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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 86 | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,184.15 (+53.50) pSENSEX 33,174.39 (+107.98) pDOW JONES 24,202.60 (+669.40) pNASDAQ 7220.54 (+227.88) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.97 (-0.10) qRUPEE/EURO 80.56 (-0.01) pGOLD/10GM 31,950 (+150.00) pSILVER/K 39,750 (+250.00) DON’T ASK FOR UK WHISTLEBLOWER TELECOM SWARA HAPPY AADHAAR, DELHI SAYS CONG EMPLOYED REVENUES DIP 8%, WITHOUT ANY GOVT WARNS PVT CAMBRIDGE LICENCE FEES BY CONTROVERSIES SCHOOLS PG3 ANALYTICA PG5 16% IN Q3 PG12 PG16 Quick News44 WITH LS POLLS JUST A YEAR AWAY, STATE CONG-BJP CONTEST NOW A NATIONAL ISSUE ‘Oppn must ready for PAN-Aadhaar linking last 1-1 fight against BJP’ date extended to June 30 K’taka votes on May 12; nation Mamata’s clarion call ahead of 2019 polls NEW DELHI: The CBDT on Tuesday extended the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar linking to to receive results on May 15 June 30. The policy-making body of the tax department issued an order extending the dead- line from the current last date of March 31. OUR CORRESPONDENT The order said the deadline for PAN-Aadhaar BJP IT chief too gives linking for filing I-T returns is being extended NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Chief Election Com- after “consideration of the matter”. It is under- missioner O P Rawat announced on Tuesday that the stood that the latest order by the Central Board Karnataka Assembly elections will be held on May date... prior to EC of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come in the back- 12 and the votes will be counted on May 15. Like drop of the Supreme Court, earlier this month, the last time, there will be single phase polls for the NEW DELHI: The BJP’s IT directing extension of the March 31 deadline 224-member Assembly. The notification for the polls cell chief Amit Malviya on for linking Aadhaar with various other services. will be issued on April 17 and the last date for filing of Tuesday tweeted the date The apex court ordered for the extension in the nomination will be April 24, Rawat said at a press con- of the Karnataka Assembly deadline till the five-judge constitution bench ference. April 27 will be the last date of withdrawals. polls before the Election delivers its judgment on petitions challenging All electronic voting machines will be linked to Commission (EC) announced West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and NCP chief Sharad the validity of the biometric scheme and the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, it, prompting the panel to Pawar at a meeting at Parliament house on Tuesday PTI enabling law. he said. The polls this time are being seen as politi- describe the leak as a “very cally crucial for Karnataka’s ruling Congress as well as serious issue” that merited a SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE Banerjee thundered. She also I-T offices to be open during for the BJP. It is the only big state where the Congress probe and “stringent action”. insisted that there should be one remains in power after losing a string of Assembly Malviya, however, tweeted NEW DELHI: West Bengal opposition candidate against elections to the saffron party over the last few years. that he had only quoted Chief Minister and Trinamool the BJP in every constituency March 29-31 for returns filing The BJP is making a concerted bid to unseat the a news channel. His tweet Congress (TMC) supremo during the coming Lok Sabha Congress while the JD(S), led by former prime min- came when CEC O P Rawat Mamata Banerjee has again elections, which are barely a NEW DELHI: Income Tax offices and Ayakar ister H D Deve Gowda, is the third player in the fray. was addressing a press called for a united fight against year away. “All Opposition Seva Kendras (ASKs) will remain open during Cricketer Rahul Dravid as the state election icon, conference to announce the the BJP-led Government at parties should work together holidays from March 29- 31 to facilitate tax- disabled government employees as polling staff and schedule for Karnataka polls the Centre. Making a scath- to oust the BJP now. I urge all payers in filing returns before the end of the all-woman polling stations are among the slew of new ing attack on the saffron party political parties that they should but had not announced the current financial year. The last date for filing initiatives taken up by the state electoral authorities on Tuesday, she also asserted not be afraid of their (BJP’s) CEC O P Rawat announces the schedule for Karnataka date. belated returns for Assessment Years 2016-17 for these elections. “Rahul Dravid will be the state elections at a Press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday PTI that issues like demonetisation, intimidation on either CBI or and 2017-18 and revised returns for Assessment election icon,” Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer The BJP IT cell head said hasty implementation of the ED probes,” vouched Banerjee. Year 2016-17 is March 31, 2018. “To facilitate (CEO) Sanjiv Kumar told reporters here. Yograj Bhat, in rural constituencies.” the election would be held on Goods and Service Tax (GST) “I respect bureaucrats and they filing of Income Tax returns and completion of film and music director, is making a title song, which Officials said that IT and other initiatives taken by May 12 and counting would and bank frauds have affected must remember that political associated work, all income tax offices through- will be 2018 “Karnataka Election Anthem” and it will the CEO’s office for the elections include GPS-based take place on May 18. While people at the grassroots level parties come and go. Therefore, out India shall remain open from March 29-31, get released in a week’s time. vehicle tracking of flying squads, GIS-enabled com- he was correct on the polling and that it was time for the BJP they should not follow any spe- 2018,” a finance ministry statement said. While “Some of the persons with disabilities — employ- plete database of polling station and digital maps, day, the votes will be counted to “pack up and go”. cific political agenda,” she said. March 29 and March 30 are government holi- ees of the government, will be participating in cer- Digital Atlas of all polling station areas and assembly on May 15. In the evening “Once ‘Emergency’ and The former Union Minis- days on account of Mahavir Jayanti and Good tain selected polling station as polling staff for the constituencies. For persons with disabilities, complete the EC set up a committee of ‘Nasbandi’ had swung the peo- ter met a host of political lead- Friday respectively, March 31, the last day of first time... We are encouraging them” Kumar said. mapping of voters and their requirements and mak- senior officials to probe the ple’s mood to anti-government ers one-to-one at Parliament 2017-18 financial year, is a Saturday. Banks too He said “450 all women polling stations will be set up. ing available all required facilities, including wheel leak. and now it is demonetisation House on the second day of her will be shut from March 29-30. Efforts are on for four in urban constituencies and one chair booking, would done, they said. See P5 and GST that have done so,” visit. Continued on P5 India-Africa trade ONLY 69% TAXPAYERS FILE RETURNS Oppn starts impeachment process against CJI Loan fraud: Bank can grow 3-fold to $150 manager convicted GST revenues slip for OUR CORRESPONDENT motion against CJI Dipak ment motion against the CJI. billion in five years Misra. Many parties like The impeachment motion after 24-year trial MoS FOR COMMERCE & INDUSTRY C R CHAUDHARY NEW DELHI: NCP General Nationalist Congress Party is in relation to the CJI’s han- Secretary D P Tripathi on Tues- (NCP), Left parties and I think dling of the matters raised by 2nd straight month day said that opposition par- TMC and Congress have also four Supreme Court judges in a OUR CORRESPONDENT ties, including the Congress, signed it,” informed Tripathi. press conference on January 11. In today’s OUR CORRESPONDENT Revenue crore as compensation have initiated the process to The development follows Justices Jasti Chelameswar, NEW DELHI: After a nearly GST Collection cess. A total amount of impeach Chief Justice of India West Bengal Chief Minister Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and 24-year trial, a special court paper NEW DELHI: GST col- For February Total Collection Rs 25,564 crore is being Dipak Misra. Mamata Banerjee’s meeting Kurien Joseph had earlier this has convicted a former Pun- lections slid for the sec- 2018 85,174 transferred from IGST “A lot of opposition parties with senior lawyer Prashant year said Misra was assigning jab National Bank manager ... ond straight month to In` Crore to CGST/SGST account have signed the draft proposal Bhushan earlier in the day to important cases in an arbitrary and three private persons in CITY Rs 85,174 crore in Feb- CGST by way of settlement. for moving an impeachment discuss a possible impeach- manner to junior judges. a loan fraud case and sen- 14,945 OVER 400 DIE WITHOUT IDENTITY 4 ruary as only 69 per cent “Thus, the total tenced them to five years rig- of the assessees filed collection of CGST orous imprisonment, a CBI returns. Around 59.51 SGST and SGST up to 26th official said on Tuesday. The NATION 20,456 lakh GSTR 3B returns March (for Febru- Soon, cell phone-based tech to Tis Hazari court in its recent HOUSE ADJOURNED YET AGAIN 7 were filed for Febru- ary) is Rs 27,085 crore order also imposed fines rang- IGST ary. This is 69 per cent and Rs 33,880 crore ing from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh EDIT 42,456 of the total taxpayers respectively, including allow blood testing at home on Charanjeet Arora, PNB KOSI’S DEVASTATING FLOODS 8 who are required to file Compensation transfers by way of set- manager in 1992 when the the monthly returns, the Cess tlement,” the statement NEW YORK: Scientists have Pyayt, corresponding author case was registered, as well as INTERNATIONAL finance ministry said in 7,317 added. According to a developed a new cell phone- of the study published in Sushil Kumar Gupta, Naren- a statement. “The total finance ministry reply based blood testing technology the journal Biosensors and dra Kumar Gupta and Manoj REPORTS CONFIRM KIM’S CHINA TRIP 11 Total number of GSTR 3B revenue received under returns filed: 59.51 lakh to the Lok Sabha, GST that can provide immediate Bioelectronics. Kumar Gupta, CBI spokesper- BUSINESS GST for the month of (Till March 25, 2018) KBK collections were Rs results in the comfort of one’s The Mobile Enzyme son R K Gaur said. February 2018 (received 93,590 crore in July, Rs home or a doctor’s clinic. Linked Immunosorbent Assay The CBI had registered INDIA PIPS JAPAN IN STEEL OUTPUT 13 up to March 26) has 93,029 crore in August, Researchers at the University (MELISA) device accurately the case following allegations been Rs 85,174 crore,” it said. Rs 95,132 crore in September and Rs of South Florida in the US cre- measures progesterone levels, that Sushil Kumar Gupta, then SPORT The collection in January was 85,931 crore in October. ated a mobile version of the a key hormone that impacts director of Pankaj Finance and SMITH, WARNER TO MISS INDIA SERIES 14 Rs 86,318 crore, while in December EY Partner Abhishek Jain said “Enzyme Linked Immunosor- female fertility and is indica- Leasing Limited, and Arora and November it was Rs 88,929 crore the next big hope for the govern- bent Assay” (ELISA), the gold tive of some cancers. MELISA and the other accused entered and Rs 83,716 crore. Till March 25, ment would be the introduction of standard technique used to consists of a water bath heater into a criminal conspiracy. In 1.05 crore taxpayers had been reg- e-way bills with effect from April 1, detect the presence of an anti- that incubates samples at a tar- 1994, the agency filed a charge FOR ADVERTISING istered under GST. Of these, 18.17 which may provide a boost to GST body or antigen. get temperature and analy- sheet in the special CBI court kindly contact at 9810195709 lakh are composition dealers who are collections. After the e-way bill roll Instead of sending patients of many diseases, such as HIV ses them via images taken by where the case has been going or required to file returns every quarter out, transporters of goods worth to a laboratory, new cell phone- and Lyme Disease,” said Anna mobile phone. on since. The CBI found that [email protected] and the rest, 86.37 lakh, are required over Rs 50,000 will have to generate based technology allows for Pyayt, assistant professor at the It uses colour analysis to the accused enjoyed a credit of to file returns every month. an e-way bill. The e-way bill, which the very same test to be con- University of South Florida. determine the RGB (red, green, Rs 2 crore from the New Bank Of the Rs 85,174 crore GST col- would be required to be presented to ducted in the doctor’s office, “But the machines required blue) colour components of of India (which later merged FOR SUBSCRIPTION lected for February, Rs 14,945 crore a GST inspector if asked for, is being clinic or even in a remote area. for the incubation and read- each sample. The blue colour with PNB) branch in Con- kindly contact at 8800854665 has been garnered as Central GST touted as an anti-evasion measure “ELISA is an important tech- ing are expensive and bulky. component is used for further naught Place and Rs 25 lakh or and Rs 20,456 crore as State GST. and would help boost tax collections nology for biochemical analy- The MELISA allows patients analysis due to its sensitivity from the Corporation Bank [email protected] Besides, Rs 42,456 crore has been col- by clamping down on trade that cur- sis of proteins and hormones to undergo testing and obtain to the changes in progesterone in Karol Bagh. lected as Integrated GST and Rs 7,317 rently happens on cash basis. and is critical for the diagnosis results at point-of-care,” said concentration. PTI ‘SOCIAL MEDIA USERS MUST NOT SHARE OFFICIAL DATA OR PERSONAL SECRETS ON MESSAGING PLATFORMS’ FB global breach: National cyber body warns against data thieves

OUR CORRESPONDENT defences of the country’s inter- information and non-disclo- net domain. “Social media users sure of an individual’s location. NEW DELHI: India’s national should not share official data “Facebook being part of a pub- No, we won’t remove Facebook cyber security agency has cau- or personal secrets on social lic network could allow easy tioned internet users about media messaging platforms. access to information which lurking data thieves and advised They should never share details should not be disclosed,” it said. as our social media partner: CEC them against sharing details like their vote preferences, PIN, Suggesting some more dos such as their vote preferences passwords, credit card details, and don’ts, the advisory asked NEW DELHI: Observing that utilisation announcing the Karnataka assembly poll and Aadhaar details over social banking details, passport infor- users to immediately approach of social media cannot be stopped due to schedule. He was asked if the Facebook media platforms and mobile mation, Aadhaar card and all the help desk of the concerned instances of “aberrations,” Chief Election would continue to be the EC’s social media applications. As the debate over those details which are meant social media platform in case Commissioner O P Rawat on Tuesday said partner in the wake of reports that its user Facebook data breach disclo- to be kept as a secret for per- of a data breach incident, and that the Facebook would remain the poll data had been harvested by a company sure intensifies, the Computer sonal safety and security,” the also lodge a complaint with panel’s social media partner during the Kar- without the users’ consent. He said the Emergency Response Team of advisory accessed said. the cyber wing of the police. nataka assembly elections. He also said the Facebook would continue to be its social India (CERT-In) has issued an The agency specified that ties for unauthorised activities. scandal--to furnish a list of cli- It asked netizens to not allow social media cell of the EC would go into media partner. “It is. We have a Facebook advisory asking Facebook and the advisory was being issued “In the wake of this develop- ents and the source of data it unknown/untrusted applica- the issue of App of politicians and political page,” he said. all other social media users for internet and social media ment, users are advised to take had collected from India. The tions to access their Facebook parties sharing user data without the users’ The CEC said that the social media is a to “not share their person- users in the country in the diligent measures to safeguard notice came after reports sug- account and be diligent in giv- consent. He said the cell will make its rec- reality and the EC will take all precautions ally identifiable information backdrop of the recent Face- their personal data,” it said. gested that political parties had ing permission to third party ommendations on the issue to the Commis- at its commend, to prevent episodes which (PII) on these sites or mobile book data compromise inci- The Ministry of Informa- used the data analytics firm for apps that can access public pro- sion which would then take a call. adversely affect Indian elections. The CEC applications”. dent. “Facebook admitted that tion and Technology had last furthering their poll prospects. file, which includes name, pro- “Any aberration won’t stop the use of had last week said the poll panel would CERT-In is the nodal agency there had been a data breach as week asked UK-based Cam- CERT-In said users of cyber- file pictures, username, user ID modern technology... banks frauds have coordinate with the enforcement agen- to combat hacking, phishing the personal data tracked was bridge Analytica - the firm at space should follow best prac- (account number), friends list, taken place, but we don’t stop bank- cies for suggestions to prevent “unlawful” and fortifying security-related used by various external par- the centre of the date breach tices such as not posting private gender, age range and locale. ing,” Rawat told a press conference while activities such as attempts to influence polls. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 HOW ‘PHUBBING’ ruins relationships he practice of ignoring in the Journal of Applied According to researchers, someone you’re with in a Social Psychology, psychol- social setting to concen- ogists from the University Phubbing negatively trate on your mobile phone of Kent in Britain studied T– called “phubbing” – can have a the effect on individuals of affects the way victims negative effect on relationships being phubbed in a one-to- by threatening our basic human one social situation. feel about their needs – belonging, self-esteem, The findings showed meaningful existence and con- that increased phubbing interaction trol, a study says. significantly and negatively Phubbing is a portmanteau of affected the way the victims with the ‘phone’ and ‘snubbing’ and occurs felt about their interaction when conversation is inter- with the other person. other rupted by attention being given to Their study involved a smart phone rather than the 153 participants who were person person you’re with. When asked to view an animation it’s your loved one who of two people having a conversation and imagine quality, phone-free time with your partner and will put him or her ahead of everything else,” bears the brunt of this themselves as one of them. maybe even make your bedroom a phone-free Julie says. compulsive action, Each participant was assigned to one of three zone. “It implies that ‘you’re not really that impor- it’s called different situations – no phubbing, partial phub- Get out of the habit of mindlessly scrolling tant to me, I will never put you first over other phubbing bing or extensive phubbing. social media while you’re talking with them and things and that there will never be a time when I – partner The results showed that as the level of phub- try your best not to have the Pavlovian response choose you over my phone’.” bing increased, people experienced greater threats to grab your phone when you see a notification. Julie says the ‘phubee’ needs to broach the issue to their fundamental needs. Julie Hart from The Hart Centre says phubbing with their partner before it gets completely out phone They also perceived the communication qual- may seem easier than focusing on your partner of hand. “Have a talk with your partner and tell snubbing. ity to be poorer, and the relationship to be less but it’s also far less satisfying. “Communicating them this is actually a thing - there’s a name for it Unlike satisfying. on your smart phone is quite superficial interac- now and that phubbing does impact relationship other, more Phubbing affected the need to belong in par- tion in comparison to spending time with your satisfaction,” she says. “And tell them that while well-studied ticular, which explained the overall negative partner,” she says. “It can also be a way for some the occasional disruption doesn’t matter, it’s this forms of social exclu- effects on social interaction, the study said. people to avoid confrontation or to deal with the constant attention being taken away from spend- sion, phubbing can take Of the 46% of people who say they’ve been difficulties of life or issues in a relationship.” ing any quality time that does matter and it’s mak- place anywhere and at any time “phubbed,” 22% say the behaviour has cause strain Phubbing seriously undermines the quality ing you unhappy.” as someone reaches for their in their relationship. The act of checking your of your relationship by sending a strong, implicit She suggests making the bedroom a com- phone and ignores their con- phone shows your partner that you’ve checked message to your partner that he or she is not as pletely phone-free environment and, if you have versation partner, said the out of the conversation and that you aren’t fully important to you as your phone or the people a family, to also ensure dinner time and time in researchers. invested in what they have to say, researchers say. you’re communicating with on it. the car is phone-free as well to increase opportu- For the study, published In order to stop this behaviour, try to set aside “It suggests that there is never a time that you nities for bonding and conversation. AGENCIES

ETCHED IN HISTORY DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town ENCAPSULATING LIVING TRADITIONS 8th Theatre Olympics Anubhav Nath, Gallery Director of Ojas Art is presenting an intricate art show of 60 artworks which will turn Delhi evenings dramatic encapsulate the living traditions in contemporary art while taking a post OUR CORRESPONDENT istry of Culture, Government of India, this shot at the paradoxes that India is 51-day long festival aims to bridge borders often defined by. The exhibition titled ith the 8th theatre Olympics in and bring people of different cultures, beliefs “Paradox and Play: Living Traditions its last phase, Delhi evenings and ideologies together through the medium in Contemporary Art” will showcase will be full of drama. Organ- of theatrical art. This is the first time that a art works made by three celebrated ised by the National School theatre festival of this magnitude is being artists, which will tend to build a bridge Wof Drama (NSD), under the aegis of Min- organised in India. between tradition and modernity. WHEN: Till April 4 ‘THE MISUNDERSTAND- TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm (Mon closed) ING’ BY ALBERT CAMUS WHERE: Ojas Art Gallery, Qutub Minar LGBT CELEBRATES REKHA ‘The Misunderstanding’ (Hindi play by Director Aruja Srivastava) at Abhi- Kitty Su and Kitty KO are gearing manch, NSD (8:30 pm onwards), will They were on top of the points table in the league matches, they were the favorites, and they made sure they gave back up with performances to honour this see a son, who for 22 years, has been all the love they received throughout the tournament by winning the Sudama Premier League 2018. Team Adideva lifted dynamic actress – the tour, called ‘A living in an unnamed land, returns the trophy on March 24 at Roshanara Club Cricket Ground, New Delhi by defeating team Narayana in an epic match with 1000 REKHA’S’ aims to highlight the to Europe to visit his mother and his two balls to spare and five runs to make. fact that everyone within the LGBTQ sister, Martha. He comes with his wife, community has a Rekha within them Maria, and decides not to disclose his with all the varied roles she has done. true identity. This is unfortunate, be- Across 4 cities, drag queens and cause the two women, who run a lonely transgender artists will perform on inn, murder their guests and rob them Works by eminent print makers of Rekha’s classic songs. for survival. The only other character is the mute manservant, who in the final WHEN: March 29 WHERE: The Lalit ‘THE DIARY OF ANNE scene is Camus’ stand-in for God. Hotel TIMING: 10 pm – 1 am FRANK’ BY DEBORAH LIVE MUSIC EVENING INDIA FEATURED AT NGMA JW Marriott New Delhi Aerocityis Although this theatre extravaganza hosting, a live music evening with is in its last phase, dozens of theatre per- printmaking. Our earlier genera- Crooner’s Collective at Playground, formances still await. On March 28, at Sri tions of printmakers were hugely on March 31. The band, of extremely Ram Centre, The Diary of Anne Frank – influenced by the art aesthetics of an English play by Deborah Meola – will this medium from Asian sources talented and experienced musicians, chronicle the true story of Anne Frank and their works thus establish a link will be performing the songs from the and her family while they were hiding in between their countries. Exhibiting golden era. WHEN: March 31 during the Holocaust. For two years they their works on a prestigious plat- WHERE: JW Marriott, Aerocity lived in a secret annexe with Mr Frank’s form such as the National Gallery TIMINGS: 8:00 pm onwards business partner, Mr Van Daan, his wife of Modern Art has given the com- and son, and a dentist, Mr Dussel all Jews munity of art lovers an opportu- MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA trying to escape the Nazis. While in hiding, nity to savour this historicity at close Hyjack, will Anne struggles with the challenges of being quarters.” be hosting a a teenager: schooling, parental relation- Speaking on the occasion ships, maturing from child to adult, and Advaita Gadanayak, Director soulful musical falling in love. These challenges are height- General NGMA, reiterated this night with ened by the experience of being locked OUR CORRESPONDENT Palaniappan, Dhruv Mistry, Kavita viewpoint strongly, saying, “This Aawaaz, a away with seven other people in one room Nayar, Krishan Ahuja, Yusuf, Lalu exhibition presents works of art Sufi rock band, for two years. Moments from these years AS A PART of India’s first Print Prasad Shaw, Walter D’Souza and of prominent Indian printmaker who would are shared with the audience through the Biennale being organised by the many more. A major attraction of practising for more than 30 years. perform live to engross the audience words of Anne Frank’s actual diary. Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA), a paral- the exhibition is a segment featur- I extend my gratitude to the Lalit lel exhibition titled ‘Eminent Print ing the Pioneers of Printmaking Kala Akademi for organising the with an electrifying performance. Their Makers of India’, began on March 26 which is nostalgic and reflective of first Print Biennale India 2018 that modern contemporary rock version of ‘ALMOST ALIVE’ BY SABINE MOLENAAR at the National Gallery of Modern the golden era of this practice. gives us an opportunity to look for- Sufi songs will sway people off their Art (NGMA), New Delhi. Speaking Speaking on behalf of the art- ward to new innovations in the art feet. In ‘Almost Alive’, director at the opening of this exhibition, ist community of India and abroad, of printmaking.” WHEN: March 28 Sabine Molenaar, she wonders Chief Guest, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, C S Krishna Setty, Administrator, The exhibition also provides vis- WHERE: Hyjack, Safdarjung Enclave what would happen when President, Indian Council for Cul- LKA said, “Asia and the Indian sub- itors from India and abroad with a TIMINGS: 9 pm onwards you withdraw yourself from tural Relations, mentioned, “I con- continent have inherited a long and rare privilege to see first-hand, orig- the turmoil of the outside gratulate the Lalit Kala Akademi historically significant legacy of inal works that are historic game EK THA RAJA – A DANCE THEATRE world and enter a timeless and for organising the very first Print changers of Indian art. The selected Indian Revival Group (Celebrating 70 boundless inner world. So she Biennale of the country. Both the works are in a remarkably well-pre- Years) presents a dance theatre ‘Ek moves further away from real- LKA and NGMA have been serv- served condition as also represen- Tha Raja’, the extraordinary story of ity and towards that dark place, ing Indian art in their own ways, tative of the prime years of their a Prince of Gujarat, by Yog Sunder where shelter and true peace of but coming together for India’s first art makers’ practices. The exhibi- Desai and Papiha Desai. The story of mind await her. Yet chaos and Biennale is a historical occasion. tion will be on view to the public Gopaldas known as Darbar Saheb, the disorientation are also lurk- This is a significant step for not only till April 22. beloved and just ruler of principalities ing. Slowly pulsating basses keeping the printmaking form of The Academy will host a invite you into this shadowy art alive but also to add some new workshop by expert Anupam in Saurashtra, who lived and struggled universe.The 55 minutes long experiments and ideas in it.” Chakravorty and also on Paper Con- for a free and more just India will come play , which organically merges The exhibits on view consist servation by Arpan Mukherjee at alive on the stage. WHEN: March 31 dance, video-mapping and animatronics, music and light will be performed at Kamani artworks of the living masters of NGMA. Two collateral projects by WHERE: Meghdoot, Sangeet Natak Auditorium (6:30 pm onwards) by Sandman/Sabine Molenaar group. Indian printmaking such as Jyoti Sanchayan Ghosh and Amit Muk- Akademi TIMING: 7 pm – 8 pm Bhatt, Sanat Kar, Devraj Dakoji, hopadhyay shall take place at Lalit PD Dhumal, Vijay Kumar, RM Kala Akademi during the exhibition. 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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 mp ENTRY-LEVEL ADMISSIONS UNDER EWS CATEGORY Delhi Assembly passes Govt warns pvt schools not budget for 2018-19

ROUSHAN ALI nership with the University will also launch an incentivised of Washington to understand pilot agriculture-cum-solar NEW DELHI: The Delhi sources of pollution. farm scheme, under which to ask for Aadhaar number Assembly on Tuesday passed Others include replac- solar panels will be installed the Rs 53,000-crore "green" ing all street lights on PWD on raised structures on agri- SAYANTAN GHOSH from those EWS category par- ries. The application process Budget for 2018-19. The budget roads with energy efficient LED cultural farms without affecting ents who submit copy of BPL/ for the two categories began on allocates its maximum share to lights, an extensive tree planta- the normal farming activities. NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- Food Security Card issued by January 22 and concluded on education and health sectors. It tion drive, and new city forests Another pilot project aims to ernment has warned all private Food and Civil Supply Depart- February 21. Earlier, the Delhi also focuses on fighting pollu- in Jaunapur, Ayanagar, Dera install solar panels over 16 km schools in the national capital ment," it said. government had proposed to tion. It has proposed commis- Mandi and Bela Farm among length of cycle tracks. that they should not ask for the The education department take over 449 private unaided sioning of 1,000 electric buses others. The programmes also The Rs 13,997 crore allo- Aadhaar number of children has also warned schools against recognised schools which and subsidies for switching have a slew of incentives for cated for the education sector while admitting them to entry- demanding any school fees and have failed to refund excess fee to non-polluting fuel. Of the switching to non-polluting fuel, was up from Rs 13,525 crore level classes under the econom- denying admission to students charged by them despite the total budgetary allocations, up including 50 per cent conces- in the previous budget and ically weaker section (EWS) or under the EWS/DG category government order. from Rs 48,000 crore in 2017- sion in registration charges for Finance Minister Sisodia said the disadvantaged group (DG) either on grounds of distance The government is plan- 18, Rs 13,997 crore (26 per cent private cars with factory-fit- that education has been get- categories. They have also been range or on pretext of minor ning to take over the manage- of the Budget) has been allo- ted CNG kits. Restaurants will ting about 25 per cent of the asked not to refuse admission spelling errors. The schools ment of the schools and will cated to the education sector be given a subsidy of Rs 5,000 total Budget for the third con- to students on the grounds of have been asked to set up help be issuing them show-cause and Rs 6,729 (12.7 per cent) to per 'tandoor' or earthen oven secutive year. A sum of Rs 175 distance range. desks for parents reporting for notices as they have faltered in the health sector. to replace the coal-based ones crore was allotted for install- "Private unaided recognised admission and deal with the refunding excess fees charged The government also gave with electricity or gas-based ing 1.2 lakh closed-circuit schools are directed to ensure parents sympathetically and from parents on the pretext Rs 6,903 crore to the local bod- variants. televisions in all government and facilitate the admission of politely. Schools have been asked to set up help desks for parents. They have of implementing the Sixth ies, which is 13 per cent of the A subsidy of up to Rs 1 schools, which would enable selected candidates of EWS and "The department is going also been asked to deal with the parents sympathetically and politely Pay Commission in 2008. The total Budget and is 9.88 per lakh will be given to indus- parents to view online their DG categories in the respec- to constitute teams (district- plan had been sent to the Lieu- cent higher over the 2017-18 tries in approved industrial children's activities in the class- tive class without creating any wise) to conduct inspection of belonging to families with OBC, non-creamy layer, phys- tenant-Governor for approval. allocations. areas to switch to piped natu- room. The Rs 6,729 crore for hindrance," the Directorate of the private unaided recognised annual income of less than Rs 1 ically challenged, orphan and The decision was revealed in The 26 anti-pollution ral gas from the existing pol- health, up from Rs 2,627 crore Education (DoE) said in a let- schools for ensuring the admis- lakh can seek admission under transgender, and all children an affidavit filed by the Delhi programmes, spanning four luting fuels. Establishments in the previous budget, has Rs ter to the schools. sion of EWS/DG category can- the economically weaker sec- living with or affected by HIV. government before the Delhi departments –Environment, would get a subsidy of up to 403 crore allocated for Mohalla "The schools should not didates in accordance with the tion (EWS) category, the disad- A total of 25 per cent seats high court, which is hearing a Transport, Power, and Public Rs 30,000 to switch from die- Clinics and Polyclinics and Rs ask for Aadhaar number of the instructions/directions issued," vantaged group (DG) category are supposed to be reserved in bunch of petitions on the fee Works –include a real-time, sel generator sets to electricity 15 crore for setting up mobile children and income certificate the DoE letter said. While those applicants include the SC, ST, all schools for the two catego- hike issue. round-the-year study in part- generator sets. The government van clinics. Assembly passes ‘Mayor post is not AAP legislators slam officers resolution to Five workers injured after a portion in purview of North for not filing proper reply make stalking of scaffolding collapses over them MCD’s Vigilance non-bailable Department’ ROUSHAN ALI to know the reason for discon- Estimates Committee. The RAHUL SINGH tinuing the Thana-level com- state Assembly was rocked on OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: In an unprece- mittees, number of meetings Monday also with the Cen- NOIDA: At least five workers dented move, Delhi Assembly held, and attendance of MP, tre asking Speaker Goel not NEW DELHI: The Delhi were injured after a portion of NEW DELHI: The Vigilance Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on with regard to Central district, to accept any question on Assembly on Tuesday passed a scaffolding of Cleo County, Department of the North MCD Tuesday adjourned the Assem- in the current year. "reserved subject." The AAP a resolution seeking amend- an under-construction high- has no capacity to investigate bly proceedings for half-an- Home minister Satyendar legislators had came down ments to existing laws to make rise residential society in Sec- and report issues related to the hour in protest against officers Jain expressed disappointment heavily on officers for not stalking a non-bailable offence tor-121 of Noida, fell on them Mayor, informed a statement "declining" answer to a ques- over the failure of his depart- giving a "proper reply" to an and to award death penalty while they were working on by the Mayor's office regarding tion raised by the legislator on ment to provide answer to the Assembly question, prompt- to those convicted of raping Tuesday morning. The inci- some reports by the Vigilance "reserved subjects." The move question asked by the MLA. ing Goel to refer the matter to minors. The resolution, moved dent left one worker critically Department. came after Home department The Speaker also referred the Question and Reference by AAP MLA Saurabh Bharad- injured while others escaped "The post of Mayor is out of Delhi government did not a question related with ille- Committee. waj, demanded that the Delhi with minor injuries. of the purview of Vigilance provide answer to question gal inter-state buses plying Notably, the bureaucrats government present a Bill ask- According to the police, the Department of North DMC," number 132 pertaining to in Delhi to the Question and have drawn flak on several ing the Centre to amend the incident took place at around received so far in the matter. in the incident. Maybe, it was noted the statement. It added police station level commit- Reference committee of the occasions since the start of the law. Aam Aadmi Party MLA 10:30 am. "The victims iden- “The exact cause of the not installed properly due to that the department only inves- tees. "I adjourn the proceed- House, after reply on it was state Assembly's Budget Ses- Alka Lamba had demanded tified as Majai Sheikh, Mahi- incident is still unknown but which it fell to the ground,” said tigates cases pertaining to pro- ings for 30 minutes in protest found unsatisfactory. sion on March 16. On March that the government make jul Alam, Vinod Rishi, Abdul the scaffolding collapsed from Manoj, a worker. cedure and role of employees in against this," Goel said. On Monday also, the 20, the Speaker had forwarded stalking a non-bailable offence Sattar and Raju were working the 2nd floor of the building. Vijay Sharma, site engineer following the procedure, rules The AAP MLA, Vishesh Speaker had referred a ques- four matters involving the offi- in an anti-stalking bill. at the site when the scaffolding We have not yet received any of the project, said all the labor- and regulations. Ravi, who had asked the ques- tion to Question and Refer- cers to the Question and Ref- Delhi Home Minister Saty- from 2nd floor of the building complaint. Once a complaint ers involved in the work were Recently, a report by the tion said that the Thana-level ence Committee of the House erence Committee following endar Jain told the House that collapsed on them. Sheikh is is filed, we will launch a probe fully equipped with mandatory department observed vari- committees were replaced as officials did not give a the demand of action by the the government would pres- admitted to Shivalik Hospital into the matter,” said Amit safety equipment like harnesses ous charges against the Mayor. with district level committees "proper written answer". Last AAP MLAs. The ruling AAP ent the Bill seeking amend- with severe head injuries while Kumar Singh, Station House and helmets. It also included some cases chaired by the MP concerned. week also saw AAP MLAs and the bureaucracy have ments. “The government will the other received minor inju- officer, Phase-3 police station. “Prima facie it seems like regarding officials of the May- "I have attended 4-5 meetings attacking officers for giv- been involved in a tussle over table the Bill. It will be sent to ries and have been admitted Some eye-witnesses said a case of human error by one or's office along with the some and except one, the MP was ing "incomplete" and "false" various issues after an alleged the Centre once it is passed by to Om Hospital," said a senior that the scaffolding was not of the laborers who subcon- of the agencies who got con- absent in all others. No work answers to Assembly ques- assault by some Aam Aadmi the Delhi Assembly,” Jain said. police official. All the victims installed properly due to the sciously ended up putting tracts for few projects. The Mil- is being done by these com- tions. On Tuesday, while one Party (AAP) legislators on Minister Satyendra Jain said hail from Bihar and Bengal and incident take place. "The site is weight on the scaffolding which lennium Post carried a story mittees," he said, expressing question was referred to Ques- Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu that the government will bring lived in the slums built at the undergoing construction work. had already been unlocked due on Monday "Graft flourishing dissatisfaction over reply to tion and Reference Commit- Prakash at Chief Minister a bill and pass it through the construction site. Police said The scaffolding fell suddenly to ongoing dismantling pro- under North Delhi Mayor: Vig- his question. Ravi had sought tee, another was referred to Arvind Kejriwal's residence. Central government. that no complaint has been and few people were injured cess,” said Sharma. ilance report." Mother moves court to file FIR After tracing minor, police Delhi sealing: Traders call for against Mayor on son’s death OUR CORRESPONDENT recover cash bag in five hours strike and ‘mega rally’ today 5-yr-old dies after GHAZIABAD: Following falling into a drain ABHAY SINGH other women (accused) and “Her mother had given the bag OUR CORRESPONDENT them from the ongoing seal- ers, and Vyapari & Workers the death of a five-year-old a five-year-old girl was there containing cash which was not ing drive. Confederation of All Association will jointly orga- kid after getting drowned into Five-year-old Ayan was NEW DELHI: A 45-year-old in the vehicle. In some time, found when we found her,” said NEW DELHI: Protesting India Traders (CAIT) general nise the rally,” he said. an open drain in Ghaziabad drowned to death after falling woman was arrested along with the woman felt that the money Surya. Police claimed that the against the 'arbitrary' sealing secretary Praveen Khandelwal Khandelwal said, “More on March 13, the mother of into an open Nagar Nigam gut- her daughter-in-law after they was missing from her bag and girl told them that she had kept drive in Delhi, more than 7 said that not only traders but than 3,000 commercial mar- the deceased boy has filed an ter located in Guljar/Chaman stole cash from a bag in the the women sitting nearby had the bag with the vendor as it lakh business establishments also their employees will par- kets, including Chandni application in the CJM court Colony on March 13. The inci- Shahdara district area. Police stolen the cash. Both of them was too big and heavy for her. in over 3,000 markets will ticipate in the rally. “Traders Chowk, Connaught Place, of Ghaziabad on Tuesday to dent occured when Ayan was claimed that the accused had were caught and a PCR call was As per the description given by remain closed on March 28. across the city will not send Karol Bagh, Sadar Bazar, South lodge FIR against the mayor, playing with his brother near given the cash bag to her five- made,” said a police officer. the child, the CCTV of the area Traders will also hold a mega their children to schools and Extension, Rajouri Garden, city commissioner and health his home. year-old daughter. Additional Deputy Com- was scanned and police team rally at Ramlila Maidan ask- colleges on March 28 as a mark Vikas Marg, Chawri Bazar, will officer of Nagar Nigam regard- Two days before the inci- The story started when the missioner of Police (Shahdara) found the vendor in the foot- ing the government to protect of protest. CAIT, all Delhi trad- remain closed. ing her son's death. dent, a four-year-old child police team received a PCR Ved Prakash Surya stated that age. He told the police person- The CJM court of Gha- Aahil also died after fall- call around 12 pm on Mon- at the spot the accused claimed nel that he had the bag but did ziabad has considered the ing into the same drain just a day about two thieves. A police that they have not stolen the not know what was inside. The application and the court has few meters away. The FIR was team reached the spot in Roh- money. Later, the minor girl bag containing cash was finally Wellness centre soon at AIIMS ordered the SHO of City Kot- lodged against Nagar Nigam tas Nagar area. “We found that was found missing. A team of recovered in five hours' search. wali to produce a report by official in the earlier case in the a woman was going to the bank Shahdara police station con- The team of Shahdara police April 2 in the court. The next City Kotwali but no FIR was to deposit Rs one lakh in an ducted the search and the girl station was led by SHO Yud- to mange stress among doctors hearing is on April 2. lodged in the latest incident. E-Rickshaw. Meanwhile, two was found roaming in the area. hbir Singh. YOGESH KANT start the wellness centre for to will be appointed on the con- aid the students and the resi- tract. Apart from this, 24-hour NEW DELHI: In a bid to dent doctors of the institute. helpline will also be started. Unfruitful expenditure of `3.52 crore on deplete the work pressure and This centre will be started soon, Dr Harjit Bhatti, Presi- stress level among the doctors where the counseling of stu- dent of AIIMS Resident Doc- which sometimes compel the dents and resident doctors, tors’ Association and former student and resident doctors in mental health check-up and President Dr Vijay Gurjar has hiring DU bus service puts admin in dock the country’s premier medical treatment will be facilitated. raised this demand. Dr Harjit institution to attempt suicide, A senior officer at AIIMS said that resident doctors are AIIMS governing body has said that at present, professor very stressed due to the bur- YOGESH KANT According to an official, option but to bear huge defi- approved a proposal to develop of psychiatry department of den of work in AIIMS. Many “No feasibility study was con- cit which has accumulated to a wellness centre which will be AIIMS has been given spe- times doctors also have to be NEW DELHI: Poor planning ducted by the committee before Rs 3.52 crore since the intro- operational soon. This wellness cial responsibility. Moreover, recruited for treatment. and mismanagement led to a recommending the proposal duction of this scheme till centre will check the stress level the institute’s governing body In the case of a PhD stu- financial loss of Rs 3.52 crore to ascertain the number of May 2016. “Due to injudicious among the students, doctors recently approved the plan dent, it is learned that senior to Delhi University, which bonafide persons of the uni- decision, the DU incurred an and also provide the treatment to start the wellness centre. doctors were exploiting him. forced the institution to aban- versity and students who were unavoidable expenditure of Rs for them. Meanwhile, a round There will be two psychiatrists In recent past, five resident don the varsity bus ferry ser- supposed to avail this facility. 3.52 crore by hiringMillennium the bus ser- the clock helpline Pservicesos willt -and Ne threew counselors Delhi to be Edoctorsdition were admitted to to the c arry the Ad with vice. However, the university However, from the records vices which were in fact not also be functional to address appointed. This centre will start ward of the Department of tried to cover up its mistakes made available to audit, it required in view of the above the doctors’ stress related calls. soon, so both the psychiatrists Psychiatry. while accumulating money appears that the financial observation and also non-utilDelhi- On Monday, Tel. a PhD studentNo. Only. Schedule Date :- 07/03/2018 from funds allotted to differ- implication involved in intro- isation of bus service by the stu- attempted the suicide because ent causes. ducing the scheme was also not dents,” the official said. of the stress and harassment, “To meet the requirement deliberated by the committee were not allowed to avail this over, the capacity of e-rick- He further added that var- and few days earlier too, five of expenditure for hiring of members. facility as they have already shaw is small which gets filled sity in a reply to CAG said that resident doctors were admit- DTC buses, the university In the award letter, it has concessional passes from the early and students and other the provision of feeder bus ser- ted to psychiatry ward, seeking diverted Rs 1.78 crore from been mentioned that only the DTC. Moreover, the DTC is bonafide persons of the uni- vice for both campuses of the treatment for mental health. University development fund, bonafide persons of the univer- also operating its regular bus versity preferred the rickshaw university –South and North However, doctors raise ques- Rs 1.5 crore from OBC grants, sity would be allowed to avail services along the route of the in order to avoid the delay of –was made on the request of tion over the mental health Rs 60 lakh from the XIIth plan, this facility on a nominal pay- university ferry bus services. the university bus ferry service, President, Delhi University safety for doctors working in while violating the instruction ment of Rs 5 per ticket. How- According to the CAG which takes time to get filled Students’ Union. Currently, two government hospitals. In such issued by the UGC at the time ever, it was later revised to Rs report, a number of battery- and then ply on route. buses are plying in the north cases, it is necessary to ques- of releasing the funds. More- 10 per head. Officials added driven rickshaw are running The reports also added that campus for the benefit and wel- tion whether exploitation is not over, the entire misappropri- that staff who are residing in at metro stations and they are due to above-mentioned facts, fare of the student community one of the reasons behind such ated use of funds for last seven and around the university cam- plying on the same routes as the the commuters using the ferry as well as the teaching and non- incidents. years was later exposed in an pus can avail the facility. Mean- varsity ferry service and they service are declining as a result teaching staff of the University However, the AIIMS New Delhi Tel.: 011- 6557 6796 e-mail : [email protected] audit report. while, students of the varsity charge a nominal price. More- of which the university has no of Delhi. administration has decided to TJM/TTL/18/ENG 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 Over 400 died without identity in Delhi in first two months

ABHAY SINGH of the national Capital. The investigation used in the suicide note indicated that are preserved for a minimum of 72 hours by the police starts as soon as they recover the man might be from Uttar Pradesh or The bodies recovered from railway tracks, streets, or three days in mortuary and the police NEW DELHI: A 53-year-old man, 168 the body. First, they check that if there Bihar. This was one type of investigation, parks, abandoned places, etc pose a tough chanllenge meanwhile try to identify the relatives. cm in height, face round, wearing a light is any tattoo or birthmark in the body, which the city police conducted for the Reported first by the Millennium Post blue shirt and blue jeans found in South which sometimes help police in identi- identification. to investigators as such cases have always been a in 2017, the city police data claimed that West Delhi in February was one of the 400 fication. Second, they look for if there is The bodies recovered from railway hard nut to crack. in three years (2015 to 2017), as many as unidentified bodies which were found in any piece of paper which can help him in tracks, streets, parks, abandoned places, 8,486 dead bodies were recovered from National Capital in first two months of his identification. etc pose a tough chanllenge to investiga- different parts of national Capital. The New Year 2018. There was a suicide case in the Shah- tors as such cases have always been a hard to check CCTV footages of the spot where missing details from there. In Zonal Inte- year 2015 witnessed a total of 3,063 dead The data accessed byMillennium Post dara area where a person had jumped nut to crack. The police also probe the the bodies were found in real time to know grated Police Network (zip net.in), police bodies whereas in 2016 more than 3,000 from January 1 to February 28 this year from a building in GTB Nagar. There reason behind such deaths and to know from where the persons came. For the put the information about such uniden- bodies were recovered. Till November revealed that around 409 unidentified was no identity card of the victim. There whether the deaths are natural or not. bodies which are found on railway tracks, tified bodies besides taking the help of 2017, agencies recovered 2,415 bodies bodies were recovered from different parts was, however, a suicide note. The dialect In few of the cases, the police team had the police contact other states seeking advertisement in newspapers. The bodies from various parts of the city. Charges at Cops dig grave, take out man's SC agrees to hear plea for CBI Kherki toll plaza body on murder suspicion to increase from April 1 ZAFAR ABBAS NEW DELHI: A group of probe into Noida girl’s suicide OUR CORRESPONDENT policemen reached the grave- yard in Rohini's Begampur and GURUGRAM: In a news that dug out a grave on Tuesday. The OUR CORRESPONDENT that the Uttar Pradesh police undergraduate student, also can further raise the temper of reason for this was a complaint has "botched up and hushed up studied in the same school various commuters using the by the father of the deceased NEW DELHI: The Supreme the entire investigation". where "he was also bullied, tor- toll plaza, there have been an that his son has been given Court on Tuesday agreed He has also sought direc- tured and humiliated by cer- increase in the rates by Rs 5 slow poison by his wife. Since to hear a plea seeking a CBI tions to the respondents -- the tain teachers for being good in for all categories of vehicles. the man has already been bur- of the deceased approached the investigation into the reasons Centre, UP and Delhi govern- performing arts and not being The new rates will be applicable ied, Delhi police has to dig the police and accused her daugh- behind the suicide by a 16-year- ments, UP police and CBI -- to good in studies". from April 1. grave to unravel the truth of the ter-in-law of murdering his son old girl who, according to her ensure security and safety of He claimed that as a result Under the new rates, the death. “We dug out the grave as by allegedly giving him some father, took the extreme step the family members of the girl of the school's conduct, his son passenger vehicles that earlier the father suspected foul play slow poison. “Her daughter-in- as she was allegedly "sexu- who was found hanging at her was forced to leave the institu- used to pay Rs 60 will now have in his son's death. We had no law has also given a complaint ally exploited, oppressed and Noida residence on March 20. tion, and added that he could to pay Rs 65, light commercial option but to take out the body against her father-in-law. Only harassed" by certain teachers According to her father, the not remove his daughter, who vehicles instead of Rs 90 will from the grave and send it to the postmortem would tell if it and officials of her school. Delhi-based school, where she also faced similar treatment pay Rs 95 and heavy commer- hospital for postmortem. It is was just a counter complaint The petition by the girl's was studying in class IX, had there, as he did not have the cial vehicles will have to shell only after the postmortem is or it holds some truth,” said an father was mentioned for allegedly "deliberately" failed means to admit her anywhere out Rs 195 one way. done, we would know if it was investigating officer. urgent listing before a bench her in two subjects -- Science else. There are more than two a murder,” said a senior police The family of deceased of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Social Science -- leading to He has also said in his plea lakh vehicles that pass through officer. Waqil who was a carpenter by and Justices A M Khanwilkar his daughter taking the extreme occurred at Noida in UP, giving and communication and also that his daughter was a brilliant the Kherki Daula toll plaza and Waqil died on March 9 and profession has alleged that they and D Y Chandrachud which step. rise to "jurisdictional compul- non-cooperation and inaction artiste who was well versed in about 75,000 vehicles pay the was buried in the graveyard. have reasons to suspect their agreed to hear it next week. He has said in his plea that sions for the police of both the amongst themselves". Kathak and used to perform in toll daily. Most of the com- He was married to Najma in daughter-in-law and are confi- The father in his plea for he has moved the apex court as states, jurisdictional complica- The father, who claims to several high profile dance fes- muters have been constantly 2007. It is said that he was ill dent that she has poisoned their CBI probe filed through advo- the school was located in Delhi, tions, a big gap in the inves- be a noted Kathak dancer, has tivals of national and interna- demanding for the removal of for a long time and died of son hinting towards an extra cate Sushil Tekriwal, has alleged while the incident of suicide tigation process, procedure alleged that his son, now an tional fame. the toll. brain hemorrhage. The father marital affair. Activists raise Lured by scrap, thieves kidnap Gun running racket busted, 17 objections to CEO of company, arrested sophisticated pistols seized doctors in CMO OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT were recovered. A case under inquiry team appropriate sections of law has NEW DELHI: By luring a NEW DELHI: A team of Spe- been registered at police sta- OUR CORRESPONDENT CEO of a reputed company cial Cell has busted an interstate tion, Special Cell, Delhi. to buy steel scrap, the thieves gun running racket by arresting “Khazan Singh was sub- GURUGRAM: A group of kidnaped the CEO. The CEO a notorious arms supplier Kha- jected to sustained interroga- activists led by Mohit Khatana fell in the trap after seeing an zan Singh aged 42 years. He is tion and he disclosed that he have raised objections to the list advertisement in the newspa- a resident of Mathura. Fifteen used to receive supply of pis- of doctors that are on the board per by a gang of Mewat region. sophisticated pistols and two tols from a person who is a of the district health depart- The victim was kidnapped Revolvers along with 10 spare resident of Khandwa. Khazan ment that investigates cases of from the Airport after he came magazines have been recov- Singh told that the said person medical negligence in private to meet the perspective seller. ered from his possession at the was engaged in manufacturing hospitals. The activists have Later, a ransom of Rs 50 lakh time of his arrest near Ashram of illegal weapons in Signur of also sent a formal complaint to was demanded from his com- Chowk, Delhi, on March 25. movements of members of this ment of pistols. He was on his Khandwa and further supply- State Health Minister Anil Vij pany. He then was taken to A team of Special Cell, syndicate. Secret sources were way to Delhi to deliver the con- ing them to Delhi and adjoin- on the issue. According to the Haithya village but the kidnap- Southern Range, was having deployed to gather more useful signment of weapons to crimi- ing states,” said DCP Special complainants, the board com- pers ran away after the Delhi 50,000 on his arrest. He was these criminals have developed information about illegal activ- information. nals in Delhi and Western UP. cell, PS Kushwaah. Khazan prises of various private doc- Police raided the premises. The arrested on March 26. “Crimi- a new modus operandi. They ities of arms syndicate led by After more than two Informer further told that Kha- Singh met an arms supplier tors who prepare a report that victim was rescued as he was nals from Mewat region have lure people on the pretext scrap Khazan Singh. Manual surveil- months, a specific informa- zan Singh has fixed rendezvous when Khazan was in the jail in does not fully make the man- left behind. been indulging in cow theft. and gold biscuits and once the lance was mounted to develop tion was received on March 25 near Nafed building, Ashram a murder case. After coming agement guilty of gross medi- The accused who has They also committed murders prospective buyer reaches their information about Khazan that Khazan Singh who used Chowk, Delhi between 3:30 from the jail on bail, he started cal negligence carried out by its been identified as Tariff and assaults on police parties. village, they would hold him Singh and members of this syn- to procure illegal arms from pm and 4:30 pm. Police team working as carrier of illegal staff. “We all know that cases of was absconding since 2015 They are also involved in bur- captive and demand ransom dicate. Police teams were sent Khandwa and further supply swooped in and arrested. Sev- arms from Madhya Pradesh medical negligence are on the and later the Delhi Police glary, robbery and other hei- money,” said DCP Special Cell, to Burhanpur, Sendhwa, Khar- them to Delhi, Haryana and enteen sophisticated weapons to Delhi, UP and Haryana for rise in Gurugram. Yet, many of announced a reward of Rs nous crimes in Delhi. Of late, PS Kushwaah. gone and Khandwa to track the UP has received a big consign- alongwith 10 spare magazines that person. the victims do not get justice because the report prepared does not fully make the doctors Clinic staffer thrashed by group guilty. We, therefore, ask that CITY BRIEFS 2 men who robbed Army man held there should be no private doc- tors on the board,” said Mohit 18-MONTH OLD BOY DIES AS MINI of youth, sustains injuries NEW DELHI: Two men were arrested for alleg- Khatana, an RTI activist. TRUCK HITS HER edly robbing an army man of his wallet and cell The anger against the pri- OUR CORRESPONDENT the broken glasses pierced into phone near Okhla railway station, the police said vate healthcare system in the NEW DELHI: An 18-month-old child died after being Avinash’s body that made his on Tuesday. With the arrest of the duo, police city is not a recent phenom- hit by a mini truck in South-East Delhi’s Jaitpur area. GURUGRAM: Rage amount- condition more serious. After claimed to have solved eight cases of snatching. enon. However, deaths and Police claimed that the incident came to light after ing to utter hooliganism was knowing that the victim was According to the police, the accused were iden- exploitation of minor patients they received a PCR call around 1:50 pm on Tuesday again witnessed in Gurugram seriously injured, the group tified as Danish, (22) and Deepak, (19). “Dan- in quick succession in some from Jaitpur area about the accident. Police claimed after a worker at an ultrasound fled from the spot. Avinash was ish was arrested near Okhla Mandi and later his of the private hospitals have that on inquiry it was found that the child who was clinic was thrashed by a group later admitted to a hospital. No associate Deepak was nabbed,” police said. On resulted in a group of citizens of youngsters. The brazen inci- arrests have been made in the March 7 at around 8:30 pm, accused persons demanding action against err- playing outside his home got serious injuries after dent occurred in Badshahpur case as yet. boarded a slow-moving train near Okhla rail- ing hospitals. The government being hit by the mini truck. The boy was playing at area on Monday evening. In the past incidents like way station and targeted a victim who was seated and looted wallet containing an original Indian on their part has claimed that the roadside. Shivkumar who was driving truck fled According to police, the this resulted in loss of life. Last near the gate of the train and was speaking on Army identity card, two Aadhar cards and cash lack of law in the state has tied away from the spot. After receiving PCR call, boy main reason for the violence December, a gruesome mur- his mobile phone. Accused Danish snatched his Rs 1,300 and ran away from the spot,” police said. the hands of the authorities was shifted to hospital where doctors declared him was a point of difference der of a 35-year-old person phone and jumped from the train and ran away DCP (South East) Chinmoy Biswal stated towards taking strict action brought dead. Hence, legal action is being taken between the assaulters and the took place. Such was the bru- along with his associates. that the gang used to board slow-moving trains against the erring hospitals. under Sections 279/304A IPC. victims. tality of the incident that the Police claimed that victim also jumped off near Okhla Railway Station and identify a target After action on Fortis hospital Besides beating, the victim deceased who has been iden- the train and chased the accused persons. Within near the gate of the train. As soon as train slowed in Gurugram, people who have AAP MLA BOOKED who has been identified as Avi- tified as Surender was beaten no time, victim was surrounded by the accused down, one of them used to snatch the targeted been victims of the malprac- nash, the group also ransacked with bricks and stones till he persons. They caught him and started search- articles like mobile or bag and got off immedi- tices of other private hospitals NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has registered a case against the clinic and broke the glass succumbed bleeding profusely ing his pockets .''When opposed by the victim, ately while others used to block the passage of in Gurugram now want action AAP MLA from Badarpur after he abused project of- windows of the clinic. One of on the city streets. one of the accomplice struck hard in his head target by posing as passengers. MPOST against the hospitals. ficer in South East Delhi. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) Chinmoy Biswal stated that a lady child development project officer ICDS Project Badarpur, HRERA imposes Rs 30 lakh Department of Women and Child Development came Naxal area commander carrying at Badarpur police station with a handwritten com- plaint alleging therein that MLA Badarpur Narayan fine on real estate firm Dutt Sharma has used abusive and threatening bounty of Rs 50,000 arrested language for her on her mobile while she was sitting OUR CORRESPONDENT After RERA was passed by the RAHUL SINGH at her office at Lajpat Nagar on March 17 at about During police investiga- Central government in May 12:30 pm. “A case under sections 506/509IPC regis- tions, Bhagat confessed to GURUGRAM: Haryana real last year, the Haryana govern- tered against MLA Badarpur, Narayan Dutt Sharma,” NOIDA: Accused in over 14 being a Naxal commander estate regulatory act (HRERA) ment passed HRERA in July cases of murder in Bihar and who had carried out several has imposed a fine of Rs 30 last year said the DCP. Jharkhand, a 25-year-old Naxal blasts in Bihar. Police said that lakhs on a real estate company. Even though the dislike of KAZAKHSTAN WOMAN RAPED area commander, carrying a he revealed that he has been The penalty was imposed after the diluted form of RERA was cash prize of Rs 50,000, was involved in a number of crim- it came to notice of the regula- already voiced by thousands of NEW DELHI: A 37-year-old woman from Kazakhstan arrested by the Noida police on inal activities in last eleven tor that the real estate company homebuyers two months ago was raped in South Delhi area. Police claimed that late Monday night. The police years. had issued the advertisements when the draft of HRERA was they have arrested two accused who were Afghani- said that the arrest was made "Bhagat committed the first of its new project without the first brought out, there were no stan nationals. According to the police, on March 26 from Harola village in Noida. crime in 2007 when he fled his registration. amendments done in the act. the woman lodged a rape and molestation complaint According to the police, home after killing a person As per the act, it is impor- According to government the accused has been identi- over personal rivalry in which tant to register the project sources, more than 2000 rec- against some known person and his friend. During the fied as Sudhir Bhagat, a native his brother and father were with regulator before adver- ommendation from the cit- investigation, both the accused were arrested. “A case of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar arrested in 2013 and convicted. tising about it. The company izens were sought on the under Sections 376/377/354/323/365/34 IPC has and was living in Noida at his visited Bihar and took part in Aadhar cards and a college Since then, he had been living meanwhile has been asked to improvement in HRERA act. been registered in Malviya Nagar police station after sister’s residence in sector 5. Naxal activities. “We had got identity card from his room. at his sister's place in Noida to deposit the amount in the span Affected by the downturn her medical examination. Both accused aged 34 and The police said that he worked a tip-off that Bhagat was living He was taken into custody for evade arrest and took admis- of 15 days. in real estate business for long, 40 years who are residing in Ballimaran has been as a labourer for a packer and in Harola area, following which further interrogation at the sion to a private engineering The project is a joint col- the challenge is not only to have mover company in Noida and we raided the area and found Sector-20 police station,” said college in Ghaziabad in 2012. laboration between the Indian occupancy in over 50,000 resi- arrested in this case. The investigation is in progress,” also took admission at a private him hiding on the fourth-floor Ajay Pal Sharma, Senior Super- However a year later, he quit his and Japanese group. There are dential units but also to pro- said DCP (South) Romil Baaniya. college in Ghaziabad to pursue residence. He was arrested and intendent Of Police (Gautam studies and got fully involved in over 100 complaints that are vide possession to thousands B.tech. However he frequently we confiscated a pistol, two Budh Nagar). crimes,” added Sharma. being undertaken by HRERA. of homebuyers. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 mp

KARNATAKA ASSEMBLY ELECTION Shah accuses K'taka govt of 'dividing' Hindus OUR CORRESPONDENT Lingayat DAVANAGERE: BJP presi- community Shah calls BJP's Yeddyurappa dent Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Siddaramaiah gov- understands it and ernment in Karnataka of try- I'm sure the people 'most corrupt', course corrects ing to divide Hindus and being the "most corrupt" one in the of Karnataka will BENGALURU: BJP chief Amit country. answer it through Shah on Tuesday left his Chief Cong takes swipe at Shah over On a two-day visit to the Ministerial candidate in Karna- poll-bound Karnataka, Shah ballots taka, BS Yeddyurappa, embar- faux pas on most corrupt govt said the move to accord reli- rassed with a slip of tongue, gious minority tag to Lingay- man, from becoming the chief and quickly corrected himself. ats and Veerashaiva Linagayats minister. But that didn't check the rapid NEW DELHI: The Con- in Karnataka. "Who knew was an attempt to 'divide' the "Lingayat community circulation of the video clip on gress on Tuesday poked fun Amit Shah could also speak Hindus. understands it and I'm sure social media, mostly by Con- at Amit Shah saying it agreed the truth - we all concur with "Just ahead of the (assem- the people of Karnataka will gress supporters. with his description of Kar- you Amit ji BS Yeddyurappa bly) elections in Karnataka, answer it through ballots," he While rattling off alle- nataka's Yeddyurappa gov- is the most corrupt!," she they have tried to divide Lin- said. gations against Karnataka's ernment as "number one" in tweeted. In another tweet, gayats and Veerashaivas, also The Karnataka Cabinet had Congress government led by corruption in a gleeful ref- Ramya said this was not the Lingayats and other commu- recently decided to recommend Siddaramaiah at a meeting in erence to a gaffe made by first time Shah had expressed nities, by announcing minor- to the Centre to accord the reli- BJP national president Amit Shah pastes a photo of BJP Chief Minister candidate BS Yeduyurappa on a wall Karnataka's Davanagere, Amit the BJP president when he such feelings towards Yed- ity status for them," Shah told gious minority tag to Lingay- during a statewide door-to-door campaign 'Mushti Dhanya Sangrah Abhiyana', ahead of Karnataka Assembly Shah said, "Recently a retired sought to mention Siddara- dyurappa. Shah had said, reporters here. ats and Veerashaiva Lingayats, Supreme Court judge said if maiah but named his party's addressing the media, "A Elections at Doddabathi village in Davanagere on Tuesday Questioning the timing of apparently to cut into the vote PTI there was ever a competition of former chief minister instead. Supreme Court retired judge the move, he asked the Sidda- bank of the BJP, which signifi- an AHINDU (anti-Hindu) "I have not seen such a to ban PFI to the Union gov- the most corrupt government Congress social media has said that if a comparison ramaiah government, "What cantly banks on their support. leader," he added. sharp difference within a politi- ernment, but Siddaramaiah then the Yeddyurappa govern- in-charge Divya Spandana is made on corruption, then were you doing for five years?" Alleging that Siddaramaiah AHINDA is a Kannada cal party," he added. finds nothing wrong with the ment is number one..." Yeddy- Ramya went to town on Twit- the Yeddyurappa government "In 2013 when your own even tried to bring 'mutts' and acronym for minorities, back- Accusing the Islamic out- PFI. This appeasement policy urappa was sitting next to him. ter over Shah's comment at a would get the number one (UPA) government was in temples under the government ward classes and dalits. fit, Popular Front of India and is the biggest threat to the secu- Another leader was seen press conference earlier today award." MPOST power at the Centre, they had control, he said it was given up He said if the Congress its political wing SDPI (Social rity of Karnataka and India." quietly whispering into his ear. rejected it. Why was Siddara- following opposition to the didn't stop Siddaramaiah, the Democratic Party of India) of Shah also said the people Shah immediately corrected tion allegations by Karnataka's 75-year-old, who commands a maiah silent then. This is an move. party may have to face "harsh being involved in killing Hin- of Karnataka had understood himself. Within seconds, the ombudsman or Lokayukta, strong support among the Lin- attempt to divide the Hindus..," "I have made five to six vis- consequences" in elections. dus and the BJP and the RSS that "this is the most corrupt Congress went on overdrive, Santosh Hegde. He was accused gayat community, as its Chief he said. its to Karnataka and after meet- "On one hand, Congress activists, Shah alleged that the government." tweeting and retweeting the of colluding in illegal iron-ore Ministerial candidate ahead of Shah said it was not a pro- ing people I have been able to president speaks about unit- state government was play- "Recently a retired Supreme video. mining in the mineral-rich dis- the elections - a rare move by a gramme towards the welfare understand the feeling of Kar- ing Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs ing "dirty vote bank politics" Court judge said if there was Yeddyurappa - who was trict of Bellary. In 2016, he was party that usually contests elec- of the Veerashaiva and Lin- nataka," said Shah. and Christians, while on the by withdrawing cases against competition for corruption in chief minister of the first BJP acquitted in case, where he was tions without one. gayat community but a "con- "The feeling of people of other hand in Karnataka, its them. the country, Siddaramaiah gov- government in Karnataka from accused of accepting kickbacks The BJP chief predicts a spiracy" to stop Yeddyurappa, Karnataka is that he (Siddara- own chief minister is speaking "On one side, the Kerala ernment will get number one 2008 -- was forced to step down worth Rs. 40 crore. "tsunami" of support for the considered a Lingayat strong- maiah) is not AHINDA leader, about dividing Hindus. government has recommended award," Shah said. in August 2011 amid corrup- The BJP has named the party in Karnataka. AGENCIES 'Cong will disappear from Model code won't affect setting up Cauvery board CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA ROW Whistleblower claims Cong K'taka like other States' OUR CORRESPONDENT code is in force. It will end a couple of days after May 15, OUR CORRESPONDENT Congress will disappear from NEW DELHI: The Election the counting day for the May employed firm’s services the state as it has from other Commission or the model code 12 elections. NEW DELHI: Union min- parts of the country" he told of conduct will "not come in The apex court bench ister Prakash Javadekar, the reporters. the way" of the Union govern- headed by Chief Justice Dipak NEW DELHI: Cambridge company from a developed BJP's in-charge for Karna- He also claimed that the ment setting up the Cauvery Misra had delivered its verdict Analytica (CA) whistleblower nation going into an econ- taka polls, on Tuesday claimed state government had wanted water management board as on Cauvery water dispute on Christopher Wylie said the omy or democracy that's still the Congress will "disappear" to take over properties of mutts per the Supreme Court's direc- February 16. The court had controversial data analytics struggling to get its feet on the from the state like it has from in the state which, he said, was a tions, Chief Election Com- specified the annual alloca- firm "worked extensively" in ground - and taking advantage other parts of the country and display of its "anti-Hindu" char- missioner O P Rawat said on tion of Cauvery water to states, India, and named Congress as of that to profit from that," he accused the Siddaramaiah gov- acter. Javadekar also took a dig Tuesday. fixing 404.25 tmcft for Tamil its client while testifying before told MPs. ernment of being "anti-farmer at Congress chief Rahul Gan- Responding to a ques- Nadu, 284.75 tmcft for Karna- the UK Parliament today. Personal data protection and anti-poor". dhi over his visits to shrines tion on the applicability of taka, 30 tmcft for Kerala and Deposing before the House expert Paul-Olivier Dehaye, On a day the Election Com- and holy places, saying people the model code for the Cen- Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat with Election Commissioners and 7 tmcft for Puducherry. of Commons Digital, Culture, also deposing before the com- mission announced May 12 as understand who is a real devo- tre in constituting the board to Ashok Lavasa and Sunil Arora announces the schedule for Karnataka The share of water for Tamil Media and Sport Committee mittee, revealed that an Indian the polling date in the state, tee and "whose rounds of tem- implement the Cauvery Water elections at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday PTI Nadu had been reduced by (DCMS), Wylie confirmed that billionaire paid SCL Group, Javadekar claimed that the peo- ples are driven by elections". Disputes Tribunal award for 14.75 tmcft per year compared the UK-based CA has offices CA's parent company, to ensure ple there are eager to throw out He said farm distress, law- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and a announcement of the Karna- other parties and their candi- to the final award by the Cau- and employees in India and that Congress lost the elections. the Congress government due lessness and lack of develop- few other states, the CEC said, taka assembly polls this morn- dates in exercising their fran- very Water Disputes Tribunal offered to hand over relevant The BJP immediately to its "divide and rule policy". ment in the state were the main "Whatever is the direction ing by the EC, the model code chise freely, is applicable to the (CWDT) in 2007. The order "documentation" to the Parlia- latched on to the whistle- "The BJP is confident of a poll issues. or order of the court and the has come into effect. entire poll-bound state. The is applicable for the next 15 mentary committee investigat- blower's testimony and said victory. Their game is divide The 224-member state (steps in) compliance thereof, The code, a poll panel's reg- Centre also cannot announce years. The court had directed ing the matter. the Congress party stood and rule. They are anti-poor assembly will go to the polls the Commission or the model ulatory guidelines to insulate schemes or take policy deci- the central government to con- "They (Cambridge Ana- "exposed" and its president and anti-farmers. People don't on May 12 and the counting of code of conduct does not voters from the influences of sions which can influence vot- stitute a scheme to implement lytica) worked extensively in Rahul Gandhi should imme- appreciate such policies. The votes is on May 15. come in the way." With the the government, the ruling or ers of Karnataka till the model the award. India. They have an office in diately apologise for attempt- India... I believe their client was ing to manipulate elections. Congress but I know that they "The whistleblower has pub- K’taka votes on May 12; nation to receive results on... 'EC must reply how BJP got to have done all kinds of projects. licly confirmed that the Con- I don't remember a national gress was indeed their client. From Page 1 is no party in the country tary party office. Other NCP cal parties must sacrifice for know about K'taka poll date' project but I know regionally. Rahul Gandhi had been trying that is more communal than leaders Praful Patel and Supriya the people. Politics means India's so big that one state can to divert attention. Today, he TRS MP K Kavita, Shiv Sena the BJP. No religion kills peo- Sule were also present during dedication, devotion and dis- OUR CORRESPONDENT be as big as Britain. But they stands exposed. The Congress MP Sanjay Raut, BJD MP ple. We respect all religions. the meeting. Even though Con- cipline. Politics is not a per- 'I hope that our do have offices there, they do and Rahul Gandhi must apolo- Anubhav Mohanty, DMK MP Look at the history of Hindu- gress Chairperson Sonia Gan- sonal obligation but a social NEW DELHI: The CPI on democracy is not have staff," Wylie told lawmak- gise to the nation," Union Law Kanimozhi met her at the AITC ism and the foundation year of dhi is unwell, Banerjee will be compulsion.” Tuesday took strong excep- ers under oath. minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Parliamentary Party office. The the Bharatiya Janata Party. A meeting her at 5 pm today at Referring to the recent con- tion to the BJP's IT cell chief so weak, otherwise Wylie, a data analyt- told reporters. Prasad also dis- entire TDP group, SP Rajya ‘new’ Ram has been introduced Gandhi’s residence here. troversy relating to Chief Justice tweeting the date of the Kar- the BJP will start ics expert and formerly an missed the Congress' allega- Sabha member and party’s now. These incidents are totally Congress stalwart and for- of India Dipak Misra’s impeach- nataka Assembly election even employee at Cambridge Ana- tion that the BJP had used the senior leader Ram Gopal Yadav unconstitutional and against mer Union Law Minister Ash- ment proposal, Banerjee said before the Election Commis- announcing the lytica, has alleged that the firm's services, calling it a "pack and RJD MPs Misa Bharati and traditions. Hindustan is enor- wini Kumar, too, met the West that while she cannot ignore sion announced it, saying the election results political consultancy firm of lies". Minutes later, the Con- Devendra Yadav also met her in mous and it has different layers Bengal CM separately at Parlia- what the four Supreme Court poll panel should answer how used personal information gress issued a statement cate- the afternoon. of religions,” Banerjee added ment House, as well as senior judges have alleged, she will he got to know about it. also' harvested from more than gorically denying it employed During the meeting, Baner- taking a dig to the saffron party. Supreme Court lawyer and wait for other parties to decide. "It is a huge embarrassment 50 million Facebook users to the data firm, and went on to jee slammed the ‘new’ BJP, led She also took on the ruling former AAP leader Prashant “I cannot ignore what four for the Election Commission. Observing that "many ques- influence elections. dare the BJP-led government by PM Modi and Amit Shah, BJP on the leaked dates of Kar- Bhushan. Supreme Court judges have The EC should answer how tions are being raised" about Wylie claims the data was to launch an investigation into saying, “There is a huge differ- nataka Assembly polls. “The “We all are together. Who- said, but let other parties dis- he got to know about the date. the EC, he said questions were sold to CA, which then used the matter. "It is all false. Why ence between the NDA of for- Election Commission doesn’t ever has a stronghold in a cuss on CJI impeachment. The How can such a thing happen raised when polls to Gujarat it to psychologically profile is India's perpetually lying Law mer PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee represent any individual politi- specific area should work TMC will go with what the oth- and the BJP announces the date and Himachal Pradesh, slated people and deliver material in Minister throwing allegations and now. I was a part of that cal institution. They are ‘mis- independently. In UP, if Akh- ers decide.” NC veteran Farooq when only the EC has the man- around the same time, were favour of Donald Trump dur- in the media, he is in power government… even now there using’ the institution. It is a bad ilesh Yadav and Mayawati stay Abdullah too met Banerjee at date to conduct free and fair announced separately. ing the 2016 US presidential why doesn't he show all proof are some good people but they gesture,” Banerjee observed. together, nothing can beat South Avenue on Tuesday eve- polls," party National Secretary "The courts also indicted elections. He also criticised and then register an FIR. We are sidelined.” Her four-day visit to Delhi them. Let them together call ning. Today she will meet Delhi D Raja said here. the poll panel on the issue of CA for running campaigns challenge you. They fear they Expressing disgrace at the assumes political significance a meeting in Lucknow and we chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, "I hope that our democracy disqualification of the 20 Aam in "struggling democracies", will be exposed if they probe," ongoing tensions over BJP’s because of her meeting with will all go,” the senior politician former Union Minister Yash- is not so weak, otherwise the Aadmi Party members (on which he called "an example of said Congress communi- ‘Ram Navami’ celebrations NCP chief Sharad Pawar. The also mentioned. want Sinha and BJP MP Sha- BJP will start announcing the grounds of holding office-of- what modern-day colonialism cations-in charge Randeep in Bengal, she added, “There duo met at the NCP Parliamen- According to her, “politi- trughan Sinha. election results also," he said. profit)," Raja said. looks like". "You have a wealthy Surjewala. AGENCIES Sure, we are friends, but...: 'Hope 'our 56 inch BJP trying to create discord BJP is 'Super Election strongman' has Maya on friendship with SP between SP, BSP: Akhilesh Commission': Cong plan on Doklam' LUCKNOW: Mayawati's fail- any other bypoll in the run up OUR CORRESPONDENT for sending a message to the NEW DELHI: Congress presi- ure to snag a Rajya Sabha seat to the national election. "The entire country," he said. NEW DELHI: The Congress dent Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday means her newfound friend Lok Sabha polls of 2019 are LUCKNOW: Alleging a con- Alleging that the ruling on Tuesday dubbed the BJP took a swipe at Prime Minister Akhilesh Yadav can forget approaching and so we want spiracy by the BJP to break party members including Chief "Super Election Commission", Narendra Modi on the Doklam about any help in two more to concentrate on that. In any the SP-BSP alliance, Sama- Minister Yogi Adityanath have taking strong objection to its IT issue, saying he hoped the "56 bypolls ahead in Uttar Pradesh. Lok Sabha bypoll or otherwise jwadi Party supremo Akhilesh forgotten using dignified lan- cell chief tweeting the date of inch strongman" has a plan to After losing a white-knuck- in the interim, we will not ask Yadav on Tuesday said that "The BJP did everything to guage, Akhilesh said, "I thank the Karnataka Assembly elec- deal with the situation. led race for one Rajya Sabha our workers to leave everything the saffron party would not ensure a fight between us (SP- you for making be backward. tion before the Election Com- Gandhi's comments came seat to the BJP on Friday, May- and work for the bypolls for return to power if it failed in BSP) and even blamed us that We are progressive backward mission had announced it. after China on Monday asserted awati declared that her alliance anyone else," she said. its endeavour to create a dis- we have got the BSP's Rajya Hindu with whom no one can Congress communications that Doklam belongs to it and with the Samajwadi Party of This means Akhilesh Yadav cord between the two parties Sabha candidate defeated. I compete. Yogi in House said in-charge Randeep Surjewala Election Commissioner O P India should have "learnt les- Akhilesh Yadav was very much cannot count on a Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. want to tell you (BJP) that we he is proud of being Hindu. also said the Election Com- Rawat was addressing a press sons" from the stand-off last intact and the BJP should be victory redux in the crucial "Now the SP and the BSP samajwadis have big heart and So, am I not proud? He com- mission's credibility was at test conference to announce the year. Recalling China's state- under no false hope that she parliamentary bypoll in Kai- are united. Now you (BJP) will if we have to give up some- pared our friendship with that and asked if there would be any schedule for the Karnataka ment, Gandhi said on Twitter, could divide the two before the rana and the assembly bypoll try to create fissures between thing, we will give it up in of snake and mole." Attack- action against the ruling party polls but had not declared the "Last week thousands took my 2019 national election. in Bijnore, both in western UP. us. You are citing guest house future," he said. ing the BJP on charges of 'pari- and its chief Amit Shah. date, said he had only quoted a Twitter poll. 63% felt Modi Ji At the same time, the Bahu- Juhi Singh, a Samajwadi case and other things to the "You should let us (SP-BSP) warwad' (nepotism), Akhilesh "BJP becomes the Super news channel. The BJP IT cell would use hugplomacy, blame jan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Party leader, said: "Kairana is BSP, but I am happy that you break. If you fail (to break our said, "How Yogi became head Election Commission' as they head said the election would RM and cry in public to deal made two significant com- just a bypoll. We will take it as got a reply from BSP leader unity), you will not be able to of the Math in Gorakhpur. announce poll dates for Karna- be held on May 12 and count- with the Doklam issue! "For ments that telegraphed her it comes. Mayawatiji has clearly (Mayawati). Now they (BJP) grab power in future," he said Had his relative not being head taka even before the EC. ing would take place on May India's sake, I hope you were disappointment with Akh- said the tie up is intact and the will taste defeat in every battle," pointing at Deputy Chief Min- there, he could not have taken "Credibility of EC is on test. 18. While he was correct on wrong and our 56 inch strong- ilesh Yadav, whose party had next big election for all of us is Akhilesh said, referring to the ister Dinesh Sharma and other over from him. BJP is the party "Will EC now issue notice the polling day, the votes will man has a plan." Troops of won two seemingly impossible the Lok Sabha 2019 poll." assault of Mayawati allegedly ruling party members. which practices casteism." to BJP President, Amit Shah & be counted on May 15. When India and China were locked in bypoll contests in BJP strong- In her second loaded by SP workers in a state guest "I want to thank the BSP Mentioning reports regard- register an FIR against BJP IT Rawat's attention was drawn a 73-day stand-off in Doklam holds of Gorakhpur and Phul- message, Mayawati said house in 1995. again and the Peace Party and ing probe of his properties and Head for leaking EC's confi- towards the tweet, he described near Sikkim last year after the pur with the BSP's support. Akhilesh Yadav was politically He was speaking during other allies for supporting our cases of party leader Azam dential information?" Surjew- it as a "very serious issue" that Indian side stopped the build- One, Mayawati has said inexperienced and ...Jaya Bach- budget discussion in Uttar candidates in Gorakhpur and Khan, Akhilesh said, "This is ala said on Twitter. Malviya, would merit a probe and "strin- ing of a road in the disputed her party won't take part in chan. AGENCIES Pradesh Legislative Council. Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls and not political behaviour." whose tweet came when Chief gent action". MPOST area by the Chinese Army. PTI 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 SC says khap interference in MP to recommend CBI probe in scribe's death; driver held marriage 'absolutely illegal' OUR CORRESPONDENT BHOPAL/BHIND: A day after OUR CORRESPONDENT quasi-judicial bodies and pro- The Centre had earlier a television journalist, who had nounce harsh punishments pleaded with the apex court done a sting operation to report NEW DELHI: In a relief to based on age-old customs. Sev- to put in place a mechanism to on an illicit sand mining case, inter-faith or inter-caste cou- eral cases of women and men monitor crimes against women was mowed down by a truck, ples who often face threat to falling victim to 'khap' diktats by khap panchayats, saying that the Madhya Pradesh govern- their lives due to their relation- have been reported over the the police was not able to pro- ment said it will recommend a ship, the Supreme Court on years, particularly in states like tect such women. CBI probe into his death. Tuesday banned any interfer- Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and The top court had also said Meanwhile, the driver of ence by illegal assemblies like Rajasthan. that as a pilot project, it would the truck, which ran over the 'khap panchayats' into their The apex court had also examine the situation in three journalist, was arrested late on marriages, terming the intru- asked khap panchayats not to districts of the northern states Monday night, the police said. Truck driver, Ranvir Yadav in police custody sions as "absolutely illegal." behave like "conscience keep- of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Sandeep Sharma, who A bench of Chief Justice ers of the society" and said that where khap panchayats were worked for a news channel in who had fled the spot after the tweeted. Dipak Misra and justices AM a marriage between two adults active. Bhind, had complained to the accident, and is questioning Scindia had also claimed Khanwilkar and DY Chandra- The apex court had also asked was governed by the law. In 2007, a Haryana court district administration about him," Superintendent of Police that the mining mafia in the chud also laid down guidelines 'Khap panchayats' had ear- had awarded death to five peo- threats to his life after he car- Prashant Khare said. state was getting bolder by the to prevent such interferences khap panchayats not to behave like lier told the court that they ple and sentenced one person ried out a sting operation on A case under Indian Penal day. and said the norms laid down were encouraging inter-caste to life for killing a couple on the illicit sand mining. Code under section 304 (cul- "...the helpless state govern- by it would remain in force till 'conscience keepers of the society' and inter-faith marriages and the orders of a self-styled 'khap The 35-year-old journal- pable homicide not amounting ment is just sitting by closing its a suitable legislation is enacted had referred to provisions of panchayat' for marrying against ist was talking on his phone to murder) has been registered eyes," he said in a tweet. by the Parliament. During the proceedings in only as an assembly of persons the Hindu Marriage Act which societal norms. by the side of Ater Road in against the accused, Prashant Leader of the Opposition in The ruling came on a plea the matter, the Centre too had or as a community group. prohibit a union between 'sap- In April 2015, the khap front of a police station when Khare said. the state assembly, Ajay Singh, by NGO Shakti Vahini, which told the top court that state gov- The apex court had ear- inda' relationships or close of Notara Bhopat village had the truck, used to ferry sand, Sharma's death had trig- also demanded a CBI probe, had moved the apex court in ernments must provide protec- lier said incidents of attacks blood relatives among Hindus. ordered a woman from the ran over him on Monday, the gered a demand from the Con- stating that the government 2010 seeking protection of cou- tion to couples fearing for their against those going for inter- They had claimed that they northern state of Rajasthan to police said. gress for a CBI probe into the had not taken any action to ples from honour killings. lives due to inter-caste or inter- caste or inter-faith marriages were performing their duties live with a man whose wife had Chief Minister Shivraj incident. provide security to the jour- While reserving its verdict faith marriages and that such were "absolutely illegal" and no as conscience keepers of the eloped with her husband. Singh Chouhan on Tuesday Congress chief whip in the nalist though he had informed in March this year, the court couples should inform the mar- 'khap panchayat, individual or society. In 2014, a community directed the relevant officials Lok Sabha, Jyotiraditya Scin- the authorities about the threat had observed that when two riage officers about any such the society could question any The court had invited 'khap panchayat in Uttar Pradesh to recommend a probe by the dia, had on Monday said the to his life. consenting adults get mar- threat so that they can be given adult woman or man marrying panchayats' to hear their views had banned girls from wear- Central Bureau of Investigation journalist had exposed the Sandeep had also told the ried irrespective of their back- protection. to a person of his or her choice. before issuing an order to stop ing jeans and keeping mobile (CBI) into Sharma's death, an nexus between the sand mafia district administration that he ground, no relative or a third In an indication that it 'Khap' panchayats are caste them from harassing or killing phones, claiming that these had official of the state Public Rela- and police. feared he could be killed by person can interfere or threaten would not recognise 'khap pan- or community groups, present couples purportedly to protect a "bad" effect on them and were tions Department said. "This is a very serious the sand mafia, the victim's or unleash violence against chayats', the top court had also largely in rural areas of north the honour of a family, caste, responsible for sexual harass- "The police arrested the matter and the CBI should nephew, Vikas Purohit, said in them. said that it would refer to them India which at times act as community or faith. ment incidents. truck driver, Ranvir Yadav, immediately probe it," he had a complaint to the police. Recruiting married BRIEFS persons into JAG '9 Kerala districts to be Delhi court orders attachment of NATION expensive: Centre NO PROPOSAL TO SCRAP ARTICLE declared drought-hit' Mallya's properties in PMLA case 370, SAYS GOVERNMENT NEW DELHI: Recruitment of married men and women THIRUVANANTHA- OUR CORRESPONDENT to return to India but was NEW DELHI: There is no proposal for scrapping Article into the Indian Army's legal PURAM: The Kerala govern- "incapacitated" to travel as his 370, which gives special status to Jammu & Kashmir, branch, JAG, will be expensive ment on Tuesday decided to NEW DELHI: A Delhi court passport had been revoked under the government's consideration, the Lok Sabha for the Centre as it will have declare 9 of its 14 districts as on Tuesday ordered attachment by Indian authorities was was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State to incur "heavy expenditure" drought-hit in view of scarcity of properties of businessman "malafide" and "abuse of the for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir made the asser- to find replacements for such of rains, shortage of surface and Vijay Mallya, who was declared process of law". recruits when they are absent ground water and intrusion of a proclaimed offender for evad- Mallya, who is reportedly in tion while replying to a written question from BJP MP from training due to their mar- saline water. ing summons in a money laun- London, had submitted before Ashwini Kumar. ital obligations, the govern- A meeting of the state disas- dering case related to FERA the court on September 9 that ment has claimed in the Delhi ter management authority pre- It was also decided at the violation. he was "incapacitated" to travel NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE OF High Court. sided over by Chief Minister meeting that immediate steps Chief Metropolitan Magis- despite "best intentions" as his QUESTION PAPER: KERALA DGP The submission by the Pinarayi Vijayan decided to would be taken for distribu- trate Deepak Sherawat directed bailable warrant against the passport had been revoked. central government has been declare the districts of Kannur, tion of drinking water through the attachment through the liquor baron. Unlike a non- On July 9, the court had THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is "no prima facie made in an affidavit filed before Alappuzha, Idukki, Kasaragod, tankers and kiosks to tide over Police Commissioner, Benga- bailable warrant, an 'open- cancelled the exemption from evidence" of any leakage of the Physics question a bench of Acting Chief Jus- Kozhikode, Malappuram, Pal- the drought situation, the luru, and sought a report by ended NBW' does not carry a personal appearance granted to paper for the March 21 Kerala State Higher Second- tice Gita Mittal and Justice C akkad, Thrissur and Waynad as release added. May 8 regarding the compli- time limit for execution. Mallya on an application of the ary examination for the plus two students, the police Hari Shankar which is hear- drought-hit, an official release According to the Central ance of the order. On November 4, 2016, ED and directed him to appear said on Tuesday. The Cyber crime police had regis- ing a lawyer's PIL that alleged said. Meteorological Department, The court was hearing an while issuing non-bailable war- before it on September 9. The tered a case following the reports of the leakage of "institutionalised discrimina- The official declaration in there was shortfall of rain Enforcement Directorate (ED) rant against Mallya, the court exemption was granted to Mal- tion" against married women this regard would be made by during the 2017 North-East plea seeking attachment of had observed he had no incli- lya in December 2000. the Physics question paper through WhatsApp. The by not inducting them into the the State Relief Commissioner, monsoon that sets in during Mallya's properties. nation to return and had scant The anti-money laundering investigation by the Cyber police wing of the state Judge Advocate General (JAG) it said. October-December. The court had on January 4 regard for the law of the land. agency had issued summons crime branch revealed that there was no prima facie Department. After the petition Besides Vijayan, who is In the hilly Idukki district, declared Mallya a proclaimed It had said that coercive to the businessman in connec- evidence of the leakage of the question paper, State by lawyer Kush Kalra was filed also the authority chairman, presently there was no drought offender for evading summons process has to be initiated tion with alleged payment of Police chief Loknath Behara said. The investigation in May 2016, the Army had Revenue Minister E Chan- situation. However, it had been in a FERA violation case after against Mallya as he was facing USD 200,000 to a British firm would continue, DGP Behara said in a statement here. come out with a corrigendum drasekharan, Agriculture Min- included in the list of drought- noting that he failed to appear proceedings in several cases ad for displaying Kingfisher logo in August last year which had ister VS Sunil Kumar and Chief hit as the main sources of water before it despite repeated avoiding appearance in those during the Formula One World GUJARATI BECOMES COMPULSORY said that even married men are Secretary Paul Antony were were expected to dry up as summonses. matters. Championships in London and barred from recruitment into among those who took part in summer intensifies, the release It had on April 12 last year The court had also held that some European countries in IN ALL SCHOOLS OF GUJARAT the JAG service. MPOST the meeting. added. MPOST issued an open-ended non- Mallya's plea that he wanted 1996, 1997 and 1998. GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government has made it mandatory for all schools in the state to teach Govt: CISF offered security READT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE Amit Chavda is new Gujarati language to their students, Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said on Tuesday. Mak- Gujarat Cong chief ing the announcement in the Assembly, Chudasama consultancy to 60 schools NEW DELHI: Three-time said: "Irrespective of the board they are affiliated to, MLA Amit Chavda was on OUR CORRESPONDENT including the CBSE, ICSE, IB, CISEC or IGCSE, teach- lic School (DPS) society, Tagore Tuesday appointed as the new ing Gujarati will be mandatory for every school in International School Delhi, Gujarat Congress chief, replac- the state. "To familiarise the students of the state with NEW DELHI: The CISF schools under the national ing Bharatsinh Solanki, the had offered security consul- capital territory of Delhi, Ryan party said in a statement here. Gujarati language, the government has decided to tancy services to 60 schools International Schools, Podar Congress had lost the 2017 make it a mandatory subject in classes 1 to 8," he told across the country and it has Schools Mumbai, Doon School Gujarat Assembly election but the House. received responses from about Dehradun, Rishi Valley School, improved its tally to 77 from 60 half of them, the govern- Scindia School Gwalior, in the 2012 elections. MEGHALAYA MINISTERS TO TAKE ment informed Parliament on Mayo College Ajmer and Law- Congress President Rahul STOCK OF COAL MINING BAN Tuesday. rence school Sanawar among Gandhi has appointed Amit Minister of State for Home others. Chavda, MLA, as the presi- SHILLONG: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply The minister said that a dent of the Gujarat Pradesh Sangma on Tuesday said the government would soon to a question in the Lok Sabha, "response has been received Congress Committee in place constitute a Group of Ministers (GoMs) to study the said the paramilitary force has from 29 schools". of Bharatsinh Solanki, the National Green Tribunal ban on coal mining in the offered consultancy services to The Central Industrial statement said. "The party state. Sangma announced the decision to constitute the 60 schools/school chains. Security Force started offer- recognises the service and group during a meeting with the State Coordination Those offered the services ing these services to schools in contribution of Sri Bharatsinh Committee of Coal Owners and Mine Dealers Forum include the Kendriya Vidya- November last year in the wake Sub-inspectors probationer jubilate after their passing out parade at Police Training College ground in Solanki, who has relinquished laya Sangathan, Navodaya of the killing of a student at a the responsibility ads the to study the current status of the NGT ban on coal Moradabad on Tuesday Vidyalaya Society, Delhi Pub- Gurgaon school. PTI GPCC president," it said. MPOST mining in Meghalaya and the way forward. Sangma said that GoMs comprising Mining and Geology, Law, Environment and Home would be constituted to look Bobbitised Ker godman into the whole issue. Minor kids' testimony gets man MAHA GOVT MAY BRING LAW TO gets his genital back CHECK COPYING IN EXAMS: TAWDE life in jail for killing his wife OUR CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government said on Some bigwigs are Tuesday that it will consider bringing in a law to check OUR CORRESPONDENT In 2007, the victim had After committing the court that their father would KOCHI: A self-claimed Kerala against me and copying by students during exams and will also take lodged a complaint with an crime, the accused fled to his often beat and abuse their godman who was bobbitised strict action against those who leak the question pa- THANE: A Thane court has NGO against her husband native place in Uttar Pradesh, mother. last year got his genital back working against pers. School education minister Vinod Tawde made an sentenced a 33-year-old man and in-laws for ill treating her, but the Thane police traced The minors categorically through surgery on Tuesday. me, says godman announcement to this effect in the Legislative Council to life in jail for killing his wife, prompting them to assure the him to his village and brought said their father would not give The 55-year-old controver- while replying to a debate, initiated by Vikram Kale relying on the deposition by the victim against harassment. him back for trial. money to their mother for pur- sial godman told the media on genital. The horrific attack (NCP), on the spate of incidents of copying in the re- couple's two minor children The family members, how- The case was lodged against chasing their school books and the occasion that more than happened in May when Hari and other witnesses. ever, soon re-started harass- the woman's husband and his stationery, she said. one person was to blame for Swami -- the godman -- was cently held exams of Classes 10 and 12 in the state. While awarding the life- ing her. four other family members. The children also said the crime. As his genital was resting at the home of one of The minister also warned of stringent action against long jail term to convict She was often beaten up Accepting the arguments that their father would not restored, the man said it was his friends and followers in the the officials who change the designated examination Sadaphal Hariram Yadav, by her husband, denied meals of the defence counsel for the accept water or food from their after 280 days that he was able state capital. centres at the last minute. Additional Sessions Judge SC and prevented from contacting victim's in-laws, brother-in- mother's hands, and would to urinate freely. Soon after the attack, he Khalipe also imposed a fine of her parents and going out, the law and sister-in-law, Judge not even allow her to go out "While I claimed then that was rushed to a hospital and an MAOIST CAMP DESTROYED IN Rs 15,000 on him. prosecutor told the court. Khalipe acquitted them due without his permission, she I myself did it so as to get away emergency surgery was done KAKULAJHAR RESERVE FOREST During the trial, Additional The woman resisted from lack of conclusive evidence noted. from further trouble, the truth to refix his genital which had Public Prosecutor Vandana taking strong action against against them. "It shows what was the con- is that the same people whom I been severed. PHULBANI (ODISHA): A Maoist camp was destroyed Jadav told the court that Yadav, them for the sake of her two The court, however, rejected duct of the children's father helped were behind this act and The first report said the by security forces in a gun battle in Kakulajhar reserve a resident of Vartak Nagar in children, she said. the arguments of the husband's towards their mother," the more than one person did it," attack was done by a 23-year- forest in Odisha's Kandhamal district on Tuesday, po- Thane city, had married Usha On June 23, 2014, the wom- counsel. judge said. he said in the presence of doc- old lady as he was harassing lice said. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of the about 15 years ago and had two an's husband strangulated her The judge observed that The court also accepted tors at a private hospital after her. It was later said he did it camp, district police and the special operation group children from the marriage. to death with a saree and a bed the deceased's two children, the submission of the vic- the surgery. himself, while a third version Yadav and his family mem- sheet and tried to hang her a son aged seven and daugh- tim's brother, with whom he He added that he suffered said it was done by some oth- (SOG) had launched a joint operation in the forest this bers, however, later started ill- from the ceiling fan, to make ter aged four and half years had shared the instances of her a lot during this period and at ers. "Some bigwigs are against morning and were shot at by the Maoists, Kandhamal treating and harassing Usha for the killing appear as a case of at the time of the incident ill-treatment by the husband, one point even told the doc- me and working against me," Superintendent of Police, Pratik Singh told reporters. dowry. suicide, the prosecutor said. had deposed before the prior to her death. tors to completely remove his the godman added. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 mp Naidu meets leaders Speaker meets parties Parl adjourned yet over House disruption to break logjam in LS OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT day's efforts of Naidu were aimed at mobilizing the lead- NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha again amid protests NEW DELHI: Anguished over ers and members of the parties Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on not being allowed to bid fare- who were keen about the nor- Tuesday met leaders of differ- well to retiring members, Rajya mal functioning of the House ent political parties in a bid Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah against members of parties to break the impasse in the Lok Sabha fails to take up no-confidence motion again Naidu met leaders of various hijacking the functioning of the House, where opposition pro- parties, including the Con- House and building up a case tests washed out proceedings OUR CORRESPONDENT gress, BJP, TDP and AIADMK for action against disruptors if for the 16th day. and conveyed to them that he they did not mend their ways. The speaker met leaders 'Sumitra Mahajan NEW DELHI: The second leg was running out of options and The leaders and members of from the Congress, including of the Budget Session of Par- may be forced to act against several parties who met Naidu its leader in the House Mal- is also considering liament seemed to be head- errant members. shared his concern and sup- likarjun Kharge and Jyotirad- holding an all-party ing for a washout as both the Sources said that Naidu ported action against disrup- itya Scindia, AIADMK, Shiv meeting if the logjam Houses failed to transact any conveyed his “outrage” over the tors. They asserted they too Sena, Trinamool Congress, in the second phase business on the 16th straight retiring members of the House were exasperated by the turn YSR Congress, TRS and BJD day on Tuesday due to adjourn- not being allowed the courtesy of events in the House with among others, official sources of the Budget ments forced by noisy protests of farewell observations. He some not allowing the House said. Session persists' by some parties. did some plain speaking to the to function. Mahajan is also considering The Rajya Sabha, which was leaders questioning the ratio- After the Chairman's out- holding an all-party meeting if The speaker has also con- adjourned for the day about nale for prolonged disruptions reach, the sources expressed the logjam in the second phase sulted Parliamentary Affairs 20 minutes after it had assem- when he had agreed to allow confidence that the chances of the Budget Session persists, Minister Ananth Kumar over bled, also saw a unique protest Opposition members protest during the on-going Budget Session of Rajya Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Friday PTI discussion on each and every of the normal functioning they said. efforts to break the deadlock. by opposition parties, whose issue and when the opposition of the House on Wednes- The Congress, the sources The Lok Sabha and the members remained seated for ment, AIADMK members tary Affairs Minister Ananth day after AIADMK MPs came and ruling parties were ready day have brightened. During said, wanted the House to first Rajya Sabha have seen little over 30 minutes even after trooped into the Well shouting Kumar said the government into the Well protesting over for debates on various issues, the meeting, several sugges- take up its notice for a no-con- business due to protests by par- Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu slogans and demanding imme- was ready for any discussion the Cauvery issue. they said. tions, including allowing the fidence motion against the ties over a host of issues since called it a day and left the diate constitution of the Cauv- and sought to blame the Con- After laying of the listed While questioning how the members near the Chairman's government but was told that the second phase of the bud- House. ery river management board. gress for the proceedings not papers, Naidu said the House House and other parties could podium without placards, rais- the notice for a similar motion get session started on March 5. The second part of this Many other Opposition mem- moving ahead. should bid farewell to retiring be helpless in the matter, the ing their demands from their given by Thota Narasimham The government claimed session has 22 sittings and is bers were seen demanding that Congress leader Mallikar- MPs, listen to their experiences Chairman said that the stale- respective seats and allowing of the Telugu Desam Party is that it was ready to partici- scheduled to conclude on April the notices for no-confidence jun Kharge blamed the govern- and thanking them for their mate was bringing disgrace the agitated members to stand the first in the order of receipts. pate in any debate and blamed 6. Six more sittings are slated. motion be taken up. ment for the impasse, saying contributions. to the House besides eroding in their places when farewell The Congress notice is sec- opposition parties for the The Lok Sabha again failed Mahajan told the House it does not want discussion However, AIADMK mem- democracy. mentions are to be made were ond followed by that of the YSR impasse. The opposition has, in to take up notices for no-con- that she has received notices on the issue and asserted "We bers continued to raise slogans The sources said that Tues- rejected by the Chairman. Congress, they said. turn, blamed the government. fidence motion against the gov- for no-confidence motion from are ready for discussion." He from the Well and were soon ernment after Speaker Sumitra members of various parties and later claimed that the at least joined by the TDP. Mahajan said the House was added that she was duty-bound 80 MPs were supporting the Prime Minister Narendra not in order and adjourned to take them up. motion. Modi was also present in the Cabinet may clear modified NMC Bill proceedings, amid noisy pro- However, she decided not AIADMK and Congress House. tests over various issues. to take up the notices say- members also got into heated "We don't have the cour- DHIRENDRA KUMAR be approved by the Cabinet fourth year of the MBBS course profession as well as education,” In a novel way to convey ing the House was not in exchanges even after the Lok tesy even for retiring mem- Committee, which is chaired instead of exit exam to get a the sources added. that they have enough num- order. Unless the House is in Sabha was adjourned for the bers," Naidu remarked as he NEW DELHI: The suspense by Prime Minister Narendra medical practitioner license. In the proposed NMC Bill, bers to initiate the no-confi- order, "I will not be in a posi- day, apparently over remarks asked protesting members to over modalities of controver- Modi. On the adoption of sugges- it has been proposed to con- dence motion, members of tion" to take up notices, Maha- by Congress MP KC Venugopal go back to their seats. sial National Medical Commis- Notably, the Parliament tions by the panel, the sources duct bridge course to allow the Congress, Left and some jan said and requested the that the Tamil Nadu party was As his appeal went sion (NMC) Bill is likely to be Standing Committee on Health said, “The proposed Bill has practitioners of alternative other parties displayed blue- protesting members to return "match fixing with the BJP" in unheeded, Naidu asked both over soon as the proposed bill in its report had said that the been drafted in such as way that medicines such as homoeop- coloured placards, each with to their seats. not allowing the House to func- Leader of the Opposition is in the agenda of discussion 'bridge course', proposed in it would help in addressing the athy and ayurveda to practice a circled number -- from 1 to Members from the Con- tion and taking up the no-con- Ghulam Nabi Azad and Leader of the Union Cabinet, which is the NMC Bill, to allow prac- acute shortage of doctors in the allopathy. 80 -- along with the words 'For gress, the Left, the TDP and fidence motion. of the House Arun Jaitley: "Are scheduled to be held on titioners of alternative medi- country, particularly in rural The committee, which is no-confidence'. some other parties stood up The Rajya Sabha too wit- we so helpless?" Wednesday. cines such as homoeopathy and pockets.” headed by Samajwadi Party At least 50 members need to holding the blue placards, nessed similar scenes and could To this, Azad said the According to sources, the ayurveda to practise allopathy, “All ‘necessary’ suggestions MP Ramgopal Yadav, had support a no-confidence notice apparently to show her that not bid farewell to 40 retiring House should function, while Ministry of Health and Family should not be made a manda- of the House panel have been stated that conducting a sepa- for the House to accept it and there were 80 members sup- MPs on Tuesday or trans- Minister of State for Parliamen- Welfare (MoHFW) has incor- tory provision. adopted in the proposed bill. rate examination to ‘certify’ an start a debate. porting the no-confidence act any business for the 16th tary Affair Vijay Goel appealed porated ‘suitable’ suggestions The House Panel in its The amendments would help in MBBS graduate’s talent is like When the Lower House met motion. day in a row as the Chairman to the protesting MPs to let the of the Parliamentary Commit- report had recommended con- changing the negative percep- pointing fingers at standards at noon after the first adjourn- Amid the din, Parliamen- adjourned the House for the House function. tee in the NMC Bill that may ducting licensing exam in the tions attached to the medical of medical universities. NRC in Assam: Top court 'Google Street View' proposal rejected by Govt RS MP Sasikala Pushpa violates NEW DELHI: A proposal to View. The App explores places court order, marries Ramasamy roll out Google Street View, worldwide through 360-degree refuses to extend May 31 an application through which panoramic and street-level 3D NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP filed a plea in a Delhi court one can explore cities, tour- imagery. Everything that is cap- and expelled AIADMK leader against Satya Priya, alleging ist spots, hills and rivers using tured is posted online. Sasikala Pushpa wed B Rama- that she and her brother, Man- deadline for updation 360-degree panoramic and While it has been exten- samy in a ceremony in New ikandan, harassed his child. A street-level imagery, has been sively used in the US, Canada Delhi on Monday. The wedding case was registered under the OUR CORRESPONDENT the employees engaged in NRC rejected by the government, and many European coun- was held despite an order by a Protection of Children from work be allowed to be deployed the Lok Sabha was informed tries, its application in India Madurai family court, which Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. NEW DELHI: The Supreme for the polls. The NRC is being on Tuesday. was initially permitted for a few had stayed the marriage. It is also being reported that the Court on Tuesday refused to prepared to identify illegal Union minister of state for locations. In a petition to the court, Delhi police is enroute Tamil extend the May 31 deadline for migrants in Assam. home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Google had on an experi- Ramasamy’s former wife, T Nadu to arrest Satya Priya and the ongoing process of publica- The bench said it had no said Google had submitted a mental basis launched street Satya Priya, had challenged his Manikandan. tion of the final National Regis- intention to interfere with the proposal on the Google Street view for some tourist sites wedding to Sasikala as the duo They have been booked ter of Citizens (NRC) in Assam panchayat polls in the state and View for the government's such as the Taj Mahal, Red was still married. The court, under Sections 12, JJA-75 of the in the wake of panchayat elec- it should be held as per sched- permission in July 2015 which "The government has not spots, hills and rivers through Fort, Qutub Minar, Varanasi ruling in favour of Priya, had POCSO Act, and under Sec- tions in the state, saying the ule. But the polls shall not allows users to explore places agreed to the proposal," Ahir 360-degree panoramic and river bank, Nalanda University, found their marriage valid. tions 323 and 506 of the Indian polls should not become an become impediment in the around the world through said in a written reply to a street-level imagery. Mysore Palace, Thanjavur tem- Ramasamy and Satya Priya Penal Code. impediment. work of NRC, it added. 360-degree panoramic street question. As per Google's The internet services giant ple and Chinnaswamy stadium, have a one-year old daughter Sasikala Pushpa was The top court, however, Additional Solicitor Gen- level imagery and view pub- plans, using the App one could wanted to cover most parts of in partnership with the Archae- together. expelled from the AIADMK spared the Additional Dep- eral Tushar Mehta, repre- lic area. explore Indian cities, tourist India through the Google Street ological Society of India. MPOST Ramasamy, meanwhile, had in August 2016. AGENCIES uty Commissioner rank offi- senting Assam, told the court cer currently engaged in NRC that as per the Panchayat updation work for the local Constitution Rules of the bodies elections scheduled next state, deputy commissioner is UP Assembly passes stringent crime control bill amid Oppn walkout month. responsible for the elections "We have already said that but he was currently engaged OUR CORRESPONDENT being cleared by the Lower Piloting the bill, Chief Min- It proposes that properties the deadline for updation of in NRC work. House earlier this month. ister Yogi Adityanath justified amassed through organised NRC is May 31 and the next 30 "When we asked the dep- LUCKNOW: The Uttar The proposed legisla- the measure to put a halt to crime will be taken over by the days for cross-checking of data uty commissioner to work for Pradesh Assembly on Tues- tion on the lines of Maha- crime in a vast state like Uttar government with the permis- till June 30. It can't go beyond polls, the state coordinator of day passed a stringent bill rashtra Control of Organised Pradesh. sion of the court during the that and complete final draft NRC Prateek Hajela said it will to curb organsied crime and Crime Act (MCOCA) seeks Kidnapping, illegal min- course of investigation. The should be ready by then. You be contempt of court as no offi- deal strictly with those trying to curb organsied crime and ing, manufacturing and sale property will be confiscated deploy your surplus employ- cer can be engaged in any other to foment terror, even as the deal strictly with those trying of illicit liquor, acquiring con- by the state government after ees or request neighbhou- work," he said. Opposition members staged a to foment terror or dislodge tracts on the basis of muscle conviction. ring states, but no employee To this, the bench said if walkout alleging that it was a the government forcibly or power, organised exploitation To break the nexus between engaged in NRC work can be there was a statutory require- "draconian" legislation. through violent means. of forest produce, trade in wild- criminals and politicians, the spared or disturbed," a bench ment, then the additional dep- The Uttar Pradesh Con- The UPCOC Bill, 2017, also life and fake medicines, grab- draft law envisages special of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and R uty commissioners of each trol of Organised Crime Bill seeks to act sternly against those bing of government and private Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath speaks during the budget power to the police. In a big F Nariman said. district can be spared for the (UPCOCB) had to be re-intro- using explosives or firearms properties and extortion will session of Uttar Pradesh Assembly in Lucknow on Tuesday PTI relief to investigators, it pro- The bench's remark came local bodies' election, but no duced in the assembly today as or any other violent means or come under the ambit of the poses to extend the period of after the state government said other official can be allowed to it could not be passed in the damaging life and property or new law. control organised crime like syndicates in the state as well filing charge sheets from 90 the panchayat elections were do any other job, except NRC Legislative Council, where the involved in anti-national or The bill will give more teeth land and mining mafia, kid- as to break the politician-crim- days to 180 days. due next month and urged that updation. ruling BJP is in minority, after destructive activities. to law enforcement agencies to napping industry and crime inal nexus. President confers gallantry awards, Sena asks BJP DA CASE CBI registers FIR against private to remove babus Air Customs appraiser, two company for loan default three honoured with Kirti Chakra who hinder dev NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered an FIR in connection NEW DELHI: CRPF Com- with a Rs 65-crore bank loan default by a private company, Jai mandant Chetan Cheetah was OUR CORRESPONDENT others convicted by CBI court Ambe Gauri Chemicals, officials said on Tuesday. The agency has on Tuesday honoured with recently carried out searches in connection with the case, the CBI Kirti Chakra, India’s second MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on CHENNAI: A Special Court officials said. The loan from State Bank of India was declared a highest military decoration, Tuesday asked the BJP to "fear- trying CBI cases on Tuesday The Judge also non-performing asset and fraud in 2014, they said. It is alleged by President Ram Nath Kov- lessly" remove those bureau- convicted the appraiser of Air that stocks of material with the company were diverted without ind at the Defence Investiture crats from the Maharashtra customs department and two imposed a total the knowledge of the bank, claims over collateral properties were Ceremony held at the Rashtra- secretariat who delayed the others in connection with the fine of` two lakh disputed, they said. They said the loan default had allegedly caused pati Bhavan. implementation of projects and disproportionate assets case. a loss of Rs 65 crore to the bank. MPOST Major David Manlun of the hindered development. Delivering the verdict, XII on them Government of West Bengal 164 Infantry Battalion of the The Sena also said when it Special Judge for CBI cases A North Bengal Development Department Naga Regiment was honoured pulled up the government for Murugan convicted appraiser tigated and filed chargesheet Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri posthumously with the Kirti not implementing its schemes, D Ramani and sentenced him against Ramani and two oth- Chakra. the anger behind the criticism to two years rigorous imprison- ers under Sections 109 of IPC ABRIDGED -e-NIT The Supreme Commander had to be understood. ment, while awarding one year and under Sec 13(2) r/w 13(1) NIT ref. Name of work Amount put to Last date of of the Armed Forces also con- The Uddhav Thackeray-led jail term to his wife R Vijayal- (e) of Prevention of Corruption no. tender application submission ferred the Kirti Chakra to party has often been at logger- akshmi and the other accused Act, 1988, alleging that Ramani NIT-215 Construction of framed struc- 130202900 10/04/2018 up to Major Vijayant Bist of the 4th heads with senior ally BJP and Adikesavulu. acquired assets in his name and of ture and Supplying, fitting, fixing 12:00 Hours Battalion of the Jammu and Armed Forces Personnel for Major Satish Dahiya of the has been vocal in criticising The Judge also imposed in the name of his family mem- 2017-18 of hanging flower pots for both side of Vertical garden along the Kashmir Light Infantry. displaying conspicuous gal- Army Service Corps attached to the Central and Maharashtra a total fine of Rs two lakh on bers during the period from Right side of main entry road of Major Manlun made the lantry, indomitable courage the 30th Battalion of RR, Con- governments. them. January one, 2002 to Jan- Kanyashree, Uttarkanya, Fulbari, supreme sacrifice fighting ter- and extreme devotion to duty. stable Manzoor Ahmad Naik The Sena's comments came The Court has also ordered uary six, 2010 to the tune of Jalpaiguri. rorists on the night of 6-7 June Five of the Shaurya Chakras of J-K Police attached to 42nd a day after senior BJP leader to confiscate Rs 1,55,18,048, Rs 1,64,68,103 which was dis- Sd/- 2017 on the road linking Oting were given posthumously. RR, Sergeant Khairnar Milind and Union minister Nitin Gad- which was in the possession proportionate to his known Executive Engineer and Tizit in Mon District in The five include, NK Chan- Kishore of Garud special forces kari slammed the state bureau- of accused persons acquired sources of income. After com- North Bengal Development Department Nagaland. dra Singh of Kumaon Scouts of the Indian Air Force, and cracy, particularly IAS officers, illegally. pletion of trial, the Judge deliv- Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in The President also con- who was deployed with the 13th Corporal Nilesh Kumar Nayan for a "negative mindset" which The Anti-Corruptionered the verdict convicting the For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in ferred 17 Shaurya Chakras to Battalion of Rashtriya Rifles, of IAF. AGENCIES impeded development. Branch of CBI, Chennai, inves- accused. AGENCIES 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 EDITORIAL Powered by the sun Mamata’s crusade for unity Solar electric vehicles may soon be a reality as new head of the 2019 general elections, the effort technology could outdate present e-vehicles to unite the opposition parties has once again intensified. The opposition parties are making s global solar power the day. While solar will gener- all-out efforts to unite themselves in their bid to KR SUDHAMAN generation touched ate power during the day, wind Atake on the BJP in the next general elections. In this back- 100 GW, of which will accomplish the task during drop, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress nearly half was in the night. Chief Mamata Banerjee has arrived in the national capi- AChina and an additional 20 Apart from conventional tal on a four-day visit. She is expected to spearhead the GW in India, very soon a new projects of 500-1000 MW solar efforts to unite the opposition parties. Before her, Telan- application – solar-powered farms, floating solar farms are gana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and former electric vehicles will become a now being set up. Trina Solar Congress President Sonia Gandhi, have in the past weeks reality providing the option for is setting up 40 MW floating taken initiatives to unite the opposition parties. Mamata clean and green transportation, farm in China. The project is Banerjee is expected to avoid a meeting with Congress particularly in highly polluted located in Nanping Town, Suixi President Rahul Gandhi even though she is likely to meet cities like Delhi and Beijing. Huabei in Anhui Province in Sonia Gandhi. She is expected to make renewed efforts to The world’s largest Solar south-eastern China. The first cobble together an alliance of the opposition parties. She There is already Photovoltaic (PV) maker 20 MW has been completed by is likely to meet Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad a marked Trina Solar, based in Chang- September 2017 and Phase ll, in Pawar, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind zhou in Southern China, has which an additional 20 MW is Kejriwal and leaders of some other political parties includ- improvement successfully developed F1 (For- being set up, will be completed ing those from the Shiv Sena. Mamata Banerjee is one of in the storage mula-one) racing solar car in by this year. The plastic floaters the few opposition leaders who is comfortably placed as collaboration with the Osaka in a pond on which solar mod- far as her home turf is concerned. Her party had won 211 of solar power University of Japan. A few such ules are erected are imported seats in a house of 295 seats in the Assembly elections with improved cars with electric motors pow- from France. held in 2016. The next round of Assembly elections are lithium-ion ered by solar PVs participated In India, too, floating farms expected in 2021 and, until that time, there is no threat to in the F1 solar car racing in are now catching up. The first her government or her stake to power. She can very well batteries. A near Japan. Such F1 solar car racing 10 KW floating farm was set take the lead in uniting the opposition parties, heading price parity has is being held every year since up in Kerala and another one them into the 2019 elections. Even if the opposition fails 2015. Solar powered racing cars of 100 KW is being set up in the to dislodge the BJP-led NDA government from power in been achieved are successfully competing and Panipat oil refinery. The Indian 2019, Mamata Banerjee has nothing to lose as she would in advanced this year too, the race will be Solar-powered vehicles could soon outdo e-vehicles across the globe (Representational Image) government is working on a remain the Chief Minister of her state well beyond 2019. held in Japan. The solar F1 car strategy to promote floating In this sense, she is one of the most secure opposition countries like the has been able to run continu- countries like the US, the Euro- The solar tracker is a device hyper-loop trains are expected solar farms and the plan target leaders in the country. That precisely makes her task to US, the European ously up to five and a half hours pean Union, and Australia. In that enables PV modules to to be much cheaper than bullet could be 10 GW. The floating unite the opposition parties much easier. The Congress using solar energy. A Swedish the next two or three years, fur- move in the direction of the trains, solar-powered vehicles solar farms would help in not which has taken similar initiatives in the past does not Union, and company, too, has developed ther breakthroughs could come sun so that power generation are likely to be cheaper than only putting the land to other seem to be able to convince the opposition parties to come Australia. In the a solar racing car which had which will make it affordable can become more efficient. This e-vehicles with a storage break- uses but also preventing the together under the fold of a grand alliance. The Congress, participated in another racing even in countries like India and helps in improving the conver- through coming about. evaporation of water in lakes which is in power in some states, is in direct conflict with next two or three competition in Australia. China, Gao said unveiling his sion of sun rays into energy, As India is fast catching up and ponds. the opposition parties. Punjab and Karnataka, where the years, further Technology overtakes faster mission for the next 20 years. which by itself is a record. The and on its way to set up 100 Grid-connected rooftop party is in power, has AAP and some regional parties as and even before electric vehi- Trina Solar, which conversion rate has improved GW of solar power in the coun- solar is yet another applica- the main opposition parties, which would not like to offer breakthroughs cles become popular and com- accounted for the installation by close to 30 per cent on an try, new applications for solar tion that is fast catching up in Congress any space at the cost of their own. Similarly, in could come which mon, especially in countries of 32 of the 100 GW of solar average from 10-15 per cent energy are fast developing to urban areas and the Indian gov- Telangana, the Congress with 13 seats is the main opposi- like India, solar vehicles may power set up in the world as some years ago. take advantage of the virtually ernment proposes to generate tion party in a house of 119. The ruling TRS has 90 seats. will make it come sooner and in no time all of 2017, is in the forefront in With a breakthrough in 300 days of sunshine annually at least 20 GW of rooftop solar It is because of this reason that Telangana chief minister K affordable even e-rickshaws and e-autos could ensuring that solar energy storage in sight, solar-pow- in most parts of the Indian sub- power by 2022. Chandrasekhar Rao has floated the idea of a People’s Third be converted into solar ones. becomes the mainstream ered transportation may hit continent. Apart from the off- Manufacturing of solar Front, a non-Congress, non-BJP front of regional parties. India and China Gao Jifan, Chairman and CEO energy in the coming years as the roads more rapidly than grid solar street lamps, solar modules is one area where ade- For the same reason, AAP, too, will keep a distance from of Trina Solar, which celebrated a part of the efforts to imple- e-vehicles in India just as water pumps are a new appli- quate progress has not been the Congress. As a matter of fact, the pan-India presence its 20th anniversary at its head- ment the Paris agreement on hyper-loop trains that can cation, fast catching up in the made in India, particularly in of the Congress makes it less likely to lead the opposition quarters in Changzhou, 300 Climate Change. Its mission travel more than the speed of country. The main advantage producing solar wafers, which camp as in most of the states the Congress would have km from Shanghai in China in the next 20 years is to ensure sound are being constructed of solar water pumps is that involve a huge investment. This the same parties fighting against it. Mamata Banerjee’s recently, is confident of a break- ‘solar energy for all’. even before the first bullet train it would enable state govern- is one area where the Indian decision to avoid a meeting with Rahul Gandhi at this through in storage very soon. The company, which manu- is set up between Mumbai ments to save on huge subsidies government needs to give a juncture is a sign that she first wants to build a consensus Gao said that there is factures right from solar wafers and Ahmedabad. Already the as power is supplied free of cost push by evolving a favourable among the opposition parties on the roadmap to creat- already a marked improvement to photovoltaic cells, recently Mumbai-Pune hyperloop link or at very low rates. The hybrid hardware manufacturing pol- ing a grand alliance. That she is in a comfortable position in the storage of solar power launched smart PV solutions is being established and may solar-wind power generators icy to promote the Make in to lead the opposition initiatives is not lost on BJP, which with improved lithium-ion called ‘TrinaPro’ that combines precede the Mumbai-Ahmed- are fast catching up, especially India initiative in solar. IPA has been trying hard to make inroads into West Bengal. batteries. A near price parity its solar modules with a solar abad bullet train, scheduled to in South India, so that power (The views expressed Not only has the West Bengal unit of BJP been revamped has been achieved in advanced tracker system and inverter. be completed by 2022. Just as generation is there throughout are strictly personal) and reinvigorated, but they have also consistently tried to push the saffron agenda in the state, leading to a heated dear political environment. On the occasion of Ramnavami, Quote martial GOING GREEN EDITOR millenniumpost.in different Hindu organisations and the BJP took out armed processions at different places in the state even though the All theory, dear The Paris Agreement is aimed at achieving the goal of limiting the average rise of the global Log on to write letters to the state government had put a ban on armed processions. friend, is gray, but temperature. China and India are known to have depleting Power generation from fossil fuels editor or send them to Reacting to this show of strength by BJP, Mamata Baner- [email protected] jee said that in the name of Ram, hooliganism would not the golden tree of life which release a large amount of the GHG emissions into the atmosphere and cause potential threat be tolerated. She also directed all police chiefs in the dis- springs ever green to the Global climate, impacting the ecological security and the depletion of the natural resources You can also send your trict to strictly follow the rules and maintain the law and to a great extent. And the day is not too far when economic activities will be greatly affected by the comments to The Editor, order. She said that some people are defaming the name of God. Roaming around freely and displaying guns and JOHANN WOLFGANG shortage of the fossil-based resources. It is a ground reality and of great concern to the humanity, Millennium Post, other weapons is not the culture of Bengal, she said. “I have VON GOETHE and therefore, the favourable option is to adopt Renewable Energy generation. Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah asked all district police chiefs to book the troublemakers Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 under the Arms Act,” she maintained. The armed proces- AMAR NATH BHADRA Via email sion on Ramnavami has sparked communal clashes in the state and at least three people have died in these clashes. Mamata Banerjee’s Delhi visit this time around may prove to be one of the most fruitful visits as she holds parleys with a range of opposition leaders. There is every chance Democracy in the age of data that she may emerge as the Prime Ministerial candidate of a united opposition. India has among the largest users of the internet. Demanding A million Obamas? increased protection from data theft is a necessity ormer US President Barack Obama was not too full of himself when he said that he hoped to cre- ata is the new market share in the provision- ate “a million young Barack Obamas or Michelle AMIT KAPOOR oil” has been ing of financial services instead Obamas” who would pick up the baton of the a clichéd of traditional banks. When you F“relay race that is human progress”. Obama has had a maxim of the instantly transfer money to remarkable eight-year tenure as President. As the first “Dinternet age. But the events friends and family over apps Black President, he proved by the end of his tenure that that unfolded last week have like WhatsApp to avoid the both as a man and as President he was one worth emu- underlined the extent of the hassle of asking around for lating. True, not all the problems of his country could be complexities that can be cre- bank account numbers, the solved but more like-minded leaders could help complete ated in a society depending on company gains direct access to the unfinished task of ensuring the sanctity of the land of the nature of its usage. your transactions. The power dreams. At a conference in Japan on Sunday, the former A year-long investigation of that data will lay with the President spoke about how he hopes the Obama Foun- by multiple media outlets in the entity which possesses it. Inter- dation, formed in January 2014, would help achieve his Once the US and Britain revealed that a estingly, retail banks will begin post-presidential aims. “After I left office, what I realised consulting firm, Cambridge to lose out on this essential oil is that the Obama Foundation could potentially create a processes of Analytica, accessed the data of as it will be unable to iden- platform for young, up-and-coming leaders, both in the setting up a robust at least 50 million social media tify customer interactions United States and all around the world to come together users without their proper con- once it shifts to these new age and create a digital platform where they could exchange framework of sent. They then used these data non-banks. information,” he said. “If I could do that effectively, then regulatory policy points to psychologically pro- The use of data mining as a I would create many young Barack Obamas or Michelle file people and individually strategic tool, put in the right Obamas,” he added. The former President has been on and statutory law target them with politically- hands, can be a powerful tool an Asia-Pacific trip that also included stops in Singapore, to govern matters motivated content to manip- to understand societal prefer- New Zealand and Australia. “The single most important of data privacy ulate the 2016 US Presidential As we move towards Digital India, our data systems must become more robust and reliable (Representational image) ences and address consumer thing I can do is to help develop the next generation,” he elections. A similar approach needs. However, no good said. American public opinion had changed significantly are complete, was used to influence electoral It must be highlighted tection bill and has deliberated privacy are complete, there will comes with a complementing over the course of Barack Obama’s eight years in the White there will be outcomes all around the world, that social media and the vast on a number of pertinent issues be the additional requirement bad and our democratic soci- House, including stances on issues such as the economy, possibly even in India. explosion of data due to it are like what constitutes “personal to establish cultural expecta- eties need to be wary of the lat- race relations and the level of confidence the public has the additional Even though the process not the problems per se. How- data”, the specifications of con- tions that incorporate ethical ter by building robust security on different aspects or actors in the government. In his requirement to of manipulating the political ever, when societies are finding sent and establishment of a standards right when the data mechanisms that ensure pri- farewell address, Obama had said that widespread disil- narrative during elections is themselves becoming increas- data protection authority. A technologies are being built. vacy and consent. At times, lusionment with the political system could “weaken the establish cultural not something new, there is ingly run by data, a defined set white paper has also been pub- The application of regulatory even that might not be enough. ties” that bind the nation. In 2016, Obama said many expectations that something sinister about for- of ethical norms need to be lished by the authority, detail- mechanisms after individuals Consumers willingly hand over times before he left office, including in his last State of profit organisations and foreign formulated to guide its use. ing a lengthy discourse on have been profiled is akin to a lot of personal information the Union address, that he regretted that there was little incorporate ethical agents using data technologies The issue is of utmost impor- these very issues. Meanwhile, closing the stable doors after for the convenience of services progress in reducing the divisiveness that has come to standards right to disrupt democratic norms. tance for India, as it has a sig- the Parliamentary Standing the horses have bolted. The race and without the knowledge define American politics since at least the Bush Presi- If electoral outcomes come to nificant online presence that Committee on Information to become the next-big-thing of the consequences of their dency. It seems Obama understood the problem facing when the data be defined by exploiting deep- is vulnerable to privacy viola- Technology has also listed in technology has placed eth- actions and the eventual use American democracy but was unable to provide an imme- technologies are rooted psychological fears of tions. It has the highest number “Citizens’ data security and ics on the backseat and, hence, of the data. Therefore, a final diate solution. The number of Americans who consider voters based on data analyt- of Facebook users and the sec- privacy” as a subject of study. very often, we see that the action that needs to be under- themselves “liberal” or “very liberal” on social issues rose being built ics instead of developmental ond-highest number of Twit- However, not much seems to investigations are conducted taken in the world of data is to markedly over Obama’s eight years. His administration, issues that drive progress and ter users in the world – with have been done on the topic. and apologies are demanded, build user-awareness. There is taking office at one of the worst economic times in US prosperity, social cohesion will a combined reach of almost Recent events might hopefully only after the damage has simply no substitute for a well- history, focused heavily on measures to strengthen the fall under immediate threat, 300 million. set the ball rolling on that front been done. The environment informed consumer base. IANS economic recovery. By most measures, Americans’ views proving pernicious to the very A committee of experts and inspire a multi-partisan of “develop first, question later” (The author is chair, Insti- of the economic situation improved significantly by the fabric of democracy. The politi- under Justice BN Srikrishna report on the matter. will have to change. tute for Competitiveness. Chi- end of his tenure. Under his Presidency, more Ameri- cal vision of governments and has already been set up to Once the processes of set- The issue of data and pri- rag Yadav, a senior researcher cans came to believe that the US is seen favourably by politicians needs to be steered deliberate upon a data protec- ting up a robust framework of vacy regulations will become at this institute, has contrib- the rest of the world. by people instead of mathemat- tion framework for India. It is regulatory policy and statutory even more important as tech- uted to the article. The views ical algorithms. working on drafting a data pro- law to govern matters of data nology companies gain greater expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 mp in focus Kosi’s devastating floods 742 million tonnes of silt has been deposited in the Chhatra to Birpur stretch of the Kosi River in the last 54 years

osi, the sorrow of Bihar, has BANJOT KAUR remained an enigma – for experts ranging from engineers to policy- makers – for the number of avul- sionsK it has had till date causing massive and devastating floods each time. It was as recent as in 2008 when it breached the embank- ment in Kushaha (Nepal) and shifted 108 km eastwards. The cause of the woes for those living along the banks of Kosi could be the 1,082 million tonnes of silt that has been depos- ited in the river in the last 54 years. This has come out in a study conducted by a profes- sor of earth sciences at IIT Kanpur, Rajiv Sinha. “Our first order estimates suggest The study also that the total mass of sediments accumulated between Chhatra and Birpur (two gauge sta- highlights that tions of the Kosi in the upstream region) the silt can be during the post-embankment period could be approximately 1,082 million tonnes. This used as a backfill translates into 408 million cubic metres in material during terms of volume and this may have accumu- the construction lated at a rate of 5.33 cm per year.” This is the highest amount of silt deposi- of roads. Besides, tion in any river of the Ganga Basin, Profes- various studies sor Sinha said from Patna after the formal release of the report there in the presence have been quoted of all concerned ministers. The work of to suggest that the constructing embankments on both sides of the Kosi was completed in 1955-56 and dredged material the period after that is known as the post- can be substituted embankment period. Sinha calculated these figures by sediment budgetting—averaging as a raw material the decadal sediment data of the last 54 years. for manufacturing There are three gauging stations avail- able in the Kosi river stream—Chhatra to Siltation on the Kosi riverbed is a prime cause of Bihar’s devastating floods (Representational Image) fired bricks for Birpur (upstream) and Birpur to Baltara their use in the (downstream). While Birpur and Baltara lie (600 cubic metres in terms of volume). “For 18, has the worst siltation. Almost all of them out various commercial uses of the silt that Portland Cement. in Bihar, Chhatra falls in Nepal. The gaug- policymaking, I would suggest that the data are downstream of the barrage falling in the is accumulated. The report also speaks voluminously construction of ing stations have equipment installed to collected by us using satellite images must be Supaul district. Further downstream, the The samples of Kosi silt collected from about the agricultural uses of dredged buildings note and study height, discharge, chemical used as it gives a complete year-on-year pic- reaches of 22-37, falling in the Saharsa dis- different regions were sent to the Cen- materials. “The fine dredged sediments can properties of the water and other variants. ture,” says Sinha. It was the first such com- trict, are classified as low to very low aggra- tral Glass and Ceramics Research Institute rejuvenate poor agricultural soils. The fine prehensive study on the siltation of the Kosi dation zones and both the channel and bar (CGCRI) based in Kolkata to study their dredged material is used to supply organic From silt to floods riverbed conducted at the behest of the Bihar areas have remained stable over the last 54 chemical composition. “The Kosi silt consists content and nutrients to the deficient soils “The silt causes the level of the riverbed government supported by the UK Depart- years,” the report says. of fine to very fine sand and is dominated by to increase their productivity. The fine mate- to rise. As a result, the natural longitudinal ment of International Development’s Action The significance of identifying the quartz and significant amounts of muscovite rials also help hold water and promote the (straight) course of the river is disturbed. on Climate Today. hotspots lays in the fact that these areas mica. Chemically, this is composed of 72-76 retention of soil moisture needed by the Therefore the river searches for a lateral path deserve major attention in terms of dredg- per cent of silica followed by aluminium crops,” says the report. Not only this, the silt (left or right). As a result, it changes its course Hotspots of silt collection ing, Sinha emphasises. oxide (10-11 per cent), iron oxide (3-4 per can also be used for reclaiming the land dis- and breaches the embankments on the new His team also identified the hotspots of cent), potassium oxide, sodium oxide (3-4 turbed and/or contaminated by industrial path it has created. The breach of embank- silt collection by dividing the entire river Endorsing the idea of dredging per cent), calcium oxide, magnesium oxide activities and thereafter, restoring it to its ments causes floods,” explains Sinha. stretch into 37 reaches. Most of them lie This study is significant as it also tries to (< 2 per cent) and minor amount of titanium natural condition. The study titled ‘Scoping Study of Silt- between the Supual and Madhubani dis- settle the debate over dredging as a method oxide(<1 per cent),” the study says. “The whole idea behind dedicating a large ation in Kosi river of Bihar’ also tried to tricts of Bihar. “We have classified the entire of silt management. One of the most com- The study also highlights that the silt can part of our study to sediment management is find out the scale of siltation using satellite stretch between Chhatra (upstream) and Bal- mon refrains against dredging, a project that be used as a backfill material during the con- that if we send suggestions to governments images. The Professor and his team studied tara (downstream) into five zones, accord- usually involves hundreds of crores, is that struction of roads. Besides, various studies to undertake dredging, the officials must not the pictures for every year available from ing to the amount of silt deposition: (I) very once the silt is extracted from the river, it have been quoted to suggest that the dredged jump from their seats due to the poor knowl- 1972 and found that the sediment deposition low aggradation, (II) low aggradation, (III) is dumped on the river bank itself because material can be substituted as a raw material edge of silt management and, instead, use it along the Chatra-Birpur stream was to the moderate aggradation, (IV) high aggrada- engineers don’t know what to do with it. for manufacturing fired bricks for their use judiciously so that it can be a win-win situa- tune of 742 million tonnes (280 million cubic tion, and (V) very high aggradation. Zone IV Soon it goes back into the river stream, and in the construction of buildings. The dredged tion for them,” concludes Sinha. DOWN TO EARTH metres in terms of volume) and 1,590 mil- comprises reaches 2, 12-13, 17, 19-21. Zone thus, the money literally goes down the sediments can also be used as a replacement (The views expressed lion tonnes along the Birpur-Baltara stretch V, which comprises reaches 9-11, 14-16, and drain. This report, on the other hand, spells of the raw material used for manufacturing are strictly personal)

tweet Gentleman’s game thwarted RETWEET With the Steve Smith fiasco in South Africa, cricket can expect some SYED ATA HASNAIN good only after processing realisations and assuring repentance @atahasnain53 ustralians proudly umpire Ian Gould, tracked proclaim they play down opening batsman Ban- VETURI SRIVATSA their cricket hard; croft’s suspicious on-field activ- Always loved the Sikh turban. Have good now, they have ity when he tried to use what friends whose turbans match attire so Arevealed that they play their looked like a piece of sandpa- game hard enough to be moti- per or some sticky patch of sub- appropriately. In the Army turban tying drills vated to win it at any cost. stance to alter the condition of always ensured for uniformity. School days For someone like Steve the ball. memories remain of helping Sikh friends Smith, one of the best bats- It is not that Smith got into with the inevitable 'pooni'. Sadly none men in world cricket, going by a fit all of a sudden to numb his believe I can still do it. the sheer weight of figures, it thinking. He has had a record is hard to believe that he could of on-field eruptions. He was resort to a stupid tactic like fined for his unacceptable tampering with the ball to win behaviour in the Christchurch The Australians a match, when scores of televi- Test and had his run-ins with BRAHMA CHELLANEY sion cameras are catching every fast bowlers, Englishman James @Chellaney have always minute of the game in scruti- Anderson and on the current been famous for nising detail. tour with Kagiso Rabada. In the three years he has He was clearly unhappy that their sledging and served as the captain of Aus- Rabada’s ban for two Tests was The expulsion of Russian diplomats by the their unprintable tralia, he has done everything overturned by an ICC inquiry U.S. and its allies plays into the hands of a leader is expected to do and committee. Russia, which, despite its declining power, verbal on-field he is the No.1 batsman in the After the Christchurch exchanges International Cricket Coun- flare-up, Smith stated that he still wants to be seen as the West’s main between cil (ICC) rankings. Yet, even should learn from his mistakes challenger. In truth, Russia’s GDP now is the most liberal Australian to be a better leader. This was 1/10th of China’s, and its military spending individuals that cricket fan is today condemn- two years ago and, obviously, a fifth of China’s. unnerved their ing Smith as a cheat after he he has not learnt anything from had admitted to the ball-tam- his past errors. opponents, pering plot in the third Test at Having won the first Test disturbing their Cape Town. Accepting the guilt and losing the second to be does not mitigate the gravity of tied 1-1 before they went into MAMATA BANERJEE equanimity. But the crime. Steve Smith’s recent ball tampering allegation has been against the ethics of the game the third match – there was no @MamataOfficial seldom have they Now, even the ICC’s level need for the Australians to get of offence and the punishment mous with fair play. How can condition of the ball to gain individuals that unnerved their into a deliberate confronta- been so desperate look inadequate – Smith was our team be engaged in cheat- an unreasonable advantage is opponents, disturbing their tional situation. Losing a Test that they have slapped a ban of just one Test ing like this? It beggars belief.” clearly against not only the laws equanimity. This was a part of or a series is not the end of the Today is World Theatre Day. My best wishes been compelled and fined the entire Cape Town He wants Cricket Australia to but also the very spirit of the their strategy, but seldom have world. to everyone connected with theatre and match fee while the young man take a decisive action and was game. they been so desperate that The ball-tampering saga jatra. #Bengal is the home of theatre to employ (Cameron Bancroft), who exu- duly assured of action by David Smith knew the enormity of they have been compelled to has its fallout on Indian cricket, berantly executed the disgust- Peever, Chairman of Cricket his wrongdoing and promptly employ underhand methods to Smith will not lead the Rajast- and the Bengal government is active in underhand ing plan, was charged 75 per Australia. decided to stand down from win a match. Smith should have han Royals in the Indian Pre- providing encouragement and assistance to methods to win a cent of his match fee. As ICC Chief Executive captaincy midway through the known what is fair and what is mier League (IPL) and his theatre in the state After reactions fromDavid Richardson said, the just-concluded third Test which foul in international cricket. He deputy David Warner, who has match cricket-loving Australian Prime decision of the leadership resulted in a victory for South once got away on India’s tour quit as Australia’s vice-captain, Minister Malcolm Turnbull and group is clearly contrary to the Africa, who have now taken on last year, admitting he had a may follow suit by relinquish- former cricket stars came to the spirit of the game, and it “risks an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the “brain fade” when he looked ing the Sunrisers Hyderabad SANJAY JHA fore, the continuation of Smith causing significant damage to four-match series. Despite the up to the players’ enclosure in captaincy. @JHASANJAY as captain has become highly the integrity of the match, the gesture, he blamed the entire Bengaluru for a nod to go in It will also have its reper- untenable. The Prime Minister’s players and the sport itself.” “leadership”, whoever he may for a DRS. But, an alert Eng- cussions on all the Australians shock is palpable: “It seemed It is beyond one’s com- have meant by that, for the lish umpire Nigel Llong quickly playing anywhere. Cricket can completely beyond belief that prehension that an Austra- detestable act. thwarted it. expect some good from the #AmitMalviya , what are the Lok Sabha the Australian cricket team lian team management was The Australians have always Interestingly, Llong was Cape Town shock. IANS had been involved in cheating. not aware that carrying a for- been famous for their sledg- the umpire at Cape Town, and (The author is a senior election dates ? Bata do, yaar! After all, our cricketers are role eign object on to the field with ing and their unprintable ver- he, along with countrymen journalist. The views models and cricket is synony- the objective of changing the bal on-field exchanges between Richard Illingworth and third are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 Senate committee summons FB, NaMo app: US analytics firm Google, Twitter CEOs to testify WASHINGTON: A powerful Congressional committee has says it doesn't 'sell, rent' data summoned the CEOs of the top three tech giants - Face- WASHINGTON: A US-based vice provider is governed by the customers to view business met- book, Twitter and Google - to analytics company facing alle- publisher's privacy policy. We rics related to the use of their testify next month about UK gations that it received personal neither control how publishers app/website, and communicate communications firm Cam- data from the official mobile frame their privacy policies nor with their users using emails, bridge Analytica's misuse of app of Prime Minister Naren- review them." SMS, push notifications, etc. private data from up to 50 mil- dra Modi without the consent "We don't enhance or com- Founded in May 2013 lion user profiles. of app users, has said that it does bine data from other sources at by three Indians, Jain, Mark Zuckerberg of Face- not sell, rent or re-market data. our end," said Jain, adding that Sunil Thomas, and Suresh book, Indian-American Sun- "CleverTap employees don't CleverTap is the brand name, Kondamudi, CleverTap is a der Pichai of Google and Jack have access to any of the data while WizRocket is the name behavioral analytics company Dorsey of Twitter have been protect personal information sia problem. If we value civic stored with it by a publisher," of the parent company. and a mobile marketing plat- invited to testify before the of users and ensure more trans- discourse and fair elections, Anand Jain, co-founder of Cal- "CleverTap offers a variety form that provides real-time Senate Judiciary Committee parency in the process," a state- they have to step up and answer ifornia-based firm, told PTI in of hosting locations globally, insights to marketers. scheduled for April 10 by the ment said. to more than their sharehold- a short e-mail statement when including Indian data-centers "At CleverTap, we believe in Committee's Chairman Chuck Grassley also invited Pichai ers," he said. Senator Ed Mar- asked if his company has access and alleged that mobile market- party service. for those businesses that might making our customers success- Grassley. and Dorsey to discuss the key said Facebook's failure to to users' personal information ing platform CleverTap was the In a blog post on Monday, have a legal or governance ful. Earning their trust is what In a statement, Grassley future of data privacy in the protect millions of Americans' from the NaMo App. beneficiary of the data transfer. Jain without making any refer- requirement. CleverTap hosts we strive for and we realize that said on Monday that Zucker- social media industry and how private information in the The five-year-old US-based "When you create a profile ence of the NaMo App, said, its servers within AWS, wrote consent, privacy, and data secu- berg had been invited to dis- to develop "rules of the road" Cambridge Analytica breach startup founded by three Indi- in the official @narendramodi "Given the recent discussion Jain. AWS stands for Amazon rity are critical milestones in this cuss the company's past and that encourage companies to showed "why we cannot rely ans is facing the heat after a #Android app, all your device over privacy, security, and the Web Services. journey, Jain said. future policies regarding the develop tailored approaches on corporations" to police pseudonymous researcher info (OS, network type, Car- role of service providers such CleverTap said that Amazon The company argued that protection and monitoring of to privacy which satisfy con- themselves. alleged that Modi's app was rier ) and personal data (email, as CleverTap, we'd like to clar- Web Services is its hosting pro- the customer data is stored in consumer data. sumer expectations while "We need laws that prevent pumping private information photo, gender, name, ) are send ify our stand on security, user vider. They maintain data cen- an encoded format optimised The hearing will broadly maintaining incentives for corporations from abusing like name, email, mobile num- without your consent to a third- consent, and data privacy...... ters that are fully compliant with for performance, rather than cover privacy standards for the innovation. Americans privacy rights," said ber, device information and party domain called http:// CleverTap doesn't sell, share, a range of certifications which stored in a traditional file sys- collection, retention and dis- Senator Mark Warner also Markey. Meanwhile, online location, to servers controlled in.wzrkt.com," the researcher rent, re-market, or do anything allow finance, healthcare and tem or a database. semination of consumer data sought answers from the tech news publication 'Intercept' by the firm without the users' tweeted. funny with publisher data." government data to be stored Data is dispersed across a for commercial use. companies on data protection. reported that the US Immi- consent. The BJP, however, said the He said the company works in their data centers. number of physicala and log- "It will also examine how "I celebrate the success of gration and Customs Enforce- The researcher, who goes by permissions required are all with first-party data provided Describing his company as ical volumes for redundancy such data may be misused or Facebook, Google & Twitter; ment used backend Facebook the pseudonym Elliot Alderson, contextual and cause-specific by the app publisher. an app/web analytics and user and expedient access, thereby improperly transferred and but with their power comes data to locate and track immi- in a series of tweets, pointed the and that the data is being used "The data collected by the marketing platform, Jain said it obfuscating it from tampering, what steps companies like responsibility that they must grants that it is working to privacy lapses in the NaMO App for only analytics using third publisher and shared with a ser- also provide a dashboard to its the company said. AGENCIES Facebook can take to better acknowledge. This isn't a Rus- round up. AGENCIES Israeli military captures 3 armed Putin blames 'criminal negligence' for death in mall fire Myanmar army criticised over infiltrators from Gaza MOSCOW: Russian Presi- anti-Rohingya coamments JERUSALEM: The Israeli military says it has caught dent Vladimir Putin on Tues- 41 children three Palestinians from Gaza who sneaked into Israel day blamed the mall fire that UNITED NATIONS: UN the reports of remarks attrib- carrying grenades. The military says it discovered killed at least 64 people in the among Russia Secretary General Antonio uted to Hlaing. The UN Chief footprints along its security fence with Gaza on Tues- Siberian city of Kemerovo on Guterres has expressed shock urged "all leaders in Myanmar "criminal negligence" as he vis- mall fire dead: over Myanmar army chief's to take a unified stance against day and in subsequent searches captured the three ited the site two days after the reported remarks that Rohing- incitement to hatred and to pro- who were armed with knives and grenades. It says tragedy. RIA Novosti yas have nothing in common mote communal harmony," the it is investigating the incident. Israeli media reported At least 64 people, many with the country's other ethnic statement issued by Guterres's that the Gazans made it about 30 kilometres, or 18 of them children, died when MOSCOW: Forty-one groups, calling on the leaders spokesperson said. miles, into Israel and near a military base before a blaze raged through the busy children were among to take a unified stance against He said such leadership is they were apprehended, which would mark a serious shopping centre in the indus- the 64 people killed incitement to hatred. critically needed to advance trial city on Sunday, one of the in a fire that ripped General U Min Aung Hla- institutional measures to com- lapse in security. In was the second such breach of the deadliest fires recorded in Rus- ing, during a speech to a mil- bat discrimination and imple- border in recent days. AGENCIES through a shopping sia over the past century. near the gutted mall's facade. declared three days of mourn- mall in the Siberian city itary gathering in Kachin ment the recommendations of Putin flew to Kemerovo "We are talking about ing beginning on Tuesday. State, referred to the ethnic the Rakhine Advisory Com- Tuesday as questions swirled demographics but are losing so But many critics wondered of Kemerovo at the Rohingya community as "Ben- mission. "The Secretary-Gen- Government of West Bengal about the Kremlin's handling many people. Because of what? why the Kremlin did not call weekend, Russian state galis", according to a report in eral reiterates the importance North Bengal Development Department of the country's latest man- Because of some criminal neg- a nationwide day of mourn- news agency RIA No- the Dhaka Tribune. The report of addressing the root causes Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri made disaster. ligence, slovenliness," Putin ing and said national television vosti reported on Tues- quoted him as saying that the of the violence and the respon- ABRIDGED -e-NIT "What is happening here? said in comments released by channels did not pull entertain- day. "There are names "Bengalis do not have any char- sibility of the Government of e-NIT ref. Name of work Amount put to Last date of These are not armed hostili- the Kremlin. ment programmes from their of 41 children in the acteristics or culture in common Myanmar to provide security no. tender application ties. This is not an unexpected "The first feelings when they schedule fast enough. with the ethnicities of Myan- and assistance to those in need," submission release of methane. People, speak about the number of vic- Some Muscovites are plan- list of those who died," mar. The tensions (in Rakhine the statement said, adding that NIT-216 Widening and Strengthening ` 6,17,00,869.00 18/04/2018 up to RIA Novosti quoted a (Sl.No.1) of road from Bolla Mandir to 15:00 Hours children came to relax," Putin tims and the number of dead ing a vigil in the city centre on State) were fuelled because the it is critical that conditions are of Khaspur and Badolpur under told officials in Kemerovo after children... one feels like wail- Tuesday evening and several source in the regional 'Bengalis' demanded citizenship. put in place to ensure that the 2017-18 Balurghat Block in the district laying flowers at a makeshift ing -- not crying," Putin said Russian cities declared a period emergencies services as In a statement issued on Rohingya are able to return of Dakshin Dinajpur. (Length : 9.60 Km) memorial of flowers, stuffed in televised remarks. of mourning in solidarity with saying. AGENCIES Monday by the spokesman, home voluntarily, in safety and NIT-216 Construction of Bridge over ` 1,70,09,120.00 18/04/2018 up to children's toys and balloons The Kemerovo region Kemerovo. AGENCIES Guterres expressed shock at in dignity. AGENCIES (Sl.No.2) Kashi Khari at Pulinda with 15:00 Hours of approach road under Ganga- 2017-18 rampur Block in the District of Dakshin Dinajpur (Road Portion China's space lab expected Turkey denies Only) (Length : 2.30 Km) Iran Guards deny supplying Sd/- Superintending Engineer arrested Greek North Bengal Development Department to fall to earth this week Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in missiles to Yemen rebels For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in BEIJING: China's first exper- tional precedents, he said. soldiers release TEHRAN: Iran's Revolution- a political officer for the Revo- ted large-scale atrocities and imental space lab is expected The lab will likely enter the ary Guards on Tuesday rejected lutionary Guards, according to attacked the oppressed nation to fall back to Earth between atmosphere between March 31 ANKARA: A Turkish court Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority (SJDA) claims that the country is sup- the conservative Tasnim news of Yemen during the last two March 31 and April 4 and and April 4, according to Bei- has again ruled against the Important Notice plying weapons to Yemeni agency. and three years with the help should burn up in the atmo- jing Aerospace Control Centre release from jail of two Greek Some unscrupulous people are trying to make money by rebels after they fired several He was responding to accu- of Americans, the Zionists sphere, space authorities said. and other agency estimates. The soldiers who strayed across the using the name of Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority missiles into Saudi Arabia. sations by Saudi Arabia that and some regional reactionary Tiangong-1 has officially China Manned Space website border and are accused of ille- (SJDA) over the distribution of plot/flat at Kawakhali Porajhar "The aim of such claims by Iran had supplied the seven states," said Javani. stopped sending data and will supply daily updates. gal entry into a military zone township area and are creating unnecessary confusion. Saudi Arabia is to divert pub- missiles fired into its territory "Therefore... they raise entered its final phase of life on Launched in September and espionage. This is to inform that SJDA has published no such order for lic opinion from the atroci- on Sunday by Huthi rebels in claims including accusing Iran March 16, a statement issued on 2011, Tiangong-1 an experi- The state-run Anadolu ties (they) are committing in Yemen. of sending weapons to the Monday by the China Manned mental had a design life of two Agency said the court in construction of any housing project in the new township Yemen," said Yadollah Javani, "The Saudis have commit- nation of Yemen." AGENCIES Space Engineering Office said. years. The heavenly vehicle Edirne, northwestern Turkey, area and no earnest money has also been taken regarding The Tiangong, or Heavenly successfully docked with the ruled on Tuesday that there was the same. Palace, is orbiting at an average Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and sufficient evidence against the People should draw the attention of the police if someone Government of West Bengal height of about 216.2 kms, the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and two and that they might flee if is found accepting money against any promise of plot/flat North Bengal Development Department announcement noted, but did undertook a series of experi- granted bail. or if someone has been duped meanwhile. Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri not disclose any re-entry loca- ments. The lab completed its The soldiers a lieuten- Sd/- ABRIDGED -e-NIT tion. It is impossible to name main missions following Shen- ant and a sergeant were CEO the exact re-entry location at zhou-10's return in June 2013. arrested in Edirne earlier this e-NIT ref. Name of work Estimated Last date of Bid Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority no. Amount submission this stage, a Chinese aerospace During its extended flight, month. expert told state-run 'Global Tiangong-1 conducted exper- Greece says they acci- NIT-209 Construction of Abutment for the installation of Bailey Rs. 20/04/2018 up to Times'. The approximate re- iments in space technology, dently crossed into Turkey due Government of West Bengal OF Bridge over Barabak River at Khagenhat under Dhani- 2,05,64,078.00 15:00 Hours North Bengal Development Department 2017-18 rampur - II G.P. in the Block Falakata, Dist. : Alipurduar entry location cannot be decided space-earth remote sensing and to bad weather while on a Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri (for span 36.576 m and 41m Approch Road) until the last two hours before it space environment exploration, patrol against migrant smug- starts to fall based on interna- the office said. AGENCIES gling. AGENCIES ABRIDGED -e-NIT NIT-211 Construction of Bus Stand at Kalibari Chowpathi in Rs. 25/04/2018 up to OF Tufanganj in the district of Cooch Behar 4,16,91,976.00 15:00 Hours NIT ref. Name of work Amount Last date of 2017-18 no. put to application NIT-212 Renovation of Concrete Drain and Construction of Drain Rs. 25/04/2018 up to tender submission OF Slab from Ghogomali Bridge to Pipeline along with Bank 1,06,51,117.00 15:00 Hours Half a million students drop NIT- Construction of Platinum 2218665.00 10/04/2018 up 2017-18 Protection work at Ghogomali Bridge over river Jorapani, 213 OF Jubilee Gate at Ananda Chan- to 12.00 Hours SMC, Ward No.-37 under Jalpaiguri District. 2017-18 dra College, Dist. of Jalpaiguri NIT-218 Construction of New Road with 3 (Three) Nos RCC Rs. 23/04/2018 up to out in Yemen war: UNICEF Sd/- Executive Engineer OF Box Culvert and One side Drain along the road From 1,06,58,569.00 15:00 Hours North Bengal Development Department 2017-18 NH-31 Bagrakote (Near Police Camp) to Roza Line SANAA: Close to half a million via Ellenbari 4No. Line at Bagrakote G.P. under Mal Yemeni children have dropped Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in Block, in the District Jalpaiguri.(Length:1200 mtr.,with out of school since 2015, when 3nos.R.C.C Box Culvert Saudi Arabia and its allies Sd/- Superintending Engineer intervened in the country's civil North Bengal Development Department war, UNICEF said on Tuesday. Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in That brings the number of For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in children without access to edu- cation to two million, as minors are increasingly recruited in the fighting, according to the UN Government of West Bengal children's agency. North Bengal Development Department "An entire generation of Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri children in Yemen faces a bleak future because of limited or no ABRIDGED -e-NIT access to education," said Mer- NIT ref. Name of work Amount put Last date of itxell Relano, UNICEF's Yemen no. to tender application representative. submission "The journey to school has labour and recruitment into the Arab world's poorest coun- NIT-214 “Construction of Bituminous road from the house of 234322000 10/04/2018 upto also become dangerous as chil- the fighting." try -- reach the brink of official OF Gagan Singh Bhati to Arun Padhi, Manoj Gaur to Amit 12:00 Hours 2017-18 Mondal and Sandeep Bhattacharjee to Kalpana Singh at dren risk being killed en route," At least 2,419 children famine. Basundhara Abasan Block B adjacent Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Relano said. have been recruited by armed Nearly 10,000 people have Jalpaiguri.”(Length: 480 mtr. with drain on both sides) "Fearing for their children's groups since 2015, according been killed since a regional safety, many parents choose to to UNICEF. alliance, led by Saudi Arabia, Sd/- Executive Engineer keep their children at home. Another 4.5 million risk launched a military campaign North Bengal Development Department The lack of access to education losing access to public schools against Iran-backed Huthi reb- has pushed children and fami- as teachers have not been paid els who seized control of large Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in lies to dangerous alternatives, in more than a year amid a cri- parts of the country including including early marriage, child sis that has seen Yemen -- long the capital Sanaa. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 mp Saudi-led coalition threatens Iran Russia blames US pressure over missiles fire by Yemeni rebels

RIYADH: A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia has threat- on allies for expulsions ened retaliation against arch- foe Iran, accusing the Shiite power of being behind a bar- TASHKENT: Moscow on rage of Yemeni rebel missile Tuesday charged Washington UN chief following US' decision attacks on the kingdom. had put "colossal pressure" on Saudi forces said they inter- allies to expel scores of Rus- cepted seven missiles on Sun- sian diplomats, and vowed to to expel Russian diplomats day, including over the capital retaliate. Riyadh, in a deadly escalation "This is the result of colos- UNITED NATIONS: UN United Nations. that coincided with the third sal pressure, colossal blackmail Secretary General Antonio "This action may require anniversary of the coalition's which is the main instrument Guterres is closely following those members to leave the intervention in Yemen. of Washington on the interna- the US government's decision country, Haq said, adding that Displaying wreckage at a tional arena," Russian Foreign to expel 60 Russian diplomats the world body will not com- news conference in Riyadh of coalition had seized a number Minister Sergei Lavrov said in and will engage "as required" ment further on the issue at this what it said were fragments of smuggled weapons. Iran mocks Uzbekistan. with the governments con- stage due to the "sensitivity" of of those ballistic missiles, the Iran has repeatedly denied "We'll respond, have no cerned, a UN spokesman has the ongoing matter. coalition claimed forensic anal- arming the Huthis in Yemen, Saudi threats but doubt! No one wants to put up said. He added that the Secretary ysis showed they were sup- despite claims by the United with such loutish behaviour of Anglo-Saxon justice system," sians to leave embassies and "We have seen the General will closely follow the plied to Huthi rebels by their States and Saudi Arabia that worries about and we won't." Lavrov added. consulates and shutting down announcement by the US Gov- matter and engage as appro- ally Iran. the evidence of an arms con- At least 116 alleged agents Britain had urged allies to the Russian consulate gen- ernment of its decision to take priate with the governments "The missiles launched nection is irrefutable. destabilisation working under diplomatic take strong action in response eral in Seattle. Australia also action against the certain diplo- concerned. against Saudi territory were A Saudi-led military coali- cover were ordered out by to the attack that left former joined in the coordinated dip- mats of the Russian Federation The Trump administra- smuggled from Iran," coalition tion intervened in Yemen on TEHRAN: Iranian officials and 22 governments on Monday, Russian spy Skripal and his lomatic move, expelling two in the US, Deputy UN Spokes- tion ordered the expulsion of spokesman Turki al-Malki told March 26, 2015 to try to restore analysts on Tuesday rejected dwarfing similar measures in daughter in critical condition. Russian diplomats on Tuesday man Farhan Haq told reporters 60 Russians from the US, fol- reporters on Monday. the government of President claims of supplying weapons even the most notorious Cold The United Statesthat Prime Minister Malcolm at the daily press briefing on lowing similar actions taken We "reserve the right to Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to Yemeni rebels and mocked War spying disputes. responded particularly Turnbull said were "undeclared Monday. He said he can con- by other countries in the wake respond against Iran at the after the Shiite Huthis and their Saudi warnings of retaliation The expulsions were a strongly, ordering 60 Rus- intelligence officers". AGENCIES firm that the United States Mis- of the allegation by the United right time and right place", he allies took over large parts of for a weekend missile attack. response to the poisoning of sion to the UN informed the Kingdom that Russia was added. the country, including the capi- But while deriding the threat Russian double agent Sergei New Zealand says it can't find UN Secretariat of its decision behind an attack using a deadly The missile strikes resulted tal Sanaa. of direct Saudi military action, Skripal and his daughter Yulia to take action under Section nerve-agent in Salisbury on in the first reported fatality Hours after the missile conservative analysts in Teh- with a nerve agent in the Eng- Russian spies to expel 13(b) of the UN-US Headquar- March 4 that left former Rus- from Huthi fire in the Saudi attacks on Saudi Arabia, hun- ran did express worry about lish city of Salisbury on March ters Agreement with respect to sian spy Sergei Skripal and his capital. dreds of thousands of Huthi what they said were increas- 4. certain members of the Perma- daughter, Yulia, hospitalized in Egyptian national Abdul- rebel supporters flooded the ingly coordinated efforts by the Expulsions of Russian dip- WELLINGTON: New Zealand said on Tuesday it nent Mission of Russia to the critical condition. AGENCIES Moteleb Ahmed, 38, died streets of Yemen's capital on United States and its allies to lomats were ordered by the would like to expel Russian spies in retaliation for instantly in his bed when what Monday to mark three years destabilise the country. United States Canada and allegedly poisoning an ex-agent in Britain -- only appeared to be burning shrap- of war. The latest flashpoint in the Australia as well as a number it can’t find any Moscow operatives in the remote NATO expels 7 Russians, denies nel struck his ramshackle room Sanaa's Sabaeen Square was ever-volatile region came on of European Union countries, South Pacific nation. Scores of Russian diplomats accreditation to three more in Riyadh's Um al-Hammam a sea of Yemeni flags as rebel Sunday when Iran-backed Albania and Ukraine. have been ordered from the United States, Canada, district, leaving a gaping hole authorities ordered all schools Huthi rebels in Yemen fired The row has plunged Rus- Australia and various European countries in the wake in the roof, witnesses told by and government offices shut for seven missiles into Saudi Arabia. sia's relations with the West to Brussels: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday AFP at the site. the anniversary. Huthi support- Riyadh said the missiles new lows amid ongoing ten- of the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his the alliance was expelling seven Russian diplomats and Three other Egyptian ers carried portraits of rebel were Iranian-made and vowed sions over Ukraine and Syria. daughter in Salisbury. New Zealand, a former British denying accreditation to three more as part of inter- labourers in the same room chief Abdulmalik al-Huthi and "to respond against Iran at the Speaking on the sidelines of colony and staunch London ally, offered in-principle national measures over the poisoning of a former spy were wounded and hospital- speakers blasted out a fiery right time and right place". Iran a conference on Afghanistan in support but admitted a lack of Russian spy activity ised, they said. speech by Hassan Nasrallah, supports the Huthis, but denies Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, in Britain. "I have on Tuesday withdrawn the accredita- The Iran-aligned Huthis leader of Lebanon's powerful any military ties. "The aim of meant there was little action it could take. “We have tion of seven staff of the Russian mission to NATO. I will Lavrov said the expulsions jus- done a check in New Zealand. We don’t have Russian said on their Al-Masirah tele- Hezbollah Shiite movement, such claims by Saudi Arabia is to tified Russia's view that there also deny the pending accreditation request for three vision that Riyadh's King Kha- praising the "steadfastness" of divert public opinion from the are "few independent coun- undeclared intelligence officers here. If we did, we others," Stoltenberg told a news conference at NATO lid International Airport was the Yemeni people. War songs, atrocities (they) are committing tries" remaining in Europe. would expel them,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern headquarters in Brussels. "This will send a clear message among the targets. poems and speeches condemn- in Yemen," said Yadollah Javani, Comments by British Prime told state radio. “When there’s a range of interna- to Russia that there are costs and consequences for their Malki alleged the rebels ing the United States, the main a political officer for Iran's elite Minister Theresa May blaming tional interests ... does it surprise me New Zealand is in Sanaa were using the air- arms supplier for the Saudi- Revolutionary Guards, accord- unacceptable pattern of behaviour." AGENCIES Russia for the poisoning were not top of their list? No, actually.” AGENCIES port there to launch missiles led coalition, echoed across the ing to the conservative Tasnim "simply an affront to the system on Saudi territory, adding the square. AGENCIES news agency. AGENCIES Reports confirm Kim’s German court keeps ex-Catalan leader in custody

surprised China trip NEUMUNSTER: A German mont was arrested. He was arrested on Sun- est chapter in a secession saga court has kept former Catalan The former Catalan leader's day after he crossed the border that has bitterly divided Cata- BEIJING: Mercurial North president Carles Puigdemont detention in Germany, which into Germany from Denmark, lans and triggered Spain's worst Korean leader Kim Jong-un in custody pending possible sparked angry protests back in under a European warrant political crisis in decades. on Tuesday made an unprec- extradition to Spain to face Catalonia, comes five months issued by Spain. A decision on extradition edented whirlwind trip to Bei- "rebellion" charges. after he went on the run as According to Puigdemont's must normally be made within jing - his first foreign trip since Puigdemont will "remain in Spanish prosecutors sought to lawyer Jaume Alonso-Cuevil- 60 days under German law. he took over power in 2011 - detention for the time being, charge him with sedition and las, he was on his way back to A spokeswoman for and reported to have held talks until a decision is made con- rebellion in the wake of a vote Belgium, where he fled after the prosecutor's office for with the top Chinese leader- cerning the extradition pro- by the Catalan parliament to Spanish authorities moved Schleswig-Holstein state said ship ahead of his planned sum- cedure," the regional court declare independence. to impose direct rule over it would "probably not come mit with US President Donald in Kiel, northern Germany, The court in northern Ger- from Puigdemont's legal team ing the extradition decision by Catalonia. this week" ahead of the four- Trump. on Tuesday, saying that she is announced a day after Puigde- many turned down a request for him to be released pend- German authorities. His detention marks the lat- day Easter holiday. AGENCIES While the Foreign Ministry not aware of his visit and would here parried questions over his get back in "due course" if she reported visit which threw the gets the details. road and rail traffic in Beijing "If we have information, we out of gear, the Hong Kong- will publish it," Hua said. based South China Morning The first hint that the mys- Post quoted Chinese 'sources' tery guest was Kim was the confirming that Kim visited appearance of the green train Beijing. of the type favoured by North "It wasn't his sister, it was Korea's senior leadership, Kim himself," the paper quoted which was seen travelling from a source as saying. the border city of Dandong to Kim is reported to have left Beijing, the Post reported. by the "distinctive green train" Earlier, media personnel to Pyongyang by which he had rushed to the plush Diaoyutai arrived earlier. State Guesthouse, where for- A beaming Chinese For- eign dignitaries usually stay as eign Ministry spokesperson it was cordoned off with heavy Hua Chunying parried a vol- security. ley of questions about Kim's Local people were told to visit at a packed daily briefing avoid the area. AGENCIES Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C.G.) No. /59/CS/2018 Date -24.03.2018 US looking forward TENDER NOTICE FOR WEBSITE Sealed tender are invited for Website Redesigning and AMC of to Trump-Kim Jong- website. Tender No. 158/CS/2018, Raipur dated : 24/03/2018. Last date for submission of tender: 11/04/2018 (05:00 PM). The un meeting: WH details are available on website www.prsu.ac.in samvad 85597/2 Registrar

WASHINGTON: The United States is looking forward to a potential meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the White House has said. Earlier this month, a South Korean delegation, led by its national security advisor, had conveyed Kim's invitation to Trump for a meeting. The invitation was accepted by Trump, taking the world by surprise. The North Korean leader reportedly expressed a commitment to denuclearisation. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 Cigarette & tobacco Telecom sector revenue dips 8%, smuggling incidents licence fee declines by 16% in Q3 jump 136% in 2 years NEW DELHI: Gross revenue of telecom services providers Subscribers in million declined by 8.1 per cent while Indian Telecom Sector the licence fee collected by the Telephone Subscribers (Wireless+ India to be ready with 5G government dropped by 16 per Wireline) cent year-on-year in the quar- Total Urban Rural ter ended on December 31, Areas Areas roadmap by June: DoT 2017, a report by sector regu- lator Trai said. Growth Growth Growth NEW DELHI: India wants to ation. By June, India will have The adjusted gross revenue take a lead position in adopt- full roadmap ready on this,"

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502.47 (AGR) earned by companies 493.65 ing 5G technology and will pre- she said. from sale of telecom services Teledensity Teledensity Teledensity pare the roadmap for it by June, The forum is deliberating

681.15 declined by 16.05 per cent to Rs 90.61 672.54 164.19 56.63 Telecom Secretary Aruna Sun- on the vision, goals, and 5G 38,536 crore in the reported on dararajan said on Tuesday. roadmap and will also look at NEW DELHI: Incidents of cig- year-on-year basis. Wireless Wireline Broadband She called upon industry, related areas of spectrum pol- arettes and tobacco products The maximum "Gross Revenue (GR) Subscribers Subscribers Subscribers academia and startups to do icy, regulatory regime and pilot smuggling in India increased and Adjusted Gross Reve- their bit to help India become programmes, she added. by 136 per cent in 2016-17 revenue loss to nue (AGR) of telecom service a "frontrunner" in the 5th-gen- dararajan said it would enable Sundararajan, who was from 2014-15, according to a the exchequer sector for the quarter ended Growth Growth Growth eration wireless system which the country to overcome sev- speaking at an event organ- report by FICCI CASCADE. on account of December 2017 has been Rs 0.13% -5.22% 49.0% enables higher speed mobile eral decades of infrastructure- ised by industry body Cellu- The number of incidents

1,150.45 61,089 crore and Rs 38,536 1,151.94 broadband, mission-critical related challenges. lar Operators' Association of of smuggling of cigarettes and counterfeiting

378.10 crore respectively. The year- Teledensity Teledensity 253.75 services and massive Internet "A high-level forum on 5G India (COAI), said that 5G will tobacco products increased and illicit trade is on-year (y-o-y) growth in GR 88.83 1.78 of Things (IoT) deployment. which includes global experts, unleash transformative capa- to to 3,108 cases in 2016-17

24.34 and AGR over the same quar- 23.07 Terming 5G as important industry experts, IITs, IISc, has bilities, and have a bearing in from 1,312 cases in 2014-15, tobacco products at ter in last year has been (-) 8.18 As on Jan 31, 2017 As on Jan 31, 2018 for India's massive "digitisation already commenced work and areas like network virtualisa- it added. `9,139 crore per cent and (-) 16.05 per cent Source: TRAI KBK Infographics and digitalisation" efforts, Sun- done a fair amount of deliber- tion, cloud, and data analytics FICCI CASCADE, an respectively," the Trai's quar- amongst others. industry body working on terly performance indicator crore in same period a year ago. Rs 84 in the July-September "I wonder whether we are addressing the issue of illicit of illicit trade in just seven report said. The revenue of access ser- 2017 period. Voda-Idea merger in final correct in calling 5G as next trade activities in India, manufacturing sectors was Rs The licence fee which is vice providers (ASPs) fell by There were 119 crore tele- generation. It represents next also said that while there is 39,239 crores in 2014. collected from telecom service 22.3 per cent during the period phone subscribers in India at stage of approval: Tel Secy order of capabilities. The capa- an increase in vigilance by The maximum revenue loss providers on the basis of AGR under review to Rs 28,967.93 the end of December 2017. bilities that it will unleash, are enforcement agencies, seizures to the exchequer on account in turn declined by 16.04 per crore from Rs 37,283.71 a year "Monthly ARPU for GSM NEW DELHI: The merger plan of telecom opera- transformative," she said. were only the tip of the iceberg of counterfeiting and illicit cent to Rs 3,104 crore in Octo- ago. The ASPs provide telecom service (including LTE) tors Vodafone India and Idea Cellular is in the Sundararajan said that of a much larger and threaten- trade is tobacco products at Rs ber-December 2017 period services directly to consumers declined by 23.61 per cent on while the country had lagged ing operation in illegal trade in 9,139 crore followed by mobile from Rs 3,249 crore in the same like Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, y-o-y in this quarter," the Tele- "final stage of approval", Telecom Secretary in 2G, 3G and 4G technol- the country. phones at Rs 6,705 crore and period a year ago. BSNL, MTNL, etc. com Regulatory Authority of Aruna Sundararajan said on Tuesday. The mega ogy adoption, it does not want Maximum revenue loss alcoholic beverages at Rs 6,309 The spectrum usage charge, The monthly average reve- India said in the report. merger has already received the green light from to left behind in 5G and, in to the exchequer came from crore, the report added. which is also one of the major nue per user (ARPU) earned by Total number of internet NCLT and markets regulator SEBI, and accord- fact, would like to push the illicit trade of tobacco prod- "The market for contraband component of government's telecom service providers for subscribers increased to 44.59 global momentum around 5G ucts, mobile phones, alcoholic and smuggled goods is thriv- revenue declined by 29.72 per GSM and 4G mobile services crore at the end of December ing to Sundararajan, the telecom department "is through design capabilities, beverages, it said. ing in India and is today one cent to to Rs 1,152 crore in the declined by 5.37 per cent to Rs 2017 from 42.92 crore at the in the process of expediting it". PTI innovation and ability to build The report said the total loss of the biggest challenges faced reported period from Rs 1,639 79 in the reported period from end of September 2017. PTI affordable solutions. PTI to the government on account by Indian industry," it said. PTI INX hits record FSSAI may reclassify food biz on daily turnover GST profiteering complaint form simplified: FinMin NEW DELHI: The Finance filled up in the earlier form. in derivatives at Ministry has simplified and The number of Self-attested copies of all turnover basis to align with GST reduced the number of columns documentary evidences like `3,287 crore in the complaint form to make columns in the proof of identity, invoice, price NEW DELHI: Food safety a proper record at one place," it easier for consumers to report simplified single list and detailed working sheet authority FSSAI on Tuesday he added. MUMBAI: BSE arm India any profiteering activity by busi- page form have were required to be submitted said it will reclassify food busi- While issuing licence, the International Exchange (India nesses post GST rollout. while filing up the earlier form. nesses on the basis of turnover regulator will also see if the INX) has hit a record daily The number of columns been slashed to 16 As per the structure of the to align with the goods and ser- company has complied with trading turnover of Rs 3,287 in the simplified single-page anti-profiteering mechanism vices tax (GST). labelling norms and product crore ($506.68 million) on its form have been slashed to 16, of which the application is being mon man should be able to in the GST regime, complaints Under the GST regime, standards, among others, Agar- derivatives segment with trans- which 12 fields are mandatory, filed as well as state the price apply without the help of an of local nature are first sent to implemented from July 1, 2017, wal said. "These parameters will actions in gold futures contrib- to make it convenient for people. value per unit and the MRP pre accountant. the state-level screening com- businesses with an annual turn- current 17 to 8. For instance, also be attached while issuing uting to 57 per cent of the total The original profiteering and post GST. In the earlier form, the con- mittee while those of national over of over Rs 20 lakh are a category of food businesses licence," he said. value. complaint form, though a sin- The applicant has to enclose sumer has to specify the actual level are marked for the Stand- required to pay GST. whose annual turnover is Rs To promote hygiene in res- India INX has seen a rapid gle page document, had about evidence like copies of invoice or price or value charged per unit ing Committee. "We are in the process of 12 lakh will be increased to taurants and hotels, FSSAI growth in derivatives segment 44 columns seeking a number price list to prove that the benefit pre-GST and the same post GST. If the complaints have merit, amending the licensing and Rs 20 lakh, he added. Along- has prepared a framework primarily due to the increase in of details and half of those fields of tax rate reduction or benefit Also, the total tax per unit and the respective committees refer registration norms. Under side, FSSAI is developing an and awaiting provisions to be the exchange membership and were mandatory. of input tax credit has not been the reduction in tax amount the cases for further investiga- this, we are going to reclassify e-system to monitor if food in place to hire a third party overall market participation. In the new form the appli- passed on to consumers. post GST has to be filled up by tion to the Directorate General the kind of food businesses businesses are complying with agency to conduct the rating, The India International cant has to give his name and The move to simplify the the complainant. of Safeguards (DGS). Once DGS (KoB) on the basis of turnover safety norms. The compliance he said. Exchange Futures are cur- address and contact details form followed numerous repre- Details of pre-GST rates of submits its report, it is scruti- to align with GST and MSME monitoring system will be "We are ready with the rently available on the Sensex, along with proof of identity. sentations received by the stand- excise duty, VAT, service tax, nised by the Anti-Profiteering norms," Food and Safety Stan- ready in the next 2-3 months. framework. But who will do the Sensex 50, gold, silver, Brent Besides, the name and address ing committee red flagging the luxury tax charged by the busi- Authority for further action, dards Authority (FSSAI) CEO "A track record of each food rating? Globally, it is done by crude, euro, dollar, pound, and of the supplier too are to be pro- complicated nature of the form. nesses against whom the prof- which may include fine and Pawan Kumar Agarwal said. business will help while issu- the regulatory staff. Since our the yen, apart from 107 Indian vided. Besides, the applicant has While simplifying the form, iteering complaint is being extreme penalty like cancella- Accordingly, the number of ing fresh licence for new prod- staff is limited, we are exploring equity stocks as well as interna- to state any goods or service for it was kept in mind that a com- lodged was also required to be tion of registration. PTI KoBs will be reduced from the ucts. Right now, we don't have a third party agency," he said. PTI tional equities such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google and JP Morgan. ` Cane arrears to farmers at `13,899 cr as on Mar 21: Govt India INX, based in the Govt approves 7,000 crore SBA International Financial Ser- vices Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat NEW DELHI: Sugar mills owe due to decrease in sugar price," International Finance Tec-City for outstanding subsidy claims Rs 13,899 crore to sugarcane he said in a separate reply. The (GIFT City), in a statement on growers as of March 21 of the Maharashtra government has Tuesday said it daily turnover NEW DELHI: The finance Arrangement. required amount making sure current marketing year ending issued notice to 228 sugar mills from derivatives hit a record ministry has approved Rs 7,000 As March 21, 2018, sub- that amount raised is actually September, the government said for recovery of cane payment 3,287 crore ($506.68 million) crore worth of Special Banking sidy claims to the tune of Rs utilised during the current on Tuesday. dues to farmers, he added. on March 26. Arrangement (SBA) for pay- 9,926.98 crore were pending fiscal. Mills in Uttar Pradesh have To stabilise domestic prices, Of this, the daily trading ment of outstanding fertiliser before the government. Secondly, the rate of interest maximum cane price arrear at Chaudhary said the govern- turnover on the India INX subsidy claims, Parliament was "Department of Expendi- to be borne by the government Rs 5,136 crore, followed by Kar- ment has doubled import 32-troy ounce gold futures con- informed on Tuesday. ture has conveyed its approval will be 6.84 per cent per annum nataka - Rs 2,539 crore and duty on sugar to 100 per cent, tract reached an all-time high Subsidy is released to fer- for the special banking arrange- or the actual rate of borrowing Maharasthra - Rs 2,348 crore. scrapped the export duty and of Rs 1,895 crore ($292 mil- tiliser companies depending ment up to Rs 7,000 crore sub- by fertiliser companies, which- "As on March 21, 2018, out also imposed stock limits on lion), representing 57 per cent on the availability of the bud- ject to following conditions," ever is lower, he added. of total cane dues payment of Rs said in a written reply to the (October-September). This has sugar mills for two months. of the value. It also represented get, the government said, add- Minister of State for Fertilis- Total expenditure on fer- 55,553 crore for 2017-18 season, Lok Sabha. Liquidity position resulted in delay in cane pay- Sugar output is estimated 68 per cent of the turnover of ing that in case of shortage of ers Rao Inderjit Singh said in a tiliser subsidy stood at Rs an amount of Rs 41,654 crore of mills has been affected due to ment to growers. to rise to 27.2 million tonnes the equivalent gold futures funds it tries to liquidate pend- written reply to the Lok Sabha. 62.835.89 crore till February has been cleared and Rs 13,899 downward trend in sugar prices "The mill owners are find- in 2017-18 marketing year, as traded in the domestic mar- ing subsidy by arranging loans The Department of Fertil- of the current fiscal, ending on crore is pending," Minister of in view of higher production ing it difficult to pay the cane against the demand of 25 mil- kets on March 26. PTI under the Special Banking iser should use only minimum March 31. PTI State for Food C R Chaudhary in the 2017-18 marketing year prices to the farmers on time lion tonnes. PTI Dutch AkzoNobel to sell chemicals unit for Twitter bans cryptocurrency $12.6 billion to US-based investors Carlyle related ads including ICOs SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter and Google's announcement THE HAGUE: Dutch chemical said. “But size is really not top has followed the leads of Face- that they would ban advertise- giant AkzoNobel announced The deal leaves of mind, it’s performance of book and Google by banning ments for cryptocurrencies the sale of its chemicals arm the business.” The remaining cryptocurrency advertising on and other "speculative finan- to US-based investors Carlyle AkzoNobel as one Akzo business will have 35,700 its platform. cial products" across their ad Group for 10.1 billion euros of the top 3 largest employees, while Speciality The ban, which came into platforms. ($12.6 billion) on Tuesday, as Chemicals employs around effect on Tuesday and will take In January, social media part of its strategy to fend off paints and coatings 10,000. 30 days to be rolled out, covers giant Facebook banned all ads hostile takeover bids. companies in the Akzo will try to strengthen advertising of initial coin offer- promoting cryptocurrencies, “AkzoNobel on Tuesday its position in promising mar- ings (ICOs) and token sales. including Bitcoin and ICOs. announces the sale of 100 per- world. The $12.6 kets such as powder coatings, "We are committed to Google's ban on such cent of its specialty chemicals billion valuation which showed 10 percent global ensuring the safety of the Twit- advertisements would come business to The Carlyle Group growth last year, the CEO said. ter community. As such, we on major stock markets. into force from June. for an enterprise value of 10.1 includes debts too Akzo also expects its sales of have added a new policy for Earlier this month, Twit- "We updated several poli- billion euros... as part of its strat- decorative paints in China and Twitter Ads relating to cryp- ter CEO Jack Dorsey acknowl- cies to address ads in unregu- egy announced in April 2017,” also help to repair strained rela- maceuticals, food products, salts deliver on a goal to achieve a Europe to increase. tocurrency. Under this new edged that the company was lated or speculative financial it said. The sale of the Specialty tionships with shareholders and adhesives. 15 percent margin on sales by Akzo first announced plans policy, the advertisement of facing an issue wherein copy- products like binary options, Chemicals operation to Carlyle unhappy with the rejection of The 7.5 billion euro total 2020, after that measure fell to to sell the business last April, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) ing verified Twitter accounts cryptocurrency, foreign and Singapore’s GIC sovereign the bid. will be returned to sharehold- 9.4 percent last year. when PPG was in full pur- and token sales will be prohib- to trick cryptocurrency users exchange markets and con- wealth fund for a slightly better Akzo Nobel CEO Thierry ers, Vanlancker said, with the That goal will mainly be suit. Many shareholders were ited globally," The Verge quoted was becoming increasingly tracts for difference (or CFDs)," than expected price will allow Vanlancker, who took charge company deciding on the dis- delivered through cost sav- dismayed as Akzo’s boards the company as saying. prevalent. Scott Spencer, Google's Direc- Akzo to focus on its main paints last July after the bid battle, tribution through dividends or ings and efficiency measures, appeared uninterested in talks "The policy will be fully Dorsey said the company tor of Sustainable Ads, had said. and coatings business. expects 7.5 billion euros in net share buybacks in the coming Vanlancker said, as overall with PPG and when they ulti- enforceable among all adver- was working to fix the cryp- "In June 2018, Google will It delivers one of the biggest proceeds from the sale. The 10.1 months. sales growth in the paints and mately rejected the U.S. com- tisers within a month," Twitter tocurrency scam on Twitter update the financial services commitments made by Akzo billion euro valuation includes The deal leaves Akzo as coatings market is expected to pany’s best offer. said, adding that all ICOs and in which several users were policy to restrict the adver- Nobel in its defense against a debt. The division being sold “one of the top 3 largest paints remain modest. The deal is subject to regula- token sales would be banned, tricked and their digital assets tisement of contracts for dif- 26 billion euro ($32 billion) produces an array of chemicals and coatings companies in the “We will be looking at size tory approvals and is expected and cryptocurrency exchanges were stolen. ference, rolling spot forex takeover offer from US rival used in plastic packaging, tissue world,” Vanlancker said. (acquisition) opportunities as to be concluded before the end and wallets would be restricted Banning cryptocurrency- and financial spread betting," PPG Industries last year. It may paper, cleaning materials, phar- He said Akzo must now they come along”, Vanlancker of the year, Akzo said. AGENCIES to only public companies listed related ads follows Facebook Google said. AGENCIES business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 mp Bandhan Bank India, Africa trade can grow 3-fold India pips Japan in crude makes stellar debut, shares to $150 billion in five years: Govt up over 27% NEW DELHI: India on Tues- steel output in February day expressed hope that its two-way trade with Africa NEW DELHI: India out- jing has said it would take strong would reach $150 billion in the stripped Asian industrial giant retaliatory measures to protect next five years, from $52 billion Japan to become the second its rights. currently. largest steel producer in Febru- Chinese rebar prices hit a Minister of State for Com- ary as its crude steel output grew near nine month low on Mon- merce and Industry C R by 3.43 per cent to 8.434 mil- day on worries over slowing Chaudhary said the current CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh lion tonnes (MT) in the month demand from the construc- level of trade is widely seen as against 8.296 MT of the latter, tion sector, growing invento- NEW DELHI: Shares of way below the potential. according to global steel body ries and the potential trade war Bandhan Bank made a stel- He asked the African region Worldsteel data. between the world’s two largest lar debut at the bourses on to properly utilise the Duty India had almost caught economies. Tuesday and ended over 27 Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) up the Asian giant in January “China are over-producing per cent higher against its scheme to boost trade between Bank Conclave here. He said EXIM (export-import) bank by producing 9.02 MT crude relative to the curent level of issue price of Rs 375. the two regions. that African exports can be has approved about 167 lines steel compared and 9.03 MT demand. It was always a down- The stock listed at Rs Under the scheme, import enhanced through value addi- of credit worth $10 billion of by Japan. side risk that China would start 485, a sharp gain of 29.33 of almost all products from tion and targeted promotion projects to 40 African countries However, Japan retreated to to slow. Financial institutions per cent over the issue price least developed countries strategies. as of February this year. the third spot in February due have cautioned things can’t go on BSE. Intra-day, it jumped (LDCs) to India attract lower The minister also said that The secretary, however, to a 0.5 per cent fall in steel pro- on forever,” said Jeremy Platt, 32.90 per cent to Rs 498.40. or zero duties. huge investment potential made a case for creating an duction compared to 8.340 MT analyst at steel consultancy It finally ended at Rs 477.20, "I am confident that India- exists in African region in areas enabling policy framework for in the year-ago month, World- MEPS. up 27.25 per cent. Africa bilateral trade can such as infrastructure, energy, fast implementation of projects. steel data showed. “We’re expecting prices to On NSE, shares of the touch $150 billion in the next IT and agriculture. Seeking Indian invest- On year-on-year basis, India duction of the 64 countries increase in Egypt’s crude steel fall in the second half because company zoomed 27.16 per five years. To begin with, trade Commerce Secretary Rita ments, Uganda Vice President registered a growth 3.43 per reporting to the World Steel output to 583 000 tonnes. South of China, but equally we’re not cent to settle at Rs 476.85. can increase sharply if Afri- Teaotia called upon African Edward Ssekandi said there are cent in February as compared Association was 131.791 MT in Africa’s production decreased anticipating a crash.” In terms of equity vol- can LDCs can optimise use businesses for greater utili- huge opportunities in sectors to 8.154 MT in February 2017, February 2018, a growth of 3.5 by 0.9 per cent year-on-year to “The rebound in U.S. pro- ume, 139.07 lakh shares of of the facility of DFTP," the sation of the scheme to pro- such as infrastructure, manu- World Steel Association said in per cent year-on-year. 491 000 tonnes. Libya’s output duction was not too surprising the company were traded on minister said at the CII-EXIM mote trade. She said that facturing and energy. PTI its latest report. "The crude steel capacity increased by 15 per cent year- given the prospect of a 25 per- BSE and over 9 crore shares World leader China saw a utilisation ratio of the 64 coun- on-year to 48 000 tonnes. cent tariff on U.S. steel imports changed hands on NSE dur- RBI resumes rise of 5.9 per cent in crude steel tries in February 2018 was 73.3 The data will likely draw and the recent stratospheric rise ing the day. The company’s Essar Steel: NCLT refuses production in February this year per cent. This is 1.8 percent- international scrutiny after U.S. in prices. We expect produc- market valuation stood at at 64.930 MT. It had produced age points higher than Febru- President Donald Trump this tion to pick up further over the Rs 56,920.65 crore. consultations 61.328 MT during the same ary 2017. Compared to January month slapped hefty import coming months as higher prices The Rs 4,473-crore ini- to defer April 2 re-bidding month last year. South Korea’s 2018, it is 0.5 percentage points duties on steel, aimed at dis- encourage capacity restarts,” tial public offer of Bandhan with stakeholders output fell by 2.1 per cent year- higher," the report said. suading China from exporting said Capital Economics in a Bank was subscribed 14.62 AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: of bidding, the bankers told the on-year to 5.4-million tonnes. Meanwhile, Africa’s crude its excess metal at what he says note. times during March 15-19. on policy making The Ahmedabad bench of the tribunal that both ArcelorMittal The US produced 6.4 Mt of steel production increased by 4 are state subsidised prices. The steel industry, worth The price band for the National Company Law Tribu- and Numetal were given enough crude steel in February 2018, a per cent year-on-year to 1.1-mil- Trump also aims to impose about $900 billion a year, is a offer was fixed at Rs 370 to NEW DELHI: The Reserve nal (NCLT) on Tuesday refused time to take corrective measures 0.4% increase on February 2017. lion tonnes, mainly as a result tariffs on up to $60 billion of seen as a gauge of the world’s Rs 375. PTI Bank of India (RBI) has to defer the second round of since their bids were rejected on Global crude steel pro- of a 7.6 per cent year-on-year imports from China, and Bei- economic health. AGENCIES resumed consultations with bidding for the bankrupt Essar March 23, and that they can par- stakeholders, including bank- Steel that is closing on April 2, ticipate in the re-bidding that is ers and business associa- as requested by Numetal after closing on April 2 provided they REC transfers tions, to garner their views the bankers allowed the per- take corrective measures in their Coal India eyes road route to towards policy making deci- titioner along with the other ownership structure. transmission sions, according to top official bidder ArcelorMittal can par- The bankers maintained sources. ticipate in the rebid with some that the insolvency resolution arm to PowerGrid The six-member Monetary riders. process has to be completed augment supply to customers Policy Committee (MPC), The NCLT refused to defer by April 29 when the 270-days NEW DELHI: State-run Rural headed by RBI Governor Urjit the re-bidding date after the timeline ends, and the dis- Electrification Corp (REC) on Patel, is to meet on April 4 and committee of creditors (CoC) qualified bidders already got Tuesday said it has transferred NEW DELHI: In order to over- ways and road network. Besides, 5 to decide the first bi-monthly of Essar Steel, that owes over R 10 days to take corrective mea- the entire shareholding of its come supply hurdles, state-run it is also transported using monetary policy of the next 45,000 crore to them, told the sures since they were disquali- wholly-owned subsidiary to Coal India is looking at effec- merry-go-round train and belt fiscal. tribunal that both ArcelorMit- fied on March 23 and bid again Power Grid Corporation of tive utilisation of road network conveyor system. The sources said the RBI tal and Numetal can participate for the second round. India following approval from to deliver dry fuel to custom- The country is heading has re-started consultations in the second round after tak- The two companies had the Power Ministry. ers, specially power plants, a towards becoming a power with stakeholders, including ing corrective measures in their moved NCLT last week within In a BSE filing, the company source said. surplus nation. The demand bankers and business associ- ownership structure. days of their bids were disquali- said, "It is further informed With the rail network at its for coal from power plants is ations, to gather their views Numetal had moved a peti- fied by the lenders. that as per approval of Minis- best carrying 320 rakes of fuel also rising but due to the lim- which could be possibly incor- tion seeking to defer second The bankers had met on try of Power the entire share- from coal pitheads to power ited source of supply the plants porated at the time of policy round of bidding maintaining March 23 in Mumbai and holding of REC Transmission plants every day, the road net- at long distances from mines making. there was no need for the exer- rejected ArcelorMittal's and Ltd (a wholly-owned subsid- work can help boost supplies are facing supply issues which One such meeting was held cise if it is held eligible. Numetal's bids - the only two iary of REC) in WR-NR Power to power producers as a short- need to be addressed, another on Tuesday and more such Hearing the petition on bidders for the crippled 10-mil- Transmission Ltd, comprising term measure. source said. meetings are likely, they added. Tuesday, NCLT adjudicating lion tonne Essar Steel assets at of 50,000 equity shares have "Coal India is ready to sup- Railway lines cannot be laid The views of the stakehold- authority Manorama Kumari Hazira in Gujarat, citing tech- been transferred along with ply fuel through the network ers in various sectors, including from power producers but the down in short span of time, nei- ers would then be presented said she will hear the petitions nical issues. all its assets and liabilities to of roads. Coal India at present power, were 12 MT through power plants are unable to get ther the merry-go-round train before the MPC in order to moved by Numetal and Arce- These two bids were from Power Grid corporation of has a stock of 50 million tonnes road network in April-October coal because of supply issue. and belt conveyor system can consider them at the time of lorMittal on April 4. the beginning questioned by India Ltd..." (MT)," the source said. 2017-18. "The installed capacity of be developed. policy making, they added. The two companies had the insolvency resolution pro- Shares of Rural Electri- According to the company "Not all what is produced is thermal power plants in India is It is the roads which can be For quite sometime, espe- moved the NCLT challenging fessional and others as the pro- fication Corp on Tuesday data, offtake during the April- supplied even when the demand 1.93 lakh MW and the demand built earlier than the other three cially after the setting up of their disqualification by the moters of both these firms were ended 1.36 per cent up at Rs February period was at 525 MT is rising," the source said add- for coal from these is rising." ways and Coal India is eyeing Monetary Policy Committee, bankers' committee on March defaulters in other firms - the 127 a piece on Bombay Stock against the target of 541 MT. ing that there is neither short- Coal is transported from this mode to supply coal, the the central bank had discon- 23. Opposing Numetal's request Ruias in Essar Steel and the Mit- Exchange. PTI Coal dispatches to consum- age of coal nor lack of demand mines to power plants by rail- source said. PTI tinued the process. PTI for defering the second round tals in Uttam Galva. PTI CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE Govt relaxes apple AAI asks Air Deccan, Air Odisha to import norms NEW DELHI: Remov- start UDAN flights within a month ing curbs on apple imports, the government on Tuesday NEW DELHI: Taking note would be coming up. allowed inward shipments of of long delays, the Airports "Unfortunately, promoters the fruit through any port in Authority of India (AAI) has of two airlines who came were the country. now given a month's time not in a position to start it ( Earlier, imports of the fruit to Air Deccan and Air Odi- services on routes bagged by were allowed through both sha to start operations on them) despite several notices sea ports and airports at Kol- routes bagged by them in the to them in the past... A final PFC CMD Rajeev Sharma presented a token of remittance for Rs 51.13 crore towards ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ to Secretary (Finance) kata, Chennai, Mumbai, and first round of bidding under notice is being sent to them Hasmukh Adhia, wherein Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Cochin; land port and airport the regional air connectivity now to start operations within Secretary Parameswaran Iyer was also present. Directors and senior in Delhi; and at India's land largest producer of apples. scheme, according to officials. a month," he said. officers of PFC were also present on this occasion borders only. The fruit's production in State-owned AAI is the However, Mohapatra did "Port restriction for import the country is limited to the nodal agency for the scheme including Air Deccan and Air Against this backdrop, offi- not take names of the two of apples...is hereby removed," hilly states of Jammu and Kash- -- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Odisha, won bids to operate cials said the AAI has served airlines. the directorate general of for- mir, Himachal Pradesh and Naagrik) -- which seeks to UDAN flights on 128 routes. notices to Air Deccan and Air Another official in the eign trade said in a notification. Uttarakhand. connect unserved and under- While winners of the first Odisha asking them to com- know said notices have been The move could help in India imports the fruit from served airports as well as make round were announced in mence operations on the routes served to Air Deccan and Air increasing availability of the the US, China, Chile, New Zea- flying more affordable. March last year, many routes awarded to them in a month's Odisha. fruit in the domestic market land, Italy, Iran and Afghani- Under the first round of are yet to be operational on time. The two carriers bagged as and ease its prices. stan, among others. UDAN, as many as 70 air- account of multiple factors, AAI Chairman Guruprasad many as 84 routes under the Apple is the most heavily During April-January 2018, ports, including 31 unserved including certain airports yet to Mohapatra said that around first round of UDAN but have consumed imported fruit in India's apple imports stood at and 12 under-served ones, were be fit for operations and some 18-19 airports are already oper- so far started operations in less India. India is world's third- $298 million. PTI to be connected. Five airlines, airlines not being fully ready. ational under UDAN and more than 10 of them. PTI Feb GST collection fall temporary,

Oriental Bank of Commerce welcomed on board cricketer Yazvendra Chahal as its premium customer. As a token of gratitude, he was E-way bill will give boost: Experts welcomed & honoured at Bank’s Corporate Office, Gurugram by the Top Executives of the Bank NEW DELHI: The fall in the Chief Economist, India Ratings with effect from April 1, which Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Research told IANS. may provide a boost to GST collection in February is a tem- M.S. Mani, Partner, Deloitte collections." porary phase and the upcoming India said that GST collections Aditi Nayar, Principal Econ- 'E-way' bill is expected to give appear to be entering the "sta- omist at ICRA said: "While the a boost to the indirect tax rev- bilisation phase", although the aggregate GST collection has enues, economy watchers said expected revenue garnering recorded a sequential dip..., on Tuesday. appears to be taking more time. the daily average GST inflows According to the Finance "It would be logical to adjusted for the fewer number of Ministry on Tuesday, the total assume that significant amount days in February relative to Jan- revenue received under GST for of transition credits availed uary, recorded a healthy uptick February 2018 up to March 26 would now have been utilised, in the just-concluded month, has been Rs 85,174 crore from hence the collections would now which is an encouraging sign." January's Rs 86,318 crore. progressively improve," Mani Abhishek A Rastogi, Part- "It will take more time in sta- said adding that the fall in reve- ner, Khaitan and Co said : bilisation of GST regime before nue collection would lead to sev- "There are still few days left in Jury under the chairmanship of former Chief Justice of India R C economy starts realising ben- eral anti-evasion measures, and the month of March and that Lahoti selected the winners of the SCOPE Excellence Awards 2016- efits of GST. Reform measures "over and above the imminent the assessees are also facing 17. GOI former Secretary Moosa Raza, Management Consultant M B Athreya, Public Enterprises Selection Board former Chairman announced in last GST coun- e-way bill launch on 1st April". the burden of direct tax pay- C Phunsog, former Chairman of SAIL Arvind Pande, and SCOPE cil meeting of introduction of Abhishek Jain, Tax Partner, ments in the form of advance Director General U D Choubey were other members of the jury E-way bill are likely to plug in EY India said: "The next big tax and TDS. The situations of leakages and improve collec- hope for the government would late GST payments cannot be tions," Devendra Kumar Pant, be introduction of E-way bills ruled out." IANS 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 Teammates want Smith, Warner set to miss India series 'rogue' David gone Cricket Australia is all set to announce harsh sanction on Sandpapergate culprits CAPE TOWN: Some Aus- tralian players want a "rogue" SYDNEY: The disgraced Aus- himself from the team What- David Warner out of the team tralian duo of Steve Smith and sApp group. hotel in South Africa as the David Warner is not just star- Australia’s Fairfax Media ball tampering saga threatened ing at an ouster from IPL but claimed: “Warner had emerged to rip the touring side apart, is also also facing the prospect as the central character in the amid reports that suggested the of missing the India series later affair, with suggestions he was opening batsman was the ring this year, as speculations over a the primary figure behind the leader of the scandal. length ban for ball tampering ill-fated decision for Cameron According to foxsports.Au, gained credence. Bancroft to use a piece of yel- several of Warner's furious Cricket Australia is all set low tape to try and alter the teammates have asked Cricket to announce the sanctions condition of the ball during the Australia bosses to have the by early morning (IST) on third Test.” batsman removed from the Wednesday and there is a pos- It has been learnt that senior team hotel, warning there sibility that both Smith and fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and could be an "incident" between Warner could be out of inter- Josh Hazlewood along with Warner and angry players if he national cricket for a consider- veteran spinner Nathan Lyon remains. able period of time. have all distanced themselves Warner has also removed If it’s a one-year ban, which from skipper Smith for his himself from a WhatsApp looks likely, the home series comments that the ball tam- group comprising Australian against India in (December- pering plan, on the third day players, with one source say- January) will be played with- of the third Test in Cape Town, ing he has "gone rogue" since out the two superstars. Already was hatched by the leadership the ball tampering saga broke. young opener Matt Renshaw group. It's believed several play- has flown to Johannesburg, Cricket Australia (CA) ers in the Australian team were ment for Warner ahead of Fri- indicating that Warner will also boss James Sutherland, under not aware of the tampering plot day's final Test against South not be a part of the final Test mounting pressure to come until damning footage of Cam- Africa. match against South Africa. down hard on what Australian eron Bancroft scrubbing the Warner's participation Another bone of contention media has dubbed a “rotten” ball with yellow tape appeared in IPL is also in doubt as the is their Indian Premier League team culture, was due in Johan- on the big screen at the ground. 31-year-old might be left out contracts with Rajasthan Roy- File photo of David Warner (left) with Steve Smith nesburg Tuesday where he will As Cricket Australia started by his franchise Sunrisers als and Sunrisers Hyderbad. meet up with the body’s head its own investigation into the Hyderabad, who are currently There is every possibility that “What a lot of media chan- scandal. of integrity, Iain Roy. scandal, Warner was appar- waiting for Cricket Australia's Smith may seek time out of nels are not understanding is Cricket Australia (CA) boss James According to Sydney Morn- They are expected to update ently drinking at the team decision before taking a call on cricket to sort out the mess he is that BCCI at this point has no Sutherland, under mounting pressure ing Herald: “David Warner’s a shocked Australian pub- hotel. Media reports said War- his future. currently in but the same can’t right to terminate their con- international career is said to lic on Wednesday morning, ner spilled champagne at the Earlier, Australia's prime be said about Warner, who is tract. In case Cricket Australia to come down hard on the Australian have become “untenable” with with reports saying they could bar of the hotel while parting minister called for an end to one of the greatest T20 expo- has a clause in their contracts team culture, was due in Johannesburg fears the one-time vice-captain throw the book at Smith and with his friends and angry team sledging in cricket, saying it nents of all time. that gives them right to can- has gone rogue as the fallout his vice-captain David Warner mates now want the southpaw was "right out of control" as he While the BCCI is awaiting cel the duo’s NOC for private Tuesday where he will meet up with the from the ball tampering crisis by banning both for 12 months removed from the team hotel. urged the sport to clean up its sanctions from Cricket Aus- leagues based on disrepute body's head of integrity, Iain Roy. escalated on Tuesday. Team- and sending them home in According to reports, War- image amid a ball-tampering tralia, the key to the decision caused during international mates are furious with Warner disgrace. ner might be banned for 12 scandal. will be the contents of the No matches, then BCCI won’t even over suspicions the batsman Smith has already been months by Cricket Australia, Malcolm Turnbull Objection Certificates (NOC) come into question. play IPL,” a senior BCCI offi- aspect said on Tuesday. was the source behind a story suspended for one Test and which is currently investigat- described the cheating crisis issued by their home board. “They won’t get a chance to cial, who deals with contract “If CA’s ban is exclusive of incriminating Australia’s fast docked his entire match fee ing the ball-tampering issue in which captain Steve Smith NoC given to them for IPL, bowlers.” by the International Cricket that has plunged the game into admitted to masterminding a they will be available for the The newspaper claimed that Council for his role in a plot crisis. plot to change the ball's con- league,” said the official. Warner may have played his that saw teammate Cameron Opener Matthew Renshaw, dition during the third Test However, reports emerging last game for the country. Bancroft tamper with the ball meanwhile, has been sum- against South Africa on Sat- from Australian media primar- It was learnt that the tem- during the third Test against moned to join the under-siege urday as a "shocking affront to ily implicated Warner in the peramental Warner removed South Africa. AGENCIES Australian team as a replace- Australia". AFP Renshaw to join Test squad in Jo’ burg as Warner replacement MELBOURNE: Opener Mat- scandal that has left the Aus- South Africa in the wake of three demerit points along with thew Renshaw is set to be tralian cricket team red-faced. the Cape Town ball-tampering a penalty of 75 per cent of his rushed to South Africa as a According to cricket.com.au: crisis.” match fee. possible replacement for David “Renshaw will fly to Johan- The ICC has suspended Test There could be harsher sanc- Warner, who is staring at the nesburg this evening to join captain Steve Smith for the tions in place after Cricket possibility of a lengthy ban for the under-siege tourists ahead fourth Test and opener Cam- Australia completes its investi- his role in the ball-tampering of Friday’s final Test against eron Bancroft has been handed gations led by Iain Roy. AFP00 MI begin Vaughan 'pretty sure' Australia training for IPL MUMBAI: Defending cham- tampered with ball during Ashes pions Mumbai Indians have begun their training for the LONDON: Michael Vaughan Joe Root, who captained upcoming season of the Indian says he is "pretty sure" Austra- in Australia, has said he saw Premier League and foreign lia were tampering with the ball no reason to suspect Austra- players, including Kieron Pol- during the recent Ashes series lia of ball-tampering during lard, are set to join them April against England as cricket the series. 1 onwards. chiefs held crisis talks over the Bancroft used a strip of yel- It is learnt that the Mum- cheating scandal engulfing the low sticky tape he had covered bai Indians are training at the sport. with dirt granules to illegally newly-developed cricketing Australian captain Steve scratch the rough side of the facility inside Reliance Corpo- Smith has been suspended for ball, thereby facilitating more rate Park in Ghansoli in neigh- one Test and docked his entire "I can't believe that this swing for bowlers. bouring Navi Mumbai from match fee by the International hasn't happened before," Vaughan said Austra- March 25 and the training Cricket Council for his role in Vaughan told the BBC. "I look lia had broken an unwritten would shift to the Wankhede a plot that saw teammate Cam- at the amount of tape some of rule by taking an object onto Stadium in south Mumbai eron Bancroft tamper with the fielders have worn, partic- the pitch to tamper with the from March 31. the ball during the third Test ularly during the Ashes series, ball even though he admitted Sources in the know, how- against South Africa. mid-on, mid-off. (You) don't many teams used "tricks" dur- ever, said West Indian all- Smith said it was the first have to name names but they ing matches. rounder Kieron Pollard, Kiwi time time it had happened know who they are. "You'd see the ball get Mitchell McLenaghan, Austra- under his captaincy but "I'm pretty sure that it was bounced into the rough to cre- lian pacer Pat Cummins and Vaughan, who led England to going on during the Ashes ate reverse swing, you'd see Bangladesh seamer Mustafizur Ashes glory in 2005, believes series. But it wasn't the reason sweets in the mouth, you'd see Rahman will join the camp it has been going on for "quite why England lost 4-0. They still saliva put on the ball to try and anytime between in April. PTI a while". would have lost that series." keep that shine for longer." AFP ‘Kohli shouldn't be allowed to play County’

LONDON: Letting Virat Kohli play county cricket is "non- sense", feels former England cap- tain Bob Willis, who wants the prolific Indian captain to "suf- fer" from the wretched form he endured in 2014, when his team comes here for a Test series later this year. Kohli is expected to play for MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICES PRESS NOTICE Surrey in the Division One of English county No. /PWD Haryana PWD (B&R) Dated in his bid to prepare for the five-Test August- NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER September series in England, which has been HQ Chief Engineer 31 Zone, C/o 56 APO on The Governor of Haryana invite the bids from eligible bidders though online bids in his focus for sometime now. the website Imps://haryanaeprocurement.gov.in for the work detailed in the table. "I can't stand overseas players in county behalf of President of India invites online Lump Sum cricket," Willis told 'Sky Sports'. bids on Single Stage, Two cover bid system for the "He should be made to suffer and average following work:- 30 in England as he has done before. We don't want England starting to lose Test matches 1. Name of Work: PROVISION OF OTM AND at home because we're accommodating all ALLIED INFRASTRUCTURE AT of these visiting players," Willis commented. AWANTIPUR (PHASE-I) Apart from Kohli, the likes of Cheteshwar 2. Estimated Cost: Rs 9775.83 Lakhs (At Par Pujara (Yorkshire) and Ishant Sharma (Sussex) 1. Cost of bid document to be paid through Online is Rs.20000/- for Sr. No.1 (Non- are also set to play for different sides. Market). refundable) and EMD paid Offline. Willis, however, is upset that England will 3. Period of completion : 23 months 2. Willing Contractor shall have to pay the Rs.1000/- (Online) for e-Service fees. be losing home advantage ahead of the series 4. Tender ID:- (2018_MES_170488_1) 3. For further details of e-tendering schedule visit website haryanapwd-bandr.org, and termed it as a detrimental move for the https://haryanaeprocurement.gov.in counties. For further detail refer web site www.defproc.gov.in. "It doesn't benefit the players stranded in Executive Engineer, Sd/- the second XI year on year and the youngsters. Electrical Division PWD B&R The only way to improve our Test team is to AAD (Contracts) PRDH-Advt. No:-1081/11/4754/1718/63134 (Phone: 01262-247262) have as many England-qualified players play- davp/10102/11/2701/1718 For Accepting Officer Dated: 27/03/2018 Email: [email protected] ing in the County Championship as possible," said Willis, who has played 90 Tests. PTI sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 mp India's 12-match unbeaten Holland drub European Champs 3-0 streak end with Kyrgyz loss Dutch give coach Koeman first win by cruising past pedesterian Portugal; Cristiano struggles

GENEVA: Ronald Koeman claimed his first win in charge ‘Argentina have debt to settle at WC’ of the Netherlands national team as the Dutch cruised to BUENOS AIRES: Argentina a comfortable 3-0 friendly vic- captain Lionel Messi admit- tory over an uninspired Portu- ted Monday that his genera- gal in Geneva on Monday. The three-time World tion has a score to settle at Cup runners-up have failed the World Cup in Russia after to qualify for this year's finals a series of agonising near in Russia, but Koeman's sec- misses in major tourna- ond game at the helm saw goals from Memphis Depay, Ryan ments. Babel and Virgil van Dijk seal “The debt we owe is to ourselves, not to the an impressive win. people. We always give our all, we reached three BISHKEK: A late header aran Narzary’s cross in the It was a disappointing eve- finals. We haven’t been far off,” Messi said in an from Jeje Lalpekhlua couldn’t 88th minute. ning for European champions interview with Fox Sports. prevent India’s 12-match In the first half, the hosts Portugal ahead of the World unbeaten streak in Interna- looked the better side trying to Cup, as talisman Cristiano Argentina lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germa- tional Football from com- gain momentum with their deft Ronaldo cut an isolated fig- ny 1-0 after extra time and then finished runners- ing to an end when the Blue passing. The Indians did press ure just three days after his late up at successive Copa America tournaments, Tigers went down 1-2 to Kyr- hard but Kyrgyz appeared more brace had seen off Egypt 2-1. losing to Chile on penalties in both 2015 and 2016. gyz Republic in their last Group composed on the ball. "They had four chances “We always take each World Cup as a big opportu- A match of the AFC Asian However, India did find the and scored three times, they Cup Qualifiers at the Dolon back of the net twice – in the deserved their victory," said nity, and now more than ever because an impor- Omurzakov Stadium in Bish- 18th minute and then in the Portugal coach Fernando tant generation will move on, several players will kek on Tuesday. 30th minute, but on both occa- Santos. change,” Messi said, ahead of Tuesday’s friendly The last time the two teams sions Balwant Singh was ruled "Two years ago, before the against Spain in Madrid. met, India rode on a sublime off-side. Euros, we lost at home against Vice-captain Javier Mascherano has already Sunil Chhetri strike to win by In the 18th minute, Rowl- Bulgaria. I don't think we have a solitary goal. lin Borges’ free-kick from out- lost confidence, I still believe announced he will retire from international duty India, thus, finished their side the box beat all, rattled the in these players for the future." after the World Cup, while Sergio Aguero, Angel Di engagements on 13 points crosspiece and fell for Balwant The Netherlands, who lost Maria and Gonzalo Higuain will all be 30 come the having already qualified to who put it in but the flag was 1-0 to England in Amsterdam finals. the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 up much prior. on Friday, opened the scoring Netherlands players celebrate after scoring goal against Portugal in Geneva on Monday earlier. In the 30th minute, Balwant in the 11th minute as Depay Messi will turn 31 during the competition. He has The hosts had the per- sneaked it and did put it past grabbed the first goal of the confidence. It felt good with after a six-year absence. That was the cue for sev- yet to make a decision on his Argentina future but fect start to the match as they rival Goalkeeper Matiash Pavel Koeman era by turning home the new system and results like Things went from bad eral fans to invade the pitch would be 35 by the time of the 2022 World Cup in surged ahead in the 2nd min- but was ruled off-side as the from inside the box. tonight make things easier." to worse for Portugal on the attempting to take a photo with Qatar. ute itself, off their first attack home side held on to their one- That strike came against Ronaldo was left incensed stroke of half-time, as De Ligt Real Madrid star Ronaldo, who “(In Russia) it will be a good opportunity. Argentina down the right when Zemlia- nil lead till the interval. the run of play as Portugal had after his appeals for a pen- nodded down for Liverpool was duly substituted with 22 nukhin Anton dug it into the Changing over, Jerry Lal- dominated the early stages alty were waved away, despite centre-back Van Dijk to volley minutes to play after failing to is always a candidate for the title because of its top corner of the net. rinzuala replaced Narayan Das against an unusual 5-3-2 for- replays appearing to show him into the far corner to score his score for the first time in 10 image, its history. But this year, we are not favou- The second goal came in and was involved in India’s first mation deployed by the Dutch. kick the ground when attempt- first international goal. matches for club and country. rites,” Messi added. the 73rd minute – the tireless shot on target in the half. Will- "We decided to play with a ing to shoot. Portugal continued to Ajax teenager Justin “Spain, Brazil, Germany and France are above us.” and talented Murzalev Mirlan ing to overlap, he cut in and system totally different from But the Netherlands dou- monopolise possession early Kluivert, the son of former Argentina, who beat Italy 2-0 in Manchester last managing to swerve it beyond laid it for Borges but his pow- the one that the team has been bled their lead just after the in the second period, but strug- Dutch striker Patrick Kluivert, Indian captain Gurpreet Singh erful right-footer was punched using for a number of years," half-hour mark as Ryan Babel gled to break down their stub- made his international debut Friday, will play Iceland, Croatia and Nigeria in Sandhu’s reach, who otherwise away by Pavel. Udanta lurk- said former Everton boss headed in Matthijs de Ligt's born opponents. after replacing Depay in the Group D at the World Cup. PTI had a notable outing under ing around did pounce on the Koeman. driven cross from close range. Any hopes of a comeback closing stages. the bar pulling off a couple of rebound but wasn’t able to be "The difference between The goal continued the were ended when Joao Can- After a low-key affair that Cup, the Dutch claimed a win major tournaments. blinders. incisive. tonight and last Friday is that Besiktas winger's return to celo was shown a second yel- was a far cry from the two they will hope can spur them Portuguese fans will be Jeje reduced the margin Off the counter, an acro- we were more comfortable and form, having only been recalled low card and sent off for a foul teams' infamous 'Battle of on to better things having expecting better when their in the 88th minute, Jeje Lal- batic Gurpreet came off with scored quickly. The team had to the Dutch squad last year on Tonny Vilhena. Nuremberg' at the 2006 World missed out on back-to-back side take on Spain. AFP pekhlua heading in Halich- the save of the match. MPOST B’desh eye WC place will boost Kirsten as team Aus eves eye revenge against England MUMBAI: After losing to England ear- lier in the series Australia will look to set- SQUAD consultant tle scores when they lock horns with their ENGLAND: Heather Knight Windies cricket: Viv arch-rivals in the women's Twenty20 tri- (captain), Tamsin Beaumont, Kate DHAKA: Bangladesh cricket series here on Wednesday. Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, KARACHI: Legendary bats- "I won't say I am relieved authorities said today they With hosts India out of the reckon- man Viv Richards says West because I felt that they had a were in talks with former South ing after losing all three of their matches, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Indian cricket will benefit strong enough team in order African batsman Gary Kirsten tomorrow's game will serve as a dress Katie George, Jenny Gunn, Alex from qualifying for the World for them to win and qualify," to hire him as a team consul- rehearsal for the final to be played on Sat- Hartley, Daniellie Hazell, Amy Cup, and that it would have Richards told AFP in Karachi tant for an extended period. urday at the Brabourne Stadium. Jones, Anya Shrubsole, Natlie been a huge blow had they not at the weekend, where he was Bangladesh have been But it would be an uphill task for Aus- Sciver, Fran Wilson, Danni Wyatt. made it to England in 2019. attending the final of the Paki- looking for a head coach for tralia, who have defeated India twice in the AUSTRALIA: Meg Lanning (c), The West Indies -- whose stan Super League. the national cricket team tournament, to outplay England. fortunes have plummeted in The Antiguan, one of the since October, after former In the first game between the two, Eng- Rachael Haynes (vc), Nicola recent years -- were in dan- greatest batsmen of all time, Sri Lankan opener Chandika land crushed the Southern stars by eight Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa ger of missing out after the was part of the West Indies Hathurusingha stepped down. wickets, putting up an all-round show. Healy, Jess Jonassen, Delissa International Cricket Council come through a tournament World Cup-winning teams in But Bangladesh Cricket All English batters are in prime form, File photo of Australian cricketers Beth Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Beth (ICC) reduced the number of against nine other nations in 1975 and 1979. Board spokesperson Jalal especially Daniellie Wyatt, whose second Mooney and Elyse Villani Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan teams in next year's 50-over Zimbabwe for the final two "West Indies have a World Yunus said they had offered T20 century against India helped the visi- Schutt, Naomi Stalenberg, Elyse global showpiece from 14 to places. Cup pedigree and that makes Kirsten a different role. tors pull off a record chase. lians, who also boast some of the finest 10. The West Indies finally all of us proud in the Carib- “He is on our list but he will Others like Tamsin Beaumont, Natalie power-hitters. Villani, Amanda-Jade Wellington The top eight teams in the squeaked through when they bean," said the man who was come only as a team consultant. Sciver will also look to pick up where they But having already booked a spot in ICC rankings qualified auto- beat Scotland last week in a also in 1983 team that lost the It’s not final, though. Hope- left against India and if all of them fire in the final, England may test their bench- woman from Down Under, to take a hat- matically, leaving the ninth- controversial rain-affected final to India and captained his fully we will be able to strike unison then a high scoring match will be strength by giving their new players a trick in international T20s, could be a ranked West Indies having to showdown in Harare. country in 1987. AFP a deal after the Indian Premier on the cards on a placid track. chance. potential threat to the English and will League,” Yunus said. Kirsten Meanwhile, England bowlers Tash Far- The Aussies will hope their skipper play a crucial role in her team's result. Nadal back in will be in charge of Royal Chal- rant, Ketie George, veteran Jenny Gunn Meg Lanning and in-form batters Beth But Schutts will require support from Kerala beat Bengal lengers Bangalore in the IPL and Sciver have been among wickets and Mooney and Elyse Villani continue to fire. medium-pacer Delissa Kimmince and Spain for Davis that starts from April 7. AFP they would like to restrict the Austra- Megan Schutt, who became the first the spinners, who have leaked runs. PTI to top Santosh group Stephens downs Muguruza in Miami

MIAMI: Sloane Stephens pow- lier rounds. ered past world number three Meanwhile former world Garbine Muguruza as the seeds number one Kerber was made continued to fall at the Miami to sweat in her gruelling clash Open on Monday. with Wang Yafan before win- US Open champion Ste- ning 6-7 ,7-6 (7/5) 6-3. AFP

phens dominated Spain's millenniumpost.in MADRID: Rafael Nadal cele- reigning Wimbledon cham- millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS brates his impending return to pion Muguruza to record a world number one spot with 6-3 6-4 win and advance to the a recall on Tuesday to Spain's quarter-finals. CHANGE OF NAME Davis Cup team for the quar- Stephens, the world num- I, Neetu Singh W/o ter-final tie against Germany. ber 12, will face Germany's Harish Sharma R/o Nadal, who will top the Angelique Kerber for a place in N-109, Narain Nagar, latest world rankings to be the semi-finals. Muguruza had Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-92 KOLKATA: Kerala topped crossbar. released Monday, rejoins the been the highest ranked player Group A when they beat reign- The home side squandered squad for the first time since left in the women's draw fol- have changed my minor ing champions Bengal 1-0 in the easiest chance of the first 2016 for the April 6-8 tie, lowing the early exits of world son name from Robeen the ongoing 72nd Santosh half in the 33rd minute when team captain Sergi Bruguera number one Simona Halep and Singh to Robeen Sharma Trophy at the Mohun Bagan Sujay Dutta failed to tap the announced. Caroline Wozniacki in the ear- for all future purposes. ground on Tuesday. ball in from a handshaking The 16-time Grand Slam Rahul KP was the man distance. Sandip initiated the winner is certain to take over who got the winning goal move with a through ball for from Roger Federer as world MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICES Appx ‘A’ from Jithin MS’ cross I the Bidyasagar Singh on the right number one after the shock NOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS 90thminute. The two teams had side of the box. The winger defeat of the Swiss ace in the already made the semi-finals. squared the ball for Dutta but second round of the Miami CWE (Utilities), Delhi Cantt-10 on behalf of the President of India invites online Bengal dominated pro- he failed to push the ball into Masters on Saturday. item rate bids on Single Stage Two Cover Bid System for the following work :- ceedings initially and enjoyed the back of the net. Bruguera said that the better ball possession. They got At the stroke of half time, 31-year-old was recovering the first major chance to break Bengal missed yet another well from an injury to his right the deadlock in the 6th minute chance. Rajon Barman received leg that has sidelined him since when attacking midfielder San- a pass from Sandip and for- he pulled out of the Australian dip Bhattacharjee attempted warded a through ball inside Open in January. In Febru- a volley inside the box but the box eyeing Sourav Dasgup- ary, he pulled out of the Mexi- the ball went just above the ta’s run but Kerala custodian can Open just hours before his crossbar. Hajmal S came out of his line opening match. Kerala won a free-kick just in time and collected the ball. "I have kept in touch with For further detail refer web site “defproc.gov.in”. outside Bengal’s penalty box In the 56th minute, the visi- him and he is going from Note :- Notice Inviting Bid as published in newspapers shall not form part of in the 13th minute after Jithin tors got an opportunity to score strength to strength and he is Notice of Tender/Bid document MS was brought down. It was the opening goal. Prolific goal- feeling good after his convales- their first major chance to score scorer Jithin MS received but cence and he is training more," Davp/10102/11/2782/1718 but Lijo S’ shot sailed above the failed to convert. MPOST said Bruguera. AFP 16 Entertainment mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Wednesday, 28 March, 2018 Anushka in Forbes 30 Under SWARA 30 Asia list MUMBAI: Bollywood actor-producer Anushka Sharma features in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 list, which includes inno- vators and disruptors who are reshaping their industries and changing Asia for the better. Anushka, one of Indian film industry’s high- est paid actors, is all of 29. She started out her career as a model in 2007, making her acting debut in 2008 in the hugely successful Rab Ne HAPPY Bana Di Jodi, which won her a Filmfare award for Best Actor. WITHOUT ANY CONTROVERSIES She has since acted in movies like Band Baaja Baaraat, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, PK, Bombay Velvet, Dil Dhadakne Do, Ae Dil Hai Mush- kil and Jab Harry Met Sejal. As a producer, Anushka, who is married to ace cricketer Virat Swara has always been in news for her Kohli, has made films like NH10, Phillauri and Pari under her banner Clean Slate Films. She bold statements and blunt attitude, but starred in all three films herself. The Forbes list highlights 300 young individuals driv- the actor feels that it is all right not to ing change in Asia. India’s badminton ace P.V. Sindhu also features in the list. Pakistani have any controversies sometimes. singer Momina Mustehsan, who shot to fame with the Coke Studio version of ‘Afreen afreen’, She is currently shooting for ‘Veere which she sang with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for, Di Wedding’ which also stars too finds a mention. IANS Kareena Kapoor Khan and Sonam Kapoor

Angelina Jolie times it is all right to not have any controversies! I am thrilled to be a part of this project.” coun- dating real ctor It is driven by the insight that try like ASwara in a world that still tries to restrain India, the best Bhasker, who is women from achieving their poten- gift she got from estate agent sharing screen space tial by fueling insecurities about her parents was the with leading ladies like themselves, whether it is about her quality of being “fear- LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is Kareena Kapoor Khan ‘body’ or her ‘being’, there are an less”, irrespective of the reportedly dating a real estate agent. According to and Sonam Kapoor in increasing number of stories of situation. IANS Entertainment Tonight, Jolie’s ex Brad Pitt, who she forthcoming filmVeere Di women who took their chances has yet to finalise her divorce with after a 2016 split, Wedding, says that some- and beat the odds. is also quietly dating around. “It’s not serious. Brad times it is good to have no So what kind of influence and Angie are both very secretive about their dat- controversies. she wants to be on the youth ing life. Angie has told some friends she isn’t ready When asked that how does it that looks up to her? Youth should to date, but she has been seeing a handsome, older- feel to have no conflicts and con- “I think, they should looking man who is a real estate agent. He isn’t a troversies while working in a film believe in themselves believe in themselves celebrity or high profile in any way,” a source said. that has multiple heroines in one and hone their skills and hone their skills as The source also said that a frame, Swara said: “I think this as much as they can. ‘Brangelina’ rec- onciliation entire team is completely invested There is no shortcut much as they can. There is not hap- pening, in the craft and the characters that to hard work, and if is no shortcut to hard “People talk about they are playing.” you follow your heart, them reunit- ing, but “There is a great story, and we you will land some- work, and if you follow it will never hap- just want to make every attempt to where good,” she said. your heart, you will land pen. Things between ensure that people like it. Some- Being a girl child in a Brad and Angie somewhere good really ended poorly, and while they’ve attempted ther- apy with the (six) children, they can barely be in the same room ‘SIMMBA together.” PTI will make me do some homework’

MUMBAI: Actor Sonu Sood has come on board for Rohit Shetty’s upcoming entertainer Simmba. He Faris was annoyed says the “challenging” role will make him do a lot of homework. The announcement about Sonu’s by fan outcry over Chris split entry into the Simmba cast comes after R. Madhavan made it clear that he can’t be a part of the movie due LOS ANGELES: Actor Anna “I had a little bit of a child- “I do think, we obviously to his shoulder injury. Sonu will join Faris has said she was angered ish feeling like, ‘Oh, come on, cultivated something (the idea Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan in by the social media reaction to f*****g grow up,’ like, a little of a perfect relationship), and the movie. her split from Hollywood star anger. Chris and I did talk about, it was rewarding for a while, Sonu said: “I can’t reveal much Chris Pratt. The duo separated like, ‘Oh boy (we’re letting fans like, ‘Oh, people seem to about the character, but all I can say in August last year after eight down)’, and we got on the Twit- think that we got all this is that it is one of the most challenging years of marriage, and identi- ter feed (messages like), ‘Love is s*** (sorted), that’s roles that I will be playing.” He will be cal divorce papers were filed dead’ and ‘relationship goals ‘,” nice!’,” she said. Faris seen as an anti-hero. in December, with both citing she said on the podcast Arm- is not sure if she “I think it’s exciting to have a role irreconcilable differences. chair Expert with Dax Shepard. would be will- with multiple layers... and something Faris said she was annoyed The 41-year-old actor, how- ing to walk down which challenges you to work on it, at how some people mourned ever, believes they were partly the aisle again in always gives a high to an actor. This their break-up and dramatically to blame for having “cultivated future. is something which will need me to proclaimed “love is dead”, after the idea of this beautiful fam- “I need to figure work a lot and study a few things. holding the pair up as an exam- ily” with their previous social out what the purpose “Once the film comes out, people will ple of the perfect couple. media photos. (of marriage) is.” PTI come to know about it. And yes, it will put me to do some kind of home- work,” Sonu added. The actor is currently working on his look for the film with Shetty, with whom he is collaborating for the first time. It also marks the debut collab- oration of Shetty and Karan Johar. It will release on December 28. IANS