote shares seats had its alliance with
recruitment scheme. The party also said the “The responsibility of ha members. seat and is likely to resign 37 out of 63 seats it contest- of the DMK, its alliance, the BJP remained intact,
Centre should consider the INDIA bloc demand the Samajwadis (Socialists) from the Leader of the Op- ed and asked him to lead it and the BJP-led front have Mr. Palaniswami said he
for conducting caste census and giving special has increased… raising is- ‘Message of harmony’ position post in U.P. As- in the Lok Sabha. The SP is reduced, compared with had spoken about an arti-
category status to Bihar for the overall growth of sues pertaining to the pu- The SP-led INDIA bloc in sembly, said the SP has the third-largest party in the 2019 and 2014 general cle that appeared in a new-
the State. The party also said it would revive its blic, keeping their interest Uttar Pradesh clinched 43 emerged in these polls as the 18th Lok Sabha after elections,” Mr. Palaniswa- spaper and the media had
demand for the inclusion of Bhojpuri language in in mind. The victory be- out of the 80 parliamen- “a positive movement of the Bharatiya Janata Party mi said. misrepresented his state-
the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. PTI longs to the PDA, we will tary seats in the State, with social solidarity more than (BJP) and the Congress. On former AIADMK ment.
Launched with much fanfare, Pune car crash: resort Naveen Patnaik defends
Ghulam Nabi Azad’s DPAP fails owned by accused Pandian, says criticising him
to make a mark in LS election juvenile’s family razed for BJD defeat is unfortunate
Peerzada Ashiq The Hindu Bureau
SRINAGAR MUMBAI Satyasundar Barik tiya Janata Party effectively
BHUBANESWAR built its main poll plank
The Democratic Progres- In the latest crackdown in around the theme of ‘Odia
sive Azad Party (DPAP), a the Pune luxury car crash With bureaucrat-turned- asmita’ (pride), highlight-
party floated by former case, the Satara district politician V.K. Pandian un- ing the dominant role of
Congress leader Ghulam administration on Satur- der fire for Biju Janata Dal’s Mr. Pandian in both the go-
Nabi Azad with a lot of fan- day demolished an illegal defeat in the 2024 elec- vernment and party af-
fare, has failed to make a property owned by the tions, outgoing Chief Mi- fairs. The BJP’s aggressive
mark in the recently con- father of the 17-year-old nister and party chief Na- campaign paid rich divi-
cluded Lok Sabha election who ran his luxury car ov- veen Patnaik on Saturday dend and helped break the
in Jammu and Kashmir. er two persons, killing The luxury car that was came to the defence of his regional party’s 24-year
The DPAP’s candidates them. involved in a fatal accident in close aide, calling the criti- winning streak and lead to
managed to bag only Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad at The property was iden- Pune in May. FILE PHOTO cism unfortunate. Naveen Patnaik the BJP’s sweeping victory
80,264 votes from the a Lok Sabha election meeting in Anantnag. FILE PHOTO tified as MPG Club in Ma- “It has also come to my in the Lok Sabha elections.
three Lok Sabha consti- habaleshwar’s Malkam icipal Corporation demol- notice about some criti- defeat in 24 years, Mr. Pat- During the campaign,
tuencies it contested in was a mere 3.56% vote lopment and poor politics Peth area. The administra- ished them on Saturday cism of Mr. Pandian. This is naik said, “That is in the the BJD leaders found
Jammu and Kashmir, share. Mohammad Saleem of the Abdullahs and the tion has reportedly bull- morning.” unfortunate. As an officer people’s hand. In a democ- themselves sidelined as Mr.
which has around 54 lakh Parray, contesting from Muftis. However, his first dozed at least 15 rooms in The matter came to Mr. he did excellent job in ma- racy, you have to either Pandian, along with Mr.
voters. It was Mr. Azad’s Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, speech in Baramulla in the club that were alleged- Shinde’s notice when Ma- ny fields, helping in two win or lose. So having been Patnaik, took centre stage.
first electoral foray in J&K garnered 25,561 votes, 2023, where he described ly illegally constructed. habaleshwar-based RTI major cyclones and CO- defeated after long time, Moreover, the Tamil Nadu-
after quitting the Congress which is a mere 2.49% vote Article 370 as a “done and The district administra- activist Abhaysingh Haval- VID-19 epidemic in our we must always take the born former bureaucrat
in 2022 and launching his share. dusted case”, evoked a tion got into action mode dar alleged that the resort State in past 10 years,” said verdict of people graceful- dominated the campaign
own party later that year. Officials said all the sharp reaction from re- after receiving orders land was leased to Parsi the BJD chief. “I would also ly. I always said that 4.5 more prominently than the
DPAP candidates lost their gional parties. from Maharashtra Chief Gymkhana Club for resi- like to add that Mr. Pandian crore people of Odisha are five-time CM. This gave the
Paltry returns deposits. The poor perfor- Many people were see- Minister Eknath Shinde, dential purposes but the has helped in health, edu- my family and I will conti- impression that the sea-
Official data suggest that mance comes in spite of ing Mr. Azad as a political who had asked Satara Dis- parents of the accused cation, sports and in our nue to serve them in whi- soned CM was being over-
Amir Ahmad Bhat, the par- the canvassing carried out leader who would create trict Collector Jitendra Du- were using it for commer- programme of temple res- chever way I can.” On the shadowed and reduced to
ty’s candidate from Srina- by Mr. Azad in all the three an alternative politics to re- di to assess details of the cial purposes. It was also torations. Mr. Pandian had question of his likely suc- an ordinary politician,
gar seat, managed only seats it contested. He held gional parties, especially to resort and if found illegal, alleged that trees over 10 joined the party and not cessor, he said, “I always which did not sit well with
15,104 votes, a mere 2.24% dozens of poll rallies across the Abdullahs and the Muf- raze it. acres of land were held any post. He did not clearly said Mr. Pandian is the public. The perception
vote share. A close aide of the length and breadth of tis, in Jammu and Kashmir. Mr. Dudi said, “In the chopped to build the re- fight in these elections not my successor. People that Mr. Pandian was
Mr. Azad, Ghulam Moham- the Union Territory. Yet, in the recent election, investigation, it was found sort that includes a lavish from any constituencies,” of Odisha will decide my poised to take over the
mad Saroori, bagged Mr. Azad’s poll narrative it seems the DPAP has that around 12-15 rooms swimming pool, confe- he noted. successor.” mantle from Mr. Patnaik
39,599 votes from Udham- revolved around the three failed to make a mark with were illegally constructed. rence hall, party lawn, spa When asked about rea- According to political gained traction among vo-
pur constituency, which issues of Statehood, deve- its narrative. The Mahabaleshwar Mun- and more. sons the behind BJD’s first commentators, the Bhara- ters.
Himchal to increase
Epigraphs shine light on Kashmir’s rich cultural past prize money for medal
Inscriptions from shrines, temples, mausoleums on display at an exhibition depict cross-cultural connections that have framed Kashmir winners in sports
Peerzada Ashiq The week-long exhibition, offering a comprehensive destroyed Hindu statues).
SRINAGAR organised by the Islamic mapping of our past,” Dr. It’s a different reading that The Hindu Bureau would now receive ₹3
University of Science and Hamdani said. comes across from these CHANDIGARH crore instead of ₹2 crore
pigraphs from the Technology (IUST) and Describing these epigraphs,” Dr. Hamdani
E sixteenth to the
nineteenth
centuries, on display at a
the Kashmir Handicrafts
and Handlooms
department, brings to the
epigraphs as a framing of
the socio-religious milieu
of the period, Dr.
said.
Another inscription
from the Jamia Masjid in
In an attempt to promote
sports and acknowledge
the performance of the
and bronze medallists
would be awarded with ₹2
crore instead of ₹1 crore.
He said for athletes ex-
Srinagar exhibition, shine fore rare devotional and Hamdani said that though Srinagar highlights the State’s athletes at the inter- celling in the Asian Games
a light on Kashmir’s past literary sensibilities of the their message was reconstruction overseen national level, the Hima- and Para Asian Games, the
and throw up new details times, including the certainly one of religious by a native Kashmiri chal Pradesh government prize money for gold me-
about the domination of chronograms. piety, they also speak engineer, historian and under its new sports policy dal winners has been in-
the Persian language, “Collectively, they about the trans-regional administrator, Malik on Saturday announced an creased from ₹50 lakh to
local Hindus’ praise for Treasure trove: Epigraphs on display at the week-long exhibition cover over four centuries connections that framed Haider of Chadoora area. increase in the prize mo- ₹4 crore. Silver medallists
Sultan Sikander, and in Srinagar, which began on Saturday. NISSAR AHMAD of religious and literary Kashmir. “The inscription is ney for medal winners in would now be rewarded
community wells writings, commencing An epigraph from from the period when the various international with ₹2.50 crore instead of
constructed by the It maps architectural which have crept into our with the establishment of Khanmoh in Sanskrit first mosque was burnt during championships. ₹30 lakh, while bronze me-
Mughals. epigraphy from early textual histories,” Hakim Sultanate rule in Kashmir deciphered by Dr. Deambi Emperor Jahangir’s time. In Shimla, Chief Minis- dallists would receive ₹1.50
Epigraphs, including modern Kashmir and puts Sameer Hamdani, author in the 14th century. mentions a ‘maath’ The calligrapher was ter Sukhvinder Singh Suk- crore instead of ₹20 lakh.
calligraphic works, from a spotlight on inscriptions and design director of Deciphering some of the foundation during the again a Kashmiri master, hu said the prize money Mr. Sukhu said the new
40 heritage sites in on khanqahs, mosques, INTACH-Kashmir, said. rarest texts written in reign of Zain-ul-Abidin. Mulla Murad, famous as for gold medal winners in sports policy is aimed at re-
Kashmir are on display at temples, shrines and Dr. Hamdani’s work on Persian, Arabic and “It refers to his father Shirin Kalam (Sweet pen). the Olympics, Winter cognising and encouraging
the Kashmir Arts mausoleums. the epigraphs is a rare Sanskrit, the exhibition as the illustrious Sikander. But the engraver was a Olympics, and Paralym- sporting excellence and
Emporium, where an “Epigraphs have the attempt to decipher the borrows from As you know, Sikander is Hindu, Hari Ram, whose pics has been raised from would ultimately contri-
exhibition started on potential to etched writings at the translations, photographs rather infamous as name is also recorded,” he ₹3 crore to ₹5 crore. Simi- bute to the overall develop-
Saturday. even correct the errors historical sites of Kashmir. and recreated drawings Butshikan (someone who added. larly, silver medallists ment of sports in the State.
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TIRUNELVELI SAIVA Pillai, 29 yrs,
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(IIMB) seeks groom from good fami- RETIRED ENGINEER second divorcee GOVT. COLLEGE Professor, 39 9790994153. years. Father Akkini Ramu, retired
ly same caste, Pure Veg age 60, seeking a kind−hearted wom- Seeks Employed/ Unemployed Bride. Director General of Police, Orissa.
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cadre or MD/ MS/ SS (Same / caste Dhanush, B.Tech (CS) working CISCO
Seek Bride from Mudaliyar.
MARRIAGE BUREAU
no bar). Contact no. 9042261465 DOCTOR MD (Pathology), DCH, 39yrs, Bangalore Rs.19Lacs PA seeks Groom DOCTOR, PG, 34 years, 165cm,
9940241415 AGE 55YRS Divorce, Bank VRS, seek BALIJA 29/180 BE/ M.S (Ger) work-
US UK Canada All Caste Religion
Hindu BC, Divorcee without child, with similar Educational & Professional Catholic, legally divorced, set- life partners/ bride bet 45 to 50. ing able
in Germany 51Lpa. Seeks Suit-
Bride.Ct: 9442623203 / 1st Marriage Remarriage.
placed in private medical college Background Contact: 91768 00819 tled in Kollam Dst, Kerala, Asst Caste/Religion No Bar. Ct 9442838203
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Seeks alliance from educated and Well Educated Family. Seeks Suit-
HINDU VOKKALIGA Gowda 29, BE from affectionate Groom. CNB. Ct: B.Tech SWE MNC B‘Lore,9367762226 employed Christian brides. Mob: able Bride Contact: 9962791888/
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Contact: 97917 68175. ing in Europe, Lithuania, seeks
HINDU NADAR 32, 160, B.Tech, Work- suitable Qualified Bride with IT
ing in IT Star Revathy seeks IT or Finance. Ct 9444267104/
MALAYALAM Groom below 35.Ct: 9944410712/ 9940074508
EZHAVA GIRL M.Tech (NIT) 01.02. 9514952555
1995 (2.18PM) Avittam 158 cm slim MUDALIYAR, KETTAI/VIRCHIGAM, 37,
MNC research division 18 LPA Upper MUDALIAR 26, BE, MBA, 162cm,Good 171CM, BUSINESS 60K.p/m, seeks
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NIT youth,from well educated family, alliance CNB, Ct.8778514465/
respond. 8590361619 7200866346 CHENNAI HINDU SC AD 41 Unmarried
HINDU SC MBBS Doctor Age 28 Uthi-
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Same Caste,Subsects Caste No Bar
ram−I/Simmam seeks suitable well 9884030032/9710389812
employed Groom within Chennai
9500182723 SEEKING ALLIANCE for our Son 37/
175cms, Good Looking, Doing own
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Elite Business family. Seeks Suit- from an affluent family. Caste no
able Groom Ct: 9710093999/ bar. Prefers pet lovers. Contact:
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HINDU NADAR 26/163cm B.Tech, MBA MUDALIAR 29/185 H.some,BTech,IIT,
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Suitable Groom.KA Ramannadar unet Fmly,CNB. 9043991629,
9380791999 9043987029
SC AD Hindu Bride Age 24, BE,MBA
Thiruvonam/Magaram Working in Na- SAIVAPILLAI SIMMAM/ 31/ 175/ BE,
tionalized Bank, Seeking from the MBA/ Pvt Sector/ PA 24L/ Seeks Edu-
same Community Preferably Chennai cated Employed Bride. Ct:
Groom, Bank/ Govt Job from well Ed- 9444436363/ 8248950499
ucated Family, below 29 yrs. Ct:
9443643415 DIVORCEE (MUDALIAR & Naidu) 36Yrs,
Asst Manager SBI 28/165 MBA,Business, Chennai,50 Lakhs PA,
Punartham Vegtn seeks groom from HINDU, ILLATHU Pillai. Alliance in- only son, Elite Family,Seeks
forward community.Ph: 9847036869 vited from a Tamil Nadu based well− bride− Any degree/ caste nobar−
settled decent cultured family for 9840912588
MARATHI our Daughter, Age 24 years, Height
5ft 5inch, fair Complexioned, B.E, VANIKA VYSHYA Boy, Chess Grand Mas-
MBA Graduate. Contact: 9361741023 ter, 26,168, Kettai, Superinten-
dent with Railways, Chennai set-
SAIVAMUDALIAR 31 Bcom Thiruvonam tled, doing MBA, Nagercoil based,
Chennai Seeks Professionals Veg on- 7010758913
ly in Chennai / Geetham 9884858014
TAMIL DOCTOR TAMIL HINDU NADAR, 38yrs, 167cms, BE, Di-
MUDALIAR 34 MBBS, MS, MCh Swathi vorce, Elite Business Family.
seeks PG, Mch, DM Doctors CNB / YADAVA 25/160cms Counselling CSI CHRISTIAN Arunthathiyar,29, B.E 29/180 cm, software, 32 L/ PA, Seeks Suitable Bride Contact:
Geetham 9884858014 Psychologist, Fair, Beautiful, Affluent, MD(anaesthesia) 5'10", seeks parents intercaste Pillai/ Brah- 9380791999
well Educated Family. Seeks well qua- Christian Doctor Bride. 9442823837 min. Seeking educated, Hindu, good
PILLAI / MUDALIAR 36 fair Hastham lified, Handsome Groom from similar looking, employed girl, CNB. Con- BRAHMIN IYER 40 years Poorattadhi
MCA well settled in Chennai Seeks Family background, decent salary, pre- BRIDE WANTED Rich Mudaliyar, tact: 9487783881 Bharadwajam, B.com., Dip. in Hotel
Profly Quafd Working Groom ferably employed in Chennai, Age: 30yrs, MBBS, MS, Elite business Mgt. Working in Star Hotel, Chen-
8220757159 26-30yrs.CNB. CT: 7200061922 family in Chennai.Ct: 9710093999/ SOUTH INDIAN Vegetarian MBBS nai Seeks Bride 35− 38 years, pre-
9710091999 Doctor serving in IAF, Oct 1997 born fer Divorcee W/o issues also Sub-
DKV/PALLAN 27yrs B.E, working Indl. 169 cms Mougalya Gothram, Rohini
HINDU NADAR, 28yrs, B.Tech, MBA, Automation SW. Company, Chennai. sect no bar. Contact No: 9840215610
Elite Industrialist. Seeks Suit- Well settled Family, Father Sr.Engr Rly RICH NAIDU 28yrs MBBS,MS,Own Hospi- Star, Rishaba Rasi seeks Vegetarian
able Groom Contact:9710093999/ (R). Mother DGM-ONGC seeks Groom tals in Chennai Elite Family Seeks Doctor Girl. 9442063443, 9003942248
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clean habits, same caste, Govt. Emp 9710091999 HINDU SC AD 32 Yrs 161cm B.Tech,
/PSU/Pvt. 81489 49077/ 94450 05474. IT Company,Fair, Own House, Well
BUSINESS SC AD 26/B.Tech.,MBA.,Software
Settled, Caste No Bar, Seeks Quali-
PUNJABI Engr.[MNC]1,25,000 p.m.Seeks Bride Groom required for M A qualified ENGINEER fied& Good Natured Bride. Ct:
Highly Educated father from upper Groom.Ph.9444993417/Whatsapp:7397674481 Mudaliar girl 24/162,from good family,
class South Indian Brahmin Family PhD frm IIT Dr Arora girl, 89/5' wkg contact: 94990 15259. WE ARE looking for an alliance for 8680095094
ex banker and now head of a well scientist. Seeks wkg hi edu profile, well MUDALIAR (CNB): 25/V.Fair, BE, MS our son, residing in Bangalore,
known Organisation invites propo- stld Delhi / Banglore. 9811425233, (USA), Associate Developer, MNC, TELUGU height (5ft 7inch), (B.Tech) gradu- PILLAI 38/186 B E (EEE) @ COG-
sal for their only daughter 29, very dr6arora@gmail.com Newyork (USA), Well settled Fami- ate, working in an MNC, DOB 15.11. NIZANT Chennai as IT professional,
fair and Attractive, Educated in Lon- ly, Seeks Groom− Abroad/India− BALIJA NAIDU, 28/152cm, Fair, PG, 1991. Avittam, Bharadwaja Seeks suitable Bride Veg Only. SELLING
don and the US interested in arts. 8925019776 MNC Chennai Ct: 6380984534/saanvigk gotharam, Brahmin Iyer. The bride 9042755506 FINANCE
Seeking good looking highly Educa-
TAMIL lr@gmail.com should hail from a decent, educat-
ted, Loyal, Affectionate Hindu Boy MUDALIAR: 26/ V.Fair, MBBS, MS do- ed family. Brahmin Iyer, age dif- PILLAI(KARUNEEGAR), DOB:24−01−92, REQUIRED EXPERIENCED Assistant for COMMERCIAL
TAMIL CHRISTIAN BE 35/164Cm Hand- CA firm for Accounts, Audit, Etc.
(Not necessarily Brahmin) over 30 some BC Girl Working CTS (SWE) in ing, Chennai, Father Business, GROOM WANTED Rich Kamma Naidu ference up to 5 years, preferably BE, Veg, Job: MNC (Software) Chen- BUILDING
working in Bangalore. Younger sis- nai, Annual Income: 25 lakhs. Seek- cafirm@gmail.com or 9810859503 Lo-
engaged in successful career or USA H1B Visa Seeks Goodlooking Elite Family, Seeks Groom Doctor / 27yrs, B.Tech,Own Constructions, cation: Delhi or Gurgoan
business. Please reply with horo- Groom Working with SWE/Professioal Business − 9962530015 Resorts & Finance,Elite business ter, doctor, already married. Con- ing a suitable bride from the same
scope, or date of birth and time and in USA. CNB. Brokers Excuse.
family in Chennai Ct: 9710093999/ tact with (Astrological) details or any other community. Ph: ✔
COMMERCIAL 3 Floor Building
a photograph to Email Id: CT:8148825673 CASTE NO Bar, 32yrs, MBBS, MS, 9710091999 mobile No.9449048076 or Email to 9841784047 Email: pingme.arul@ MARKETING 4516sqft with land 3.4cent for
sivauma4@hotmail.com gmail.com. sale in Broadway Ernakulam. Rs 45k
dr.vedaprasadmd@gmail.com Well Educated Family. Seeks Suit- RICH KAMMA Naidu, 29yrs, B.
able Groom Contact: 9710093999/ Tech,Well Educated family. Seeks WANTED MARKETING Executive for UP- per sqft. Ct:7982594006
DOCTOR PG final year Pulmonary HINDU Adi Dravida 25/176 Fair BA., VC Window & Door Hardwares manufac-
DIVORCEE Medicine, Christian Nadar (RC) 9710091999 Suitable Groom. Ct: 9710093999/ HINDI L.L.B Advocate in Chennai seeks bride turing company. 98406 77330
slim, fair, April 1994 born, fami- 9710091999 Email: betterhalfbride@gmail.com
HINDU, SOFTWARE Engineer (USA), ly from Kanyakumari, well settled SC MANJU, 26−11−1985,SBI Manager, 1985/175CM, 50 Lakhs PA, Never Mar-
divorcee (no issues), 42, seeking pro- at Chennai. Alliance invited from Hindu Nadar,Bharani,preferred HINDU TELUGU Naidu Born Aug 1990/ ried, Bangalore. WhatsApp: 96290 HINDU, 32yrs/170cm BE., Ayillam-
fessionally qualified grooms, Tamil/ Ke- doctors or any other professional- kanyakumari district,age, 39−40,em- 165cm Ph.D Scholar smart medium 12248 Katagam/ SC/ Affluent Family, well
rala,working in USA-9895022376. ly qualified well settled grooms ployed,ct7200728108/ whatsapp complexion from a Reputed family Educated and settled in Bangalore.
from India or abroad, or Business 9043826601 seeks well educated and settled IAS / Seeking suitable Bride from same/
entrepreneur, any BC or FC communi- groom in India born after 1987. other caste. Contact No: 98454 01461
DOCTOR ty. Please contact 6381146496/ MUDALIAR 24/160 V.Fair Beautiful, Ct:9790908109 ALLIED SERVICES SELLING
9444581118 BE,SWE,HCL,CH,600000.PA, Wellset- 6 FEET 1 inch, 30 yrs, B.Tech (IIT CASTE/AGE NO Bar Yadav(BC) BE,MBA
CHRISTIAN, CAST No Bar 28y, MBBS, tled Family, CNB. 9043991629, GROOM WANTED Rich Naidu 30yrs Kanpur), Group A (Class I) UnMarried earns 40 LPA, Age 39. BMW
MD, Father, Mother Well Educated. LOOKING FOR Christian Bridegroom 9043987029 B.Tech, MS(US), Working in US, Gazetted Officer in Central Govt, Against Dowry, no bad habits
Seeks Doctor or Suitable Groom, for the girl working in USA start- Elite Business Chennai 9710093999/ Mumbai. Caste/Language no Bar. Con- 8825918646 2021 3SERIES GranLimousine 330Li
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8939250457 Elite Business Family. Seeks Suit- BRIDE WANTED Rich Mudaliyar 32yrs 7904338851
able Groom Contact: 9047192999 SMART/SLIM North Indian Brahmin MS(UK) Own Industries in Chennai
GOVT DOCTOR M.D 37 Yrs, RC Never CSI 39YRS B.Pharm,MBA, Officer in girl (Saryupari), Garg Gotra, B.Tech KANNADA (Industrialist) 9710093999/
Married Fair, Seeks RC / CSI Chris- Central Govt 60k/Month, Physically GROOM WANTED Rich Mudaliyar 25yrs (CSE) Dec 1997/160 Settled in
tian Groom Doctor, Engineer Con- Challenged But Manages Regular BE Own schools & Colleges, Elite Tirupati, seeks Well Qualified Pure VISWAKARMA: VEG: 35Yrs/170cm, 9710091999
tact: 9600573068, 9940529886 Chores, Caste No Bar,Expecting Business Chennai 9710093999/ Veg Brahmin Groom. Contact: B.E/Asst.Mgr/12LPA.Wkg in corpo-
Kind Hearted Accepting Person. 9710091999 91 89198 90917. rate firm,Seeks educated girl. DKV 43 DGM - Central Govt. Divorce -
Ph:9566201066. Child with Mother. Seeks Unemployed
DKV 27 M.B.B.S Aswine Mesham Fa- Ct:7358507384 Girl. Caste No Bar. 94426 07143,
ther Mother Doctor. Seeks Doctor VANNIYAR 25YRS Fair Girl BDS look- NAIDU 30/162 Thiruvonam B.Tech
TAMIL MUSLIM, Asst. Professor in ing for BDS, and Doctors Only in seeks suitable groom. Horoscope KANNADA VOKKALIGA Gowda 33/171 Ma- 99945 67839.
Groom Only. Ph : 94431 51045. ham Tax Consultant and Advocate
Chennai, 40/5’4"/ slim, good look- Chennai Contact: 9884473132 Whatsapp 9500046027/ krishnah5@
ing, religious, khula taken, no hotmail.com 15L/pa own house, Chennai seeks HINDU NADAR, 27/170, BE, MBA (BITS
VANIYA CHETTIAR, Poorattahi kids. seeks well employed Tamil ADIDRAVIDAR 31/FAIR, B.E,MBA (HR) Vokkaliga sudha Jathakam bride. Pilani), Rs.3,00000/− per month,
28/165, Fair, MBBS, Govt. Doctor, Muslim Groom has no kids prefer- 8939658785 Seeks Suitable Bride. Ct:
Consultant MNC Chennai, Father ITS 52yrs Brahmin Divorcee seeks Div/ 9380791999
Pondicherry, seeks Doctor Groom, able below 45 from Chennai. Con- officer, Seeks groom− Business/ Wid/UnM should relocate to Hydera-
All Chettiar ok. Contact: 9442066913 tact: 7401655507. Eng/ Govt.office− 7708827265, bad. Pls WhatsApp only: 9032090571 MALAYALAM VANNIYAR 42 BE CHN IT 1st Mar-
8939012419 Seeking BrideGroom for 81 born riage, Looking for bride from a de-
PILLAI / Sozhiya Vellalar 28 / 172 MUSLIM GIRL 37 Fair Slim BE(CSC), Female Working in IT Company Conta- NAIR BOY, 32/ 180, Pooram Suddha cent, educated family. CNB.
MBBS, MD seeks DOCTOR groom.Ct: look for employed BE, MBA never GROOM SOUGHT for Girl 44 Highly Ed- ct No: 7845728736 Jathakam, MBA engaged as Deputy 9840196320
7845235212 / 9941924982 married tamil muslim Groom. ucated Well placed Slim Vegetarian Manager in Family Business in Chen-
9444235779 well Employed IT Professional Up- nai Invited Proposals Nair Girls with MUDALIAR, DIVORCEE, PhD, Profes-
per Middle Class Unconsummated Di-
URDU Suddha Jathakam Ct: 9841428004/ sor, Pvt Eng.College, age 50,Maga-
HINDU REDDY 33Y, 165cms Doctor CHRISTIAN NADAR Fair, B.Tech (NIT) vorcee from Affluent Family. Con- AHLE HADEES parents seek reli- 94446 25522. ram, Seeks educated unmarried/wid-
MBBS, MS. Suitable Never Married , 28 years/165cm, Assistant Direc- tact Phone / WhatsApp 9789056615 ow/ Divorcee without child from FC/
Groom From Chennai CNB Call: 89256 gious, qualified groom for daugh-
tor (Group A), Central Govt. seeks ter 23, 158 cm, fair, BE(CSE) Blr settled, Ker, Hindu GC, 39, 6'2", OBC (40−45yrs) No expectation
40111 suitable Groom. Ct : 9840274501 / WANTED TALL Well Educated Iyengar/ Mob:9944642150 IT Engr BE. Only son, short term Ct:9150799959
raphha72@gmail.com Iyer Groom Chennai Based for a divorcee, no kids. Seeks: Unmarried /
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vehicles to greet those who As tension prevailed in politics of two Telugu some of them in Hydera- stage in the country show- es and some of the sensa-
had extended their sup- the constituency, police States. bad and the political class cased his vision. He was tional films of that era in- band, an architect, had “Notably, this aspect,
port for the victory of Jana- personnel were deployed Born in a middle-class sitting in Hyderabad, was the first to offer a 24-hour cluding Prathighatana, challenged a family court which is vehemently
sena chief K. Pawan Kalyan to prevent untoward inci- family in Krishna district of seen as a revolution and news channel in Telugu Mayuri, Mouna Poratam order passed in April di- pressed before us, almost
in the election. Mr. Varma dents. Andhra Pradesh, he rose to calculated bravery. It conti- apart from several South- and Nuvve Kaavali. recting him to pay a as a measure of despera-
monthly sum of ₹75,000 tion to wriggle out of the
to his estranged wife and obligation cast in the im-
five-year-old daughter as pugned judgment, finds
Congress-backed nominee
wins MLC seat in Telangana
Though the Congress-backed candidate
ISRO set for landing experiment of reusable vehicle 4 Karnataka
MPs-elect to
Chintapandu Naveen emerged victorious in the
byelection for the Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam
graduate MLC constituency, BRS-backed
Tiki Rajwi
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
A Mission Readiness
Review held on
under the RLV-TD, the IS-
RO will use an unmanned
resign from
candidate Anugula Rakesh Reddy would have
won the seat, according to his supporters and Taking its Reusable Launch
Friday cleared the Orbital Re-entry Vehicle
(ORV). The vehicle used
legislature
analysts, if he had not quit the BJP and lost the Vehicle (RLV) programme
mission for the will be 1.6 times the size of
support of BJP activists. Despite securing 1,22,813 one more step closer to first half of June ‘Pushpak’ used for LEX. It The Hindu Bureau
first preference votes, Mallanna did not achieve reality, the Indian Space will be placed in a 400 km BENGALURU
the required 50% threshold of 1,55,095 votes out Research Organisation (IS- orbit around earth using a
of a total of 3,36,013 polled, necessitating the RO) is all set to carry out tude corrections to touch modified Geosynchronous With the notification of
counting of second preference ballots. the third and final RLV down on the runway,” he Satellite Launch Vehicle successful candidates in
landing experiment (RLV said. The LEX-03 mission (GSLV). the Lok Sabha election is-
LEX). will look at how the sink This mission is expected sued on Thursday, four
Speaking to The Hindu rate, or the rate of descent, in two years time. “Various newly elected members to
20 persons hospitalised about the upcoming test
mission, S. Unnikrishnan LEX-02 making a successful landing in March. FILE PHOTO
can be cut down to reduce
the impact load. It will also
experiments will be car-
ried out in orbit. It will
the Lok Sabha have less
than two weeks to resign
after gas leak in Mysuru Nair, Director, Vikram Sa- have on board a real-time have, among other things, from their membership of
rabhai Space Centre Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair said. metres to one side of the kinematics (RTK) package. a thermal protection sys- the State legislature.
About 20 persons were rushed to hospitals after (VSSC), said a Mission Rea- runway using an IAF Chi- Yet another challenge be- tem for safe re-entry into Janata Dal (S) leader
inhaling gas leaked from cylinders in a scrap yard diness Review (MRR) held 3 Mission details nook helicopter and re- fore the upcoming mission the earth’s atmosphere H.D. Kumaraswamy, BJP
on the outskirts of Mysuru on Friday evening. on Friday cleared the mis- RLV-LEX missions involve leased. In LEX-02, the se- is handling tailwind and a retractable landing leader Basavaraj Bommai,
Sources in the Health Department said the sion for the first half of taking an unmanned cond mission, the altitude conditions. gear. The ISRO has started Congress MLA for Sandur
affected persons complained of respiratory June, subject to weather winged prototype, chris- was the same but the later- work on the ORV,” Dr. Nair E. Tukaram and the Lead-
distress, cough and discomfiture in the throat conditions, at the Aero- tened Pushpak, to a desig- al distance from the run- Pushpak development said. er of the Opposition in the
and chest after inhaling the gas, suspected to be nautical Test Range at Chi- nated height and releasing way was 150 metres. The VSSC at Thumba was The ISRO had success- Legislative Council, Kota
chlorine, that had been leaked from the cylinders tradurga, Karnataka. it to land safely under vary- “It has to autonomously responsible for the design fully carried out the LEX-01 Srinivas Poojary are the
in a scrap yard in the locality. The residual gas in “We are scaling up the ing conditions. In LEX-03, approach the runway, ma- and development of mission on April 2, 2023 leaders who should resign
the cylinders is believed to have escaped from difficulty level with the Pushpak will be carried to noeuvre by making cross- Pushpak. and the LEX-02 on March their State legislature .
the cylinders during their handling at the yard. third and final mission,” a height of 4.5 km and 500 range, downrange and alti- In the next stage of tests 22, 2024. membership.
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Meeting of newly elected MPs from Tamil Nadu passes resolution that
States seeking exemption should be allowed to dispense with the test Press Trust of India
DIBRUGARH
The Hindu Bureau solution warned.
CHENNAI The meeting also con- Jailed ‘Waris Punjab De’ ac-
demned the removal of the tivist Amritpal Singh’s pa-
meeting of newly statues of Mahatma Gand- rents arrived here on Sa-
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nister of Andhra Pradesh binet formation. Obliga- our son has won the elec- to the jail employees and
on June 12 at 11.27 a.m, said tions from the alliance There is a lot of difference schemes and railway pro- tion. We have come to said she has brought a new
S. Suresh Kumar, Principal partners, former Ministers, Parliament security between security arrange- jects. The Centre remained meet him so that he will al- clothes and shoes for Am-
Secretary, General Admi- N. Chandrababu Naidu seniority, regional balance, “States that seek exemp- ments in public places and indifferent to the State of so feel happy that people ritpal which he will “need
nistration (Political) De- caste and gender equations tion from NEET should be the Parliament.” the reso- Tamil Nadu and the Tamil love him and elected him for his oath taking as MP”.
partment, in a memo on cratic Alliance (NDA)’s are among the factors that allowed to dispense with lution said. language. The Governor of
June 8 (Saturday). Prime Ministerial candi- could influence the choice the test. We will raise the “The PSS cadre are the State constantly creat-
A place close to an IT date Narendra Modi, a few of the candidates. issue in Parliament,” said trained to identify and deal ed problems for the State
park at Kesarapalle near senior NDA leaders, and Krishna District Collec- the resolution. The meet- with current and former government and the
the Gannavaram airport the Chief Ministers of a few tor D.K. Balaji and Superin- ing was also attended by members of the Parlia- Centre had treated Tamil
has been zeroed in as the other States will attend the tendent of Police Adnan DMK’s Rajya Sabha ment. Handing over the people as secondary citi-
venue for the oath-taking ceremony. Nayeem Asmi visited the members. task to the CISF will create zens,” the resolution
ceremony. National Demo- Of the total 175 Assembly site of the ceremony. Another resolution con- a lot of difficulties,” the re- alleged.
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ness the changes asked in the open; we used jection models. Since the
that we saw in its a method which allowed vote-seat relationship is ve-
neighbouring States of Ut- the respondent to main- ry tricky, Lokniti-CSDS
tar Pradesh, Haryana, and tain the secrecy of the res- tries to keep away from
Rajasthan. Delhi voted the ponse about their vote. That was another stage of seat forecast. The vote
way it did in the previous The question was asked us- adjustment of vote share share of the Bharatiya Jana-
two general elections, ing an app which had the where the researcher did ta Party declined only by
though its overall vote names and symbols of all not arbitrarily decide the 1% in 2024, but the party
share dipped marginally. the political parties. All the respondent’s answer but lost 63 seats. There could
The combined vote shares responses were collated. through a uniform proce- have been a possibility of
of the INDIA alliance (the Based on the responses to dure applicable to all simi- the party not losing such a
Congress and the Aam the question on voting, we lar cases. In the latest Lok- large number of seats with
Aadmi Party) improved by estimated from the survey niti-CSDS post-poll survey the vote share declining by
a few percentage points Hat-trick: Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrates the party’s victory, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. AFP what we call the raw vote for 2024, we had 11% ‘don’t just 1%.
compared to 2019. Yet the share. know’ responses. In some We hope that this infor-
INDIA alliance’s combined among Muslims. The com- Two major factors con- give the BJP another date. Among BJP voters, se- The next step was to States, it was 3-4%, but mation helps clarify the
vote share was 11 points bined vote share of the IN- tributed significantly to the chance. Second, while Na- ven in every 10 said so. look at the demographic there were States where process as well as the
lower than that of the BJP. DIA alliance was substan- result. First, the overall sa- rendra Modi remains pop- This time, there were no profile of voters of each the share was much higher. doubts about the survey
The Bharatiya Janata tially high among Muslims tisfaction of voters with the ular, respondents indicat- winds of change in Delhi. State to estimate the var- In the survey, we often data not being reliable.
Party (BJP) got a lot of sup- (83%). The BJP did well BJP-led Central govern- ed that they voted for the Whether the stranglehold iance in the demographic got underestimations of Lokniti believes in com-
port from the upper castes across class categories. ment’s performance dur- party. When people were of the BJP will loosen in the profile of voters and the vote for independents and plete transparency and
and Other Backward Class- Chief Minister Arvind ing the last five years was asked whether they would upcoming Assembly elec- sample. The variance in smaller regional parties. In non-interference in its sur-
es (OBCs). Among the Da- Kejriwal’s arrest and the high. It was clear that the have voted for the same tions remains to be seen. the demographic profile of the last stage of vote share vey exercise by any outside
lits, the BJP’s vote share AAP’s slogan, “Jail ka ja- respondents focused more party if Mr. Modi had not voters (if that happened) adjustment, we tried to fix agency and assures its
was roughly equal to that wab vote (the answer to jail on the Central govern- been the prime ministerial Biswajit Mohanty is Associate was adjusted (weighted) by the vote share of smaller readers and the academic
of the INDIA alliance (Ta- is vote)” turned out to be a ment’s performance than candidate, as many as six Professor in the Department of the actual demographic regional parties and inde- community about the com-
ble 1). The BJP received non-issue: three-fourth the State government’s of every 10 (60%) said they Political Science, Deshbandhu profile of all the voters in pendents based on pre- plete reliability of the find-
one-seventh (14%) of the (76%) of the respondents performance while voting. would have voted for the College, University of Delhi, and the State. This resulted in vious election results and ings as is admissible within
Muslim vote — double its said it hardly affected their Close to two-third (63%) of party irrespective of the Ramzan Shaikh is PhD scholar at an automatic adjustment other available informa- the scientific parameters of
all-India average vote share vote. the respondents wanted to prime ministerial candi- Delhi University in vote share estimates tion. Once that was done, the survey method.
O
ed
2019 Lok Sabha
election, the Unit-
Democratic Front
who to vote for. It means
the strong presence of an
anti-incumbency wave
in terms of vote share, the
BJP retained its domi-
nance, losing only 13%
(UDF), led by the Indian against the Centre and the votes in 2019. In the run-up
National Congress, swept State government helped to the elections, it was be-
the 2024 polls in Kerala, the Congress-led alliance. ing said that there were dis-
winning 18 out of 20 seats sensions within the BJP
(19 seats in 2019). For the Voting patterns and also that various social
Bharatiya Janata Party The increase in BJP’s vote sections, particularly the
(BJP), opening its account share was made possible Kshatiryas were unhappy
in Lok Sabha elections in by a slight change in the with it. But the BJP seems
the State, was a historic demographic voting pat- to have warded off these
achievement. terns. Close to a majority challenges. This is not to
The Left Democratic from among the Nairs say that there were no ob-
Front (LDF), won just one (45%) voted for the BJP/ servable changes in how
seat, as was the case the Joyous moment: Mahila Congress workers celebrating UDF candidate N.K. Premachandran’s massive NDA. The Ezhava com- various social sections are
last time around. victory in Kollam. C. SURESHKUMAR munity, the leading Hindu aligned with the State’s of the BJP is evident. Only national average of a barely
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The CSDS-Lokniti post- caste group in Kerala that two major parties. Lokni- the Dalits, Adivasis and 8% vote share for the BJP
poll study shows a strong Rahul Gandhi was traditionally supports the ti’s post-poll study suggests Muslims have voted for the among Muslims, in Guja-
anti-incumbency wave the preferred Prime LDF, also moved to the BJP the Congress making some BJP in fewer numbers. rat, as many as three in ev-
against the Union govern- Ministerial choice of (32%). This adversely ef- inroads in rural areas and Both Dalits and Adivasis ex- ery 10 Muslims supported
ment. over one-third of the fected the LDF’s election among Kshatiryas as well tended support to the Con- it.
In the study, seven of ev- prospects. Moreover, for as the Dalits and Adivasis. gress — 46% and 41%, res- It needs to be noted that
respondents while a
ery 10 (70%) of the respon- the first time, 5% of the The BJP has a uniform pectively. But consider among the BJP supporters,
dents said that the National little less than Christian minority voted and robust vote share both this: among the Patidars, 27% said they would have
Democratic Alliance (NDA) one-fourth of them for the BJP. Despite these in rural and urban areas who have for long been the voted differently if Naren-
government should not be favoured Modi shifts, the UDF retained its with almost two in every backbone of the State BJP, dra Modi was not the PM
given another chance. traditional vote share of three voters supporting it the support for the BJP was candidate. Thus, even
Muslims, Christians and but the Congress was able to the extent of 80%! though Gujarat has be-
Focus on work which party to vote for, other caste groups, which to register a slightly better Though as reported during come the strong bastion of
The 2024 Lok Sabha elec- one-fourth (26%) of the res- helped it to secure 18 seats. support of voters from ru- the campaign, there might the BJP, the Modi factor is
tion was considered by the pondents considered the ral areas than in urban have been some murmurs equally important in shap-
people of Kerala more as a work done by the Union K.M. Sajad Ibrahim is Professor, areas. In urban areas, it among the Kshatriyas, the ing the political choices of
direct contest between the government, while anoth- Department of Political Science, tended to lose votes to oth- BJP still managed to get the the Gujarat voters.
UDF and NDA, given their one-third (35%) of the res- respondents opposed the er one-fourth (24%) looked and Dean, Faculty of the Social er smaller players. support of a large number
potential to form the go- pondents while a little less arrest of Opposition lead- at the work of the State go- Sciences, University of Kerala and Even in terms of the vot- of Kshatiryas (58%) while a Bhanu Kumar Parmar is the
vernment. Rahul Gandhi than one-fourth (23%) of ers and believed that it was vernment. Nithya N.R. is Assistant Professor, ing pattern among diffe- little less than four of every Lokniti-CSDS state Coordinator for
was the preferred Prime them favoured Narendra done for political reasons. However, one-third Department of Political Science, rent caste groups and com- 10 Kshatriyas voted for the Gujarat and Shivani Choudhary is
Ministerial choice of over Modi. More than half the Similarly, while deciding (32%) of the respondents University of Kerala munities, the stranglehold Congress. As against the a researcher at Lokniti-CSDS
In Chhattisgarh, women Modi as PM pitch did not cut much ice in Punjab
voters give a push to BJP Ashutosh Kumar
Nirmal Singh
Subir Singh Jamwal
government at the Centre.
The failure to create em-
ployment opportunities
of its support from rural
voters (every third of rural
voters choosing AAP), the
and control the price rise Congress and the BJP were
Akash Tawar Punjab saw a multi-cor- were considered the worst the main competitors for
nered contest and a keen failures of the Union go- the urban vote. Every third
Chhattisgarh is one of the electoral battle among key vernment in the last five urban voter voted for the
States where most contests actors. Despite both being years. In this Sikh majority BJP. Both among Hindu Da-
are often clearly bipolar part of the INDIA alliance State, it is important to lits and Sikh Dalits, the
between the Congress and in Delhi, the AAP and the note that close to nine of Congress was successful in
the BJP. The recent loss in Congress were adversaries every 10 respondents getting around 31% sup-
the Assembly election had here. Though both polled (86%) believed that the go- port. Sikh OBCs were
already set the stage in fa- roughly equal votes, the vernment was duty-bound mainly divided between
vour of the BJP. The BJP gress/non-BJP candidates stronger among urban vo- Congress was more suc- to protect the interest of the Congress and the AAP
won 10 out of 11 seats in the got support almost exclu- ters. But what helped the cessful in terms of seats (7) Choosing wisely: Voters in Punjab considered the candidate as minorities even if the ma- while the BJP was the most
2024 Lok Sabha election in sively from men voters on- BJP most in achieving this than the AAP (3) with the well as the party while making their electoral choice. ANI jority community did not preferred party of the Hin-
Chhattisgarh, with only ly — thus slightly fragment- success was robust sup- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) appreciate it. Showing du upper castes (56%). The
one seat going to the Con- ing the male vote at the port across three impor- winning one seat and two the constitution and the half (51%) of the respon- trust in peaceful and pe- most critical aspect of this
gress. The BJP in Chhattis- cost of the Congress. Fol- tant social groups — the up- going to Independents. In- rights of the citizens, espe- dents were contacted by all riodic transfer of political vote distribution was that
garh got a higher percen- lowing the formation of the per castes (74%), OBCs terestingly, the BJP polled cially the socially marginal the contesting parties power, a majority of res- Akali Dal failed to win the
tage of votes than they did State government, the BJP (56%) and the Dalits (59%). more votes (18.6%) than groups and minorities, did through WhatsApp, text pondents (53%) endorsed support of any section in
in recent Assembly elec- initiated its manifesto pro- In contrast, the Congress the SAD (11.6%). find an echo among the vo- messages, Facebook and the same. Thus, the post- any substantial manner.
tions. The Congress’ vote mise and introduced the received more support The CSDS-Lokniti post- ters of the State. Close to X. The State once famous poll surveys showed a high This decline of the Akalis
share has more or less re- Mahatari Vandan Yojana among Adivasis (59%). poll data shows that the vo- half (44%) of the respon- for civil society activities level of awareness among opens up space for both
mained constant. The ad- that credits ₹1,000 to wo- Last time, though the ters in Punjab considered dents held their right to like processions and plays the respondents about the the Congress and the AAP
ditional vote received by men’s bank accounts every Congress was in power at the candidate as well as the change the government es- saw few such activities. sanctity of liberal demo- to build a more durable so-
the BJP compared to the month. The State govern- the State level, Chhattis- party while making their sential to the well-being of Nine of every 10 respon- cratic values and trust in cial coalition.
Assembly vote share ment ensured that women garh had stood firmly with electoral choice. The BJP democracy whereas four dents reported in the nega- the well-being of the
meant that the distance get their payments before the BJP and that tradition seeking vote in the name of of every 10 (40%) priori- tive when asked about institutions. Ashutosh Kumar is a Professor at
between the two parties the elections. This move continued this time around the party’s Prime Ministe- tised equal rights for every their participation in such The post-poll survey Panjab University, Nirmal Singh is
further widened. may have additionally too. rial candidate did not cut citizen. events. A majority (51%) of throws light on the voting Assistant Professor at Doaba
An interesting pattern helped the BJP in getting much ice with the voters. The role of social media the respondents reported preferences of different so- College and Subir Singh Jamwal is a
that emerges from Chhat- women’s votes. Akash Tawar is Lokniti-CSDS, State The Opposition alliance fo- during the campaign was being either fully or partly cial sections in the State. research scholar at Panjab
tisgarh is that non-Con- The BJP was slightly coordinator from Chhattisgarh cusing on the need to save unmistakable as more than dissatisfied with the NDA While the AAP draws more University, Chandigarh
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do that. We have a strategy
and I have already started
30 out of 48 Lok Sabha
seats in the Western State,
Engineer Rashid’s release
the work,” he added. while the ruling alliance been moved before the Pa-
Days after offering to re- Mr. Fadnavis clarified won 17 seats, with an addi- The Hindu Bureau tiala House Court in New
sign over the BJP’s poor that his initial resignation tional seat won by a rebel SRINAGAR Delhi. The court has been
performance in the Lok offer was not driven by Congress candidate. very liberal to us. It has set
Sabha election in Maha- emotions or disappoint- Mr. Fadnavis said while The Awami Ittehad Party the next date for hearing as
rashtra, Deputy Chief Mi- ment over the electoral re- there was talk of sympathy (AIP) has petitioned a Delhi June 18. However, if the
nister Devendra Fadnavis sults. “I do not retreat; I for Shiv Sena (UBT) leader court to allow its MP-elect, need arises, the court
announced on Saturday fight back. In times of ad- Uddhav Thackeray, his par- Engineer Rashid, currently could hear the plea early in
that he would remain in his versity, we can rebound ty failed to win any seats in lodged in Tihar jail, to par- spite of the ongoing sum-
position. with strength, as taught by the Thane and Konkan ticipate in the oath-taking mer vacations,” an AIP
This decision followed a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maha- areas. In Mumbai, Mr. ceremony in Parliament. spokesman said.
party meeting where State raj,” he stated. Thackeray’s success was The party also hinted at The party spokesman
BJP legislators expressed He attributed part of the due to the consolidation of expanding its membership Engineer Rashid said Mr. Rashid’s commu-
their confidence in him electoral loss to a “fake Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis arrives for a meeting with BJP votes from a specific com- drive to central and south nication channels, which
and urged him to continue narrative” that acted as an Maharashtra MLAs, MLCs and other office-bearers in Mumbai. PTI munity, not broad Marathi- Kashmir. He won the Lok Sabha were barred, are likely to
as their leader. additional opposition force speaking voter support, he Mr. Rashid, a two-time election from Baramulla by be lifted. He said the party
He said senior party for the Mahayuti. “False alongside the three-party Modi has decided to cele- claimed. MLA, was arrested in 2019 a thumping margin, defeat- was hopeful about the re-
leader Amit Shah too asked rumours about the BJP Maha Vikas Aghadi. We brate the 75th anniversary “They (Shiv Sena (UBT)) by the National Investiga- ing National Conference lease of Mr. Rashid.
him to stay on, and he has planning to change the realised this after the of the Constitution, yet the had a narrow lead in Ma- tion Agency on terror- leader Omar Abdullah. Mr. Rashid surprised
since started preparing for Constitution had harmed fourth phase of election,” narrative spread…” the BJP rathi-dominated Assembly funding charges under the “We have initiated legal everyone in the Lok Sabha
the Assembly election. “I the ruling alliance. This Mr. Fadnavis explained. leader said. segments of Worli, Shivdi, draconian Unlawful Activi- formalities for Mr. Rashid’s election by defeating Mr.
met Amit Shah who asked fake narrative acted as a “Fake narratives have a In the recent Lok Sabha Vikhroli and Bhandup,” he ties (Prevention) Act (UA- oath-taking ceremony. A Abdullah and J&K Peoples .
me to continue, and I will fourth (opposition) party long life. Prime Minister election, the MVA secured said. PA). petition for interim bail has Conference’s Sajad Lone.
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expected — from heads of Ministers to be sworn in monstrate that bilateral
Party leader Partap Singh Bajwa argued that as governments of Bangla- Sources say that many of The TDP is likely to get Maharashtra, where the and the VVIPs, the officials ties are heading in a “posi-
LoP, Mr. Gandhi can force the government to de- desh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the NDA’s alliance partn- four berths, with three- BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance said. tive direction”.
liver on some of the guarantees like scrapping the Bhutan, the Maldives and ers, such as the Telugu De- term MP Ram Mohan Nai- has fared poorly, and Bihar, Mr. Muizzu, Ms. Hasina, Unlike his predecessors,
Agniveer scheme, making minimum support Mauritius, to sanitation sam Party, the Janata Dal du a front runner for one of where the Opposition has Sri Lankan President Ranil who made the first port of
price (MSP) for farmers a legal right and corner workers, labourers who (U), the Shiv Sena, the Lok these berths. JD(S) leader shown signs of revival, may Wickremesinghe, Vice-Pre- call to New Delhi after as-
the government over the provisions of the worked on the Central Vis- Janshakti Party and the Ja- H.D. Kumaraswamy is also be in focus during the go- sident of the Seychelles suming office, Mr. Muizzu
Constitution. ta construction in New Del- nata Dal(S), are set to get a shoo-in for a Cabinet vernment formation exer- Ahmed Afif, Prime Minis- had travelled to Turkiye
Lauding her brother’s determination, Congress hi, and those who worked ministerial berths. berth, so is Chirag Paswan, cise. ter of Mauritius Pravind and China for his first state
general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told the on the Vande Bharat trains. whose party, the LJP, has The Assembly election is Kumar Jugnauth, Nepal’s visit in January.
CWC that even if she had a doubt about the party’s Beneficiaries of Central Portfolio allocation won all five seats it contest- due in the western State in Prime Minister Pushpa Ka- “The visit of the leaders
performance, Mr. Gandhi had unflinching faith in schemes, a few of whom Senior sources in the BJP ed in Bihar. October, while the polls mal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, to attend the swearing-in
Congress’s ability to bounce back and perform. were present at the launch have confirmed that the Within the BJP, it’s being will be held in Bihar next and Bhutan’s Prime Minis- ceremony of Prime Minis-
She said personal attacks and ridicule by the BJP of the BJP’s manifesto in party would be retaining said that former Chief Mi- year. ter Tshering Tobgay have ter Narendra Modi for his
over the past 10 years could not shake his April, too have been invit- the “Raisina Hills portfo- nisters who won the Lok The desertion of sup- accepted invitations to the third consecutive term is in
confidence. ed. lios”, that is, Defence, Sabha election such as port by a section of voters, event. Mr. Prachanda will keeping with the highest
Ms. Vadra also said BJP’s defeat in Uttar Pra- On Saturday, senior BJP Home, Finance and Exter- Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Ba- especially from the Sche- be accompanied by his priority accorded by India
desh has taken away the aura of invincibility from leaders Rajnath Singh, nal Affairs but a fair share savaraj Bommai, Manohar duled Castes and other de- daughter Ganga Dahal, and to its ‘Neighbourhood
the ruling party, both in the State and at the Amit Shah and the party’s of important Ministries Lal and Sarbananda Sono- prived sections, may also Minister for Law, Justice First’ policy and ‘SAGAR’
Centre. national president J.P. Nad- would be allocated to the wal may also be accommo- be a guiding factor in go- and Parliamentary Affairs vision,” Ministry of Exter-
Reflecting on the results, Mr. Gandhi said those da held hectic parleys. partners. dated. vernment formation. Padam Giri. nal Affairs said.
who had to leave have done so and those who re-
main with the party and in Opposition ranks are
the real “warriors of democracy”. He also praised
INBRIEF
! 30 houses, two police Jarange-Patil begins SIT to probe
death of cattle
outposts torched in fresh hunger strike transporters
for Maratha quota near Raipur
Manipur’s Jiribam Abhinay Deshpande
The Hindu Bureau
RAIPUR
MUMBAI
Militants behind arson and violence, says CM; additional Central security The police have registered
forces and police personnel rushed to the district; SP transferred Maratha activist Manoj Ja- a case of culpable homi-
India-China relations must be range-Patil began an indefi-
nite fast on Saturday de-
cide not amounting to
murder and attempt to
based on mutual respect: MEA Vijaita Singh manding the murder against unknown
NEW DELHI implementation of a draft persons in a lynching case
The Government of India on Saturday thanked notification that recognises at Arang in Chhattisgarh.
China for congratulating Prime Minister uspected militants all blood relatives of Ma- On Friday, Guddu Khan
Narendra Modi on his election victory and said it
would continue to make efforts for normalisation
of bilateral ties based on "mutual respect, mutual
S torched nearly 30
houses and two pol-
ice outposts in Jiribam dis-
ratha community mem-
bers as Kunbis, an agrarian
group classified as an Oth- Manoj Jarange-Patil
and Chand Miya Khan of
Uttar Pradesh were killed
and Saddam Qureshi was
interest and mutual sensitivity". The comments trict of Manipur on er Backward Class (OBC) injured in the Arang area of
by Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Saturday. community, who are eligi- his demands were not met. Raipur. With Mr. Qureshi
Randhir Jaiswal (in photo) came as relations Chief Minister N. Biren ble for quota benefits. “Marathas were granted still not in a condition to
between India and China remained frosty in view Singh said additional pol- “I will not give up until reservations by the BJP-led provide a statement, the
of the lingering border row along the Line of ice personnel and Central the Maratha reservation is government on both occa- police have not been able
Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. Mr. Jaiswal was security forces had been granted,” he said. sions,” Deputy Chief Minis- to identify the suspects, in-
replying to a congratulatory message to Modi rushed to the district fol- The Maratha quota acti- ter Devendra Fadnavis vestigators said on Satur-
posted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on X. PTI lowing arson and violence. On alert: Security forces during a joint search in Bishnupur and vist’s fresh agitation began said, following a party day.
A forest outpost too was set Imphal East districts of Manipur on Friday. PTI at 10.30 a.m. in his native meeting where State BJP le- “A 14-member special
on fire by suspected mili- Antarwali Sarati village in gislators passed a resolu- team has been formed to
tants early on Saturday, he of Prime Minister-desig- monitoring social media Marathwada’s Jalna dis- tion reposing faith in him ensure a detailed investiga-
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said. nate Narendra Modi on updates that may incite trict, despite the district and seeking his conti- tion. We have registered an
Post elections, EC seeks action “The militants torched Sunday. communal feelings,” the administration and police nuance as party leader. FIR under Section 304
against IPS officer in Odisha around 30 houses also. The Manipur Police said police said. authorities denying him Without naming specific (culpable homicide), 307
This follows the abduction in a statement that in the permission. individuals, he added: “It (murder attempt) and 34
The Election Commission has recommended and killing of a 59-year-old violence that broke out fol- 200 people evacuated His demands include is surprising that those (act done with common in-
action against Odisha-cadre IPS officer Ashish farmer (May 6),” Mr. Singh lowing the murder of the About 200 people, mostly OBC status for Marathas, who opposed reservations tention) of the IPC,” said
Kumar Singh for “misrepresentation of fact” said. “Around 100 Manipur farmer, “several houses be- from the Meitei communi- and the implementation of since 1980 got maximum Senior Superintendent of
about his health condition while revoking the Police personnel, other longing to both Meitei and ty and some from the Kuki- the draft notification is- votes in Marathwada.” Police (Raipur) Santosh
suspension order on another senior police officer than reinforcements from Kuki communities were Zo community, were evac- sued by the State govern- Previously, Mr. Jarange- Singh.
D.S. Kutey. In a letter to the Chief Electoral the Central Reserve Police burnt by unknown mis- uated from their houses in ment earlier this year. Patil had led an agitation The FIR has been regis-
Officer of Odisha, the EC said the report of the Force and the Assam Ri- creants in Jiribam district”. Jiribam district and moved Mr. Jarange-Patil also over the issue from Febru- tered suo motu by the pol-
special medical board of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, fles, have been sent to Jiri- “Further, two police to a camp over the last two called for a law to be ary 10 to 26. ice based on information
has declared Mr. Singh, a 2010-batch police bam. The district had been pickets and the Borobekra days after violence broke framed for identifying Kun- On February 20, the le- provided by Shoaib, a rela-
officer, physically and mentally fit. He has been peaceful so far, it never Forest Beat Office were al- out. bis as Marathas, warning gislature passed a bill pro- tive of Chand Miya Khan
on leave on health grounds since May 4. Mr. witnessed violence at this so burnt down by mis- The Manipur govern- that he would field candi- viding 10% reservation for and Mr. Qureshi, who was
Kutey, the Special Secretary to Odisha Chief scale,” he told The Hindu. creants. Situation is tense ment transferred Jiribam dates for all 288 Assembly Marathas in education and privy to two phone calls
Minister, was suspended by the EC on May 28 for He is in Delhi to attend but under control at pre- Superintendent of Police seats in Maharashtra in the government jobs under a made by them at the time
“unduly interfering in conduct of election”. PTI the swearing-in ceremony sent. The police are also A. Ghanashyam Sharma. upcoming State election if separate category. of a purported attack.
Business Delhi
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Electric bus operator GreenCell Mobility n a significant move up with autonomous ac- prises a fresh issue of equi-
promoted by climate impact investor Eversource aimed at enhancing tions to achieve them, said ty shares of up to ₹4,000
Capital, is planning to scale up its fleet to 5,000 regulatory oversight Adnan Masood, Chief AI Adnan Masood crore and an offer for sale
units within three years from about 1,100 and compliance, the Com- Architect at UST, a Califor- (OFS) of equity shares
currently to provide green mobility to intercity petition Commission of In- nia-based digital technolo- end vacation planning, job worth ₹3,000 crore by pa-
and intra city commuters across India. The dia (CCI) has proposed gy services provider. application automation, in- rent Bajaj Finance, accord-
company has also announced plans to more than new rules to monitor the LAMs are advanced AI vestment portfolio optimi- ing to the draft red herring
double its charging infrastructure comprising settlements, and commit- models. They go beyond sation, and personalised prospectus (DRHP).
250 chargers by that time. ments of industry giants. generating and interpret- social media content crea- The share sale is being
The CCI’s latest consul- ing text like ChatGPT, and tion, all while continuously conducted to comply with
tation paper, and draft reg- can perform tasks interact- learning and adapting to the Reserve Bank of India's
ulations, promises to usher ing with applications and user preferences.” This has regulations, which require
‘Clay Craft aims to increase in a new era of transparen-
cy and accountability for
will ensure orders of the
Commission are imple-
regulations of the Competi-
tion Commission of India
devices in the real world.
Mr. Masood said, ‘‘They
helped cut significant la-
bour costs at U.S. insu-
upper-layer non-banking
finance companies to be
exports fourfold in 3 years’ the technology sector. mented. They must inform (Settlement) Regulations, can autonomously handle rance firms and other sec- listed on stock exchanges
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The draft regulations the CCI of instances of non- 2024, or the Competition complex tasks like end-to- tors, Mr. Masood added. by September 2025.
Clay Craft, which is into ceramic tableware have introduced a compre- compliance and disclose Commission of India (Com-
manufacturing, producing more than one lakh hensive framework for ap- any direct, or indirect pe- mitment) Regulations,
pieces daily and exporting to more than 22 pointment of independent cuniary or non-pecuniary 2024. In cases where the
countries, is planning to increase exports
fourfold in three years, said its director Deepak
Agarwal. “India continues to be our focus
agencies to oversee the im-
plementation of the Com-
interest, that could prejud-
ice their performance, and
application is filed under
the Combination Regula- Expecting consumer demand to
mission’s orders. submit periodic reports re- tions, or any other relevant
market. Currently exports account for less than
5% of our total turnover. But we aim to have at
This move aims to en-
sure industry giants adhere
lated to the monitoring of
order compliance, as di-
regulation, the payment
responsibility will lie with
return in H2: Sundaram Finance
least 15% to 20% of our total production out of to their commitments and rected by the Commission. the appropriate person as
India for the export market,” he added. do not exploit loopholes to Additionally, the agen- directed by the CCI. This N. Anand The new government back private sector capital
evade regulatory scrutiny, cies shall maintain the will ensure the financial CHENNAI is expected to ensure investments would remain
sources said. highest standards of confi- burden does not fall on the continuity in priorities.
dentiality, regarding any regulatory body, but on the Continuity in policy, a fa- infrastructure policy, On the medium to long-
ACC, Atal Incubation Centre Independent agencies
The proposed regulations,
information received, or
collected, during the dis-
parties seeking settlement
or commitment.
vourable monsoon, and a
vibrant festive season are
says MD Rajiv
term prospects, he said,
“Our primary objective is
ink pact to boost start-ups empower the CCI to ap- charge of their obligations expected to bring back Lochan getting to a market share in
point a range of indepen- and will perform any other Big tech consequences consumer demand and en- the geographies that we
The Andhra Chamber of Commerce (ACC) has dent agencies, including duties as stipulated under These proposed regula- sure momentum during ic front, Mr. Lochan said operate in.”
signed a memorandum of understanding with accounting firms, manage- the terms of engagement, tions signify a landmark the second half of the cur- that the new government “If the market moves up
Atal Incubation Centre at the Anna University ment consultancies, pro- as directed by the CCI. shift in how regulatory rent fiscal, said Sundaram was expected to focus on by 10% in a particular asset
Incubation Foundation, aimed at boosting the fessional organisations, compliance will be moni- Finance Ltd. (SFL) Manag- economic growth, ensur- class, we would want 10%
start-up ecosystem and aspiring entrepreneurs. and individuals such as No challenge in court tored in India for the tech ing Director Rajiv Lochan. ing continuity in infras- of that growth. If the mar-
The tie-up would help both partners to leverage chartered accountants, The CCI will retain the sector. By instituting a ro- “The government is tructure policy, besides ket plateaus, we would still
their strengths and reach out to a wider company secretaries, and authority to suspend or bust and independent continuing... so there will containing inflation and want to hold the same
audience. The focus would be on the social cost accountants. These terminate the engagement monitoring mechanism, be continuity in most of creating jobs. 10%,” Mr. Lochan said.
sectors initially and later expanded to others agencies will be tasked of these agencies if they fail the CCI aims to prevent big the policy agenda,” he said He hoped that driving “So, we let the market
based on the start-ups’ interests. PTI with the critical responsi- to meet the stipulated stan- tech firms, from circum- during an interaction. up consumption, improv- growth determine our ov-
bility of monitoring the im- dards. This can be done in venting regulatory orders, On macro and econom- ing exports and bringing erall growth,” he added.
plementation of the CCI’s accordance with the terms and ensure that they adh-
orders, ensuring that the of their engagement, or, if ere to their commitments
GSTN rolls out form for terms of engagement are
strictly followed.
deemed necessary by the
Commission, for reasons
in letter and spirit.
The CCI’s move to tight-
tobacco manufacturers To maintain integrity, recorded in writing. Im- en oversight through these
and impartiality, agencies portantly, any such revoca- new regulations, is expect-
The GST Network (GSTN) has rolled out a special must confirm their inde- tion by the CCI cannot be ed to set a benchmark in
form for manufacturers of pan masala and pendence by disclosing po- challenged in any court of regulatory enforcement.
tobacco products to report inputs and outputs tential conflicts of interest. law, ensuring swift and de- With their implementa-
procured with tax authorities to check evasion. This measure, is de- cisive action. tion, the CCI will aim to en-
This new form — GST SRM-II — comes within a signed to prevent any un- The proposed regula- sure transparency, accoun-
month of GSTN rolling out GST SRM-I form for due influence, and ensure tions state that payment to tability, and compliance in
registering machines of such manufacturers. unbiased monitoring of monitoring agencies will the tech sector, as the mar-
Moore Singhi’s Executive Director Rajat Mohan compliance. be made by the person ket evolves.
said the new form requires detailed monthly The agencies appointed who has filed an applica- (The writer is with The
reporting of inputs and outputs. PTI under the new regulations, tion, under the relevant Hindu businessline)
Why is China Why did several exit polls go off the mark?
probing the far What methodology should be followed for accuracy? How do we know that a survey has done its sections, either do not reveal their voting
side of the moon? homework? What are the red flags? When are exit polls conducted? Do respondents open up on
their choice? In a close election, is it more difficult to get seats and voter shares right?
preferences or require a measure of trust with
the surveyor before opening up on their choices.
There is a possibility that the pollsters who got
this election wrong either under-sampled
What is the latest in its ambitious space marginalised voters or their surveyors were not
Srinivasan Ramani Whether a section of the electorate is randomly chosen and trusted by the respondents to reveal the right
odyssey? How did China’s other moon interviewed about their choice of party or answer or were misled by them.
polling
missions fare? The story so far: agency has candidates. These polls could either be
everal exit polls predicted the return of conducted in-person or over devices as is the What happens after the surveys?
S
done a good
the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National case with telephonic surveys. Exit polls ask Once the survey is done, the results should be
Vasudevan Mukunth Democratic Alliance (NDA) to power, survey is voters about their choice right after they have matched with the estimated demographic
with a tally of more than 300 seats for clear from exercised their mandate, sometimes outside the information. If there are 12 respondents among
The story so far: the BJP alone. One pollster, Today’s Chanakya, what it polling booth. Some pollsters prefer to do Dalits whose choices are recorded in a
n the pre-dawn hours (IST) of June 4, a predicted 400 seats (plus or minus 15) for the reveals in its “post-poll surveys” which are conducted at the population of 100 and the actual proportion of
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named for the goddess of the moon in Chinese Congress which won 29 seats) with a vote share representative and the largeness of the sample is shares — CSDS Lokniti didn’t. Vote share to seat
mythology. The Chinese National Space of 37%. CSDS-Lokniti did not project seats for immaterial as long as it is significant enough to share conversions can be done in different ways.
Administration (CNSA) launched the Chinese the alliances but predicted that the NDA would statistically predict the winner. If the sample is The most commonly used method is by
Lunar Exploration Programme (CLEP) in 2003, return with a majority. Its vote share figures randomly chosen and the size of the sample is assessing the swing in vote share for a particular
and the first Chang’e mission happened in 2007. were within the error margins but were 2.5 enough to accurately predict the possibility of a party from previous elections, either in a State
Chang’e 1 created a map of the moon’s surface. points higher for the NDA. Axis My India certain candidate winning more than 40-45% of or to be more accurate, in a particular region
With Chang’e 2, CLEP launched phase I of its projected 47% for the NDA and 39% for the the vote — which is generally the case with and to be more precise, if the sampling allows
moon missions, and equipped the orbiter with a INDIA bloc and the results showed that the Indian elections — then even a representative the pollster to do so, in a particular
better camera. Its images were used to prepare projections overestimated the NDA vote share sample of around 20,000-odd respondents is constituency. The swing for or against a party as
the Chang’e 3 mission’s lander and rover for beyond error margins. C-Voter projected a seat enough to predict winners in a country of a against the same for its opponent(s) can provide
their descent on the moon, which they tally of 353 to 383 seats for the NDA, with a vote voting population of close to 100 crore. One can the basis for whether an incumbent will be
successfully achieved on December 14, 2013, share of 45.3% and 38.9% for the BJP alone, conduct larger surveys with more than 20,000 returned from a particular constituency or
starting CLEP’s phase II missions. which was 2.3 points higher than the actual vote respondents or even with lakhs of respondents whether a party can retain a certain number of
In 2019, Chang’e 4 carried the first lander and share for the party — 36.56%. Its figures for the but the key is to get good representation. CSDS seats in a region of a State or a State as a whole.
the rover to descend on the moon’s far side and INDIA bloc were also roughly 2.4 points lower Lokniti’s total sample size was 19,663 across 23 As veteran psephologist and media
explore this more than the actual mark. While the vote shares States and 193 parliamentary constituencies personality Prannoy Roy points out in his book,
Chang’e 6 is attempting mysterious region. were within error margins nationally, its seat while that of Axis MyIndia’s was 5,82,574 across The Verdict, written with Dorab R. Sopariwala,
to replicate its Phase III began tallies were way off across several States. all the 543 constituencies. But the former got its some pollsters look at swings from previous
predecessor’s feat but with the Chang’e 5 vote share predictions within the error margins polls and the “index of opposition unity” to
from the moon’s far mission. In late What are exit polls? while the latter didn’t. determine the margin of victory for a particular
2020, it deployed a Opinion polls are sample surveys where a cross For good representation, the samples have to candidate and predict seat share from vote
side. This time, the
lander on the be chosen randomly (so as to avoid bias) and shares. None of the pollsters who tied up with
scientific goal is to moon’s near side. also be chosen in a stratified manner (so as to major television channels got their vote to seat
understand why the far It included a avoid missing out on any section of the shares right. Since none of them have revealed
side is so different mission population). The most ideal way of choosing a what they consider their “secret sauce” — the
from the near side component called random, but stratified sample, is to use electoral conversion process — it is difficult to ascertain
an ascender, rolls for identifying respondents. Once sampling why they got it wrong.
which, after collecting and stowing some lunar is done and the list of respondents are
soil samples, launched itself into orbit. There, an identified, they need to be weighted on the basis Is a close election difficult to predict?
orbiter collected the samples, transferred them of the representation of sections in the It is evident that pollsters in India mostly get the
to a returner, which brought them to the earth. population — the percentage of women, Dalits, winner of an election and the seat shares closer
Chang’e 6 is attempting to replicate its minorities, majority population, and urban vs to reality when the outcome is decisive. When
predecessor’s feat but from the moon’s far side. rural voters. After a representative sample has elections are this close, pollsters rarely tend to
The scientific goal here is to understand why the been prepared, interviews are conducted. be accurate on vote and seat shares. Whether a
far side is so different from the near side. Ideally, a face-to-face interview works better, polling agency has done a good survey is clear
and in the same language as the respondent. from what it reveals in its methodology — the
What is the far side? sample size, the mode of survey, the
The moon is tidally locked to the earth: the Do respondents reveal their choice? representation of the sample, and inbuilt error
lunar hemisphere facing the earth will always Close contest: A man watching television waits for the release of exit polls at an There is a high probability that many margins. If a survey doesn’t reveal these, it
face the earth, and the hemisphere facing away appliance store in Ajmer on June 1. AFP respondents, especially those from marginalised should not be considered serious enough.
(far side) will always face away. The far side has
rockier terrain and fewer smooth plains.
Thus, it’s harder to land a spacecraft on the
far side — more so since it’s impossible to
communicate directly from the earth with a
spacecraft here: there’s no line of sight. A
workaround is to have a second spacecraft in
What is the National Health Claim Exchange?
space that relays signals between ground
stations on the earth and the surface spacecraft. Will the platform help patients access healthcare easily? Will it bring about transparency in the India: Insights for National Health Protection
This makes the mission more complex. Scheme’, noted that health insurance is an
healthcare claims ecosystem? What are the hurdles to the Insurance Regulatory and Development important policy strategy to provide health care
The far side is expected to be a good place to
install large telescopes, which would have a view Authority of India’s objective of achieving ‘Insurance for All by 2047’? services as well as reduce high out-of-pocket
of the universe unobstructed by the earth. ISRO expenditure which burden individuals. It points
and scientists at the Raman Research Institute, out that for all India, the hospitalisation cases
Bengaluru, are currently working on such a Bindu Shajan Perappadan ‘The primary Asked if the system will help to accommodate are highest when insured from private purchase
device, called PRATUSH. challenge in the dynamic and diverse healthcare system of (54.4 per 1,00,000 persons). In urban areas,
The story so far: health India, S. Prakash, MD & CEO designate, Galaxy cases for inpatient care are observed to be
What is the status of Chang’e 6? he Health Ministry along with the Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited, highest for those covered by government-funded
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insurance
CNSA launched the 8.3-tonne Chang’e 6 Insurance Regulatory and said the healthcare landscape has been evolving schemes (60.4 cases per 1,00,000 persons). On
orbiter-lander assembly on May 3 and it entered Development Authority of India lies in to align with IRDAI’s objective of achieving the contrary, in rural areas, in-patient cases are
a lunar orbit on May 8. On May 30, the lander (IRDAI) are working on measures improving ‘Insurance for All by 2047’. “The insurance substantially higher for those purchasing private
complex split from the orbiter and descended aimed at allowing patients to access quality the industry is poised to support the insurance (73.5 cases per 1,00,000 persons).
over a large crater called Apollo on June 1. healthcare swiftly and with reduced relationship implementation of this system by facilitating Also, overall in-patient cases are higher for
CLEP scientists coordinated this part of the out-of-pocket expenditure. The Ministry and between streamlined interactions between hospitals and urban areas compared to rural areas.
mission with help from the Queqiao 2 relay IRDAI are launching the National Health Claim hospitals insurers, establishing a seamless, paperless, and Arguing for the NHCX, the Health Ministry
satellite, which the CNSA launched in February Exchange (NHCX), a digital platform which will secure contractual framework. Acting as a states that the platform will help in
and
this year into an elliptical orbit around the bring together insurance companies, healthcare centralised hub for all health claims, the NHCX standardisation and interoperability of health
moon. Once within Apollo, a drill plunged into sector service providers and government insurance will significantly alleviate the administrative claims and will bring in seamless exchange of
the soil, and with help from a scoop extracted insurance scheme administrators. companies’ burden on hospitals, which currently contend data, documents and images between payer
about 2 kg of material, and transferred it to the with multiple portals for various insurers,” he (insurance company/TPA/government scheme
ascender. On June 4, the ascender took off for How is the NHCX expected to work? explained. Twelve insurance companies and one administrator) and provider (hospital/lab/poly
moon orbit. There, it rendezvoused with the The NHCX will serve as a gateway for TPA (Third Party Administrator) have completed clinic). Industry experts also note that the
orbiter and transferred the samples to a capsule exchanging claims-related information among the NHCX integration. platform, through uniform data presentation
in the returner on June 6. various stakeholders in the healthcare and and centralised validation of claims data, could
The returner is expected to bring them to the health insurance ecosystem. The integration What about cashless claims? bring in a more standardised approach to
earth on June 25. with NHCX is expected to enable seamless A timeline has been fixed for insurance claims of healthcare pricing.
interoperability of health claims processing, cashless claims. The insurance authority has
What might the samples reveal? enhancing efficiency and transparency in the said that all cashless claims have to be processed What are the challenges?
Since Chang’e 6 is a Chinese mission, the ‘what’ insurance industry, benefiting policyholders and within three hours of the receipt of discharge Health insurance contributes to approximately
depends on the samples as much as ‘by whom’ patients, said the Health Ministry. authorisation from the hospital. The insurance 29% of the total general insurance premium
and ‘when’. regulator has set the insurance provider a income in India. The primary hurdle in health
CNSA hasn’t been sharing periodic and deadline of July 31 to put systems and processes insurance today lies in improving the
detailed updates, as has been expected from in place to ensure the smooth facilitation of this relationship between hospitals and insurance
other moon missions. latest directive. companies, said Dr. Prakash, adding that the
Once CNSA retrieves the sample-bearing push towards digitisation requires active
capsule, Chinese scientists will have first crack at What are some other incentives on offer? involvement from both parties, necessitating
it before sharing access with foreign research To encourage adoption of digital health upgrades to current IT systems and enhanced
groups based on their proposals. It’s unknown transactions and digitisation of patient health workforce training. “Issues such as discharge
whether any Indian research groups have records in the country, the National Health delays and miscommunication between
applied for access. Authority had announced financial incentives hospitals and insurers further complicate
Scientifically, the far-side samples are under the Digital Health Incentive Scheme matters. Building trust among policyholders
expected to inform insights about why the moon (DHIS) from January 2023. Under the DHIS, hinges on delivering efficient services. The
is the way it is and the formation of planets. For there is a provision that for every insurance NHCX portal aims to streamline the claims
example, scientists believe the terrain claim transaction through NHCX, financial process by bringing all stakeholders onto one
asymmetry between the two lunar hemispheres incentives of ₹500 per claim or 10% of the claim platform, reducing claim times and
is because of heat released by the earth when amount, whichever is lower, would be given to standardising procedures. While challenges like
the moon was forming and thermochemical hospitals, according to a Health Ministry note. data breaches are being effectively tackled, the
characteristics near the moon’s surface. NHCX stands as an ongoing benefit for all
(The details in this article are as of 4 pm on Why is NHCX being brought in? involved, facilitating smoother operations within.
June 8, 2024.) GETTY IMAGES A paper titled, ‘Health Insurance Coverage in the healthcare space,” he said.
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or Nara Chandrababu Naidu, The TDP’s emergence as a key ally Later, several global corporations, Chandrababu Naidu
the 74-year-old Telugu Desam of the BJP in a coalition government is mostly IT firms made a beeline to set became Chief Minister of
Party (TDP) supremo, the a timely opportunity for Mr. Naidu. He up shop in Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh for the
2024 elections brought a has already made it clear that the TDP However, in the 2004 polls, Mr. first time in 1995 after a
double victory. His party captured will be a part of the Union Cabinet and Naidu lost power to the Congress revolt against his
power in Andhra Pradesh by winning he may bargain for plum portfolios. party. There were criticisms that his father-in-law and the then
135 seats in the 175-member Assembly, His immediate goal is to finish the high-tech governance overlooked the Chief Minister, N.T. Rama
and emerged as the second largest incomplete task of rebuilding the economic conditions in the rural areas. Rao
party in the National Democratic bifurcated A.P. and, especially, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy of the
Alliance (NDA) by securing 16 Lok Amaravati as the capital city — his Congress won two consecutive terms !
Sabha seats (out of the 25 in the State). brain child. and remained the CM till he died in a While in power, Naidu was
With the Narendra Modi-led He fought the 2024 polls in an helicopter accident in 2009. Mr. Naidu hailed as the ‘CEO of A.P.’
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) falling alliance with the BJP and Pawan was back as CM post bifurcation of the as he promoted high-tech
short of the halfway mark in Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party ( JSP). State in 2014. During this term, he and transparent
Parliament by 32 seats, Mr. Naidu has Explaining the logic behind the promised to build Amaravati like he governance
emerged as a kingmaker. The BJP is alliance, he stated that ‘without the once transformed Hyderabad. Now
also banking on the Janata Dal Centre’s support, it is not possible to that he is back in power, his pet !
(United), led by Bihar Chief Minister rebuild the bifurcated A.P.” project is in the limelight again. However, in the 2004 polls,
Nitish Kumar, which won 12 Lok Sabha Mr. Naidu may also revive his Naidu lost power to the
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seats, and other smaller NDA partners, demand for the SCS for the State, Jail term Congress party. There were
to form the next government at the which was promised by the former After his 2019 defeat, Mr. Naidu faced criticisms that his
Centre. Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in multiple cases and was arrested in high-tech governance
Post elections, there were rumours the Rajya Sabha, in 2014 when A.P. was September 2023 in a multicrore scam overlooked the economic
that the Congress and the INDIA bifurcated to carve out Telangana. related to the Skill Development conditions in the rural
alliance had offered the special While the then ruling Congress offered Corporation. He spent 53 days in jail. It areas
category status to Andhra Pradesh and the SCS to AP for five years, the BJP was a low point in his political career.
key portfolios to the TDP in return for had endorsed the same to be extended But it was at this time,
the party’s support, but Mr. Naidu, for 10 years. This apart, Mr. Naidu is actor-turned-politician and Jana Sena
who flew to Delhi to join an NDA expected to seek the Centre’s support Party leader Pawan Kalyan announced
meeting after the results were for completing the long-pending his support for the TDP after meeting
announced, made it clear that he Polavaram Multipurpose Irrigation Mr. Naidu in Rajahmundry jail. Mr.
would stay with the BJP-led alliance. Project, say TDP leaders. Kalyan also said he would work
Prime Minister Modi thanked Mr. towards bringing the JSP, the TDP and
Naidu for extending the TDP’s support Grandiose plan the BJP together to form an alliance.
for the NDA. And Mr. Naidu said Mr. As the first CM of bifurcated A.P. in The trio fought the 2024 election
Modi is the right leader for India at the 2014, Mr. Naidu came up with a together, and the rest is history.
right time, adding that balancing grandiose plan to build Amaravati with “It’s a wonderful result and such
regional aspirations with national the help of a Singapore consortium, huge majorities became possible only
interests is a must for India, while which submitted a master plan. He due to the combined efforts of the
ensuring the holistic development for could gather over 34,000 acres from TDP, the Jana Sena and the BJP,” said
all sections of society. thousands of farmers in 29 villages TDP State president K. Atchannaidu.
For record, Mr. Naidu played a key through a land pooling plan for Mr. Naidu started his political career founder of the TDP and a doyen of “The victory has enhanced our
role in national politics in 1996 and Amaravati. right from his student years in Sri Telugu cinema. Later Mr. Naidu responsibility multifold. The State is
2014 when he was the Chief Minister of But he could not complete the Venkateswara University, Tirupati, switched to the TDP and became Chief sabotaged, systems failed and the
Andhra Pradesh. He extended his project as he was voted out in 2019 where he did MA in Economics. Minister in 1995 in united A.P. after a YSRCP has thrown the State into a
support from outside to the Atal Bihari and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Hailing from Naravari Palli in Chittoor revolt against his father-in-law and financial crisis. But still, I’m very
Vajpayee government. In 2014, when Congress party came to power. district, he joined the Congress party. Chief Minister NTR. During his 10-year confident that the State is under the
Mr. Modi came to power at the Centre, The YSR Congress government He became an MLA at the age of 28 tenure, Mr. Naidu created a space for able and experienced leadership of
he was part of the NDA, but the came up with a three-capital plan: and a Minister at the age of 30. Mr. Hyderabad in the global map as a Nara Chandrababu Naidu and a
alliance fell apart in 2018 as the Amaravati as legislative capital; Naidu served as the Minister for favourite IT destination. stalwart like Narendra Modiji is the
demand for the special category status Visakhapatnam as executive capital Cinematography, Technical Education, During this time, Mr. Naidu was PM; we will bring the State back on the
(SCS) for the bifurcated Andhra and Kurnool as judiciary capital, to Irrigation and Archives during T. termed the CEO of A.P. as he right track. And we will live up to the
Pradesh was not met. The TDP high ensure decentralised development of Anjaiah’s government between 1980 promoted high-tech and transparent responsibility given to us by people,”
command then asked its Ministers in the State. But the plan did not take off and 1983. governance. He convinced Bill Gates to he said. “I bow to the five crore Telugu
the Union Cabinet — Ashok Gajapathi either within the five-year term of Mr. Later he married Bhuvaneswari, set up the Microsoft India people in the State who gave us such a
Raju and Sujana Chowdary — to quit. Jagan’s government. daughter of the late N.T. Rama Rao, the Development Centre in Hyderabad, great victory.”
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itting in his room at in December 2019. His or the first time in a the election was between
the Western Court protests in front of the Del- decade, the Con- Ms. Thakor and local
MP Hostel along Jan- hi Police headquarters and gress will have a strongman Shankar
path, Chandrashekhar at Jama Masjid won him an member in the Lok Sabha Chaudhary, who is now the
Azad fields calls on a almost cult-like status. from Gujarat. In the 2014 Gujarat Assembly Speaker
phone that does not stop Following the promi- and 2019 elections, the BJP and the head of the Banas
ringing. Two Uttar Pradesh nence his politics gained had swept the home State Dairy, which has an annual
Police personnel are sitting after this, Mr. Azad regis- of Prime Minister Naren- turnover of over ₹15,000,
on the couch next to him. tered his party — the Azad dra Modi, winning all 26 and vice chairman of the
There is a beeline of jour- Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Lok Sabha seats. Gujarat State Cooperative
nalists, fellow MPs, politi- — and immediately started However, in the just Bank. In Gujarat, Chaud-
cians, and political work- tory in Uttar Pradesh’s Na- lage, Gharkauli welcomes preparing to build his polit- concluded national polls, Ms. Thakor comes from rit. Known for her rustic harys are a dominant caste
ers waiting to meet him. gina constituency — a tradi- you”, which triggered ob- ical organisation. In 2021, Geniben Thakor, the 49- a lower middle-class family speech and aggressive spread in the northern dis-
Among them is Manoj tional bastion of the jection from Thakurs. TIME magazine put him on year-old Congress candi- in Banaskantha. Thakors in style and seen as an ap- tricts such as Banaskantha,
Kumar, the newly-elected Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Ever since, the Bhim Ar- a list of 100 “emerging date from Banaskantha in Gujarat are spread in the proachable leader who at- Mehsana and Sabarkantha
Congress MP from Bihar’s Mr. Chandrashekhar’s my and its members have leaders who are shaping North Gujarat denied a hat- North and Central regions tends social gatherings fre- and wield considerable
Sasaram — one of the 19 SC victory by a margin of over worked hard to become the future”. trick sweep to the BJP, by and are called OBC Kshatri- quently, Ms. Thakor caught clout in local dairies.
seats the INDIA bloc 1.5 lakh votes on a seat like the first port of call for the Now, as he prepares to defeating the ruling party’s ya. They are mainly en- the fancy of her communi- To garner financial re-
flipped from the BJP dur- Nagina, put together with people of their community take oath as a member of Rekha Chaudhary. gaged in agriculture with ty. sources, Ms. Thakor
ing this Lok Sabha elec- the BSP’s abysmal perfor- — whether it is about atroc- the 18th Lok Sabha, Mr. “Geniben has become a small holdings or are la- crowdfunded her election,
tion. After an endearing mance this year (the party ities by upper caste folk or Azad is clear about his giant killer not just for de- bourers in the farms. Daunting challenge urging the public to contri-
embrace, Mr. Azad intro- drew a blank), is now giv- police brutality or about priorities — “My work will feating the BJP candidate A student of the Jain Notwithstanding her pop- bute to her campaign,
duces him to the room: ing more credence to the protecting Ambedkar sta- be for the Scheduled Caste, but also for smashing the Vishwa Bharti Institute in ularity and the community which she said would de-
“He used to be a state unit argument that the fire- tues from bulldozers. Scheduled Tribe, back- BJP’s giant ego that Gujarat neighbouring Rajasthan, support she enjoyed, the mocratise her contest and
president of Azad Samaj brand leader has occupied The Bhim Army has also ward classes, Muslims, was theirs,” said Gulabsinh Ms. Thakor joined the Con- challenge of fighting a Lok make it participatory. “Ob-
Party (the party Mr. Azad a special place among Dalit organised protests de- youth and women and it Rajput, a former Congress gress as a grassroots work- Sabha poll was daunting viously, I had to ask people
founded) — a Majboot Cha- voters in the region. manding government ac- will always be against injus- legislator who played a key er. In 2012, she contested on several counts. First, to support me not only
mar.” Then he turns to Mr. An Ambedkarite activist tion against atrocities on tice,” he says, without get- role in Ms. Thakor’s victory the Assembly elections she hardly had any finan- with their votes but also
Kumar, “This is our mo- and lawyer by education, Dalits and arranged legal ting into the specifics ex- from Banaskantha, a rural from Vav constituency but cial support to take on the with their monetary con-
ment. So what if we are Mr. Chandrashekhar’s pol- help to the victims. cept one thing — the need district where large num- lost. Five years later, she BJP’s resources. Second, tribution because the sky
from different parties, we itics is built on a visible as- As the conversation in for a Caste Census. ber of residents are depen- defeated the BJP’s strong- neither she nor the Con- was the limit on the other
are stepping into Parlia- sertion of his Dalit, specifi- Mr. Azad’s Western Court At the same time, when dent on dairy farming and man Shankarbhai Chaud- gress party had a network side with the bank and dai-
ment together now.” cally Chamar, identity. As quarters continues, he asked if he thought the animal husbandry. The lo- hary, who was a Minister of workers and leaders to ry coffers,” she said, ad-
Mr. Kumar replies, an activist, his initial focus says, “Now you see what vote for his politics was cal Banas Dairy is the lar- and chairman of the Banas match the BJP’s well-oiled ding that she had urged pe-
“What can I say? Iss baar was on bringing volunteer- they are doing with the one rejecting Hindutva, gest among over a dozen Dairy and Banaskantha election machinery. ople to make small
Chamaron ne Samvidhaan run schools to the people Ambedkar statue’s reloca- Mr. Azad was cautious in district milk unions that District Cooperative Bank. “It was a fight between contributions like ₹111.
bacha diya hai bhai saab of his community. tion in Parliament com- his response. “Religion is a make up the Gujarat Coop- In December 2022, she Banas Ni Ben (Sister of Ba- “Her victory is huge
(This time the Chamar peo- One of the early instanc- plex. I am not going to let personal thing. It should erative Milk Marketing Fed- won again even when the nas) vs Banas Bank & Dairy. considering that she was
ple have rescued the es that catapulted Mr. that go.” not be brought into polit- eration, which markets Congress suffered a huge Everyone in the district fighting not only against
Constitution).” Chandrashekhar and his ics. So I won’t say this was dairy products under the defeat in the State, winning knows how the BJP mis- the BJP, but also against the
“This is what has hap- organisation, the Bhim Ar- Dalit-Muslim unity a rejection of anything, but Amul brand. It was in Ba- only 17 out of 182. used the two institutes [the state machinery, bootleg-
pened in this election,” Mr. my, into the spotlight was A significant part of Mr. I will say this: BJP leaders naskantha, where, during In the parliamentary diary and bank coopera- gers supported by the pol-
Chandrashekhar, 37, tells the installation of a board Azad’s politics over the repeatedly talking about the campaign, Prime Mi- polls, the Congress decid- tives] to win the polls and ice and cooperative institu-
The Hindu as he tries to in 2015 on a private land in years has also been to making a theocratic nation nister Modi said, “if you ed to field her from Banas- yet, the people of Banas tions,” said Congress
prepare his schedule for Gharkauli, proclaiming, build Dalit-Muslim unity, and their arrogance has had two buffaloes, the kantha, a seat the party have blessed their sister,” leader Jignesh Mevani,
the next few weeks after “The Great Chamar: Dr. which was buoyed by his upset the people and they Congress would take away last won in 2009, given her Ms. Thakor said. who is also a legislator .
having won a decisive vic- Bhimrao Ambedkar Vil- participation in the anti- have spoken accordingly.” one if it is voted to power.” popularity and fighting spi- Though Rekhaben from Banaskantha district.
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U.S. destroys drones and missiles in ‘Danish leader Mette Frederiksen Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders Attacks in Russia-held Kherson,
Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen suffered light whiplash in assault’ dies in small plane crash at age 90 Luhansk leave 28 dead: officials
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The Islamist group and the Jewish state are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger, António JERUSALEM/CAIRO spokesperson said 22, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and
Shlomi Ziv, 41. They were
Guterres will tell the UN Security Council; ‘adding Israel to the list of shame will not bring back our children,’ says Palestine Israeli forces rescued four
the rescue operation
taken to hospital for medi-
was conducted in
hostages held by Hamas cal checks and were in
Associated Press this month will likely just him that Israel would be in since October in a raid in a residential area good health, the military
UNITED NATIONS put more of a global spot- the report when it is sent to Gaza on Saturday while ov- said.
light on the country’s con- the Council next week, UN er 200 Palestinians were They were all kid-
he UN Secretary- duct of the war in Gaza and spokesman Stéphane Du- killed in airstrikes in the rescue operation unfolded napped from the Nova
partnership on global
President Joe Biden is be- Pakistan Prime Minister
ing feted by French Presi-
security issues, move Shehbaz Sharif and Chi-
dent Emmanuel Macron past trade tensions nese President Xi Jinping
with a state visit on Satur- in their meeting have af-
day as the two allies aim to firmed consensus on the
show off their partnership against Russia’s invasion. upgradation of the China-
on global security issues But Mr. Macron and Mr. Pakistan Economic Corri-
and move past trade Biden have often chafed at dor (CPEC) and advancing
tensions. the pace of support for Uk- high-quality development Chinese President Xi Jinping,
Mr. Biden and Mr. Ma- raine, especially as the Un- of the multi-billion dollar Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif.
cron attended ceremonies ited States was forced to project in the second
marking the 80th anniver- pause aid shipments for phase. The leaders held an the first meeting of Mr.
sary of D-Day on Thursday months. in-depth discussion at the Sharif with Mr. Xi since as-
and met separately the fol- The state visit began historic Great Hall of the suming office in 2024.
lowing day with Ukrainian with a ceremony at the Arc People in Beijing on Friday The CPEC, which con-
President Volodymyr Ze- de Triomphe and a mili- during the five-day official nects Gwadar Port in Pakis-
lenskyy in Paris. tary parade along the visit of Mr. Sharif which be- tan’s Balochistan with Chi-
The leaders both used Champs-Élysées leading to gan on June 4. na’s Xinjiang province, is
those engagements to un- the Élysée Palace The leaders were ac- the flagship project of Chi-
derscore the urgent need “Proud to be here,” Mr. Ballot sorting: An electoral worker climbs onto a table as European and local ballot papers are separated before starting the count, at a companied by the Minis- na’s ambitious Belt and
to support Kyiv’s fight Biden said. local election counting centre, in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday. REUTERS ters and officials. This was Road Initiative (BRI).
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Pakistan would look to exploit the Miller saves South Africa’s blushes
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Group-D contest in Dallas
on Friday.
INBRIEF
! It’s a hat-trick of titles for
Swiatek at Roland Garros
Extends her reign as she dominates Paolini to breeze through in straight sets; the Pole becomes
only the third woman to win the tournament three years running after Henin and Seles
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PARIS Battle of equals: Alcaraz and Zverev will give it their all in their
quest to get their hands on the elusive title. AFP
Poland’s Milik to miss Euro oland’s Iga Swiatek
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21-year-old Chinese rival Kexin Hong in the final, US Open. look to claim a maiden Ro- ment. I really want to put
bowing out tamely to settle for a silver in the 57kg She is the fourth woman land Garros title on Sun- my name on that list.”
category of the Budapest Ranking Series in the Open era to lift the day. Alcaraz, who already Fourth seed Zverev,
wrestling in Budapest. Competing against the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen has two Grand Slam titles who scored a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4,
No.1 ranked Chinese, Anshu lost 1-12 on technical four times — after Justine to his name, has been seen 6-2 victory over Casper Ru-
superiority against the Hangzhou Asian Games Henin, Chris Evert and as Rafael Nadal’s successor ud in the semifinals on Fri-
bronze medallist in the 53kg category. Steffi Graf. on the Paris clay. day, will look to settle a
In Friday’s last-four en- score with the tournament
Clicking into gear counter against Jannik Sin- itself, having been elimi-
“It’s amazing to be here. I ner, he owed his long co- nated in the semifinals
Leverkusen signs French love this place. I wait every
year to come back,” said
meback from a woeful,
tense start to the Italian’s
here in the three previous
editions while still chasing
teenager Belocian Swiatek, who clicked into inconsistency. his maiden Grand Slam tit-
gear after saving a match As long as he is mentally le. He has reached the final
Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen has point against Naomi Osaka prepared for the challenge, at a major once previously,
signed French teenager Jeanuel Belocian from in the second round. however, Alcaraz, the at the 2020 U.S. Open.
Ligue 1 side Rennes until 2029, the German club “I was almost out of the youngest to reach a Grand Zverev, who has been
announced on Friday. Sky Germany reported the tournament,” she said. as a teenager at the start of lini it was a sorry conclu- the fourth round of the Slam final on all three sur- tested in marathon match-
centre-back arrived for a fee of €15 million. Swiatek becomes only the 1990s. sion, at least in singles, to Australian Open in faces - hard, clay and grass es here this year, has ho-
Calling the defender “a great talent”, Leverkusen the third woman to win the At 23, her four Roland an otherwise brilliant fort- January. - will be the favourite to lift wever been playing some
sporting director Simon Rolfes said the tournament three years Garros titles is the same night in the French capital. “I have to say congratu- the Musketeers Cup and of his best tennis, and his
19-year-old “has the potential to become an running. number Rafael Nadal, the The World No. 15 had lations to you, Iga,” said add his name to the list of ability to prevent Alcaraz
important player for Bayer Leverkusen”. Henin, in 2005-07, was record 14-time champion, won a total of four matches Paolini. “I think to play you Spanish players. from revving up his devas-
the last to do so. Monica had at the same age. in 16 Grand Slam appea- here is the toughest chal- “I watched a lot of tating forehand will be a
Seles also achieved the feat For the 28-year-old Pao- rances before advancing to lenge in this sport.” matches. Of course Rafa key of the contest.
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vo Car Scandinavian Mixed geys to be 6-under. When
posting third best effort, ahead of Leclerc, winner in Monaco two weeks ago Open golf. the second round ended,
Diksha was 4-over and he was tied-20.
Reuters
MONTREAL
of Haas’s Magnussen while
Hamilton is seventh fastest for
Mercedes
Magnussen.
Seven-time world cham-
pion Lewis Hamilton was
Riya wins thriller for
ston Martin’s dou- who grew up in Montreal
seventh fastest for Mer-
cedes. McLaren’s Lando women’s title
A ble world cham-
pion Fernando
Alonso set the fastest lap in
and whose father owns the
team, brightened up the
day for the home crowd
Norris, who topped the
first session, finished at the
bottom of the second.
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a wet and wild practice at posting the third best ef- Red Bull’s triple world Riya Sachdeva saved two
the Canada Grand Prix fort, ahead of Ferrari’s champion Max Verstap- match points to beat top
here on Friday with both Charles Leclerc, winner pen, who was dominant in seed Aditi Rawat 2-6, 7-5,
sessions run under a sev- two weeks ago in Monaco. Montreal a year ago lead- 6-4 in the final of the
ere weather watch at the ing every lap from pole, ₹100,000 AITA women’s
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Promising start did not get his bid for a Ca- tennis tournament at the
Alonso, 15th in the rain- It was a promising start to nada hat-trick of wins off to Faridabad Tennis Acade-
hit first practice, took ad- the weekend for Ferrari a smooth start. my. In the semifinals, the
vantage of early dry condi- with Leclerc third best in After clocking the fifth 17-year-old Riya had beaten
tions in the second with the morning session be- best effort in the first ses- Yashika Shokeen. It was
the Spaniard clocking a hind teammate Carlos sion, the Dutchman could the third singles title in the
time of one minute and Sainz, who was 13th best la- manage only four laps in women’s circuit for Riya.
15.810 seconds around the ter in the afternoon. the second before pulling The results (final): Riya
island circuit almost a half- Two teams that don’t into the pits saying on the Sachdeva bt Aditi Rawat 2-6, 7-5,
a-second ahead of Mer- routinely feature at the top radio that he smelled 6-4. Semifinals: Aditi bt Samaira
cedes George Russell. of the timesheets made smoke coming from the Malik 6-3, 6-1; Riya bt Yashika
Canadian Lance Stroll, surprise appearances with car. Shokeen 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Riya Sachdeva.
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Foraging flock: Greater adjutant storks in search of food at a garbage dumping site in Guwahati. Stark reality: The birds depend on the wetlands of Guwahati for fish but piles of garbage are heaped along the shores.
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Edged out: A group of birds wait for garbage trucks on the boundary wall of a dumping site near the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary in Guwahati. The storks are forced to feed on garbage as live prey such as fish and frogs are becoming scarce due to shrinking wetlands.
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he greater adjutant stork is one of the Beel Wildlife Sanctuary, a Ramsar site.
most endangered bird species. Its Between October and February is the time
habitat is in the Brahmaputra valley of when fish and other live prey can be found in
Assam. The birds are found mostly in abundance, and this period is also the breeding
three districts of Assam — Guwahati, Morigaon, season for the greater adjutant stork. During the
and Nagaon. non-breeding season, these birds forage in urban
The wetlands in and around Guwahati were waste disposal sites.
Ritu Raj Konwar
home to these storks, which depended on them Principally carnivorous, the greater adjutant
rituraj.k@thehindu.co.in
for food, water and shelter. But the biodiversity stork preys on fish, frogs, snakes and other
hotspots have given way to buildings due to rapid reptiles, eels, birds, and, also, carrion.
urbanisation and the habitat loss is a major threat Seasonally dependent on wetlands for foraging
for the survival of this bird species. and tall trees for roosting and nesting, the storks
Today, the greater adjutant stork is described suffer from the ongoing destruction of habitat
as endangered on the Red List of Threatened through encroachment, overfishing and drainage
Species by the International Union for projects. In Guwahati city, most of the roosting
Conservation of Nature. trees are located on private land and many of
Earlier, the State capital had the largest them have been felled or are being cut down.
concentration of greater adjutant storks in the Though the species has received legal
country. But with their habitat usurped by protection in India, in many areas, people drive
concrete, and the loss of food sources, these large out these birds as they may carry pieces of rotting
birds — some almost five feet tall — are now seen meat to feed their hatchlings and because their X
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only at a garbage dumping site near the Deepor droppings carry a strong odour. Scavenging hunter: A greater adjutant stork arrives to feed on garbage.
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Rise and fall: With rapid urbanisation and construction of buildings, the habitat of greater adjutant storks is under threat. Shrinking space: The feeding grounds for the storks are fast depleting.
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Fight or flight: A stork stands its ground against a pack of dogs for the same source of food.
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Lost homes: Greater adjutant storks stand on the roof of a building as roosting trees are scarce. At risk: The greater adjutant stork is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as their numbers are going down.