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POLL BODY ORDERS SEIZURE OF MACHINES IN VIKASNAGAR Not justifiable to keep U’khand HC notice to EC Flying not just for the Lokpal Act’s operation on tampering of EVMs pending: Apex court NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand High Court on rich, says PM Modi Thursday issued a notice to the Election Com- MPOST BUREAU ment in 2013 and mission and the state government on a peti- OUR CORRESPONDENT use under a policy formulated by came into effect tion alleging tampering of EVMs in Dehradun’s The Delhi-Shimla flight is cheaper than the government and 30 such air- NEW DELHI: in 2014, the Lok- Vikasnagar constituency and ordered sealing SHIMLA: Prime Minister Nar- a taxi ride. A taxi will take at least nine hours ports would start commercial oper- The Supreme pal is not being and seizure of the machines. endra Modi on Thursday inaugu- ations, Modi said. Court on Thurs- appointed by In the February assembly polls, BJP’s Munna rated the first Shimla-New Delhi and is available for a fare of Rs 10 per km. A He said that the air fare had day said the the government Singh Chauhan had defeated former cabinet flight under a government scheme flight will now cost you Rs 6-7 per km on the been capped under the UDAN Lokpal and Loka- deliberately. minister and Congress nominee Navprabhat by to boost regional air connectiv- same route and will also save you time scheme and would cost less than yuktas Act of Attorney 6,418 votes. On the petition filed by Navprabhat, ity, saying that it would enable the taxi fare. Travel time would be cut 2013 is a “work- General Mukul Justice Shailesh Kumar Gupta asked the Election common man to fly. down from hours to minutes, Modi able piece of legis- Rohatgi had said Commission, its state unit, the state chief sec- “I want to see people who wear said. lation” and it was the Lokpal can- retary, the returning officer of Vikasnagar and ‘Hawaii chappals’ (rubber slippers) “The Delhi-Shimla flight is not justifiable to not be appointed Chauhan to file their replies within six weeks. in a ‘hawai jahaaz’ (aircraft),” Modi cheaper than a taxi ride. A taxi will keep its operation in the current sce- The high court also directed the judicial mag- said at the launch of the Regional take at least nine hours and is avail- pending. nario as amendments regard- istrate of Vikasnagar to seal and seize the EVM Connectivity Scheme (RCS), also able for a fare of Rs 10 per km. A As per the Act, the Leader ing the definition of the Leader machines “in his custody”. MPOST called Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik flight will now cost you Rs 6-7 per of the Opposition in the Lok of the Opposition in the Lokpal (UDAN). km on the same route and will also Sabha will be part of the Lok- Act was pending in Parliament. EXTORTION CASE The flight is being operated by save you time,” he said. pal selection panel. At present, The apex court had on Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air Advising airlines to start a cir- there is no Leader of the Oppo- November 23 last year pulled SC rejects bail plea of India. The airline has deployed it’s cular route connecting Nanded sition in the Lok Sabha. up the Centre over the delay in 42- seater ATR plane in this sector. Sahib, Amritsar Sahib and Patna A bench of Justices Ran- appointment of Lokpal, saying The prime minister also simul- Sahib, the prime minister said it jan Gogoi and Naveen Sinha, it should not allow the law to ex-ED official Manoj Kumar taneously flagged off RCS flights would attract Sikhs from all over while referring to an earlier become a “dead letter”. on the Kadapa-Hyderabad and the world. judgement of the apex court, In the Lok Sabha, the larg- KOLKATA: The Supreme Court on Thursday Nanded-Hyderabad sectors Regional connectivity will said, “We are holding that it is est opposition party Congress rejected the anticipatory bail plea of the former through a video conference at the bring development to tier-2 and a workable piece of legislation has only 45 members and assistant director of Enforcement Directorate event in Shimla. tier-3 cities which are becoming and it is not justifiable to keep lacks the requisite 10 per cent Manoj Kumar in connection with the extortion The prime minister announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses BJP’s Parivartan Rally at Ridge in “growth engines”, said the prime this pending.” of total 545 seats, giving rise to case that was lodged against him by a Chartered that the next flight to take off under Shimla on Thursday PTI minister. This will also enhance The apex court had on the requirement to amend the Accountant with Shakespeare Sarani police sta- the scheme would operate on the connectivity to the north-eastern March 28 reserved its verdict present Lokpal Act. tion. He had moved the Apex Court after his Mumbai-Nanded sector. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, civil aviation change the “fate and picture” of region, he added. on a batch of pleas seeking the The plea by NGO Com- plea was rejected by Calcutta High Court. Modi said earlier it was believed minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee India. “The scheme will also contrib- appointment of Lokpal in the mon Cause had sought a direc- The Apex Court directed the former ED offi- that air travel was meant only for government, and said cartoonist R He said in the absence of any ute to national integration. country. tion to the Centre to make the cial to turn up at Shakespeare Sarani police sta- the “Raja-Maharaja and elite class”. K Laxman’s Common Man should aviation policy in the last 70 years, Different cultures and tradi- Earlier, senior advocate appointment of chairperson tion within a week. Even the mascot of Air India was a be the mascot of the airline. a large number of air-strips con- tions will be able to intermingle,” Shanti Bhushan, appearing for and members of Lokpal as Incidentally, the Kolkata Police on Thurs- maharaja, he said. Modi said better connectivity structed during the second world Modi said, voicing the slogan “Sab NGO Common Cause, had per the amended rules framed day issued a notice to Kumar summoning him The prime minister recalled would help the country’s youth war were lying idle. ude, sab jude (Everyone will fly said that even though the Lok- under the Lokpal and Lokayuk- to Shakespeare Sarani police station on Friday that he had raised this issue with who, given the opportunity, could These airports would be put to and unite).” pal Bill was passed by Parlia- tas Act, 2013. itself. With Kumar’s plea getting rejected, he would get arrested if he doesn’t follow the orders APEX COURT EXTENDS PAROLE TILL JUNE 19 and appear before the police within a week. MPOST Terrorists attack army camp; Udaipur boy tops JEE- Fringe elements Non-payment of `1,500 cr will kill Captain, two other soldiers can’t govt from Main, scores deviate MPOST BUREAU development agenda land Subrata Roy in jail: SC 100 per cent SRINAGAR: Three heavily- VENKAIAH NAIDU MPOST BUREAU armed terrorists stormed an MPOST BUREAU army camp in Kupwara district NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of Kashmir in the wee hours on NEW DELHI: Kalpit Veer- on Thursday extended till June 19 the Thursday, killing a Captain and val, hailing from Udaipur In today’s parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy with two other soldiers before two in Rajasthan, has topped a warning that failure to meet the dead- of the assailants were gunned the Joint Entrance Exami- paper line of June 15 for payment of Rs 1,500 down in a fierce 35-minute nation (JEE)-Main with a crore would land him in prison once encounter. perfect 100 per cent score. ... again. Soon after the encounter, The results of the exam CITY Roy, who in compliance with the a mob started pelting stones conducted for admission last order appeared before the court, at the security forces, leading to various engineering col- COPS TO QUIZ 31 JNU STUDENTS 4 was told by the apex court that he has to a clash in which a 75-year- leges, including the premier NATION to frequently make the payments as per old civilian was killed due to Indian Institutes of Tech- the roadmap approved by the court or a bullet injury. At around 4 Ayush Yadav, Subedar Bhoop two GPS devices and a smart- nology (IITs), were declared CRPF SET TO OVERHAUL ANTI-NAXAL OPS 5 face further imprisonment. am, three terrorists, dressed Singh Gujjar and Naik B Ven- phone from the slain terror- by the Central Board of Sec- The Sahara chief gave an under- in black Pathani suit and com- kata Ramanna were killed. ists,” another official said. ondary Education (CBSE) EDIT taking to a bench headed by Justice bat jackets, entered from the Five other soldiers were The official, on the con- on Thursday. Kalpit, who Dipak Misra that he would deposit Rs rear side the artillery unit of the injured and they were airlifted dition of anonymity, said the has scored 360 out of 360 NO LEGAL SHIELD FOR THE LEADER 8 1,500 crore by June 15 and another The bench also allowed the Sahara army garrison at Panzgam in to Army’s 92 Base Hospital in attackers seemed to be foreign- in the JEE-Main, had earlier payment of Rs 552.22 crore by July 15 group to make an electronic payment Kupwara, about 100 km from Srinagar. ers but their identity was being topped the Indian Junior INTERNATIONAL in the SEBI-Sahara account and filed through RTGS in the Sebi-Sahara here, and started indiscrimi- The militants started fleeing ascertained. Science Olympiad and the PAK’S NO TO RE-INVESTIGATING 26/11 10 an affidavit. account on or before June 15. nate firing, army officials said as the Quick Response Team As soon as the encounter National Talent Search The apex court warned Roy that he The apex court directed Roy to here and in New Delhi. (QRT) of the army swung into ended, local residents held pro- Examination (NTSE). BUSINESS may be sent to jail again if the amount remain personally present on June 19, They managed to cross the action, the officials said. test demonstrations, demand- Over 10.2 lakh students is not paid. the next date of hearing. second security layer of the Two militants were gunned ing that the bodies of slain had appeared for the exam NO RAILWAY PRIVATISATION: PRABHU 13 In a related development, the bench, It asked the Official Liquidator of camp located in a mountain- down while a third one man- militants be handed over to at 1,781 centres across the which also comprised Justices Ranjan Bombay High Court to prepare terms ous terrain and spread over aged to escape under the cover them for performing their last country. The examination SPORT Gogoi and A K Sikri, ordered the arrest and conditions for auctioning the an area of 400 x 800 meters, of darkness, the officials said. rites, a police official said. was held on April 2 (offline) of Chennai-based Prakash Swamy, who Aamby Valley property for its approval the officials said. Firing indis- “The entire operation lasted The protestors, including and April 8 and 9 (online). DORTMUND DOWN BAYERN 15 failed to deposit Rs 10 crore as per the on June 19. criminately, the terrorists then 35 minutes,” said Col Saurabh women and elderly, continued Candidates clearing the last order. He will serve one month-jail Irked over non-submission of advanced towards the officers’ in Kupwara. The troops recov- demonstrations but the army JEE-Main will be eligi- for contempt of court. money, the Supreme Court had on complex of the camp which ered three AK rifles which personnel did not relent to ble to appear in the JEE- FOR ADVERTISING Swamy had filed an affidavit on April 17 decided to sell Rs 34,000 crore houses about 1000 army per- indicated that there was a third their demand, the official said. Advanced exam, 2017. kindly contact at 9810195709 or behalf a foreign firm expressing his worth properties of the Sahara Group at sonnel and is situated about 10 terrorist, he said, adding search In the clash between The JEE is conducted intent to buy Sahara’s New York-based the Aamby Valley and had sought Roy’s km from the Line of Control operations are underway to stone-pelting mobs and secu- for admission to B.Tech, BE [email protected] hotel. presence before it. (LoC) with Pakistan. track him down. rity forces, one Mohammad and B.Arch programmes He had failed to comply with the Making its mind clear, the bench Soldiers took on the attack- “We have recovered three Yousuf Bhat sustained a bul- offered at IITs, NITs, IIITs FOR SUBSCRIPTION apex court’s direction to show his had said the court may rethink about ers and forced them back AK rifles, nine magazines, 156 let injury in his chest and was and other government- kindly contact at 8800854665 or bonafide by depositing the amount in varying the interim order of bail and towards one of the gates of the AK rounds, one Chinese pistol, rushed to Kupwara hospital approved engineering [email protected] court to establish his intention to buy consider sending the contemnor (Roy camp, the officials said. three UBGL grenades, three where doctors declared him institutes. the property. and others) to custody. In the gunfight, Captain hand grenades, two radio sets, ‘brought dead’. Actor Vinod Khanna loses battle with cancer MPOST BUREAU wife, Kavita Khanna, and four chil- from Gurdaspur, Punjab. Akbar Anthony” and worked with dren - Rahul, Akshaye, Sakshi, and The sitting MP had won the seat him in another memorable hit MUMBAI: Veteran actor and Shraddha. four times. “Chandni”, tweeted, “Will miss you Member of Parliament Vinod Rahul and Akshaye, both actors, Khanna’s contemporary Sha- Amar. RIP. Remembering the good Khanna the Bollywood heartthrob were from his first wife, Geetanjali. trughan Sinha described his death times with you, Vinod. Thank you best known for his roles in films Feted as one of the most hand- as a personal loss. for being my friend.” such as “Amar Akbar Anthony,” some actors of the Hindi film indus- “Vinod Khanna was a greatly Superstar Rajinikanth said, “My “Qurbaani” and “Insaaf” — died try, Khanna made his acting debut admired personality. It’s a personal dear friend Vinod Khanna... Will of cancer at a hospital on Thursday in 1968 with “Man Ka Meet”. In and emotional loss for me as we miss you, RIP. My heartfelt condo- morning. He was 70. many of the earlier films, Khanna have been very close and jour- lences to the family.” “He passed away at 11.20 AM. played a negative or a supporting neyed together in films as well as Filmmaker Karan Johar said, It’s a sad moment for us... role. in politics,” Sinha who worked with “His screen presence is unparal- We request you all (media) for His potential was first noticed Khanna in hits like “Mere Apne”, lelled even today... his super star privacy,” the actor’s brother Pramod in Gulzar’s “Mere Apne” in 1971. “Bombay 405” and “Do Yaar”, said. swag is what we grew up on.... Khanna said. A much sought after actor in the Celebrities, young and old, RIP VinodKhanna ...thoughts and Khanna was admitted to the Sir 1970s and 1980s, he acted in several Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna's mortal remains taken to his Bollywood actor Akshay Khanna during the cremation of his remembered him as one of the prayers.” HN Reliance Foundation Hospital blockbusters, including “Mera Gaon home in Malabar hill, in Mumbai on Thursday PTI father veteran actor Vinod Khanna in Mumbai on Thursday PTI most charismatic personalities of Actor Akshay Kumar said Khan- on March 31 with complications Mera Desh”, “Reshma Aur Shera”, the Hindi film world. na’s passing was the end of an era. arising out of severe dehydration. “Elan”, “Insaaf” and “Dayavan”. ddar Ka Sikandar”. ashram in Pune in 1982. He was was last seen in the Veteran singer Asha Bhosle “Sad to learn about the passing An official statement from the He and Amitabh Bachchan At the height of his popularity, But he returned to cinema in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Dilwale” remembered him as “a decent man away of Vinod Khanna Sir, one of hospital said Khanna was suffering were a popular pair, and acted in Khanna surprised his fans when late eighties, and courted success in 2015. and a star till the very end.” the most charismatic actors...truly from bladder cancer. several films such as “Amar Akbar he took a break from acting for five again with films such as “Insaaf” Khanna was also an active poli- Rishi Kapoor, who played Khan- end of an era.” The actor is survived by his Anthony”, “Here Pheri” and “Muqa- years to join Osho Rajneesh at his and “Satyameva Jayate”. tician, and a Member of Parliament na’s younger brother in “Amar More reports on P5&16 2 town mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017

Five emerging photographers were chosen and empowered to find and appreciate craftsmen working with their hands and producing exquisite and unique works FRAMING THE living traditions

SHREYA DAS

hey say old is gold, it can never be replaced. Well, they were right because when you look ber has come down to just 20-25. The art stand at once how a Tanpura is made. It is at the works of five young pho- of ‘mukaish’, wrought by the artisans, the a visual documentation of the farming of Ttographers who were selected under the ‘badlas’, was once a valued craft in which the gourds (tumba) in Pandharpur and aegis of Neel Dongre Awards/Grants for the artisans insert metallic wires of gold making of Tanpura in Miraj, Maharastra. Excellence in Photography, you realise and silver into the fabric to create beauti- Even more exemplary is the art of cre- that indeed, there are some incredulous ful work of embroidery. Taha Ahmad has ating silk of Assam from collecting silk- skills still present in our country – be it not just captured the plight of the ‘badlas’ worms, extracting silk from the cocoons to the person behind the camera or the per- with his portraits but also experienced preparing the silk for soaking in colours. son facing one. that is sold for thousands in the market is by the era of digital camera and processes. had great regard for photography as an art what it’s like to twist a wire (that reflects For Mrigank Kulshrestha, the title, ‘Fad- With a passion that’s untethered, it a reason this intricate art is dying in the As a tribute to the old techniques, Vikas but nobody recognised them as artists. But back its shine and damages your eyes) to ing Whir of the Looms’ was apt because seems these photographers are ready to do Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. Gupta has showcased the old processes of these days, there is no creativity in digital create a piece of art that is sold for humon- with every passing day, the new genera- whatever it takes to give due credit to the Bharat Tiwari has not just captured the analogue photography and the studio: the photography. You won’t see anyone work- gous amounts of money. tion seems to step back from the art of fading art of India. The photographs in the techniques that goes behind making this dark room, CMYK and RGB filters used ing on the negatives with pencil to make a One can also witness the traditional creating this fabric. His photo series shows exhibition “Framing the living traditions” fabric but also the artists’ gleaming eyes by artists to turn negatives into colourful picture appealing now.” This photo series process of making a Tanpura and silk of the struggle that goes behind making this at India International Center, reminds us looking at the camera with a hope that photographs, twin-lens camera, Afghan shows the irretrievable art of photogra- Assam from the beginning, the raw mate- famous piece of fabric. of the arduous work that goes behind mak- there might be a future for them. box camera used to make instant passport phy when photographs were made and rials used, to the end, when the final prod- One thing that is common among all ing even a simple piece of cloth: the art of With utmost accuracy, the photog- size photographs and not just the physical not just clicked. uct is ready. The entire cycle of creating the photographs at this exhibition is: the ‘Chanderi silk’ wrought by its weavers on raphers have managed to capture what elements but also the people who docu- It is not just the art of making ‘chand- a Tanpura has been accurately captured millennial are not adapting these art forms handlooms at their homes. Working day is remained of these obsolete art forms, mented important developments in an eri silk’ fabric that’s fading away with time by Ankit Aggarwal – from scraping the and even their parents, the master artists, and night for that perfect smooth texture maybe for the last time, for the people to era with no smartphones or digital cam- and technology, there is a more obsolete wood to carving it for a perfect shape and do not want them to continue in this field of the ‘chanderi’ silk fabric and at the end reminisce. Another distressing display is era. In the words of the photographer, craft form of Lucknow which once had texture – it is mesmerising to just have a due to lack of monetary support and the of the day getting Rs 100-150 for a saree the analogue photograph, overshadowed “These people belonged to an era which more than 3000 artisans but now the num- quick glance at his photographs and under- irrefutable role of technology. DAYINDAYOUT Eating ‘diet’ foods EXQUISITE GHAZALS What’s on Around Town (IM)POSSIBILITIES can make you fat that convey a social message A group show of paintings and sculp- OUR CORRESPONDENT tures of some of the most celebrated THE SO-CALLED “DIET” prod- mass when compared to rats fed a “Our research shows that in rats artists of the nation, the exhibition, (im) ucts containing low or no fat may balanced rodent diet. fed a low-fat, high-sugar diet, the LANGUAGE is one of the most powerful possibilities showcase how one can one have higher amount of sugar and The high-sugar diet induced efficiency of generating body fat is emblems of social behaviour. In the normal can decipher the word impossibilities consuming them regularly could a host of other problems, includ- more than twice as high – in other transfer of information through language, to read as i m possibilities. The names make you fat, new research warns. ing liver damage and brain words, rats consuming low-fat high- we use language to send vital social messages The sugar-laden “diet” foods inflammation. sugar diets need less than half the about who we are, where we come from, and showcased in this exhibition has already could also lead to liver damage and “What’s really troubling in our number of calories to generate the who we associate with. proved that impossible is nothing and brain inflammation, said the study findings is that the rats consum- same amount of body fat,” Czaja Noted social worker and cultural activist it is a privilege to celebrate their (im) published in the journal Physiology ing high-sugar, low-fat diets didn’t added. Over a four-week period, Dr Mridula Tandon was the recipient of hon- possibilities. and Behavior. consume significantly more calories researchers monitored body weight, ours and felicitated at a graceful assembly of WHEN: April 13 – May 13 “Most so-called diet products than the rats fed a balanced diet,” caloric intake, body composition writers and social figures, organised by the and many were seen teary eyed. WHERE: Creativity Art Gallery, Hauz containing low or no fat have an Czaja said. and fecal samples in three groups foundation SIET, on Tuesday evening at India A lyrical follow up to the message of gen- Khas Village increased amount of sugar and are of rats. International Centre. der disparity was next – ghazals by Shakeel camouflaged under fancy names, One group consumed a diet high The evening commenced with a heart Ahmed, who, with his accompanying artists TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm giving the impression that they are in fat and sugar, another group was wrenching performance by adolescent girls enthralled the audience with original com- THE DANCE OF INDIA healthy, but the reality is that those fed a low-fat, high-sugar diet and a from ‘Sakshi NGO’, their performance to the positions of choice lyrics by highly esteemed Artist Sailesh Sanghvi will be showcasing foods may damage the liver and lead third group was given a balanced song ‘Aye Khuda’ depicted the evils against Shayars like Nida Fazli’s, ‘Vrindavan Ke Kris- to obesity as well,” said the study’s or “normal” diet. women prevalent in society. It spread a strong han Kanhaiyya Alla Hu’ Nazim’s ‘Aisa Hua his twelve works at the solo art exhibition. principal investigator Krzysztof Both the low-fat, high- message encompassing issues like female foe- Deewana Main,’ Aleena Itrat’s – ‘Abhi to chaak The collection shows the different types of Czaja, Associate Professor at Uni- sugar and high-fat, high-sugar ticide, dowry practice, rape, domestic violence, pe jaar hai raks mitti ka’, Zeeshan’s ‘Vasal Ki dances across the India. The artist, in two versity of Georgia in the US. groups displayed an increase girl child education, women empowerment, Shab Guzar Na Jaye Kahin,’ among others. different genres, acrylic canvas collages Researchers found that rats fed in liver fat and significant gender equality, stalking, eve-teasing etc. The The overflowing hall and appreciative applause and paper collage, portrays the diversity a diet high in sugar but low in fat increases in body weight and messages and presentations by these children evidenced the audience response. His singing, of Indian dances in the cultural set-up – meant to imitate many popu- body fat when compared to touched an emotional chord in the audience; range and depth fascinated everyone present. lar diet foods – increased body fat the balanced diet group. IANS through his work from street entertain- ment to staged performance. 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No. 011-47777500, Email: [email protected], Lucknow Office: 401, Chintels House 16, Station Road, Lucknow Ph: 0522-4013126 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 mp city In introspection mode, Kejriwal BJP busy brainstorming exhorts partymen to stay loyal over Mayoral faces ROUSHAN ALI NEW DELHI: In his maiden meet- The party is likely to nominate women as Mayors for all three civic bodies ing with the newly elected Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillors, ANUP VERMA 5,413 votes. Delhi Chief Minister and party The second contender for the supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thurs- NEW DELHI: A day after recording Mayor’s post, Anju Jain, defeated day urged them not to ‘betray’ the a massive victory in the Municipal AAP’s Sangeeta Goel from party. He administered a ‘pledge of elections in Delhi, the Bharatiya Pitampura by a margin of 4,851 honesty’ to the 48 AAP Councillors Janata Party has started looking for votes. on the occasion and appealed them potential candidates for the three In East Delhi Municipal to work with full honesty. civic bodies – South, North and East Corporation, Neena Bhagat is the Dubbing Delhi’s three munic- Manish Sisodia comes out after the meeting at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Delhi Municipal Corporations. top choice of several BJP leaders. ipal corporations ‘the most cor- Kejriwal’s residence in New Delhi on Thursday PIC/PTI The party has said that selection Bhagat had defeated Pooja Chhabra, rupt’, Kejriwal also cautioned them of candidates is being done in view again a candidate of AAP, from not to let themselves be lured by or elected councillors not to leave bers. Have a good rapport with the of the promises made to voters Geeta Colony ward by a margin of involved in corruption. movement against corruption even sanitation employees,” Kejriwal said. ahead of the elections. 2,869 votes. The BJP swept the civic elections if someone lured them to join other In the wake of its humiliating Once elected, the leader will In the MCD election held on held last Sunday, bagging 181 of the parties by offering huge sums of defeat at the hands of the BJP in the ensure proper implementation of April 23, BJP managed to secure 181 270 wards of Delhi’s three munici- money. “It is a very pious movement. MCD polls, AAP is likely to appoint (Clockwise from top left) Mayor candidates for SDMC Kamaljeet Sehrawat, the same. wards out of total 270 wards. pal corporations while the AAP won If you leave AAP, this movement, the Labour Minister Gopal Rai as the It has also come to light that BJP, Nandini Sharma and Shikha; for North MCD Anju Jain and Preety Aggarwal; and The corporation-wise tally for just 48 wards and the Congress 30. people will then never be happy,” new convener of its Delhi unit. which on Wednesday achieved a for EDMC Neema Bhagat PIC/MPOST BJP stands at 70 wards in South Kejriwal claimed that the Kejriwal said. He also advised them The decision was taken at a hat trick of victories in the MCD Aadmi Party competitor from one demonstration agAInst him. She, Delhi Municipal Corporation, 64 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would to listen to the party volunteers who meeting of Delhi AAP MLAs called elections, is most likely to entrust of the prestigious wards in Dwarka, along with scores of BJP members, wards in North Delhi Municipal try its best to wean them away but had campaigned and sought votes by Kejriwal at his official residence the responsibility of the post of but also emerged as prominent face had opposed Kejriwal’s departure Corporation and 47 wards East they would have to remain united. for the AAP. to review the civic poll results. Mayor to women leaders in all three against AAP during BJP’s election to Punjab and Goa by protesting Delhi Municipal Corporation. “Always keep your recording devices “Volunteers will come to you for However, the formal announce- Corporations. campaign. at New Delhi Railway station. The Meanwhile, their closest (in mobile phones) on so that we getting work done in their areas. ment will made after the meeting of According to reports, Kamaljeet Sehrawat won Dwarka-B ward issues she raised helped to expose competitors AAP managed to win can know if any such effort is made.” If you do not do their work, they the AAP Political Affairs Commit- Sehrawat, Nandani Sharma and with with a margin of 9,886 votes by Kejriwal in the public domain while 16, 21 and 11 wards in SDMC, North “This party has emerged from won’t be able show their face in areas tee (PAC), the party’s highest deci- Shikha Rai from South Delhi defeating her rival Shushma Bansal. we (BJP) highlighted several issues MCD and EDMC respectively. an anti-corruption movement; so, where they had sought votes for you. sion making body. Municipal Corporation are the Nandini Sharma, meanwhile, during our campaign,” said a BJP The Congress, which finished a please work with full honesty,” he So, please listen to them and get On Wednesday, AAP’s Delhi potential candidates for the post defeated her AAP rival Monika leader on Thursday. distant third, could manage to win urged his Councillors. their work done,” Kejriwal advised. convener Dilip Pandey had resigned, of Mayor. Talwar by 3,273 votes from Malviya As far as North MCD is just 12 wards in SDMC, 15 wards in “Maintain honesty and have the Stressing the importance of sani- taking responsibility for the party’s Among the three contenders, Nagar, while Shikha Roy emerged concerned, Preety Aggarwal and North MCD and an embarrassing courage to raise your voices against tation employees of the three munic- municipal poll drubbing. Sehrawat’s name is trailing on top victorious from Greater Kailash by Anju Jain are the frontrunners for three wards in EDMC. corruption in the MCDs. They (the ipal corporations, the Chief Minister “Labour Minister Gopal Rai has as she has emerged as a strong face defeating AAP’s Sneh Parmar with the Mayor’s post. It may be recalled that the BJP BJP) might send you to jail or try to advised the councillors to treat them been appointed the new convener of of BJP in the local bodies. a margin of 8,163 votes. Preety Aggarwal defeated the had managed to win only 138 wards suppress your voice but do not fear,” like family. the Delhi AAP. The formal decision Sehrawat not only recorded a “She (Sehrawat) was the first runner-up, AAP’s Abhinav Mishra, in the 2012 Municipal Corporation the Chief Minister said. “They are poor and harassed; so will be announced after the PAC highest win by defeating her Aam who opposed Kejriwal by leading a from Rohini F seat by a marging of elections. Kejriwal also told the newly treat them like your family mem- meeting,” said an AAP functionary. DCW demands Teen Murti Marg, Chowk BJP’s trump cards: A devoted social action on school for mistreating renamed after Israeli city Haifa media team and dedicated volunteers OUR CORRESPONDENT as ‘Teen Murti Haifa Marg’. past few years by different YOGESH KANT “We have set up 14 depart- rape survivor The decision was taken unani- organisations, including the ments and 42 observers to NEW DELHI: The iconic mously in Thursday’s council RSS. NEW DELHI: To win a mas- monitor the entire opera- OUR CORRESPONDENT Teen Murti Chowk and the meeting,” a senior NDMC offi- Senior RSS functionary sive mandate in the MCD poll tion and analyse the course of Teen Murti Marg here will cial told PTI. Indresh Kumar had demanded and set the tone among vot- action,” said Babbar. NEW DELHI: The Delhi now be known after the Israeli The Israeli city, which these in 2015 that the government ers of Delhi, a Bharatiya Janata Tajinder Bagga, Delhi BJP Commission for Women on city Haifa with the NDMC places are being named after, acknowledge the role played Party core team continuously spokesperson who played Thursday issued a notice to the approving their renaming was liberated from the Otto- by the three regiments of the projected the party’s social key role during the campaign Education department of Delhi ahead of Prime Minister Nar- man occupation by Indian sol- Indian Army in the Battle of schemes and infrastructure said, “The ‘Booth Panch Par- after a private school in the city endra Modi’s visit to the Jew- diers during the First World Haifa in 1918. development in the national meshwar Sammelan’ organ- asked a Class X student, who is ish nation. War. According to the Ministry Capital for the last one year. ised under the guidance of our a rape survivor, to not attend The New Delhi Munici- Large number of Indian of Culture, a “wrong impres- National vice-president national president Amit Shah BJP leaders Tajinder Bagga and Rajiv Babbar school. pal Council (NDMC) Thurs- soldiers of the 15th Imperial sion” has been built about the Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, one of and the work of these Panch The notice was issued after day took a decision in this Service Cavalry Brigade died Teen Murti Chowk that it has the masterminds of BJP’s MCD The place has an IT cell, Rajiv Babbar, Kuljeet Singh Parmeshwars on the date of a complaint from the parents of regard at a meeting presided during the battle and nearly something to do with Mahatma win, said the campaign strat- headed by Amit Malviya, a Chahal and Praveen Shankar polling became the decisive the girl. The Commission has over by Chief Minister Arvind 900 are buried in Israel, the offi- Gandhi. egy focused on integration of National Head of BJP’s IT Kapoor comprise of the core factor. asked the Education Depart- Kejriwal. cial said. “The Teen Murti Chowk the organisation, micro-cam- department. Malviay takes team of BJP MCD poll cam- “In these elections the tra- ment to file a report on the This is the second renam- Modi is likely to visit Israel was named to mark the role paigning (door-to-door, pub- pride in the party’s online pres- paign and heads of the media ditional supporters voted for us matter within five days. ing of a road approved by the in July, which will be the first of the three cavalry regiments. lic joints, Metro and buses) via ence, pointing out that BJP’s managment. and the support of the people of The parents of the Class NDMC within a month– and by an Indian Prime Minister, But no one knows this today. advertisements to promote the Facebook page has of lakhs of For Babbar, the party’s Schedule Castes, Purvanchal, X student, who is studying in fifth in two years. as the two countries celebrate The moment people think of work of BJP and criticism of the followers. trump card was a combina- Uttarankhand made our vic- a private school, had alleged The civic body had renamed 25 years of diplomatic relations. the Teen Murti they think of Aam Aadmi Party and Con- The cell sends out at least tion of several things: the tory unprecedented,” Bagga that the administration of the Park Street earlier this month Every year, September 23 Gandhiji’s monkeys. This is a gress. “Around 50 dedicated 10 WhatsApp messages daily, party symbol, Modi and known added. He had raised various school showed “gross insensi- after Bangladesh’s founder is celebrated as Haifa Day in wrong impression that needs people were working round the which says get multiplied and faces in the leadership. More- issues against AAP, such as the tivity” towards the student on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ahead India and Israel as a mark of to be corrected,” it had earlier clock to make this campaign eventually reach lakhs of peo- over, punch line AAP se na ho spending of money on samo- the grounds that she is a rape of that country’s Prime Minis- respect to the soldiers who lost said. fruitful,” he added. ple. “We have 60,000 booth payega, Modi se hoga gener- sas, the hefty fee to lawyer Ram survivor. ter Sheikh Hasina’s India visit. their lives in the battle and to In 2015, Aurangzeb Road Amit Malviya, is a critical workers and 5,000 volunteers ated a massive response. Nuk- Jethmalani from the govern- In their statement, the par- “The Teen Murti Chowk mark the end to 400 years of the was renamed as APJ Abdul member of BJP’s ‘election war for social media, who reli- kad nataks, road shows and 243 ment exchequer and winning ents told DCW that the school will now be known as ‘Teen Turkish control over the city. Kalam Road. Race Course room’ operated out of the Capi- giously share positive issues, ground meetings and the LED of BJP in the AAP’s internal laid a condition upon them that Murti Haifa Chowk’ and the Demands to rename the Road was renamed as Lok tal’s crowed Golf Link and BJP cartoons, satires and videos,” rickshaw campaign work out survey that marred the poll the victim will be promoted Teen Murti Marg will be known two have been made over the Kalyan Marg last year. state office. said Malviya. very well in the end. prospects of AAP. to Class X only if she stopped coming to school. The parents furtherTwo-vote win in Chhattarpur Govt plans world-class complex informed the Commission As BJP savours win, AAP that the school refused her the ward raises eyebrows option of using the school bus, at Pragati Maidan: ITPO which was earlier being availed OUR CORRESPONDENT the first seven rounds of count- mulls how to win back voters by the girl. ing, but we astonishingly began PIYUSH OHRIE veteran film actor who passed ation soon. We hope that our OUR CORRESPONDENT Maidan including a six-lane They told DCW that the NEW DELHI: A fight was making up in last two rounds,” away on Thursday due to gall leadership will now be able to divided tunnel connecting principal asked them to remove reported late on Wednesday said Tanwar. Even then, it was NEW DELHI: The day follow- bladder cancer. effectively expose the corruption NEW DELHI: The exhibition- Mathura Road to Ring Road their daughter from the school between supporters of two only the last few votes that gave ing counting was one of relax- “Besides the able leadership, of BJP led MCD and adminis- cum-convention complex being across Pragati Maidan and mak- and enroll her in a different one Municipal election candidates, Tanwar the narrowest of wins by ation and chilling out for BJP the massive victory of the party trative ineffectiveness of AAP,” built at Pragati Maidan will have ing Mathura Road signal free as the girl was bringing a bad after it emerged that the winning 2 votes over Pinky Tyagi. leaders, members and grass- is also due to the continuous said Sanjay, a Congress worker world-class features like skywalk through ‘U’ turns/subways at name to the school. candidate had defeated her rival “The ward was equally roots workers and desperate wok of our volunteers. I will Stung by a big defeat, the connectivity with metro and necessary intersections for bet- The parents have alleged by a miniscule margin of only divided between AAP and us. introspection for the entire AAP spend some days with the volun- AAP showed urgency on Thurs- seven modern exhibition halls. ter access to the complex and that the school administra- two votes. We eventually got 8,145 votes, fraternity. teers. The schedule is going to day.AAP ‘S National Convenor “The IECC project goes for benefit of general public. tion harassed the girl in vari- The SDMC’s Chhattarpur while they got 8,143,” Tanwar Delhi BJP leaders on Thurs- become busy for us in the com- Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting beyond Pragati Maidan. It will The exhibition-cum-conven- ous manners so that she would ward had witnessed a nail-biting said. day spent most of their time ing months as we will not have with the party MLA’S to discuss add to the grandeur and stat- tion complex will have a base- be forced to leave the school on contest between the Bharatiya Police could not confirm with party volunteers and to elect the mayors, “said Sub- the future course ahead. ure of the city of Delhi and also ment parking of 4,800 vehicles. her own accord. Janata Party and Aam Aadmi about the tussle between the expressing gratitude to the vot- ash Bhadana, the newly elected “We hope to again win relieve the general public of traf- A provision for a hotel has also DCW Chairperson Swati Party candidates which wasn’t supporters. Since there was no ers at their residences. BJP councillor from Chittaran- the trust of people by our fic congestion in this area,” India been made. Maliwal said that it is a very decided till the last round of police complaint in the case, the Revitalised by the victory jan Park. work. Most of us are disap- Trade Promotion Organisation “The iconic Convention serious matter. “The girl is counting. In a tightly fought police did not take any action in of the saffron party under his While, most of the Delhi BJP pointed that we have not been CMD L C Goyal said. Centre will be at par with the being punished for no fault of election, the BJP candidate the case. “We got to know about leadership, Delhi BJP President leaders and councillors were try- able to do as well as we expected. The ITPO, a body under best in the world. It will be on hers. DCW has issued a notice from Chhatarpur, Anita Tan- the scuffle between supporters Manoj Tiwari took to social ing to come in terms by the mas- We however hope that through the Ministry of Commerce & an elevated podium with unique to the Education Department war, defeated her nearest AAP over the result in Chattarpur media to express gratitude to sive victory achieved by them, our honest and hard work we Industry, has been tasked with curved slopping facade incor- in this matter and has asked rival Pinki Tyagi by the thin- ward. They had written an appli- the party supporters. mood at Congress headquarters will again win hearts of the peo- the redevelopment work of Pra- porating local flavour with a for a report within five days,” nest of margins. While Tanwar cation to the Returning Offi- Later in the afternoon, was sombre. ple of Delhi,” said Pooja Jakhar, gati Maidan. window to Delhi having 3,60O Maliwal stated. She added that managed to get 8,415 of the total cer, who advised them to take the Delhi BJP President also “This is a difficult phase the AAP MCD candidate who The proposed plan also view of surrounding areas such if need be strict action will be votes polled in the ward, Tyagi a legal course of action,” said expressed his grief over the pass- for the party. However, we will won Chirag Delhi seat by 73 includes interventions to ease as India Gate, Supreme Court, taken to get justice for the girl. got 8,413. “I was trailing after ACP (South), Chinmoy Biswal. ing away of Vinod Khanna, the come out of this difficult situ- votes. traffic in and around Pragati etc,” Goyal said. They tried to strip, rob and then kill us: Prime accused in cattle HC dismisses assault case arrested plea to remove party symbols Pataudi cattle traders recount the horror ZAFAR ABBAS Baniya, DCP South East. Gaurav Gupta has report- ZAFAR ABBAS Ashu says that he was more Do you know how I can get it NEW DELHI: Delhi Police edly been associated with from EVMs concerned about his buffaloes back?” asks Rizwan. on Thursday arrested Gaurav a number of raids in Delhi, NEW DELHI: “They stopped even when they were admitted The three young men say Gupta, a 33-year-old resident claiming to be a member of NEW DELHI: A plea seek- their cars in front of our truck to the hospital. that had a female journalist of Rajender Nagar, Ghaziabad, PFA, and has a history of vigi- ing removal of the candi- and before we could under- “We are poor people and and police not intervened, they for assaulting three cattle trad- lantism in the name of animal dates’ party symbols from the stand anything we were pulled cattle trading is our business. could have been killed. ers near Kalkaji on April 22. right activism. electronic voting machines out of the truck and brutally We can’t afford to lose our buf- “I passed blood in my urine Gupta claims to be a mem- The cops are still investi- (EVMs) in the MCD poll was thrashed. We tried hard to save faloes, so I even told the doc- after the beating. My ribs still ber of People for Animals gating whether he is indeed on Wednesday dismissed by our faces, but could not as they tor to treat us fast so that we hurt. We thank God that we are (PFA), though the animal associated with PFA. Gupta the Delhi High Court. were too many. They hurled could check our animals. They alive,” said Kamil. rights group has denied that he received bail late on Thursday “We are not inclined to abuses at us and also spoke bad The three cattle traders Kamil, Ashu and Rizwan PIC/MPOST (attackers) even snatched Rs Ehtesham Hashmi, a has anything to do with them. hours after his arrest. interfere in the issue,” a bench about our religion. They even 6,000-7,000 from my pocket,” Supreme Court lawyer said: The organisation also denied Earlier, a resident of Rohini of Acting Chief Justice Gita threatened to kill us.” recalls slogan chanting, assaulted cut under his eye and was left said Ashu, who now has a scar “Tracking the cattle traders, any involvement in the assault. has also been arrested in this Mittal and Justice Anu Mal- Rizwan, who is still recovering them near Kalkaji after their bleeding, recalls the horror. under his right eye. beating and robbing them on “We have arrested Gaurav connection. Shashank Sharma hotra said and added that from the shock. truck loaded with buffaloes was “They shouted ‘inki pant Rizwan, the driver, was various pretexts, is it not an Gupta in the assault case of (32) was arrested after the as far as the plea to include Cattle traders Rizwan, Ashu intercepted by a few cars. kholo’ (remove their pants) . I more concerned about his organised crime? The police April 22, in which three cat- police made local inquiries. photographs of contesting and Kamil are still unable to The three traders have also was so frightened that I became mobile which he says was his have pressed weaker sections tle traders were assaulted near The cattle traders have candidates on the EVMs was forget the night of April 22, alleged that the hooligans had mute for some time. They even most expensive possession. (against the accused) like 323 Kalkaji. The sections under claimed that they were attacked concerned, it has been imple- when they came face to face also asked them to strip. thrashed us in the presence of “I bought the mobile for Rs and 341 under IPC. These are which he was arrested are by 15-20 people. The cops have mented by the poll panel in the with death where men, amidst Ashu, who suffered a deep police,” Ashu said. 16,000 and they snatched it. all bailable offences.” 323/341/34 of IPC,” said Romil arrested two in the case so far. MCD election. AGENCIES 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 JNU SEDITION CASE Policemen’s Notorious highway attempt to save Delhi Police prepares list of 31 robber in police net life of accused OUR CORRESPONDENT goes in vain students for questioning NEW DELHI: The Spe- OUR CORRESPONDENT cial Cell of Delhi Police has OUR CORRESPONDENT arrested notorious criminal NEW DELHI: An accused source from the Special Cell. Zahid Khan, a member of the who was shot five bullets dur- In March last year post the infamous Haroon gang. ing an encounter with the NEW DELHI: In a develop- sedition case, the JNU admin- Members of this gang police on Wednesday and ment related to the JNU sedi- istration had constituted an rob cars on highways at gun- for whom the policemen tion case, the Delhi Police has enquiry committee to look into point. Thereafter they use had donated their blood suc- asked 31 students from the the events of February 9. The these cars in waylaying other cumbed to his injuries on University to make themselves report by the high-level inquiry cars and rob the occupants of Thursday. available for a questioning ses- committee at JNU had said that their cash, jewelry and other Accused in police custody PIC/MPOST The accused, Nitin, had sion in connection with the a group of masked outsiders valuables. been shot at by the police February 9, 2016 event. had shouted provocative slo- The gang members also ganized his gang consisting party after an alleged burglary It has been a year since gans, including waylay trucks laden with of Ikram, Alim, Saddam, Arif attempt at a Rohini apartment. the University was caught in “Bharat ko ragad do (India expensive items, abduct the and committed more than He was receiving treatment a political storm after some should be crushed)” and “Pak- occupants of the trucks and seven armed robberies. for his injuries at Baba Saheb students allegedly raised anti- istan zindabad” at the contro- keep them confined at their On April 25, specific infor- Ambedkar Hospital, where he national slogans, after which versial event organised at the hideouts. After unloading, mation was received that succumbed to his injuries at three students had to face sedi- varsity on February 9. they abandon the trucks. Zahid Khan would come near 1:30 am. tion charges. The report submitted by The weapons used by the Siraspur village to meet one of The police have informed The anti-terrorist unit of the five-member committee gang were kept in the house his associates. the National Human Rights Delhi Police Special Cell had had said that witnesses con- of Zahid Khan. “A raiding party was Commission about the been tasked with the investiga- firmed that the slogan “Bharat Members of this gang are formed and trap was laid near encounter and will not be tion of the case. ki barbadi tak jung rahegi (The desperate and ruthless and Siraspur village, GT Karnal filing a case in this inci- The students who allegedly war will continue till India is they open fire at the slightest Road. At about 6 pm a per- dent despite the Supreme raised the anti-national slo- destroyed)” was raised. provocation or resistance by son was spotted coming from Court ruling about filing an gans are yet to be traced, but However the Special Cell the victims, the police said. bypass side. When police tried FIR in cases relating to an the police has compiled a list of investigators are of the view They don’t even hesitate to fire to question him he whipped encounter. 31 students thinking that they jitha Raja. Officials said they assigned specific slots for their place inside the University that the 31 students who will at the police when cornered or out his pistol and tried to fire “In this particular case may be able to get crucial leads had taken note of their pres- sessions with the police offi- premises itself. We have also be questioned will offer cru- when likely to be arrested. on the raiding party. Constable the accused had fired at the in the case. ence during the February 9 cials. The police have not yet asked the students of the uni- cial leads. Zahid is a resident of Akshay Kumar, without caring policemen and they retaliated The list of JNU students event, which had been held filed a chargesheet in the case. versity to be present at admin “We expect to shed new Hathia in Mathura. He joined for his life, overpowered and by firing at him. The police- includes former JNU students’ to protest the hanging of Par- “We had first approached block post 12 pm. light on the case and expect to the gang of Haroon and com- snatched the loaded country men had also donated their union Vice President Shehla liament attack convict Afzal the Vice Chancellor of the var- The list does not include get some leads. If new names mitted highway robberies. made pistol from the accused,” own blood to save him,” said Rashid and Rajya Sabha legis- Guru. sity for the questioning ses- Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar crop up, they will also be inves- After the arrest of Haroon said Sanjeev Yadav, DCP, Spe- a senior police official. lator D Raja’s daughter Apara- The 31 students have been sions. The sessions will take Khalid,” said a highly placed tigated,” the source added. in January 2017, Zahid reor- cial Cell. According to the official, Nitin along with his accom- plices Hariom and Kuldeep, with muffled faces, were alleg- After prolonged fistfight, police duo nabs wanted car thief edly trying to scale the bound- ary wall of the Ahinsa Vihar ANAND MOHAN J Mewati gang, which lasted towered the two policemen. He fingers slipped into Irshad’s nearby tree. apartment in Rohini Sector 9 thirty minutes. first lured them towards the mouth, the latter Irshad bit “He was just banging his around 4 am. NEW DELHI: On Wednes- The policemen were fired boot space of the car and then them. Irshad then took a stone head and blood gushed from Some residents from the day night, head constable Vijay upon and bitten. Vijay Kumar whipped out his pistol and fired and crushed Vijay’s hand. his forehead, after which he apartment had noticed them Kumar and constable Sanjay had his hand crushed by a at them. The bullet, however, Seeing that he had the cooled down. Many people climbing the walls of the were patrolling the Industrial stone, before he and Sanjay whizzed past Sandeep’s hand. upper hand, Irshad called out were watching, but nobody apartment. area in Kirti Nagar on their managed to subdue one of the “At that moment, all I could to his associates to take the helped,” said Karthik, one of Later, when they landed motorcycle when they noticed gang members, Irshad, who notice were the sparks from the cops on. the men who helped the cops. on the opposite side of the five men in a Swift Dzire car. was then arrested. All of this bullet,” said Sandeep. Seeing the four gang mem- Police believe that the road, they were spotted by two Suspicious of the late night took place in front of the resi- Vijay Kumar and Irshad bers dashing towards them, accused were on their way to policemen. movement, the constables dents of the area, most of who then started exchanging blows, Vijay whipped out his pistol steal high-end cars and trucks The constables have intercepted the car thinking did not move a muscle and Left to Right: HC Vijay Kumar and Constable Sandeep PIC/MPOST while Sanjay tries to subdue the and pointed it at the gang. Out for sale in Haryana. claimed that the three men that they would return home remained spectators of the vio- criminal. The other four gang of fear, the four ran back and “We have found tools fired upon them and they after a routine check. But they lent melee. routine check. They did not peculiar Mewati accent of the members bolted to a safe place soon fled the spot. used to break into cars. The retaliated by returning fire, had to face something com- “We were on our regu- have the registration and five men and became cautious. a few metres from the car and In the meantime, two men other members have been grievously injuring Nitin in pletely different, as the two lar patrolling duty when we license documents, so I asked But Irshad had already loaded watched the melee unfold. watching the chaos unfold identified and will be arrested. his arms, legs and lower back. constables got involved in a noticed the car with number them to get out of the car,” said several bullets into his country- Vijay managed to throw from afar decided to help the Irshad has been involved in 16 Later in the evening, his asso- deadly hand to hand combat plates from Haryana. I decided HC Vijay Kumar. made pistol. Irshad to the ground and cops subdue Irshad, who then cases of Dacoity in Haryana,” ciates Hariom and Kuldeep with members of the infamous to pull the car over and do a Kumar had noticed the Standing six-feet tall, Irshad pounced on him. When his began banging his head into a said DCP (West), Vijay Kumar. were arrested. NGT issues Six-year-old girl dies in building notice to Leopard enters residential collapse in Sarfabad, Noida Sri Sri on colony in Gurugram, injures two OUR CORRESPONDENT contempt plea PIYUSH OHRIE idents, out of fear and panic, dent, the forest officials took started screaming and began their time and, after labouring NOIDA: The heavy thunder- NEW DELHI: The National GURUGRAM: Residents of pelting stone at the leopard. for over five hours, successfully storm on Wednesday night had Green Tribunal Thursday Durga Colony in Sohna in The leopard began hopping tranquillised the leopard and surely relieved people of the issued notice to spiritual fig- the outskirts of Gurugram on from one residence to another caught it alive. heat but sadly took the life of ure Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Thursday had a deadly expe- so as to escape. While the operation to an innocent six year old girl. a contempt plea against him rience after a leopard entered Around 9.00 am, the catch the cat was on, forest offi- Saina was sleeping with her for blaming the Centre and the colony and lurked in the leopard entered the house of cials counselled the residents family in the slum house when the panel for damaging the residential area for over five 30-year-old Anil Kumar and and advised to maintain calm the heavy wind caused the wall Yamuna floodplains by allow- hours. The animal was later attacked him. and be restrained. of a nearby under construction ing his NGO's cultural extrava- tranquilised and released back Kumar sustained injuries “We never expected that building to collapse on them, death during treatment. investigations are on,” said ganza held there. in the wild by forest depart- after being scratched on his a leopard can enter our area. killing Saina and injuring three Usman, his wife Sukesh Bijendra Bhadana, Station "Notice to the respon- ment officials. back and face and was later After this incident there will of his family members in Sar- and his two years old son Sakib House Officer, Sector 49 police dent," a bench headed by NGT The wild feline injured two rushed to a local hospital. be fear and concerns, especially fabad village of Noida in the were later discharged from the station. Chairperson Justice Swatanter residents, including a six-year- A six-year-old child was regarding the safety of our chil- wee hours of Thursday. hospital after getting treatment. Apart from this, tree falls Kumar said while seeking his old child. also attacked after it accidently dren,” said Ramsharan, a resi- Usman, a labourer, lived “As soon as the incident was at several places in the city reply before May 9, the next The incident was reminis- came in the leopard’s way. dent of Durga colony. with his family in the slums reported to us, we rushed to the were witnessed which caused date of hearing. cent of the incident on Novem- Some frightened residents In addition to frequent of Sarfabad village. The heavy spot. All the victims were taken a problem for the commuters However, Art of Liv- ber 24 last year, where a leopard locked themselves in their sightings of wild felines in the thunderstorm forced the wall to Kailash Hospital where Saina and resulted in traffic snarls. ing (AOL) spokesperson and had entered Mandawar village houses for many hours, while outskirts of Gurugram, of late of the seventh floor in a half was declared dead by the doc- Though hardly any major dam- legal adviser Kedar Desai said in Sohna, injured 11 people vallis into the residential colony the leopard kept lurked near there have also been concerns constructed building to fall tors while other people who age was caused due to them but "No such order has been and was ultimately killed by around 7.00. their residences. over sightings of the leopards on them. The incident left the got injured were discharged power cuts and traffic snarls passed. It is factually incorrect the enraged villagers. After one of the residents Not repeating the same in posh areas of the Millen- whole family with serious inju- after getting treatment. They were commonly witnessed on to report that any notice has On Thursday, the foraging spotted the leopard, panic mistakes as they had commit- nium City, such as Sector 57 ries while Saina succumbed to suffered minor injuries. Our Thursday morning. been issued. AGENCIES leopard entered from the Ara- ensued in the colony. Some res- ted in the November 24 inci- and DLF-V. CITY BRIEFS Over 2.8 lakh tiles used Noida home buyers meet UP CM Adityanath 19-YR-OLD ATTEMPTS SELF-IMMOLATION for helipad in Leisure RAHUL SINGH NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old pregnant woman alleg- NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA: edly committed suicide by setting herself on fire in Left in the lurch for over past southeast Delhi's Pul Prahladpur area. The woman had Valley stolen eight years, the home buyers taken the extreme step after she was allegedly raped of Noida and Greater Noida by an auto rickshaw driver on the pretext of marriage. OUR CORRESPONDENT sand tiles have been utilised finally got a chance to pres- The woman suffered 80 per cent burns and was admit- by the MCG officials for other ent their grievances in front GURUGRAM: More than developmental works. of the Chief Minister of Uttar ted to a hospital in a critical condition. The incident two lakh paver tiles that were The MCG has written a Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath on took place on April 25, The woman had written a note used for setting up at helipad complaint letter to the Guru- Thursday. alleging that she was supposed to marry the accused at Leisure Valley for the Hary- gram Police and has asked the “This is the first time in past on April 26. She had known the accused for the past ana Day celebrations have police to recover the tiles. eight years that any Chief Min- five years. She had met him on a religious function. She been stolen. Even though the com- ister of UP has sought to con- told the police, in her statement, that she was repeat- Over 2.88 lakh tiles plaint of missing tiles was sider the issues of home buyers edly raped on the pretext of marriage. Apart from amounting to more than first cited by the former at first and has assured us that Rupees 22 lakh were used for MCG commissioner TL our issues will be resolved the accused, the woman’s family had also not given setting up of helipad that was Satyaprakash, there was no at the earliest,” said a home their consent for the marriage as they were not fond of used for receiving of dignitar- concrete action taken on the buyer who was present in the her choice for a husband. “She poured kerosene and ies for the celebrations held complaint even as an inquiry meeting. on November 1. report was submitted on the Along with CM Yogi, set herself ablaze. Her family tried to douse the fire UP CM Yogi Adityanath meeting the home buyers of Noida and Greater Noida PIC/MPOST but by that time she had suffered serious burn wounds. The helipad was also used matter. Noida’s MLA Pankaj Singh, She was later referred to the local hospital, where the by the Haryana Government Commenting on the mat- Minister of Industry Satish were present in the meeting. know, we are satisfied with his ernments were doing,” added for receiving Prime Minister ter, MCG Commissioner V Mahana and Chief Executive Earlier we have written several response. Yogi Ji has directed Gupta. doctors had been treating her,” said a police official. Narendra Modi who was the Umashankar has stated that Officer of Noida and Greater letters to the previous chief the CEO of Noida and Greater The home buyers expressed WATER SUPPLY TO BE HIT IN DELHI Chief Guest. official authorities are in the Noida Authority Amit Mohan ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Noida Authority to form an their concern over delayed NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board issued an advisory After the event, the tiles process of finding the miss- Prasad were also present in the but never got any revert from investor’s cell where the issues promises and breach of trust came under the possession of ing tiles. meeting. them. For the first time it has of home buyers will be resolved by several builders. They also about water supply will be affected on Friday due the Municipal Corporation of The MCG Commissioner There is a wave of satisfac- happened that the chief min- in particular time. He also expressed their financial con- to interconnection work of 1,100 mm dia in Haider- Gurugram (MCG). also stated that soon an inves- tion among the home buyers ister along with senior officials asked the CEO to take strict cerns as most buyers are under pur Phase-1 at Khyala Under ground Reservoir. The The officials of MCG were tigation over the missing tiles after interacting with the chief of district authority have met us actions against any builder if the double burden of paying Board stated that Varun Niketan Staff Qtr., Pitampura, planning to use the tiles for will be initiated by the official minister. officially,” said Indrish Gupta, he is troubling a buyer. Based EMIs and house rents. Shakurpur Resettlement Colony and Village, Rani Bagh, other developmental works. authorities. “We are thankful to Noida Founder, Noida Extension Flat on the assurance given by CM, The CM has also assured Raghubeer Nagar, Shivaji Enclave and Khyala Com- However, it has been found The paver tiles that were MLA Pankaj Singh who man- Owner’s Welfare Association we are expecting that the gov- that strict action will be taken by the MCG officials that over used for the construction of aged to plan this meeting. (NEFOWA). ernment will focus on home against any builder if the buy- mand area like Rajouri Garden, Tilak Nagar, Subhash 2.10 lakh tiles have now gone the helipad are expensive than Around fifteen homebuy- “After the 30 minutes round buyers’ interest rather than ers complain to them about Nagar. missing. the normal tiles that are used ers including representatives table conversation held with focusing on the interests of any breach of trust or illegal The other seventy thou- for pavements. of various buyers’ association Yogi Ji in his office at Luc- the builders as previous gov- construction. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 mp nation After Sukma attack, CRPF set to I-T dept unearths overhaul Bastar anti-Naxal ops ` 110 crore Security forces on ground have been asked to go on ‘all- out offensive’ against Maoists black money

MPOST BUREAU So, while half of the per- sonnel will do road construc- Chh’garh CRPF men suffer NEW DELHI: The CRPF is tion security and other similar set to overhaul its anti-Naxal tasks, the other half will do spe- operations in the south Bastar cial counter-insurgency opera- fatigue due to long posting region of Chhattisgarh in the tions, the acting DG said. aftermath of one of the biggest He said the new action plan NEW DELHI: CRPF person- ter-insurgency operations else- attacks on the force in the state of the force will be to effectively nel deployed for long stints in where including in Kashmir, on Monday and a fresh offen- dominate the area. the Naxal hotbed of Sukma in even though they face militant sive is expected to be launched Lakhtakia, however, said Chhattisgarh are showing signs attacks and stone pelting mobs soon. in such operations where the of fatigue, according to officials. regularly there. Twenty-five jawans of the troops have to be out in the Home Ministry officials, This year, 32 Naxals have Central Reserve Police Force open for long and the terrain who visited Chhattisgarh after been killed so far while the (CRPF) were slaughtered near is treacherous, the SOPs and the massacre of 25 CRPF men CRPF has lost 38 personnel in MPOST BUREAU seals and Permanent Account Burkapal village of Sukma dis- strategies have to be “revised as by Naxals, have found that the Chhattisgarh, the official said. Number (PAN) cards were trict in the ambush by Naxals and when required” and that is majority of 45,000 paramili- Anti-Naxal operations take NEW DELHI: The Income recovered and seized by the on April 24 while 12 men of the what they were doing. tary personnel undertaking a toll on security personnel as Tax department has unearthed department during this opera- para-military force were killed CRPF has deployed a total the high-risk anti-Naxal oper- they face guerrilla warfare in black money worth Rs 110 tion, the official said. Twenty-five jawans of the CRPF were slaughtered near Burkapal in an earlier attack near Bheji of 28 battalions in Chhattis- ations in Bastar region have hot and humid conditions and crore generated by entities "The illegal or bogus entries village in the same district on village of Sukma district in the ambush by Naxals on April 24 garh with ten of those in the been posted there for over treacherous terrain. in two states with the alleged in this case pertain to fake March 11. dard Operating Procedures you that we will undertake re- Bastar region alone. A regu- three years. The home ministry officials connivance of two Chartered turnover of trading in wool," a Two days after the Monday (SOPs)” in the naxal-hit areas. deployment of our forces and lar CRPF battalion comprises "Fatigue has been noticed in indicated that the 100-strong Accountants (CAs) using shell senior officer said. attack, the Centre is reported He said the force has will also enhance the quantity about 1,000 personnel. jawans as many of them have CRPF personnel, who were companies. In the second instance in to have asked security forces on decided to undertake new and quality of special coun- Senior officials engaged in been posted in Sukma for last attacked by the Naxals on Mon- The department, in the Jind, the taxman found that the ground to go on an “all- out measures as it will continue to ter-insurgency operations,” anti-Naxal fight, meanwhile, five years even though nor- day, seemed to have not been past few days, had conducted the person it raided had taken offensive” against the Maoists secure the road construction Lakhtakia said, a day after said some special operations, mally they should be there for sufficiently vigilant leading to searches in Rajasthan's Bikaner entries over a period of 10 and “show results in the next work that helps to bring devel- he visited the ambush site in under the command of the three years," an official said, such high casualties. and Jind in Haryana as part of years with the help of a CA few weeks.” opment to the remote areas of Burkapal village. elite jungle warfare unit of the adding that there is decline in The central government has its crackdown on shell firms who admitted to have routed Acting Director General central India. The force will have to CRPF –CoBRA –will soon be motivation due to their long been trying to boost the morale and bogus entry operators who funds for the group through (DG) of the CRPF, Sudeep “We have decided to change ensure that the enemy does launched in the south Bastar deployment in the area. of the forces by providing them route and launder unaccounted shell companies based in Delhi. Lakhtakia said today that the the strategy. We have learnt not attempt any surprises on region including Sukma, Being posted continuously necessary infrastructure and wealth by misusing banking "Initial probe has shown latest attack has “naturally some lessons. While I cannot it. “We track and engage them Dantewada, Kondagaon, Bija- in Bastar is very stressful and logistics for anti-Naxal opera- channels. that the black money involved called for the revision of Stan- go into the details, I can tell well before,” he said. pur and Jagdalpur areas. the jawans prefer to join coun- tions, they said. MPOST In the first instance in in this case is over Rs 20 crore," Bikaner, a senior official said the officer said. Both the CAs the tax sleuths found that a will soon be served summonses Dalit writer threatened over Centre told to ensure HIV+ man gets adequate medical aid Surat-based CA had "arranged for further questioning in the accommodation entries" of case and to underline their role over Rs 7 crore through at least in aiding black money genera- book on Maharana Pratap NEW DELHI: The Delhi High tice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu petition under the name 'Pxxx' was employed through a con- four companies. tion, he said. Court on Thursday asked the Malhotra directed the counsel and said he was thrown out of tractor, he could not contest his Accommodation entries are The department, the offi- JAIPUR: Dalit writer Kusum on its director Sanjay Leela Centre to ensure adequate for the Centre that since All his job for over a year now. termination as violation of his those where large amounts of cial said, will share the findings Meghwal has alleged she has Bhansali in January. treatment to an HIV positive India Institute of Medical Sci- Taking note of the plea, fundamental rights. money are broken into smaller against the two CAs with their been receiving death threats According to the complaint man whose services were ter- ences (AIIMS) fell under its the bench issued notice to the To this, the bench remarked values so that it does not trig- regulatory body -- the Institute from a few groups over her new filed by the 69-year-old writer minated by a private hospital control, it should therefore be Centre, the Delhi government, "we do not know whether we ger alarms in the banking chan- of Chartered Accountants of book on Rajput warrior king at Ambamata police station in due to the disease. conscious that the man is given the hospital were he was work- would also be able to give any nels and the transaction is kept India (ICAI). Maharana Pratap. Udaipur, she had been receiv- The High Court was hear- adequate medical treatment. ing and other authorities and relief to this extent. But we under the radar of probe agen- The I-T department has In the book, she claims that ing threat calls from a few ing a plea by a 26-year-old The court also issued direction sought their replies by August can ensure proper treatment cies. They said the CA allegedly launched multiple searches, the king belonged to the Bhil fringe groups since the past father of two kids, who has to the member secretary, Delhi 9. The Centre, however, ques- to him". admitted to the department beginning April 1, against community and was elevated week over her portrayal of the challenged the termination of State Legal Services Authority tioned the maintainability of The man, in his plea, has during questioning that he had a number of people and cat- as Rana of Mewar later. Rajput warrior in her book his service at a private city hos- (DLSA), to examine his case the appeal. said that he suffered three to created 10 dummy companies egories of professionals like She has claimed that she ‘Maharana Pratap Bhil Rajpu- pital after he tested HIV posi- and see whether the man can In his appeal, the man four needles pricks while work- to launder Rs 90 crore black bureaucrats, CAs, real estate received threats from Karni tra The –Kshatriya Ya Rajput tive following some accidental be accommodated in any job through his counsel Ashok ing at a laboratory and had money of his clients in the last players and those in the hospi- Sena, which was also involved Nahi’. Meghwal claimed that needle pricks he got during the under any of their scheme. Aggarwal has challenged the informed the hospital man- five years or so. tality sector to check the men- in the ransacking of the sets she was also being bullied on course of his work. The man, who did not want November 2016 order of a sin- agement about contracting the A huge stack of bank pass- ace of stash funds and instances of “Padmavati” and the attack social media. AGENCIES A bench of Acting Chief Jus- to disclose his identity, filed the gle judge who held that since he disease during work. MPOST books, blank cheques, stamps, of tax evasion. Fringe elements can't shift govt NET once a year soon due to from development agenda: Naidu poor response MPOST BUREAU isters to take care of students NEW DELHI: The Central from Jammu and Kashmir in Board of Secondary Education NEW DELHI: The govern- their respective states, in view has proposed conducting the ment will not deviate from its of some recent untoward inci- National Eligibility Test (NET), agenda of development despite dents against them. a qualifying exam for recruit- negative media "headlines" or Naidu, who also holds the ment of college and university actions of "fringe elements", portfolio of Urban Devel- teachers, once a year due to the Union minister M Venkaiah opment and Housing and poor response it received. The Naidu said on Thursday. Urban Poverty Alleviation, Board had last year conveyed "The PM has change the was addressing a 'workshop its inability to conduct NET vocabulary of public discourse. on smart cities and informed with its hands being full, how- Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu It is development alone. All the urbanization' here. ever, the University UGC has other things which you find and good governance," he said. He said the government directed it to continue the prac- in newspapers, they try to Naidu, however, did not cite has approved over Rs 2.85 lakh tice for now. make it only headlines, think- any particular incident or the crore of investment for urban According to sources, the ing that they can give a dead- media report. development and housing proposal, which is at a very line to us but we don't deviate The minister's comments schemes over the last two years. nascent stage, is being con- from our line of development," come a day after BJP president Elaborating on smart city, sidered keeping in mind the Naidu said while addressing an Amit Shah said that action he said the word Smart stands resources required to conduct event here. is being taken against cow for Sustainability, Managing the exam as well as the num- The information and broad- vigilantes. with citizen participation, Area ber of candidates appearing casting minister said the gov- "Everyone has to abide based development, Resilience for it."While conducting the ernment does not believe in the by the law. Cases have been to climate change and Tech- exam once a year will make ideology of "fringe elements" registered and arrests made nology solution. He said the candidates more serious about which are creating problems wherever such incidents have country has seen a rapid urban- it, resources can also be uti- "here and there". happened,"Shah said. isation in the last two decades. lised judiciously as holding a "That is not the policy of the The comments also come "Urbanisation is very rapid. national-level exam is a mas- government and the country against the backdrop of Prime Whether you like it or not, it sive exercise. However, the do not agree with those guys... Minister Narendra Modi on has become inevitable and then idea is at a very nascent stage," Our focus is on development April 23 urging all Chief Min- non-stoppable." a source said. AGENCIES Vinod Khanna’s LS constituency remembers its ‘Sardar of bridges’

OUR CORRESPONDENT The veteran actor is sur- vived by his wife, Kavita CHANDIGARH: Actor- Khanna, and four children - turned-politician Vinod Rahul, Akshaye, Sakshi, and Khanna, a four-time MP from Shraddha. He had always said Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in that he considered his constitu- Punjab, was popularly known ency as his fifth child. as "Sardar of bridges" for con- "Gurdaspur constituency is necting remote villages in my child. In fact, it is my fifth his constituency. 70-year-old child which needs my attention Khanna died of bladder can- the most," he had said during cer at a hospital in Mumbai on poll campaigning for the 2014 Thursday. As the news of his Lok Sabha polls. death spread, his constituency This file photo shows late Bollywood actor and BJP MP Vinod Khanna Khanna, who had donned went into a state of mourning. with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a poll rally in Pathankot the hats of Union Minister "The news has come as a for Culture and Tourism, and great shock to us. We cannot ple of his constituency. He had gress leader and five-time MP Minister of State for Exter- believe that he is no more. He demanded a special package Sukhbuns Kaur Bhinder with nal Affairs in 2002 and 2003 was ever so helpful and did so for border districts to create a handsome margin. He again respectively, was popularly much for his constituency," employment opportunities and trounced Bhinder in 1999 and known as "Sardar of bridges" 78-year-old Jarnail Singh, a promote adventure and spiri- 2004 Lok Sabha polls. for building several bridges on Pathankot-based resident in tual tourism in his border con- However, he had to taste Ravi and Beas rivers. "He got Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constit- stituency during the 2014 Lok defeat in 2009 Lok Sabha elec- several bridges built on Ravi, uency, said. Sabha polls. tions when he was defeated Beas and Ujh rivers. These Suave and easy to mingle After joining the BJP in by Congress candidate Par- bridges helped in connecting with voters, Khanna was always 1997, Khanna was fielded from tap Singh Bajwa. Khanna took several villages located at far a crowd puller in his constitu- Gurdaspur parliamentary seat his 'sweet revenge' in the 2014 off places with the city and as a ency. He even bought a house in 1998. He met the expecta- Lok Sabha elections when he result of which Gurdaspur got in the region so that he could tions of the saffron party when thrashed Bajwa with a margin developed," said his close aide have easy access to the peo- he unseated veteran Con- of over 1.30 lakh votes. Samarinder Sharma. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 Uttar Pradesh govt to move HC UP ATS begins Ghar Centre releases Rs 20K cr to for cancellation of Prajapati’s bail Wapsi campaign for LUCKNOW: The Uttar JK under PM’s package Pradesh government will move the Allahabad High Court to misguided youth seek cancellation of the bail OUR CORRESPONDENT granted to former minister Gayatri Prajapati by a special OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The The Cen- All-women battalion in JK court in a rape case, a top law The IG ATS said tre has released nearly Rs officer said on Thursday. LUCKNOW: The Uttarpolice will take 20,000 crore of the Rs 80,000- to deal with stone pelters “The government is cur- Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad crore development pack- rently examining all relevant (ATS) has initiated a “ghar the help of not age for Jammu and Kashmir NEW DELHI: An all-women ers, the official said. papers before challenging the wapsi” campaign to de- rad- only clerics, announced by Prime Minister India Reserve Battalion will As many as 1,40,000 can- bail order given by a Protec- icalise “misguided” persons parents, family Narendra Modi. be raised in Jammu and Kash- didates have applied for 5,000 tion of Children from Sexual and 25 youth from various dis- This was disclosed at a mir to primarily deal with posts in the five IRBs. The Offences (POCSO) court in tricts are being counselled after members but also high-level inter-ministerial incidents like stone pelting, a home ministry decided to go the case,” Advocate General a tab was kept on their online friends of such meeting chaired by Home Min- home ministry official said on for an all-women battalion Raghavendra Singh said here. activities. ister Rajnath Singh here today. Thursday. The move comes after discovering that 6,000 Prajapati and two of his The initiative comes after youths and make Out of Rs 80,068 crore out- days after girl students were applicants were women. alleged accomplices were on the ATS recently arrested them understand lay of the Prime Minister’s seen fighting pitched battles The issue was discussed Tuesday granted bail by spe- four suspected terrorists religion in the right Development Project (PMDP), with security forces at Lal today at a high-level meet- cial judge of POCSO court Om from the ISIS Khorasan mod- Rs 61,112 crore has already Chowk in the heart of Sri- ing chaired by Home Min- Prakash Mishra here in con- ule and came across posts, perspective been sanctioned by various nagar on April 24, the day the ister Rajnath Singh on the nection with the rape case. likes and remarks of these ministries, which is more than educational institutions in the Rs 80,000 crore develop- However, his reprieve youths on social media which de-radicalisation programme,” 75 per cent of the total amount. restive valley reopened after a ment package announced proved to be shortlived as a showed that they were being an ATS official said. Rs 19,961 crore has already Home Minister Rajnath Singh at a meeting of Prime Minister’s five-day shutdown. for Jammu and Kashmir by local court yesterday remanded radicalised. Two control room num- been released to the imple- Development Package for J&Kin New Delhi on Thursday PTI The exclusive contingent Prime Minister Narendra him in judicial custody in two The ATS has unveiled a bers of ATS - 0522-2304588 menting agencies, including will be among the five IRBs Modi in 2015. separate cases even before he 12-point strategy for the Ghar and 9792103156 - have also the state government, which people lost their lives in more the team of the central and the the Centre has sanctioned for The process of recruit- could walk out of jail. wapsi programme and also been set up which people can is more than 25 per cent of the than 200 incidents. state government officials to the state grappling with per- ment to the five IRBs has Prajapati was sent back to announced a helpline number contact for help and the fam- total amount, an official release There have been protests further accelerate the imple- sistent violence. started. Nearly 40 per cent of Gosainganj prison here after for parents and families who ilies have been assured that said. Singh reviewed the prog- by students in the Valley last mentation of PMDP with defi- The women battalion the applicants are from the getting bail in the rape case the suspect their children or peo- the identities of such youths ress in implementation of the fortnight against alleged police nite timelines so that the people would also be assigned other Kashmir valley. The response previous day. ple known to them are getting and their families will be kept mega package and works of excesses. Students, including of the state are able to reap the law and order duties but its is very encouraging with The city police dug out old radicalised online. a secret. various development initia- girls, were seen pelting stones benefits of these development personnel will be primarily nearly 30 applicants against cases and convinced the court Security forces have noticed The IG ATS said police will tives announced for Jammu on security personnel in initiatives. deployed for tackling protest- one post, the official said. PTI of chief judicial magistrate to that terror operatives are tar- take the help of not only clerics, and Kashmir, which has been these incidents. Massive pro- The meeting was attended send Prajapati back to judicial geting youngsters between 15 parents, family members but witnessing unrest lately. tests erupted in Kashmir after by representatives from various ects such as AIIMS for Jammu has also approved providing custody. and 25 years of age by inciting also friends of such youths and The successful implementa- the death of Hizbul Mujahi- central ministries and depart- and Srinagar, support for dis- 1,00,000 jobs for undergradu- They produced case dia- communal passions. make them understand religion tion of the mega package is key deen militant Burhan Wani in ments, and the state govern- trict as well as sub-district ates and school dropouts under ries of two FIRs registered at “The initiative aims at help- in the right perspective. to assuage the feeling of alien- an encounter in July last year ment. The package consists of hospitals and primary health HIMAYAT scheme, an elab- Gautampalli and Gomtinagar ing families in de-radicalising The youth going for the ation in Jammu and Kashmir, which continued for nearly 63 projects concerning 15 min- centres, IIM at Jammu with an orate layout for sports infra- police stations here against Pra- youngsters, who are often tar- de-radicalisation programme an official said. four months. More than 90 istries and has an outlay of Rs out campus at Srinagar, IIT, structure in all the 22 districts, japati in order to convince the geted by terror operatives who of ATS will be engaged in Jammu and Kashmir had people lost their lives, while 80,068 crore. upgrading of NIT at Srinagar development of pashmina court that letting him out on radicalise them online and use an interaction with police witnessed violence during the scores of security personnel The PMDP will provide a and additional girls’ hostels in wool, cold storage facilities for bail can jeopardise the ongoing them in carrying out terror to gain their confidence and April 9 bypoll to the Srinagar and civilians were injured. major development push for higher educational institutions. agricultural produce and devel- investigations in the two crimi- activities. We will lend support the process will be last over Lok Sabha seats in which eight The home minister asked Jammu and Kashmir with proj- The central government opment of horticulture. nal cases. PTI to such families as part of our one year. Factional feud intensifies Faced with ISI terror threat, Adityanath NATION BRIEFS in BJP Karnataka unit MEITY SECY ARUNA SUNDARARJAN OUR CORRESPONDENT orders to construct walls around holy places FLAGS OFF ‘CYCLE2WORK’ INITIATIVE

BENGALURU: The factional OUR CORRESPONDENT feud in Karnataka's BJP inten- BJP MP, MLA sified today with senior leader LUCKNOW: Amid Intelli- K S Eshwarappa holding a gence warning that an ISI- accused of convention to "save" the party trained group in the garb of in defiance of its state presi- Hindu seers might strike prom- misbehaving dent B S Yeddyurappa's warn- inent religious sites in Uttar ing against it. Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi with officials Setting the stage for con- Adityanath has called for con- frontation, the party's 'dis- struction of boundary walls Bareilly/Barabanki: BJP MLA gruntled' leaders met under around the holy spots. The Kesar Singh and MP Priyanka the leadership of Eshwarappa, K S Eshwarappa priest-turned-politician also Rawat have been accused of who openly attacked Yeddy- asked the officials concerned misbehaving with officials in urappa over his "unilateral" of the party's fortunes in the to ensure laying of 4-lane road UP, police said on Thursday. style of functioning, saying assembly polls early next year connecting famous temples for Singh, the BJP MLA from the "dictatorial attitude" won't to see BJP's return to power. the convenience of visitors. Nawabganj in Bareilly dis- work. Forming the first-ever gov- Adityanath, the Hindu trict, allegedly thrashed and Terming the convention ernment in the South, the BJP hardline leader who took over as carry out surprise checks at dinating with other agencies to kept hostage a bank man- an "anti-party activity," Yed- had ruled the state from 2008 as chief minister of the most night shelters, guest houses and thwart such attempts,” UP anti- ager, while Rawat, the partys dyurappa, while talking to to 2013 which had seen three populous state over a month hotels. terror squad Inspector General MP from Barabanki, has been An NIELIT initiative titled #MannKiBaat – #Cycle2Work – that reporters, blamed National chief ministers taking over the ago, gave the directive at a pre- “Checking is being done Asim Arun said. accused of threatening an ASP takes forward Prime Minister’s vision was flagged-off by Aruna Joint General Secretary the reign one after another sentation of Religious Endow- daily and undercover police Central Intelligence agen- during a press conference on Sundararajan, Secretary, MeitY, Government of India, on Thursday (Organisation) B L Santhosh, amid the factional wars and ment Department here late last personnel are keeping a watch cies have been sharing inputs Wednesday. The manager of at 3.30 pm at Electronics Niketan (Main Gate), 6, CGO Complex, perceived to hold significant corruption charges leading to night. at public areas after reports that with the UP Police since Feb- Dalernager branch of Baroda New Delhi in the presence of Sanjiv Mittal, Joint Secretary, MeitY, sway over the party affairs in the Congress return to power. Assistant Superintendent a group of 20-25 men dressed ruary about increased activity Gramin Bank Harish Singh the state, for scripting it. "...our seniors have taught of Police (Security), Mathura, as seers are planning to attack of terrorists in the state. lodged a complaint at Nawab- Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Director General, NIELIT and other Resentment has been us that a person is not impor- Siddharth Verma said they important places, especially pil- According to the latest alert, ganj police station, alleging that senior officials of MeitY and NIELIT brewing within the party over tant. Nation first, party next had received information that grim centres, in Uttar Pradesh,” the ISI is planning to launch Singh arrived in his office along Yeddyurappa's "unilateral" and the person last. With terrorists dressed as ‘sadhus’ Verma told PTI. attacks in the northern state with his supporters yesterday to style of functioning after the this motto we have gathered could enter the state to carry The group, allegedly trained under the code name ‘Opera- enquire about a farmers bank SWAMI OM SEEKS ANTICIPATORY BAIL appointment of party office- here to move forward," Esh- out attacks. by Pakistan’s Inter-Services tion Krishna India’. account, police said. IN MOLESTATION CASE bearers, "ignoring" the loyal warappa said addressing the The pilgrim town of Intelligence (ISI), has been “The agency (ISI) has The MLA then allegedly workers and the old guard of convention. Mathura is a sensitive area as directed to target Ayodhya, reportedly trained the group thrashed the manager, and took NEW DELHI: Former ‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Swami Om, the party. He said "when Amith Shah it is situated along the state’s Varanasi, Vrindavan, and the for months to familiarise them him to an undisclosed destina- who along with his associate is accused of molesting The fissures within the declared Yeddyurappa as the border with Rajasthan and Taj Mahal in Agra, he said. with Hindu religious practices. tion where he was kept hostage and threatening a woman, has moved a Delhi court Karnataka unit have cropped party president and the next Haryana, prompting police to “All district police chiefs Members of the module are for one hour and allowed to go seeking anticipatory bail. Swami Om, whose anticipa- up as a matter of concern chief minister, we were happy, instal metal detectors, X-ray and Railway superintendents planning to enter UP through only after being given a written tory bail plea was earlier dismissed by the court, has among the central leadership but if you (Yeddyurappa) act machines and CCTV cam- of police have been informed the Nepal border in the guise of assurance to make the payment filed the second application seeking the same relief. which is hoping for the revival as you want, we can't sit quite." eras at vantage places, as well about the threat. We are coor- seers,” the reports said. related to the bank account. PTI Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal listed the plea for Vegetarian consideration on May 10. The plea filed through ad- Kamat urges Sonia to relieve him EC bribery case: Delhi Police vocate A P Singh alleged that the woman trespassed dishes irk groom, the ashram of co-accused Swami Santosh Anand along of all party responsibilities PTI bride finds takes Dhinakaran to Chennai with some police officials known to her. MUMBAI: Senior Con- charge of Rajasthan,” he said. TN CM OPPOSES PROPOSAL TO gress leader Gurudas Kamat “I had written to you ‘my another man CHENNAI: AIADMK on Thursday said he has heart is not in the job any (Amma) leader TTV Dhina- PRIVATISE SALEM STEEL PLANT requested party president more.’ Please relieve me from karan was on Thursday after- CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government has opposed OUR CORRESPONDENT Sonia Gandhi to relieve him Rajasthan and other positions noon brought here by the Delhi move to privatise the Salem Steel Plant, saying such a of the responsibilities of also,” he said in a release here police, two days after he was proposal would cause “considerable unrest” amongst Rajasthan. quoting the letter. Yesterday, MUZAFFARNAGAR: The arrested by them in connection the people, particularly amongst those whose lands In a letter to Gandhi Congress appointed former ban on illegal slaughterhouses with an alleged bribery case. on Thursday, Kamat said Rajasthan Chief Minister across Uttar Pradesh took a toll A Delhi police team prob- were acquired. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra he was grateful to her for Ashok Gehlot as its general on a wedding as a man in the ing the Election Commission Modi, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the plant had relieving him of the charge secretary in-charge for Guja- district refused to solemnise (EC) bribery case brought acquired a global reputation for its high quality steel of Gujarat. “Am truly grate- rat in place of Kamat, who his marriage after seeing that Dhinakaran and his friend and “is an iconic symbol” for Tamil Nadu. The people ful but suprised that the had welcomed the decision. only pure vegetarian dishes Mallikarjuna by flight from of the state have a deep sense of pride and attach- AICC spokesman yesterday He, however, refuted were served. the national capital and they Police had earlier said ment to the public sector plant, he said in the letter. PTI announced that I continue reports that he was planning The incident took place arrived a little after 1 PM. Chandrasekar had struck a to be the general secretary in to join the BJP. PTI on Wednesday in Kulhedi vil- Dhinakaran's supporters deal for Rs 50 crore to help INDIA, CYPRUS SIGN AGRICULTURE lage, when a wedding party got Pugazhenthi and Nanchil Sam- the AIADMK (Amma)faction upset on seeing that meat was bath were at the airport when keep the 'two leaves' symbol. COOPERATION ACTION PLAN missing from the platter, pan- Dhinakaran arrived. Chandraseka had Rs 1.30 chayat officials said. The bride's The police had secured crore in cash in his possession family tried to pacify them and warrants from a Delhi court to when he was arrested from a said this was due to shortage of search the Chennai residences five-star hotel in Delhi on April meat in the market. of Dhinakaran and Mallikar- 16. A panchayat was soon juna as part of its probe. Dhinakaran was arrested called to resolve the matter Police will also be con- for allegedly arranging the but at this juncture the bride fronting the duo along with amount from undisclosed decided to call it quits. the arrested middleman, sources and getting it trans- However, it was a happy Sukesh Chandrasekar, to get ferred from Chennai to Delhi ending for the bride's family the details of the money trail through illegal channels. as a guest at the wedding pro- and the phone conversations Mallikarjuna was arrested posed to the woman and she between them. for allegedly helping Dhina- accepted to marry him. Dhinakaran was arrested karan transfer this money from Following the ban on ille- on Tuesday night following Chennai to Delhi, police had gal slaughterhouses in Uttar four days of questioning for said. Pradesh the prices of buffalo allegedly attempting to bribe Police are verifying whether Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and his Cyprus meat, otherwise sold around Rs an unidentified EC official to Chandrasekar had approached counterpart Nicos Kouyialis signed an action plan for cooperation 150 a kg, is selling at Rs 400 and get the undivided AIADMK's any EC official for getting a in agriculture sector between the two countries during 2017–18 in mutton prices have gone up to 'two leaves' election symbol for favourable verdict for Dhina- New Delhi on Thursday Rs 600 from Rs 350. his faction. karan's faction. PTI 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 mp nation Matter of concern that Sexual harassment probe info must 26/11 perpetrators enjoy be furnished to victim in 48 hrs: CIC freedom in Pak: India MPOST BUREAU by a woman who was allegedly impede further proceedings, ing this as concerning life and MPOST BUREAU that well after eight years of subjected to sexual harassment investigation or inquiry," he liberty of the appellant within the attack, the perpetrators NEW DELHI: Information on at her workplace -- the Coun- said. 10 days as per Section 13 of the NEW DELHI: Demanding continue to enjoy freedom in sexual harassment cases should cil of Certificate and Industrial Section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Sexual Harassment of Women immediate action against Pakistan and have not been be provided to victims within Research -- by a scientist. Act exempts disclosure of such at Workplace (Prevention, Pro- the perpetrators of the 26/11 brought to book," he said. 48 hours under the Right to Through her RTI applica- information which would hibition and Redressal) Act, attack, India on Thursday said However, Baglay did not Information Act as it pertains tion filed last year, the woman impede the process of investi- 2013, if not in 48 hours, or at it was a matter of concern that specifically comment on to their "life and liberty", the had sought to know about the gation or apprehension or pros- least in 30 days as prescribed even after eight years of the reports from Pakistan that it Central Information Commis- status of a fact-finding commit- ecution of offenders. under section 7(1) of RTI Act," strike, they continue to enjoy has told India that a re-inves- sion has held. tee constituted in connection "The respondent authority he said. freedom in Pakistan. tigation of the Mumbai attack The RTI Act mandates with her case and its findings did not raise this point and did Acharyulu said the com- External Affairs Ministry case was "not possible" as the a public authority to furnish among other details. nothing to explain to the com- plainant was deprived of her Spokesperson Gopal Baglay's trial was at an advanced stage information sought by appli- The information was denied mission about possible reasons right to information which was remarks came amid reports and demanded "concrete" evi- cants within 48 hours, and not to her saying the inquiry was disclosed to the public, press the law to harass the complain- as to how the disclosure would guaranteed to her under two that Pakistan has rejected a dence against Saeed, saying 30 days, if the matter pertains going on and citing a provi- and media in any manner. This ant and deny her the right to be impeding apprehension or laws i.e. the Right to Informa- re- investigation of the Mum- he was not aware of any such to their life and liberty. sion of the Sexual Harass- is done in order to secure pri- information about action taken prosecution of the accused," tion Act and the Sexual Harass- bai attack case, and has again development. "Information sought by ment of Women at Workplace vacy, security and dignity of the on her own complaint. he said. ment of Women at Workplace demanded "concrete" evidence Asked about an incident the appellant/complainant of (Prevention, Prohibition and complainant, he noted. He noted that merely The commissioner said that (Prevention, Prohibition and against Hafiz Saeed, the mas- involving a Sikh girl in Paki- sexual harassment relating to Redressal) Act, 2013. "If a third person wants to because the process of inves- "threat to dignity of women at Redressal) Act, 2013. termind of the strike. stan who was forced to convert inquiry report etc has to be Acharyulu said as per the know the detailed information tigation or prosecution of the workplace" is nothing less "The commission accord- "It is the Pakistan govern- to Islam, he said such inci- classified as information related sexual harassment prevention about sexual harassment, this offenders is continuing, the than a threat to her life and lib- ingly directs Vinod Kumar, ment's responsibility to bring dents are regularly reported to life and liberty, because both law, the information pertain- provision could be used to deny bar stipulated under Section erty in view of the seriousness CPIO, to show cause why to book the perpetrators and from that country, and it of these rights are threatened ing to sexual harassment at the it. But it cannot be denied to the 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act cannot of mental or physical harass- maximum penalty should all those involved in conspir- was the responsibility of the by sexual harassment," Infor- workplace shall not be subject complainant," Acharyulu said. be invoked. ment she undergoes. not be imposed upon him for ing, executing and mounting government there to mation Commissioner Sridhar to the provisions of the Right The Information Commis- "It is impossible to imag- "The public authority obstructing the information to the 26/11 attack in which 166 ensure safety and security Acharyulu has held. to Information Act, except to sioner said it was a "deliberate" ine that giving a copy of pre- should have provided a copy the complainant, before May people were killed. of its nationals, including He was hearing a plea filed the extent that it should not be misreading of the provision of liminary report of inquiry will of the inquiry report consider- 20, 2017," he noted. "It is a matter of concern minorities. Nine firms move HC over ED SC: Talks okay, but dignity & SC rejects plea against order summons in Aircel-Maxis deal verdict of court be respected NEW DELHI: The Supreme lines of a recent Niti Aayog allowing cops to probe army OUR CORRESPONDENT Limited, said the circumstances hearing. Court on Thursday said it was meet with the Council of Chief had changed since the single Earlier, senior counsel not averse to talks between Ministers, the SG said if some MPOST BUREAU militancy operations. CHENNAI: Nine compa- judge passed the order as a spe- Vijay Narayan and Nalini Chi- Prime Minister Narendra Modi time was given, then a solution In a curative petition seek- nies, which have come under cial CBI court in Delhi in Feb- dambaram, appearing for the and the Chief Ministers of Pun- could be explored. "We have NEW DELHI: The Supreme ing recall of the verdict of July the Enforcement Directorate's ruary discharged all accused in petitioners, argued the cir- jab and Haryana to resolve Sat- no issues if the matter is set- Court has dismissed the Cen- 8 last year as well as the order radar over money laundering the Aircel-Maxis cases filed by cumstances when the single luj-Yamuna Link canal issue tled but there is a decree of this tre's curative petition seeking dismissing the review plea, charges in the Aircel-Maxis the CBI and the ED. judge passed the order had but dignity of the court and the court and it should be taken a recall of its verdict giving the government had said that deal, have filed appeals in the Though Karti was a peti- changed after the special CBI verdict should be "considered into account during the talks," police the liberty to probe the action taken by the army dur- Madras High Court challeng- tioner in the matter before court in Delhi discharged for- and respected". the bench said. It said the "dig- role of armed forces in alleged ing such operations "cannot be ing the summonses issued the single judge, the present mer Telecom minister Daya- The apex court's remark nity of this court and dignity of encounter cases in areas where put to judicial scrutiny". to them by the investigating appeals have been filed only by nidhi Maran, his industrialist came after a bench of Jus- decree needs to be respected. AFSPA is in force. Officers and men in the agency. A single judge of the the nine companies. brother Kalanithi Maran and tices P C Ghose and Amitava We don't wish to say anything "The prayer for hearing the armed forces, engaged in coun- court had on January 5 dis- When the appeals came up others in the Aircel-Maxis deal Roy was informed by Solicitor further on the talks". Justice curative petition in open court ter- insurgency operations, are missed petitions including for hearing, the bench of jus- cases connected to the 2G spec- General Ranjit Kumar that the Ghose, who is to superannu- is rejected," a bench headed by tion is dismissed," the bench, required to be given requi- that of former Union minis- tices Huluvadi G Ramesh and trum scam. Prime Minister has met Pun- ate on May 27, when the apex Chief Justice J S Khehar said also comprising Justices Dipak site measures of protection, it ter P Chidambaram's son Karti RNT Teeka Raman directed They further submitted that jab Chief Minister Amrinder court will be on summer vaca- in its order passed yesterday Misra, J Chelameswar, Madan had said. and the companies challenging Special Public Prosecutor for the special judge in his Febru- Singh and his Haryana coun- tion, expressed regret for not during in-chamber proceed- B Lokur and U U Lalit, said. Attorney General Mukul the summonses saying their ED Anand Grover and Addi- ary 2 order had quashed the terpart Manohar Lal Khattar being able to deliver the judge- ings in which lawyers do not The Centre had moved the Rohatgi had mentioned the pleas cannot be entertained tional Solicitor General G FIR filed by the ED. on the issue on April 20 and ment due to paucity of time. participate. apex court on April 12 seek- matter before the court saying in view of the Supreme Court Rajagopalan to seek necessary Hence the Supreme Court's there were points and counter- "When we started to hear "We have gone through the ing recall of its verdict in the it was a "very, very important monitoring the probe over the clarification from the Supreme bar on other courts entertain- points from both the parties. the matter we were eager to curative petition and the rel- alleged extra-judicial killings matter" having far-reaching Aircel-Maxis deal, a part of 2G Court whether the high court ing matters related to 2G scam Maintaining that another deliver the verdict and settle evant documents. In our opin- case in Manipur, saying it has consequences as armed forces scam cases. would have jurisdiction to hear cases would no longer apply to round of meeting was also the issue but due to deferment ion, no case is made out within "negated" the protection avail- were engaged in such opera- In their appeals, the com- the pleas. this matter and the high court held on the contentious issue and adjournment, it could not the parameters indicated in the able to the armed forces under tions regularly in areas in the panies including Advantage The bench then posted the had jurisdiction to consider the between Modi and the two be done," Justice Ghose, who decision of this court... the Armed Forces Special Pow- north-east as well as in Jammu Strategic Consultants Private matter to June 5 for further appeals, they said. Chief Ministers on the side- headed the bench, said. AGENCIES Hence, the curative peti- ers Act (AFSPA) during anti- and Kashmir. Lalu made Kanti Singh IIM-Ahmedabad Ten Odisha towns record SC: Alive to earlier orders that director resigns Aadhaar should be voluntary union minister in return NEW DELHI: IIM-Ahmed- abad director Ashish Nanda temperature above 43 deg C NEW DELHI: The Supreme Aadhaar application form for has stepped down citing per- Court on Thursday said it was filing of income tax returns and of land: Sushil Modi sonal reasons, more than a year MPOST BUREAU "alive" to its earlier orders which making application for allot- before his tenure was to end. had held that Aadhaar should ment of PAN number with effect OUR CORRESPONDENT Kumar Mangalam Birla, NEW DELHI: There was no be "voluntary". "We are alive to from July 1 this year. Senior the chairman of the Board of respite from the scorching the orders passed by this court counsel Shyam Divan, repre- PATNA: Keeping up his fusil- Governors of the prestigious sun in Odisha where mercury which says it should be volun- senting the petitioners, argued lade against Lalu Prasad and Indian Institute of Manage- crossed the 43-degree mark tary," a bench comprising Jus- that section 139AA was uncon- his family, senior Bihar BJP ment (IIM), Ahmedabad, has at 10 places even as the Met tices A K Sikri and Ashok stitutional and it was in "direct leader Sushil Kumar Modi on accepted Nanda's resignation department forecast a possibil- Bhushan said. The apex court collision" with the Aadhaar Act. Thursday alleged that the RJD and requested him to continue ity of thunderstorm and rain in made these observations while "The entire Aadhaar Act is chief had taken land at a prime till September to facilitate a Delhi for Friday. hearing the petitions challeng- voluntary. It creates a right in location here along with the smooth transition. Nanda, a It was cloudy and sunny day ing the constitutional validity favour of citizens. It does not construction on it from Kanti of state for tourism and cul- 1983-batch alumnus of IIM- in patches in the national cap- of section 139AA of the Income create a duty. The Act is entirely Singh for making her a union ture in the UPA I government A, took charge of the top post ital with both the maximum People cover their faces to protect themselves from scorching heat in Tax (IT) Act, which was intro- voluntary. How can they make minister. of Manmohan Singh. Earlier, in September 2013 and his ten- and minimum temperatures Allahabad on Thursday duced through the latest budget it mandatory under the Income "On March 13, 2006, Kanti she had served as minister for ure was slated to end next year. settling within normal levels. and the Finance Act 2017. Tax Act? The scheme under the Singh, her husband Keshav HRD, heavy industries and coal He had quit his post at Har- Delhi witnessed a windy Celsius. The mercury breached throughout the state. Section 139AA of IT Act Aadhaar Act is in direct colli- Prasad Singh and son Rishi as a member of RJD. "The lease vard Law School to return to morning. Six Delhi-bound the 43-degree mark in 10 towns The weatherman has pre- provides for mandatory quoting sion with the provision of sec- Kumar in writing gave away deed states that all rents, taxes, India and his alma mater, after flights had to be diverted to and 40-degree mark at at least dicted that rain and thunder- of Aadhaar or enrolment ID of tion 139AA," he said. AGENCIES 95 decimal land along with rates, cases, charges, assess- more than 20 years. the Jaipur International Air- 15 places, with the MeT office storms with gusty winds are three rooms built on it and a ments, dues, duties and other "When I joined, I had com- port owing to the weather forecasting that heat wave will likely at isolated places over deep water boring in the name outgoing/imposts, both pres- mitted to serve the term. On condition. intensify. The maximum tem- the state for tomorrow and the of Rabri Devi," he alleged at a ent and future may be payable September 1, it will be four Gruelling heatwave swept perature in the state capital of day after. press conference. Showing the by the lessors (Kanti Singh and years, since I took charge. It is across Odisha throwing life Bhubaneswar dropped mar- In Rajasthan, the mercury is lease deed allegedly signed by family)," the BJP leader said a good time to step aside and out of gear, particularly in ginally to 37.8 degrees Celsius once again on the ascendance Kanti Singh and others, the BJP quoting from the deed paper. to hand over the responsibil- the western parts of the state, from 40.8 recorded yesterday. at most of the places after a leader said the property near Sushil Modi has since April ity and honour of leading the where roads wore a deserted The weather remained dry brief spell of respite due to rain. Saguna More at Danapur here 4 made a series of "exposes" institute to the next, fortunate look during the day as people in parts of Uttar Pradesh where Churu was the hottest place was transferred to Rabri Devi against Lalu and his family of person. I will hand over the chose to remain indoors due Etawah was the hottest place at where the maximum touched for a paltry sum of Rs 1250 per acquiring land and properties responsibilities of the director to scorching heat. the maximum of 42.2 degrees 41.7 degree Celsius followed month for 99 years. worth crores of rupees through at the end of that day," Nanda Jharsuguda was the hottest Celsius. Day temperatures by 41.4 in Kota, 41.0 in Ganga- Kanti Singh was minister dubious means. said in a letter. AGENCIES place in the state at 44.4 degrees otherwise remained normal nagar, 40.8 in Jaisalmer. ‘Graft cases down 31% in 2017’

DHIRENDRA KUMAR for availing 10 basic public by NITI Ayog member Bibek services by the households Debroy on Thursday. NEW DELHI: In a major shot of 20 states is estimated to According to the report, in the arms of Prime Minis- be Rs 6,350 crore as against the states where the percent- ter Narendra Modi-led NDA Rs 20,500 crore in 2005,” the age of households experi- government, the cases of report said, adding that Con- encing corruption in public households experiencing cor- gress-ruled Karnataka stands services is less than 10 per cent ruption while availing public at first in terms of households include Congress-ruled Him- services have gone down to experiencing corruption as 77 achal Pradesh (3 per cent) and 31 per cent in 2017 in com- per cent households experi- Kerala (4 per cent). The denial parison to 53 per cent in 2005. enced corruption in the state of public services due to non- However, police department followed by Andhra Pradesh, payment of the bribe was most continues to be the most where BJP is an ally. reported in land records/hous- corrupt followed by land & “The corruption in Tamil ing (3.5 per cent) and police housing department, legal ser- Nadu was experienced by 68 (1.8 per cent). vices and public distribution per cent of households, while Explaining the findings scheme (PDS). BJP-ruled Maharashtra’s 57 per of the report, CMS’s director The outcome of the CMS- cent households were forced general PN Vasanti said, “The India Corruption Study 2017, to pay a bribe to avail public awareness campaigns initiated which was released on Thurs- services, while in Jammu & by the state governments have day by NITI Ayog member Kashmir 44 per cent people played a key role in the down- Bibek Debroy, has reported have experienced corruption. fall of corruption cases. The that 56 per cent households In Gujarat, the home state of better implementation of RTI are of the view that corrup- PM Modi, 37 per cent house- Act has also added to it. As tion has decreased in public holds experienced corrup- people are being empowered services during the period of tion, while 42 per cent people with technological advance- demonetisation (November – in Punjab got public services ments, its hopeful that cor- December 2016). through corrupt means,” the ruption would come down “The amount paid in bribe report said which was released drastically in coming years.” 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017

EDITORIAL No legal shield for the leader Dealing with Advani has to pay political price for his action hen L.K. Advani set AMULYA out on his Somnath- Maoist violence GANGULI to-Ayodhya rath yatra in September 1990, his arlier this week, militants of the banned Communist Whope – apart from mobilising the com- Party of India (Maoist) group ambushed a Centre munal-minded Hindus in the Bharatiya Reserve Police Force contingent in Sukma district, Janata Party’s favour – must have been Chhattisgarh, killing 26 personnel. Reports indicate to emerge as a leader in his own right, Ethat this was the worst attack on security forces in the region away from the overarching shadow of since the April 2010 attack when Maoists killed 74 men of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then the undis- the CRPF in the nearby Dantewada district. Monday’s attack, puted No. 1 in the party. For the next however, raises serious concerns about the ground situation two months till his arrest in Bihar, in the tribal belts of Chhattisgarh, where the Indian State has Advani’s yatra, marked by commu- engaged in a nearly two-decade-old conflict with Maoists. In nal tension and violence, did fulfil his the event of such a major attack on security personnel, the dream of becoming a major figure in State’s initial reaction to events would look a little like this— It is undeniable national politics. condemnation of the attack, pay homage to those killed in But, now, the reverie has suffered a battle, look into what went wrong and propose solutions for that in the process jolt. Advani’s trial in the Supreme Court the same. This time, however, the government went a step of assuming on the charges of criminal conspiracy further and took on unidentified “human rights activists”, for demolishing the Babri Masjid means and accused them of their “baffling silence” over the attack. power at the that the entire Ramjanmabhoomi In an official statement published on the government’s web- Centre and in movement will come under scrutiny. site, Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu many states, the As the man who set the ball rolling said: “I am constrained to infer that such motivated acts of for the demolition, Advani can be said violence are being resorted to with tacit support from the BJP has come to bear a large part of the blame for so-called human rights advocates.” Nowhere in the state- much closer the shock to the “secular fabric”, in the ment does Naidu explain the identity of these activists, and court’s words, caused by the attack on how he had come to such a conclusion. The government has to Vajpayee’s a protected monument. more urgent matters to take care of in their own house than hallmark When Advani began his journey to “build strong public opinion…against human rights activ- moderation than with offerings of bowls of blood from ists” caught on the wrong side of the Indian State’s narrative prospective Kar Sevaks or the saffron Veteran BJP leader LK Advani against left-wing extremism. The Bharatiya Janata Party, of at the time of the demolition squad, he was warned of which Naidu is a part, controls both the Chhattisgarh gov- the possibility of dire consequences by ing “raj dharma” or the neutrality of There are several others in his company As a result of this misstep a quarter ernment and Centre. It is their responsibility to maintain law Ramjanmabhoomi Vajpayee, the so-called right man in the rulers which he gave to then Gujarat such as Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma of a century ago, Advani will now have and order and ensure the safety of its citizens, not to men- agitation. wrong party who was always known as Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Bharti. But the focus during the trial to pay a legal price which can undo tion the CRPF personnel posted in the strife-torn area. It is a moderate while Advani revelled in his aftermath of the 2002 riots in the state. will be mostly on the former deputy much of the BJP’s political gains, for also imperative to note that Monday’s attack comes at a time Evidently, the hardline image. The warning has now True, there are elements in the Prime Minister. Moreover, he will be it will show that its rise was based on when Maoists have ratcheted up their operations in the area. responsibility proved to have been prescient. BJP and in the affiliated Sangh Pari- seen to have started out on a journey an act of criminality. The ascent of no Just last month, there was an attack on a CRPF contingent, However, Advani and his fellow var organisations who continue to without knowing where it will lead if party other than that of the Nazis in in which 12 security personnel were killed. of running a hawks in the BJP do not seem to have hark back to the anti-Muslim and anti- only because he was so overwhelmed modern times has been similarly asso- In response to the dastardly Maoist attack that claimed diverse country anticipated the immediate worrisome Christian belligerence of the 1990s, by the “popular” response to his mis- ciated with the demonisation of a com- the lives of 26 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in legal fallout. Instead, they evidently which was in line with the saffron sion that he did not see – or chose not munity and attacks on their places of Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, earlier this week, Union Home has made the believed that the party had finally found brotherhood’s worldview of regarding to - that the cheering crowds comprised worship. The BJP may claim that the Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the Centre party aware of its key to success based on holding the the minorities as essentially aliens since, only the Hindus. targeting of the mosques in Ayodhya, would review its strategy to tackle left-wing extremism. Muslims responsible for all that had as V.D. Savarkar said, their “punyabhu” Varanasi, and Mathura was the expres- Describing the Sukma attack as a “cowardly act”, he said Vajpayee’s advice gone wrong with India since their entry or holy lands were in Mecca or Rome All that he was aware of was “a sion of the centuries of rage felt by the the Centre and states would work together against left- on following “raj in the eighth century. Arguably, the even if their “pitribhu” or fatherland sense of reverence normally bestowed Hindus over the destruction of temples wing extremism. “It is an act of desperation. Such groups BJP’s electoral victories since the 1990s was India. However, notwithstanding on religious men”. In this pseudo-reli- by the Muslim invaders. It was only the are anti-development,” Singh said. There is some truth to dharma” and its crowning glory in 2014 confirm their occasional depredations, as by the gious atmosphere with its political BJP which could channelise this anger Singh’s assertion, as the Indian State makes further ground the perceptions of Advani and Co even gau rakshaks or cow vigilantes, the BJP overtones, he also chose to ignore the since all other “pseudo-secular” par- into the Maoist heartland, opening up villages that have if they have now been sidelined by a continues to insist that its focus is on communal outbreaks which marked ties – Advani coined the word – were until recently remained cut off from the world and relegat- later generation of leaders. development goals and not on working his journey and which culminated in pandering to their minority vote banks, ing Naxals further into the dense forests. The construction But it is also undeniable that in towards a Hindu Rashtra. countrywide riots after the demolition argued their votaries. of roads and mobile towers under heavy security cover on the process of assuming power at the Unfortunately for the BJP, its latest of the mosque. Advani’s subsequent But it will be for the courts to say a war footing by the Indian State is a definite sign of the Centre and in many states, the BJP has change of heart – at least in the party’s regret, therefore, about the “saddest whether the answer to medieval barba- changing circumstances. In fact, the slain CRPF personnel come much closer to Vajpayee’s hall- top echelons - does not absolve it of the day” of his life because of the harm rism is an act of modern vandalism and were part of a unit overseeing the construction of a road. mark moderation than at the time of original sin of orchestrating the demo- which the demolition inflicted on the that, too, by a political party which has Personnel on the ground argue that the building of these the Ramjanmabhoomi agitation. Evi- lition of a mosque. And, as the man “cause which the BJP was promoting taken upon itself the task of retribution roads is also a part of the government’s counter-insurgency dently, the responsibility of running who gave the clarion call for the act when it supported the Ayodhya move- by the Hindus for past injustices. IPA strategy, allowing security personnel to deploy and control a diverse country has made the party of desecration during his chariot ride, ment” only underlined a monumental (The writer is a political analyst. the area quickly. Pitched battles between the Maoists, who aware of Vajpayee’s advice on follow- Advani has turned out to be the fall guy. miscalculation. Views expressed are strictly personal.) are hell-bent on delaying the construction of these roads, and security forces in the area present some context to dear Monday’s attack. The Maoists have grown so desperate that Quote martial PAVING PATHS EDITOR millenniumpost.in they’ve also begun to target villages where they once held sway, killing or torturing suspected ‘police informants’. It’s This government is always in a hurry to pay tribute, like it did to great late Dr. Log on to write letters to the not as if the Indian security forces have their hands clean, especially as reports have emerged of heinous human rights Money is not Abdul Kalam but turned out to be quite thoughtless in doing so. Renaming an editor or send them to violations against tribal communities. One also remembers the only answer, important road after him is a stupid idea for several reasons. This is nothing less [email protected] the Chhattisgarh government’s harebrained policy to patron- than unnecessary expense for eyewash at the cost of tax-payers. And once again, You can also send your ise a group of vigilantes (called the Salwa Judum) who it said but it makes a comments to The Editor, would help the police fight Maoists. Besides gross human renaming Race Course Road Lok Kalyan Marg is just repeating the avoidable. rights violations, the vigilantes ripped apart local tribal Millennium Post, communities from within and gave the Maoists the higher difference Adding to this list is Sheikh Mujibur Rahman street. Has this city got absolutely no Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah moral ground. Fortunately, the Supreme Court stepped in BARACK OBAMA place to make a new road? Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 and deemed the deployment of these vigilante groups to be AAKASH KAPOOR illegal and unconstitutional, and ordered that they are dis- armed and disbanded. Monday’s attack isn’t the first time the CRPF has incurred significant casualties in the fight against Maoist groups. Although the details of what went down on Monday are still not very clear, observers in the know have The single most critical issue? once again raised serious questions about the institutional and strategic failures on the Indian State’s part that have led to such massacres. Absent teachers is not as big a problem as we think, writes Anish Madhavan Given the CRPF’s critical role in the key areas of conflict, from Kashmir to Sukma, it is astonishing that the organisa- iralal, a 36-year old head marginalised communities who can- tion has been without a full-time head for two months. By teacher in a small govern- not provide adequate home support for not appointing someone to lead India’s largest counter-insur- ment school in Basarpur, their children, it doesn’t have adequate gency force made up of over 3 lakh personnel, the govern- a village in Rajasthan, was infrastructure, fewer teachers than even ment is playing with fire. As per the incident itself, leading Habsent 45 out of 200 working days (22.5 the number of grades in the school, and counter-insurgency experts have raised some rather uncom- per cent), the school time prescribed little monitoring or support by district- fortable concerns about the events leading up to the massa- Teachers might by the Right to Education (RTE) Act. and block-level education officers. It cre of 26 CRPF personnel from the 74th Battalion. “The 74 be “absent” (The names of the teacher and the takes two of the teachers between one Battalion personnel also seem to have made serious tactical from classrooms school have been changed to maintain and two hours to reach school (higher mistakes. It appears they were having lunch together and confidentiality.) commute times have been linked with huddled in one place. This explains the heavy casualties suf- because of In a country where only 59 per greater teacher absenteeism), and still, fered by them. Forces sent for counter-insurgency must have several legitimate cent of Grade III children can read and they mostly attended school regularly first-class leaders, first-class weapons and first-class training. understand a passage, according to the and punctually, and took about 11 The CRPF in Sukma appeared to be lacking in the required reasons, known government’s National Achievement authorised personal leaves, on average. level of training and leadership. What is particularly gall- as “teacher Survey, good quality teaching could be Should we consider the possibil- ing is that it was in Sukma, on March 11 that 12 members the key to changing the school environ- ity that the nature of teaching itself of another CRPF road-opening party were killed in an IED absence”. ment and encouraging learning. encourages teachers to be committed explosion. Apparently, no lessons were learnt,” wrote Prakash “Teacher Contrary to common perception, and motivated, and hold themselves Singh, retired DG BSF and DGP of Uttar Pradesh and Hiralal was not absent because he had accountable without external monitor- Assam, in a recent column for a leading Indian news daily. absenteeism” decided to skip school without legiti- ing, provided there is an enabling work Senior CRPF officers have in fact argued that the attack was refers to teachers mate reasons; he was absent 21 days environment that facilitates collegiality reminiscent of the April 2010 attack when 74 men died in because of official reasons such as Representational Image and trust? Dantewada district, besides issuing complaints of a chronic being absent from examination duty, training and elec- Teacher absenteeism is often seen lack of equipment and gear. The Home Minister’s assertion school without a tion-related duty, and 15 days for per- policy and unfair and demotivating ably high figures of teacher absenteeism as the single most critical issue that is that the Centre would rework its strategy to take on the sonal reasons, including 10 medical vilification of teachers. -- around 25 per cent, but sometimes plaguing the government school sys- Maoists is welcome, considering the absence of a coherent legitimate reason, leaves, which he was entitled to as part Often when teachers were not pres- even as high as 50 per cent -- without tem. For example, the government sug- strategy or plan in the first place. Security experts have also that is, truancy. of his contract. On average, teachers at ent physically in the classroom, it was citing any research evidence. gested biometric systems as a means to called out for the modernisation of the Chhattisgarh police Basarpur School were on official duty for official reasons, such as training, On a regular school day, Hira- curb teacher absenteeism in its 2016-17 and their greater deployment in the battle against Maoists. Confusing for 16 of 200 days (8.4 per cent). data collection, and authorised leave, lal rides his motorcycle to Basarpur economic survey. “Chhattisgarh, however, has been sluggish in building the teacher absence While overall teacher absence was the study found. School, one of more than a million ele- The new evidence from this study capacities of its police forces. There are about 10,000 vacan- 18.9 per cent, teacher absenteeism Official reasons for absence include mentary schools in the country. Hiralal and some previous evidence begs the cies in different ranks in the state police. Twenty-three sanc- with teacher without reason or because of truancy “official academic duties”, such as train- mostly reaches 15 minutes before the question: Should we instead focus our tioned police stations have yet to be set up. And, shockingly, absenteeism was only 2.5 per cent, according to a ing and cluster meetings; “official school -- with 82 students in Grades I energies on systemic reform in the there are 14 police stations without any telephone link. A recent study conducted by the Azim school administrative duties” such as to V, three full-time teachers, and one education system through ensuring fundamental flaw in the anti-Maoist operations today is that could lead to Premji Foundation, a non-profit that data collection, submission of reports temporary teacher -- starts. an adequate number of trained teach- the state police forces in most states — undivided Andhra ineffective policy works in education across six states -- or data related to the mid-day meal pro- Its students are mostly Kanjars, a ers, making relevant and good quality Pradesh was a singular exception — are heavily dependent and unfair and Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, gramme, children with special needs, historically nomadic community which continuous professional development on the Central Government. The mindset seems to be that Bihar, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh. and work related to various student- primarily produces liquor and runs opportunities available for them, and by Maoism is the government of India’s problem and, therefore, demotivating Hiralal’s case study was a part of this incentive programmes such as distri- brothels, according to community doing away with non-academic duties the Central forces should bear the brunt of extremist vio- vilification of research, which covered 619 govern- bution of textbooks; and “official other members. The community finds it dif- of teachers? lence,” Prakash Singh goes on to add. The Centre needs to ment schools with 2,861 teachers. departmental work” which included ficult to make their children’s education A culture of targeting and blaming take a look at the counter-insurgency template established teachers Data and information about teacher work related to elections, census sur- a priority, they said. teachers -- who often work in challeng- by various State governments in the past. Under the lead- absence from schools are often con- veys, etc. It is due in large part to the efforts ing situations -- for matters that are ership of KPS Gill and his effective counter-terror strategy, flated with teacher absenteeism. Teach- Several studies have found a large of Hiralal -- who chiefly teaches math- beyond their control might be coun- the Punjab Police managed to wipe out Khalistani terror- ers might be “absent” from classrooms difference between teacher absence ematics and environmental science -- terproductive and adversely affect the ism from the country in the 1980s. In the undivided Andhra because of several legitimate, and some- and teacher absenteeism. For instance, that the school was set up in 2001, and government school system. IANS Pradesh, the use of a specialised anti-Maoist force called the times even useful, reasons, known as teacher absence was found to be 23.64 has been running since then, with ris- (In an arrangement with India Greyhounds enlisted from the State police force, took down “teacher absence”. On the other hand, per cent, in a 2016 World Bank Group ing enrolment. Until a school building Spend.org, a data-driven, non-profit, the Naxal menace in the state. State governments have to “teacher absenteeism” refers to teach- study, while teacher absenteeism with- was sanctioned in 2007, Hiralal paid public interest journalism platform. lead the line in this battle against militants, and the Centre ers being absent from school without out reason was 4.7 per cent. the monthly rent of Rs 200 for a school Anish Madhavan is head of must confine itself to a supporting role. Needless to say, the a legitimate reason, that is, truancy. Despite this, popular discourse on building out of his pocket. field research at the Azim Premji Centre would be wise to take in such suggestions. Confusing teacher absence with teacher teacher accountability, and senior gov- Teachers at the school face many Foundation. The views expressed absenteeism could lead to ineffective ernment officers often refer to remark- challenges: The school mainly targets are those of IndiaSpend.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 mp in focus Bittersweet feeling Cassini mission embarks on its ‘grand finale’ ahead of death plunge. But one of the most successful space exploration missions of all time still has a lot left to uncover, writes Andrew Coates

t’s the slow beginning of what will be a violent end for the Cassini mission. At 10.00 BST on April 26, the spacecraft became the first ever to dive between ISaturn and its spectacular innermost ring. This marks the start of its “grand finale” con- Cassini has sisting of 22 daring orbits – enabling a new operated at Saturn era of science. Then, on September 15, it will crash into the planet’s atmosphere and burn for almost half up. It is sure to be a sad but proud moment for a Saturn year. It those of us who have worked on the mission. Cassini was initially set on its path to has rewritten the destruction on April 22 when it flew by Sat- textbooks on the urn’s moon Titan. The spacecraft has used Titan not just as a fascinating scientific tar- Saturn system. get in itself, but also to provide the gravi- At Titan, Cassini tational slingshots needed to tweak, crank, and change its orbit. It is Titan that gave it found prebiotic the impetus to penetrate the 2,400 km gap chemistry – which between the rings and the planet every week before the mission ends. means the moon During the next few months, the instru- is essentially a ment teams have several new observations to make in this region. These include under- frozen version of standing a new radiation belt discovered what the Earth inside the rings early in the mission and tak- ing close-up pictures of the rings and other was several features. It will also image Saturn’s cloud tops billion years at close range, weigh its ring system (which will indicate just how old it is), sample the ago. Cassini also atmosphere of the planet and its rings, and discovered that measure Saturn’s internal structure. the moon has Hazardous journey three large seas But there are risks. The ring plane and a number includes a lot of particles. These vary from micron-sized grains (a millimetre is equal to of smaller lakes 1,000 microns) to mansion-sized chunks – made of liquid and they could all collide with the spacecraft. Although Cassini’s path in the gap between methane Saturn and the rings has fewer particles than Representational Image in the visible rings, we don’t know exactly how few. Indeed, the best computer models show and were selected to develop it in 1990. We billion years ago. Cassini also discovered that dus, helping us understand that it has a sub- However, it is thought that the risks of a that this should not happen. But even if it then secured funding, and built, tested and the moon has three large seas and a number surface ocean. significant dust hit in the ring plane are low. does, the spacecraft will eventually crash into calibrated the instrument before the launch of smaller lakes made of liquid methane. Needless to say, it has truly been an hon- At the large relative speed – a maximum of Saturn – as it’s supposed to. That is impor- in 1997. At Enceladus, Cassini discovered water- our to be a part of the Cassini mission and a 124,000km per hour – a hit could be a signifi- tant. Cassini must not crash onto interest- The launch itself was a tense time. The rich plumes from a subsurface ocean and privilege to work with colleagues, postdocs, cant problem for the spacecraft. So, as Cas- ing targets in the quest to find extraterrestrial powerful Titan IV rocket lifted off near found that the ocean is salty. It recently also and students through the years. As the mis- sini flies through the ring plane, its high-gain lifeforms – particularly the moons Encela- dawn in October 1997, went behind a cloud confirmed that chemical reactions between sion heads towards its end, the overwhelming antenna will be oriented to provide a shield dus and Titan. These are subject to “plane- from our vantage point and then thankfully water and rock on the moon can provide feeling is that this has been one of human- for the rest of the spacecraft and its instru- tary protection” which means we cannot put emerged serenely on its way to Saturn, reach- enough energy in the water to feed microbial kind’s most spectacular voyages of discovery. ments. This was successfully done early in probes there which could carry contamina- ing the planet on July 1, 2004. I remember life. There have been many other incredible But there are tantalising discoveries yet to the mission when it was first inserted into tion from Earth in the form of microbes. nervously watching in the middle of the night discoveries about the other icy moons, the be made. Enceladus has just recently joined orbit around Saturn, crossing outside the The spacecraft will be useful until the very as Cassini burned its engines for an excruci- atmosphere and the magnetosphere. Mars and Jupiter’s moon Europa in the top main rings. moment it burns up – it will be sending back ating 96 minutes to slow the spacecraft into Some of the key discoveries we made three likely locations for life beyond Earth in The only protruding features beyond the data continuously. These last measurements Saturn orbit. Luckily it all went smoothly. with the electron spectrometer include large our solar system. I’m involved in the contin- shield are a 10-metre electric field anten- of the composition of Saturn’s atmosphere, Cassini has operated at Saturn for almost amounts of hydrocarbons and nitriles (a form ued search for life on Mars with the ExoMars nae and an 11-metre magnetometer boom rotation rate and interior structure will be half a Saturn year. It’s made many discover- of organic compound) in Titan’s atmosphere. 2020 rover and at Jupiter’s icy moons with the (used to make magnetic observations). These totally unique. ies – in fact, it has rewritten the textbooks on These fall through the atmosphere and may JUICE mission. NASA also plans the Europa should make it possible to monitor dust the Saturn system. We now know that Saturn form the dunes seen on Titan’s surface. We Clipper mission. Now, Cassini has shown us impacts, each of which makes a tiny plume Personal highlights has 45 more moons than previously thought also uncovered Saturn’s ring atmosphere and that we must go back to Titan and Enceladus, of plasma (loose and electrically charged I’ve been privileged to work on Cassini for – placing the total now at 62. ionosphere, and found weak atmospheres too. DOWN TO EARTH particles) as the spacecraft and booms are 28 years. We proposed our instrument, the At Titan, Cassini found prebiotic chemis- at the moons Rhea and Dione. An impor- (This article was originally published on impacted. Hopefully, no large impact will electron spectrometer, which measures the try – which means the moon is essentially a tant discovery was that of water clusters and The Conversation. Views expressed disable the spacecraft. energy and direction of electrons, in 1989, frozen version of what the Earth was several charged dust particles in plumes at Encela- are strictly personal.)

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Amit Shah’s Call of ‘Ebar Bangla’ is for Reclaiming Bengal NARENDRA MODI @narendramodi

ANIRBAN n April 25, BJP national GANGULY president Amit Shah Will always remember started his fifteen days ‘vis- tarak’ sojourn from the non- Vinod Khanna as Odescript but historic Naxalbari village in a popular actor, north Bengal. Shah declared that he was dedicated leader & one among 3 lakh 68 thousand workers who have pledged to dedicate 15 full a wonderful human. days for the party. There were two pow- Pained by his demise. erful symbolisms in Shah’s action and in My condolences. his choice of place. The importance of his action as a vis- tarak – one endowed with the responsi- bility of spreading the ideals, ideology, RAJINIKANTH and the reach of the party – in select- @superstarrajini ing West Bengal and that too Naxalbari, struck a chord with the perceptive ones Selecting among the observers and especially the Naxalbari in West Bengali psyche, which has for decades, My dear friend Vinod been scarred by the memories of Naxal- Bengal struck bari and its violent, bloody, and destruc- Khanna... will miss you, a chord with tive aftermath. RIP. My heartfelt con- That the national president of the dolences to the family. the perceptive largest political party and the ruling ones among the party of the country chose Naxalbari, and decided to go there as a foot-sol- observers and dier with the party’s message of hope, especially the of succour, and of positive development BJP national President Amit Shah is a deeply symbolic act that is bound Bengali psyche, to soon activate and propel the Ben- structured and engineered from the the leading party, trudge to the spot that of ‘New India’ is on the march, why RAMESH SRIVATS which has for gali mind – or at least an avant-garde roots upward, it is not cosmetic, it is gave birth to that ideology and declare should Bengal be left behind”, he asks. @rameshsrivats section in it. not superficial, it is not perfunctory a refreshingly new ideal and goal for a He attacked the politics of “self-alien- decades, been It was also interesting to see the but is in line with Shah’s style of func- “New India.” The message was a clear ation” that has been Bengal’s political scarred by the booth, the district, the state and the tioning – thorough, all-encompassing, one and was meant for all those who bane for the last four decades. national president of the party all gath- transformative and with a focus on the believed and practised the politics of When did a national president of memories of ered on one stage at Naxalbari and then minutiae, on the details and on the basic violence, of retribution, of exploitation a national party walked the small gul- Naxalbari and its at Bhowanipore in south Kolkata, it blocks. This requires stamina and Shah’s and of degeneration. lies and bylanes of Kolkata last? Seeing RIP #VinodKhanna. violent, bloody, radiated a powerful political message politics is all about stamina, determina- Shah’s articulation during the trip Shah plod through the winding lane You'll always be Amar. that BJP under Shah is indeed a party tion, and perseverance. was a clear and unequivocal one, it was of Bhowanipore’s slums and establish and destructive which is constantly renewing itself, is The symbolism of Naxalbari is a pro- that the movement to reclaim Bengal contact with his booth workers – hav- aftermath reaching out, shunned mindless hier- found one. Shah’s message from this, can only come from the grassroots, ing started as a booth-worker himself, archies and is bound by the chord of once ground zero of a terror ideology it has to begin and build up from the Shah has never forgotten those starting a deep ideological commitment. This that still haunts and oppresses peo- booth, from the workers, from the mar- blocks – one realised how the political clearly indicates that the party was ple across India, was that of develop- ginalised and the exploited, it is they approach in the party was being deci- already restructuring itself, reworking ment, “I have come here in Naxalbari”, who must pine and yearn for change, sively altered. PRASHANT BHUSHAN its power bases, widening its founda- he said, “with the message and with it is they who, having suffered neglect Addressing a gathering of eminent @pbhushan1 tion and re-organising itself from the the determination of countering the and political exploitation have to feel citizens at the historic Mahajati Sadan grassroots, from the very roots that have politics of violence with that of devel- the unsettling desire for change. Shah’s in the evening of April 26, Shah spoke sustained it and lent it momentum and opment, of positivity and of hope, the tour of Bengal has ignited that unset- of how parties that have no internal SC rejects lame ex- dynamism. ideology of violence can only be coun- tling desire for change in many. democracy, are dynasty- and individual- Sceptics who keep referring to BJP’s tered with the politics of development Shah’s riveting call of ‘Ebar Bangla’ – centric and bereft of ideological direc- cuse of Modi govt challenge as being that of re-organis- and of inclusiveness.” now Bengal – is a galvanising one, much tion, can never work for development not to appoint Lok- ing itself, of accommodating various Except for some iron-headed polit- more powerful, earthy, and captivating in a democratic setup. regions and voices are basically miss- ical commentators who missed it or than the cry of ‘poriborton’. It is a bat- Shah’s call of ‘Ebar Bangla’ has pal. Strange,Modi ing out on or have not understood the failed to comprehend it, the symbol- tle cry as well as a cry of hope – hope sounded the bugle for reclaiming who claims war on process and movement of change in ism swirled, after five decades of the because, as he argues, it is now Bengal’s Bengal. graft,doesn't want the BJP that Shah has already initiated origination of the one of the most vio- turn to join the national mainstream (The author is Director, Dr. Syama in this respect. The only difference this lent political ideologies in Independent in the march for development and not Prasad Mookerjee Research Founda- Lokpal? time round is that the change is being India, one saw the national president of be left behind anymore. “The chariot tion, New Delhi. Views are personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Friday, 28 April, 2017 Turkey detains Pakistan rejects 1,000 persons India’s demand for North Korea agrees to first over suspected re-investigating 26/11 coup links LAHORE: Pakistan has told the US, and his four aides are ANKARA: Turkish police India that a re-investigation under housearrest in Lahore ever UN rights expert visit detained over 1,000 persons in of the Mumbai attack case since January 30 under Paki- a massive operation aimed at was “not possible” as the trial stan’s anti-terrorism law. The GENEVA: North Korea has arresting 3,224 alleged support- was at an advanced stage and JUD chief was put under house agreed to host a UN rights The rights council ers of US-based cleric Fethullah demanded “concrete” evidence arrest previously after the terror expert for the first time, grant- Gulen, who the government against Hafiz Saeed, the mas- attack in Mumbai in which 166 ing access next week to the has accused accuses of organising the termind of 26/11 assault. people were killed by 10 Lash- special rapporteur on disabled North Korea of attempted coup in July 2016. In reply to India’s demand kar-e-Taiba men, but he was people’s rights, the world body committing crimes According to Interior to re-investigate the 2008 freed by a court in 2009 due to said on Thursday. Minister Suleyman Soylu on case and put on trial Jamaat- a lack of evidence against him. Catalina Devandas-Agui- against humanity Wednesday, a total of 1,009 ud Dawah chief Saeed, “Paki- On putting him on trial in lar is scheduled to arrive in the and detaining up persons have been detained in stan said the case has already that case, Pakistan has sought isolated nation on Wednesday to 120,000 people 72 provinces, accused of acting been at an advanced stage,” a “concrete” evidence from India. following an invitation from as secret clerics within the state senior interior ministry official, “India had only mentioned Pyongyang, the UN rights in brutal prison security corps. About 8,500 who is privy to the correspon- in its dossier that Ajmal Kasab office said in a statement. camps police officers are taking part in dence between the two coun- had once met Hafiz Saeed. Her visit “will be the first the operation across the coun- tries over the matter, told PTI Thousands of people meet ever to the country by an inde- try with the support of agents on Thursday. Saeed. That doesn’t prove any- pendent expert designated by Pyongyang last Decem- from the Turkish intelligence “All proceedings (in the thing. Pakistan is willing to the UN Human Rights Coun- ber ratified an international services, Efe news reported. case) have been finalised try Saeed in the 26/11 case cil,” the statement said. The convention on the rights of except recording of 24 Indian provided India gives us solid rights council has accused disabled people. Devandas- The wanted list witnesses’ statements. At this evidence against him in this North Korea of committing Aguilar said she would explore stage, re-investigation is not regard,” the official quoted Pak- crimes against humanity and the challenges and opportuni- includes the possible. If India wants con- istan government’s response. detaining up to 120,000 peo- ties the government faced in names of 3,224 clusion of the case, it should He said Pakistan has also made ple in brutal prison camps. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at what was said to be a “Combined Fire Demonstration” held to celebrate implementing that pact. Dur- send its witnesses to Pakistan it clear to India that the Mum- The North Korean regime the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army, in Wonsan ing her six-day mission, the people, In Istanbul to record their statements,” the bai attack case may not reach last month boycotted a rights expert will visit Pyongyang and alone, 2,000 official said. Saeed, who car- its logical conclusion without council session scrutinising the upcoming visit marked a living with disabilities. “My realities, laws, policies and pro- the South Hwanghae Province, police officers are ries a bounty of USD 10 mil- India’s cooperation and India its record, branding the body’s important chance to study the upcoming visit to DPRK rep- grammes concerning people followed by a press conference lion on his head for his role in must send its 24 witnesses to work a “mere political attack”. situation in the country, with resents a key opportunity to with disabilities,” she said in in the capital on the final day, looking for 390 terror activities announced by Pakistan to testify. AGENCIES Devandas-Aguilar said a particular focus on children learn firsthand about national the statement. the UN said. AGENCIES suspects, with 172 arrested so far Was offered Rs 10 billion to stay Pakistan maritime agency arrests The wanted list includes the names of 3,224 people, accord- ing to Turkish press. In Istan- 29 Indian fishermen bul alone, 2,000 police officers are looking for 390 suspects, silent on Panamagate: Imran KARACHI:Twenty-nine Indian fishermen were arrested by Pakistan’s maritime with 172 arrested so far. Ankara authorities for allegedly fishing in the country’s territorial waters, officials said prosecutor’s office considers ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Teh- claimed. “This Rs 10 billion to criticising all state institu- on Thursday. A Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) spokesman said the detained to be Fethullah reek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan was just a starting point; if I tions, including the Election Terror Organization (FETO) has sensationally claimed that had showed some flexibil- Commission and judges of the the Indian fishermen were handed over to the Docks Police Station for further agents working within the he was offered Rs 10 billion by ity, they could have offered apex court.” legal process. The authorities also seized five Indian boats. “The Indian fisher- security apparatuses, using the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif me more than that,” he was She also dubbed Khan “a men will be presented before a judicial magistrate,” a police official said. acronym created by the author- to stay silent over the Panama quoted as saying. Chief Minis- liar” for making the Rs 10 bil- He said the Maritime Security Forces had apprehended the Indian fishermen ities to refer to Gulen’s network leaks issue, a charge denied by ter Shahbaz dismissed Khan’s lion claim. Slamming Khan for for fishing illegally in the Arabian Sea in Pakistan s coastal area. Last month, of sympathizers. the government. Imran, how- claim. “Imran Khan has made making the allegation, Shar- Turkish authorities accuse ever, made it clear that Sharif a record of lying,” said Sharif if’s daughter Maryam tweeted, the PMSA had twice apprehended Indian fishermen. On March 26, the PMSA Gulen of creating a parallel directly did not offer him the at an event in Lahore. “I have “’Shahbaz Sharif’s close aide had arrested 100 Indian fishermen and seized 19 boats while in early March state by placing his followers money but the offer came from the right to take this up in the offered me 10 billion. No, Ham- some 85 Indian fishermen were arrested and sent to jail. On January 27, the in posts within the administra- him. Khan told ARY News that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief court of law,” he was quoted as za’s friend made an offer to my Maritime Security Agency had arrested 60 Indian fishermen and seized 10 tion, the judiciary, the armed it was one of Punjab Chief Min- Imran Khan saying by Geo News. friend in Dubai.’ I fear for this boats. The arrests of fishermen have continued this year even though Pakistan forces and the police. Gulen ister Shahbaz Sharif’s friends Responding to the allega- man’s Hereafter!” Sharif last was until 2013 a close ally of who offered him Rs 10 billion see me about two weeks ago tions, State Minister for Infor- week got a temporary breather released some 219 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture on January 5 and the Turkish government, which to stay silent over the Panama and told me about the offer. mation Marriyum Aurangzeb, from the Supreme Court before that released another batch of 220 Indian fishermen on December 25. allowed access of his followers leaks issue. Let me tell you that the Sharif at a press conference, said, “He which said there was “insuf- Fishermen from both countries are arrested frequently by the maritime into public administration. The Pakistan Tehreek-i- family had even made him a (Imran) is a juggler; he started ficient evidence” to remove security agencies of both countries for illegal fishing and often stray into il- Purges against alleged Insaf chief said that the man very good offer and promised with the slogan of election rig- him from office but ordered members of the network met him about two weeks ago to ‘entertain’ him if he could ging, moved on to the phrase setting up of a joint team to legal waters due to absence of any proper technology to confirm the coastline began before the failed coup and informed him that he was convince me,” the 64-year-old that an umpire is set to raise investigate the graft allegations border between Pakistan and India near Sir Creek in the Arabian Sea. AGENCIES in July 2016. AGENCIES given the task. “He came to cricketer-turned- politician his finger, and has now resorted against his family. AGENCIES Trump admin determined to take 4 militants BRIEFS regional look at Af-Pak issue killed in police Poland backs India’s bid for WORLD FOUR THAI RANGERS KILLED BY BOMB WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is deter- raid on hideout mined to take a regional perspective on the Afghan- NSG membership, UNSC seat IN RESTIVE SOUTH Pakistan issue, the White House said on Thursday, in Bangladesh BANGKOK: Four Thai army rangers were shot dead noting that the previous regimes have “not done WARSAW: Poland on Thurs- in an ambush after a roadside bomb toppled their enough” to address the challenges in the war-torn DHAKA: Four bodies of day assured India of its sup- truck in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south on Thurs- country. The White House is currently in the middle suspected militants were port to New Delhi’s bid for found after police stormed membership in the elite day, police said, the latest rebel attack to undermine of review of its Af-Pak policy, which is expected to be a hideout of the Neo-JMB Nuclear Suppliers Group already stagnant peace talks. The Muslim-majority ready before the NATO Summit in Brussels in about members in the country’s (NSG) and a permanent seat border region has seethed with violence for over a a months time. Early this week, US Defence Sec- western Chapainawabganj in the expanded UN Security decade as ethnic Malay insurgents battle the Bud- retary James Mattis made an unscheduled trip to district on Thursday. Council. dhist-majority state for more autonomy. Near daily Afghanistan, the first member of President Donald This was conveyed by Polish shooting and bomb attacks have claimed more than ‘The bodies of Prime Minister Beata Syzdlo to 6,800 lives since 2004, with both sides accused of Trump s Cabinet to visit Kabul. His Afghanistan Vice President Hamid Ansari trip was preceded by that of the National Security four men were when the two leaders met here rights abuses and atrocities. Advisor Lt Gen H R McMaster who also travelled to found after the to discuss issues of bilateral and Vice President Hamid Ansari with Polish Prime Minister Beata Syzdlo TRIBUTES FOR TAIWANESE TREKKER Pakistan and India. While on the face of it the Trump law enforcers mutual interests. during joint statement administration seems to be focused on North Korea The two countries signed LOST IN NEPAL TRAGEDY managed to an agreement in the agriculture nent seat in the expanded UN “For past few decades, India KATHMANDU: A Taiwanese trekker is recovering and against the Islamic State terror group in the enter the Neo- sector and agreed that there Security Council. and Poland relations are grow- Middle East, it has not taken its eyes off Afghanistan. was much scope to increase “We are happy to have ing with a good pace. Today my in hospital after rescuers found him and his dead Early this month, the US used the ‘mother of all JMB hideout’ cooperation in railway and Poland’s support for India’s talks with the prime minister girlfriend on a mountainside in Nepal where they bombs’ against ISIS hideouts in Afghanistan and defence sectors as well as in claim for permanent mem- of Poland was very productive were stranded for 47 days, with only water and salt Senior police officer areas like food processing, solar bership of an expanded UN and we discussed entire gam- after their food ran out. Liu Chen-chun, 18, died just has been holding intense discussion with its allies Khurshid Hossain said the energy, clean coal, treatment of security council,” Ansari said uts of our relationships,” said on the current situation in Afghanistan. “We are in three days before the rescue team located the couple “Operation Eagle Hunt” to solid waste. The agreement was as he appreciated the support Ansari. in northwest Nepal, but her boyfriend managed to the midst of a policy review, so I don t really want to wipe out the militant hide- signed by Minister of State of extended by Poland to India’s Ansari said there was much survive despite losing 30 kilos (66 pounds) during the foreclose on any of the discussions we’re going to out was over, Xinhua news Small Industries Giriraj Singh membership of the MTCR. scope to increase the bilat- ordeal. A severely malnourished Liang Sheng-yueh, have with the national security team and with the agency reported. and Polish Agriculture Minis- Poland is a member of eral cooperation especially “The bodies of four ter Krzystof Jurgiel in presence the 48-nation NSG, a group in areas like mining, agricul- 20, was being treated in hospital in Kathmandu, president,” a senior official said. AGENCIES men were found after the of Ansari and Syzdlo. Ansari of nuclear supplier countries ture, civil aviation, food pro- where he was airlifted after being rescued from the law enforcers managed to thanked Polish leadership for that seek to prevent prolifera- cessing, solar energy, clean remote region. enter the Neo-JMB hide- its support to India’s bid for tion by controlling the export coal and other field. The two DAKSHIN HARYANA BIJLI VITRAN NIGAM out,” he said. The mili- NSG membership, Missile of materials, equipment and sides can also cooperate in INDIAN-AMERICAN TEACHER JAILED Corrigendum no 2 dated 21.04.2017 to NIT No 567/DH/MM dated 29.03.2017 It is notified for information of all concerned that amendments in the tants, including one named Technology Control Regime technology that can be used to railway and defence sectors, FOR WIRE FRAUD technical specification nos CSC-47/Rev-VI/DH/UH/P&D/2015-2016 Rafikul Alam Abu, blew (MTCR) issue and a perma- manufacture nuclear weapons. he added. AGENCIES against TE No QD-747 floated for procurement of DLMS compliant sin- themselves up using explo- WASHINGTON: A 58-year-old Indian-American gle phase energy meters (10-60A) with communication capability has sives, said Hossain. Secu- teacher was sentenced to 11 months in jail, which been issued. Detailed information can also be obtained from website rity forces had surrounded he has already served during the trial, for the wire https//haryanaeprocurement.gov.in and www.dhbvn.com the house since early Passenger removed from PRDH-Advt. No:-1136/11/1484/1718/49273 Superintending Engineer/MM fraud scheme involving the hiring of Indian nationals Dated: 27/04/2017 For CE/MM, DHBVN, Hisar Wednesday. On Thursday afternoon, to teach in the US. George Mariadas Kurusu was sen- police forces managed to flight for going to toilet in US tenced on Wednesday in Alpine, California, and was bring an injured woman ordered to pay $53,000 restitution for the wire fraud and a child out of the mili- WASHINGTON: A Delta Air Lines passen- Video of a portion of the incident was scheme, the American Bazaar online reported. Kurusu tant den. ger was asked to leave the flight in the US after recorded by Krista Rosolino of Milwaukee has been in federal custody since his arrest in May Earlier in the day, a he wanted to go to the toilet when the plane because, she said, she and her husband were con- 2016. He pleaded guilty in January to wire fraud, huge blast and sporadic was getting ready for takeoff, according to cerned about what was happening beside them. gunshots were heard from media reports. In a written statement, Delta said: “Our flight fraud in foreign labour contracting, making a false the house. Police officials The flight 2035 was getting ready to depart crews are extensively trained to ensure the safety statement on a visa application and tampering with a said the slain militants were from Atlanta to Milwaukee in the US state of and security of all customers. It is imperative that witness, victim or an informant. likely mid-level leaders of Wisconsin on April 18 when passenger Kima passengers comply with crew instructions dur- “Neo JMB”. The Neo-JMB, Hamilton, 39, tried to use the toilet. ing all phases of flight, especially at the critical INDIAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO an offshoot of the banned The Delta Air Lines quick take on this inci- points of takeoff and landing.” Hamilton did not CALL CENTRES SCAM IN US militant outfit Jamaatul dent is that federal law requires passengers to normally use the restroom before getting on a Mujahideen Bangladesh, was comply with crew instructions or run the risk plane and said he had not had a similar problem NEW YORK: A 28-year-old Indian national in the US blamed for the deadly July of being seen as a security threat, the Atlanta previously. “The pilot came on and said, ‘Ladies has pleaded guilty for his role in a multi-million dollar 1, 2016, attack on a Span- Journal reported. and gentlemen, I’m sorry for the inconvenience, scam in which individuals from call centres located in ish cafe in Dhaka, in which That is when the pilot said the flight would but we have to return to the gate and remove a India impersonated US tax and immigration officials 22 people, mostly foreigners, have to return to the gate and remove a passenger. passenger,” Hamilton said. “It escalated to that to defraud victims across America. Ashvinbhai Chaud- were killed. A flight attendant told him the plane would point that fast,” he said. Last month Bangla- lose its place in line for takeoff, so he returned to Hamilton, a disc jockey and poet, is an art- hari, who most recently resided in Texas pleaded deshi police conducted his seat. But he still had to go, and quickly went ist in residence at a public school. He wanted to guilty before US District Court Judge David Hittner series of large-scale anti- to the restroom. When two agents asked him to be home the following morning for a field trip. of the Southern District of Texas. His sentencing is set terror operations, in exit the plane, Hamilton refused. Then all of the He says he was feeling the micro-aggression for July 2017. He pleaded guilty to one count of which at least 17 suspected passengers were “escorted off the plane,” and all he sometimes experiences as a 6-foot-3-inch conspiracy to commit money laundering. militants were killed. AGENCIES passengers except him were allowed to re- board. black man with dreadlocks. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Friday, 28 April, 2017 mp Indian doctors, woman indicted Trump agrees in US genital Scotland Yard arrests not to terminate mutilation case NEW YORK: An India-born Nafta for now doctor and his wife along with man near UK Parliament WASHINGTON: US Presi- another Indian-origin woman LONDON: Armed police dent Donald Trump has told doctor have been indicted by a have arrested a man believed Teen pleads guilty to plotting the leaders of Canada and Mex- grand jury in the US for alleg- to have been carrying knives ico that he was not immedi- edly performing genital mutila- in Whitehall, central London, attack on Buckingham Palace ately planning to end the North tion on two girls, in a first-of-its close to parliament. Scotland American Free Trade Agree- kind federal prosecution Yard’s counter-terrorism com- ment (Nafta), but warned that in the country. mand was leading the investi- LONDON: A 19-year-old Islamic State-inspired the US would still pull out if Fakhruddin Attar, 53, his gation into the man and why suspect on Thursday admitted plotting attacks on he could not negotiate a bet- wife, Farida Attar, 50, both he was allegedly in possession the iconic Buckingham Palace and an Elton John ter deal, the White House said. from Michigan state, were yes- of knives. concert among other potential London targets. Trump, in phone calls with terday charged with conspiring Police said in a statement Haroon Syed pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey court Canadian Prime Minister Jus- to perform female genital muti- giving the first official details: tin Trudeau and Mexican Pres- lations (FGM) on minor girls “A man has been arrested in here to “researching, planning and attempting to ident Enrique Peña Nieto on out of Attar’s medical clinic Whitehall this afternoon, at source” materials for home-made explosive devic- Wednesday, agreed to proceed in Livonia. The Attars were approximately 14.22, follow- es for use in attacks on Buckingham Palace and swiftly to enable the renego- renegotiate or withdraw from arrested on April 21. ing a stop and search as part of an Elton John concert in Hyde Park, among other tiation of the Nafta deal to the Nafta, CNN reported. Trump They were charged with an ongoing operation. potential London targets. Syed, warned by Judge benefit of all three countries. has already removed the US helping another Indian-ori- “The man was arrested in The White House said the from another massive trade gin doctor Jumana Nagar- Parliament Street, junction Michael Topolski that a life sentence is likely to be phone conversations were pact, the Trans Pacific Part- wala, 44, of Michigan, in with Parliament Square, by handed down, will be sentenced on June 8 after “pleasant and productive”. nership, which was negoti- performing genital mutila- armed officers from the Met’s a probation and psychiatric report. The Londoner “It is my privilege to bring ated under former President tion on two 7-year-old girls specialist firearms command. pleaded guilty to a plot running from April to Sept. Nafta up to date through rene- Barack Obama. Trump’s deci- in February at a clinic owned “The man, aged in his late Police detained a man following an incident in Whitehall gotiation,” Trump said in a sion to remain in Nafta came by Fakhruddin. 20s, was arrested on suspi- are continuing their investi- been injured. 2016 to get materials for a bomb to stage attacks. written statement that accom- the same day a senior admin- The federal indictment cion of possession of an offen- gation, and as a result of this Security is especially Syed’s older brother, Nadir Syed, was jailed last panied the readout of his phone istration official revealed the alleges the trio also tried to sive weapon and on suspicion arrest there is no immediate tight around Whitehall fol- year for plotting an IS inspired attack. AGENCIES calls. “It is an honour to deal White House was considering obstruct the investigation by of the commission, prepara- known threat.” The opera- lowing last month’s terror- with both President Peña Nieto an executive order to withdraw telling other people to make tion and instigation of acts of tion that led to the daylight ist attack in Westminster in blocked off the traffic and middle of Parliament Street at and Prime Minister Trudeau, from the trade accord. false statement to authorities. terrorism. Knives have been arrest was believed to have fol- which five people died. The pedestrians on one side of the the junction with Parliament and I believe that the end result Many Republicans, includ- The doctors are also accused recovered from him. “He is lowed an intelligence opera- suspect was held on Parlia- road with tape. Square. Few MPs were in the will make all three countries ing Senator John McCain, had of lying to investigators. being detained under the Ter- tion that had earlier identified ment Street for more than half He was led away into a Palace of Westminster because stronger and better,” he said. cautioned Trump not to pull Unless they work out a rorism Act and is in custody the man detained as being of an hour, without speaking or police car at around 3.15pm, parliament is winding down Trump reiterated those out from Nafta. “It will devas- plea deal, the three accused in a south London police sta- concern to counter-terrorism struggling. While two officers while scenes of crime officers before the election and Theresa points Thursday morning, tate the economy in my state,” are headed to trial now, Detroit tion. “Detectives from the investigators. detained him, around two examined knives and a ruck- May has already headed out on tweeting, “if we do not reach a McCain said on Wednesday. Free Press reported. AGENCIES counter-terrorism command No one is thought to have dozen heavily armed police sack on the traffic island in the to the campaign trail. AGENCIES fair deal for all, we will then ter- “I hope he doesn’t do that.” minate Nafta.” He also claimed “Scrapping Nafta would be a that the two leaders reached disastrously bad idea. It would 78 rescued as Russian naval ship sinks after collision out to him. The US President hurt American families at the Pak: Consular access to railed against the trade accord checkout, and it would crip- ISTANBUL: A Russian naval ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Thursday after colliding with a as a presidential candidate and ple American producers in last week called it as harmful to the field and the office,” said Jadhav on merit basis merchant vessel, the Turkish coast guard and the Russian military have confirmed. All 78 Russian crew US workers. As he approaches Senator Ben Sasse, a Nebraska members were rescued, the Turkish coast guard said. The ship, a Russian reconnaissance vessel called his 100th day in office on Sat- Republican. During his run for ISLAMABAD: The decision the Liman, sank shortly before 3 pm, after hitting a private livestock vessel amid heavy fog about 17 miles urday, Trump and his advisers office last year, Trump made his to provide consular access to from the coast north of the Bosporus, according to the Gulf Agency Company. The livestock carrier, the are hurriedly working to check disdain for Nafta a central com- alleged India ‘spy’ Kulbhushan off promises made during the ponent of a populist message to Youzarsif H, which was flying the Togolese flag, survived intact and took part in the rescue. AGENCIES Jadhav, who has been awarded campaign, one of which was to gain support. AGENCIES death sentence in Pakistan, will be taken on merit, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. Israel strikes arms depot near Damascus airport Foreign Office spokesper- ‘Russia ready to son Nafees Zakaria told the DAMASCUS: Israel struck an arms supply hub material losses, but did not expand on the dam- media that Jadhav was prose- operated by the Lebanese group Hezbollah near age. Israel does not usually comment on action cuted as per Pakistani law and Damascus airport on Thursday, Syrian rebel it takes in Syria. But Intelligence Minister Israel Kulbhushan Jadhav mend ties with NATO’ his statements helped in inter- PTI and regional intelligence sources said, target- Katz, speaking to Army Radio from the United cepting a terrorist network in rasani’s treatment in India is a MOSCOW: The relations between Russia and the North Atlan- ing weapons sent from Iran via commercial and States, appeared to confirm involvement. the country. proof that the TTP is assisted tic Treaty Organization (NATO) are at their lowest level since military cargo planes. “The incident in Syria corresponds com- “We already have evidence by RAW. He said that Indian the end of the Cold War, but Moscow is ready to repair them, Video carried on Lebanese TV and shared pletely with Israel’s policy to act to prevent Iran’s in the Jadhav case,” Geo TV and Afghan intelligence agen- a military official said. on social media showed the pre-dawn airstrikes smuggling of advanced weapons via Syria to quoted Zakaria as saying. cies were “involved in sponsor- “We are open to the resumption of a full-scale dialogue and caused a fire around the airport east of the Syr- Hezbollah,” he said. Prime Minister Benjamin Jadhav, whose family stays ing terrorism in Pakistan”. interaction with NATO. The main thing is that this process ian capital, suggesting fuel sources or weapons Netanyahu had “said that whenever we receive in Mumbai and who was report- Pakistan on Thursday should take place on an equal, trusting and constructive basis,” containing explosives were hit. intelligence that indicates an intention to trans- edly arrested in Balochistan, stuck to its stand on Kulb- Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Syrian state m edia said Israeli missiles hit a fer advanced weapons to Hezbollah, we will has been charged with espio- hushan Jadhav’s sentencing, Gerasimov said at the Sixth Moscow Conference on Interna- military position southwest of the airport, but act”, he added. nage and waging war against saying the military court’s tional Security, here on Wednesday. did not mention arms or fuel. It said “Israeli An Israeli military spokeswoman said: “We Pakistan. India says he was ruling was based on specific He said NATO accuses Russia of being the main source of aggression” had caused explosions and some can’t comment on such reports.” AGENCIES abducted from Tehran, Iran. evidence and the trial was military threats, while the alliance itself is increasing the scale The Foreign Office spokes- conducted in a “transparent” of military activities in countries near Russia, Xinhua news man said former Tehreek-e- manner. Pakistan’s assertion agency reported. 2 police wounded Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah came a day after India handed NATO’s eastward expansion and deployment of a mis- Ehsan in a recent confession over an appeal by the mother sile defense system in Europe break the balance of power in by ‘Islamist’ on video “has disclosed the pres- of retired Indian Navy officer the region and increase the risk of military incidents, Gera- ence of Research and Analy- Jadhav, sentenced to death by simov said. To make it worse, the European countries are French island sis Wing’s (RAW) presence” the Field General Court Mar- furnishing Kiev with military assistance, provoking it to in Pakistan. Urging the inter- tial, to the appellate court, continue armed confrontation in southeastern Ukraine, the PARIS: A suspected Islamist national community to take initiating a process to get his Russian General said. radical shot and wounded notice of Ehsan’s confessional conviction overturned. “The trust between Russia and the West is catastrophically two policemen on the French video, Zakaria told the media Pakistan Foreign Office decreasing as a result,” Gerasimov said. In his view, the lack of Indian Ocean island of Reunion that the former TTP spokes- spokesperson Nafees Zakaria close cooperation between Russia and the West on anti-terror- as they tried to arrest him on man’s “statement exposed the claimed that Jadhav has been ism creates favorable conditions for the Islamic State. Thursday, authorities said. real face of India”. He claimed tried for espionage accord- A new and mutually beneficial system for European security The attack comes a week that Ehsan’s confession about ing to the law of the land in a can be formed only through joint efforts with the participation after a French policeman was TTP commander Khalid Kho- “transparent manner.” AGENCIES of all European states, Gerasimov said. AGENCIES shot and killed and two others wounded on the Champs-Ely- sees avenue in Paris, just days after the first round of the presi- UK living under ‘illusion’ over Brexit: Merkel dential election. More than 230 people have BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Britain’s ongoing financial obligations. been killed in a string of jihad- Merkel has said British politicians are “We can only do an agreement on the ist attacks on the French main- still living under the “illusion” that Britain future relationship with Britain when all land since January 2015 and the will retain most of its rights and privileges questions about its exit have been cleared country has been under a state once it leaves the European Union (EU). up satisfactorily,” Markel said. The Ger- of emergency for nearly a year “Countries with a third-country sta- man Chancellor said, “The sooner the UK and a half. tus, and that’s what Great Britain will be, government is ready for constructive solu- “The man refused to be cannot and will not have the same or even tions, the sooner we can meet its wish to arrested and fired a rifle at more rights as a member of the EU. All 27 talk about the future relationship. But first, police,” a government official member-states and the European institu- we need to know how the UK government said, adding that the suspect - tions agree on this,” said Merkel. envisages that relationship. It can only be in his 20s, who is believed to be EU leaders will meet on Saturday done in that sequence.” a recent convert to Islam - was to formally adopt their joint negotiat- EU officials estimate that Britain faces now in custody. ing position on Brexit, the Guardian a bill of $65 billion because of EU budget The lives of the two offi- German Chancellor Angela Merkel reported on Thursday. The future rela- rules. Britain’s politicians have, however, cers are not in danger and tionship can only be discussed once the “some people in the UK still have some said the government will not pay a sum of the anti-terrorist depart- exit issues — such as Britain’s payments illusions on that score”. “That would be that size, the daily reported. ment of the Paris prosecu- to the EU budget — are resolved, Markel just a waste of time,” she said. Merkel said Merkel’s speech comes as a stern tors’ office is investigating the told MPs while addressing Bundestag, the immediate Brexit priorities to decide rebuke for Britain, which had been hop- attack. The man lived with his lower house of Germany’s Parliament. On on were: The rights of EU citizens in the ing there was some ambiguity in the mother, also in custody, in an the sequence of the Brexit talks, she said UK, Britons in continental Europe and EU position. AGENCIES apartment in Saint-Benoit, in the island’s east. AGENCIES ‘Chinese military modernisation is focused on defeating America in Asia’ WASHINGTON: China has to use intercontinental ballis- China is rapidly building a ellite capabilities that present fundamentally altered the tic missiles and nuclear weap- modern, capable military that direct threats to the Home- physical and political land- ons that will threaten the US appears to far exceed its stated land. “China’s near-term strat- scape in the strategic South Homeland,” Harris said. defensive purpose or potential egy is focused on building up China Sea — through milita- “China has fundamentally regional needs. China’s mili- combat power and positional risation and large-scale land altered the physical and polit- tary modernisation is focused advantage to be able to restrict reclamation, a top American ical landscape in the South on defeating the US in Asia freedom of navigation and admiral has claimed. China Sea+ through large scale by countering US asymmet- overflight while asserting de Chinese military moderni- land reclamation and by mili- ric advantages,” Harris alleged. facto sovereignty over disputed sation is focused on defeating tarising these reclaimed fea- China’s military mod- maritime features and spaces in the US in Asia by countering tures,” Harris said. ernisation cannot be under- the region,” the top American US asymmetric advantages, He said China continues to stated, especially when one commander said. Admiral Harry Harris, Com- press Japan in the East China considers the Communist Harris said the rapid trans- mander of US Pacific Com- Sea, stepping up diplomatic regime’s lack of transpar- formation of China’s military mand told lawmakers during and economic pressure against ency and apparent strategy, into a high-tech force capa- a Congressional hearing. Taiwan, and methodically try- he said, adding that China is ble of regional dominance “North Korea continues ing to supplant US influence committed to developing a and a growing ability to sup- to disregard UN sanctions by with “our friends and allies hypersonic glide weapon and port aspirations for global developing and threatening in the region”. “Furthermore, advanced cyber and anti-sat- reach is concerning. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 Only 34% service taxpayers PSUs to invest `30,000 cr have moved to GSTN till now NEW DELHI: The revenue department is stepping up its to revive 4 fertiliser plants outreach programme, asking taxpayers to register with the NEW DELHI: Cash-rich coal, GST Network by this month- power and oil PSUs will jointly end as only 34 per cent of the invest about Rs 30,000 crore to existing service tax assessees revive four mothballed fertil- have so far migrated to the new iser plants by 2020-21 to make payment portal. India self- sufficient in urea There are a total of 80 lakh production and cut imports. VAT, excise and service tax Besides investing in assessees. rebuilding the shut urea plants While over 75 per cent of at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, VAT and 73 per cent of the Sindri in Jharkhand, Talcher in central excise assessees have Out of the 80 lakh assessees, Odisha and Barauni in Bihar, switched to the GST Network some may not require regis- Govt extends about Rs 13,000 crore is being (GSTN), the figure for service tration under GST as they are invested in laying a gas pipeline tax is a meagre 34 per cent of below the threshold of Rs 20 service tax to connect the eastern region the existing assessees. lakh for the levy. with rest of the country. "We are fast approaching At present, VAT and ser- return filing Another Rs 6,000-8,000 the last date for completion of vice tax assessees with turn- crore is being invested in set- migration i.e. April 30, 2017. I over of Rs 10 lakh are required date to Apr 30 ting up a terminal to import urge all zonal Chief Commis- to get themselves registered liquefied natural gas (LNG) at sioners to take necessary steps with states and the Centre, NEW DELHI: The Centre has Dhamra in Odisha, taking the to assist all existing taxpayers respectively. extended the last date for filing total investment to Rs 50,000 in their migration to the new Hence, assessees with turn- service tax return by five days crore, Oil Minister Dharmen- regime," CBEC Chairperson over of up to Rs 20 lakh need to April 30, in a relief to lakhs dra Pradhan said. Vanaja N Sarna said in a letter not register with the GSTN, of service providers. "India's annual requirement to officers. and as per the estimate of the “The CBEC hereby extends of urea is 31-32 million tonnes. The zonal offices of the Central Board of Excise and the date for submission of form In the fiscal year that ended on service tax department has Customs (CBEC), out of the ST-3 for the period from Octo- March 31 (2016-17), domes- started issuing advertisements 80 lakh excise, service tax and ber 1 to March 31, 2017, from tic production was 24.5 mil- in leading dailies, calling on the VAT assessees, 54 lakh have April 25 to April 30, 2017,” the lion tonnes and the rest was assessees to enrol and register turnover below Rs 20 lakh. apex policy making body of the imported," said Fertiliser Min- with the GSTN immediately. However, if the dealers want indirect tax department said. ister Ananth Kumar. "Duty or tax credits under to claim input tax credit, they Every registered service tax Revival of the fertiliser the existing laws cannot be car- will have to get themselves assessee has to file service tax units will boost productivity revival plans with Pradhan and NTPC Ltd, miner Coal India (HFCL) Barauni and Durga- through 'bidding route'. Prad- ried forward in GST unless you registered with the GSTN, the return in form ST-3 on a half- of agriculture, which account Power Minister Piyush Goyal. Ltd, oil refiner Indian Oil Corp pur, and Haldia units in West han said Talcher plant will be enrol in the GST portal," the entity building the IT backbone yearly basis before the due date for about 15 per cent of India's Pradhan said physical work (IOC) and gas utility GAIL Bengal were shut. revived through coal- gasifica- department said, adding that for the goods and services tax. to avoid penalty. $2.11 trillion economy and on four fertiliser plants in Bihar, India Ltd who have taken While revival of Korba unit tion process. provisional ID and password The government plans to For filing returns for the employ three-fifths of its 1.3 Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and equity stake in the plants. is to be taken up later, FCIL's "About 2.5-kilometre of gas will be available for assessees put into effect GST from July period April-September, the billion people. Odisha will start this year and In view of the continu- Sindri and Gorakhpur, and pipeline per day is being laid," on the ACES portal. 1 and in the run-up to the due date is October 25, while The four fertiliser plants, production will start in 2020- ous losses of Fertiliser Corp HFCL's Barauni plants will he said. In Gorakhpur, Sindri It also asked taxpayers not new indirect tax regime, it has for October-March it is April 25. together with another unit at 21. Work on Ramagundam of India Ltd's (FCIL) units at be connected to the 2,650-km and Barauni plants, NTPC, keen on migration to the GSTN started migrating excise, ser- The Central Board of Excise and Ramagundam in Telangana unit is already started and is Talcher, Ramagundam, Gor- pipeline, which GAIL is lay- Coal India and IOC will take to confirm so by logging into vice tax and VAT assessees to Customs said that the due date is - which too is being revived expected to be completed by akhpur, Sindri, and Korba in ing from Jagdishpur in Uttar stake along with FCIL/HFCL. the portal. "Your provisional the new tax payment portal. being extended as the assessees – will add 7.5 million tonnes end-2018, he said. Chhattisgarh were shut down Pradesh to Haldia in,00 West In Ramagundam, Engi- ID and password would be can- GST will subsume at least faced “intermittent difficulties” of capacity, making India self- The fertiliser plants are in 2002 during the previous Bengal to supply feedstock nat- neers India Ltd, National Fer- celled and this may deny your 10 levies, including excise, ser- in accessing the Automation of reliant, he told reporters after being revived with the help NDA rule. Similarly, Hin- ural gas. Durgapur and Hal- tiliser Ltd (NFL) and FCIL have credit migration to the GST vice tax, VAT and other local Central Excise and Service Tax reviewing progress of the of state-run power producer dustan Fertiliser Corp Ltd's dia units are being revived formed a joint venture. PTI regime," the department said. taxes. PTI website on April 25. PTI Gems and jewellery exports ONGC made 23 oil & gas finds in FY17 NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil eries, a 35 per cent jump over the previous year 2015-16. Of grow by 12.32% in 2016-17 and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) 17 finds made in 2015-16 fiscal. these, 37 wells proved hydro- made 23 oil and gas discoveries Of the 23 new discover- carbon bearing registering suc- MUMBAI: The gems and jew- in the fiscal year ended March ies, 12 are new prospects – a cess ratio of 37 per cent," he ellery exports increased by 31 as a record number of wells potential trap which may con- said. 12.32 per cent to Rs 2.89 lakh drilled helped it uncover new tain hydrocarbons, while 11 are IEA in a report on Thursday crore during 2016-17, com- reserves. new pools – a geological term said oil discoveries declined to pared to the previous year, and "FY 2016-17 has been one for subsurface hydrocarbon 2.4 billion barrels in 2016, com- are expected to see 10 per cent of the most successful years of accumulation. As many as 13 pared with an average of 9 bil- growth in the current financial the last decade in exploring oil new discoveries were made in lion barrels per year over the year largely due to pick-up in and gas with more thrust in onland and 10 in offshore wells. past 15 years. demand. increased exploration activities "A total of 100 exploratory Also, the number of proj- The total exports stood at during the year," a top company wells were drilled which is ects that received a final invest- Rs 2.57 lakh crore during 2015- official said. Its exploratory higher by 9 per cent as com- ment decision dropped to the 16, as per the data provided by efforts yielded 23 new discov- pared to 92 wells drilled in lowest level since the 1940s. PTI the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). "In FY17, the gems and jew- MSI posts record ellery shipping grew mainly as India INX’s single stock F&O trading from today the economic conditions are profit in FY17; becoming better in the major NEW DELHI: BSE's interna- export destinations, including tional exchange – India INX – Q4 net zooms 16% the US, Hong Kong and the will begin single stock futures NSE introduces online Middle East. So looking at the and options trading in 10 NEW DELHI: Driven by pre- current trend, we expect the mainly in countries like Hong ago period. companies including Reliance mium models, Maruti Suzuki overall exports to grow by 10 Kong, UAE and the US. The overall imports of gems Industries, Infosys and TCS bidding facility for InvITs India on Thursday reported per cent in 2017-18," GJEPC There are many export- and jewellery 21.53 per cent at from Friday. 36.6 per cent jump in its annual Chairman Praveen Shanker ers who have shifted to silver Rs 1.92 lakh crore during FY17, The other stocks are Tata NEW DELHI: Leading bourse units of InvITs on its existing profit to a record Rs 7,511 Pandya told reporters here. jeweller to capture this rising compared to Rs 1.58 lakh crore. Motors, Axis Bank, ICICI within the market. India Inter- NSE has introduced a new web based e-IPO platform. All crore for the last fiscal, while The export of cut and pol- demand. We are looking at the The overall gross imports Bank, HDFC Bank, Larsen & national Exchange or India online facility for bidding of trading members and self-cer- fourth-quarter net rose by ished diamonds went up by reason for this trend and will of cut and polished diamonds Toubro, State Bank of India and INX, a wholly-owned subsid- units of infrastructure invest- tified syndicate banks of the 15.8 per cent. 12.76 per cent at Rs 1.52 lakh work towards capturing the declined by 2.80 per cent at Rs Maruti Suzuki. iary of BSE, is the first inter- ment trusts (InvITs) ahead of e- IPO segment shall be eligi- The company's net profit in crore during FY17, compared market, which represents huge 17,619.56 crore during FY17 "India INX shall commence national exchange to become next month's IPO by first such ble to participate in bidding of 2015-16 was Rs 5,497.2 crore. to Rs 1.35 lakh crore in the pre- potential," Pandya said. compared to Rs 18,127.70 crore trading in single stock futures operational at the International trust. InvITs," the NSE said. Its net sales for 2016-17 vious financial year. Going forward, he said, in the previous financial year. and options contract in 10 Financial Service Centre at the In order to familiarise On Wednesday, the BSE were at Rs 66,909.4 crore, up The gold jewellery exports the exporters are seeing huge Imports of rough diamonds stocks with effect from Friday, Gift City in Gujarat. with the new facility of bid- began a two-day (April 26-27) 18.5 per cent from the previous grew by 4.14 per cent at Rs demand in the Commonwealth increased by 24.47 per cent at Rs April 28, 2017," a BSE spokes- Though the rival bourse ding for InvITs, the exchange mock trading session for InvITs fiscal. Volumes for the financial 58,464.42 crore compared to of Independent States (CIS) 1.14 lakh crore during 2016-17, person said. NSE too has got the licence, it will be providing a mock ses- on its web-based interface. year ended March 31 were up Rs 56,137.90 crore in the same countries. "We are expecting against Rs 91,970.53 crore in the Single stock futures and is yet to kickstart operations. sion on e-IPO platform from InvITs are debt instruments 9.8 per cent to 15,68,603 units. period last year. very good business in the CIS previous financial year. options contract is a futures India INX offers trading in April 27 to May 2, the National that can be traded in the market Of this, exports were at 124,062 Meanwhile, silver jewellery countries going forward," he "This is a very positive trend contract with an underlying index and equity derivatives as Stock Exchange (NSE) said in and can act as investment vehi- units, MSI said. exports surged by 38.64 per cent added. for the industry and coincides of one particular stock, usu- well as gold, silver and copper a circular. cles for sponsors. IRB InvIT The MSI board has also rec- at Rs 26,920.57 crore during Coloured gemstones with our goal to become the ally in batches of 100. No futures. The mock session will be Fund, sponsored by engineer- ommended a dividend of Rs 75 FY17, as compared to 19,416.92 exports slightly declined by 1.12 global hub for diamond. We transmission of share rights The exchange went live on conducted between 10 am and ing company IRB Infrastruc- per share of face value Rs 5 for crore in the previous fiscal. per cent at Rs 2,815.31 crore hope to become a global leader or dividends occurs in it. It January 16 and recorded trad- 5 pm, it added. ture Developers, will launch 2016-17 entailing a total outgo "We are witnessing a rise during 2016-17, compared to in gems and jewellery business gives investors increased capa- ing volume worth $4,30,520 on "The exchange has devel- its IPO on May 3 to raise more of Rs 2,726 crore inclusive in demand for silver jewellery Rs 2,847.18 crore in the year- by 2022," Pandya said. PTI bilities to leverage themselves the first day of trade. PTI oped a facility for bidding of than Rs 5,000 crore. PTI of taxes. PTI Finland’s Nokia continues to be in red as network sales sag bought its hugely unprofitable French-American rival Alca- tel-Lucent a year ago, resulting Twitter gets lift from uptick in user numbers in the whole group's results to plunge into the red in 2016. WASHINGTON: Twit- has never reported a profit. Research said Twitter's results The firm recorded a net loss ter shares have surged after Revenues meanwhile fell were "better than expected, of 766 million euros last year, its quarterly update showed eight per cent to $548 million with generally positive user which Suri said in a statement improving growth in user – which would normally be trends" but that it still faces a was a "year of transition." numbers, offsetting concerns troubling for a social media difficult road ahead. But in fact the company has over a decline in revenue and group, but the figure was not "Twitter may need to raise been going through a process another net loss for the social as bad as feared. additional cash to fund its of radical transformation for network. "This past quarter has business given the degree to HELSINKI: Finland's telecoms euros, sales in its core networks several years now. In 2013, it The first quarter results given us a lot of confidence which it needs to continue giant Nokia reported on Thurs- business fell by six percent, to bought 50 percent of its net- came in better than most fore- in our focus and execution spending to support an opti- day that it remained deep in the 4.9 billion euros. work activities from Germany's casts for Twitter, which has and excitement for our path mal business plan," Wieser red at the start of the year, with "We saw encouraging signs Siemens, and the following year struggled to keep pace in the ahead," Twitter chief executive said in a research note. sales in its main business, net- of stablisation in mobile net- it pulled out of mobile phones. fast-moving world of social Jack Dorsey on Wednesday "Investor sentiment around works, on the decline. works," Suri told reporters in a It sold its mapping unit media. told a conference call. said in the earnings release. MAU (monthly active Twitter will undoubtedly The company posted a loss conference call. Here in 2015 and completed The closely watched met- Dorsey said Twitter Twitter shares rallied 7.8 user) growth best for two years swing wildly around recent of 488 million euros ($532 The company is eyeing busi- the deal late last year to buy ric of monthly active users remains "focused on mak- per cent to close at $15.82, the (though still historically low)." momentum in any given million) in the first quarter, ness opportunities offered by Alcatel-Lucent, which had only grew nine per cent from the ing progress" toward achiev- highest level since February, Dawson added in a blog direction, making the stock an improvement from the the "path to 5G roadmap", Suri recorded one year of annual same period a year ago to 328 ing profitability, but offered no suggesting an easing of fears post that Twitter still faces itself riskier than the company 609 million euros a year ear- said, referring to the worldwide profit since its inception in million. specific goal. about the path forward for the challenges from revenue in many ways." lier, prompting chief executive roll-out of the lightening-fast 2006. Twitter said daily active "We're delivering on our micro-blogging service. declines but that "the improved Twitter has been seeking Rajeev Suri to say he believed 5G mobile internet service that Nokia was the world's top usage rose 14 per cent with- goal to build a service that Jan Dawson of Jackdaw user growth and some signs of to broaden its appeal beyond in an "improving business operators expect to begin by mobile phone maker from 1998 out offering a specific figure. people love to use, every day, Research said in a tweet: increased advertiser invest- its core user base of celebri- momentum, even if some chal- 2020. Once the world's num- to 2011 but was overtaken by Net loss narrowed to $62 and we're encouraged by the "Much better results on Thurs- ment are more reassuring for ties, politicians and journalists, lenges remain". But while the ber one handset maker, Nokia South Korean rival Samsung million from $80 million a audience growth momentum day from Twitter, across sev- long-term growth." ramping up efforts in video company's overall sales declined transformed itself into a net- after failing to respond to the year earlier for Twitter, which we saw in the first quarter," he eral categories. Brian Wieser of Pivotal and live sports, notably. PTI by two percent to 5.38 billion work equipment company and rapid rise of smartphones. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 mp ‘No privatisation of railways, Jio effect? Rules soon for telcos Trai-ing new service public service paramount’ NEW DELHI: Telecom regula- tor TRAI plans to start by May this year industry-wide consul- NEW DELHI: Railway Min- tation on framing rules for new ister Suresh Prabhu has ruled mobile operators testing their out privatisation of Indian services prior to full-fledged Railways, saying it cannot commercial launch. ignore the common man who The issue of specific frame- depends hugely on the public work for trial services had transporter. cropped-up last year after new- He also said that the rail- comer Reliance Jio's stormy ways will have to bear the pub- entry into the telecom sector. lic service obligation - which The incumbent cellular opera- is currently between Rs 30,000 tors had demanded that the dos and 35,000 crore - for the fore- and don'ts of such trial service seeable future. needs to be clearly spelt out. Prabhu rejected a sugges- The upcoming consultation tion that in the long-run the paper is expected to address new entrant Reliance Jio was operators under the aegis of railways may no longer be issues like the number of sub- attempting to acquire custom- Cellular Operators' Association a low-cost common man's scribers that can be on-boarded ers by offering connection of India (COAI) had alleged mode of transport and will be during the trial period by a new loaded with freebies, in the that Reliance Jio's testing of more on the lines of privatised "Do you think the private air- look into the public service operator, as also the duration guise of a trial launch. network was an effort to bypass services. lines will do kissan special air- obligation aspect. Prabhu urges India Inc to for such network and service Reliance Jio, in turn, regulations. It had demanded "This cannot be done in line. We are concerned about On an average, the railways testing. Other issues could be accused incumbent players like that Telecom Department and India," he said. "I think the rail- the people travelling on train." spend Rs 30,000-35,000 crore a adopt bio-toilets at stations whether the services can be Bharti Airtel and Vodafone of TRAI should define terms and ways is a mode of last resort Highlighting the issue of year to run passenger trains but given free of charge or not. not releasing sufficient inter- conditions of what constitutes for common people for trans- the public service obligation, its profit is cross- subsidised OUR CORRESPONDENT community was also needed The consultation paper on connection ports even during a test mode for a telco. portation and we will have to Prabhu gave examples of the from freight services. in terms of technological the issue is likely to be issued by its test run of services. Accordingly, a reference bear that burden as well as the worldwide practice and said, Describing the fiscal 2016- NEW DELHI: Union Minister intervention. May, two people familiar with Jio subsequently launched on the issue had been made by responsibility." "Somebody must pay for that 17 as an "unprecedented" year, of Railways Suresh Prabhu on On the occasion, Drinking the matter told PTI. commercial operations in early the Telecom Department to the "You cannot say railways' as it happens globally. When he said, "It was a very difficult Thursday appealed to industry Water & Sanitation Secretary It may be recalled that the September but amassed sizable regulator late last year. TRAI is problems will be solved by you are doing this public ser- year for the Railways. to come forward in a big way to Parameswaran Iyer said, “The cellular operators' body COAI number of subscribers during now all set to start the work on privatisation," he said dur- vice, it is a public service. So Probably one of the most adopt and maintain bio-toilets need was to focus on behav- had, last year, alleged that the the trial period. The incumbent the same. PTI ing an interaction with PTI somebody must bear the pub- challenging years." in railway stations. ioural change. The focus has on Wednesday. "The solution lic service obligation. And this "In one year we have to The Rail Minister also exhorted shifted from building toilets should be an outcome based happens globally." take Rs 35,000 crore burden. industry to apply their business to the use of these toilets as SC exempts approach. He said railways in Europe And at the same time, first nine minds to develop water-less as in many instances it has been S Korean Kia Motors Very few railways in the get the public service obliga- months were very bad because well as odour-less and vacuum found that though the toilet world are privatised." tion reimbursed from the main coal movement, steel, were toilets. was built but it was used for Samsung CEO He cited the case of British budget. Japan, when it priva- down, imports were down, “The Swachch Bharat Abhi- other purposes such as a stor- to invest $1.1 billion Rail, which was privatised and tised railways, undertook the exports were down. Because yaan initiated at the behest of age place.” from court one of its owners is an Italian responsibility to pay for the most of the cargo that we col- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Dubbing sanitation as his state-owned company. public service obligation. lect, either takes to the port was progressing speedily with meditation, Swami Chidanand on first Indian plant "Who bought it? .... Gov- Each country has a differ- or off-loaded from the port. the state governments vying Saraswatiji, who heads Parm- appearance ernment entity is buying it," ent system of accounting pub- Despite that, we have been able with one-another to achieve arth Niketan Ashram, said, “The SEOUL: Kia Motors is lining he said. lic service. to manage that." an open defecation free (ODF) country needed to first build toi- up around $1.1 billion (over Rs NEW DELHI: The Supreme He also said no private "I am very sure about it, we The railways carried about status,” Prabhu said. lets, then educational institutes 7,000 crore) to set up a manu- Court on Thursday granted company will be interested in cannot ignore the common 1107.1 million tons, which is Prabhu also said that to and temples. The change in the facturing plant in India where exemption from personal buying the railways, given the man's interest, we have to do the highest ever freight load- make India open defecation mindset was needed and World it plans to roll out a compact appearance to Samsung Elec- public service obligation that that," he said. Indian Railways ing as against 1104.2 MT free, the local action was nec- Toilet College was a step in the SUV and a compact sedan by tronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee will come with the purchase. has asked the NITI Aayog to in 2015 -16. PTI essary but aid from the global right direction.” 2019-end. in criminal cases, including one The South Korean firm, part filed by Indian firm JCE Con- NATION TAKES OFF TOWARDS CHEAP AIR TRAVEL of the Hyundai group, will sign sultancy against him for alleg- a memorandum of understand- Construction of edly cheating it of $1.4 million. SIAM files petition ing (MoU) with the Andhra the new facility A bench, comprising Jus- Pradesh government to build a tices P C Ghose and R F Nari- new plant in Anantapur district. is scheduled to man, also ordered transfer of as for review of SC's Construction of the new commence in final many as three criminal cases, facility, Kia's first in India and pending against 75-year-old representing around $1.1 bil- quarter of 2017 Lee, from Uttar Pradesh to a BS-III vehicle ban lion investment, will commence magisterial court at the Patiala NEW DELHI: SIAM filed a in the review petition that the in the final quarter of 2017, the here in Andhra Pradesh," Kia House Courts here. petition in the Supreme Court staggered phase-in of BS IV company said in a statement. Motors President Han-Woo The bench also asked the on Thursday pleading for a Emission norms for vehicles The facility will have a capac- Park said. It will enable Kia to police to conclude the probe review of the Judgement issued was not done to help the auto ity to produce up to 3 lakh units sell cars in the world's fifth- in one of the cases against Lee in the case of BS III Vehicles. industry as mentioned in the each year and is expected to largest market while provid- within three months from on In a statement issued on judgement. This staggering start production in the second ing greater flexibility for the Thursday and file a report. Thursday, SIAM said that the was done to ensure that ade- half of 2019. Local sales of cars company's global business, he Senior advocate Gopal Sub- Review Petition has pointed quate capacities for the BS IV produced at the new facility will added. ramaniam, assisted by law- out certain facts that were not fuel supply gets established to start towards the end of 2019, "Worldwide demand for Kia yer Nar Hari Singh, appeared covered in the Judgment, which expand the coverage of fuel the company said. cars is growing and this is our for Lee in the apex court and go to the root of the matter and availability to other parts of the Kia plans to produce a 'stra- latest step towards becoming sought exemption from his had influenced the Court to country as per the roadmap tegic' compact sedan and com- a leading global car manufac- personal appearance. pass such an Order. agreed with the Oil Industry. pact SUV, especially for the turer," Park said. In 2014, the apex court had For example, the Court The Court while record- Indian market, at the new plant, The fast-developing supply directed Lee, who was then has erroneously construed an ing the series of Notifications which will occupy around 23 chain network in the region facing an arrest warrant due Office Memorandum from issued by the Government to million square feet and incor- and skilled labour force were to non-appearance, to appear Ministry of Road Transport & implement BS IV has erred porate facilities for stamping, other key reasons for the new before a Ghaziabad court in Highways dated March 3, 2017 in holding the BS IV road- welding, painting and assembly. investment by Kia Motors, the a 1.4 million dollar cheating to be an Office Memorandum map was for the convenience The site will also be home to statement said. case filed against him by JCE dated March 3, 2015, i.e. 2 years of the vehicle manufacturers, numerous supplier companies' India is the fastest-growing Consultancy. earlier in holding that the Gov- pointing out that the roadmap PM Narendra Modi flagging off the first UDAN flight under the Regional Connectivity Scheme on the facilities, Kia said. major new car market and the It, however, had directed ernment had sent a clear mes- to vehicle manufacturers was Shimla-Delhi sector in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, MoS Jayant "We are delighted to fifth-largest in the world, with that the arrest warrant against sage to the manufacturers to known from 2010, which is not Sinha and Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey at Jubbarhati, Shimla Airport, on Thursday MPOST announce that Kia's newest more than 3.3 million new cars Lee Kun-hee would not be stop production of BS III vehi- true, and this presents the auto manufacturing facility will be sold in 2016. PTI executed. PTI cles before 1st April 17. industry in a wrong light. Whereas this was a Govern- SIAM has pointed out that ment assurance given 3 weeks correct position is that the ini- S Chand IPO oversubscribed before the judgement, that tial limited coverage imple- Consumers can now buy 'digital gold' using Paytm unsold stocks of BS III vehi- mentation of BS IV norms 1.96 times on second day cles which were in the pipeline, and its gradual extension to NEW DELHI: Alibaba-backed est consumer of gold. An esti- would be permitted to be sold different areas of the country Paytm has partnered with mated 24,000 tonnes worth NEW DELHI: The initial public offering of text- and registered even after 1st was entirely dependent on the MMTC-PAMP to launch 'Digi- $900 billion of gold is locked April 2017 as has been done Nation’s our capacity and abil- tal Gold' that will allow custom- away in homes and bank lock- book publisher S Chand and Company was even when BS II and BS III ity to provide BS IV fuel. ers to buy and sell gold through ers in India. oversubscribed 1.96 times on the second day were implemented. SIAM has also highlighted the electronic platform. "Gold is the preferred of the offer on Thursday. The IPO received bids Acting on the representa- that the Court has further Using their Paytm mobile form of investment for Indi- for 1,50,41,466 shares against the total issue tions made on such clarifica- based its judgement on an wallets, consumers can pur- ans, and we are making it eas- size of 76,85,284 shares, data available with the tion issued by the Government assumption that there will be chase 24K 999.9 purity gold ier for our users to invest in of India as late as in March 80% reduction in emissions of online and store it in MMTC- gold digitally. With this prod- NSE showed. The portion set aside for qualified 2017, as well as the plain read- PM between BS III and BS IV PAMP's secure vaults free of uct, our customers can buy institutional buyers (QIBs) was oversubscribed ing of the Rules, the manufac- standards. Though it may be charge. They can also request and sell international quality 2.68 times, while that for non- institutional inves- turers had a reasonable and true for only Heavy Vehicles, for their gold to be delivered gold at market-linked prices tors was subscribed 32 per cent. Retail investors legitimate expectation that but such reduction is much less at their homes in the form of out visibility to market linked He added that the partner- instantly," Paytm founder and portion was also oversubscribed 2.24 times. S unsold inventories of BS III in other categories of vehicles. minted coins or sell it back prices. Purity, security, and ship will ensure that masses can CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma stocks could be sold even after In the light of these, SIAM online to MMTC-PAMP. storage charges are some of the have access to high quality gold said. He added that consum- Chand had raised nearly Rs 219 crore from an- 1st April, 2017 and until such has sought a review of the "Indians have tradition- challenges they face," MMTC- and they can also invest in gold ers will be able to buy gold for chor investors on Tuesday. The price band for the stocks were exhausted. judgement by the Supreme ally bought gold at high fixed PAMP Chairman Mehdi Bark- in an affordable manner. as low as Re 1 using their Paytm offer is Rs 660-670 a share. PTI SIAM has also highlighted Court. MPOST denominations, and with- hordar told reporters here. India is the world's larg- wallets. PTI CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE PM lays foundation of hydro engineering college in HP BILASPUR (HP): Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Hydro Engineering College at Bilas- pur, Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. The college being set up by NTPC, the largest power util- ity in the country and NHPC, will provide Bachelor of Tech- nology courses in mechanical, electrical, civil and computer science disciplines of Engi- neering. The setting up of the college will go a long way in promoting hydro sector and In implementation of the five projects agreed under Government of India’s existing exploring its potential in the Special Economic Package to Mauritius, an agreement between HSCC, India and Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project, NTPC Limited under the aegis of Bardwi Shikla Ladies Club conducted training of Fashion Designing and Beautician course for underprivileged state and country. This shall ernor , Himachal Pradesh, of Transport, Food and Civil the Ministry of Health & Quality of Life of Mauritius appointing HSCC as Project give boost to industrializa- Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minis- Supplies, Technical education, women. The successful participants were provided certificates on Thursday along with Management Consultant for the new ENT Hospital project was signed at the tion of the state and facilitate ter, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Himachal Pradesh and leading Ministry of Health & Quality of Life sewing machines for the fashion designing course self employment amongst the Minister of Health and Family dignitaries from the state were youth. Acharya Devvrat, Gov- Welfare, G S Bali, Minister present on the occasion. MPOST 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017

PANKAJ ADVANI ASSURED OF A MEDAL IN KAPIL DEV’S WAX FIGURE TO GRACE MADAME ANWAR LIKELY TO BE DISCHARGED IN A ASIAN SNOOKER TUSSAUDS DELHI COUPLE OF DAYS DOHA: Top Indian cueist Pankaj Advani was on Thursday as- NEW DELHI: Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev’s wax figure will KOLKATA: Former India defender Anwar Ali, who suffered a sured of a medal after he reached the semi-finals of the Asian be the latest addition at the Madame Tussauds Delhi as he is heart attack on Tuesday, is improving and will be released in a Snooker Championship. Advani, who gained top seeding after set to join other sports icons there. Kapil’s wax figure will be couple of days, cardiologist Dr Sunip Banerjee said. “We are his near flawless group stage matches, scoring wins of 4-1, 4-1 present among other sports heroes where fans will have the keeping him under observation as he’s being administered some and 4-0, breezed through the last-32 and last-16 stages to be unique chance to test their cricket skills in a special dedicated medicines. His condition has improved and we are hopeful that the only Indian left in the top 8 of the championship. area. His figure will be the latest celebrity entrant. he will be released in a couple of days,” the doctor said. ‘Daredevils IPL TURNS 10: MATCH PREVIEW eyeing to gain A collapse of the top order: momentum in Delhi look to put the next 5 games’ brakes on Kolkata’s KOLKATA: Captain Zaheer Lions bowlers wipe out RCB Khan on Thursday said the coming five games in a span BENGALURU: Gujarat Lions nership with three boundaries of nine days starting with the produced a disciplined bowling off Thampi in the sixth over. daredevil antics clash against Kolkata Knight performance to restrict Royal But the partnership did Riders here on Friday will be a Challengers Bangalore (RCB) not last too long as Jadhav was defining phase for Delhi Dare- to 134 in their Indian Premier removed by Jadeja. The bats- devils in the ongoing IPL. League (IPL) clash at the M. man had exposed his stumps Coming from a six-day Chinnaswamy Stadium here while attempting a late cut to break after a hat-trick of losses, on Thursday evening. third man, but he missed as the Zaheer said the Daredevils This was the third consec- ball held its line and crashed need to look at the next five utive match in which the big into the stumps. RCB plunged games as “one bunch and start three guns of the RCB batting into further trouble when a kicking” if they wish to resur- line-up -- Chris Gayle, Virat mix-up between de Villiers and rect their IPL 10 campaign. Kohli and AB de Villiers -- Mandeep Singh coupled with Daredevils are currently proved to be a damp squib. an excellent piece of fielding languishing at the second last Pawan Negi was the high- by Jadeja saw the South Afri- position in the standings with est scorer for the hosts with 32 can being run out. Negi then just two wins out of six games. runs off 19 balls which included strode to the middle to play a “We need a winning three boundaries and two sixes. slam-bang knock and produce Delhi Daredevils Captain Zaheer Khan and Coach Rahul Dravid during a momentum. We are playing Kedar Jadhav, who smashed a 40-run stand with Mandeep. training session at Eden Gardens on Thursday PIC/PTI five matches in the next nine 31 runs off 18 deliveries, was It was however, not enough days. It’s an important phase the only other RCB batsman to revive the hosts’ innings. KOLKATA: A rampaging Mohammad Shami’s familiarity for our campaign in this IPL. who managed to trouble the By the time Negi hit an Kolkata Knight Riders stand with the conditions, Daredev- If we can achieve a winning Gujarat bowlers. Ankit Soni delivery into the in the way of Delhi Daredevils’ ils’ pace battery would relish momentum, many things will For Gujarat, Australian hands of Thampi at deep mid- revival plan as the two teams, the transformed Eden Gardens Gujrat Lions Andrew Tye celebrates the wicket of Chris Gayle during the IPL 10 match against Royal fall in place by May 6,” Zaheer pacer Andrew Tye returned wicket, the wind had been with contrasting runs so far, wicket, which aids pace and told reporters on the eve of the figures of 3/12 while left-arm Challengers Bangalore PIC/PTI knocked out of RCB’s sails. gear up to clash in an Indian bounce. match against KKR. spinner Ravindra Jadeja also Basil Thampi. match when he induced an remove Travis Head, whose Brief scores: Premier League (IPL) fixture Countering Sunil Narine “It’s not about looking at picked up a couple of wickets. Tye then took consecutive outside edge off the danger- edge travelled to Suresh Raina Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Friday. up front will be their first task this game, but it’s about looking RCB skipper Virat Kohli wickets with the first two balls ous Gayle with wicket-keeper at first slip. Jadhav and de Vil- vs Gujarat Lions There has been no stopping as more often the Trinidadian at the five games together. It’s was the first to go when he was of the next over to put the visi- Dinesh Karthick doing the liers then tried to spark an RCB RCB: 134 (Pawan Negi 32, KKR, be it at home or away, in has successfully bamboozled very important for us to look picked out by Aaron Finch at tors in the driver’s seat. honours behind the stumps. comeback, adding 36 runs Kedar Jadhav 31). the 10th season of the cash- the opposition with his clean at this nine days rather than short fine leg while attempt- He struck a crucial blow The Australian pacer then between them off 26 balls. Lions: Andrew Tye (3/12), rich league. striking at the top of the order. just tomorrow’s (Friday) game. ing a big shot off young pacer with his very first ball of the produced a similar delivery to Jadhav kicked off the part- Ravindra Jadeja (2/28). AGENCIES KKR have 12 points from Narine’s unexpected success “As a group we are going to eight matches at a command- with the bat has ensured that look at next nine days rather ing net run rate of +1.153 while KKR do not miss the injured than just one. For us to get a Government mulls jail term for Mumbai Indians, the other Chris Lynn who’s recovering kicking in this tournament, we IPL Preview: KXIP eye revival form team, have +0.514. from a shoulder injury after his really need to focus on these doping under new law Time is running out fast two-match blitz. nine days. The next nine days for DD, who are languishing Narine (182.66) is only sec- will be defining and I’m con- at home as they take on SRH NEW DELHI: Athletes and coaches found guilty at seventh in the eight-team ond to Lynn (192.30) as far as fident this group will deliver of doping could be slapped with jail terms as the standings with four points strike rate is concerned, a fact when it matters,” he said. total of 159 runs. from six matches. that can be attributed to KKR’s Daredevils campaign in the Manan Vohra’s 50-ball 95 Sports Ministry is trying to generate a consensus Gautam Gambhir’s men stupendous success. Narine last phase of the tournament run knock did not prove suf- on making the menace a criminal offence. Laws have been living out of a suit- scored 34 from 17 balls in a will get a huge boost by the ficient for Punjab and rest of of countries such as Germany and Australia are case but far from being affected, low-scoring tie against RCB inclusion of West Indies all- their batting collapsed as Sun- being studied for the purpose. Interestingly, a they have been ruthless on the where none of the KKR bat- rounder Marlon Samuels, who risers’ bowling mainstay Bhu- field and would look to con- ters could even post 20, and has been named as a replace- vneshwar Kumar produced a few days back, Sports Minister Vijay Goel had solidate their position atop the it was worse for Kohli and Co ment for injured Quinton de magical spell of 4-0-19-5. said that criminalising doping was not required standings and inch closer to who could not even get to a Kock. Zaheer said Samuels will KXIP will take solace in the since the system was strong to catch the offend- playoff. double digit score. On Wednes- join the team on April 29 on the fact that opener Hashim Amla ers and the embarrassment that athletes face After bundling out Royal day night Narine was run out eve of their next match against is in good form and can take on being caught is itself a punishment. However, Challengers Bangalore for a but his 11-ball 16 had given Kings XI Punjab. “There have the attack to the opposition tournament-record low 49, the start and the momentum been many close games but camp. KXIP scored a near 200 on Thursday, he said he fears that doping may KKR thrashed Rising Pune needed for Robin Uthappa and we are not able to finish them. total (198) against the Mum- fast spread to the junior level and it needs to be Supergiant away by seven wick- Gautam Gambhir to complete Kings XI will turn to Hashim Amla again to produce another worthwhile If you see the points table, bai Indians with Amla scoring curbed by creating fear in the minds of athletes. ets on Wednesday night. the 183 chase by seven wickets knock against the Sunrisers we have a very good net run- a terrific hundred and skip- “We are deliberating if athletes can be sent to jail Having suffered a hat- and 11 balls to spare. rate. It happens only if a team MOHALI: Defending champi- have managed to win just three per Glenn Maxwell also hit- by introducing a new legislation which will make trick of losses, Daredevils, on For DD, half the battle will does well. Everyone knows it,” ons Sunrisers Hyderabad will of their seven games KXIP’s ting some lusty blows. Punjab the other hand, will be play- be won if their pace attack is Zaheer pointed out. Asked start favourites when they take Head of cricket of operations produced an all-round perfor- doping a criminal offence,” Goel said. Flanked by ing their first match in six days able to run through the KKR whether failure of young bats- on the struggling-for-survival Virender Sehwag has said that mance in their previous out- Navin Agarwal, Director General, NADA, Goel said: and the captain-mentor duo of top-order. Shami could be the men were hurting the side, he Kings XI Punjab in an Indian all the upcoming matches are ing to finally arrest their slide, “I fear that the menace will spread to Universities Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid x-factor in these conditions. said: “It’s about winning games Premier League match here on going to be crucial for his team. beating Gujarat Lions by 26 and school competitions. Earlier, it was limited would hope that they return It’s not only the batsmen right now. The way matches Friday. Between April 28 to May runs on the latter’s home-turf to only the national level.” “And not only athletes rejuvenated against an in-form who have been doing the job have gone for us, if we con- The David Warner-led 9, KXIP will be playing four with Amla again playing a bril- team enjoying a 7-11 win-loss effortlessly for KKR but their verted two wins out of those Hyderabad have won four out games, including against table- liant innings. On the other side, but coaches, trainers, doctors whoever is involved record. spin and pace bowlers have close games, it would have been of eight games so far and have toppers Kolkata Knight Riders Hyderabad, will look to main- will be sent to jail. An immediate arrest could be Delhi have a top-class pace also contributed. Uthappa a different scenario.” “Overall, shared the points in a rain- here and will look to exploit tain their consistency. Open- made. “Sometimes, the athletes unknowingly take bowling attack in Pat Cum- may have sealed their chase the kind of potential we have abandoned outing against the home advantage. Hyder- ers David Warner (235 from banned substances. Due to the mistakes of their mins, Chris Morris and Kagiso with a spectacular 47-ball 87 as unit is amazing. It just needs Royal Challengers Bangalore. abad have clashed with Pun- 7 games) and Shikhar Dha- Rabada, who made an impres- but one cannot discount china- a little bit of confidence. These The visitors are placed third jab at their home ground on wan (282 from 7 games) have coaches, the athletes pay a price but the coach sive debut in their last match in man bowler Kuldeep Yadav, five games are very crucial as with nine points and would one occasion this season in been scoring the bulk of runs goes scot-free. Everyone who aides in doping will Mumbai, which they lost by 14 who removed Mahendra Singh far as our campaign is con- certainly have the upper-hand which they secured a five-run and would look to maintain be brought into the law net.” AGENCIES runs. With Zaheer lending his Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary in cerned,” he added. AGENCIES against Kings XI Punjab, who win while defending a modest their form. AGENCIES vast experience and home lad four balls. AGENCIES Pakistan postpones Bangladesh tour for at least one year ICC still ready to pay $390 mn, BCCI wants $450 mn NEW DELHI: With India’s shank Manohar was in no BCCI’s earlier share of USD of ‘Big Three’ model, ditched KARACHI: Pakistan’s cricket chief said on Thursday that a sched- Champions Trophy participa- It is expected that many of the mood to budge,” the source 571 million was curtailed to India. The earlier model was uled visit to Bangladesh this summer has been postponed for at tion in doubt, the International 30 voting members of BCCI, said It is expected that many USD 293 million with Australia getting Cricket Australia USD least a year after the Bangladeshis refused to reciprocate the tour Cricket Council (ICC) is still of the 30 voting members of not losing out on anything and 131.25 million and the new because of security fears. willing to pay the BCCI USD at its upcoming SGM, will be BCCI, at its upcoming SGM, England’s loss being minimal. model gives them an additional Pakistan was due to play two Tests, three one-day interna- 100 million more than the orig- overwhelmingly voting in favour of a will be overwhelmingly vot- The BCCI is also eagerly wait- 0.75 million. CA had no rea- tionals and a Twenty20 match in Bangladesh in July and August. inal share from the revamped ing in favour of a pull-out from ing to know the stance of Star son to stall the ICC move. Eng- But the militancy-wracked country has been forced to host revenue model. pull-out from Champions Trophy Champions Trophy. Sports, which has given ICC land are losing out on USD 40 most of its matches overseas after an attack on the Sri Lankan team According to a senior BCCI “At this point pullout is an a huge broadcast deal for the million in the new deal while in 2009, barring a limited over series against Zimbabwe in 2015. official present in Dubai, the that we will place their offer other officials present in option. The middle path is if Champions Trophy. “Will Star all others nations (Test play- Security has improved over the past two years and some for- ICC has not yet withdrawn before the BCCI’s General Dubai feel that the final offer they are ready to go up to USD Sports give them the same deal ing) stand to gain significantly. eign players have tentatively endorsed returning. its offer of USD 390 million -- Body and get back to them. should be USD 450 million 450 million since they were ini- that they would give if Virat There was no reason for them But cricket chief Shaharyar Khan said Bangladesh had turned nearly 100 million more than ICC officials have in fact told with no change in governance tially ready to pay USD 390. Kohli vs Mohammed Aamir to vote alongside India oppos- down the invitation. the original USD 293 million. us that if we agree to USD 390 structure. Also no change in governance or Mitchell Starc vs MS Dhoni ing the resolution. The set- He told AFP he had spoken to Bangladesh cricket board rep- The offer, which came million, they will get it ratified “In fact, Amitabh told the structure,” he reiterated. The contest doesn’t take place?” back at ICC has also triggered resentatives on the sidelines of an International Cricket Council from ICC Chairman Sha- at a Board Meeting in May,” a members that if you can climb BCCI was outvoted 1-13 at ICC the official questioned. A cur- a blame-game with Commit- meeting in Dubai, and “decided to postpone the series for one shank Manohar, was originally senior BCCI office-bearer said up to USD 450 million, I can Board Meet where Manohar’s sory glance at the earlier model tee of Administrators claiming or two years”. rejected by the BCCI. on Thursday. take the offer back to my Board formula of abolishing the ‘Big would tell why Australia and that they had advised BCCI to “But we will definitely play them,” Khan added. AGENCIES “We have told them (ICC) However, some of the and convince them. But Sha- Three’ model was accepted. England, other proponents accept the ICC’s offer. AGENCIES Won’t compromise on swing at the cost of extra Sindhu sails into quarter-finals pace, says Sunrisers’ Bhuvneshwar Kumar with another easy victory CHANDIGARH: India worked on this aspect and now Bhuvneshwar also said that WUHAN: Olympic silver Hsu Jen Hao. quarterfinals. seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar I am happy that I have both the he does not think too much medallist PV Sindhu of India World number three In the men’s event, Jayaram, today said he will never com- speed and swing in my bowl- about the outcome of a game sailed into the quarterfinals of Sindhu began her campaign who had stunned Chinese fifth promise on swing — his ing,” Bhuvneshwar said. and only focuses on the pro- the Badminton Asia Champi- in the continental tournament seed Tian Houwei in the first strength — at the cost of extra Defending champions Sun- cess. “I think in T20 things are onships with another clinical by defeating Dinar Dyah Ayus- round, lost in straight games. pace. risers Hyderabad will start as related to pressure and if you performance here on Thursday. tine of Indonesia 21-8, 21-18 In the mixed doubles cat- Bhuvneshwar, who is the favourites when they take on handle it well you are on top of The Rio Games silver win- in a lop-sided first round egory, Pranaav Jerry Chopra highest wicket taker so far in the struggling-for-survival your game. I think about pro- ner easily notched up a 21-14, encounter. and N Sikki Reddy went down the ongoing IPL, attributes his Kings XI Punjab in an Indian cess and not too much about 21-15 win over unseeded Jap- London Games bronze to top seeds Zheng Siwei and success to relentless hard work Premier League match here on results,” he said. “Actually, I anese Aya Ohori in the second medallist Saina Nehwal, HS Chen Qingchen 15-21, 21-14, at practice sessions. Friday. never think that I have to be round match that lasted just 40 Prannoy and the doubles pairs 16-21 in 50 minutes. “How you practice in nets Bowling has complemented at top every time. Obviously, I minutes at the Wuhan Sports exited the tournament on the Sikki, partnering Ashwinin matters a lot. If you bowl good Sunrisers’s batsmen with Bhu- have to do well in every game Center Gymnasium. opening day on Wednesday. Ponnappa, also lost in the yorkers in nets and come up abad pacer said. But this was a turning point for vneshwar (16 wickets) and and series, that’s what I try to However, Ajay Jayaram Seeded third, the 21-year- doubles competition to South with good variation, it helps “In the series against South me as I realised that no mat- young Afghanistan spinner do. I try to improve and work crashed out in the second old Sindhu is the lone Indian Koreans Chae Yoo Jung and your on-field performance,” the Africa my pace had increased ter how fast you are, you can- Rashid Khan (10 wickets) prov- on the swing and variation in round of men’s event, losing in fray now, and will take on Kim So Yeong 20-22, 16-21 in 27-year-old Sunrisers Hyder- but swing was compromised. not afford to lose the swing. I ing their mettle with the ball. my bowling,” he said. AGENCIES 19-21, 10-21 to Chinese Taipei’s He Bingjiao of China in the 37 minutes. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Friday, 28 April, 2017 mp PSG a step away from third Dortmund down Bayern to reach German Cup final

BERLIN: Borussia Dort- rebound from very close range Roman Buerki following a successive French Cup trophy mund upset a wasteful Bayern in the 19th minute. one-on-one. Munich with two goals in the The hosts regrouped and After the restart, Bayern PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain Draxler on Wednesday, reports by the post late in the first half. second half to book their berth responded at the half-hour remained in control of the pro- were one step away from Xinhua news agency. The visitors con- for the German Cup final. mark as Martinez headed home ceedings, but the hosts lacked their third straight success at Cavani and Blaise Matui- ceded twice in a two-min- In Wednesday’s match, a corner from Xabi Alonso to in accuracy, as Arjen Robben the French Cup after beating di’s headers went close, before ute span early in the second Dortmund grabbed the lead make up his misplaced pass was unable to find the empty a second-string Monaco 5-0 Draxler opened the scoring for half. Unlucky defender Saf- first, but two goals by Bayern from earlier. net in the 56th minute. at Parc des Princes, booking PSG after 26 minutes. wan Mbae had an own-goal turned the tide. However, the Carlo Ancelotti’s men Thomas Tuchel’s men pun- a final clash with Angers at The German international in the 51st minute, before German giants left a couple gained momentum as Rob- ished Bayern for their waste- the centennial edition of the put the ball into an empty Matuidi extended PSG’s lead to of promising chances unused, ert Lewandowski and Marti- fulness as Pierre-Emerick tournament. net after Di Maria’s shot was four on Di Maria’s pass. allowing Dortmund to secure nez came close to snatch the Aubameyang headed home Monaco, in the hunt for blocked by Monaco goalkeeper Brazilian defender Mar- a 3-2 win and a ticket for the lead. Bayern’s efforts paid off Ousmane Dembele’s cross at their first domestic league Morgan De Sanctis. quinhos set the game at 5-0 in German Cup final in Berlin, after Mats Hummels tapped in the far post to level the scores championship since 2000, Cavani, who has extended the last minute through a free- reports Xinhua news agency. Franck Ribery’s square pass to in the 69th minute.Dem- rested several of their star his contract with the club until kick connection. BVB got a good start going make it 2-1 on the scoreboard bele remained in the thick of players, including top scorer 2020, doubled the hosts’ lead After winning the French into the game as Pierre-Emer- with 41 minutes into the game. things as he flabbergasted the Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores his side’s second goal Radamel Falcao and 18-year- five minutes later, as he back- League Cup final 4-1 on April ick Aubameyang missed the The “Bavarians” should German giants after slotting old sensation Kylian Mbappe, heeled Di Maria’s right-flank 1, PSG recorded another lop- target just wide with four min- during the German Soccer Cup semi-final match between FC Bayern have extended their lead home the 3-2 winner while PSG dispatched their cross at the target. sided victory over their most utes played. Munich and Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena PIC/AP/PTI just before the break but into the roof of the net attacking trio, Angel Di Maria, Matuidi had another back- threatening opponents Monaco Bayern Munich’s Javi Mar- the deadlock with a blackout. Martinez’s back pass before Lewandowski failed to only five minutes after Edinson Cavani and Julian heel attempt, only to be denied this season. AGENCIES tinez helped the visitors break Raphael Guerreiro intercepted Marco Reus tapped home the overcome Dortmund goalie the equaliser. AGENCIES Absence of 2 key players leaves Aizawl TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT GAME: coach worried Real hit Deportivo for 6 as Barca slot 7 past Osasuna SHILLONG: The thought of entering the field without two BARCELONA: Real Madrid key players has left Aizawl FC again made light of the absence coach, Khalid Jamil, worried of Cristiano Ronaldo as they ahead of the team’s final and crushed Deportivo la Coruna decisive I-League game against 6-2 to maintain the upper Shillong Lajong FC. hand in the La Liga title race A win or a draw against on Wednesday. Lajong will be enough for Madrid and Barcelona are Aizawl FC to claim the locked on 78 points at the top I-League, in only their sec- of the table, but Real have a ond season, and Khalid didn’t game in hand over their title deny it would be tough without rivals. Ashutosh Mehta and Alfred Barca remain top thanks Jaryan, both of whom are sus- to their better head-to-head pended after receiving four yel- record as Lionel Messi struck low cards. twice to relegate Osasuna in a “It will be very tough with- 7-1 thrashing. out Alfred & Ashutosh. But Madrid boss Zinedine (Pic left) Barcelona’s Lionel Messi kicks the ball to score during the match between Barcelona and Osasuna. we can’t just sit and think over Zidane made nine changes in Real Madrid’s Henrico Casemiro is congratulated by teammates after scoring the sixth goal during their suspension. We have to all from the side that lost 3-2 to the match between Deportivo La Coruna and Real Madrid PICS/AP/PTI find out how we’d overcome Barca on Sunday to reignite the this. I trust my entire team,” title race. Ronaldo, Karim Ben- hardest job for a coach. When of them are ready for the chal- James Rodriguez then now kept just one clean sheet half-time. Vazquez, though, Morata unselfishly teed Khalid said. zema and the injured Gareth they play like they did today lenge between now and the end added a second from Lucas in their last 15 games and their restored Real’s two-goal lead up Rodriguez for his second His players standing on the Bale were left out the Madrid and then maybe they won’t play of the season.” Alvaro Morata Vazquez’s cross as Madrid defence was breached once before half-time and Zidane’s of the night before Isco sealed cusp of glory, Khalid is will- squad for a third straight away in the next game,” said Zidane. smashed home at the near post threatened to run riot inside more when Florin Andone men could even have reached a stunning individual display ing to soak in all the pressure league game, but again their “We know I have a phenom- to give the visitors the perfect the first 20 minutes. However, turned home Gael Kakuta’s double figures in a dominant by smashing home 13 minutes himself. absence wasn’t missed. “It is the enal group of players and all start after less than a minute. the European champions have mishit shot 10 minutes before second period. from time. AGENCIES “To accomplish something you have to lose something else and I have lost a lot till now,” Bagan, EB all for Khalid said. Eriksen strikes late to On being reminded of his revamped ISL counterpart Thangboi Sing- to’s remark that ‘Lajong won’t KOLKATA: Arch-rivals allow Aizawl FC to walk away keep Spurs in title hunt Mohun Bagan and East Bengal with the title’, Khalid quipped, came on board to play for the “Yeah, that s football. Why will LONDON: Christian Eriksen revamped Indian Super League they allow us to run away with reignited Tottenham’s bid to and requested AIFF to wave the title? We have to fight for catch Premier League leaders off the franchisee fee keeping every inch and we will.” Chelsea as the Dane’s late blast their heritage in mind. All India “Nobody spared a word for sealed a vital 1-0 win against Football Federation (AIFF) and us at the starting. We have seen Crystal Palace on Wednesday. IMG-Reliance have been in the league through thick and Mauricio Pochettino’s side talks to merge I-League with thin and finally, we’re down to were well below their best for the Indian Super League to here.” The former national team long periods at Selhurst Park, make it the top-most league midfielder added, “My players but Eriksen came to the res- in the country. Mohun Bagan always play from their heart. cue in dramatic fashion with and East Bengal will now They never shy away from 12 minutes left. put forward a memorandum doing something which they His sumptuous long-range and meet the AIFF presi- love. Aizawl players love play- strike closed the gap on Chel- dent and secretary in the Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend (top) is fouled by Tottenham’s ing football, they don’t alienate sea to four points after their first week of May seeking their themselves from doing that.” title rivals had moved seven Victor Wanyama during the English Premier League match between support. “Both the clubs have He stressed that “being the points clear with a win over Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur PIC/AP/PTI come together on this issue and better team doesn’t matter”. Southampton 24 hours earlier. north London derby. After Despite that change, it are willing to play only in the “We beat Mohun Bagan; With five games remaining, defeating Chelsea, Arsenal wasn’t easy for Tottenham to top most official league of the we also beat East Bengal. But Tottenham remain in the hunt and Liverpool recently, Pal- erase the scars of their semi- country, considering their con- that doesn’t mean we are better to be crowned champions for ace deserved better than defeat final collapse. tribution to Indian football,” a than them. It just means that on the first time since 1961 as here, although they should still When Eriksen worked senior AIFF official said.AGENCIES that day we might have played they look to avenge Sunday’s be safe from relegation. Rec- space for a shot, the winger’s better football than them. We agonising FA Cup semi-final ognising the weakness that hurried effort sailed wide and churned out the result which defeat against Chelsea by pip- Chelsea exploited so ruth- Victor Wanyama fared no bet- was important for us. ping them to the title. Pochet- lessly, Pochettino dropped Son ter with a wayward strike from “I never ever dreamt of this tino will hope his players are Heung-Min and recalled Ben an acute angle. day. Boys are enjoying it right revitalised by their eighth Davies after his experiment Those bungled early now. I don’t want to spoil their successive league win, but the with using the South raids foreshadowed a sub- mood now but we still need one Tottenham boss must know Korea forward out of posi- dued half from Tottenham as point. We can’t afford to leave it they have to improve to beat tion at left wing-back they struggled to rebuild their loose until we grab it.” AGENCIES Arsenal in Sunday’s crucial failed at Wembley. shaken confidence. AGENCIES Sharapova wins 1st match on return from doping ban

STUTTGART: Looking which ruled that the Russian relieved, Maria Sharapova bore “less than significant waved to the crowd and blew fault” in the case and that she kisses after winning her first could not “be considered to be match on her return from a an intentional doper.” 15-month doping ban. Sharapova had been taking The five-time Grand meldonium for many years, Slam champion and former but overlooked an announce- No 1 beat Roberta Vinci 7-5, ment by the World Anti-Dop- 6-3 in the opening round of ing Agency that it added the the Porsche Grand Prix on drug to its banned list on Jan Wednesday. 1, 2016. Sharapova had earlier been As a result of the suspen- given a lukewarm welcome by PIC/AP/PTI sion, Sharapova lost her rank- the 4,500 spectators, receiv- ing. But the three-time winner ing a polite applause and some Against the 36th-ranked Sharapova. from 2012-14 was given direct whistling when she entered the Italian, Sharapova had a shaky The Russian, however, entrance to the main draw of sold-out arena. start, conceding seven of the broke again and converted the Stuttgart event. Organiz- “It was the best feeling in first eight points and dropping her second set point with a ers in Madrid and Rome fol- the world,” Sharapova said the opening two games within forehand winner to take the lowed the example and handed about finally stepping on court five minutes. opener. her a wild card for their events again for a professional match. She finally took her fifth Sharapova took control of in May as well. Several players, “I have been waiting for this a chance in the third game to the second set after an early including Vinci, have criticized long time.” break Vinci’s serve. break and held off three break the invitation for a player who Sharapova said she had “a Apart from producing points in her following service has been caught doping. On pretty normal life” and “grew a string of unforced errors, game. Wednesday Sharapova com- as a person” while being away Sharapova also showed flashes She dropped only two pleted a one-hour training from the circuit, until get- of her old self - with several points on serve in the rest of session on an empty center ting back to tennis training in outstanding returns and cross- the match and closed out the court. Because her suspen- January. court winners, mostly followed win on Vinci’s serve. sion ended only at midnight, Wednesday’s match was by her trademark fist pump. Last year, Sharapova tested she had not been allowed to the Russian’s first since losing When Vinci held serve positive for the banned sub- use official tournament facil- to Serena Williams in the quar- to go 5-4 up, the Italian had stance meldonium. She had ities before, forcing her to terfinals of the 2016 Australian already won more games than her initial two-year ban visit a local tennis club in Open, and her first match on in her two previous matches, reduced to 15 months by the Stuttgart for training since clay in nearly two years. both two-set defeats, against Court of Arbitration for Sport, last weekend. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 28 April, 2017 THE STAR who never got his due

Vinod Khanna, a hero who was overshadowed by the bigger stars of the industry continued his way ahead and found a place in Bollywood

MUMBAI: He was a villain lywood,” his schoolmate Col (retd) Shashi another would-be MP, also from Punjab, the sons, to be with Rajneesh. The mar- to begin with but ended up Kiran Maini said. who gave Khanna his first break. riage ended in divorce in 1985. as a hero with a legion of fans “I first came in contact with Vinod in Sunil Dutt, it is said, was struck by The actor returned to cinema five swooning over his good looks. 1957, when he joined the Barnes High Khanna’s good looks and signed him up years later, and it did not take him long Yet, Vinod Khanna, who once School. I was in sixth standard and he as a villain in his production Mann Ka to reclaim his position in the industry. A abandoned fame for a set of saffron was our senior and the boxing captain Meet in 1968. string of hits followed including Insaaf robes, perhaps never got his due. of our Royal House team, of which I was He continued to play villainous and and Dayavan. For almost five decades, Vinod a member,” Maini said. supportive roles in his initial years with In 1990, he married again to Kavita, Khanna ruled the Hindi film world “Vinod later became the head boy at films such as Purab Aur Paschim, Aan with whom, he had a son, Sakshi, and a with his lush sideburns and dimpled Barnes School. He was a thorough gentle- Milo Sajna, Sachaa Jhutha and Mera daughter, Shraddha. chin, despite an active career in poli- man, an ace sportsman and the best one Gaon Mera Desh. The actor, who was born in a Punjabi tics that began in 1997. out there in dramatics,” he said. Khanna, however, first made a mark family of textile merchants in Peshawar As his death at 70 from bladder He was a hero who was overshad- as Shyam in Gulzar’s 1971 film Mere in 1946, chose Punjab to make his polit- cancer was announced in a Mum- owed by a bigger star. In several films, Apne, where he stood out as a disillu- ical debut in 1997 when he joined the bai hospital today, friends and fans Khanna acted with Amitabh Bachchan, sioned young man. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). stressed that it had brought an era and while the pair was a great success, the He got his first break as a hero inHum He fought and won from Gurdaspur to an end. angry young man that Bachchan became Tum Aur Woh (1971). A great many films in Punjab a seat that he lost only once in As a starry-eyed Vinod Khanna synonymous with often stole the show. followed including hits such as Elaan and 2009 but won again in the 2014 general regaled his friends at the Barnes Khanna and Bachchan, despite the Mera Gaon Mera Desh. elections. In 2002, Atal Bihari Vajpayee School in British era cantonment competition, starred in blockbusters But Khanna shocked his fans when, made him his Culture and Tourism township of Deolali in Maharash- such as Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish, at the height of his career, he left Bolly- minister. He was later given the External tra, many thought the young lad Reshma Aur Shera, Muqaddar Ka Sikan- wood to follow his spiritual guru, Osho Affairs portfolio. was cut out for an innings on the dar, Zameer, Hera Pheri and Khoon Pas- Rajneesh, to Oregon in the United States Till the very end, Khanna was active silver screen. eena. But Bachchan was the undisputed in 1982. in Bollywood. His last few memorable “We thought that going by his hero; Khanna, always the second man. Although married with two children, screen outings were in Salman Khan’s acting skills and persona, Vinod His debut in Hindi cinema, too, was Akshaye and Rahul (both of whom are Dabangg series and Shah Rukh Khan’s will join Hollywood and not Bol- in the form of a supporting role. It was actors) he left his wife, Geetanjali, and Dilwale in 2015. PTI Priyanka speaks ‘BAAHUBALI’ TEAM cancels premiere after out on actors Vinod Khanna’s demise MUMBAI: The team of film doing playback Baahubali 2: The Conclu- sion, has canceled the films premiere which was to take MUMBAI: Priyanka Chopra says she understands what the singers place on Thursday, as a mark feel when they see an actor invading their domain, but at the same of respect for veteran Bolly- time the actor believes creativity cannot be restricted. wood actor-politician. The debate on actors turning singers began after “We are deeply saddened reports of Sonakshi Sinha performing at Justin by the loss of our beloved, Bieber’s India concert started doing the rounds. ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ the legendary Vinod Khanna. The actor, however, has denied the reports, The demise has come as a but was slammed by people from the music huge shock to all of us. As a industry like Kailash Kher, Armaan Malik mark of respect for our dearly and Sona Mohapatra. cleared for screening departed, the premiere event “I can see where it is coming from. Like of ‘Baahubali : The Conclu- if all actors sing what will the singers do? I MUMBAI: Director Alankrita Shriv- tification to the film, saying that it was sion’ is now cancelled. Love am sure you understand it too. But at the astava is happy that her film Lipstick “lady oriented” and had “sexual scenes, and remembrance, Karan same time creative people have the right to Under My Burkha, which explores abusive words”. Alankrita says she is Johar, SS Rajamouli and the to announce the news. branch out. women’s sexuality, has finally been happy that the tribunal understood the entire team of Baahubali,” read “As a mark of respect to “Like people write books, people paint cleared for screening. intent of the film. a statement released on behalf our beloved Vinod Khanna like Salman Khan does, so many actors The Film Certification Appellate The FCAT directed the censor of filmmakers Karan Johar, S S the entire team of Baahubali sing as well... This is all creativity,” Pri- Tribunal (FCAT) directed the Central board to clear the film with “some vol- Rajamouli and the other team has decided to cancel the pre- yanka says. Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to untary and some additional cuts” while members. miere tonight,” he posted. But the actor believes there are two grant an ‘A’ certificate to the Prakash observing that the cuss words and inti- Karan is presenting the The Prabhas and Rana sides to the argument.“Creative people are Jha-produced movie. mate scenes shown in the movie were Hindi version of the film. Daggubati starrer film is cannot be tied (to one particular thing). The board had earlier refused cer- integral to the storyline. PTI Karan also took to Twitter releasing on Friday. IANS So there are two sides of the coin,” she adds. Priyanka believes in a democratic LOS ANGELES: Actor Karen Gil- the first movie and I was country like India, everyone has a right lan says her character Nebula in the really excited about that,” to express their opinion and it should be Guardians of the Galaxy franchise she added. Karen Gillan’s character respected. was supposed to die at the end of Gillan sees a lot of “We live in a democracy. Everyone has the first movie. possibilities for Nebula a right to have an opinion and that is the The 29-year-old, who plays in the Avengers franchise kind of lesson we need to teach our chil- the blue-skinned alien assassin in and the third instalment was meant to die in dren. My parents had taught me, you’re Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, is of “Guardians” movie. in a democracy, don’t be afraid to have a grateful that her character Neb- She hopes the charac- voice or speak the truth. Be fearless about ula lived on as she’s in the sequel, ter gets to fulfil her wish ‘GUARDIANS...’ your opinion. reports femalefirst.co.uk. to murder her stepfa- “There is no need to judge someone so “It was a surprise for me because ther Thanos in one of the much. Every person has an opinion. There is when I read the script for the first stories. nothing right or wrong. Everyone has a perspec- movie my character died in it. And “I thought I would be com- tive and we need to respect that,” she says. then when we got close to shoot- ing back but then when I read the The 34-year-old star has been rumoured to ing that, suddenly her ending was script for the second film I saw all join the Kalpana Chawla biopic and a Sanjay Leela rewritten, and then it was rewrit- the stuff that I got to do and all the Bhansali project based on poet-lyricist Sahir Lud- ten again,” Gillan told Radio Times emotional stuff and I was just really hyanvi’s life. When asked if she has signed the magazine. excited. I would like to see Nebula Kalpana Chawla biopic, Priyanka said, “My name “So I just didn’t know what was be embraced into the ‘Guardians’ gets attached to a lot of films. But I can’t comment going on. And then she didn’t die in family.” IANS a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ unless my dates get sorted out.” PTI Dwayne can’t wait to come to India ‘My famous friends MUMBAI: The actor, popularly known as Hollywood star “The Rock”, said he had a great time Dwayne Johnson working with Priyanka, who will saved my life’ says he cannot wait be seen in the role of antagonist, to come to India and Victoria Leeds, in her Holly- LOS ANGELES: Actor Brie Larson my life. I was able to talk with them express his gratitude to wood debut. says her celebrity friends like Jen- about everything that was going on people who have been lov- Johnson, 44, said he loved nifer Lawrence and Emma Stone in my life, and it was with people ing him over the years. working with Priyanka on the helped her sail through the tough who had been through it before Priyanka Chopra today movie adaptation of the popu- times. and are also hilarious. That support launched a brand new poster of lar ‘90s TV show. The 27-year-old actor says she and acceptance was everything,” her upcoming Hollywood project “I’ve been told this video is felt lonely during the press tour of Larson says. Baywatch here, which stars Johnson. going to play in a very big press her critically acclaimed film Room The actor, who won the best In a special video message, conference, based around and that was the time when her actor Oscar for her role in “Room”, which was played during the event, someone who is very fellow actores stood beside her, says she was home-schooled and the Hollywood star said he would important and spe- reported Vanity Fair. did not have friends that had the love to visit the country. cial to me. Someone “I felt lonely and bad some- same interests as her, but she felt “I am so sorry I couldn’t be who is incredibly times. I was embarrassed to keep incredible after meeting Stone and there with you. Priyanka and I talented... talking about myself. Emma Lawrence. had talked about this for months. Priyanka Cho- wrote this beautiful e-mail out of Room is a 2015 independent Coming to India would’ve been pra. You’re the best, nowhere, and then one day Jen sent drama film directed by Lenny my first time. I cannot wait to I love you. I am sure I me a text message after she saw Abrahamson and written by Emma come. I wish I could’ve joined am making you blush,” ‘Room’, and we started talking. Donoghue, based on her novel of you this time,” he said. he said. PTI “That (group of friends) saved the same name. PTI