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RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 millenniumpost.in REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 142 | Wednesday, 23 May 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,536.70 (+20.00) pSENSEX 34,651.24 (-35.11) pDOW JONES 25,013.29 (+298.20) pNASDAQ 7394.04 (+39.70) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.04 (+0.08) qRUPEE/EURO 80.18 (-0.14) pGOLD/10GM 31,880 (+5) pSILVER/K 41,100 (+340) DELHI MINORITIES NEW CONTRACT TRUMP-KIM IN 7TH HEAVEN: COMMISSION FARMING LAW TO SUMMIT IN PLAY FAF-ULOUS SHOW ISSUES NOTICE TO SAFEGUARD FARMERS’ AS MOON VISITS TAKES CSK TO JNU REGISTRAR PG4 INTEREST PG7 WHITE HOUSE PG11 FINAL PG14 Centre will come up PROTESTORS DEFIED PROHIBITORY ORDERS with solution to fuel Oppn bigwigs to attend price increase: Shah Sterlite protests: 9 killed HDK swearing-in today q G Parameshwara to be deputy CM in police firing in TN q KR Ramesh Kumar to be Speaker OUR CORRESPONDENT facilitate smooth functioning MPOST BUREAU of the coalition. Highlights BENGALURU: A JD(S)- Government officials and TUTICORIN/CHENNAI: Nine Congress coalition govern- sources in the JD(S) said Con- people were killed in police fir- » Chief Minister orders ment headed by H D gress president Rahul judicial enquiry Pic/ Naveen Sharma ing after protests for the closure Kumaraswamy will Gandhi, his mother MPOST BUREAU of Vedanta group's Sterlite Cop- be sworn-in today in and UPA chairperson per plant over pollution concerns » Residents of Tuticorin Karnataka at a cere- Sonia Gandhi, West turned violent in Tamil Nadu's town have been mony attended by a Bengal Chief Minis- NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Tuticorin, with the police action demanding the closure galaxy of opposition ter Mamata Banerjee, Shah on Tuesday assured that the government drawing opposition criticism. of the Sterlite plant for leaders and chief Chandrababu Naidu, will come up with a solution in three-four days Chief Minister K Palaniswami the past 100 days ministers, a develop- Arvind Kejriwal and to keep a check on increasing fuel prices in the confirmed reports about the death ment that could plant Pinarayi Vijayan, country. of nine people in "police action", » Protesters have a seed for a broad- her counterparts in "We are taking the increase in fuel prices very while reports claimed many, alleged that the based anti-BJP plat- Andhra Pradesh, seriously... oil prices have increased according to including policemen, were injured plant was polluting form before the Lok Sabha Delhi and Kerala, are among a set formula. We are working on the situation at in clashes. groundwater in their polls next year. those likely to be present. the highest level. Our people in the government Governor Banwarilal Purohit area Karnataka Congress presi- So would be CPI(M) gen- will come up with a solution in three-four days," condoled the deaths. dent G Parameshwara will be eral secretary Sitaram Yechury, Shah told reporters here. Palaniswami announced a Smoke billows out of burning vehicles after a violent protest demanding closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit sworn in as the Deputy Chief Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of "On Wednesday, Union Petroleum Minister compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the entered the 100th day, in Tuticorin, on Tuesday PTI Minister, AICC general secre- Opposition in the Bihar Assem- (Dharmendra Pradhan) will meet officials of the families of each of the deceased tary in-charge of the state K C bly, and National Conference oil companies on the matter," he added. and ordered a judicial inquiry into erty on fire, the agitators went on break up the protest. Home portfolio, said. Venugopal said. leader Farooq Abdullah. The Minister had told reporters on Mon- the violence. the rampage in the town, about Many were injured in stone- Reinforcements have been Congress's Ramesh Kumar, BSP chief Mayawati and day that the issue is under consideration of the The protests were going on in 600 km from Tamil Nadu capital pelting by the agitators, who also rushed from neighbouring dis- a former minister, will be the SP leader Akhilesh Yadav, government. Tuticorin for over three months Chennai. set some vehicles on fire. Wind- tricts to Tuticorin to assist the next Speaker, while the Dep- who have formed an alliance "Various alternatives are being looked into," now, but violence erupted on Tues- Police said nearly 5000 protest- screens of some government cars local administration in restoring uty Speaker's post will go to the in Uttar Pradesh would also Pradhan said, adding that he would "work out day with agitators fighting pitched ers gathered near a local church were smashed, and the rampag- normalcy. JD(S), Venugopal said. attend the ceremony. something soon". battles with police, prompting it and insisted on taking out a rally to ing mobs attacked bank premises. Some senior officials have also The Congress would have DMK leader M K Stalin, With a rise in international crude oil prices, to open fire. the district collectorate after they As the violence spiralled, police been despatched from Chennai 22 ministers and JD(S) 12, he who was also expected to be Indian consumers are also reeling under a cor- Palaniswami said in a state- were denied permission to march opened fire, killing nine people. to the strife-torn town to assess said, adding they would be present in order to show the responding increase in petrol and diesel prices, ment in Chennai that the protest- to the copper smelter plant. "The police had to take action the situation and take measures to sworn in after the floor test burgeoning opposition consoli- with major cities like Mumbai and Delhi wit- ers took out a procession towards Initial pushing and shoving under unavoidable circumstances restore calm, sources said. slated for Thursday. dation against the BJP, has can- nessing a record high. the collectorate in defiance of the soon led to violent clashes, after to protect public life and prop- Meanwhile, an official release The JD(S)'s chief minister- celled his Bengaluru visit and The price of petrol in Delhi on Tuesday prohibitory orders clamped in the agitated locals began hurling erty as the protestors resorted said about 20,000 people took out designate said portfolio distri- would instead head for Tutico- under the dynamic pricing regime touched a specific area in Tuticorin. stones at police and overturned to repeated violence... police a procession towards the district bution would be discussed on rin in Tamil Nadu where nine record Rs 76.87 per litre, while in Mumbai it Hurling stones and setting gov- a vehicle. Security personnel used had to control the violence," collectorate and the copper plant, Thursday and a coordination people were killed in police fir- was Rs 84.70. ernment vehicles and public prop- batons and burst teargas shells to Palaniswami, who holds the demanding its permanent closure. committee will be formed to ing on Tuesday. See inside DANGER STILL LURKS No discrimination SBI posts record net Validity of pre-arrest against anyone on bail: SC refers issue 12 die in Kerala; 10 deaths basis of religion loss of `7,718 cr in Q4 to larger bench RAJNATH SINGH confirmed to be from Nipah NEW DELHI: The Supreme MPOST BUREAU Court has taken note of its "con- MPOST BUREAU nthapuram Medical college flicting" verdicts on the vexatious hospital. In today’s NEW DELHI: The country's larg- legal question whether the grant KOZHIKODE: Twelve per- One person is under obser- est lender SBI on Tuesday reported of anticipatory bail to an accused sons have so far lost their lives vation in Waynad. paper a record standalone net loss of Rs was for a limited period or does in Kerala since the outbreak of Kerala Health minister K K 7,718 crore in the fourth quar- it remain in force till the trial Nipah a fortnight ago in the Shylaja had told reporters ear- CITY ... ter ended March, mainly due to a concludes, and referred the mat- northern Kerala districts of lier in the day that 10 deaths sharp rise in provisioning for bad ter to a larger bench. Kozhikode and Malappuram, were due to the nipha virus. BOMB HOAX CALL AT PASSPORT OFFICE 3 loans. Section 438 of the Code of with 10 of them testing posi- The World Health Organ- Besides, a lower investment Criminal Procedure (CrPC) pro- tive for the virus. isation (WHO) has been NATION income, as well as higher provision- vides for the grant of pre-arrest Health department sources informed about the outbreak 12 MAHA VILLAGES WON'T VOTE 7 ing for wage revision, also dented or anticipatory bail by the High said two persons suspected to now, the sources said. of the virus in Kerala, she said. the profits of the state-owned Court or a sessions court to a have contracted the virus have A total of 116 persons, who Union Health Minister J EDIT lender, SBI said in a statement. person who apprehends arrest died, but it was yet to be con- had come in contact with some P Nadda said the Centre was The bank had registered a net Overall provisioning and con- in a serious criminal case. firmed if these were due to of the infected persons, have committed to extend all sup- LESSONS FROM KARNATAKA 8 profit of Rs 2,815 crore in the cor- tingencies were raised to Rs 28,096 The apex court, in its judge- Nipah. been put under quarantine-- 94 port to the state to tackle the INTERNATIONAL responding quarter of preceding crore for the fourth quarter com- ments, has given conflicting The condition of Moosa, in their homes and 22 in vari- problem.