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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 289 | Friday, 27 October 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,343.80 (+48.45) pSENSEX 33,147.13 (+104.63) qDOW JONES 23,329.46 (-112.30) qNASDAQ 6,563.89 (-34.54) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.82 (+0.7) pRUPEE/EURO 75.96 (+0.47) nGOLD/10GM 30,500 (-10.00) qSILVER/K 40,450 (-300.00) EVERYBODY HAS TELGI: FROM PATEL TO PUSH FOR ALIA WANTS TO RIGHT TO PRACTICE A VEGETABLE U-20 WORLD CUP ESSAY JENNIFER OWN RELIGION: VENDOR TO SCAM BID AT FIFA COUNCIL CHARACTER IN MAMATA PG3 MASTERMIND PG5 MEETING PG14 ‘SILVER LINING...’ PG15 Quick News44 INTENSE PRESSURE PUTS MODI GOVT ON BACKFOOT Kovind returns four bills Rajasthan passes Centre asks states not to deny passed by state Assemblies GAUTAM LAHIRI trarily passed on 27th bill increasing OBC August, 2015, in the NEW DELHI: Pres- total absence of a leg- PDS food to poor sans Aadhaar ident Ramnath Kov- islative enviornment. quota to 26% ind has returned four Later, the Bill was sent controversial bills to Kovind for approval. JAIPUR:The Rajasthan Assembly Thursday MPOST BUREAU haar is assigned to beneficiaries, passed by different Those objecting passed a bill which increased reservation for the subsidised foodgrains would have state Assemblies since to the Bill contended Other Backward Classes (OBC) from 21 percent NEW DELHI: Under intense pres- to be given on production of ration assuming office on July 25. that it posed a serious threat to to 26 percent. The community includes Gujjars sure from different sections, the card, enrolment slip and other stip- The latest of these is the Com- the future land rights and live- and four other castes. The reservation in Rajas- Centre has instructed states not ulated documents like election mon Wealth Trust, Kozhikode lihoods of dalits, tribals, daily than now stands at 54 per cent defying the set to deny PDS benefits to any ben- card. Irrespective of whether all (Acquisition and Transfer of wage earners , slum dwellers ceiling of 50 percent by the Supreme Court. The eficiary who does not have Aad- members of an eligible household Undertaking) Bill, 2012, Ker- and marginal farmers. The Backward Classes Bill, 2017, seeks to provide 5 haar or has not linked ration card have Aadhaar, full quantity of sub- ala, which he returned to the civil society body wrote,”It is per cent reservation to Banjara, Baldiya, Labana; to the 12-digit biometric identifier sidised foodgrains or cash transfer Ministry of Home Affairs the fundamental principle of Gadiya Lohar, Gadoliya; Gujar, Gurjar; Raika, and warned of strict action on a of food subsidy upon fulfilling the (MHA) earlier this month for law that land related matters Rebari, Debasi and Gadariya, Gadri, Gayari. violation. requirements laid down will have re-examination. are dealt with primarily under The Rajasthan High Court last year struck It has also asked state govern- to be given. The others bills which civil laws. So the ‘unauthorised down five per cent reservation for these castes ments not to delete eligible house- Similarly, even in the case of the President has either occupation’ of land cannot be provided through The Rajasthan Special Back- holds from the list of beneficiaries failure of biometric authentication returned or sough clarifi- dealt with under penal laws. ward Classes Act, 2015, pointing out flaws in the for non- possession of Aadhaar. due to a technical glitch or poor cations about are the Delhi Any person occupying a place government’s process of granting reservation. The Bengal chief minister biometric quality, the beneficiary Urban Shelter Improvement of land should not be accused With the 2015 SBC Act, the government had Mamata Banerjee has steadfastly that an entry about the said ration link their Aadhaar numbers with will have to be provided with the Board(Amendment) Bill, 2015 of committing a crime and the moved the five castes from OBC into a separate opposed the linking of Aadhaar to card holder is not genuine. the ration card; the food ministry benefits of physical production of (Bill No 04 of 2015) Delhi, police should not be vested Special Backward Castes category. However, the government schemes because of State field functionaries have cautioned that any violation of pro- Aadhaar card along with the ration the Tamil Nadu Admission to with powers to arrest without a Act was quashed, and the government moved the inconvenience caused to ordi- been asked to ensure that bene- visions of the notification would card. All these cases - namely those MBBS and BDS Courses Bill, warrant. Thus, the Odisha Gov- them back into the OBC list on May 19 this year. nary citizens. ficiaries are not turned away on result in strict action. without Aadhaar, Aadhaar not 2017, and the Tamil Nadu ernment Land Grabbing (Pro- Terming the bill as “lollipop”, Gujjar leaders Banerjee on Wednesday the ground of non- possession of As per the National Food Secu- linked to ration card or failure of Admission to Post Graduate hibition) Bill contravenes the dissatisfaction and said, “the government did opposed the linking of Aadhar Aadhaar, and all exceptions in this rity Act, states have been given biometric authentication - where Courses in Medicine and Den- procedure established by law.” not go by as per our agreement.” MPOST with the mobile phone number, regard will be kept in a separate deadline till December to link Aad- benefits are being extended, will tistry Bill, 2017. The last one The Delhi Government saying she would not comply with logbook. haar with ration cards. have to be recorded separately as has actually been withheld on wanted to amend the Delhi it even if her phone connection Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO The Centre on Wednesday, “exceptions” by the fair price shop the advice of the Attorney Gen- Urban Shelter Improvement DySP death: K’taka minister, were snapped. of Aadhaar issuing body, Unique however, told the Supreme Court dealer. eral. The Odisha Land Grab- Board Act to bring it in con- An instruction has been issued Identification Authority of India that the deadline for mandatory Further, states will have to bing (Prohibition) Bill, 2015, formity with the provisions of senior cops booked in this regard this week to all states (UIDAI), said: “ We want to ensure linking of Aadhaar to avail of bene- devise a mechanism of monthly has been returned for “correc- the National Capital Territory after an 11-year old Jharkhand girl that lack of Aadhaar does not result fits of various government schemes audit and inspection, including tion of content”. Initially, a civil of Delhi Laws, 2011. Previously NEW DELHI: Karnataka minister K J George, allegedly died of starvation recently in denial of food benefits. As long would be extended till March 31 field verification of such “excep- society delegation led by for- too, the Bill had been returned former IGP (Lokayukta) Pranov Mohanty and after being denied PDS ration. as a person is genuine, he has to next year for those who do not have tions” to guard against any “misuse”. mer Odisha Finance Minis- by the then President, Pranab ex-ADG of police (state intelligence) A M Prasad In a directive, the Union food be given the benefit, in this case, the 12-digit biometric identifica- In the Jharkhand case, the activ- ter Panchanan Kanungo had Mukherjee. have been named in an FIR by the CBI in the ministry has clarified that deletion ration.” tion number. ists have alleged that the girl in submitted a memorandum to However, the Delhi Gov- case of mysterious death of Deputy SP M K from the ration card database can States and Union Territories So far, 82 percent of all ration Simdega district died of starvation the state Governor requesting ernment got it passed in the Ganapathy. only happen after proper verifica- will have to make arrangements to cards have been Aadhaar linked. after the cancellation of her fam- him to send back the Odisha Assembly again and sent it to Ganapathy was found dead at Madikeri in tion of ration card holder estab- provide Aadhaar enrolment facili- The food ministry directive ily’s ration card for non-linkage to Land Grabbing (Prohibition) the President for assent, which Karnataka on July 7 last year. lishes “beyond a reasonable doubt” ties to those without Aadhaar and mentions that till such time Aad- Aadhaar. Bill, it alleged had been “arbi- he too declined to give. The Supreme Court had handed over the probe to the CBI in September. MPOST Govt monitoring progress RELIGIOUS FERVOUR DOORS OPEN J-K situation improving; Age limit for violence coming down of Swiss national MEHBOOBA MUFTI attacked in Agra: Swaraj WBCS Group A In today’s jobs raised to 36 paper OUR CORRESPONDENT ... CITY KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government has RANGOLI DISPLAY AT SALT LAKE STADIUM 3 relaxed the upper age limit for the entry of Group A category NATION jobs for West Bengal Civil Ser- KAMAL DROPS HINT AT POLITICAL PLUNGE 6 vice (WBCS) officers from 32 to 36 years. EDIT It may be mentioned that the state government had ear- VOLLEYING THE BLAME 8 lier announced its decision to MPOST BUREAU INTERNATIONAL cerned who told them that while raise the upper age limit for the Droz has been discharged, Clerc entry of both Group A and B CHINA DEFENDS PAK 11 NEW DELHI: External Affairs is improving. category WBCS officers. Partha ward Classes is 39 while that Minister Sushma Swaraj said “We are monitoring his prog- Chatterjee, the state Parliamen- of the Scheduled Caste and BUSINESS on Thursday the government is ress in the hospital,” she added. tary Affairs minister, had ear- Schedule Tribe candidates is 41. monitoring the progress of Swiss Earlier, the Swiss embassy here lier announced that the upper With the increase in the GOVT TO DOUBLE TELECOM FOOTPRINT 13 national Quentin Jeremy Clerc, said it “confirms that two Swiss age limit for the entry of Group upper age limit, more job aspi- SPORT who along with his friend Marie citizens were attacked in India. In A officers will be increased to rants can now apply to appear Droz, was admitted to a hospital the framework of consular pro- 36 from 32. for examination and it will HAMILTON AIMS TO SEAL 4TH F1 TITLE 14 here after being attacked by four tection services, the Embassy is The notification declar- help the state get more WBCS youths in Agra’s Fatehpur Sikri. providing support to them. For ing the increase was issued on officers. At the same time, the Biharis in Kolkata on the occasion of Chhath Puja on Thursday PIC/MPOST Swaraj also said while Droz reasons of privacy and data pro- October 24 stating “Of age not vacant posts will be filled up. FOR ADVERTISING has been discharged, Clerc is tection, the Embassy cannot com- below 21 years but not more Moreover, the state govern- kindly contact at 9810195709 improving. municate any further information ‘34 sick PSUs suggested for strategic divestment’ than 36 years on the 1 Janu- ment will not have to depend or In a series of tweets, the min- in this regard.” ary of the year in which the on the Centre. [email protected] ister said, “our Joint Secretary S The couple from Lausanne NEW DELHI: Government think- state-run companies. examination for recruitment is It may be mentioned that Bhattacharjee and Indian Ambas- in Switzerland were chased and tank Niti Aayog has recommended “We have recommended 34 sick held and the notification shall Chief Minister Mamata Baner- sador-designate to Switzerland attacked on Sunday with stones strategic disinvestment of 34 sick PSUs for strategic disinvestment,” be deemed to have come into jee had announced that West FOR SUBSCRIPTION C B George met Swiss nationals and sticks by the group of four public sector units so far, its CEO Kant said at Crisil India Infra- force with effect from January Bengal Higher Civil Service kindly contact at 8800854665 Clerc and Marie Droz in the hos- youths in the tourist town of Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. structure Conclave here. The gov- 1, 2017”. Earlier the upper age would be introduced; compris- or pital on Thursday morning”. Fatehpur Sikri, about 40 km from The Prime Minister’s Office ernment has budgeted to raise Rs limit was 32 years. ing officers from West Bengal [email protected] She also tweeted that these Agra, according to media accounts (PMO) had asked the think- tank 72,500 crore through stake sale in The upper age limit for the Civil Service (WBCS) working officials spoke to the doctors con- of the incident. More reports on P7 to look into the viability of sick PSUs in the current fiscal. MPOST applicants from Other Back- for eight to 10 years. 850 corruption cases under CAPITAL GRAPPLING WITH ALARMING LEVELS OF POLLUTION CBI investigation: CVC Choking Delhi may return to odd-even SAYANTAN GHOSH and this will help to make the air quality NEW DELHI: A total of 850 cases of cor- better,” said Bhure Lal, the Chairperson of ruption are under the CBI investigation, 14 NEW DELHI: The Delhi government may EPCA. Other greenbodies of the Capital of which are gathering dust for over five bring back the odd-even scheme to restrict have also welcomed the proposal. years, the Central Vigilance Commission the number of cars on the road given the GRAP was notified by the Centre in (CVC) said on Thursday. increase in pollution levels, Transport Min- January this year following an order by the Of the total cases, 500 are pending ister Kailash Gahlot has said. The scheme apex court in November 2016. investigation for less than a year, 245 is likely to start from the next Wednesday. According to Gahlot, procurement of between one and two years, 61 for two to The minister on Wednesday wrote to additional buses by DTC would be the three years and 31 for three to five years, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) “main component” of readiness if the odd- official data said. and senior officials of his ministry, asking even scheme is implemented. “We have The data was released at a press con- them to be “fully geared up” for implemen- received the letter and started working ference here by the CVC which exercises A total of 148 requests in 88 cases are tation of the odd-even scheme. according to the proposal,” said a senior superintendence over the Central Bureau pending prosecution sanction against the “With the increase in pollution levels in DTC official. of Investigation (CBI) in corruption cases. corrupt government officials, the CVC Delhi, the government may have to resort A significant challenge in implement- There are 6,358 corruption cases pend- said. to emergency measures, including the odd- ing the scheme is inadequate public trans- ing trial in various courts, 178 of them for Of these, 72 requests in 41 cases are even scheme,” he said. port facilities, despite a well developed over 20 years, it said. pending prosecution sanction for more The scheme, based on the last digit of Delhi Metro network. As many as 1,883 cases are pending than three months, it said. the vehicle’s registration number of cars, The DTC has a fleet of around 4,000 trial for less than three years, 957 for more As many as 40 requests in 25 cases was implemented twice in 2016 -- from tion levels are in the ‘emergency’ category enforce the Graded Response Action Plan buses, while the Delhi Integrated Mul- than three and up to five years, 1,915 for are pending beyond the four-month time January 1-15 and April 15-30. Under the for 48 hours or more. (GRAP), had said it would not hesitate to timodal Transit System (DIMTS) runs over five years and up to ten years, and limit prescribed by the Supreme Court to scheme, odd and even numbered cars ply Last week, the Supreme Court- roll out the ‘odd-even’ plan, order cars off over 1,600 buses under the cluster scheme. 1,425 for more than a decade and up to decide on sanction for prosecution, the on alternate days. appointed Environment Pollution Control roads, and shut schools if needed. “We are Experts estimate that the city needs about twenty years, the data said. CVC added. MPOST It could be put in place when air pollu- Authority (EPCA), a body empowered to welcoming this step by the government 11,000 buses to cover all areas. 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 Daydreaming shows your SMARTNESS, CREATIVITY Mind-wandering can offer significant personal rewards including self- awareness, creative incubation, improvisation and evaluation, memory consolidation, autobiographical planning and many more

orried about the habit of daydreaming imagination and creativity. or a wandering mind during meetings Mind-wandering can offer significant personal in office or at home? Take heart, it may rewards: These rewards include self- awareness, cre- not be as bad as you think, but a sign ative incubation, improvisation and evaluation, mem- Wthat you are really smart and creative, researchers say. ory consolidation, autobiographical planning, goal The findings showed people with efficient brains driven thought, future planning, retrieval of deeply may have too much brain capacity to stop their minds personal memories, reflective consideration of the from wandering when performing easy tasks. meaning of events and experiences, simulating the “People tend to think of mind wandering as some- perspective of another person, evaluating the impli- thing that is bad. You try to pay attention and you cations of self and others’ emotional reactions, moral can’t. Our data are consistent with the idea that this reasoning, and reflective compassion... From this isn’t always true. Some people have more efficient personal perspective, it is much easier to understand brains,” said Eric Schumacher, Associate Professor at why people are drawn to mind wandering and will- the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, US. ing to invest nearly 50 percent of their waking hours Higher efficiency means more capacity to think, engaged in it. and the brain may mind wander when performing When we see someone daydreaming, we have easy tasks, he said. no idea what’s going on in their head. These func- For the study, published in the journal Neuropsy- same brain patterns measured during these states are tions that all come from within – like imagination chologia, the team measured the brain patterns of related to different cognitive abilities,” Godwin added. and mind-wandering – have been shown to be really people while they lay in an MRI machine. Individuals who reported more frequent day- important contributors to creativity.” The researchers then used the data to identify dreaming scored higher on intellectual and creative It’s smart to question whether we should always be which areas of the brain work together during an ability and had more efficient brain systems measured living in the moment. The latest research on imagi- awake, resting state. in the MRI machine, the researchers said. nation and creativity shows that if we’re always in the “The correlated brain regions gave us insight Daydreaming often leads to sudden connections moment, we’re going to miss out on important con- about which areas of the brain work together during and profound insights because it correlates with our nections between our own inner mind-wandering an awake, resting state,” said Christine Godwin, doc- ability to recall information in the face of distrac- thoughts and the outside world. Creativity lies in that toral student at the varsity. tions. In 2011, neuroscientists found that daydream- intersection between our outer world and our inner “Interestingly, research has suggested that these ing involves the same brain processes associated with world. AGENCIES

INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY PAGEANT DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town Week-long festival to showcase MEHFIL-E-KHUSHRANG Mehfil-e-Khushrang, an evening of Ghazal with the popular ghazal singer Japanese culture in Delhi Ustab Shakeel Ahmed, whose dulcet tones and technical finesse have won OUR CORRESPONDENT hearts around the globe. The event also features artistry and beauty of THE EMBASSY of Japan along with The Japan Founda- the presentation by poet Laxmi Shan- tion and other institutions is organizing the Japan Festi- kar Bajpai. He will be using his deep val. A seven-week-long celebration of enchanting music, knowledge and love of the Ghazal to delightful dance, engrossing films, awe-inspiring sports provide us the knowledge required to and of course the irresistible food from the Land of the appreciate the structure and finesse of Rising Sun will be held in New Delhi. As part of the festival, a series of events have been Ghazal. planned at various venues across the city from October 27 WHEN: October 28 to December 16. The festival will kick off with an opening WHERE: Indian Habitat Centre event at the India Habitat Center, which will be attended TIMING: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm by H.E. Kenji Hiramatsu, the Ambassador of Japan to India along with other dignitaries. The highlights of the UNWIND WITH SOULFUL opening event will be performances by Makoto Kuriya, MUSIC Creative Jazz Ensemble Japan, Wasabi, a Japanese tradi- of the celebration. The celebration is going to be exciting Indulge in the mystique and vivacity of tional music group, Japanese cultural heritage tour using as there will be cultural performances from Japan as well The first season of ‘Fashion Guru 2017 international beauty pageant’, is being organised by Sufism as the city would be experienc- VR technology, interaction with NAO – an autonomous, as by Indian performers. This will provide an opportu- programmable humanoid robot-and trailer screening of nity to artists and citizens of both countries to interact Fashion Guru Entertainment Pvt. Limited. The mega-show of glamour and glitter, laced with ing the mesmerizing dose of ‘sufiness’ films to be screened during the Japanese Film Festival and embrace the diversity of cultures.” modernity and tradition, will be held on October 27 and 28. The brain behind the event, Sanjiv with the maestros Lakhwinder Wadali along with other film screening events. During Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s visit Jha, founder of Zero Group and a media personality from Nepal, believes that the event will and Nizami Brothers performing live The Festival will include events such as the Japanese to Japan in November 2016, Modi and Japanese Prime create history. It will be a dream launch-pad for fashion industry aspirants and will given them at ‘Sufi Samah’ Carrying the legacy Film Festival, Japanese music performances, Traditional Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to mark the year 2017 as a chance to win international fame along with a three year’s contract. As the contest is open of famous saint poets, Lakhwinder Japanese dance performance with Kathak and Indian the ‘Year of Japan-India Friendly Exchanges’ to further to international participation as well, 30 participant from 26 Countries have been finalized for Wadali will perform on the first day Classical Music, Comic Con Delhi, etc. Most of the events enhance people-to-people exchanges between the two of the Sufi weekend. Also, rockstars are open to public. On the Japan Festival, Ambassador countries. The year 2017 also marks the 60th anniversary the gala gathering. The participating countries include UK, Russia , Australia , Czech, Sri Lanka, Nepal , Krygistyan and India, among others . The jury panel for pageant includes some of the of Indian Sufi music Nizami Bandhu Hiramatsu says, “I am delighted to celebrate the year of of the Japan-India Cultural Agreement. On this occasion, will be gracing the Sufi weekend with Japan-India friendly exchanges together with people of various commemorating events including the Japan Fes- biggest names in Bollywood and Couture. India. The Japan Festival is certainly an important part tival are being held in both countries. their presence on the day two of Sufi Samah. WHEN: October 27 and 28 WHERE: DLF mall of India TIMING: 5:00 pm onwards Delving into the world of Tigers EXPLORING LINES Exploring Lines, a trio art exhibition, attempts to reflect 3 journeys in shared OUR CORRESPONDENT space and time presenting works of three contemporary women artists, aying a unique tribute to the featuring works on paper and canvas tigers who have played the vital role of the ‘brand ambassa- expressed sensitively, exploring vari- dors’ of Indian wildlife, a book ous media like charcoal, graphite, ink, Pnamely ‘A Decade with Tigers: Suprem- oil and acrylics. It is the artists’ mirrors acy. Solitude. Stripes’, will be launched in experiential journeys of these distinc- the Capital on October 27. tive and sensitive artists. Tigers are symbols of the Indian wil- WHEN: October 24 – November 2 derness and the mesmerizing stripes WHERE: Triveni Kala Sangam have long captured imagination of TIMING: 11 am – 7pm the people. ‘A Decade with Tigers’, written by Shivang Mehta, delves into the changing ‘THE RHYTHM AND BLUES landscape of tiger pho- FESTIVAL’ tography in India, and Making its entry into Delhi, The Gen- contains expert esis Foundation’s Rhythm and blues opin- festival 2017, will be organising a ions by music fiesta on November 4 - 5. The leading two day long festival is especially nature photog- curated for a community of festive go- raphers ers who wants to enjoy tw days filled on the ing the ‘tiger icons’ of India. with experience in corporate communi- with music that resonates with good need for The volume chronicles legendary cations, Shivang Mehta’s love of nature will. 100% of the funds raised through creativity tiger mothers and male tigers of the past eventually made him leave the cosy com- the event are used towards the traet- and inno- decade, as well as their tales of survival. forts of the corporate office for the field. ment of critically ill, underpriviliged vation in the photography. These tales are complemented by exqui- He is now an avid traveller and nature children, suffering from heart disor- The book is a photographer’s take site images by wildlife photographer photographer. It is his love for the forests ders. the festival festures a myriad of on the dramatic rise in the popularity of Shivang Mehta, who has spent thou- of Kumaon, that impels him to choose well established music bands such as tigers in the past decade and portrays the sands of hours on the field. Also show- Corbett as his main area of work. Over Valmik Thapar, Naturalist, Conserva- national animal in the most magnificent cased is the singular diversity of Indian the years, Shivang has conducted more tionist and Author, Ravi Singh, Secretary shillong Chamber Choir, Swarathma, way. Owing to the increasing number of wildlife through spectacular images of than 200 field wildlife photography work- General and CEO WWF India, Rajesh the Sami Sisters feat, Usha Uthup and photographers taking interest in docu- the myriad species that share their home shops and is currently an official trainer Bedi, Wildlife photographer and Con- a lot more. menting the various moods and behav- with tigers. The animal is photographed for Canon India, conducting such work- servationist, and Mike Pandey, award WHEN: November 4 and 5 iours of the animal in forests across the in terrains, ranging from montane forests shops in association with Canon across winning Wildlife Filmmaker and Envi- WHERE: Amphitheatre, The Zorba country, the tigers have been anthropo- to the plains of Central India. India, Sri Lanka, and Africa. ronmentalist, will be marking their pres- TIMING: 4:00 pm onwards morphised, with some of them becom- A journalist turned PR professional, Among the well known names, ence at the event. 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TARUN GOSWAMI PIC/MPOST used to chaos after big matches and it was only during the U 17 World KOLKATA: Football is a sport that Cup were we amazed to see the brings people from all walks of life arrangement. closer. Termed as “the beautiful Diego Maradona was present game” it unites passionate specta- during a football match between tors in a celebration of epic propor- IFA XI and Kolkata XI on Decem- PTI tions. This year, the U-17 World ber 7, 2008. It was played under KOLKATA: Having created a buzz with their 1.5 Cup in India is a shining beacon in floodlights. The arrangement was kilometre long floor art during Durga Puja, the fine proving this fact. The games held so poor that Maradona had to run arts students of West Bengal are all set to create a in Kolkata have seen tremendous for shelter to save himself from the gorgeous ‘Rangoli’ keeping Under-17 World Cup outpouring of fan support. The spectators. “It was an unforget- theme in mind, during the final here on October 28. services provided for the specta- table memory. Maradona had to The 200-metres wide stretch leading up to the tors thronging to Yuva Bharati leave the stadium after the specta- Salt Lake Stadium main gate will be adorned with Krirangan for the matches have tors chased him with the desire to a vibrant and multicolour display of geometric been unprecedented. Gone are the touch his feet,” said Bibhas Manna floor patterns. days when spectators used to come from Howrah, a regular visitor to It will culminate with big circular design of 112- OUR CORRESPONDENT and all are respected. And so on matadors in order to watch a Yuva Bharati Krirangan. feet diametre near the statue of Vivekananda with a on October 27, there will be match in the stadium which in World famous goalkeeper football in the centre, something that will welcome KOLKATA: Chief Minister holiday in the state and this is turned created utter chaos on the Oliver Kahn retired following a the four team and all the VVIPs including FIFA Mamata Banerjee on Thurs- for the first time when holiday roads. As Kolkata gears up for one match between Beyern Munich president Giani Infantino. day said India stands for unity is being given,” she said. of the most highly anticipated Mamata Banerjee has given so Hundreds of spectators were and Mohun Bagan where the visit- “The idea is to showcase our tradition and it in diversity and each one of Banerjee said there was a clash in the Finals of the U-17 much stress on the spectator man- seen walking down EM Bypass ing team beat Bagan 3-0. There was could not have been a bigger motivation that we us has the right to practice his time when people complained World Cup, the state government agement. She is the real hero of the to Ruby Hospital more as trans- absolute chaos after the match. The are given an opportunity to make the art at the own religion. of poor maintenance of the has proved once again why the City U 17 World Cup tournament.” port was not available. The specta- spectators entered the field aiming biggest ever platform of a World Cup final,” Anwe- She was speaking at a func- ghats. “The condition of the of Joy’s other name is The Mecca Subhrangshu Roy, sports his- tors had to walk to Sealdah station to touch Kahn. shak Dawn, who’s leading an 88-member team of tion organised in Khidderpore ghats was poor and lighting of Football. torian said:“ The arrangement or Ultadanga to catch trains for To avoid any confusion after Government College of Art and Craft in designing on the occasion of Chhath arrangements were pathetic. The officials of FIFA have made for the spectators, particu- northern suburbs. As public trans- the matches are over, the police the central rangoli, said. An avid football fan from festival. People, particularly wom- already praised the state govern- larly those who had come from the port was not available after the officers through public address Basirhat, Dawn said: “We gave them (organisers) “India stands for unity in enfolk, had no proper place ment for upgrading the Vive- districts is praiseworthy.” matches, the spectators used to system are directing the spectators about a dozen designs and they liked this one most diversity, where everybody where they could sit and per- kananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Paromita Roy, a school teacher come in mini trucks. The vehicles where they can get public trans- with football in the theme. With such a wide road has the right to practice his form the puja. After coming but for the spectators who have who recently submitted her doc- were parked on roads surround- port to ensure that those com- the colours will look stunning from the galleries and or her religion and customs. to power, the state govern- been visiting the stadium since its toral thesis on Sports literature ing the stadium. After the matches ing from the districts get buses we have more freedom of creativity.” I take part in all festivals, be it ment has upgraded the ghats. inception, the real champion of said: “Nearly 6,000 women spec- ended, these vehicles caused mas- and reach Sealdah and Howrah They have taken up the task at 11 pm yesterday Durga Puja, Eid, Christmas or Proper lighting arrangements the Under 17 World Cup is Chief tators were present during the sive traffic jams. stations and catch the last subur- and have been working non-stop since then and Chhath Puja,” Banerjee said, have been installed and now Minister Mamata Banerjee whose matches but the arrangement was Tapas Sengupta who has seen ban train which leaves anytime promise to hand it over by 7 pm tomorrow, he said. adding that she extended people can perform the puja personal intervention has taken so good that none of them faced over 600 matches in the stadium between 11.15pm and 11.30pm. “Hope they (the FIFA delegation, the team greetings to Rashtriya Janata peacefully.” the facilities provided to them to a any difficulty in going home, par- since its inception in 1982-83 Not a single matador carrying members) will remember this venue, our country Dal supremo Lalu Prasad on Banerjee said it is the cul- different height, hitherto unknown ticularly on the days when the when Nehru cup football tour- passengers was seen during the forever,” he added. The team of 200-odd fine arts Thursday. ture and tradition of Bengal in Bengal. matches ended at 10.10pm.” nament was held said: “In those matches. “The U-17 World Cup students also come from Rabindra Bharati Univer- She added that from time to respect the views of every Kajal Sengupta who had seen Traffic jam along Eastern Met- days, the infrastructure was poor matches have elevated the spec- sity, Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship and immemorial, people from community. four World Cup finals from 1986 ropolitan bypass on the days when and regular derby matches and tators to a different height show- Biswabharati University, most of whom were asso- Bihar have come to Bengal On her Twitter handle too, said: “Spectator management is either derby or international foot- international football matches ing proper respect to them who ciated during the Durga Puja feat when they cre- and settled here. “Here in Ben- Banerjee wished everybody a a subject in the football playing ball matches were held was a very began to be organized at the sta- are the real backbone of any club ated an ‘alpona’ (rangoli) stretching 1.4 kilometres gal, the faith and views of one “Happy Chhath Puja”. countries. It is really amazing that common sight in the days past. dium from 1986 onwards. We were or country.” on Lake Road. AGENCIES Muchipara case: ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION OF BRAIN DEAD PATIENTS Mathew summoned 3 on bike killed after being again by city cops mowed down by car Govt to urge pvt hospitals to take proactive steps OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT came in front of the speeding PRADIP CHATTERJEE KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police motorcycle. Prabhat, who was In many cases, it has have summoned former CEO KOLKATA: Three persons riding the bike, lost control and KOLKATA: The state Health depart- been found that private of Narada News, Mathew Sam- including a five-year-old girl hit the divider. The local res- ment will urge the private hospitals to be uel, on October 30 in connec- were killed after they were idents and police rushed the more proactive in spreading awareness hospitals do not co- tion with the Munchipara case. crushed under the wheels of injured victims to Bidhan- about organ transplantation of brain operate with the family It may be mentioned that a speeding car in New Town nagar sub-divisional hospital dead patients. he was interrogated earlier in on Thursday afternoon. The where the injured victims were The senior officials of the Health members of brain connection with the Munch- incident triggered tension in declared brought dead. Dip- department have come to know that dead patients who are ipara case in which a former the area. sikha, a student of Class I had the cases of brain dead patients’ organ Central minister from Bihar The accident took place been living with her father. Her transplantations in private hospitals are interested in donating had received a call from Cen- near Akansha More when the mother lives separately as a case not up to mark despite state govern- the organs tral Kolkata demanding extor- victims who were riding on of divorce is going on between ment’s initiatives because of the apathy tion money of Rs 5 crore. The a motorcycle fell on the road them. of a section of the authorities in the pri- gal government has brought about a police had recovered some after hitting a divider when a The accused driver had fled vate organisations. deal of improvement in the infrastruc- video footages from a hotel cow suddenly came in front from the spot along with his In many cases, it has been found ture for the procurement and transplan- room at Munchipara using of them. The vehicle that was vehicle immediately after the that private hospitals do not co-operate tation of different organs from dead which the former minister was coming from behind mowed incident. The local residents with the family members of brain dead bodies in the state-operated hospitals. threatened. them down. The victims were told the police that as the bike patients who are interested in donating the hospital authorities allegedly told medical college or medical superinten- At the same time, a set of rules is being Samuel, who is in Kolkata at declared brought dead after was at a high speed, the biker the organs. It has also been alleged that the family members that they do not dent of the institution, attending physi- encoded for keeping an eye on such present, has been asked to visit they were taken to the hospital. could not control the vehicle some of the private hospitals tell the have the service of organ transplanta- cian or a surgeon and two other senior transplantations in private hospitals Munchipara police station as Prabhat Chakraborty one when a cow suddenly came interested family members that they do tion of brain dead patients. The family medical officers — a neurologist and an as well. the investigating officers want of the victims and a resident in front of it. The bike hit the not have proper information about the members were also urged by the private anesthesiologist. It was learnt that private hospi- to ask him some more ques- of Kadapara area of Beliaghata divider and fell on the road procedure of organ donation. hospital to contact Swasthya Bhawan. An observer will also supervise the tals are not coming forward to spread tions in this connection. were returning home along when a speeding vehicle com- In a recent incident, a 37-year-old The family members thus contacted entire procedure and examine the brain awareness about organ donation of the He was questioned at with his daughter Dipsikha ing from behind ran them over. man from Bishnupur in South 24 Par- the Swasthya Bhawan and managed to death cases and certify the same. The brain dead patients. Hence, the state Munchipara police station Chakraborty. Prabhat’s friend The local residents staged ganas was admitted to a premier pri- donate the corneas. state government made it mandatory government has decided to appeal the by the investigating officers Goutam Patra was also riding a protest in the area after the vate hospital in Alipore on October The state Health department formed for all hospitals to form such commit- private hospitals to be more proactive for three consecutive days in pillion when the bike hit the accident alleging that the vehi- 8 with fever and short-term memory a brain death declaration committee in tees which will ascertain and certify in this regard. June. It was learnt that Sam- divider. Prabhat and Goutam cles are plied at a high speed loss. On October 10, MRI and CT scan all the medical college and hospitals brain death cases. A person is considered brain dead uel had submitted certain were wearing helmets while as a result of which accidents were performed on the patient and he and also in the private hospitals. An A senior Health department offi- when he or she no longer has any neuro- documents to the police. The the former’s daughter was not often take place in the area. was reportedly declared brain dead. The observer was selected in the districts cial said that they would ask the private logical activity in the brain or brain stem investigating officers had wearing one at the time of the Police are conducting raids to doctors said that TB meningitis led to to monitor the activities of the Brain hospital authorities to follow the proper — which essentially means no electrical gone through the documents accident. Police said that Prab- nab the driver. The investiga- the brain death of the patient. Death Declaration Committee and ver- norms laid down by the state govern- impulses are being transferred between and felt the necessity of sum- hat, a liftman by profession, tors are also going though the The family members told the hos- ify the documents relating to the case. ment and urge them to play a construc- the brain cells. Doctors perform a num- moning him again for further was returning home from New CCTV footages to identify the pital authorities that they wanted to The brain death committee had been tive role in this regard. ber of tests to determine whether some- interrogation. Town when a cow suddenly errant vehicle. donate the organs of the patient. But formed comprising the principal of a It may be here mentioned that Ben- one is brain dead. GJM’s arrested Soon, meet with co-op societies for direct Delhi chief 90 more buses to be pressed procurement of paddy from farmers taken to Siliguri into service on U-17 final KOLKATA: Gorkha OUR CORRESPONDENT Janamukti Morcha’s Delhi OUR CORRESPONDENT unit president Manoj Shan- KOLKATA: The state Co- kar, who was arrested in KOLKATA: The state Trans- operation department has Delhi and brought here, was port department has decided organised a preparatory meet- on Thursday taken to West to increase around 90 more ing with members of co-oper- Bengal’s Siliguri on a three- buses to ensure proper trans- ative societies from across the day transit remand, a police port facilities on the day of the state to ensure proper procure- official said. final match of FIFA Under-17 ment of paddy directly from “Shankar has been Football World Cup. farmers at the right price. taken to Siliguri on The state government had This is the first time when Thursday in three days’ been operating around 600, such a meeting has been organ- transit remand given by the mostly air-conditioned (AC), ised in which members of co- Alipore court. He would be buses on the match days since operative societies from all the further interrogated on the October 8. 23 districts will be given an case registered against him Now, on the day of the final, outline following which they on June 9,” Deputy Inspector that is on October 28, when the can easily procure paddy from General, CID, Nishad Parvez turnout of the spectators will be more farmers. selling the crop.” the Khariff Monsoon Season operation department, the said. expectably the highest among The preparatory meeting It may be mentioned that is going to start from Novem- meeting will be immensely Shankar had allegedly all the prior match days, the cial of the state Transport Mela, Ultadanga and HUDCO with the representatives of the soon after coming to power, ber 1. helpful as most members of given shelter to the abscond- state Transport department is department, there will be a from where the shuttle bus ser- co-operative societies will be the Mamata Banerjee -govern- Representatives of 700 co- the co-operative societies are ing GJM chief Bimal Gurung, making extra arrangements to maximum turnout since the vices up to the stadium are held at Rabindra Sadan on ment had taken several steps operative societies from dif- themselves farmers. he added. ensure that people do not face last matches of the Under-17 available. The state Transport October 30. to ensure that farmers get ferent parts of the state will The state Co-operation Arrested by the West any inconvenience in reaching World Cup will be played on department had also engaged Arup Roy, the state Co- right price for their produce. It be attending the meeting and department had earlier intro- Bengal CID from Delhi the stadium or returning home Saturday. “So we have decided additional buses from North operation minister, said: “The helped in negating the role of members of some self help duced special vehicles under on Tuesday for his alleged after the match. to increase the number of and South Bengal districts. step to organise such a meet- middlemen for whom farmers groups will also be present in its project “Sufala” to help com- involvement in the clash There will be two matches buses,” the official said. The official said that around ing has been taken considering didn’t use to get right price for the meeting. mon people get fresh vegetables between state police and GJM of the Under-17 World Cup The state Transport depart- additional 90 buses which will that it will help in procure- their crops. Roy along with senior offi- at right price at their doorstep supporters near Darjeeling’s in Swami Vivekananda Yuva ment had been operating 600 be operating on the day of the ment of paddy directly from The initiative of the Co- cials of the state Co-operation after procuring it directly from Bhanu Bhaban dur- Bharati Krirangan on Saturday. buses in three layers. Around final will be distributed in all farmers in a better manner. operation department will department will be present in farmers. ing the Gorkhaland The first match from 5 pm will 100 AC shuttle buses between layers of the service as per the Direct procurement of paddy further reduce dependence of the meeting and they will be The vehicles were given agitation on June 9, Shankar be for the third place in which Ultadanga and Milan Mela to requirement. Like all the other is immensely beneficial for farmers on middlemen as the discussing the issues related to 15 co-operative societ- was one of the six GJM lead- Brazil and Mali will be fac- ensure better last minute con- special buses for the World farmers as they do not have to department will be procuring to procurement of paddy with ies. The department has set ers, along with Gurung and ing each other while the final nectivity to the stadium. At the Cup, drivers and conductors depend on middlemen to sell 90 percent of the total paddy representatives of the co-oper- a target of introducing total his wife, against whom the between England and Spain same time, 200 buses had been in the additional buses will also their produce and it ensures cultivation. The direct paddy ative societies. According to 200 such vehicles by the end of CID issued arrest warrants will start at 7 pm. operating from points of the be clad in blue uniforms sport- that they get the right price for procurement from farmers in senior officials of the state co- this fiscal. last month. AGENCIES According to a senior offi- city up to Manicktala, Milan ing caps. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 Govt aims to renovate around Retd. professor of Kalyani 32 guest houses across state OUR CORRESPONDENT According to the KOLKATA: State government is sources in the taking initiatives to renovate around varsity found dead inside home 32 guest houses across the state Tourism department, owned by the various government various tourist lodges OUR CORRESPONDENT missionarate said that police were departments. According to investigating if the miscreants It was learnt that the main pur- including those in KOLKATA: A retired professor of the preliminary murdered the victim while loot- pose of the project is to counter Digha, Mandarmani, Kalyani University was found dead ing valuables. All possible angles the private lodges in these areas. inside her residence in Hooghly’s investigation, police are being looked into, the officer A notification in this regard has Shantiniketan, Bandel with her throat slit on Thurs- suspect that the said. been issued by the state Tourism Bakkhali and day morning. The incident triggered In September, a researcher died department. tension in the locality. miscreants might after falling from the seventh floor According to the sources in Jaldapara among Police said that Sulekha Mukher- have entered into her of the Zoological Survey of India the Tourism department, various many others will jee (65), a retired professor of his- building at New Alipore on Monday tourist lodges including those in tory had been living at her house house to loot some evening. Police said the deceased, Digha, Mandarmani, Shantinik- soon be renovated situated at Kajidanga area of Bandel. antique valuable 35-year-old Arpan Parui, was a resi- etan, Bakkhali and Jaldapara among The maid servant came to the dent of Bauria in Howrah. A police many others will soon be renovated. of the state Tourism department, house on Thursday morning when items that were kept officer said that the man was found The department has a target to com- some of Tourism department she found that the door was locked in a museum situated lying in a passage in front of the plete the works within this winter employees have already been from inside. building. season. imparted special training by a pri- Despite repeated knocks, the on the second floor Security personnel and others Some of these tourist lodges vate firm on how they can extend victim did not open the door. She of the house present in the office heard a loud and guest houses are run by var- hospitality to the tourists. Alto- informed the matter to the local thud and ran to the spot to find ious departments including state gether 32 lodges have been selected people who in turned called up the the victim’s body lying in a pool of Irrigation and Waterways depart- where renovation works will be local police station. the valuables of the house and they blood. There were injury marks all ment, Forest, Youth Services and undertaken. Police broke open the door to came to loot the valuables, the police over his body. Public Health Engineering depart- It may be mentioned that the find that the elderly woman was suspect. Cops from New Alipore ment. Sources said that a survey Mamata Banerjee government has lying in a pool of blood on the floor The victim might have been mur- police station went to the spot has already been carried out in this given a great boost to the tourism of her room with her throat slit. dered as she recognised the assailants, and rushed him to SSKM Hospi- regard. department. ‘Homestay Policy’ is She also had an injury on her head. police said. tal where he was declared brought Lodges and guest houses have being prepared to facilitate thou- Police have recovered a knife, a pair have entered into her house to were stored had been opened with Police said that the door of the dead. been divided in various categories sands of middle class families in of Gloves and a grinding stone from loot some antique valuable items a key. staircase on the second floor was Preliminary investigation on the basis of their demands among the tourist spots in West Bengal. the room which make the inves- that were kept in a museum situ- After staying at one of her rel- open and the assailants might have revealed that he had been work- the tourists. The homestay policy could enhance tigators believe that the assailants ated on the second floor of the ative’s house, the victim returned entered into her room through ing as a researcher for the past five, The infrastructure of these guest the micro and small entrepreneurs hit the victim on her head with the house. home three days ago. The face of it on late Wednesday night. The six days in the Zoological Sur- houses would see a major revamp (MSEs) engaging the local work grinding stone. The accused later slit The victim had a collection the victim was covered with a piece police are yet to ascertain the exact vey of India. He, along with other so that they attract more number force. her throat with the knife to ensure of rare historical items in her of cloth. cause behind her death. Police members of his team, had been of tourists throughout the country. The state government felt intro- her death. museum. Police also suspect that Police suspect that apart from have started a detailed probe in this busy for the past few days in their Those lodges which are on ducing a separate policy was neces- According to the prelimi- the accused might have been famil- the valuable antiques, the woman regard. research work. Almost every day high demand will be renovated sary as the homestay in the tourist nary investigation, police sus- iar with the victim as the almirah had some gold ornaments. The Additional Commissioner they used to be in the office till 8 to first. destinations are becoming popular pect that the miscreants might where some precious antique items miscreants had information about of Police at Chandannagar com- 8.30 pm. According to a senior official in West Bengal. KMC’s environment improvement Sarsuna murder case: Middle-aged man arrested programme gets ADB award OUR CORRESPONDENT It may be recalled that KOLKATA: Asian Develop- KOLKATA: Police arrested a middle- ment Bank (ADB) has praised aged man from Sitamarhi in Bihar on a 32-year-old woman, the work of Kolkata Environ- Thursday in connection with the Sar- Anupama Thakur, ment Improvement Programme suna murder case. (KEIP) of Kolkata Municipal It may be recalled that a 32-year-old was found dead in her Corporation ( KMC) at a func- woman was killed inside her house at residence on Sarsuna tion at Bengaluru on Thursday. Sarsuna on September 28. Main Road. Autopsy The ADB officials handed over Acting on a tip off, a team of police the certificate of appreciation officers from Sarsuna Police Station report revealed that to their counterparts in KEIP. went to Bihar and conducted a raid in the woman was ADB is currently assisting a a hideout of the accused. The accused $400 million project, the Kol- attempted to flee realising that the strangulated kata Environmental Improve- police had conducted a raid. The police- ment Investment Program men chased and arrested the accused Investigation revealed that the (KEIIP), in the city of Kolk- approved two tranches totaling arations and readiness that Pappu Kumar. accused came to the city on September ata. The Program is aimed to $300 million. The first tranche led to tranche 2 (Loan 3413) It may be recalled that a 32-year-old 27 and committed the crime the next improve water supply, sewer- (Loan 3053-IND) approved in achieving more than 70% con- woman, Anupama Thakur, was found day. He had fled to Bihar after commit- age and drainage services and 2014, amounts to $100 mil- tract award and more than dead in her residence on Sarsuna Main A few months prior to the murder, gifted to the victim. ting the crime. would install 170 km of sewer- lion and the second tranche 10% disbursement of tranche Road. Autopsy report revealed that the Baliram had bought a piece of land He went to the woman’s house The accused will be brought back to age network and 27,000 house (Loan 3413-IND) approved 2 within 7 months of loan woman was strangulated. and he had letter gifted the plot to the on September 9 and engaged into the city on transit remand and he will connections, rehabilitate 700 in 2016, amounts to $200 effectiveness. The police had initiated a probe victim. a heated altercation with her. He be produced before a city court. km of inefficient water supply million. In 2017, the two proj- and came to know that the accused had The accused had got engaged into had even manhandled the woman The police will be approaching assets and provide 24 hours The PMU of KEIIP, achieved ects are likely to achieve com- a rivalry with one Baliram Rai, with an altercation with Baliram when the and subsequently strangulated her before the court to get him in their cus- water supply in three pilot exemplary project implementa- bined disbursements of $40 whom the victim had an affair. former came to know that the plot was to death. tody for further interrogation. zones within KMC. The Pro- tion and project preparations in million. In parallel they have gram is being implemented by 2016, including activities and completed more than 50% of the Kolkata Municipal Corpo- designs requiring preparations detailed design and bid docu- SRFTI: ration (KMC) through a proj- of two tranches of the program. ment, for tranche 3 ($100 mil- Zakaria Street Two elderly ect management unit (PMU). The PMU achieved the lion), which is due for approval Stalemate Under the Program, ADB has most impressive project prep- next year. OUR CORRESPONDENT continues murder: One arrested persons missing millenniumpost.in KOLKATA: The stalemate in OUR CORRESPONDENT from hospitals the Satyajit Ray Film and Tele- The accused admitted vision Institute (SRFTI) here KOLKATA: Police have arrested his guilt in the face of OUR CORRESPONDENT continued for the tenth day on a gems and jewellery seller Md is now available in everypart of Bengal Thursday even after its director Arsad in connection with the mur- police investigation KOLKATA: Two elderly persons went missing Debamitra Mitra’s willingness der of Md Selim, owner a jew- that he committed the mysteriously from two hospitals in Howrah. SL DISTRICT Centre Name Agent Name Contact No to revoke the expulsion order ellery shop on Jakaria street on Police said a 67-year-old man Nitai Karma- against 14 girl students. Monday night. crime when they were kar is a resident of Natabar Pal Road at Bantra NO NAME “We have asked the 14 Police came to know in the inves- trying to loot valuable in Howrah. 1 East Midnapore TAMLUK N.C.Bera 7501493175 expelled girls to relocate to the tigation that Selim had stayed back On Wednesday he went to Howrah Hospital HALDIA Ayesha 9474306356 new hostel immediately which at his shop beyond the scheduled diamonds along with his wife. Begum,Ranichak shows we are ready to take back hours as he was expecting a customer His wife took him to the CT Scan centre in the expulsion order if they abide from Asansol. to death. the hospital. She left him alone at the CT Scan DIGHA Kamal Lochan Panda 8906868884 by the rules of the institute. But The accused told him that the cus- The body of Mohammad Selim centre and went to get photocopies of prescrip- 2 West Midnapore MIDNAPORE Balaram Pandit 9932708271 strangely, the striking students tomers coming from Asansol would was found inside the shop whose tions and some other documents. She returned 3 Jhargram JHARGRAM Champa Maity 9547230220 continue to block the entrance buy diamonds. As a result on the day shutter was down on Monday and couldn’t find her husband in the CT Scan 4 North 24 - Parganas BARASAT/NILGUNJ B N Kundu 9836333630 of administrative building and of the incident Selim told his fam- night. Police found that there was centre. She searched in the entire hospital, but are not allowing us to run the ily members that he would come a strangulation marks around his couldn’t find him. BARRACKPORE Biswajit Ghosh 9830830798 institute,” Mitra said. home late. neck. His family members lodged a com- BASIRHAT Uttam Biswas 9474574927 The institute director said In the investigation, police came Police have arrested the accused by plaint with the police on Thursday morning. 5 Bardhaman BURDWAN Kamal Mukherjee 9332192230 some boys who had been occu- to know from his family that Selim tracking the mobile tower. Police said Police initiated a probe and initiated a search pying rooms of the girls hostel received no calls from any Asansol that the victim was throttled to death. for the man. In another incident, a 65-year-old 6 West Bardhman ASANSOL Hiralal Sen 9933662126 after breaking locks should also customer. Neither did he book any Police are conducting raids to nab the man Venkat Rao went missing from another hos- DURGAPUR WARIA Joy prakash Ray 9563601176 / move back to the boys hostel. order in his register book. other culprits who were involved in the pital in the district. He was admitted to the hospi- 7864818860 The authorities will not The accused admitted his guilt incident. The investigators faced little tal with certain illness and on Thursday morning NIRSHA Gopal Chatterjee 9386695330 press charges against them, she in the face of police investigation difficulties as there were no CCTV in the hospital authorities and his family members promised. that he committed the crime when the areas. didn’t find him in the hospital. BARAKAR Jai Bhagwan Singh 9334652173 Mitra said the administra- they were trying to loot valuable Police were also going through the 7 Murshidabad BAHARAMPUR COURT Dipak Choudhury 9851612424 tion and students should sit diamonds. CCTV footages of the Central Avenue In one of incidents, a 8 Nadia KALYANI / Dey News Agency 9830609355 together for talks and only then Investigation suggests that to see if they find any clues. 65-year-old man Venkat Rao KANCHRAPARA the decisions could be officially there were three persons includ- Police suspect that there were at communicated. “The students ing the accused. A scuffle broke least three persons who were present went missing from another 9 Howrah HOWRAH CENTRE Manik Lal Bag 9883393201 should allow administrative out between Selim and the accused inside his jewellery shop at the time hospital in the district /9732243933 activities to resume at the ear- and the former was throttled of the crime. 10 Purulia PURULIA D.C.Nag 9434130550 liest so that notifications can 11 Jalpaiguri SILIGURI Toton Saha 9832046238 be issued with proper stamp- ing and not verbally,” she said. 12 Hooghly CHINSURAH / CHAN- B.Singh 9883108806 The SRFTI director claimed 2 Himalayan bears shifted to Siliguri DAN NAGAR that the agitation was losing 13 Birbhum SHANTINIKETAN Anita Shaw 9232162151 support among other students DARJEELING: Dhruba and Jennifer have During the quarantine period the bears 14 Darjeeling DARJEELING Bitta Newspaper 9434131515 in the campus. AGENCIES a new home. From high altitude Darjeeling will be fed fruits, vegetables, chicken and they have been shifted to the Terai regions mutton stew in morning. In the evening Agency millenniumpost.in on fringes of Siliguri. they will be given rice, chapattis, honey and 15 Cooch Behar COOCH BEHAR Jayanta Das 9434217084 millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS 8 year old Dhurba and 17 year old Jen- fruits, stated the animal keepers of the park. 16 Alipurduar ALIPURDUAR Bablu Saha 9733166169 nifer are the male and female Himalayan The park spread over an area of 200 17 Kalimpong KALIMPONG Sandeep Jain 9832016738 CHANGE OF NAME Black bears respectively. They have been hectares was inaugurated in January, 2016. shifted from the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan At present the park boasts of two Royal 18 Uttar Dinajpur RAIGUNJ Pradyut Karmakar 9434384154 I, Chhiddik Ali Mondal Zoological Park, Darjeeling to the Bengal Bengal tigers, Barking deer, Spotted deer, 19 Dakshin Dinajpur BALURGHAT Sujan das 8670582892 S/o Lt. Iunus Mondal, Safari Park in Salugarah, 11 km from the Sambars, a Rhino, six Gharials and birds. 20 Malda MALDA TOWN Ashim Kr.Sarkar 7797919580 Sirdik Ali Mandal s/o heart of Siliguri town. A leopard safari is also in the pipe- After a fortnight they will be part of line. The enclosure for the leopard safari Others District List Haji Unuch Ali Mandal, Ali Mondal Hohammed Sirdik the bear safari in the park. “The pair will is under construction and is expected to 21 Jharkhand RANCHI Birendra Nath Singh 9431929279 / & Chhiddikali Mandal remain in quarantine for the next two start by early 2018. 8409298763 S/o Iunus Mandal am weeks in separate enclosures. After a fort- “Himalayan Black Bears are highly adap- The Bengali Safari Park is the first of its TATA NAGAR Surender Singh 9835170495 identically same person as night we will commence the bear safari tive. They are found from high reaches to kind in West Bengal and is a dream project with the two” stated Arun Mukherjee, low land areas bordering the Hills” stated of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. With DHANBAD S.K.Pandey 8409984151 per affidavit of Ld/ Judicial Director, BSP. Pyar Chand, Director, PNHZP, Darjeeling. its exhibits and elephant rides it attracts a 22 Bihar PATNA Nandalal Yadav 7765012713 Magistrate Ist Class at Bairhat on 12.10.17. A 20 hectare space has been allocated The park at present boasts of a herbi- large number of visitors both local resi- as the special enclosure for the bear safari. vore safari, tiger safari and elephant safari. dents and tourists alike. OUR CORRESPONDENT 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 mp nation Number of foreigners coming Swachh Bharat and more to India for education up: Naqvi OUR CORRESPONDENT

as Yogi visits Taj Mahal NEW DELHI: The number of foreigners coming to India for OUR CORRESPONDENT BJP MP Vinay Katiyar said it educational purposes had gone was originally a Shiva temple. up “significantly” during the AGRA: Uttar Pradesh Chief However, addressing a rally current regime at the Centre Minister Yogi Adityanath on in Gorakhpur recently, Aditya- and the country was becom- Thursday swept the road out- nath called Taj Mahal the “pride ing a “hub of quality education”, side the Taj Mahal and then of India” and referred to it as a Union minister Mukhtar Abbas went inside the Mughal era “world class monument”. Naqvi said on Thursday. monument in a damage con- This was a significant depar- According to an official trol exercise following the con- ture from his remarks at a rally statement, the minority affairs troversy over its place in Indian in Bihar last year, when he had minister reiterated the Centre’s heritage. said the Taj does not represent commitment towards the edu- The much publicised visit, Indian culture and that visiting cational empowerment of all the first by a BJP chief minister foreign dignitaries should be sections of the society, includ- of the state, comes days after the presented with the Gita rather ing the minorities. party’s leaders and ministers than replicas of Taj Mahal. The statement also quoted Naqvi as saying. skill development programme, made provocative statements Interestingly, while the chief Naqvi as saying that the gov- The statement, however, Begum Hazrat Mahal girl against the famed symbol of minister was inside the Taj ernment had been successful in did not reveal the number of scholarship etc. love. Accompanied by scores Mahal, his party’s MLA from providing a better atmosphere foreign students who came to Naqvi said a large num- of security personnel, officials North Agra was telling report- for quality education in the India on educational purposes ber of madrasas had been and jostling crowds of support- ers that the Mughals demol- backward areas of the country. during the said period. connected with the ‘3Ts’ pro- ers, Adityanath spent nearly ished a temple before building The minister made these “The government has also gramme and included into the half an hour in the Taj com- UP chief Minister Yogi Adityanath weilds a broom as he takes part in a cleanliness drive near the Taj Mahal it. Several historians believe comments during his meet- been successful in providing modern and mainstream edu- plex, gazing at the 17th cen- in Agra on Thursday. Dy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and Tourism Minister Rita Bahuguna are also seen PTI there was a Shiva temple at the ing with a seven-member del- a better atmosphere for qual- cation system, according to the tury architectural marvel before same place where the Taj Mahal egation of a Malaysia-based ity education in the poor and statement. going inside. He entered from the west- accompanied by about 500 His decision to visit the Taj is located. Mughals first demol- organisation, PINTA, at the backward areas of the country,” The PINTA delegation said He also posed for photo- ern gate, where he swept the BJP members, including MLAs Mahal was announced after a ished the Shiva temple and then Antyodaya Bhawan here. Naqvi said. that like in India, people from graphs with foreign tourists and road along with senior lead- from western Uttar Pradesh, as series of controversies erupted, built the Taj Mahal. It is a fact, PINTA works in the field of The minister apprised the different religions and cul- interacted with them. ers, and exited from the eastern he swept a parking area, in an beginning with a UP tourism Jagan Prasad Garg told report- education in Malaysia. delegation of various govern- tures were involved in activi- Chants of “Bharat Mata gate, going straight to a state apparent bid to promote the department booklet not men- ers at the complex. “The number of students ment schemes, which aimed at ties related to education and Ki Jai” and slogans in Aditya- tourism hotel for a presenta- Swachh Bharat mission. tioning the white marble mon- The chief minister has coming to India from other achieving educational empow- development in Malaysia. nath’s praise could be heard as tion by the Archaeological Sur- Over 14,000 policemen ument in its list of development already declared that the state countries for educational activ- erment, and employment- The delegation lauded the he walked the path leading to vey of India. were deployed across the city projects in the state. government will spend Rs 370 ities has increased significantly oriented skill development schemes being run by Naqvi’s the Taj Mahal, along with state Donning a mask, wear- for the security of Adityanath, Subsequently, BJP MLA crore on development plans during the last three years of programmes for the minori- ministry for the empower- Tourism Minister Rita Bahu- ing yellow gloves and wield- who arrived here early this Sangeet Som called Taj Mahal aimed at promoting tourism the (Narendra) Modi govern- ties such as the ‘3Ts -- Teacher, ment of minorities, the state- guna Joshi. ing a broom, Adityanath was morning. a “blot on Indian history” and in the city of the Taj. ment,” the statement quoted Tiffin and Toilet’, Garib Nawaz ment said. ‘4 MP tiger reserves SC asks Goa to respond to plea NIA files charge Police arrest youth for contributed Rs 75 cr to local sheet against seeking reduction of mining cap Zakir Naik in hate allegedly killing scribe communities in 2016-17’ speech case K J Singh, mother OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Court and Goa state commis- sion for protection of child OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: A new wild- NEW DELHI: The Supreme rights, have taken cognisance life report claims that tourism- Court on Thursday asked the on their own to provide relief MUMBAI: The National Inves- MOHALI: An unemployed related opportunities in and Goa government to respond to villagers. tigation Agency (NIA) on youth, hailing from Buland- around four tiger reserves in to a plea seeking its direction to “If such is the situation that Thursday filed a charge sheet shahr in Uttar Pradesh, was Madhya Pradesh contributed reduce the interim cap on min- could emerge with the exist- in a special court here against arrested on Thursday for alleg- nearly Rs 75 crore to the local ing in the state from 20 million ing cap amount, an increase in controversial Islamic preacher edly killing veteran journalist K community while generating tonnes per annum (MTPA) to the cap would be completely Zakir Naik for allegedly incit- J Singh and his nonagenarian Rs 19 crore in revenue for the 12 MTPA. unjustified. This is not the sit- ing youth to take up terror mother Gurcharan Kaur last government during the finan- A bench comprising Jus- uation in Sonshi village alone, activities, giving hate speeches month, police said. cial year 2016-2017. Chundawat said. tices Madan B Lokur and but is repeated in other clus- and promoting enmity between The accused, Gaurav Titled “The Value of Wild- Based on a survey done Deepak Gupta asked the state The plea, filed through ters as well,” it said adding that communities. Kumar, had an argument with life Tourism for Conservation in 133 lodges in the area, the government and some min- advocate Prashant Bhushan, mineral ore was being trans- “We filed a charge sheet Singh, who then slapped him. J Singh and Kumar had a tiff and Communities”, the report report found that the facilities ing companies to file their has alleged that despite two ported in trucks without any against Naik,” an NIA official Enraged, the youth brutally after Singh questioned him for by eminent tiger scientist Rag- see only 31 per cent occupancy responses within two weeks years of mining suspension, safeguard. said. The 51-year-old televan- killed the senior journalist sitting suspiciously in a park hunandan S Chundawat was per annum on average. and posted the matter for hear- one year of no-mining activ- The plea has also raised the gelist, who is currently abroad, with a kitchen knife and then close to his house on the night launched here on Thursday. Despite this, the tourism ing on November 29. ity and the mining carried out issue of absence of infrastruc- is being probed under terror strangulated his mother, Kaur, of the crime. Based on surveys conducted sector was able to plough back The application, filed by from 2015 to 2017, “there was ture to govern the mining oper- and money-laundering charges who was a witness to the crime, “Singh had questioned the around Panna, Bandhavgarh, into the local economy nearly NGO Goa Foundation, has little or no regulation of mining ations in the state. by the NIA. He fled from India they said. youth for sitting suspiciously Kanha and Pench tiger reserves Rs 75 crore, which was almost sought reduction of the interim activity to ensure that when it The top court had in April on July 1, 2016, after terrorists The veteran journalist and in the park and slapped him, in Madhya Pradesh, the report 45 per cent of the communities’ cap on mining, alleging that it re-commenced, it did not vio- 2014 allowed an annual cap of in neighbouring Bangladesh his 92-year-old mother were following which he killed the noted that the local commu- total revenue, he added. has been fixed without taking late any law”. 20 million tonnes of iron ore claimed that they were inspired found murdered at their resi- journalist and his mother, who nities were among the major Chundawat pointed out into account the adverse impact “Neither was there any sig- to be extracted in Goa which by his speeches. The NIA had dence in 3B2 area here on Sep- was an eyewitness to her son’s beneficiaries of the money gen- that although successful, most on the citizens and the environ- nificant improvement of infra- was banned by it in the state on November 18, 2016, regis- tember 23. murder,” the police official erated by guided-tours, driv- tiger reserves in India are small ment of the state. structure on the ground to for nearly one-and-a-half years. tered a case against Naik at its Addressing the media here, claimed. ers, vehicle owners, local shops, and the tiger populations pro- It claimed that an expert ensure village communities did It, however, had said that an Mumbai branch under vari- Mohali SSP Kuldeep Singh Kumar had executed the eateries etc. tected within their boundaries committee on the cap (ECOC) not get hurt,” it said. expert panel would give final ous sections of the Indian Penal Chahal claimed that the case brutal double murder alone, “With direct employment are not viable. had recommended in its final Referring to Goa’s Sonshi recommendation on annual Code and Unlawful Activities had been cracked and the knife the SSP claimed. and non-salaried employment, He suggested that there was report that cap on mining may village, the plea said that after cap on excavation of iron ore. (Prevention) Act (UAPA). used in the crime, K J Singh’s Police claimed to have including guides and safari a need to look at new, paral- be increased from 20 million the vacation of stay on min- The court had in October His Mumbai-based NGO, car that was stolen, a mobile apprehended Kumar on Thurs- vehicle owners, the major ben- lel and complementary mod- tonnes to 30 million tonnes and ing activities, the pollution 2013 stopped mining, trans- Islamic Research Founda- phone, a wrist watch and a digi- day afternoon from the airport eficiaries of wildlife tourism are els to build on the success of the applicant has already filed caused by mining transport portation and export of iron tion (IRF), has already been tal video recorder were recov- road near Sohana Gurdwara the local communities. these protected areas and “take detailed submissions oppos- has reached “such alarming lev- ore in Goa following a report declared an unlawful asso- ered from Kumar, who is in his here when he was driving In fact, over 80 per cent of tiger conservation beyond their ing this enhanced extraction of els” that multiple authorities, of irregularities by the Justice ciation by the Union home late 20s. Singh’s car with a fake num- lodge employees are locals,” boundaries”. mineral ores from Goa’s mines. including the Bombay High M B Shah Commission. ministry. According to Chahal, K ber plate. Extend UDAN scheme to ASEAN & S Asian countries: Sonowal to Raju Telgi: From a vegetable

on Thursday requestedNorth East as the new engine he called on the Union Minis- Government of India, with Union Civil Aviation Minis- of new India. ter at New Delhi. “The single the objective of “Let the com- ter, Ashok Gajapathi Raju to “The capitals of ASEAN modification in the scheme mon citizen of the country vendor to scam mastermind extend UDAN Scheme to con- and South Asian countries would be a true action on Act fly”, aimed at making air travel nect capitals of ASEAN and are within two hours flying East Policy thus bringing in affordable and widespread. OUR CORRESPONDENT South Asian countries with time, we propose that Udan huge economic benefits to the The Chief Minister also Guwahati. scheme may be tweaked to North East”, he added, an offi- expressed his gratitude to BENGALURU: Son of a rail- He also urged Raju to cover all destinations within cial release said here. UDAN the Civil Aviation Minister way employee who started off ensure that Guwahati becomes two hours flying time from (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) for approving the new termi- as a vegetable and fruit vendor the regional aviation hub in Guwahati, making the capi- is a regional airport develop- nal of the LGBI Airport and in trains, Abdul Kareem Telgi GUWAHATI: Assam Chief the light of the Act East Policy tal city as the regional avia- ment and “Regional Connec- requested him to lay the foun- took to the murky world and Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Prime Minister’s vision for tion hub”, Sonowal said when tivity Scheme (RCS)” of the dation stone. attained notoriety as the king- pin of a multi-crore counterfeit stamp papers scam. For over a decade, Telgi, SC responds sharply to AG’s remarks on fundamental rights who died on Thursday follow- ing illness while serving his sentence, ran the empire as the OUR CORRESPONDENT mitted that “Article 21 is A M Khanwilkar and Ashok mastermind of the counterfeit worded negatively but Your Bhushan, made clear that it stamp papers until 2003 when cheating but reportedly used agents, who sold the dupli- NEW DELHI: The Supreme Lordships have read at least would not stay away from an the scam spread across several his stay in the prison to learn cate stamp papers of vari- Court today sharply reacted thirty positive rights into it. issue just because Parliament states broke out and shook the the tricks of the trade from an ous denominations in bulk to to the submission of Attorney And they cannot be enforced.” was debating it and would nation. expert forger. banks, insurance companies, General K K Venugopal that a The Attorney General, rather ensure that the rights As the sensational scam Telgi allegedly bribed his stock brokerage firms and host of rights have been read who argued that parliamen- of people are being protected. unfolded, the security and way out of jail. corporates. into the fundamental right on tary panel reports cannot be During the day-long hear- intelligence agencies had then Acquiring a stamp paper He ran his business alleg- protection of life and personal subjected to judicial scrutiny ing, the bench said that like pegged its size at a mind bog- licence in 1994, Telgi opened an edly in connivance with liberty under the Constitution as there was a broad separation separation of powers, its power gling figure of up to Rs 20,000 office at Mint Road in Mumbai. top police officers and peo- which “cannot be enforced”. of powers, also referred to the of judicial review was also crore. Various estimates are He was said to have ple in power, according to The top law officer told a apex court verdict banning sale part of the basic structure of made about the magnitude of befriended several officials in investigations. five-judge constitution bench of liquor along the highways in the Constitution and referred the scam, which rocked the the revenue ministry, stamp Telgi ran out of luck in 2003 headed by Chief Justice Dipak the country. to the law on termination of financial markets. office and Nashik Security when his multi-billion scam Misra that at least 30 positive Justice D Y Chandrachud, pregnancy. Hailing from Khanapur in Press where stamp papers are came to the fore. rights have been created over who had authored the liquor “Should we shut our eyes” Belagavi district of Karnataka, printed. He had allegedly named a period of time by the apex ban verdict, said “I am sorry, if there was a report of parlia- 56-year old Telgi began his life Telgi was also accused of many influential people dur- court by expanding Article you have not read my judg- mentary panel on termination as a vegetable and fruit vendor having used his political clout ing the narco-analysis test. 21 (right to life and personal such fundamental rights can illoma Virus (HPV) vaccine. ment. We were enforcing your of pregnancy, the bench said. in trains. to get the machinery at the In January 2006, Telgi and liberty) and some were unen- be enforced. Referring to the right to (Centre’s) policy. The Centre “We can declare a law After his education in the Nashik press declared as ‘junk’ several associates were sen- forceable keeping in mind the The issue whether a parlia- have clean environment as had issued numerous direc- unconstitutional and may ask local Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, an only to buy it and setting it up tenced to 30 years rigorous problems faced by the country. mentary panel report can be a fundamental right and the tives for removing liquor vends Parliament to make the law. We English-medium school, he at his office in Mumbai. imprisonment by a court. He referred to rights relied upon in judicial pro- recent order banning sale of along highways. India was are obliged and empowered to had obtained a B.Com degree He also allegedly obtained A report submitted by for- like right to shelter and ceedings had arisen after the fire crackers, the bench said, becoming the accident capital.” see and call for reports,” the from a college in Belagavi. the original dye for printing in mer DIG (Prisons) D Roopa employment. petitioners had referred to the “It can be enforced. Take our “We relied on your (Cen- bench said. Later, he moved to Saudi connivance with Nashik press recently had alleged that Telgi The court, which was hear- 81st Report of Parliamentary orders for ensuring green envi- tre’s) policy to order removal The observation was made Arabia and returned seven security officials and began was among several prisoners ing two pleas to decide on ques- Standing Committee, issued ronment. My learned brother of liquor vends. Our judgment by the bench which is hearing years later to Mumbai where printing fake stamp papers. who received special treatment tions including whether it can on December 22, 2014, alleg- judge, Justice Sikri’s order clearly says it,” Justice Chand- petitions to decide whether he allegedly developed links The investigation agen- in the jail. rely on or refer to parliamen- edly indicting some pharma ensured that we could breathe rachud said. the court can rely on or refer with the underworld. cies discovered that he ran the The facilities included spe- tary committee reports in judi- firms for conducting trials of after Diwali.” The bench, which also to parliamentary committee He was arrested in 1991 by business like a mega indus- cial massages given by three or cial proceedings, asserted that the controversial Human Pap- However, Venugopal sub- comprised justices A K Sikri, reports in judicial proceedings. Mumbai police on charges of try by recruiting about 350 four convicts allotted to him. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 J-K situation improving; Forward Bloc to launch Actor Kamal drops another violence coming down, programme says Mehbooba against NDA govt hint at taking political plunge OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The central committee of the All India For- NEW DELHI: Jammu and ward Bloc (AIFB) has decided OUR CORRESPONDENT Kashmir Chief Minister Meh- to launch a month-long mass Haasan said only booba Mufti on Thursday action programme from CHENNAI: Giving further those who wanted said situation in the state has November-December against indication of taking a politi- improved a lot as violence has the “anti-people” NDA govern- cal plunge, veteran star Kamal to do something come down significantly. ment, it said on Thursday. Haasan has said he will come for Tamil Nadu as She said this after hold- AIFB general secretary out with a ‘communication ing an hour-long meeting Debabrata Biswas said the cen- strategy’ on his birthday next a “duty” and not with Union Home Minis- tral committee of the party had month to keep in touch with as a “sacrifice” are ter Rajnath Singh, three days come to the conclusion that the youth. after the appointment of for- 40 -month rule of the govern- “I can see that a youth force welcome to join mer Intelligence Bureau direc- ment, led by Prime Minister is waiting to be coordinated,” him tor Dineshwar Sharma as the Narendra Modi, had pushed the national award winner said. special representative who will the country into a “serious Enough pinpointings of hold talks with all stakeholders Apart from the home min- socio-economic and political shortcomings and “loot” has it with corruption, drawing in the state. ister and the chief minister, crisis”. “The time-tested val- been made and the time has strong rebuke from the ruling “Situation in Jammu and senior officials of the home ues of democracy, secularism, come for a “surgery” but any party including Chief Minister Kashmir has improved as vio- ministry and the Jammu and sovereignty and socialism, as kind of “armed revolution” will K Palaniswami. lence has come down a lot,” she Kashmir government attended enshrined in the Constitution, bear no fruit since it involved Ever since, the actor has told reporters here. the meeting, which lasted for are facing serious challenges more loss of humans, he said. been vocal about many social The chief minister said she about 45 minutes. from the Modi dispensation,” Writing in his weekly series during the age group of 18-35 he said, adding the agenda of ready to work with his move- and political issues, including discussed with the home min- Singh and Mehbooba later an AIFB statement quoted him in Tamil magazine ‘Ananda years. such an initiative will not be ment, he said and pointed outbreak of dengue and the ister on the announcement had a one-on-one meeting for as saying. Vikatan,’ the actor titled it this “I can see that a youth force to just hold talks but to work out one such group working Supreme Court’s observation of a special representative for about 15 minutes. Biswas informed that the week as “Be prepared..will tell is waiting.. The requirement out plans. against graft and hailed it for on playing national anthem in Jammu and Kashmir, security On Monday, the home party units across the coun- all on November 7,” which hap- and duty for me to coordinate Haasan said only those who its contribution. cinema theatres. situation in the state and vari- minister had announced Shar- try had been instructed to pens to be his birthday. them has come.. I am going to wanted to do something for He said efforts were on to He had recently extended ous development issues. ma’s appointment as the gov- hold mass action programmes, His remarks come amidst work out and announce a way Tamil Nadu as a “duty” and not ensure that he and his support- support to the crew of Tamil Mehbooba said a detailed ernment’s representative for including rallies, dharna, pick- strong buzz in political circles of seamless communication as a “sacrifice” are welcome to ers were in touch with each film ‘Mersal’, starring Vijay, discussions was also held on carrying forward a “sustained eting etc., for a month. that he might make a concrete with them on November 7.” join him. other, besides the latter com- which had BJP fuming at some the Rs 80,000 crore package dialogue” with all stakehold- The campaign would be announcement on his political “This will be not to inter- “Enough of (hopes) that munication with people. mocking references to Goods announced by Prime Minister ers in Jammu and Kashmir, in launched on November 8 by entry that day. act, but will be one of training they (apaprently government) “Announcements on these and Services Tax (GST) rolled Narendra Modi in 2015. a fresh move aimed at bring- observing the day as “Black Expressing confidence in and workshops that will make will do.. We can do.. I can do.. will be made on November 7,” out by the NDA government. “Funds are getting released ing peace to the troubled state. Day”, he added. the youth population aged plans,” he said. If I can do, you can do too,” the he added. The party had demanded and many development works Singh said on Tuesday that Biswas said the AIFB would 18-35 years, he said he was His aim was not to just con- multiple award-winning star Haasan has been critical of deletion of the scenes saying are going on. Works on AIIMS Sharma would decide whom to organise a countrywide protest “proud of” the thoughts and vene an assembly of supporters said. the AIADMK government, and ‘incorrect references’ had been in the state is also going on,” engage with for a resolution of programme against the GST on philosophy he had developed but a “large council of leaders,” Many organisations were had a few months ago charged made about the tax regime. she said. the Kashmir issue. November 15. Study of other states loan Culprit held 4 days Vandalism case: Arrest warrant after girl jumps NATION BRIEFS waiver schemes being out of train fearing against Hardik Patel cancelled conducted: Raj minister molestation OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT MEHSANA: The Visnagar sessions court on Thursday JAIPUR: The Rajasthan gov- MUMBAI: Four days after cancelled the non-bailable ernment’s 11-member com- a minor girl jumped out of a arrest warrant issued against mittee is conducting the study moving local train apprehend- quota agitation leader Hardik of loan waiver schemes of other ing molestation inside a ladies’ Patel after he appeared before states so that a suitable action compartment near the CSMT it and gave an assurance to could be taken in the interest in south Mumbai, police have remain present during hearings of farmers in the state, agricul- arrested a 35-year-old man. in the future. Sessions judge V ture minister Prabhu Lal Saini “We want to present a good “We scanned CCTV foot- P Agarwal had yesterday issued said on Thursday. example in the country and the age of the incident and identi- Team India created history by winning One Silver (Mohit Dudeja), warrants against Hardik Patel, Replying to a question dur- work in this direction is going fied the accused. A manhunt One Bronze (Kiran Sudhakar) and Nine Medallion of Excellence at the convener of Patidar Ana- ing a Question Hour in the on,” he said. was then launched to nab the 44th WorldSkills competition concluded in Abu Dhabi mat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), Assembly, Saini informed the The minister informed him,” Deputy Commissioner and six others, including Sardar house that the farmers’ organ- that the state government has of Police Samadhan Pawar of Patel Group (SPG) convener isations gave representations done 85 per cent works done the Government Railway Police PURI REVIEWS CENTRAL PROJECTS Lalji Patel in a case of vandal- to the state government over as per the Swaminathan Com- said. Police got a tip-off that ising the office of a BJP MLA 57-points and loan waiver was mission’s report on the farm- Ashraf Ali Sheikh (25), the BEING IMPLEMENTED IN NE STATES during the quota stir in 2015. their main demand. ers’ issues. accused, was coming to the GUWAHATI: Union Housing and Urban Development The court issued the war- He said that the gov- In his question, indepen- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday reviewed rants after Hardik Patel failed to accused of ransacking the office Court. ernment has appointed an dent MLA Nandkishore Maha- Terminus (CSMT) on Thurs- various Central projects currently being implemented in appear before it for the second of Visnagar MLA Rishikesh The Patidar community, 11-member committee to look ria asked a clear reply from the day and arrested him, Pawar eight North Eastern states. The Minister, accompanied consecutive time, while Lalji Patel during the protest rally under Hardik Patel, has been into the matter. minster whether the govern- said. Patel and others were absent of the Patidar community in agitating for reservation in gov- Saini said that the com- ment will waive farmers’ loan Sheikh admitted that he by officials of his Ministry, held detailed discussion with for the first time. July 2015. The quota agitation ernment jobs and educational mittee is conducting study of or not. was involved in the incident state level Mission Directors of the NE states, an official The court cancelled the spearhead and others had in institutes. models of other states and on Noisy scenes were wit- but his motive behind enter- release said. Some of the schemes coming under dis- arrest warrants of Hardik Patel the past secured bail in the case. The quota agitation spear- the basis of the report, the gov- nessed when the government ing the ladies’ compartment cussion include Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban), and others after they appeared The same court had ear- head has been criticising the ernment would take a suitable deputy chief whip Madan was yet to be ascertained, the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transforma- before it on Thursday and lier rejected Hardik Patel’s plea ruling BJP for not accepting the action for loan waiver. Rathore objected to Maharia DCP said. tion (AMRUT), Smart City Mission and Swachh Bharat gave an assurance that they seeking entry into Mehsana demands of the community. The minister said that the when the latter referring to There was a case of mobile Mission (Urban). After the review, the Minister released will remain present during the district, which was then the Of late, he has intensified government is working in the BJP’s election manifesto said theft registered against him at future hearings. Each of them epicentre of the quota stir. his attack against the BJP as direction of the loan waiver that the party had promised the Dadar station and he was a total of Rs 182 crore for the North Eastern states un- also submitted surety bonds of The young leader had well as Prime Minister Nar- for farmers but no decision in to declare minimum support out on bail, Pawar added. der various schemes of the ministry, the release added. Rs 5,000. The court has kept requested the court to allow endra Modi in the run-up to haste will be taken. price (MSP) of all crops. On Sunday, the girl, a class the case for next hearing on him to enter the district by the Gujarat polls, scheduled Saini informed that the gov- Rathore said that the BJP VIII student, boarded a train MAJOR FIRE OUTSIDE BANDRA November 15. relaxing the bail conditions to be held in two phases in ernment also sent the team to did not promise to declare the at CSMT to return home after STATION IN MUMBAI Hardik Patel and others are prescribed by the Gujarat High December. Karnataka for the study. MSP of ‘all’ crops. attending a tuition. MUMBAI: A major fire broke out at Behrampada adjacent to suburban Bandra station in Mumbai this WBPHED NleT Chhath fever hits afternoon, forcing the railway authorities to halt train The Superintending Engineer, Mechanical Circle-IV, PHE Dte. Siliguri services on the harbour line, a senior railway official invites e-Tender vide NleT No. 10 & 11 of 2017-18, dated 26.10.17 said. No casualties have been reported so far, a fire for the work of Supply, Installation & commissioning of Gaseous crescendo in Patna, all Chlorination arrangement of capacity 0 - 1 kg/hr. for piped water brigade official said. The fire broke out near the east supply scheme for Jaigaon Development Area (JDA) based on side of Bandra local station during a demolition drive Sub Surface Water source of River Torsa, Dist. Alipurduar. (Zoned roads lead to Ganges carried out by the municipal corporation, the official OHR site) and (Zone-Il OHR site) respectively. Document collection said. “Our control room got a call at 4.24 pm and fire and submission from 26.10.17 to 10.11.17 upto 2.00 PM. Tender ID- 2017_PHED_134161_1 and 2017_PHED_134187_1 respectively brigade personnel along with 16 fire engines and 10 can be made online through the website “ https:// wbtenders.gov.in” water tankers have been pressed into service,” the of- ficial said. The chief PRO of the Central Railway said, “We have stopped Harbour line up and down services from 4.25 pm as a precautionary measure owing to fire near the Bandra station on the east side.” Government of West Bengal 17 CENTRAL GOVT OFFICIALS FACE CBI North Bengal Development Department Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri FIR FOR SUBLETTING QUARTERS ABRIDGED -e-NIT NEW DELHI: Sub-letting government accomodation e-NIT ref. Name of work Estimated Last date of Bid proved costly to 17 central government officials in no. Amount submission Chennai who have been booked by the CBI along NIT-103 Construction of 15 Nos individual ` 50,79,687.00 21/11/2017 up (SL No.1) Dwelling Houses Named “Gorkha to 15:00 Hours with their tenants for corruption charges. The agency Patna : RJD leader Rabri Devi with her family members performing OF 2017-18 Niwas” in Kalchini Block in the district has filed an FIR against 17 government employees, of Alipurduar. rituals during Chhath puja celebrations, in Patna on Thursday PTI NIT-103 Construction of 51 Nos individual ` 1,73,80,341.00 21/11/2017 up their tenants and middlemen for allegedly giving their (SL No.2) Dwelling Houses Named “Gorkha to 15:00 Hours OF 2017-18 Niwas” in various Blocks (Mal OUR CORRESPONDENT government quarters on rent to private persons. “The Bazar,Nagrakata, Mateli, SMC area) in to the ghats where people, cut- the district of Jalpaiguri. ting across social backgrounds, other unknown accused public servants of Estate and Sd/- PATNA: All roads in the city converged to offer Arghya to CPWD department also abused their official position Superintending Engineer North Bengal Development Department led to the mighty Ganges on the Astaachal Surya (the set- and knowingly allowed the private persons to occupy Thursday as lakhs made a bee- ting sun). the government quarters,” the agency has alleged in Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in line to the myriad ghats, all The fervour that had started its FIR. The CBI has alleged that the private persons, For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in sparkling clean and decked up building up with Nahai Khai on to receive devotees taking part Tuesday, followed by Kharna who are illegally occupying the Governmnt quarters, in the Chhath Puja . yesterday, hit a crescendo on have got Aadhaar cards, ration cards, gas connections Patna roads, which are Thursday as the Chhath vra- in their names at CPWD quarter address. The employ- otherwise notorious for huge tees , who observe a rigorous, ees booked by the CBI are lower rung officials work- traffic snarls, looked differ- 36-hour fast and refuse to take ing in various central government departments who ent on Thursday as cars, bikes even a sip of water as part of have been given accomodation in KK Nagar locality and other modes of transport mandatory discipline for the gave way to devotees walking occasion, made their journey of Chennai. on foot and carrying kalsoops to the ghats singing hymns in ODISHA FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE FOR (wicker basket) on their heads praise of the sun god in local containing offerings to be made dialects like Bhojpuri, Maithili CROP FAILURE to the Sun god. and Magahi. The festivities will BHUBANESWAR: A farmer allegedly committed The more enthusiastic conclude tomorrow when the suicide due to crop loss in a drought like situation at ones went through the ardu- devotees re-converge on the ous ritual of prostrating on the banks of the Ganges, standing Malamunda village in Bargarh district of Odisha, ground after every single step in waist-deep water, and offer police said on Thursday. while undertaking the journey Arghya to the rising sun. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 mp nation

ATTACK ON SWISS COUPLE Swiss couple attack: It can have negative impact on India’s 1 arrested, efforts on to nab 3 others image, Alphons writes to Adityanath OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Swiss couple DGP was kept in the dark about Fatehpur Sikri incident the incident, the ADG said, “In NEW DELHI: The attack on a LUCKNOW: One person has case of any incident related to Swiss couple at Fatehpur Sikri recovering after been arrested from Agra-Raj- foreigners, local police has could have a negative impact matter of shame for us: asthan border and hunt is on to immediately intimate the on the image of the country, attack: Doctors to nab three others allegedly police headquarters. We will Union Minister of State for involved in the attack on a probe why this information did Tourism K J Alphons said in Mahesh Sharma OUR CORRESPONDENT young Swiss couple by a group not come and action will be ini- a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief of youths in Agra’s Fatehpur tiated against the guilty.” Minister Yogi Adityanath on OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The young Sikri, a senior police official Taking note of the incident, Thursday. Swiss couple, who was alleg- said here on Thursday. a report has been sought from The incident, which took NEW DELHI: Union Cul- edly attacked in Agra’s Fateh- According to a media the district magistrate and SSP, place on Sunday, came to light ture Minister Mahesh Sharma pur Sikri by a group of youths report, the couple from Laus- Agra, an official spokesman a day after the conclusion of on Thursday condemned the on Sunday, is on the way to anne in Switzerland was chased said here. the ‘Paryatan Parv’, India’s attack on a young Swiss couple recovery, doctors at the hospi- and attacked with stones and Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, biggest tourism festival which by a group of youths in Fateh- tal where they are undergoing sticks by a group of youths in who came to India on Septem- aimed at increasing the tourist pur Sikri and said it was a mat- treatment said. the Fatehpur Sikri on Sun- ber 30 with his girlfriend Marie footfall in the country. ter of shame for Indians. Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, day, leaving them battered and Droz, also 24, was quoted as “You would kindly appre- The minister said it was who came to India on Septem- bruised saying in the media report, ciate that such incidents neg- unfortunate that such an inci- by Mughal emperor Akbar in ber 30 with his female friend “One person has been that they were strolling near atively impact our image dent had happened in the the 16th century and a major Marie Droz, also 24, was quoted arrested from Agra-Rajasthan the railway station at the Fateh- and are detrimental to our country. tourist attraction -- after a day as saying in a news report that border and search is on to nab pur Sikri after a day in Agra efforts in promoting India “I think the foreign minis- in Agra when the group started they were strolling near the three others,” Additional Direc- when the group started follow- as a tourism destination,” the minister wrote. Meanwhile, the Swiss cou- ter has reacted to it. It’s a matter following them. railway station at the Fateh- tor General (ADG) Crime ing them and later attacked. Alphons wrote in his letter to Union Culture Minister ple is on the way to recovery, of law and order but as the cul- The two were found on the pur Sikri after a day in Agra Chandra Prakash told report- The couple said that as they Adityanath. Mahesh Sharma, who held the doctors at the hospital ture minister and as a human ground, bloodied and bruised when a group started following ers. Pakash said that on Octo- lay on the ground bloodied and Quentin Jeremy Clerc (24) the tourism portfolio before where they were admitted being I condemn the attack on even as bystanders made videos them and later attacked them. ber 22 someone informed Dial bruised, bystanders began tak- and his girlfriend Marie Droz the recent reshuffle and who have said. While Clerc has the foreign tourists. It’s unfor- of their plight. Dr Rajendra Prasad, neurosur- 100 about the incident after ing videos of them on their (24), who came to India on played a significant role in been shifted to a cabin from tunate, should not have hap- According to the National geon at Apollo Hospital, where which the couple were admit- mobile phones, according to September 30, were alleg- organising the ‘Paryatan the ICU, Droz, who has a pened. It’s a matter of shame Crimes Records Bureau, crimes the couple was admitted, said ted to primary health centre the report. Meanwhile, Sama- edly attacked by a group of Parv’, also said the incident fractured arm, has been dis- for us,” Sharma said. against foreign tourists visit- Clerc has been shifted to a and later at a private hospital jwadi Party president Akhilesh men near the railway sta- was a matter of shame for the charged after treatment. External Affairs Minis- ing India have reduced by 29.4 room from the ICU. The doc- in Agra. “As the couple did not Yadav alleged that BJP men tion at Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar country. According to the National ter Sushma Swaraj has sought per cent. tor said that Droz has a fracture lodge any FIR, police suo motu were behind the incident. Pradesh. The Swiss nationals “I think the foreign min- Crimes Records Bureau information from the Uttar In 2014, there were 384 in the arm but has been dis- lodged an NCR (non-cogniza- “It must be BJP men behind were reportedly left bloodied ister has reacted to it. It is a (NCRB), crimes against for- Pradesh government on the cases of crimes against foreign charged after treatment. ble report) in the matter,” he the incident. Some people per- and bruised by the attackers. matter of law-and-order, but eign tourists had reduced by incident that took place on tourists reported from across “We have moved him out said, adding that after medical formed puja at Taj Mahal prem- In his letter to the Uttar as the culture minister and a 29.4 per cent in 2015 as against Sunday. the country. This came down of the ICU into a room. He is report found fracture in arm of ises wearing saffron clothes. Pradesh chief minister, human being, I condemn the the previous year. According to reports, to 271 in 2015. having a hearing problem oth- one of the tourists, relevant sec- They want to ruin tourism Alphons said he was “deeply attack on the foreign tourists. In 2014, 384 of such cases Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, and These findings are part of erwise he is conscious and talk- tions of the IPC were included of the country. I challenge BJP concerned” over the attacks. It is unfortunate and should were reported from across his girlfriend Marie Droz, also the first analytical report on ing,” said Prasad. in the FIR. Asked about the to remove Taj Mahal from list “A fast and speedy response not have happened. It is a mat- the country, the NCRB said, 24, from Lausanne were chased crimes against foreign tourists The doctor informed that it accused, the ADG said, “Ini- of heritage sites and seven won- in identifying and ensuring ter of shame for us,” he said. adding that the number came and attacked with stones and furnished by the tourism min- is difficult to say at the moment tial reports said that some of ders,” he said here. Describing speedy action, including con- External Affairs Minister down to 271 in 2015. sticks by a group of youths in istry in the backdrop of a global whether the hearing problem them are minor. But as probe is the incident as “unfortunate”, viction of the guilty, would be Sushma Swaraj has sought These findings are part of Fatehpur Sikri. outcry over attacks on tourists will be a permanent one. on, it will not be fair to disclose BJP spokesman Shalabh Mani reassuring, as also a good mes- information from the Uttar the first analytical report of The couple was strolling in India. NCRB started profil- “He’s improving but we will their names.” Tripathi said, “Those involved sage of our efforts to prevent Pradesh government on the the NCRB on crimes against near the railway station in ing crimes against foreign tour- have to see in the long term,” When asked as to why the in the act will not be spared.” recurrence of such incidents,” incident. foreign tourists. Fatehpur Sikri -- a city founded ists in 2014. said the doctor.

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Notice Inviting e-Tender No. 06 of 2017-18 (2nd Call) EE/TD/PWD, Purba Medinipure invites e-tender for the work 1. “Vertical extension for constn. of new Mothers’ Waiting Room for SNCU in Purba Medinipur District Hospital at Tamluk”. Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, G PHinduja, Co-Chairman, Estt. Amt.: Rs. 7,15,143.00 Hinduja Group and Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for International Development and UK Government Tender ID: 2017_WBPWD_134279_1 Minister for the Indian diaspora Bid Submission End Date is 06.11.2017 at 14.00 Hours. For details visit the website http://wbtenders.gov.in Sd/- Executive Engineer, PWD, Bodo leader’s killing: Protesters Tamluk Division e-Tender Notice The Executive Engineer, Siliguri Division, M. E. Directorate , try to block train movement Siliguri, Dist - Darjeeling invites e-tender on behalf of the Governor of West Bengal for the work,” Setting up of community KOKRAJHAR/RANGIA: attempted rail blockades in Police intervened when rain water harvesting facilities of total cumulative capacity 15 The Centre has handed over the two districts prompting they were approaching railway lakh liters of community storage tanks for 200 households with related pipelines and gravity filter to all facilities. with related the probe into the killing of police action leading to scuf- stations to block the movement pipelines and gravity filter to each facilities within Darjeeling All Bodo Minority Students fles between the two sides, offi- of trains, he said. Municipality”. Tender details are given below. Union (ABMSU) chief Lafi- cials said. “When the protesters pelted Tender Reference Number: WBMED/SLG/DIV/e- kul Islam to the CBI, even as Hundreds of slogan-shout- stones at the officers in their BID-04/17-18., Tender Id 2017_MAD_134248_1, Bid his supporters staged protests ing ABMSU protesters, includ- attempt to move forward, Submission End Date : 24.11.2017. in Kokrajhar and Baksa dis- ing Islam’s wife and sister, took police resorted to lathicharge, Details of N.I.T and Tender documents may be downloaded tricts on Thursday demanding to the streets in Kokrajhar dis- teargas shelling and firing of from https://wbtenders.gov.in Sd/- immediate arrest of the killers. trict around 5 am on Thursday, rubber bullets in the air to dis- Executive Engineer Siliguri Division M.E.Dte. ABMSU members a senior police official said. perse them,” he added. MPOST PM asks IAS trainees to research governance issues OUR CORRESPONDENT

MUSSOORIE: Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi on Thurs- day held an interaction with IAS officer trainees here and asked them to research gover- nance issues in depth, so that they could understand those well. He held the interaction with over 360 officer trainees of the 92nd Foundation Course at the PMO statement said. Lal Bahadur Shastri National He also stressed on the need Academy of Administration for them to develop a national (LBSNAA), a day ahead of his vision, the PMO said. address to them. The discussions were During the four-hour inter- marked by a large degree of action in four groups, a variety experience-sharing. of subjects such as administra- The prime minister also tion, governance, technology interacted with faculty mem- and policy-making came up, bers of the academy, who gave according to a PMO statement. him an overview of the work “Officers shared their own being done there, to train experiences, which were very India’s civil servants, the state- constructive,” Modi tweeted. ment said. He also visited the The prime minister urged state-of-the-art Gandhi Smriti the officer trainees to express Library at LBSNAA and their ideas and thoughts to him attended a short cultural pro- frankly and without fear, the gramme by the officer trainees. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 EDITORIAL Volleying the blame Power with The response of the bureaucracy to starvation deaths has been appalling as responsibility Aadhaar linking is pursued to demonstrate loyalty, writes Arun Srivastava he overwhelming success of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the latest elections for members of the Japa- harkhand’s PDS Minister the plot to malign the BJP gov- nese ‘Diet’ appears to be portending the hardening Saryu Roy, despite acting ernment. A five-member team of tensions and priorities in northeast Asia. Defying late, nevertheless, in one of Right to Food activists that This critics and proving himself to be one of the most adroit stroke, demolished the visited the family in Simdega Japanese politicians, Abe has once again emerged as a hero Jmyth of the government dik- said, the family lived in penury of the post-war era. Not only did he opt for a head-on attack tat of the Aadhaar card being and slept on an empty stomach on the scandals eroding his popular support and the voice of indispensable. On September every night. Koili Devi, San- dissidence in his ruling Liberal Democratic Party, he also took 28, Santoshi, a girl belonging toshi’s mother, was quoted by advantage of the vague sense of surrounding impending crisis to an extremely poor family the team as saying that the fam- by calling in for early elections. After this overwhelming vic- hailing from Simdega, died of ily at times survived on pack- tory, fingers are virtually crossed about Abe’s intentions and starvation. This occurred in aged food from the Anganwadi corresponding actions with the refreshed authority. While It is an open the aftermath of Chief Secre- centre. pundits of international politics predict that he might con- secret that death tary Rajbala Verma’s directive It is an open secret that sume this mandate on a possibly chimerical quest of his life- due to hunger that rendered the ration card death due to hunger has esca- long goal of constitutional revision, it cannot be ruled out that of the family ineligible as they lated into a major crisis in he would complete the pending part of his wartime time his- has escalated into were not linked to the Aadhaar India. Over 25 lakh people tory agenda of drawing a peace treaty deal with Russia. Abe, a major crisis in system. The family had not die of hunger, every year. Of in fact, would also have to focus on handling the pertinent received any ration since Feb- these, nearly 65 per cent are mess created by US President Donald Trump, expected to India. Over 25 ruary but subsisted on doles kids. Even while people are visit Tokyo soon. Besides dealing with Pyongyang, the most lakh people die from villagers and the mid-day shocked by the death of San- important part of his agenda would be fulfilling his promises meal Santoshi received at her As the battle of blame goes on, many in Jharkhand remain starving from the unavailability of ration toshi, yet another hunger death of an economic revitalisation of Japan, as the ruling coali- of hunger, every school. (Representational Image) has surfaced in Jharkhand. tion’s victory was a victory for stability and continuity. As a year. Of these, Roy was shocked at the Rooplal Marandi, 62-year- result, it is expected, Abe would give preference to formulate a death of the poor girl and ting the failure of the health it explicit that the officials of the family was facing threats old, died of hunger on Monday development-oriented budget over making the constitutional nearly 65 per cent sought a clarification as to how department to check the the Jharkhand government and asked the police to provide in Jharkhand’s Deoghar dis- revision. Not to forget, it would always be a daunting task to are kids. Even such an order could have been spread of malaria, which has willfully ignored the instruc- security. Food activists said trict, after the biometric reader revise Japan’s post-war ‘peace constitution’, whose Article 9 issued when the state govern- been claiming the lives of chil- tions of the minister. that late on Friday night some at the PDS shop couldn’t read declares “land, sea and air forces … will never be maintained” while people ment had not announced any dren belonging to poor fami- Trying to put the record panchayat members stormed his thumb impression and he and “belligerency of the state will not be recognised.” Using are shocked directive to this effect. In fact, lies. Nonetheless, activists in straight, the government into the family’s hut to ask was refused ration, his fam- the term “self-defence forces” for Japan’s military establish- he sought to know whether his Simdega alleged that Santoshi claimed that the Chief Sec- them why they had persisted ily alleged. This is the third ment in his agenda, Abe had faced widespread opposition by the death own government had directed Kumari died after her fam- retary’s directive followed a with the starvation death the- time in a month that a family for his plan to revise the Constitution, foisted on Japan by of Santoshi, that ration cards not linked to ily was denied ration because review meeting with the PDS ory. The family hid in another in the tribal-state has claimed the victorious American general, Douglas MacArthur, dur- the Aadhaar be cancelled. their card was not linked to officials. “In the course of the village till they were herded to have lost a member after ing the US occupation that followed Japan’s defeat in World yet another The action of certain offi- the Aadhaar. review in March, the CS has back by the administration. being refused access to subsi- War II. For sure, Japanese rightists believe it is high time to hunger death cials of the state administration Once the Central govern- said that by April 5, all ration Later, Santoshi’s sister Gudia dised supplies they are entitled discard this vestige of American power, but the Japanese are has been the most dishearten- ment made Aadhaar a manda- cards without Aadhaar would lodged an FIR against 25 vil- to under a nation-wide food also habituated to the assurance that Japanese troops would has surfaced in ing and dehumanising. They tory requirement, a rat race has become ineligible and only the lagers. While SP Rajeev Ranjan programme for the poor. In never again rampage across Asia as they did in the 35 years Jharkhand are adamant to prove that ensued amongst the bureau- Aadhaar-based system would Singh said a probe had started, this case, too, the doctor con- of Japanese rule over Korea and the takeover of large parts of Santoshi died of malaria and crats and ministers to push it. be used for lifting ration.” It is he did not say why no arrests firmed it to be an instance of China, most of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Surpris- not due to the non-availabil- Incidentally, it has turned into astonishing that no cognizance were made. natural death. ingly, the well-equipped Japanese ‘self-defense forces’ had not ity of ration. It is bizarre that an instrument actively used to of the order of the minister was Santoshi’s mother contin- It is deplorable that the fired even a single shot in retaliation, after Emperor Hirohito these officials have been active pledge loyalty to the ruling elite taken by the administration. ued to assert that her daughter National Food Security Act, accepted his surrender on August 15, 1945. The recent force- in spreading confusion. Does and political bosses. Though Chief Minister did not die of malaria, she was 2013 (NFSA), the most decisive ful emergence of right-wing ideologies in Japan is mainly a blaming malaria as the reason A couple of days ago, Raghubar Das has ordered a instead, crying for rice while intervention to check hunger consequence of North Korean president Kim Jong-un, who for deaths absolve the govern- the minister claimed that as probe into the death of San- breathing her last. She said death, was not being properly had been rude enough to send long-range missiles high above ment of its welfare obligation soon as the directive from toshi and how the ration card she has not given her thumb implemented in Jharkhand. In the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Notably, Abe has to ram the and responsibility? It is an the administration came to of her family was deleted from impression on any such report July 2017, the Supreme Court new version through some formidable obstacles, while revis- undeniable fact that a signifi- light, he had issued an official the list, efforts have been initi- saying the girl died of malaria. found that in many states the ing the Constitution. Not only would he need the approval cant proportion of Indian chil- order to ensure that no ration ated by vested interest groups The most deplorable action of bodies charged with imple- of two-thirds of the Diet – controlled by the long-ruling Lib- dren go hungry across several card was omitted due to the to suppress the fact and protect the government officials was mentation had not been set up eral Democratic Party in alliance with the Komeito, rather, he days of the year. non-linking with Aadhaar. It the government from being their allegation that the family and described the situation as must persuade more than 50 per cent of the nation’s voters to These officials, in their is possible that some names maligned. Even Simdega dep- had kept a sack of food grain “pathetic”. The budget for this endorse it. Though North Korea has greeted Abe’s electoral quest to shield Verma, con- were nevertheless deleted due uty commissioner, Manjunath in the house. They tried their programme has also been get- success with a warning of Japanese reinvasion of the Korean veniently forgot the fact that to prevailing confusion. How- Bhajantri, confirmed that he best to send the message that ting slashed, gradually. IPA peninsula, Pyongyang apparently wants to tear into the bond they were publicly admit- ever, later developments make had received complaints that Santoshi’s death was a part of (Views are strictly personal.) formed between Abe and South Korea’s President Moon Jae- in, who supports the trilateral cooperation with the United dear States and Japan as indispensable in countering Kim Jong- EDITOR un’s threats against US, Japan and also the Republic of Korea. Quote martial ADVANTAGE BJP? millenniumpost.in And, that would raise doubts in the minds of China and Rus- sia that rising Japanese military power is a menace to their Money won't As the battle for Gujarat turns shriller by the day, the initial exit polls seem Log on to write letters to the own security. And, both these global giants would consider editor or send them to several times to free Japan from Article 9. Not only that, when create success; the to suggest that the BJP will retain Gujarat while also successfully wresting it comes to foreign and security policy, a somewhat similar freedom to make Himachal from the Congress. This will no doubt be music to the ruling par- [email protected] dilemma exists, particularly in relations with Japan’s only it will You can also send your ally, the United States. As Abe enjoys an almost unique posi- ty's ears. With Rahul Gandhi shedding his usual reticence and firing on all comments to The Editor, tion among American allies with a very cordial relationship with President Trump, one cannot rule out that his influence cylinders, the Congress is hoping that pollsters are proved wrong. As another Millennium Post, would disappear the moment he crosses US foreign policies. NELSON MANDELA election season knocks on the door, parties have begun dutifully counting Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah It may be noted that the view of Trump inside the senior lev- els of Japanese officialdom is typically pragmatic. It is clear their fate. RAJNI KAUSHAL Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 that Trump has never shown respect for the sovereignty of other countries, including Japan. However, the US-Japan rela- tionship would be put on full display on November 5, when Trump arrives for his brief visit to Japan. Under the present cool surface of Tokyo – all set to welcome Trump lays the ice- RBI hiccups berg of North Korea. Despite the talk of war that one hears increasingly in Washington – whether it is a preventive strike on North Korean missiles or other scenarios for conflict – it appears mainly as a tool to press the Chinese into action on Even after demonetisation, a hawkish RBI has prevented the one hand and to deter the North Koreans from doing any- thing too provocative, on the other. Abe needs to let Trump economy from recuperating gracefully, writes Vatsal Srivastava understand that the US cannot destroy Japan. Not to forget, the recent win has once again put Abe in a position of almost n a global financial landscape, unchallenged power. And, if he gets the great power, he must where everyone is enjoying a be ready to shoulder the greater responsibility too. swim in the pool of excess liquid- ity created by Central banks in Ithe developed world, Indian interest rates remain amongst the highest in Fate of MTP Act the world. he prognosis is alarming! The increasing number of Earlier this month, the International pregnant women knocking the doors of the courts Monetary Fund (IMF) upped its global for permission to allow abortion in cases of over growth forecast to 3.6 per cent in 2017 20-weeks’ foetus, clearly indicates now that the time The RBI will have and 3.7 per cent in 2018 (both 0.1 per Thas come to initiate changes in the existing Medical Termina- to accommodate at cent higher than projections in July). tion of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, which was passed nearly five Global growth in 2016 was 3.2 per decades ago when abortion was legal in only 15 other coun- least a 25-50 basis cent and these projections really put tries. Enacted in 1971, the MTP Act currently allows abor- points cut. This is the global economic recovery close to tions for pregnancies up to 20 weeks, but the Centre has had growth levels last seen before the great a proposal to extend the limit to 24 weeks in the pipeline, because monetary financial crisis. Meanwhile, India has since 2014. Surprisingly, the Supreme Court dealt with more support to the grown at 5.7 per cent YoY (2017 Q2), than 15 such cases, with some sort of fixed course of action: which is below the average growth seen To constitute a special medical board of top doctors at once economy will need during the last two years of the second and then allow or reject the plea on the basis of the board’s to be extended stint of the United Progressive Alliance reports. The assertion for the presence of a relative with the (UPA) regime (2009-2014). petitioner seeking an abortion and the subjection of woman as the Central One of the major factors that has to probing questions and judgmental statements has also government contributed to such a sharp slowdown worsened the plight of the women. Though the Centre has in India’s GDP growth, according to the made an amendment to the MTP Act asking to increase the will have to cut Modi government’s critics, was demon- present 20-week limit to 24 weeks, it has also asked to allow spending in the etisation. While demonetisation has practitioners of alternative medicine such as AYUSH to carry certainly impacted our short-term eco- out abortions through non-surgical methods. And, since the later part of the nomic growth prospects, one has to ask credibility of practitioners of alternative medicine is always in year what our Central bank has done to sup- The RBI must regulate interest rates to prevent the downward spiral (Representational Image) doubt, the possibility of the misuse of the law by them can- port economic growth. not be ruled out. Incidentally, the proposed amendment was The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mean forecast of 4.4 per cent and made is publicly exerting pressure on the RBI level of rates after Brazil and China. A first delayed after a quack homeopathy doctor’s racket was to answer a simple question: Why have the point that, “the extent of the rise in to cut rates. cut in rates would encourage domestic exposed in Maharashtra. If the recent decisions in the abor- policy rates declined by only 200 basis inflation, excluding food and fuel, has Globally, inflation is nowhere to demand in sectors such as affordable tion cases are concerned, the courts have also been found to points when inflation has declined by been somewhat higher than expected. be seen. The Federal Reserve has no housing, consumer durables, and con- be inconsistent while dealing with these cases. Even then, 700 basis points since 2013? The central Also, the implementation of farm loan clue why average wages and the overall struction. Also, interest rate subvention there is a legitimate concern about sex-selective abortions. problem lies in the fact that the RBI has waivers by states may result in pos- price level in the US economy has been in certain sectors such as exports, hous- But, to limit abortion rights to fix the sex ratio is always a yet to accept that inflation in India is in sible fiscal slippages and undermine extremely tepid and well below the two ing and small enterprises would also defective strategy. It seems that in order for us to extend the a secular downtrend. In February 2015, the quality of public spending, thereby per cent target. The same is the case help economic growth—according to benefits of the MTP Act to women, it is essential to enforce the RBI and the government had signed exerting pressure on prices”. Despite with Japan and the Eurozone. Thus, it the Confederation of Indian Industry, certain measures apart from passing the suggested amend- a monetary policy framework which this slight increase in its forward guid- comes as no surprise that even though which has asked for a reduction of 100 ments to the Act. It is also needed to make people aware of envisaged that the inflation target for ance on inflation expectations, the RBI talks of monetary policy tightening in basis points in the benchmark rates. the MTP guidelines, ensuring that issues related to spou- FY17 and all subsequent years will be will have to accommodate at least a the US, the UK, and the Eurozone have With interest rates in India near a sal consent and stereotypes about women’s primary role as four per cent with a band of two per 25-50 basis points cut. This is because begun, they will undertake the loosest 16-year high, there is just one way they mothers do not reappear. Time has come to slot such issues cent. Since September 2013, the RBI has monetary support to the economy will monetary tightening path in financial can trend: Down. The RBI must accept into medical curriculum, police training, and school educa- managed inflation in the decided band. need to be extended as the Central gov- history. The aggregate assets of the US it has been behind the curve all along in tion. Without proper communication about abortion and Much of this “management” has been ernment will have to cut spending in Fed, the ECB, BoE, and BoJ have risen its inflation forecasting ability and now the Acts related to it, maintaining women’s autonomy and due to depressed oil prices. the later part of the year because 96 per by 14 per cent from $13 trillion at the must address the urgent need of a dras- bodily integrity would remain a mirage for the society. We At the last meeting of its Mon- cent of the budgeted fiscal deficit for end of 2016, to $14.9 trillion at the end tic fall in the cost of capital in India. IANS need to promote gender balance in society, but not at the cost etary Policy Committee (MPC), the FY18 has been exhausted as of August of September 2017. (Vatsal Srivastava is Chief FX of women’s reproductive rights. RBI increased its inflation forecast for 2017; and, even as the efficacy of a rate Even within the emerging mar- Strategist at DV Capital. The 2HFY18 to 4.2-4.6 per cent, implying a cut can be questioned, the government ket economies, India has the highest views expressed are personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 mp in focus Sardar Patel’s economic ideas The Iron Man of Indian politics had been undeterred in his dedication to the growth, development, and fruition of the newly Independent Indian Union

ardar Patel dominated uniforms and stores, jeeps and Indian politics from motor cars, aeroplanes, and f. 1917 to 1950. First, he But machinery was not going to PUJA MEHRA was at the forefront of solve the “great disease” of idle- Sthe freedom struggle. Then, ness in the thickly populated after Independence in 1947, country. “Millions of idle hands as Deputy Prime Minister, he that have no work cannot find held the crucial portfolios of employment on machines,” Home, States and Information he said while addressing the and Broadcasting. The ‘Iron Chief Ministers’ meet in April Man’ and a founder of mod- 1950. Being primarily a farm- ern India, he restructured the ing country, the agricultural Sardar Patel’s Indian bureaucracy after the revival was of primary impor- transfer of a large number of tance. His promise to industry approach was officials to Pakistan, integrated was for no “impediments, bot- balanced, the princely States into the tle-necks or red-tape” as he said Indian Union, and played an in a radio broadcast on Pandit pragmatic, important role in shaping the Nehru’s birthday on November and liberal. Indian Constitution. 14, 1950. Following territorial con- In the same broadcast, he Economics was solidation, the immediate goal championed investment-led an “intensely for the Government, industri- growth and said, “Spend less, alists and labour was to partici- save more, and invest as much practical pate in a great national effort of as possible, should be the motto science” for him. recovery and reconstruction. of every citizen.” He appealed Shortcuts and The objective was to bring an to every segment of the soci- improvement in the living ety –lawyers, farmers, labour- arbitrary policies standards of the countrymen. ers, traders, businessmen and of temporary The British had taken what government servants for sav- they had to, leaving behind, ing every ‘anna’ that could be palliatives in his words, only their stat- spared and to place their sav- or artificial ues. Many of the instruments ings in the hands of the gov- of economic control that had ernment for utilisation in reductions been put in place by the British nation-building enterprises. In in prices or government to gear the Indian the same address, he empha- economy towards the war effort sised on saving every spare stimulation of were still operating. So, imports penny and said, “We must have investment were remained severely restricted, Sardar Patel is remembered for his powerful economic policies that propagated for self-sufficient governance capital, and that capital must and foreign currency earned come from our own country. not acceptable from India’s exports during the mount. Ahead of the Partition, depend on them. Let us grow the need for India to create “We run the administration of but even economically prag- We may be able to borrow from to him. He war had still not been trans- Calcutta’s worried businessmen the jute and cotton and the wealth before debating over the country with one-fourth of matic, to channelise hoarded international markets here and ferred by the Bank of England had wanted to move out of the food grains we need.” what to do with it, how to share the service which was in exis- wealth in economic undertak- there, but obviously, we cannot wanted the to the Reserve Bank of India. city that they had operated out Sardar Patel’s thoughts and it. Nationalisation, he rejected tence when we took over. Fifty ings, where the returns were base our everyday economy on Indian economy As a result, a sizeable sterling of for generations. Sardar took approach to India’s economic completely; clear that industry per cent of the people, whose certain to be richer. Besides, foreign borrowing.” This was a balance had accumulated, but the lead in dissuading them challenge were shaped, to a ought to be the sole preserve presence was enough to keep what good could the stashes call for voluntary savings, and to be built on war-damaged England was in and asked them to stay on. He great extent, by the historical of the business community. law and order and make sub- be if the country’s economic for savers to choose their pre- surer foundations no position to settle the dues. said in Kolkata, “I advised them setting at that time and also Nor was he a great believer in ordinates work with efficiency, problems led to chaos? He con- ferred means of investment. Inflation had spiralled out of to stay on because I was certain by his role of a nation-builder planning, especially of the kind and even overtime, are gone.” stantly advised against greed. Sardar Patel’s approach of increased control. Speaking at the meet- that no power on earth could and a founder of India’s polit- practised in the developed and To him, the profit motive To the labour, he said, partici- was balanced, pragmatic, and production, ing of the Indian National Trade take Calcutta away from India.” ical democracy. Self-reliance industrialised countries. was a great stimulant to exer- pate in creating wealth before liberal. Economics was an Union Congress (INTUC), The factories there had been was among the chief tenets of He was not for con- tion, not a stigma. He wholly claiming a just share, and advo- “intensely practical science” for industrial and at Indore in May 1949, Sar- dependent on that jute that was his economic philosophy, on trols. The indifference was, approved of it and advocated cated Mahatma Gandhi’s phi- him. Shortcuts and arbitrary agricultural dar Patel declared his inten- grown in what is now Pakistan. which, his views were closer in part, because there simply it for even the non-capitalist losophy on labour-employer policies of temporary pallia- growth, and tion of rejuvenating the Indian The neighbour refused to hon- to those of Pandit Nehru than wasn’t enough staff to imple- classes, the middle classes, the relationships. The Mahatma’s tives or artificial reductions in economy. He said, “Our long our agreements; even jute that Mahatma Gandhi’s, who cham- ment them. He was working labour and even the agricul- methods, he said, could bring prices or stimulation of invest- increased wealth period of slavery and the years had been paid for in advance pioned self-sufficiency at the in an administration capacity turists. That does not mean labour its legitimate reward ment were not acceptable to of the recent war have drained was not delivered. village level. The role he envis- depleted owing to the depar- he did not recognise con- through Constitutional means. him. He wanted the Indian the life-blood of our economy. Sardar Patel realised that aged for the government was ture of a disproportionate num- centration of wealth as an He wanted to see India economy to be built on surer Now that we have taken over India had no time to lose that of a welfare state but ber of officers that had opted to unethical social problem. He industrialise quickly; the foundations of increased pro- power, the onus is on us to reju- and gave a call for self-suffi- realised that other countries go to Pakistan and for the post- did, and in fact, appealed for imperative being to reduce duction, industrial and agri- venate it; new blood has to be ciency. Speaking at a pub- had taken up the task at more ing of senior civil servants in a higher sense of civic con- the dependence on external cultural growth and increased poured in drop by drop.” lic event in Delhi in January advanced stages of develop- the newly-established embas- sciousness and national duty resources. A modern army wealth. PIB Partition added to the vul- 1950, he asserted, “If they can- ment. He was unimpressed sies across the world. Address- to transcend all motives. His required equipment that only (The author is a journalist. nerabilities and thus restoring not guarantee to implement with the slogans raised for ing the Chief Ministers of the argument was that it was not machines could produce: apart Views expressed are business confidence was para- agreements, we had better not socialism and spoke often of States in April 1950, he said, merely ethical and patriotic, from arms and ammunition, strictly personal.)

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Kathamandu warming up to Beijing is a potential threat and cause of worry to India SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY @Swamy39 ertain changes are taking place in Nepal, both in its internal politics and in its external Not much meaning in relations with China. For one Anti Black Money Day thing,C ever since the monarchy ended a BARUN DAS GUPTA decade ago in December 2007, Nepal unless the overdue has failed repeatedly to pass and imple- custodial interrogation ment a Constitution. The latest Consti- of PC &BC takes tution, adopted in September 2015, is still to be formally promulgated. Min- place—biggest black ister for Information and Communica- money holders. tion, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has gone on record saying the Constitution will come into force only after the provincial BRAHMA CHELLANEY and parliamentary elections have been held this November. @Chellaney China is The reason why Nepal is still without aggressively a Constitution is that the three major Indian foreign minister political parties, the Nepali Congress, expanding its the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Sushma Swaraj did influence in all Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist well to reject US Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), are more neighbouring or less evenly matched in strength and entreaties to cut off all countries of India each party wants to dominate the other ties with North Korea. two. Each wants to hold the provincial Trump's approach by offering huge and parliamentary elections under its The 2015 Madhesi agitation took Nepal economy on the verge of a collapse due to the prolonged blockade (Representational Image) loans to build dominance. shortsighted However, the two Communist Par- Telecom Global (CTG). In June, Nepal dominantly Hindu country as a Hindu this route will have an operating speed infrastructural ties – the CPN (UML), led by former was connected to Hong Kong. Nepal Rashtra. Nepal refused to give in and of 120 to 160 kmph, which will be a facilities and Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma will be able to access the internet at rates opted for a secular Constitution. Earlier, remarkable engineering feat if it is taken PRITISH NANDY Oli, and the CPN (MC), led by Pushpa lower than those offered by India. Nepal when people were fighting the monar- into consideration that the entire stretch @PritishNandy ambitious Kumar Dahal, better known as Pra- will also have the advantage of buying chy, India was perceived to be lending of the track will traverse the high Hima- projects. The chanda, are trying to merge into one different bandwidth from different Chi- its support to the King rather than to layas. The altitude of Lhasa is 12,000 feet There was a time I hated party, after the November elections. nese companies. those who wanted to abolish the mon- while that of Kathmandu is 4,600 feet. recipient They have been bitterly fighting each There have been several irritants archy and introduce democracy. India The Sino-Nepal railway project will be corruption. I saw it as countries, in other for more than a decade. The fight in the Indo-Nepal relations. Nepal is a was believed to be siding with the King a part of China’s efforts at building the a terrible wrongdoing. their eagerness has often led to clashes and bloodshed. land-locked country, which gets all its because the struggle for democracy was One Belt One Road (OBOR) project. But today I find more If the expected merger takes place (with imports through India. Whenever there being fought under the leadership of China is aggressively expanding its to accelerate former Prime Minister Baburam Bhat- is tension on the India-Nepal border, as pro-Peking communists. All these are influence in all neighbouring coun- wrongdoings in the economic tarai’s Nava Shakti Party also joining the was witnessed in 2015 during the Mad- on the mind of the average Nepali when tries of India by offering huge loans to fight against corruption. new party) then there would be a major hesi agitation, all supplies, including oil he thinks of relations with India build infrastructural facilities and ambi- Wrongdoings that are growth, are change in the political balance of power via India, come to a dead stop. Nepal’s Now, Nepal’s sole dependence on tious projects. The recipient countries, in falling for in Nepal. The Nepali Congress, which economy was on the verge of a collapse India for its imports is also coming to their eagerness to accelerate economic hurting ordinary people. has all along been friendly to India, may due to the prolonged blockade. In that an end, though it will take some time. growth, are falling for the Chinese, obliv- the Chinese, lose its bargaining power vis-à-vis the critical situation, China came to Nepal’s Nepal and China have entered into an ious of the long-term consequences of oblivious of two communist parties. Such a change rescue. It supplied 1.3 million litres of agreement to implement an $8 billion Chinese ‘help’. In most cases, the Chinese NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is likely to impact Nepal-India relations, petrol to Nepal to keep the wheels of traf- project, which will connect Kathmandu help will mean a debt trap for the coun- @neiltyson the long-term though it is too early to anticipate the fic moving. The perception in Nepal is with the Tibetan capital Lhasa, by rail- tries and force them to agree to various consequences of nature of the impact and what its long- that the blockade by the Madhesi people way. The track will be 550 km long – concessions to China to repay the debt. I still think there term effect will be on the state of Indo- had more than tacit support from India. 400 km in China (Tibet) and 150 km They are also most likely to see a size- Chinese ‘help’ Nepal relations. It was perceived to be a political ploy in Nepal, from the Sino-Nepal border able growth of permanent Chinese set- should be a In terms of external relations, Nepal employed by India to put pressure on to Kathmandu. The project is scheduled tlers on their soil. dinosaur named the is coming closer to China and becom- Nepal to amend the Nepali Constitution to be completed in about eight years. India has to extend a credible and ing less dependent on India. Nepal has to give more representation and power Once commissioned, the railway will convincing message to Nepal that it is Thesaurus. And I all along been depending on India for to the Madhesis living in the southern enable China to transport goods and an all-weather friend and does not want imagine Thesaurus its internet connection. This June the part of the country contiguous to India. passengers – civil as well as non-civil – to interfere either in Nepal’s internal dependence ended as China provided There was another irritant. When the to Kathmandu. politics or in its external relations with Rex would be badass Nepal internet connection through the Nepali Constitution was being adopted, The strategic implication of this proj- other countries. IPA with wordplay. optical fibre. The Nepal Telecom (NT) New Delhi is believed to have put pres- ect for India is obvious. According to (The views expressed entered into an agreement with China sure on Kathmandu to declare the pre- reports emanating from Nepal, trains on are strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Friday, 27 October, 2017 47 killed, dozens Catalan leader declines to injured in Indonesia speak at Catalan President favours fireworks factory fire Spanish Senate MADRID: Catalan election over independence leader Carles Puigdemont rejected the opportunity MADRID: The Catalan presi- ment triggering Article 155. on Wednesday to speak dent was expected to address Puigdemont called an at the Spanish Senate on Catalonia in Barcelona to dis- urgent brainstorming meeting Thursday to present his solve the regional parliament with his cabinet and pro-inde- case over the application of and call a regional election for pendence allies on Wednes- Article 155 of the Spanish 20 December. day night and further cracks Constitution. After initially being delayed appeared late on Thursday in The confirmation of by an hour, the speech was then the secessionist coalition as his non-appearance was completely called off at the last members backed a vote while given by Carme Forc- minute. others said there was no alter- adell, the President of Reports say he hasn’t native to independence. the Catalan Parliament, received sufficient guarantees An opinion poll published who explained it was impos- that calling elections would by the El Periodico newspa- sible for Puigdemont to be stop Madrid’s plans to inter- per on Sunday showed a snap Madrid at the 17:00 time vene in Catalan autonomy. election would probably have offered to him by the Sen- It was believed he would results similar to the last bal- ate as the Catalan Parlia- call a snap regional election for lot, in 2015, when a coalition Indonesia has poor fire-safety standards ment was due to hold a December, a move that could of pro-independence parties session beginning an hour have helped break a one-month formed a minority government. and industrial fires are not uncommon. earlier, Xinhua news agency deadlock between the Madrid The country was plunged It is not the first time a deadly explosion reported. government and Catalan sep- into political turmoil after the Puigdemont had been aratists seeking independence October independence ref- palatable way out. pen,” Economy Minister Luis to have. has occurred at a fireworks factory offered the chance to from Spain. erendum in Catalonia which Rajoy has sought to main- de Guindos told Spanish radio The main activist group “debate” with the Span- Just moments after the Madrid has branded ‘illegal’. tain political air cover for his on Thursday. He said there was ratcheted up expectations of a JAKARTA: The number of peo- nesia. He warned that the num- ish government the imple- speech was canceled, Xavier It is Spain’s worst political hard line approach as the oppo- already a “significant slow- dramatic statement on Friday. ple killed in a fireworks factory ber of victims could rise. mentation of the article García Albiol, president of the crisis since the end of the mili- sition Socialist Party balked at down” in economic activity in The Catalan National explosion near the Indonesian Images of the factory showed which when approved on People’s Party of Catalonia and tary dictatorship of Francisco backing the Catalans into a the region. Assembly has called its mem- capital of Jakarta has climbed a motorbike burned down to Friday will see him and his against independence, tweeted: Franco in 1975. corner. The Socialists floated “They’re caught in a mouse- bers to surround the regional to at least 47, police told CNN’s its frame, completely charred. government sacked and “Those who play with fire end Catalonia’s foreign affairs the idea that a snap regional trap. It seems their own deci- parliament from noon, a affiliate CNN Indonesia on Another showed a body in a bag direct control from Madrid up burnt” in an apparent dig at chief, Raul Romeva, suggested election in Catalonia would sions are producing vertigo.” human shield against Rajoy’s Thursday. being taken away. imposed on key Catalan Pugdemont. in an interview on Wednesday be enough to stop Article 155 The question is how it plays authorities. Regional police spokesman Officials suspect a fire broke institutions, such as the This afternoon thousands separatist leaders would con- from being implemented. on the streets. Elections might “Now we have to defend the Argo Yuwono said 103 workers out from an electric short circuit Mossos d’Esquadra (police), of Catalans took to the streets sider dropping their demand “The scenario of indepen- not be enough to appease the republic,” the group’s leader- were believed to be in the build- before triggering the explosion. Treasury and regional TV of Barcelona in protests against for independence should the dence is one that we cannot 2 million or so supporters the ship said in a text message to ing at the time of the blast and “There was a large explosion. network, TV3. AGENCIES the Spanish central govern- Spanish government offer a allow and which will not hap- independence campaign claims its members. AGENCIES that 10 remained unaccounted Our suspicion is that the explo- for. sion was triggered by chemical “We will identify the bod- materials inside the factory. And 6,04,000 Rohingya refugees Bailable ies. We will find out who is still the large explosion was then fol- White House faces scrutiny missing — we don’t yet have lowed by a smaller one,” Suher- arrive in Bangladesh: UN warrants issued names for those still missing,” manto said. he said at the scene of the explo- Indonesia has poor fire- UNITED NATIONS: The total number of Rohingya sion, CNN Indonesia reported. safety standards and industrial for Russia sanctions delay against Nawaz “We don’t know, however, fires are not uncommon. It is not refugees that have arrived Bangladesh from if those 10 workers were actu- the first time a deadly explosion WASHINGTON: Top Sen- administration was acting “as pinned the missed deadline Myanmar since August 25 has reached 604,000, Sharif ally in the factory at the time, or has occurred at a fireworks fac- ate Republicans are pledging if they are unilateral”. on the State Department. a UN spokesman said on Wednesday. “Refu- whether they may have been ill tory. A local government official to find out if the White House “We have to do what we On Tuesday, the State gees have sought shelter in Bangladesh since ISLAMABAD: An account- and not come to work.” told Metro TV the factory had is intentionally delaying new need to assert our role,” he told Department spokeswoman the outbreak of violence in Myanmar on August ability court on Thursday Local police official Freddy only been running for six weeks. sanctions on Moscow as a con- CNN. Heather Nauert said the issued bailable warrants against Yudha said earlier that 34 people One local resident, Beni gressionally-imposed dead- Corker and McCain are agency was “working to try to 25,” UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on ousted Pakistan Prime Minis- had been injured. Benteng said he heard an explo- line to identify top Russian among President Donlad complete that process”. Wednesday. More than half of the new arrivals to ter Nawaz Sharif in cases relat- The explosion occurred sion, followed by the cries of officials involved in political Trump’s fiercest Republican “My understanding -- and escape violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are ing to two of his properties, the Thursday morning in Tangerang, people inside. cyber-meddling has expired. critics in Congress. I’m not working on this myself living in the Kutupalong Expansion Site, which media reported. a satellite city on Jakarta’s west- “My friends and I and some “We’re going to check The White House is under — but from our people who includes several makeshift settlements and land The Islamabad-based court ern outskirts, where there are police officers knocked down into it,” Republican Senator fire as the deadline to begin are working on it, they tell me wrapped up the first hearing several industrial parks. a wall so people could escape, Bob Corker, the chairman of the process of slapping fresh that it’s pretty complicated, allocated by the government, he said. “Nearly in the Sharif family’s London Ten fire trucks were sent to then the workers came out,” he the Senate Foreign Relations sanctions on Russia passed that it can take some time,” 570,000 people have received food assistance and flats case after grilling the for- the scene, Muhammad Suher- told AFP. “I saw people includ- Committee, told CNN on three and a half weeks ago. CNN quoted Nauert as saying. nearly 310,000 people received health care,” said mer leader’s guranteer about manto, a local fire and disaster ing women were jumping from Wednesday. Administration offi- The delay comes as Trump Haq, adding that there are concerns about sanita- his absence from the hearing, AGENCIES agency official, told CNN Indo- above.” “I will find out in the next cials said on Wednesday that prepares to see Russian Presi- tion, with less than one quarter of sites hosting reports Dawn news. 24 hours. I’m going to get on a review process was still dent Vladimir Putin for the The bailable warrants were the phone with someone and underway to identify indi- second time face-to-face on refugees having access to clean water. A UN- issued for the Flagship Invest- find out.” viduals connected to the Rus- the sidelines of the Asia- supported humanitarian conference on Monday ment case and the Al-Azizia Senator John McCain, sian defence and intelligence Pacific Economic Coopera- raised more than $344 million to fund critical Steel Mills and Hill Metal who chairs the Senate Armed services. tion meeting in Da Nang, relief programs for Rohingya refugees. AGENCIES Establishment case. Services Committee, said the The White House has Vietnam. AGENCIES Meanwhile, the hearing on the Avenfield flats in London was adjourned until Novem- ber 3. 73,000 Puerto Ricans flee for The court had indicted Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her hus- Florida after Hurricane Maria band Captain Mohammad MIAMI: More than 73,000 help. “As of October 3, 2017, ida are being recorded from Safdar on October 19 in con- people have fled emergency more than 73,000 individuals October 3, a spokesman for nection with a case pertain- conditions at home for Florida arrived in Florida from Puerto Florida Governor Rick Scott ing to the Avenfield flats filed since Hurricane Maria devas- Rico through Miami Inter- told AFP. That is because Flor- against them by the National tated the US territory in the national Airport, Orlando ida was declared on that date Accountability Bureau (NAB). Caribbean. International Airport and the to be in a state of emergency, The former Prime Minister The island of about 3.4 mil- Everglades Port,” a statement to be able to respond to the was separately indicted in the lion was ravaged by the mega- from the office of Governor expected migration impact. Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Hill storm and a majority are still Rick Scott said. Thanks to the emergency Metal Establishment cases. without electricity, while oth- The hurricane hit the declaration, the state opened All three accused pleaded ers in isolated areas are con- island September 20, but disaster relief centers at two not guilty to the charges, Dawn tinue to await services and Puerto Rican arrivals in Flor- airports and the port. AGENCIES news reported. AGENCIES

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AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Friday, 27 October, 2017 mp Assange confirms analytics Trump envoy Haley in troubled firm contacted WikiLeaks China defends Pak against eastern DR over Clinton emails Congo criticism by India, US GOMA: The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki BEIJING: China once again Haley, headed on Wednesday came out in defence of good China has earlier for a displaced people’s camp friend Pakistan against criti- on a visit to the strife-ravaged cism by India and the US for too made similar east of Democratic Republic not doing enough to wipe out statements of Congo. terrorist outfits from the coun- Haley arrived in regional try and praised Islamabad’s whenever “all- capital Goma by plane from the efforts in combatting terrorism. weather ally” DRC capital Kinshasa before A day after India’s Exter- Islamabad has boarding a UN helicopter for nal Affairs Minister Sushma Kitchanga, about 80 kilome- Swaraj and US Secretary been slammed tres forced from their homes of State Rex Tillerson told for failing to curb by violence, UN sources said. Julian Assange Pakistan to act against terror- Haley will stay until tomor- ists on its soil, China said that terrorism row in the DRC, the last leg of LONDON: WikiLeaks founder want his help, and preferred Pakistan has done a good job in a maiden trip to Africa which Julian Assange has confirmed to do the work on his own. If countering terrorism. China’s indulgence towards has taken her to Ethiopia and that a data analytics company the claims Nix made in that “Pakistan is at the forefront its “iron friend” Pakistan has South Sudan. that worked for US President email are true, this would be of counter-terrorism efforts. often put strains on New Delhi- The envoy is the most Donald Trumps election cam- the closest known connection For many years, Pakistan has Beijing ties. senior official in the admin- paign had contacted him over between Trump’s campaign made positive efforts to counter China has refused to istration of President Donald Hillary Clinton’s private emails and Assange,” it added. terrorism and has made great declare Pakistan-based Jaish- Trump to visit the continent. while she was secretary of state, CNN, citing two unnamed sacrifices,” Chinese Foreign e-Mohammed chief Masood Violence has increased in media reports said. sources, said Nix wrote to sev- Ministry spokesperson Geng Azhar, mastermind of last recent months in South Sudan “I can confirm an approach eral people including Trump Shuang said. year’s deadly attack on an and the DRC, despite a strong by Cambridge Analytica (prior mega-donor Rebekah Mercer, China has earlier too made Indian Army camp, an inter- peacekeeping presence. to November last year]) and explaining that he had emailed similar statements whenever On Wednesday, Sushma terror groups on its soil. supports the international national terrorist. MONUSCO, the UN stabli- can confirm that it was rejected Assange seeking access to the “all-weather ally” Islamabad Swaraj and Tillerson, who Tillerson, who had flown community to enhance coun- Beijing has also time and sation mission deployed in the by WikiLeaks,” the Guardian Clinton emails to turn them has been slammed for failing was on an India visit, told in from Pakistan, told Islam- ter-terrorism cooperation and again tripped India on its bid DRC, is the world’s largest such quoted Assange’s tweet on into a searchable database for to curb terrorism. the media that New Delhi abad that it must step up synergy. to become an NSG member, force and includes some 18,000 Wednesday night. the campaign or a pro-Trump “We believe that the inter- and Washington have agreed its efforts to eliminate mili- “We welcome Pakistan by tacitly supporting Pakistan’s troops and police. He did not elaborate on the political action committee. national community should that US President Donald tants and terrorist havens and the US to conduct coun- bid and placing both countries The United Nations content of the request. Cambridge Analytica was recognise the efforts made by Trump’s new Afghanistan pol- operating within the country. ter-terrorism operations at the same level on the issue of first intervened before the Assange’s statement fol- hired in the summer of 2016 as Pakistan in counter-terrorism,” icy would be effective only if On Tillerson’s visit to based on mutual respect,” Geng not signing the Nuclear Non- end of the Second Congo lowed a report in the Daily part of the Trump campaign’s Geng said. Pakistan takes action against Pakistan, Geng said: “China added. proliferation treaty. AGENCIES War in 2003. AGENCIES Beast that Cambridge Ana- three-pronged data operation, lytica chief executive Alexan- which was led by Brad Parscale der Nix made contact with the and overseen by Trump’s son- Pak more dangerous than North WikiLeaks founder about the in-law, Jared Kushner. Pakistan not responsible for US possible release of 33,000 of No one from the Trump Korea: Ex-US Senator Clinton’s missing emails. campaign was copied on the The Daily Beast report email, the sources told CNN. WASHINGTON: Pakistan is more dangerous than said: “Nix, who heads Cam- The 33,000 emails deleted failures, says Khawaja Asif bridge Analytica, told a third from Clinton’s private server North Korea as it does not have a centralised party that he reached out to have never materialised. control on its nuclear weapons, making them vul- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has Assange about his firm some- In July 2016, Trump called nerable to theft and sale, a former top American clearly told the US that it is not Asif had on how helping the WikiLeaks on Russia to find the emails. Senator warned, describing both the nations as responsible for the latters pol- Wednesday said founder release Clinton’s miss- WikiLeaks had published rogue states.Larry Pressler, who served as chair- icy failures, nor is it ready to ing emails, according to two emails hacked from Clin- be made a scapegoat, Foreign that Pakistan sources familiar with a Con- ton campaign chairman John man of the US Senate’s Arms Control Subcom- Minister Khawaja Asif told the would never gressional investigation into Podesta just hours after the mittee, feared that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons Senate on Thursday. interactions between Trump release of a potentially cam- might be used against the US, warning the pos- Briefing the Senate Standing compromise associates and the Kremlin. paign-ending Access Holly- sibility of someone buying these nuclear weapons Committee on Foreign Affairs, on national “Those sources also relayed wood tape in which Trump from generals or colonels. Aid and military sales Asif said he visited four coun- that, according to Nix’s email, could be heard boasting about tries of regional importance sovereignty and Assange told the Cambridge groping women, reports to Pakistan were blocked. AGENCIES following the announcement of dignity Analytica CEO that he didn’t the Guardian. AGENCIES the revised US policy towards the region. All of the four KENYA ELECTIONS 2017 friendly countries supported Arabia on the new US policy. US following its revised policy. on Wednesday said that Paki- Pakistan’s stance towards the (All these) countries advised us “The US (Secretary of State) stan would never compromise US, said the Foreign Minister. to hold talks with US,” Asif told was stopped from touring Paki- on national sovereignty and “(All these) countries also had the Senate, Geo News reported. stan. The parliamentary resolu- dignity and future relations Three killed in Kenya as protests reservations about the new US The minister said Pakistan cut tions also sent a strong message with the US would be recipro- policy. We also consulted Saudi off several contacts with the to the US,” Asif said. Asif had cated accordingly. AGENCIES SCOTLAND YARD TO USE PRIVATE GUARDS prompt partial vote delay IN COUNTER-TERROR STRATEGY NAIROBI: At least three peo- At Jaramogi hospital in LONDON: Scotland Yard is planning to train private ple were shot dead on Wednes- Odinga’s western stronghold security guards as part of its counter-terrorism strategy day in clashes over Kenya’s of Kisumu, an AFP correspon- to identify potential threats and add to their response election re-run, prompting dent saw several people arriv- officials to delay the vote in ing covered in blood. arsenal in the event of an attack. According to The four counties as the country’s “This is crazy, they are Times, counter-terrorism officials want such security worst political crisis in a decade shooting at us -- we are dem- guards who work in shopping centres, entertainment deepened. onstrating and they shoot us!” arenas and other public spaces across the UK. AGENCIES The bloodshed stained said Samuel Okot, 20, who was Kenya’s second presidential sitting with his friend Joseph election in three months, wors- Ouma who had been shot in Women send ening a fractious ballot that the knee and was howling in has been boycotted by oppo- pain. bills for birth sition leader Raila Odinga and “What kind of country is polarised east Africa’s flagship this? control to democracy. The violence drew a sharp Two of the deaths occurred response from rights watchdog as protests raged in opposition Amnesty International. Donald Trump strongholds in the west of the As voting drew to a close, But, in stark contrast to the “With tensions running country, while the third person election chief Wafula Chebu- August election, several poll- high there is a very real threat WASHINGTON: Women died in a Nairobi slum where kati made a televised address, ing stations in key areas stood of further bloodshed as the upset with US President clashes erupted between dem- saying the ballot would be empty or welcomed only a election re-run takes place,” Donald Trumps decision onstrators and police. postponed until Saturday in handful of voters in an elec- said Justus Nyangaya, direc- to roll back a contraceptive The casualties raised to 43 four protest-hit counties in the tion likely to face more legal tor at Amnesty International mandate in Obamacare are the tally of people killed in country’s west: Kisumu, Homa battles after its conclusion. Kenya. now sending their birth con- election-related violence since Bay, Migori and Siaya. As voting headed to a close, “We are calling on the trol bills to the White House, the August election victory The move, he said, was due police and hospital sources police to only use force as a last the media reported. of President Uhuru Kenyatta, to “security-related” challenges. confirmed three people had resort -- unlawful police kill- which was later overturned by As Odinga’s supporters hit been shot dead and at least 24 ings and other human rights The move could the Supreme Court, prompting the streets, others went to the wounded, 11 of them by live violations must not be allowed impact millions Thursday’s re-run. polls to cast their ballots. rounds. to recur.” AGENCIES of Americans SEAL ON THE RUN who get birth ‘Xi may face constraints control under the rule without due to balanced having to make leadership structure’ co-payments The Keep Birth Control BEIJING: The ruling Communist Party of China’s Copay Free campaign cre- (CPC) new leadership, balancing the interests of ated a website where women different groups, may impose some constraints on could send a bill to the White President Xi Jinping in his second five-year tenure House, showing how much though he remained powerful, according to observ- their birth control would ers. The seven-member Standing Committee of the cost if their employers chose CPC, which virtually rules China, was unveiled on to no longer cover it, reports Tuesday in which Premier Li Keqiang along with The Hill magzine. other candidates backed by different powerful fac- Women can plug their tions within the party have been accommodated prescription contraception restoring a semblance of balance, they said. into the website and the tool Besides Xi, 64, and Li, 62, the other members of sends the bill for the cal- the ruling council are Xi’s chief of staff Li Zhanshu, culated cost to the White 67; Vice Premier Wang Yang, 62; leading Com- House and the Depart- munist Party theoretician Wang Huning, 62; party ment of Health and Human organisation department head Zhao Leji, 60; and Services. Shanghai party chief Han Zheng, 63. The bills also doubles as a While Xi, who heads the party, presidency and registered comment against the military, remain more dominant figure, the com- the move and will be submit- position of the Standing Committee was regarded as ted to the Federal Register. A seal estimated to weigh 450 pounds (204 kilograms) was removed from the little more balanced with members from other fac- The Trump adminis- tions of the party. Chen Daoyin, an associate profes- runway at the airport at Utqiagvik by way of sled, KTVA reported. A photo and tration announced ear- sor at Shanghai University of Political Science and video of the bearded seal lounging on the runway in the town formerly known lier this month a rollback Law, said that although Xi’s authority within the as Barrow was shared by Scott Babcock on Facebook. The state Department of an Obamacare rule that party was well recognised, the new Standing Com- of Transportation got in on the fun by warning pilots of “low sealings” at the required employers to cover mittee line-up suggested he might still face some airport. This seal sighting was a first on the runway AP/PTI birth control in their health- constraints. AGENCIES care plans. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 Seven firms in race for Q2 housing sales collapse Air India sale advisor NEW DELHI: As many as seven firms, including KPMG, BNP Paribas and Rothschild 18% in nine major cities India Pvt Ltd, are jostling with each other to advise the gov- NEW DELHI: Housing sales 17," PropTiger said. ernment for the strategic sale dropped 18 per cent year-on Mumbai and Gurugram of Air India and its subsidiaries. year to 44,755 units in nine also saw increase in launches The other entities that have major cities during the Sep- by 19 per cent and 85 per cent applied to act as transaction tember quarter on continued respectively during the quarter advisor for the share sale are slowdown in the property mar- under review. Home launches EY, Grant Thornton, Edelweiss ket, a report said on Thursday. in Mumbai stood at 9,584 units and ICICI Securities, accord- New launches of homes fell and Gurugram 2,460 units. The ing to an update posted on the by 53 per cent to 22,115 units in other seven cities saw fall in website of the Department of the second quarter of the cur- new home launches in a range Investment and Public Asset India and its subsidiaries and any, for a period of up to 12 rent fiscal due to the implemen- of 37 per cent to 92 per cent. Management (DIPAM). joint venture. months. tation of new real estate law "The key driver for increased The Cabinet, in June, had The government has 'in- Under a turnaround plan RERA, said the report by realty new launches in Gurugram decided on strategic disinvest- principle' decided to disinvest approved by the previous UPA portal PropTiger.com. and Mumbai is the affordable ment of the loss-making Air the Air India group as a whole regime, Air India is to receive It said seven cities -- Pune, housing launches under Hary- India, which is staying afloat on or its constituents fully or part up to Rs 30,231 crore from Noida, Bengaluru, Chen- ana Affordable Housing Policy taxpayers' funds, and a minis- thereof through the strategic the government subject to nai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and 2013 and timely implementa- terial panel is working on the sale with transfer of manage- meeting certain performance Ahmedabad – witnessed tion of RERA in Maharashtra," modalities. ment control. thresholds. decline in sales as well as the brokerage firm said. Seven law firms, including Air India has a debt burden The 10-year bailout package launches, while only two cities According to the report, Hammurabi and Solomon Part- of more than Rs 50,000 crore. began from 2012. Mumbai and Gurugram saw RERA, though applicable ners, Cyril Amarchand Mangal- The transaction advisors So far, the embattled carrier rise in demand and supply. since May 2017, was not imple- das, have applied to act as legal would suggest the government has received around Rs 26,000 News Corp-backed mented in many key states such advisors in the share sale. on the modalities and meth- crore under the package. PropTiger.com is part of Elara as Karnataka, Haryana, Telan- Besides, Shardul Amarch- ods and the timing of the stra- The Air India group has Technologies, which also owns gana, Uttar Pradesh till the and Mangaldas, Crawford Bay- tegic disinvestment of the Air operations 42 international des- Housing.com and Makaan. middle of July 2017 which had a ley and Co, Luthra and Luthra, India group. tinations and over 70 domestic com. major impact on new launches. ALMT Legal and Trilegal have Besides, they would help stations. It has an operating fleet "The new RERA and GST wan, Chief Investment Officer, followed by Noida 29 per cent to 3,342 units. Mumbai saw 6 "Though the last quarter thrown their hat into the ring. in preparing and submitting of 142 aircraft. In the current regime impacted launches as PropTiger.com. to 3,606 units, Bengaluru 27 per cent rise in sales to 12,101 looks sluggish, the long term These firms will make a pre- a detailed operational scheme fiscal, the government plans well as sales in the second quar- Ahmedabad saw the maxi- per cent to 6,976 units, Chennai units during the second quarter story for residential market sentation before the DIPAM to successfully implement the to raise Rs 72,500 crore by way ter of FY 18. However, sales mum fall in sales of 46 per cent 23 per cent to 2,945 units, Kol- of this fiscal. remains strong. With effective on Friday. disinvestment process, indi- of disinvestment. Of the total showed a marked improve- to 2,222 units in the July-Sep- kata 21 per cent to 2,993 units "Due to improved buyer implementation of RERA, we The DIPAM, in Septem- cating tentative timelines for amount, around Rs 11,000 ment in September over July tember quarter of 2017-18, over and Hyderabad 18 per cent to confidence, Mumbai and Guru- expect growth of 30 to 40 per ber, had invited applications each activity. crore is to come from listing of and August, driven by festi- the year-ago period. 3,356 units. gram recorded an increase in cent on year on year basis in for engaging up to two advi- Among others, the advis- insurance companies and Rs val offers launched by most The decline in sales in Pune However, housing sales in sales by 6 per cent and 60 per sales and new launches in the sors and a legal advisor for the ers would also have to provide 15,000 crore via strategic stake developers," said Ankur Dha- was 32 per cent to 7,214 units, Gurugram rose by 60 per cent cent respectively over Q2 FY next quarter," Dhawan said. PTI strategic disinvestment of Air advise on post-sale matters, if sale in PSUs. PTI BSE, Ebix sign Retail buyers lap DIPP expects significant jump Khadim India insurance PML rules: BSE seeks update up NLC shares, eyes `543 cr distribution on clients’ Aadhaar numbers govt likely to in ease of doing biz ranking from IPO NEW DELHI: India's ranking network pact NEW DELHI: To ensure com- get `750 crore may improve significantly in NEW DELHI: Footwear pliance with anti- money laun- the World Bank's ease of doing retailer Khadim India expects NEW DELHI: Leading bourse dering rules, BSE on Thursday NEW DELHI: The govern- business report on the back of to raise Rs 543 crore through BSE on Thursday said it has asked its brokers to submit ment's 5 per cent stake sale in reforms initiated by the gov- initial public offer next month, joined hands with Ebix Inc to details about preparedness for NLC India was a big hit too ernment, a top official said on with the company fixing a price set up a joint venture firm for furnishing Aadhaar details of among retail investors, which Thursday. band of Rs 745-750 per share. building a robust insurance dis- their clients by month-end. saw the portion reserved for The World Bank's 'ease of India's rank inched The IPO will open for tribution network in India. This follows the govern- them oversubscribed by 2.90 doing business' survey 2018 is subscription from Novem- Ebix is a leading interna- ment's amending in June the times. slated to be released on Octo- up by just one ber 2-6, the company said in tional supplier of on-demand Prevention of Money Launder- The share sale is expected ber 31. place to 130 in a statement. software and e-commerce ser- ing (Maintenance of Records) to fetch over Rs 750 crore to "We have worked very hard Khadim India's initial pub- vices to the insurance, financial, Rules with regard to collection the exchequer. so we are definitely expect- last year's survey lic offer (IPO) comprises fresh e-governance and healthcare of Aadhaar number from cli- Institutional investors on ing," DIPP Secretary Ramesh which measures issue of equity shares aggregat- industries. The new venture to ents. In a circular, BSE has asked Wednesday bid for 3.19 times Abhishek said when asked if ing up to Rs 50 crore besides, an be branded as BSE-Ebix intends its stock brokers to submit a the shares fixed for them in the the country's ranking would the ease of doing offer for sale of up to 65,74,093 to deploy an insurance distribu- report with details about their offer for sale (OFS). improve. business in equity shares by the existing tion exchange platform which preparedness, number of active firm, trust and unincorporated "...the Prevention of Money The share sale opened for "The World Bank's Doing shareholders. will allow distribution outlets, clients and the number of cli- association or body of individu- Laundering (Maintenance of retail investors on Thursday Business report is going to various countries The company's promoter stock brokers, wealth manage- ents who have complied with als, the person holding attorney Records) Rules, 2005 has been and the quota got oversub- come out on 31 October and Siddhartha Roy Burman would ment advisors and financial submitting Aadhar numbers. to transact on the entity's behalf amended as per the gazette noti- scribed 2.90 times. we hope to see a significant The ease of doing business sell 7.22 lakh equity shares, institutions among others to "Members are requested to has to provide Aadhaar details fication dated June 1, 2017, inter The government, through improvement because of the ranking is taken seriously while Fairwinds Trustees sell life and non-life products, submit/update the details by to the exchange. alia, to provide for submission the two-day OFS, sold 5 per large number of work that we by participating countries as Services Pvt Ltd would offer BSE said. October 31, 2017," BSE (for- Also, BSE said that it is of Aadhaar number, where the cent stake in NLC (formerly have done," Abhishek said. they believe it plays a key role 58,52,093 scrips. The venture will utilise the merly known as Bombay Stock required to report to the markets client enters into an account Neyveli Lignite Corporation) at Commerce and Industry in helping foreign investors Net proceeds from the issue distribution reach of both BSE Exchange) said. regulator Sebi on the prepared- based relationship with report- a floor price of Rs 94 per share. Minister Suresh Prabhu had decide where to invest. would be utilised towards pay- and Ebix that spans more than 2 "The number of clients com- ness of the trading members ing entity," BSE had said. Post-disinvestment, the recently hinted about the same, In the last three-and-a-half ment of loans and for general lakh outlets across the country. plied to be mentioned should be with respect to compliance with As per the amended PML government's stake in NLC will saying the country would soon years, India has received for- corporate purposes. "We are pleased to team up with the cumulative number of cli- the amended rules. rules, where the client has not come down to 84.32 per cent. hear "good news" on the ease of eign direct investment (FDI) of Axis Capital and IDFC Ebix in this venture which has a ents who have complied with In compliance with the submitted Aadhaar number at The government hasdoing business front. above $170 billion, the Depart- Bank are the book running lead potential of allowing consumers submitting Aadhaar numbers," amended PML norms, banks the time of commencement of already raised over Rs 19,000 The government's opti- ment of Industrial Policy & managers to the issue. across the length and breadth of it added. In the case of com- have already sought Aadhaar an account-based relationship crore through minority stake mism regarding the improve- Promotion secretary pointed The firm will be "launching the country, easier and faster panies, a manager, officer or details from their customers. with the reporting entity, then sale in PSUs in the current fis- ment in India's rank comes out. its IPO which is scheduled to access to preserving their wealth employees holding "attorneys to Last month, Sebi had asked the same should be furnished cal. It looks to raise Rs 72,500 on the back of reforms taken India's rank inched up by open on November 2 and close through buying insurance and transact" on a company's behalf stock exchanges to submit a within six months. The period crore through PSU stake sale, to improve the efficiency in just one place to 130 in the last on November 6 with a price expeditious claims settlement," have to submit their Aadhaar monthly progress report on col- would be calculated from the including strategic sale and granting construction permits, year's survey that measures the band of Rs 745 to Rs 750 per BSE MD & CEO Ashishkumar details. lection of Aadhaar numbers by date of starting the account- listing of insurance PSUs, starting a business and resolv- ease of doing business in vari- equity share of face value of Rs Chauhan said. PTI With regard to partnership its members. based relationship. PTI in 2017-18. PTI ing insolvency. ous countries. PTI 10 each of the company". PTI Two-day strike by IDBI Bank RIL, BP submit plan to develop RCom shares continue employees a ‘total success’ to fall, end 4% lower CHENNAI: All India Bank "IDBI Bank is the only deepest gas find by 2021-22 Employees' Association on bank where wage revision NEW DELHI: Continuing to 3 per cent on Wednesday. On Thursday termed the two-day is denied. Their wage revi- NEW DELHI: Reliance Indus- resource. storage and offloading (FPSO) and D30 finds on the block. fall for the second straight ses- Tuesday it had declined 3.95 strike by IDBI Bank employ- sion is due from November tries and its partner BP plc of With this, RIL-BP have will be used to produce the gas. The investment in these satel- sion, shares of Reliance Com- per cent. ees as a "total success" and 1, 2012 to October 31, 2017," UK have submitted to the finalised investment plans Work on the three sets of lite fields would be $1.4 billion. munications on Thursday Reliance Communications said the unions would decide AIBEA general secretary government a $2 -2.5 billion totaling $5-5.5 billion (about discoveries will start some- The third set is the D-34 or ended almost 4 per cent lower plans to shut down its loss- upon industry level strike next CH Venkatachalam said in a plan to bring to production Rs 33,000 crore to Rs 36,000 time in 2018 and contracting R-Series find. amid buzz that the debt-ridden making wireless telephony month. statement. India's deepest gas discovery crore) for three sets of discov- for equipment and services has All the three sets of finds company is planning to shut business by November 30 Pressing for wage revision, Expressing hope that the by 2021-22. eries in the KG-D6 block. already started. will produce 30 to 35 million down its wireless telephony and concentrate only on 4G employees of IDBI Bank had management would under- The partners on Wednes- Earlier this month, they sub- In May 2013, RIL, BP and standard cubic meters per day business. Internet services, according to observed a two-day strike on stand and settle the issue day submitted to the Director- mitted an FDP of $1.4 billion for Niko Resources of Canada of gas, sources said. The stock slipped 3.65 per sources. August 24 and 25 across the immediately, he said, in the ate General of Hydrocarbons bringing to production six satel- had struck a 155-metres thick RIL and BP had in mid-June cent to end at Rs 15.85 on BSE. "As already announced on country. joint central committee meet- (DGH) a field development plan lite gas discoveries in the block. gas condensate column in the this year announced investing During the day, it tumbled October 1, 2017, RCom has Holding that the manage- ing with All India Bank Offi- (FDP) for the MJ-1 gas find, RIL-BP combine had in exploration well KGD6-MJ1, Rs 40,000 crore in the three sets 4.55 per cent to Rs 15.70, its decided to adopt a 4G-focused ment of IDBI Bank denied cer's Association, the unions which is located about 2,000 2013 submitted a $3.18 billion which was later named as D55 of finds to reverse the flagging 52-week low. strategy for profitable growth wage revision compared to would be deciding upon the meters directly below the cur- investment plan for D-34 or or MJ-1 discovery. production in KG-D6 block. At NSE, shares of the com- of its wireless business. Accord- other public and private sec- industry-level strike. rently producing Dhirubhai-1 R-Series gas field in the same MJ-1 is one of the three RIL has so far made 19 gas pany went down 3.95 per cent ingly, Reliance Communica- tor banks, AIBEA said, "it is "In the ensuing Joint Cen- and 3 (D1 and D3) fields in the block, sources said adding the clusters that the partners are discoveries in the KG D6 block. to close at Rs 15.80. tions will be optimising its 2G a matter of deep regret that tral Committee meeting of eastern offshore KG-D6 block, actual investment in the find focusing on reviving the flag- Of these, D 1 and D 3 the largest In terms of equity volume, and 3G footprint, and related the management of IDBI AIBEA and AIBOA at New sources with direct knowledge may actually be $1.4-1.6 bil- ging output at KG-D6. among the lot were brought into 44.55 lakh shares of the com- infrastructure and human Bank is unable to understand Delhi on November 8, we shall of the development said. lion only. Besides MJ-1, four deep sea production from April, 2009, pany were traded on BSE and resources, with effect from the agony and anguish of the be deciding on programmes MJ-1 is estimated to hold Sources said the investment satellite gas discoveries D-2, 6, but output has fallen sharply over 3 crore shares changed November 30, 2017," the com- employees for their legitimate including industry-level a minimum of 0.988 Trillion in MJ-1 would be slightly higher 19 and 22 are planned to be from 54 mmscmd in March, hands at NSE during the day. pany said in a statement on wage revision.." strike," he said. PTI cubic feet (Tcf) of contingent because a floating production developed together with D29 2010, to 3-4 mmscmd. PTI The stock had fallen by over Wednesday. PTI India has third highest number of family-owned businesses NEW DELHI: India has 108 India, the top 10 countries and Switzerland ($22 billion), more, family businesses appear The definition used for the cent said this was very concern- have a slightly more conserva- menting policies in relation to publicly-listed family-owned in terms of number of fam- the report that covered close to to focus more on long-term database of family or founder- ing) which may be driven by tive approach to funding that this compared to 65 per cent businesses, third highest in the ily-owned companies include 1,000 family-owned, publicly- growth and they have outper- owned companies is a mini- China's overall greater exposure growth," the report said. for China. world, while China tops the tally France (4th place), Hong Kong listed companies by region, sec- formed peers in terms of share mum shareholding of 20 per to disruptive technologies glob- More than half of the Indian "Our research seems to with 167 such companies fol- (5th), Korea (6th), Malaysia tor and size said. price returns. cent and/or minimum voting ally and its state of economic and Chinese family companies suggest that investors are not lowed by the US which has 121, (7th), Thailand (8th), Indone- It further said Indian com- "At country-level, Chinese, rights of 20 per cent. development. that Credit Suisse surveyed too concerned about the level says a Credit Suisse report. sia (9th), Mexico (10th). panies surveyed are more Indian and Indonesian family- In terms of key concerns On the other hand, chal- generate revenues in excess of of ownership but rather how As per the Credit Suisse However, in terms of aver- mature, with 60 per cent of fam- owned companies appear to be and challenges, Chinese fam- lenges seen as most prominent $500 million, with the major- involved the family owners are Research Institute's (CSRI) lat- age size, the ranking changes ily businesses in their third gen- the most expensive, trading at ily- owned companies rank in India include succession plan- ity of these businesses located in the daily running of the busi- est "CS Family 1000" report, much more in favour of devel- eration compared to 30 per cent high absolute multiples, with a succession planning as their ning, followed by greater com- across sectors of IT, financials ness. This seems to be at the with an average market capi- oped markets, the report said. of Chinese companies. 12-month median price to earn- least important issue and do petition and talent retention. and industrials. core of the success of family- talisation of $6.5 billion, India Average market capitalisa- According to Credit Suisse, ings (P/E) of 15-16 times, com- not envisage a reduction in "Overall, our findings indi- India lags slightly behind owned companies in our view," ranks 5th in Asia Pacific exclud- tion of family-owned compa- the financial performance of pared to around 10 -13 times ownership. cate that our Indian family- China not just on the adoption Eugene Klerk, Head Analyst ing Japan, and 22nd globally, in nies is greatest in Spain ($30 family-owned companies is P/E multiples of companies in However, they tend to worry owned businesses appear to be of environment related issues, of Thematic Investments at terms of average m-cap. billion), the Netherlands ($30 also superior to that of non- Korea, Hong Kong and Singa- much more about the threat of more optimistic with regard but also on social issues, with Credit Suisse and the report s Besides China, the US and billion), Japan ($24 billion) family-owned peers. Further- pore," the report said. technological disruption (30 per to future revenue growth and 35 per cent of companies imple- lead author, said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 mp Govt aims to double telecom Expect $40 bn in E&P in 4-5 years: Pradhan MUMBAI: Union Minis- footprint in India by 2020 ter of Petroleum and Natu- ral Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said investments NEW DELHI: The government According to the telecom worth $40 billion is expected is making efforts to double the secretary, there are a lot of in Indian exploration and pro- reach of telecom network in anomalies in policies at vari- duction (E and P) 4-5 years. the country by 2020, Telecom ous levels that need to be aligned "A cumulative investment Secretary Aurna Sundararajan for speedy rollout of the digital of $40 billion is expected in said on Thursday. infrastructure. Indian E and P sector in near "By 2020, we must aim at a She cited a report saying term (4-5 years)," he told minimum doubling of telecom every 1.3 per cent increase in reporters here at an event. footprint if we really want to broadband penetration leads The government's liberal have the kind of growth that we to 1 per cent increase in GDP policies and transformational have," Sundararajan said in her (gross domestic product), but in reforms undertaken recently, speech at a Ficci event. the case of India, it has resulted have led to an investment of She called upon all stake- in 3.3 per cent increase in GDP. $25.2 billion being commit- holders in the country -- cen- She hoped that with Bharat ted under Production Sharing mid-2018." all are committed for this. tral and state governments, local Net, every village will have OFC Contract (PSC) regime, he said. An investment of about Meanwhile, he said, Discov- authorities and the industry -- capability. Field development plans $300 million for development ered Small Fields (DSF) round to facilitate laying out of optical "We have started working (FDPs) worth $13.6 billion are of 61 contract areas under was a huge success. fibre in the country for deliv- with service providers to make already approved and invest- Round 2 of DSF, is expected "As a test case of the liber- ering high-speed broadband sure wired broadband reaches ment worth $11.6 billion have soon, he added. alised policy framework, the services. home. This is an area where a declaration of commerciality, "Under Open Acreage DSF Bid Round 2016, was "Whether it is smart cities, worth of Rs 1 lakh crore, which ber," Sundararajan said. a tender to provide wifi services lot of work have to be done in he added. Licensing (OAL), $5-6 bil- introduced where over 777 5G, IoT (Internet of Things), we will be completed in the next The government is pushing in all panchayats by 2019. India. We know in urban India Further, he said, an esti- lion in exploration activities square kilometres of contract need (optical) fibre. Fibre first two years, including phase 1 of ahead with Bharat Net project The government expects to not many people have wired mated investment of $100 mil- and another $20-30 billion area comprising 30 contract programme in this country is a Bharat Net. rollout to connect all 2.5 lakh start broadband services with broadband at home, but this lion for development of 30 for development activities is areas were awarded in March national imperative and we must "We have 83,000 village pan- village panchayats with the opti- about 1,000 megabit per second is one of the areas where rural contract areas awarded under expected," Pradhan said. 2017," he said. start working together," Sunda- chayats that have optic fibre net- cal fibre cable (OFC) network by or 1 gbps across 1 lakh gram area will perhaps be in a bet- Round 1 of DSF, he said add- The minister said the sector DSF 2016 was concluded rarajan said. The government work in place. Bharat Net phase March 2019. The Department of panchayats by the end of this ter position than urban India," ing "the production under presents significant opportuni- in a record time of 8 months, is working on telecom projects 1 will be completed by Decem- Telecom is also working to float year under the project. Sundararajan said. PTI this is expected to be around ties for creation of jobs and we he added. PTI ‘Recap will need follow-up with Not at home? Amazon wants to Banks need to handhold MSMEs structural come in and drop off packages to push job creation, says Govt changes at PSBs’ NEW YORK: Would you let a stranger in your house to drop NEW DELHI: Banks need to Emphasising that the NEW DELHI: The recapitali- off a package? Amazon hopes handhold the micro, small and country has a strong MSME sation programme for public so. medium enterprises (MSME) base, he said there will be sector banks is likely to boost The online retailer said on sector and help it grow as the a strong push on enabling equity market sentiment as it Thursday that it will launch a entities form the backbone of growth of micro, small and fuels growth recovery hopes, service next month called Ama- the economic activity and gen- medium enterprises through but should be followed up zon Key that would allow deliv- erate a number of jobs, said enhanced access to financing with structural changes at such ery people to walk into your Financial Services Secretary and markets and a drive to banks for better results, says an home and drop off a box when Rajiv Kumar. finance MSMEs in 50 clusters. UBS report. you're not there. The government's deci- "Meerut for sports goods, According to the global Those who want to use the sion to provide Rs 2.11 lakh Ludhiana for garments, Mora- financial services major, service would need to be an crore capital support through dabad for brass work, Bhadohi though the recapitalisation Amazon Prime member and various means, including Rs for carpet, Bhagalpur for silk amount may create a support- would have to buy a camera and 1.35 lakh crore of recapital- all these are facing problems ive environment for growth, it a Wi- Fi-connected lock from isation bonds, will not only of cash, market access and may not drive growth by itself. the Seattle-based company that strengthen the balancesheet branding," he said, adding The government on Octo- starts at $250. Shoppers will ple drop off packages or stock let in housekeepers to scrub the of the state-owned lenders, but that they are getting exploited ber 24 unveiled a Rs 2.11-lakh then be able to select in-home the fridge with groceries bought kitchen, dog walkers to take help them support industries Second, the udyamimitra to aggregate demand through despite having demand for crore two-year road map to delivery on the Amazon app. from Walmart.com. your furry friend for a walk or and MSMEs, he said. portal will help bring in a cul- GeM (Government electronic their products. strengthen NPA-hit public When the delivery person The delivery person is given out-of-town guests who want Citing two major problems ture of competitiveness among Marketplace) and the cam- "We have to address this... sector banks, which includes shows up, they will knock first, a one-time code to open the to make themselves at home. of the MSME sector, Kumar banks to finance micro, small paign has already started with banks can focus on these re-capitalisation bonds, bud- scan the package and Amazon door and Walmart said cus- The company said its in- said they face cash crunch and and medium enterprises proj- Chhattisgarh. because there are a lot of getary support, and equity will make sure the delivery per- tomers will get an alert on their home delivery service is covered limited market access. ects, he said. Besides, there are efforts to latent entrepreneurship as dilution. son is at the right home and smartphones when someone by the Amazon Key Happi- "We are tackling these in "If you have a good project, bring them on other e- com- the prime minister has said "We think this capital infu- unlock the door. No codes are enters. ness Guarantee, which covers four ways. First, we are regis- you don't have to keep running merce platforms. they can become job creators. sion can ease Ind AS adoption needed and the indoor cam- Amazon.com Inc. said its delivery issues, property dam- tering all major suppliers on after banks, they can com- "MSMEs can register to We have created a 360-degree for state-owned-enterprise era will record the in-home service will be available Novem- age or theft. And Amazon said the TReDS (Trade Receivables pete and a good rating project increase their access. Under approach. Mudra, Stand Up (SOE) banks and accelerate delivery. ber 8 in 37 cities, including the deliveries are carried out electronic Discount System) would attract a better com- the GeM rule, payment is India and Start Up... essentially non- performing loan (NPL) Walmart is testing a similar Atlanta, Cleveland and Den- by drivers who are vetted with that will make it obligatory to petitive rate," he explained. On guaranteed. After a specific focus on MSMEs, address clean-up," UBS said in the service in California's Silicon ver. The company said the background checks and driving pay dues after a fixed time," the market access side, Kumar time, payment is granted," he their problem and do hand- research note. PTI Valley, which lets delivery peo- smart lock can also be used to record reviews. PTI he said. said the government is trying said. holding," he said. PTI ‘Need more private Bank recap plan More than 1,500 companies Australia sent letter to China to dispel to help deal with investments in infra’ bloated balance leave Spain's Catalonia ‘misinformation’ against Adani project NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog years, government has put in CEO Amitabh Kant on Thurs- lots of resources in building sheets: S&P MELBOURNE: The Austra- necessary Queensland state port for that project," Brandis day pitched for channelling infrastructure like roads and lian government on Thursday government and Australian said, adding that any invest- insurance and pension funds airports, almost making up NEW DELHI: S&P Global admitted writing a letter to government environmental ment in the project would be for financing infrastructure for private sector investment Ratings today said the Rs 2.11 China backing Indian mining and mining approvals," the subject to approvals by the For- projects as also for a com- in such projects. lakh crore capital infusion into giant Adani's controversy-hit ABC news reported. eign Investment Review Board. plete re- examination of the "You can do it for short run PSU banks will help dealing Carmichael coal mine project "The government has made Senate crossbenchers ques- Viability Gap Funding (VGF) but not for long run. The chal- with bloated balance sheet and in a bid to dispel "misinforma- representations to dispel the tioned the Department of For- scheme. lenge is to bring private sector enable banks to take 'haircuts' tion" campaign from the "radi- misinformation campaign of eign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Infrastructure sector has investments back in the infra- on their non-performing loans. cal left" to stop the 16.5 billion those from the radical left who officials following the left-lean- suffered in India due to under- structure sector," he noted. The government plans to dollars venture, media reports want to stop the project," Bran- ing think tank 'The Australian investment for a long time, he The Niti Aayog chief exec- infuse capital totalling Rs 2.11 said. dis said. Institute' using freedom of said. utive officer also stressed that lakh crore ($32.4 billion) into Attorney-General George Adani and the Queensland information laws to seek doc- "We need to build up envi- India needs strong bids and the banks. That's much larger MADRID: Over 1,501 compa- ration of independence after the Brandis told the Parliament government have highlighted uments from DFAT relating ronment to tap pension and concession evaluation mech- than its previous infusions over nies have left Spain's northeast- region held a self-determination that the government wrote that the mine, which after its to requests for foreign govern- insurance funds for invest- anism of public-private- the past few years. ern region of Catalonia amid referendum on October 1. The to China that the project on completion will be Australia's ment financing for the project. ments in infrastructure partnerships infrastructure This is around 35 per cent fears of the region's indepen- referendum had been declared the Galilee Basin had the full largest coal mine, will prove "The Australian govern- projects... projects. of the current Tier-1 capital of dence from Spain, local media illegal by the Spanish Constitu- support of the Australian and beneficial for the region. ment continues to welcome Viability Gap Funding "If you do a well structured public sector banks. reported recently, citing sources tional Court as it breaches the Queensland governments However, environmental foreign investment that is in scheme needs a complete re- infrastructure project, then "The government's pro- from the College of Mercantile Spanish constitution. despite a loud anti campaign. activists are concerned about our national interest, includ- examination," Kant said at definitely you will get response posed capital infusions step will Registers of Spain. The Spanish government Brandis' comments came the potential impacts to the ing the Adani investment in Crisil India Infrastructure from private sector players," help address the banks' bloated Between October 2 and passed a decree after the ref- after crossbenchers raised Great Barrier Reef as the coal the Carmichael mine project," Conclave here. Kant observed. balance sheets, which are partly October 24, a total of 1,501 busi- erendum that made it easier concerns if the Federal Gov- will be shipped through areas Senator Brandis said. Viability Gap Funding is He also said if India wants constraining the economy. We nesses decided to leave Catalo- for companies to leave Catalo- ernment was promoting the close to the national icon. The letter provided facts one-time grant to public-pri- wants to grow at 9-10 per cent believe the government's efforts nia, while only on Tuesday, 107 nia and move their headquar- mining project to foreign gov- "The government has and was not advocacy, he said. vate-partnerships (PPPs) in then it must develop its infra- should enable banks to take companies decided to move ters to other places in Spain, as ernments to secure fundings. expressed support for the Brandis said he was the infrastructure sector to fill structure because countries necessary 'haircuts' on their cor- their headquarters from Cata- the decision does not need to "The Australian Govern- opening up of the Galilee Basin unaware if the letter was sent the funding gap for making like South Korea, Singapore, porate nonperforming assets," lonia to other places, Xinhua be passed by the shareholder ment has written to the Gov- and the Adani mines capacity at Adani's request when asked projects commercially viable. Taiwan and Japan grew on the S&P Global Ratings credit ana- reported. It is in response to meeting, unless the company's ernment of China to confirm to unlock that development the under questioning from Greens Kant said that in last 3 back of good infrastructure. PTI lyst Amit Pandey said. PTI the fears for a unilateral decla- statutes say the opposite. IANS the project has received all Australian government's sup- leader Richard Di Natale. PTI POWERING THE NATION BharatNet all set to give fillip to e-commerce services to far flung areas of country: DoT NEW DELHI: The BharatNet 100,000 gram panchayats with imperative and the govern- project, which aims to deploy broadband connectivity by lay- ment, industry and chambers high-speed optical fibre cables ing underground optic fibre of commerce needed to work in Define stakeholders’ role across rural areas of the coun- cable lines. coalition to achieve the objec- try, has now reached 83,000 The Department of Tele- tive of doubling the telecom in data protection: Trai gram panchayats, Aruna Sun- communications is aggressively footprint in the country by dararajan, Secretary, Depart- monitoring the prestigious 2020. NEW DELHI: R S Sharma, information privacy, security ment of Telecommunications, BharatNet initiative that aims Quoting from internet guru Chairman, Telecom Regula- and data ownership, needed to Government of India, said here to provide Internet connectiv- Mary Meeker’s 2017 report tory Authority of India (TRAI), be defined. He added that TRAI on Thursday while speaking at ity to 2.5 lakh gram panchay- released in May this year, she said here on Thursday that TRAI followed the process of consul- ‘i-Bharat 2017’ on the theme ats or village blocks by March said that there are over 355 mil- was committed to data protec- tations and formulated policies ICT Elucidations for Unserved 2019. lion monthly active internet tion and was in favor of defin- or issued any mandate. and Unsolved, organised by The entire project, when users in India, where nearly ing the responsibility of various Only after seeking views and FICCI in association with the complete, is expected to give 109 million smartphones were stakeholders in the value chain conducting open houses with Ministry of Electronics and a fillip to reaching out e-com- shipped in 2016. to ensure that customers’ data industry and relevant stakehold- Information Technology, Gov- merce services, including e Nearly 46% of inter- is safeguarded. He was speak- ers, TRAI would finalize any ernment of India. governance, education and net users in India consume ing at ‘i-Bharat 2017’ organised policy going forward as well. He Sundararajan said that by television services to far flung content in local languages. by FICCI in collaboration with added that several consultation NTPC Director (Operations) K K Sharma during a visit to NTPC-Singrauli’s Super Tharmal Power Station December this year the first areas of the country. In the first quarter of 2017, the Ministry of Electronics & IT, papers were out in the public in Shaktinagar phase of BharatNet will be The DoT Secretary said 27 million smartphones Government of India. domain for recommendations complete. This would provide that fibreisation was a national were shipped. MPOST TRAI Chairman said that and suggestions. MPOST 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Friday, 27 October, 2017 FORMER NBA STAR MILLER TO VISIT WOMEN’S ASHES: AUSTRALIA SEAL CRICKET GROUND IN THE UNITED STATES INDIA TO PROMOTE BASKETBALL SECOND ODI WIN OVER ENGLAND NAMED AFTER GAVASKAR MUMBAI: Former American basketball player and NBA star, COFFS HARBOUR: Australia took a four-point lead in MUMBAI:Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar inaugurated a cricket Andre Miller will pay his first ever visit to India to promote the the Women’s Ashes series with a commanding win over field in Louisville in the state of Kentucky in USA, thus making game in the country. “I’m looking forward to my first visit to India England in the second one-day international at Coffs it the first international sporting facility named after an Indian to see firsthand how the NBA has been developing basketball in Harbour. Skipper Rachael Haynes, dropped on 60, hit a sportsperson. The Sunil Gavaskar Field, inaugurated on October the country,” said the 6ft 3inches tall star, who will also appear career-best 89 in 56 balls as the hosts added 94 in the 15, will serve as the home ground for the Louisville Cricket Club, as a guest analyst on TV show ‘Around The the Hoop’. last 10 overs in their 296-6, having been asked to bat. which is part of the 42- team MidWest Cricket League. India is a Patel to push for U-20 World football country VAR in 2018 World Cup now, says FIFA Cup bid at FIFA council meeting KOLKATA: All India Foot- chief Infantino ball Federation (AIFF) presi- on FIFA Council agenda dent Praful Patel, who has been KOLKATA: “India is a foot- invited to the world foot- ball country now,” FIFA presi- CACAF, CONME- ball governing body dent Giani Infantino declared BOL and the OFC to FIFA’s council meet- after arriving here to chair the express their inter- ing to be held here FIFA Council meeting on Fri- est in hosting the on Friday, will look day and attend the U-17 World tournament. to make the most of Cup final. The decision on the opportunity by Asked about th e successful whether to select pushing for India’s organistion of the FIFA U-17 any of the bidders case for hosting the World Cup, the 47-year-old as the host(s) of the Under-20 World clad in a dark suit said: “Thank World Cup will be Cup in 2019. member associations - each for country had made a formal bid to you very much all the Indians. taken by the 68th FIFA “I will use all the a term of four years. host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World That’s most important. It’s a Congress, slated to con- goodwill in my and India’s Patel said FIFA president Cup and expected the current great pleasure to here.” vene in Moscow on command to good use Infantino has invited him to the U-17 team to be part of that tour- The All India Football Fed- June 13 next year, on when I address the meeting. Infantino arrived this nament too. Jaime Yarza, head of eration vice-president Subrata the eve of the open- FIFA council where I morning and is the state guest FIFA tournaments, said India is Dutta received Infantino at the ing match of the have been invited as of the West Bengal govern- “almost” ready to host a senior airport and later in the day he FIFA World Cup. the hosts,” Patel told ment. Chief minister Mamata World Cup, let alone the U-20 will have an informal meeting The prize reporters at the FIFA Banerjee will host a dinner for World Cup. with the AIFF supremo Praful money for Russia U-17 World Cup the FIFA chief. Infantino, who “These are almost (senior) Patel who is also staying at the 2018 is also wrap-up press was accompanied by a 35-mem- World Cup level stadiums, not same hotel on EM Bypass. expected to conference. ber delegation, will also attend a only U-20 World Cup level sta- According to sources, there be decided The final programme along with a host of diums. In every aspect, they can could be discussions on India’s in the composi- former footballers at Eco Park. host major event. If the develop- bid for the U-20 World Cup in KOLKATA: The fifth FIFA U-17 World Cup. out on a World Cup appearance meeting. tion of the On October 28, the FIFA ment goes on like this and they 2019, chances of which have council meeting, to be held in Infantino, on his second for the first time since 1986. The FIFA Coun- boss will hand over the glitter- do good work, I think infrastruc- brightened after the over- the city on Friday, could give a visit to India since taking over “When you play a World suspension cil will consist ing U-17 World Cup Trophy to ture wise they have the ability to whelming success of U-17 clearer picture on the use of the the reins from Sepp Blatter, is a Cup qualification game and of Pakistan Football Federa- of 37 members: one President, the winner of the summit clash host any major event. There is World Cup which is all set to Video Assistant Referee (VAR) staunch supporter of the VAR that game is decided by a major tion will also be ratified among elected by the FIFA Congress; between England and Spain at one picture LOC has not sold topple China-1985 as the best technology in next year’s World and wants to have the technol- error of interpretation by the the other five ratifications listed eight Vice-Presidents and 28 the Salt Lake Stadium. yet. That is “Proud to be Indian.” attended event in the tourna- Cup in Russia and ratify Paki- ogy at next summer’s World referee, which can happen under “Bureau of the Council” other members elected by the Patel had earlier said that the They should be proud.” AGENCIES ment’s history. stan’s suspension. Cup. Recently, in the wake of because they’re human beings section. “While that appears to be The 37-member council, Panama’s 2-1 win over Costa like everyone else, then it is The FIFA had suspended the advantage the only draw- headed by the world governing Rica in CONCACAF World time to rectify things,” Infan- the PFF in accordance with the Off day for back is that the FIFA has never body’s president Gianni Infan- Cup qualifying, Infantino again tino had said. decision of the Bureau of the My focus is on allowed back to back World tino, will convene at a plush raised his voice in support of Among the other topics on FIFA Council dated October India as Jitu Cup events to one country. hotel of the eastern metropolis implementing VAR. the agenda, an update on the 10 on account of undue third- But with FIFA Council meet- a day ahead of the FIFA Under- The Panamanians helped bidding process to select the party interference. Rai, Ghatkar fail ing here, it can be ratified,” an 17 World Cup final between eliminate the United States host(s) of the 2026 FIFA World The Bureau took this deci- final for now, official with the local organis- England and Spain at the Vive- from a place in Russia next Cup is also there. sion as the PFF offices and its ing committee said. kananda Yuba Bharati Kriran- summer after being awarded Following the approval of accounts remain in control of to enter final The meeting tomorrow will gan here. a goal despite the ball appear- the bidding requirements by a court-appointed administra- also have discussions on the An “Update on VAR imple- ing to not cross the goal line the FIFA Council on May 9, the tor, which constitutes a violation says Abel Ruiz NEW DELHI: India expe- implementation of the conten- mentation” is one of the 15 in the 53rd minute. The result, FIFA Congress agreed, with 93 of the PFF obligations to man- rienced a disappointing day tious video assistant referee points listed on the agenda coupled with the US’s 1-2 loss percent of the valid votes, on age its affairs independently and in the ISSF World Cup Final technology in Russia World of the high-profile meeting, to Trinidad and Tobago, meant a three-month period -- until without influence from any third as both their representatives, Cup 2018 with the FIFA presi- which the country will be host- Panama qualified ahead of the August 11, 2017 -- for member parties in accordance with the ace pistol shooter Jitu Rai and dent keen on it. AGENCIES ing for the first time, like the Americans, who thus missed associations from CAF, CON- FIFA Statutes. AGENCIES Pooja Ghatkar in women’s air rifle, failed to clear the qualifi- cation hurdle here on Thursday. Rai, fresh from his gold medal in the air pistol mixed Distraught Brazil blame poor finishing for loss event along with Heena Sidhu, could not make the final of the KOLKATA: Distraught Brazil in the semi-finals. men’s 10m air pistol and was players blamed poor finishing They have gone “We had our strategies for placed ninth. The top eight for the heart-breaking semi- without a title in the match but we made mis- make the cut. Multiple medal- final loss to England which takes mostly in front of goal. list at top global events, includ- ended their dreams of lifting the subsequent We did not score and also con- ing the World Championships the FIFA U-17 World Cup for seven editions, ceded goals. This was our mis- NAVI MUMBAI: He might He said his idol in the and Asian Games, Rai shot a the first time in 14 years. including this one take. Now we have to raise our be one of the brightest young- “Beautiful Game” is Uruguay sequence of 94, 96, 96, 97, 95, England produced a mas- heads up and think about the sters in international football and FC Barcelona senior team’s 94 for a total 572. He shot 95 in terclass performance to beat in India. They third place match (against Mali but Spanish striker and skip- star striker, Luis Suarez. the penultimate 10 shot series Brazil 3-1 in front of a shell- finished runners- on October 28),” he said. per Abel Ruiz is not thinking Asked if there was any and eventually dropped to 94 to shocked crowd at the Salt Lake “We feel happy about the too far ahead and said now he added pressure on him as his bow out of the competition at the Stadium here last night to set up in 2005 and support we got from the fans just wants to focus on the finals team’s spearhead, Ruiz said all Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. up a first ever all-European were fourth here. But we are sad because we against England in the FIFA he concentrated was on scoring Eventual gold medal win- summit clash on October 28 at in 2011 could not give them back by win- U-17 World Cup. goals to enable his team to win. ner Matsuda Tomoyuki of the same venue. PAULINHO ning the title,” said the Vasco da “I am concentrating now “I am under no pressure. Japan, who qualified eighth, Three-time champions Bra- Gama player who has scored only on the final game against All I want to do is to score goals aggregated 573 in the qualifica- zil last won the title in 2003. lost the match. Some players, the difference in the match,” to move to Real Madrid B team three goals from six matches. England and not on anything and make my team win,” said tion, while Vietnamese Cuong They have gone without a including striker Lincoln, also Alan, the fulcrum of most of from his current side Palmeiras Lincoln said England else,” said the FC Barcelona the player, who has become Quoc Tran topped it with 586 title in the subsequent seven broke down on the pitch. the Brazil attacks, said. next season. were the better team and they junior player after scoring a brace the second highest score in the but fell behind in the final. editions, including this one in Lincoln, another striker “Our dream was to be the Asked if he was satisfied deserved to reach their maiden in Spain’s dominant 3-1 semi competition. In women’s 10m air rifle, India. They finished runners- Paulinho and midfield mae- champion. We tried our best with his performance, he said, final. “Me, Paulinho and the final victory over African U-17 Looking ahead to the final India’s only hope Pooja Ghat- up in 2005 and were fourth stro Alan Souza blamed the loss and we know we have reached “It was a good competition others could not score and that champions Mali in the FIFA against England on Octo- kar finished ninth and failed in 2011. to lack of finishing touches in our limits. We are sad but we but I would have preferred to was why we lost. If you don’t U-17 World Cup on Wednesday. ber 28, Ruiz pointed out that to make the final. It was an emotional scene front of England goal. have to now focus on the third be perfect not just good and score you will lose. We were Ruiz was the fulcrum the two teams had fought the Ghatkar’s series included at the Salt Lake Stadium on “We played a great game place match (against Mali) that could have happened if we prepared for all situations but around which his team rotated Euro championship final too in scores of 101.5, 103.9, 102.2 and Wednesday night as several but we missed scoring oppor- and try to win another game would have won the title.” England were better than us,” as Euro U-17 champions Spain Croatia and are aware of each an improved 104.8 for a total spectators among the 63,000- tunities. England could score of football,” said the pocket Star striker Paulinho agreed said the Flamengo player, who overwhelmed a fighting Mali to other’s style of play. “We had of 412.4. The lowest qualifying odd who turned up to watch from their opportunities and dynamo wonderkid, who is with Alan that shyness in front has scored three goals from six emerge a clear winner at the D played against them in the Euro score was 412.5 set by Norway’s the match cried after Brazil that is why they won. That was reported to have signed a deal of England goal led to their loss matches. AGENCIES Y Patil Stadium. final,” he said. AGENCIES Malin Westerheim. AGENCIES Australia beat India juniors 4-3 Perez dreams of being teammate of Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso Lewis Hamilton aims to win JOHOR BAHRU (MALAY- Jonathan Bretherton (45th latter half of the first quarter SIA): India juniors lost their min) and Nathan Ephraums and won themselves a penalty MEXICO CITY: Mexican Formula 1 driver Sergio Mexico GP, seal 4th F1 title first match, when they were (49th min) were enough for corner in the 9th minute, which “Checo” Perez said that his aspiration is to become pipped 3-4 by Australia in a Australia to secure the victory. was finished off by Sanjay to high-scoring fourth round Australia dominated the level the scores at 1-1. part of a team led by a champion such as Lewis robin league encounter at the proceedings in the initial stages The game was very well bal- Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso. “I 7th Sultan of Johor Cup hockey of the first quarter as they anced between the two sides would be delighted to be with world champions, tournament on Thursday. attacked the Indian defence to throughout the second quarter to be a teammate of Hamilton, Vettel or Alonso,” The defeat came a day after start on a bright note. as defenders of both the teams India had hammered United This resulted in the Austra- showed resilience to keep out the Perez said at a press conference in Mexico City on States of America 22-0 in their lians winning a penalty corner efforts. However, in the last min- Wednesday, reports Efe. “In Formula 1 there is such third league encounter. in the 3rd minute of the match ute before the half-time hooter, a difference among teams and cars that your best Dilpreet Singh (30th min, which was well converted by a mis-pass from the Australian touchstone is your teammate and to have a world 47th min) and Sanjay (9th min) Joel Rintala to give his side the side led to beautiful counter- champion as touchstone is always good,” the scored for India in the match lead. However, after conceding attack from India with Dilpreet but goals from Joel Rintala (3th an early goal, the Indian team Singh’s fiercely struck shot giv- Guadalajara native said ahead of this weekend’s min), Coby Green (36th min), stepped up their efforts in the ing India a 2-1 lead. AGENCIES Mexico Grand Prix. AGENCIES

CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PRESS NOTICE MEXICO CITY: British driver Speaking to reporters in better with his team. NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS Lewis Hamilton, who is lead- Mexico City, Hamilton said he Hamilton, who hosted ing the Formula 1 racing cham- would prefer to win the race athletes Mo Farah and Usain The Executive Engineer(E), DCED, CPWD, 20-Subhash Road, pionship for 2017, said he does and lift the championship. Bolt as guests in his last two Dehradun-248001 invites Percentage rate bid on behalf of not want to settle for anything He admitted it could be races, said this weekend he has President of India from Approved and eligible registered con- less than a win at the upcom- a close race with Ferrari and invited two Mexicans as spe- tractors in Composite Category in appropriate class in CPWD ing Mexico Grand Prix, which Red Bull, but added if he could cial guests, without revealing for the following work:- would also seal his fourth F1 title. repeat his performance at last their names. 1. NIT No. 110/DCED/2017-18. Name of Work:- MOEI & fans i/c street light in Resdl. Colony at IGNFA, Dehradun. (SH:- If his closest contender, week’s race in the United States, Lewis also signed a hel- MOEI & Fans i/c street light). Estimated Cost: Rs. 8,92,644/- Germany’s Sebastian Vettel the team would definitely win. met like the one used by leg- Earnest Money Rs. 17,853/- and Period of Completion: 12 (Ferrari), wins Sunday’s race, The three-time champion endary Brazilian racer Ayrton Months, Last Time & date of submission of bid: 01-11-2017 Hamilton will need to finish added he had worked really Senna, which will be donated at 3:00 PM. & the same shall be opened on the same day at fifth or higher to clinch the hard since losing the title to to the Red Cross for an auc- 3.30 PM 2017 F1 title, reports Efe. Nico Rosberg last year, add- tion, and the proceeds will be The tender forms and other details can be obtained from the However, if Vettel loses, ing that he was very proud of used to help those affected in website www.tenderwizard.com / CPWD or www.cpwd.gov.in Hamilton can win the title by this season where he was more the September 19 earthquake just securing the ninth position. consistent and communicated in Mexico. AGENCIES 15 Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017 Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | mp Alia wants to essay Jennifer’s character in ‘Silver Lining...’

MUMBAI: Actor Alia Bhatt says she would love to play Hol- lywood actor Jennifer Lawrence’s character in the Oscar-winning film Silver Linings Playbook as Talking about she finds the role “brilliant”. Alia opined on Hollywood and Hollywood and its its opportunities and more dur- ing a conversation on audio opportunities, The show ‘Take 2 with Anupama and Rajeev’ on Saavn. “It’s funny that you men- Highway actor says, tioned Jennifer Lawrence, but I love her and I relate a lot to “It’s all the same but her for some reason. I feel like we are pretty similar and she is a fabulous actor as well. But the the only difference only difference is which is that it’s changing here and I feel like I feel is that we are we are moving in a space where content is really becoming the focus of all our attention,” Alia moving in a space said. “At least out there, there is a where content is lot of respect and love given to don’t know but yes definitely I’ve industry trends and conversa- writers which is not so here in seen characters. Like, I would’ve tions with various actors, pro- really becoming india. I would want a bit more loved to play Jennifer Lawrence’s ducers and directors from the respect for the writers so that character in the Silver Lining Indian film industry. they could feel motivated. we Playbook and I was like that’s The audio show will have the focus of our need to understand that eventu- such a brilliant character to play 12 episodes with each episode ally it’s all about writing. “ but maybe someday, hopefully,” running for 20 minutes, every attention” “And of course the direct- Alia added. Tuesday. ing but eventually that’s your ‘Take 2 with Anupama and as for Alia, she has begun raw material. So better oppor- Rajeev’ has discussions and filming for Meghna Gulzar’s tunities comes automatically. I chats about recent releases, Raazi, an espionage thriller. IANS ‘Have been asked to ‘Ghoomar song most compromise for work’ difficult, yet fulfilling’ MUMBAI: While Hollywood than 50 women have come for- is rocked by the Harvey Wein- ward after the October 5 report. stein scandal, Irrfan Khan said Irrfan, who has worked in things are not that different in major Hollywood projects such Bollywood as he was asked to as Jurassic World and Life of Pi, compromise in his initial days. said anything that happens with- Without taking names, the actor, out mutual consent should be 50, said he has been at the receiv- condemned. ing end of such proposals. “You do experience these “It has happened with me a things. A person might propose lot of times. It won’t be good to ‘If you sleep with me I’ll give you take names but a lot of times it work’, but you have the power has been hinted to me and some- to say no. Such indications are times I have been told clearly given to both men and women, that if I compromise I’ll get the but women face it more. Yes, if job. But now it doesn’t happen,” it is happening without consent he said during a media inter- or forcefully, then it’s extremely MUMBAI: She twirls in circles with diyas in her hands action here. Irrfan said such saddening,” he said. in the newly launched song ‘Ghoomar’ from the upcoming film things are tricky, especially when “If there is a person who is Padmavati. Actor Deepika Padukone says it’s one of the most they come from the people one repeatedly doing these things, he difficult yet most fulfilling song sequences she has ever done. knows. must be exposed. It’s necessary Deepika, who plays the title role in filmmaker Sanjay Leela “It (invitation) has come to talk about him.” The actor Bhansali’s magnum opus, took to Twitter recently and wrote: from both, males and females. said the way a person behaves “The ‘Ghoomar’ song has to be one of the most difficult yet most It becomes slightly weird is also a reflection of the society. fulfilling song sequences I have ever shot for!” because when people you know “To sexually exploit someone is The ‘Ghoomar’ song was unveiled few days ago. It shows the and respect a lot, give you such a disease in itself. It reflects the richness of the Rajput culture and traditions. Deepika, dressed offers, you feel that the dynamics dynamics of our society – that in heavy ensembles and jewellery, performs gracefully. of the relationship will change. it’s sexually suppressed. As far as Traditionally, the dance form Ghoomar involves twirling in That’s the sad part. But I have the sexual exploitations go, the one circles and coordinated hand movements and footwork. power to accept or refuse them.” who has more power, will exploit The song has been composed by Bhansali and sung by Shreya Recently New York Times did the other gender. Ghoshal. a detailed expose of Weinstein’s “... Exploitation is not the key Padmavati also stars Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh. alleged sexual misconduct. More factor, it’s the suppression. PTI Shahid will be seen playing the role of Maharawal Ratan Singh, husband of Deepika’s character in the movie. Ranveer will be playing Alauddin Khilji. The film, releasing on December 1, tells the story of Alauddin Anna Faris narrates her own Khilji, the medieval-era Delhi ruler who fell in love with Rajput sexual harassment story queen Padmavati. IANS

LOS ANGELES: Actor of the crew so hard,” said conditioned to giggle” but Anna Faris has come for- the actor. She said all she they would be labeled a ward and narrated her own could do was to “giggle”. “I “b***h or difficult”, if they experience of sexual harass- remember looking around were to anything about such Gal Gadot ment. The “What’s Your and I remember seeing the incidents. That would be Number?” actor revealed on crew members being like, the best of circumstances. I considered giving her podcast “Unqualified” ‘Wait, what are you going to guess what I do is I laugh. It that an unnamed director do about that? That seemed puts everyone at ease. That’s “slapped” her behind during weird.’ And that’s how I dis- the defense mode you go up acting before a movie shoot. missed it. The incident made into,” she added. “I was doing a scene Faris feel “small” and she Faris joins a growing where I was on a ladder and says the director would not list of women who have Wonder Woman I was supposed to be tak- have tried it on “the lead come forward and narrated ing books off a shelf and m a l e”. their stories about sexual he slapped my a** in front Faris said “women are harassment. PTI ‘Watching Carrie in The Last Jedi will be incredibly emotional’ LOS ANGELES: Gal Gadot has said that on me. I was like, ‘Why am I doing this?’ she considered quitting acting before the Hearing no, over and over, I was thinking, LOS ANGELES: Director sad, but really joyful. Having kicks butt as General Leia, and Wonder Woman role made her into an inter- ‘What am I good for?’ And that’s when I got Rian Johnson has said it will these scenes in the film recon- I’m happy for that,” he said. national icon. Wonder Woman,” she added. be an emotional experience to textualises tragically with her The veteran actor passed away “Before I got Wonder Woman, I was The 32-year-old actor felt relieved when watch legendary actor Carrie not being here anymore, it’s on December 27 last year due thinking about never coming back to Los her law career did not pan out. Fisher in Star Wars: The Last incredibly emotional,” John- to “sleep apnoea and other Angeles, (I thought I’d) stay in Israel, work “You convince yourself to do these Jedi. The 43-year-old direc- son said. c a u s e s”. as an actor here and there, go back to uni- things... ‘I’ll be a lawyer so I can make peace tor said respecting her mem- The director said the next Also featuring Daisy versity and do something else,” Gadot told and people will be able to reach agreements. ory, the team did not tamper few months will be “intense” Ridley, Mark Hamill, John Glamour magazine. Gadot said that after Whereas, in real life, lawyers deal with con- with Fisher’s performance, for her fans to process the loss Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam facing so many rejections in her career, she flict non-stop. Conflicts are not good for me. reported USA Today. and celebrate her as Princess Driver, Domhnall Gleeson felt like giving up acting. I’m all about harmony and Zen. I’m happy “I felt very strongly that Leia one last time. “I think and Andy Serkis, the eighth “My husband has a lot of work in Tel it didn’t work out,” said Gadot. The actor we don’t try and change her it’s going to be really sad but chapter of Star Wars releases Aviv, and we had a daughter, so taking them will reprise her role in Justice League, which performance. It will be really really joyful, I hope. She really on December 15. PTI to LA to fish for work put a lot of pressure opens in theatres on November 17. PTI 16 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 27 October, 2017