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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 202 | Wednesday, 25 July 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 11,134.30 (+49.55) pSENSEX 36,825.10 (+106.50) pDOW JONES 25,239.13 (+194.84) pNASDAQ 787.96 (+35.10) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.94 (-0.08) qRUPEE/EURO 80.51 (-0.19) qGOLD/10GM 30,840 (-50.00) pSILVER/K 39,325(+5.00) DRIVERS MAY CONG MOVES PRIVILEGE US STAR MAISIE GETS SOON HEAVE MOTION AGAINST PM SWIMMER LOCHTE ‘GAME OF SIGH OF MODI, DEF MINISTER ON SUSPENDED FOR THRONES’ RELIEF PG3 RAFALE DEAL PG5 14 MONTHS PG14 TATTOO PG15 LITTLE MARVEL CENTRE ASKS STATES TO APPOINT NODAL OFFICER; TASK FORCE TO CHECK LYNCHING Court directs Babul Supriyo to retract Alwar lynching case: Proof defamatory statements against Abhishek points to custodial death OUR CORRESPONDENT MPOST BUREAU KOLKATA: The City Civil Highlights Court on Tuesday directed NEW DELHI/JAIPUR: Rajast- »»Rajasthan govt the Union Minister of State han Home Minister Gulab Chand for Ministry of Heavy Indus- Kataria said on Tuesday that evi- orders judicial probe tries and Public Enterprises, dence in the Rakbar Khan case »»The government Babul Supriyo, to retract the suggested it was a custodial death defamatory statements that and the state government has will enact a law, if he made against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. taken steps to get a judicial probe necessary, to curb the It may be recalled that in November 2017, conducted. incidents of lynching, Supriyo had made the “malicious and defam- He also said an initial com- Home Minister atory” statements against Banerjee at a Press pensation of Rs 1.25 lakh had Rajnath Singh said conference stating that the latter “illegitimately been ordered for the family of the profiteered to the tune of Rs 17 to Rs 18 crore deceased. “We have written to the »»Two high-level against smuggling of coal in Bengal.” It got pub- additional chief judicial magis- committees formed to lished and circulated widely in different media trate to initiate a probe,” Kataria and even on social networking sites. told reporters at a press confer- tackle mob violence It led to defamation of Banerjee and his coun- ence here. sels moved court in December 2017. In cases of custodial death, a curb the incidents of lynching, as a visibly peeved Speaker Sumitra failed to comply with the direc- The Third Bench of the City Civil Court had Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulates Noor Islam for committee constituted at the dis- Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Mahajan allowed some of the lead- tions to prevent, investigate and granted an interim order of injunction in this winning the Barsha Sera Chalachitra Samman (Child artist) for his trict level takes decisions regarding on Tuesday amid Opposition out- ers to raise the issue after papers facilitate expeditious trial of any connection restraining Supriyo “not to make performance in the movie Sahaj Paather Gappo PIC/AMIT DATTA compensation to the family mem- cry over the growing number of were laid. such crime of mob violence and any derogatory comment or defamatory state- bers of the deceased, Kataria said. such cases. To check incidents of lynching, lynching, it should be considered ment against Banerjee”. He said a sessions judge normally Singh also said the govern- the Centre on Tuesday asked all as an act of deliberate negligence The Court on July 24 ordered Supriyo “to Hundreds missing, several heads such a committee. ment has taken the issue seriously states to appoint an SP-rank offi- and misconduct, and stern action retract the defamatory statements made in On the lines of the Pehlu Khan’s and would look at taking strin- cer in each district, set up a special must be taken against the official November 2017 at the Press conference in Asan- dead, after Laos dam collapse lynching case, the state govern- gent action against the culprits, as task force for gathering intelligence concerned. sol against Abhishek Banerjee by sending a letter ment has ordered a compensation the ruling coalition faced a scath- and closely monitor social media The move came in the wake of or otherwise within a fortnight from the date of BANGKOK: Hundreds of Several dams are being of Rs 1.25 lakh to Rakbar Khan’s ing attack from the Congress, the contents, so that no one is attacked the constitution of a Group of Min- the order.” Sanjay Basu, Advocate for Banerjee, people are missing, and an built or are planned in Laos, family. Further compensation will Trinamool Congress and the Left on suspicion of child-lifters or isters (GoM), headed by Home said: “Babul Supriyo failed to produce any evi- unknown number believed an impoverished and land- be provided based on the recom- parties in the Lok Sabha over the cattle-smugglers. Minister Rajnath Singh, and a dence in support of his defamatory statement killed after the collapse of a locked communist country mendations of the district legal rising cases of lynching. The Union Home Minis- committee, led by the Union home and hence the Court passed the order of injunc- hydropower dam under con- that exports most of its hydro- committee, he added. Opposition members created try also said wherever it is found secretary on Monday, to suggest a tion and retraction in favour of Abhishek Baner- struction in southeast Laos, power energy to neighbouring Meanwhile, the government a din during the Zero Hour, and that a police officer or an officer legal framework to check incidents jee. The falsity in Babul Supriyo’s statement has state media reported Tuesday. countries like Thailand. P11 will enact a law, if necessary, to many of them rushed to the Well, of the district administration has of lynching. been exposed.” The blatant reliance Lokpal issue: SC says Govt's Maratha quota stir turns violent, policeman hurt on social media needs AURANGABAD: A policemen and two Maharashtra by the Maratha Kranti on old, Kakasaheb Dattatreya Shinde, com- others were injured as the campaign for Tuesday. A large number of protestors mitted suicide by jumping in the Godavari to be checked by the reply 'wholly unsatisfactory' a Maratha quota turned violent here even torched a fire brigade vehicle near Kaigaon river on Monday evening demanding res- as protests were held in different parts of in Aurangabad district where a 28-year- ervations. See P7 citizens themselves MPOST BUREAU of a Lokpal despite the pas- sage of law nearly five years CHIEF JUSTICE DIPAK MISHRA NEW DELHI: The Supreme ago. Court on Tuesday expressed He said contempt action dissatisfaction over the Cen- should be initiated against In today’s tre's response on the appoint- authorities concerned or the ment of search committee court may proceed ahead paper members for a Lokpal. for appointing the Lokpal A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, R by exercising its power under Article Banumathi and Navin Sinha asked the 142 of the Constitution (enforcement ... Centre to file a fresh affidavit giving -rel of decrees and orders of the Supreme CITY evant details of the search committee. Court). DRI UNEARTHS `150 CR DUTY EVASION 3 During the hearing, Attorney Gen- The bench, in its order, said it was eral K K Venugopal submitted an affi- unsatisfied with the Centre's reply and NATION davit and said a meeting of the selection sought a fresh affidavit in four weeks committee was held, but the names giving all necessary details. MALLYA WILLING TO COME BACK HOME? 7 for the search committee were not The Centre had earlier told the apex EDIT finalised. court that the Lokpal selection commit- He said another meeting would tee, headed by the prime minister, was BEYOND THE HUG AND THE WINK 8 be held soon for appointing members scheduled to meet to set up a search of the search committee, keeping in panel for recommending a panel of INTERNATIONAL mind the provisions of law for such names for the appointment of the anti- FRANCE’S OPPN SEEKS NO-TRUST VOTE 10 appointments. graft ombudsman and its members. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, The committee comprises the prime BUSINESS appearing for petitioner NGO Com- minister, the chief justice of India, the mon Cause, said the Centre had not Lok Sabha speaker, the leader of the FLIPKART TO SHUT EBAY IN INDIA 12 specified the date of the next meeting, largest opposition party and an emi- and they are delaying the appointment nent jurist. SPORT UNHAPPY INDIA SHORTEN PRACTICE MATCH 14 ‘Choksi moved to Antigua, got local passport’

MPOST BUREAU passport of that country, they said. FOR ADVERTISING Choksi had fled the country in the kindly contact at 9810195709 NEW DELHI: Fugitive diamantaire first week of January, nearly a fortnight or Mehul Choksi has moved to Antigua before weeks before country’s biggest [email protected] from the US and taken the passport banking fraud surfaced. of the Caribbean country, government The CBI has booked Choksi, uncle sources said. of his alleged partner in crime Nirav FOR SUBSCRIPTION In response to diffusion notice Modi, in two cases related to the scam kindly contact at 8800854665 issued by Interpol, the Enforcement and filed charge sheet against him. or Directorate has been informed by Anti- A special court in Mumbai has [email protected] guan authorities that Choksi arrived issued a Non-Bailable Warrant against there this month and had taken the him. SEVERAL POLLS PUT IMRAN KHAN’S PAKISTAN TEHREEK-E-INSAF MARGINALLY AHEAD Pakistan set for historic election amid charges of army meddling

SAJJAD HUSSAIN the supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who was jailed ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis will go to the this month after being convicted in a cor- polls on Wednesday to elect a new prime ruption case also accused the military of minister, transferring power from one pressuring the judiciary to convict him. civilian government to another for only Both institutions deny the charge. the second time in the nation's 70-year The independent Human Rights Com- chequered history amid accusations of mission of Pakistan said there were "ample manipulation by the powerful military and grounds to doubt" the legitimacy of the concerns over the participation of Islamic elections and criticised the "blatant, aggres- hardliners in large numbers. sive and unabashed attempts to manipulate The run-up to the July 25 elections the outcome of the upcoming elections." has seen a massive crackdown on the cised for deploying the Army both inside Controversy has also arisen over allow- media and allegations that the military and outside of polling stations. ing militant groups to participate in the has secretly backed the campaign of for- Army chief General Qamar Bajwa, poll. mer cricketer Imran Khan while targeting however, assured that military personnel A fierce battle is expected between his political opponents. deployed for election duties would strictly Sharif's PML-N and Khan's Pakistan Teh- Questions were raised about the role of comply with the code of conduct given by reek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Punjab, the most pop- the military after reports that it was given the ECP. ulous province often known for deciding magisterial powers. The ECP was also criti- Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the next government in the country. PTI 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 On days when you can’t perfectly slick back your hair, try these hacks that would Jazz up your messy hair in not only save your time but also make you look stylish FEW MINUTES essy hair is not the that is from the tips and working Move the back portion of the head- ideal hair situation your way towards the roots. This band wherever you want your tuck you would want to be will avoid hair breakage and pre- to be. A popular position is the nape caught in. The major vent knotting. The easiest way to do of the neck. Tuck your hair into the Mproblem with such tresses is that it this is with a wide tooth comb. headband. Begin from the front and is really difficult to manage and style 4Control the mess: Use a con- work in sections. Take a strand of but one can get it right by following ditioner after washing your hair, as it hair into your hand and roll it inward some easy methods. strengthens the hair shaft, prevents and underneath the headband. Experts listed down tips to do your split ends and detangles your hair 4A low ponytail: Pull hair back messy hair in 5 minutes. without breaking them. After you into a low, loose ponytail and tie with have combed and dried your hair, elastic. Just above the elastic, divide What causes messy hair always remember to use a serum, hair in two. Tuck hair through the 4Excess use of heating tools: which should be according to your hole for a twist. IANS These styling tools cause a lot of hair texture. Use serums that gives a damage especially in the weather. smooth and shinny effect. elastic. Loop the hair up and push set it with a medium-hold hairspray. Your hair is already in a mess why 4Messy hairstyles: The easiest the pony through the opening. 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hurry to do something about it. The experiment, detailed in a paper published in the journal Learning & Behavior, involved 34 pet dogs WHAT IF your hubby won’t come to wipe your tears of various breeds and sizes and their owners. as you go through tough times. Believe in your pet dog Subjects included classic companion dogs like as the canine will come rushing to you if it hears you golden retrievers and Labradors, small dogs like shih crying behind the doors. tzus and pugs and several mixed breeds. One at a time, According to an interesting study, dogs with strong owners were positioned behind a clear door held shut bonds to their owners hurried to push through a door with magnets. The dogs could see and hear them. While ASI launches its Kolkata when they heard their owners crying. sitting behind the door, the people were asked to either “We found dogs not only sense what their own- hum ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ or cry. ers are feeling, if a dog knows a way to help them, Dogs who did open the door when they heard their chapter at NSHM they’ll go through barriers to provide help to them,” owner crying opened it three times faster than dogs said lead author Emily Sanford from Johns Hopkins whose owners were humming. During the task, the open the door, it seemed they cared too much. University who did the research as an undergraduate researchers measured the dogs’ stress levels. Those dogs showed the most stress and were too OUR CORRESPONDENT activities of ASI - like consult- to the building of an Analytics at Macalester College. Sanford said dogs who were able to push through troubled by the crying to do anything, Sanford said. ing and training of human Knowledge and Education eco- Prior studies have found dogs to be highly respon- the door to “rescue” their owners showed less stress, “Dogs have been by the side of humans for tens of ANALYTICS SOCIETY resources of Academia and system in Eastern India in the sive to human crying but Sanford’s team is the first meaning they were upset by the crying, but not too thousands of years and they’ve learned to read our of India (ASI) is driven by industry on analytics. “With wider interest of job creation, to show that dogs who detect emotional distress will upset to take action. As for the dogs who didn’t push social cues,” the researchers noted. IANS esteemed professors of IIM- ASI as knowledge partner and employment and national Bangalore and IISc Bangalore with national and international development. and is anchored by Data Cen- experts on board, NSHM’s Professor Krishnendu ter and Analytics lab (DACL) Master Degree Course in Data Sarkar of NSHM said that ASI at IIM-Bangalore. ASI is today Science & Analytics shall attain and NSHM shall jointly orga- Spreading awareness about menstrual hygiene at the forefront with training, greater heights and in near nize a conference in Kolkata teaching, research and devel- future shall be the best in the next year involving the latest opment of professionals and country,” said Cecil Antony, knowledge, skills and applica- OUR CORRESPONDENT ity of India’s Women Welfare Associa- students in the area of Data Chief Mentor, NSHM. tions of Data Science. There will tion ‘Kalyanmayee’ ( Eastern Region Science and Analytics involv- According to Professor be pre-conference workshops A ‘MENSTRUAL hygiene awareness Unit). ing Machine Learning, Deep Dinesh Kumar, who on that in multiple locations of Eastern camp’ was organised at Shibpur, How- Under the project, association has Learning, Artificial Intelli- day conducted a masterclass on India on various related tools, rah on July 22 under the leadership of taken the initiative to spread awareness gence etc. ‘Machine Learning and Artifi- techniques and technologies of Santosh Sharma, President of Kalyan- about personal hygiene among young Professor Dinesh Kumar, cial Intelligence’ at NSHM Kol- analytics that will include stu- mayee-Eastern Region Unit. women of underprivileged section of IIM-Bangalore and Head, kata, data science and analytics dents, educators, researchers During the interactive session, the society. DACL as well as the ASI found- will be the key to conserva- and corporate as participants. Sharma spoke about the myths related Sanitary pads were also distrib- ing member launched ASI Kol- tion of resources and improved Besides this, ASI Kolkata Chap- to menstrual cycle, unfortunate effects uted to as many as 104 women and kata Chapter at NSHM Kolkata quality of human life - with bet- ter shall conduct programs for on health, and wrong management prac- girls who participated in the awareness on July 20, thereby paving the ter and affordable health care, Management Development, tices prevalent in communities. programme. way for Kolkata to be on the secured environments, smart Faculty Development, Start- She also explained how to adopt Apart from spreading awareness, high-quality analytics educa- habitats, digital governance, up development and also for good hygienic ways of managing the Kalyanmayee will also install sanitary tion map in the country. and sustainable development. higher placements of engineer- menstruation. napkin vending machines along with NSHM Kolkata shall spear- ASI Kolkata Chapter shall ing, science and management The camp was an outcome of the incinerators in three schools to provide head the various academic therefore uniquely contribute students. Santosh Sharma, President- Kalyanmayee (Eastern Region) addressing the audience on menstrual hygiene project taken up by the Airport Author- sanitary napkins at an affordable price. KVIC comes to rescue the tiger-troubled ‘Sunderban’

OUR CORRESPONDENT the migrant women of terrorism- infested villages there were rehabili- ali Island of Sunderban – tated in the Napkin Stitching Centre. the land where tigers have As a result of which, the hand- mauled the men widowing kerchiefs made by those women women. are being used as gifts to the noted BLife of 30-year-old Sumitra national and international dignitar- Midha was torn to rags by the claws ies by many government and non- as she bore the intolerable pain of government organisations. losing her husband in tiger attack. Continuing with the practice of The Bag-Bidhoba (tiger-widow making a good change, the KVIC in local parlance) was fighting the derived a novel way to cut out ille- aftermath of the fateful incident, gal poaching and maintain flora while she was coping with the con- and fauna in and around Kaziranga sequent discrimination, deprivation, National Park in Assam. Started and social rejection, and the impact with a new training-cum-produc- on her mental health, something just tion centre set up in association with changed in the area for good. Assam forest department, giving 25 Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, Vinai Kumar Saxena, Chairman, KVIC visited Bali Island of Sunderban to launch a training centre – ‘Tiger Victim Khadi Katai Kendra’ Bali for all the victims who suffer the loss of their husbands charkhas, five looms to the village – KVIC visited the Island to under- artisans of Silimkhowa village under stand the pain and agony of the ests,” Saxena said on the visit. and many others like her, to eke out last week of August, training the up apiculture and Khadi activi- It is not something new for Karbi-Anglong district. tiger-widows on July 21. After studying the impact on the their livelihood. selected women in spinning and ties right in their native villages. KVIC to successfully provide dig- Following that initiative, on May “We want to bring down human survivors in terms of health, both Besides giving 50 Charkhas, bee-keeping. The programme will also stop villag- nified ways of eking out the live- 20 which is celebrated as World deaths due to tiger attack to zero. physical and psychosocial, disrup- KVIC selected 75 women among It is likely that the Kendra inau- ers from collecting honey and fish- lihoods to the victims/ sufferers Honey Bee Day, under a programme Keeping this in mind, we will help tion of livelihoods and food insecu- all victim widows for training in the gurates during the first week of Sep- ing in deep waters of the Sundarban across the nation. of KVIC, it distributed as many as villagers in taking up apiculture and rity – the commission led by Khadi first phase. tember this year. forest for eking out bread for their Initially, the women of Nagrota 1,000 bee-boxes among 100 Mish- weaving in all possible forms right planned to provide a new lease of life Named as ‘Tiger Victim Khadi Consequently, it would be a families – risking their lives – prey village in Jammu and Kashmir wit- ing Asamese tribal people in Kazi- in the villages so that they do not in form of Gandhian Charkhas and Katai Kendra’ Bali – the programme significant stride by the KVIC to to tigers, crocodiles and poisonous nessed the training from the cen- ranga – for rebuilding their lives and need to venture deep into the for- bee-boxes for Bag-Bidhoba Sumitra will start from July 30 until the encourage the villagers to take snakes. tre developed by KVIC, where secure their future.

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PICS/AMIT DATTA Barsha Shera Chalacchitra Samman awardees

»»Best Child Actor: Noor Islam, Samiul Alam »»Best DOP: Shirsha Ray »»Best Producer: Shree Venkatesh Films »»Best Scriptwriter: Kaushik Gan- guly »»Best Actor: Abir Chatterjee »»Best Actress: Mimi Chakraborty »»Best Director: Manash Mukul Pal »»Best Music Director: Anupam Roy, Jeet Ganguly

OUR CORRESPONDENT anayak Samman, the Chief Minister best scriptwriter award for his film and my mother were standing near many others in terms of talent, if movies of Uttam Kumar. riakhana, which were directed by also gave the Barsha Shera Chalac- Bisarjan while Abir Chatterjee our house when some youths came not in terms of financial condition. Aparna Sen, who received the the legendary Satyajit Ray. Uttam KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata chitra Samman awards in different received the best actor award for and told us that Uttam Kumar was In the mesmerising event, leg- Mahanayak Samman, said: “I was Kumar and Suchitra Sen, the best Banerjee handed over the Mah- categories. Noor Islam and Samiul his performance in the same movie. no more. It was a day of mourn- endary singers sung songs from too small when I worked with Uttam romantic pair of Bengali cinema, anayak Samman to Aparna Sen Alam received the Barsha Shera Mimi Chakraborty received the best ing. We cannot think about cinema Uttam Kumar’s movies. Singers Kumar. But I have one regret that were featured in films including and Paran Bandyopadhyay in a Chalacchitra Samman (Child art- actress award for her role in the film without Uttam Kumar.” including Haimanti Shukla, Antara I have failed to direct a film with Agnipariksha, Saptapadi and Har programme at Nazrul Mancha on ist) for their performances in the Dhananjay. While speaking about Tolly- Chowdhury and Jojo performed on him as the lead actor.” Veteran actor Mana Har. Besides Suchitra Sen, Tuesday, organised by the state gov- movie Sahaj Paather Gappo. While addressing the gathering, wood, the Chief Minister spoke Tuesday. Indranil Sen, minister of Paran Bandyopadhyay, who also he had also acted opposite Supriya ernment to commemorate the 38th The best producer award went the Chief Minister recollected her about the infrastructural devel- state for the Information and Cul- received the award, said: “Uttam Devi, Sabitri Chatterjee, Anjana death anniversary of matinee idol to Shree Venkatesh Films and the memories about Uttam Kumar. She opment that her government has tural Affairs department and Vivek Kumar is still alive among all of us.” Bhowmick, Tanuja and Aparna Sen. Uttam Kumar. award was received by Shrikant said: “Uttam Kumar is a legend. I ensured for the industry. She further Kumar, Principal Secretary of the The matinee idol had acted in He was equally brilliant in character Besides handing over the Mah- Mohta. Kaushik Ganguly got the remember the day when he died. I said that the state is much ahead of department, also sang songs from 187 films, including Nayak and Chi- role and seriocomic. ‘Number of Madhyamik Motor Vehicles Act revision: Drivers may soon heave sigh of relief Pradip Kumar Mitra becomes new DME OUR CORRESPONDENT them to pay graft money, which goes up examinees from Bengali to one thousand rupees when they fail KOLKATA: Prof Dr Pradip KOLKATA: The Centre has written to produce documents. For quite some Kumar Mitra who was posted to the state government regarding the time, MPs have raised the issue in the as OSD, multi super speciality medium schools dismal’ changes that have been proposed in the Lok Sabha. Once the Act is passed in the hospitals, will become the new Central Motor Vehicles Act, to save the Parliament, the harassment of the driv- Director of Medical Education REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE drivers from harassment. ers will stop. Both drivers of private cars (DME), replacing Prof Dr Deb- If the Act is passed in the Lok Sabha, and drivers of commercial vehicles have asish Bhattacharya. drivers will be allowed to have details of welcomed the Centre’s move. This comes a day after Prin- their driving licence, insurance papers, When contacted, Rajiv Sahani, a cipal Secretary of the Health pollution certificate and smart card in driver who drives interstate commer- department was replaced, fol- their phones, which they can show to cial vehicles, said if the driving licence lowing the medical students’ the police if asked for. is seized, it becomes difficult to drive on agitation at Calcutta Medical Thousands of drivers throughout the highways and the so drivers become College and Hospital. the country have lodged complaints ready to pay any amount to ensure that Mitra was once the Direc- about police harassment over the pro- the police personnel do not seize the tor of SSKM Hospital before duction of documents in case of any driving licence. he was posted as the OSD of traffic violation. Dr Subrata Ghosh, who drives in the multi super speciality hospitals. WHAT STATISTICS SAY In case of any offence, police per- city regularly, said the police personnel The state Health department sonnel ask drivers to show their driv- guard later at a stipulated date, on the licence has been seized. often stop random vehicles and ask the has issued a notice on Tues- »»There are around 44 schools in the city itself, from which ing licence along with smart card, production of a receipt. The drivers also face harassment owners to show the documents. If all the day, announcing the charge five or less than five students have appeared insurance papers and pollution cer- The trouble begins if the driver is over the failure to produce insurance documents are not in possession of the of guard. Bhattacharya will »»There are 152 schools in which the number of students tificate. Often, the traffic personnel on caught for a second offence before the papers and smart cards. The drivers of owner, the driving licence is seized and now act as OSD in the Health who appeared have been found to be 20 or less duty seize the driving licence, which stipulated date. Also, it is never dis- commercial vehicles have complained “it becomes a real problem to get it from department in the rank of the driver has to obtain from the traffic closed on what ground the driving that police personnel on duty often ask the office of the traffic guard.” DME. MPOST »»The total number of state and state-aided schools in the city presently stands at 458 THE COMPANY HAD MISDECLARED GOODS AS SPARE PARTS Centre’s attitude towards SOUMITRA NANDI Madhyamik. “We are not getting enough KOLKATA: A study by the students even though we have DRI unearths Rs 150 cr duty evasion fund allocation delaying West Bengal Board of Second- made efforts to bring in stu- ary Education (WBBSE) has dents,” said Amit Chandra, revealed that only a few stu- principal of Brahmo Boys. work: Mahapatra dents have appeared from Ben- The number of students gali medium government and who had appeared from Ori- in import of totos by city-based firm OUR CORRESPONDENT government-aided schools in ental Seminary stands at 14. A Kolkata for Madhyamik exami- solitary student had sat for the KOLKATA: State Irrigation nation this year. Madhyamik examination from KOLKATA: The Directorate of Revenue cycle, paid customs duty only at the rate minister Soumen Mahapatra As per reports by WBBSE, as many as four schools, includ- Intelligence (DRI) has detected a huge The importer paid 10 of 10 per cent, resulting in evasion of huge lashed out at the Centre’s dilly- there are around 44 schools in ing Kumar Ashutosh Institu- duty evasion by a company here in the percent customs duty amount of customs duty,” it said. dallying approach in disburse- the city itself, from which five tion in Paikpara, Bangabasi import of e-rickshaws worth around Rs DRI officials searched the premises ment of its share of funds for or less than five students have Collegiate School, Ahiritola 150 crore and arrested two promoters of leviable on such parts, known to be the ‘factory’ of the firm at various flood management proj- sat for the Madhyamik exami- School and Sri Vidyamandir the firm, according to an official statement whereas, they had Sankrail Industrial Park at Mouza Bhaga- ects in Bengal. nation this year. There are 152 Girl’s school. issued on Tuesday. batipur in Howrah. Responding to queries from permission from the Railways schools in which the number Taltala High School had The Kolkata-based firm has imported actually been importing “During a search of the factory prem- some MLAs in the state Assem- for a part of the work. But the of students who appeared have witnessed two students, while ‘Electric-Three-Wheeled Vehicles (e- electric tricycles in CKD ises, it was found that in the entire facility, bly on Tuesday regarding the nod is taking a lot of time,” he been found to be 20 or less. Hindu Academy also had rickshaws)’ commonly known as ‘toto’ they had only a few machines and tools. steps taken by the state for flood said. The total number of state the same number who had in completely knocked down (CKD) condition, which attracts One machine was tightening bolts and management across the state, The minister also pointed and state-aided schools in the appeared for the secondary condition, by “grossly misdeclaring” 30 percent duty drilling, one for laser printing and another the minister said, “the Keleghai- out the Centre’s lackadaisical city presently stands at 458. examination. goods as ‘spare parts of electric tricycle’, machine for embossing plate,” the state- Kapaleswari-Baghai project for attitude towards allocation of “This statistics is a clear A board official alleged that it said. ment said, adding, it was found that the flood control in West and East funds for repair and reconstruc- pointer that the students are recruitment of teachers under The importer paid 10 percent customs payment of duty comes to the extent of premises was basically meant for ware- Midnapore is progressing well. tion of the dams in Sunderbans shifting to English medium political grounds during the duty leviable on such parts, whereas, they Rs 19 crore,” the statement said. housing imported goods. As per the sanctioned plan, the that were damaged by Aila in schools. We have already Left Front rule is contributing had actually been importing electric tri- The importer actually imported com- The two directors of the company, share of funds for the entire proj- 2009. “The plan that was sanc- started English medium in to this trend. A number of pri- cycles in CKD condition, with pre-assem- plete e-rickshaws (toto) in completely who were the main persons behind the ect of Rs 650.58 crore stands at a tioned involved Rs 5,000 crore, some schools in the city to mary schools run by the Kolk- bled transmission mechanism, which knocked down (CKD) condition, which whole scam of evasion of customs duty, 50:50 ratio to be shared by the out of which the Centre has address this issue,” a senior offi- ata Municipal Corporation are attract the much higher rate of 30 percent were split over a number of consignments, have accepted their involvement in the Centre and state. The state has given only Rs 550 crore till date. cial of WBBSE said. also facing similar problems. customs duty, the statement said. it said. fraud and they have been arrested, the already spent Rs 340.69 crore for The state has spent Rs 270 crore There was a time when “We have found out that Their omission and commission have As the individual consignment did not DRI said. various works under the project, and will be spending another Rs schools like Brahma Boys in some schools the number resulted in short-payment of customs contain all parts of an e-rickshaw, they “Detection by DRI of this modus ope- while the Centre has allocated Rs 150 crore in this financial year,” School and Oriental Seminary of students is relatively high, duty to the extent of Rs 19 crore on the claimed benefit of exemption by declaring randi of import of misdeclared e-rick- 162.62 crore till date. This apathy he said. were among the top schools while in others it is distress- import of e-rickshaws in the last four such goods as parts and spares of electri- shaws will not only boost the ‘Make in in fund allocation on the part The state has plans to recon- in terms of student enroll- ingly low. We will be forward- years valued at approximately Rs 150 cal tricycle, the DRI said. India’ campaign of the government by of the Centre is delaying work.” struct a 106 km river barrage ment. Rabindranath Tagore ing the report to the state crore, it said. “When collectively considered, discouraging such fraudulent imports by According to the minister, in the Aila affected Sunderbans received his primary educa- Education department, so that “Therefore, taking into consideration it is seen that sets of e-rickshaws were unscrupulous traders but will also provide when the project was sanctioned by March 2020. The Irrigation tion in Brahmo Boys. However, necessary steps can be taken the present as well as the past imports imported in CKD condition, but the a level playing field to the domestic manu- the sharing pattern was agreed department has already made this year only six students from to address the issue,” a senior made by the said importer, by resorting importer by deliberately misclassifying facturer vis-a-vis imported e-rickshaws,” at 75:25 by Centre and state. a 72.50 km barrage for flood this school had appeared for WBBSE official said. to such gross misdeclaration, the short- the same as parts/spares of electrical tri- it said. AGENCIES However, some years ago, the management. Centre for some unknown rea- “Even when it comes to con- sons decreased their share to 50 struction of check dam over river percent. Karru at Bagmundi in Purulia Govt agencies working on war No respite from rain till Friday Mahapatra further main- district to prevent flood, the Cen- tained that in case of the Kandi tre’s apathy in release of funds is OUR CORRESPONDENT ganas, Nadia and Murshidabad will master plan for flood man- delaying work,” Mahapatra said. footing to rid city roads of potholes receive heavy to very heavy rainfall agement in Murshidabad that It may be mentioned that KOLKATA: There will be no relief in the next two days, while the other involves Rs 438.94 crore, work for Purulia, a part of Junglema- OUR CORRESPONDENT to take necessary steps to repair the heavy rainfall is washing away the from rain for the city dwellers in the South Bengal districts will also receive has started and tender has been hal, the Centre-state share is potholes on Diamond Harbour Road. patchwork in various stretches. next 48 hours as the Regional Meteo- moderate rainfall. According to the floated for work involving Rs supposed to be in the ratio of KOLKATA: Various agencies of the Repair work has been started on DH In some stretches of Jessore Road, rological Centre at Alipore has pre- weather office some North Bengal dis- 362.86 crore. 90:10. “The Centre is releasing state government have started doing Road on a war footing. big craters have been created with dicted light to moderate rainfall in tricts may also receive heavy rainfall “The state has already allo- funds for the neighbouring state patchwork along the stretches of all People commuting along the EM the advent of monsoon in the state. various parts of Kolkata. in the next two days. cated Rs 282 crore for the proj- Chhattisgarh which is ruled by the important roads in the city, where Bypass have been in precarious con- Patchwork has begun to tackle the People in the city and adjoining It may be stated that an alert has ect, while the Centre, in three BJP, but when it comes to Bengal potholes have been created due to dition, particularly where the Metro situation. According to the experts, areas have been witnessing rainfall been issued to the fishermen in the phases since 2014, has given a the fund allocation is dwindling,” heavy showers for the past few days. Railway constructions have been many heavy duty trucks plying for the past few days. Heavy rainfall coastal districts not to voyage into the meagre Rs 80.93 crore. We need the minister said. Incessant rain in the city and going on. Areas where Metro con- through Jessore Road everyday has in some parts had led to waterlogging sea as it may remain turbulent in the its adjoining areas have bared the struction is in progress have become been causing uneven pressure on on Monday, giving a difficult time to next two days. skeletons of major roads, causing a nightmare for the commuters. It the road. The situation is common the civic body. The weather office said that the difficulties to the commuters, the may be mentioned here that the tem- for other roads as well. According to a weather official, the intensity of rainfall may be reduced bikers especially. Agencies like PWD, porary patchworks do not last more The incessant rain has further condition will not improve before Fri- from Friday as the low pressure area KMDA, KMC and others are taking than a few months. The state agencies complicated the situation as water day, as the low pressure area created over Bay of Bengal has started moving all possible measures to repair the are unable to re-lay the road due to percolates down to the bottom of the over Bay of Bengal will be causing the towards West and North-West parts damaged portions of roads. the on-going construction of Metro road and damages it. Patchworks do extra rain. It may be mentioned that a of the state. Diamond Harbour Road has also Railways. not always necessarily provide the low pressure area formed over North North Eastern states are expected developed countless pockmarks as Around a 17 km stretch between permanent solution, felt the experts. Odisha and adjoining Bengal two days to see moderate rain in the next few the rain has damaged the bitumi- Garia and Ultadanga, many potholes State Urban Development min- ago has been bringing moderate to days. Jharkhand and some parts of nous surface. The worst stretch of have been created due to heavy rain ister Firhad Hakim said that in most heavy rainfall in various parts of Ben- Bihar and Sikkim may also see light DH Road is near Behala Chowrasta, this season so far. People are witness- of the parts of the city and its adjoin- gal. The situation was further compli- to moderate rain. There is also a where craters are wide and deep. It ing a bumpy ride due to the bad con- ing areas the soil is soft, as a result of cated due to the formation of another prediction of isolated rainfall in the may be mentioned here that Chief dition of EM Bypass. It has become which it gets washed away during low pressure trough. states like Odisha, parts of Chhattis- Minister Mamata Banerjee has difficult for the agencies like PWD, heavy rain. Due to such incidents, Four South Bengal districts like garh and North Telangana, weather instructed Mayor Sovan Chatterjee KMDA to repair the potholes as the roads often cave in. North 24-Parganas, South 24-Par- experts said. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 Bill for Municipal Service New 2 B’deshi JMB activists held from Commission to recruit amendment to hasten employees to be placed recruitment of OUR CORRESPONDENT Noida, terror strike averted in NCR Earlier, the process prosecutors KOLKATA: The state is mov- of recruitment ing towards recruiting employ- OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT ees in all the municipalities, was conducted by municipal corporations, and various agencies KOLKATA: Two Jamat-ul- development authorities in the KOLKATA: In order to make Mujahideen (Bangladesh) state under a single umbrella. the appointment and empan- activists were arrested from The West Bengal Munic- authorities among others was elment of Public Prosecutors Greater Noida on Tuesday dur- ipal Service Commission conducted by various agencies. (PP) and Additional Pub- ing a joint raid conducted by (WBMSC) will carry out the “We are hopeful that this lic Prosecutors in the High the Special Task Force (STF) of recruitment process. A Bill in process will usher in transpar- Court and every district court Kolkata Police and Anti-Terror this regard is expected to be ency in the recruitment process through a single window, the Squad (ATS) Uttar Pradesh. tabled in the state Assembly on and at the same time, allega- Code of Criminal Procedure Police have informed that Wednesday. tions of political interference (West Bengal Amendment) Bill both the arrested persons are A source in the state Munic- in the recruitment process can 2018 was passed in the state Bangladeshi nationals and ipal Affairs department said be done away with,” a senior Assembly on Tuesday. went to National Capital region after implementation of this official of the Municipal Affairs (NCR) with a plan to carry out Bill, the recruitment in all the department said. Ghatak further a major terror attack. 8 municipal corporations, 115 Sources in the department maintained that Acting on a tip off, police municipalities and 18 devel- said the Commission will have conducted a raid at their hide- opment authorities across the four to five members headed the Bill needs to out and arrested the duo. state will be carried out by by a chairman. The Chairman have the nod of During the interrogation, WBMSC. will preferably be a retired IAS police have come to know The recruitment for the officer. the President of that Musharraf Hussain (19), three notified areas and valu- It may be mentioned that India before being alias Musa, alias Tezerul Islam, ation boards that come under the department has found that alias Raijul Karim and Rubail conducted a joint raid with the finally to reach Greater Noida. the aegis of the Municipal there has been a huge number effective Ahmed, alias Manirul Islam Besides carrying out terror activities, ATS of Uttar Pradesh. It may be recalled that the Affairs department will also of unnecessary recruitments in came to Greater Noida a few they were trained in radicalising youths Police have also come to existence of JMB activists in be done by the Commission. various municipal bodies that “This will enable the state days ago. for joining JMB know that besides carrying Bengal first came to light fol- Currently, the recruitment the department feels is beyond to fight litigations in the courts Both of them are the res- out terror activities, they were lowing an explosion at Kha- of the employees of Kolkata requirement. Political interfer- in a more effective manner idents of the same village in trained in radicalising youths gragarh blast in 2014. Municipal Corporation is done ence has also played a role in and at the same time, hasten Bangladesh and have illegally carrying out the major terror northern part of the country for joining JMB. Police in Ban- Subsequently, police had through the Commission and this. “There have been litiga- the process of recruitment of crossed the border to enter attack. Sources said Kolkata and started maintaining vigil. gladesh were also on the look- arrested several JMB activ- sometimes also for the munic- tions in various courts alleg- PP and additional PP in the India. They reached Greater Police’s STF received a tip off A few days ago, police came out for them, which is another ists and the STF of Kolkata ipal corporations. Earlier, the ing lack of transparency in the High Court and all the district Noida to get a safe hideout for about the duo’s entry into the to know that they are hiding crucial reason for them to enter Police maintain constant vigil process of recruitment of the recruitment process. The state courts. The pattern of crime is some days and took shelter country and started a probe in in a place in Greater Noida. A India. They are trying to find to ensure that they cannot 115 municipalities, 18 devel- wants to have control over the witnessing a sea change in the there as they had tocarry out this connection. It was learnt team comprising officers of the out the people, who had helped manage to create any further opment authorities, three noti- recruitment process,” the offi- recent times with the rise of some preliminary tasks before that the duo moved towards the STF went to Greater Noida and them to cross the border and trouble. fied areas and three industrial cial added. cyber crime and minor abuse that comes under the Protec- tion of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Hence, we need Presidency grapples Two arrested in double Fake currency racket to have efficient prosecutors representing the state,” state Law minister Moloy Ghatak busted, 2 arrested said while tabling the Bill. with vacant seats murder case in Siliguri Ghatak further maintained OUR CORRESPONDENT that the Bill needs to have the OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Police have seized nod of the President of India A number of seats The accused were frustrated regarding KOLKATA: Kolkata police’s fake currency notes before being effective. KOLKATA: A number of seats in the affiliated SILIGURI: The mystery of Special Task Force (STF) has “As many as 10 states in in Presidency University (PU) double murder case in Siliguri the fact that they were not given a arrested two persons for their worth nearly Rs the country, including Maha- are still lying vacant after the colleges under finally ends. The accused was chance to work like the other workers alleged involvement in smug- 4 lakh from their rashtra and Uttar Pradesh, first round of counselling for Calcutta University produced in the Additional gling fake currency. have already made simi- admissions of students in the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of the team, which gradually decreased Police have seized fake cur- possession lar changes in the Code of undergraduate courses ended. have also been in Siliguri on July 24. their income than others rency notes worth nearly Rs Criminal Procedure,” the The university still has 126 found to be vacant Bhoomika Sewa and Sanjay 4 lakh from their possession. Both of them are the resi- minister added. vacant seats (almost 50 per- Tamang have been arrested for because she was present in room. It was learnt that the accused dents of Malda. Police are also A senior official of the cent) in the Hindi department. murdering 40-year-old Ajay, the building during the crime. The accused were frus- were trying to smuggle the fake investigating if the accused are department said under the “We will have a second state Education minister Par- along with his 37-year-old-wife Bhoomika is suspected to trated regarding the fact that currency notes to Bihar. part of any international smug- present system, the district round of counselling begin- tha Chatterjee had expressed Meena on July 21. have unlatched the door of they were not given a chance They brought the fake gling racket. magistrate in consultation with ning from August 22 in order his displeasure over so many “The murder was com- the main entrance and assisted to work like the other workers notes from Malda. According The investigators arethe Session Judge prepares a to fill up the vacant seats. The vacant seats. The state Higher mitted due to some personal him to enter. of the team, which gradually to police, the accused came to not ruling out the existence panel of lawyer for PP and reserved seats will be converted Education department had grudges arising out of mone- Tamang earned a living decreased their income than the city to hand over the fake of an international racket additional PP. But often due to to unreserved category for car- urged the varsity to take nec- tary transactions,” stated Tarun by driving dumpers and was others. notes to a person from Bihar. behind this. They are trying transfer of these officials after rying out the process,” a senior essary steps to ensure filling up Halder, DCP (zone 2), SMP. a bouncer at a bar on Sevoke According to the post- Police came to know that to ascertain the route through short tenures, the process gets official of Presidency Univer- of the seats. Police recovered a hefty Road. mortem reports, the mur- the accused would assemble which the fake currencies delayed. sity said. A number of seats in the amount of cash from Tamang, The bodies were found in der took place at around 12 near Strand Road on Monday would have been smuggled “In the Law department, Sources in the univer- affiliated colleges under Cal- who is involved in an alleged two different rooms. Personal am. There were bore marks evening. out of the state. we have the Legal Remem- sity have pointed out that as cutta University have also been affair with Bhoomika, who grudges were against Ajay, on Ajay’s face, while his wife’s Police men in plain clothes On June 26, the city brancer (LR), who is above many as 40 percent of the seats found to be vacant. Out of 1.3 was residing on the third the owner of the man power face was totally disfigured with were on the streets to nab the police arrested a person from the rank of district judge. in Physics and 15 percent in lakh seats in various CU affili- floor of the building since agency, but his wife was also a blunt weapon. culprits. When the duo reached Chandni Chawk area and This officer in consultation Chemistry are lying vacant. ated colleges, around 40,000 three days before the incident brutally killed. Though the murder the area, they were caught seized fake currency notes with the state will prepare the The total number of seats is seats are vacant. The CU had took place. Police found Meena dead in weapon has not been recovered red-handed. worth nearly Rs 5 lakh. Police panel as per the amendment in 705. extended the deadline for the Police had interrogated her room because the accused yet, police suspect that there Police are interrogating are investigating if there is any the section 24 CrPC under the Presidency had as many as admissions till August 20 to fill Bhoomika on the very first had an eye on the heavy are more heads involved in the to know the names of other connection between the two Code of Criminal Procedure,” 128 vacant seats last year and up these seats. day of their investigation amount of money kept in her murder plan. accused involved in the racket. incidents. the official said. RPF arrests Class 2 student slapped E-BOOKLET LAUNCH four with sharp multiple times by teacher OUR CORRESPONDENT student was ready with his bag weapons The family to go out of the class. But this KOLKATA: A class II student did not go down well with the was beaten up allegedly by a members of the teacher. She started beating up OUR CORRESPONDENT school teacher after the vic- victim lodged a the boy. It was also learnt that tim picked up his school bag another boy of the class was KOLKATA: Railway Pro- from the bench before the class complaint with the also beaten up by the teacher. tection Force (RPF) of East- ended. Bidhannagar North The family members of the ern Railway arrested a gang The incident occurred in police station victim told the police that the of four criminals along with a school in Salt Lake on Mon- pool car driver called the vic- sharp weapons near the track day. The family members of the tim’s mother saying that he of Barddhaman Down Yard on victim later lodged a complaint alleged that the boy picked up received injuries on his face. July 21. They targetted passen- with the Bidhannagar North the bag before the class ended Later, the family members gers for dacoity/snatching. The police station on the basis of and this angered the teacher. took the boy to a local doctor miscreants were handed over to which a probe has been initi- She slapped him repeatedly. who, after examining the boy, the local police. ated. The victim’s father also The student received injuries said that he received injuries lodged a complaint with the on his face and below the ears. below both of his ears. The vic- The RPF rescued school principal through an The family members of tim has been in a traumatised Email. the boy, however, claimed that state and is not willing to go eight minor boys It was learnt that the vic- one of the attendants had told to school further. The school loitering around tim, Soumyajit Roy, a resident the students that those who go authorities have assured the Amit Ghose, Chairperson-Emeritus, Bengal Chamber, Health Committee with SP Bagla, Chairman, Saltee Group at the E-booklet launch of of Nager Bazar area is a student by a pool car must pack their family members that they will Royal Ageing Support Service PIC/MPOST railway platforms of a school in Salt Lake. It was schools. On hearing this, the look into the matter. accompanied by elders at various Medical student receives stations Kalimpong to get series of footbridges for easy commute AMITAVA BANERJEE and around the town. A survey is not much land available in financial support from state The RPF rescued eight is underway. After the survey, a the town we will have to con- minor boys loitering around DARJEELING: During her Detailed Project Report (DPR) sider building metal (steel) railway platforms accompanied visit to Kalimpong in May, will be prepared and sent to the bridges instead of RCC,” stated OUR CORRESPONDENT Minister Mamata banerjee had by elders at various stations Chief Minister Mamata Baner- Bengal Government. Kiran Rasaily, Architect, who mentioned about Soujanya including Howrah, Jasidih, jee had stressed four key areas “Around 6 locations have has undertaken the survey KOLKATA: The Mamata while addressing the Martyrs’ Bariyarpur, Barrackpore and for the development of the been earmarked from Kalim- work and will be preparing the Banerjee government has Day’s rally. Barakar during last one week. Hills. Taking a step forward, pong Municipality Build- DPR. Rasaily had constructed extended all support to a med- She said that she has come The guardians were connected the Kalimpong Municipality ing to Haat Bazar area. As the over-bridge in Gangtok, ical student to carry on with to know about him from an and the boys were handed over has decided to build a series of most people in the Hills com- Sikkim in 1987. his studies. article in a Bengali daily and after proper verification. footbridges to help pedestrians mute on foot in and around “Over-bridges for pedes- Soujanya Chakraborty on subsequently had a talk with Besides, the RPF Post of commute freely and ease traffic town, the footbridges (over trians have been a long stand- Tuesday went to Nabanna, him over telephone. Bhagalpur station recovered in Kalimpong town. bridges) will definitely be a ing demand of the residents of along with his father Niran- She assured all help to Sou- 40 of partly manufactured Pis- Mamata Banerjee address- boon for pedestrians, specially Kalimpong even before Kalim- jan Chakraborty. They went janya. It may be mentioned that tols in an unclaimed bag from a ing an administrative meet- school students and senior pong had become a district. As to the Chief Minister’s Office. the Mamata Banerjee govern- general coach of Malda-Jamal- ing in Kalimpong on May 20, citizens,” stated Ravi Prad- vehicular traffic has increased Soujanya received a cheque ment has taken several steps in pur Intercity Express at Bhagal- had asked the district admin- han, Chairman, Kalimpong manifold, students and the of Rs 50,000 from the state the past seven years to ensure pur station on July 22. istration, Gorkhaland Terri- Municipality. elderly are highly accident government to carry on that children in the state can The RPF also recovered 900 torial Administration(GTA); The areas earmarked are in prone, specially during rush with his studies without continue with their higher pouches of country liquor dur- the Hill Municipalities and the front of the Municipal Build- hours,” stated Anand Mishra, facing any trouble. studies. ing a special drive at Jasidih sta- development Boards to con- ing, Thana Danra, Damber a local resident. He also received assurances She introduced the project tion on July 22. One man and centrate on drinking water, next two years for the benefit of The Kalimpong Municipal- Chowk, Girl’s High School, CK Kalimpong was declared a of all the support required for ‘Kanyashree’ to extend sup- three women were arrested in sewage system, solid waste the locals and scores of tourists ity has taken up a project to Chowk and Haat Baazar. full fledged district on Febru- continuing his studies. port to girl students to con- this connection. management and roads for the visiting the Hills. build a series of footbridges in “Survey work is on. As there ary 14, 2017. It may be recalled that Chief tinue with their higher studies. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 mp Cong moves privilege motion against TDP, oppn lash out at Modi PM Modi, Def Minister on Rafale deal

NEW DELHI: The Congress has on Tuesday moved a priv- govt over spl status to AP ilege motion against Prime Minister Modi and Defence OUR CORRESPONDENT downturn in grants being pro- Minister Nirmala Sitharaman vided by the Centre to Tamil for ‘misleading the nation’ on NEW DELHI: The TDP and Nadu. Rafale deal during Friday’s other opposition parties on TMC leader Derek O’Brien no-confidence motion debate Tuesday asked the BJP-led gov- said the BJP was good at mak- in the Lok Sabha. Congress ernment to honour its assur- ing promises and marketing leader in Lok Sabha Mallikar- ances in letter and spirit by but failed to implement its jun Kharge brought the privi- granting special category sta- promises. lege motion and wrote a letter tus to Andhra Pradesh, as the He said even BJP’s long to the speaker mentioning the BJP accused it of misleading its term ally Shiv Sena has also reason behind it. own people. expressed reservations. It is for If the Lok Sabha Speaker notice against the prime min- a 2008 pact between India and Participating in a short the BJP to reflect, he said. admits the motion, it will go to ister says. The prime minister’s France that prevents the gov- duration discussion in the Rajya Taking a dig at Rao, O’Brien the House’s Committee of Priv- claim of transparency in the ernment from divulging price Sabha on non-implementation said his Aadhaar (base) was ileges that may issue a notice to 2008 confidentiality agreement details of the Rafale deal. of the provisions of the Andhra from New Delhi, but he was the member and hold a hear- with France is factually incor- The former defence minis- Pradesh Re-organisation Act, representing Uttar Pradesh ing. Action may include brief rect, untrue, and deliberately ter and senior Congress leader 2014, Leader of Opposition and in the House. But now, he suspension from the House. made with the intention to mis- A K Antony said the govern- senior Congress leader Ghulam was speaking for Andhra Rahul Gandhi during his lead the House, according to ment’s claim that a secrecy Nabi Azad said the Narendra TDP MPs stage a protest demanding special status for the state of Andhra Pradesh, during the monsoon Pradesh. speech referred to the Rafale the notice. clause in the pact was forcing Modi government should ful- session of Parliament in New Delhi on Monday PTI He said Bengal was also not deal to hit the Modi govern- The prime minister and his it to not reveal price details of fill the promises made by it being provided sufficient funds. ment and its defence Minister cabinet, as per the Constitu- the deal was “totally wrong”. as well as the erstwhile UPA agony to the people of the state. given under the so called spe- was quoting the SP leader Ram O’Brien also claimed that the Nirmala Sitharaman. tion, are collectively account- They have to reveal price details dispensation. “The frustration and help- cial package.” Gopal Yadav said the division TMC had tripled farmers’ He also said French Presi- able to Parliament and through of each aircraft, he said. He also warned that there lessness of the people of AP BJP’s Narsimha Rao said a of large states was not a good income in the state in seven dent has told him that there is it to the people of the country, He also said the govern- could be a privilege motion has serious implication for national investment and manu- idea as they cemented the years while the Centre was no secrecy clause. However, his it says. The minister had know- ment cannot hide the price against the NDA government the future of the country as it facturing zone had been sanc- country. struggling to fulfill its promise words were promptly rejected ingly and intentionally misled details of the Rafale jets as the if this was not done. rightly aspires to find its due tioned for the Prakasam area Andhra Pradesh was a of doubling the income of the by Sitharaman and PM Modi. Parliament by withholding the deal has to be scrutinised by However, BJP member place,” he said and listed out in Andhra Pradesh while of the large and successful state and peasants. Even France government gave information that the govern- the Comptroller and Audi- GVL Narasimha Rao, mak- nine reasons due to which for four new industrial corridors its bifurcation has led to these Prasanna Acharya (BJD) out a clarification. But Con- ment is obliged to reveal to tor General (CAG) as well as ing his maiden speech in the future of people of the state to approved, two passed through problems, he said. supported the demand for spe- gress it seems like is not willing Parliament, the notice against Parliament’s Public Accounts House, defended the govern- be in “dark”. Andhra Pradesh. It is not necessary that a cial status to Andhra but added to drop the issue. According to Sitharaman says. Committee (PAC). ment saying the Centre has He claimed that the govern- He said a new city had been smaller state will make greater that Odisha too was a fit case Rahul Gandhi, there was scam On Monday, Law Minis- “The French government fulfilled most of the promises ment has “blatantly” violated planned on the Chennai- Ben- progress, he said adding Chhat- for such a status. “We meet all in the Rafale deal and govern- ter Ravi Shankar Prasad said had no objection in reveal- made to Andhra Pradesh and the provisions of the Constitu- galuru corridor for which there tisgarh and Jharkhand even conditions,” he asserted. ment needs to come clean on it. that Congress president Rahul ing the price of the Rafale air- accused the TDP of “mislead- tion and neglected the Andhra had been delay on the part of witnessed Naxal problem after Ram Chandra Prasad Singh “The prime minister has Gandhi’s understanding of craft. This was conveyed by the ing its own people.” Pradesh Reorganisation Act. the state government in acquir- they were created. JD(U) also added that Bihar along with the defence minister national security issues is poor, French president to Rahul Gan- Initiating the debate, TDP He also alleged the NDA ing the required land. The proj- Yadav said Andhra Pradesh, too required special support. deliberately mislead the House, and that his party’s stand is not dhi,” he said. Another Congress leader YS Chowdhary said government has “carefully ect would create upto six lakh after the bifurcation, needed Bihar should also get the ben- it is, therefore, requested that in national interest. “Dragging leader, Randeep Singh Surjew- the “hasty and unscientifically orchestrated a misinforma- jobs, he added. support and the Centre should efits the same day that Andhra this notice of breach of privi- the French President into inter- ala, echoed him and said the prepared and politically moti- tion campaign against the state As some opposition mem- fulfill all the promises made. Pradesh gets it, he said. Kes- lege be accepted and referred nal politics is unfortunate,” said Prime Minister and the defence vated decision of the undivided with regard to special category bers expressed disbelief at his AIADMK leader A hava Rao (TRS) said the prom- to the privilege committee Prasad. The Congress on Mon- minister misled Parliament on Andhra Pradesh” had caused status and central assistance claim, the BJP leader said he Navneethkrishnan spoke of a ises made should be fulfilled. for further proceedings,” the day said there was no clause in the issue. MPOST ‘Alliance with Cong for polls NEET candidates’ Cong ready to accept anybody data leak: Rahul Expected my successor to depends on how it treats us’ writes to CBSE from Oppn as PM candidate fulfill promise: Manmohan OUR CORRESPONDENT decimated without any “anger OUR CORRESPONDENT polls together. chief, seeks probe and disrespect”. The BJP will Kumaraswamy’s swearing- NEW DELHI: Former prime mitment of special category NEW DELHI: The Congress not get enough seats to win the BENGALURU: Karnataka in as chief minister on May NEW DELHI: Congress presi- minister Manmohan Singh status to the successive state is ready to accept any candi- next general polls as parties like Chief Minister H DKumaras- 23 was attended by a galaxy of dent Rahul Gandhi has written on Tuesday told Rajya Sabha of Andhra Pradesh had been date from among the Opposi- the TDP, the Shiv Sena are not wamy on Tuesday said whether top leaders and regional satraps a letter to the CBSE over media that he expected his succes- discussed with Shri Arun Jait- tion as the next prime minister happy with the saffron party, JD(S) and Congress would in a rare public show of unity reports claiming a massive sor (PM Modi) to fulfill the ley, then leader of the Oppo- who does not have the backing the sources added. For Naren- contest the Lok Sabha polls perceived as a possibleharbin- breach of data of candidates UPA government’s commit- sition and other senior BJP of the RSS, party sources said dra Modi to be the prime min- together would depend on how ger of a broad-based anti-BJP who appeared for the National ment on special category sta- leaders,” he added. “Commit- on Monday. ister again, he has to get seats they were treated by the ally. alliance ahead of the LokSabha Eligibility cum Entrance Test tus to Andhra Pradesh. ments made on the floor of the To prevent the BJP from in the range of 280 and that is Kumaraswamy, also the polls. this year, and demanded an In his brief statement in House are to be honoured and coming back to power in 2019, not going to happen, they said. JD(S) state unit chief, how- Seat sharing between Con- inquiry into the matter. the upper house of Parliament, fulfilled. They are in the nature the Congress will look to cob- The sources said if grand ever, said the pre-poll alliance gress and JD(S) for the Lok In the letter to Central Singh said it was a promise of an assurance on behalf of ble up alliances with various alliances in Uttar Pradesh and with congress was still on the Sabha polls, especially in the Board of Secondary Educa- made to the southern Indian Parliament. I had expected parties in states, they said. Bihar work out fine, then it will agenda. old Mysuru region, is seen as tion (CBSE) chairperson Anita state by the previous govern- my distinguished successor to On whether Congress be difficult for Modi. “That is our agenda, it is atest for the coalition as both Karwal, he called for putting ment, after consulting BJP fulfil the commitment I had President Rahul Gandhi will They claimed that Modi is there. Let us see..Congress, how parties are considered arch in place additional safeguards leaders. made after consultation with step aside for a woman candi- desperate to win the 2019 polls they are going to treat JD(S),” rivals in the region, where to prevent such a breach in the “Mr Chairman sir, on his own colleagues,” he said date from a possible Opposi- as he fears that the RSS as also Kumaraswamy told reporters they had bitterly foughtagainst future. Drawing attention to the 20th February 2014, when while referring to PM Modi. tion alliance, the sources said agencies like the CBI will be in response to a question about each other during the assem- recent media reports regarding the Andhra Pradesh reor- ON ANDHRA The TDP today asked he “is comfortable seeing any after him if he is out of power. pre-poll alliancewith the Con- bly polls. the “massive breach” of candi- ganisation bill 2014 was SPECIAL STATUS the BJP-led government to prime minister other than While Uttar Pradesh has gress with which it is running The chief minister’s com- date data, Gandhi, in his letter, being discussed, I made a honour its assurances in let- an RSS-backed one”. Let’s see 80 Lok Sabha seats, Bihar has a coalition government in the ments gain significance at said, “It is alleged that this data solemn commitment on the The assurance on special cat- ter and spirit by granting spe- how the dice rolls, the sources 40 and the two together com- state. a time when reports suggest is available on certain websites floor of this august house egory status to the “successor cial category status to Andhra said. There is speculation in prise over 22 per cent of the Asked about the “maha- that there is growing opposi- for a price, and has leaked the as prime minister of India.” state” of Andhra Pradesh was Pradesh, as the BJP accused the Opposition camp that a total strength of Lok Sabha gathbandhan (grand alliance),” tion within the congress to the data of over 2,00,000 students”. The former PM was address- given after discussing the issue it of misleading its own peo- woman prime ministerial can- members of 543. Noting that hesaid “it will continue.” pre-poll alliancewith JD(S) for The reports claimed that ing the Rajya Sabha during a with Arun Jaitley, then leader ple. Meanwhile, a bandh didate may be projected in the the Congress is focussing on The Congress and JD(S), Lok Sabha polls. personal data, including debate on Andhra Pradesh. of the opposition, and other called by main Opposition next elections and names of increasing women’s represen- which formed a coalition gov- According to sources, sev- names, phone numbers and He said he had made a “sol- senior BJP leaders, Singh said. YSR Congress against the BSP leader Mayawati and TMC tation in the party, the sources ernment after the May 12 eral congress leaders have also email ids of over 2,00,000 emn commitment” (special “This had been decided in Centre’s stance over granting supremo Mamata Banerjee are said women leaders will be assembly polls threw up a hung warned against conceding con- candidates, who appeared for category status to Andhra view of the fact that revenues special category status (SCS) doing the rounds. appointed in general secre- verdict, had announced dur- stituencies considered strong- CBSE’s NEET this year, were Pradesh) on the floor of the collected in Hyderabad will to Andhra Pradesh, evoked According to the sources, tary level posts after they gain ing the power sharing pact that hold of the party to JD(S), available for a price on some House as prime minister of accrue entirely on the new mixed response across the the Congress leadership is of experience at different levels of they would fight the Lok Sabha during seat sharing. online portals. MPOST India on February 20, 2014. state of Telangana. This com- state today. the view that the BJP will be party functioning. ‘Backed BJP to prevent it from breaking Cong, NCP’ BJP sets target Congress manufacturing fake of winning 15 LS OUR CORRESPONDENT been proved yet,” the Sena pres- Rafale controversy: Jaitley ident said. seats in AP MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief “If there really has been cor- Uddhav Thackeray on Tues- ruption, prove it. It is improper OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT referendum on Prime Minister Minister Modi has led a scam day claimed that had his party to run away after slinging mud Narendra Modi’s performance. free Government. “Its strategy, not supported the BJP to form at others while holding a lotus NEW DELHI: The BJP has set NEW DELHI: Union Min- “The popularity gaptherefore, is one of distortion. If the government in Maharash- in your hand,” he quipped. a target of winning 15 of the ister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday between the PM and his com- you have no issue, manufacture tra in 2014, the latter would Responding to another 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra slammed Congress President petitors is very wide,” he said, one. Hence the Rafale’s fake have come to power by break- query, Thackeray said nowa- Pradesh, its state president Rahul Gandhi for “manufac- adding that the Congress is controversy,” said the senior ing the Opposition Congress days when somebody works, he Kanna Lakshminarayana said turing fake Rafale controversy”, either non-existent or a poor BJP leader in the blog titled and NCP. is termed “corrupt” and if one on Tuesday, asserting that peo- which he claimed has failed to third or fourth in states like ‘The Congress Party and the In remarks laced with sar- does not, he is termed “ineffi- ple will prefer Prime Minister cut ice as the fighter jet deal was Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West fake issue of Rafale’. casm, he said people did not Like it broke the Congress and 2G scam, which, he said, was cient”. Asked what did he gain Narendra Modi’s “honest” poli- a government-to-government Bengal, which account for 50 He said the Congress strat- make a mistake by voting for Trinamool Congress (TMC) discussed not only in the coun- from being in power for four tics to “corrupt” Telugu Desam agreement with no involve- per cent of the LS seats. The egy is two-fold -- one, it has the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha in Tripura, the BJP would have try but across the world. years in Maharashtra, Thac- Party and YSR Congress. ment of any private player. Congress is, therefore, faced manufactured the issue of the polls, but alleged that they were broken the Congress and NCP “During that time (when keray, whose party is an ally The saffron party had won Jaitley said in the absence with the prospect of effectively Rafale deal, and the other per- “duped”. He needled the BJP to come to power in Maharash- the scam broke out), the coun- of the ruling BJP in the state only two seats in 2014 and has of no real issue, the grand old contesting only about 225 seats tains to redefining secularism over its allegations of corrup- tra,” Thackeray said. try’s image stooped so low, as and at the Centre, said the been facing attacks from the party is redefining secularism where it will face a direct clash to win”minority vote”. tion against the UPA dispen- “Instead of letting that if there was no country as cor- Sena ministers in the govern- two regional parties after the as a euphemism for major- with the BJP, Jaitley said in a “The issue is failing to cut sation, on the back of which it happen, I let my people gain rupt as India. ment got an experience of the Centre rejected the demand of ity bashing and in the pro- Facebook post. much ice. It’s a Government to came to power, but could not experience of working in the “The result was that the gov- administrative work. “This was granting the state special cat- cess antagonising the majority “What does the party do Government agreement with prove any charges. government,” he said, in the ernment changed, but nothing in a way a rehearsal of running egory status, but Lakshmina- against itself. if its leader has inherent and no private group involved. It “Had we not participated second part of his interview to happened to the allegations of the government. What should rayana said his party will do The Congress party, he said, inbuilt limitations? It had been involves national security and it in the government, the BJP, Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. corruption. Even today, you be done, what should not be much better in the next gen- realises that there is a danger of stigmatised by corruption and is the armed forces which have like it goes on winning states The Shiv Sena leader sought (the BJP) talk about 60 years done. Also, how to implement eral election. the next election becoming a in contra-distinction Prime preferred this aircraft. through all possible means... to know what happened to the of corruption, but nothing has schemes,” he said. The BJP’s campaign in the state, where the Assembly polls will be held with the Lok Sabha BJP MLA blames victim’s community for crime election, will pick up following Yogi Adityanath dares Rahul to try and hug him August 16, a date it has tenta- JAIPUR: Days after a man was crime and entire Alwar is suf- Alwar from Haryana and tively fixed for laying founda- LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh When asked if he would After a no-holds-barred allegedly lynched by cow vigi- fering, and people should know return to their villages after tion stone of its office. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reciprocate the same, Yogi said, and scathing criticism of Modi lantes in Alwar, a BJP legisla- about this, he added. committing the crime, he BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday took a dig at Con- “Such political stunts are not on several issues including tor has accused people from claimed. has placed Andhra Pradesh gress President Rahul Gandhi acceptable to me at any cost. Rafale jet deal, Congress pres- the victim’s Meo community of ALWAR LYNCHING Singhal said he had earlier among the states where he has and dared him to try and hug Gandhi does not have wisdom ident Rahul Gandhi walked being involved in crime in the stopped people from Mewat been working to gain seats to him. and decision making powers across to the Prime Minis- district and said he had already A local Meo leader, Sher from entering his office, claim- offset any losses his party may “Rahul Gandhi will have to of his own. A sensible person ter and hugged him, a ges- banned them from his office. Mohammed, called the MLA’s ing that most of them came suffer in vast swathes of north think 10 times before hugging will never do such things ture which took the Lok Sabha The killing of Akbar Khan remarks an unfair generalisa- only to seek favours for their and west India, which it had me,” said Yogi Adityanath in an (hug).” members by surprise. has shocked the nation and it tion of the entire community relatives involved in crime. swept in 2014. Lakshminaray- interview to a news chennel. Last week, BJP also said that “This is what it means to should be probed fairly, Alwar from Mewat region, spread Sher Mohammed took ana, a veteran MLA with a long Yogi was referring to the last week. the Congress president might be a Hindu,” Gandhi said after (Urban) MLA Banwari Lal over parts of Haryana and exception to the charge levelled stint in the Congress before he Congress chief’s hug to Prime The UP Chief Minister also forcibly hug Prime Minister coming back to his seat amid Singhal told PTI. Rajasthan. by the MLA. Saying that there joined the BJP in 2014, said the Minister Narendra Modi Modi termed Rahul’s hug to Modi as Narendra Modi, but the peo- a big applause from his party The law will take its course. The MLA blamed people might be criminal cases against issue of special category sta- during the debate on the no- a political stunt and said the ple of the country would not members, including his mother But at the same time it is also a from the region for crimes like people from the region, but tus will not resonate with the confidence motion against the Congress chief behaviour is embrace him in next year’s Lok Sonia Gandhi and other leaders fact that people from the Meo robbery in Alwar. generalising the whole com- masses as the Centre has done government in the Lok Sabha childish. Sabha election. present. AGENCIES community are involved in “Many of them come to munity is unfair. PTI a lot for the state. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 Rajya Sabha adjourned after TMC Indian money in Swiss banks corners govt over black money fell 34.5% in 2017, says Goyal OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned for OUR CORRESPONDENT “I think Rahul Gandhi to USD 524 million compared about 90 minutes following should reply to the nation why to USD 800 million in 2016, noisy protests by members of NEW DELHI: Indian depos- he is maligning the image of the Goyal said and vowed to con- the Trinamool Congress, who its in Swiss banks fell by 34.5 country on the baseless report,” tinue the crackdown against stormed the Well demand- per cent in 2017 and by 80 per he said. “Of course, he has a black money. ing that black money stashed cent since the Narendra Modi habit of saying things without “Further, there has been a by Indians in Swiss Banks be government came to power in knowing the facts. Even during significant reduction in Swiss brought back. 2014, Finance Minister Piyush the no-confidence motion, we non-bank loans and depos- The protests erupted during Goyal said on Tuesday, cit- have seen claims of Congress its of Indians by 80.2 per cent the Question Hour when TMC ing data from the global body being demolished.” between 2013 and 2017,” he member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of central banks, the Bank In Rajya Sabha, Goyal said said, adding that the figure in sought to know from Finance for International Settlements according to Swiss authorities, 2013 was USD 2.6 billion which Minister Piyush Goyal the (BIS). the more reliable data source came down to USD 2.3 billion unaccounted deposits of Indi- TMC MPs during a protest against incidents of lynching, in front of the He said this in Parlia- for deposits held in Switzerland in 2014 and USD 1.4 billion ans recovered so far from Swit- statue of Mahatma Gandhi, during the Monsoon session of Parliament, ment rebutting last month’s Finance Minister Piyush Goyal speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the is the Locational Banking Sta- 2015. zerland, in how many cases in New Delhi on Tuesday NAVEEN SHARMA/MPOST reports, which quoted the Monsoon session of Parliament RSTV GRAB VIA PTI tistics (LBS) of Bank of Inter- “Moreover, it is frequently have proceedings have been Swiss National Bank, the coun- national Settlements. assumed that any assets held initiated and when would the MPs were also on their feet and 34.5 per cent in 2017 as com- try’s central bank, as saying in tive years. However, his reply did not While LBS measures inter- by Indians are undeclared,” he Indian people get the prom- protesting vociferously, led pared to 2016. its annual report that Indian “The Swiss Authorities say satisfy Trinamool Congress national banking activity from said. “So if you want to know ised Rs 15 lakh in their bank Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu Further, there has been a deposits had risen by 50 per that the figures published by members who stormed into the a residence perspective, focus- the deposits of Indian residents account. to adjourn the House for about significant reduction in the cent in 2017. the Swiss National Bank are Well of the House demanding ing on the location of bank- in Switzerland, the correct “I think the honourable 90 minutes till 2 PM. Swiss non-bank loans and He told Rajya Sabha during regularly mentioned by the that black money stashed in ing office and captures around data source is called locational member may have some infor- In reply to the question on deposits of Indians by 80.2 per question hour that he discussed Indian media as a reliable indi- Swiss banks be brought back, 95 per cent of all cross-bor- banking statistics.” mation which the government black money by Ram Kumar cent between 2013 and 2017, the issue with Swiss authori- cator of the amount of assets forcing Chairman M Venkaiah der banking activity, SNB data The minister said the Auto- does not have. If he is privy to Kashyap of the INLD, Goyal Goyal said in the written reply. ties, who told him in a written held with Swiss financial insti- Naidu to adjourn the proceed- includes non-deposit liabilities, matic Exchange of Information any information about black said the money deposited by He also said the Automatic reply that media reports “have tutions in respect of Indian citi- ings for about 90 minutes. the business of Swiss branches based on Common Report- money, I think he should put Indians in Swiss Banks had Exchange of Information, not taken account of the way zens. They clarify how this is Later, talking to reporters located in India, inter-bank ing Standard has commenced it before the government so gone down by 80 per cent based on Common Report- the (SNB) figures have to be wrong. They say more often in Parliament House complex, transactions and fiduciary from 2017 with many coun- that the government can take between 2013 and the end of ing Standard, has commenced interpreted”. than not, the media reports Goyal attacked Congress presi- liability. tries enabling India to receive action,” Goyal said in his reply 2017. He said the data col- from 2017 with many coun- Last month, PTI had have not taken into account dent Rahul Gandhi for malign- BIS data show non-bank financial account information to Roy’s question. lected by Swiss National bank tries enabling India to receive reported SNB data that the the way the figures have to be ing the country’s image by loans and deposits -- which of Indian residents. This provoked the TMC in collaboration with Bank for financial account information money parked by Indians in interpreted which has resulted raising the issue of increase in constitute the individual and “This will also be useful members who started rais- International Settlements (BIS) of Indian residents. This will Swiss banks rose to CHF 1.01 in misleading headlines and black money deposits of Indi- corporate deposits and exclude in bringing the unaccounted ing slogans and some of them show that loans and deposits also be useful in bringing the billion (Rs. 7,000 crore) in 2017 analysis. This is (the Swiss) gov- ans in Swiss banks based on interbank transactions -- have income and assets to tax,” he even moved into the Well. The of Indians, other than banks, unaccounted income and assets after falling for three consecu- ernment response,” he said. baseless reports. fallen by 34.5 per cent in 2017 said. ruckus, during which Congress in the Swiss banks declined by to tax, he said. Jinnah House in 17 deaths due to Nipah Drug’s price control saved Swachh Survekshan Mumbai a Govt in Ker: Health Ministry property: MHA `11,463-cr of public: Govt Grameen launched OUR CORRESPONDENT virus. “There has been no case NEW DELHI: The Swachh ister Yogi Adityanath launched NEW DELHI: The Jinnah or death due to the virus in the OUR CORRESPONDENT MRP of medicines has resulted crore reported due to fixa- Survekshan Grameen 2018 the SSG in Lucknow on Tuesday, House, a sea facing bungalow NEW DELHI: Seventeen peo- state since June 1,” Patel stated. in a total saving of Rs 11,463 tion of ceiling prices of coro- (SSG-2018), which was while Jharkhand Chief Minis- in South Mumbai, is a property ple died due to the Nipah virus The minister said no patient NEW DELHI: Hailing the crore to the public after imple- nary stents in February 2017, announced by Ministry of ter Raghuvar Das launched the of the government of India and in Kerala, out of which 16 were from any other state was found people-centric decisions of the mentation of DPCO, 2013,” including re-fixation in Febru- Drinking Water and Sanitation survey in Ranchi. In Maharash- the question of disposing it does lab confirmed cases, and no positive for the Nipah virus. government, Minister of State Mandaviya to the House. ary 2018. on July 13, 2018, was launched tra, the survey was launched not arise, the Lok Sabha was patient tested positive for the Multi-disciplinary central for Chemicals and Fertilizers This includes the saving People saved Rs 1,500 by the states of Maharashtra, by Water Supply and Sanita- informed on Tuesday. infection from other states, teams comprising members Mansukh L Mandaviya said on of Rs 4,547 crore on account crore on account of fixation Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. tion Minister Babanrao Loni- Union Minister of State for Parliament was informed on from the Health Ministry, ani- Tuesday that fixation of ceiling of fixation of ceiling price of of the prices of knee implants Under the SSG-2018, an kar at an event in Pandharpur Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Tuesday. mal husbandry department, prices of medicines has resulted coronary stents (including re- in August 2017, the minister independent survey agency in this week. said Pakistan founder Moham- Minister of State for Health National Centre for Disease in a saving of Rs 11,463 crore to fixation) and Rs 1,500 crore said, adding that consumers would conduct the survey in While speaking on the occa- mad Ali Jinnah’s house does not Anupriya Patel also informed Control, AIIMS, Safdarjung the public after the implemen- on account of price fixation of saved Rs 350 crore on account all districts from August 1 to sion, Yogi Adityanath called come under the purview of the the Rajya Sabha that the Health Hospital and Indian Council tation of the Drugs Prices Con- knee implants, he added. of fixation of prices of cardiac August 31, 2018, and the results upon the people of Uttar Enemy Property Act and the Ministry had taken necessary of Medical Research were sent trol Order 2013. Giving details, Manda- and anti-diabetic drugs in July would be announced in the form Pradesh to step out and clean house stands under the category steps to ensure that the Nipah to assist the Kerala government In a written reply to a ques- viya said, “Since May 2014 to 2014, under provisions of Para of a ranking of all districts and their villages and surrounding of ‘Evacuee Property’. The house virus did not spread to other after the outbreak. tion in the Lok Sabha, Man- February 2016, consumers 19 of the DPCO 2013. states on the basis of quanti- areas with pride, underscoring is under the administration of parts of the country. Patients were kept in iso- daviya said that the decisions saved Rs 2,422 crore under the Till June 2018, the gov- tative and qualitative sanita- the importance of Swachhata for the Evacuee Property Act, 1950, The total number of lated wards, hospitals were taken by National Pharmaceu- National List of Essential Medi- ernment has fixed the ceil- tion (Swachhata) parameters. health and dignity of the people the minister said. deaths caused by the virus in briefed about the infection and tical Pricing Authority (NPPA) cines (NLEM), 2011. During ing prices of 851 medicines, The top performing states and of the state. Similarly, Jharkhand “Jinnah’s house is a govern- Kerala was 17 out of which 16 control practices, medical and to control the drug prices has the period from March 2016 including 4 medical devices districts would be awarded on CM asked the people of the state ment of India property and the were lab confirmed cases, she para-medical staff were given benefited a lot to the citizens as to June 2018, public saved under revised schedule - I October 2, 2018 --- the day to ensure that the state gets the question of disposing the said said. protective equipment and pub- prices of all essential medicines Rs 2,644 crore under NLEM based on the National List which is celebrated as birth anni- top position in the Grameen property does not arise,” Ahir One person, who had died lic awareness programmes were have been curbed. (2015).” of Essential Medicines, 2015 versary of Mahatma Gandhi. Survekshan just as it did in the said in a written reply. MPOST on May 5, was not tested for the conducted, Patel said. “Fixation of ceiling prices/ A total saving of Rs 4,547 (NLEM, 2015), he added. In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Min- Urban Swachh Survekshan. MPOST Six commuters killed at 2 arrested after NATION BRIEFS Ex-AgustaWestland, Finmeccanica video shows Chennai suburban train 53 CASES OF RAPE OF FOREIGNERS directors summoned as accused boys molesting REGISTERED IN 2014-16, SAYS AHIR station after hitting wall OUR CORRESPONDENT a girl in Jhansi NEW DELHI: As many as 53 cases of rape of foreigners were registered in the country between OUR CORRESPONDENT ing those injured at govern- NEW DELHI: Former Agus- OUR CORRESPONDENT 2014-16, in which 76 people were arrested but just ment hospitals. The legs of one taWestland and Finmeccanica one person was convicted, Union Minister Hansraj CHENNAI: Six passengers of the injured were severed in directors Giuseppe Orsi and LUCKNOW: A video clip Gangaram Ahir said on Tuesday. He was replying travelling on the footboard of the accident. Kanchipuram Dis- Bruno Spagnolini, ex-IAF chief showing a girl being molested crowded suburban trains dur- trict Collector P Ponniah and SP Tyagi and others were on by a group of youth in a rural to a written question in the Lok Sabha. Ahir said 22 ing rush hour died after crash- senior railway and police offi- Tuesday summoned as accused area in the Jhansi district went cases of rape of foreigners were registered in 2014 ing into a concrete track fence cials inspected the scene of the by a Delhi court in a money viral following which two per- in which 38 people were arrested but none was con- at St Thomas Mount railway twin accidents. laundering case related to the sons were arrested on Tuesday, victed. In 2015, a total of 12 cases were registered station here in two accidents in Health Minister C Vijaya- VVIP chopper scam. officials said. in which seven people were arrested and one person little over 13 hours, police said baskar, Health Secretary Rad- Special judge Arvind Kumar The incident, which is said was convicted. In 2016, he said, a total 19 cases on Tuesday. hakrishnan, and some other directed the accused persons to to have taken place around ten Those dead included three senior government officials vis- appear before the court on Sep- to the tune of around Euro 28 based at New Delhi,” the charge days ago in an area under the were registered in which 31 people were arrested students aged between 16 and ited the Rajiv Gandhi Govern- tember 12, while issuing fresh million. The probe report, filed sheet said. Chirgaon police station comes but no one was convicted. 25 years. Six people were also ment General Hospital at Park non-bailable warrants against through special public prosecu- The ED, in its charge sheet, close on the heels of a simi- injured. The first mishap took Town and Government Hospital Italian middlemen Carlo Gerosa tors D P Singh and N K Matta has alleged that money was lar incident in Unnao, where JD-U MP SEEKS INVESTIGATION INTO place around 7 pm Monday in Royapettah to inquire about and Guido Haschke and Dubai- under sections 3 and 4 of Pre- laundered through multiple too the police acted after video INDISCRIMINATE LENDING BY BANKS when two commuters of Chen- the condition of the injured. based businessman Rajeev Sax- vention of Money Launder- foreign companies which were surfaced. nai Beach-Chengalpattu train Chennai Divisional Rail- ena in the case. ing Act (PMLA), also claimed used as fronts to park alleged “A video from Jhansi went NEW DELHI: A demand to investigate alleged indis- hit against the wall and fell to way Manager Naveen Gulati Besides six, the court also that the kickbacks were paid by kickbacks. The agency said that viral on the social media. The criminate lending by public sector banks during the their death. said there was a heavy rush of summoned as accused 28 Indian AgustaWestland through two it may file more supplementary video is old and no complaint previous UPA regime was made in the Rajya Sabha A little over 13 hours later passengers today morning as and foreign individuals and different channels. charge sheets in the matter. was filed in this regard. How- on Tuesday by JD-U leader Harivansh. Raising the at 8.30 a.m, 10 people perched trains were running late due companies, including lawyer “One channel was handled On January 1, 2014, India ever, taking cognisance of issue through a zero hour mention, he said lending by precariously on the footboard of to lack of power supply on the Gautam Khaitan, AgustaWest- by middleman Christian Michel had scrapped the contract with media reports, prompt action public sector banks rose from Rs 18 lakh crore in 60 another suburban train hit the suburban line. land and its parent company James and the other channel Finmeccanica’s British subsid- was taken and two persons wall, about 50 metres from the A large number of people Finmeccanica SPA. was handled by Gerosa and iary AgustaWestland for supply- arrested today,” DGP OP Singh years till 2008 to Rs 52 lakh crore between 2009 scene of the first tragedy, and had boarded the train involved The court passed the direc- Haschke. Gerosa and Haschke ing 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers said. The video from Jhansi and 2014. fell in a heap on the rugged sur- in the second accident which tions after taking cognisance of in collusion with Rajiv Tyagi to the IAF over alleged breach shows the girl being molested MONKEY MENACE AT VP’S HOUSE, face. Four of them died, Health was diverted to the main line the charge sheet, saying there and Sanjeev Tyagi, cousins of of contractual obligations and by a group of boys and being Secretary J Radhakrishnan said. used by fast trains. Many of was enough evidence against the S P Tyagi, conspired with Gau- charges of kickbacks of Rs 423 dragged into a forest area. The VENKAIAH NAIDU SEEKS SOLUTIONS Medical teams including them were travelling on the accused in the matter relating to tam Khaitan of M/s OP Khaitan crore paid by it to secure the girl can be seen shouting for NEW DELHI: Monkey menace has now struck the of- vascular surgeons were treat- footboard, he said. the alleged money laundering & Co, Auditors and Solicitors deal. help. ficial residence of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. Ram Kumar Kashyap of the Indian National Lok Dal Debate on Motor Bill in raised the issue of monkey menace in the national Taj area should be no-plastic zone capital through a zero hour mention in the Rajya Sabha. He said monkeys uproot plants as well as Uttar Pradesh tells Supreme Court in draft vision document RS to resume on Monday carry away clothes left out for drying. OUR CORRESPONDENT should resolve that when the 2,67,546 MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSES OUR CORRESPONDENT movement in the Taj heritage debate should be resumed,” precinct. NEW DELHI: A debate on the Goel said agreeing with Tri- NEW DELHI: Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs NEW DELHI: The entire The draft vision docu- Motor Vehicles (Amendment) namool Congress member has approved the construction of 2,67,546 more Taj Mahal precinct should be ment also said roads along Bill, which was listed for dis- Derek O’ Brien that the Bill will affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor declared a no-plastic zone and the Yamuna riverfront should cussion in the Rajya Sabha on be again brought up on Mon- under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The ap- all polluting industries in the be planned so traffic is lim- Tuesday, is likely to resume on day despite being listed today. proval was given in the 36th meeting of the Central region closed, the Uttar Pradesh ited and pedestrian movement Monday after ironing out issues Raising a point of order just Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee in its meeting government suggested in its first encouraged. raised by members. before the Question Hour, O’ draft report of a vision docu- state government for its apathy ment told the apex court that According to the gov- Minister of State for Parlia- Brien said the “Motor Vehi- on Tuesday. ment on protection and pres- towards the Mughal era mon- the entire Taj Mahal precinct ernment, there should be no mentary Affairs Vijay Goel said cles Bill listed as number 2 in CRPF JAWAN KILLED IN SRINAGAR ervation of the 17th century ument, considered one of the should be declared a no-plastic construction on the Yamuna in the House that there were the business today. The discus- monument filed in the Supreme seven wonders of the world and zone and the use of bottled water floodplain and the riverbank different amendments on the sion is not complete. Four-five SRINAGAR: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Court on Tuesday. a major tourist draw. inside should also be prohibited. should only have natural plan- Motor Bill by members and members have to speak. The constable was on Tuesday killed while two others The Uttar Pradesh govern- Advocate Aishwarya Bhati, The state government said tations. The apex court has Road Transport and Highways minister has to reply and then injured when militants attacked a security forces’ ment mentioned the matter appearing for the state govern- all polluting industries in region been monitoring development Minister Nitin Gadkari has there are some amendments.” party,, spokesman of the paramilitary force said. before a bench of Justices M B ment, told the bench that they should be closed, while more in the area to protect the Taj agreed to talk to them. He said there are at least Militants fired upon the party at a checkpost near the Lokur and Deepak Gupta. be allowed to file the document. tourism hubs should be created. Mahal, built by Mughal emperor Later an official said an all- 10 political parties on this and Batamaloo area of Sringar city in India’s, northern The vision document was The court allowed the coun- It said a comprehensive Shah Jahan in the memory of party meeting is likely tomor- even though the Bill is listed, submitted after an angry apex sel to file the draft. traffic management plan was his wife Mumtaz Mahal at Agra row to thrash out the issues. there are six -seven amend- Jammu and Kashmir state. court on July 11 lashed out the The Uttar Pradesh govern- needed to promote pedestrian in 1643. “Minister and members ments to this Bill. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 mp Maratha quota stir turns violent Oppn RJD sticks to CBI probe Constable killed in stone-pelting, vehicles torched; call given for Mumbai bandh today demand, DGP says no need

OUR CORRESPONDENT constable from Osmanabad OUR CORRESPONDENT In view of the seriousness of and that 10 of the accused who was deployed on duty the matter involved, we would have already been arrested MUMBAI: A constable died at Kaygaon, died soon after a PATNA: The issue of alleged like the probe to be monitored while efforts were on to nab an and another was injured in commotion, which followed sexual exploitation of girls at by the High Court,” Yadav told absconding one. stone pelting on Tuesday as a stone pelting, police said. The a government-funded shelter reporters outside the Assembly. He said three inmates had state-wide protest called by out- cause of death is not ascer- home in Muzaffarpur rocked Responding to the charges, alleged that a girl was killed and fits seeking reservation for the tained yet, police said. the Bihar Assembly on Tues- Deputy Chief Minister Sushil buried in the compound of the Maratha community turned Another constable was day, with the opposition RJD Kumar Modi told the House home for resisting sexual exploi- violent with agitators classing injured in stone pelting, police sticking to its demand of a CBI that the government was try- tation bid, but that no mortal with police and torching vehi- said. probe, while the state police said ing to neither shield nor impli- remains were found when the cles in Aurangabad and adjoin- A fire brigade van was also there was no need to involve the cate anyone. “The matter had place was dug on permission of ing districts of Maharashtra. set afire at Kaygaon by the pro- central agency. come to light not because of a court yesterday. As the stir for reservation in testers, police said. Director General of Police you (opposition) but because He said services of a sniffer jobs and education intensified, “We will continue our agi- KS Dwivedi said medical exami- of a social audit conducted by dog was also taken to find out the Maratha Kranti Morcha, tation until Chief Minister nations of 29 of the 42 inmates the government itself,” he said. if there was any body buried which is spearheading the agi- Devendra Fadnavis apologises confirmed that they were sexu- Modi said the government nearby, but that it too yielded tation, also decided to call for a to the Maratha community. We ally exploited but added there had not shied away from tak- no positive result. However, soil Mumbai bandh on Wednesday. will observe bandh in Aurang- was no need for a probe by the ing action against any of the sample from the place has been The outfit had called for abad and other parts of the CBI. Two other inmates could accused, including Brajesh sent for forensic tests, he said. Tuesday’s Maharashtra bandh state today,” Morcha coordina- not undergo the test as they were Thakur, who controlled the The DGP also said the com- after the death of a protes- tor Ravindra Patil said. unwell, he said. NGO that ran the shelter plainants were not able to reveal tor yesterday during a protest Fadnavis had cancelled his Raising the issue in the home and was said to be close the identity of the inmate alleg- march in favour of reservations. tion, has been a hugely conten- Khaire faced the ire of the pro- Shinde’s death has triggered visit to a temple in Pandharpur Assembly, Leader of Oppo- edly killed and buried. The The 27-year-old Kakasa- tious issue. testors when he went to attend a fresh set of protests in several after protesting Maratha outfits sition Tejashwi Yadav said the BIHAR’S MUZAFFARPUR police were verifying the alle- heb Shinde, had jumped off a Another protestor, 31-year- Shinde’s last rites at his Kayg- parts of Maharashtra. threatened to disrupt the event. JD(U)-BJP state government gation that four inmates had bridge over Godavari river in old Jagannath Sonawane from aon village in Aurangabad on Internet services were The community leaders was trying to evade respon- SHELTER HOME CASE earlier fled from the shelter Aurangabad. He was rushed Aurangabad district, Tuesday- Tuesday. suspended in rural areas of have earlier taken out sev- sibility in the matter and it home and three others were to a hospital where he was sought to emulate Shinde’s Khaire was manhandled by Aurangabad district to prevent eral rallies in various districts was only after a court order that to many people in the ruling dead, the DGP said in a press declared dead. example by jumping onto a dry the crowd present there and any untoward incident. to highlight their demands. the action was taken. Yadav told dispensation. conference. Quotas for Marathas, a river bed. He has been admit- had to beat a hasty retreat, At Kaygaon, protesters Last year, a huge rally was the house that the government “This is not a government As per records of the shel- politically influential commu- ted to a government hospital in police said, adding that there shouted slogans hailing Shinde organised by the Maratha appears to be “shielding” the which would seek to protect a ter home, only one inmate was nity that constitutes around 30 Aurangabad, police said. was stone pelting as well on the as a ‘martyr’, police said. Kranti Morcha in this connec- guilty. There has been no let Rajballabh Yadav,” the deputy missing and she has since been per cent of the state’s popula- Shiv Sena MP Chandrakant MP’s car. Sham Atgaonkar, a police tion in Mumbai. up in crimes against women chief minister said, referring traced by police, he said. notwithstanding the claims by to an RJD MLA who is in jail Social Welfare Department the government that they could in connection with a rape case, Principal Secretary Atul Prasad, Vijay Mallya willing safely move around even in the which had come to light two who was also present at the press ‘69,784 MW of renewable night, he alleged. years ago when Yadav’s party conference, stated that the state Recent incidents in many was a part of the ruling Grand government got a social audit to come back home? districts show that girls are not Alliance. done by Mumbai based Tata energy capacity installed’ safe even when accompanied by Meanwhile, DGP K S Institute of Social Sciences and NEW DELHI: Embattled Mumbai had last month issued their parents, he said. Dwivedi said he was fully sat- took prompt action on its report liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the summons to the beleaguered “We stick to our demand for isfied with the progress of police about sexual exploitation of the main accused in a Rs 9,000 businessman to appear before OUR CORRESPONDENT 2017-18. There is no reliable tion about the capital structure/ a CBI inquiry into the matter. investigation in the case so far inmates. crore alleged bank fraud case, it on August 27 on the Enforce- formal institution which car- composition of the companies is understood to have sounded ment Directorate’s plea seeking NEW DELHI: In a major ries out rankings on the renew- participating in the renewable out to Indian authorities that he action against him under the achievement, the government able energy country attractive energy auctions,” the minis- Corrigendum was willing to come back home Fugitive Economic Offenders has claimed that a total of index. However, there are pri- ter further stated in his writ- ABRIDGED – e-NIT No. to face the law, official sources Ordinance in the over Rs 9,000 around 69,784 MW of renew- vate agencies who carry out ten reply. 08(El/EE) of 2018-19-2nd Call said on Tuesday. crore bank fraud case. able energy capacity has been such rankings. “The government has set a Supply, Installation, Testing & Mallya, who is contesting The central probe agency, installed in India as on March “The renewable energy target of installing 175 GW of Commissioning of 62.5 KVA in a London court the Indian as part of this action, has also 31, 2018, from all renewable sector in India is consistently renewable energy capacity by D.G. Set for Bungalow office of the Commissioner, Jalpaiguri government’s action for extradi- sought immediate confiscation energy sources in the country. growing and continues to the year 2022 which includes Division, Jalpaiguri. tion, is said to have sent feelers of assets worth around Rs 12,500 According to the latest remain attractive for investors 100 GW from solar, 60 GW Estimated Amount-1363452/- to authorities that he would like crore of Mallya. report, 34,145 MW of renew- from across the world. Solar from wind, 10 GW from bio- ***Bid Submission End Date: to join the legal process in India If he does not appear before able energy has been installed tariffs in India saw the lowest mass and 5 GW from small President Ram Nath Kovind and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan 08/10/2018 up to 12.00 Hours*** and contest the recent action the court or respond to its sum- from wind, while 21,651 MW ever level of Rs 2.44 per unit hydro capacity,” he said. Sd/- against him under the Fugitive mons on the designated date, from solar, 4,486 MW from in reverse auctions carried out So far, 71.33 GW of renew- at a function to mark the completion of three years of Speaker’s Research Initiative (SRI) in Parliament House Annexe on Tuesday Executive Economic Offender Ordinance. Mallya risks being declared a small hydro and around 9,502 by Solar Energy Corporation able energy capacity has been Engineer(Electrical) Under this recently pro- fugitive economic offender, MW from biopower. of India (SECI) in May 2017, installed in the country up North Bengal Development mulgated ordinance, the gov- besides properties linked to In a written reply to a ques- for 200 MW and again in July to June 2018. To achieve the Department ernment can immediately him being confiscated. tion in Rajya Sabha, Union 2018, for 600 MW,” the minis- balance target of 103.67 GW, HRD Min receives Siliguri Jalpaiguri Details can be seen in the Official confiscate all linked properties Mallya, his now defunct ven- Minister of State (I/C) Power ter said in his reply. investment of around 76 billion Development Authority Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in of Mallya in the country and ture Kingfisher Airlines Limited and New & Renewable Energy “Renewable energy sector US$ has been estimated at pres- 8,000 suggestions For all details and online tender abroad. However, top sources and others availed loans from RK Singh said that aggregate in India is attracting companies ent capital cost which includes submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in in investigative agencies said various banks during the ten- capacity of around 11,322 from across the world. How- 53.20 billion US$ as debt and on draft Bill the final contours of the move ure of the UPA-I government MW of renewable energy was ever, as at the stage of the auc- 22.80 billion US$ as equity for are still not clear as they refused and the outstanding amount, installed in the country in the tion, the details regarding their the debt-equity ratio of 70:30 NEW DELHI: The HRD Min- Siliguri Jalpaiguri to divulge more details. including interest, against him year 2016-17, while aggre- fund tie-up for the project are as per Central Electricity Reg- istry has received over 8,000 Development Authority A special Prevention of is Rs 9,990.07 crore at present, gate capacity of around 11,887 not required to be submitted, ulatory Commission (CERC) comments and suggestions on Money Laundering Act court in officials had said. MPOST MW was installed in the year this ministry has no informa- norms, he said. the draft Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) FEEDS A COW Act, 2018, slated to replace the HC to hear PC’s bail plea in University Grants Commission (UGC), a senior official said on Tuesday. Last month, the HRD ED’s INX Media case today Ministry had announced its decision to replace the UGC with the HECI by repealing OUR CORRESPONDENT baram, said he will not be avail- the UGC Act, 1951. able post-lunch and the court “Over 8,000 suggestions NEW DELHI: The Delhi High may list the matter for and comments covering Mem- Court will hear a plea by for- Wednesday. bers of Parliament, state gov- mer Union minister P Chid- He also urged the court to ernments, academicians, ambaram, seeking anticipatory pick the matter for 10.30 am teachers’ unions, chambers of bail in the Enforcement Direc- on Wednesday. However, the commerce and students have torate’s (ED) money-launder- judge said it will come up in been received and appropri- ing case related to INX Media, due course. ate changes are being made on Wednesday. The senior counsel said in the draft Bill based on pub- When the matter came this matter was from the same lic feedback,” the official said. up before Justice A K Pathak transaction on which the CBI According to the draft, which today, the ED’s counsel said it had also registered the case. was placed in public domain by should be heard later in the day The only difference was that the ministry to seek feedback as Additional Solicitor General this petition relates to ED’s from the stakeholders, the new Tushar Mehta was busy in the case while the other one, in commission will focus solely on Prime Minister Narendra Modi feeds a cow after he donated 200 cows under ‘Girinka’ (one cow per poor Supreme Court. which Chidambaram has academic matters and mone- family programme), at Rweru Model village, in Rwanda on Tuesday PTI Senior advocate Kapil already got protection from tary grants would be under the Sibal, appearing for Chidam- arrest, was of CBI. purview of the ministry. MPOST Parliament passes Bill to punish ‘Ban on entry of women bribe givers, along with takers inside Sabarimala has to Government of West Bengal OUR CORRESPONDENT The Minister said that now During the debate, K H all these businessman who have pass constitutional test’ North Bengal Development Department prior approval for investigation Muniyappa (Cong) said elec- now fled. Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri NEW DELHI: Parliament on will be required in cases of all toral reforms were badly “The loans were sanctioned NEW DELHI: The Supreme R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, Tuesday passed a bill to amend government officers. Earlier, it required to check corruption by banks after they were pres- Court Tuesday made it clear D Y Chandrachud and Indu ABRIDGED –e-NIT the 1988 anti-graft law by seek- was restricted to officials above in the system. surised by the top people in the that the ban on entry of women Malhotra, said. NIT Name of work Amount put Last date of bid ing to punish bribe- givers for the rank of a Joint Secretary. Corruption can be tackled UPA government,” Joshi alleged in the age group of 10-50 years The bench also told senior ref. no. to tender. submission NIT-52 Annual Repair & Maintenance of 4365552.00 09/08/2018 up the first time along with the The bill, which got the to some extent if money is not while speaking on the bill. into the Sabarimala temple advocate A M Singhvi, repre- OF Uttarkanya Branch Secretariat includ- to 12.00 Hours bribe takers, as the Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha’s nod last week involved in polls right from the He said the NDA govern- would be tested on “constitu- senting the temple board, that it 2018-19 ing Campus at Fulbari in the District gave its nod to it. with 43 amendments, seeks to panchayat to Parliament. ment has adopted a progres- tional ethos” and asked the tem- will have to establish that ban- of Jalpaiguri. Moving the Prevention of set a timeframe within which a Earlier, Congress leader sive approach by bringing this ple board to establish that the ning the entry of women was Sd/- Corruption (Amendment) Bill court would decide on corrup- Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said bill and was working to root out restriction was an “essential and “essential and integral” part of Executive Engineer for passage in the Lower House, tion issues, he said, adding that the opposition will support the corruption from the system. integral” part of religious faith. the religious belief. North Bengal Development Department Minister of State in the Prime verdicts in such cases has to be government if they fought cor- K Nimala (TDP) alleged A five judge Constitution The court, hearing the plea Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh given “ordinarily” in two years. ruption in reality rather than that the central government was bench headed by Chief Jus- of Indian Young Lawyers Asso- and https://wbtenders.gov.in said its aim was to enhance He also said that immunity making claims. using the anti-corruption laws tice Dipak Misra was appar- ciation and others challenging transparency and accountabil- from arrest would be available “Under your rule, India, for their vested political inter- ently not in agreement with the ban, referred to articles 25 ity of the government and also to all levels of officers, as against which was known as land of ests. There is a need to effectively the argument of the Travancore and 26 (Freedom to practice Government of West Bengal to make the provisions under the existing provision of joint saints, has turned into land implement these laws, he said. Devaswom Board running the religion) of the Constitution North Bengal Development Department the law stringent. secretary and above. of scamsters....Vijay Mallya, APJ Reddy (TRS) wondered over 800-year-old Lord Ayy- and said that a person can only Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri The measure reflects the The Minister said the bill Nirav Modi and many others whether graft can be prevented appa temple that the “practice be restrained on the grounds ABRIDGED –e-NIT Narendra Modi government’s had many provisions to ensure fled the country after default- effectively. He said that corrup- and belief” that have contin- of “public health, public order e-NIT Name of work Estimated Last date of bid zero tolerance towards corrup- speedy trial of corruption cases, ing on banks’ money,” he said. tion was involved from birth to ued uninterrupted cannot be and morality”. “Morality means ref. no. Amount submission tion, he said. besides providing protection Chowdhury also raised the death as, at every stage of life, tested on the ground of “mod- constitutional morality. If the NIT-51 Construction of RSJ/Composite bridge on Khata- Rs. 20/08/2018 up OF jani River at Rajadoba, Tatpara-II G.P. in Alipurd- 2,99,54,982.00 to 15.00 Hours Replying to the debate to bureaucrats, even after their issue of Rafale deal and asked one should have to pay bribe ern ethos”. practice is essential and integral 2018-19 uar-II Block in the district of Alipurduar.(Length: before the bill was passed by a retirement, from malicious the government why it was for any work. “Not modern ethos, but part of the religious practice 3x12m= 36m) NIT-54 Water Supply arrangement in the area of Santrabari Rs. 17/08/2018 up voice vote, Singh said through complaints. unwilling to share the entire He said there is a problem in constitutional ethos. Modern then it should must be read in OF to 28 miles via 29 miles forest village of Buxaduar hills 1,19,56,872.00 to 15.00 Hours this measure, it is also being For the bribe takers, the bill information about the deal with the clause where it talks about notions keep changing. After conjunction with fundamental 2018-19 Block-Kalchini in the District of Alipurduar ensured that honest officers are proposes to increase the pun- the House. punishing bribe givers. This 1950 (when the Constitution rights of women,” the bench Sd/- Superintending Engineer not harassed. ishment to a minimum of three Countering his charges, the would discourage whistleblow- came into being), everything said, adding that the temple North Bengal Development Department Not only taking bribe, but years of imprisonment, which BJP MP Prahlad Joshi said it was ers to come forward, he said, should conform to constitu- board will have to show that Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in giving bribe would also be a may extend to seven years, during the rule of UPA govern- adding “we need to hit the root tional principles and ethos,” the “they are religious denomina- For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in crime, he said. besides fine. ment, the money was given to cause of the menace”. bench, also comprising justices tion indeed”. MPOST 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 EDITORIAL Beyond the hug and the wink Playing the To secure power and emerge as the ultimate leader, Rahul Gandhi Maha gamble has the onerous task of consolidating divergent Opposition leaders vercoming its indecisiveness regarding a pre-poll alliance with Shiv Sena, BJP has finally made up its mind to go solo in Maharashtra in the upcom- KALYANI SHANKAR ing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 2019. OIn a closed-door meeting in Mumbai on Monday, BJP presi- dent Amit Shah has reportedly told senior party leaders that they should be ready to fight the election in Maharashtra on their own. BJP’s decision to stop playing ball with Shiv Sena comes in the backdrop of the latter consistently being critical of the BJP-led Central and state governments. After contest- ing the Lok Sabha election in a seat-sharing arrangement and Assembly elections independently in 2014, Shiv Sena joined the BJP-led state and Central governments but instead of remaining faithful to BJP and its policies, Shiv Sena chose to criticise the government much like an opposition party. Over the past four years, it has seldom missed an opportunity to embarrass the BJP leadership, mostly through comments and editorials in its mouthpiece the Saamana and sometimes by blunt remarks made by its leaders. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, BJP contested 24 seats and won 14 while Shiv Sena Bringing new contested 20 seats and won only 7. BJP and Shiv Sena fought friends to the on their own in the October 2014 Assembly election in which BJP contested 260 of the 288 seats and won 122 while Sena opposition ranks fought 282 but won only 63. These results showed that while is going to be BJP’s influence has grown, Sena is fast relegating to a declin- ing force in the state. Ever since it became part of the gov- equally difficult Rahul Gandhi has a lot to accomplish before establishing his position as the Opposition’s Prime Ministerial face ernment at the Centre, Sena started playing hardball in the because regional hope that it will make BJP accept a formula of seat-sharing ow that the Nar- was Opposition unity in the Gandhi as a challenger to Modi, Congress), Mayawati (BSP), Congress. Since DMK is already in which Sena would concede more seats to BJP in the Lok parties like BJD endra Modi gov- Parliament, the efforts to lure much needs to be done to estab- Chandrababu Naidu (Telugu with Congress, AIADMK will Sabha election while BJP should spare more seats for Sena and TRS want ernment has won parties like the BJD did not lish his supremacy in the Oppo- Desam Party) and Sharad not join the opposition group. in the Assembly election. But the BJP leadership never saw to maintain an the trust vote on succeed. The TRS (11) and sition. He has emerged much Pawar (NCP) are not willing In such a situation will the reason for giving in to Sena’s pressure tactics. Now, Shah NFriday, what next? The dra- BJD (20) stayed away. NDA more confident and the tran- to accept Rahul Gandhi as Congress support anyone else has reportedly told his party workers that the party should equal distance matic ‘hug’ and ‘wink’ of Con- ally Shiv Sena (18) also stayed sition from Sonia to Rahul has the Opposition Prime Minis- after declaring Rahul Gandhi begin preparations to contest all 48 Lok Sabha seats and 288 from both BJP gress President Rahul Gandhi away. They had been banking been smooth. The first meet- terial candidate, though they as its Prime Ministerial can- Assembly seats in Maharashtra. BJP’s strategy is to contest the while speaking on the no-trust on 129 votes including smaller ing of the Congress Working did not show any hesitation in didate? Sensing the opportu- upcoming election in the state as a resurgent force and build and Congress as motion on Friday might have parties and got 125. Clearly, Committee chaired by Rahul on accepting Sonia Gandhi in 2004 nity to become the face of the networks in all the constituencies in such a manner that even they are the main become news, but the real much more needs to be done Sunday, authorised him to go when she cobbled up a coali- Opposition, Mamata Baner- if Sena joins hands with other major opposition parties like question is whether the Oppo- to take on Modi. ahead and form poll alliances tion, which ultimately came to jee roared at a rally on Satur- Congress and NCP under a mega alliance, BJP should still be rivals in their sition is really ready to take on BJP too has the task of keep- and also draw up the roadmap power. In the present political day “Bengal will show the way able to trounce them. For this, Shah has asked party leaders states the BJP in 2019 and, also, who ing NDA flock together and ahead of 2019. Rahul realises atmosphere, Rahul must find a for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls” to deploy at least 25 party workers in each booth to interact will lead the Opposition. acquire new friends. Though the difficult task of expand- way to work with these strong and announced that she will with voters and inform them about the government’s schemes. Though the trust motion it gained the JD (U) and some ing the Congress vote base. “In and egoistic leaders and win bring all the Opposition lead- Congress and NCP have already arrived at an understanding aimed at attesting the NDA smaller Northeastern regional each constituency, we have to over them. It is a million dol- ers in one platform in a rally that after giving the smaller parties some seats where they are numbers, battle lines for 2019 partners, TDP walked out of find people who have not voted lar question whether they will proposed to be organised on strong, the remaining seats should be divided between the polls have been drawn after the NDA in March and Shiv Sena, for us and develop a strategy to accept Rahul as their leader as January 19, 2019, at the Kolkata two parties on a 50:50 basis. In the 2014 Assembly election, heated debate. The next step its oldest ally, is practically out. reach out to them and win back all of them nourish Prime Min- Brigade Grounds. It is obvious NCP had contested 287 seats and won 42 with a poll percent- to show opposition unity will Smaller parties like Gorkha their trust,” he told the CWC. isterial ambitions. that Mamata wants to wow the age of 18,10 while Congress contested 278 seats and won 41 be in the election of the Dep- Janmukti Morcha, Hindustani On forming the alliances, Bringing new friends to the country with a massive show of with a poll percentage of 17.96. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, uty Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Awam Morcha and RLSP also Sonia Gandhi who might play opposition ranks is going to be strength. BSP wants Mayawati however, NCP contested 21 seats and won 4 while Congress but BJP is not keen to hold the quit the NDA. The BJP itself a bigger role in her capacity as equally difficult as regional par- to be declared as the Prime fought on 26 seats and won 2. Though NCP and Congress elections unless it mobilises pulled out its support to the the chairperson of the Congress ties like the BJD and TRS want Ministerial candidate. There could not post a heart-warming result in the 2014 Lok Sabha the numbers for its own can- PDP government. The party Parliamentary Party observed: to maintain an equal distance are others. With so many ‘ifs’ election, they fared better in the Assembly elections that were didate or a BJP-backed can- managers expected to get about “The need of the hour is the from both BJP and Congress, and ‘buts’, Congress must win held a couple of months later both in terms of the number of didate. So, it is likely to be 350 votes, much beyond the opposition unity and the oppo- as they are the main rivals in over new friends and maintain seats they won and the percentage of votes they polled. An postponed to the Winter ses- NDA strength in the house sition has to get together in stra- their states. Congress does not its old allies if it means business. alliance between the two parties will surely help them post sion of Parliament by which (314) but received 25 votes tegic alliances, keeping aside want to include AAP in the It is not impossible, as alliances a better result than the elections last time around. Sena has time the polls for Rajasthan, less despite getting the 37 votes personal ambitions.” opposition group. Parties like require a mutual give-and-take already declined the possibility of joining the Congress-NCP Madhya Pradesh and Chhat- from the AIADMK. However, both tasks are INLD, PDP, Rajinikanth’s new attitude from both sides. IPA alliance on ideological grounds. tisgarh would be over. For Congress, if it wants difficult. Regional satraps like outfit, YSR Congress and other (The views expressed Despite its growing influence and higher poll percentage, While, by and large, there to project its president Rahul Mamata Banerjee (Trinamool smaller parties are averse to the are strictly personal) BJP’s decision to contest the Lok Sabha election solo in the state is both a bold and a risky call. In a high-stakes election which will determine whether the saffron party’s tryst with Dear power at the Centre was a one-off affair or it has come to rule Quote martial TOWARDS GREEN DEVELOPMENT Editor millenniumpost.in India for at least another term, every single seat that it wins or loses will matter. For the first time since its alliance with Sena Log on to write letters to the We don't have As India embraces building Technology and rich smart cities in the several states, the task in 1990, BJP will have to depend entirely on its own resources of greening the transportation system has got an immense role to play and it is noticed that editor or send them to in a multi-cornered contest in the state. Apart from the anti- to sacrifice a [email protected] incumbency factor and the growing opposition chorus that strong economy Mamata Banerjee's government has taken major initiatives to turn the New Town area the government has not achieved anything significant during into a Green City, and for this, introduced E-vehicles which can actually be a catalyst. In You can also send your its five-year rule, BJP will have its former alliance partner Sena for a healthy comments to The Editor, bemoaning about BJP rule both at Centre and in the state. environment order to balance the twin objectives of boosting economic activities and safeguarding the Millennium Post, But if things go as per the BJP’s plan, contesting all the 48 environment, sustainably fostering innovation through the enabling instruments of policy seats in the state may result in the party winning more seats DENNIS WEAVER Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah than it did in last Lok Sabha election. And, in that case, BJP’s initiatives is the best possible option. Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 Maharashtra experiment may offset setbacks in other states. AMAR NATH BHADRA Via email Climate change Towards prosperous migration is real A robust policy mechanism must be formulated to make migration he world has never been this hot in living memory. Indeed, the summer of temperature extremes just beneficial for both native and host countries keeps going, with record heat waves this month on all four continents that occupy the non-tropical North- ast week, after more than a ton Budget Model, capturing the eco- Tern Hemisphere where it is now summer. On Monday, Japan year of intense negotiations, nomic impact of RAISE (a policy aimed recorded a temperature never before reached on the island AMIT KAPOOR the United Nation member towards reducing immigration levels by nation since reliable records began in the 1800s. Kumagaya, states, except the US and Hun- half) on the US GDP, projected that a a city only 40 miles from Tokyo, hit 41.1 degrees Celsius (106 Lgary, agreed on the first-ever Global 50 per cent reduction of legal migration Fahrenheit) in the midst of a multi-week heat wave that has Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular will reduce the US economy by 2 per killed at least 44 people. The extreme temperatures are also Migration. The pact aims to address the cent and 4.6 million jobs by 2040. Simi- affecting other countries in East Asia: South and North Korea challenges of international migration, larly, countries like Vietnam, Thailand, have set heat records with temperatures climbing near 40 strengthen migrant rights and provide Singapore and Malaysia that were pre- degree-C (104 F). It is these types of heat waves that scien- a platform for cooperation. dominantly labour-scarce have brought tists have been warning would be a consequence of warming In the current scenario, it is a sig- drastic transitions in the structure of the planet through greenhouse gas emissions. The impacts nificant achievement as the pact has their economies from primary to the of Climate Change are no longer subtle. They are playing out the potential to change how the world secondary and tertiary sector, through in real time in the form of unprecedented heat waves, floods, approaches migration – one of the most the adoption of friendly immigration droughts and wildfires. Much of Europe has been baking under Policymakers politically debatable issues today. There policies. a massive high-pressure ridge that is allowing tropical heat to is a stark contrast between the acade- It is critical to adhere to correct poli- climb all the way to the Arctic and blocking cooling rainfalls should keep in micians’ view on migration which is cies that are designed after addressing from ending the stretch of hot weather. Temperatures above mind that the backed by economic evidence and the the legitimate economic concerns. The 32 degree-C extended to the northern reaches of Scandinavia, public discourse on migration that in Migrating labourers effectively contribute to their own economic status as well as to their policymakers should work towards the setting records in Sweden, Finland and Norway for stations path to liberal most cases shapes the political agenda. host and native countries (Representational Image) twin goals of accruing maximum bene- above the Arctic Circle. In Northern Africa’s Sahara Desert, migration with On one hand, migration is consid- fits from labour mobility and addressing certainly, no stranger to sweltering temperatures, a record high ered to pave way for growth and pros- labour market concentration of immi- easy. In fact, the group of native-born the concerns of the displaced work- was recorded in Ouargla, Algeria. The mark of 51.3 degree-C clearly designed perity for both immigrants and the host grants creates anxiety and insecurity in citizens that do not compete directly ers. Programs can be designed to aid (124 F) is the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on immigration country. For migrating individuals, it is the minds of the native-born workers with immigrants experience significant the low skilled native-born workers to the African continent, according to the World Meteorologi- the most effective way to reduce pov- as immigrants are ready to accept low economic gains. Also, the displacement adjust with the changing scenario. Assis- cal Organisation. This month, a brutal heat wave also struck policies can erty. A World Bank study mentions wages and can work in more demand- costs are outweighed by the economic tance mechanisms for displaced work- Canada, which saw temperatures peak in Montreal on July 2. facilitate that migrants’ incomes increase three to ing work conditions. Destination coun- benefits generated for the destination ers can involve skill development and There were at least 70 heat-related deaths across the province six times when they move from lower tries often blame immigrants for their country by labour mobility. training, transitory welfare benefits and of Quebec. In the US, July heat waves have stretched from the economic to higher-income countries. The aver- economic woes and accuse them of the The evidence sheds light on the fact unemployment insurance payments. highly populated Northeast to the desert Southwest. July has integration and age income gain for a young unskilled displacement of native-born citizens that immigration has unequal effects. The financing of such assistance pro- witnessed 41 heat records set across the US. “Cold and hot, worker moving to the United States is from their jobs. This is the reason that It benefits workers in high-skilled jobs grammes can be partially done by tax- wet and dry, we experience natural weather conditions all the economic growth estimated to be about $14,000 per year. immigration was one of the top three that are characterised by knowledge ing the beneficiaries. time,” said Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at Texas Tech in the long run Similarly, research suggests that if 100 concerns during the last round of elec- spillover and skill complementarities Policymakers should keep in mind University. Although it will still get cold during the winter and million young people migrate from tions in the United States and every and creates huge costs for low skilled that though rising immigration raises there will be colder-than-normal spells from time-to-time, developing to developed countries, it Western European country. workers who mainly belong to the low questions concerning displacement the heat will return and summers are getting hotter. 2018 is will increase the host country’s GDP It is important to acknowledge that and lower-middle-income groups. This of native-born workers and economic the hottest La Niña year on record (the cooling of the ocean by $1.4 trillion, thus bringing prosper- studies do show a displacement effect section of the society is already vulner- constraints, the path to liberal migra- waters in the Pacific during La Niña tends to cool the planet), ity to the nations. among the citizens. The concentra- able and any economic shocks can drive tion with clearly designed immigration according to the World Meteorological Association, and with On the other hand, despite the tion of immigrants in certain destina- them below the poverty line. This is the policies can facilitate economic integra- La Niña fading away and El Niño (which warms the Pacific compelling economic evidence, there tion countries, occupations and regions reason for strong political opposition to tion and economic growth in the long Ocean) likely to take its place, things are only going to get is a strong political opposition to driven by market forces, that is to fulfil immigration. run. IANS hotter. Climate Change has well and truly struck with all the immigrants in many countries. This unmet demand, is the main cause of the However, changemakers should (The author is chair, Institute for nightmarish predictions coming true. There is still time for opposition comes from the view that economic problems and cultural anxiet- realise that ceasing the incoming immi- Competitiveness, India. Manisha man to tackle the situation on a war footing. Activating the immigrants scale down jobs for the ies of local populations. However, this grants in the destination country won’t Kapoor, senior researcher at the Paris Climate Control Treaty for starters. citizens, drive down the wages by cre- impact is limited to low skilled and less serve as a justification for their economic Institute, has contributed to the article. ating competition in the market. The educated workers where substitution is growth. For instance, The Penn Whar- Views expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 mp in focus Quest for the truth Investigation of crime is a quest for truth and to bring the perpetrators to book he supplementary charge-sheet Rao, Surendra Singh and AN Varma, thus filed against Chidambaram, his showing that even the successors followed son and others in the 2006 Aircel- the same line of Vijaya Rama Rao. So much Maxis fraud case after the trial court so for the stranglehold of the politicians in N. DILIP KUMAR Tdischarged the Marans and others a year power on the investigating agencies! ago; the muted silence in the grossly under- Now, nearly 22 years after the CBI had reported recent convictions in the Urea Scam registered the case, a special CBI court in of 1996 wherein former Prime Minister PV Delhi has sentenced B Sanjeeva Rao, two Narasimha Rao’s son, his Principal Secretary Turkish nationals, Tuncay Alankus and Cihan and the Cabinet Secretary were not charged; Karanchi, CK Ramakrishnan (former CMD the stalling of investigations by the present of National Fertiliser Ltd), DS Kanwar (for- central government in the Krishna-Godavari- mer Executive Director – marketing – NFL), Basin gas deal that involved Mukesh Ambani M Sambasiva Rao, Prakash Chand Yadav, and and other prominent persons – and many others with differing punishments of rigor- such unresolved cases propel our minds to ous imprisonment up to six years and hefty the important question of the quest for truth fines up to Rs 100 crores. But, what about by the CBI or the Anti Corruption Branches the kingpins? of the state governments. Narasimha Rao was known as a Con- Investigation of crime is nothing but a gressman with a khaki knicker inside for his quest for truth – the absolute truth, in order closeness to BJP. Presuming that what BJP to get the perpetrator punished by the court. government has done with Chidambaram Be it the Rs 64 crore Bofors Scam or the Rs and 17 others in Aircel-Maxis, significantly, Being in the 133 crore Urea Scam, be it the Rs 945 crore charge-sheets filed without obtaining the Animal Husbandry Scam or the Rs 3500 mandatory sanction for prosecution is cor- know of the crore Aircel-Maxis Deal, or the Rs 50,000 rect on merits, will they also set the CBI entire nuances crore KG Basin gas deal fraud, or for that machinery in motion on the quest for reach- matter any serious crime – an investigator is ing the absolute truth in the urea scam and of the case as expected to reach to the bottom of it, espe- prosecute the ring-leaders? Also, presuming a consultant of cially when s/he belongs to a professional that the BJP government is impartial in han- agency like the CBI, or even a smaller outfit of dling corruption matters and its leaders have NFL, after his the Anti Corruption Branch of a state. Unlike no nexus with the Ambanis, will they take up retirement from judicial justice, wherein there are instances of the investigations in the huge Rs 50,000 crore the trial court sentencing the death penalty to Ineffective scrutiny into scams is tainting the integrity of CBI and other regulatory agencies (Representational Image) fraud in the Krishna-Godavari gas deal that his long service the accused by treating the crime of a grue- involves the corporate giant Mukesh Ambani, in the CBI, Sen some murder as rarest of rare cases, the High them while also unfairly painting the investi- man who chaired the group of Secretaries that received not a kilo of urea against the advance which is presently stalled by the Anti Corrup- Court acquitting him and, finally, the case gating officers with the same brush, without decided National Fertiliser Limited would be of $38 million paid to the Karsons. tion Branch that has been usurped from the has emphasised ending up with life sentence in the Supreme taking into account their actual predicament. an additional canalising agency to purchase Furthermore, the Parliamentary Com- Kejriwal government and is now being con- the fact that their Court, thus proving that there is no absolute In reality, when an officer, who is honest, urea from the international market and the mittee on Chemicals and Petroleum, headed trolled by the LG of Delhi? justice – for the investigator, absolute truth dedicated, intelligent, professionally impartial late AN Varma, the Principal Secretary to by AR Antulay, examined the matter and Similarly, will the muffled media ever role in inducting has no alternatives. Therefore, every profes- and conscientious, does everything possible the PM, who in all intents and purposes was although no report was submitted, through open up to speak against the abuse of the NFL into urea sional investigator normally endeavours to to reach the absolute truth, he also suffers for supporting the entry of National Fertilisers inside sources, TOI reported on Sept 11, investigating agencies? People are wary that import business collect all the evidence in the task at hand. all the wrong-doings or silence of the bosses. Limited – that saw itself fall into the trap of 1996: “Ex-Cabinet Secretary (Mr. Surendra while every conviction of Lalu Yadav in the Yet, we come across several cases in which He is hurt; anguished with the fate of the case, doing business with Karson Danismanlik Singh) is responsible for the urea scam.” Sub- fodder scam cases hogs the limelight and deserved a legal the results of an investigation puzzle our for all his good work being dumped, for being Turizm Sanayi Ticaret Ltd of Turkey and sequently, The Statesman of May 30, 1997 the charge-sheet against Chidambaram and scrutiny that did minds. The ominous act of filing the supple- bullied into submission to accept the deci- ended up as a victim of a Rs 133 crore fraud, reported: “While the top leadership of politi- his son is widely reported, the omission of mentary charge-sheet in the Aircel-Maxis sions of the politically-pliable bosses, and a whopping double that of the Bofors scam. cal parties burn the midnight oil to come up the big-shots in the list of convictions in the not happen case against Chidambaram and 17 others by for being treated as recalcitrant if he stands Being in the know of the entire nuances of the with a solution, some senior bureaucrats are urea scam and the non-investigation of the the CBI, implies that either the earlier inves- up against those diktats. He is tormented by case as a consultant of NFL, after his retire- engaged in frantic efforts to scuttle a probe Rs 50,000 crore KG Basin gas deal do not find tigations were botched up and the agency guilt, pain and impotent anger for his final ment from his long service in the CBI, he has into the Rs 133 urea scam, which allegedly any prominent place in the media. ignored the evidence against important peo- product of investigation being whitewashed emphasised the fact that their role in induct- involves persons close to former PM PV Justice is not absolute; but, in matters ple due to political pressure from the then with politically-acceptable paint. And, with ing NFL into urea import business deserved Narasimha Rao and his mentor Chandras- of investigation it is a quest for truth – the UPA government, or that the present set his professional pride deeply hurt, these feel- a legal scrutiny that did not happen. Surpris- wamy.....Proceedings have been initiated absolute truth and there is no compromise; of officers have manipulated the evidence ings haunt him for ages, even after he retires ingly, the advance money of Rs 133 crore was against several NFL officials but little effort there is no second conclusion. Let us hope to please the whims of the erstwhile NDA from service – for the entire struggle he had deposited by NFL into the Swiss account of had gone towards pinpointing the master- that, notwithstanding reports of bickering government. If this line of thought has no undergone in his mission – in the quest for the hitherto unknown fly-by-night Turkish minds behind the deal....NFL was persuaded between the top brass of the CBI and ACB fault lines, it can be safely said that the CBI reaching the absolute truth. The story of Company, which did not have any exposure to clinch the deal in a record time of about Delhi stalling the Ambani investigations had acted under political pressure earlier the Urea Scam, among many others, can- or expertise in this field since Minerals and two weeks.” Then, the investigations revealed till date, both will stand truly independent, or is acting under such pressure now. Sim- didly written by Shantonu Sen, a former Joint Metals Trading Corporation was handling all that the Karsons did pay back in part, ie, $4 impartial and professional, shedding their ilarly, stopping of investigations in the KG Director of CBI, in his book, ‘CBI...insider such matters earlier. million, routing back through two Hyder- perceivably unprofessional image and par- Basin case by the Anti Corruption Branch speaks’, gives us an insight into the feelings of When the comprehensively duped NFL abad businessmen, who were associated with tisan approach. Or, is that hope only a uto- of Delhi displays the vulnerability of such such officers in the CBI, ACB, and elsewhere. made the complaint to the CBI, the then a Dubai firm, Edible Foodstuffs, to the bank pian dream and, like in the UPA days, will state agencies to political maneuverability. Sen writes that in the Urea Scam that had Director, Vijaya Rama Rao, who was Nara- accounts of Prabhakara Rao, Sanjeeva Rao, the organisations continue to submit to the As a result, doubting Thomases have a field surfaced in the last days of the Narasimha simha Rao’s appointee, played the role of Man and Sambasiva Rao. Additionally, a sum of political power that rules over them? Is noth- day asking whether the CBI or Anti Cor- Rao government, around October 1995, at Friday for saving Prabhakara Rao, and other $2000 was sent to Rhea Brothers in New ing changing? ruption Branches are really working as pro- least three senior members of the dramatis big-wigs, even though the facts on record York, a firm owned by Prakash Yadav, son of (The author is a retired IPS officer, fessional agencies to bring out the absolute personae had managed to elude trial – Prab- indicated that Sanjeeva Rao was related to the Fertilisers Minister, Ram Lakhan Yadav. former Member, Public Grievances truth, questioning whether they have the hakara Rao, son of former PM Narasimha Prabhakara Rao, and Sambasiva Rao was In spite of all this, the charge-sheet filed in Commission, Delhi, and former DIG, CBI. required impeccable integrity, and castigating Rao, Surendra Singh, Cabinet Secretary, the closely connected to Sanjeeva Rao; and, NFL December 1997 was silent about Prabhakara The views expressed are strictly personal)

tweet The curious case of cosmetic surgeries RETWEET Aggressive commercialisation of beauty reflects the failing standards of egalitarianism in our society today IMRAN KHAN @ImranKhanPTI istory has been witness to a number of unhealthy beauty TANUSHRI ROY trends, many of which have been accepted as extremely People of Pakistan must come out and Hirrational and cruel in today’s times. vote in this historic election. This is the 16th-century chopines and 20th-cen- first time in 4 decades the nation has a tury hobble skirts restricted women’s chance to defeat the entrenched status movement and increased their depen- quo. Don’t miss this opportunity. dence on others. In the Elizabethan era, use of makeup made of lead and arsenic, and eating chalk reflected a blatantly racist obsession with white BRAHMA CHELLANEY and pale skin. Lower classes faked gin- @Chellaney givitis to ape tooth decays of the more privileged who had access to sugar. Even today, many ethnic tribes continue with China's stealth wars in the Himalayas: practices which inflict bodily defor- The massive mations. In the urban context as well, Isn't it extraordinary that China — having trends like high heels, skinny jeans and quietly gained control of much of the pressure to live using excessive makeup dominate the Doklam Plateau, which tiny Bhutan up to some fashion discourse. Cosmetic procedures Cosmetic surgery, in the last decade, has witnessed a dangerous upsurge (Representational Image) regards as its integral part — sends its ideal standard are the latest addition to the kitty. Inter- vice foreign minister to Bhutan to exert estingly, the common thread connecting temporary times where better ‘looking’ cation, reducing women to the level of by subverting stigmatisation. However, pressure to let it open its embassy there? of beauty, them all is the reinforcement of social individuals are considered to be health- ‘chattel’ to feed the male gaze. Lifestyle the increased demand for aesthetic sur- norms and stereotypes. Forms of social- ier and more accomplished. Such an changes reflect an image-obsessed cul- gery falls short of a collective psycho- particularly for isation which lie at the intersection of understanding stems from a complete ture, reeking of deep-rooted insecu- pathology obsessed with appearance. women, reeks race, class and gender-based prejudices. disregard of individual merit and fun- rities. It is also very hard to overlook I am, thus, apprehensive of this form DONALD J. TRUMP damental freedoms. How have ideas, the self-evident undercurrents of social of social consciousness that first gen- @realDonaldTrump of the patriarchal Contemporary times: Desires and otherwise seen as deviant and prob- prejudice and capitalistic propaganda. erates dissatisfaction and anxiety and remnants of a demands lematic, retained control over the minds There has been a growth in the num- then provides surgery as the solution male-dominated In recent years, the number of indi- of millions of individuals? What moti- ber of adolescents who take to cosmetic to a cultural problem. viduals seeking cosmetic procedures vates them to risk aspects of their lives surgeries to become more ‘perfect’. Pre- Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country society. This kind has increased tremendously. In 2015, to cater to self-limiting rules of ‘accep- sumably, there is an underlying dissatis- The way ahead which has treated the United States unfairly of conformity 21 million surgical and nonsurgical tance’? The surprising part is that this faction which surgery does not resolve. ‘Beauty’ is unfair. As a product of on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets further nurtures cosmetic procedures were performed anomaly is often placed in the illusory People continue to look for remedies in privilege, it often offends egalitarian val- hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that - and worldwide. In the United Kingdom spe- realm of ‘free will’. However, when the the wrong places. ues. The existence of male-supremacist, everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the objectification, cifically, there has been a 300 per cent entire socio-cultural setup and indi- ageist, racist, class-biased and to some rise in cosmetic procedures since 2002. vidual attitudes validate certain behav- Medicalisation of beauty extent, eugenicist standards, reflect a “piggy bank” that’s being robbed. All will be reducing women 2016 witnessed a surge in the number of iours, there is very less space left for an Attempts to normalise cosmetic pro- failure of the society as a whole. We Great! to the level of such treatments with the United States alternate narrative. Let alone free will. cedures pose serious health dangers have to work towards a social order crossing four million operations. Pres- and psychiatric disorders which are which embraces people as they are. We chattel to feed the ently, the top five countries in which A gendered culture often subsumed by the popular rheto- should open our hearts to the diver- male gaze the most surgical and nonsurgical pro- Today, there is idolisation of celebri- ric. These include adverse effects due to sification of beauty and aesthetic. Let JAVED AKHTAR cedures are performed are the United ties, beauty pageants and advertisements cosmetic fillers like skin necrosis, ecchy- our entertainment, fashion, capital and @Javedakhtarjadu States, Brazil, South Korea, India, and by cosmetic companies over medical mosis, granuloma formation, irrevers- media revolve around heterogeneity of Mexico. Demand surplus can be viewed advice. An active and aggressive media ible blindness, and anaphylaxis. Other ideologies and cultures. In the words of from different perspectives. At one end, has played a key role in forming soci- dangers like heightened susceptibility Eleanor Roosevelt, “No one can make With folded hands and utmost humility I it can be regarded as a product of scien- etal perceptions of what is attractive and to cancer, mortality and increased sui- you feel inferior without your consent”. want to request the MPS of all the parties tific progress, growing awareness, eco- desirable. People who deviate from such cide rates also loom large. There is no So, let us all come together and create a nomic capacities and easier access; on norms are either stigmatised or ostra- denying that advances in plastic and better society. A society, where love and in the lok sabha to at least have some mercy the other, something along the lines of cised from social spheres. The massive reconstructive surgery have revolution- humanity override archaic ideologies of on poetry . With out any exception Each and a self-inflicted pathology. pressure to live up to some ideal stan- ised the treatment of patients suffering naive men. A society, where the indi- every couplet recited during the 12 hour dard of beauty, particularly for women, from disfiguring congenital abnormali- vidual will is truly free and discourse, a session was either wrongly worded, out of The social dilemma reeks of the patriarchal remnants of a ties, burns and skin cancers. There are product of informed thought. meter or mispronounced Pierre Bourdieu’s observation about male-dominated society. This kind of cases where medical-aesthetic inputs (The views expressed social mobility still holds good in con- conformity further nurtures objectifi- have been vital in restoring the morale are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 France’s Oppn seeks no-trust Pakistan suffers its largest ever military deployment for elections

vote on Macron bodyguard row ISLAMABAD: Over 370,000 troops have been deployed across Pakistan for on Wednes- PARIS: France’s opposition ing a riot helmet and police day's general election, the larg- conservative party said on tags while embedded as an Police attack est military deployment on a Tuesday it had asked for a vote observer. polling day in the nation's his- of no-confidence against the The video shows him drag- farmers to clear tory, at the end of a campaign government over the furor ging a woman away from a pro- marred by a string of terror engulfing President Emman- test and later beating a male Tour de France attacks. uel Macron’s bodyguard, who demonstrator. The countrywide election was filmed hitting protesters The French leader, who campaign, marred by a string during a May Day rally. fired Benalla on Friday, has FANJEAUX (France): The Tour of terrorist attacks, came to an Macron is under fire in the not publicly commented on de France 16th stage re-started end at midnight last night, as biggest political crisis of his the case since it broke a week on Tuesday after a brief halt political parties culminated didates and campaign rallies, tenure after the interior min- ago. when police used tear gas near their poll campaigns. including one that killed 151 Furore over poll ister and a police chief said on According to an IPSOS the peloton to break up a pro- The Pakistan Army has said people in Balochistan province Monday the presidency told poll released on Tuesday, the test by farmers. it would deploy 371,388 troops on July 13. panel’s ‘women them in May it would deal with first since the story emerged, Bales of hay blocked the at 85,000 polling stations for Questions have also agents’ dictat the bodyguard. Macron has seen his popular- road 26 kilometres (16 miles) the July 25 election. This would been raised about the role Critics say Macron’s office ity fall to 32 percent, down four into the day's ride from Carcas- be the largest deployment for of the military after reports failed to punish the head of his points since June, his lowest sone as farmers demonstrated any election in the country's that it was given magisterial ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's security detail sufficiently or lower house, Christian Jacob, idency assured him on May level since September 2017. against a cut in state aid. Among history. powers. election commission's latest refer him to judicial authori- told reporters. 2 that bodyguard Alexandre Opposition parties have the riders affected by the tear gas Armed soldiers stood guard The Election Commission order that only women ties because he has grown out A vote of no-confidence Benalla would be punished. been united in outrage over was Team Sky's overall leader as election officials in the capi- of Pakistan (ECP) was also crit- polling agents will be of touch with ordinary people is unlikely to bring down The Paris police chief echoed the incident and have stepped Geraint Thomas, who was pic- tal distributed ballot boxes and icised for deploying the army allowed at female polling since taking office 14 months Macron’s government as it has those comments. up their attacks on the govern- tured rubbing his nose following voting material at polling sta- both inside and outside poll- stations across the country ago. a solid majority in parliament. Benalla was placed under ment following Collomb’s hear- the incident. Television images tions across the city. ing stations. “The government has failed Interior Minister Gerard investigation on Sunday after ings. More hearings, including showed Tour de France medical "Deployment of troops Army chief General Qamar has been slammed by and must be held responsible in Collomb told lawmakers dur- being identified in footage at Macron’s chief of staff later on officers handing out eye drops completed across the country," Bajwa has however assured that major political parties front of parliament,” the head ing questioning on Monday he the protests in Paris. He was Tuesday, are scheduled this to riders including green jersey the military said in a statement, military personnel deployed for as an unnecessary move of The Republicans party at the took no action after the pres- off duty from work and wear- week. AGENCIES points leader Peter Sagan. AGENCIES adding that the troops along election duties would strictly ahead of general elec- with local security agencies will comply with the code of con- tions on Wednesday. The provide "a safe and secure envi- duct given by the ECP. Election Commission of Seoul considers reducing troops along N Korea border zone Boko Haram ronment" for voting. He also said the army will Security forces have also only perform a facilitative role Pakistan (ECP) had issued faction chief warned that leaders of main- in the election and that the an order that only women SEOUL: South Korea is consid- is a joint programme with the stream parties and certain polling process is to remain polling agents will be ering withdrawing some troops North and the United States reappears after candidates face serious secu- under the control and author- allowed at female polling from its border zone with to exhume the remains of war rity threats. ity of the ECP. stations across the country North Korea as a confidence- dead buried in the DMZ. This has also affected the The military has ruled Pak- where 46.73 million reg- building measure after their The zone bisects the Korean health questions traditional election fervour. istan through various coups istered female voters are landmark summit, the defence peninsula and is about four In the run up to the elec- for nearly half of the country's ministry said on Tuesday. kilometres (2.5 miles) wide. It KANO: Boko Haram factional tion, the country was hit by a history since independence in present. AGENCIES The ministry said it would includes a Joint Security Area leader Abubakar Shekau has series of terror attacks on can- 1947. AGENCIES withdraw some soldiers and (JSA) around the truce village re-emerged in a new video equipment at guard posts of Panmunjom, where negotia- after a long absence that inside the Demilitarised Zone tions take place. fuelled speculation about his Now with virtual reality Thai boys to on a trial basis, and consider a The ministry also said Seoul health and ability to lead the gradual expansion of the pull- was reviewing plans to reduce Islamist militants. ordain out later. guard personnel and firearms In a 36-minute mes- tech... experience "We will push for plans ended with an armistice rather At their April summit, in the JSA, "based on the spirit sage, seen by AFP on Tues- for a full-scale withdrawal in than a peace treaty, leaving the North Korean leader Kim Jong of the armistice agreement". day, Shekau wore a white as Buddhist sync with surveys of histori- two Koreas technically at war. Un and the South's president North Korea's diplomatic robe and skull cap, and held dementia first hand cal remains and ecological fea- The DMZ was designated as a Moon Jae-in agreed to cease all overtures began earlier this an assault rifle as he sat in novices tures," it said in a report to buffer zone but the areas to the hostile acts and turn their bor- year with its participation in front of a military camouflage WASHINGTON DC: Scien- parliament. north and south of it are heav- der into a "peace zone". the Winter Olympics in the canvas. tists have developed a virtual MAE SAI: The young soccer The 1950-53 Korean War ily fortified. Also under consideration South. AGENCIES He appeared unwell but reality technology that allows teammates and their coach who made no direct mention of people to experience age-related were trapped in a Thai cave have NOTICE NOTICE his health or reports from disabilities such as vision and attended a Buddhist ceremony I, Smt. Shraddha Subba( Rai)w/o Sujan I,Smt. Shraddha Subba( Rai), w/o Sujan Rai, last month that he had high hearing loss, as well as the pro- as they prepare to be ordained Rai, Age about 29 years ,Indian by aged about 29 years, Indian by Nationality, blood pressure, failing eye- gression of Alzheimer's disease. to become Buddhist novices and nationality Hindu by religion, resident of Hindu by religion, resident of Ging Village sight and diabetes-related The experience may help stu- monks. Eleven of the boys and Ging Village Gelongtar, P. O. Lebong, Gelongtar P.O. Lebong, Dist. Darjeeling, W.B., Dist. Darjeeling W.B., do hereby do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as complications. dents gain a better understand- the coach prayed to ancient rel- solemnly affirm and declare as follows:- follows:-. That BIDHI RAI is my daughter The jihadist leader used to ing and empathise with older ics and offered drinks and des- That my actual date of birth is 17-09- who was born on 03-03-2008. That due 1989 which is recorded in my Aadhaar to mistake and inadvertance in the birth appear frequently on camera adults and their struggles with serts placed in gilded bowls to card being no. 993618303357. That I certificate of my said daughter, name has but was last seen in a 14-min- dementia. "It also may decrease the spirits in a ceremony Tuesday at have no documentary proof in support been wrongly recorded as BIDHATA RAI ute video message on February The virtual reality (VR) sim- stigma and their negative atti- a temple in northern Thailand. of my date of birth and place of birth. instead of BIDHI RAI. That BIDHI RAI and That I am swearing this affidavit for the BIDHATA RAI is the same and single indentical 6, in which he claimed respon- ulation was incorporated into a tudes about older people," said Parchon Pratsakul, governor purpose of declaring and proving the person i.e. my daughter. That I am swearing sibility for attacks in northeast training program for about 20 Potts. It has also increased inter- of Chiang Rai province, says aforesaid contents and to submit the this affidavit for the purpose of declaring Nigeria. high school students in the US. est in health care careers among the boys will ordain to become same before the concern authority. That and proving the aforesaid contents and to the statements are true to the best of submit the same before the concern authority. He is widely believed to be It gives high school students the students. Buddhist novices Wednesday, my knowledge and belief and I sign this That the statements are true to the best of my aged in his late 40s. AGENCIES greater insight into what it's The Alfred module is a live- while the 25-year-old coach will affidavit on this the 23rd day of July, knowledge and belief and I sign this affidavit like to be Alfred - a 74-year- action film, depicting the world ordain as a monk. The 12th team 2018 at siliguri. on this the 23rd day of july, 2018 at siliguri. old African American man as experienced by a 74-year-old member who was trapped in the with suspected mild cogni- with MCI, macular degenera- cave won't take part because he tive impairment (MCI), plus tion and high frequency hear- isn't Buddhist. age-related vision and hear- ing loss. The Beatriz module Buddhist males in predomi- ing loss, or Beatriz, a middle- includes five-minute stories of a nantly Buddhist Thailand are aged Latina, as she progresses middle-aged Latina as she expe- traditionally expected to ordain through the continuum of riences the early, middle and and enter the monkhood, often Alzheimer's disease. later aspects of Alzheimer's dis- as novices, at some point in their The goal was to better ease dementia. The stories take lives. Nine Australians involved prepare the young people to the participant through a digital in rescuing 12 boys and their interact with older adults with version of what it is like to be soccer coach from a flooded Alzheimer's and other demen- at the grocery store, struggling cave in Thailand have been tias at long-term care facilities with other activities of daily liv- awarded bravery medals for and adult day care centres. ing and sundowning - when putting their lives in danger dur- "What we're hearing from dementia-related confusion and ing the treacherous ordeal. Gov- the students is that experienc- agitation get worse later in the ernor-General Peter Cosgrove ing the virtual reality training day. "Technology like this may said in a statement on Tuesday before they volunteer improves be useful in expanding aware- that anesthetist Richard Harris their empathy and increases ness about what it is like to have and his dive buddy Craig Chal- enthusiasm for working with Alzheimer's disease dementia," len have been awarded the Star the seniors - two documented said Beth Kallmyer, Vice Pres- of Courage, the second highest outcomes of our programme," ident of Care and Support for civilian bravery decoration in said Daniel C Potts, of the Uni- the Alzheimer's Association in the Australian honors system versity of Alabama in the US. the US. AGENCIES after the Cross of Valor. AGENCIES German treatment of Ozil racist: Turkey’s Erdogan

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tues- day the treatment of Mesut Ozil after the soccer star quit Germany’s national team was racist and unacceptable. He said he spoke to Ozil on Monday night and described his attitude as meriting the highest level of admiration, adding Ozil’s critics “could not stomach” the photo of the soccer star and Erdogan that tion Yildirim Demiroren, have prompted criticism ahead of thrown their support behind the World Cup. Ozil since he announced on “Such a racist treatment Sunday that he would not play toward a young man who again for Germany. has given his all to the Ger- “We condemn the treat- man national team for his ment, threats and derogatory religious beliefs is unaccept- messages that he has received able,” Erdogan told reporters because of his heritage and in parliament. background,” Demiroren Authorities in Ozil’s ances- said. tral Turkish town have erected The most prominent Ger- a new street sign showing the man politician of Turkish heri- photo of him in May with tage, Cem Ozdemir, called on Erdogan, replacing one pic- Monday for the resignation of turing him wearing the inter- German Football Association national strip of Germany, the (DFB) head Reinhard Grindel, country of his birth. who Ozil said had blamed him Several prominent officials for Germany’s early departure in Turkey, including the head from this year’s World Cup in of the Turkish Football Federa- Russia. AGENCIES 11 Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp Chile investigating 158 Catholic Hydropower dam collapses Church members for sex abuse

SANTIAGO: Chile is now investigating 158 members of in Laos... hundreds missing the country's embattled Cath- olic Church -- both clergymen and lay people -- for perpetrat- BANGKOK: Hundreds of venture formed in 2012. company official said: "We do ing or concealing the sexual people are missing and an Among the companies not have any official reports abuse of children and adults, unknown number believed involved in the project accord- about it yet. We are gathering prosecutors have said. dead after a partly-constructed ing to the Laos News Agency information." The cases relate to incidents hydropower dam in southeast are Thailand's Ratchaburi Elec- Dam projects in Laos, dating back as far as 1960 and Laos collapsed, sending flash tricity Generating Holding, mainly providing power involving 266 victims, includ- floods surging through six vil- South Korea's Korea Western to neighbouring countries, ing 178 children and ado- lages, state media reported on Power and the state-run Lao have long been controversial lescents, according to public Tuesday. Holding State Enterprise. with fears over environmen- prosecutor Luis Torres. Communist Laos is tra- The 410 megawatt capac- tal damage and the impact on The prosecutor's statement sphere," he noted. There are 36 diocese, where Claret lives, in versed by a vast network of riv- ity dam was supposed to start communities who are often offered the first general view ongoing investigations, while 2015 despite accusations by sex ers and there are several dams commercial operations by displaced to make way for the of the extent and scope of the 23 previous ones resulted in abuse victims that the prelate being built or are planned in 2019, according to the ven- construction. abuse scandal faced by Chile's convictions and one other in covered up the actions of dis- the impoverished and land- ture's website. A massive hydroelectric Catholic Church -- and how an acquittal. "There's no doubt graced pedophile priest Fer- locked country, which exports The project consists of a project at Xayaburi, led by Thai many people are implicated. that what the public prosecu- nando Karadima in the 1980s most of its hydropower energy series of dams over the Houay group CH Karnchang, is at the Last month, Pope Francis tor is doing is very positive and and 1990s. to neighbouring countries like of people missing". "We do not have any for- Makchanh, the Xe-Nam- heart of Laos' plan to become accepted the resignation of five is starting to open the door to According to Claret, the Thailand. Images published in the mal information yet about any noy and the Xe-Pian rivers "the battery of Southeast Asia". Chilean bishops amid accu- situations that previously were Chilean Episcopal Conference Laos News Agency said the report showed scores of peo- casualties or how many are in neighbouring Champasak The 1,285 megawatt dam sations of abuse and related treated as an open secret," Juan already knew in 2007 about accident happened at a hydro- ple, some clutching young missing," an Attapeu official Province. It planned to export -- which will cost 3.5 billion cover-ups. "The vast majority Carlos Claret, a member of a 120 priests involved in sexual power dam in southeastern children, crammed onto low- said on condition of anonym- 90 percent of its electricity to according to state media -- has of reported incidents relate to campaign group that opposed abuse. He says that means there Attapeu province's Sanamxay slung wooden boats and wad- ity, adding that was "no phone energy hungry Thailand and sharply divided downstream sexual crimes committed by the presence of tainted bishop must be more people involved district late Monday, releas- ing through muddy waters. signal" in the flooded region. the remaining amount was to Mekong nations like Vietnam priests or people linked to edu- Juan Barros in his area, said. than the number revealed by ing five billion cubic metres of Several houses in the south- "We sent rescue teams who be offered up on the local grid. and Cambodia who worry it cational establishments," Torres Barros is accused of cover- prosecutors on Monday. water -- more than two million ern part of the district were will help them and provide Under the terms of con- will disrupt vital ecosystems told reporters. ing for a pedophile priest and "Some information is still Olympic swimming pools -- swept away following the dam's basic assistance first," the offi- struction, PNPC said it would and their own river systems. The entire strata of the Francis was forced to apolo- being held back," added Claret, which unleashed flash flooding collapse around 8pm (1300 cial added. operate and manage the power Communist authorities in Catholic Church -- from bish- gise earlier this year for hav- a leading voice in denouncing coursing into nearby villages. GMT) on Monday evening, The 1.2 billion dam is part project for 27-years after com- Laos keep tight control infor- ops to monks -- were involved ing hugged and defended the the clerical abuse of children The report added that there the report said, as officials in of a project by Vientiane-based mercial operations began. mation and is often opaque in the crimes, as well as "lay bishop on a visit to Chile in in the country that led Fran- were "several human lives the province put out a call for Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Power When contacted by phone about business deals and devel- people exercising some func- January. Francis had named cis to overhaul Chile's Catholic claimed, and several hundreds relief aid for flood victims. Company, or PNPC, a joint in Laos' capital Vientiane a opment projects. AGENCIES tion in the ecclesiastical Barros to head the Osorno Church. AGENCIES Indian-origin World Bank Scientists develop new materials Andromeda galaxy 'ate' Milky Way's sibling WASHINGTON DC: The M32p would have been economist drowns long-lost sibling of the Milky massive, making it the third that move in response to light Way was shredded and largest galaxy in the Local at Bali beach devoured by the our closest Group after the Andromeda WASHINGTON DC: Scien- "And unlike other light large galactic neighbour - the and the Milky Way galaxies. JAKARTA: A young Indian- tists have developed new mate- actuated materials based on Andromeda galaxy - about two This work might also solve a origin senior economist work- rials that move when exposed liquid crystals, these materi- billion years ago, scientists have long-standing mystery: the for- ing with the World Bank to light, an advance that may als can be fashioned to move found. mation of Andromeda's enig- drowned after strong currents enable a wide range of prod- either towards, or away from The massive galaxy, matic M32 satellite galaxy, the pulled her away while she was ucts which perform simple to the direction of the light. although mostly shredded, left scientists say. swimming in a restricted area complex movements, from All of these features add up behind a rich trail of evidence - They suggest that the com- at a beach in Bali, the Indone- tiny engines to solar arrays that to the ability to make objects an almost invisible halo of stars pact and dense M32 is the sian media reported. bend towards the sunlight. large and small with complex, larger than the Andromeda gal- surviving centre of the Milky The beach lifeguard tried The light actuated mate- coordinated movements," Li axy itself, and a separate com- Way's long-lost sibling, like the to save the 37-year-old Aakan- rials created by researchers said. pact galaxy M32. was expected to have con- these shredded galaxies," said indestructible pit of a plum. sha Pande, who resided in at the Tufts University in the wirelessly, using light," Omen- The researchers constructed This disrupted galaxy was sumed hundreds of its smaller D'Souza, lead author of the "While it (M32) looks like Singapore, and took her to US are based on the princi- etto said. a simple "Curie engine". A light the third-largest member of the companions. Researchers study published in the journal a compact example of an old, Siloam Hospital where she ple of the Curie temperature The team demonstrated actuated film was shaped into Local Group of galaxies, after thought this would make it dif- Nature Astronomy. elliptical galaxy, it actually has was pronounced dead on - above which certain materi- some of these complex move- a ring and mounted on a nee- the Milky Way and Androm- ficult to learn about any single "Astronomers have been lots of young stars. It's one arrival, The Jakarta Post als will change their magnetic ments by constructing soft dle post. eda galaxies. one of them. studying the Local Group - the of the most compact galax- reported. properties. grippers that capture and Placed near a permanent Using computer models, Scientists found that even Milky Way, Andromeda and ies in the universe. There isn't Pande, a US citizen, was By heating and cooling a release objects in response to magnet, when a laser was Richard D'Souza and Eric Bell though many companion their companions - for so long. another galaxy like it," Bell said. Senior Health Economist at the magnetic material, one can light illumination. focused onto a fixed spot on of the University of Michigan galaxies were consumed by It was shocking to realise that The study may alter the World Bank where she focused turn its magnetism off and "One of the advantages of the ring, it locally demagnetises in the US were able to piece Andromeda, most of the stars the Milky Way had a large sib- traditional understanding of on countries in the Middle East on. these materials is that we can that portion of the ring, creat- together this evidence, reveal- in the Andromeda's outer faint ling, and we never knew about how galaxies evolve, research- and North Africa (MENA). "We could combine these selectively activate portions of ing an unbalanced net force ing this long-lost sibling of the halo were mostly contributed it," said Bell. ers said. They realised that the She died after being swept simple movements into more a structure and control them that causes the ring to turn. Milky Way. by shredding a single large This galaxy, called M32p, Andromeda's disk survived an away by strong waves while complex motion, like crawling, using localised or focused As it turns, the demag- Scientists have long known galaxy. which was shredded by the impact with a massive galaxy, swimming in the evening at walking, or swimming," said light," said Meng Li, first author netised spot regains its mag- that this nearly invisible large "It was a 'eureka' moment. Andromeda galaxy, was at which would question the com- the beach in front of Dou- Fiorenzo Omenetto, a profes- of the research paper pub- netisation and a new spot is halo of stars surrounding gal- We realised we could use this least 20 times larger than any mon wisdom that such large ble Six Hotel in Seminyak, sor at Tufts University. lished in the journal Proceed- illuminated and demagnetised, axies contains the remnants of information of Andromeda's galaxy which merged with the interactions would destroy Bali, on Saturday, the report "And these movements can ings of the National Academy causing the engine to continu- smaller cannibalised galaxies. outer stellar halo to infer the Milky Way over the course of disks and form an elliptical said. AGENCIES be triggered and controlled of Sciences. ously rotate. AGENCIES A galaxy like Andromeda properties of the largest of its lifetime. galaxy. AGENCIES ‘Stormy Daniels’ & husband Raging wildfires kill 74 in Japan heat wave deaths ‘Brendon Miller’ to divorce Greece; more deaths feared reach 80... govt takes WASHINGTON DC: Adult film star Stormy Daniels, who PARIS: Raging wildfires killed to reach the sea", he said. is battling President Donald 74 people including small Video footage showed peo- desperate measures Trump in court over their children in Greece, devour- ple fleeing by car as the tourist- alleged sexual encounter a ing homes and forests as terri- friendly Attica region declared TOKYO: Two weeks into continuing across the coun- decade ago, and her husband fied residents fled to the sea to a state of emergency. Japan's blistering heat wave, at try and emergency measures plan to divorce, her lawyer escape the flames, authorities "I saw the fire move down least 80 people have died and to protect students and their announced on Tuesday. said Tuesday. the hill at around 6:00 pm and thousands have been rushed to well-being has become an Daniels, 39, whose real Orange flames engulfed five or ten minutes later it was emergency rooms, as officials issue," Chief Cabinet Secretary name is Stephanie Clifford, pine forests, turning them to in my garden," said 60-year old on Tuesday urged citizens to Yoshihide Suga told a news married Glendon Crain, 41, ash and leaving lines of charred Athanasia Oktapodi. stay indoors to avoid tempera- briefing. in 2010. cars in the smoke-filled streets Her home is surround by tures exceeding 40 degrees Cel- Public broadcaster NHK Crain is a heavy metal of seaside towns near Athens dry pine advised frequent sips of water musician and pornographic "A petition for divorce was from discussing their alleged after the fires broke on Monday. trees. CLIMATE CHANGE to keep people hydrated, movie actor, featuring in adult filed last week, the accuracy of 2006 sexual encounter. Rescuers rushed to evac- "They advised them to restore salt films under the name Brendon which is vehemently disputed," "I don't need or want pri- uate residents and tourists courtyard of a villa at the sea- caught fire. I ran out like a crazy sius (104F) in some areas. levels depleted by sweat, and Miller. Daniel's attorney added. vacy. I want truth. And it will stranded on beaches. side resort of Mati, 40 kilome- person, got to the beach and The government said it may stay indoors. It has also aired Daniels, who was married "Stormy's daughter remains come out. I'm not afraid," Dan- Others were overtaken by tres (25 miles) northeast of the put my head in the water. Then pay to help state schools install videos with instructions on twice previously, gave birth to her number one priority," iels wrote. the flames in their homes, on capital, said rescuer Vassilis the patrol boats came." air conditioners and suggested treating victims of mild heat- a daughter in 2011. Avenatti said. "She kindly asks Trump's personal attor- foot or in their cars. AFP pho- Andriopoulos. Death toll soars extending summer vacations, stroke. Temperatures neared "My client Stormy Daniels for privacy for the sake of her ney, Michael Cohen, paid tographers saw the burnt bod- They were huddled together Fire service spokeswoman which started this week for 40 degrees C on Tuesday in and her husband Glen have family." Daniels 130,000 just days ies of humans and dogs. in small groups, "perhaps fam- Stavroula Maliri raised the many students. While most many cities, just off Monday's decided to end their marriage," Daniels is suing Trump to before the 2016 presidential The charred bodies of 26 ilies, friends or strangers, overall death toll on Tuesday schools in Tokyo have coolers, record of 41.1 C in the city of lawyer Michael Avenatti said in invalidate a non-disclosure election in exchange for her people, including small chil- entwined in a last attempt to to 74 from an earlier count few in rural areas do. Kumagaya northwest of the a statement on Twitter. agreement that prevents her silence. AGENCIES dren, were discovered in the protect themselves as they tried of 60. AGENCIES "Record temperatures are capital. AGENCIES Sky's no limit: Japan firm to fly Tiny, cell-sized robots may help monitor diseases BOSTON: MIT scientists have pended in liquid will never set- Such devices could ulti- wedding plaques into space created the smallest robots yet tle out. Strano said that while mately be a boon for the oil and that can sense their environ- other groups have worked on gas industry, Strano said. Cur- TOKYO: The sky is no longer ment, store data, and even the creation of similarly tiny rently, the main way of check- the limit for lovers looking for carry out computational tasks, robotic devices, their emphasis ing for leaks or other issues unusual ways to commemo- paving the way for ingestible has been on developing ways to in pipelines is to have a crew rate their nuptials, with a Japa- health monitoring tools. control movement. physically drive along the pipe nese company now offering to The devices, which are However, making such and inspect it with expensive blast commemorative wedding about the size of a human egg devices more functional is instruments. plaques into space. cell, consist of tiny electronic more important than making The new devices could be Warpspace, a start-up based circuits made of two-dimen- them mobile, researchers said. inserted into one end of the in Tsukuba City outside Tokyo, sional materials, piggybacking The tiny robots, published pipeline, carried along with the is introducing the new service on minuscule particles called in the Nature Nanotechnol- flow, and then removed at the in partnership with a local hotel colloids. ogy, are self-powered, requir- other end, providing a record popular for wedding banquets. Colloids, which insoluble ing no external power source of the conditions they encoun- For about 30,000 yen ( 270), particles or molecules any- anything from the human Technology (MIT) in the US. or even internal batteries. A tered along the way, including newly-weds marrying at the released by astronauts. happiness across the sky." The where from a billionth to a mil- digestive system to oil and gas "Colloids can access envi- simple photodiode provides the presence of contaminants hotel will be able to emboss Customers will receive pho- company aims to make space lionth of a meter across, are so pipelines, or perhaps to waft ronments and travel in ways the trickle of electricity that the that could indicate the location their names and design ele- tos of the craft carrying their more accessible to ordinary small they can stay suspended through air to measure com- that other materials can't," tiny robots' circuits require to of problem areas. ments on 16-by-eight-milli- plaques as it swirls among the people, he said. indefinitely in a liquid or even pounds inside a chemical pro- Strano said. Dust particles, for power their computation and Such particles could also metre (one-fifth of a square stars, Warpspace chief execu- "We want to make space in air. cessor or refinery. example, can float indefinitely memory circuits. potentially be used for diag- inch) titanium plates that tive Toshihiro Kameda said. enjoyable and usable." The sat- By coupling these tiny "We wanted to figure out in the air because they are That is enough to let them nostic purposes in the body, will be loaded onto a tiny "Space trips are not com- ellite launch is not expected objects to complex circuitry, methods to graft complete, small enough that the random sense information about their for example to pass through satellite. mon yet but couples can send until next year, but the com- researchers hope to lay the intact electronic circuits motions imparted by colliding environment, store those data the digestive tract search- The satellite will be taken up up plaques that carry their pany will soon start taking groundwork for devices that onto colloidal particles," said air molecules are stronger than in their memory, and then later ing for signs of inflammation to the International Space Sta- affections," Kameda said. orders from couples tying the could be dispersed to carry out Michael Strano, a professor the pull of gravity. have the data read out after or other disease indicators, tion on a supply ship, and then "I want them to spread their knot. AGENCIES diagnostic journeys through at Massachusetts Institute of Similarly, colloids sus- accomplishing their mission. researchers said. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 ‘You hold key of all doors in India, China on same page in bid to open up Africa: Beijing Africa’, Modi tells Rwanda Inc BEIJING: China and India — the two largest developing KIGALI: Prime Minister Nar- countries and also emerging endra Modi on Tuesday reaf- India extends markets — want to help and firmed India's commitment deepen cooperation with Africa to Rwanda's quest for national $200 mn lines of and both the Asian giants are on development as he called for the same page in their efforts to enhancing business ties with credit to Rwanda assist African countries, a top the fast developing East African Chinese official said on Tuesday. country which he said holds the KIGALI: India has extended China also mooted "India- key of all the doors in Africa. $200 million lines of credit China Plus One" approach to Addressing leading CEOs to Rwanda for its economic assist African countries, as from India and Rwanda at a development, signed a defence Prime Minister Narendra Modi business event here, Modi said cooperation agreement and and Chinese President Xi Jin- that though India is develop- will soon open a High Com- ping visited Rwanda within a Rwanda's Finance Minister Uzz- this week. ing at a fast pace, "our motto is mission here as part of New span of 24 hours, while on their iel Ndagijimana has been quoted "The cooperation between 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas'". Delhi’s efforts to bolster the way to BRICS summit in South as saying in the media that an both countries is developing "India has 'Make in India' strategic partnership with the Africa. agreement has been signed with with sound momentum. We initiative which we can share fast-developing East African While Xi visited the East China to provide $126 million hope that both countries could with Rwanda and connect with country. African country from Sunday for two road projects. continue to implement the con- them. The announcements came to Monday, Modi arrived in "We noticed that on the sensus between the two lead- "We should grow and we Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India-Rwanda Business Forum in Kigali on Tuesday PIC/PTI during Prime Minister Naren- Kigali, the Rwandan capital, same day, Prime Minister Modi ers, explore other cooperation should be able to help grow all dra Modi’s visit to Rwanda, the on Monday. Playing down any also visited Rwanda and the two models like 'China-India plus those who want to go along governance. PM reaffirmed India's com- activities, building a network first by an Indian prime minis- India-China competition to gain countries signed several bilat- one' or 'China-India plus X' so with us," Modi, the first Indian "Coming here in Rwanda mitment to Rwanda's quest for of small scale industries, cor- ter to the country. influence in Africa, Chinese eral cooperation agreements as to realise win-win coopera- Prime Minister to visit Rwanda, does not mean you are tied to national development." porate leadership network, After his one-on-one talks Foreign Ministry spokesman on investment and infrastruc- tion for China and India and said. the borders but from here you Modi said that earlier, when seeking global market among with Rwanda’s President Paul Geng Shuang told the media ture. China and India are the for the peace and stability in "I would like to tell the will see more possibilities, chal- the world's attention was not others, the Prime Minister said. Kagame, Modi announced that here that both countries are on two largest developing coun- the region," he said. Indian business delegation lenges and opportunities and I towards Africa, no one thought "Through the International India will soon open its mis- the same page to assist African tries and also emerging mar- China had mooted the which has come here along believe that you won't let these of coming here, even at that Solar Alliance, we are not only sion in Rwanda. countries. kets. We both want to help and India-China Plus One cooper- with me that you have not only opportunities go," Modi said. time Indians preferred to come addressing the issue of climate “We are going to open a During Xi's visit to Kigali, deepen cooperation with Afri- ation with India's South Asian come to Rwanda. Today, com- Spokesperson of the Minis- to this land. change but also undertaking High Commission in Rwanda. both China and Rwanda signed can nations. We are on the same neighbours at the Wuhan sum- ing to Rwanda means you get try of External Affairs Raveesh "Even India has so many a big campaign on how that This will not only establish several bilateral cooperation page," Geng said. mit, according to Chinese offi- all the doors of Africa open as Kumar said in a tweet: "A stra- opportunities. India is ready energy is useful for humans. I communication between our documents including the Belt Referring to Modi-Xi infor- cials who spoke about the same the key is here," Modi said. tegic partnership is nourished to extend all the assistance to want the people of Rwanda to respective governments but and Road Initiative (BRI), Geng mal summit at Wuhan city in on Tuesday in the context of the Rwanda is setting up a new by economic ties! PM @nar- the business community in come forward," he said. also enable facilities for con- said in response to a question April followed by another one forays being made by both the momentum and President Paul endramodi and President @ Rwanda who want to grow in Modi said that India's sular, passport, visa,” Modi said about visits of Xi and Modi to at Qingdao during Shanghai countries in Africa. Kagame is leading this, he said, PaulKagame at the India India. I invite them," Modi said. expertise can be utilised in dif- at a joint press statement. the African country. Cooperation Organisation sum- China has been stepping up adding that in Africa, there Rwanda Business Forum inter- Indian businesses can col- ferent sectors in the develop- He noted that India and India has extended a $200 mit, Geng said the two leaders its reach in Africa with billions are discussions about Rwan- acted with the business com- laborate in infrastructure, rural ment of Rwanda which is a Rwanda relationships have million lines of credit to Rwanda were set to meet again at the of dollars of investments under da's model, development and munity from both countries. development and economic friend of India. PTI stood the test of time. PTI for development projects and BRICS summit in South Africa the BRI initiative. PTI Wistron to invest `3K cr to Govt may sell New Sebi rules 5% in BEL, RBI already has wide powers to deal for promoters set up iPhone unit in K’taka eyes `1,300 cr with situations in banks, clarifies Govt to reclassify BENGALURU: Taiwan's indus- NEW DELHI: The govern- NEW DELHI: The Reserve state-owned lenders. Replying as shareholders trial giant Wistron Technolo- ment is planning to sell 5 per Bank has "wide-ranging and to another question on whether gies is investing Rs 3,000 crore cent stake in Bharat Electron- comprehensive" powers to less money was being put in NEW DELHI: Markets regu- in Narasapuraindustrial area of ics Ltd (BEL) through offer for address various situations in ATMs after the demonetisa- lator Securities and Exchange Kolar district to set up iPhone sale, which could fetch about banks, the government said on tion, Shukla replied in negative. Board of India on Tuesday manufacturing unit, the Kar- Rs 1,300 crore to the exchequer. Tuesday against the backdrop of RBI has informed that the came out with proposals to nataka government on Tues- The government currently RBI Governor seeking greater total amount of Notes in Circu- simplify existing framework day said. Wistron is an OEM holds 66.79 per cent in the say in dealing with bad loans lation (NIC) as on July 18, 2018 on re-classification of promot- for iPhone maker Apple. defence PSU. of public sector banks (PSBs). was Rs 19.28 lakh crore as com- ers as public shareholders. "An expert team of M/s the statement quoting Gururaj, The government has invited Listing out RBI's powers to pared to Rs 17.74 lakh crore as It has been proposed that if Wistron Technologies called who is the country head of the bids from merchant bankers by deal with banks, Minister of on November 4, 2016, he said. a promoter plans to be re-clas- on Chief Minister H D Kuma- company in India, said. August 14. Up to 3 bankers will State for Finance Shiv Pratap "RBI has ensured adequate sified as a public shareholder, raswamy and held discussions It will generate 10,500 jobs be appointed for taking forward Shukla said the central bank supply of notes to meet the cash then the entity needs to first in this regard," the Chief Min- to the local populace and the the 5 per cent stake sale plans can inspect the lenders, exam- requirement of public and the apply to the listed company. ister's office said in a statement. company intends to expand the in BEL, as per the Request for ine on oath any officer, direct currency supply is monitored The listed firm would then Kumaraswamy suggested to unit, he added. Proposal floated by the finance special audit and give direc- continuously to ensure distri- seek the approval of the board the company to set up a mobile An MoU in this regard ministry. tions to banks. bution of adequate currency and minority shareholders on repair and technology facility in can be signed in 7 days pro- Based on the current mar- Also, whole-time directors to various parts of the coun- the resolution. the area as technicians in these vided the company assures ket price, a 5 per cent stake sale of nationalised banks and State try," he said. Under the proposal, in all field are in demand. to provide employment to could fetch about Rs 1,300 crore Bank of India are appointed in The government, he added, cases of re-classification of pro- iPhone manufacturing unit, Kannadigas,Revenue Minis- to the exchequer. The paid up consultation with the RBI, he sive to deal with various situ- before the Parliamentary Stand- has requested all banks to effi- moters, including the recom- which is being established in ter R V Deshpande, who was equity capital as on March 31, said in a written reply in the ations that may emerge in all ing Committee on Finance had ciently manage the cash to mendation of the board, would about 43 acres in Narasapura also present at themeeting 2018, is Rs 243.66 crore. The Rajya Sabha. banks, including public sector last week pitched for more pow- ensure that adequate cash is be required to be placed by the is going to be the biggest proj- was quoted as saying in the company's manpower strength "...the powers of RBI are banks," he said. RBI Governor ers saying that the central bank available for ATMs and people listed entity before the share- ect of its type in the country, statement. PTI stands at 9,703 employees. PTI wide-ranging and comprehen- Urjit Patel in his presentation has "inadequate" control over do not face any problems. PTI holders in a general meeting and approved through an ordi- nary resolution. "In order to avoid conflict Global trade war risks set to dominate Brics summit in South Africa of interest, it is proposed that JOHANNESBURG: Leaders of Mexico. circumstances." focus on what is happening with trade. The urgency this time is BRICS have become increas- the specific promoter who has the BRICS emerging economies Russian President Vladimir China on Monday sharply the United States. greater," he said. ingly important given the requested such reclassification, — Brazil, Russia, India, China Putin, China's President Xi Jin- rejected accusations by Trump "This is a trade war, so lead- The BRICS group, compris- self-seeking, and ultimately its promoter group and per- and South Africa — will meet ping and Indian Prime Minis- that it was manipulating the ers' discussions are particularly ing more than 40 percent of the short-sighted, barriers to trade sons acting in concert shall not in Johannesburg this week, with ter Narendra Modi will attend yuan to give its exporters an important in coordinating our global population, represents that are being instigated by the be permitted to vote on such the threat of a worsening global the annual three-day summit edge, saying Washington positions," said Oreshkin. some of the biggest emerging US," Kenneth Creamer, an econ- resolution," Securities and trade war topping the agenda. starting in Johannesburg on appeared "bent on provoking Sreeram Chaulia, of the economies, but it has struggled omist at Johannesburg's Wits Exchange Board of India said US President Donald Wednesday. a trade war". ter Maxim Oreshkin said last Jindal School of International to find a unified voice -- as well University, said. in a draft papers. Trump's hardening stance has Xi held talks with South Trump has said he is ready to week the Johannesburg meet- Affairs outside Delhi, said as achieving sharply different "South Africa, and Africa Further, the listed entity compounded fears of an all-out African President Cyril Rama- impose tariffs on all $500 billion ing is "about the context -- we BRICS leaders would "concur growth rates. more broadly, can benefit from should ensure a time gap (a trade war after he slapped lev- phosa in Pretoria on the eve of China imports, complaining are at a time when the US and that the US has unleashed puni- Analysts say US trade pol- increasing exports to fast grow- cooling off period) of at least ies on goods from China worth of the gathering, saying that that China's trade surplus with China announce new measures tive trade wars that are hurting icy could give the group some ing countries like India and six months between the date of tens of billions of dollars as well "the Johannesburg summit the US is due to unfair currency almost every week". all the BRICS members". renewed momentum. China. BRICS has the strate- board and shareholder's meet- as tariffs on steel and alumin- has special significance for manipulation. He said much of the discus- "They have a collective inter- "Trade agreements between gic potential to re-shape world ing considering the request of ium from the EU, Canada and BRICS cooperation in the new Russian Economy Minis- sions with China would likely est in promoting intra-BRICS associations of countries like trade." PTI the promoter. PTI Flipkart decides to shut eBay in India... launch US Google’s dad Alphabet sees new platform for refurbished goods instead record profit... despite EU fine NEW DELHI: E-commerce WASHINGTON DC: Google major Flipkart will shut down parent Alphabet shares have eBay.in next month and launch China’s Honor targets lifted on a stronger-than- a new platform for refurbished expected earnings report for goods as it attempts to tap into the past quarter, as the tech a large market segment that is 10% market in India giant's results eased concerns predominantly unorganised. over huge fines imposed by the Last year, Flipkart had NEW DELHI: Chinese telecom grown by about 330 per cent European Union for antitrust raised $1.4 billion from global firm Huawei's sub-brand Honor in first half of this year com- actions. technology majors eBay, said on Tuesday that it is look- pared to our sales for full year Profit dipped 9.3 per cent to Tencent and Microsoft. In ing to garnet 10 per cent mar- in 2017," Sanjeev said after 3.2 billion in the second quar- exchange of an equity stake in ket share in India within three launching Honor 9N series ter after accounting for the EU Flipkart, eBay had made a cash years to be among the top three smartphones. fines, the company said. investment of $500 million and players in the country. He said that sales of com- Revenues meanwhile sold eBay.in (India business) to As per Counterpoint pany has accelerated after it jumped 26 per cent from a year Flipkart. Research, Honor had 3.4 per looked at need of consumers ago to 32.7 billion, better than "Based on our learnings at cent market share in the March at various price points. most analysts expected. dominance of its operating sys- The future of the Android eBay.in, we have built a brand bringing newer formats, cate- on cross-border trade. quarter this year, up from 1.4 "80 per cent consumers buy Shares in Alphabet jumped tem for mobile devices. mobile operating system -- new value platform launch- gories and features which cater "Following the close of per cent in the year-ago period, phone below Rs 15,000 price 3.6 per cent to 1,254.12 in after- Without the fine -- which which powers more than 85 ing with refurbished goods - a to the needs of our value-con- the transaction, we also will putting it among the top five in range. Of this, 55 per cent con- hours trade, which could mark is being appealed by the com- per cent of smartphones -- has large market which is predomi- scious middle India," Krish- be ending our current strate- the Indian smartphone market. sumers buy smartphones priced a new record for the internet pany -- profit would have been been clouded by the EU action, nantly unorganised... As part namurthy said, adding all eBay. gic relationship with Flipkart, "We expect there will be at below Rs 10,000 and 15 per cent giant if confirmed when mar- 8.3 billion. which could force Google to of this launch, we will be stop- in sellers and customers will be which includes unwinding our least 300 million smartphones in the range of Rs 8,000-10,000 kets open later on Tuesday. Brussels accused Google change its business arrange- ping all customer transactions migrated to the new platform. commercial agreements with that will be sold in the coun- a unit. With Honor 7A, Honor "We delivered another quar- of using the Android system's ments with device makers. on eBay.in on 14th August, "The new platform has a dif- Flipkart and terminating Flip- try in next 3 years. For being 7C (priced at Rs 8,999, Rs 9,999) ter of very strong performance," near-stranglehold on smart- Google chief executive 2018 and transitioning to the ferent value proposition com- kart's license to use the eBay. among top three, we will need and Honor 9N we are reaching chief financial officer Ruth Porat phones and tablets to promote Sundar Pichai said that it was new platform," Flipkart CEO pared to Flipkart, and will cater in brand," eBay had said in its to have 10 per cent of this mar- out to addressable market," San- said. the use of its own Google search too soon to speculate on how Kalyan Krishnamurthy said in to a different target audience. statement. ket potential," Huawei India- jeev said. "Our investments are driv- engine and shut out rivals. Android may be affected by an email to employees. We are committed to investing eBay had forayed into India Consumer Business Group, "We sold 1 million units ing great experiences for users, Daniel Ives of GBH Insights the ruling but said the com- He added that key barriers in this independent brand," he in 2004 and commenced oper- Vice President Sales, P Sanjeev. of Honor Lite in 90 days. For strong results for advertisers said in a research note that pany would take a "construc- to refurbished goods — trust pointed out. ations through Bazee.com. It He said that Honor has Honor 9N we expect to sell at and new business opportuni- despite some regulatory con- tive approach." and convenience — can be In May this year, eBay had had also invested in e-com- recorded over three-fold jump least 1.5 times more than Honor ties for Google and Alphabet." cerns, "advertising and 'bread "We look forward to find- solved at scale with Flipkart's said it was ending its strategic merce firm Snapdeal in 2013, in sales during the first half of 9 Lite. In online segment market Last week, EU officials and butter' search revenues ing a solution that preserves the customer base, and F1 Info partnership with Flipkart and but eventually wrote off its $61 this year compared to the entire share is 26 per cent and over- slapped a 4.34-billion-euro ( 5 were healthy and a good barom- enormous benefits of Android solutions and services. will relaunch eBay India with a million investment in February year's sales in 2017. all we must have around 5 per billion) penalty on the US tech eter of potential strength head- to users," Pichai told analysts "We will keep evolving and differentiated offering to focus this year. PTI "Our (Honor) sales have cent," Sanjeev said. PTI giant for illegally abusing the ing into the rest of 2018/2019." after the earnings release. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 mp US Congress panel moots waiver for Govt not planning law to regulate cinema India, others from Russia sanctions & IPL, assures Goyal

WASHINGTON DC: A US tial certifications designed to party and the opposition Dem- Aghi, the president of the US- NEW DELHI: The government Congressional committee on protect US alliances, military ocratic party. India Strategic and Partnership is not planning any law to reg- Tuesday proposed waivers for operations, and sensitive tech- The proposed legislative Forum (USISPF) said. ulate either cinema and televi- countries like India from puni- nology, said a statement issued amendments would provide "If enacted, the language sion industries or IPL cricket, tive sanctions against those by the Senate Armed Services a valid ground to the Trump advanced by the NDAA confer- Finance Minister Piyush Goyal doing business with Russia's Committee after the two com- administration to provide nec- ence committee demonstrates informed the Rajya Sabha on defence industry. mittees announced details of essary waiver to India, even if the US Congress' bipartisan Tuesday. The Senate and House the conference report. it goes ahead with its decision commitment to the US-India He further said that the Rev- Armed Services Committee in to buy S-400. relationship," said Aghi. enue Intelligence authorities to specifically flow into enter- a joint conference report to the The John McCain National India's dependence on Rus- "The exemption provides had not made any assessment tainment industries, including National Defense Authorisa- Defence Authorisation Act for sia for its military hardware has flexibility for strategic part- regarding flow of unaccounted cinema production and dis- tion Act (NDAA)-2019 pro- Fiscal Year 2019, which autho- experienced sustained reduc- ners and allies to move away money into entertainment tribution, television and IPL vided a modified waiver to rises funding for the Depart- tion over the last one decade. from the use of Russian mili- industry, including cinema pro- cricket by the revenue intelli- section 231 of the Countering ment of Defense and the At the same time, India's tary equipment to American duction and distribution. gence agencies under the CBIC". America's Adversaries Through national security programmes defence trade with the US has equipment, while ensuring However, Goyal said that The minister, how- Sanctions Act or CAATSA. of the Department of Energy, to build a closer security rela- Department and the Indian increased. that US defence and security investigation into the mat- ever, added that whenever A conference report refers encourages US allies and part- tionship with the US as they Embassy here did not imme- India is in the process of interests remain protected," the ters regarding tax evasion and instances of tax evasion comes to the final version of a bill ners to reduce inventory of Rus- continue to transition from diately respond to request for placing orders worth of bil- USISPF said. unaccounted black money is an to the notice of the Income Tax that is negotiated between sian-produced major defence reliance on Russian military their comments on the latest lions of dollars to the US Early this month, influen- ongoing exercise and appropri- department, it takes appropri- the House of Representatives equipment and advanced con- equipment," he said. CAATSA development. ranging from fighter jets to tial US lawmakers had indi- ate action are taken under the ate action, including conducting and the Senate via conference ventional weapons. "The fundamental ques- Before the NDAA 2019 is unmanned drones. Over the cated that they were working Income Tax Act. searches and survey, assessment committee. At the same time, it excludes tion we must ask ourselves is signed into law by President past few months, CAATSA had to get a waiver for India. "There is no proposal as of of income, levy and recovery of CAATSA waiver though the possibility of waivers for do we wish to strengthen our Donald Trump, the conference emerged as a major irritant to The Indian Ambassador now to bring out any new leg- tax. imposition of penalty and general in nature is intended Russian intelligence agencies partners in key regions or leave report, which aligns the differ- India-US relationship. to the US, Navtej Singh Sarna, islation to regulate cinema and launching of prosecution as per at preventing US sanctions on and other entities engaged in them with no other option ent House and Senate versions An India-centric top Amer- said India was not the target of television industries as well as the provisions of I-T Act. India, which is planning to buy cyberattacks. than to turn to Russia, thereby of the defense budget, needs to ican business advocacy group the federal law and it should IPL cricket," Goyal said. On The action as per the I-T Act, five S-400 Triumf air defence The move comes days after undermining a once-in-a-gen- be passed by the two chambers on Tuesday welcomed the Con- not become collateral damage a question on flow of unac- he added, is taken against com- systems for around $4.5 billion US Defence Secretary Jim Mat- eration opportunity to more of the US Congress. gressional move. of it. The administration has counted/black money into panies which may be engaged in from Russia. tis asked the Congress to give closely align nations with the Traditionally, it is consid- "The language (of the to find a way in which they can entertainment industry, the diversified activities across vari- Unlike the existing version the Secretary of State the waiver US vision for global security ered to be a done deal, as this report) would represent a spe- find a waiver for the partner on minister said "there is no such ous sectors, including entertain- of the act, the proposed modi- authority. and stability," Mattis said. has the support of leadership cial carve-out for India on a this particular thorny issue, he assessment that unaccounted/ ment industries as well as IPL fied waiver requires presiden- "Doing so allows nations The Pentagon, the State of both the ruling Republican delicate political issue," Mukesh had then said. PTI blackmoney has been found cricket. PTI Bank finance to Complaints made Financial creditors Drop plea against jewellery sector recover over Singapore may use drones to state on flying drops by 10% against ICICI `47,000 cr in 26 deliver medicine, for security nod to AI, Israel

MUMBAI: Bank finance to the cases under IBC SINGAPORE: Drones could court orders El Al gem and jewellery sector has Bank, L&T to SFIO be used across hi-tech Singa- declined by at least 10 per cent, NEW DELHI: Financial credi- pore to deliver life-saving medi- JERUSALEM: Israel's top court which will adversely impact NEW DELHI: The Serious tors have realised claims worth cal supplies to a patient during has advised the national carrier exports, GJEPC cautioned in Fraud Investigation Office over Rs 47,000 crore in 26 an emergency or to respond to to drop legal action against the a report. (SFIO) has received com- cases, under the Insolvency and a security breach under a new state over its decision to allow The apex body of the gems plaints against private sector Bankruptcy Code (IBC), the system in development, a private Air India to fly over Saudi and jewellery trade in its report lender ICICI Bank and engi- government said on Tuesday. consortium said on Tuesday. Arabia on the Delhi-Tel Aviv on Tuesday also estimated that neering firm Larsen and Tou- IBC lays down a time- Future Flight Consortium, a route, a move the El Al claims the exports in the current fis- bro, Parliament was informed bound and transparent frame- 13-member group, said it had gives its Indian counterpart an cal year will see a drastic drop on Tuesday. work for resolving cases of been chosen by the country's unfair competitive edge over of 10 per cent. The probe agency comes insolvency by balancing the civil aviation authority and it, according to a media report. "Bank finance is the life line under the corporate affairs interest of all stakeholders transport ministry to develop recreational counterparts — ment of the system and pledged The Air India flight between of the industry and any decrease ministry. and maximising the value of the drone programme. whose use is permitted in Sin- to conduct rigorous safety tests. Delhi and Tel Aviv flies over would see a decrease in gem and "SFIO receives various stressed assets, post unloading Its uses could include trans- gapore — which can travel only The Singapore Civil Defence Saudi and Omani airspace, jewellery exports as well," said complaints against companies. it by way of insolvency resolu- porting blood samples, deliver- short distances and are at all Force — which manages the reducing the cost and flight Colin Shah, vice chairman, Gem Complaints have been received tion or liquidation as the case ing emergency medical supplies times visible to their operators. city-state's emergency services time significantly. Israel does & Jewellery Export Promotion against Mehul Choksi, ICICI multi-crore Punjab National may be. and responding to security inci- The consortium said it will — and fellow consortium mem- not have diplomatic relations Council (GJEPC). and L&T," Minister of State for Bank scam. "The financial creditors dents across the city-state, it said generate flight paths for the ber Garuda Robotics said they with the two Arab nations. He alleged that after all Corporate Affairs P P Chaud- "The matter is presently have realised claims of approxi- in a statement. drones, and will develop a pri- were in talks to use drones in The High Court of Justice the efforts to make sure genu- hary said in a written reply to under investigation," he said. mately Rs 47,426.75 crore in 26 Tiny Singapore, with a pop- vate communications network the force's operations, in par- has urged El Al to drop the peti- ine players continue to get the the Rajya Sabha. In a separate reply, the min- cases where resolution plans ulation of 5.6 million, is ultra- as well as take-off and land- ticular to deliver "critical life- tion it filed in March this year, finance, banks are insisting for However, the minister has ister said the government has are submitted under the IBC modern, well-ordered and ing sites. saving supplies". days after Air India's inaugural discounting that all customer not provided details of the assigned investigation to SFIO framework since its enact- tightly regulated -- factors seen "Our goal is to make it possi- A hospital operator in the flight landed in Tel Aviv, the invoices should be through the complaints about ICICI and into the affairs of 29 listed com- ment," Minister of State for to improve the scheme's chance ble for any enterprise who needs consortium said it plans to use Calcalist reported. bank which is seriously hamper- L&T. Further, Chaudhary said panies in more than five years. Corporate Affairs P P Chaud- of working. to fly drones (beyond the visual drones to transport blood sam- El Al had filed an urgent ing relationships with customers that the ministry, in February, Out of this, investigation hary said in a written reply to The drones would be oper- sight of the pilots) in Singapore ples and specimens between its petition to the High Court as well as cash flow on a daily ordered a SFIO probe into the has been completed in respect Rajya Sabha. The government ated remotely by pilots at an to easily do so in a safe and effec- hospitals and central labora- against the government, Trans- basis. "Banks have also taken affairs of 114 entities directly or of four companies. Prosecu- introduced IBC in 2016. This operations centre and be able to tive manner," said Future Flight tory, while a security firm said portation Ministry and the Civil away all benefits on assessment indirectly associated with Nirav tions in all the four compa- was in line with its policy to travel relatively long distances project director Ong Jiin Joo. it will use the devices to respond Aviation Authority, claiming fees due to which cost of finance Modi and Mehul Choksi and nies have already been filed, improve the business environ- across the city-state. The consortium gave a two- to security incidents and fire that granting the Indian air- has gone up," said Shah. PTI their family members in the he added. PTI ment in the country. PTI This is in contrast to their year timeline for the develop- alarms. PTI line permission to fly the route, which goes over Saudi Arabia, CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE thus significantly reducing JSW Steel eyes turnaround the cost and flight time on the Facebook sets up China subsidiary NewDelhi-Tel Aviv route, gave a foreign company an unfair BEIJING: Facebook has opened China called Colourful Bal- of Monnet Ispat in a year competitive advantage and vio- a subsidiary in mainland China, loons, which recreated Face- lated the state's commitment to records show, a long-awaited book's Moments app. MUMBAI: JSW Steel hopes Israel's national carrier. step for the social networking The app never took off, to turnaround Monnet Ispat The permission by Saudi giant and its Mandarin-speak- marking another setback in & Energy in an year's time and Arabia and Oman to allow Air ing founder Mark Zuckerberg. China for Facebook. It has merge it with the parent com- India to fly through their air- The company, called Lianshu strived to breach the "Great pany, a top company official space on the way to Tel Aviv Science & Technology (Hang- Firewall" — which tightly con- said here. was hailed as historic by Israeli zhou), was established on July and Susan Taylor are listed as trols China's internet content The National Company Prime Minister Benjamin 18 with $30 million of registered directors. — ever since its flagship social Law Tribunal (NCLT) last week Netanyahu and Transportation capital, according to China's Kling is a Facebook vice media platform was banned by approved a Rs 2,875-crore bid Chhattisgrah. Minister Yisrael Katz. corporate record database. president, while Taylor is the Beijing in 2009. by a consortium of Aion Invest- "We will eventually merge It was also projected in the NSIC signed an MOU with Small Business Corporation (SBC) of South Lianshu literally means internet giant's chief accoun- Facebook chief executive ments and JSW Steel to acquire Monnet Ispat into JSW Steel Israeli media as a sign of warm- Korea. The MOU was signed by NSIC CMD Ravindra Nath, and SBC "face" and "book". Facebook's tant, according to their Linke- and co-founder Mark Zucker- the bankrupt Monnet Ispat & and it will be a JSW brand. Our ing ties between Israel and the Chairman Lee Sang Jik in the presence of MSME Minister of State Hong Kong branch holds all of dIn profiles. berg has made several high-pro- Energy, which owes over Rs past experience is normally we Gulf countries, something that (I/C) Giriraj Singh, and Hong Jong Haak, Minister of SMEs and Start- its shares. Zhang holds the same role file visits to China, once going 11,000 crore to a clutch of turn-around in one year, so we Netanyahu keeps hinting at ups of Republic of Korea Zhang Jinghai is named as at the company behind Face- as far as taking a photogenic jog lenders. The Aion-JSW con- hope that will happen," JSW when he talks about his coun- the new company's legal rep- book's sneaky launch last year through central Beijing while sortium was the sole bidder for Steel chairman and managing try's growing acceptance world- resentative, while David Kling of a photo-sharing app for the city choked on smog. PTI the 1.5 million tonne asset in director Sajjan Jindal said. PTI wide under his leadership. PTI TDS defaults: I-T crackdown on e-retail portals, panchayats NEW DELHI: The Income Tax inspects their account books agencies, payments for job work Department is set to crack down and financial statements. building website, translation Non-residents’ on TDS defaults by government "Considering that there are of pages, data entry of text, and private sector entities, espe- hundreds of AOs in the depart- research among others. This real estate deals cially e-retail portals, local bod- ment, this new policy measure area promises to yield signifi- ies like panchayats, as the CBDT would result in thousands of cant revenue," the CAP said. under TDS lens has directed its assessing offi- TDS surveys by taxman across It added that "large scale" cers (AOs) across the country the country," a senior official non-compliance of TDS provi- MUMBAI: Income tax (I-T) More than 1,000 villagers and Sarpanch of 10 nearby villages to undertake at least 30 surveys said. sions by local bodies (especially officials will intensify their focus along with workers of Sahara India Pariwar welcoming ‘Saharasri’ or on-spot checks. The action plan has also panchayats) has been noticed in on tax deducted at source (TDS) Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India Pariwar, on his arrival at Aamby Valley City after getting back the The directive has been issued directed the central processing some regions. in the coming months, espe- City as per the order of Supreme Court by the policy-making body of centre (CPC) of the TDS, the "A special drive to ensure cially in relation to sale of prop- the tax department as part of its IT Department's repository of compliance by the local bodies erty by non-residents and other recently issued Central Action all data in this context, to "reg- can be helpful in boosting rev- international transactions. Plan (CAP) 2018-19 that acts ularly provide useful reports enue," it said. Surveys will also be carried as the blue print for taxman's and inputs to field officers that A special area of TDS default out for detecting non-compli- action for the entire year. may be used for identifying sur- in purchase of immovable assets ance with obligations regard- "Surveys are the most vey cases". from non-resident Indians ing withholding tax. Last fiscal effective tools for detection of The Central Board of Direct (NRIs) has also been flagged by year, the I-T department had non-compliance in TDS (tax Taxes has also directed the AOs TDS collections constituted over ing better taxpayer service," the the CBDT. "It has been observed issued hundreds of prosecu- deducted at source) and TCS to keep a check on cases in the 41 per cent (during 2017-18 fis- action plan said. in several cases that the buyer tion notices, which also covered (tax collected at source)...," the prosecution list where TDS/TCS cal) of the total direct tax col- In this pursuit, the taxman of the property only deducts 1 cases for short deduction or CAP, accessed by PTI, said. was not deposited after deduc- lections in the country. has been asked to "monitor" per cent TDS on purchase of delayed remittance of TDS even "A new target of at least 30 tion; trend of TDS payment in "The importance of TDS as top 100 TDS deductors in their immovable property from NRI's by smaller business entities. surveys/spot verifications by stark contrast to other deduc- a non-obtrusive but powerful regions, monthly TDS remit- which actually requires TDS at In its action plan for the cur- each AO during the year has tors in similar business; cases instrument for preventing tax tance from salaries of both the the rate of 20 per cent. rent fiscal, the CBDT points been incorporated in this plan," showing negative trend in pay- evasion, widening the tax base private sector as well as govern- "These are high-risk cases out that in several cases when ITPO CMD L C Goyal inaugurated a newly constructed hostel it said. ment; tax evasion petitions and and augmenting revenues has ment departments, online retail which need to be taken up on real estate is purchased from Block alongwith the renovated toilet block under the ITPO’s CSR A survey or on-spot veri- habitual late filers/non-filers of been growing over the years... companies and local bodies. priority basis," it said. non-residents, the buyer of the initiatives to the Institution for Blind (Andh Vidyalaya), Panchkuian fication is an action where an TDS statement. "Effective and efficient "E-commerce has emerged The CBDT has also asked property only deducts 1 per cent Road, New Delhi on Friday. Present on the occasion were ITPO ED IT Department team pays a The action plan reasons that TDS administration therefore as a huge business in the past the AOs and regional IT Depart- TDS instead of the required 20 Deepak Kumar, Institution for Blinds President Sunil Khurana, surprise visit to the business monitoring TDS payments and remains a key area, not only for few years. This involves adver- ment offices to initiate prosecu- per cent. These are ‘high risk’ President, and General Secretary Rakesh Gambhir premises of an organisation keeping a strict vigil on revenue achieving the above mentioned tisement on the websites of vari- tion action and file charge sheets cases and must be dealt with on suspected of TDS default and earned from it is important as objectives but also for provid- ous organised and unorganised in appropriate cases. PTI a priority basis, it adds. AGENCIES 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 DHONI HIGHEST INCOME TAX PAYER SUSPENDED SRI LANKA OPENER OUT OF CHHETRI EXTENDS STINT AT BENGALURU FC IN JHARKHAND SOUTH AFRICA ODIS TILL 2021 RANCHI: Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the COLOMBO: Danushka Gunathilaka was left out on Tuesday BENGALURU: Bengaluru FC skipper Sunil Chhetri put pen to highest individual tax payer in Jharkhand for the 2017-18 from the 15-man squad to play the five-match ODI series paper on a fresh one-year deal at the Indian Super League fiscal, officials in the Income Tax department said. Dhoni paid against the touring South African side. Gunathilaka, 27, was (ISL) club, the Blues announced on Tuesday. The deal, which adds Rs 12.17 crore income tax in 2017-18, the officials said. They suspended by Sri Lanka Cricket over a “misconduct” charge to his current contract at the club, will see the AIFF ‘Player of the said that Dhoni had paid Rs 10.93 crore tax in 2016-17, but after a close aide of his was arrested for allegedly raping a Year’ be a part of the JSW Group-owned side until the end of he was not the highest tax payer for that year. Norwegian woman in the team hotel in Colombo. the 2020-2021 season.

WADA REPORT Jadeja, Ashwin held on to 3rd Yusuf Pathan only & 5th spot in ICC Test ranking Unhappy India shorten practice blot in otherwise dope free year match over condition of pitch for BCCI CHELMSFORD: India’s four-day made stranger by the fact that the out- NEW DELHI: Yusuf Pathan’s practice match against county side field looked rugged and devoid of any “inadvertent” violation was Essex was reduced to three days amid grass, with only patches of green to the lone blot on Indian crick- high drama over the condition of the be seen. It reflected the truer affect of et’s doping record last year, a pitch and the outfield, both of which unforgiving sunshine but at the same WADA report has revealed apparently left the visitors unhappy and time, was cause for concern for the after a scrutiny of 275 samples threw their preparations for the Test Indian team who wouldn’t want any by the BCCI. series against England haywire. players injured during this game. While the WADA report The Indian team management took India’s practice session lasted nearly does not name anyone, the this decision during this afternoon’s net four hours, with players arriving here player in question is former practice after having a look at the pitch. in two batches. Nearly all batsmen and India player Yusuf Pathan, Although there was no official word on bowlers had rigorous workouts, with who was handed a retrospec- DUBAI: India’s spin duo of wickets during the two Tests in why the match was shortened, Indian Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay and tive ban of five months by the Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichan- the Proteas’ 2-0 series defeat in coach Ravi Shastri was seen having Virat Kohli also concentrating on slip BCCI, that ended before this dran Ashwin held on to the third Sri Lanka. an animated discussion with the local fielding. year’s IPL. and fifth position respectively In the ICC Test ranking for officials after getting a glimpse of the Even so, the sheen was taken off According to the BCCI in the latest ICC Test rankings batsmen, Virat Kohli was at the grassy pitch and a barren outfield that this practice session as the decision to statement issued back then, for bowlers, which was headed second position, while Chetesh- can cause injury while fielding. shorten the game came two hours later. Pathan senior had “inadver- by England pacer James Ander- war Pujara was placed at the The rest of the Indian support staff, As per statement from Indian team tently ingested a prohibited son ahead of the five-match Test sixth spot. including assistant coach Sanjay Ban- “We have bent over backwards to This allowed the Indian batsmen management, the squad will travel to substance commonly found in series starting in Birmingham on Joe Root was the only Eng- gar and bowling coach Bharat Arun accommodate the Indian team man- to get a feel for match day conditions, Birmingham on Saturday and start its cough syrups”. August 1. land batsman in the top 10 which also took stock of the conditions and agement’s demands. It is disappoint- and all prominent batsmen took throw- preparations for the first Test (from Pathan’s backdated suspen- Jadeja and Ashwin have 866 is still being headed by Steve were seen having discussions with the ing though because we had sold a lot downs at this wicket. Even the troika of August 1) a day early. sion was from August 15, 2017 and 811 points respectively, Smith, who is currently serving a ground staff. of tickets for the fourth day (Saturday).” spinners bowled on this green-wicket, When contacted, a representative to January 14, 2018. while South African duo of 12 month ban due to his involve- Given that the game is not a clas- Another reason for Indian team in case one of the Test wickets is an from Essex County Club said that a While Pathan’s is the only Kagiso Rabada (882) and Ver- ment in ball tampering. sified first-class match, it is confirmed management’s displeasure was that the exact replica of the same. statement might be coming forth Adverse Analytical Finding non Philander (826) are placed Two Indian and as that the Indian team will be using all 18 two nets’ pitches were completely bald The oval county ground has nearly later in the day. A green-top wicket, (AAF), there are also a cou- in the second and fourth spot many English players found members of their Test squad. in comparison to the match wicket, 25 pitches comprising its central along with a rugged outfield, in a non- ple of Atypical Findings (ATF), respectively. a place in the top 10 of ICC A senior member of the ground which had a healthy green top. square, and all of them had lush green first-class game against Essex wherein which suggests that there must Anderson, who claimed ranking for all-rounders with staff said at the end of it all on condition After speaking with the visit- grass covering. It was a strange sight Alastair Cook is missing, is hardly the have been some suspicion nine wickets in England’s drawn Jadeja and Ashwin at the second of anonymity and said that “all requests ing coaches, the ground support staff given the heat wave in nearly all of best preparation ahead of the first Test. about the urine sample of two two-Test series at home against and fourth place and Ben Stokes of the Indian team management have shaved off the heavy grass layering United Kingdom at the moment, with In turn, this poses a question mark players. Pakistan earlier this summer, has and Moeen Ali grabbing the been accepted”. from one of the adjacent wickets to temperatures in Chelmsford soaring to over the world number one side’s prep- Whether there are any for- 892 points, while Rabada slipped sixth and seventh spot respec- When pressed if that included make it resemble the match-wicket 27 degrees on Tuesday. arations for the upcoming five-Test eign players among the two in to second despite claiming eight tively. AGENCIES “shaving off the grass”, he simply said, with an equal amount of surface grass. The appearance of the ground was series. AGENCIES the ATF category couldn’t be ascertained. According to the WADA US star swimmer Lochte report, out of the 275 samples tested during 2017, 233 were In ‘Always reported untoward things during IPL’ Competition (IC) testing while suspended for 14 months 42 were Out Of Competition NEW DELHI: Australian batsman repeated requests. (OOC). Glenn Maxwell has claimed that he “If there’s anything slightly amiss, I NEW YORK: US star swimmer For 2016, it was former has reported “certain untoward things” always give them a call and make sure Ryan Lochte has been banned for New Zealand captain Brendon during the IPL to the anti-corruption they have every bit of evidence they can 14 months for receiving intra- McCullum, who had tested officials while refuting a recent investi- possibly have. There’s some things you venous infusion, the US Anti- positive during IPL but BCCI gative documentary’s insinuation that see in the game of cricket where you’re Doping Agency (USADA) has had then procured a backdated he could be involved in spot-fixing. always just a little bit unsure. All the announced. TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemp- A documentary on corruption in things you do hear in the game, and Two months ago, he posted a tion) certificate for the player cricket alleged that Australian players when it comes out later on you go, ‘Oh, photo on social media of himself and the case was closed. were involved in spot-fixing during I swear I could have noticed that while I receiving an intravenous infu- In 2018, there is one posi- the 2017 Ranchi Test against India, in was watching it’,” Maxwell said. sion. That caught the attention receiving vitamins, a permit- tive dope test and that is of first which Maxwell made his maiden Test Maxwell said that it was easier when of the US Anti-Doping Agency, ted substance, to enhance his class cricketer from Punjab, century after being recalled. he captained Kings XI Punjab in 2015 which launched an investigation. immune system as his wife and Abhishek Gupta, who is cur- Even as there was no direct refer- IPL. “It was probably easier when I was Now, the six-time gold med- child were both ill, Xinhua news rently serving his suspension. ence to the all-rounder in the video, the captain and I was able to see the way the alist has been suspended for 14 agency reported. But the amount The BCCI does not come match footage used in the documen- game was going, and the instructions months. That clock started on he took was over 100 ml and he under the ambit of National tary indicated that Maxwell was one of that I was giving players, and the way May 24, the day he took the IV. had no “therapeutic use” exemp- Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) two Australian players being accused. the game was moving, I could actually The suspension will last till tion for the infusion, which con- and its testing is done by Swe- He confirmed to ‘SEN radio’ that work it out a little better. July, 2019, which means the stituted a anti-doping violation, den’s IDTM (International the aired footage was of his batting. “If I’ve ever seen anything untoward An International Cricket Council “There wasn’t really anything 12-time Olympic medalist will the USADA explained. Doping Test & Management). “I’ve been very honest with them I always sat down with them (ACU), (ICC) investigation into the allegations untoward in the season I was captain, miss the upcoming US champi- “A rule is a rule and I accept However, in the WADA list, (anti-corruption officers) the whole had a long coffee and just talked about is currently underway. However, the but you could certainly tell from oppo- onship in California and world that there is a technical viola- it is reported that NADA had way through with the IPL,” Maxwell everything to make sure nothing ever, ICC has accused Al Jazeera of not shar- sition stuff and that’s why I reported championships in 2019. tion,” Lochte said, acknowledg- conducted 10 In Competition said. ever comes back to me,” he said. ing the raw footage of the sting despite certain things,” he said. Lochte said that he was ing his misbehaviour. AGENCIES Testing in 2017. AGENCIES BCCI shifts India A games ABRIDGED NOTICE INVITING e-TENDER WBIW/SE/WC-II/NIT-04e/2018-19 nd rd BENGALURU: The BCCI on Tuesday shifted India Superintending Engineer, Western Circle-II invites 2 /3 call A’s four-day games with South Africa A from Bel- of online tender for 4 (four) nos. civil works in Block Sabong, Dantan-I, Kharagpur-I & II, Midnapore (sadar), in District Paschim gaum to Bengaluru, citing high probability of rains. Medinipur under this Circle. A.P.T ranging from Rs. 340.36 lakh to “The BCCI in accordance with KSCA has reached Rs 138.77 lakh. Tender forms and other details may be obtained a consensus that the games which were initially from the departmental website www.wbiwd.gov.in and http:// meant to be held in Belgaum will now be played in etender.wb.nic.in (direct site). Last date of submission of e-bid Bengaluru citing high probability of rains in Bel- online is 16.08.2018 up to 17:00 hrs. gaum,” a statement said. AGENCIES [Sd/- P.Bhattacharya] Superintending Engineer Siliguri Jalpaiguri Western Circle-II, I &W Dte Siliguri Jalpaiguri Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur. Development Authority Development Authority India to face Essex in 4-day Siliguri Jalpaiguri Siliguri Jalpaiguri Siliguri Jalpaiguri NOTICE practice game Development Authority Development Authority Development Authority That pursuant to a court order passed by Hon’ble High Court, CHELMSFORD: Ahead of Calcutta one Shree Shree Ishwar the high octane five-match Sreedhar Jew Thakur of 49, K. Test rubber against England, K. Tagore Street, P.S.-Posta, starting August 1, the Virat Kolkata-700007 representated Kohli-led Indian team will by its sebaits named Sovana indulge in a four-day prac- Sinha Roy & 6 Ors. leased entire tice game against county side roof on the 6th Floor measuring Essex from Wednesday. about 2500 Sq. ft. situate at 49, The warm-up game will K.K. Tagore Street, P.S. -Posta, help the visitors to test the Kolkata-700007 to Sresth strengths and drawbacks Products Pvt. Ltd. (declarants beside figuring out the per- herein) for 99 year vide Regd. fect combinations ahead of Lease deed dated 07.11.2007, the first Test in Birmingham. being No. 9342/2007. That the present lessee have not taken the The batting department court order in their custody and looks more or less settled declares that the property is free with Test specialists — Murali from any encumbrance/ charge Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara and and if any person/financial Ajinkya Rahane — joining institution having any objection/ the squad. Kohli and the team claim on the said property management will be primar- should contact the undersigned ily focussed on picking a bal- with valid documents, within a anced pace attack. period of 7 days from the date While Bhuvaneswar of the publication, failing which Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah any claim whatsoever shall not will be out of action for the be entertained. first three Tests, Moham- Sd/- med Shami, Ishant Sharma, Debajyoti Basu Umesh Yadav and Shardul Advocate Thakur will share the fast Oswal Chabers, bowling attack, whosoever Room No. 11, 5th Floor, 2, Church Lane, gets a chance in Birmingham. Kolkata 700001. The experienced Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have shouldered the responsibil- ity to lead the spin attack for a long time. AGENCIES 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 mp Entertainment Maisie gets ‘Game of Thrones’ Tattoo This is not the first ‘GOT’ - theme tattoo Williams has. She and Sophie Turner got ‘07.08.09’ inks on their forearms, in honour of the date they both found out they had been cast in the show

aisie Williams is getting of her design, alongside the needle that matching “07.08.09” inks on their fore- a ‘Game of Thrones’ – would do the job. arms, in honour of the date they both inspired tattoo as a tribute Williams captioned the image: “Guess found out they had been cast in the show. to her character in the pop- who is getting ‘No One’ tattoo”. In May, Emilia Clarke revealed plans Mular fantasy epic series. The actor got inked at tattoo parlour to get a “dragon” tattoo as a tribute to her The 21-year-old actor, who essays the Bang Bang NYC, a favourite haunt for stint as Daenerys Targaryen, Mother of role of Arya Stark in the HBO series, took celebrities such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber Dragons, in the show. to her Instagram Story to reveal that she and Miley Cyrus. Both Williams and Clarke have offi- will get “No One” inked on her body, a This is not the first ‘GOT’-themed tat- cially bid adieu to ‘GOT’, on which they phrase associated with the training she too Williams has. have featured since its premiere in 2011. received under the aegis of Jaqen H’ghar. In 2016, she and her on-screen sister, The eighth and final season of the She posted a picture of the stencil off-screen best friend, Sophie Turner got series airs next year. PTI

The 21-year- Anil Kapoor started his career as a old, who essays Arya Stark in the HBO series, took to her Instagram BACKGROUND Story to reveal that she will get DANCER “No One” inked MUMBAI: Actor Anil Kapoor, who is busy promot- on her body ing his forthcoming filmFanney Khan, says that he started his career as a background dancer. “Not many people know that I started my career as background dancer in 1979-80,” Anil told while remembering his struggling days. He made his debut as an actor in Woh Saat Din in 1983 after doing small roles in some Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Talking more about the days, he said: “I Anil made his completed my act- debut as an actor ing course but I wasn’t able to get any work so, in Woh Saat Din there was a show which in 1983 after was going abroad. In that show, there doing small was Zarina Wahab roles in some ji, Padmini Kapila, Hemant Kumar saab Hindi, Telugu and ‘Brotherhood most and Nutan ji. When Kannada films they were ready, they needed some back- needed to end communal ground dancers so, I went there as a back ground dancer and I think, I used to get 15 pounds for one show at that time.” violence in India’ Going into nostalgia the Mr. India actor said: “I think, even if you are a background dancer or doing your thing in corner, if you work hard and if you are NEW DELHI: Veteran talented, then people do recognize your effort.” IANS actor Rishi Kapoor, whose next film Mulk is about a family fight- ing for its honour in the I’m incredibly court of law, believes lucky to be a that brotherhood is the need of the hour in the part of this film, society to end com- where I feel I’m munal violence in the country. one amongst “Brotherhood is everyone. It needed the most to end communal violence in does not matter India,” said Rishi, who whether it is men plays the head of a Muslim family in the Anub- hav Sinha directorial. or women “If North Korea and America can solve their dispute, then why can’t India and Pakistan,” he asked addressing the long running communal problems in the country. Directed by Anubhav Sinha, Mulk, also features actors Taapsee Pannu, Prateik Babbar, Rajat Kapoor and Neena Gupta alongside Rishi. The film is slated to release on August 3.IANS Johnny Depp might play ‘I have always ensured I’m Matthew Mellon in biopic LOS ANGELES: Late banking heir and treated equally’ businessman Matthew Mellons story could be made into a film. wedish actor Rebecca Ferguson, important for women to be an equal par- There are rumours that actor Johnny Depp who has made her name in the Mis- ticipant in action films. is interested in playing the role. sion: Impossible films, says she has “I’m incredibly lucky to be a part of this However, the Pirates of the Carribean always ensured she is treated equally film, where I feel I’m one amongst every- star hasn’t confirmed doing the film yet, onS movie sets, whether it’s finding her own one. It does not matter whether it is men or reports pagesix. space in the action-driven blockbuster series women on the set.” fronted by Tom Cruise or doing jaw-drop- “ I felt that in the last one (‘Rogue Nation’) Mellon battled addiction ping stunts. too even though there were not many women. A lot has changed in Hollywood’s gender I felt like an equal and I have always been after graduating from politics this year and Ferguson is confident treated that way. And, I have also ensured Wharton. It is said that that change is here to stay. that I am treated that way,” the actor said. Depp is interested in As Ilsa Faust, an MI6 agent, Ferguson Ferguson, 34, is hopeful about the has created a unique space for herself in changes taking place in Hollywood post playing the role the film series by bringing a certain emo- the Harvey Weinstein scandal that tional gravitas to the spy thriller while launched a global revolution in gen- Mellon infamously battled addiction also matching steps with Cruise’s der politics. after graduating from Wharton. He inher- Ethan Hunt when it comes to action “I think we are in time for ited trusts worth $25 million at age 21 as a sequences. change. It might be slow and there scion of the Mellon and Drexel dynasties. “I think it is incredible... it would be episodic ups and He was in treatment for a $100,000-per- is about time isn’t it?” Fer- downs. (But) A lot of good- month OxyContin habit. guson said when asked ness will come from it,” The Forbes had named him in the list of whether it was she said.PTI Richest People in Cryptocurrency. “This may be fulfilling a dream of Mat- thew’s. He would have loved this idea,” said a source. IANS 16 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 25 July, 2018