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Will he be able to pull off another Karnataka in 2019?

Congress is the Second largest party in the last Karnataka Vidahansabha Election and with support of JDS it could have formed the Government But could not. Leaving the hope of Congress Chief Minister , Congress party created a post poll alliance and did let JDS to form the govt. with the full support of the Congress Party.

‘All is well’ is only due to one particular destiny of keeping BJP out of the Reign in the state of Karnataka as well as a positive step ahead to counter BJP in 2019 Election.

Inside When Shatru advises aspiring politicians to steer clear of dirty politics The dance of politics in Karnataka Government introduces new scheme ‘SevaBhojYojna’ Large cut in Odisha mining, post court ruling to pay hefty penalty of Rs 17,576 crore

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Why bribes usually don't buy votes for politicians

Soutik Biswas India correspondent | BBC

What prompts a voter in India to cast her ballot in favour of a candidate? Typically, her choice would be influenced by the candidate's identity, ideology, caste, performance or ethnicity.

Cash bribes to voters are also widely thought to influence the voting choices of the poorest and most vulnerable voters. Days before the recent polls in the southern state of Karnataka, authorities uncovered cash and "other inducements" worth more than $20m (£14.85m) in what was described as a "recordbreaking" haul. One report claimed that workers had been transferring money to bank accounts of voters who had promised to vote for their candidate, and even pledged to pay more later if their candidate won.

Trying to buy votes with cash and other gifts in the run up to elections is rampant in India. One main reason is that politics has become fiercely competitive. There were 464 parties in the fray in 2014, up from 55 in the first election in 1952.

The average margin of victory was 9.7% in 2009, the thinnest since the first election. At 15%, the average margin of victory was fatter in the landslide 2014 polls, but even this was vastly lower than, say, the average margin of victory in the 2012 US Congressional elections (32%) and the 2010 general election

in Britain (18%).

Elections have also become volatile. Parties do not control voters as well as they once might have done. Parties and candidates are more uncertain about results than ever before, and try to buy votes by splurging cash on voters.

tralise, their opponents' strategies," he says. It looks like a zero-sum game.

Dr Chauchard and a team of researchers gathered information and data during two elections - one for the legislative assembly in 2014, and the other for a municipal seat in

New research by Simon Chauchard, assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College, US, argues that bribing voters may not necessarily fetch votes.

Competitive elections prompt candidates to distribute handouts primarily cash and gifts in kind, like liquor - for strategic reasons. While knowing that handouts are largely inefficient, argues Dr Chauchard, candidates end up facing a "prisoner's dilemma", when each prisoner's fate relies on the other's actions.

"Fearing that their opponents will distribute handouts, they distribute them themselves to counter, or neu-

2017 - in Mumbai talking to political workers of the major parties.

They found candidates funnelling cash and other gifts like liquor through influential local citizens housing society presidents, religious and union leaders - in the weeks leading up to the elections. Some of them could be spending up to 1,000 rupees or $15 on every voter in their community.

Party workers told the researchers that handouts made at best a small difference. Many payments never reached the voters as local influencers pocketed the cash themselves. One candidate who was the biggest spender actually finished

fourth. Some 80 workers from all parties told researchers that cash handouts and other gifts influenced a miniscule number of voters.

Party workers partly blamed the voters for this state of affairs. The voters, they bemoaned, had become astute, having realised that it was near-impossible for candidates to "monitor" their voting behaviour.

So they pocketed the cash and betrayed even the most generous candidate. There was no evidence to suggest that candidates were channelling funds towards either core or swing voters.

"Paying voters is not entirely useless or inefficient though," Dr Chauchard told me. "You could lose votes if you didn't. It helps you to level the playing field. You may lose more if you didn't give a gift.

Only in very tight elections, could it tilt the balance."

Sanjay Kumar, a leading Delhibased political scientist, says there is a overwhelming belief among parties that they can buy votes of poor people. "That's why most parties bribe voters. All parties continue to spend on voters in the hope that the undecided voter or the fringe voter will keel over. But there is no evidence that this happens or helps at all."

Bribing voters could have a cultural explanation. Social scientists say that poor voters in South Asia appreciate wealthy or generous candidates. In a highly unequal society, cash bribes and gifts create a sense

of reciprocity.

India has a long history of patronage politics. Anastasia Piliavsky, a social anthropologist at University of Cambridge, studied voters in rural Rajasthan and found they expect feasts or handouts from candidates. In rural India, she argues, electoral politics is often articulated in the traditional idiom of patronage. The "donor-servant relation was the basic formula through which people exchanged things, exercised power and related socially".

So, far away from the prying eyes of election authorities, candidates throw 'fake' wedding and birthday parties where unknown guests - or eligible voters - turn up for food and other "return gifts" like cash. In the end, according to anthropologist Mukulika Banerjee of London School of Economics, vulnerable voters take "money from all the parties who offered it and after doing so cast their vote not to the highest bidder but by taking into consideration what they enigmatically term "other considerations".

"Sadly this is just the way it is now in politics," a BJP leader told Dr Chauchard. "You have to spend.

There is no other way around this, at least right now. Another politician had a more droll understanding of the compulsions. "Cash in elections is like pumping gas in a motorbike," he said. "If you don't put gas in the bike, you never get to your destination. But you do not get there faster if you put (in) more gas."

Government introduces new Waiting for SARKAAR scheme ‘SevaBhojYojna’ The dance of politics in Karnataka

The Ministry of Culture, Government of India has introduced a new scheme namely ‘SevaBhojYojna’ with a total outlay of Rs. 325.00 Crores for Financial Years 2018-19 and 2019-20.

The scheme envisages to reimburse the Central Government share of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on purchase of raw items such as ghee, edible oil, atta/maida/rava/flour , rice pulses, sugar, burra/jiggery etc which go into preparation of food/Prasad/langar/bhandara offered free of cost by religious institutions. The objective of the scheme is to lessen the financial burden of such Charitable Religious In-

Scheme seeks to reimburse Central Share of CGST and IGST on items for Food/Prasad/Langar/Bhandara offered free of cost

by Charitable Religious Institutions

stitutions who provide Food/Prasad/Langar (Community Kitchen)/Bhandara free of cost without any discrimination to Public/Devotees.

The Charitable Religious Institutions such as Temples,

Gurudwara, Mosque, Church, Dharmik Ashram, Dargah, Matth, Monasteries etc. which have been in existence for at least five years before applying for financial assistance/grant and who serve free food to at least 5000 people in a month and such institutions covered under Section 10( 23BBA) of the Income Tax Act or Institutions registered as Society under Societies Registration Act ( XXI of 1860) or as a Public Trust under any law for the time being in force of statuary religious bodies constituted under any Act or institutions registered under Section 12AA of Income Tax Act shall be eligible for grant under the scheme.

TAC NEWS: In the Karnataka Assembly, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has won the trust vote on the floor of Karnataka Vidhansabha. During the floor test, 117 newly elected MLAs voted in favor of Kumaraswamy. In this way, the Congress-JDS alliance has proved a majority in the assembly and Kumaraswamy will now be the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Simultaneously, the great political drama in Karnataka has completely full stopped.

There was a lot of ruckus in the House before the majority test and the BJP MLAs did walkout in protest. On the other hand, BJP leader and former Chief Minister Yeddyurappa has tainted CM Kumaraswamy in the Assembly. In the Assembly, the BJP withdrew its candidate's name for the speaker at the last minute. After this, Ramesh Kumar of Congress was elected unanimously as Speaker. It was seen as a big victory for the Congress-JDS alliance before the floor test.Senior BJP leader and 48 hours former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said, 'We

withdrew the name of our candidate because we want that the election is unanimous while maintaining the dignity of the speaker post.”

Just a day ago, the BJP senior leader S. Suresh Kumar made his candidature for the post of Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

It was also said that BJP had taken this step due to the idea of floor test before the desired vote of confidence by the Chief Minister HD Kumar Swamy led Karanataka Government.By put forwarding a candidature from BJP speculating the speaker’s election before the floor test also has been ended after BJP withdrew it’s candidature by which the path to make congress speaker in the house became loud and clear.

BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa had said that if CM Kumaraswamywill not waive the farmers' debt, then he would announce the closure of the state. It has become quite clear and obvious that the BJP will not be silent against the Congress-JDS coalition government.

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Nipah Virus affects tourism in Kerala

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed by the Indian Community, on his arrival, at Singapore

When Shatru advises aspiring politicians to steer clear of dirty politics SAI: BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has finally expressed his pain on the pretext to advise his actor turned politician friends Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, who have announced to enter into political battlefield of uncertain Indian Politics.

Referring to the step motherly behavior to him by the BJP , Shatru expressed indignation over the increasing stature of a renowned TV Actress while no such portfolio given to him after serving a long for the party.

He alleged the party has been shown unwanted discrimination. Politically it is believed that his signal is towards Union I&B Minister Smriti Irani.

He had advised Kamal and

Rajni, saying that he hoped that both of them would have given a lot of thought on their political basis before entering politics. He further said, 'Hopefully I am wrong because politics is not an easy task. Although I do not think so.

Mr. Shot-Gun who is a tremendous super star of his time, slowly and steadily

replied about his controversy with his own party, BJP. He said, 'Look at what kind of behavior is being done to me in my party. I was told that I would be given the cabinet post but instead a TV actress was given the cabinet rank. I was discriminated and even insulted too. ' He said, "We are brought to politics to pull huge crowd and voters , but when we connect that crowd to the party, the party feels insecure by seeing our popularity.

This is a very tricky situation.'

Explaining Kamal and Rajani's principles of politics, he said that actors come from the world of glamour. They are accustomed to glamour.

Politics has a lot of strength

and strength is very glamorous. Actors come to politics with the hope of increasing their glamour and fame, but the truth is that politics is beyond expectations.

Asked whether Rajinikanth had taken his advice to move in politics? He said, 'No, Rajni did not consult with me. If he asked me about this, then I would advise on the contrary. ' He said that MK Stalin's base in Tamil Nadu politics is very strong.

He has done a lot of work for the people. Rajini can not deny Stalin's credentials He said, “Rajni speaks on spiritual politics' when scamsters are living abroad with billions of rupees, you can not change politics with spirituality.”

TAC NEWS: The Kerala government has issued an order to bar visitors to the Nipah virus affected areas.

After this, the number of people visit to Kerala every year from Indore has been decreased drastically in the last few days.The people who have already made the booking are also collecting information from the concerned state agencies considering the situation.

On the other hand, the health department has also ordered the health check-up of any of the people traveling in the affected area as ill.

After many deaths in particular four districts of Kerala, Kozhikode, Mallapuram, Wayanad and Kannar, the District authorities there issued orders not to trespass these four districts. The government has advised caution by issuing alert in the state.

The passengers coming from Indore to Kochuveli Express are being examined at the Goa Railway Station. Even in the city of Indore, the Health Department has ordered to maintain distance from the people traveling to Nipah affected area.The person coming from there is advised to immediately show

the doctor whenever any one feels ill.

In the past one week, only around 40 bookings have been done through travel agencies across the city.

The spokesperson of ‘Kerala Samajam’, Alex said that 25 thousand people of Kerala are currently residing in the whole city. These includes even private Hospital’s Nursing staffs who come from Kerala. This number is approximately 40 thousand in the division. 60% of these people also have gone to their homes during the summer holidays. And these people hail from various district of the state of Kerala. But not any one has gone to four affected districts of Kerala.

He told that everyone will return in the first and second week of June. Even not any one was informed ill among who has gone from here. All are safe.

CMHO Dr. HN Nayak has ordered to make the distance from the people coming from the affected areas of Kerala and immediately to have medical treatment if any one informed ill. He has ordered the city's government and private doctors, clinic operators, nursing home operators to take treatment and prompt information keeping the symptoms of Nipah virus in mind. Signs of illness include fever, breathing, absent sensorium, traveling in the affected area in 21 days, and after examination of cerebral fever or other infection.

Large cut in Odisha mining, post court ruling to pay hefty penalty of Rs 17,576 crore: ASSOCHAM New Delhi: Iron ore mining has witnessed a sizeable decline in Odisha , following the Supreme Court’s direction to the miners for payment of compensation of Rs 17,576 crore for exceeding output beyond the quantum fixed under the environmental clearances , the ASSOCHAM has said, seeking Centre’s immediate intervention to resolve the issue in consultation with the state government , and cautioning that thousands of jobs are at stake.

“The ASSOCHAM would like to request for your kind intervention to take up the matter with State Government of Odisha and impress upon them to take correct legal position on the concern of miners in Odisha,” the chamber said in its letter to the Union Mines Ministry.

In February 2014 a writ petition

was filed in the Supreme Court, alleging illegal mining activities in Odisha. The apex court had directed in May, 2014 the Odisha Government to suspend operations of 102 mining lessees with a liberty given to the lessees to apply for resumption of mining operations by providing all the statutory clearances.

In its August 2, 2017 judgement, the Supreme Court has directed the defaulting Iron Ore Mining lease holders to deposit the compensation for production of minerals in excess of environmental clearance . This compensation adds to Rs. 17,575.99 crore, beyond the paying capacity of the miners.

“Post the judgment of August 2, 2017, there has been a visible decline in the production of iron ore as the mining operations of a lot of

lessees who were unable to pay the compensation by 31st December, 2017 were suspended. The mining lessees have been struggling hard to pay the compensation amount and the closing down of mining operations have further increased the troubles of the mining lease holders,” the ASSOCHAM letter to the Mines ministry stated.

It said, while most of the operating mines have deposited the compensation, the mine owners whose mines were closed back in 2014, four years ago, have been struggling to arrange the required way to pay the compensation. The banks are not willing to lend the credit making the situation for these lease holders even worse.

Due to closure of mining operations, there has been a sharp decline in the production of mineral,thus,

escalating the prices of iron ore.

Since August, 2017, prices of fines (+) 62.5% Fe went up from Rs.1127/tonne to Rs.2050/tonne and those of Lump from Rs.2348/tonne to Rs.3915/tonne.

This exorbitant hike in prices has severely the Industries making them globally uncompetitive.

The chamber said the mining industry provides over direct employment to 60,000 persons and indirect employment to over one lakh persons in ancillary activities like transportation, human resourcing, marketing & various other downstream activities in the State.

The industry has also developed the surrounding areas, built schools, colleges, hospitals etc. for the local populace.

“It is this very mining industry that provided lucrative opportuni-

ties to various downstream activities, thus generating employment and stimulating development and economic growth. However, in light of the recent developments stated herein, the people of Odisha have become the major sufferers due to unemployment and loss of opportunities in the allied downstream activities.”

As much as 42 per cent of the employment in mining sector is from Iron & Manganese mines alone.

Odisha is among the richest mineral bearing states of the country and the mineral reserves here constitute 33% Iron ore, 24% coal, 59% Bauxite and 98% Chromite of India's total deposits and therefore, it contributes to a large part of raw materials for the mineral based industry not in only in Odisha but in the entire country.

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The finale of Mrs India Delhi NCR was recently hosted by Resham Chawla at the Bristol Hotel, Gurgaon.

Among the Jury were Mrs Deepali Phadnis- National Head Mrs India, Ritu Sood, Prachi Agarwal and Ahmad Kabir, Sandeep Marwah and Varun Katyal. The Show winner’s were segregated in two different categories of Mrs below and above the age of 40. Actress Mannara Chopra was the celebrity guest for the event along with Ex Cricketer Atul Wassan.

The Ageless Beauty pageant

Deepali Phadnis, Prachi Agarwal & Ritu Sood, Ahmad Kabir

Reetika Tanwar & Neena Chabra, Radhika Tejpal

Sonia Sarda, Neha Gulati, Bhawna Gautam

Resham Chawla & Kapil Chawla

Davinder Babbar, Sandeep Marwah & Ranvijay

Pushp Dahiya & Manisha Singh

Monika Jain & Mannara Chopra

Atul Wassan & Rajiv Gupta

Rajesh Mann & Mansi Aswani

Ekta Chimnani & Archanaa Jain

Monika Kohli

Sucheta Anand, Harsh Anand

Amit Talwar & Varun Katyal

Megha Magoo

The Mr. & Miss Fame India Show

Winners Shyna Choudhary, Neeraj Singh Tomar & Abhijeet Singh

Rohan Singh & Mia Lakra

Aman Bhandari & Rhea Banerjee

Recently Rohan Singh Tomar, Director JGD Production House hosted a Grand Success Party at Club BW for his show Mr and Miss Fame India where all the Delhi’s socialites and contestants were present. The show recently got concluded in Dehradun. The Finale of the show was judged by Actor Rahul Dev, Actress Mugdha Godse, Rannvijay Singh, Varun Katyal, Ankit Nagpal and Mia Lakra. The Winners of the show were Shyna Choudhary and Abhijeet Singh who were also given an award of Rs One Lakh Each.

Tanisha, Ankit Singh & Jhanvi

Anurag Chauhan & Sujay Ghosh

Rajat Raj Malhotra, Ruchika Dhingra Arora

Who will be India’s Next Super Model?

Recently Rajat Raj Malhotra organised the "Next Super Model Contest Season 2". The show was hosted by F3 Fashion Magazine at Suravie Punjabi Bagh. Three designers who launched their collection were Vaishali Kathuria brand Saboori, Umrao fashion studio by Reenu malhotra and GGF2 brand by Sherwani Collection. Categories included in the show were Mr. Miss and Mrs. The winner in Mrs Category was Shimpy Arora, Miss Category was won

by Madhuri and Mr Category was won by Krish. Jury Members for the show were Ankit Nagpal, Kanchan Krishna Adnani (bollywood actor), Kavita Khanna Arora, Ruchika Dhingra Arora, Sharad Kohli.

Ankit Nagpal, Payal Butta & Yatika Chandok

Allie Sharma & Jeenu Kanwar

Ravi Kathuria & Vaishali Kathuria

Shivani Narula

Piyush & Vansh

Sraboni Chatterji

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Reception party of MP’s nephew turns into a mini parliament

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Recently Ramesh Bidhuri (Member of Parliament Lok Sabha South Delhi) hosted a Grand Reception Party for his Nephew Anuj Bidhuri who recently got married to Sonia Bidhuri. Many Well Known Faces like LK Advani, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Ram Vilas Paswan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harsh Singh, Ms. Truna, Deepak Jain and many more were there to Congratulate and bless the newly wedded couple.

Anuj Bidhuri & Sonia Bidhuri Anjali Bajpai

Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Hardeep Singh Puri

Lal Krishna Advani

Ram Vilas Paswan

Ravi Shankar Prasad

A cardamom a day keeps you fit each day

In our regular life, we rarely consume cardamom. If you know about its properties, you will also start taking cardamom for your every day use. A concerned Medical research has confirmed that cardamom that presents in the

kitchen of the house is also helpful in reducing your weight. Today we will tell you about the various Medicinal elements of cardamom.

According to Ayurveda and naturopathy( Naturopathy is an art and science of healthy living and a drugless system of healing based on well founded philosoph)., green cardamom increases your digestive system by cleaning up the indigestion of the body, reducing body swelling and reducing cholesterol levels, which helps in losing your undesired weight.

Cardamom is also helpful in reducing the systolic and diastolic, therefore it also affects the blood pressure level.

If you can not chew cardamom all the time, then you can also use it

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by putting it in tea. According to the research, if the cardamom powder is consumed, the stomach fat can be reduced naturally. Taking it regularly does not even affect the body adversely.

Cardamom for the strong digestive system

If you have problems related to digestion or indigestion, then you should eat cardamom. In order to strengthen and detoxify your digestive system alternatively every morning you can drink cardamom tea. Take two to three cardamom, a small piece of ginger, some cloves and some coriander seeds. Grind them well and eat them with a little warm water. This is an instant treatment for indigestion, swelling and gas.

Cardamom wipes out Smirk

A cardamom must be chewed after meals. It also removes the bad odor of the mouth, and can also prove to be effective in removing

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many problems related to your stomach.

Cardamom makes flee your acidity

Regularly chew the cardamom every time after meals. The best way to get rid of acidity is to avoid sitting immediately after eating, instead chew a cardamom and take a few strolls which will make you feel deeply better as if cool and gas less Stomach.

Include cardamom in your daily diet for the health benefits of your heart or continue drinking only cardamom tea. It is very helpful in maintaining balance of high blood pressure

Get Rid of Respiratory illness by using Cardamom

Cardamom is the best natural remedy to relieve these symptoms if you have cold, cough or having cold ridden chest. All you have to do is to put some drops of cardamom essential oils in hot water in an utensil and take the steam and vapors to get red of cold ridden life in an extreme winter.

Cardamom is you’re the best friend to you’re your Healthy Heart

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Will he be able to pull off another Karnataka in 2019?

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show his strength in 2019 as the single largest political party, then he must claim himself as the Prime Ministerial Candidate. But this was told by him with a n intension to boom the efficiency of his party workers.

Even the Political intuitions and equitation, along with four years flop show of the present BJP Government for the sake of Farmers and common men prove unanimously that in 2019 , it will be very difficult task for the BJP to turn as the biggest Political party.

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Congress is the Second largest party in the last Karnataka Vidahansabha Election and with support of JDS it could have formed the Government But could not. Leaving the hope of Congress Chief Minister , Congress party created a post poll alliance and did let JDS to form the govt. with the full support of the Congress Party. ‘All is well’ is only due to one particular destiny of keeping BJP out of the Reign in the state of Karnataka as well as a positive step ahead to counter BJP in 2019 Election.

One such target and view might be seen even after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when the Congress may be strong enough as opposition and may project Mamta Banerjee, Mayawati, Chandrababu Naidu or any other regional leader as the Prime Minister leaving own interest and an eye upon the position of Country’s Prime Minister.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi turned as the kingmaker in Karnataka when political analysts were claiming it would be JDS. But even for 2019, Rahul is trying to do something like this because he has made a political objective to get BJP out of the power circle at any cost.

Then what will happen to Rahul

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PRESENT REALITY OF CONGRESS PARTY

Gandhi who had urged recently in Bengaluru to be the Prime Minister?

Let’s investigate into the facts of Rahul and Congress Party’s dream of their future politics through their Mirrors of Activism of ‘Today and tomorrow.’

Rahul's political 'initiation'

When Rahul Gandhi turned the vice president of Congress in the year 2013, in a very emotional speech, he mentioned the advice of his mother and the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi, in which Sonia had said - "Power is poisonous."The Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trying to find his political status and future dreams amidst this 'poisonous power'.

He is the President of the same congress party who has a history of more than 130 years of reign , which has ruled India for most of the time since independence in 1947 and also believes in using each and every political strategy as tool to grasp the power in center for which today the party is also trying the same to oppose and stop the victorious path of BJP and Narendra Modi.

But the Congress that belonged to Nehru, that belonged to Indira, that belonged to Rajiv Gandhi, and even belonged to the successor Sonia, those with the forms of their coalitions, is not there absolutely today which Mr. Rahul Gandhi has understood well. And perhaps that is why after winning 78 seats in Karnataka, only in order to keep BJP out of

Beat the heat In view of the severity of the prevailing heat wave in the State, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Haryana has issued some ‘Do’s and Don'ts’ for the awareness of the public so as to minimize its impact.

An official spokesperson said that to minimize the brunt of extreme heat that could lead to physiological strain and even death in some cases one should follow the measures like - Listen to Radio, watch TV, read News paper for local weather forecast to know if a heat wave is on the way, drink sufficient water and as often as possible (even if not thirsty), wear lightweight, light-coloured, loose fitting and porous cotton clothes. Use protective gog-

power circle in the state of Karnataka , the 37-member Janata Dal, secular(JDS) was offered a chance to be the CM and to form the government .As a result , the Congress Party brought back into the power circle in the state of Karnataka putting a refurbished step of the King Maker just before the 2019 General Election.

Rashid Kidwai , who has written biography of Sonia Gandhi , History of Congress Party and a senior Journalist told,” "Rahul Gandhi has understood the weakness of the Congress that the Congress will not be able to fight the BJP on its own.

This political assessment has also proved to be helpful in the formation of a government in Karnataka."

Rahul Gandhi has also urged that if the Congress party shall able to

Political Observers of the Country believe that like Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi is not as interested in getting the Prime Minister's post as much as the regional party leaders intend to be.

Rahul Gandhi will be seen in an active role if the BJP will not able to establish the party as the single largest in the coming 2019. There is also possibility of a regional leaders like Mayawati and Mamta (who have enough seats) become the prime ministerial candidate and Rahul will be seen supporting them.

Earlier, the Congress felt that being a historic party, she had a historical role and she was against even the coalition. But that time has been changed and as well as the scenario too.

The political dominance of the Congress was not the way it used to be till the time of Rajiv Gandhi. In such a way the party understood that the coalition is not a bad thing.

If there is to be in power, then the coalition government will have to be formed, although the leadership will remain with the Congress party.

Do’s and Don’ts’ to mitigate the impact of the prevailing heat wave conditions

gles, umbrella, pagri/dupatta/hat, shoes or chappals while going out in sun, While travelling carry water, for working outside, use a hat or an umbrella and also use a damp cloth on your head, neck, face and limbs. Use ORS (oral rehydration solution), home-made drinks like lassi, lemon water, buttermilk, etc. which help to re-hydrate the body. Recognize the signs of heat stroke, heat rash or heat cramps such as weakness, dizziness, headache, nausea, sweating and seizures. If anyone feel faint or ill, see a doctor immediately. Also keep animals in shade and give them plenty of water to drink. People should keep their homes cool by using curtains, shutters or sunshade during day. Open windows at

night, use fans, damp clothing and take bath in cold water frequently. Provide cool drinking water near work place.

Caution workers to avoid direct sunlight.

Do not leave children or pets in parked vehicles, avoid going out in the sun, especially between 12.00 noon and 3.00 p.m., avoid wearing dark, heavy or tight clothing, avoid strenuous activities especially outside when the temperature is high. Avoid cooking during peak hours, open doors and windows to ventilate cooking area ade-

quately. Avoid alcohol, tea, coffee and carbonated soft drinks, which dehydrate the body. Avoid highprotein food and do not eat stale food.

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Hry will continue to handhold real estate developers with proactive policies in place: Capt. Abhimanyu TAC GGN : Minister of Finance, Government of Haryana, Capt. Abhimanyu Singh on Friday announced that the government would continue to handhold real estate developers and builders for the all round housing development including creation of affordable housing for masses not only in the State but the entire NCR. The government would continue to chase and bring in best of policy framework for its infrastructural development provided the builders and developers indulge in collaborative efforts since the public transport requires huge funds and the state exchequer is not very well equipped with such funds and therefore, industry ought to pay its dues to the government to enable it release funds for public utilities such as housing, affordable housing and other civic amenities.

Addressing NAREDCO Haryana’s Global Investment Summit a Session on “Haryana RealtyDeveloping an Inclusive and Sustainable Realty Market” of Global Investment Summit under ages of NAREDCO Haryana here,

Rajeev Talwar Chairman NAREDCO Haryana, Daljeet Singh, V Uma Shanker CEO GMDA & Capt Abhimanyu Singh at Global Investment Summit.

Capt. Abhimanyu Singh pointed out that the government has already put in place an integrated licensing policy and many other such policies for building suitable infrastructure across the State particularly in Gurugram but blamed industry for yet to avail of the benefits of such policy measures.

“A case in point is that of Rs.1,000

crores revenues that the state incurred in the last couple of months from real estate developers and builders, the share of Gurugram stood at meager Rs.300 crores whereas the rest of Haryana’s contribution has been to an extent of Rs.700 crore although the government focus more on the development of Gurugram”, he said.

A landmark initiative towards making public transport safe for women

TAC GGN: The Indian Penal Code painted a bleak picture, reporting a total of 88,527 crimes against women in Haryana, 2016.

Haryana has also been ranked 4th for highest rate of gang-rapes in the country, reported by National Crime Record Bureau in 2015.

Specifically in Gurugram, 52 rapes, 9 gang-rapes, 100 molestation instances and 45 cases under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) have been registered in 2017, further questioning the security of women and children in the city.

The cosmopolitan culture in Gurugram has witnessed a social change in the past few years, with empowered youth and women venturing out of their homes and engaging with the public.

Women form a large part of the working population, and yet continue to face harassment and violence, restraining their mobility and decision-making capacity.

Incidences of harassment are used by families and communities as excuses to curtail their access to public spaces.

Many incidents of violence against women have tran-

spired in all types of public transport, including buses, taxis and autos. These have shocked the nation and built a climate of insecurity in accessing mobility.

Manas Foundation has been a forerunner in making public transport safe and equal for women, for the past four years. Manas has been executing a successful programme in Delhi called ‘BarabarikiDagar, Surakshit Safar’ as a CSR initiative of Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL). With over 3.5 lakh commercial vehicle drivers being gender sensitized, the programme has come to be one of the largest campaigns in Asia engaging men to end violence against women.

Manas, coming from a mental health background, has been able to develop and implement a first-of-its-kind intervention, applying psychological principles to enable long-term attitudinal and behavioural change.

‘Safe Gaadi’, a campaign to make Gurugram a safe city for women will be initiated in Haryana as of 29th May. The launch of the programme held at DC Office Gurugram with the Chief Guest, Sh. Vinay Pratap Singh, Deputy

Commissioner, Gurugram inaugurating the event along with Sh. E.S. Ranganathan, Managing Director, IGL and other senior officials of district administration. The programme will be implemented in partnership with the District Administration of Gurugram, Govt. of Hry. as a CSR initiative of IGL. Commercial vehicle drivers of Gurugram (including bus, auto and taxi drivers) will be engaged in a two-hour gender sensitisation training on topics such as definitions of gender, stereotypes, violence and laws on sexual harassment.

Customised slogan messages on badges and stickers will also be issued to drivers and printed on their vehicles to instil ownership and develop social commitment that persists long after the training.

Drivers will then be issued a certificate of completion, and established as partners in this initiative towards women safety in Gurugram.

The programme hopes to enhance safety and mobility of women in Gurugram. Enduring effects of this programme have the potential to transform the fabric of the state towards a safe and equal society.

Without being specific, the Finance Minister of State has been forthcoming saying that the state government in the last few years gave so much institutional support to the state’s real estate builders and developers and in return got lesser in proportion and therefore, appealed to the industry to come forward and make their dues payment in the form of stamp duty and other to the respective departments in the state.

Speaking on the occasion CEO, GMDA, Mr. V Uma Shanker also informed that the authorities in Gurugram are doing their best to expand and diversify its physical infrastructure in consultation with NHAI and other agencies yet it is finding difficult to decongest the city as per public aspiration and hoped that with emerging enthusiasm, the city of Gurugram would have improve traffic flows as soon as the Dwarka – Gurugram highways is opened up in near future and other highways in the state becoming operational.

Mr. V Uma Shanker also demanded that if Metro expansion has

Gurugram police stations to be equipped with woman power

Now in Haryana, three SubInspectors (female) would be appointed in each Woman Police Station to further strengthening the functioning of these police stations in the state. Besides, woman helpline number 1091 would be linked with Centralised monitoring system so as to ensure its monitoring at the level of police headquarters.

This will help in providing immediate assistance to the women in the light of any untoward incident.

DGP, BS Sandhu said that process for recruitment of 73 female Sub-Inspectors has already been started. After its completion, these police officers would be appointed in women police stations. Apart from 400 male Sub Inspectors, process to recruit 7000 constable including 1000 female is also going on, he added. He said that a committee of senior police officers would soon be constituted to review the working system of women police stations in the state.

to happen in Haryana and particularly that of Gurugram, land acquisition applications for it should happen on DMRC Act rather than the prevailing land acquisition Act. In his observations, Chairman, NAREDCO Haryana, Mr. Rajeev Talwar who moderated the Session sought to know as to by when the Gurugram’s physical and basic infrastructure would become that of global standards because the city itself has evolved on those parameters.

In his remarks, President NAREDCO Haryana, Mr. Praveen Jain observed saying that supportive policies towards real estate development in the state would be key prerequisite to ensure that housing becomes a reality for one and all.

Among others who were also spoke on the occasion comprised M3M India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Basant Bansal; Advance India Projects Ltd., Mr. Daljeet Singh and others collectively sought state government support and pro active policies for the real estate development of the state without any flaws in the public policy documentation.

Gurugram under the lens of CCTV cameras Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that two projects costing Rs 75 crore have been awarded for laying optical fiber network in Gurugram, Rs 65 crore tender has been floated to open Incident Command Centre and detailed project reports have

been made for the installation of CCTV cameras at an estimated cost of Rs 60 crore, which will be presented within a month. By mobilizing such modern facilities, we will make Gurugram not smart but smartest city, he added.

Anti-corruption drive against corrupt govt. officials The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has, during the last three-and-a-half-year tenure of the present government, registered 455 fresh enquiries against officers, including 5 IAS, 1 IPS, 4 HCS, 1 HPS officers, 6 Chief Engineers, 6 Superintending Engineers, 45 Executive Engineers, 8 Tehsildars, 7 Naib Tehsildars and 47 Sub Divisional Officer, Sub Divisional Engineers, Mechanical Engineers of other departments.

An official spokesperson said the complaints against them pertained to corruption, misappropriation of government funds and owning disproportionate assets.

During this period, 276 enquiries were finalized on the basis of which, 49 criminal

cases against 60 govt. officers (GOs) and 56 NGOs and 71others were recommended and departmental action recommended in 94 enquiries against delinquent officials.

Out of theses, criminal cases and departmental action was recommended in 14 enquiries.

482 criminal cases (including 389 trap cases) had been registered against various officers/officials. The SVB conducted 389 raids in which 39 GO, 374 NGOs and 49 other persons were caught redhanded while accepting illegal gratification. Criminal cases under Section 7/13 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, have been registered against them in various police stations of the Bureau.

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IAF effort to contain fire at Malviya Nagar

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Around midnight a request was received at HQ Western Air Command for containing a fire at Malviya Nagar in Delhi. A MLH class helicopter airborne from Sarsawadid a recce and landed at Palam. Thereafter heptr got airborne with Bambi Bucket to contain the fire.

The heptr filled water from Yamuna reservoir and dropped over the site. This had to be repeated thrice to

contain the fire. This was the first time the Bambi ops was done in an urban situation wherein the nitty gritties of drop are very precise owing to high rises around and chances of collateral damage. The operations started this morning wherein helicopter flown by Wing Commander Pradeep Bhola of the Mighty Armourswas successful in dousing the fire.