Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka fight: Broken glass panels cause stir, Shakib Al Hasan fined

Colombo: Bangladesh edged past Sri Lanka by two wickets to set up a final with India but not before spectators witnessed ugly scenes in the final over at R Premadasa Stadium on 16 March. File image of Shakib Al Hasan. Solaris Needing 12 off the last six balls in their 160-run chase Bangladesh batsman Mustafizur Rahman faced two bouncers from paceman Isuru Udana and was run out after missing the second. The visitors contested the call of the leg-umpire saying it was a no ball due to its height. Shakib looked furious on the boundary and even waved to call the batsmen back to the pavilion. But sanity prevailed and Bangladesh erupted after Mahmudullah Riyad hit the winning six on the penultimate ball. I wasn t calling them back. I was telling them to play. You can describe it both ways. It depends on how you see it Shakib told reporters. We are all humans and making mistakes is in our nature. We should take it on our chin and move forward. We always had healthy competition in the ground but outside we are friends. Emotions take over I need to be careful as a leader of a team I will be careful next time. Published Date: March 17 2018 12:25 PM IST | Updated Date: March 17 2018 12:25 PM http://www.bizcommunity.com/Profile.aspx?c=544 IST Tags : #Bangladesh #Bangladesh National Cricket Team #Cricket #India #Isuru Udana #Mahmudullah #Mustafizur Rahman #Nidahas Trophy 2018 #Shakib Al Hasan #Sri Lanka #TheySaidIt
OVERS 17.3: INDIA WIN BY SIX WICKETS! India have chased down 153 without breaking a sweat to register their second win of the tournament. They now sit at the top of the points tally with four points. Follow Live Score: India vs Sri Lanka 4th T20IOVERS 16: A good over for India. Dinesh Karthik exquisitely played the first ball of the over for a four. Two couples and three singles took the total from the over to 11 runs. Score 134/4 OVERS 14: An excellent spell from spinner Akila Dananjaya comes to an end. In four overs he took two wickets for 24. India need 39 off 30 deliveries. 100 UP FOR INDIA I N 11.5 OVERS. NEED 52 MORE TO WIN FROM 43 DELIVERIES OVERS 9.5: OUT! KL Rahul has been out hit-wicket - first Indian batsmen to be dismissed in the manner in T20Is. Rahul was looking to work it towards the leg side but ended up hitting the middle stump with his shoe. He scored 18. Score 85/4 OVERS 9: Manish Pandey scores a four each off Jeevan Mendis and Kusal Perera in consecutive overs. Score 83/3 OVERS 6.4: OUT! Suresh Raina has thrown away a brilliant start. He had just hit a six and off the following delivery ends up chipping an easy catch to mid-off fielder to walk back after 15-ball 27. Score 62/3 OVERS 5: Suresh Raina in full flow is a sight for sore eyes! He s in the zone tonight as he smokes Dushmantha Chameera for two fours and a six over mid-wicket boundary. 16 runs came in the over. Score 46/2 OVERS 3.1: OUT! A big blow to India as Shikhar Dhawan who struck fifties in his last two outings has been caught at mid-wicket off Akila Dananjaya on 8. He was attempting to go over mid-wicket with a flick but couldn t time it well. Score 22/2 OVER 1.6: OUT! Rohit Sharma has been caught by Kusal Mendis off Akila Dananjaya for 11. He danced down the track but ends up flicking it straight into the hands of mid-wicket fielder. Score 13/1 OVER 1: A six and a four to Rohit Sharma off consecutive deliveries in the first over of the chase. Score 11/0 Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to kickstart India s chase of 153; Suranga Lakmal has the new ball OVERS 19: Shardul Thakur misses the hat-trick as Sri Lanka sneak a single to finish their innings on 152/9 OVERS 18.5: OUT ! Two in two for Shardul Thakur as Dushmantha Chameera gets out for a first-ball duck. Score 151/9 OVERS 18.4: OUT! Dasun Shanka gives Shardul Thakur the charge and ends up getting a big outside edge to be out caught behind on 19 off 16. Score 151/8. OVERS 17.6: OUT! A wicket finally for Jaydev Unadkat off this final delivery of the match as Akila Dananjaya holes out to long-on. He scored 5. Score 146/7 OVERS 17: Sri Lanka need to make full use of the final two overs as their scoring rate has steadily gone down in the past few overs. Suresh Raina bowled the 15th over for six runs and off the next bowled by Shardul Thakur came seven runs including a difficult chance at mid-off. Score 136/6 OVERS 14.1: OUT! Some respite for Yuzvendra Chahal after being hammered in his first two overs. He finally gets a wicket and it s the big wicket of Kusal Mendis who gifts an easy catch to Rohit Sharma at cover. He scored 55 off 38. Score 120/6 OVERS 13.2: OUT! Beaten all ends as a floater from Washington Sundar sneaks past Jeevan Mendis to clean him up on 1. Score 118/5 OVERS 12: OUT! Shardul Thakur gets his second wicket as he dismisses Sri Lanka captain Thisara Perera (15). A slower one from Shardul as Perera lofts him over extra cover with Yuzvendra Chahal taking a good catch. Score 113/4 OVERS 11.5: FIFTY No. 4 for Kusal Mendis off 31 balls. Sri Lanka 113/3 100 up for Sri Lanka in 10.5 overs OVERS 10.4: OUT! Vijay Shankar cleans up Upul Tharanga on 22. He has been undone by the angle as the ball pings the middle stump. Score 96/3 OVERS 10: Kusal Mendis ends the 10th over with a six off Jaydev Unadkat over deep square leg boundary to move to 48. At the halfway stage Sri Lanka are 94/2. OVERS 8: Yuzvendra Chahal returns to the attack after an expensive first over and this time too he s creamed for more runs. Upul Tharanga and Kusal Mendis larrup him for a six each. Score 75/2 OVERS 6: End of Powerplay. Despite losing two wickets in quick succession Sri Lanka have made a bright start reaching 53/2 OVERS 5.1: With a four Kusal Mendis brings up the 50 for Sri Lanka. Score 50/2 OVERS 3.1: OUT! That s a big blow to Sri Lanka as Washington Sundar has cleaned up in-form Kusal Perera on 3. He went for a reverse sweep but was late into the shot and ended up dragging the ball onto the stumps off his glove. Score 34/2 OVERS 2.1: OUT! A stunning catch from Suresh Raina to get rid of Danushka Gunathilaka who was in ominous form. Shardul Thakur strikes! A fierce pull from Gunathilaka but Raina flies to his left and plucks it out of thin air to complete an excellent catch! The Sri Lankan scored 17 off 8. Score 25/1 OVERS 2: Spin introduced straightaway. It s Washington Sundar who bowls the second over and he is greeted by Danushka Gunathilaka with a straight six off the very first ball. The youngster does well to allow three more off his next five deliveries. Score 24/0 OVER 1: An expensive first over from Jaydev Unadkat as he leaks 15 runs in it. Kusal Mendis tonked him for a huge six over extra cover region. Though there were four unnecessary runs as a throw deflected off Mendis bat as the ball rolled away to the boundary. Score 15/0 Jaydev Unadkat has the new ball Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis will open the innings. TEAM NEWS INDIA - IN & OUT: KL Rahul replaces Rishabh Pant SRI LANKA - IN & OUT: Suranga Lakmal replaces Dinesh Chandimal TOSS: India win the c oin toss opt to field first against Sri Lanka TOSS UPDATE: The weather has cleared up. We will have a toss at 8:05 pm (IST). Match will start at 8:20 pm (IST) WEATHER UPDATE: Well it was being said that the toss will happen around 6:45 pm (IST) but unfortunately it s drizzling again and the pitch has been put under the covers. #COVERS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF AS OF NOW WEATHER UPDATE: Well it has been drizzling in Colombo and the ground is under covers. Seems like the toss will be delayed Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 4th T20I of the Nidahas Trophy between hosts Sri Lanka and India!
Colombo: Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah said on Tuesday that the underdogs fresh from upsetting Sri Lanka plan to hone their brand of Twenty20 cricket against India in a key tri-series showdown. The visitors staged a 215-run chase to defeat hosts Sri Lanka in their second match of the tournament rebounding from a loss in their opener against India. Bangladesh 10th in the world T20I rankings behind Afghanistan will be in strong contention for the tri-series final if they beat table-toppers India on Wednesday. Bangladesh stand-in skipper Mahmudullah celebrates a wicket in his side s last clash against Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy 2018. AFP Mahmudullah who was named captain after Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out of the tri-series due to injury said the minnows entered the series wanting to create a Bangladesh brand of cricket . I think the skills are there. We need to be smart to take that calculated risk he told reporters in Colombo saying his side had to compensate for its lack of power hitters. Taking on a particular bowler who we think can be targeted these sort of things we need to apply when we are playing. These things will give us that Bangladesh brand of T20 cricket. The Tigers have beaten top sides in Test and One-Day Internationals but struggled to find consistency in the shortest format of the sport having lost nine of their last 11 T20Is. Mahmudullah urged his bowlers to learn from their Indian counterparts who have utilised the batting-friendly conditions at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Rising Indian pacemen like Jaydev Unadkat and Shardul Thakur have been instrumental in elevating India to the top of the table in the series. Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar have also chipped in with disciplined bowling and crucial strikes. Bangladesh s left-arm quick Mustafizur Rahman has picked up five wickets in two matches but leaked close to 10 runs an over. Mahmudullah backed his strike paceman to come good in the remaining matches in conditions he believes are tough for bowlers. I think he is a great bowler for our team he has been doing really well. It s just the wicket that suits the batsman most said Mahmudullah. Mustafiz is in great shape and is our strike bowler and I will always back him up. Bangladesh have never won a T20I tournament since they started playing the format in 2006. Published Date: March 13 2018 05:20 PM IST | Updated Date: March 13 2018 05:20 PM IST Tags : #Bangladesh #Bangladesh National Cricket Team #Cricket #India #Jaydev Unadkat #Mahmudullah #Mustafizur Rahman #Nidahas Trophy 2018 #Shardul Thakur #SportsTracker #Sri Lanka #Yuzvendra Chahal
As it happened: India vs Bangladesh 5th T20I It s all over! India beat Bangladesh by 17 runs to enter final India defeated Bangladesh by 17 runs to book their slot in the summit clash of the Nidahas Trophy Tri-Series on Wednesday. Young spinner Washington Sundar produced his career-best figures of three for 22 to help India register a comfortable victory in the fifth Twenty20 Internationals at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. OVERS 19.2: OUT! Mohammed Siraj dismissed Mehidy Hasan. Bangladesh 150/6 in chase of 177 OVERS 19: Bangladesh 149/5 need 28 more in the final over OVERS 17.1: FIFTY No. 4 for Mushfiqur Rahim off 42 balls. Bangladesh 132/5 in chase of 177 Rahim hit a six and five fours for his fifty and kept Bangladesh in the hunt OVERS 16.4: OUT! Shardul Thakur clean bowled Sabbir Rahman for 27. Bangladesh 126/5 need 51 more to win Sabbir hit a six and two fours during his 23-ball innings and added 65 for the fifth wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim OVERS 15: Mushfiqur Rahim 45 guided Bangladesh to 116/4 need 61 more in 30 balls to win 100 up for Bangladesh in 13 overs OVERS 10: Bangladesh 64/4 in chase of 177 OVERS 8.4: OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal got rid of Mahmudullah (11). Bangladesh 61/4 in chase of 177 50 up for Bangladesh in 6.2 overs OVERS 5.4: OUT! Third wicket for Washington Sundar dismissed Tamim Iqbal for 27. Bangladesh 40/3 Bangladesh finding it tough to read Sundar as the spinner jolted the chase with three quick strikes. Tamim s 27 came off 19 balls with the help of a six and four fours. OVERS 3.4: OUT! Washington Sundar struck again scalped Soumya Sarkar. Bangladesh 35/2 OVERS 1.5: OUT! Washington Sundar struck early Liton Das gone for 7. Bangladesh 12/1 OVERS 20: Rohit Sharma (89) powered India to 176/3 Skipper Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina added 102 runs for the second wicket as they powered India to 176/3 against Bangladesh in the fifth Twenty20 Internationals at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday. India looked good for more than what they scored but for Rubel Hossain s exceptional final over - two wickets for four runs. OVERS 19.1: OUT! Rubel Hossain got rid of Suresh Raina (47). India 172/2 Raina s whirlwind 47 off 30 balls came to end in the final over. He hit two sixes and five fours. 100-run stand for the second wicket between Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina OVERS 18: 21 Runs! Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina hit three sixes in the over to take India to 161/1 150 up for India in 17.4 overs OVERS 17: Rohit Sharma 66 and Suresh Raina 37 take India to 140/1 Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina added fifty-run stand for the second wicket OVERS 15: Suresh Raina (25 ) hit back-to-back fours to take India to 117/1 100 up for India in 13.3 overs OVERS 12.4: FIFTY No. 13 for Rohit Sharma off 42 balls. India 91/1 Rohit s fifty included two sixes and three fours. OVERS 12: Rohit Sharma 44 guided India to 84/1 OVERS 9.5: OUT! Rubel Hossain clean bowled Shikhar Dhawan for 35. India 70/1 It was a brilliant yorker from Hossain which ended Dhawan s stay in the middle. Dhawan hit a six and five fours for his 35 off 27 balls 50 up for India in 6.1 overs OVERS 6: Rohit Sharma 26 Shikhar Dhawan 22 take India to 49/0 after Powerplay overs OVERS 4.4: SIX! Rohit Sharma joined the party hit it over deep mid-wicket. India 35/0 OVERS 4: SIX! Shikhar Dhawan hit it straight down the ground for first maximum of the match. India 27/0 OVERS 3: Watchful Start! Shikhar Dhawan 9 Rohit Sharma 8 guided India to 18/0 OVERS 1.2: FOUR! First boundary for India from the bat of skipper Rohit Sharma. India 6/0 OVER 1: Good tight bowling by Abu Hider for Bangladesh. India 2/0 Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan started the India innings. Abu Hider Rony with the ball for Bangladesh TOSS - Bangladesh win toss and opt to bowl against India One change each for India and Bangladesh - Mohd Siraj replaced Jaydev Unadkat and Abu Hider came in for Taskin Ahmed respectively. Playing XIs India: Rohit Sharma (c) Shikhar Dhawan Lokesh Rahul Suresh Raina Manish Pandey Dinesh Karthik (w) Vijay Shankar Washington Sundar Shardul Thakur Mohammed Siraj Yuzvendra Chahal Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal Soumya Sarkar Liton Das Mushfiqur Rahim (w) Mahmudullah (c) Sabbir Rahman Mehidy Hasan Rubel Hossain Abu Hider Rony Mustafizur Rahman Nazmul Islam
India entered the final of the Nidahas Trophy T20 cricket tournament on Wednesday after a 17-run win over Bangladesh. Chasing 177 runs Bangladesh fell short by 17 runs after they finished their 20 overs with 159/6. Mushfiqur Rahim remained unbeaten on 72 as he missed out guiding his team to a win. Washington Sundar was the star bowler for the Indians as he struck thrice in quick succession sending back Tamim Iqbal (27) Liton Das (7) and Soumya Sarkar (1) to the pavilion in the first six overs. Mushfiqur and Sabbir Rahman tried their best to reach the target set by India but some better bowling by the Indians in the latter stages saw their efforts go in vain. Mohammed Siraj Shardul Thakur and Yuzvendra Chahal took a wicket each for India. (Scorecard) Live Score Match 5 R.Premadasa Stadium Colombo Mar 14 2018 BAN 159/6 (20.0) IND 176/3 (20.0) Match Ended India beat Bangladesh by 17 runs Earlier Skipper Rohit Sharma (89) led from the front and helped India post 176/3 against Bangladesh in the fifth match of the tri-series. Indian openers Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan (35) clicked at the right time and gave the crucial start when needed the most. Skipper Rohit who was out of form for quite a long time returned to the form and slammed his 13th fifty (off 42 balls). Suresh Raina (47) also contributed handsomely to the cause. On the other hand Bangladesh bowlers struggled right from the start. The fielders failed to restrict the Indian batsmen thanks to some sloppy work on the outfield. Put in to bat India started off on a perfect note as the openers forged a 70-run partnership before Dhawan was clean bowled by Rubel Hossain. His 27-ball knock was laced with five boundaries and one six. Experienced left-arm batsman Raina then joined Rohit and the duo played sensibly. In the process Rohit completed his half-century and helped India to cross 100-run mark in 14th over. Raina also played as expected from him. The Uttar Pradesh batsman dispatched the bad balls perfectly while rotating the strike.Catch the highlights of the match between India vs Bangladesh 5th T20I Nidahas Trophy straight from Colombo22:20 IST: And its over. India beat Bangladesh by 17 runs to enter the final of the Nidahas Trophy Tri-Series.22:20 IST: OUT! Mehedi departs for runs. Easy catch for Suresh Raina. Knuckle ball by Siraj gets the better off the batsman. Bangladesh need 27 runs in 4 balls22:17 IST: Mohammed Siraj bowls the last over. 22:14 IST: This is good bowling by Shardul Thakur. Bangladesh need boundaries now. Outstanding bowling display by Thakur. Terrific over 5 runs from the over. Bangladesh need 28 runs from 6 balls.22:08 IST: No-Ball! Umpires checking waist height no-ball. Mushfiqur Rahim survives. Free Hit for Bangladesh. 16 runs off the over. Bangladesh need 33 more runs from 12 balls.22:03 IST: Mushfiqur Rahim gets his fifty. Back-to-back fifties for him. His 4th T20I fifty. Superb innings by him. Bangladesh need 41 runs off 16 balls.22:01 IST: OUT! Sabbir Rahman departs for 27 runs off 23 balls. Shardul Thakur gives India a much-needed breakthrough. Bangladesh need 51 more runs from 20 balls22:01 IST: FOUR! One bounce to the boundary. 65-run partnership between these two. They have steadied the innings after losing four quick wickets.22:00 IST: Washington Sundar is brought back into the attack. India need to break this partnership.21:51 IST: Great effort by the fielder. 50-run partnership up between these two batsmen. Bangladesh 113/421:48 IST: Bangladesh need 69 more runs to win from 37 balls.21:42 IST: SIX! Rahman smashes Chahal for a maximum.21:37 IST: FOUR! A fantastic pull shot by Sabbir for a boundary21:35 IST: FOUR! Inside out for a boundary. Rahim steps it up and cracks it up over the cover region. Bangladesh 84/421:33 IST: FOUR! That s a great shot. Rahim sees the fielder in the circle and reads the ball well. Loops it over the fielder for a boundary. 16 runs already scored in the over.21:32 IST: FOUR! A much-needed boundary for Bangladesh. Runs onto the track and Rahim hits a boundary. Bangladesh 72/421:32 IST: Mohammed Siraj bowls a peach of a delivery. Shouts of a nick but India have no review left.21:28 IST: Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir Rahman have to play until the end if Bangladesh want to win.21:22 IST: OUT! A soft dismissal. Chahal gets his man. Skipper Mahmudullah departs. KL Rahul takes an easy catch. Bangladesh are now in deep trouble. India should wrap this up quickly. Bangladesh 61/4 21:18 IST: Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah need to rebuild after losing three quick wickets. Bangladesh 55/3 need 122 more runs from 75 balls21:16 IST: Vijay Shankar is the new bowler for India.21:13 IST: Second good over by Chahal. Only 5 runs from the over. 21:11 IST: FOUR! Mahmudullah opens his account with a boundary. Back-to-back boundaries for the Bangladesh captain.21:10 IST: OUT! Washington is on fire. His third wicket. Clean bowled. Danger man Tamim departs for 27 runs. Bangladesh 40/3 in 5.4 overs 21:05 IST: Yuzvendra Chahal bowls an impressive first over. Doesn t give any room to the batsmen. Only 3 runs off it. Bangladesh 39/2 in 5 overs21:03 IST: Mushfiqur Rahim is the new man in for Bangladesh.21:01 IST: OUT! Another one for Washington. Clean bowled. Soumya Sarkar departs for 1. Superb stuff by Sundar. He is having a brilliant tournament. Bangladesh 35/2 in 3.4 overs 20:57 IST: Three fours and a six this over. Shardul Thakur is getting hammered. Tamim Iqbal on fire. Bangladesh 30/1 in 3 overs20:56 IST: FOUR! Good shot by Tamim Iqbal drives through the extra cover region.20:54 IST: Karthik now has 50 stumpings in T20Is.20:52 IST: OUT! What a delivery. Sundar deliberately bowls it outside the off stump and Dinesh Karthik takes off the bails for an easy stumping. Bangladesh 12/1 in 1.5 overs20:54 IST: FOUR! Good shot by Das. Fielder inside the circle. Takes it over the mid-wicket region for a boundary. Bangladesh 12/020:49 IST: Washington Sundar bowls the second over for India. Review taken by India for an LBW decision. India lose review. Liton Das survives.20:46 IST: FOUR! Tamim hits a superb shot to open his account. Bangladesh 4/020:45 IST: Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das begin Bangladesh s chase. Innings Break20:34 IST: It seems Rohit won t be able to get to his century. Rubel Hossain has bowled well. Smartly bowled by the Bangladesh pacer. Rohit Sharma departs in the last ball after getting run-out. India post 176/3 in 20 overs How good were these two? Brilliant innings from the duo that takes #TeamIndia to 176/3 in 20 overs. The chase in just a bit. pic.twitter.com/iSnGy0A951 BCCI (@BCCI) March 14 2018 20:29 IST: Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman.20:28 IST: OUT! Raina departs for a well-made 47 runs. Looking to play the big shot. He gives it straight to the fielder at the long on boundary. India 172/220:25 IST: FOUR! 100-run partnership between these two. What a beautiful-looking shot by Rohit.20:24 IST: FOUR! Rohit carves it over point. Another boundary. He now reaches 83.20:22 IST: SIX! India dealing in sixes now. Rohit Raina getting into the mood now. India 161/1 in 18 overs20:21 IST: SIX! Now its Raina s turn to hit the big shots.20:21 IST: SIX! What a pull shot by Rohit. This is ridiculously easy for Rohit. Bangladesh have bowled well but Rohit today has stole the show with the bat. India 148/120:17 IST: SIX! That s a big one. Onto the crowds and one fan takes the catch. Rohit connects it well and its a maximum. 14 runs off the 17th over. India 138/1 in 16.5 overs21:15 IST: FOUR! Over the short third man fielder for a four by Raina. He moves away from the stumps and gets his boundary. India 131/120:13 IST: FOUR! Raina drives the ball towards the mid off region. 50-run partnership up for Raina and Rohit.20:10 IST: Final five overs left. Sixth bowler used by Bangladesh.20:06 IST: FOUR! No fielder on the long on region. Low full toss for Raina. Raina thumps it down the ground. Easy pickings for the left-hander. 13 runs off the over. India 117/1 in 15 overs20:02 IST: 100 up for India in 13.3 overs. SIX by Raina to bring up the 100 runs for India. 19:59 IST: 13th T20I FIFTY up for Rohit. What a way to return to form. Reached his half-century in 42 deliveries. India 91/1 19:54 IST: FOUR! A brillliant sweep shot by Rohit for a boundary. Rohit is finally getting back into form. 19:47 IST: SIX! Perfectly executed shot by Rohit. Gets to the pitch of the ball and hammers it over the bowler s head. A much-needed boundary for India. India 80/1 in 11 overs19:45 IST: Suresh Raina is the next batman in after Dhawan s departure.19:42 IST: OUT! Bangladesh finally get the breakthrough. Dhawan has to depart for 35 runs. Full length delivery. The middle stump is uprooted by Rubel Hossain. India 70/1 in 9.5 overs19:36 IST: India openers Rohit and Dhawan taking a measured kind of approach. A big partnership is due from both these and they are slowly building upon it. 19:33 IST: FOUR! Poor bowling by Mehidy Hasan. Dhawan loops it over the mid on fielder for a boundary. Short ball gets punished by Dhawan. India 60/019:30 IST: Liton Das drops Dhawan on 22. A tough one to take it but well tried. India 54/0 in 6.4 overs19:30 IST: 50 up for India in 6.1 overs. Rohit Sharma (27 ) and Shikhar Dhawan (22 ) have given the Indian a decent start.19:28 IST: SIX! 13 runs from the over. A good shot over the bowler s head for a maximum by Dhawan. These two openers look set on the middle. India 49/0 in 6 overs19:24 IST: FOUR! Poor line maintained by Hider. A clever shot by Rohit. This is is his highest score in this tri-series with 24 runs.19:22 IST: SIX! What a shot. There s no stopping that. Rohit hammers it towards the on side boundary. Right in the slog for the Indian opener. India 36/019:18 IST: SIX! Mustafizur Rahman had a good over until Dhawan lobbed it over the bowler s head. India 27/0 in 4 overs19:13 IST: FOUR! Dhawan continues his fine form with the bat. Drives it towards the sweeper cover. India 18/0 in 3 overs19:12 IST: Rohit survives. The ball was there for a long time. Catch dropped. India 14/019:10 IST: FOUR! Short ball and gets the necessary treatment by Dhawan. Couple of fours in the over. India 11/0 in 2.2 overs19:07 IST: FOUR! Rohit punches the ball towards the deep mid wicket. A good drive towards the boundary. India 6/0 in 1.3 overs 19:06 IST: Nazmul Islam bowls the second over for Bangladesh.19:05 IST: First runs off the bat for Rohit. A good over by Bangladesh. A very good first over for the youngster Abu Hider Rony.19:03 IST: WIDE! First extra of the Indian innings. Wide outside off stump. Easy call for the umpire. India 1/019:02 IST: Rony has been impressive with his first two deliveries.19:00 IST: Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan open the innings for India. Abu Hider Rony takes the new ball for Bangladesh.18:55 IST: National Anthems of both teams being played. Supporters turning up in the stadium every passing minute.18:39 IST: India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c) Shikhar Dhawan Lokesh Rahul Suresh Raina Manish Pandey Dinesh Karthik(w) Vijay Shankar Washington Sundar Shardul Thakur Mohammed Siraj Yuzvendra Chahal18:39 IST: Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal Soumya Sarkar Liton Das Mushfiqur Rahim(w) Mahmudullah(c) Sabbir Rahman Mehidy Hasan Rubel Hossain Abu Hider Rony Mustafizur Rahman Nazmul Islam18:33 IST: India skipper Rohit Sharma says he has to set an example for the rest. He adds that he wants to bat as long as possible. Mohammed Siraj comes in place of Jaydev Unadkat.18:33 IST: Taskin Ahmed rested for Bangladesh. 5th T20IBangladesh win the toss and decide to bowl first. One change for #TeamIndia as Mohammed Siraj replaces Jaydev Unadkat. For Bangladesh Abu Hider comes in for Taskin Ahmed.#BANvIND #NidahasTrophy KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 14 2018 18:31 IST: Bangladesh win the toss and they decide to bowl first.18:28 IST: Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee says 170-180 should be comfortable on this track.18:21 IST: A win today for India should see them through to the finals of the Nidahas Trophy on Sunday. Bangladesh will have to win this match to stay in contention for a spot in the finals.18:17 IST: We are moments away from the toss.18:16 IST: Both teams practicing ahead of the crucial match.17:51 IST: Hello and welcome to the live updates of the match between India vs Bangladesh 5th T20I. Both #TeamIndia openers taking a close look at the pitch before the start of the T20I against Bangladesh #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/Y0LIpYWXQS BCCI (@BCCI) March 14 2018 India s biggest worry is skipper Rohit Sharma s form. One of India s most successful white ball-players in recent times the talented Mumbaikar is waiting for that one big knock that will propel him back to form. India have not got good starts in the tournament despite Shikhar Dhawan s blazing form as Rohit has been dismissed cheaply in all the matches.
By: Express Web Desk | Updated: March 5 2018 5:04 pm Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian young brigade in the Nidahas Trophy which begins on Tuesday. (Source: BCCI) Related News Dinesh Karthik s splendid last ball six went amiss for skipper Rohit Sharma here s whyNidahas Trophy Final Preview: India remain firm favourites in the final against spirited BangladeshNidahas Trophy: Rohit Sharma keeps his word meets fan in ColomboNidahas Trophy 2018 will provide the perfect platform for a new look India led by Rohit Sharma to test its credentials. With senior statesmen MS Dhoni Virat Kohli and regulars like Bhuvneshwar Kumar Jasprit Bumrah Hardik Pandya and others rested it is a chance for the promising young players to make a mark. The Tri-nation subcontinental showdown will be contested between Sri Lanka India and Bangladesh. The first match which takes place on Tuesday will feature India and Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium Colombo. The decision of selectors to experiment with the younger lot means that the likes of wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant paceman Mohammed Siraj Washington Sundar and others get a chance to prove their mettle and show that they belong to the international stage. But what will be interesting to see is what sort of combination the Indian think-tank opts for considering that they will look to give as many opportunities as possible to the youngsters. Skipper Rohit Sharma will open the batting and the most likely person to accompany him at the other end will be Shikhar Dhawan. This puts KL Rahul s spot in a bit of jeopardy because Suresh Raina and Manish Pandey have sealed the slots for number three and four. Hence it will be intriguing to see where Rahul fits in. With MS Dhoni rested young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant will shoulder the responsibility of pinch hitter towards the end of the innings. However this will be his first T20I since July 2017. But if he does replicate his domestic form then it will definitely augur well for team India. Dinesh Karthik will assume wicketkeeping duties. Jaydev Unadkat was apart of the Indian side that won the T20 series against South Africa. (Source: AP) Among the bowlers Yuzvendra Chahal Axar Patel and Washington Sundar head the spin department while Jaydev Unadkat will lead the seam attack. Undakat who has been a part of the Indian T20I side will look to use this series as an opportunity to prove his worth and break into India s ODI team. Shardul Thakur Mohammad Siraj will be other seamers in the team. Another notable aspect is whether India opts for a third seamer or goes with allrounder Vijay Shankar. As far as the hosts are concerned they will be rejuvenated after their recent tri-series victory in Bangladesh last month. Dinesh Chandimal will lead the side and Suranga Lakmal will be his deputy. Upul Tharanga Danushka Gunathilaka Kusal Mendis along with their skipper will shoulder the duty of the batting. Suranga Lakmal Dasun Shanaka Dushmantha Chameera and mystery spinner Dhananjaya De Silva will need to bring their experience into play against a potent Indian batting line-up. Else India seems favourites to run away with the match. However a couple of early strikes will definitely put the second string Indian batting under pressure. Squads: India: Rohit Sharma (Captain) Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain) KL Rahul Suresh Raina Manish Pandey Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper) Deepak Hooda Washington Sundar Yuzvendra Chahal Axar Patel Vijay Shankar Shardul Thakur Jaydev Unadkat Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper). Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (Captain) Suranga Lakmal (vice-captain) Upul Tharanga Danushka Gunathilaka Kusal Mendis Dasun Shanaka Kusal Janith Perera Thisara Perera Jeevan Mendis Isuru Udana Akila Dananjaya Amila Aponso Nuwan Pradeep Dushmantha Chameera Dhananjaya De Silva. For all the latest Sports News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News Nidahas Trophy 2018: Rohit Sharma unshackles to set the record straight Rohit Sharma breaks Yuvraj Singh s record of most sixes by an Indian in T20Is Tags: Rohit Sharma Tri Series
An introvert in person but quite expressive on the cricket field Deepak Hooda resembles the image of most Indian cricketers who do not hail from the cricketing powerhouses. Like Bhuvneshwar Kumar Wriddhiman Saha or Umesh Yadav Hooda is a man of few words. But ask him about his latest call-up to the Indian team for the Nidahas Trophy and words start rolling out like a school kid whose elocution competition has just started. He is jubilant understandably but along with that there is a sense of responsibility that one can feel in his words. Hooda s first call-up to the national team came during the T20I series against Sri Lanka in December 2017. It was a short series which ended within a week and the Baroda player didn t get an opportunity to feature in the playing XI. But Hooda claims that being in the Indian dressing room and rubbing shoulders with the likes of MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma was a learning experience in itself. The dressing room environment naturally had a rub off effect on him. It was a good experience. There was a lot of self-belief in the team. I learnt a lot about professionalism. Nobody bothered you unnecessarily. But it was important to have your own plan and practice accordingly. Basically I figured out how you should take your own responsibility said Hooda on a telephonic conversation from the sidelines of a Star Sports event in Hyderabad. File image of Deepak Hooda. AFP There have been innumerous stories of Dhoni sharing his wisdom with the youngsters and thanks to the Sri Lanka series which India won 3-0 Hooda also has one of his own. During the week-long series Hooda informs Dhoni talked to him about the art of finishing and how to bat at No 5. With both Dhoni and Hardik Pandya in the Indian squad for that three-match series there was no vacancy in the Indian middle order for Hooda. But now that both of them have been rested there is a vaccum in the team which can be fulfilled by Hooda and it is safe to say that he will put Dhoni s advice into practice in the Island nation if given an opportunity. A glance at his career strike rate in T20s 143.48 is enough to understand how destructive a batsman Hooda is. He has the attributes that a number five batsman needs and also possesses the ability to finish games. He was also amongst the runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and smashed the third fastest T20 century of the tournament in February. He finished with 226 runs which he struck at a strike rate of 150.66. India might have won the T20I series against South Africa but the finishing problem resurfaced in the Rainbow Nation. In the first match in Johannesburg where 220 seemed reachable Virat Kohli and Co only managed to post 203. While they accelerated efficiently in the next game but it was because Dhoni and Manish Pandey were at the crease for a long time and were set for the late flourish. The scenario was going to be the same in the last match of the tour too but Proteas bowled a poor penultimate over. What those three matches highlighted though was that Dhoni needed to be at the centre for some time before upping the ante while Pandya hadn t yet grown properly into the role of a finisher. In their absence the Nidahas Trophy serves as an ideal platform for Hooda to put himself on the selector s radar and he is up for the challenge. I would like to bat at No 5 if I get an opportunity. But if not that I would bat wherever the team needs me and I would try to give my best remarked the 22-year old. Before he was selected for the Nidahas Trophy Hooda was also retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. He has always been rated highly in the shortest format his value first came to notice in 2016 when he was notched up by SRH for Rs 4.2 crore 42 times his base price of Rs 10 lakh. Consistent performances have ensured that the stakes of the Baroda all-rounder haven t dropped. Almost four teams were in the bidding war to acquire his services before his former team used the Right to Match card to retain him for Rs 3.6 crore. I was not following the IPL auction said Hooda. But it was heartening to see that Sunrisers Hyderabad were backing me and trusted in me. Main khush tha ki main phir Hyderabad ke sath hoo mujhe phir se koi naya dressing room join nahi karna padega (I was happy that I got back with Hyderabad and wouldn t have to join a new dressing room). The upcoming IPL will be Hooda s third year with SRH and he will now be a part of their core team. When questioned if there would be extra pressure on him he answered There is no question of pressure. It all depends on the situation of the match. But I am looking forward to the challenges. They have shown a lot trust in me so it will be beneficial for the team if I stay calm and focus on how I can perform for my team without taking any extra pressure. The year 2018 has begun on a good note for Hooda and his career is on the right path. He might be a shy and reserved person but his focus remains immaculate and he is ready to give his 100 percent if given an opportunity. Published Date: March 05 2018 10:14 PM IST | Updated Date: March 05 2018 10:19 PM IST Tags : #Bhuvneshwar Kumar #Cricket #David Warner #Deepak Hooda #India #MS Dhoni #Nidihas Trophy 2018 #Rohit Sharma #South Africa #SportsTracker #Wriddhiman Saha
OVERS 18.3: WITH A FOUR THISARA PERERA SEALS A COMFORTABLE FIVE-WICKET WIN FOR SRI LANKA IN THE NIDAHAS TROPHY 2018 OPENER IN COLOMBO. THIS IS THEIR FIRST WIN OVER INDIA IN T20Is SINCE FEBRUARY 2016As it happened: India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20IOVERS 18: Perera and Shanaka take Sri Lanka closer creaming 16 runs from the over bowled by Unadkat. Score 167/5 OVERS 16.5: With a couple Dashun Shanaka brings up the 150 for Sri Lanka.Right just four overs to go and Sri Lanka need 35 runs off 24 deliveries with five wickets remaining.OVERS 14.4: OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal has brought India back into the contest as he gets rid of Upul Tharanga on 17. He was looking to hit him over the midwicket region but missed it completely to have his leg stump rattled. Score 136/5 OVERS 12.3: OUT! That s a big wicket fo r India. And it s Washington Sundar who has Kusal Perera stumped on 66 (37b) Score 127/4 OVERS 12: Rohit gives Suresh Raina a go. Kusal Perera plays an incredible switch-hit to deposit the ball into the stands over third man region for his fourth six of the night. Score 126/3 AT THE HALFWAY STAG E SRI LANKA ARE 101/3 AND NEED 74 MORE TO WIN OVERS 9.4: 100 UP FOR SRI LANKA OVERS 8.5: OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal cleans up Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal on 14. Sneaks it through the defenses of Chandimal as India get a much needed breakthrough. Score 98/3 OVERS 7.1: FIFTY for Kusal Perera - reaches the milestone with a single. This is his 8th half-century in T20Is. OVERS 7: Yuzvendha Chahal introduced into the attack and Kusal Perera larrups him for a straight six. 13 runs from the over. Score 88/2 END OF POWERPLA Y: SRI LANKA 75/2 (Kusal Perera 39 Dinesh Chandimal 3 ) OVERS 4.6: OUT! Jaydev Unadkat gets India a breakthrough! Gunathilaka lofts one straight into the hands of Rishabh Pant at mid-off to walk back for 19 off 12. Score 70/2 OVERS 3: THAT S AN EXPENSIVE OVER FROM SHARDU L THAKUR! He has leaked 27 runs in his first over of the night. Kusal Perera clattered four fours and a six in it. Score 46/1 OVERS 1.3: OUT! So India have an early breakthrough as Washington Sundar gets rid of Kusal Mendis on 11. Mendis was looking for a maximum but only manages to hit it over mid-off as Dhawan settles underneath to complete an easy catch. Score 12/1 Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis will kickstart Sri Lanka s chase of 175. Left-arm medium pacer Jaydev Unadkat will bowl the first over. OVERS 20: SO THREE FOURS AND A WICKET IN THE FINAL OVER OF INDIA S INNINGS. INDIA POST 174/5 (Shikhar Dhawan 90; Dushmantha Chameera 2/33)JUST ONE OVER REMAINING NOW! HOW MUCH WILL INDIA END UP WITH?OVERS 17.6: OUT! Shikhar Dhawan has holed out to long-off on 90! Danushka Gunathilaka gets the big breakthrough. Score 153/4 OVERS 16.4: DROPPED! A clear edge from Dhawan but wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal fails to hol d on to it. He was batting on 82. OVERS 15: Akila Dananjaya is serving dollies to the current pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant. And rightly gets punished by the duo who smoke a six each. 15 runs from the over. Score 124/3 OVERS 12.4: OUT! Manish Pandey takes the aerial route gets the elevation but not the distance to be caught near the boundary. He scored 37 off 35. Jeevan Mendis gets his first wicket. Score 104/3 OVERS 12: 100 UP FOR INDIA. Another good over for India as they score 10 runs in it including a boundary each http://kkdigital.zohosites.com/ to Pandey and Dhawan. Score 100/2 OVERS 10.5: Shikhar Dhawan reaches his 5th half-century in T20Is with a four. Took 30 deliveries to reach the mileston. AT THE HALFWAY STAGE INDIA 80/2 (Dhawan 45 Pandey 25 ) OVERS 9: Shikhar Dhawan scores consecutive sixes off top-edges. Two short deliveries and twice the bowler is unlucky as the ball soars over the boundary for two maximums. Score 71/2 OVERS 7.2: 50 UP FOR INDIA. There was a loud appeal for lbw against Dhawan. Umpire turned it down SL went for the review and replay show the ball pitched outside leg. END OF POWERPLAY: INDIA 40/2 (Shikhar Dhawan 27 Manish Pandey 7 ) OVERS 5: GOOD OVER FOR INDIA! 17 RUNS FROM IT. Two fours to Shikhar Dhawan in it and Manish Pandey ended it with a four of his own. Score 35/2 OVERS 1.6 : OUT! Suresh Raina clean bowled for 1. Nuwan Pradeep sneaks one through Raina as he makes room but misses it completely. Score 7/2 OVERS 0.4: OUT! That s a stunning catch from Jeevan Mendis. A slower ball from Dushmantha Chammera and Rohit Sharma lofts it but doesn t time it well as Mendis runs back to complete a brilliant diving catch. India captain Rohit out for a four-ball duck! Score 1/1 Dushmantha Chameera has the new ball; Roh it Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan will open the innings for India PLAYING XIs India: Rohit Sharma (captain) Shikhar Dhawan Suresh Raina Manish Pandey Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper) Rishabh Pant Washington Sundar Vijay Shankar Shardul Thakur Jaydev Unadkat Yuzvendra Chahal Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga Danushka Gunathilaka Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal (captain) Kusal Perera Dasun Shanaka Thisara Perera Jeevan Mendis Akila Dananjaya Dushmantha Chameera Nuwan Pradeep DEBUT ALERT: Allrounder Vijay Shankar has been given his India cap by coach Ravi Shastri. TOSS: Sri Lanka have won the toss opt to bowl first against India

Ola Cabs, Uber drivers' strike LIVE updates: Commuters likely to face trouble in Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru

MUMBAI: Scores of commuters could be inconvenienced as Ola and Uber driver partners have threatened an indefinite strike from Monday. The city has more than 30 000 aggregator cabs. Many commuters prefer sharing app-based cabs to their workplace. The strike has been called by Maharashtra Navnirman Vahtuk Sena the transport wing of Raj Thackeray-led MNS. Union president Sanjay Naik told TOI thousands of driver partners are supporting the stir. If we find any cab on the road after Sunday midnight we will request the driver with folded hands. If he does not listen we may handle the issue MNS-style he stated. Few unions such as Sangharsh Tourist Chalak Malak Sangh have opposed the stir but many drivers may stay off the roads due to fear of being attacked or cabs getting damaged sources said. Police will step up bandobast and may invoke section 149 (unlawful assembly) to detain protestors if they take https://www.viki.com/users/kkdigital/about out a morcha to Ola and Uber offices sources said. Stringent action could be taken in case of violence a senior inspector said. Transport officials have appealed to Kaali Peeli and autorickshaw unions and BEST to operate more vehicles especially on office-going routes. An Ola spokesperson said We have been informed by Mumbai Police that they have pro-actively taken all necessary steps to ensure the safety of commuters during cab rides in the city. Aggregator firms have also sought police protection for drivers who may want to operate. Sandesh Kulkarni a regular user of aggregator cabs said Ola and Uber were a convenient mode of transport besides getting AC rides in summer cheaper than Kaali Peeli taxis. I am worried that the strike will be indefinite and affect several commuters he said The protestors are demanding better earnings and more monthly incentives as some are living a hand-to-mouth existence said Naik. A driver partner said We want guaranteed income of Rs 1.5 lakh per month as monthly earnings have dropped to less than Rs30 000. We want money to pay EMIs on car loans besides operational costs. Many tourists taxis have switched to outstation trips or rental business. Driver partners are also demanding security. Union leaders said that drivers in other cities like New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad and Pune among others would also be participating in the strike.
BENGALURU: Homegrown ride hailing app Ola since its launch in Perth a few weeks ago has launched in its second Australian city after Sydney and has hired a local team to build partnerships and support driver partners. According to the company since the launch in Perth the app has seen a high response level from driver partners and has over 7000 registrations so far as it takes on Uber. In the next few weeks the company plans to roll out new initiatives for driver partners and customers including ways to share feedback and new promotions for the latter while the former will have new earnings programs fuel offers vehicles services 24/7 driver partner support and community town halls. Residents in Sydney will have an introductory offer of free rides and can also opt to book rides to the airport and back. We are excited to officially start operating on the east coast with the launch in Sydney. We ve been very pleased with how the service has been received by customers driver-partners and the community in Perth and can t wait to continue building on these experiences said Chandra Nath vice president and head of international at Ola.
MUMBAI: Drivers of cab aggregators Uber and Ola have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from the midnight of March 18. The strike is expected to be observed in key cities like Mumbai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Pune among other cities. Ola and Uber had given big assurances to the drivers but today they are unable to cover their costs. They have invested Rs 5-7 lakh and were expecting to make Rs 1.5 lakh a month but are unable to even make half of this owing to the mismanagement by these companies Sanjay Naik of Maharashtra Navnirman Vahatuk Sena who is organising the strike told PTI today. Naik further alleged that these taxi-hailing companies are giving first priority to company-owned cars rather than driver-owned vehicles causing a slump in their business. While taxi-hailing companies offered loan-guarantee letters to drivers through the Mudra scheme and that too without any verification they are defaulting on repayment now as their costs are not covered he claimed. In Mumbai alone there are over 45 000 cabs on these aggregators but due to the slump in business there has been a fall of 20% in the number of cabs running on these platforms in the city. If our demands are not met we will go on an indefinite strike he said adding the drivers had approached MNS leader Raj Thackeray to intervene in the matter. Other unions of Ola and Uber are also in support of the strike Naik said. The transport department should take strict action as these taxi-hailing companies are violating permit conditions and also encroaching on the taxi-rickshaw business. It is good they are going on strike Al Quadros general secretary Mumbai Taximen s Union said. While Ola declined to comment an Uber spokesperson termed the strike call as a speculative.
Mumbai: Drivers of cab aggregators Uber and Ola have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from the midnight of 18 March. The strike is expected to be observed in key cities like Mumbai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Pune among other cities. Ola and Uber had given big assurances to the drivers but today they are unable to cover their costs. They have invested Rs 5-7 lakh and were expecting to make Rs 1.5 lakh a month but are unable to even make half of this owing to the mismanagement by these companies Sanjay Naik of Maharashtra Navnirman Vahatuk Sena who is organising the strike told PTI today. Naik further alleged that these taxi-hailing companies are giving first priority to company-owned cars rather than driver-owned vehicles causing a slump in their business. While taxi-hailing companies offered loan-guarantee letters to drivers through the Mudra scheme and that too without any verification they are defaulting on repayment now as their costs are not covered he claimed. Uber Ola drivers threaten indefinite strike from Sunday. News18 image. In Mumbai alone there are over 45 000 cabs on these aggrgators but due to the slump in business there has been a fall of 20 percent in the number of cabs running on these platforms in the city. If our demands are not met we will go on an indefinite strike he said adding the drivers had approached MNS leader Raj Thackeray to intervene in the matter. Other unions of Ola and Uber are also in support of the strike Naik said. The transport department should take strict action as these taxi-hailing companies are violating permit conditions and also encroaching on the taxi-rickshaw business. It is good they are going on strike Al Quadros general secretary Mumbai Taximen s Union said. While Ola declined to comment an Uber spokesperson said termed the strike call as a speculative.
ALSO READ Uber Ola enter new phase of competition take a risky road to growth Ola spreads wings in Australia to build profit base take on Uber in India Section of PSU bank unions threatens strike on December 27 No gain: India Pak still locked in a cycle of bloody exchanges 1 yr after surgical strike SoftBank adds new twist to Ola-Uber rivalry span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Drivers of cab aggregators Uber and Ola have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from the midnight of March 18. The strike is expected to be observed in key cities like Mumbai New Delhi Bengaluru Hyderabad Pune among other cities. Ola and Uber had given big assurances to the drivers but today they are unable to cover their costs. They have invested Rs 5-7 lakh (500 000 - 700 000) and were expecting to make Rs 1.5 lakh (150 000) a month but are unable to even make half of this owing to the mismanagement by these companies Sanjay Naik of Maharashtra Navnirman Vahatuk Sena who is organising the strike told PTI on Friday. Naik further alleged that these taxi-hailing companies are giving first priority to company-owned cars rather than driver-owned vehicles causing a slump in their business. While taxi-hailing companies offered loan-guarantee letters to drivers through the Mudra scheme and that too without any verification they are defaulting on repayment now as their costs are not covered he claimed. In Mumbai alone there are over 45 000 cabs on these aggrgators but due to the slump in business there has been a fall of 20 per cent in the number of cabs running on these platforms in the city. If our demands are not met we will go on an indefinite strike he said adding the drivers had approached MNS leader Raj Thackeray to intervene in the matter. Other unions of Ola and Uber are also in support of the strike Naik said. The transport department should take strict action as these taxi-hailing companies are violating permit conditions and also encroaching on the taxi-rickshaw business. It is good they are going on strike Al Quadros general secretary Mumbai Taximen s Union said. While Ola declined to comment an Uber spokesperson said termed the strike call as a speculative.
NAGPUR: The wait for Ola cabs from Nagpur railway station is expected to be over soon. Talking to newsmen on Sunday Central railway general manager DK Sharma said The cab aggregator has deposited Rs35 lakh towards licence fee and may start operations from west side of the station in 10-15 days. Cabs will not operate from the east side for now due to lack of response. Speaking on pre-paid autorickshaw operators stiff opposition to cabs Sharma said A via media will be worked out to ensure healthy competition. If there is dispute security will be provided to the operator. Sharma was speaking on the sidelines of inter-railway painting competition in which Nagpur Central Railway was chosen for finals. At least 30 railway artists (employees) across all railway zones tried their luck. DRM BK Gupta and senior railway officials were present. Apart from doing our routine task of operating trains we want to give exposure to talent of employees. This is the basic idea behind the painting competition said Sharma. Everyone from peon to senior sectional engineer participated in the competition. Sharma said that there is a need to increase speed of long distance trains. We are on the track and in next five years this will be a reality he said. Sharma said the railways priority is to develop Ajni into a satellite station. We plan to construct a pitline and an island platform at Ajni by year-end. The station will also benefit from works arising out of ongoing third line project said the top official. Sharma said that almost all the stations under the division will be under CCTV surveillance in phases. All-woman Ajni station will be a priority he said. The general manager said with safety being clubbed as part of passenger amenities a daunting task of setting up 56 foot-over-bridges (FOBs) and 300 escalators is on hand across the stations under Central Railway. Sharma also mulled about introducing Integrated Ticketing System (ITS) a single smart card-based system that can be used on multiple modes of transport including the upcoming metro railway lines to check crowd. Central Railway to promote local art The Nagpur Central Railway will promote local art and culture at stations under its jurisdiction. Sharma cited the example of Chandrapur and Ballarshah where tiger paintings have relived the importance of these areas. Every station and place has a local culture which would be depicted through art at the stations. At many places this art and culture is dying and we would do all possible to promote it through stations. Apart from railway employees art by others would also be displayed said Sharma. Meanwhile the first three winners of the national contest include P Shyam Sunder Rao of East Coast Railway Sunil Kumar of ECR and CP Ramtahal of Central Railway.
NOIDA: A software engineer has alleged that he was abducted and robbed by the driver of an Ola cab and his accomplice which he hailed from Delhi while returning home in Noida. The crime took place on Sunday night when Aditya was returning home in Noida s Sector 75 from Connaught Place after a party. However no FIR has been lodged in the case yet. http://aquaticdynasty22.spruz.com/profile/kkdigital/ Soon after the party got over I booked a shared Ola cab around 11 pm. I saw three cabs standing on the spot. When I shouted the name of the cab driver Sajid a driver raised his hand and signalled me to sit inside. I lost consciousness soon after sitting in the cab he told TOI on Thursday. He regained consciousness around 4 pm the next day only to find himself at the district hospital in Noida s Sector 30. My watch wallet belt bag mobile phone and three ATM cards were missing. I contacted a friend somehow and got my injured nose treated in a private hospital. The two miscreants used my debit cards to shop for Rs 1 50 000 he said. Aditya s ordeal did not end there. When he approached Sector 49 police station in Noida on Wednesday cops refused to lodge an FIR as he hailed the cab in Delhi. When contacted a police officer from Sector 49 police station said that since he hired a cab from Delhi a complaint should be lodged there.
A section of drivers of cab aggregators Ola and Uber announced they would go on strike from Sunday to protest alleged discriminatory practices. Sanjay Naik president of Maharashtra Nav Nirman Vahatuk Sena which has called for the strike said Besides Mumbai drivers from Pune Bengaluru Delhi etc will also go on a strike.

Swami Prasad Maurya's son-in-law joins Samajwadi Party

ALSO READ Sidelining minority led to party s loss in UP says BJP leader Court sends SP legislator to jail Akhilesh dedicates bypoll victory to poor minorities SP hints at alliance with BSP Am with SP for now says Shivpal Yadav on 63rd birthday span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Uttar Pradesh Minister Swami Prasad Maurya s son-in-law Naval Kishore joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday.Kishore joined SP in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan. Maurya is currently serving as the Minister for Labour Service planning Urban employment and Poverty alleviation Departments in the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government.According to media reports other than Kishore former MLA of Irrigation Branch of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and former MLC Pradeep Singh also joined the party while Akhilesh welcomed the three leaders along with the statue of Gautam Buddha.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
GHAZIABAD: Four Samajwadi Party workers who were detained on Friday for forcibly throwing open the UP Gate-Rajnagar Extension elevated road days before the government is to inaugurate it have been http://kkd4int.strikingly.com/ arrested. Police are on the lookout for MLC Rakesh Yadav who is accused of leading the group of SP workers. Sources said the BJP government was mulling charges under provisions of the National Security Act against him. The four persons who were detained on Friday have been identified as Manoj Pandit Guddu Yadav Upender Yadav and Anshu Thakur. They were formally arrested and sent to jail on Saturday said HN Singh SSP Ghaziabad. Efforts are on to nab the prime accused Rakesh Yadav. We are trying to identify the people involved in the case through pictures that have appeared in the media and social networking sites he added. Asked if the police were planning to charge Yadav under provisions of the NSA Singh said: An investigation is on and depending on the situation a final call on this matter will be taken. Sources however maintained the administration was exploring options of using the NSA against Yadav. The state government has taken a serious note of the matter and the administration has been instructed to deal with the accused with a firm hand. Against such a backdrop we are holding talks if the NSA should be slapped on the prime accused or not said a police source.
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has deputed the party s vice-president Kiranmoy Nanda to meet RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in Ranchi jail and his son Tejashwi Yadav in Patna next week to send across a message of larger opposition unity against the BJP. Nanda confirmed to ET that he would be travelling to Ranchi on Monday to meet Prasad in jail and later go to Patna to congratulate Tejashwi Yadav on the big wins in Bihar bypolls. I will carry a larger message of opposition unity to Lalu ji and Tejashwi on the behalf of Akhilesh Yadav. We are like-minded parties and RJD has notched up good wins in Bihar like the SP in UP in the recent bypolls Nanda told ET. This is significant as the SP had not become a part of the erstwhile Mahagathbandan (grand alliance) of RJD JDU and Congress in the 2015 assembly elections and had contested the polls separately supposedly as it was not promised enough seats. Tejashwi Yadav and SP s Ram Gopal Yadav were both present along with other opposition leaders at Sonia Gandhi s dinner on Tuesday. This adds to the talk of a broader anti-BJP alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. SP in the recent past has been critical of BJP framing its political opponents in false cases. Former JDU president Sharad Yadav who rebelled against Nitish Kumar for re-aligning forces with the BJP has also been in touch with both Lalu Prasad and Akhilesh Yadav. ET had reported on Friday how the idea of a SP-BSP alliance was in fact given by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Bannerjee to Akhilesh Yadav during a recent meeting after which SP opened talks with BSP
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav flanked by Gorakhpur MP Praveen Nishad and Phulpur MP Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel addresses a press conference at party headquarters in Lucknow | PTI Photo ALSO READ UP bypolls: Pravin Kumar Nishad is the David who beat Goliath in Gorakhpur UP bypolls 2018: Gorakhpur loss start of Modi s worry? Top 10 developments UP by-poll result LIVE: Akhilesh thanks Mayawati for Gorakhpur Phulpur UP by-polls: Has SP-BSP alliance for Gorakhpur Phulpur seats rattled BJP? Uttar Pradesh bypoll results: Template of opposition (dis)unity span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 MPs of the Samajwadi Party (SP) were seen donning red caps on Thursday inside Parliament House. When asked about the renewed love for the headgear - part of the party s dress code -- the MPs said it was a red signal and alarm bell for the BJP. Asked why he and his party members were donning red caps senior party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said: This red cap is an alarm bell for the BJP. The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday wrested two major Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from the ruling BJP. In an alliance with its arch-rival Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of Mayawati the Samajwadi Party won the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats with a thumping majority. ALSO READ: Let bygones be bygones: SP s Akhilesh Yadav on rivalry with BSP The Gorakhpur seat was vacated by Yogi Adityanath -- which he held for five consecutive terms since 1998 -- after he was elevated as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The Phulpur seat was vacated by Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections the Samajwadi Party could win only five out of 80 seats while the BJP and its allies won 73. The remaining two were won by the Congress. ALSO READ: SP delivers shocker in UP by-polls; RJD keeps Jehanabad Araria in Bihar Ram Gopal Yadav said that the results of the by-polls have given a new direction to the state and national politics. The results indicate that the winds of change are blowing and the future election of Lok Sabha would be different he said. However he refused to comment on whether the alliance with the BSP would continue for the general elections scheduled for next year. This will be decided by Akhilesh Yadav and behen Mayawati. I cannot comment on this he said. The BJP s defeat has renewed the vigour in the opposition camp and many leaders are now openly advocating formation of a grand alliance for 2019.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh unit chief of the Samajwadi Party (SP) Naresh Uttam has written to the Election Commission (EC) alleging large-scale irregularities in the ongoing counting of votes for the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat.In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh a copy of which was also sent to the Chief Election Commissioner of India the SP leader alleged massive irregularities in the counting of votes and urged the EC to take immediate steps in this regard.The district administration under pressure from the chief minister was out to somehow ensure the victory of the BJP candidate...if the BJP managed to win from Gorakhpur the people would lose faith in the EC Uttam said.He further alleged that as soon as the counting began the police lathicharged the people and chased them away to ensure that there was no one outside the counting centre and the district magistrate who is also the district election officer removed the SP agents from the counting centre. CommentsAccording to an official at the end of the 14th round of counting Praveen Nishad of the SP was leading by 19 201 votes in Gorakhpur over his nearest BJP rival.Gorakhpur is a stronghold of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who has represented the seat in the Lok Sabha for five terms. The bypoll in Gorakhpur was necessitated after Adityanath vacated the seat to enter the state Legislative Council.
New Delhi: SP s victory in UP by-elections with BSP s support may provide fresh energy to the moves for opposition unity but a broader alliance between the two traditional rivals from India s most populous state may still be a long way away. However wresting of two Lok Sabha seats that were vacated by the current state CM and his deputy suggests that SP s political understanding with BSP has worked at the ground level. BSP did not field its candidates in the bypolls but suddenly came into the focus announcing support to the SP candidate almost unexpectedly and with just a week to go for the polls. The party s local units immediately swung into action and started working to divert its votes in favour of the SP candidates. That boosted the SP campaign as well. Sources in BSP said its local units had brought to the notice of the leadership the prevailing disappointment among the cadre after the party s poor performance in the 2017 assembly polls. This is the time for the party coordinators to look for BSP candidates in every Lok Sabha seat. So it was necessary for BSP to send out a positive message on its intention to provide a serious alternative to BJP said one of them explaining the decision to back SP candidates in the by-elections. And SP s selection of candidates made it easier. The presence of a member of the Nishad community among the most backward castes as the SP nominee in Gorakhpur suited BSP s political interest. It was also comfortable supporting a Patel candidate in Phulpur a source said. In Gorakhpur BJP faced a direct contest with SP. Nishads have considerable presence in this constituency and both SP and BSP are trying to woo them. SP candidate Pravin Nishad is the son of Sanjay Nishad who is the president of the Nishad party. Sources in BSP said they however didn t see the by-election results as a perfect sign for an alliance between the parties. Our leader Mayawati ji is a sharp politician and always prefers to keep her political options open a source said.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha bypoll trends favouring Samajwadi Party triggered celebrations at the party headquarters while a sense of gloom and shock ruled the air at the Bharatiya Janata Party office. SP s lead on the Phulpur seat right from the first round prompted early celebrations by party workers. By noon in more good news the SP candidate from Gorakhpur also took a lead adding to the revelry. Live updates: UP Bihar bypoll results By 1pm workers started playing with colours also raising slogans hailing the SP-BSP alliance like Bua-Bhatija Zindabad and Jai Akhilesh . At around 1.30pm Samajwadi Party candidate from https://digital-marketing-courses-in-bangalore.site123.me/ Phulpur Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel had secured a lead of over 22 000 votes against BJP candidate Kaushalendra Singh Patel. In Gorakhpur meanwhile Samajwadi Party s Praveen Kumar Nishad had garnered a lead of over 19 000 votes by the end of the 20th round of counting.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has deputed Vice President Kiranmoy Nanda to visit Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in Ranchi on Monday where he has been imprisoned in a fodder scam case The Economic Times reported on Saturday. Nanda will also meet Lalu Yadav s son Tejashwi Yadav in Patna.Nanda told The Economic Times that he would visit Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav to urge for Opposition unity against the Bharatiya Janata Party . I will carry a larger message of Opposition unity to Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav on the behalf of Akhilesh Yadav he said.The Samajwadi Party won the Lok Sabha bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath s constituency of Gorakhpur and in Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya s Phulpur seat on March 14. Mayawati s Bahujan Samaj Party supported Samajwadi Party candidates for the polls. After the victories Akhilesh Yadav met Mayawati in Lucknow.Though Mayawati had said that the BSP s support to the SP was not an alliance she added that she backed Akhilesh Yadav s party to teach the BJP a lesson .

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NEW DELHI: Though BJP leaders tried to play down the defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls many accept that it has come as a huge embarrassment and the reason for the loss is not just the SP-BSP tie-up but a host of factors including intraparty equations that have led to this outcome. The Brahmin-Thakur rivalry in the Gorakhpur region unit of BJP is said to be a big reason for the party not fighting the bypoll unitedly. While the candidate Upendra Shukla was chosen by the central leadership the onus of ensuring his victory was on both Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the other faction. The CM held almost two dozen rallies in the constituency but the party cadre did not participate actively in these campaigns. Sources said since BJP chief Amit Shah and his core team were not involved in the campaign the workers at the state and the constituency levels took it easy. Over confidence and complacency seem to have played a key role in the defeat. The low turnout in both the constituencies was the first indication for BJP leaders that it has done badly in the elections. The party has done badly even in the urban assembly segments which are a stronghold of the BJP. The http://kkdigital.postbit.com/digital-services-from-d4int.html BJP workers had high expectations but are now getting somewhat disillusioned as the ministers in the UP government are not accessible and their grievances are not addressed a party office bearer said. Though Yogi Adityanath has announced several sops for his Lok Sabha constituency over the last one year his failure to ensure victory on his turf has been a bigger embarrassment for him. He accepted that local factors were responsible for the disappointing outcome which has been read by the party as an indication of the party office-bearers working at cross purpose during the campaign. The party is now concerned about cadre disenchantment costing it dear in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The SP-BSP tie-up (with Congress also likely to join in) would mean consolidation of around 45-50% of the votes. In a threecornered contest a candidate needs only around 30%votes to win. With the opposition having drawn lessons from the 2014 elections it is unlikely that it will play into the hands of the BJP. It would suit the opposition to take the elections to the caste equation and not let BJP polarise it. BJP will have to take the outcome seriously and not dismiss it as a mere defeat in a bypoll that would have no bearing on the Lok Sabha seats in UP.
Mumbai: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party s tally may drop by 100-110 seats in the next Lok Sabha polls in 2019 if the current trends and the results of the recent bypolls are an indicator its ally Shiv Sena said in a gloomy prediction on Friday. The twin wins by the Samajwadi Party in BJP bastions like Gorakhpur and Phulpur has created panic in the BJP camp even as they were busy celebrating the party s victory in a small state like Tripura last week the Sena said in a tough edit in the party mouthpieces Saamana (Marathi) and Dopahar Ka Saamana (Hindi).Though the BJP claims that by-elections do not reflect the mood of the country ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the party has lost nearly nine seats in Lok Sabha by-polls slashing its tally from 282 to around 272 - the half-way mark in the 543-strong Lower House the editorial said. It was barely a year ago that the BJP won the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls creating a record by winning 325 seats. The saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath who has never lost the Gorakhpur seat since 1991 became the state Chief Minister. So despite the huge popularity they enjoyed why was their citadel shattered the Sena wondered.It could be said that in 2014 there was a huge wave of popularity and water had blocked the eyes and ears of the masses leading to BJP s victory but now the wave has receded and people can see everything clearly the edit said.The BJP is now blaming poor voter turnout lack of enthusiasm or a deal between the Samajwadi Party with Bahujan Samaj Party for its rout in the two critical seats in Uttar Pradesh. Since 2014 how many deals has the BJP entered into for power... What about Naresh Agrawal who was inducted in BJP with such fanfare? In Tripura the BJP could win only after the entire Congress and Trinamool Congress merged with it the Sena pointed out.Referring to the polls the Sena said the SP candidates secured big margins in both Gorakhpur and Phulpur indicating that the people went out of the way to defeat the BJP in both seats which were won with huge margins of two-three lakh votes in 2014.On the winning spree of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar s Jehanabad and Araria the Sena said some BJP leaders were living in a fool s paradise as they attributed it to a sympathy wave for the jailed RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav. Comments Lalu is in jail for corruption... and that could be a politics of vendetta. Despite that if he can get sympathy then it s a big blow to both Nitish Kumar and Modi... The outcome has thrown down the BJP from the sky to the ground the Sena said. Amidst all this it is clear now that in 2019 the BJP s numbers will not be 280 but it will plummet by at least 100-110 seats. The elections are not being fought in Russia America Canada France or Israel but in India. So they (BJP) should keep their feet on the ground here the Sena warned.
ALSO READ We ve waited enough: AP IT minister on alliance with BJP Andhra Congress approaches CEC against BJP TDP TDP decides to pull out of Narendra Modi government Even partial opposition unity enough to beat BJP: Sharad BJP stages walkout from K taka assembly over CM s remarks span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday asserted that the party was ready to do more than just give special status to Andhra Pradesh.The BJP s statement comes a day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu pulled out Telugu Desam Party (TDP) from the NDA alliance. We will explain to the people of Andhra Pradesh the things that we have done for them in last four years and things we will do. We are ready to do more than the special status BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav told reporters. We will pass a resolution in which we will explain to the people of Andhra Pradesh our stand on the issue raised by Andhra chief minister. We are as much committed to the people as him. We have done so much in the last four years Madhav added.On being questioned if TDP would come back to the NDA Madhav stated that You will have to ask that to the Telugu Desam Party. Madhav was speaking to media here after the meeting of Andhra leaders with BJP president Amit Shah.The meeting was held a day after TDP quit the alliance and initiated a motion of no-confidence against the NDA-led government in the Parliament.The tensions between the two parties have been brewing over non-issuance of the special category status to the state.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said the Centre was committed on giving Andhra Pradesh a special package equivalent to a special category state and that it had been endlessly waiting for the state government to revert on a mechanism of receiving it.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
NEW DELHI: The victory of regional parties in the recent bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar has rung alarm bells for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However it isn t a very good news for the Congress either. Though the party cheered the defeat of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) hopeful of the NDA slowly losing ground before the next Lok Sabha elections the results bring little for it to celebrate. The surprise sweep by the alliance between Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls no doubt indicates viability of a joint front of opposition parties against the NDA. The Congress has already been trying to cobble up such a front. A day before the results United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi hosted leaders of 20 opposition parties to mull over a joint front against the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections next year. But the dismal showing by the Congress and resurgence of regional parties in these elections will increase bargaining power of these parties in a joint front. The revival of regional parties means the Congress will lose its predominant position in the opposition space. The results will boost confidence of the SP BSP and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). These parties will set their own terms for the joint front. The Congress has projected its president Rahul Gandhi as an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with some success. Rahul emerged as a serious challenger in the Gujarat assembly elections in which the BJP saw erosion of its voter base. The Congress would want other opposition leaders to defer to Rahul in a joint alliance. However encouraged by the bypoll results Akhilesh Yadav Mayawati and Tejaswi Yadav may not allow projection of Rahul as the prime-ministerial candidate. Nor will an ambitious Mamata Banerjee like that prospect. The Gujarat elections had boosted Rahul s image and he was expected to be a dominant leader of an opposition alliance. With the resurgence of regional parties Rahul may get reduced to being just one of the many opposition leaders in a joint front against NDA. Telangana Rashtra Samithi head K Chandrashekhar Rao and Mamata Banerjee have even talked about a non-Congress front of opposition parties against the NDA indicating that these leaders do not want to play a second fiddle to the Congress. Even if the Congress is able to cobble up an opposition alliance it can no longer expect to be the chief arbiter. Assertive regional parties will not just set the terms of a joint front with the Congress but will also have more bargaining power for seat-sharing arrangements with it. If the opposition front defeats the ruling NDA in the next Lok Sabha elections and the Congress wins fewer seats than main opposition parties such as the BSP SP or Trinamool Congress Rahul Gandhi s dream of becoming the prime minister might get deferred indefinitely. That prize can go to the largest opposition party. The victory of SP-BSP alliance and the RJD has come just when Rahul s projection as the main opposition leader was steadily growing through his public speeches and statements on social media. That exercise boosted by the Congress performance in the Gujarat elections may now run out of steam.
The BJP is pulling out all the stops to deny Mayawati s Bahujan Samaj Party a seat in the Rajya Sabha turning the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh into a big political battle reminiscent of the Rajya Sabha election of Congress leader Ahmed Patel from Gujarat last year. With 324 MLAs of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and 37 needed to win one seat the party can secure eight Rajya Sabha seats from the state with 28 votes to spare. However UP BJP spokesman Rakesh Tripathi said the BJP is extremely determined to win the ninth Rajya Sabha seat . UP BJP spokesman Chandra Mohan said MLAs across party lines will vote for development and considering people s mood for BJP. The BJP s strategy involves bringing all three independent MLAs on its side including Raja Bhaiyya (a known adversary of Mayawati) and Amanmani Tripathi opening talks with Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav and his loyal MLAs to ensure they don t vote for the BSP and getting an MLA of the NISHAD party and one of Rashtriya Lok Dal parties which backed SP or BSP during the recent bypolls on its side as well. All three independents Shivpal Yadav some SP MLAs and the NISHAD MLA had voted for the BJP during last year s presidential polls. Instead of 324 votes of the NDA MLAs Ram Nath Kovind had got 335 votes due to the cross-voting. The same is expected to be the case in the ninth seat of the Rajya Sabha polls too a senior BJP functionary in the state told ET on condition of anonymity. He said this strategy is expected to ensure that the BSP candidate Bhimrao Ambedkar will stop short of getting 37 MLA votes that would guarantee him a Rajya Sabha seat. He is presently at 36 MLA votes after the son of Naresh Agarwal an SP MLA yesterday (Monday) decided to vote for our candidate. The count will go down further as voting day nears. Second preference votes will then come into the picture and our candidate will sail through the senior BJP functionary said. SP can get its candidate Jaya Bachchan elected with 37 out of its 47 MLAs and shift 10 of its votes to the BSP which has 19 MLAs. The Congress has also pledged support of its seven MLAs to the BSP. That will take the BSP tally to 36 votes and it is expected to get the vote of the RLD MLA as well to sail through with a figure of 37. But on Monday SP leader Naresh Agarwal joined the BJP and his son an SP MLA declared he would vote for the BJP bringing down the BSP figure to 36. Vijay Mishra the Nishad MLA will vote for BJP so will the three independents. The RLD MLA from Chaprauli may also shift to the BJP camp a BJP leader said. Tripathi said that the SP MLAs of the Shivpal Yadav camp might also vote for the BJP. BSP votes did not get transferred to the SP during the bypolls and the results will show that on March 14. SP MLAs enthusiasm to vote for the BSP will hence wane while voting for Rajya Sabha seats. SP would also like to keep some spare votes for its candidate Jaya Bachchan and not transfer all its nine spare MLA votes to the BSP he said.
In a blow to the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Agarwal addressed a press conference on Monday along with Union minister Piyush Goyal and announced his entry into the BJP. Agarwal in his address to media persons said he is influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. India is on the path to development under Narendra Modi he added. His son Nitin has also joined the BJP. File image of Naresh Agarwal. PTI Speaking about the SP Agarwal said that the party has lost its way in recent times. He also added I have no preconditions for joining the BJP. Please do not say that I am joining the party as I am hopeful of a Rajya Sabha seat or something of that nature. Piyush Goyal said that under the chief ministership of Yogi Adityanath Uttar Pradesh has seen a new era of development. The BJP has emerged as the only alternative for the people and the party is changing the face of the country. I held discussions with Agarwal about his joining the BJP and so did (party president) Amit Shah. Last week the SP named Jaya Bachchan as its Rajya Sabha nominee overlooking Agarwal according to a report in Financial Express. In January 2017 Agarwal refuted reports of his joining the BJP alleging that the party was spreading rumours due to its fear of losing voters among traders as per a PTI report carried by Economic Times Before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections Agarwal in a controversial dig at Narendra Modi said that someone who had worked at a tea shop can never have a national perspective The Times of India reported.
NEW DELHI: The stellar performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recent state elections in Tripura Nagaland and Meghalaya is a landmark for a party which had little traction in the region except in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The party never had any significant connect with the masses and was seen as an outsider. What changed the situation? BJP president Amit Shah in his first press conference after the results credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi s Act East policy for the upsurge in fortunes. Modi s Act East policy included a big push for road and railway infrastructure and various steps to boost the regional economy. While most of the infrastructural projects are at various stages of completion Modi s northeast agenda created a rhetoric of inclusiveness that helped bring the masses closer to the BJP. Below are a few important initiatives by the Modi government that may have made the BJP acceptable to the northeast voters: The railways push Before a metre-gauge line started in 2008 Tripura didn t have any railway link with the rest of the country. The Modi government converted it into broad gauge. All over the region the government has converted 900 km of tracks to broad gauge. It also launched a Rajdhani Express and the Tripura Sundari Express between Agartala and Delhi. In 2016 then railways minister Suresh Prabhu laid the foundation stone for the Rs 2 315 crore 88-km Dhansiri-Kohima railway track connecting Kohima to the national railway network. The government also began railway projects to connect Imphal Aizawl and Shillong. It has introduced more than two dozen new trains in the region. It also signed a deal with Bangladesh to develop a rail link between Tripura and Chittagong which would speed up flow of products especially grains to the region. Roads and highways Modi has branded his policy to build infrastructure in northeast as Transformation by Transportation . Lack of connectivity has been a major roadblock in the economic progress on the region. Modi s promise of connectivity resonates with the masses. More than 3 800 km of national highways with an investment of Rs. 32 000 crore have been sanctioned in the region in the past three years while nearly 1 200 km of roads have been constructed according to the government. In a public announcement in December last year Modi said the centre would invest another Rs. 60 000 crore under the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in the northeast and Rs. 30 000 crore under the Bharatmala project over three years. Modi also dedicated to the nation a 271-km two-lane national highway connecting Tura in western Meghalaya to the state capital Shillong last year. Air connectivity The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has allocated Rs 3 400 crore for the upgradation of airports in the North East region. According to the government projects worth Rs 934 crore have already been completed while the rest would be over in the next two or three years. The aviation projects in the northeast include re-carpeting of the runway at Silchar and Lilabari airport and an aviation manpower training institute; development of Rupsi airport; a new integrated airport and an engineering workshop at Agartala; expansion and revamp of existing terminal building and runway at Dimapur; installation of an instrument landing system (ILS) at the Shillong airport; and operationalisation and development of the Tura airport. Other projects and policies Last year Modi dedicated the 60-MW Tuirial hydropower power project which made Mizoram the third power-surplus state in the northeast to Sikkim and Tripura. The project is expected to produce 251 million units of electricity annually. Announced in 1998 by the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government it was the first major central government project to be successfully commissioned in Mizoram. Recently the government decided to fully fund various Central projects being implemented in the northeast instead of the previous practice of sharing 90 per cent of the cost. The Modi government has also made the 1360-km long India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway which is to be completed in 2020 a centerpiece of its Act East policy. Opening the northeast to the ASEAN countries the highway will boost the regional economy. In Budget 2018-19 the government re-classified bamboo from tree to grass which would enable easier cultivation for commercial purposes. Bamboo is central to the rural economy of the northeast. Its classification as tree meant various restrictions on its produce transport and sale.
.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important ALSO READ East turns Right? 10 takeaways of Tripura Meghalaya Nagaland poll results Poll Results LIVE: Hung Assembly in Meghalaya Cong single largest party Meghalaya saves Congress the blushes party may now try political courtship Northeast Assembly election results 2018: BJP read the tea leaves right span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday expanded its footprint further in India s ethnically and religiously diverse Northeast by ousting the Left Front government in Tripura and was on its way to forming a coalition government in Nagaland. But Meghalaya threw up a hung Assembly with the incumbent Congress emerging as the single-largest party. With the BJP s improved performance in the Northeast it now runs governments in Manipur and Assam as well the Narendra Modi government will now need to face the challenge of delivering on the contentious Naga Accord. In Nagaland the BJP had contested the polls with the Neiphiu Rio-led Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). On its own the BJP won a creditable 11 seats and 14.6 per cent if the votes. With its ally NDPP winning 15 seats the alliance fell short of the halfway mark. However Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said his party would form a coalition government with the Naga Peoples Front which won 27 seats four short of a majority in the 60-member Assembly. In Meghalaya the incumbent Congress won 21 seats. The National People s Party a BJP ally won 19 and the BJP won 2. The BJP improved its vote share to 9.6 per cent. However Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Ahmed Patel landed in Shillong to reach out to smaller parties to explore the possibility of forming the government and prevent a repeat of Goa and Manipur where the party had emerged the single-largest party but was beaten by a fleet-footed BJP in government formation. Until 2016 the BJP never had a government in any of the northeastern states. Efficient election management and electoral tie-ups made the BJP win the Assam Assembly polls in 2016. By the end of that year behind-the-scenes work helped it form the government in Arunachal Pradesh. While the Congress emerged the single-largest party in Manipur in the 2017 Assembly polls the BJP had reached out to smaller parties to form the government in that state. As the results trickled in on Saturday the Tripura verdict brought much cheer to the BJP leadership. It had defeated its ideological enemy the CPI (M) which has won elections successively in the state since 1993. The Congress vote share collapsed from 36.53 per cent in 2013 to 1.8 per cent. The alliance of the BJP and Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IPFT) was on course to win 43 of the 60 seats. The BJP along http://www.facecool.com/profile/AhmedKhan822 with its allies will now have governments in 21 states. But a jubilant party chief Amit Shah said the BJP s golden era would be when its wrested West Bengal Odisha and Karnataka from rival parties. The Karnataka Assembly polls are scheduled for April-May. Aware that the BJP and its ally the National People s Party might struggle to cobble a coalition Shah ruled out the possibility of his party engaging in horse-trading in Meghalaya. Where is the question of tod-phod (horse-trading). The Congress does not have a majority there he said. Shah said the wins were an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi s leadership. Assam minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma said Tripura s outgoing chief minister Manik Sarkar could take shelter in West Bengal Kerala or neighbouring Bangladesh. In a statement the CPI (M) said the BJP utilised massive deployment of money and other resources to influence the elections . It said the BJP was able to consolidate all the anti-Left votes and virtually appropriated the erstwhile main opposition party the Congress. The CPI (M) politburo thanked the 45 per cent of Tripura voters who voted for the Left parties. The defeat for the CPI (M) comes at a time of an internal battle between former party chief Prakash Karat and current chief Sitaram Yechury. The party conclave in Hyderabad in the later part of April is set to discuss the party s attitude towards electoral understandings with other secular democratic parties for the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP s wins in the Northeast tie well with its plans to compensate any losses it might suffer in northern India by winning seats in some of its electorally weaker areas.