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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 190 | Tuesday, 11 July 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 9771.05 (+105.25) pSENSEX 31,715.64 (+355.01) pDOW JONES 21,414.34 (+94.30) pNASDAQ 6,153.08 (+63.61) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.53 (+00.07) pRUPEE/EURO 73.46 (+0.08) qGOLD/10GM 28,780 (-120.00) qSILVER/K 36,500 (-900.00) DELHI GOVT SC DISMISSES INDIA COACH’S WANTED TO LAUNCHES APPEALS OF 4 APPOINTMENT ON HOLD VENTURE INTO NEW ITS OWN E-RTI POLICEMEN, 2 AFTER INTERVIEWS, KIND OF FILMS: PORTAL PG3 DOCTORS PG7 SAYS CAC PG15 SHRADDHA PG16 AI stops non- TERRORISTS OPEN FIRE ON A BUS IN ANANTNAG BJP OFFERS OUTSIDE SUPPORT TO NITISH veg meals for JD(U) breaks silence, economy class 7 Amarnath yatra pilgrims springs to RJD defence DHIRENDRA KUMAR MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: With the Rash- NEW DELHI: Passengers flying economy class triya Janata Dal (RJD) ruling with Air India on domestic routes won’t be out the resignation of Tejaswi served non-vegetarian food as the carrier wants killed in J&K terror attack Yadav, the other key ally of to cut down on costs and stop wastage. Grand Alliance — Janata Dal “This is an attempt to rationalise costs. We MPOST BUREAU (U) — is in a Catch- 22 situa- have also realised that this will reduce wastage tion to ‘keep’ the Grand Alli- source said. to a great extent because we carry extra vegetar- SRINAGAR: Seven Amarnath ance intact. According to Meanwhile, JD(U) leader ian and non-vegetarian meals,” Air India CMD Yatra pilgrims were killed and 12 sources in JD(U), the party Sharad Yadav said that the CBI Ashwani Lohani said. injured when terrorists opened fire would take its final call on raids on RJD chief Lalu Prasad He said that the airline will be taking more on their bus in Jammu and Kash- Tejaswi during the meeting of and his family were aimed at such steps in future to reduce its expenses, mir’s Anantnag district on Mon- its leaders, which is scheduled stalling the progress of Grand including in the catering department. day evening. to be held on Tuesday. Alliance. The alliance would Serving one type of meal to passengers in The bus, which was from Guja- “The RJD has backed its remain intact, he said. economy class will also make the job of crew rat, was reportedly not part of the leader. Now, it’s our turn to Earlier in the day, after a members “simpler”, Lohani said. main yatra convoy and was not take the final call. Given that party legislators meeting in An airline spokesperson told television chan- registered with the shrine board, RJD has dubbed the CBI raids Patna, RJD’s senior leader and nels that the decision was taken last week. the Central Reserve Police Force as BJP’s plan to destabilise the Finance Minister Abdul Bari An Air India official, who did not wish to be or CRPF said. The main yatra con- state government, the JD(U) Siddiqui endorsed Lalu’s lead- named, explained the move, “70 per cent of our voy is escorted by the CRPF which would analyse each and every ership and said that Tejaswi meals are veg. Most Indian passengers opt for the has now rushed troops to the spot. charge levelled against Lalu wouldn’t resign. The BJP is try- veg meal and there are hardly any takers for the Terrorists launched the attack Prasad and his son during the ing to destabilise Nitish Kumar non-veg meal. Also, you can’t serve non-veg to on the bus at 8:20 pm, said, officials. meeting,” the source said. government but their dreams a vegetarian but vice versa is possible.” The terrorists also fired at a “The party insider further will not be fulfilled, he said, police party in Bantegoo area in said that JD(U) is known for adding that the BJP is spread- the district. its ‘clean’ image and the party ing politics of hate and party Poor not responsible for Former Jammu and Kash- is committed to maintaining will counter BJP in an effective mir Chief Minister Omar Abdul- it. The party would not take manner. high NPAs, big people are lah tweeted: “Very sad news. The any such decision that would Meanwhile, in an interest- attack cannot be condemned ‘disappoint’ the voters of Bihar ing twist to the developments M VENKAIAH NAIDU Security personnel stand guard after militants opened fire on the Amarnath Yatra strongly enough. My sympathies PTI who have given their mandate in Bihar, the state BJP has said it to the families & prayers for the continue,” he said. tal base camp while 5,000 pilgrims drones, mobile bunker vehicles to Grand Alliance to serve is ready to offer outside support injured. (sic)” The annual yatra to the holy proceeded from the traditional and road opening parties (ROPs) them,” the source said. to JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar if In today’s Jammu and Kashmir minister shrine of Amarnath began from the south Kashmir Pahalgam route. along the entire route from Jammu “At the meeting, JD(U) he decides to leave the ruling Naeem Akhtar, condemning the twin routes of Pahalgam and Baltal Around 1.2 lakh pilgrims have to Pahalgam and Baltal. national president Nitish Grand Alliance. paper attack said this is a dark patch on amidst tight security arrangements registered themselves this year. The centre has provided addi- Kumar is expected to declare However, the state unit has the history of Kashmir. “This is the on June 29. Over 6,000 pilgrims Among the security arrange- tional 40,000 paramilitary forces that ideology trumps power made it clear that a final deci- ... first time yatris have been targeted. were allowed to move towards the ments for the 45-day pilgrimage to assist the state government for and that there can be no com- sion in this regard will be made CITY The crackdown against terror will shrine from north Kashmir’s Bal- are a satellite tracking system, the yatra. promise on integrity,” the by the BJP central leadership. FOLLOW RULES, KANWARIYAS TOLD 4 TMC to boycott CONG VP DEFENDS MEETING WITH CHINESE ENVOY NATION 6K NGOs may lose BIHAR LIGHTNING TOLL 32 6 all-party meet ‘It is my job to be informed’: Rahul EDIT licence to receive OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Hours after the but also Bhutanese envoy and IDEALLY, NATURAL ALLIES 8 Congress admitted that Rahul ex-NSA Shiv Shankar Menon,” NEW DELHI: Amidst the Gandhi had met with the Chi- said party spokesperson Ran- INTERNATIONAL acrimony between the Trin- nese envoy, the party vice-pres- deep Singh Surjewala, who foreign donations amool Congress (TMC) and ident took to Twitter to defend had earlier in the day strongly N KOREA, CHINA MEDDLED IN US POLLS 10 the Bharatiya Janata Party the meeting and also attack the denied media reports about the MPOST BUREAU (BJP) over the recent vio- government. meeting. BUSINESS lence in West Bengal, the “It is my job to be informed “Various ambassadors and TECH GLITCH HALTS NSE TRADING 12 TMC has decided to boycott on critical issues. I met the Chi- envoys keep meeting Congress NEW DELHI: Nearly 6,000 NGOs the all-party meeting called nese Ambassador, Ex-NSA, president and vice-president SPORT could lose their licence to receive for- by the Parliamentary Affairs Congress leaders from north- from time to time on courtesy eign donations with the home ministry Minister on July 16 on the east and the Bhutanese Ambas- basis,” Surjewala further added. MANU-SUMEETH EYE TITLE DEFENCE 15 serving them show-cause notices for eve of the Monsoon session sador,” Rahul Gandhi said in Ind,” Gandhi’s official Twitter Randeep Singh Surjewala not filing annual income and expendi- of the Parliament. a tweet. account said, along with the had in a series of tweets said ture records for five consecutive years, However, the party Reacting to the controversy photo of Modi and Xi some news channels were run- FOR ADVERTISING an official said today. would send its represen- around the meeting, Rahul Earlier on Monday, the ning “fake news” on Gandhi’s kindly contact at 9810195709 The show cause notices were issued tative to a meeting of all said, “If the government is so Congress made a flip-flop over alleged meeting with Chinese or on July 8 and the NGOs have time until political parties called by concerned about me meeting the meeting , first denying it ambassador Luo Zhaohui. [email protected] July 23 to give their reply. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra an ambassador,they should and then accepting that the The channels “will not ques- In May this year, 18,523 NGOs were cause notices on July 8 on why their Mahajan the same evening. explain why three ministers meeting did take place. tion three Union ministers vis- FOR SUBSCRIPTION given a one-time opportunity by the FCRA registration may not be can- “The TMC has decided are availing Chinese hospital- Congress spokesperson iting China or PM’s (Narendra home ministry to give details of their celled under the FCRA. to boycott the all-party ity while the border issue is on.” Randeep Singh Surjewala in Modi) bonhomie and praise at kindly contact at 8800854665 income and expenses by June 14. The associations have been meeting,” TMC national Attacking Prime Minister a series of tweets labelled the G20 . Yet run fake news”, Sur- or These NGOs, registered under the requested to furnish their replies, if spokesperson and Rajya Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi reports as fake news. jewala had said. [email protected] Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, any, by July 23, failing which it will Sabha MP Derek O’ Brien tweeted his photo with Chinese However, in a U-turn, he “A wanting to be ‘Bhakt’ or FCRA, that allows them to receive be presumed that they have nothing said on Monday about the President Xi Jinping. later admitted to the meeting channel will not question 3 foreign donations, were told to submit to say and action, as proposed, will customary meeting that “And for the record I am and slammed media for sensa- Union Ministers visiting China their annual returns for five years -- be taken by the home ministry as per the Parliamentary Affairs not the guy sitting on the swing tionalizing it. or PM’s bonhomie & praise at NO GIRLS ALLOWED 2010-11 to 2014-15. FCRA, it said. Minister calls on the eve while a thousand Chinese “Envoys met Rahul Gan- G20 yet run fake news!” said The home ministry said in a cir- According to the FCRA, the of a Parliament session. At troops had physically entered dhi, not only Chinese envoy Surjewala on Twitter. MPOST Japan’s men-only cular that as a one time measure, all renewal of registration for receiving the same time, TMC MP NGOs were given an opportunity for foreign funds cannot be granted unless Kalyan Banerjee will attend one month to file their missing annual the annual returns are uploaded on the the meeting called by Lok J&K govt asked to pay `10 lakh to ‘human shield’ island gets UNESCO nod returns by June 14 without paying any FCRA website by the organisation. Sabha Speaker Sumitra penalty. Email and SMS alerts were also Over 20,000 NGOs are registered Mahajan in the evening of SRINAGAR: The Jammu and physical and psychiatric tor- was subjected to torture and sent to them regularly for one month under the FCRA. July 16, O’Brien added. Kashmir human rights com- ture, stress, wrongful restraint humiliation, besides (being) beginning mid-May. In November 2016, the government The Mamata Banerjee- mission on Monday directed and confinement” that he wrongly confined,” the judge- “However, in spite of sufficient had directed more than 11,000 NGOs led party, along with the the state government to pay a underwent when he was tied ment issued by SHRC chair- and adequate notice, it has been to file applications for renewal of reg- Congress and the Left par- compensation of Rs 10 lakh to to the bonnet of an Army vehi- person Justice (retired) Bilal observed that 5,922 associations have istration by February 28, 2017. ties, had earlier boycotted Farooq Ahmad Dar, who was cle to ward off stone pelters, the Nazki said. not uploaded their annual returns for Of the above, 3,500 NGOs filed the midnight event organ- used as a “human shield” by the State Human Rights Commis- He observed that the action three or more than three years within applications for renewal till February ised by the government in Army during the Srinagar Lok sion (SHRC) observed in its led to trauma, resulting in psy- the stipulated time given in the notice,” 2017. Registration of more than 7,000 Parliament on June 30 for Sabha bypoll. judgement. chiatric stress “which may the circular said. NGOs was deemed expired due to non- the rollout of the GST. The compensation awarded “I have no doubt in my remain with him for the rest of All these NGOs were given show filing of renewal applications. to Dar was for the “humiliation, mind that Farooq Ahmad his life”. MPOST TOKYO: A men-only island in Japan where CABINET SECY’S MONTHLY ENTERTAINMENT ALLOWANCE CUT women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its SC allows counselling shrine, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. No family planning allowance and admissions to IITs The tiny landmass of Okinoshima is per- manently manned by a Shinto priest who MPOST BUREAU prays to the island’s goddess, in a tradition that has been kept up for centuries. for Central government staff NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court Limited numbers are permitted to land on Monday allowed the counselling on the island in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) MPOST BUREAU with 34 modifications. and admission into Indian Institutes — this year it was 200 — for a yearly festi- Giving details, an official said an of Technology (IITs) across the coun- val that lasts just two hours, but they must NEW DELHI: Central government entertainment allowance of Rs 10,000 try on the basis of the results of the IIT- adhere to strict rules. employees will no longer get a family per month granted to the cabinet sec- JEE (Advance) 2017 results by vacating Most importantly, they must be men, but planning allowance and the cabinet sec- retary, the country’s top bureaucrat, to its stay on it. they must also strip off and take a purifying retary his monthly entertainment alloca- entertain distinguished visitors has been The apex court bench headed by Jus- bonus marks have to be awarded arose dip in the ocean before they are allowed to tion. Also gone are the diet, haircutting abolished. tice Dipak Misra vacated its stay ordered in future. set foot on the sacred ground of the shrine. and ‘soap toilet’ allowances given to The ‘secret’ allowance given to offi- last Friday but asked the high courts not Attorney General K K Venugopal, Despite its inscription on UNESCO’s select categories of employees. cers working in the Cabinet Secretar- to interfere in the petitions regarding representing the IITs, said such a situa- World Heritage list — often the prelude to With the government accepting iat has also been done away with. This counselling and admission to the IITs tion will not arise in future. a leap in tourist numbers — shrine officials many of the recommendations of the Union cabinet, headed by Prime Minis- is granted for dealing with top secret to avoid any confusion. The bench said the 2005 judgement say they are now considering banning future Committee on Allowances (CoA), ter Narendra Modi, on June 28 and for- papers and performing sensitive duties. Counselling is a process in which a in Guru Nanak University case will not travel for anyone apart from priests, partly headed by Finance Secretary Ashok mal orders were issued on July 6. It is paid as a flat sum per month candidate, who clears the entrance exam- apply in the present matter as there were out of fears the island could be “destroyed” Lavasa, a raft of grants and allocations The CoA referred to the seventh based on the post held by the official ination, chooses the best college and a huge number of students involved and by too many visitors. made to various sections of government Central Pay Commission’s report, which concerned. stream according to his or her choice there was a system of negative marking “The island has sometimes been said to employees have been done away with or had examined 196 allowances given to Discussing the implementation of based on their rank. in the exam. ban women, but in principle, anyone but the revised, an official said. different categories of central govern- the pay commission’s recommenda- The bench, also comprising Justices The apex court also noted that an priests who pray there for 365 days a year is Funeral and cycles allowances have ment employees. tions, an official said the family planning A M Khanwilkar and M M Shantana- experts’ body of IITs had met twice barred from entering,” said a spokesman. been retained and revised. The CoA submitted its report on allowance is given to central govern- goudar, asked the IITs to give an under- to decide that bonus marks should be AGENCIES The decision on revising the allow- April 27 after which the government ment employees as an encouragement to taking that such mistakes will not recur awarded across the board for the wrong ances was approved at a meeting of the decided to accept its recommendations adhere to the small family norm. and make sure that no situation in which questions. 2 town New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp MILLENNIUM POST | DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town VIBRANT RAJASTHAN The exhibition by artist Priyanka Facts about swimming Banerjee depicts colourful and viva- cious places of Rajasthan and its people. The bylanes of Jaisalmer, forts of Jodhpur, Rajasthani women, ruins of Chittorgarh, Udaipur palace, during menstruation embellished camels as viewed in the sunlight are some of the subjects for the exhibition. Different mediums like watercolor on paper, acrylics on can- vas, soft pastels on paper have been used to execute the artworks. WHEN: July 14 – 16 WHERE: India Habitat Centre TIMING: 10 am – 7 pm KARNATKA SCULPTURES “Gombe,” an exhibition of magical puppets by Mati, a non profit orga- nization has put wooden sculptures from Karnataka on display. These idols are made of Halasa Mara found in abundance in the nearby forests. Their appearances reflect a lot of similitude with Orissa and Bengal Patachitra. The main differ- ences are in the format of the works, because the Pata Chitras are two di- mensional whereas these Karnataka idols are three dimensional WHEN: Till July 22 WHERE: Art Konsult, Hauz Khas TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm There’s no reason to stop swmming just because STAND-UP COMEDY EVENINGS you have your period. 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If you’re home-made Tiffin Lunch lovingly swimming and a small amount of blood came It’s very unlikely you would catch a vaginal checked by your doctor. worried about stains or leaks, you could wear prepared by their chefs. A complete out, this would be diluted by the water. Swim- disease from swimming. Skin infections and a dark coloured swimsuit or add an extra layer nutritious and healthy meal features ming pools contain small amounts of bodily stomach illnesses from swallowing contami- Can swimming make my cramps worse? by wearing swim shorts. Ask a friend to alert delicacies like Dhaba Meat Curry or fluids like urine and sweat, but the water is nated water are more common complaints. Low-intensity exercise like swimming can you to any problems, or take a quick trip to the Kadhai Paneer, Mausam Di Subzian, usually treated with chlorine to prevent the Check with your regional health authority for actually help to relieve menstrual cramps. Dur- bathroom to check – this way you can relax and Dal Tadke Wali, Vegetable Pulao, spread of disease. In other words, you are not information on water quality at local swim- ing exercise, your body releases endorphins just have fun in the water. IANS Raita, Kachumar Salad and Assorted Breads. WHEN: Ongoing WHERE: Singh Sahib, Eros Hotel TIMING: 12 pm – 2:45 pm Unfaithful Facebook messages make women more jealous While women feel more upset with messages which reveal their partner’s emotional infidelity, men feel more distressed if their partners are sexually infidel omen are more likely to As part of the study, 21 male and 23 The “discovered” message was either than men in response to emotional Decoded: How lifting heavy get jealous or upset than female undergraduate students were composed and sent by the participant’s messages. men when they read shown imaginary Facebook messages in partner, or came from someone else. The researchers also found that messages on Facebook or a Facebook format, revealing that their Participants had to rate how dis- women were significantly more upset weights boosts muscle strength Wother social media indicating that their partners had been either emotionally or tressed they would have felt if they when a potential rival had written the romantic partner has been unfaithful, a sexually unfaithful. had come across such messages while message, compared to when it was com- LIFTING HEAVY weights may help you enhance your muscle study has found. Eight short messages along the accessing their partner’s Facebook mes- posed by their own partners. strength more than light weight training because the nervous Researchers from Cardiff Metro- lines of: “You must be my soulmate! saging service without permission. For men, the opposite seemed to system facilitates improvements in strength during high-load politan University in the UK investi- Feel so connected to you, even though Men felt more distressed when be true and they appeared to be more training, researchers suggests. gated how jealousy manifests between we haven’t slept together,” (Emotional they read social media messages that upset by imagining their partner send- The study aimed to find out how the brain and motor the sexes when people find compromis- infidelity) and “You must be the best revealed their partners’ sexual rather ing rather than receiving an infidelity- neurons – cells that send electrical signals to muscle – adapt ing messages on their partner’s social one-night stand I’ve ever had,” (Sexual than emotional infidelity. revealing message. to high versus low-load weight training. media accounts. infidelity) were shown to participants. However, women were more upset Irrespective of the contents, women The findings showed that despite similar increases in overall were more upset than men when muscle thickness, high-load training may be superior for they had to imagine discovering an infi- enhancing muscle strength than low-load training. delity-related message. The nervous system activates more of the motor neurons The study supports evolutionarily – or excites them more frequently – when subjected to high- derived theories that hold that there load training. This increased excitation could account for the are differences in what triggers jeal- greater strength gains despite comparable growth in muscle ousy among men and women, and in mass, the researchers said. how they subsequently direct such feel- “If you’re trying to increase strength – whether you’re ings towards the cheating partner or the a gym rat or an athlete – training with high loads is going potential rival. to result in greater strength adaptations,” said Nathaniel According to the researchers, it is Jenkins, assistant professor at the Oklahoma State Uni- important to understand the mecha- versity. For the study, published in the journal Frontiers nisms underlying jealousy, and how it in Physiology, the team randomly assigned 26 men plays out in the digital age. to train for six weeks on a leg-extension machine Real or suspected partner infidelity loaded with either 80 or 30 per cent of the maxi- that causes sexual or emotional jealousy mum weight they could lift. is often given as the reason for domestic The results showed a similar growth in mus- abuse and violence. cle between the two groups but a larger strength “Applying an evolutionary perspec- increase – roughly 10 pounds’ worth – was tive to understanding the manifestation found in the high-load group. of jealous behaviour and how infidel- Although, low-load training remains a ity-related anger can trigger partner viable option for those looking to simply dissolution and domestic abuse may build mass or avoid putting extreme stress on help counteract inevitable rises in such joints, still, when it comes to building strength behaviours in an age where clandestine – especially amid a busy schedule – heavier is extra-marital relationships are facili- better, Jenkins maintained. “High-load training tated by modern forms of media tech- is more efficient” and “it’s more time-efficient. We’re nology,” said Dunn. seeing greater strength adaptations. And now we’re The findings are published in the seeing greater neural adaptations,” Jenkins added. IANS journal Evolutionary Psychological Science. PTI Although every possible care and caution has been taken to avoid errors or omissions, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that infromation given in this publication is merely for reference and must not be taken as having authority of or binding in any way on the writers, editors, publishers, and printers and sellers who do not owe any responsibility for any damage or loss to any person, a purchaser of this publication or not for the result of any action taken on the basis of this work. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of competent court and forums in Delhi/New Delhi only Published & printed by Durbar Ganguly on behalf of Front Row Media Pvt. Ltd. from Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 & printed at The Indian Express Ltd., A-8, Sector-7, Noida-201 301 (U.P.) RNI REGN. NO.: DELENG/2005/15351, REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 Editor: Durbar Ganguly, Executive Editor: Arya Rudra. Tel. No. 011-47777500, Email: [email protected], Lucknow Office: 401, Chintels House 16, Station Road, Lucknow Ph: 0522-4013126 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp city Cases of vector-borne Delhi govt launches diseases on the upswing its own e-RTI portal OUR CORRESPONDENT With 23 cases reported last week, Malaria cases have reached 177 NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday launched his ANUP VERMA that can spread chikungunya and “It has been decided to inten- government’s e-RTI portal at the dengue fever, breeds in stagnant sify checking of mosquito breeding Delhi Secretariat here and said that NEW DELHI: Despite authorities water only. If we keep water tanks, at big establishments, institutions the public who pay tax have all the claiming to have taken adequate coolers, flower pots and utensils and offices. Wherever breeding will rights to know how their money is measures to control the spread of dry, it is easy to stop breeding and be noticed, appropriate action will being spent. vector-borne disease in the Capi- prevent diseases,” an official said. be taken. Kejriwal said it was a “historic tal, cases of malaria, dengue and The civic body informed that “The public health cannot be day” for Delhi’s people, as with the chikungunya are on rise. during the current year, domestic overlooked. Hence, all possible launch of the portal (rtionline.delhi. With 23 fresh cases reported in breeding checking has been con- steps will be taken to prevent and gov.in), no one would have to come the last week, the total number of ducted around 1,94,52,146 times control dengue and malaria,” the to Delhi government offices to file a Malaria cases has shot up to 177 and cases of breeding were discov- official added. Right to Information (RTI) request. till July 8. ered in 49,942 houses. Meanwhile, North Delhi “File RTI online from your home. As per the status report, Furthermore, 52,253 legal Municipal Corporation (North Nodal officers have been appointed released by the three Municipal notices were issued, while 4,892 MCD) on Monday made an appeal in each department who will help in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Law Minister Kailash Gahlot at the launch Corporations of Delhi on Mon- prosecutions had also been to the citizens to take all possible providing requisite information on of the e-RTI portal at the Delhi Secretariat on Monday PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA day, the total number of dengue undertaken. measures to prevent spread of mos- the portal,” Kejriwal said. cases reported in and around the In its bid to combat the men- quito-borne diseases. He said that people have almost will come under its purview. Kejriwal said that in order to make national Capital has reached 109. ace, the SDMC had earlier this North Delhi Mayor Preety common queries, so if the answers of Officials said Delhi has become the system more transparent, “we Meanwhile, the number of chikun- year launched a new technologi- Agarwal said that the incidence of the RTIs were kept in public domain the first Union Territory to launch will try to put all information related gunya cases stand at 161. cally-advanced application called mosquito borne-diseases can be on internet, the number of RTIs such a system. to the government’s work – affecting Moreover, 49 cases of dengue Vector-Borne Disease Control minimised by taking simple pre- would reduce. The central government in 2013 people’s life – in the public domain.” and 51 cases of chikugunya have fare associations (RWAs), market (VBDC), with an aim to cover 16 cautions and preventive measures. “Delhi government will put all rel- had launched its own online RTI Giving an example, he said that if also been recorded from outside associations and other social orga- vulnerable wards identified on the “People should wear full sleeves evant information online to ensure application portal, allowing users to the concerned department puts daily Delhi. nizations in creating awareness basis of substantial breeding data clothes to avoid mosquito bites, transparency in its functioning. Every file queries, pay application fee and sales reports of ration shops online, In view of the sudden rise in across Delhi. localities. while children need to be given citizen of the country, including the submit requests for appeal. people won’t have to file RTIs. cases this year, South Delhi Munic- SDMC officials have said that “This will go a long way to special care. People who are using poor, pays tax on whatever items he Maharashtra also had launched The Delhi government’s e-RTI ipal Corporation (SDMC) has there is no treatment for dengue develop a micro plan to eradicate coolers must get the fitting of the purchases. So they have all rights to its online RTI portal in 2015. The portal will allow users to file their que- instructed officials of the public and chikungunya; it can only be the menace of mosquitoes. 200 mesh above the water level and know how their money it being spent portal is designed by the National ries and pay the fee via netbanking. health department to step up pro- controlled by bringing behavioral domestic breeding checkers (DBC) the new users should get dengue- and how the government is work- Informatics Centre, through which Additionally, the portal will also cess to curtail the menace. changes in ourselves. have been given tablet PCs and uni- free coolers. Water coolers must be ing,” he said. people can file RTI applications per- enable applicants to file their first The Corporation underlined “We all know that the female forms so that they can be easily cleaned at regular intervals,” Agar- Kejriwal added that not only the taining to 172 departments of the appeal online and get email/SMS the need for involving resident wel- Aedes aegypti mosquito, the vector identified,” an SDMC official said. wal stated. ministers, but even the Chief Minister Delhi government. alerts on the status of the applications. Surprised that CM said he was not HC to hear plea Two men held for assault on animal of two men who transporters in Baba Haridas Nagar informed of traffic task force: LG raised slogans OUR CORRESPONDENT Development department and the submissions of the six OUR CORRESPONDENT formed from different police information received from the task forces on March28 were inside Assembly In another case involving a mob attack stations, who are at present NEW DELHI: A fresh ministers’ offices regarding the endorsed to the secretary to NEW DELHI: Three days after scouring the area and are on the controversy emerged between issue of traffic bottlenecks. Transport minister. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High a mob thrashed animal trans- on a driver who was branded as a look-out for remaining mem- the Raj Niwas and Chief The LG’s response follows In that meeting, it was Court on Monday posted for porters in Baba Haridas Nagar cattle thief in Sarai Kale Khan on July bers of the mob. Minister’s office over the media reports suggesting decided to identify four or five Tuesday a plea of two men who for transporting buffalo calves, In the meantime, police problem of traffic bottlenecks that Kejriwal had sought pilot corridors for immediate were sent to 30 days’ jail by the Delhi Police on Monday iden- 7, the police are yet to make arrests are also looking into the back- across the national Capital, information on trafficaction. As such, the Chief Delhi Assembly Speaker for tified two of the attackers and ground of the two accused. Cops with Chief Minister Arvind bottlenecks from the Chief Secretary convened a meeting throwing pamphlets and rais- detained them. The incident had started the purchase, as they never have remained tight-lipped Kejriwal’s apparent lack of Secretary by August 15. After on May3, wherein five pilot ing slogans in the House. Police have also started con- after a truck grazed past one of required documentation in about whether they have links awareness about the measures this, the LG had suo motu corridors were identified and A division bench of Jus- ducting raids at many place in the accused person’s cars, which rural transactions. to cow vigilantes. taken by Lieutenant Governor informed the CM on July an action plan was laid out for tice Siddharth Mridul and Jus- outer Delhi, as they have reason led to a verbal spat. The police will also look into In another case involving Anil Baijal’s office to resolve 5 about the steps taken so each of these. tice Najmi Waziri said the two to believe that many members of However, following the whether the animal transporters a mob attack on a driver who the issue. far, along with the list of 28 Subsequently, the LG accused had filed habeas corpus the mob involved in the attack truck was a series of seven cars had necessary documentation. was branded as a cattle thief in Writing to the Chief category A priority corridors. chaired another meeting on plea and did not challenge the are locals. in which animal transporters “We are investigating the Sarai Kale Khan area on July 7, Minister, the LG expressed In his response on July May 16, focusing on just two rules under which the decision “So far, we have identified were transporting buffalo calves. case from all angles. We are also the police are yet to make any his surprise over the former’s 6, Kejriwal assured the LG pilot corridors – Corridor No. was taken by the Speaker. two attackers who were picked The men in the vehicles were looking into the documents arrests in the case. perception that the Delhi his complete cooperation 1 Aurobindo Marg (Aurobindo The court, questioning issue up from outer Delhi. We are transporting the calves, which carried by the men who were The driver was assaulted government was not made for resolution of the issue, Marg to Andheria More) and of maintainability of the plea, currently questioning both they had procured from Meham beaten up,” the official further by a 25-men strong mob, who aware of the task force created but informed that he and his Corridor No. 3 Savitri Flyover posted the same for Tuesday the accused and are trying to in Haryana and were going to said. The police will be relying claimed that the victim was to resolve traffic bottlenecks. ministers had no knowledge of (Chirag Delhi Crossing to and granted petitioners’ advo- identify more members of the Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh to on manual and technical sur- transporting buffaloes in his The LG’s office said that it the entire matter. Savitri Flyover). cate time to decide their next mob. The remaining members sell them. veillance to track the remaining Bolero jeep. Police have, on the informed the Chief Minister In his letter to the CM, The PWD minister not only course of action. will also be identified,” said a The men had also told members of the mob. other hand claimed that it was a about details of meetings the LG further informed that attended this meeting but also In June last week, the senior police official privy to the police that they could not Sources claimed that around fight over moving parked vehi- attended by the minister of the minutes of the very first gave useful suggestions, the Delhi Assembly was witness the investigation. furnish any papers regarding five raiding teams have been cles from the road. Public Works and Urban meeting he chaired to review letter said. to a drama when two visitors threw pamphlets and raised slo- gans demanding resignation of Reserved category students HC judge recuses from hearing Health Minister Satyendar Jain. NGT allows registration of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secure admission in top colleges plea against Sajjan Kumar MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj had then moved a motion against OUR CORRESPONDENT College for BSc Physics (Hons) diesel vehicles for fire tending NEW DELHI: Delhi High The court was informed that the two – Jagdeep Rana and at 94 per cent. Court judge on Monday recused the cases filed against Kumar Ranjan Kumar. Consequently, NEW DELHI: The dip in many While many secured admis- NEW DELHI: The National the bench that the fire depart- Later, the Supreme Court himself from hearing a plea falling under the jurisdiction Speaker Ram Niwas Goel sen- courses in the third cut-off list sions on Friday and Saturday, Green Tribunal (NGT) has ment has bought 20 new die- had also banned registration seeking cancellation of antici- of Janakpuri and Vikaspuri tenced them to one-month rig- of Delhi University has paved some still hustle at North cam- allowed registration of 20 new sel vehicles which are BS-IV of diesel-run SUVs and cars patory bail granted by the trial police stations in west Delhi, orous imprisonment. way for admissions to several pus to complete the last minute diesel vehicles of the Delhi Fire compliant. having engine capacity beyond court to Congress leader Saj- were lodged after delay of over Challenging the Speaker’s candidates. admission process. Many can- department which conform to Earlier, the NGT had 2000cc in Delhi and National jan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh 30 years as the complainant was June 28 decision, the accused High turnout was seen on didates are at an advantage due BS-IV emission norms. allowed 112 fire-fighting diesel Capital Region. riots case. “scared” to name the accused allege that the order was “ille- Monday at many North Cam- to the dip in cut-offs. A bench headed by NGT vehicles, more than 10-years- Due to this, the transport Justice AK Pathak listed the due to his “powerful” position. gal”, as it was issued without pus colleges, with students still “I have withdrawn my appli- Chairperson Justice Swatan- old, to ply on the roads of Delhi department was not register- petition moved by a Special The agency had submitted granting them an opportunity harbouring high hopes from cation from Sri Venkateswara ter Kumar granted the relief to but directed the department to ing the newly-procured vehi- Investigation Team (SIT), prob- that since his name had cropped to be heard. the University. College and have taken admis- the fire department after it was take urgent steps to replace the cles, which conform to BS-IV ing the killing of three Sikhs, to up during the SIT probe, he Seeking their release, they “I have got admission in sion in Ramjas College in Eng- informed that it does not have old vehicles. norms and not re-registering another bench. “Not before me. needed to be interrogated and said: “The petitioners had no BSc Life Sciences. I managed lish (Hons),” beamed Khushi, any vehicles which were more It had also directed the fire the old ones, the fire depart- List it before another bench on his custody was necessary as he intention to breach the privi- scored 80.5 per cent in the another student. than 10-years-old. department to either condemn ment said. July 13,” the judge said. has to be confronted with the lege of the legislative assembly Class XII Board exams,” said Another such candidate “We permit 20 vehicles the old vehicles or send them In a jolt to diesel car own- The SIT has sought cancel- evidence in the matter. or to commit contempt of the Withina, a student who hails is Keshav Garg, who secured of the fire department to be outside the city where air dis- ers in the national capital, the lation of the anticipatory bail It had said that as per com- same. The petitioners had no from Arunachal Pradesh. admission in Guru Gobind registered by the RTO Delhi persion was higher and vehicu- tribunal had directed the Delhi granted to Kumar by the trial plainant by one Harvinder intention to cause any dam- Withina secured admission Singh College in B.Com (Hons) which are conforming to BS-IV lar density less. government to cancel the reg- court on December 21 last year Singh, Kumar was seen leading a age to property or to the leg- in a reserved category, which at 96 per cent. norms. These vehicles should The fire departmentistration of all diesel-powered in a case of killing of three Sikhs. mob on the fateful day at around islators/staff present inside the also demanded high cut-off. Meanwhile, it is expected be used only for the purpose of had approached the green vehicles over 10 years old from While granting relief to the for- 11 AM. While the complaint in legislative assembly on that fate- Another aspirant in the that many colleges, such as fire tending and not any other panel seeking registration of plying in the city. mer MP on a personal bond of Janakpuri pertains to the kill- ful day. reserved category, Alismita, got SRCC, might not release a purpose,” the bench said. its new vehicles as the tribu- Later, the tribunal had clari- Rs one lakh and a surety of the ing of two Sikhs on Novem- “The intention of the peti- admission in BCom at Miranda fourth cut-off. Many seats have The tribunal’s order came nal had last year banned reg- fied that deregistration of old like amount, the trial court had ber 1, 1984, the other relates tioners was only to draw the House at 90 per cent. been filled and, as per sources, after advocate Tarunvir Singh istration of new diesel vehicles diesel vehicles in the national asked him not to leave the coun- to Gurcharan Singh who was attention of the government to Chirag seems really glad vacancies are still available for Khehar, appearing for the as well as their re-registration capital would be carried out in try without permission and to burnt and injured on November issues, being exploited by the after he got admission in Hindu reserved category aspirants. Delhi government, informed after 10 years. a phased manner. AGENCIES cooperate in the probe. 2, 1984. AGENCIES Opposition.” AGENCIES Four auto Hussain calls for ‘harmonious’ lifters held solution to resolve deforestation Worsening congestion, spiralling OUR CORRESPONDENT better solution for protection in Delhi, 17 of trees. NEW DELHI: Environment The Minister observed pollution choke Delhi: Study and Forest Minister Imran that removal of traffic conges- cases solved Hussain on Monday directed tion is a priority for the Delhi NEW DELHI: Delhi’s traffic speed is The survey report said the situa- ing data for NO2 from Anand Vihar, the concerned departments to government. rapidly falling due to crippling conges- tion has reached a state where the line R K Puram, Mandir Marg and Pun- NEW DELHI: Delhi Police come up with a ‘harmonious’ Moreover, protecting trees, tion, with weekends faring worse than between peak, and non-peak hours, jabi Bagh shows that when the average on Monday claimed to have solution to protect trees, along maintaining existing pedes- weekdays, which is pushing up pollu- when traffic is supposed to be less, has morning peak speed drops, NO2 levels arrested four auto lifters and with action for removal of traf- trian lane, slip lane, develop- tion levels and if left unaddressed, the blurred and roads have become more increase from 68 microgramme/cubic recovered 14 two-wheelers fic congestion. ing cycle tracks etc. are also top city may come to a “standstill”, a study congested during weekends. metre to 94 microgramme/cubic metre from them. The direction came during priorities. has said. The regulated speed is 40-55 km per – an increase of 38 per cent, the report The four were arrested in a meeting with environmen- Hussain expressed opti- The Centre for Science and Envi- hour while the actual observed average observed. Paharganj area of central Delhi talists and officers on felling of mism that with the combined ronment (CSE), based on a month-long peak speed on these roads now is 26 km “Congestion also imposes stagger- on Saturday during routine trees at Aurbindo Marg. effort of all departments and study, said the average traffic speed on per hour and during off-peak hours (12 ing costs on the economy that no one vehicle checking, said Dep- Hussain met a delegation environmentalists, a long-term 13 major arterial roads remains 50-60 pm - 4 pm) it is 27 km per hour. pays for. An IIT Madras study estimated uty Commissioner of Police of environmental activists, led solution can be found. per cent lower than the designed speed “The average peak speed noted annual congestion had cost Delhi Rs Mandeep S. Randhawa, add- by Padmavati Dwivedi, in the Hussain observed that air and up to 48 per cent lower than the The study by CSE also analysed hourly air during weekends is 25 km/hr which 54,000 crore in 2013. This is 12.5 per ing that with this 17 cases of presence of senior officers of pollution is a serious matter regulated speed. quality data for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) for is lower than the weekday speed of 26 cent higher than Delhi’s total annual two-wheeler thefts have been the Forest Department, Public in Delhi. Poor quality of air is Designed speed is the speed that a a selected day REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE km/hr. This even drops to 8 km/hr on budget for the year 2017-18,” it said. solved. Randhawa identified Works Department and Traf- responsible for falling health vehicle is supposed to achieve as per the Sri Aurobindo Marg and 9 km/hr on It underlined that congestion on the suspects as Mohit and Man- fic Police. standards leading to asthma, existing street design guidelines while have crossed the mark of one crore in Mehrauli Badarpur road during peak Delhi roads was growing at 7 per cent ish, both aged 21 years, and The Minister asked the bronchitis and other respira- regulated speed, lower than the former, 2017,” Anumita Roychowdhury, exec- hours,” the CSE report said. annually with about 537 cars and 1,158 Badal and Raj, aged 19 years – environmentalists to get in tory diseases among children is calculated based on the speed limit utive director- research and advocacy The CSE also analysed hourly air two- wheelers added everyday and the all residents of Delhi. touch with the special task and the elderly. imposed by the authorities. of CSE, said. quality data for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), numbers are further inflated by daily Police said Manish is the force led by the DCP (Traffic) Green cover acts as a buf- “If not addressed immediately, The survey, undertaken using which is largely influenced by traffic, for influx of vehicles from outside Delhi. leader of the gang and was also on this issue. fer against air pollution and a Delhi will run to a standstill. This is Google Maps, was based on data col- a selected day. With a further drop in car prices wanted in two murder cases in He also asked the Horticul- holistic solution to the prob- an inevitable consequence of explosive lected for every hour between 8 am to The Central Pollution Control under the GST, congestion will only Delhi. AGENCIES ture Department to suggest a lem has to be evolved, he said. and unrestrained vehicle numbers that 8 pm in the month of June. Board’s (CPCB) real time monitor- grow, a CSE statement said. AGENCIES 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 JNUSU protests mob Abide by traffic rules, Delhi violence outside Police HQ ZAFAR ABBAS

Police tell kanwariyas NEW DELHI: Accusing the Delhi police of going soft on ZAFAR ABBAS would also pass from Najafgarh Road people indulged in thrashing (From Zakhira to Najafgarh). of a Muslim man in South east NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has The traffic police has made diversion Delhi, the JNU Student's Union decided to go tough with law on plan during the days of heavy rush after and SFI protested outside the kanwariyas (Shiva devotees) and have July 14 till July 21. Delhi Police Headquarters, advised the men to follow traffic rules HTVs will be diverted by UP Police demanding stringent actions when they enter the capital or will face from Mohan Nagar towards NH-24 and and punishment for those procecution. no such traffic will be allowed towards involved in a violent attack on The traffic police will also record any Wazirabad Road via Bhopra Border and man that later turned ugly with traffic violation that is carried out in the or towards GT Road via Apsara Border. passing of religious slurs. name of Kanwar Yatra and will also keep HTVs except city buses will not be A group of students an eye on the Kanwarias. allowed on GT Road towards Shahdara gathered at ITO carrying “The devotees and road users are and Wazirabad Road. playcards and raising slogans though the assault was severe. One of the protestor advised to follow the traffic rules and Heavy commercial transport vehicles, against the Delhi Police and He was bleeding.” said Ehsaan Gayatri, a JNU student, also obey the directions of policemen on except city buses, coming from GT mob violence. Alam, brother of the victim expressed concern over the duty. During this period of Kanwaria Karnal Road at Outer Ring Road will be The protest was carried Iftekhar who was assaulted. mob violence cases and raised movement, traffic violations will be diverted straight towards NH-24 and will out amid heavy security The cops have booked the serious questions against the monitored and initiated on the spot not be allowed to move on Wazirabad arrangements by police. The assailants under the Section law enforcing agencies. prosecution and will also be captured by The Shiva devotees or Kanwariyas, are have been advised to follow the traffic rules or will Road and G.T. Road towards Shahdara. students stood up on the 323 ( voluntary causing hurt) “I think these groups like photography or videography of violations be persecuted on the spot by Delhi Traffic Police PIC/PTI Heavy commercial transport vehicles, barricades and raised anti- and 341 ( wrongful restraint ) cow vigilante groups enjoy which will be followed by prosecution," except city buses coming from internal police slogans. which the protestors said are a sort of immunity and the said Narendra Singh Bundela, Joint CP number will start increasing from July 14. –ISBT Flyover – Boulevard Road – Rani areas like Sonia Vihar, PTS Wazirabad “My brother was assaulted too dilute, considering the level agencies fail to book them Traffic. To facilitate their movemt the traffic Jhansi Road – Faiz Road – Vande Matram Pushta, Pushta Road will be diverted by a group of men at Kale of injuries Iftekhar, who works under serious sections which The Delhi Police has also made police has made several routes from Marg – Dhaula Kuan –NH-8 and exit towards Outer Ring Road via Wazirabad Khan over trivial issue. He with Metro, sustained. could deter them from the massive arrangements for the Kanwad where the Kanwarias would pass in from Rajokri Border to enter Haryana. Road to take NH-24. was brutally thrashed by a The protestors also gave violent activity they indulge in. Yatra in which the Kanwarias, destined Delhi. In South East Delhi Kalindi Kunj – “We will also keep a close eye if grup of men on the road. speeches against mob violence Its time that strict punishment for Delhi and different cities of Haryana The main routes of the Kanwarias Mathura Road –Badarpur Border and some anti social elecment in the guise of He is undergoing treatment. and expfressed concern over should be imparted so that and Rajasthan, will start reaching Delhi through Delhi would be Apsara Border from New Rohtak Road (From Kamal kanwarias enter Delhi.” said Deependra However, the cops have booked the recent rise in the lynching these group could be retrained,” on foot from July 10 onwards, where their – Shahdara Flyover –Seelampur ‘T’ point T-Point to Tikri Border). The Kanwarias Pathak, Chief spokesperson, Delhi Police. the accused in light sections cases agaisnt the minorties. she said. Man strangled Ggn cops get gang IAF man falls off Metro RTV NE woman pulled out from to death by auto by audacious snatchers colleague in involved in vehicle thefts ZAFAR ABBAS Meghalaya was discharged OUR CORRESPONDENT bus in Sangam Vihar, dies with vehicle theft and chain from the hospital on Sunday. Mundka snatching. NEW DELHI: The dividing We have formed teams to arrest GURUGRAM: In two separate The two arrested have OUR CORRESPONDENT line between snatchers and the accused persons involved in OUR CORRESPONDENT cases, the Gurugram Police was been identified as Rinku and According to robbers is getting thinner as the snatching,” said DCP South able to successfully get hold of Chaman. NEW DELHI: A man police, the victim the acts of the snatchers are get- East Romil Baniya. NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old burglars involved in carrying The police recovered a sto- working with Air Force station ting more and more dangerous In another incident man was found strangulated to out thefts of vehicles in the len auto, a country made pis- Tughlaqabad in South East Ajay Gaurav was with each passing day. reported from Shakarpur on death in Mundka area on late households. tol and one live cartridge from Delhi died after he fell from travelling with In a daring robbery attempt Sunday, a 54-year-old woman Sunday night. In the first case, the police the culprits. the Metro RTV bus in Sangam on Sunday, a woman from was robbed in a moving auto The deceased has been arrested three persons who The two have been charged Vihar on Sunday night. his family in the North East was pulled out of in east Delhi. identified as Manish, who used were involved in stealing over under sections of 398 (carry- The deceased, identified RTV when he a moving auto rickshaw as she It was also alleged that to work in a local godown near seven motorcycles from the ing out robbery with a deadly as Ajay Gaurav, was travelling resisted the bike snatcher's when the woman resisted the his house. National Capital Region's weapon), 401 (crime com- with his family in the RTV reportedly lost attempt when the men tried snatchers to take her gold ban- The police has arrested the Sohna area. mitted in form of a gang) of when he allegedly lost balance balance while to snatch her purse in Lajpat gles, the bike-borne assailants accused on Monday. The accused persons have the Indian Penal Code and while taking the ticket and fell Nagar area. opened fire in the air to scare The accused, identified been identified as Shakil, 25.54.59 of the Arms Act. from the open door. taking the ticket The snatchers fled away her. as Sunny, had killed Manish Hakim and Salim and stole According to police, the Gaurav suffered from a and fell from the with the purse, leaving the The robbers also forcibly after they got into a verbal motorcycles from areas of two men confessed that they serious head injury and was woman with injuries which she stopped her auto and took confrontation. Badshahpur, Sector-50 area of were in the process of stealing a rushed to the hospital but was open door sustained after she fell down out her bangles which left her A case has been registered Gurugram and also in Noida vehicle when they were caught declared brought dead. on road. bleeding. under appropriate sections and Delhi. by the police. Ajay was a native from Police say he was not “We have registered an FIR The injuries were severe A passerby informed cops of the Indian Penal Code at The seven motorcycles sto- “It is a major success for the Bihar and was residing in Delhi holding anything and as he put under sections 279 and 304 enough for the woman to be after which an FIR was lodged Mundka Police Station. len have also been recovered by Gurugram Police to get hold of with his family. his hand inside his wallet to buy Aof IPC against the driver of admitted to a hospital. but the assailants are still at According to police, the police. these thieves. It has been learnt that the a ticket he lost balance. the RTV. We have not made The woman laterlarge. Manish who lived with his In another case, the police "It is surely expected to put sudden speeding of the bus According to police, he was any arrest so far and are yet to approached the police and a The cops are trying to arrest family at Puncture Wali Gali in arrested two persons who brakes on the cases of theft in made Ajay lose balance while rushed to the nearby hospital find out whose fault it was," case was registered in Lajpat the snatchers but the daring Mundka, was found dead a few were involved in the burglaries the city,” said a senior official standing near the entry door immediately but could not be said DCP South East Romil Nagar Police Station. snatching incidents created a metres away from his house. in the households along from Gurugram. of the RTV. saved. Baaniya. “The lady who is from worry for the Delhi Police. He was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, where doctors declared him brought 2 die as truck rams Gr Noida dead. New Ggn residents protest against 234 booked for drunken After finding injury their vehicles in Authority to marks on his neck, police had registered the case of different incidents errant builders, lack of facilities driving in South Delhi issue CC to 13 murder. “The medical report showed OUR CORRESPONDENT PIYUSH OHRIE OUR CORRESPONDENT that he died of strangulation. builders We had reason to believe GURUGRAM: In separate GURUGRAM: Once regarded NEW DELHI : With a view to that he was strangulated accidents, two persons were as an area where the next real curb the incidents of drunken OUR CORRESPONDENT with a cloth. So, we visited killed on Sunday after a truck estate growth of Gurugram driving, the traffic police in the locality as we thought rammed their vehicles. would begin, various southern range has intensified GREATER NOIDA: This year, that it may be a case of Dhirendra, a security deficiencies now looms over action for such violations. the Hindu festival Diwali will personal enmity,” said a senior guard in Hero Moto Corp, was sectors of New Gurugram area As a result, the southern soothe the nerves of around police official, privy to the brought at a critical condition that spans from Sector 81 to 95. range traffic has prosecuted 234 10,000 home-buyers as the investigation. at a private hospital but suc- The defects have resulted persons during the last week- Greater Noida Authority is Soon after police picked cumbed to death. The incident in several citizens holding pro- end i.e. July 8, 9 and 10. all set to issue Completion him from the locality itself was reported from Sector -33 test against the civic agencies as "The joint checking with Certificates (CC) to thirteen for questioning, Sunny was area. He belonged to Mainpuri well as the builders. the active assistance of local residential projects in Greater arrested. district of Uttar Pradesh. On Sunday, over 100 resi- police was conducted at stra- Noida. He told police that he was The truck driver who hit dents protested against Vatika tegic locations in Nehru Place, Of the total of The authority team is also fired recently from the godown, Dhirendra is still at large. developer for levying higher of construction. due to legal issues or dispute Hauz Khas, Greater Kailash 234 prosecutions checking papers of their proj- where he and Manish worked. In another incident, a 45- maintenance charges but pro- “Areas like New Gurugram between the builder and the and many more locations in ects to issue Completion Certif- “Sunny was an year-old woman, identified viding poor facilities. and Dwarka Expressway was civic agency. South district " said DCP Traf- in drink and drive icates or occupation certificate alcoholic and would steal from as Kamala, died after a truck The residents in their pro- envisioned as new real estate Residents in these sectors fic Vijay Singh. acts, 51 were subjected to builders furnish- his owner," the official said. rammed into the bike in which test highlighed that how the revolution in Gurugram. have also raised their grievances Of the total of 234 prosecu- ing mandatory documents. "On the day of the incident, she was travelling at Pachgaon plastered materials of the build- Unfortunately, most of the on the erratic power supply and tions, 51 were reported in the reported in south The aim of the authority is Sunny was loitering around the Chowk. ing are wearing off even though projects got started in 2008 proper supply of water. area of south district and 183 district and 183 in to relieve the home buyers who godown. Her son, Harish, who it is a new construction. when the bad times for real “I bought the flat at the area in the area of south east district. have suffered since past many "When Manish asked him was riding the bike, is receiv- With most of the projects estate companies had started,” in 2009 but have not shifted The officers conducting the south east district. years under the dual burden of to leave, Sunny got angry ing treatment and said to be started in 2008, the inhabitants said a property expert who even after 8 years because special drive were deployed rent and EMI. and fought with him, killing critical. had to first face the difficulty of wished to be anonymous. the infrastructure is still not with body worn cameras. driving especially during the The inspection of builder’s him in the process,” the official The police though have delay in possession and now In most of the areas, there adequate for me to shift with The cops would continue weekend in the coming days site will ensure the welfare of added. arrested the truck driver. facing the issues of poor quality are no roads for connectivity my family,” said Raman Malik. the action against drunken as well. the homebuyers and investors as it will provide a complete status report of each builder’s project. YEIDA to undertake feasibility Stagnant water at sites makes Ggn This will protect the home buyers from getting exploited by the builder as in many report for Jewar airport citizens vulnerable to dengue, malaria cases they start giving out the possession in incomplete flats PIYUSH OHRIE While the civic agencies in and with no facilities. RAHUL SINGH “Once we are done with the which an aircraft will take off collaboration with the various “We have expedited the consultant’s report, we will start and land” said Prabhat Kumar, GURUGRAM: The large citizen groups have already process of issuing occupation GREATER NOIDA: The land acquisition. The selection chairman, YEIDA. scale construction activities launched various awareness certificate to a building, which Yamuna Expressway Industrial of villages for this purpose will “The state government has happening in Gurugram is programmes on tackling is ready and has obtained all Development Authority be decided only after the report directed the authority to fulfil proving to be a challenge in vector-borne diseases, there is necessary permissions. The (YEIDA) will undertake a is submitted. We plan to finalise all formalities and requirements tackling vector-borne diseases a steady rise of patients with respective builders will have to techno-economic feasibility the right consultant in the for setting up the airport. The like dengue, chikungunya and dengue and chikungunya. furnish all required documents report (TEFR) for the next three months. They will construction requires NOC malaria as most of these sites This year, there have already at the earliest. development and construction be given a month to prepare from various departments. We having poor drainage facilities been around 20 cases of "The team who will of the proposed international the report, after which land have expedited the process and making it ripe for the larvae dengue, 14 cases chikungunya conduct the inspections will airport near Greater Noida’s acquisition will start,” said a are making all possible efforts,” to grow due to stagnant water and four cases of malaria. submit their report by July Jewar village. senior official of YEIDA. Kumar added. at these places. More than 250 larvae have 31. Following which we are Later in July, YEIDA will The consultant will be The consultant will also Besides construction already been found in the planning to issue the CC by submit documents to seek needed to undertake detailed identify significant technical activities carried out by surveillance by the district August 15 so that the units clearance for the environment studies and prepare the and economic factors private builders, there are Mentioning of the status in most of the roads getting health department. are handed over to the home Impact Assessment (EIA). TEFR. It is believed that the influencing the proposed also large scale developmental of development at NH-8 inundated. Not only vector borne buyers by Diwali this year ,” In order to prepare EIA will also be undertaken airport and evaluate their activities to revamp the city’s underpasses and flyovers that The problem got further disease but there is also an said Debashish Panda, Chief the feasibility report, the simultaneously. positive and negative impacts. infrastructure across various are being developed at various compounded when along with additional challenge of dealing Execfutive Officer, Greater authority has started seeking “First, we will seek an NOC The report will include parts. intersections, the authorities rainwater, the sewage water with rise in water borne Noida Industrial Development consultants in the project. from the EIA, following which construction of an airport In most of the sites, the stated that 50 per cent of the flooded some part of the city diseases like diahorrea among Authority (GNIDA). Pawan Hans Limited is one an NOC will also be taken terminal, runways, boarding stages of construction at the construction is complete. roads. city residents. Without an completion of the companies contacted to from the Supreme Court. gates, retail space, waiting beginning stretch which has Recently, the poor drainage In some areas like Sector-21, In 2016, there were more certificate, a builder can prepare the feasibility report The consultant will conduct lounges, control rooms, office resulted in large pits being system of the city was exposed Udyog Vihar and Sikanderpur, than 400 cases of dengue that neither offer possession to the and assess the potential of the survey of the area and help space, security systems and dugged where the water gets when the rain showers that the waterlogging problem still were registered by the district buyer nor execute property international airport. us to decide the direction in other related infrastructure. stored. lashed city earlier resulted persists. health department. registration of a housing unit. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp nation Police arrest five militants Tomato prices are ED summons Misa Bharti in Manipur still ruling high OUR CORRESPONDENT at `60-75 per kg! in `8,000-crore PMLA case IMPHAL: Five militants including a woman belonging to OUR CORRESPONDENT Mani Mala Delhi Properties different separatist outfits were OUR CORRESPONDENT Pvt. Ltd, and Diamond Vini- arrested from various places NEW DELHI: The Enforce- may Pvt. Ltd. in the Imphal valley, a senior NEW DELHI: Tomato prices ment Directorate (ED) has These 1,20,000 shares, police officer said on Monday. A are ruling in the range of Rs issued summons to RJD MP it said, were bought back by police team along with women 60-75 per kg in most retail Misa Bharti after it recently Bharti at Rs 10 per unit. personnel arrested “an active markets in the country as conducted raids against her The ED had also arrested member” of the proscribed out- rains have damaged the crop and her husband in connection Rajesh Agarwal, a Chartered fit United National Liberation in major producing states such with a Rs 8,000 crore money Accountant allegedly linked to Front (UNLF) from her resi- as Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh laundering case. Bharti, daugh- Bharti, who provided accom- dence at Warukok Awang Leikai and Madhya Pradesh. ter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, modation entries (black funds) in Thoubal district on Satur- However, the supplies are has been asked to depose of about Rs 60 lakh to Mishail day, the officer said. She has expected to improve in com- before the investigating officer Printers and Packers Private been identified as 29-year-old ing days with rains receding in of the case here on Tuesday, Limited. Mutum Sumila Chanu. some parts helping transport of officials said on Monday. The searches, they said, are In another development, the crop to mandis. state will begin to improve, She has also been asked to part of investigations to unravel police arrested a member of the The prices of tomato, the he said. In the case of Uttar bring along certain documents, these links which allegedly banned terrorist outfit Kanglei- key kitchen staple, have gone Pradesh, the part close to Utta- including those related to her routed black money using the pak Communist Party (Lamy- up for last two weeks. It is avail- rakhand is still affected due to personal finances, they said. shell companies in question. anba Khuman) and seized one able at Rs 75 per kg in Kolkata, rains while the western region Her husband Shailesh Shell companies are firms .32 mm pistol with magazine, Rs 70 in Delhi, Rs 60 in Chen- closer to Delhi is recovering. Kumar is also expected to be set up with nominal paid up five live rounds and one Chi- nai and Rs 59 in Mumbai, as There are mixed reports from summoned. On July 8, the cen- capital, high reserves and sur- nese-made hand grenade from per official data. Madhya Pradesh. tral probe agency had raided plus on account of receipt of his possession on Saturday. “Frequent rains have not Singh said it is difficult to three Delhi premises of Bharti, high share premium, invest- Based on the disclosure of only damaged the tomato crop access the extent of damage Shailesh and a firm allegedly were searched by the ED. dra Jain - and others who are Private Limited. Bharti and her ment in unlisted companies the arrested militant identified in big producing states like of the kharif crop at present. linked to them in the money The agency now wants to alleged to have laundered sev- husband were allegedly direc- and no dividend income or as Thoudam Premkumar Singh Karnataka, but also affected the But these states have huge area laundering probe involving question Bharti and confront eral crore of rupees using over tors of this firm in the past. high amount of cash-in-hand. (30), one of his associate known transportation,” Indian Coun- under tomato crop and the sup- shell companies. The ED action her with certain documents 90 shell companies. The Jain The agency said it was The ED is the third central as Md Manir Khan was also cil of Agricultural Research plies could not reach mandis came a day after the CBI had seized by it. brothers were arrested by the detected that 1,20,000 shares body probing the alleged finan- arrested from his residence at (ICAR) Deputy Director Gen- due to poor infrastructure and raided multiple premises of the The latest summons and Enforcement Directorate ear- of Mishail Printers and Pack- cial irregularities by the Lalu Oinam Sawombung. eral (Horticulture) A K Singh transportation. RJD chief and his family in a searches are connected to the lier under provisions of the ers private limited were bought Prasad family after the CBI Acting on a tip-off, police said. The country’s tomato pro- corruption case. Rs 8,000 crore money launder- Prevention of Money Laun- during 2007-08 at a rate of Rs and the Income Tax depart- arrested two militants belonging According to reports from duction is estimated to be Three farmhouses of Bharti, ing probe being conducted by dering Act (PMLA). 100 per share by four shell ment which recently attached to Kuki National Front (Indian) the states, the rains have started higher by 15 per cent at 187 her husband and one registered the ED against two Delhi-based One of the firms that the companies -- Shalini Hold- benami assets worth about Rs on Saturday morning from Lan- receding in Karnataka, giving lakh tonnes in 2016-17 crop in the name of Mishail Printers businessmen brothers - Suren- brother-duo dealt with was ings Limited, Ad-Fin Capi- 180 crore (market value) in its gol Games village in Imphal some respite to growers and year (July- June), as per the and Packers Private Limited dra Kumar Jain and Viren- Mishail Printers and Packers tal Services (India) Pvt. Ltd, investigation against them. West district. traders. The supplies from the government estimate. We’ve given coal scam Samjhauta blast: Focus on ease of doing biz, maximise Aadhaar use: PM to states Court gives Pak OUR CORRESPONDENT opportunity for us” and the states must (GeM) by August 15, saying it would documents to Jindal time to produce accord top priority to improve on “ease provide efficiency, savings and trans- NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nar- of doing business” to attract more parency in government procurement. witnesses endra Modi on Monday asked states investments. The prime minister further said that and other accused: CBI to accord top priority to ‘ease of doing Modi’s interaction was part of the good governance is the key to success OUR CORRESPONDENT business’, saying the country must make National Conference of Chief Secre- for government programmes and devel- OUR CORRESPONDENT best use of the ‘golden opportunity’ as taries on the theme of “States as Driv- opment goals. NEW DELHI: A special NIA the world wants to partner with India. ers for Transforming India”. This is the He said “relatively junior officers” in NEW DELHI: The CBI on court, hearing the 2007 Sam- Interacting with chief secretaries of first time, that the prime minister has states must spend adequate time in field Monday told a special court jhauta train bombing case, has states and union territories here, Modi addressed such a gathering at such an visits, so that they are aware first- hand here that the copies of the agreed to Pakistan’s request for underlined the need for maximum use event. about issues on the ground. charge sheet and other docu- more time to produce 13 of its of the 12-digit biometric identifier Aad- The prime minister sat for over two Besides chief secretaries, the meet- ments have been handed over nationals as witnesses. haar to improve governance and elimi- hours during the day-long meeting ing was attended by Union Minister of to the accused, including Con- The National Investigation nate leakages in government schemes. organised by the Niti Aayog. State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh, gress leader and industrialist Agency’s lawyer informed the Observing that the whole world He further said the use of Aadhaar Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Pan- Naveen Jindal, in a coal scam special court in Panchkula today has trust in India and wants to has brought benefits all around and He also asked the states to maximise agariya and Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh case. last week about the Pakistan partner with it, he said “this is a golden eliminated leakages. the use of government’s e-Marketplace Kant. The CBI told this to Spe- Foreign Office expressing its cial CBI Judge Bharat Parashar inability to produce its nation- who had earlier taken strong als at short notice, official objection to non-supply of the sources said on Monday. Hope to be unified with Stop giving antibiotics to chicken papers by the central probe after taking cognisance of the NIA handed over fresh agency. The judge then posted supplementary charge sheet summons to the Ministry of CPI-M in 4-5 years: CPI the matter for further hearing filed by the CBI on March 24. External Affairs (MEA) with as it puts people at risk: Law panel on July 26. Besides Jindal, the case fresh three dates-- November The court had on May 25 also involves former Minister 29 and 30 and December 1 -- OUR CORRESPONDENT Reddy said on some of OUR CORRESPONDENT portation and house- keeping is proven that non-therapeu- granted bail to five accused of State for Coal Dasari Nara- for sending it on to Pakistani the issues, such as secularism, of egg-laying hens and broiler tic antibiotics given to poul- named by the CBI in its sup- yan Rao and ex-Jharkhand authorities, the sources said. HYDERABAD: The Commu- democracy and upholding the NEW DELHI: The chicken chickens’ observed. It explained try cause such resistance. Such plementary charge sheet in Chief Minister Madhu Koda The court had earlier nist Party of India expects uni- Constitution, the two parties and eggs you eat could be con- that climatic conditions such as antibiotics are given to poultry the case which pertains to as accused. issued summons on March 17 fication of the party with the are already working together in taminated with antibiotics, temperature and humidity play because their living conditions the allocation of Amarkonda CBI had alleged that Koda and asked witnesses to appear CPI-M in next 4-5 years, says terms of campaigns and agita- leading to drug resistance in an important role in attaining are cramped and unhygienic. Murgadangal coal block in had favoured Jindal group firms before it from July 4. Of 299 CPI General Secretary Sura- tions. “But on the question of your body, the Law Commis- maximum production. Higher “With more open, cleaner Jharkhand. -- Jindal Steel and Power Ltd witnesses, court proceedings varam Sudhakar Reddy. unity, no direct talk till now,” sion has warned citing studies. temperatures would lead to low and ventilated living space the Those granted the relief (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge Iron for 249 have been completed. Reddy says most of the rea- he said. However, he said there The commission has now productivity. animals are less likely to need were Jindal Steel’s adviser Pvt Ltd (GSIPL) -- in allocation Sixty-eight people were sons that led to the split in the are positive signs from within recommended that antibiotics, “Therefore, the birds are these constant antibiotics mak- Anand Goel, Gurgaon-based of Amarkonda Murgadangal charred to death in the blasts in Communist movement in 1964 the Communist Party of India including coccidiostats, “shall usually kept at constant tem- ing their eggs and meat safer Green Infra’s Vice-Presi- coal block in Jharkhand. two coaches of the Samjhauta are irrelevant today, making (Marxist) for unification of the not be administered” to broiler peratures in poultry farms in for human consumption,” the dent Siddharth Madra, Nihar All the accused have denied Express in Panipat on Febru- a strong case for the coming two parties. But, the leadership chickens and egg laying hens India. The downside to this is Centre told the law panel. Stocks Ltd Director BSN Sury- the allegations levelled against ary 18, 2007. The investigators together of the two parties. of CPI-M is yet to discuss the except under the supervision that the birds would be more The law panel recalled that anarayan, Mumbai-based KE them and said there was no evi- had initially believed activists “It (the unification) should issue with the CPI, he said. of a veterinarian. In its report susceptible to diseases even the central government had International’s Chief Finan- dence to show that there was of the banned SIMI (Students happen; otherwise both the On what’s stopping the on poultry birds, the law panel with small changes in cli- in the past issued instructions cial Officer Rajeev Aggarwal any conspiracy during the coal Islamic Movement of India) parties will suffer. We have a coming together of the two has said that it is also impor- matic conditions, affecting the against the use of antibiotics. and Mumbai’s Essar Power block allocation process. were behind the blasts, but later feeling that the Left movement parties, Reddy said it’s for the tant that the feed used must chances of their survival. Con- In June, 2014 the Depart- Ltd Executive Vice-Chairman The CBI recently filed concluded that the attack had is in difficulty these days so CPI-M to say. be nutrient-rich and devoid of sequently, they are fed antibiot- ment of Animal Husbandry, Sushil Kumar Maroo. another charge sheet against been planned by a group with there is no necessity for dupli- “We feel they (CPI-M) want antibiotics as it affects the con- ics to boost immunity,” it said. Dairying and Fisheries has also The names of these five per- Jindal and five others, including right-wing leanings. cation of work by the two par- to discuss some issues which sumer food quality standard. In response to the notice issued an advisory to depart- sons were given by Suresh Sing- Goel and Maroo, for allegedly The NIA has filed a charge- ties, doing same type of work,” led to the split (in 1964). But But, “there are no statutory inviting suggestions on the ments of animal husbandry hal, a chartered accountant, cheating the government by sheet against several people, Reddy said here. what we feel is most of them regulations, at present to pre- issue, the panel had received of all the states saying, regular who was chargesheeted by the misrepresenting facts to get the including Swami Aseemanand, “If we work together, there are irrelevant today,” he said. scribe the standard, quality and several responses, including feeding of antibiotics has seri- CBI as accused in the case but Madhya Pradesh based Urtan who walked free in the Ajmer will be better results. I won’t say Reddy recalled the split in quantity of food for poultry in the one from the Tata Memo- ous consequences on human had later turned an approver. North coal block. They have Dargah blast case earlier this everything will change over- the international communist India which leads to rampant rial Centre, Mumbai. The Cen- being since residues of antibi- The court had summoned been summoned as accused for year after prosecution wit- night but definitely there will movement and differences use of antibiotics in the poul- tre said many Indians suffer otics may accumulate in meat, the five new persons as accused September 4 in the case. nesses turned hostile. be better results,” he said. between China and Russia. try feed,” the report ‘Trans- from antibiotic resistance as it milk and eggs. Will implement EPFO adds over 1 crore new Sushma assures of efforts to trace Indians in Mosul SC decision on OUR CORRESPONDENT members in first half of 2017 Request for visa to Jadhav’s Padmanabha CHANDIGARH: External vault: Govt OUR CORRESPONDENT Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj mother gets no response on Monday assured Punjab THIRUVANANTHA- HYDERABAD: Retirement Chief Minister Amarinder NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma PURAM: The Kerala gov- fund body EPFO has added Singh that her ministry was ernment on Monday made it over 1 crore new subscribers making all-out efforts to trace Swaraj on Monday expressed dismay over lack clear that it would implement between January 1 and June 39 Indians, mostly from Pun- of courtesy shown by her Pakistani counterpart whatever decision the Supreme 30 this year, Union minister jab, who had been held hos- Sartaj Aziz, who has not even acknowledged Court took on opening vault ‘B’ Bandaru Dattatreya said on tage in the Iraqi city of Mosul her personal letter requesting for a Pakistani of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Monday. since 2014. visa for Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother. However, temple here. Devaswom Minis- “In the entire sixty years Reacting to reports that the ter Kadakkampally Surendran after Independence, the num- families of the hostages were she assured Aziz that any Pakistani national held talks with the members of ber of PF subscribers was trying to locate their kin after seeking a medical visa to travel to India with his the erstwhile Travancore royal 4.3 crore and that of ESIC the liberation of Mosul from recommendation will be given the visa immedi- family here to hear their views (Employees State Insurance ISIS forces by Iraq, Amarinder its government and facili- ately. In a series of tweets, Swaraj said, “I have on the matter. Corporation) subscribers was ees’ (SPREE). ments and disbursement of on Monday called up Swaraj to tate the return of the Indians my sympathies for all Pakistan nationals seek- He later told reporters that 1.9 crore. We have undertaken The Employees Provident bonus from these investments, seek her intervention. stuck there, a spokesperson the royal family was against the a nationwide campaign for Fund Organisation (EPFO) he said. The chief minister told her of the Chief Minister’s Office ing medical visa for their treatment in India. opening of the vault as accord- enrolment of new subscribers. has invested about Rs 24,980 Investible income is the that the families of the hos- (CMO) said. The Union min- All that we require is his recommendation for ing to them, there were “rit- We also offered incentives for crore in exchange-traded- net income of the EPFO from tages were keenly awaiting the ister said she had also directed the grant of medical visa to Pakistan nation- ualistic restrictions” on the the duration of the campaign,” funds (ETFs) as of June 30 and the investments it has already return of their kin following the Indian embassy to extend als.” She said a visa application was pending opening of the “sacred” vault, the Union labour minister told the market value of this invest- made in various forms and ISIS’ defeat and needed the all help to the stranded people which had never been opened said here. “We got new 1.01 ment was Rs 28,115 crore with fresh contributions, among central government’s support from the country. for Indian national Avantika Jadhav who wants before. However, the govern- crore registrations in PF alone an absolute return of 12.55 per others. Last year, the investible in bringing them back. Air India officials at the air- to meet her son in Pakistan. “I wrote a personal ment has made it clear that and under ESIC we have added cent on that date, Dattatreya income was about Rs 1.50 lakh Swaraj assured Amarinder ports had also been instructed letter to Mr Sartaj Aziz for the grant of her visa whatever decision the apex 1.20 lakh new subscribers to said. “In 2017-18, we are going crore, a senior EPFO official of all possible efforts by her to facilitate their return, said to Pakistan. However, Mr Aziz has not shown court takes on the matter, it the existing two crore,” he said. to invest Rs 23,000 crore in had said earlier. ministry to bring back the Indi- Swaraj, adding that her min- the courtesy even to acknowledge my letter,” would be implemented. The A senior ESIC official said ETFs. It is about 15 per cent The minister said the EPFO ans who were kidnapped by istry had activated all available Supreme Court-appointed the new subscriptions came of the investible amount of recently signed agreements terror group ISIS from a con- sources to trace the missing she tweeted. Jadhav, 46, was allegedly arrested amicus curiae (an impartial from enrolment of about EPFO,” he said. with five banks for collection struction site in Mosul. Indians. Amarinder said the by Pakistan in the restive Balochistan province adviser to a court of law in a 97,000 business establishments The pension body has asked of provident fund and making She said Minister of State state government would take last year. He has been sentenced to death by particular case) in the matter, in the past six months under the Indian Institute of Manage- payments of withdrawals, pen- for External Affairs General all steps to enable them to get a Pakistani military court on charges of espio- Gopal Subramaniam, is also the ‘Scheme to Promote Regis- ment, Ahmedabad to study and sion and insurance with zero (retd) V K Singh had been back to their homes once they expected to meet the members nage and terrorism. MPOST tration of Employers/ Employ- give a report on ETF invest- transaction charges. sent to Iraq to coordinate with return to India. of the royal family soon. MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 Assam floods worsen, 7 more Commuters face tough time as INLD workers block roads die; Bihar lightning toll 32 OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDIGARH: A large MPOST BUREAU region for next six days upto number of commuters going July 15. towards Haryana and Delhi NEW DELHI: The flood situ- The national capital, mean- had a harrowing time on Mon- ation in Assam turned critical while, experienced a sunny day day as Haryana’s main oppo- on Monday with seven more with the maximum tempera- sition party INLD’s workers people losing their lives, while ture settling at 38 degrees cel- blocked the entry of vehicles in Bihar, the toll from lighting sius, two notches above the coming from Punjab at sev- strikes mounted to 32. season's average. eral places. A whopping 12.55 lakh The minimum tempera- The vehicles were stopped, people across 20 districts in ture settled at 30 degrees, three including on the Delhi-Ambala Assam have been hit hard by notches above the normal, said highway, as part of a day-long the calamity, a recurring phe- a Met department official. protest by the INLD over the nomenon every year. The humidity oscillated SYL issue. INLD workers rally at the Haryana-Punjab border, which was sealed With the fresh deaths, the between 73 and 44 per cent. Despite the police assuring over the SYL issue, in Ambala on Monday total number of people losing The Met office has forecast a smooth flow of traffic, hapless their lives in this year's flood- overcast skies with the possibil- commuters could be seen fac- After blocking the way, not ply its Haryana and Delhi- related cases has gone up to 33, ity of rain and thundershowers ing harassment with the block- INLD workers gave flowers to bound buses in the wake of including seven in the state's in the evening on Tuesday. ade of roads at different places commuters with a message that protest. largest city Guwahati. It was a similar story in including Shambhu toll plaza they should ask Punjab govern- The INLD held protest at In the neighbouring north- Punjab and Haryana, where near the Ambala-Shambhu ment to give water to Haryana. many points from 10 am till 3 eastern state of Arunachal maximum temperatures today border, Lalru -Chandigarh Police said traffic snarls pm, including the Lalru-Chan- Pradesh, incessant rains for the stayed few notches above nor- road and Dabwali on Haryana- were also witnessed at six digarh road, Ambala-Shambhu past three days triggered land- mal with the high humidity Punjab border. places - two at the Ambala- border, village Datasinghwala slides and flash floods, claiming leaving people sweltering. Seeking construction of Chandigarh national highway, of Narwana constituency in A man sails his boat in the flood-affected Kuthori village near Kaziranga National Park in Nagaon district of the life of a 3-year-old girl who Assam on Monday UT Chandigarh, joint capi- the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) two in Fatehabad and one each Jind district, Ratia-Budlahada was tragically washed away on tal of of the two states, recorded canal to get Haryana’s share in Jind and Sirsa districts. road (Jakhal point) in Fate- Sunday. Major rivers in the capital Patna. The toll reported the Ganga have started rising region and at a few places in a maximum temperature of of water, INLD leaders and Led by senior INLD leaders habad district and Dabwali on state are flowing above the dan- on Sunday was 16. while Ghaghra and Sharda are the western districts. 37.4 degrees Celsius, three workers squatted on the roads, including party general secre- Haryana-Punjab border. ger level while surface commu- The hardest-hit districts flowing above the danger mark Heavy rains lashed several degrees above normal. placed tyres and even parked tary and Leader of Opposition, The party claimed that their nication was disrupted at many of Rohtas and Vaishali have at some places. parts of Himachal Pradesh as In Haryana, Ambala and their own vehicles and trac- Abhay Chautala, INLD activ- protest was peaceful, adding places along the NH-415 that reported five deaths each, he Heavy rains have lashed well, triggering landslides in Hisar registered maximum tors at several places to disrupt ists gathered at various protest that services of emergency links Assam with Arunachal said. The state has been receiv- some parts of the state with interior areas of Mandi and temperature of 37.7 and 39.8 vehicular movement in an over points in the morning. vehicles like ambulances were Pradesh, officials said. ing intermittent rain over the Birdghat (Gorakhpur) record- Kangra but all major highways degrees Celsius respectively, up five-hour long protest. They forced closure of the not stopped. The Met department pre- past few days. Amrit said the ing 130.4 mm, Basti 90 mm, were open for traffic. to three degrees above normal. “I faced a lot of problem Shambhu toll plaza near the Haryana and Punjab had dicted more rainfall over the state government would soon Mahrajganj 78.2 mm rainfall The local MeT office has In Punjab, Amritsar in reaching my destination in Ambala-Shambhu border dis- deployed security personnel in next few days. launch a lightning-tracker app today, a Central Water Com- warned of heavy rains at iso- recorded a high of 37.4 degrees Haryana. There was an emer- rupting movement of traffic, strength near the protest points Bihar's Disaster Manage- that would alert people about mission report said. lated places in mid and lower Celsius while Ludhiana and gency because of a death in the following which Rapid Action to maintain law and order and ment Department Principal thunder and lightning. The Met office in the state hills of Kangra, Mandi, Sir- Patiala witnessed maximum family. We were forced to pass Force (RAF) personnel were facilitate traffic. Secretary Pratyay Amrit said With several parts of Uttar said light to moderate rain or maur, Shimla, Solan and Bilas- of 36.7 deg C and 37.7 deg C, through villages to reach the deployed at the site. Amid confusion, traffic that the 32 deaths in lightning Pradesh too receiving heavy thundershowers have occurred pur on July 11 and 12 and also up to three notches above destination,” rued a man in a Punjab’s Pepsu Road Trans- diversions were effected at vari- strikes include four in the state rains, major rivers including at many places in the eastern predicted a wet spell in the normal. car near the Shambhu border. port Corporation (PRTC) did ous points. HC notice to aviation ministry Jaitley, NSA, service chiefs Sanction to UP man held for association prosecute govt over Shah's Goa airport meet review security challenges servants should PANAJI: The Bombay High with Pakistan-based LeT Court on Monday issued MPOST BUREAU The UCC is also under- come quicker: HC notices to the Civil Aviation OUR CORRESPONDENT Sandeep was nabbed from stood to have discussed the ministry and others over a peti- the house where LeT com- NEW DELHI: India's external situation in Jammu and Kash- MUMBAI: The Bombay High tion against the public meeting SRINAGAR/MUZAFFAR- mander Bashir Lashkari was security challenges, evolving mir and issues relating to mari- Court asked the Maharashtra allegedly held by BJP president NAGAR: A man from Uttar killed in an encounter on July regional power play as well as time domain. government to review the rule Amit Shah in a prohibited area Pradesh has been arrested 1. His arrest led to Shah being threat of terrorism were delib- Jaitley said that there is a that gives it up to nine months at Goa airport. for working with Pakistan- caught. erated on Monday at a meeting clear realisation in the govern- to decide on granting sanction Social activist Aires based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) “We apprehended Sandeep attended by Defence Minister ment that issues relating to the to prosecute a public servant Rodrigues had on July 7 filed and actively participating in during the encounter in which Arun Jaitley, NSA Ajit Doval services cannot be kept pend- and make the period shorter. a petition before the Bombay terror activities in Kashmir, notorious militant Lashkari and the three service chiefs. ing for long and it will be deci- The period should be High Court here against the on a two-day visit to Goa, alleg- including the recent killing was eliminated. It raised the In his address at the Uni- sive in its approach. shorter, observed a division meeting in Dabolim on July 1. edly held a meeting at the air- of six cops, the police said on fingers of suspicion. We were fied Commanders' Conference, It was not clear whether bench of justices R M Savant In response to the petition, port complex in the presence of Monday, making a startling surprised to see a non-local an annual forum to take stock the ongoing standoff between and Sadhana Jadhav while seek- a division bench of Justices F Chief Minister Manohar Parri- revelation. sitting in the same house of the country's security pre- armies of India and China in ing the government's stand on M Reis and Nutan Sardessai kar and Union minister Shri- Sandeep Kumar Sharma where Lashkari was taking paredness, Jaitley said there is Sikkim sector figured during a plea by social activist Ankur issued notices, returnable in pad Naik. alias Adil, a resident of Muzaf- shelter, so we decided to go a deep sense of appreciation in the deliberations. Patil, challenging the govern- three weeks, to the secretary of Rodrigues had then filed a farnagar, was a part of LeT Police arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba further,” the police officer said. every citizen and the govern- The meeting is also under- ment's circular which makes civil aviation ministry, the Goa complaint with the civil avia- module busted by the Jammu militant Sandeep Kumar Sharma Giving details, Khan said ment for the "exemplary" man- stood to have discussed the it compulsory for the anti-cor- in Srinagar on Monday chief secretary, the state direc- tion ministry, Goa chief secre- and Kashmir Police, a top Sandeep was involved in an ner in which the Army, Navy need for ensuring coordi- ruption bureau (ACB) to get tor general of police, the airport tary and the state police chief, police official said. have been arrested,” Inspec- attack on a police party in and IAF have been conducting nation among the three ser- government's nod to prosecute director and the deputy com- terming the meeting as illegal. A local militant Muneeb tor General of Police (IGP) Achabal in south Kashmir on themselves, according to the vices to ensure optimal use of `public servants.' mandant of Central Industrial The Congress too had Shah, resident of Kulgam in Kashmir Munir Khan told June 16 in which SHO Feroze defence ministry. resources as well as in effec- As the ACB cannot try offi- Security Force (CISF). demanded that a case of tres- Kashmir, was also arrested. reporters. Dar and five other policemen "He expressed his satis- tively dealing with challenges cials without the sanction, sev- The petitioner submit- pass be registered in this According to Khan, it Sandeep, an expert in loot- were killed and their faces faction in the way the armed facing the country. eral cases are pending, pointed ted that the public meeting connection. was the first case of a non- ing, was involved in criminal disfigured. forces have been handling the Key operational and logisti- out Patil's plea. Additional Pub- addressed by Shah was illegal. The BJP had initially said local being found associated and militant activities and Sandeep was also involved multiple challenges to security. cal issues also figured. lic Prosecutor Prajakta Shinde "The petitioner seeks to the party received the neces- with LeT. became a “hardcore terrorist in the June 3 ambush on an He also appreciated the Chief of the Navy Staff said as per a 1996 government ensure that there is no legal sary permission for the meet- “We have busted a module in the sense that he accom- army convoy in lower Munda strong thread of 'synergy' in the Admiral Sunil Lanba, Army resolution (GR), a proposal infringement and/or abdica- ing, which took place "not involved in a series of sensa- panied LeT terrorists in three in which a jawan was killed interactions during the confer- Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat and seeking sanction to prose- tion of duty within the legal inside the facility as claimed" tional crimes, including terror actions”, he said. and also in the snatching of ence," the ministry said in a IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal B cute must be decided within framework by which a gov- by others. However, it later crimes, in south Kashmir. Two The arrest of Sandeep, weapons from retired Jus- statement. Jaitley also assured S Dhanoa presented their views six months. The period can ernment and/or authorities are said the crowd, which greeted individuals, Sandeep Kumar basically a welder, points to tice Muzaffar Attar’s guard in the armed forces that with relating to security prepared- be extended by another three permitted to allow high handed Shah at the airport, had gath- Sharma alias Adil, a resident of the blurring lines between Anantnag, the IGP said. resource availability increas- ness. Defence Secretary Sanjay months, if needed. violation of law," Rodrigues ered there spontaneously and Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, criminality and terrorism, “In all these actions, Sand- ing within the Indian economy, Mitra and Chief of Integrated Shinde also pointed out a submitted in his petition. that it was "not a planned and Muneeb Shah, a resident Khan said. eep was present and partici- capital expenditure will be a Staff Lt. Gen. Satish Dua also case which is pending for sanc- On July 1, Shah, who was meeting". AGENCIES of Kulgam in south Kashmir, The IGP revealed that pating,” Khan said. priority area. addressed the conference. tion since 2002. AGENCIES INPT blocks NH, Mumbai principals to urge Body carried on NATION BRIEFS railway tracks LOK SABHA SPEAKER MAHAJAN LEADS demanding rickshaw: Banda Dist PARLIAMENT DELEGATION TO RUSSIA separate state students to shun China goods NEW DELHI: An Indian Parliamentary delegation led OUR CORRESPONDENT by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday admin blames GRP left for Russia on a five-day visit during which ways to AGARTALA: The Indige- nous People s Front of Tripura MUMBAI: The Mumbai enhance cooperation between Parliaments of the two (IPFT) leaders and support- school principals' association is OUR CORRESPONDENT for an ambulance. countries will be discussed. Mahajan will also have the ers on Monday blocked the mulling to issue an "appeal" to "But, the GRP showed lax- special honour of addressing the Russian Parliament Assam-Agartala national high- students to avoid buying goods BANDA (UP): The Banda dis- ity," he said. Duma on July 12, a statement issued by the Lok Sabha way (NH) and railway tracks at that are 'Made in China'. trict administration here on GRP police station in- Secretariat said here. During the visit, the delegation Khamthingbari in West Tri- The decision by the princi- Monday held the Government charge Indramohan Barola, pura district, to demand for pals comes in the backdrop of Railway Police (GRP) respon- reacting to the charges, said, will meet Chairman of the State Duma V.V. Volodin a separate state for the tribal the standoff between Indian sible for the incident in which "The government has made a and Chairperson of the Federation Council V.I. Matvi- people. and Chinese troops at Doka- a family had to carry the body provision of making Rs 1,000 enko, the statement said. However, there was no lam area in Sikkim sector. of their relative on a rickshaw available to carry out the last report of any untoward inci- "It is not an order but an for post- portem. rites of an unknown body, but K K KHANDELWAL ELECTED HEAD dent, police said. appeal to students, who are The video of the body being in case the body is identified, OF BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES The Superintendent of going to be the future citizens carried on the rickshaw had the rule is not applicable." NEW DELHI: The national council of Bharat Scouts Police (SP) of West district of our country. I think it was gone viral on social media and "In this case, the onus of said "The situation is peaceful necessary to take such steps their obligation on the Indian stop buying or using Chinese local news channels. taking the body for post- mor- and Guides on Monday elected K K Khandelwal as along the national highway". as a support to our leaders," government which might goods. It is going to be an indi- "Instead of arranging for an tem lies on the family members its chief national commissioner. Khandelwal, an IAS The INPT is demanding Mumbai School Principals' come in the way of putting a vidual choice or family's deci- ambulance to carry the body of the deceased," he said. officer of 1985 batch from Haryana, is currently the that a separate state be carved Association secretary Prashant ban on one country's goods, sion. No school will push or of Ram Asrey, it was taken on Family members of organisations’s state chief commissioner. Khandelwal out for the Tripura Tribal Redij said today. he said, "I do not understand pursue these issues. We are a rickshaw. This was revealed 44-year-old Ram Asrey were was elected at a special national council meeting of Areas Autonomous District "We have prepared a draft it in-depth but I am aware of making an appeal and noth- in a probe carried out by SDM forced to carry his body on the organisation here on Monday. Bharat Scouts and Council (TTAADC) areas, regarding the same. Once it the fact that a blanket ban is ing more than that," Redij said. Sadar. Prima facie, the GRP a rickshaw for post-mortem which constitutes two third of is approved by all members of impossible." China and India have been has been found guilty," Banda after health officials alleg- Guides has around seven million members. the state territory and is the the association, we will circu- "I also want to know how engaged in the standoff in the District Magistrate Mahendra edly refused to provide an GOA CONG DEMANDS CBI PROBE INTO home to the tribals, who form late it in schools in the Mumbai can we maintain trade relations Dokalam area near the Bhutan Bahadur Singh told PTI. ambulance. one third of the population. metropolitan region," he said. when the same country is cre- tri-junction for the past three "The GRP police station The body was recovered ATTACKS ON RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES As the IPFT supporters There are around 1,500 ating troubles on our borders weeks after a Chinese Army's in-charge, in his written state- from a railway track on July 8 PANAJI: The opposition Congress on Monday blocked the national highway schools in the region as part unnecessarily," Redij said. construction party attempted ment, had said that the family near Atra Railway Station. and railway track at Khamth- of the association. "In schools, we teach his- to build a road. members of the deceased had Chief Medical Officer demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation ingbari in West Tripura dis- "We are checking the legal tory to students, about the Doka La is the Indian name come to the police station and (CMO), Santosh Kumar had should probe recent incidents of desecration of reli- trict the road traffic has been aspects of our appeal as it is India-China war, how our the for the region which Bhutan willingly took the body on a on Sunday said that the fam- gious places in Goa. “I demand CBI inquiry into des- diverted to Agartala-Khowai- not an order but an appeal. country suffered from it and recognises as Dokalam, while rickshaw for post-mortem," ily members of Asrey had not ecration of religious places. Whether it is a religious Teliamura due to the blockade. We are making it (the appeal) then students use 'Made in China claims it as part of its he said. given any information for structure of Christians, Muslims or Hindus, such attacks The blockade affected because we think, at our level, China' products to write the Donglang region. The district magistrate also requirement of an ambulance. cannot be tolerated,” Goa Congress chief Shantaram train services. we should do something to answers. It is ironical, hence Of the 3,488-km-long mentioned that the SDM, in Last month in Kaushambi, A large number of secu- counter the China's stand on we have decided to make an India-China border from his report, has categorically the uncle of a seven-month-old Naik said here. He was speaking to reporters after rity personnel have been our borders," Redij said. appeal," he said. Jammu and Kashmir to stated that GRP should have girl had to carry her body on a meeting state Director General of Police Muktesh deployed in and around Asked about the interna- "There will be no compul- Arunachal Pradesh, a 220-km contacted a hearse van or the bicycle as his plea for an ambu- Chandar. Khamthingbari. AGENCIES tional trade agreements and sion on any of the students to section falls in Sikkim. chief medical officer to arrange lance fell on deaf ears. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp nation BILKIS BANO CASE Centre inks MoU with Bengal govt No SC relief for Teesta OUR CORRESPONDENT Setalvad in illegal NEW DELHI: Ministry of SC dismisses appeals of Health and Family Welfare signed a memorandum of bodies exhumation case understanding (MoU) with West Bengal government to OUR CORRESPONDENT formalise its support to set up a state-of-the-art centre of excel- NEW DELHI: Social activ- lence in transfusion medicine ist Teesta Setalvad on Monday 4 policemen, 2 doctors at Kolkata. failed to get any relief from the The Centre has approved an Supreme Court in a case in OUR CORRESPONDENT The CBI had also filed an outlay of about Rs 200 crores which she is accused of having appeal in the high court seek- for this venture towards equip- a role in the illegal exhumation NEW DELHI: The Supreme ing harsher punishment of ment, manpower and running of bodies of some victims of the Court on Monday dismissed death for three of the con- costs. The land for this initia- 2002 Gujarat riots. the appeals of two doctors and victed persons on the ground tive would be provided free of The apex court said it would four policemen including an that they were the main per- cost by the state government. not be necessary to adjudicate IPS officer challenging their petrators of the crime. The move intends to strengthen on merits the plea filed by her conviction by the Bombay According to the prosecu- the blood transfusion services against the Gujarat High Court in the case saying she had actu- High Court in the sensational tion, on March 3, 2002, Bilkis in the State and the surround- order refusing to quash the FIR ally planned and executed the 2002 Bilkis Bano case, saying Bano’s family was attacked by a ing region. lodged against her at a police digging of the graves without there was “clear-cut evidence” mob at Randhikpur village near The agreement was signed station in Panchmahal district any permission in 2006. against them. Ahmedabad during the post- by RK Vats, Additional Secre- regarding exhumation of the It had claimed that during A bench of Justices S A Godhra riots and seven mem- tary (Health) and Anil Verma, bodies from a graveyard near the probe in the case, it had Bobde and L Nageswara Rao, bers of her family were killed. the principal secretary (Health) river Panam. emerged that “Teesta Setal- while rejecting their appeals, Bilkis, who was five months of West Bengal government. A bench, comprising Jus- vad, the petitioner herein, was said the trial court had unrea- pregnant at the time, was Under the Metro Blood tices Arun Mishra and Amitava the main accused, who actu- sonably acquitted them. gang raped while six other Bank project, which is a cen- Roy, said it would be appropri- ally planned and executed this “You all have been unrea- members of her family man- tral sector scheme of the Health ate for Setalvad to seek the rem- operation of digging of graves sonably acquitted by the aged to escape from the mob. Ministry, four state-of-the-art edy before the trial court where near Pandarwada through her trial court in the case despite The trial in the case began in centres of excellence in trans- the charge sheet has been filed. staff.” The government had said there being clear-cut evidence Ahmedabad. fusion medicine would be set “When charge sheet is the other accused have claimed against you,” the bench said However, after Bilkisup in metro cities of Delhi, there, can’t you go and raise all innocence and blamed Setalvad while dismissing three appeals. expressed apprehensions that Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. these questions before the trial for instigating them to carry IPS officer R S Bhagora, the witnesses could be harmed “Facilities for the screening of court,” the bench asked senior out the exhumation, which is a currently serving in Gujarat, Sayed has not appealed against The High Court bench had undergone the sentence. and the CBI evidence tampered collected blood by NAT would counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing penal offence. was recently convicted along his conviction. convicted seven persons -- A special court had on 21 with, the Supreme Court trans- be made available at these cen- for Setalvad. “It is not neces- It had said the exhumation with four other policemen by Counsel for Bhagora said he five policemen and two doc- January, 2008 convicted and ferred the case to Mumbai in tres and also extended to the sary to adjudicate the matter of the dead bodies without the High Court, overturning was unnecessarily caught in the tors -- under sections 218 (not sentenced to life imprisonment August 2004. other blood banks of the state,” on merits,” the bench said while permission of the competent the trial court order acquitting web of circumstances and had performing their duties) and 11 men for raping Bilkis and The convicts had chal- the official release said. disposing her appeal against authorities constituted an them. no direct role in the incident. section 201 (tampering of evi- murdering seven of her family lenged the order on three main Under the first phase, these the high court order while giv- offence under sections 192 The Bombay High Court The bench, however,dence) of the Indian Penal members in the aftermath of grounds that all evidence in facilities would come up in ing her the liberty to approach (fabricating false evidence), 193 had on May 4 reversed the trial refused to go into the matter Code (IPC). The apex court the Godhra riots, while acquit- the case was fabricated by CBI, Chennai and Kolkata and the the trial court. (punishment for false evidence, court verdict acquitting Bhag- saying Bhagora was the super- had on May 30 refused to stay ting seven persons including that Bilkis gave birth to a child Centre has given its approved. Sibal said though the charge 201 (causing disappearance of ora and others and upheld the vising officer in the case and the conviction of Bhagora. the policemen and doctors. after the incident, proving that The National Blood Transfu- sheet has been filed, no offence evidence), 120-B criminal con- conviction of 11 people (one everything happened under A vacation bench of Justices The convicts latershe could not have been gang sion Council under National has been made out against spiracy), 295(A) (deliberate convict is dead) in the Bilkis his nose. A K Sikri and Deepak Gupta approached the Bombay high raped, and the failure to find AIDS Control Organization Setalvad in the case. and malicious acts intended Bano gang rape and murder Advocate Shobha, appear- said there was no urgency court challenging their convic- the bodies of some of her fam- has been entrusted as the Earlier, the Gujarat govern- to outrage religious feelings) case. ing for Bikis Bano, opposed the for hearing the matter as the tion and sought quashing and ily members which proved that implementing division for the ment, in its affidavit, had justi- and 297 (trespassing on burial One policeman Idris Abdul appeals of the convicts. convicted officer had already setting aside of the trial court. they were not killed. project. fied its probe against Setalvad places) of the IPC. Nomination of 3 BJP men improper: Pondy Speaker Mallya does not appear before SC Gujarat HC admits plea for OUR CORRESPONDENT Speaker V Vaithilingam quoted their induction into the House. der of democracy” and alleged in contempt case him as having said in a note Party leader A Anbalagan that she was functioning as an PUDUCHERRY: The Speaker while returning the file Bedi had told reporters that “unnec- “agent of the BJP”. NEW DELHI: Embattled busi- of Puducherry Assembly on had forwarded to him on essary confusion” has been cre- He had also urged the nessman Vijay Mallya, who ban on election manifestos Monday termed as ‘improper’ July 5, informing him of their ated by the Centre through Centre to withdraw the nom- was held guilty of contempt, and ‘not acceptable’ the induc- induction. the “arbitrary nomination” of ination of the three, saying it on Monday failed to make a OUR CORRESPONDENT two manifestos, including one ifestos, the public at large is tion of three BJP loyalists as There was also no com- the three members and their was against the constitutional personal appearance before the issued by the BJP before the being misguided to support nominated MLAs by Lt Gov- munication from the Union induction in the House by the provisions and democratic Supreme Court despite being AHMEDABAD: The Guja- 2014 polls, to make his case. a particular party ... promises ernor Kiran Bedi and returned Home Ministry, the compe- Lt Governor. norms. directed to do so. rat High Court on Monday He said that “the then and goals are made to entice the file to her, sparking a fresh tent authority, to the office of The Lt Governor had taken Ruling Congress leaders A bench comprising of Jus- decided to hear a plea seeking elected party had in 2014 voters to vote in their favour,” round of confrontation. the Speaker on appointment the stand that she had acted along with leaders and legis- tices A K Goel and U U Lalit direction to the Election Com- issued a manifesto wherein it further alleged. Bedi had on July 4 inducted of the three members as nomi- only in keeping with the statu- lators of its alliance partner fixed the matter for hearing on mission to stop political parties it promised to ensure vibrant The petitioner maintained V Saminathan, the president nated legislators, the note said. tory provisions. DMK and also functionar- July 14 and sought the assis- from issuing manifestos and and participatory democracy, that he is not against any par- of BJP’s Puducherry unit; K G The source said the file Her action had drawn flak ies of CPI, CPI(M) and VCK tance of the Solicitor General to hold them liable for making empower and inspire people, ticular political party, but Shankar, its treasurer and S Sel- was returned to Bedi on these from Chief Minister V Naray- had observed a fast on July in the case. unkept pre-poll promises. provide inclusive and sustain- intended to highlight the large vaganapathy, a BJP function- grounds. anasamy, PWD Minister and 7 condemning the “appoint- The apex court had on May A bench of Chief Justice R able development, quality life gap between promises made ary and a local educationist, The Speaker’s observa- PCC president A Namassiv- ment of the three BJP activists 9 held Mallya, who is presently Subhash Reddy and Justice V in villages and cities, flour- in a manifesto and the actual triggering a wave of protests tion comes against the back- ayam, Welfare Minister M Kan- without consulting the elected in the United Kingdom, guilty M Pancholi admitted the plea ishing agriculture, productive deliverance of promises once a from Chief Minister V Naraya- drop of opposition AIADMK dasamy and ruling Congress government.” of contempt on a plea by the for hearing in due course after youth, etc.” “The above goals party attains power by taking nasamy and Congress leaders. (Amma) plea to the Speaker legislators, that she had acted A day-long bandh was consortium of lender banks, petitioner Jayesh Shah, a Con- and pledge by the then elected voters on its side. The Gujarat “The induction of the three earlier today to convene a spe- arbitrarily, “violating demo- also observed on July 8 at the led by the State Bank of India, gress worker, removed an office party only remained in books government and the Election members was improper and cial assembly session and adopt cratic norms and conventions.” instance of the Congress and for his failure to furnish details objection as per the court’s ear- and none of the goals have been Commission have been made not acceptable as the swear- a resolution against the “arbi- Narayanasamy had ear- the other parties seeking ouster of all his Indian as well as off- lier order. Shah, also the man- achieved even as on today,” the respondents in the case. ing-in was not done in proper trary nomination” of the three lier termed the swearing in of of Kiran Bedi from the post of shore assets. aging trustee of Seva Trust, said petition alleged. The matter is likely to come procedure,” a source close to members by the Centre and the members by Bedi a “mur- Lt Governor. It had directed Mallya to he has sought the court’s inter- “By issuance of such man- up for hearing in due course. appear before it on Monday vention into the matter as the to argue on the quantum of concerned authorities have not punishment. taken any action against politi- Malabar naval exercise: India, The offence of contempt cal parties making tall promises of court entails a maximum in their manifestos. imprisonment of up to six He said they are “nothing months or a fine of upto Rs but mere pieces of papers and 2,000 or both. no accountability is attached to Japan, US hold joint drills India had recently asked the publication of manifestos.” Britain to ensure early extra- Shah said the “public at MPOST BUREAU dition of Mallya, who is an large is being misguided to accused in a bank loan default support a particular political ON-BOARD INS case of over Rs 9,000 crore party” due to promises made JALASHWA: India, Japan and involving his defunct King- in its manifesto. the US on Monday kicked off fisher Airlines. MPOST The petitioner highlighted their trilateral ‘Malabar’ naval exercise featuring 95 aircraft, 16 ships and two submarines, seeking to forge “deeper” mili- tary ties amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the region. USS Nimitz, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, will fig- ure in the five-day exercise in the Bay of Bengal involving the US, Japanese and Indian maritime forces that is aimed at “achieving deeper military ties between the three nations.” ICA-T 2551(3)/2017 The 21st edition of the Malabar exercise, conducted ashore and at-sea, assumes sig- Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command H C S Bisht (Centre), Japan Maritime nificance as it is being held at a Self-Defense Force Vice-Admiral Hiroshi Yamamura (Left) and US Navy Commander Rear Admiral time when China has become William D Byrne Jr, at the inauguration of Malabar Exercise 2017, which began in Chennai on Monday PTI more assertive and the for- ays by their submarines in thing. It is because -- we are Through this exercise we ship USS Princeton (CG59), the Indian Ocean region have better together and we learn learn from each other,” he said. guided missile destroyers increased. China has stepped from each other. We know who Bisht reiterated that the USS Howard (DDG83), USS up its activities in the Indian we are and what is our capabil- joint naval exercise would Shoup (DDG86) and USS Kidd Ocean in recent years and is ity. That is the strategic message focus on the “mutual learning,” (DDG100), a Poseidon P-8A building ports in Sri Lanka, to the entire world. I think, we “sharing of best practices” and aircraft as well as a Los Angeles Bangladesh and Pakistan. are setting a great example here enhancing the “inter-operabil- fast-attack submarine will take It also comes amid the cur- in Malabar (exercise) 2017,” he ity” among the three countries. part in the naval drills. ICA-T 2548(3)/2017 rent military stand-off between told reporters after the inaugu- As many as 95 aircraft, 16 Japan Maritime Self the armies of India and China ration of the Naval Exercise off ships and two submarines from Defence Force ships JS Izumo in the Sikkim section and Bei- the coast of Chennai. the three countries are taking (DDH 183), JS Sazanami (DD1 jing ramping up its naval pres- Responding to a query part in the Naval exercise, an 13) along with Indian Naval ence in the South China sea. whether the exercise had any- Indian official said. Ship Jalashwa and INS Vikra- “I would like to say that the thing to do with the standoff To a query on the con- maditya will also participate strategic message to China is in Sikkim, Indian Flag Officer, duct of Malabar exercise vis- in the exercise, an official press the exact strategic message that Commanding-in-Chief, East- a-vis the situation prevailing release said. we are sending to Canada or to ern Naval Command, HCS around North Korea, Admi- The exercise would include Republic of Korea or to Aus- Bisht said, “it has nothing to ral Byrne said, “There are cer- professional exchanges on car- tralia or to any other maritime do with Malabar Exercise.” tainly global threats. Malabar rier strike group operations, force,” US Navy Commander “The process of Malabar is not focused on any specified maritime patrol and reconnais- Rear Admiral William D Byrne exercise starts a year before (its threat. It is directed towards sance operations, surface and Jr said when asked by news- scheduled beginning) and the three countries India, Japan anti-submarine warfare. men whether the exercise was initial planning takes place six and United States. It is not Medical operations, dam- intended to send any “strategic months in advance. The stand- directed towards any specific age control, explosive ordi- message” to China. off you are talking about has got country or threat.” nance disposal, helicopter “Operating together and nothing to do with the Malabar Besides USS Nimitz operations and anti-submarine practising together is a good exercise. (CVN68), guided missile cruise warfare would also take place. ICA-T 2545(4)/2017 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 EDITORIAL Ideally, natural allies Easing matters Diplomacy, not force, is best way to resolve disputes between India and China espite China and India being engaged in their worst border stand-off in years—a dicey dispute at the NANTOO ew in India have heard a “precondition.” The best way tri-junction of India’s Sikkim, China’s Tibet, and BANERJEE the name of Doka La or to make the peaceful resolu- neighboring Bhutan that was triggered by China’s Doklam, a tiny sleepy tion of the China-India-Bhu- Dconstruction of a road near a vulnerable Indian corridor— there village in the Sikkim tan border tension is through was no sign of difference in the public interactions between Xi Fsector near the India-Bhutan- a dialogue. Jinping and Narendra Modi at the G20 summit. However, there China tri-junction, until a few China, which is trying has been scant sign of progress since the dispute erupted— weeks ago. The same may be strongly to forge a relation- with troops from both sides jostling along disputed frontiers, true about the people in China. ship with Bhutan, must rec- Bhutan and India siding together to reject China’s sovereignty China is engaged in a military ognise the sentiments of both claims, and Beijing fruitlessly calling for Indian troops to with- standoff with India at Doka La, India and Bhutan. Histori- draw; the two leaders were photographed smiling on the side- over the latter’s objection to a cally, Bhutan is closely asso- lines and exchanging warm praise for their mutual efforts at Chinese road building initiative ciated with India. As soon as a meeting of BRICS leaders. PM Modi started his speech by there. The Chinese Army in Narendra Modi became India’s thanking Xi for his welcome and hosting the meeting. “Under the area is waiting for the com- Prime Minister in May 2014, Xi’s chairmanship, the progress and positive momentum of It is difficult to mand to attack India. Unusu- King Jigme Khesar Namgyel BRICS have further deepened our cooperation,” the PM said. believe that ally, its naval submarines have Wangchuk invited him to visit Concluding the meeting immediately after the Prime Min- suddenly gathered in good Bhutan. And, it was Modi’s first ister’s remarks, Xi appreciated India’s strong resolve against diplomacy numbers in the Indian Ocean. trip abroad. Among the issues terrorism and the momentum introduced in BRICS under should play India’s defence forces, on their discussed then between the top India’s chairmanship and through the outcomes of the Goa part, are ready to protect the delegates of the two countries Summit in 2016. He also appreciated India’s success in eco- second fiddle to country’s territory. India is also were China and the insurgency nomic and social development and wished India even bigger China’s military treaty-bound to protect the in Northeast India. India was success. To be fair, the Sikkim dispute did cast something of territory of the neighbouring the first to congratulate Bhutan a pall over the G20; China rejected a formal bilateral meeting and territorial Himalayan Kingdom of Bhu- after it embraced democracy. with India because ‘the atmosphere was not right.’ And the two ambitions that tan from external infiltration Hopefully, the China-India leaders reportedly discussed the border issue in private side- or attack. Bhutan does not have tension in the Sikkim sector line talks, where they are likely to have shared harsher words seek to enforce full diplomatic relations with will die down soon and the than they mustered before journalists’ clicking cameras. Still, its supremacy the People’s Republic of China. Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui presenting his credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati military standoff will be with- the dynamic on display here was a strange one, as the leaders The Chinese Army’s provoca- Bhavan (Representational Image) drawn. However, the earlier of China and India smiled for the cameras and congratulated in Asia using tive bid to expand a road con- the two countries recognise each other, their armies square off in a dispute that has some roads, ports, nection at the tri-junction is nese trade and investments against West Bengal for the tions that seek to enforce its and respect the geopolitical eerie recalling with the 1962 war. As India won accolades for not acceptable to India. The lat- in India. Normally, one does political impasse at its Gorkha- complete supremacy in Asia sentiments of each other the sustainable and inclusive growth as well as support to the and strategic est military standoff at Doka not bite the hands that feed. dominated Darjeeling dis- using roads, ports, and stra- better it is for stronger diplo- global economy, the G20 has also praised the initiatives in the infrastructure La is most unfortunate and China appears to be different. trict. The aggressive Chinese tegic infrastructure projects, matic relations between them. country for promoting ease of doing business, startup fund- uncalled for. Currently, China-India trade military postures at Doka La including erecting islands and In fact, China and India should ing and labour reforms. For promoting inclusive growth this projects, including Ordinarily, there is no rea- and economic cooperation may also be indicative of big- military installations in the sea, be natural allies. Two-way dia- year, the Action Plan said India is introducing labour market erecting islands son why India’s biggest trade are booming to the benefit of ger political conspiracy that to expand its economic colo- logues should resolve all dis- reforms to provide security to workers, increase female par- partner, China should ignore both the countries. One would China is trying to hatch in the nialism in the region. Lately, putes between the world’s two ticipation in the workforce and make business activities easier and military India’s geopolitical concerns expect China to use its diplo- region. However, China forgets China-built roads and ports major economic powers. Trust in the country. The acknowledgement from the G20 Sum- installations in and try to scare both India and matic power amicably to settle that Nehru’s India of 1962 is have connected China with is the key. Russia, a common mit, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi peace-loving Bhutan. Chinese the dispute over a few yards or not the same as today’s India, all countries around India in friend of India and China, has among other world leaders, assumes significance in the wake sea to expand products — from cell phones, kilometres of territory around one of the world’s top 10 eco- South Asia, barring Bhutan. always trusted India as a genu- of India trying hard to improve its global ranking for ease of its economic industrial goods, automotive Doka La, and its road project nomic powers, enjoying strong China’s Ambassador to ine ally and is deeply involved doing business. Not to forget, despite a low ranking from the colonialism tyres, chemicals, and consumer there instead of overexposing diplomatic support across the India, Luo Zhaohui’s reaction in India’s civil, nuclear, and World Bank, India has implemented a spate of reforms in the items to toys, fireworks, and its military might to generate world. India respects China for to Chinese media’s war cry other strategic programmes, recent months in areas like insolvency, taxation and starting a poor man’s handicrafts — are an unnecessary tension in the its magnificent achievement against India somewhat lacked including technology trans- business, and now expects the rankings to improve substan- flooding Indian market. China region. in the economic and military diplomatic craftsmanship. He fer. Together, China and India tially. The 13-page Action Plan also said China is improving its is running almost a $60-bil- The state-sponsored Chi- front, especially since 1982. had reportedly reacted saying stand to gain a lot through business environment and utilising foreign investment actively, lion annual trade surplus with nese media has warned that the China, now a recognised that “there has been talk about cooperation rather than con- while the European Union is fostering investment with a pro- India. India’s avoidable imports conflict could lead to a “war,” top world economic and mili- this option, that option. It is flict. Last week, at Hamburg, posal to extend the European Investment Plan and increasing are keeping millions of Chi- if not handled properly. It has tary power, is too big a nation up to your government policy Chinese President Xi Jinping the overall flexibility of the EU budget to support job creation, nese workers employed. Bil- reminded India of the con- to make such a mountain of a (whether to exercise the mili- urged BRICS to champion investment and economic growth. But, India’s stand on ter- lions of dollars worth Chinese sequence of the 1962 China- molehill in the context of the tary option)”. Zhaohui, who is multilateralism and handle dis- rorism – especially pointing on China’s ‘friend’ Pakistan, must investments to India are in the India war in which China held Doka La impasse, and raise highly regarded in Delhi, said putes peacefully. Hope China have compelled China to think many times before going for a pipeline. Despite the military some 10,000 Indian POWs. a war cry on an issue such as that the Chinese government is follows the Xi advice to reduce head-on collision. India said that it had "a major influence" on standoff at Doka La and the Shockingly, some are even this - unless it has something very clear that it wants peace- tension at Doka La and restart counter-terrorism discussions at the G20 summit with Prime Chinese official media’s war- talking about freeing Sikkim else in mind. It is difficult to ful resolution of the standoff trade through India’s Nathu La Minister Narendra Modi raising the key issue with European like postures, the government from India. Lately, majority of believe that diplomacy should with India in the Sikkim sec- pass, 54 kms east of Gangtok. leaders. Counter-terrorism measures remained in focus dur- has said it has no intention of Nepali-speaking Sikkim has play second fiddle to China’s tor, but for that withdrawal of IPA ing all discussions Prime Minister Modi had with European taking a second view of Chi- decided to take legal action military and territorial ambi- Indian troops from the area is (The views are strictly personal.) leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the G20 summit. Pledging a joint crackdown on the global scourge of terrorism and to check its funding sources, G20 dear leaders, including Modi, said, all terror-safe havens must be Quote martial FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR BETTERMENT EDITOR millenniumpost.in eliminated from every part of the world. In a joint declaration on countering terrorism on the first day of the G20 summit As the Union Cabinet prepares to take up a UGC panel’s recommendation for a sizable Log on to write letters to the here, they resolved to facilitate swift and targeted exchanges A university is not editor or send them to of information between intelligence, law enforcement and pay hike of the faculty, the impact following this should be conducive to the entire univer- judicial authorities on operational information-sharing, pre- a political party, and [email protected] ventive measures and criminal justice response. Modi, who an education is not sity sphere and teaching community. With a financial incentive as huge as proposed, it You can also send your was a lead speaker on the theme of terrorism at the Leaders should motivate the teaching staff to perform better. A frequently occurring phenomenon comments to The Editor, Retreat at the G-20 summit on Friday, had bracketed Paki- an indoctrination stan-based terror groups like LeT and JeM with ISIS and al- that mars the teaching body of colleges and university is the tendency to go on strikes. Millennium Post, Qaida and made a strong pitch for global "deterrent" action Hopefully, this will be curbed. Investing more quality time with students will ensure bet- Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah against countries that support terrorism for their political DAVID HOROWITZ Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 goals. Modi had also presented an 11-point action plan to ter graduates. SHWETA TYAGI Via email counter terror, including a ban on the entry of officials from terrorism-supporting countries, into G-20 nations. Perhaps this is another reminder that the photo-ops and PR posturing of the G20 have very little bearing on actual diplomatic real- Trump-Putin tango ity. Or, perhaps, it is a signal that Xi and Modi are genuinely interested in cooling rising tensions. We’ll be watching to see if the Sikkim border quiets down accordingly. Spy, star, and the spook buster; thesis of a much awaited, but less Worsening crisis revealed meeting; analyses Arun Kumar he crisis within Nagaland's Naga People's Front (NPF) cessor Barack Obama for "choking" government has further deepened with Chief Min- while questioning his spooks' assess- ister Shurhozelie Liezietsu on Sunday sacking four ment about Moscow's role. top Ministers and 10 Parliamentary Secretaries fol- Then he fired another tweet mis- Tlowing a demand for his removal. Liezietsu recommended sile claiming "Everyone here is talking Governor PB Acharya to remove Home Minister Yanthungo about why (Clinton campaign chair- Patton, Power Minister Kipili Sangtam, National Highway man) John Podesta refused" to give and Political Affairs Minister G Kaito Aye, Forest, Environ- Without the the Democratic Party's server to the ment and Climate Change Minister Imkong L Imchen from FBI and the CIA, and proclaiming it the Cabinet. The development came a day after his predeces- ever-present "Disgraceful!" This sent the pundits on sor, TR Zeliang wrote to the Governor, staking claim to form leakers, the hacks another wild goose chase with a nit- a new government. He claimed he has the support of 33 NPF picking hack at the Washington Post legislators and seven Independents. Liezietsu, who holds charge of the media churning out a long winded "Analy- as the NPF supremo, has also sacked four NPF legislators and variety were left sis" of "one of President Trump's most six Independent legislators, as Parliamentary Secretaries. The bizarre tweets yet". And the Times was Nagaland government also issued notifications terminating the speculating about quick to brand Democratic mayor De appointment of Zeliang as Advisor (Finance) and Nuklotoshi what transpired Blasio's "sudden trip" to join G-20 pro- as advisor to Chief Minister. Apart from these removals, the tests against the global political and NPF Disciplinary Action Committee which met on Saturday behind closed economic system as "Trump Protests". also suspended 10 legislators from the party's primary mem- doors after It was left to a company named Cav- bership. Zeliang along with 41 legislators are currently camp- iar Royal Gift to celebrate the historic ing at Borgos resort in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, Trump greeted summit with a $2,500 special edition to discuss the transition of power. “All 41 of us are intact and Putin calling it Putin-Trump Nokia phone. The spe- we are waiting only for Governor Acharya to invite Zeliang cial Nokia 3310 features a tiny replica to form the government,” claimed Forest and Environment "an honour" plaque on the back of the phone and Minister Imkong L Imchen. Governor Acharya, who is in and the Russian US President Donald Trump with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at G20 summit "hardened titanium with a pattern of Maharashtra, is expected to return to Nagaland within a few responded with 'Damascus steel' to represent the 'prin- days. Liezietsu was elected as CM on February 22 this year he "Gray Lady of Manhat- ing outside. And even FLOTUS Mela- had accepted Putin's "clear statements" ciple and hardness necessary for the after Zeliang stepped down in the wake of violent protests a "delighted to tan" billed it as the "Donnie nia Trump peeking through the door about Russian meddling "being untrue" protection of justice'." by tribal groups, who vehemently opposed his move to hold meet you" and Vlad: A Love Story" over- could not hurry them along, as Trump's critics quickly latched on to the "dif- Ahead of the summit, keeping up civic polls with 33 per cent reservation for women. Nagaland shadowing the summit of the top diplomat Rex Tillerson would tell fering narratives". Without the ever- his tirade against "the dishonest media", is witnessing fresh political turmoil at a time when Liezietsu Tworld's 20 rich and powerful nations. afterwards. present leakers, the hacks of the media Trump posted a mock video of him is gearing up for the July 29 by-election from the Northern The "failing New York Times", as the Defying pundits, the POTUS variety were left speculating about what pummelling a man in a business suit Angami-I assembly constituency. The Joint Coordination POTUS loves to call it, was confident raised the Russian hacking issue off transpired behind closed doors after -- his face obscured by the CNN logo Committee (JCC) on Sunday chastised the Nagaland legisla- that their first pow-wow would be "a the bat, claimed Tillerson, who along Trump greeted Putin calling it "an hon- -- outside a wrestling ring with the mes- tors for undermining the essence of democracy and inviting sure winner for Russia" with a sceptic with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey our" and the Russian responded with a sage: "#FraudNewsCNN #FNN." By all shame and disgrace to the entire Nagaland State with their Donald Trump loathe to raise Mos- Lavrov made the foursome beside the "delighted to meet you". accounts, the Trump-Putin tango was undisciplined action. Expressing shame that the Naga legis- cow's meddling in the 2016 election two interpreters. "Nyet, Nyet," asserted The professionals were apparently a substantive affair with even CNN lators are “wandering and loitering like gypsies,” forgetting with Vladimir Putin. Other pundits Putin and demanded proof, but never- kept out of the Hamburg tango as part conceding that "Trump exceeded the mandate of the public that exhibits their shallow political prophesied that Putin, the former KGB theless agreed to organise talks "regard- of what the influential Politico called expectations". Yet a Times columnist will, the JCC convener, Supu Samir, urged the lawmakers to agent, would eat The Donald, the once ing commitments of non-interference" Trump's "stealthy operation to smoke wondered: "Did Putin Have Trump for act like responsible leaders instead of behaving like “political reality TV star, like a sandwich with a in Uncle Sam's affairs. As the Russian out leakers" with a crackdown that has Lunch?" And given Trump's "past com- prostitutes.” He said that after a close scrutiny of their activi- bit of flattery at their short and sweet spy and the proud American author of sent "chills through national security ments", the Post found "it difficult to ties, it has become crystal clear that the present Naga legislators meeting that was supposed to last just "The Art of the Deal" focused on how world". Trump also muddied the waters believe that he confronted Putin with are- immature, more conscious of their personal interest and half an hour with no agenda. to move forward, they reached their before the Putin meeting by telling much vigour". hungry for power and position. The JCC said it has convened The Friday encounter turned in first pact on a partial Syrian ceasefire. reporters in Poland that "it could very No wonder POTUS keeps com- a meeting on July 11 at Western Chakhesang Hoho building. Hamburg out to be a "blockbuster". Tillerson also saw "a level of com- well have been Russia" behind the elec- plaining, "Fake News Media will never The Phom People Council would be invited to the meeting to With not a fly on the wall privy to mitment" on the part of Russia to "tran- tion hacks or "it could well have been cover me accurately but who cares!" discuss the issue of payment of compensation to those injured the inside story, the meeting dragged sition away from the Assad family" after other countries". "Nobody really knows. IANS at Longleng on the January 31 ULB related incident. for all of two hours and 16 agonising the defeat of ISIS. With Lavrov having a Nobody really knows for sure," Trump (The views expressed minutes for anxious reporters wait- slightly different take suggesting Trump declared even as he chided his prede- are strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp in focus ‘We are a party of Ideology’ The success of the BJP has been unprecedented in recent times. A large portion of this success can be accounted to the man behind the lens, AMIT SHAH, whose gruelling ground-work has ensured prosperity of the party across the country

THE SHAH TRAVELOGUE No. of out-station tours: JANSAMVAAD (PUBLIC REDRESSAL SYSTEM) Total distance travelled: 303 No. of districts visited: Amit Shah meets the common citizens along with the rank 5,59,505km 315 (out of 680) and file of the party on every 1st and 3rd Monday of the Average travelling (per month): month, if he is in Delhi. This initiative has been very successful No. of Programs/Rallies held: 15,986km 536 in connecting with the people and crowd sourcing ideas. Average travelling (per day): Total Organisational Meetings: Total Jansamvaad: No. of people personally met: 535 km 590 28 12536

SOME IMPORTANT INITIATIVES: MILLENNIUM POST VISTRIT PRAVAS: The thrust of the Pravas is to expand party EXCLUSIVE organization till the booth level; for this 12 central organization’s office bearers have been assigned the task of regularly visiting every state. Amit Shah himself has embarked upon 95 – days tours covering all states and UTs to directly connect with the rank files of the party.

REGIONAL MEETINGS: The entire country has been divided into seven zones. Each Zone is expected to hold at least one meeting every year where public representatives and office bearers brain storm for expansion of the party.

PUBLICATION AND PARTY MAGAZINES: BJP at the moment has about 22 magazines which include- central party’s Kamal Sandesh and magazines from different states. At this point the total circulation of these magazines is 8 lakh which will be increased by three folds in the near What keeps future. his energy fuelling; LIBRARY, E-LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION: Mr. Shah has what thus keeps the been pushing the idea of imbibing reading habits amongst party office bearers and workers. A special department has been created to BJP show running so ensure that party offices till the district level have a library as well as a successfully- explores functioning documentation department. Simontini Bhattacharjee, TRAINING: Training of party workers is considered to be of prime in conversation with importance in the BJP. So far, 10 lakh workers have undergone training in 7500 training camps, focusing on party ideology and public conduct. the formidable Amit Shah basic amenities, such as- 24*7 power, booba Mufti’s governance in the state? name based entirely on his capabil- CHIEF MINISTER SUMMIT: To take forward the party’s agenda of pure drinking water, etc. to the people In the current situation the PDP-BJP ity. But, they had initially considered of the state. There is a deficit in the over- government is doing well. Gopal Krishna Gandhi’s name, and later “SabkaSaathSabkaVikas,” all party chief ministers are expected to all growth of the state. Based on this, I If we talk about cross-border vio- replaced him with Meira Kumar. Now I work on a common agenda for upliftment of the poor. A committee of am certain people will choose BJP and lence, and media reports over Pak- think it’s clear that who is playing caste three CMs and one National Vice President has been formed to work on vote for Modiji’s mantra of growth and istan’s alleged involvement in stone politics, you must go and ask this ques- ‘Poverty Welfare.’ development. pelting incidents in the valley- do you tion to opposition leaders. his man has been travel- I have travelled with you for three feel that despite the surgical strike, the In the recent times, the opposition ling relentlessly to ensure days in the state of Odisha, you have neighbouring country is yet to learn parties made a scathing attack on the that the lotus continues to been welcomed with grandeur and its lesson? BJP government for deliberate EVM bloom across the length pomp. Tell us, how far are you now In the last three years, Modiji has manipulation. How do you view these and breadth of India. His from the 2/3rd majority target that been successful in his foreign diplomacy. allegations? Tconstant ground-level work which has you had set? He has been able to reach out and bring Manipulation can’t occur in elec- spanned each state and union territory Nothing is easy, public is welcoming together the different nations who stand tions. The public votes for good gover- of the country has surely borne fruit, as and supporting because they have seen against terrorism, in one platform. India nance and development. When you win, BJP now holds governance in 17 states Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suc- has even been able to isolate Pakistan then the EVM works in a proper way, across the country. On a similar gru- cessful governance. After getting such from the global platform. Also, we must when you get defeated, then the EVMs elling journey through the villages of support from the people of Odisha, now understand that this is a long process. get manipulated. AAP, who has been Odisha, where BJP has begun making I feel that we will win more that 120 seats With Prime Minister Modi’s recent making this claim, their government was successful inroads, we caught up with the in 2019 for sure. Of course, the BJP state visit to Israel- India could probably also formed in Delhi during our regime. man of the moment- Amit Shah, Presi- unit is also working very hard to ensure learn from how Israel has given prior- But now, all of a sudden, EVMs are get- dent of the Bharatiya Janata Party- to success. ity to its nation. How would you anal- ting manipulated? I think people of the hear him speak of the present and future Apart from 24*7 power and pure yse this trip? country can see the truth. of our nation- which, for now, seems to drinking water for all, Odisha’s associa- Firstly, after 70 years of indepen- After the series of victories in vari- be firmly in the hands of the lotus party. tion in chit fund forgery also featured dence, this is for the first time that any ous elections across various corners The BJP has ensured stupendous in news reports- after West Bengal and Indian Prime Minister has visited Israel. of the country, does the BJP feel more victories in both 2014 LokSabha elec- Assam. Are you going to bring this The trip also holds significance from challenged to maintain their track tions and in other state polls; now, what issue to the forefront? India’s perspective of development, as record for the upcoming elections too? is the prime reason behind the vigor- It is indeed a major issue, and even this opens avenues for our nation to I don’t see it as a challenge instead THE ous” Vistaar” campaign that is being earlier we had demanded for a detailed receive vast assistance in defence, agri- we are focusing on spreading our ideol- undertaken? investigation. We want proper punish- culture, water preservation and techno- ogy and strengthening the organisation. Bharatiya Janata Party is an excep- ment to be meted out to the guilty. Our logical enhancement. Learning from Uttar Pradesh, Uttara- 29-30 April TRAVEL TRAILS Jammu & Kashmir tional political party- our work is guided state unit is also working forward to khand and Manipur, the same will be by our ideology and we have a defined ensure this. replicated in future elections. In addi- 3-4 May (April - September 2017 We are constantly working Himachal Pradesh organisational structure. This is why we On one hand, you are fighting with tion we are constantly working on con- Punjab have now come up with our ‘reach out Biju Janata Dal in Odisha; at the same on converting the popularity verting the popularity of PM Modi and 26-27 July Chandigarh 19-21 September Haryana20 May U’khand Arunachal Pradesh program’ to strengthen our organisa- time the party chief and Chief Minister of PM Modi and the good the good work of his government into 2-4 August tional structure by reaching out to peo- of the state has extended his support to political capital for the BJP. 14-15 July 13 September work of his government into New Delhi 29-31 July Sikkim 8-10 August ple and party workers in each nook and the BJP on several issues of significance In your view what are the high- 21-23 July Uttar Pradesh-1 Assam 26 August Rajasthan Nagaland corner of the country. I am travelling for at the centre. Isn’t there a contradiction political capital for the BJP lights of three year rule of Modi Gov- Uttar Pradesh-II Meghalaya 18-19 July 16 August Manipur 110 days which include 95 days of Vistrit for you as you balance both central and ernment at the centre? 6, 7 May Pravas and 15 days on Vistarak Pravas. state politics? First of all, Modi government has Bihar 25-27 April Tripura 27 September 18-20 August 15-17 September10-12 September Mizoram Vistrit Pravas is focused on strength- Not only BJD, many regional par- To speak of the recent and upcom- changed the scale of governance; we are Gujarat Madhya Pradesh 8-10 June Jharkhand West Bengal ening the party organization at all lev- ties have supported us on many issues ing events in India, there is talk about doing what no one even thought of in Chhattisgarh 4-6 July 6-8 September els while Vistarak Pravas entails Booth at the centre despite our political differ- historical tax reformation by this NDA 70 years, such as giving LPG to 5 crore Daman Odisha level outreach. Like me, four lakh party ences - only for the sake of the country. government. Do you feel that after poor women, constructing 4 crore toi- 16-18 June karyakartas have volunteered to work as We welcome this. demonetisation, the move to roll out lets, electrifying 14000 villages, linking Maharashtra 22-24 May 28-30 August full time Vistaraks. When we are talking about Naren- GST will also hold political signifi- poor with country’s economy by open- Diu Telangana In 2014, in many states we had a lim- dra Modi’s successful governance, we cance for BJP? ing Jandhan accounts and opening new 1-2 July ited base, such as, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, must talk about Kashmir. People have Indeed! People have accepted the employment opportunity for crores Goa Telengana, Andhra Pradesh, as well as great hope from him regarding the ‘One Nation, One Tax’ system with hap- through Mudra etc. 12-14 August the eastern and north-eastern part of ongoing Kashmir unrest. Even after piness, whether an industrialist, or the Modi government has launched Karnataka India. We are working hard to expand one year of BurhanWani’s killing, the common man, whether a big supplier more than 100 programs for the poor, 26 June our ideology of inclusive development valley is burning. How long will it take or a small trader, everyone has whole- middle class, farmers, youth, and Puducherry Andaman & 2-4 June 22-24 August and I believe we will achieve success to restore normalcy in our paradise? heartedly supported GST. They are also business community. There is not a Kerala Nicobar Islands 16-18 May Tamilnadu very soon. Since, 1989 there have been many receiving benefits from this move. Mov- single case of corruption against the Lakshadweep If we talk about unconquered disturbing incidents that have been ing aside all wrong information regard- Modi government while corrupt are states, you have successfully formed reported from the Kashmir Valley. This ing the new tax regime, it will indeed running for cover. We are the fastest governments in Assam and Manipur, has proved that nobody could control show India a new way. growing economy of the world and and now BJP has set its eyes upon other the situation there in the past.. How- When we talk about the upcoming we have ensured that both agricul- eastern states. You are also campaign- ever, this time our security forces have Presidential polls, oppositions allege ture and industrial growth turn to To be Scheduled ing in Odisha, what are the issues you been working hard to control the ground the incumbent NDA for playing the positive. Still we have a long way to are going to project for the upcoming reality, and they have done a good job. caste card, as their candidate Meira go but the way PM Modi is working polls in the state? I believe that, very soon the situation in Kumar talks about an ideological war. and getting support from the people The incumbent Naveen Patnaikji’s the valley will be under control. How do you see it? of India, our dream of Sashakt and BJD government has failed to provide Is your party satisfied with Meh- We have filed Ram Nath Kovind’s Samriddh Bharat is not very far. 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 Trump backtracks on plan Comey leaked CAMDEN LOCK MARKET FIRE to work with Russians to classified info to media: Trump 70 firefighters tackle huge build cyber security unit WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his attack on sacked FBI chief James Comey, saying he leaked “classified informa- blaze at London landmark tion” to the media which is ille- gal. Trump’s allegations came as LONDON: A huge blaze broke “It most likely will destroy a television network friendly out overnight at Camden Lock a few businesses completely,” to his administration said that Market in north London. he said. Alex Proud, founder the material that Comey leaked Seventy firefighters and 10 of the Proud Galleries in Cam- to a friend to be shared with fire engines were sent to the den, said the fire brigade had the media contained classified site, which is a popular tourist “turned up incredibly quickly information. “James Comey attraction, London Fire Brigade and stopped what could have leaked classified information (LFB) said. been a really substantial fire to the media. That is so illegal!” A fire officer at the scene which could have wiped out Trump tweeted. said the fire began in a build- the market”. According to The Hill ing containing a number of “These are old buildings, WASHINGTON: US Presi- lutely no interference whatso- newspaper, more than half of businesses. It affected a small they go back to the 1840s,” dent Donald Trump on Mon- ever, that they would work on the memos that Comey wrote section of the area and many he added. He said only about day backtracked on his push cyber security together.” as personal recollections of stalls and shops were “oper- 5-10% of the market had been for a cyber security unit with But Trump returned to his conversations with Trump ating and welcoming visitors damaged and “75% of the mar- Russia, tweeting that he did Twitter on Sunday to play about the Russian investiga- and customers as usual”, the ket is now open”. not think it could happen, down the idea, which arose at tions have been determined to market said. London Ambu- It’s a tourist hotspot that hours after his proposal was his talks with Putin at a sum- contain classified information. lance Service was called in, but attracts millions and an area harshly criticized by Republi- mit of the Group of 20 nations After he was fired by confirmed it had not treated of the capital with rich rock n cans who said Moscow could in Hamburg, Germany. “The Trump, Comey shared per- any patients. Major fires have roll history. not be trusted. Trump said on fact that President Putin and sonal notes with a Columbia hit the sprawling market area But Camden Lock Market Twitter early on Sunday that he I discussed a Cyber Security University professor who in twice before in recent years, in is also the livelihood of many and Russian President Vlad- unit doesn’t mean I think it turn shared the information 2008 and 2014. small businesses and a stone’s imir Putin discussed on Fri- can happen. It can’t,” Trump with reporters of The New York LFB said the first, second throw from local residents who day forming “an impenetrable said on Twitter. He then noted Times. In a Congressional testi- and third floors and the roof had to watch as the fire took Cyber Security unit” to address that an agreement with Russia mony last month, Comey said of the building had been dam- ground floor. because it was very dangerous, started and we’re really feeling hold. Nestled next to Regent’s issues like the risk of cyber for a ceasefire in Syria “can & he considered those as his per- aged. “Crews worked hard to Deana Irwin, who lives next the fire was flying through the the loss of that,” Ms Neves said. Canal and beside Camden’s meddling in elections. The did” happen. Republican Sen- sonal documents. Comey said get the fire under control and to the market, saw flames blaz- air to the surrounding areas.” Market worker Kareem iconic railway bridge, visitors idea appeared to be a political ator John McCain of Arizona that he considered the memos to stop it from spreading to ing “about 5m high from the The market, which has Khodeir said he believed about have vast quantities of shops to non-starter. It was immediately acknowledged Trump’s desire to be unclassified. Trump also neighbouring buildings,” sta- top of the building”. been based in the area since 100 traders would have been explore and cuisine to sample. scorned by several of Trump’s to move forward with Russia, retweeted a criticism about tion manager David Reid said. Witness Joan Ribes, 24, 1974, has more than 1,000 stalls affected by the blaze and some The extent of the dam- fellow Republicans, who ques- but added: “There has to be a the mainstream media. “The BBC Radio London said: “I was just passing by and shops. Deicola and Leora would be “finished” as a result. age caused by a large fire in a tioned why the United States price to pay.” mainstream media is neglect- reporter Barry Caffrey said he when I saw the fire and they Neves, who own Camden Gui- “There were 30-35 perma- building in Camden Lock Mar- would work with Russia after “There has been no pen- ing their duty to represent the had been told by a fire officer at started to get firefighters and tars which is based in the burnt nent stalls in the building who ket has begun to emerge, with Moscow’s alleged meddling in alty,” McCain, who chairs the public. They’ve failed to repre- the scene the blaze had begun police, it was all very fast. building, said their shop had have completely lost everything reports that three floors and the 2016 US election. Senate Armed Services Com- sent half of the country,” Trump in a building with an Hon- “We called the police to been destroyed and “everything while those who trade outside the roof were badly affected by “It’s not the dumbest idea I mittee, told CBS, “Vladimir retweeted. AGENCIES est Burger restaurant on the close the street to the traffic has gone”. “This is where we also store their stock in there. the flames. AGENCIES have ever heard but it’s pretty Putin ... got away with liter- close,” Senator Lindsey Graham ally trying to change the out- of South Carolina told NBC’s come ... of our election.” Trump “Meet the Press” program. argued for a rapprochement NATO says it supports Ukraine against Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’ Ash Carter, who was US with Moscow in his campaign defense secretary until the end but has been unable to deliver KIEV: NATO chief Jens Stol- Commission session in Kiev. “NATO allies do not and sion as a way to bolster its of former Democratic Presi- because his administration has tenberg on Monday pledged the The conflict in east- will not recognise Russia’s ille- defences against former mas- dent Barack Obama’s admin- been dogged by investigations alliance’s support for Ukraine ern Ukraine and Rus- gal and illegitimate annexation ter Moscow. istration in January, told CNN into the allegations of Russian as it faces a bloody insurgency sia’s annexation of the of Crimea.” In June, Ukraine’s parlia- flatly: “This is like the guy who interference in the election and by pro-Russian separatists in its Ukrainean peninsula of The NATO chief’s visit ment voted to back attempts by robbed your house proposing ties with his campaign. eastern regions. Crimea in 2014 have driven came a day after US Secretary the nation to seek membership a working group on burglary.” Special Counsel Robert More than 10,000 people ties between Moscow and the of State Rex Tillerson made a of the 29-member bloc. Trump’s advisers, including Mueller is investigating the have been killed since a Rus- West to their lowest point since maiden visit to Kiev and urged It approved legal amend- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson matter, including whether sian-backed rebellion against the Cold War. Moscow to take the “first ments enshrining membership and Treasury Secretary Steve there may have been any col- the pro-EU government in “We are also here to step” to ease the conflict in in NATO as a foreign policy Mnuchin, had recently sought lusion on the part of Trump Kiev erupted in April 2014. demonstrate NATO’s soli- Ukraine’s east. priority. to explain Trump’s cyber push. campaign officials, as are Ukraine and the West accuse darity with Ukraine and The US and the European However, Kiev has yet Mnuchin said on Satur- congressional committees Moscow of smuggling weapons our firm support for the sover- Union have imposed sanctions to officially apply to start day that Trump and Putin had including both the House of and troops across the porous aggressive actions against and stand on your side,” Stol- eignty and territorial integrity on Russia, though Moscow has the lengthy and politi- agreed to create “a cyber unit to Representatives and Senate border, a charge it denies. Ukraine, but NATO and tenberg said in his opening of your country,” Stoltenberg denied backing the rebels. cally challenging process of make sure that there was abso- intelligence panels. AGENCIES “Russia has maintained its NATO allies stand by Ukraine remarks of the NATO-Ukraine said. Ukraine sees NATO acces- joining the alliance. AGENCIES Trump believes N Korea, China ‘Trump’s son met with Russian lawyer after being too meddled in US election: Aide promised damaging information on Clinton’ WASHINGTON: White the election, backing up claims WASHINGTON: President Trump’s It came at an inflection point in the cam- Clinton. Her statements were vague, House Chief of Staff Reince from Trump that “other coun- eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, was prom- paign, when Donald Trump Jr., who ambiguous and made no sense. No Priebus has said that US Presi- tries” joined Russia in its digital ised damaging information about Hill- served as an adviser and a surrogate, details or supporting information was dent Donald Trump believes interference. However, Prie- ary Clinton before agreeing to meet was ascendant and Manafort was con- provided or even offered. It quickly that apart from Russia, other bus did not cite any evidence with a Kremlin-connected Russian law- solidating power. became clear that she had no meaning- countries like North Korea to back up his claim. It was not yer during the 2016 campaign, accord- It is unclear whether the Russian ful information.” and China too interfered in clear if he was speaking only ing to three advisers to the White House lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, actually He said she then turned the conver- the country’s 2016 presiden- about the 2016 election or briefed on the meeting and two others produced the promised compromising sation to adoption of Russian children tial election. On “Fox News whether he meant China and with knowledge of it. information about Clinton. But the peo- and the Magnitsky Act, an American Sunday”, Priebus was asked North Korea had a hand in The meeting was also attended by ple interviewed by The Times about the law that blacklists suspected Russian to clarify what went down other elections, too, Fox News the president’s campaign chairman at meeting said the expectation was that human rights abusers. The 2012 law so when Trump confronted Rus- that (Trump) also says, which reported. Later, the White the time, Paul J Manafort, and his son- she would do so. enraged President Vladimir V. Putin of sian President Vladimir Putin drives the media crazy, but it’s House said in a statement in-law, Jared Kushner. Mr. Manafort and When he was first asked about the Russia that he halted American adop- about the election hack when an absolute fact, is that others that Priebus “was addressing Kushner recently disclosed the meeting, meeting on Saturday, Donald Trump Jr tions of Russian children. the two met at the G20 sum- have as well. And that’s true,” hacking generally, not election though not its content, in confidential Donald Trump Jr said that it was primarily about adop- “It became clear to me that this was mit in Hamburg, Germany, last Priebus said. “China has, North manipulation”. government documents described to tions and mentioned nothing about the true agenda all along and that the week. Korea has and they have consis- “China and North Korea The New York Times. with the Russians. The accounts of the Clinton. But on Sunday, presented claims of potentially helpful informa- Priebus said that “no mat- tently over many, many years. have long histories of malicious The Times reported the existence of meeting represent the first public indi- with The Times’s findings, he offered a tion were a pretext for the meeting,” ter what, Trump still believes So, yes, he believes that Rus- cyber activity directed at US the meeting on Saturday. But in subse- cation that at least some in the campaign new account. In a statement, he said he Trump said. Mark Corallo, a spokesman Russia tampered with last year’s sia probably committed all of entities, including government, quent interviews, the advisers and oth- were willing to accept Russian help. had met with the Russian lawyer at the for the president’s lawyer, said on Sun- race”. However, the Krem- these acts that we’ve been told industry and academia,” the ers revealed the motivation behind it. While President Trump has been request of an acquaintance from the day that “the president was not aware of lin said that Trump accepted of, but he (Trump) also believes statement said. At least four US The meeting — at Trump Tower on dogged by revelations of undisclosed 2013 Miss Universe pageant, which his and did not attend the meeting.” Putin’s denial of wrongdoing, that other countries also partic- intelligence agencies had con- June 9, 2016, two weeks after Donald J. meetings between his associates and the father took to Moscow. Lawyers for Kushner referred to while Trump officials insisted ipated in this,” he said. cluded that Russia led a series Trump clinched the Republican nomi- Russians, the episode at Trump Tower is “After pleasantries were exchanged,” their statement a day earlier, confirm- the US President pressed It was the first time that an of cyberattacks on the 2016 nation — points to the central question the first such confirmed private meet- he said, “the woman stated that she had ing that he voluntarily disclosed the Putin for answers. “(Trump) official in the Trump admin- election with the apparent aim in federal investigations of the Kremlin’s ing involving his inner circle during information that individuals connected meeting but referring questions about it said they (Russia) did meddle istration formally accused the of giving Trump an edge over meddling in the presidential election: the campaign — as well as the first one to Russia were funding the Democratic to Donald Trump Jr Manafort declined in the election. The one thing two nations of interfering in Hillary Clinton. AGENCIES whether the Trump campaign colluded known to have included his eldest son. National Committee and supporting to comment. AGENCIES US apologises for describing Trump defends daughter Ivanka for taking his place at G20 meet Iraqi army pushes to eliminate China’s Xi as leader of Taiwan WASHINGTON: US Presi- of the top aides of former US that it is for the host country last IS pockets in Mosul dent Donald Trump on Mon- President Barack Obama, crit- to decide who would repre- BEIJING: The United States has apologised day strongly defended his icised Ivanka for this. Trump sent them. “The delegations MOSUL: Iraqi forces fought daughter Ivanka, who has has slammed such criticism as themselves decide, should the to eliminate the last pockets of for mistakenly describing Chinese President Xi come under fire for sitting on politically motivated. He has president not be present for a Islamic State group resistance Jinping as the leader of Taiwan, China said on her father’s chair during a G20 accused the media of having meeting, who will then take in Mosul on Monday after the Monday. Chinese scholars said the mistake shows meeting in Germany last week, double standards on this issue. over and sit in the chair,” Merkel premier visited the devastated a lack of competence in the White House that is saying what she did was “very “If Chelsea Clinton were asked said. “Ivanka Trump was part city to congratulate troops on not conducive to healthy US-China relations. standard”. to hold the seat for her mother, and parcel of the American del- securing victory. “When I left Conference as her mother gave our country egation, so that is something With the jihadists sur- Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Room for short meetings with a G20 meeting in Hamburg, away, the Fake News would say that other delegations also do. rounded in a sliver of territory China asked the United States for an explanation Japan and other countries, I Germany, while Trump was CHELSEA FOR PRES!” Trump It’s very well known that she in Mosul’s Old City, attention of the mistake, and the US said it was a technical asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very meeting other world leaders. said. works at the White House and was turning to the huge task of error. Washington apologized and corrected the standard. Angela M agrees!,” The mainstream media and German Chancellor Angela is also engaged in certain ini- rebuilding the city and of help- mal declaration “out of my error, Geng said at a daily news briefing. AGENCIES Trump tweeted. Ivanka briefly leaders of the opposition Dem- Merkel, the host of the G-20 tiatives,” Merkel said during a ing civilians, with aid groups respect and appreciation for sat on her father’s chair during ocratic Party, including some Summit last week, has said news conference. AGENCIES warning that Iraq’s humani- our... forces that are continuing tarian crisis was far from over. the clearing operation.” Prime Minister Haider al- A senior commander said Indian-American develops handheld device for cervical cancer screening Abadi visited Mosul yesterday on Monday that Iraqi forces and hailed Iraq’s “heroic fight- were engaged in “heavy” fight- ing forces” after months of dif- ing with the remnants of jihad- HOUSTON: An Indian- self-screen. “We need to bring colpos- the cervix), as well as a highly ficult battles that have left much ist forces, but that the battle American professor and her Ramanujam has developed copy to women so that we can trained professional to admin- of the city in ruins. The Old was near its end. Lieutenant team have developed a new the “all-in-one device” which reduce this complicated string ister the test. City in particular has been dev- General Sami al-Aridhi of the handheld, lowcost device that resembles a pocket-sized tam- of actions into a single touch The device, developed with astated, with many buildings elite Counter- Terrorism Ser- will soon check cervical can- pon. Her team asked 15 volun- point.” funding from the National reduced to little more than con- vice said the jihadists had been cer without using a painful teers to try the new integrated Ramanujam said that cur- Institutes of Health, has a col- crete shells and rubble littering reduced to an area of the Old speculum. design and more than 80 per rent standard practices for cer- poscope design that resem- the streets. Upon his arrival in City of about 200 by 100 metres Nimmi Ramanujam and cent said they were able to get vical cancer screening require bles a pocket-sized tampon the city, Abadi’s office said he (yards). her team of reseacrhers at Duke a good image. a speculum (a metal device with lights and a camera at was visiting “liberated” Mosul “They do not accept to sur- University in North Carolina According to Ramanujam, Nimmi Ramanujam designed to spread the vagi- one end. It also includes an to congratulate troops on a render,” Aridhi told AFP. say the “pocket colposcope”, “The mortality rate of cervi- nal walls apart), a colposcope inserter through which the “major victory”. But “operations are in their which can connect to a laptop cal cancer should absolutely be it. But it isn’t. That is in part on a positive screening to have (a magnified telescopic device colposcope can be inserted Abadi later said that while final stages,” and “it is likely that or mobile phone, could even zero per cent because we have because women do not receive colposcopy performed at a and camera designed to enable to make the entire procedure “victory is certain”, he was (the fighting) will end today”, lead to women being able to all the tools to see and treat screening or do not follow up referral clinic. medical professionals to see speculum free. AGENCIES holding off on making a for- Aridhi said. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp May reaches out to rival parties Police reveal 336 residents were inside Grenfell Tower during fire LONDON: More than 250 Yard has offered a figure for in bid to implement Brexit Grenfell Tower residents sur- the number of residents in the vived the devastating fire that north Kensington block when LONDON: Seeking to keep zens are entitled to”, the media killed at least 80 people last the fire broke out. her leadership role, Britain’s reported on Monday. month, according to police. The figures will be expected embattled Prime Minister The- In a joint letter to the media, Police said investigations to allay fears among the com- resa May will reach out to rivals Members of the European Par- had led them to conclude 350 munity that hundreds may still within her Conservative party liament (MEP) termed the pro- people lived in the west Lon- be missing. and the Opposition by taking posal a “damp squib”, reports don tower but 14 were not there Residents have expressed into consideration their “views the BBC. It offers Europeans in when the building went up in continued doubts since the and ideas” as part of her efforts the UK fewer rights than Brit- flames on 14 June. tragedy over the death toll, with to implement Brexit despite ons in the European Union, the Authorities believe 255 Labour MP David Lammy argu- her reduced power. letter said. EU migrants who people escaped and 80 are still ing the real number of people A month after she lost her had lived in the UK for five estimated to have died or are killed may have been covered parliamentary majority in the years would be granted access missing. up to prevent riots. snap polls, May is seen admit- to health, education and other Thirty two victims have much further. Detectives said the investi- ting to her weakened posi- benefits. But May’s proposals been positively identified, with Detectives also revealed the gation was the biggest the Met- tion and will also say that she would be dependent on EU 55 post-mortem examinations tower was made up of predom- ropolitan Police has conducted was still committed to “bold states guaranteeing Britons the having taken place, according to inantly one and two bedroom outside of counter-terrorism action” to fulfill her promises same rights. The leaders of the investigating officers speaking at flats, which would account operations. of change. “Though the result four political groups who have a briefing on Monday. for the lower than expected Assistant commissioner of last month’s General Elec- signed the joint letter account Detectives said that due to occupancy. Martin Hewitt said: “This fire tion was not what I wanted, for two-thirds of the votes in the damage caused by the fire, Previous estimates put should not have happened those defining beliefs remain; the European Parliament, the some bodies may never be iden- between 400 and 600 people and as a result of that fire a my commitment to change in BBC reported. tified. But police said they do living inside the tower. large number of people have Britain is undimmed,” May will Their letter points out that not expect the death toll to rise It is the first time Scotland lost their lives.” AGENCIES say this in her speech to mark The speech will coincide lenges as a country. We may firm on the issue. they have the power to reject one year since she took charge with the launch of a report not agree on everything, but The Liberal Democrats said any Brexit deal before it can at Downing Street last year fol- commissioned by her on through debate and discussion May’s latest stance looked like a go ahead because Parliament UK arms exports lowing David Cameron’s post- tackling abuses in modern the hallmarks of our parlia- plea for help on Brexit from the must approve the withdrawal Panama probe: JIT Brexit referendum exit. working practices in the UK mentary democracy ideas can Opposition Labour party, even agreement. They said the UK to Saudi Arabia “My belief in the poten- and make a plea for cross- be clarified and improved and though Labour leader Jeremy proposal “falls short” because finds disparities in tial of the British people and party support to implement a better way forward found.” Corbyn was already support- it would take away rights citi- what we can achieve together its recommendations as well The speech comes at a time ing her plans. zens currently have, and create can continue, as a nation remains steadfast; as other policies. when May’s leadership is at Lib Dem Brexit spokesper- new red tape and uncertainty Sharif family income and the determination I have “When I commissioned its weakest, amid open calls son Tom Brake said: “A call for for millions of people. high court rules to get to grips with the chal- this report I led a majority gov- by Tory MPs for her to stand Labour to contribute is super- European Parliament chief ISLAMABAD: A joint inves- lenges posed by a changing ernment in the House of Com- down following her failure to fluous. On the single biggest Brexit negotiator Guy Ver- tigation team that probed the LONDON: Campaigners have world never more sure,” she mons. The reality I now face as secure a majority in the June 8 issue of our generation - Brexit hofstadt told the BBC that Panamagate graft case against lost a high-profile case calling for said. “I am convinced that the prime minister is rather differ- general election. - Corbyn isn’t contributing, he EU citizens in the UK — and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia path that I set out in that first ent,” she will say. She is also resisting calls is cheerleading.” Britons living on the con- Sharif and his family has found to be stopped over humanitarian speech outside Number 10 and “So I say to the other par- from pro-Europeans in her May’s offer to give EU citi- tinent — should keep their “glaring disparities” between concerns as the high court ruled upon which we have set our- ties come forward with your party to move away from a so- zens in the UK “settled status” current rights, rather than their known sources of income exports could continue. selves as a government remains own views and ideas about called hard Brexit, while pro- after Brexit has been described the government “inventing and their actual wealth in its Campaign Against the Arms the right one,” she will say. how we can tackle these chal- Brexiteers want her to stand as being “far short of what citi- a new status”. AGENCIES final report submitted to the Trade (CAAT) launched the high- Supreme Court on Monday, a profile judicial review of the gov- media report said. ernment’s decision to continue France could close a third of Japan PM Shinzo Abe to reshuffle Cabinet The JIT that investigated the granting weapons-export licences Sharif family’s business deal- declared sources of income to the country despite widespread nuclear reactors: Minister as support plunges to lowest since 2012 ings has recommended that and the wealth accumulated concern over the civilian death the National Accountability by the Respondent No. 1, 6, 7 toll of its campaign in Yemen. PARIS: France’s new environment minister said TOKYO: Japanese Prime Min- officials planned for August. Bureau open a reference against and 8 have been observed,” the Delivering an open judgment on Monday nearly a third of the country’s reac- ister Shinzo Abe will reshuffle “I will reshuffle the LDP Sharif and his family after JIT observed in its concluding in the high court in London, Lord his Cabinet and party leaders leadership and the Cabinet the probe panel found “glar- remarks. Justice Burnett, who heard the tors could be shut under plans to scale back early next month, moving to members early next month, ing disparities” between their The report said the financial case with Justice Haddon-Cave, the amount of electricity produced from nuclear shore up his worst levels of aiming to renew peoples’ feel- known sources of income and structure and health of compa- said: “We have concluded that the power. In 2015, the previous Socialist-dominated popular support since return- ings,” Jiji news agency quoted their actual wealth, the Dawn nies in Pakistan having linkage material decisions of the secretary parliament passed a law obliging the government ing to power in 2012, follow- Abe as saying in Stockholm. reported. to Sharif family also do no sub- of state were lawful. We therefore to reduce the proportion of electricity generated ing a historic loss in a Tokyo “Stability is extremely impor- The JIT report suggests stantiate their wealth. dismiss the claim.” assembly election. tant to deliver results. The core that a reference should be filed JIT chief Wajid Zia pre- The judgment was “necessar- from nuclear power from around 75% to 50 per Last week’s loss, delivered structure of the Cabinet should against Prime Minister Sharif sented the report along with ily long and rather dense”, he said. cent by 2025. “We can all understand that to reach by a novice political group, not be changed so often.” and his sons Hassan Nawaz evidence to a three-member The court is also handing down a this target, we’re going to have to close a cer- spotlights Abe’s potential vul- Shimbun newspaper — tum- Japanese media said the and Hussain Nawaz, as well special bench of the Supreme closed judgment, following a case tain number of reactors,” Environment Minister nerability after nearly five bling from 49 percent a month remarks mean he will retain as daughter Maryam Nawaz, Court comprising Justice Ejaz in which half of the evidence was Nicolas Hulot said. “It will be perhaps as high as years in power, with many earlier. Another, in the liberal Deputy Prime Minister Taro under Section 9 of the National Afzal, Justice Azmat Saeed and heard in secret after the govern- blaming voter perceptions of Asahi, found support of 33 Aso, who also serves as finance Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice Ijazul Ahsan. ment argued it contained sensi- 17 reactors, but we need to look into it.” Hulot, a arrogance on his part and that percent, a slide from 38 per- minister, along with Suga and ordinance 1999, the daily said. The six-member Jointtive information that could not celebrity environmentalist, was named as minister of his powerful Chief Cabinet cent from a week earlier. LDP number two Toshihiro The JIT has found that Investigation Team (JIT) was be heard in public for national for ecological transition in the first government of Secretary, Yoshihide Suga. Abe, in Europe for a sum- Nikai, while ditching gaffe- the assets of all four respon- set up in May by the Supreme security reasons. Saudi Arabia, 39-year-old centrist President Emmanuel Macron, Opinion polls on Monday mit of leaders of the G20 prone Defence Minister dents have been found to be Court with the mandate UK’s largest weapons client, has elected in May. France has 58 nuclear reactors op- showed Abe’s popularity at its grouping of nations, told trav- Tomomi Inada. He also said more than the sources of their to probe the Sharif family bought more than £3bn of British lowest since he returned to eling media he would retain he would skip a planned visit income in the probe completed for allegedly failing to pro- arms in the two years. UK and EU erated by state-owned EDF, which produces some power late in 2012, with sup- core officials in the reshuffle to Estonia and would arrive on Monday. vide the trail of money used arms sales rules state that export of the lowest-cost electricity in Europe. AGENCIES port of 36% in one conducted of the Cabinet and ruling Lib- back in Japan a day early to “Significant gap/dispar- to buy properties in London licences cannot be granted if there by the conservative Yomiuri eral Democratic Party (LDP) visit southwest. AGENCIES ity amongst the known and in 1990s. AGENCIES is a “clear risk” involved. AGENCIES China’s ailing Canada declares state of Emergency in Get it done, Donald Trump presses Nobel laureate British Columbia as wildfires spread Congress on healthcare Bill in ‘critical COLUMBIA: The Canadian state of tion and emergency management chief, WASHINGTON: President Donald measure eroded during the week- process. That’s what democracy is British Columbia has advised around said in a statement. Trump pressed Congress on Monday long July 4 break as many senators supposed to be all about.” condition’ 3,000 people to evacuate and declared John Ranta, the mayor of Cache to get health care done before leav- heard from constituents angry about Signaling his pessimism as well, a state of Emergency as wildfires sweep Creek, one of the areas where local resi- ing for its long August recess, even the GOP bill and the prospect of ris- Senator Chuck Grassley wrote on through the province. dents were ordered to evacuate, said at as Republican senators say the GOP ing premiums. “We don’t know what Twitter late Saturday that Republi- More than 138 new wildfires broke least five properties had been destroyed effort so far to repeal and replace the the plan is,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, cans will lose their Senate majority out on Saturday alone, raising the total by fire as well as 30 trailer park homes nation’s health law is probably dead. R-La., on Sunday. “Clearly, the draft if they don’t pass health care leg- to about 240, according to local media and two hangars at an airport. On Monday, as senators were plan is dead. Is the serious rewrite islation. The Iowa Republican said reports. One firefighter said: “I’ve been in returning to Washington after plan dead? I don’t know.” Sen. John the party should be “ashamed” that More than 1,800 firefighters were this business for 17 years... and I haven’t the July Fourth recess, the presi- McCain, R-Ariz., said it may now it hasn’t been able to repeal and tackling the fires and a further 260 were experienced a day like we experienced dent tweeted, “I cannot imagine be time for Republicans to come up replace the Affordable Care Act, or coming to their aid from other parts yesterday.” that Congress would dare to leave with a new proposal with support Obamacare. of Canada. Saskatchewan was sending Weather conditions are fur- Washington without a beautiful new from Democrats. “WE WONT BE ASHAMED BEIJING: China’s cancer- three air tankers and 30 firefighters. ther fuelling the conflagration. The HealthCare bill fully approved and “I think my view is it’s probably WE WILL GO FROM MAJORITY stricken Nobel laureate Liu “Given the current wildfire situa- Weather Network said that a ridge of ready to go!” But prospects for the going to be dead,” McCain said of the TO MINORITY,” he tweeted. The Xiaobo is in a critical condi- tion and the expected increase in wild- high pressure was keeping up tem- Republican effort in the Senate have GOP bill. If Democrats are included, White House, anxious for a legisla- tion, the hospital treating him fire activity, the province is taking this peratures, pushing hot, dry desert air been fading, and Majority Leader he said, it doesn’t mean “they control tive victory on health care, insisted said on Monday, raising fears extraordinary measure of declaring a through the Prairies. Lighting storms Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has been it. It means they can have amend- that it fully expects a GOP repeal about his life a day after West- provincial state of emergency,” Todd also lit up the skies in many parts of scrambling to salvage the faltering ments considered. And even when and replace bill to pass in the com- ern doctors said there was time Stone, British Columbia’s transporta- the province. AGENCIES legislation. Support for the initial they lose, then they’re part of the ing weeks. AGENCIES to take him abroad. The First Hospital of China Medical University in the Briton loses 14-year fight northeastern city of Shenyang Secret documents signed by Winston said Liu’s tumour has grown and his liver is bleeding. against extradition to US The hospital said in a state- ment on its website that it is Churchill auctioned for £7400 STRASBOURG: A 39-year- which American authorities preparing for the possibility of old British murder suspect who had promised not to seek -- taking the 61-year-old democ- LONDON: Secret documents has spent 14 years fighting his or a full-life sentence which racy advocate into emergency signed by the former Brit- In the document, extradition to the United States he claimed infringed on his care if necessary, adding that ish Prime Minister Winston lost his final appeal on Mon- human rights. “Liu’s family members have Churchill, including plans to dated June 12, day at the European Court of These arguments were been informed of the above cir- build a tunnel between Eng- 1914, Churchill Human Rights. rejected by the European Court cumstances”. China has come land and France in 1914, have Philip Harkins was arrested of Human Rights in 2012, but under international pressure to been sold for a total of 7,400 expresses his in Britain in 2003 over the Harkins appealed again to the let its most prominent dissident pounds at an auction in the opinion as to how killing of a man during an Strasbourg-based court in go abroad, but Chinese doctors United Kingdom. the country could armed robbery in Florida but 2014, arguing that he would said over the weekend that Liu The original printed note fought his extradition through not get a fair trial. was too sick to travel. ‘The Channel Tunnel docu- be defended in the British and European This argument was rejected But two foreign physicians, ment’ by Churchill as First the event of an courts twice. Harkins argued on Monday. American oncology expert Lord of the Admiralty discuss- that he faced the risk of the “The decision is final,” said Joseph Herman from the Uni- ing the feasibility of building attack death sentence in the US — the court in a statement. AGENCIES versity of Texas’ MD Anderson a tunnel and considering the Cancer Center and German risks posed if France were to the New Republic Maga- doctor Markus Buchler of Hei- become England’s enemy in zine, relaying Churchill’s per- delberg University, visited Liu 1914 was sold for £2,400. sonal message on the death on Saturday and said he could In the document, dated of US President Franklin still leave the country. June 12, 1914, Churchill Roosevelt and a historic let- Beijing has come under expresses his opinion as to a mile from the shore and the The Churchill Archives in ter written 1908 to then fire from human rights groups how the country could be railway should run from the Cambridge have a copy of this UK Prime Minister Herbert over its treatment of Liu and defended in the event of an tunnel mouth to the shore document but is unsigned, Asquith accepting the post as for waiting until he was diag- attack, according to the Mull- on a bridge,” he wrote in the according to the auction the President of the Board of nosed with terminal liver ocks auction house. document. house. Trade. cancer in late May to release “The tunnel should be No other version of this Other documents included The documents were sold him from prison on medical brought to the surface of the document signed by Churchill an original telegram dated for £600 and £4,400 respec- parole. AGENCIES sea not less than a quarter of is in existence. April 1945 to the editor of tively. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 Tech glitch halts NSE trading Now pay taxes, apply for PAN via CBDT mobile app for 3 hours; Govt seeks report NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department on Monday launched an app that allows MUMBAI: Country’s largest entities track TDS, pay taxes bourse NSE on Monday halted NSE Nifty BSE Sensex NSE asks BSE for and apply for permanent trading for over three hours account number (PAN). due to technical glitch, leav- Intra-day on July 10, 2017 Intra-day on July 10, 2017 clarification It will also help people link ing investors with no real time High:9,772.20 Low:9,646.45 High: 31,768.39 Low:31,471.41 their 12-digit biometric iden- updates and prompting the gov- on spurt in tifier Aadhaar with PAN card. ernment to seek a report on Close: 355.01 Close: The mobile app 'Aaykar the matter. 97.25 9,763.05 31,715.64 stock’s volume Setu', launched by Finance The IPO-bound exchange (1.01%) (1.13%) Minister Arun Jaitley, literally ‘deeply apologised’ for the NEW DELHI: Leading bourse means taxpayer's bridge and glitch even as trading went off National Stock Exchange (NSE) will be available in Android smoothly at rival BSE where Open: on Monday sought clarification phones. volumes surged. from rival BSE about a signifi- "This is a very important Sources at the finance 9,719.30 cant increase in the trading vol- step forward by the CBDT ministry said it was a techni- ume of its shares. and the principle reason being cal problem that led to trad- Previous close: A total of 5,941 shares of technology as a very powerful ing disruptions and there was Open: Previous close: BSE worth Rs 64.58 lakh were tool becomes an enabler. (With The I-T Dept initiative, Aaykar Setu, no information about hacking. 9,665.80 31,510.62 31,360.63 traded on the NSE. the app) most of the work the Investors faced problems BSE Ltd said that no price assessee can discharge with- is a step to directly communicate since morning in executing sensitive information is pending out any external help sitting at with taxpayers on a range of trade and the exchange stopped 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 with it for furnishing to NSE. home," the minister said. trading in cash as well as Futures "Significant increase in The app is in the series of multiple informative and useful and Options (F&O) segment. volume has been observed in actions taken by the Central tax services aimed at providing After at least two attempts mark 50-share Nifty settled looking into the issue that the such glitches. BSE Limited. The exchange, in Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to set things right, the National above the 9,700-mark for the bourse had allegedly provided Sources at the finance min- order to ensure that investors to provide better taxpayer ser- tax information at their fingertips Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed first time. preferential access to some istry said this sort of problem have latest relevant informa- vices and reduce grievances. operations at 1230 hours but Since morning, investors brokers. faced by the NSE is a serious tion about the company and The new initiative is a The taxpayers will also be already happened. display issue persisted which had faced problems in execut- Following the technical concern and hoped that such to inform the market place so step by the I-T department to able to receive regular updates "It has become far more con- was addressed later. ing trade and later the exchange glitch, Sebi, in the afternoon, situations do not happen again. that the interest of the investors directly communicate with the regarding important tax dates, venient. Secondly, it also makes There have been instances stopped trading in cash as well said it was closely monitoring “Let’s wait for the report. The is safeguarded, had written to taxpayers on a range of multi- forms and notifications on compliance far more easy." earlier also when the NSE and as F&O (Futures & Options) the situation while the finance NSE will send a detailed report the company," NSE said. In its ple informative and useful tax mobile numbers registered with "It also helps us in improv- the BSE have faced trading segments. ministry has sought a report on to Sebi. The report will be sent response BSE said that there is services aimed at providing tax the ITD. ing the image of the depart- problems. NSE’s chief of business the matter. to us through Sebi. We expect no such announcement or price information at their fingertips. All taxpayers who wish to ment. For the reason that one In a statement issued development Ravi Varanasi “NSE deeply apologises for an interim report from Sebi by sensitive information, which is This is the first mobile app receive such SMS alerts are of the not so acceptable alibis at around 1530 hours, the said that normal market oper- the glitch. The matter is being the end of the day,” a source said. pending to be intimated by the by the CBDT and can be down- advised to register their mobile given by those who don't com- exchange said cash market seg- ations resumed at 1230 hours examined by the internal tech- The NSE has been the largest company to the stock exchange loaded by giving missed calls to numbers in the Aaykar Setu ply is we don't comply because ment did not function normally and since then the system has nical team and external ven- stock exchange in India in terms concerning its performance. 7306525252. module. the harassment that compli- due to technical problem at the been functioning fine. dors, to analyse and identify the of total and average daily turn- "We wish to reiterate and The CBDT will also activate "The app reduces the phys- ance involves. Not that this opening on Monday and was “We are carrying out an cause which led to the issue and over for shares every year since clarify that all the informa- the option of filing tax returns ical interface between assess- reason has much reason in closed. internal review of the techni- to suggest solutions to prevent 1995, as per Sebi data. tion furnished by the com- using the mobile app in the ing officer (AO) and assessees. it, but today this reason gets “F&O and CDS (Currency cal glitch,” he said. The techni- recurrence,” it said in the state- Epic Research CEO Mustafa pany is in public domain coming months. Physical interface has many eliminated more the interface Derivatives Segment) market cal glitch in its trading system ment on Monday. Nadeem said the problem actu- and the company will com- The module compiles vari- unintended consequences - it is reduced," he said. segments opened normally. also comes at a time when the Besides, the matter has been ally got worse when there was ply with Sebi Regulations and ous tax tools, live chat facility, is time consuming and can lead Jaitley said an external Subsequently after giving notice NSE is awaiting approval from referred to the Standing Com- no clear statement or guidance keep the stock exchanges duly dynamic updates, and impor- to improprieties," Jaitley said. audit must be done to see how to the market, the F&O seg- the markets regulator Sebi for mittee on Technology to review from the NSE about the glitch informed of all the price sensi- tant links to various processes The tax department, he said, much of the interface has been ment was also closed,” it said. its Rs 10,000 crore IPO. the problem and approve mea- and the clarification came late tive information(s)," BSE said within the I-T department in a has endeavoured to reduce reduced and which are the other Despite the chaos, the bench- Besides, the watchdog is sures to prevent recurrence of at around 1000 hours. PTI in a statement. PTI single module. interface and a lot of it has areas where it can be done. PTI Govt may impose countervailing Railways to promote Tata vs Cyrus: HC won’t hear minority shareholders’ suit MUMBAI: In a reprieve for the ers Pramod Shah and five oth- panies for "losses suffered as a lants filed an application along order permitting the suit to be duty on some small entrepreneurs Tata group, the Bombay High ers, challenged Cyrus Mistry's result". with the suit seeking permission filed in a representative capacity. Court on Monday overturned removal as chairman of the Tata The damages sought are for under order 1, rule 8 of the Civil The permission was on steel products its order and ruled it cannot hear group, terming it "illegal, moti- losses due to a drop in the share Procedure Code, a provision Monday revoked by Justice a suit filed by minority share- vated and malafide". prices of eight Tata group com- that says that one or more per- S C Gupte, who said a suit NEW DELHI: The government holders of the group seeking The shareholders demanded panies since the market closing sons may, with the permission of filed by few minority share- may impose countervailing duty Rs 41,000 crore in damages as a over Rs 41,000 crore in damages on October 24 last year, when court, sue or defend on behalf of holders cannot be treated of 18.95 per cent on imports of representative suit on behalf of for themselves and all similarly Mistry was ousted, to Decem- all interested individuals. as a representative suit on certain kind of flat steel products all non-promoter shareholders. placed non-promoter share- ber 6, 2016. In December last year, Jus- behalf of all the non-promoter from China to guard domestic The suit, filed by sharehold- holders of the listed group com- Shah and the other appel- tice S J Kathawalla had passed an shareholders. PTI players from cheap imports. In its final findings, the Directorate General of Anti- Dumping and Allied Duties Mutual funds see outflow Paytm Mall all set to (DGAD) has concluded that NEW DELHI: The Indian In addition to the 358 items despite sufficient demand in Railways has taken a big step including handicraft and paint- India and capacities, the domes- to promote micro and small ing brushes exclusively reserved of `16,600 crore in June hire more staff in 2017 tic industry has lost sales oppor- enterprises by reserving 358 for procurement from MSEs, tunities, "which is a direct items including cleaning appa- railways will now allow the sec- NEW DELHI: Investors pulled MUMBAI: Online shopping consequence of subsidised ratus, stationery and leather tor in procurement of several out nearly Rs 16,600 crore from platform Paytm Mall is set to imports" from China. items exclusively for procure- other items also. various mutual fund schemes hire nearly 2,000 new person- DGAD is an investigative ment from the MSE sector. The official said MSEs will in June, making it the second nel across various business and arm of the commerce ministry. Besides, in a relief to the be now encouraged to partici- consecutive monthly outflow, tech roles to effectively scale its It has recommended that MSEs, the sector has been pate in the business of mainte- primarily due to huge redemp- operations. the actual duty should be the exempted from paying tender nance and operation of rolling tion from income and liquid The shopping platform difference between the quan- cost and earnest money deposit stock and also in procurement segments. is under the wing of Paytm tum of countervailing duty pro- for participating in the railway of cables, linen, paints, coupler In comparison, mutual Ecommerce, a recently incor- posed (which is 18.95 per cent) tender. body, wall panelling, cutting and funds saw an outflow of close porated separate entity by the and anti-dumping duty pay- "Though earnest money is drilling machines. to Rs 41,000 crore in May. Prior parent company One97 Com- able, if any. required to be deposited in all Recently the national trans- to that, Rs 1.51 lakh crore were munications, to address the "The authority recommends modes of tendering, we have porter has organised a meeting invested in April. potential in online commerce, imposition of definitive coun- decided to exempt the MSEs to increase the participation of Bajaj Capital Chief Execu- Paytm said in a statement here. tervailing duty...so as to remove from depositing it with the ten- micro and small enterprises in tive Rahul Parikh said mutual Further, Paytm has moved phone, while empowering the injury to the domestic indus- der document," said a senior railway procurement. funds are shifting focus from over 800 personnel actively brands and local shopkeepers try," the DGAD has said in a Railway Ministry official. The meeting was attended by income and money market or schemes stood at Rs 93,400 for a shorter horizon -- logged involved in the growth of its to sell online and offline with notification. The growth of small business Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu liquid funds to equities, equity- crore in the first quarter of the an outflow of Rs 12,739 crore. e-commerce business from equal ease," Paytm Mall's Chief While DGAD recom- is crucial for India's economic and senior officials from the linked saving schemes (ELSS) current fiscal. However, equity and One97 Communications to Operating Officer Amit Sinha mends the duty, finance min- development and the support of ministry and the Small Indus- and equity-oriented balanced Individually, income funds equity-linked saving scheme the newly incorporated Paytm said in the statement. istry imposes it. It added that the formal and organised sector tries Development Bank of India funds. that provide returns either on (ELSS) saw an infusion of Rs Mall. Paytm Mall is also scaling there is a significant difference like railways will help it unleash (SIDBI) besides MSE vendors. "This shift can be attrib- a monthly or quarterly basis 8,164 crore. Overall, the assets Paytm Mall recently raised its partner network by adding between the prices offered by its true potential. Stakeholders from railways uted to the low yields on money as opposed to capital apprecia- under management (AUM) of $200 million from SAIF Part- another 3,000 Paytm agents to the domestic industry and for- There are a total of 9,973 were advised to extend their market and fixed income tion registered an outflow of Rs the country's 42 fund houses ners and Alibaba Group Hold- its existing workforce as it goes eign producers. MSE vendors registered on the support to MSEs and take steps investments at present," he 20,685 crore last month. slipped to Rs 18.96 lakh crore at ings to grow its business. deeper into tier II and tier III Jindal Stainless Ltd and Indian Railways procurement for their development. added. Such funds usually hold a the end of June, from Rs 19.04 The firm has put together a cities, digitising catalogues of Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Ltd on portal and Rs 4,400 crore worth The Research Designs According to data by the variety of government, munic- lakh crore at May-end. team with diverse set of expe- neighbourhood shopkeepers behalf of the domestic indus- of materials are procured in a and Standards Organisation Association of Mutual Funds ipal and corporate debt obli- Mutual funds are invest- riences and skill sets to handle and trusted brands, it said. try had filed the petition for year from the sector. (RDSO), the research wing of in India (Amfi), a net sum of gations, preferred stock and ment vehicles made up of a key roles, it said. The team will It will leverage mobile tech- for initiation of anti-subsidy/ The state-run transporter the Railways, was advised to Rs 16,592 crore was pulled out dividend-paying stocks. pool of funds collected from a continue overseeing various nology to make its wide retail countervailing duty investiga- has firmed up an action plan extend its support to MSE ven- from mutual fund schemes in Besides, liquid funds -- with large number of investors. The categories across the company. inventory available to custom- tion concerning imports of "flat to increase participation of the dors on technical issues and June. After taking into consid- investments in cash assets such funds are invested in stocks, "We will make the largest ers while helping retailers reach rolled products of stainless steel" MSE sector in the public trans- SIDBI was advised to provide eration the latest outflow, total as treasury bills, certificates of bonds and money market selection of products available out to a wider set of customers from China. PTI porter's procurement. financial support to MSEs. PTI investment in mutual fund deposit and commercial paper instruments, among others. PTI to customers on their smart- around them. PTI June passenger vehicle sales stutter by 11% on pre-GST jitters

Indian April-June- 2016 NEW DELHI: Passenger vehi- per cent. Car sales were down "After demonetisation last of 7-9 per cent growth in the PV Motorcycle sales last month units compared to 4,49,807 units cle sales fell over 11 per cent 11.24 per cent to 1,36,895 units year, GST impact was one-of- segment for the current fiscal. rose 2.18 per cent to 964,269 in the previous fiscal, up 24.02 Automobile Industry April-June- 2017 in June, the first decline in as against 1,54,237 units in June a -kind of situation. We expect Last month, market leader units as against 943,706 units a per cent. Segment leader HMSI Overall Performance Number of Vehicles six months as dealers avoided last year. It was the steepest fall to come out of it soon as peo- Maruti Suzuki India continued year earlier. posted sales of 2,71,007 units picking up fresh stocks from in 49 months, since May 2013, ple have now come to know its domination in the domes- "Rise in rural income and during the month as against Production Domestic Sales Exports companies ahead of GST imple- when car sales had fallen by about the taxes, rates," SIAM tic PV space by selling 93,057 prospects of a good monsoon 2,65,361 in June 2016, up 2.12 64,31,938 55,46,562 8,29,007 mentation with a view to avoid 11.7 per cent. Deputy Director General Sug- units, representing a growth of are driving motorcycle sales," per cent. Chennai-based TVS 7.50% 69,14,544 6.02% 58,80,641 13.74% 9,42,880 transitional loss. "Rationalisation of stock ato Sen said. 1 per cent. Rival Hyundai Motor Sen said. Motor Co posted a growth of Domestic passenger vehi- happened at both dealers and Hit by demonetisation, PV India sold 37,562 units with Market leader Hero Moto- 33.99 per cent in its domestic Segment-wise Domestic Sales cle sales declined by 11.21 per manufacturers during the sales had fallen by 1.36 per cent a decline of 5.64 per cent fol- Corp sold 5,37,187 units during scooter sales at 86,296 units 4,75,799 cent to 1,98,399 units in June month. We expect it to be just to 2,27,824 units in December lowed by home grown Mahin- June as compared to 4,77,540 in compared to 64,403 units sold Passenger from 2,23,454 units in the same one month kind of a thing," 2016 from 2,30,959 units in the dra & Mahindra at the third the same month previous fis- in June 2016. Cars 3.89% 4,94,313 month last year, according to SIAM Director General Vishnu year-ago month. spot with 16,169 units, down cal, up 12.49 per cent. Honda Hero MotoCorp sold 75,482 Two 45,42,905 data released by the Society of Mathur told reporters here. When asked if SIAM would 5.27 per cent. Motorcycle and Scooter India scooters during the month com- Wheelers 7.78% 48,96,170 Indian Automobile Manufac- Dealers were more focused revise its growth forecast for Tata Motors dispatched (HMSI) sold 1,45,358 units last pared to 60,524 units in the turers (SIAM). on liquidating stocks rather than the ongoing fiscal for passen- 13,148 units, down 12.19 per month as against 1,42,618 units same period last year, up 24.71 Three 1,39,497 Although PV sales have picking up fresh units during ger vehicles, considering the cent, while Honda Cars sold in the same period of the pre- per cent. Sales of commercial Wheelers 1,04,976 -24.75% been growing continuously the month to avoid transitional the GST impact, Sen said the 12,804 units during the month, vious fiscal, a growth of 1.92 vehicles were up 1.44 per cent to Total 6,97,154 since January after recover- loss, he added. industry body hasn't looked at up 12.25 per cent. per cent. 56,890 units in June, SIAM said. Passenger ing from demonetisation last During the January-April the matter yet. In the two wheeler segment, Bajaj Auto posted sales Vehicle sales across catego- Vehicles 4.38% 7,27,658 year, the decline witnessed in quarter, PV sales rose by 4.38 "We would like to track the sales in June rose 4 per cent to of 1,08,109 units as against ries registered an increase of Total 1,67,006 June was the steepest fall in PV per cent to 7,27,658 units. the market for next few months 1,527,049 units as compared 1,68,625 units in June 2016, 1.26 per cent to 1,818,829 units Commercial Vehicles 1,51,837 -9.08% sales in 51 months, since March Domestic cars saw an increase of before committing anything," he to 1,468,263 units in the year- down 35.88 per cent. Scooter from 1,796,172 units in June PTI Source: SIAM KBK Infographics 2013, when sales fell by 13.01 3.89 per cent during the quarter. said. SIAM has given a outlook ago month. sales in June were at 4,97,478 2016, it added. business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp HPCL raises $500 million via India to import US crude for first time; delivery in October bonds in foreign markets NEW DELHI: India, the world's third-largest oil NEW DELHI: State-owned importer, has sealed a first deal Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd to import crude oil from the US (HPCL) on Monday said it has OVL will bid for Lebanese and the shipment is expected to raised $500 million through touch Indian shores in October. a maiden 10-year US dollar The deal, by state-owned bonds issue. offshore blocks: Pradhan Indian Oil Corp (IOC), comes HPCL raised the money NEW DELHI: ONGC's over- within weeks of Prime Minister from investors in Asia, Europe seas arm OVL will bid for Narendra Modi's visit to the US and the Middle East to fund blocks in Lebanon's first oil and when President Donald Trump capital expenditure for ongoing gas exploration and production talked of his country looking and future domestic projects, licensing round, Oil Minister to export more energy prod- the company said in a press Dharmendra Pradhan said on ucts to India. statement here. Monday. "We have bought 2 million "This is HPCL's inaugu- ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) barrels of crude oil from North ral foray into the international was pre-qualified to bid as America comprising 1.6 mil- bond market. The 10-year an operator for five offshore lion barrels of US Mars crude benchmark has a semi-annual blocks (1,4,8,9 and 10). and 400,000 barrels of Western coupon of 4 per cent per Pradhan, who is leading a Canadian Select," IOC Direc- annum and a maturity date of HPCL raised the money from investors delegation to the World Petro- tor (Finance) A K Sharma said July 12, 2027," it said. in Asia, Europe and the Gulf to fund leum Congress in Istanbul, in bid round. These companies here. ket," he said. Sharma said the buyer arranging for ships to The bonds offers investors a Twitter post said he held a have to submit their bids to the US Mars is a heavy, high- company will buy more crude ferry the oil). a spread of 167.5 basis points capital expenditure for ongoing and bilateral meeting with Leba- Lebanese Petroleum Adminis- sulphur grade which will be from the US if the market con- "However, in case of US, over the US Treasury (UST) future domestic projects, the oil and nese Energy Minister Cesar Abi tration on September 15. processed at IOC's newest ditions remain favourable for this was not possible as VLCCs yield. Khalil on the sidelines of the The blocks on offer include refinery at Paradip in Odisha. such purchases. The IOC move can't load on US ports and The issue received orders gas company said in a press statement conference. three bordering Israeli water. "Given the current inter- has already led to more pur- crude has to be first loaded for more than $3 billion with "The meeting was impor- Lebanon, along with national oil markets where the chases by other Indian refiners. on small ships and at high sea over 225 investors consisting The Notes will be listed on establishes HPCL as one of tant in the context of @ongc- Cyprus, Israel and Egypt, sits differential between Brent (the State-owned Bharat Petroleum the same is put on a VLCC," of very high quality accounts. the Singapore Exchange Securi- the sought-after Indian state- videshltd participation in the on the Levant basin in the Med- benchmark crude or marker Corp Ltd (BPCL) too tendered he said. So, IOC obtained per- The notes are rated Baa3 by ties Trading Limited (SGX-ST) owned enterprises credit in the upcoming bid round for off- iterranean where gas fields have crude that serves as a refer- to buy one million barrels of mission to buy the cargo on a Moody's and BBB- by Fitch. Commenting on the occa- international bond markets". shore gas fields in Lebanon," he been discovered since 2009. ence price for buyers in west- crude either for loading on delivered basis where the seller "At UST 167.5 basis points, sion, Mukesh Kumar Surana, Citigroup, DBS Bank Ltd, said in another tweet. Other companies pre-quali- ern world) and Dubai (which August 16-September 5 or arranges for the ships. this represents the tight- the Chairman and Manag- MUFG, SBICAP and Standard Besides OVL, Lebanon has fied as operators include Petro- serves as a benchmark for delivery on Septeber 26- Octo- "Every time we decide to est priced public issuance for ing Director of HPCL, said, Chartered Bank acted as joint pre-qualified 12 other compa- bras of Brazil, Total of France, countries in the east) has ber 15. But for importing crude buy US oil, we will have to take 10-year $bond issue from the "The issue has been oversub- book runners and joint lead nies including Chevron, Total Italy's Eni, Petronas of Malay- narrowed. from the US, IOC had to take this permission," he said add- Indian oil and gas sector sec- scribed by 6 times and man- managers for the issue. and Exxon Mobil as operators sia, Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil "Even after including the special permission from the ing the cargo contracted will be tor and represents the tight- aged to achieve a very strong HPCL is a Global Fortune for the bid round that has been of Norway, Repsol of Spain, shipping cost, buying US crude shipping ministry. delivered at Paradip refinery in est 10-year spread paid by an price compression of 32.5 500 company with majority stalled for years due to political Inpex of Japan, Chevron and proved to be very cost compet- "Indian government pol- the first week of October. Indian corporate in the last basic points from initial price holding with Government of uncertainty. ExxonMobil. itive to us and so we bought icy provides for purchases of Sharma said that IOC is decade in the international guidance. India. With a turnover of $33 More than three dozen Non-operators include one very large crude carrier crude oil to be made on con- looking at five to six grades bond markets," the statement "It underscores inves- Billion it enjoys Navratna sta- companies have been pre-qual- Cairn India and Cairn Energy (VLCC) cargo through a tender dition that the shipping will be of US crude, including Mars said. tor's confidence in HPCL and tus among Indian PSUs. PTI ified as non-operators for the of UK. PTI from the spot (or current) mar- done by the Indian carriers (the crude, for future purchases. PTI ICEX gets final Govt approves Amazon’s J&K’s debt burden increases to DBT saves Govt `57,029 cr nod from Sebi to restart trading ops proposal for FDI in food `55,358 cr at FY16-end: CAG ... Pahal alone `29,769 cr NEW DELHI: The government NEW DELHI: The govern- NEW DELHI: Market regula- has approved American e-com- JAMMU: Jammu and Kash- lic debt, which was 61.05 per ment has saved a whopping tor Sebi has given final nod to merce major Amazon's pro- mir's total debt rose to Rs cent in 2011-12, rose to 65.70 Rs 57,000 crore with its Direct Indian Commodity Exchange posed $500 million investment 55,358 crore at the end of 2015- per cent in 2015-16, the report Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme (ICEX), anchored by Reliance in retailing of food products in 16 which was a little over 60 per revealed. under which subsidies are given Capital, to recommence trading India, an official said. cent of its GDP and close to 5 "This shows increasing directly to beneficiaries. operations. The proposal was pending times of its tax and non-tax rev- trend of dependence of the The DBT programme, The exchange said it will before the Foreign Investment enue, a CAG report has said. government on high interest a major reform initiative to restart trading operations by Promotion Board (FIPB) which worth $695 million for retail The rise in debt shows rate bearing market loans to check graft in welfare funds, Programme, which deals with, the end of next month, after a has been abolished now. of food products. increasing trend of depen- fund its expenditure instead of was launched by the UPA gov- among other things, old age gap of three years as the bourse Hence, the Department of While US-based retail giant dence of the government on improving State's own revenue ernment on January 1, 2013. and widow pensions, the latest has complied with all Sebi man- Industrial Policy and Promo- Amazon is one of the major high interest rate market loans resources to generate develop- It was aimed at transfer- data from the Cabinet Secre- dated norms. tion (DIPP) gives the green sig- e-commerce players in India, to fund its expenditure, the mental funds", the report said. ring benefits of various central tariat showed. "We are grateful to Sebi for nal to the proposal. Grofers and Big Basket are into Comptroller and Auditor Gen- "More than 70 per cent of government-run social welfare DBT led to a saving of about granting the final approval to As per the proposal, the online grocery space. eral of India (CAG) said in the current borrowings were uti- schemes to the bank accounts Rs 36,144 crore in 2015- 16. ICEX for re-commencement company will open a wholly- Amazon has proposed to report. lised for repayment of earlier of beneficiaries. Till March, 2017, there of trading operations. With all owned subsidiary in India to invest around $500 million in "The overall fiscal liabilities debt leaving behind less than 30 According to government were 140 schemes under the requisite approvals in place, carry out the business. It will retail of food products. of J&K State has increased from per cent for capital expenditure data, of the Rs 57,029 crore DBT net. A total of 59 and 34 ICEX is poised to go live by end- stock food products and sell The government last year Rs 48,314 crore at the end of 1.55 times of the government's vis-a-vis creation of assets", it saved under DBT in 2016-17, schemes were under the DBT at August, 2017," ICEX Managing online. allowed 100 per cent for- March 31, 2015 to Rs 55,358 revenue receipts during 2015- said. the LPG subsidy scheme 'Pahal' the end of 2015-16 and 2014-15 Director and CEO Sanjit Prasad Currently, the government eign direct investment (FDI) crore at the end of March 31, 16 and 4.92 times government's Not only this, the state's accounted for Rs 29,769 crore. fiscals respectively, the data said. said in a statement. permits 100 per cent foreign through approval route for 2016", the report for the year own tax and non-tax revenues own deficit also increased from Besides, about Rs 14,000 A total of 485 schemes have ICEX, a screen-based online direct investment (FDI) in the trading, including through ended March 2016 said. during the 2015-16, the report Rs 21,832 crore to Rs 32,606 crore were saved in providing been identified from 60 minis- derivatives exchange for com- food processing sector. As per e-commerce, in respect of Expressing concern over said. crore during 2011-16 leading to subsidies directly to beneficia- tries for the DBT. modities, has already received norms, a foreign company can food products manufactured the debt, the report said as The report further revealed more dependence to the Cen- ries under the Public Distribu- The beneficiary base rose approval from Sebi for com- open a wholly-owned sub- and produced in India. a percentage of Gross State that the buoyancy ratio of these tral government and market tion System. from 10.71 crore in 2013-14 to mencement of business and sidiary in India to retail food In 2016-17 (April-Decem- Domestic Product (GSDP) liabilities with respect to GSDP loans. The Mahatma Gandhi 35.62 crore in 2017-18. trading operations for diamond. products produced and or man- ber), the food processing sector the stock of accumulated fis- during the year 2015-16 was Public debt of the state gov- National Rural Employment DBT, which is a high pri- It has applied for crude ufactured in the country by way in the country received FDI of cal liabilities increased from 3.27 indicating that for each ernment has also increased Guarantee Scheme, that guaran- ority and focus area of the and brent oil contracts. Prior of opening stores or online. $663.23 million. 54.95 per cent at end of 2014- one per cent increase in GSDP from Rs 22,692 crore in 2011- tees 100 days of employment for government, functions under to launch, ICEX will now be The government had Under the new mechanism, 15 to 60.27 per cent at end of fiscal liabilities grew by 3.27 12 to Rs 32,031 crore in 2015- every rural household, saved Rs the Cabinet Secretariat and stepping up enrolment and received investment proposals proposals related to retail sector 2015-16. times. 16 registering an increase 11,741 crore, and Rs 399 crore its implementation was being training of members and con- from three companies - Ama- is being approved by the com- At the end of 2015-16, the The percentage of the mar- of 41.16 per cent during the were saved in DBT transfers for directly monitored by the Prime ducting mock trials. PTI zon, Grofers and Big Basket - merce and industry ministry. PTI accumulated liabilities were ket loans to the total pub- period 2011-16. PTI the National Social Assistance Minister's Office. PTI Oil pump dealers defer protest China's COSCO to buy Orient Overseas for $6.3 billion against daily price revisions BEIJING: Shares in both Chi- to sell their 68.7 per cent stake tive. It is currently the fourth- na's state-owned shipping at that price to COSCO Ship- largest behind France’s CMA NEW DELHI: Petrol pump fuel prices being implemented buy petrol and diesel from oil company, COSCO, and Orient ping, which is making the offer CGM. dealers have deferred till month- from June 15. companies at one rate but the Overseas (International) Ltd. with Shanghai Port Interna- The companies said that end their planned 'no-purchase, "The Petroleum Ministry very next day rates would be surged Monday after COSCO tional Group (SIPG) (600018. they plan to retain OOIL’s list- no-sale' agitation against daily has directed the oil marketing cut. "Buying at x price and sell- agreed to buy its smaller rival SS) that will take 9.9 per cent. ing status and maintain its revision in fuel prices on expec- companies (OMCs) to decide ing at x minus 1 is leading to for 6.3 billion. COSCO Shipping will have global headquarters and pres- tations that oil companies will on raising dealers commission huge losses for dealers," he said. The merger will form a new a fleet of more than 400 ves- ence in Hong Kong to support raise their sales commission. by July 31," AIPDA president He said the OMCs have Asian shipping giant, helping sels and capacity exceeding the city as a global maritime All India Petroleum Deal- Ajay Bansal said here. promised to devise some com- COSCO compete as a wave 2.9 million TEUs (twenty-foot center. ers Association, which claims Also, the oil companies have pensation scheme if the two of consolidation in the indus- equivalent units) should the The shipping industry has to represent petrol pump oper- promised to study the imple- months study (June 16 to try creates a handful of huge petitors. Orient Overseas, con- The filing said COSCO will deal go through. This would been struggling amid slug- ators in 23 states, had called mentation of the daily price August 15) throws out find- global competitors. By Mon- trolled by the family of former pay 10.07 per share (HK 78.67), make it the world’s third larg- gish global trade and falling on its members not to buy any revision till August 15 to see if ings that dealers had suffered day, COSCO's shares traded Hong Kong Chief Executive a premium of 38 percent over est container shipping line rates. Danish shipping firm fuel from oil companies or sell the dealers actually suffer any substantial loses due to daily in Hong Kong had jumped 6.1 Tung Chee- Hwa, is in the top Orient's Friday share price on after Denmark’s Maersk Line Maersk acquired Hamburg any petrol and diesel to con- losses. price revision. Prices of petrol per cent while Orient Overseas' 10. The transaction is subject the Hong Kong Exchange. The MAERSKb.Co and Switzer- Sud, a German company, in sumers on July 12. This was in "In view of this, we have and diesel are revised at 0600 hrs shares soared 20.8 per cent. to antitrust review by Chinese, total price tag for the deal will land’s Mediterranean Shipping December, while French ship- protest against the "losses" the decided to defer the agitation everyday since June 16 to reflect COSCO, with 311 con- European and US authorities, be 6.3 billion (HK 49.2 billion). Company (MSC), according per CMA CGM bought Sin- petrol pump dealers have suf- till August 1," Bansal said. Deal- any change in international oil tainer ships, ranks among the according to a filing with the OOIL’s controlling share- to Singapore-based transport gapore-based Neptune Orient fered because of daily revision in ers say they suffer losses as they price in the previous day. PTI global industry's top five com- Hong Kong Stock Exchange. holders had on Friday agreed research firm Crucial Perspec- Lines last year. AGENCIES CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE

In view of the ‘chaos’ among exporters regarding GST, an urgent open ‘Swatch Bharat Fortnight’ was initiated on July 6 by POWERGRID’s The Memorandum of Understanding for the year 2017-18 was signed house meeting was organised by EPCH on July 9 with senior officials of Northern Region Headquarters-I office at Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi. between Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) The foundation day of CRIS was celebrated on July 3. On this occasion the Central Board of Excise and Customs. Pradeep Goel, Commissioner, The employees enthusiastically participated in a Cleaning drive and and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) with Durga Shankar a seminar on ‘Artificial Intelligence: Possibilities and Prospects for the Central Board of Excise & Custom (CBEC) & Head of Handicrafts whitewashing of walls at a Primary School of NDMC located at Katwaria Mishra, Secretary (MoHUA) and Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman and Indian Railways’ was held at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, sectoral group chaired the open house Sarai Managing Director (HUDCO) on July 10 New Delhi. CRIS MD Vandana Nanda inaugurated the seminar 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 I USED TO WEAR EVERTON’S PYJAMAS ATLETICO MADRID MULLS CHELSEA TARGET REAL MADRID AT HOME, SAYS ROONEY PULLING OUT OF ATK STRIKER ALVARO MORATA LONDON: Wayne Rooney on Monday said he used to wear NEW DELHI: Spanish football club Atletico Madrid are LONDON: Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata is now being Everton football club’s pyjamas at home during his time at the reportedly reconsidering their association with their targetted by Chelsea, media reports on Monday said. After English Premier League (EPL) giants Manchester United. Rooney, ISL franchise Atletico de Kolkata. According to Spanish missing out on Romelu Lukaku, who went to Manchester United, on Sunday, moved to his childhood club Everton from Manchester publication Marca, officials of the Spanish club have not Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte has begun the search for United “It feels great (to be back),” Rooney, who played for the cleared their future plans regarding the Indian franchise a new striker. Morata is keen to move to the English Premier Merseyside club, before moving to Old Trafford. which has won the Indian league in 2014 and 2016. League having previously attracted interest from United. Murray soars, Kerber crashes Lewis decimates LONDON: Defending cham- to reach the quarter-finals since India as Windies pion Andy Murray reached a Jo Durie in 1984. 10th successive Wimbledon Kerber was beaten 4-6, 6-4, quarter-final on Monday with 6-4 by Spanish 14th seed Garb- a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-4 win over ine Muguruza as the German’s win by 9 wkts Benoit Paire of France. fourth round exit extended a The world number one will miserable run for last year’s face Sam Querrey, who he leads Wimbledon runner-up. 7-1 in career meetings, for a The 29-year-old, who lost to place in the semi-finals. Serena Williams in the final 12 “I thought I played well. months ago, has failed to make Maybe a couple of sloppy ser- the last eight at any of this year’s vice games in the first set but three Grand Slams. that was by far the best I’d hit Kerber was unfazed by her the ball so far in the tourna- ranking blow, saying: “I know ment. So I’m really pleased with the feeling already to be No. 1. that,” said Murray. I know the feeling to be No. 2, “He’s not an easy guy to in the top 10. play. He’s got one of the best “It was the best match for backhands.” a long time for me, so I think Only Roger Federer and I’m still on a good way even Jimmy Connors (11 each) though I lost.” A fan with a Jamaican flag runs through the pitch at the end of a have reached more consecu- Kerber, who had taken tive Wimbledon quarter-finals the top ranking from Ser- T20I between India and West Indies at Sabina Park cricket ground in than Murray. ena in March, will be Kingston, Jamaica PIC/AP/PTI The 30-year-old’s progress replaced at number one by KINGSTON: Evin Lewis once while Mohammed Shami (0/46 is particularly noteworthy as either Karolina Pliskova or again turned out to be India’s in 3 overs) was hit for six bound- he came into the tournament Simona Halep. nemesis in the shortest for- aries and two sixes. nursing a hip injury. Seven-time major winner mat with yet another magnif- Experienced Marlon Sam- Andy Murray in action against Benoit Paire during their match at the Wimbledon “Two weeks ago I was rest- PIC/AP/PTI Venus, who clinched the last of icent hundred in West Indies’ uels (36 no off 29 balls) played ing, I was also a little bit con- I’m doing well so hopefully appeared when hunting down Meanwhile, Angelique that saw accusations of sexism her Wimbledon titles in 2008, comfortable nine wicket vic- second fiddle during the 112 run cerned when you’re having I keep it up.” Paire’s flurry of drop-shots. At Kerber crashed out of Wim- aimed at Wimbledon chiefs will hope to emulate Navrati- tory against India in the one- stand as Lewis fittingly finished issues a few days before a big Murray has now beaten other times, though, Murray bledon and lost her hold on after they put just two wom- lova, who went on to reach the off T20, here on Sunday. the match with a six off Jadeja. event, it’s frustrating,” said French opponents 26 times did not exactly move well. But, the world number one rank- en’s matches on the main show- final 23 years ago. Chasing a competitive target Earlier, Indian batsmen fal- Murray. in a row and the world No46 as he has done so many times, ing, while five-time cham- courts, Williams wasn’t the only “I’m playing pretty solid. of 191, Lewis smashed his way tered badly after a rollicking “But I’ve managed it well rarely looked like stemming he found a way to win. Now pion Venus Williams became star savouring a historic last Winning never gets old at any to an unbeaten 125 off 62 balls start provided by their open- and I think I’ve played some the flow of despair. He perhaps he needs to find a way to raise the oldest All England Club 16 triumph. stage in your career, ever,” said with as many as 12 sixes and six ers scoring 190 for 6 after being good stuff. was bamboozled early on by his level, because he was not quarter-finalist in 23 years Johanna Konta, the book- Venus, who expressed sym- fours as the reigning World T20 put into bat. “That was the best I’ve Murray’s between-point limp entirely convincing here on day on Monday. makers’ favourite for the title, pathy for Kerber over her champions knocked off the runs Skipper Kohli (39 off 22 played so far in the tournament. which almost magically dis- seven. Amid a scheduling row became the first British woman court row. AGENCIES in only 18.3 overs. balls) and Shikhar Dhawan (23 It turned out to be a forget- off 12 balls) added 64 in a whirl- JADEJA, ASHWIN REMAIN ON TOP OF TEST BOWLERS RANKINGS table day for the bowling unit wind opening stand using the Karthik blames after a sub-par total on a bat- Powerplay overs to the fullest. DUBAI: India’s spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin continued to sit Don’t deserve to ting belter as Lewis notched up However Dinesh Karthik at the top two positions in the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings, released here on Monday. dropped the highest individual score by (48 off 29 balls) and Rishabh Jadeja is heading the table with 898 points while Ashwin is placed at the second spot a West Indies batsman surpass- Pant (38 off 35 balls) could not with 865 points but none of the other Indian bowlers figure in the top-10 list. In the chances for ing Chris Gayle. keep the momentum despite an win if don’t grab Lewis had earlier tormented 86- run stand in 9.5 overs. As a all-rounders chart also, Jadeja and Ashwin remained static at second and third places the Indian bowlers with a 49 result, India could manage only respectively. As far as Indian batsmen are concerned, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat loss in T20 -ball-100 during a T20 Inter- 97 runs in the their back 10 after Kohli have remained at fourth and fifth places. KL Rahul climbed up a place to ninth chances: Kohli national in Florida, last year. scoring 93 in the first largely spot in the batting table, which is continued to be headed by Australia’s Steve Smith. KINGSTON: India’s top- In fact, Lewis turned Gayle due to positive intent showed Meanwhile, England’s Moeen Ali has received a rankings boost in both batsmen’s and scorer Dinesh Karthik rued into spectator with his power- by the Dhawan-Kohli duo. The bowlers’ list. Ali was declared the player of the match at the Lord’s Test, where Eng- the dropped catches that hitting as he cleared the front- total was atleast 20 runs short land beat South Africa by 211 runs to go 1-0 up in the four-match series Ali contrib- proved decisive in his team’s leg to hit in the arc between of par-score on a good batting nine-wicket loss to the West long-off and long-on. Gayle’s surface. Kohli was in regal form uted 87 and seven with the bat and bagged four for 59 and six for 53. AGENCIES Indies in a one-off Twenty20 contrubution in the opening as he punished each and every match, acknowledging a stand of 82 was a mere 18 off bowler hitting seven boundaries chance that he himself spilt. 19 balls. and a six during his short stay. A CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT In the sixth over, Lewis On a true pitch, the Trinidad backfoot cover drive off Carlos PRESS NOTICE Sania-Flipkens went for a lofted straight drive left-hander just hit through the Brathwaite and a six over long- NOTICE INVITING E-QUOTATION off Bhuvneshwar Kumar but a line clearing the ropes at will. He on off Kesrick Williams stood beaten in Round mix-up between skipper Virat got a couple of reprieves with out among the rest. The Executive Engineer(E), DCED, CPWD, 20-Subhash Kohli and Mohammad Shami Mohammed Shami and Dinesh Brief Scores: Road, Dehradun-248001 invites on behalf of President of of 16 match saw the opportunity go waste. Karthik being the offenders but India: 190/6 (Dinesh Karthik Four balls later, Lewis one can’t take anything away 48, Virat Kohli 39) vs West from Experience Firms having experience in operation India LONDON: Indian tennis PIC/AP/PTI gave another chance when from Lewis. Indies: 194/1 (Evin Lewis 125, and routine maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plant. Intrested player Sania Mirza and her he heaved at a Kuldeep Yadav The experienced spin duo of Marlon Samuels 36, Jerome Tay- firms has to be enclosed at least two completion certificate of women’s doubles partner KINGSTON: Skipper Virat good feeders of how guys react delivery but got a reprieve Ravindra Jadeja (5 sixes), Ravi- lor 2/31). work executed by them for the following work:-. Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium Kohli was critical of India’s per- to situations.” when an onrushing Karthik, chandran Ashwin (4 sixes) con- West Indies won the match by AGENCIES Name of Work:- C/o UAG office building for AG Uttarakhand were beaten by Slovakian formance against West Indies in Kohli feels India’s T20 team at long-off, couldn’t get into ceded nine sixes between them 9 wickets. Martina Hingis and Chan the one-off T20, saying his team is still in a transition and there the position. at Kaulagarh Dehradun. (SH:- Operation and routine main- Yung-jan of Taiwan in a was sloppy with both the bat and would be bad days but overall “If mis-hits go for sixes tenance of STP). Earnest Money Rs. 3,000/- and Last Time & Round of 16 match of the ball and did not deserve to win. he was happy with the team’s then you know it is his day Geeta sets eyes on winning gold date of submission of bid: 14-07-2017 at 3:00 PM. Wimbledon here on Mon- Put into bat, India posted performance. but he gave us two chances, The tender forms and other details can be obtained from the day. Hingis-Yung-jan beat 190-6 on a batting belter but “West Indies have a good we couldn’t hold on to them. at CWG & Asian Games website www.tenderwizard.com / CPWD or www.cpwd.gov.in the 13th seeded pair 6-2, 6-4 Evin Lewis blasted an unbeaten T20 team, they have carried on Those were costly opportuni- in straight sets. The Indo- 125 off 62 balls with as many with the same team for a couple ties and in T20 games every NEW DELHI: Star India wrestler Geeta Phogat on Belgium pair never looked in as 12 sixes and six fours as the of years. And in experimental opportunity would cost you Monday said her target was to win gold medals the contention and a strong reigning World T20 champi- stage, we’d have up and downs. a lot. We could see the result game from their opponents ons knocked off the runs in only But we need to keep going. One went their way mostly because at next year’s Commonwealth Games and Asian saw them bowing out of the 18.3 overs. game in the ODIs we lost, we of dropped chances,” Karthik Games. “As for now, my immediate aim is to prestigious meet. Meanwhile, The Trinidad left-hander won three convincingly,” he said. said at the post- match press win gold medals at the Commonwealth Games British tennis player Johanna got a couple of reprieves with “T20s is anyone’s game, and conference. and Asian Games next year and I am completely Konta beat French Caroline Mohammed Shami and Dinesh one game doesn’t make a series Explaining why he Garcia 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4 in Karthik being the offenders. according to me. Overall, we couldn’t hold on to the catch, focussed on that,” she said. The 28-year-old the last 16 at Wimbledon “Even in the first innings, we enjoyed the tour.” Karthik said: “I am pretty con- Geeta, whose life inspired Bollywood star Aamir on Monday. The 26-year- could have added 25-30 extra. Happy to notch up a nine- fident of taking high catches Khan to make a movie ‘Dangal’ that went on to old Konta, seeded No.6, We were on course for 230. And wicket win over India, West in fielding. It is just that I came become one of the greatest blockbusters of all left her best to the last as in the field as well, we dropped Indies skipper Carlos Brathwaite running in and the breeze time, said that she did not want any distractions in she committed just two a few chances and if you don’t said he was happy with the way took it away slightly more unforced errors, fired four grab them you don’t deserve to his team expressed themselves than I thought and from the the run up to Commonwealth and Asian Games. aces and won 79 per cent of win,” Kohli said after the match. on the field. “Very happy. Yes- corner of my eyes I saw Virat “I want to focus on my training and leave no room first serve points and 83 per “If you give a good start up terday (Sunday) we asked for running in as well. for distraction. So, reality-tv shows are a no-no,” cent of second serve points the order, one batsman has to the batters to go out and express “I didn’t want to bump she said. The first Indian female wrestler to have in the third set, reports Efe. bat through. I think Dinesh was themselves. I gave them the cap- into him and that took a frac- qualified for Olympics, Geeta was present at the The Australian Open 2016 good, but we needed someone to tain’s incentive, whoever goes tion of second for me which semifinalist Konta needed get 80-90 which a team needs in and gets a fifty gets half my made me run more than I event, along with her husband and fellow wrestler two hours and 12 minutes T20 cricket, I think. match fee. We wanted to put should and that kind of didn’t Pawan Kumar. London Olympics bronze medal to advance into the quarter- “Then we didn’t start well smiles on the faces of the fans get me in good position and winning wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, also attended finals at Wimbledon for the with the ball and didn’t field and that’s what we come back that’s is the reason I dropped the programme. AGENCIES first time. AGENCIES well either. All these games are to do,” said Brathwaite. AGENCIES the catch,” he said. AGENCIES Allround Raza gives Zimbabwe historic ODI triumph over SL

HAMBANTOTA: Sikandar off-spinner Akila Dananjaya Raza starred with the bat and struck back with four wick- ball to help Zimbabwe edge ets to rattle the Zimbabwe out Sri Lanka by three wickets middle-order. and clinch a historic series vic- The visitors slipped from tory in the fifth One-day Inter- 137-1 to 175-7 -- losing six national on Monday. wickets for 38 runs -- but Raza Taking the series 3-2 in and skipper Graeme Cremer Hambantota, the 11th-ranked (11 not out) hung on for an Zimbabwe registered their unbeaten 29-run stand as the maiden series win in Sri Lanka perennial underdogs erupted and first overseas triumph in in celebrations. eight years. chase with an unbeaten 27 “Happy that Sikandar came Off-spinner Raza claimed as the visitors won with 71 to the party. It turned around three wickets to restrict the balls to spare. very quickly but happy we hosts to 203-8 after Zim- Zimbabwe opener Ham- pulled it off in the end,” an babwe elected to field first. ilton Masakadza top-scored elated Cremer said following He then anchored a tense with a fluent 73 before rookie their win. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 mp Stars missing but Asian Athletics India coach’s appointment on proves historic hold after interviews, says CAC MUMBAI: Suspense contin- Sehwag’s interview went on the BCCI, Ganguly stated that ued over India’s next coach with for two hours. the appointment will be made the Cricket Advisory Commit- “You will get to know soon,” keeping in mind the 2019 tee (CAC) on Monday decid- Sehwag told reporters while World Cup. ing to put the appointment on leaving Cricket Centre. “Once we make this hold while sending a pointed “We will hold on to the announcement, it has to be till message to skipper Virat Kohli announcements as we need a the World Cup (2019),” said to understand “how coaches few more days. We feel there Ganguly. operate”. is no hurry, the Sri Lanka tour Ganguly said that the pre- Speaking on behalf of the is coming in a few days’ time,” sentations given by coaches Indian men’s 4X400m relay team members celebrate with their gold three-member CAC, former Ganguly said. on their roadmap for Indian medal during the medal ceremony at Asian Athletics meet PIC/PTI captain Sourav Ganguly made Ganguly made it clear that cricket were no different from it clear that the panel was not in they are looking at the big- what they saw last year. BHUBANESWAR: Thedium, erected as a world-class a hurry and made it clear that ger picture for the next two “From what we have heard absence of top stars took some facility in just 90 days with a Kohli will need to understand years and will take a deci- from the coaches, it is not dif- sheen away but India’s record- brand-new synthetic track, the nuances associated with sion in the best interest of ferent from last year. We will breaking medal haul and a was witness to India ending professional coaching. Indian cricket. take a call in the due course of maiden top-of-the-table fin- numero uno, ahead of super- Asked about the inputs time. We are not in a hurry. Sri ish made the just-concluded power China, with 29 medals ‘VIRAT NEEDS TO taken from Kohli in the meet- Lanka is a long tour. We want 22nd Asian Athletics Champi- (12 gold, 5 silver, 12 bronze). UNDERSTAND HOW ings during the ICC Champions to make sure that everybody is onship here a memorable one. India fielded the highest Trophy in England, Ganguly in synchronisation. BCCI Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) members Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and BCCI acting secretary The four-day champion- number of athletes, 94, and COACHES OPERATE’ said, “That was on a different “It’s not me, Sachin, ship, which began on July 6 achieved their best-ever perfor- Amitabh Choudhary during a press conference regarding the Indian cricket team coach selection PIC/PTI aspect. As I said, he has stayed Amitabh ji (Chaudhary) or after a and ended on Sun- mance, bettering the 22 medal “Virat will need to under- tary Amitabh Chaudhary, told Tom Moody, Richard Pybus Ganguly informed that out of the whole thing. Rahul (Johri), who will play. It day, was hit by the absence of haul (10 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze) stand how coaches operate. At mediapersons here. and Lalchand Rajput were West Indian Phil Simmons did “We want to make sure we is the players who will be play- some top continental stars, a in the 1985 edition in Jakarta. the same time, you have to give Ganguly’s message was an interviewed with Sehwag being not make himself available for take the best possible decision ing and the support staff will perennial problem for which India snapped China’s credit to Virat that he has stayed indicator that the CAC has the only one physically present the interview. for Indian cricket. The coach, be there. Everybody should be the Asian Athletics Federation monopoly at the top, a con- out of the coach selection pro- taken a grave note of the situ- at the BCCI Headquarters. However, the decision to captain and players are the ones in synchronisation,” Ganguly has not found any solution yet. stant since the 1983 edition, by cess. We will have a detailed ation after the infamous Kohli- Ganguly and Laxman were withhold the appointment is who will take Indian cricket said in a matter-of-fact manner. Several athletes from leading the medal table from chat with him once he is back Anil Kumble fallout leading to joined by Sachin Tendulkar a clear indication that Ravi forward. The CAC goes out of He, however, made it clear China, Japan, Qatar and Bah- the opening day till the end. from the West Indies,” Ganguly, the latter’s departure. via Skype and the former skip- Shastri is no longer a runaway the picture once the coach is that Kohli remains an impor- rain, among others skipped But surely the host coun- flanked by committee member Five candidates --- namely per said that the process is favourite for the top job as has selected.” tant cog in the decision-making the event to prepare for next try’s medal count would have VVS Laxman and joint secre- Ravi Shastri, Virender Sehwag, complete. been the popular perception. Reiterating the policy of process. AGENCIES month’s World Champion- been much less had the likes ships in London, taking away of China, Qatar and Bahrain some sheen off the champion- sent their top athletes. Bahrain, IOC to discuss double host Manu-Sumeeth eye title defence; Prannoy also in fray ship which featured 562 ath- in fact, quietly pulled out of letes from 43 countries. It was, the event. Result sheets show CALGARY: Defending champi- Long respectively on succes- though, not a new development that one Qatari athlete had decision for 2024, 2028 ons Manu Attri and B Sumeeth sive days. given that the biennial event DNF (did not finish) remark Reddy will hope for a turn- The 24-year-old will is held in the same year as the against his name on the open- LAUSANNE: Olympic chiefs ing week for the Olympic around in their fortune when hope to continue his good World Championship. ing day but none took part in will meet in Lausanne on Tues- movement on Sunday by tell- they begin their campaign in run when he faces Mexico’s Asian Athletics Associa- the subsequent days. Had the day to discuss and likely rub- ing IOC top brass: “We’ll have the men’s doubles competition Job Castillo in the opening tion President Dahlan Al- participation been better the berstamp the process to award some interesting days in Lau- of the Canada Open Grand Prix round. Hamad said “Bhubaneswar, gold medals India won in men’s the 2024 and 2028 Games sanne. Some very important which begins with the qualifiers, Among other Indians, you have raised the bar” dur- 5000m and 1000m, in 1500m simultaneously. decisions will be taken. More here on Tuesday. Harsheel Dani will face 11th ing his speech at the closing (both men and women) and in Members of the Interna- decisions will be made in Lima.” Commonwealth Games seeded Lucas Corvee of France, ceremony last night. The com- women’s 3000m steeplechase tional Olympic Committee The Peruvian capital Lima champion Parupalli Kashyap Lakhanee Sarang will take on a pliment was perhaps directed and men’s 4x400m relay races (IOC) will hold an extraordi- hosts the 130th IOC Congress and gaint- killer H S Prannoy qualifier. at the near-flawless organisa- would have been difficult if nary session after presentations on September 13 where the will also hope to lay claim to Abhishek Yelegar will also tion of the event by the Odisha not impossible. The African by the campaign teams for Los vote to decide the 2024 and their first title of the season feature in the opening round government and the Athletics imports from Bahrain would Angeles and Paris, battling for likely 2028 hosts will be made. when they begin their cam- their form at the international Kashyap have made a good on Wednesday. Federation of India. have been difficult to beat in the right to succeed 2020 hosts Both Paris, whose dele- paign at the Markin MacPhail circuit. return after recovering from a In women’s singles, National On the field of play, how- middle and long distance races. Tokyo and stage the Games in gation is being led by French Centre here. The third seeded duo have knee and shoulder injury. champion Rituparna Das and ever, the quality of the com- Japan, which has some strong seven years’ time. President Emmanuel Macron, It was double bonanza for failed to cross the first round He looked in good touch at Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will petition was not of the highest athletes for these events, also Last month IOC bosses and Los Angeles will pres- India at the Canada Open last in most of the events that the Australian Open and would lead the charge of the young standard with the hot and did not send their best. The backed a plan to award both ent their bids to the IOC on year when B Sai Praneeth and they have played this season look to put his best foot forward bridage, comprising Reshma humid weather also affecting absence of Qatar’s Asian leader the 2024 and 2028 Games Tuesday. then Rio-bound Manu and and Manu-Sumeeth will look when he takes on Peru’s Daniel Karthik, Sri Krishna Priya Kuda- the athletes’ performance. Only Abdalelah Haroun made it together, with the recommen- Last week the IOC Sumeeth clinched twin crowns. to correct those figures when La Torre Regal. ravalli and Sai Uttejitha Rao one meet record — by India’s easier for India’s Muhammed dation expected to be backed Evaluation Commission While Praneeth has improved they face Japanese combo of Second seeded Prannoy was Chukka. AGENCIES

Neeraj Chopra in men’s javelin Anas to win the gold in men’s by a vote at their Swiss head- report lavished praise on both that showing with a maiden Kohei Gondo and Tatsuya in rampaging form at Indonesia millenniumpost.in throw — was created in the 400m sprint, though one can- quarters on Tuesday. bidding cities, stating there Super Series title at Singapore Watanabe in the opening Super Series Premier, defeating millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS whole of four days. not belittle the achievement of IOC president Thomas was “very little to separate” the Open in April, Manu-Sumeeth round. Olympic silver and gold medal- However, the Kalinga Sta- the Kerala lad. AGENCIES Bach opened a ground-break- two rivals. AGENCIES seemed to have struggled with In men’s singles, 16th seed lists - Lee Chong Wei and Chen CHANGE OF NAME I, Satish Kumar S/o Lukaku thanks Everton as he joins Manchester United GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Sh. Jagan Nath Garg PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT R/o 104, Tarun Enclave , MANCHESTER: Manches- training ground, thank you for Pitampura, Delhi-34 that ter United’s new striker Rom- making me feel home from the elu Lukaku sent a message to first day I walked in,” Lukaku, INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB) my son’s name mentioned his former football club Ever- who first played at Everton on NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING in his old passport as ton on Monday. UEFA Europa loan from Chelsea for one sea- Sayam Garg and his name League champions Manches- son, added. Bid No. : 9 For 2017-18 appears in his Aadhaar ter on Saturday confirmed the “To my teammates it was Card as Sanyam Garg. move of the 24-year-old Bel- great to play with you guys. 1. The Executive Engineer, P.W.Division, Dhule invites online bids in B-2 That my son’s correct name gian international player after To technical staff thank you is Sanyam Garg and both four years at Everton. for helping me become a form for the construction of work detailed in the table. The bidders may Sayam Garg & Sanyam “I want to say a big thank better player. Working with submit bids for any or all of the following works. you to all the people involved you guys has been a pleasure Garg is same and one at @everton. I want to thank and i’ll take ur advice through- person. the fans for your support Chelsea striker said via Ins- can proudly say it was an hon- out the rest of my career. TABLE throughout the 4 years we’ve tagram. “You guys helped me our to play in front of you. To Thank you Everton football Sr. Name of Work Approxi- Bid Cost of spent together,” the former through all my games and I the staff at the stadium and club,” he said. AGENCIES No mate value Security documents of work Rs. Rs. Thought Pakistan was all about 1 3 4 5 6 1 STBT With Repairs to Dahivel Shirsole 21009864/- 420200/- 10000/- cricket: Ronaldinho, Giggs Road MDR-35 Km.0/00 to 12/00 and Main- tenance for Two Years Tal.Sakri Dist. Dhule KARACHI: Ronaldinho and 2 STBT and Maintenance for 2 Years on Deur 23230482/- 64700/- 10000/- Ryan Giggs returned from Ner Khandlay Shirdhane Lamkani Road Pakistan on Sunday night, MDR-20 Km.0/00 to 18/500 Tal.Dist. Dhule expressing surprise at the 3 Construction of Administrative Building at 19857925/- 397200/- 5000/- “passion” for the game in I.T.I. Dhule Tal.Dist. Dhule a cricket-crazy country. 4 Construction of Office Building Informa- 21109874/- 422200/- 10000/- The two footballers were tion and Public Relation Department at in Pakistan on a two- Dhule Tal.Dist. Dhule day visit with five other 5 Widening of N.H.-211 to Ranmala Avdhan 15642338/- 312900/- 5000/- international stars to play Chitod Morane Gondur Nagaon to N.H.-3 in two exhibition matches (Part Ramesh Bekari to Mohan Medical) in in Karachi and Lahore Dhule City Tal.Dist. Dhule organised by the Leisure League. “I think the se- curity was excellent and we thought that Pakistan 2. Bidding documents may be purchased from e-tender portal of through was only a cricket loving nation but after our visit web site https://mahatenders.gov.in From 14/7/2017 to 7/8/2017 for a non we know they are as passionate about football as refundable fee as indicated in the form online mode only. Interested bid- well, Ronaldinho said. AGENCIES ders may obtain further information from the office of Executive Engineer, P.W.Division, Dhule. 3. Bids must be accompanied by security of the amount specified for the work IMPRESSIVE FINISH BY ADITI IN LPGA in the table and shall be paid online. ONEIDA: Aditi Ashok completed yet another impres- 4. Bids must be submitted online on https://mahatenders.gov.in on Date sive finish with a final round of three-under 69 to be 7/8/2017 & Technical bid will be opened on Dt. 11/8/2017 (if possible) in tied 28th at the inaugural Thornberry Creek LPGA the presence of bidders who wish to attend in the office of the Superintend- Classic. The 19-year-old Indian rookie ended at ing Engineer, P.W.Circle, Dhule. 11-under 277, her third straight finish between 25th 5. A prebid meeting will be held on Dt. 31/7/2017 Time 11.00 AM at the office and 30th places. Aditi played out rounds of 70-68- 70-69. She has now made eight cuts in 10 starts, of Superintending Engineer, P.W.Cirlce, Dhule to clarify the issues and to including two Majors, and is all set for the US Open answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage as stated in next. Meanwhile, after a 2-under-par 70, Australian clause 9.2 of ‘Instructions to Bidders’ of the bidding document. Katherine Kirk put the finishing touches on her third 6. Others details can be seen in the bidding documents. LPGA Tour victory. Kirk birdied the 72nd hole to finish No. Tender/ 4776/2017 at 22-under par, the lowest four-round tournament Office of the Executive Engineer total in her career. Kirk had an up-and-down Sunday P.W.Division, Dhule with four bogeys offset by six birdies, and was able Email:[email protected] Executive Engineer to hold off all challengers including Sei Young Kim Date : 1 / 7/2017 P.W.D. Division, Dhule and Pornanong Phatlum. AGENCIES D.G.I.P.R/2017/2018/1458 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 11 July, 2017

Shraddha is trying to break her girl-next- Wanted to venture into door image with her next NEW KIND OF FILMS: film ‘Haseena,’ where she will be seen Shraddha Kapoor on ‘Haseena’ essaying NEW DELHI: Actor Shraddha I decided to be a part of films like ‘Has- Kapoor has tried to break her girl-next- eena’ and the Saina Nehwal biopic,” the role of door image with her next film Has- she added. eena: The Queen of Mumbai. She hopes Giving more details about the underworld people will see her conscious effort of biopic, she said: “I think it’s a very big playing something different on screen. opportunity for me to play a sports- don Dawood “I think it’s one of most different woman who has been a former cham- roles of my career so far for sure because pion. It’s a huge responsibility, so I Ibrahim’s sister I think I have played more positive really hope that once the movie is out, characters, and this is first character people get inspired when they watch which is more the movie. grey shaded. I “We have not started shooting for hope people it and I am still preparing for the role. can see (my) There is a long way to go. I hope I can conscious do justice to her,” she added. effort of play- The actor, who made her Bolly- ing something wood debut in 2010 with Teen Patti, different,” went on to do roles in films like Aas- Shraddha hiqui 2, Ek Villain and Haider. said. Asked about her evolution as an She spoke actor, Shraddha said: “That is some- on the side- thing that the audience has to decide... lines of the How they see my progress. I just like ‘Pari’ to launch of to try and do better than what I have Marico’s Hair & Care in a new fruity done before.” avatar. The actor says she is not affected by release on Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai is the ups and downs of life as she feels it a biopic, where Shraddha is essaying is a “part of every kind of profession”. the role of underworld don Dawood “But you keep doing what you are February 9 Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar. The passionate about.” film is directed by Apoorva Lakhia Daughter of veteran actor Shakti and Shraddha’s brother Siddhanth Kapoor, Shraddha says that she looks next year Kapoor will play the notorious gang- to her father for advice, but his only ster Dawood Ibrahim in the biopic. suggestion to her is to always do what MUMBAI: Actor Anushka Sharma’s Shraddha, who has also been roped she wants to and to pursue what makes upcoming paranormal thriller Pari in to play badminton champion Saina her happy. Coming to her beauty and will hit the screens worldwide on Feb- Nehwal in a biopic, says that project hair care regime, the actor, who is the ruary 9, 2018. too is a part of her pursuit to maintain brand ambassador for Hair & Care On Monday, she revealed the sec- a variety in her filmography. Fruit Oils, says “the nourishment that ond look from the film: Battered and “I just wanted to do something dif- your body gets when you consume bruised, lying on the floor of what ferent. I felt like I wanted to venture food, the same nourishment is needed looks like a shanty with shabby cur- into new kinds of films, and be a part of for hair also and that’s how fruit oil tains, she’s here to haunt you for long. different kind of characters. That’s why comes into the picture”. IANS Dressed in a salwar kameez with disheveled hair, her dark and gaunt eyes look scary. To be directed by debutant Prosit Maisie Williams criticises Roy, the film will be jointly produced Diana Penty ‘excited’ by Anushka’s Clean Slate Films and KriArj Entertainment. Sharing a new poster of the film, Anushka tweeted the release date SEXUALISATION about her military on Monday. On signing the film, Anushka had said in a statement: “Pari is a great script, and I have com- of young actresses plete faith in the vision of the direc- tor as well as this collaboration with look in ‘Parmanu’ KriArj Entertainment.” Last month, she released the first look poster of the film in which she looked totally unrecognisable. MUMBAI: After portraying a actor-producer John Abraham This will be Anushka’s third simple Meera in Cocktail and shared the first look of Par- project as a producer. NH10 and a fun Happy in Happy Bhaag manu – The Story Of Pokhran, Phillauri were her previous produc- Jayegi, actor Diana Penty is now where the map of Pokhran is tion ventures. excited to play a military shown with John’s face water- “The first leg of shoot is over and officer in the upcoming marked behind the poster. we are very satisfied with what we film Parmanu – The The film is based on the his- have shot. Good and meaningful con- Story Of Pokhran. toric nuclear tests which were tent-driven films is what we aspire Diana took to Twit- conducted in 1998 in Pokhran, to make at Clean Slate. It’s not only ter on July 9 to share her Rajasthan. The tests are marked about creating a good premise, but first look, where she is as the most iconic incident also about developing it properly. seen donning a mili- after Independence. The film ‘Pari’ is one more step in that direc- tary uniform. Her hair will throw light on how it all tion,” Karnesh Sharma of Clean Slate is pulled back to a bun happened. Films said in a statement. and she is sporting minimal Parmanu - The Story Of The film, which will also stars make-up. Pokhran, which also stars Bengali actor Parambrata Chatter- “Excited to share my first Boman Irani in a pivotal jee, will be reportedly shot in Mum- look in ‘Parmanu’!” she cap- role, is slated to release on bai and Kolkata. tioned the image. Last month, December 8. IANS Anushka currently awaits the release of superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer Jab Harry Met Sejal. IANS

LONDON: Maisie Williams has blasted the sexualisation Jon, Sansa of young actores in Hollywood and says she feels relieved that divide more it has not happened to her. The “Game of Thrones” star says it is unfair that teen actors than sibling are forced to essay characters who are way more mature squabbling: than their real selves, reported Contactmusic. “I have been really lucky, Kit Harington in that I play characters who aren’t necessarily the LOS ANGELES: “Game of eye candy. Thrones” star Kit Harington “It’s hard for young says there is a palpable tension actores who still feel between his character Jon Snow like scrappy teen- and Sansa Stark and it is not agers but are sort like the normal brother-sister of forced to play disagreement. characters who are The 30-year-old actor’s char- a lot more mature, Eileen Davidson quits acter on the hit fantasy show, because, you Commander of the Night’s know, ‘young sexy Watch, reunited with the elder woman’ really ‘The Real Housewives Stark daughter, played by Sophie sells in Holly- Turner in the last season. wood,” Williams Harington says the equation says. of Beverly Hills’ between the two has changed The 20-year-old and it is because of the power actor landed her role of Arya LOS ANGELES: Reality TV star dynamics, reported Entertain- Stark in the popular HBO fan- Eileen Davidson has stepped down ment Weekly. tasy drama series when she was from “The Real Housewives of Bev- “There is definite tension just 12 and says she was a lot erly Hills” after three seasons. between them right from the first more fearless at that time than The 58-year-old reality star scene. There are the same prob- she is now. was forced to make the decision lems – she questions his deci- “At 12, I was fearless and to leave the Bravo show because of sions and command; he doesn’t didn’t care, so I really enjoyed her “crazy schedule” with Ameri- listen to her. it. But then, as each season can soap opera “Days of Our Lives”, “But as far as where that goes passed, the pressure built and reported E! online. or takes them or how dark it can it became a little destructive. Taking to Instagram, she get, we’ll see. It gets past sibling “Everyone goes through revealed, “After a lot of thought, up to from time to time! Thanks for squabbling, it gets into two peo- that dip in confidence. That because of my crazy schedules at your love and support guys.” ple power struggling,” the actor also came with puberty. ‘DOOl’, I’ve decided it’s best for me The blonde beauty made the said. It all fizzled out a bit, and I lost and my family to step away from announcement after Camille Gram- “Game of Thrones” season my confidence and now I’m being a housewife for now. mer shared a picture of the season 7 premieres on July 18 on Star slowly starting to get it back “But you never know! I might be eight cast on Twitter and she was World and Star World HD in again,” she says. PTI popping in to see what the ladies are notably absent. PTI India. PTI