B2B Session with High Powered Delegation from Bahamas

APRIL 18, 2016

B2B Session with High Powered Delegation from Bahamas

26th April, 2016 (Wednesday) 4:00 p.m.

PHD House, New Delhi

We are pleased to inform you that a high powered delegation from Bahamas comprising of key Government officials from various Ministries of Bahamas, key representative of various Bahamian companies from several sectors viz. Agri – business and food processing, energy, textile, leather, financial services, jewellery , pharmaceuticals, optics etc. are visiting PHD Chamber on 26th April, 2016. The delegation is expected to be led by Honorary Consulate of Bahamas, Mr. Ashish Saraf.

At this backdrop, it gives us a great pleasure in inviting you for a B2B session being organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry as per the following schedule

Date and Day	26th April, 2016, Wednesday
Time	4:00 pm – 5:30 p.m. followed by a high tea
Venue	PHD House, New Delhi

The objective of the session is to explore trade and investment opportunities in each others’ country and to build linkages with the government, business community and other stakeholders from Bahamas and India .

May we invite you to kindly join the Interactive Business Session or nominate senior officials from your organization to attend this important session. As there are limited seats: so you may kindly book your seats at the earliest by filling the response slip mentioned below.

European Parliament organizes hearing on Baluchistan

APRIL 18, 2016

European Parliament’s EPP Group organized a seminar on ‘Coordination between Israel and other countries in the fight against global terrorism’. Mr. Hamal Haider Baluch, international spokesperson of the Baluch National Movement was the keynote speaker in this seminar. Fifty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) attended the event.

Mr. Baluch spoke about how Pakistan has been supporting global terrorism, and countries like China have been backing Pakistan’s illegitimate activities. He emphasized that one of the major concerns that need to be urgently addressed by the international community is the rampant killing by the Pakistani Army and ISI, of innocent Baloch including women and children.

He explained that this was being done in order to remove any obstacles in the way of China’s economic expansion in Pakistan, particularly to enable creation of the “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”. However, he said, this had created a genocide-like situation for the people of Baluchistan, and had also fuelled resentment amongst the Baluch people against China.

He added that China has been occupying the lands of Baluch people with the help of Pakistani government by paying huge bribes to bureaucrats, senior government officials and politicians. This illicit wealth is stashed away in foreign bank accounts by these corrupt Pakistanis.

MEP Fulvio Martusciello thanked the speaker and emphasized that the European Parliament supports and stands with the Baluch people. He opined that it is the responsibility of the Pakistani Government to safeguard the rights of Baluch nationals and bring to a halt the relentless killings of innocent persons, including women and children. He assured him that he would raise, with the President of the European Parliament, this serious issue of ‘kill and dump’ policy of the Pakistan government and ‘genocide of Baluch nationals in the state of Pakistan’.

418 candidates who are contesting in the Phase 3 of West Bengal Assembly Elections

APRIL 18, 2016

Dear Friends,

West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 418 candidates who are contesting in thePhase 3 of West Bengal Assembly Elections to be held on 21st, April2016.

Criminal Background

Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 418 candidates, 80 (19%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.· Candidates with serious criminal cases: 65 (16%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, theft, crimes against women etc.

· Candidate with cases related to Rape: 1 candidate namelyBamacharan Banerjee of CPI(M) from Bhatar constituency has declared1charge related to rape (Indian Penal Code Section-376).

· Candidates with cases related to Murder: 5 candidates have declared charges related to Murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 23 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

· Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 12candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women.

· Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 15 (24%) out of 62 candidates from BJP, 20 (32%) out of 62 candidates from AITC, 16 (42%) out of 38 candidates from CPI(M), 2 (6%) out of 36 candidates of BSP, 16 (62%) out of 26 candidates fielded by INC, and 3 (4%) out of 70Independent candidateshave declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases: 11 (18%) out of 62 candidates from BJP, 18 (29%) out of 62 candidates fromAITC, 12 (32%) out of 38 candidates from CPI(M), 2 (6%) out of 36 candidates of BSP, 14 (54%)out of 26 candidates fielded by INC, and 2 (3%)out of 70 Independentcandidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Red Alert constituencies*: 7 constituencies namely Krishnaganj (SC), Raghunathganj, Raina (SC), Purbasthali Dakshin, Mangalkot, Bhagaban Gola and Bharatpur in Phase 3 of West Bengal assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases.

*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background

· Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in Phase 3 of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
5 cr and above	13	3%
2 crores to 5 crores	13	3%
50 lakhs to 2 crores	84	20%
10 lakhs to 50 lakhs	126	30%
less than 10 lakhs	182	44%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

· High asset candidates*: The 3 richest candidates contesting in Phase 3 of the West Bengal 2016 Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Somabrata Mandal	KOLKATA NORTH	SHYAMPUKUR	BJP	5,65,20,287	23,00,00,000	28,65,20,287 28 Crore+	Y
2	Jakir Hossain	MURSHIDABAD	JANGIPUR	AITC	17,27,25,923	4,68,64,253	21,95,90,176 21 Crore+	Y
3	Dilip Saha	MURSHIDABAD	NABAGRAM (SC)	AITC	89,68,176	19,10,00,000	19,99,68,176 19 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Party wise crorepati candidates: 61 or (15%) candidates of the 418 contesting candidates in Phase 3 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. 27 (44%) out of 62 candidates from AITC,14 (23%) out of 62 candidates from the BJP, 11 (42%) out of 26 candidates from the INC, 2 (5%) out of 38 candidates from the CPI(M), 1 (100%) out of 1 candidate from RJD and 3 (4%) out of 70 Independentcandidates are crorepatis.

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 3 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 74.76 Lakhs.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 62 BJP candidates is Rs 1.24 Crores, 62 AITCcandidates have average assets of Rs 2.25 crores, 33 SUCI (C) candidates have average assets worth Rs 14.48 Lakhs, 26 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.07 crore, average assets of 38 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 35.09 Lakhs, 36 BSPcandidates have average assets of Rs 10.73 Lakhs and 70 Independentcandidates have average assets of Rs. 22.32 Lakhs.

· Zero asset candidates: 2 candidates contesting in Phase 3 of the West Bengal 2016 Assembly Elections have declared Zero assets. They are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Prem Chand Soren	BARDHAMAN	MONTESWAR	Jharkhand Disom Party	0	0	0	Y
2	Budo Murmu	BARDHAMAN	MEMARI	Jharkhand Disom Party	0	0	0	Y

Table: Candidates with Zero assets

· Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows (these names exclude candidates who have declared zero assets) :

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Apurba Biswas	NADIA	KRISHNAGANJ (SC)	SUCI(C)	56	0	56	Y
2	Manoj Kirtaniya	NADIA	RANAGHAT UTTAR PASCHIM	SUCI(C)	100	0	100 1 Hund+	Y
3	Ananta Mondal	MURSHIDABAD	KHARGRAM (SC)	SHS	300	0	300 3 Hund+	Y

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

· Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)
1	Somabrata Mandal	Kolkata North	Shyampukur	BJP	28,65,20,287 28 Crore+	12,55,29,943 12 Crore+
2	Ashim Krishna Bhatta	Murshidabad	Murshidabad	AITC	11,40,68,999 11 Crore+	9,93,38,851 9 Crore+
3	Md. Rejaul Hoque(Mantu Biswas)	Murshidabad	Samserganj	IND	2,33,65,103 2 Crore+	4,54,79,784 4 Crore+

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 57 (14%) out of the 418 candidates analysed candidates have not declared their PAN details.

· Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 6 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 50 Lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Jakir Hossain	AITC	JANGIPUR	MURSHIDABAD	21,95,90,176 21 Crore+	2014-2015	1,89,97,290 1 Crore+	1,35,67,680 1 Crore+
2	Somabrata Mandal	BJP	SHYAMPUKUR	KOLKATA NORTH	28,65,20,287 28 Crore+	2013-2014	1,39,49,029 1 Crore+	72,46,149 72 Lacs+
3	Dilip Saha	AITC	NABAGRAM (SC)	MURSHIDABAD	19,99,68,176 19 Crore+	2014-2015	81,21,796 81 Lacs+	49,88,650 49 Lacs+
4	Md. Rejaul Hoque(Mantu Biswas)	IND	SAMSERGANJ	MURSHIDABAD	2,33,65,103 2 Crore+	2014-2015	57,09,992 57 Lacs+	45,66,363 45 Lacs+
5	Somendranath Mitra	INC	CHOWRANGEE	KOLKATA NORTH	6,09,32,218 6 Crore+	2015-2016	56,46,338 56 Lacs+	18,67,016 18 Lacs+
6	Md Mustafa	AITC	FARAKKA	MURSHIDABAD	11,95,75,804 11 Crore+	2014-2015	55,32,835 55 Lacs+	32,84,993 32 Lacs+

Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

· Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 220 (53%)out of 418 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

· Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 17 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 50 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Hasanuzzaman Sk	NADIA	KALIGANJ	INC	0	18,58,108	1,32,50,000	1,51,08,108 1 Crore+	Y
2	Somnath Singha Ray	MURSHIDABAD	JANGIPUR	CPI(M)	0	48,68,729	65,00,000	1,13,68,729 1 Crore+	Y
3	Rabiul Alam Chowdhury	MURSHIDABAD	REJINAGAR	INC	0	18,15,577	76,05,000	94,20,577 94 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Other Background Details

· Education details of candidates: 183 (44%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass,while 129 (31%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or graduate professional. 75 (18%) candidates have declared themselves to bepostgraduates whereas 7 (2%) candidates have declared they are Doctorates and 6 (1%) candidates have declared they are simple literates. 6 (1%) candidates in the third phase of the West Bengal 2016 elections have declared themselves to beIlliterate

· Age details of candidates: 224 (54%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 193 (46%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. Only 1 candidate has disclosed to be older than80 years of age.

· Gender details of candidates: 33 (8%) women candidates are contesting in Phase 3 of the West Bengal assembly election this year.

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345 candidates who are contesting in thePhase 4 of West Bengal Assembly Elections

APRIL 18, 2016

Dear Friends,

West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 345 candidates who are contesting in thePhase 4 of West Bengal Assembly Elections to be held on 25th, April2016.

Criminal Background

Candidaes with criminal cases: Out of all the 345 candidates, 48 (14%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.· Candidates with serious criminal cases: 42 (12%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, theft, crimes against women etc.

· Candidates with cases related to Murder: 3 candidates have declared charges related to Murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 10 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

· Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 5candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women.

· Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 7 (14%) out of 49 candidates from BJP, 15 (31%) out of 49 candidates from AITC, 6 (25%) out of 24 candidates from CPI(M), 1 (5%) out of 22 candidates of SUCI(C), 6 (50%)out of 12 candidates fielded by INC, and 6 (6%) out of 96 Independentcandidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases: 6 (12%) out of 49 candidates from BJP, 15 (31%) out of 49 candidates fromAITC, 5 (21%) out of 24 candidates from CPI(M), 1 (5%) out of 22 candidates of SUCI(C), 3 (25%)out of 12 candidates fielded by INC, and 5 (5%) out of 96 Independentcandidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Red Alert constituencies*: 3 constituencies namely Bhatpara, Udaynarayanpur and Madhyamgram in Phase 4 of West Bengal assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases.

*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background

· Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in Phase 4 of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
5 cr and above	4	1%
2 crores to 5 crores	14	4%
50 lakhs to 2 crores	78	23%
10 lakhs to 50 lakhs	93	27%
less than 10 lakhs	156	45%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

· High asset candidates*: The 3 richest candidates contesting in Phase 4 of the West Bengal 2016 Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Amit Kumar Mitra	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	KHARDAHA	AITC	6,31,59,465	5,43,22,090	11,74,81,555 11 Crore+	Y
2	Haider Aziz Safwi	HOWRAH	ULUBERIA PURBA	AITC	2,21,68,264	4,22,00,000	6,43,68,264 6 Crore+	Y
3	Arunava Ghosh	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	BIDHAN NAGAR	INC	4,96,49,176	20,00,000	5,16,49,176 5 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Party wise crorepati candidates: 46 or (13%) candidates of the 345 contesting candidates in Phase 4 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. 19 (39%) out of 49 candidates from AITC, 8 (16%) out of 49 candidates from the BJP, 5 (42%)out of 12 candidates from theINC, 3 (13%) out of 24 candidates from the CPI(M), 1 (5%) out of 22 candidate from SUCI(C) and 7 (7%) out of 96Independent candidates are crorepatis.

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 4 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 50.02 Lakhs.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 49 BJP candidates is Rs 69.57 Lakhs, 49 AITCcandidates have average assets of Rs 1.38 crores, 22 SUCI (C) candidates have average assets worth Rs 17.34 Lakhs, 12 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.47 crore, average assets of 24 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 52.24 Lakhs, 7 AIFBcandidates have average assets of Rs 76.30 Lakhs and 96 Independentcandidates have average assets of Rs. 17.87 Lakhs.

· Zero asset candidates: 4 candidates contesting in Phase 4 of the West Bengal 2016 Assembly Elections have declared Zero assets. They are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Shewnarayan Chandel	HOWRAH	HOWRAH UTTAR	BSP	0	0	0	Y
2	Jawahar Lal Pasi	HOWRAH	HOWRAH MADHYA	BSP	0	0	0	N
3	Brijlal Prasad	HOWRAH	SHIBPUR	BSP	0	0	0	Y
4	Raja Ram Das	HOWRAH	ULUBERIA PURBA	BSP	0	0	0	N

Table: Candidates with Zero assets

· Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows (these names exclude candidates who have declared zero assets):

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Subrata Dhak	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	NAIHATI	IND	360	0	360 3 Hund+	N
2	Shyam Sundar Shaw	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	BARRACKPUR	CPI(ML) Red Star	666	0	666 6 Hund+	Y
3	Krishna Pada Munda	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	SANDESHKHALI (ST)	SUCI(C)	1,000	0	1,000 1 Thou+	N

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

· Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)
1	Santosh Kumar Pathak	HOWRAH	HOWRAH UTTAR	INC	3,85,51,260 3 Crore+	1,41,78,189 1 Crore+	0
2	Sanjay Kumar Singh	HOWRAH	HOWRAH MADHYA	BJP	2,87,94,934 2 Crore+	1,17,17,057 1 Crore+	0
3	Manmohan Garodia	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	BIDHAN NAGAR	IND	3,45,87,915 3 Crore+	# 1,01,27,470 1 Crore+	5,52,689 5 Lacs+

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

# Disputed liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 57 (17%) out of the 345 candidates analysed candidates have not declared their PAN details.

· Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 2 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 1 Crore. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	AITC	HOWRAH UTTAR	HOWRAH	5,16,07,445 5 Crore+	2014-2015	1,15,77,110 1 Crore+	1,11,97,410 1 Crore+
2	Arunava Ghosh	INC	BIDHAN NAGAR	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	5,16,49,176 5 Crore+	2014-2015	1,03,74,691 1 Crore+	1,03,74,691 1 Crore+

Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

· Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 195 (57%)out of 345 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

· Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 15 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 50 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Nupur Ghosh	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	RAJARHAT NEW TOWN	BJP	1665098	34,00,060	2,27,00,000	2,61,00,060 2 Crore+	Y
2	Narendra Nath Chatterjee	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	RAJARHAT NEW TOWN	CPI(M)	0	4,86,039	2,27,27,275	2,32,13,314 2 Crore+	Y
3	Madhusudan Ghose	NORTH 24 PARGANAS	NOAPARA	INC	0	6,000	1,83,49,188	1,83,55,188 1 Crore+	N

Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Other Background Details

· Education details of candidates: 152 (44%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12thpass, while 120 (35%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or graduate professional. 50 (14%) candidates have declared themselves to bepostgraduates whereas 10 (3%) candidates have declared they areDoctorates and 8 (2%) candidates have declared they are simple literates. 1candidate has declared to be an illiterate.

· Age details of candidates: 200 (58%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 145 (42%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

· Gender details of candidates: 39 (11%) women candidates are contesting in Phase 4 of the West Bengal assembly election this year.

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Session on : India–China: Towards a Strategic Partnership in Services

APRIL 18, 2016

Dear Sir,

Session on:

India–China: Towards a Strategic Partnership in Services

11:30–13:00 Hrs on Friday, 22 April 2016 at Hall A, India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and the Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC), is organising the 2nd edition of the Indian Global Exhibition on Services (GES) during 21–23 April 2016 at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR.

The main objective of the Global Exhibition is to promote greater exchange of trade in services with India.

GES provides a global platform to increase trade in services, enhance strategic cooperation and strengthen multilateral relationships between all stake holders as well as provide opportunities to directly meet the Government officials, Business leaders, Academia, Policy makers and Media leaders.

China is India’s largest trading partner with more than US$ 70 billion worth of goods traded last year and, is now focusing on reconstructing its economy, shifting from an export oriented approach to a more inclusive business strategy. At the same time, India’s growing trade deficit with China is of concern and hence, a need to look beyond the trading of goods.

With the continuous upgradation of technology and rising economic standards of the huge middle class in both India and China, the demands of the masses are changing to better provision of Services. Sectors like e–Commerce, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Tourism and IT & ITES are some of the key service sectors where both the neighbours can collaborate and benefit from each other.

In order to better understand the shifting trends, we are organising a session focused on “India–China: Towards a Strategic Partnership in Services” during 11:30–13:00 Hrson Friday, 22 April 2016 at Hall A, India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR. This session will conclude with Lunch.

I am writing to invite you to kindly attend this session.

The session structure will be shared with you upon receiving your confirmation.

Look forward to your kind confirmation on the email id rajiv.kumar@cii.in.

Regards,

Rajiv

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Invite: La Fanfare Couche-Tard | 20th April 2016

APRIL 18, 2016

Alliance Française de Delhi & AntiSocial HKV

present

La Fanfare Couche Tard

Wednesday, 20th April 2016, 9pm

AntiSocial, 9A & 12, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi – 16

Eastern Europe Music lovers mixed with powerful nuclear energy and fine humor, the Fanfare couche tard (Understand “Night Owls Band”) is to music, what an SUV is to travel…

These five modern day heroes will play in a bar, in the streets, under a circuit tent, on a barge in front of one hundred as well as two thousand people, in the morning but especially in the evening. After 7 years on the roads and more than 250 shows through several European countries. The Fanfare couche tard is not going to stop it here.

The next step is the India tour 2016, during which they will give everything, and may be more… Don’t miss it in Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.

For more information write to culture@afdelhi.org

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APRIL 18, 2016