Modi, Mamata Unite to Catapult Indo-Bangla Ties to Historic High
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 SUNDAY millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 95 | Sunday, 9 April, 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 INTERNATIONAL PAGE 6 FILM PAGE 16 ARMED MEN STORM INTO GOLD SUSPECT DEVICE FOUND IN I AM NOW CONFIDENT OF LOAN OFFICE, SHOOT WOMAN STOCKHOLM ATTACK TRUCK TAKING UP CHALLENGES: SONAKSHI Quick News44 INDIA FLOATS $4.5-BN LOC FOR BANGLA, INKS 22 ECONOMIC PACTS, SAYS DHAKA ‘AN INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US’ IN TERROR WAR US Google ‘discriminates against, underpays women’ NEW YORK: e US Department of Labour Modi, Mamata unite to catapult (DoL) has accused Google of discriminating against its female employees by paying them less than their male counterparts. According to a report in the Guardian on Saturday, e DoL, which is investigating the case, claims to have evidence of “systemic com- Indo-Bangla ties to historic high pensation disparities”. e allegations surface GAUTAM LAHIRI days aer Google announced on Equal Pay Day that it had “closed the gender pay gap globally”. NEW DELHI: A little over forty- BANGABANDHU INDIA Mamata meets Hasina, “Let’s make every day #EqualPayDay. All ve years aer the Indian Army » India gives Bangladesh gives Teesta alternative employers can take steps to eliminate the gen- and Mukti Bahini’s comprehen- $500 million for West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee der and race pay gaps, today,” @Google tweeted sive victory over the Pakistan military procurements met Bangladesh President Sheikh Hasina earlier this week. Army in the 1971 war, Prime Min- on Saturday with a novel answer to the e government has collected informa- ister Narendra Modi and West » Modi lauds Mamata for tion that points towards the violation of fed- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ‘extraordinary efforts’ Teesta waters question. The Teesta already eral employment laws by Google, the DoL said. Banerjee on Saturday made a has an acute dryness problem. So, it would » PM Modi vows early be better for New Delhi and Dhaka to stop “We found systemic compensation dispar- momentous pitch to take India’s agreement on Teesta ities against women pretty much across the friendship with our eastern neigh- water sharing deal harping on the Teesta and, instead, carry entire workforce,” the report quoted Janette bour, Bangladesh, to a historic out a study of how to utilise the waters Wipper, a DoL regional director, testifying in high. » Bus & train services trial of some other rivers like the Torsa, which a San Francisco court, as saying. See PG5 In the august presence of Ban- run launched between are better endowed with water. “I find our gladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Kolkata and Khulna neighbour Bangladeshis’ water scarcity UP police stop church Hasina in New Delhi on Satur- » Pact to open new border woes very painful. I urgently want a day, our two countries signed 22 haats for trade solution to this misery,” said Banerjee. event after CM Adityanath’s pacts in key sectors including defence and civil nuclear coop- men cry ‘conversion’ eration and Modi conveyed the There is one thought in South Asia which breeds, Indian government’s commitment inspires and encourages terrorism. The thought whose MAHARAJGANJ: Police stopped a church for an “early solution” to the long- event attended by more than 150 people, includ- pending Teesta waters sharing priority is not humanity, but extremism and terrorism ing 10 American tourists, here aer the right- agreement. Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, PM Narendra Modi and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurate by remote PM Modi in oblique reference to Pakistan / wing Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) alleged that Modi , who held wide-rang- control rail link and bus services from Kolkata to Khulna (Bangladesh), in New Delhi on Saturday Pic Naveen Sharma religious conversion was being carried out. ing talks with Sheikh Hasina, also e event was stopped aer the youth bri- announced a new concessional better and secure future for our two countries but to the entire for her extraordinary eorts in of our commitment and continu- Bangladesh. “India has always gade, set up in 2002 by Yogi Adityanath, now Line of Credit (LoC) of $4.5 bil- people,” Modi said at a joint media region. On her part, Hasina, on helping the Union Government ing eorts,” he said. stood for the prosperity of Ban- the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, led a com- lion for Bangladesh and an addi- event with Hasina. a visit here aer seven years, said to boost Indo-Bangladeshi rela- Modi also complimented gladesh and its people. We are a plaint against Yohannan Adam, the pastor of the tional assistance of $500 million e two countries also agreed that her country will continue its tions. “I am very happy that the Hasina for her government’s long-standing and trusted devel- church, accusing him of converting Hindus to to help its military procurement. to confront the challenges of ter- zero-tolerance policy towards ter- Chief Minister of West Bengal is ‘zero-tolerance’ policy towards opment partner of Bangladesh. Christianity, a charge the pastor denied. “We in India rejoice in our ties rorism with deeper security and ror and promised to take all steps my honoured guest today. I know terrorism and said “it is an inspi- India and Bangladesh are also SHO, Dathauli, Anand Kumar Gupta said with Bangladesh, ties that have defence cooperation with Modi to ensure peace and security along that her feelings for Bangladesh ration for all of us.” A new bus and determined that the fruits of our no prior permission was taken for the meeting, been forged in blood and genera- terming the spread of radicalism Indo-Bangla border. are as warm as my own. I assure train service were also launched cooperation must benet our peo- which was held ahead of Good Friday. See PG4 tions of kinship, ties that seek a a “grave threat”, not only to the Modi also thanked Banerjee you and the people of Bangladesh between Kolkata and Khulna in ple,” said Modi. ere is scope ‘India’s number of MPs low In touch with USA over Indian’s for lending rates to compared to our population’ murder in Washington: Swaraj come down further OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: India has YET ANOTHER HATE CRIME in Yakima city, was behind RBI GOVERNOR URJIT PATEL Hold political parties received a report on the the counter when the incident NEW DELHI: Now the push for strong accountable for shootout incident resulting happened. His family had on electoral reforms has come from our in the death of our national Friday sought Swaraj’s help Constitutional Head of State — Presi- breaking poll vows: CJI in the USA’s Washington state to bring his body back. “On 6 dent Pranab Mukherjee. Advocating the and is coordinating with the April two miscreants entered In today’s need for electoral reforms to strengthen NEW DELHI: Electoral investigative agencies, Exter- the shop at 1.30 am. ey the democratic process, Mukherjee said, promises routinely remain nal Aairs Minister Sushma snatched cash from victim and paper “It is time to look at legal provisions for unfullled and manifestos Swaraj said on Saturday. e shot on his chest. is resulted increasing the number of parliamen- turn out to be mere pieces of Minister also said that the in his death,” Swaraj said. ... tary seats.” paper, for which political par- Indian Consulate in San Fran- “We are coordinating with CITY Mukherjee also said that in the ties must be held accountable, cisco is helping the family of the investigative agencies. ey existing Indian parliamentary system, Chief Justice of India J S Khe- 26-year-old Vikram Jaryal, have got the CCTV footage STATE TO TAKE OVER ROADS FROM ZILLA PARISHADS 3 though political parties with less num- har said on Saturday. “Nowa- who was shot dead allegedly and are in the process of appre- bers of seats enjoy equal rights and days manifestos have become by two masked armed robbers. 26 years old and had reached hending the culprits,” she said. NATION authority with the party in power, they a mere piece of paper, for this “I have received a report on US only 25 days back. He was “Our consulate in San 21 UP SUGAR MILLS’ SALE TO BE PROBED 4 have “no responsibility”. He said that political parties have to be the shootout incident resulting working at the gas station of Francisco is helping the family it is necessary to undertake a “dispas- made accountable,” the CJI in the tragic death of Indian a family friend,” she said in a and following this up with the BUSINESS sionate analysis of the way in which our said at a seminar titled ‘Eco- national Vikram Jaryal in series of tweets. Police authorities,” she added. electoral process is functioning with Amendment) Act 2001 till 2026. As a nomic Reforms with Refer- Washington State USA,” Swaraj Jaryal, who worked as a Jaryal hailed from Hoshiarpur ‘KINGFISHER VILLA’ SOLD FOR `73 CR 5 a view to address the shortcomings in result the House of the People today ence to Electoral issues’. tweeted. “e victim was only clerk at AM-PM Gas Station district in Punjab. PTI the system”. represents the population gure of e CJI, speaking in the INTERNATIONAL “e system of parliamentary gov- 1971 census whereas our population presence of President Pranab TV anchor breaks news of husband’s death! THREE STRONG QUAKES ROCK PHILIPPINES 6 ernance is such that if somebody gets has increased manifold in the recent Mukherjee, said political par- 51 (majority) out of 100, 51 has all the decades,” he said while speaking at a ties give “brazen” excuses like SPORT rights and authority and in our electoral seminar on economic reforms with ref- lack of consensus amongst NEW DELHI: An anchor of a private TV chan- process, less than 51 have all the rights erence to electoral issues.