NEW DELHIWith airfares witnessing

sharp fluctuations, aParliamentary panel onTuesday pitched for regu-lation of air ticket prices toensure that they remainwithin a "reasonablerange".

Observing that currentlythere is no transparentmechanism to regulate air-fares,the panel said eventhe benefit of reduction inthe price of ATF (AviationTurbine Fuel) is not passedon to passengers.

The observations havebeen made by the depart-ment-related parliamentarystanding committee on

transport, tourism and cul-ture in its report ondemands for grants of thecivil aviation ministry.

are free to charge asmuch as they can and trav-ellers are caught unawareabout the fares, it said.

Noting that the existingsystem has not worked, thepanel said it "strongly feelsthat this is high time nowthat the ministry must stepin by putting a regulatorymechanism in place to seethat airfares remain withina reasonable range".

The recommendationsalso come at a time whenthere are rising concerns

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MUMBAITemperature: 380CPrecipitation:20%Humidity:69%Wind: 20Km/hr

HAQSAADDAFIGHT FOR RIGHTWednesday, April 29, 2015

Delhi Police seek to reconstruct last24-hrs of farmer Gajendra's life

Celkon Campus A518 With 5-Inch Display,3G Support Launched at Rs. 4,500

Irrfan Khan finds a love story inPiku P8

NEW DELHIFor about 70 climbers on

Mount Everest base camp, hitby the devastating earthquakein Nepal, Captain Ritesh Goelof the Indian Army was a lifesaver. Captain Goel, who has

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Indian Army DoctorSaves Lives onMount Everest

DARBHANGAAt a hospital in Bihar, people

injured in the earthquake thatstruck Nepal and parts of Indiaon Saturday were today"marked" with stickers on theirforehead. Stickers saying

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At This Hospital in Bihar,Earthquake Patients WereMarked With 'Bhukamp' Stickers

BEIJINGChina has played down

reports of a competition withIndia in earthquake reliefefforts in Nepal, with its foreignministry saying it would like towork with India "positively" tohelp Nepal, which shares

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Want to Work Positivelywith India in Nepal ReliefEfforts, Says China

KOLKATAWest Bengal Chief Minister

Mamata Banerjee has appealedto the Left and the BJP to call offtheir separate statewide bandhon Thursday to protest "riggingand murder of democracy" inthe just-concluded civic elec-tions.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata BanerjeeAppeals to Left, BJP to Call Off Bandh

CHANDIGARHIndia is "a very frustratingly

robust democracy" whereunleashing "big bang" reformsis not easy given the multiplecentres of veton power, ChiefEconomic Adviser ArvindSubramanian said inChandigarh today.

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Big Reforms Not Easy in India With MultipleVeto Centres, Says Arvind Subramanian

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on

Tuesday stayed proceedingsagainst author Shobhaa De onthe breach of privilege noticeissued by the Maharashtraassembly for her tweets overthe state government order onMarathi films.

Taharashtra assembly hadissued notice to De for allegedly violating its privilegeand she was directed to file her written submission by

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Breach of privilege notice: SC staysproceedings against Shobhaa De

KATHMANDUAround 250 people are

feared missing after an ava-lanche on Tuesday hit an areaof Nepal that is on a populartrekking route and near the epi-centre of a devastating earth-quake, a local official said.

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250 Missing AfterAvalanche Hits NepalTrekking Route

NEW DELHIOnly 65 per cent of children

aged up to one year are coveredunder the UniversalImmunisation Programme(UIP), in which vaccinesagainst seven life threateningdiseases are administered in thecountry.

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'Universal ImmunisationProgramme covers only65 pc children'

P6P2

Weather ReportDELHITemperature: 400CPrecipitation:0%Humidity: 26%Wind: 13Km/hr

KOLKATATemperature: 360CPrecipitation: 56%Humidity:43% Wind: 11Km/hr

CHENNAITemperature: 370CPrecipitation:0%Humidity:69%Wind: 19Km/hr

BEIJINGPrime Minister

Narendra Modi'sMadison Square-styleevent in Shanghai duringhis upcoming visit toChina has generated a"terrific response" fromIndian professionals andstudents based in variouscities in the world's mostpopulous nation.

Mr Modi plans to givea speech in Shanghaisimilar to the one at NewYork's Madison SquareGarden last year on hisUS visit. This will be thefirst time an Indianleader has attemptedsuch an event in Chinawhich until recently had

very few Indians.From across China

there has been a "terrificresponse" for the primeminister's event being

organised by the Indiancommunity on May 16, asocial media message bythe Indian Association of

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PM Modi to Address Indian Professionalsand Students in Shanghai on China Trip

Parliamentary panel seeksregulation of airfares

NEW DELHIGovernment on

Tuesday informed theParliament that the term'shaheed' or martyr isnot defined "anywhere"and there is no officialorder to accord thesame to defence orparamilitary personnel.

"There have beendemands for giving sha-heed/martyr status tothe Central ArmedPolice Forces (CAPF)and Assam Rifles (AR)

personnel killed inaction. In the meetingof Committee ofSecretaries held onSeptember 14, 2011,Ministry of Defenceindicated that sha-heed/martyr is notdefined anywhere andpresently they are notissuing any order/notifi-cation to this effect inrespect of defence per-sonnel.

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GORKHA (NEPAL)Hungry and desperate villagers

rushed towards relief helicoptersin remote areas of Nepal onTuesday, begging to be airlifted tosafety, four days after a monsterearthquake killed more than 5,000people.

"The ground keeps shaking,even this morning it did. Everytime it feels like we will be swal-lowed, that we will die now. I wantto get out of here!" said SitaGurung, 24, whose home had beenwrecked.

As the Himalayan nation's PrimeMinister Sushil Koirala said get-ting help to remote areas was a"major challenge", aid finallybegan reaching areas that had tofend for themselves sinceSaturday's 7.9-magnitude quake.

In a televised address late

Tuesday, Koirala declared threedays of national mourning for the5,057 people known to have per-ished in Nepal alone.

More than 100 people died in

neighbouring countries such asIndia and China.

Around 8,000 people had beeninjured while the United Nations

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Ground ‘still shaking’ in Nepal asearthquake death toll crosses 5,000

NEW DELHITo probe heinous crimes

against women, the Centre hasproposed to set up 150 inves-tigative units for violenceagainst women in most crimeprone districts in the country.

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Govt to set up 150 inves-tigative units to probecrime against women

NEW DELHICBI has informed a spe-

cial court that response ofcompetent authority wasstill awaited on the issueof granting sanction toprosecute government ser-vants allegedly involved intwo separate cases lodgedin coal blocks allocationscam.

The agency told specialCBI judge Bharat Parasharthat they have already sentthe necessary report to the

sanctioning authority inthis regard.

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Coal scam: Awaiting responseon issue of sanction, says CBI

'Shaheed' not defined indefence or central forces: Govt

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHIPrime Minister

Narendra Modi hasdeputed four Unionministers to assess theloss of life and propertyin quake-hit areas of thecountry, especiallyBihar, and oversee therelief and rescue opera-tions there.

While Union ministerDharmendra Pradhan isalready deputed at theIndo-Nepal border andin overseeing reliefoperations in quake-hitareas, the other minis-ters deputed are AnanthKumar, Radha MohanSingh and J P Nadda.

All the three ministers

have been deputed inBihar, which has beenthe worst affected dueto the earthquake andhas seen the maximumdeaths. They will assessand monitor the rescueand relief work, besidesinteracting with chief

minister Nitish Kumarand will submit a reportto the Prime Minister.

This was stated byParliamentary affairsminister VenkaiahNaidu at the meeting ofBJP parliamentary partyhere, where senior party

leaders includingfinance minister ArunJaitley and party veter-an L K Advani werepresent. The PrimeMinister was unable toattend the meeting ofparty MPs.

"While DharmendraPradhan is already therealong the Nepal borderin Bihar, overseeing theevacuation process ofIndians from quake-hitNepal and sendingrelief material there, theother three Union min-isters will be leaving forBihar by tomorrow,"Union minister MukhtarAbbas Naqvi told

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PM deputes four Unionministers to quake-hit areas

UN: More than 300,000driven from homes inYemen's conflictSANAA(YEMEN)

More than 300,000 Yemenis havebeen driven from their homes by amonth of violence in the impover-ished Arab nation, double the numberonly two weeks ago, amid escalatingfighting with Shia rebels and the con-tinued Saudi-led air campaign, aUnited Nations agency said Tuesday.

The report by the Office for theCoordination of HumanitarianAffairs came as warplanes from theSaudi-led coalition throughout theday Tuesday pounded positions of theShia rebels, known as Houthis, andallied troops loyal to ousted leaderAli Abdullah Saleh in the capital,Sanaa, and in the south.

The three cities of Dhale, Aden andTaiz _the third largest city in Yemen

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MUMBAICongress Vice

President Rahul Gandhiwill undertake a 15-kmday-long padyatra inAmravati division ofVidarbha region inMaharashtra on April30, for highlighting the

farmers' woes."Gandhi who will

arrive in Nagpur tomor-row evening, will go toAmaravati the nextmorning to embark onthe day-long padyatra,"Mahrashtra Pradesh

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Rahul Gandhi to UndertakeDay-Long 'Padyatra' inAmravati on Apr 30

WASHINGTONA part of India slid

about one foot to 10 feetnorthwards and under-neath Nepal in a matterof seconds during thedevastating 7.9-magni-tude earthquake that hitthe neighbouring coun-try on Saturday, a USscientist has said.

"Saturday's slip tookplace over an area about1,000 to 2,000 squaremiles over a zone span-ning the cities ofKathmandu andPokhara in one direc-tion, and almost theentire Himalaya moun-tain width in the other,"said Colin Stark,

Lamont associateresearch professor at theLamont-Doherty EarthObservatory, ColumbiaUniversity.

"A part of India slidabout one to 10 feetnorthwards and under-neath Nepal in a matterof seconds," Stark said.

"The rock (we call itthe "crust", or more pre-cisely 'lithosphere')below Bihar slid underNepal along a zone fromBharatpur, throughHetauda, to Janakpur,"Stark told PTI.

"It's important to real-ize that all of northernIndia is sliding northunder Nepal etc, all the

time. The point is thatthe sliding takes placeabruptly at differentpatches at differenttimes," Stark said.

Geophysicists havelong monitored how fastEarth's plates are mov-ing, and it is known thatthe entire subcontinentof India is being drivenslowly but surely under-neath Nepal and Tibet ata speed of around 1.8inches per year, Starkearlier wrote in an arti-cle published on CNNwebsite.

Over millions ofyears, the squeezing hascrushed the Himalayas

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Earthquake slid India up to 10 feet northwardsin matter of seconds, US scientist says

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NEW DELHI

Delhi Police are trying to piecetogether the last 24 hours offarmer Gajendra Singh's life byanalysing his mobile phone dataand questioning people to findout where he had visited andwhom he had spoken to beforehis alleged suicide at JantarMantar here.

One of the relatives of thedeceased farmer, whose mobilephone number was found onSingh's call log, has told policethat he was asked by him toswitch on his TV as "somethingbig was going to happen".

"The relative, who lives inSingh's native village in Dausaof Rajasthan, received a callfrom him at around 1 P.M. (onApril 22). Singh had told him,'TV kholo, dekho kuch badahone wala hai' (switch on yourTV, something big is going tohappen)," said a senior policeofficial associated with theprobe.

Police said they are trying to

ascertain whether there was ahint in his words as to the eventsthat were soon to unfold during

an AAP rally in Delhi.Some others who came into

contact with Singh before he

climbed a tree and tied a towelround his neck in the momentspreceding the tragedy are also

being questioned to determinewhether he had showed any sui-cidal tendency.

Two eyewitnesses who hadseen him climb the tree and threeAAP workers who had scram-bled up to bring Singh down arealso being questioned, addedpolice.

Police are also analysingSingh's movements after he lefthis Dausa home to reach JantarMantar. "All this will help usfind out whether he had reachedthere to commit suicide or if itwas an accidental death," theyadded. Meanwhile, Delhi PoliceCommissioner BS Bassi todayrubbished media stories that areport has been sent by hisdepartment to Delhi governmentterming the incident an acciden-tal death.

"As far as I know, Delhi Policehas not sent any report to Delhigovernment. There have beensome letters exchanged betweenthe New Delhi DCP and thearea's District Magistrate. As I

have told you earlier, there is aconfidentiality in this sort ofcommunication and it will not beappropriate to reveal it," Bassitold reporters here today.

He said that informationwould be shared "wheneverthere is anything in the course ofinvestigation worth sharing".

Asked whether the organisersof the AAP rally or the DelhiCabinet members who werepresent on the stage when thefarmer allegedly ended his lifewould be questioned, Bassi saidthat the decision lay with theinvestigating officer in the case.

New Delhi district DM SanjayKumar said they "will submit thereport of the investigation onFriday". Singh, a 41-year-oldfarmer from Rajasthan, allegedlycommitted suicide by hanginghimself from a tree during anAAP rally against the land ordi-nance. In a note scribbled byhim, Singh said he was thrownout of his home by his fatherafter suffering crop loss.

Delhi Police seek to reconstruct last24-hrs of farmer Gajendra's life

NEW DELHI

The Delhi Bar Councilon Tuesday issued ashowcause notice toLaw Minister JitenderSingh Tomar, who alsoholds the portfolios oftourism, art and culture,as well as home, over afake degree row.

The developmentcomes after a Bihar-based university fromwhere Tomar claimed tohave obtained hisdegree told the DelhiHigh Court yesterdaythat the provisional cer-tificate was not "gen-uine" and "does notexist in the university'srecord".

Speaking to newsagency ANI, theChairman of Delhi BarCouncil KK Manansaid, “Delhi bar councilhas taken cognizance,sent notice to law min ofDelhi.” Manan furthersaid, “He (JitenderSingh Tomar) has been

given time to respond.”Delhi Bar Council

slapped the notice onTomar even as the DelhiLaw Minister clarifiedtoday that his degreewas 100 percent gen-uine and there was noreason for him to resignover the issue.

Fake law degree row: Delhi Bar Council sendsnotice to law minister Jitender Singh Tomar

NEW DELHIA Delhi court on

Tuesday fixed August28 for hearing a perjurycase against Bollywoodactor Shayan Munshi inthe Jessica Lall murdercase. ChiefMetropolitan Magistrate(CMM) Pooran Chandposted the matter for thenext hearing due to thestrike by lawyers in dis-trict courts.

The lawyers areobserving strike againstthe delay in tabling inParliament an amendedbill regarding enhance-ment of pecuniary juris-diction of trial courts.

Meanwhile, Munshi,

who is facing prosecu-tion for allegedly turn-ing hostile in the murdercase, moved a plea seek-ing exemption from per-sonal appearance for theday and the courtallowed his application.

Another accused PremManocha, who was thenworking as a ballisticexpert, was present inthe court.

The court had earliercancelled non-bailablewarrants (NBW) issuedagainst Munshi after heappeared before it andhad directed him to becareful in future.

The court had issuedNBW against Munshi,

who was out on bail,after he failed to appearbefore it during the pro-ceedings. The case iscurrently at the stage ofhearing arguments onframing of chargesagainst the accused.

The court, which hadin December 23, 2013granted bail to Munshias the offence allegedagainst him was bail-able, had also imposedseveral conditions onhim including that hewould regularly attendhearings and shall notinfluence witnesses ortamper with the recordsin any manner andinform it before leaving

India. Munshi, who was led

as a primary witness ofprosecution in theJessica murder case, andManocha are accused oflying on oath duringtrial before the sessionscourt and introducingthe "two-gun theory",which was the primarydefence taken by theconvicts.

The Delhi High Courtregistrar had filed twoseparate complaintsagainst them inSeptember, 2013 afterthe high court passed anorder on March 22,2013 directing theirprosecution for perjury.

Jessica Lall murder case: Court tohear perjury complaint on August 28

NEW DELHI

A Delhi court hasacquitted a man of thecharges of kidnappingand raping a girl aftershe stated that she hadwillingly married him.

Additional SessionsJudge Vinod Yadav letoff the man, a MadhyaPradesh resident, afterthe girl deposed that shewas involved in a rela-tionship with theaccused, who was herneighbour, and theywere now happily mar-ried. "In view of thematerial on record, itappears that the pros-ecutrix (girl) was will-ing and consenting partyand it seems that every-thing had happened withher sweet will," thecourt said, while acquit-ting the man of offencesunder sections 363(kid-napping), 366 (abduct-ing woman to compelher for marriage) and376 (rape) of IPC andunder section 6 (sexualassault) of POCSO Act.

According to the pros-ecution, on March 27,2014, the girl's fatherhad lodged a complaintalleging that his minordaughter was missingsince five days. The girlwas found in MadhyaPradesh four monthslater with the accused,who was arrested.

After completion ofthe probe, charges undervarious sections of IPCand Prevention ofChildren from SexualOffences Act (POCSO)were framed againsthim. However, the girl'sfather accepted beforethe court that his daugh-ter had willingly mar-ried the accused and wasan 18-year-old adult.

During the trial, theaccused claimed he wasinnocent and had beenfalsely implicated in thecase as girl's parentswere against their mar-riage. He further statedthat at the time of theirmarriage, the girl was amajor.

Delhi court acquits man of chargesof kidnapping, raping girl NEW DELHI

For acid attack sur-vivor Sonali Mukherjee,her recent weddingholds testimony to theadage 'All's well thatends well.'

From sharing centrestage on TV withmegastar AmitabhBachchan in 'KaunBanega Crorepati' tomarrying the love of herlife, acid attack survivorSonali Mukherjee's lifestory seems next to afairy tale.

Attacked for resistingsexual approaches bythree of her neighbours,Sonali who hails fromBokaro in Jharkhandhad acid flung on herface in the year 2003,when she was 17 yearsold.

The attack left her par-tially deaf and blind andmelted her eyelids,mouth and ears.

Her father sold landand jewellery to providefor her reconstructivetreatment and she man-aged to win Rs 25 lakhson the TV show KBCalong with a celebrity

partner the former MissUniverse Lara Dutta.

"I had won 25 lakhrupees out of whichabout 7-8 lakh rupeeswere deducted due totax. The remainingamount was used for mytreatment. Till now Ihave undergone 34 sur-geries, and still haveabout 7 to 8 surgeriesstill left," says Sonali.

by her courage andbravery, an electricalengineer, ChittaranjanTewari also fromBokaro contacted herthrough social mediaand love blossomedbetween the two. Theduo tied the knot onApril 14, on the occa-sion of Bengali Newyear in Dhanbad thisyear.

"The proposal formarriage came fromChittaranjan. It took mesome time to decide. Myhusband was veryimpressed with mycourage and he contact-ed me through the socialmedia after which I con-sulted my family. It wasvery difficult for me to

accept his proposal andI could not generate thetrust," says Sonali.

There was once aphase in her life, saysSonali when she was fedup and had attractedattention with her pleafor euthanasia.

However, now aftermarriage her life seemsto be back on the trackfor the acid attack sur-vivor.

"There was a timewhen I was completelybroken. Life was miser-able and I was sufferingextensively because ofmy physical condition.My culprits were roam-ing around freely andthere was no law to pun-ish them. That's when Ithought to end my life ina way to bring an end tomy sufferings," recallsSonali.

Her husband Tewarisays he aspired to marrya "special girl" in his lifeand his search was com-plete when he sawSonali on "CrimePatrol", a TV soap thatfeatured herstory.

Acid attack survivor finds love, ties knot

NEW DELHI

Intelligence agencieshave alerted the DelhiPolice over a possibleterror attack usingdrones in the nationalcapital by militantgroups Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed, as pernews reports onTuesday.

Agencies have report-

edly asked the police tobe on alert about likelyaerial attacks usingunmanned drones.

The Delhi Police isnow monitoring all aeri-al aircraft flying in thenational capital as a pre-cautionary move.

They have also beenasked to identify peoplewho have bought andsold drones.

Security agencieshave been on high alertfollowing the release of26/11 Mumbai attacksmastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi from aPakistani jail.

According to newsreports, Lakhvsi is stay-ing is a safehouse nearLahore and is beingguarded by PakistanArmy commandos.

LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammed to launchterror attacks in Delhi using drones?

Delhi govt to putGPS in watertankers for track-ing by publicNEW DELHI

Delhiites will soon beable to track the move-ment of water tankers,including private ones,on a real-time basis asthey would be fittedwith GPS, the state gov-ernment has said.

All water tankers willbe equipped with GPSin the next 15 days, saida senior governmentofficial. The city isheavily dependent ontankers for serving itspeak summer waterdemand.

"In order to bringmore transparency and

Ground ‘still ...estimated that eight million people had

been affected. Among the dead were 18 climbers who

were at Mount Everest base camp whenan avalanche triggered by the quake flat-tened everything in its path. The victimsincluded two American climbers, anAustralian and a Chinese.

Countries far and wide have joined therelief effort in what is one of Asia's poor-est countries, with neighbouring Indiaplaying a leading role.

In Gorkha, one of the worst-hit dis-tricts, terrified residents ran with out-stretched arms towards an Indian Armyhelicopter to plead for food and water.

An AFP journalist on board saw scoresof houses across several villages in thedistrict turned into twisted mounds ofwood and corrugated tin roofs.

"We haven't had any food here sincethe earthquake. Everything has changed,we don't have anything left here,"Gurung told AFP, gesturing towardswhat was left of her home in the villageof Lapu. An army officer lifted her ontoa stretcher and carried her away. Militaryplanes from numerous countries such asthe United States, China and Israel havejoined the rescue effort.

Koirala told an emergency all-partymeeting the government was sendingdesperately needed tents, water and foodsupplies to those in need.

But he said authorities were over-whelmed by appeals for help fromremote Himalayan villages.

"Appeals for rescues are coming infrom everywhere," a statement fromKoirala's office quoted him as saying.

"But we have been unable to initiaterescue efforts in many areas at the sametime due to lack of equipment and rescueexperts."

Jagdish Chandra Pokherel, a Nepalarmy spokesman, told AFP: " The terrainis such that very remote areas take a verylong time to reach and without beingthere physically we won't be able toreach them, help them, rescue them. Ourtroops are trying their best."

In a sign of how difficult conditionsare, Nepalese official Uddav PrasadBhattarai said 250 people were fearedmissing after an avalanche Tuesday onthe popular Langtang trekking route.

With fears rising of food and watershortages, Nepalis were rushing to storesand petrol stations to stock up on essen-tial supplies in the capital Kathmandu.

Nepal has declared a state of emer-gency after the disaster, its deadliest inmore than 80 years.

Another 73 people died in India. Thetoll in China's far western region ofTibet, which borders Nepal, rose to 25,the official Xinhua news agency said.

Families who work in Kathmanduwere packing onto buses - some even sit-ting on the roofs - in an exodus from thecity.

Those who remained in the capitalwere sleeping outdoors in tents in parksand other open spaces. Many had losttheir houses, others were too terrified toreturn home after several powerful after-shocks.

With just plastic sheets to protect themfrom the elements, many were desperatefor aid and information on what to donext.

"We've been staying here for threedays, living under canvas. We're count-ing every bite we eat, every drop wedrink," said 28-year-old housewifeRama Shrestha, who was camping outwith her five-year-old son.

Earthquake slid...like a concertina, raising mountains to

heights of several miles and triggering earth-quakes on a regular basis from Pakistan toBurma.

"Saturday's quake was neither unusual norunexpected, although it was larger thanmost," Stark said.

In the 81 years since the 1934 Bihar earth-quake, which killed around 10,000 people,the land mass of India has been pushed about12 feet into Nepal.

"Think of all that movement getting storedin a giant spring lying under Nepal. Thespring is stuck on a broad, rough surface

which we call a fault plane," Stark said.Sometimes, energy stored in the spring gets

big enough to slip catastrophically, releasingall that pent-up strain and generating shakingstrong enough to destroy buildings and killpeople over a huge area, he explained.

Rahul Gandhi...Congress Committee (MPCC) President

Ashok Chavan said in today.Maharashtra is one of the states that expe-

rienced severe agrarian crisis and theAmravati division in Vidharabha region haswitnessed 295 farmers' suicides this year, hesaid. "Gandhi will travel about 175 kms, outof which he will walk 15 km through villagesof Gunji, Shahapur in Dhamangaon railwaytehsil and Rajhna, Tonglabad in Chandurrailway tehsil; which have seen highest num-ber of suicides," he said.

"Since January, the state has witnessed sui-cides of 1,200 farmers and the highest beingAmravati division with 295 followed by 215in Aurangabad," Mr Chavan, who is a LokSabha MP from Nanded said.

"However, the state government hasinformed the Centre that only three farmershad committed suicide and even UnionAgriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singhsaid in Lok Sabha that he does not believe inthe state government figures," he added.

The MPCC chief said Mr Gandhi willinteract with farmers and families of thosewho committed suicide and discuss theagrarian crisis with them and also ways tohelp them tide over the problem.

"The programme is chalked out for one-on-one interaction between the affected farmersand Gandhi as well as a mass contact pro-gramme," he said rejecting the charges thatthe erstwhile Congress governments in thestate as well as the Centre had done nothingfor the farmers because of which they arefacing such a situation.

UN: More..._ have been declared ``disaster zones'' by

the internationally-recognized government inexile, which said the humanitarian situationis on verge of collapse.

Since March 26, a U.S.-backed alliance ofSaudi Arabia and Arab countries has beencarrying out airstrikes against the Houthisand Saleh's forces, trying to stop theiradvance south after they captured Sanaa andmuch of the country's north last year. TheSaudi- and Western-backed president, AbedRabbo Mansour Hadi, was forced to fleeabroad by the Houthi advance and is current-ly in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

But so far, the air campaign has beenunable to halt the Iranian-allied rebels.

In the early morning hours, multiple explo-sions shook Sanaa as warplanes struck sever-al rebel-held army camps, trucks carryingweapons and houses turned into weapons'depots for the Houthis, according to residentsand officials.

PM deputes ...reporters. "All BJP MPs have donated their one

month's salary for Nepal quake relief," Naqvisaid.

The meeting of BJP MPs also condoled theloss of lives in the massive quake both inIndia and Nepal and lauded the Centre's ini-tiative and the Prime Minister display of sen-sitivity in providing immediate relief to theaffected people.

PM Modi to...Shanghai said, ahead of the last day for

registration tomorrow."This will be the biggest Indian get-togeth-

er ever to happen in China," the associationnotice's said.

With burgeoning trade links followinggradual improvement in relations, the num-ber of Indians in different Chinese cities isnow estimated to be around 45,000 whichincludes over 13,000 students while the restcomprises businesspersons and professionalsworking for local and multinational firms.

Indian associations from various cities likeBeijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangdongwith large concentration of Indians, have sentnotices a fortnight ago asking people to reg-ister for Mr Modi's event.

About 4,000 people are expected to attendthe event.

Mr Modi will be arriving on a three-dayvisit to China on May 14, his first after tak-ing over as prime minister.

As per the programme being worked out,he would begin his trip with a visit to theancient city of Xian, the hometown ofPresident Xi Jinping who will host Mr Modiwith informal get- togethers showcasingChinese hospitality, culture and Buddhism.

President Xi plans to reciprocate MrModi's hometown diplomacy in Ahmedabadwhen the Chinese leader visited India inSeptember.

The scene will shift to Beijing the next daywith the Prime Minister scheduled to havetalks with President Xi and Premier LiKeqiang.

Parliamentary panel...about steep fluctuation in airfares.According to the panel, there is the prob-

lem of predatory pricing of air tickets that

may also be due to some kind of cartelisationamongst airlines.

"The committee does not agree with theargument of the ministry that some rules/reg-ulations under Aircraft Act, 1934 regulateairfares in the country... The said Act and theRules framed is more than 80 years old andthe civil aviation sector during this period hasundergone a sea change," the report said.

It also said the Act needs to be overhaulednow. Among others, the panel said adequateseats should be reserved for last minutebooking with affordable fares for personshaving medical emergency or personsaccompanying a corpse.

The committee cited instances of largenumber of students from not so well-to-dobackground going for higher studies to far offareas in the country and not being able toafford air travel to visit their family.

"In such cases, some kind of concessionalfare may be devised (appropriately may be)under social obligation of the airlines," itnoted.

Shaheed' not ...of shaheed/martyr is given to the CAPF

and Assam Rifles. However, theirfamilies/next of kin are given full family pen-sion under the Liberalised Pensionary awardrules and lump sum ex-gratia compensationof Rs 15 lakh as per rules in addition to otherbenefits admissible," Minister of State forHome Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply inLok Sabha.

The CAPFs like CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF,SSB and NSG have made representations tothe Union Home Ministry that 'shaheed' salu-tation is being demanded by the personnel ofthese forces.

The Central Reserve Police Force, lastyear, had, however, issued in-house ordersmaking it mandatory to use 'shaheed' beforethe name of a martyred personnel and in allcommunications vis-a-vis its slain men andwomen.

Coal scam...by senior public prosecutor that necessary

report for considering according of sanctionhas already been sent to the competentauthority but the response from competentauthority is still awaited," the court said.

The court has now fixed the matter for May29 for filing of further progress report by theCBI.

The two public servants against whomsanction is awaited are K S Kropha, the thenjoint secretary in ministry of coal and K CSamaria, the then director in coal allocationin the ministry.

CBI has not sought sanction for prosecu-tion against the then coal secretary H CGupta as he has retired.

The court had earlier refused to accept clo-sure reports filed by CBI in separate caseslodged against two firms, JLD YavatmalEnergy Ltd and JAS Infrastructure andPower Ltd, now known as JAS InfrastructureCapital Pvt Ltd, and others.

In the case against JLD Yavatmal EnergyLtd, CBI had earlier filed a progress report ofits probe in the matter allegedly involvingRajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and others.

The court had on November 20 last yeardirected CBI to further investigate the matterafter refusing to accept its closure report filedin the case in which an FIR was lodgedagainst JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd, its direc-tors Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda,Rajendra Darda, Manoj Jayaswal, AnandJayaswal and Abhishek Jayaswal and otherunknown persons.

West Bengal...bandh, she will oppose them politically and

administratively, she warned."I appeal to the CPM and the BJP to with-

draw their bandh. We have a statewide pro-gramme that day. And why have they calledthe bandh? You shouldn't have got any seatsin the polls but you have," Ms Banerjee said.

While the BJP has reduced its bandh callfrom 12 hours to 10, the Left has not. In fact,the Left-backed trade unions have called a24-hour bandh on the same day. There is anall-India transport strike that day. An IPLmatch at Eden Gardens is scheduled for thatday too.

"I urge shops and all establishments to stayopen on the 30th. Don't indulge the bandhcallers. The CPM trade union CITU does notrun the country or Bengal, nor does the BJP,"Ms Banerjee said.

"The government will pay compensation ifthere is any damage to shops on the 30th,"she added.

Taking a dig at the BJP and the CPM call-ing the bandh on the same day, Ms Banerjeesaid, "They have no ideology anyway. TheCPM has ruined Bengal in the last 34 yearswith its bandh culture. Now there will be nobandh or strike in Bengal anymore."

The Chief Minister has asked Trinamoolworkers to oppose the bandh peacefully.

"Trinamool workers will take out proces-sions to oppose the bandh," Ms Banerjeesaid.

Breach of ...Monday.A bench of justices Dipak Misra and P C

Pant, after going through all her tweets, saidthat her views was against the government's

decision and wondered how it violated theprivilege of assembly.

The court, after a brief hearing stayed theproceeding initiated against the writer byassembly.

Earlier, Maharashtra legislature principalsecretary had issued a notice on April 12 towriter Shobhaa De asking her to explain hertweets about the state government's decisionto make it mandatory for multiplexes toscreen Marathi movies during prime time.

"I have sent her the notice on behalf of theSpeaker asking her to explain her stance in aweek," legislature principal secretary AnantKalse had said.

The novelist tweeted, "Devendra'Diktatwala' Fadnavis is at it again!!! Frombeef to movies. This is not the Maharashtrawe all love! Nako!Nako! Yeh sab roko!"

De tweeted that it was nothing but hooli-ganism. "I love Marathi movies. Let medecide when and where to watch them,Devendra Fadnavis. This is nothing butDadagiri."

Reacting to the tweet, Sarnaik filed abreach of privilege against De for "insultingCM Devendra Fadnavis and the sentimentsof the Marathi speaking people."

Reacting to the breach of privilege, Detweeted, "Now a privilege motion demand-ing an apology from me? Come on! I am aproud Maharashtrian and love Marathi films.Always have. Always will !"

Irked, Sena workers last week protestedoutside De's house in South Mumbai againsther remarks.

Big Reforms ...which means that there are multiple centres

of power, multiple centres of decision mak-ing, multiple centres of veto exercise inauthorities. This is not a country where youcan pull a switch and say let's do reform," hesaid.

At the same time, the former IMF econo-mist termed the revised GDP growth figuresas a "puzzle" and said that the numbers havebeen "bumped up" and it is a mystery how tointerpret them.

The upward revision to GDP figures, pur-suant to change in methodology, has come infor criticism from various quarters, includingby RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, IMF andmost recently a Parliamentary panel.

Dr Subramanian, who earlier also termedthe the revised GDP figures as "puzzling",was delivering a lecture at Panjab Universityon 'Economic Survey 2014-15'.

"In robust democracy, you do not get bigbang reforms. It is not easy to do this thing,"he said.

He noted that the big bang reforms tookplace only when a country was facing a cri-sis.

"If you look around the world how thecountries have done in last 50-60 or 100years, you will find out that what we call bigbang reforms that were the expectations, a lotof reform took place in the (union) budget.

Indian Army...also served in the Siachen, was part of the

30-member strong Indian Army expeditionteam to Mount Everest.

The 28-year-old not only provided first-aidand stabilised nearly 70 climbers, some withbroken legs and hands, he also manage 8casualties with serious head injuries forabout 14-hours before they were rescued viahelicopters.

"There was a massive avalanche. Therewas utter chaos at the base camp (17,500 ft)because the avalanche had engulfed a hugepart of the base camp," Major General AjaySah told reporters in New Delhi at the Armyheadquarters.

Giving a description of what transpired, hesaid the base camp was like a mini city withhundreds of tents.

"Almost half of the base camp wasengulfed by the avalanche which wasaccompanied by high velocity winds.Fortunately, our team had followed basicprecaution and had undertaken counter-ava-lanche drills like posting a look out person,"the Major General said.

The officer explained that the team wasable to get out of tents in time and getbehind shelter, thus surviving the initialimpact.

"A few suffered some minor bruises. Bulkof our tents and storage were either blowaway or buried in the snow. Many otherteam camping in the base camp were not aslucky and were trapped in their tents leadingto casualty," he said.

The Army team managed to recover mostof their material and Captain Goel set up asmall medical aid post.

"There were a few doctors available in thebase camp who joined in. They were able tostabilise almost 70 casualties" the MajorGeneral said pointing out that air evacuationcould take place only the next day.

At This ..."bhukamp" or earthquake were pasted on

patients at the Darbhanga Medical Collegeand Hospital for identification. After televi-sion visuals of a separate ward for earth-quake victims with stickers on their fore-heads triggered outrage, hospital superin-tendent Shankar Jha expressed regret andsaid the stickers would be removed immedi-ately.

The minister overseeing relief work inDarbhanga, Baidyanath Sahni, told PTI, "Iasked the hospital superintendent about thisand directed him to get it removed at once."

Mr Sahni said he had asked the superin-tendent to investigate and find out who wasresponsible for the stickers.

"I am at present in the interior areas ofDarbhanga and after I return, I will visit thehospital," said the minister.

The hospital got the tags removed thisevening. Nearly 15 earthquake victims hadcome to the Darbhanga hospital for treat-ment. Six are still being treated.

Want to ...borders with both countries."China and India are neighbours to Nepal.

We would like to work together and coordi-nate positively with India in our assistanceefforts in Nepal to help it to overcome thedifficulties and rebuild its homeland,"Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman HongLei said in Beijing.

He was responding a question onNepalese Foreign Minister MahendraBahadur Pandey's reported remark thatNepal has divided areas between India andChina for quake relief.

"Since Nepal was struck by the earth-quake, the international community includ-ing China and India extended a helpinghand to Nepal providing all kinds of assis-tance and support. We will continue toincrease efforts in this regard," Mr Hongsaid.

Yesterday, former Chinese Ambassador toPakistan Zhang Chunxiang had toldreporters, "There is no competition in quakerelief efforts. We do not have competitionwith India and other countries. There is nocompetition in humanitarian assistance."

China is still evacuating about 8,000tourists and workers employed in differentprojects in Nepal, where China in has inrecent years sought to increase its influencewith liberal grants and project financing.

India has sent aid and many teams of res-cuers to Nepal and the Indian Air Force hasbeen flying its choppers to remote areas toreach relief there, plucking injured men,women and children from hilltops and inac-cessible valleys.

250 Missing..."An avalanche occurred in the afternoon

today in Ghodatabela, an area on the popu-lar Langtang trekking route," said chief dis-trict officer Uddav Prasad Bhattarai.

"It is difficult to say how many are miss-ing, but a preliminary guess is that about250 might be missing."

Bhattarai said foreign tourists may havebeen among those missing after the ava-lanche, but details remained scant as thearea is remote and communications diffi-cult.

The Langtang range is relatively close toKathmandu and is popular among foreigntrekkers for its teahouses.

Bhattarai said rescue operations hadbegun but were being hampered by poorweather.

'Universal Immunisation ..."As per the evaluated coverage data, the

UIP currently covers only 65 per cent chil-dren," Union Health and Family WelfareMinister J P Nadda told the Rajya Sabha ina written reply on Tuesday.

The Universal Immunisation Programmewas launched in 1985 in a phased manner.

The government has launched 'MissionIndradhanush' on 25 December 2014 whichaims to cover all children who are eitherpartially vaccinated or unvaccinated. Underthe Mission, vaccination is provided to pro-tect children against seven life-threateningdiseases including diphtheria, pertussis,tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, measles andHepatitis B.

"The Mission focuses on interventions torapidly increase full immunisation coverageof children from 65 per cent in 2014 to atleast 90 per cent children in the next fiveyears," the minister said.

Mission is a nationwide initiative with aspecial focus on 201 high focus districts.These 201 districts account for nearly 50 percent of the partially vaccinated or unvacci-nated children in the country.

Govt to...Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary told Lok

Sabha that the objective of these units will beto assist the local police in investigation ofheinous crimes against women like rape, acidattack, dowry death and human traffickingetc.

The total cost estimation for the initiativewould be about Rs 98 crore for the 12th FiveYear Plan period and the centre and statewould share the cost on a 50:50 basis.

Chaudhary said some suggestions regard-ing enhancement of monetary assistance,capacity building have been received fromthe states and union territories.

However, the home ministry is of the opin-ion that 'Police' being a state subject, thestates should take the primary responsibilityin this regard.

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The devastating impact of the earthquake in Nepal,measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, could havebeen mitigated if there was some preparedness for

the tragedy beforehand. More than 3,800 people in thatcountry and around 40 people in India are reported tohave lost their lives while thousands more are injured.Nepalis were forewarned about the possibility of a majorearthquake, as the country was located on a geologicalfault line where tectonic plates were constantly on themove below the earth’s surface. The process was expect-ed to release pent-up energy any time following theseintense tectonic shifts. Expectedly and unfortunately,nature’s unleashed fury has resulted in a colossal tragedy,especially in the Kathmandu valley, while there is littlenews about those affected closer to the epicentre inLamjung district in the hilly tracts of interior Nepal. Ofthe many natural disasters, earthquakes are the most dif-ficult to predict; some experts suggest that it is evenimpossible to do so. The best of earthquake warning sys-tems, such as the ones installed in Japan, are only capableof warning regional centres about the possible impact ofongoing earthquakes. Yet, there are ways of mitigatingdisasters — building structures that are relatively quake-resistant, preparing for evacuation by constructing cen-tres specifically for the purpose, and sensitising the pub-lic about quakes and their devastating impact. Is it suchan impossible task to remain prepared, knowing full wellthat seismic zones are prone to frequent quakes? Japan,which is a country prone to regular earthquakes, hasshown the way on disaster mitigation and preparedness.Unfortunately, in the congested urban settings of devel-oping countries these steps are difficult to implement.Now the need is to help Nepal find its feet in providingrelief and rehabilitation to the quake survivors as theybrace for more aftershocks, rain and landslips. In thisregard, the alacrity of the Indian government, among oth-ers, in sending aid to Nepal, and the prompt effort inevacuating Indian citizens are commendable. With gover-nance in Nepal still seemingly a fragile structure giventhat the Constituent Assembly is yet to conclude its exer-cises because of the fractious political process, the cen-tralisation of resources in the Kathmandu valley has nothelped the government. It would have been better off del-egating responsibilities to local government structures,which have been absent for more than a decade in thecountry. It will be terribly unfortunate if the lessons ofthis yet-unfolding tragedy are not properly learnt.Meanwhile, our hearts go out to the Nepali people. It isimperative that the flow of international aid be stepped upto help restore the battered Himalayan state.

By Sanjaya BaruGoogle the acronym “IBSA”

and you will get news about theInternational Blind SportsFederation and the Illinois BaptistState Association. When was thelast time you heard about theother IBSA? At the time of itslaunch a decade ago, IBSA wasreferred to as the coming togetherof the “biggest democracies” ofAsia, Latin America and Africa— India, Brazil and South Africa.In his address at IBSA’s first sum-mit in Brasilia, in September2006, Prime Minister ManmohanSingh said, “The idea of IBSA iswithout precedent.” Today, theIndian Foreign Minister is tryinghard to find a meeting date con-venient to all to host a pre-sum-mit meeting; the next summit isscheduled to be held in NewDelhi later this year.

The rise of BRICS

IBSA was visualised as thecoming together of three greatdemocracies of the developingworld, all three, multi-ethnic,multi-religious, multicultural,committed to the rule of law ininternational affairs and thestrengthening of multilateralinstitutions. IBSA, its foundingheads of government said, wouldnot just be a trilateral gathering ofofficials; it would also facilitatethe coming together of businessesand civil societies in these threedemocracies.

Launched with much fanfareand promise, as an association ofdeveloping country democraciesthat believe they have a right toclaim permanent membership of

the United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC), IBSA has beenovershadowed over the past fewyears by that other acronym with-out an adjective, BRICS.Launched by Russia and repeat-edly injected with life by China,BRICS has moved beyond ritualto claim for itself the status ofbeing a counterpoint to the Groupof Seven (G7). Cleverly manipu-lated by Russia and China, andwith India adding purpose to itwith its sponsorship of the idea ofa BRICS New DevelopmentBank, the summit of the five-nation BRICS gets 6,40,000search results on Google, com-pared to the 88,200 results for anIBSA summit.

But the issue is not about suchtrivial differences. The fact is thatthe political leadership of bothRussia and China have showngreater commitment to the idea ofBRICS, and pushing their anti-West agenda through it, than havethe political leadership of Brazil,India and South Africa to IBSA,and to its pro-democracy agenda.IBSA observers — and there arenot too many of them around —believe that China has been suc-cessfully influencing SouthAfrica’s current leadership toignore IBSA and pay more atten-tion to BRICS.

UNSC link

However, to be sure, in a worldwhere countries have multipleinterests and loyalties, most aremembers of several and a grow-ing number of associations.Indeed, many countries havebecome members of associations

that often have conflicting objec-tives. In a globe where no onewants to be left out of any newgroup, the proliferation of groupshas crowded the travel itineraryof foreign ministers. It’s like NewDelhi’s elite who seek member-ship of all available clubs buthave no time for any, given theirhectic professional and personallife. Nations too join many asso-ciations, after a fashion, and endup paying little attention to most.

Something like this fashion vic-timhood has befallen IBSA. Itsgovernment leaders are so busy athome and with other summits thatthey have no time for IBSA. Onereason for this is that the com-pelling shared objective thatbrought IBSA into being a decadeago, namely UNSC restructuringand membership, seems to havebecome less compelling.Countries aspiring for UNSCreform and restructuring and forpermanent membership seem tohave given up all hope of change.

Reviving IBSA

Interestingly, though, thereseems to be a change in India’sstance on this score. PrimeMinister Narendra Modi sig-nalled a renewed commitment tothe goal of UNSC membershipwhen he told an audience in Parisearlier this month that permanentmembership of the UNSC is“India’s right”, and not just afavour it begs for. Are Brazil andSouth Africa also ready to assertthis right?

The argument that since theworld’s status quo powers are

only paying lip service to UNSCreform and expansion and willnot allow any change, the IBSAmust give up staking their claimis ridiculous. The UN governancesystem, as indeed that of all thepost-Second World War multilat-eral institutions, has becomemoribund. The bankruptcy of theUNSC is all too visible in itsinability to deter unilateral actionby powerful countries. So, if theUNSC had failed to preventaction by the United States inIraq, it failed to thwart Russianaction in Crimea and SaudiArabia’s bombing of Yemen.Against this backdrop, the voiceof the three great democracies ofthe developing world would carryweight, if properly and appropri-ately articulated. But IBSA neednot be about UNSC alone. Thethree countries have some com-mon security concerns. Drug traf-ficking, money laundering andterrorism is one such. Maritimesecurity is another. Just as theworld has sought stability and therule of law in the Indo-Pacificregion, IBSA could articulate theneed for maritime peace, stabilityand the rule of law in the IndianOcean and the South Atlantic. IfBrazil dominates the SouthAtlantic and India dominates theIndian Ocean, South Africashares a coastline with bothoceans.

As the dominant power of whatcan be called the Indo-Atlanticregion, Brazil, India and SouthAfrica can come forward with amaritime doctrine for the regionbased on international law anddemocratic principles. Maritimesecurity, freedom of navigation,

climate change and energy secu-rity could be the common agendathat IBSA can pursue, addingmeat to the trio’s skeletal struc-ture.

While distance acts as a disin-centive in Brazil-India relations,the structure of their economies issuch that there is great comple-mentarity. Brazil has a high land-man ratio, with ample naturalresources on a per capita basis,and India has a low land-manratio, and is resource poor on aper capita basis. This creates syn-ergy. Equally, Brazil and Indiacan work together to build astronger manufacturing base,with untapped potential indefence manufacturing. Thepotential for India-South Africabusiness relations remains highand not fully tapped.

As ‘East-West’ bridge

Beyond the potential for deeperand wider bilateral economicrelations, IBSA have shared polit-ical concerns. While all threeemerging powers feel equallyfrustrated by the West’s unwill-ingness to yield space in globalgovernance, they also have ashared concern in China’s grow-ing influence in their own indi-vidual neighbourhoods. If Indiaworries about China’s rising pro-file in South Asia, Brazil worriesabout China’s growing clout inLatin America, and South Africafinds its influence in Africareceding as more of its neigh-bours turn to China.

Thus, both on account of theirinability to get the G7 and the P-

5 (five permanent members of theUN Security Council) to raisetheir stake in global governance,and on account of the challengethey face within their own neigh-bourhood from China’s growingeconomic presence, IBSA have asubstantial, shared, meaningfulagenda to chalk out and pursue.The problem is that not many inthe three capitals are paying anyattention to these issues.

Also, recall the fact that whilethe international communityresponded with alacrity to theTrans-Atlantic financial crisis of2008-09 and elevated the G20into a summit level forum ofdeveloping and developedeconomies, the G20 have sincebeen riven by differencesbetween the G7 and BRICS.While some portray the G7 vsBRICS interplay as a “North-South” divide, the fact is thatIBSA are today the real represen-tatives of the South on most mul-tilateral economic issues and onsubjects pertaining to global gov-ernance.

Rather than being content withmembership of BRICS, there is acase for IBSA — the Indo-Atlantic powers — to step uptheir interactions in dealing withboth the countries of the NorthAtlantic and the rising powers ofEurasia, and arrive at a sharedstrategic perspective on a rangeof global issues. As countries ofthe “South”, and given theirshared concerns, IBSA could infact act as a bridge between the“West” and the “East”, so tospeak.

BY ADITYA ADHIKARI

In the evening of April 25, theday that the 7.9 magnitudeearthquake struck Nepal, I stood

on the roof of my house inKathmandu and looked over thecity’s southern suburbs. There wasmostly darkness, since the electrici-ty supply had been cut off. Electriclight flickered from a few housesthat had private sources of power. Icounted five small bonfires in thedistance, marking the locations of afew of the makeshift campsiteswhere the inhabitants of theKathmandu Valley were preparingto spend the night.

Lucky and unlucky populationsI had seen numerous such sites as

I’d walked around the southern out-skirts of the Valley where my houselies. In the more affluent parts,where the houses are of relativelyrecent and sturdy construction, suchas the area in which I live, thecampers had polyurethane mats andplastic chairs, and were living outof their cars. The damage arounddidn’t seem that severe: boundarywalls had collapsed, water tankshad toppled down from rooftops.Some people I spoke to said theearthquake was the most frighteningevent of their lives, but many alsosaid that given its intensity, theywere surprised that the damage hadnot been more severe.

An old settlement a few kilome-tres away, consisting mostly of theValley’s indigenous Newar ethnicgroup, wasn’t so lucky. The peoplethere farm the surrounding land,have small shops or work in the cityas drivers and labourers. Many ofthe mud and brick houses in thelocality have been lived in for gen-erations. I spoke to an acquaintance

from the area on the phone. He toldme that his house had collapsedcompletely. When I went to visithim, I saw that numerous old hous-es in the area has been destroyed ordamaged. No one was quite surejust how many people had beencrushed underneath the rubble. Thesurvivors were camped out on thegrounds of the local school, havingconstructed tents of plastic sheetsand banners advertising ‘CocaCola’, lying down on mats of strawand collapsed cardboard boxes.

Night approached, and across thecity people were still too afraid toenter their houses. The first bigearthquake had been followed bynumerous aftershocks of varyingintensity. By afternoon the townwas awash with rumours. “Therewill be an earthquake of magnitude7 at 2 p.m.,” people said to eachother and everyone awaited it withbaited breath. After a few hours,when there had been several shocksof lesser intensity, someone elsesaid that another quake, moreintense than the first major one, wasdue in an hour. “Why is god tor-menting us with these repeatedtremors?” said a man at a populatedcampsite. “I’d rather there be onemore earthquake as intense as thefirst and then be granted the certain-ty that another one will not occur.”The people around him murmuredtheir assent, determined to spendthe night under the open sky.

The next morning, I took my carout to get a better sense of the dev-astation. The injured stood outsidehospitals. Vans marked ‘corpsevehicle’ sped to distant parts of thecity. Deep cracks spiralled up thewalls of the sparkling new apart-ment towers, homes to the upward-ly mobile middle class. In the old

city centre of Patan, 16th centurytemples had turned into mounds ofrubble. Large bulldozers tried toclear away the debris of the centu-ry-old Dharahara tower.Shopkeepers around the wreckagedescribed the screams of the peoplewho were on the tower and who fellto their deaths when it collapsed.

Although this earthquake hadbeen long anticipated, and millionsof dollars must have flowed intoNepal in recent years in the name of‘disaster relief’, it was striking howill-prepared the state seemed. ThePrime Minister delivered a shortspeech on the radio promisingmobilisation of relief and rehabili-tation on a ‘war footing’. But it wasanother politician from the rulingNepali Congress party who seemedto have the better measure of truth,when he said that despite its bestintentions, there was only so muchthe government could do, and thathe hoped that people across thecountry would help their neigh-bours in the meantime. As I drovearound the outskirts of the city, Isaw a police van moving about try-ing to distribute tents. As most ofthe houses had collapsed in the area,people desperately needed tents.But there weren’t enough and thepolicemen seemed harassed.

Thousands of people had gatheredin New Road, a place with crumbly,high buildings on the sides of a nar-row street. I was with a few friends,trying to get closer to the squarethat housed temples and the oldpalace, the home of kings until theearly 20th century. I wanted to seethe remains of Kashthamandap, thewooden structure originally built inthe 12th century, after which thecity of Kathmandu is named. The

ground started to shudder, and whenI looked up, the buildings wereswaying against the sky. The crowdroared with panic, and rushedtowards the most open area closeby. I stopped at the foot of a promi-nent statue.

The ‘great calamity’

When the panic subsided, I gotback into my car, determined to gostraight back home. All of the radiostations were broadcasting news ofthe earthquake, referring to it as‘the great calamity’. The chief ofthe National EarthquakeMeasurement Centre came on airand said that the shake we had justfelt was 6.9 in magnitude, making itthe most intense aftershock we hadexperienced so far. A leader of theMaoist party, speaking from the epi-centre of the aftershock, said thatthe mountains seemed to be explod-ing behind him and that general sen-timent in the area was that the apoc-alypse had arrived.

The estimated death tally on thenight of April 25 was 800. The nextevening it was around 2,500. Attime of writing this piece on April27, it was 3,500. Many countrieshave pledged aid, and many havesent disaster response teams, whichare still gaining their bearings andfiguring out how best to operate. Asof now, no one has been able toreach the people, let alone count thedead and injured, in the villages inthe hills, where it is said that entiresettlements have been razed to theground.

(Aditya Adhikari is the author ofThe Bullet and the Ballot Box: TheStory of Nepal’s MaoistRevolution.)

Himalayan disasterWatching a city crumble

The bricks to rebuild IBSA

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government to arrest hardlineHurriyat leader Masarat Alam oncharges of sedition, the Centre onTuesday accused Kashmiri sepa-ratists of instigating locals against thegovernment and security forces byexploiting emotive issues like allegedexcesses by security personnel, mis-use of laws like AFSPA and PSA andperceived apathy of governmenttowards families affected by therecent floods. Minister of state forhome Haribhai ParathibhaiChaudhary, in reply to a question inthe Lok Sabha, said the separatistshad even tried to undermine the reliefand rehabilitation work done by vari-ous government agencies during J&Kfloods last year, while projectingthemselves as "saviour of theKashmiri people".

Warning of stringent action againstany illegal activities of separatist ele-ments, Chaudhary stated: "The gov-ernment is committed to ensure thatno anti-national activities take placewhich destabilise the situation inJ&K, with consequences across thecountry". Ruling out a soft approachtowards any mischief by separatists,he did leave the door ajar for a dia-logue with "those who eschew the

path of violence and are willing towork within the framework of theConstitution".

Earlier, listing 14 instances of sepa-

ratists' campaign against the Stateover the last one year, Chaudharyrecalled that outfits like Hurriyat(both moderate and hardline factions)and JKLF had called for a boycott of2014 parliamentary poll. Thereafter,in July, hardliner Hurriyat leaderSyed Ali Shah Geelani, tried to proj-ect killing of 6 civilians in a roadaccident as a deliberate act to killKashmiri people. During theAmarnath Yatra, a minor scufflebetween bhandarawalas and pony-

owners was given a communal colourby the separatists, while in August2014, Geelani and Shabir Shah triedto do the same with the Kausarnag

yatra. Separatists observed October27, 2014 as a 'Black Day' and organ-ised a shutdown in protest against thegovernment. When PM NarendraModi visited the Valley in July andDecember, they enforced a completeshutdown in Kashmir.

Chaudhary also referred to Hurriyatseparatists being in full attendance atthe Pakistan National Day function atPakistan High Commission on March23 this year. Earlier this month, sepa-ratists had called for a shutdown in

Srinagar over an assurance by MuftiMohammad Sayeed to home ministerRajnath Singh that land would beacquired for composite townshipswhere Kashmiri pandits would beresettled.

On April 15, a procession wasorganized in view of Geelani's returnfrom Delhi. Anti-national sloganswere raised, Pakistani flag waved andseditious speeches made at the rally,including by Masarat Alam.

A bandh was called across theValley on April 18 to protest an inci-dent in Tral. There was stone-peltingon the security forces and vehicles onthe Srinagar-Gulmarg road, leadingto death of a local youth in Narbal.

On April 20, Geelani, MirwaizUmer Farooq and Yasin Malik visitedNarbal to pay condolences to the kinof the youth killed on April 18. Theycriticized mainstream political partiesand appealed for unity among thepublic for election boycotts.

As per statistics laid before the LokSabha, 4 civilians and 7 security per-sonnel were killed in 32 terroristsincidents in J&K until April 19 thisyear. Of the 21 militants neutralizedduring this period, 4 were killedwhile attempting to infiltrate fromacross Pakistan and 5 forced to returnto Pakistan.

Centre accuses Kashmiri separatist ofinstigating locals against govt

KATHMANDUAfter three days of ago-

nizing wait, tempers wererunning high as thousandsof stranded Indians jostledwith each other to get on-board one of the 100 busesleaving from quake-hitNepal, anxious to returnhome.

Several staging areashave been set up inKathmandu including aspot oppositePashupatinath and Kalankitemples, from whereIndians can board buses tohead back home.

At least five buses, car-rying hundreds of Indians,

left for Gorakhpur in UttarPradesh on Tuesday morn-ing. Another batch whichwas also scheduled toleave for Bihar onTuesday, will now leave aday later.

Delay in departure ofBihar-bound buses led toangry protests at the park-ing lot opposite thePashupatinath temple incapital Kathmandu.

"Is Patna not a part ofIndia?" screamed ManishKumar at a senior Indianofficial who was guidingpeople towards departingbuses.

He was reassured thateither he could wait for

buses from Bihar whichshould arrive by tomorrowmorning or could head toGorakhpur where theBihar government hadorganized special trains toPatna.

Some families, however,chose to leave immediate-ly.

For instance Vikaskumar and his family,natives of Motihari districtin Bihar, were amongthose who managed to getonto a bus to Gorakhpur.

Mr Kumar who ran veg-etable shop in Kathmandunarrowly escaped when awall of their house col-lapsed. Traumatized they

Anger and Anxiety Mount in Earthquake-HitNepal as Stranded Indians Struggle to Get Home KATHMANDU

A Nepalese woman was miracu-lously rescued alive by Indian res-cuers 50 hours after being buriedunder the rubble following thedevastating earthquake that joltedthe country, killing over 5,000 peo-ple.

Sunita Sitoula, who was trappedunder the rubble after the powerfultemblor brought down a five-storey building in Basundhara ofMaharajgunj, was rescued alive byIndia's National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) personnel yester-day.

The survivor, who was rushed toa nearby hospital, has now takenrefuge at a local school with herhusband and two sons who man-aged to escape unhurt, eKantipurreported today.

"It feels like I have come into a

different world," said Sitoula.NDRF assistant commandant

Kulish Anand said, "We got theinformation that a lady is stuckbetween two slabs. There is somecavity and she is alive.

"Firstly, we stabilised the partic-

ular area and then we gave somelife saving medicine to that partic-ular lady. After stabilising her, wejust took her out."

Hundreds of people are stilltrapped under tonnes of debris inthe Kathmandu Valley and the

worst-affected remote mountain-ous areas, as rescue workers aredesperately searching for survivorsof the Saturday's 7.9-magnitudeearthquake.

NDRF rescuers and Indian AirForce personnel have now begunreaching areas beyond KathmanduValley near Pokhara. India todaysent six more teams of NDRF toNepal, taking the total number ofNDRF teams to 16 from 10 whowere already engaged in rescueoperations there for the last fewdays.

Each NDRF team has about 45personnel. NDRF rescuers are atpresent deployed in areas like TanuHospital, Balajutra, Balkhu,Goodbal, Brijeshwari, Chavmati,Vasundranmunatal, Maharajganj,Gangabhu and Shobha BhagwatiBridge.

Nepal Earthquake: Woman Pulled Out Alive 50 Hours After Being Buried Under Rubble

MUMBAIIn a boost to the ATS

handling the Pune JangliMaharaj Road serial blastscase, the Bombay highcourt on Tuesday set asidean order of a special trialcourt that had dischargedall eight accused underMaharashtra Control ofOrganised Crime Act(MCOCA).

The court after hearingadvocate general SunilManohar and special pub-lic prosecutor RajaThakare who argued anappeal filed by the ATSsignificantly held that bothMCOCA and UAPAcharges could be invokedtogether. The ruling by abench of Justices P VHardas and ShaliniPhansalkar-Joshi is consid-ered landmark as it wouldhave implications on otherblasts cases, said lawyers.

On August 1, 2012, fourco-ordinated low-intensityexplosions had occurredbetween 7.25 pm and 11.30pm in Pune in which a manwas injured. Bombs plant-ed at two other placeswere, however, defused.According to the prosecu-tion, the blasts were engi-neered allegedly by IndianMujahideen.

The Anti Terrorist Squad(ATS) had filed an appealagainst the order of specialMCOCA trial judge A L

Pansare which droppedMCOCA charges againstall eight accused.

The HC bench ofJustices P V Hardas andAnuja Prabhudesai hadadmitted the appeal lastAugust and stayed the trialcourt order.

The trial court had heldthat the MCOCA could notbe applied to the accusedas terrorist activities werenot aimed at pecuniarygains, as defined under theMaharashtra law meant to

curb organized crime. TheATS said there was also nobar in law to apply bothActs together in a case.

While dropping thecharge, the judge had saida person cannot be identi-fied as offender simultane-ously under the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act(UAPA) and MCOCA. TheMCOCA court had, how-ever, kept its order inabeyance for a month toenable the ATS move thehigh court in appeal.

The state AG, Manohar,had argued that the two dif-ferent offences under twodifferent Acts could coexist in one case if therewas material for both.

The trial court had heldthat what was punishableunder Mcoca was promo-tion of insurgency but onthe other hand UAPAsought to punish or curb

the actual act of insurgencyby even causing a blast.The ATS, however, arguedthat if two or more personsacting on behalf of a syndi-cate promote insurgencycould be said to commit anoffence under MCOCAand if there was an actualbomb blast, it would alsoattract the provisions ofUAPA which seeks to pre-vent terrorist acts.

Mehmood Pracha, acounsel from Delhi appear-ing for the accused, arguedthat the Supreme Court haddistinguished offencesunder MCOCA and UAPA.He said that under thetouchstone of law laiddown by the apex court inJamir Ahmed's case, thecharge of MCOCA cannotbe attracted in this case,because of the difference inthe jurisdiction of thesetwo laws.

UAPA and MCOCA can be applied togeth-er in Pune blast case: Bombay HC

SANGRURCarrying a framed pho-

tograph of her dead hus-band to the fields,Bhupinder Kaur,38, hasbeen relentlessly cuttingwheat husk in Kishangarhvillage of Punjab's Mansadistrict for the past fourdays. She will prepare thehay out of the husk to feeda pair of buffaloes and earnan additional income fromtheir milk to support herchild.

This even as the pur-chase of her rain-damagedwheat from a three-acrefield hinges on a qualitycheck report underCentre's new specificationsissued on April 14.

Kaur is just one of 4,680widows in Mansa andSangrur, who have trans-formed into breadwinnersof their families over thepast 15 years after theirfarmer husbands commit-

ted suicide. The men killedthemselves, unable to bearthe burden of repeated cropfailure and debt. The sui-cides have been recordedin panchayat affidavitswhich are in possession.

Of these fighter women,1,160 in Sangrur and 1,080in Mansa women receivedthe Rs 2 lakh compensa-tion, that too in 2013 fol-lowing a petition by NGOMovement Against StateRepression (MASR) in thePunjab and Haryana highcourt.

The robust among thesewomen have learnt to drivetractors, plough fields, andreap the harvest on theirown. But as they age, somewomen mortgage theirland for a fresh loan whileothers rent out their fieldsto loan sharks as re-pay-ment of old loans.

While a debt of Rs 9 lakhin 2008 to buy agricultural

implements took awayKaur's husband Bikram'slife, her father-in-lawPritpal hanged himselfonly six months agobecause of frequent visitsby loan sharks and bankrecovery agents. "Farminghas taught me new ways tofight for survival. Never totrust governments ornature," she says.

Many widows can'tmarry their daughters orhave to cancel theirengagements followingdowry demands as thereturns on crops only comeafter a six-month cycle ofwheat and rice or cotton.

"In many cases a girl'sfamily has to pay Rs 1 lakhas dowry for each acreowned by the groom. Soit's a triple-whammy forwidows - death, risingdebt, and dowry," saysMASR convener InderjitJaijee.

Agricultural debt turned 4,680 into youngwidows in Punjab in 15 years: Affidavits

NEW DELHIAfter an attack by opposition legis-

lators, Lok Sabha Speaker SumitraMahajan today postponed the discus-sion and vote on the Goods andServices Tax bill till next week. Thismakes it difficult for the governmentto pass the crucial constitutionalamendment bill in this session.

The budget session ends in oneweek and with all the pending agen-da, the government may run out oftime. The government may take upthe bill in Lok Sabha on May 5,which will shorten time for theremaining key legislation for this ses-

sion -- the black money bill, thefinance bill and the land bill. Sourcessaid the finance bill could be movedon Thursday, which may enable thegovernment to push through the landbill during the last two days of theLok Sabha session.

The Speaker was forced to inter-vene today after she came underattack from opposition legislatorswhen she allowed the government tobring the legislation before the con-clusion of the financial agenda. TillApril 29, discussions on the budgetand grants were to be held.

Among those who attacked the

Speaker were deputy speaker MThambi Durai and the legislators ofthe Congress, which wants a parlia-mentary panel to examine thechanges in the bill before it is dis-cussed or put to vote. Mr ThambiDurai's party, the AIADMK, and theBJD are supporting the Congressdemand.

The bill, which was introduced inthe Lok Sabha by the Congress gov-ernment in 2011, had lapsed and theModi government had brought in afresh version with certain changes.

The GST - which aims at replacingthe country's complex array of duties

with a simpler tax regime - is keenlyawaited by investors. A part of thereforms agenda, the government wascounting on passing the bill in thebudget session.

A Constitutional Amendment billneeds the concurrence of two-thirdsof legislators in both houses. TheNDA government with 336 seats inLok Sabha falls short of two-thirdsmajority by 27 and will require thesupport of some opposition parties toget the bill passed. It does not havethe numbers in Rajya Sabha.

It already has the consent of states,who are key stakeholders.

Time Running Out For GST Bill as Speaker Postpones Discussion to Next Week

NEW DELHIA bill to amend the

Regional Rural BanksAct was passed byParliament today, withgovernment saying itwas necessary toempower such finan-cial institutions whichare the "jewel in thecrown" of the country'sfinancial system.

The Regional RuralBanks (Amendment)Bill, 2014, which gotthe assent of the RajyaSabha by voice votetoday, seeks to helpRegional Rural Banks(RRBs) raise theirauthorised capital andwill enable them tomop up funds fromcapital market to helpstrengthen them.

Lok Sabha had earli-er passed the Bill inDecember last.

Moving the bill forpassage, Minister ofState for FinanceJayant Sinha said 57RRBs have been play-ing an important role infinancial inclusion ofvillages, coveringevery district and hav-ing nearly 80,000

employees.He said the need for

amendments has beenfelt for some time tostrengthen the RRBsfor which capital isneeded.

"I would call them a'Jewel in the crown'and not a 'Diamond inthe rough' as describedby a member... Theseare a jewel in thecrown, although notthe entire crown," hesaid.

Through the amend-ment in the Act, thegovernment was givingthem flexibility andstrengthening them, headded.

Dismissing appre-hensions that the

amendments are a wayto privatise thesebanks, Mr Sinha said,"Some private playerwill come in to infusecapital, but there areenough safeguard inthe bill."

He said under thepresent system, theCentre has a 50 percent share, the sponsorBank 35 per cent andstate government 15per cent shareholdingin the RRBs. The pro-posed amendmentswill provide flexibilityin this structure.

"In no case will theholdings of the Centreand Sponsor Bank beallowed to go less than51 per cent," he said.

Parliament Passes Amendmentto Regional Rural Banks Bill

US Internet giantYahoo saidMonday it was

expanding its onlineofferings, unveiling 18new video series withwhich it hopes to attracta larger audience andadvertisers.

Of these, 14 will befeatured in Yahoo's digi-tal magazines, whichfocus on beauty, showbusiness and finance.

I Am Naomi, starringmodel Naomi Campbell,and Riding Shotgunwith MichelleRodriguez, which willfeature actress MichelleRodriguez driving cars,are among the newofferings.

Music will be anotherbig focus for the compa-ny as it courts millenni-als. It will be extendinga deal with Live Nation

to broadcast music festi-vals, and will joiniHeartMedia to broad-cast other music events.

Electronic dancemusic will be the themeof Ultimate DJ, pro-duced by SimonCowell.

And Yahoo unveiled anew long-form series: acomedy called ThePursuit aimed at millen-nials in the digitalage.

Chief executiveMarissa Mayer is tryingto get Yahoo back onthe growth track.

"Yahoo is amidst amulti-year transforma-tion to return an iconiccompany to greatness,"Mayer said in an earn-ings statement lastweek.

"This quarter, we sawencouraging revenue

growth of eight percent,with display revenuegrowing a modest twopercent and searchgrowing 20 percent."

Yahoo has been underpressure from activistshareholders to deliver

more value with lowercosts and a narrowerfocus.

Mayer spent morethan $1 billion toacquire the bloggingplatform Tumblr toreach a younger market

segment and has made apush to focus more onmobile content andsearch.

But Yahoo remains farbehind search marketleader Google, based onmarket surveys.

1. For over 500 years, paper was only available andsold as single sheets. In 1902, an inventiveAustralian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glueand cardboard to create the what?A. Notepad B. CalendarC. Notice Board D. Telephone Book

2. Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?A. Potato Peterson B. Turnip TownsendC. Cabbage Carlson D. Swede Svenson

3. CORN FLAKES - Who made them first?A. Nabisco B. KelloggC. Quaker D. Archers

4. Who came up with the idea for INSTANTMASHED POTATO?A. S. Tuberosum B. W. RaleighC. E. Asselbergs D. K. Edwards

QUIZ TIME

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

TODAY’S STARARIES Much of your day is likely to be spent in the company of

family, close friends, and a current or potential love partner,Aries. Business partners could be involved. This should bea very pleasant, stimulating day for you. People you careabout and enjoy will surround you. You're also likely tobecome more strongly bonded to a romantic partner.

TAURUS Today you might decide to host a social event in your home, per-haps for friends and colleagues with whom you share intellectual,philosophical, or spiritual interests. Dreams, astrology, or meta-physics could come up. This should be a congenial gathering.You're apt to bond closely with these people. At least one of themmight be a potential romantic partner who finds you fascinating.

GEMINI A large gathering, perhaps a festival of some kind, could takeplace in your neighborhood today, Gemini. You could choose toattend with some close friends and your romantic interest. Thisevent could shake everyone up a bit. It could present informationthat's exciting but also a bit unsettling. It could provide you andyour friends with conversation for several days.

CANCER Discussions with friends or colleagues about possible future busi-ness enterprises could find you taking notes, Cancer. Your naturalmeticulousness should serve you well. It will be important to haveaccurate records to discuss later. Any new project begun now is like-ly to succeed, especially if writing, speaking, or another form ofentertainment is involved. Don't worry about possible failure.

LEO Today everyone will notice how attractive, articulate, and charmingyou are, Leo. This is an excellent time to invite friends over or go outwith them. Romance should go particularly well. In the course of yourconversations, you might become aware of some fascinating anduseful information that sparks you on to new interests and possiblynew opportunities. Hold onto them and take the next steps.

VIRGO Whether or not you're artistic, Virgo, inspiration for music, paint-ing, writing, or other creative projects could come to you thick andfast today. Write down your ideas. There could be so many youmay not be able to remember them all. You will definitely want todraw upon them later. At least one could involve a new businessenterprise with a partner. Take notes and do your research.

LIBRA A group activity could involve a number of people, includingsome close friends, who share your intellectual, philosophical, orspiritual interests, Libra. A romantic partner could choose toattend this occasion with you. The conversation is likely to be sostimulating that your mind could spin. Walk home if you can. Youwill want to clear your head so you can sleep

SCORPIO Today you might be in the public eye along with some closefriends and perhaps a love partner. You may be giving aspeech, leading a discussion group, or be the center of atten-tion at a party. You're likely to hold those around you spell-bound, as your oratorical capabilities are very high. Enjoy theattention and make sure you give back what you get.

SAGITTARIUSA new and exciting person, possibly someone from a distantstate or foreign country, could come into your life today. Youcould spend hours talking. The conversation could make youaware of new fields of interest that you find fascinating.Whether or not you pursue this attraction depends on your sit-uation, but at the very least you will enjoy yourself!

CAPRICORN Some unusual dreams could have unexpected side effects, Capricorn.They could spark new ideas for creative projects or possible innovativeconcepts to advance your career or social life. They might clue you into what's in the hearts and minds of those closest to you. Your dreamsmight say a lot about you. Write them down so you can analyze them.You might be surprised by what they bring to mind.

AQUARIUS The forecast for you is excellent, Aquarius. You can rely ontoday's aspects to restore your confidence, which has beensorely tried in the past few days. The warrior of seduction with-in you can swagger forth, certain of conquest. However, don'tgo too far. Wait a few days for reality to dispel the cloud ofecstasy and you will be able to see the future more clearly.

PISCES Work might take up a lot of your time today, Pisces, perhapsjob related, perhaps chores around the house. Friends orfamily may join you, and their conversation could help relievesome of the tedium. Getting the tasks done could free up therest of the day for socializing, perhaps getting together in theevening with a love partner.

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Celkon on Tuesdaylaunched a newbudget Campus-

series smartphone in India,the Campus A518, priced atRs. 4,500. The companyconfirmed that the CelkonCampus A518 smartphonewill be available in Indiaacross retail stores; thoughthere is no word on whetherthe smartphone will also beavailable online.

The dual-SIM basedCampus A518 runsAndroid 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It comes with a5-inch (480x854 pixels)FWVGA IPS display. Thesmartphone is powered bya 1GHz single-core proces-sor coupled with 512MB ofRAM.

It comes with 4GB ofinbuilt storage, which isfurther expandable viamicroSD card (up to32GB). It sports a 3.2-megapixel rear camerawith LED flash, while thereis a secondary 1.3-megapixel front-facingcamera also on board.

On the connectivity front, the CelkonC a m p u sA518 offers 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi

802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB, andBluetooth options. The smart-phone packs a 2000mAh battery. Itmeasures 145x73x9.75mm;weighs 164 grams, and will beavailable in White and Dark Bluecolours.

Commenting on the launch, YGuru, Chairman and ManagingDirector, Celkon Mobiles, said"We at Celkon believe in constant-ly upgrading our offerings withinnovation.

new Campus A518 is one suchmodel which combines the powerof a large screen with latest fea-tures and stylish add-ons. We havemany more exciting and innova-tive products in the pipeline."

The domestic handset brand lastmonth launched the MillenniaQ450 priced at Rs. 4,799. Forspecifications, the Android 4.4.2KitKat-based Millennia Q450 fea-tures dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) sup-port; a 4.5-inch (480x854 pixels)FWVGA IPS display; a 1.3GHzquad-core processor; 512MB ofRAM; 4GB of inbuilt storagethat's further expandable viamicroSD card (up to 32GB); a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED

flash; a 2-megapixel front-facingcamera, and a 1800mAh battery.

Celkon Campus A518 With 5-Inch Display,3G Support Launched at Rs. 4,500

While LG is only hoursaway from launchingits G4 flagship

smartphone, a new leak hasrevealed the full list of thesmartphone's specifications onthe Web.

Before jumping to the leakedlist of LG G4 specifications of,it is worth mentioning that theKorean smartphone maker hasalready confirmed some of thefeatures. The flagship handsetwill include a 5.5-inch QHD(1440x2560 pixels) resolutionIPS display with a pixel densityof 535ppi; LG UX 4.0 with newfeatures; 16-megapixel rearcamera with an f/1.8 aperture;LED flash and laser autofocus,and an 8-megapixel front-facing cam-era.

As per the leaked list of specifica-tions sourced by Evan Blass (bestknown as tipster @evleaks), the LGG4 will launch running Android 5.1Lollipop. It will be slightly thickerand heavier than the LG G3, withdimensions of 149.9x76.2x10.16mmand a weight of 155.9 grams.

Blass adds that previous rumoursthat LG may be ditching theQualcomm Snapdragon 810 processorin favour of a lower-poweredSnapdragon 808 SoC for the G4 arecorrect, with the company worriedabout overheating issues. LG after thelaunch of its Snapdragon 810-pow-ered G Flex2 in January, confirmedthe chipset to have overheating issues,which was later fixed. Like the LGG3, the G4 is also said to sport 3GB ofDDR3 RAM.

As for the storage, Blass says theLG G4 will bear 32GB of inbuilt stor-age alongside a microSD card slot forexpansion. There is no word on other

storage variantswith slightly different specifications,e.g., last year's flagship G3 came in16GB (2GB RAM) and 32GB (3GBRAM) storage variants.

In terms of connectivity, the leakedspecifications tip the LG G4 will fea-ture LTE Advanced (LTE-A) net-works, Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC. Thehandset will reportedly be backed by a3000mAh removable battery like itspredecessor and would deliver 440hours of standby and 14 hours of talktime. Both wireless charging andquick charging features are tipped.

It is worth noting Samsung's latestflagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6and Galaxy S6 Edge, were criticisedfor omitting features the series hascome to be identified with - storageexpansion and removable batteries. Ifthe leaked LG G4 specifications arecorrect, it seems as if LG heard thecriticism loud and clear, and hasincluded these features in its latestflagship.

LG G4 Specifications DetailedAhead of Tuesday's Launch

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CHENNAI

Two-time winners ChennaiSuper Kings pulled off a sen-sational last-ball two-run vic-tory over defending champi-ons Kolkata Knight Riderswith some brilliant bowlingand fielding effort which sawthem defend a low score intheir thrilling IPL match, hereon Tuesday.

Put into bat, Chennai foundthe going tough againstKolkata Knight Riders, whoproduced a disciplined bowl-ing performance to restrict thehosts to 134 for six in theirstipulated 20 overs.

However, the Super Kingsreturned with a clincal bowl-ing and fielding performance,led by Dwayne Bravo (3/22)and R Ashwin (2/5), to restrictKolkata to 132 for nine andcontinue their domination athome. Needing 17 runs off sixballs, Ryan ten doeschate (38)blasted a six and a couple offours but it proved too littleand too late as Kolkata fellshort by two runs at the MAChidambaram Stadium.

Chasing 134, Kolkata had adisastrous start as their skip-per Gambhir (0) was dis-missed by Ishwar Pandey inthe second ball of the innings.

Other opener RobinUthappa (39) then shared a51-run partnership withManish Pandey (15). The duo

blasted eight boundaries andone six in their 29-ball secondwicket partnership.

However, CSK skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni soonintroduced Ashwin into theattack and the spinner got hima wicket with the very firstdelivery, dismissing Uthappa

with Brendon McCullumpulling off a smart catch atshort midwicket.

In his second over, Ashwintook another wicket in hisfirst ball, sending Pandeyback into the hut with Bravotaking the catch at the deepmidwicket area as KKR

slipped to 61-3 in 7.1 overs.Yusuf Pathan (13) and

Suryakumar Yadav (16) triedto steady the innings but withSuresh Raina and RavindraJadeja bowling in tandem, theboundaries dried up.

With the required runratemounting, Yadav tried to pulla quick Mohit Sharma ball butBravo pulled off a stunninglow catch with one hand run-ning in from long-on asKolkata slumped to 76 for 4in 12.2 overs.

Needing 47 off 31 balls,Pathan went for a big shot offBravo, only to see his insideedge disturb the stumps asKKR looked down the barrelat 91 for five in 15.2 overs.

Andre Russell (4) was thenext to depart when his pur-suit to take a second runended with a run out, whilePat Cummins was holed outby Jadeja off Bravo at deepmidwicket. Next man PiyushChawla (0) too departed with-out disturbing the scoreboardafter he was decieved by aslower delivery from Bravo.

IPL 8: Chennai Super Kings DefeatKolkata Knight Riders in a Thriller

KOLKATAA book recounting for-

mer Indian captain SouravGanguly's incident-filledcricket career has beenunveiled here.

Penned by a digital mar-keting expert with an ITcompany, SatptarshiSarkar - a die-hard fan ofthe "Prince of Kolkata" -the book "Sourav Ganguly:Cricket, Captaincy andControversy" analyses var-ious facets of Ganguly'slife as a cricketer and ascaptain of the Indian team.

"It probes the symbioticrelationship between theman and the cricketer. Iused to run a websitecalled welovesourav.comwhere there would beinteresting stories about'Dada' (as Ganguly isaffectionately called) andthe people reading themwould tell me to write abook, now I think I have

enough material to compileone and so I did," saidSarkar, hailing from thecity where the left-handbatsman grew up playingthe game.(Ganguly FeelsWorld Cup ExperienceWill Help India Become aBetter Side)

The book deals withmany controversies involv-ing the southpaw, high-lighted by the infamous

fall-out with former Indiacoach Greg Chappell.

Among the dignitariespresent at Monday's launchwere Ganguly's childhoodcoach Ashok Mustafi fromDhukhiram coaching cen-tre, former cricketer turnedauthor Raju Mukherjee andex-Bengal cricketer GopalBasu. However, Gangulywas not present due to hisbusy schedule

New Book on Sourav GangulyRecounts his Career, Controversies NEW DELHI

The BCCI's new regime underJagmohan Dalmiya's leadership isexploring the option of an early SpecialGeneral Meeting (SGM) in its bid tooust N Srinivasan as the Board's repre-sentative in ICC.

In order to reach a decision on oustingSrinivasan, an SGM needs to be calledand Dalmiya along with SecretaryAnurag Thakur is exploring that option.

However, they are yet to decide on adate as of now as the members need tobe given three weeks of notice period.

"To oust Srinivasan, the ruling groupwill require two-thirds majority which is21 units. If they can't ensure 21 votes,they won't call SGM for sure. Dalmiyaand Thakur will have to ensure there are21 votes in their favour," a member ofDalmiya faction told PTI.

There are reports that the SGM will becalled on May 24, the day of IPL final.Incidentally, Lalit Modi was suspendedafter the final of IPL 3 in 2010.

This comes a day after the internalfeud within the BCCI took an ugly turnwith Board Secretary Thakur launchinga stinging attack on ICC ChairmanSrinivasan, saying that he should actual-

ly share information on bookies with hisown family members "whose involve-ment in betting has been proved".

A day after ICC issued an advisory toThakur to stay away from suspectedbookies, the BCCI secretary hit back atSrinivasan through an open letter inwhich he questioned the timing of the"counter offensive" initiated at thebehest of the ICC Chairman.

Srinivasan though made it clear that hedid not want to engage in a war of wordswith Thakur, saying he would take upthe matter with him personally.

ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardsonhad on Sunday written a letter to BCCIpresident Dalmiya about Thakur beingphotographed with one Karan Gilhotra,whose name allegedly figures in the listof suspected bookies.

KARACHI

Pakistan's embattled headcoach Waqar Younis hasmade it clear that he has nointentions of stepping downfrom his post in the wake ofthe team's abject surrender inthe limited over series inBangladesh.

Waqar told Geo news chan-nel today that everyone has ajob to do according to hisresponsibility.

"Whether it is me, theselectors, players or thecricket board everyone has ajob to do and take decisionswhich are best for them," hesaid. (Also read: Pakistanready to spend USD 5 lakh tohost Zimbabwe)

He was responding to ques-tions about the PCB notbeing happy with his per-

formance as coach andreports he was contemplatingstepping down from the post.

"I haven't thought like thatand what the PCB does is upto them. But I know that

everyone has to be patientnow because we have lostsenior players and we havebrought in new players. Wehave a new captain and newcombinations so it will taketime," he said.

The former fast bowlerhowever admitted he was notexpecting the team to bewhitewashed in the one-dayseries by Bangladesh or losethe T20 match.

"I knew the series would betough because Bangladeshhave been working on theircricket for years now andthey have established play-ers. But I was not expectingus to perform so badly. But itwould be wrong not to givecredit to the Bangladesh teamfor their good cricket," thePakistan coach said.

The former Test captain hasa two-year contract with thecricket board.

The PCB announced onMonday that chairmanShaharyar Khan had orderedthe cricket committee to holdan inquiry into the reasonsfor the defeats inBangladesh.

The PCB said it wanted thecricket committee to investi-gate the issues of bad selec-tion, players' fitness and per-formances etc.

Waqar said everyone had aright to his opinion.

"But everyone has tounderstand we have newplayers and new combina-tions and we have to givethem time to settle down. It isnever easy losing seniorplayers," he added.

Waqar Younis not Stepping Down as Pakistan Cricket Coach

Dalmiya, Thakur Mull Early SGM toRemove N. Srinivasan as ICC Chairman

NEW YORK

European heavy-weights ManchesterUnited and Barcelonawill face off in a glam-our friendly in SanFrancisco on July 25,organisers of theI n t e r n a t i o n a lChampions Cupannounced on Tuesday.

English giants United,who won the 2014 tour-nament, will tackleSpanish league leadersBarcelona at the Levi'sStadium in Santa Clara,which was only openedin July last year.

United will also playMexican side ClubAmerica in Seattle onJuly 17, San Jose

Earthquakes on July 21,at a venue to beannounced, and ParisSaint-Germain atChicago's Soldier Fieldon July 29.

"Manchester Unitedhas a great history ofvisiting these US cities,creating memorableexperiences for playersand fans that date backas far as the 1950s," saidUnited managing direc-tor Richard Arnold in aclub statement.

"After this month'sManchester derby brokerecords to become themost-watched PremierLeague match in UScable television history,the club is excited to be

Manchester United, Barcelona to FaceOff in San Francisco Showdown

KARACHIThe Pakistan Cricket

Board (PCB) has agreedto spend around USD 5lakh on hosting theZimbabwe cricket teamfor a limited over seriesnext month.

PCB chairmanShaharyar Khan said onTuesday that the PCBhad accepted some ofthe requests of theZimbabwe cricket unionto make the tour possi-ble, which would be thefirst by a Test nation toPakistan since 2009.

"The expenditure onhosting theZimbabwean team isaround USD 500,000but we expect to bringthis figure down," hesaid.

A reliable source in

the board told PTI thatthe amount includedpremium for taking outa life insurance on thetouring players and offi-cials, match fees anddaily allowances to thevisiting players and airtickets.

"For us this tour isimportant because wewant Test teams to playin Pakistan and we wantto send out the rightmessage to the worldabout the security situa-tion in Pakistan," Khansaid.

He confirmed that asecurity delegation ofthe ZCU would reachLahore on Sunday andafter their report the touritinerary would beannounced.

Pakistan Ready to Spend USDFive Lakh on Hosting Zimbabwe

It isn’t easy to recre-ate a bygone era. Itreally gets difficult

when you have to keepeverything in sync withthe era. Every detail hasto be looked into sinceevery detail matters. It isalso not easy to erectsuch sets either and themakers of BombayVelvet learnt it the hardway. It took them 11days to set up the 60sAnurag Kashyap want-ed to depict, replete withnightclubs.

As you all are aware,the sets of the film wereerected in Sri Lanka.Old world ‘Bombay’, asit was called then, wasrecreated from scratchover an area of 9.5acres. Be it the buildingsor its interiors, every-

thing was relentlesslyshaped up according toscript and era’sdemands. If they weremeticulous about thebuildings and roads,they were also cautiousabout the decor withinwhich has to highlightthe theme.

No wonder the film

looks so vivid andenchanting. This is anera the young generationknows nothing aboutand Anurag Kashyap’sattempts will introduceBombay of 60s to theMumbai of 2015. Nowthat’s one hell of anintroduction. Do youagree?

NEW DELHIIt was so glittery all over the sets of

'khwahishen' - a film by Moonlightproduction. Adding a film to it's cred-it after grand success of skits and adfilms Delhi lad Param MLP, producerand director of film expressed 'weadded another feather in our cap withactress Samira Khan of Parwarishfame. Her other serials like 'Kabhisaas bhi kabhi bahu thi', 'Kahani GharGhar ki' of Balaji films were greathits. "My this film is a family drama.Our artists have put in their hundredpercent to showcase so called show-biz life of the society and I hope thatlike every hit drama, this film willattract people from all walks of life,he said. Actress Samira expressed thatit was a different experience to workwith Moonlight productions. I will tryto give my best in this film too likemy previous films and I am optimisticthat people will find my characterwith the pace of the film, she says.The film has been shot at variouslocations of Delhi and Jaipur. AryaSingh has been music director where-as Noor, Kailash and Amit has givenplayback. Promos of film are expect-ed soon.

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Many experts suggestthis strategy — and itactually works! Insteadof spending all day (ornight) worrying about

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Let your anxiety takeover you then. But then

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Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Shamra starrerBombay Velvet wasn’t built in a day

When Piku wasannounced ,the unusual

pairing of Irrfan Khanand Deepika Padukonereally amazed us. This isone jodi never triedbefore. In fact, it won’tbe wrong to say that notmany saw this pairingever materialising. Buttrust Shoojit Sircar tocome up wth a lovestory with the two ofthem in the lead. EvenIrrfan Khan feels it isonly Sircar who couldenvision him in aromantic lead.

The actor is on a pro-motional spree for thefilm that releases onMay 8. It is reallyrefreshing to watchIrrfan and Deepika inthe trailers of the film.The role has made Irrfanvery happy because headmits that he was wait-ing for a romantic and acomedy film to comehis way and he is gladthat Piku served boththe purposes.

If you notice, thechemistry betweenIrrfan and Deepika isn’ttoo in your face but situ-ational. There is a lotsaid with gestures rather

than words whichmakes this even morealluring. The uniquetreatment to the story isevident from the trailersand we wish the same is

apparent from the film.We definitely are look-ing forward to this filmand this subtle yet sweetchemistry betweenDeepika and Irrfan.

Irrfan Khan finds a love story in Piku

After a lot of delays, AyanMukerji’s project willfinally begin in February

2016Ever since it was announced

that Ranbir Kapoor and AliaBhatt are coming together forAyan Mukerji’s next superheroventure, there has been a lot ofcuriosity around the film.However, due to Ranbir’s choc-a-bloc schedule with two bigreleases- Bombay Velvet andJagga Jasoos in 2o15, Ayan’s filmcould never really take off.Finally, everything seems to havefallen in place and the muchawaited venture will soon beginshooting from Feb 2016.

A source close to the projectconfirmed, “Once BombayVelvet is out of the way, Ranbirwill finish Anurag Basu’s JaggaJasoos and Imtiaz Ali’s Tamashain two schedules as both areexpected to hit the theatres thisyear. When he recently met withhis team to chart out his plan for2016, Ayan’s film was the first toget a slot as RK is really excitedabout playing a caped crusader,”

As per reports, RK is personal-ly involved in all aspects of the

project, right from the script tocreating a superhero characterwhich is also speculated to have alot of mythological elements.“It’s been planned as a trilogy andboth Ayan and RK are involved indeveloping the character’s back

story,” added the source.The untitled venture is sched-

uled to release on December 23,2016. And now that the film isofficially back on track, we can’twait to see Ranbir’s superheroavatar, how about you?

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s superheroflick to go on floors early next year!