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Uttering talaq thrice does
not mean divorce: Salma
ALIGARH : Vice President Hamid Ansari’s
wife Salma Ansari has said that uttering ‘talaq’ thrice does not amount to
divorce and asked Muslim women to
read the Quran thoroughly instead of
relying on clerics. Salma Ansari’s views
on triple talaq come at a time when there
is a nationwide debate on the practice
and the validity of triple talaq, ‘nikah
halala’ and polygamy practices among
Muslims challenged in the Supreme
Court. “Triple talaq is not an issue. There
can be no ‘talaq’ (divorce) just because
someone utters talaq, talaq, talaq,” she
told reporters on the sidelines of a function here yesterday. Salma said women
can find an answer to their questions in
the Quran itself. jMORE ON P9 PTI
DAILY LIFE
PM MODI TO BE BJP’S FACE FOR
GUJARAT ELECTION P9
BEING SINGLE IS LIKE BEING BORN
AGAIN: FREIDA PINTO P14
Violence mars Kashmir poll, 8 killed
 Internet services in the
valley were suspended
late on Saturday and
security was stepped
up after separatists
asked people to
boycott polls.
 Stakes were high for
National Conference
president Farooq
Abdullah and ruling
People’s Democratic
Party’s Nazir Ahmed
Khan.

The seat fell vacant
after then PDP leader
Tariq Hameed Karra
resigned to protest
alleged atrocities on
people during the 2016
agitation.
Irani attacks Rahul Gandhi
AMETHI : Stepping up attack on Congress
vice president Rahul Gandhi, Union
Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said
Amethi MP has no time for the people
of his constituency. She also accused
the Nehru-Gandhi family of doing little
for the development of the district.
“When I came here in 2014, I saw that
it is in the grip of a political family.
The political family has not thought
about the development of Amethi and
its people. Another point of concern
is that a Member of Parliament does
not have any time for his constituency
and people,” the BJP leader said. Irani,
who had unsuccessfully contested the
2014 Lok Sabha election against Rahul
in Amethi, was addressing a bakery
training programme on the campus of
Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University on
the second day of her two-day trip.DP
Boost to bullet train project
NEW DELHI: The railways have crossed a
major hurdle in rolling out the ambitious
bullet train project as the Maharashtra
government has agreed to give land at
the Bandra-Kurla complex (BKC). The
starting point of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor at BKC was a
bone of contention between the railways
and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority (MMRDA) as
the latter was strongly opposed to giving land to the public transporter. The
proposed bullet train will start underground from BKC and travel 21 km in a
tunnel passing through the sea before
emerging over ground at Thane. The
MRDA had wanted to use the BKC land
for the proposed International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at BKC. The
state Urban Development Department
had also asked the railways to explore
alternatives near Bandra Terminus and
Kurla. PTI
Protesters clash with security forces near a polling station in Srinagar on Sunday. Bhagwat demands country-wide
legislation against cow slaughter
NEW DELHI : RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat on Sunday advocated
a nation-wide law against cow
slaughter, calling it a ‘vice’ that
must be removed, but condemned violence by cow protection groups as it ‘defames’
the cause. He also pitched for
stepping-up of cow protection
efforts by bringing more people
in the drive while ‘completely
obeying the law and the Constitution.’
His remarks at an event to
observe the birth anniversary
of Lord Mahavir came against
the backdrop of the lynching
of a Muslim man by cow vigilantes in Alwar in BJP-ruled
Rajasthan that sparked protests
from opposition parties and
According to RSS CHIEF

Enactment of a law everywhere will take time
due to the complexities of politics.

There cannot be a law that says you do
violence. It is impossible.
 Cow protection should be promoted in such a
way that it wins over more and more people to
the cause.
put the saffron party on the
defensive.
“Nothing should be done
while protecting cows that
hurts the belief of some people.
Nothing should be done that
is violent. It only defames the
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efforts of cow protectors...
The work of cow conservation should be carried out while
completely obeying the law
and the Constitution,” Bhagwat said. He said many states
where RSS functionaries, a
reference to BJP leaders with
RSS background, have been
in power have enacted such a
law and expressed confidence
that other governments will
follow suit by dealing with local
‘complexities.’ DP
Nalvi replaces Jhinda
as HSGMC ad hoc chief
NEW DELHI: Over 2,000 fresh accounts
were opened in a Bareilly branch of State
Bank of India post- demonetisation till
December 31 to allegedly channelise
black money in which at least Rs 8 crore
were deposited in old notes, a CBI probe
has found. The CBI has now registered
an FIR against unknown bank officials
and unknown persons for criminal
conspiracy, cheating and corruption.
Based on source information, the CBI
had carried out a surprise check in the
Civil Lines branch of State Bank of India
in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly on January 2.
During the operation, the CBI detected
that a huge amount of cash was deposited
in the bank after November 8 last year,
when the notes ban was announced, in
newly-opened accounts and the dormant
accounts which had been activated. The
CBI had found that 2,441 new accounts
were opened by bank officials between
November 8 and December 31. Out of
these accounts, 667 were savings accounts, 53 were current, 94 were Jan
Dhan accounts, 50 PPF, 1,518 FD, 13
festival accounts.
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SRINAGAR : At least eight civilians were killed and scores
injured in firing by security
forces as mobs tried to attack
some polling stations in Srinagar parliamentary constituency that on Sunday recorded a
poor seven per cent voting in a
by-poll, the lowest in the state
in three decades, officials said.
The by-poll to the Lok Sabha
constituency--spread across
three districts of Srinagar,
Budgam and Ganderbal--was
marred by widespread violence with police claiming that
nearly 200 incidents of violent
protests took place in central
Kashmir.
As the day began with small
queues of voters outside polling
booths, slogan shouting mobs
attacked polling stations in
Budgam, damaged EVMs and
prevented voters from exercising their franchise.
Security forces tried to
disperse the crowds with
warning shots initially and
opened fire at them when they
didn’t relent, a police officer said. Seven persons were
killed at three places of Budgam district. “The security
forces opened fire to protect
the polling staff,” the officer
said, alleging that mobs tried
to storm many polling sta-
Didar Singh Nalvi, left, with Jagdish Singh Jhinda, right.
‘Will behead traitors
who oppose Ram
temple in Ayodhya’
DP
2014, Haryana government had
appointed 41 members in the
executive panel.
Chandeep Singh Khurana,
HSGMC’s legal cell head, said
the executive committee would
meet at Kaithal on May 7 to
elect president, general secretary and other office-bearers.
Though the Jhinda and Nalvi
factions have their relations
strained, the immediate cause
of the ‘coup’ is attributed to
Jhinda’s appearance before
Akal Takht in connection with
the formation of HSGMC. Jhinda, however, will continue to
be an HSGMC member. DP
Srinagar by-poll
recorded a poor
seven per cent
voting, the lowest
in the state in three
decades.
tions and destroy EVMs. The
seven per cent voter turnout
is the lowest in 27 years in the
state. The constituency had
in the 2014 general elections
recorded 26 per cent turnout.
The by-poll was the first after
PTI
the 2016 unrest, triggered by
the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani in
July last. Over 100 people were
killed in five months of the
unrest, the worst in six years
of the troubled valley.
“It was an unfortunate day.
Over 100 security personnel
were injured. The turnout was
7.09 per cent,” Chief Electoral Officer Shantmanu told
media persons. Former Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah said
it was the worst poll-related
violence he had seen in his 20
years of political career.
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Blasts hit Egypt’s Coptic
churches; 45 dead,
over 100 injured
CAIRO: At least 45 people
were killed and over 100
others injured on Sunday in
twin blasts targeting Coptic
churches packed with worshippers who had gathered
for Palm Sunday mass in
Egyptian cities of Tanta and
Alexandria. The first blast
took place in the Coptic
church of Mar Girgis, also
known as St George, in the
Nile delta city of Tanta, about
120 kilometres from Cairo,
killing 25 people and injuring
71, according to a statement
by the Health Ministry.
President ElSecurity sources said the
Sisi ordered
primary investigations sugthe opening of
gest that a person put an
military hospitals
explosive device inside the
to receive the
church during the Chrisinjured.
tian prayers celebrating the
Palm Sunday. However,
Al-Azhar,
other sources suggest that
the world’s
the attack was carried out
highest seat of
by a suicide bomber. Hours
Sunni Islamic
later, the second explosion
learning, strongly
took place in Alexandria’s
condemned the
Manshyia district when a suiattacks.
cide bomber detonated an
explosive device near Saint
The explosion
Mark’s Church.
comes weeks
Citing eyewitnesses, Ahram
before the visit
Online said that an explosion
of Pope Francis
has been heard near Saint
Mark’s Church in Manshyia
to Egypt on April
district near downtown Al28-29.
exandria. At least two were
killed and 21 injured in the
blast near Saint Mark’s Church
in Manshiya, state TV report- exandria, was leading Palm
ed. Egypt’s Coptic church said Sunday Mass just before the
Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Al- explosion. PTI
HIGHLIGHTS
Aadhaar or passport likely to be must for flying
HYDERABAD : A local BJP MLA
has allegedly said heads of
‘traitors’ opposing construction of Ram temple in
Ayodhya will be chopped off.
T Raja Singh, who represents
Goshamahal constituency in
Hyderabad, is heard saying
this in a video where he is addressing a gathering as part of
Ram Navmi celebrations held
here on April 5. “The day is not
far... the dream of every Hindu of building a Ram temple
in Ayodhya. Recently, a video
came on WhatsApp from Uttar Pradesh and someone was
saying if Ram Mandir is built
in Ayodhya they will create
chaos in the entire country.
We welcome this,” he said.PTI
KAITHAL: There seems to be
virtual coup in Haryana Sikh
Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC ad hoc). The
rival faction on Sunday appointed Didar Singh Nalvi as
the Sikh body’s president by
replacing Jagdish Singh Jhinda,
who has rejected the decision,
terming the move illegal.
In an emergency meeting
held at Neem Sahib Gurdwara, as many as 28 executive committee members of
HSGMC unanimously decided
to remove Jhinda from the top
post, the rival faction claimed.
It is worth mentioning that in
Women coming out from a polling station after casting their vote at
Budgam in Srinagar on Sunday. NEW DELHI: The Central government is in the process of
making Aadhaar number or
passport mandatory for booking domestic flight tickets amid
its plans to create a no-fly list
to deal with unruly passengers.
“Aviation regulator DGCA will
start working on a civil aviation
requirement (CAR) this week,”
R N Choubey, secretary in the
Ministry of Civil Aviation said.
The
ministry has asked
the DGCA to draft the
CAR by next week for
consultation with
stakeholders in this
matter. Aadhaar
number or passport
will be useful in identifying
an “unruly passenger” who
has been barred from flying.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha, in a series of
tweets on Saturday had warned
that unruly behaviour by passengers will result in ‘severe
consequences’ which would
include police action as well
as being placed on the no-fly
list.
PTI
LOANS, CARD PAYMENTS ABOVE `2 L IN CASH TO BE SHOWN IN ITR
The move comes amid concerns of unaccounted
cash or black money being used to settle bills
NEW DELHI: All cash payments
of over Rs 2 lakh for paying
loans and credit card bills during the 50-day period post
demonetisation will have to
be disclosed in the new onepage Income Tax return form.
The tax department a few days
back notified new Income Tax
Return (ITR) forms for filing
of returns for the assessment
year 2017-18 (financial year
2016-17).
Besides providing for declaring income, exemption claimed
and tax paid, the forms have
a new column providing for
declaration for any deposit of
over Rs 2 lakh in bank accounts
made during November 9 and
December 30, 2016, after the
old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes
were demonetised. This column is also to be used for declaring cash payments in excess
of Rs 2 lakh for repayment of
any loan or settlement of credit
card bills during this 50-day
period, a senior official said.
“The column is an attempt to
match the cash deposits made
post demonetisation.” PTI
 All credit cards are
linked to permanent
account number
(PAN) of the holder,
almost all loans by
scheduled banks
are also provided on
furnishing of PAN.
 I-T Dept wants to
see if the income
profile matches with
the cash payments
made or not.
 The changes made in
ITR are an attempt to
catch tax evaders.