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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & VOL. 3, ISSUE 222 | Tuesday, 15 August 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS KOVIND FOR PEOPLE-GOVT INDIA BEAT SL BY PARTNERSHIP FOR INDIA’S AN INNINGS AND GROWTH WITH COMPASSION 171 RUNS; CLINCH AND HUMANISM PG5 SERIES 3-0 PG14 GST Council flooded with 7 NORTH BENGAL DISTRICTS CUT OFF FROM REST OF COUNTRY All Bengal schools requests to tweak rates MPOST BUREAU Mamata concerned over celebrating I-Day as NEW DELHI: From helmets to granite slabs, hybrid cars to namkeen, the GST Council is per their choice: CM flooded with requests for tweaking tax rates on a variety of commodities. OUR CORRESPONDENT instructed its schools to desist The Council, the highest policy making body N Bengal flood situation from following the Centre’s on Goods and Services Tax (GST), has received KOLKATA: In the backdrop circular. requests for changes in tax rates on as many as OUR CORRESPONDENT Murshidabad were flowing well of reports that the state gov- The CM will be attending 133 different products from an array of stake- above the danger mark as district ernment has ordered schools the Independence Day parade holders, official sources said. KOLKATA: Chief Minister officials said that nearly three lakh to ignore a central government at Red Road on Tuesday. The India moved to a GST regime on July 1 after Mamata Banerjee on Monday people were marooned in these two circular and follow their usual programme is going to com- the Council fixed over 1,200 products in four tax expressed concern about the flood districts. mode of celebrating Indepen- mence at around 9.58 am. slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent. situation across the country and Life in Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar dence Day, Chief Banerjee will be handing However, some are not happy with the brack- tweeted that her government was and the plains in Darjeeling dis- Minister Mamata Banerjee out Chief Minister’s Police ets and have sought changes, sources said. monitoring the situation round the trict continued to be affected with on Monday reacted strongly Medal for Outstanding service These include slashing GST on IT products clock for relief and rescue opera- rivers Kaljani and Teesta overflow- describing it as a misrepresen- and Chief Minister’s Police to 12 per cent from 18 per cent as it provides tions. Seven districts in North Ben- ing. The situation got worse after tation of facts. Medal for Commendable ser- huge employment to skilled persons. On IT gal were cut off from the rest of the water was released from the Til- “Some BJP-cornered media vice to police officers at the hardware, a tax cut from 28 per cent to 18 per state as roads and railway tracks para barrage. misrepresenting facts. Don’t programme. cent has been sought. got inundated following heavy rain. Eastern Railway officials are mislead. In Bengal each one She will also be given a GST on helmets has been demanded from “We are concerned about the still in the dark when services has the full freedom to cele- Guard of Honour by person- 18 per cent to 5 per cent, on textiles to nil from flood situation across the country. File Photo would resume. “The tracks will be brate 70 years of our freedom,” nel of the Kolkata Police, the 5 per cent, on tractors to 5 per cent from 12 per Earlier floods had affected south , Sealdah-New The North Bengal Surface inspected once the water recedes. she tweeted. West Bengal Police and the cent and on granite slabs to 18 per cent from 28 Bengal. Now, north Bengal is also Cooch Behar Uttarbanga Express, Transport Corporation (NBSTC) After that we will be able to say “All schools in #Bengal ARE state Fire and Emergency Ser- per cent currently. affected. We are monitoring the Sealdah-Alipurduar Kanchankanya cancelled all its buses bound for whether trains can be run safely,” celebrating #Independence vices Department. situation 24X7 for relief and rescue Express, Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, North Dina- said an Eastern Railway official. Day as per their choice. In Tableaus of different operations,” Banerjee tweeted. , Sealdah-New Ali- jpur, South Dinajpur, Malda and The NF Railway further declared their own special way,” Baner- departments will also be part All the trains originating from purduar and Kol- Murshidabad districts “ It is impos- that -New Jalpaiguri jee wrote on her Twitter handle. of the Independence parade at In today’s Howrah, Sealdah and Kolkata sta- kata-Radhikapur Express. sible to ply buses beyond Birbhum , Kolkata-Haldi- Ahead of Independence Red Road. tions were cancelled as the Kishan- “Tracks are under water at district as this may endanger the bari Intercity Express, Howrah-Bal- Day, the Centre had written The tableaus will showcase paper ganj railway station remained in several places in Katihar and Ali- lives of passengers. Parts of National urghat Express, Kolkata – Balurghat to the states to organise events successful schemes of each more than waist deep water even on purduar divisions of the North- Highway 34 that connects Kolkata Express and Sealdah- in schools towards creating a department and some benefi- ... Monday. Similarly, trains from New east Frontier Railway in Bihar and with Dalkhola remained inundated. Kanchanjunga Express will also “patriotic mood” and a “mass ciaries of the projects will also Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar bound Bengal. Tracks were damaged at Bus services between Falakata and remain suspended on Tuesday. Kol- fervour” to help realise Prime be taking part in the parade. CITY for the city were also suspended. as many as 12 locations. Seven of Alipurduar were suspended after a kata-Jogbani Express leaving Kol- Minister Narendra Modi’s Meanwhile, on the eve of FAKE DOCTOR HELD IN NEW TOWN 4 The trains cancelled included How- these were repaired and services culvert on the road that connects kata station on Monday at 8.55 pm “New India” vision. 71st Independence Day, Gove- rah-Guwahati , restored,” said Pranav Jyoti Sharma, these towns collapsed,” an NBSTC will be short terminated at Simraha Union HRD Minis- nor Keshari Nath Tripathi NATION Sealdah-New Alipurduar Teesta chief public relations officer, North official said. and remain cancelled between Sim- ter Prakash Javadekar had expressed his warm greetings Torsa Express, Howrah- Frontier Railway. Rivers in Cooch Behar and raha and Jogbani. alleged that West Bengal had to the people of West Bengal. PIL ON STRIKES: SC SEEKS REPLY 5 EDIT Death toll mounts in Gorakhpur AAGC CAN CHECKMATE OBOR 8 Aamby Valley auction process starts at `37k cr reserve price

INTERNATIONAL hospital, NHRC seeks report MUMBAI: A Supreme Court ordered chartered city”, the liquidator said the for the integrated hill city township spread 18 KILLED IN BURKINA FASO 10 auction process began on Monday for property includes timber chalets, modern over 6,761.6 acres near Lonavala in Pune MPOST BUREAU detailed report in four weeks embattled Sahara group’s luxurious Aamby villas, golf course, hospital, school and air- district, as also two land parcels measur- BUSINESS on the steps taken for relief Valley resort town with the official liqui- port, among other amenities. ing over 1,700 acres. NEW DELHI: Six new cases and rehabilitation of the dator inviting bids at a reserve price of Rs The official liquidator of the Bombay Sahara group has earlier pegged the RISE IN RETAIL, WHOLESALE INFLATION 13 of encephalitis deaths were affected families as well as 37,392 crore. High Court published an auction notice market valuation of this project at over Rs SPORT reported from the paediatric the action taken against the Describing it as an “ultra-exclusive on Monday inviting prospective bidders 1 lakh crore. MPOST ward of BRD Medical College guilty officers, the NHRC said RONALDO BANNED FOR FIVE GAMES 14 Hospital here since Saturday, on Monday. amid fresh blame game after 60 children Resident doctors of the AIIMS on died in the state-run hospital over the Monday condemned the sacking of Dr past one week. Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur- based BRD millenniumpost The NHRC has sent a notice to the Medical College Hospital, alleging that Best wishes on 71st Uttar Pradesh government over deaths he had been made a “scapegoat” in the We wish our readers a Happy of several children at a state-run hospi- tragic incident in which 30 children had tal in Gorakhpur, while observing that died within a span of 48 hours. Independence Day it amounted to “gross callousness” on Khan, who was the nodal officer Independence Day part of the health administration of the at the state-run hospital’s paediatric state government. department, had been hailed as a hero THERE WILL BE NO EDITION The National Human Rights Com- after he reportedly bought oxygen cyl- ON AUGUST 16, 2017 mission (NHRC) has sent the notice to inders with his own money during the UP Chief Secretary, and sought a the crisis. ‘Lookout Notice’ against Karti to stay, says SC MPOST BUREAU

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court order that had put on hold the look out circular issued by the Centre against Karti Chidambaram, son of former minister P Chi- dambaram, and others in connection with an alleged cor- ruption case. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and D Y Chandrachud also issued notice to Karti Chidambaram and others on an appeal filed by the Centre challenging the high court’s order staying the look out circular. The bench, during the hear- ing, repeatedly observed that Karti had not joined the inves- tigation in the case and, more- over, he has not sought grant of anticipatory bail in the matter. London’s iconic Big Ben to fall silent until 2021

LONDON: The chimes of one of the world’s most famous clock towers of the 19th cen- tury, the Big Ben in London, will fall silent for essential repairs for four years from next week. The regular bongs of the Elizabeth Tower, as it is offi- cially known, will sound for the final time at midday next Mon- day before being disconnected Mamata Bandyopadhyay to allow the clock and sur- rounding tower to be restored. The Great Bell has sounded Chief Minister, West Bengal on the hour for 157 years. It last 2017 ICA/1680(19) fell silent in 2007 and before that, for major refurbishments between 1983 and 1985. AGENCIES Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town GANDHI’S VISION An exhibition of photographs and PEOPLE EXERCISE ON documents depicting India’s freedom AFFLUENT struggle under Mahatma Gandhi’s leadership and his vision of freeIn- dia. Beginning with Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa in 1915 and the first satyagraha in Champaran in 1917, the exhibi- tion will show the Ahmedabad Mill WEEKENDS workers’ strike, the Non-cooperation movement, Bardoli satyagraha, Dandi March, Quit India movement Individuals with high income have more resources and places to and Gandhi’s last days in Bihar and Noakhali. It will also depict exercise, unlike people with lower income with time constraints the Mahatma’s dream of free India – removal of poverty, communal eople who have high lack of exercise facilities, parks and open light intensity activity, spent 11.8 more min- harmony, removal of untouchability, incomes are more space, as well as an inflexible work environ- utes daily sedentary, were 1.6 times more equality for women etc. likely to be “weekend ment, and have been shown to be less likely likely to meet guidelines for a brief 2-day WHEN: August 11 – 21 warriors,” exercising to meet physical activity guidelines. period (‘weekend warrior’), and were 1.9 WHERE: India International Centre intenselyP just few days a week and Meanwhile, higher income individuals times more likely to meet guidelines during TIMING: 10 am – 7 pm spending most of their time in sed- who often also have limited time, have more a 7-day period. entary pursuits. resources and places to exercise, which could “Our findings pertaining to income and KUCHIPUDI DANCE RECITAL Previous research has shown facilitate their ability to meet activity guide- the ‘weekend warrior’ effect underscore the Natya Tarangini and Padma that higher income individuals are lines. However, they also are more likely to importance of tailoring the physical activity Bhushans Drs. Raja Radha Reddy & more likely to be physically active at hold sedentary jobs, like office work. message to reflect the constraints of both low Kaushalya Reddy present the Ran- a higher intensity. For the study, researchers used acceler- and high income individuals,” said Kerem gapravesham of one of their highly However, the research has histori- ometer data to analyse physical activity and Shuval from American Cancer Society. accomplished students – Jayashree cally relied on self- reporting, which may sedentary behavior in relation to income lev- “To meet guidelines one can engage in Khemka, in the capital city. Jayas- exaggerate actual activity levels. els among 5,206 US adults. 150 minutes of weekly moderate intensity Income has been shown to be a The study found that compared to those activity over a 2 or 3-day period rather than hree Khemka has been learning prominent barrier to engaging in physi- making less than USD 20,000 per year, those seven days, for example,” said Shuval. Kuchipudi for ten years. She has cal activity. with an annual income of USD 75,000 or “This can be achieved over a long week- performed at the Parampara Series Researchers from the University of more engaged in 4.6 more daily end, a message we may want to convey to regularly and many others festivals Texas and Georgia State University in minutes of moderate to vigor- those pressed for time. It is important to of Natya Tarigini. the US used activity monitors to col- ous intensity physical activity as remember, however, that we should increase WHEN: August 17 lect data for the study published in the measured by activity monitors. the duration and intensity of activity gradu- WHERE: Kamani Auditorium journal Preventive Medicine. High income individuals ally to avoid injury,” he said. TIMING: 7 pm onwards Individuals with low incomes face also engaged in 9.3 fewer min- “Also, if inactive consult with a physi- time constraints as well as other bar- utes of cian before embarking on an exercise pro- PARASURAMA riers, including gramme,” he added. PTI A powerful legend that has fired the imagination of thousands of people since time immemorial, the story of Parasurama is the tale of the events that lead a Brahmin boy to become a legend. It is the story of a boy who was forced to take difficult decisions in order to fulfill his duties to his par- ents and to the idea of fair and just society. Directed by Shashidharan Nair, this mythological Dance-Theatre Production will depict the making of a legend. WHEN: August 17 WHERE: Shriram Centre TIMING: 7 pm – 8 pm Smiley emojis in formal Two countries, one Independence Day celebration e-mails can undermine YOUR ABILITY

IF YOU HAVE the habit of effect on the perception of including a smiley face emoji warmth. In fact, it had a nega- the in your e-mails to your boss tive effect and the sender was Ben- to create a positive impres- perceived as less competent. Gurion University of the sion, think twice. According The smiley also did not Negev (BGU) in Beersheba, to a study, the practice may influence the evaluation of Israel. undermine your prowess as the sender’s friendliness. “In formal business well as the information you “Our findings provide evi- e-mails, a smiley is not a are sharing. dence that contrary to actual smile,” Glikson added. OUR CORRESPONDENT The results demonstrated smiles, smileys do not increase For the study, published in knowledge. I hope this event helps in that in contrast to face-to-face perceptions of warmth and the journal Social Psychologi- strengthening India – Korea relations” smiles, which increase both actually decrease perceptions cal and Personality Science, AS INDIA AND SOUTH KOREA Ashok Sahota, President of Nehru competence and warmth, the of competence,” said Ella Glik- researchers conducted a series celebrate their Independence Day on Bal Sangh, said that “Indian freedom smileys in an e-mail had no son, post-doctorate student at of experiments with a total of the same date, both the countries came history is full of sacrifices. We should 549 participants from 29 dif- together for the celebrations at Siri Fort celebrate this day with zeal, enthusi- ferent countries. Auditorium. Nehru Bal Sangh (NBS) asm and pride. Since it is a big day for In an experiment, the par- conducted the 5th edition of their enter- all of us, we decided to have a joint ticipants were asked to read taining extravaganza, Jashn-E-Azadi celebration with South Korea this year” a work-related e-mail from event where the artists from South On the occasion, Kim Kum Pyoung an unknown person and then Korea and India displayed their rich sent his message: “Jashn-e-Azadi is an evaluate both competence and and diverse cultures. effort to spread the values of love, patri- warmth of that person. Some The programme showcased dance otism, and national unity.” included smileys while oth- performances, audio-visual elements The initiative was to rejuvenate ers did not. and musical renditions which narrated the feelings of liberty and Indepen- E-mails that did not the story of Independence Day in an ing Ambassador of the Republic of witnessed the performances. dence among the youngsters. Also it include a smiley were found utterly creative way. Korea, Kim Kum Pyoung, and Direc- Lee Haekwang, Acting Ambassador was intended to encourage people to to be more detailed and Students from various schools and tor at Korean Cultural Centre India, of the Republic of Korea, said, “India is celebrate the Independence Day with included more content-related eminent personalities from different Shiela Dixit, Former CM of Delhi and very big country, with so many ethnic much more enthusiasm, zeal, energy information. IANS fields including Vinay Pathak – Indian Patron of Jashn-E-Azadi, Ashok Sahota, groups and languages. This event gave and pride, and not consider the festival film actor, Lee Haekwang, and Act- National President, Nehru Bal Sangh me a chance to renew my historical as a mere holiday or vacation. Bandhan Creation launches “Shraddha,” a collection for elders Each and every product from Bandhan Creation is an endeavour towards supporting rural artisans across the country and ‘Shraddha’ is one such endeavour

NANDINI GUHA ent of rural artisans and find the right price for table-top items made of wood and cane are a their products. This unique fashion and lifestyle connoisseurs’ delight. Patachitra, dokra, kan- andhan Creation, a one-stop desti- chain offers an attractive collection of apparel, tha, applique, block prints, terracotta, ceramic nation store that upholds the coun- home furnishing and decor, candles, decorative and other items find a new expression at this try’s culture and heritage, recently artefacts and accessories made by traditional outlet. The collection of garments covers men’s launched the mint fresh Shraddha handloom artisans from rural India. and women’s range such as kurta, kurti, tops, BCollection for senior citizens at their outlet in “Introducing a special line for the elderly sec- dupatta, stole, skirt, palazzo, jacket, shirt made South Kolkata. tion of the society has always been my dream from various fabrics including ajrak, bagru and Shraddha will be a dedicated corner in each and this is my way of paying homage to our dabu. The jewellery collection is made from fab- Bandhan Creation outlet which will showcase seniors. The sale of every product from this store ric, stone, dokra and silver. apparel, accessories and giftables especially supports the livelihood of the artisans in West Each and every product that one buys from crafted for the senior citizens of the country. Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Chat- Bandhan Creation backs its vision and endeav- The latest endeavour of Bandhan Creation’s tisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan and a few other our towards supporting the livelihood of arti- ‘Shraddha’ is a tribute to the elders amongst us states. The plan is to turn Bandhan Creation into sans across the country and thus helps revive who give so much to the next generation and a national chain, marking its presence in most and promote national heritage. The programme society at large. It is not a way of giving back but Indian states,” said Nilima Ghosh, Managing was graced by legendary artistes and writers of it is an inspiration to express our heartfelt grati- Director, Bandhan Creation. West Bengal. tude and love for their presence and guidance. Bandhan Creation is a perfect meeting Four Bandhan Creation outlets are located Bandhan Creation is a market-driven initia- ground for indigenous creativity and modern at the city: at Gariahat, Salt Lake City, Eco Park, tive to put the spotlight on the undiscovered tal- lifestyle. The collection of home furnishing, New Town and Jessore Road, Kolkata. 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 information 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.

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KMC LIT UP asks owners to do check-up TARUN GOSWAMI In case the KOLKATA: The Kolk- ata Municipal Corporation owners do not (KMC) has urged the own- repair the old ers and residents of buildings buildings and which are more than 40 years old to get the health of the continue to houses examined by structural stay in them, engineers who are enlisted with the civic authorities. the KMC will Under Section 143 of the auction them and Kolkata Municipal Corpora- engage builders tion Act, the owners and resi- dents of buildings can engage to demolish them structural engineers who are and construct enlisted with KMC to exam- ine the conditions of the struc- new houses to tures and give suggestions rehabilitate the for their repair. In case the Governor’s House illuminated in Tricolour on the eve of Independence Day in Kolkata on Monday PTI houses are beyond repair, the owners and the owners can pull them down tenants to make room for new ones with proper rehabilitation of the tenants under Section to pull down old buildings Gorkha Janmukti Morcha lifts 412 A of the KMC Act and where the owners will refuse Building Rule 142. In such to repair. cases, the owner will get addi- Civic officials said that ‘fast-unto-death’ after 26 days tional FAR. there are hundreds of old In case the owners do not buildings in the city where OUR CORRESPONDENT repair the old buildings and REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE the owners are untraceable. continue to stay in them, the These buildings are occupied DARJEELING: Answering to KMC will auction them and a list of dangerous and dilapi- lives of owners and tenants city. Most of the old danger- by tenants who are basically Union Home minister Rajnath engage builders to demol- dated buildings. The Borough who continue to stay in old ous and dilapidated buildings encroachers. Under the pres- Singh’s appeal for peace and ish them and construct new executive engineers will iden- buildings which have been are situated in Boroughs 1, 2, ent Act, these buildings can normalcy, the Gorkha Jan- houses to rehabilitate the own- tify the buildings. Once they declared as condemned by 3,6, 7,8,9 and 10. be pulled down to set up new mukti Morcha lifted the fast- ers and the tenants. are identified, KMC will take KMC. So far, eight people have It may be recalled that houses. unto-death that hit the 26-day Meanwhile, the KMC has opinion of the engineers of the died in 2017 after portions of Mayor Sovan Chatterjee took Civic officials hoped that mark on Monday. set up a six-member commit- Jadavpur University. old buildings collapsed. They the initiative to amend the owners of old buildings will Rajnath Singh in a meet- tee headed by the joint munic- Senior civic officials said maintained that there are over KMC Act so that the civic respond to KMC’s request and ing with Gorkhaland Move- ipal commissioner to prepare the step will help to save the 2,000 such buildings in the authorities are empowered take appropriate measures. ment Coordination Committee (GMCC) leaders in Delhi, on Sunday, appealed for the lift- Gorkhaland. I direct the Yuwa oxygen and intravenous fluids Darjeeling toy ing of the fast-unto-death pro- Morcha to call off the hunger have been administered. On Kanyashree Divas, CM relives ‘historic moment’ gramme and the indefinite strike on the eve of Indepen- Though the fast-unto-death bandh. dence Day.” was lifted on Monday, the GJM train loses OUR CORRESPONDENT Since the project was launched on October 1, 2013 and so far The GMCC, a conglomer- The fast-unto-death was has decided to continue with Rs 2.5 crore due financial assistance to 52.09 lakh girl stu- ation of pro-Gorkhaland par- lifted at around 5 pm in Dar- the ongoing bandh. “Owing it KOLKATA: It was June 24 when Chief introduced, every year dents up to Class XII has been provided. ties held a meeting in Delhi on jeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong to the Independence Day and Minister Mamata Banerjee’s brainchild It may be recalled that this year a pro- Monday. They requested Bimal and Mirik with the three Hill in respect for the nation, there to agitation Kanyashree Prakalpa took Bengal to the Kanyashree Divas is gramme was organised at Netaji Indoor Gurung, president, GJM to lift MLAs offering water. The pro- will be no GJM picketers on world stage bagging the first prize in United celebrated on August 14 Stadium on July 28 from where the Chief the ongoing fast respecting the testors were then rushed to Tuesday from 6 am to 6 pm on KOLKATA: The Darjeeling Nations Public Service Award for Asia Minister had announced that girl students Union Home minister’s appeal. hospitals. Three Gorkha Jan- Tuesday. However, the indefi- Himalayan Railway (DHR) Pacific in The Netherlands. On Kanyas- when Bengal will be at the top of the world studying in universities who have secured 45 Gurung said: “Given that mukti Yuva Morcha supporters nite bandh will continue,” said has incurred an estimated loss hree Divas, Chief Minister Mamata Baner- and within six years after coming to power percent marks in graduation will get finan- tomorrow (Tuesday) is also the had been sitting in the fast- Binay Tamang, assistant secre- of Rs 2.5 crore due to the ongo- jee on Monday tweeted the photograph of it has become true with the success of Kan- cial assistance varying anything between 70th Independence day, I am unto-death since July 20. tary GJM. ing Gorkhaland agitation in the proud moment when she received the yashree Prakalpa. Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500 per month under the also of the view that the Home In the past, district admin- The indefinite bandh had West Bengal, an official said award. “Kanyashree is now Bishwa Shree... Since the project was introduced, every scheme. The schemes have brought a sea minister’s appeal should be istration officials had inter- been clamped on June 15 and on Monday. Greetings to all on Kanyashree Dibas,” the year Kanyashree Divas is celebrated on change in the lives of girls in the state as a respected and the hunger strike vened requesting them to be hit the 61 day mark on Mon- “If the situation would Chief Minister wrote. It may be recalled August 14 in which beneficiaries of the considerable fall in dropout rates in schools by the Yuwa Morcha should moved to hospitals. However, day. There has not been a single have been normal, that is the that soon after the change of guard in the project, who become successful in differ- and at the same time child marriages have be withdrawn as a first step the protesters were not willing day of relaxation in the bandh amount we would have earned state, Banerjee had said that a day will come ent fields, are awarded. The project was also been checked. towards achieving our goal of to move. For the past few days, this time. in this time by running our trains. Services have been sus- pended since June 12,” North- KMC to include east Frontier Railway (NFR) Future perfect for Bengal’s local art Chief Public Relations Officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma said. schools in solid waste All advance forms under Chief Minister’s guidance bookings from management campaigns July 12 for DHR OUR CORRESPONDENT to display and sell their products. Many toy trains were OUR CORRESPONDENT at the source is necessary,” a of the artisans had left the profession senior official of KMC’s SWM KOLKATA: Heritage and cultural tour- because of financial crisis but because cancelled and KOLKATA: The Kolkata department said. ism is coming up in Bengal in a very big of the initiative of the state government, money refunded Municipal Corporation (KMC) The official pointed out that way. The initiative was taken by Chief they are back to the traditional profes- will involve schools in its cam- the lack of space for dumping Minister Mamata Banerjee when she sion. The Dokra items particularly room Till June 12 this year, the paigns on solid waste man- waste is a serious issue. The came to power in 2011. The artisans decorations have become quite popular DHR registered earnings of Rs agement (SWM) to make the dumping ground at Dhapa is and traditional artists are given finan- throughout the country and Dokra Mela 3.05 crore. citizens aware of the importance getting exhausted. We have pro- cial assistance every month and some will be held in East Burdwan between The heritage train operates of segregation of solid wastes. cured 20 acre of land from New of them have been brought under health October 13 and 15. under NFR. The UNESCO In Bengal, the municipal Town Kolkata Development insurance schemes. The old artists are Madur, the traditional bamboo and granted world heritage status to waste generation stands at Authority (NKDA) at Chapna given pension and the measures taken thread-made carpets of Sabang in West the DHR on December 2, 1999. 14,000 metric tonne per day Mouza in Rajarhat. Fourteen by Mamata Banerjee have infused new Midnapore are exhibited at Madurkathi Following the agitation, while KMC alone handles 4,500 acre of land will be used for enthusiasm among them. Utsav which will is held between Decem- the Sonada and Gayabari sta- metric tonne per day. dumping waste while 6 acre Village festivals are being held ber 8 and 10. The bright colours of the tions of DHR were damaged Solid waste management will be utilised for a waste-to- throughout Bengal where artists partici- mats attract people visiting the fair besides the DHR headquarter is emerging as a serious issue energy project,” the official said. pate to sell their products. They are being of making patchitras. Between Septem- November 10 and 12. Painters from Italy and the artisans make a brisk business. Elysia building at Kurseong. and the Union Ministry of For- However, the civic body’s sent to other states as well. The patchitris ber and April, regular fairs are organised and Germany came to the village to have Sitalpati mela at Ghughumari in Cooch The Gayabari station was gut- est & Environment has already waste-to-energy project is stuck of West Midnapore had recently visited in the villages which are famous for dif- a firsthand experience of how patchitras Behar will be held between January 19 ted in a fire. envisaged the new SWM Rules even after floating three tenders. Hyderabad to take part in a workshop. ferent art forms. The state government are made. There are about 300 patchitris and 21, 2018. Wooden doll fair will be “We used to run nine 2016 that has categorised solid “We are making some changes It is interesting to note that many stu- has published a calendar showing the in the village. Mukhosh Mela at Kush- held at Natungram in East Burdwan trains daily from Darjeeling waste into six broad categories in the terms and conditions dents who are studying in different art dates of these fairs. Naya Pingla has hit mandi in South Dinajpur will be held between January 5 and 7, 2018 where to Ghoom. There used to be a — industrial hazardous waste, before going for the fourth ten- colleges throughout the country have the international tourist map because between October 27 and 29 this year thousands of traditional wooden dolls train from to Darjeel- healthcare or biomedical waste, der,” an official said. shown keen interest in learning the art of Pot Maya that will be held between where artisans making masks will come will be on display. ing and one from Darjeeling solid waste that involves wastes Sources in the SWM depart- to Siliguri. All the trains have from houses, schools and offices, ment pointed out lack of stopped. We have to sit back plastic waste, electronic waste funds and infrastructure for till the situation normalises,” and construction or demoli- putting in place bins of different India Post’s West Bengal circle receives Sharma said. All advance book- tion waste. colours in the wards for segre- ings from July 12 for DHR “We are working hard to put gating waste. toy trains were cancelled and effect to the new SWM Rules “We have seen that a per- money refunded. The annual 2016. We are trying to treat solid son who dumps wastes in sepa- overwhelming response to Dhai Akhar expenditure of the DHR is esti- waste under three categories — rate bins at the airport does not mated at Rs 15 crore. bio-degradable waste, recycle follow it at home or in other SOUMITRA NANDI High School, Loreto Dharma- The hill passenger railway waste and inert waste. However, places. The waste from kitchen tala, Patha Bhavan, Appejay started operations in 1881. we alone cannot segregate waste and plastic gets dumped in the KOLKATA: The West Bengal School etc. “If we go across the Local parties have been unless citizens participate. We same dustbin. Awareness needs circle of India Post has received letters of Swami Vivekananda, protesting in the West Bengal have decided to take the aware- to be taken up first,” a top offi- excellent response as part of Rabindranath Tagore, Sister hills demanding a separate state ness drive in a big way by involv- cial of the state Pollution Con- its Dhai Akhar (letter writing) Nivedita, Sri Aurobindo and of Gorkhaland. AGENCIES ing schoolchildren. Segregation trol Board said. campaign that was rolled out many others, we will be aware by the postal department in the of its literary and historic value country from mid-July with the as well,” a senior postal depart- intention to revive the art of let- ment official said. Tension at Peerless Hospital after death ter writing, particularly among The categories will be in Generation Y. The campaign by two levels, one up to 18 years of India Post is coming to an end age and another above 18 years, of patient released two days back on Independence Day. in both inland and envelope “We are yet to finish the forms. The three best entries OUR CORRESPONDENT for more than two weeks. the Panchsayar police sta- count of the letters from other in both forms will be awarded We took him home just two tion rushed to the spot and parts of the state but there have at the national level and also KOLKATA: Tension gripped days back after the hospital brought situations under con- been over 10,000 entries from in the circle level. Writers of Peerless Hospital at Pancha- declared him fit. He fell ill trol. Two of the victim’s family Kolkata. The campaign covered these letters will be awarded in sayar in Eastern Metropolitan in the wee hours of Monday members have been detained as many as 30 schools in Kol- a function in Sabarmati Ash- Bypass on Monday following and died while on the way to by the police. kata where students penned ram in Ahmedabad on October the death of a septuagenar- the hospital. How can it be Denying any medical neg- down letters on the theme 2, 2017. The country has 22 cir- ian patient. Alleging medi- possible that somebody can ligence on their part, a senior “Dear Bapu (Mahatma Gan- cles. The prize-winning letters cal negligence on the part of die after being treated and hospital official said that the dhi), you inspire me”. The cam- ing the campaign and inter- drastically gone down. People of text messages while writing will be published in important the hospital, the family mem- declared two days back?” the patient was brought dead in paign has been rolled out by ested people had to post the from the rural areas still con- spellings. It is a sincere effort on newspapers. bers of the deceased Nanigo- victim’s son Tapas Chatto- the hospital. “He had a his- some head post offices in the letters in a specially designated tinue to write personal letters our part to revive a lost form of Each circle will display 10 pal Chatterjee went berserk padhyay asked adding, that tory of many ailments related state,” said Arundhaty Ghosh, letter box. but the city has completely for- literature,” Ghosh said. best letters in each category and ransacked the hospital. A the hospital had charged a to old age. He was affected chief Post Master General, Text messages and emails gotten to write them. The effect Some leading schools in in a special philately exhibi- few hospital officials were also whooping Rs 35 lakh for the with severe pneumonia when West Bengal. have sounded the knell for let- is reflected in their writing. the city that participated in the tion that will be organised dur- allegedly beaten up. treatment. he was treated here,” the offi- The postal department has ter writing. “Business letters are School teachers often tell me campaign include Kendriya ing Gandhi Jayanti in circle “He was admitted here A large police force from cial said. put up advertisements regard- still on but personal letters have that students use short forms Vidyalaya Ballygunge, Behala headquarters. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 Home guard beaten up on Attack by cow vigilantes in Fake doctor arrested suspicion of being a thief Bihar hits meat OUR CORRESPONDENT supply in city He told them that he was looking for from New Town KOLKATA: The overall supply OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA: A home guard food but a group of locals did not buy of both meat and beef in Kol- the Criminal Investigation was beaten up when he went to his explanation. He failed to tell the kata has dipped by 25 to 30 per Department (CID) had initi- perform his duty at Panskura, cent following the recent attack KOLKATA: A fake doctor ated a probe in connection with East Midnapore, on suspicion name of the place where he went to by cow vigilantes in Bihar, trad- was arrested from New Town the fake doctors case and had of being a thief. The incident work. Subsequently, the locals started ers said on Monday. in North 24 Parganas late on arrested many such fake doc- took place at around 12.30 am According to the Calcutta Sunday night. tors even some of them had on Monday. beating him up Beef Dealers’ Association, in A police officer said that practiced in well know private The police said that the the wake of attack on three men they went to the chamber of the hospitals in the city. home guard, Subrata Majum- returning at night. He woke up of the place in Panskura where by alleged cow vigilantes on the fake doctor Bhavani Shankar Soon after the CID arrested dar, is a resident of Diamond around midnight, changed and he went to work. Subsequently, suspicion of transporting beef Agarwal after receiving a com- some of them, common people Harbour, South 24 Parganas went out in casuals in search the locals started beating him in a truck in Bihar’s Bhojpur plaint that he claims himself to had started providing informa- and went to work during the of food. up. district, traders in West Bengal be an MBBS doctor but does tion about fake doctors in their Panskura Municipality election He went near Bahar vil- They continued to beat are apprehensive about sourc- not have any valid registration. areas. Subsequently, the police that was held on Sunday. lage in search of a shop. Some him till he fell unconscious fol- ing cattle from the neighbouring They found many patients took necessary steps against the The police deduced after locals found him loitering in lowing which some residents state. “Earlier in the city’s largest sitting in the chamber of the fake doctors. preliminary probe that Sub- the area. They grew suspicious informed the police. cattle trading hub in Ilambazar, doctor when they went there In both North and South rata went to a government and asked him what he was The police went to the spot we used to get around 30 lorries last night. They took the doc- Bengal districts, doctors who building where he was sup- doing there. and saved Subrata after which of cattle from Bihar every day... tor with them to the police sta- Police said that the accused is a had been practicing with- posed to stay after work. The He told them that he was they took him to a local hos- Now, if we get even three to four, tion where he faced several resident of Chinmoy Dey Road in out any valid certificates were poll started at 7 am and went looking for food but a group of pital where he was treated. He then we feel lucky,” said associa- questions of the investigating arrested. Some of them had on till the evening. locals did not buy his explana- was later shifted to a hospital tion’s President Mohammed Ali. officers. Howrah and he had been practicing in managed to get fake certificates Subrata went to sleep after tion. He failed to tell the name in the city. He said the business was The fake doctor had failed the chamber at New Town for the past against money from certain already on a downfall following to give satisfactory answers to organisations and started pre- the crackdown on illegal slaugh- the questions of the police and few years. Many locals used to visit scribing medicines to people in 3 sisters beaten terhouses in Uttar Pradesh. he was subsequently arrested. the doctor’s chamber but he never let different parts of the state while Class X girl found “People directly employed The police have also seized some had been using registra- up, asked to shut in the cattle and slaughterhouse several documents from his anyone understand that he didn’t have tion numbers of some other trade are now looking for other chamber. The police officer said a MBBS degree doctors. down business dead beside railway stable means of livelihood as that they found MBBS printed Some had even claimed any fresh incident brings uncer- on the prescription of Bhavani. cates which proved whether he Road in Howrah and he had of undergoing online courses OUR CORRESPONDENT tainty. The overall impact on A few days ago, a youth really has the degree. been practicing in the cham- to become doctors and such track in Chandipur supply to consumers is begin- went to the doctor as he was But the doctor failed to ber at New Town for the past arguments had left the police KOLKATA: Three sisters ning to be felt now,” said Ali. suffering from certain illness. show him any valid docu- few years. Many locals used to shocked. who owned a shop at Par- OUR CORRESPONDENT “Since cattle are used for The behaviour of the doctor ments. Subsequently, he went visit the doctor’s chamber but The CID officers are still nasree, Behala were allegedly The guard daily milk consumption as well, led to the youth’s suspicion. to the police station and lodged he never let anyone understand working on the issue and tak- beaten up by some miscreants KOLKATA: Mystery shrouds of a Digha- prices of cottage cheese (paneer) On Sunday evening, he once a complaint against the doctor. that he didn’t have a MBBS ing several steps so that the and told to keep their shop the death of a Madhyamik and milk have also increased in again went to the doctor and Police said that the accused degree. menace can be completely closed. The trio has been run- examinee whose body was Santragachi train some places,” he added. AGENCIES asked him to show his certifi- is a resident of Chinmoy Dey It may be recalled that uprooted. ning a garments shop for the found beside the railway track saw Suparna past 12 years. in Chandipur, East Midnapore, on Monday morning. lying unconscious Unidentified ‘They even The police said that the vic- beside the track To ease load, new depot near Tenzing tim, Suparna Mondal, was a threatened us of local resident. and informed miscreants try consequences’ The guard of a Digha-San- the Government Norgay Central Bus Terminus tragachi train saw Suparna lying to loot bank at “We were in our shop when unconscious beside the track Railway Police PRITESH BASU dards. So with the completion suddenly at around 1 pm on and informed the Government (GRP) who took of the construction of the new Netaji Nagar Sunday four to five people Railway Police (GRP) who took the body to a KOLKATA: In a bid to trans- terminus, the load on the exist- barged into our shop and the body to a hospital. She was form the Tenzing Norgay Cen- ing terminus will reduce and it OUR CORRESPONDENT abused us. They beat up three declared brought dead. The hospital tral Bus Terminus in Siliguri will help in bringing an overall of us and said that we should police have sent the body for to international standard, the improvement in the service.” not be allowed to do business an autopsy. come of rivalry with someone. state government has decided “People who want to take KOLKATA: Unidentified there. They even threatened us The police initiated a probe The police also wanted to know to build another bus terminus state-run long distance buses miscreants attempted to steal of consequences if we continue and got details about the victim whether she was depressed for in its vicinity to shift the entire will no more have to toil at money and valuables from our business,” one of the sisters from her identify card and con- the past few days or had a quar- operations of private buses. all to search for their buses as a nationalised bank at Net- said on conditions of anonymity tacted her family members to rel with anyone. The state Transport depart- no more private buses will be aji Nagar in the wee hours of According to the complaint inform them about the incident. The police are probing ment has taken up the initia- operating from the terminus,” Monday. lodged at Parnasree police sta- A police officer said that the whether she was pushed from tive following Chief Minister the official said. The police said that the tion, one of the miscreants was a victim’s bag was found near her a moving train. Mamata Banerjee’s direction to ing Norgay Central Bus Ter- Transport department said: The official further said that miscreants had entered the local youth, Sambhu Saha, who body. The police will also speak develop Tenzing Norgay Cen- minus. It also includes more “If everything goes as planned, the work to prepare the detailed bank housed in the ground is a real estate broker. “We are The police spoke to locals to motormen of all the trains tral Bus Terminus to an inter- than 300 buses of North Ben- then all private buses, which project report of the new termi- floor of the building by break- expecting further attacks and to know if they could give any that passed through the area national standard. During her gal State Transport Corpora- are more than 300 in number, nus is going on and the work ing the grille of a window have sought police protection,” clues about the incident. since the morning. The police recent visit to North Bengal, tion (NBSTC). will be plying from the new ter- will start soon if everything in which an air-condition said one of the victims adding An officer said that they are have ruled out the possibility of she had given directions to take Now, the decision has been minus. At the same time, the goes as planned. machine was fitted. that the miscreants had even first trying to ascertain whether the girl being hit by a train as steps for the development of taken to shift the operations of local buses that are operated by At the same time, the work The police are quite con- threatened them of murder. the death was homicidal, sui- the incident would have been the terminus as thousands of the private buses from Tenzing NBSTC will also be operating of giving a facelift to Tenzing firm after there were more Local sources said that there cidal in nature or an accident. reported by the motorman of tourists from different parts of Norgay Central Bus Terminus from the new terminus.” Norgay Central Bus Terminus than one person. The accused has been a dispute among the The police have spoken to the train. The police will speak the country and abroad visit to the new one. The new ter- He further said: “Only long will also start soon. The state were well aware of the inte- three sisters regarding the the victim’s family members to to some of her friends for clues. the terminus to take buses to minus will come up on a plot distance buses of NBSTC will government has allotted more rior of the bank. Their first share of their business and know whether they had a tiff They are also trying to ascertain Kolkata or other parts of the of around 6 acre which is situ- be operating from Tenzing than Rs 73 lakh for the work. attempt was to damage the have consulted lawyers. The with anyone in the recent past. whether she was killed else- state. ated at a distance of just around Norgay Central Bus Terminus. Major electrical works will also CCTV installed in the bank. incident may have been a fall In which case, the death of the where and later dumped beside At present, more than 600 1 km from the Tenzing Norgay The step is essential to take be taken up in the terminus But for certain reasons, they out of that dispute. Class X girl could be an out- the tracks. buses, both state-run and Central Bus Terminus. Tenzing Norgay Central Bus besides carrying out the neces- didn’t break it instead turned private, operate from Tenz- An official of the state Terminus to international stan- sary renovation works. the camera to another direc- tion so that their images do millenniumpost.in not get captured. The miscreants attempted to break a vault in the bank, but they were unsuccessful in damaging it. is now available in everypart of Bengal On Monday morning, employees entered the bank SL DISTRICT Centre Name Agent Name Contact No to find different articles NO NAME including some paper doc- uments strewn all over the 1 East Midnapore TAMLUK N.C.Bera 7501493175 floor and it was also clear to HALDIA Ayesha 9474306356 them that there was attempts Begum,Ranichak to break open the vault. DIGHA Kamal Lochan Panda 8906868884 The bank officials informed the police. Police- 2 West Midnapore MIDNAPORE Balaram Pandit 9932708271 men from local police station 3 Jhargram JHARGRAM Champa Maity 9547230220 went to the spot and initiated 4 North 24 - Parganas BARASAT/NILGUNJ B N Kundu 9836333630 a probe in this connection. Policemen collected BARRACKPORE Biswajit Ghosh 9830830798 ‌Anjan’s Creation, a showroom samples from the spot and BASIRHAT Uttam Biswas 9474574927 of Handwoven initiated search to arrest 5 Bardhaman BURDWAN Kamal Mukherjee 9332192230 Bengali Tant the accused as early as 6 West Bardhman ASANSOL Hiralal Sen 9933662126 Cotton Sarees possible. and designs on A police officer said that DURGAPUR WARIA Joy prakash Ray 9563601176 / the accused did a recce of the Bengali folk art 7864818860 place quite a number of times forms opened on NIRSHA Gopal Chatterjee 9386695330 before raiding the bank. Monday at BD The police suspect that BARAKAR Jai Bhagwan Singh 9334652173 Block in Salt Lake someone from the area is 7 Murshidabad BAHARAMPUR COURT Dipak Choudhury 9851612424 near Tank number involved with the miscreants 8 Nadia KALYANI / Dey News Agency 9830609355 three AMIT DATTA and are trying to identify KANCHRAPARA the person. 9 Howrah HOWRAH CENTRE Manik Lal Bag 9883393201 /9732243933 Bengali film makers welcome 10 Purulia PURULIA D.C.Nag 9434130550 Arms dealer held with 11 Jalpaiguri SILIGURI Toton Saha 9832046238 Prasoon Joshi as CBFC chief 12 Hooghly CHINSURAH / CHAN- B.Singh 9883108806 KOLKATA: Prominent film makers of Bengal today wel- huge cache of weapons DAN NAGAR comed the appointment of eminent lyricist and screen- OUR CORRESPONDENT seized his mobile phone and Rs 1 lakh 13 Birbhum SHANTINIKETAN Anita Shaw 9232162151 from his posession. writer Prasoon Joshi as Censor Board chief and hoped it KOLKATA: Murshidabad district police “He was about to board a bus 14 Darjeeling DARJEELING Bitta Newspaper 9434131515 would bring the much needed change in its functioning. Agency on Monday apprehended an arms dealer along with his wife and son when Internationally acclaimed director Buddhadev Dasgupta from the Mohana bus stand in Berhamp- he was nabbed,” a senior police 15 Cooch Behar COOCH BEHAR Jayanta Das 9434217084 said, “former chief Pahlaj Nihalani had virtually turned the ore and recovered a huge cache of fire- official said. 16 Alipurduar ALIPURDUAR Bablu Saha 9733166169 Censor Board into his own office. He had forgotten that arms. The accused, Barun Halder, is a Sleuths informed that the accused 17 Kalimpong KALIMPONG Sandeep Jain 9832016738 resident of Sardanga in Tehatta, Nadia would bring in arms from Munger and the primary role of Censor Board is not to edit frames but district. Sahebgunj, Bihar and would carry them 18 Uttar Dinajpur RAIGUNJ Pradyut Karmakar 9434384154 show responsibility to the art of cinema.” Coming down “We were vigilant based on informa- to Thanarpara and Domkal in Murshid- 19 Dakshin Dinajpur BALURGHAT Sujan das 8670582892 heavily on Nihalini, the ‘Bagh Bahadur’ maker said, “From tion from a source for the last few days. abad for selling. 20 Malda MALDA TOWN Ashim Kr.Sarkar 7797919580 day one he started creating problems and forced film He was arrested from the bus stand and “We are yet to ascertain whether he Others District List makers and other sections to follow his political thoughts. was carrying the firearms to Domkal in was associated with arms dealing across the border areas and have claimed to the border. We will take him into cus- 21 Jharkhand RANCHI Birendra Nath Singh 9431929279 / It is good that he was ousted.” Dasgupta, whose recent re- have procured the arms from Munger, tody and grill him for further leads,” 8409298763 lease ‘Tope’ has got laurels in different film festivals, said Bihar,” Mukesh, superintendent of police Mukesh said TATA NAGAR Surender Singh 9835170495 “Joshi will certainly make a positive difference with his Murshidabad said. The police have got the names of DHANBAD S.K.Pandey 8409984151 progressive views and Censor will not court controversies Three pipeguns, five modern 7.65 other people who were involved in arms bore pistols, 100 rounds of ammunition dealing with Biren. “Raids are on and 22 Bihar PATNA Nandalal Yadav 7765012713 like the way it did in recent times.” AGENCIES and 10 rounds of magazines were recov- we hope that there will be some more ered from his possession. The police have arrests,” a police officer said. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 mp nation

CAPART FUNDING PIL ON STRIKES SC asks about action taken SC grants last opportunity to states to reply on regulating NGOs, funds OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Supreme CBI had in Court on Monday granted NEW DELHI: The Supreme September 2015 the "last opportunity" to vari- Court on Monday asked central ous state governments to file government body CAPART to informed the apex their responses on a plea alleg- apprise it about the steps taken court that less ing non-implementation of in pursuance to its direction to its guidelines on strikes and consider making a law to reg- than 10% of over 'dharnas' by political parties ulate NGOs, disbursal of funds and others, causing damage to and consequential proceedings 30 lakh NGOs private and public properties. against them. functioning across A bench comprising Chief A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Justice J S Khehar sought an the country had Y Chandrachud granted four affidavit from Council for submitted their weeks to the states, which have Advancement of People's not filed their counter affida- Action and Rural Technology returns or balance vits, to do so, otherwise their (CAPART) on action taken on sheets and other rights would be closed. In February 2013, it had issued notices to its April 26 order by which it "If no counter affidavit is had suggested that the Centre financial details to filed, then it would be pre- the Centre and all the states seeking their should consider prosecuting sumed that they (states) do not responses on the allegation that the apex NGOs or voluntary organisa- the authorities want to contest the petition. In tions if they are found misus- that case, their right to file the court guidelines issued in this regard in 2007 ing public funds. received by them from various response will be forfeited and and 2009 have not been implemented "CAPART shall file an affi- government departments. the court will proceed with the davit indicating the steps taken Earlier, the government matter," it said. by it in pursuance of our direc- had faced some tough ques- The court had on July 7 'hartals' declared by political ing the judgments and guide- tions passed on April 26. tions for failing to evolve a reg- also granted four weeks time parties in Kerala. lines of the apex court, which We need to know what ulatory mechanism to monitor to the states which had not He had also told the court results in destruction of private actions have been taken by stitution which provides the list areas, had earlier apprised out crores of rupees but were the massive amount of funds to responded, to file their replies. that they had sought the infor- and public property in large them," the bench, also compris- of issues on which the Centre the top court that it has rec- not aware of the repercussion over 32 lakh NGOs. In February 2013, it had mation under Right to Infor- cases. ing Justice D Y Chandrachud, or states or both can make laws ommended lodging of 159 of non-auditing. CBI had in September 2015 issued notices to the Centre mation Act from other states The petition has referred said and posted the matter for to regulate NGOs. Favouring a FIRs against various NGOs Referring to details pro- informed the apex court that and all the states seeking their but they had not given any to the recommendations of hearing on August 17. fresh all-encompassing law, the for alleged misappropriation vided by senior advocate less than ten per cent of over 30 responses on the allegation material. two committees appointed by The apex court had in its court had said if the govern- or misuse of funds. It had ini- Rakesh Dwivedi, assisting the lakh NGOs functioning across that the apex court guidelines The PIL submitted that the apex court on the issue, April 26 order asked the Cen- ment "desires to extend statu- tially said that it had blacklisted court as an amicus curiae, the the country had submitted issued in this regard in 2007 there were "wilful and delib- to which the court had given tre to examine enacting a tory status to regulations, then 718 NGOs for not following the court had said that a phenom- their returns or balance sheets and 2009 have not been imple- erate omissions" on the part of green signal for immediate law to regulate disbursal of they would not only provide for due process and not submitting enal amount of Rs 950 crore and other financial details to mented. It had sought status the authorities to comply with implementation. public funds to over 32 lakh enforceable consequences, but their accounting details, but every year was being given by the authorities. reports explaining the steps the April 16, 2009 guidelines Justice (Retd) K T Thomas NGOs and voluntary organ- also envisage civil and criminal had later removed 15 NGOs the Centre and state govern- The apex court had they had taken to implement of the apex court in a matter committee had made recom- isations (VOs) and prosecute action as may be considered by from the black-list after they ments to NGOs. expanded the scope of the PIL, the guidelines and prevent relating to destruction of pub- mendations relating to the Pre- them in case of misuse or the legislation". complied with the accounting The bench had also said filed in 2011 against an NGO, destruction of property during lic and private properties. vention of Damage to Public misappropriation. The CAPART, which works norms. that "mere blacklisting" of these Hind Swaraj Trust, run by anti- demonstrations and hartals. The PIL had alleged that if a Property Act. The F S Nariman The court had suggested under the Ministry of Rural While hearing a PIL filed organisations would not suffice corruption crusader Anna The court had passed the direc- 'bandh' or 'hartal' was declared committee had also made rec- to the Centre that it can leg- Development and disburses by lawyer M L Sharma, the and civil and criminal action Hazare. The PIL had sought tion on a PIL filed by advocate by a political party in power, ommendations that have to be islate under Entry 97 of the funds to voluntary organisa- court had said the Centre and should be initiated for misap- probe into alleged embezzle- Koshy Jacob who had given the state government remained followed in the absence of leg- Seventh Schedule of the Con- tions (VOs) working in rural its departments were doling propriation of public money ment of funds. instances of such 'bandhs' or mute spectators in disregard- islation in this regard. Siwan scribe murder case: Probe JD(U) cracks whip on Sharad loyalists, 21 suspended OUR CORRESPONDENT at advanced stage, CBI tells SC The JD(U) had also he had said was meant to have "direct dialogue" with the peo- OUR CORRESPONDENT PATNA: The Janata Dal suspended Rajya ple. Ramai Ram, who had also (United) on Monday sus- Sabha MP Ali served as minister during RJD NEW DELHI: The CBI on pended 21 leaders, considered government before switching Monday told the Supreme loyalists of Sharad Yadav who Anwar, who had over to the JD(U) in 2010, had Court that its probe into the has opposed Chief Minister participated in an told mediapersons outside One murder of journalist Rajdeo Nitish Kumar's decision to join Anne Marg residence of Chief Ranjan of Siwan, in which con- hands with the BJP, for alleg- opposition meet Minister Nitish Kumar after troversial RJD leader Moham- edly indulging in anti-party called by Congress state JD(U) executive commit- mad Shahabuddin is one of activities. president Sonia tee meeting early in July that the prime accused, is at an Bihar JD(U) president Basistha office bearers of the party JD(U) and Congress and join four days had been given to "advanced stage". Narayan Singh ordered suspen- have also been suspended for hands with the BJP as "betrayal" Gandhi in Delhi former Deputy Chief Minister The probe agency told a sion from primary member- indulging in "anti-party activi- of mandate given by 11 crore last week Tejaswi Yadav to come clean on bench comprising Justices ship of these leaders including ties", the statement said. people of Bihar, has already accusations. Dipak Misra and A M Khan- former minister Ramai Ram, Ramai Ram and Arjun Rai been removed as the JD(U) Later, he was seen with Sha- wilkar that they were likely to ex-MP from Sheohar Arjun were prominent faces who parliamentary party leader in dhi in Delhi last week. rad Yadav during his Bihar trip. file a charge sheet in the case Rai, former MLA Raj Kishore participated in Sharad Yadav's the Rajya Sabha. Despite the JD(U) distanc- Nitish Kumar, who is JD(U) within two weeks. Sinha and ex-MLC Vijay three-day 'Samvad Yatra' which The JD(U) had also sus- ing itself from the recent tour president, has called a meeting "The investigation in the Varma, according to a state- ended on August 12. pended Rajya Sabha MP Ali of Sharad Yadav to the state, of party national executive in case is at an advanced stage. A ment issued by JD(U) state Yadav, who described the Anwar, who had participated these 21 leaders and district Patna on August 19 which is final report will be filed before general secretary Anil Kumar. party decision to walk out of in an opposition meet called by level office bearers were seen likely to decide Yadav's fate in the trial court within two Besides, a few district level the Grand Alliance of RJD, Congress president Sonia Gan- with him during the trip which the party. weeks," the agency's counsel Superintendent of Police Siwan Siwan prison to Tihar Jail here told the bench and requested it district for purportedly not tak- to ensure free and fair trial in Hizb names to defer the hearing in the mat- ing any action in the matter. the cases lodged against him. Shah's visit will bring political change in TN: Radhakrishnan ter for two weeks. The CBI counsel said all these The petitioner, whose hus- To this, the apex court asked aspects would be looked into band was murdered in Siwan successor to the advocate representing peti- after the final report was filed in May last year, has sought a OUR CORRESPONDENT cal change after his visit. And tioner Asha Ranjan, who is the before the trial court. direction for registration of FIR not a change of government..." slain Kashmir wife of the slain scribe, whether The court, which had ear- against Shahabuddin and Tej COIMBATORE: BJP Presi- Radhakrishnan said without he had any objection to the CBI lier ordered shifting of Sha- Pratap for alleged "conspiracy dent Amit Shah's three day visit elaborating. commander seeking more time for hearing habuddin who is facing trial in and harbouring and sheltering to Tamil Nadu from August On the demand for exemp- of the matter. around 45 criminal cases from the proclaimed offenders" in 22 would "change" the politi- tion of Tamil Nadu from NEET, SRINAGAR: Hizbul Muja- Advocate Kislay Pandey, Siwan Jail in Bihar to Tihar Jail the murder case. cal scenario in the state, Union he said it would not augur well hideen on Monday named appearing for the petitioner, here, listed the matter for hear- Her counsel had earlier Minister Pon Radhakrishnan for the future of students in the Mohammad bin Qasim as its said his only prayer was for ing on September 18. alleged in the court that in said on Monday . state. The exemption would be "field operational commander" registration of FIR against RJD The apex court had earlier September last year, she had During his visit to Chen- disadvantageous to the future in Kashmir in place of Yaseen supremo Lalu Prasad's son Tej said that it would examine the seen the pictures of accused nai, Madurai and Coimbatore, career of the students in the Yattoo who was killed yesterday Pratap Yadav, whose photo- plea seeking the lodging of FIR Mohammed Kaif and Moham- Shah would hold discussions state, Radhakrishnan said. in a fierce gunbattle with secu- graph was published in media against Tej Pratap Yadav. mad Javed, who were abscond- with party office bearers, he The state government rity forces in Shopian district. with an alleged sharp-shooter It had ordered shifting of ing at that time, with Tej Pratap told reporters here. should see that the students, on par with students in other and eligibility tests at national Qasim was made the new close to Shahabuddin, and Shahabuddin from Bihar's on news channels. "There will be a politi- especially from rural areas, be states and compete in entrance level, he said. commander of Hizb at a meet- ing of the outfit's command council chaired by Syed Sala- huddin in Muzaffarabad (in Kovind for people-govt partnership for India's 28 CBI officers get Police Pakistan-occupied Kashmir), a spokesman of the outfit said in a statement. growth with compassion and humanism Medals from President Salahuddin said the high number of killings of militants OUR CORRESPONDENT know our neighbours. Whether in cities or in encounters were because of villages, it is important to renew that sense "traitors" and "Indian agents". NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kov- of caring and sharing. This will make us a Yattoo, alias 'Gaznavi', and ind on Monday pitched for a partner- gentler and happier society and help us his two associates were killed ship between citizens and the government understand each other with greater empa- yesterday in an encounter that to create a New India by 2022 that is a thy," he said. began on Saturday night in "compassionate society" and includes the Kovind said this spirit of empathy and Awnira village of Shopian dis- "humanist component integral to the of social service and volunteerism is very Inspector W Head SP Additional Additional SP Additional SP trict in south Kashmir. nation's DNA". much alive in India. "There are so many Ashok Kumar Constable P Nandkumar SP Partha Sundaravel Prabhanjan In the encounter, two army- In his maiden address to the Nation on people and organisations that work quietly Singh Sasikumar Nair Mukherjee Murugavel Chakraborty men were also killed and three the eve of 71st Independence Day, Kovind and diligently for the poor and the disad- others, including a Major, were remembered the role of leaders of Inde- vantaged. We should also work with unity OUR CORRESPONDENT bai, Nandkumar Nair who Bandi, A Z Shaikh, Inspector injured. pendence struggle including Jawaharlal and purpose to ensure that the benefits of had solved Dabholkar's mur- Puran Singh and Sub-Inspector Yattoo, who hailed from Nehru. government policies reach all sections of NEW DELHI: The CBI offi- der case and arrested Sanatan Ram Charan Gangwal. Budgam district of central He said the generation that brought us society," he said. cer who solved rationalist Sanstha members. Assistant Sub-Inspectors Kashmir, had a long associa- to freedom was diverse which included He said partnership between citizens Narendra Dabholkar murder Other officers awarded Man Singh, S M Mathapati, tion with Hizbul Mujahideen men and women from all parts of the with government remains crucial to the case and 27 others have been the medal include Additional Binoy Chand Ghosh, Head and was responsible for keep- country and a variety of "political and success of several flagship announcements awarded the coveted Presi- SPs Partha Mukherjee, Sun- Constables Mathew Kutty K ing alive the prolonged unrest social thought". of the Narendra Modi government like vol- dent's Police Medal for Dis- daravel Murugavel, Prabhan- G, Manmohan Singh, Amar of 2016 following the killing of Asking people to draw inspiration from untarily giving up LPG subsidy, demon- tinguished Service and Police jan Chakraborty, Inspector W Singh Pawar, Sanjay Ganga- group's commander Burhan freedom fighters, Kovind said there was a etisation, introduction of GST besides Medal for Meritorious Service Ashok Kumar Singh, Inspec- ram Sawant, Ganga Ram Bhati Wani in an encounter with need to invoke the same spirit today for schemes like 'beti bacaho beti padhao', on Independence Day. tor and Head Constable P and Constables Indrajit Singh security forces on July 8. nation building. 'Swachh Bharat' among others. Surprisingly, none of the Sasikumar. Yadav, Onkar Nath Singh He had also played key role "The stress on the moral basis of pol- "I am happy that the transition to the IPS officers were in the list this The officers who have been have also been awarded Police in recruiting several young icy and action, belief in unity and disci- Kovind said that is how India has been GST system has been smooth. It should year. awarded Police Medal for mer- Medal for meritorious service. men into the outfit, according pline, faith in a synthesis of heritage and built--by a partnership between citizen be a matter of pride for all of us that the Those awarded the Pres- itorious service are Additional Office Superintendentto the police. Yattoo had joined science, and promotion of the rule of law and government, between individual and taxes we pay are used for nation building- ident's Police Medal for dis- SPs R K Bhattacharjee, Ajay Bachan Singh Rawat and Hizbul Mujahideen in 1996 but and of education all of it is located in a society, between a family and the wider -to help the poor and the marginalised, to tinguished service in the CBI Kumar Jha, Virender Mohan steno Debajyoti Dey have been had surrendered in 2007 and partnership between citizen and govern- community. build rural and urban infrastructure, and included Superintendent of Mittal, Ram Singh, Deputy awarded Police Medal for meri- was later released on parole in ment," he said. "Today, in big cities we may not even to strengthen our border defences," he said. Police in Special Crime, Mum- SPs S C Jiani, R Ravi, Peddiraju torious service. 2014. MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 AP govt will ask I-Day celebrations Centre to provide NC starts campaign against quota to Kapus: in madrassas in UP Chandrababu revocation of Article 35A to be videographed OUR CORRESPONDENT AMARAVATI: The Andhra OUR CORRESPONDENT Hari Singh to keep the identity Pradesh government will rec- of Jammu and Kashmir intact, ommend the Centre on pro- JAMMU: Opposition National gives its people exclusive right viding reservation to Kapu Conference on Monday kick- over land, jobs in government community under the back- started an awareness campaign departments, scholarship to ward classes category as soon as against revocation of Article students, special aid and relief. a commission on the issue sub- 35A of the Constitution with “The BJP, during its elec- mitted its report, Chief Minis- its working president Omar tion campaign, spoke about ter N Chandrababu Naidu said Abdullah asking party func- revocation of Article 370 on Monday. tionaries here to mobilise pub- and about opening the bor- The state government had lic support to defend the state ders of the state to the people constituted Justice Manjunatha subject laws. from outside. After coming to Commission last year to look “The NC will not give per- power, they realised that they into the issue. mission to tinker with the con- cannot do it through Parlia- Though the government stitutional provisions giving ment or Assembly, therefore OUR CORRESPONDENT Holi, Diwali, Eid and Lohri. But had earlier announced that the special status to Jammu and they are using judiciary,” he when it comes to national festi- commission report would be Kashmir... the rulers, whether said. “But, they hid behind LUCKNOW: Hoisting of vals, they are celebrated by the submitted within nine months, in Srinagar or Delhi, should a mask and are using NGOs national flag, singing of entire nation. And, the madras- there is no sight of it even after understand that we will not to challenge the presidential national anthem, paying trib- sas should not exclude them- 16 months. compromise on the big and order in the Supreme Court. utes to freedom fighters and selves from participating in the This has caused unrest serious issue which is related Twice before, the apex court martyrs and programmes national festivals,” he said. among the community and its to our survival,” he said at a had rejected such PILs,” held on the occasion of Inde- The Minister said that today leader Mudragada Padmanab- seminar at the party headquar- Abdullah said. pendence Day tomorrow in is an era of technology. ham had launched a second ters here. “The constitutional provi- madrassas across the state will “The videos made during round of agitation last month, The one-day seminar, sion gives special rights to the be videographed and photo- the Independence Day can be seeking immediate implemen- attended by over 500 senior people of Jammu and Kash- graphed perhaps for the first shared among the students. tation of quota in government party leaders and activists, was mir. You cannot buy land in time. According to UP Minor- They can treasure the memo- jobs and education. organised to kick-start a cam- Himachal... in Lakshadweep ity Welfare Minister Laxmi ries of the Independence Day With the by-election for paign to make people aware and northeastern states Mani- Narayan Chaudhary this will celebrations. Apart from this, the Nandyal assembly seat about Article 35A of the con- pur, Mizoram. But why is the inspire students and they will it will act as a source of inspira- round the corner, the ruling stitution and its impact if the BJP is not able to swallow this learn more about the contri- tion for others,” he said. TDP organised a meeting with provision was removed. thing that the people outside butions of freedom fighters, At present, around 8,000 elected representatives and “Now it is your (party lead- the state cannot buy land in though the order has not gone madrassas in UP are recog- other leaders of the commu- ers and workers) duty to reach the state,” Abdullah said. down well with a section of nised by the government body nity to mollify them. out to the people and make He alleged that the BJP Muslim clerics. UP Madrassa Shiksha Pari- “The commission report them understand what are the was trying to “sell the issue “Children can treasure the shad. Among these, 560 are will be submitted soon and benefits of Article 35A and Jammu & Kashmir Former Chief Minister and National Conference President Omar Abdullah, during one-day as Kashmir versus Jammu” memories of Independence fully aided by the state. the cabinet will approve it. how its revocation will prove convention of Article 35A, at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan in Jammu on Monday PTI and said Jammu and Ladakh Day celebrations through pho- To a question as to what And then we will send it to the a death knell to their culture, would face the major burnt if tographs and videos which prompted the government to Centre seeking reservation for language and identity,” Abdul- cially to Jammu and make Abdullah said, “The National scheduled to inaugurate a Article 35A is revoked. will also act as a source of issue the order to the madras- Kapus in education and jobs,” lah said. people aware of the bene- Conference will never support party convention in Srinagar, “If somebody wants to buy inspiration for others. Unlike sas, Chaudhary said, “Direc- the chief minister said address- Accusing the BJP of mis- fits,” the NC working presi- bloodshed. Neither should you said it was not possible to go land will he do it in Kashmir the previous governments, tives were issued as the ing a meeting of the commu- leading the people he told the dent said. shed your blood nor the blood to Ladakh to launch the Arti- or Jammu. Residents of Kash- which indulged in politics of government recognised that nity here. NC leaders and workers to At the seminar, when a of anyone else.” “It is a battle cle 35A protection programme mir nowadays do not consider appeasement, we are a govern- madrassas get funds from the He said due care would be counter it with “truth”. person said he was ready to of ideas and we will use the from there but the campaign themselves safe in their land ment with nationalist bent of state government and are sup- taken to ensure the existing “Understand Article 35A shed his blood to safeguard the reality and truth to defeat the will reach Ladakh as well. and look for avenues to send mind,” he said. “Every citizen posed to celebrate the national reservation structure for back- properly, the threat its revo- special status of the state guar- lies of the opponents,” he said. He said the 90-year-old their children outside the state born in India celebrates dif- festivals including Indepen- ward classes was not affected cation poses to the state espe- anteed by the constitution, Abdullah, who was also law, introduced by Maharaja for studies,” Abdullah said. ferent festivals ranging from dence Day.” by the move. TN CM grants Rs Day after massive landslide, 20 lakh solatium Malegaon blast: SC to hear on village near NH declared unsafe to kin of slain Aug 17 pleas on Purohit, Thakur OUR CORRESPONDENT army jawan OUR CORRESPONDENT SHIMLA: A village near the SIVAGANGA/CHENNAI: Telangana Cong Mandi-Pathankot National An army jawan killed in a ter- NEW DELHI: The Supreme Highway was on Monday rorist attack in Jammu and Court on Monday said the issue urges K’taka declared unsafe and residents Kashmir two days ago was bur- of granting bail to former Lieu- asked to shift to safer places ied with full military honours tenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad govt to release in view of threat of landslides at his native village in Siva- Purohit and cancellation of bail even as rescue operations were ganga district in Tamil Nadu. of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, water on at the site where two buses Sepoy P Ilayaraja was one both accused in the 2008 Male- were trapped under mounds of the two arymen killed in an gaon blast case, needed detailed OUR CORRESPONDENT of debris. A massive landslide encounter with militants in consideration. buried two Himachal Pradesh Shopian district of south Kash- A bench of Justices R K HYDERABAD: The main roadways buses yesterday, kill- mir on Saturday. Agrawal and M M Shantana- opposition Congress in Telan- ing at least 46 people and injur- Meanwhile, in Chennai, goudar listed the case for hear- gana on Monday urged the An earth mover is buried under the debris after a landslide triggered ing several others on the Mandi by heavy rains at Darlaghat near Shimla on Monday PTI Chief Minister K Palaniswami ing on August 17, saying “this was “no prima facie evidence ber 29, 2008, at Malegaon, a Karnataka government to Pathankot National Highway. condoled the death of Ilayaraja. matter requires lengthy hear- against her”. communally-sensitive textile release water from its reservoirs The Himachal Road Trans- to safe places, said Deputy istration has closed the Mandi Expressing sympathies with ing” as both the pleas are on The apex court had on July town in Nasik district of north to meet the drinking water port Corporation has sus- Commissioner, Mandi, Sand- Aut section of Chandigarh- the family of the deceased sol- similar facts. 28 sought Maharashtra govern- Maharashtra. needs in the state. Telangana pended night services on eep Kadam. The cause of the Manali road and advised com- dier, the Chief Minister said Purohit has moved the apex ment’s reply on the plea seeking A special MCOCA (Maha- Congress president N Uttam 65 landslide-prone roads in massive landslide is yet to be muters to take the Mandi Kullu he had directed that a sum of court challenging the Bombay cancellation of Thakur’s bail. rashtra Control of Organised Kumar Reddy wrote a letter Shimla district as a precaution. ascertained and a team of geol- Road via Kotla. Rs 20 lakh be provided to the High Court’s order dismissing The National Investigat- Crime Act) court had earlier this regard to Karnataka Chief “The death toll is 46 and ogists is arriving tomorrow, he Chief Minister Virbhadra slain jawan’s family. his bail plea. ing Agency (NIA) had filed ruled that the Anti-Terrorist Minister Siddaramaiah, who rescue operations are in full Forensic experts have been Singh had yesterday visited the The slain jawan’s mortal Nisar Ahmed Haji Sayed its reply in the case of Puro- Squad had wrongly applied also belongs to the Congress. swing,” said Special Secretary, called to identify the bodies spot and said eight passengers remains were flown to Madu- Bilal, father of one of the blast hit, saying there was ample this law against Thakur, Puro- “The Telangana Pradesh Disaster and Revenue, D D which are badly mutilated. were travelling in the Manali- rai from New Delhi on Monday victims, has challenged the evidence against him, but no hit and nine others. Congress Committee resolved Sharma. The wreckage of buses Four more bodies have Katra bus, of whom three lost where collector K Veeraraghava Bombay High Court order evidence against Thakur. The 4,000-page charge sheet in its full executive committee were buried deep in the debris been identified on Monday their lives, while five were res- Rao paid tributes. granting bail to Thakur alleg- The apex court had on May had alleged that Malegaon meeting yesterday to request and hampering movement of while 19 bodies remained to be cued and taken to the zonal Ilayaraja’s body was later ing that she was a “powerful 5 also sought a response from was selected as the blast tar- the Karnataka government to heavy machinery, deployed to identified. In view of frequent hospital in Mandi. There were taken by road to his native Kan- person” and could influence the the NIA and the Maharash- get because of a sizeable Mus- release the drinking water in remove boulders. landslides and yesterday’s inci- around 47 passengers in the dani village where he was laid witnesses in the case. tra government on the plea of lim population there. It had appropriate quantity, to over- A village in the area has dent, traffic has been diverted second bus which was on its to rest with full military hon- He has sought a stay on Purohit seeking bail. named Thakur, Purohit and come the shortage in Telangana been declared unsafe and resi- via IIT Kamand. way from Manali to Chamba, ours amidst grieving relatives the high court’s April 25 order Seven people were killed co-accused, Swami Dayanand now,” Reddy said in the letter to dents have been asked to shift The Mandi district admin- an official said. and villagers. MPOST granting her bail, saying there in a bomb blast on Septem- Pandey as the key conspirators. Siddaramaiah. NATION BRIEFS Amarinder warns against Odisha to release tigers in GEELANI’S SON-IN-LAW, 3 OTHERS SENT forests to increase population TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY NEW DELHI: Four Kashmiri separatists, including the censorship by cable operators son-in-law of Hurriyat leader SAS Geelani, were sent OUR CORRESPONDENT government needed to do to to judicial custody on Monday by a Delhi court in a bring the state’s economy back terror funding case. Duty magistrate Pankaj Sharma AMRITSAR: Punjab Chief on track. sent Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Ahmed Shah, popularly Minister Amarinder Singh To a question, the chief known as Altaf Fantoosh, Peer Saifullah, Mehrajud- on Monday warned against minister claimed that his gov- censorship by cable distribu- ernment’s campaign against din Kalwal and Nayeem Khan to jail for 14 days. The tion companies, saying action drugs had been “highly suc- court’s order came after the NIA submitted that they would be taken against those cessful”, with over 6,900 deal- were not required for further interrogation. The agen- indulging in such activity. ers and suppliers already in the OUR CORRESPONDENT tiger census, Odisha has only cy had arrested seven persons on July 24 in the case He said his government police’s net. 40 Royal Bengal Tigers -- 13 of alleged funding of terror and subversive activities will not indulge in politi- He said huge quantities of BHUBANESWAR: Odisha males, 24 females and three in the Kashmir Valley to fuel unrest. The other three cal vendetta and would take drugs including 95 kg of heroin government has been planning calves. There are only two big strict action against any media had been seized. to launch an ambitious project cats - one male and a female, separatist leaders -- Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmed or cable organisation found “The big players in the trade by releasing adult Royal Ben- at Satkosia forest division, for- Dar and Mohamad Akbar Khanday -- were sent to the engaged in censorship of any are being chased by the police gal Tigers in low tiger density est officials said. judicial custody till September 1. channel or information. and would be arrested soon”, he forests to enhance the num- Satkosia has been chosen The chief minister’s state- minister said, quipping “she the SAD for “ruining” the said, adding that many of the ber of big cats. “We are plan- on a pilot basis as food would EIGHT-YEAR-OLD LEOPARD RESCUED ment comes at a time when should restrict herself to food farming community during its “so-called big fish in the trade ning to release a pair of tigers not be major problem for the FROM WELL IN WAYANAD DISTRICT Punjab minister Navjot Singh processing, which was what she 10 years of “misrule”. had fled the state”. at the Satkosia tiger reserve in big there due to presence of Sidhu has been vociferously had been entrusted with”. “It is unfortunate that farm- Amarinder said as many Angul district on a pilot basis. large number of animals of dif- WAYANAD: An eight-year-old male leopard, which speaking against the “cable On whitefly infestation ers were still committing sui- as 20 major industrial houses, If the scheme is successful, the ferent species there. fell into a well after straying into a human settlement mafia”, pitching for a level of cotton crops, Amarinder cide,” said the chief minister. along with countries like China government may undertake “We have identified par- in a village in the district, was on Monday rescued playing field and targeting the pointed out that he had per- He reassured farmers that and Russia, had shown interest similar efforts in other forests,” ticular sites with proper habi- after seven hours, forest officials said. The wild cat SAD-BJP’s “favorite” private sonally visited Mansa and met their loans up to Rs 2 lakh had in investing in the state. Principal Chief Conservator of tat and prey for the tigers. If was spotted in the well of the house of one Haneefa in multi-system operator. the affected farmers, who had been waived by his government For the first time the gov- Forest (Wildlife) Sandeep Trip- the programme yields fruitful Pozhuthana village in the morning around 7.30 am on Amarinder also lashed out been impacted by poor quality and there was no need for them ernment was organizing a ‘Job athy said on Monday. results, it will be extended to at SAD leader and Union Food seeds and bad weather. to take the extreme step. Mela’ at Mohali to provide The tigers to be released other parts of the state,” he said. Monday. Haneefa family informed the villagers who Processing Minister Harsmi- He said fields with prob- Noting that this was the opportunities of employment would probably be brought Stating that Odisha’s plan intimated the forest officials about the sighting of the rat Kaur Badal over her state- lems had been isolated and first time that a chief minis- to the youth, he said. from outside the state. has been intimated to the animal. The leopard was taken out of the well by using ment, accusing the government strict monitoring was being ter would be hoisting the flag His government, said Ama- Tripathy said the tiger relo- National Tiger Conservation a net in a joint operation by the wildlife personnel, po- of misleading the people over done of the situation by the in Gurdaspur, Amarinder dis- rinder, would provide all possi- cation programmes had been Authority (NTCA), Tripa- lice and the Fire and Rescue Service personnel. Later, debt waiver. Punjab Agricultural Univer- missed opposition charges that ble assistance to the encourage successful at Sariska National thy said a team of forest offi- the leopard was caged and released in the Wayanad “She obviously has no clue sity (PAU), which had under- he was not touring the state. investment and industry in the Park of Maharashtra and cials would soon visit Sariska about what she was talking taken spraying pesticides at its He said one had to go with a state and take initiatives to gen- Panna National Park of Mad- and the Panna National Parks Wildlife Sanctuary, they said. about and was trying to befool own cost. purpose, especially considering erate employment for the youth hya Pradesh. to gather information on the the people of Punjab,” the chief The chief minister blamed the huge amount of work his of Punjab. According to the 2016 programme. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 mp nation SC approves NDMA's disaster Defend India's borders with all your might: Jaitley to forces management policy for schools OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: In the back- OUR CORRESPONDENT the said policy by all above drop of rising cross border ter- referred schools and who is ror activities in Kashmir and NEW DELHI: The National functioning at local district standoff with China in Doka- Disaster Management Author- level," it said. lam, Defence Minister Arun ity (NDMA) on Monday pro- The NDMA has further Jaitley on Monday called upon duced in the Supreme Court said that it would be the duty the armed forces to defend the the draft communication on of district disaster manage- country's borders with "all its safety policy and adherence ment authority to ensure com- might". of guidelines on disaster man- pliance with the guidelines on In a strong message to Pak- agement for schools, which the school safety policy and istan, he asked it to refrain would be sent by it to all state monitor its compliance. from continuing with "abhor- governments. "The chief secretary of each rent acts" of terrorism against The NDMA placed the state will satisfy himself about India and reminded Islamabad draft letter, which would be the due discharge of functions of the surgical strikes carried sent to the chief secretaries by the district disaster man- out by the Indian Army on radio broadcast on the eve of their design to cause destruc- and the secretaries incharge agement authority as well as September 29 last year on ter- the 71st Independence Day. tion and endanger the lives of education departments of district education officer as a ror launch pads. Referring to cross border of our citizens. During these all states, before a bench com- nodal officer and would send a He said "significant casual- terrorism in Jammu and Kash- counter terrorist operations prising Chief Justice J S Khehar report containing compilation ties" were caused to terrorists mir, Jaitley said the armed significant casualties were and Justice D Y Chandra- of quarterly reports received and those providing support forces personnel continue to caused to terrorists and those chud, which approved it and by him from the district level to them in the surgical strikes. be vigilant on the Line of Con- providing support to them," expressed satisfaction on the authorities/nodal officer to the While referring to contri- trol in defending the nation as he said. steps taken. department of school educa- butions of countless patriots in "our adversary continues with "Even now our jawans The apex court directed that tion and literacy, Ministry of India's freedom struggle, Jait- its abhorrent acts". continue to be vigilant on the the guidelines and policy spelt HRD as well as NDMA," it said. ley without directly referring "Despite our repeated Line of Control, defending the out by the NDMA in the letter It said that department of to any country, said the nation requests to our Western nation, as our adversary con- should be implemented by all school education and literacy, now looks at the armed forces neighbour not to use our ter- tinues with its abhorrent acts. the concerned authorities in Ministry of Human Resources to defend its borders. ritory occupied by it not only Some of our soldiers continue the states. and Development and the "The nation now looks to to train terrorists but also use to make the supreme sacrifice "We are satisfied with the NDMA would jointly moni- you to defend its borders with it as launch pad for pushing while defending our mother- draft letter to be sent by the In the draft letter placed children are statutorily bound alaya Sangathan, Sarva Shiksha tor the implementation of the all your might and to the best these militants into India, land. The nation is indebted NDMA to all the chief secre- before the court, the NDMA by the same," the letter said. Abhiyan do not fall within the guidelines at the national level of your strength and abilities such nefarious activities con- to their martyrdom," he fur- taries and secretary incharge has said that guidelines on It further asked the states jurisdiction of the state admin- through periodical meetings so that all our people sleep in tinued," he said. ther said. of the education department of school safety policy 2016 pre- that the district education offi- istration or district education for each state and periodical peace tonight, so that we all see Jaitley said India ran out Hailing sacrifice of the all states. We hereby direct that pared by it were statutory in cer of each district "shall be officer of each district in a state. reviews. The apex court had a new dawn together, tomor- of patience as these terrorists armed forces, Jaitley assured the same will be implemented nature and statutorily required declared to be a nodal officer For the purpose of administra- earlier pulled up the union row and to take our country to were not only targeting the them that the government will by all concerned authorities," to be complied with "scrupu- with responsibility, liablity and tion of these schools, the cen- government for not coming new heights of peace and pros- armed forces but also civilians do all that is necessary to keep the bench said while disposing lously without any deviation". obligation" as well as powers tral government can directly up with guidelines on disaster perity for all our people," he and based on credible inputs, their morale high and to meet of the petition. "Special attention should and functions to ensure strict monitor them. "However so mangement to make schools said. The comments assumed the Indian Army had con- their functional requirements. The bench was dealing with be paid to fire safety. All the compliance with the national far as the implementation of safer even after the death of a significance as armies of India ducted surgical strikes on Sep- Listing initiatives for wel- a PIL filed one Avinash Meh- requirements to ensure safety disaster management guide- national disaster management large number of children in fire and China are locked in a face- tember 29 last year at several fare of the security personnel, rotra seeking safety guidelines of children in schools men- lines (school safety policy) guidelines (school safety pol- incidents in Dabwali and Kum- off in Dokalam for the past of these launch pads to pre- he said the government has for school after the Dabwali tioned in the said policy of 2016 within the district of his icy) 2016 is concerned, it is bakonam. It had then asked eight weeks. empt infiltration by terrorists. taken decision on recommen- fire incident in Haryana and 2016 are statutory in nature jurisdiction. imperative that a nodal officer NDMA to come up with com- The defence minister was "The operations were dations of the 7th pay commis- the Kumbakonam tragedy in and everyone involved in the "It is observed that the is earmarked who can ensure prehensive guidelines to pre- addressing the armed forces focused on ensuring that these sion on allowances, which will Tamil Nadu. process of ensuring safety of CBSE schools, Kendriya Vidy- adherence and compliance to vent such incidents. personnel in a customary terrorists did not succeed in benefit 14 lakh personnel. SC seeks beautification plan Vohra calls for collective effort to ensure stability in J-K OUR CORRESPONDENT witnessed recurring turmoil, "Alongside the continu- appealed that all possible steps members of the various politi- ing disturbances in the hinter- must be taken to see that aris- for Haji Ali, orders execution SRINAGAR: Jammu and cal parties, whether in or out of land caused by the activities ing problems are not allowed Kashmir Governor N N Vohra power, failed to muster cour- of separatist groups, Pakistan to affect the education of our OUR CORRESPONDENT on Monday called for collec- age for venturing out of their has maintained its strong sup- children," he added. tive efforts from all mainstream secure habitats to meet, hear port to subversive and terror- The governor, however, NEW DELHI: The Supreme political parties to counter the and talk even to their own elec- ist activities and, in the recent noted that despite the severe Court on Monday asked the forces who are trying to desta- tors!" he said. past, also very significantly difficulties faced in the recent authorities to take a final deci- bilise the state. The governor said politi- stepped up ceasefire violations years "our boys and girls have sion on the beautification plan "The collective voice of the cal parties in the state need to and attempts at infiltrating a been doing extremely well in of the historic Haji Ali Dargah various mainstream political accept the challenge of reach- much larger number of terror- the various pan-India competi- campus and its surroundings parties would assume much ing out to their people win- ists into Kashmir. tive examinations". in south Mumbai and execute greater strength if all the civil ning the hearts, and minds of "In the past over a year now, On the occasion of the 71st it by the year end. society groups in J&K, of what- the youth. security forces have remained Independence Day, Vohra said The apex court, which had ever kind, also join the cause longed sufferings which the Regretting the loss of lives perennially engaged in carry- in the past seven decades, the earlier saved some illegal por- to negate the agendas of those people of the state have been due to the unrest in Kash- ing out counter-terrorist oper- country has achieved notable tion of Kinara Masjid built on who seek to de-stabilise the going through, the time has mir, Vohra said the recurring ations, particularly in south development on many fronts the approach road to the Dar- state," Vohra said on the eve of come for every political party disturbances have adversely Kashmir," Vohra said. and "today, we are the fastest gah from being razed, asked the Independence Day. in the state to critically assess impacted tourism and trade. He also said the education growing among the large econ- state government to decide on approved plan be placed before appropriate to require the con- He called for introspection the net outcome of the policies He asserted that Paki- system in the state has suffered omies in the world". the plea “one way or the other” it along with an affidavit indi- cerned Court/authority to dis- by the political parties to assess it has followed in the past and stan has continued its sup- irreparable damage on account Vohra paid homage to the and sought its regularisation cating the time within which pose of the pending matters the net outcome of their poli- what exactly it seeks to achieve port to subversive elements of the recurring agitations. security personnel who sac- before October 4, the next date the beautification plan will be finally, one way or the other. cies, their achievements in the in the future. and increased ceasefire viola- "I have held many meetings rificed their lives to safeguard of hearing. implemented. “To seek expeditious dis- past and their targets for future. "It is a sad reality that in tions along the Line of Control with teachers and educational the territorial integrity of the Referring to the proposed “We hope and expect that posal, liberty is granted to the "In the backdrop of the pro- the past years, when the state (LoC) in the state. administrators and repeatedly country. beautification pathway of the the implementation of the official respondents in the con- Dargah campus and its sur- beautification plan will be car- cerned cases to move an appro- roundings, a bench of Chief ried out, under all circum- priate application along with HP CM Virbhadra Singh greets Justice J S Khehar and Justice stances, before December 31, a copy of the instant petition. Mumbai police on their toes as D Y Chandrachud said, “the 2017, so that the visitors to the We hope and expect that all same needs consideration at Haji Ali Dargah in the new year the pending matters will be dis- people on Independence Day the hands of the concerned will experience the efforts of all posed of within two months authorities. concerned in upgrading the from today,” it said. I-Day, Dahi Handi on same day MPOST BUREAU “We therefore hereby direct existing structure and its envi- When it was pointed that the Collector of Bombay ronment,” it said. At the out- out that one of the alleged MUMBAI: The Mumbai stepped up and vehicles com- said Deputy Commissioner SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh shall convene a meeting of set, the bench considered the encroachers has moved the police are on high alert and ing into the city are being of Police Rashmi Karandikar. Chief Minister Virbhadra all concerned stake holders response of the Maharashtra Bombay High Court, the apex have tightened the security checked at entry points. Dahi Handi celebrations, Singh has said that August 15 and authorities on September government on the steps taken court said the state government ahead of Independence Day Units of the Quick the chief attraction of which is a day of joy for all of us. 04 and take a final decision, to remove squatters from the will place its order before the tomorrow which coincides Response Team, Anti Terror- is `Govinda troupes' compet- People of Himachal accepting the proposed beau- area near the dargah. HC that no court, except it, can with Dahi Handi celebrations ism Squad, Bomb Detection ing to form human pyramids Pradesh have made signifi- tification plan as it is or with The government said that pass any interim order pertain- this year. "We are taking all and Disposal Squad, Crime and break pitchers strung cant contribution in the free- modifications as may be con- it has removed the squatters ing to removal of squatters. possible security measures," Branch and reserve forces high above the ground for dom movement. Incidents sidered appropriate, or even a and now six illegal structures The court had earlier taken a senior police officer said. are ready for deployment, hefty cash prizes, attract large like 'DhamiGoliKand', 'Pra- fresh/new beautification plan remain to be demolished as note of the notice issued on Security at all sensitive the officer said. crowds. This would pose jaMandal Movement', 'Suket as 'Best State' in the country within three weeks of holding they are protected by the orders March 22 of Deputy Collec- establishments and impor- "In view of Independence additional challenge for the Satyagraha' and 'Pajhotha in the field of education and the first meeting (on Septem- of some competent authorities. tor Encroachment Removal in tant buildings in the city has Day and Dahi Handi, we are city police who would already Movement' drew attention inclusive growth. Himachal has ber 04).” “With reference to the above which it was said that the area been increased. deploying enough forces to be on their toes on Indepen- of the national leaders at that been declared the first Open The court said that on the six remaining structures,... under encroachment was 908 Police patrolling has been maintain law and order," dence Day tomorrow. MPOST time, he said Defecation Free bigger State next date of hearing, the finally we consider it just and square metres. The Chief Minister said this in the country.It has also won indeed a day of rejoicing and the 'KrishiKarmanaya Award' celebrations. But, at the same for increasing food grain time it provides an occasion to production. MHA receives TN govt's Varun Gandhi offers` 5 cr for sneak into our past. Himachal During this period, the State Pradesh came into existence Government has given special after eight months of inde- attention to welfare and uplift- draft ordinance on NEET pendence by integration of 30 ment of the weaker sections of child wing at hospital in UP princely hill states. It wore a the society. Social security pen- OUR CORRESPONDENT M Thambidurai had multiple picture of poverty and back- sion has been enhanced from meetings with Prime Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT prevention of several water/ wardness. It was an arduous Rs. 450 to Rs. 700 per month NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Narendra Modi and other cen- air-borne diseases that could task for the State and its peo- thereby benefitting3,89,168 Home Affairs (MHA) on Mon- tral ministers over NEET. NEW DELHI: Moved by the affect these defenceless chil- ple to keep pace with the other old aged, widows and physi- day received from the Tamil The NEET is an entrance Gorakhpur tragedy, BJP Lok dren," he said. states of the country. But the cally challenged persons. All Nadu government a draft of the examination for students who Sabha member Varun Gandhi The wing would also pro- hardworking and honest peo- the mentally challenged per- proposed ordinance it plans to wish to study MBBS and BDS on Monday pledged Rs 5 crore vide free vaccination for chil- ple, with strong political will sons are also being provided promulgate to exempt students courses in government or pri- from his MP development fund dren under the National of our leadersconverted the social security pension without from the NEET examination vate medical colleges. It is con- to build a state-of-the-art pae- Vaccine Programme. It would challenges into opportunities. any income limit. This has ben- for admission to medical col- ducted by the Central Board of diatric wing in Sultanpur dis- also set up a pharmacy within The pace of development in the efitted over 9,000 special peo- leges in the southern state, a Secondary Education (CBSE). trict hospital. the hospital premises for pro- State slowly but steadily gained ple of the State. Marriage grant senior official said. The draft The NEET replaced the Over 60 children have viding medicines to children momentum. Today, with the for the persons with disabili- ordinance was sent through a All India Pre Medical Test reportedly died at state-run at a lower cost. persistent efforts of the people ties has been enhanced from Rs special emissary, the official, (AIPMT) and all individual BRD Medical College Hospi- "An intensive care unit of the State, Himachal Pradesh 25,000 to Rs. 50,000. Housing privy to the development, said. MBBS exams conducted by tal since August 7, many alleg- morning to the Chief Medi- personally through donations (ICU) consisting of 100 beds is one of the front runner and subsidy under different hous- The move came a day after states or colleges. edly for want of oxygen whose cal Superintendent, the Chief and collections from Corporate will be established to ensure the most progressive State of ing schemes has been increased Commerce Minister Nirmala However, many colleges supply was disrupted after bills Medical Officer and the Dis- Social Responsibility funding," no child goes untreated. The the country. from Rs. 48,500 to Rs. 1,30,000. Sitaraman said the central gov- and institutes had taken a stay were not paid to the vendor. trict Magistrate of Sultanpur the statement said. wing would have 24x7 access The present Congress Gov- To ensure food security to ernment would cooperate with order and conducted private "The human tragedy in in Uttar Pradesh. The Sultanpur MP hoped to water for drinking and sani- ernment assumed office on all in the State, cent percent the Tamil Nadu government if examinations for admission to Gorakhpur has left me jolted." "I have pledged an amount that with sufficient additional tation, electricity and oxygen 25th December, 2012 and with population has been brought it brings an ordinance seeking their MBBS and BDS courses. While grieving the terrible loss of Rs 5 crore from my MPLADS funds from external donors, supply," Gandhi said, adding, it a new era of economic self- under the fold of public distri- exemption from the National Tamil Nadu, which had of lives of all the children, the fund, to build a Model Hospital the paediatric wing would be three ambulances would cater reliance and self-sufficiency bution system. Over 37 lakh Eligibility cum Entrance Test initially sought permanent incident must "act as an impe- Paediatric Wing with state- of- functioning full-swing in six specifically to children. dawned this hilly State. Dur- people are getting 3 kilogram (NEET) for medical colleges exemption from NEET by tus" to take actions that serve the-art infrastructure, in the months. "It is my hope that other ing these years, the State has of wheat at Rs 2 per kilo- for one year. passing two bills in the Assem- as a deterrent to recurrence of district hospital. "The wing would also MPs who represent a rural con- achieved spectacular prog- gram and 2 kilogram of rice at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister bly, later made efforts to be such an event, the 37- year-old "This will be accompa- include an in-house research stituency, also initiate some- ress in the field of health, edu- Rs. 3 per kilogram per month K Palaniswami, state ministers out of its ambit for at least a MP said in a statement. nied by a matching grant of centre that would work on mat- thing similar in their respective cation and inclusive growth. under 'Rajiv Ann Yojana', the and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker year or two. Gandhi said he spoke this Rs 5 crore more, to be raised ters of child healthcare and areas," he added. The State has been adjudged Chief Minister said. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 EDITORIAL AAGC can checkmate OBOR Much more to Indo-Japan infra deal will counter China’s new Silk Route the construction of 73 roads in 2005. BRO was entrusted look forward to with 61 of them covering a total length of 3,417 kms. They rom a vandalised English colony to an entity mak- were to be completed by 2012. ing its mark in the world with a variety of accom- NANTOO BANERJEE Only 21 of them of 661.59-km plishments, India has remarkably come a long way in length have been completed so seven decades. There have been numerous watershed far. Reportedly, work on two Fmoments in our history that has shaped India to be what it of them has not even started. is today. The Partition has a lasting impact on the nation for The proposed completion the magnitude of displacement of people as well as the wars date has been revised to 2020 that followed. The founding fathers of this colossal nation had for the balance 40 roads but before them a sprawling territory with much to set right. The not many are willing to trust scope of development was as much as the struggle for fixtures BRO. China, on the contrary, in myriad areas. The Planning Commission was instituted has built top class road infra- shortly in 1950 with the aim of implementing five-year plans structure along its borders to draw out a blueprint for India's future, fighting hunger and with India, making its mili- poverty that was caused as a result of crumbling economy India cannot tary movement through the because of partition. This was upgraded to National Institu- hills on its side easy and fast. tion for Transforming India, better known as NITI Ayog pol- waste any more With Japan showing icy think-tank established by the BJP government to which time to strengthen interest in the infrastructure follows the top-down model. The stated aim for NITI Aayog's development of the north- creation is to foster involvement and participation in the eco- its border area eastern region, the situation nomic policy-making process by the State Governments of infrastructure and is expected to vastly improve India. The emphasis is on a bottom-up approach and makes in due course. Only four the country to move towards cooperative federalism. Coop- raise its defence months ago, the Japan Inter- erative federalism is a concept of federalism whereby a state capability to face national Cooperation Agency and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively (JICA) signed an agreement to solve common problems, instead of making policies sepa- any external with the Union government to provide over 67 billion yen rately or clashing over a policy in a system dominated by the aggression. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe national government. This is a method to encourage better (US$610 million) for Phase I coordination and working in tandem. Policy making in India India must build of the North East Road Net- has seen some major and significant shifts to suit changing top class road id the latest India- trade, commerce, and strategic Honestly, India cannot ing and maintaining roads work Connectivity Improve- requirements without following any rigid linear frameworks. Japan move to link among a large number of afford to waste any more time in the area was left with the ment Project, which will see India contributed 23 per cent of world GDP in the 18th connectivity and transform the countries in the region. to strengthen its border area largely military-controlled the enhancement of impor- century and became impoverished in the two centuries of Brit- infrastructure road infrastruc- Lately, Japan has been keen infrastructure and raise its Border Roads Organisation. tant projects in Meghalaya and ish rule. Picking up from there, India has paved itself a path to in the long- Dture in India’s north-eastern to work in and with India. In defence capability to face the And, there is little to talk home Mizoram. However, India will development with the economic reforms of 1992 to effectively region make China try to hast- India’s north-eastern region, challenge of external aggres- about BRO’s performance. The have to invest a lot more in cushioning the impacts of global recession; a uniform Goods neglected north- ily build a road through hith- Japan is working to develop sion. India must build top class organisation regularly failed the coming years to meet the and Services Tax, the end of five-year plans, doing away with east region erto demilitarised Dokalam infrastructure and connectivity road connectivity and infra- to meet its targets, primarily infrastructure gap in this stra- the Railway budget - India has adapted to newer methods to plateau in the strategic India- with important parts of South- structure in the long-neglected on account of inadequate bud- tegic area. A Pricewaterhouse plan and manage its economy. Infrastructure sector has been of strategic Bhutan-China tri-junction east Asia through Myanmar. north-east region of strategic getary support and shortage Coopers (PwC) report has esti- a key driver for the Indian economy. The sector is significantly importance. How and its military standoff fol- Prime Minister Narendra importance. How China plans of manpower and equipment. mated an investment require- responsible for propelling India’s overall development and has lowing India’s resistance? Inci- Modi has attached top prior- to react to the latest India- India’s military line operations ment of US$48 billion to fully garnered intense focus from our Governments for initiating China plans to dentally, Japan’s joining hands ity to the road and infrastruc- Japan initiative in the region have always been unhappy develop the road networks in policies that would ensure the time-bound creation of world react to the latest with India to build ‘Asia-Africa ture projects in the north-east is still not clear. Its military with the organisation. Even the the region. class infrastructure in the country. Since the beginning of Plan- Growth Corridor’ (AAGC) region. Things are moving. standoff at Dokalam could be Parliamentary Standing Com- Fortunately, Japan, which ning era to the latest initiatives of Make in India and Digital India-Japan was first unveiled in May 2017 They should now move faster just a beginning. India shares mittee on Defence maintains a is emotionally attached to the India, the emphasis on creating assets of various kinds is a initiative in the at the 52nd annual meet- after China’s official media a long border with China. The similar view. BRO is also beset region because of its huge loss key component of India's governance and functioning. The ing of the African Develop- outlet, Global Times, advised Line of Actual Control (LAC) with corruption. Building of some 70,000 soldiers, who ambition of infrastructural development has gone beyond region is still not ment Bank (AfDB) at Gujarat’s India to be ready for a short- between India and China tra- materials such as cement and died in the battles of Imphal securing societies and facilities within the country. India has clear Gandhinagar. The India-Japan term Chinese military attack in verses 4,057 kms along the steel often found their way to and Kohima during the World collaborated with foreign nations in various areas to upgrade initiative on the ambitious the Doklam region to protect Indian states of Jammu and agents, who sold them cheaply War II, had happily agreed to existing infrastructure as well as introduce new things. From infrastructure project did not the country against constant Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Him- to private traders. In its 19th work with India and increase bullet trains for public transport to more sophisticated war seem to have gone down well Chinese threats in the border achal Pradesh, Sikkim, and report before Parliament, the its presence in the region by equipment, ground breaking advancement in science and with China. This is despite the region. Interestingly, former Arunachal Pradesh. There have standing committee, headed by investing in infrastructure and technology has taken India much ahead in fields of agriculture. fact that China is engaged in President Pranab Mukherjee, been reports of short-term BJP MP Major General (retd) enhance connectivity with Indian agriculture benefited from the developments made in undertaking massive, unilat- who also served twice as India’s Chinese intrusions along LAC, BC Khanduri, was highly criti- South East Asia. Suffice it to say the fields of Biotechnology, for which a separate department eral infrastructure initiatives external affairs minister, had almost every year. And, let this cal about BRO’s performance. that Beijing is very upset with was created in 1986 under the Ministry of Science and Tech- under the One Belt, One Road subtly emphasised that “there be admitted that Indian forces Khanduri was a minister for the latest Indo-Japan coopera- nology. The Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan (OBOR) project connecting is little time to be lost. Consid- — military and paramilitary roads in the Vajpayee govern- tion initiative for infrastruc- is another accolade earned by India. India's telecommunica- it with Europe, parts of Asia, ering the huge pool of natural — are often ill equipped to act ment. His panel was partic- ture development, particularly tion network is the second largest in the world. It has one of including China-Pakistan eco- resources and the quality of its quickly to face off Chinese mil- ularly concerned about the in India’s north-east. The union the lowest call tariffs in the world enabled by mega telecom nomic corridor, and Africa. human resources, northeast of itary adventures mainly due continued delays in comple- cabinet must ensure that the operators and hyper-competition among them. India has also Japan is already working with India has the potential of being to lack of modern infrastruc- tion of the strategic Indo- project progresses fast and the world's second-largest Internet user-base. Indian telecom- India to build infrastructure in an important investment des- ture facilities and roads on the China Border Roads (ICBR). also AAGC becomes a reality munication industry employs an extensive system of modern Iran. Now, AAGC is a big ini- tination and a centre for trade Indian side. Under ICBR, the previous UPA to take on OBOR. IPA network elements such as digital telephone exchanges, mobile tiative. It will serve as a great and business”. For long, the task of build- government had sanctioned (The views are personal.) switching centres, media gateways and signalling gateways at the core, interconnected by a wide variety of transmission dear systems using fibre-optics. Areas of space technology, medi- Quote martial HONOURING OUR INDEPENDENCE EDITOR millenniumpost.in cine and medical treatment, renewable energy, have achieved significant milestones. The acquisition of nuclear technology And to India, our much- In 7 decades of Independence, our country has come a long way indeed. Like no Log on to write letters to the and research pertaining to it has come a long way in terms of editor or send them to orientation. Not only does it serve as a deterrent internation- loved motherland, the nation, India is less than perfect in several ways. But it is the spirit and attitude ally, it is on its way to meet the nation's energy requirements. ancient, the eternal and of a nation that keeps it striving for excellence. The last invaders in this country [email protected] Both the Indian private sector and the government have the ever-new, we pay our You can also send your invested in the medical and agricultural applications of bio- left us an important message – unity and solidarity. It is this primary quality comments to The Editor, technology. Massive Biotech parks were established in India reverent homage and we that will get India even further, from being a third world nation to a world of while the government provided tax deduction for research and bind ourselves afresh to Millennium Post, development under biotechnological firms. Bangalore is con- her service. Jai Hind its own. A nation is its people, at all levels and in all respects. Our young nation Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah sidered to be the technological capital of India. IT, Biotechnol- JAWAHARLAL NEHRU Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 ogy, Aerospace, Nuclear Science, Manufacturing Technology, still has a long way to go. Automobile Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Ship Build- RAKSHIT VAID Via email ing, Space science, Electronics, Computer Science and other Medical Science related research and development are going on a large scale in the country. The southern part of India is responsible for the lion share of technology and advancements the country has made. The golden triangle of IT and technol- Indian jails overflowing with prisoners ogy (Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai) forms the backbone of Indian Manufacturing, R&D and Science and Technology. The Smart Cities initiative has been conceptualised to describe the level of aspiration of the people in India. This 149 jails in the country are overcrowded by more than 100 per cent aims to provide for the aspirations and needs of the citizens with a view of urban planners aiming at developing the entire and 8 by a staggering 500 per cent, informs Raja Bagga urban eco-system represented by the four pillars of compre- hensive development-institutional, physical, social, and eco- While prisons he annual report of the this. With high levels of understaffing, nomic infrastructure. This is a long term goal and cities can have been National Crime Records the situation becomes even worse. As work towards developing such comprehensive infrastructure Bureau (NCRB) says that the a result of lack of supervision, inmates incrementally, adding on layers of ‘smartness’ to 100 major recognised as average overcrowding rate in are confined in their cells for longer Indian cities. Its core infrastructure elements include adequate a correctional TIndian prisons is 14 per cent. What the hours. This increases the possibility water supply, assured electricity supply, sanitation including report does not reveal is that 149 jails in of tensions and violence. With limited solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public facility the country are overcrowded by more resources to manage and contain these transport, affordable housing, especially for the poor, robust worldwide, than 100 per cent and that eight are incidents, the functioning of prisons IT connectivity and digitalisation, good governance, especially overcrowded by margins of a stagger- also becomes order-oriented, there is e-Governance and citizen participation, sustainable environ- Indian prisons ing 500 per cent. limited attention on correctional facili- ment, safety and security of citizens, particularly women, are still governed These alarming statistics were ties, reform and need for privacy. children and the elderly, and health and education. A very revealed in the Centre's reply in If the overall objective is to make important aspect of an upgraded modern city is cleanliness. by a 123-year- response to a question in the Lok Sabha prison conditions "human", it is cru- This aspect is especially undertaken with the flagship pro- old law -- The on August 8. It also brought into focus cial to identify the primary causes for gramme of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. With a humble begin- the horrendous levels in Satyaman- overcrowding. There is clearly a prob- ning to clean the streets, roads, and infrastructure, the aim Prisons Act. The galam sub-jail in Erode district of Tamil lem of both supply and demand. With of this initiative is to eliminate open defecation through the prisons are just Nadu where 200 prisoners are "stuffed" 33 prisoners per 100,000 population, construction of individual, cluster and community toilets. The in a space meant for 16 people. India has one of the lowest incarcera- Swachh Bharat mission will also make an initiative of estab- like the Act that The overcrowding rate actually tion rates in the world. If the state is lishing an accountable mechanism of monitoring latrine use. governs them: oversimplifies an understanding of unable to adequately house these pris- The government is aiming to achieve an Open-Defecation rusty, outdated, the problem. What this statistic fails oners, it is a reflection of the priority it Free (ODF) India by 2 October 2019, the 150th anniversary to capture is the feeling of being stuck accords to prison and broadly crimi- of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, by constructing 12 million neglected. This in a dark, dingy enclosed area where nal justice. toilets in rural India, at a projected cost of Rs. 1.96 lakh crore directly impacts privacy is non-existent, where threats With 33 prisoners per 100,000 population, India has one of the lowest incarceration The government needs to build (US$30 billion). This has been India's largest ever cleanliness of bodily violations loom constantly, rates in the world (Representational Image) more prisons and remodel exist- drive with 3 million government employees, and especially the occupants where money and power determines ing ones. The prison modernisation school and college students from all parts of India, participat- of these prisons the floor space you get to stretch your wide, Indian prisons are still governed One needs to break up the problem scheme which led to the constitution of ing in the campaign. Abolition of bonded labour in 1976 was a legs, where the entry of "more guests" by a 123-year-old law -- The Prisons to understand its dimension beyond 125 new jails was discontinued in 2009. landmark step towards achieving social justice in India. Since and complicates implies the quality and quantity of food Act. The prisons are just like the Act percentage levels of overcrowding. The government, when asked about its then, social justice has seen its scope widen to include greater separation and sanitation would further suffer. that governs them: rusty, outdated, The rate suffers from multiple limi- revival in the Lok Sabha, chose not to freedom for women, enabling them to contribute significantly Prisoners in India are usually neglected. This directly impacts the tations. Most Indian prisons were built respond. to the nation. Education has been an integral component in between different housed together in mega dormito- occupants of these prisons. in the colonial era, are in constant need While government data reveals materialising this aim. Encouraging and promoting the edu- classes of ries, where inmates are kept in close Overcrowding takes a toll on of repair and part of them are unhabit- the alarming levels of overcrowding, cation of girl child has born spectacular fruits. From women proximity with little regard for dig- already constrained prison resources able for long periods. While the prison it is still understated. The govern- making their mark in the field of sciences to being pioneers of prisoners nity and basic living conditions. This and even makes separation between capacity gets reduced on the ground, ment needs to build more prisons and social justice, to even stunning the nation with their achieve- is a far cry from the UN's Standard different classes of prisoners difficult. this is not reflected in official figures. employ more staff to make their func- ment in sports, women are fast reclaiming their due in society. Minimum Rules for the Treatment of The Bureau for Police Research and Also, under trial and convicted pris- tioning more transparent and humane. India has come a long way in this seventy years. Prisoners, which suggest that prison Development's report on the imple- oners have to be housed separately. IANS The road to development we see today has been far from accommodation shall be mindful of mentation of the Mulla Committee So do inmates with mental disabilities (Raja Bagga is Programme Officer smooth. There is still a long way to go and much more to "minimum floor space, lighting, heat- recommendations revealed that 60 per and those with communicable diseases. with the Prison Reforms Access to achieve. An informed citizenry is essentially the source to ing and ventilation". cent of the jails were unable to assign These segregations further impact the Justice Programme at the Common- guarantee continued development. While prisons have been recog- new prisoners to a particular barrack occupancy levels for inmates but the wealth Human Rights Initiative. nised as a correctional facility world- or ward due to overcrowding. occupancy rate does not account for The views expressed are personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 mp in focus Mission Madness In their desperation, officials are adopting coercive ways to stop open defecation. There are many ethical and practical challenges in achieving the target he morning sun has just And at this very juncture, a social and DOWN TO EARTH begun creeping over the health objective assumes the form horizon of Mehtab Shah of a diktat. Kachhi Basti, an illegal set- Social activists tell DTE that the Ttlement in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh pressure is so high that SBM foot sol- district. Three municipal council diers are wielding whatever stick they employees and Nagar Parishad Com can lay their hands on—from blow- missioner Ashok Jain have their eyes ing whistles at those defecating in on people coming out of the shanties. the open to denial of ration from the They start clicking photographs as public distribution system (PDS) and soon as four women squat down to social welfare benefits, and arresting perform the morning ablution in an offenders under various sections of open field. Or, at least, that’s what the the Indian Penal Code. women thought who start screaming for help as the officials approach the THE UNSAID DIKTAT field. Zafar Hussain, a social activ- None of the coercive measures “Defecating in ist in his mid-40s who happened to so authoritatively used by SBM offi- the open is not a be in the nearby area, rushes to their cials is part of the SBM guidelines, rescue. The officials do not like the which say the behavioural changes matter of choice interference, and a violent alterca- should be brought about through for us. People tion ensues. Hours later, Hussain is “intensive IEC (information, edu- declared dead. He is survived by two cation, and communication) and here either work daughters and wife Rasheeda. advocacy, with the participation of as daily wage Down To Earth (DTE) visited the NGOs/Panchayati Raj Institutions/ colony two weeks after the incident. resource organisations”. DTE analy- labourers or Anger was still palpable among the sis shows that in 2016-17, the govern- at local shops. residents despite an eerie silence pre- ment spent 0.8 per cent of the funds How can toilet vailing over the region. Death certif- allocated for awareness programmes icate of Hussain states he died from Representational Image against 8 per cent recommended in construction “cardiovascular failure”. But Ajay Sax- the guidelines. In districts, such as cross someone’s ena, an advocate fighting for justice a dilapidated hut with no land of his hours. Since no arrest was made till cent of them are from rural areas. ernment claims that SBM has been Puri in Odisha, neither the district for Hussain’s family, claims, “The offi- own and depends on leaking munic- the magazine went to press, DTE Germs present in their faeces then designed to ensure that people not collector nor SBM coordinator was mind when they cials brutally kicked, punched and ipal pipe lines for water,” asks Bai. cannot confirm the allegations. spread out to infect others. This is a only build toilets but also use those. aware of sanitation-related IEC pro- struggle to make beat Zafar, which caused his death.” In March this year, three families in The incident nevertheless high- major reason India fares worse than “Unlike the previous sanitation pro- grammes. Worse, some tactics used People from the colony say Hus- Mehtab Shah Kachhi Basti, includ- lights that of late, the foot soldiers of several poorer countries on human grammes, SBM focuses on the behav- by SBM officials violate rights guar- ends meet, lives sain fell victim to the aggressive and ing Bai’s, volunteered to build toi- SBM, right from the district admin- development indicators, including ioural change which has been a major anteed under the Constitution. in a dilapidated unethical ways officials are following lets under SBM. “So far, I have spent istration to municipal and panchayat infant deaths. This is also the reason challenge in moving towards a clean For instance, Kapasi village in to bag open defecation-free (ODF) Rs 18,000, but received Rs 8,000 of functionaries, are using coercive tac- a large fraction of children in India status,” says Parameswaran Iyer, Chhattisgarh’s Balod district uses hut with no land status for the district under Swachh the promised Rs 12,000. I’ll be able tics to make people abandon their are underweight and stunted and the Secretary of the Union Ministry of CCTV cameras to stop people from of their own, Bharat Mission (SBM), a flagship to complete it only after I get the age-old habit and embrace new country has failed to eradicate debili- Drinking Water and Sanitation. This defecating in the open. The village programme of the National Demo- remaining money,” she says. ethos. A close analysis of the mea- tating diseases like polio and cholera is for the first time the Ministry is panchayat slaps a fine of Rs 500 on and depend cratic Alliance (NDA) government Though the government con- sures reminds one of what India despite international cooperation. counting the number of villages and those found defecating in the open. It on leaking at the Centre which is directly mon- structed a community toilet in the witnessed during the 1975 Emer- To improve the quality of life, districts that are becoming open- also awards people who report about itored by the Prime Minister. The colony three years ago, Bai says it gency—to embark on an ambitious the government for the past three defecation-free every day, adds Iyer. the offenders. Similarly, in West municipal pipe residents also say that for the SBM is much cleaner and safer to defe- population control programme some decades has been trying to provide At the last count on July 5, 2017, Bengal’s Nadia district, the district lines for water?” officials, photographing people in cate in the open than using those. 6.2 million poor Indian men were sanitation facility to all its citizens—it some 149 of the 707 districts were administration and a few gram pan- objectionable position is the simplest Her resentment is not unfounded. forcefully sterilised in just a year; first launched the Central Rural Sani- declared ODF and 64 million toilets chayats have set up “wall of shame” way to compel them to change their The community toilet, meant to cater 2,000 died from botched operations. tation Programme in 1986. The scope were to be built before October 2, in the village on which the names and morning routine. to the 3,000 people of Mehtab Shah of the programme was expanded in 2019—the deadline by which Prime photographs of those defecating in Zahreena, an eye witness to Kachhi Basti, has only 10 units. In the BUT WHY THE INTIMIDATION? 1999 and Total Sanitation Campaign Minister Narendra Modi wants India the open are pasted. The steps have the clash between Hussain and the absence of water supply, the toilets SBM foot soldiers are wielding (TSC) was launched. In 2012, the to attain ODF status, to coincide with helped Kapasi to be declared the first officials, says, “Earlier this month, remain soiled and clogged. whatever stick they can lay their government revamped TSC to Nir- Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anni- ODF village in the district and Nadia Chachaji wrote a memorandum to District magistrate Neha Giri, hands on—from blowing whistles mal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), which versary. To achieve the target, India as the first ODF district in the state. the Nagar Parishad opposing public whose office is barely 2 km from the to denying welfare benefits continued till late 2014 before being needs to build one toilet per second. “These are clear violations of right shaming of women who defecate in settlement, says work under SBM is To understand this, we first need renamed Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (or While achieving the target seems to privacy guaranteed by Article 21 the open due to lack of toilets. Now, yet to begin in a full-fledged man- to understand what the ODF status SBM as it is known today) by NDA. highly improbable—India will take of the Constitution, which says, ‘No no one would dare speak up for our ner in the district as it was formed in means and why the foot soldiers of In 2015, the Comptroller and another three years to achieve the person shall be deprived of his life dignity. Defecating in the open is not 2008. “We are waiting for the baseline SBM are trying to bag it for their Auditor General of India published target if it continues to build toilets at or personal liberty except accord- a matter of choice for us,” says Dhaku survey to be completed,” she says. districts. According to the UN data, an audit of TSC and NBA, which the rate it was building during 2016- ing to procedure established by law’,” Bai, another resident. “People here Throughout her conversation every morning about 600 million says 48-56 per cent of the house- 17—it does indicate one thing: the says Prasanta Kumar Hota, execu- either work as daily wage labourers with DTE, Giri remained tight- people across India walk to the fields, holds did not have toilets. Of the toi- mounting pressure on district col- tive director of Solidarity for Social or at local shops. How can toilet con- lipped about what led to Hussain’s roadsides, railway tracks, banks of lets built since 1986, over 20 per cent lectors and panchayat functionaries Equality, human rights organisation struction cross someone’s mind who death and what the officials were water bodies, or any other outdoor were lying defunct and used as store- to construct toilets on a war footing in Odisha. struggles to make ends meet, lives in doing near the colony in the wee place to relieve themselves; 87 per rooms or cattle sheds. The NDA gov- and persuade people to use those. (Views are of Down to Earth.)

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Frank F. Islam writes about the need for religious leaders to build bridges MAMATA BANERJEE @MamataOfficial s India celebrates its 71st Indepen- dence Day, it must remember the sac- All schools in #Bengal Arifices made by leaders of the freedom movement. It was ARE celebrating their vision, idealism, commit- #IndependenceDay as ment to democracy, secular- per their choice. In their ism, and pluralism that made India an exceptional nation in own special way the world. India’s commitment to secularism and rule of law is unmatched and unparal- leled. But, unfortunately, over IMRAN KHAN the past several months, vio- @ImranKhanPTI lent acts carried out by some members of right-wing groups Citizen leaders posing themselves as cow vig- NS claims he will bring ilantes have resulted in the a revolution in Pak! must come from death of more than 20 people. What a joke! In his 30 all fields. They Any type of violence that is grounded in hatred, bigotry, yrs in power, only rev can play a vital harassment, misunderstand- he has brought has role in defusing ing and ignorance does not been in his family's represent the character and fortunes tensions and conscience of a country that helping our has been a shining symbol of youth understand democracy, diversity and sec- ularism around the globe. The RAJNATH SINGH the need for violence and polarisation are contrary to the nation’s values. @rajnathsingh collaboration and This type of intolerant and ugly communication. behaviour by some individu- I'm launching a social They are pivotal als is against India’s traditions media awareness and commitment to commu- India’s commitment to secularism is unmatched (Representational Image) in promoting the nal peace and harmony. It must campaign regarding be confronted both for the sake He was a visionary who saw the invisible force that brings us formly. As importantly, they oration and communication. #BharatKeVeer on @ unique benefits of the good Hindu and Mus- the world not through religious together regardless of our par- can take affirmative actions They can play a pivotal role by of unity lim citizens of India and the blinders but through an expan- ticular predispositions. to promote an atmosphere of promoting the unique benefits Twitter on the eve of distinctive and honourable sive view of what strong and Religious leaders are in communal peace and harmony. of unity by articulating the idea India's Independence multi-hued reputation of the inclusive faiths can do to unite a unique position to build They need to develop a plan of that “We are stronger together”. Day state itself. rather than divide us. bridges, to break down the bar- what can be done to strengthen And, together, they can help Prime Minister Narendra Malaviya declared: “India riers, to promote dialogue for those bonds that bind all Indi- shape a better future for India. Modi has spoken out against is not a country of the Hin- understanding, and to forge ans as one family. They need to As citizens of the world’s the spate of violence against dus only. It is a country of the stronger bonds among differ- promote the voice for under- largest democracy, Indians of SACHIN TENDULKAR Muslims. He reminded the Muslims, the Christians and ent faiths. This can be accom- standing, cooperation, and all faiths to come together and @sachin_rt country of his call of “Sabka the Parsees too. The country plished by bringing followers civility among faiths. redouble efforts to reject vio- Saath, Sabka Vikas” (with can gain strength and develop of different persuasions to have Citizen leaders must come lence in all forms and to pro- everyone, for everyone). Some itself only when the people of open discussions on controver- from all fields -- business, edu- mote civility. Indians should What a fabulous may think this call will not India live in mutual goodwill sial topics or issues of impor- cation, health care, to name just commit themselves to promote way to end the test be answered. I believe it will and harmony.” Taking a lesson tance. These conversations can a few. They can lead by exam- dialogue for understanding and because many of India’s greatest from him, in order to create make and reinforce the point ple, by sponsoring events and a shared sense of community in series! A big hug to leaders have in the past stressed an atmosphere of communal that an attack on one religion is investing in plans and pro- the spirit of Modi’s call: “Sabka the entire team for building community through peace and harmony, we need an attack on all religions. When grammes that cut across and Saath, Sabka Vikas.” IANS their outstanding collaboration and cooperation. to discover our “spiritual com- we attack each other, it tears eliminate racial, religious and (Frank F. Islam is an entre- For example, consider the mon ground”. India’s harmonious fabric. socio-economic divides. They preneur, civic and thought performance. Good luck teachings of Pandit Madan That is because spirituality Political leaders have the can play a vital role in defusing leader based in the Wash- for the ODI series! Mohan Malaviya, founder of transcends religious, racial, and responsibility to ensure that all tensions and helping our youth ington, DC area. The views the Banaras Hindu University. regional boundaries. Spirit is laws are fair and enforced uni- understand the need for collab- expressed are personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Tuesday, 15 August, 2017

BURKINA FASO At least eighteen killed in restaurant terror attack OUAGADOUGOU: Security a dozen wounded, including forces in Burkina Faso have three who have died. The con- ended an operation against dition of the other wounded terrorists who attacked a Turk- is critical. ish cafe in the capital Ouaga- Three of them are currently dougou on Sunday that left 18 being operated on.” dead including two attackers, Burkina Faso, a poor land- the communications minis- locked nation bordering Mali ter Remis Dandjinou said and Niger, has seen a string Monday. of attacks claimed by jihadist The attack that began groups in recent years. Sunday night in a Turkish In December 2016, a restaurant popular with for- dozen soldiers were killed in eigners also left a dozen people an assault on their base in the injured, while two assailants north of the country. And in were later killed, Communica- October that year there was an tions Minister Remis Dandji- attack that killed four troops nou said. It was not clear how and two civilians. many gunmen were involved. In the January 2016 assault, “The operation has ended” AQIM gunmen attacked the but searches are continuing in Splendid hotel and the Cap- the Ouagadougou neighbour- said he saw “three men arrive 10:15 pm against the assailants puccino restaurant opposite, hood around the restaurant, on a 4X4 vehicle around 9:30 who were hiding in the build- both popular with Westerners. Dandjinou told a press briefing pm, get off the vehicle and ing, the police officer said. AQIM named the three carried on social media. open fire on customers seated The shooting was intense gunmen responsible and pub- The Istanbul restaurant is on the terrace”. at first and then sporadic, an lished photos of them, dressed just 200 metres from a hotel Shooting ended around 5 AFP journalist said. in military fatigues and wield- and cafe targeted in an assault am (0500 GMT), according Video footage posted on ing weapons. in January 2016 that left 30 to an AFP journalist who was Twitter showed people flee- The hotel and cafe attack people dead and 71 wounded, near the restaurant. ing, as shouting and gunshots came weeks after jihadists many of them foreigners. That Dandjinou had earlier are heard. Armed officers in claimed an assault on a top attack was claimed by the Al- said that “some people were uniform are then seen walking hotel in Bamako, capital of Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb held” by the assailants and that towards the attack site. neighbouring Mali, that killed (AQIM) group. “According to “some were released”, but gave An earlier government 20 people. witnesses, at least two assail- no further details. statement described the shoot- There have also been ants arrived on a motorcy- He said the 18 victims were ing as a “terrorist attack.” kidnappings — of Burki- cle around 9pm armed with of different nationalities, both The wounded were taken to nabes as well as foreigners. Kalashnikovs, opened fire Burkinabes and foreigners. Yalgado Ouedraogo hospital. An Australian and a Roma- on the Istanbul restaurant,” a Turkey said one of its citizens “We are overwhelmed,” nian, abducted in 2015, are police officer told AFP on con- was among the dead. one surgeon told AFP on con- still being held hostage by dition of anonymity. Security forces launched dition of anonymity. Islamist groups affiliated A waiter in the restaurant a counter-assault at around “We have received about with Al-Qaeda. AGENCIES Will bring law that Sikh who entered US illegally 27 killed in floods ensures no PM can to be deported to India in Bangladesh; be ousted: Sharif NEW YORK: A 39-year-old Singh has been released with nearly 6 lakh LAHORE: Deposed Paki- Sikh, who entered the US ille- an ankle monitor and will have stan PM Nawaz Sharif said gally through Mexico over a to return to India at the end of affected on Sunday that he will strive decade ago, will be deported to three months. hard to replace the country’s India as the Trump administra- “With this new adminis- DHAKA: Flash floods trig- old and “flawed” system with tion continues its crackdown on tration, the rules have changed gered by incessant rains have a new law which will put an illegal immigrants. everybody goes,” his wife, Kate left at least 27 people dead end to the unceremonious Baljit Singh had crossed the Singh told The Times. and nearly six lakh oth- ouster of PMs. border into Texas illegally 12 “It doesn’t matter if you’re ers marooned in nearly two Concluding his four- years ago. a father and haven’t done any- dozen districts in Bangladesh, day journey, which began His attorney said being a thing to break the law, or if officials said on Monday. in Islamabad and culmi- Sikh, he had fled religious per- you’re a criminal.Everybody’s The unrelenting flow of nated in a rally in Lahore, secution in Punjab where he going. It’s just a huge cleanup,” water from upstream regions Sharif told his supporters feared for his life. she said. coupled with monsoon rains that his party’s government Singh, who has no criminal President Donald Trump has flooded as many as 20 was going to initiate efforts history and is a father of two came into office promising to districts with the flooding to bring new Constitution children who are US citizens, expel the estimated 11 million spreading to other parts, offi- and fully support the sug- was required to go for periodic people living in the US illegally, cials said. gestions put forward by the check-ins with immigration who he says steal American jobs The Disaster Management chairman of Senate. officials and during one such and fuel crime. Ministry said that 27 people “We will have to bring a visit early this month, he was Most are from Mex- have died in the floods as new system, a new constitu- told he will be deported to India ico, and many of them have monsoon grasped 20 of the tion and a new law replac- after 90 days, a report in theLos been here for decades, rais- country’s 64 administrative ing the old flawed system,” Angeles Times said. ing families, owning homes districts. he said. AGENCIES After a week of detention, and businesses. AGENCIES The deluge has affected some 586,000 people, forc- ing 368,586 of them to take refuge in makeshift shelters as the country witnesses the second round of floods since June. Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury said that gov- ernment’s preparedness was underway to face a greater disaster in view of severe flooding in upstream coun- tries like, China, India, Nepal and Bhutan. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 mp

NORTH KOREA ‘America preparing military options in case sanctions fail’

WASHINGTON: America spokesman. in the region with President Dunford had earlier told is preparing military options It comes amid heightened Moon Jae-in and Defence Min- reporters he aimed to “sense N Korea recalls key ambassadors in case sanctions imposed on tensions over fears Pyongyang ister Song Young-moo ahead of what the temperature is in the North Korea fail, the most is close to achieving its goal of major joint US-South Korean region” and discuss military to Pyongyang amid missile row senior general in the US armed putting mainland US within military drills scheduled for options in the event the “dip- forces has warned. range of a nuclear weapon. later this month. lomatic and economic pressuri- PYONGYANG: Several key North Korean ambas- Joseph Dunford said a The two nations exchanged “He conveyed Amer- sation campaign” fails. “full range” of contingency military threats last week, with ica’s readiness to use the full “We’re all looking to get out sadors have been asked to return to the country’s plans had been drawn up in North Korea warning it has range of military capabilities of this situation without a war,” capital Pyongyang, it has emerged. Among the top case diplomatic and economic developed a plan to strike the to defend our allies and the US he added. envoys recalled were Ji Jae-ryong, Ja Song-nam sanctions did not deter Pyong- US Pacific territory of Guam. homeland,” said US military Moon separately called for a and Kim Hyong-jun ambassadors to China, the yang’s development of nuclear On Friday Donald Trump spokesman Darryn James. peaceful solution to the nuclear weapons. said military solutions to the Dunford, who will also stand-off, urging that “there UN and Russia - according to Yonhap. A South The Joint Chiefs of Staff crisis were “locked and loaded”, meet with leaders in Japan and must not be another war on Korean government official said: “North Korea chairman told South Korean days after vowing to unleash China, “stressed that North the Korean Peninsula”.It comes seems to be hosting what appears to be a meeting President Moon Jae-in of the “fire and fury” if Pyongyang Korea’s ballistic missile and as senior US officials attempted of foreign diplomatic missions.” The number of preparations during a 50-min- continued to threaten the US. nuclear weapons programmes to provide assurances with that ambassadors involved is not known. AGENCIES ute meeting on Monday, Dunford is visiting Seoul threaten the entire global com- conflict with North Korea not according to a US military to discuss the rising tensions munity,” the spokesman added. imminent. AGENCIES Sessions says Russian security ‘evil attack’ in Trump condemns white agency says it China suspends North Korean Virginia is domestic supremacists following foiled IS attack iron, seafood imports terrorism MOSCOW: Russia’s top criticism of his response domestic security agency BEIJING: China will halt iron, his country “will for sure imple- WASHINGTON: Attorney said on Monday it has iron ore and seafood imports ment that new resolution 100 General Jeff Sessions said on thwarted suicide bombings from North Korea starting on per cent, fully and strictly”. Monday that the “evil attack” in Moscow planned by the Monday, following through China, which is suspected of in Charlottesville, Va., over Islamic State group in Syria. on new UN sanctions after US failing to enforce past UN mea- the weekend meets the legal Four people have been pressure for Beijing to strong sures, accounts for 90 per cent definition of an act of domes- arrested on suspicion of arm Pyongyang over its ally’s of North Korea’s trade. tic terrorism, an early declara- plotting attacks on Moscow nuclear programme. Trump complained in July tion in an investigation after transit system and shopping The decision was announced that trade between the two a car plowed into a crowd of malls, the Federal Security on Monday after days of increas- nations had increased by nearly protesters. Service, or FSB, said in a ingly bellicose rhetoric between 40 per cent in the first quarter. “It does meet the definition statement. US President Donald Trump Beijing has defended its eco- of domestic terrorism in our Those arrested included and Kim Jong-Un’s regime, nomic ties with Pyongyang as statute,” Sessions said on ABC’s two would-be suicide bomb- which has raised international normal commerce between “Good Morning America,” ers along with an Islamic alarm about where the crisis is neighbours and insisted the referring to a fatal attack on State envoy and an expert in headed. trade did not violate UN sanc- Saturday when a vehicle drove explosives. One of them is a Beijing had pledged to fully and seafood will be “completely the country $1 billion a year. tions. The suspension of coal into a crowd protesting white Russian national and three enforce the latest sanctions after prohibited” from on Tuesday. The sanctions were in response imports deprives North Korea nationalists, killing one woman WASHINGTON: Presi- Meanwhile, the young man others are from ex-Soviet the United States accused China Beijing had already announced to the North’s two interconti- of massive income as it totalled and injuring others. A 20-year- dent Trump denounced accused of plowing a car into Central Asia, the FSB said. of not doing enough to rein in a suspension of coal imports in nental ballistic missile tests last $1.2 billion last year. old man has been arrested and groups such as the Ku Klux a crowd of people protesting The agency released a video its neighbour, which relies heav- February. month, after which Kim boasted Among the latest banned charged with second-degree Klan and neo-Nazis by a white supremacist rally was in which its agents inspect a ily on the Asian giant for its eco- The United Nations Secu- that he could now strike any products, China imported $74.4 murder, three counts of mali- name and announced that fascinated with Nazism, idol- house used by the group to nomic survival. rity Council, including perma- part of the United States. million worth of iron ore in the cious wounding and failing to the Justice Department ised Adolf Hitler, and had make explosives while two The Chinese commerce nent member Beijing, approved Chinese Foreign Minister first five months of this year, stop at the scene of a crash that has launched a civil rights been singled out by school suspects lie down on the ministry said on its website that tough sanctions against Pyong- Wang Yi vowed after the UN almost equalling the figure for resulted in a death. investigation into the death officials in the 9th grade for floor in handcuffs. AGENCIES all imports of coal, iron, iron ore yang on August 6 that could cost sanctions were approved that all of 2016. AGENCIES “You can be sure we will of a counterprotester at a his “deeply held, radical” charge and advance the inves- white nationalist gathering convictions on race, a former tigation toward the most seri- in Charlottesville, Va., over high school teacher said on ous charges that can be brought the weekend as he sought to Monday. 312 dead as mudslides, floods sweep through Freetown because this is unequivocally tamp down mounting criti- James Alex Fields an unacceptable evil attack,” cism of his initial response to Jr. also confided that FREETOWN: At least 312 people were dren, leaving no space to lay what he onto the roof. Mr. Sessions said, adding the violence. he had been diagnosed killed and more than 2,000 left home- described as the “overwhelming num- “We have lost everything and we do that terrorism and civil rights “Anyone who acted with schizophrenia when less on Monday when heavy flooding hit ber of dead”. not have a place to sleep,” she told AFP. investigators were working on criminally in this week- he was younger and had been Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown, leav- Many more bodies were taken to Local media reports said a section the case. end’s racist violence, you prescribed an anti-psychotic ing morgues overflowing and residents private morgues, Sinneh said. of a hill in the Regent area of the city Sessions appeared on sev- will be held accountable,” medication, Derek Weimer desperately searching for loved ones. Images obtained by AFP showed had partially collapsed, exacerbating eral morning news shows on Trump said in brief remarks said in an interview with The An AFP journalist at the scene saw a ferocious churning of dark orange the disaster. Monday, condemning the vio- at the White House. Associated Press. bodies being carried away and houses mud coursing down a steep street in Other images showed battered lent demonstrations over the The statement came two In high school, Fields was submerged in two areas of the city, the capital, while videos posted by local corpses piled on top of each other, as removal of a Confederate mon- days after he failed to specifi- an “average” student, but with where roads turned into churning riv- residents showed people waist and chest residents struggled to cope with the ument and defending President cally condemn the rally after a keen interest in military his- ers of mud and corpses were washed up deep in water trying to traverse the road. destruction. Trump’s response. Mr. Trump Heather Heyer was killed and tory, Hitler, and Nazi Ger- on the streets. Fatmata Sesay, who lives on the hill- Meanwhile disaster management has been reluctant to criticize as many as 19 were injured many, said Weimer, who said Red Cross spokesman Patrick Mas- top area of Juba, said she, her three chil- official Candy Rogers said that “over white supremacists for the by a driver who reportedly he was Fields’ social studies saquoi said the death toll was 312 but dren and husband were awoken at 4:30 2,000 people are homeless,” hinting at weekend’s bloody protests in espoused racist and pro-Nazi teacher at Randall K Cooper could rise further as his team continued am by rain beating down on the mud the huge humanitarian effort that will Charlottesville. An unattrib- sentiments and had come to high school in Union, Ken- to survey disaster areas in Freetown and cian at Freetown’s Connaught Hospital, house they occupy, which was by then be required to deal with the fallout of uted White House condemned the city for the the “Unite the tucky, in Fields’ junior and tally the number of dead. said 180 bodies had been received so far submerged by water. the flooding in one of Africa’s poorest “white supremacists”. AGENCIES Right” march. senior years. AGENCIES Mohamed Sinneh, a morgue techni- at his facility alone, many of them chil- She managed to escape by climbing nations. AGENCIES China to boost Tories attempt to hijack powerful decision-making Death toll in Nepal floods strategic ties with committee to ram through new post-Brexit laws reaches 80, 35 Indians rescued all-weather friend LONDON: Theresa May is involved in the battle over quit the party if Ms May fails to KATHMANDU: At least 14 Pakistan: VP accused of trying to break par- the make-up of the commit- “confront the ideologues” and people were killed in a land- liamentary rules in order to tee said: “If the Tories go ahead continues to push for a hard slide in Nepal on Monday, ISLAMABAD: China is ready ram through controversial law with this, there will be a dust- Brexit. The Commons row cen- taking the death toll in rain- to enhance all- round strategic changes after Brexit. up in September, because we tres on the obscure Commit- triggered floods and landslides cooperation and economic ties The Conservatives are will bring it to a vote in the tee of Selection, which has the to 80 across the Himala- with its “all weather” ally Paki- demanding to pack a crucial Commons.” The controversy crucial task of arranging which yan nation, even as all the 35 stan, Vice Premier Wang Yang decision-making committee comes as the Prime Minis- SIs will be pushed through Par- stranded Indian nationals have said on Monday as he attended with their own MPs, despite ter returns from her summer liament and when. In the last been rescued, officials said. the country’s Independence losing their Commons major- holiday attempting to stamp Parliament, the Conservatives Heavy rainfall has lashed Day celebrations. ity at the election, The Indepen- her authority on a Cabinet “on claimed five of the nine MPs Nepal for the past four days, Wang, a member of the dent can reveal. manoeuvres” over Brexit pol- on the committee, but officials leading to the swelling of sev- Politburo of the Central Com- Now Opposition parties icy in her absence. Chancel- have advised they are entitled eral rivers beyond the danger mittee of China’s ruling Com- plan to join forces to derail the lor Philip Hammond and Liam to four only, after their Com- mark and causing flooding and munist Party, is among the attempted fix, in what threat- ment power grab. The alarm Fox, the International Trade mons majority was destroyed. landslides at many places. Earlier reports quot- ing since Friday.The monsoon country’s top leaders. ens to be the first autumn Par- has been raised over the pro- Secretary, wrote a joint arti- Nevertheless, when talks Rapti river, which flows ing local authorities had said havoc has affected 27 districts Addressing the Indepen- liamentary clash over leaving tection of rights for British cle, insisting Britain would not broke up in acrimony as the through a large part of Nepal that 200 Indian tourists were spanning from the eastern, dence Day ceremony as the the EU. At stake is the extent workers and consumers, lower seek to remain in the EU “by summer recess began, the towards the southern plains, among the 700 stranded peo- central to the western regions. ‘special guest’, he said China of the Prime Minister’s power, environmental standards and the back door”, in an attempted Tories were still insisting on flooded human settlements ple, but the Indian Embassy Nine persons were killed stands with Pakistan in its through the Repeal Bill, to force curbs on the devolution of show of unity. five MPs – and the power to and hotels popular with tour- official said only 35 of them in Rautahat, eight in Sunsari, efforts to achieve progress and through up to 1,000 “correc- powers across the UK. However, the pair remain defeat the other parties. ists in the Chitwan Valley. were Indian nationals. Accord- four each in Sarlahi, Sind- development. tions” to EU law without MPs For example, Ms May has split over the extent of a tran- The source added: “The All the 35 Indian nationals, ing to the Ministry of Home huli, Bara, Makawanpur and “We have forged an all- necessarily voting on them. vowed workers’ rights will be sitional deal which much of the Tories are trying to pre- who were stranded in Sauraha, Affairs (MoHA), at least 14 Banke districts while five per- weather friendship that is The vast number of statu- protected, but has declined Cabinet is seeking, for up to tend the election didn’t hap- a part of the Chitawan National people were killed by landslide sons were killed in Jhapa, higher than mountains, deeper tory instruments (SIs) to be to say whether that will be three years from withdrawal pen and that they still have Park, have been rescued, an in Morang district, taking the three each in Dang and Sur- than oceans, stronger than steel passed – some under “Henry enshrined in law – and has day in 2019. Meanwhile, Anna a majority – and, therefore, Indian Embassy spokesperson death toll in the district to 17 khet and two each in Bardiya and sweeter than honey, and VIII” powers – has already pro- made no promise at all about Soubry became the first Con- should have the majority on said. They were rescued to safer and overall to 80. Thirty five and Chitawan, besides nine engaged in all-round coopera- voked accusations of a Govern- food standards. One source servative MP to threaten to this committee. AGENCIES place by using tamed elephants. people have been also miss- others elsewhere. AGENCIES tion, setting a shining example of friendly state-to-state rela- tions, he said, with Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain Nearly 1,800 goose eggs destroyed to stop plane strikes and the new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi by his DUBLIN: Almost 1,800 grey- through a process known result of such bird strikes, the side. lag goose eggs have been as egg-pricking, the BBC report said. The airport said the method was the China is ready to strengthen destroyed at a park in east Bel- reported. In a freedom of information all-round strategic cooperation fast since 2002 to prevent birds During this process the request the Northern Ireland most humane way to manage the with Pakistan. China is ready from being sucked into the shell is pricked and injected environment agency revealed population of geese, adding that no to strengthen all- round eco- engines of aircraft, authorities with oil. that since 2002, a total of 1,775 nomic cooperation with Paki- in Northern Ireland have said. This prevents the embryo greylag goose eggs had been adult geese had been culled. stan, Wang said. Victoria Park is close to from developing into a chick oiled and pricked. If a bird flies into a plane engine, “China sees Pakistan as an the George Best Belfast City and hatching, it said. The numbers involved vary important partner in the Belt Airport and planes fly directly The parent geese continue each year, ranging from fewer it can damage the mechanics and a and Road Initiative,” he said, overhead. to sit on the eggs and therefore than 50 to more than 250. In few planes have been brought down referring to the pet project of BBC News in Northern Ire- will not lay any more. recent years, an average of 100 Chinese President Xi Jinping. land obtained the data through The airport said the method eggs have been pricked. as a result of such bird strikes, the He said the $50 billion a freedom of information was the most humane way to A spokesman for the report said China-Pakistan Economic request to the Northern Ire- manage the population of airport said: “In order to Corridor (CPEC) would land Environment Agency. geese, adding that no adult control the feral geese pop- “Due to concerns over the Belfast City Council has enhance Pakistan’s capac- Belfast City Airport has geese had been culled. ulation in Victoria Park, number of greylag geese in Vic- an agreement with the air- ity for independent devel- said it has a legal obligation to If a bird flies into a plane the oiling and pricking of toria Park, and their potential port granting them access opment and deliver tangible control the number of greylag engine, it can damage the eggs is undertaken by a biol- Agency and with the permis- council said: “Public health and threat to landing or tak- to Victoria Park to car- benefits to the people along geese for safety reasons. mechanics and a few planes ogist under licence from the sion of Belfast City Council. safety is paramount to Belfast ing off aircraft at George ryout egg pricking,” the the route and all the people The eggs are destroyed have been brought down as a Northern Ireland Environment A spokesperson for the City Council. Best Belfast City Airport, spokesperson said. AGENCIES in Pakistan. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 ‘`6.4 trillion investment must Don’t lower power tariffs as this may raise bad loans: Bank body

NEW DELHI: Indian Bank's to double farmers’ income’ Association (IBA) has sought the power ministry's interven- NEW DELHI: An additional ing their relative potential tion to ensure that electricity investment of Rs 6,399 billion is strengths through public and tariffs are not renegotiated as required from both public and private sources to ensure that that would hurt economic via- private sectors to enable dou- accelerated private investments bility of projects and may lead bling of farmers' real income by crowd- in from farmers and to rise in bad loans. 2022-23, a government com- private sector enterprises." "Cancellation/renegotiation mittee said in its latest report. Since public investment in of power purchase agreement At present, public invest- agriculture in the less devel- (PPA) is contrary to basic prem- ment is below national aver- oped states has been historically ise of long-term loans extended age in states like Assam, low, investment in agricultural on the strength and security of Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya infrastructure needs to be sig- PPA at fixed price. Banks have Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, nificantly stepped up to boost assessed the viability of projects Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Punjab productivity growth, it said. at the price contracted in PPA. and Odisha. The marginal returns in "If state governments back Less developed states in the terms of income from addi- track on their PPA commit- eastern region continue to lag tional public investments in ments, related projects would behind in private investment, agricultural research and devel- be become unviable and the suggesting an urgent need to opment, irrigation, energy and underlying loans may not be develop financial and other education are relatively higher services rendering useful pro- infrastructure, it added. in agriculturally less devel- ductive assets to be wasted," IBA These are some of the sug- oped states, which highlights said in a letter written to Power To bolster its anti-consumer proposal, gestions made by the Com- the need for enhancing invest- Secretary earlier last week. It IBA referred to UP, which recently mittee on Doubling Farmers ments in these areas, it added. draws attention toward states- cancelled some PPAs. It also cited Income headed by National Besides, the panel sug- owned power discoms which Rainfed Area Authority CEO at 7.86 per cent per annum, it ment by 2022-23 at 2004-05 dominant states such as Bihar, gested that the focus should be are looking to cancel or renego- ‘instances in the past where Ashok Dalwai, in first four vol- said. The estimated increase prices and Rs 1,318.4 billion at Uttar Pradesh and Madhya on the "demand-driven fork- tiate the PPAs with coal based developers were asked to voluntarily umes of the report released for in weighted public investment 2011-12 prices. Pradesh. More funds would be to-farm approach", diversifica- and renewable energy develop- public comment. The remain- (together in agriculture, irriga- The committee strongly required for developing irriga- tion towards high value crops, ers on the ground that tariffs offer discounts over the quoted tariffs ing eight volumes are yet to be tion, rural roads and transport recommended the stepping up tion systems, it added. market reforms and investment contracted earlier were very to facilitate offtake from their plants’ released. and rural energy) is pegged at of institutional credit on a large With government continu- in infrastructure for cold-chain high. Given the large variations 14.17 per cent per year. scale, as only 50 to 60 per cent ing to play key role in farm integration to reduce wastages Citing an example, it said wind power projects some states the state policy," it stated. in the existing investment "The investment rates vary of the investment requirements sector development, the panel among others. that Uttar Pradesh has recently have started renegotiating for States, IBA said, should be requirements across all states, considerably across the states, of farmers are being fulfilled said: "By 2022-23, the private It, however, cautioned that cancelled a few PPAs and also downward revision of tariffs. asked to honour commitments the panel said: "The resource ranging from 1- 24 per cent. through institutional loans. investment should increase by income support system alone there were instances in the past The IBA has asked the power to renewable projects imple- allocation for higher growth The less developed states would It has also worked out total nearly two times while pub- may not work as a long-term where the developers were ministry to take up issues con- mented under the state policy should be designed in such a require higher rate of public public investment for agri- lic investment should increase solution for tackling farmer asked to voluntarily offered cerning power sector with the by executing PPAs/procuring way as to help achieve a bal- investment owing to initial low culture at Rs 2,843 billion at four times from the base year distress, particularly in the discount over the quoted tar- state government and discom power in a timely manner. anced growth." capital base in rural areas," it 2004-05 prices and Rs 5,080.8 2015 -16." backdrop of depleting natu- iff to facilitate of offtake from and ensure that PPAs are nei- It said that developers For a targeted 10.41 per said. billion at 2011-12 prices for all It also noted: "Policy should ral resources and uncertainty their plant. It further said the ther cancelled nor renegotiated. should not be pressurised to cent annual increase in farm- To boost farmers' real the major states. focus on creating a favourable caused by climate change, risk related to such tariff revi- "Tariff including feed-in tar- voluntarily offer reduction in ers income, the required rate income, the committee said The capital requirements investment climate for increas- as also the dependence of a sion in the renewable sector is iff should not be revised down- tariff as it affects loan repay- of increase in investment on there is need for an additional are found to be much higher ing investment in agriculture huge labour force on the farm much higher and pointed out wards after signing PPAs or ments decided on the basis of private account is estimated Rs 617 billion of private invest- in the poorer and agriculture- and for agriculture for exploit- economy. PTI that in the recent auction for after a project is set up under agreed price. PTI Grasim Industries RBI dismisses lenders’ plea to extend IDBI Bank reports US Google adds voice Vizag to host Q1 net profit up Q1 net loss conference on 9% to `1,248 cr deadline for stake sale in GMR power plant of `853 crore search feature for 8 energy efficiency HYDERABAD: GMR Infra- 2017. structure Limited said that The lenders sought the MUMBAI: State-owned IDBI more Indian languages and conservation RBI has declined to extend the approval from the RBI for the Bank on Monday ran up a net deadline to lenders of GMR extension of timelines for a fur- loss of Rs 853 crore for the first AMARAVATI: The port city Rajahmundry Energy Lim- ther period of three months quarter ended June, mainly of Visakhapatnam will host ited for the sale of their 55 per which has not been accepted hurt by higher provisioning a one-day national confer- cent stake in a gas-based power by RBI," GMR said in regula- against bad loans. ence on August 18 to dwell on NEW DELHI: Aditya Birla project in Andhra Pradesh. tory filing recently. It is the third straight quar- best practices so as to achieve Group firm Grasim Industries A consortium of lenders per cent. The project still has a "The lenders and manage- ter when the bank reported potential energy saving of on Monday reported a 9.47 per led by IDBI Bank had put on debt of Rs 2,366 crore. ment are exploring various net loss. The bank had posted 1,32,000 million units across cent rise in its consolidated net sale 55 per cent of their stake GERL has not commenced options for revival/sale of the a profit of Rs 241.10 crore in the country by 2018-19. profit at Rs 1,248.10 crore for in GMR Rajahmundry Energy, operations pending linkage of project," it said. April-June of 2016-17. Total The conference is being the quarter to June on account which they acquired last year natural gas from the Ministry Under the SDR, borrowing income in the June quarter was organised under the aegis of of higher income. as part of conversion of debt of Petroleum and Natural Gas aggregating Rs 1,308.57 crore Rs 6,730.88 crore, down from the Bureau of Energy Effi- The company had posted into equity. till September 2015, resulting and interest accrued Rs 105.42 Rs 8,219.43 crore a year ear- NEW DELHI: Tech giant Android smartphones) to start ciency (BEE), a statutory body a consolidated net profit of Rs GMRL operates a 768 MW into lenders invoking strate- crore was converted into equity lier, it said in a regulatory filing. Google has added voice search voice search. under the Union power min- 1,140.03 crore during the same natural gas based power plant gic debt restructuring (SDR), shares on May 12, 2017 for 55 Gross non-performing capability for eight additional Google has been ramping istry, and will see participation period of the previous fiscal, at Rajahmundry in the coastal under which the debt would per cent stake in GREL. assets (NPAs) soared to Rs Indian languages including Ben- support for Indian languages from delegates from 29 states Grasim Industries said in a BSE region of AP. The debt was be converted as equity. The group has given a guar- 50,173.20 crore, or 24.11 per gali, Malayalam and Tamil to across its various products like and Union Territories. filing. Total income during the converted into equity as part "Under the SDR scheme, antee of Rs 2,738 crore for the cent, in the first quarter of help users search for content Maps and Search as a large num- The power targets to April-June quarter of the fiscal of debt restructuring. the banks have to find a new remaining debt. 2017-18, from Rs 27,275.15 online by simply speaking into ber of the new users coming achieve a monetary saving of stood at Rs 11,222.17 crore as Following the conversion, promoter for GERL within the According to a pre-bid doc- crore in the year-ago period. their Android phones. online are Indic language users. Rs 53,000 crore through energy against Rs 10,373.47 crore in lenders got 55 per cent stake in period as prescribed under the ument issued by the IDBI, the Net NPA was 15.8 per cent, Currently, voice search fea- Esch explained that Google efficiency and conservation as the corresponding period last the project while the promot- scheme, which expired dur- project still has a debt of Rs up from 7.47 per cent in the ture is available in English and has worked with native speak- part of the National Mission for fiscal, up 8.18 per cent. ers' holding was reduced to 45 ing the quarter ended June 30, 2,366 crore. PTI year-ago quarter. PTI Hindi in India. The other lan- ers to collect speech samples. Enhanced Energy Efficiency, "The domestic market saw guages added on Monday are Machine learning models were according to AP State Energy destocking in the value chain Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, trained to understand the var- Conservation Mission CEO A given the announcement of GST Telugu and Urdu. ious sounds and words, thus Chandrasekhar Reddy. implementation," the company Sensex spikes 235 pts as geo-political heat eases "Starting on Monday, speak- translating words from sound In a release here on Mon- said. Grasim Industries' consoli- ers of these languages will be to text in the process. day, he said deliberations at the dated revenue from its viscose MUMBAI: Stocks on Monday ence the Fed to hold its dov- able to use their voice to dic- "Voice input for each of these seminar would focus on Ujala, staple fibre (VSF) segment was rose for the first time in six days, NSE NIFTY BSE SENSEX ish tone, which eventually adds tate queries -- both in Gboard languages is expected to get bet- LED street lighting national Rs 1,997.71 crore this quarter as with the benchmark Sensex Intra-day on August 14, 2017 Intra-day on August 14, 2017 positive vibes to the emerging on Android as well as in Search ter over time, as more and more programme, demand side man- against Rs 1,801.87 crore a year rebounding over 235 points to High:9,818.30 Low:9,752.10 High: 31,526.40 Low:31,298.90 markets like India," said Vinod through the Google App," native speakers use the product," agement in the agriculture sec- ago. Company's consolidated end at 31,449 as investors took Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Google Technical Program he added. tor, perform, achieve and trade 83.35 Close: 235.44 Close: revenue from cement division comfort from tentative signs of 9,794.15 31,449.03 Financial Services. Manager Daan van Esch told Esch said many users also (PAT) scheme for energy effi- was Rs 7,928.50 crore during tensions easing between the US (0.86%) (0.75%) Broader markets such as mid reporters on a video confer- prefer to use voice to dictate a ciency in the industrial sector, the quarter. It was Rs 7,452.35 and North Korea. and small cap indices beat the ence here. message as it is convenient and energy conservation building crore in the first quarter of the Chinese president, for flagship counterparts by a mile, He added that in order to also faster than typing. code and standards and label- last fiscal. For the entire fiscal, his part, urged both coun- jumping by up to 2.49 per cent. perform a voice-based search, Earlier this year, Google had ling programme in the domes- Open: Open: Grasim Industries had reported tries to restrain from activities Previous close: Asia ended firm and Euro- users will need to set their lan- announced the launch of new tic sector. 9,755.75 31,299.52 Previous close: a net profit of Rs 4,245.61 crore. that would raise geo-political 9,710.80 31,213.59 pean shares opened in the posi- guage in the voice settings menu products and features to help "Under the Ujala scheme With effect from July 1, temperature. tive zone, relieved that there is in the Google app. create more language content alone energy saving of one lakh Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (ABNL) Weak US inflation num- 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 1314 15 16 lowering of exchange of threats "Globally, we now support and address the needs of new million units, amounting to Rs has been merged into Grasim bers tamped down fears that the over North Korea's missile voice search for 119 languages. users coming online. 40,000 crore, is estimated to be Industries. US Fed would rush into policy programme. We are introducing support According to a report by achieved. Over 25 lakh street During the quarter, Ultra- tightening any time in the near days. "Slight ease in tensions According to analysts, the for 30 new languages, of which Google-KPMG, an estimated lights have been converted to Tech completed the acquisi- future, traders said. The 50-share Nifty bounced between North Korea and the likely delay in US rate hike is eight are Indian languages," he 536 million Indians are expected LEDs, saving 9,000 million tion of the Cement plants from The 30-share Sensex after 83.35 points, or 0.86 per cent, US excited the market. Mid and positive for emerging markets, said. to use regional languages while units of power and Rs 5,500 Jaiprakash Associates Ltd and opening higher settled up to 9,794.15 at the close. small cap outperformed the especially India, triggering a The update, which rolls out online by 2021 as compared to crore," Reddy said. Jaypee Cement Corporations 235.44 points, or 0.75 per cent, Stock exchanges will remain market as participants used the fresh round of purchase by retail on Monday, will require the user about 199 million users who The World Bank has ranked Ltd with a total capacity of 21.2 at 31,449.03. The gauge had lost closed on Tuesday for Indepen- bargaining opportunity. Weak and institutional investors look- to just tap the microphone icon are expected to access the web AP as the No. 1 state in the MnTPA. PTI 1,111.82 points in the last five dence Day. US inflation data may influ- ing for higher returns. PTI (usually on the homescreen of in English. PTI country in energy efficiency. PTI Inflows from small towns push FPI inflows dip to $2 billion in June quarter MF assets to sniff at `20 trillion NEW DELHI: Investment government would speed up by foreign investors in the development and economic FM chairs MUMBAI: Led by an over 41 The industry AUM had high of Rs 4,947 crore in July. Indian equity markets sharply reforms in its last two years in per cent surge in inflows from touched Rs 10 trillion in May Data reveal that in the first four declined to $2.12 billion in the office before going for elections small towns or the B15 cit- 2014 and in a short span of three months of the current fiscal, quarter ended June 30 from $6 in 2019, led to some improve- meeting on ies, assets under management years, it has nearly doubled, the total net inflows through SIPs billion in the preceding three ment in the sentiments. (AUM) of the mutual fund report said. rose to Rs 18,544 crore while months on global and domes- Additionally, the scheduled FDI policy industry rose 30.35 per cent Investors pumped Rs 63,504 8.23 lakh SIP accounts were tic concerns. rollout of GST and its long- to Rs 19.97 trillion in July, says crore into mutual funds in July added every month on an aver- However, the value of total term benefit provided a posi- NEW DELHI: Finance Minister a report. with income, equity (including age with an average ticket size FPI investments in Indian tive backing. Arun Jaitley on Monday chaired “Smaller towns or B15 equity linked savings schemes at Rs 3,250 per account. equities rose to $383 billion However, the slow pace of a meeting to review foreign (beyond top 15 cities) cities or ELSS), and balanced funds As per the Sebi data, total in the April-June quarter, economic growth and short- direct investment (FDI) policy accounted for 17.7 per cent of witnessing the highest inflows. folio count as of July was 5.94 higher than the $366 billion term hiccups in the implemen- in certain sectors, sources said. total AUM as of July, thanks to a The three categories saw net crore, 2 per cent higher than in the previous three-month tation of Goods and Serives Tax The meeting was attended by 41.3 per cent surge to reach past inflows of Rs 60,084 crore, Rs June. Around 8.36 lakh and 2.10 period, according to a report (GST) prompted investors to Commerce and Industry Minis- Rs 3.60 trillion in July from Rs 12,727 crore and Rs 7,864 crore lakh new folios were added to by Morningstar Investment by them throughout the quar- are more susceptible to such maintain a cautious stance. ter Nirmala Sitharaman, Power 2.55 trillion a year ago helping respectively, the report said. the equity (including ELSS) and Adviser India. ter on the back of some con- uncertainties, they restrained Further, the appreciating rupee Minister Piyush Goyal and the industry AUM to grow over Equity funds (including balanced categories, respec- This is the highest level of cerns on the global as well as their investments into Indian and strong markets provided senior officials in the Depart- 30 per cent to Rs 19.97 trillion,” ELSS) witnessed the highest tively. Surprisingly, the ELSS foreign investments into Indian domestic front. markets. As a result, FPIs were an attractive profit-booking ment of Industrial Policy and Icra said quoting Amfi data. ever monthly net inflow at Rs category added 3.7 lakh new equities in a quarter since 2012. "Growing geopolitical con- net buyers of equities worth opportunity. Consequently, Promotion, sources added. According to the report, there 12,727 crore, reflecting a jump folios in April-July. According to the report, cerns on the back of US bomb- $0.37 billion in April," Himan- FPIs invested $0.56 billion in Sources, however, remained is a better balance of equity and of 55.9 per cent month-on- Folio count dropped by FPIs' contribution to the Indian ings in Syria and Afghanistan shu Srivastava, senior analyst June, Srivastava added. tight-lipped about the delib- non-equity assets at 5:4 in B15 month and 407.9 per cent year- 2,331 and 1,670 in gold ETFs equity market capitalisation and aggressive stance towards manager research, at Morn- Offshore mutual funds erations held in the meet- locations compared with 1:2 on- year. This comes after more and fund of funds investing stood at 20 per cent during the North Korea injected an ele- ingstar said. form an important compo- ing. Sources said the meeting in the T15 (top 15) cities. Also, than Rs 70,000 crore invest- overseas, respectively, from June period under review. ment of uncertainty in the ini- He further said that flows nent of total FPI investment, appears to be a follow up the share of direct plans in B15 ments in equities in fiscal 2017. levels. These were the only two The report attributed quar- tial part of the quarter, which improved in May with markets apart from offshore insurance of the meeting Prime Min- centres is 22.7 per cent against Net inflows through the categories to witness de- growth terly decline in FPI inflow to prompted FPIs to hedge risks. receiving net inflow of $1.19 companies, hedge funds and ister had called last month 45.2 per cent in the T15 cities. SIP route also hit an all-time in July. PTI the cautious stance maintained "Given emerging markets billion on expectations that the sovereign wealth funds. PTI on FDI policy. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 mp July retail inflation hardens to Export growth at 8-month low 2.36% on food, fuel price spike in July; trade deficit widens NEW DELHI: India's export India's Foreign Trade growth slowed to eight-month Wholesale price index-based inflation rises for first time in five months to 1.88% low of 3.94 per cent in July, US $ billion Import while the trade deficit widened 39.7 July

37.9 NEW DELHI: An exponen- Consumer Price Inflation by 0.46 per cent from a decline General D.S. Rawat. to $11.44 billion on account of 37.9 tial rise in food and fuel prices 2017 of (-)3.86 per cent in June 2017. "It is clear from the recent high gold imports, official data 36.5 pushed up India's two key infla- Annual rate of inflation based on However, the acceleration was global economic policy released on Monday showed. 34.3

33.4 Trade

33.0 tion gauges — wholesale price Consumer Price Index Base: 2012=100 slower on a YoY basis, as it had announcements that interest The country's overseas 32.0 Deficit

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Cereals and products 29.2 — in July, official data showed 3.97 2016. future, as such policymakers billion in July 2017 against that Meat & fish 3.19 -8.9

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-10.4 on Monday. Other major WPI group must take corrective action to of $21.68 billion in the same -9.9

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up in July 2017 to 1.88 per cent per cent of the index, rose by the situation of twin balance It is the lowest export growth 24.5

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23.5 from 0.90 per cent in June. On Vegetables 2.18 per cent. The sub-category sheet problems in India, lim- since November 2016 when 22.9

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-3.57 % 21.7 a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Pulses & of manufactured food products ited capacity of private sector shipments had expanded by 21.5 22.54 -24.75 20.0 WPI had risen by 0.63 per cent products registered a rise of 2.09 per cent. to invest and existing unuti- 2.29 per cent. Export Sugar and confectionery 8.27 in July 2016. The fuel and power price lised capacity of industries to Thereafter, the growth rate July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June July Similarly, July's retail or Spices -1.67 major index's inflation accel- produce," added Rawat. had risen to 27.59 per cent CPI-based inflation edged up Non-alcoholic beverages 2.80 erated by 4.37 per cent. According to Pankaj Patel, in March before it began to 2016 2017 Prepared meals, 5.04 Source: Ministry of Commerce & Industry by 2.36 per cent from 1.46 per snacks, sweets etc. Segment-wise, the price of President of the Federation of decelerate. cent in June. However, on a YoY Food and beverages 0.43 (Provisional high-speed diesel rose by 5.49 Indian Chambers of Commerce A contraction in export of In July it was lowest in five of Indian Export Organisations basis, it was lower than the 6.07 Pan, tobacco and 6.39 figures) per cent during July, while that and Industry (Ficci), whole- pharmaceuticals, gems & jew- months. Oil import was val- (FIEO) expressed concern over per cent CPI rate reported for intoxicants for petrol climbed by 9.60 per sale based prices have edged up ellery and ready-made gar- ued at $7.84 billion in July, an major product categories such the corresponding month of Clothing and footwear 4.22 cent, and for LPG by 0.28 per in July on the back of a sharp ments hit the overall export increase of 15 per cent over the as gems & jewellery, phar- last year. Housing 4.98 cent. increase noted in vegetable growth in July. Import rose by same month in 2016. maceuticals and ready-made The upward trend in both Expressing its concern over prices. 15.42 per cent to $34 billion in Cumulative export dur- garments recording negative Fuel and light 4.86 Overall Inflation (All Groups) the inflation gauges was led by the rise in inflation trend for "However, the broad con- July from $29.45 billion in the ing April-July of 2017-18 rose growth in July. a surge in food and fuel prices. Miscellaneous 3.28 July 2017: 2.36% July, India Inc urged the gov- ditions for agri-prices remain year-ago month due to rise in by 8.91 per cent to $94.75 bil- FIEO President Ganesh The wholesale inflation for Consumer food -0.29 July 2016: 6.07% ernment to "check and address" conducive given normal mon- inward shipments of crude oil lion while import increased by Gupta cautioned that the order price inflation food articles rose massively by Source: products' prices which are of soon in most parts of the coun- and gold. 28.30 per cent to $146.25 bil- booking position from October Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation KBK Infographics 2.15 per cent from a decelera- national importance. try and stable global commodity Gold imports increased by lion, leaving a trade deficit of onwards is "not very promising tion of (-)3.47 per cent during the month under consideration for potatoes plunged by (-)42.45 "Continuous increase in the prices. This outlook is also cor- 95 per cent to $2.10 billion in $51.5 billion. and the appreciation of domes- June 2017 and a rise of eight per recorded a marginal rise of 0.43 per cent. prices of petrol and high speed roborated in the second part of July against $1.07 billion in the Engineering goods, petro- tic currency with increasing cent in July 2017. per cent over the same month In contrast, the overall, diesel due to rise in prices of the Economic Survey released same month last year. leum, chemicals, marine prod- pressure on liquidity under On a sequential basis, the last year. vegetable prices in July rose by crude oil globally have to be last week. Trade deficit, however, nar- ucts were some of the sectors GST may affect exports in the Consumer Food Price Index Among non-food catego- 21.95 per cent, against a rise taken care of by policymakers "Given the trend and out- rowed when compared to the which contributed to the posi- last quarter of 2017 bringing (CFPI) rose by 3.21 per cent ries, 'fuel and light' segment's of 12.59 per cent in the same since it may have impact on look for inflation, we see clear previous month. In June, the tive growth during the month. exports to about $310 billion during the month under review inflation rate accelerated to 4.86 month a year ago. import bills and subsequent space for a more accommo- gap stood at $12.96 billion. Exporters body Federation in the current fiscal". PTI when compared to June 2017. per cent in July. As per the data, on YoY impact on exchange rates. And dative stance in the monetary The data on a YoY basis, The rural CPI YoY ruled basis, wheat became cheaper by it may have negative impact on policy. This is all the more showed that cereals prices higher at 2.41 per cent, whereas (-)1.16 per cent, while protein- input prices for the industry important given the state of RIL, BP to give in July edged higher by 3.97 in urban areas it was at 2.17 per based food items such as eggs, which has already started to industrial sector where growth Hindustan Unilever per cent, and meat and fish cent. In terms of food prices, meat and fish became dearer feel the pressure on its profit- is anaemic... We look forward to new investment recorded a sharp rise of 3.19 the wholesale inflation rate for by 3.30 per cent. The prices of ability," said Associated Cham- a further cut in the policy rate CFO P B Balaji quits per cent. onion was lower year-on-year major group under the WPI like bers of Commerce and Industry by the RBI at the earliest," he proposal for Food and beverages during by (-)9.50 per cent, while that primary articles edged higher of India (Assocham) Secretary added. IANS NEW DELHI: FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Mon- KG-D6 gas finds day said its Chief Financial Renewables, coal push up Officer P B Balaji has resigned NEW DELHI: Reliance Indus- Fuel demand grows 1% in July and also quit the board. tries and its partner BP Plc of Balaji (46), who was Execu- UK will by year end submit a NEW DELHI: The country's Tata Power Q1 net by 126% tive Director (Finance and IT), revised investment plan for the fuel demand grew by over 1 per was associated with HUL for four satellite gas discoveries in cent in July as consumption of NEW DELHI: Tata Power The segment revenue from the last 24 years and worked in the flagging KG-D6 block by diesel and petrol rose, govern- posted 126 per cent jump in power business was Rs 6,344.17 various positions. integrating their development ment data showed. consolidated net profit to Rs crore in the quarter, up from "P B Balaji, Executive with two other nearby finds. Fuel consumption in July 163.78 crore in the quarter Rs 6,164.88 crore in the same Director, Finance and IT and Senior executives in the joint totalled 15.8 million tonnes ended June 30, 2017 mainly period a year ago. CFO, has tendered his resig- venture said four deepsea sat- as compared to 15.63 million driven by strong performance It said that Indonesian coal nation from the board of the ellite gas discoveries -- D 2, 6, tonnes in the same month of from renewables and coal. companies -- Tata Power Solar, company to explore an oppor- 19 and 22 are planned to be last year, data from the Petro- The company's consoli- Walwhan Renewable Energy tunity outside the company," developed together with D29 leum Planning and Analysis dated net profit was Rs 72.49 Pvt Ltd (WREPL), Tata Power HUL said in a statement. and D30 finds in the Krishna Cell (PPAC) of the Oil Minis- crore in the quarter ended June Solar and Tata Power Renew- On appointment of his suc- Godavari basin of KG-D6 block. try showed. 30, 2016. able Energy Ltd (TPREL) -- cessor, the company said the land, responsible for financial The four satellites and the The growth was higher Total income of the com- reported strong growth and announcement on the same aspects of an 18 billion sup- other two finds (D29 and D30), than the 0.4 per cent recorded free cooking gas connections used for making roads, also pany was at Rs 6,999.90 crore operational performance in the "shall be made in due course". ply chain. R-Series and MJ gas discoveries, in June when consumption of being doled out, LPG sales were dipped 8 per cent to 255,000 in the first quarter, up from first quarter as compared to the Balaji joined the company Prior to that, he was the are the ones on which RIL and industrial fuel had dipped. up 12.5 per cent to 1.92 mil- tonnes. Rs 6,790.58 crore in the corre- corresponding period. as a management trainee in Group Chief Accountant of BP had in mid-June this year Oil demand has been lion tonnes. Oil demand had plunged sponding quarter of the previ- The Other businesses like May 1993 and has worked in Unilever worldwide based at announced investing Rs 40,000 erratic this fiscal -- growing by Since launch of the scheme 5.9 per cent in January, the ous fiscal. MPL, TPDDL & others also number of roles in finance and London. crore to reserve the flagging 6.1 per cent in May and 2.4 per to provide free LPG connec- most in 13 years, after the shock The company said that the reported higher profits as com- supply chain over a period of 20 Before moving to London, production from KG-D6 block. cent in April. For July, diesel tions to women of poor house- demonetisation of high-value revenue from other businesses pared to the corresponding years. He is a mechanical engi- he had served as VP, Finance They said development of sales were up 8.5 per cent at holds in May last year, more currency notes in November. including renewables and coal quarter of last year, it said. neer from IIT Chennai and has for the Home and Personal the six satellite finds are being 6.3 million tonnes while pet- than 2.6 crore connections have Demand fell 3.1 per cent in was Rs 1,041.03 crore in the Tata Power Solar, WREPL a PGDM from IIM Kolkata. Care business in India and ear- taken up together while D-34 or rol consumption was up 11.6 been given. Naphtha sales fell February and 0.7 per cent in quarter, up from Rs 415.55 and Tata Power Renewable Balaji was the VP, Finance lier as the Vice President, Trea- R-Series and D-55 (MJ) would per cent at 2.14 million tonnes. 30 per cent to 833,000 tonnes. March before rebounding in crore in the corresponding Energy have reported a signif- for Unilever America, Supply sury for the AAR region based have separate development With a record number of Consumption of bitumen, April. PTI period. icant jump in profits. PTI Chain, based out of Switzer- out of Singapore. PTI plans. PTI Japan economy posts ONGC Foundation gives `100 cr support to NCI HCL launches AI-powered longest expansion NAGPUR: ONGC has extended CSR Trust - ONGC Founda- services for enterprises a support of Rs 100 crore to turn tion. Dr. Aabaji Thatte Seva the vision of affordable world Aur Anusandhan Sanstha is class cancer care facilities in the implementing partner for NEW DELHI: Global soft- with AI-based services. in more than a decade Central India into reality. The the project. An agreement was ware major HCL Technolo- "For enterprises looking to TOKYO: Japan's economy brief and underwhelming first First phase of the National Can- signed between ONGC Foun- gies on Monday launched two rebuild their systems on the grew 1.0 per cent in the April- term as Japan's premier came cer Institute (NCI) at Nagpur dation and Dr Aabaji Thatte Artificial Intelligence-powered foundation of AI, we have intro- June period, notching up its directly after Koizumi. was inaugurated on August 13, Seva Aur Anusandhan Sanstha services 'DRYiCE COPA' and duced next-generation offer- sixth straight quarter of growth A string of short-term lead- 2017 in the august presence of on May 22. 'DRYiCE TAO', intended to ings and platforms, including a and its longest economic ers followed before Abe swept Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Min- The total cost of the proj- provide process transformation radical re-imagining of the tra- expansion in over a decade, back to power in late 2012 on a ister, Maharashtra State, Nitin ect is Rs 565.20 Crore. Out of platform and strategic consult- ditional role of robotic process government data showed on pledge to reignite Japan's once- Gadkari, Union Minister Road ONGC’s support of Rs 100 ing services to enterprises. automation through 'DRYiCE Monday booming economy with a plan Transport, Highways & Ship- crore, Rs 50 Crore shall be 'DRYiCE COPA' (Cog- COPA' and expert assessment The growth in Japan's GDP dubbed Abenomics. ping, GOI, Piyush Goel, MoS used for procurement of med- nitive Orchestrated Process and strategy consulting service -- 4.0 per cent at an annual- The scheme -- a mix of huge (I/C) – Power, Coal, New & ical equipment for Radio diag- Autonomics) platform uses 'DRYiCE TAO'," said Kalyan ised rate -- blew past market monetary easing, government Renewable Energy and Mines, MoS for oil & gas Dharmendra Pradhan, Nitin Gadkari, Ratan Tata and nostic facilities (like MRI, Citi AI-powered elements to facil- Kumar, Chief Technology Off- expectations for a 0.6 per cent spending and reforms to the GOI, Dharmendra Pradhan, Devendra Fadnavis at the inauguration of the radio-diagnostic facility scan, ultrasound, Mammogra- itate end-to-end automation ficer at HCL Technologies, in rise, and was well up from a 0.4 economy -- stoked a stock mar- MoS (I/C), Petroleum and at National Cancer Institute, Nagpur phy, X-ray and Bone Marrow and orchestration of IT and a statement. per cent expansion in the first ket rally and fattened corporate Natural Gas, GOI, Ratan Tata, Densito meter) to be setup on business processes and create The two services are being quarter, according to figures profits. Chairman, Tata Trust. The Institute will have state of NCI. The NCI will be 455 bed- the ground floor of the Insti- a 'unified office'. supported by a team of over from the Cabinet Office. But critics have cast NCI is a unique CSR initia- the art facilities for diagno- ded quaternary care oncology tute. The balance Rs 50 Crore 'DRYiCE TAO' is an auto- 200 autonomics specialists, The world's number three doubt on the plan, as heavily- tive that would provide world sis, prevention and treatment center. The project is slated for shall be used for construction nomics and orchestration including professionals cer- economy has been picking up indebted Japan grapples with class Oncology treatment facili- of cancers. Being the medical completion in the year 2018. of first floor, having the OPD assessment and strategy con- tified on cognitive platforms steam, mainly on the back of low birthrates and a shrinking ties at affordable rates to the hub of central India, Nagpur ONGC has extended sup- chambers, and the second floor sulting service aimed at help- like 'WorkFusion Smart Pro- a surging exports including labour force. general public of Central India. has been selected to setup the port to the project through its having economy ward. MPOST ing organisations get equipped cess Automation'. PTI smartphones parts and mem- Abe has seen his public sup- ory chips, with investments port rating plummet in the past linked to the Tokyo 2020 few months over an array of Olympics also giving growth political troubles, including Top Oz bank CEO ‘to retire for money laundering, terror funding’ a boost. allegations of favouritism to a But the latest GDP figures friend in a business deal. SYDNEY: The chief executive speculation over his future. profit unveiled last week. picious transactions on time, were driven by robust domestic Japan has been struggling of Australia's biggest bank, the "Succession planning is an But it has also been marred or at all, that totalled Austra- demand and capital spending, to defeat years of deflation and Commonwealth, will retire, ongoing process at all levels of by scandals over poor finan- lian dollars 77 million, and which offset a quarterly decline slow growth that followed the the company said on Monday, the bank. In discussions with cial planning advice, insurance did not monitor customers in exports. collapse of an equity and prop- amid pressure from regulators (Narev) we have also agreed it payouts and now allegations of or manage the risk even after Private consumption erty market bubble in the early over alleged breaches of laws on is important for the business money laundering. becoming aware of suspected picked up 0.9 percent in the nineties. money laundering and terror- that we deal with the specula- In the latest case, the coun- money laundering, AUSTRAC second quarter -- individual The Bank of Japan, aiming ism financing. tion and questions about his try's corporate regulator ASIC claimed. spending accounts for more to create two-percent infla- The bank's chairwoman tenure," she said. said Monday the bank was According to AUS- than a half of Japan's GDP. tion as a key part the growth Catherine Livingstone said in a "Monday's statement pro- refunding some Aus 10 million TRAC's 583-page statement The labour market is tight bid, now expects to reach that statement to the stock exchange vides that clarity and will in total to more than 65,000 of claim, some of the allega- and business confidence is goal by sometime in the year to that Ian Narev "will retire by the ensure he can continue to customers after selling them tions included suspected mem- high but efforts to lift inflation March 2020 -- four years later end of the 2018 financial year". focus, as CEO, on successfully "unsuitable consumer credit bers of a crime syndicate using have fallen flat despite years of than planned. Narev faced calls to step managing the business." insurance". fake names and IDs to make aggressive monetary easing by Falling prices can discour- down last week after the finan- Shares in CBA, Australia's The Commonwealth Bank separate cash deposits to CBA Japan's central bank. age spending by consumers, cial intelligence agency AUS- biggest company by market Ian Narev, the chief executive of the Commonwealth is accused by AUSTRAC of fail- accounts. The latest reading nonethe- who might postpone purchases TRAC launched a civil action capitalisation, closed 1.01 per ing to deliver on time 53,506 The money -- totalling less means Japan's economy until prices drop more or look against the bank alleging "seri- cent higher to Australian dol- and-a-half, so there's continu- involved in its private banking reports for cash transactions millions of dollars -- was then has had its best string of gains to save money instead. ous and systemic non- compli- lars 81.31 in Sydney. ity," he said. "I think it removes arm and before that worked as of Australian dollars 10,000 transferred to bank accounts since 2006, during the tenure of That puts pressure on busi- ance" with the laws more than "I'm not really that sur- some of the volatility in the a corporate lawyer. or more at its cash deposit in Hong Kong, the statement popular former prime minister nesses, creating a cycle in 53,000 times. prised that's happened," said company." His tenure has delivered machines between November of claim said. Junichiro Koizumi. which firms then cut back on The 50-year-old initially TS Lim, a banking analyst at New Zealand-born Narev bumper returns for share- 2012 and September 2015, with Several people had been Monday's figures are good expanding production, hir- insisted he would stay on but Bell Potter. took over the top job at the holders, including a record a total value of Australian dol- arrested over the case, includ- news for the current prime ing new workers or boosting Livingstone said on Monday "The good thing is there's Commonwealth in late 2011. Australian dollars 9.93 billion lars 624.7 million. ing three in Hong Kong, AUS- minister Shinzo Abe -- whose wages. PTI that the bank wanted to end a lead time of a year or year- He had previously been (USD7.86 billion) annual net It also failed to report sus- TRAC added. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 PACER ISHANT RUBBISHES ENGLISH COUNTY COUTINHO EXCLUDED FROM LIVERPOOL’S FC GOA SIGN EX-BARCELONA B SKIPPER MOVE REPORTS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TIE SQUAD SERGIO JUSTE KANDY: India pacer Ishant Sharma rubbished reports of him LIVERPOOL: Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho will PANAJI: Indian Super League (ISL) franchise FC Goa have joining English county cricket side Warwickshire, saying he has not be travelling to Hoffenheim for Liverpool’s Champi- confirmed the signing of defender Sergio Juste Marin, the club not signed for any side let alone any one club. “Contrary to the ons League tie as he has been omitted from the squad. said in a statement on Monday. The ex-Barcelona B captain news rounds through various sites, have not signed Warwickshire Liverpool play a Champions League playoff tie against becomes the fifth foreigner to join the Goan club following the or any other county,” Ishant, who is part of India’s Test squad in Hoffenheim on Tuesday. According to the club’s Twitter arrival of Bruno Pinheiro, Ferran Corominas, Manuel Arana and Sri Lanka, tweeted. handle, the player’s name is not there in the squad list. Ahmed Jahouh. ‘ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END’ NEW DELHI: Indian cricket’s ‘fighterman’ Yuvraj Singh has Ronaldo banned for five bounced back after adversities that would have felled most others. The selectors on Sunday did not name him for the games for Clasico red card ODI series in Sri Lanka, a tough but fair call, indicating their substitute in the second half to mindset going into the 2019 World Cup in England. AGENCIES score the second goal for Los Blancos after Gerard Pique’s own goal and an equaliser by Lionel Messi. After giving his side an advantage, Ronaldo got booked for taking off his shirt during the celebration. The joy was, however, short lived when referee De Burgos Bengoetxea ruled him out with a second yellow, claiming the Portugal captain dived to try and win a penalty. Ronaldo appeared to shove the referee in disbelief for his decision. Even though the referee did not react at the time, the 32-year old’s behaviour was included in the official’s report. “After being EAL Madrid striker Cris- shown the red card, the player tiano Ronaldo has been pushed me gently to show his suspendedR for five matches dissent,” De Burgos wrote in after he got booked twice in the document that covers all JUGGERNAUT ROLLS ON the first leg of Spanish Super the incidents that occurred in Cup on Monday in which they the match. defeated rivals Barcelona 3-1 The third goal for the match India complete their first overseas series whitewash in Camp Nou. While Ronaldo’s came from Marco Asensio, was going to miss the second sealing the game with a vic- PALLEKELE: An authorita- Top-ranked India put up every single Test match with dran Ashwin (4/68) made fur- leg after receiving a red card, tory and giving Real Madrid tive India on Monday com- a professional performance in the same kind of excitement ther inroads. a further four-match ban was an advantage ahead of the sec- pleted a 3-0 clean sweep of Sri the series with Hardik Pan- and that is the only way you Shami was most impressive added for shoving the referee. ond leg, which will be played on Lanka with an innings and dya’s performance in his debut can be ruthless,” said the skip- as he bowled with pace and The Portuguese came as a Wednesday. 171-run annihilation in the series being the biggest posi- per. “We like to be prepared precision, carrying on from third and final Test, bringing tive, said captain Virat Kohli. before hand and be proactive his showing in the first innings an early end to one of the most “The regulars have per- rather than being reactive. We where he had struck twice. lopsided series in recent years. formed, but the biggest positive have age on our side and we With Sri Lanka strug- None of the three matches would be Hardik’s inclusion have an opportunity to play gling at 82 for four at lunch, it lasted five days, with the final and the way he shaped up in together for five, six years for became certain that the game one being the shortest, lasting these three Test matches. The the country,” he added. will not stretch to the fourth just two and a half days with kind of confidence he showed With Sri Lanka resuming day, ensuring an extra day’s the hosts folding up for 181 the with the ball and the matu- the day at 19 for one after fol- rest for the Indian team ahead in 74.3 overs in their second rity with the bat, it really gives lowing-on and facing a 352- of the five-match ODI series innings shortly before tea on us a lot of boost and the bal- run deficit, the final outcome starting Sunday. day three. The comprehensive ance,” said Kohli post the was a foregone conclusion. Sri Lanka then collapsed to series win also extended India’s commanding win. Kohli also The pace duo of Umesh 135 all out in their first innings dominating run in Tests ever promised that his side will con- Yadav (2/21) and Mohammed with Kuldeep Yadav picking with 20 victories, one loss and tinue to play ruthless cricket. Shami (3/32) provided the 4-40. India won the first Test five draws since the defeat in “We are a young side, we early breakthroughs for India in Galle by 304 runs and the Galle in the previous series in look forward to play Test before the spinners Kuldeep second Test in Colombo by an Sri Lanka two years ago. cricket, we look forward to play Yadav (1-56) and Ravichan- innings and 54 runs. AGENCIES Pandya biggest positive of

Office of the Superintending Engineer, Sri Lanka series, says Kohli Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency Project Circle No. 01 Jagdalpur PALLEKELE: Hardik Pandya’s performance in E-Procurement Tender Notice his debut Test series was the biggest positive of NIT No. 74 / TS 1057 / CGRRDA / 2017 Jagdalpur Date 12/08/2017 the three-match rubber against Sri Lanka, said The Superintending Engineer, Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency, Project Circle No. 01 Jagdalpur on behalf of Governor of Chhat- Indian captain Virat Kohli after completing a 3-0 tisgarh invites the percentage rate bids in electronic tendering system for con- whitewash of the hosts here on Monday. struction of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Balance Work in the “The regulars have performed, but the biggest districts of Bastar / Dantewada / Sukma / Bijapur for 24 numbers of Roads with Estimated Cost totaling Rs 5271.85 Lakhs including their maintenance positive would be Hardik’s inclusion and the way for five years from the eligible contractors registered with unified registra- he shaped up in these three Test matches,” said tion system (e-registration). Date of release of Invitation for Bids through e-procurement : 18.08.2017 after 17:30 Hours. Kohli at the post-match presentation India won Availability of Bid Documents and mode of submission: The the third Test by an innings and 171 runs. AGENCIES bid document is available online and should be submitted online in https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in. The bidder would be required to register in the web-site which is free of cost. For submission of the bids, the bidder is required to have a valid Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Neymar shines Certifying Authorities. The bidders are required to submit (a) original bid security Government of Maharashtra. in approved form and (b) original affidavit regarding correctness of infonna- tion furnished with bid document as per provisions of Clause 4.4 B (a) (ii) of ITB Executive Engineer, on PSG debut, to Superintending Engineer, Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency, Public Works Division No.3, Project Circle No. 01 Jagdalpur C.G. on a date not later than three work- says he’s ‘more ing days after the opening of technical qualification part of the Bid, either by In front of office of the Superintendent of Police (Rural) , Speed/ Registered post, failing which the bids shall be declared non-responsive. Last Date/ Time for receipt of bids through e-procurement as per time Civil lines, Nagpur. alive than ever’ schedule. For further details please log on to https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in. (K.R. Shastry) E-mail :- [email protected] GUINGAMP (FRANCE): Superintending Engineer Declaring he was “more alive Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency Telephone No. (0712) 2561586 than ever,” Neymar did not Project Circle No.01 Jagdalpur Distt.Bastar samvad 82443/6 E mail ID : [email protected] E -Tender Notice No. 04 / 2017-18. disappoint on his debut for Paris Saint-Germain. Outward No. :- 3034 /Tender ., Date :- 31.07.2017 The world’s most expen- Executive Engineer, Public Works Division No.3, Civil lines, Nagpur are sive player provided a pulsat- ing evening’s entertainment at invited Online e-tenders in B-1 form for following works form the Civil con- the Stade du Roudourou on tractor registered with Maharashtra Govt. P.W.D. department in appropriate Sunday, with one goal and an categories. Tender paper can be download on Govt site http://mahatenders.gov. assist, as PSG overcame strong in . Competant authority is reserved the Right to reject any or all tenders with- resistance from Guingamp to out assigning any reason. Conditional tenders will be treated as non responsive. win 3-0 in the French league. Neymar was named man S. N. Name of work Amount put to Tender Work Com- of the match, and it was tender (Rs. In form Rs. petion period deserved. lakhs) (Months) “I’m very happy with the 1 2 3 4 5 trophy, but the most impor- 1 Constn. of C.C. internal road from 115.68 5000 09 tant (thing) was to win,” Ney- Rural hospital to Umagi Chamate mar said through a translator. house to Nagar Pancyayat office “I knew it would be difficult to Shri Dinker Dandekar house — to leave Barca, but I’m very Nagar panchayat shop to Namdeo happy to be here. People Khapare drain, devider, paving believe that leaving Barca is block etc. at Nagar Panchayat, like to die. But I’m more alive Hingna Ta. Hingna Dist. Nagpur. than ever. I’m very happy, and 2 Constn. of Minor bridge & C. 58.78 5000 09 the football is the same.” C. approach road, development Neymar, who signed from & shoksabhagruha at Ward no. Barcelona last week, missed 3 Dhangarpura Smashanbhumi, the start of the season at Hingna Ta. Hingna Dist. Nagpur the Parc des Princes against Amiens due to paperwork E-tender downloading period :- dt. 08.08.2017 to 13.09.2017 problems. Hired for a world- Pre tender conference :- dt. Nil. Place of meeting :- record 222 million euros ($262 million), he started on the left E-tender opended. :- dt. 18.09.2017 Place :- Superintending Engi- wing of PSG’s attack in the neer, P. W. Circle, Nagpur office. small Brittany town. Neymar Information about E-tender can be available following web site. looked intensely focused from the start, easily switching from 1) http://mahapwd.com one wing to the other, and 2) http://mahatenders.gov.in often taking a playmaker role. Pre-match festivities in the ( If any change in tender notice will be inform at above web site.) small Brittany town included 3) Notice board of office of the Executive Engineer, P.W.Dn. 3, Nagpur. some fireworks, but Neymar was jeered by a handful of 2233 (Satish Ambhore) fans as he came on the pitch to 05/08/2017 Executive Engineer warm up with his teammates, pointing a finger toward Public Works Division No.3, the sky. By the end, many D.G.I.P.R 2017/2018/2274 D.G.I.P.R./2017/2018/2247 Nagpur. local fans gave him a standing ovation. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 mp

STAR-STRUCK INDIAN DAVIS CUP SQUAD Olympic champion Semenya Bhambri, Myneni wins 800m world title back; Paes out NEW DELHI: India on Mon- year, is not going to get a singles day brought back top singles match since Ramkumar Ram- LONDON: South African player Yuki Bhambri, who is anathan, who is second-best star Caster Semenya pro- playing some of the best tennis ranked Indian at number 180 duced a strong finish to of his life, to counter Canada in is also playing some of the best regain the mantle of world the Davis Cup World Group tennis of his career. champion in the women’s 800 Play-off tie while veteran Lean- The Chennai-based player metre event at the London der Paes was not considered recently got the better of world Stadium here. due to his low ranking. number eight Dominic Thiem The reigning Olympic Also making a comeback to at Antalya Open. Myneni will champion produced a time the side was big-serving Saketh team up with Rohan Bopanna, of one minute and 55.16 sec- Myneni, who is ranked eighth who was an automatic choice onds — the fastest in the among the Indians in ATP list for the doubles rubber being world this year — to win gold at number 495 but made the the highest ranked Indian in at the IAAF World Champi- cut. Prajnesh Gunneswaran ATP doubles chart at number onships on Sunday night. (220) Sumit Nagal (261), N 17. Balaji and Gunnesweran, This was the second Sriram Balaji (291), Vishnu who both made their Davis World Championships gold Vardhan (410) and Sasi Kumar Cup debuts in April in Ben- in the 800m event for the Mukund (440) are placed above galuru, remain in the side as 26-year-old. Her first World him but Myneni was chosen reserves for the September Championships title came ahead of the others due to his 15-17 tie in Edmonton. German rising star Alexander Zverev handed Swiss great Roger Federer at the 2009 edition in Ber- ability to play both singles and “We look at the rankings a rare defeat in this season, producing a solid effort in the final of the lin, a year after she won eighth at the ISTAF Meeting Athletic Federations (IAAF). 57.98 seconds showing doubles. but not always,” selection com- Rogers Cup here to win 6-3, 6-4. Sunday’s final was the second ATP World gold at the World Junior in Berlin in September 2015. “The crowd are so wel- on the stadium clock at the Myneni had missed the mittee chairman SP Misra said Tour Masters 1000 title for the 20-year-old, who also won the Rome Championships. “I’m lucky to have a great coming to me and it makes it 400m mark. previous tie against Uzbeki- when asked about reasoning Masters earlier this year on clay as part of his breakthrough season, Rio Olympics silver med- support team who work feel even more special.” At the start of the final stan in Bengaluru due to a foot behind Myneni’s selection reports Efe. The second-seeded Federer went 0-for-3 on break-point allist Francine Niyonsaba of with me. Full credit to them. Niyonsaba and Wilson set lap, Niyonsaba, Wilson and injury. Yuki, ranked 157, had ahead of others. “If you look at opportunities in the final of this hard court event, while the fourth-seeded Burundi came in second with Another world title is a fan- the early pace with the former Kenya’s Olympic bronze med- also missed that April tie and the other players above Saketh, Zverev earned one break in each set to hand Federer his third loss this a time of 1:55.92 while Amer- tastic honour for me and I covering the first 200 metres allist Margaret Wambui made recently made a comeback on most of them, except Balaji, can season. The 36-year-old Swiss, winner of a record 19 Grand Slam titles, ican athlete Ajee Wilson fin- love to do it here in London,” in 27.08 seconds to be at the up the top three, with Brit- the Tour and stunned world only play only singles. Saketh has turned back the clock in 2017 with major titles at both the ished third in 1:56.65. she was quoted as saying by front of the leading pack. ain’s Lynsey Sharp just behind number 22 Gael Monfils at the can play both. So it made sense Australian Open and Wimbledon AP/PTI Semenya has won every the official website of the The leading pack slowed them. Semenya was trailing Citi Open. However, Myneni, to have him in the playing four,” 800m race since finishing International Association of down a bit thereafter with them at fifth. AGENCIES chosen for Arjuna Award this Misra added. AGENCIES Golfing Gods had decided Never stop trying, Usain Bolt tells younger generation LONDON: Iconic Usain Bolt hopes the tinue trying. I personally feel this is a in Thomas’ favour younger generation can receive a mes- good message to send to youngsters sage from his legendary experience — to push on. If I can leave that to the V KRISHNASWAMY in the middle of the fairway.” anything is possible if one works hard. younger generation, then that’s a good Then came ‘that’ putt. Recalling that moment, Retiring Jamaican “lightning” Bolt legacy to leave,” Bolt told a packed news CHARLOTTE: The moment of the 99th PGA Thomas said: “The putt was pretty funny, too, put on one last appearance on Sun- conference. Championships was probably when Jutsin because I didn’t even see it go in. I was more so day, the final day of the London World The end of Bolt’s career was far from Thomas’ putt dropped into the cup after the looking at Jimmy, asking, “How does it not go Championships as the 100 metre and perfect, a bronze in the 100m and he ball seemingly hung on the lip for an eternity. in? And as soft as it was going, I felt like the grain 200 metre world record holder went on didn’t make the finish line of his last And when it did drop, Thomas did not even see had to take it. And honestly, I swear, when it got a lap of honour in a specially arranged race, the 4x100m relay as he had to limp it for he had turned his back on it in disbelief there, I was like, “This ball has to go in. There’s farewell ceremony in front of the sell- off the track with injury. that it had not dropped. no way that it can stay there.” I was upset that I out spectators. “One championship doesn’t change The ball was suspended between the cup and had a really easy up-and-down and maybe let the The 11-time world champion and what I’ve done. After losing the 100m lip for almost 12 seconds and then it dropped. opportunity go. Yeah, the gravity took over and eight-time Olympic gold medalist made someone said to me, ‘Muhammed Ali Minutes before that he pulled his drive and it hit the roar was pretty loud, so that was pretty cool.” a final signature arrow-shooting stance lost his last fight so don’t be too stressed.’ the same tree he had found two days ago in sec- Thomas carded a final round of 68 to total and then left the track for good, Xin- I have shown my credentials through- ond ago. Then the ball kicked into the trees some 8-under and win by two shots over Patrick Reed hua reported. out my career so losing my last race isn’t 30 yards. As Thomas said: “So I feel like that tree (67), Francesco Molinari (67) and Louis Oost- “I’ve proven that by working hard, going to change what I’ve done in my drink”. But no matter what he will do in to come back,” he said. After the lap of kind of owed me one. I talk to my ball a lot and huizen (70), while Hideki Matsuyama (72) and anything is possible. For me, I was sit- sport,” said Bolt. the future, Bolt said he would not return honour, Bolt received a framed part of any time it’s going somewhere, I didn’t wish it Rickie Fowler (67) were Tied-fifth at 5-under. ting down today and doing an interview. Bolt said right now he had no plan to run again. “I have seen too many the London track from London mayor would, I probably say, “get lucky” or something. Kevin Kisner (74), who held at least a share My motto is anything is possible,” said for the future and just wanted to do people retire and come back and just Sadiq Khan and Sebastian Coe, head of And I said that in the air, “Get lucky, just spit it of the lead for 63 holes, and Graham Delaet (69) the 30-year-old. things he was previously couldn’t as an make it worse, shame themselves. So I the ruling body IAAF, who often speaks out for me, please.” And it spit it out, and right were Tied-7th at 4-under. “It shows that everyone should con- athlete, such as “have a party and have a personally won’t. I won’t be those stars highly of the legendary runner. AGENCIES Barcelona begin ‘We will look at alternatives spending spree Mourinho not getting carried away by if Dhoni doesn’t deliver’ with Paulinho Manchester United’s brilliant start PALLEKELE: Chairman BARCELONA: Barcelona of selectors MSK Prasad on made Brazilian international Mourinho said he had always wanted Monday said that former skip- midfielder Paulinho their first ‘For me, years and Matic and that the Serbian had special per Mahendra Singh Dho- signing since banking a world years of experience qualities. “It depends on what is happen- ni’s future is being discussed record fee for Neymar on Mon- ing or what was happening behind doors at selection meetings but they day after agreeing a $47 million and experience in the and we don’t know,” he said. will look at alternatives only if fee with Chinese club Guang- Premier League, my feet “The only thing I know is that of course the Jharkhand dasher doesn’t zhou Evergrande. with Chelsea money I brought him to deliver. “Barcelona and Guangzhou are on the ground and Stamford Bridge because I thought he was After explaining Yuvraj Evergrande have reached an I am calm. Last season a player with special qualities. And since I Singh’s omission, Prasad was agreement for the transfer of we were also top of the left I always thought he could be a perfect asked about Dhoni and he the player Paulinho Bezerra for player for us, but I didn’t disturb him, I replied: “You have been fair 40 million euros,” Barca said in league in the first match didn’t disturb Chelsea. and I will be honest. Discus- a statement. He has signed a and we finished sixth so “I never thought it was possible unless sions happen about everybody. four-year deal with a 120 mil- something special was happening and his It is not just MS. When we pick, lion euro buyout clause and will this means nothing’ agent told me we could have him and we when we talk about combina- be formally presented on Thurs- were very happy with that. We have him tions, we talk about everybody. day. The announcement of Bar- biggest league win as Red Devils manager. and we are very happy. He was a player You will also see in times to ca’s third signing of the summer “We finished the (last) season win- this team needs.” c om e .” transfer window after Gerard ning the Europa League and qualifying for On Lukaku, Mourinho said the for- Asked about Dhoni’s future, Deulofeu and Nelson Semedo Champions League. We start the second mer Everton striker is working hard and the chairman said that it’s dif- came just hours after the Cata- season with a very good performance at looks in good shape. “Romelu scored in the ficult to predict but till he is lans suffered a 3-1 home defeat home. We had many players on the pitch Super Cup, scored twice today, he’s playing delivering for the team, it ‘You never know. We don’t say it is an to Real Madrid in the Spanish MANCHESTER: Manchester United with a very good game. We have reasons to well and he’s working hard. He likes the shouldn’t be a problem. automatic thing (selection) but we will Super Cup first leg on Sunday. head coach Jose Mourinho said he does be optimistic,” he was quoted as saying by team and the team likes him. Strikers can “You never know. We don’t After the game, midfielder Ser- not want to get complacent after his side’s espnfc at the post-match news conference. play phenomenally well, but if they don’t say it is an automatic thing see. We are all stakeholders. We all gio Busquets put pressure on resounding 4-0 triumph over West Ham “For me, years and years of experience score goals, the pressure’s on them,” he said. (selection) but we will see. We want the Indian team to do well. If he the Barca board by claiming United in their English Premier League and experience in the Premier League, “So I think it was good for him to score are all stakeholders. Barca had to strengthen their (EPL) opening match here on Sunday. my feet are on the ground and I am calm. and for all the guys arriving at new clubs “We all want the Indian is delivering, why not? If he is not, we squad before the transfer win- Romelu Lukaku, United’s new sign- Last season we were also top of the league who scored goals on their first games. It’s team to do well. If he is deliv- will have to look at alternatives’ dow closes on August 31. Barca ing, on Sunday scored a brace, while Paul in the first match and we finished sixth so always oxygen, it’s happiness and confi- ering, why not? If he is not, have so far been unsuccessful Pogba and substitute Anthony Martial this means nothing. dence for them. we will have to look at alter- with age. after that. He lived under the in their attempts to land a more found the back of the net to help United “It just means we played well and con- “Romelu knows me well. He natives,” Prasad answered in a “I was just reading Andre media pressure with the ques- natural replacement for Neymar crush West Ham in the opening weekend fidence levels will be high and now our knows sometimes strikers can play pragmatic manner. Agassi’s autobiography ‘Open’, tion “When are you going to with huge bids for Coutinho and go top of the table. challenge is to keep this confidence level.” well but not score, but from me there will He then drew the Andre his life actually started after 30 retire?” But he played till 36 and Dembele being rejected by It was United’s biggest opening-day Among the many positives for United, be no pressure. But today was very good Agassi analogy about years. Till then, he won two or and he won so many Grand Liverpool and Borussia Dort- win since beating Fulham 5-1 at the Old Nemanjan Matic’s man-of-the-match per- and he was very effective, with the first goal how some players get better three. His actual life started Slams.” AGENCIES mund respectively. AGENCIES Trafford stadium in 2006 and Mourinho’s formance was a highlight in midfield. especially.” AGENCIES SL board clears first Pakistan Federer withdraws from Cincinnati, Nadal to become No. 1

CINCINNATI: Rafael Nadal was tour since 2009 attack assured a return to world number one Federer, this year’s for the first time since July of 2014 on Wimbledon and COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket to the Lahore stadium, wound- national team to visit Pakistan Monday when 19-time Grand Slam board has approved a tour to ing at least seven players. “We is Zimbabwe, who played five champion Roger Federer withdrew Australian Open Pakistan, eight years after a have had our security experts limited-overs games in Lahore from this week’s ATP Cincinnati Mas- champion, was the deadly militant attack against visit and make an assessment, in 2015. Pakistan play their ters tournament. the team brought top interna- and things look positive with “home” internationals in the Third-ranked Federer said he only player who could tional games there to a stand- things improving all over the United Arab Emirates. injured his back in Montreal, where he have denied world still, officials said on Monday. country and especially Lahore But there were hopeful lost in the final to Germany’s Alexan- Sri Lanka Cricket chief being cleared,” Sumathipala was signs when Pakistan success- der Zverev. number two Nadal Thilanga Sumathipala said after quoted as saying in a statement. fully staged the final of the Paki- Federer, this year’s Wimbledon and the top spot in next a security assessment, the team “We have three T20 games com- stan Super League — the rest Australian Open champion, was the had been cleared to play three ing up against Pakistan in Sep- of which was played in UAE — only player who could have denied Monday’s rankings Twenty20 internationals includ- tember and we would like to under heavy security in March. world number two Nadal the top spot ing “at least one” in Lahore, play at least one of those games Addressing the Asian in next Monday’s rankings. had to at least reach the semi-finals. scene of the 2009 attack which in Lahore,” he added. Cricket Council in Colombo The 31-year-old Spaniard, who won Had Federer reached the final, Nadal left eight people dead. Pakistani cricket officials at the weekend, Sumathipala his 15th Grand Slam title at this year’s would have had to win the title to stop Any tour would require gov- welcomed the decision, laud- called for an end to Pakistan’s French Open, will overtake Britain’s Open, the year’s final Grand Slam event in Montreal and I need to rest this the Swiss star from becoming num- ernment approval before the ing the move on social media. isolation and urged countries to top-ranked Andy Murray, who with- that begins August 28 in New York. w e e k .” ber one. Federer will be replaced in team is sent abroad. “Thank you Thilangaplay there. He recalled that sev- drew from Montreal and Cincinnati “I am very sorry to pull out of the Nadal, who has spent 141 total weeks the men’s draw by Italian lucky loser Leading cricket nations Sumathipala. We look for- eral Test nations did not want with a hip injury. Western and Southern Open as I always in the top spot, became world number Thomas Fabbiano, the world number have shunned playing in Paki- ward to hosting you and the to visit Sri Lanka at the height Federer, a seven-time champion on enjoy playing,” Federer said. “Cincinnati one for the first time in August 2008 85 who will enjoy a first-round bye and stan since the 2009 assault, in Sri Lankan team,” the Pakistan of the Tamil separatist conflict, the Cincinnati hardcourts, could yet has some of the best fans in the world after a semi-final run at Cincinnati. face either Argentina’s Diego Schwartz- which gunmen ambushed the Cricket Board wrote on Twitter. when bombs were exploding in move into the world number one spot, and I am sorry I will miss them. For Federer to have taken the top man or Russia’s Karen Khachanov in the Sri Lankan team bus en route Since 2009, the only inter- the mid-1990s. AGENCIES but his next chance will come at the US “Unfortunately, I tweaked my back spot at Cincinnati, he would have second round. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Tuesday, 15 August, 2017 ‘Films on hitherto unmentionable issues now rampant’ Voloressedit, que si officid que si cum volorit officto reptat quo explacearum auditatur, nis dus et re

NEW DELHI: National Award-winning idea about what films should do. actorVidya Balan, who has been appointed “Films are a mirror to the society and are a member of the Central Board of Film derived from the society. So, I think films have Certification (CBFC), says that many films the power to influence and to touch people’s today are highlighting issues that were so lives, to make you think, to make you feel and far brushed under the carpet. For her, it is to change you. That is the power of cinema but interesting to see the dialogue that films are the change has to come from society. initiating on different issues of the society. “So I believe that reality inspires films, “What is very interesting is that today, and films could then further inspire real- there is a dialogue about various issues in ity,” said the actor. She also feels that it’s not society, courtesy social media. The need to just an actor’s responsibility to bring about build toilets or the need for every individ- change in the society through films. If you ual to have access to toilet inspires films like want to make change, you have to step up Toilet: Ek Prem Katha because cinema is but and do something about it. Whether you are a reflection of reality. So it’s responding to an actor or a common citizen of the country, what is happening around us in the soci- I think it’s the responsibility of each one of ety,” Vidya told . us to contribute to the change that we want “I think more and more, you are seeing to see around us. Why hold only actors upto films throw light on hitherto unmention- it,” questioned Vidya, known for strong roles able issues. Today, entertainment is very in films like The Dirty Picture for which she closely tightened with what I think is also won the National Film Award. either awareness or building opinion Her other films include titles like Kahaani, or just encouraging debate, thereby No One Killed Jessica and Begum Jaan. making you think,” she added. Asked if she will ever do message-based Cinema-goers and even the film fraternity films, Vidya said: “Not really. I think the inten- members are looking forward to get support tion of the film should be to tell a story as an from the censor body. Vidya is clear in her actor... to live a certain character. IANS Waste of time to Tomlinson scolded think about others for getting drunk LONDON: Singer Louis MUMBAI: Sidharth Malhotra believes acting Tomlinson says he once is a profession which comes with a lot of uncer- got scolded by music tainty but he says he doesn’t like to keep a tab mogul Simon Cowell on the work of his contemporaries. for getting drunk before In an interview to PTI, Sidharth says, “It is a heading on stage with his waste of time to think what the other person is One Direction bandmates doing or which film he has signed. I’ve no con- for one of their first gigs. trol over that, I’ve no benefit or negative in that. The singer was flown “Just because somebody’s film doesn’t per- out to Los Angeles via form well, doesn’t mean mine will and if mine business class and put up in Four Seasons hotel doesn’t do well then it isn’t that nobody else’s by Cowell, who guided the British band to the will work. The audience today can smell a film top of the industry, reports dailymail.co.uk. from the trailer and only come to theatres if Tomlinson opened up about the moment they like it.” during an interview with Matt Edmondson on The “Kapoor & Sons” star says his close cir- BBC Radio 1 while promoting his new solo cle of friends are not from the industry, “barring Karan Johar”, who launched him single “Back to you”. in “Student of the year”. The former boy band star got famous in his “I am also mostly the last person to know what’s happening in other people’s life. teenage years when he joined One Direction I don’t have my ears to the ground with regards to what film’s others are signing. after auditioning for “The X Factor” back in That’s the most sane way to live,” he says. 2010. “I thought well I’ll just have a couple of The 32-year-old actor, who has featured in six films since his 2012 debut, says beers and I ended up being really, really drunk nobody in the industry has been able to crack the formula of getting hit films all on this show -- one of the first things (One the time. Direction) did. I woke up to a text to find out “The profession has so many ups and downs, it has no certainty. Any working that I was going to Los Angeles the next morn- actor, senior or junior, can’t say that ‘I am set for the next three films.’ You never ing -- flown out. I sat on the plane thinking, know what works for sure. With the star power, you can bring in the audience on a ‘What is coming next?’ I landed at Simon’s and Friday but nobody knows what’s going to happen on a Monday. PTI he gave me a little dressing down.” IANS ICA-1656(6)/2017

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