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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 48 | Saturday, 17 February 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,452.30 (-93.20) qSENSEX 34,010.76 (-286.71) pDOW JONES 25,262.79 (+62.42) pNASDAQ 7271.73 (+15.30) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.21 (-0.21) qRUPEE/EURO 79.94 (-0.17) qGOLD/10GM 31,820 (+170.00) pSILVER/K 39,380 (+590.00) DON’T OBSTRUCT UP GOVT TO CHINA PUTS WAR ON ‘IT IS TOUGH TO VC, STAFF FROM FOCUS ON POLLUTION ABOVE MATCH TIGER’S WORKING: HC TO HEALTH, TRADITION IN LUNAR ENERGY’ JNU STUDENTS PG4 FARMERS PG5 NEW YEAR PG10 PG16 GEETANJALI GROUP CHEATED PNB OF `4,886 CRORE: CBI It began in UPA regime, says Passports of Nirav Modi, Mehul BJP; Cong in Udaan barb SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE

NEW DELHI: The war of words Choksi suspended; raids go on between the Congress and the BJP over the Rs 11,300 crore Punjab National OUR CORRESPONDENT Highlights Bank scam turned shriller on Friday. » Searches continue across The BJP hit out at the Congress, NEW DELHI: The passports » retorting that the scam had actually of celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi showrooms and offices “started during UPA’s reign in 2011.” and his business associate Mehul »»CBI approaches Interpol to “It is the alertness of the NDA gov- Choksi have been suspended amid locate Nirav Modi ernment which has brought this scam investigations into the Rs. 11,300 to light,” said Union minister Prakash crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) »»PNB suspends 8 more Javadekar. scam. Their passports could be officials “All the NPAs, the wrongful distri- cancelled if they do not return to bution of loans, amongst others were India within four weeks. »»Diamond and gold worth all passed down to us by the UPA gov- The Congress, in an earlier press The CBI on Friday also regis- Rs 549 crore were seized, ernment. This is a scam by the bank conference, alleged that what it calls tered a fresh FIR against the Gitan- bringing the total recovery and not the government,” he charged. “India’s biggest bank loot scam” has jali Group promoted by Mehul to Rs 5649 crore The BJP also referred to Dinesh now grown to the tune of Rs 21,306 Choksi, uncle of billionaire jewel- Dubey, a former director of the Alla- crore, as “layers of conspiracy get ler Nirav Modi, following a com- »»ED issues summons to Nirav habad Bank, who on Friday alleged that unearthed by the hour.” plaint from Punjab National Bank, Modi and uncle Mehul Choksi the Nirav Modi scam started during the “No wonder ‘Udaan’ is the buzz- and also approached the Interpol UPA government. word of Modi government, wherein to locate them. Twenty-nine immovable proper- Dubey also claimed he resigned every scamster can fleece and fly - Officials said the fresh FIR was ties were also identified during the from his post after being pressured unchecked and undetected,” mocked based on a complaint from the raids. to approve a loan, purportedly hav- party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala. PNB dated February 13. Accord- ED team raids the Viviana Mall after a complaint filed by Punjab National Bank over Nirav Modi's fraud case, in Thane PTI ED also directed Nirav Modi's ing to do with Mehul Choksi’s Gitan- Surjewala demanded to know how ing to it, the alleged loss to PNB company head office to make sure jali Gems. the scam had “escaped everyone’s atten- was over Rs 4,886 crore, they said. The officials also said the cen- carried out fraudulent transac- in connivance with Modi and the that "no sales should take place at “Finance secretary during UPA’s tion”, despite every bank having to go The agency on Friday also car- tral agency approached the Inter- tions worth over Rs 11,400 crore other accused in the case, the offi- its four outlets abroad - Macau, regime, instead of taking action, forced through four kinds of audit. ried out searches on the premises pol with a request for issuing in PNB, had left the country in the cials said. Beijing, New York and London". Dinesh Dubey to resign. We are asking “Obviously, someone was protect- of the Gitanjali Group at 20 places Diffusion Notice which was aimed first week of January. The ED on Friday issued a sum- Punjab National Bank has sus- who pressurised the finance secretary ing this network of fraud,” he charged. in Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, at locating an individual. The question as to why the mons for appearance to billionaire pended eight more officials, includ- to pressurise Dinesh Dubey,” Javadekar The Congress reiterated its claim Hyderabad and Coimbatore. The CBI was confident about PNB did not send a complaint to diamond merchant Nirav Modi ing one at the general manager questioned. about the culpability of the BJP-led gov- "Searches are at locations getting a location of Modi and his the CBI and decided to give it in and his business partner Mehul level, for their suspected involve- Former banking secretary Rajiv ernment at the Centre, including the belonging to Gitanjali group of family by Friday, they said. tranches is also under the scanner Choksi in connection with its ment in the multi-crore scam, a Takru, however, refuted the allegations, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Mehul Choksy, other directors of However, in a related devel- of the agency, they said. money laundering probe. senior government official said. saying: “I met this person only once in In a scathing attack on Thursday, the accused companies and other opment English news channels The bank has claimed in three Thirty-five new locations were The official also said that PNB my life. He had come to my office to the party had alleged that the PMO group factories and plants includ- claimed to have tracked down the complaints to the CBI that so raided, covering 11 states, by the will repay other banks their dues resign in 2013. The reason for the res- was informed about the alleged fraud ing offices, factories and resi- billionaire jeweller to a swanky far it has detected 150 Letters of ED. Diamond and gold worth Rs by March 31 and would be funded ignation was that he was unhappy over perpetrated by billionaire jewellery dences," a CBI spokesperson said New York hotel on Friday. Undertaking (LoUs) which were 549 crore were seized, bringing from internal resources. something. I accepted his resignation. I designer Nirav Modi in July 2016, but here on Friday. Modi, who was alleged to have fraudulently issued by its officials the total recovery to Rs 5649 crore. See also inside have never spoken to him.” had failed to act in the matter. PM'S MANTRA TO BEAT EXAM STRESS Chandrayaan-2 Rlys to do away Andhra Pradesh: Seven workers launch in April, to aim Compete with yourself: with reservation for moon’s south pole charts on trains die of asphyxiation inside drain JITENDRA SINGH PM Modi tells students from March 1 MPOST BUREAU quarters Hospital in Chittoor, DHIRENDRA KUMAR they said. On trial basis AMARAVATI: At least seven Andhra Pradesh Deputy In today’s NEW DELHI: At a first of its kind workers of a private hatchery Chief Minister N Chinaraj- interactive session with students, MPOST BUREAU died of asphyxiation inside a appa, who also handles the paper Prime Minister Narendra Modi pre- drain in Chittoor district of Home portfolio, expressed grief sented himself as a friend of students, NEW DELHI: The railway Andhra Pradesh this morn- over the incident and spoke to CITY ... their parents and family members ministry has directed its ing, the police said. the Chittoor district Superin- instead of a Prime Minister of the zones to discontinue past- The incident occurred tendent of Police about it. MONTHLY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS 3 country and complimented them for ing reservation charts on when one of the workers got Meanwhile, the police have NATION being “born politicians”. reserved coaches of all trains into the drain at the hatchery broke open the drain's hatch launched a manhunt for the Before taking questions from the at A1, A and B category sta- premises in Palamaneru man- and pulled out the trapped hatchery manager who is on ROUHANI VISITS QUTUB SHAHI TOMBS 7 students during Pariksha Par Char- tions as a pilot project for six dal, for cleaning it. As he fell workers. Four of them died the run following the deaths. cha, the PM said that it was his exam months from March 1, an unconscious due to asphyxi- on the spot, while three others An investigation into the OPINION today and thanked his teachers for official statement said today. ation, eight other workers got died while undergoing treat- incident is underway, the police whom he is “still a student”. “They However, physical and down to rescue him and suf- ment, the police said. said, adding, according to their WHERE FORGERY WINS 9 inspired me to keep the student alive digital display of charts will fered the same fate, they said, One worker regained con- initial assessment there was INTERNATIONAL in me,” Modi said. continue at the platforms, the adding the sewer had chemi- sciousness following treatment "serious negligence" on the part “Just forget about that I’m a Prime ministry statement said. cal residue. and was stated to be stable, of the hatchery management in THREE TURKEY SCRIBES GET LIFERS 11 Minister and consider me as a friend Based on the income Residents of nearby Morum while another worker was ensuring adequate safety mea- of yours; discuss whatever you want,” from passengers, the rail- village rushed to the hatchery, shifted to the District Head- sures at the site. BUSINESS Modi said at the Town Hall session, ways classifies its stations into 5G ROAD MAP TO BE READY BY JUNE 12 which was organised by Human seven categories A1, A, B, C, GEARING UP FOR HOLI Resource Development Ministry at D, E and F. It has 17 zones. SPORT Talkatora Stadium on Friday. "At those stations where Though at the stadium there electronic charts display OZ CHASE DOWN RECORD TOTAL 15 were over 2,300 students, the PM plasma has been installed, said that he was speaking to as many and the same is functioning as ten crore people across the coun- properly, physical reservation FOR ADVERTISING try through various platforms to beat importance of “Anuspardha” (com- charts at such platforms can kindly contact at 9810195709 the exam stress. peting with oneself), rather than be stopped," it added. or Students from different parts of “Pratispardha” (competing with Earlier, pasting of res- [email protected] the country asked questions on the others). ervation charts on reserved issues of social pressure, time man- In the end, when he was asked coaches of all trains was dis- agement, comparing one child with by a student if he was prepared for continued at New Delhi, FOR SUBSCRIPTION other by their performance, parent’s the Lok Sabha elections, the PM Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mum- kindly contact at 8800854665 high expectations, etc. at the Town said he was confident of passing his bai Central, Chennai Cen- or Hall session. “exam next year”. “I have the wishes tral, Howrah and Sealdah [email protected] On the subject of peer pressure, of 125 crore Indians with me,” the stations. Workers prepare dry 'gulal' powder ahead of Holi festival in Mathura on Friday PTI the Prime Minister spoke about the PM reiterated. Poll candidates must disclose SC DIRECTS KARNATAKA TO RELEASE 177.25 TMCFT TO TAMIL NADU source of income: Apex court Cauvery ruling: TN share cut, K’taka to get more

MPOST BUREAU dependents, but they were MPOST BUREAU total of 20 tmcft beneath the Cau- one would know when the "wrath not revealing the sources of very basin. of the law" would fall on it. NEW DELHI: The Supreme income. NEW DELHI: India's top court It said the increase in the share Later, Karnataka had moved a Court on Friday directed As per the law, at pres- on Friday directed the Karnataka of Cauvery water for Karnataka by review petition in the apex court that all candidates contesting ent, a candidate is required government to release 177.25 14.75 tmcft is because of the ten against its three orders on the elections must disclose their to disclose details of assets tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil tmcft groundwater and 4.75 tmcft issue and direction to the Centre "sources" of income, includ- and liabilities for themselves, Nadu from its inter-state Bili- drinking water requirement for to create the Cauvery Water Man- ing those of their spouse and spouse and three depen- gundlu dam. Bengaluru residents. agement Board (CWMB). It said dependent children. dents while filing nomi- The judgement clarified that Stating that drinking water has "grave miscarriage of justice" was In a landmark judge- nation paper but not their Karnataka will now have an to be kept on the highest pedestal, caused by it following the three ment, a bench headed by Justice J. source of income. enhanced share of 14.75 tmcft it said its order on Cauvery water apex court orders of September Chelameswar said the candidate has to Earlier, during the hearing of the water per year while Tamil Nadu allocation would continue for the 20, 27 and 30, 2016, by which it disclose his, his wife's and dependent case, the apex court had criticised the will get 404.25 tmcft, which will next 15 years. was directed to release water. children's source of income when they government for not investigating the be 14.75 tmcft less than what was During the pendency of Tamil Nadu had earlier as well file nomination for elections. massive increase in assets, by up to 500 allotted by the tribunal in 2007. A file picture shows Cauvery river flowing in to Kallanai Dam in Tiruchirapalli appeals of the neighbouring states alleged that Kerala was drawing The court verdict came on a peti- percent, of politicians from what they Earlier, under the 2007 award against the arbitral award of 2007, water more than what was allo- tion filed by NGO, Lok Prahari, which show at the time of nomination. of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tri- and Justices Amitava Roy and A tion of the verdict, the chief justice the apex court had passed sev- cated to it by the tribunal. has sought the inclusion of a column in The Election Commission had also bunal (CWDT), Karnataka had M Khanwilkar, which had on said the 2007 tribunal award of 30 eral orders directing Karnataka The apex court had on Decem- the nomination form seeking details of told the top court in January that it must a share of 270 tmcft of Cauvery September 20 last year reserved tmcft to Kerala and seven tmcft to release Cauvery water to Tamil ber 9, 2016, upheld the maintain- income sources. be made mandatory for the candidates water. This will now increase to the verdict on the appeals filed water to Puducherry will remain Nadu. ability of appeals filed by the The petitioner has claimed that the to disclose their sources of income along 284.75 tmcft. by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and unchanged. On September 30, 2016, it riparian states, saying it has the candidates while filing their nomina- with that of their spouse and dependents The long-awaited judgement Kerala against the 2007 award of The apex court also allowed had pulled up Karnataka for its "jurisdiction to decide the param- tion papers were disclosing their assets, at the time of filing nomination to bring was pronounced by a bench com- the tribunal. Tamil Nadu to draw an additional repeated "defiance" in flouting its eters, scope, authority and juris- assets of their spouse, children and other transparency in the election process. prising Chief Justice Dipak Misra Reading out the operative por- ten tmcft 'groundwater' from a orders on the issue and said no diction of the tribunal". 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018

19 years of empowering MOVIE OF THE WEEK specially-abled Vibrant, impressive BLACK PANTHER

Director: Ryan Coogler; Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyongo, Danai Gurira, CHILDREN Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, ‘Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan’, one of India’s largest schools for specially- Florence Kasumba, John Kani, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis; abled, has been working to provide gratuitous service to over 1000 students for free Rating:

lack Panther” is a com- with intense drama and action the film OUR CORRESPONDENT conducts a number of year-long campaigns pelling visceral film with becomes a deadly game of thrones, with to raise awareness regarding the needs of sound, images and char- spies, betrayals and an all-out war. t’s been 19 years that Mata Bhagwanti specially-abled people. acters combined into a There’s a real and sustained sense Chadha Niketan, one of India’s largest Vandana Sharma, Director, Mata Bhag- “Bdecidedly brilliant visual experience of jeopardy for the kingdom and the schools for specially-abled, has been wanti Chadha Niketan said, “As we cel- that evokes the feel of a graphic novel. fighting significantly involves the female enabling ‘children with special needs’. ebrate 19 wonderful years of this great And like all Marvel superhero films, it warriors, who are very cool indeed. The ITo commemorate the achievement, the institution, we have undertaken some very seems charged from within by its power entire experience is thrilling. school celebrated its 19th Annual Day on innovative methods to bring specially- as a fable that blends superhero adven- Each scene is meticulously crafted February 16. abled children into the mainstream. With ture with pop-corn entertainment. and every frame is a visual delight. And Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan works the launch of the R&D centre, we plan to With an original story, an Afro-cen- the scenes that shine are during the cor- under the aegis of The Ponty Chadha Foun- partner with Universities, researchers, and tric twist that features a nearly all-black onation. You can feel the tension during dation which works towards the social organisations to create ICT-based acces- cast and focusing on a fictional coun- the brutal primordial combat scenes in and economic development of the society. sible technology environment. We will try in Africa called Wakanda, this film the pond atop the cliff. On this momentous occasion, the school continue to channelize our efforts towards is not only exciting but also fantastic. It Even though the tempo of the nar- announced the launch of its new initiative, empowering the specially-abled.” is the 18th and a radically different kind rative dips at times it is the spirit of the ‘Centre for Research, Innovation and Tech- With dance performances and other of comic-book and superhero film from film that keeps it moving. The patriotic nology for Disability’ – which is another programmes highlighting the theme – the Marvel Cinematic Universe. energy of the cast is palpable and the step towards improving the lives of the spe- ‘Tele-Hungama’, the students enthralled The narrative begins with a pro- beauty lies in the vibrancy of the per- cially-abled through high-quality research, the parents and guests. The school also logue that explains about Vibranium, formances, the costumes, the produc- development of new technology, support felicitated students for their achievements a source of power that landed in the tion designs, action and the computer services and facilities. in various national and International heart of Africa, and how the country generated effects that make some of the The R&D at the centre will focus on competitions. Wakanda was formed. scenes appear like a clip of a video game. certain social aspects of disability, iden- With the vision of enabling the disabled, Now hidden from the world, Honestly, though Chadwick Bose- tify barriers to the social inclusion of Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan (MBCN), Wakanda, though known as a “third- man as Prince T’Challa holds his own, disabled people and produce policy rec- an initiative of Late Ponty Chadha, WAVE world country” outside its borders, he is unimpressive as the superhero, but ommendations to appropriate stakehold- Group was established for the differently- is defined by royal traditions and is the director humanises him to such a ers. The first project under the aegis of abled children in the society. home to the world’s most technologi- degree that he appears more as a deeply this centre would be ‘Virtual Learning The institution was founded in 1999, cally advanced city that is protected conflicted world leader and thus suits Programme’ – a learning platform for with a special endeavour to educate and by a ruler with special powers. He also the role to perfection. teaching life skills using latest technolo- needs could become socially and economi- include ‘Vaakya’ – a picture based app equip special children to live in the com- happens to wear a fearsome black pan- He is accompanied by two spear- gies. It will be a mobile-based self-instruc- cally independent. With the launch of the available on both iOS and Android plat- munity. The school is one of the very few ther costume. wielding warriors Okoye and Nakia tional interventional tool for parents in R&D centre and the ‘Virtual Learning Pro- forms, designed for people who are speech private rehabilitation institutions, which The story kicks off dramatically when played by Danai Gurira and Lupita remote corners of India who do not have gramme’, we aim to provide parents and impaired; ‘Swayam’ – a programme under provides gratuitous service to over 1000 Prince T’Challa after his father’s death Nyong’o. The two formidable antago- access to special education and therapeu- teacher access to special education pro- which the school operates a shopping students (free of cost), subjugating the has to prove himself as the latest Wakan- nists in the fray are Ulysses Klaue and tic interventions. gramme in the remotest parts of the coun- portal, integrated with its website (www. cash-strapped society. dan leader. He dons an upgraded cat- Erik Killmonger essayed by Andy Serkis On the occasion, Manpreet Singh try on their mobile phones. We believe that mbcnschool.org) that allows customers to MBCN is the largest day-care special suit courtesy his tech-savvy sister, Shuri. and Michael B. Jordan. Both are equally Chadha, Vice-Chairman, Wave Group these initiatives will give an impetus to our buy handmade products made by the spe- school where students are endowed with The plot includes Prince T’Challa impressive. said, “We try and walk on the path shown ongoing efforts in bringing vital changes cial children of the school. ‘Emotional Well free hearing aids, wheelchairs, crutches, fighting for his crown, his country and Overall, the Black Panther is an to us by Ponty Chadha and every year we to the lives of hundreds of specially-abled Programme – Share and Care’ is another uniform, stationery and bus-transport, fos- his life when a series of adversaries exceptionally impressive film worth move closer to his vision of creating an children.” such initiative which helps children and tering independence for daily living skills arrive on the scene. And what’s more, witnessing on the large screen. IANS environment where children with special Some other initiatives by the school parent cope with stress. The school also in real life settings. Ex-cricketers join hands to encourage To Sir, with love: A final adieu SANJAY KUMAR to study and took an active part in freedom struggle. He participated in demonstrations players from backward classes “A TEACHER AFFECTS eternity; he can and was also involved in transporting explo- never tell where his influence stops.” - Henry sives across the region on his bicycle dur- OUR CORRESPONDENT a final selection yielded 300 young and Brooks Adams ing the freedom struggle. During his stay talented boys who have undergone men- Selfless love and care, commitment, dis- in Amritsar, he was quite influenced by SUDAMA PREMIER LEAGUE, a torship and guidance under Atul Wassan, cipline, readiness to help, upright, always Arya Samaj teachings and proudly wrote cricket tournament to be held in Delhi, is Sanjeev Sharma, K. Hariharan and have stand up for truth, and spirit of national- his name as Vedagya Arya. one of the boldest initiatives of encourag- also been given uniforms, cricket kits, ism…. though isolated but these words res- Later he shifted to Delhi topped, the ing talent from the financially backward and other amenities during the training onate in one’s mind because they describe Delhi University as a Hindi and Sanskrit classes of the society by Prasar, (People’s period for free. The trained boys will now one man – Dr Vedagya Arya, a teacher in scholar and joined St Stephens college as Right and Social Research Centre) a non- play in the cricket tournament being held St Stephen’s who had become an institu- a lecturer in 1952 where he taught for 42 profit NGO. in batches from February 14 to March tion in himself. These are not mere words; years. His spirit of nationalism after inde- The promoters have taken the novel 11, 2018. he lived them and taught hundreds of stu- pendence led him to join NCC and he way of sourcing players from the BPL world requesting your autograph, not The opening ceremony was thrown dents to chart their own destiny. became a Major where he did few stints and EWS categories for the cricket tour- mine. That is the motive of this initiative.” open with stalwarts from the sport, Someone has rightly said that every- on the Kashmir border along the Naushera nament through screening. These play- India has an untapped bouquet of speaking and motivating the young team one who remembers his own education that students from outside Delhi didn’t miss Sector. ers were trained by luminaries from the unlimited talent and skills which ‘Prasar’ members. This was followed with stel- remembers teachers, not methods and tech- their homes. The sumptuous jalebi and After retirement from Stephen’s, he was cricket world and shaped up in the T20 has endeavored to bring into the public lar performances by groups showcasing niques. It appears so true when one thinks samosa after Holi festivities are remem- settled in Roorkee. He had done significant format to compete with other teams in stage. This will motivate these players to talent on the field providing wholesome of Dr. Arya. He left an indelible impres- bered even today by his students. Although research on Saraswati river and Ram Setu. the tournament. overcome the challenges they face due entertainment to the audience. sion on his students. Learning was a treat he taught Sanskrit and Hindi yet he knew His students just want to say, “Thank Kapil Dev, a legendary captain of the to lack of resources, and this unique for- The winners in the tournament will with him in Stephen’s. Apart from being most of the students by name and was you, sir, for the memories which will never Indian Cricket Team, inaugurated the mat and a bold initiative will also render then be sent to an international cricket a truly eminent scholar, a great educator, respected by all. fade, thank you for believing in me when match and spoke with the teams to moti- an exercise in nation building and social academy for further training and the run- a man of vision, extraordinary leadership Dr Arya was born in 1926 as Naga Bal- I did not believe in myself. You were an vate them and guide their performances engineering. ners-up will be sent to cricket training and having tremendous positive energy, Dr layya Rao in a Telugu speaking family in incredible educator and a friend that only to the optimum levels. Atul Wassan, a To make the event a grand success, an academies all over India for special train- Arya had a sensitive and warm approach. Hyderabad. His spirit of quest made him comes along once in a lifetime.” cricketer of the Indian team and well- open and transparent screening was con- ing. The entire training will be free of cost He took a keen interest in the well being leave home at a young age of 15, he trav- Sanjay Kumar studied at St. Stephen’s known commentator, also graced the ducted which witnessed a turnover of 750 for the winners and the runners-up. of his students. eled on his own all the way to North India College and has dedicated his life to serving occasion to mentor the players. youths in the age group of 16 years to 23 Sudama Premier League is a lifetime His informal way of teaching and talking and studied in a Gurukul. While in Hyder- the society through socio-spiritual move- On being asked for an autograph by a years from East, West, North and South opportunity to dream big and see these about other topics besides studies broadened abad he was involved in the anti-Razakar ment ‘Art of Living’. The above mentioned player, Kapil Dev said, “I want to see the Delhi regions. The trials that followed for dreams take the form of reality. and shaped the students’ vision. movement. piece is written in memory of his teacher- Festivals celebrated at his place ensured From Gurukul, he shifted to Amritsar who passed away at the age of 90 recently. Riviera’18: When Gambhir met VIT students

structure and other facilities here, he had In the marathon event held over 9.9 All of them received their prizes from Gau- Friday evening at VIT saw musical per- no doubts that VIT University will become kilometres earlier in the day, Mikiyas of tam Gambhir. formances by Vijay Prakash, Saindhavi the number one educational institute in Ethiopia won the first place, followed by G V Selvam, Vice President of VIT, pre- and Shirley Setia. The event also included India. Santhosh of Islamiya College, and Vani- sented a shawl and a memento to Gamb- programmes featuring directors Pushkar He told the students that they have got yambadi and Binu Peettam of Kottayam St. hir. Among others who took part in the and Gayathri, Puri Jagannath, actors Pooja a wonderful opportunity to pursue engi- Stephen’s College secured the third place. inaugural event included Vice-Chancellor Devariya, Shradha Srinath, music com- neering in one of India’s topmost institu- In the woman’s event, Kalaiselvi of Dr Anand A. Samuel, Pro Vice-Chancel- poser S.S. Thaman and Dhara Singh, who tions and that they should make full use of Trichy Jenny’s College won the first place, lor Dr S. Narayanan, Director, Students will receive the Mr India title. the opportunity. second place was secured by M. Vanitha Welfare Prof. Amit B. Mahindrakar and Actor Rana Daggubati of Bahubali After his address, he interacted with the and Marina Mathew of Kochi and a for- Organiser of Riviera cultural festival Prof. fame will take part in the valedictory func- students and also took a selfie with them. mer student of VIT won the third place. S. Sasikumar. tion to be held on February 18.

OUR CORRESPONDENT Malaysia, Philippines, Rwanda, Zimba- bwe, Zambia, France, Afghanistan and iviera 2018, the annual sports and Mauritius are taking part in this colourful cultural extravaganza event that international event held every year at VIT. attracts some of the finest young Dr G. Viswanathan, Founder and minds from all over the world Chancellor of VIT University, in his pres- Rand which has become one of the most idential address, said that the institution popular students’ International sports and was in the forefront of innovations and cultural festival in India began at VIT in creating new things every year. This year’s Vellore on Thursday. Riviera has surpassed the festival of the Former Indian cricketer Gautam previous year. Gambhir inaugurated the gala event and After setting free a flock of pigeons gave away prizes to winners of the mara- to mark the auspicious inauguration of thon held earlier in the day to mark the the event, Gautam Gambhir said that he beginning of Riviera’18. had heard about the quality education Over 38,000 students from 400 univer- imparted to the students, VIT hospitality sities and colleges, including those from and its humanitarian outlook. “Today, I got Russia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, an opportunity to witness that,” he said. Gautam Gambhir, Former Indian cricketer, giving away prizes to winners at Riviera 2018 Germany, Singapore, Bhutan, Uganda, He said that after looking at the infra- 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 Printed & Published by Jaiyendra Kumar Sharma on behalf of Front Row Media Pvt. Ltd. and printed at The Indian Express Pvt. Ltd., A-8, Sector-7, Noida-201 301 (U.P.) and published from First Floor, Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002. Editor: Durbar Ganguly, Executive Editor: Arya Rudra. Email: [email protected], Tel. No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 mp RapeRoko campaign reaches Monthly training programme for Delhi govt teachers soon

SAYANTAN GHOSH Delhi government had con- programme. out to children, slum dwellers centrated on improving infra- Sisodia, who also serves as NEW DELHI: In a bid to structure, training of teachers the Delhi Education minister, SAYANTAN GHOSH the core group, visited unau- kad nataks (street plays). improve the environment in its training in the second year, and had said, “It is a proud moment thorised colonies and slums of According to DCW, the school classrooms, the Educa- in the third year their focus for Delhi, since this is the first NEW DELHI: As part of its the city, as well as Delhi govern- street plays will be conducted tion department of Delhi gov- would be on creative learning time that all teachers chosen month-long anti-rape cam- ment schools to interact with till March, 8 to raise awareness ernment is considering starting methods. from India are from Delhi gov- paign ‘RapeRoko,’ the Delhi the children. amongst the people and move a monthly training programme In its 2017-18 budget, the ernment schools. Commission for Women “We think that children them to join the movement for its teachers. Delhi government had allo- “I have always believed that (DCW) plans to reach out should be reached out to on to fight sexual crimes against Earlier, the teachers had cated Rs 11,300 crore, almost Delhi’s teachers are very tal- to school children as well as a priority basis, as the trend women and children. been sent for training to Sin- a quarter of its budget, to the ented. It is heartening to see women from unauthorised col- shows that children are the “After the nukkad natak is gapore and IIM-Ahmedabad. education sector alone, to them receive international onies and slums. worst victims of such cases. performed, volunteers of the “We think that teacher build 10,000 new classrooms recognition for their service to Students from various edu- “General enlightenment on ‘RapeRoko’ campaign will training on a regular basis is and 400 new libraries among Delhi’s children.” cational institution, including sexual harassment is lacking speak to the crowd and discuss needed. For this, we will give other things. Recently, the minister had Delhi University, have joined in our system,” said an official. with them the demands of the responsibility to some senior Educationists lauded the also met with teachers, as well this campaign, which was She added that “our cam- movement,”an official said. and well-trained teacher in newfound emphasis on edu- as students of Delhi govern- launched by DCW chief Swati paign or target is not gen- Jai Hind said, “Real change every school, who will then cation, especially public ment schools, where he found Jai Hind to protest against the der-biased and we think that will occur when the govern- train teachers of their schools education. that classes are becoming sexual harassment of a DU stu- same kind of enlightenment is ment and teh society awaken every month,” said a senior However, some also more interactive than earlier dent in a moving bus. Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Jai Hind marches along with needed for the boys.” against the evil of crimes Delhi government official. expressed concerns over a few expected. Through DCW’s interven- “We are also talking with against women and children. He added that the govern- of the government programs. “We want the classrooms protestors to promote the RapeRoko campaign on Friday PIC/MPOST tion, an FIR was registered boys of schools and telling The nukkad nataks are a great ment is looking for subject Recently, six teachers from to be more interactive and this in the matter at Vasant Vihar Various teams of DCW vol- ping malls and crowded places, them about various issues. way of reaching out to people experts as well, who can train Delhi government schools were will require training of teach- police station. unteers are worked through out such as Connaught Place, Hauz A general sex education in a and raising awareness.” the teachers regarding the lat- awarded the Fulbright Teach- ers. The classes can become On Friday, hundreds of the day campaigning against Khas Village, among others,” child-centric manner can stop “We should no longer est developments in that par- ing Fellowship, to travel to the interactive only through new students and other protestors rape in Dellhi. said an official, adding that such acts,” she further said. remain quiet. When people ticular subject. United States and attend spe- teaching techniques, which marched through Connaught “Our teams are taking the teams are also undertaking a The Commission now plans throng the streets on March Recently, Deputy Chief cial programmes at various we want to implement in the Place in central Delhi, along campaign to various places, signature campaign. to take the campaign to the 8, change is bound to happen,” Minister Manish Sisodia had universities. They are the only classes,” said an official of the with members of DCW. like important markets, shop- The DCW chief, along with streets of Delhi through nuk- she added. said that in its first year, the Indian teachers selected for the Directorate of Education. Ggn’s Cyber police station to Uttar Pradesh Budget: Rs 250 crore Three-day Delhi Literature start operations this month for Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Festival to begin on Feb 23 OUR CORRESPONDENT The menace of cyber crime OUR CORRESPONDENT She added that a host of further came to the forefront, OUR CORRESPONDENT the first field unit in Ghaziabad and posted speakers, including Sanil GURUGRAM; In a city where after Cyber Crime Branch officers. More project offices will be set up NEW DELHI: The sixth edi- Sachar, Ashwin Sanghi, Dur- every three out of ten crimes busted two call centres in Delhi NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh govern- at various points. tion of the three-day Delhi Lit- joy Dutta, Milee Ashwarya, is a cyber crime, the official in two separate cases. ment gave a major boost to the Regional The pre-construction work on Delhi- erature Festival will kick off on Simran Khara, Chiki Sarkar, operation of the Cyber police These call centres used to Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project on Meerut section has already started. February 23 at Dilli Haat. Jaya Jaitly, Rakshanda Jalil, station beginning later this employ boys and girls, who Friday by allocating Rs 250 crore to the “Saving time is the priority of every com- Featuring a diverse mix of Mayank Austeen Sufi, Nilotpal month, will come as a relief for would call customers and take National Capital Region Transport Cor- muter and the project will help complete writers of commercial and lit- Mrinal, R.V.Smith, Ankit Lal, residents of Gurugram. their vital financial informa- poration (NCRTC). the journey between Meerut and Delhi in erary books, the upcoming lit- Prashant Jha, Anant Padma- The state-of-the-art police tion, which was later exploited. The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS 60 minutes. On Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut, erary gathering promises to be nabhan, Rajat Sethi, Riva Gan- station, located in DLF-V area, The previous year saw corridor, likely to be operational by 2024, corridor we have planned multi-modal a lively affair for book lovers in guli Das and Parismita Singh is spread over one acre. A total a sharp increase in crimes will be highly useful for commuters as it integration at multiple places. Sarai Kale the national Capital. among others will be partici- of 50 police personnel will be against women in forms of will reduce travel time between the Capi- Khan, Anand Vihar, Sahibabad are few “We are delighted to come pating in the literature festival. manning the station, which will molestation, stalking and phys- tal and Meerut to about an hour. such points, where a passenger will get to up with the sixth edition of The festival will open with UP CM Yogi Adityanath and state Finance be headed by an official of the ical assault. Worryingly, many The Delhi-Meerut corridor will be interchange for other available modes of Delhi Literature Festival. The a music session, where singer Assistant Commissioner rank. of these crimes were commit- started from Sarai Kale Khan Terminus Minister Rajesh Agarwal, ahead of the Budget transport,” Sharma added. three-day festival will hold and author Minu Bakshi will Last year, cyber crimes ted through digital means. station, which would become a transit hub, presentation in Lucknow on Friday PIC/PTI NCRTC is a joint venture of the Union many discussions and book share her views. It will be fol- including online banking In 2017, the number of with the existing bus terminal at Hazrat Uttar Pradesh budget for RRTS will further government, and state governments of readings as great attractions. lowed by a discussion with thefts, credit and debit card complaints of sexual harass- Nizamuddin railway station and an upcom- boost the ongoing works related to RRTS Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajas- Our objective is to promote young author Sanil Sachar, frauds were the highest crimes ment of women online rose by ing Delhi Metro station. Phase I of the National Capital Region than. The Corporation is executing three young and inspiring authors, whose book ‘Rebound’ was reported in the city. over 40 per cent, compared to The corridor would pass through Transport Corporation on Delhi-Meerut prioritised RRTS corridors, namely Delhi- inculcate reading habits among released recently. In 2016, there were 1,343 2016. In 2016, there were over densely populated areas of Delhi, Sahib- corridor. Earlier, in the Union Budget, the Alwar, Delhi-Meerut and Delhi-Panipat in the youth and promote Indian “Poet-lyricist Prasoon such crimes registered with the 200 such cases registered with abad, Ghaziabad City, Guldhar, Duhai, Centre had allocated a sum of Rs 659 crores the first phase. Eight corridors have been literature across the globe,” Joshi, Chairperson of CBFC, Cyber Crime Branch of Guru- Cyber Crime Branch, while Muradnagar, Modinagar and Meerut and for this project,” said Sudhir Sharma, Chief identified under the Integrated Transpor- Bharati Bhargava, founder is expected to attend the festi- gram Police. This year, the in 2017, more than 350 cases terminating at Modipuram. Public Relation Officer, NCRTC. tation Plan 2032, prepared by the National Director of the Festival told val too,” the organisers said in number stood at 1,848 cases. come to the fore. “The allocation of Rs 250 crore in the The Corporation has already created Capital Region Planning Board. reporters here on Friday. a statement. Technical snag Sisodia throws Delhi govt hits services at begins testing Yellow Line for open 31st Garden anti-pollution over 20 minutes Tourism Festival towers OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT cleaning the air. It can only be OUR CORRESPONDENT ensured by planting trees and NEW DELHI: Commuters of NEW DELHI: Aiming to growing gardens,” he said. NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- Delhi Metro faced trouble yet spread awareness about the Planting a sampling in the ernment on Friday initiated again on Friday, after services environment and turning Delhi garden to mark the occasion, the testing of ‘anti-pollution were slowed down for over into a “clean and green city,” Sisodia further said, “There is a towers’ at Indraprastha Marg 20 minutes due to signalling Deputy Chief Minister Manish need for organising more gar- Flyove in ITO, on a pilot/ issues at three major stations Sisodia on Friday urged Del- den festivals at a larger scale to experimental basis, for dem- on the busy Yellow Line, which hiites to plant trees to combat set examples for developing a onstrating its effectiveness in connects Samaypur Badli and pollution, at the launch of the sustainable urbanised city.” reduction of particulate matter Huda City Centre. 31st Garden Tourism Festival at The theme of this year’s fes- – i.e. PM 2.5 and PM 10 – and A senior Delhi Metro Rail the Garden of Five Senses here. tival, which is organised annu- other suspended particulate Corporation (DMRC) offi- The Festival serves as a plat- ally during the spring, is ‘Grow matter in the air. cial said, “The snag occurred form for garden lovers to meet, Garden: Save Delhi’. These towers absorb partic- at Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere interact and showcase the fruits Spread across 22 acres, the ulate matter from surroundings Gate and Vishwavidyala sta- of their labour. Garden of Five Senses houses and release fresh air back into tions around 11.30 am. Train The festival will remain more than 325 species of plants. the atmosphere. services slowed down, but did open for public, from 11 am Some of the attractions at “The performance of these not stop.” to 8 pm, till Sunday, with the this year’s festival are court of towers will be monitored and “Due to a signalling issue Delhi Tourism department palm, court of cactii, herbal the results obtained will be at these interlocking stations providing free shuttle service to garden, tree museum, topiary evaluated for checking their of Line 2 (Yellow Line), trains and from Saket Metro Station. garden, zen garden, aromatic efficacy and utility. were manually given routes Sisodia said the practice of garden and butterfly zone. “Based on these results, the from 11.30 am to 12.04 pm. gardening and planting trees Major participants at the government will take further This caused a little bunching plays a pivotal role in better- festival include the horticul- necessary decision for instal- of trains on Line 2 during this ing the human-nature relation- ture departments of New Delhi lation of more anti-pollution period,” he said. ship, and appealed to resident Municipal Council, East and towers at other prominent The issue was rectified welfare associations (RWAs) South Delhi Municipal Corpo- locations in the city to curb within an hour and services in the city to attend the three- ration, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi pollution, especially at busy were getting restored with nor- day festival. Development Authority and traffic intersections,” said Delhi mal movement, the DMRC “Everybody is concerned Northern Railways among Environment Minister Imran statement said. about fighting pollution and others. Hussain. South MCD to introduce major structural changes to its schools OUR CORRESPONDENT will be assessed on ASER tools in July. After the reassessment, NEW DELHI: With the aim students who achieve grade- to ensure quality education, level performance will be South Delhi Municipal Cor- labelled as ‘Ujjawal,’ those who poration (SDMC) has decided achieve medium level perfor- to bring structural changes in mance will be labelled ‘Uta- its schools. karsh,’ and those who need to As part of its new initia- work harder will be labellled tive ‘Project Buniyaad’, SDMC ‘Udyam’. During July and has introduced several mea- August, classes will be held on sures, including providing new performance based grouping,” uniforms to students, hold- SDMC Mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat during a meeting on Friday PIC/MPOST Sehrawat said. ing summer camps, opening SDMC Chairman Standing of English medium nursery not up to the expectations. summer vacation camps will be Committee Bhupender Gupta classes, installing CCTV cam- “Keeping the survey in organised in all SDMC schools. said that from the coming ses- eras and making Saturday a mind, we have decided to “In these summer camps, sion, all students will be seen in bag-free day, among others. introduce the project from teachers will specially focus on colourful uniforms, for which SDMC Mayor Kamaljeet April 2018 to improve basic weak students, so that before the subsidy has been increased Sehrawat said that as per the understanding of students,” re-opening schools after sum- from Rs 500 to Rs 1,100 per stu- ‘National Achievement Survey,’ the Mayor said. mer vacations, they will be able dent. He further stated that 100 the result in mathematics and She further said that after to achieve the minimum stan- per cent attendance has been language subjects of students assessing the abilities of the stu- dard in language and maths. achieved in the Corporation’s in classes III and V were found dents of these classes, special “The basic level of students schools on Saturdays. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 DU student dies No doctor to Don’t obstruct VC, staff from attend, Ggn in road accident, woman gives birth in ambulance working: HC to JNU students two injured GURUGRAM: The state of pathetic public healthcare sys- OUR CORRESPONDENT tem in Gurugram was once Police claimed again exposed after a woman Students continue protest demanding rollback of mandatory attendance NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old they have formed gave birth in the ambulance Delhi University student died of civil hospital. The incident YOGESH KANT campus a ‘siege’ and also accused the and two others including Delhi teams to arrest the was reported in the wee hours students of manhandling an official. Police constable were injured accused in case of February 14 when the preg- NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru Uni- “Taking the university to ransom by in a road accident in North nant woman along with her versity (JNU) students are not willing JNUSU led students and confining the Delhi's Burari area on Friday. there on the motorcycle who husband visited the civil hos- to surrender on protests but vacated top officials in admin building since Police claimed that they have was injured in the accident. pital for delivery. According to the administrative block on Friday after morning is highly condemnable. Let us formed teams to arrest the “The car first hit Constable her husband Sunil from 2:00 having occupied it for two days. How- raise our voice against such unwelcome accused in the case. Mukesh of Jaguar and then hit am when they visited the hos- ever, the students continued their pro- behaviour. You can see the pictures to According to the police, a pedestrian Kapil. Then the pital till 5:00 am there was no test demanding rollback of attendance. realise how they are bent upon creat- the deceased was identified as car also hit another pedestrian doctor who paid attention to With this new attendance rule, stu- ing unrest in JNU,” he had tweeted on Kapil Ratnu (19), a native of girl identified as Jagriti, a stu- her ordeal. After three hours dents would be forfeited of their hostel Thursday. Jaisalmer in Rajasthan and was dent of the third year, Political she was referred to Safdar- accommodation and scholarship/fel- Earlier on Friday, the JNUSU in a the first-year student of Ram- Science from Ramjas College,” jung hospital where en route lowship in case they do not achieve 75 statement said that the college admin- jas College. Additional Dep- said the senior police official. to Delhi she delivered a baby percent attendance. Moving away from istration should meet the students and uty Commissioner of Police Kapil Ratnu was declared in the ambulance. the block, students said that they were teachers and ‘not dictate through media, (North) Harendra Singh stated dead in hospital whereas Jag- Following the incident, two not doing anything illegal. court, police and punishments.” The stu- that the incident came to light riti is in Trauma Centre and doctors have been sent show “We are not in the admin block any- dent union further alleged that the vice- after they received a PCR call receiving treatment. Mukesh cause notices by the principal more. There was no siege as such. It's dents (the JNU Students Union’s four reply by February 20. It also issued an chancellor and its top administrators at 10:40 am at Maurice Nagar is also in the hospital. Police medical officer. This incident all a lie. But we are continuing with the office bearers including its president) interim direction barring JNU student have been spreading falsehoods about police station. A police team claimed that both are out of follows after the shocking case strike,” Simone Zoya Khan, JNU Stu- shall not block the ingress and egress of leaders from restraining entry of vice- the JNU students’ protests. rushed to the spot and the vic- danger. Police further claimed of a 25-year-old woman giving dents’ Union (JNUSU) Vice President the Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancel- chancellor, pro vice-chancellor, regis- “Students are not fighting for the tims were rushed to the hospi- that during the investigation birth outside OPD after she was said. lor, Registrar and connected staff to the trar and staff into the Admin building right to not attend classes, they are tal where Kapil was declared they came to know that reg- denied treatment as she did not Moreover, Delhi high court also administrative block of the university till Monday. The court further observed fighting for their right to learn with- brought dead. istered owner of the car is one have an Aadhar card. After the issued a notice to office bearers of Jawa- for tomorrow, day-after-tomorrow and that the JNU administration can take out pointless and arbitrary regimenta- Singh claimed that when RC Vyas, a resident of Kalyan shocking incident, the senior harlal Nehru University Student Union on Monday,” the court said. help of Delhi Police if any extreme sit- tion, in the best traditions of JNU, that police team reached the spot Bagh in Kalyan Puri area. staff at the hospital not only (JNUSU) on a plea seeking contempt This comes a day after a group of uation occurs. Moreover, police have have sustained its academic excellence they found an Alto car bear- “Teams have been formed issued clarification that there action against students for violating JNU students confined top officials in also registered an FIR against all the for decades. In fact, teachers have been ing Delhi number in the acci- to identify and nab the driver will be no Aadhar required for a court ruling, which restrains them the admin building of the varsity in a office bearers. supporting the students’ strike by hold- dental condition at Maurice as he fled from the spot emergency treatment but also to protest within 100 metres of admin protest against the compulsory atten- Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar ing classes and even exams in the open Nagar. Nearby the spot, Delhi after abandoning the car,” announced steps to improve block of the university. “The respon- dance system. The court also sought a had called the students gathering at the air,” said the JNUSU statement. Police personnel were also said Singh. the gynaecology ward. MPOST Absconding man Woman suffers injury after Police to check liquor trafficking at 40 held for killing wife her earrings get snatched small Rly stations on account of Holi NEW DELHI: Crime Branch of Delhi OUR CORRESPONDENT ing that same accused may be involved in Police has arrested a 37-year-old who was both the cases. A list of the local criminals ABHAY SINGH traffickers might use the small stations. gal alcohol as in three sepa- involved in killing his wife. Police claimed NEW DELHI: A woman suffered inju- with the same modus operandi has been stations for liquor trafficking. “We have briefed our staffs rate cases Delhi Police arrested that he was released on interim bail for a ries on her ear when her earrings were checked. A case has been registered under NEW DELHI: Small railway An order has also come about the security measures three persons from different period of four weeks, but he did not sur- snatched in South West Delhi's Uttam appropriate sections of IPC and investiga- stations in the National Capital from the Police Headquar- and we have heightened the railway stations in the Capital render on the fixed date. Nagar area. The incident happened nearby tion is going on. can be used for trafficking of ters for all the police districts patrolling in the small sta- who were taking the liquor to Police claimed that the accused was the spot where a day before snatchers had After the incident, cops have tight- illicit liquor to different States to keep a tab on the supply of tions,” said the DCP. the dry state to get profit. identified as Ravinder Chauhan, resident targeted a 47-year-old woman and torn ened the vigil around the area to nab the during Holi festival, taking a illicit liquor supply. Bringing the liquor from Further interrogation of of Vijay Vihar. He had killed his wife in 2009 her ear near the metro station on Tues- miscreants. Some CCTV footages from note of the situation, the secu- Sources further claimed Haryana in the bus to National the accused revealed that they and after the murder, he surrendered him- day. Police have so far not been able to the area are being scanned to identify rity of small stations has been that lack of security at the small Capital, the traffickers take brought liquor for Rs 150 or self in the police station Vijay Vihar. In 2011, track the accused behind both the snatch- them. The woman so far has sustained one heightened. stations proved to a boon for trains from the small railway Rs 200 and wanted to sell it for he was convicted in the case to undergo life ing incidents. stitch to the right ear, while in the previ- Police sources claimed the liquor traffickers. Deputy station because of less footfall 400 rupees in Bihar. The past imprisonment. In 2016, High Court of Delhi The victim was identified as Kamla ous case of Vandana Sharma, the woman that with five major stations Commissioner of Police (Rail- and also to dodge police. records of the three accused had granted him four weeks of interim bail Bharti, a resident of Uttam Nagar area. had reportedly got her earlobes torn off. in Delhi, the security of other ways) Parwaiz Ahmed told Even after liquor ban in have been scanned to ascer- but did not surrender on the fixed date. The incident happened around 2 pm The latest Delhi Police compendiums 40 stations has been height- Millennium Post that patrol- Bihar, the traffickers target tain whether they supplied the “He had been hiding at different places when the Kamla Bharti was buying fruits of around 1,000 pages have the names ened as police suspect that the ling is going on at the small the state for supplying the ille- liquor to the dry state. and surviving by doing some odd jobs,” near the Uttam Nagar terminal when two of more than 1,000 active snatchers and police said. A team was made under the youth on a motorbike grabbed her ear and robbers in the national Capital. Police supervision of ACP Aditya Gautam and removed her gold earnings. After snatch- sources told Millennium Post that the two Water crisis: the accused was arrested from Dwarka Mor. ing the woman felt a lot of pain and her compendiums were made by the Crime Corruption mars Gurugram DCP (crime) Bhisam Singh stated that dur- right ear started to drip blood yet the vic- Branch of Delhi Police. Approximately Under ground ing probe, Chauhan disclosed that he mur- tim chased them to the metro station but 465 active snatchers were named in the dered his wife in the 2009 on the suspicion they fled. compendium whereas around 576 active water tanks soon that she was having an illicit affair. MPOST Police claimed that they are suspect- robbers were there. in Gurugram EWS plot allotment scheme PIYUSH OHRIE sought an explanation. example has been the failure OUR CORRESPONDENT This case follows after the of Ashiana housing scheme at Create an atmosphere in city so GURUGRAM: Various inci- multiple land allotment scams Sector 47 near Sohna road. Set GURUGRAM: The state of dents of corruption reported that resulted in the loss of up in 2011, the housing proj- water crisis can be gauged in the process of residential plot credibility of HUDA and also ect was to provide 1080 flats from the fact that it is still allotment have caused many impacted the integrity of many under the EWS category. Yet, that people feel safe: Rajnath not peak summer and lack of residents not able to get their public and defence person- in seventh year of its comple- water supply is already being dream home in Gurugram. nel. Through the RTI, it was tion, there has not been a single OUR CORRESPONDENT government was committed to reported from certain areas of While the issue of multiple revealed that various public occupant of the flats. The poor the welfare of police. Gurugram. To solve the cri- plot allotment scams has still officials who were designated condition of the flats is only NEW DELHI: Praising Delhi Addressing top officers and sis of water supply in the city, not been resolved and is being to receive one residential plot increasing the maintenance Police for the arrest of Indian staff at the Kingsway Camp the Gurugram Metropoli- heard in the Punjab and Hary- were given two or more than costs of cash strapped HUDA. Mujahideen operative Ariz here, Singh called for adopt- tan Development Authority ana high court, now the latest three plots. The investigations Taking cognisance of the Khan, Union Home Minister ing of policing methods fol- (GMDA) along with Munici- issue of irregularities in EWS into the case revealed that there opaque processes in the land Rajnath Singh on Friday said lowed in New York and Latin pal Corporation of Gurugram plot allotment has emerged. were as many 44 HUDA offi- allotment process that often the force was capable of meet- American cities. “By bringing (MCG) is planning to set up Under this the land that was cials who were involved in the results in corruption, the Hary- ing the highest level of chal- down crime, an atmosphere underground water tanks in to be allotted at 500 rupees per connivance and indulging in ana government has made all lenges. Speaking at the Raising should be created so that peo- various part of the city. square yard for those who were unethical practices. the processes of HUDA digi- Day Parade of the Delhi Police, ple feel safe in the city,” the According to officialearning Rs 3500 per month in Presently, the case is being tal. “No doubt in the past there the home minister asked the minister said. sources as of now there are areas of Sushant Lok -2 and 3. heard in the Punjab and Hary- has been certain practices by force to create an atmosphere Singh also presented med- plans to set up 10 such tanks. However, as per complaints the ana high court and the next our officials that impacted the of security in the city so that als to the Delhi Police person- At present most of the residents land has not been given to the hearing is slated to be on March credibility of our organisa- the people feel safe. nel. The best police station get their water supply through required allottees. The case is 1. For a city where population tion. Steps however are being “The arrest of Junaid (alias trophy was given to the SHO the bore wells. However lack now being heard in the Guru- is over 20 lakhs, various central taken to make the process Ariz Khan), who was giving of Punjabi Bagh. Delhi Police of proper surveillance has gram sessions court where the and state schemes are being ini- more transparent. Not only are security agencies the slip for Commissioner Amulya Pat- resulted in this form of source recently summoned officials tiated for providing affordable our services now made digi- a decade, by the Delhi Police naik emphasised the chal- being exploited for long as a of Haryana Urban Develop- housing. tal but there has also been a cannot be praised enough. ASEAN summit proves that Singh said. He announced Rs 5 lenges before the force while result crisis of water supply ment Authority (HUDA) and However, most of these time frame in which we have Also, the security arrange- Delhi Police is capable of han- crore for Delhi Police’s ‘martyr highlighting the drop in crime has been a major challenge in Department of Town and initiatives are not yielding to deliver our services,” said a ments made by it during the dling any kind of challenge,” fund’ while asserting that the graph of the city. the city. Country Planning (DTCP) the desired results. One such senior HUDA official. CITY BRIEFS Two commit suicide Children stage street play at Rly station MAN MURDERED IN BURARI NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old man was murdered in in separate cases to spread awareness on drug abuse North Delhi’s Burari area. According to police, the inci- dent came to light at 8.48 pm on Thursday when they OUR CORRESPONDENT ABHAY SINGH 600 underprivileged children. received a PCR call regarding an accident at Pushta Police said that girl The non-traditional' Valen- NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: In Manisha of Khora, NEW DELHI: Keeping in tine's Day was the most endear- Burari. “A deep cut of 12 cm on his neck was noticed two separate cases of suicide, mind the fact that ‘drug abuse’ ing way of loving, sharing and by the doctor. The deceased declared brought dead. a 22-year-old newly married Ghaziabad, took in children is a major concern caring for all. One mobile phone and Rs 1500 was found,” police woman and a 15-year-old girl extreme step after and most affected are those “With street children, other said. Police claimed that from the deceased mobile allegedly committed suicide by kids who live on the streets kids having good economic his parents were called who identified deceased as hanging themselves from the she was depressed of the national capital, Delhi background joined the cele- Chand Mohd, a resident of village Mukundpur who ceiling fan inside their house. over her illness Police took the help of Nukkad bration demolishing the social works as a labourer. “Interrogation from the persons In the first incident, the Natak to generate awareness at and economic divide between woman identified as Babli com- railway stations. The city police the slum dwellers and the afflu- with whom he was seen last is being made. Case is be- mitted suicide by hanging her- veyed the information to us. also celebrated Valentine’s Day ent or the rich and poor,” police ing registered under section 302 of IPC,” police said. self from the ceiling fan inside The woman was put down from with the vulnerable children to said. East Malviya Nagar RWA CRPF GROUP CENTER INSPECTED her in-law’s house at Sadar- the ceiling fan by her husband motivate them. Street children perform Nukkad Natak at New Delhi railway station to also helped police. pur area of sector 45 in Noida before the police could reach. Police sources claimed that spread awareness about drug abuse in the children Deputy Commissioner of NEW DELHI: The group centre of Central Reserve on late Thursday night. Police We have arrested her husband in most of the cases they found Police (south) Romil Baaniya Police Force (CRPF) was visited by a Board of Officers arrested her husband, Dheeraj, in connection with the inci- that when children went miss- drug abuse and to stop crime, cased the harmful effects of motivated all these children Constituted by IGP, Northern Sector for selection of over suspicion of spurring her dent. However no suicide note ing or ran away from their police took help of street plays. drug abuse. and shared initiatives run by the Best GC trophy. Various institutions of group centre to take the extreme step. has been recovered from the homes they reached rail- Once such street play was Deputy Commissioner Delhi Police like Yuva skills Babli was married to spot,” said a senior police offi- way stations and without any organised at New Delhi railway of Police (Railway) Perwez training and invited them to were inspected by the Board and further also physi- Dheeraj two years before and cer of sector 39 police station. money, they started doing odd station where the children from Ahmed told Millennium Post join the training programme cally inspected the various Craftworks done by lady since then the couple often In another case of suicide jobs like rag picking and came street spread awareness about that the reason behind the to change their lives. wives of family welfare centre and highly praised quarrel with each other over reported from Khora area of under the influence of drugs drug abuse in the children. street play near railway station Through Twitter DCP their works for Make in India. Saplings were also small issues. Dheeraj worked Ghaziabad, a class 10 girl stu- like sniffing glue which harms Different railway stations was to generate mass aware- South Delhi tweeted “Let's be planted by the Inspecting Officers at Fruit Garden of as a driver in Kothari Interna- dent, 15, identified as Manisha their body. in the national Capital will ness. “Passengers, coolie and d change we want to see in d this group centre. On this occasion, DIGP Sunil Joon, tional School. The couple lived committed suicide by hang- In another instance, the also see different street plays other people witnessed the world, Celebrating this #Val- Commandant Satish Kumar, Subhash Chand Chandel, in a rented house at sector 45, ing herself from the ceiling city police during the investi- as most of the street children play and we want to root out entine’s Day with underpriv- Noida. Police said that the fan inside her house on Fri- gation of several criminal cases lives nearby area and they are drug abuse in children,” said ileged kids, a unique prog. Ved Prakash, CMO I/C Dr Joyce Chara, Dr Jyotshna couple had a fight on Thurs- day afternoon. Police said that observed that the accused had more vulnerable to drug abuse. the DCP. participated by more than 700 Shukla, Second-in-Command Shri Hajari Lal and other day afternoon as well and since the girl took the extreme step committed snatching to fulfill Helped by ACP Meera Sharma The meaning of Valentine’s children org. wid #PoliceMi- officers with Jawans were also present. then Babli was very upset. to end her life after she was their drug addiction. In order and SHO (New Delhi) Akash Day for Delhi Police was to tra #RWA East Malviya Nagar “The house owner con- depressed over her illness. to protect children from the Rawat, these children show- bring the smile on the face of #SouthDistrict.” nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 mp

UP BUDGET 2018 KARNATAKA BUDGET 2018 Govt to focus on health, farmers Siddaramaiah announces free LPG Hikes spending by 11.4% with new schemes worth `14.34 crore gas and universal health scheme OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath Budget pegs deficit BENGALURU: In his pre- government on Friday pre- assembly election budget for sented its Rs 4,28,384.52-crore 2018-19, Karnataka Chief Min- budget for 2018-19 which is ister Siddaramaiah on Friday 11.4 per cent higher than the at `44,053.32 crore announced schemes for uni- last fiscal. versal health coverage, provid- “We have formulated the LUCKNOW: The Uttar revenue expenditure and Rs ing free LPG gas connections budget for the state’s all-round Pradesh budget for 2018-19 1,06,864.25 crore by way of and mitigating miseries of dry development, keeping in mind has projected total receipts capital expenditure. land farmers. all sections of society, includ- of Rs 4,20,899.46 crore in the A revenue saving of Rs The chief minister also ing farmers, youth, women and next fiscal, leading to a deficit 27,099.10 crore is estimated said the implementation of the rural development while main- of Rs 44,053.32 crore or 2.96 in 2018-19. sixth pay commission for 5.93 taining financial discipline,” per cent of the state GDP. The fiscal deficit of Rs lakh state government employ- chief minister Yogi Adityanath Total receipts include 44,053.32 crore is estimated ees and 5.73 lakh pensioners said while briefing reporters Rs 3,48,619.37 crore by way in the financial year 2018-19, would cost Rs 10,508 crore to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah arrives at Vidhana Soudha to after the budget. of revenue receipts and Rs which is 2.96 per cent of the the exchequer. present the state budget in Bengaluru on Friday PTI The 2019 parliamentary Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and UP Finance Minister 72,280.09 crore by way of capi- Gross State Domestic Product. The commission has rec- elections are crucial for the Rajesh Agarwal hold a briefcase containing State Budget for 2018-19 tal receipts, according to the The states debt liability is ommended 30 per cent hike in seven years for providing high be provided to each farmer BJP-led state government as the ahead of presentation, at Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow on Friday PTI budget documents presented estimated to be 29.8 per cent the salary structure and with quality comprehensive primary growing rain-fed crops with saffron party and its allies won in the assembly today. of the States Gross Domestic increase in pay and other steps health care services, he said. money transferred directly to 73 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Agarwal said, “The bud- tributing fruits to students have The revenue receipts Product. to increase productivity and A total budgetary alloca- farmers’ bank accounts. Uttar Pradesh in 2014 and aim get size for 2018-19 is Rs been allocated in the budget. include Rs 2,56,248.40 crore After deducting total efficiency, the government tion of Rs 6,645 crore has been It entails expenditure of to grab all 80 seats next year. 4,28,384,52 crore, which is The government earmarked Rs by way of tax revenue share, expenditure from the receipts would be in a better position made for the health and family Rs 3,500 crore every year and Special emphasis was given 11.4 per cent higher than the 500 crore for furniture, pota- including Rs 1,22,700.00 crore of consolidated fund, a defi- to implement its welfare mea- welfare department. around 70 lakh farmers would on sectors directly related to last fiscal”. ble water and boundary walls by way of the states own and cit of Rs 7,485.06 crore is esti- sures, he said. The announcement comes be benefited. the people such as health, edu- The budget earmarks Rs 650 of schools run by Basic edu- Rs 1,33,548.40 crore by way of mated. Net receipts of Rs 8,100 Siddaramaiah, who close on the heels of what was On GST, Siddaramaiah said cation and religious tourism. crore for Bundelkhand express- cation department. In a bid to the state’s share in the central crore are estimated from pub- holds the finance portfolio, touted as the world’s largest due to implementation prob- However, a major challenge way project, Rs 550 crore Gork- improve secondary education, taxes. Total state expenditure lic account. announced a scheme to waive public health scheme to cover lems in the initial months, sys- of mobilising resources stares ahpur link expressway project, Rs 480 crore has been allotted is estimated at Rs 4,28,384.52 Net result of Rs 614.94 loan of up to Rs one lakh taken 10 crore families unveiled in tematic analysis of data and the state government in the face Rs 1,000 crore for Purvanchal while Rs 26 crore for operating crore, which includes Rs crore from all transaction is by a farmer member from a pri- the Union Budget. rigorous enforcement activi- as no new taxes have been pro- expressway, Rs 500 crore Agra- Deen Dayal Upadhyay govern- 3,21,520.27 crore by way of estimated in 2018-19. MPOST mary agricultural credit coop- In an apparent move to ties could not be undertaken. posed to fund the budgetary Lucknow expressway. ment model schools. erative society on his death. counter the Centre’s Pradhan However, implementation allocations despite the declin- Budgetary provisions of Rs No fresh levies were Mantri Ujjwala Scheme, Sidda- of the Karnataka model of ing receipts that are expected 30 crore have been made for announced in the Budget, ramaiah announced that under e-way bill in the entire coun- to come down from the bud- e-office system in all govern- which proposed an increase the ‘Mukhyamantri Anila Bha- try is expected to bring about geted Rs 3,77,190.88 crore to Rs ment offices and a start up fund `98.5 crore for cow shelters allocated in rates of additional excise gya Yojana’, free gas connec- qualitative change in tax com- 3,60,165.78 crore in 2017-2018. of Rs 250 crore has been cre- duty on Indian-Made Liquor tion with twin burner stove and pliance and streamline GST Minister for finance Rajesh ated. For power sector schemes, OUR CORRRESPONDENT minister Yogi Adityanath said ters for stray cows, the num- by eight per cent, depending two refills would be provided to collection across the country. Agarwal, while presenting the Rs 29,883 crore has been allo- after finance minister Rajesh ber of which was said to have on the slabs. 30 lakh beneficiaries with an Asserting that the state gov- budget, said the Uttar Pradesh cated while Rs 1,500 crore has LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adity- Agarwal presented the state shot up after a crackdown on The ‘Arogya Karnataka expenditure of Rs 1,350 crore. ernment was committed to the Investment Summit is being been kept for Kumbh Mela- anath government has for the budget here on Friday. illegal slaughter houses. The Yojana’ (universal health cov- The scheme comes against comprehensive development organised on February 21 and 2019 in Allahabad and Rs 98.5 first time proposed an allo- According to officials of crackdown was launched after erage), to be launched this the backdrop of sharp differ- of Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah 22 to develop the state as a lakh for Kanha Gau-shala and cation of Rs 98.5 crore in the the state government, initially, the Yogi government assumed month, would be implemented ences between the Siddara- said necessary action would be potential destination for global Besahara Pashu Ashray yojna. Uttar Pradesh budget for oper- cowsheds will be opened in office on March 19 last year. across the state by the end of maiah government and the taken to prepare project report investment. For basic education depart- ating shelters for stray cows urban areas and thereafter at “We have saved cows from this year. The scheme will make Centre over the implementa- for 105.55 km line under the Agarwal said a roadmap ment, Rs 18,167 crore has been across the state. the tehsils and villages. slaughter and now we will find available primary, and specific tion of Ujjwala scheme. Bengaluru Metro Phase-3. has been worked out for dou- earmarked for Sarv Siksha “To overcome the problem Farmers are affected by a way for their proper rearing,” secondary and tertiary treat- Siddaramaiah also unveiled With this, the total length of bling the income of farm- Abhiyan, Rs 76 crore and Rs that farmers are facing due to stray cattle which damage the CM had said at an event in ments to all people. ‘Raitha Belaku’, a scheme to Bengaluru metro rail, including ers and an amendment to the 40 crore respectively for pro- stray cows, the government standing crops. Vrindavan earlier this month, Over 9,000 health and well- give direct income assistance all phases, would be 266 km. Uttar Pradesh Mandi Act has viding free books and uniforms has decided to open gausha- The chief minister had while laying the foundation ness centres would be set up by to mitigate miseries of dry land To manage goods and pas- been proposed to ease the pro- for all students of class 1-8th. las (cow shelters) in a phased announced earlier that the stone of the Mahamana Gau upgrading existing sub-cen- farmers. Under the scheme, Rs senger transport more effi- cess of marketing the farmers’ For mid-day meal Rs 2,048 manner across the state,” chief government will open shel- Gram scheme. tres for every 5,000 population 5,000 per hectare, subject to a ciently and quickly a feasibility produce. crore and Rs 167 crore for dis- in rural areas during the next maximum of Rs 10,000 would study would be undertaken. SOHRABUDDIN CASE CAUVERY WATER DISPUTE VERDICT HC poser to CBI over Govt will work diligently to get TN share: Dy CM Prajapati’s escort team OUR CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI: The Bombay High Raja Thakre told the high court CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Dep- Verdict ‘very We have got some relief, Court on Friday asked the that since the jail authorities uty Chief Minister O Panneer- CBI to confirm whether the had asked for an escort team selvam on Friday said that the four police officials, who had on the ground that they did not government would work dil- disapointing’ says Karnataka CM accompanied Tulsiram Praj- have adequate number of offi- igently to get to farmers and apati, an aide of Sohrabuddin cials, he merely directed the people of the state, the 177.25 OUR CORRESPONDENT Shaikh, to Ahmedabad just Surajpol police to send a team. tmcft apportioned by the days before his death in an “The team was not chosen Supreme Court. BENGALURU: Karnataka alleged encounter, had gone by me. Therefore, even if one The Supreme Court earlier Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with him as his escort team on is to presume for a minute that on Friday directed the Kar- on Friday said that though the previous occasions as well. there was a conspiracy to kill nataka government to release Supreme Court verdict on the The court’s question came Prajapati, I couldn’t have played 177.25 tmcft of Cauvery water Cauvery issue was not as per after Rajasthan IPS officer any role in it. to Tamil Nadu from its inter- the state’s appeal, he was happy Dinesh MN, one of the dis- “I didn’t know which police state Biligundlu dam. with it as “we have got some A file picture shows Cauvery river water flowing through Mettur Dam in charged accused in the encoun- officers were going with him,” “The government will CHENNAI: ‘Superstar’ Rajini- relief”. ter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Thakre said. diligently work to bring the Tamil Nadu PTI kanth on Friday said the Siddaramaiah also said he a gangster, his wife Kausar Bi, Justice Revati Mohite-Dere, 177.25 tmcft, apportioned by Supreme Court verdict reduc- did not want to say that the ver- and their aide Prajapati, denied however, remarked that some the Supreme Court to Tamil regime, despite being part of was pronounced in 2007, the ing the quantum of water to dict was a defeat for any state all charges against him. of the compilations of witness Nadu, to the farmers and the the Congress-led UPA could gazette notification was done Tamil Nadu from Cauvery river and noted that the apex court Water Management Board in Dinesh claimed he had no statements submitted by Ruba- people,” he said. not even get the tribunals final by the Centre in 2013 follow- was “very disappointing” and had only responded to “our dif- six weeks, which the state had role in choosing the escort buddin Shaikh, the brother The judgement clarified award published in the Central ing a Supreme Court order urged the state government to ficulties.” In his reaction, Sid- always been opposing, he said, team officials who had accom- of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, had that Karnataka will now have gazette,” Panneerselvam said. during the previous AIADMK file a review petition. daramaiah told reporters that “it is not being considered by panied Prajapati to Ahmed- pointed out that the same team an enhanced share of 14.75 Earlier, DMK working M K regime, when late J Jayalalithaa “Since the final verdict by Karnataka’s appeal had been the Supreme Court. It is left to abad for a court hearing. of the four officials had trav- tmcft water per year, while Stalin had demanded a meeting was Chief Minister. the Supreme Court on the Cau- partly allowed by the Supreme the government of India.” According to the Central elled with Prajapati between Tamil Nadu will get 404.25 of political parties and farmers The Deputy Chief Minis- very water sharing amounts to Court which has allotted 14.75 He added, “though the ver- Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Gujarat and Rajasthan for court tmcft, which will be 14.75 tmcft associations to decide on the ter said it was Jayalalithaa who further affecting the livelihood TMC ft more to the state while dict is not in accordance with soon after the court hearing in hearings on some previous less than what was allotted by next course of action on the had waged “historic battles” for of the farmers in Tamil Nadu, it Tamil Nadu was allowed to our prayer in the appeal, we December 2006, Prajapati was occasions as well. the tribunal in 2007. Cauvery issue. getting Cauvery water to Tamil is very disappointing,” he said extract 10 tmcft, out of 20 tmcft have got some relief. I am killed in a fake encounter by a The judge asked the CBI to Panneerselvam said the He termed the verdict Nadu. in a tweet. groundwater. happy with this verdict.” team of Gujarat and Rajasthan confirm this. The high court is government’s formal reaction a “shocker” and accused the Film star Kamal Haasan, The actor, who has “Since this is an inter-state In its judgement, the police officers. conducting a day-to-day hear- to the verdict would follow after Palaniswami regime of not who is set to embark on his announced that he will soon dispute,I don’t want to say it Supreme Court today raised However, the four officials, ing on pleas filed by Rubabud- a scrutiny of the judgement. properly presenting the state’s political journey, on Fri- make the political plunge, fur- is a defeat for any state. The the 270 tmcft share of Cau- who were part of his escort din Shaikh challenging the On opposition DMK’s case before the apex court and day appealed to both Tamil ther said that the Tamil Nadu Supreme Court has responded very water for Karnataka by team, made up a false story discharge of three accused and charge that the state govern- losing it. Nadu and Karnataka to main- government should take steps to our difficulties,” he said, 14.75 tmcft and reduced Tamil about Prajapati having escaped the CBI challenging the dis- ment had not properly pre- Stalin recalled that when tain amity in the wake of the to file a review petition on the when asked if he was satisfied Nadu’s share while compensat- from custody while they were charge of two of the 15 accused sented the state’s case before DMK chief M Karunanidhi was Supreme Court judgement matter. with the judgment. ing it by allowing extraction of returning to Udaipur in a from the case by a special court the apex court, leading to lower chief minister, he got the Cauv- on sharing of Cauvery waters The Supreme Court on Fri- Asked if Karnataka was 10 tmcft groundwater from the train, it said. Inspector Nara- between August 2016 and Sep- Cauvery water allocation to ery Tribunal set up, worked to between the two states. day raised the 270 tmcft share in a position to release water, river basin. yan Singh, ASI Yudhveer Singh tember 2017. Tamil Nadu, he said that the get its interim and final award. While expressing disap- of Cauvery water for Karnataka he said, “We always have to By virtue of today’s apex and constables Dalpat Singh Sohrabuddin Shaikh and DMK, despite being part of the “But all such rights (got pointment over the apex court by 14.75 tmcft and reduced obey court orders.We cannot court verdict, Tamil Nadu, Rathod and Kartar Singh, from Kausar Bi were killed in an Congress-led UPA at the Cen- through the interim, final awarding lower quantum of Tamil Nadu’s share while com- depend on rainfall. Normal Karnataka, Kerala and Union the Surajpol police station in alleged fake encounter by the tre, could not even get the tri- awards of the tribunal) have water to Tamil Nadu as against pensating it by allowing extrac- years we have to leave. If there Territory Puducherry would Udaipur, were part of the escort Gujarat Police in November bunals final award published in been squandered by the the demand, he said the con- tion of 10 tmcft groundwater is no normal year, distress for- be annually entitled to 404.25 team that had accompanied 2005, while Prajapati was killed the Central gazette. AIADMK regime,” he alleged soling factor was that the court from the river basin. mula we have to adopt. That tmcft, 284.75 tmcft, 30 tmcft Prajapati from Udaipur Cen- in another alleged fake gunbat- “When did the DMK get and taunted the ruling party as had maintained that the rivers The court said the issue of is there.” and 7 tmcft of Cauvery water tral Jail to Ahmedabad for the tle by the Gujarat and Rajast- us Cauvery water? I would a “horse-trading regime.” are common and do not belong drinking water has to be placed On the court directing respectively out of a total of court hearing. Dinesh’s counsel han Police in December 2006. like to remind that the DMK While the final award to anybody. on a “higher pedestal”. constitution of the Cauvery 740 tmcft. 2G: Contempt plea filed in Apex court Congress to go it alone in UP Jagannath Mishra granted challenging ASG’s appointment bypolls, declares candidates 4-week bail for treatment NEW DELHI: An NGO, cial public prosecutor in the 2G scam case holding that the NEW DELHI: The Congress the Phulpur seat. which had challenged the allo- case relating to 2G scam. prosecution “miserably failed” on Friday decided to go it alone The elections will be held RANCHI: The Jharkhand dered on February 5 to serve Mishra five years rigorous cation of 2G spectrum during The apex court had in 2011 to prove any of the corruption in the Parliamentary bye-elec- on March 11 and the results High Court on Friday granted the jail term, was directed imprisonment in connection the erstwhile UPA regime, on appointed then senior advo- and money laundering charges. tions in Uttar Pradesh and will be announced on March four-week provisional bail for by the high court to with a fodder scam case involv- Friday moved the Supreme cate U U Lalit as the special On February 8, the Depart- declared its candidates. 14. Filing of nominations treatment to former Bihar chief surrender on or before March ing fraudulent withdrawal of Rs Court against the appointment public prosecutor for the 2G ment of Personnel and Train- Party general secretary began on February 13 and the minister Jagannath Mishra, 16 this year. 37.62 crore from the Chaibasa of Additional Solicitor Gen- cases. However, due to his ing in the official gazette issued Janardan Dwivedi told PTI Dr last date is February 20. who is in jail after being con- The Superintendent of Treasury in early 1990s. eral Tushar Mehta as the spe- elevation to the top court, it a notification appointing Sureetha will be its candidate Adityanath and Maurya victed in a fodder scam case Rajendra Institute of Medi- However, because of a cial public prosecutor in the appointed Grover on Septem- Mehta as the prosecutor for for the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha had resigned as Lok Sabha last month. cal Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, death in his family, the three- case, claiming it amounted to ber 2, 2014 on the suggestion of the case. bypoll, and local leader Man- members in September last Justice Aparesh Kumar has written to the court that time chief minister was not contempt of the court. then senior lawyer K K Venu- The plea filed by NGO ish Mishra will contest from year after being elected to Singh granted provisional bail Mishra needs super special- present in the court on Janu- The NGO Centre for Public gopal, who is now the Attorney has sought action against the Phulpur parliamentary seat. the Uttar Pradesh Legislative to Mishra till March 15 after a ist chemotherapy, which is not ary 24 when he, RJD supremo Interest Litigation said Mehta’s General. Ajay Mittal, Secretary of The bye-elections were Council. medical report said he is suffer- available in the RIMS. He has Lalu Prasad and 48 others were appointment as CBI prosecu- A special CBI court on the Union Home Ministry’s necessitated after Uttar Pradesh It is speculated that BSP ing from cancer and required been under treatment of a doc- convicted. tor was in violation of the apex December 21, 2017 had acquit- Department of Personnel and Chief Minister Yogi Aditya- chief Mayawati, who had last a treatment which is not avail- tor at a private hospital of Gur- He surrendered later on court orders passed in 2011 and ted former telecom minister Training (DoPT) for having nath vacated the Gorakhpur year resigned from the Rajya able here. gaon in Haryana. February 5 before the court to 2014 which made senior advo- A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi allegedly “willfully disobeyed” the Lok Sabha seat and his deputy Sabha, may contest the Phul- The 80-year-old former On January 24, Special serve the jail term awarded to cate Anand Grover as the spe- and all other accused in the order of the apex court. MPOST Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated pur bypoll. MPOST chief minister, who surren- CBI judge S S Prasad awarded him. MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 Punjab National Bank went to CBI 4 days India committed to protecting after stumbling upon `11,394.02 cr fraud

OUR CORRESPONDENT On February 13, an FIR was was no sanctioned limit for the filed with the CBI against Nirav firms, the branch officials asked environment, says PM Modi NEW DELHI: Punjab Modi Group, Gitanjali Group them to furnish at least 100 per National Bank has said it filed and Chandri Paper & Allied cent cash margin for issuing OUR CORRESPONDENT billion tonnes of carbon diox- issue of water availability and the first fraud report with the Products Pvt Ltd as also a com- Letter of Undertaking (LOU) ide equivalent by 2030, Modi asserted his commitment to RBI and the CBI four days after plaint filed with Enforcement for raising buyer’s credit. NEW DELHI: Prime Minis- said it had once seemed diffi- ensure that no farm goes with- it stumbled upon the alleged Directorate. Stock exchanges “On denial, the firms con- ter Narendra Modi on Friday cult to many but India had con- out water. Rs 11,394.02 crore fraud by were informed the next day, tested that they have been avail- said India is committed to pro- tinued with its steady progress “We are working to electrify diamantaire Nirav Modi, and PNB said in the filing. ing such transactions since past tecting the environment and is on that path. every household of the coun- made regulatory disclosures In the complaint, PNB several years,” PNB said. doing everything required for it “According to the UNEP try. With growing urbanisa- only after 10 days. alleges that Modi and com- On scrutiny, it was found but expects others to also fulfil Gap Report, India is on track tion, our transport needs are After stock exchanges panies linked to him colluded that earlier LoUs were issued their commitments. to meet its Copenhagen Pledge growing too, we are expand- sought clarifications on the with some of its officers includ- previously and internal mes- Modi said nations took a of reducing the emissions ing the metro system as well,” fraud, PNB in a late night fil- ing a former deputy general saging system was bypassed stand to come together at the intensity of its GDP by 20 to he said. ing detailed the sequence of manager Gokulnath Shetty, by placing instructions via the 2015 COP-21 summit in Paris 25 percent over 2005 levels by The theme of this year’s events and how Modi and com- who was posted in the for- SWIFT global payment sys- and work towards the common 2020,”Modi added. summit is Partnerships for a panies linked to him used fake eign-exchange department tem asking overseas branches cause of sustaining the planet. Invoking Mahatma Gan- Resilient Planet . bank guarantees worth USD of its Mumbai branch. They of Indian banks to fork out the “As the world committed to dhi, Modi said all resources and Over 2,000 delegates are 1.77 billion to obtain loans fraudulently acquired guaran- cash as loans. PNB said this fol- bring about change, so did we. wealth belong to nature and participating in the summit, from the overseas branches of tees worth USD 1.77 billion lowed a series of meetings with While the world was discussing the almighty and “we are just which seeks to create action Indian banks. to obtain loans from the over- representatives of Nirav Modi ‘inconvenient truth , we trans- Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the inauguration of World the trustees or managers of this frameworks to resolve some PNB stumbled upon the seas branches of Indian banks, group and Gitanjali group at lated it into convenient action Sustainable Development Summit 2018 (WSDS), the flagship forum of wealth”. of the most urgent challenges scam on January 25, 2018, and claiming to need the cash to Delhi and Mumbai “to impress . India believes in growth but Mahatma Gandhi, too, facing developing economies a fraud report with the Reserve import pearls. upon them to pay the amount.” The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) at Vigyan Bhawan in New is also committed to protect- advocated this trusteeship phi- in the backdrop of climate Bank of India on January 29. “On January 16, 2018, the “Upon confirming the first ing the environment,” he said Delhi on Friday PTI losophy, he added. change. On that day, a criminal com- partnership firm of Nirav Modi maturity of LoUs liabilities on at the World Sustainable Devel- he added. The National Geographic Stressing the need for mak- Eminent international plaint for registration of FIR group approached our branch January 25, 2018 as fraudu- opment Summit here. “While we are doing every- Greendex Report of 2014, ing the planet safer, the prime speakers will address a vari- was also made with the CBI. at Brady House, Mumbai and lently credit against bank, an India was on track to meet thing that is required of us, we which assesses the environ- minister said, ety of issues, including reduc- Stock exchanges were informed presented a set of import doc- FMR-1 (fraud report format of the 2030 Intended Nation- expect that others also join in mental sustainability of con- “We are proud of our long ing impact on land, air and of the fraud on February 5. uments with a request to allow RBI) was submitted to the RBI ally Determined Contribution to fulfil their commitments sumer choice, recently ranked history and tradition of harmo- water, as well as look at ways This was followed by buyers’ credit for making pay- on January 29, 2018 amounting (INDC), he said. The UN Sus- based on common but dif- India at the top for greenest nious existence between man and means to utilise energy another fraud report being ment to the overseas suppliers,” to USD 44.22 million equiva- tainable Development Goals ferentiated responsibility and consumption pattern, he said. and nature.” and resources in a more effi- submitted to the RBI on Feb- PNB said in the filing. lent to Rs 280.70 crore (related put us on the path of equal- equity,”Modi said, without tak- Discussing the goal of cre- The prime minister also cient manner in the plenary ruary 7, the day one more com- This happened after Shetty to three group firms of Nirav ity, equity and climate justice, ing any names. ating a carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 raised concerns about the sessions. plaint was filed with the CBI. had retired.And since there Modi),” it said. Dhinakaran can NATION BRIEFS not be granted People will take harsh Centre has gone beyond its ONE DEAD, 11 HOSPITALISED AFTER temporary name decisions, says Naidu means to help Andhra: BJP SUSPECTED GAS LEAKAGE and symbol: EC OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT THANE: A 34-year-old worker died and 11 others harsh decisions,” the AP CM BJP spokesperson and one super-speciality hospi- were hospitalised after suspected leakage of hazard- warned. tal have to be established in the ous gas in a rayon manufacturing unit at Shahad in NEW DELHI: The Elec- AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh He added that the Congress NEW DELHI: The BJP on GVL Narasimha state by 2022, out of which nine tion Commission on Fri- Chief Minister N Chandrababu had split the state in an “irra- Friday said the claim that the Rao said: Please do have already become functional. Kalyan in the district, police said on Friday. The incident day opposed in the Delhi HC Naidu on Friday said, in an indi- tional manner” and had paid Centre was not helping Andhra Three airports in in took place late last night, they said. “The process of the plea of TTV Dhinakaran, rect warning to the BJP, that the price. Pradesh was “deliberate dis- not continue with Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada mixing of three different gases was in progress at the AIADMK (Amma) faction people would take “harsh deci- “The Congress party, which tortion of facts” and asserted this propaganda and Tirupati have been unit, when around 11.30 pm some workers complained leader, seeking a temporary sions” if they felt “cheated”. was in power at the Centre, split that the Narendra Modi gov- that the Centre is expanded to international of nausea, eye irritation and suffocation, possibly due name and symbol for his group Naidu, who had so far spo- the state in an irrational manner. ernment had gone beyond its not helping the standards and were made to leakage of hazardous gas. They were rushed to a till his petition laying claim ken only in the Telugu Desam So people gave their verdict (in means to help the state after its operational. hospital,” a police officer said. to the ‘two-leaves’ symbol is Party’s internal meetings in the the 2014 elections) very strongly bifurcation. state. The Centre Rao, accompanied by the decided. last fortnight about the “injus- and made the party bite the dust. As Andhra Pradesh’s rul- state BJP president , shared a STUDENT, CONDUCTOR KILLED IN The poll panel told the tice” done to AP in the Union It could not even save its depos- ing TDP, a BJP ally, and vari- has gone way 17-page note with the media high court that only a recog- Budget 2018-19, opened up for its,” he pointed out. ous opposition parties mounted beyond its means listing various initiatives taken SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT IN AMBALA nised or registered political the first time at an official meet- Meanwhile, the Chief Min- pressure on the government to help the state by the Centre for the develop- AMBALA: A class 8 student and a bus conductor bus party can be allotted a sym- ing in the secretariat here this ister announced that the Budget seeking more funds for the state, ment of the state. bol or given a name, and Dhi- afternoon. session of the Andhra Pradesh BJP spokesperson GVL Nara- Days before the presenta- were killed and 33 students injured when their school nakaran’s faction was neither. Addressing a budget pre- Legislature would commence simha Rao said, “Please do not reporters at the BJP office here. tion of the Union Budget for bus overturned on the Ambala-Naraingarh highway A similar stand was taken paratory conference here this here on March 5, with Governor continue with this propaganda Whatever was promised in 2018-19, cracks appeared in the on Friday, police said. The bus carrying 40 students before Justice Rekha Palli by afternoon, Naidu said that E S L Narasimhan addressing that the Centre is not helping the act, the current government alliance between BJP and TDP, overturned when it was close to the NCC Public School the faction headed by CM EK Andhra Pradesh had not got a joint session of the AP Legis- the state. The Centre has gone has done more than that in a which is ruling Andhra Pradesh, near Panjokhra village. SHO Rajneesh Yadav of the Palaniswami and his deputy O what was due from the Centre lative Council and Legislative way beyond its means to help short span of time, he said. after Chief Minister N Chan- Baldevnagar Police Station said the police was inves- Panneerselvam who contended as per the AP Reorganisation Assembly. the state.” He said that over the Explaining in detail about drababu Naidu had said his tigating how the accident occurred. According to some that the proper forum for filing Act, 2014. The state Budget for 2018-19 past few weeks, many statements various initiatives and projects party was ready to chart its own the petition was Madras HC as “The Centre has not ful- would be presented on March had been made by various peo- taken up by the Narendra Modi- course if the former was not accounts, the bus driver lost balance while trying to the entire dispute was confined filled its promises (made in 8, Naidu informed. ple about the implementation led government for the state, the keen to continue with the alli- avoid hitting a cyclist. Civil Surgeon Vinod Gupta said to the state. Appearing for the the Reorganisation Act and in While the state achieved an of the Andhra Pradesh Reor- BJP leader said, “It is time to ance. Naidu had been demand- 33 students were brought to the hospital, out of which Palaniswami-Panneerselvam Parliament). Funds were not average economic growth rate of ganisation Act, 2014. “These place the facts before the people. ing special package and more 21 were discharged after being given first aid. faction, senior advocate Mukul adequately granted to the state. 11-12 per cent in the last three statements seem to be deliber- It is time to clear the air.” List- allocation of funds for the state, Rohatgi said Dhinakaran was If people come to a firm opin- years, the target for the com- ate distortion of facts as far as ing various development works while the BJP is maintaining IRS OFFICER IN CBI NET FOR TAKING trying to create “a party within ion that they have been cheated ing year had been set at 15 per the support of the Government initiated by the NDA govern- that it has been making all nec- the party”. MPOST and made to lose, they will take cent, he said. of India is concerned,” he told ment, Rao said 11 institutions essary allocations for the state. `1.50 LAKH BRIBE IN MAHA NAGPUR: The anti-corruption wing of the Central Bu- reau of Investigation (CBI) has caught an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer while allegedly accepting a bribe Manik Sarkar fights against of Rs 1.50 lakh from a private tuition class owner, offi- cials said on Friday. The official, Mukul Vishwas Telgote, posted as Deputy Commissioner (GST) in Amravati, was resurgent BJP in Dhanpur caught taking bribe on Thursday. According to sources, Telgote had sent notices to the tuition class owner in Ya- JAYANTA BHATTACHARYA is the second time Bhowmick 10 to 30 beds each, and three vatmal, asking him to submit service tax-related papers. will be locking horns with primary health centres. When the complainant submitted the documents, the DHANPUR: The Dhanpur Sarkar. She fought and lost the The chief minister said, officer said that the papers were not complete. constituency in Sipahijala dis- elections from this seat way “When I first came here in trict has emerged as one of the back in 1998. 1998, there were no proper TWO NAXALS KILLED IN GUNBATTLE main battlefields in poll-bound The Congress has nomi- roads. My vehicle got stuck in Tripura with its hillocks and nated former minister Laxmi muddy roads and I had to get WITH POLICE IN CHHATTISGARH paddy fields dotted with red Nag from the seat. down to push it forward. Now RAIPUR: Two naxals, including a woman, were gunned and saffron flags. The saffron party’s high- a highway runs through the down by the security forces in an exchange of fire in The constituency, bordering profile campaign in Tripura, constituency and many con- Bangladesh, is the home turf of however, has projected Bhow- crete roads have been laid in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. mick as Sarkar’s main con- the region.” on Friday. The skirmish took place late last night in a He is looking forward to his tender in this election. The constituency also forest near Tokanpalli village under Chintagufa police fifth straight victory from the Prime Minister Narendra lacked drinking water facili- station limits when a joint team of District Reserve Guard seat in the February 18 polls. Modi, during a rally on Febru- ties and women, with vessels, (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) was out on an anti- This time, however, Sarkar’s ary 8, had asked the voters to and tribal people. Muslims live would go around in search naxal operation, Deputy Inspector General of Police CPI(M) is pitched not just throw away Manik (the Manik near the India-Banglagesh bor- of water. Pipelines have been against its old rival Congress, Sarkar government) and go for der and the tribal groups reside extended from the border areas (south Bastar range) Sundarraj P said. The exchange of but also the saffron party HIRA (H for highways, I for in the hilly areas. to the hills, Sarkar said. fire broke out between the two sides, when the patrol- that has been making steady Internet way, R for roadways According to the state gov- The BJP candidate from ling team was cordoning off the forests adjoining Tokan- inroads into the state. and A for airways). ernment, the rate of literacy in the seat, however, countered palli, located around 500 kms away from here, he said. The BJP has fielded its Dhanpur, largely agrarian in Dhanpur is around 80 per cent. Sarkar’s claims saying clean state general secretary Pratima nature, has 21 villages, mostly The constituency has eight water remains a distant dream PARRIKAR DOWN WITH PANCREATITIS, Bhowmick from the seat. This inhabited by Hindus, Muslims rural hospitals, consisting of for the villagers here. PTI TO BE DISCHARGED SOON Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who has been hospitalised in Mumbai for mild pancreatitis, is Chandrayaan-2 launch in April, to aim expected to be discharged in a day or two, his office said on Friday. Parrikar, who was initially referred to the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here, was for moon’s south pole: Jitendra Singh Thursday taken to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, where he is currently undergoing treatment. “It’s a case of mild OUR CORRESPONDENT this year. “The targeted date pancreatitis. The chief minister is well and under obser- is April. In case we miss the vation. He is likely to be discharged in a day or two,” NEW DELHI: Chandray- April date, we will launch it in the Chief Ministers Office (CMO) said in a statement aan-2, the lunar mission November,” Sivan added. here. under which the ISRO will for Citing the reason behind the first time attempt to land landing the rover near the TEZPUR UNIVERSITY GETS NEW VC a rover on the moon’s south south pole, Sivan said it is a pole, will be launched in April, “very tricky area” with rocks TEZPUR (ASSAM): Former Professor of Jawaharlal Jitendra Singh, in-charge of the formed a million years ago. Nehru University (JNU) Vinod Kumar Jain has been ap- Department of Space said on “It has very old rocks. This pointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Tezpur University. Friday. could possibly help us under- Jain has been appointed by the President of India, in his The rover of India’s second stand the origin of universe,” capacity as the Visitor of the Tezpur University, accord- lunar mission, costing nearly he said. ing to an official release issued by the University today. Rs 800 crore, will be made to Another reason, he cited, land near the yet-unexplored behind landing the rover near He will serve as the Vice-Chancellor for a period of five south pole, ISRO’s newly- the south pole was that the years from the date on which he enters upon his office appointed chairman K Sivan the moon. Chandrayaan-2 is a ISRO’s first inter-planetary area has not been explored by or until he attains the age of 70 years, whichever is ear- said. further extension of the proj- mission to land a rover on any other missions. “Most of the lier. A seasoned academician, Prof Jain has studied B.Sc “India is going to launch ect and it is as good as landing celestial body. lunar missions in the past have from Agra University and completed M.Sc from Aligarh Chandrayaan-2 in April. It is a man on the moon,” Singh told Sivan noted that the win- explored the area around the Muslim University. He was conferred D. Phil from Sussex under Chandrayaan-1 mission reporters here. dow to launch the mission is equator of the moon,” Sivan ICA/T 1158(3)/2018 University, Brighton UK (1982). that the ISRO spotted water on Chandrayaan-2 will be between April and November added. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 mp Rahul dissolves CWC, forms steering Will ask visually challenged committee for Congress plenary

OUR CORRESPONDENT Article XV (vii) (b) of the par- ty's Constitution. The Steer- NEW DELHI: Congress Pres- ing Committee will function in to examine new notes: HC ident Rahul Gandhi today place of the Working Commit- OUR CORRESPONDENT ations of various lengths at the the watermark window on all dissolved the party's highest tee of the party," AICC general edges to make them discernible notes, except the Rs 10 denomi- decision-making body, Central Secretary Janardan Dwivedi NEW DELHI: The Delhi High from each other. nation ones. Working Committee (CWC), said in a statement. Court on Friday said it would The court asked the Centre "This feature is in different and formed a 34-member He said the meeting of the consider asking some visually to file an affidavit on the steps shapes for various denomina- Steering Committee that will Steering Committee will be impaired persons to exam- it was taking to make the coins tions. For example, a vertical work in its place for the upcom- president, ending the entire held on February 17 at 4 pm at ine the new currency notes discernible from each other rectangle denotes a Rs 20 note, ing plenary session. process of organisational the party headquarters. and coins recently issued by and listed the matter for next a square means Rs 50 (in older While all CWC members elections. The Steering Committee the government to see if they hearing on March 7. notes), triangle and circle for are part of the new commit- The Steering Commit- includes the party president faced problems differenti- The bench was hearing PILs Rs 100, a diamond denoted the tee, some of the permanent tee will function till the ple- and CPP chairperson Sonia ating between the various filed by three advocates, a com- Rs 1,000 currency which is not invitees like Amarinder Singh, nary session, after which a new Gandhi, besides former prime denominations. pany secretary and NGO All a legal tender now," the advo- Vilas Muttemwar, RK Dha- CWC will be put in place. minister Manmohan Singh. A bench of Acting Chief India Confederation of Blind, cate's PIL said. wan, Shivajirao Deshmukh, As per the party's Consti- The Steering Commit- Justice Gita Mittal and Jus- who had sought a change in the The petition by the NGO MV Rajasekharan and Moh- tution, the 25-member CWC tee also includes party lead- tice C Hari Shankar made the told the court that Rs 10 note in the Rs 20 and Rs 50 notes new currency notes to make said the visually impaired peo- sina Kidwai, as well all special has 12 elected members and 11 ers A K Antony, Ahmed Patel, observation after the Centre would be soon done away with as these denominations are them easily identifiable and ple were facing hardship in invitees have been dropped. nominated members, besides Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ambika and the Reserve Bank of India and replaced by coins. The sizes widely used, as these markings, differentiable for the visually identification, usage and trans- The Steering Committee the Congress president and the Soni, Janardan Dwivedi, Ashok (RBI) told the court the new of the Rs 20 and Rs 50 denomi- which are expensive, would get impaired. The PIL by advocate action of the new currency will meet tomorrow to decide chairperson of the Congress Gehlot, Sushilkumar Shinde, currency has been introduced nation notes could be easily dif- smudged with time. Rohit Dandriyal sought direc- notes of Rs 2000, Rs 500, Rs on the schedule for the plenary Parliamentary Party. P Chidambaram, Oscar Fer- after consulting and taking into ferentiated by blind persons, it However, the notes of tions to the authorities to with- 200 and Rs 50 denominations. session, which is likely to be The new members of the nandes, Anand Sharma, CP account the suggestions made claimed. denominations of Rs 100 and draw the Rs 50 notes which do Maintaining that the size held before the start of the sec- CWC will be elected either at Joshi, Digvijay Singh, BK Hari by various associations for the The government and the above have the intaglio mark- not have any identification of old and new notes were dif- ond part of budget session of the plenary or after it. Prasad, Kamal Nath, Mallikar- visually impaired. RBI told the court that intaglio ings, they told the bench. marks and stop printing them. ferent, the NGO also sought Parliament on March 5. "Congress President Rahul jun Kharge, Motilal Vora and The central government, markings, a printing technique The ASG also said that the He said that, according to replacement of coins of Rs 10, The AICC plenary will rat- Gandhi has constituted a Steer- Hemo Prova Saikia, besides represented by Additional where image is incised into a new coins of Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5 the RBI, a special feature has Rs 5, Rs 2 and Re 1 saying these ify the December 11 election ing Committee for the forth- party's communications Standing Counsel Sanjay Jain, surface, are not being made and Rs 10 would be having stri- been introduced on the left of were of a similar structure. of Rahul Gandhi as Congress coming plenary session as per incharge Randeep Surjewala. Iranian Prez visits Qutub Assam worst in MMR, spent just 13.58% of NHM fund in 2017-18 OUR CORRESPONDENT is working to reduce the MMR in the state, however, is the dren under one year of age, in Speaking about the num- Shahi tombs in Hyderabad in Assam. highest in country and is "very Assam is also on higher side ber of doctors, he said Assam GUWAHATI: Assam is at MMR is the annual num- encouraging", he said. at 44 at present against the bears a sorry figure with just OUR CORRESPONDENT the bottom of the list with ber of female deaths per The Centre is aggressively national figure of 37. one practitioner against 3,000 regard to maternal mortality 1,00,000 live births from any carrying out vaccination and He said the Centre had people. HYDERABAD: Iranian Pres- rate(MMR) with a figure of cause related to or aggra- other medication to reduce the allocated Rs 1,056.25 crore for "The WHO standard is to ident Hassan Rouhani visited 300 against the national aver- vated by pregnancy or its MMR across many districts Assam under National Health have one doctor against every the famous Qutub Shahi tombs age of 167, while the fund management. of Assam, including Nag- Mission (NHM) for 2017-18. 1,000 people. The country's here on Friday on the second spending under National "MMR in Assam is very aon, Dhubri, Goalpara, Karbi "Out of that, we have average is one doctor against day of his Hyderabad visit. Health Mission (NHM) is just high. It is 300 at present Anglong, Kokrajhar and Chi- released Rs 514.81 crore. The 1,592 people. The scene is very Rouhani visited the tombs 13.58 per cent for 2017-18. against the pan-India average rang under 'Mission Indradha- state's share is Rs 35 crore. As bad in North East," Choubey of Qutub Shahi rulers in Gol- Addressing a press con- of 167. It is at the bottom of the nush', he added. per our information, the state added. conda area in the city. These ference here, Union Minister list. It was 383 fours ago and The minister said that the has spent Rs 143.42 crore till In Nagaland and monuments are popularly of State for Health and Fam- was 447 in 2002 in Assam," infant mortality rate(IMR), now," he said adding 81 dif- Arunachal Pradesh, there are known as seven tombs and ily Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said. which is the number of deaths ferent schemes are going on just one doctor against around built in Iranian architecture Choubey said the government The declining rate of MMR per 1,000 live births of chil- under NHM across the state. 4,000 people, Choubey said. style. "The Iranian president reached the tombs around 9 Free sanitary napkins in am. He was briefed about the Railways officer inspects Mohri- historic site by officials," DCP (West Zone) Venkateshwar schools soon: Uma Bharati Rao said. Adarsh Nagar rail section A project for restoration NEW DELHI: Keeping in mind the issue of men- of the over 400-year-old com- strual hygiene, the Centre is soon going to come NEW DELHI: General Man- plex started in 2013 after the out with a scheme focusing on providing free ager, Northern Railway Vish- Aga Khan Trust for Culture sanitary napkins and safe disposal methods for wesh Chaube conducted an (AKTC) signed a memoran- extensive inspection of Mohri- dum of understanding with the convenience of women, Union minister Uma Adarsh Nagar rail section on Telangana Department of Bharti said on Friday. The Ministry of Drinking the Delhi- Kurukshetra route Archaeology and Museums. Water and Sanitation has issued guidelines for on Friday. He was accompanied Telangana government offi- menstrual hygiene management which is an inte- by RN Singh, Divisional Rail- cials and AKTC office-bearers gral part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). way Manager (DRM) Northern briefed the Iranian president Railway Delhi, Principal Head about the tombs. In the after- Briefing the media today, the Minister for Drinking of Departments & Senior Divi- noon, Rouhani would address Water and Sanitation said that the government is sional Railway Officers. of Kurukshetra railway station and took part in the tree plan- a Muslim congregation at the working on a three-pronged project focusing on Chaube carried out an reviewing upkeep and cleanli- tation ceremony at the station. historic Mecca Masjid after women hygiene. The minister also stated that she extensive inspection of Mohri ness of platforms, toilet facil- On the onward route, he performing Friday prayers, station inspecting the turn- ities etc. at the station. Shri inspected level-crossing No. official sources said. Religious wants to ensure that a part of the amount which outs and tracks in the station Chaube also inspected the traf- 73 and Curve No. 17 on the scholars from different schools is given to gram panchayats is compulsorily spent yard. On his onward inspection fic safety training school. He Bhaini Khurd- Karnal section Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the Qutb Shahi tomb at of thought would also partici- on steps for menstrual hygiene. MPOST program, the General Man- also took an over-view of the before proceeding to Karnal pate in this session, they said. Ibrahim Bagh in Hyderabad on Friday PTI ager undertook an inspection railway colony at Kurukshetra station. MPOST

Our leaders, people MINISTERS AT WORK have the right to visit 'Horrified' Indian flag used to Arunachal Pradesh: support Jammu rapist: Mufti India to China tially to trace the girl. on January 12 and when her SRINAGAR: In the last two The protesters have threat- body was found on January 17, days, hundreds of people carry- ened agitation if the accused are he was again with the police ing the national flag took to the not released. Carrying national team, which handed over the streets in Kathua district near flags and shouting anti-Paki- body to the family. Jammu demanding the release stan slogans, the marchers want The crime branch has said of the accused in the rape and the case to be handed over to it would not be cowed down murder case of a nomad girl. the CBI because they don't by these protests. Eight-year-old Ashifa was trust the Crime Branch. "I have already said we have brutally murdered last month Chief Minister Mehbooba clinching evidence against Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, along with Chemical after she was kidnapped and Mufti said she was appalled by those who have arrested. Fur- Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, along with his and Fertilizer Minister Ananth Kumar, Minister of Statistics Sadanand allegedly held captive for a these protests and "horrified" ther investigations are on" Alok junior colleague CR Chaudhary and Secretary Ravikant, kicks off Gowda, MoS Skill Development Anantkumar Hegde, at farmer’s conclave week at Rasana village. to see the use of national flag Puri, Additional, Director Gen- Swachhta Pakhwada of his ministry on Friday in Bangalore on Friday OUR CORRESPONDENT Referring to the protests, to defend the accused in the eral of Police, Crime Branch Chief Minister Mehbooba Kathua rape-and-murder case. told agencies as saying. NEW DELHI: In a strong reac- Mufti on Friday called them "Appalled by the marches Puri has already written a MAN'S HACKING IN RAJASTHAN Congress wants examination of Raman tion to China's objection to "nothing short of desecration & protests in defense of the letter to the Director General Prime Minister Narendra Modi of national flag". recently apprehended rapist in of Police pointing out glaring Singh in Jhiram valley atttack inquiry visiting Arunachal Pradesh, A Special Investigation Kathua. Also horrified by their lapses in initial police inves- Apex Court directs CBI India on Friday said its lead- Team of the Crime Branch has use of our national flag in these tigations conducted by police BILASPUR: The Chhattisgarh state home minister Nanki- ers and people have the right arrested a special police offi- demonstrations, this is noth- officers at the Hiranagar police unit of the Congress on Friday ram Kanwar. Advocate Sudip to visit the northeastern state, cer (SPO), Deepak Khajuria, ing short of desecration. The station and the Special Investi- to seek instructions requested the judicial commis- Shrivastav, who is represent- asserting that it is an integral and a juvenile for the gruesome accused has been arrested & gation Team of Kathua police. sion probing the 2013 Jhiram ing the main opposition party, part of the country. crime. the law will follow its course" The accused, Deepak Khajuria, OUR CORRESPONDENT later stage. valley Naxal attack to exam- said the commission has exam- PM Modi had on Thursday Over the last two days, pro- Ms Mufti tweeted. was posted at the police station. Earlier, the apex court had ine CM Raman Singh and then ined 66 witnesses so far. The visited Arunachal Pradesh after testers, marching under the The case was handed over According to the inves- NEW DELHI: The Supreme termed as "horrendous" the Union Home Minister Sushil Congress application said the which China, which claims the banner of Hindu Ekta Manch, the crime branch follow- tigators, the girl was raped Court on Friday directed the video of the labourer being Kumar Shinde as witnesses. commission has examined pri- state as part of the South Tibet, were seen on the Jammu- ing a major controversy over and murdered to create CBI to seek instructions on a hacked and burnt alive in Raj- In the application filed vate persons or officials of the asked India to refrain from tak- Pathankote Highway. The pro- botched-up investigation by fear among the members plea of the widow of a Mus- asthan's Rajsamand district on before the commission headed state police or Central Reserve ing any action that may "com- testers alleged that the Crime the local police. of the nomad community. lim labourer from West Ben- December 6 last year. by Justice Prashant Kumar Police Force, but not those plicate" the boundary question. Branch had falsely implicated Deepak Khajuria was part The accused had chosen their gal, who was hacked and burnt Sheikh's widow is seeking Mishra, the opposition party who were in power and hence "Arunachal Pradesh is an the SPO, who was part of the of the police team that was sent target well in advance, the alive in Rajasthan on Decem- an impartial probe by a central also sought examination of accountable under the Consti- integral part of India. Our lead- investigation team formed ini- to trace the missing girl, Ashifa, probe reveals. AGENCIES ber 6 last year, seeking an agency into the murder, besides then Union minister of state tution, including the CM and ers and people have the right independent probe into the withdrawal of the video from for home RPN Singh, and then home minister. MPOST to visit Arunachal Pradesh," murder. being circulated on the inter- external affairs ministry A bench comprising Chief net. Jaising had said the video spokesperson Raveesh Kumar Canadian PM Trudeau arrives today Justice Dipak Misra and Justice has already been seen by mil- told reporters when asked A M Khanwilkar asked the law- lions of people and a direction about Chinese objection. OUR CORRESPONDENT cern over rising Sikh radicalism India as prime minister. yer appearing for the agency to be issued to the Centre and the Reacting to PM Modi's visit in certain parts of Canada may They said Canadian invest- take instructions on conduct- state government to ensure that to Arunachal Pradesh, Chinese NEW DELHI: National secu- have been discussed, Canadian ments in India were around ing the probe and providing of it was not circulated any fur- foreign ministry spokesperson rity advisers of India and Can- diplomatic sources indicated. USD 15 billion in the last cou- adequate compensation sought ther and withdrawn from the Geng Shuang was quoted as ada met here this week, ahead On the long-pending Com- ple of years, and a free trade by the petitioner. internet. saying by state-run Xinhua of Canadian Prime Minister prehensive Economic Partner- pact will further encourage the Gulbahar Bibi, wife of She had also said the vic- news agency that "The Chinese Justin Trudeau's seven-day ship Agreement between the investors from that country. 50-year-old Afrazul Khan, has tims should be granted fun- government has never recog- visit to India from tomorrow two countries, the sources said A number of Canadian also sought a direction that the damental right to access to nised the so-called Arunachal aimed at intensifying defence Canadian investments in India pension funds are also keen video of her husband's ghastly justice, as "unruly crowd has Pradesh and is firmly opposed and counter-terror coopera- were likely to decline in absence to invest in India. The sources murder and setting him ablaze been attempting to stall the to the Indian leader's visit to tion besides expanding trade of a mechanism to protect said the objective of the Cana- be withdrawn from the internet judicial process to favour the the disputed area." and investment ties. them. The negotiators of both dian prime minister's visit here and social media sites. accused." The India-China border In their meeting a couple the countries met last week to would be to expand the overall Senior advocate Indira The plea sought appoint- dispute stretches across 3,488 of days ago, the two NSAs pre- remove the hurdles and move ties between the two countries Jaising, counsel for Bibi, also ment of special public prose- km. Both sides have held 20 pared the ground for Trudeau forward, the sources said, add- with a focus on defence and sought transfer of the probe cutor to conduct the trial and rounds of talks so far through and Prime Minister Narendra ing the issue may figure in talks security, counter-terror coop- from Rajasthan to West Bengal. transfer of the investigation to their special representatives to Modi to expand the defence between Modi and Trudeau, eration, trade and investment The top court, however, said Malda district in West Bengal resolve the issue. and security ties. India's con- who will be on his first visit to and tackling climate change. it would look into the issue at a where the petitioner resides. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 EDITORIAL Scrutinise medical education Privatisation has ruined the quality of medical colleges— In cold-blood government intervention is essential to rejuvenate healthcare he latest cold-blooded killing spree in a Florida High School was, given the track record of the he standing commit- United States in recent times, waiting to happen. tee on health headed By the latest count, 17 are dead and 15 have been by Ram Gopal Yadav Thospitalised. That is not as important as the fact that despite had called vari- so many killings, 90 mass shootings so far, US Presidents, ARUN MITRA Tous stakeholders to put for- Senators and Congressmen have failed to bring in strong ward their viewpoints on the legislations and gun control laws. It is often observed that National Medical Commis- the gun lobby has become so strong in the last 50 years that sion (NMC). Since health politicians do not dare “touch” it. Odd as it may seem, espe- is an issue of concern to all, cially since so many instances and facts have borne out, it such a consultative process is is the hard truth. Contrary to many perceptions—school a welcome step. The process to shootings are not unique to the United States. Germany, revamp the medical regulation for instance, went through several attacks between 2002 was initiated after the Supreme and 2009. Earlier, major school shootings also occurred Court took cognizance of the in Finland, Japan and Scotland, among other countries. malfunctioning of the Med- But in Europe, there has not been a major high-casualty ical Council of India (MCI) gun attack on a campus in a decade. Meanwhile, the lat- and directed for a new system, est shooting in Florida was already the 18th of its kind in which would redress the ills in the United States this year, just 45 days into 2018. While the MCI with a view to stream- Europe appears to have learned some lessons, a study has In the period of lining medical education and indicated that a decrease in the number of weapons would 1991 to 2000, healthcare in the country. As also result in a decrease in instances of shootings. That is a result, the NITI Ayog drafted exactly what happened in Australia after the country tight- out of 43 new the NMC in its present form, ened gun legislation following a mass shooting in 1996. colleges opened, which the government wanted It would also explain why countries where gun owner- to pass in the Parliament as Plush private colleges charge exorbitant fees and notoriously reserve seats for the undeserving (Representational image) ship is rare, such as France or Britain, have largely been 31 were in the such. It would have been better spared of such catastrophic incidents. An interesting case private sector if the NITI Ayog had formed of 25 members in the body, ing up of medical colleges by sector. In the ensuing period natural justice. The present bill in point is Switzerland. It has one of the world’s highest a multi-stakeholder commit- only five have been proposed the private players and forma- till 2010, out of 123 colleges, has ignored this contentious ratios of firearms per person, with an estimated 45.7 guns and only 12 in tee to draft this bill. But, it was to be elected from amongst the tion of deemed universities. only 34 colleges were opened issue. It says that the govern- per 100 residents, according to the Small Arms Survey. the government only after strong protests by medical fraternity, an approach The Bill does not say a word in the state sector and 89 in the ment will regulate fees for up to Only two countries have a higher ratio: Yemen, with 54.8 the medical organisations and that belies the basic principle of on this, rather, makes it easy private sector. The trend con- 40 per cent seats only, while the guns per 100 residents, and the United States, with 88.8 sector. In the a public statement by Jairam self-governance and democ- for the private players to start tinued and in the three years rest will be left to be charged at guns per 100 residents. Other studies have even indicated ensuing period till Ramesh, a prominent mem- ratisation. Failure of any self- their medical colleges. from 2014 to 2017, the colleges the mercy of the management. that the share of households with weapons may almost be ber of the standing commit- regulation is a reflection of the Medical education in our opened in the private sector This would increase the cost of the same in Switzerland as it is in the United States. Those 2010, out of 123 tee on health, that the bill was socio-political system prevail- country used to be within the were 58 while only 36 were in medical education further and statistics may have margins of error, but they still point to colleges, only 34 referred to the standing com- ing in the country. However, reach of students from ordi- the state sector. Thus, we find thenceforth, add to the cost of a legitimate question. Why has there never been a school mittee for public consultations. since health is not a concern nary families as it was in the that between the period 1990 to healthcare. shooting in Switzerland, despite the Swiss enthusiasm for colleges were The MCI had lost its cred- of medical professionals only, state sector. These colleges were 2017, 238 colleges were opened The Alliance of Doctors for weapons? With about eight million citizens, Switzerland is, opened in the ibility because of allegations such a body must have suffi- well regulated and maintained in the private sector while only Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) of course, much smaller than the United States. Many of of corruption against the high cient representation from the the required standard in accor- 115 begun in the state sector. in its submission before the Switzerland’s weapons are distributed to so-called citizen state sector and ups, including its erstwhile public and movements working dance with the contemporary Many of these were deemed standing committee has soldiers. Conscription is mandatory for male Swiss citizens 89 in the private president Ketan Desai. Thus, for ethical healthcare. period. Going by the infor- universities with their own clearly spoken of this matter and conscripts can keep their semiautomatic assault rifles there was a need that some The Bill, while recognising mation from the website of examinations, admission sys- and demanded that all seats at home even after returning to their nonmilitary careers. sector effective corrective measures problems in the medical edu- the Medical Council of India, tem and fee structure. be regulated. Fees in 40 per Meanwhile, those who wish to buy weapons themselves were taken. One was that the cation system and healthcare, at the time of Independence, All these colleges in the pri- cent seats should be at par with need to undergo weeks-long background checks. Swiss MCI could have been restruc- fails to go into the real cause there were 20 colleges, out of vate sector have not only been the government colleges and authorities have a list of about 2,000 individuals they suspect tured but retained essentially of the ills. A close scrutiny of which only one was in the pri- charging exorbitant fees, many the rest could be marginally of being willing to commit shootings. All of them are fre- with its autonomous character medical education brings forth vate sector. Most new additions of them have been carrying higher so that deserving candi- quently approached by authorities along with psychologists. in its day-to-day functioning that the problems of substan- were in the state sector till the out mindless examinations. dates are not denied admission. Hence, while almost every home in Switzerland may have alongside government control dard medical education, denial late-eighties. But after a shift Admissions were being made What the standing committee a weapon, access is still indirectly regulated and the use of on larger matters. But, the gov- of medical seats to deserving in economic policies, the sce- on the basis of the money paid, thinks of and what the govern- weapons usually follows strict societal norms. There is also ernment thought it wise to dis- but economically weak sec- nario changed. We find that in which amounted to crores of ment ultimately does is to be another crucial difference with the United States: extensive, solve the MCI and form a new tions, exorbitant charges by the the period of 1981 and 1990, rupees in some cases. Aston- seen, but concerned opinion mandatory health insurance, which allows schools to have body which they named the colleges, underhand transac- out of 32 new colleges 25 were ishingly, seats were reserved demands this. IPA direct and immediate access to psychologists and interven- NMC. The bill, in a way, rejects tions in admissions, advance opened in the private sector. in advance. Even advertise- (The author is senior vice- tion teams. Similar measures are still being implemented the self-regulatory mecha- booking of seats to medical In the period of 1991 to 2000, ments have been appearing in President, Indian Doctors for in Germany, the nation with the most school shootings in nism; instead, it pushes for a undergraduate and postgradu- out of 43 new colleges opened, print media to reserve seats in Peace and Development. The contemporary European history. Following a large num- techno-bureaucratic model ate courses and issues of ghost 31 were in the private sector medical colleges. This com- views expressed are strictly ber of attacks, the country tasked a number of academics of regulation. Therefore, out faculty came up after the open- and only 12 in the government pletely defied the principle of personal.) and professionals to come up with guidelines on how to spot potential attackers. When President Trump took to Twitter on Thursday, he urged students and others to alert dear authorities about anyone whose behaviour strikes them Quote martial FEDEX CHUGS ON EDITOR millenniumpost.in as suspicious.“So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and Beware the The evergreen Roger Federer is all set to script history by becoming the oldest man Log on to write letters to the erratic behaviour,” Trump wrote in the tweet. “Neighbours editor or send them to and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always barrenness of a to reclaim the number one tennis ranking at 36. While his great rivals Rafael report such instances to authorities, again and again!” But Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are battling injury woes, the Swiss [email protected] experience from the world over shows that awareness alone busy life You can also send your may not be enough. Other countries, including Germany, superstar shows no signs of slowing down. The much-loved American tennis player have attempted to set up government-led national networks comments to The Editor, dedicated to spot potential attackers and to stop them before Andre Agassi achieved the feat at 33. Federer's remarkable turnaround in 2017 had Millennium Post, they can strike, if at all. In a first step, funding for in-school the tennis experts shaking their heads in disbelief. Maybe, the best is yet to come! Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah psychologists was increased exponentially. Teachers at SOCRATES every school are now being trained to act as “trusted per- PRITISH SINGH Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 sonnel,” as a first point of contact either for students who want to seek psychological support themselves or for others who want to raise alarm over the behaviour of an individ- ual. Psychological tests are now also standard practice for Germans younger than 25 who want to purchase firearms. No space for space Age restrictions were tightened and a national registry of all weapons was created in 2013. Even the best prevention programmes will not provide 100 per cent safety but they can at least do something. And that is what really matters. In India, the concept of personal space is alien—whether at home, or on the train, or even, in life PNB : The day after headed? We honk incessantly at traffic he sensational disclosure of the Rs 11,300-crore signals, hoping that the vehicles ahead fraud at the Fountain Branch of Punjab National SHUTAPA PAUL of us develop wings? Bank (PNB) in Mumbai committed by billion- With Chandigarh Airport closed for Taire jewellery designer Nirav Modi and some of his fam- upgradation, I had to take the Shatabdi ily members has rattled the government, besides sending this week for an event. As I waited for shock waves across the banking and gems and jewellery the train on a bench at the platform, I industry in the country. The bank stumbled on the fraud was accosted by another woman want- early-January and informed the CBI and the ED about the ing me to make space for her on the case on January 29. The agencies registered an FIR on Janu- bench. As I moved to accommodate her, ary 31. A fortnight after the FIR, the two investigating agen- the rotund woman not only plonked cies have raided Nirav’s and Gitanjali Gems’ assets across herself down, she also made space for the country and are said to have seized cash and jewellery her wimpy kid husband. To my pro- worth over Rs 5,000 crore. Meanwhile, politics has begun tests that I barely had space to sit, she playing out on the issue. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar answered ‘safar mein karna parta hain Prasad has said that the process to cancel the passports of We do not adjust’ (you have to adjust in a journey). Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, Nirav’s maternal uncle and Her ‘safar’ was clearly my ‘suffer’, so I managing director of Gitanjali Gems, has been initiated. understand lifted her half buttock and one arm off Congress President Rahul Gandhi has blamed the govern- the concept of of me, and asked her to sit comfortably; ment for the fraud, more for the way all the four accused, at least someone should. Nirav, his wife Ami, brother Nishal and maternal uncle personal space. We do not understand the concept Mehul Choksi left the country in the first week of January Stand in a line of personal space. Stand in a line leav- this year, around the same time when the PNB stumbled ing a normal gap between the person upon the fraud. Gandhi also equated the running away of leaving a normal in front of and behind you; invariably Nirav and his family members after committing the fraud gap between the you will find someone slink into that with Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi, suggesting that people gap. ‘Almost senior citizens’ want to be in the Narendra Modi government may have informed all person in front of treated differently; they want to move the three before the investigating agencies could lay their and behind you; Personal space exists only metaphorically in urban India on in front of you and expect you to hands on the fugitives. The Congress also released a photo- ‘kindly adjust’. Try to get off the metro, graph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi posing for a pic- invariably you ne of my biggest pet peeves recipient to appreciate my graciousness. not just about mental space, it is about reassuring touches on the shoulders, ture with a delegation of Indian businessmen that included will find someone in life has been the issue The latter does not obviously happen; physical space too; not easy in a coun- waist, hands, is ensured to follow. Nirav Modi at the World Economic Forum’s annual meet- of space. Having grown but in my head, I would like it to. To try where we jostle for space on a daily All this ‘friendly touching’ and ing in Davos last month. Replying to this, Prasad said that slink into that gap up in a compact Kolkata put it succinctly, I love my space and I basis. The other day, I was making my inability to offer personal space to fel- Gandhi was present in a jewellery exhibition in 2013 organ- Oflat, I loathed the lack of space and share it sparingly. way out of the aircraft, one of the last low citizens makes me believe that Indi- ised by Gitanjali Gems at Delhi’s Imperial Hotel. The BJP privacy. Shacking up with my room- In India though, the concept of per- few to get off. I consciously get off late ans are a scared lot. We have grown up countered the Congress by saying that the fraud began mates while in college and eventu- sonal space is alien. Most parents, even in order to allow the other passengers, knowing very little space; our homes are in 2011 when the UPA was in power. It also clarified that ally, flatmates early on in my work today, urge their young adult children who always seem to be in a hurry, to crowded, our public utilities brim at the Nirav was not a part of the official delegation of PM Modi. life, stressed me out internally. I was to live within the protective emotional alight first. I had failed to see the woman seams with an ever-growing population; Meanwhile, the PNB management has said that the bank thrilled to finally be able to afford my and physical precincts of the family behind me—who insisted on first push- we are packed into transport vehicles will come out of the current crisis clean and stronger. The own digs; obviously, I sacrificed on home rather than venture out into the ing my backpack and then me, repeat- like sardines, and many times, dangling bank also said that it is confident that the entire amount several other counts for the luxury of world. In order to live by themselves, edly. When I asked her to stop, she from them holding on to our dear lives. of the fraud will be recovered as the main accused in the my own space. Small price to pay for youngsters have to shift cities just so looked shocked! I did not push her, Being so used to a cramped existence, case has promised to repay all his liabilities. In addition autonomy, I always thought. that it seems more socially acceptable. she told her husband. What I thought we are afraid of being alone in any jour- to the Rs 11,300 crore fraud, PNB has an exposure of Rs Over the last decade or so, very Living independently while one’s par- to be pushing was to her well-meaning ney, whether it is on the train, flight, or 1,700 crore to Nirav and Choksi’s companies. As nearly few, mostly chosen, people have been ents live in the same city is yet to catch prodding. I am not cattle, I wanted to life’s sojourn. We need the reassurances half a dozen banks had offered credit facilities to Nirav and allowed into my sanctum sanctorum. on. I am glad I have done that; enjoy- tell her. I still fail to understand why we of our family, and in their absence, co- Choksi’s businesses based on the PNB guarantees, PNB has Most are allowed to cohabit my precious ing my parents’ indulgences while being as a nation insist on jumping up and passengers will do. said that it has enough funds to provision the debts taken space only for the short-term and only able to retreat to my own space at the crowding the passageway in the aircraft (The writer is a journalist and by Nirav and Choksi’s businesses from other Indian banks. if deemed absolutely necessary. If it is a end of the day. as soon as the plane lands. Why are we media entrepreneur. The views rare long-term coexistence, I expect the The concept of personal space is in such a hurry? Where exactly are we expressed are strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 mp in focus Where forgery wins Repeated scams in the banks of our country highlight how our system is essentially flawed

n the stressed life of an average corporation must repay the money so Indian, excitements come in the lent or else the bank funding it will form of screaming headlines on Approaches PNB for a request PNB sends message through go to the LOU issuing bank for pay- scams. To any ordinary passerby SWIFT to process request. #2 ment. In that case, the forgery will be SUGATO HAZRA Ialong the capital’s Lala Lajpat Rai of LoU #1 exposed. So, the next step is to obtain Sarani, the tastefully decorated build- another LOU from the collabora- ing at the Defence Colony with Nirav tive bankers and approach the bank Modi carefully carved on top was one which lent the money to issue a fresh of the few joints where only the rich SWIFT entry not reflected in advance backed by the LOU. With could frequent. That such a nirav RepResentation PNB books bank the money so lent, the previous loan (silent) building would turn into a Nirav Modi could be paid. In each such round, sarav (talking) entity and become of the amount of LOU and therefore, the talk of the nation suddenly was fund lent, will increase to account beyond anybody’s thought. Perhaps, Through SWIFT, asks Overseas for commissions—official or under this was not even contemplated by Restart the whole cycle the table – and also meet the bigger Nirav Modi Banks to issue Letter of Credit the people who had been beneficial again to avoid default appetite arising out of the first round participants in the trade called scam (LC) in lieu of LoU of success. The trend can continue as nor by the regulators who are there long as the collaboration lasts. In the The frequent for checks and balances against such case of PNB, the thread broke due exposures of frauds. Strangely, Nirav Modi’s case is At the time of maturity to the retirement of a collaborating neither the first to surface nor, given Scam bank official. Had the bank, which scams indicate the frequency of collaborative fleec- NM has to pay is actually lending with the backing that ours is a ing perfected by the Indian system, LC used to settle payments with of LOU, been a little conscientious, country of crooks. will it be the last. Volumes will be said the suppliers of NM it would have checked the business on who is the fraudster, who are his model of the LOU carrying client. Our systems cronies with mud thrown at several If payment was not honoured by The chain could have stopped then. can be easily public personalities and in the end, NM at the end of maturity of LC Since in the Nirav case, all remained the headlines will go the Bofors way. Suppliers got paid in cash #3 nirav (quiet) it gives the uncomfort- violated. People What will never get highlighted able feeling of complicity at the lend- in authority are with desired corrective measures, The game ends as Nostro A/C trigger puts ing end as well. Since in this case, are the systemic ailments. Few will Nostro A/C of PNB gets triggered. #4 these were branches of Indian banks either incompetent understand the glaring loopholes in the liability in the books of PNB #4A the suspicion only increases. or complicit. the systems and procedures, even What could be the outcome of fewer will try to understand—leav- Deficiencies Responsibility Deficiencies Responsibility such a glaring loophole in India’s In sum, they ing the next scamster to surface down #1 LOU (Guarantee) issued without any record PNB management #3 Supplier to NM is actually a related concern Overseas Bank/PNB banking system? The global finan- the line. If the enterprising swindler Capital adequacy ignored Weak regulator-RBI #4 Debit of Nostro account – did it ever trigger? PNB Management cial market regulators, if they are have neither the #2 No check on message exchanged through SWIFT PNB Management manages to defraud bigger amounts, sincere, should downgrade Indian ability nor the Despite having implication on Bank balance sheet – and #4A Safe to assume Nostro debit did not happen the headlines and discussions will Free access of SWIFT at bank level RBI as regulator regulator RBI and banish it to share willingness to match, and might even surpass the the table with countries like Nigeria. present level. In order to save the None of its past, present or future clean the Augean curious ones the trouble of studying to foreign banks through a system to fund in case of default. There were two glaring omis- SWIFT will continue to be used by Governors must be seen delivering stable the modus operandi, let us dissect it called SWIFT. SWIFT or the Society Capital Adequacy Ratio is the sions on the part of the PNB branch enterprising bank men for certain sermons on finance or economics. in simple terms here. for Worldwide Interbank Financial ratio of a bank’s capital to its risk. issuing the LOU. First unauthorised, enterprising transactions. Any guarantee issued by any Indian For that, one needs to differentiate Telecommunication provides a net- It is a measure of a bank’s capital. even fraudulent, use of SWIFT with- Second and no less critical is the bank must be compulsorily reveri- between fund based and non-fund work that enables financial institu- It is expressed as a percentage of a out there being a matching entry in fact that, neither the RBI nor the bank fied with the appropriate authorities based exposures of a bank. When a tions worldwide to send and receive bank’s risk-weighted to credit expo- the bank’s books. This indicates the management has any clue of non- of the bank management. Third and bank lends money to a company for information about financial transac- sures. A national regulator (RBI in lackadaisical manner of bank super- fund based exposures which could also necessary is multiple checks on buying say raw material, it sanctions tions in a secure, standardised and our case) tracks a bank’s capital ade- vision – first, on the part of the bank hit the banking system, like the pres- any Indian entity seeking any trading a line of credit to facilitate such pur- reliable environment. Once a mes- quacy to ensure that it can absorb a management and second, but no less, ent case. One can simply issue guar- facility from a banking unit located chases, this is fund based lending. sage is received through SWIFT with reasonable amount of loss and com- on the part of the much-revered reg- antee and not record the same in in the jurisdiction of well-run finan- This requires the lender to assess the the proper business identifier codes plies with statutory capital require- ulator, the Reserve Bank of India. the books of the bank. Only in case cial markets. need for such funds, the end use of it or SWIFT codes, the recipient bank ments. A guarantee is a non-fund The regulator did not even have a of invoking such guarantee – that is The frequent exposures of scams with a view to ensuring that the com- acts on it without any further verifica- based exposure and requires to be proper auditing facility to detect such only in the rare instance of the bank indicate that ours is a country of pany will be in a position to generate tion. In case of PNB, such LOUs were fully protected with adequate capital intransigence. It is doubtful if even being asked to pay – will the manage- crooks. Our systems can be eas- the surplus from business to repay issued through the SWIFT network. (as rules specify). In case of PNB, the after such frauds being unearthed ment know of the exposure. In other ily violated. People in authority are the debt. The other type of exposure The standard norm for issuing a LOU – guarantee in layman’s term – the same will be initiated. One rea- words, neither the bank nor the RBI, either incompetent or complicit. In a lender takes on a corporation is guarantee is to ensure that the client did not reflect in the bank’s books. son for the doubt is the case of Zoom the regulator, has any system which sum, they have neither the ability nor issuing guarantee – that the lender has the ability to repay the guaran- Officials just issued the LOU over Developers where its promoter, can prevent bank men from defraud- the willingness to clean the Augean certifies the creditworthiness of the teed amount in case the issuing bank SWIFT which was honoured by the Vijay Chowdhury, was arrested by ing the system in concert with enter- stable. Nirav has zoomed before corporation and undertakes to pay has to meet the obligation. In other recipient bank branch. For the receiv- the Enforcement Directorate in May prising corporations. someone else comes in the headline. the money on its behalf in case of an words, this is a non-fund based facil- ing bank, which actually paid the 2017. It was a similar case of defraud- Take a look at the bank which We the people will look from one set exigency like a default. In the case ity provided to a client. As per the money against the LOU since the ing Punjab National Bank but no sys- accepts the LOUs and funds the cor- of the super-rich to another set of of Nirav Modi, the PNB branch had capital adequacy norms of banks: exposure was fully guaranteed by a temic correction is known to have poration. There is a limit for how aspiring ones and in the end, we will issued such a guarantee – the nomen- any exposure must have an adequate creditworthy bank, the money lent been adopted by either the PNB or long such exposure can remain in the not recognise who is who. clature for that is “Letter of Undertak- capital (as stipulated by the regulator did not trigger any capital adequacy the RBI. This provides the option for books. Depending on the rules, it is (The views expressed are strictly ing” (LOU). Such LOUs were issued – Central Bank in the case of banks) norm. future Niravs to hog the limelight. safe to assume that in about a year, the personal.)

tweet ANC’s change of guard RETWEET With Zuma out of the way, President Ramaphosa must unite all factions outh Africa’s African National Congress has, in giving Jacob KARUNA NUNDY Zuma his marching orders on @karunanundy February 15 and replacing him Swith Cyril Ramaphosa, shown a capacity JOHN HAYLETT for decisive action that many feared was beyond it. Ramaphosa’s narrow victory How many farmers would be alive today over Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the ANC presidency, his supporters’ failure with 11,000 crores of loan forgiveness to win a clean sweep of the top six posi- and investment in agricultural tions and the national executive commit- infrastructure. 21,000 farmers killed tee’s knife-edge division into apparently themselves in Madhya Pradesh clear pro and anti-Zuma camps, foretold alone. No Davos champagne for you. confusion and indecision. #ModiRobsIndia Similarly, Zuma’s initial efforts to string out negotiations over retirement encouraged speculation that he might The future brazen it out, relying on ANC loyalties to thwart opposition no-confidence of the ANC motions. He has rapidly been disabused NARENDRA MODI government lies of such notions, with even erstwhile @narendramodi Zuma supporters acknowledging the in Ramaphosa’s need for change and falling in behind readiness to the ANC president. Zuma has had to involve all accept the ANC discipline, as his pre- BJP seeks an opportunity to serve Tripura. decessor Thabo Mbeki did previously There is a lot of work to be done. We want sections of the when the demand for Zuma to take over to transform Tripura and give wings to the became deafening. revolutionary Mbeki was accused of improper use aspirations of the state’s youth. alliance and of state intelligence services in legal pro- ceedings against his then deputy Zuma. civil society in He had also built a high-level of criti- Ramaphosa holds the key to rebuilding ANC’s future mapping a route cism within the revolutionary alliance for supporting his health secretary’s complete his second five-year term while the new rulers even before the transi- general election wouldn’t have got off BARACK OBAMA away from greed nonsensical and deadly recommenda- Ramaphosa learns the state presidency tion to democracy. Citing the Soviet the ground with Zuma holding on to @BarackObama and division tion of beetroot and garlic rather than ropes and concentrates on winning next Union’s self-induced disappearance to the presidency. His subsequent corrup- to achieve the anti-retroviral medication for HIV/ year’s elections are breathtaking. pronounce that socialism was off the tion trials might well tarnish the party’s Aids patients and for also making pub- Zuma’s name has become a byword agenda and a market economy was the efforts in any case. Ramaphosa’s great- goals of the ANC lic attacks on his party’s Communist for corruption over public money spent only game in town, the ANC leaders’ est asset in his new post is that he is not We are grieving with Parkland. But we Freedom Charter Party (SACP) allies. on his Nkandla compound, his rela- new-found friends offered assistance of Zuma, but that will not be enough in are not powerless. Caring for our kids is Zuma built an initially close relation- tionship with the Gupta family that all kinds to woo them into compliance itself. The Cosatu trade union move- our first job. And until we can honestly ship with the SACP, accepting that the prompted allegations of state corporate and against radical change. The policy ment, which Ramaphosa played a lead- identity and role of communist ministers capture and countless charges of bungs of black economic empowerment (BEE) ing role in building, has wasted no time say that we're doing enough to keep them would be agreed with the SACP leader- paid to him or family members through transformed comrades of modest means in reiterating demands that his presi- safe from harm, including long overdue, ship rather than solely by presidential dodgy business deals. The ANC’s share almost overnight into multimillionaires. dency should provide for a develop- common-sense gun safety laws that most decision, as Mbeki had done. That close of polls in general elections has fallen When Mandela, who had favoured mental state that creates a million new Americans want, then we have to change. relationship has broken down as the steadily since the euphoric days of the miners’ union leader Ramaphosa as his decent jobs a year. It insists on an end SACP moved gradually — some might country’s first democratic elections in successor, was persuaded to back Mbeki to corporate corruption and privatisa- think too gradually — from supporting 1994. Voters’ impatience to see the emer- by, among others, his close comrade Oli- tion and the sacking of ministers seen Zuma to demanding his resignation or gence of the advances envisaged in the ver Tambo, Ramaphosa took the BEE in the pockets of big business. removal by the ANC. Zuma’s decision ANC Freedom Charter is one factor, but route, hovering up directorships and The future of the ANC government RAMESH SRIVATS last year to sack SACP general secretary more striking is the popular awareness becoming, by repute, the second-rich- lies in Ramaphosa’s readiness to involve @rameshsrivats Blade Nzimande from his higher edu- that the belt-tightening and self-restraint est African in the country. Ramaphosa, all sections of the revolutionary alli- cation ministerial post sparked renewed prescribed for them by their govern- who was backed strongly by the trade ance and civil society in mapping a demands from the SACP and Cosatu- ments have not been applied equally to unions in Cosatu for the presidency route away from greed and division to affiliated trade unions that he should those in office. against Zuma’s estranged wife Nkosa- achieve the goals of the ANC Freedom Somewhat apt that this Nirav Modi scam broke IPA go. The ex-president’s assertions that Capitalist interests, both domestic zana Dlamini Zuma, is viewed by them Charter. on Valentine’s Day. It’s after all the day of LoU. he has done nothing wrong, that the and overseas, took the political demise as honest in comparison to former Presi- (The author is the Political Editor of ANC failed to itemise concerns over his of their former apartheid regime dent Zuma. London-based Morning Star. The views actions and that he should be allowed to allies in their stride, reaching out to ANC campaigning for next year’s expressed are strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 Trump has strong US judge sets long China puts pollution war over relation with Modi, says US state dept sentences for two WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has a "strong tradition in Lunar New Year relationship" with Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi, a State Russian ‘hackers’ BEIJING: Beijing began the Year of the to patrol his street, stood ready to alert Department official said on Fri- Dog on Friday with eerily silent streets, police should he see anyone flouting the day, emphasising that India-US NEW YORK: A US judge sen- as the usual thunderous bursts of fire- new regulations. ties are important. tenced a pair of Russians who crackers and fireworks were silenced by "In the past I have seen people "President Trump, certainly led a massive hacking and data a strict ban that sacrifices tradition in wounded, an eight-year-old child whose has a strong relationship with breach scheme to lengthy crim- the name of an anti-pollution campaign. finger was blown off by a firecracker Prime Minister Modi, State inal sentences, the US Depart- Overnight, police patrolled deserted explosion," he said. In southwestern Department Spokesperson ment of Justice announced on neighbourhoods in the Chinese capital Yunann province, a fireworks explosion Heather Nauert told reporters Friday. -- normally abuzz with excitement as killed four people and injured five oth- at a news conference. Vladimir Drinkman, 37, the country welcomes the arrival of the ers last night, state media said. "I know that his daughter was sentenced to 12 years in Lunar New Year. The ban has made some happy, (Ivanka) really enjoyed having prison, while Dmitriy Smil- "I never imagined it would be this including Zhu Ye, an elderly Beijinger been over in Hyderabad late ianets, was sentenced to over quiet! Its usually packed," said a Bei- who took advantage of the peace and last year, and so it s an impor- four years by US District Judge jing resident surnamed Wang who had quiet to take her dog Xiao Mi for a night- tant relationship, an increas- Jerome Simandle in New Jersey. collectively lost more than USD been out in the city centre following a time walk. ingly important relationship," The Russian nationals, who 300 million between 2005 and traditional New Years Eve family dinner. "I no longer liked it at my age... with she said. Nauert also applauded had previously pled guilty, are 2012. A migrant worker from neighbour- the fireworks and firecrackers every- India s developmental role in part of a gang that targeted The biggest hack at the time ing Hebei province surnamed Zhu said where, we didnt dare to go out," she said. Afghanistan. major retailers and the Nas- was at Heartland, a major pay- that without the firecrackers, "the magic than three million homes have abruptly "But this year, there are not many "This is a good example of daq stock exchange. They stole ment processor hit by malware of the New Year is gone". Govt imposes complete switched to gas or electric heating. people in the streets and I am finally the world coming together and some 160 million credit card that allowed thieves to steal 130 The low-key celebrations were in In 2017, the level of PM2.5 particles able to walk my dog." working through places that numbers and then sold them million card numbers, resulting stark contrast to previous years, when ban on all kinds of -- which penetrate deep into the lungs Ahead of New Year celebrations, hun- may not have countries that through online markets, offi- in more than USD 200 million the streets were crammed with Bei- firecrackers & fireworks -- in Beijing over the New Year was 26 dreds of millions of Chinese travel back may not have worked together cials said. in losses. jingers setting off firecrackers and the times higher than the level recommended to their home towns, often on crowded in the past. This is an example The conspiracy resulted in "These defendants oper- sky was lit by near-constant firework Beijing introduced a ban in December. by the World Health Organisation. But trains, making it in the worlds largest of how that is now being done. millions of dollars of losses, ated at the highest levels of displays, unleashing a deafening thun- "Like all Beijingers, I have been light- on Friday the sky was a brilliant blue. annual human migration. Saudi Arabia is helping out in "one of the largest such illegal hacking and trafficking der until dawn. ing firecrackers since I was a child. But "It (the ban) is a good thing, given Meanwhile in Hong Kong a spec- Iraq, she said. schemes ever prosecuted in of stolen identities," said First But the tradition, conceived as a way times have changed (...) air quality is the disastrous state of the environment," tacular fireworks display scheduled to Early this month, US the United States," the Justice Assistant US Attorney William to ward off evil spirits, has this year been what matters most to people now," said said Xi, a young student, before adding: mark Lunar New Year was cancelled Ambassador to the United Department said. Fitzpatrick. targeted by authorities anxious to lower a man who gave his surname as Zhang. "Even if it deprives us of a little pleasure". as the city mourns victims of a deadly Nations, Nikki Haley, said that The hackers, who were "Perpetrators of some of the winter pollution levels. The government has launched a huge Safety is another reason behind the bus crash. A speeding double-decker "sky is the limit" for India-US extradited to the United States largest data breaches in history, Some 440 Chinese cities have banned campaign to reduce pollution during ban. Every year there are numerous acci- overturned in northern Hong Kong ties and she praised Prime Min- from Holland, penetrated these defendants posed a real the use of firecrackers and fireworks -- the winter, ordering polluting factories dents caused by pyrotechnics, many of on Saturday evening, killing 19 and ister Modi for being aggres- the networks of the Nasdaq, threat to our economy, privacy which are also set off during weddings to leave Beijing and its surroundings, and which are of poor quality in China. Dong leaving more than 60 injured, some sive in pursuing economic and 7-Eleven, Carrefour, and Dow and national security, and can- or when moving house -- since last year. designating "no-coal zones" where more Weiwei, a resident who had volunteered critically. AGENCIES administrative reforms. AGENCIES Jones, among others, which not be tolerated." AGENCIES Brazil declare 'emergency' Student charged Oz PM’s fight over deputy’s affair with staff turns ugly with making CANBERRA: Australia's prime In a move interpreted by rent-free apartment owned by on Venezuela border minister and his deputy have some as punishing his deputy, a wealthy political donor where threats about criticised each other in an open Turnbull announced Thursday Joyce and Campion now live. and hostile rift over politically that Joyce would not become Joyce is deputy prime min- using sniper rifle damaging revelations that the acting prime minister next week ister because of a longstanding deputy is expecting a baby with when Turnbull travels to the agreement between Turnbull's PITTSBURGH (US): Author- a former press secretary. United States. conservative Liberal Party and ities say a Pittsburgh college Prime Minister Malcolm He explained on Friday, the Nationals. Whoever the student who sent an anony- Turnbull on Thursday accused before Joyce's angry news con- Nationals choose to lead them mous message to a teacher Deputy Prime Minister Barn- ference, that his deputy "has also becomes the nations dep- about using a sniper rifle from a aby Joyce of making a "shock- taken some leave and he is con- uty leader. rooftop has been charged with ing error of judgment" by sidering his position." "Barn- Joyce warned that any pres- making terroristic threats. having an office affair that hurt aby Joyce has my confidence as sure on the Nationals to dump Investigators say 18-year- his wife, his four daughters and deputy prime minister," Turn- him "locks people in as they BRASILIA: Brazil on Friday Jungmann said. old Carnegie Mellon Univer- his new partner who is due to and four daughters. But Turn- lives unless there is a legitimate bull said. lock-in behind the leader." said it will declare a "state of A decree should be signed sity student Derek Li sent the give birth in April. bull responded on Thursday public interest. But Joyce said Friday he had Turnbull later replied: "I have social emergency" and boost in the next few days, the state- email through a class site on "He has set off a world of by banning his ministers from Joyce said the ban "will no intention of quitting. not sought in any way to influ- troops on its border with Ven- ment said. February 7. woe for those women and having sex with staff. create immense fodder for the "This was a personal issue, ence the deliberations of the ezuela in response to an influx The Brazilian government Authorities say Li told appalled all of us," Turnbull Turnbull last week talked good people in the media and a personal issue that's been National Party," referring to of people fleeing the crisis in says that some 40,000 Venezu- them he copied the message's said. down the prospect of a U.S. it will obviously reverberate dragged into the public arena the party's name before it was that country. elans have now fled the eco- text from an online discussion Joyce hit back on Friday, House of Representatives-style across all political parties." But and I dont believe people changed to Nationals in 2003. The declaration will free the nomic breakdown and political board. describing Turnbulls remarks as ban on lawmakers having sex he said ministers in his Nation- should be resigning in any job The Nationals held a crisis authorities to allocate "infra- unrest in their oil-rich coun- A university faculty mem- "inept" and "completely unnec- with staff, arguing that elected als party, the junior partner over personal issues," Joyce said. meeting on Wednesday over structure funds and to put try to take shelter in Boa Vista, ber received the message essary." "All thats going to do officials had a right to consen- in the coalition government, Many agree with Joyce that whether Joyce should con- in place humanitarian mea- capital of Brazil's border state through an anonymous student is basically pull the scab off for sual sexual relationships. would abide by the new rule. his marriage breakdown and tinue as their leader. Nation- sures" on the Venezuelan bor- of Roraima. feedback section that's used as everybody to have a look at," Critics argue that the Aus- Later Friday, Turnbull said his current relationship with als President Larry Anthony, der, the government said in a Temer's decree on the part of a course. Joyce told reporters. tralian prohibition has opened he stood by his criticism and Vikki Campion are private mat- the party's most senior bureau- statement. emergency will also order more Li told investigators he Since the scandal became ministers private lives to media after watching a video of Joy- ters. But questions have been crat and a former legislator, said In addition, "military assets checkpoints in the state and a doesn't have access to a gun. public last week, Turnbull had scrutiny. The Australian polit- ces press conference, added: "I raised about her employment the meeting resolved to give will be doubled to 200 soldiers," field hospital to help deal with It wasn't known on Friday if avoided commenting for the ical press has traditionally understand it is a very stress- in two government jobs after Joyce more time to ride out his said Defence Minister Raul the migrants. AGENCIES he's retained an attorney. AGENCIES sake of Joyces estranged wife steered clear of politicians sex ful time." working in Joyce's office and the controversies. AGENCIES Turkey Army Afghans submit 1.17 million 100 new planets discovered plane crashes; 2 pilots dead war crimes claims to ICC beyond our solar system Ankara: Turkey's KABUL: Since the International organizations based in Europe sentations include statements military says a Criminal Court began collect- and Afghanistan and sent to the involving multiple victims, LONDON: Scientists have These transits can be found plane used to train ing material three months ago ICC, Pedram said. which could be the result of confirmed nearly 100 new by registering dips in light for a possible war crimes case Because one statement suicide bombings, targeted kill- planets outside our solar sys- caused by the shadow of an pilots has crashed involving Afghanistan, it has might include multiple vic- ings or airstrikes, he said. tem, bringing the total num- exoplanet as it crosses in front in western Turkey, gotten a staggering 1.17 million tims and one organisation Among those alleging war ber of exoplanets found using of its host star. killing its two pilots. statements from Afghans who might represent thousands of crimes is a man who asked The NASA's K2 mission to almost The dips are indications of A military statement say they were victims. victim statements, the num- Associated Press to be identified 300. exoplanets, which must then be said the SF-260D The statements include ber of Afghans seeking justice only by his first name, Shoaib, "We started out analysing examined more closely in order accounts of alleged atrocities from the ICC could be several because he fears for his safety. 275 candidates, of which 149 to confirm their nature. light trainer plane not only by groups like the Tali- million. Shoaib said his father, were validated as real exoplan- The first planet orbiting a went down on Fri- ban and the Islamic State group, "It is shocking there are so Naimatullah, was on a bus in ets. In turn, 95 of these planets star similar to our own sun was day after taking off but also involving Afghan many," Pedram said, noting Dawalat Yar district in Afghani- have proved to be new discov- detected in 1995. On Friday from Cigli air base Security Forces and govern- that in some instances, whole stans central Ghor Province in eries," said Andrew Mayo, doc- some 3,600 exoplanets have ment-affiliated warlords, the villages were represented. "It 2014 when a band of gunmen toral student at the Technical been found, ranging from near the Aegean U.S.-led coalition, and foreign shows how the justice system stopped it and two other buses, University of Denmark. rocky Earth-sized planets to port city of Izmir. Its and domestic spy agencies, said in Afghanistan is not bring- forced the passengers off and "This research has been "We found that some of the sky, but in 2013, a mechanical large gas giants like Jupiter. wreck was discov- Abdul Wadood Pedram of the ing justice for the victims and told them to hand over their underway since the first K2 signals were caused by multiple failure crippled the telescope. "We validated a planet on ered some 3 kilo- Human Rights and Eradication their families." The ICC did identity cards. data release in 2014," said star systems or noise from the However, astronomers and a 10-day orbit around a star meters north of the of Violence Organization. not give details about the vic- The 14 Shiites among them Mayo, main author of the spacecraft. But we also detected engineers devised a way to called HD 212657, which is Based in part on the many tims or those providing the were separated from the rest research published in the planets that range from sub repurpose and save the space now the brightest star found base. The military statements, ICC judges in The information. and killed, one by one, he said. Astronomical Journal. Earth-sized to the size of Jupi- telescope by changing its field by either the Kepler or K2 mis- said an inspection Hague would then have to "I have the names of the The slayings outraged the Mayo and his colleagues ter and larger," said Mayo. of view periodically. sions to host a validated planet. was underway but decide whether to seek a war organisations, but because of country. A Taliban commander analysed hundreds of signals of One of the planets detected This solution paved the Planets around bright stars are gave no details on crimes investigation. Its uncer- the security issues, we dont was soon arrested and brought potential exoplanets to deter- was orbiting a very bright star. way for the follow-up K2 mis- important because astrono- the possible cause tain when that decision will be want to name them because before the media, but no news mine which signals were cre- The Kepler spacecraft was sion, which is still ongoing as mers can learn a lot about them made. The statements were col- they will be targeted," said about a trial or punishment was ated by exoplanets and which launched in 2009 to hunt for the spacecraft searches for exo- from ground-based observato- of the crash. AGENCIES lected between November 20, Pedram, whose group is based ever reported, said Shoaib, who were caused by other sources. exoplanets in a single patch of planet transits. ries," said Mayo. AGENCIES 2017, and January 31, 2018, by in Kabul. Many of the repre- is in his 20s. AGENCIES Australia’s Victoria state Hubble captures Neptune's mysterious shrinking storm LOS ANGELES: NASA s Hub- has been visible for at least 200 of the University of California govt to fund Hindu temple ble Space Telescope has cap- years, Neptune's dark vortices at Berkeley. tured Neptune's mysterious only last a few years. This is the "Their dynamical simula- MELBOURNE: With Hindu- more than 300 car parks will be dark storm that probably smells first one that actually has been tions said that anticyclones ism emerging as one of the fast- added on the site. The new proj- like rotten eggs, and is shrink- photographed as it is dying. under Neptune's wind shear est growing religion in Australia, ect is also expected to benefit ing out of existence. "We have no evidence of would probably drift towards Victorian government on Friday thousands of Hindus and wider Immense dark storms on how these vortices are formed the equator. We thought that announced over 160,000 dollars community members from Car- Neptune were first discovered or how fast they rotate," said once the vortex got too close to funds for the upgradation of rum Downs suburb where the in the late 1980s by NASA's Agustin Sanchez-Lavega from the equator, it would break up Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple here. temple is located. The funding Voyager 2 spacecraft, accord- the University of the Basque and perhaps create a spectacu- The Cultural and Heritage is being provided through the ing to the Hubble team. Country in Spain. lar outburst of cloud activity," Centre also known as Shri Shiva Labor Governments Commu- Hubble found two dark "It is most likely that they said Wong. Vishnu Temple was consecrated and Heritage Centre. He said nity Infrastructure and Cultural storms that appeared in the arise from an instability in the However, the dark spot, in 1994. It is said to be the larg- the state government is keen Precincts (CICP) programme mid-1990s and then vanished. sheared eastward and westward which was first seen at mid- est Hindu temple in the south- to promote an inclusive society which aims to promote greater This latest storm was first seen winds," said Sanchez-Lavega. southern latitudes, has appar- ern hemisphere. where every Victorian can pre- use of community facilities by in 2015, but is now shrinking. astronomers a unique oppor- are still highly reflective; they The dark vortex is behaving ently faded away rather than The Victoria's Minister for serve and share their culture and states culturally diverse commu- Like Jupiter's Great Red tunity to study Neptune's deep are just slightly darker than differently from what planet- going out with a bang. Multicultural Affairs, Robin traditions in spaces of their own nities, increasing their partici- Spot (GRS), the storm swirls winds, which can't be directly the particles in the surround- watchers predicted. That may be related to the Scott who visited the temple heritage. Under the new funding pation in activities, improving in an anti-cyclonic direction measured. ing atmosphere," said Joshua "It looks like we're captur- surprising direction of its mea- on Friday said the government from the Labor Government, access to services and enabling and is dredging up material The dark spot material may Tollefson from the University ing the demise of this dark vor- sured drift: toward the south will provide over 160,000 dollars the driveway and entry points states cultural precincts to from deep inside the ice giant be hydrogen sulphide, with the of California at Berkeley in the tex, and it's different from what pole, instead of northward funds to the Hindu Society of of the Cultural and Heritage remain attractive for cultural planet's atmosphere. pungent smell of rotten eggs. US. well-known studies led us to towards the equator, research- Victoria to upgrade its Cultural Centre will be upgraded and and tourism activities. AGENCIES The elusive feature gives "The particles themselves Unlike Jupiter's GRS, which expect," said Michael H Wong ers said. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 mp Three Turkey scribes get lifers for US-led West’s subversion bid colluding with ‘US puppet’ preacher Turkey seeks failing... Putin set for easy win 18-year jail for MOSCOW: Running with with a star-struck few as jour- reality show host turned lib- a lacklustre slogan, no pro- nalists watched on a screen eral journalist, is standing on a German-Turkish gramme and refusing to debate from another room. "none of the above" ticket and his opponents, it sometimes Although the numbers has called for Navalny to be journalist seems like Russian President planning to vote for him have allowed on the ballot. Vladimir Putin is not cam- dipped from last year's high of While she is forecast to ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court paigning for re-election at all. 76.9 percent, Putin still com- come a distant fourth, this on Friday ordered the condi- But it is unlikely to matter mands a 71.5 percent of sup- outspoken daughter of Saint tional release of German-Turk- for the 65-year-old strongman port, VTsIOM figures show. Petersburg's former mayor ish journalist Deniz Yucel after who is cruising towards victory For pro-Kremlin observers, -- Putin's political mentor -- receiving an indictment from and a historic fourth Kremlin Putin's campaign is laying the is one of the few people who prosecutors seeking a prison term in next month's election, ground for his future term and doesn't fear him, and sparks ISTANBUL: A Turkish court Altan was released in mid- sentence of up to 18 years, state with a result that seems so inev- eschewing stunts that would could fly if they were to meet. on Friday jailed three prom- September before rapidly being media reported. itable analysts are calling it a only gain him a few points in Another is debonair busi- inent journalists for life on re-arrested. The prosecutors accused the return to the Soviet era. the election. nessman Pavel Grudinin, the charges of links to the group In the same case, the court 44-year-old Yucel of "making "Putin is the only candidate "We see real hands-on work little-known director of an agri- blamed for the 2016 failed gave life sentences for former terror propaganda" and "incit- without a programme. That that has significantly greater business who was chosen as coup, state media said. Zaman newspaper market- ing public hatred and hostility", is extremely alarming," said results than populist fussing the Communist candidate in Veteran journalists and ing manager Yakup Simsek, state-run news agency Anadolu Andrei Kolesnikov of the Carn- around for the sake of an extra December after veteran leader writers Nazli Ilicak and the police academy instruc- said. egie Moscow Center, describ- under the slogan: "A strong Times. one to two percent in elec- Gennady Zyuganov chose not brothers Mehmet and Ahmet tor Sukru Tugrul Ozsengul Yucels official indictment ing it as "a demonstration of president makes for a strong And others agree. tions," said Nikolai Kalmykov to stand. Altan were handed the life sen- and Zaman layout designer comes after his one-year incar- disregard for his people." country." "This is the most meaning- of the Russian Presidential The moustachioed 57-year- tences at a trial in Istanbul over Fevzi Yazici. ceration without charge badly As always, Putin has bowed Generic posters from the less of all the presidential polls Academy of National Economy old businessman, who has links to the outlawed group of The Altan brothers and Ili- affected Turkey's ties with Ger- out of debates and has symboli- Central Electoral Commis- in Russia, the most lacking in and Public Administration. praised Stalin, scored well in US-based preacher Fethul- cak are also accused of appear- many. Turkish Prime Minis- cally refused his free television sion urging people to vote are substance," said Kolesnikov. With opposition leader early polls, prompting a wave lah Gulen, the Anadolu news ing together on a TV show on a ter Binali Yildirim earlier this airtime as a candidate. everywhere. So far, the most striking Alexei Navalny barred from of negative coverage from state agency said. pro-Gulen channel just before week said he hoped Yucel would But he already benefits from Putin's main task is to moment of Putin's "campaign" standing due to a fraud convic- and pro-Kremlin media over A similar punishment was the coup bid and issuing a mes- soon be set free and insisted wall-to-wall news coverage, ensure a respectable turnout, was when he joined millions of tion, he is urging his support- fears he could do better than handed to three other suspects. sage that the attempted over- that Turkish courts were and Channel One state televi- with state pollsters VTsIOM Orthodox Christians in plung- ers -- many of them young -- to planned, observers said. Gulen denies links to the coup throw was in the offing. independent. sion has been rebroadcasting predicting 80.4 percent ing into an ice hole wearing boycott the polls. If the vote were held on Fri- bid. Mehmet Altan was in Janu- Meanwhile German Chan- Oliver Stone's four-part docu- although last time, participa- swimming trunks for the Jan- The latest VTsIOM polls day, he would win 7.3 percent, Ilicak, 73, was one of the ary ordered to be freed by the cellor Angela Merkel said the mentary about him although tion was just over 65 percent. uary's Epiphany holiday. suggest the lowest turnout polls show. “There is a cam- very first journalists arrested in Constitutional Court but its detention of Yucel, and other it won't show the last episode "We have returned to what He has since skipped sev- is likely to be among 18 to paign and it does have an ele- July after the coup bid. Briefly ruling was not implemented German citizens, "clouded" until after the vote following a we had hoped to leave behind eral events this week after com- 24-year-olds. ment of intrigue... Sobchak an MP from 1999, she wrote by the criminal court in a move relations and marked a con- slap on the wrist from the elec- after the collapse of Soviet ing down with a rare cold. Among those running and Grudinin,” said Kolesn- for several dailies including that outraged supporters. tinuing "burden". Yucels law- toral commission. power: ritualistic elections Functions he has attended against Putin are two new ikov, who said the polls would Hurriyet. The failure to release yer and employer Die Welt The most visible sign of his where... the result is pre-pro- have been highly choreo- colourful characters who may test Sobchak’s potential for Ahmet Altan, 67, is a nov- Mehmet Altan and fellow had announced the decision to campaign are the images of him grammed," wrote columnist graphed such as a recent meet- have a political future ahead leading a liberal party and elist and journalist who has writer Sahin Alpay -- who is release the journalist, who was plastered on billboards along Fyodor Krasheninnikov in the ing with local mayors, when of them. Grudinin’s to take over from written for some of Turkey's being tried in a separate case -- imprisoned in Silivri prison on highways outside Moscow independent weekly, The New Putin was choppered in, met Ksenia Sobchak, a former Zyuganov. AGENCIES leading dailies including Hur- raised new alarm over the rule the outskirts of Istanbul. AGENCIES riyet and Milliyet as well as of law in Turkey. founding the now closed oppo- The Ankara-based Con- sition daily Taraf. stitutional Court had ruled Venezuela's Maduro to Israeli A-G lauds police probe Mehmet Altan, 65, has writ- that Mehmet Altan and Alpay ten books on Turkish politics. should be freed on the grounds Both were detained in early that their rights had been attend Americas summit into Netanyahu graft charges September although Ahmet violated. AGENCIES CARACAS: Venezuelan Presi- an invitation," she told a press dent Nicolas Maduro has said conference. JERUSALEM: Israel's attor- "The investigations were car- noise and plans to make a deci- he will attend a summit of Describing Maduro's atti- ney general has praised a police ried out by the book, exactly sion based on the evidence. Western Hemisphere nations tude as "aggressive" she said: investigation into the prime as is expected by law enforce- The police recommenda- in April despite host Peru say- "neither the Peruvian soil, nor minister over corruption alle- ment authorities to deal with tions dealt an embarrassing ing he is unwelcome. the Peruvian sea, nor the Peru- gations, saying it was conducted cases like these: professionally, blow to the Israeli leader but "Are they afraid of me? vian air can be invaded by a for- "thoroughly" and "by the book" thoroughly, creatively and with they do not yet threaten his They don't want to see me in eign force." even as the Israeli leader has sophistication, with the aim to lengthy rule. Immediate reac- Lima? They're going to see me, Peru had said on Tuesday shrugged off its conclusions. get to the truth," he said. tion fell along partisan lines, an come rain, thunder or light- that Maduro's "presence will In a speech at Tel Aviv Uni- Netanyahu has denied indication that his coalition will ning!" a defiant Maduro told no longer be welcome" after a versity, Avihai Mandelblit on wrongdoing and has called the stand behind him for now. He a press conference in Caracas decision to hold early presiden- Thursday lauded the more-than- police recommendations, which can remain in office while Man- on Thursday. tial elections in his crisis-torn yearlong probe into a pair of said he accepted nearly USD delblit makes his decision, a pro- The leftist Venezuelan pres- country without reaching an corruption scandals that have 300,000 in gifts from two bil- cess which could take months. ident vowed to get to the sum- agreement with the opposition. engulfed Prime Minister Ben- lionaires, among other allega- Netanyahu has vowed to remain mit venue in Lima "by air, land Peru's statement followed jamin Netanyahu, culminating tions, "biased, extreme, full of office and even seek re-election. or sea!" hot on the heels of a meeting this week when police recom- holes, like Swiss cheese." Netan- Mandelblit, a Netanyahu Peru's Prime Minister Mer- of the 14-nation Lima Group mended that he be indicted yahu has accused the police of appointee, did not say when cedes Araoz hit back at Madu- urging Venezuela to reconsider on bribery and breach of trust being overly aggressive in their he expects to make his deci- ro's comments. holding elections on April 22 charges in both cases. probe and his supporters in par- sion. However, noting the sig- "A head of state cannot on the grounds that condi- The recommendationsliament have bashed the police, nificance of the case, he said come to a country without an tions for a free and fair vote, as now go to Mandelblit, who claiming they were orchestrat- he plans to conduct the pro- invitation, so he cannot get to demanded by the opposition, will review the material before ing a coup d'etat. Mandelblit cess without "unnecessary step on Peruvian soil without did not currently exist. AGENCIES deciding whether to file charges. said he intends to ignore the delays." AGENCIES Pak sending troops to Saudi Top jihadist on 'training & advice' mission killed by rival

ISLAMABAD: In a major pol- and advise mission. These or but the paper quoted "mul- Syria rebels icy shift, Pakistan will deploy troops already there will not be tiple sources" hinting that it troops in Saudi Arabia under employed outside the Kingdom might be the size of a compos- BEIRUT: A prominent jihad- an existing bilateral security of Saudi Arabia," the Pakistan ite brigade. ist commander was killed by a cooperation agreement with Army said in a brief statement. It also quoted army spokes- rival hardline group in northern its close ally which is involved It also said the army "main- man Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor that Syria on Friday, a monitor said, in a civil war in neighbouring tains bilateral security coop- the new deployment would be in a new sign of fierce intra-rebel Yemen. eration with many other Gulf/ much lesser than a division, tensions in the area. An array of Pakistan Army announced regional countries". and that he would give details rebel factions still hold parts of the decision to send troops on The move comes three years later. Aleppo province and almost all a training and advise mission after Pakistan decided against Saudi Arabia has been of neighbouring Idlib, but they to Saudi Arabia after a meet- sending soldiers to join the pushing fellow Sunni-major- have clashed several times in a ing between Army Chief Gen- Saudi-led military interven- ity Pakistan to provide troops struggle for influence. Fighters eral Qamar Javed Bajwa and tion in strife-torn Yemen. since 2015 when it joined from the Islamist Nureddine al- Saudi ambassador to Pakistan Already around 1,000 Pak- Yemen's civil war but Paki- Zinki rebel group "fired on a car Nawaf Saeed Al-Maliki at the istani troops are deployed in stan steadily refused, saying it as it was crossing one of their army headquarters in Rawal- Saudi Arabia, a close ally of would not become party to any checkpoints in the village of Al- pindi on Thursday. Islamabad, in various advisory regional conflict. Huta after midnight," the Syrian "In continuation of ongo- and training roles, the Dawn The civil war in Yemen Observatory for Human Rights GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA ing Pak-Saudi bilateral secu- newspaper quoted officials as stalemated and the situa- said. "Abu Ayman al-Masri, a PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION BHOKAR DIST. 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AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 SC’s Goa mine lease order not AAI to invest `15,000 crore on airport terminals in FY19 to hit steel, ore output: Centre PANAJI: The Airports Author- ity of India (AAI) will invest Rs 15,000 crore in financial year NEW DELHI: The Centre on 2018-19 to expand the exist- Friday said the apex court ver- ing terminal buildings and con- dict cancelling iron ore leases of Govt mulls JV to acquire struct new ones. 88 companies in Goa will affect AAI chairman Guruprasad the "individual businesses" Mahapatra said the authority but not hit steel and iron ore overseas mineral assets has decided to have additional production. facilities at all the terminal "First of all let us be clear NEW DELHI: The govern- strategic minerals, others buildings across the country. that minerals belong to the ment is looking at a proposal would also be on the radar. "All our terminal buildings state. The miners are lease to set up a joint venture with “There is a primary aim will have additional facilities. holders and in this particular participation from Nalco, and if the primary aim for For financial year 2018-19, ter- case the mineral belongs to the HCL and MECL in a bid to some reason is not making minal building projects worth state of Goa...So yes individual acquire strategic mineral business sense for exam- Rs 15,000 crore would be Airports Authority of India plans to build businesses will be affected, that assets overseas, a government ple or opportunities are not launched," he told reporters at 15 new terminal buildings next fiscal goes without saying," Mines official said on Friday. there, so they will not be the launch of the airport oper- Secretary Arun Kumar told The proposal was at a pre- constrained but our primary ation's control centre at Dabo- rated in April, the foundation the first phase would be ready reporters here. 20 million tonnes and I believe (in this fiscal) auctioning out formative stage, and has been objective is to look at strate- lim airport. stone for the Navi Mumbai air- by February 2019, when Ardh The Supreme Court had that the local consumption about Rs 80,000 crores worth approved by the Boards of all gic minerals. "AAI plans to build 15 new port would be laid soon, while Kumbh Mela is scheduled to earlier this month quashed was only about 3-4 million of minerals ..next year I am the three PSUs, he said. “We would like to focus terminal buildings in FY19," another airport at Jewar in take place. the second renewal of iron ore tonnes. If at all there was this very confident that it will be “We are also looking to on strategic minerals. Rare he added. Mahapatra informed Greater Noida is in the plan- "The existing one is a very mining leases given to 88 com- figure... that can be easily met Rs 1,60,000 crore," Kumar said. have a joint venture com- minerals are part of strategic that the construction of new ning stage. small airport. Allahabad is panies in Goa in 2015, saying from other mining jurisdic- He also said that explo- pany with participation minerals.,” Kumar said. airport at Pakyong in Sikkim The work on a greenfield going to have Ardh Kumbh the sole motive of the compa- tions neighbouring Goa. So ration time of the mineral from Nalco, MECL and HCL According to official has been completed at a cost of airport at Mopa in Goa is Mela in February 2019, we nies behind the commercial steel and sponge (production) blocks will reduce by half from which will look at exploration sources, the three PSUs have Rs 650 crore, along with Tezu going on, while a similar air- have taken up the challenge activity was profit maximisa- would certainly not take a hit." six years to three because of opportunities and acquir- entered into an Memoran- airport in Arunachal Pradesh. port is being planned in Vizag, to do new capacity within 11 tion and no social purpose was The government expects change in methodology, among ing of assets abroad,” mines dum of Understanding with "Both the airports will be Andhra Pradesh, he said. months and we are hopeful that attached to it. the pace of auction of mineral others. secretary Arun Kumar told the objective of making the operational soon," he said. "We are seriously following it would be operational before Asked whether steel pro- blocks to pick up in the next The government had ear- reporters on the sidelines of country self reliant in the Elaborating on the status of up with West Bengal and Tamil the Ardh Kumbh Mela," he duction will be hit due to the fiscal year. lier said that a total of 88 major Geological Board meeting areas of strategic minerals new airports across the coun- Nadu for a second airport in said. The airport in Allahabad apex court verdict, the secre- "...I think that the pace (of mineral blocks have been noti- here. that are either not available try, Mahapatra said Jharsug- Kolkata and Chennai," he said. is being expanded at a cost of tary said, "You see Goa iron ore mineral block auction) will fied by 9 states for auction and He also said though the in the country or not present uda airport in western Odisha Mahapatra said the existing Rs 100 crore, which would is essentially export-oriented. double from the current fiscal 33 blocks have been success- JV would primarily look at in optimum quantity. PTI has been completed at a cost Rs airport at Allahabad (UP) will be developed in two phases, Last year, they had exported year. If we are talking roughly fully auctioned. PTI 200 crore and would be inaugu- undergo major expansion and he said. PTI Swedish cos rap S Korea Hyosung Corp RIL to acquire Trump-style 65% stake in Adani kin’s firm buys Air Deccan, deportation of to invest `3,000 cr in IFC for `1,105 cr picks up 60% stake in Air Odisha skilled workers NEW DELHI: Reliance Indus- Maha spandex project tries on Friday said it will MUMBAI: The Ahmedabad- ment from Mukesh Ambani, STOCKHOLM: The heads of acquire 65 per cent stake in based GSEC Aviation and Mon- and the thrid one being sold to Swedens largest companies, MUMBAI: Hyosung Corpora- Indian Film Combine Pvt Ltd, arch Networth Capital have the Adani kin now. including clothing giant H&M tion of South Korea, the larg- which is building a drive-in bought over the GR Gopinath- Air Odisha, which started and telecoms maker Ericsson, est global spandex producer, is theatre, hotel, retail mall and promoted Air Deccan, besides its services as a non- scheduled denounced on Friday deporta- likely to invest around Rs 3,000 club on a 12-acre plot in Mum- jointly acquiring majority stake operator in November 2012, tions of highly-skilled workers crore in a manufacturing facil- bai, for Rs 1,105 crore. in Air Odisha, which is set to was granted the flying permit as the nations technology sec- ity in Maharashtra, a top gov- Reliance Industrial Invest- launch its services on regional by the DGCA to launch flights tor suffers a shortage of staff. ernment official said on Friday. ments and Holdings Ltd, a routes from on Saturday. under government regional In a letter published by the The project will be set up wholly owned subsidiary of Significantly, GSEC Avi- connectivity scheme last Tues- financial daily Dagens Industri in Aurangabad Industrial City RIL, will acquire stakes in IFC, ation is owned by Rakesh day. It has bagged 50 routes and signed by around 30 bosses (AURIC), a greenfield smart which was incorporated in Ramanlal Shah, who is mar- under the RCS scheme. – including H&M CEO Ste- industrial city being developed 1942, the company said in a ried to Prity, the sister of the It is set to commence opera- fan Persson and Ericsson chief across 10,000 acres, as part of regulatory filing. $11-billion Adani Group chair- tions as a scheduled commuter executive Borje Ekholm -- they the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial amount, he said. "RIIHL will be acquiring man Gautam Adani. GSEC Aviation is owned by Rakesh airline from on Saturday mak- write that expulsions of foreign Corridor (DMIC), the official Around 1,000 jobs are 65 per cent of current paid- Under the new structure, ing its maiden flight to Mundra employees "harm business" and said. expected to be generated in up equity share capital of IFC both the airlines will be owned Ramanlal Shah, who is married to from Ahmedabad. The services that "Swedish companies need "Hyosung Corporation is the first phase of the project, from the existing shareholders by a new company called GSEC Prity, sister of $11-billion Adani will be launched by Gujarat to hire globally". likely to invest around Rs 3,000 the official said. for Rs 1,105 crore (20 per cent Monarch Aviation in which chief minister Vijay Rupani. "We cannot expect engi- crore in a manufacturing facil- During his visit to South from Mauritian arm of Xander Gopinath's Air Deccan will hold Group’s Chairman Gautam Adani Interestingly, Mundra is neers, IT-technicians, and other ity in Maharashtra. In the first Korea in September 2017, Group, Inc based in USA for Rs 50 per cent stake while the rest home to the country's largest specialists to leave their coun- phase of the project, the com- Maharashtra Chief Minister 340 crore and 45 per cent from will be held by GSEC Aviation which is the original promoter ing both GSEC Aviation and private sector port as well as a tries if they risk expulsion from pany will invest Rs 1,250 crore Devendra Fadnavis had met entities belonging to the pro- and Monarch Networth. of the Bhubaneswar-based Air Monarch have acquired equal special economic zone, owned Sweden for unpredictable rea- and the state government will Hyosung Corporation presi- moter group of RIL for Rs 765 Confirming the "strategic Odisha, will divest 60 per cent stake in the two carriers. by the Adanis. sons," they added. soon take a decision on its dent H S Cho. crore)," it said. investment" in the two carri- of their stake to GSEC Avia- While Gopinath will be the Air Deccan, which had The migration agency has request to allot 100 acres land Hyosung Chairman and The remaining 35 per cent ers, GSEC Aviation whole-time tion and Monarch Networth, chairman of the new entity, ceased to exist after being faced criticism for refusing to near Aurangabad," the official CEO Cho Hyun-joon will be of IFC continues to be held by Director and Rakesh Shah's son he said. Shaishav Shah will be the man- acquired by the now-defunct extend foreign employees work said. attending the 'Magnetic Maha- the Maker Group. Shaishav Shah said both Air "We are making a joint ven- aging director and Himanshu Kingfisher Airlines in 2007, was permits, leading to expulsion, "Work on the project will rashtra' investor summit in The acquisition is expected Deccan as well as Air Odisha ture company called GESEC Shah of Monarch will be dep- also revived last year with the on controversial grounds. Hus- begin in April this year and the Mumbai next week, the offi- to be completed by May 31, will now be run under a new Monarch Aviation, which will uty managing director, he said. Bengaluru-based carrier bag- sein Ismail, a Lebanese at a bio- production is expected to start cial said. 2018. IFC is setting up a drive- holding company called GSEC be 50 per cent owned by GSEC For Gopinath, this is the ging 34 routes to fly under Udan tech company that he founded in May next year," the official Hyosung, a leading chemi- in theatre and hospitality pre- Monarch Aviation. Aviation and Monarch Net- third aviation venture hav- scheme in the first round of bid- in 2012, is facing deportation said. cal and technological textile cinct comprising a hotel, a Shah, however, did not worth Capital and the rest will ing sold his maiden airline- ding in March 2017. along with his wife and children The land cost would be company, had then evinced an retail mall and a club, built disclose the investment being be with Air Deccan," Shah said. -Air Deccan--to Kingfisher in It started operations last after cutting his own wage for around Rs 120 crore and the interest in investing in spandex on approximately 12 acres of made into the two companies. The JV will hold 100 per 2007 and then burned his fin- December 23 with first flight three months in 2015 to help company has already paid manufacturing for the textile land in Bandra Kurla Complex Under the new structure, cent of Air Deccan and 60 per gers with a cargo venture with to Jalgaon in Maharashtra from his company survive. PTI around five per cent of the sector, the official said. PTI (BKC), Mumbai. PTI the Radhakanta Pani family, cent of Air Odisha, he said, add- around Rs 100 crore invest- Mumbai. PTI NPCI okays WhatsApp beta ` sinks 30p to 64.21 a $ on trade deficit concerns Telcos face `50 L fine per test... with limited user BSE Sensex falls by 287 points while NSE Nifty sheds 93.2 points circle for predatory tariff MUMBAI: The rupee plum- NEW DELHI: Telecom regu- circles. State-run telecom firm meted 30 paise to end at a fresh lator Trai on Friday said it will BSNL operates in 20 circles and base, low transaction limit one-week low of 64.21 against impose financial disincentive of MTNL in two. Aircel operates the US dollar on Friday, hit by up to Rs 50 lakh per circle on in select circles. NEW DELHI: National Pay- a double whammy of rising operators if their service rates The new rules from the ments Corporation of India global crude prices and wors- are found to be predatory in Telecom Regulatory Authority (NPCI) on Friday said it has ening trade deficit. nature. of India (Trai) come following allowed WhatsApp to beta test This is its biggest fall since "In case of tariff being found allegations by established play- its payments service with lim- February 1, when it had lost predatory, the service provider ers like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone ited user base of one million 44 paise. shall, without prejudice to the and Idea Cellular that Reli- and low transaction limit. Overall, sentiment was weak terms and conditions of its ance Jio is offering predatory WhatsApp payment service after the country's trade defi- licence...or directions issued, pricing. will rival the likes of Paytm, cit widened to an over three- On the international com- In other cross-currency thereunder, be liable to pay by A tariff will be considered whose founder Vijay Shek- year high on higher oil and gold modity front, global crude trades, the rupee took a fur- way of financial disincentive predatory if in a "relevant mar- har Sharma has been critical US technology imports. prices consolidated recent gains ther knock against the pound an amount not exceeding Rs ket", a telecom operator with of the Facebook-owned com- giant WhatsApp’s The trade gap soared to $16.3 against on Thursday's close of at around $64 a barrel. sterling and finished at 90.34 50 lakh per tariff plan for each over 30 per cent market share pany and has even alleged that payment service billion in January on account 63.91 at the Interbank Foreign Brent crude futures were per pound from 89.79. It also service area as the Authority offers services at a price which the US firm was getting unfair of a 26.1 per cent increase in Exchange (forex) market and trading higher at $64.56 a bar- dropped sharply against the may by order direct," Trai said is below the average "variable advantage. will rival Paytm imports to $40.68 billion due to remained under immense pres- rel in Asian trading. Japanese yen to close at 60.50 on Friday. cost", with a view to reduce "Currently, NPCI has given increased inbound shipments of sure throughout the session, The BSE benchmark Sensex per 100 yens from 59.95 on There are 22 telecom circles competition or eliminate the its consent to roll out What- full scale-public launch," it crude oil, as per data released by despite weak dollar overseas. dropped 286.71 points, or 0.84 Thursday. in the country. Leading telecom competitors in the "relevant sApp BHIM UPI beta launch emphasised. the commerce ministry. It finally finished at 64.21, per cent to end at 34,010.76, The home unit also drifted operators Bharti Airtel, Voda- market", as per an amendment with limited user base of one NPCI -- an umbrella organ- The rupee opened with a steep loss of 30 paise, or 0.47 while Nifty shed 93.20 points, lower against the euro to end at fone, Idea Cellular and Reliance made by Trai in the Telecom- million and low per transaction isation for all retail payments a sharp gap-down at 63.85 per cent. or 0.88 per cent to 10,452.30. 80.18 as compared to 79.73. PTI Jio have operations in all the munication Tariff order. PTI limit. Four banks will join the in India -- asserted that it fol- multi-bank BHIM UPI model lows "well-defined guidelines" in phases (in the coming weeks) for BHIM UPI services with and full feature product shall the objective of making its Apple bites record 51% of Oct-Dec global smartphone revenues be released after the beta test platforms "inter-operable and is successful," NPCI said in a based on open standards, con- SAN FRANCISCO: With a "The popularity of premium statement. venient and secure". record 51 per cent revenue Note 8 and Galaxy S8 models, Govt expects to finalise 5G It added that multi-bank Sharma had raised a storm share, Apple took more than as well as fewer low-end sales model offers advantages such after Facebook-owned What- half of the global smartphone in its core Asia markets such service roadmap by June as transaction load distribu- sApp started testing payments revenues in the fourth quarter as China, drove the growth," tion between banks and helps through its platform. He alleged of 2017, a report has said. Sui added. NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecom ex- to integrate popular apps eas- that WhatsApp's UPI payment According to market The company is reportedly pects to finalise a roadmap for 5G services by ily with BHIM UPI. platform has security risks for research firm Strategy Ana- gearing up to introduce three June this year, a top official said. "By June this NPCI said its broad prin- consumers and is not in com- lytics, total global smartphone new iPhones this year and one ciples for inter-operability pliance with the guidelines. wholesale revenues grew eight of them will be more popular year, I hope we will be able to unveil India's 5G include ability to send and Alleging Facebook of hav- per cent annually to reach an than the others, a top analyst roadmap," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundarara- receive money through any ing "arm-twisted" UPI to all-time high of $120 billion with Taiwanese business group jan said at an Assocham event on Friday. Glob- BHIM UPI ID, intent and col- derive benefits, Sharma had during the fourth quarter of KGI Securities said. ally, standards around 5G are expected to be fi- lect call and, read and generate said Facebook was "killing 2017. According to Ming-Chi BHIM/Bharat QR code that are beautiful open UPI system "The smartphone industry's at Strategy Analytics, said in ally to $19 billion in fourth Kuo, the most famous analyst nalised this year. The telecom ministry has set up required in final BHIM UPI with its custom close garden wholesale average selling price a statement late on Thursday. quarter of 2017. Both Apple and with KGI Securities when it a high-level committee to work on 5G roadmap app. implementation." surged 18 per cent annually Sui added that South Korean Samsung's smartphone whole- comes to Apple, the tech giant so that India gets access to the next generation "BHIM UPI enabled app Emails sent to WhatsApp from $255 in fourth quarter of tech giant Samsung grew its sale average selling price (ASP) will aim to sell 100 million units technology when it is available for commercial which fulfils such principles for their response remained 2016 to $300 in fourth quarter global smartphone wholesale grew strongly, rising 21 per cent of "a 6.1-inch iPhone it's plan- roll-out globally. PTI only will be permissible for unanswered. PTI of 2017," Linda Sui, Director revenues by 16 per cent annu- annually to $254 in the quarter. ning to release this year". IANS business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 mp PNB just tip of nation’s bank fraud syndrome NEW DELHI: Investors may year and next. Yet analysts and have been shocked when one of credit rating agencies have long Allahabad Bank, India’s biggest banks disclosed warned that solving the bad Allahabad Bank has $367 mn exposure, a $1.77 billion fraud by billion- debt at India’s banking sector Union Bank aire jeweller Nirav Modi, but the needs to also involve wholesale central bank has recorded data reforms of the lending practices Union Bank $300 mn, SBI $212 mn shares plummet that shows the problem runs far that led to the surge in bad loans. deeper and wider. Bankers have been blamed KOLKATA: State-run Alla- cated SWIFT message,” Union to 52-week lows Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for steering funds to politically habad Bank on Friday said it Bank of India said in late night data, which a Reuters reporter connected business tycoons, has an outstanding exposure filing to stock exchanges. NEW DELHI: Shares of Union obtained through a right-to- such as Vijay Mallya, without of about $366.87 million in the The bank has also purchased Bank of India on Friday declined information request, shows due diligence, or after being $1.8 billion fraud detected by some Buyers Credit assets from more than 3 per cent in morning state-run banks have reported pressed by government offi- another public sector bank PNB, Axis Bank through Risk Par- trade after the lender said it has 8,670 “loan fraud” cases total- cials to steer funds to sectors but added it was confident of ticipation as a part of normal an exposure of Rs 1,900 crore to ling 612.6 billion rupees over it wanted to promote, such as receiving the payment. International Business Prac- the PNB fraud case. the last five financial years up to infrastructure. Mallya stands Meanwhile, other public sec- tice, it said. “The outstanding The stock fell 3 per cent March 31, 2017. In India, loan accused in India of fraudulently tor banks Union Bank of India An LoU is in effect a guaran- exposure related to the incident to touch an intra-day low of frauds typically refer to cases palming off losses from his now and State Bank of India have tee issued by one bank to the is approximately $300 Million Rs 116.50, which was also its where the borrower intention- June 2017 the central bank, in its of 100,000 rupees or more. defunct Kingfisher Airlines onto reported $366.87 million and branches of other banks, based and the Bank is fully secured 52-week low level, on BSE. ally tries to deceive the lending Financial Stability Report, called In its right-to-information banks by taking out loans he $212 million outstanding expo- on which foreign branches offer by LoU /LC /Other documents The stock slumped to its bank and does not repay the frauds in banks and financial request, Reuters sought data had no intention of repaying, sure respectively. credit to buyers. and fully confident to receive the 52-week low level of Rs 116.50 loan. The figures expose the institutions “one of the emerg- from 20 of India’s 21 state-run an allegation he denies. "The outstanding exposure The bank has also purchased payment,” it said. on NSE as well, down 3.07 per magnitude of the problem in a ing risks to the financial sector”. lenders and obtained 15 replies. Nirav Modi, the jeweller related to the incident is approx- some buyers' credit assets from We don’t have any direct cent over its previous close. banking sector already under “In a number of large value PNB topped the list with accused in the PNB fraud case, imately $366.87 million and the Axis Bank extended against exposure on Nirav Modi but "We wish to inform you that pressure after years of poor frauds, serious gaps in credit 389 cases totalling 65.62 billion posed for pictures with Indian bank is fully secured by LoU PNB LoU through risk par- we do have some exposure on the bank through our foreign lending practices. Bad loans underwriting standards were rupees over the last five finan- Prime Minister Narendra Modi documents and fully confident ticipation as a part of normal Punjab National Bank, State branches has been taking expo- surged to a record peak of nearly evident,” the RBI said, adding cial years, in terms of the total at the World Economic Forum to receive the payment," it said international business practice. Bank of India Chairman Rajnish sure with Punjab National Bank $149 billion last year. that some of the gaps include amounts involved. in Davos, Switzerland, where in regulatory filing. “We wish to inform you that Kumar told reporters here. (PNB) as counterparty under Bank loan frauds have lack of continuous monitoring Reuters was unable to obtain he was part of India’s delega- The lender said it, through its the bank through our foreign He said the bank has lent various Letters of Undertakings steadily increased as well, of cash flows and cash prof- a detailed breakdown on the tion of corporate leaders. The overseas branch in Hong Kong, branches has been taking expo- $212 million to Modi on the (LoU) issued through authenti- reaching 176.34 billion rupees its, diversion of funds, double exact nature and method of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has been taking exposure with sure with Punjab National Bank basis of LoU issued by PNB. cated SWIFT message," Union in the latest financial year from financing and general credit loan frauds the banks reported has denied any link with Nirav PNB as counter party under (PNB) as counterparty under Kumar, however, said the Bank of India said in late night 63.57 billion rupees in 2012-13, governance issues in banks. to RBI over the last five finan- Modi, who is not related to various LoUs issued through various Letters of Undertakings bank has some exposure to filing to stock exchanges. according to the data, which The RBI has been com- cial years. After PNB, Bank of India’s Prime Minister. AGENCIES authenticated SWIFT message. (LoU) issued through authenti- Gitanjali Gems. AGENCIES State-owned Punjab doesn’t include the PNB case. mended for forcing Indian Baroda had the highest amount National Bank on February 14 Punjab National Bank, banks to fully disclose its bad of loan fraud reported, with said it has detected a Rs 11,400 India’s second-largest state loans, speed up their recovery, 44.73 billion rupees from 389 PNB loot: ICAI to look into auditors’ role crore scam where billionaire lender, said on Wednesday two and stop hiding fraud cases as cases and Bank of India ranked jeweller Nirav Modi allegedly junior officers at a single branch non-performing assets. third, with loan frauds total- NEW DELHI: Chartered advised to "initiate suo motu According to an official, the closed $1.77 billion (nearly Rs acquired fraudulent letters of had illegally steered $1.77 billion Yet to some critics, the RBI ling 40.5 billion rupees from accountants' apex body ICAI review" of Punjab National institute would be looking at the 11,400 crore) fraud perpetrated undertaking from a branch in fraudulent loans to compa- has, at the same time, been too 231 cases over the same period, will review the $1.77 billion Bank and Gitanjali Gems (mat- role of auditors in these cases to by way of fraudulently acquiring in Mumbai to secure overseas nies, most of them controlled by guarded about publicly sharing the data shows. India’s biggest fraud at Punjab National Bank ter)," he said. ascertain whether there have Letter of Undertakings (LoUs) credit from other Indian lend- billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi. data on loan defaults or fraudu- lender, State Bank of India to look at whether there have The board, set up by the been any violation at their end. of the Punjab National Bank ers. While PNB did not name It was India’s biggest fraud ever. lent loans. This is partly due to reported 1,069 loan fraud cases been lapses on the part of audi- institute, reviews the compli- The FRRB restricts reviews and probe agencies are already the other lenders, besides Union “This might be the tip of legal constraints on disclosing in the last five financial years but tors and has sought information ance with various accounting to the published general-pur- investigating the case. Bank of India, Allahabad Bank the iceberg or the middle, and individual cases and worries did not disclose the amount. from investigation agencies as and auditing standards. pose financial statements only A multi-agency probe is and Axis Bank are said to have that is the worry,” said Pratibha investors would pummel the It was also unclear how well as from markets regula- The institute has written to and that its work would not be underway against diamanta- offered credit based on letters Jain, partner at law firm Nishith affected banks, making loan much has been recovered by tor Sebi. Punjab National Bank, Sebi, verification of the entire audit rie Nirav Modi and his rela- of undertaking (LOUs) issued Desai Associates, who advises recovery even harder. the banks over the years. ICAI President Naveen N Enforcement Directorate and (re-audit) or review of work- tive as well as close associate by PNB. Shares of Allahabad on bankruptcy cases. In fact, the numbers of loan The magnitude of the bad D Gupta said it has taken suo CBI seeking information on the ing papers of the auditors con- Mehul Choksi have also come Bank also fell to the 52-week “The fact is we don’t know fraud cases across India could debt in India forced the gov- motu cognisance of the fraud at matter, Gupta, who took over as cerned, as per the ICAI website. under the scanner of Sebi low level of Rs 53.10, and Axis what else is out there.” The RBI be even higher since they only ernment last year to bail out Punjab National Bank. the President of the Institute of In one of the biggest scams and stock exchanges. Choksi Bank fell 1.23 per cent to an did not immediately respond to include cases reported to the the sector by pledging to inject "The Financial Reporting Chartered Accountants of India in the Indian banking industry, is the Managing Director of intra-day low of Rs 537.05 on a request for comment. But in RBI, which involve only loans $32 billion over this financial Review Board (FRRB) has been (ICAI) last week, said. the public sector lender has dis- Gitanjali Gems. PTI BSE on Friday. PTI SBI launches Global NRI Centre at Kochi Bhel commissions 18-mw LIC’s 9-month new business KOCHI: Country s largest tances are transferred across Punjab hydro-power project lender State Bank of India on borders. Friday launched a Global NRI As of January 2018, the performance grows 19.47% centre in the city, to centralise bank s NRI customer base NEW DELHI: State-run NRI operations spread across stood at 33 lakh with around power equipment maker BHEL NEW DELHI: Life Insur- various states and branches. 53 lakh accounts and an NRI on Friday said it has commis- ance Corporation of India The centre, opened in Ker- deposit base of Rs 1.95 trillion. sioned 18 megawatt (MW) (LIC of India), India’s largest ala - the state that receives the Almost 30 per cent of the Mukerian hydro-electric proj- life insurer, has announced its highest number of remittances bank s NRI total deposits ect (HEP) in Punjab. audited figures for nine months in the country, will be one-stop comes from Kerala. "With the commissioning ended December 2017. customer service centre for all The bank also launched of the second 9 MW hydro New Business performance NRI banking related services. a bunch of services - wealth generating unit, Bharat Heavy by the Corporation for nine It will be a single point of Chairman Rajnish Kumar management, SBI Intelligent Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has suc- months ending December contact for SBI branches, cus- announced the launch of Assist, free post box service and cessfully commissioned the 18 2017 has shown an impressive tomers, relationship managers, the Global NRI Centre at Kochi SBI Mingle for NRIs remittance MW Mukerian hydro-electric contribute significantly in growth of 19.47 per cent in its representative offices and for- facility for US-based custom- project (HEP) stage-II in Pun- reduction of greenhouse gas first year premium by posting The Corporation as at of Rs. 59,671.50 crore for claims eign offices. Rajnish Kumar told reporters ers, for NRI customers. jab," the company said in a reg- emissions and will help in a figure of Rs. 99783.33 crore. December end 2017 collected outgo covering 1,39,45,571 "We have witnessed consis- here. The bank's NRI customers ulatory filing. achieving a low carbon devel- The Corporation has already over Rs. 2,23,854 crore of Total claimants for the nine month tent growth of our NRI bank- "That s why we have cen- can avail SBI's banking services Located on the Mukerian opment path for the nation," achieved its Single Premium Premium Income as compared ending December 31, 2017 as ing portfolio. Our endeavour is tralised all our services besides from any part of globe through canal in Hoshiarpur district of the company added. Target for the FY 2017-2018 as to Rs. 2,00,818 crore collected compared to Rs. 55359.52 crore to offer our products and ser- offering them specialised ser- a wide range of online facilities Punjab, the 18 MW Mukerian The first unit of the Muke- on December 31, 2017. during the corresponding and 1,19,23,937 claimants in vices on the digital platform so vices," he added. such as account opening, in- project is a surface powerhouse rian HEP was commissioned in Pension &Group Super- period last year showing a very the corresponding period pre- the our NRI customers experi- Kumar said technological principle sanctions of loans and of Punjab State Power Corpo- May last year. annuation Business have col- robust growth of 11.47 per cent. vious year. ence the ease of banking with advancements were creating instant remittances and a con- ration Ltd (PSPCL). Shares of BHEL were trad- lected Rs. 62385 crore as New Total policy payouts The Corporations Gross us from wherever they are in opportunities to modernise tact centre to offer customer "The generation from ing 0.16 per cent higher at Rs Business Premium Income as amounted to Rs. 1,21,986 crore Total Income grew to Rs. the world," the bank s chairman and de-risk the way vital remit- support and issue resolution.PTI Mukerian HEP stage-II will 94.85 on BSE. PTI against Rs. 51004 crore in the for the period ending Decem- 3,78,599 crore for the period previous year corresponding ber 31, 2017 as compared to ending December 31, 2017 period showing a growth of 22 Rs. 1,12,194 crore for the cor- from Rs. 3,37,466 crore as at HAL invites Indian firms for ESIC officers’ body fully supports per cent. The vertical has cov- responding period last year, the last corresponding period, ered Rs. 5.96 crore lives under showing an incroreease of 8.73 showing a handsome growth of ALH-Civil production licence its Social Security Schemes. per cent. This includes a payout over12.19 per cent. MPOST service improvement initiatives CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE BENGALURU: Hindustan shorter time span. The selected Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Indian Partner would also be NEW DELHI: All India ESIC delivery through optimum uti- cio Secretary of Regional Board has offered the indigenous required to provide support to Officers Federation appreciates lization of Medical workforce which is the highest body in 'Advanced Light Helicopter- the customers throughout the the latest initiatives undertaken are laudable and is in tune with the state for reviewing the per- Dhruv' (Civil version) for man- life of the product (20 years) by ESI Corporation. Multi- 'Minimum Government Maxi- formance of the ESI scheme in ufacturing to potential Indian thereby ensuring long term pronged approach to deal with mum Governance'. the State and recommends for private companies through business relationship, it said. the deficiencies as well as hin- ESIC is having the post of requisite policy changes to the Transfer of Technology. "Considering the increas- drance for improvement in Regional Directors as head of Corporation. The company on Friday ing need of helicopters in civil services being rendered to its the Region/State who acts as Accordingly, Regional said it has invited Expression operations of the country, this stakeholders will go a long way Insurer and is responsible for Director's position as head of of Interest (EOI) for identifica- will be a mega deal from HAL in elevating the level of benefits/ delivering of al benefits to the State function is justified. tion of Indian Partner. which is the OEM and Licensor," medical services. stakeholders i.e. Employers and The steps taken to merge NSIC CMD Ravindra Nath, has HAL which is the Design HAL CMD T Suvarna Raju said. The prime function of the Insured Persons(Workers). The the function of SSMC with the Authority and Original Equip- As a technology provider, Corporation is to extend up to ESI(General) Regulation, 1950 office of the Regional Director been conferred with ‘CEO with United Bank of India has moved a step ahead towards Digital ment Manufacturer (OEM) of HAL said it shall provide trans- mark delivery of benefits/medi- vide Regulation 2-sf mandates is positive steps towards bring- HR Orientation Award ( PSU ALH-Dhruv, in a release said fer of technology through cal services through its large net- the appointment of Regional ing Uniformity of Command in Banking by Launching United e- Collect – A digital Platform for Online focus)’ at the Times Ascent - the company is now looking license and transfer of know work of Hospitals/Dispensaries/ Directors as "a person appointed the Region/State. Payment / Fee Collection Services. The Digital Product was launched World HRD Congress ( Mumbai) forward to develop a reliable - how, technical assistance and Regional Offices/Branch Offices by the Corporation as such for With this action stake- by MD & CEO Pawan Bajaj in presence of Executive Director Ashok to honor visionary CEOs in Indian Partner (IP) to service license rights for production across the country. Accordingly, a specified region" Regional holders will be relieved from Kumar Pradhan, Deepak Chandanani, CEO, M/s World Line India building HR into the fabric of the potential demand to differ- of ALH-Dhruv (Civil) for the the initiatives of the ESIC man- Director liaions with the State approaching multiple authori- Private Limited and other Senior Executives of the Bank Business ent customers in civil sector in selected business partner. PTI agement to improve health Government and is also ex-offi- ties tin the same office. MPOST AAI goes all out to raise passenger convenience at Goa International Airport NEW DELHI: With an objec- to ensure optimum utilization Goa International Airport; Dr tive of improving overall effi- of available resources. Shubha Jyoti, Consultant Radia- ciency of airport operations for In another effort to add new tion Oncologist, Manipal Hos- Enough demand for two the benefit of passengers and facilities for better passenger pitals Goa and Jayarama, Sales other stakeholders, Dr Guru- facilitation, AAI has awarded an and Marketing Head, Manipal prasad Mohapatra, Chairman, expenditure contract for Opera- Hospitals Goa. Airports Authority of India tion and Management of Help The objective of the Well- airports in Goa: AAI chief inaugurated an Airport Oper- Desk and Reserve Lounges at ness Camp was to create aware- ations Control Center (AOCC) Goa Airport. ness and to educate the public PANAJI: The Airport Author- is taking place, we can see that at present, and is expected to be and a help desk at Goa Interna- A dedicated Help Desk/ on timely medical intervention ity on Friday said there is both the airports can grow and the third largest by 2025, after tional Airport on Friday. Information Counter will have to detect Cancer. During the enough demand for two air- exist," Guruprasad Mahapatra, the US and China. Goa airport has become the flight information Display and camp, participants underwent ports to co-exist and grow in AAI chairman told reporters at "Today we are in the 46th 12th airport to have an AOCC. Computer system which will a Free Random Blood Sugar the tiny Goa. Vasco on Friday while inaugu- consecutive month of double- This center will provide real provide latest flight informa- Help Line number will also be Association – Kalyanmayee in Test, Blood Pressure Check, The tourist state is build- rating the airport operations digit growth. The Goan market time information about flights tion and assistance to pas- launched soon. association with Manipal Hos- screening by the Resident ing a greenfield international control centre facility. is growing at 15 per cent," he like actual Time of Arrival/ sengers/visitors during their Keeping up AAI’s commit- pitals Goa and Goa Cancer Medical Officers after which airport at Mopa in the north "There are always take-off said, adding this growth rate Departure, boarding gate num- travel through Goa Interna- ment of providing assistance Society. the women in the age bracket of which is scheduled for com- (teething) issues when a new will continue for another 10 ber for departing passengers tional Airport. towards ensuring better med- The camp was inaugurated 30 to over 50 years and symp- missioning by 2020. The state airport comes up, but those are years. and baggage conveyor number This help desk will also ical facilities and generating by Anjali Mohapatra, President, tomatic positive cases of Cer- has an airport at Dabolim gradually taken care of. "There are 900 more air- for arriving passengers on Flight supervise the operations of air- awareness on Cancer, especially Kalyanmayee in the presence vical Cancer were referred by now which is primarily a Navy I strongly feel that both the craft, of all sizes, coming into Information Displays. It will lines as well as the ground han- Cervical Cancer, a ‘Free Wom- of Dr Guruprasad Mohapa- the Radiation Oncologist to facility. airports should continue to the country. These arrivals also help AAI, airline operators dling agencies at the airport. en’s Wellness Camp’ was orga- tra, Chairman, AAI; Bhupesh Manipal Hospitals Goa for a "Goa has only one airport grow," he said. India is seventh show that there is a tremen- and ground handling agencies A dedicated round-the-clock nized by AAI’s Women’s Welfare C H Negi, Airport Director, Free Pap Smear Test. MPOST but the way air traffic growth largest aviation market globally dous potential," he said. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 EAST BENGAL FACE TRICKY GOKULAM TEST K’AKA QUALIFY FOR HAZARE TROPHY KO ARROWS RALLY TO HOLD VASCO 2-2 KOZHIKODE: Title aspirants East Bengal will be aiming to ward ALUR (KARNATAKA): Karnataka beat Railways by NEW DELHI: TYoung guns from Indian Arrows showed a lot of off a stiff challenge from debutants Gokulam Kerala in an impor- 16 runs on Friday to qualify for the knockout phase of heart as they rallied twice holding defending defending champi- tant away encounter of the I-League, here on Saturday. Currently the Vijay Hazare Trophy from Group A alongside table ons Aizawl FC to a creditable 2-2 draw in an I-League encounter, placed third in the league table with 26 points from 14 matches, toppers Baroda. Mayank Agarwal continued his good here on Friday. Interestingly, this was a home encounter for the East Bengal are likely to face a tricky test from the minnows at form with a fine 89 off balls (15 fours) and shared a Indian Arrows, who remained at 8th position with 15 points from their own backyard. Gokulam shocked Kolkata giants Mohun 132-run fourth-wicket partnership with Pavan Desh- 16 games while Aizawl, who are out of the championship race Bagan in their last game and can proved to be a proverbial pande (65, 67 balls, 9X4, 1x6) as Karnataka made are placed sixth with 18 points from 14 games. Indian Arrows banana peel for Khalid Jamil’s men. 257 all out in 48.1 overs. first restored parity through Edmund Lalrindika in the 48th minute. Barca face tricky NO TURF TROUBLE Eibar trip in Liga Despite Wenger’s reservations over pitch, Arsenal score 3 past Swedish side in Europa League MADRID: Before their Champions League clash with LONDON: Arsene Wenger ick Aubameyang at Dortmund Chelsea in London, Lionel had expressed concern that his Dortmund following his move to Arsenal. Messi and Barcelona put their Arsenal team had never prac- “Michy is a real goal-scorer, unbeaten record in La Liga ticed, much less played, on an hadn’t won in it was a good move to bring on the line against Eibar in artificial surface like the one at eight previous him here,” Dortmund manager the rather less glamorous sur- Swedish side Ostersund. appearances and Peter Stoeger said. “Things are rounds of Ipurua on Saturday. He neednt have worried. looking good. He is well liked, The modest 7,000-seat Arsenal had little trouble only joined the fully integrated and our goals ground in the Basque Coun- easing to a 3-0 win thanks to an Europa League and his personal goals align.” try welcomes a Barca side who early strike by Nacho Monreal Atletico Madrid overcame have laboured to draws against and passes by Henrikh Mkh- after finishing third an early deficit in Denmark Espanyol and Getafe in their itaryan that led to two more in its Champions and strolled to a 4-1 win over last two outings. goals. Copenhagen. Those results have allowed Monreal scored after 13 League group After Viktor Fischers Atletico Madrid to cut Ernesto minutes when he pounced after opener, Atletico responded Valverdes sides lead at the top a shot by Alex Iwobi was saved with goals by Saul Niguez, of the table to seven by goalkeeper Aly Keita. Batshuayi, who has been in Kevin Gameiro, Antoine Griez- points, with the clubs Mkhitaryan, who joined sparkling form since joining mann and substitute Vitolo. due to meet at the hoping to build on Arsenal from Manchester from Chelsea on loan in the Atletico has reached two Camp Nou early next their fine Champions United two weeks ago, inter- mid-season transfer window, Champions League finals since month. Barca’s advan- League win against cepted a pass in the area before helped host Dortmund record winning the Europa League in tage is still significant, Paris Saint-Germain. his cross went in off Oster- its first victory in European 2012. It returned to the con- and they have no major Zinedine Zidanes sund player Sotirios Papagian- competition this season. tinents second-tier competi- injury worries, but the side are still fourth in nopoulos in the 24th minute. Dortmund hadnt won in tion after a disappointing group danger is that the return of the the table behind Valencia -- Mkhitaryan then laid on eight previous appearances phase in this seasons Champi- Champions League is a distrac- who go to Malaga -- but they the third goal for Mesut Ozil and only joined the Europa ons League. tion for them. have taken 10 points from the in the 58th minute before Arse- Nacho Monreal celebrates the opening goal with Arsenal teammates in Ostersund on Friday League after finishing third in Napoli is staring at an exit “We will need to proceed last 12 available in the league. nal goalkeeper David Ospina its Champions League group. after falling 3-1 at home to with caution because a bad “We have gone through a saved a stoppage-time penalty “We adapted very well Winning the Europa fying berth. Andre Schurrle put Dort- Leipzig. Substiute Adam result can mean that you sud- difficult phase, but in the last by Tom Pettersson. because were at a good techni- League may be the best chance mund ahead after 30 minutes, Ounas gave Napoli the lead in denly go from having a very few weeks we have raised our “People wondered why we cal level. They were very ner- for Wengers team to return to In Italy, Michy Batshuayi only for Josep Ilicic to score the 52nd minute but Leipzig good year to not such a good game,” Toni Kroos told Ger- didnt practice (on the pitch) vous at the start and we took the Champions League next scored twice, the second goal twice for the Italian visitors in fought back with a double by one,” Gerard Pique warned this man media after the PSG clash. before but the warm-up is good advantage of it.” Arsenal was season. arriving in stoppage time, to the 51st and 56th. Timo Werner and another goal week at a sponsors event, where “I am confident that we have a to adapt to the speed of the ball, without injured striker Alexan- Arsenal is sixth in the Eng- earn Borussia Dortmund a 3-2 Batshuayi equalized in the by Bruma. the talk was of Chelsea rather lot of success ahead of us.” for technical ability and the dre Lacazette while Aubamey- lish Premier League, eight comeback win over Atalanta 65th before grabbing the late Leipzig is a distant sec- than Eibar. Real are 17 points adrift of Bar- accuracy of the passing,” said ang is ineligible to play in the points behind Chelsea, which in the first leg of their Europa winner. The Belgian striker ond to Bayern Munich in the Real Madrid, meanwhile, celona, but they do have a game Wenger. competition. holds the fourth and last quali- League last-32 tie on Friday. replaced striker Pierre-Emer- Bundesliga. AFP travel to Seville to face Betis in hand to come. AFP Mourinho wants response from stuttering MUFC MANCHESTER: Manchester United will of form, which saw the £89 million ($125 “They want to perform the best they action after a lengthy spell on the sidelines be desperate to bounce back in the FA Cup million) midfielder dropped by his Por- can, they dont like to make mistakes. And with an ankle injury. fifth round against Huddersfield on Friday, tuguese manager when United last faced sometimes they make mistakes because However, Mourinho also has to bal- their first match featuring opinion dividing Huddersfield a fortnight ago. its a human mistake and you cannot go ance of the demands his Cup ambitions video assistant referee (VAR) technology. There have been mixed reactions to over it unless you have some technologi- with a tough Champions League trip to Defeat at the hands of Newcastle at the the VAR system, which has been used in cal support. in Sevilla in midweek, as well as upcom- weekend left Jose Mourinhos men second a handful of League Cup and FA Cup ties. “So if the referees are happy with that ing Premier League clashes against Chel- in the Premier League but just four points The recent fourth-round FA Cup tie technological support, then yes, lets go for sea and Liverpool. clear of Tottenham in fifth as the race for between Liverpool and West Brom proved the VAR. I think, from my perspective, I Opposite number David Wagner is the top four heats up. particularly contentious as the extra offi- like the feeling.” Mourinho is likely more likely to rest key players with his team Now they travel to Huddersfield -- cial awarded Jurgen Klopps side a penalty, to name a strong line-up as he has done in the thick of a relegation fight despite an where they lost in the league earlier this ruled out a goal for his opponents then in previous rounds against lower-league impressive 4-1 win over Bournemouth. season -- ahead of a testing run of fix- confirmed another would stand. opponents Derby and Yeovil, with the FA Aaron Mooy suffered a gashed knee tures that could define their season, with Mourinho backs VAR Cup Uniteds best chance of silverware this in that game and could well be rested as major questions over how best to deploy “When people ask us if we like it, if we year. could defender Christopher Schindler. club record signing Paul Pogba and new dont like it, if we agree with it or dont agree Marcus Rashford and Ander Herrera January signing Alex Pritchard is cup-tied boy Alexis Sanchez. with it, I think honestly its a question for missed last weekends costly defeat but and striker Laurent Depoitre, who scored “Its very difficult to put me in a position the referees,” said Mourinho, who said he could be backa in contention. against United in Huddersfields victory in where I have to criticise my players,” said backed the system but that it needed adjust- Eric Bailly is expected back in full train- October, may be recalled to enable Steve Mourinho when quizzed on Pogbas lack ments to preserve the flow of the game. ing this weekend but will not be rushed into Mounie to rest. AFP Blasters take on Guwahati in ISL GUWAHATI: Kerala Blasters ries will be exchanged only till at the Indira Gandhi Ath- chances and rivals score from FC coach David James is up kick-off as the visitors look for letic Stadium, Guwahati, on one half-attack. The results are against a man who coached nothing less than full points Saturday. better than the first half but not him in the past but pleasant- against NorthEast United FC Kerala Blasters have a fight- like we expected,” said Grant. ing chance of qualifying for Kerala Blasters allowed the semi-finals of the Hero defending champions ATK to Indian Super League with 21 snatch points from them with points from 15 matches. They a late draw in their last game must win all three remaining which halted their run of two matches to have a chance of successive victories. Assistant qualifying and may still not coach Hermann Hreioarsson make it. And James, the for- admitted that the focus has mer England goalkeeper, will been on them ahead of this have to start it all by outwit- clash and they are now ready ting NorthEast United coach to put their best foot forward. Avram Grant, who was his “We are still in it. We have coach at Portsmouth FC in to go into every game playing 2010. for a win. We are happy with Portsmouth, captained by our progress. In the last game, James, made it to the final of we created many chances: 18 the FA Cup against all odds, shots and 25 crosses,” said where they lost 0-1 to Chelsea Hreioarsson. FC, who also won the English Kerala Blasters can reach Premier League that season. a maximum of 30 points “The coach was my player. and will need FC Pune City Eight years ago we made it to (28 points), Chennaiyin the final of the (FA) Cup. We FC (27 points) and Jamshed- had an unbelievable achieve- pur FC (25 points) to drop ment. He was the captain. I points. MPOST Kerala Blasters’ Iain Hume during practice session wish him all the best but we will try to win the game. It’s good for the f uture that the PUNE CITY DRAW HALTS BENGALURU’S RECORD RUN IN ISL team will not give up and show good mentality,” said North- BENGALURU: FC Pune City stopped matches. A point may not have been East United coach Avram Bengaluru FC from registering a record enough for second-placed Pune City Grant during the pre-match run of six consecutive victories in the (29 points) to secure qualification for media interaction. Hero Indian Super League as they the playoffs but their coach Ranko NorthEast United are already out of the competition settled for a 1-1 draw at the Sree Kan- Popovic can’t be too unhappy how but will need the three points teerava Stadium, Bengaluru, on Friday. things panned out on the night. to give their home fans some- Bengaluru FC had matched Chennaiyin Bengaluru FC started the first half in thing to cheer. Two of the three FC’s five-match winning run of 2015 a commanding fashion but 20 minutes victories for NorthEast United and were a match away from creat- into the game they found themselves have come at home. ing a record of their own. However, a goal behind against the run of play. “You all know what hap- pened in the first half of the Sarthak Golui’s goal in the 20th minute The Pune goal came Marcelinho who season. We tried to improve gave Pune the advantage, while Miku squared the ball for Emiliano Alfaro things that needed to improve. ensured Bengaluru got at least a point Alfaro to have a strike at goal. But he We came out of the situation. with the equaliser in the 75th minute. instead of putting his foot through, laid From being good in counter, Bengaluru FC have already quali- it off for Golui to do the rest. BFC had now we dominate and cre- fied for the semi-finals and continue to 60 per cent of the possession in the first ate a lot of chances. Last three top the group with 34 points from 16 half of the match. MPOST games is typical to what hap- pened, control the game, miss sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 mp OZ set record; Shardul hunts Proteas chase down 244 Thakur claims 4 scalps in his first match of series as SA bundle for 204; Kohli on course to ton AUCKLAND: Australia com- reached the series final in pleted the highest run chase Auckland next Wednesday, in Twenty20 history to beat with four wins from four in CENURION: Young paceman New Zealand by five wickets preliminary matches. Shardul Thakur made his first and maintain their unbeaten New Zealand’s hopes of appearance in the series count record in the T20 tri-series in reaching the decider now rest with a four-wicket haul as India Auckland on Friday. on their meeting with England yet again choked the South In a roller-coaster match, in Hamilton on Sunday. African batsmen, dismissing the Black Caps set an impos- Guptill plundered nine them for a below-par 204 in the ing target of 244 on the back of sixes and six fours after New sixth and final One-Day Inter- opener Martin Guptill’s cen- Zealand won the toss and national, here on Friday. tury but the Australians over- elected to bat, supported by fel- India were 136/2 at the end hauled it with seven balls to low opener Colin Munro, who of 21.2 overs as Virat Kohli spare. made 76 off 33 balls. (unbeaten on 76) chases A combination of Eden Australia made a flying start another ton. The skipper was Parks short boundaries and in reply, with openers David partnered by Ajinkiya Rahane, a flat pitch produced a bats- Warner and Darcy Short rac- who played the role of sheet man’s paradise that frustrated ing to 51 without loss after four anchor. bowlers from both sides and overs. Starting the innings, India lost set records tumbling. Warner’s half century came its first wicket promptly -- at 19 Australia’s total of 245 for off just 20 balls and the part- runs -- as Rohit Sharma (15) five exceeds the previous record nership reached 121 before fell cheap to pacer Lungi Ngidi. chase of 244 scored by India spinner Ish Sodhi bowled the But Kohli and Shikhar Dha- against the West Indies in 2016. Australian captain on 59. wan (18) upped the ante as The unlucky Guptill also His departure did not slow they steadied the ship through became international T20’s down Short, who anchored the a 61-run partnership. highest run-scorer after mak- innings with 76 from 44 to earn Thakur (4/52), playing in guile at the other end. The duo over as the batsman backed outing in the series and holed ing 105 off 54 balls. the man-of-the match award. place of rested Bhuvneshwar added 23 runs for the opening South Africa had lost two wickets in the away and looked to make out to third man off Thakur It took his international T20 He said the Australians Kumar, picked his best figures wicket before Amla was caught room. The breakthrough where Bumrah held a stun- career total to 2,188 runs, sur- were not overawed chasing in ODI cricket in this third behind, pulling down leg side space of six balls and were reduced almost squeezed the scoring ning catch. South Africa had passing compatriot Brendon such a large total. match. off a short ball from Thakur. to 136 for five in the 32nd over. Chris rate as the batsmen started eat- lost two wickets in the space of McCullum’s 2,140, with India’s “We have the firepower to Spinners Kuldeep Yadav The pacer struck for a Morris (4) further exasperated his ing up deliveries. six balls and were reduced to Virat Kohli the next highest on do it, we knew that,” he said. (1/51) and Yuzvendra Chahal second time within the first 57 balls passed without a 136 for five in the 32nd over. the all-time list with 1,956. “We knew we had to go out (2/38) finished with 33 wick- power-play as a clever change dressing room as he holed out off boundary and the scoring rate Chris Morris (4) further exas- Guptill’s 49-ball century hard and get ourselves a start ets together in this six-match of pace foxed Markram com- Yadav in the deep two overs later fell from 4.7/over to 4.27/over perated his dressing room as he was New Zealand’s fastest T20 and everyone had to get going series. pletely and he simply chipped after de Villiers’ dismissal. In holed out off Yadav in the deep ton and the team total of 243 when they came in.” Aiden Markram (24) and a catch to Shreyas Iyer at cover, this passage of play, Zondo and two overs later. equalled the highest posted by New Zealand’s bowlers pro- Hashim Amla (10) made who caught well for a change. be positive even against the during the Pink ODI. Heinrich Klaasen (22) added Zondo and Andile Pheh- the Black Caps. duced a nervy display that did another sedate start. Thakur It brought AB de Vil- spinners. De Villiers and Zondo only 30 runs off 58 balls. lukwayo (34) tried to bring The match also had its share not help their cause, conceding was impressive in his first spell, liers (30) and Khaya Zondo Zondo was even harsh on brought up their 50-partner- Klaasen tried taking more some stability to the innings. of bizarre moments, including 18 wides. even though Markram took (54 runs) to the crease, and Chahal and smacked him for ship off 52 balls as the Proteas risks but only managed to hit In doing so, Zondo scored his New Zealand batsman Mark But captain Kane William- him for two boundaries to start they rebuilt the innings with two sixes in an over. It was per- crossed 100 in the 19th over. straight to Virat Kohli at short maiden ODI half-century off Chapman’s dismissal, when son refused to be too critical off proceedings. a 62-run partnership for the haps the liveliest session of bat- This is when things turned cover off Bumrah. It became a 67 balls. He was out shortly a fizzing Billy Stanlake ball of his attack after a run-feast Jasprit Bumrah (2/24) kept third wicket. They rotated ting from South Africa in this downwards again. Chahal quick double blow as Ferhaan afterwards, caught in the deep knocked off his helmet and that featured 32 sixes over both a check on the scoring with his the strike well and looked to series, barring their late assault bowled de Villiers in the 21st Behardien (1) wasted his first in a bid to slog Chahal. sent it rolling into the stumps. innings. The umpires also ordered He said such a high-scor- Black Cap seamer Ben Wheeler ing game was bound to happen Billings hopes to learn from out of the attack after two high at Eden Park when conditions Raj, Mandhana fire India to win over SA no-balls, with the unfortunate were right and there was little bowler conceding 64 runs off his players could do to stem the Dhoni during CSK stint EAST LONDON (SOUTH off Raisibe Ntozakhe. It wasn’t 3.1 overs. flow of boundaries. AFP AFRICA) : Veteran Mithali exactly a flawless innings as Australia have already Raj and opener Smriti Mand- she was dropped twice during hana hit stylish half centuries her second half century in the as India cruised to a comfort- shortest format. able nine-wicket victory over Along with one day skip- South Africa in the second per Raj, Mandhana added 106 women’s T20 International runs for the opening stand in here on Friday. 14.2 overs. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mandhana, who scored a team is now 2-0 up in the five- century and a half-century in match series, having won the India’s ODI series win, was in opening encounter by seven her element, attacking the Pro- wickets. teas bowling from the word go Chasing a modest 143, and reaching her half-century India cantered to victory in off only 37 balls. 19.1 overs as Mandhana hit a Raj, on the other hand, CHENNAI: England's lim- one walks to the crease but it blistering 57 off 42 balls while completed her 12th T20 half ited overs specialist Sam Bill- would be exciting to be part of Raj anchored the innings to century off 48 deliveries. She ings wants to use his stint the franchise. perfection with her second suc- waited for the loose deliver- with Chennai Super Kings in “Ultimately there’s pres- cessive half-century, remain- ies to hit her customary cover the upcoming Indian Premier sure every time you walk to ing unbeaten on 76 off 61 balls. drives and also rotated the League as an opportunity to the crease representing anyone. Raj was declared ‘Player of strike well. learn the finer points of the It’s more exciting to be a part the Match’ once again. Only after Mandhana was game from none other than of this awesome franchise and “The wicket was on the adjudged leg before, she took Mahendra Singh Dhoni. play with and against the best slower side and it wouldn’t ceremony. fantastic effort from Mithali di charge with 23 needed off the "I'm extremely excited to players in the world," he said. have been easy for a new bat- Her skipper Harmanpreet as she performed the role of a last three overs. play in such a great side and “That’s why we play the ter to come in and start hit- was equally ecstatic with the senior player,” she said. She targeted medium pacer learn a lot from all the expe- game, to be a part of groups ting straightaway. The century senior pro’s performance. Mandhana struck four Ayabonga Khaka, bowling the rienced players that we have. like this and play on the world partnership (with Mandhana) “We had discussed that if a boundaries and three sixes 18th over, hitting her for two I am very much looking for- stage, so I just see it as a hugely was really important,” Raj said player gets settled, she would --- one off leg-spinner Dane boundaries to ease off any pres- ward to working with (MS) exciting and fantastic oppor- at the post-match presentation have to bat through. It was a van Niekerk and another two sure that was there. PTI Dhoni, someone whom I have tunity to showcase what I can admired as a player for a long do," the England cricketer said. time as we play in similar roles The 11th edition of the pre- Bhambri meets top seed Jordan in Chennai Final (’keeper-bat). So looking for- mier competition kicks off on ward to learning from him,” April 7 with CSK taking on Chennai: India's Yuki Bhambri, seeded two, on Indian number one, ranked 112 in the world and the the 26-year-old Kent captain defending champions Mum- said in an interview to CSK's bai Indians at the Wankhede Friday set up a final clash with No 1 seed Jordan speedy Korean. Bhambri played well within himself official website. Stadium. Thompson of Australia in the Chennai Open ATP from the baseline and made the occasional foray to Billings currently plays as a “Billings can make a big dif- Challenger tennis tournament the net to finish off points.A solitary break did the specialist batsman for his coun- ference to the team as a floater here. Bhambri got the better of Korea's Duckhee trick for Bhambri, a former Australian Open junior try (Jos Buttler dons the big as he is someone who can bat gloves) and has made a name equally well at any position,” Lee, the third seed, 7-5, 6-2 in one hour and 25 champion, in the first set.The second set was one- for himself as a superb fielder. said Kashi Viswanathan, CEO, minutes while Thompson beat unseeded Spaniard way traffic as the Indian stepped up his game and About the pressure of Chennai Super Kings. Pedro Martinez 6-1, 7-6. hit winners from both flanks. Two service breaks expectation on turning out for The CSK signed up former The first set saw an even contest between the showed Lee's struggles in the set. PTI high-profile CSK, Billings said South Africa Eric Simons as there is pressure every time consultant. PTI GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA EGS (Works) DIVISION, AHMEDNAGAR India’s Winter Olympics Adders:- Bandhakam Bhawan, Nagar -Aurangabad Road, Ahmednagar E-mail:- [email protected] Phone/Fax No. 0241-2422938 E-TENDER NOTICE NO. 16 for 2017-18 campaign over with Jagdish Online E-Tenders in B-1 Form for the following works invited by Executive Engineer E.G.S. (Works) Division, Ahmednagar From Registered Contractors in appropriate only Pyeongchang: Indian skier Jag- able to finish a few places above Class with Government of Maharashtra, Public Works Department. Tender Document dish Singh today finished a dis- his 116th position start. can be Downloaded from Government web site www.pwd.maharashtra.etenders.in mal 103rd in the men’s 15-km In cross-country skiing, Executive Engineer, E.G.S.( Works) Division, Ahmednagar who reserves the right to free cross-country race at his athletes have to glide across a reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason therefore. Conditional tender debut Winter Olympics here, 15 km-long path on a snow- will not be accepted. ending another disappointing covered field in the short- campaign for the country at est possible time. The track the quadrennial extravaganza. has uphill, level and downhill The 26-year-old Jagdish terrains. clocked 43.03 minutes to be The end of his campaign the 103rd skier to cross the fin- also ended India’s run at the ish line in a line-up of 119 at the Games. The country was being Alpensia Cross-Country Ski- represented by only two ath- ing Centre. eration of India (WGFI) and letes. On February 11, Shiva Jagdish’s time was 9:16.4 his employer, the Indian Army, Keshavan had finished 34th minutes slower than Switzer- delayed his departure until the in the men’s luge singles event land’s Dario Cologna, who took 11th hour over the nomination in his sixth and last Winter his third straight Olympic gold of a coach to accompany him. Olympics. by clocking 33:43.9. Norway’s The Indian, who trains at India have not produced The details of works are provided in the websites as below Simen Krueger (34:02.2) won the High Altitude Warfare any worthwhile performance in the silver, while Denis Spitsov School (HAWS) at Gulmarg, the Winter Olympics with Kes- 1. www.mahapwd.com 2. www.pwd.maharashtra.etenders.in (34:06.9), an Olympic Athlete was around 40 seconds slower havan’s six appearances being (Change if any in above Schedule can be seen on above websites) from Russia, took home the than the leader at the initial the nation’s only remarkable 3. On Notice Board in the office of Excutive Engineer E.G.S.(Works) Division bronze. 1.5km mark but the gap wid- achievement. Ahmednagar The disappointing finish ened as the race progressed. India took part in the Win- No.AB/TC/ 480 of 2018 Executive Engineer aside, it was quite a feat for At the halfway stage, Jag- ter Olympics for the first time Office of the Executive Engineer, E.G.S.(Works) Division Jagdish to even compete at the dish was 4:28 minutes slower in 1964 in Innsbruck, Austria, E.G.S.(Works) Divison Ahmednagar Games. He almost didn’t make than the leader and the gap where Jeremy Bujakowski rep- Ahmednagar Date 06/02/2018 DGIPR/2017/2018/6158 it after the Winter Games Fed- kept increasing though he was resented the country. PTI 16 Entertainment mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 17 February, 2018 ‘It is tough to match TIGER’S ENERGY’ Disha, who would be seen dancing along with Tiger Shroff in Baaghi 2, had to do a lot of hardwork to cope up with his energy levels MUMBAI: Actor Disha Patani, gearing up for tor Ahmed Khan in Baaghi 2, she said: the release of her upcoming film Baaghi 2, says “He is amazing and he is such a darling. ‘AIYAARY’ it is tough to cope up with the energy level of Whatever I have performed in the film, her co-star Tiger Shroff. Tiger is considered is because of him” as one of the best dancers from the Hindi film Disha is known for her amaz- BANNED industry. Asked about her experience of danc- ing dancing skills and she combines ing along with Tiger in Baaghi 2, Disha said: her dancing with her daily routine of in Pakistan “I am very excited for Baaghi 2. The trailer is exercise, She keeps posting her dance coming on February 21, so let’s see. I can’t wait videos on Instagram and these are well- MUMBAI: Neeraj Pandey’s Aiyaary, to see the trailer of our film.” received by netizens. a film with a patriotic undertone, has “I had to do lot of hard work because he “I do it as a hobby. I like dancing been barred from release in Pakistan. is very hardworking and to cope up with his and I want to learn different forms “The film is banned. Its content energy levels, is very hard. It was difficult, but of dancing.” was disapproved,” Satish Anand, who we share a rapport together, and I managed it.” Asked about a negative thing she was to distribute the movie in Paki- Disha was present at the Nykaa.com feels she has in her personality, Disha stan, told via social media. Femina Beauty Awards recently in Mumbai. said: “I am socially super awkward The spokesperson for the On her experience working with direc- but I can fake it well.” IANS film in India too confirmed the development. This is not the first time Pan- dey’s movie is not releasing in Paki- stan. His movies Baby and Naam Shabana – both of which dealt with ‘Trolls affect our family, intelligence agencies on a chase for terrorists – too did not make it to the screens there. Aiyaary is set against an army friends,’ says Zareen Khan backdrop. It features Sidharth Malhotra and MUMBAI: Actor Zareen Khan says she is glad Manoj Bajpayee playing the roles that her mother is not on social media as she will of army officers in a storyline that get disturbed with the way she (Zareen) gets trolled. brings to the forefront corruption “Trolls don’t realise that whatever they write not within the system. only affects us but also affects our family and friends. I In India, the movie got a green am very thankful for the fact that my mother is not on social signal for release after the Central media because such bad and abusive comments would defi- Board of Film Certification reviewed nitely disturb her,” Zareen said in a statement. the film, followed by a screening for Zareen has been a victim of trolls on social media plat- the Ministry of Defence, which pre- forms. She approached MTV to be a part of their new show ‘MTV scribed certain modifications. IANS Troll Police’ after watching an episode with actor Taapsee Pannu. “I have seen Taapsee’s ‘MTV Troll Police’ episode. I feel this is a great initiative and a great thing that MTV has come up with to help people who are targeted without any reason. There is a certain section of people in our society who hide behind the anonymity of Internet and troll people like me,” said Zareen, who made her Bollywood debut with Veer. “Such kind of people are a threat to either themselves or the entire society because they do not realise how their actions affect others. That’s the rea- son I have come on ‘MTV Troll Police’. I want to know if my biggest trolls have the courage to face me and say the same things on my face,” she added. On her biggest troll, she said: “I am surprised to see my biggest troll. He is just 23 years old. The world is his oyster now... He should concentrate on his life but instead what he is doing is criminal level trolling. I feel sorry for him.” She has a subtle warning for all trolls. “In the world of social media no one can hide. The power of social media is so strong that you will be tracked.” IANS If I’m Meryl Streep, Pad Man Akshay installs pay me well: Davis sanitary pad vending machine MUMBAI: National Award-winning actor especially in rural India, took to Twitter LOS ANGELES: Actor Viola Davis I am nowhere near them. Not as far Akshay Kumar has installed a sanitary pad recently to share a photograph of him along says she is compared to icons like as money, not as far as job opportu- vending machine in Mumbai Central ST with Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore nities, nowhere close to it.” Bus Depot and hopes to put several across inaugurating the vending machine. and Sigourney Weaver but she is Davis, who is black, said her India. “Placed a sanitary pad vending machine nowhere close to them when it compensation has not been compa- Akshay, whose latest release Pad Man at Mumbai Central ST Bus Depot today, comes to remunerations and job rable to her white contemporaries. delves with menstrual issue and hygiene, hoping to place more across the state and opportunities. “People say, ‘You’re a black Meryl eventually hopefully the whole country. At a session here, the award-win- Streep … We love you. There is no Thank you Aaditya Thackeray for your sup- ning actor opened up about feeling one like you’. Okay, then if there’s no port,” he captioned the image. underpaid and overlooked through- one like me, you think I’m that, you Thackeray thanked Akshay and said out her 30-year career, reports peo- pay me what I’m worth.” that the film should cross the Rs 100 crore- ple.com. Davis also said she was disap- mark soon. “I have a career that’s probably pointed with the roles available to “Should cross the Rs 100 Crore mark comparable to Meryl Streep, Juli- her. soon! Thank you Akshay Kumarji for always anne Moore, Sigourney Weaver,” “As an artiste, I want to build the being an inspiration to do good!” Thackeray Davis said. most complicated human being but tweeted. “They all came out of Yale, they what I get is the third girl from the Pad Man produced by Akshay’s came out of Juilliard, they left,” added the star of How to Get wife Twinkle Khanna, is based on the came out of New York Away With Murder – which is life of social entrepreneur and activist University. They had the aired in India on Star World and Arunachalam Muruganantham, who same path as me, and yet Star World HD. IANS invented a low-cost sanitary napkin mak- ing machine. The film, which released on February 9, also stars Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte. IANS Craig’s own ‘007’ Aston Amy Schumer marries Martin to be auctioned boyfriend Chris Fischer

work’, which helps young people with career LOS ANGELES: Actor Amy Schumer has tied the knot with development,” the auction house said in a her boyfriend Chris Fischer in a surprise wedding. statement, reported Efe. TheTrainwreck star shared the photos from her wedding to The automobile, worth an esti- Fischer, who is a chef, on her official Instagram page. mated $400,000 to $600,000, is being The actor also clarified that she is not pregnant and sold under Christie’s ‘The Excep- asked fans to donate to the non-profit Everytown for tional Sale’, described by the auction Gun Safety instead of sending her gifts. house as “a highly selective, tightly curated “2 things. No I’m not pregnant. And no gifts auction of decorative arts masterpieces and but thank you for asking. Instead please con- significant cultural icons”. sider donation to Everytown for Gun Safety,” “This Aston Martin Vanquish is a tour Schumer posted. de force of automobile engineering and a Her plea comes two days after the distinct pleasure to drive,” Craig said. deadly Florida school shooting. “While I will miss it, I am keen to further “Thought of Mayce and Jillian a the very important work of The Opportunity lot yesterday and sending love to Network with its sale,” he added. everyone who has been affected Craig, 49, worked with Aston Mar- by gun violence.” The actor was tin’s design chief to customise his personal earlier in a relationship with vehicle. Ben Hanisch. They broke The actor had made his debut as Agent up in May last year 007 in Casino Royale (2006) and also played after dating for two LONDON: Actor Daniel Craig, who has the character created by Ian Fleming in years. PTI played secret agent James Bond in four films, Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012) will sell his personal Aston Martin numbered and Spectre (2015). 007, at a Christie’s auction in April. Last August, Craig ended months of spec- “The bespoke, midnight-blue 2014 Cen- ulation over who would star in the next film tenary Edition Vanquish – numbered 007 - in the James Bond series, confirming he will be offered on 20 April in New York. Sale would return as Agent 007 in the next, yet- proceeds will benefit ‘The Opportunity Net- untitled instalment. IANS