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KOLKATA ATM ARTICLE 35- HEARTBREAK FOR PRIYANKA FRAUD: POSSIBLE A: COMPLETE SINDHU; RECORD CHOPRA BIDS NEPAL CONNECTION SHUTDOWN IN 3RD TITLE FOR ADIEU TO SURFACES PG4 KASHMIR PG6 MARIN PG15 ‘QUANTICO’ PG16 BJP-RSS SPREADING CANARDS, SAYS IRATE MAMATA Run-machine Virat overtakes SC ‘never asked’ to delete names Smith as No.1 Test batsman DUBAI: Dashing India skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday topped the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, riding on his of Indian citizens from NRC: CM brilliant century against England in the opening Test at Edgbaston. OUR CORRESPONDENT Kohli thus became the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar KOLKATA: Calling it ‘unfor- Exclusion of 40 (in June 2011) to be ranked the number tunate’, Chief Minister Mamata one Test batsman in the latest ICC rank- Banerjee has stated that BJP and lakh names was the ing released on Sunday. RSS are spreading “misleading outcome of the BJP’s Kohli scored 149 and 51 in India's statements” against the Supreme 31-run defeat and has gone up by 31 Court as the Apex Court had “divide and rule” points, which have helped him to end Steve “never asked” to delete names policy to isolate people Smith's 32-month reign as the top-ranked of Indian citizens from Assam’s batsman and reach the top of the summit ging Matthew Hayden, Kallis and AB de National Register of Citizens. for the first time in his 67-Test career. Villiers, whose highest points tally was In a tweet on Sunday, the Kohli now leads Smith (who had held 935 each. Chief Minister has stated: “It is the top spot since December 2015) by Donald Bradman (961) and Steve unfortunate that the BJP and RSS five points, but will have to maintain the Smith (947) are the two batsmen sitting are making and spreading mis- form in the remaining four Tests to finish on top of this exclusive list. leading statements against the the series as the world's highest-ranked Kohli, who powered India to the ICC Supreme Court. The Supreme batsman. U19 Cricket World Cup title in 2008 and Court never asked to delete Tendulkar had joined South Africa's then won the prestigious Sir Garfield names of #Indian citizens from Jacques Kallis in number-one position in Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the the #NRC list.” January 2011, but had dropped to the sec- Year in 2017, is the 76th player to top the This comes at the time when ond spot following the Jamaica Test in June Test batting rankings. the BJP leaders are claiming that 2011 after he had missed the three-Test He is also the number-one ranked ODI the move in connection with series against the West Indies. batsman, but is ranked 12th in T20Is, 220 Assam’s NRC was following the Apart from Kohli and Tendulkar, Rahul points behind number-one ranked Aaron direction of the Supreme Court. Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Gavaskar, Finch of Australia. Banerjee, who has been rais- Virender Sehwag and Dilip Vengsarkar are However, other Indian batsmen lost ing her voice against the “anti- the other India batsmen to have achieved ground after the first Test with Lokesh people” activities of BJP, on list of #Indian citizens left out nent members of the civil soci- Central forces been sent to few days ago, she had stated it to number-one rankings during their careers. Rahul (19th) and Ajinkya Rahane (22nd) Sunday again launched a scath- comprise Bengalis, Assamese, ety, the poor and deprived have Assam? Every single action of be a game plan to forcefully evict However, at 934 points, Kohli has slipping one and three places respectively. ing attack at the party in power Rajasthanis, Marwaris, Biha- all found their names missing.” BJP and RSS is one of deliber- humanity and human beings. become India's highest-ranked batsman, Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dawan now at the Centre, for its “actions” ris, Gorkhas, UPites, Punjabis “There are also many ate destructiveness and politi- She had also raised question over 14th overall, on the all-time tally of points. share 25th position after slipping two and of “destructiveness and political and citizens from the 4 south- instances of splitting fami- cal vendetta,” she maintained the silence of the Centre during a Kohli had entered the Edgbaston Test one spots respectively. vendetta”. ern states.” lies being put in panic because in the tweet. Banerjee was the hearing in this connection in the on 903 points, 13 points behind Gavaskar, In the bowlers' table, India off-spinner Banerjee, who had stated that Coming down heavily on BJP of serious anomalies. Where is first among all politicians in the court. It may be mentioned that and is now ahead of the ICC Cricket Hall Ravichandran Ashwin has gained 14 points exclusion of 40 lakh names was and RSS, she maintained in the democracy? Where is secular- country to raise voice against the she had also taken up the matter of Famer by 18 points. following his four for 62 and three for 59, the outcome of the BJP’s “divide tweet: “That is not all. Brave sol- ism? Why are the core values of exclusion of names of 40 lakh with the Union Home minister If Kohli can deliver another strong per- which means he now trails South Africa's and rule” policy to isolate people, diers, ex-Rashtrapati-Ji’s families, our country being destroyed? people from Assam’s NRC. Soon Rajnath Singh, during her recent formance in the second Test at Lord's, then fourth-ranked Vernon Philander by just further stated in her tweet: “The elected representatives, promi- Why have 200 companies of after the matter came to light a visit to Delhi. he can break into the top-10 by leapfrog- one point. AGENCIES IIT-H should 20 killed in WWII vintage MINISTRY HAS PROPOSED HIGHER RANK FOR GMs remain relevant to 4th Will railway GMs soon enjoy industrial revolution plane crash in Switzerland PRESIDENT RAM NATH KOVIND GENEVA: Twenty people died Passenger raises perks & pay of union secys? after a vintage World War II aircraft crashed into a Swiss mountainside at hoax bomb threat MPOST BUREAU of which is the introduction In today’s the weekend, police said on Sunday. of a post in the Railway Board "The police have the sad certainty after altercation at NEW DELHI: Union Minis- to exclusively focus on safety paper that the 20 people aboard perished," ter Piyush Goyal has proposed issues of the national trans- police spokeswoman Anita Senti Jaipur airport a higher rank and pay scale porter, along with the upgra- ... told a news conference. for Railway general managers, dation of the position of the CITY There were 11 men and nine MPOST BUREAU making them equivalent to sec- zonal GMs, sources said. women aboard, including an Aus- retaries in the Central govern- Goyal has proposed that SWINE FLU ALERT IN BENGAL 4 trian couple and their son, she said. JAIPUR: A New Delhi-bound ment, and at par with the state GMs, who are each responsible NATION The Junker JU52 HB-HOT air- IndiGo flight from Jaipur Inter- chief secretaries, a source in the for one of the 16 zones of the craft, built in Germany in 1939 and national Airport was delayed ministry said. gested the same in a letter to Indian Railways, should now NITISH WON’T RESIGN, SAYS JD(U) 5 now a collectors' item, crashed into closed until late Sunday. by nearly 40 minutes after a This is a second time in the pay commission in 2015. have the rank of state chief sec- Piz Segnas, a 3,000-metre (10,000- The aircraft belongs to JU-Air, passenger raised a hoax bomb three years that a railway min- As part of a significant retaries and director general EDIT foot) peak in the east of the country a company with links to the Swiss threat following an altercation ister has made such a proposal restructuring in railways, of police. on Saturday. air force, the ATS news agency with the airline staffers on Sun- for zonal GMs, the last being a Goyal has readied a proposal in Currently, they are ex- TURF WARS & THE MARGINAL FARMER 8 The crash occurred at 2,540 reported. day, an official said. letter from the then minister which he has suggested a string officio special secretary rank INTERNATIONAL metres on the mountain's western JU-Air said on its website that The accused J P Chaudhary, Suresh Prabhu who had sug- of administrative changes one officers. flank, Senti said. it was "deeply saddened" and its a resident of Jaipur, allegedly INDONESIA QUAKE KILLS 19 11 According to German-language "thoughts were with the passengers, ran into an altercation with the newspaper Blick, the flight had taken the crew and families and friends of employees of the private airline Helpline number cannot steal data, says UIDAI BUSINESS off from Ticino in the south of the the victims". during security checking and INDIA TO BE POWER-SURPLUS IN 2018-19 12 country and had been due to land The company's flight operations raised a false alarm that he had MPOST BUREAU UIDAI, in a tweet had raised the alarm on the at the Duebendorf military airfield were suspended, it said. a bomb in his luggage, CISF presence of a UIDAI contact number in the con- SPORT near Zurich on Saturday afternoon. JU-Air says it runs a small fleet of commandant Y P Singh said. NEW DELHI: The UIDAI on Sunday said tact list of mobile phone users without their con- The 20 Minutes newspaper four Junker planes, all built in 1939, Singh said Chaudhary’s lug- vested interests misused Google’s “inadvertent” sent. His tweet scared many mobile phone users MAYANK HITS DOUBLE CENTURY 14 quoted a witness who was on the which are for hire. Its pilots are ex- gage was checked and noth- act around it old helpline number to create fear on the appearance of the UIDAI’s old helpline mountainside at the time of the military and professional pilots, all ing was found. The plane, flight and tarnish the image of Aadhaar while number in their contacts even though crash. of them volunteers. 6E 203, which had to take off emphasising that a number stored in they did not add it. FOR ADVERTISING "The plane turned 180 degrees On its website, JU-Air men- at 10.40 am, flew at 11.23 am, contact list cannot steal data from a Google on last Friday admitted that kindly contact at 9810195709 to the south and fell to the ground tions one past accident, in 1987, at he said. mobile phone. the number 18003001947 was added or like a stone," the witness said, add- the Koblenz airport in Germany in The accused was not The Unique Identity Authority of by it ‘inadvertently’ along with police [email protected] ing that the debris was scattered over which no one was hurt. allowed to board the plane and India (UIDAI) said rumour mongers and fire number 112 in 2014 and has "a tiny area," indicating an explosion In another Swiss plane crash on was handed over to Jawahar attempted to tarnish the image of Aadhaar for a since been continuing through sync mechanism. was unlikely to have been the cause Saturday, a tourist plane carrying Circle police station for further Google’s inadvertent act that led to the appear- The UIDAI said it has earlier clarified and FOR SUBSCRIPTION of the crash. a couple and two young children investigation, he added. ance of its old helpline number 1800 300 1947 emphasised that it has not asked any agency kindly contact at 8800854665 Police said earlier that five heli- crashed in a forest in the Nidwald IndiGo said in a statement in the contact list of several mobile phone users. whatsoever to include its helpline number in or copters were involved in a search canton and immediately burst into that the passenger “irresponsi- Last week, a French security expert who mobile phones and also added that merely add- [email protected] and rescue mission and the airspace flames. No survivors have been bly used the term ‘bomb’’. goes under the pseudonym Elliot Alderson and ing a phone number cannot steal data from the over the crash site was to remain found. AGENCIES describes himself as the “worst nightmare” of the phone. VINTAGE SELFIE CLOSING IN ON FUGITIVE DIAMANTAIRE India hands over request to Antigua to extradite Choksi

MPOST BUREAU nal Affairs for the extradition of police verification report (PVR) Choksi. available on his passport. NEW DELHI: India has handed Choksi’s application for citi- Under the Citizenship by over a request to Antigua for the zenship in Antigua in May 2017 Investment Program of Antigua extradition of bank fraud fugitive was accompanied with clearance and Barbuda, a person can take Mehul Choksi who has obtained from the local police as required their passport on a minimum citizenship of the Caribbean by norms, Antiguan newspaper investment of USD 1,00,000 in nation. the Daily Observer reported, cit- the NDF investment fund. Official sources said a team ing a statement from the Citi- Choksi and his companies from India was sent to Antigua zenship by Investment Unit of allegedly availed of credit from a few days back to pursue the Antigua and Barbuda (CIU). overseas branches of Indian authorities there to extradite It said the police clear- banks using the fraudulent guar- Choksi. ance certificate (PCC) from antees of PNB given through let- “The team met the Foreign the Regional Passport Office ters of undertaking (LoUs) and Ministry officials of the island in Mumbai said that there was letters of credit issued by the nation on Saturday and handed no adverse information against Brady House branch which were over the request to extradite Choksi which would render him not repaid, bringing liability on Choksi to India,” an official He is wanted in India by the did not give any adverse report ineligible for grant of travel facili- the state-run bank, the officials source said. CBI and Enforcement Director- to stall his application. ties including a visa for Antigua have said. Choksi is one of the alleged ate probing the fraud, the biggest Choksi had fled India on and Barbuda. An LoU is a guarantee given masterminds of the USD 2 bil- banking scam in the country. January 4 this year and took an When asked about the PCC by an issuing bank to Indian lion scam in state-run Punjab As per reports, Antiguan oath of allegiance in Antigua on to Choksi, a spokesperson for banks having branches abroad Auto enthusiasts take a selfie during vintage cars and motorcycles rally, in Chennai on Sunday PTI National Bank and is an uncle of authorities cleared his citizenship January 15. The CBI had sent its the Ministry of External Affairs to grant short-term credit to the fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi. in November 2017 after India request to the Ministry of Exter- had said it was given from a clear applicant. (WITH PTI INPUTS) 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 While most words are common in speech, there How words find their way into are several that have rarely been written down and haven’t found space in English dictionaries

hen something fantastic young, and which are not familiar to people people from other parts of our own country. catches your attention, what from other regions”. Again, most such words are common in would you exclaim – jhakaas, There are now entries in the dictionary for speech but some are rarely written down and bombat or semma? Is a cun- both words, which exhibits that their history so they can easily escape the attention of dic- Wning guy chaalu, chatri or shaana? Would can be traced back over 100 years, actually tionary editors. ENGLISH you call your friend yaar, macha or bondhu? 200 years in the case of “netty”. There are also many English words, com- The world of words is the most extraordi- “I think there must be similar words in monly used in India, that haven’t found space nary of things as it gives expression to every- every region of the English-speaking world, in English dictionaries. thing under the sun. Every single word that which are very familiar to people living there Angus Stevenson, OED’s Head of Con- we use daily stands, often without our reali- but little known outside the region; we are tent Development, said that their dictionar- sation, for something unique, something that glad to learn about such words, so that we can ies of current English, in particular the online the given word is used to give text, contains many hundreds DICTIONARIES expression to. of examples of Indian English But while most words are as well, and many that derive common in speech, there are sev- from Hindi and other Indian eral that have rarely been writ- languages. ten down. “We are particularly inter- For 54-year-old lexicogra- ested in words such as ‘air-dash’, pher Peter Gilliver, words like ‘batch mate’, and ‘calling bell’, “spuggy” and “netty” were per- which are genuine examples fectly ordinary as he had been of an Indian variety of English, familiar with them since his and would very much like to childhood, but he was surprised expand our coverage,” Steven- that neither of them had made son said. their way into the Oxford Eng- “We are planning projects to lish Dictionary (OED). gather and define words from “I can recall some words Indian and other under-rep- which my grandmother used, resented areas of English – for like ‘spuggy’ meaning a spar- example, we cover South Afri- row, or ‘netty’ meaning a toilet, can English but have not yet which were very familiar to me, attempted to describe the Eng- but which are little used outside lish used in other parts of the the north-east of England, where African continent,” he added. grandma lived,” Gilliver, the OED Associate research them and consider adding them to The first English dictionary goes back Editor said. the OED,” Gilliver said. to at least the 16th century and the era of He said he brought these words with him Closer home in India, almost everyone the Renaissance, which was a time, some- as “just about everyone, who comes to work can certainly recall a moment when a word in what like our own, in which there was a huge for the OED, brings some regional dialect their native language – the language they’ve amount of rapid change, and many new influ- words, which they learned when they were known and used for years at home – baffles ences on the English language. IANS Gurugram gets a green signal for electric vehicles Can ‘acting’ help

OUR CORRESPONDENT manufacturing efficient, reli- able and cost-effective power ELECTRIC VEHICLES are and energy solutions for elec- improve memory? a new addition on the roads tric vehicles, information of Gurugram, as on August 3, technology, telecoms, and HAVE YOU EVER felt annoyed with your- Participants reported improvement, espe- Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief renewable sector. self, maybe for forgetting to do an important cially the older subjects with mild cognitive Minister of Haryana, gave a All of its deployments are task?If so, acting out things you are supposed impairment in the early stages of Alzheim- green signal to electric vehicles backed by state-of-the-art R to remember or pretending that you are actu- er’s disease. 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Exicom is committed to chargers, DC-DC converter, University of Chichester in the UK. IANS realising the vision of making and even integrated solutions In the research, published in the journal India a 100% electric vehicles based on these platforms. Neuropsychology, it was examined the pro- nation and aims to support the AC and DC electric vehicle charging station installed at car parking facility of Tau Devi Lal Sports Stadium The company has success- spective memory performance in nearly 100 Government’s mission of shift- fully deployed AC and DC fast participants. 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KOLKATA: Trinamool Con- gress observed “black day” slams Jharkhand minister’s remark across the state on Sunday, pro- testing against the incident at Silchar Airport, where the par- OUR CORRESPONDENT Bengal government would take ty’s MPs, an MLA and a min- This is a up the matter with the Cen- ister were “manhandled” when KOLKATA: Condemning the national issue and tre, Mahapatra said: “This is they went to speak to peo- “derogatory statement” of a a national issue and the entire ple after 40 lakh names were senior minister of Jharkhand the entire matter matter has been informed to excluded in the final draft of in connection with the Massan- has been informed Chief Minister Mamata Baner- Assam’s National Register of PIC/PTI jore Dam issue, state Irrigation jee. We will take all necessary Citizens (NRC). Sunday was minister Soumen Mahapatra to CM Mamata steps following her direction.” the second day when “black Firhad Hakim. Protest marches were also stated it to be nothing unusual Banerjee. We will Hundreds of tourists visit day” was observed by Trin- There were rallies at dif- organised at various places in with respect to the highhand- Massanjore Dam, mainly amool Congress. ferent places, including Garia, Howrah. The party supporters edness of BJP leaders, that has take all necessary in monsoon. According to It may be recalled that on where Trinamool Congress carried posters and placards been leading to unrest in the steps following her experts, the work of beautifi- Friday, Trinamool Congress workers and supporters staged carrying messages protesting entire country. cation of the dam that has been Secretary General Partha Chat- a demonstration that contin- the incident at Silchar Airport. It may be mentioned that as direction taken up by the Bengal govern- treethe had said that ‘black day’ ued for around two hours. All The party workers in Rajarhat per an agreement with the Cen- ment would also give a boost will be observed on Saturday wore black badges and shouted also took out rallies and staged tre, Bengal government car- was replaced with that of fare, Women and Child Devel- also witnessing how it is affect- to tourism in the area. But in and Sunday, protesting against slogans protesting against the demonstrations at various ries out the maintenance work Jharkhand. opment minister of Jharkhand, ing the tradition of the country. such a situation when some the undemocratic confinement harassment of their leaders at places in the area. of the dam even though it is However, the work had passed a “derogatory com- So this is nothing unusual or people had stopped the work of the party leaders at Silchar. Silchar Airport. It may be recalled that Chief in Jharkhand and had recently resumed after District Mag- ment” in connection with the unexpected. But as a minister of painting the Jharkhand dam, On Sunday too, Trinamool Senior Trinamool Congress Minister Mamata Banerjee taken up some work including istrate of Birbhum Moumita Massanjore Dam issue. of the department that is car- the experts apprehend that a Congress workers and sup- leader and the state’s Food and had criticised the Centre in the task of painting it in blue Godara Basu took up the mat- Reacting sharply on the rying out the work at the dam, section of tourists might think porters wore black badges and Supplies minister Jyotipriya this connection, stating that and white. ter with her counterpart at statement of the Jharkhand I am condemning such a state- twice before visiting the place. held rallies in several parts of Mallick headed a rally at Habra it seems “super emergency” All of a sudden, some peo- Dumka in Jharkhand. minister, Mahapatra said: “We ment and also condemning the It may be mentioned that the state. They also held meet- in North 24-Parganas. There is going on in the country. ple from Jharkhand stopped But the situation took an are well aware about the derog- move of stopping the work of an FIR was also lodged in this ings condemning the undemo- was a huge rally in this con- She had also raised her voice the work and even the Biswa ugly turn on Sunday, when atory remarks and statement of beautification of the dam.” connection after the work was cratic confinement of the MPs, nection at Kanksa in West against the exclusion of 40 lakh Bangla logo on the dam Louis Marandi, the Social Wel- different BJP leaders and we are When asked whether the stopped on Friday. an MLA and senior minister Burdwan. names from Assam’s NRC. CU set to introduce four post-graduate Govt looks to overhaul ITIs across Bengal, to Sports Science courses review selection process of private partners SOUMITRA NANDI official said. To begin with, CU will be offering SOUMITRA NANDI ITIs, wherever needed. KOLKATA: Calcutta University is all 64 seats for these courses and around Technical Education has seen a set to introduce post-graduate stud- 12 teachers will be recruited. Classes KOLKATA: In a significant stride major infrastructural boost under ies in Sports Science from the ongo- will be held at the Salt Lake campus of towards overhaul of the Industrial the Mamata Banerjee government ing academic year. The university the university. The University Grants Training Institutes (ITIs) across since 2011. “When we assumed will be churning out MSc courses Commission will frame the syllabus. the state, the Technical Education office there were 80 ITIs. Now we in Sports Physiology, Sports Nutri- But the university will have the power department has decided to review have 248 ITIs – both government tion, Sports Biochemistry and Sports to exclude 30 percent of it and design the process of selection of the pri- and private,” the minister added. Physiotherapy. the curriculum in a student-friendly vate companies with which the state The department has also The Union Ministry of Youth manner. has joined hands in running some decided to upgrade the course cur- Affairs & Sports have selected three It may be mentioned that the uni- of these institutes. There have been riculum at the ITIs keeping in pace universities across the country for versity has already signed a Memo- complaints of improper adminis- with market demand. “A number of commencing courses in Sports Sci- randum of Understanding (MoU) tration, particularly against those machines are lying defunct at work- ence, with CU in Kolkata being one with Sports Authority of India (SAI), ITIs that are run under public-pri- shops of some of our old ITIs. We of them. The ministry has allocated which will be lending its expertise vate mode. will repair some of those and will an amount of Rs 25 crore for a period and infrastructure for running the There are 76 ITIs in the state replace the outmoded ones,” Basu of five years, for putting in place the and Central University of Rajasthan. course in a professional manner. that are run under public-private “We have withheld tenders of five institutes,” Basu said. maintained. infrastructure for the course. “A number of foreign countries The coordinator of the Sports mode. As per terms and condi- as many as 19 ITIs after there were A senior official of the depart- Upgradation of the hostels are “We are proud that the Centre has across the globe successfully pick up department of CU, Somnath Gan- tions, the state allocates the build- complaints regarding administra- ment indicated that heads will roll also under the radar of the depart- selected our university among the talents through Sports Science. There gopadhyay, said: “This course will ing, designs the course curriculum, tion. We are conducting a probe at the top level of some of these ment with segregation of the stu- three in the country. Initially, four is no lack of talented sportspersons be beneficial in expansion of sports earmarks the fees and arranges and there will be re-tendering. institutes. dents of first year. “Sometimes there subjects will be taught in MSc level,” in our country. But often their talent research in the country.” admission for 80 percent of the Some private companies were It may be mentioned that state are complaints of ragging by first said Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee, goes unrecognised and they fail to The university has plans to start students in these institutes. The having administrative control of Technical Education minister year students against the seniors. vice-chancellor of CU. make it big in the sports arena. We three more courses in future that will equipment, faculties and other a number of institutes and in the Purnendu Basu had himself con- So we have decided to have sepa- The other two universities that hope to reap the benefits of the course include Sports Bio-Mechanics and infrastructure are provided by process, were unable to run them in ducted visits at a number of ITIs rate hostel facilities for first year have been selected by the Centre for and churn out world class sports- Sports Management. 48 additional the private body that is selected proper manner. A single company across the state, to devise means of students wherever possible,” the the course are Annamalai University men,” a senior CU administrative seats will be added. through tendering. will not be allowed to run four or overhauling the infrastructure of minister said. Govt to install electronic weighing Veteran scribe FINISHING TOUCH Fire breaks out passes away at Priya Cinema, machines at all markets under KMC KOLKATA: Chief no casualties Minister Mamata SOUMITRA NANDI already directed his concerned Banerjee expressed The machines will officials to take steps in this KOLKATA: Fire broke out at KOLKATA: The state Con- enable customers regard,” Pande said. her deep and heart- the first floor of Priya Cinema sumer Affairs department has According to sources in the felt condolence at the Hall, one of the premier movie decided to install electronic to weigh things Consumer Affairs department, sad demise of senior theatres of the city, at around weighing machines at all the purchased by them the price of each machine that journalist Kazi Fazle 10:15 pm on Sunday. Accord- markets in the city that are will be installed will be in the Elahi.Seventy-year- ing to initial reports, the heater maintained by Kolkata Munic- and feel convinced range of Rs 30,000. “If custom- of a momo counter has been ipal Corporation (KMC). This that they have not ers, after buying fish, meat, old Elahi breathed his said to be the cause behind the will enable customers to weigh vegetables etc. from the mar- last on Sunday noon mishap. things purchased by them been cheated kets feel that shopkeepers have at a private nursing Five fire engines rushed to and feel convinced that they cheated them by giving things home at Konnagar in the spot and brought the blaze have not been cheated by the the KMC had held a meeting of less weight than what they under control. The owner of shopkeeper. with the Consumer Affairs had asked for, they can check it Hooghly. He had suf- the theatre Arijit Dutta, along “As per law, there is punish- department and had urged on their own,” a senior official fered cardiac arrest a with four of his family mem- ment for the shopkeepers who the minister to install modern of the department said. few days ago. In the bers were rescued from the cheat people by giving them technology based electronic The department has plans condolence message, building. Rescue work is still things lesser than the original weighing machines at all the 46 to gradually introduce such the Chief Minister underway. However, no casu- weight. However, a section of municipal markets in the city weighing machines at all the alties have been reported as of shopkeepers would continue owned by KMC. The minister markets in the city. stated: “His death has now. Mayor Sovan Chatterjee to cheat customers. Often, the has already spoken with Mayor “It was a long-standing led to a huge loss. He visited the spot soon after the common people complain that Sovan Chatterjee and the con- demand of people in the city. was an adept journal- incident and surveyed the area some shopkeepers manipulate cerned Member, Mayor-in- We are hopeful that people will ist and a good human and the extent of damage. their weighing machines to Council (Market) Amiruddin be immensely benefitted by this being. My deepest Preliminary investigation fleece customers. We want to Bobby. move and at the same time, has revealed that the momo ensure that customers are not “I have asked the civic unlawful practice on the part condolences for his counter which caught fire, did cheated by any means,” state body to allocate space in the of a section of shopkeepers can family members, rela- not have enough fire extin- Consumer Affairs minister municipal markets so that we be prevented,” Member, Mayor- tives, colleagues and guishers in supply. A forensic An artist create a sculpture of Lord Buddha at Kumortuli in Kolkata on Sunday PIC/PTI Sadhan Pande said. can set up kiosks for placing in-Council (Market) Amirud- followers.” MPOST team is likely to visit the spot It may be mentioned that these machines. The Mayor has din Bobby said. on Monday morning. MPOST Heavy rain inundates parts of city, inclement HMC initiates review to eliminate waterlogging menace weather to persist for next 48 hours PRITESH BASU Ranijhil. The official further said With the steps taken by the that the situation at Ghusuri OUR CORRESPONDENT PIC/PTI water following Sunday’s rain. KOLKATA: Howrah Munici- HMC, the situation remained near TL Jaiswal Hospital has Both Kolkata Municipal Cor- pal Corporation (HMC) has good compared to that of pre- considerably improved. “But KOLKATA: Vast stretches of poration (KMC) and other initiated a review to assess the vious years, as water receded we would review to find out the city were left inundated civic bodies acted promptly work that still needs to be car- fast soon after a heavy shower whether any more steps are following heavy rainfall that to discharge the accumulated ried out for further improve- in most areas and residents did needed to be taken particu- lasted for an hour on Sunday water. The situation was, how- ment in the system to check not faced much problem due to larly for the area,” the official afternoon, resulting in traffic ever, brought under control waterlogging during monsoon. waterlogging. said, adding that they are also congestion in some parts. In within a couple of hours. It may be mentioned that The situation has heavily reviewing the situation at Bena- the central part and also some According to KMC sources, the civic body has taken up improved in areas including ras Road and Panchanantala northern parts of the city, the the pumping stations at Palmer proactive measures to ensure North Howrah, where in many Road. traffic was reportedly in a mess Bazar in North and Ballygunge that residents of Howrah city areas, waterlogging had been The officials would try to following the shower. in the Southern fringes of the do not face any problems due a problem for decades. There find out “solution of the com- The situation may continue city recorded around 50 mm to waterlogging. was also improvement in situ- plicated situations” that lead- to worsen, not only in the city rainfall in one hour in the after- The proactive steps taken ation in areas including Bel- ing to waterlogging, though for but in all South Bengal dis- noon. The number of traffic by the HMC include desilt- lilious Road and Dharmatala much lesser time compared to tricts, as the Regional Meteo- gal. There will a heavy to very rainfall. Amherst Street and Thantha- was less on the streets as it was ation of major drainage chan- Road areas near Salkia, said a the previous years, in these rological Centre in Alipore has heavy rainfall in various South Rain lashed Kolkata and nia went under water due to Sunday. Many people, however, nels, deployment of additional senior official of the HMC. areas. “There would also be predicted heavy rainfall in all Bengal districts. The city will be many other districts on Sun- the rain, causing severe incon- got stuck in the downpour that manpower for desiltation After the initial success discussions with engineers in South Bengal districts in the no exception. day afternoon. The downpour venience to the people. Motor- lashed the city. Many people work, development of neces- in checking waterlogging in this regard,” the official added. next 48 hours. The sky will remain cloudy started at around 1.30 in the cyclists and auto rickshaw preferred to stay indoors on sary infrastructure, function- various parts of the city, the Mayor Dr Rathin According to the weather from Monday morning and city and continued for nearly drivers faced problems after Sunday evening due to the rain. ing of pumping stations in full civic authorities have initiated Chakraborty said: “We have office, a low pressure trough various parts will receive mod- one hour. The incident left vari- the engines of their vehicles As similar weather will con- capacity, desiltation of canals reviewing the situation to iden- taken up various steps and it has been created over the erate to heavy rainfall. As per ous stretches waterlogged. shut down on College Street. tinue for the next two days, including one in Nazirganj and tify the areas where necessary has helped in checking water- northern parts of Bay of Ben- the prediction, some of the The civic authorities acted Other parts of the city like people in the city have been cleaning of Ranijhil. steps need to be taken to ensure logging to a large extent. We gal, which will be further inten- North Bengal districts will also promptly to discharge the Central Avenue, MG Road, asked to carry umbrellas while Top brass of the civic body that waterlogging becomes a also have some long-term plans sified bringing more rainfall in receive moderate rainfall while accumulated water in major some stretches of VIP Road going to their workplaces on held meetings with the railway matter of the past in Howrah as well. We are also reviewing all the districts in South Ben- some others may receive heavy thoroughfares. College Street, and Salt Lake also went under Monday and Tuesday. authorities for cleaning of the city. the situation at present.” 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Monday, 6 August, 2018 Swine flu alert in Bengal, Kolkata ATM fraud: Possible hospitals to tighten vigil OUR CORRESPONDENT REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE Nepal connection surfaces KOLKATA: The state Health department will soon issue notification to all the Chief OUR CORRESPONDENT Medical Officers of Health in The duo had the districts and heads of the KOLKATA: Kolkata Police district and sub-divisional is probing the possibility of a stayed in a hotel hospitals to strengthen vigil to connection between the two at Kasba in the look out swine flu symptoms in arrested Romanians and some patients and take precautionary persons in Nepal. southern part of measures. On the other hand, it has Kolkata between The CMOH in all the dis- been learnt that a skimming tricts will be asked to keep an machine was found at a private April and May this isolation ward in each of the bank’s ATM counter in Kasba. year district and sub-divisional hos- Health department said the disease can be checked. Every The Romanians were pitals. All the city hospitals have screening of patients has been year, one or two cases of swine arrested from Delhi in con- been alerted by the depart- strengthened following a swine flu cases are reported during nection with the unauthorised auto-rickshaw to conduct recce ment following a swine flu case flu case. this time of the year. withdrawal of money from var- of several places and to iden- reported in the state. “We have discussed the sit- Swine flu is an air-borne ious bank accounts after skim- tify the ATM counters where According to a senior offi- uation with all the top officials infection which spreads fast ming debit cards. they could place a skimming cial in the state Health depart- of the state-run hospitals and and easily. There is always a The Special Investigation machine at the slot without any ment, there is no need to panic steps are being taken to iden- possibility of it getting mul- Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE hassle. as there is a possibility of a tify the patients who are down tiplied in a crowded city like arrested the Romanians — Police have initiated a patient being attacked by the with flue like symptoms. The Kolkata. Opera Obidu Simon and tion. They have also come to the duo arrested in connection around 20 percent for skim- search for the auto-rickshaw H1N1 virus particularly this vigil has been intensified across Dr Himadri Mukher- Dumidru Caling — from know that three persons were with the ATM fraud case in ming debit cards to get details driver and suspect that some time of the year. the state. If a patient is admitted jee, a senior physician in the Delhi in this connection. They arrested in Nepal in 2016 on Kolkata used to visit a neigh- and henceforth withdrawing more people have helped the The official also said some to any hospital with swine flu city said crowded places like were brought to Kolkata and similar charges. boruing country. Hence, police a hefty amount from various duo to carry out their opera- directives will also be issued like symptoms, he/she must be schools, colleges, audito- remanded to 14-day police Police are now trying to find are trying to figure whether bank accounts. Now, they are tion in Kolkata. to the district health officials kept in isolation. The situation rium, public transport and custody after being produced out whether Simon and Caling the racket was running from trying to get further informa- Meanwhile, security of on how to tackle the situation. is completely under control and shopping malls are the likely before the Bankshall Court. had connections with the three a neighbouring country with tion about the modus operandi the ATM counters, where the The district officials will there is nothing to panic,” the places from where the virus Police have initiated inter- Romanians, who were arrested Delhi being its centre to carry of the duo. skimming machines were fit- have to report it to the state official said. could spread. rogating them and their con- earlier in Nepal, for carrying out operations in different The duo had stayed in a ted, has been beefed up and Health department if any According to the health Since swine flu is a drop- nection with some of their out a similar ATM fraud. states, including Bengal. hotel in Kasba in the southern security guards are maintaining such case is reported under its officials, if the first case is dealt let infection, diagnosis should counterparts in Nepal has to The investigating officers Police have learnt that part of Kolkata in April and close vigil so that no more such jurisdiction. with utmost seriousness and happen and treatment must came to light post interroga- have also come to know that there was a commission of May. They had travelled by an incidents take place. A senior official of the state precautions, the spread of the begin as early as possible. Alipurduar conducts week-long Presidency State mulls 2 rice plantation machines in students vow each subdivision to increase farmers’ income drive to check mid-day meal quality to continue stir OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA: The stu- PRITESH BASU ing that the state government dents of Presidency would be giving a subsidy of KOLKATA: The Alipurduar University, who had KOLKATA: In a bid to fur- Rs 1.16 lakh to help farmers to district administration recently ther increase the income of buy a machine. undertook a week-long special been holding an indef- the farmers, the state Agricul- Officials of the state Agri- drive for monitoring quality of inite sit-in for the past ture department is planning culture department, who are mid-day meals in schools of 51 hours over hostel to provide two rice plantation posted in Birbhum, were also the district. The special drive — accommodation, took machines in each subdivision present at the programme, ‘Poshan Nirikshon’ — involved part in a convention that paddy growers can use free where training was given to the inspection of 57 schools across of cost. farmers on how to use the rice 6 blocks of the district. on Sunday, vowing A rice plantation machine plantation machine. The checking criteria cov- not to withdraw the ensures sowing of paddy seeds The farmers have also ered as many as 28 parame- administration said. found in a number of schools stir till their demands on a 1-bigha of land in just 15 shown interest in using the ters earmarked by the district Due to an acute staff crunch after the team interacted with were met. The group minutes and it would help in machines as it would help them administration covering issues at Sub-Inspector level, the dis- a number of students. “On the of 70 protesters had increasing the farmers’ income regard in a meeting scheduled out paying anything. They just to complete the work of sowing such as menu board being dis- trict administration initiated basis of the feedback, we have by Rs 4,000 to Rs 4,500 for their at Nabanna on Monday so that need to bear the transportation seeds at much lesser time than played, headmaster tasting the the special drive where officers directed the BDO’s in charge of been seeking room production in a bigha. the same can be started in all cost of the machine from the the conventional way of doing food before serving, utensils of collectorate acted as supple- the respective schools to com- allotment at a hostel, Asish Banerjee, the state the districts.” farm to the plot of land. the same. and toilet availability etc. The mentary inspecting officers. plete the task of putting the which is currently Agriculture minister, said: “The Each of the machine cost Banerjee, who was present This comes at the time drive was conducted after com- “The team will be giving us a remedial measures on a war undergoing function of the machine has around Rs 2.90 lakh. Since it is in Birbhum during the dem- when the state government has plaints regarding quality of the feedback and on the basis of footing. renovation. AGENCIES been demonstrated in Birbhum not affordable for the farmers onstration of the machine on taken several steps to ensure midday meal were received which measures will be taken We have also showcaused a on Saturday and training was to procure the same, the initial Saturday, maintained that rice improvement of the agriculture from schools. for improvement,” the official number of teachers, who have also given to some farmers. plan would be to keep two such plantation machines would sector and bagged Krishi Kar- “We hope this programme added. According to sources, been found to be deviating Our endeavour would be to machines in the farms of the also be kept at the Custom Hir- man Award for five consecutive will be instrumental in protect- infrastructure deficits such as from the required standard,” Youth keep two such machines in state Agriculture department ing Centres. “The state govern- years and the average annual ing children from classroom faulty handpumps, lack of sep- the official added. each sub-division so that farm- in each subdivision. Farmers ment would give subsidy if a income of the farmers in Ben- hunger, increasing school arate toilets, boundary wall in The initiative will gradu- ers can use it free of cost. There can take it to their agricultural farmer wants to procure the gal has gone to Rs 2.91 lakh in enrollment and attendance,” schools, lack of dining space, ally cover all the 1,635 schools threatened at would be a discussion in this land to sow paddy seeds with- same,” the minister said add- the last financial year. a senior official of the district absence of eggs in meals were of the district. gunpoint Medical board AUSPICIOUS START Minor girl molested, beaten OUR CORRESPONDENT formed at NRS KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Hospital to treat up by ‘child trafficker’ police have arrested two per- sons on the charges of threaten- ‘needle case’ victim ing a local youth on gunpoint. OUR CORRESPONDENT other state. After being kept in con- The incident sparked ten- finement for a few days, the girl told sion among locals, who were OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA: A minor girl the youth to take her to her house. walking along the Shaymnagar has been molested by a local But the accused allegedly beat her road on Saturday evening. KOLKATA: A medical board has youth, who might have been a up. The victim who later managed to The complainant, Pradip been formed at NRS Medical Col- part of child trafficking racket, flee told the police that the youth had Nayek, told the police that he lege and Hospital for the treatment police said. assaulted her physically. was passing through the area of the Krishnanagar girl who had The incident took place in Taldi On Saturday night, the victim when one person, later identi- swallowed 10 needles. village under Canning police station somehow managed to escape from fied as Debu Mukherjee, took The doctors have successfully in South 24-Parganas. It was learnt the house. out a firearm and threatened removed all the needles from Apa- that the accused brought the victim She met some locals at Jalkalyan him on gunpoint. rupa Biswas’s throat on 31 July. The girl to Canning from Nadia’s Chapla. More, a few meters away from the One Gazi Oraon, a local patient’s condition is stated to be The victim is resident of Paruigachi house, where she was kept in con- resident, was accompanying serious and she has been kept in the village under Chapla police station. finement. She narraated what she had the accused. Some of the locals Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the The victim used to live with her been subjected to. The locals took the managed to catch hold of the hospital. The hospital authorities step mother who often tortured the girl to the Canning police. The victim accused. have formed a medical board for her girl. The minor girl was driven out of told the police that she was kept in the They were also roughed up treatment. According to the hospital the house by her step mother a few house for the past five days. by the irate mob. After being sources, the patient has developed days ago. The victim was taken to Canning informed, police rushed to some psychological problems and The girl was roaming aimlessly Sub-divisional hospital for medical the spot and arrested both the has been kept under observation. near her house when the accused tests. Police are conducting raids to youth. Police have recovered According to the hospital author- promised her job and took her to a nab the culprit who has been at large one firearm and two rounds ities, many tests are yet to be con- house in Canning. since the incident came to light. of cartridges from his posses- ducted on the patient to ascertain She was kept confined to the house According to the preliminary sion. Both the youths have been her problems. A senior official of for a couple of days. It was alleged that investigation police suspect that the remanded to five-day police the hospital said special attention the accused, whose identity is yet to be youth might be a part of a traffick- custody after being produced has been given to her. confirmed by the police, had an inten- ing racket and had an intention to State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Firhad Hakim at the khuti puja of 74 Palli on Sunday MPOST before Bidhannagar court on A student of class VIII from tion to sell of the minor girl in some sell the girl. Sunday. Krishnanagar Akshay Vidyapith had swallowed as many as 10 nee- dles. She complained of pain fol- lowing which her family members Everester Ujjal Ray scales virgin peak of Ladakh, does Bengal proud took her to a local doctor, who pre- scribed some medicine but her con- SOUMITRA NANDI any Sherpa along with them. There were dition did not improve. The family two locals who acted as supporting staff The team had left members initially thought that she KOLKATA: Ujjal Ray has made Kolkata for the team. The team had left from Kol- might have caught cold. She was Police proud this time by scaling a virgin kata on July 20 and the last lap journey Kolkata on July 20 and later taken to NRS Medical Col- peak of 6330m, exploring a cocooned for the summit was undertaken on the the last lap journey lege and Hospital on 30 July. After part of Ladakh. In 2013, Ray had suc- night of June 30 when the weather con- conducting an X-ray, the doctors cessfully climbed the top of Mt Everest ditions had improved slightly. for the summit was found that needles are stuck on her in 2013. “The temperature at the peak was undertaken on the night throat. Doctors gave a fresh lease to A nine-member team led by Ray, who around -20 degree Celsius and when we the 14-year-old girl by removing the is presently serving as the Assistant Com- reached the top, there was so much wind of June 30 needles from her throat through an missioner of Police (ACP) South divi- that we were unable to open our mouth for operation that lasted for more than sion, reached the summit of the peak on a long time,” recalled Ray. The team had Paresh Nath and Goutam Ghosh, who three hours. the morning of July 31. faced inclement weather during their stay went missing while undertaking Everest The doctors are not yet sure as to Everester Debdas Nandy was also a at the base camp under heavy rains and expedition in 2016. how and why the girl had swallowed part of the team. “As per my knowledge, chilling winds. Roy, who has been an integral part 10 needles. It is suspected that she no mountaineer have scaled this virgin The Snout Adventurers Association of the Kolkata police force since 1987, is might have been involved in black peak before. The extreme cold weather under whose banner Ray and his team an expert mountaineer and has climbed magic after she lost her elder brother accompanied by chilling winds posed achieved the feat is credited with expedi- as many as 15 peaks. Apart from scal- three years ago. She had been under a major challenge but we were deter- tions at a number of virgin peaks across ing the world’s highest mountain peak, depression since the death of her mined. There are three such virgin peaks the world. Roy had been a part of a four Roy’s claim to fame also lies in scaling brother. The medical board is been in Ladakh among which we chose this member government team that had gone the “Unnamed Virgin Peak”. Apart from examining the patient to ascertain one,” Ray told Millenium Post on Sunday. on an Mt Everest expedition last year in his police job, Roy has been into moun- the exact cause. Interestingly, the team did not take search of bodies of two mountaineers taineering since 1999. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 mp Modi Govt had attempted Nitish won’t resign, says JD(U) to stall NRC, says Congress Tyagi says ready for SC-monitored probe into shelter home rape case OUR CORRESPONDENT aforesaid situation can even remotely arise as we have OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Congress already indicated in the ear- on Sunday alleged that the lier part of the present order NEW DELHI: Under fire from Bihar CM dubs shelter home Narendra Modi government that claims of 47 lakh persons the opposition over the Muzaf- had itself tried to stall the (regarding whom the doubt farpur shelter home rape case, horror as ‘ek aadh negative cheez’ NRC process by appealing to pertained to parental linkage) the Janta Dal (United) asserted the Supreme Court that such and 29 lakh persons (mar- on Sunday that Chief Minis- PATNA: A day after he broke andar jaega. Usko bachaane a move could lead to law and ried women who had submit- ter Nitish Kumar would not his silence on Muzaffarpur wala bhi nahi bachega, vo order issues. ted Gram Panchayat Secretary resign and said it was ready for rapes, Bihar Chief Minis- bhi andar jaega (Please look Congress spokesperson Certificates) are still pending a Supreme Court-monitored ter Nitish Kumar appeared at some of the positive work Pawan Khera said the Attor- and would be subject to veri- probe into it. in much more combative also. A negative thing hap- ney General of India had used when the SC came down heav- fication and covered by pub- Rejecting the demand for way and dubbed the shelter pened and everyone is just the fear of violence to delay the ily on the Union government lication of another draft NRC Kumar’s resignation, senior home horror as just a nega- dragging on. The corrupt implementation of NRC in the will be remembered in history. at a subsequent point of time,” JD(U) leader KC TYagi tive thing. won’t be spared. And those Supreme Court in 2017, for “On November 30, 2017, Khera said quoting the SC. slammed opposition leaders Addressing media at who shelter him/her would which he was reprimanded by Supreme Court of India came He said it was shocking that including Congress president an event in Patna, Kumar also be put behind the bars.)’ the top court. down heavily on the Modi gov- the Union government’s high- Rahul Gandhi for attending the chided the audience and said The remark comes a day “The Shah of lies and the ernment for its excuses to delay est legal officer made this sub- RJD-organised protest in Jantar that nobody looks at positive after Kumar said that ‘the Shahenshah of Jumlas tried the NRC in Assam. The Attor- mission in the apex court. Mantar here yesterday. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses speaks during the launch work. ‘Zara positive feed par crime (Muzaffarpur rapes) their best to stall NRC. I will ney General of India gave the “We demand that the Modi It was a “friendship day” of bhi aap log kripa karke dekh have left us with a sense of tell you how they hatched a excuse of fear of violence,” he government apologise to the of Sustainable Livelihoods scheme for prohibition-affected families at parties seeking “political mile- lein. Ek aadh negative cheez shame and guilt. We want the conspiracy to stop, delay and said. people of Assam for attempt- age” from the “unfortunate and Adhiveshan Bhawan, in Patna on Sunday hogya usi ko lekar chal rahe CBI probe to be monitored by disrupt the NRC process,” said Khera said the SC had ing to stall NRC in the Supreme shameful” incident in the state, hain. Jo gadbad karega vo the Patna High Court.’ AGENCIES Khera. lashed out at the AG and criti- Court of India. he said. and challenged them to unseat at “helping” sand mining and This statement from the cised the government’s “sheer “We also demand to know “How can rape of young him in the Assembly. bootlegging that have been party said that Nitish Kumar conspiracy theories for politi- Congress came a day after inaction” and dragging the what is the stand of this govern- girls which has shamed effectively checked by the state had written to the Patna High cal purpose and to help sand the party staked ownership matter for more than three ment, which on the one hand us could be an issue for MUZAFFARPUR government. Court for monitoring the probe and liquor mafia who have of Assam’s National Regis- years on the excuse of impend- seeks to give citizenship rights opposition parties to SHELTER HOME CASE Tyagi criticised Rahul Gan- into the case and asserted been effectively controlled by ter of Citizens (NRC) exer- ing violence and law and order through the proposed Citizen- unite against the NDA dhi, saying his joining the RJD that the party was ready the Nitish government in the cise by calling it “a baby of situation. ship Amendment Bill (2016) government and the Nit- protest at Jantar Mantar was for such a probe by even a state,” he said. the Congress party,” born as a The court, Khera said, had to all those who migrated to ish Kumar-led government in “Nitish is a sensitive per- “unfortunate”. Supreme Court-monitored He charged that the oppo- consequence of the Assam additionally criticised the gov- India before 31 December, Bihar and demand his resig- son and felt ashamed over the “I also condemn Sitaram panel. sition parties wanted “anarchy” Accord signed by former ernment over the AG’s state- 2014 and on the other hand nation. This politics over hap- incident which the opposition Yechury and D Raja who have He asserted that the Bihar and “jungle raj” back in Bihar prime minister Rajiv Gandhi ment that part publication of is playing politics with NRC,” less victims in Bihar is the most parties are trying to use to hit at forgotten the killings of JNU government acted against the by replacing JD(U) and Nit- in 1985. the draft NRC could result in Khera said, demanding the res- unfortunate thing,” Tyagi said his conscience so that he steps president Chandra Shekhar accused swiftly and, as per the ish Kumar. Accusing BJP president a law and order situation as a ignation of Chief Minister Sar- in a press conference here. down. But, he will never step and Purnia MLA Ajit Sarkar wish of RJD and other oppo- Tyagi also demanded that Amit Shah of speaking lies large segment of people would banand Sonowal who, he said, Tyagi asserted that despite down, we will not let him do and joined the protest organ- sition parties, sought a CBI all shelter homes for juveniles in Parliament about the gov- understand that their name had no right to be the CM of a the opposition’s demand, so,” he said. ised by RJD,” he said. probe into the incident. in the country be probed under ernment’s show of courage to have been excluded from the state that his party “so shame- Kumar would never step down Tyagi also alleged that the The JD(U) Rajya Sabha “Still, they are using this a monitoring committee of the implement NRC, Khera said draft NRC. lessly cheated” in the Supreme as the chief minister of Bihar resignation demand was aimed MP and spokesperson of the incident to spread lies and apex court. the date, November 30, 2017, “We do not see how the Court on the issue of NRC. 2019 polls: Naidu reaches Prez visits Karunanidhi at hospital DMK for probe ‘BJP-JD(U) alliance into ‘cash-for- out to people in rural areas OUR CORRESPONDENT will last for decades’ CHENNAI: President Ram marks scam’ OUR CORRESPONDENT ing with principal secretaries, Nath Kovind on Sunday vis- OUR CORRESPONDENT with us for nearly two decades. will be at people’s doorsteps. ited ailing DMK president M CHENNAI: DMK on Sunday There is a well-established NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh I will also spend three days a Karunanidhi at a hospital here claimed the "cash-for-marks" NEW DELHI: The tie-up chemistry between his party Chief Minister N Chandrababu week among people.” and enquired about his health. scam at the Anna University between the JD(U) and the RJD JD(U) and BJP. And this alli- Naidu has been meeting people The chief minister has also At the hospital, the Pres- indicated the 'deterioration' was just a "coincidence", BJP's ance will last not only till 2019 in the rural areas of the state as kicked off “Dharma Poratam ident briefly interacted with of the higher education sector Bihar unit chief Nityanand Rai but for many decades," he said. part of the ‘Grama Darshini’ Sabhas” (fight for justice - pub- Karunanidhi's son and DMK in Tamil Nadu and demanded said on Sunday, asserting that Replying to a question on programme to gather feedback lic meetings). working president M K Stalin that a senior IPS officer be the alliance between his party JD(U) which parted ways with on his government’s develop- “Dharma Poratam is aimed and DMK MP Kanimozhi. appointed as the investigating and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) in the BJP and contested the last ment activities and address at exposing the BJP’s politics of The President, who arrived officer to probe the matter. the state will last not only till assembly elections in alliance public grievances in the run- betrayal and conspiracy. It did here from Hyderabad, drove Party working president M 2019 but for decades. with the RJD, Rai said it was a up to the 2019 assembly and not grant special category sta- directly from the airport to K Stalin, in a statement here, Strongly defending Kumar "coincidence". Lok Sabha elections. tus to Andhra Pradesh and also Kauvery Hospital, where the expressed anguish over the over the alleged rape incident "Anyone who wants to President Ram Nath Kovind meets DMK leaders MK Stalin and He has also been meeting failed to fulfil other promises. DMK chief is undergoing scam in which engineering at a shelter home in Muzaffar- work for Bihar and its devel- party functionaries to devise These meetings will be organ- treatment. Kanimozhi at Kauvery hospital, where their father and party chief M students, who had appeared pur in Bihar, Rai said the chief opment cannot ally with RJD strategies for the elections. ised once a month covering all "Visited Thiru M Karunani- Karunanidhi is being treated, in Chennai, on Sunday PTI for exams last year, had been minister proactively acted on as it is a party of a family and “As part of the Grama the 13 districts in the state,” the dhi in Chennai, met Kalaignar's granted "excess marks" dur- the issue and ordered a CBI the state is not its priority," he Darshini programme, Naidu TDP leader said. family members and doctors hospital to enquire about the ing re-evaluation after taking inquiry. said. will address at least 75 public “As far as welfare is con- and inquired about his health. President Kovind health of Karunanidhi. money and sought stern action "The JD(U)-BJP govern- On the issue of seat sharing meetings in the rural areas of cerned, we have rolled out Wishing the former Chief Min- was accompanied Yesterday, Andhra Pradesh against those involved. ment will not spare anyone for the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- Andhra Pradesh before the schemes catering to all sec- ister of Tamil Nadu, a veteran by Governor Chief Minister N Chandrab- He charged that registra- who is involved in this heinous tions, the BJP leader said there 2019 elections to highlight the tions of society. We are giv- of our public life, a quick recov- abu Naidu and Union Minis- tion of cases by anti-corrup- crime, whatever might be his are "mature politicians" on both development and welfare work ing pensions to the needy. We ery," the official Twitter account Banwarilal Purohit ter Suresh Prabhu visited him. tion wing police against ten or her stature. Law will take its sides and it will be finalised. carried out in the state,” a TDP have set up Kapu Corporation, of Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Karunanidhi was admitted Anna University professors, own course, Rai told PTI. He also mentioned that leader said. Brahmin Corporation, SC/ST Kovind was accompanied few metres and waved at the to the hospital following a dip including a former controller On the question of reports Nitish Kumar is the face of the The chief minister is also Commissions, etc. to uplift the by Governor Banwarilal Puro- media and crowd gathered at in his blood pressure on July 28. of examination, and "different of rift between the BJP and the NDA in the state and Prime expected to interact with stu- poor of these communities... hit. A picture of the President's the hospital. On July 31, the hospital said types of irregularities" in uni- JD(U) in the state, Rai termed Minister Narendra Modi is its dents of all universities in started several schemes for the interaction with the family Politicians and many prom- the leader would require an versities in the state indicated it as baseless and asserted that face in the country. the state over the next nine development of minorities. We members of Karunanidhi was inent leaders have visited Karu- extended period of hospitalisa- "the extent to which the higher the partnership between the This will ensure the alli- months, he said. recently launched Anna can- shared on the micro-blogging nanidhi at the hospital. tion due to "decline" in his gen- education sector had deteri- two parties is actually an "alli- ance's victory in the next gen- Naidu said, “In the next teens offering a meal for just site. Before winding up his Last week, Vice-President eral health although his vital orated under the AIADMK ance of two hearts". eral elections in the state, he five months, everyone, start- Rs 5,” he said visit, Kovind walked down a M Venkaiah Naidu visited the parameters have normalised. rule". MPOST "Nitishji has earlier worked added. Pondy CM protests ‘Choksi looted country under against Kiran Bedi Akhilesh announces `11L for info on vandalising bungalow the nose of the Modi govt’ LUCKNOW: Denying Yogi behind bungalow damage,” said in running the government. issuing warning to Adityanath government’s Yadav while speaking at func- “It was due to his inexperience, NEW DELHI: Bank fraud fugi- Modi government. Why was no charges on bungalow damage tion in Lucknow. he is only laying foundation officials tive Mehul Choksi looted the action taken against Choksi? row, former Chief Minister and Yadav denied the govern- stones one after another instead country under the very nose He has looted the country and Samajwadi Party Chief Akh- ment’s charge that he had not of doing development of the OUR CORRESPONDENT of the Narendra Modi gov- the people's money and fled ilesh Yadav has announced a sought any prior written per- state,” charged he. ernment and fled to Antigua, away. He has taken the citizen- reward of Rs 11 lakh for nam- mission from the Estate depart- Yadav also questioned PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry National Secretary of CPI D ship of another country. All ing persons who had visited ment for carrying out extensive Prime Minister Narendra Modi Chief Minister V Narayana- Raja said on Sunday, demand- these things were known to the the place with hammers and construction work illegally. and Yogi Adityanath’s claims samy on Sunday took exception ing that the Centre respond to government agencies. Govern- pickaxe at night to vandalise “The house which was of bringing Rs 60,000 crore to Lt Governor Kiran Bedi issu- the Caribbean nation's asser- ment must answer," said Raja. it after he vacated his govern- snatched was not his but a gov- investments into Uttar Pradesh. ing warnings to government tion that Indian authorities did Choksi is one of the alleged ment residence 4, Vikramad- ernment property. Nothing was “Tell me which bank has sanc- officials during her field vis- not give any adverse report to masterminds of the USD 2 bil- itya Marg on June 2. constructed illegally there. All tioned a penny to these indus- its and holding meetings with stall granting of citizenship to lion scam in state-run Punjab “A few people had gone to approvals were obtained from trialists to invest in the state,” them to review implementation him. National Bank and is an uncle the bungalow at night with the Lucknow Development he pointed. of various schemes. India has handed over a of fugitive diamantaire Nirav hammers and pickaxe. They Authority and other agencies. “They are searching Addressing reporters here request to Antigua for extra- Modi. vandalised the place to put the We have already submitted all quipped: “A Cabinet rank well guess who was behind taps in my bungalow while Narayanasamy said, “of late dition of bank fraud fugitive He is wanted in India by blame on me. The Samajwadi NOCs as proofs while vacating minister wrote to me to hand vandalism at the bungalow.’ those who pocketed huge loans Bedi has been issuing warnings Choksi who has obtained cit- the CBI and the Enforcement Party announces a reward of the bungalow,” claimed Yadav. over the bungalow to him. He Taking a dig at Chief Min- from banks ran away from the through social media to offi- izenship of the Caribbean Directorate probing the fraud, Rs 11 lakh to anyone, includ- In an obvious reference to did not like Rajnath Singh or ister Yogi Adityanath, Yadav country. Who had given them cers and intimidating them that nation. "All this was happen- the biggest banking scam in the ing journalists, to divulge their Cabinet Miniser Dr Siddhath Kalyan Singh’s residences but said that he knows only ‘puja- the passport” asked the SP stern action would be taken if ing under the very nose of the country. MPOST names to expose the conspiracy Nath Singh, the SP Chief only mine. Now you can very paath’ and has no experience Chief. AGENCIES they were found wanting in implementation of schemes like Swachh Bharath Abhiyan Telangana cries foul in EDB in the Union Territory.” Rajnath recalls Vajpayee’s role in Lucknow’s development Making it clear that he had no objection to the Lt Gover- OUR CORRESPONDENT the Union surface transport congestion at other stations in ranking; claims top slot nor undertaking field visits, minister,” he said. the city. he said, Bedi had no indepen- LUCKNOW: Union Home Vajpayee has represented Rajnath Singh said that HYDERABAD: Telangana points,making it the top ranker dent authority whatsoever as Minister Rajnath Singh today Lucknow in the Lok Sabha five with increase in facilities, there Government has raised a dis- while Telangana missed it by had been clearly stated by the hailed Atal Bihar Vajpayee’s times, the last time being in has been a hike in passenger pute with the Centre on some just 0.09 points, making it to Supreme court in its recent ver- contribution to the develop- 2004. traffic at the Lucknow airport. of the methods it followed the second slot. dict on the tussle between the ment of the Uttar Pradesh cap- The home minister, who “Earlier, in 2013-14, the for states' ranking on Ease of It seems that several states AAP government and Lt Gov- ital, saying the former prime is also the MP from Lucknow, passenger traffic was around Doing Business and claimed it have brought this to the notice ernor of New Delhi. minister initiated ‘vikaas ki said, “In the 2014 Lok Sabha 23 lakh, while in 2017-18, it is in the first spot. of the DIPP and they are The Apex court had held Ganga’ in the city. polls, I had said that I do not rose to 47 lakh,” he said. As per the recent rankings expecting that the calculation that Delhi Lieutenant Gover- Singh, who was here on make promises, but I seek the Uttar Pradesh Chief Min- by the Department of Industry of final score and rankings will nor Anil Baijal does not have a two-day visit, was speak- blessings of the people of Luc- ister Yogi Adityanath said, “In and Policy Promotion, Andhra be rectified,"Telangana told the independent decision-making ing after the inauguration and know, so that God may give me the last 15 months of the BJP Pradesh was firstfollowed by Centre in its letter. powers, and is bound to act on foundation stone-laying cer- the strength to fulfil the devel- government in UP, there has TelanganaandHaryanain sec- "Thus both AP and Telan- the aid and advice of the Coun- emony of 438 projects worth opmental aspirations of the in the country.” formation - AMRUT) and Luc- been an improvement in the ond and third positions respec- gana should have got 98.30 per cil of Ministers. Rs 938 crore for Lucknow and people of Lucknow.” “The day is not very far know city. Lucknow has been law and order situation. The tively for the year 2017-18. cent and thus jointly ranked If the Lt Governor had any- neighbourhood. Lauding UP Chief Minis- when Lucknow will become a the ‘karmabhoomi’ of ‘maha- power suppy scenario has also According to officialas 1. thing to say she must first con- “No one can deny the fact ter Yogi Adiatyanth, he said, world class city,” he added. purush’ Atal Bihari Vajpayee. improved. Due to the Smart sources, the state government However, due to wrong vey her proposals to the Chief that the ‘vikaas ki Ganga’ in “Today is a historic moment for On July 28, while address- Vajpayee made Lucknow the City Mission and AMRUT, wrote to the centre to rectify calculation of score as 98.42 Minister or concerned minis- Lucknow was initiated by for- Lucknow. The UP chief minis- ing a programme here on laboratory to improve urban development of Lucknow is the 'wrong calculation', which per cent for AP and 98.33 per ters through the Chief Secre- mer prime minister Atal Bihari ter is committed to developing ‘Transforming Urban Land- life in the country.” going on at a fast pace.” denied Telangana the first cent for Telangana, ranking tary or concerned Secretaries Vajpayee and was further taken UP. His commitment for devel- scape’, Prime Minister Naren- Singh also said that the Deputy Chief Minister Kes- spot. was given as 1 for AP and 2 for of the department, Narayana- up by former MP Lalji Tandon. opment and hard work makes dra Modi had said, “There is a Gomtinagar railway termi- hav Prasad Maurya said the BJP As per the ranking given Telangana." A number of mis- samy, who has been at logger- Shaheed Path in Lucknow was me feel confident that no one very close relationship between nus will become a world class government had connected by the DIPP in collabora- takes have also been reported heads with the Lt Governor on started by Atalji when he was can stop Uttar Pradesh from our mission (Atal Mission for facility, which will benefit more villages with roads than tion with the World Bank, in case of several other states, various issues, said. the prime minister and I was becoming the number one state Rejuvenation of Urban Trans- trans-Gomti areas and reduce the previous state governments. Andhra Pradesh scored 98.42 it said. MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 IC warns against changes Gujarat: 10 killed, Article 35-A: Complete 38 injured in two in RTI Act’s privacy clause separate accidents GANDHIDHAM: At least ten It will allow corrupt babus to escape public scrutiny people were killed on Sunday in two separate accidents in shutdown in Kashmir ABHISHEK SHUKLA ing consultation with public in suggested replacing Section Gujarat’s Kutch district, over OUR CORRESPONDENT general and ICs in particular," 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act as "infor- 800 kilometres from here, NEW DELHI: The changes in Acharyulu said in a note circu- mation which relates to per- police said. SRINAGAR: Life in Kashmir the privacy clause of the RTI lated among all commissioners, sonal data which is likely to In the first incident, four on Sunday came to a standstill Act suggested by the Justice Sri- a copy of which is accessed by cause harm to a data principal, members of a family from due to a complete shutdown krishna panel will allow cor- the PTI. where such harm outweighs Bhachau were killed when the called by separatists against the rupt officers to escape public The draft bill seeks to amend the public interest in accessing van in which they were trav- legal challenge in the Supreme scrutiny, an Information Com- Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act such information having due elling hit a police bus near Court on the validity of Article missioner has said. which exempts from disclosure regard to the common good of Adesar police check post in 35-A, which bars people from Calling the changes pro- personal information subject to promoting transparency and Kutch’s Rapar taluka, an offi- outside Jammu and Kashmir posed in the draft Personal Data several conditions. accountability in the function- cial said. from acquiring any immovable Protection Bill, 2018 as unwar- Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI ing of the public authority. Thirty-five others were property in the state. ranted, Information Commis- Act exempts from disclosure "Provided, disclosure of injured in the incident which The situation across the val- sioner Sridhar Acharyulu has "information which relates to information under this clause took place in the early hours ley is peaceful with no untow- written to Chief Information personal information the dis- shall be notwithstanding any- today and the condition of 17 ard incident reported from Commissioner RK Mathur and closure of which has no rela- thing contained in the Personal of them was serious, the offi- anywhere so far, officials said. all other commissioners to dis- tionship to any public activity Data Protection Act, 2018." cial from Adesar police station Shops and business estab- cuss the recommendations and or interest, or which would The proposed definition of added. lishments were closed across take a stand to oppose "to save cause unwarranted invasion personal data, is very wide in The official said that the the Valley while all kinds of the Right to Information". of the privacy of the individ- scope, ambiguous, wide and family was on its way to Suthar transport remained off the The draft bill is based on ual unless the Central Pub- unlimited, Acharyulu said. Nesdi village in Banaskantha. roads due to the strike called. the recommendations of the lic Information Officer or the He said in the present act, In another incident, six The Joint Resistance Lead- government-constituted State Public Information Offi- the larger public interest is the persons were killed and three ership (JRL) has called for a panel headed by Justice B N cer or the appellate authority, test to relax the exemption and others injured when the two-day strike -- Sunday and Srikrishna. as the case may be, is satisfied PIO may decide to give infor- autorickshaw they were trav- Monday-- as Supreme Court "We need to emphasise that that the larger public interest mation whereas draft bill says elling in was hit by a speeding is scheduled to hear a PIL chal- The situation any proposal to amend provi- justifies the disclosure of such the undefined 'public interest' truck near Deshalpar village of lenging the validity of the Arti- across the valley CPI(M) warns against sions of the RTI Act shall not information." is ambiguous and suggested to Nakhtrana taluka, a Mankuwa cle 35-A tomorrow. be taken up without wide rang- The Srikrishna panel has specify the clause. PTI police station official said.MPOST The state government has is peaceful with no filed an application before untoward incident attempts to scrap Art the Registrar of the Supreme Amarnath yatra Court, informing that it is reported from JAMMU: The Jammu and The apex court is sched- WhatsApp building India going to seek adjournment of anywhere so far Kashmir unit of the CPI(M) uled to hear a bunch of peti- suspended from the hearing of the petition in on Sunday warned against tions challenging the validity view of the “ongoing prepara- attempts to tinker with Arti- of the constitutional provi- Jammu team to check fake news tions for the upcoming Pan- ies have extended support to cle 35A and urged the Centre sion tomorrow. chayat and urban local body the shutdown call of the JRL, to file a counter affidavit in "Any attempt to tinker JAMMU: Amarnath yatra was OUR CORRESPONDENT sApp spokesperson said: "To Expressing its deep com- and municipal elections in the comprising Syed Ali Shah Gee- the Supreme Court to defend with Article 35A will have on Sunday suspended from support our users in India and mitment to helping people s t a t e”. lani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the constitutional provi- disastrous and catastrophic Jammu in view of the two day NEW DELHI: WhatsApp continue our investment in the across India communicate in a The officials said security Mohammad Yasin Malik. sion in the "larger national results. The Centre must file separatist sponsored strike has informed the government country, it's our top priority to safe, secure, and reliable man- forces have been deployed in Protests have been held interest". a strong counter affidavit in against the legal challenge in that it is building a local team, hire a local leader who can help ner, WhatsApp noted that its strength at vulnerable places across the length and breadth Article 35A, incorpo- the apex court to defend the the Supreme Court on the including India head, as part of us build a team on the ground." Chief Operating Officer Matt in the city and elsewhere in of Kashmir over the past few rated in the Constitution by constitutional provision in validity of Article 35-A. steps to check fake news circu- The two senior leadership Idema had recently travelled to Kashmir for maintaining law days with mainstream parties a 1954 Presidential Order, the larger national interest," There were reports of par- lation but has not met the key roles that are currently open India and met with representa- and order. like the National Conference confers special status to per- CPI(M) regional secretary tial strike and peaceful ral- demand of identifying message for India are -- Head of India tives of IT Ministry. Various organisations and PDP also holding rallies manent residents of Jammu Sham Prasad Kesar said in a lies in support of the Article originators, according to offi- and Head of Policy. Meanwhile, the Ministry included Bar Association, in support of continuing Arti- and Kashmir. statement. MPOST 35-A from Chenab valley cial sources. "People rely on WhatsApp official who did not wish to transporters and traders’ bod- cle 35-A. districts of Ramban, Doda and The popular messaging for all kinds of sensitive con- be named said WhatsApp, in Kishtwar. app is under fire over abuse versations, including with their its response, has informed the Muzaffarpur sex Various religious and social of its platform for circulation doctors, banks and families. government that it has regis- Kathua case: Accused was not in organisations have given the of fake news that have incited The police also use WhatsApp tered a legal entity in India. two-day strike to safeguard the mob fury. The IT Ministry offi- to discuss investigations and But the platform has not com- scandal: Bihar constitutional provision. cial said that WhatsApp has report crimes."Attributing mitted itself on 'traceability' Meerut, handwriting tests claim A police official said the responded to the government messages on WhatsApp would and attribution of messages, Govt suspends 14 yatra was suspended from here last notice, outlining initiatives undermine the private nature the official said, adding that JAMMU: The crime branch nile cousin, his father Sanji Sanji Ram, were sent to hand- as a precautionary measure in being taken to curb fake news of WhatsApp and create the this had been one of the key officials of Jammu and Kashmir have Ram, and special police officer writing experts, also known as view of the strike called by the circulation including education potential for serious misuse. demands of the government. carried out scientific tests to Deepak Khajuria alias Deepu. Questioners of Examined Doc- Joint Resistance Leadership. A and advocacy efforts. Our focus is on improving Hence the ministry's con- PATNA: After drawing flak support its probe that Vishal It is alleged in the charge sheet uments (QED). "The opinion few hundred pilgrims camping It is also building an India- WhatsApp and working closely cerns have not been addressed, over the alleged sexual abuse Jangotra, an accused in the that Vishal, accused of rap- given by the expert has inter in Jammu to join the yatra to based team, the official said but with others in society to help and the potential for misuse of girls at a state-funded shel- rape and murder of an 8-year- ing the girl, had tried to cre- alia revealed that the first name the 3,880 metre high holy cave noted that the measures do not keep people safe," the spokes- still remains, the source said. ter home in Muzaffarpur and old girl in Kathua, was not in ate an alibi of his absence from (Vishal) could not be con- shrine of Amarnath in south meet the government's expec- person added.WhatsApp said Last month, the govern- mismanagement in other Meerut when the crime took the crime scene by allegedly nected with his usual signatures Kashmir Himalayas were not tations on 'traceability' and it believes the challenge of mob ment had expressed dissatisfac- such homes, the Bihar Social place in January. "resorting to manipulation of on the attendance sheets dated allowed from the Bhagwati attribution of such messages. violence requires government, tion over measures previously Welfare Department has sus- The charges of rape and records and creation of false January 12 and 15," it said. The Nagar base camp this morn- WhatsApp, on its part, has civil society, and technology listed by WhatsApp for check- pended 14 officials on account murder of the girl were framed evidence with the connivance girl was kidnapped on January ing, the officials said. maintained that message attri- companies to work together. ing fake news that have, in of their “negligence and der- by the district and sessions and assistance of his father". 10 and subsequently killed on The separatists and the butions would "undermine the "It's why we've already made several cases, triggered mob eliction of duty”, a notification court in Pathankot against According to the charge January 13 night. Her body was major political parties includ- private nature" of the platform, significant product changes to violence. The IT ministry, in its has said. Vishal, who is pursuing a bach- sheet filed by the crime branch, dumped by Vishal, his juvenile ing PDP, CPI(M) and the state and leave it vulnerable poten- help slow the spread of misin- missive, had said the platform The suspended officials elors degree in agriculture from the answer sheets as well as cousin and Khajuria on January unit of Congress have been tially to "serious misuse", a formation and are working to cannot escape its responsibil- include seven assistant direc- a college in Uttar Pradesh's attendance sheet of Vishal, 14 after which he took a train demanding status quo on the company official said. educate people on how to spot ity for such rampant abuse ...of tors of Child Protection Units, Meerut district, and his juve- son of alleged main accused for Meerut. MPOST Article 35-A. MPOST When contacted, a What- fake news," WhatsApp said. provocative messages. six district child protection officers and superintendent JUSTICE FOR AJITABH of a remand home for juvenile Ex-servicemen to join hands BRIEFS prisoners. NATION The notifications of their suspension, which were issued with Dalits, farmers' bodies CASE AGAINST AIRTEL FOR POWER THEFT yesterday, were uploaded on SRINAGAR: Police have registered a case against the department’s website on NEW DELHI: For the first IESM, told PTI. telecom giant Airtel for allegedly stealing electricity Sunday. All the officials have time, ex-servicemen will join The All India Kisan Sabha from rival BSNL in Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir been suspended with immedi- hands with Dalit organisations (AIKS), the farmers' organisa- ate effect and attached to the and the All India Kisan Sabha tion of the CPI(M), has given following a complaint by the the public sector company. offices of the divisional com- on August 9 to protest against a call for jail bharo' across the Bharti Airtel, however, denied the allegations. “On 3 missioners concerned. the NDA government at the country on August 9, demand- August 2018, a written complaint was received from The suspended officials Centre, seeking redressal of ing action on the agrarian BSNL authorities at Kargil regarding tapping and theft include assistant directors their grievances. crisis. of electricity from the transformer used exclusively by of Child Protection Units in The Indian Ex-servicemen This is the first time ex- BSNL for its mobile tower by Airtel tower at Chanigund Muzaffarpur, Munger, Araria, Movement (IESM), which has servicemen will join a protest Madhubani, Bhagalpur, Gaya in the past fought called by a in Kargil,” a police spokesman said today. and Bhojpur districts. for 'one-rank AUGUST 9 Left organisa- RETD CS APPOINTED UP RERA CHIEF The suspended district one-pension', tion. We have child protection officers were rues that the gov- PROTESTS come together LUCKNOW: Former chief secretary Rajive Kumar has posted in Araria, East Cham- ernment ignored to put for- been appointed the new full-time chairman of the Uttar paran, Patna, Gaya, Mad- many of their demands. ward our demands, AIKS Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UPRERA), ac- hepura and Sheohar. The Whatever Prime Minister General Secretary Hannan cording to an official notification. Kumar, who superan- Muzaffarpur district child pro- Narendra Modi had promised Mollah said. nuated on June 30, was appointed by the Uttar Pradesh tection officer was named as us on One rank One pension' Though AIKS, Dalit organ- Dozens of people have staged a protest demanding CBI probe against the alleged kidnap and disappearance of government yesterday, the notification issued late last one of the accused in the shel- has not been delivered. He isations and the ex-servicemen Kumar Ajitabh, a Bengaluru-based software professional, in New Delhi on Sunday. Ajitabh, who hailed from ter home scandal and arrested lied to us. Earlier, we fought have separate sets of demands, Bihar, was missing since December 18, 2017, after he went to meet a prospective OLX buyer of his car. Pragya night said. He replaces Nitin Ramesh Gokarn, who is last month. Besides, the super- separately. Now, we will fight the three organisations will Sinha, the sister of Ajitabh, who has been spearheading the campaign for his lost brother, said the case has also the principal secretary, housing. intendent of a remand home at unitedly with farmers' organ- band together to protest the been investigating by the Bangalore City police and also a petition has been filed with the Karnataka High DEBT-RIDDEN FARMER ENDS LIFE Araria has been placed under isations and Dalits, Priyadarshi growing incidents of hate crime Court, but there has been no tangible result so far PIC/MPOST suspension. MPOST Chowdhury, coordinator for and lynching. MPOST JAIPUR: Depressed over mounting debts, a 36-year- old farmer allegedly committed suicide in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district, police said on Sunday. Mangalram SC unhappy over non-appointment of Complaints against domestic air carriers Meghwal was found hanging from the ceiling fan at his residence, they added. His family members alleged that Meghwal had taken the extreme step due to board of visitors for jails by states swell to over 7,200 in 20 months: Govt mounting debts, SHO Chitawa police station Dharam- OUR CORRESPONDENT board of visitors and even in inhuman conditions prevail- OUR CORRESPONDENT passenger management. Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha in pal Meena said. Delhi's Tihar jail, the appoint- ing in 1,382 prisons across the Air traffic has grown expo- a written reply to a question in NEW DELHI: The Supreme ment of the board has not been country, has listed the matter NEW DELHI: Complaints nentially over the years and the Lok Sabha. The data stated ONE DEAD AS BUS SKIDS OFF ROAD Court has expressed its dis- notified. "The appointment of for hearing on August 8. against domestic air carriers between January and June this that 122 complaints received SHIMLA: One person was killed and six others injured pleasure that several states have board of visitors that regularly The bench said that it would swelled to more than 7,200 in year, 6.84 crore passengers trav- in this period were related to not yet appointed the board of visits jails is an absolute neces- also deal with the issue of 'open the last 20 months, government elled by air, but the baggage of maintenance and 75 about as a Patiala-bound bus met with an accident allegedly visitors who regularly inspect sity and it is also provided for in prisons' on the next date of data has revealed. woes for passengers has also untidiness. It added that 982 due to rash and negligent driving in Himachal Pradesh’s prisons to ensure that they are the model prison manual pre- hearing. Semi-open prisons Of the 7,251 complaints increased parallelly, observed complaints were about issues Chamba district today, police said. The PEPSU Road being run in accordance with pared by the Ministry of Home or open prisons allow convicts received by Civil Aviation Min- an industry insider. related to check-in and board- Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus (bearing number rules. Affairs, Government of India," to work outside the jail prem- istry platform AirSewa from The draft Air Passenger Cit- ing and 271 were related to the PB09X-3602) skidded off the road and rolled down While terming the appoint- the bench said. ises and earn a livelihood and December 2016 to July this izen Charter should be imple- quality of food served. about 100 metres from the road at Dhagoh, near Tun- ment of board of visitors "an "We do not see why an return in the evening. year, 2,233 pertained to flight mented without any delay and As many as 796 complaints absolute necessity", a bench acceptable document pre- The concept was brought delays and 1,753 were related to on a non-partisan basis, if the were related to baggage. Avia- nuhatti, Chamba SP Dr Monica Bhutunguru said. comprising Justices Madan B pared by the Ministry of Home in to assimilate the convicts ticket fare and refunds, the data government is serious about tion watchdog DGCA, in its ABDUCTED BOY FOUND BEGGING Lokur and Deepak Gupta won- Affairs should not be followed with the society and reduce tabled in Parliament on August addressing these issues, he said. latest report, also revealed dered as to why states were not by the prison departments," the their psychological pressure as 2 said. About 377 complaints The draft charter was that there was no decline in MUZAFFARNAGAR: A 13-year-old boy was found following the model prison court said. they faced lack of confidence regarding crew behaviour were released in May, with an assur- the complaints of domestic air begging on the streets, 12 days after he went missing, manual which was prepared by The bench was also in leading normal lives outside. also registered against the air- ance from the ministry that it passengers regarding luggage from the district headquarters area, police said today. the Ministry of Home Affairs. informed that Ministry of The court had earlier taken lines, the data revealed. would be implemented within mishandling and 27.5 per cent Zishan Ali, who works as a labourer, yesterday found The bench was informed by Home Affairs has issued advi- strong exception to over- Significantly, the manage- two months. However, it is still of the complaints received in his son Shoaib, who was missing since the last 12 days, advocate Gaurav Agrawal, sories about the appointment crowded jails across the coun- ment of a prominent low-cost at the consultation stage. June this year were related to begging on streets, they said. The boy alleged that one who is assisting the court as of board of visitors but several try and had said that prisoners carrier, which has drawn flak The government data was baggage. It shot up from 21 per an amicus curiae in the prison states have not followed it. also have human rights and for cases of passenger misbe- compiled during a period of cent of all the complaints in Mannu had abducted him when he was out of home reforms matter, that several The apex court, which is they cannot be kept in jail like haviour, has asked its crew to be high traffic growth. It was April to 23.9 per cent in May and forced him to beg, the police said. states have not yet appointed hearing a matter relating to "animals". more cordial when it comes to shared by Minister of State for and to 27.5 per cent in June. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 mp CITING 32-YR-OLD COMMONWEALTH PACT MU impasse: Dy CM IIT-H should remain relevant to seeks cooperation of agitators in India to ask Pak to provide 4th industrial revolution: Prez restoring normalcy OUR CORRESPONDENT IMPHAL: Expressing concern HYDERABAD: IIT Hyder- over the two-month impasse details on Jaish terrorist abad should remain relevant at Manipur University, Deputy to the fourth industrial revolu- Chief Minister Y Joykumar on SUMIR KAUL provisions that related to the tion which will "write the script Sunday appealed to the pro- interception of telecommuni- of the 21st century", President testing students and teachers to SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: cations and postal items, covert Ram Nath Kovind said on cooperate with the HRD Min- India plans to invoke a electronic surveillance, use of Sunday. istry and the state government 32-year-old Commonwealth live video links in the course Addressing the seventh in “restoring normalcy” at the pact to seek details from Paki- of investigations and judicial convocation of the Indian Insti- institute. stan about the 2018 Sunjawan procedures and asset recovery. tute of Technology Hyderabad Academic affairs have been Army camp terror attack Waqas, a Pakistani national (IIT-H) at nearby Kandi, he under suspension at the cen- mastermind Mufti Waqas, a who had infiltrated into the urged the institute to break out tral university since May 30 as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) mil- Kashmir Valley in 2017, was of silos and encourage others to protesters, under the aegis of itant who was killed by secu- the operational commander of do the same. Manipur University Students rity forces in March this year, the JeM. Besides being the mas- The president said India entific universities and insti- application, he said. Union and Manipur Univer- according to officials. termind of the Sunjawan Army would judge the success of tutions of learning were not Kovind noted that there sity Teachers Association, The move is also expected camp attack, Waqas was also IIT-H by the vitality and out- just 'teaching shops' or 'degree were as many as 19 research have been seeking the removal to help India in making a fresh behind the suicide attack on put it can ensure for not just factories'. facilities and laboratories of the of Vice Chancellor A P Pan- appeal to the United Nations to a CRPF camp in South Kash- itself, but the entire Hyder- "Increasingly, they are Council of Scientific and Indus- dey over allegations of irreg- get the JeM and its chief Mau- mir's Lethpora on the interven- abad's knowledge ecosystem. sources of innovation and trial Research, Department of ularities. At a press meet this lana Masood Azhar banned ing night of December 30 and "As a second generation IIT, incubators of technology and Science and Technology, the morning, Joykumar said, “We under the Security Council December 31 last year. it is important that IIT Hyder- technology-driven start-ups," Department of Biotechnology, are very concerned about the resolution 1267. China has According to officials, he abad borrows from as well as he said. the Department of Atomic future of the students as the blocked previous moves by was functioning as the opera- learns from the models of the "The knowledge ecosystem Energy, Defence Research impasse has entered its third India seeking a ban on the JeM monwealth law ministers at six soldiers, one civilian and tional commander of the terror past. Conditions are differ- of public investments in sci- and Development Organisa- month. The academic activities and Azhar. their meeting at Harare in Zim- three terrorists were killed. outfit and had even despatched ent from the 1950s and 1960s. ence, academic institutions and tion and Indian Space Research must have suffered a huge set- According to officials in babwe in 1986. Citing the amendments fidayeens or suicide bombers India has changed. Technology universities, research laborato- Organisation in Hyderabad. back because of the stir.” the Union Home and Exter- Citing this pact, India will made to the Harare agreement from Tral in South Kashmir and the very discipline of engi- ries, commercial applications The president said many of Pandey was granted a one- nal Affairs ministries, the rele- seek details from Pakistan during the meeting of law min- to Jammu. It was then that the neering has evolved. Our aspi- and private enterprise has an these entities were doing excel- month leave earlier this week vant papers were being readied about Mufti Waqas, who was isters in 2011 at Sydney in Aus- fidayeens had carried out their rations are no longer limited to almost magical potential. Its lent work. on the advice of the Union to send a request to Pakistan killed in an encounter in March tralia, India will, if necessary, strike on the Army camp in the heavy industrial base that best example is, of course, Sili- "But there is need for Human Resource Develop- under the Commonwealth pact this year with security forces at also seek details of the record- Sunjawan. Waqas is also sus- we created six decades ago," con Valley in the United States," cross-pollination. IIT Hyder- ment (HRD) Ministry. He for international cooperation Awantipura in South Kashmir, ing of statements of possible pected to be responsible for he said. the president said. abad is not envisaged as just was replaced by professor W in criminal matters, under the officials said. witnesses through video calls, radicalising local boys Fardeen "Rather, IIT Hyderabad has IIT Hyderabad has been set an add-on to this ecosystem. Vishwanath Singh. The minis- which commonwealth nations The details include phone they said. Khandey and Manzoor Baba. to remain relevant to the fourth up in a city and a metropoli- Rather, it needs to be the hub try had last month formed an are bound to provide Mutual numbers dialled by Waqas In 2011, Commonwealth The two boys had carried out industrial revolution that will tan area where several elements of this ecosystem. It must be inquiry committee, headed by Legal Assistance on such issues, before and after the terror law ministers adopted amend- the suicide attack on the Leth- write the script of the 21st cen- for such an ecosystem already the connecting tissue and the a retired chief justice of high they said. The agreement was attack on the Sunjawan Army ments to the Harare pact envis- pora CRPF camp in December tury," he emphasised. exist. The city has a long tradi- catalyst for a greater synergy," court, to look into the allega- originally adopted by Com- camp on February 10 in which aging cooperation in some new last year. PTI Kovind said the best sci- tion of scientific discovery and he said. tions against Pandey. MPOST Four members of Sushma Swaraj pays floral tributes at Lal farmer’s family 18 cows die of suffocation at commit suicide Bahadur Shastri bust in Uzbekistan shelter home in Chhattisgarh TASHKENT: External Affairs "Promoting Indian man- COIMBATORE: Four mem- Minister Sushma Swaraj paid goes in Uzbekistan! EAM OUR CORRESPONDENT bers of a farmer's family alleg- floral tributes at the bust of Sushma Swaraj inaugurated edly committed suicide at their India's second prime minis- a Mango Festival organised RAIPUR: At least 18 cows died home in nearby Tirupur dis- ter Lal Bahadur Shastri at his by the Government of Uttar of suffocation over the past few trict, reportedly due to finan- memorial in the Uzbek capital Pradesh with participation of days at a shelter home man- cial burden, police said. on Sunday. mango exporters in Tashkent. aged by a village panchayat in The neighbours, who Swaraj, who arrived in The exporters will visit fruit Chhattisgarh’s Balodabazar dis- noticed the house closed for Tashkent yesterday on her first markets and meet fruit trad- trict, a senior official said on a long time this morning at visit to Uzbekistan, visited the ers," Kumar tweeted. Sunday. Dharapuram village, peeped Shastri memorial this morning. Swaraj also interacted Carcasses of 18 cows were in and found Muthuswamy, his "EAM Sushma Swaraj pay- with Uzbek Indologists, Hindi recovered from Rohasi village mother and two children hang- ing floral tribute to freedom teachers and students. on August 3, Balodabazar Col- tured the stray cattle, includ- chayat, he said. When they ing from the ceiling, police said. fighter and 2nd Prime Minis- "EAM Sushma Swaraj: Love lector Janak Prasad Pathak said. ing cows and buffaloes. They noticed a foul smell emanat- The farmer's wife had gone ter of India Shri Lal Bahadur and appreciation for Indian The incident came to light locked some of the animals in ing from the place on August to a nearby village to attend Shastri at his memorial in Tash- culture is visible everywhere after local officials received a room at a ‘kanji house’ (cow 3, they checked the room and a festival, they said. Police kent," External Affairs Ministry in Uzbekistan. Indian dance, information that carcasses of shelter) in the village and tied found the animals dead inside said the farmer first hung his spokesperson Raveesh Kumar music, films, cuisine, costume cows were being transported to other cattle in an open area on it, Pathak said. 11-year-old daughter and his tweeted along with a photo- and now yoga are very pop- be buried in the village, located the premises, Pathak said. While the villagers were four-year-old son before he and graph of the minister. ular," Kumar said. "Country around 70 km from the state When no person came to transporting the carcasses on his mother ended their lives in At the memorial, Swaraj with a strong cultural affinity capital, he said. “Preliminary claim ownership of the ani- tractors for disposal, someone a similar manner. Muthusamy, also met with Yakov Shapiro met with Speaker of Uzbeki- stan Nurdinjon Ismoilov and towards India! EAM Sushma investigation revealed that the mals, the villagers, who were informed the local officials who who had taken four acres of who sculpted the bronze bust stan's Legislative Assembly representatives of political frac- Swaraj interacts with Uzbek cows were locked in a room for finding it difficult to provide reached the spot, he said. land on contract, was upset of Shastri. Shastri had died in Nurdinjon Ismoilov and dis- tions in their Parliament. Dis- Indologists, Hindi teachers and the past few days and they died water and fodder, released the After the autopsy, all the as he could not get expected Tashkent in January 1966 after cussed the role of Parliament in cussed the role of Parliament in students, and ITEC and ICCR of suffocation,” he said. cattle tied in the open area of carcasses were disposed of in returns from farming. signing the Tashkent Declara- fostering closer people-to-peo- fostering closer people-to-peo- alumni in Tashkent. They play Some villagers were earlier the shelter home, he said. a deep pit dug in the village. A preliminary inquiry tion that formally ended a war ple relationship. "EAM Sushma ple relationship," Kumar said. an important role in promot- worried about stray cattle dam- However, they allegedly did Adequate measures have been revealed that financial burden between India and Pakistan. Swaraj met the Speaker of the Swaraj also addressed the ing academic exchanges and aging crops in their fields. not notice the cattle locked in taken to avoid the spread of any was the reason for the extreme A memorial was built here Legislative Assembly of Oliy Indian community here and people to people contacts," he After discussing the issue the room at the shelter home, epidemic in the village due to step. MPOST in his memory. Earlier, Swaraj Majlis (Parliament) of Uzbeki- inaugurated a mango festival. said. PTI among themselves, locals cap- managed by the village pan- the incident, the collector said. Mughalsarai is now Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway station

LUCKNOW: Mughalsa- rai Junction, the iconic rail- way station in Uttar Pradesh was formally renamed after RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Uphadyay on Sunday. The BJP chief Amit Shah inaugurated the railway station. Union Minister Piyush Goyal the yard at the station. The move drew flak from and UP CM Yogi Adityanath On paper, Mughalsarai sta- the opposition which accused were also present during the tion got a new name after Uttar the ruling party of attempting inauguration. Pradesh Governor Ram Naik to tamper with history. Upadhyay was found dead gave his assent to the proposal UP BJP chief Mahen- in mysterious circumstances in June. dra Nath Pandey on Saturday near the Mughalsarai station The Centre gave its in-prin- said the BJP governments in in February 1968. Mughalsarai ciple approval last year to the the state and at the Centre had is also the birth place of former state government’s proposal imbibed Deen Dayal Upadhy- prime minister Lal Baha- to rename the station, which ay’s philosophy of ‘antyodaya’, dur Shastri. The leaders also is among the busiest in the or caring for the last person in launched a project to upgrade country. society. AGENCIES 96-year-old woman appears About 200 Indian pilgrims stranded for literacy exam in Kerala in Nepal OUR CORRESPONDENT SHIRISH B PRADHAN

THIRUVANANTHA- KATHMANDU: Around PURAM: Age is just a num- 200 Indians on their way back ber for 96-year-old Karthiyani home after the Kailash-Man- Amma, who was among the sarovar pilgrimage in Tibet are 40,440 people who appeared stranded in Nepal’s Humla dis- for the literacy examination trict due to bad weather, Indian conducted by the Kerala State Embassy said here on Sunday. Literacy Mission on Sunday. There were around 150 peo- Karthiyani Amma took the ple stranded in Simikot and examination at the Cheppad 50 in Hilsa, near Nepal-Tibet government LP school, Liter- border. acy mission sources said. Due to bad weather, it was Driven by the urge to read impossible to immediately air- and write, the nonagenarian lift the pilgrims from Hilsa and had enrolled herself in the state Simikot to Nepalgunj, a border literacy mission's 'Aksharalak- city which is about four-hour sham' programme six months in which reading, writing and drive from Lucknow, it said. ago. Eighty inmates from var- mathematical abilities of the “Indian Embassy is aware that ious prisons also wrote the examinees are tested. A total of about 200 pilgrims are stuck in examination. 2,420 members from the sched- Simikot due to bad weather & A Mission press release said ule caste community and 946 was in continuous touch with 11,683 people from Palakkad from schedule tribe commu- them and their family mem- district appeared for the exam, nity also took up the exam. bers,” a statement said. PTI 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 EDITORIAL Turf wars & marginal farmer Aftermath of the AgriMatters West Bengal has taken pioneering steps in making the agriculture shelter scandal department sensitive to the needs of small growers he outrage over the sexual exploitation of minor ccording to of soil. inmates at a government-funded shelter home in the Rules of West Bengal has Bihar found an echo in the national capital on Sat- Business, the indeed taken the first urday when several opposition parties came together Coffee Board, steps in making the Agri- Tto protest the incident. Led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the SANJEEV CHOPRA AChoir Board and the Tea culture department sensi- protest saw the participation of Congress, AAP, CPI and CPI- Board are with the Min- tive to the needs of these M. Former Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav demanded that istry of Commerce, while small growers who found the accused Brajesh Thakur be hanged. Congress President the Coconut Board is with that they really had no Rahul Gandhi said that he has come to the protest in solidarity the Ministry of Agricul- ‘voice’ within the gov- with the women of the nation and if Bihar CM feels ashamed ture. The two ministries ernment system. The for what has happened in Bihar, he should take immediate are often engaged in a task was entrusted to action. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that it is the same Jantar turf war, not only about the West Bengal water- Mantar from where the protest in support of Nirbhaya rocked these commodities but shed management soci- the foundation of the UPA government. The Bihar incident is on a range of issues from ety, which has the overall worth 40 Nirbhyas and no one involved in the scandal should Minimum Export Prices, responsibility for extend- be spared. He demanded death sentence for the accused and tariff and non-tariff barri- ing the reach and spread the politicians who defended him so far. ers and trade facilitation. of micro-irrigation. The The coming together of these leaders to protest the infa- A few years ago, a con- department has also tried mous Muzaffarpur shelter home mass rape incident indicates certed effort was made to establish a platform for that the opposition RJD has been successful in highlighting by the Ministry of Com- the small growers, BLF the failures of the Nitish Kumar led JD(U)-BJP government in Today nearly 50 merce to take the Coco- owners, input suppli- Bihar. RJD with 81 seats is the single largest party in the state per cent of the tea nut Board also under their ers, and university and Assembly while JD(U) and BJP with 70 and 53 seats rule the wings – and it was only extension specialists to state through the coalition government. A day before the RJD’s grown in West when the Horticulture work together. However, protest at Jantar Mantar, JD(U) had advised Rahul Gandhi and Bengal comes Division in the Union the Tea Board is not very Arvind Kejriwal to stay away from the RJD’s protest, remind- Agriculture Ministry comfortable with dealing ing them how RJD’s rule in the state was synonymous with the from the lands mobilised state govern- with farmer groups as the Jungle Raj. But ignoring the appeal of JD(U), both the leaders of the marginal ments against this move orientation is different. participated in the RJD’s protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. It that the proposal was While visiting is a common perception that the NDA is a declining force in and small farmer shelved as many Chief the Arakku Valley in Bihar’s politics and RJD’s stars are rising. At a time when the who find that Ministers wrote to the Vishakapatanam these opposition parties are making moves to unite themselves in then Prime Minister thoughts again came to their bid to oust BJP from power at the Centre, it is natural by working on that this move would the fore, and your col- for them to throw their weight behind RJD, when it is taking the field himself, be against the small and There is a need to revisit the structure of the commodity boards considering marginal and small producers (Representational Image) umnist felt that there is on the state government in which BJP is a coalition partner. combined with marginal farmers who are need to revisit the struc- Nitish Kumar had come to power in the state on an anti- more used to interacting rubber were produced bulk of tea production in leaf factories” where tea some support would ture of the commodity RJD wave. In the nearly twenty years of the RJD rule, the law labour from with the department of by corporate houses in the country, (and more is processed. What was have helped her to focus boards, and wherever and order were stated to have collapsed and the state moved within the family agriculture. This was the large plantations – and so in West Bengal) was earlier a composite, end – on quality improvement the small and marginal backwards in all indices of development. There were multiple time when your colum- the problems in this sec- in the plantation sector. to the production system – making it the best in farmers are the primary charges of corruption and financial scandals including the resources, the nist tried to understand tor were mainly related to But not any longer. Today in a tea garden, has now class globally, and assis- producers, the responsi- fodder scam in which the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad is cur- economics of the logic of why certain labour welfare, trade, and nearly 50 per cent of the been broken into differ- tance which was due bility should be given to rently serving a jail term. Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) had promised sections were with the exports. Of course, jute tea grown in West Bengal ent components, and the to them on the basis of the Agriculture Depart- to provide a corruption-free government besides improving tea production Ministry of Commerce and tobacco were grown comes from the lands of results are quite positive, their small land holding ments – both at the level the law and order situation. Over the years, JD(U) chief Nitish works out quite and the rest with Agricul- by farmers, but as these the marginal and small even though there have would help them trans- of the Union and the state Kumar was seen more involved in remaining at the centre- ture. One learnt that crops were not really food secu- farmer who find that been no real extension form their production. governments. In any case, stage of Bihar politics by forging alliances with parties dia- favourably grown by farmers were rity related crops, it was by working on the field services or inputs from Thus , if the marginal when it comes to exports, metrically opposite in ideologies. From BJP to RJD, Kumar with Agriculture and all best left to the Commerce himself, combined with the agriculture depart- and small tea growers there is Agriculture and switched sides without any compunction. In his compulsion plantation crops (rubber, Ministry which believed labour from within the ment. Of course, the cynic in Cooch Behar, Jalpai- Processed Foods Devel- to remain in power and manage the day-to-day affairs of the coffee, and tea) were with that dealing with the large family resources, the eco- may say that if the farmers guri, Uttar and Dakshin opment Agency which coalition and his party, the promise of good governance and the Commerce Ministry corporate houses/trading nomics of tea production have done so well with- Dinajpur got support for can take care of these development lost the focus of the government. The higher as these were being man- establishments was their works out quite favour- out any external support, establishing micro-irriga- aspects. Let us give a education sector remained in a disarray for all these years aged by corporate houses. domain competence. ably. While we were still in where is the need for the tion (drip/sprinklers) on voice to the marginal with the result that an army of youth without adequate edu- These Rules of Busi- However, over the the districts (in the nine- government to poke its their tea growing fields, and small producer. Let cation and skill emerged on the scene. In absence of meaning- ness were made when the last few decades so many ties) efforts were made nose in every sphere of they would not only save their commodity boards ful employment, they pervaded the entire range of informal focus of Krishi Bhawan changes have taken place to dissuade the farmers activity that the farmer on precious water (which be democratised. sectors from NGOs to politics. A large section of youth is (Agriculture Ministry) in the way commodities from taking up tea pro- takes up. many of them have to (The author is now ready to upset Kumar’s political ambition in the state. was primarily on ensuring are being produced and duction in the erstwhile The answer is that buy), but also on fertil- Director General, ATI & The resurgence of RJD in the state politics is attributed to the food security in the coun- marketed. Take the case rice growing fields, but while the small and mar- isers and labour. These Additional Chief support it receives from the youth. Though Kumar tried to try – and all efforts were of tea – for your colum- the economics was over- ginal grower of tea, (and farmers should also have Secretary, Govern- respond to the changing scenario by some out-of-box initia- made in this direction. It nist has personal knowl- whelmingly in favour of for that matter, coffee) their Soil Health cards so ment of West Bengal. tives like the introduction of prohibition in the state and mass was required as well, and edge about this industry. tea production to be sold has done well without that the inputs into their The views expressed are recruitment of school teachers on a contract basis, these mea- in any case, tea, coffee and Three decades ago, the to what is called “Bought- government assistance, fields is based on the kind strictly personal) sures have failed to live up to the expectations of the youth. The crime rate is once again soaring and people are increas- Dear ingly losing faith in the government. The situation is ripe for Quote martial TREADING THE BEATEN TRACK Editor millenniumpost.in the emergence of an alternative political force in the state. As caste considerations still play an important role in the BJP government’s efforts to withdraw the subsidy given on energy like gas and others to Log on to write letters to the state’s politics, the rise of RJD to the centre-state is not sur- A rich man is curb the perpetual pampering to the privileged who exploit at the cost of lower strata of editor or send them to prising. Armed with the support of the youth, RJD’s aim to nothing but a trounce both BJP and JD(U) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elec- people is a welcome move. The sawders served by the government to upgrade the people [email protected] tions looks more realistic. With incidents like the Muzaffar- poor man with from the poverty line at the cost of lower and middle-class people simultaneously is You can also send your pur shelter home rape cases coming to light, Nitish Kumar is money comments to The Editor, fast losing his credibility as a strict administrator. RJD’ protest accepted nolens volence. Poorly off people, especially in rural areas are always sentimentally at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Saturday and the participation sympathised while the dragged to rags in urban areas overlooked - a criss-cross passing Millennium Post, of national leaders from the opposition camp in the event W. C. FIELDS over decades together. Ironically, cerebral subsidy after 70 years is still perpetuating to the Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah underscores the fact that the issue is going to remain alive for Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 quite some time, most probably till the Lok Sabha elections reserved category on caste system. SAMIR CHAKRABORTY Via email next year. This incident will be cited as the biggest example of how Nitish Kumar failed in safety and security of minor children at the government-funded shelter homes for them. ‘Crocodile’ wins Rational use of drugs by a whisker Several organisations have been demanding ban on Fixed-dose Drug nown for his political longevity and survival skills, Emmerson Mnangagwa, nicknamed “Crocodile”, Combinations on the basis of evidence produced by several studies has finally been declared President. But, by the pro- verbial whisker. His “revolutionary” credentials, he Drug Technical can India’s pharma regulatory Kcoupled with his support among key parts of Zimbabwe’s elite, Advisory Board’s system hope to garner respect specifically within the military and security services, singled ARUN MITRA (DTAB) sub-com- across the world”. him out as a likely successor to Robert Mugabe. For 40 years, mittee’s report and Every medicine should be Mnangagwa stood next to Mugabe, the man who ruled Zim- Trecommendations to ban 343 taken on the prescription of a babwe from its inception in 1980 until last year. Mnangagwa of the Fixed-dose Drug Com- clinician under guidance and had fought alongside Mugabe in the 1977 liberation war and binations (FDCs) have been instructions about its dosage then later was security minister and justice minister, but the welcomed by the medical schedule. For different diseases job he had always wanted seemed to elude him. He got that professionals in general. Sev- the duration of use of a partic- chance after the November coup, and a victory in last week’s eral organisations have been ular medicine varies. This too election has cemented his position as the nation’s leader. The demanding a ban on these has to be told to the patient for trouble for Mnangagwa is that many still consider him to rep- combinations on the basis of effective compliance. This is resent a continuation of Mugabe, whose ghost lingers over The task that evidence produced by several important because efficacy of the ruling Zanu-PF party. Fear of Mnangagwa stems from his remains is studies. drugs varies in different situa- position as Mugabe’s enforcer and head of the Central Intelli- Treatment modalities of tions. Even during the course gence Organisation or secret police and his alleged role in the combating modern medicine are based of treatment the patient is sub- 1983-84 massacres of the Ndebele ethnic group in Matabele- the continued on evidence arrived at after jected to relevant investigations land, a region in Zimbabwe’s southwest that was a centre of long laboratory and clinical tri- to see if the drug is causing opposition to Mugabe’s regime. The International Association prevalence of als. After production, the drug any harm and to arrive at logi- of Genocide Scholars, an international nonpartisan organiza- a very large is put to trial on animals, gen- cal decision about which drug tion, estimated that the secret police and armed forces killed erally the guinea pigs. It is only Self-medication can produce disastrous results (Representational Image) is to be used in a particular at least 20,000 civilians. Kate Hoey, a Labour Party member number of after there is sufficient evidence situation. of the UK Parliament who has campaigned for years to high- Fixed-dose Drug of their safety that they are put mum side effects. there are increased chances of Court saying that safety of the All this is, therefore, a com- light oppression under Mugabe’s regime, described Mnan- to human trials on volunteers Scientifically, it is more adverse drug effects and inter- drug is compromised in com- plex process involving lot of gagwa in a parliamentary debate in November as “probably Combinations of with their consent under a lot appropriate that drug is for- actions compared with both the binations. Dr Anant Phadke expertise at every step. It is the one person in Zimbabwe who inspires even greater terror doubtful scientific of checks. There are set rules mulated as a single compound. drugs given separately. of AIDAN points out that the advisable that no one should than Mugabe.” As President, Mnangagwa has pledged to heal for commercial production of Combination products are Betsy Louda, Associate Edi- FDCs under scrutiny account use medicines without consul- divisions and rebuild the country. His Zanu-PF party won a validity, which a medicine, including pack- acceptable only when the com- tor, Contract Pharma in the for approximately Rs. 2,500 tation with a qualified doctor. two-thirds majority in parliament, but the presidential vote have somehow ing, storage and disposal. On bination has a proven advan- article published on 9 March crore in sales and represent Unfortunately, in our coun- was far closer. Mnangagwa won 50.8 per cent of the vote, the every strip of medicine, the tage over single compounds 2018 of the publication pointed only the tip of the iceberg. He try all these processes are not election commission said, just enough to avoid a runoff. The slipped through basic information of its con- administered separately in out that FDCs have increased says “In our estimation, the foolproof. The end users, the election victory was also marred by violent clashes in Harare the net and been tents has to be provided. Litera- therapeutic effect, safety or in the last decades. This is market of unsafe, problematic patients, also many a times do between police and protesters supporting the opposition ture about various benefits, side compliance. It is important that because the cost of produc- FDCs in India is at least one- not consult the doctor and take Movement for Democratic Change. Six people were killed, approved wrongly effects and contraindications is when the drugs are combined tion in a combination is less fourth of the total pharma mar- medicines after consultation of prompting statements of concern from the United States, the by the Central supposed to be enclosed in the they should not have additional than what is if the same drugs ket valued at Rs.1.3 trillion. a quack or buy medicines on United Nations and the UK. Mnangagwa is all too aware of Government medicine box. toxicity compared to if they are are manufactured separately. The task that remains is com- their own or at the advice of the international concern surrounding the election. Zimbabwe Each drug has its own ther- given separately. Dr C. S. Gau- Because of less cost and there bating the continued preva- chemists to cut the cost of treat- is eager to ensure that elections are considered free and fair to apeutic effects and also side tam and Dr Lekha Saha in an is improved compliance by the lence of a very large number ment. This is a wrong practice, lure back foreign investment and resuscitate its economy. As effects and there are specific article published online on 21 patients. However, the combi- of FDCs of doubtful scientific which the public must realise as matters stand, Mnangagwa should steer clear of Mugabe’s path contraindications for each Feb 2008 in British Journal of nations are propagated by the validity, which have somehow any irrational use of drug could if he wants to bring the country back together. He will have to medicine. This too is men- Clinical Pharmacology pointed manufacturers for more profit. slipped through the net and do more harm than good. IPA work very hard to change his character so that he can define tioned in the literature pro- out that in FDCs doses altera- The All India Drug Action been approved wrongly by the (Dr. Arun Mitra is Senior the future of the country and define his future as a democrat, vided along with the medicine. tions in one drug is not possible Network (AIDAN) which has Central Government. Review Vice President, Indian as a reformer. For now, only Mnangagwa knows the path he Therefore, the drug has to be without alteration of the other been fighting against the FDCs of all such FDCs in the mar- Doctors for Peace and will take and Zimbabweans will be watching carefully. prescribed rationally to meet drug. Since many drugs may at several forums had also filed ket is required in the inter- Development. The views maximum benefit and mini- have a different mode of action, a civil appeal in the Supreme est of patient safety, only then expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 mp in focus Trump’s charm offensive! US policy is putting significant pressure on the Iranian economy as it braces for August 7 when the first lot of economic sanctions will be imposed afresh resident Donald the pact. Trump seems to be “Today we are at a very crit- M SHAKEEL AHMED on a charm offen- ical point in history regarding sive with countries the deal, and Europe’s trans- Pthe US has found difficult to parent measures to compen- deal with over the years. In less sate for the United States’ than two months he has met unlawful withdrawal from it North Korean strongman Kim are very important for the Ira- Jong-un in Singapore and Rus- nian nation,” he is reported to sian President Vladimir Putin have said after talks with the in Finland. Now he has sur- new British Ambassador Rob prised the world by announc- Macaire last week. ing that he is willing to meet Six countries—China, Iranian leadership without France, Russia, Germany, the “preconditions.” UK, and the US – and the Euro- Another round Trump’s declaration last pean Union agreed to lift UN Monday at a press conference sanctions imposed on Iran, giv- of sanctions at White House came just as ing it greater access to the global basically covering the US prepared to impose new economy. In return, Iran agreed sanctions on Iran this week, to take steps to curb its ability commerce, next month and three months, to make a nuclear bomb. Iran’s including oil after the US pulled out of the enrichment capacity, enrich- landmark nuclear deal it had ment level, and stockpile were purchases, goes signed in 2015 with Iran along also limited for specific peri- into effect on with other world powers. ods. The deal was brokered by Iran has reacted sceptically the former US President, Barak November 4. The to the announcement with For- Obama. US administration eign Ministry spokesman Bah- Trump pulled out of the deal is also pushing ram Qasemi saying that the US saying it did not cover Iran’s bal- President’s offer contradicts his listic missile programme and for a new security actions, pointing to the Ameri- its alleged involvement in the and political can move to impose sanctions Middle East conflicts. European on Iran and put pressure on signatories to the deal have been alliance with six other countries not to conduct searching for ways to salvage it Gulf Arab states business with it. without much success so far. “Sanctions and pressures The tougher US posture plus Egypt and are the exact opposite of dia- against Iran has raised appre- Jordan, all Sunni logue,” Qasemi was quoted as hension that Washington is saying by Fars news agency. seeking to unseat the rulers by Muslim allies, to “How can Trump prove to the fuelling unrest in the country counter Shi’ite Iranian nation that his com- whose economy is already in a ments reflect a true intention shamble, observers say, adding Iran’s expanding for negotiation and not been The US position has reunited Iranian hardliners who opposed the nuclear deal that such a move would only influence. Such an expressed for populist gains. embolden the hardliners in the Deputy speaker of Iran’s Council,” said Nouri, who is US is prepared to take actions their malign behaviour, can metals. Iran’s currency plum- to block key shipping lanes, say- country. alliance is being Parliament, Ali Motahari, said also a former aide of the Ira- to end sanctions, re-establish agree that it’s worthwhile to meted to a new low, dropping ing “Iran has never sought ten- With different statements called as “Arab negotiations would be a “humil- nian supreme leader Ayatollah full diplomatic and commer- enter into a nuclear agreement past 120,000 riyals to the dollar sions in the region and does not coming out from Washington, iation” after the US withdrawal Ali Khamenei. cial relations, permit Iran to that actually prevents prolif- last week. want there to be any problem it is very difficult for Iranians NATO” from the 2015 nuclear deal “We should not reject nego- have advanced technology and eration, then the President has Another round of sanctions for the world’s waterways, but to believe if Trump was genu- with world powers. “If Trump tiations from the outset and dis- support the reintegration of the said he’s prepared to sit down basically covering commerce, it will never let go of its rights ine about his offer of talks with had not withdrawn from the miss him (Trump). We have to Iranian economy into the inter- and have the conversation with including oil purchases, goes to export oil.” Teheran. As it is, the US Pres- nuclear deal and not imposed be considerate and not get agi- national economic system.” them,” Pompeo told in an inter- into effect on November 4. The Iran believes that the US ident has little to show from (new) sanctions on Iran, there tated,” he said. Iran’s hesitation Secretary of State Michael view to CNBC. US administration is also push- is acting in bad faith by with- his meetings with the North would not be a problem with seems to be justified, as hours Pompeo put out a list of Trump’s policy is already ing for a new security and polit- drawing from the nuclear deal Korean and Russian leaders. negotiations with America,” he later Trump’s announcement demands that virtually included putting significant pressure on ical alliance with six Gulf Arab and is also seeking to promote Observers say that an Iran sum- told Iran’s official news agency the White House appeared to everything from Iran’s ballis- the Iranian economy as it braces states plus Egypt and Jordan, all unrest in the country by push- mit, if at all it takes place, might IRNA. walk back from his softening tic missile programme to its for August 7, when the US is Sunni Muslim allies, to counter ing toughing measures against not be different. However, a senior cleric and gesture. involvement in the war in due to re-impose the first lot Shi’ite Iran’s expanding influ- it. The US posture has reunited (The author is a former member of the influential Expe- This is evident from the Yemen as requirements for Iran of economic sanctions, follow- ence. Such an alliance is being Iranian hardliners who opposed Editor of PTI. He has also diency Council, Ali Akbar Nat- comments of a National Secu- to become a “normal country”. ing Trump’s withdrawal from called the “Arab NATO.” the nuclear deal. served as West Asia egh Nouri does not seem to rity Council spokesman Garrett “If the Iranians demonstrate the nuclear deal. This includes Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged other Correspondent for PTI, based be averse to Trump’s sugges- Marquis who said “if the Iranian a commitment to make funda- re-imposing sanctions on Iran’s Rouhani has suggested that Iran countries involved in the deal in Bahrain from 1988 to 1995. tion. “It should be discussed in regime changes its behaviour in mental changes in how they purchases of US dollar as well could cause major disruptions to forge ahead with their com- The views expressed the Supreme National Security the ways we’ve identified, the treat their own people, reduce as its trade in gold and precious in the Gulf region by attempting mitment of trying to salvage are strictly personal)

tweet A law for the big guns RETWEET With the evident inability to bring back ‘large’ economic defaulters, eyes gaze

at the new law asking if this will do what the existing laws couldn’t MARKANDEY KATJU he Fugitive Economic Offend- @mkatju ers Act, 2018 has Vijay Mal- lya and Nirav Modi written all over it. The Lok Sabha cleared Film 'Mulk'is realistic. Despite secular ROHAN CHANDRA Tthe bill on the second day of the mon- Constitution, communalism increased in soon session and having received the India&will further increase coz of coming President’s nod, observers remain capti- elections. Muslims will be targeted&Hindus vated in anticipation of justice that is yet will remain indifferent or be inwardly to be brought regarding the abscond- ing white collar criminals. While it is happy when Muslim is lynched. Police, evident that this is the government’s overwhelmingly Hindu, will often collaborate desperate measure to deal with these offenders, the intricacy of the same along with the timing is something to RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE Thirty plus take note of. Although the bill was intro- duced in Parliament on March 12, 2018, @Ra_THORe perpetrators dine the time elapsed since then has only in foreign lands come in aid of the offenders relishing taking pride in their self-exile decorated with their loot. The global sporting industry's networth The Enforcement Directorate stands will touch $80Bn by 2019. India will have to first fooling, then seeking confiscation of private proper- become a part of this growth story not just for successfully ties of such offenders under the Fugitive the development of individual athletes and the absconding, Economic Offenders Act. economy but for excelling as a country across While the ordinance route taken by international podiums. and persistently the government to form this bill was subjected to expected criticism by mem- dodging the bers of the lower house, the bill was clutches of passed by the end of proceedings for the NARENDRA MODI day with some amendments. The salient justice. In such features of the bill give an impression of @narendramodi a perilous state, the lessons learnt post the Nirav Modi crisis. The clauses ensure prevention of a Diamantaire Nirav Modi is just one among thirty offenders currently under investigation by CBI and ED that roam the globe a unanimous repeat of such offence, duly inspiring the Delighted to receive a letter from my young question arises future conspirators to find a loophole. bill was silent on the creditors or how hope to confiscate under the ‘new’ law is ate punishment for their fraud. As the friend Samakit, who shares his experiences whether they can However, as logically pointed out by to bring back these fugitive offenders something ‘left behind’ by these offend- bill becomes a law, more than thirty from a family holiday to Ladakh. He also Shashi Tharoor of Congress and Dushy- stands to testify the “embryonic” remark ers and with the scale of offence com- offenders (as per the written reply by writes about his sense of pride towards our be brought to ant Chautala of INLD, the Rs 100 crore by T.G.Venkatesh Babu of AIADMK mitted, their voluntary return stands M.J. Akbar, Minister of State for Exter- Armed Forces, which was heartening to read. threshold gives leverage to the offenders wherein he pointed out that the bill highly unlikely. It is easy to assume nal Affairs) under investigation by CBI #IncredibleIndia justice or not below the affixed mark. Piyush Goyal is also contradicting Article 21 of the that they made peace with this before and ED that roam the globe are brought countered in what seemed like a com- Indian Constitution. It is imperative to absconding. Nevertheless, it is impera- under the scanner. The government’s paratively logical response by stressing understand, however, that the disenti- tive to recover whatever amount possi- massive recapitalisation plan revives on the fast-tracked justice for ‘large’ tlement of the economic offender from ble from the properties of the defaulter the crediting power of public sector DONALD J. TRUMP defaulters; but that’s again a short-term defending any civil claim comes in as a from the bank’s perspective. Also, the banks, thereby improving their financial @realDonaldTrump objective, unsatisfying for something as harsh yet necessary mandate to establish disposing off of confiscated proceeds health. However, the scope of an inch- overarching as a ‘new law’. The poorly a stringent view of the law in regard of of crime or properties is unclear with perfect law to bring fraudsters back and handled cases of fugitive economic such offences. the efficiency of the same being a mat- serve as a deterrent for anybody plotting Fake News reporting, a complete offenders before would be replicated The search and seizure of proceeds ter of concern. to do the same is what this nation keenly if they do not cross the threshold since of crime, benami properties, and owned The underlying idea of this law is looks forward to. Last but not the least, fabrication, that I am concerned about justice was denied with existing laws properties is an all positive outcome of to bring the perpetrators to justice and these big guns should be given the credit the meeting my wonderful son, Donald, before, thereby urging for a new law. this law which seeks to provide relief to recover the losses or repair the damage for highlighting such a flaw in our sys- had in Trump Tower. This was a meeting Many members asserted their opin- the loss incurred by the financial insti- done to financial institutions. Follow- tem from which they benefitted, albeit to get information on an opponent, ion on how the law would not survive tutions due to a Non-Performing Asset ing that is the formation of an intolerant shrewdly, announcing to the nation legal scrutiny since it has loopholes and (NPA). In Piyush Goyal’s words “Crim- image, wherein committing such white how fragile our economic policies are totally legal and done all the time in appears to be hastily built in the Centre’s inal law doesn’t allow us to impound collar crimes will incur imprisonment. and how naive our financial institu- politics - and it went nowhere. I did not interest and eagerness to counter the their property” the new bill definitely There needed to be a strong law which tions may be. know about it! denigration that the Government feels seeks to confiscate everything. It is inter- prevents absconding of such offend- (The views expressed it has been subjected to. The fact that the esting to note that the everything they ers while subjecting them to appropri- are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 Nearly, 1,500 Pakistani owners of Venezuela’s Maduro survives properties in UK, UAE to get notices

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top apparent assassination bid government body that inves- tigates crimes related to tax- ation and money-laundering CARACAS: Venezuelan Pres- Colombian foreign ministry anniversary of the Constitu- will issue show cause notices ident Nicolas Maduro said denied involvement, saying tional Assembly, a legislative from on Monday to nearly he was "more determined the allegations were "absurd" body packed with loyalists 1,500 Pakistanis who have pur- than ever" after he escaped an and "lacked any foundations." that arrogated powers from chased properties in the UK "assassination" attempt using A senior US State Department the opposition-ruled National and Dubai, a media report said an explosive-laden drone as he official said the White House Assembly. on Sunday. gave a speech during a Caracas was monitoring the situation Maduro has remained in Citing top tax officials, military parade. closely, without commenting power in oil-rich Venezuela Dawn newspaper said that The government said seven further. Elsewhere, Maduro's despite a collapsing economy the Federal Board of Revenue soldiers were wounded in the allies Cuba and Bolivia con- and a long-running political (FBR) will issue show cause alleged attack on Sunday, demned the incident. crisis that has seen the country notices in two phases. elect Asad Umar, said that his rupees abroad. blamed on Colombia by Mad- Meanwhile, late on Sun- isolated internationally. In the first phase, notices government would rigorously "Their cooperation is also uro and later claimed by a mys- day, a civilian and military Hundreds of thousands of will be issued to about 1,000 pursue all those Pakistani resi- sought to bring back all the terious rebel group. rebel group calling itself the Venezuelans have fled due to people who have purchased dents who have not declared looted money," Chaudhry said. "I am fine, I am alive, and "National Movement of Sol- food and medicine shortages properties in the UK and their foreign assets. Khan had conveyed to the after this attack I'm more deter- diers in T-shirts" claimed and hyperinflation that could receive rent regularly. "The FBR will first ascer- foreign envoys that his gov- mined than ever to follow the heard a bang, before members Meanwhile, a policeman responsibility for the explosion. reach one million percent this "The FBR will dispatch tain whether the property own- ernment would take stringent path of the revolution," Mad- of the country's National Guard who requested anonymity said "It is contrary to military year, according to the Interna- these notices from its head- ers are Pakistani residents or measures regarding money uro said defiantly of the inci- lined up in the parade suddenly that drones may have been honor to keep in government tional Monetary Fund. quarters," the paper quoted an not. Later those Pakistanis laundering. dent, from which he escaped scattered. released from a nearby apart- those who not only have forgot- Maduro, a 55-year-old official as saying. who have not declared their "There are several Paki- unharmed. "It was an attack to kill me, ment that suffered a fire after ten the Constitution, but who Socialist leader who took over In the second phase, properties will face legal con- stanis who remained part of "Justice! Maximum pun- they tried to assassinate me one exploded. However, other have also made public office from his late mentor Hugo another 500 people who have sequences," the paper quoted past governments and now ishment! And there will be no on Sunday," he said in a state versions of events attributed an obscene way to get rich," Chavez in 2013, has effectively purchased properties in Dubai him as saying. they own costly properties forgiveness," he warned in an broadcast, speaking of a "fly- the fire to the accidental explo- the group said in a statement sidelined the fractured oppo- will be issued notices. These He said his party had pro- abroad. It's in the best interest address to the nation, spark- ing object (that) exploded in sion of a gas cylinder. passed to US-based opposition sition through control of the notices will be dispatched soon posed to the government to of the country to bring back all ing fears of an anti-opposition front of me." The government pointed journalist Patricia Poleo, who courts and the electoral body after completion of the first crack down on tax evaders the public money," the spokes- offensive in a country already Communication Minis- the blame at "the ultra- read it on her YouTube channel. - and undinting support from phase, the official added. when it was in the opposition. person added. reportedly holding some 248 ter Jorge Rodriguez said there right wing" - its term for the "If the purpose of a govern- the military, which holds key "We don't know exactly When asked whether his An official said the FBR political prisoners. was "an explosive charge... det- opposition. ment is to achieve the greatest posts in his government. how much investment was government will come up with had received soft data related Meanwhile, Attorney Gen- onated close to the presidential But Maduro himself said: amount of happiness possible, After the explosion, he made in the United Kingdom any amnesty scheme, he said to those Pakistanis who are eral Tarek William Saab, also podium" and in several other "I have no doubt that the name we cannot tolerate that the pop- ordered the military to be and Dubai," one official said. no such proposal was under not resident in Britain but have present at the parade, said spots along the parade held (outgoing Colombian Presi- ulation is suffering from hun- on "maximum alert." He also The FBR officials believe the consideration. purchased properties there. those arrested in connection in central Caracas. Saab told dent) Juan Manuel Santos is ger, that the sick do not have warned the opposition that notices will help the taxation PTI spokesperson Fawad Pakistan has also become with the incident would be CNN he saw a drone filming behind this attack." He added medicine, that the currency investigations will get to the bodies determine whether the Chaudhry also confirmed that a signatory to the Organisa- identified on Monday. the event explode. investigations pointed to finan- has no value, or that the edu- bottom of the alleged attack, recipients have declared prop- Khan in his recent meetings tion of Economic Cooperation "There will be a ruthless No drones could be seen in cial backers who "live in the cation system neither educates "whoever falls" in the process. erties in Pakistan or not. with envoys of the UK and and Development Multi- punishment," he said. the television broadcast, which United States, in the state of or teaches, only indoctrinating Maduro often accuses the Prime Minister in-waiting UAE emphasised that these lateral Convention, which Venezuelan state televi- showed bodyguards jumping in Florida. communism," the statement opposition and the United Imran Khan's Pakistan Teh- countries they should coop- will start providing access to sion images showed Maduro front of Maduro to protect him I hope that President Don- added. States of working together reek-e-Insaf leader and pro- erate with Pakistan to identify information about offshore looking up disconcertedly in with flexible ballistic shields. ald Trump is ready to fight The parade Maduroto foment a "coup" to topple spective finance minister, those Pakistanis who piled up accounts of Pakistani residents the middle of a speech having The broadcast was quickly cut. these terrorist groups." The attended marked the one-year him. AGENCIES Member of National Assembly- properties worth billions of next month. AGENCIES Canada will talk Head of Syrian regime research NAFTA 'anywhere, Kasur rape and murder convict gets anytime': FM centre killed, says Monitor 12 more death sentences in Pakistan OT TAWA: Canada's foreign BEIRUT: The head of a Syr- LAHORE: The convict in a should be stoned to death for minister has said the coun- ian government research centre high-profile rape and murder his crime as hanging in jail is a try is ready to resume North fabricating weapons has been case of a minor girl in Paki- punishment which is given to American Free Trade Agree- killed in an explosion targeting stan's Kasur city was given 12 other criminals but this beast ment (NAFTA) renegotiations his car, a Britain-based monitor more death sentences by a spe- deserves either public hanging "anywhere, anytime," according said on Sunday. cial anti-terrorism court here or stoned to death," the girl's to media reports. The pro-regime Al-Watan in another three cases of child mother said. Chrystia Freeland's state- newspaper confirmed the sexual abuse. The Lahore High Court had ment was the first from the killing. Imran Ali, who was already rejected Ali's plea challenging Canadian government in General Aziz Asbar was awarded four counts of the his death sentence handed to several weeks, and came as killed late on Saturday along death penalty, one life term, him in February in which he American and Mexican offi- with his driver in the central 7-year jail term and Rs 4.1 claimed his trial was not fair. cials last week said they aimed province of Hama, the Syrian million in fines back in Feb- Earlier this year, the rape to conclude talks on remaking Observatory for Human Rights ruary for raping and murder- and murder of the minor girl in NAFTA as soon as next month. monitor said. ent at the Masyaf centre, which comment on the report. ing the seven-year-old girl, had Kasur had sparked outrage and "We're ready to go as Asbar headed the research was developing short-range sur- A strike in September 2017 confessed sexually abusing at 'blood money'. is said to be involved in at least protests across the country. The quickly and intensively as pos- centre in Hama's Masyaf, which face-to-surface missiles. caused material damage at the least another eight girls, Dawn Ali who reportedly con- nine incidents of rape-cum- murder drew nationwide out- sible," Freeland told reporters was targeted in Israeli air strikes "The general was close to centre, according to the Obser- newspaper reported. fessed to his crime, said: "I murder of minors. rage and condemnation, and in a telephone conference from last month and in September Syrian President Bashar al- vatory which said a fire broke The anti-terrorism court's regret for my act. I became a The minor girl's father triggered violent protests that Hong Kong. last year, the Britain-based Assad and to Iran," the mon- out at a weapons warehouse (ATC) judge Sajjad Ahmed pervert after having an addic- Muhammad Amin Ansari had claimed two lives. "Canada is ready and will- Observatory said. itor said. Al-Watan reported where missiles were being on Saturday awarded 23-year- tion of watching child pornog- expressed satisfaction over the Ali was nabbed by authori- ing to negotiate anywhere, any- According to the United in its online version: "Doctor stored. old Ali, currently incarcerated raphy on Internet," a law officer verdict but demanded public ties on January 23 following a time," the minister said, adding States sarin gas was being Aziz Asbar, head of the scientific Israel has carried out numer- and on death-row for the rape quoted him as having said. hanging. DNA-match. she was "very keen" to wrap up developed at the centre, a claim research centre in Masyaf, has ous raids inside Syria since 2017, and murder of the minor girl, His arrest brought to light He recently has filed a peti- He was found to be a serial the talks. denied by Syrian authorities been killed after an explosion according to the Observatory, the death penalty on 12 more eight more such killings in tion in the Lahore High Court killer and had confessed to his Canada did not partici- who say the country does not targeted his car in the Hama targeting regime forces and their counts for the rape and murder Kasur. Prosecution charged demanding public hanging of crimes on the day of his indict- pate in last week's discussions possess any chemical weapons countryside." allies from Iran and Lebanese of three other girls, the report him with the murder and rape the suspect. ment that came through the between the US and Mexico, after a 2013 agreement to hand An Israeli air strike targeted movement Hezbollah. said. of another three girls and pre- "The murderer of my Lahore High Court (LHC). as they focused on bilateral over its chemical arsenal. the centre on July 22, Syrian More than 350,000 people He was also fined Rs 6 mil- sented witnesses in this regard. daughter should be hanged On February 17, he was issues - but Freeland said she Observatory head Rami state media and the Observa- have been killed and millions lion out of which Rs 3 million The ages of the three victims where he had killed her," given a death sentence for remained in contact with them. Abdel Rahman said that experts tory said. At the time an Israeli displaced since the start of Syr- were directed to be handed to were five, seven and eight. Ansari said. abduction, rape and murder Mexico and Canada have from regime ally Iran were pres- military spokesman declined to ia's civil war in 2011. AGENCIES the families of the victims as Ali, also a resident of Kasur, "We want that the suspect in the Kasur girl case. AGENCIES both said they want to maintain a trilateral pact, while US Presi- dent Donald Trump has threat- 52 jihadists killed in Egypt's Sinai: Army ened to pull out and negotiate Iraq says jihadists repeatedly hit power line separate bilateral agreements. Talks to bring NAFTA BAGHDAD: Jihadists have Prime Minister Haider al- CAIRO: Egypt's army said on also arrested in joint raids con- up to date began in August attacked a high voltage power Abadi declared "victory" in the Sunday its forces have killed ducted by the armed forces and 2017, at the request of Trump, line serving several Iraqi prov- fight against the Islamic State over the past few days 52 jihad- the police, the statement added. who has branded it a "terrible inces for the eighth time in two group in December, after the ists in the Sinai Peninsula where More than 250 jihadists deal." months, the government said jihadists had seized nearly a the military is conducting a vast and at least 30 soldiers have Negotiations have stumbled on Sunday. third of the country's territory operation against militants. been killed since the military due to Trump's favour for a so- The electricity ministry in 2014. But IS pockets remain, Egyptian forces launched launched the operation, accord- called sunset clause in US trade said it had to once again repair including in the mountains operation "Sinai 2018" in Feb- ing to official figures. agreements, requiring par- the 400 kilovolt line between around Kirkuk. ruary to rid the peninsula of Jihadists launched an insur- ties to renew them every five Kirkuk and Diyala after "ter- The damage to the line Islamic militants who have been the military said in a state- gency in Sinai after the 2013 years. rorist attacks of sabotage... between Kirkuk and Diyala has waging a bloody insurgency. ment referring to Sunni Mus- military overthrow of Egypt's After seven sessions, they which caused the line to cut" now been repaired and power "Over the last few days, the lim extremists. Islamist president Mohamed paused mid-June ahead of the on Thursday. restored to residents, a source operations have led to... the During these operations in Morsi, who was forced out in Mexican presidential election The damage was "the eighth months," the ministry said in Salaheddin and Nineveh prov- in the electricity ministry said elimination of 52 extremely North Sinai and the centre of the face of mass protests against on July 1. AGENCIES attack on this line in two a statement, plunging Kirkuk, inces into darkness. on Sunday. AGENCIES dangerous takfiri individuals," the peninsula 49 militants were his rule. AGENCIES Hundreds of Philippine mums in New passphrase system to be more user-friendly WASHINGTON DC: Sci- sentence structure with four success rates in this study were show of support for breast-feeding entists have developed a words randomly drawn from 82 per cent for the six-word new system that uses pass- a customized 1,450-word list. sentence and 80 per cent for MANILA: Hundreds of Phil- phrases for online authen- Researchers assessed the the customized word list, ver- ippine mothers simultaneously tication, and found it to be usability of their systems sus only 50 per cent for the nursed their babies in public on more user-friendly and secure against two existing pass- user-generated passphrase and Sunday, some of them two at a than traditional word-based phrase systems: a user-gen- 34 per cent for the passphrase time, in a government-backed passcodes. erated passphrase containing created using the 10,000-word mass breastfeeding event aimed Although passphrases, at least 24 characters, and a list. at combating child deaths. or phrase-based passwords, system-generated passphrase Given that study partici- About 1,500 women, some have been found to be more using words randomly drawn pants were instructed not to of them wearing tiaras and secure than traditional pass- from a list of 10,000. write down or practice their superhero T-shirts, sat on the words, human factors issues To gauge the success of passphrases, researchers found vast floor of a Manila stadium such as typographical errors their new systems, the authors that in real-world settings, the and let their babies suckle to and memorability have slowed asked 50 adult participants to success rates for their new sys- the beat of dance music. their wider adoption. create, in five minutes, a pass- tems would likely increase. "Breastfeeding is love. It is "Passphrases are more phrase and any applicable "Instead of asking users to difficult, but we do it for love," organiser Rose Padua said. two UN agencies said in a secure than passwords and mnemonic - without writing juggle both usability and secu- said Abegirl Limjap, a pregnant The World Health Organi- report earlier this year. avoid the various issues with the journal Human Factors, sentence structure that made down what they created. rity, which is complicated, let's 38-year-old property manager zation and the United Nations Twenty-seven children out biometric systems like finger- developed and tested two new meaningful sense; and a user- The participants completed provide secure passphrases in a "Super Mom" superhero Children's Fund recommend of every thousand died before print or facial recognition," passphrase systems that seek created mnemonic picture to two recall sessions, one imme- and allow users to do what costume as she nursed her two that children be given breast the age of five in the Philippines said Kevin Juang, a user expe- to address these shortcomings assist with recall. diately following the creation they do best: make things boys, one aged five and the milk within the first hour of in 2016, according to WHO rience research manager at and improve the usability and The final result would be of the four passphrases and easier for themselves," Juang other 11 months. birth and be exclusively breast- data. WHO and UNICEF esti- SunTrust Bank in the US. security of existing passphrase a passphrase such as "silly pet one 7 to 11 days later. said. The annual event aims to fed for their first six months. mate about half of Filipino "It's inevitable that we will authentication systems. wolf ate our pizzas," with an Researchers found that "By truly understanding draw public support for a gov- Globally however, three in babies were initiated into early eventually need to move past The first passphrase system accompanying user-generated memorability was greatly how users think, we can design ernment campaign to get more five babies are not breastfed breastfeeding in 2013, barely traditional passwords, but it's incorporated, in part, a spe- illustration. improved under their new sys- systems that keep them secure mothers to switch to breast early, putting them at higher changed from 46 percent in nothing to fear," said Juang. cialised wordlist using simple, The second passphrase tems compared with the exist- while also being easy to use," milk from infant formula, risk of death and disease, the 2003. AGENCIES The study, published in common words; a six-word system replaced the six-word ing ones: Second-session recall he said. AGENCIES 11 Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp PTI to announce Imran Khan Indonesia quake kills at least 19, injures dozens: Official as Pak PM candidate today MATARAM (Indonesia): A major earthquake on the Indo- nesian island of Lombok on ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan to the National Assembly chistan Awami Party (BAP) Sunday killed at least 19 people, will be named on Monday as have been directed to be pres- will be given a federal ministry injured dozens and damaged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ent at on Monday's meeting, for their support in the centre, buildings, officials said. party's candidate for the next Chaudhry said. whereas the PTI will support The seven-magnitude prime minister of Pakistan and The PTI has also decided BAP in getting its chief minis- tremor struck just 10 kilome- he is set to initially form a Cab- to form a 15-20 member fed- ter elected in Balochistan. tres underground, according inet of 15 to 20, according to eral Cabinet in the first phase The PTI is also expected to to the US Geological Survey. media reports on Sunday. of government formation, Geo get two ministries in the Balo- It was followed by two The party of the 65-year- News reported, after a high- chistan Cabinet. light to moderate secondary old cricketer-turned-politician level party meeting held on On Friday, the PTI and quakes and nearly two dozen emerged as the single largest Saturday. MQM-P also signed a nine- aftershocks. side in the National Assembly Sources said the party has point memorandum of under- "The latest data we have in the July 25 general elections. decided to induct Muttahida standing for the formation of a 19 people are dead at Tanjung While the exact date of Qaumi Movement-Pakistan in new government in the centre. Hospital (North Lombok)," "The latest data we have 19 people the swearing-in of Pakistan's the Cabinet. The MQM-P will On Thursday, however, the Agus Hendra Sanjaya, Mata- are dead at Tanjung Hospital (North new prime minister has not the meeting," Chaudhry said. Mengal (BNP-M), the party have one minister in the fed- political parties aligned against ram search and rescue spokes- been announced, reports say Claiming that the PTI now will have 177 seats, Chaudhry eral cabinet, while an adviser PTI announced that they are man, said. Lombok)," Agus Hendra Sanjaya, it could take place on August has the clear support to form said. would be inducted later, the fielding their own candidate for Among the dead are a one- Mataram search and rescue spokesman, 14, the Independence Day of the government in the centre, Pakistan's National Assem- report said. prime minister in Parliament. year-old and a 72-year-old, he the country. Chaudhry said, "PTI's seat tally bly comprises a total of 342 Meanwhile, Khan has The parties, including the said, adding that at least 52 said "A parliamentary meeting in the National Assembly cur- members, of which 272 are decided to not give any fed- Pakistan Muslim League- people were injured. of the party will take place on rently stands at 125 after the directly elected. A party can eral ministry to the members Nawaz, the Pakistan Peoples Officials issued a tsunami physics, told local TV. after a shallow 6.4-magnitude Monday at a private hotel in inclusion of independents." only form the government if of Pakistan Muslim League- Party, the Muttahida Majlis-e- warning after the quake, but it The quake caused light quake hit Lombok, killing 17 Islamabad," PTI spokesperson Allies and reserved seats it manages to clinch 172 seats Quaid (PML-Q). However, Amal and the Awami National was later cancelled. damage as far away as the Java- people and damaging hundreds Fawad Chaudhry was quoted will take the PTI tally to 174 in total. its leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Party, have decided to field Seawater up to 13 centime- nese city of Bandung, some 955 of buildings. as saying by the Geo News. seats in the National Assem- PTI had emerged in the Elahi would be nominated for their own consensus candidates tres deep poured into two vil- kilometres from Mataram, but It triggered landslides "Imran Khan will be for- bly, he added. lead with 116 NA seats in the Punjab Assembly speaker, the for the prime minister, speaker lages, Dwikorita Karnawati, was felt strongly on the neigh- that briefly trapped trekkers mally announced as the party's Further after the support polls. sources said. and deputy speaker slots in the head of the agency for mete- bouring resort island of Bali. on popular mountain hiking nominee for premier during of Balochistan National Party- All PTI candidates elected They added that Balo- National Assembly. AGENCIES orology, climatology and geo- The tremor came a week routes. AGENCIES Indian-American running for US Congress to Israeli PM Iran receives more airplanes defends Jewish ahead of US sanctions fight against growing corporate influence nation-state law TEHRAN: Iran acquired five new commercial aircraft on WASHINGTON DC: Inspired harder and more productive after protest Sunday, a day before the US by the Gandhian principles of hours than ever before and hav- begins restoring sanctions that 'be the change that you wish to ing less to show for it," he said. JERUSALEM: Israel's prime had been lifted under the 2015 see in the world', young Indian- The zeal to fight for the minister is defending a divisive nuclear accord with world American entrepreneur Suneel common people against the new law enshrining the coun- powers. Gupta is seeking to enter US special interests, he says, come try's Jewish character after tens The arrival of the ATR72- Congress to fight against the from his mother. of thousands of people demon- 600 airplanes at Tehran's Meh- special interest of the corporate "She was on the other side strated against it in Tel Aviv. rabad International Airport sector, which he believes has of the border when partition Benjamin Netanyahu said represented perhaps the last peaked a new height under the happened. They fled, and she at on Sunday's weekly cabinet benefits Iran will see under Trump Administration. ended up in a refugee camp as meeting that the law doesn't the nuclear deal after Presi- "Our family has always a little girl. My grandparents, harm any citizens, and is dent Donald Trump withdrew been very principled in the ide- her parents, spent every penny needed to "ensure the future from it in May. Economic woes als that if you don't like what they possibly could to get her of Israel as the state of the Jew- are sparking sporadic, leader- which are twin-engine turbo- ately respond to a request for you see, you have to do what is running for the US House dred volunteers who have been an education that in 1967 she ish people for generations to less protests across the country. props used for short-distance comment. (Mahatma) Gandhi said, be the of Representative from the knocking on the doors of each became Ford Motor Com- come." The rhetoric between the regional flights. The nuclear deal lifted inter- change, you cannot sit on the 11th Congressional District household. pany's first female engineer," Members of Israel's Ara- US and Iran remains heated, Their arrival means state national sanctions in return for sidelines," 38-year-old Gupta of Michigan. Given the cur- As per latest figure from the Gupta said. bic-speaking Druze minority, despite Trump tweeting last carrier Iran Air has received Iran limiting its nuclear pro- told PTI in a recent interview, rent political climate, pundits Federal Election Commission "The thing, Sanjay and I which is known for supporting week that he would be willing 13 of the 20 it ordered from the gram and allowing regular as he explained the reasons for have described this as a "toss- (FEC), he has raised more than always learned from my mom the state and serving in the mil- to meet with Iranian President French-Italian manufacturer inspections. UN inspectors said jumping into electoral politics, up" seat. It is currently being USD 1.3 million, which is more from a very early age is that, we itary, organised a major protest Hassan Rouhani. in April 2017. The deal had a Iran was complying with the which is new to his illustrious held by Republican David than any of his competitors. grew up in an area that was pre- Saturday against the law. Iran's powerful Revolution- list value of USD 536 million, deal, but Trump felt the agree- Indian-American family from Trott, who is not seeking his Gupta says he decided to dominantly white. There were Opponents say the law ary Guard on Sunday acknowl- though buyers and manufac- ment did not go far enough. Michigan. re-election, thus making it an run for the election last Novem- very few Indians and if we ever, passed last month relegates edged conducting recent naval turers typically negotiate lower He has called for a new accord His mother Damayanti open seat. ber to fight against the grow- ever told mom that felt differ- non-Jewish citizens to a sec- exercises near the crucial Strait prices. ATR, jointly owned by that would include a radical Gupta was the first female Ahead of the August 7 pri- ing corporate sector influence ent, we felt like we didn't belong ond-class status. Netanyahu of Hormuz after renewing European consortium Airbus transformation of Iran's poli- engineer with a degree at Ford maries, pitted against four under the Trump Administra- here. She was very quick to cor- said the "deep connection with threats to cut off the waterway and Italy's Leonardo, has been cies, including its military sup- Motor Company and his elder other Democratic candidates, tion. "Whether you're talking rect it. Just because we're dif- the Druze community" was to oil traders. pushing US officials to allow it port for the Syrian government brother Sanjay Gupta is a popu- Gupta has developed one of to Democrats, independents ferent, it doesn't mean that we essential and that a ministe- Iran's state-run IRNA news to finish its delivery of aircraft and regional militant groups, lar CNN health reporter. the best ground games in the or Republicans, you hear the don't belong," he said. rial committee would "advance agency reported the arrival of to Iran. The Toulouse, France- two issues not covered by the Gupta, who till recently 11th Congressional district, same thing, which is that we The campaign, he said, is the connection and these the five ATR72-600 airplanes, based firm did not immedi- 2015 deal. AGENCIES was a successful entrepreneur, with a team of several hun- feel like we're working longer, doing very, very well. AGENCIES commitments." AGENCIES

NOTICE We the undersigned hereby announced Suicide attack kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan: Official that registered Deed of Conveyance dated 14.02.1964 which was registered at DSR- Howrah being Deed No. 472 of 1964 in the name of Monilal Mitra in respect of prop- KABUL: A suicide attack with Afghan forces in eastern is made public by the relevant they killed or wounded eight for 13,000 soldiers, about 2,000 erty at Mouza- Jagacha, J.L. No. 6, R.S. Kha- claimed by the Taliban killed Afghanistan," NATO's Reso- national authorities," it said. American soldiers in a "tacti- of whom are assigned to anti- tian Nos. 423 & 549, R.S. Dag Nos. 411 & 412, land measuring an area 3 Cottahs 10 three foreign soldiers on patrol lute Support mission said in a The attack by a lone bomber cal explosion". terror combat missions. Chittacks 14 Sq. ft. within the limits of How- in eastern Afghanistan on Sun- statement. on foot happened at 6am in the The NATO force largely Last month a US soldier was rah Municipal Corporation, Ward No. 47, P.S.- Jagacha, Dist.- Howrah was lost from day, the deadliest assault on A US member of the patrol city of Charikar in Parwan prov- ended its combat mission in killed and two others wounded Santragachi Bus stand on 07.07.2018 and US-led NATO troops for many and two Afghan soldiers were ince 60 kilometres (37 miles) Afghanistan in 2014 and pulled in an "apparent insider attack" a GDE vide No. 319 dated 08.07.2018 was lodged at Jagacha P.S., Dist.- How- months. wounded, it said, without giving north of Kabul, said provincial out the bulk of its troops. A in southern Afghanistan. Casu- rah. If any person find the aforesaid Deed "Three Resolute Support the nationality of those killed. governor's spokesman Wahida 16,000-strong residual force alties among the NATO force please intimate us at the below mentioned phone number. service members were killed "Resolute Support has a Shahkar. remains for training and coun- have fallen dramatically since Thanking you. by a suicide bomber during a policy of never publishing the The Taliban in a statement ter-terrorism operations. most were withdrawn from 1) Smt. Swastika Mitra 2) Sri Tapas Mitra 3) Smt. Manjusshree Roy 4) Smt. combined, dismounted patrol nationality of victims before it claimed responsibility, saying Of these, the US accounts combat. AGENCIES Tapati Biswas 5) Smt. Aparna Dey 6) Smt. Krishna Patra 7) Smt. Tandra Das Chip labour: Robots replace Mob Number: 8334044352 waiters in China restaurant SHANGHAI: The little companies reduce costs as robotic waiter wheels up to growth rates in China's e-com- the table, raises its glass lid to merce boom begin to plateau. reveal a steaming plate of local "Before, everyone was Shanghai-style crayfish and all going for rapid expan- announces in low, mechanical sion. Now the growth is gone tones, "Enjoy your meal." and everyone has to focus on The futuristic restaurant improving their operations," concept is the latest initia- said Jason Ding, a China retail tive in Chinese e-commerce expert with Bain & Company. giant Alibaba's push to mod- "Operation is all about cut- ernise service and retail in a ting costs and providing bet- country where robotics and ter service. So these automated artificial intelligence are machine technologies, in the increasingly being integrated right place, can play a role into commerce. grocery shoppers fill their police streets and identify there." At Robot.He, custom- Raising efficiency and "carts" on a mobile app and law-breakers. ers book tables and order via lowering labour costs are the have the merchandise brought With digital payments via apps, and the diner's novelty objectives at Alibaba's "Robot. to them at checkout via con- mobile phone already now often draws long queues. He" diners, where waiters have veyor tracks on the ceiling, rivalling cash for many pur- Ma Yiwen, 33, brought been replaced by robots about or delivered straight to their chases, growing numbers of nearly a dozen colleagues with the size of microwave ovens, homes. pharmacies, bookstores and her. "We are all foodies and we which roll around the dining Alibaba now has 57 Hema other retailers have dispensed use our lunch time to try good room on table-high runways. markets in 13 Chinese cities, all with cashiers, allowing cus- food near our office. The idea "In Shanghai, a waiter costs of which will eventually feature tomers to order and pay for of a robot delivering food to up to 10,000 yuan ( 1,500) per the robotic restaurants. their desired merchandise, our table is very innovative so month. That's hundreds of Industry experts say they which is often handed over by we wanted to see it ourselves," thousands in cost every year. serve more as showcases of a robot. she said. And two shifts of people are Alibaba's tech prowess than Alibaba's e-commerce rival The restaurant says auto- needed," said Cao Haitao, the a serious business model in a JD.com has announced plans mation helps keep costs down, Alibaba product manager who country where labour costs are to open 1,000 restaurants by an additional lure for 20-year- developed the concept. relatively low. 2020 in which food will be pre- old customer Ma Shenpeng, "But we don't need two But the restaurants also pared and served by robots. who comes once a week. shifts for robots and they are typify the rapid adoption of JD.com and others are also "Normally for two to three on duty every day." The din- new technologies in a coun- working to incorporate air- people, a meal costs about 300- ers are attached to Alibaba's try where the government borne drones into their deliv- 400 yuan, but here, all this table new Hema chain of semi-auto- is increasingly using facial- ery networks. of food is just over 100 yuan," mated supermarkets, where recognition technology to The movement could help he said. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018

CHOKSI-NIRAV FRAUD Will invest Rs 1.75 lakh crore Sebi probe moves ahead, for expansion: IOC Chairman no clean chit to anyone NEW DELHI: Markets regu- NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Ltd, a joint venture with Indus- lator Sebi never gave any clean Corp, the nation’s largest oil trial Development Corporation chit report on fugitive business- firm, plans to invest Rs 1.75 of Odisha to promote down- man Mehul Choksi to Antigua’s lakh crore to nearly double stream plastics-based units citizenship-for-investment refinery capacity, boost petro- near Paradip Refinery. authority, a senior official said chemical production, expand The company has plans for on Sunday. The regulator is gas business and lay new pipe- setting up a Textiles Park in continuing with its probe into lines to become a vertically Odisha based on the feedstocks alleged violation of capital integrated company, its Chair- available from Paradip refinery. market regulations by Mehul man Sanjiv Singh said. “Looking at the future, the Choksi-Nirav Modi duo and It plans to raise capacity to company is strongly focussed their associates including some turn crude oil into fuels like on offering a bouquet of eco- brokers in connection with two petrol and diesel to 150 mil- friendly energy options other listed firms -- PNB and Gitan- stating that in one case, the The markets watchdog, in lion tonnes per annum by 2030 than liquid fuels to its custom- jali Gems, the official added. matter had been satisfactorily May, issued a warning letter to from the current 80.7 million ers. These would include nat- The regulator will now also closed, and indicating in the PNB as well for delaying dis- tonnes. The company currently ural gas, LNG, CNG, PNG, consider sending the notices other that there was not suf- closures to stock exchanges owns and operates 11 out of the autogas, biogas, hydrogen and for Choksi to Antigua as the ficient evidence to pursue the about the fraudulent transac- 23 oil refineries in the country. electricity,” he said. absconding businessman and case further. tions allegedly carried out by “As the leading refiner in Singh said IOC’s 5 million Gitanjali Gems promoter has Reacting to this, Sebi issued absconding Modi and Gitanjali the country and a dominant tonnes a year LNG import ter- been granted a citizenship a statement on Friday denying Group of companies. player across a diverse portfo- minal at Kamarajar Port in there, the official said. the claims. “Sebi has neither PNB was defrauded alleg- lio of offerings in energy, IOC Ennore in Tamil Nadu would Last week, an Antiguan received any request from the edly by the diamond trader is focussing on all emerging be commissioned by the end media report quoted the Carib- Citizenship by Investment Unit and his associates by fraudu- opportunities for organic and of the current year. Also, IOC bean country’s Citizenship by (CIU) of Antigua for updates lent use of letters of undertak- inorganic growth through ver- (RRPCL), apart from numer- said, adding a 69-km pipeline by the company board as yet. is booking capacities in other Investment Unit (CIU) as say- on any investigation nor pro- ing (LoUs) and foreign letters tical integration and strategic ous brownfield expansions.” is also being laid to transport These include expansion of its LNG terminals, both on the ing that Choksi was granted vided any such information to of credit (LoC) in connivance diversification, besides pur- RRPCL is building the petroleum products to Nepal. newest refinery at Paradip in east and west coasts of India. citizenship there last year after CIU,” the regulator said. with certain bank officials. suing value-creating research world’s largest integrated Currently, its investment Odisha to 18 million tonnes “IOC is developing three a background check on him got Explaining further, the reg- The regulator has analysed areas,” Singh said in the com- greenfield refinery-cum-pet- cycle includes Rs 16,628 crore from current 15 million tonnes natural gas pipelines -- Mal- ‘no adverse report’ from Indian ulatory official today said Sebi the stock market trade details pany’s latest annual report. rochemicals complex with a in upgrading refineries to pro- as also the expansion of Bon- lavaram-Bhopal-Bhilwara- authorities, including police, is in an advanced stage of probe of all entities associated with As part of this, projects capacity of 60 million tonnes duce Euro-VI emission norm gaigaon unit. Vijaipur, Mehsana-Bhatinda passport office and Sebi. against fugitive diamantaires Modi and Choksi, who has costing Rs 32,000 crore are in per annum. The project is being compliant petrol and diesel by Expansions are planned & Bhatinda-Jammu,” he said, As per the report, the CIU Nirav Modi and Choksi for sus- already been under scanner for various stages of execution and executed in partnership with 2020 as against Euro-IV fuel at the firm’s Panipat refinery adding it is also partnering in received documentation of two pected trading and disclosure various cases including a bro- plans are underway for imple- state-owned BPCL and HPCL being produced now. Besides, in Haryana, Koyali refinery the development of a 1,500- instances in which the Secu- related issues in the matter of kerage default incident. menting more projects costing along with Saudi Aramco and the company is investing Rs in Gujarat, Barauni refinery km natural gas pipeline grid rities and Exchange Board of over Rs 14,000 crore fraud at Incidentally, in July 2013, about Rs 1.43 lakh crore, he ADNOC of UAE. 15,600 crore in expansion of in Bihar and Mathura refin- to connect Guwahati to other India (Sebi), in 2014 and 2017, state-run PNB and it may soon the National Stock Exchange said. Singh said plans to nearly “Several pipeline projects petrochemical projects and ery in Uttar Pradesh. IOC is major cities of all north-eastern opened investigations on a cor- issue the orders. The regulator (NSE) in consultation with double refining capacity by with a combined capital expen- another Rs 74,600 crore in rais- also looking at adding 9 mil- states. He said IOC retails CNG porate entity owned by Choksi. is probing alleged fraudulent Sebi had debarred Gitanjali 2030 include “greenfield refin- diture of over Rs 20,000 crore ing the capacity of its existing lion tonnes capacity to its sub- to vehicles and piped cooking It further said the CIU trading, corporate governance Gems chief and main promoter eries of subsidiary Chennai are under implementation. refineries. sidiary CPCL. gas to households in nine cities requested updates on the sta- related violations, insider trad- Choksi, among others, from Petroleum Corp Ltd (CPCL) Upon completion, IOC’s pipe- Another Rs 36,500 crore On diversification, Singh and is “aggressively taking part tus of the investigations and ing and disclosure related issues trading, for securities market and the proposed Ratnagiri line network would expand to worth of projects are in pipeline said IOC has decided to infuse in the various bidding rounds received documentary con- in the case of Punjab National violations relating to trading Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd about 20,000 km in length,” he but have not been approved equity in Paradip Plastic Park for gas.” MPOST firmation, issued by the Sebi, Bank and Gitanjali Gems. in his company. MPOST Lankan govt reworking MoU on airport deal with India India to be power-surplus in 2018-19: CEA COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan NEW DELHI: The Central government is reworking on Built with high Electricity Authority (CEA) Last year also, the CEA had projected the draft of a memorandum of interest commercial has pegged energy and peak that India would become a power understanding to hand over the power surplus at 4.6 per cent management of Mattala Raj- loans from China and 2.5 per cent, respectively, surplus nation in 2017-18. But the apaksha International Airport by the Mahinda this fiscal, indicating that India peak power deficit was 2.1% while at Hambantota to Indian air- will be a power surplus country port operator, according to a Rajapaksha in 2018-19. overall electricity deficit was 0.7% media report on Sunday. govt, the MRIA Last year, the CEA in its across the country in 2017-18 Built with high interest load generation balancing A power sector expert said, commercial loans from China is dubbed as the report (LGBR) had also pro- “India is a power surplus state by the Mahinda Rajapak- “world’s emptiest jected that India would become because its installed genera- per cent and 22.9 per cent in the respectively. The anticipated sha government, the MRIA is The government had last negotiations with India was a power surplus nation in 2017- tion capacity is around 344 GW western, northern and north- availability of 1,398.7 billion dubbed as the “world’s emptiest month asked the Indian airport the proposal withdrawn or airport” due to 18. But the peak power deficit against the peak demand of not eastern regions, respectively. units (BU) energy during 2018- airport” due to lack of flights. It operator to submit its business denied despite what the media lack of flights was 2.1 per cent while over- more than 170 GW so far. The However, it said that east- 19 is based on the generation was officially opened in March plan for operating the loss- reported, it said, quoting an all electricity deficit was 0.7 deficit in supply is primarily ern and southern regions are programme of 1,265 BU in 2013 and the only international making airport. unnamed official. Authority to run the MRIA, per cent across the country in because of discoms’ reluctance likely to face energy shortage respect of conventional gen- flight operating from there was A draft MoU on handing “The Sri Lankan govern- named after Rajapaksa in his 2017-18. In April-June quarter to buy power. Either they don’t of 4.2 per cent and 0.7 per cent eration sources, it said. halted in May. The Sri Lanka over of the MRIA to the Air- ment’s terms only allow for home district. The AAI is to this fiscal, peak power deficit have funds to buy power or respectively which can be met The generation programme government had announced ports Authority of India (AAI) management control of the have a 70 per cent stake while was 0.7 per cent while overall they are afraid of under-recov- from surplus power in other from fossil fuel based generat- that it will go ahead with the was recently presented before commercial activities of the Sri Lanka’s CAA will invest 30 electricity deficit stood at 0.6 ery of power bills.” regions. ing sources has been arrived at deal with India to jointly oper- the Sri Lankan Cabinet and airport while ownership and per cent, Civil Aviation Minis- per cent. The other reason for power The peak surplus of 9.3 per after ensuring full utilisation ate the USD 210 million Mat- is now being reworked at the statutory functions including ter Nimal Siripala de Silva had “All India power sup- deficit is limitation of transmis- cent, 4.9 per cent, and 12.6 per of the energy that is likely to tala Rajapaksha International Indian government’s request, air traffic control and air traffic said in the parliament. ply position indicates that sion and distribution networks cent is anticipated in west- be available from nuclear & Airport (MRIA) at Humban- the Sunday Times reported. rights will be under the control The private-public-part- the country is likely to have particularly in remote and hilly ern, eastern and north-eastern renewable energy sources, it tota, about 241km south-east of The talks for management of Sri Lankan authorities,” said nership will allow AAI to enter a peak surplus of 2.5 per cent areas, the expert opined. regions respectively. Northern, said. The contribution from Colombo, through a joint ven- control of the MRIA are con- another official. into a 40-year lease agreement and energy surplus of 4.6 per According to the report, and southern regions are likely coal/ lignite based generating ture with the Airports Author- tinuing between India and Sri The AAI is to enter a deal to take up the management cent,” stated the CEA’s LGBR surplus energy is anticipated to face peak deficit of the order stations to the generation pro- ity of India (AAI). Lanka, at no point during the with Sri Lanka Civil Aviation control of the airport. MPOST for 2018-19. of the order of 1.9 per cent, 14.8 of 1.2 per cent and 4.5 per cent gramme is 1,044.29 BU. MPOST Supplying rails to Railways like a ‘Data protection bill LNG demand to stay strong dream come true: Naveen Jindal deterrent for businesses despite 70% price rise: Report ABHISHEK SONKAR who wilfully do wrong’ MUMBAI: The steep 70 per NEW DELHI: Supplying rails cent spike in global lique- to Indian Railways is like a BENGALURU: The proposed fied natural gas (LNG) price “dream come true”, Naveen data protection bill, making The proposed is unlikely to curb domestic Jindal, the Chairman of Jindal offences cognisable and non- legislation contains demand, but may crimp the Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) bailable, is a deterrent for busi- margin of city gas distribution which became the first private nesses who wilfully do wrong a provision for (CGD) companies to some company to supply rails to the as giant corporations can oth- the ‘Right to be extent as volume growth will railways, said. erwise get away with flagrant support marketing margins, Last week, JSPL bagged breaches ‘merely by throwing Forgotten’, which according to a report. 20 per cent of Rs 2,500 crore the fine monies,’ Justice B Sri- is in line with Over the past five to six global tender by Indian Rail- krishna has said. European data months, LNG prices in Asia ways to supply long rails. “Every modern statute has a have increased by over 70 per “It was a very emotional criminal liability clause. privacy laws cent, driven by rising Chinese demand. infrastructure in eastern region and proud moment. It was like That is a deterrent for those imports. The spurt was also due “The Gujarat High Court which is largely untapped. a dream come true. A dream who will do wrong intention- concerns and build safeguards to plant shutdowns and healthy has also tightened norms Government focus on which we had seen some segment in India, Jindal said, fils the spirit of ‘Make in India’, ally or grossly negligently. against data breaches. demand from Japan, Korea, on use of coal gassifiers by increasing the share of gas in 20 years back. I had always “SAIL can supply only up to he said adding that they were Without such provision, The committee had submit- India and Pakistan, Crisil said ceramic companies in Morbi the overall energy mix and the dreamt of supplying rails to a limit. already producing in India. merely imposing civil liabilities ted its report to the government in a weekend note. and Wankaner. These moves development of LNG termi- our national transporter,” Jindal “Railways was buying from When asked as to when the will make the law a toothless on July 27, suggesting steps for “But with crude prices resulted in a 20 per cent growth nals and pipelines, bode well told PTI in an interview. SAIL all that it could produce. first consignment would be dis- tiger as giant corporations can safeguarding personal infor- breaching USD 75 a barrel, in imports in the first half of for demand over the medium JSPL had set up a rail mill ... suppose, if Railways has a patched, he said the company and will get away with flagrant mation, defining obligations of traders see an opportunity to FY18,” it said. to long-term, it added. at its Raigarh plant in 2003 to requirement of 15 lakh tonne aims to ship the first shipment breaches merely by throwing data processors as also rights of price LNG in lockstep with What enhances the attrac- “But this will have a bear- become the second player after (LT) and SAIL can make only on August 7, 2018, which is the fine monies,” he said. individuals, and mooting pen- crude. Earlier, there wasn’t tiveness of LNG as an industrial ing on the margins of CGD SAIL to produce rails in India. 10 LT then you can see there also the birth anniversary of his Data privacy is a funda- alties for violation. much correlation between fuel is its improved competi- companies,” warns the report, “Meanwhile, we kept on is a shortage of 5 LT. To meet father Om Prakash Jindal, the mental right emanating from On “right to be forgotten” crude and spot LNG prices,” tiveness compared with alter- as “higher LNG prices, cou- getting long rail orders from this shortage Railways floated founder of O P Jindal Group. Article 21, as held by the provision, Srikrishna said it the report said. natives like fuel oil and LPG. pled with upward revision industry and were exporting to a global tender.” He claimed the order is to Supreme Court in the Puttas- cannot be exercised unilaterally It also noted that over the The regulatory push to expand in domestic gas prices, are countries like Iran, Bangladesh While appreciating the gov- supply around 1 lakh tonnes wamy case, and breach of fun- without considering the conse- rest of this fiscal year, too, CGD networks is also stoking expected to impact the operat- and a few others. In India, we ernment for recognising the of rails over a period of one damental right must be viewed quences of one’s action on per- prices are expected to hold at demand. Though in the past, ing margins.” supplied for dedicated freight potential of a private player for year but JSPL can easily com- very seriously, he added. sons who may have bonefide USD 8-8.5/mmBtu for non- higher prices dented LNG “Their cost is expected to corridor. But our main aim was the order, Jindal said it is a kind plete the entire demand within Some businesses are and innocently entered into peak months and reach USD demand in the country, things increase 25-30 per cent this to supply to the Indian Rail- of responsibility and JSPL is three months as it can produce gripped with fear about making transactions for downstream 10-10.5/mmBtu during the are different now with con- fiscal, impacting their operat- ways. Domestic rail segment is committed to and capable to 50,000 tonnes rail per month. offenses cognisable and non- processing of data. peak season even as supply sumption rising 6-7 per cent ing margins by 400 bps. But something which we were try- fulfil the order. Jindal further said that bailable under the bill by say- The proposed legislation is restored from plant turn- to 20 million tonne in FY18. absolute marketing margins are ing for 15 years,” he said. The National Steel Policy they have no plans to raise the ing this will make it tougher for contains a provision for the arounds and incremental liq- At an average crude price expected to be supported on Until now, under a Mem- (NSP) 2017 aims to raise the capacity of the rail mill as it businesses. They have argued ‘Right to be Forgotten’, which uefaction capacity of 25 million of USD 75 a barrel, the landed healthy volume growth,” it said. orandum of Understanding, domestic steel making capacity was being run at 50 per cent that it would force companies is in line with European data tonne coming on stream. cost of the fuel oil and LPG It can be noted that despite SAIL was exclusively sup- to 300 MT while another policy capacity and looking at the and executives to deal with privacy laws such as General Last fiscal, after stabilising is expected to be USD 14.3/ the price spiral, the recently plying rails to the Railways - the Domestically Manufac- demand coming from the Rail- criminal machinery, instead of Data Protection Regulation. at USD 8-8.5/mmBtu during mmBtu and USD 19.2/mmBtu, concluded CGD auctions from its Bhilai Steel Plant in tured Iron and Steel Products ways, they would first utilise focusing on business, he said. While the draft bill does the lean months (between May- respectively. In comparison, have seen good demand from Chhattisgarh. (DMI&SP) Policy that makes the mill’s whole capacity. After The central government not insist on personal data of June and September- October), with LNG ruling at USD 9.5/ domestic companies, wherein JSPL operates a 1 million it mandatory to give prefer- facing supply issues from Steel had constituted the 10-mem- residents of India to be stored Asian spot LNG prices peaked mmBtu, industrial piped nat- the Adani group has emerged tonne per annum (MTPA) rail ence to locally produced steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), ber committee, headed by Jus- only in India, it has made an at USD 10-10.50/mmBtu, said ural gas is expected to rule at the biggest winner bagging mill at its 3.6 MTPA steel plant in government procurement Indian Railways had invited tice Srikrishna, in July 2017 to enabling provision where the Crisil. “The Supreme Court USD 14.8/mmBtu, the report 11 city licences, followed by at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. -- are remarkable steps taken tenders for procuring around recommend a framework for government can notify catego- banning polluting fuels like fuel said. Bharat Gas Resources, a unit When asked if he sees the by the Ministry of Steel, Jindal 4.87 lakh metric tonnes of rails securing personal data in the ries of personal data as criti- oil and petcoke for industrial Crisil expects LNG demand of Bharat Petroleum, winning Railways’ order as an end to remarked. to meet the growing demand increasingly digitised econ- cal data, which would be only use in some northern states in the medium term to be sup- licences for six cities; IOC four the SAIL’s monopoly in rail The DMI&SP policy ful- for the product. PTI omy, as also to address privacy stored in India. MPOST has been favourable for LNG ported by development of gas and Gail Gas three cities. MPOST business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 mp Additional 180-day window for ONGC asks HPCL to rectify resolution of stressed power firms?

NEW DELHI: Additional 180 days could be provided for res- The High Court promoter classification olution of 34 stressed power on May 31 stayed projects with a view to avoid- NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil require a group having just ing potential value erosion of the February and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) one chairman and subsidiaries operating plants, according to 12 RBI circular has asked refiner Hindustan being run by managing direc- a government report. Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) tors and CEOs. As per the current RBI on companies to rectify its stock exchange ONGC's overseas sub- norms, banks need to restruc- with capacity of about 40,000 other than willful filings to reflect the true pro- sidiary, ONGC Videsh Ltd is ture stressed assets within 180 MW needs to be considered defaulters and moter after government exit, headed by a Managing Direc- days or six months. differently to avoid potential people with direct knowledge tor and CEO. Also its refinery If recommendations of the value erosion and unreason- directed the of the development said. subsidiary, Mangalore Refin- report which was in compli- able haircut for banks that may Finance Ministry to ONGC had in January this ery and Petrochemicals Ltd ance of the order of Allahabad happen otherwise. "For these year bought the government's (MRPL), which is listed on High Court are accepted, banks commissioned assets, addi- hold a meeting of entire 51.11 per cent stake in BSE, too is led by a Manag- would get about a year for tional time of 180 days beyond all stakeholders on HPCL for Rs 36,915 crore. Post ing Director and CEO. ONGC restructuring their power sec- the period permitted by Febru- that, HPCL is now a subsidiary Chairman is the head of boards tor loans of about Rs 1.74 lakh ary 12, 2018, circular before the resolutions of ONGC. of both the companies. crore. The High Court on May case is referred to NCLT could However, HPCL's filing to Since acquiring a majority 31 stayed the February 12 RBI be provided a window for opti- been commissioned before the stock exchange, the lat- stake in HPCL, ONGC has only circular on companies other mising operations," it said. February 12 or have not been est being on July 12, still lists been able to appoint one direc- than willful defaulters and During this additional referred to NCLT. 'President of India' as the pro- tor to that firm's board. ONGC directed the Finance Ministry period of 180 days, it said, Besides, the report sug- moter even with 'zero' per cent has appointed its Director to hold a meeting of all stake- banks should undertake more gested setting up of a High shareholding. (Finance) Subhash Kumar to holders on resolutions. intensive monitoring of the said Level Empowered Commit- ONGC, on the other company - the first on April 20 controlling stake should be Petroleum Corp Ltd (CPCL). HPCL board. He has replaced Acting on the direction, a assets and its cash flow to save it tee (HLEC). In line with report hand, is listed under 'Public and then on July 12. In both, listed as promoter even if they While HPCL officials Sushma Taishete Rath, Joint meeting chaired by Financial from turning non-performing. the report, the government last Shareholder'. ONGC is shown as the pub- were not the original promot- refused to comment on the Secretary in Ministry of Petro- Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar Similar recommenda- week constituted a high-level Sources said ONGC has lic shareholder and President ers of the company. issue, sources said the issue leum and Natural Gas. Prior with all stakeholders was con- tions were made by Standing empowered panel under Cab- written to HPCL management of India listed as the promoter. When Indian Oil Corpora- at hand may be owing to the to this, HPCL had two govern- vened on June 22. On the basis Committee on Energy earlier inet Secretary to resolve and asking it to take steps to rectify Sources said ONGC feels tion (IOC) had bought govern- desire of HPCL management ment nominee directors - Rath on meeting, a report was pre- in March. The Parliamentary revive 34 stressed power proj- the filings to reflect the true that HPCL management is ment's stake in fuel retailer IBP not to be seen as part of ONGC and Sandeep Poundrik, Joint pared and sent to the Power Committee recommended that ects. The HLEC will have rep- promoter of the company. bound to take corrective action Co Ltd, it was listed as the lat- group. Secretary (Refineries) of the Ministry for further action as an additional 180 days beyond resentatives from the ministries Since ONGC takeover in to reflect the true picture. ter's promoter in every instance HPCL Chairman and Man- oil ministry. After the appoint- per the Court order. the timelines prescribed under of railways, finance, power, January, HPCL has made two According to the Securities after the deal. The same was aging Director M K Surana has ment of Kumar, there remains According to sources, the RBI's February 12 circular may coal and the lenders having stock exchange filings about and Exchange Board of India's the case when IOC acquired retained the title despite cor- only one government nominee report pointed out that the be allowed to commissioned major exposure to the power the shareholding pattern of the rules, the entity that owns the a majority stake in Chennai porate governance structure director on HPCL. MPOST commissioned power plants power projects which have sector. MPOST Industry ministry targets ease Govt may give incentives to textiles Pawan Hans sale: Govt to invite bids for of doing biz at sector to boost domestic production 100% stake, to soon issue EoI addendum district level NEW DELHI: The govern- the ad-valorem rate of duty for ment is likely to hike import certain items. The imported NEW DELHI: The govern- stay. "We want to give other NEW DELHI: The commerce duty on about 300 textile products which have become ment will soon invite fresh investors a chance in case they and industry ministry has pro- products to boost domes- expensive include woven fab- bids for 100 per cent stake sale want to bid for entire 100 per posed an extensive action plan tic manufacturing and create rics, dresses, trousers, suits and in Pawan Hans by issuing an cent stake," the official added. which include digitisation of employment opportunities, baby garments. addendum to the disinvest- SBI Capital Markets is the land records and online pub- sources said. According to trade experts, ment document as ONGC is transaction advisor for strategic lication of water tariff rates for Foreign direct investment India would not be able to give ready to sell its entire stake in disinvestment of Pawan Hans. all types of users to promote norms for the sector may also any direct exports incentive the company, an official said. The government had first ease of doing business at dis- be relaxed. to the textile sector, so there Helicopter services pro- floated an offer to sell its 51 trict level. Products on which imports ufacturers as the imported is a need to support the seg- vider Pawan Hans is a joint per cent stake in October last The recommendations are duties are expected to increase products are relatively cheaper. ment to encourage domestic venture between the govern- year, but in view of subdued for different departments and includes some fabrics, gar- Increase in manufacturing manufacturing. ment, which holds 51 per cent response from bidders, the EoI offices at district level, which ments and man-made fibres. activity will help create jobs Imports of textile yarn, fab- stake, and state-owned ONGC, was withdrawn in April this includes urban local bodies, The duties could be enhanced in the sector, which employs ric, made-up articles grew by which owns the remaining 49 year. At that time, some inves- district magistrate, sub regis- to 20 per cent from the current about 10.5 crore people. 8.58 per cent to USD 168.64 per cent shareholding. Pawans On July 2, ONGC wrote "An addendum would be tors had suggested that the gov- trar officer/stamps and regis- level of about 5-10 per cent. In July, the government million in June. Hans has a fleet of 46 choppers. to the government saying that issued to the EoI (Expression of ernment and ONGC should tration department, Office of According to government doubled import duty on over However, exports of cot- On April 13, the govern- its board has resolved that it Interest) document issued on sell their stakes together. Collector, and municipal cor- sources, the Finance Ministry 50 textile products -- includ- ton yarn/fabrics/made-ups, ment had issued the informa- would prefer to exit Pawan April 13. The addendum would "Potential investors had porations, according to the may soon issue a notification ing jackets, suits and carpets handloom products grew by tion memorandum for the 51 Hans simultaneously with the state that ONGC has expressed then suggested that ONGC's draft plan put in public domain in this regard. -- to 20 per cent, a move that is 24 per cent to USD 986.2 mil- per cent strategic stake sale in government. its interest in selling its 49 per 49 per cent stake too should be for stakeholders' comments. If the government decides aimed at promoting domestic lion. Man-made yarn/fabrics/ Pawan Hans and had sought Against this backdrop, the cent holding and fresh bids can sold along with government's The ministry has suggested to notify the duty hikes this manufacturing. made-ups exports grew 8.45 pc Expression of Interest (EoI) senior government official said be put in for the entire 100 per 51 per cent. They feared that all concerned offices and week, then it would have to be Through a notification, the to USD 403.4 million. Exports from interested bidders by June an addendum to the existing cent stake," the official said. ONGC holding 49 per cent departments at district level first tabled in Parliament. Central Board of Indirect Taxes of all textile readymade gar- 18. About half a dozen bidders document would be issued According to the official, could mean government inter- to primarily focus on putting Increase in duties would and Custom (CBIC) had hiked ments dipped by 12.3 per cent are believed to have submit- soon, seeking bids for 100 per the existing bids for the govern- ference in some way," the offi- all the relevant information on give an edge to domestic man- import duties as well as raised to USD 13.5 billion. MPOST ted bids. cent stake in Pawan Hans. ment's 51 per cent stake would cial said. MPOST websites and promoting paper- less transactions and digitisa- tion of documents. According to the recom- Suzlon eyes 30% of 20,000 MW wind Set up expert group to revive mendations, designing and implementing a system that allows online application HMT: Parl panel to govt submission, payment, track- capacity to be installed by FY21 ing and monitoring without NEW DELHI: A Parliamen- undertakings in the country the need for a physical touch tary panel has asked the gov- with a view to making them point would help improve ease MUMBAI: Leading wind tur- The company at present has ernment to constitute an Expert commercially viable, an engine of doing business. bine maker Suzlon is looking a 20 per cent share in the 7,500 ...posts Q1 loss of Rs 576 cr Group consisting of renowned of growth and a major employ- "Digitise land transaction to capture about 30 per cent MW wind capacity already technocrats to examine the ment generator. deeds of last two years at all of the 20,000 megawatt (MW) auctioned, according to him. prospects of reviving all the The government had subregistrar offices and make of wind capacity likely to be He further opined that NEW DELHI: Renewable sani said in a statement. ailing units of HMT Limited. recently decided to close down the same available on an online commissioned by financial FY19 may not see huge com- energy firm Suzlon Group has He said that despite this, In its report presented to three subsidiaries of HMT Lim- system," the DIPP suggested year 2020-21, a senior com- missioning volumes as the posted a consolidated net loss the industry is set to grow the Lok Sabha, the Committee ited, namely HMT Watches, adding land and property tax pany executive said. transition period is prolonging of Rs 575 crore for the quar- from FY2020 onwards as proj- on Petitions suggested to the HMT Chinar Watches and payment records of last two According to industry esti- and project execution time has ter ended June on account of ects won earlier will be exe- Centre to chalk out a detailed HMT Bearings, by offering vol- years also need to be digitised. mates, with the thumb rule of increased to 18 months from decline in sales and increase in cuted and new bids are in the strategy of allocating a 'Special untary retirement/separation The department has rec- Rs 6.5 crore per MW, the 30 per nine months due to the new forex losses. pipeline. Financial Package' to all PSUs, Government should now take schemes to its employees which ommended reforms in areas cent share translates into reve- bidding regime. The company had reported "We have an order book of including all units of HMT, to the initiative of working out a is under implementation. including starting a business, nues of around Rs 39,000 crore. "This has caused temporary a net profit of Rs 47.84 crore 1,134 MW. Suzlon is well posi- release the withheld pay and detailed plan of giving a 'Spe- The company's tractor divi- urban local body services, land The domestic wind mar- delay in realisations. But we are in the same period a year ago. tioned to cater to the grow- allowances apart from statu- cial Financial Package' to all sion at Pinjore, Haryana, was record enabler, property reg- ket is on a growth trajectory confident that the industry will "Indian wind market is on ing market, with its slew of tory dues to all serving as well the public sector undertakings, provided a revival package in istration, obtaining approval with 7,500 MW of capac- grow from FY20 onwards as a growth trajectory with 7.5 newly launched technologi- as retired employees before including all the subsidiaries of August 2013 but could not turn for construction, paying taxes, ity already auctioned, 10,000 projects won earlier will be exe- GW of capacity already auc- cally advanced products offer- March 2019. HMT Limited, to release the around owing to various fac- and paperless courts and law MW of bids in the pipeline, and cuted and new bids are in the tioned, from this we have the ing higher Plant Load Factor The panel said it was "flab- withheld pay and allowances tors like rising costs, technol- and order. another 3,000 MW soon to be pipeline," he said. highest order share. However, (PLF) and reduced Levelized bergasted" to discover the huge along with the statutory dues ogy gap, market conditions and The other suggestions auctioned, according to Kirti On Saturday, the company FY19 may not see huge com- Cost of Energy (LCoE). We backlog in payment of sala- to all serving/retired employ- working capital constraints. include designing and imple- Vagadia, group chief financial reported a net loss of Rs 575 missioning volumes as the are also focussing on select ries and other allowances to ees prior to the end of the cur- It degenerated substan- mentation of a system to allow officer, Suzlon. crore in the June quarter, com- transition period is prolonging profitable international mar- the employees of various units rent fiscal year," the panel said. tially with mounting losses for e-filing and e-summons for "This gives a visibility of pared with a net profit of Rs 48 and as a result of the new bid- ket," Chalasani said. The for- of HMT Limited, and that Besides, it recommended and pending dues towards sal- revenue disputes in revenue nearly 20,000 MW of capacity crore in corresponding quar- ding regime, project execution eign exchange expense of the the "statutory dues" of retired that the Centre undertake an aries, statutory liabilities, out- courts; and ensuring timelines getting commissioned by FY21 ter last fiscal. Its revenue from time has increased from 9 to 18 company grew about six-fold to employees or those who availed original time-bound com- standing dues of suppliers and are followed as mandated by and we are confident of having operations also fell sharply to months. This has caused tem- Rs 253.64 crore from Rs 42.43 VRS had not been released. prehensive study to assess service providers as well as the state government through 30 per cent share of this capac- Rs 1,272 crore, from Rs 2,571 porary delay in realizations," crore during the period under "The Committee, therefore, the overall performance and complete erosion of working a notification. MPOST ity," Vagadia said. crore last year. MPOST Suzlon Group CEO J P Chala- review. MPOST recommend that the Union requirements of public sector capital. MPOST Tech Mahindra to roll out 5G pilot projects next month Govt may appoint regulator for HYDERABAD: Tech Mahin- financial year, starting April form for Blockchain. vocational training courses dra expects to launch about five 1 2019, we will be executing The Centre constituted a high-level China has Neo. Koreas has pilot projects on 5G services some big projects," he said dur- committee last year, comprising their own. Why would not we NEW DELHI: The Cabinet enabling them to pursue regu- by next month and execute big ing his recent visit to the city. have our own?," he said when will soon consider a proposal lar courses in other schools and projects on the new generation A senior official of TechM secretaries of the Telecom Department, asked about the expected reve- for setting up a regulator for colleges, said a senior official in network from next financial had earlier said they had set up IT and Electronics Ministry and Science nues through Blockchain Tech- vocational training on the lines the Ministry of Skill Develop- year onwards, said a top execu- an innovation lab powered by nology. He said Tech Mahindra of the AICTE to improve the ment and Entrepreneurship. tive of the IT giant. Intel architecture to accelerate and Technology Department, to work has a Research and Develop- quality of skilled manpower, Top sources in the ministry C P Gurnani, CEO and 5G roll out in India. out the vision, mission and goals for ment team of about 150 engi- according to government said the Cabinet note is ready Managing Director of Tech The Centre constituted a neers based out of Hyderabad officials. after consultation with sev- Mahindra also said the com- high-level committee last year, India's 5G ambitions and Bangalore. The regulatory agency will eral departments and will be pany hopes to garner over USD comprising secretaries of the The IT major recently said also carry out assessment and placed before the Union Cabi- 100 million as revenues from Telecom Department, IT and the opportunity of 5G is very the year end I would think is it would invest CAD 100 mil- certification of around 23 lakh net shortly. Blockchain Technology during Electronics Ministry and Sci- large," Gurnani said. that it will become significant lion over the next five years on students passing out from Sector skill councils are the current fiscal. ence and Technology Depart- TechM has been offering ( revenues) by my standards. a Centre of Excellence based industrial training institutes industry-led bodies by NSDC "My personal belief is that ment, to work out the vision, services to its clients using That means I am talking out of Toronto, which would (ITIs), and oversee the func- which create Occupational by September we would launch. mission and goals for India's Blockchain Technology, the of USD 100 million plus. By work on major technologies tioning of skill councils. Standards and Qualification Tech Mahindra will be 5G ambitions and prepare a ond half of 2019 as it would official said, adding that they somebody else's standards it such as Artificial Intelligence Successful ITI graduates bodies, develop competency launching its complete ser- road map and action plan for offer telcos better visibility into started focusing on the emerg- may not be significant... We are and Blockchain. will be awarded certificates framework, conduct train the vice offerings along with its the same. market dynamics and potential ing technology for the past in 90 plus countries. It also signed an MoU at par with the ones given to trainer programmes, conduct partners. Telecom industry body revenue streams of the next- three years and implemented Tech Mahindra is going to with the Telangana govern- Indian Certificate of Secondary skill gap studies and assess and We expect within this COAI has said auction of spec- generation mobile services. solutions, mainly for Govern- spend a lot of its energy and ment for setting up India's Education (ICSE) and Central certify trainees on the curricu- financial year to do about five trum for 5G services should "My (Tech Mahindra's) ment and banking customers. time on skill development.We first 'Blockchain district' Board of Secondary Educa- lum aligned to national occu- 5G trials and hopefully in the happen only around the sec- appetite is very very large and "It started happening. By don't have a India based plat- in the State. MPOST tion (CBSE) pass-outs, thereby pational standards. MPOST 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 DEMBELE RE-JOINS BARÇA AFTER VACATION FEYENOORD WIN DUTCH SUPER CUP SERENA WILLIAMS WITHDRAWS FROM BARCELONA: French forward Ousmane Dembele, who was part THE HAGUE: Feyenoord claimed the Dutch Super Cup, the ROGERS CUP TENNIS TOURNAMENT Johan Cruijff Schaal, for the second time in a row by beating of the national team that recently won the 2018 FIFA World WASHINGTON DC: Former World No.1 Serena Williams has PSV on penalty shootout. Luuk de Jong and substitute Hirving Cup in Russia, re-joined Barcelona’s last training session of the withdrawn from next week’s Rogers Cup tennis tournament Lozano missed for PSV and Robin van Persie and Tonny Vilhena week held at its sporting city after cutting his vacation a few citing personal reasons, the tournament organisers confirmed. failed to convert opportunities on behalf of Feyenoord. After days short. Dembele, who is set to undergo his medical examina- The American returned to tennis in March following a 14-month 90 minutes it was still 0-0 and penalties had to be taken to tion on Monday, took to the field alongside Argentine star Lionel absence. Her place in the draw will be taken by Germany’s decide the winners. Feyenoord won the shootout 6-5. Messi, Spain’s Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets. Tatjana Maria, another travelling mom on the tour. INDIA A VS SOUTH AFRICA A Ganguly warns against Mayank hits double century changing and chopping BIRMINGHAM: Former cap- tain Sourav Ganguly has urged Indian batsmen Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane to bat as hosts post 411/2 on Day 2 with more determination and advised skipper Virat Kohli to BENGALURU: Mayank Agar- not chop and change the play- wal's continued his dream run ing XI after defeat in the first smashing a double hundred in Test against England. company of centurion Prithvi India lost the series-opener Shaw as India A flayed the by 31 runs as the Indian bats- South African bowling attack men, with the exception of to reach 411 for two on the sec- Kohli, failed to tackle the Eng- ond day of the 'four day' Test. lish attack. Agarwal sent the bowl- Opener Vijay (20, 6) and ers on a leather hunt with an middle-order batsman Rah- unbeaten 220 off 250 balls ane (15, 2) contributed 43 runs while Shaw punished them together in their two innings at with a well-made 136 off 196 Edgbaston. balls during a 277-run open- Ganguly, in his instagram ing stand. post, wrote, "If you've to win a India A now enjoy a 165- Test then everyone has to score it's what you get when you afraid that after all these years run lead after Mohammed Siraj runs." come to England. they've failed to garner the faith took five for 56 to bowl out He said, "This was the first "You can't be excused all of the team management." South Africa A for 246. Test in a 5 match series & I the time & we have lost before Ganguly also said it was It was a day when India A think this team has the capa- in 2011 & 2014. You've to bat important for players to play openers scored runs at an aver- bility to come back & play well. well. It's a very well known fact all formats and cited the exam- age of 4.72 with an astounding #AjinkyaRahane & #MuraliVi- that the ball will swing in Eng- ple of past Indian teams, which 58 boundaries and five sixes. jay will have to show some land the same way as Australia he said won overseas series Out of these, Agarwal alone determination since they have is known for its pacy wickets. because players stuck together. hit 31 fours and four maxi- scored runs in these conditions So if previously you've scored "The good thing about mums. Shaw had 20 bound- before. runs there is no reason you the great teams of the past aries and a six in his seventh "I don't think the captain can't now." - whether it be #Australia, first-class hundred. is responsible for the loss. If Kohli shone with his #SouthAfrica or our very own The hero of the day cer- you're the captain then you'll maiden century on English soil team which won the Test series tainly was local boy Agarwal, be criticised for a loss the same and followed that with a valiant here in 2007 - was that the boys who hit his eighth first-class way as you're congratulated for fifty in the second innings. used to play both formats of century. a win." "The captain should give the game - #SachinTendulkar, After a tremendous last sea- India A batsman Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal runs between the wicket enroute to their unbeaten century partnership till lunch time during The former India captain confidence to his players. It's #RahulDravid, #VirenderSe- son in domestic cricket where the Second day of the first test match at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday PIC/PTI also warned against making his team & only he can change hwag, including myself. he scored well over 1000 runs, wholesale changes in the wake their mindset. He will have to "So even if you played badly Agarwal continued his good runs under the belt," Shaw told play my game as such," he said. the morning, it is easier for the Prithvi Shaw 136; Duae Olivier of the defeat. "One criticism for sit with them & tell them that in 1 or 2 matches you got a lot form during the India A tri- reporters after the second days Both Shaw and Mayank batsman afterwards because 1/69, Dane Piedt 1/56) @Virat.Kohli is that he should if he can do it so can they. He of time to get back into form series in England with three play here. On his knock, Shaw played the morning session out the ball comes nicely on to the South Africa 'A' first inngs: give a consistent run to his bat- should give them time & tell at the international level. Play- hundreds in List A tri-series. said:"I played according to the and took the score to 122 or bat. After that you can see our 246 for 8 in 88 overs (Rudi ters & more time before drop- them to go out & play without ing & scoring 150 in first-class "I think, I have seen the merit of the ball. When I saw no loss after they had cracked score kept moving," Shaw said. Second 94, Sarel Erwee 47; ping them. The failure against any fear. cricket can't compensate for best knock from the blade of ball to be it, I did simply that. a superb half centuries. "The Brief scores: India 'A' first Sarel Erwee 3/56, Navdeep swing in English conditions "It is true that after contin- international cricket. In this Mayank. He batted really well I have been an aggressive bats- first session is very crucial or inngs 411 for 2 in 87 overs Saini 2/47, Rajneesh Gurbani can't be used as an excuse any uous chopping & changing of team no batsman except Virat and I expect him to get more man since my school days and I us. If you play that period in (Mayank Agarwal 220 not out, 2/47). AGENCIES more as everyone knows that the playing XI, players can get plays all the formats." AGENCIES Sanctions-hit B’desh level T20 series with 12-run win over Windies Hendricks' ton on debut inspires Philippines to LUDERHILL (United States): with this sort of performance South Africa to ODI series win send Asian Games A fine all-round performance by in the deciding match." Shakib al Hasan lifted Bangla- Bangladesh were indebted PALLEKELE(Sri Lanka): Bats- team after all desh to a series-levelling 12-run to their two most experienced man Reeza Hendricks smashed win over the West Indies in the players in posting a competitive a century on his one-day inter- MANILA: The Philippines second fixture of a three-match total with Tamim blazing 74 national debut to set up South said on Sunday it would send T20 International series at the off 44 balls with four sixes and Africa's series-clinching 78-run a men's basketball team to the Central Broward Stadium in six fours while captain Shakib victory over Sri Lanka in the Asian Games in Indonesia, just Florida on Saturday. contributed 60 off 38 deliver- third match in Pallekele on days after abruptly pulling out in Shakib belted 60 and senior ies with one six and nine fours Sunday. the wake of an on-court brawl opener Tamim Iqbal top-scored before he fell in the final over Hendricks made 102 off 89 with Australia at a World Cup with 74 as the Bangladeshis of the innings. deliveries to help South Africa qualifier. posted a challenging 171 for Spinner Ashley Nurse post 363-7 and then bowl out The Gilas announced their five after they were put in to bat. claimed two early wickets again the hosts for 285 in 45.2 overs. withdrawal from the Asiad bas- Needing victory to keep the and when all-rounder Keemo They took an unassailable 3-0 ketball tournament on July 27 series alive ahead of the final Paul removed Soumya Sarkar lead in the five-match series. after basketball's governing match at the same venue on Sun- cheaply at 48 for three in the Dhananjaya de Silva tried body FIBA suspended 10 of day, the captain then claimed the eighth over, Bangladesh were to keep the chase alive with a their players and two coaches important wickets of Marlon in desperate need of a substan- career-best 84 but Sri Lanka’s over the July 2 Manila melee, Samuels and opposing skipper tial partnership. Tamim, who batting crumbled under the which saw players and fans Carlos Brathwaite as the Carib- Tamim Iqbal (L) and Shakib al Hasan (R) paced Bangladesh to a earned the "Man of the Match" ever-increasing run-rate. exchanging punches and fly- bean side were restricted to 159 competitive 171 for five batting first against the West Indies in the award, and Shakib provided just Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi ing kicks. for nine in reply. second fixture of a three-match T20 International series that with a rollicking stand of 90 claimed four wickets while fel- However a special aide to Mustafizur Rahman took for the fourth wicket off just 8.2 low paceman Andile Phehluk- President Rodrigo Duterte three expensive wickets but it gladesh kept the series alive and "We had a good team talk overs. "I decided to be patient wayo took three. announced Sunday that the was left to spinner Nazmul Islam also ended a five-match los- after that first loss and we came at the start and then accelerate But it was Hendricks, a national federation and the to bowl the critical final over of ing streak in the format going out for this match with a really later on," said Tamim. "Shakib right-hand batsman who has country's professional basket- the match with the West Indies back to the final of the tri-nation determined effort," Shakib said. really played an important hand played 12 Twenty20 internation- ball league had since agreed to needing 15 runs for victory. Just series against India in Colombo "It was a good team effort over- in support and his contribution als, who set up the win for his field a team. AGENCIES two runs were conceded as Ban- last March. all and I expect us to continue was crucial." AGENCIES side that had been swept aside in the two Tests. The 28-year- old became only the third South African batsman to register a SL U-19 beat India U-19 by 7 runs to lead series 2-1 hundred in his first ODI. Colin Ingram and Temba Bavuma are Reeza Hendricks smashed a century on his one-day international debut, COLOMBO: India U-19 team runs. Sri Lanka U-19 team leads batsman Pawan Shah (77 from Rathod (37) and Anuj Rawat wicketkeeper batsman Nishan the other two. becoming only the third South African to achieve the feat PIC/PTI suffered a batting collapse the five-match series 2-1. 94 balls) was still there. (26). Rawat however consumed Madushka contributed 42 from Jean-Paul Duminy’s 92 off towards the end of their run India U-19 had won the first But Shah, who came into bat 58 balls. 69 balls. For India U-19, Ajay 70 balls, and half-centuries by the rest of the game. of 4-44. Hendricks, who has chase to lose the third Youth match on July 30 while Sri Lanka in the 17th over, failed to finish For Sri Lanka U-19, Sha- Dev Goud, Yatin Mangwani Hashim Amla and David Miller, “And obviously, for a debu- been around since 2014 when ODI against Sri Lanka U-19 U-19 had won the second game the job as he became the ninth shika Dulshan was the most suc- and Siddharth Desai grabbed also contributed to South Afri- tant to play that freely was great he first played a T20 against by seven runs here on Sunday. on August 2. The India were 207 batsman to be out in the second cessful bowler with 3/37 while two wickets apiece. ca’s imposing total after being to see. Every game, there’s one Australia, built crucial partner- Chasing 221 for a win, the for 4 at 48.2 needing 14 runs 10 ball of the final over. Sandun Mendis and Navod Brief Scores: put into bat first. “Brilliant or two guys putting their hands ships including a 78-run fourth- Indian team was placed at 181 balls but lost the last four wick- Siddharth Desai (0) was Paranavithana returned with Sri Lanka U-19: 220 all today. Once again, the batting up,” du Plessis said of Hendricks. wicket stand with Duminy. for 5 at the end of 45 overs ets in the next seven deliveries run out the next delivery as the figures of 2/46 and 2/42. out in 49.3 overs (Navod was fantastic. We played aggres- Amla gave South Africa a Hendricks celebrated his but they could not score the for the addition of just six runs. Indian team folded their innings Earlier, electing to bat first, Paranavithana 51, Nishan Mad- sive,” said skipper Faf du Plessis, brisk start with his run-a-ball century in just 88 balls with a required 40 runs from the Mohit Jangra (13) and Harsh at 213 in 49.3 overs. Sri Lanka U-19 were all out for ushka 42; Siddharth Desai 2/19). who injured his shoulder while 59 before being bowled by boundary off paceman Lahiru remaining five overs as they Tyagi (0) was out in consecu- Besides Shah, the other 220 in 49.3 overs with opener India U-19: 213 all out in attempting a tough catch in the medium-pacer Thisara Perera, Kumara, but was dismissed on were all out for 213 in 49.3 overs. tive deliveries but there was still Indian batsmen who made Navod Paranavithana top- 49.3 overs (Pawan Shah 77; Sha- 10th over and stayed away for who returned impressive figures the very next delivery. AGENCIES The last four wickets fell for six hope for India as number four notable contributions were Yash scoring with a 73-ball 51 while shika Dulshan 3/37). AGENCIES Woakes replaces Stokes as England drop Malan for second Test

LONDON: England recalled without Stokes at Lord’s because season. average of 85.50, including three “The selection panel believe after injury.” Chris Woakes in place of Ben of his trial on a criminal charge At Edgbaston, he was out centuries and a top score of 158 that Ollie’s performances and England squad for the Stokes and brought in Ollie Pope of affray that starts in Bristol on for eight and 20. not out. character suggest he is well second Test against India at to replace the dropped batsman Monday -- just days before the He also twice dropped Kohli He also made an unbeaten suited to international cricket.” Lord’s, August 9-13: Dawid Malan when they named second Test gets underway on in the slips before the India skip- fifty for the second-string Eng- Former England batsman Alastair Cook (Essex), a 13-man squad on Sunday for Thursday. per had got to three figures in land Lions in a 253-run win over Smith added: “Dawid Malan Keaton Jennings (Lancashire), next week’s second Test against They have now replaced his first-innings 149 -- the star India A in a first-class fixture at drops out of the squad for Lord’s. Joe Root (Yorkshire, capt), Ollie India at Lord’s. Stokes with fellow pace-bowl- batsman’s maiden Test century Worcester last month. “Dawid has not found his Pope (Surrey), Jonny Bairstow Stokes took three wick- ing all-rounder Woakes, who in England. “Ollie Pope has made an best rhythm this season, and it (Yorkshire, wkt), Jos Buttler ets on Saturday, including the missed out on a Test at his War- Off-spinner Moeen Ali exceptional start to his first-class may be that his game is better (Lancashire), Chris Woakes prize scalp of India captain Virat wickshire home ground because and uncapped Essex paceman career,” said England national suited to overseas conditions.” (Warwickshire), Sam Curran Kohli, as England won a thrill- of concerns he had not then Jamie Porter were retained in selector Ed Smith. Turning to Woakes’s inclu- (Surrey), Adil Rashid (York- ing first Test at Edgbaston by bowled enough overs follow- the squad after being left out “He has reached a 1000 first- sion, Smith said: “Ben Stokes is shire), Stuart Broad (Notting- 31 runs to go 1-0 up in a five- ing a return from a knee injury. of England’s XI in Birmingham. class runs in just 15 matches and unavailable, but Chris Woakes, hamshire), James Anderson match series. Middlesex batsman Malan Pope, who in common with at Edgbaston after starring with Championship leaders Surrey is the first division’s stand-out with some extra matches and (Lancashire), Moeen Ali But England have long was omitted after managing just county team-mate Sam Cur- both bat and ball -- is aged just this season. He has scored 684 batsman this season with 684 practices under his belt, can now (Worcestershire), Jamie Porter known they would likely be 74 runs in five Test innings this ran -- the man-of-the-match 20, has been in fine form for Championship runs at a huge runs at 85. return to the England squad (Essex). AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 mp Heartbreak for Sindhu; Record 3rd title for Marin The Rio Olympic silver medallist settled for another white metal following a 19-21 10-21 loss to Carolina Momota 1st Japanese man Marin of Spain in straight games in her second consecutive final of the Badminton World Championships NANJING (CHINA): P V and it was equal again. to win badminton worlds Sindhu finished second best A smash by Marin and yet again in a major tourna- Sindhu hitting wide gave two ment final as she went down game points to the Spaniard tamely to Carolina Marin in the and she converted on the sec- World Championships' wom- ond chance. en's singles title clash, adding Marin began the second to the Indian's tale of woes here game with her usual aggressive on Sunday. demeanour as Sindhu found The Olympic silver medal- her pace too hot to handle. The list settled for another white Spaniard soon raced to a 5-0 metal in the showpiece follow- lead. ing a 19-21 10-21 loss to Olym- The 25-year-old Marin pic champion Marin of Spain. used her body smashes and Interestingly, Marin had also acute angled strokes to set up defeated Sindhu in the final of the points. Sindhu couldn't the Rio Olympics in 2016. match up to the aggression of "It is very frustrating to the Spaniard and also couldn't loss again. Last time also I had slow down the game as Marin NANJING (CHINA): Kento confirm his newfound status played the finals. It is quite sad continued to gather points. Momota became the first Jap- as China's best player. Shi and and I have to come back stron- She moved to the interval anese man to win the badmin- Momota had only played each ger and get back to the sessions with a massive 11-2 lead. ton World Championships on other once before, Momota hav- and prepare for the next tour- After the breather, Marin Sunday, putting behind him a ing the edge that time — and he nament," said Sindhu, who suf- continued to dominate the pro- gambling scandal that threat- was to enjoy it once more. Shi, fered her fourth final loss this ceedings, pushing her opponent ened to ruin his career. who was playing in front of his season. to commit errors as Sindhu hit The explosive 23-year-old home-province crowd, appeared "Sometimes it is not your wide and found the nets. convincingly defeated Chi- nervous early on. He made a day, ups and downs will always Two body returns gave na's highly promising Shi Yuqi series of errors as the favourite be there and you have to always Sindhu two points but the 21-11, 21-13 in Nanjing. Momota clinched the first game be stronger. Indian continued to struggle Momota's nascent career in 21 minutes, and the Japanese "A bit sad because I was to keep the shuttle inside the descended into controversy in star's superiority was even more expecting a good one but overall court and leaked points. Eventu- 2016 when Japanese badminton apparent in the second. a good match and I am happy I ally two unforced errors handed chiefs suspended him for more When the end came it was came to the finals and winning pace in the 45 minutes that the tions. I have so many emotions prepared for her pace game," but ended up committing too Marin her third title. than a year for visiting an illegal an anti-climax -- the shuttlecock and losing are parts of life and I match lasted. inside me. I have been waiting Sindhu said. many unforced errors as Sindhu "I think overall, she played casino, denying him a place at hitting the top of the net before have to take it as it is," she added. The second silver meant for this moment long time. I am The feisty Martin tried to led 11-8 at the break after Mar- much better. If I could have the Rio Olympics. falling in Momota's favour. The Since 2016, it is Sindhu's Sindhu is the only Indian to happy I could believe in myself put pressure on Sindhu by cel- tin sent the shuttle out thrice. won the first game it could have Momota, number two in Japanese apologised to his oppo- eighth loss in major finals, have four world championships this week," Marin said. ebrating each point with her Sindhu extended the lead been different. In the second the world at the time, has been nent. Shi has a long way to go including defeats at Rio Olym- podium finishes. She had won Sindhu had entered the trademark scream while parad- to 15-11 after the breather but game, I made too many errors, working his way back to the to emulate his more seasoned pics, Hong Kong Open (2017, two bronze medals at the 2013 summit clash with a 5-6 loss- ing the court. she found the net twice and also my smashes were going out. I top ever since and the world- compatriots, but defeating Chen 2018), Super Series Final (2017), Guangzhou and 2014 Copen- win head-to-head against Sindhu lagged 1-3 early on hit wide to allow Marin claw can just say it was not my day," ranked seven is currently in the for just the second time in the India Open (2018) and Thailand hagen editions. Marin, but the Indian ace had but the Indian slowly made back at 15-15. The Spaniard Sindhu said. form of his life. But in Shi he semi-finals was evidence of a Open (2018). Marin became the first won the last meeting at the her way to grab a 4-3 lead after then unleashed a smash from "I was leading 14-9 in the faced another of badminton's changing of the guard in Chi- The 23-year-old Sindhu, woman shuttler to win the Malaysian Open in June. producing a brilliant drop. She near the net to turn the tables. first game, I gave easy points. I rising stars. nese men's badminton. who had lost an epic final to world championships thrice. "Carolina has that speed extended it to 6-4. A lucky net chord and made errors when I tried to get The brilliantly agile 22-year- Shi captured the All England Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at She had won the title in 2014 and she is very aggressive. She With Sindhu in full flow, then Marin went wide, help- back into the pace. I should have old defeated legend Lin Dan Open crown earlier this year Glasgow last year, didn't have and the 2015 Jakarta edition. played very fast and quick paced the left-handed spaniard tried ing Sindhu to lead 18-17 but been more patient at 19-19. She and Olympic champion Chen after beating Lin "Super Dan" answers to Marin's blistering "I can't express my emo- during the tournament. I was to put the shot close to the line a weak return from the Indian was attacking well." AGENCIES Long on the way to the final to in the final. AGENCIES Bopanna skips Australian teen De Minaur’s epic Fognini topples Asensio scores twice as Real Rogers Cup to Del Potro in final save shoulder for fightback books final with Zverev of Los Cabos Open Madrid topples Juventus 3-1 WASHINGTON DC: Austra- lian 19-year-old Alex De Minaur LOS CABOS(Mexico): Italian LOS ANGELES: Substitute Asian Games saved four match points and Fabio Fognini captured his first Marco Asensio made an imme- advanced to ATP Washington career hardcourt title on Satur- diate impact by scoring two NEW DELHI: Doubles spe- Open final, where he will face day, surprising Juan Martin del early second-half goals as Real cialist Rohan Bopanna, recu- third-ranked defending cham- Potro 6-4, 6-2, in the final of the Madrid rallied to beat Juventus perating from a shoulder pion Alexander Zverev. ATP Los Cabos Open. 3-1 in a pre-season exhibition injury, will skip the ATP Rog- The Aussie teen outlasted It is the 31-year-old Fog- contest on Saturday. ers Cup beginning in Toronto 20-year-old Russian Andrey nini's eighth ATP Tour victory Asensio entered the game on Monday, and will reach Rublev 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 after but his first on hardcourts after at the start of the second half Palembang on August 14 to get two hours and 52 minutes while previously winning only on clay. and scored less than two min- acclimatised to the conditions 21-year-old German Zverev The win helps validate a utes in before adding another ahead of the Asian Games. ousted Greek teen Stefanos career best season for Fognini in the 56th minute. It means that Bopanna will Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4. as this is his third title of 2018 It was the first defeat of the compete at the Asian Games "It's one of the biggest wins to go with wins in Sao Paulo pre-season and the final match without any competitive of my career," De Minaur said. and Bastad. of the International Champions match since the Wimbledon "Dug deep and never gave He is projected to rise one Cup campaign for Italy's Juven- Championships. up. Couldn't be prouder of Alex De Minaur reaches for a shot from Andrey Rublev, of Russia, spot in the new world rankings tus. The Serie A champions now Bopanna and his French myself." during the semifinals of Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington on Monday to No. 14. open up their title defense at Marco Asensio entered the game at the start of the second half and partner Edouard Roger-Vas- De Minaur, ranked 72nd, Del Potro had won their Chievo on August 18. scored less than two minutes in before adding another in the 56th selin had conceded their men's won the last six points of the final since 20-year-old Rafael "I'm playing great and hope- only previous meeting in 2015 They were without new minute as Real Madrid rallied to beat Juventus 3-1 in a pre-season doubles second round after the tie-breaker to force a third Nadal beat 19-year-old Novak fully I can win," Zverev said. in Sydney, Australia and was signing Cristiano Ronaldo, exhibition contest Indian suffered the injury on set, then broke 46th-ranked Djokovic in 2007 at Indian Wells "I hope I get out there and going for his second title in who did not make his debut July 6. Rublev in the final game, win- after the ATP's first all-21-or- play a good match and get to Mexico this year. He also won against his former team. The over, Maryland. for Real Madrid on another The Coorgi had also ning on his fourth match-point under semi-finals since 1995 Toronto with another title." a tournament in Acapulco. Portuguese superstar skipped Bale finished with 16 La unselfish pass, this time from planned to play the Bastad chance when the Russian double in Buenos Aires. It's only the second career After dropping the first the club's US tour because he Liga goals last season and is Lucas Vazquez. Asensio's shot event with Divij Sharan, his faulted. "I'm probably going to "This is amazing for tennis," ATP final for De Minaur, the three games, Fognini fought was recovering from his World in his fifth campaign with Real deflected off the right arm of men's doubles partner at the look back on that and not know Zverev said. "It's good to see the son of a Spanish mother and back and used his forehand Cup performance. Madrid. Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Asian Games, but his injury did how I did that," De Minaur said. young guns come up." Uruguayan father who lost to to push Argentina's Del Potro Gareth Bale also scored for Asensio subbed in after Szczesny and trickled into the not let him participate. "I managed to string along some Zverev seeks his ninth career Russian Daniil Medvedev in behind the baseline. the European champions as the half-time and wasted no time net. "Rohan has recovered great points. It was one of my ATP title and third of the year January's Sydney final. Del Potro started to come Welshman served notice that he getting on the board. He fin- Juventus' lone score came from his shoulder injury but best matches. after Munich and Madrid. De Minaur, aided by a walk- unglued and Fognini was is going to produce despite the ished off a drive by side-footing in the 12th minute on an own he thought it does not make "I had to play some really He could join a Washington over Friday when three-time returning everything into play loss of Ronaldo. a shot home in the 47th min- goal by Real Madrid defender sense to travel all the way to US good points to get myself out of back-to-back champions list Grand Slam champion Andy as he went on to win 12 of the Bale hit a stunning shot ute on a rush with Vinicius Jr., Dani Carvajal. for just one week. Those are big there. I took advantage of a lot that includes Argentina's Juan Murray withdrew before their final 15 games of the match. from 20 yards out in the 39th who also entered the game at Carvajal was trying to cor- tournaments and you need to of short balls and tried to dic- Martin del Potro (2008-09) and quarter-final, could become the The Los Cabos Open is a minute to level the score at 1-1 half-time. ral Joao Cancelo's left side cross be match sharp," India's men's tate and that turned the match Americans Andre Agassi (1990- first player to win his first career professional men’s tennis tour- in the front of the crowd of Asensio scored just nine when he deflected the ball into squad captain Zeeshan Ali told around." It will be the young- 91 and 1998-99) and Michael title at Washington since James nament played on outdoor hard 60,000 at FedEx Field in Land- minutes later to make it 3-1 his own net. AGENCIES said. AGENCIES est combined age of any ATP Chang (1996-97). Blake in 2002. AGENCIES courts. AGENCIES Bhullar claims maiden European Tour title at Fiji Alvarez stuns Kovalev in seventh to NATADOLA BAY (Fiji): easily missed up and down and India's Gaganjeet Bhullar on He is the first would have had to settle for sec- seize WBO light heavyweight title Sunday grabbed his maiden ond or third. But it went and that European Tour title with a bril- Indian to win on pretty much closed the deal." NEW YORK: Unbeaten liant chip-in eagle on the 17th Australasia Tour In the meantime, a mistake Eleider Alvarez knocked out hole for a one-stroke win over on the scoreboard had also been Sergey Kovalev in the seventh a charging Anthony Quayle of and also became realised. It transpired that the round with a stunning upset Australia at the Fiji Interna- the fifth from the scoreboard had wrongly cred- victory to capture the World tional here. country to win on ited Quayle with a birdie on Boxing Organization light Going into the final round, Par-5 ninth, when it was actu- heavyweight title. Bhullar withstood intense European Tour after ally a par. So, his card when he Alvarez, of Colombia, hit pressure as he holed a mon- Atwal, Jeev Milkha turned it in was actually 9-under Kovalev with a devastating strous chip from outside the and his total was 13-under. right hook that sent the Rus- green for an eagle-three at the Singh (4), SSP The chip-in eagle took Bhul- sian to the canvas for the third 17th to head into the last hole Chawrasia (4) and lar from 12-under to 14-nder and final time late in the sev- with a one-shot advantage over and past Quayle, who was wait- enth round. Quayle. Anirban Lahiri (2) ing for the finish. Bhullar calmly The 35-year-old Kovalev He calmly parred the last landed his second shot on 18th was trying to re-establish his hole to turn in a six-under 66 for Tour after Atwal, Jeev Milkha than two, but two runner up fin- holes and all those four holes to 10 feet and then smartly dominance in the light heavy- a four-day total of 14-under 274, Singh (4), SSP Chawrasia (4) ishes on the Asian Tour." were really, really crucial. Had rolled it to a tap-in for par and weight division in his first real Eleider Alvarez walks to his corner after he knocked down Sergey which earned him a win over and Anirban Lahiri (2). Besides the eagle, Bhullar I not had a great start, anything a one-shot win. boxing test since losing in back- Kovalev for the first time in the seventh round during their WBO/IBA Quayle, who broke the course He now has an exemption also sank five birdies against a could have happened." South Africa's four-time to-back fights to Andre Ward. Light Heavyweight Title bout record with a nine-under 63 at on European Tour, Australian lone bogey. The key for Bhul- Bhullar was 12-under when Major Championship winner Kovalev was the more the Natadola Bay Champion- Tour and Asian Tour till the lar was the start. He started he came to the Par-5 17th tee. Ernie Els carded 65 to finish at aggressive of the two boxers with consecutive right hooks to for a light heavyweight unifi- ship Golf Course. end of 2019, 2020 and 2021 superbly with three birdies in At that stage the scoreboard tied third along with Australian and was winning the majority the head that sent him down for cation bout between Kovalev It was Bhullar's first win respectively. the first four holes and kept his showed Quayle as 10-under for Ben Campbell, who brought of the rounds heading into the the third and final time. At that and Dmitry Bivol, who retained on the European Tour, ninth "I've been playing really well. foot on the pedal. He dropped the day and at 14-under for the home a card of six-under 66. final round at the Hard Rock point the referee moved in and his World Boxing Association Asian Tour title and 10th crown It was just a matter of time and a shot on Par-4 seventh but got tournament. The other Indian in fray, Hotel in Atlantic City, New called an end to the fight with belt with a unanimous deci- overall. He now becomes the I'm glad it happened on this the back on Par-5 ninth to turn Quayle narrowly missed a Ajeetesh Sandhu scored 71 in Jersey. 15 seconds left in the round. sion over Isaac Chilemba on most successful Indian player stage," said Bhullar, who found in 3-under 36. birdie chance on 18th, while the final round to end his cam- But he let down his guard in Kovalev, who won his last the same card. on Asian Tour, overtaking the the winning touch after 20 starts He made a crucial par save Bhullar was still off the green paign at the tied 43rd spot. Bhul- the seventh and Alvarez seized two fights over a pair of weak Bivol controlled the early tally of eight tour wins by Arjun following his last title at the on 10th with a putt from more with his second. He did have a lar also credited course designer the opportunity to land several opponents, dropped to 32-3-1 and middle rounds but seemed Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa. Macao Open last year. than 20 feet and then birdied similar chance for a chip in the and three-time Major winner power punches and go on to with 28 knockouts. to tire near the end as Chilemba He is the first Indian to "This kind of good form was Par-3 13th. He said, "I think second round. Bhullar said, "I Fijian legend Vijay Singh for win the fight in one of the big- Alvarez, who is based in started to win some rounds. win on Australasia Tour and definitely building up from last, the highlight of today's round had a little bit of an idea that this helping him with some advice gest boxing upsets of the year. Montreal, Canada, improves One judge scored the fight also became the fifth from the I would say, two months, I had would be the first one hour of chip is going to run a lot, but it on the course and how to han- He knocked Kovalev down to 24-0 with 12 knockouts. 116-112 for Bivol, while the country to win on European two good finishes. In fact, more play. I was 3 under after four wasn't an easy chip, I could have dle it the previous night. AGENCIES twice and then finished him off The result derails plans other two had it 120-108. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 6 August, 2018 Priyanka bids adieu to ‘Quantico’ Chopra said, getting a leading role in her debut show has made her hopeful about the future prospects for ‘female talent and women of colour’ Thank you for opening your s Priaynka Chopra’s ing goodbye to Alex Parrish. As for all the memories that I will debut American TV you’ll see, her story will come full cherish. Memories of laughter, homes and hearts series ‘Quantico’ had circle... and that is the best feel- of learning new things, of mak- to me every week. its finale recently, the ing as an actor. Bringing Alex to ing friends for life. It was a plea- Aactor said bringing Alex Parrish life has challenged me physically sure working with each and every Thank you to the to life challenged her “physically and emotionally, but even more one of you, and I look forward to and emotionally”. significant it has (I hope) cracked crossing paths again,” Priyanka cast and crew of The 36-year-old Indian star, the door open for female talent posted on Twitter. ‘Quantico’ for who made her foray in to the West and women of colour to play lead- In the series, the actor played with the ABC series, said getting ing ladies. Alex Parrish, an FBI agent who being such an a leading role in her debut show “Thank you for opening your joins the agency after graduat- has made her hopeful about the homes and hearts to me every ing from the FBI Academy and amazing team future prospects for “female tal- week. Thank you to the cast and becomes a prime suspect of a ter- to work with ent and women of colour”. “As crew of ‘Quantico’ for being such rorist attack on Grand Central the season ends, I am say- an amazing team to work with, Terminal. PTI

Gatiss, who will Another ‘Sherlock’ be busy shooting ‘Dracula’ next year says, It’s not season is a way off, the lack of will, it’s just about says Mark Gatiss practicality LOS ANGELES: Actor-writer Mark Gatiss has said that another season of popular series “Sher- lock” is at least five years away. The BBC’s modern interpretation of Arthur Conon Doyle’s work fea- tured Benedict Cumberbatch as the famed detec- tive Sherlock Holmes while actor Martin Freeman played his sidekick and friend Dr Watson. Gatiss, who co-created and co-wrote the series with Steven Moffat, told On the Line podcast that they have not ruled future seasons of the show but it will not happen anytime soon.

‘Manto’ will show “We’re certainly not rul- ing it out. We’re shooting ‘Dracula’ next year, that’s a two or three year process to get that from script to screen. Even if we then started planning ‘Sher- Nawazuddin’s range: Nandita Das lock’ season five that would be another two years, so it’s a way off,” Gatiss said. Availability of Cumberbatch and Freeman, range when you see Manto,” she also appears to be a major hurdle for the prospec- added. tive fifth season. “It was very, very, very difficult to Manto follows the most tumul- schedule the fourth series in terms of Bene- tuous years in the life of iconoclas- dict’s and Martin’s availability, and every- tic writer Manto and those of the one’s availability, so it’s not easy. It’s not countries – India and Pakistan – a lack of will, it’s just about practical- which Manto inhabited and chron- ity,” Gatiss said. PTI icled. The film stars Rasika Dugal as Manto’s wife and Tahir Raj Bha- sin, Rishi Kapoor and Divya Dutta MUMBAI: Acclaimed actor-film- in key roles. Directed by maker Nandita Das says actor The actor, who garnered acclaim Nawazuddin Siddiqui got into for his role in ‘Sacred Games’, will Shashanka Ghosh, the character of late Urdu writer also be seen in Tannishtha Chat- this female buddy Saadat Hasan Manto for film terjee’s directorial project tenta- Manto effortlessly, and has done tively titled Rome Rome Mein. He film, also stars justice to it. has also signed Debamitra Hassan’s “I always had Nawaz in mind Nandita always had Nawaz in mind while Motichoor Chaknachoor, which Swara Bhasker while writing Manto. He has many writing Manto, as she says he has many also features Athiya Shetty. traits that are similar to Manto - According to a source, and Kareena a deep sensitivity and intensity, traits that are similar to the Urdu writer Motichoor Chaknachoor is a quirky anger, and a dry sense of humour. wedding comedy. Nawazuddin’s These innate qualities in Nawaz “I needed a brilliant actor to por- with moral courage, but was also character is quite crazy yet lovable helped him transition into Manto tray many contradictory emotions scared of going to jail, confident and Debamitra strongly believes on screen quite effortlessly,” Nan- since Manto was a complex char- but vulnerable, deeply sensitive yet that only Nawazuddin can portray dita said in a statement. acter. For instance, he was a person very angry. You will know Nawaz’s it convincingly. IANS ‘Not censorship but WANTED process of fighting to make a movie that was it scares me’ inclusive, real: Sonam NEW DELHI: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently said ctor Sonam Kapoor has it is not impossible to make a thanked music artiste Leo political cinema in India, but Kalyan for liking her latest the process of fighting the sys- AfilmVeere Di Wedding. tem scares many filmmakers, She said that the film’s team including him. wanted to make a movie which Speaking further, Kashyap was real and inclusive. The British- said: “It’s not that if I wanted Pakistani musician, who is gay, had to make political cinema, I tweeted: “Okay, so I thought Veere Di wouldn’t do it because of the Wedding was the most progressive, fear for censorship, but it’s the well-rounded and three dimensional process of fighting it which representation of both women and scares me.” queer people that I have ever seen in “You can’t just give up at mainstream Bollywood. Plus, it was the first level – you have to go classic feel-good vibes.” through many levels, the exec- To which, Sonam replied: “I am utive committee, the revising so happy you feel that way Leo! We wanted to make a movie that committee, the tribunal, and said that “the most restrictive protests, making it a tedious was inclusive and real, thank you for your words.” Directed by Sha- maybe even all the way to the regimes in the world” come out process for filmmakers to shanka Ghosh, Veere Di Wedding, a female buddy film, also stars Supreme Court in the end.” with “the best films”. pursue. Swara Bhasker, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Shikha Talsania. Veere The filmmaker, known for He said that a political Kashyap acknowledged that Di Wedding centres around the wedding of a girl named Kalindi movies like Gangs of Wasseypur movie faces obstructions such this was, however, not the case and her friends Avni, Sakshi and Meera. IANS and Bombay Velvet, however, as censorship cuts, bans and in India alone. IANS