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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL.13, ISSUE 209 | Sunday, 29 July, 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 WORLD PAGE 7 GAME ON PAGE 16 KEJRIWAL INAUGURATES US DECLINES TO CALL PAK POLLS LEWIS HAMILTON: BARAPULLAH CORRIDOR ‘FREE, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT’ RACING AGAINST ODDS Ultras abduct 12 NDRF TEAMS RUSHED TO ASSAM, 8 TO BENGAL, 7 TO GUJARAT, 4 TO KERALA, 3 TO MAHARASHTRA Yamuna rises above yet another Kashmir cop Monsoon rains flood six danger level… SRINAGAR: Terrorists have abducted a policeman from his hundreds evacuated home in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Spe- states, claim 537 lives cial police officer (SPO) Muda- sir Ahmad Lone was abducted OUR CORRESPONDENT by terrorists from his home at Chainattar village, a police offi- NEW DELHI: As many as 537 people cial said. Security forces have have lost their lives in floods and rains in launched an operation to res- six states during the monsoon season so cue the abducted policeman, far. According to the Home Ministry’s he said. Meanwhile, four CRPF National Emergency Response Centre personnel were injured in a (NERC), 139 people have died in Maha- grenade attack by militants at rashtra, 126 in Kerala, 116 in West Ben- Awantipora in Pulwama dis- gal, 52 in Gujarat and 34 in Assam due trict of Jammu and Kashmir on to the floods and rains. Saturday, the police said. The deluge and rains have hit 26 Pics/Naveen Sharma districts in Maharashtra, 22 in West SAYANTAN GHOSH Bengal, 21 in Assam, 14 in Kerala, 10 Haryana govt Karunanidhi in Gujarat and a large part of Uttar NEW DELHI: With a flood Pradesh so far. In Assam, 10.17 lakh threat looming large due to a has released 5 people have borne the brunt of rains swollen Yamuna river cross- lakh cusecs water hospitalised and floods, of which 2.17 lakh are liv- ing the danger mark in Delhi, from Hathnikund ing in relief camps. teams of the Delhi government CHENNAI: DMK chief M Twelve teams of the National Disas- on Saturday began to evacuate barrage, says CM Karunanidhi, being treated ter Response Force (NDRF) are engaged hundreds of persons affected Arvind Kejriwal for fever due to urinary tract in rescue and relief operations in Assam, by the rising water level, offi- infection, was shifted to a pri- the National Emergency Response Cen- tioned in the state. In Kerala, the flood cials said. The river water level vate hospital from his resi- tre said. A team of the National Disaster has impacted 1.49 lakh people. The state 58 killed, 53 hurt in UP in 3 days rose as heavy rains continued the government order noted. dence here early on Saturday Response Force comprises 45 personnel. has registered 126 deaths due to heavy in Himachal Pradesh and Utta- “The CWC, Upper Yamuna due to dip in blood pressure A total of 1.61 lakh people have been rains, while nine people are missing. LUCKNOW: Fifty-eight people have died and 53 were injured in rakhand, with the authorities Division, New Delhi has issued and is now stable, the hospi- affected by rains and floods in West Four National Disaster Response rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh since Thursday as heavy releasing more water at Hary- flood forecast for the Delhi tal said. The 94-year-old leader Bengal where eight National Disaster Force teams have been deployed for res- rains wreaked havoc in different parts of the state, officials said ana’s Hathnikund barrage dur- Railway Bridge (North Delhi was admitted to the Intensive Response Force teams are deployed. cue and relief operations in the south- on Saturday. Eleven deaths have been reported in Saharanpur fol- ing the day. Dt NCT, Delhi). The water level Care Unit of Kauvery Hospi- Four people are missing and 19 oth- ern state, while three are stationed in lowed by 10 in Meerut, six in Agra, four in Mainpuri, three each in Taking cognizance of the of river Yamuna at Delhi Rail- tal around 1:30 am. A bulle- ers injured following heavy rains in Maharashtra, which has been battered situation, Delhi Chief Minister way Bridge was 205 meters at tin issued at 8 pm said “former West Bengal. by heavy rains. Altogether 117 peo- Muzaffarnagar and Kasganj, two each in Amroha, Bareilly, Bagh- Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday 9 am on 28 July (warning level Chief Minisiter Karunanidhi’s In Gujarat, 15,912 people have been ple have been injured in Maharashtra pat and Bulandshahr and one each in Kanpur Dehat, Mathura, said, “Haryana has released 5 204.00 m),” the advisory said. health condition continues to evacuated to safer locations after being following heavy rains. Seven National Ghaziabad, Hapur, Rae Bareli, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, lakh cusec water. I have called However, when contacted, remain stable with ongoing hit by floods and rains. Seven National Disaster Response Force teams are Banda, Firozabad, Amethi, Kanpur and Pilibhit, they said. MPOST an emergency meeting to dis- a Haryana government offi- active medical support. See P4 Disaster Response Force teams are posi- deployed in Uttar Pradesh. cuss the situation.” cial rubbished the claims of The Yamuna in Delhi was releasing excess water saying, flowing above the danger mark “On Saturday morning, over We have had our 1,000 Tipu Sultan era at 205.06 meters by 10 am, an 200,000 cusecs was released Bus with varsity staff falls into Irrigation and Flood Control into the Yamuna from the bar- first direct contact with war rockets unearthed Department official said. He rage -- which provides drink- added that the water level of ing water to New Delhi.” TALIBAN OFFICIAL Maharashtra gorge; 33 dead OUR CORRESPONDENT the Yamuna river at the Delhi The official said that water at a US official Railway Bridge was expected to the Hathnikund barrage along OUR CORRESPONDENT SHIVAMOGGA rise further to 205.40 m from the Haryana-Uttarakhand bor- (Karnataka): Over 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm on Satur- der had risen to alarming levels In today’s MUMBAI: Thirty-three staff 1,000 “rockets” day, according to a statement owing to overnight downpour members of an agriculture uni- used during the issued by the East Delhi district in catchment states, making paper versity in Maharashtra were period of 18th cen- administration. authorities release the extra killed when the bus they were tury Mysore ruler An alert had been sounded water. The Yamuna passes ... travelling in skidded off the road Tipu Sultan have on Thursday by the Delhi gov- through Yamunanagar, Karnal CITY and rolled down a deep gorge been unearthed ernment after the water level of and Panipat districts in Hary- in Raigad district on Saturday from the silt of an the Yamuna river crossed the ana before entering New Delhi. BUSINESSMAN SHOT DEAD 3 afternoon, officials said. The pri- abandoned well at a village in Shiva- danger mark, an official said. The Delhi government has vate bus was carrying 34 staff mogga district, officials said on Sat- “All the executive engineers/ formed a flood-related emer- NATION members of the university on urday. Workers digging an old well at sector officers are directed to gency control room, which can a picnic. It fell into a 500-feet an areca garden at Bidanuru stumbled keep in close contact with the be reached by dialling 1077. VARANASI FLYOVER COLLAPSE: 8 HELD 4 deep gorge at Ambenali Ghat When WhatsApp group fell silent upon the ‘ironcased’ cylindrical type of control room in relation to the near Poladpur town, around 180 rockets used during the period, a top discharge, water level at the Old BUSINESS km from here, informed District MUMBAI: Pravin Randive was supposed to archaeology department official said. Railway Bridge and the advi- Collector Vijay Suryawanshi. join his colleagues at Dapoli agriculture uni- Department of Archaeology Com- sory or forecast from the Cen- NTPC Q1 NET PROFIT DOWN 6 The lone survivor, Prakash versity when they set out for week-end picnic missioner Venkatesh said that similar tral Water Commission/MET, Sawant, said that mud and loose rocket type models of the Tipu Sultan and requested to take appropri- WORLD at Mahabaleshwar on Saturday morning. stones on that particular stretch He could not join them as he was not well, but kept checking period were found near the same place ate measures/steps accordingly SHOOTINGS LEAVE 5 DEAD IN TEXAS 7 of the ghat road caused the bus a WhatsApp group where others were posting updates. Then six years ago. to avoid flood-like situation,” tyres to skid. Thirty-three pas- suddenly there was silence in the group. Around 12.30 pm, he SPORT sengers died in the accident learnt that the bus carrying his colleagues had fallen into a BOOKED IN VIZAG ON NOV 10, 2014... REACHES BASTI, UP, ON JULY 25, 2018 which took place at around gorge off Ambenali ghat near Poladpur, 180 km from here. I AM EXCITED BUT NERVUS TOO: DK 8 12.30 pm, Suryawanshi said. Superintendent of Police Anil Paraskar said that the pas- and fell into the gorge before we nally, 40 people were supposed Rail wagon covers 42-hour trip in 4 years sengers were on their way to could understand what was hap- to join the trip to Mahabalesh- FOR ADVERTISING Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in pening. Trees arrested the fall war, but some of them opted out GORAKHPUR (UP): A consign- even the rail officials and staff were too.” The consignee is Ramchan- kindly contact at 9810195709 Satara district in Western Maha- someway down.