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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra govern- rates for 66 items ment on Sunday announced a loan MPOST BUREAU waiver for farmers and decided to form What will be GST rollout should be a committee to decide the criteria of debt NEW DELHI: The Goods and Services relief, after which cultivators called off Tax (GST) Council at its 16th meet- cheaper? their protests. ing here on Sunday revised the rates of delayed by month: Mitra “The government has decided to 66 items out of the 133 for which rep- »»Cashew, packaged waive farmers’ loans. The loans of farm- resentations had been received seek- NEW DELHI: The world's larg- ers with small land holdings stand PARIS: Rafael Nadal coasted to a record 10th ing change from the fitments originally food like pickles & est fiscal reform, Goods and waived from today itself,” Revenue Min- French Open title on Sunday, demolishing Stan made in the four-slab indirect tax struc- chutney Services Tax (GST), should not ister Chandrakant Patil said. Wawrinka in a brutally one-sided final which ture, Union Finance Minister Arun Jait- Patil, who headed a high-powered roko protests scheduled for tomorrow also earned the Spaniard a 15th Grand Slam ley said. »»Cutlery and be implemented with "jugaad" committee set up by Chief Minister and June 13,” independent MLA Bachu crown. “The 133 representations received computer printers and the rollout date for the Devendra Fadnavis, was speaking to Kadu said. Nadal, 31, triumphed 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to become were considered at length and the offi- new indirect tax regime should reporters after holding discussions with “However, if the decision taken today the first man in history to win the same major cers’ committee made their recommen- »»School bags and be postponed by a month, farmer leaders here today. is not implemented before July 24, the 10 times. dations... the council has reduced tax exercise books West Bengal Finance Minister Farmer leader and Lok Sabha mem- farmers will resume their agitation,” His collection of Slams now stands just three in 66 out of the 133 cases,” Jaitley, who ber Raju Shetti, who participated in Kadu said. behind great rival Roger Federer, a staggering heads the council, told reporters here Amit Mitra said on Sunday. the talks, said he was happy that their The revenue minister, asked if his statistic coming just a year after he quit Roland following the meeting. More expensive He said West Bengal has demands had been met. announcement on farmers getting new Garros with a wrist injury. The Minister explained that the cases been the "pioneer" in seeking “Our issues have been resolved. We loans from today meant that the old ones Playing in his 22nd Grand Slam final, Nadal for reduction had been considered keep- »»Watching movies GST implementation, but the have decided to temporarily call off our would be restructured, said, “It is a sim- triumphed in Paris without dropping a set for a ing two objectives in mind. in multiplexes 28 regime should be such that agitation, including the dharna protests ple banking question. third time. P14 “One was to maintain equivalence scheduled for tomorrow and day after. Till the old loan is waived, one to the existing taxes, and in some percent tax on tickets common man and small trad- However, if no satisfactory decision is doesn’t get new loan.” other cases the fitment had breached priced above `100 ers benefit alike. taken (on the criterion for loan waiver) Fadnavis had on Friday announced India pummel South this equivalence principle. In others, by July 25, we will restart our stir,” Shetti the formation of the six-member com- the reduction is required because of used by common people, he said. sume the existing multiple central and said. mittee to look into the various demands Africa to enter semi-final the changing nature of the economy Tax on cutlery will come down from state levies, have been categorised in Another farmer leader, Raghunath- of farmers, including the loan waiver. and changes that have occurred in con- 18 to 12 per cent, while computer print- four tax slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent, dada Patil, said the minister had assured On June 1, farmers from a village in NEW DELHI: Defending champions India sumer preference,” he said. Elaborating ers will be lowered from 28 to 18 per besides those items that attract zero tax. them that “all loans” of farmers will be Ahmednagar district went on strike fol- made it to the semi-final of the ICC Cham- on some of the reductions, Jaitley said cent. Insulin and agarbatti will go down On Entertainment Tax, Jaitley said waived. lowed by many farmers groups in other pions Trophy by defeating South Africa in a the tax on cashew has been cut from 12 from 12 to 5 per cent. that following representations from “The atmosphere now is like Diwali parts, who tried to suspend vegetable must-win encounter in the final league match to 5 per cent. Packaged foods like food Among other goods, Jaitley said the film industry, the GST Council has celebrations. 100 per cent of our and milk supply to Mumbai. by eight wickets at the Kennington Oval, Lon- and vegetable products such as pick- school bags have been lowered from 28 decided on a two-slab structure for demands have been accepted,” he said. Last week, a farmer in Solapur dis- don on Sunday. les, chutnies, ketchup and instant food to 18 per cent, while exercise books will cinema tickets, whereby those costing The ministers’ group has decided to trict, before ending his life due to debt, After bowling out the number one ranked mixes, among others, which historically come down from 18 to 12 per cent. less than Rs 100 would be taxed less at 18 restart fresh loan disbursal to farmers wrote that unless the chief minister ODI team for a paltry 191, India chased down were taxed at 18 per cent, are going to All goods and services under the per cent, while those above will attract from today, Raghunathdada said. visits his farm, his body should not be the target with 12 overs remaining. Shikhar be taxed at 12 per cent as these are items pan-India GST regime, which will sub- tax of 28 per cent. “We are calling off the road and rail cremated. Dhawan top-scored with an 83-ball 78-run knock while skipper Virat Kohli remained TOPPER WAS INSPIRED BY THE MOVIE ‘3 IDIOTS’ NEW SYSTEM OF JURISDICTION-FREE ASSESSMENT unbeaten on 76. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jas- Don’t want a prit Bumrah claimed two wickets each. This is the fifth time India have reached the semi-final 2nd term: AG stage of the Champions Trophy. Chandigarh boy Sarvesh Now, a taxpayer can be assessed After being put in to bat, South Africa was Mukul Rohatgi off to a good start. Openers Quinton de Kock (53) and Hashim Amla (35) started off slowly, tops IIT-JEE Advanced by I-T authorities anywhere but more importantly, they looked set for the to Centre long haul. P14 MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU A pilot project will also be CHANDIGARH: Watching car- run to identify possible issues toons on TV, listening to music and NEW DELHI: Attorney Gen- NEW DELHI: The Income and the final go-ahead will be In today’s playing badminton were the stress- eral Mukul Rohatgi, whose Tax Department is working obtained from the Finance busters for Sarvesh Mehtani, a stu- three-year tenure will end on on a new system of jurisdic- Ministry, the official said. paper dent from Chandigarh, who topped June 19, has asked the govern- tion-free assessment, where “In the first instance, we the IIT-Joint Entrance Examination ment not to consider him for a taxpayer would be assessed will initiate the system of con- ... (Advanced) test, the results of which reappointment to the post. by a taxman based in any part ducting limited scrutiny cases were announced on Sunday. Rohatgi said that he had of the country as part of mea- via the ‘e-proceeding’ system CITY Mehtani, whose father is an offi- written to the government last sures to reduce instances of that had been notified recently cer in the Income Tax department, month conveying his wish to corruption and harassment. under the ambitious Internet- WOMAN THRASHES MOLESTER IN GGN 4 said it was always his aim to break into discontinue as Attorney Gen- Officials said the Central based paperless communica- the top 10 in the highly competitive eral and return to private Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), tion system of tax dealings,” NATION examination. practice. that frames policy for the tax bai or Kochi and likewise, the the official said. ‘10.52 LAKH BOGUS PAN CARDS’ 5 Asked if he had thought that he He said the extension department, has constituted a official said. The CBDT had issued a will emerge as the topper in the exam, the CBSE Class XII examinations. All given to him by the govern- special team of officers to pre- All the AOs will be given notification in this regard on EDIT Mehtani said, “I always wanted to be the three had earlier said they achieved ment earlier this month was pare modalities for this path- a stipulated number of cases April 3 and had said that a in the top 10.” success through hard work, dedication, “adhoc”, till further orders, as breaking initiative and abolish to dispose and cases of high- new link or window called ‘e- COUNTERING MALNUTRITION 8 About the activities which worked commitment and by keeping them- it was done when the Prime the age-old prevalent system value assessees can similarly proceeding’ will be soon be INTERNATIONAL as stress-busters for him, Mehtani said, selves “off the social media”. Minister was on a visit to Rus- of a taxpayer being assessed be sent to an AO in a different hosted on the e-filing website “I watched cartoons on TV and lis- Asked how many hours he devoted sia. “So, the government has in a specific circle of the city city and this work can be aided of the department--https:// MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S SON RELEASED 10 tened to music. Reading novels and to studies on a daily basis, he said, “In to take a call on my decision,” or town where he or she by his counterpart based in the incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in-- playing badminton also helped me stay addition to the school hours and the he said. Rohatgi said that he is based. local region for objective and used currently by taxpayers to BUSINESS calm and focussed.” private coaching class I took, I used to maintained a “good relation- “This first-of-its-kind ini- informed assessment. file ITRs. FM TO MEET PSU BANK CHIEFS 12 Mehtani, whose elder sister too is study for five-six hours. On a holiday, ship” with the government tiative will totally change Once implemented, the The CBDT notification pursuing an engineering course, had I would study for 8-10 hours.” Mehtani and would come to its aid as the relationship and dealing official said, the new system had said that the new pro- SPORT secured 95.4 per cent marks in the was also inspired by the Aamir Khan- and when required. He said he between an assessee and his of assessment will remove cedure of e-communication Class XII Board examinations. starrer Bollywood film, ‘3 idiots’. was appointed by the Narendra Assessing Officer (AO). The virtually all human interface is “applicable to all proceed- IN-FORM PRANEETH EYES INDONESIA TITLE 15 “I scored 95 per cent in physics and “The film released when I was in Modi government after it came income tax returns, scrutiny between the taxpayer and the ings under the Income Tax mathematics and 97 per cent in chem- Class 8. Most of the characters in it to power in May 2014 and he cases and all other I-T related tax officer and this will not Act, 1961 under this notifica- istry. My favourite subject is mathe- inspired me,” said the student who has served his term to his full correspondence of a taxpayer only ensure transparency but tion as enabled from time to FOR ADVERTISING matics,” he said. considered Infosys co-founder N R satisfaction. He said he consid- will go to a officer chosen ran- also ease complaints of taxpay- t i m e”. kindly contact at 9810195709 Asked about his success mantra, Narayana Murthy as his idol. ers this duration as the top law domly by the database system ers regarding harassment or The new regime of e-com- or Mehtani said, “Hard work, staying Happy at his son’s success, Parvesh officer enough and does not who is working in any I-T corrupt practices at the hands munication will, however, [email protected] organised and being focussed on the Mehtani said, “He was always focussed want to be considered for reap- office of the country,” a senior of the AO. be voluntary and a taxpayer goal. My message for my juniors is to on his studies.” pointment. “I have conveyed to official privy to the develop- Another officer working can take a call on whether to stay calm, organised and work hard.” He also had a word of advice for the government last month that ment said. in the Finance Ministry said conduct his dealing with the FOR SUBSCRIPTION Several Chandigarh students have parents who put pressure on their chil- I don’t wish to seek re-appoint- For example, the Income the new system will require taxman over the e-system or kindly contact at 8800854665 made the city proud this year. Three dren to achieve academic success. ment. I consider the three-year Tax Return (ITR) and scrutiny an amendment in the Income through the existing proce- or of them, including two girls -- Bhumi “Putting pressure on the children term as enough and I had also case papers of a taxpayer liv- Tax Act, 1961 and is expected dure of manual submissions [email protected] Sawant, Mannat Luthra and Aditya does not help. One should rather help served the previous BJP gov- ing in Delhi could be assessed to be ushered in from the next of documents by visiting the Jain -- featured among the toppers in them achieve their dream,” he said. ernment for five years. P7 by an AO based in say Mum- financial year. tax office. PMO seeks details about Army to tackle young stone-pelters with compassion, show them India movement of files from ministers MPOST BUREAU “When one talks to them, one bare minimum, it will definitely be MPOST BUREAU pending till May 31. finds they too have dreams and, an achievement,” he said. The prime minister is learnt SRINAGAR: The Army is zeroing because of unforeseen circum- The Army believes the children, NEW DELHI: In an appar- to have given the directive in in on young stone throwers in Kash- stances, these dreams have no wings. after returning from their multi-city ent bid to assess the perfor- a recent cabinet meeting after mir -- not to lock them up but to take My only attempt is to give wings to tour, will narrate their experiences to mance of cabinet ministers, which forms were sent to the them around India and give wings to their dreams and that is why I thought other young Kashmiris, encouraging the Prime Minister’s Office has respective ministers. their dreams. 20 such children be taken around them to join the next group. sought details about movement The forms are divided into A group of 20 boys from restive India under the Army’s Sadhbhavna “For that they don’t have to pick of files, particularly the time a five columns with subheads -- South Kashmir will be taken on an scheme,” he said. up stones,” the officer quipped. “All file remained pending in their opening balance, files received educational tour to showcase India The Army, with the help of the they need to do is approach their offices. during period, total files, dis- and its development, a senior Army local police, has been identifying own Army men and the needful will The exercise is being seen posed, pending at the end of officer said. the ones who will be taken to Delhi, be done.” During their many inter- by many ministries as a precur- period and breakup of pend- The idea struck Major General B where they will meet people in gov- active sessions with the children, sor to a Cabinet reshuffle which ing files. S Raju, General officer Command of ernment, to Mumbai, the financial Army officers found that many of is likely to take place after the The breakup of pending Victor Force, the Army’s anti-insur- capital of the country, Jaipur and the youngsters, who came from vari- presidential poll. files is further divided into -- 15 gency grid responsible for much of that they see around them since their the stone throwers informally -- to other places of historical importance. ous troubled spots of South Kashmir, The ministers have been days, 15 days to one month and South Kashmir, when he interacted birth,” Maj-Gen Raju said, adding discover that they, too, had dreams. “President Kalam seemed to be had not even seen the scenic beauty asked to submit details of the one month to three months. with young boys caught throwing quite a few did not even know why Recalling the late President A P a much respected figure with these of the Kashmir Valley. So it was also files they received in their The PMO has also sought an stones at security forces during coun- they were throwing stones. J Abdul Kalam’s quote -- “Dream, children and I narrated his statement decided that groups of children -- offices between June 1, 2014 action taken report on the let- ter-insurgency operations. “It was surprising to find that dream, dream! Conduct these dreams about India’s diversity to them. It was 90 per cent of whom had been sid- (five days after the government ters which were written to the “One can easily make out that they many of them threw stones just out into thought, and then transform heartening to find these boys listening ing with “trouble makers” and 10 per took charge) and May 31, 2017. prime minister on his email ID indulge in stone pelting because that fun,” he said. The Army officer, who them into action” -- the senior most with rapt attention and raising some cent from Army Goodwill and other The PMO has sought to or on the PMO public griev- is what they have seen while grow- is a father of a son and a daughter, officer of the Army for South Kashmir valid questions,” he said. schools -- would be taken around pic- know the period within which ances portal or to his office and ing up. decided to go by the rule book of a soon started counselling the young The attempt, he said, was to shape turesque regions such as Gulmarg, the files were cleared along with were forwarded to ministries They are prisoners of the images parent and started interacting with students on careers. their lives. “If we can contribute the Sonamarg and Yusmarg. the details of files which were concerned. 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017

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Stir it well, apply it to your nails and keep show off some skin, so don’t be summers. spoons of fine sea salt with two drops each of it on for half an hour. afraid to show some skin, make WHEN: Till June 30 WHERE: Sorrento, lemon juice or oil, myrrh oil and wheat germ 4Avoid nail polish remover: Nail polish sure you have your sunscreen on Shangri-La’s - Eros Hotel oil. Put this mixture in Luke warm water and remover consists of chemicals, enemy of skin, and wear super fun outfits like off TIMING: 12:30 pm – 2:45 pm, 7:30 pm soak you hands for 10-15 minutes. Repeat it it not only damages your skin but also make shoulder dresses, crop cape tops, – Midnight twice a week. your nails brittle. Instead of using nail polish sheer shirts, short hemmed skirts 4Beer therapy: Take a half cup of beer, mix it remover go for cheap perfumes or natural nail and shorts. IANS GENESIS-17 with warm quarter of a cup of olive oil and polish remover. IANS An Exhibition of Indian Contemporary art, Genesis-17 is an exposition by 18 artists in a manner that traces a timeline of developments in style, themes and ‘Pet dogs help older adults stay active’ schools of what has emerged today as Indian contemporary art, in their visual languages as paintings, sculptures, wning a dog may help and perhaps, even overall longevity,” photographs, and mix media. It was older adults to meet World said Gee, co-author of the study. Study conceived with a view, bringing to the Health Organisation’s rec- participants were aged 65 years and audience a collection of paintings which ommendations of at least over and wore an activity monitor con- in many ways provides insights into the O150 minutes of moderate to vigorous tinuously during three, one-week data contemporary arts movement in India physical activity per day, according to collection periods between April 2013 a new study. and November 2014. today. It can in no way assume to be Health professionals could encour- The researchers monitored the time definitive but an attempt a significant age dog ownership or shared care of spent walking moderately, time spent representation. a dog to motivate older adults to be standing, total time spent sitting, as WHEN: June 10 – 15 WHERE: Gallery more physically active, researchers said. well as the number of times people sat C and D, All India fine arts and crafts “We found that dog owners aged down and how long they sat down for. society TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm 65 and over spent on average an addi- Dog owners and controls were matched tional 22 minutes walking, taking an on a range of variables such as gender, AN EVENING OF STORYTELLING extra 2,760 steps per day when com- ethnicity and socio-economic status. Yamini Reddy, daughter and disciple of pared to people who did not own a “Most of the research in this area has legendary Kuchipudi exponents Pad- dog,” said Philippa Dall, senior research relied upon self- report measures of mabhushans Dr(s) Raja Radha Reddy fellow at Glasgow Caledonian Univer- physical activity,” Dall said. will be using Kuchipudi dance to tell sity in the UK. “The use of objectives measures of stories right from the creation of man, “Over the course of a week this addi- physical activity and sedentary behav- devotion, love and anguish. Kuchipudi is tional time spent walking may in itself iour, collected by using activity moni- be sufficient to meet WHO recommen- – than non-dog owners, although the “Our research will provide insights tors, provides opportunities to gain a complete form of storytelling replete dations of at least 150 minutes of mod- total time spent sitting down did not into how pet ownership may help older greater insight by providing objective with characters, narrators, episodes and erate to vigorous physical activity,” said differ between the two groups. people achieve higher levels of physi- data on both the intensity and pat- dialogues, which gives it the ability to Dall, lead author of the study published “Our results indicate that dog own- cal activity or maintain their physi- terns of physical activity and sedentary instantly absorb the audiences into its in the journal BMC Public Health. The ership may play an important role in cal activity levels for a longer period behaviour. This allows closer scrutiny presentation researchers also found that dog own- encouraging older adults to walk more,” of time, which could improve their of the potential relationship between WHEN: June 9 WHERE: The Habitat ers had fewer sedentary events – that said Nancy Gee from WALTHAM Cen- prospects for a better quality of life, changes in physical activity due to dog Center Stein auditorium is continuous periods of sitting down tre for Pet Nutrition, UK. improved or maintained cognition, ownership and health,” said Dall. PTI TIMING: 7 pm onwards

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No. 011-47777500, Email: [email protected], Lucknow Office: 401, Chintels House 16, Station Road, Lucknow Ph: 0522-4013126 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 mp city Youth held for Give us details trying to rob NDRF base comes up in Delhi, grandparents of your projects: NEW DELHI: A 90-year- old man showed courage to respond to bio, nuke attacks Delhi govt to depts and presence of mind to foil an attempted robbery by his grandson and an accomplice, A 45-member team at R K Puram will respond to any disaster-like earthquakes OUR CORRESPONDENT both of whom have been NEW DELHI: An elite NDRF whether to respond to a CBRN cal leak or a CBRN attack-like An official said, arrested, police said on Sunday. team equipped with nuclear threat or a natural disaster like scenario in the passenger ter- NEW DELHI: The Delhi Rajat (21) had sent his and biological combat gear earthquake. minal or the cargo area, the government has asked all its if a detailed accomplice Rishab (23) to his has been positioned in the "This was a concern as an officer said. departments, the civic, and document is in maternal grandfather Ram Lal heart of the national Capital to NDRF team rushing from Gha- There have been two the autonomous bodies to fur- place, time-bound Miglan’s house in Rohini’s Sec- quickly respond to dangerous ziabad in such an emergency incidents when radioactive nish information on projects tor 7 on Saturday afternoon. threats to not only the seat would take time owing to traf- material leak incidents were and schemes they will execute implementation of Rishab gained entry to the of power but also to the local fic conditions and other issues. reported in the cargo area of this financial year so that it schemes, projects house by posing as a techni- population. The distance factor has now the Delhi airport in May 2015 can monitor them and ensure cian out to check their cooking Keeping in view the disaster been cut and the response will and one in October last year. a time-bound and effective and programmes gas cylinder. vulnerability profile and high be quick," the officer said. An NDRF team from Ghazi- implementation. could be ensured When the ageing Miglan seismic activity in and around The 45-member team at R abad had then reached to check The Planning Department and Rishab went to the kitchen, Delhi, another special team of K Puram will respond to any the leakage. has issued office memoranda Rajat entered the house wear- the National Disaster Response disaster-like earthquake or The responders of the to all principal secretaries, sec- omous bodies have been asked ing a helmet to avoid being rec- Force (NDRF), in 24x7 oper- big accident that takes place force were also called in when retary of various departments, to send the planning depart- ognised by his grandparents. ational readiness, has been in Delhi. Cobalt-60, a radioactive mate- commissioner of three munic- ment information about their He tried to choke his 84-year- based in South West Delhi's R Both the teams, at R K rial, was recovered in Delhi's ipal corporations and head of schemes, projects and pro- old grandmother Shakuntala K Puram area recently. Puram and near India Gate, Mayapuri area in 2010. all autonomous bodies in this grammes that will be imple- Devi, who screamed for help, A third team to combat are vehicle-borne and possess The CBRN teams of the regard. mented during the 2017-18 police said. chemical or radiological leak- essential equipment in order to NDRF are equipped with gad- A government official said, financial year," the official said. An alert Miglan caught age or attack incidents has respond to any disaster, man- gets like hazardous gas vapour if a detailed document is in After receiving the infor- hold of Rishab in the kitchen also been based at the Indira nism against terror and other Parliament, Rashtrapati Bha- made or natural, which is the identifier, contaminationplace, a time-bound implemen- mation, the Planning Depart- and also raised an alarm, after Gandhi International Airport security-related threats, but a van, Prime Minister's Office charter of the NDRF, the offi- monitor, water poison detec- tation of schemes, projects and ment intends to prepare a which neighbours rushed to (IGIA). specialised protective shield and other central ministries cer added. tion kit, smart radiation detec- programmes could be ensured detailed document containing their rescue and caught the two Senior Home Minis- and response mechanism and departments. He added that NDRF Direc- tors, isotope identifiers, hazmat in the national capital. brief write-up of "important men. try and NDRF officials said a against CBRN threats and This team, based in Jam- tor General R K Pachnanda had (hazardous material) suits, de- As per the memorandum, information" on all projects, Rajat admitted to police small team of about 30 per- disasters was not available in nagar House, will also be able made a special request to the contamination suits and few the department has sought schemes and programmes. that he had hatched the rob- sonnel equipped with Chem- the vicinity," a senior officer to respond to any CBRN threat Ministry of Urban Develop- others to check and de-con- point- to-point details like "It will ensure a time-bound bery plan since his grandpar- ical, Biological, Radiological said. to any public place or market ment to get land for stationing taminate the affected people names of schemes, projects, implementation of various ents had received a handsome and Nuclear (CBRN) disasters Hence, he said, a spe- area in Delhi at a short notice, the special team somewhere in and the environment. their objectives, funding pat- schemes, all three MCD - East, sum of money after sell- combat has been stationed near cially chosen team of some of he added. Delhi and the Ministry readily The NDRF is the national tern, and target dates, among North and South - and the ing their house. The two had the India Gate area sometime the best NDRF personnel has Till now, the NDRF base made available a small plot in force mandated to respond others. autonomous bodies like Delhi bought a toy gun to threaten back. been deployed 24x7 in this area in sector-19 in neighbouring R K Puram. to disasters in any part of the "All departments' principal Commission for Women, Delhi the intended victims, which "The national Capital area which houses the seat of power Ghaziabad was tasked with the The team at IGIA will country and it was raised in secretaries, three MCD com- Waqf Board and others," the was seized from them. MPOST has all the protective mecha- and the government including responsibility of the Delhi area, respond to any gas or chemi- 2006. AGENCIES missioners and heads of auton- official also said. JNU prof AS LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION NEARS, NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS REACHES NEARLY THREE LAKH threatens to Traditional degree courses still most sought after kill self after OUR CORRESPONDENT the list of highest applications The numbers of appli- and Urdu also did not regis- With the growing num- termination filed, with 1,21,701. TOP THREE DEGREE COURSES cations received for Phys- ter impressive numbers, with ber of websites and the ever NEW DELHI: Despite Delhi English (Hons) is the sec- ics (Hons) were recorded at 28,334 and 20, 389 applications increasing demand for web- OUR CORRESPONDENT University having introduced ond most coveted course, with BASED ON NO OF APPLICATIONS 61, 768. A majority of Science respectively. site designers, the course saw some new courses to take some 1,12,899 applications. applicants who studied Biol- As expected, French, Ger- around 45,355 applications; NEW DELHI: After being steam off the cut-throat com- BCom (Programme), from Course No of Applications ogy in Class XII have opted for man and French languages meanwhile, software develop- abruptly terminated by the petition to its coveted courses, the Commerce stream, came in Bio Chemistry, which received were the most popular for- ment course received 43,815 Jawaharlal Nehru University data released by the University third with 96, 503 applications. BA (Prog) 1,21,701 34,321 applications. eign language courses, with applications. (JNU) administration, a Ger- shows that traditional courses Though numbers suggest Applications for Botany 40,259 applications received In courses related to man national working on a like BA (Programme), BA Eng- that traditional courses are BA English (Hons) 1,12,899 were recorded at a paltry 305. for French. media studies, an overwhelm- contractual basis in the Uni- lish (Hons) and BCom (Hons) dominating the application Meanwhile, in language German and Spanish lan- ing 68,854 applications were versity threatened to commit continue to dominate the list of list, there is encouraging data courses, traditional subjects guages had 36,982 and 32,991 received for Journalism suicide on Saturday. courses for aspirants. that shows that many students BCom (Prog) 96,503 like English (Hons) and Hindi applications, respectively. For (Hons), while Hindi Journal- He was stopped by some According to the data are also shown a keen inter- (Hons) were the preferred applicants with an inclination ism had over 32,567 applica- faculty members, who eventu- released by DU, courses in the est in vocational and language trend this year, mainly because In the Science stream, options. The lowest number towards practical subjects, a tions. The Advanced Diploma ally referred him to a doctor, Arts stream dominated the top courses. of the fact that many Science Chemistry (Hons) received of applications received was slew of vocational courses have in Television Programme and where it was found that he was two slots in the application list, Applications for Science students opt for engineering the highest number of appli- for Bengali (Hons), i.e. 18,591. been introduced by the Uni- Newspaper registered 37,093 reportedly depressed. with BA (Programme) topping courses showed a predictable colleges over a seat in DU. cations, i.e. 63,065. Applications for Sanskrit versity over the past few years. applications. After treatment at Lady Hardinge Hospital, he was discharged. According to a senior police official from South Dis- Delhi tops state-wise list of applicants, Nearly three lakh applications received trict, the German national has been identified as Stephen Baier, who was working at the School of Life Sciences at JNU but coveted courses could elude locals so far; last day of registration today as a contractual professor. On Saturday, Baier got to OUR CORRESPONDENT Students from the North East OUR CORRESPONDENT enrolled under the general category, total mental behaviour category, 47 know that he was terminated According to data region of the country comprise a and 61,654 candidates have applied applicants in total disability caused from his services. NEW DELHI: More than one lakh from the CBSE, the sizeable chunk of the population DU. NEW DELHI: As of June 10, the under the OBC non-creamy layer due to chronic neurological condi- In response, Baier wrote an applicants from Delhi have applied And this year, 4,846 students from number of students who registered category. tions blood disorder and 34 appli- email to the Vice-Chancellor for admission to Delhi University number of Delhi the North East have applied to the online for admission to undergrad- However, there has been a fall in cations under multiple disabilities. of the University M Jagadesh this year. students scoring 95 University, with Assam dominating uate courses of Delhi University has applications in the reserved catego- This is the first time that applica- Kumar and also accused him However, many students are the list with 2,563 applicants. risen to over three lakh. ries; while the 2016-17 session saw tions for undergraduate admission of harassment. However, the likely to lose out on seats for some per cent and above From the Southern region, Ker- “Total number of registrations 34,292 Scheduled Caste applications, to the University are being received alarm bells began ringing when of the University’s coveted courses, went down to 2,326 ala dominates the list of number of till 5 pm were 2,98,344 of which for the 2017-18 session, 32,601 can- only online, unlike in previous years the professor threatened to take with Delhi faring poorly in compari- applications received, with 2,373 1,81,566 have already paid the fee,” didates have applied. Applications when it used to be both online and his life. son with other states in the ‘95 per from last year’s 2,927 applicants. DU admin officer, Ashutosh said in received under the physical disabil- offline. “He had written in the email cent threshold’. Around 5,170 students have a press statem. ity category are 1,385. Even after 21 days since the that he was going to take his According to data released by This, however, resulted in a deci- applied from various South Indian “The number of female appli- In line with the provisions of beginning of registrations, techni- life. The faculty members were the University, Delhi dominated the sive spike in the categories of stu- states, with Telangana and Andhra cants is 1,15,584, while the number Rights of Persons with Disabilities cal glitches and other issues are still then alerted, who met him and list of state-wise applications, with dents scoring 45 per cent and 95 Pradesh recording 854 and 617 of male applicants is 1,44,678. Addi- Act, 2016, the University has intro- plaguing aspirants. “Those candi- talked him into visiting Lady 1,11,303 applications till Sunday. per cent. applicants, respectively. tionally, 80 candidates in the oth- duced significant changes to its res- dates who come to dean’s offices Hardinge Hospital,” said Addi- Uttar Pradesh registered the sec- Moreover, Delhi-based Class XII According to data from the Uni- ers category and 911 from the PwD ervation policy, and has increased during working hours will be enter- tional Commissioner of Police ond largest number of applications students – many of whom talked versity, in the category of Indian (Persons with Disabilties) category the categories for admitting students tained. After 5 pm, no grievances (South) Chinmoy Biswal. with 55,537, while Bihar came in about being unfairly treated in the students from foreign countries, a have also applied,” the official added. with disabilities. will be sorted out,” said Dr Gur- After a counselling ses- third with 9,751 applications. DU admission process and had also majority of the applications came Interestingly, the number of According to the revamped pol- preet Tuteja, Deputy Dean Student sion, it was found that Baier This year, the controversy gen- demanded for a domicile quota – did from Middle Eastern countries, applications received in the extra- icy to be followed by DU from this Welfare. was depressed over the abrupt erated over the marks moderation not register an impressive perfor- with Dubai leading the pack with curricular activities (ECA) and academic session, reservation of The online registration process decision taken by the V-C. policy made numerous students and mance in the 95 per cent threshold 15 applicants. sports quota categories have shot ‘persons with benchmark disabili- began on May 22 and will continue Baier later reportedly came parents anxious. this year, compared to other states. Moreover, students from East- up significantly as well, with 19,081 ties’ as defined in the Act will stand till June 12. to terms with his termination After a protracted battle, which According to data from CBSE, ern European countries, the United applications in the ECA category and at not less than five per cent. The first cut-off list will be and returned to his house in ended in the courts, the Central the number of Delhi students scor- States of America, and various South 11,356 in the sports quota category. The varsity has registered 98 announced on June 20 and, unlike Vasant Kunj. One of his stu- Board of Secondary Education ing 95 per cent and above went down and South East Asian countries also According to the data released by candidates under the total physi- in previous years, the varsity will dents also stayed the night decided to continue with the policy. to 2,326 from last year’s 2,927. feature in the list of applicants to DU. the University, 1,59,139 candidates cal disability, 30 candidates under release only six cut-off lists. with him as a precautionary measure. Probe into Tughlaqabad Private Delhi hospital asked to deposit gas leak hits speed bump Rs 30 lakh for medical negligence OUR CORRESPONDENT sending an LR and receiving pyridine, the police found in answers is a time-consuming its probe. OUR CORRESPONDENT wounds have been stitched by extent of manipulating the It also said when the woman NEW DELHI: A probe into a one and is expected to delay The police have to ascer- ... (pharmacist) is anybody's records to make believe that underwent an ultrasound in chemical leak in a Tughlaqa- the investigation. tain whether the packaging was NEW DELHI: The Delhi guess," the bench headed by it was a doctor and nurse who November 2009, it was revealed bad container depot, triggering The chemical leak on May done keeping in mind Indian State Consumer Redressal member N P Kaushik said. conducted the delivery," the that her uterus had retroflexed noxious fumes which hit scores 6 from the Tughlaqabad con- climatic conditions. Commission has imposed a "The appeal preferred by bench said. and she would not be able to of schoolgirls here, seems to tainer depot had affected over "The material in which the cost of Rs 30 lakh on a private the hospital is dismissed. The According to the complaint, conceive again. She then filed a have hit a speed bump. 450 girl students, a few teachers chemical is kept for safe keep hospital for its deficient service hospital is burdened with Rubina was admitted to the complaint against the hospital Questions about the leak and some residents. is tested under certain condi- in a case in which a woman was costs of Rs 30 lakh for being hospital on September 15, 2009 before the police and consumer may not be answered for The police are also consid- tions. We have to determine left with a needle in her uterus 'negligent' and 'deficient in for delivery and she gave birth forum. months, as the Delhi Police is ering the possibility of writ- whether the material was cho- after delivery. service'. The said costs shall to a girl child. The hospital, which now sending a formal request ing to the China-based firm sen with Indian weather in The Commission, while be deposited by the hospital The plea alleged that while denied negligence, admitted to a China-based firm to ascer- through the external affairs consideration," a senior offi- dismissing the appeal of Shree in Consumer Welfare Fund of conducting the delivery, the presence of needle in the tain whether containers trans- ministry, police sources said. cer said. Jeewan Hospital in north Delhi, the State maintained by this the doctors left a needle in woman's uterus. ported to India were packaged "We have to ask the firm For instance, in India, the upheld the district forum's Commission," it said. her uterus due to which she However, the Delhi In the case of deficient service, a keeping Delhi's weather in whether they were also respon- temperature in May was above order asking the hospital to It also noted that there was bleeding profusely and Medical Council had opined mind. sible for the safe transporta- 40 degrees Celsius but a lot give Rs three lakh to north-east woman was left with a needle in was an attempt by hospital to suffered pain and trauma but that there is no case of medical Investigators said they have tion of the chemical since it was lower in China. Delhi resident Rubina. her uterus after delivery manipulate the records to cover the doctors did not pay heed negligence. initiated the process of send- packaged at their warehouse," The police had registered It also noted that instead of qualified doctor who draws up the fact that the delivery to her problem. The district forum had ing a letters rogatory (LR) for the sources said. an FIR in the case under vari- employing a qualified doctor, a salary of around Rs two was effected by a doctor who After an X-ray wasasked the hospital to pay the answers to certain questions The spill happened because ous sections of the IPC and the the hospital got its job done by lakhs, the hospital is getting was not competent to do the conducted, the needle was compensation to Rubina, that rose during its probe. of the poor packaging and Environment (Protection) Act a pharmacist. the job done by a pharmacist. surgery. removed from the uterus in which was challenged by it in However, the process of transportation of chloromethyl against unidentified persons. "Instead of employing a How many such episiotomy "Hospital has gone to the the same hospital, it said. the state commission. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 'Rape accused, victims known Woman thrashes molester outside bar in Gurugram to each other in over 95% cases' PIYUSH OHRIE GURUGRAM: Soon after the horrific incident of Manesar According to statistics made available by cops 2,155 rape cases were reported in gang rape and murder, the Mil- lennium City has again been Delhi last year and strangers were involved in only 3.57 per cent of them shamed with another woman being allegedly molested on OUR CORRESPONDENT safety is concerned, but other the busy MG Road on Satur- The private issues-like education, last- day night. NEW DELHI: In over 95 schools must consider mile connectivity-have to be However, the incident per cent of rape cases in the on humanitarian addressed by other agencies. proved to be a costly affair for national capital, the victim "We are doing our best. But, the molester who was thrashed and the accused are known to grounds how the issue is of such a nature that severely by the other women each other, according to Delhi parents can meet the time has come for everyone who were passing through the Police Commissioner Amulya the challenge of an to work together, particularly area. Patnaik. in terms of improving infra- The entire incident was cap- The city's top police officer arbitrary increase in structure, street- lighting and tured on the CCTV cameras also said the issue of women the tuition fees last-mile connectivity," he said. and became widely circulated safety cannot be addressed The related issue is also in various mediums of social every year The accused being beaten up by several women by the Delhi Police alone, but what kind of a mindset a boy media. PIC/PTI requires larger participation Amulya Patnaik develops towards women since Reportedly, the woman such ones which have been tally stabbed to death by a from various government childhood. who was coming out of a club reported from MG road in 25-year-old stalker at the MG departments. Patnaik said, he has come "That needs to be addressed from a mall in MG Road was recent past. road metro station area. According to statistics of across women who travel late at an initial stage-first what par- first whistled by the molester A high profile area in the This gruesome incident the Delhi Police, 2,155 rape at night in the national capi- ents teach their kids and then who was believed to be drunk. city known for its malls, pubs, made the cops tighten the secu- cases were reported in the tal and they are appreciative of at the school education level," Later, the accused offices and residential societies rity in the area. national capital last year, and police's efforts. he added. approached the woman and has witnessed many such simi- “There must be a consis- strangers were involved in only crop up only after the offence is the actual bad elements com- He expressed hope the city's The Commissioner said the started manhandling her. lar crimes. tent policy towards safety and 3.57 per cent of them. committed, he said. mitted the crime," he said, perception of being "unsafe" for police is working on a mecha- Following this, she started The initiatives like Oper- security of women. Catch- "If you analyse the inci- Patnaik also said, the adding that the media also women would change in the nism to ensure women feel safe screaming and soon started hit- ation Durga and Operation ing hold of molesters and dents, less than 4 per cent of image of Delhi being "unsafe" highlights cases where the years to come. while travelling in cabs. ting the man with her slippers. Majnu has caught many such then releasing them later the accused are unknown to for women has been cre- offence has been committed He also batted for improv- "We are working on devel- Soon, more women gath- accused from MG road itself. will not make a difference. the victims. In the remaining ated because of certain cases- by friends, acquaintances or ing the infrastructure related to oping some mechanisms ered around the accused and The residents and workers Forget evenings, it has become 96 per cent of the cases, the wherein the victim and the relatives. women's safety so that the issue by which we can have some started beating him up. in the area claim that there has difficult to now walk even dur- accused are known to the vic- accused were not known to "Because of these consistent can be addressed in a holistic control over cab drivers and Amongst such happenings, been no improvement in the ing day time in the area. Lack tims," he said. each other-highlighted by the media reports, maybe it has way. woman should have data on the question that came up was situation. of apathy has resulted in MG Normally, the police cannot media. led to the perception (of Delhi The Commissioner said him. She should be confident the absence of the Gurugram On October 2016, dur- road becoming for the women,” intervene in such cases, as com- "We consider these cases to being unsafe for women)," he the police is an important cog that the driver has been vetted police officials. ing the busy morning hours, said one such resident, Rashmi plaints in these circumstances be consequential ones, where said. in the wheel as far as women's by the police," he said. This incident adds to all a 34-year-old woman was bru- Singh. Noida Authority to address Alleged molester lynched in East Delhi: Young girl still issues faced by residents in shock; victim's neighbours question police inaction NOIDA: For the first time, the structure, roads, streetlights, for local taxpayers' money. On ANAND MOHAN J “Many of them are believed mein from a nearby vendor, her to Sanja Jheel Park to rape The neighbours, who knew Noida Authority has sought etc in various sectors of the the CEO's radar is cleanliness, to be residents of the slum col- when Sonu spotted her. her. However, he was spotted him since he was a child, to improve the lives of resi- city. The demands stated by greenery, infrastructure, roads, NEW DELHI: The four-and- ony. We are questioning the res- “I was finishing work and by a group who caught him red describe him as a quiet child dents in Noida by addressing RWAs or by an individual resi- streetlights, etc. The initiative a-half-year-old girl had just idents and will soon find the my daughter wanted to eat handed, the police said. Soon, a who never had bad intentions. their issues. In a meeting held dent of the city were reviewed. is aimed at improving civic, started school and, since the culprits,” said a police officer. some snacks. After I finished mob gathered there around 9.15 “Our own children are quite at Noida Authority, the CEO All the sectors were covered. maintenance and deficient summer vacations were now The incident has left the girl my work, I searched for her but pm. The girl was rescued, while young and Sonu would look Amit Mohan Prasad directed Department heads from Jal, infrastructure issues plaguing on, she would dash around the so scarred that she now fears couldn’t find her anywhere,” said Sonu was brutally thrashed by after them. We would allow him all the project engineers of ten sewer, horticulture, enforce- various sectors and to resolve neighbourhood with her eight- leaving the house unescorted. Chandi, the victim's mother. the mob, which police claim was in our house as we trusted him. people work in circles to regu- ment, roads, sanitation and them on priority,” he added. year-old elder brother and eight “She does not have much The girl's family had come three hundred strong. He was constructing his house larly interact with the RWAs health, engineering, planning, According to a Proj- other siblings in East Delhi's trouble sleeping, but is scared to Delhi 15 years ago. They own In the adjacent lane, how- for his parents, and with the few and address the residents’ infrastructure, etc were pres- ect Engineer from Noida Pandav Nagar. and keeps telling us that Uncle three vegetable shops, set up in ever, there is a different story scraps of money he had left, he issues in various sectors. The ent to resolve several issues on Authority, the demands will However, since her neigh- (Sonu) would steal her. We keep the slum colony. of the incident. would feed the locality children,” move is likely to focus more the spot” said a senior official be reviewed and scrutinized bour Sonu lured her away to assuring her that nothing will Azad, the girl's father, and Sitting outside a half-built, claimed Shyam, his neighbour. on the civic and infrastructural from Noida Authority. by the Project Engineer of the a park and tried to rape her, happen,” said Shabnam, the vic- Chandi get their daily supply of one storey brick house, Sonu's Police, meanwhile, are yet issues and improving the lives Also, the officials stated that work circle. A road map to before a mob of around three tim's aunt. vegetables from Gazipur Sabzi neighbours lament his death to make any arrests in the case. of residents in the city. the CEO was stressing imme- resolve them within a specific hundred people lynched him, On Saturday evening, the Mandi, and work till 10 pm. and castigate the police for not They have been raiding the “In a nine hours long meet- diate redress of issues. “We time will be framed. There will she has confined herself to her girl took Rs 5 from her mother, Sonu, who used to live in the reaching on time. They claim locality to identify members of ing, the CEO took to task all want to provide support and be a regular interaction with house fearing that her abductor who works as a vegetable ven- adjacent lane in the slum colony, that Sonu merely wanted to offer the mob. Sonu’s parents have left the pertaining issues related effectively deliver public ser- the RWAs to identify and solve would return in the night and dor in Sanjay Jheel park slum had lured the girl on the pre- the girl some water and meant for their native village in Uttar to cleanliness, greenery, infra- vices besides providing value the issues. MPOST “steal her”. colony, to buy a plate of chow- text of offering water and took her no harm. Pradesh to attend his last rites. Industrialists Noida-Gr Noida metro to be Non-verification of tenants lead to Elevated road in Noida to to aid cops in thrown open by April 2018 be opened by June-end more crimes in Millennium City OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT curbing crime PIYUSH OHRIE The work had Noida-Greater NOIDA: Working three started on October OUR CORRESPONDENT NOIDA: The much awaited Noida corridor will months ahead of the sched- Noida-Greater Noida Metro be linked with the GURUGRAM: The non-verifi- uled deadline for the project, 14, 2014, and will be thrown open to the cation of tenants is again prov- the city’s first elevated road will deadline were set GURUGRAM: The industri- commuters by April 2018. upcoming Noida ing to be a challenge for the be fully opened to the public by alists of Manesar have come The Delhi Metro Rail Corpora- City Centre to Gurugram Police. June-end, said a senior official for October 2017 forward to aid the police in the tion (DMRC) will handle the As large number heinous from the Noida authority. restoration of law and order in operations of the 29.7km metro Sector 62 corridor crimes in the city like burglar- Once completed, the ele- facing congestion since the the industrial township. corridor for five years, after ies, murders, and rape mainly vated road will reduce the work started. The residents of The industrialists have completing the construction. tary, Rahul Bhatnagar. being committed from crimi- commuting time from Ghazi- colonies situated along the ele- offered to extend their coop- The security management of The app is focused on eas- nals from outside regions, the abad to Delhi via Noida to less vated road have also been com- eration to the cops at a time this metro corridor will be ing the journey of commuters lack of record causes a delay in than 30 to 45 minutes. plaining of pollution caused by when questions have been taken up by the PAC force. in the city bus and is designed arrest of such. The work on the elevated construction dust. raised on the safety and secu- The figures and the dates to provide the details of the bus Recently, the four arrests Many tenants from outside Gurugram stay without verification in road had started on October Once the road is opened rity of women following the were announced by the Noida stop and to track the arrival of made in the Manesar gang rape 14, 2014, and deadline were set to the public, the congestion apartments in areas like Sikanderpur PIC/MPOST Manesar gang rape and mur- Metro Rail Corporation the next bus. and murder case involved all the for October 2017. and inconvenience being faced der incident. (NMRC) officials during a The NMRC also intro- accused hailed from Buland- ing business amid high levels of information of the guests resid- “We are working three by residents will be over. The On Monday, the Guru- meeting, held in Lucknow. The duced ‘one city one card’ in shahr, Uttar Pradesh. competition. ing in them has become an issue. months ahead of schedule elevated road will ease traffic gram Police Commissioner trials on the corridor will be their metro projects in which The arrests in major crimes Certain landlords when spo- Based on an RTI reply, more and have completed more than issues around many residential along with senior officials will conducted in December 2017, a commuter can use a single this year like the abduction of ken to concede that in many than 200 illegal guesthouses are 95 per cent of the work,” the areas and will ensure seamless be holding a meeting with the and it is estimated to have a metro card for travelling in the the insurance executive, robbery cases Police verification is not operating illegally in the city. senior official added. flow of traffic bypassing seven industrialists of Manesar to ridership of 1 to 1.5 lakh a day. metro and city bus as well as in of 33 kilograms of gold and rape being done as the tenants live The illegal guest houses “We have completed 95 intersections. review the law and order. All stations of this corridor will parking and buying any retail and murder of a 10-year-old girl in their quarters for short dura- have become a major hub for percent of the work on the The six-lane elevated road Meanwhile, the industry have platform screen doors. item from the metro station. also involved culprits from out- tion of time. carrying out criminal activi- 4.8km road. Half of the road has exits and entry provisions owners of Manesar have offered Noida-Greater Noida cor- Soon the board is also look- side states. “Trust plays an important ties. Recently, many sex racket is already being used by com- in Nithari, Sector 30, NTPC aid in the purchase of patrolling ridor will be linked with the ing forward to introducing As the city has lucrative job part in this business and for long and drug cartels that have been muters. The remaining work and Sector 24, including sec- vehicles for cops, installation of upcoming Noida City Centre e-rickshaws at the metro sta- offers, many enter just to grab we have relied upon the tenant’s busted by the cops which were will be completed by June- tors 33, 23, 25, 27, 26, 28, 29 CCTV cameras and also light- to Sector 62 corridor. A foot tions at which the payments such employment opportunities credibility through interactions operating in these illegal guest end and the whole elevated and 31, among others. Traffic ing up the dark areas. overbridge will connect Sector can be made through the same jobs in and around Gurugram. and his ability to pay rent on houses. “There have been cases road will be thrown open to snarls in the peak hours of the “In order to make sure 52 Metro Station on the Noida metro cards. The high demand has time. As locals, we are gener- where many landlords have commuters,” said SC Mishra, day are commonly witnessed that May 29 incident is not City Centre to Sector 62 cor- In May 2016, the project resulted in rental business ally aware of the activities of tried to abdicate their respon- senior project engineer, Noida and the route remains diverted repeated, the citizens will also ridor with Sector 71 Metro has already been recorded in becoming an extremely prof- our tenants. However, we are sibility by not providing right authority. due to the construction work. have to come forward to help. Station on the Noida-Greater the Limca Book of Records for itable one. getting most of our tenants veri- information of the tenants. In October 2016, the The road under the ele- We have offered to purchase Noida corridor. putting up 200 U-shaped gird- Most of the landowners fied,” said one such land owner Verification procedures are authority has opened a 2.8km vated road has also been dam- patrolling vehicles for the cops. Apart from this, a mobile ers on the entire corridor in a especially in the urban villages from Sikanderpur. being simplified so that the stretch of the under-construc- aged due to the construction We will also contribute towards application for the city bus ser- single month. The award cer- of Gurugram, however, forego Not only non-verification of people can come forward and tion 4.8km elevated road. Due work for which a senior offi- the installation of more CCTV vice, which is already opera- tificate was also handed over to the procedures of verifying their tenants but also a large number register the tenants and their to the construction work over cial from Noida Authority said, cameras so that there is better tional, was also inaugurated by the then managing director of tenants to prevent visiting the of illegal guesthouses and PG’s domestic help,” said a senior the remaining portion of the “We will rebuild the damaged vigilance around the area,” said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secre- the DMRC. police stations and also not los- prevents dissemination of right police official. road, the motorists have been road soon.” Manoj Tyagi, President, IMT Manesar Welfare Association. With a large number of NDMC paints city walls with Yoga poses X-ray machines at GTB non-functional for 5 yrs vehicles operating illegally, there the industrial associa- YOGESH KANT tion members will be rais- OUR CORRESPONDENT Paints for free”, she said. He also added, “Ironically, of essential machines are lying at the emergency ward and ing the issue of verification of Also, she stated that this the only main X-ray machine at defunct in the hospital, mean- five others in different wards the public transport mediums NEW DELHI: With an aim to project is NDMC’s effort for NEW DELHI: The X- ray the emergency ward has been while, one echocardiography has resulted in the major operational in the area. beautify the area and spread the making Yoga a mass movement machine in the emergency unit non-functional for five years. machine- used for two-dimen- chaos in the hospital” “The Issues of the police ver- message of Yoga, the New Delhi and these are build up activi- has been dysfunctional for the In fact, the emergency depart- sional imaging of the heart, has resultant mad rush can be ification of workers and Municipal Council (NDMC) ties for the grand celebrations last five years, which recently ment has only one portable been, lying useless and a car- addressed if the five non-func- tenants in Manesar is also has decided to paint the walls planned by NDMC for the lead to massive chaos at the x-ray machine and it can only dioscope monitor has not been tional machines are repaired. expected to be raised in the of prominent locations in New third International day of Yoga GTB Hospital. The incompe- conduct minor tests.” functional for years. But this has not been happen- meeting that is to take place. Delhi with yoga poses. on June, 21, to be observed at tent scenario in the hospital All the emergency patients However, the shortage of ing for years,” he added. After receiving heavy The NDMC Secretary, Central Park, Connaught Place. is not just due to the shortage are being referred to the OPD X-ray technicians makes the He also requested the act- flak for the slow handling of Chanchal Yadav inspected the for beautification, this is also Since yoga has been of doctors but also because of main X-ray machine room situation further difficult as the ing government give a surprise the Manesar gang rape and pace of painting work being generating a lot of curios- acclaimed at the International lacking major testing equip- with the tag of the urgent serpentine queues of patients visit at this hospital as well to murder case, the Gurugram carried out at Uma Shankar ity amongst the onlookers Level and had been practiced ment such as X- ray machines. test. However, this machine is do not end and patients have have eye-opening ground reali- police have swung into action. Dikshit Marg and Rajinder and buzz for the forthcom- not only in India but overseas According to an official already burdened with the large to come and stand in the queue ties at this hospital. The police have already Prasad Opposite Shastri Bha- ing Yoga Day. “Many students also, NDMC has decided to source at GTB, only three out of chunk of OPD patients. Some- for several days before they can “Patients stand in queue made four arrests in the case wan in New Delhi on Sunday. and children are volunteering spread its message which works eight main X- ray machines are times patients even come out get their tests done. for hours and there are occa- and have also initiated a strict The Council has decided along with professional art- on the level of one's body, functional in and the remain- from this department with a According to the senior sions when they return home action against the erring to beautify the area and spread ists and painting material are mind, emotion, and energy, ing five are out of order for very low-quality X-rays. official, “Non- functioning without the test due to a big police officials. the message of Yoga. Apart being provided by the Shalimar she added. long. As per the sources, several of the main X-ray machine crowd,” official explained. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 mp nation Info on fake Aadhaar cards may Govt for NEET-like exam 10.52 L bogus PAN cards affect national security: UIDAI to recruit judicial officers may harm economy: SC OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The UIDAI has NEW DELHI: The govern- The Surpeme refused to share information ment has proposed to the NEW DELHI: As many as Court made the on cases of fake and duplicate Supreme Court a NEET-like 10.52 lakh "bogus" PAN cards observations Aadhaar cards, saying the dis- examination to recruit judges of individual income tax closure might affect national to the lower judiciary. assesses, which is around 0.4 in a 157-page security, or can lead to incite- The proposal comes close per cent of the total such doc- judgement while ment of an offence. on the heels of several states, uments, cannot be termed a Replying to an RTI query including some ruled by the "minuscule" number to harm upholding the by a PTI correspondent, the BJP, opposing the formation the country's economy, the validity of section Unique Identification Author- of an all-India judicial service, Supreme Court has said. 139AA of the ity of India (UIDAI), which a 60-year-old idea. There were The apex court said that it issues the card, also denied vacancies of 4,452 judges in has come on record that 11.35 Income Tax Act to give details of action it has subordinate courts in the coun- The ministry has suggested tute of Banking and Person- lakh duplicate or fraudulent making Aadhaar taken in such cases. try as per the figures released various models to the apex nel Selection could also be permanent account numbers mandatory for It said, the UIDAI's Cen- on December 31, 2015. court so that vacancies in the followed to recruit judges to have been detected and out of tral Identities Data Repository While the sanctioned subordinate courts are filled lower courts. these, 10.52 lakh cases pertain allotment of PAN (CIDR) facilities, informa- strength is 20,502, the actual up fast. The letter is a follow-up to individual assesses. cards and filing of tion assets, logistics and infra- number of judges/judicial Besides the NEET model, of a meeting held on April 8 It made the observations in tax returns structure and dependencies, officers in subordinate courts the Law Ministry has also between representatives of a 157-page judgement while have been classified as 'Pro- is 16,050. "Adoption of the proposed that a "centralised the government and the judi- upholding the validity of sec- tected System', under the Sec- model followed by the Cen- examination" could be held by ciary to discuss speedy justice tion 139AA of the Income Tax allotment of PAN with effect adverse effect on the nation," the measures to check black tion 70(1) of the Information tral Board of Secondary Edu- a "recruitment body" for selec- where the issue of vacancies in Act making Aadhaar manda- from July 1 this year. the bench, also comprising Jus- money or money launder- Technology Act, 2000. cation (CBSE) for conducting tion of candidates and it can lower courts also came up for tory for allotment of PAN cards "It was sought to be argued tice Ashok Bhushan, said. ing, the scheme cannot be "Any disclosure of the the National- Eligibility-cum- work under the supervision of deliberation. and filing of tax returns. (by the petitioners) that per- Dealing with the submis- "denounced" only because of UIDAI grievance database, Entrance Test (NEET) for the Supreme Court. During the meeting, The court, however, put a sons found with duplicate/ sions advanced by Attorney the reason that the purpose which essentially forms a part admission to undergradu- It also proposed that the chaired by apex court judge partial stay on its implementa- bogus PAN cards are hardly 0.4 General Mukul Rohatgi that would not be achieved fully. of the UIDAI CIDR opera- ate and postgraduate medical Union Public Service Commis- Adarsh Goel, who heads the tion till its Constitution Bench per cent and, therefore, there duplicate PANs were used to "Such kind of a menace, tions, therefore, would have courses could also be explored. sion (UPSC) can also be asked Arrears Committee, it was addressed the larger issue of was no need to have such a pro- divert funds to shell compa- which is deep-rooted, needs to an impact on national secu- "As per the process followed to hold an exam to recruit judi- suggested that an alternative right to privacy related to vision," a bench headed by Jus- nies, the bench said, "The fact be tackled by taking multiple rity, strategic, scientific and by NEET, the CBSE is responsi- cial officers. The UPSC, it said, methods of recruitment, such Aadhaar. tice A K Sikri said on Friday. remains that companies are actions and those actions may economic interest of the State ble for conducting the entrance can modify its procedures and as creation of a central selec- Section 139AA of the Act "We cannot go by percent- after all floated by individuals be initiated at the same time. etc.," the UIDAI said. test, declaration of result and practices in consultation with tion mechanism, could be provides for mandatory quot- age figures. The absolute num- and these individuals have to "It is the combined effect of It was asked to provide preparation of an all-India the high courts to hold the spe- introduced. ing of Aadhaar or enrolment ber of such cases is 10.52 lakh, produce documents to show these actions which may yield details related to the cases of rank," reads a letter written by cialised test. At present, various high ID of Aadhaar application form which figure, by no means, their identity." results and each individual duplicate and fake Aadhaar the Secretary (Justice) in the The Secretary (Justice) has courts and state service com- for filing of income tax returns can be termed as minuscule to It said if introducing Aad- action considered in isolation cards received by the UIDAI, Law Ministry to the Secretary also suggested that some of the missions hold exams to recruit and making application for harm the economy and create haar in tax regime was one of may not be sufficient," it noted. and action taken on them. General, Supreme Court. features followed by the Insti- judicial officers. 10 pilgrims meet '2,000 online courses to be offered Keshav Maurya RACE FOR RAISINA HILLS watery grave dares Nitish as car falls into through Swayam in one year' to hold fresh BJP to hold meeting this week canal assembly polls to decide its Prez candidate OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT MATHURA: Ten people, including five women, of a PATNA: Uttar Pradesh Deputy family drowned after the car Chief Minister and senior BJP they were travelling in fell leader Keshav Prasad Maurya into a canal at Makera area on Sunday dared Bihar Chief here this morning, police Minister Nitish Kumar to hold said. The vehicle carrying fresh assembly polls by dissolv- them from Mehandipur ing the state assembly if he has Balaji temple lost control faith in the development work and fell into the Makera done by his government. canal, SP (rural) Aditya "They think that the alli- Shukla said. ance government of Congress, The deceased have JD(U) and RJD is very pow- been identified as Mahesh erful one. If it is so, then Nit- Sharma (48) his wife Deep- ish Kumar should not wait for ika Sharma (44), sons 2019 Lok Sabha polls, rather he Ritik (17) and Hardik (15), should dissolve assembly and SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE daughters Manasi (18) and hold elections afresh. Lotus will meeting, he refused. Vishakhapatnam of Andhra Khushbu (21), sister Punam blossom here too like in UP," Meanwhile, political analysts Pradesh, could also be post- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley with HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar during Sharma (42), niece Surabhi Maurya told a meeting held NEW DELHI: Amid height- feel that it has political signifi- poned due to the Presiden- (16), nephew Rohan (18) the inauguration of Teachers' Workshop at IIT in New Delhi on Sunday PTI here to showcase the achieve- ened political activity over the cance as the Election Commis- tial election. The NE meeting and the car's driver Harish ments of Narendra Modi gov- upcoming Presidential election sion has already declared the last also has significance ahead of (25). The bodies have been OUR CORRESPONDENT form launched last year. on the last three Economic ernment. "Nitish Kumar has scheduled for July 17, top BJP date for making nominations on upcoming Assembly polls. Thus, fished out, he said, adding It makes knowledge avail- Surveys. a lust for power. He can't live leaders may hold a meeting this 28th of this month. Already, a party sources added that a meet- the victims belonged to NEW DELHI: In a bid to pro- able anytime anywhere like This course will cover the without power...If he has faith week in the national capital to list of names has emerged in ing of NDA constituents could Bareilly. The vehicle may mote affordable education, ATM offers cash, the minis- history of Indian economic in the work (developmental) finalise its candidate. media reports but BJP is opt- be called as early as next week have been speeding on the Human Resource Development ter said, adding that it can development and the current done by him in the state, then Sources said that the party ing for a ‘moderate’ face rather for an NDA nominee for the narrow bridge along the Minister Prakash Javadekar be termed 'ATL - Anytime progress, challenges and the he should hold fresh assembly top brass would also discuss the than a face from the saffron hue, post of President of India. canal or the driver may have on Sunday said the govern- Learning'. strategy going forward. It will polls and test his strength," the candidate with the supporting which NDA ally Shiv Sena is Opposition parties are still dozed off leading to the ment aims to offer about 2,000 The platform provides high cover these themes through senior BJP leader said. parties (NDA and other regional still pitching for. But the saf- attempting on a joint consensus accident, station in-charge online courses within one year quality education on various the analysis presented in the There is a complete panic parties) before declaring the fron party has decided to reach candidate, and TMC supremo Harish Vardhan Singh said. through 'Swayam' -- an indig- subjects from school level Economic Surveys of the pre- in the grand alliance which is name. The meeting will be held out to a bigger umbrella with Mamata Banerjee has pitched Mahesh's brother Vinay enously developed platform. (Classes 9-12) to Under Gradu- vious three years (2014-15 to evident from the fact that a host in the presence of Prime Minis- regional parties like YSR Con- the idea that the government said, "The family wanted to "Currently, 380 courses are ate and Post Graduate courses. 2016-17). of big leaders from JD(U), RJD ter Narendra Modi and party’s gress, AIADMK and the TRS. should attempt to nominate a pay obeisance at Mehan- offered through this platform As part of this initiative, a It will help in developing and Congress have joined BJP national president Amit Shah. While speaking to media people candidate whom most parties dipur Balaji temple as and this will be enhanced to week-long teachers' workshop an in-depth understanding of on Sunday and this is not going Shah also postponed his last month here, BJP president agree on. Left leader Sitaram Manasi had scored 78 per 2,000 courses in one year, he hosted by the Chief Economic the Indian economy -- its his- to stop. tour to Arunachal Pradesh, mentioned that “Consensus is Yechury said that the opposi- cent marks in the UP Board said after inauguration of a Adviser (CEA), Ministry of tory, recent developments, and Ex Chief Minister Satish scheduled from Monday. While a word that is used in several tion is working on a candidate Class XII results." Mean- week-long Teachers Workshop Finance began today. impending challenges. Kumar, Ex ministers Samrat talking to Millennium Post, a ways. But we will hold discus- for Vice-President too. Thus, the while, the residents blamed at the Indian Institute of Tech- Chief Economic Adviser Participants will also Choudhary, Basawan Bhagat, senior BJP leader said, “The trip sions with everybody, including opposition leaders will have to the authorities for failing to nology (IIT) here. Arvind Subramanian will be become familiar with the cur- Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Ex has been postponed, and the opposition parties.” wait for the government to make expand the narrow bridge About 60,000 students have delivering lectures during the rent dominant thoughts and MLAs Ganesh Paswan, Dinesh party president will be in Delhi The party’s National Execu- the first move and in case the along the canal. already completed their courses workshop on various aspects tools used for economic policy Yadav (RJD) joined the BJP in for the next two days.” But when tive meeting which was sched- candidate is found to be unac- through this affordable plat- of the Indian economy based making and research. the presence of Maurya. he was asked to comment on the uled for July, 15 and 16 in ceptable to them. Candidates who bring gadgets Khaplang's death may change inside centre will be barred Sushma Swaraj flags off the insurgency theatre in NE

from future exams: UPSC OUR CORRESPONDENT region," he said. Kailash Mansarovar yatra 2017 Rijiju said the central gov- OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The death of ernment will rehabilitate all OUR CORRESPONDENT NSCN-K chief S S Khaplang Indian citizens in the Naga NEW DELHI: As students may pave the way for peace group if they abjure violence. prepare for writing the civil NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister talks with the hardline Naga "We appeal to all the Indian services examinations next Sushma Swaraj on Sunday flagged off the rebel group, bringing about a Nagas in the NSCN-K to sur- Sunday, the Union Public Ser- first batch of pilgrims bound for the annual possible change in the insur- render and return to the main- vice Commission (UPSC) Kailash Mansarovar yatra for this year. gency theatre in the Northeast. stream. We will rehabilitate has said it will debar from Swaraj told the pilgrims to take care to 77-year-old Khaplang, who them," he said. future exams the candidates not "sully" the route leading up to Kailash had also led the United Liber- Rijiju, however, said he who bring gadgets like mobile Mansarovar during the holy journey. ation Front of Western South cannot talk about Myanma- phones or bluetooth devices "The reverence we have for Lord Shiva, East Asia (UNLFW), a con- rese citizens, who are part of inside the centre. we should have similar respect for his glomerate of several insurgent the NSCN-K. Khaplang was In a set of do's and don'ts abode. Therefore, please do not sully the groups, was instrumental in a Hemi Naga from Myanmar. for the civil services aspirants, road that will lead you to Lord Shiva," she the recent step up in the attacks Executive director of the the UPSC has also asked them told the pilgrims at the Jawaharlal Nehru against security forces, besides Guwahati-based Centre for not to bring any costly items Bhawan here. running an arms racket. Development and Peace Stud- inside the examination halls. interview -- to select officers for A total of 1,430 devotees will under- He was opposed to a peace ies, Wasbir Hussain, said Khap- "Electronic gadgets like cel- Indian Administrative Service take the pilgrimage in 25 batches this year. dialogue with the Centre. lang was the most important lular/mobile phones, any other (IAS), Indian Foreign Service Eighteen batches, each comprising around While opinion is divided player in the insurgency theatre devices for communication, (IFS) and Indian Police Service 60 pilgrims, will visit Kailash Mansoravar on how the insurgency situa- in the Northeast and he abro- laptop, bluetooth device, and (IPS) among others. through the more arduous Lipulekh Pass tion will evolve in the North- gated the peace talks with the calculator are banned inside The civil services prelim- route, while seven batches with 50 pilgrims east, Union Minister of State central government two years the examination hall. inary examination 2017 is each will take the newly-opened Nathu La for Home Kiren Rijiju said a ago. "His death raises ques- "Any infringement of these scheduled to be held on June route. The yatra will continue for the next peace dialogue with the NSCN- tions whether his successors instructions shall entail disci- 18. Tens of thousands of stu- four months. K is possible if the organisation are more belligerent than him," plinary action against the can- dents appear in this prestigious The MEA had received 4,442 appli- gives up violence and seces- he said. Hussain said the Naga- didates concerned including examination from across the cations this year compared to last year's making constant efforts and improvements well. sionist activity. "Khaplang was land government had some debarment from future exam- country. About 4.59 lakh had 2,600. The pilgrims were shortlisted to make the journey more convenient for "I underwent the operation but by the main person who was sup- time ago claimed that it was in inations/selection," the UPSC taken the last year's civil ser- through a computerised draw of lots. the pilgrims. God's grace I could recuperate within porting and facilitating insur- touch with Khaplang to bring said. vices prelims. "In this first batch, we had selected 60 "But it is a gradual process and we are months. Since you all are going to seek gency in the Northeast and him back to the peace process The civil services exami- Of these, 1,099 have been people but two of them couldn't clear their doing a bit more every year," she said. blessings of Lord Shiva, I'd request you to had a clout. He was a Myan- and the rebel leader had appar- nation is conducted annually declared successful, the result medical test and hence 58 people will go in Swaraj, who underwent a kidney trans- seek some blessings for me too as I myself marese citizen and hence there ently agreed to it provided the by the Commission in three of which was declared on May the first batch," she said. plant in December last year, asked the pil- haven't gone to Kailash Mansarovar, ever, was a problem. His death will talks centered around "substan- stages -- preliminary, main and 31. Swaraj said the Indian government was grims to seek blessings on her behalf as and am not sure if I ever will," she said. definitely have impact in the tive" issues. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 MP FARMERS’ UNREST Congress MPs, MLAs were Shivraj Chouhan calls off fast inaccessible to people: Shah OUR CORRESPONDENT Yogendra Yadav, BHOPAL: With no fresh case of violence, Madhya Pradesh Medha among 30 Chief Minister Shivraj Singh today called off his fast for arrested outside farmers, a day after he began the exercise, and declared that peace has returned to the state. Mandsaur Chouhan, who faced heat MANDSAUR: Swaraj India over the violent farmer unrest chief Yogendra Yadav and in MP, broke his fast with a social activists Medha Pat- glass of coconut water offered kar and Swami Agnivesh were by former state chief minister today arrested in Madhya Kailash Joshi. Pradesh’s Ratlam district after Before breaking his fast, they tried to enter neighbour- the chief minister said, “Peace ing Mandsaur to meet the fami- has been restored in MP and lies of the five persons killed in no case of violence has been police firing during the farm- reported yesterday and today.” ers’ stir. The activists, around 30 He said that those involved in number, were stopped by the Bharatiya Janata Party National President Amit Shah with BJP MP Maheish Girri during a book release in the death of five farmers in police at the Dhodhar toll plaza function in New Delhi on Sunday PTI Mandsaur will be punished in Ratlam district’s Jaora town. severely. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after breaking his indefinite fast for Peace in State, in The police told them that OUR CORRESPONDENT else for next three days. Such way, and reaching out to people “I will not end my fast till Bhopal on Sunday. Union MInister Narendra Singh Tomar was also present on this occasion PTI their visit could disturb peace was the scenario,” Shah said. is essential to clear the haze on peace is restored in the state,” in Mandsaur, from where NEW DELHI: BJP chief Amit But, the BJP, in a multi- these issues, he said. Chouhan had said last evening claimed that the family mem- Mandsaur seeking justice for government had came under curfew was lifted on Satur- Shah on Sunday alleged that party system, has changed the “There was a time when after the protest by farmers was bers of those killed in police the deceased. fire over the peasant deaths, day. Prohibitory orders under MPs and MLAs were inacces- “character” of a public repre- people were looking for an marred by violence in the state. firing at Mandsaur on Tuesday Chouhan had launched his had said that the agitation had CrPc Section 144 are in place sible to people during the Con- sentative, the BJP president alternative, wondering if the The CM, reaching out to have requested the CM to call indefinite fast for “peace resto- turned “anarchic”, and had in the district. After being gress rule, while his party has asserted. multi-party democratic system cultivators, also met 15 delega- off his fast. ration” yesterday at the BHEL appealed to farmers to come stopped, the activists, includ- brought in an “institutional Today, people do not go built by our constitution mak- tions of small farmers and 236 Kin of four out of the five Dussehra Maidan here amid to Dussehra Maidan and have ing JNU students union Pres- change” in the way elected rep- to their representatives. The ers had failed?” he said. panels of big farmers yester- persons killed in police fir- violent farmer protests in west- a dialogue with him. ident Mohit Kumar Pandey resentatives engage with the elected representatives hold But then 2014 came, and day. The delegations pressed for ing on Tuesday at Mandsaur- ern MP, especially in Dewas “I won’t sit in my office at and representatives from var- masses. ‘janata darbar’, take rounds in “after 30 years” a party formed loan waiver and “satisfactory” -the epicentre of the farmers’ and Mandsaur districts over Mantralaya (secretariat)... ious farmer outfits across the Addressing a function hospitals and public places. a government with a complete prices for their produce. stir--had met Chouhan here the last ten days. but sit at Dussehra Maidan country, sat on protest on the here, Shah, 52, also claimed He said public representa- majority. Also, a non-Con- BJP state president Nand- yesterday. A day ahead of launch- and do all (official) work from Mhow-Neemuch Highway, dis- that prior to the formation of tives cannot discharge func- gress party formed a complete kumar Singh Chauhan had They had come down from ing his fast, Chouhan, whose there,” Chouhan had said. rupting traffic movement. Modi government, people were tions effectively unless they majority government for the beginning to “question their reach out to the people. first time after Independence, faith” in a “multi-party demo- “If he doesn’t know, what he said. Poes Garden incidents cratic system”. the people are thinking, then “And, so, in these three Two fishermen killed as “I grew up in a village... that elected representative will years, we have shown that elected representatives from not be able to fulfil his duties,” even in a multi-party demo- orchestrated by brother, Congress were there in many Shah said, after releasing a cratic system, against all odds cargo ship hits fishing boat parts of the country. We had community outreach maga- and amid all obstacles, creation seen that meeting an MLA or zine of BJP MP Maheish Girri of a great nation is possible,” OUR CORRESPONDENT Sasikala’s family: Deepa an MP was unimaginable. It at a function here. Shah added. was not possible to meet even The BJP president said it The BJP president also KOCHI: Two Indian fisher- OUR CORRESPONDENT the associates of these persons was logistically not possible to traced the “eventful journey” men were killed and 11 others (lawmakers). reach out to every party worker of the party from its origin in injured when a Panama-regis- CHENNAI: In a drama involv- “No one would dare take in person, let alone every per- the Jana Sangh. tered cargo ship hit their fish- ing the relatives of late Tamil anyone to their house. If some- son in public. “Our prospects were nill ing boat early on Sunday off Nadu chief minister J Jayala- one got an opportunity to shake New communication tech- when the party was established, the Kochi coast, the police said. lithaa, her niece J Deepa on hands with them (MLAs/MPs) nologies have evolved, but in and we have faced opposition The ship, ‘Amber L’, which Sunday alleged that she was from below a stage, they would the last 10-15 years facts have and neglect.... But, today, we left the scene after the inci- manhandled by the security not shake hands with anyone been presented in a distorted have come up as a huge party. dent, was detained along with guards at her aunt’s residence its crew after a massive search here, and blamed her brother AAP may contest by the Navy and Coast Guard, A cargo vessel, Amber L, detained by coastal security agencies for allegedly Deepak and AIADMK chief V NATION BRIEFS Inspector General of Police hitting a fishing boat, Carmel Matha, in Kochi coast on Sunday PTI K Sasikala’s family for “orches- (Ernakulam Range) P Vijayan trating” the entire episode. in selected seats said. Additional Director Gen- be booked under the IPC pro- on board the boat were from Deepa, who claimed that ALL 30 CANDIDATES OF SUPER 30 eral of Police Tomin J Thachen- vision dealing with culpable Tamil Nadu and Assam, the she had been receiving death (Amma) chief V K Sasikala in Gujarat CRACK IIT-JEE ADVANCED kary, who is also heading the homicide. police said. The 11 injured threats for the past few days, and her deputy T T V Dhina- Kerala Coastal Police, said the The injured fishermen were persons were rescued by fish- said she was contemplating karan in “orchestrating today’s OUR CORRESPONDENT ship was subsequently taken admitted to various hospitals ermen who were on another initiating legal action against incidents”. into custody. here and the condition of two boat. The rescued fishermen Deepak and Sasikala’s family “Deepak himself made me NEW DELHI: With the AAP The authorities in Kerala of them was stated to be seri- said their boat was hit while it for the “attack” on her. come by repeatedly calling me. divided on whether to contest are waiting for the Centre’s nod ous, the police said. was being anchored in the sea She added that she had been I had no plans to come here polls in Gujarat, the party lead- to initiate legal action against Another occupant of the after fishing. receiving threats on phone and today but he asked me to come ership could choose a middle the captain of the ship and oth- boat was missing and a search A Cochin Port Trust official through letters and that she had to garland the portrait (of Jaya- path and put up candidates in ers responsible for the accident. operation was on to rescue said the ship, which was taken sought police protection. lalithaa),” she told reporters. seats where it has good chance “There is a provision him. The boat carrying 14 fish- into custody by the police, Claiming that she visited “I am planning to initiate of winning. for arresting the ship,” said ermen was hit by the ship at could not be berthed at the Port Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden res- legal action against Deepak, A section of state leaders is Thachenkary. Kerala Fisheries around 2 am, around 20 nau- Trust due to its huge size. The idence at Deepak’s invitation, Sasikala’s family and the staff at opposed to the party contesting Minister J Mercykuttyamma tical miles off the Kochi coast. ship could remain in the outer Deepa accused her brother of Poes Garden for today’s attack,” the polls, while some feel that said the captain and crew could Most of the fishermen anchorage position, he added. “colluding” with AIADMK she added. it should contest on all seats. A third section is of opin- Super 30 founder Anand Kumar celebrates result of IIT JEE, in ion that it should focus on Patna on Sunday PTI 11 killed in two road accidents selected few seats and put all Navy Chief Lanba heads to its resources to ensure victory. PATNA: Mathematician Anand Kumar’s Super 30 A constituency-wise report, has once again created a record as its 30 out of 30 in Maharashtra's Beed district by seeking inputs from party candidates cracked the II-JEE Advanced examination, functionaries from the state, OUR CORRESPONDENT Israel ahead of PM’s visit results which were announced on Sunday. “I am happy hospital and one was admit- has been submitted to AAP’s that my 30 out of 30 candidates have cracked II-JEE ted to Sassoon Hospital Pune, MPOST BUREAU and Israel have been grow- national convenor Arvind MUMBAI: Eleven people were they said. ing rapidly and a raft of mega Kejriwal. Advanced this year...Now time has come to give Super killed and 32 injured in two "The driver of the bus lost NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime deals including procurement Party’s Gujarat in-charge 30 some much-needed expansion. We will now orga- road accidents in Maharash- control near Dhanora village, Minister Narendra Modi’s his- of an air defence system for Gopal Rai held a two-day meet- nise tests for selecting the students in different parts of tra's Beed district on Sunday, killing nine passengers," G toric visit to Israel, Navy Chief the Indian Navy are likely to be ing with leaders of the state, the country and give all the details on the website,” the police said. At Dhanora in Shridhar, Superintendent of Admiral Sunil Lanba on Sun- sealed during Modi’s upcom- where several aspects including Super 30 founder said. the Ashti tehsil, nine passen- Police, Beed said. day left for the jewish nation ing visit which will be the first political situation, prospects gers were killed and 27 injured The police carried out res- on a four-day trip aimed at by an Indian Prime Minister to of the Congress, the principal BID TO LOOT BANK FOILED IN BUDGAM when a speeding private bus on cue operations after reaching broadening bilateral defence the Jewish nation opposition, issues related to SRINAGAR: Unidentified persons made an unsuccessful its way to Latur from Mumbai the site of the accident, he said. and security cooperation. India is the largest buyer farmers were discussed. overturned early this morning. Eight of those killed have Admiral Lanba will hold of Israel’s military hardware The recent Patidar and Dalit bid to rob a bank in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, Two of the passenger, who died been identified as Yogesh Takle talks with Lt Gen Gadi Eisen- and the latter has been supply- agitation and its impact on the police said on Sunday. Burglars tried to loot a bank in on the spot, were women. (30), Rashid Qureshi (60), Anil kot, Chief of the General Staff ing various weapon systems, state polls were discussed with Chadoora area of the district last night, but an alert The bodies were sent for an Khwaja Pathan (32), Mehrun- of Israeli Defence Force, to missiles and unmanned aer- greater detail. Last week, the security guard of the bank raised an alarm and foiled autopsy to Ashti rural hospital, nisa Patel (35), Asima Sayyad explore stepping up of cooper- ial vehicles over the last few National Executive, the party’s their attempt, a police official said. He said following the police said. (45), Sarjerao Pawar (30), ation between armed forces of years, but the transactions have second highest decision mak- the alarm by the security guard, local people rushed The injured were taken to Pathan Bahadur Ismail (60) the two countries in the wake largely remained behind the ing body, decided to intensify towards the bank, forcing the burglars to flee. the primary health centre at and Sunil Komatwar, another of evolving security challenges curtains. its protests in states like Guja- Kada and in the neighbouring official with the Ambhora in the region. of Israeli Ground Forces and a Admiral Lanba is also chair- rat and Madhya Pradesh over JKLF CHAIRMAN YASIN MALIK Ahmednagar district. Police Station said. He is also scheduled to meet number of high-ranking offi- man of the powerful chiefs of the farmers issue. Gujarat goes Two of three critically The victims were from the Commander-in-Chief of cials of Israel’s defence ministry, staff committee (CoSC) which to poll this year end while elec- DETAINED IN KASHMIR injured passengers were being Latur, Beed, Ashti or Ambe- Israeli Navy, Commander of the Navy said in a statement. comprises the Army, Navy and tions will be held in Madhya SRINAGAR: JKLF (Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front) treated at the Ahmednagar civil jogai, the police said. Israeli Air Force, Commander Defence ties between India IAF chiefs. Pradesh by 2018-end. chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was on Sunday de- tained in south Kashmir’s Shopian district due to appre- Yogi plan to make UP roads pothole hension of breach of peace, police said. Malik, along Get ready for ‘grand alliance’ at with Noor Muhammad Kalwal, the zonal president of free by Jun 15 runs into hurdles his outfit, was detained by the security forces at Reban in Shopian this morning, a police official said. A JKLF JAUNPUR: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi spokesman, while condemning their detention, said the the centre: Lalu on birthday Adityanath’s ambitious plan of making the state’s outfit’s chief had gone to Reban to meet the family of roads pot- hole free by June 15 has run into hur- jailed leader Sarjan Barkati. The spokesman said the OUR CORRESPONDENT Road, where the RJD supremo dles and it may take upto two more months before duo have been taken to some unknown location. lives in the official residence travellers can experience a smooth ride, a state FLIGHT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING PATNA: A ‘grand alliance’ at alloted to his wife Rabri Devi, minister said on Sunday. “Owing to e-tendering, the centre was RJD chief Lalu and gave a bouquet to Prasad there is difficulty in making the roads of the state IN CHENNAI Prasad’s birthday wish today as before the two embraced each greetings poured in from Con- other. Speaking to reporters, pothole-free by June 15, and it may take additional CHENNAI: A city-bound Malaysian carrier flight with gress president Sonia Gandhi, Kumar said : “Lalu Prasad has 45-60 days to ensure that the roads are pothole 141 passengers made an emergency landing at the West Bengal Chief Minister made notable contributions to free. Due to the new mining policy also there is airport here following a technical ‘snag’, airport of- Mamata Banerjee, her Bihar Bihar politics and our society.” difficulty in getting the raw material,” Rajendra ficials said on Sunday. The flight from Kuala Lumpur, counterpart Nitish Kumar and The Bihar chief minis- also carrying five crew members, developed some other leaders. ter again greeted the RJD Pratap Singh, minister for rural engineering ser- “Delhi will now see the lead- supremo after dedicating two vice, told reporters here. Referring to the thrust issues related to cabin pressure and was given priority RJD leader Rabri Devi offers cacke to her husband and RJD Chief Lalu ership of mahagathbandhan. bridges, Sonepur-Digha and on policy measures including e- tendering, Singh ahead of other flights to make the emergency landing Prasad Yadav during his 70th birthday function in Patna on Sunday PTI All coalition partners Ara-Chapra, to the people and said the BJP led government will not work as per late last night. A medical team was put on alert to at- should start preparations,” gress chief Mamata Banerjee gress handed down a stunning said that what could be a bet- the old pattern and will function in a transparent tend to any health issues for passengers but there was Prasad, who turned 70, tweeted that they stand in solidarity for defeat to BJP in 2015 Bihar ter occasion to do so than the no complaints from any, the officials said. after Bihar Congress chief and the “great cause ahead” after Assembly election, a grand birthday of Lalu Prasad. manner. The minister claimed that the Adityanath government was taking strict action on the cor- Consequently, the return flight to Kuala Lumpur today state education minister Ashok she extended greetings to him. alliance is being seen as the Congress president Sonia has been cancelled and all passengers accommodated Chaudhary wished him. Ever since a Nitish-led only way to stop the saffron Gandhi and Union Minister ruption front. The minister targeted the SP and at a star hotel here, officials added. The RJD chief also‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alli- juggernaut. Giriraj Singh also greeted Lalu BSP on a question related to law and order. MPOST reminded Trinamool Con- ance) of RJD, JD(U) and Con- Nitish drove to 10, Circular Prasad on his birthday. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 mp nation

HARYANA LAND DEALS LINKED TO ROBERT VADRA Inspect 44 ‘unworthy’ Don’t want a 2nd varsities again: term: AG Mukul Dhingra report highlights HRD tells UGC Rohatgi to govt NEW DELHI: The HRD Min- istry has directed the University MPOST BUREAU Grants Commission (UGC) to working of bureaucracy conduct a fresh inspection of NEW DELHI: Attorney Gen- 44 institutions labelled "unwor- eral Mukul Rohatgi, whose MPOST BUREAU present the Secretary in the purchase of the land under the thy" of being given a deemed three-year tenure will end on Union Ministry of Micro, consolidation in an estate is varsity status by a government June 19, has asked the govern- NEW DELHI: Justice S N Small and Medium Enter- prohibited without sanction of panel in 2009. ment not to consider him for Dhingra, who headed a com- prises and Gupta, who was the Consolidation Officer only The status of these varsities reappointment to the post. mission to probe alleged irreg- the then Principal Secretary in after notification of a scheme across the country has been in Rohatgi said that he had ularities in land deals including the states' excise and taxation under section 19.” limbo ever since, with some written to the government last those linked to Robert Vadra department, is with the state “Accordingly, as on Septem- institutes seeking legal action. month conveying his wish to during the previous Congress cadre now. ber 18, 2012, the date when the “The Ministry has written discontinue as Attorney Gen- Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi government in Haryana, said It was reported that Jalan impugned sale deed was made, to the UGC asking for a fresh eral and return to private his report is ‘important and was the Principal Secretary, at best it can be said that only inspection of these universities practice. term as enough and I had also full of facts’ and highlights the Town and Country Plan- a notification under section to judge whether they can be He said the extension given served the previous BJP gov- working of bureaucracy. ning department, which had 14 (1) of the Act was in force allowed to retain the (deemed to him by the government ear- ernment for five years. I would He said the report has renewed the licence to Vadra and no scheme under section varsity) status,” a source said. lier this month was "adhoc", till like to return to private prac- not yet come into the public in January 2011 and Ashok 19 was notified, therefore the A body called the Tan- further orders, as it was done tice,” Rohatgi said. domain but "once it sees the Khemka, IAS, who had found Justice S N Dhingra impugned sale deed did not don committee, set up by the when the Prime Minister was He clarified that his letter light of the day, people will alleged irregularities in the land not require prior sanction of human resource development on a visit to Russia. "So, the conveying his decision not to come to know how the bureau- deals, had then raised objection an amicus curiae in the mat- and he was not concerned with the consolidation officer and it ministry in 2009, had exam- government has to take a call seek reappointment should not cracy works". to his appointment in the com- ter, had “pointed out that it has the committee’s report which cannot be declared violative of ined 126 deemed universities on my decision," he said. be considered as resignation as However, the retired Delhi mittee along with Mohan. not been published on account had held as “administratively any law for this reason.” and found 44 of them "unwor- Rohatgi said that he main- his term is due to end. High Court judge refused to The CBI is also probing of a statement made on behalf improper” the October 15, Further, the committee had thy". Another 44 were found tained a ‘good relationship’ “I will come to the aid of the be drawn into the controversy some of the land deals done of the Haryana government in 2012 order of Khemka, who observed that Khemka's Octo- deficient on many counts while with the government and government as long as I live,” he on the findings of a committee during the previous Congress some proceedings pending in as the then Director General, ber 15, 2012 order regarding the performance of 38 was would come to its aid as and said. Asked about his response comprising three bureaucrats – regime and the Supreme Court the High Court (Punjab and Consolidation of Holdings and cancellation of mutation was found satisfactory. when required. if Prime Minister Narendra Krishna Mohan, K K Jalan and on April 12 while reserving its Haryana).” The top court had Land Reforms-cum-Inspec- “administratively improper The panel recommended He said he was appointed Modi insists that he continue, Rajan Gupta which was set up judgement on a batch of con- noted that the report of the Jus- tor General of Registration because the then DGCH the immediate withdrawal of by the Narendra Modi govern- Rohatgi said, “I will cross the by the then Bhupinder Singh nected matters had said that tice Dhingra Committee “will (DGCH), had cancelled land (Khemka) had already been the deemed university status ment after it came to power in bridge when it comes.” Hooda government on Octo- “the CBI may conclude the have bearing on present pro- deal in Sikhopur village which transferred out on October 11, from the institutions found May 2014 and he has served Besides Rohatgi, two addi- ber 19, 2012 and had given a pending investigation within ceedings.” When the issue relat- was in favour of Vadra’s com- 2012 and as such an important unworthy. his term to his full satisfaction. tional solicitor generals P S Pat- clean chit on the land deal con- a period of four months.” The ing to land deals had reached pany Skylight hospitality. quasi-judicial order the nature However, some institutions He said he considers this walia and Neeraj Kishan Kaul nected with Vadra. Haryana government in April the Punjab and Haryana High The committee of bureau- of which has been discussed” moved court, and the matter is duration as the top law officer have also preferred not to seek While Krishna Mohan, had also filed Justice Dhingra Court, Khemka had report- crats, who were allegedly close should not have been passed still sub judice. enough and does not want to be reappointment as law officers. who was the then Additional commission's report in a sealed edly alleged that the then state to Hooda, had justified the land by him after his transfer. The Tandon committee had considered for reappointment. Rohatgi was appointed as Chief Secretary and Financial cover in the apex court pursu- government was misleading deal concerned by interpreting Vadra's Sky Light Hospital- assessed each institute on 45 “I have conveyed to the the AG on June 19, 2014 imme- Commissioner, Revenue and ant to its April 12 order. the court. the provisions of the Consoli- ity had entered into the agree- marks. Institutions that scored government last month that I diately after the BJP govern- Disaster Management Depart- The report was filed after a Justice Dhingra said that dation Act 1948. ment with realty giant DLF for less than 15 were labelled don't wish to seek re-appoint- ment came to power in May ments, has retired, Jalan is at senior advocate, assisting it as his probe was independent It had said “the sale and the sale of the land. unworthy. AGENCIES ment. I consider the three-year that year. Automated system Monsoon making steady advance; Odisha warned of rains, winds on fuel price rings in, MPOST BUREAU 25.5 degrees Celsius, three gal tomorrow and fishermen heavy rainfall is likely to occur notches below normal. have been asked not to venture at one or two places over pump owners upset NEW DELHI: The southwest India Meteorological into the sea. the districts of Balasore, Jaj- monsoon is making a steady Department Director General The low pressure area over pur, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj MPOST BUREAU changing prices on the inven- advance into Maharashtra and K J Ramesh said the monsoon northern parts of central Bay and heavy rainfall in Angul, tory held by them,” it said in a West Bengal and a "good week" is in an "active phase" and has of Bengal now lies as a well Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Khurda, NEW DELHI: State-owned statement. has been predicted, while the reached Mumbai, Mahabalesh- marked low pressure area over Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kend- fuel retailers IOC, BPCL and FAIPT said 50 per cent of weatherman has warned of war (in Maharashtra) and sev- northwest Bay of Bengal and rapara, Puri, Gajapati, Naya- HPCL have put in place an petrol pumps sells on average heavy rains and gusty surface eral parts of the Konkan region, neighbourhood, the MeT office garh and Ganjam in the next automated system to imple- 30 kilolitre of fuel per month. winds in several parts of Odi- apart from Bijapur district in in the state said. 24 hours, it said. ment daily revision in petrol "One tank lorry of 18 Kls lasts sha on Monday. north Karnataka. Under its impact, rain Maximum temperatures in and diesel prices from June most of such small dealers 7 The national capital had a “There is also a low pres- and thundershower are likely most parts of Punjab and Hary- 16 even as a section of petrol to 10 days. Any such decision moderately warm day today sure area in the Bay of Bengal to occur at most places over ana continued to remain below pump dealers threatened to go shall wipe out his entire work- with the maximum temper- and this will take the monsoon coastal Odisha and at many the normal levels. Chandigarh, People enjoy high tide during the monsoon season in Mumbai on strike against the move. ing capital if the prices were to ature settling at 37.8 degrees to several parts of West Bengal. places over interior districts the common capital of the two The daily change in prices go down frequently," it said. Celsius, two notches below The coming week will be very east India,” Ramesh said. pound several areas of Odisha during the next 24 hours, states, registered a maximum of petrol and diesel across the Also, there are dealerships the season's average. The min- good for the advance of mon- Heavy rains coupled with due to the well-marked low it said. of 35.6 degrees Celsius, four country follows the success of where a tank lorry takes two to imum temperature settled at soon on the western side and gusty surface wind is likely to pressure over the Bay of Ben- In addition, heavy to very notches below normal. a pilot implementation in five three days to reach the petrol cities. “This move will ensure pump and in such cases there that the benefit of even the is a strong possibility that by smallest change in interna- the time the tank lorry reaches Pak ceasefire violation along Military solutions can’t tional oil prices can be passed the retail outlet its price might down the line to the dealers have already reduced leaving and the end users,” Indian Oil the dealer to suffer losses. Corp (IOC), the nation’s largest “Extensive training of deal- LoC, IB in Rajouri, Samba fix political issue: Omar fuel retailer, said in a statement. ers will be held to ensure that IOC said the seamless customers do not face any JAMMU: Pakistani troops firing on forward BSF troops on, he said. "It may be recalled SRINAGAR: The Centre's ties made individually ahead of execution of the 40-day pilot pricing misinformation or resorted to firing and shelling in Ramgarh Sector in Samba that Pakistan Army initiated decision not to resolve the the elections and then also col- in Chandigarh, Jamshedpur, glitches,” IOC said adding all on forward posts along LoC district along the IB, a senior indiscriminate firing of small ‘political issue’ in Kashmir lectively as an alliance in their Puducherry, Udaipur, and its over 26,000 dealers will be and International Border in BSF officer said adding that arms, automatics, 82 mm and has worsened the situation in alleged Agenda of Alliance,” Vishakhapatnam has reassured given timely information on Rajouri and Samba districts of BSF also retaliated. 120 mm mortars from 2030 Jammu and Kashmir, former Abdullah said. all stakeholders on the efficacy the effective prices at a pre- des- Jammu and Kashmir on Sun- During exchanger of fire, hours last evening along the chief minister Omar Abdullah His remarks came dur- of its implementation. ignated time say 20:00 hrs for day, prompting Indian troops Pak Rangers also fired a few LoC in Krishana Ghati sector," on Sunday said, stressing that ing an event held at the par- Federation of All the next day. to retaliate. small mortar shells. Intermit- a senior army officer said. military solutions cannot be ty's head office 'Nawa-e-Subha' India Petroleum Traders At a large number of IOC's Pakistan Army initiated tent fire continued till 1045 Reports said Pak troops used to fix a ‘political’ problem. “While the central govern- here to commemorate the (FAIPT),which claims to rep- 10,000 automated fuel stations, indiscriminate firing of small hours, he said adding there was also targeted civilian popula- Abdullah, the working pres- ment's conscious decision to death anniversaries of NC resent most of nation's 54,000 daily price can be automati- arms, heavy automatics and no loss or damage so far. tion and hamlets along LoC in ident of opposition National not engage with the political leaders Mirza Muhammad petrol stations, said there will cally updated centrally, besides mortars from 1240 hours "Pakistani Army initiated Krishnaghati and Balanar areas Conference (NC), alleged the issue in Kashmir has worsened Afzal Beg and Khwaja Ghulam be “no purchase no sale” of pet- technology also provides to along the Line of Control in indiscriminate firing of small of Poonch district triggering Centre has also distanced itself the situation in the state, the Mohuiddin Shah. rol and diesel on June 16 in pro- schedule the price change at Naushera sector in Rajouri dis- arms and automatics from 0920 panic among the area dwellers. from all promises of the state PDP-BJP government's com- Abdullah said the sense test against the decision. midnight. trict, a defence spokesman said. hours this morning along the The Pakistan Army is tar- government's common min- plete and total failure has com- of political uncertainty in J-K “Dealers of five cities where At the non-automated pet- “The Indian Army posts are Line of Control (LC) in Bhimb- geting residential areas and imum programme –Agenda pounded the sense of unease was 'unprecedented' as the cur- it was launched have already rol pumps, dealers would get retaliating strongly and effec- her Gali sector in Rajouri," a hamlets with 120 mm and 82 of the Alliance –formally and and disaffection. The PDP-BJP rent state as well as the Centre burnt their fingers. They are the updated price by way of tively. The firing is presently senior army officer said. mm mortar bombs trigger- publicly. The BJP, the leading alliance has been in power for have created a very precarious crying at the inventory loss that four distinct means: custom- on,” he said. The Indian Army posts are ing fear psychosis as shells are party at the Centre, is a partner almost two and a half years situation due to complete lack they have already suffered due ised SMSs, e-mails, mobile app In another ceasefire viola- retaliating strongly and effec- landing deep inside border civil in the ruling coalition govern- now and they have not fulfilled of political engagement and the fluctuations in the daily and web portal for dealers. tion, Pakistan Rangers started tively. The firing is presently hamlets. MPOST ment in J-K with the PDP. even a single promise both par- initiative. AGENCIES K’taka minister Govt set to roll out process for dismisses Approving GM Mustard would be wrong Rs 60k crore sub programme rumours on decision, says ex-Cabinet Secretary NEW DELHI: The govern- ment is all set to roll out the The project will plastic rice MPOST BUREAU had anticipated consequences that GM is good? What exper- process for the Rs 60,000-crore be the first one of Bt Cotton in the 1990s, tise do they have? Is mutation submarine programme, mov- MANGALURU: Terming as NEW DELHI: Had we been which has now ruined the safe or not, that is the question ing swiftly after unveiling a to be launched “mere rumours,” the reports aware of the ill-effects of the cotton crop diversity in the they must answer first,” he said. major policy for defence man- under ‘Strategic about “plastic” rice and “Syn- Bt Cotton, we would never country. Subramanian highlighted ufacturing in the country. thetic” eggs available in the have approved it, said T.S.R. “The approval was to be the fact that only three of the The project is set to be the Partnership’ model market, Karnataka Food and Subramanian, who had rec- given by the Environment 20 top cotton producer coun- first one to be launched under finalised last Civil Supplies Minister U ommended the Genetically Ministry but there was cor- tries use Bt cotton. the ambitious ‘Strategic Part- T Khader said no such case Modified (GM) variety of respondence with us (Tex- According to the Food and nership’ model finalised last month has been reported so far in cotton for commercial culti- tile Ministry) and we blindly Agriculture Organisation of month which aims to rope the state. vation as Textile Secretary in accepted it. Nobody even sus- the United Nations, GM mus- in leading private players for the Indian Navy. The sub- “People need not panic on the 1990s. pected anything wrong with tard-growing Canada ranks at defence production. marines, designed by French hearing such baseless reports.. In the wake of possi- it. In some senses, we were seven which means the top six The Defence Ministry is naval defence and energy com- Some vested interests are ble approval to GM Mustard not sufficiently careful at that use non-GM mustard seeds, likely to issue the Expression of pany DCNS, are being built spreading rumours apparently variety called Dhara Mustard time to investigate the pros and Subramanian said. Interest for the project soon, to by Mazagon Dock Limited in to defame the Anna Bhagya Hybrid 11 after a green sig- cons,” he said. ton belt in the Vidarbha region became swadeshi because it “In Africa, where non- kick start the process for mega Mumbai. The project P-75 (I) scheme of the state govern- nal by the Genetic Engineering “Now, 20 years later, I am of Maharashtra in the early engineered money to be given BT cotton is used, productiv- deal, official sources said. will be a follow-on project of ment, which was being suc- Appraisal Committee (GEAC), seeing negative results. India 2000s. “Nobody had heard by the government of India for ity is absolutely higher. There Engineering conglomerate Project 75. A total of six sub- cessfully implemented,” he Subramanian said it would be had huge number of cotton about (mass) farmers' suicides research work.” is no particular correlation Larsen and Toubro and Reli- marines are to be built under told reporters here on Satur- a wrong decision, which would varieties. Now, lots are giv- earlier,” he said. Subramanian also took (between GM crop and pro- ance Defence are the only two the P-75 (I) project. day. The minister, however, said have adverse impact on the ing way (due to Bt Cotton). Two years ago, California- a dig at Indian Scientists in ductivity). GM cannot come defence firms eligible to partici- Under the SP model, select a probe has been ordered into health of people and bio-diver- We ruined cotton crop diver- based agricultural scientists the wake of agri think-tank to Japan, Europe. Do you think pate in the P-75 I programme, private firms will be engaged the matter. sity in the country. sity in India. If two GM crops had in a report held insect- National Academy of Agricul- these countries are mad? This said another source. to build military platforms like Rice was being distrib- “What does it mean when are allowed, about 30-40 other resistant Bt Cotton responsible ture Sciences urging govern- is an absurd argument that The government will sub- submarines and fighter jets in uted through Food Corpo- WHO (World Health Organ- crops will be contaminated. for farmers' suicides in rain-fed ment to approve GM Mustard. GM is good. It was a hyped sequently initiate the process India in partnership with for- ration of India under Anna isation) says GM (herbicide) Are you going to take this kind areas, he said. “What qualification do selling gimmick that produc- to shortlist the foreign origi- eign entities. Bhagya scheme and over 2.77 is probably carcinogenic? For of risk in India? This will be a Responding to calls of they have to talk about issues tion is higher for Bt cotton,” nal equipment manufacturers A 49 per cent FDI cap has lakh metric tonnes of rice example, if some snake can mad political decision.” swadeshi GM Mustard, which of health, social effects, envi- he said. (OEMs) for the project based been kept for setting up ven- was required every month, probably bite, do not show Subramanian, who retired is developed by an Indian ronment, economic? There is If Korea, Japan, European laid down norms in the strate- tures under the strategic part- he noted. While the cost of an your leg there, that is what it as Cabinet Secretary in 1998, geneticist, Subramanian said: evidence in the US of kidney countries accept GM crop, gic partnership model. nership model for production egg was Rs 5, its plastic rep- means. We cannot show a leg said the GM issue caught his “It is exactly same thing hap- problems and other huge prob- we can say "yes" –subject to Six Scorpene-class sub- of defence platforms and the lica would cost at least Rs 100, and say bite me,” he said. attention after reports of mass pened with (Bt Cotton) in lems arising from GM (food). its suitability to Indian condi- marines are currently being companies will be in control of he added. AGENCIES Subramanian said nobody suicides were reported in cot- 2002 when Bayer technology How do these people know tions, he added. built under 'Project 75' of Indian entities. MPOST 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 EDITORIAL Countering malnutrition Farm concerns ust a day after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj India continues to be plagued by malnutrition and also witnesses Singh Chouhan announced his indefinite fast in a bid to restore peace in the state following weeks of intense colossal wastage of food, observes Debdeep Chakraborty farmer protests, he called it off. As farmers in Madhya JPradesh continue to stage loud protests for loan waivers and ith a population infrastructure, of which, 97 had fair prices, Chouhan assured them that his government would of over 1.2 bil- achieved completion and com- ensure profitable prices for their produce. The Chief Minis- lion, of which menced commercial operations. ter had also promised a loan settlement scheme for default- 224 million peo- Also, the Centre had approved ers and announced the formation of a new commission that Wple live below the poverty line, the taking up of 100 new inte- would look into ensuring fair prices for their produce. From can India afford to be callous grated cold chain projects in Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh, there are definite similari- about wasting food? If the 2016 2016-17 for financial assistance. ties to the farmer agitations in their respective states. These Malnutrition Global Hunger Index (GHI) is The National Democratic agitations are mostly happening in the more prosperous agri- covers two any indicator, it would seem Alliance government at the cultural belts in Western Maharashtra and the Malwa region from the country’s poor rank- Centre has initiated a host of Madhya Pradesh. Unlike drought-prone areas of this coun- broad groups of ing that it really does not care of measures in the last three try, farmers from Malwa, for example, have often seen good conditions. First, about massive quantities of food years to boost the creation of times, particularly from 2010 to about 2013, during a global undernutrition, going to waste even as unac- cold-chain infrastructure and boom in agricultural commodities and increasing domestic ceptably scores of people are enhance the cold storage capac- demand. Since mid-2014, and especially from November, which includes forced to go to sleep hungry ity in the country. However, however, farmers have experienced a severe dip in prices stunting, wasting, night after night. despite the various initiatives, across a whole host of crops (soybean, green gram, potatoes, The GHI is a tool that is used it can’t be denied that the sec- tomatoes, and onions, among others) owing to both supply underweight, by the US-headquartered Inter- Representational Image tor needs greater governmental and demand side reasons. The government claims that there and micronutrient national Food Policy Research support and a focused direction has been excess production--a supply side concern. However, Institute to comprehensively lation. Children are considered in 11 states/UTs, more than consumption was lost or wasted for future development. some experts contend that there is a demand-side issue, too, deficiencies. measure and track hunger at stunted if their height-for-age is half the women were anaemic. globally, which amounted to 1.3 According to the Centre for at the back of the Centre’s demonetisation initiative late last This is prevalent the global, regional and country more than two standard devi- On the one hand, India billion tonnes per year. It said Public Policy Research, a Kochi- year. Most trade in agricultural produce is conducted through levels. The GHI scores are based ations below the WHO Child continues to be plagued by that food was wasted through- based think-tank engaged in cash. The inability of formal systems of finance to fill the among those on four indicators – undernour- Growth Standards median. malnutrition, particularly the out the food supply chain, from research on economic, social liquidity vacuum left behind by demonetisation has report- who do not ishment, child wasting, child It needs to be understood condition of undernutrition, initial agricultural produc- and political issues, lack of post- edly hit farmers hard. “With nobody to buy and stock up, the stunting, and child mortality. that malnutrition covers two but, on the other, it witnesses tion down to final household harvest storage facilities in the speculative capital that used to buoy commodity prices has have access to The 2016 GHI placed India broad groups of conditions. The colossal wastage of food. A consumption. country led to wastage of about practically ceased to exist. And it’s farmers who have taken nutritious food. in the 97th position among a first is undernutrition, which 2015 study titled ‘Assessment There are various reasons 18 per cent of fruits and veg- the ultimate hit,” says a recent editorial in The Indian Express. total of 118 countries. With a includes stunting (low height of Quantitative Harvest and for food losses and waste such etables every year. In a paper In Madhya Pradesh, a state which has seen record produc- The second GHI score of 28.5, the country for age), wasting (low weight Post-Harvest Losses of Major as premature harvesting, insuf- released in December 2016 on tion of various crops in the past few years, farmers have felt condition includes was just a notch above North for height), underweight (low Crops and Commodities in ficient food processing facilities the government’s role in India’s this pinch acutely. They aren’t exceptionally keen on a loan Korea in the ranking but behind weight for age), and micro- India’ by ICAR – Central Insti- and inadequate market systems. ailing cold storage sector, it said waiver, as much as price stabilisation. With dwindling prices, overweight, countries like Nepal, Myanmar, nutrient deficiencies (lack of tute of Post-Harvest Engineer- One primary cause though is that the cold storage sector had they are unable to make enough money even to service the obesity and Botswana, Swaziland, Sri Lanka, necessary vitamins and min- ing and Technology (CIPHET), the lack of infrastructure and been one of the most under- cost of growing a particular crop. This is a problem that both Bangladesh, and Mali. These erals). It is generally prevalent Ludhiana, estimated that the poor storage facilities. Fresh mined sectors in the country, the Centre and State government must address at the earliest. diet-related non- countries secured relatively bet- among people who can’t afford annual value of harvest and products like fruits, vegetables, devoid of investment, in spite communicable ter GHI scores than India and nutritious food or do not have post-harvest losses of major fish and meat straight from the of various government policies hence were ranked ahead. access to nutritious food. The agricultural produces at the farm or after the catch often and subsidies. While linking the diseases resulting A recent report titled ‘Sto- second condition includes over- national level added up to Rs. spoil due to the extreme cli- issue of malnutrition and pov- Shocking event from dependence len Childhoods’ by Save the weight, obesity and diet-related 92,651 crore. The amount was mate since facilities for trans- erty to the nation’s inability to n a shocking development, a Pakistani man from the on foods that are Children estimated that 48.2 non-communicable diseases arrived at using production data portation, storage, cooling, and store or refrigerate food prod- country’s minority Shia community was sentenced to million children under the and is the result of depen- of 2012-13 at 2014 wholesale markets are inadequate. ucts, the paper said that only death by a local court in Bahawalpur, Punjab province, high in sugar, age of 5 in India were either dence on foods that are high prices. The study assessed the In 2015, the National Centre 2 per cent of produce in India for allegedly sharing blasphemous content about Islam on fat, and salt, moderately or severely stunted. in sugar, fat, and salt, primarily cumulative wastage for fisher- for Cold-chain Development, were held or transported using Isocial media. Taimoor Raza was arrested last April for posting With a stunting prevalence of due to cheaper costs and easy ies - marine at 10.52 per cent Ministry of Agriculture and cold storage facilities as com- content against Sunni Muslim religious leaders and the wives primarily due to 39 per cent, the country was availability. followed by poultry (6.74 per Farmers Welfare, conducted pared to 85 per cent in the US. of Prophet Mohammed on Facebook. Although Pakistan’s cheaper costs and home to the highest number of Given that malnutrition cent), pulses (6.36 per cent - a study to assess the require- For decades, India has blasphemy laws allow for death sentences, this is reportedly stunted children in the world, and poverty are inextricably 8.41 per cent), fisheries – inland ment of the cold chain infra- accorded the highest priority the first time that someone on social media has suffered this easy availability the report said. In attributing linked, it is not surprising that (5.23 per cent), cereals (4.65 structure in the country. It to building roads and highways fate. Several others are on death row for alleged blasphemy in stunted growth to chronic mal- the National Family Health per cent – 5.99 per cent), fruits estimated a gap of 3.28 mil- and power generation, consid- public, among them a certain Asia Bibi, the Christian woman nutrition in the first 1,000 days Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16, and vegetables (4.58 per cent – lion tonnes in cold storage space ering these sectors are critical convicted in 2010 after a row with two women in a village in of a child’s life, it added that found the prevalence of wast- 15.88 per cent), oil seeds (3.08 (bulk and hub). The study also for economic growth. It is now Punjab province. With a long-awaited final appeal adjourned, stunting was caused by, and ing among children to be high per cent – 9.96 per cent), meat highlighted an all India gap of time that creation of cold chain Bibi is still in solitary confinement. Former Punjab Governor contributed to, vicious inter- in all states in comparison to (2.71 per cent), and milk (0.92 69,831 modern pack houses, infrastructure in the country Salman Taseer had spoken out in support of Bibi and chal- generational cycles of poverty. global standards. In Bihar, Mad- per cent). 52,826 reefer vehicles and 8,319 also received the same kind of lenged the blasphemy law. His bodyguard assassinated him The World Health Organi- hya Pradesh, and Meghalaya, A study on global food modern ripening chambers. As support from the government. for his troubles in 2011. In Raza’s case, he was arrested by zation (WHO) defines stunt- more than 40 per cent of the losses and food waste con- of March 2017, the Ministry of Boosting cold storage capacity counter-terrorism department officials. He had reportedly ing as impaired growth and children were found stunted. ducted by the Food and Agri- Food Processing Industries was will not only directly benefit gotten into an argument about Islam with a person on Face- development that children The Survey further revealed that culture Organization of the assisting 135 integrated cold the food processing and agri- book, who apparently was a counter-terrorism official. As experience from poor nutri- in 10 out of 15 states/Union Ter- United Nations (FAO) in 2011 chain projects under the cen- culture sectors but also help per figures published by the Human Rights Commission of tion, repeated infection and ritories, more than half of the found that roughly one-third tral sector scheme for integrated fight hunger and malnutrition. Pakistan, the government arrested 10 Muslims and five non- inadequate psychosocial stimu- children were anaemic, while of food produced for human cold chain and value addition (Views are strictly personal.) Muslims on blasphemy charges. Section 295-C of the Paki- stan Penal Code, which is popularly known as the blasphemy dear law, has been used to target religious and sectarian minorities. Quote martial EDITOR millenniumpost.in "Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible GIVE IMPORTANCE TO SOCIAL SECTOR representation or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinua- It is commendable that our Prime Minister is keen on making international connec- Log on to write letters to the tion, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Social progress can be editor or send them to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) shall be punished measured by the social tions and striving to take India to greater heights globally. There is no doubt about with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable the efforts put into making India an international force to reckon with. But a more [email protected] to fine," reads Section 295-C. It was under the dictatorship of position of the female commonsensical thing is to prepare a base that will sustain all such efforts. The You can also send your General Zia-ul-Haq in the 1980s when Pakistan passed down sex comments to The Editor, a series of orders to create and sharpen blasphemy laws. It was Indian society in all its diversity and the social sector are in fact what will sustain under General Zia that narrow and bigoted religiosity became Millennium Post, state policy. What began during Zia’s tenure did not end with these greater developments. Thus, the social sector must not be ignored and efforts to Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah him. The vicious attack on minorities, their place of worship, KARL MARX develop that must be paramount. Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 and subjecting people to incarceration on the mere suspicion KAVITA KAPOOR Via email of blasphemy, are regular occurrences in Pakistan today. One is not surprised at how an Islamic State-like ideology has made its way into mainstream public discourse. There are serious concerns that sectarian violence could further intensify in an already strife-ridden Pakistan. According to Hussain Haqqani, Why do farmers commit suicide? the former ambassador of Pakistan to the United States and a leading South Asia expert, there is already broad support for such an ideology. “While many Pakistanis might be troubled In India, 34 farmers commit suicide every day. It is evident that the income from by the violent ramifications of global jihad within the coun- try, broad sympathy in Pakistani society for jihadis remains a farming would never allow the farmer to escape the pernicious debt cycle reality,” he writes in an academic paper titled, Pakistan and the RICHARD Threat of Global Jihadism: Implications for Regional Security. MAHAPATRA y the time the Madhya Pradesh “Most Pakistanis support Sharia rule, an Islamic caliphate, and Government admitted that an Islamic state, even if they disagree on the definition of those police indeed shot eight pro- concepts.” Post the 1970s, Pakistan saw an increasing accep- testing farmers, 24 hours had tance of blasphemy among the Muslim community, allow- Bpassed. And in that time, 34 farmers ing the enshrinement of religious ideas into law. The result of must have committed suicide in the these machinations is there for everyone to see with vigilante country due to high debt and other groups and militant elements using religion as their authority agriculture-related issues. Is there any to challenge the very state itself. On the subject of blasphemy, difference between farmers getting however, social media has become the new battleground. In killed while demanding loan waiver or an Orwellian move, authorities in Pakistan have asked social committing suicide to escape the bur- media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to help identify den of increasing debt? users who share blasphemous material, while distributing Notwithstanding Notwithstanding the wild public text messages asking Pakistanis to report fellow citizens. The statements by ministers in charge of burden of proof in most of these cases lies with the accused the wild agriculture that attribute suicides to and not the one framing these allegations, which completely statements that dominantly personal reasons, the fact goes against a central principle in jurisprudence—innocent remains that between 2014 and 2015 until proven guilty. attribute suicides there has been a 42 per cent increase These laws and the desire of authorities to implement to predominantly in the number of suicide by cultiva- them zealously has provided a tool for individuals to carry tors, according to the recently released out personal vendettas, considering nobody is ever pun- personal reasons, report, State of India’s Environment ished for making false accusations. In a report published by the fact remains 2017: In Figures. And 91 per cent of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan last year, Justice farmer suicides in India is recorded in Ibadur Rehman Lodhi said: “A majority of blasphemy cases that between six states that include Madhya Pradesh, were based on false accusations, stemming from property dis- 2014 and 2015 Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh. This Representational Image putes or other personal or family vendettas rather than genu- date is sourced from the National ine instances of blasphemy.” The mere mention of blasphemy, there has been Crimes Records Bureau. difference among occupational catego- This is an annual affair. But as the above and the house. According to the NSSO even if these allegations are unfounded, is capable of igniting a 42 per cent Debt and crop failures are the rea- ries of urban area was less (about 4 per- data shows, a farmer household has assessment, 91 per cent of assets of a vicious mobs. Earlier this year, a vigilante mob in the Khyber sons for 58 per cent of the suicides centage points). It is also evident that already debt to serve. They usually bor- rural household is the land and home. Pakhtunkhwa province thrashed and then killed a university increase in the among cultivators, says the new report debt levels of cultivator indebted house- row with the hope that earnings from The fear of losing these properties is student and seriously injured another for alleged blasphemy. number of suicide published by the Centre for Science holds were much more than that for crops would be adequate to pay back. enormous as it would impact the future Both students of mass communication at the Abdul Wali Khan and Environment and Down To Earth non-cultivator indebted households,” But erratic weather, less earning from livelihood security of the family as well. University were accused of promoting the Ahmadi faith on by cultivators magazine. according to the 2013 National Sample agriculture due to various reasons and Speaking to family members of social media. The incident occurred in the presence of local While looking at the level of debt of Survey Office report on debt in India. other emergency financial commit- many farmers who committed suicides police, who were outnumbered by the vicious mob. The mob an Indian farmer, it is very evident that According to this report, the average ments for other reasons usually result it becomes evident that a farmer com- allegedly forced one of the students to recite verses from the the income from farming would never household debt of a cultivator house- in farmers not paying their loans and mits suicide to insure his/her family Quran before they began beating him. When the police inter- enable him/her to be out of the debt hold is Rs 103,457 when the average thus, further accumulating interests. against the debt burden, and also to vened and saved him, the crowd went after the other student. trap. To be an agricultural household annual household income from farm- This process often leads to a situation ensure that his/her loan non-payment After a vicious thrashing, someone in the mob shot him in the in India means more debt than a non- ing is around Rs 73,000. where a farmer is never able to pay doesn’t result in loss of the prime fam- head and chest. Not satiated by the cold-blooded murder, the agricultural household. Reporting about farmers and farm- back: for most of the indebted farmers, ily assets. Only in the case of death, the mob continued to beat the dead student’s body. For nearly a “The incidence of indebtedness was ing across the country for the last two the average annual income is less than loan is waived off by the credit grant- century, members of Ahmadiyya community have suffered about 31.4 per cent among the rural decades, I can argue that farmers don’t half of the loan amount to be paid back. ing agencies. This is the end of the debt ostracisation for an interpretation of Islam that differs from households and 22.4 per cent among commit suicide but make a sacrifice for But the pressure to pay back and cycle of an Indian farmer. DOWN TO EARTH traditional orthodox positions of the majority Sunni commu- the urban households. Indebtedness their families. The debt cycle is fatal. fear of loan recovery agents hounding (The writer is Managing nity. There are tragic consequences for a country that fails to in cultivator households was higher And how? a member also impacts the whole fam- Editor, Down To Earth. maintain the separation between religion and governance. (by about 9 percentage points) than Farmers take loans from formal or ily. To get loans, often farmers mort- Views expressed are non-cultivator households, whereas the informal sources to sustain farming. gage their principal property, the land strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 mp in focus Ranking cleanliness in India The new Swachh Survekshan ranking system has not taken into account poor waste management practices, writes Swati Singh Sambyal

ndore, according to the rankings a paradigm that incentivised cities with the released by the Ministry of Urban refuse, reuse, recycle, recover and reduce Development on May 4, is the clean- approach. There is also no mention of the est city in the country. This is despite informal sector, which plays a significant Ithe absence of a solid waste processing facil- role in recycling. “The informal sector man- ity or waste segregation at source in the city. ages over 60 per cent of the recyclable waste,” Indore is not an aberration; most of the top says Shashi Pandit, All India Kabadi Majdoor Alleppey has 50 cities featured in the Swachh Survekshan Mahasangh. rankings have a similar story. Worse, cities The ranking system should also have dis- cut down its with good waste management practices fea- couraged the use of landfills, which is the collection and ture really low in the annual rankings. “The least preferred option, according to the SWM transportation ranking of some of the cities surprises me rules. Still over 90 per cent of Indian cities because I have visited them and they do not with functional collection systems dispose cost from Rs 40 have much to show except that there is no lit- of their waste in landfills that are usually lakh per month ter on the streets,” says Bharati Chaturvedi of unsanitary, according to the Central Pollu- environmental non-profit Chintan. tion Control Board. to just Rs 40,000 Experts say flawed parameters have by adopting a marred the rankings. The government Problems galore invited 500 cities that are enrolled under the The methodology awards 90 points for decentralised AMRUT scheme to participate in the rank- capacity building and behaviour change, model. The ings, of which 434 participated. AMRUT which is monitored by the number and size was launched in June 2015 to establish the of hoardings put up to sensitise people about centralised infrastructure that will ensure robust sew- sanitation and by the print and digital cam- model has a erage networks and water supply for urban paigns carried out by the urban local bodies transformation. In last year’s survey, only 73 to promote sensitising programmes. While higher carbon cities were ranked. Vizag bagged 90 points, Bhopal 87 and footprint. In a The ranking awards weightage on the Indore 85; cities in Kerala, which generally decentralised basis of six heads: municipal solid waste discourage the use of big hoardings because collection and transportation (40 per cent Representational Image they cannot be reused, hardly received any model, the weightage), processing and disposal (20 per points. Kozhikode and Alleppey received cent weightage), condition of public and centralised model. Still, just five out of the says the SPCB official from the state. existing landfill waste is being handled by a zero points, while Thiruvananthapuram got amount of community toilets and open defecation (30 top 50 cities—Pune, Suryapet, Coimbatore, The scheme also overlooks the impor- private company. However, there is no treat- 1 point. waste collected per cent weightage), and capacity building Ambikapur, Mysuru—partially follow the tance of transporting the waste in segregated ment of the daily waste that is generated,” says Cities also expressed dissatisfaction with and behaviour change (10 per cent weight- approach. Cities that follow a centralised compartments. In Indore, for example, the the SPCB official. the way the Quality Control of India assessors is substantially age). The cities have been marked on a scale system spend over 70 per cent of their bud- municipal trucks have separate compart- Meanwhile, Panaji, which ranks 90th, carried out their job and the malfunction- lesser, which of 2,000 points, of which 900 points is allo- get solely on collection and transportation. ments for different kinds of waste, but they received a score of 157 despite its “five-point ing of the mobile app used by over 3.7 mil- cated on the basis of answers submitted by “Indore spends Rs 110cr a year on their door- still carry mixed waste. segregation model”. Households segregate lion citizens for feedback. “Usually a team of reduces the the municipal bodies. Another 500 points to-door waste collection,” says Asad Warsi, a “The survey is penalising cities that are waste at source into five different categories, three assessors visited a city, and they would number of trips have been allocated to be awarded by a team consultant with the Indore Municipal Corpo- investing money in making people more wet waste is composted by the Residents’ only have enough time to go through gov- waste trucks of assessors who have physically inspected ration. Alleppey, on the other hand, has cut responsible rather than in collection and Welfare Associations, and the dry recyclable ernment documents rather than go on-site the cities. The remaining 600 points have down its collection and transportation cost transportation,” says M Prem, ward council- waste is further segregated into 30 different inspections,” says an official with the Mys- have to make been allocated according to citizen feedback from Rs 40 lakh per month to just Rs 40,000 lor, Alleppey municipality. categories in a Material Recovery Facility. uru urban local body. This is understand- every day collected through telephonic conversations by adopting a decentralised model. This efficient system cost the city 23 points. able because the surveys were carried out by and questionnaires submitted online and on The centralised model also has a higher Heap of waste “The methodology says 23 points will be 471 assessors who visited over 17,500 loca- a mobile application. carbon footprint. Bhopal, for instance, trans- Waste processing and disposal have been awarded to cities that use plastic to make tions in January and February. “Panaji city ports its waste to the lone processing site that given 180 points, but even here the param- roads. But we send it to industry, which is lost points on citizen feedback because the The central problem is situated 16 km from the city. In a decentral- eters favour cities which follow a centralised better. We can do it because we segregate our name was changed to Goa in February and The maximum weightage has been given ised model, the amount of waste collected is model and practise secondary segregation waste properly,” says a senior official from the the votes were not counted,” says the official. to procedures for waste collection and trans- substantially lesser, which reduces the num- of waste, common in cities that do not have Panaji municipal corporation. Shibu Nair, programme director of Zero portation, but the parameters favour a cen- ber of trips waste trucks have to make every segregation at source. No wonder, the urban In fact, not a single city in Kerala fea- Waste at Thanal, a non-profit based in Ker- tralised model, where the emphasis is on day. The number of trips made by municipal body in Indore scored full points for process- tures in the top 250, despite the fact that ala, highlights another fundamental predic- treating waste away from the source. trucks to processing units in a day can serve ing and disposal (180), followed by Mysuru most process the wet waste at the community ament—giving cities like Indore full points As a result, Indore, with an effective door- as a useful parameter for the ranking. (174) and New Delhi Municipal Corporation level. “The state is pushing for treatment at in waste collection and transportation indi- to-door collection system, scored the maxi- What should have been adopted: The (133). The points awarded to Alleppey (17) the source. As a result, we have been given cates that according to the government, no mum 360 points, while Bhopal, the second rankings do not award points for segrega- and Thiruvananthapuram (8) remained low. scores as low as 9 points for processing and improvement is required. “But cities can cleanest city, received 352 points. tion at source, which is mandatory under The flaw in the parameters means that disposal,” says V Nikhilesh Paliath, a local improve on all the parameters,” says he. Meanwhile, Alleppey, which follows a the Solid Waste Management Rules (SWM), Indore scores high despite not having even activist advocating for green protocols in the In fact, experts warn that the long-term decentralised system where waste segrega- 2016. All households in Alleppey segregate a single waste processing unit. The city, at state. The ranking system favours cities that impact of the rankings will be an endorse- tion and processing starts at the household their waste and use the wet waste for com- present, dumps almost its entire waste— first collect mixed waste and then spend a ment of the unsustainable centralised waste level, earned just 91 points, which is much post. This leaves only the dry waste, which over 1,000 tonnes per day—without any fortune segregating and processing it at the management systems. “Cities, where munici- lower than the average score cities received is collected on specific days of the week. treatment. It has commissioned a Waste to secondary level over cities which segregate pal corporations are trying to involve com- under this category (224 points). Ironically, Meanwhile, Indore introduced segregation Energy plant with a capacity of 1,000 TPD. and process at the community level. munities, will give up because their efforts decentralised collection system is cheaper at source in January this year. “It is currently “As reported by the Indore Municipal Cor- What should have been adopted: The are being penalised,” says Nair. DOWN TO EARTH and more environment-friendly than the practised by 10 per cent of the households,” poration, around 200 tonnes per day of the methodology should have ideally adopted (The views are strictly personal.)

tweet St. Petersburg summit is a big success RETWEET Modi and Putin place Indo-Russian ties on a new pedestal, writes Arun Srivastava YOGENDRA YADAV ith India turning South Asia. @_YogendraYadav towards Amer- Expectations are high in ica in the last 15 diplomatic circles that Putin, years and virtu- who was present at the meet- My advice to @ Wally becoming its ally, the nature ing, will use his influence to ChouhanShivraj: of its relations with Russia has persuade China to agree to spirit of fast requires become suspect. Uncertainty India’s bid for NSG member- loomed over India’s future ship. India and Russia regard introspection, relations with Russia. But the the establishment of the multi- repentance. If he'is International Economic Forum polar global order in interna- genuine he should summit in St. Petersburg pro- tional relations as a reflection of extend fast, give up vided a new thrust, dimension, the natural and inevitable pro- and dynamic to India-Russia cess of evolution of interstate CM posts relations. relations in the 21st century. St Petersburg India and Russia marked One thing is certain: India’s 70 years of diplomatic rela- full membership in the Shang- DHRUV RATHEE Declaration lays tions with a successful summit, hai Cooperation Organiza- @dhruv_rathee out the road where Prime Minister Naren- tion will considerably enhance dra Modi and Russian Presi- the organisation’s capabilities map for further dent Vladimir Putin reaffirmed to ensure peace and stability, CM of MP sits on deepening of their “trust-based” special achieve economic progress Dharna against his relationship and signed the St and prosperity in Eurasia and relations, with Petersburg Declaration. It lays the Asia-Pacific region, as well own government, no a greater focus out the road map for further Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia as improve the organisation’s problem. deepening of relations, with a international standing. Kejriwal sits on Dhar- on strengthening greater focus on strengthening the future of the project. subsidiary of Rosatom, the more than what was expected. Another significant deci- economic and economic and energy ties. Moscow had been push- regulator of Russia’s nuclear India will be playing a much sion reached between India na against corruption, As expected, St Petersburg ing India to sign the agree- complex, will jointly build the bigger role on the global scene and Russia was to develop a everyone loses their energy ties. It is has come as a boon for India ment for the past eight months, reactors of the 6,000-mega- through the Shanghai Coop- credit rating industry that is now for India, and particularly Prime Min- with Russia’s deputy PM Dmi- watt plant. The final two units eration Organisation (SCO). “independent from political ister Narendra Modi. While try Rogozin specifically tak- will have a capacity to produce Modi thanked President Putin conjecture” a move that fol- and particularly the summit provided the right ing up the issue with Modi. 1,000 MW of power. An ebul- for playing a crucial role in get- lows apprehensions about NIRUPAMA MENON RAO for Modi, how opportunity and ambience for Russian officials described the lient Modi observed: “inter- ting India the SCO member- global agencies being biased @NMenonRao Modi to forcefully appear at conclusion of the agreement national relations see ups and ship. The SCO will also have towards large economies like best he uses the the global forum, it further as the biggest takeaway from downs, but history is witness Pakistan as a member. But that the US and China. In a joint ground made bolstered bilateral relations. It the summit. The agreement Indo-Russia relations have not will not affect India’s status. declaration, Modi and Putin available by is now for India, and particu- had missed two deadlines ear- seen any ups and downs”. The Shanghai Cooperation said they would also explore Proud to wear a larly for Modi, how best he uses lier. Modi said finalisation of The international fraternity Organisation is a political, harmonisation of the respec- saree. No politics, no Putin the ground made available by the agreement would further was, in fact, quite appreciative economic, and military bloc tive laws in the two countries Putin. It is an open secret that deepen cooperation in civil of India’s bold stand to boy- founded in 2001 in Shanghai by regarding credit ratings. The victimhood. Just being the USA, particularly former nuclear energy between the cott the ‘One Belt, One Road’ the leaders of China, Kazakh- move assumes significance in confident about being President Barack Obama, did two countries. (OBOR) project, a major Chi- stan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajik- the wake of several commenta- me. not encourage India to make a This was the highly-antic- nese initiative, and partici- istan, and Uzbekistan. China’s tors and policy makers in India strong presence. Exploiting the ipated first meeting between pate in the summit which was Foreign Ministry spokesper- raising concerns that the global bogey of being the true friend the two after Trump took office a forum to counter Beijing’s son also added: “Hope India rating agencies have not been of India, Obama simply used it in January. No doubt with the move. Boycotting a project of and Pakistan strictly follow upgrading India’s sovereign for promoting American inter- gains from the Summit, the such gargantuan international the charter of the SCO and the credit rating despite its improv- GARRY KASPAROV ests in the face of China’s grow- Indian Prime Minister will be implications calls for extraor- idea of good neighbourliness, ing economic and political fun- @Kasparov63 ing influence in the region. in a more certain frame. Coun- dinary courage of conviction. uphold the SCO spirit, improve damentals, even as China was What was indeed reassur- ter-terrorism, maritime secu- True enough, Modi demon- their relations and inject new viewed favourably by the same ing and a significant gain for rity, and Afghanistan will top strated courage by refusing impetus to the development agencies. India was that Modi and Putin on Modi’s agenda during his to send even an ambassador of the SCO.” Both the coun- Globally, there are a hand- I wish Trump would concluded the much-awaited two-day visit to the US from to attend that conclave. But tries attended the SCO sum- ful of rating agencies, and most decide if Comey agreement to build the last June 25, where he would be India’s objection to the China- mit on June 8 and 9 at Astana of them are headquartered two units of the Kudankulam meeting Trump. Pakistan Economic Corridor in Kazakhstan for the first time in the US. Most of the agen- is leaking or lying, nuclear power plant in Tamil Russia and India signed five (CPEC) is based on geostra- as full members. China is the cies including Fitch, S&P, and because accusing him Nadu. Fort quite some time pacts, reflecting the partner- tegic considerations and is leading country in SCO, and Moody’s have given India the things were not moving in the ship between two traditional well-founded. the Chinese position is that lowest investment grade rating. of leaking lies doesn't right direction from the Indian allies. The Nuclear Power Cor- India’s loss, if any, was both India and Pakistan are IPA make much sense. point of view and apprehen- poration of India Limited and compensated by the St Peters- China’s important neighbours (The views expressed sions were being expressed on Russia’s Atomstroyexport, a burg summit. New Delhi got and important countries in are strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Monday, 12 June, 2017 LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK Police rule out terrorism after 8 people injured by car Pak-born attacker was trying to get outside Amsterdam station job with Wimbledon security firm

LONDON: Pakistan-born British citizen Khuram Butt, I helped 200 people hide in a the London Bridge attack ring- leader, had been trying to get a job with a security firm that pub cellar: Inspector Jim Cole provides stewards for Wimble- don and other sporting events, LONDON: A police officer has explained how he raising concerns whether he helped hundreds of people hide in a pub base- had considered targeting the ment during the London Bridge terror attacks, po- prestigious tennis tournament. tentially saving many lives. Inspector Jim Cole was Security services and coun- ter-terrorism police are now one of the first officers on the scene after three AMSTERDAM: Eight peo- extremist attacks in Europe investigating 27-year-old Butt’s men drove a truck into pedestrians and randomly ple have been injured after a over the past year involving motive in trying to get the job stabbed people in bars around Borough Market on car smashed into pedestrians vehicles, including one in Lon- with the security company, the 3 June. Inspector Cole was just about to finish his outside the central train sta- don last week. Telegraph reported today. shift at Peckham police station when the attack tion in Amsterdam. Witnesses The first images from the Citing well-placed sources, have described the scene as Amsterdam incident area the paper said that Butt had happened after 10pm. The father of three raced “terrifying”. showed a major police pres- set up the job interview with to Borough Market with his colleagues and was Amsterdam police say the ence around the railway station the security firm that supplies confronted with armed police and a victim with car struck pedestrians outside with first aid responders treat- safety stewards to Wimbledon stab wound to the stomach. “We had the situation the city’s main railway station ing one person. and to Premier League football and officers have arrested the Two of the wounded were clubs. The interview was sched- of people coming running out of the market, they driver. Amsterdam police have transported to hospital and uled to take place at the end were in a state of panic - lots of screaming,” the said there is “no indication three people were treated on of this month.“One possibil- officer of 18 years told BBC News. ”So I literally whatsoever” the car incident is the spot, according to reports. ity is Butt had considered tar- Fake suicide vests (left) and Khuram Butt just grabbed hold of as many as we could and an extremist attack. The station remained geting the tennis tournament security firm would check his ellers at the nearby Borough people, when they were shot directed them into the basement of the bar. “I felt Detectives have said that open following the incident, but decided to speed up the background but it does not Market, killing eight peo- dead by police. Each belt had the driver was parked in a place although the entrance near the plot, following the Manchester have access to the police watch ple before being shot dead by three disposable water bot- that was as reasonably safe a place as we had at where he wasn’t allowed to stop site of the crash was closed. Arena bombing, and switched list or have knowledge of any armed police officers last week. tles covered in adhesive tape the moment, rather than roaming the streets.” and drove off when approached Tram traffic has now resumed. the attack to London Bridge,” MI5 investigation. There would Police have released images attached to them. Inspector Cole said he also chose the large bar by police on Saturday and ran It is just a week since the the paper said. have been no reason for him of the fake explosives belts Commander Dean Hay- so he could set up a medic to treat victims. The into a wall. Police sources told London Bridge attack which Butt had previously worked not to get the job. Butt could worn by the men who carried don, of the Metropolitan Police, attackers had planned to rent a 7.5 tonne lorry the Telegraph the driver became saw the attackers drive into for six months on the Lon- not only have caused serious out the London Bridge attack. said anyone who had seen the unwell and “did not intend” to people on the bridge people don Underground until quit- damage but potentially helped Khuram Butt, Rachid Red- belts on the night would have but had failed to provide payment details for the crash the car. leaving the vehicle and attack- ting in October. Although he other terrorists to get into one ouane and Youssef Zaghba thought they were genuine. vehicle, instead picking up a smaller rental van to Dutch police tweeted that ing bystanders with knives. was under low level investiga- of these events,” the paper said, wore the belts as they stabbed “I have not seen this tac- carry out the attack. AGENCIES the driver: ‘Did not seem Security Services in the Neth- tion by MI5 and counter ter- quoting a source close to the people in Borough Market. tic in the UK before, where to go deliberately but [was] erlands has been on high alert rorism police, Butt was able to intelligence services. The officer leading the terrorists create maximum Commander Haydon said it from being shot themselves. incapacitated’ since the attack. get a job working at Westmin- Butt and his aides Moroc- investigation said use of the fear by strapping fake explo- was hard to speculate what the The photos were released a A black Peugeot came to a On Friday, a concert in ster station because employers can-origin Rachid Redouane belts was a “tactic” he had not sives to themselves,” he said. motive had been for wearing day after police revealed that standstill at the entrance to the Eindhoven was extended are not made aware of secu- and Moroccon-Italian Yousef seen before in the UK and one “It makes the bravery of those the belts, but said the three the attackers had tried to hire metro station and reportedly by thirty minutes because rity services’ concerns when Zaghba rammed a high-speed that created “maximum fear”. police officers and members of attackers may have had plans a 7.5 tonne lorry to run people has a crack in the windscreen. there was suspicious behav- performing criminal records van into pedestrians on Lon- The belts were still on the the public who tackled the ter- for a siege or might have seen over on London Bridge during It received immediate wide- ior of a man outside checks, the paper said. “The don Bridge before stabbing rev- attackers, who murdered eight rorists even more remarkable.” them as possible protection the 3 June attack. AGENCIES spread attention after several the stadium. AGENCIES Qatar, in Iran sends five planes regional crisis, Four Chinese warships in Pakistan on ‘training’ mission NEW DELHI/BEIJING: friendship” between them. hires former US of food to Qatar amid Three Chinese navy war- Xinhua further said that PLA fleet is ships arrived on Saturday on Hao hoped “the pragmatic ‘all-weather friend’ Pakistan’s cooperation and communica- expected to attorney general concerns of shortages shores for a four-day “goodwill tion between the two navies enhance maritime and training” visit, reported will be further strengthened DUBAI: Qatar has paid $2.5 Pakistani media and China’s so as to contribute to regional collaboration million to the law firm of a for- official news agency Xinhua. stability and world peace and between the two mer attorney general under US The ships are docked in play an active role in promoting President George W Bush to Karachi. common development.” countries audit its efforts at stopping ter- Shen Hao, the commander Pakistan’s navy chief, who rorism funding, a matter at the of the fleet of China’a Peo- was presented with a guard of activities, joint interactive ses- heart of the Gulf diplomatic ple’s Liberation Army (PLA) honour on one of the Chinese sions and social events are also crisis that erupted last week. ships, reportedly said the visit warships, said the PLA fleet is planned. At the end of the visit, John Ashcroft personally will “further promote the expected to enhance maritime a passage exercise is expected to will lead his Washington-based understanding and mutual collaboration between the two During their stay in Kara- Pakistan navy counterparts be conducted at sea by a Paki- firm’s efforts “to evaluate, verify trust between the two peoples countries, reported Pakistan’s chi, the officers of the Chinese to discuss “subjects of mutual stan navy flotilla and the PLA and as necessary, strengthen and boost the cooperation and The Express Tribune. ships will interact with their interest”. Operational training navy fleet. AGENCIES the client’s anti-money laun- dering and counterterrorism financing” compliance, accord- TEHRAN: Iran has sent five neighbouring Gulf countries Israeli court ing to documents filed to the planes of food to Qatar, Iran’s to engage in dialogue to resolve Muammar Gaddafi’s son ‘released after US Justice Department. national carrier told said today, their dispute. Kuwait has asks journalist Qatar hiring Ashcroft, who days after Gulf countries cut off taken on the role of mediator, was attorney general during the air and other transport links to last week sending its emir to Sept 11 attacks and then helped the emirate. Saudi Arabia. more than five years of detention’ to pay $32,500 push through the Patriot Act, “So far five planes carry- Meanwhile, Moscow on appeared aimed at appeasing ing perishable food items such Saturday called for dialogue LIBYA: SEIF al-Islam, the son Moamer Kadhafi and had to Netanyahu the Gulf nations now trying as fruit and vegetables have between Qatar and its neigh- and one-time heir apparent of appeared destined to become to isolate it. Officials in Qatar, been sent to Qatar, each carry- bours in the Gulf, promising late Libyan dictator Muam- the modern face of Libya. JERUSALEM: A journalist has home to a major US military ing around 90 tonnes of cargo, help in mediating the crisis, mar Gaddafi, has been released But the NATO-backed rev- been fined about $32,500 by base, and Ashcroft’s firm did while another plane will be sent as Russia’s foreign minister after more than five years in olution, inspired by the 2011 an Israeli court for writing a not immediately respond to a today,” Iran Air spokesman met his Qatari counterpart. detention. Arab Spring, swept through “malicious and ugly” Facebook request for comment. Shahrokh Noushabadi told “We have observed with con- A statement by his captors, Libya and his fate changed for post that claimed Prime Minis- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, AFP. “We will continue deliver- cern the news of this escala- the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Bat- ever after his father and veteran ter Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Egypt, and the United Arab ies as long as there is demand” tion,” Russian Foreign Minister talion, said Seif al-Islam was dictator was ousted and killed Sara kicked the Israeli leader Emirates severed diplomatic from Qatar, Noushabadi added, Sergei Lavrov said in opening released on Friday, but gave no in October that year. Days out of their car during a fight ties with Qatar, the host of the without mentioning if these remarks of his meeting with details on his whereabouts. later in November 2011, Seif on a major highway. 2022 FIFA World Cup, and cut deliveries were exports or aid. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Local media reports sug- al-Islam, whose name means The Netanyahus last year off land, sea and air routes to Three ships loaded with 350 Mohammed bin Abdulrahman gested he was in the eastern city sword of Islam, was arrested filed a defamation suit against the tiny peninsular nation that tonnes of food were also set to Al-Thani in Moscow. of Bayda with relatives. Bat- by an armed group and held in scribe Igal Sarna after he relies on food imports. Its long- leave an Iranian port for Qatar, “We cannot be happy in a talion officials reached by The their northern hilltop strong- alleged that Sara had stopped haul carrier Qatar Airways has the Tasnim news agency quoted situation when the relations Associated Press at Zintan, a hold of Zintan southwest of the prime minister’s convoy on also been affected. a local official as saying. between our partners are town south of the capital Trip- Tripoli. Since then he has been a major artery connecting Jeru- At the heart of the dispute The port of Dayyer is Iran’s worsening. We are in favour oli where it is based, confirmed in a legal tug-of-war between salem with Tel Aviv and kicked are the long-standing allega- closest port to Qatar. In the of resolving any disagree- his release. They declined to SEIF al-Islam the International Criminal her husband out of their car. tions linking Qatar to regional biggest diplomatic crisis in ments through… dialogue.” disclose his whereabouts, citing Court and the Libyan authori- Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court Islamist and militant groups. the region in years, Saudi Ara- Qatar is reaching out for sup- concerns over his safety. They evidence of the chaos that has He was later killed. ties. Born on June 25, 1972, Seif Judge, Azaria Alcalay, in his Qatar denies supporting bia, Bahrain and the United port abroad as it has fallen said his release was decided as prevailed in the country since The uprising later plunged al-Islam is the second of Kad- order said that he agreed with terrorist organizations, but Arab Emirates, plus Egypt and out with its Arab neighbours, part of a recent pardon issued Gaddafi’s ouster and death. the oil-rich North African hafi’s eight children, the eldest the Netanyahus that “the pub- Western officials regularly have Yemen, on Monday announced who accuse it of sponsoring by the Libyan parliament based Gaddafi’s son was captured nation into a ruinous civil war son of his second wife Safiya. lication was, at least partially, accused Qatar’s government they were cutting all ties with extremist groups and resent its in the country’s eastern region. by the battalion’s fighters late in in which Seif al-Islam led Gad- Widely seen as Kadhafi’s malicious and ugly”. of allowing or even encourag- Qatar, accusing it of support- ties to the Muslim Brotherhood The parliament in the city of 2011, the year when a popular hafi’s loyalist forces against the heir-apparent, he was often The ruling awarded NIS ing the funding of some Sunni ing extremism. movement and sponsorship of Tobruk is part of one of three uprising toppled Gadhafi after rebels. Seif al-Islam was the described as the Libyan lead- 60,000 to Benjamin Netanyahu, extremists. AGENCIES Iran has urged Qatar and Al-Jazeera network. AGENCIES rival administrations in Libya, more than 40 years in power. likely successor to his father er’s “playboy” son. AGENCIES NIS 40,000 to Sara Netanyahu and another NIS 15,000 in legal fees. The couple had demanded Police dog fired from his $72,813 from Sarna over his UK-bound plane diverted; 3 held over ‘suspicious conversation’ claims in the libel suit at the Tel job for being too friendly Aviv Magistrate s Court. While LONDON: A UK-bound flight from Slove- to the witnesses, these had been the subject the order said that the account nia with 151 people on board was diverted to of terrorist content. There upon the flight MELBOURNE: Every dog has his day! A one- had hurt the Netanyahus public Germany after three passengers were found captain decided to carry out an evacuation year-old German Shepherd was ‘sacked’ by standing, it awarded the cou- to be engaged in a “suspicious conversation” in Cologne around 6 PM (local time),” the a police academy in Australia for being too ple less than damages asked for with “terrorist content”. statement said. friendly but his social skills earned him a new because it did not “reach the The three men were arrested and being “There, the machine was cleared in a vice-regal job at the Queensland Governor’s highest threshold of severity”. questioned “on the suspicion of the prepara- secure area via emergency slides. The three mansion. Gavel was not found up to the task as Alcalay ruled that the tion of a serious state-threatening violence,” suspects were arrested. Officials of the fed- he just loved rolling over and having his belly events as described by Sarna police said. eral police ensured a backpack in the pas- rubbed rather than standing to attention and were not proven to have One backpack belonging to the men was senger area to be assigned to the men. This looking menacing. The police dog-in-training occurred. He also criticised blown up by police. The arrests came after was inspected outside the aircraft by a defiler failed to make the final cut for Queensland the style of the Facebook the Easyjet flight, from Ljubljana to Stansted and was blown up in a controlled manner,” Police Service (QPS) in Australia because of his posts, saying they were writ- airport in Essex, was diverted to Cologne- it added. overly-sociable temperament. ten in an “impassioned style Bonn airport yesterday afternoon. Easyjet said the captain had taken the The pooch was fostered out to the Padding- meant to augment the tale and All the 151 passengers were evacuated decision to land as a precaution to allow ton residence of Governor of Queensland Paul dramatise it, while express- and flights were suspended for three hours. additional security checks to take place. de Jersey in April last year while he participated ing contempt for the plain- A spokesperson for Cologne-Bonn air- All the passengers had been given a in a training programme at the police dog acad- tiffs.” An unrepentant Sarna port confirmed the landing and said: “Prior hotel for the night and were flown back this emy. “Life as a police dog was not to be after in his response to the verdict to this, the pilot had been informed about gers left the (aircraft) via emergency slides A statement from Cologne police said morning. trainers ruled Gavel too sociable for the front- said that he is going to appeal a suspicious conversation on board after and were taken to a transit gate”. other passengers had made the crew aware “We thank passengers for their under- line,” the Brisbane Times reported. against it. Sarna, a journalist which he decided to make an unscheduled The passengers had to “undergo a check of the suspicious conversation by three men. standing. The safety of Easyjet’s passengers Gavel loved meeting strangers and would for Israel’s largest circulated landing in Cologne-Bonn”. immediately” and additional security checks “During the flight, other passengers had and crew is our highest priority,” the spokes- much rather play with someone than help daily did not cite any source for “After the safe landing... the 151 passen- were carried out on the plane. made the crew aware of the men. According person added. AGENCIES arrest them. AGENCIES his allegations. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 mp UK ministers push NEW CABINET UNVEILED Macron eyes victory as for Johnson to take May appoints Damian Green France elects over from May new parliament PARIS: French voters went back to the polls on Sunday for as first secretary of state the first round of parliamen- tary elections that are predicted LONDON: Damian Green to give President Emmanuel has been appointed first sec- May’s plan to govern with DUP Macron’s centrist party a com- retary of state as Theresa May manding majority. reshuffles her Cabinet. The job support thrown into confusion Macron has enjoyed a polit- is effectively second-in-com- ical honeymoon since he beat mand to the prime minister. far-right candidate Marine Le Former Justice Secretary LONDON: Theresa May’s plan for a loose alliance Pen to become France’s young- Liz Truss is now chief secretary with the Democratic Unionists to prop up her gov- est-ever president on May 7, LONDON: At least five UK values, Brexit credentials and to the Treasury, while David ernment was thrown into confusion on Saturday naming a cabinet that strad- Cabinet ministers are pushing popular appeal,” he added. But Gauke, who previously held after the Northern Ireland party contradicted a No dles the left-right divide and for Boris Johnson to topple Johnson reacted to media spec- that role, has been appointed 10 announcement that a deal had been reached. making assured appearances Theresa May as Conservative ulation on Twitter by dismiss- works and pensions secretary. in meetings with US President party leader and Prime Min- ing any rebellion: “I am backing The reshuffle comes after A Downing Street statement on Saturday said a Donald Trump and Russian ister, one of his close allies said Theresa May. Let’s get on with the general election left the “confidence and supply” agreement had been President Vladimir Putin. today but the foreign secretary t h e j o b.” Conservatives as the largest reached with the DUP and would be put to the But the 39-year-old presi- denied any plans of a coup. The latest leadership specu- party but without a majority. cabinet on Monday. But the DUP last night put the dent has done only half the job. Pressure has been building lation comes a day after two of Green, who was previously brakes on that announcement, saying talks were His Republique en Marche up on May to step down after May’s closest advisers, her joint work and pensions secretary (Republic on the Move, REM) a disastrous election result for chiefs-of-staff Fiona Hill and and was at university with Mrs continuing, not finalised. The DUP leader, Arlene party, which he founded the Tories, which saw the rul- Nick Timothy, resigned amid May, has also become min- Foster, said “discussions will continue next week only 14 months ago, needs a ing party’s majority slashed and recriminations about their con- ister for the Cabinet Office, industrial strategy secretary. tion will be seen by some as to work on the details and to reach agreement on clear majority in the National being forced to cobble together trolling management style. May a position left vacant by Ben And Liam Fox retains his a demotion - she was widely arrangements for the new parliament”. Following Assembly for him to push a minority government with had been reportedly given an Gummer, who lost his seat in position as international trade criticised by the judiciary fol- talks between May and the DUP last night, a sec- through the reforms he prom- the support of Northern Ire- ultimatum to get rid of the duo Thursday’s general election. secretary - he told reporters lowing the High Court rul- ised in his campaign. lands Democratic Unionist or face a leadership challenge The first secretary of state he was “delighted” to be con- ing regarding the government ond statement from No 10 clarified that no final A host of opinion polls Party (DUP). by Monday. is a role previously held by tinuing in the role he has held seeking Parliament’s permis- deal had been reached. AGENCIES show that Macron’s untested “A handful of senior peo- “Theresa May is a dead George Osborne and, under since July last year. Fox was one sion to trigger Article 50 and party could take 30 per cent of ple have pledged their loyalty woman walking and the only Labour, Peter Mandelson and of the Cabinet’s “three Brexi- begin the formal start of the education secretary - her oppo- a backbench revolt. the first-round vote, putting it to Boris at Cabinet level,” a question is how long she could see Green standing in teers” with David Davis and Brexit process. The judges sition to Theresa May’s policy And Sajid Javid is also con- on track to secure a landslide Johnson ally told ‘The Sunday remains on death row,” said for Theresa May at prime min- Boris Johnson, who have also involved were heavily criticised of expanding grammar schools tinuing in his role of commu- in next Sunday’s second round. Times’. “He has been inundated George Osborne, who had ister’s questions, when she is kept their roles, as the govern- by some newspapers, and Mrs might be less of an issue now, nities and local government The centre-right Repub- with messages of support... We been sacked as UK Chancel- not available. ment gears up for the start of Truss was in turn criticised for if, as some expect, the govern- secretary. David Lidington has licans and the Socialists fear need a Brexiteer. Boris is the lor when May took over at 10 Greg Clark is remaining in talks with Brussels. failing to stand up for them. ment is forced to drop it from been made justice secretary heavy losses after their candi- only option with the liberal Downing Street. AGENCIES his post of business, energy and Liz Truss’s change of posi- Justine Greening remains as the Queen’s Speech to prevent and lord chancellor. AGENCIES dates failed to reach the presi- dential run-off for the first time in France’s postwar history. Some predictions indicate To safeguard peace process, Ireland US AG to testify before the REM could win around 400 seats in the 577-seat chamber thanks to voters seeking to Senate intelligence panel give the new president a strong wants Brexit talks to begin mandate. WASHINGTON: US Attor- instead, he said on Saturday in “The Senate Intelligence The party is already lead- DUBLIN: Irish Foreign Affairs he said. “We will be anxious to ney General Jeff Sessions has letters to the chairmen of those Committee is the most appro- ing in 10 of the 11 French Minister Charlie Flanagan said ensure that whatever the result confirmed that he will appear subcommittees, reports CNN. priate forum for such matters, overseas constituencies, which Ireland was keen for Brexit of these negotiations is doesn’t before the Senate Intelligence “In light of reports regard- as it has been conducting an held their first-round vote last talks to start and to ensure the in any way adversely impact on Committee next week to testify ing Mr. Comey’s recent tes- investigation and has access weekend. process of Britain leaving the our unique circumstances here over his dealings with Russian timony, it is important that I to relevant, classified informa- Macron, after shaking European Union did not have in Ireland, with particular ref- officials, the media reported. have an opportunity to address tion,” he added. hands and posing for selfies an adverse impact on Northern erence to our peace process.” Sessions on Saturday said these matters in the appropriate However, it was not imme- with well-wishers, cast his bal- Ireland’s fragile peace process. Asked whether a delay in the he would appear in response to forum,” Sessions wrote. diately clear if he would testify lot in the northern resort of Flanagan was speaking as start of the Brexit talks, sched- Federal Bureau of Investigation “Some members have in public or private. Le Touquet where he and his the British political situation uled for June 19, was possible, (FBI) Director James Comey’s publicly stated their inten- Sessions recused himself 64-year-old wife Brigitte have was in turmoil following an Flanagan said: “I’m conscious testimony to the panel that tion to focus their questions from overseeing the federal a home. Few MPs are expected election on Thursday that pro- of the fact that this clock is tick- took place on Thursday. on issues related to the inves- Russia probe three months to be elected in the first round. duced no clear winner. Ireland’s Democratic Unionist ble a deal between the UK and ing. “We’re a year now since the Sessions had been sched- tigation into Russian inter- ago after The Washington Post If no candidate wins over Unable to govern alone, Party. “I do believe it’s impor- the EU, having regard to the referendum. We lost some time uled to testify on June 13 before ference in the 2016 election, reported on a pair of undis- 50 per cent, the two top-placed Conservative Prime Minister tant we have certainty,” Flana- very severe consequences and over the last seven weeks dur- the House and Senate subcom- from which I have recused, and closed meetings Sessions had contenders go into the second Theresa May was seeking to gan told IT V. severe adverse consequences ing the general election cam- mittees that oversee his depart- for which the deputy attorney during the campaign with round — as does any candidate form a minority government “Our priorities are to ensure of the UK leaving the European paign. Europe is ready to start ment’s budget, but will now general appointed a special Sergey Kislyak, the Russian who garners at least 12.5 per- with support from Northern that there is as close as possi- Union on us here in Ireland,” these negotiations.” AGENCIES testify to the intelligence panel counsel.” ambassador to the US. AGENCIES cent of registered voters. AGENCIES Tehran Spain rescues 2 babies and 52 Trump accuses James Comey of Ukrainians cheer on first terror attack cowardice over ‘leaks’ adults crossing Mediterranean WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on day of visa-free EU travel mastermind Sunday accused James Comey of cowardice by BARCELONA: Spain’s mari- KIEV: Ukrainians were on to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Nor- killed time rescue service says it has leaking accounts of his meetings with the presi- Sunday celebrating the first day way and Switzerland, which are saved 54 migrants, including dent, days after the ex-FBI director testified that of visa-free access to the Euro- part of the EU’s Schengen pass- TEHRAN: Iranian security two babies, trying to cross the Trump sought to derail the Russian probe. “I pean Union, with thousands port-free area despite not being forces have killed the mas- Mediterranean Sea in a smug- believe the James Comey leaks will be far more crossing the border as Presi- members of the bloc. termind behind the June 7 glers’ boat. prevalent than anyone ever thought possible,” dent Petro Poroshenko pro- Later in the day, Porosh- twin attacks in Tehran which A spokesman for the ser- claimed a dramatic “exit” from enko met with Slovak coun- claimed the lives of 17 people, vice says that the group, which Trump wrote in an early morning tweet. “Totally Moscow’s grip. terpart Andrej Kiska on the the media reported on Sunday. included 13 women, was spot- illegal? Very ‘cowardly!’” Sacked FBI chief Comey The move is symbolic for Slovak-Ukrainian border, “The mastermind and main ted by a cargo ship in waters delivered his bombshell allegations at a Sen- Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt unlocking a mock “door to the commander of the attacks on east of the Strait of Gibraltar. ate hearing Thursday, saying in his sworn testi- in 2014 toppled the previ- EU” painted like a Ukrainian Parliament and the mauso- The spokesman spoke anony- mony that he had asked a “friend” identified as ous Russia-backed govern- passport. leum of Ayatollah Khomeini mously in line with the policy ment and was followed by “We have waited so long for was killed,” Iran’s Intelligence of the rescue service. a Columbia University law professor to release a Moscow’s annexation of the this,” he said. “I am sure that Minister Mahmud Alavi said The Red Cross says that memo of his conversations with the president to Crimea peninsula sparking a this day, June 11, will go down in a televised programme on seven of the migrants needed the press. Comey said he had hoped releasing the protracted ongoing conflict in the history of Ukraine as a Saturday night. to be taken to a hospital upon tion to the deaths, two other arrived as reinforcements. information via the media would prompt the ap- with pro-Russian separatists in final exit of our country from Alavi said the operation arrival at the port in Malaga migrants were in critical condi- Libya is one of the prime eastern Ukraine. the Russian empire and its was carried out by security around midnight on Saturday. tion. The Golfo Azzurro, Pro- spots for smugglers to launch pointment of a special counsel to handle the Rus- “The visa-free regime for return to the family of Euro- forces on Saturday in collabo- Hundreds of thousands of activa Open Arms’ converted their unseaworthy boats sia probe, a ploy that ultimately proved successful. Ukraine has started! Glory to pean nations.” ration with the secret services migrants and refugees have fishing trawler, pulled 243 packed with migrants and refu- He branded the president a liar and said Trump Europe! Glory to Ukraine!” “Welcome to Europe,” Kiska of neighbouring countries, attempted the dangerous cross- migrants from two smugglers’ gees. Thousands have perished urged him to abandon the investigation into the Poroshenko tweeted early told the crowd. “I want to call reports Efe news. The minis- ing to Europe in recent years, boats. That group included one in recent years attempting the former national security adviser Michael Flynn, an today as many travellers started on you to continue carrying ter said the terrorist had fled with thousands perishing in baby, a pregnant woman and crossing. It was not clear how crossing the border and post- out reforms.” the country after the attacks the attempt. Laura Lanuza, the several children. the migrants, whose bod- allegation Trump has denied. On Friday, Trump’s ing selfies. “Today we bring down the claimed by the Islamic State spokeswoman for Spain’s Pro- The other boats that par- ies were spotted by fisher- former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski Only those with biomet- barrier between the people of (IS) but did not reveal his iden- activa Open Arms, said that ticipated in the massive rescue men, had died, coastguard criticised Comey as not “man enough” for having ric passports — containing a Ukraine and the people of the tity or the country where he while two migrants perished operation belonged to Save the officials said. Earlier, Tripoli leaked the memo via his friend rather than doing microchip with personal data, European Union,” EU foreign was killed. in international waters off the Children, Sea Watch, Moas, Sea coastguard spokesman Ayoub it himself. “He gave his notes to a Columbia law including fingerprints — can policy chief Federica Mogh- In May, the Intelligence Libyan coast, the Spanish aid Eye and Jugend Rettet Iuventa. Qassem said one Bangladeshi take advantage of the visa-free erini said in a video address. Ministry identified and neu- group and five other human- Lanuza said that the fleet of migrant had been killed and professor because he wasn’t man enough to give travel for the time being, for “Ukraine has delivered reforms tralised almost one terror cell itarian organizations saved aid boats also reached another two wounded in crossfire when the notes directly to the media when he wanted stays of up to 90 days every its citizens were asking for and every day, but did not make the 1,058 migrants after intercept- 289 migrants in different crafts coastguards from Zawiya, just them out to the media,” Lewandowski told NBC’s six months that don’t include we of the EU have kept our figures public to avoid spread- ing several smugglers’ boats. that they helped transfer to Ital- west of Tripoli, had clashed on morning show “Today.” AGENCIES work. The exemption does not promise. This is what we call a ing panic, Alavi added. On Lanuza said that in addi- ian coast guard boats, which Friday. AGENCIES apply to Ireland or Britain, nor win-win solution.” AGENCIES Saturday, the authorities also announced the arrests of eight people in Alborz province, 4 dead as shooter opens fire north of Tehran, who allegedly Woman assaulted, hijab ripped off in hate crime in UK provided logistical support to the attackers. at passers-by in Moscow LONDON: A woman in the described as white, tall, of niqab-clad woman being told With the latest arrests, the UK was allegedly pushed to the medium build and wearing a she should not be wearing the number of people detained NEW DELHI/MOSCOW: degrees and were hospitalized.” ground and her hijab ripped black hooded top with the head Islamic outfit. since June 7 in relation to the At least four people have been The house was immediately off amid a spike in hate crime pulled up. Also, a Muslim woman was attacks in the capital or extrem- reportedly killed in Kratovo, a cordoned off and special forces incidents following the two A police spokesman was spat on while a teenaged Mus- ist cells has passed 50. The village in southeast of Moscow. from the Russian National terror attacks by Islamists that quoted as saying that the vic- lim girl taunted by a passer-by ministry previously said it had According to RT, a man opened Guard were deployed. claimed 30 lives. tim was shaken by the attack who said, “when are you going arrested 41 alleged IS members fire on by-passers after barri- A security source told RIA The assault took place in but otherwise uninjured. to stop bombing people. in the Kurdish provinces of cading himself in his house. Novosti that the gunman, Igor Fengate, Peterborough, after The assault comes amid a Meanwhile, A hijab-clad Kermanshah, Kurdistan, West The gunman has been iden- also shot fire at security forces the woman had just got out of spike in hate crime incidents woman in the US was alleg- Azerbaijan and also in Tehran. tified as Igor by a neighbour. and also threw two grenades. her car and crossed the road in the UK following a suicide edly harassed and abused at a During the operations, the He shot at at least five men and “On the territory of the with her three-year-old daugh- bombing at a concert in Man- cafe by a man who asked her police seized documents, arms, women. house from which the shots ter when she was pushed from chester that claimed 22 lives “do you have a green card”, the explosives and ammunition The local department of the were fired, two more dead bod- behind and knocked to the and an attack in London by latest in a slew of incidents in from various terrorist hideouts. Interior Ministry told RT in an ies were found. ground. three terrorists, who drove a which immigrants have been The intelligence ministry earlier statement that, “Accord- This brings the total num- She had her hijab pulled off van into pedestrians and then targeted following Donald on June 8 revealed the iden- ing to preliminary reports, in ber of dead to four,” a police and thrown towards her. No went on a stabbing spree, kill- Trump’s ‘visa ban’ on seven tities of the five attackers and the area of Kratovo a man born source told TASS. words were exchanged in the ing eight persons before being REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE Muslim-majority nations. said they had fought for the IS in 1967, from the territory of The gunman managed assault, but police have con- shot dead. Anti-Muslim crimes A young Muslim-Ameri- in Iraq and Syria. his household, started shoot- to escape from the scene firmed they are treating it as in the British capital increased tolerance approach”. ter had doubled. can woman filmed the moment This is the first time the ing at passers-by with a hunt- but police is searching him. a racially or religiously aggra- fivefold since the London Following last month’s The kind of incidents she was harassed and called a Sunni extremist group carried ing rifle. According to the neighbour, vated hate crime, Peterborough attack, London Mayor Sadiq concert bombing as well, the reported included a bomb b***h after a man took pho- out attacks in Shia-majority As a result of gunfire several Ignor was suffering from a Telegraph reported. Khan said last week, warning number of hate crime incidents threat received by a Muslim tos of her in an Atlanta Iran. AGENCIES people were injured to varying mental condition. AGENCIES The male offender was that police would take a “zero- reported to police in Manches- school, racist graffiti and a coffee shop. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 Govt to set-up helpline for e-payments FM to meet PSU bank chiefs grievance redressal NEW DELHI: The govern- today to review NPA situation ment is working to set-up a toll free phone number 14442 for NEW DELHI: Finance Minis- grievance redressal of custom- ter Arun Jaitley will meet heads FTP review: Com Min likely to ers related to digital payments. of PSU banks on Monday to dis- The Ministry of Electron- cuss the issue of non-perform- ics and IT along with National ing assets (NPAs) and the steps extend incentives for exporters Payments Corporation of India being taken by them to expedite is working on a mechanism the recovery of bad loans which NEW DELHI: With exporters Goods and Services Tax (GST), to provide a common num- The Department have crossed Rs 6 lakh crore. raising concerns over working to be rolled out from July 1, as ber 14442, where customers of Besides, the minister will capital issue under the upcom- exporters have to pay the duties all digital payments platform, of Telecom review the financial perfor- ing GST regime, the commerce first and then seek refund. including mobile wallets, Uni- has allocated mance of all the public sector ministry is expected to provide According to FIEO, due to fied Payments Interface and banks (PSBs) at the meeting, the incentives such as enhanced this, working capital worth over BHIM, will be able to register 14442 to NPCI first between Jaitley and them interest subsidy to sectors like Rs 1.85 lakh crore would be their complaint, according to for setting up its in the current fiscal. agri commodities to boost stuck with the government in official sources. The meeting also assumes exports. the new indirect tax regime. "The Department of Tele- grievance redressal significance as it will be the first The incentives could be Currently they get ab-initio com has allocated 14442 to mechanism for after last month's promulgation announced as part of the for- exemptions on duties. NPCI for setting up its griev- of the ordinance amending the eign trade policy (FTP) review, As part of the FTP review, ance redressal mechanism for customers of all Banking Regulation Act, 1949. an official said. the ministry is consulting all customers of all digital pay- digital payments The government had "Currently we are not get- stakeholders on providing ments. The guidelines are in through this ordinance empow- ting interest subsidy benefits. support to certain sectors to process," an official source said. it have crossed Rs 1,406 crore. ered the Reserve Bank to ask The government should boost exports. The ministry has The government's efforts to At present, digital wallet banks to initiate insolvency pro- consider extending this to us aimed at completing the review curb blackmoney in the coun- companies offer helpline num- ceedings to recover bad loans besides other incentives so that process before the GST rollout. try has pushed digital transac- bers but customers on social and promised more measures we can increase rice exports," Under MEIS, the govern- tion on various platforms by up media have expressed dissatis- to resolve the NPA crisis. KRBL CMD Anil Mittal said. ment provides duty benefits at to 8,800 per cent. faction with the existing facility. Apart from the financial KRBL is a leading rice 2 per cent, 3 per cent and 5 per Digital payments on UPI There are no helpline or performance review, the meet- Other issues on agenda Role and preparedness of Bank to issue "directions to any exporter and sells basmati rice cent depending upon the prod- platform have grown from Rs grievance redressal mechanism ing will take stock of the status include discussion on financial banks in the implementation of banking company or banking under India Gate brand. uct and country. 3,721 till November 8, 2016 to in case customer faces any issue of stressed assets and various inclusion and literacy, review Goods and Services Tax (GST) companies to initiate insolvency The Federation of Indian In 2015, the ministry had Rs 3.31 lakh as on May 17, 2017. on BHIM application. measures taken to clean up the of performance of Social Secu- is also likely to be discussed in resolution process in respect of Export Organisations (FIEO) announced 3 per cent inter- Similarly, transaction on mobile "The draft grievances balance sheets of banks so that rity Schemes including Prad- the one day Meeting of PSBs, it a default under the provisions of too said that the cost of liquid- est subsidy for exporters to cut wallets have grown by 104 per redressal rules will be placed they can start lending. han Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima said. GST is going to be rolled- the Insolvency and Bankruptcy ity is high and the government cost of credit for sectors includ- cent, Aadhaar enabled pay- before public for their views "Major issues on the agenda Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan out from July 1. Code (IBC), 2016". should look at ways to reduce ing SMEs, handicrafts, agri and ments system by 390 per cent before guidelines are firmed of the meeting, the first dur- Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana As for the recovery of bad Toxic loans of PSBs rose by that. food items. and Rupay debit card transac- up," the source said. ing this fiscal, include issues (PMSBY) and Atal Pension loans, the RBI has also made over Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 6.06 "The ministry should look at Although the country's tions by 270 per cent during the The government has been and solutions relating to Non Yojana (APY) etc, it said. substantial changes in the lakh crore during April-Decem- increasing the interest subsidy overseas shipments have started same period. running a toll free number Performing Assets (NPAs) of The day-long meeting will related norms and warned ber 2016-17. and Merchandise Exports from showing positive growth, global Bharat Interface for Money 14444 with IT industry body the Public Sector Banks (PSBs), also cover areas like cyber banks of monetary penalty Gross NPAs of PSBs nearly India Scheme (MEIS) each by 2 economic situation is still not (BHIM) launched on Decem- Nasscom but it is only limited status of MSE Credit, Stand-up security, digitalisation of the for missing NPA resolution doubled to Rs 5.02 lakh crore per cent," FIEO Director Gen- improving at a healthy rate. ber 30, 2016 has been down- to creating awareness about the India and Mudra Yojana among banking transactions, rural timelines. at the end of March 2016, from eral Ajay Sahai said. He added India's exports rose by 19.77 loaded by over 2 crore people digital payments and not for others," the finance ministry development, agriculture credit Jaitley had said the ordi- Rs 2.67 lakh crore at the end of that cost of business would per cent to $24.63 billion in and total transaction value on grievances redressal. PTI said in a statement. and education loans. nance empowered the Reserve March 2015. PTI go up for exporters under the April. PTI 71 students of Cos more prone to cyber attack, GAIL Utkarsh FPIs pour in $2-billion 60% software unregulated: EY qualified for in just 7 trading sessions MUMBAI: More than 60 per cers identified security threats added. IIT-JEE mains NEW DELHI: Foreign inves- cent of the software used by from malware as a major threat An organisation with strin- tors have pumped in nearly $2 companies in India is unreg- posed by unlicensed software, gent software asset manage- KANPUR: GAIL Utkarsh 100 billion in the country's capital ulated which poses a threat while 26 per cent employees ment practices can operate a results for IIT advance has market in the last seven trad- of cyber attacks, according to admitted to installing outside secure and cost effective IT notched a big jump with 71 ing sessions due to finalisation business practices firm EY. software on work computers. environment, she said. students in the IIT-JEE, clear- of GST rates for bulk of the "Many organisations secure "Several large corporations Software asset manage- ing out of 96 students qualified items and forecast of a normal their hardware. However, they and multinational companies ment would address inadver- in the Mains. monsoon. do not pay attention to the have started setting up soft- tent downloads of malware This is by now the biggest Interestingly, most of the software used, which could be incidents like phishing, website ware asset management offices through unauthorised soft- score of successful candidates funds have been invested in debt unregulated," Maya Ramach- intrusions and defacements, that would look into the lead- ware, or software of unknown that GAIL nurtured through markets by foreign portfolio andran, Partner, Advisory Ser- virus and denial of service ing best practices of using soft- vendors and use of removable Centre for Social Responsibility investors (FPIs). vices Practice, EY told PTI. attacks were observed in the ware including compliance and media to download software and Leadership at the Kanpur "The differential spread "More than 60 per cent of country during 2016. licensing terms to the soft- that is not supported in a cor- centre. Started in 2009-10 with between 10-year bond yields software used by companies Last month, over 100 coun- ware vendor," Ramachandran porate environment. GAIL Utkarsh 30, the second in the US and India is still in India is unregulated, which tries were hit by 'WannaCry' pointed out. It would also address issues stint of the programme was for around 4.5-5 per cent. This, can pose a threat to cyber secu- ransomware in one of the However, middle market like use of older versions of 60 students in 2010-11 and then coupled with stable outlook rity," she added. As per data most widespread cyber attacks companies are more concerned software, unauthorised con- it culminated to GAIL Utkarsh for the Indian currency bodes of Indian Computer Emer- in history. According to a about running the business and nection of personal devices to 100 from 2011-12 onward. well for FPI flows into debt mar- gency Response Team (CERT- recent EY survey, over 49 per may ignore peripheral matters corporate networks, among Till last year, a total of 511 ket," Sharekhan Head Advisory In), over 50,300 cyber security cent of chief information offi- including cyber security, she others. PTI students got into Engineer- Hemang Jani said. ing in prestigious institutions According to latest deposi- kets in January. Research at Morningstar India including IIT-JEE and NITs. tory data, FPIs have pulled out "FPIs sold into Indian equi- said. Going forward, there are DLF’s annual GAIL has been undertaking the Rs 289 crore from equities dur- ties in the first few days of May. few challenges but not strong IMG to meet telcos this week developments of poor but tal- ing June 1-9, while they poured It was only in the second week enough to disrupt the current rental income ented students with their nomi- in Rs 11,734 crore in debt mar- that they started buying. trend. Markets and the rupee nal parents annual income up kets during the period under The most prominent reason are surging higher, which offer to rise 12% at on industry’s financial woes to Rs 2.50 lakh per annum. review, translating into a net is expectation from the gov- a good profit booking oppor- The selection of students are inflow of Rs 11,445 crore ($1.77 ernment that it would speed tunity for FPIs. They did that `2,900 cr in FY18 NEW DELHI: The inter- revenue and profitability pres- by Reliance Communications done through conducting open billion). up development and economic in April and they can again use ministerial group, comprising sures as well as mounting debt. warned that the sector could test,school to school reach out This comes following a net reforms in their last two years this opportunity to book profits NEW DELHI: Realty major officials from ministries of com- On June 15, the Telecom be staring at 30,000 to 40,000 programme and interviews. inflow of more than Rs 1.33 lakh in office before going for elec- going forward. DLF's total rental income will munications and finance, is set Regulatory Authority of India job losses over the next 12-18 They are given free coaching crore in the last four months tions in 2019. "The flow is largely driven by rise by 12 per cent to about Rs to meet telecom operators this too is scheduled to meet the months. and conducted mock exams in (February-May) on several fac- "The government finalising expectation, and for the flows to 2,900 crore this fiscal on better week to discuss the financial operators to discuss their finan- Incidentally, India, with addition of class room teach- tors, including expectations that GST rates and expectation that sustain, the government has to realisation from existing com- difficulties being faced by the cial pain and seek views on a over 1.16 billion mobile users, ings at the centre. GAIL has BJP's victory in recent Assem- it will be rolled out on time, in meet those expectation. Mon- mercial assets and addition of industry and measures that can policy prescription. is the second largest telecom taken it under Corporate Social bly polls will accelerate the pace addition to forecast of normal soon will be another thing to new properties in Chennai and be taken to ease the situation. Investors and analysts will market in the world after China. responsibility and it is one of of reforms. Prior to that, such monsoon also led to positive watch out for as it tends to have Delhi. The first of these meetings be keenly watching out for cues But telecom operators here the flagship projects of the investors had pulled out over sentiment," Himanshu Srivas- big economic implications," he DLF, the country's largest kick-off on Monday, with the from these meeting, as the par- lament they are facing pres- Company. MPOST Rs 3,496 crore from the mar- tava, Senior Analyst Manager added. PTI real estate firm, earned a rental group slated to meet senior leys will set the tone for relief sure on income, profitability income of around Rs 2,600 executives from Reliance Jio, measures that could be in the and other financial metrics on crore last fiscal. The company Reliance Communications, Tata offing. account of competition inten- informed analysts that total Teleservices and Aircel, sources The industry s key demands sified by the entry of Mukesh LIC sets record on claims front, settles 99.92% cases rental income will rise to Rs told PTI. include reduction of licence fee Ambani-owned Reliance Jio. 2,900 crore in the 2017-18 fiscal. Over the course of the week, to 5 per cent (from 8 per cent), Last month, Idea Cellular MUMBAI: The Life Insurance which is undoubtedly one of the LIC is our service delivery and... its logical end. When contacted, DLF's the IMG will also meet other and flat 1 per cent spectrum reported a consolidated loss Corporation (LIC) has pulled off best performances not only in our claim settlement operations According to the source, the Managing Director (Rental operators including Bharti Air- levy. of Rs 325.6 crore in the three- a record claim performance by the country, but in the world," in particular," the source said, customer relationship manage- Buisness) Sriram Khattar said tel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, The industry also wants month period ended March settling 99.92 per cent of death an LIC source told PTI here. adding that "we would expect ment (CRM) department of that the rentals will rise as the as well as top officials of telecom the deferred payment liabil- 2017, hurt by the severe tar- claims in 2016-17 as against According to industry body Life that not only we continue to LIC has been asked to ensure company has renewed its exist- PSUs Bharat Sanchar Nigam ity of spectrum to be aligned iff war. industry average of 95 per cent. Insurance Council, there are a focus on this area, but further claim particular sheet is pre- ing stock at a higher value after Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone to the life of the airwaves, that India s largest telecom oper- The insurance behemoth total of 24 players, including strengthen it by settling 99 per pared for every outstanding case the expiry of 9-year leasing Nigam Ltd. is, 20 years with a moratorium ator Bharti Airtel too reported is keen to push the boundary LIC, active in the life insurance cent claims on month on month and regular monitoring is done. agreement with the occupiers. The operators will be asked of five years and repayment of its lowest quarterly profit in four further, looking to settle 99 per space and the industry average basis". The corporation may go for a Moreover, he said, about one to suggest measures which can 15 years. years as net earnings plunged 72 cent claims on a monthly basis of death claim settlement stands Till date, LIC has had nearly net addition of 69,000 agents, million sq ft area will get added be taken by the government to The telecom sector has a per cent in January-March, hit too in future. at around 95 per cent. 11 lakh such cases outstanding potentially taking its agency this fiscal in Chennai and the address financial woes of the debt of Rs 4.6 lakh crore. A by "sustained predatory pricing" "LIC has settled 99.92 per "One of the fundamental and expects that each and every strength to 11,31,181 at the end national capital. PTI industry that is reeling under recent investor presentation by Jio. PTI cent of death claims in 2016- 17, reasons for the strong brand of case needs to be followed up to of March 2017. PTI Sebi mulls ways to check fraudulent tax benefits via stocks NEW DELHI: Regulator Sebi steps to limit such benefits only ing long-term capital gains tax ment agencies, are looking help Sebi prove with greater details about the beneficiaries is mulling tightening its investi- to "genuine trades" as part of a (LTCG) and showing the source into thousands of cases where authority any connivance and facilitators of such trade to gation and enforcement mecha- concerted effort to clamp down of income as legitimate from exemptions from long-term between such operators and the income tax department for nism to check misuse of stock on tax evasion through "sham stock markets. Besides, bogus capital gains tax have been mis- the promoters of the listed firms further action. market platform for generating transactions". losses are also created through used to declare unaccounted -- a ground on which some reg- The regulator had also "bogus" long-term capital gains The regulator is now look- stock trades to offset the same income. Last year, Sebi identi- ulatory orders have been chal- received references from the to launder black money. ing at further steps to ensure against capital gains. fied approximately 32,000 enti- lenged. Besides, the regulator is tax department highlighting The markets watchdog has such benefits are available to While penny stocks have ties for further examination on looking at greater coordination methods used by the opera- also come across cases wherein genuine investors only as they been known as being among suspicion of violating securities with other agencies to find out tors for allegedly manipulating fraudulent tax benefits have are aimed at encouraging long- the most preferred vehicle for law to evade taxes. flow of funds for suspected enti- prices of scrips and thus misus- been claimed through trades term investment culture in the such misdeeds, the regulator is While interim penal action ties to prove any connivance. ing the stock exchange platform in some blue-chip stocks, as country, the official said, while now looking into possible mis- has already been taken by Sebi The regulator is also for booking LTCG, short-term against the common perception adding that some changes are use of LTCG benefits by trading against hundreds of those enti- strengthening its rules to clamp capital loss and thereby evad- of only penny stocks being used required in the surveillance in blue-chip stocks. message as such benefits are also looking into cases of blue- ties, it has forwarded a large down on those involved in ing tax. as vehicles for such frauds, a top and enforcement mechanism While there have been sug- given to promote investments. chip stocks as the data suggest number of such cases to the tax stock manipulations and take To further tighten the noose official said. While the rules to weed out "bogus LTCG gains" gestions from some quarters While steps have been taken that 80-90 per cent of the LTCG department and other agencies action against all listed com- around manipulators and black provide exemption from long- by misusing this provision. about totally doing away with to check any unnatural rise or exemptions being claimed are for further investigation and panies, along with their pro- money launderers in the stock term capital gains through stock The modus operandi in such the LTCG exemptions, there is fall in share prices -- as seen in for larger companies. Sebi and necessary action at their end. moters and directors, found to markets, Sebi is undertaking market trades, the government cases typically involved stock a buzz that such a drastic move penny stocks misused by tax the tax department, along with A stronger surveillance and be in cahoots with such oper- a comprehensive review of its in this year's Budget, announced market dealings aimed at evad- could actually send a wrong evaders -- the regulator is now various regulatory and enforce- enforcement mechanism would ators.Sebi is referring all the surveillance systems. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 mp EPFO to invest `22,500 cr in ONGC keen to buy HPCL, exchange traded funds in FY18

NEW DELHI: Retirement fund body EPFO will park ` about Rs 22,500 crore in the may cost about 42,254 cr exchange traded funds this fis- cal following the approval of NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil stake acquisition in HPCL it its trustees to enhance invest- and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) will have to borrow at least Rs ments in equity or equity is keen to acquire India's third- 18,000 crore, they said. linked schemes last month, a biggest fuel retailer HPCL in a If the open offer is made, senior official has said. Rs 42,254 crore deal after find- additional borrowings would Last month, the Employ- ing Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd have to be done. There are only ees Provident Fund Organisa- (BPCL) too expensive to buy. six major companies in the oil tion's (EPFO) apex decision Following up on Finance sector - ONGC and Oil India making body had approved the Minister Arun Jaitley's Bud- Ltd being the oil producers, proposal to increase the invest- get announcement of creat- Indian Oil Corp (IOC), HPCL ments in exchange traded funds ing an integrated oil company, and BPCL in refinery business from 10 per cent to 15 per cent ONGC evaluated options of and GAIL in midstream gas of the investible deposits. acquiring either Hindustan transportation business. "The EPFO had invested Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) The rest such as ONGC Rs 1.5 lakh crore 2016-17. The or BPCL - the two downstream Videsh, Chennai Petroleum investible deposits are also esti- oil refining and fuel marketing Corp (CPCL), Numaligarh mated at Rs 1.5 lakh crore dur- companies. Refinery Ltd and MRPL are ing the current fiscal. Thus the While acquiring either one already subsidiaries of one of EPFO investments in ETF in Last month, the Employees Provident of them made a lot of busi- these six PSUs. 2016-17 would be about Rs Fund Organisation's (EPFO) apex ness sense, ONGC found the Sources said the options 22,500 crore," EPFO's Central nation's second-biggest fuel were very limited and ONGC Provident Fund Commissioner decision making body had approved retailer, BPCL too expensive, creating an integrated oil com- an open offer to buy another ship is not going to change. chose HPCL over BPCL. V P Joy told PTI. the proposal to increase the investments sources privy to the develop- pany through merge of an oil 26 per cent stake from other But sources said that HPCL will add 23.8 million Joy further said, "The EPFO ment said. producer with a refiner, the shareholders of HPCL would way back in February 2002, tonnes of annual oil refining has invested Rs 23,000 crore in exchange traded funds from 10% to BPCL has a market cap of idea was dropped for the fear of at current price cost ONGC state- owned Indian Oil Corp capacity to ONGC's portfo- in ETFs so far. The annualised 15% of the investible deposits Rs 1,01,738 crore and buying not repeating of the Air India- another Rs 14,247 crore. (IOC) had acquired govern- lio, making it the third-larg- return on these investments has government's 54.93 per cent Indian Airlines merger. As per Sebi's takeover code, ment's 33.58 per cent stake in est refiner in the country after been over 12 per cent so far." 2015, which was raised to 10 The retirement fund body would along have entailed an Similar differences in work if a company acquires more fuel retailer IBP Co Ltd for IOC and Reliance Industries. The EPFO has an invest- per cent last year. has over four crore contribut- outgo of Rs 55,885 crore. culture and ethos prevail in than 25 per cent in another Rs 1,153.68 crore and had to ONGC already is majority ment mix of government secu- In 2015, the finance minis- ing subscribers and has pro- So, ONGC is in favour of upstream and downstream listed company, it has to make make an open offer for addi- owner of MRPL, which has a rities, state loans, corporate try had allowed private provi- vided 8.65 per cent rate of acquiring HPCL, which has a firms and so the exercise an open offer to buy at least tional shares. 15- million tons refinery. bonds and others like Special dent funds to invest 5-15 per interest on PF deposits for market cap of Rs 54,797 crore under consideration now is to 26 per cent more in the target Both IOC and IBP were Sources said ONGC buying Deposit Scheme (SDS). The cent of its investible depos- 2016-17, a tad lower than 8.8 and buying government's entire only help government mop up firm. government owned companies. HPCL will require two sets of EPFO, however, gets returns its in equity or equity-linked per cent for 2015-16. 51.11 per cent stake would resources and HPCL would Some reports have sug- Sources said the oil min- Cabinet approval - one where even lower than 8 per cent on schemes. The EPFO's apex decision entail an outgo of Rs 28,006 become a mere subsidiary of gested that ONGC buying gov- istry and ONGC may try the government approves sale some of its investments partic- In view of the volatile making body is the Central crore. Another Rs 14,000 crore ONGC. ernment stake in HPCL may and seek exemption from the of its all or part of its 51.11 ularly government bonds and nature of stock markets, the Board of Trustees (CBT).[3] or so would be required in case ONGC already has a refin- not trigger an open-offer rule open offer to keep the acqui- per cent stake to ONGC, and schemes. EPFO had then decided to start The total assets under man- open offer has to be made. ing subsidiary in Mangalore as the government's holding sition cost low. ONGC has the other for allowing ONGC The EPFO had entered the with investing just 5 per cent of agement are more than 8.5 lakh Sources said while initially Refinery and Petrochemcials is being transferred to another cash reserve of Rs 13,014 crore to spend the money on stock market by investing 5 its over Rs 1 lakh crore invest- crore ($128 billion) as of 18 the government was looking at Ltd (MPRL). Sources said state-run firm and the owner- and to fund the government stake buy. PTI per cent in the ETFs in August ible amount in ETFs. March 2016. PTI Western Coalfields gets green Interviews for heads of 4 PSU Discovery India likely to be power nod for Ghonsa mine expansion FIs to be held on June 22-23 wants India surplus nation in FY18 NEW DELHI: Interviews to reason for BBB not conducting among its top NEW DELHI: State-owned appoint heads of four public sec- the interview for heads of FIs is CIL subsidiary Western Coal- tor financial institutions (FIs), not known, but the new mech- ten markets NEW DELHI: India may fields Ltd (WCL) has received including Sidbi, IIFCL and Exim anism has got Appointments become a power surplus coun- environment nod for expan- Bank, are scheduled to be held Committee of Cabinet (ACC) try in the current fiscal as the sion of production capacity of on June 22 and 23. approval, sources said. energy shortage and peak power its Ghonsa open cast mine in The panel comprising of BBB, set up by Prime Min- deficit was already less than 1 Maharashtra entailing a cost of Financial Services Secretary, ister Narendra Modi in April per cent in April with many over Rs 102 crore. Additional Secretary and other 2016, was entrusted with the states reporting nil electricity The proposal is to increase experts will hold interviews to task of finding right candi- deficit. the capacity to 0.60 mtpa from find heads of four public sec- dates for the executive heads According to Central 0.45 million tonnes per annum tor financial institutions, and of state-owned banks and finan- Electricity Authority's latest (mtpa) with an increase in mine to compliance of some condi- The Ghonsa mine carries a total not Banks Board Bureau (BBB), cial institutions. Other mem- NEW DELHI: US-based Dis- monthly report for April, the lease area to 278.68 hectares tions, the official said. geological reserve of 20.50 mt sources said. The panel will bers of the panel include former covery Communications Inc energy shortage in the country from 128.79 hectares. The mine, located in the with a mineable reserve of about interview about 19 shortlisted chairperson of Allahabad Bank expects India to become one is reported at 0.5 per cent dur- "The Union Environment Yavatmal district, has a coal 4.90 mt. applicants, sources said, add- Shubhalakshmi Panse, IndAsia of its top 10 markets globally ing the month compared to 1.4 Ministry has accorded the final linkage with thermal power The company will use open ing about 6 Indian Adminis- Chairman Pradip Shah and IIM in the next decade as it takes per cent a year ago. They are: Andhra Pradesh, environment clearance to West- plants of Mahagenco and oth- cast method of mining with trative Service (IAS) officers, Indore Director R T Krishnan steps to cater to mass viewing In April, the energy shortage Delhi, Himachal Pradesh (PPD ern Coalfields' Ghonsa mine ers. The expansion is expected to Shovel-Dumper combination. including two Joint Secretaries will select heads of India Infra- segment including sports. was as low as 0.1 per cent each in zero), Jharkhand (PPD zero), expansion proposal," a senior improve supply of non-coking The coal will be transported in of Finance Ministry itself, have structure Finance Company As TV viewership under- Western, Southern and Eastern Maharashtra, Meghalaya (ES government official said. The coal for power plants and other pit by dumpers and the mine been shortlisted for interview, Ltd (IIFCL), Export- Import goes a change in India with the region. However the Northeast- zero), Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, green signal to the expansion bulk consumers in western and will produce processed ROM which may raise issue of conflict Bank of India (Exim Bank), advent of digital technology, the ern region has reported energy Telangana (ES zero), Uttara- project has been given subject southern parts of the country. coal of Grade G-9. PTI of interest. However, the exact Sidbi and IFCI. PTI company is adopting a hybrid shortage of 4.5 per cent. It was khand (PPD zero). strategy of expanding in tra- 1.5 per cent in the Northern Uttar Pradesh, where BJP ditional segment as well as a region. recently won elections with a Exit from Jharia coal preparing platform to tap on- Peak power deficit too has thumping majority, reported GM's separation offer to Indian the-go content consumers. reduced to 0.8 per cent across an energy shortage of just 1 per "If you look at pure num- the country in April this year. cent in April from 14 per cent belt to cost railways employees to close this week ber's prospective then I would It was recorded at 0.1 per cent level a year ago. Besides, the love India to be among top 10 each in Southern, Eastern and peak power deficit was down ` NEW DELHI: General service or part thereof in excess markets for Discovery globally. Western regions. to zero. 2,500 crore annually Motors, which has decided of six months" in normal cases. At core, we want a scalable However, the Northeastern According to the load gen- NEW DELHI: The Indian Rail- to stop selling vehicles in the On the other hand, for those play to be the among top 10 region reported a peak power eration balancing report of the ways is staring at a possible loss Indian market from year-end, who are nearing retirement, markets in 10 years," Discovery deficit of 2.2 per cent in April. Central Electricity Authority for of over Rs 2,500 crore annually has given its employees here GM offered employees com- Networks Asia Pacific SVP and It was 1.8 per cent in North- 2017-18, India would become due to imminent closure of the less than a month to opt for a pensation of "monthly salary GM South Asia, Karan Bajaj ern region. As per the Power power surplus nation. 41-km long line between Chan- voluntary separation scheme multiplied by the remaining told PTI. Right now India ranks Ministry data, many states have It said, "All India power drapura and Dhanbad as the (VSS) as it starts winding down months of service till normal between 15 to 20 global markets reported nil energy shortage supply position indicates that land around the section in Jharia operations in the country. age of retirement". The mini- of Discovery Communications. and peak power deficit in April the country is likely to have a coalfields has started caving in After announcing its deci- mum compensation payable Bajaj said for Discovery, the this year. These states include peak surplus of 6.8 per cent and due to underground fire. sion to stop retailing vehicles around 400 employees engaged eligible shall be three months Asia Pacific region that includes Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, energy surplus of 8.8 per cent." Rail traffic on the section on May 18, the company sent in domestic sales and after sales salary, it added. India and China contributes Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, It also said that surplus will be completely suspended mails to employees the very activities would be impacted. According to sources, less than 5 per cent to the net- Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim and energy is anticipated in the from June 15. next day about the VSS that According to the internal nearly 250 people in market- work's global turnover. Tripura, West Bengal. order of 7.4 per cent, 13 per The closure of the section in will close on June 15, 2017. communication accessed by ing, sales, finance and admin- Discovery Communica- There are other states where cent, 9.8 per cent and 3.0 per Jharkhand will affect the daily General Motors India Pres- PTI, the company offered com- istration are likely to be given tions Inc had reported full year energy shortage (ES) and peak cent in the Southern, Western, movement of 37 passenger and ident and Managing Direc- pensation of "45 days salary for golden handshakes by Septem- revenues of around $6.5 billion power deficit (PPD) has been Northern and North-Eastern freight trains resulting in a loss tor Kaher Kazem had stated every year of completed year of ber itself. PTI in 2016. PTI up to 1 per cent in April. Regions respectively. PTI of about Rs 7 crore a day. Jharia, one of India's biggest coalfields is estimated to have attended by senior officials from nearly 80 cases of underground the Geological Survey of India Airfares: Govt mulls analytics tool to provide price trends fire since 1916. and NITI Aayog to discuss the According to experts, unsafe action plan to divert the double and illegal mining has led to fire line from the area. NEW DELHI: The govern- aviation industry stakeholders in coal deposits under the sur- Besides the goods trains ment is mulling having an last week. Slash taxes if you want aviation face of the Jharia coalfields. The that carry excavated coal from analytics tool that will provide Earlier, an official had said continuous fire now pose a seri- the mines, the affected 37 pairs future ticket price trends for the that having such an analytics to grow: IATA to Indian govt ous risk to the population living of daily train services some of travellers, amid lingering con- tool would first require a res- in the area and a threat to rail the important trains include cerns over steep fluctuations ervoir of data collected from CANCUN (MEXICO): If India travel, respectively, de Juniac transport. The Director General the Howrah-Ranchi Shatabdi in airfares. airlines, airports and travel wants its aviation sector to grow, said he was talking about the of Mining Safety has stated in Express, Patna-Ranchi Jan- Historical data analysis as portals. it should lower the entire burden entire financial burden on the its reports that land around the shatabdi Express, Dhanbad- well as "price curves with pre- Currently, many travel por- of taxes and charges on it, global airline industry. The financial coalfield has finally started cav- Patna Pataliputra Express, dictive data analytics" are pro- tals provide information on airlines body IATA has said. burden includes the total costs ing in and public utility assets Hatia-Gorakhpur Maurya posed to be utilised to have a future airfare trends. "We have always said to the on aviation fuel and an array of including the age-old railway Express, and Dhanbad-Alap- long term picture about airfare Airlines follow a dynamic (Indian) government to please charges on airports, navigation, tracks are no longer safe now. puzha Express. trends in different sectors. pricing mechanism for the tick- lower the taxes if you want landing and parking, he added. The PMO held a meeting There are a number of prob- The proposal, which is ets that is mainly dependent on aviation sector to develop and About his comments that last month with officials from lems associated with the task being considered by the Civil With the country's domestic aviation demand trends. bring much more prosperity and privatisation of aviation infra- the Railway Ministry, the Coal of closing down the Dhanbad- Aviation Ministry, would also Steep variations in air ticket much more additional taxes at structure, including airports, Ministry, the Jharkhand gov- Chandrapura line, said the offi- help in ensuring more trans- market projected to be the world's third prices, especially during natu- the end of the day, than you will has failed to deliver benefits to ernment and other ministries cial. Drawing out a completely parency as air ticket prices are largest by 2022, the Ministry is working ral calamities and festival sea- lose by a lower rate of tax on avi- the industry in India, Austra- concerned to take stock of the new line entails acquiring of generally driven by supply and sons, have been a matter of ation," IATA Director General lia and some other countries, situation and in principle it was land, ensuring alignment with demand metrics. on an initiative to ensure seamless and debate in various quarters and and CEO Alexandre de Juniac the IATA chief said, "in India, agreed upon to shift all utili- the existing network, setting With the country's domes- paperless travel for the passengers right some time back there were sug- told PTI here. In a wide-rang- among other countries, privati- ties and railway line from the up rail tracks and station infra- tic aviation market projected to gestions to cap the fares. ing interview on the sidelines of sation of airports has been partly affected area. structure which will take a mini- be the world's third largest by from booking an air ticket In an apparent reference the recent World Air Transport a good thing, partly a bad one". "We have been asked to mum of three years. 2022, the Ministry is working to such concerns, Civil Avia- Summit, he said, "in India, we "It's a good thing that there consider the exit plan from Though multiple commit- on an initiative to ensure seam- experience". torical data analysis and trends tion Minister Ashok Gajapathi have a problem of course. Air- has been a significant improve- Jharia coalbelt to draw up its tees and expert groups have less and paperless travel for the To provide airfare trends for for airfares help would passen- Raju, last month, said floors space, fuel and other charges are ment in infrastructure in major diversion path for the Dhan- advised the government ways passengers right from booking public, "price curves with pre- gers plan their trip efficiently. and caps would push the cost too high. If they want to develop cities like Delhi and Mumbai. bad- Chandrapura line," said a to douse the underground fires an air ticket. dictive data analytics to help In this regard, the Minis- of the tickets. aviation, they should lower the But privatisation has been bad senior Railway Ministry official since nationalisation of mines The proposal for analytics passengers project future air- try is also looking at creating a "Strategies for additional taxes and the costs". because of the very, very high who attended the meeting. The began in 1971, only around tool for airfare trends is part fares and efficient price discov- "civil aviation data repository". capacities have to be brought in When told that the govern- charges the airlines have to meeting chaired by Nripendra 10 fires out of 80 have been of the 'Digiyatra' initiative that ery," according to a document Analytics tool for airfares is place because additional capac- ment has fixed the GST rate on pay. (There is) an unbearable Mishra, the Principal Secretary extinguished using different seeks to provide airline travel- from the Ministry. among the ideas that have been ities will bring down prices," he air tickets at 5 and 12 per cent increase in airport charges," to the Prime Minister, was also methods. PTI lers a "digitally unified flying As per the document, his- discussed by the Ministry with had said. PTI for domestic and international he said. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday,12 June, 2017 VIJAY MALLYA BOOED WITH PRABHU ORDERS INQUIRY INTO USAIN BOLT PROVIDES FIREWORKS ‘CHOR, CHOR’ CHANTS AT OVAL PARA-ATHLETE’S BERTH ISSUE IN JAMAICAN SWANSONG LONDON: Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya was on Sunday NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu ordered KINGSTON: Usain Bolt partied with his devoted fans in an emo- heckled by cricket fans who chanted “chor, chor” (thief, thief) as an inquiry into the way medal-winning para- athlete tional farewell at the National Stadium as he ran his final race he arrived to watch the India vs South Africa Champions Trophy Suvarna Raj was treated in a train. According to reports, on Jamaican soil. Bolt is retiring in August following the London match at The Oval cricket ground. “Chor gaya chor (there goes the wheelchair-bound athlete was denied a differently World Championships. On Saturday, Bolt was determined to put a thief) and chor, chor (thief, thief),” were among the chants that abled-friendly berth in the Nagpur- Nizamuddin Garib on a spectacle as he won the 100 metre “Salute to a Legend” could be heard from the crowds. Rath express despite repeated requests. race in front of a raucous crowd of 30,000. Batsmen guide India to glory after bowlers demolish SA

(Left) Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh shake hands with South African players after the match. (Above) India celebrate the wicket of South Africa’s Andile Phehlukwayo PICS/AP/PTI LONDON: Defending cham- 50-plus score in the competi- through the off-side cordon, of Morkel to hit him down the at 116 for one at one stage. Two pions India outclassed South tion, while skipper Kohli made Kohli caressed it with care, hit- ground, whip him through mid- run-outs of skipper AB de Vil- Africa in all departments of the amends for a rare failure against ting seven fours and a six as the wicket and slash the pacer over liers (16) and David Miller (1) game to enter the semi-finals Sri Lanka in style, notching up duo added 128 runs for the sec- the off-side cordon. By the time within the space of six deliveries of the ICC Champions Trophy his 41st ODI half century. ond wicket. India’s total touched 100, the triggered the slide from which with a comprehensive eight- On a day when it mattered A rhythm player to the match was as good as over. It they could never recover, with wicket victory here on Sunday. the most, India brought their core, Dhawan has made the was Yuvraj Singh, who finished almost all the Indian bowlers India will meet Bangladesh A game to the fore while AB de best use of the second lease the match with a pulled six off succeeding in choking the runs. in the semi-finals in Birming- Villiers’ men wilted under pres- of life that he has got in this JP Duminy. Earlier, an impres- India bowled an astounding ham on Thursday. sure, as it has been with them Champions Trophy. The feroc- sive bowling performance that 141 dot balls which is equiva- The Proteas lived up to their in high-stakes games. ity with which he drove was a was complemented by fantastic lent to 23.3 maiden overs out ‘Perennial Chokers’ tag in a The Indian bowling was dis- treat to watch. fielding effort, saw the holders of the 44.2 overs that South virtual quarter-final clash that ciplined, the fielding exceptional When Imran Tahir bowled skittle out South Africa for a Africa batted. turned out to be a thoroughly with three run-outs, and then short, he pulled him with dis- paltry 191 in 44.3 overs after Brief Scores: one-sided encounter. Shikhar there was a professional batting dain. Skipper Kohli also made winning the toss. India vs South Africa: Dhawan (78 off 83 balls) and performance. If it’s the Champi- merry with no pressure. He saw It was yet another embar- SA: 191 (Quinton de Kock 53, skipper Virat Kohli (76 off 101 ons Trophy, Dhawan can hardly off Morkel’s first spell before rassing batting collapse after Faf du Plessis 36). balls) made it look like a walk in put a foot wrong as he hit 12 teeing off with a cover driven the openers put on 76 runs. The IND: 193/2 (Shikhar Dhawan the park as India chased down fours and a flicked six off Morne six off rookie pacer Andile world’s number one team lost 78, Virat Kohli 76 n.o., Jasprit a target of 192 in only 38 overs. Morkel over deep square leg. Phehlykwayo. the last eight wickets for 51 runs Bumrah 2/28, Bhuvneshwar It was Dhawan’s third If Dhawan muscled the ball He later used the extra pace after being comfortably placed Kumar 2/23). AGENCIES After upset ISL set to LA DECIMA: King of Clay immortalises himself wins, Pak, Lanka announce new square off for football teams last 4 spot NEW DELHI: Football Sports for the Kolkata clubs was the CARDIFF: Their campaigns Development Limited (FSDL), I-League running simultane- back on track after upset wins, the organisers of the Indian ously and also the fact that Pakistan and Sri Lanka face Super League (ISL), will on I-League will lose its sheen each other in their conclud- Monday announce the win- if both leagues were to run ing Champions Trophy group ning bids for new teams for the together. match in a virtual ‘quarter-final’ cash-rich football tournament. East Bengal and Mohun here on Monday. The winning bidders will be Bagan also wanted a waiver of Both the teams lost their enrolled and awarded the right the Rs 15 crore franchise fee if opening matches but bounced to participate in the ISL from they were to take part in the ISL. back into reckoning after pro- the 2017-18 football season. “Patel has said that the ducing two of the tournament’s An independent panel I-League will also be shown biggest upsets so far. conducted the tender process, on Star network and assured the Pakistan suffered a 124-run which commenced on May I-league clubs of equal mileage. thrashing at the hands of arch- 12 through ‘Invitation To Bid’ He has asked them to get back rivals and defending champi- (ITB) and evaluated the bids to by next week on his proposal,” ons India but then notched up maintain an open and transpar- an official said on condition of an upset win over world num- (Left) Rafael Nadal holds the trophy as he celebrates winning his tenth French Open title. Wawrinka breaks his racket in frustration during the match ent process. anonymity. PICS/AP/PTI ber one side South Africa to The bids were invited from It was also learnt that the PARIS: Rafael Nadal coasted to major 10 times. His collection time. He also lost just 35 games is impossible to describe. “It’s his three previous Grand Slam stay alive. prospective team owners in I-League clubs seemed happy a record 10th French Open title of Slams now stands just three in total and only six in the final, difficult to compare with other singles finals. He beat Nadal in Sri Lanka too suffered respect of 10 cities -- Ahmed- with the Kolkata clubs saying on Sunday, demolishing Stan behind great rival Roger Federer, his most comprehensive victory tournaments but the nerves and the 2014 Australian Open and a heavy 96-run defeat at the abad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Dur- they will discuss it with their Wawrinka in a brutally one- a staggering statistic coming just since allowing Roger Federer adrenaline I feel, it’s like no other Novak Djokovic in the 2015 hands of South Africa but gapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, other officials after getting back sided final which also earned a year after he quit Roland Gar- four games in the 2008 final. place.” Nadal was joined on the French Open and in the 2016 came up with a stunning bat- Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and to Kolkata. the Spaniard a 15th Grand Slam ros with a wrist injury. Playing “It’s really incredible. To win presentation by his uncle Toni, United States Open. ting show to shock India by Thiruvananthapuram. In the meeting, East Ben- crown. Nadal, 31, triumphed in his 22nd Grand Slam final, La Decima is very, very spe- his coach since boyhood, who is “Rafa, I have nothing to say seven wickets to place them- As per the timelines gal were represented by senior 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to become the first Nadal triumphed in Paris with- cial,” said Nadal. “I am very stepping down at the end of the -- you were too good,” said third selves in contention for a semi- declared in ITB and to main- officials Debabrata Sarkar and man in history to win the same out dropping a set for a third emotional. The feeling I have year. Wawrinka had never lost in seed Wawrinka. AGENCIES final berth. tain transparency in the pro- Shanti Ranjan Dasgupta, while Pakistan bowlers, except cess, the organisers closed the the meeting also had Shillong for Mohammad Amir, were window for bid submission on Lajong owner Larsing Ming hammered by the top-order May 25. Sawyan and Churchil Brothers Injured Maria Sharapova out of Wimbledon Indian batsmen but they made On Saturday, Kolkata CEO Valanka Alemao. Bagan amends against South Africa giants East Bengal and Mohun top official Srinjoy Bose also LONDON: Maria Sharapova whose batting line-up has sev- Bagan alongwith several other attended the meeting. withdrew from Wimbledon The 30-year-old Russian, who was eral match-winners like A B I-League clubs met All India Apart from Patel, AIFF after failing to recover from a champion at the All England Club in de Villiers and Hashim Amla. Football Federation (AIFF) Vice-President Subrata Dutta, thigh injury, dealing another Left-arm spinner Imad chief Praful Patel at a posh General Secretary Kushal Das blow to the superstar’s bid to 2004, was due to play in the qualifying Wasim (2/20) and paceman hotel here. and I-League CEO Sunando rebuild her career following a event in the hope of making the main Hasan Ali (3/24) bowled beau- The bone of contention Dhar were present. AGENCIES doping ban. tifully to restrict the Proteas to The 30-year-old Russian, draw a meagre 219 for 8. BCCI RUBBISHES REPORTS ON CRICKET who was champion at the All Babar Azam (31 not out) England Club in 2004, was due fered the thigh injury which has Association) for their amazing and Shoaib Malik (16 not out) ADVISORY COMMITTEE CLAIMING MONEY to play in the qualifying event now sidelined her from Wim- support on my return and pro- got Pakistan ahead of their NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Sunday rubbished media in the hope of making the main bledon for a second successive viding me with a Birmingham required run-rate to secure a draw. season. Bruised by the Roland wild card, a tournament which 19-run win under the Duck- reports that the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) “After an additional scan, Garros snub, Sharapova decided I hope many of you will be able worth-Lewis method when wants to be suitably remunerated for picking the Indian the muscle tear that I sustained not to request a Wimbledon to attend,” Sharapova added in rain stopped play with their team’s head coach, terming them “baseless and mali- in Rome will unfortunately not wildcard, deciding instead to her statement. “I look forward side 119 for three off 27 overs. cious”. Reports in a section of the media claimed that allow me to compete in the take her chances in three rounds to meeting you there next year.” Pakistan captain Sarfraz the CAC -- comprising Indian cricket legends Sachin grass court tournaments I was of qualifying. She was still con- Only two weeks ago, Wim- Ahmed had attributed the win Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman -- want scheduled to play,” she said in troversially handed a wildcard bledon decided that the qual- against South Africa to good to be paid for picking the national coach. “BCCI wishes a statement. for the WTA grasscourt event in ifying event, held at nearby bowling against a strong side “I will continue to work on At the moment the five- tition in April at the Stuttgart Birmingham later this month, a Roehampton, would be broad- and he would look for another to clarify that there has been no such claim and the my recovery and my next sched- time Grand Slam title winner Open, reaching the semi-finals, key warm-up for Wimbledon. cast for the first time. such display against the Lank- story carried by the newspaper is totally baseless and uled tournament is in Stanford is ranked at 178. and progressed to the last 32 of But the injury she suffered However, a spokeswoman ans on Monday. devoid of facts,” Cricket Board CEO Rahul Johri said from July 31.” She was initially banned for the Madrid Open. in the Rome claycourt event in for the All England Lawn Ten- The Pakistani side also had in a release. As per reports, the three former cricket- The former world number two years for using meldonium, She failed to earn a qualify- May has scuppered her plans, nis Club, the tournament organ- the luxury of playing in front of ers, who held their first meeting after the India-Sri one returned from a 15-month with the penalty later reduced ing spot for the French Open leaving her to probably hope for isers, told AFP that this was a partisan crowd in Birming- Lanka Champions Trophy game in London on Thursday, doping ban in April but has by the Court of Arbitration for and was then denied a wild card a wild card into the US Open, one of several “long-planned” ham. It is unlikely to have the relied on wildcards to get into Sport (CAS), which ruled she into the main draw by Roland the season’s final Grand Slam changes and not a decision same support in Cardiff tomor- informed Johri that they “don’t want their services to be tournaments because her world was not an intentional doper. Garros organisers despite being event. She was champion in New made in response to the added row and it will have to be seen honorary”. AGENCIES ranking points expired while she After her ban expired, a two-time champion. York in 2006. “I want to thank interest in the event caused by how much it impacts on the was banned. Sharapova returned to compe- On the same day, she suf- the LTA (Britain’s Lawn Tennis Sharapova’s presence. AGENCIES team performance. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 mp United agree In-form Praneeth terms to sign I thought grass courts were Lindelof eyes Indonesia title MANCHESTER: Manchester United have agreed to terms for football, says Ostapenko with Portuguese football champions Benfica to buy Swed- PARIS: French Open champion in the mood on Saturday when Jelena Ostapenko will head to thousands of her compatriots ish defender Victor Wimbledon as the sport’s new- watched her victory on a giant Lindelof. “Manchester est star admitting that she once TV screen erected in front of United is pleased to believed grass courts were suit- the city’s iconic Freedom Monu- announce that it has able only for football and not ment. “It’s not scary to have the reached agreement tennis. attention, it’s always nice to have The 20-year-old Latvian fans,” said Ostapenko, suddenly with Benfica for the stunned favourite and world 2.3 million better off and with transfer of Victor number four Simona Halep 4-6, a new world ranking of 12 to Lindelof, subject to a 6-4, 6-3 yesterday to become her name from her current 47. medical examination, tennis’s most unlikely Grand “Of course, there will be Slam champion. more pressure but I will try international clear- It was her first career title as and deal with it. “It may be dif- ance and personal she became the lowest- ranked ficult but I chose the life of a JAKARTA: On a roll with suc- terms,” United said on winner in Paris, taking the tro- tennis player. I will be fine with cessive title wins, shuttler B Sai Praneeth clinched their website. “A fur- phy in just her eighth major it. There will be attention when Praneeth will look to continue the Singapore ther announcement appearance. I go home because I have made his rampaging form when he Next up on the Grand Slam history for my country.” Now leads the Indian challenge at Super Series in will be made once the circuit is Wimbledon where that Ostapenko has one Slam the USD 1,000,000 Indonesia April before lifting transfer is complete.” Ostapenko was junior cham- under her belt, she is hungry Super Series Premier which the statement added. pion in 2014. for more. begins with the qualifier, here the Thailand According to media However, she admitted that AP/PTI “It was always my goal to on Monday. Grand Prix Gold reports, Manchester when she came across a grass win a Grand Slam title, now I The 24-year-old Indian court for the first time, it was want to win them all,” she said. clinched the Singapore Super crown last week United have agreed hardly love at first sight. shock Paris win as she recalled soccer. “But then I learned how dealing with her sudden fame Her ambition will be slightly Series in April before lifting to pay Benfica around “When I first played on grass playing on grass at Roehampton to play on it and understood the which will be under a harsh easier to achieve now that Ser- the Thailand Grand Prix Gold Among others in men’s $40 million to capture I didn’t like it, I really didn’t in England as a 15-year-old. “I movement. Now I really like it.” spotlight when Wimbledon ena Williams, her idol, is off the crown last week. He will now singles, Ajay Jayaram will face the 22-year old. AGENCIES understand it,” she told a small didn’t see how people could play Ostapenko said she was starts in four weeks’ time. tour, expecting her first child in hope for another good week Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie, group of reporters following her tennis on it. I thought grass is for more than comfortable with Her home town of Riga got September. AGENCIES when he opens his campaign while Singapore Open finalist against second seeded Korean Kidambi Srikanth meets Hong NEXT GENERATION Son Wan Ho. Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vin- Olympic silver medallist P cent and Sameer Verma will Stokes can ‘go through roof ’ V Sindhu will also look to con- take on fourth seed Dane Jan tinue her good form but three- O Jorgensen. time former champion, Saina The run-up to the tourna- after downing Aus: Morgan Nehwal will face a tough task as ment was marred by visa has- she faces Thailand’s Ratchanok sles with some of the Indian BIRMINGHAM: Eoin Morgan spinner Adil Rashid four for 41. Intanon in the opening round. shuttlers being on the verge of said the potential of Ben Stokes When the match resumed, Sindhu had clinched the missing the event as their pass- is “through the roof” after hav- Morgan hit boundaries off the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold ports were with the Canadian ing the best view in the house first two balls he faced from and India Super Series this sea- Embassy. as the all-rounder’s stunning Australia spearhead Mitchell son before crashing out of the H S Prannoy, who was one century helped England knock Starc, part of a sequence of five Malaysia Open in the opening of the Indian shuttlers whose Australia out of the Champi- fours in 11 balls “We felt that the round and making quarterfinal passport arrived just in the nick ons Trophy. positive way was the best way,” exits at Singapore and Asian of time, will play in the quali- England, already through to the Morgan told reporters of the Championship. fiers against Malaysia Zulfadli semi-finals of a tournament fea- chat he’d had with Stokes shortly The 21-year-old, who Zulkiffli. turing the world’s top eight one- before the match got underway achieved a career-best world Manu Attri and B Sumeeth day international sides, were again. “It managed to work, we no. 2 ranking early this year, Reddy will face Chinese Tai- reeling at 35 for three chasing off, England were 240 for four off did it in our own way.” will face Thailand’s Pornpawee pei’s Lu Ching Yao and Yang a target of 278 at Edgbaston on 40.2 overs and won by 40 runs Turning to fellow left- Chochuwong and the Indian Po Han in men’s doubles, while Saturday. under the Duckworth-Lewis- handed batsman Stokes, now will look for a consistent run Sumeeth will pair up with Ash- But in a match their arch- Stern method. A previous rain one of the hottest properties in in the tournament. wini Ponnappa in mixed dou- rivals had to win to join them break gave Morgan and Stokes world cricket after an impressive Saina, on the other hand, bles event. in the last four, Stokes, with an time to assess their approach debut season in the Twenty20 has been struggling with her World no. 15 Pranaav Jerry ODI best 102 not out, and Eng- after a top-order collapse threat- Indian Premier League, Morgan fitness and form and slipped Chopra and N Sikki Reddy will land captain Morgan (87) put ened to undo England’s earlier said: “His potential is through out of the world top 10 for the also feature in the mixed dou- on 159 for the fourth wicket at good work in restricting Aus- the roof. He’s always look- first time in last seven years last bles event, taking on a qualifier. better than a run-a-ball. tralia to 277 for nine, with fast ing to influence the game -- England players celebrate after defeating Venezuela during the final match of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. week. The Indian will need to While Sikki and Ashwini will By the time a second rain bowler Mark Wood taking an bat, ball, or even in the field,” England won the U-20 World Cup for the very first time after Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s goal PIC/AP/PTI bring her top game to stay alive compete in women’s doubles interruption saw the game called ODI best four for 33 and leg- he said. AGENCIES in the event. as well. AGENCIES Anand loses Loew in a battle to solve New Zealand were too dependent on Williamson, to Giri in Germany’s striker problem Altibox chess Taylor in Champions Trophy, says Shane Bond BERLIN: To win the 2018 And both couldn’t be more STAVANGER: Five-time football World Cup in Russia, different when it comes to DUBAI: Former New Zealand tional Cricket Council’s (ICC) the game against New Zea- World Champion Viswana- Germany’s head coach Joachim character and their games. pacer Shane Bond on Sunday website. land after having been than Anand suffered his second Loew will have to change the While Werner is, accord- said the Kiwis were too depen- “I thought there was not 33 for four showed very defeat in the Altibox Norway structure of his successful 2014 ing to his club coach Ralph dent on skipper Kane William- enough productivity from the good composure. chess tournament after losing team. Hasenhuettl, the hottest son and veteran batsman Ross middle-order group of Neil “There is a lot of good talent to Anish Giri of Holland in the Soon after winning in Bra- property in German foot- Taylor in the ongoing champi- Broom, Jimmy Neesham and in the Bangladeshi ranks, and fourth round, here. zil, the 57-year-old was con- ball and potentially world ons Trophy and that was the Corey Anderson and that, it will be delighted at having After losing to Vladimir vinced he will have to reinforce class, Wagner currently is reason for their unsatisfactory more than anything else, is made the semi-final, at the fact Kramnik of Russia in the sec- his team’s strike force by find- in the middle of a fairytale performance in the ICC event. what will cause the creasing of particularly that now, it is able ond round, Anand got dou- ing forwards with a real goal- as he won his first cap at the The World No.4 team began foreheads within the New Zea- to compete and win away from ble black and the Indian star scoring instinct. age of 29. their Champions Trophy cam- land camp. home as well. It is proving to be was under consistent pressure Ahead of the 2017 Con- Scoring three goals in Ger- paign on a positive note against “Williamson showed how a tough side to beat in all con- from a rejuvenated Giri who fed Cup, Loew seems to have many’s World Cup qualifier Australia but rain forced them good he is and I thought Tay- ditions, which is excellent news had been sharing the bottom two candidates -- 21-year-old against minnows San Marino to split the points. In the next lor batted very well, but you for world cricket,” he added. of the table with Anand at the Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) in Nuremberg on Saturday two matches, they failed to per- can’t go relying on just two The 42-year-old also start of the fourth round. and 29-year-old Sandro Wag- (7-0) was a good start for Wag- form in unison against England guys. The matches were won stressed the importance of the Playing the black side of an ner (TSG Hoffenheim). It ner, who scored 11 times for and then Bangladesh and thus and lost in the middle to end performance of the host nation English opening, Anand gave might sound strange but the his club Hoffenheim in the bowed out of the competition. overs, when you needed the and said: “It’s very important up the Bishop pair early in the 2014 World Cup winners 2016/2017 season. As for the “I thought New Zealand middle-order to step up and it for any tournament that the opening and Giri benefitted have no striker of true world Bundesliga, Werner currently played ok, but there was a cer- didn’t,” he added. host nation does well, and it is thanks to his energetic play. class in contrast to many of is the best German striker tain inconsistency that will Bond praised Bangla- great against that backdrop that By the 17th move Giri took their rivals, reports Xinhua having scored 21 goals in 31 concern it going forward. No desh, who are in the semi- England has been playing such black’s remaining Bishop to news agency. games -- but was only fourth one other than Kane William- finals, and said in the last great cricket.” boast of a doble Bishop ver- Both newcomers in the in the Bundesliga pecking son and Ross Taylor made sig- few years the sub-continent “It was no different from sus two Knights position German national team are order behind Pierre-Emerick nificant runs on a consistent team has improved their beat New Zealand by five wick- has been tough to beat at home, 2015 when New Zealand wherein the computer sug- fighting for the spot next to Aubameyang (Borussia Dort- basis, and when you rely on one game a lot. ets and knock them out from but it has kicked on under and Australia made it to the gested level chances but it Mario Gomez (VfL Wolfs- mund/31), Robert Lewan- or two players to do the run- On Friday, Bangladesh rode the tournament. coach Chandika Hathurus- final. England has got on an was not so easy to play on burg) who seems to be a cer- dowski (Bayern Munich/30) ning most of the time, it is just on a record 224-run partner- “Credit to Bangladesh, inghe and is constantly improv- aggressive roll, and it cer- the board. tainty for the tournament and Anthony Modeste (1 FC not good enough,” Bond wrote ship between centurions Shakib needless to say. Over the last ing,” Bond said. tainly is the team to beat now,” As it happened in the game, next year. Cologne/25). AGENCIES in his column for the Interna- Al Hasan and Mahmudullah to four or five years, Bangladesh “The way it finished off he added. AGENCIES after a rather rude king side breakthrough, Giri was able to gain a lot of space and won a pawn on 27th move to prove Germany hit seven against San Marino as Kane saves England’s blushes his superiority. Anand won the pawn back PARIS: Germany ran up an more than they did. It was win over Azerbaijan in Baku. but his position deteriorated expected goal avalanche in like a middleweight fighting a Northern Ireland improved quickly and he resigned on the thrashing San Marino 7-0 as heavyweight.” their grip on second place as 33rd move. Harry Kane celebrated his first It meant England avoided the Czech Republic dropped After a rather dull first start as England captain with a a first qualifying defeat since four points behind after being three days, it turned out to be a late equaliser to deny Scotland. October 2009. held to a 1-1 draw in Norway. bloody day as World Champion Having already trounced However, their lead at the Theodor Gebre Selassie Magnus Carlsen was grinded San Marino 8-0 in the reverse top of Group F was cut to two opened the scoring for the down by Levon Aronian of fixture, Germany’s almost sec- points as Slovakia won 2-1 in Czechs nine minutes before Armenia and Hikaru Naka- ond string line-up quickly set Lithuania. half time but an Alexander mura scored his second vic- about running up another Vladimir Weiss and Marek Soderlund penalty 10 min- tory in the event at the expense rugby score in Nuremberg. Hamsik scored the goals as Slo- utes after the restart snatched of Maxime Vachier- Lagrave of Julian Draxler opened the vakia recorded a fourth win a draw for the hosts. France. scoring on 11 minutes before a from six qualifiers. Robert Lewandowski Aronian was at his ver- brace from Sandro Wagner had Darvydas Sernas’s goal for scored a hat-trick, including satile best against Carlsen as the Germans 3-0 up before the the hosts came deep into injury two penalties, as Poland kept he switched gears at will to half hour mark. time and too late to mount a their six point lead in Group unleash a masterpiece with Amin Younes added the desperate late comeback. E with a 3-1 victory over white pieces. The Armenian fourth seven minutes before Slovenia also closed the gap Romania. sacrificed an exchange early in the break while Shkodran Mus- to England to three points as Bogdan Stancu’s strike 13 the middle game and followed tafi added a fifth two minutes Switzerland in Group B. ing of what was to come during kicks from Leigh Griffiths in home a cross from Raheen Josip Ilicic and Milivoje Nova- minutes from time was too lit- it up with a massive attack on after the restart. In Glasgow, Kane marked a largely uninspiring encounter the final three minutes looked Sterling to earn a 2-2 draw. kovic netted in a 2-0 win over tle, too late for the visitors. black’s king. Julian Brandt made it six 18 his first match as captain with that only started to warm up to have given Scotland a stun- “At 60 years old, that would Malta. Montenegro and Den- Carlsen, not usual to such minutes from time before Wag- an equaliser three minutes into once English substitute Alex ning turnaround victory. have been the best result of Germany’s five point lead mark remain locked on points situations, had his chance in a ner completed his hat-trick on injury time in a match between Oxlade-Chamberlain had Yet a first win over the Eng- my footballing career,” said atop Group C was maintained in the battle for second place difficult situation but he per- 85 minutes as Germany contin- old enemies that burst into life given the visitors a 1-0 lead on lish since 1999 was denied Gor- Strachan. as Stuart Dallas scored two after respective victories, 4-1 ished in probably the game of ued their perfect start to quali- in the dying moments. 70 minutes. don Strachan’s team deep into “To do what they did was minutes into injury time to at home to Armenia and 3-1 the year so far. AGENCIES fying, a feat matched only by There had been little warn- But two sumptuous free- stoppage time as Kane fired phenomenal. You can’t do any give Northern Ireland a 1-0 in Kazakhstan. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 12 June, 2017 ‘FEEL VERY PROUD BEING Raj Kapoor’s grandson’

People often observe a striking similarity between Raj Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor and when asked about it, Ranbir said, “I miss him every moment of my life”

MUMBAI: Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who with co-star Katrina Kaif and director completely different process altogether.” has given some fantastic performances Anurag Basu. When asked about his films in films like Rockstar, Barfi and Tama- Talking about the film and his char- impressive line-up, Ranbir said, “I feel sha, is ready for his next release Jagga acter, Ranbir said, “My character is extremely blessed and grateful because Jasoos and says that he feels very proud very interesting because for me, I never last two years weren’t good for me at and responsible at being Raj Kapoor’s played a detective character and a guy box-office but to have film with Dada grandson. People often observe a strik- who stammers. I have done romantic (Anurag), Rajkumar Hirani and Ayan ing similarity between Raj Kapoor films in my life but never done father Mukerji, I feel safe. Also they are gift- and Ranbir Kapoor and when asked and son story which is so emotional.” ing their vision to me and I hope I can about it, Ranbir said, “I miss him every “This was very sweet and I felt very repay this to them with my efforts.” moment of my life. Today I am here good in my heart and I hope it all comes When asked about his hopes with because of him, as he has shown me through the film,” he added. Ranbir Jagga Jasoos, Ranbir said, “Its a bit the path.” Kapoor and Anurag Basu have earlier superficial thing but when I entered “I feel very proud and responsi- worked in the super successful Barfi. this industry, I always dreamt of win- ble that I am his grandson. I feel he When asked about his experience in ning best actor award and giving good is looking at me from the sky and working with Anurag in Jagga Jasoos, performances so that audience and crit- feeling happy and proud with the kind he said, “It has been phenomenal expe- ics appreciate my work.” of work I am doing,” he added. Ran- rience. While working with him in “I always had a desire to win the bir was speaking to the media at a Barfi, I had no idea what was happen- best film award and I hope with this song launch ‘Galti se mistake’ from ing with us but when I saw that film, film we can achieve that.” Jagga Jasoos his upcoming film Jagga Jasoos, along I was overwhelmed because it had a is releasing on July 14. IANS

Would love to do Marathi MUMBAI: Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says she would love star in a Marathi film. The actor Women are trolled was present at the music launch of Vikram Phad- nis’s debut Marathi film Hrudayantar. film, says Aishwarya Asked if she’s interested in playing in a Marathi all the time: Richa Chadha film, Aishwarya said, “I would love to. Thanks for asking me this question in front of public MUMBAI: Actor Richa Chadha, matter much.” and media.” who is known for portraying bold “I don’t think it is something The 43-year-old actor made her acting debut characters in films like Gangs of to be discussed also and media with a Tamil film titled Iruvar in 1997. She says Wasseypur and Masaan, says people should also be aware of she’s an actor and for her it doesn’t matter where that women are trolled all the that,” said the actor. and in what language a film is being made. time irrespective of the time and When Richa was asked about The actor who made her comeback with situation. the importance of looking pre- Jazbaa in 2015 said that she has carved her own Dangal famed actor Fatima sentable and good, she said, “As path and never bothered to stick to the expected Sana Shaikh has been shamed for an actor, it is important because it norms of choosing films. posting a picture of herself in a is visual medium and people look “I have never been one to cater to all these bikini in the month of Ramadan at your beauty, hair and fashion.” expected norms. I have carved my own journey on her social networking site. “I try to be as natural as pos- and I think my career is proof enough for that. When asked about this con- sible and on regular days, I don’t So, of course I would love to work in Marathi as troversy, Richa said, “I am not wear makeup...,” added Richa. well as in any other language the film is being aware of this controversy but I presented to me,” she said. For Aishwarya the feel, if she was an athlete or swim- script matters. mer and if she would have had “As long as the script excites me and I am posted her picture, then also peo- happy to work with the team, then of course I ple would have shown problem would love to,” she said. with it.” Hrudayantar was launched by superstar Shah “Women are trolled all the Rukh Khan, who also gave the first clap for shoot- time, it is not because it’s a holy ing of the film to commence. The trailer launch month of Ramadan or anything. was done by actor Hrithik Roshan. Phadnis is Even on any other normal day if grateful to the entire Bollywood industry for giv- she would have put picture like ing him support for his first film. this, then also there would have “I think the marketing and promotion has been horrible comments.” already begun, but I cannot thank my Hindi film Richa was present at the Her next projects include Fukrey industry enough in this life time. Ever since my launch of A kreations Hair and Returns and talking about that, muhurat the way this industry has supported Beyond salon in Mumbai. She also she said, “The shoot of the film is me for my 25 years of work, I owe them for a life said that “People can only com- complete. It is in editing stage and time,” Phadnis said. ment on things, so it shouldn’t it will release in December.” IANS Supporting the director, Aishwarya said, “Promotion is the core of the day and it is hap- pening at every platform. But you (media) Tom Hardy will never say should appreciate Vikram’s ability to keep it true and bring magic to every platform he has chosen, be it muhurat or trailer launch no to Christopher Nolan or music launch or any forthcoming events.” “And the fact is, yes, he has forged amaz- LONDON: Actor Tom Hardy ing friendship over all these years which you says he would agree to do any (media) are getting to witness over all these project if it involved Christo- platforms,” she added. pher Nolan, regardless of the Hrudayantar stars Subodh Bhave, scale of the project. Mukta Barve, Trushnika Shinde The 39-year-old actor, who and Nishtha Vaidya. It will hit the has worked with the director screen on July 7. IANS on three movies, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises and Dunkirk, says it would be a “no-brainer” if the filmmaker wanted to ‘Batman’ TV series cast him again, reported Katy Perry opens up about Femalefirst. “It’s always been that way star Adam West dies with Chris, yes. For me, it’s past suicidal thoughts wonderful to meet someone who is completely in control LOS ANGELES: Pop star Katy Perry has admitted of the elements and assets that that she previously struggled with suicidal thoughts he has available to him. He has in an emotional therapy session, which was streamed a specific confidence that I’ve live as part of her “Witness World Wide” event. The not met in another filmmaker.” 32-year-old singer is currently live-streaming her life “Akin to George Miller through the YouTube video ‘Witness World Wide’. actually. Inarritu did as well, During a her session with celebrity psychologist Doc- actually. They’re very specific to jump on this option?’ What- tor Siri Sat Nam Singh, Perry opened up about her about what they want.” ever he wants to do. Even if he 120 in the live-action televi- battle with suicidal the thoughts that left her feeling “But Chris, the most so, out wants to shoot a short film in sion series, along with several “ashamed”, reported Entertainment Tonight. of everyone I’ve ever worked his garden, I know it’s going to animated series. “It’s hard because I’m ashamed. Because of course, with. So yeah, it’s a no-brainer be good and I’ll learn some- West also won widespread Katy Perry is so strong. But it’s hard because I’m if he says, ‘Tom, do you want thing,” Hardy says. PTI acclaim as the voice of the ashamed that I would even have those thoughts, you nutty Mayor Adam West of know? That I feel that low or that depressed,” Perry LOS ANGELES: Adam West, a family spokesperson wrote Quahog in Fox’s long-running said. The ‘Bon Appetite’ singer then said she had put the American actor best known Saturday on the actor’s Face- animated series ‘Family Guy.’ her feelings into a song to help combat her depres- as the star of the 1966-1968 book page. “He was a beloved He did a wide range of voice- sion, and Siri – who hosts Viceland’s ‘The Therapist’ ABC series Batman, has died father, husband, grandfather, over work on some TV shows – told her it was a good way to deal with her emo- at 88. West died Friday night and great-grandfather. There such as Disney Channel’s ‘Jake tions, rather than acting on her thoughts. at his Los Angeles home after are no words to describe how and the Neverland Pirates’ in Perry, who was crying throughout the intense a battle with leukemia, accord- much we’ll miss him,” it said. recent year. therapy session, added, “I wrote that song, ‘By The ing to a statement of his family Born William West Ander- According to City News Grace of God’, because you know, I do believe in on Facebook, Xinhua reported. son on September 19, 1928, his Service, the flowers will be something much bigger than me and I call that God “It’s with great sadness that career spanned seven decades. placed on West’s star at 6764 for me. I get to live this wonderful life and I’ve been we are sharing this news... Commonly known as Adam Hollywood Blvd on Saturday. given this gift but I know that God has his hand on Adam West passed away peace- West, he had made a record He was awarded a star on the me. I know that sometimes I go through things that fully last night after a short but 156 individual screen appear- Hollywood Walk of Fame on are just too intense and I can’t handle them, and then brave battle with leukemia,” ances as Batman, including April 5, 2012. IANS he shows me that it’s his grace. PTI