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‘RS 5,400cr WORTH TAX DEPT SLAPS 82% VOTES SWARA HOPES OF UNDISCLOSED FRESH DEMAND NOTE CAST IN KANTHI TO KEEP DOING OUT OF INCOME OF `10,247 CR ON UK DAKSHIN PG3 THE BOX ROLES PG16 DETECTED’ PG5 CAIRN PG12 Mamata to meet party VOTING PERCENTAGE AT ABYSMAL 6.5 CONDEMNS VIOLENCE BY COW VIGILANTES MPs in Delhi today Bhagwat demands national 8 killed, scores wounded law against cow slaughter MPOST BUREAU

NEW DELHI: RSS chief during Srinagar LS by-poll Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday advocated a nation-wide law MPOST BUREAU the mob, which did not relent. Six against cow slaughter, calling it persons were injured in the fir- a “vice” that must be removed, SRINAGAR: Eight people were ing, of whom two, 20- year-old but condemned violence by OUR CORRESPONDENT killed in firing by security forces Mohammad Abbas and 15-year- cow protection groups as it as unprecedented election-day vio- old Faizaan Ahmad Rather, suc- “defames” the cause. NEW DELHI: Bengal Chief Minister lence marred the by-poll for Sri- cumbed to bullet wounds. He also pitched for step- Mamata Banerjee on Sunday attended the nagar Lok Sabha seat today which In another incident, secu- ping-up of cow protection “Our wish is that there high profile dinner hosted by President saw the voter turnout plunge to an rity forces opened fire to quell efforts by bringing more peo- should be a law against cow Pranab Mukherjee in honour of visiting Ban- all-time low of 7.14 per cent. a stone-pelting mob in Ratxuna ple in the drive while “com- slaughter across India,” he gladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A Rampaging mobs took to Beerwah area, leaving one Nissar pletely obeying the law and the said. host of dignitaries including Prime Minis- streets in scores of places across the Ahmed dead. At the Daulatpura Constitution”. In several northeastern ter Narendra Modi attended the dinner. Top Lok Sabha constituency straddling in Chadoora assembly segment of His remarks at an event to states, including somewhere luminaries broke bread in a congenial atmo- Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal Budgam district, one person, iden- observe the birth anniversary BJP is in power, cow slaugh- sphere and exchanged pleasantries. districts, perpetrating wanton vio- tified as Shabir Ahmed, was killed of Lord Mahavir came against ter is not banned while beef is The Bengal Chief Minister attended a lence and arson, even setting ablaze Youths throw stones at Security forces during clashes in Srinagar on Sunday PTI in firing by security personnel. the backdrop of the lynching consumed widely in states like slew of official engagements with PM Modi a polling station and attempting to A youth, Adil Farooq, suc- of a Muslim man by cow vigi- Kerala and West Bengal where and Sheikh Hasina on Saturday. Banerjee had set on fire two others, amid a boy- stituency, mostly in Budgam dis- gam district, two more deaths were cumbed to multiple pellet injuries lantes in Alwar in BJP-ruled the party is working to emerge a novel answer to the Teesta water question. cott called by the separatists. trict, which included stone-pelting, reported from Chadoora area of in the Magam town, about 20 km Rajasthan that sparked pro- as a strong political force. She suggested that both nations should stop “The tentative voter turnout for petrol bomb attacks, setting ablaze the same district and another in from here. One Aqib Wani was tests from opposition parties The RSS chief suggested harping on the Teesta and instead carry out the Srinagar Lok Sabha constitu- of a polling station, some vehicles Magam town, which is known as shot dead as police opened fire on and put the saffron party on that enactment of such a law a study on how to utilise the waters of some ency is 6.5 per cent,” Jammu and and attempt to burn two other poll- the gateway to Gulmarg. Another a crowd of protestors in the Beer- the defensive. everywhere will take time due other rivers like the Torsa. Kashmir s Chief Electoral Officer ing stations,” Shantmanu said. person was killed in Barsoo in wah area in the afternoon. “Nothing should be done to the complexities of politics. The Bengal chief minister is expected Shantmanu told reporters at the “It was not a good day as you Ganderbal district. National Conference working while protecting cows that If there is a law, it will be to hold a meeting with all TMC MPs on conclusion of polling. However, know. Six lives were lost in these Almost 70 per cent of the poll- president Omar Abdullah said in hurts the belief of some peo- for promoting non-violence Monday to discuss some pressing matters. the revised figure issued later in incidents of violence... 17 civilians ing booths in Budgam district were his 20-year political career he had ple. Nothing should be done not violence, he said, not- Banerjee is expected meet some top political the evening put the voter turnout were injured, while over 100 para- abandoned by the polling staff due never seen such a bad environment that is violent. It only defames ing, “There cannot be a law leaders including BJP veteran LK Advani. She at 7.14 per cent of the 12.61 lakh military and police personnel also to the spate of violent protests in for elections. the efforts of cow protectors... that says you do violence. It is will also take up some Bengal projects stuck electorate. sustained injuries,” he said. several areas, officials said. Chief Minister Mehbooba The work of cow conservation impossible.” in limbo with the Centre. The seat had recorded 26 per Shortly after the press confer- The Army was called out to Mufti expressed distress over the should be carried out while “I am confident that wher- cent polling in the 2014 general ence, two people were reported help security forces quell a ram- civilian killings, saying she was completely obeying the law ever RSS workers are in power, elections. killed in Chadoora area of Budgam paging mob which threw stones pained that most of them were and the Constitution,” Bhag- they will deal with local com- Soon, 2-child norm In the 1989 election, National district and Barsoo in Ganderbal and hurled petrol bombs to set a teenagers who were yet to under- wat said. plexities and work in that direc- Conference’ s Mohammad Shafi district in firing by security forces, polling booth ablaze in the Gan- stand the intricacies of the issues. He said many states where tion,” he said. Bhat had won the seat uncontested. taking the death toll to eight. derbal district of the constituency. Meanwhile, separatists have called RSS functionaries, a reference Cow protection should be for Assam govt jobs The previous lowest turnout in The CEO said a decision on Hundreds of protestors stormed for a two-day shutdown against the to BJP leaders with RSS back- promoted in such a way that the prestigious seat was 11.93 per repoll in violence-hit areas will be a polling station at Pakherpora in killing of civilians in firing by secu- ground, have been in power it wins over more and more GUWAHATI: The Assam government on Sun- cent in 1999 when Omar Abdullah taken after examining the diaries of Chrar-e-Sharief area of Budgam rity forces, saying it was the only have enacted such a law and people to the cause and brings day announced a draft population policy which had defeated Mehbooba Mufti in a presiding officers. district and ransacked a building way for them to express solidarity expressed confidence that praise for those doing it, Bhag- suggested denial of government jobs to people straight contest. While two people each were housing a polling booth, officials with the families of those killed and other governments will fol- wat said. Non-violent efforts with more than two children and making edu- “There were more than 200 killed Pakherpora in Chrar-e- said, adding the security forces fired the cause for which they laid down low suit by dealing with local will only help change the law cation up to university level free for all girls in incidents of violence in the con- Sharief and Beerwah areas of Bud- several warning rounds to disperse their lives. More reports on PG5 “complexities”. accordingly, he said. the state. “This is a draft population policy. We have suggested that people having more than 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF MODI GOVERNMENT two children will not be eligible for any govern- 45 dead, 119 injured in ISIS blasts ment jobs,” Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said at a press conference here. Any person getting a job after meeting this condition at Egypt's Coptic churches MINISTERS ASKED TO LIST FIVE will have to maintain it till end of his service, he added. “For employment generation schemes CAIRO: At least 45 people were killed and nearly like giving tractors, offering homes and others 120 others injured in powerful blasts triggered by government benefits, this two-children norm ISIS in two churches packed with worshippers cel- MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS will be applicable. Besides, all elections such as ebrating Palm Sunday in Egypt’s Tanta and Alex- panchayats, municipal bodies and autonomous andria cities, the deadliest attacks on the minority MPOST BUREAU “favour of the BJP and PM Modi”, councils held under the state election commis- Coptic Christians in recent years. Naidu said, “We all take pride in sion will also have this norm for candidates,” The first blast took place in the Coptic church NEW DELHI: The Modi gov- being a member of Team Modi, Sarma said. PG5 of Mar Girgis, also known as St George, in the ernment, ahead of its third anni- whose relentless pursuit to turn Nile delta city of Tanta, about 120 kilometres from versary in power, has asked all around the fortunes of millions Cairo, killing 27 people and injuring 78, the Health ministers to submit their five of people, hitherto neglected by Ministry said in a statement. major achievements that have successive governments, is bear- In today’s Security sources said the primary investiga- benefitted people, including key ing visible fruits.” tions suggest that a person put an explosive device to blow up himself using an explosive belt inside reforms and comparative data “... We must prepare a concrete paper inside the church during the Christian prayers cel- the church in Alexandria, but the security forces reflecting the progress made since action plan and be ready with ebrating the Palm Sunday. However, others said stopped him. the BJP took office. facts, figures, data to propagate ... the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. A police officer and a policewoman, as well a In a letter sent out this week, the government’s achievements in CITY The explosion targeted the front rows in the low-ranking police officer, were killed while pre- Information and Broadcasting a big way,” he said. church hall. venting the suicide bomber from entering the Minister Venkaiah Naidu has According to the letter, the GOODS TRAIN DERAILS 4 Among those killed is Samuel George, the head cathedral, the ministry said. asked all ministers to submit the of flagship schemes of the ministry government has made a list of NATION of Tanta Court. It said Pope Tawadros II was inside the cathe- data and observations to him. which signifies what was the posi- ministers who would prepare a Hours later, a suicide bomber struck the Saint dral leading Palm Sunday Mass, but he was not It will be compiled in a book- tion in 2014 and now in 2017. For note on specific sectoral topics GUV’S ROLE UNDER DISCUSSION 6 Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria’s harmed in the attack. However, Egypt’s Coptic let that the government plans to example, how many LPG connec- assigned to them. Manshyia district, police said. church said Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria, publish before May 26, the day tions were there in 2014 and what Minister of State for Exter- EDIT Citing Health Minister Ahmed Emad, ON had left the church just before the blast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the number now in 2017. nal Affairs M J Akbar has been TV news channel said at least 18 people, includ- Saint Mark’s Cathedral is the historical seat of took charge three years ago. * Three reforms brought by the asked to prepare a note on the A DOMINO EFFECT 8 ing police personnel, were killed while 41 others the Pope of Alexandria, the head of the Coptic In his letter, Naidu asked the ministry- process, policy, func- highlights of the prime minister’s INTERNATIONAL injured in Alexandria’s suicide attack. Orthodox Church. ministers to send him “a three- tioning, programmes, etc; and tour abroad, major outcomes from The latest figure puts the combined death toll Meanwhile, security forces have dismantled page note in bullet form only”. It * Two top success stories in one those tours and increased invest- CABIN CREW HELP DELIVER BABY AT 42K FT 10 from the Tanta and Alexandria attacks at 45. two explosive devices at Sidi Abdel Rahim Mosque said the note should cover five paragraph each. ment flow from foreign countries. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility in Tanta city. The mosque, which includes a Sufi aspects: In an earlier letter dated March Similarly, two other MPs have BUSINESS for the twin attacks on churches on Palm Sunday, shrine, is considered the second most important * Five major achievements of 21, Naidu urged the ministers been assigned to compile a note on one of the holiest days of the Christian calendar. mosque in city, Al-Ahram Arabic reported. the ministry concerned which and senior BJP leaders to com- intellectual discourse and counter BULLET TRAIN CROSSES MAJOR HURDLE 13 “Islamic State squads carried out the attacks President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi condemned the have benefitted the people or municate with the people on the any possible negative narrative on two churches in Tanta and Alexandria,” said attack and said such terrorist acts will not terrify appreciated by the people. positive changes that have been on topics like less than promised SPORT the group’s propaganda news agency ‘Amaq’ on Egyptians. He also phoned Pope Tawadros II to * Key performance indicators brought about by the Modi-led employment generation, so-called BAGAN BEAT EAST BENGAL 15 its social media accounts. In a statement, the Inte- offer his condolences. He ordered the opening of of the ministry NDA government. Asserting that threats to freedom of expression rior ministry said a suicide bomber had planned military hospitals to receive the injured. AGENCIES * Comparative data/statistics the mood of the nation is clearly in among others. TO CURB UNRULY FLIERS Indian, Chinese navies rescue merchant ship in Gulf of Aden Govt mulling making Aadhaar MPOST BUREAU India’s NSG membership and An Indian Navy helicop- Beijing blocking India’s effort ter undertook aerial reconnais- or passport must for flying NEW DELHI: Notwithstand- to get JeM chief Masood Azhar sance of the merchant vessel at ing the strain in ties, the navies declared as global terrorist by night and at sunrise to sanitise OUR CORRESPONDENT no-fly list. The no-fly list was of India and China carried out the UN. the upper decks of the mer- mooted by Air India on the day a well-coordinated operation At the end of the operation, chant ship and ascertain the NEW DELHI: The government Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaik- to rescue a merchant ship in the Chinese Navy thanked the location of pirates, if still on is in the process of making Aad- wad hit the national carrier’s the Gulf of Aden which was Indian navy for its role in suc- board. haar number or passport man- staff R Sukumar with his slipper. hijacked by Somali pirates on cessful operation. The Indian The pirates had fled from datory for booking domestic Air India had said that they were Saturday night. Navy also complimented the the ship after warships of India flight tickets amid its plans to “examining” to create such a list. After getting a distress call Chinese side. and China moved in. create a no-fly list to deal with The ministry has The following day, the Fed- about the attack on the cargo The Indian Navy had swung “Indian Navy’s helicopter unruly passengers. asked the DGCA to eration of Indian Airlines, which vessel OS 35, Indian Navy sent into action after getting a call cover, and on receiving the “Aviation regulator DGCA has Jet Airways, SpiceJet, IndiGo warships INS Mumbai and provided air cover, the Chi- helicopter provided air cover from UK’s Maritime Trade ‘all clear signal’ that no pirates will start working on a civil avi- draft the CAR by next and GoAir as its members, while INS Tarkash while the Chinese nese side sent in a team of 18 for the operation. It has been Organisation UKMTO that were visible on the upper decks, ation requirement (CAR) this week for consultation announcing a ban on Gaikwad, Navy also responded to the call personnel to sanitise the mer- established that all 19 Fili- keeps a vigil on movement of some crew members gradu- week,” R N Choubey, secretary with stakeholders in also proposed the promulga- for help by moving in its missile chant ship registered in the pino crew members are safe,” the ships in the region. Paki- ally emerged from the strong in the Ministry of Civil Aviation tion of a “no-fly list which shall frigate Yulin. Pacific island of Tuvalu. The Navy spokesperson Capt D K stani and Italian warships had room and carried out a search told PTI. The ministry has asked this matter include the names of all unruly The merchant ship, with two Indian warships were in Sharma said. also responded to calls for help of the ship and ascertained that the DGCA to draft the CAR by passengers.” On Friday, TMC’s 19 Filipino crew members, the region as part of an over- The well-coordinatedand reached the spot. the pirates had fled the ship at next week for consultation with Aviation, Jayant Sinha, in a Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen had was travelling from Kelang in seas deployment. operation by navies of India The Indian warships estab- night,” the navy spokesperson stakeholders in this matter. series of tweets on Saturday, allegedly fought with the crew Malaysia to the port city of “In a show of international and China comes amid strain lished contact with the captain said. Aadhaar number or pass- had warned that unruly behav- over not getting seats of her Aden in Yemen when it came maritime cooperation against in ties between the two Asian of the merchant vessel who The captain of the merchant port will be useful in identifying iour by passengers will result in choice in an Air India flight under attack from Somali piracy, a boarding party from giants over a range of issues along with the crew had locked vessel profusely thanked the an “unruly passenger” who has “severe consequences” which from Delhi to Kolkata result- pirates. the nearby Chinese Navy ship including the Dalai Lama’s themselves in a strong room on Indian Naval ships for their been barred from flying. would include police action ing in it being delayed by nearly While the Indian Navy went on board the merchant visit to Tawang in Arunachal board as per standard operat- response and for providing air Minister of State for Civil as well as being placed on the 40 minutes. deployed a helicopter that ship, while the Indian Naval Pradesh, China’s opposition to ing procedure. cover, he said. 2 town mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 DAYINDAYOUT ‘Freedom to disturb and agitate is the What’s on Around Town GOD’S SUMMIT A solo show by Temsuyanger Long- kumer envisions a utopian conversation amongst the Gods and Prophets about RIGHT OF ALL POETS’ the predicament of what humanity has The first-of-its-kind celebration of verse in the country set up a scholarly panel done to itself. Temsuyanger highlights events from global history at some key discussion, held in the Capital as part of a three-day Biennale pivotal moments where irreversible change has occurred. This seminal piece sion and reductionism, Ananya Vajpeyi of work raises the question of what it traced the influence poets and their works have exercised on the sub-conti- means to have power, control, authority, nent across epochs. wisdom, vision. Contending that a “little amnesia” WHEN: April 8 – 19 would help the contemporary shake off WHERE: Kamadevi Complex 40, IIC the shackles of the past, iconic litterateur TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm Keki N Daruwalla said that poetry was an important counterweight against the canonisation of myth as memory. FILM SCREENING: LEELA IN “The danger of myth becoming scrip- ture and memory, as something to be KHERIYA remembered as having lived or occurred The film ‘Leela in Kheriya’ directed by Dr is something we must all be wary of. Molly Kaushal tells the stories of a few This sort of co-option – the darker side individual lives in Kheriya, deeply en- of memory – is linked to nostalgia. A meshed with the Ramlila performed every little amnesia would benefit us all,” said year in the village. Kheriya is located OUR CORRESPONDENT Daruwalla, sparking a lively discussion at dom to conceive, to create alternative up by the late master artist Sayed Haider embodiment of the ideals of freedom. It event. He linked the conflation of myth near the township of Firozabad, known worlds, different ways of seeing, going Raza in 2001 and helmed by eminent has become all the more crucial today with historical and racial anger and dis- for its glass making factories. In the film bserving that it is often in beyond reality to escape it. Or perhaps Hindi poet Ashok Vajpeyi, the Manag- when there are many curbs on freedom trust. The discussion saw impassioned of 53 minutes, the furnaces of these fac- times when poetry is impos- even oppose the real and inhabit other ing Trustee. of expression and in a world where the rebuttal arguments from noted social tories serve as metaphors for rhythms of sible, that the best kind of realities,” said Satchidanandan, during a “Though it is but words, poetry is idea of freedom has been divorced from scientist Shiv Visvanathan and celebrated life, its grit and grime, as also its sublime poetry is written, pioneering thought-provoking evening conversation ultimately an act of imagination and ideas of equality and justice.” The hour- Gujarati poet-playwright Sitanshu Yas- essence. Lives of both Hindus and Muslims Malayalam poet and theorist K Satchi- at Vak: Raza Biennale of Indian Poetry, a kind of conversation. To use meter, long conversation also featured promi- haschandra at the Biennale. O of Kheriya converge on the Ramlila stage, dandan said it was important to be able to an event held in the Capital recently. rhythm, metaphor, rhyme, syntax, struc- nent educationist and former NCERT “Indian poetics understands that hurt and affect sentiments in an increas- The scholarly panel discussion, ture, style and imagery to follow or break director Krishna Kumar, award-winning memory, like literature, gives you space making it a moment of self liberation and ingly charged and gentrified world. titled ‘Poetry as Freedom’, was held at with diktats and rejuvenate and recreate author and academic Ananya Vajpeyi for and elasticity of interpretation. Indian self realisation for each. Prof Pushpesh “The freedom to disturb and agitate is the Triveni Kala Sangam as part of the language in order to make apparent the and Apoorvanand, renowned professor literature traditionally used memory Pant and Dr Sukrita Paul will discuss the one of the most important rights a poet three-day Biennale. The first-of-its-kind invisible,” added K Satchidandan. Cit- of Hindi at Delhi University. as metaphor. Like literature, memory film after the screening. has, especially in the history we find our- celebration of verse in the country was ing the importance of the discussion, Describing poetry as the “last refuge” should be permitted to cheat us and play WHEN: April 17 selves living in today. Poetry is the free- organised by the Raza Foundation – set Vajpeyi said, “Poetry is perhaps the best against tendencies of systemic oppres- with us,” Yashaschandra said. WHERE: CD Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC) Grey hair linked to higher heart disease risk in men TIMING: 6:30 pm HANUMAN: IMAGES BEYOND MEN WITH MORE grey hair at Malaga, Spain from April 6-8 with increased risk of coronary IMAGINATIONS – irrespective of age – may be at – involved 545 adult men. artery disease independent of increased risk of heart disease, The researchers assessed the chronological age and established The exhibition will showcase installation, warns a new study. prevalence of grey hair in patients cardiovascular risk factors. a 3D production of thousand year old “Our findings suggest that, with coronary artery disease - Patients with coronary hymn ‘Hanuman Chalisa’. The installation irrespective of chronological age, usually caused by atherosclerosis artery disease had a statistically has been screened at several festivals hair greying indicates biological – and whether it was an indepen- significant higher hair whitening and has been created by Charuvi Design age and could be a warning sign dent risk marker of disease. score and higher coronary artery Lab. It will be a unique animated and of increased cardiovascular risk,” The amount of grey hair was calcification than those without digital experience of a mythological said Irini Samuel, a cardiologist at graded using the hair whiten- coronary artery disease. Cairo University, Egypt. ing score – one referring to pure “A larger study including figure, Lord Hanuman. The exhibition shall Atherosclerosis, build-up of black hair, two to black more than men and women is required to also display a ‘Kaavad’ narrating a story fatty material inside the arter- white, three to black equals white, confirm the association between of Hanuman Chalisa and paintings on ies, and hair greying share simi- four to white more than black, hair greying and cardiovascular Hanuman by Shri Shyam Sharma. Each lar mechanisms such as impaired and five to pure white. disease in patients without of these paintings have a caption and DNA repair, oxidative stress, Data was collected on tradi- other known cardiovascular risk a quote from Ramcharitmanas. A video inflammation, hormonal changes tional cardiovascular risk factors factors,” Samuel said. and senescence of functional cells. including hypertension, diabe- “Further research is needed, in presentation on Recitation of Hanuman “Atherosclerosis and hair grey- tes, smoking, dyslipidaemia and coordination with dermatologists, Chalisa by Shri Amitabh Bacchan will also ing occur through similar biologi- family history of coronary artery to learn more about the causative be played at the exhibition. cal pathways and the incidence of EuroPrevent 2017, annual disease. genetic and possible avoidable WHEN: April 11- 30 both increases with age,” Samuel congress of the European The researchers found that a environmental factors that WHERE: Hall no1, Basement, 11 Man- added. Association of Preventive high hair whitening score (grade determine hair whitening,” singh Road, New Delhi-1 IANS This study – presented at Cardiology (EAPC), being held three or more) was associated she add. TIMING : 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Your baby’s love for Canines can adopt superheroes may be innate humans perspective to FIND FOOD By adopting EVER WONDERED why babies love and adore superheroes? It may be because they are the positions born with a sense of justice – a concept por- trayed through the heroic acts of the charac- of humans ters, researchers say. The findings showed that infants, as young and following as six months old, who can barely talk, are metric character chasing and bumping into capable of recognising the heroic acts of jus- another, as a third character watches from a their gazes tice and thus find themselves drawn to figures distance. who protect the weak. This also explains why In one version, this third party character geometrically, kids and adults alike have a never-ending love intervenes, and in another, it escapes in another affair with superhero stories in popular culture, direction. When the infants were then shown dogs find out the researchers said. real life replicas of these intervening and non- “Six-month-old infants are still in an early intervening characters, they were more whom they can developmental stage and most will not yet be likely to choose the intervener, the able to talk. Nevertheless they can already researchers said. trust understand the power dynamics between “In human society, self- different characters, sug- lessly protecting the power- gesting that recognising less is considered an act of ogs – known as the man’s human beings develop the (Knower) and who does not and heroism is perhaps heroic justice,” added Yas- best friend – are also capable ability to understand and can, therefore, only guess an innate ability,” uhiro Kanakogi from the of adopting human perspec- interpret mental states (Guesser). said David Butler Kyoto University. tive to correctly interpret such as emotions, needs “They must identify the from Kyoto University However, understanding Dcues and find food that they cannot see and intentions of their informant they can rely on in Japan. For the study, these may be complex as one themselves, research has revealed. fellow-being and react if they have to decide for the team conducted has to first grasp the power The findings showed that by adopt- accordingly, while it one food container,” Huber a series of exper- relationship between the ing the position of a human or seeing is usually denied in noted. In nearly 70 per cent iments where actors, then understand things from their owner’s point of view animals. of the cases the dogs chose infants were that the hero’s actions and following their gaze, dogs can iden- In the study, pub- the container indicated by the shown ani- are favourable for the tify whether a human has an eye on a lished in the jour- Knower. Being able to adopt the mations victim but not for food source and, therefore, know where nal Animal Cognition, perspective of a human does, how- of one the villain, and the food has been hidden. researchers developed a new ever, not require the ability to under- geo- finally, that “The ability to interpret our ‘Guesser looking away’ test, stand intentions or wishes. “But the the hero acted behaviour and anticipate our intentions, which gave clear evidence of study showed that dogs can find out deliberately, which has obviously developed through dogs being able to adopt human what humans or conspecifics can or Kanakogi said. a combination of domestication and perspective and take advantage of it. cannot see. IANS individual experience, seems to have In the experiment, a person in the “By adopting the positions of supported the ability to adopt our middle hides the food and the potential humans and following their gazes perspective,” said led investigator informants were kneeing left and right geometrically, they find out what Ludwig Huber from the University of of this hider. humans see and, therefore, know – Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Within “To get the food, the dogs have to and consequently whom they can trust the first four or five years of life understand who knows the hiding place or not,” Huber said. 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IN KANTHI DAKSHIN KOLKATA: There would be no respite from the discom- There were no reports of any untoward incident from anywhere fort in the next couple of days in the city and its adjacent dis- tricts despite a forecast of rain- during the polling in which 2.5 lakh voters exercised their franchise fall in some. As per the MeT depart- OUR CORRESPONDENT ment, there would be partly cloudy sky in Kolkata on Mon- KOLKATA: An estimated 82 day with possibilities of inter- percent polling was recorded in mittent rainfall. the by-poll to Kanthi Dakshin Besides Kolkata, there are Assembly in East Midnapore possibilities of isolated rain- district on Sunday in a peace- fall in South Bengal districts ful election, an Election Com- including Hooghly, Howrah, mission official said. East Midnapore, Murshidabad, “Polling was peaceful in Nadia, South and North 24 Par- the Kanthi Dakshin Assem- ganas in the next 24 hours. bly today (Sunday). Around 82 But the dry weather percent voting was registered will prevail on Tuesday in till polling ends at 6 pm,” dep- both Kolkata and Howrah uty electoral officer Amit Jyoti respectively. Bhattacharya said. The rainfall for a long There was no report of stretch of time is not predicted any untoward incident from as the upper air cyclonic circu- anywhere during the polling lation over Chattisgarh adja- in which 2.5 lakh voters exer- cent to Jharkhand was less. cised their franchise amid Despite the sky remaining strict security maintained by cloudy, the humidity and the six companies of central forces discomfort level is not expected accompanied by the state to go down. police, Bhattacharya added. Interestingly, the maximum Five candidates battled temperature recorded on Sun- it out at the hustings: Chan- day was one degree less than drima Bhattacharya of the Voters queue up since morning at Kanthi Dakshin Assembly seat the normal temperature. It was TMC, Sourindra Mohan Jana recorded 34.6 degree Celsius. of the BJP, Uttam Pradhan late due to the malfunction- also carried out route marches number of 1,032 persons were cards not only in the Bengal Despite the maximum tem- of the CPI(M), Nabakumar ing of the EVM machines. in various areas so that people deployed on election duty. but also throughout the coun- perature remaining one degree Nandi of the Congress and Out of 2,07,337 voters, around could freely come out to exer- Around 258 EVM machines try. People will once again Celsius below normal, peo- another candidate from the 1,06,467 were male and 1,00, cise their franchise. were used to conduct the poll. defeat the vindictive and com- ple had a tough time battling Boys jump into river Ganga to beat the heat in Kolkata on Sunday PTI SUCI(C). 869 female while the number of Braving the heat, voters Apart from TMC, Con- munal politics of the RSS and against the uncomfortable and The by-election is necessi- the third gender was one. The came out in huge numbers gress, BJP and Left Front- the BJP. District Trinamool dry weather. dry as on Sunday for the next are opting for hill stations. tated by TMC MLA Dibyendu poll was conducted in as many from the morning. Voters in supported CPI candidate, a Congress leaders alleged In Digha, the maximum three days. Many are travelling to nearby Adhikari’s election to the Lok as 258 booths. large numbers were seen stand- SUCI(C) candidate is also in that the RSS and BJP have temperature was two degree In North Bengal too, there hill stations that have recently Sabha from Tamluk seat. Around six company of ing before all the 258 booths fray. been trying to incite commu- Celsius less than the normal is prediction of isolated rain- experienced rain and snowfall. The counting is scheduled central forces and 1,000 state spreading across the constitu- TMC candidate and senior nal violence in the state and and there was rainfall of 0.1 fall in all the districts apart With snowfall in Sandakphu, to be held on Thursday. police personnel were also ency as the day progressed. party leader Chandrima Bhat- people will once again reject mm in the past 24 hours. The from Malda, North and South many have chosen Darjeeling In booth numbers 59, 66 deployed to conduct the elec- According to a senior tacharya said the RSS and BJP them and vote for peace and weather in Purulia, Bankura Dinajpur. In view of this humid to get respite from the scorch- and 197, the poll process began tion. The central force jawans official in the district, a total were trying to play communal prosperity. and Birbhum would remain as weather and the heat, people ing heat in the plains. Lohia regrets Presidency not 10 air-conditioned mini buses Now, poor patients can avail free eye getting HRD score by NIRF to be flagged off today surgeries at several state-run hospitals OUR CORRESPONDENT system and surveillance cam- OUR CORRESPONDENT age under this scheme whereby KOLKATA: The Vice-Chan- eras in the buses. The gadgets phaco, cataract and other eye cellor of the Presidency Uni- KOLKATA: State Transport have been fitted to improve KOLKATA: The state Health surgeries will be conducted on versity, Anuradha Lohia, has minister Suvendu Adhikari will the security arrangement as department has decided to patients. Now, all the patients regretted the premier institu- flag off a fleet of 10 air-condi- by pressing the panic button conduct eye surgeries on poor can get their eye surgeries done tion’s inability to find a place tioned mini buses on Monday. one can alert the police or con- patients at several state-run at free of cost from the gov- among top 100 colleges, and Five air-conditioned mini- cerned authorities about any hospitals completely free of ernment hospitals empanelled blamed it on Union HRD min- buses will be flagged off at gate impending danger. The GPS fit- cost by the inclusion of eye with the RSBY. istry’s National Institutional number Adhai near Netaji ted buses have ensured that the segment under the Rashtriya Patients who require power Ranking Framework. Subhas Chandra Bose Inter- real-time location of the buses Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY). spectacles after the cataract sur- Lohia said that the univer- national Airport. MP Sougata can be tracked and it can also To provide health services gery for proper vision will be sity had nothing to do with it Roy and the state IT minister be identified using the newly to all patients who cannot get them at free of cost and since every formality had been Bratya Basu will also be present launched “Pathadisha” app of afford their treatment at private will be provided by the hospi- completed correctly and the during the ceremony. the state Transport department. clinics, the state government is tals, a senior health department NIRF itself had acknowledged Another five such buses It had been a long-stand- introducing free eye surgeries Representative image official said. The beneficiaries it. “They should have given us a will be flagged off from the ing demand of Kolkattans to under RSBY. This will not only need to pay Rs 30 for the regis- score as every communication bus depot of the West Bengal introduce the air-conditioned immensely benefit the poor tral scheme from the first day other eye surgeries, the insur- tration to avail the treatment at was made correctly and the Transport Corporation at Joka bus services up to the central patients in the BPL category of hospitalisation. ance coverage was not available the state-run hospitals. completed form had been sub- where, besides the Transport business district from Joka and but also address eye problems Earlier, the patients requir- for the patients under RSBY Earlier, patients requiring mitted and returned by them minister, state Education min- Airport. among them that has become ing eye surgeries did not get the scheme. a cataract surgery could not saying it was in order. ister Partha Chattopadhyay, introduced. Five of the buses With the state Trans- so rampant across the state. benefits of the scheme. This has According to a health avail the Central scheme due From our side there was no Mayor and Minister of the State will be plying on Kolkata Air- port department’s decision Incidentally, it will also reduce become possible after the state department official, both the to technical problems. In most failure. So it is a failure of the Fire and Emergency Services port to Esplanade route and to introduce the buses, hun- the rush in OPDs at almost government decided to include Central and state governments of the cases of cataract surger- NIRF,” Lohia said in an inter- Department Sovan Chatterjee the other five on Behala Joka dreds heaved respite as they do all the state-run hospitals that those suffering from eye prob- provide fund for the imple- ies, the patient does not require view on Saturday. “Perhaps and MP Subrata Bakshi will to Esplanade route. Such air- not have to toil much in sum- are so full of patients suffer- lems under this scheme. The mentation of the RSBY scheme. hospitalisation. they did not even consider giv- be present. conditioned buses are going to mers this year to reach their ing from various eye-related coverage may extend up to five The scheme has been Patients are released from ing us a score because they did Alapan Bandyopad- be introduced considering the destinations. problems. members of a family including pushed by the state government the hospital after the opera- not have anyone to compare hyay, Principal Secretary of fact that people need to travel There are many air-condi- Objective of RSBY is to pro- the head, his spouse and three as there are a large number tion. But the patients admitted with,” she quipped. While Pres- the Transport Department, in extreme heat for seven to tioned buses plying on differ- vide free health services to BPL of his dependants. of poor patients who cannot to the hospital are only enti- idency is not among the top will be present in both the eight months in a year. ent routes in the city. But this households so that these fami- The patients belonging to avail the facilities of the Central tled to get the coverage under 100 institutions in the country programmes. Each of the buses with 30 is the first time when air-condi- lies can get insurances in case a the BPL category were entitled scheme in case of eye surgeries. this scheme. As a result of the in this year’s NIRF ranking, it It may be mentioned that seats is the first-of-its-kind in tioned mini buses are going to patient is admitted to a hospi- to get the insurance coverage In case of the same, the patient norms, many patients could had scored 63.56 out of 100 in this is the first time ever in the the state to have panic buttons operate in the city. More such tal. Beneficiaries are entitled to under this scheme for bypass does not get the insurance cov- not get the insurance coverage last year’s NIRF assessment and history of the state’s transport and different electronic gad- buses could get introduced get hospitalisation coverage up surgery, other surgeries or in erage under the RSBY scheme. under the Central scheme as had been ranked 41st among sector when such air-condi- gets fitted in them for security depending on the success of to Rs 30,000. The patients can any case of hospitalised. But Now, poor patients will be able they did not get admission in universities. AGENCIES tioned mini-buses are getting purposes. There will be GPS these buses. avail the facilities of the Cen- in case of phaco, cataract or to avail the insurance cover- case of a few eye surgeries. All streetlights in New Town to After bike taxis and rent-a-car services, be controlled by on-off timers

We saw a state govt mulls rent-a-bike scheme presentation by a PRITESH BASU bike for a few hours where he or she has to make payments Korean company that KOLKATA: The state transport on an hourly basis. Again, one showed us plug points department is carefully consid- can also rent a bike even for ering a proposal of introducing a week or a month. There is a with AI (Artificial “rent-a-bike” service after the minimum time limit for which Intelligence). This immense success of bike taxis one has to pay if a bike is rented and rent-a-car services. out. Such matters have to be system studies According to sources in the finalised if the state transport patterns of electricity state Transport department, department decides to intro- consumption over a within a few days after the bike duce the service. DEBAMOY GHOSH taxi was introduced, a proposal It may be mentioned that have also installed some pilot period of time and was received in which a private the initiative of the state trans- motion-sensor switches in company wanted to enter into port department to make self- KOLKATA: In a unique move, WBHIDCO Bhavan that minimises power an agreement to initiate “rent- driven hired cars available in New Town Kolkata Develop- switches off room lights auto- consumption a-bike” service. the city has gained much popu- ment Authority (NKDA) matically there. This system “It is in a very nascent stage. larity. The service was launched recently took a resolution at a will work when there would be We have just received the pro- in September and people had board meeting that all street- no human movement detected WBHIDCO,” he added. posal. The department has to started hiring cars to drive on lights in New Town will be con- for as long as 15 minutes at a “The previous concept was look into each and every aspect their own to different tourist trolled by on-off timers so that stretch. “We saw a presenta- to switch on the AC machines before introducing the rent-a- According to sources in the state Transport department, spots including the hills. Many, energy wastage doesn’t take tion by a Korean company that to cool the room before offi- bike service,” the official said within a few days after the bike taxi was introduced, a who visit the city from other place at daytime. showed us plug points with AI cers reached their offices. But adding that they also have to states for work, also started hir- “We have taken this deci- (Artificial Intelligence). This I observed that some officers look into the financial viability proposal was received in which a private company wanted ing cars to drive on their own to sion recently. I got a certificate system studies patterns of were busy in field assignments of the project. to enter into an agreement to initiate ‘rent-a-bike’ service reach their destinations instead in writing from chief engineer electricity consumption over a and other important duties “Most importantly, we give of availing luxury taxis or other of NKDA and chief engineer period of time and minimises and they did not reach office priority to security aspects in this case as well, we have introduced. areas and tourist spots, the offi- public transport services. of WBHIDCO that all street- power consumption,” Sen by 10 am. So switching on the of the person using a partic- to be sure about the pros and Though it has not been cial said. Similarly, the K-Bike taxi lights of New Town have been added. “More importantly, we AC machine from 9 am was ular service. Whether it is an cons of the service,” the officer decided yet as to where the It may be mentioned that that has been introduced in connected to automatic on- have asked electrical staff not to not right. I have instructed app-based car, bike taxi or rent- said adding that at the same service will be introduced first rent-a-bike service is available Rajarhat and New Town has off timers,” said Debashis Sen, switch on room AC machines the electrical staff to switch on a-car service, we have always time, the department will pre- but it is expected that if the pro- in some parts of the country. It also become a huge hit as a WBHIDCO chairman-cum- in the morning before the AC machines after the officers taken steps to first ensure secu- pare a guideline that has to posal is accepted, then it may is also available at tourist des- last-mile connectivity vehicle managing director. NKDA officers enter the room at reach,” Sen added. rity of passengers. Similarly, be followed if the services get initially commence in urban tinations where one can rent a within a very short time. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 ‘Same gang involved that robbed Now, Bengal’s bitter gourd Dunlop, Park St gold loan offices’ is Singapore-bound OUR CORRESPONDENT

KOLKATA: Vegetables, Senior police officers of Barrackpore police commissionarate have already mainly bitter gourd, produced in Alipurduar in large quan- spoken to their counterparts in the bordering areas of North 24-Parganas tity is all set to get exported to Singapore. OUR CORRESPONDENT ees of the various offices at the Bitter gourd from Alipur- KHARDAH ROBBERY building are quite insecured duar is sent to several other KOLKATA: It is now being after the incident and are mull- parts of the country including suspected by the police that the ing to deploy full-time security Maharastra, Delhi, Jammu and same gang that was involved personnel at the building. They Kashmir. This comes when the in the two recent incidents of will also soon urge the police state government has consider- dacoity at two gold loan offices for their co-operation. ably inspired farmers for direct — one at Park Street and the Cops have also found that sell instead of taking assis- They were also being helped the farmers had repeatedly other in Dunlop few months the miscreants have carried tance from middlemen, who by Jalpaiguri Central Co-oper- approached the erstwhile ago — might have carried out out the crime in almost in the hoard vegetables for making ative Bank. Left Front government with the robbery at IIFL Gold Loan same manner as in the earlier more profit and on the other Formation of the co-oper- requests to take steps to ensure office on Khardah Station Road two incidents at Park Street hand doesn’t give money that ative society helped in increas- a more profit for farmers and near Arunachal More on Sat- and Dunlop few months ago. a farmer deserves. ing their market where they to help increase their market. urday. Involvement of dacoits A gang of armed robbers made In the past few years, a co- could sell their produce. The The co-operative society is from Bangladesh has also not away with around 30 kg gold operative of bitter gourd farm- farmers were aggrieved that now, trying all out to export been ruled out. worth crores from a gold loan ers has been formed and it is they had to incur losses almost the same in many other coun- According to preliminary firm in Dunlop area. the same one that took the ini- in every session as there were tries as well. investigation, police suspect The robbers came on bikes tiative to export the produce. no proper markets to sell their It may be mentioned that that the miscreants might and stole around 25-30 kg of First, a survey was conducted produce. Now, the farmers can a few months ago some Farm- have links with some Bangla- ing out the possibility that the looted ornaments at gun point. brought to deposit at the office. gold along with cash from in the area and a data con- sell their produce at the right ers’ Producers Organisations deshis as well. Senior police dacoits have already crossed The injured woman is undergo- According to investigation, Manappuram Finance Limited taining all details about bitter price and make profit as well. (FPOs) from Bankura had ini- officers of Barrackpore police the border and fled to Bangla- ing treatment at a hospital. The police found that the miscre- branch in Dunlop in December gourd cultivation was prepared. It may be mentioned that since tiated the export of organic commissionarate have already desh. The investigating officers incident took place at around ants had looted gold ornaments last year. It took around six months to the change of guard in the state, vegetables including green spoken to their counterparts in are also in talks with senior 9.10 am on Saturday. worth a few lakh rupees. In another incident, four complete the survey. The data priority has been given to ben- chillies, collacassia, papayas, the bordering areas of North officials of the Border Security The woman, identified as Police have already col- miscreants stormed into a firm revealed that there were around efits of farmers and measures onion flowers and pumpkins 24-Parganas. Force. Sarbari Ghosh, a customer lected the CCTV footages of at Park Street offering loans in 2,000 bitter gourd cultivators. have been taken to ensure that to countries in the Middle East. Raids are being conducted A woman was shot at by was shot at from close quarter the financial institution but lieu of gold and looted 10 kg of Subsequently, the co-operative not a single cultivator suffers It was also exported in South in the bordering areas to nab some miscreants who stormed when she refused to hand over they are yet to trace the culprits. the yellow metal worth Rs 2.88 was formed that started work- any losses. East Asian countries, UK and the culprits. Police are not rul- into IIFL Gold Loan office and the ornaments which she had The local residents and employ- crore in January this year. ing for the benefit of farmers. It may be mentioned that the US. 3 more cases of Scuffle breaks out between 2 BJP Goods train derails, rail traffic factions in front of Central minister medical negligence OUR CORRESPONDENT when other leaders from the hit for almost 10 hours area intervened. Police were OUR CORRESPONDENT was administered anti-rabies KOLKATA: A scuffle broke pressed to ensure that the situ- OUR CORRESPONDENT vaccine. The incident that had REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE It was completed overnight and out between two factions of BJP ation did not go out of control. KOLKATA: In another inci- taken place on Saturday night train services resumed in the in front of the Central minis- The party leaders, however, dent of gross medical negli- triggered tension in the area. KOLKATA: Train services Up line from Sunday morning. ter Vijay Sampla at Bolpur on have brushed out the allega- gence, a pathological laboratory The victim alleged that the were disrupted after a goods However, in the Down line, ser- Sunday. tion of factional feud that led at Chakdah allegedly adminis- confusion was created among train derailed near Kharagpur vices were affected till Sunday The two groups got engaged to the incident. It took place tered anti-rabies injection on the staff members as there were railway station late on Saturday afternoon. in a heated altercation over when Central ministers are a patient who came there for two patients of the same name. night. No casualties or injuries Many trains in Howrah- gaining entry to a hotel to visiting the state with a tar- ECG test. As a result, the staff members were reported. Midnapore and Howrah- meet the Central minister. get of strengthening the par- The family members of mistook him as the other per- Around five coaches of a Kharagpur sections were also Subsequently, it led to a scuf- ty’s organisation. According the victim lodged a complaint son who came there to take goods train derailed between cancelled. Many long dis- fle between the two factions to political analysts, such inci- against the private lab at the anti-rabies vaccination. The Madpur and Jakpur in How- tance trains including How- of Dilip Ghosh, the party’s dence at the very beginning of local police station on the basis lab authorities have, however, rah-Kharagpur section of rah-Mumbai Gitanjali Express, vice president of Birbhum dis- the programme of the Central of which police have started admitted their mistake. They South Eastern Railway at Coromondel Express, Howrah- trict, and another leader Ujjal ministers would affect the par- an investigation. The victim, also said that the injection around 11 pm on Satur- Tirupati Express were resched- Majumdar. There was gather- ty’s attempt of strengthening Bidyut Sarakar, a resident of would have no side effects on day leading to disruption for uled. Scores of passengers were ing outside the hotel and many their organisation in Bengal. Sahishpur village under Chak- the victim. around 10 hours along with stranded at Howrah station due tried to enter the hotel along It may be recalled that on dah police station went to the In another incident, a nurs- cancellation of various trains, to the accident. with the Central minister. One April 4 last year, a clash broke lab to undergo an ECG test ing staff member of Raigung a railway official said. Train According to a senior rail- group tried to enter the hotel out between the two groups in as he was advised by a local District Hospital has been services both in Up and Down way official, the movement of first but they were restricted by the party at North Howrah over doctor to do so after suffer- accused of denying to put an lines were badly affected. Ser- 11 pairs of local trains was also others which led to the alter- filing Roopa Ganguly as can- ing from heart ailments. The oxygen mask on a patient suf- vices in the Howrah-Kharag- affected. Railway officials were cation. They jostled among didate for the Assembly Elec- victim has alleged that after he fering from tuberculosis as pur and Tatanagar-Kharagpur trying to run at least eight pairs themselves and finally started tions from there. It led to the stepped into the lab, some of he was kept inside a stinking were the worst affected. Several of local trains. Movements of pushing each other in front of embarrassment of the party as its staff members administered room. The family members local trains and a few long dis- Express trains were stranded and senior officials were rushed South India and Odisha-bound the minister. The glass panel of it took place when senior BJP an injection on him. Follow- of the elderly victim alleged tance trains were also cancelled till late night. Many other trains to the spot and rescue opera- long distance trains were a door in the hotel was dam- leader Sushma Swaraj was in ing the incident, Sarkar fell ill. that the patient died as he was due to the accident. How- were also stranded at differ- tions and repair works were delayed due to the derailment, aged during the scuffle. The the state to attend an election He later came to know that he denied the oxygen mask. rah-bound Purulia and Adra ent stations. Railway engineers carried out on a war-footing. a railway official added. situation came under control rally in Durgapur. Doctor writes to prez urging intervention Youth thrashed BJP leader shoots CID arrests by miscreants man dead to stop NEET implementation man for duping for protesting OUR CORRESPONDENT accused asked him to sell the OUR CORRESPONDENT the pass marks to qualify the ination. The MCI, however, land to him. As he denied to do entrance examination. The says that they have assigned cooperative banks against threats KOLKATA: A BJP leader from so, a quarrel broke out between KOLKATA: A city doctor has MCI was also asked to publish the CBSE to carry out the job Siliguri allegedly shot a mid- the two. The staff members of written to the President of a gazette notification, thereby around 5 years ago. OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT dle-aged man from the same the Dhaba tried to calm the India Pranab Mukherjee seek- attributing the power of con- It is not possible as MCI was area to death following a dis- accused down but nothing hap- ing his intervention to stop the ducting the examination on a asked by the Centre to formu- KOLKATA: In a major break- KOLKATA: A youth was pute over land-related issues. pened. The accused suddenly implementation of the National particular agency. But the MCI late policy on the examination through, the Criminal Inves- beaten up by miscreants The incident triggered ten- took out a gun and shot him Eligibility cum Entrance Test has never given power to the after a Bill was passed in the tigation (CID) arrested the for protesting against their sion at Darjeeling more are of from a point blank range. The (NEET) 2017, the national CBSE to carry out the examina- Parliament in 2016, Dr Maity kingpin of the racket that had repeated threats to the family Siliguri. Local people said that victim received two bullet inju- level undergraduate medical tion by publishing any gazette maintained. duped different co-operative members of a 14-year-old girl a quarrel broke out between ries on his chest and abdomen. entrance examination con- notification since the enact- The letter says: “The CBSE banks of around Rs 100 crore to withdraw complaint of gang- the accused Harindar Yadav The local people and Dhaba ducted by the Central Board of ment of law to conduct the has no power to hold NEET late night on Saturday. rape. The incident took place at and the deceased Satyender employees informed the mat- Secondary Education (CBSE). NEET –UG 2017. The MCI (UG) - 2017 examination. The A senior CID officer said The CID had Chanchal in Malda late night Prasad over promoting a piece ter to the police, who rushed In his letter to the Pres- was also asked to formulate a minimum qualifying marks the accused Debanjan Roy, a initiated a probe on Saturday. of land. It has been alleged that to the spot and took Prasad to ident, Dr AK Maity, a city policy in this regard. 50 percentile for unreserved resident of Dum Dum, was Police said that the 14-year- the accused was giving pres- a private nursing home in Sili- based doctor has argued that Dr Maity said that the MCI (UR) category and 40 percen- remanded in police custody into the allegation old girl was allegedly gang- sure on the victim to sell a 6 guri. The doctors of the nurs- the CBSE has no right to con- did not assign the CBSE to tile for SC/ST/OBC categories when produced before the of Bankura raped on February 28. The cottah land. Prasad was not ing home pronounced him duct the nationwide medical conduct the examination after in NEET (UG) - 2017 are not Bankura District Court. complaint was lodged against ready to sell the land to the brought dead. entrance examination. He said the promulgation of the law in legal.” The CID had initiated District Central three local youth– Shahjahan accused. This had caused trou- According to the doctors that the Centre formulated a 2016. MCI is saying that they The NEET 2017 examina- a probe into the allegation Cooperative Bank Ali, Rabiul Haque and Najimul ble between the two. the victim died due to excessive law to conduct the NEET in have given the CBSE the power tion is scheduled to take place of Bankura District Central Haque. But the police are yet to Prasad was returning from bleeding. The family members 2016 and asked the Medical to conduct the entrance exami- on May 7 throughout the coun- Cooperative Bank that the that the accused arrest them. his parental house at Gopalganj of the victim lodged complaint Council of India (MCI) to take nation but it has not published try in which around 11.5 lakh accused had duped the bank had duped the The family members alleged in Bihar. When he was crossing with the police. The accused the decision on how the exam- any notification assigning the medical aspirants will take of Rs 15.2 crore which he had bank of Rs 15.2 that they had been receiv- the Kharibari area in Siliguri, has, however, fled his house ination would be conducted job to the CBSE since the law part. In West Bengal, there are taken to buy bonds of different ing repeated threats from the the accused called him into since the incident took place. and who would conduct the was formulated by the Centre around 75,000 candidates who nationalised banks. crore which he accused who are forcing them a dhaba where the latter was Police are conducting raids examination. in 2016. will appear in the national level Debanjan being a “sharp had taken to buy to withdraw the complaint. But waiting for him. When the vic- at different places to nab the The highest regulating body Therefore, the CBSE has medical entrance examination and well educated person” did the victim’s family members tim stepped into the Dhaba, the culprit. will also decide what would be no right to conduct the exam- this year. not have much difficulty in bonds of different are not ready to withdraw their convincing the officials of the nationalised complaint. cooperative banks to rely on On Saturday night, the vic- him and had managed to make banks tim’s house was allegedly raided Bisorjon shows that love does not them believe that he could buy by the accused who threatened bonds of nationalised banks by out of the bank after assuring the victim’s parents to with- his tall talks. the officials that he would give draw the complaint. He had chalked out the plan them all documents within Misbaul Islam, the vic- follow religion, says Kaushik and created fake documents a day. But he did not return. tim’s neighbour, ran to the posing as the owner of a firm The bank authorities lodged a spot when he found that the and told the bank officials that complaint with the local police accused were threatening the KOLKATA: Director Kaushik unique spectacle and we have by everyone,” he says. he would buy bonds of nation- station. girl’s family members. The Ganguly, whose Partition- sought to capture the moment Happy that Bisorjon will alised banks for the coopera- After understandingaccused started beating up themed movie Bisorjon got the in the film,” Kaushik says. Talk- be released on Bengali New tive banks. that the accused had duped Misbaul for intervening. They National Award for best Ben- ing about the film’s relevance Year in India, Kaushik says, Initially, officials of the bank Bankura District Central continued the beat-down till gali film, says the project gives in the present situation in the “I am keen it is commercially didn’t understand that they Cooperative Bank, officials he fell on the ground. He was a message that humanity and country, Kaushik says, “I don’t screened in Bangladesh very were getting duped. Bankura of the other banks including thrashed with wooden logs and love remain over and above all understand politics. I believe soon.” Bangladeshi actress Joya District Central Cooperative Sheorafuli-Baidyabati Cooper- bamboo sticks. religions. in airing my views through art. Ahsan, who had been cast in bank officials were the first ative Bank and East Midnapore Local people alleged that “Bisorjon talks about the “I wish the film is viewed in Srijit Mukherjee’s Rajkahini, to understand that the per- Bolageria Cooperative Bank they would have killed Misbaul love between a Muslim man both countries, as we are con- plays the Hindu woman in the son was cheating them when lodged similar complaints with if the locals had not reached and a Hindu woman living in nected by a common language, film, while Bengali actor and he had failed to provide some the police. there on time. Finding some India and Bangladesh respec- Bengali. There are many peo- Kaushik’s Bastushaap protag- documents asked by the bank The case was later taken up local people coming out of tively. It says humanity is over is about the Bisorjon (immer- of the two countries. ple in Kolkata who have their onist Abir Chatterjee essays authorities. by the CID when it was found their houses and approaching and above all religion. It says sion) of love. And we have “On Vijaya Dashami the ancestral homes in then Purbo- the male lead. “Abir has por- The cooperative bank that he had duped many other the spot, the accused fled the love doesn’t follow religion,” shot the sequences of real life border ceases to exist during bango (East Bengal). They still trayed the character of a rural authorities did not allow him cooperative banks. spot. The youth was taken to Kaushik said here. immersion of Durga idols on immersion time and idols from converse in the dialect of that folk and his diction, body lan- to leave their bank until the The investigating officers a sub-divisional hospital from Asked about the signifi- Vijaya Dashami day on river both India and Bangladesh are place. Same is true for people guage were unbelievable. You man had managed to give them are trying to find others who where he was shifted to Malda cance behind the name of Ichhamati in Taki, where the taken out in boats on Ichha- living on the other side of the will also see a different Joya those relevant documents. He were involved with Debanjan Medical College and Hospital Bisorjon, the director says, “It river flows along the boundary mati for immersion. This is a border. I wish the film is seen Ahsan,” Kaushik says. AGENCIES somehow managed to come in the crime. as his condition deteriorated. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 mp nation SBI branch opened Rs 5,400 crore worth of undisclosed 2,000 accounts to channelise black money income detected: Govt to apex court OUR CORRESPONDENT Based on source OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Over 2,000 information, the fresh accounts were opened in NEW DELHI: A whopping Rs IT dept issues summons to TN a Bareilly branch of State Bank CBI had carried 5,400 crore worth of “undis- of India post- demonetisation out a surprise closed income” has been minister, actor, educationist till December 31 to allegedly detected by law-enforcing channelise black money in check in the Civil agencies till January 10 since OUR CORRESPONDENT ises of an associate of the min- which at least Rs 8 crore were Lines branch of demonetisation came into force ister allegedly revealed routing deposited in old notes, a CBI State Bank of last November, the government CHENNAI: The Income Tax of Rs 89 crore for “distribu- probe has found. has told the Supreme Court. department has summoned tion to voters” in R K Nagar The CBI has now registered India in Uttar It also made references to Tamil Nadu Health Minister Assembly constituency which an FIR against unknown bank Pradesh’s Bareilly “various malpractices” which C Vijayabhaskar, actor- poli- goes to the poll on April 12. officials and unknown persons on January 2 came to fore post demonetisa- tician R Sarath Kumar and a Vijayabaskar is a promi- for criminal conspiracy, cheat- tion, including the use of old noted educationist to appear nent loyalist of AIADMK ing and corruption. currency notes for buying gold. before it here on Monday in (Amma) faction’s candidate Based on source informa- citizen accounts and one gov- Giving details about the bank accounts”, it said. such online verification, who connection with a tax evasion T T V Dinakaran for the R K tion, the CBI had carried out ernment account. raids and recoveries by the law “As a result of the raids and appeared to be not in line with probe. Nagar bypoll and the first state a surprise check in the Civil The probe found that there -enforcing agencies, it said that other strict measures enforced, tax-payers’ profile. At pres- “Yes. It is a normal pro- minister to come under the Lines branch of State Bank of were 794 instances at the bank after the demonetisation period more than Rs 610 crore in cash ent, more than 12 lakh online cedure,” IT sources told a lens of tax men. He is among India in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly when cash of over Rs 1 lakh and of November 9 to December 30, (including cash of Rs 513 crore responses from 8.38 lakh dis- news agency when asked the key campaigners in the on January 2. more was deposited. In cer- 2016, the Income Tax depart- out of which Rs 110 crore was tinct PANs/persons have whether the department has TN Health Minister C Vijayabhaskar bypoll. During the operation, tain cases huge cash deposits ment had initiated “Operation in new currency) and valuables already been received. issued summons to the three Vijayabaskar had slammed the CBI detected that a huge were also made but the sources Clean Money” on January 31 to were seized by the IT Depart- “It is submitted that in case persons including the Vice- On Saturday, Vijayabhas- the raids by the I-T depart- amount of cash was depos- refused to disclose the amount. leverage technology and data ment and other government there has been due explana- Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr kar’s father Chinnathambi, ment saying, “their intentions ited in the bank after Novem- These accounts were analysis for e-verification of the agencies. tion, the verifications are being M G R Medical University, and a relative had appeared were not fulfilled.” ber 8 last year, when the notes opened by bank officials alleg- cash deposits made during that “The undisclosed income closed after proper analysis Geethalakshmi. before the department in “They have not seized ban was announced, in newly- edly in connivance with private period. detected in the above actions and examination. Similarly, The health minister, mean- Tiruchirapalli in connection any unaccounted money or opened accounts and the dor- persons which enabled depos- The Ministry of Finance in was more than Rs 5,400 crore,” where there have been depos- while, said he would appear with the April 7 searches. documents. mant accounts which had its of huge cash and currency an affidavit said that between the affidavit said. its made in Pradhan Mantri before the department on Nearly 100 sleuths of the IT Their intentions are not been activated. The CBI had conversion without keeping November 9, 2016 and January It said that out of 1,100 Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKY), Monday and extend his full department along with secu- fulfilled by the raids,” he had found that 2,441 new accounts proper records. 10, 2017 alone, there were more raids and surveys, more than then also the verifications are cooperation to the probe. rity personnel had conducted said. were opened by bank officials “It is observed that 267 than 1,100 raids/surveys con- 400 cases were referred to the being closed. “I have received the sum- searches at over 30 locations The bypoll to the R K between November 8 and dormant accounts have been ducted by Income Tax Depart- Enforcement Directorate and “It is further submitted mons. I am a law-abiding across the state belonging Nagar Constituency has December 31. activated after declaration of ment on various persons. the CBI for further action in more than 3.78 lakh out of the citizen. to the official residence and been necessitated due to the Out of these accounts, demonetisation by the bank During this period, over accordance with law. approximately 18 lakh high- So, on Monday morning properties owned by Vijayab- death of former Tamil Nadu 667 were savings accounts, 53 officials in connivance with pri- 5,100 notices were issued for “The exercises have resulted risk cases have been detected I will definitely be in the IT haskar and also at the home Chief Minister J Jayalalitha in were current, 94 were Jan Dhan vate persons in order to facili- verification of “high value sus- in the identification of approx- and taken up for assessment office and give my full coop- of Sarath Kumar in Chennai. December 2016. accounts, 50 PPF, 1,518 FD, 13 tate the deposit of old currency picious cash deposits made in imately 18 lakh persons for and investigation,” it said. eration,” he said. The searches on the prem- festival accounts, two senior notes,” the FIR said. CBI registers cheating case Air India pilot Even manufacturers can’t manipulate EVMs: EC turns up drunk against 2 firms in Chandigarh OUR CORRESPONDENT tion to any other non-EVM diagnostics. accessory or device. Hence no The tamper detection feature for flight, OUR CORRESPONDENT crore by siphoning off funds, NEW DELHI: The EVMs are tampering is possible,” the poll makes an EVM inoperative the the bank alleged. robust and tamper- proof and panel said. moment anyone tries to open grounded for NEW DELHI: The CBI on Sun- In a separate case, the even the manufacturers cannot The Commission also the machine. The self diagnos- day carried out searches at three agency is also carrying out manipulate them at the time rejected suggestions that the tic feature checks the EVM fully three months locations in Chandigarh and searches at three more loca- of production, the Election machines can be manipulated every time it is switched on. Any Mohali after registering a case tions in Jabalpur and Reva in Commission said on Sunday, by the manufacturer itself. change in its hardware or soft- OUR CORRESPONDENT against a company for allegedly Madhya Pradesh after booking countering allegations that the “Not possible,” it said. The ware will be detected. cheating Punjab National Bank a company for allegedly duping machines are unreliable. EVMs have been manufactured It said contrary to “misinfor- to the tune of Rs 1,301 crore. Canara Bank of Rs 43 crore. With the Opposition’s ques- in different years since 2006 and mation and as alleged by some”, NEW DELHI: An Air India The agency has charged The case has been regis- tions on the reliability of the sent to different states. India does not use any EVMs pilot has been grounded for Chandigarh-based Kudos Che- tered against Jagdamba AMW electronic voting machines The manufacturers -- ECIL produced abroad. three months after he tested mie Limited and its directors -- Automotive Limited and its four getting louder, the Commis- the FAQ addresses is whether features. It can detect “malicious and BEL -- would not know The EVMs are produced positive in the mandatory pre- Kabir Sodhi, Jitendra Singh and directors – Pushpendra Singh, sion has come out with a list of the machine can be hacked? sequenced key presses”. several years ahead which can- indigenously and the software flight alcohol test, minutes Gurmeet Sodhi -- with crimi- Yogendra Singh, Shailendra ‘frequently asked questions’ to No, asserts the Commission. “Further, the ECI-EVMs are didate will contest from a partic- programme code is written in- before operating a flight to Abu nal conspiracy and cheating Singh and Pratima Singh -- for put across its views in public The M1 (model one) of EVM not computer controlled, are ular constituency and what will house and not outsourced. Dhabi from here. based on a complaint filed by allegedly submitting fake and domain. Recently, the Com- was manufactured till 2006 and stand alone machines and not be the sequence of the candi- “The programme is con- The pilot was rostered to the bank. fabricated documents to avail mission had issued two state- had all necessary technical fea- connected to the Internet or any dates on the ballot unit,” it said. verted into machine code and fly the Air India Express IX The complaint stated that credit facilities. ments defending the machines. tures it “non-hackable contrary other network. Hence, there is It also asserted that no ‘tro- only then given to the chip man- 115 Delhi to Abu Dhabi flight, the accused produced fake and The bank alleged that the The FAQs are the third attempt to claims made by some activ- no chance of hacking by remote jan horse’ can be injected into ufacturer abroad because we which was scheduled for depar- fabricated documents to avail company did not repay funds by the poll watchdog to coun- ists”, it said. devices... also do not have any the EVM in the field. In fact, the don’t have the capability of pro- ture from Indira Gandhi Inter- credit facilities. availed through credit facili- ter the doubts on the machines’ The M2 model of EVMs pro- frequency receiver or decoder new M3 EVIN produced after ducing semi-conductor micro- national Airport at 8:50pm on The directors cheated the ties, causing a loss of Rs 43.77 reliability. duced after 2006 and up to 2012 for data for wireless or any exter- 2013 have additional features chips within the country. Saturday. bank to the tune of Rs 1,301 crore to it. One of the first questions incorporated additional safety nal hardware port for connec- like tamper detection and self “The pilot who was on dep- utation with AI Express tested ASSAM GOVT ANNOUNCES DRAFT POPULATION POLICY positive in the pre-flight breath NATION BRIEFS analyser (BA) test. Since this UIDAI cracks down on was the first time he has failed AIR INDIA MULLING SETTING UP his test he has been grounded Those with more than 2 kids may 1000 operators in 3 mths for three months,” an Air India AVIATION VARSITY source said. NEW DELHI: Air India is mulling establishing an avia- Rule 24 of the Aircraft Rules tion university for providing various programmes be denied govt jobs in Assam for malpractices prohibits crew members from partaking any alcoholic drink, that can also be an additional revenue stream for it MPOST BUREAU tion schemes like giving trac- seek to debate on increasing OUR CORRESPONDENT have been removed from our 12 hours prior to the com- in the long term. The national carrier, which is work- tors, offering homes and others the legal age of marriage from system and we are also impos- mencement of a flight, and it ing on ways to improve its financial position, has GUWAHATI: The Assam gov- government benefits, this two- 18 years for girls and 21 years NEW DELHI: The UIDAI ing a penalty of Rs 10,000 each is mandatory for him or her to already started exploring various options for having ernment on Sunday announced children norm will be applica- for boys. has blacklisted or suspended on them,” UIDAI CEO Ajay undergo an alcohol test both a university, airline officials said. The idea is to have a draft population policy which ble. Besides, all elections such If anybody has child mar- around 1,000 operators while Bhushan Pandey told a news before and after operating a an institution that offers a range of aviation training suggested denial of govern- as panchayats, municipal bod- riage then he will be ineligible FIRs have been filed against agency. flight. Any crew member who ment jobs to people with more ies and autonomous councils for government job, the min- 20 individuals in the last Removal of these operators tests positive in the pre-flight programmes for pilots, cabin crew, operations and than two children and making held under the state election ister said. three months for malpractices from the system implies they medical check or refuses to take engineering staff, among others, they said.“We want education up to university level commission will also have this The policy will also seek such as charging for Aadhaar would not be able to conduct a breathlyser test is required to to create a world class university and make it heav- free for all girls in the state. norm for candidates,” Sarma stringent laws to prevent vio- enrolment. enrolment for Aadhaar from be taken off flying duty and his ily commercial,” Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani told “This is a draft population said. lence and sexual abuse of The Unique Identification anywhere in the country. or her licence is suspended for media. The national carrier has also approached Edu- policy. We have suggested that Sarma, who is also the Edu- women, he added. Authority of India (UIDAI) UIDAI is the nodal body three months. cational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL) to look at the people having more than two cation minister, said the policy “Besides, a proposal for has also slapped a penalty of responsible for rolling out In case of a repeat offence, possibility to convert its Central Training Establishment children will not be eligible for also aims to give free education providing incentives is also Rs 10,000 each on these err- Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique the licence of the crew member any government jobs,” Assam to all girls up to university level. included for poor persons, ing operators besides removing identification number that is suspended for 3 years. (CTE) in Hyderabad into a deemed-to-be-university. Health Minister Himanta “We want to make all facilities who take care of their elderly them from its system. identifies residents based on However, despite strict POLICE SEIZE 1.750 KG OF GOLD WORTH Biswa Sarma said at a press free, including fees, transpor- parents. The policy will also “We have received certain biometrics. provisions, DGCA sources say conference here. tation, books and mess dues in care for the adolescents. We complaints...we have a zero tol- The authority swung into pilots failing the breathlyser RS 50 LAKH FROM VAISHALI Any person getting a job hostels. This step is also likely to will work for public awareness erance policy on overcharg- action after it received certain test is a common occurrence. HAJIPUR(BIHAR): Police on Sunday arrested two after meeting this condition arrest the school dropout rate,” and reach out through religious ing. We have identified about complaints about some of these “We suspend anywhere will have to maintain it till end he added. leaders, NGOs, parliamentar- 1,000 such operators since operators charging money for between 1-4 pilots every month smugglers and seized 1.750 kg of gold worth Rs 50 of his service, he added. Sarma further said the pro- ians and media in this regard,” December 2016...in the last enrolments -- a service that is for this offence,” a DGCA offi- lakh from them in Vaishali district. Superintendent of “For employment genera- posed population policy will Sarma said. three months, these operators free of charge. cial said. Police, Rakesh Kumar said acting on a tip off, police raided Ganga Bridge Colony under Industrial police station area in Vaishali district and seized 1.750 kg of gold from the two smugglers who had hid the gold For railways, Santa Claus never came all this while: Prabhu biscuits in their thighs. The arrested smugglers have been identified as Mohammad Fakhruddin, a resident OUR CORRESPONDENT structure at the right time and of East Midnapur and Najjo Shah, a resident of West if we still wait for the Santa ‘Electrification of rail Midnapur district of West Bengal, the SP said adding PANAJI: Railway Minis- Claus to come, it will not hap- that both the smugglers had coloured the gold biscuit ter Suresh Prabhu on Sunday pen,” the minister said. lines to be fast-tracked’ with ink in order to hide it. The smugglers were ar- drew a parallel between the Prabhu said all these years rested by the police while they were carrying out deal Centre’s decision to get railway the lack of funding for railways PANAJI: Railway Minis- lines will be covered under infrastructure financed from resulted in several negatives. ter Suresh Prabhu on Sun- conversion drive. When Rail- to sell the gold, he said adding that seized gold biscuit resources outside the Budget “Railways did not get day said electrification of rail ways converts narrow and bore the mark of Thailand and Myanmar. to that of Santa Claus coming money and it suffered. The lines will be fast-tracked and metre-gauge track into broad on Christmas eve. suffering of the railways was doubled in the next five years. gauge ones, they will be elec- 40% SHORTAGE OF FACULTY AT IITS, “Santa Claus comes only reflected in the fact that our He said the railways trified too. CENTRAL VARSITIES: JAVADEKAR when he wishes to. He will not capacity to add freight was reached a new record this “The drive will reduce the come when you want him to going down, efficiency had year in terms of “electrifi- use of diesel, cut down cost, PUNE: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sun- come. The railways has been gone down, we were not able to cation, laying of new lines, protect environment and help day said there are 40 per cent vacancies of faculty waiting for Santa Claus for upgrade infrastructure... elec- track-doubling work and fit- in smooth movement of rail members in central universities and IITs. He observed too long,” he said addressing a Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu trification and all of this had ting of bio toilets”. “The num- traffic,” the Minister said. that the process of recruitment needs to be streamlined gathering after launching vari- taken a big hit,” he said. ber of bio toilets installed in Prabhu said the govern- in order to bring in good faculty members. “We too ous infrastructure projects of structure financed by raising the amount of capital expendi- Hailing the achievements trains in the last one year ment is also focusing on can offer world class facilities and infrastructure to the Konkan Railway simulta- resources outside the Budget. ture we have created is about Rs for last couple of years, Prabhu matches the figure of the past track- doubling work. “In the neously in Maharashtra and “We have started financ- 3,50,000 crore,” he said. said “at first we (government) six years,” he told a gather- last two-and-a-half years, we the students here, but there are constraints. We do not Karnataka. ing railway infrastructure by “This year the capital decided to raise the resources.” ing after launching various have sanctioned 12,500 km have faculties. There are 40 per cent vacancies in Cen- “Unfortunately, the Santa raising resources outside the expenditure, the plan outlay is “The World Bank is keen infrastructure-related initia- of track-doubling work. In tral Universities and IITs,” the minister said. He was ad- Claus had many-many other Budget. I prepared a (infra- Rs 1,31,000 crore. The finance to finance the railways and the tives of Konkan Railway in the last 75 years, we covered dressing an International conference on ‘The Changing children to take care of, so he structure upgradation) plan of minister has provided the sup- Asian Development Bank has Maharashtra and Karnataka. only 15,000 km.” Landscape of Internationalisation of Higher Education’, did not find railway as a very Rs 8,66,000 crore which I pre- port of Rs 65,000 crore, so the also come up with the proposal “The Railways has elec- The project will reduce organised by the Symboisis International University in attractive destination,” he said. sented to the Parliament more balance of Rs 66,000 crore to finance the railways as they trified 48 per cent of the congestion, end train delays, The minister was referring than two years ago. is coming from outside the claim that they have seen so country’s tracks and aims to improve safety and ensure collaboration with the Association of Indian Universities. to the union government’s ini- “I am happy to say that dur- Budget. much action in this depart- double the same in the next fast move of passengers and tiative to have railway infra- ing the last two and a half years, “So if we don’t create infra- ment,” he said. five years. Only broad-gauge freight,” he said. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017

SAD SUNDAY Guvs role under discussion Narrow escape for bus passengers as road in Chennai caves in at Inter-State Council meet OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT CHENNAI: Passengers of a city bus and a car driver NEW DELHI: A key panel of the Inter- NDA top guns escaped unhurt on Sunday State Council on Sunday discussed the use when a section of an arte- of discretionary powers by Governors dur- to meet today rial road suddenly caved in ing government formation, a development near the site of underground that came against the backdrop of the to formulate tunnelling for the Metro Rail BJP forming its governments in Goa and here, police said. Manipur despite not having a majority. future strategy The incident occurred on The meeting of the Standing Commit- Sunday afternoon at Anna tee of the ISC, held after a gap of 12 years, NEW DELHI: A meeting of Salai area, in the heart of also discussed the tenure of Governors, top NDA leaders will be held the city. guidelines to them on use of discretionary tomorrow and representa- The passengers of the bus, A car and a Metropolitian Transport Corporation (MTC) bus sink into powers in appointment of Chief Ministers, tives of 32 parties, includ- around 35 of them, evacuated a huge crater formed after a portion of the road caved in at the besides a host of other issues. ing Shiv Sena chief Uddhav the vehicle after the driver arterial Anna Salai in Chennai on Sunday "We discussed threadbare the role of Thackeray, are likely to raised an alarm and the car's Governors. Many states felt that a Gover- attend it. occupant jumped out after the four to five feet deep. of the car, said, "As soon as nor should be qualified, non-partisan and The meeting, the sec- earth started buckling in. The spot of the incident the car went in, I jumped out." above politics," said Finance Minister of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh with Tripura CM Manik Sarkar, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik ond since the NDA came No one was injured in the is about 1-km from the area Tamil Nadu Finance Min- Andhra Pradesh Y Ramakrishnudu, who and Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria before the Inter-State Council in New Delhi to power in 2014, will be incident that triggered panic where the Chennai Metro Rail ister D Jayakumar, and top deputised for Chief Minister N Chandra- presided by Prime Minister among road users, even as Ltd (CMRL) has undertaken police and district officials babu Naidu. that a Chief Minister should be asked to As many as 19 states have given their Narendra Modi. police cordoned off the area tunnelling work for its project have inspected the spot. Ramakrishnudu said states wanted prove his majority within a clear time limit suggestions on the eligibility criteria for Sources said TDP chief and diverted traffic. along Anna Salai. Talking to reporters, the Governors to not have a say in politics. before he is dismissed. the post of Governor. Bihar has said the and Andhra Pradesh Chief Incidentally, the tunnelling "The bus halted at the minister said there were no The appointment of Chief Ministers In such a scenario, the Chief Minister post of Governor should be abolished, Minister Chandrababu work had last month caused a Gemini bus stop as usual and casualties in the incident. in Goa and Manipur recently had got should prove his majority within 5 days to while Gujarat and Haryana feel the pres- Naidu and his Jammu and foam leakage close to the spot suddenly, we realised the bus "Normally, soil test is con- embroiled in controversy after leaders of maximum 30 days, it has said. ent parameters with regard to qualification Kashmir counterpart Meh- where the road caved in today. was going down. Immediately, ducted randomly whenever BJP, which finished second to Congress in Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh of the Governor suffice. booba Mufti among others, The bus was stationary at the driver alerted the passen- metro rail officials take up both states, were invited to form govern- chaired the meeting, while Finance Min- Punjab has said that while appointing besides BJP President Amit the Gemini stop and the car gers to evacuate," bus conduc- tunnelling work. We will take ments with the help of smaller parties and ister Arun Jaitley, Uttar Pradesh Chief the Governor, state government should Shah, will attend the meet- was passing alongside it when tor Ramesh told reporters. this incident as an experience independents. Minister Yogi Adityanath and his Odisha, be consulted. ing. The leaders will take the road caved in. The front Initially, the driver thought and work in future so that There have been many instances in Tripura and Chhattisgarh counterparts There was a general consensus among stock of the political situ- portions of the vehicles sank it was a puncture, he said. these kind of accidents does the past when unhappy over a Governor's Naveen Patnaik, Manik Sarkar and Raman the states that politicisation of the post ation and decide on future into the crater that was around Pradeep, the sole occupant not recur," he said. decision, the affected parties have gone to Singh attended it. of Governor was taking place which was strategy of the alliance. court and got the gubernatorial decisions Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, Punjab "unhealthy" for Centre-State relations. Besides, a number of 7 killed as SUV overturned. and Andhra Pradesh, who are also mem- On another controversial issue of Union ministers will be Over 200 vehicles gutted According to the M M Punchhi Com- bers of the committee, did not attend the granting prosecution sanction against a present at the meeting, the and bus collide mission's recommendations on the Cen- meeting and sent their representatives. member of the Council of Ministers under sources said. They said rep- in Chhattisgarh fire tre-State relations, which came up for According to an internal note of the section 197 CrPC, seven states, including resentatives of all the allies consideration at Sunday's meeting, the Inter-State Council, Bihar has called the Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, contested the of the BJP across the country RAIPUR: Over 200 two- over 200 vehicles, some bicy- Azamgarh (UP): Governor should follow clear guidelines role of a Governor "redundant", while a Punchhi Commission's recommendation will participate in the meet- wheelers were on Sunday gut- cles were gutted in the blaze. Seven persons were in the appointment of Chief Minister by few other states felt that Governors should that the Governor should follow Supreme ing during the evening, fol- ted after a fire broke out at an The summer heat coupled on Sunday killed and sticking to "clear order of preference". have no role in governance or politics of Court interpretation that a Governor is lowed by dinner. MPOST authorised parking area of Rai- with winds and fuel spill aided four others seri- The commission has recommended the state under their charge. not bound by the advice of the CoM. pur Railway Station in Chhat- spread of the fire, said police. ously injured when a tisgarh's capital here, police "We are still assessing the said. No one was injured in the exact number of vehicles burnt SUV collided with a Goa govt incident, police said. in the incident but prima facie roadways bus near 'Will behead traitors who oppose Ram temple' The fire was noticed in the it appears, it would be more Bheera Rajadepur vehicles stationed in a cor- than 200," the SHO said. village in Bardah OUR CORRESPONDENT tors who oppose Ram temple MLA. "We are a disciplined policy to curb ner of the parking lot in the Around 1,000 two-wheel- in Ayodhya," he said. cadre, and if we feel there is railway station premises at ers and bicycles were parked area, police said. The HYDERABAD: A local BJP The Congress hit out at the need to pull up somebody, I illegal mines around 12 noon, SHO Gov- in the parking area during the incident occurred MLA has stoked a controversy BJP, saying its "mask" has fallen am sure the person concerned ernment Railway Police (GRP) time of the incident. around 5.40 am with his remarks that the heads off and alleged that there "is will have to bear the brunt," extraction Raipur Rajkumar Borjha said. Police personnel and res- when a SUV carry- of "traitors" opposing construc- intimidation of the minorities" she said. Fire and emergency ser- cuers evacuated more than ing passengers from tion of Ram temple in Ayodhya under its rule. However, the Congress was vices were immediately half of the vehicles to prevent will be chopped off. The BJP, however, sought to unimpressed as its spokesper- PANAJI: The Goa government informed and GRP and RPF it from catching fire, he said. Ballia to Vidhyachal T Raja Singh, who repre- douse the controversy assert- son Sanjay Jha said that the BJP has decided to adopt a carrot- (Railway Protection Force) "No person was injured in Dham in Mirzapur sents Goshamahal constitu- ing that the Ram temple can cannot wash off its hands by and-stick approach to curb ille- personnel were pressed into the incident," the SHO added. collided with the BJP MLA T Raja Singh ency in Hyderabad, is heard be built only with consen- calling those making inflam- gal extraction of mines. service to evacuate parked The exact reason behind bus, they said. Those saying this in a video where of Ram temple". sus. Party leader Shaina NC matory statements as fringe The Goa Mines and Geol- two-wheelers, including the fire was yet to be ascer- killed were identified he is addressing a gathering as "We will not allow the peo- said that the Prime Minister elements. "The truth is that ogy department announced motorcycles and mopeds, to tained, the SHO said, adding, part of Ram Navmi celebra- ple who believe in destroying has made it clear that there is there is no fringe anymore. that those informing about ille- safe places, he added. investigation was on keeping as Seema Yadav (40), tions held here on April 5. this nation to stay in this coun- no space in a free and elected These are mainstream elected galities in extraction of mines It took about two hours to in view whether there was any Happy (1), Chhoti Asked about his remarks, try. It is our pledge to build a democratic society for people BJP leaders either in parlia- would be rewarded while those completely douse the flames mischief behind it. A case has Yadav (4), Asha Rani Singh today said he can give his Ram temple in Ayodhya and who choose to be the so-called ment or the assembly.... This indulging in unfair and acci- and bring the situation under been registered in this con- (42), Yusuf (29), Anita life for the sake of Ram temple we will abide by it. We can moral custodians of society. is a political strategy. This is a dent prone transportation of control, he added. By the time nection and further probe is (18) and Shivdulari. and "even take the life of trai- give our life for Ram temple She indicated that if needed, manifestation of the most ugli- ore would be punished. fire was put under control, underway, he added. AGENCIES tors who oppose the building and even take the life of trai- action can be taken against the est form of politics," he said. Goa had witnessed a total ban on iron ore extraction after HASINA AT AJMER DARGAH union government constituted M B Shah Commission pointed NATION BRIEFS out at largescale illegalities in Pass house map if it has rainwater MAHA GUV FOR OBSERVING MAHAVIR this trade. The department, which is busy reviving the iron JAYANTI AS 'AHIMSA DIWAS' ore exports after two-and-half harvesting facility: Yogi to officials MUMBAI: Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar year long ban which was lifted Rao on Sunday said teachings of Bhagwan Mahavir in 2014, has now said that they will reward any mining firm OUR CORRESPONDENT needed, then the handpumps can save the world from devastation and suggested who will point out the illegali- may be bored again. his birth anniversary be observed as 'Ahimsa Diwas' ties committed by fellow lease LUCKNOW: The clearance He also directed the offi- at the global level. The Governor was speaking at holder. for construction of a house cials to link Mathura and a programme to mark the 2616th 'Janm Kalyanak' "If the lease holder reports in Uttar Pradesh will be given Vrindawan under the Agra of Bhagwan Mahavir (Mahavir Jayanti) here. "The the illegalities of another les- only if there is a provision of Water Supply Scheme (Agra concept of 'Ahimsa' (non-violence) as propounded by see, the person or the firm will rainwater harvesting facility in Jal Sampurti Yojana), and said be rewarded. And the one who the map. that the scheme must be com- Lord Mahavir had wider connotations," Rao said. He is indulging in illegalities will UP Chief Minister Yogi pleted by March 2018. asserted that 'Ahimsa' does not mean refraining from be punished by reducing the Adityanath, while going The Chief Minister also killing of any living being alone. iron ore extraction limit allot- through the presentations emphasised on e-tendering, ted to him," Director of Mines of the Urban Development the intention of his government and said that in the next 100 RS 3 LAKH MORE FOR AVALANCHE and Geology Prasanna Acha- Department which went on till is to ensure that people of the days, the cities must be made rya said. late last night, directed officials state do not face shortage of clean and roads there be made VICTIM SOLDIERS' KIN In a step to control acci- that provisions should be made drinking water. pot-hole free. RANCHI: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on dental deaths caused by trucks that a map of a house is passed He directed the UP Jal Adityanath, while explor- Sunday announced Rs three lakh more to each of the which transport the ore, the only if it has the rainwater har- Nigam officials to ensure that ing the option of transform- families of three soldiers who died in avalanche strike department said "in case of vesting facility mentioned. the benefits of various gov- ing Ayodhya-Faizabad and accidental death involving the Expressing concerns over ernment schemes reach to the Mathura-Vrindawan into Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the shrine of in Jammu and Kashmir on April 6. This amount would truck carrying ore, the produc- the depleting groundwater doorsteps of the needy. municipal corporations, be given to the next of kin of the deceased soldiers, Muslim Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on tion quota of the firm whose level, he suggested rainwa- Adityanath, during the directed the 14 municipal cor- who were from Jharkhand, in addition to the Rs 2 lakh Sunday. She paid obeisance at the shrine and offered a chadar commodity (ore) it is carrying ter harvesting as a remedial meeting, instructed the officials porations of the state to dis- compensation Das had announced earlier, an official (shawl) at the grave of the 12th century Sufi saint would be reduced up to one measure. to ensure that drinking water charge their responsibilities release said here. The Rs three lakh would be given to lakh ton per year." AGENCIES The Chief Minister said that is available at all places, and if diligently. them from the "Mukhya Mantri Vivek Anudan" (Chief Minister's Discretion Grant). FM gets Prez pat for finishing 871 KM OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA IN 'Govt to ensure minimum Rs 1 cr ASSAM WILL BE DREDGED Budget process by March 31 GUWAHATI: A total of 871 km of the mighty Brah- compensation to CAPFs martyrs' OUR CORRESPONDENT which approval of Parlia- maputra in Assam will be dredged with the Centre ment is obtained to withdraw bearing its expenditure, said a senior official of the MPOST BUREAU kabhi nahi utaar payenge" as he NEW DELHI: Finance Min- money from the consolidated Inland Water Transport department. Survey of 300 km lauded the men and women of ister Arun Jaitley on Sunday fund when the budget for new of the Brahmaputra has been completed so far by the NEW DELHI: The govern- paramilitary forces deployed received a pat from President financial year is not passed. state PWD department for dredging of the river, said ment is making all out efforts for operations in some of the Pranab Mukherjee for com- The President was speaking Inland Water Transport director, B B Dev Choudhury to ensure that families of troops most difficult and hard areas pleting the budget exercise by after the mega draw of Lucky while participating in an All India Radio News talk killed in the line of duty are in the country. March 31 and not seeking a Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan provided a compensation of As per present compen- the Vote on Account, which Vyapar Yojana at the Rashtra- show last night. Choudhury said help of experts will be not less than Rs one crore, sation norms, the family of a happened for the first time in pati Bhavan. taken for the dredging. Union Home Minister Rajnath slain soldier of Central Armed many years. Prime Minister Narendra SUDARSAN PATTNAIK SELECTED FOR Singh said on Sunday. Police Forces (CAPFs) like "I congratulate the Finance Modi-led government this Singh declared this after CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, SSB, Minister for completing the year advanced the budget pre- MOSCOW CHAMPIONSHIP inaugurating a new govern- NSG and Assam Rifles gets budgetary exercise and seek- sentaion to February 1 from ment website, along with actor about Rs 50-60 lakh and the ing the approval of both the traditional presentation BHUBANESWAR: Noted sand artist from Odisha Su- Akshay Kumar, that will allow "gap" the Minister talked about Houses of Parliament, all the date of February 28 or the last darsan Pattnaik has been selected to represent India common people to make mon- Home Minister Rajnath Singh with actor Akshay Kumar presenting ranges between Rs 40-50 lakh expenditure proposals, and working day of the month. The in 10th Moscow Sand Art Championship 2017. With etary donations to families of special award to Head Constable (retd) Balwan Singh during 'Shaurya before they get the Rs one crore all matters relating to the move was aimed at helping the a theme "The World Around us", the championship is paramilitary troops killed in Diwas' celebration at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday compensation. Finance Bill within March 31," government begin the invest- scheduled to be held from April 22 to 28 at Kolomen- action, with an upper limit of to spread my hands and seek funds to families of slain troops The website, www.bharat- Mukherjee said. ment cycle right from the first skoye, Moscow, Pattnaik said. Top sand sculptors from Rs 15 lakh to a single family. funds from my countrymen but still some "gap" remains and keveer.gov.in, is a step in "And after many years, day of the new financial year, different parts of the world are slated to take part "It has been our constant in this regard," Singh said dur- their effort is to fill up these. this direction and has been I do not remember of after April 1. effort to ensure that a family of ing the ceremony which also The Minister added the launched after Akshay Kumar how many years, no Vote on The nearly century-long in this championship, he said. In the 9th edition of the a martyr who is killed in action marked the annual 'Valour Day' country will remain indebted met Union Home Secre- Account was taken this partic- practice of having a separate championship last year, Pattnaik had won gold medal does not get a compensation event of the CRPF. to its soldiers forever and that tary Rajiv Mehrishi about 2.5 ular year," the President said. railway budget was also ended for his sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi on World peace. amount less than a crore...I He added some state gov- their welfare is his "top priority" months back with a proposal The Vote on Account is an and it was merged with the have said that I am even ready ernments also provide such by saying: "hum aapka ehsaan in this regard. interim arrangement under General Budget. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 mp nation BYPOLLS HELD IN 9 ASSEMBLY SEATS IN 6 STATES Fresh clash erupts in R K Nagar, two MP: Two firing incidents Record polling in seriously injured CHENNAI: Two persons were on Sunday seriously Karnataka injured in a clash between the two AIADMK groups in R K Nagar assembly constituency, where bypoll MPOST BUREAU reported in Ater seat Though the polling process is scheduled for April 12. Police said the clash oc- began at 7 a.m., voting only curred following altercations between the AIADMK MPOST BUREAU voter-verifiable paper audit BENGALURU: A record 80 gathered momentum during trail (VVPAT) machines were per cent turnout in bypolls to the day and turned brisk after (Amma) and AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) BHOPAL: Firing incidents changed at five places in Ater Karnataka’s Gundlupet and 3 p.m. despite the weather groups during campaigning in a street in Ezhil were reported from at least and three places at Band- 76 per cent in Nanjangud being hot and humid. Nagar. One person each from the rival groups was two places after Congress and havgarh during the mock poll. (reserved) assembly constitu- A 94-year-old woman died seriously injured in the clash, police said, add- BJP workers clashed during “One voter had complaint encies on Sunday. at her home on return from the bypoll in Madhya Pradesh’s about VVPAT at one place in “About 80 per cent of vot- a pooling booth after casting ing, the incident was recorded in a CCTV camera Ater assembly seat on Sunday. Ater but his complaint was ers exercised franchise in her vote at Hangala village in installed in a shop in the street. The State Electoral Office found to be untrue,” she added. Gundlupet and 76 per cent in the Nanjangud segment, said dismissed reports of booth police. 72.15% voting in Jharkhand bypoll capturing. Two more Special Polling took place in two Assembly In another incident, about Armed Forces (SAF) compa- 700 voters boycotted poll- RANCHI: Amid tight security, 72.15 per cent of the nies (nearly 200 personnel) constituencies each in Karnataka and ing in protest against lack of over 1.95 lakh voters exercised their franchise in have been pressed into service Madhya Pradesh, one each in West basic amenities in their vil- Jharkhand’s Littipara assembly bypoll on Sunday, at Ater, where 34 per cent poll- lage (Mahadevanagara) in ing was recorded by 1 PM. Bengal, Assam, Rajasthan, Himachal Nanjangud. an election official said. Pakur Deputy Commis- In Bandhavgarh (Umaria), Voters showing ink-marked fingers after casting vote for the Ater Assembly Pradesh and Delhi “The electorate were not sioner-cum-Returning Officer Muthu Kumar said another assembly segment bypoll in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday willing to exercise their fran- the polling began at 7 a.m. amid tight security. where polling is underway on chise in protest. Some of them, Ten candidates are in the fray for the seat, the Sunday, voter turnout was 37 capturing in Ater and “The Congress candi- In Ater, the Congress has Nanjangud by 5 p.m. The per- however, went to a polling contest for which has become a prestige issue for per cent by 1 PM. Bandhavgarh. date stayed for a long time fielded Hemant Katare, son of centatge is likely to go up, as booth later and voted,” said “The firing incidents were “There was no booth cap- inside the booth. This deteri- former Leader of Opposition many voters were in queues in Jha. both the ruling BJP and the opposition JMM. reported from two places. turing incident reported from orated the situation resulting Satyadev Katare, whose death some booths when poll timing The bye-poll for Nanjan- The security personnel Ater and Bandhavgarh. All the in a clash between the poll- necessitated the by-poll. ended officially at 5 p.m.,” state gud (Scheduled Caste) in 67% voting in Dhemaji seat fired in the air at Sankri village booths in Ater were declared ing agents. Police had to fire From BJP, former MLA Chief Electoral Officer A.K. Myusuru district has been booth to avoid a clash between sensitive. We have talked to in the air to control the situa- Arvind Singh Bhadoria is con- Jha told reporters here. necessitated by the resigna- GUWAHATI: Around 67 per cent polling was regis- the BJP and Congress workers. the state DGP. After these inci- tion. Some vehicles were also testing the byelection. In the April 2013 assem- tion of former Congress law- tered in the by-election to Dhemaji Assembly con- “Another incident of fir- dents, we have called two addi- damaged during this clash,” The by-election in Band- bly elections, polling percen- maker and Revenue Minister stituency on Sunday, much lower than the turnout ing was reported near booth tional SAF companies from she added. havgarh seat was necessitated tatge in Gundlupet was also a Srinviasa Prasad, who is re- number 172 (Goarkala),” State Morena to strengthen the secu- Singh said that both the after its MLA Gyan Singh was record 87.05 and in Nanjun- contesting on the Bharatiya of the Assembly poll held last year. “The election Electoral Officer of Madhya rity arrangements,” she added. Congress and BJP candidates elected to the Lok Sabha in gud, it was 77.59. Janata Party (BJP) ticket. has ended and we have reports of 66.97 per cent of Pradesh Salina Singh told When asked about alle- were provided additional November last year. Barring stray incidents like The ruling Congress has voting till 5 PM,” Returning Officer Roshni Aparanji reporters at a press conference. gations of Congress that gun security. The main contest in Band- voting being held up due to fielded K. Keshavamurthy, Korati told media. In the Assembly elections of “The incident of firing took shots were fired at its candi- The State Electoral Officer havgarh (ST) seat is between glitches in the EVMs in some who lost to Prasad in the 2013 2016, 80.65 per cent of the electorates voted in place one kilometre away from date in Ater Hemant Katare also informed that six police BJP’s Shivnarayan Singh, son booths and poll boycott in assembly elections as a Janata booth number 172 and as of at Sankri village booth, Singh officials were transferred late of Gyan Singh, and Savitri a village in the Nanjangud Dal-Secular (JD-S) nominee. Dhemaji. Polling was peaceful, Korati said. now more details of this inci- said that there was a dispute last night on a complaint of Singh of Congress. segment, the bye-polls were Ten more candidates, includ- dent are awaited,” said Singh. between booth agents of Con- Congress. The counting of votes will peaceful in both the segments ing Independents are also in Over 63 pc voting in Bhoranj seat She denied any booth- gress and BJP. She said that EVMs and take place on April 13. amid tight security. the fray. Hamirpur (HP): Over 63 per cent voting was reported in Bhoranj (SC) assembly by-election in NATION BRIEFS Australian PM arrives on 4-day India visit Himachal Pradesh which went to polls on Sun- PAK MARINES CAPTURE 18 INDIAN OUR CORRESPONDENT visit, Australia’s High Commis- has reiterated its commitment day. Barring reports of some snag in EVMs which sioner to India Harinder Sidhu to the free trade pact. Some of delayed voting by an hour, the polling process FISHERMEN OFF GUJARAT COAST NEW DELHI: Australian had clearly said that the Com- the sticking points in the nego- remained peaceful and no untoward incident was AHMEDABAD: The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency Prime Minister Malcolm Turn- prehensive Economic Cooper- tiations include India’s high tar- reported from any part of the constituency. bull arrived here on Sunday on ation Agreement (CECA) will iff structure for dairy and agri The polling started on a moderate note at 8.00 (PMSA) has apprehended 18 Indian fishermen and a four-day India visit during not be signed during the trip. products as also Australian seized three boats off the Gujarat coast, an official which he will hold talks with “Negotiations are underway wine. On the much-delayed AM but picked up after 10.00 AM and 47 per cent said on Sunday. Three fishing boats from Porbandar, his Indian counterpart Naren- but the pact will not be signed,” supply of uranium from Aus- polling was reported till 2.00 PM. The final report Okha and Mangrol were seized and 18 fishermen dra Modi on ways to boost ties Malcolm Turnbull Sidhu had said. tralia to India, Joint Secretary of polling at 5.00 pm was 63.26 per cent, Chief sailing on them captured by PMSA late last night from in key areas including defence, defence and security, environ- The talks for CECA were (South) in the External Affairs Electoral Officer Narinder Chauhan said. near the International Maritime Border Line (IMBL), security, energy and trade. ment, renewable energy, sports launched in 2011 and dur- Ministry Jaideep Mazumdar However, the much-antici- and trade. ing the visit of former Austra- had said Australian parlia- National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF) Secretary Manish pated economic pact between It will be Turnbull’s first lian PM Tony Abbott in 2014, ment had cleared a legislation Lodhari told media. The captured boats had set sail India and Australia will not be visit to the country after assum- the two sides had expressed for the supply of uranium to from the coastal town of Porbandar a few days ago, inked during his visit. Accord- ing office in 2015. India is also the hope that the pact would India last year and now “com- Lodhari said. ing to External Affairs Minis- likely to raise the issue of secu- be inked by the end of 2015, mercial negotiations” for it are try, the two countries are likely rity of Indians in Australia in a deadline which has already going on, indicating that there IRANI ATTACKS RAHUL, SAYS HE HAS NO to sign a number of MoUs cov- the wake of incidents of attacks been missed. was no firming up of any such TIME FOR AMETHI PEOPLE ering a range of areas including on some of them. Ahead of his However, the Indian side pact so far. AMETHI:Stepping up attack on Congress Vice Centre launches President Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Theft in ND-Patna Rajdhani Sunday said the Amethi MP has no time for the people 350 projects for of his constituency. She also accused the Nehru-Gandhi family of doing little for the development of the affordable housing Express, 7 RPF men suspended district. “When I came here in 2014, I saw that it is in NEW DELHI: The govern- the grip of a political family. The political family has ment on Sunday launched over signal, the East Central Rail- not thought about the development of Amethi and its 350 projects to build about two way (ECR)’s Chief Public Rela- people. Another point of concern is that a Member of lakh houses with a private sec- tions Officer (CPRO) Arvind Parliament does not have any time for his constituency tor investment of Rs 38,000 Kumar Rajak said. and people,” the BJP leader said. crore, a first major initiative There was conflicting ver- of corporates in the Centre’s sion in specific coaches in JINNAH HOUSE IN SPOTLIGHT OVER affordable housing scheme. which theft of luggage took The move comes a day after place with the train superin- CONFLICTING DEMANDS the Prime Minister’s Office tendent naming B7, B 8 and MUMBAI: Can history be wished away by demolish- (PMO) held a meeting with A4 and BE1 while the GRP ing buildings - this searching question asked by cricket private real estate developers identifying these coaches as with a focus to remove “bottle- B7, B8, A3 and A4, he said. legend Imran Khan sums up the sentiment of histori- necks” to ensure private sector The train was escorted with ans for Jinnah House, witness to Jinnah-Gandhi talks participation in the govern- one ASI(RPF) and six RPSF and meetings of the Muslim League that shaped the ment’s ambitious ‘Housing-for- Robbery victims at Patna junction on Sunday constables all of whom were subcontinent’s destiny. The sprawling palatial struc- all by 2022’ programme. being placed under suspen- ture spread across 2.5 acre at Malabar Hill in South Housing and Urban Poverty MPOST BUREAU The thieves got into Patna- sion, the ECR CPRO said. Mumbai was built by Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 1936 Alleviation (HUPA) Minister bound Rajdhani Express The coach attendant, who at a cost of Rs 2 lakh. He personally supervised the M Venkaiah Naidu launched PATNA: Thieves fled with (Train No 12310) and lifted has been blamed by passen- the housing projects at a func- luggage of passengers in four luggage of several passen- gers for theft in the train, has construction brick by brick and lived there till the tion at Gandhinagar in Guja- coaches of New Delhi-Patna gers in four coaches before been detained by GRP Patna, partition of India in 1947. Lying vacant for nearly rat. The Confederation of Real Rajdhani Express in wee hours deboarding with stolen items Rajak said. three decades, the mansion was designed by architect Estate Developers’ Associations prompting the railway authori- at Gamhar outer (in Uttar Three women passengers Claude Batley in European style, complete with Italian of India (CREDAI) members ties to suspend seven RPF per- Pradesh) when the train have lodged FIR in this con- marble and walnut woodwork. will invest over Rs 38,000 crore sonnel in this connection, an stopped there between 03:29 nection with GRP Patna, he to build these houses. MPOST official said. AM to 03:53 AM due to red added. Highways across country turn local after Supreme Court’s order banning liquor sale

OUR CORRESPONDENT stretches along all the 16 state Manohar Parrikar government highways. faced heat from some opposi- NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Uttarakhand took a similar tion leaders who demanded that kilometres of national and state decision with its cabinet allow- he come to the rescue of the highways in states like Maha- ing denotification of state high- tourism industry in the state. rashtra, Himachal, Uttara- ways located in the areas of local The AAP demanded that the khand, Rajasthan and others civic bodies and re-categorised state government work towards have turned into local, munic- them as other district roads say- getting state highways de-noti- ipal or district roads, just a few ing highway specifications were fied wherever legally feasible. days after a Supreme Court coming in the way of their main- “India is a vast country...Goa order banning liquor sale along tenance and expansion. is a tourist state, we need some highways. The argument did not cut relaxations. But I am not going Most states have not speci- ice with the opposition Con- to denotify highways,” Parrikar fied any reason for changing the gress which claimed it was just had said at an event. categories and some have even a “pretext” for helping liquor Union road, transport and denied that the step has been roads, while Himachal Pradesh state highways passing through trade which is a major source highways ministry officials in taken in view of the Supreme re-notified 16 state highways as various municipalities as ‘arte- of revenue. Some road stretches Delhi said they had received Court verdict. major district roads (MDR). rial roads’. were denotified in Rajasthan “several requests” from different Yet, most of the decisions Maharashtra state PWD The notification posted while the Punjab government states to convert National High- have come in the wake of the Minister Chandrakant Patil on the state PWD website on also denotified the bypassed ways to district roads apparently April 31 order of the Apex said that the government had March 16, came in between the stretches of seven state highways to protect revenues. Court, lending it the shape of received proposals from Jalgaon, Supreme Court order on high- and turned them into a part of Officials said they had a nation-wide trend. Latur and Yavatmal municipal way liquor ban on December the city roads. received peculiar requests to Last week, the Maharashtra corporations seeking de-noti- 15, 2016, and its reaffirmation Officials of both Punjab and de-notify national highways at government okayed proposals fication of the highways which by the apex court on March 31. Rajasthan governments said that a time when the Centre plans from three municipal corpora- were okayed. The state government did the denotified roads were only to take the length of such roads tions to classify highways pass- The West Bengal govern- not give any specific reason for bypassed stretches. to 2 lakh km from the existing ing through their areas to city ment declared around 275 km of the denotification which covers Meanwhile, in Goa, the about 1 lakh km. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 EDITORIAL A domino effect Enriching the Liquor ban, abattoir crackdown pose serious threats to job market curious combination of judi- cial and saffron activism is ties: India and posing a serious threat to employment prospects, Athereby undermining the economy AMULYA when it is dealing with the phenom- Bangladesh GANGULI enon of jobless growth because of he Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Ban- automation. gladesh, Sheikh Hasina, arrived in New Delhi on According to NITI Aayog CEO April 7 for her 4-day visit. During this period, 22 Amitabh Kant, at least one million agreements were sealed between the two coun- jobs will be lost by the Supreme court’s Ttries. The wide-ranging talks included key sectors of defence order banning the sale of liquor near and civil nuclear. This comes as a major boost to bilateral the highways, affecting tourism “which ties. This is her first bilateral visit to India in seven years creates jobs”. after January 2010. Upon her arrival, Prime Minister Naren- As many of the highways pass dra Modi personally received Sheikh Hasina at the airport. through the cities where five-star hotels India’s relation with Bangladesh is also telling of the Indian A ban is are located, they, too, will have to go Union’s strategic concern to look upon Bangladesh as part “dry”, prompting Bharatiya Janata Party of its geo-strategic sphere of influence. Beijing’s growing intrinsically a (BJP) MP Kirron Kher to ask: “How influence, with the recent signing of a strategic partner- flawed measure logical is it that you can’t serve liquor ship agreement with Dhaka during Chinese President Xi in a five-star hotel?” As the hotel indus- Jinping’s recent visit, also presents a compelling backdrop. on two counts. try is a major employment provider, it Besides promising $40 billion in investments and selling First, it is an is a question of “more than a million two submarines, China has sought to usurp India’s influ- jobs”, she said. ence in the country. On the terror front, Prime Minister invasion of But it isn’t only the promotion Narendra Modi’s singular focus on Pakistan-sponsored private space of abstinence which can be fatal for terror has received the unflinching support of the Bangla- which is employment prospects. The crackdown desh government -- a real convergence of interests. Within on illegal abattoirs and even meat shops the international community, Bangladesh has proven to be increasingly in Uttar Pradesh and in other BJP-ruled India’s greatest supporter in its recent conflagration with resented in a states will also kill jobs. Pakistan. The recent spike in terror-related violence in The closure of legal and illegal Bangladesh is indeed a potent backdrop to the signing of a time of growing slaughterhouses will affect three sectors Representational Image major defence agreement between the nations. India set to individualism. of Uttar Pradesh’s industries -- meat announce a line of credit of $500 million for the supply of packaging, livestock, and leather. With cow slaughter, his goal is make the state trying to wriggle out of the parameters Society has become far too complex military hardware to Bangladesh, and Bangladesh, in turn, Secondly, it the second-highest unemployment rate vegetarian. set by the judiciary by denotifying the and intertwined for such hasty, band- has addressed almost all of India’s security concerns vis-a- smacks of an in the country -- after Jharkhand -- the Even as the Allahabad High Court highways by making them ordinary aid remedies. A ban in one sector can vis ISI operations, terrorists, FICN, etc. Highlights include state can hardly afford to add more to has taken up the plea of the meat traders roads or, as in the case of one five-star destabilise several others. facilitating training and study tours for personnel in mass authoritarian, the statistics of 58 unemployed out of about the forcible closure of their estab- hotel, allowing entrances from a gate In any event, a ban -- whether on media and public relations between the two countries. India ‘Big Brother 1,000 against the national average of lishments, the Rs 22,000 crore ($3.5 well outside the 500-metre limit set by drinks or food or books or films -- is willing to help Bangladesh modernise its railway network: 37. Besides, the country as a whole will billion) meat trade in Uttar Pradesh the Supreme Court. intrinsically a flawed measure on two Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Express to have more frequent trips, knows what’s suffer since meat and leather goods are and the Rs 50,000 crore leather busi- In any case, there was something counts. First, it is an invasion of private four trains from Dhaka and four from Kolkata every week. good for you’ major export earners. ness is in turmoil with thousands of odd about the limit, for it would not space which is increasingly resented in Bangladesh is India’s largest trading partners in South Instead of focusing on the mod- jobs at stake. stop a habitual drinker from buying a a time of growing individualism. Sec- Asia with the volume of bilateral trade between the two attitude which ernisation and mechanisation of the What these crackdowns on the sale bottle from elsewhere and then driving ondly, it smacks of an authoritarian, nations standing at $6.6 billion. Although there are esti- militates against abattoirs so that they produce whole- of liquor and on meat shops show is along the highway. Outlawing the sale ‘Big Brother knows what’s good for you’ mates that trade between the two countries will cross $10 some, hygienic meat, the governments that the judicial and political authori- of liquor is not the ideal way to reduce attitude which militates against democ- billion by 2018, there is scope for much improvement. The democracy of Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh ties do not always consider the effects of accidents due to drunken driving. A racy. Considering the huge backlog of balance of trade heavily works in India’s favour, but given and of other BJP Chief Ministers have their decisions before taking them. Yet, more effective course would have been cases in the law courts -- 27 million at the relative sizes and economic potential of both nations, engaged in wholesale closures although it should have been obvious that sudden to introduce intensive police patrolling the last count -- it is odd that the judi- one can expect such an outcome. Anti-India forces in the the original promise was to shut down bans on items of consumption can have along with regular and repeated breath- ciary should invite the charge of over- country have argued that the massive trade deficit impinges only those slaughterhouses as well as a hugely unsettling fallout. alyzer tests. More visible road signs reach by taking upon itself the task of on Bangladesh’s economic sovereignty. The same forces, meat shops which were functioning Apart from depriving thousands of and warnings against driving under infusing patriotism via the playing of however, seem to have no problem with the trade deficit without licences. employees of their daily bread, the strict the influence of alcohol -- “Better be the national anthem in cinema halls the country shares with China, which incidentally is a lot But the BJP’s spectacular victory in regulation of the hospitality sector will late, Mr Motorist, and not the late Mr and keeping the roads safe by banning bigger. Nonetheless, there must be a concerted effort to Uttar Pradesh seems to have made all not show India as a welcoming destina- Motorist” -- can help in checking reck- liquor shops near the highways. reduce this deficit, as Bangladesh currently imports goods its Chief Ministers more enthusiastic tion to visitors and investors. As a coun- less driving. Where the BJP’s obsession with diet worth $5.45 billion from India, while exporting just $690 about imposing their fetishist prefer- try which wants to climb up the ladder Steep fines and the cancelling of is concerned, its “sabka saath” (taking million. The crucial Teesta deal was set to be inked way back ence for vegetarianism on the common as a place where it is easy to do business, licences for prolonged periods can be everyone along) slogan doesn’t seem to during then PM Manmohan Singh’s visit to Bangladesh in man. As Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay India cannot afford to be hemmed in by some of the other deterrents instead embrace everyone. September 2011. But it was postponed at the last moment Rupani said after the passage of the a restrictive environment. of quick-fix solutions which can create (Amulya Ganguli is a political due to objections by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata law decreeing life imprisonment for Not surprisingly, the government is more problems than they will solve. analyst. Views expressed are personal.) Banerjee. Teesta water holds great significance for Bangla- desh, especially in the leanest periods from December to dear March. The Centre reportedly will not go ahead without Quote martial YET ANOTHER RECHRISTENING EDITOR millenniumpost.in taking the West Bengal on board. The Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s visit is also marked by This government is always in a hurry to pay tribute, like it did to great late Dr. Log on to write letters to the a few symbolic gestures. The two Prime Ministers released If I'm gonna tell a editor or send them to the Hindi translation of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s book real story, I'm gonna Abdul Kalam but turned out to be quite thoughtless in doing so. Renaming an im- ‘Unfinished Memoirs’. Rehman was the founding figure of portant road after him is a stupid idea for several reasons.This is nothing less than [email protected] Bangladesh and father of Hasina. Sheikh Hasina also paid start with my name You can also send your tributes to Indian soldiers who died in the Liberation War unnecessary expense for eyewash at the cost pf tax-payers. And once again, renam- comments to The Editor, of 1971 that gave birth to her country and met veterans ing Race Course Road Lok Kalyan Marg is just repeating the avoidable. Adding to who had served in the war which led to the break-up of Millennium Post, then East Pakistan and the formation of an independent this list is Sheikh Mujibur Rahman street. Has this city got absolutely no place to Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah Bangladesh. The Khwaja Mouinuddin Chisti dargah com- KENDRICK LAMAR make a new road? ANWESHA BANSAL Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 mittee in Ajmer welcomed her at Buland Darwaja where she offered prayers. Some immediate The plight of rural patients relief Anil K. Rajvanshi explains the need for good home-care health system in rural areas ast month, my mother, specialised agencies that pro- n a significant development, the new Uttar Pradesh who is 92, fell in the vide trained nurses (at nom- government last week waived loans worth Rs 30,729 bathroom and broke inal cost) for homes, simple crore taken by small and marginal farmers. In his first her pelvic bone. I live equipment like small wheel- Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also Lin the rural town of Phaltan in chairs, beds, commodes and Idecided to forego non-performing assets worth Rs 5,630 western Maharashtra and to the like, and qualified doc- crore of seven lakh farmers. Reports indicate that these mea- get a simple X-ray done was a tors on duty who can respond sures are likely to benefit 86 lakh farmers who have loans up nightmare. through the internet or mobile to Rs 1 lakh. One of the main poll promises of the Bharatiya We called the local ortho- phone to the queries from the Janata Party, which won a massive majority in the Uttar paedics hospital and they sent nurses - and, in an emergency, Pradesh elections, was that it would waive off farm loans. a ramshackle ambulance. How make home visits. At present, For the time being, many farmers in the state can breathe an old Maruti Omni van got there are no such agencies but a sigh of relief, and it is a positive step for their immediate permission to ply as an ambu- they are urgently needed. welfare. More than half of India’s 90 million households lance is anybody’s guess. Even For the terminally ill, a engaged in agriculture are in debt, and they need the gov- One of the a healthy passenger would feel home-care system which pro- ernment’s support. But the evidence seems to suggest that tragedies in rural sick and his/her bones would vides nursing care and basic when a government spends vast sums on loan waivers, it be rattled in that ambulance equipment will be extremely reduces the scope for necessary public expenditure in agri- areas is that no while going along the potholed helpful. He/she will be sur- culture. However, the concerns of the agriculture sector doctor wants to roads of Phaltan. Some of the rounded by family and nursing in India are structural in nature. What it needs is serious worst roads in the country are care given by trained nurses reforms, including making land leasing easier and legal, bet- do a home visit. in Maharashtra, especially in Representational Image will help relieve the pain. ter access to markets for farmers, and massive investment No matter how ill rural Maharashtra. Financially, this system will in areas such as irrigation, superior storage facilities, water The driver of the ambu- take care of her nursing needs. areas is that no doctor wants continuously to get medicines be much more viable than hav- saving practices, and in-depth research into better agricul- or old the patient, lance also doubled up as the We tried to locate nursing care to do a home visit. No matter and medical supplies. Besides, ing a dedicated hospice facil- tural practices to reduce dependence on the monsoon. Do they insist that paramedic and his callous in Phaltan but were unsuccess- how ill or old the patient is, the hospitals charge exorbitant ity. The financial arrangements farm loan waivers address these concerns? Do they resolve and non-empathetic attitude ful. Even the hospitals do not they insist that he/she should amounts for surgeries and for on how the government can any of the above concerns? The answer is no. he or she should almost broke my mother’s heel. provide that facility. The rela- be brought to the hospital or lots of unnecessary tests per- help organisations in facili- Juxtaposing this development against the scene in Tamil be brought to the He almost threw my mother tives of patients do that in most their clinic. I was able to get a formed on the patient. tating such a system need to Nadu, many farmers in the state are in dire straits after on the stretcher! Most of the rural hospitals. person who was not an MBBS The government has be worked out. A possible another failed monsoon last year, and some of them have hospital or their ambulances in rural areas are Finally, after great diffi- doctor but could administer mooted quite a number of solution could be to provide taken their protests to the national capital. Among other clinic like that with hardly any facil- culty and searching, we got a saline or do basic dressing for good schemes which provide insurance coverage for such a acts of protest, they held the skulls of farmers who had com- ity to help the patient. I had 24-hour help (who had almost bed sores. That was a partial hospitalisation for below pov- home-care system. mitted suicide in their region to communicate the desper- to use an old saree to tie my no training as a nurse) from relief. erty line (BPL) patients and Also, such a facility can ate state of affairs in their area. The protesters demanded a mother to the stretcher so that Pune. This helped relieve our Secondly, I was greatly take care of their bills through provide home care for patients farm loan waiver, saying they are not in a situation to repay her broken pelvis did not shake emotional and physical stress. helped by my brother, who insurance cover. Yet I have who are discharged from the their debts because of severe droughts. The court, how- very much. Searching on the inter- is an orthopaedic surgeon seen these schemes misused hospitals. Too often, relatives ever, directed the State government to waive all farm loans At the hospital, after a net and talking to my doctor in Australia. He constantly by doctors and hospitals where and the family have to provide issued by nationalised and cooperative banks and ensure good deal of arguing, we got friends, I have finally been able advised us on the basic care they admit the patients at the prolonged post-operative care that no punitive action or loan recovery is initiated against her X-ray done quite quickly. to convert my mother’s room and his telemedicine greatly slightest pretext and charge --which they are ill-equipped them. In the order, the court made no attempt to differen- Otherwise, it takes forever to into a home health-care facil- helped us. them the full amount even for to do. Such a facility could be tiate between those farmers with large or small land hold- get it done. Since the pelvic ity. This includes the adjustable Very frequently I have minor ailments. The money is a boon for those patients. ings, and in fact argued that this distinction was “arbitrary”. bone was fractured, the doc- hospital bed with an air mat- seen that in rural -- and also then paid to the hospital by the In urban areas, better med- What is needed from governments is greater political tor advised complete bed rest tress and a specially fabricated in urban -- areas, the missing insurance company. ical facilities, including good will to implement all these reforms and measures. What and told us to take her home. small wheel-chair, which can ingredient in patient care is Our medical care system in ambulances, can provide farmers need is better remuneration for their crops, particu- In such cases, there is no sur- navigate the narrow passages good nursing facilities. Putting rural areas is, therefore, quite timely care. In rural areas, in larly in a time when land holdings are growing smaller, the gery needed but just plain bed of the house and can go into a patient in hospital (whether broken with very greedy doc- the absence of such facilities, quality is soil is deteriorating, and input costs are rising. A rest so that the broken bone the bathroom. I feel I could he or she is terminally ill or tors and hospitals that, in col- it is very necessary to have a one-time loan waiver will not resolve any of these concerns. heals by itself. That was also get all this done because of our suffering from non-life-threat- lusion with insurance agents, home-care facility. IANS With these extreme events taking place, the question is not the reason why I did not take resources and ability to spend ening ailments) means end- fleece both the patients and (Anil Rajvanshi is the just about conjuring up a solution or ignoring the matter her to Pune for treatment. time searching for solutions. less headache for relatives, the government. A hospice or Director, Nimbkar Agri- in the worst case. It is about ensuring a workable solution We brought her home and Most of the rural population who have to stay in the hos- home care health system might cultural Research Institute beyond effective crisis management. were immediately confronted does not have this luxury. pital, undertake the nursing alleviate this problem greatly. in Maharashtra. The views by the stark reality of who will Another tragedy in rural care of the patient and run This system will rely on expressed are personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 mp in focus No hospitality to culture Kishori Amonkar soared despite media’s neglect of classical music. But what has

SAEED never existed is a tradition of knowledgeable music critics NAQVI s soon as I read that Kish- rience is one of the world’s greatest ori Amonkar was no festivals of dance and music. Sub- more, I called up Raghu budu’s financier would, of course, Rai, the pioneering pho- receive a puff in direct proportion to Atographer. Raghu had, with me in favours done. But all other perfor- tow, done a remarkable photo fea- mances came in for critical scrutiny ture on Kishori. Here was an occa- by a razor sharp mind. sion to republish the photographs of It did not matter that Subbudu our greatest classical singer. Connois- was a Lower Division Clerk in North seurs would place Ustad Amir Khan Block. He was a quintessential Brah- on the same pedestal, but I have my min, steeped in music -- that is what Negligible or own very subjective preferences. mattered. zero priority Raghu’s response was something Negligible or zero priority accorded to the of a shock: “Where is there any space accorded to the music critic by the for the arts in the Indian media?” media magnates impacted deeply on music critic by the I had momentarily deluded Kishori Amonkar’s emotional make- media magnates myself that a singer of such brilliance up. Her tantrums became notori- would, in her passing away, generate ous. In fact, her pain was deeper. She impacted deeply fierce competition between media could not forget the shabby treat- on Kishori houses to show the best of Kishori. I ment meted out by organisers in had forgotten that, by and large, there days when women singers like Kes- Amonkar’s is no hospitality accorded to culture arbai Kerkar, Hirabai Barodekar and, emotional in either print or our burgeoning above all, her own mother, Mogubai, TV channels. And this is not a new were shuffling themselves out of their make-up. Her phenomenon. “Bai” identity. tantrums became True, by the time of Kishori A genius like Kishori would Amonkar’s death, classical music have none of it, almost to the point notorious. In fact, had reclaimed sufficient audiences of being prickly. At a performance her pain was to warrant front page coverage and in which Chief Minister Farooq reasonable obituary notices in the Abdullah was present, the clatter- deeper. She could past 25 years. Amir Khan, Bhim- ing of saucers, pans and cups would not forget the sen Joshi, Kumar Gandharva, Hira- not stop even after Kishori had taken bai Barodekar, Mallikarjun Mansur, the stage. She furrowed her brow and shabby treatment Ali Akbar Khan, Vilayat Khan, Ravi held the Chief Minister in a fierce meted out by Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee did not go gaze: “You are not on a prostitute’s into the sunset unnoticed. The last terrace; you are in the Durbar of an organisers in days three or four names were towering ar t i s t .” when women banyan trees in whose shadow com- I would put it down as one of parable talents -- Abdul Halim Jaffer the more difficult assignments, singers like Khan, for instance -- were dwarfed. that interview with her. She would Kesarbai Kerkar, The Hindu’s Friday Review did have not open up until she had reduced Hirabai Barodekar Kishori on the cover. us to shaky amateurs. Eventually, What has never existed is a tradi- she psyched us down to where she and, above tion of knowledgeable music critics. Grand old lady of Hindustani classical music Kishori Amonkar (April 10, 1932 – April 3, 2017) wanted us to be -- as her “rasias” or all, her own During a seminar organised by the devotees. late Narayana Menon, then Director numero uno of Indian newspapers basis of which her cheque of a few well. He died in virtual penury. Instantly, the rubber was brought I do not know whether she kept mother, Mogubai, General of All India Radio, Yehudi those days. hundred rupees was delivered to her Kishori had begun to make waves into play, making room for more crit- up her mother’s tradition to visit were shuffling Menuhin, great violinist, pointed Much before feminism became every month. but it was her mother, Mogubai Kur- ical adjectives to be inserted. ‘gharana’ guru Alladiya Khan’s grave to musicologist Nicholas Nabokov a vogue, Amita Malik (Amy as we The cultural scene in the media dikar, who made a mark on Pandit Shingloo was the darling of the for floral offerings on March 14, his themselves out (brother of Vladimir Nabokov, of called her) burst upon the scene with was dominated by a Hungarian of Shingloo, The Statesman’s Hindu- news desk because at 10 p.m. sharp, death anniversary. of their “Bai” “Lolita” fame) seated opposite him. her breezy, aggressively Brahmo par- great elegance, Charles Fabri. Mau- stani music critic. He was a tall man at whatever stage the concert may As for her singing, there “I perform better when Nicholas is tisanship, always tipping the scale for rice Chevalier could have learnt a of aristocratic bearing, a Java Dawson have been, Shingloo’s copy, precisely will not be another. Momin’s identity in the audience.” the Bengali, particularly if there was thing or two from Fabri’s flirtatious cigar from Trichy between his teeth nine inches in a single column, was couplet encapsulates it: That level of art criticism the a Punjabi in the bargain. This prob- style with some of India’s greatest was as much part of him as his long delivered to a beaming chief sub, “Us ghairat e Naheed ki Indian media has never aspired for. ably derived from Amy’s unhappy dancers. Once he turned up in the sherwani and matching cap which because it was well in time for the har taan hai Deepak Professional dilettantes, not critics, marriage with a sophisticated broad- reporters’ room with a brochure on did not cover the silver-white ring- city edition. Shola sa lapak jaaye hai, has been the order. caster from Government College, Indian dance, placed his felt hat on a lets up to the nape of his neck. He For Carnatic music and dance, awaaz to dekho” So, Raghu’s plaint stands. In fact, Lahore. She was India’s first cinema, Remington typewriter and, smacking walked into concerts armed with a Subbudu was matchless. During the (Each taan or ascending passage when we entered The Statesman on radio and (when TV arrived) televi- his lips, turned the pages -- “Damy- pad, pencil, rubber, and a torch. No winter “Season” at the music acad- of that singing bird is like the Deepak Barakhamba Road, in 1965, for our sion critic. She was, like all critics, anti Joshi, Yamini, Indirani,...” clos- sooner had the “alaap” begun than emy, Mylapore, Chennai, a dancer raga; her notes touch the upper first journalistic employment, the not on the paper’s staff. Amy, made ing the brochure, he looked at us Shingloo’s torch was focused on the of means would buy Subbudu’s up octaves like a leaping flame) IANS newspaper boasted of no regular crit- a pittance, lobbying mostly with Lak- triumphantly. pad balanced on his knees. His pen- and down second class train ticket (Saeed Naqvi is a commentator ics for cinema, theatre, music, dance, shman, the news editor’s secretary, Fabri was a pioneer in building up cil would race along until there was and look after his board and lodging on political and diplomatic affairs. painting. And The Statesman was to inflate the column inches on the the capital’s art and theatre scenes as something resembling a false note. for the duration of what in my expe- The views expressed are personal.)

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With industries operating, a 100% pollution-free environment is a NARENDRA MODI myth. It is neither possible nor necessary @narendramodi he purpose of eco- A century ago, Indians SAMAR nomic development LAHIRY in any region is to became Satyagrahis provide opportuni- & fought colonialism. Tties for improved living and Today, let us become jobs to people. While industrial development invariably creates Swachhagrahis & more jobs in any region, possi- create a Swachh bilities of adverse effects on the Bharat, #MyCleanIndia environment also increase, if adverse effects are not reduced. Industrialisation has led to environmental degradation. MIRZA WAHEED With industries operating, a @MirzaWaheed 100 per cent pollution-free environment is a myth. It is It is imperative neither possible nor necessary. to ensure that However, it is imperative Yes, the turn out in to ensure that industrial units industrial units cause the least pollution. Ade- Kashmir by-election cause the least quate and efficient pollution seems abysmal but the pollution. control measures are required story is Six People were so that adverse effects on the Adequate and environment are minimised. killed today. efficient pollution Necessary technological know- Representational Image how and institutional backup control measures support are available in this Water pollution neries (Tamil Nadu) and iron made out of recycling such as e-waste is abysmally low, and are required so regard. Dust, smoke, fumes The National Green Tribu- ore mining in Goa for flouting fly ash cement, fly ash bricks, we need to encourage recycling and toxic gas emissions occur nal recently pulled up imple- environmental laws and caus- recycled aluminium, recy- of e-waste on a vast scale, so SANJAY JHA that adverse as a result of highly-pollut- menting agencies for allowing ing damage. cled tiles, recycled steel, envi- that problem of e-waste dis- @JhaSanjay effects on the ing industries such as ther- untreated sewage into the This reflects weakness on ronment-friendly paints, and posal is tackled. mal power plants, coal mines, Ganga through 30 drains the part of law enforcement bamboo-based products are It is reported that e-waste environment cement, sponge iron, steel & along the river’s Haridwar- agencies, lack of coordina- available in India. concentration on the Indian are minimised. ferroalloys, petroleum, and Unnao stretch and ordered tion among regulatory agen- India recycles 90 per cent soil is twice the global average. chemicals. In industry-specific a CBI inquiry. Discharge of cies (Centre and states) and of its Poly Ethylene Terephthal- Delhi alone generates 15,000 Taliban is being Necessary clusters, these have become not untreated industrial effluents the absence of commitment ate (PET) annually whereas the tonnes per year in addition to domestically technological only hazardous but also cause from industries such as tan- and efficacy of the agencies recycling rate for PET in Japan the e-waste imported for recy- manufactured. irreparable damage to our ecol- neries, power plants, textiles, and industries. Mere legisla- is 72.1 per cent, 48.3 per cent cling. High levels of tetra and #MakeInIndia know-how and ogy and environment, often jute units, and chemicals along tion on pollution control would in Europe, and 31 per cent in penta PCB congeners were institutional breaching the environment’s the entire stretch of the river not serve any purpose. Compli- the USA (CSIR-NCL study, observed in soil samples from carrying capacity. from Kanpur to Kolkata is one ance with anti-pollution laws Hindustan Times February East Delhi (Hindustan Times, back-ups are High emission level of pol- of the leading causes of pollut- has to be strictly enforced by 27, 2017). However, recycling February 19, 2017). available in lutants at industrial clusters has ing the Ganga, despite the cen- the state agencies. plastic waste is far from sat- It is, therefore, impor- this regard been reported in Raipur-Durg, trally-funded Namami Gange isfactory in India. Commer- tant to step up commercial HUSAIN HAQQANI Korba-Bilaspur, Vapi-Anklesh- project. Utilisation of waste cial utilisation of fly ash, blast utilisation of industrial waste @husainhaqqani war, Dhanbad-Bokaro, Vizag, Incidentally, the Ganga Accumulation of industrial furnace slag, cathode/anode which can be accomplished Tarapur, and Ludhiana. This is Action Plan (GAP) Phase waste has assumed enormous carbon scraps, red mud, iron by involving industries, users, despite the fact that the num- 1 started in 1985. Discharge proportions while its utilisation ore, and blue dust fines are in states, and Central govern- ber of power plants switched of effluents from industries has been neglected for long. progress. Recycling of residual ment departments. Industries Idhar tau waqt ajab over to super-critical tech- located in Haryana (Yamuna When conservation of the envi- waste obtained after incinera- have to be made responsi- kuchh qayamati aaya/ nology. Steel, cement, chemi- Nagar, Ambala) has been pol- ronment is of prime impor- tion of toxic and highly inflam- ble regarding recycling on a cals, and petroleum refineries luting the Yamuna since long. tance, a lot of weightage should mable chemical waste with regular basis through strict amaaN usay bhi nahin have adopted state-of-the–art Instances of Damodar pollu- be given to recycling and reus- cement clinker is being under- enforcement. DOWN TO EARTH jo teri panaah mein hai technology. There is an urgent tion in eastern India have also ing discarded components. taken in the cement industry. (The writer is former need to review and rework the been reported. The Supreme Scientists have been A huge market remains Adviser, Planning Commission #NaseerTurabi #Sun- strategies of setting up indus- Court had earlier come down researching worldwide towards untapped (metals, mobile and Chief Executive, Haryana daySher try-specific clusters based heavily on the implementing the development of innovative phones, computer hardware Environmental Management on comparative advantage. agencies and closed down tan- recycling techniques. Products equipment). Recovery of Society. Views are personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 One dead in raid EXPLOSIONS AT COPTIC CHURCHES IN EGYPT on Syria ‘chemical Russia, Iran to use attack’ town force if US crosses BEIRUT: One woman was Terrorists previously killed in an air strike on Sun- day on the Syrian town of Khan ‘Red Lines’ again Sheikhun, site of a suspected chemical weapons attack ear- lier this week, a monitor said. attempted to attack in Tanta The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was unclear if the strike on the ISIS claims responsibility for bombings that killed scores at two Coptic churches rebel-held town in north- west Syria’s Idlib province was CAIRO: The blast that responsibility for both bomb- carried out by Syrian planes occurred on Sunday at Mar ings. An online statement or those of government ally Girguis church in Tanta was shared by sympathizers and Russia. not the first attempted terror- attributed to the militants The death was the first in ist attack, as a similar planned said: “A security detachment the town since a suspected attack failed 12 days ago. of the Islamic State carried chemical weapons attack on Security services defused a out the attacks against the two Tuesday that killed 87 civilians, bomb in the same church on churches in the cities of Tanta including 31 children, and left March 29 after reports indi- and Alexandria.” The bombings hundreds suffering symptoms cated that there was a bomb happened weeks before Pope including convulsions, vomit- inside the church, located on Francis was to visit Egypt, and ing and foaming at the mouth. Ali Mubarak street. The two- a week before Easter. Much of the international way street was blocked until The second attack took community pointed the fin- explosive experts were able to place while worshipers at St. ger at President Bashar al- defuse the bomb; there were Mark’s were leaving at the end Assad’s government for the no casualties. of Palm Sunday Mass. The ser- attack, though it denied any Sources from the church vice had been led by the Cop- responsibility. said on Sunday that another tic pope, Tawadros II. The US President Donald bomb was found next to the pope had already left when the MOSCOW/TEHRAN: Rus- Experts have dismissed Trump ordered the first direct church a few days ago. Experts explosion happened. sia and Iran have warned the Russia’s claim that a rebel US military action against were able to defuse the bomb A security official told the US they will “respond with chemical weapons facility Assad’s government in response after it was noticed on surveil- state news agency they believed force” if their own “red lines” caused the deaths. Britain, the to the attack, launching missiles lance cameras. the blast had been caused by an are crossed in Syria. US and France accused Assad’s against an air base in central Tighter security measures explosive device planted inside Following Friday’s cruise regime of gassing civilians in Syria. Khan Sheikhun has been are being carried out in the the church. After the first blast, missile strike on a Syrian air the opposition-held town, but hit several times since Tues- wake of the blast at the mean- President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi base, in retaliation for the Damascus claimed it destroyed day, including in a strike in the time. President Abdel Fattah ordered military hospitals to chemical attack on Khan its toxic stockpiles following an hours afterwards on a hospital al-Sisi ordered for the injured hospitals. number of attacks by Islamic minority Christians. And on treat the injured, Sky News Ara- Sheikhoun earlier in the week, international agreement struck treating victims. AGENCIES to be treated at armed forces The explosions followed a State militants targeting Egypt’s Sunday, the group claimed bia reported. AGENCIES the alliance supporting Syr- in 2013. ian President Bashar al-Assad The Russian defence minis- made a joint statement threat- try put out a competing version Indian-origin woman is 1st ening action in response to of events claiming legitimate UK: Russia responsible by proxy “any breach of red lines from Syrian air strikes against “ter- non-white judge at London court whoever it is”. rorists” had struck a ware- “What America waged house used to produce and LONDON: An Indian-ori- we can achieve so perhaps in an aggression on Syria is a store shells containing toxic gin woman has become the we impose our glass ceiling crossing of red lines. From now gas, which were allegedly being first non-white judge to sit and that has happened to me for Syria chemical deaths on we will respond with force sent to Iraq. at the Old Bailey Court of several times... most clients to any aggressor or any breach The joint command centre London. did not want a young, Asian, LONDON: Britain said on US missile strikes could have of red lines from whoever it is also said on Sunday the missile Anuja Ravindra Dhir, who Scottish female representing Sunday Russia bore respon- serious consequences for the Iran’s Rouhani calls Assad to and America knows our abil- strike would not deter it from was advised to take up hair- them, so that made it harder sibility by proxy for civil- region. ity to respond well,” the group’s “liberating” Syria, and that the dressing by a teacher at her for me to build a client base,” ian deaths in Syria last week The missile strikes cata- stress backing for Syrian state joint command centre said. US military presence in the high school, is also the young- she said. caused by a poison gas attack pulted Washington into con- US President Donald north of the country amounted est circuit judge currently to sit Dhir was born in Dundee, that Washington says was car- frontation with Russia, which TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani stressed Trump said the strike with to an illegal “occupation”. at the court. Scotland, to Indian immigrant ried out by the Moscow-backed has advisers on the ground aid- Iran’s support for the Syrian state in “its war some 60 Tomahawk missiles on Putin and Iranian leader The 49-year-old told the parents and studied at Har- government of Syrian President ing its close ally Assad. against terrorism” during a call with his counter- al Shayrat air base, near Homs, Hassan Rouhani have called media this week that she is ris Academy before studying Bashar al-Assad. British Defence Secretary was “representing the world”. for an objective investigation often mistaken for a witness or English and Scots law at At least 80 people died in Michael Fallon criticized Rus- part Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, condemning a The base was allegedly used by into the chemical attack. a defendant since she entered Dundee University. what the United States says was sia’s support of Assad, describ- US missile strike on Syria as a violation of its sov- Syrian forces to conduct the The army chiefs of Rus- the legal profession. She subsequently won a chemical weapons attack in ing the chemical attack as a ereignty. Syrian state news agency said Assad told attack, which killed more than sia and Iran discussed the US “I remember going to a a Gray’s Inn scholarship in rebel-held Syria. war crime that happened “on Rouhani the Syrian people and army were “deter- 80 people. strikes in Syria by phone on crown court out of London London, calling to the bar in The attack prompted the their watch”. “By proxy Russia On Sunday the UK’s Sunday, and vowed to continue and the man at the gate didn’t 1989 where she practised for United States to fire 59 cruise is responsible for every civilian mined to crush terrorism in every part of Syrian Defence Secretary, Sir Michael the fight against “terrorists” and believe I was a barrister. In the 23 years as both prosecutor missiles into a Syrian air base death last week,” Fallon, whose territory” and thanked him for Iran’s support for Fallon, demanded Russia their supporters, Iranian media end I had to show him my wig and defence counsel. from which it said the attack government voiced support for “the Syrian nation”. The US launched a cruise rein in Assad, claiming that reported. and gown before they would She recalls her dyslexia was launched. US President Donald Trump’s missile attack on Friday against a Syrian airbase Moscow is “responsible for The two chiefs of staff, actually let me into the build- in school led her teachers to Damascus and Moscow decision to target the Syrian air in response to a chemical weapons attack which every civilian death” in Khan Major General Mohammad ing,” she said. advice against dreaming of a denied Syrian forces were base, wrote in the Sunday Times Sheikhoun. Bagheri and General Valery “I’m often asked if there is legal career. behind the gas attack but West- newspaper. killed 87 people including 31 children and which Sir Michael said the attack Gerasimov, “condemned the a glass ceiling. I think some- Dhir donned her judge’s ern countries dismissed their “If Russia wants to be Washington says was carried out by the had happened “on their watch” American operation against times there are two ceilings - robes as a circuit judge at the explanation that chemicals absolved of responsibil- Syrian government. AGENCIES and that Vladimir Putin must a Syrian air base which is an or no glass ceiling at all. There Central Criminal Courts, leaked from a rebel weapons ity for future attacks, (Presi- now live up to previous prom- aggression against an inde- is one glass ceiling that’s in our known as at the Old Bailey, in depot after an air strike. dent) Vladimir Putin needs to tle Assad’s chemical weapons engaged” with the UN peace ises that Assad’s chemical pendent country”, state news minds, that’s what we think London in February. AGENCIES Russia has warned that the enforce commitments, disman- arsenal for good and get fully process on Syria. AGENCIES weapons had been destroyed. agency IRNA said. AGENCIES Police make 2nd arrest in Sweden Sweden questioning seven people UK news presenters on truck attack STOCKHOLM: Swedish over deadly truck attack: Police Islamic State hit-list police have arrested a second person in relation to the deadly STOCKHOLM: Swedish and catching fire. “Seven peo- on Sunday. Police said they had down along the Drottning- truck attack in the capital and a police have brought in seven ple have been brought in for now identified three of the four gatan street where the attack LONDON: A number of provided a list of names of court has appointed the person people for questioning over questioning as a result of these dead, one of whom was a Bel- took place. Hundreds of flower prominent British television British MPs, police stations, a legal representative, a court an apparent terror attack in events,” Jonas Hysing, national gian citizen, according to a bouquets covered steps lead- journalists from the BBC and government buildings, Army official said on Sunday. which a hijacked delivery truck head of police operations, told tweet from Belgium’s foreign ing down to the square next Sky News are reportedly on an bases, shopping centres and “Police have arrested a per- mowed down pedestrians in public broadcaster SVT, after minister. In neighboring Nor- to where the truck ploughed Islamic State hit-list. airports. son and we have appointed a Stockholm, killing four people, several raids on addresses way early on Sunday, police set into the Ahlens department A website of the dreaded The “terrifying lists” were public defender,” Helga Hull- authorities said on Sunday. around Stockholm over the off a controlled explosion of store, with more piled up under terrorist group is encouraging posted on an “offshoot” of a mann, judge at the Stockholm A 39-year-old Uzbek man weekend. Hysing declined to a “bomb-like device” in cen- boarded-up windows. “lone-wolf” attacks on news- well-known terrorism website, District Court said. She said was arrested earlier as the sus- give further information about tral Oslo and took a suspect Ten of the injured people readers alongside the loca- the newspaper claims. lawyer Johan Akerman was the pected driver of the truck that the raids, but said “the evi- into custody. Police across remained in hospital, two of tion of their offices, the ‘Daily The website had pictures legal council appointed. Police rammed into crowds in the dence looks very strong” that the Nordic region went on them in intensive care, Stock- Star’ reported. The newspaper of alleged victims of a coali- arrested a 39-year-old Uzbek Swedish capital on Friday. The the Uzbek man was the driver heightened alert after the holm authorities said. A memo- said it has contacted police to tion bombing in Mosul, Iraq, man on Saturday on suspicion man had been known to Swed- of the commandeered truck. Stockholm attack. Vehicles rial service was planned in alert them about the website “Terror bosses went on to with the message: “By Allah! he was the driver of the truck ish security services but had no The Uzbek, detained on have also been used as weap- Sergelstorg, the central square and counter-terrorism officers instruct fanatics to attack pop- We will not forget! Even after that killed 4 people and injured clear links to militant groups. Friday night on suspicion of ons in Nice and Berlin in the next to Drottninggatan, at 2 pm. are now looking into the case. ular tourist attractions. some time we will never for- a further 15. A further 15 people were terrorist offences, appeared to past year in attacks claimed by Sweden has long taken pride in “The Islamic State website posts They include Downing get!” Security expert Will Police said they had now injured when the beer delivery have acted alone but police Islamic State militants. Stock- its tolerant liberal democracy instructed followers to target Street, Big Ben and, chillingly, Geddes told said that pub- identified three of the four truck barrelled down a busy could not rule out that more holm was returning to normal- and been among the world’s BBC and Sky news readers and Westminster, the scene of last lic figures commenting on dead, one of whom was a Bel- shopping street before crash- people were involved, national ity on a bright Sunday morning most welcoming nations posted the location of their month’s terror attack,” it adds. Islamic State should take gian citizen. AGENCIES ing into a department store police chief Dan Eliasson said with police barricades taken to immigrants. AGENCIES offices,” the daily said. Further posts reportedly security seriously. AGENCIES Officer killed in London Cabin crew help deliver baby at 42,000 ft Fire near attack to lie in rest sabotaged Yemen Turkish Airlines jet arrived ality from her mother or she oil pipeline kills 8 LONDON: The body of the Westminster,” the Metropolitan Aat its destination with an Unfazed by the could be classified as hav- police officer killed in the UK Police said. extra passenger after cabin on flight frisson, ing been born in the country ADEN: Eight people were Parliament terror attack will lie “Palmer will be greeted by crew helped a woman give in whose airspace the plane killed in a fire on Sunday that in rest in a chapel here ahead of a Guard of Honour, formed birth mid-flight. the crew coped was flying. broke out near an oil pipeline a full police funeral on Monday, by officers from his team at Nafi Diaby, suddenly went admirably and the Just to add to the confusion, damaged by sabotage in the police said on Sunday. the Parliamentary and Diplo- into labour while flying from the United Nations, considers west of war-torn Yemen, a gov- Scotland Yard Police Con- matic Protection Command Conakry, Guinea, to Ouaga- little girl, Kadiju, that the baby should be classi- ernment official said. stable Keith Palmer was guard- (PaDP),” they said. A private dougou in Burkina Faso. entered the world fied as having been born in the “Dozens of people had ing the gates of the Palace of service will be held, attended by The mother — who was country where the plane was gathered at the site of the pipe- Westminster, which houses the close members of Keith’s family. 28-weeks pregnant — had ear- at 42,000 feet. registered, in this case, Turkey. line with bowls and other Parliament, on March 22 when Following this service, officers lier in Burkina Faso, according Baby’s place Whether this would mean containers to fill with petrol terror suspect Khalid Masood from PaDP will form a cata- to the airline. that she is entitled to Turkish spilling from the pipeline” in stabbed him to death in an falque honour guard to watch Unfazed by the on flight of birth, and citizenship would depend on Hodeida on the Red Sea, the attempt to gain entry into the over PC Palmer’s coffin, police frisson, the crew coped ultimately her how the country’s national- official in Yemen’s recognised building. The 48-year-old’s cof- said in a statement. admirably and the little girl, ity laws treat babies born on government told AFP. fin will be taken to the Chapel “This will remain in place Kadiju, entered the world at nationality, could its soil. For example another He said the fire broke out of St Mary Undercroft in the throughout the night and will 42,000 feet. be an interesting baby, Chloe, was also born because of the use of an elec- Palace of Westminster where it be made up of two officers at a Mother and baby were over Canadian airspace in 2015 tricity generator, leaving eight will remain for 24 hours before time, remaining in place for an taken to hospital when the matter of debate. with legal experts arguing she dead and 13 others with burns. his funeral. The rare honour hour,” the Met said. The body aircraft, a Boeing 737-900, She could get her had the right to claim Canadian Medical sources in Hodeida is usually reserved for leading will stay at the Palace over on landed. Both are reported to nationality from citizenship. said at least eight people died. parliamentarians and requires Sunday and Monday morn- be doing well. Turkish Airlines allows More than 7,700 people — the consent of Queen Elizabeth ing before being taken to the The airline tweeted pictures her mother or in expectant mothers to fly up to most of them civilians — have II. “Her Majesty The Queen Southwark Cathedral for the of its crew posing with the new- whose airspace their 28th week of pregnancy been killed in fighting between has given permission for PC funeral service on Monday born baby, along with a mes- without a doctor’s report. After Shiite Huthi rebels and the Palmer to lie in rest ahead of afternoon. Police colleagues sage which read: “Welcome on the plane was 28-weeks pregnant women Yemeni government backed his full force funeral within from across the UK and mem- board Princess! Applause goes has happened. Flight crews Kadiju’s place of birth, and must have a letter from their by a Saudi-led Arab coalition the Chapel of St Mary Under- bers of the public are expected to our cabin crew!” are trained to deal with such ultimately her nationality, of debate. doctor to say they are fit since March 2015, according croft, within the Palace of to pay their respect. AGENCIES This is not the first time this emergencies. could be an interesting matter She could get her nation- to fly. AGENCIES to the United Nations. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 mp Prez Trump seeks options to Moscow slams London after British FM cancels visit MOSCOW: Russia slammed eliminate N Korea nuke threat London on Sunday after British Foreign Secretary Boris John- WASHINGTON: As a US us a full range of options to son cancelled a scheduled visit strike group led by an aircraft remove that threat,” he added, to Moscow over its support for carrier steamed toward the apparently referring to Trump’s the Syrian regime, claiming Korean peninsula on Sunday, advisers. Britain has “no real influence” a senior official said US Presi- Pyongyang is on a quest internationally. dent Donald Trump has asked to develop a long-range mis- The cancellation “once to be provided with a range sile capable of hitting the US again confirms doubts about of options for eliminating the mainland with a nuclear war- the added value of dialogue North Korean nuclear threat. head, and has so far staged with the British, who don’t The US naval move will five nuclear tests, two of them have their own position on certainly raise tensions in the last year. the majority of current issues,” region and comes hard on Expert satellite imagery the foreign ministry said in a the heels of a US cruise mis- analysis suggests it could well statement. sile strike on Syria that was be preparing for a sixth, with The British have “no real widely interpreted as put- US intelligence officials warn- influence on the course of ting Pyongyang on warning ing that Pyongyang could be international affairs, remain- over its refusal to abandon its less than two years away from ing ‘in the shadow’ of their stra- nuclear ambitions. developing the means to deliver tegic partners,” it added. North Korea denounced a nuclear warhead to the conti- “We don’t believe we need Thursday’s attack as an act of nental United States. dialogue with London more “intolerable aggression” and North Korea on Wednesday than (London) needs it (with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson one that justified “a million fired a medium-range ballistic us),” it said. meeting on 10-11 April,” he response to a suspected chem- times over” the North’s push missile into the Sea of Japan The statement added there said. “We deplore Russia’s con- ical weapons attack on the toward a credible nuclear ahead of a US-China summit. was a “fundamental misunder- tinued defence of the Assad rebel-held town of Khan Sheik- deterrent. The isolated North is barred standing or ignorance of what regime even after the chemical hun on Tuesday that killed at Secretary of State Rex Til- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and other US ships, seen in the Philippine Sea in March under UN resolutions from is happening in Syria and Rus- weapons attack on innocent least 86 people according to the lerson insisted in an inter- any use of ballistic missile sia’s efforts to resolve the crisis.” civilians.” Syrian Observatory for Human viewed broadcast Sunday that Tillerson told the ABC pro- actions,” Tillerson said. behavior. technology. Johnson announced on Johnson then called on Rus- Rights. the United States does not gram “This Week.” He said the US National Security “Presidents before and In February, the North Saturday he would not travel sia to do “everything possible to Moscow has sought to intend to try to remove the United States expects China, Adviser HR McMaster insisted, President Trump agreed that it simultaneously fired four bal- to Moscow next week, saying bring about a political settle- deflect blame from its long- regime of Kim Jong-Un. the main ally of North Korea, however, that in the meantime is unacceptable, that what must listic missiles off its east coast, that “developments in Syria ment in Syria and work with time ally Bashar al-Assad “That is not our objec- to do more to rein in the regime it is “prudent” to send the strike happen is the denuclearization three of which fell provoca- have changed the situation the rest of the international over the incident and says tive and so the whole reasons in Pyongyang. group to the Korean penin- of the peninsula,” McMaster tively close to Japan, in what fundamentally”. community to ensure that the Syrian jets struck a rebel underlying the development “They have indicated that sula, criticizing North Korea told Fox News. it said was a drill for an attack “My priority is now to con- shocking events of the last week arms depot where “toxic of a nuclear program in North they will and I think we need as a rogue, nuclear-armed “The president has asked on US bases in the neighboring tinue contact with the US and are never repeated.” substances” were being put Korea are simply not credible,” to allow them time to take nation engaged in provocative them to be prepared to give Asian country. AGENCIES others in the run up to the G7 His decision came in inside bombs. AGENCIES Building collapses WORLD BRIEFS Mogadishu bomb Swedes to hold peace vigil after in Poland: Four MAN AT NRA HEADQUARTERS blast: 15 killed truck attack, probe deepens killed, 4 injured; ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF MOGADISHU: A car bomb given the state of the dead bod- VIRGINIA: In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, a Na- targeting senior officials leav- ies, it would be difficult to give 2 missing tional Rifle Association employee has accidentally shot ing a military base in Moga- an exact death toll. STOCKHOLM: Thousands of dishu killed at least 15 people “Many people died but we people were to gather in cen- WARSAW: An apartment himself while doing firearms training at the organisa- and destroyed a minibus car- cannot know the exact figure tral Stockholm on Sunday for house collapsed on Sunday tions headquarters. The 46-year-old man accidentally rying civilians, the Somali mili- of casualties. We cannot count a “Lovefest” vigil against ter- in southwestern Poland, leav- discharged his pistol while he was holstering it at the tary said on Sunday, an attack human flesh,” Abdifatah Omar rorism, as police pursue their ing four people dead, four NRA’s National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia. claim by Islamist al Shabaab Halane, spokesman for Moga- investigation into this week’s injured and two others miss- The staffer of the National Firearms Museum, a site militants. dishu’s mayor, said. deadly truck attack. ing, authorities said. within the NRA’s Headquarters, suffered a minor It occurred a week after Al Shabaab, waging an Shocked by Friday’s attack Scores of firefighters with President Mohamed Abdullahi increasingly deadly campaign that left four dead and 15 dogs were searching the rub- wound to his lower body and was taken to a hospital Mohamed replaced his security of bombings despite losing injured — for which a 39-year- ble of the building in the town for treatment. No criminal chargers have been filed. chiefs and called on al Shabaab most of its territory to African old Uzbek man is in custody of Swiebodzice (Shvyeh-’boh- fighters to surrender within 60 Union peacekeepers support- — Stockholmers mobilised on tchi-tseh), according to Daniel TRUMP NOMINATES NEW HEAD OF days in return for education ing the Somali government, was Facebook, organising a vigil Mucha, regional spokesman for IMMIGRATION AGENCY and jobs behind the attack, according to for 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) at the the firefighters. He said the col- “At least 15 people, mostly Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Qaeda- Sergels Torg plaza near where lapse of two floors of the three- Palm Beach:President Donald Trump intends to civilians, died in (Sunday’s) the affiliated group’s spokesman for the truck rammed into shop- floor building might have been nominate Lee Francis Cissna to head the US Citizen- blast,” Somali Major Hussein military operations. pers. Sweden has been try- weeks, coming on the heels of trian street Drottninggatan in caused by a gas explosion. ship and Immigration Services. The White House an- Nur told Reuters. “We do not Nur said the car bomber ing to get back on its feet this the car and knife assault outside the heart of Stockholm. The Regional governor Pawel nounced the nomination in a statement Saturday. know the exact figure of casu- appeared intent on hitting a weekend after what authori- London’s parliament and the vehicle mowed down shop- Hreniak said the search-and- The US Citizenship and Immigration Services pro- alties. All the people on board convoy carrying Somali mil- ties termed a terror attack, Saint Petersburg metro bomb- pers before slamming into rescue operation was expected cesses immigration and naturalization applications. the ruined minibus perished. itary commander Ahmed the motive for which was still ing. Police have not named the the facade of the busy Ahlens to continue even on Monday. Soldiers and other private secu- Mohamed Jimale and other unknown. The method, how- suspected driver of the truck, department store. “There is “I confirm a fourth vic- The agency is part of the Department of Homeland rity guards also died.” senior officers, but was not ever, was similar to previous whom they arrested on Fri- nothing to indicate that we’ve tim, an elderly man,” Hreniak Security, where Cissna currently works as director of A Reuters witness at the close enough to cause any casu- attacks using vehicles in Nice, day evening, but authorities got the wrong man. On the said. “But another resident, an immigration policy in the Office of Policy. scene of the explosion saw a alties among his entourage. Berlin and London, all of them said he was known to Sweden’s contrary, the suspicions have elderly lady, contacted us to say wrecked minibus, human flesh Al Shabaab confirmed claimed by the Islamic State intelligence service for undis- strengthened,” Swedish police she was away from the house SYRIA: SUICIDE BOMBING INSIDE and damage to the tarmac road. Jimale was their intended tar- (IS) group. There has been no closed reasons. The man is sus- chief Dan Eliasson said on Sat- and was fine.” REFUGEE CAMP, SEVERAL INJURED Roads were sealed off even to get, and that they had killed immediate claim of responsi- pected of speeding a stolen beer urday. He said police found a Still, firefighters looking for private ambulances. seven of his bodyguards in bility for the Stockholm attack truck several hundred metres suspect device in the cab of two more survivors said there DAMASCUS: A suicide bombing rocked a refugee A government official said the attack. AGENCIES — the third in Europe in two down the bustling pedes- the truck. AGENCIES were no sounds yet coming camp inside the Syrian territories near the Jordanian from the building’s bricks and borders on Saturday, activities said. The explosion, broken wood. believed to have been caused by a car bomb, rattled Google underpaying The governor of Swie- the Rukban camp located in the far Syrian desert Norway police neutralise bodzice, Bogdan Kozuchow- on the borders with Jordan, leaving many people icz, said the pre-World War II building was recently reno- wounded, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights explosive device, arrest suspect female workers vated and had been in good said. The London-based watchdog said unidentified SAN FRANCISCO: Govern- Google and other technol- technical condition. warplanes flew over the area after the blast. Mean- STAVANGER: Police in the ment investigators looking into ogy companies have been try- The injured were taken to while, the Observatory said clashes erupted between Norwegian capital of Oslo said Explosive device case taken how Google pays its employees ing to improve hiring practices hospitals in Swiebodzice and in the IS terrorist group and other rebel groups in the they neutralised an explosive have accused the tech giant of that have historically doled out Wroclaw. One survivor, iden- Tanf area close to the Rukban camp. device found in a busy area of COPENHAGEN: Norway’s security service on shortchanging women doing most of their technical jobs to tified only by her first name downtown Oslo and said they similar work to men. white and Asian men. Their Stanislawa, told TVN24 that FRANCE ENSHRINES DECISION TO had arrested a suspect. Sunday took over an investigation into an explosive A US Department of efforts to strike a better bal- she was “miraculously saved.” Police Chief Vidar Peder- device found near a busy subway station in Oslo Labour official disclosed the ance have been mostly unsuc- “I was in the kitchen and CLOSE OLDEST NUCLEAR PLANT sen confirmed last night that after police defused the device and arrested a agency’s allegations during a cessful so far. suddenly it was dark and PARIS: The French government on Sunday published the device, initially described as suspect. Norway’s security service PST said early Friday court hearing in San For instance, only 19 per full of debris and some bro- a decree for closing the country’s oldest nuclear plant, “bomb-like,” was an explosive. Francisco. “We found sys- cent of Google’s technology ken wooden planks,” she said The police Twitter account on Sunday it had taken over the investigation for temic compensation dispar- jobs are held by women. Over- from her hospital bed in Swie- fulfilling a campaign-trail pledge made by President said it had been defused or several reasons but did not elaborate. Norway was ities against women pretty all, nearly one-third of Google’s bodzice. “I got on top of those Francois Hollande who is now in the final weeks of neutralised. put on high alert after neighbouring Sweden. AGENCIES much across the entire work- more than 70,000 workers planks and started calling office. The decree, gazetted in the Official Journal Police would not give any force,” Janette Wipper, a Labour are women. ‘Help! Help!’ Two firefighters which publishes government decisions, sets down the details about the suspect, or Department regional director, The Labour Department’s came and pulled me out by the conditions for closing a nuclear plant at Fessenheim, further information about heavy armour going in every old native of Uzbekistan, has testified, according to a report probe evolved from a lawsuit arm.” She said her husband was near the border with Germany. Fessenheim will cease the device. Pederson said the store and restaurant. “We were been arrested. It was unclear published by The Guardian. filed in January seeking to bar resting on the bed at the time of operations when a new reactor, currently being built device was found on the street trying to see what was going whether he was also a Swedish Google said it vehemently Google doing business with the collapse. just outside the Groenland on. The police were screaming citizen or resident or even how disagreed with the charges, the federal government unless “I don’t know what has at Flamanville on the Normandy coast, “enters ser- underground station, and at us to get back inside and stay long he’d been in the country. which the Mountain View, Cal- the company complied with an happened to him,” she said, vice,” the decree said. France’s nuclear plant operator police swept through the area where we were,” she added by The Norwegian inci- ifornia, company said it hadn’t audit of its employee-compen- her voice trembling. With her EDF last month said the Flamanville reactor a project to remove people from bars telephone. dent happened less than a heard until Wipper’s court sation records. teenage son, also a survivor, at that has run into deep problems will begin opera- and restaurants. Norway was put on high mile from the government appearance. Google has said it has her side, she said the family had tions in 2019. The closure of the twin-reactor plant at “Every restaurant was being alert after neighbouring Swe- buildings that were dam- “Every year, we do a com- turned over some of the lost everything. Fessenheim is part of a plan to slash France’s depen- closed,” said 23-year-old Malin den suffered a truck attack in aged in a deadly bomb attack prehensive and robust analysis requested records, but with- The head of the medi- Myrvold, who witnessed the the capital that killed four peo- carried out by right wing of pay across genders and we held other information that cal rescue workers, Wojciech dence on atomic energy. scene from a fourth-story win- ple and injured 15. The suspect extremist Anders Breivik have found no gender pay gap,” it believes would invade its Kopacki, said two of the dead dow. “You could see cops in in Friday’s attack, a 39-year- in 2011. AGENCIES Google said in its statement. workers’ privacy. AGENCIES were children. AGENCIES 1st Jewish campus in Berlin after the Holocaust

BERLIN: Rabbi Yehuda Teich- Chabad’s goal of re-establishing the still-outstanding permis- tal doesn’t get much sleep these a vibrant Jewish community in sions earlier this month. “With days, but says it’s well worth the former Nazi capital, in part all the challenges we’re facing it. The community rabbi and by welcoming and integrat- today, building this campus is head of the Jewish outreach ing Jewish immigrants from a signal: We’re here to stay — group Chabad in Berlin has the former Soviet Union and otherwise we wouldn’t build,” been campaigning relentlessly encouraging interactions with says Teichtal, who wears a tra- to turn his dream of creating non-Jews. “Everyone in Europe ditional beard, a velvet kippah a Jewish campus in Germany talks about fears and uncertain- and a black caftan. Germany into a reality. ties, we’re talking about going has experienced a strong influx For years, he’s lobbied the forward,” said the 44-year-old of Jews in recent decades and German authorities, raised mil- orthodox rabbi, looking across Berlin has the biggest Jewish lions of euros (dollars) in funds the large empty plot where a community in Germany, with and bought a 3,000 square few containers have been set about 40,000 members. Those meter (32,000 square feet) plot up as a temporary extension A poster with the planned new Jewish Campus is displayed at the numbers are still a far cry, how- of land next to Chabad’s syn- of Chabad’s kindergarten. The Chabad Educational Centre in Berlin, Germany ever, from Germany’s flourish- agogue in the German capi- planned seven-story build- ing Jewish community of more tal’s Wilmersdorf district. More ing will be dedicated to Jew- Germany. If all goes to plan, entire campus is slated to be than 500,000 before the Nazi than just a new facility, Teichtal ish education, culture and the ground-breaking is sched- finished in late 2019. German period, with some 120,000 Jews sees the center as a step toward sports, the first of its kind in uled for September and the authorities approved some of in Berlin alone. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 India needs young entrepreneurs Tax dept slaps fresh demand to create more jobs: Nirmala

CHANDIGARH: India is looking for young of `10,247 cr on UK Cairn entrepreneurs to build business houses and cre- ate more jobs, Commerce and Industry Minis- NEW DELHI: Within weeks Indian Income Tax Depart- lion as of December 31, 2016. ter Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday, asking of tax tribunal ITAT uphold- ment (IITD) in the amount of These assets comprised business graduates to become fountainhead of ing levy of retrospective tax, the Rs 10,247 crore plus interest principally Cairn’s residual commercially viable ideas. Income Tax Department has back dated to 2007 totalling Rs shareholding in Cairn India. “India needs several entrepreneurs who can slapped a fresh demand note 18,800 crore,” Cairn said. Cairn said it had on March become fountainheads of commercially viable of Rs 10,247 crore on British The final assessment order 11, 2015 filed a Notice of Dis- ideas that will make a difference to the econ- explorer Cairn Energy Plc. did not include any penalties pute under The UK-India omy and the country,” Sitharaman said while ITAT in its March 9 order which may also be applied to Investment Treaty in order to addressing the graduating students at the cam- held that Cairn Energy was the final assessment (poten- protect its legal position and pus of Indian School of Business (ISB) in Moh- liable to pay tax on the 2006 tially up to 300 per cent of any shareholder interests. ali, near here. transfer of India assets to newly tax finally agreed). “The international arbi- “Develop your ideas. You should develop created Cairn India, prior to its “The final assessment order tration proceedings for- ideas ... and that is what I look up to graduates listing. It, however, held that was appealed to the Income mally commenced in January coming out of institutions like ISB,” she said. interest cannot be charged on it Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi 2016 following the agree- Sitharaman, who gave away certificates to as the demand was raised using which ruled on March 9, 2017 ment between Cairn and the the graduating students, said the young minds Board, Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, Mohali retrospective tax legislation. The final assessment order was that tax in the amount of Rs Government of India on the of this country must build business houses and Campus Advisory Board, Professor Rajendra The Income Tax Depart- appealed to the Income Tax Appellate 10,247 crore remained payable appointment of a panel of three create more jobs. “I would like the young minds Srivastava, Dean, ISB, members of the ISB Board, ment had raised a tax demand but that the company could international arbitrators under of this country to build business houses and cre- also spoke on the occasion. of Rs 10,247 crore and another Tribunal, Delhi which ruled on March 9, 2017 not be required to pay inter- the terms of the Treaty,” it said. ate more jobs,” she said. Sharing his experiences with the graduat- Rs 18,800 crore in interest for that tax in the amount of Rs 10,247 crore est,” it said. This is because the “However, supported by She also touched upon the GST, saying with ing students, Adi Godrej, who is also Chair- 10 years. tax demand was raised on the detailed legal advice on the GST coming, India becoming one market and man, Godrej Group, said, “as a management “Following the ruling of the remained payable but that the company could basis of a retrospective amend- strength of the legal protections simplified taxation structure, it was also time for student, one of the key things that I had learnt ITAT, an amended tax demand, not be required to pay interest ment done to the income tax available to it under interna- us to look into what exists in logistics. is the power of team work and the importance received on March 31, 2017, act in 2012 and Cairn could not tional law, Cairn strongly con- She said logistics needs a lot of research. of building teams and retaining people, an idea noted that late payment inter- have anticipated that payment tests the actions of the IITD in “Logistics is something on which India has that I imbibed early in my career and it is now est would now be charged from to appeal.” holds in Cairn India. of tax would be required. these matters. to develop its own model ... You have logistics with me all through”. February 2016, i.e. from 30 The company had on Janu- Cairn Energy had in 2011 Stating that it strongly con- “In addition to the resolu- developed according to Western economies and Referring to the role of family businesses in days following the date of the ary 24, 2014 received a draft sold Cairn India to Vedanta. tests the final assessment order, tion of the tax dispute, Cairn their model, the Chinese have developed their the economy, he said, “family managed busi- original 2016 final assessment assessment order for the “Then, on February 4, Cairn said enforcement of any also seeks full recompense own but do we have an idea of how we are going nesses are the unsung heroes of the Indian econ- order,” Cairn said in a notice to alleged capital gains it made 2016... a final assessment tax liability deemed due by the for the loss of value result- to have efficient logistics in this country. omy. They make up more than two-thirds of the shareholders. in 2006. The order restrained order in respect of the Indian tax department will be limited ing from the restriction on its “I think that is one area where there is lot of world s companies, employing half the world’s Cairn said the decision of the company from selling the fiscal year ended March 31 to India assets, which had a Cairn India shares,” the notice research waiting to be done,” she said. workforce and contribute to well over half the the ITAT is “potentially subject residual 9.8 per cent stake it 2007, (was) issued by the value of about USD 750 mil- added. PTI Adi Godrej, Chairman of the ISB Executive world’s GDP.” PTI Religare to exit Religare Health MF inflows in stocks drop 27% to` 51,000 cr in FY17

Insurance for `1,040 crore NEW DELHI: Mutual fund managers’ “The equity market has overall been investment in equities declined by 27 more volatile in 2016-17 than 2015-16 The past fiscal saw a NEW DELHI: Religare Enterprises will sell its also hold 5 per cent stake each in RHI. per cent to over Rs 51,000 crore in 2016- with a lot more negative sentiment. surge in the number of entire 80 per cent stake in Religare Health Insur- The consortium of buyers includes domes- 17 due to volatility in stock markets. Investors may have seen the volatil- ance to a consortium of investors led by private tic investors such as Gaurav Dalmia and Faer- However, fund houses are upbeat ity of the year as a positive to average out retail investor accounts, equity fund True North Managers for an esti- ing Capital. about the industry’s performance in the costs,” said Srikanth Meenakshi, COO or folios, in equity, mated Rs 1,040 crore. Religare Enterprises said the transaction new fiscal while expecting investment at FundsIndia.com, an investment por- “The company has entered into definitive marks the single largest investment in a stand- from new investors to fuel the growth tal for MFs. Apart from equities, fund equity-linked saving agreements with a consortium of investors led alone health insurance company in India. of the sector. managers invested a staggering Rs 3.14 schemes and balanced by True North Managers, an India based private Commenting on the deal, Religare Enter- As per data released by the Securi- lakh crore in debt markets. equity fund, to divest its entire stake in Religare prises Group CEO Maninder Singh said: “This ties and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), The past fiscal saw a surge in the “The positive net inflow in equi- categories, which grew Health Insurance Company Ltd (RHI),” Relig- sale is a continuation of REL’s strategy to consoli- mutual fund managers invested a net number of retail investor accounts, or ties can be credited to maturity of by more than 58 lakh are Enterprises Ltd (REL) said in a BSE filing date and focus on its core businesses. We are con- sum of Rs 51,352 crore in stock markets folios, in equity, equity-linked saving retail investors who have come up in on Sunday. fident that RHI will continue on its high growth during 2016-17, lower than Rs 70,130 schemes and balanced categories, which the ‘learning curve’ by contributing 1.3 to 4.4 crore “This transaction values Religare Health trajectory under the new ownership.” crore invested in the preceding fiscal. grew by more than 58 lakh to 4.4 crore. crores monthly systematic investment Insurance at Rs 1,300 crore and Religare Enter- Religare Health Insurance reported gross In 2014-15, fund mangers had According to market experts, the plans (SIPs), adding more than Rs 4,000 investors and invests the money on their prises currently has 80 per cent shareholding written premium of Rs 503 crore for the year infused close to Rs 41,000 crore in stock mutual fund industry is at a take-off crore per month in various top per- behalf. It provides diverse investment on a fully diluted basis in the company,” it said ended March 31, 2016. JP Morgan acted as exclu- markets -- the first net inflow in six stage in terms of growth and Indian forming equity schemes,” Bajaj Capital instruments like stocks and bonds with- further. sive financial advisor to Religare Enterprises on years. Prior to that, they had pulled out investors are warming up to investments Group Director Anil Chopra said. out requiring investors to make separate Union Bank of India and Corporation Bank this transaction. PTI over Rs 14,000 crore. in equity as an asset class. A mutual fund pools the assets of its purchases and trades. PTI Chinese economy likely Govt asks PSBs to finalise next Conduct special audit of PF to grow at 6.8% in Q 1 wage revision before Nov 1 trusts: Panel to labour ministry NEW DELHI: The finance BEIJING: China’s economy, year, unchanged from that in ministry has asked the heads NEW DELHI: A parliamen- which is reeling under con- the first two months, the Gold- of public sector banks to final- tary panel has asked the labour Private trusts, regulated by the EPFO, tinued slowdown, is likely at man Sachs forecast said. ise the modalities for timely ministry to conduct special grow at 6.8 per cent in the first It expected weaker auto implementation of the next pay inspection or audit of private maintain PF accounts and retirement quarter this year, according to a sales to continue weighing on revision from November. EPF trusts that have been found savings and are required to invest Goldman Sachs forecast. the country’s retail sales, which There are 21 public sector to be investing their workers’ The world’s second largest may increase 9.4 per cent in banks, post merger of six lend- retirement savings in own firms these funds as per the investment economy slowed down to 6. March, slowing from the 9.5 ers with SBI, in the country. through mutual funds. pattern approved by the government 9 per cent last year and the per cent growth registered in They together employ about 8 The private trusts, regu- government has cut down the the first two months, state-run lakh people. lated by the EPFO, maintain PF growth to 6.5 per cent this year. Xinhua news agency reported. In a communication to accounts and retirement sav- The panel further said, were issued... such futile exer- The bank said in a research The bank said growth of the CEOs and MDs of the state- ings and are required to invest “There is need to have spe- cise needs to be tackled with report that purchasing manag- country’s consumer price index owned banks, the minis- these funds as per the invest- cial inspection or audit of all regular physical inspection.” ers’ index (PMI) readings from (CPI), a main gauge of infla- try advised them to initiate The last revision was effected of compensation package but ment pattern approved by the such companies and the EPFO As per the EPF scheme, both official and private sur- tion, may rebound to 1.3 per the steps for smooth conclu- in November 2012. In the last (with) variable part we are government. These trusts are should take early action on the the violation of not sticking veys have implied firm activ- cent in March from 0.8 per cent sion of next wage revision wage negotiation between PSU hopeful that in the next finan- called exempted establishments requisite process for restricting to the investment template is ity growth overall. It expected in February as distortions from of the employee within the banks employee unions and cial year (2017-18), we will be because they do not deposit investment through this route only limited to three instances, China’s GDP growth to reach the Chinese New Year effect time-frame. bank management, Indian able to introduce a far more EPF contributions of their and take immediate corrective and beyond that, the exemp- 6.6 per cent for 2017. Goldman disappeared. “However, it is seen that Banks’ Association (IBA) had attractive package which do employees with the Employ- steps and re-divert such invest- tion granted to the firm can be Sachs expected China’s indus- In the fourth quarter of several banks are yet to proceed settled at 15 per cent hike. have bonuses, ESOPs and other ees’ Provident Fund Organisa- ments in other... instruments.” cancelled. The panel suggested trial production to rise 6.4 per 2016, China’s economy grew in the matter,” it said, request- Recently, Banks Board performance linked incentives tion (EPFO). It further observed: “From that the exemption given to cent in March, slightly higher 6.8 per cent year on year. ing the PSBs to “look into the Bureau chief Vinod Rai had as part of the package,” he had “Investing in own business the list of 317 such firms, on these private EPF trusts should than the 6.3 per cent growth for China is scheduled to matter and conclude the next made a case that the compen- said. is improper and is being done whose board of trustees sur- be reviewed after a prescribed January and February. release its first-quarter eco- wage revision prior to the effec- sation package across the board Rai has also suggested that to serve their own interest,” the charge was levied (for devi- period so that the EPFO is Fixed asset investment nomic data, including GDP tive date of November 1, 2017”. of public sector banks needs to managing directors of the Parliamentary Standing Com- ating from the investment aware of the exact financial growth is likely to remain growth, fixed asset invest- The wage revision of pub- be improved. public sector banks should mittee on Labour said in its pattern), most of the estab- status of the firms, which will strong, expanding 8.9 per cent ment, industrial output and lic sector bank employees “Maybe, we are not able to be appointed for minimum 6 report tabled in Parliament on lishments were closed against help in protecting the interest in the first three months of the retail sales, on April 17. PTI takes place every five year. do much with the fixed part years. PTI April 7. which the cancellation orders of employees. PTI People sending demonetised notes RSS body wants govt CIL’s new Digital payments: to impose 30% import projects to cut abroad by courier: Customs import bill Central Bank of India NEW DELHI: The customs department has duty on pulses NEW DELHI: State-owned customer wins `1 cr unearthed a new modus operandi of sending Coal India will come up with demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes abroad NEW DELHI: Concerned large-scale imports at lower three coal bed methane and NEW DELHI: A transaction had done transactions using by courier in a bid to get them converted here over declining prices of pulses prices. coal mine methane projects in of Rs 1,590 has bagged a Cen- their RuPay debit cards. The later. After these high denomination notes were produced domestically due to Mahajan said the custom Jharkhand and West Bengal in tral Bank of India customer names of three winners were taken out of circulation by the government in cheap imports, an RSS- affil- duty exemption notification 2017-18, a move that may help lucky bounty of Rs 1 crore not yet known as the draw November last, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) iated body today urged the on pulses expired on March 31 lower the country’s import bill under the government’s pro- only displayed their transac- were given a longer window till June 30 to get government to impose a 30 and urged the government not and cut carbon emission. “Coal motional scheme to popula- tion numbers. These will be them exchanged, whereas citizens who were in per cent import duty on them to issue a fresh notification for India (CIL) will come up with rise digital payments. matched with card details to the country at that time were allowed to deposit to help safeguard farmers’ continuing with the exemption. three CBM and CMM projects President Pranab identify the winners. Three the old notes till December 30, 2016. interests. “I take this opportunity to in the current fiscal,” an official Mukherjee picked up the merchants also won prizes of Customs officials have registered a few cases, In a letter to Union Com- urge you to kindly not pro- in the know said, adding that lucky winners from the 100th Rs 50 lakh, Rs 25 lakh and Rs where demonetised banknotes were sent abroad merce Minister Nirmala Sith- nounce any such notification the action plan for the same is draw of lots under digital pay- 12 lakh, respectively. by courier, and seized over Rs 1 lakh in such araman, the Swadeshi Jagran of exemption from duty, after at the implementation stage. ments promotion schemes at The winners will be felici- notes, a senior official said today. Such cases have also been registered at for- Manch has asked her to step lapse of this notification. While one plant will be set Rashtrapati Bhavan here. tated by Prime Minister Nar- People were found trying to send the old eign post offices located across the country, the in while fearing that the coun- “There after kindly impose up in Raniganj in West Bengal, He congratulated the six endra Modi on April 14 at notes abroad by falsely declaring them as arti- official said. After scrapping Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 try’s food security will be at the at least 30 percent duty to safe- two will be located in Jharia in winners -- three consum- Nagpur on the occasion of cles such as books, he said. “The aim could be to notes on November 8, the government had per- mercy of international markets. guard the interest of the farm- Jharkhand, the official said. ers and three merchants -- Ambedkar Jayanti. take help of their relatives or friends abroad to mitted people to deposit them in banks up to It said unless the govern- ers and for the food security of The global tenders for the of Lucky Grahak Yojana and Following demonetisa- get the old notes exchanged with the new ones,” December 30, 2016. ment imposes customs duty the nation,” he said. The Manch same will be out in the cur- Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana. tion of old Rs 500/1000 notes the official said. The RBI has allowed Indian citizens, who on pulses, the situation may said the exemption of pulses rent fiscal. “Before awarding In the consumer section, on November 9 last year, the In two cases, couriers were booked from were abroad during November-December 2016, turn worse and farmers would from import duty, done to the project for developing it, the first mega prize of Rs 1 government took a slew of Punjab for Australia and the content inside them to exchange the scrapped notes up to March 31 be disinclined to produce support domestic supplies and Coal India will ensure all the crore went to a customer of measures to promote digital were declared as book. The customs official, who and NRIs up to June 30. This facility is available more pulses domestically, due keep prices of pulses low for clearances including forest and Central Bank of India, while payments in the country. are keeping an eye on outbound parcels at for- at RBI offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chen- to poor productivity and low consumers, does not have rel- safety are in place,” the official the second prize of Rs 50 lakh The government launched eign post office here, found them having demon- nai and Nagpur only. NRIs coming to India are prices. Manch national co-con- evance now as domestic prices said. CBM, an unconventional went to a Bank of Baroda cus- the Lucky Grahak Yojana for etised notes. Similar consignments were booked required to come through Red Channel disclos- vener Ashwani Mahajan told of the commodity have come form of natural gas found in tomer. A customer of Punjab consumers and Digi Dhan for Korea and the United Arab Emirates contain- ing to the Customs authorities at the airport the Sitharaman that her Ministry down. It said it is unfortunate coal deposits or coal seams, is National Bank is the winner Vyapar Yojana for merchants ing the defunct notes. “In all, over Rs 1 lakh in amount of the demonetised notes and secure a has exempted import of pulses that due to zero duty import of now considered as an alterna- of third prize of Rs 25 lakh. on December 25, 2016 to pro- old currency notes were seized from these cou- certificate to be tendered at the RBI at the time from paying the 10 per cent pulse traders have flooded the tive source of augmenting the All the three customers mote digital transactions. PTI riers,” he said. of exchange. PTI imports duty which has led to market with yellow peas. PTI energy resource. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 mp ITR must mention loans, card Bullet train crosses major payments above `2 L in cash hurdle over BKC land NEW DELHI: The railways NEW DELHI: All cash pay- have crossed a major hurdle in ments of over Rs 2 lakh for pay- The new forms rolling out the ambitious bullet ing loans and credit card bills train project as the Maharash- during the 50-day period post have a new tra government has agreed to demonetisation will have to be column providing give land at the Bandra-Kurla disclosed in the new one-page for declaration complex (BKC). Income Tax return form. The starting point of the The tax department a few for any deposit Mumbai-Ahmedabad high days back notified new Income of over Rs 2 lakh speed corridor at BKC was a Tax Return (ITR) forms for fil- in bank accounts bone of contention between ing of returns for the Assess- the railways and the Mumbai ment Year 2017-18 (financial made during Metropolitan Region Develop- year 2016-17). November 9 and ment Authority (MMRDA) as Since the station is planned come by way of a loan from Besides providing for the latter was strongly opposed to be built underground, the Japan. The project cost includes declaring income, exemp- December 30, to giving land to the public above space can be utilised for possible cost escalation, inter- tion claimed and tax paid, the 2016 after the old transporter. IFSC construction, the official est during construction and forms have a new column pro- 500 and 1,000 The proposed bullet train said. import duties. viding for declaration for any will start underground from There are a total of 12 sta- The west central state of deposit of over Rs 2 lakh in rupee notes were BKC and travel 21 km in a tions on the 508-km route four Maharashtra and the western bank accounts made during demonetised tunnel passing through the sea of which are in Maharashtra state of Gujarat will also share November 9 and December 30, before emerging overground and eight in Gujarat. 25 per cent cost each for the 2016 after the old 500 and 1,000 nishing of PAN. a 50-day window beginning ber 30, 2016 was a one-time 50 lakh by July 31. at Thane. A formal announcement is project. rupee notes were demonetised. The tax department will November 9, 2016 to deposit feature in the ITR and would ITR2 is to be filed by indi- The MRDA had wanted to likely to be made by the rail- Currently geo-technical This column is also to be collate the data it has of cash the junked notes in bank not be there in the ITR from viduals and HUFs who do not use the BKC land for the pro- ways and Maharashtra soon survey is going on to be fol- used for declaring cash pay- payments made in excess of Rs accounts. For those with unac- next year onwards. The ITR, have income from business or posed International Financial ending the uncertainities over lowed by the final location sur- ments in excess of Rs 2 lakh 2 lakh with the returns filed. counted cash, it gave them one he had said, would evolve or profession and ITR3 is filed Services Centre (IFSC) at BKC. location of the starting point of vey to mark the alignment and for repayment of any loan or “We want to see if the last opportunity to come clean change every year depending by individuals and HUFs hav- The state Urban Develop- India’s first bullet train project, exact spots for the pillars on settlement of credit card bills income profile matches with by depositing 50 per cent of it on the need. While coming out ing income from a proprietary ment Department had also the official said. which trains will run at higher during this 50-day period, a the cash payments made,” he as tax and parking another 25 with new ITRs, the CBDT had business or profession. asked the railways to explore The total land available at speed to reduce the travelling senior official said here. said. The move comes amid per cent in a zero- interest bear- also rationalised them and cut Also ITR 2 and ITR 3 also alternatives near Bandra Ter- BKC is about 67 acres and the time between Mumbai and “The column is an attempt concerns of unaccounted cash ing deposit for four years. down the number of forms to have a Schedule AL which minus and Kurla. project needs about 10 acre Ahmedabad drastically. to match the cash deposits or black money being used to The changes made in ITR seven from earlier nine. require assessees to declare However, the railways land. It takes about seven hours made post demonetisation settle bills after credit cards are an attempt to catch tax While all taxpayers will their assets and liabilities at the had rejected the suggestion Passenger area, platforms, to travel between the two cit- with the annual income,” he were used to make heavy pur- evaders, the official said. have to now mandatorily link end of the fiscal. ITR4 (Sugam) and managed to convince the escalators, lifts among oth- ies and the bullet train aims to said. While all credit cards are chases. It could also be that Revenue Secretary Has- Aadhaar with their PAN cards, is filed by those individuals MMRDA that India’s first high ers will be constructed under- reduce it to about two hours. linked to permanent account black money could have been mukh Adhia had last week ITR1 (Sahaj) form has been who have opted for income speed rail project should be ground at BKC. Construction of the corri- number (PAN) of the holder, used to repay loans. told that the new column of shortened from 7 page to 1 calculation under presump- constructed at an underground Estimated to cost about Rs dor is expected to start in 2018 almost all loans by scheduled Post-demonetisation, the cash deposits made during page to enable filing of returns tive income from business and terminus at BKC, a senior Rail- 97,636 crore, 81 per cent of the and is estimated to be com- banks are also provided on fur- government had provided November 9, 2016 and Decem- by people with income up to Rs profession. PTI way Ministry official said. funding for the project will pleted by 2023. PTI Mother Dairy NSE cuts fee on options, currency FinMin may seek relaxation of turnover up 9% at `7,850 derivatives to deepen market public float deadline for PSBs cr in FY17 MUMBAI: Looking to bring various entities, including in more liquidity in derivatives, small and medium enterprises. NEW DELHI: The Finance NEW DELHI: Mother Dairy’s leading stock exchange NSE The fee starts at Rs 110 per FPIs pour in $2.45 bn in just Ministry may request cap- Macro data, Q4 show next turnover grew by 9 per cent in has significantly lowered trans- crore of traded value for incre- ital market regulator Sebi to the last fiscal to about Rs 7,850 action charges in equity options mental monthly turnover of four trading sessions extend the August deadline for triggers for market crore helped by better sales in and currency derivatives. up to Rs 1,000 crore in the cur- PSBs to meet 25 per cent public value-added dairy products Trading members will now rency derivatives and comes NEW DELHI: Foreign investors have pumped float norm as it mulls various NEW DELHI: A clutch of macro data points, and edible oils businesses. have to pay a flat Rs 2,500 down as turnover rises. options to pare government Mother Dairy, a wholly- in a staggering $2.45 billion in capital markets start of the fourth quarter results season and transaction fee for a month on The transaction charges in the last four trading sessions on the back of stake in state-run banks. owned subsidiary of the a billable monthly turnover or for currency derivatives had There are seven public sec- geo-political dynamics post US missile attack National Dairy Development premium value of up to Rs 3 been linked to traded value and improved investor sentiments driven by pas- tor banks (PSBs), including on Syria will determine market movement this Board (NDDB), had posted a crore in equity options. compliance points. sage of GST bills and growth in manufacturing United Bank of India, Indian week, experts said. Release of a handful of key turnover of Rs 7,186 crore in The move follows changes The NSE’s move, which was sector. This comes following a record net inflow Bank, Bank of Maharashtra data is due, including industrial production (IIP) 2015-16. in transaction charges by rival announced through separate of Rs 56,944 crore ($8.7 billion) last month, and Central Bank of India, “Our turnover has BSE, which has started charg- circulars, is based on market where the government hold- for February and consumer price index-based increased by over 9 per cent ing on per trade basis in certain feedback and is expected to mainly on expectations that BJP’s victory in ing is above 75 per cent. (CPI) inflation for March on Wednesday. “Q4 to about Rs 7,850 crore during segments. Besides, the BSE has benefit small and big market assembly polls would lead to faster reforms. In Post second round of capi- FY17 earnings, macroeconomic data and trend 2016-17 fiscal. In value-added been gaining market share in players as well as encourage February, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) had tal infusion in March, the gov- in global markets will drive market sentiment in dairy products and edible oils, the currency derivatives space. more investor participation. made a net investment of Rs 15,862 crore in ernment stake in some more the truncated trading session this week,” said our growth was nearly 20 per Furthermore, the NSE has “The reduction in the trans- equity and debt markets. Prior to that, FPIs had banks could go beyond 75 cent,” Mother Dairy Manag- introduced a slab-based struc- actions charges in response to per cent. As per guidelines of Vijay Singhania, founder Director, Trade Smart ing Director S Nagarajan said. ture for turnover above Rs 3 feedback from markets will pulled out more than Rs 80,000 crore between the Securities and Exchange Online. IT heavyweight Infosys will kick off the The company sells value- crore. Under the structure, encourage more participation October 2016 to January 2017. A major boost to Board of India (Sebi), govern- earnings season as it gets ready to announce added dairy products like ice transaction charges per lakh and is very inclusive as it would the investor sentiments came last week from ment stake in PSUs should be its fourth quarter and annual results on Thurs- cream, curd, paneer and ghee. of premium value will fall as benefit both small and large the latest Nikkei India Manufacturing PMI data, 75 per cent or less by August day. “Any major confrontation in Syria is likely However, Nagarajan said turnover increases. So far, the investors and members,” an which showed the factory output growth rising 2017. the company’s sales in fruits NSE levied a transaction fee of NSE spokesperson said. “Effort is there to meet the to impact the global markets,” said Vinod Nair, and vegetables segment Rs 5,000 on billable turnover “This reduction will make to a five-month high in March. PTI Sebi s public float guidelines Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services. PTI remained muted. About 75-80 of up to Rs 1 crore in equity Indian markets more com- but in case some banks are per cent of the company’s sales options and gave incentives for petitive and would encourage per lakh as transaction charges. mechanism for currency unable due to market condi- on the table, like public offer Government holding in come from dairy business, he trades over Rs 1 crore. wider participation, thereby Similarly, transaction futures, incremental monthly tion, then we will approach the and selling stake to LIC, the United Bank of India is at said. The edible oil business At the same time, the NSE infusing more liquidity.” charges will be Rs 47.50 for turnover of up to Rs 1,000 crore regulator seeking exemption official added. 88.72 per cent, followed by contributes about Rs 1,000 has also lowered transaction As per the new slab struc- turnover between Rs 100 crore will attract Rs 110 for every one from minimum public share- There are four PSU banks Indian Bank (82.10), Bank of crore, while fruits and vege- charges for currency deriva- ture in the equity options seg- and Rs 750 crore, Rs 42.50 for crore of traded value. holding (MPS) requirement of where government hold- Maharashtra (81.61), Central tables add about Rs 600-700 tives trades and has put in place ment, incremental billable Rs 750-1,500 crore, Rs 37.50 for The transaction charges for 25 per cent in those cases,” a ing is more than 80 per cent, Bank of India (81.28), Punjab crore. Mother Dairy plans to a slab-based mechanism, a monthly turnover or premium Rs 1,500-2,000 crore and Rs 30 currency futures range from Finance Ministry official said. while it is between 75-80 per and Sind Bank (79.62), Indian launch new flavours of ice- move which will help reduce value between Rs 3 crore and for over Rs 2,000 crore. Rs 110 to as low as Rs 30 as the There are still five months cent in three lenders as of Overseas Bank (79.56) and Uco cream soon as it targets higher trading and hedging costs for Rs 100 crore will attract Rs 50 Under the slab-based trading value goes up. PTI to go and various options are December 2016. Bank (76.67). PTI growth this fiscal. PTI BookaTruck to Biz confidence hits record high raise `25 cr to Govt allows linking Aadhaar with expand ops with cos upbeat on economy: CII NEW DELHI: Truck book- PAN through ID proof scan, OTP ing startup BookaTruck looks NEW DELHI: With companies being optimis- to raise about Rs 25 crore in NEW DELHI: Individuals struggling to haar. Over 1.08 crore assessees have already tic that economic activities will gather pace this the third quarter of this fiscal link their Permanent Account Number Aadhaar-linked PAN but the number is year, the CII Business Confidence Index soared to expand its presence across with Aadhaar because of differently spelt abysmally low as there are over 25 crore to an all-time high in the Jan-March quarter. “A the country. names can now simply upload a scanned PAN card holders in the country, while sharp uptick in business outlook, at the onset of BookaTruck launched the copy of PAN to get the work done. Aadhaar has been issued to 111 crore peo- 2017, underpins the hope that the reform ini- app-based service for booking Besides, the tax department is planning ple. As per statistics with the tax depart- tiatives of the government would unravel a host of heavy commercial vehicles to introduce an option on the e-filing por- ment, only 6 crore people file income tax of investment opportunities for firms, going in February this year. tal through which taxpayers can choose returns at present. forward,” industry body CII said on the surge The firm’s Co-Founder to link the Aadhaar without changing the The official said that linking of PAN in the index. Harshit Khetawat said it is name by opting for a One-Time Password The tax department will start educating with Aadhaar should not be cumbersome The significant rise in the index this quar- looking to raise about Rs 25 (OTP), provided that the year of birth of taxpayers from this week through media for people whose registered mobile num- ter could be attributed to the distinct improve- crore in the third quarter of the person matches in both documents. outreach on ways to link the PAN with ber with the Unique Identification Author- ment in the ‘Expectations Index’ even as there 2017-18. “We aim to reduce With the linking of PAN with Aadhaar Aadhaar, an official said. ity of India (UIDAI) is active. is a marginal uptick in the ‘Current Situation CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee transportation cost by making being made mandatory, individuals can Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had “In case the taxpayer is unable to link Index’, indicating that business sentiment is trucking efficient and simple,” log on to e-filing website of the income tax through amendment to tax proposals in PAN with Aadhaar because of discrepancy strong and firms are particularly upbeat about Khetawat said. department or NSDL but the seeding can- the Finance Bill of the Budget for 2017-18, in name, we are advising them to log in to activity in their sectors in the future, the indus- The turnaround in business He said the company is a not happen if the name is differently spelt had made Aadhaar mandatory for filing the Aadhaar website, request for a name try body observed. expectations, as indicated in technology-enabled logistics in the two cards -- like use of full name in income tax returns and provided for link- change and upload a scanned copy of PAN However, asked to rank their concerns in the service provider and offers a PAN and initials in Aadhaar. ing of PAN with Aadhaar to curb tax eva- card as supported proof. This is the sim- coming six months, a majority of the firms stated the survey, gives credence to one-stop solution for all truck In such cases, government has allowed sion through use of multiple PAN cards. plest way to update name in Aadhaar and low domestic demand followed by fragile global the belief that a new growth transportation needs through- a simple uploading of a scanned copy of The e-filing portal has already activated only the registered mobile number has to economic recovery and rise in commodity prices out India. PAN on the Aadhaar website. a functionality of linking PAN with Aad- be functional,” the official said. PTI as their key concerns. narrative is being scripted for “Through this service, “The turnaround in business expectations, the country based on improved one can also track the move- as indicated in the survey, gives credence to ment of the vehicle as they are the belief that a new growth narrative is being business sentiment and investor equipped with GPS technol- Irdai asks insurers to appoint data security officer by Apr 30 scripted for the country based on improved busi- confidence ogy and we provide 24x7 cus- ness sentiment and investor confidence,” CII tomer care,” he added. Since its NEW DELHI: Insurance 30 and complete a full circle by The guidelines entail responsibility of CISO to any Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said. The launch, it has seen about 1,300 firms will have to mandato- end-March 2018. data, applications, operat- of the functionaries reporting CII Business Confidence (BCI) Index recorded in sales in Jan-Mar 2017, as compared to only 39 app downloads, registered over rily appoint a chief informa- “By March 31, all insur- ing systems and network lay- to Board, Irdai said. an all-time high of 64.1 during the January- per cent who experienced the same in October- 10,000 trucks and catered to tion security officer by April ance companies will have to ers. Security audit and legal Data security is impor- March period against 56.5 recorded in the pre- December 2016. over 100 companies. 30 whose main job would be appoint a Chief Information aspects on cyber security are tant and needs proper guard vious quarter. There has been a sharp rise in the On similar lines, 60 per cent of the respon- Another Co-Founder ensuring data protection. Security Officer (CISO) who other aspects of the guidelines. against theft and misuse as index after it remained subdued in the last few dents anticipate an increase in new orders during Manuj Khetawat said the This is part of sector reg- will be responsible for artic- Insurance firms who are insurers and related enti- quarters. The findings are a part of CII’s 98th Jan-Mar 2017 as compared to 41 per cent who app offers users the option of ulator Insurance Regulatory ulating and enforcing the in existence for less than three ties share significant amount edition of quarterly Business Outlook Survey, witnessed the same in the preceding quarter. instant truck booking and real- and Development Authority policies to protect their infor- years, however, have been of personal and confiden- which was based on around 200 responses from Much of the recovery in business conditions time pricing. of India (Irdai) cyber security mation assets and forma- exempted from the require- tial policy holder informa- large, medium, small and micro firms, covering is expected to be domestically driven as a large It is currently available only guidelines that will be imple- tion of Information Security ment of a full-time appoint- tion, at times even sensitive all regions of the country. proportion of firms (61.8 per cent) expect to on Android, but the founders mented in series, the first Committee (ISC),” Irdai said ment of a CISO. health-related ones, with third Business conditions are expected to improve maintain status quo on their export orders in plan to soon launch an iOS ver- phase of which begins on April in circular. However, they can give parties. PTI as over 63 per cent of the firms expect an increase Jan-Mar 2017. PTI sion as well. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017

PURPLE CAP HOLDER RASHID KHAN WARNS PAES SHOULD NOT SULK; BOPANNA IS NO. 1 WE KNEW RASHID IS GOING TO BE A THREAT, OPPONENTS, SAYS MORE TO COME DOUBLES PLAYER, SAYS BHUPATHI SAYS BRAD HODGE HYDERABAD: Sunrisers’ Rashid Khan, who bagged the purple BENGALURU: Leander Paes has no reason to “sulk” after HYDERABAD: Gujarat Lions coach Brad Hodge said they cap for taking most number of wickets so far in this edition of being excluded from India’s playing squad since he was always knew that young leg-spinner Rashid Khan would prove to Indian Premier League (IPL), on Sunday said he will try to top conveyed in advance that his place was not confirmed in final be threat and blamed his batsmen for not putting enough total the list till the end of the Twenty20 cricket tournament.“It’s a four, non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi said on Sunday. against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rashid, the teenaged leg-spinner wonderful moment for me to take this purple cap. Hopefully I’ll Bhupathi had picked Rohan Bopanna ahead of Paes to play from Afghanistan who is the first-ever player from the war-torn try to keep this with me right till the end,” he said. against Uzbekistan and defended his decision. country to make his debut in IPL, claimed three crucial wickets. RCB face KXIP IPL captaincy Pandey smashes unbeaten will help Warner in another test of return to form, character 81 to help KKR post 178/7 says Ponting MELBOURNE: Former Aus- tralia captain Ricky Ponting INDORE: Having notched dra Chahal grabbed two wick- has tipped David Warner to up a morale-boosting win ets apiece but it was Pawan be one of the contenders for over Delhi Daredevils with- Negi, picked by Watson to bowl IPL’s ‘Player of the Tournament’ out some of their star players, the final over, who did the trick award as he feels extra respon- Royal Challengers Bangalore for RCB by dismissing Rishabh sibility always gets the best out face another test of character Pant, the only Delhi batsman of the dashing opener. when they face Kings XI Pun- who could have won the match Warner didn’t have a good jab in their third IPL match for his side. Test tour of India and will be here on Monday. On the batting front, RCB aiming to get back to form RCB began their campaign surely missed Kohli and de with some good scores for without skipper and star bats- Villiers though Kedar Jadhav defending champions Sunris- man Virat Kohli as well as once again showed his utility ers Hyderabad in the IPL. another key player AB de Vil- by smashing a 37-ball 69 to sin- “On the back of a slightly liers due to injuries and lost gle-handedly take his side to disappointing Test series, he’s their opening match against 157 for 8. ‘Universe Boss’ Chris back at a championship-win- defending champions Sunris- Gayle failed to get going as he ning team and he’s captain,” ers Hyderabad. scored just 6 on Saturday after Ponting told a private website. RCB have also lost India his 32 in RCB’s first match. “I think he loves that batsman Lokesh Rahul for Kings XI Punjab will come responsibility. And he’s an the entire tournament owing into Monday’s match with a lot opening batsman. You’d think to an injury and the talented of confidence after a comfort- the Player of the Tournament Sarfaraz Khan will most likely able victory over Rising Pune is going to be a spinner or an be unavailable for the season Supergiant in their opening opening batsman. That’s the after hurting himself on the match. Australian Glenn Max- way the T20 game is right now, field during a practice match. well led from the front with a so I think Davey will be Player Kohli is almost certain to quickfire 44 off just 20 balls to of the Tournament,” the Aussie miss Monday’s match as there chase down the target with six legend said. KKR’s Manish Pandey (left) enroute his unbeaten 81 against Mumbai. In the day’s other match, David Warner smashes the ball against Gujarat Lions in Hyderabad has not been any word on his balls to spare. PICS/PTI Ponting is confident that status since the BCCI’s advi- Maxwell was making his MUMBAI: Manish Pandey ting that the total crossed the pitched short. Krunal picked up his third David Warner roared back to Warner will not be affected by sory on April 2 which said that captaincy debut in the match smashed an unbeaten 81 off 150 mark. Lasith Malinga, the IPL s wicket later by inducing his form with a blistering 76 after his dry spell during Test series his fitness will be assessed in against RPS and he would 47 balls to help Kolkata Knight But apart from his superb highest wicket taker who had Baroda teammate Yusuf Pathan rookie Afghan spinner Rashid as he remains in a happy space the second week of this month. look to continue against RCB Riders recover from a mini col- knock, the KKR innings lacked missed the last IPL edition, to loft the ball to long off for Khan weaved a mesmerising while playing for the Sunrisers. Explosive South African on Monday also at the Holkar lapse and reach 178 for seven character. was off target initially and gave his brother Hardik to accept a spell as Sunrisers Hyderabad “You always like to go into batsman de Villiers is once Stadium which is KXIP’s sec- against Mumbai Indians in the Krunal finished with fine away runs. straight-forward catch which overpowered Gujarat Lions by any tournament with a lot of again a doubtful starter for and ond home venue along with Indian Premier League here figures of 3 for 24 while Mal- Jasprit Bumrah was hit for left KKR at 87 for four after 12 nine wickets in an IPL encoun- runs under your belt, but to me in his absence Shane Watson Mohali. on Sunday. inga got 2 for 36 while McClen- two successive fours by Gamb- overs. ter on Sunday. It was Rashid’s Davey is the sort of guy that it would continue to lead the side Though they have retained The visitors, asked to bat aghan finished with 1 for 51. hir while McClenaghan too was The 100 came up in the 14th 3 for 19 that helped Sunrisers won’t bother too much. He’s as an interim captain. their core group, Kings XI first, made a brisk start when Kolkata were off to a flyer expensive and it was Krunal over before Surya Yadav struck restrict Lions to a paltry 135 for back into a really comfortable Watson had marshalled his bought eight players in the IPL openers Chris Lynn (32) and with Lynn and Gambhir scor- who arrested the Knight Riders Harbhajan for two fours in the 7 in 20 overs and then Warner environment.” bowling resources well in RCB’s auction including well known captain Gautam Gambhir ing freely against the medium- progress with a double strike in bowler s last over to spoil his blasted his way to an unbeaten The flat tracks in India is 15-run win over Delhi at home, names like Morgan, Darren (19) put on 44 runs in four pacers so that after four overs the fifth over of the innings that figures a bit. 76 off 45 balls to finish the ideal to get back into form, himself taking one wicket and Sammy, Martin Guptill and overs before losing their way the score was an impressive 44 packed off Gambhir (19) and The well-set Pandey lofted match in 15.3 overs. especially while playing white bowling economically by con- Varun Aaron. The KXIP squad against left-arm spinner Krunal without loss. one-down Robin Uthappa (4). Bumrah over long on for his Brief Scores (Match 1) ball cricket. ceding just 21 runs from his has been training at the Hol- Pandya. The duo had come into the Bumrah came back into the second six and then hit him Gujarat Lions: 135/7 (Dwayne “And I think the fact that it’s quota of four overs. kar Stadium for about 10 days Krunal’s twin strike in the game after powering the Knight attack and dismissed the dan- for a four too in the 16th over Smith 37, Jason Roy 31, T20 cricket, against the white Watson choked Delhi’s now and should be well-versed fifth over reduced the Knight Riders to a comprehensive ten- gerous-looking Lynn, trapping before Malinga returned to the Praveen Kumar 1/16) ball and on very good pitches Amit Mishra for runs at the with the conditions. The team Riders from 44 for no loss to wicket win over Gujarat Lions the batsman leg before when he attack and picked up Yadav Sunrisers Hyderabad: 140/1 that you get in India. I am sure closing stages of the match and was dealt a blow in the run up 48 for two and then 87 for four at Rajkot two nights ago after played across the line. with his first ball, caught by (David Warner 76, Moises he will have another good tour- that contributed to RCB’s first to the IPL when senior bats- before the innings was revived putting up a first wicket all- The early momentum gone, Kieron Pollard at long on, and Henriques not out 52, Rashid nament,” Ponting said. win of the tournament. He also man Murali Vijay was ruled by Pandey. time high record of 184 with Harbhajan Singh was brought followed it up with a similar Khan 4-0-19-3). Warner had a terrific IPL contributed a run-a-ball 24, the due to an injury. Pacer Ishant The Karnataka batsman Lynn cracking a 41-ball 93. into the attack after eight overs dismissal of Chris Woakes in Brief Scores (Match 2) last year scoring nine half-cen- second highest score, in RCB’s Sharma, who went unsold in struck Mitchell McClenaghan He again looked in good and the offie, who was surpris- his final over. Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata turies in 17 games. total of 157 for 8. the auction, was named Vijay’s for two sixes and as many fours touch and also smacked a ingly omitted for tactical rea- But Pandey remained till Knight Riders It takes a strong character to Billy Stanlake and Yuzven- replacement. AGENCIES in the last over of the innings short ball from McClenaghan sons in the away lung-opener the end and smacked the ball Kolkata Knight Riders: (Man- be an IPL captain and Ponting that produced 23 runs. over the mid-wicket area into against Rising Pune Supergi- around especially in the final ish Pandey 81, Chris Lynn 32) reckons that Warner can bring IPL TURNS 10: MATCH PREVIEW It was mainly due to the the stands when the left arm ant, kept the batsmen quiet in over bowled by McClenaghan. Mumbai Indians: Krunal Pan- in the overseas and Indian play- Karnataka batsman s clean hit- bowler from New Zealand his first two overs. In the day’s other match, dya: 3/24. AGENCIES ers on same page. AGENCIES BCCI ‘SGM’ adjourned, Srinivasan attends meeting

NEW DELHI: The BCCI on adjournment,” former Saurash- Sunday adjourned its “Special tra CA head Niranjan Shah told The decision to adjourn the meeting General Meeting”, which was reporters on Sunday. was taken after it was learnt that COA attended by former President N The meeting was attended Srinivasan, after the Commit- by most of the veteran mem- had sought Supreme Court directions tee of Administrators (COA) bers rendered ineligible by SC on who all are eligible to be BCCI’s sought Supreme Court direc- order based on Lodha reforms. representative in ICC meetings. The tives on some issues. The likes of Srinivasan, The decision to adjourn the Niranjan Shah, TC Matthew, Supreme Court hearing is on Monday meeting was taken after it was Ranjib Biswal and G Ganga and the Board has again called a learnt that COA had sought Raju -- all above 70 years of age Supreme Court directions on -- attended the meeting in clear meeting on Wednesday who all are eligible to be BCCI’s violation of norms. representative in ICC meetings. From Himachal it was only problem was legitimacy of adjournment. The SC hearing is on Mon- Arun Thakur, former Presi- the meeting with SC hearing on The 70-plus office-bear- day and the Board has again dent Anurag Thakur’s younger Mon d ay.” ers are claiming that Fre- called a meeting on Wednesday. brother, in attendance. Rail- “Some felt that one should quently Asked Questions to “The meeting wasways and Services also had have waited before call- the Lodha Committee, which adjourned as SC is hearing the their representatives in the ramjit Sen’s direction. When a state unit mem- ing the next meeting on formed the basis of their matter tomorrow (Monday). meeting. Acting president CK ber was asked whether anyone Wednesday. But majority in age-related disqualification, RCB’s Kedar Jadhav will be the man to watch out for after his smashing Since legal implications are The only notable absentee Khanna chaired the meeting objected to Srinivasan attend- the meeting were of the opin- are not verdict and hence involved, Amitabh Chaudhary, was Delhi and District Cricket and also signed the minutes of ing the meeting, he told PTI: ion that let’s call it on Wednes- they are still eligible to attend performance against Delhi Daredevils on Saturday the joint Secretary announced Association as per Justice Vik- meeting. “No one had any objection. The day,” one member said after the meeting. AGENCIES New role: ‘Helmet Dalo’, Sachin United in Grief: Pant shows steely Man United resolve like Sachin, Virat defeat 10-man tells bikers at traffic stop Sunderland 3-0 NEW DELHI: It happened in in Bengaluru. Everyone saw it the mind would ask how is he HYDERABAD: Cricketer- Bristol 18 years ago during a but very few knew what went even maintaining that Zen like LONDON: Manchester United turned-parliamentarian Sachin Tendulkar, a one day game. through Rishabh Pant’s mind. calm in a packed stadium? And claimed a 3-0 away victory Tendulkar turned into a road Rajya Sabha MP, One saw how an emotional One still doesn’t know how what was that man wearing lav- against 10-man Sunderland in safety activist at a traffic stop Sachin Tendulkar looked heav- Rishabh’s career will pan out ender coloured training Jer- round 32 of the English Pre- here, urging bikers to wear posted a video enwards after his hundred in after a decade but if it comes sey sitting in that Delhi dugout mier League (EPL) on Sunday, helmets even as they seemed on his Twitter a World Cup match against to strength of character, he thinking? Well, Rahul Dravid to continue competing for a more keen on clicking selfies Kenya. That iconic moment showed that he is at par with was at the other end when position among the top four. with him. page, in which he was just days after he had lost Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Tendulkar came out to bat that Swedish striker Zlatan Ibra- Tendulkar, a Rajya Sabha can be seen on his father Ramesh and his Kohli. It’s not easy for a teen- morning in Bristol. On Sun- himovic opened scoring for the MP, posted a video on his Twit- the back seat of mother Rajni had not allowed ager to lose his father, perform day, he was again present at the visitors after 30 minutes. Sun- ter page, in which he can be him to grieve the loss. Nobody the last rites and then join the ground as Rishabh’s coach. Did derland Swedish midfielder seen on the back seat of a car a car and telling has forgotten it. Something humdrum of a high octane he tell Rishabh about how Ten- Sebastian Larsson was sent and telling bikers to not drive bikers to not drive similar happened closer home T20 game. He loves to chuckle, dulkar had coped with tragedy off just 13 minutes later for a without helmets. without helmets in Delhi in 2007 during a Ranji laugh and joke. But on Satur- on that day? Nobody knows. challenge against Manches- “Helmet Dalo!! Road safety Trophy game. A few witnessed day night there was a stone The 50 wasn’t celebrated. The ter’s Ander Herrera and it gave should be the highest priority it and lot many heard what is faced ‘Man Boy’ at the crease job wasn’t finished yet. Mills United a big advantage. The for everyone. Please don’t ride question. now a part of Indian cricket’s for Delhi Daredevils in an IPL bowled a slow bouncer and he Red Devils easily dominated without a helmet,” he posted. As his car drives off, Ten- folklore. Virat Kohli lost his match against Royal Challeng- hooked it behind square for the game against the 10-man In the video, a couple of dulkar was also seen waving at father, Prem, during a Ranji ers Bangalore.When he pulled a six. But it wasn’t just about rival before Armenian mid- bikers without helmets look on Helmet Dalo!! Road safety should be the other motorists and urging the Trophy game against Karna- Tymal Mills’ slow bouncer for a cricket. It was way beyond that. fielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan stunned as Tendulkar calls on highest priority for everyone. Please don’t ones without helmets to follow taka at midnight. Delhi was six, it wasn’t just a cricket shot, Alas, it didn’t happen. scored the second goal for them to follow the rules. After the rules. in doldrums and Virat made it was something beyond that. Pawan Negi bowled him round Manchester United just 47 sec- the initial surprise, one of the ride without a helmet It happened during Ten- 97, saved his team and per- It wasn’t just the bowler at the the legs. He couldn’t believe it. onds after the beginning of the men took out his smartphone dulkar’s recent visit in Hyder- formed his father’s last rites in end of 22 yards, he was dealing As he trudged back slowly, it second half. English forward to capture a quick selfie with a helmet. It’s dangerous for you. before his car goes past the duo. abad where he had gone to the evening. with. He was dealing with grief was difficult to make out if Marcus Rashford scored the the iconic cricketer. Life is very precious. Is that a The two men are heard attend the opening ceremony Something similar hap- and irreparable loss. Another tears were mixed in the beads third goal one minute before “Promise me you will wear promise?,” Tendulkar tells them saying “yes sir” to Tendulkar’s of IPL. AGENCIES pened again on Saturday night six over deep mid-wicket and of sweat. AGENCIES the final whistle. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017 mp

DAVIS CUP Bagan beat East Bengal to close Ramkumar wins gap on I-League leaders Aizawl but Prajnesh bites SILIGURI: Mohun Bagan dust; India win 4-1 rode on two superlative first- FT: MOHUN BAGAN 2 EAST BENGAL 1 half goals from Sony Norde with Plaza bearing down on Abhinas Ruidas for Austraian and Azharuddin Mallick to him forcing home team keeper striker Chris Payne in search hand 10-men East Bengal a Debjit Mazumdar to avert the of an equaliser. 2-1 defeat and reel in leaders danger. The red and gold shirts Aizawl FC in a I-League tie Balwant came close at the started with more intent post at the Kanchenjunga Stadium other end with a volley on the the break, with Payne forcing here on Sunday. turn which sailed over the bar Mazumdar into a good save Norde (35th) scored from a while Norde dribbled past few early on. But it was not the free kick while Mallick (43rd) defenders to sky his attempt. away side’s night as Plaza was doubled the margin with a din- Norde made amends min- sent off for a reckless challenge ked effort from the edge of the utes later, curling in a delectable on Bagan defender Anas Eda- box as Bagan trimmed the gap free kick that beat East Bengal thodika. As the match neared to one point on Aizawl who lost goalkeeper T.P. Rehenesh all its final whistle, East Bengal earlier in the day to defending ends up to nestle into the top players seemed to losing their India’s Ramkumar Ramnathan being greeted by Sanjar Fayziev of champions Bengaluru FC by a right corner. cool, engaging in hasty duels Uzbekistan after their reverse singles match at Asia Oceania Group 1 solitary goal. Azharuddin doubled the and verbal exchanges with their tie in Bengaluru on Sunday. Ramnathan won the tie 6-3, 6-2 PIC?PTI Rowlin Borges pulled one Sanjoy Sen coached side’s tally counterparts. Morgan tried to back for the visitors in the sec- sending the sparse Bagan sup- inject pace by introducing the BENGALURU: A clean-sweep Fayziev struggled to adjust ond half injury time. porters in a tizzy two min- nippy Jackichand Singh in could not come through but to the bounce and speed of the Bengaluru FC’s Serbian utes before halftime. Picking place of Romeo Fernandes as India stamped their authority court while Ramkumar turned recruit Marjan Jugovic ensured up the ball from Duffy, East Bengal threw everything over Uzbekistan by winning the it into his advantage. He con- Sony Norde (35th minute) scored from a free kick while Mallick (43rd) doubled the margin for Mohun Bagan both Kolkata outfits had every- the lanky Under-22 player but the kitchen sink in the Davis Cup tie 4-1 to advance sistently sent down bouncy thing to play for ahead of the and East Bengal who stayed the first whistle. Bagan got sain floater for a lurking Wed- waltzed past East Bengal play- dying minutes of the match. to the World Group play-offs, serves, enticing errors from derby by scoring the winner on 27 points from 15 outings. two early chances with Dar- son Anselme whose shot was ers and chipped the ball over Borges got a goal back too here on Sunday. his opponent. for Bengaluru against surprise East Bengal’s Trinidad & ryl Duffy and Balwant Singh deflected off a Bagan defender an onrushing Rehenesh from in second half added time but India’s place in the World In his first service game, leaders Aizawl who remained Tobago import Willis Plaza taking a swipe at goal from 35 for a corner from which noth- outside the box. The ball took that proved to be too little too Group play-offs, to be held in Fayziev was down 0-40 and on 30 points from 15 games. was given marching orders in yards and the edge of the box ing transpired. a deflection off the post to late as East Bengal were left September, was secured once a was broken when he smashed Bagan, on 29 points after the 66th minute. respectively. Bagan centre-back Eduardo sneak in. In between both the red faced with their rivals 3-0 lead was grabbed on Satur- an overhead volley long and the convincing win, have a In Siliguri, as expected, At the other end, Plaza Fereirra then almost made a goals, East Bengal coach Trevor stealing a march on their day in the Asia/Oceania Group wide on the second breakpoint. game in hand to both Aizawl it was end to end stuff from headed down a Mehtab Hos- hash of a regulation backpass Morgan replaced U-22 player bitter rivals. AGENCIES I second round tie. The team Ramkumar quickly ran was eyeing a whitewash but fell away with a 3-0 lead with an short in the second reverse sin- easy hold and could have been gles’ match. 4-0 up when Fayziev commit- Bayern crush Relief for Real as Neymar sees red Ramkumar Ramnathan ted three consecutive double continued India’s domination faults but the Uzbek managed of the home tie by outclassing to hold. Dortmund; Hamburg Sanjar Fayziev 6-3 6-2 in just A backhand passing winner in Barca’s 0-2 defeat to Malaga 67 minutes in the first reverse handed Ramkumar a break- singles at the KSLTA stadium. point in the sixth game but the MADRID: Neymar was sent- Penaranda finished off a flow- Left-handed Prajnesh Gun- Uzbek served well to save that. stun Hoffenheim off as Barcelona lost further ing counter-attack. neswaran, though, had a hard The Indian also approached ground on Real Madrid at the However, Barca were also battle at hand against the big- the net better in the open- GERMAN BUNDESLIGA top of La Liga in a shock 2-0 infuriated with referee Gil serving 406th ranked Ismailov. ing set, easily putting away defeat to Malaga. Manzano when he somehow Ismailov negotiated the Fayziev’s feeble returns from Real are now three awarded a free-kick on the conditions much better than the baseline. He served out the points clear and have a game edge of the box when Sergi Fayziev and emerged a deserv- set in the ninth game. After in hand despite Antoine Roberto had been brought ing 7-5 6-3 winner in the sec- squandering two break chances Griezmann’s classy finish five down clearly inside the area. ond reverse singles. in the opening game of the sec- minutes from time snatch- Malaga finally picked Both the players served big ond set, Ramkumar earned a ing a 1-1 draw for Atletico off the 10 men in the but debutant Prajnesh buck- third with a brilliant lob and Madrid earlier at the Santiago final minute when Pablo led under pressure in crucial converted when Fayziev fluffed Bernabeu. Fornals unselfishly squared moments and that made a dif- a volley. Fayziev served better However, Real can now for Jony to smash home from ference to the outcome of the in the following games and afford to lose to Barca at home close range. match. returned well but Ramkumar in two weeks’ time and still Barca’s defeat meant Real’s Ismailov’s victory meant still managed to get another have a first title in five years in SPANISH LA LIGA disappointment earlier in the that India could not force break in the seventh game to their own hands. day was short lived. a whitewash. The last time open up a 5-2 lead and served Neymar picked up the first Mathieu to sprint clear on goal his first booking for delay- Pepe’s towering header India enjoyed a clean-sweep out the match in the next game. red card of his Barcelona career and slot past Marc-Andre ter ing a Malaga free-kick early in the second half looked was in February 2014 when “I played clever today for two bookable offences as Stegen at his near post. whilst tying his shoelaces to have Real heading five points they hammered Chinese Tai- (Sunday). The tie was sealed the Catalans were left to Malaga also had the bet- and stupidly charged into clear at the top in the Madrid pei in Indore.However, it was so I focused on a few things. Bayern Munich players celebrate after scoring against Dortmund rue letting Sandro Ramirez ter chances of the second- Diego Llorente 25 minutes derby. a brilliant start for new cap- I did not want to commit a lot join Malaga for free half filled with controversy as from time to see red. However, Griezmann tain Mahesh Bhupathi, who has of double faults, I wanted to MUNICH: Bayern Munich ance from midfielder Arturo last summer. Juanpi shot straight at Ter Ste- The hosts then had a goal rounded Keylor Navas to slot introduced a few rules for the return better. I played smart cruised past Borussia Dort- Vidal to hammer home. Sandro exposed some gen when clean through. wrongly ruled out for offside home at the near post five min- players and has his own style of and all the effort paid off,” mund 4-1 thanks to a brace After the restart, Bay- awful defending from Jeremy Neymar had been shown when substitute Adalberto utes from time. AGENCIES carrying out business. Ramkumar said. AGENCIES from Robert Lewandowski, ern started where they while Hamburg shocked left off as Dutch veteran Hoffenheim 2-1 riding on winger Arjen Robben made India thrash Belarus 4-0, enter final of We have not achieved Hamilton a couple from Aaron Hunt use of a through ball from in the Bundesliga football Ribery to drill the ball from Women’s Hockey World League Round 2 anything yet: Constantine coasts to 5th championship. the edge of the box into the Bayern returned to winning far post corner to restore WEST VANCOUVER: The Indian women’s team stormed into the final of NEW DELHI: National team optimistically added, “If we do title at Chinese ways after beating Dortmund the two-goal lead in the coach Stephen Constantine our job and work hard we will, 4-1 in a one-sided affair as two 49th minute. Hockey World League Round 2 after a 4-0 thrashing of Belarus in the semifi- believes Indian football has I am sure, achieve both of those goals within 10 minutes on Sat- However, Bayern were not nals here. India now play Chile in the summit clash. With this semifinal victory, “not achieved anything yet” goals.” Grand Prix urday smoothed the way for done with the scoring and India won a berth to take part in the Women’s Hockey World League Semi- but the quantum leap in FIFA In March 2015, India’s the 21st victory of the season, added another goal to their Final to be held in June/July, which is a qualifier for the FIH Women’s World rankings has intensified the position had slipped to SHANGHAI: Mercedes driver reports Xinhua news agency. lead as Lewandowski converted team’s quest to qualify for Asian 173 out of 209 countries, Lewis Hamilton steered clear of Carlo Ancelotti’s men a foul play penalty to mark his Cup 2018.India were the dominant side right from the start. Even though Cup 2019 and break into the its worst ever ranking, and a chaotic start to the Chinese caught a bright start in front 26th goal of the season to put Belarus won two early penalty corners in the fourth and the ninth minutes, the top 100. they improved to 135 the Grand Prix and coasted to vic- of 75,000 spectators at the the result beyond doubt in the Indian team’s defence was impressive as they denied an early lead to their op- In the latest world rank- following year. tory on Sunday, claiming his sold-out Allianz Arena as 68th minute. ponents. India were quick to earn their first penalty corner in the 13th minute ings issued by FIFA, the Constantine warned his fifth title in Shanghai. French veteran winger Franck Bayern remain atop the and it was Gurjit Kaur whose stunning goal gave India a 1-0 lead in the first country was placed 101, players to keep their feet firmly Hamilton started from pole Ribery broke the deadlock standings with a ten-point a significant achievement in the on the ground. position and led from begin- with just four minutes into advantage while Dortmund quarter. India took 2-0 lead in the 20th minute through skipper Rani when she context of Indian football. “It’s been a difficult road. ning to end to capture the the game after a square pass stay on the fourth place after successfully converted a penalty stroke. Both teams traded penalty corners in The Briton, though, is not We had last qualified for the 54th race title of his career and from Philipp Lahm. Bay- suffering the sixth loss of the the third quarter with India winning one in the 33rd minute but the strike was reading too much into the World Cup Qualifiers long his first of the new Formula ern gained momentum and season. wide. Belarus, on the other hand, won a penalty corner in the 40th minute but recent growth story. back and we were struggling One season. doubled the lead through Hamburg extended their Yuliya Mikheichyk’s hard-struck drag flick was saved by India’s goalkeeper “We need to stay focused on all fronts. Of course you Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel Polish hitman Lewandowski, unbeaten streak to nine games and make sure we understand can’t change things overnight recovered from a mishap-filled who curled a free kick from as they surprisingly beat third Savita. The Indian women played fast-paced hockey, breaching into the op- we have not achieved anything but we will continue to try and start to finish in second place, 20 metres into the bottom left placed Hoffenheim 2-1. position striking circle quite often. Rani made a solo attempt and scored a bril- yet. I would rather be 101 in the improve and get better,” he said. 6.2 seconds behind the Mer- corner, with 10 minutes played. The hosts staged a pow- liant field goal that took India’s lead to 3-0 in the 40th minute. Though Belarus FIFA rankings and qualify for “Bringing in new blood cedes driver. Red Bull’s Max Hapless Dortmund showed erful performance from were awarded a penalty corner in the 42nd minute, their attempt to score was the Asian Cup UAE 2019 than and creating competition for Verstappen improved from a vital sign and reduced the the kick off whereas Hof- denied yet again by Savita. It was Gurjit Kaur’s splendid penalty stroke goal in be 95 and not be there,” Con- places in the team has been 16th position on the starting arrears out of the blue in the fenheim needed some time stantine said. a process, and I’m pleased grid to finish third, fighting off 20th minute as Raphael Guer- to gain a foothold into the 58th minute that took India’s score to 4-0 and sealed the match. AGENCIES The 54-year-old, in his sec- we are moving in the a spirited challenge from team- reiro utilised a misplaced clear- the game. AGENCIES ond stint with the Indian team, right direction.” mate Daniel Ricciardo on the final lap. Ricciardo ended up in fourth position, followed by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen Gonzalo Higuain brace as We’re certain to meet May 15 in fifth and Mercedes’ Valt- teri Bottas in sixth. A drama- filled start on a wet track from rain earlier in the day set the Juventus warm up for Barca deadline: Kochi U-17 WC official stage for Hamilton’s victory and Mercedes’ recovery after Vettel MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain critics looking for more of the NEW DELHI: Left red-faced nodal officer posted by Kerala surprisingly captured the sea- hit his second brace in as beautiful game from the Italian after a stinging assessment by government to speed up work son’s opening race at the Aus- many games as Paulo Dybala- giants when he told Premium a FIFA team on their readiness at the stadium the local organ- tralian Grand Prix last month. inspired Juventus warmed up Sport: “It makes me laugh to host the U-17 World Cup isers have been working on The drivers had barely left the for their midweek Champi- when I read about ‘spectacular matches, the local organisers war footing and he is certain starting grid when Williams’ ons League clash against Bar- football’. That’s okay for the cir- in Kochi on Sunday vowed to to finish work before the May Lance Stroll bumped against celona with a shaky 2-0 win cus, but our job is to go out and keep the stadium ready before 15 deadline. He said the Ker- Sergio Perez of Force India and over Chievo. Juve’s 25th win of win. “I have really good players, the deadline set by FIFA. ala government had submit- spun off the track into a bed the campaign took the Turin and it’s not about entertaining. A FIFA team last week had ted a written assurance to the of gravel. A short time later giants, chasing a record sixth There are dirty games some- expressed “deep concern” over FIFA team as well as the Sports later, on the fourth lap, Anto- consecutive scudetto, nine times, not all games are the the pace of work at the Jawaha- Ministry that all the renovation nio Giovinazzi hit a wet patch points clear of Roma, who face same. But we still have to go out rlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, work will be complete and con- and slammed into the wall, Bologna on Sunday looking to and win them.” Gianluigi Buf- one of the six venues selected cerns of the world body will be severely damaging his Sauber tighten their grip on second fon’s 616th appearance in Serie to host matches in October, and resolved. car and bringing the race to a spot. Juve are also set to meet A meant the Juve ‘keeper over- set May 15 as deadline for com- “We have sped up the ren- halt again. During the safety- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Lazio in the Italian Cup final took retired Inter Milan great pleting the work. ovation and other works at the car slowdowns to remove both after a 5-4 semi-final aggre- ITALIAN SERIE A Javier Zanetti (615), although Jamie Yarza, FIFA’s head of FIFA’s concerns were mainly on naments or matches. Yarza had main stadium, we are work- cars from the track, the top gate win over Napoli in mid- will be expecting improve- he remains behind Paolo Mal- events and who led the inspec- two issues. The first is the secu- made it clear during the visit ing on a war footing. We can’t drivers pitted to change tires, week, when Argentina striker ments on Tuesday when Juve dini’s impressive tally of 647 tion team, had issued a veiled rity risks to the players, officials that these stores will have to be fail the football loving peo- reshuffling the starting order. Higuain scored twice in a host Barcelona for the first time games. Although he had lit- ultimatum to speed up work on and fans because of the stores removed or closed down. Some ple of Kerala. We are 100 per Hamilton emerged from the 3-2 second leg loss at the San since losing the 2015 final to tle to do in a first half that saw a war footing if the venue wants inside the stadium complex of these stores have even gen- cent sure that all the reno- fray with a hold on the lead, Paolo stadium. But despite see- the La Liga giants in Berlin. Higuain fire past Andrea Secu- to host the World Cup matches. and the installation of bucket erators and fuel tanks, which vation work as directed by but Vettel and Bottas slipped ing Dybala deliver an inspiring Nevertheless, it was a defi- lin from Dybala’s smart cutback The venue was later allotted six seats at the 55,000-capacity sta- is a grave safety and security the FIFA team will be com- back several places and had performance against Chievo, ant Allegri who fired a pre- on 23 minutes, Chievo kept Juve Group matches, one Round of dium, which is mandatory for concern. pleted before the deadline,” to fight the rest of the race to coach Massimiliano Allegri emptive strike at eventual running throughout. AGENCIES 16 and one quarterfinal match. any venue hosting FIFA tour- Hanish Mohammed, the Mohammed said. AGENCIES catch up. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 10 April, 2017

Having done two very Swara hopes different roles this year which were to keep doing appreciated by all, Swara Bhaskar hopes OUT OF THE for a year filled with opportunities ahead Farhan Akhtar rubbishes BOX ROLES rumours of fight with NEW DELHI: As Swara Bhaskar filled with opportunities, I hope I get turned a year older on Sunday, she to do the best of roles that’s unheard said that she wants to keep doing out and out of the box,” said Swara. Aditya Roy Kapur of the box characters like Anarkali The 29-year-old actor, who is in from her latest film and Chanda of Delhi to celebrate her birthday with MUMBAI: The reports of ugly spat between Farhan Akhtar Nil Battey Sannata. her grandmother, says she prefers to and Aditya Roy Kapur have been doing the rounds for a Swara, who received critical do house parties and loves being with while now and the actor-filmmaker on Sunday shut down the acclaim for her portrayal of an her closed ones on special occasions. rumours by posting a happy picture of them on social media. orchestra singer in the recently “I love celebrations irrespective There were reports that Farhan got miffed with Aditya’s released Anarkali of Aarah, says she of the occasions. I like house parties closeness to Shraddha Kapoor and the duo got into a fight hopes her upcoming year in the film with only close friends and family during the 30 years anniversary celebration of Vishesh Films. industry will be full of opportunities. because it’s where I can be myself. “And that, as they say, is that.. RIP rumours. #lastnight #chill- “This year has been really excit- “The most important person of times,” Farhan captioned the photo of him and Aditya smil- ing, I did two extremely different my life is my grandmother, sadly ing for the camera. roles first mother of a 15-year-old in she has not been keeping well since Shraddha and Aditya first sparked dating rumours close Nil Battey... and another an orches- a few days. I will be celebrating my to the release of their blockbuster Aashiqui 2, while the actor’s tra party singer, and by the grace birthday only with her, spending budding romance with Farhan started making headlines after of God both got appreciated by all. quality time,” said the Anarkali of they collaborated on Rock On 2. PTI “I hope the upcoming year is Aarah actor. PTI I am not dying Transgenders becoming to work in films: reality: Aparna Sen Raveena Tandon KOLKATA: Actor-filmmaker Aparna Sen who helms and MUMBAI: Actor Raveena Tandon says she stars in the forthcoming film has now reached a stage in her career where Sonata said she included a she can be choosy about work as she does not transgender character in the crave to be in the limelight. English drama to enhance vis- “Films are not my life. They are part of ibility of the marginalised. my life. I have children, husband, home, par- “I felt, apart from ents, shows and endorsements. I have a lot of friendship, the film was things to do. I am not dying to work in films. exploring many aspects of the I would’ve signed all the films which came my ‘feminine’. I wanted to broaden way if I wanted to see my name every Friday. I that spectrum, include a person am not interested in that,” said Raveena. from a different economic The National award winning-actor, who is strata and include a transgender currently gearing up for the release of Maatr, female because transgenders insists that she wants to play roles that chal- are becoming a reality,” she said lenge her. here at a discussion on ‘Text in “I am enjoying the work I am doing now Context’. person in and the mental space I am in right now. I am Sonata is an adaption of the almost all very content with myself and am not trying to eponymous play by playwright my films chase anything. Being in my 40s, I think it’s a Mahesh Elkunchwar. It will hit because of great time for me. I’ve seen life, matured over the screens on April 21. only one the years,” she says. Directed by Ashtar Sayed, The English drama is a reason... the revenge thriller is a story of a mother fight- psychological exploration of because ing to get justice for her daughter, who is raped. three unmarried women facing we have “I can feel the pain of this person that I am a mid-life crisis. It stars Lilette made them them playing in the film. Life is the best teacher you Dubey, Sen and Shabana Azmi. completely invisible. Let can get,” she says. Raveena says the film tack- Sen said the marginalised invisible and there be this transgender girl les a realistic subject without bowing down to sections of society are people have had no who is a friend of ours. So commercial pressure. “Maatr” is scheduled to “completely invisible”. exposure to them,” explained that’s the reason I included release on April 21. PTI “There was a time when I the filmmaker and actor. a transgender character,” started including a challenged “So I don’t want to make she added. IANS Sean Penn calls Bannon When Judi Dench ‘shampooed a ‘Hollywood ‘Being single the dog’ for a Bollywood song Wannabe’ is like being LOS ANGELES: Sean Penn has said ex-film pro- born again’ KOLKATA: Perplexed at a par- forthcoming film Sonata. the screens on April 21. The ducer and current White ticular Bollywood dance step The Second Best Exotic English drama is a psychologi- House chief strategist Steve while filming The Second Best Marigold Hotel is a 2015 com- cal exploration of three unmar- Bannon is a “Hollywood LOS ANGELES: India- Exotic Marigold Hotel in India, edy-drama film directed by ried women facing a mid-life wannabe”. born US-based actor Freida British cine icon Judi Dench John Madden and written by crisis. It stars Lillete, Aparna The two Pinto, who was earlier in had likened that part of the Ol Parker. and Shabana Azmi. have worked a relationship with actor choreography to “shampooing A prolific theatre actor her- “When I grow old and turn together Dev Patel for seven years, is the dog”, recalls co-star Lillete self, Lillete dubbed Dench, the 80... I want to be Judi Dench... I more than currently single. She says it Dubey. Oscar winner and globally- want to have a new boyfriend... 25 years ago feels like she is born again. “There was a step she acclaimed for playing ‘M’ in the I want to have new knees and I on Penn’s “For the first time, I finally couldn’t understand... so she James Bond series (till 2012), as want to do a film with Hoffman directorial understand the concept of came to me and said ‘Are we an “institution” and hoped she or his like,” added Dubey. Con- debut, The self-love and self-care. I’m doing that step now where could emulate the Shakespeare necting the forthcoming film’s Indian single and happy, and busy. we are shampooing the dog’... in Love actor for her zest for life. premise to the hope and possi- Runner. I haven’t been single for a I didn’t destroy the illusion. The Monsoon Wedding bilities for life at any age, show- Penn long time. It’s like being born She didn’t question why in a actor brought up anecdotes on cased in the Marigold Hotel described again,” Pinto told dailymail. wedding song would we be Dench while discussing Sonata, series, Lillete said: “We were Bannon as co.uk. shampooing a dog... I let it be,” the Aparna Sen-directed shooting the end of the film... “bitter” and Freida and Dev, who reminisced Lillete amid peals of adaptation of the eponymous there’s a big Bollywood num- “bloated” started dating during laughter at a Friday night ses- play by playwright Mahesh ber where everybody dances, to website the filming of Slumdog sion on ‘Text to Context’ on the Elkunchwar. It is slated to hit including Judi...” IANS Death and Millionaire, which released Taxes, in 2008, parted ways in reported December 2014. People “You can be with magazine. someone and it can “Bannon was then, as be really good for Ashley’s message he is now, simply another your growth. bitter Hollywood wan- That’s what Dev nabe who went rogue by was for me. way of toxic narcissistic The seven brought Cheryl to tears iconoclasm. years I was “But, deep in his heart, with him he’s just a conniving hateful were so LONDON: Singer Cheryl, who Cheryl and Payne to congratu- and she admitted it finally felt bloated punk who despises impact- welcomed her first child with late them for welcoming their like closure for their relation- mankind. And then there ful. But boyfriend and One Direction son, reports dailymail.co.uk. ship,” the source added. are also the bad things I ended star Liam Payne last month, “(He) wished Cheryl and After Cole, Cheryl married about him,” Penn said. up being reportedly got emotional when Liam only happiness in their restaurateur Jean-Bernard Fer- Penn is not the only single her first husband and footballer future,” the source told Closer nandez-Versini in July 2014. Hollywood star to take a when I Ashley Cole wished her. magazine. Their relationship came to an shot at Bannon as actor started thinking Cheryl and Cole were “He told Cheryl how lucky end last year. Harry Styles, George Clooney had told a about these other married for four years before her son is to have her and he Payne’s bandmate has said he French news channel that, things,” she said. divorcing in 2010 amid cheat- always knew she’d make an would be “honoured” to be the “Steve Bannon is a failed IANS ing allegations. According to amazing mum. Ashley’s mes- godfather of Cheryl and Liam film writer and director.”PTI a source, Cole reached out to sage brought Cheryl to tears Payne’s baby. AGENCIES