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Sheikh Hasina to Hold Key Talks with PM Modi, Mamata RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 millenniumpost.in REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 96 | Saturday, 8 April 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9198.30 (-63.65) qSENSEX 29,706.61 (-220.73) qDOW JONES 20,661.91 (-1.04) qNASDAQ 5,875.39 (-3.56) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.28(+0.24) pRUPEE/EURO 68.24 (+0.58) pGOLD/10GM 29,300.00 (+25.00) pSILVER/K 42,550.00 (+50.00) JEWAR AIRPORT IN AIR INDIA LIFTS TRUCK RUNS AKSHAY KUMAR BEST GREATER NOIDA BAN ON MP INTO STOCKHOLM ACTOR, KASAAV NAMED GETS ADITYANATH GAIKWAD; UNIONS DEPARTMENTAL BEST FILM AT NATIONAL NOD PG4 PROTEST PG5 STORE, 3 DEAD PG11 AWARDS PG16 Quick News44 SC seeks reply from 6 Centre in process of Sheikh Hasina to hold key states on plea to ban preparing no-fly list talks with PM Modi, Mamata cow vigilantes for unruly fliers OUR CORRESPONDENT Looking forward to MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: In a special gesture, meeting Mamata: Hasina Prime Minister Narendra Modi on NEW DELHI: Visiting Bangladesh NEW DELHI: The Supreme NEW DELHI: The Centre is in the process of Friday drove to the IGI airport here Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Court on Friday sought establishing a “national no-fly list” for unruly to receive his Bangladesh counter- Friday, told a select group of response of six states, includ- passengers in the aftermath of Shiv Sena MP part Sheikh Hasina and expressed journalists that she was giving ing Rajasthan, on a plea seeking Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air India staffer confidence that bilateral ties will be much prority to a proposed a ban on cow vigilante groups onboard a plane. taken to a new level. agreement on the Ganga bar- there. The Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) are Modi set aside protocol to go to rage project. On Friday, the A bench comprising Jus- from these six states. being amended by the Directorate General of the airport, travelling through the Bangladesh High Commission ar- tices Dipak Misra and A M The Supreme Court had on Civil Aviation (DGCA) to facilitate such a list, normal traffic without any route ranged a reception in the Moitree Khanwilkar issued notices to October 21, last year agreed to the ministry of civil aviation said in a letter to Air restrictions, official sources said. hall of the mission where many Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Guja- examine the plea which sought India CMD, making an appeal to him to lift the “Delighted to welcome H.E. diplomats and former High Com- rat, Jharkhand, Karnataka and action against cow vigilantes ban on Gaikwad. “In order to deal with unruly Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister missioner were invited. A small Uttar Pradesh and asked them who were allegedly indulging passengers in a more effective manner in future, of Bangladesh, on her State Visit to not go ahead with the agreement on honour of Hasina. group of journalists, were also to file their reply within three in violence and committing an amendment to CAR is being drafted by the India,” he tweeted later. Teesta without taking West Bengal At 12.30 pm PM Narendra invited to exchange pleasantries weeks. The bench has fixed the atrocities against Dalits and with the Bangladesh Premier. DGCA in consultation with this Ministry for “PM Sheikh Hasina and I are Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Modi, Sheikh Hasina and Bengal When asked on the fate of matter for hearing on May 3. minorities. Activist Tehseen S establishing a national no-fly list,” the letter said. determined to take the relationship on board and she has been oppos- CM Mamata Banerjee will jointly Teesta water sharing agreement, During the brief hear- Poonawalla, in his plea, said The no-fly list was first mooted by Air India between our nations to a new level,” ing it stridently citing water crisis in flag off the trial run of the 2nd Mai- she said she was hopeful of fruit- ing, the counsel appearing for violence committed by these on the day Ravindra Gaikwad hit 62-year-old R he added in another tweet. the state.” Modi and Hasina, who tree Express from Khulna to Kol- ful discussions with the Indian side. the petitioner referred to the ‘Gau Raksha’ groups have Sukumar with his slipper “25” times. Air India Bangladesh PM Shiekh Hasina is staying at the Rashtrapati Bha- kata and the Radhikapur to Biral She was also looking forward recent incident at Alwar in reached to such proportions had said that they were “examining” such a list. arrived here on Friday on a four- wan, will hold comprehensive dis- High-Speed diesel wagon service to meeting Bengal CM Mamata Rajasthan where a man was that even Prime Minister Nar- The following day, the Federation of Indian day visit during which she will hold cussions on Saturday. India is also through video link following lunch. Banerjee here in Delhi. "I hope killed allegedly by a mob of endra Modi had declared them Airlines, which has Jet Airways, SpiceJet, IndiGo wide-ranging talks with PM Naren- set to announce a line of credit of $ This train service is expected to meet Mamata on Saturday cow vigilante group. as people who are “destroying and GoAir as its members, while announcing a dra Modi and Bengal Chief Minis- 500 million to Bangladesh for mili- to commence from July, Railway evening, I am glad to hear that The counsel claimed that the society”. flying ban on Gaikwad also proposed “the prom- ter Mamata Banerjee. tary supplies. officials said. A new bus service she will be present at function to the ground-level situation in The plea also alleged that ulgation of a no-fly list which shall include the During Hasina’s visit, which is The two counterparts are also between Kolkata to Khulna will also launch the train and bus services these states was worrisome as these groups were commit- names of all unruly passengers.” her first after Modi assumed office holding bilateral talks on Satur- be launched during the program. between Bangladesh and West the cow vigilante groups were ting atrocities against Dalits IndiGo President and Whole Time Direc- in 2014, the two sides will be sign- day morning at the Hyderabad Issues, like combating terrorism, Bengal." The Bangladesh PM is resorting to violence there. and minorities in the name of tor Aditya Ghosh had also said, “We will sup- ing at least 25 pacts in various key House. West Bengal Chief Minis- containing radicalism and enhanc- known to share a good rapport Solicitor General Ranjit protection of cows and other port a no-fly list.” sectors including civil nuclear coop- ter Mamata Banerjee has accepted ing security cooperation between with the Bengal chief minister. Kumar, appearing for the Cen- bovines and they needed to be According to the global aviation body, Inter- eration and defence but any agree- an invitation by the government to the two countries, are likely to figure Sheikh Hasina was also deeply tre, told the bench that formal “regulated and banned in the national Air Transport Association (IATA), ment on the Teesta water sharing is attend the launch of some projects prominently, besides stalemate over appreciative of PM Modi's ges- notices were not issued to the interest of social harmony, pub- “unruly passengers” are one of the top three unlikely to be inked. between the two countries as well the Teesta pact during talks between ture of going to receive her at the states on the plea after which lic morality and law and order airport. GAUTAM LAHIRI safety issues that concern cabin crew. “The central government will as a lunch to be hosted by Modi in Modi and Hasina. the apex court sought response in the country”. As per the IATA, in 2015, there were 10,854 reported cases of unruly behaviour by the pas- Three soldiers sengers across airlines worldwide, which trans- ATC alacrity averts Govt non-committal on granting late into one incident for every 1,205 flights. killed as possible air accident nationwide farm loan waiver avalanches Adopt holistic struck Ladakh approach to tackle at IGI airport MPOST BUREAU JAMMU: Army on Friday NEW DELHI: The government on found bodies of three soldiers climate change Friday remained non-committal on who were missing after multi- ANIL MADHAV DAVE whether to follow the erstwhile UPA ple avalanches struck their post dispensation’s decision to grant a in the Batalik sector of Ladakh farm loan waiver across the country, region of Jammu and Kashmir. In today’s after the Congress made the demand “Army today recovered in Rajya Sabha. bodies of three soldiers who The demand was put forth by went missing during ava- paper Congress leader Anand Sharma lanches”, an army official said. during Question Hour while tak- Unprecedented snowfall ... ing a dig at Agriculture Minis- triggered multiple avalanches CITY ter Radha Mohan Singh, who told ment will also follow Uttar Pradesh that during NDA rule, Karnataka in Batalik on Thursday, bury- another Congress member that he on farm loan waiver,” Singh told Fer- had received a total central assistance ing a post, he said. WOMAN SCRIBE ATTACK: 1 HELD 3 hoped Karnataka would follow Uttar nandes in reply. to the tune of Rs 1.85 lakh crore from The soldiers have been NATION Pradesh in announcing a loan waiver This prompted Anand Sharma 2015-2020, against only Rs 67,000 identified as — Havaldar for its farmers. to rise and ask “Why are you talking crore from 2010-2015. Prabhu Kirke (43), Lance Naik TARUN VIJAY KICKS UP RACISM ROW 5 Oscar Fernandes (Cong) had about a state? Will you as a central Amid a political war of words, Bihari Marandi (34) and Sepoy asked whether the Centre would Minister and the Prime Minister fol- Chairman Hamid Ansari said “I Kuldeep Lakra (22).
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