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First-ever parent meet at Maulana Azad National Urdu UniversityBy AuthorTelanganaToday | Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu Communication and Journalism is organising first ever Parent/Guardian Meet of the Alumni and students pursuing UG/PG and PhD courses at the library auditorium in the campus on March 5 at 9.30 am.Prof Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Declubbed with three-day media workshop starting on March 5 and has many eminent media personalities, including Satish Jacob, Pankaj Pachauri, Sadhika Tiwari and others participating in the inaugural session.

Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Workshop on social media tools at MANUU from March 5By AuthorTelanganaToday | Hyderabad: The Department of Mass Communication National Urdu University (MANUU) is organising a three day ‘Workshop on Usages of Social Media Tools for Future Media’ from March 5 to 7.Senior journalist of Urdu, Syed Vickaruddin, EditorDaily, Hyderabad will be the chief guest. He will also be felicitated for his contribution in the field of journalism, according to a press release.Dr Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, ViceBureau Chief, BBC; and Pankaj PachDelhi; will also participate in the workshop.PEhtesham Ahmad Khan, Head, Department of MCJ said the aim of the workshop was to provide insights related to challenges and opportunities from the perspective and expertise in the field of media.Shams Tahir Khan, senior journalist, Aaj Tak; Sadhika Tiwari, Millenial Media Professional, Creative Conversationalist; Surabhi Malik, Media Training Specialist, Google News Lab from New Delhi and others are also schedrelease added.

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Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu UniversityMass Communication and Journalism is organizing first ever Parent/Guardian Meet of the Alumni & current students of pursuing UG/PG and Ph.D courses on 5th Ma9.30 am at Library Auditorium.According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Dean and Head, the meet is clubbed with 3 day Media Workshop scheduled on 05th, 6th and 7th March.Many eminent media personalities including Satish Jacob, Pankaj Pachauri, SadhikaTiwari and Syed Vicaruddin will grace the inaugural session of the workshop as well as Parent/Guardian Meet. The interaction of parents/Guardians with the faculty members will be held at 12:00 Noon to 01:00 pm at Seminar Hall, Department of MCJ on 05th Ma

ever parent meet at Maulana Azad National Urdu University Published: 3rd Mar 2019 10:22 pm

Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s Department of Mass Communication and Journalism is organising first ever Parent/Guardian Meet of the Alumni and students pursuing UG/PG and PhD courses at the library auditorium in the campus on March 5 at 9.30 am. Prof Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Dean and Head, in a press release said the meet is

day media workshop starting on March 5 and has many eminent media personalities, including Satish Jacob, Pankaj Pachauri, Sadhika Tiwari and others participating in the inaugural session.

Workshop on social media tools at MANUU from March 5 Published: 1st Mar 2019 9:06 pm

The Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is organising a three day ‘Workshop on Usages of Social Media Tools for Future Media’ from March 5 to 7. Senior journalist of Urdu, Syed Vickaruddin, Editor-in-Chief, Rehnuma-e-Deccan, Urdu

Hyderabad will be the chief guest. He will also be felicitated for his contribution in the field of journalism, according to a press release. Dr Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor, MANUU, Satish Jacob, Former Deputy Bureau Chief, BBC; and Pankaj Pachauri, Founder & Editor in Chief, GO News, New Delhi; will also participate in the workshop. PEhtesham Ahmad Khan, Head, Department of MCJ said the aim of the workshop was to provide insights related to challenges and opportunities from the perspective and expertise in the field of media. Shams Tahir Khan, senior journalist, Aaj Tak; Sadhika Tiwari, Millenial Media Professional, Creative Conversationalist; Surabhi Malik, Media Training Specialist, Google News Lab from New Delhi and others are also scheduled to particpate, the

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Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s Department of Mass Communication and Journalism is organizing first ever Parent/Guardian Meet of the Alumni & current students of pursuing UG/PG and Ph.D courses on 5th Ma9.30 am at Library Auditorium. According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Dean and Head, the meet is clubbed with 3 day Media Workshop scheduled on 05th, 6th and 7th March. Many eminent media personalities including Satish Jacob, Pankaj Pachauri, SadhikaTiwari and Syed Vicaruddin will grace the inaugural session of the workshop as well

The interaction of parents/Guardians with the faculty members will be held at 12:00 Noon to 01:00 pm at Seminar Hall, Department of MCJ on 05th March. (INN)

ever parent meet at Maulana Azad National Urdu University

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Workshop on Social Media Tools at Maulana Azad National Urdu University

Published on Mar 1 2019 | Updated on Mar 1 2019 The Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is organizing a three Tools for Future Media from March 5 to 7.The inaugural session will be held on 5th March, 9.30 am at Library auditorium, MANUU campus. Senior journalist of Urdu, Mr. Syed Vickaruddin, EditorUrdu Daily, Hyderabad will be the Chief Guest. He will also be felicitated for his great contribution in the field of Journalism.Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Viceinaugural. Eminent journalist Mr. Satish Jacob,grace the occasion as the Guest of Honour. Mr. Pankaj Pachauri, Founder & Editor in Chief, GO News, New Delhi will also be part of the workshop.According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Head, Department of MCJ, the aimworkshop is to provide insights related to challenges and opportunities from the perspective and rich expertise in the field of media.Mr. Shams Tahir Khan, Senior journalist, Aaj Tak, Ms. Sadhika Tiwari, Millenial Media Professional, Creative Conversationalist, Ms. Surabhi Malik, Media Training Specialist, Google News Lab from New Delhi, Mr. Aamir Haque, Resident Editor, Times Now, Lucknow and Mr. Syed Khaled Shahbaaz, CEO, Media Plus, Hyderabad are among the resource persons of the workshop. Theyhands-on-training to students of the department.

Parent Meet at MCJ, Maulana Azad National Urdu University

Published on Mar 4 2019 | Updated on Mar 4 2019 Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s Department of Mass Journalism is organizing first ever "Parent/Guardian Meet of the Alumni & current students of pursuing UG/PG & Ph.D courses " on 5th March, 9.30 am at Library Auditorium. According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Dean and Head, the meet is 3 day Media Workshop scheduled on 05th, 6th & 7th March. Many eminent media personalities including Mr. Satish Jacob, Mr. Pankaj Pachauri, Ms. Sadhika Tiwari and Mr. Syed Vicaruddin will grace the Inaugural Session of the workshop as well as Parent/Guardian Meet . The interaction of parents/Guardians with the faculty members will be held at 12:00 Noon to 01:00 pm at Seminar Hall, Department of MCJ on 05th March 2019. Parents of Almuni and present students are invited.

Workshop on Social Media Tools at Maulana Azad National Urdu University

Published on Mar 1 2019 | Updated on Mar 1 2019

The Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is organizing a three days Workshop on Usages of Social Media Tools for Future Media from March 5 to 7. The inaugural session will be held on 5th March, 9.30 am at Library auditorium,

Senior journalist of Urdu, Mr. Syed Vickaruddin, Editor-in-Chief, Rehnuma-eUrdu Daily, Hyderabad will be the Chief Guest. He will also be felicitated for his great contribution in the field of Journalism. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor, MANUU will preside over the inaugural. Eminent journalist Mr. Satish Jacob, Former Deputy Bureau Chief, BBC will grace the occasion as the Guest of Honour. Mr. Pankaj Pachauri, Founder & Editor in Chief, GO News, New Delhi will also be part of the workshop. According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Head, Department of MCJ, the aimworkshop is to provide insights related to challenges and opportunities from the perspective and rich expertise in the field of media. Mr. Shams Tahir Khan, Senior journalist, Aaj Tak, Ms. Sadhika Tiwari, Millenial Media

versationalist, Ms. Surabhi Malik, Media Training Specialist, Google News Lab from New Delhi, Mr. Aamir Haque, Resident Editor, Times Now, Lucknow and Mr. Syed Khaled Shahbaaz, CEO, Media Plus, Hyderabad are among the resource persons of the workshop. They will provide technical and

training to students of the department.

Parent Meet at MCJ, Maulana Azad National Urdu University

Published on Mar 4 2019 | Updated on Mar 4 2019

Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s Department of Mass Communication and Journalism is organizing first ever "Parent/Guardian Meet of the Alumni & current students of pursuing UG/PG & Ph.D courses " on 5th March, 9.30 am at Library

According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Dean and Head, the meet is clubbed with 3 day Media Workshop scheduled on 05th, 6th & 7th March. Many eminent media personalities including Mr. Satish Jacob, Mr. Pankaj Pachauri, Ms. Sadhika Tiwari and Mr. Syed Vicaruddin will grace the Inaugural Session of the workshop as well as arent/Guardian Meet . The interaction of parents/Guardians with the faculty members will be held at 12:00 Noon to 01:00 pm at Seminar Hall, Department of MCJ

Parents of Almuni and present students are invited.

Workshop on Social Media Tools at Maulana Azad National Urdu University

The Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, Maulana Azad National Urdu days Workshop on Usages of Social Media

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e-Deccan, Urdu Daily, Hyderabad will be the Chief Guest. He will also be felicitated for his great

Chancellor, MANUU will preside over the Former Deputy Bureau Chief, BBC will

grace the occasion as the Guest of Honour. Mr. Pankaj Pachauri, Founder & Editor in

According to Prof. Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Head, Department of MCJ, the aim of the workshop is to provide insights related to challenges and opportunities from the

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will provide technical and

Communication and Journalism is organizing first ever "Parent/Guardian Meet of the Alumni & current students of pursuing UG/PG & Ph.D courses " on 5th March, 9.30 am at Library

clubbed with 3 day Media Workshop scheduled on 05th, 6th & 7th March. Many eminent media personalities including Mr. Satish Jacob, Mr. Pankaj Pachauri, Ms. Sadhika Tiwari and Mr. Syed Vicaruddin will grace the Inaugural Session of the workshop as well as arent/Guardian Meet . The interaction of parents/Guardians with the faculty members will be held at 12:00 Noon to 01:00 pm at Seminar Hall, Department of MCJ

Tue Mar 05, 2019 Urdu Congress ends with a call to popularize Science

THE HANS INDIA | Mar 01,2019 , 08:34 PM IST

Hyderabad: Two-day National Urdu Science Congress 2019 ended today at MaulanUniversity (MANUU) with a call to popularize science.

Nine technical sessions witnessed more than 50 paper presenters from different parts of the Country. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Vicebehind the initiative, described the effort as an attempt to promote and propagate popular science. We need literature aimed at bringing scientific temper among the masses. Urdu Science Congress successfully persuaded few young writers to write on popular science. There were nine such first time paper presenters in the Congress.

MANUU’s Centre for Promotion of Knowledge in Urdu (CPKU) and School of School of Sciences jointly organized the Congress.

Dr. Qazi Siraj Azhar (Michigan University), Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams also addrevaledictory. Dr. Abid Moiz, Consultant, CPKU and Covenor of the Congress presented a report and conducted the proceedings. During the congress many books on various science subjects were also released.

A special session was dedicated to celebrate Science. A unique book on “Eye and Urdu Poetry” compiled by Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams is also released. Prof. Syed Najamul Hasan, Dean, SoS and Director Congress proposed vote of thanks.

Urdu Congress ends with a call to popularize Science

Mar 01,2019 , 08:34 PM IST

day National Urdu Science Congress 2019 ended today at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) with a call to popularize science.

Nine technical sessions witnessed more than 50 paper presenters from different parts of the Country. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor and the brain

e, described the effort as an attempt to promote and propagate popular science. We need literature aimed at bringing scientific temper among the masses. Urdu Science Congress successfully persuaded few young writers to write on popular science.

nine such first time paper presenters in the Congress.

MANUU’s Centre for Promotion of Knowledge in Urdu (CPKU) and School of School of Sciences jointly organized the Congress.

Dr. Qazi Siraj Azhar (Michigan University), Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams also addrevaledictory. Dr. Abid Moiz, Consultant, CPKU and Covenor of the Congress presented a report and conducted the proceedings. During the congress many books on various science subjects were also released.

A special session was dedicated to celebrate 25 years of Urdu monthly Magazine Science. A unique book on “Eye and Urdu Poetry” compiled by Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams is also released. Prof. Syed Najamul Hasan, Dean, SoS and Director Congress

literature aimed at bringing scientific temper among the masses. Urdu Science Congress successfully persuaded few young writers to write on popular science.

MANUU’s Centre for Promotion of Knowledge in Urdu (CPKU) and School of School

Dr. Qazi Siraj Azhar (Michigan University), Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams also address the valedictory. Dr. Abid Moiz, Consultant, CPKU and Covenor of the Congress presented a report and conducted the proceedings. During the congress many books

25 years of Urdu monthly Magazine Science. A unique book on “Eye and Urdu Poetry” compiled by Dr. Abdul Moiz Shams is also released. Prof. Syed Najamul Hasan, Dean, SoS and Director Congress

Published on Mar 01 2019 - Featured, Hyderabad - - Invention gives man reason to live: Prof. Qazi Siraj Azhar

MANUU organizes Third National Urdu Science Congress

Hyderabad: People who do not invent either vanish or go into obscurity. These were the thoughts expressed by Dr. Qazi Siraj Azhar, Associate Professor, Michigan University, USA at the inaugural session of the Two-day National Urdu Science Congress 2019 organized by the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad on National Science Day. Prof. Azhar was speaking as the chief guest on this occasion.

The two-day congress is being attended by participants from as far away as Lucknow, Delhi and Maharashtra, besides faculty and students of MANUU. The participants include practitioners of science, academicians, students, Urdu writers with interest in science and other stakeholders. Vice Chancellor, MANUU, Dr. Aslam Parvaiz, who presided over the inaugural once again emphasised the university’s efforts to provide textbook material in Urdu to the students of MANUU.

Dr. Qaisar Jameel, Head of the Department, Genetics, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad who has also been the former president of the Organisation for Women in Science in the Developing World, exhorted the students to have faith in their culture, traditions, and ethics if they want to succeed in life.

On this occasion, several books written in Urdu on different topics of science were also released.

Prizes were also distributed among students who participated in elocution, essay writing and other competitions on the topic “Science for people, and people of science” held in connection with National Science Day.

The congress is being jointly organised by the Centre for Promotion of Knowledge in Urdu and the School of Sciences.

Prof. Zahid Hussain Khan, retired professor of physics from Jamia Millia Islamia, and Dr. Qaisar Jameel, Head of the Department, Genetics, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad were the guests of honour on this occasion.

Dr. Abid Moiz, Consultant, Centre for Promotion of Knowledge in Urdu & Convener of the congress welcomed the guest & delivered introductory remarks. Prof. S. Najmul Hasan, Dean School of Sciences presented a report on Science competitions and announced the winners. Dr. Ameena Tahseen conducted the proceedings. Later, in the afternoon a special session was held to commemorate 25 years of publication of Urdu monthly “Science”. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz it’s Founder Editor was felicitated by Bazm-e-Khawateen, a renowned Women’s Organization from Hyderabad.

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MANNU, MCJ to organize parent meet on Mar 5Hyderabad, Mar 3 (UNI) Maulana Azad National Urdu University’s Department of MassCommunication and Journalism is organizing the first ever “Parent/Guardian Meet of currentAlumni students pursuing UG/PG & Ph.D courses” at Library Auditorium on March 5.

According to Prof Ehtesham Ahmad Khan, Dean and Head MCJ, the meet is clubbed with three-day Media Workshop scheduled to be held on March 5, 6 and 7.

Many eminent media personalities including Mr Satish Jacob, Mr Pankaj Pachauri, Ms SadhikaTiwari and Mr. Syed Vicaruddin will grace the Inaugural Session of the workshop as well asParent/Guardian Meet .

The interaction of parents/Guardians with the faculty members will be held from 1200 to 1300hours at Seminar Hall, Department of MCJ on March 5.

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Pulse PolioProgram in Cityon March 10

Hyderabad, March 1: In connection with theNational Immunizationday, pulse polioprogramme will betaken up in the city onMarch 10.

This was announcedby Hyderabad District in-charge Collector G Ravi,at a review meetinghere. He said that thereare 4,85,965 childrenbelow the age of fiveyears in the city, and in-structions were issuedto the health authoritiesto give pulse polio dropsto all of them. Theprogramme will betaken up from 7 am to 6pm, he said and advisedthe parents to ensurethat all the chidren weregiven polio drops with-out fail.

IAF pilot's parentsget standingovation in flight

New Delhi, March 1(GNS) : The parents ofIndian Air Force (IAF)Wing CommanderAbhinandan Varthamanwere given a standingovation when they de-boarded an IndiGoChennai-New Delhi flighthere.

In videos uploadedon social media, the par-ents are seen alightingfrom the aircraft as co-passengers clapped andcheered them. Accord-ing to people in theknowledge of the inci-dent, although the par-ents wished to travelwithout any fanfare, fel-low passengers discov-ered their identity andvoluntarily gave themthe first right of de-boarding. The 35-year-old Wing Commanderwas captured on Febru-ary 27 by Pakistan afterhis MiG-21 Bison jet wasshot down and crashedin Pakistani territory dur-ing a dogfight.

Water Tanker HitsScooter ; girlstudent dies

Hyderabad, March 1: A eight year old girlgoing to school died onthe spot and her fatherwas injured when arashly driven watertanker hit their two-wheeler at Abids herethis morning.

The mishap occurredwhen the girl identifiedas Dia Jain, a class threestudent of Rosary Con-vent High School, wason way to school withher father.

She was riding pil-lion and as their scooterwas reaching the school,a private water tankerwhich was behind themrammed into the ve-hicle. Both of them fellon the road. While Diadied on the spot, herfather Naresh KumarJain was injured.

IAF Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman,captured by Pak, Returns to India

New Delhi, March 1(GNS) : Ending severalhours of tense waiting,Wing CommanderAbhinandan Varthaman fi-nally returned to India toa rousing welcome at theAttari-Wagah joint check-post in Amritsar on Fridaynight.The Indian air forceofficer, who was expectedto return much earlier,crossed into the Indianside after 9.15 pm."WingCommander Varthamanhas just been handedover," said an Indian offi-cial. After the Pakistani of-ficials handed him over,Indian officials took himover to the Indian side atthe land check post.

He had earlier under-gone a medical check-upat Wagah in preparationfor the handing over.

The official formalities,including the signing ofnecessary documents anda medical examination by

the International Commit-tee of Red Cross, werealso completed, reportssaid.Hundreds of peoplehad gathered at the bor-der check post from earlyin the morning to welcomethe 35-year-old Wing Com-mander, who was cap-tured on Wednesday byPakistan.The IAF officerwas captured after hisMiG-21 Bison fighter jetwas hit by Pakistan AirForce jets on Wednesdaynear the Line of Control(LoC) in Jammu andKashmir.On Friday morn-ing, India's Acting HighCommissioner GauravAhluwalia arrived at thePakistan Foreign Office inIslamabad for a briefing onthe imminent release ofWing CommanderAbhinandan.Wing Com-mander Abhinandan is tobe accompanied back byIndia’s air attache, whowas headed to Lahore with

the IAF pilot’s travel docu-ments, Pakistani mediareports said.The Pakistaniauthorities brought himfrom Rawalpindi to Lahoreand handed over first tothe International Commit-tee of Red Cross (ICRC)under rules of the GenevaConvention before beingbrought to the JCP on Fri-day afternoon.

The Border SecurityForce (BSF), which mansthe JCP and the 553-kmlong International Borderwith Pakistan in Punjab,was at high alert, withPunjab Police and othersecurity agencies sta-tioned and additional per-sonnel since early Fridaymorning.

The border Retreat cer-emony was also cancelledfor the day in view of hisreturn.Varthaman will bedebriefed by defence andsecurity officials after hisreturn before he is taken

to New Delhi from theAmritsar airport.On Thurs-day, Pakistan Prime Min-ister Imran Khan an-nounced that the countrywill free Varthaman as a"peace gesture".

Tensions between thetwo countries escalatedafter Indian fightersbombed terror groupJaish-e-Mohammad's big-gest training camp nearBalakot inside Pakistanearly Tuesday.It came 12days after 40 CRPF per-sonnel were killed when aJaish-e-Mohammad sui-cide bomber rammed avehicle carrying over 100kg of explosives into theirbus in Pulwama distrit ofJammu and Kashmir onFebruary 14.FollowingTuesday's cross-LoCairstrike by India, the Pa-kistan Air Force carried outretaliatory aerial strikestargeting Indian militaryinstallations. However, theyfailed to hit any target.

5 security men,one civilian killedin Kupwaraoperation againstmilitants

Srinagar, March 1(GNS) : Five security menwere killed and four oth-ers injured in an ongoinggunfight on Friday inJammu and Kashmir'sKupwara border district,defence sources said. Onecivilian also died during theoperation.

The sources earliersaid that two militants hadbeen killed in the encoun-ter after which searcheswere launched in Kralgundvillage.

"During the search op-eration after the firing ex-changes stopped, one ofthe two militants, pre-sumed dead, stood up andstarted indiscriminate fir-ing at security forces inwhich two CRPF troopers,two Army soldiers and onelocal policemen werekilled. The operation is stillon," police said.

"Four Army soldiershave been injured in theencounter and they havebeen shifted to a hospital,"a police source said.

During clashes be-tween security forces andcivilian protesters near thegunfight site, four protest-ers were injured, out ofwhich one succumbedlater.

Police said bodies ofthe militants are yet to berecovered.

The gunfight occurredin Kralgund village ofLangate area in Handwaratehsil of Kupwara district.

Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, E.S.L. Narasimhan presenting thememento to the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh at the inauguration of Officeand Residential Complex at the National Investigation Agency in city on Friday.

(By Surendra Kumar)Hyderabad, March 1 :

Union Minister of HomeAffairs, Shri Rajnath Singhsaid that the National In-vestigation Agency (NIA)has emerged as a premieragency in the country set-ting standards of excel-lence in counter terrorismand national security re-lated investigations. Inau-gurating the NIA office andresidential complexes atHyderabad and Guwahati,he said that there hasbeen an increasing trendin the number of case be-ing entrusted to NIA sinceits inception in 2009. ShriRajnath Singh said that NIAhas achieved conviction

Rajnath inaugurates NIA office in cityrate of 92% in the casesassigned to it. Out of thetotal of 249 cases assignedcharge sheets have beenfiled in 180 cases. The in-vestigations carried out byNIA have resulted in sig-nificant decrease in num-ber of youth joining terror-ist outfits, he said. TheMinister said that investi-gations conducted by NIAhave helped unearth anentire range of illegal ac-tivities involving terroristgroups from terror con-spiracy and funding to spe-cific incidents of terrorism.The scope of NIA investi-gations encompasses ter-rorist outfits in India andalso global terrorist orga-

nizations like JeM, HizbulMujahiddin, Lashkar-e-Taiba, etc.

Several complex casessuch as twin blasts inHyderabad in 2013, PatnaBlasts (October, 2013),Pathankot terror attackcase (January 2017) havebeen successfully investi-gated by NIA, Shri RajanthSingh added.

NIA is assigned casesfor investigation by theMinistry of Home Affairseither on the basis of areport from a state gov-ernment on suo motubased on the gravity andcomplexity of the offence.It also acts as a nodal

7% is no downwardGDP growthfor FY19: Garg

New Delhi, March 1 (GNS) : The government onFriday said there was no downward revision of GDPgrowth for 2018-19 (at 7 per cent) if seen in the con-text of growth rates for the last two financial years.

Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department ofEconomic Affairs (DEA), said on Friday the SecondAdvance Estimates of GDP factored in a higher base.

"The growth needs to be looked at in view of thehigher base," Garg said.

On Thursday, the Central Statistics Office (CSO)lowered the FY19 GDP growth in the Second AdvanceEstimates of national income to 7 per cent from 7.2per cent in the First Advance Estimates, attributing itto a slowdown in agriculture and manufacturing.

"The GDP was revised last year as well as the yearbefore. This growth is on top of that. The real GDP hasbeen revised upwards to Rs 144 lakh crore from theGDP in the first estimates for 2018-19, which was Rs141 lakh crore. So the GDP has actually gone up fromthe earlier estimates," Garg said.

"Likewise, the nominal GDP has been revised up-wards from Rs 188 lakh crore to Rs 190 lakh crore. Sothere is an upward revision in GDP as compared to thefirst estimates. Therefore, the 7 per cent growth hasto be seen in the context of a much higher base due tothe revisions which have been made.

"Last year's GDP was initially 6.7 per cent while thisyear's projection was 7.2 per cent. Now the previousyear's GDP has been revised to 7.2 per cent while theprojection for 2018-19 has been revised to 7 per cent.If these factors are taken together, the GDP has actu-ally gone up from 6.9 per cent to about 7.1 per cent.There is no downward revision," the DEA Secretarysaid. India's economic growth slowed to a five-quarterlow of 6.6 per cent in the October-December period ofthe present fiscal, according to the CSO statement re-leased on Thursday.Slower growth in Q3, and thedownward revisions in Q1 and Q2, has brought downthe overall GDP projection for 2018-19 to 7 per centfrom the earlier estimate of 7.2 per cent.

Education, health for all: Etala

Health Minister E Rajender today said that thegovernment aims to provide the best health andeducation to the people. He visited NIMS here andinspected various wards on the occasion.

Gagan Sethi jumps to thirdposition after stage 2 of ....

As the JK Tyre Himalayan Drive 7 entered itsfinal two stages, Delhis Gagan Sethi scripted a gal-lant fightback to move up to the third position hereon Friday.

LS polls on time, says CEC Sunil...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Aroraon Friday said the ongoing tensions between Indiaand Pakistan will have no bearing on the upcominggeneral elections in April-May this year.

Actress Parul Yadav hails ...Actress Parul Yadav, who is playing the lead role

in the Kannada remake of the Bollywood film"Queen", says from removing the accused from hisposition to creating collective consciousness amongpeople regarding sexual harassment at the work-place, #MeToo movement is a positive change inevery workplace including film industry.

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agency in matters relating to terror financing andsmuggling and inculcation of Fake Indian CurrencyNotes (FICN) closely working with other agencies.

Alluding to the terrorist attack on February 14, 2019at Phulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Singh saidthat, our country has given a fitting reply to terroristsacross the border. The Prime Minister has directedour forces to take appropriate action decisively. Indiahas succeeded in garnering international support inits fight against terrorism. For the first time, Shri Singhsaid the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) haveinvited the External Affairs Minister of India, Smt.Sushma Swaraj as Guest of Honour to the meet, hesaid. Earlier, Shri Y.C. Modi, DIG, NIA welcomed thegathering. Shri E.S.L. Narasimhan, Governor of AndhraPradesh and Telangana, Shri Mahmood Ali, HomeMinister, Government of Telangana were also present.Shri Alok Mittal, IG, NIA, delivered vote of thanks.

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(By SP Bureau)Hyderabad, March 1 :

NMDC Limited awardedwith 8th Annual GreentechHR Platinum Award 2018under Training Excel-lence Category duringthe 8 th Annua lGreentech HR Confer-ence held recently atGoa for having em-braced innovat iveLearning Practices. Mr.T.S. Cherian, Executive Di-rector along with Smt. GEReeta, DGM (HRD) re-ceived the coveted awardon behalf of NMDC.

Greentech Foundationhas focused on the MostInnovative practices in HRat Organization Levelfrom PSEs and recognisedthe best PSEs implement-ing such practices. This

NMDC receives training excellence Award

award was presented toNMDC Limited for havingimplemented InnovativeTraining Practices for har-nessing human potential

in the Organisation.These practices have le-veraged NMDC to achieveOutput Per Man shift(OMS) of 37 tonnes and

Rs.1.68 crore is the valueadded per employeeduring the year 2017-18, which is one of thebest in the industry.

Kanyakumari (TamilNadu), March 1 (GNS) :Tamil Nadu Chief MinisterPalaniswami on Fridayrequested Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to sanctiona naval station here forfishermen's safety.

Both Palaniswami andDeputy Chief MinisterO.Panneerselvam werefull of praise for Modi.

Speaking at the func-tion where Modi unveiledvarious road and railprojects Palaniswamisaid: "I request PrimeMinister to establish anaval station atKanyakumari for ensuringthe safety and security ofour fishermen at sea."

The Chief Minister

TN CM requests Modi to set upnaval station in Kanyakumari

praised Modi for his boldactions against terrorism.

"The Prime Ministerwas not only leading thecountry for the past fiveyears but is also the pro-tector of the nation today.The entire nation is be-hind him and so is TamilNadu," Palaniswami said.

On his part DeputyChief Minister,Panneerselvam said:"From Kashmir toKanyakumari India isone", is a statementwhich is repeated often.Today there is a need toclearly demonstrate this.The country, under thestrong and steadfastleadership of Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi Ji is

battling external threats ina bold and decisive man-ner."

Panneerselvam saidModi, like the Hindu GodNarasimhan, killed hun-dreds of terrorists by hismilitary action.

The action taken byModi instills fear in thenations that plan to at-tack India and is also awarning bell to thosecountries that support ter-rorism, Panneerselvamsaid.

The ruling All IndiaAnna Dravida MunnetraKazhagam in Tamil Naduhas entered into an elec-toral pact with theBharatiya Janata Party forthe Lok Sabha polls.

(By SP Bureau)Hyderabad, March 1 :

Two-day National UrduScience Congress 2019ended today at MaulanaAzad National Urdu Uni-versity (MANUU) with acall to popularize science.

Nine technical ses-sions witnessed morethan 50 paper presentersfrom different parts of theCountry. Dr. MohammadAslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor and the brainbehind the initiative, de-scribed the effort as anattempt to promote and

Urdu Congress ends with a call to popularize Science

propagate popular sci-ence. We need literatureaimed at bringing scien-tific temper among themasses. Urdu ScienceCongress successfullypersuaded few youngwriters to write on popu-lar science. Their were ninesuch first time paper pre-senters in the Congress.MANUU’s Centre for Promo-tion of Knowledge in Urdu(CPKU) and School ofSchool of Sciences jointlyorganized the Congress.

Dr. Qazi Siraj Azhar(Michigan University), Dr.

Abdul Moiz Shams alsoaddress the valedictory.Dr. Abid Moiz, Consultant,CPKU and Covenor of theCongress presented a re-port and conducted theproceedings. During thecongress many books onvarious science subjectwere also released.

A special session was

dedicated to celebrate 25years of Urdu monthlyMagazine Science. Aunique book on “Eyeand Urdu Poetry” com-piled by Dr. Abdul MoizShams is also released.Pro f. Syed NajamulHasan, Dean, SoS andDirector Congress pro-posed vote of thanks.

Goa Ministerdefends use of'bouncers' atofficial meeting

Panaji, March 1 (GNS): A Goa Minister on Fri-day defended using"bouncers" at a state gov-ernment meeting insteadof police, saying theywere "healthy Goans",who just happened to bewearing jeans and blackshirts.Responding to aseries of questions frommediapersons at thestate Secretariat abouthiring bouncers instead ofusing the police, Townand Country Planning Min-ister Vijai Sardesai said ifhe rolled up his sleevesand flexed his muscles, hewould also look like abouncer."The problem isthis. If you have jaundice,you will see the worldwith a yellow tint...so, itis how you look at it. Nowif you see a good, healthyGoan and you think he isa bouncer, it's your prob-lem. We are a young po-litical party and in thisyoung party, there aremany youngsters whowork out," Sardesai said.

Photos of the bounc-ers guarding the office ofthe South Goa Planningand Development Author-ity (SGPDA) during a meet-ing on Thursday went viralin social media resulting inwidespread criticism.Sardesai also said that us-ing the "bouncer" slur wasunfair and there was noquestion of intimidating any-one. "What is a bouncer? Don'tI look like a bouncer? Should Iroll up (his sleeves) andshow you, how it looks? Ifthey were healthy, you arecalling them bouncers? Itis an insult. A healthy per-son can also be a Minister,no?" Sardesai queried.

Ujjain (MadhyaPradesh), March 1 (GNS): The management ofUjjain's Mahakal templeon Friday barred a priestfrom entering the templepremises after a video al-legedly showing thepriest molesting a minorgirl went viral in socialmedia.Ujjain Mahakal isone of the 12 famous"Jyotirlingas" of LordShiva across the country.

Although the policehave not taken any actionyet, they said that if a for-mal complaint is filed,"we'll surely take action".

Ujjain's Mahakal temple bars priestafter molestation video goes viral

However, priestHemant Dubey has statedthat it is a conspiracyhatched by older priestsof the temple to framehim in the fake case.

In the wake of devel-opment, the Congresshas questioned formerChief Minister ShivrajSingh Chauhan as towhich political powersare protecting criminals inthe state.State Congresschief's media coordinatorNarendra Saluja on Fridaysaid in a statement thatHemant Dubey, who is al-legedly involved in many

criminal activities, hasconnections with theRashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS), AkhilBharatiya VidyarthiParishad (ABVP) and theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP)."Chauhan shouldexplain, who are thepeople whose names aresurfacing during the two-month-old Congress re-gime. Who are the peopletrying to challenge the lawand order and which po-litical powers are protect-ing them? Waiting foryour (Chauhan's) tweet,"said Saluja.

New Delhi, March 1(GNS) : A parliamentarypanel on Friday suggestedthat the government tellthe global communitymore extensively and em-phatically the reasonsbehind India's targetedattack on terror camps inPakistan.The suggestioncame here during a meet-ing of the ParliamentaryStanding Committee onExternal Affairs whichwas briefed by ForeignSecretary Vijay Gokhale.Top officials of the Exter-nal Affairs Ministry werealso present.The meetingcomes after India's attackon terror camps in theneighbouring country, fol-lowed by Pakistan's aerialincursion.According tosources, the members ofthe panel, headed by Con-gress leader ShashiTharoor, suggested thatthe government tell the in-ternational communitymore extensively and em-phatically that it was notan attack on Pakistan buta targeted attack on ter-ror camps and terrorism.

Foreign SecretaryGokhale briefed the mem-bers of the parliamentarypanel on the sequence ofevents from the air strikeson terror camps in Paki-stan to how the Indian

Tell global community reasons forIAF strikes: Parliamentary panel

forces foiled Pakistan'saerial incursion by shoot-ing down one of their F-16 fighter jets in a dog-fight which also led to theloss of one of India's MiG-21 Bison fighter jets,sources said.All mem-bers of the panel hailedthe action of the Indian AirForce and called it a "he-roic job".Sources addedthat Gokhale was alsoasked about the third-party intervention by theUS and the UAE, to whichhe responded that he"could not speak for USPresident Donald Trump".

Trump had on Thurs-day said that the US hadbeen "going at it" and hadbeen involved in trying tohave India and Pakistande-escalate the matter.The US President had saidthat there is "some rea-sonably decent news"and hopefully it's comingto an end.Congress Presi-

dent Rahul Gandhi, whois also a member of thepanel, was not present atthe meeting.Sources saidthat the foreign secretaryalso informed the mem-bers about how India gotthe support of the membersof the Organisation of Is-lamic Cooperation (OIC) onthe issue where ExternalAffairs Minister SushmaSwaraj is a guest ofhonour.A member presentin the meeting called themeeting "good and con-structive" and said thepurpose of the meetingwas part of "parliamen-tary accountability". Indiaand Pakistan engaged inaerial hostilities along theLine of Control (LoC) inJammu and Kashmir forthe first time since 1971on Wednesday after theFebruary 14 Pulwama ter-ror attack that killed 40 Cen-tral Reserve Police Forcetroopers in Kashmir.

Kolkata, March 1(GNS) : Candidates in theupcoming Lok Sabha elec-tions will have to declaretheir offshore moveableassets and liabilities intheir affidavit, as per anamendment made by theElection Commission ofIndia (ECI), an officialsaid on Friday.

"To ensure that allmoveable assets are re-flected in the affidavitgiven by the candidates,a further category 'off-shore assets' has beenincluded for details of de-posits of all assets and li-abilities in foreign coun-tries," Additional ChiefElectoral Officer, WestBengal, Sanjay Basu toldreporters.

He said Form 26 hasbeen amended to askcandidates to submit a

Election candidates mustdeclare offshore assets now

statement of their incometax (I-T) returns for thelast five years while theyearlier had to file a state-ment of their (I-T) returnsfor just one year.

Alongside details ofspouse and three depen-dents in the family, a newrow has been insertedbearing the title HinduUndivided Family for PANdetails and status of I-Tfiling.

The office of the ChiefElectoral Officer of thestate will convene a meet-ing with all political par-ties regarding thechanges, he said.

Chief Electoral Officerof Bengal, Aariz Aftabsaid as per the ECI guide-lines this year all pollingstations will have voter-verifiable paper audit trail(VVPAT) along with the

Electronic Voting Ma-chines (EVMs).

The VVPAT will allowthe voter to see whetherthe paper trail displays thesame choice that he/shehad pressed in the EVM.

Another major changeis that both candidatesand political parties canspend up to Rs 10,000 incash. Any expenditureabove this has to bemade in electronic modelike RTGS or by cheque,draft, etc, he said.

"As far as donation isconcerned, candidatescannot take more than Rs10,000 in cash. Even inthis case, anything abovethis amount has to be inelectronic form," he said.

The ECI has launcheda new GIS-enabled mo-bile application called'cVIGIL', which creates afast-track complaint re-ception and redressalsystem.

"Using this app anycitizen can either take aphotograph or make a twominute video if they seeany violation of the ModelCode of Conduct (MCC)or expenditure and up-load it," he said.

Aftab said no contentmust be uploaded fromphone memory, only livephoto or video can beshared. A person can doit anonymously or sharepersonal details and he/she will be updated aboutthe status within 100 min-utes, he added.

Police arrest LeTmilitantinvolved inweaponsnatching

Srinagar, March 1(GNS) : The police onFriday arrested aLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)militant who was involvedin weapon snatching in-cidents.

"Based on a specificinput regarding the move-ment of a suspected per-son near the Bone andJoint Hospital here, a spe-cial team of Srinagar Po-lice apprehended a per-son.

"On questioning, heidentified himself asShowket Ahmed Khan, aresident of Budgam dis-trict associated with theLeT, the banned terroristorganisation. His codename is Aumer Bhai," thepolice said.

"The arrested personwas involved in weaponsnatching incidents. Fur-ther questioning is goingon," the police said.

Although the policeare yet to confirm it offi-cially, sources said thearrested person was aconstable who workedwith the state armed po-lice before going under-ground. "He is believed tobe involved in the weaponloot that took place on De-cember 31, 2018 whenfour rifles went missingfrom the guard's room ofa Congress legislator inJawahar Nagar area ofSrinagar," sources said.

Abhinandan has inspiredcountry with bravery: Vijayan

Thiruvananthapuram, March 1 (GNS) : Kerala ChiefMinister Pinarayi Viajayan said on Friday that IAF pi-lot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has in-spired the entire country with his bravery and con-duct.

"It is heartening to learn about the release of WingCommander Abhinandan. He has inspired the entirecountry with his bravery and conduct. His return alsogives hope for peace between the two countries," theCPI-M leader said.

"On behalf of the people of Kerala, I welcome andcongratulate him," wrote Vijayan on Facebook.

The IAF pilot was taken captive in Pakistan whenhis MiG-21 Bison jet was shot down during a dogfightand crashed into Pakistani territory on February 27.

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses as ‘Guest of Honour’ at the 46th Foreign Ministers' Meet-ing of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

People shout slogans carrying a huge garland as they wait to welcome Indian pilot at India Pakistan border atWagah, 28 kilometers (17.5 miles) from Amritsar on Friday.

Mumbai/Dhule, March1 (GNS) : CongressPresident Rahul Gandhion Friday targeted PrimeMinister Narendra Modisaying he has consistentlyrefused to answerpointed questions on highprofile defence deals inParliament.

"Chowkidar chor hinahi, darpok bhi hai(Chowkidar is not just athief, but also a coward),"said Gandhi addressing ahuge public rally inMumbai's Bandra KurlaComplex.

Gandhi, who kicked offthe Congress party's 2019Lok Sabha campaign attwo public rallies in Dhuleand Mumbai, added thathe was ready for anypublic debate on corrup-tion, but the Prime Minis-ter was scared and didnot accept the challenge.

Terming the Novem-ber 2016 demonetisation"a failed exercise",Gandhi said: "You stood inqueues outside banks butnot industrialists and busi-nessmen like Nirav Modi,Mehul Choksi, Lalit Modi

OIC nationsimportantpartners in fightagainst terror,says official

Abu Dhabi, March 1(GNS) : The OIC nationshave expressed zero tol-erance towards terror-ism, T.S. Tirumurti, Sec-retary of Economic Rela-tions at the Ministry ofExternal Affairs, told themedia on Friday.

He said it was a "his-toric day" in India's en-gagement with theOrganisation of IslamicCooperation (OIC) as onthe 50th anniversary ofthe first session of the OICin 1969, India was invitedas the guest of honour atthe inaugural plenary ofthe 46th session of theCouncil of Foreign Minis-ters of OIC.

He said it opened anew chapter in India's en-gagement with the OIC.

"In her address, theExternal Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj under-lined that the fight againstterrorism was not a con-frontation against any re-ligion. Her speech waswidely welcomed,"Tirumurti said.

"All the speakers in thesession had no hesitationin saying that they hadzero tolerance for terror-ism," he added.

Responding to a me-dia query on the PakistanForeign Minister sayingthat India had no moralright to be present at theOIC meet, the senior of-ficial said: "The invitationto India was extended inrecognition of its globalpolitical stature as well asits time-honoured anddeep-rooted cultural andhistorical legacy and itsimportant Islamic compo-nent."

He pointed out thatOIC nations catered toIndia's energy securityand were home to the 12million strong Indiandiaspora. The volume ofIndia's trade with OICcountries was $230 billion,which was 30 per cent ofour total trade.He said theOIC nations were India's"important partners" infighting terrorism.

Modi, defence deals take centrestage at Rahul Gandhi's rallies

or Vijay Mallya, who con-verted their black moneyinto white from the com-forts of their plushhomes."On the recentborder tensions, he saidModi always claimed that"India is united", but didnot miss any opportunityto attack the Congressand the opposition, noteven at the inaugurationof the National WarMuseum."After the CRPFtroopers were martyredand a war-like situationcame up, I instructed allCongressmen and ap-pealed to the countrymenthat nobody shouldcriticise the governmentand India must standunited at this critical hour,"he said."We (the Opposi-tion) decided that onlyafter the national crisisgets over will we resumepolitics. However, thePrime Minister hasn'tgiven up his PR even forfive minutes," Gandhithundered.

Addressing anotherrally in Dhule, Gandhi saidthat ever since Modi andthe Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP) took over in 2014,the Prime Minister hadbeen making promisesbut did nothing to imple-ment them.Attacking thegovernment on issues offarmers and the youth,he said Modi had claimedthat every 24 hours, 450youth were being givenjobs but China created50,000 jobs every day,"and we have to overtakeChina and only the Con-gress can do this."He saidModi attempted to dilutethe Land Acquisition Billthrice but on all occasionsthe Congress, despite itssmall strength in Parlia-ment, successfully stalledit.He pointed out that thegovernment had given Rs17 per family to the farm-ers but had written offloans worth Rs 3.50 lakh-crore of 15-25 big indus-trialists.

He said the Congressand the Nationalist Con-gress Party were fightingthe 2019 Lok Sabha elec-tions in alliance. "Thepeople of Maharashtrawill unite and teach a les-son to Modi and the BJP."

Kanyakumari (TamilNadu), March 1 (GNS) :Prime Minister NarendraModi on Friday made ano-holds-barred attackon some opposition par-ties, accusing them ofquestioning and doubtingthe armed forces andmaking statements thatfavour Pakistan.

"Some parties areconverting their hate forModi into hate against thenation. They are doubtingthe armed forces and areissuing statementsfavouring Pakistan. Theyare suspecting the fightagainst terrorism. Theseare the same peoplewhose statements arebeing happily quoted inthe Parliament of Pakistanand Radio Pakistan," hetold a public meeting hereafter laying the founda-tion stone of a railway linebetween Rameshwaramand Dhanushkodi.

Modi did not take thename of any party in hisattack at the meetingwhich was also attendedamong others by TamilNadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswamy, whoseAIADMK has sealed a pactwith the BJP for contest-ing the Lok Sabha polls.

The Prime Minister be-gan his speech with thestatement that every In-dian was "proud that thebrave" Wing Commander

Modi attacks rivals over surgical strikesAbhinandan Varthaman,taken captive by Pakistan,hailed from Tamil Nadu.He added: "I am proudthat India's first womanDefence Minister is fromTamil Nadu."

Then Modi referred tothe surgical strikes car-ried out by the Army af-ter the Uri terror attackand the aerial attack onthe Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM) training camp lastmonth and quoted mediareports to say that whenthe 26/11 terror attackhappened in Mumbai, thearmed forces sought per-mission to conduct surgi-cal strikes on terrorcamps in Pakistan.

"But the UPA govern-ment blocked it. Todaywe are living in an erawhen the armed forceshave full freedom. Terror-ists and terrorism will becurtailed even more. Thisis the new India. The ter-rorists will be paid backwith capital and interest.

"The armed forcesare protecting the nation.I thank the armed forces.Well, the entire nation isproud of the armed forcesas does the entire world.I salute all those who areserving the nation. It istheir vigilance that keepsour nation secure," hesaid.

Attacking the opposi-tion parties, Modi said: "I

want to ask them (par-ties) -- do you want tosupport our armed forcesor raise doubts aboutthem? Do they want toback our armed forces orsupport those forceswhich are helping fomentterrorism on our soil?

"Modi will come andgo but India remains.Please don't weaken thecountry in trying tostrengthen yourselvespolitically. Don't play withthe defence and securityof the country. We areIndians first. Your politicscan wait," he said.

Modi then turned hisattack on the Congressover corruption.

Referring to a latePrime Minister's talk ofonly 15 paise out of a Ru-pee going to the poor andan "arrogant" Ministerclaiming 'zero loss' in thespectrum case, he said:"Some talk of corruptionas a way to life. It maybe acceptable to them butnot to me."

He said the NDA gov-ernment had taken his-toric steps against cor-ruption.

"The corrupt have tonow give answers. Thefamous recounting Minis-ter, who had insulted themiddle class, now has togo to courts for bail for'family pack' like the firstfamily of the Congress

party."People have to an-

swer. We have comedown heavily on corrup-tion. But we have alsorewarded the honest taxpayer... Did the govern-ments of the past everthink of providing relief tothe middle class?"

The Congress' eco-nomic culture benefitedonly the ruling family andthose close to them, healleged.

"If there was anyonewho spoke against theCongress economic cul-ture, it was Rajaji whohailed from Tamil Nadu.We are implementing hispolicies and India is ris-ing on the ease of doingbusiness from the positionof 77 five years ago to142 now in the global in-dex."

He said for the Con-gress social justice wasjust a slogan and duringits regime there were in-numerable atrocitiesagainst Dalits. He also ac-cused the Congress ofhaving defeated B.R.Ambedkar twice in elec-tions.

Modi said the choicefor the people in the 2019elections was betweentwo sides.

"On the one sidestrength and stability andthe other stands weak-ness and vulnerability. Ourleadership work culture isknown across India; theyare confused and have noleadership. They have nointerest in the nation orpeople and are shame-lessly indulging in corrup-tion."

The Prime Ministeralso came down heavilyon the DMK for politickingover portfolios after the2004 elections whichbrought the UPA to power.

Lucknow, March 1 (GNS) : ChiefElection Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Aroraon Friday said the ongoing tensions be-tween India and Pakistan will have nobearing on the upcoming general elec-tions in April-May this year.

Arora was responding to a query onwhether the polls could be postponedin the wake of the situation post theFebruary 14 Pulwama attack on a CRPFconvoy in Jammu and Kashmir and thesubsequent Indian Air Force (IAF) strikeon terror camps across the border.

Talking to reporters at the YojanaBhawan in the Uttar Pradesh capital, thetop poll panel official said: "Elections willbe held on time."

When asked about the possible no-tification of the Lok Sabha poll dates,Arora said the media and the countrywould come to know of it through the"usual press conference", as is thenorm.In the state capital to assess thepreparedness of Uttar Pradesh -- a statewhich sends 80 members to the LokSabha, Arora said that the poll panel iscommitted to holding a "free, fair,peaceful and transparent polls" and thatall steps are being taken to ensure this.

"The Election Commission (EC) hasa detailed action plan to address issuesput to it," the CEC said while referringto the various suggestions, problemsand issues shared with it during themeetings with state bureaucrats, policeofficials and representatives of politicalparties.He also trashed the often askedquestion on the fairness of the electronicvoting machines (EVMs). "They are fool-proof, as has been proved many timesin the past," he added.

Arora said that "unfortunately, EVMshave booms like footballs, where every-one is playing to his own".

EVMs, he added, had been used in

LS polls on time, says CEC Sunil Aroravarious elections, in which one or theother party won. "When the electionoutcome is not in favour of some, theystart raising objections and questions,"he said, adding that the poll panel hasgone into the issue and found nothingwrong with the machines.

He also announced that Voter Veri-fiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) willalso be used in the 1,63,331 polling sta-tions of the state during the Lok Sabhaelections. A campaign to make peopleaware of this mechanism will also berolled out in Uttar Pradesh and otherstates to ensure that they have com-plete understanding, the CEC said.

On being asked about the reactionof the political parties in the state totheir reassurances about the credibilityof EVMs, the CEC told IANS: "We havemade ourselves clear to the best of ourability and hope the message is clear."

Arora also announced that an Appcalled C-Vigil will be used extensivelyduring the Lok Sabha polls across thenation. This App, which was used suc-cessfully in Bengaluru during theKarnataka Assembly polls last year, aimsat providing a platform to the commonman to file complaints and even knowthe action taken thereafter.

In the pilot, the poll panel had28,000 complaints and in case the com-plainant wanted the identity to be keptsecret, the action taken was publishedin the local media at a cost borne bythe EC, the CEC added.The CEC alsosaid that changes have been made inthe Form 26 wherein the affidavits bycandidates would have to include thehusband, wife, children, dependantsdomestic and even foreign propertiesin their declaration. These would thenbe handed over to the Income Tax De-partment for verification.

IAF officer killedin chopper crashcremated inVaranasi

Varanasi, March 1(GNS) : The mortalremains of Indian AirForce flight engineerVishal Pandey, who wasone of the six personskilled in the Mi-17transport chopper crashin Budgam district ofKashmir earlier thisweek, were consignedto flames at his nativeplace in Varanasi, onFriday.In an emotionallysurcharged atmosphere,the funeral pyre was litby Pandey's youngerbrother Akash at theHarish Chandra ghatcrematorium on thebanks of the Ganga.Hundreds of peoplefrom all walks of life,including teachers,policemen and IAFofficials joined the lastrites.The airman's bodywas brought by IAFpersonnel to his homelate on Thursday amidheart-rending scenes.The 34-year-old wascremated with full statehonours.

New Delhi, March 1(GNS) : Union MinisterNitin Gadkari on Fridaysaid he was not in therace for the primeminister's post and as apure RSS man for himthe nation comes first.

"I have nothing to dowith it (Prime Ministerpost). I am not in therace to be the PrimeMinister. Prime Minister(Narendra) Modi is thePrime Minister and willbe the Prime Ministereven after the elec-tions," he said speakingat the India TodayConclave.

The Water Re-sources Minister thensaid, "I am an RSS manand working for thecountry is our mission.Under Modiji, thecountry is progressing.So we all are behindhim. I am just anotherworker in thefulfilment of his vision.Where does thequestion of me be-coming a PrimeMinister arise?" he

I am a pure RSS man, not in racefor Prime Minister's post: Gadkari

said.Asked if he would

become the PrimeMinister if the BJP getsonly about 200 seatsin the elections, hereplied that "thinkingabout Prime Minister'spost is like 'mungerilal ke haseen sapne'(day dreaming)."

"And we are goingto get clear majorityin 2019 elections aswell," he said.

When asked about'Congress muktBharat' (Congress freeIndia), Gadkari said,"The ideologies ofboth the parties aredifferent and we arenot enemies of eachother.

There can bedifference of opinion...It is human behaviour, itis our tradition. AtalBihari Vajpayee,Jawaharlal Nehru andeven Modiji welcomesthe opposition party."

Gadkari said theGanga river will be cleanin the next 13 months.

"And during my recentvisit for 'Kumbh Snan'people told me that forthe first time in 50 yearsthey had found the rivernirmal (clean)."

Highlighting theworks of his ministry, hesaid that on the Yamunariver in Delhi he wasworking on 13 projectsworth Rs 4,500 crorebesides the work on theRamnadi, Kali Gangaand 40 tributaries.

He also said thathighway projects worthRs 50,000 crore wereunderway.

"A bridge at DhaulaKuan to decongest Delhiwill be inaugurated onSaturday when I returnfrom Nagpur and afoundation stone will belaid by the PrimeMinister for DwarkaExpress Highway soon,"he said.

Gadkari also said thatby March this year, theconstruction of highwaysis likely to reach 34 kmper day against 28 kmper day last year.

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Ministry of Food Pro-cessing Industry underthe leadership of UnionMinister Smt HarsimratKaur Badal is leading thefood processing industryin India from the front.The efforts of the Minis-try have led to a FDI inthe food processing sec-tor in India rising by 24per cent in 2017-18. High-lights of the majorachievements are as fol-lows

Mega Food Parks:Ministry of Food Pro-

cessing Industries is fo-cusing on boosting thefood processing industryso that agriculture sectorgrows exponentially andbecome a major contribu-tor to doubling thefarmer’s income and aid‘Make in India’ initiative ofthe government. To givea major boost to the foodprocessing sector by add-ing value and reducingfood wastage at eachstage of the supply chainwith particular focus onperishables, Ministry ofFood Processing Indus-tries is implementingMega Food Park Schemein the country. Mega FoodParks create modern in-frastructure facilities forfood processing along thevalue chain from farm tomarket with strong for-ward and backward link-ages through a clusterbased approach. Com-mon facilities and enablinginfrastructure is createdat Central ProcessingCentre and facilities forprimary processing andstorage is created nearthe farm in the form ofPrimary Processing Cen-ters (PPCs) and CollectionCenters (CCs). Under theScheme, Government ofIndia provides financialassistance upto Rs. 50.00Crore per Mega FoodPark project.

Five Mega Food Parkswere inaugurated duringthis period taking the to-tal number of Mega FoodParks in the country to 14.These include

Paithan Mega FoodPark in Aurangabad Dis-trict in Maharashtra

Gujarat Agro Infra-structure Mega Food Park

Himalayan Mega FoodPark at Kashipur inUdham Singh Nagar dis-trict in Uttarakhand

Greentech Mega FoodPark at Roopangarh Vil-lage in Ajmer, Rajasthan

Satara Mega FoodPark in Satara District,Maharashtra

Towards cleanlinessEfforts towards clean-

liness were undertakenunder SwachhtaPakhwada which was ob-served from 16th to 31stOctober. On the first daythe Minister launched thecampaign with the inau-guration of a book “Wasteto Wealth Technology”prepared by Indian Insti-tute of Food ProcessingTechnology, Thanjavur,Tamilnadu. During thecampaign industry bodieslike ASSOCHAM, FICCI,DICCI, PHDCCI, AIFPAand CII organisedSwachhta AwarenessProgramme and trainingcamps for street vendorson food safety acrossNew Delhi. The Ministerconferred prizes tocleanest Mega Food Parksand Cold Chains.

Standing with Kerala intrying times

Ministry of Food Processing Industriesissues guidelines for Operation Greens

The Ministry made bigefforts to reach out to theflood affected people ofKerala during the devas-tating floods. The Minis-ter promptly called ameeting of industry rep-resentatives and sought acohesive effort towardsrelief for the state. TheMinister spoke with ChiefMinister of Kerala andpromised all assistancefrom the Ministry. Follow-ing the call from the Min-ister, food processingcompanies made gener-ous contributions to reliefefforts. Extension of timefor completion was ac-corded to two Megal FoodParks under implementa-tion in the state.

Advances in Food Pro-cessing Technology

International Confer-ence on Recent Advancesin Food Processing Tech-nology (iCRAFPT) wasorganised at Indian Insti-tute of Food ProcessingTechnology, Thanjavur inTamilnadu. The confer-ence saw encouragingparticipation from speak-ers, both national and in-ternational, and provideda strong platform forknowledge sharing andmeaningful discussionnamong the industry,academia, researchersand farmers which wouldpotentially take the foodsector growth to a newerheights. Over 09 overseasspeakers, 77 Indianspeakers, 18 food indus-try talks, 30 series lec-tures, 2 panel discus-sions, 8 student presen-tation, 605 poster presen-tation and 721 AbstractPublication took place inthe conference which alsosaw release of new tech-nologies and an expo ofsuccessful entrepreneursgroomed by IIFPT.

Collaboration with in-dustry also got a fillip inthe NIFTEM-Industry Fo-rum organised at NationalInstitute of Food Technol-ogy Entrepreneurship andManagement in Sonepatin Haryana. The meetingaimed to identify chal-lenges being faced by theIndian Food Industry, tobridge industrial and aca-demic gap by industry ori-ented research projects,promote science & tech-nology collaborationbased on innovation bydeveloping new technolo-gies, new product devel-opment, refine excitingtechnological infrastruc-ture which can be com-mercialized in future forthe development of foodprocessing sector. On theoccasion, the Ministermooted the idea of a‘Brand NIFTEM’ for pro-cessed food which wouldbe healthier, fresher andcheaper. The Ministeralso highlighted thatNIFTEM was a one of itskind institute and had thepotential to become theHarvard of food process-ing technology and man-agement sector.

Creation of facilities atNIFTEM:

The year saw NIFTEMexpanding its infrastruc-ture and adding an Incu-bation centre and FoodTesting Laboratory to itsrepertoire. The labora-tory would not only serveas a Centre for certifica-tion of food products butwould also undertake re-search and innovation forsolving the problems of

the food industry and theother stakeholders of thefood sector. The Centerwould work in unison withthe regulators and thepolicy makers for provid-ing them all support fordeveloping standard testprotocols for various pa-rameters of quality essen-tial for domestic and in-ternational market andwould serve as the Na-tional Reference facility inthe years to come.

Modalities of Opera-tion GREENS:

Operation Greens wasannounced in the Budgetspeech of 2018-19 withan outlay of Rs 500crores to stabilize the sup-ply of Tomato, Onion andPotato(TOP) crops and toensure availability of TOPcrops throughout thecountry round the yearwithout any price volatil-ity.

A major step wastaken when the Ministrydeclared a two prongedstrategy foroperationalization of thescheme which comprisesof Short term PriceStabilisation Measuresconsisting of a provisionof 50% of the subsidy on

Transportation of To-mato Onion Potato(TOP)Crops from production tostorage;

Hiring of appropriatestorage facilities for TOPCrops;and Long Term In-tegrated value chain de-velopment projects.

Capacity Building ofFPOs & their consortiumQuality production Post-harvest processing facili-ties Agri-Logistics Mar-keting / ConsumptionPoints

Creation and Manage-ment of e-platform fordemand and supply man-agement of TOP Crops.

The Ministry declaredthat organisations eligiblefor the grant would in-clude State Agricultureand other Marketing Fed-erations, Farmer Pro-ducer Organizations(FPO), cooperatives,companies, Self-helpgroups, food processors,logistic operators, serviceproviders, supply chainoperators, retail andwholesale chains andcentral and state govern-ments and their entities/organizations.

Better connectivity forgrievance redressal:

The Ministry launchedan in-house tollfree Inter-active Voice Responseservice at 1-800-111175.People applying undervarious provisions ofPradhan Mantri KisanSAMPADA Yojana can call onthis number and get theirqueries resolved by the con-cerned department.

International OutreachMoFPI has made nu-

merous forays even at theinternational level by wayof participation in interna-tional events and hostingof international dignitar-ies and representatives offoreign companies at theMinistry; prominentamong these being theinauguration of SIAL Parisby Union Minister in Oc-tober. Bilateral meetingwas also held with theFrench Agriculture minis-ter for mutual coopera-tion. The Minister alsomet representatives fromFrench company, Souffletand CEO Cemafroid, in-ternational experts in cold

chain, refrigeration & airconditioning and dis-cussed possibilities forcollaborations and sup-port in developing coldchain equipment testinglaboratories in India.

Apart from this, rep-resentatives and delega-tions from various nationscalled on the Minister todiscuss opportunities ofinvestment and participa-tion in food processingsector.

Budget Provisions:Allocation for Ministry

of Food Processing Indus-tries was doubled in theBudget 2018-19 to Rs.1400 Crores and Rs. 500crore was allocated for‘Operation Greens’ to ad-dress price volatility ofperishable commoditieslike Tomato, Onion andPotato (TOP). TheMinistery also initiated aproposal for the settingup of aSpecialized AgroProcessing Financial Insti-tutions to unlock financefor establishing food pro-cessing industries. Theseinstitutions would helpovercome the deterrentsfaced while installing foodprocessing projects thatare capital intensive andhave long gestation pe-riod, by ensuring timely,accessible and affordablecredit to this sector.

Skill DevelopmentThe Ministry launched

a new sub-scheme i.e.Scheme for Human Re-sources and Institution –Skil l Development(SHRISD) for assistingskilling infrastructure andDevelopment of CourseCurriculum with a budgetoutlay of Rs.27.50 Crorefrom 2017-18 to 2019-20with following two com-ponents

1. Development ofCourse Curriculum /Training Module in En-glish, Hindi and transla-tion of the same in rec-ognized regional lan-guages based on theQualification Packs (QPs)validated by National SkillDevelopment Corpora-tion( (NSDC) as NationalOccupational Standards.

Grants-In-Aid is pro-vided to the eligible Insti-tutions upto a maximumof Rs.5.00 lakh per QP fordevelopment of trainingmodule both in print andmultimedia for each job roleand, up to a maximum ofRs. 0.50 lakh per QP is pro-vided for the translation ofalready developed trainingmodules in recognized re-gional languages as per 8thschedule.

2. Establishing Train-ing Centre (TC) / Expan-sion of Existing TrainingCentre to impart skill/ train-ing on various job roles infood processing as per theNational Skill QualificationFramework (NSQF).

Grants-In-Aid is pro-vided at the rate of 50%of cost of plant & machin-eries required for a Na-tional Skills QualificationsFramework (NSQF) vali-dated training modulesubject to maximum ofRs. 15 lakh per trainingmodule and limited tomaximum two trainingmodules per Trainingcentre(TC).

The Minister alsolaunched Pradhan MantriKaushal Kendra in Patialawhere 1000 students willget free training in skillDevelopment every yearin the multiple courses.

Advanced brain simulator to helpunderstand neurological disorder

In a bid to improve understanding of neurologi-cal disorders, researchers have created a fast andenergy-efficient simulation of part of a rat brain byusing computer chip manufacturer NVIDIA's Artifi-cial Intelligence (AI) compute platform.

Developing faster and more efficient simulatorscould increase the level of understanding the brainfunction and identify how damage to a particularstructure in neurons can lead to deficits in brainfunction.For creating the simulator, the research-ers used computer hardware designed for 3Dgames, according to the study published in the jour-nal Frontiers in Neuroscience.The study showed thata single Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) was able toachieve processing speeds up to 10 per cent fasterthan is currently possible using either asupercomputer or the SpiNNaker neuromorphic sys-tem, a custom-built machine.

The team was also able to achieve energy sav-ings of 10 times compared to either the SpiNNakeror supercomputer simulations.The academics hopethat the flexibility and power of GPUs means thatthey could play a key role in creating simulatorscapable of running models that begin to approachthe complexity of the human brain.

"Our work shows that, in the near term, they(GPUs) are a competitive design for high perfor-mance computing and have the potential to makeadvances far beyond where CPUs have brought usto so far," said Thomas Nowotny Professor ofInformatics at the University of Sussex in Britain."We are very impressed by the use of the NVIDIAAI compute platform for brain simulations spear-headedat the University of Sussex and are glad we are able tosupport research at the leading edge of computationalneuroscience as well as AI," Chris Emerson, Headof Higher-Education and Research Sales in UK andIreland at NVIDIA, said in a statement.

Here's how gut bacteria cancurb harmful effects of high BP

To a large extent our well-being depends onwhat bacterial guests in our digestive tract consumeas researchers have found that beneficial gut mi-crobes can produce from dietary fibre a fatty acidcalled propionate which can protect against theharmful consequences of high blood pressure.

The substance calms the immune cells that driveup blood pressure, according to the study publishedonline in the journal Circulation.

"Propionate works against a range of impair-ments in cardiovascular function caused by highblood pressure," said lead researcher DominikMuller, Professor at Max Delbrck Center for Molecu-lar Medicine in the Helmholtz Association in Berlin,Germany."This may be a promising treatment op-tion, particularly for patients who have too little ofthis fatty acid," Muller said.

The results explain why a diet rich in fibre, whichhas been recommended by nutrition organisationsfor many years, helps prevent cardiovasculardiseases.Whole-grain products and fruits, for ex-ample, contain cellulose and inulin fibers, from whichgut bacteria produce the beneficial molecules likepropionate.For the study, the researchers fed pro-pionate to mice with elevated blood pressure. Af-terwards, the animals had less pronounced dam-age to the heart or abnormal enlargement of theorgan, making them less susceptible to cardiac ar-rhythmia. Vascular damage, such as atherosclero-sis, also decreased in mice, the study said.

Low Vitamin D intakefound in asthma patients

The recent research has found a reduced Vita-min D intake in occupational asthma patients.

Previously, Vitamin D intake was rarely evalu-ated in cases of occupational asthma regardless ofit being an important part of nutrition.The mainobjective of this study was to assess the Vitamin Dintake in occupational asthma patients and its rela-tion with body mass index, co-morbidities relatedto Vitamin D deficit, lung function and quality of life.

The researchers found a reduced Vitamin D in-take in both obese and non-obese asthma patients.The study was published in JAMA Network Open.

Lower intake was found in mild asthma groupcompared to severe asthma group. Regressionanalysis revealed a different pattern in the asthmagroups.

The Impact score in irritant asthma indicated astronger relationship with BMI while the symptomscore in allergic asthma group was closely associ-ated with the Vitamin D intake.

The researchers concluded that the relation be-tween obesity and Vitamin D on clinical cores andlung function depended on the asthma phenotype.

It was recommended that the nutritional inter-ventions in all occupational asthma phenotypesshould be an important aspect in future treatments,especially targeting body fat reduction and achieve-ment of daily recommended intake of Vitamin D.

For Congress, contestingLok Sabha polls appearsto be uphill task

For the Congress party leader-ship in BJP-ruled HimachalPradesh, contesting the parliamen-tary polls appears to be an uphilltask.A majority of Congress lead-ers apparently consider themselvesover the hill, while all fourimcumbent BJP Members of Par-liament are enthusiastic about go-ing to the voters again."There istoo much confusion over who willlead the party in the Lok Sabhaelections or who will contest," a se-nior state Congress leader, who didnot wish to be identified.

He said the party is divided intwo camps -- one led by six-timeChief Minister Virbhadra Singh andthe other by former Union MinisterAnand Sharma.

Octogenarian Virbhadra Singhhas refused to contest the LokSabha elections from the Mandiseat he has thrice representedsince 1971.

Former state ministers MukeshAgnihotri and Asha Kumari andformer state party presidentSukhwinder Singh Sukhu are alsoreluctant to contest, party insiderssay.The reason they cited is theparty high command's decision notto field incumbent legislators. "Theparty cadre and the leaders areconfused about who their leader isand who will take the party to vic-tory," said a senior Congress leader,a cabinet minister in the previousVirbhadra Singh-led government.

Virbhadra Singh and his formerMP wife Pratibha Singh, who arefacing graft charges, are keen tolaunch their first-time legislator sonVikramaditya Singh from the Mandiseat. So is incumbent legislatorRajinder Rana, who is pleading thecase of his greenhorn son fromHamirpur, a seat represented bythree-time MP Anurag Thakur ofthe BJP. Rana has VirbhadraSingh's backing."We are not infavour of fielding sitting legislatorsor kin of the leaders. We are goingtake a final decision on candidatessoon," Congress state in-chargeRajni Patil told reporters.

The BJP, led by Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur, seems confident ofdoing well in the polls.

"During the last five years, therehas been unprecedented andunparallel development. Thepeople of the country want PrimeMinister Narendra Modi to onceagain lead the nation and thus,would definitely support him."

On getting a free hand to leadthe party in the general elections,he said: "Each and every partyworker of the BJP is our strengthand responsible for victory of theparty. Being head of the state, Iwould have greater responsibilityto motivate rank and file to ensurevictory of the party."

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Maddie Mastro goes big on her first air during the women's halfpipe semifinals at the U.S. Open SnowboardingChampionships in Vail, Colorado.

Team Australia riders celebrate winning the men's team pursuit final during the UCI Track Cycling WorldChampionship in Pruszkow, Poland.

Mumbai, March 1 : In-dia skipper Virat Kohli onFriday said based on therequirement of the team,he will be "more thanhappy to bat at numberfour" in the World Cup,beginning May 30.

"I've batted a lot oftimes at number four. Idon't necessarily try it outas I've done that a lot inthe past. My game doesn'tchange much from num-ber three to four becausetemplate is quite similar.In any given situation I tryto play the game I know,"Kohli said on the eve ofODI series against Austra-lia.

When asked whetherthe Indian Premier League(IPL) will influence theWorld Cup selection, Kohlisaid he doesn't see any-thing changing with howthe IPL goes for anyplayer.

"I don't see IPL influ-encing the World Cup se-lection. That would be veryradical analysis. We needto have a solid team be-fore we head into IPL. Weneed to be clear as towhat we want during theWorld Cup. If one or two

Ready to bat at four ifteam requires, says Kohli

players don't have a goodIPL season, it doesn'tmean picture for WorldCup will change," hepointed out.

Talking about the bowl-ing options for the 50-overworld tournament, Indiaskipper said, "bowlers willdepend on the oppositionwe will play, consideringwho will be more effectiveagainst the batsmen ofother team".

He further said, "If con-ditions are seaming thenit will be more pace domi-nating along with Hardik(Pandya) who is the all-rounder in the team. It isall about the combinations.I don't see one ahead ofthe other. Both(Yuzvendra Chahal andKuldeep Yadav) of themtogether are the strongestspin bowling partners inthe world at the moment.Our success in thesecouple of years is mainlybecause of these twoguys and their impact inthe middle overs and theirability to pick wickets forus."

When quipped if KLRahul will make it to theWorld Cup squad, Kohli

said when Rahul plays heoperates at different level,adding in patches over thelast season he has per-formed brilliantly.

"He (Rahul) can keepbatting like that. It's diffi-cult to find a consistentbatsman who can playgood cricketing shots andstill win you games. It's arare ability and I think he'sall the shorts. He can buildon this and get somemore innings under hisbelt. He's made strongcase for himself in theWorld Cup," he said.

India will host Austra-lia for a five-match ODIseries to bring the curtaindown on their internationalseason ahead of theWorld Cup. The first gameis scheduled on March 2at the Rajiv Gandhi Inter-national Stadium inHyderabad.

"Both the teams knoweach other very well. Aus-tralia has better idea ofplaying in Indian condi-tions because of theirnumber of players playingin the IPL. So, we haveto be our absolute best.N o t h i n g c a n b et aken lightly," Kohli said.

Hyderabad, March 1 :Getting the combinationright for the World Cup willbe the central themewhen India take on Aus-tralia in a five-match ODIseries starting here onSaturday.

India were white-washed 0-2 in the T20 se-ries by the Aussies. Butafter the two games, skip-per Virat Kohli said it won'timpact much as the teamis hellbent on experiment-ing with the XI to see whichcombination would workbest in England andWales this summer.

"Every team will look tofine-tune whatever theyneed to before the WorldCup, and we'll keep doingthat in the ODI series too,but we still want to winevery match we play,"skipper Kohli had said af-ter the Bengaluru T20loss.

In the Indian probable15-member squad, thereare two slots which are stillto be claimed and the fourcontenders are K.L.Rahul, Rishabh Pant,Vijay Shankar andSiddarth Kaul. DineshKarthik, who has fallen out

Ahead of World Cup, India look tocontinue experiments in Australia series

of favour of late, will alsobelieve he has an outsidechance.

Since returning to themix after his comments ona TV show led to his ex-pulsion, Rahul has givena good account of himselfin the two T20s withscores of 50 and 47.

All eyes will also be onPant, who hasn't beenconsistent in the shorterformats but has the talentto take the game awayfrom the opposition on hisday. For Vijay Shankar,Hardik Pandya's fitnessand his form could be anopening for him but theTamil Nadu all-rounderneeds to improve his bowl-ing.

Kaul is a wild card andcould get a look in with themanagement still tryingwith Khaleel Ahmed.

With MohammedShami and Jasprit Bumrahbeing automatic choices,Kaul will probably get twogames to prove his worth.

Coming to the series,the Australians will be highon confidence after the T20series win. But the 50-overformat will be a differentchallenge altogether for

the visitors. India will wel-come back AmbatiRayudu, veteran all-rounder Kedar Jadhav andShami in the mix.

Also the formidablewrist spin pair of KuldeepYadav and YuzvendraChahal will be operating intandem to add pressure.

The Aussies, buoyedby the maiden T20 triumphover India, will be eager tocontinue the momentumthey have gained.

Squads:India: Virat Kohli (c),

Shikhar Dhawan, RohitSharma, Ambati Rayudu,Mahendra Singh Dhoni(wk), Kedar Jadhav, VijayShankar, Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Shami,Kuldeep Yadav, YuzvendraChahal, Rishabh Pant,Siddarth Kaul, KL Rahul,Ravindra Jadeja.

Australia: Aaron Finch(c), D'Arcy Short, ShaunMarsh, Marcus Stoinis,Usman Khawaja, AlexCarey, Peter Handscomb,Ashton Turner, AdamZampa, JasonBehrendor ff, JhyeRichardson, Pat Cummins,Andrew Tye, N a t h a nCoulter-Nile, Nathan Lyon.

Hyderabad, March 1 :India captain Virat Kohli onFriday said the World Cupteam will be decided be-fore the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) starts andperformances in the cash-rich domestic T20 tourna-ment will have no bearingin team selection.

"No, I don't see the IPLhaving any influence onWorld Cup selection. Ithink that will be very, veryradical sort of analysis,"Kohli said on the eve of thefirst ODI against Australia.

"We need to have asolid team. Before wehead into the IPL, we needto be absolutely clear ofwhat team we want for theWorld Cup. I don't see any-thing changing on how theIPL goes for any of theplayers. "If one or two play-ers do not have a good IPL

World Cup team will be more or lesssorted out before IPL, says Virat Kohli

season, it doesn't meanthat they are out of the pic-ture for the World Cup.Those things are not go-ing to matter," Kohli set therecord straight.

Young Rishabh Panthas been in poor form oflate but Kohli said he willbe given more opportuni-ties but not at the cost ofplaying a bowler less.

"We will have to thinkabout the combinations. Idon't think play ing abowler less is a goodidea because with theextra fielder in till the40th over, it becomesvery difficult to sort of geta few guys to chip inwith a few overs hereand there.

"We will have to workout the batting combina-t ion to t ry and g ivegame-time to the guys we

want to. But, I don't seethe bowling combinationchanging," the skippersaid. Kohli also lavishedpraise on KL Rahul andhinted that he did impressthe team managementwith his good shows in theT20s

"It augurs really well.KL, when he plays well, isoperating at a differentlevel I feel. We have seenhim do that in the IPL lastyear and in patches overthe last season we playedas a team."

Kohli explained whatmakes Rahul special.

"It's very difficult to finda consistent player, whocan play good cricketingshots and sti l l win yougames at a strike-rateof over 140 or 150. Hehas all the shots andhas a solid game as well.

"

New Delhi, March 1 : League clubs are waiting fora meeting with All India Football Federation (AIFF)chief Praful Patel as their fate hangs in the balance.

With the I-League reaching its last lap for the 2018-19 season, the question once again doing the roundsis the much-talked about Indian Super League (ISL)and I-League merger.

This is a possibility that has been doing the roundsfor the last few years. If some of the recent reports inthe media are to be believed, this could be the lastseason for the I-League. This has created a kind ofuncertainty among the clubs involved.

A letter submitted by the eight I-League clubs --Aizawl FC, Chennai City, Churchill Brothers, GokulamKerala, reigning champions Minerva Punjab, MohunBagan, Neroca and East Bengal -- asking for a meet-ing with Patel to discuss their future has got no re-sponse. The clubs that did not sign the letter wereReal Kashmir, Shillong Lajong (owned by AIFF vice-president Larsing Ming Sawyan) and AIFF's own teamIndian Arrows.

A senior official of Minerva Punjab FC, a signatoryto the letter, told IANS, "We have not received anyconfirmation about the meeting from the Federation."

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) constitu-

I-League clubs wait for meeting with AIFF chieftion does not allow a member country to have twonational leagues running simultaneously. This wasmade very clear by AFC General Secretary Dato'Windsor John when he was in Kolkata for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

"It's not a question of what we are favouring. It's inthe AFC constitution that one country should have oneleague.

We just gave provision (for two leagues) for a tran-sition period. That's all," Windsor told reporters. "Therewill be one league for sure," he said.

While the AFC has already submitted a roadmapfor the merger to the AIFF, the implementation of theroadmap is a huge task. All stake holders, includingclubs of both the I-League and ISL, have to be on thesame platform for the merger to become a possibility.

There is also the Football Sports Development Lim-ited (FSDL) issue. The clubs in their letter have de-manded that the country's top league should be runby AIFF and not their commercial marketing partnersFSDL as they have a conflict of interest.

I-League CEO Sunando Dhar told IANS thatthe president is yet to confirm any date forthe meeting. "We are yet to get a date for themeeting from AIFF president Praful Patel", he said.

Sydney, March 1 :Broadcasters in Australiarecently made a small ex-periment where they al-lowed no commentary incricket matches but thestump mics were turnedon all the time. The Inter-national Cricket Council(ICC), now, is mulling toreplicate the same for theupcoming cricket WorldCup. The tournament di-rector Steve Elworthy saidthat he is in favour of keep-ing the stump mics turnedon all the times and as-serted that the idea needsto be discussed.

"From a fan engage-ment point of view, beingable to do this for fans andspectators who are com-

ICC mulls all-time-on stump mics for World Cuping to the game or arewatching on TV, thesethings need to be dis-cussed, and need to beaddressed, ESPNcricinfoquoted Elworthy, as saying.People want to get close totheir heroes. They want tounderstand what goes on inthe heat of the battle. Butyou've also got to under-stand there are sensitivi-ties around these things.So it is a fine balancingact," he said.

"But I would genuinelylike to see that accessi-bility granted. I'd like tosee it when players do getcloser to the fans, [so] fansand spectators can wit-ness what actually goeson the field, the director

added. Meanwhile, theFederation of InternationalCricketers' Associations(FICA) has called for a pro-tocol to govern the use theaudio of the stump mic.FICA executive chairmanTony Irish voiced his con-cern saying that hostbroadcasters might makeselective use of the audio.

ICC chief executiveDavid Richardson said thatfrom a disciplinary policingpoint of view they will en-sure consistent use of thestump mic.

He further stated thatstump mic is a useful me-dium to detect any offen-sive language or behaviour.What [ICC] will do, cer-tainly from a disciplinary

policing point of view, wewill make sure that we willapply [stump mics] con-sistently," Richardson toldESPNcricinfo. "So, al-though the broadcastermight decide not to broad-cast to the public becausehe might feel that some-times the comments onthe field can be pretty ba-nal and irritating, I supposeto the viewers, as long as thataudio is still available to thematch officials to use ifnecessary."

The audio from thestump mic will allow usto be more consistent inhow that particular typeof behaviour is policed.As to the players may begetting upset, that's silly.

Sydney, March 1 :Steven Smith returned tothe nets for the first timesince his elbow injury in anattempt to be fit for the 50-over World Cup, startingMay 30.

Australia right-handedbatsman took Instagramto share a video of himhaving a hit. He can be seendonning a New South Walesshirt."Great to have my firsthit back today. The elbow isfeeling good!" Smith cap-tioned the post.

Smith and David Warnerare both coming towardsthe end of their 12-month

Elbow feeling good, says Smith on returning to netssuspension from the inter-national cricket for the ball-tampering.

The duo are eligible toreturn to Australia colourson March 29, which is theday of Australia's fourthODI against Pakistan inthe UAE, but Smith is un-likely to be ready for thatwhile Warner could beoverlooked even if he re-turns to playing by thenwith the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) that startsMarch 23, ESPNcricinforeported. "From all ac-counts they should both beready for the IPL, which is

really positive. Dave's[David Warner] probably alittle more advanced butmy understanding is theywill be ready to go in the not-too-distant future," Australiacoach Justin Langer said.

Australia will head fromIndia to the UAE to play five-match ODI series againstPakistan, the last interna-tional fixture ahead of theWorld Cup. The squad forthe 50-over global tourna-ment needs to be namedby April 23, however, it canbe changed later. Langerhas spent time with bothSmith and Warner, with

them training separatelyaccompanying the NewSouth Wales squad.

"I speak to them all thetime. We are in touch allthe time. [I have] been intouch with them for the lastnine months and, as it getscloser to them coming backin the squad, I am not sure itincreases - how much wespeak to each other," Langersaid. In their next assign-ment, Australia will faceIndia for a five-match ODIseries. The first game willtake place at the RajivGandhi International Stadiumin Hyderabad on March 2.

Tim Paine restedfrom Sheffieldgame

Delhi, March 1 : Aus-tralia Test captain andwicket-keeper Tim Painehas been rested by Tas-mania for their SheffieldShield fixture against Victoriaafter pulling up a bit sore.

Paine sustained the in-jury during a match againstSouth Australia inAdelaide, which Tasmaniawon by six wickets. How-ever, coach Adam Griffithstressed the injury is notserious, though it comesafter the wicketkeeperwas struck down by illnessfollowing the six-Text homesummer against India and SriLanka his maiden campaignon home soil as nationalcaptain, Cricket Australiareported.

"He is still getting overa really long summer, bothmentally and physically.He just was not movingright in Adelaide, he wasstill a bit sore. It is moreof a management thing it isnot a major injury or anything.The prudent thing for us todo with a lot of players wehave got four, maybe fiveshield games in a shortspace of time (after the BigBash League break) wewant to make sure we areplaying our best cricket .

Gagan Sethijumps to thirdposition afterstage 2 of JK TyreHimalayan Drive

Paro, March 1 : As theJK Tyre Himalayan Drive7 entered its final twostages, Delhis GaganSethi scripted a gallantfightback to move up tothe third position here onFriday. The JK Tyre HornbillTSD Driver champion GaganSethi and co-driver RajkumarMundra, who were not in thereckoning after the initialstages, showed great pre-cision and skill to make upfor their opening day's lossand get back into thechampionship mix.

While there were a lotof unfortunate incidents withtop contenders Pratick Sirkar(& co-driver DebashishGhosh) and Ratan Pal (& co-driver Prasenjit Roy) drop-ping out of contention .

World No. 1Naomi Osakahires new coach

Geneva, March 1 :World number one NaomiOsaka hired JermaineJenkins, former hitting part-ner to Venus Williams, asher new head coach.

The 21-year-old Japa-nese player took Twitter toconfirm the hiring. "Had agreat dinner with theteam. Also taking thismoment to thank Jermainefor joining us and comingon board lol," Osakawrote.

Jermaine, who is aformer All American colle-giate star at Clemson Uni-versity, served with Venusfrom 2015 until the end oflast season. His brotherJarmere is currentlySerena Williams' hittingpartner. Earlier in January,Jermaine was named asa national coach forwomen's tennis by theUSTA Player Develop-ment.

The reigning AustralianOpen champion's an-nouncement comes twoweeks after her decisionto part ways with coachSascha Bajin. "After thistournament I would wantto start looking at people.It is not really ideal to go.

Saturday, March 2, 2019STANDARD POST, Hyderabad 7

Actress Parul Yadav,who is playing the leadrole in the Kannadaremake of the Bollywoodfilm "Queen", says fromremoving the accusedfrom his position tocreating collectiveconsciousness amongpeople regarding sexualharassment at theworkplace, #MeToomovement is a positivechange in every work-place including filmindustry.

"The voice of womenhas been suppressed foryears, it is great to seehow stories of injustice,humiliation and harass-ment not only come outin the media but alsolegal action has beentaken. There are filmdirectors who had tostop working unless thelegal process gets over.Now no member of thefraternity can get awayafter committing a crimelike sexual harassment,"Parul said in an interac-tion with .

Parul has beenworking in the southIndian film industry forquite some time and hasreceived many awardsfor her Kannada films.

In the Indian filmindustry, several ac-tresses like Malayalamactress Parvathy,Bollywood actressKangana Ranaut,Nandita Das and RenukaShahane, among manyothers, supported the#MeToo movementwhereas actressTanushree Dutta wasone of the prominent

Actress Parul Yadav hails #MeToomovement as 'positive change'

voices to come forwardwith her story of sexualharassment againstveteran actor NanaPatekar.

Parul said: "This isone of such movementsthat has given women avoice to take standagainst injustice...sothat the workplacebecomes more securefor all of us."

Asked about if theactress has ever spokento Vikas Behl, thedirector of "Queen" whois also accused of sexualharassment, the actresssaid: "When we decidedto remake the film in adifferent language, I hadspoken to him once andthat's it. He said that it

would be better if I donot watch the filmbecause that mightinfluence me promptme to copy the origi-nal performance,which none of uswants."

The original film"Queen" that released in2014, has now fourversions - Tamil, Telugu,Kannada andMalayalam. While Parulwill be playing theKannada version, KajalAggarwal, Tamannaahand Manjima Mohan willbe in the lead role inTamil, Telugu andMalayalam versions,respectively.

The film is slated torelease in 2019.

Tougher to get break in films than in web shows: NidhiActress Nidhi Singh says that for a newcomer, getting an oppor-

tunity in a Bollywood film is tougher as compared to bagging a digitalshow.

"I think when it comes to working harder for grabbing opportuni-ties, we are putting equal effort to everything but for a newcomer, itis much tougher to get a break in a film than digital shows," Nidhitold here.

"In feature films, stakes are higher and that is why people investwisely on stars and popular faces over newcomers."

However, the actress is hopeful with the changing scenario inBollywood.

Citing the example of "Badhaai Ho", she said: "In that film, all thegood actors received appreciation for their work and the film also didwell at the box office. So I think such things will surely bring a changeand open doors for actors like us.

"The grandeur of 70 mm can never be replaced by anything, butI see no reason for not doing other work while waiting for a good bigfilm coming my way."

The actress is popular for her work in web series like "PermanentRoommates", "Man's World", "Humorously Yours" and "Apharan".Nidhi also acted in the Netflix feature film "Brij Mohan Amar Rahe".

Asked if the growth of digital entertainment is helping to flourishnew talent like herself, Nidhi said: "The digital entertainment hasgiven opportunities to many talents and the job opportunities haveincreased, not only for actors but for everyone who is involved in thebusiness."

"At the same time, big producers, filmmakers and Bollywood ac-tors are also working on digital content... whether it is a web serieslike 'Sacred Games' or a film like 'Lust Stories', the digital entertain-ment is becoming more legitimate than earlier," she added.

A c t o r - p r o d u c e rShreyas Talpade saysthat he wants to give 14special mementos to hiswife Deepti on their 14thwedding anniversary onMonday."This anniversary isgoing to be really special forDeepti and me since wehave received the greatestgift in this world -- our babyAadya," Shreyas said in astatement." Aadya will becelebrating her parents'wedding anniversary andthe New Year for the firsttime. It's the end of theyear and a great time tomake memories and withour anniversary, it calls for

Shreyas' '14 special mementos' forwife on wedding anniversary

a double celebration. It'sgoing to be a family cel-ebration." Sharing moreabout his plans for the an-niversary, he said: "Since it'sour 14th wedding anniver-sary, I wanted to give her14 special mementos foreach of the year that we

spent together. We will betravelling somewhere out-door. "The couple had metat a college event. The"Iqbal" actor had visited thecollege as a celebrity guestand Deepti was a studentthere. They tied the knoton December 31, 2004.

Aamir Khan announcesnew film for small screen

Megastar Aamir Khan on Monday announced hisnew production, "Rubaru Roshni", which will premiereon the small screen.Aamir, along with his wife KiranRao, has produced the feature film, which will pre-miere on January 26, 2019.

"Hey guys, our next film from Aamir Khan Produc-tions (AKP) is premiering on StarPlus, on January26,2019 at 11 am. It's something that Kiran and I haveproduced, and which we are very close to. 'RubaruRoshni'.

Don't miss it," tweeted Aamir, who made his smallscreen debut with "Satyamev Jayate".The film is di-rected by Svati Chakravarty.Aamir, who faced failurethis year with "Thugs of Hindostan", also shared avideo clip, in which he said: "On Republic Day, whatare you doing? I mean, after the flag hoisting becauseI have a plan for you.""I would like to present a veryspecial thing in front of you. No it is not a new episodeof 'Satyamev Jayate', but if touches the heart only thenit will make sense, so let us meet on January 26."

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STANDARD POST, Hyderabad 8Need to focus on gender equality and safetyof women through gender sensitization : VP

(By Mohd Rafi)Hyderabad, March 1 :

The Vice President of In-dia, M. Venkaiah Naiduhas said that the educa-tion we impart in ourschools, colleges and uni-versities must lead to selfdiscovery, enlightenmentand awakening of an in-dividual. He was address-ing the gathering at thePlatinum Jubilee Celebra-tions of Andhra VidyalayaCollege of Arts, Science& Commerce, inHyderabad today. TheMinister for Education,Telangana, G. JagdishReddy and other dignitar-ies were present on theoccasion.

The Vice President saidthat by 2020, the medianage in India will be just28, compared to 37 inChina and the US, 45 inWestern Europe, and 49in Japan. Demographicsis a game changer in eco-nomic development andcan transform the paceand pattern of economicgrowth, he added.

Naidu said that invest-ing in people throughhealthcare, quality educa-

tion, jobs and skills helpsbuild human capital. Hefurther said that thoughIndia has made consid-erable gains in humandevelopment, it sti l lgrapples from chal-lenges of illiteracy, bigbarriers to secondaryschooling, low-qualitypublic services, andgender discrimination.It is time for India topursue a much more ag-gressive education plan,exploiting the new tech-

nology opportunities, headded.The Vice Presidentsaid that there should berenewed focus on genderequality and safety ofwomen through gendersensitization and gendersensitization must beginat the home, schools andcolleges.

He urged the institu-tion to do everything in itspower to encourage moreand more young womento avail opportunities ofhigher education.Saying

that even when jobs areavailable, candidates withthe right skill set that fitthe job are not avail-able, the Vice Presidentsuggested to tackle thisissue with the PradhanMantri Kaushal VikasYojna 2.0 which hasbeen launched in Octo-ber 2016 and aims totrain 10 Million Youthover a period of 4 years.

Advising to pay atten-tion to equity in access toeducation, the Vice Presi-

dent said that women andgirls, Scheduled Castesand Tribes, differently-abled and minority groupsneed to have a barrierfree and equitable accessto higher education.

Quoting SwamiVivekananda’s exhorta-tion a hundred years ago- “Awake, arise and stopnot ti l l your goal isreached”, Shri Naidu saidthat this world is full ofopportunities and onemust seize them.

Awareness Programme on GST and EDC for GM, DICs

(By SP Bureau)Hyderabad, March 1 :

An awarenessprogramme on GST andEDC for General Manag-ers of DICs , Govt ofTelangana and Represen-tatives of Industry Asso-ciations was conductedtoday i.e on 1-03-2019 atMSME-DI, Hyderabad.The meeting was at-tended by the GeneralManagers of District In-dustries Centres fromTelangana, Yerram Rajufrom Telangana HealthClinic Limited and repre-sentatives from Industryassociations Raj Kumar,

Addl Director, Commis-sioner of Industries, Govtof Telangana speaking onthe occasion appreciatedMSME-DI for conducting thisawareness programmeand expressed his desireto work in tandem withMSME-DI for the benefitentrepreneurs in thestate.

He said that most ofthe of existing and bud-ding entrepreneurs arenot aware of the Central/State Govt Schemes andfelt the necessity to bringthe benefits of theseschemes to them. He ex-plained a few State Govt

schemes TS-IPASS aSingle Window servicedisseminating informationabout Central and StateGovt schemes.

He said that four fa-cilitation centres havebeen set up in various dis-tricts to disseminate in-formation about variousschemes to the entrepre-neurs and 4 GMs are pro-viding assistance relatingto delayed payments. Hebriefed about the EDP,SDP and cluster develop-ment programmes con-ducted by them. He re-quested D.ChandraSekhar, AIA to look into

early approval of a fewfinancial proposals sub-mitted by them which willenable them to providebetter services to the en-trepreneurs. He urgedAdditional Industrial Ad-viser to have this kind of in-teractions and coordinationwith MSME so that the StateGovt officials will enhancetheir knowledge on GST,GST and GeM etc.

Yerram Raju,Telangana Health ClinicServices Limited in his talkexplained about the ac-tivities being taken up byTHCL one among them iscreating Accountants forproper upkeep of recordsand accounts of a com-pany in compliance ofrules and regulations en-visaged for the MSE unitswhich may help them torun in profitable manner.He said that there is a needto conduct programmes incoordination with MSME,DICs, banks and industryassociations. He desiredthat with this proper co-ordination will make in-dustry healthy.

He said that THC isstriving for the revival ofsick units in TelanganaState and as a part of the

same, THCL is providingonline services where anysick unit can approachthem through mobile appor website.

The details submittedby the unit will be com-municated to the con-cerned DIC to seek stepsto revive the sick unit. Heexpressed his deep con-cern towards the growingpercentage of sick unitsdue to power shortageand other various reasonsand urged MSME and StateGovt officials in addition tobringing awarenessamong the MSE units re-garding by conductingsuch programmes in alldistricts.

While welcoming theofficers of MSME-DIs whohave attended the train-ing, D.Chandra Sekhar,Addl.Industrial Adviser ofMSME-DI, Hyderabadbriefly explained workingof first EDC Cell whichstarted to functioning atMSME-DI, Hyderabad re-cently.

He further informedthat as per the instructionof DC(MSME), MSME-DI,Hyderabad has prepareda draft guidelines on EDC,which is proposed to be

setup at National level toPanchayat Level, whereinNational Enterprise Re-source Centre(NERC) willfunction at National Level,REDC at Regional Level,MSME-DI-EDC at MSME-DI level, District levelDIC-EDC, Block levelEDC and Panchayatlevel EDC. The conceptof the proposed EDC isbased on three vital as-pects, ie. disseminationof information, .facilita-tion and handholding forboth aspiring and existingentrepreneurs.

The inaugural sessionconcluded with a vote ofthanks proposed byR.Viswanathan, ,Dy.Director of MSME-DI,Hyderabad

The inaugural sessionwas followed by a Tech-nical session, whereinR . V i s w a n a d h a n ,Dy.Director, Vijay Sirsat,Dy.Director Sanjeev Saini,Asst.Director, RajeshYadav Asst.Director andG.S.Bist, Asst.Directorbriefed the participantson various aspect of EDCCell of MSME-DI, its func-tioning and achieve-ments, with the help ofaudio visual aids.

Police held 1 with50-gram gold,500-gram silver

Hyderabad, March 1 (IPT) : Police on Friday claimedto have arrested a person allegedly involved in goldand silver robbery. Police have seized 50-gram goldand 500-gram silver from his possession.

The accused identified as Shaik Ismail is said tobe allegedly involved in 13 different cases and wasalso held earlier for his involvement in nine cases bythe police.

Anjani Kumar, Commissioner of Police, said, "Onthe basis of credible information our team appre-hended Shaik Ismail, a habitual offender."

"He used to go from one colony to another, target-ing school children by introducing himself as a friend.After befriending them, he used to ask children to getgold and silver ornaments on the pretext of makingvarious designs," he said."After getting gold or silver,he would divert children's attention and elope withthe precious metals. Further investigation in the mat-ter is underway," said Kumar.

Hyderabad, March 1 :Chief Electoral Officer, DrRajath Kumar today sug-gested to the contestingpolitical leaders to submitgenuine details to theElection Commission andwarned of criminal caseand action if wrong infor-mation is filed. There wasan increase of 20 percent of paid news and apanel will be formed indistricts to check thesame, he said.

He suggested the me-dia including print andelectronic to stop propa-gating hate and intoler-able speech. During aworkshop on media roleon elections, RajatKumar asked the media toavoid hate speech andnews that will provoke

Media should avoid hate news,says CEO Rajath Kumar

people on the basis ofcaste, community or reli-gion.

The meeting gets im-portance ahead of LokoSabha polls. The role ofJournalists is key to thepeople and also for thepolitical parties, and in-formation should be ob-jective in manner and notbaseless speculations andrumours.

He said that steps willbe taken to correct datathat maligns the image ofthe candidates or a politi-cal party. Media has tofocus on the opinion pollsor elections with accuratedata.

The CEO asked thecandidates in fray to sub-mit Form-26 with correctinformation and the EC is

vigilant of paid news. Hesaid that 1,403 cases ofpaid news registered sofar during the 2018 As-sembly elections with 20per cent rise. He observedthat some publicationsfavour some political par-ties and it can’t be con-sidered as paid news andspecific news about can-didates and similar pro-motion in multiple publi-cations can be consid-ered.

Rajat Kumar said thatvoters awareness pro-grams will be conductedinforming voters aboutthe voting process anddetails. He also said themedia should avoid airingany final, formal and defi-nite results until EC de-clare them officially.

Education,health forall: Etala

Hyderabad, March 1 :Health Minister ERajender today said thatthe government aims toprovide the best healthand education to thepeople. He visited NIMShere and inspected vari-ous wards on the occa-sion.

The minister inter-acted with the patients ontreatment and healthcarefacilities being provided inthe NIMS hospital. ChiefMinister K ChandrasekharRao is for providing qual-ity education and healthservices to all in the state,he said. ‘

We have taken stepsfor better facilities and in-frastructure’ Rajendersaid. On getting state-hood, Telangana govern-ment has developed itshospitals to a great ex-tent and providing thebest healthcare services,he claimed. The Cancerwing was developed withall latest facilities, he said.The health minister alsosaid that more funds willbe given for the hospitalto improve the servicesfor the people.

Comprehensive MasterPlan for Hyd; CS holdsmeeting with officials

Hyderabad, March 1 : In tune with the ChiefMinister’s vision for bringing a transformative and in-novative change of Hyderabad city, a high level pre-paratory meeting with all the line departments washeld at the secretariat today. Presiding over the meet-ing Chief Secretary Dr S K Joshi asked the officials tosubmit the details along with the available data forpreparing a concept note by the Administrative StaffCollege of India ASCI and MAUD (Municipal Adminis-tration and Urban Development) department by thisTuesday. The concept note is part of the comprehen-sive master plan which will be prepared by the ASCIwithin six months.

Officials who spoke on the proposed master planobserved that plan should include within ORR, be-tween the ORR and RRR and outside five kms of RRR.It should also include zoning of areas for develop-ment of economic anchors such as media hub, sportshub, health care hub among others. Integrated sat-ellite townships for all inclusive development shouldalso be part of the master plan. Balancing growthwith development, review of institutional structures,governance for improved performance and account-ability and development of infrastructure with an eyeon the next 30 years should be incorporated in theplan, chief secretary said.

Principal Secretary Municipal Administration ArvindKumar said that the plan would look into the trans-portation, traffic congestion, ease of living aspect,drinking water and road plan as well. Strengtheninginstitutions and innovative financing to support citydevelopment will also be part of the master plan, headded. Principal Secretary Health Shanti Kumari, Tour-ism Secretary B Venkatesham, GHMC commissionerDanakishore and other officials attended the meeting.

Hyderabad, March 1 :The much awaited LBNagar flyover was todaystarted giving a major re-prieve to people fromregular traffic problems.Home MinisterMahamood Ali, AnimalHusbandry Minister TSrinivas Yadav and LabourMinister Ch Malla Reddy,Mayor B Rammohanopened the flyover at LBNagar cross roads forgeneral public. Deputymayor Baba Fasiyuddin,MLA Sudhir Reddy, andGHMC CommissionerDana Kishore and othersattended the program.

The flyover was builtat a cost of Rs 42 croreand the launch was de-layed by a month. Speak-ing on the occasion,

LB Nagar flyover Opens forpublic; Rs 42 Cr spent

Mahamood Ali said thatthe flyover in LB Nagar willaddress the longawaited traffic problems.The government isspending huge funds forproviding better publictransport system throughroads, infrastructure andfacilities.

Like no other city,Hyderabad is being devel-oped as a global city.Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao iskeen on better connectiv-ity to the people in the cityand in districts, heclaimed. Also to reducetraffic problems, the un-der pass will be opera-tional, he said. Thepeople can use the flyoverto reach Vijayawada orother areas from this

cross roads. The city pro-vides people ample spaceto make a better living,he said. The flyover willreduce traffic problemstowards Hayatnagar,Choutuppal andVijayawada and other ar-eas.

Srinivas Yadav saidthat the flyover was takenup under package twothrough Rs 25000 croreSRDP project. Hyderabadwill become signal freecity through theseflyovers and Rs 448 crorebeing spent for under-passes and flyovers nearjunctions, he said addingthat Biramalguda andKamineni flovers areready for the launch tofurther reduce trafficproblems.

New Delhi, March 1(GNS) : The revenue col-lection under the Goodsand Services Tax (GST)rose more than 13 percent to Rs 97,247 crore inFebruary as against Rs85,962 crore in the year-ago month, the FinanceMinistry said on Friday.

"The total gross GSTrevenue collected in themonth of February, 2019is Rs 97,247 crore," theMinistry said in a state-ment. In January 2019, itstood at Rs 1,02,503crore, becoming the thirdmonth in the fiscal cross-ing the Rs 1 lakh croremark.

Out of the Rs 97,247crore collected in Febru-ary 2019, Rs 17,626 crorewas collected as Central-GST (CGST), Rs 24,192crore as State-GST(SGST), Rs 46,953 crore

GST Feb collection up 13%as Integrated-GST(IGST) and Rs 8,476 croreas cess.

The IGST amount in-cludes Rs 21,384 crorecollected on imports andthe cess includes Rs 910crore collected on im-ports, the statement said.

The revenue in Febru-ary, 2018 was Rs 85,962crore and the revenueduring February, 2019grew by 13.12 per centover the revenue in thesame month last year, itsaid.

The total number ofGSTR 3B Returns filed forthe month of January upto February 28, 2019 is73.48 lakh, the govern-ment said. Further, thegovernment has settledRs 19,470 crore to CGSTand Rs 15,747 crore toSGST from IGST as regu-lar settlement.