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PUBLISHED FROM & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 115 | Thursday, 26 April 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,570.55 (-43.80) qSENSEX 34,501.27 (-115.37) qDOW JONES 24,004.59 (-19.54) pNASDAQ 7015.40 (+8.05) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 66.90 (-0.52) qRUPEE/EURO 81.55 (-0.34) pGOLD/10GM 32,450 (+225) pSILVER/K 40,700 (+200) BABY DIES MINUTES GOVT SETS GAUTAM ‘IT WAS SHOCKING AFTER WOMAN FOODGRAIN GAMBHIR QUITS TO KNOW ABOUT FORCED TO DELIVER PROD TARGET DD CAPTAINCY DUTT’S LIFE’ IN AMBULANCE PG4 AT 284 MT PG7 PG14 PG16 ICC apologises for tweet on PM Modi from official handle, launches inquiry GETS LIFE SENTENCE NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Coun- cil on Wednesday apologised and launched an investigation into a social media post relating to Found guilty of raping 16-year-old girl whose family brought her to visit his ashram Prime Minister that went out from its official handle. “ICC is dismayed at a non-cricket related MPOST BUREAU tweet appearing on its Twitter feed earlier today. We would like to extend our sincere apologies : Nearly five years after he PREACHER TO CONVICT to anyone who was offended during the short was arrested, Asaram, a self-styled god- space of time it was up,” ICC said in a tweet after man with a following that runs into »»Police had stepped up security removing the post, the screenshot of which was lakhs, was sentenced to life imprison- around Asaram’s ashrams to ASARAM shared multiple times. ment for raping a 16-year-old girl whose prevent the kind of violence “We have launched an investigation into how family brought her to visit his ashram Gurukul Deaths this happened,” the world body stated. in Jodhpur. The verdict was delivered »»Two other accused, Shilpi and The tweet that appeared on Wednesday on Wednesday inside a Jodhpur jail; Sharad, were convicted by the 2008-2013 special court for SC/ST cases morning related to Modi and self-proclaimed authorities decided days ago that taking rape case godman Asaram Bapu, who was convicted by a Asaram to court would risk the 77-year- »»It acquitted two others, Prakash Jodhpur court for raping a teenager at his ash- old’s followers from turning violent on and Shiva December 2013 ram in 2013. the streets. As soon as the tweet appeared, many users of Special judge Madhusudan Sharma’s »»Asaram created a Rs 10,000 Jodhpur rape conviction the platform asked who was handling the ICC verdict, which comes as the debate over crore empire with 400 ashrams account, and the faux pas also left the Indian sexual violence, particularly the rape of in and other parts of the and imprisonment Cricket Board fuming. minors, rages across the country. world in four decades “This is unfortunate that an objectionable Police had stepped up security August 2013 post has been attributed to the ICC official social around Asaram’s ashrams to prevent the »»The charge sheet against media account. Not done. We did bring up the kind of violence that was unleashed by Asaram and the four other co- Attacks against witnesses matter to the ICC’s notice,” a top BCCI official Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram accused was filed under various 2014–2015 said. AGENCIES Rahim’s followers last August. sections of the POCSO act Apart from Asaram, two other accused, Shilpi and Sharad, were con- Indu Malhotra appointed victed by the special court for SC/ST the banks of the Sabarmati, created a Rs ashram in Manai area near Jodhpur and stant terror and their business took a hit. Asaram was arrested in and cases. It acquitted two others, Prakash 10,000 crore empire with 400 ashrams raped her on the night of August 15, Ahead of the verdict, security was brought to Jodhpur on September 1, Supreme Court judge and Shiva. in India and other parts of the world in 2013. stepped up in Jodhpur where prohibi- 2013. He was under judicial custody “The court has awarded life impris- four decades. The 16-year-old girl from Shahjahan- tory orders were imposed. since September 2, 2013. Asaram is also NEW DELHI: Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra onment to Asaram while the two other The charge sheet against Asaram and pur in the northern Indian state of Uttar Apprehending a threat to law and facing a rape case in Surat in in will be the first woman lawyer to be appointed convicts have been each sentenced to 20 the four other co-accused was filed by the Pradesh was studying at Asaram’s ashram order, the Centre had asked Rajasthan, which the Supreme Court earlier this as a Supreme Court judge. years in jail,” a senior police official said. police on November 6, 2013, under vari- in Chhindwara in the central Indian state Gujarat and Haryana governments to month gave five weeks time to the pros- The law ministry has okayed the recommen- Arguments for the quantum of sen- ous sections of the POCSO (Protection of . tighten security and deploy additional ecution to complete the trial. dation of the top court’s collegium to appoint tencing were earlier held inside the heav- of Children from Sexual Offences) Act, “We had complete faith in the judi- forces as the three states have a large Asaram unsuccessfully moved 12 bail the senior lawyer to the bench but has decided ily fortified jail premises, where the trial the Juvenile Justice Act and the Indian ciary and are happy that we got jus- number of Asaram followers. applications, of which six were rejected to hold back its approval to the elevation of the court delivered its verdict following the Penal Code. tice,” her father told journalists after the Final arguments in the Asaram case by the trial court, three by the Rajasthan Uttarakhand Chief Justice KM Joseph. AGENCIES directions of the Rajasthan High Court. The teenager had said in her com- verdict. were completed on April 7, and the court High Court and three by the Supreme Asaram, who started from a hut on plaint that Asaram had called her to his The family, he said, was living in con- had kept the order reserved for April 25. Court. P5 Mount aggressive Want to park outside ISRO defers launch PNB NPAs SURGED TO `57,519 CRORE campaigns to prevent of GSAT-11 weeks PNB to hire detective agencies to vector-borne diseases Metro? Get ready to fork after losing contact JP NADDA out more from May 1 with last satellite locate untraceable borrowers MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU In today’s YOGESH KANT BENGALURU: ISRO has NEW DELHI: Fraud-hit Pun- paper NEW DELHI: Get ready to shell rescheduled the high-profile jab National Bank (PNB) has out more for parking at the DMRC launch of its advanced commu- invited applications for empan- ... parking lots from May 1, with nication satellite GSAT-11, the elment of detective agencies to CITY the fares witnessing a 50 percent heaviest made in India, from locate its untraceable borrow- increase across different slabs, a Kourou, French Guiana, for addi- ers as it looks to “significantly” ‘DON’T USE PLASTIC IN SCHOOLS’ 3 move that comes months after the tional technical checks, weeks supplement efforts to recover NATION metro fare hike. after its communication satellite bad loans which surged to Rs The Delhi Metro Rail Corpo- with military applications GSAT- 57,519 crore at December end. POLITICAL ACTIVIST KILLED IN J&K 6 ration (DMRC), in a statement, 6A went missing after a perfect In its efforts to recover on Wednesday said the parking launch. NPAs, the PNB has also efforts of the field officials in (in/outside India) including EDIT charges had been increased after a GSAT-11, with a lift-off resorted to ‘Gandhigiri’ recovering bank’s dues in NPA their legal heirs who are either GODMAN DESTINED TO HELL 8 gap of five years because of higher mass over 5,700 kg, was initially wherein its staff hope to ‘name accounts by utilising services of untraceable or not available at charges levied by the city’s civic planned to ride piggyback with and shame’ defaulting bor- the detective agencies”, it said. the addresses given in bank’s INTERNATIONAL agencies. hours will cost Rs 15 instead of Rs co-passengers on Ariane space rowers to recover up to Rs 150 Interested parties have been records. According to a statement issued 10, while the charges beyond six to rocket on its mission on May 25. crore worth bad loans every asked to file applications and The selected agencies will DANISH INVENTOR MADSEN GETS LIFER 10 by the Delhi Metro, those parking 12 hours will be Rs 25 against the “The launch of GSAT-11 month. relevant documents by May 5. have to ascertain the latest BUSINESS cars at its premises will have to pay existing Rs 15, the statement said. scheduled during May 2018 The Delhi-headquartered All NPA accounts (sub- information about default- Rs 30 instead of the existing Rs 20 The DMRC said those parking from Kourou, French Guiana is bank has been at the receiving standard, doubtful and loss ers present address, occupa- `CRASHES TO 14-MONTH LOW 13 for up to six hours from the com- motorbikes for more than 12 hours rescheduled. The revised launch end of the over Rs 13,000 crore category would be allocated to tion, business, income streams, ing month. will have to pay Rs 30 instead of date will be communicated sub- fraud involving diamond mer- detective agencies for gather- details of their all assets, among SPORT Also, a person parking his car Rs 20, while the night charges for sequently,” the city-headquartered chants Nirav Modi and Mehul ing information required by other things. RCB POST 205/8 VS CSK 14 for beyond six hours and up to 12 parking between midnight to 5 Indian Space Research Organ- Choksi. the bank. They will also have to find hours will pay Rs 50 instead of Rs am hours for the same have been isation (ISRO) said in a brief PNB on Wednesday invited Services of detectives out details of bank accounts 30, and those parking beyond 12 increased from Rs 20 to Rs 30. statement. applications to empanel detec- will be hired to locate the maintained by the defaulting hours will have to shell out Rs 60 The monthly charge for park- The space agency gave no rea- tive agencies with an aim to borrower(s)/co-borrower(s)/ borrower/guarantor, including FOR ADVERTISING instead of Rs 40. ing bikes has also been hiked from son for rescheduling the launch. “significantly supplementguarantor(s)/ mortgagor(s), their legal heirs. (WITH PTI INPUTS) kindly contact at 9810195709 The night charges for parking Rs 475 to Rs 600, and the amount However, in a statement on its or cars, i.e. between midnight and 5 will be doubled if bikes are parked website, European space trans- Over 6 lakh CBSE Class XII students take economics retest [email protected] am will be Rs 60, which is currently at night, i.e. from midnight to 5 porter Arianespace said the Ari- Rs 40, it said. am, it said. ane 5 launch numbered VA243 The metro has also hiked the Parking cycles at the Delhi had been postponed due to addi- NEW DELHI: Over six leaked leading to a nation- the centres allotted to them FOR SUBSCRIPTION monthly charges for car parking Metro’s parking lots for up to six tional technical checks the satel- lakh Class 12 CBSE students wide protest and outrage. earlier, a senior CBSE official kindly contact at 8800854665 from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,200. Users hours will cost Rs 5 instead of Rs 3. lite needs to undergo. appeared for the retest of The exam was conducted said. or will have to pay double the charges If it goes up to 12 hours, the park- It said the Ariane 5 launch was economics paper conducted successfully at over 4,000 cen- The CBSE had announced [email protected] if they park their cars at night. ing rate will be Rs 5 against the initially planned for May 25. successfully on Wednesday, tres across the country. The the re-test after reports of the Parking bikes for up to six existing Rs 4, the DMRC said. almost a month after it was candidates took the exam at leak surfaced on March 28. P7 RAPE OF TEENAGED SCHOOLGIRL NEAR SHIMLA CREATED A POLITICAL STORM CBI cracks Kotkhai rape-and- case, arrests woodcutter

MPOST BUREAU digging records of people with criminal ments of over 400 of them, they said. monitoring phones but the suspect used records and following various leads which Meanwhile, some teams started collect- phones of strangers to make calls. NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested a took them to Kashmir and Uttarakhand ing a DNA trail of people, history-sheeters The CBI teams interviewed the people 25-year-old woodcutter with a criminal as well. and families living in the area to do pro- whose phones were used to make these past in connection with the rape-and-mur- The probe, which was taken over by filing by CFSL experts who used advance calls, made a track of location from where der of a teenaged schoolgirl in the Kot- the agency on July 22, 2017, on the orders tests such as percentage match and lin- they were made, and pattern in which he khai area of Shimla after his DNA sample of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, was eage match. was moving, to come up with a profile matched the genetic material found on the monitored by the top brass of the agency. These techniques help to ascertain the of the suspect with the help of experts of body of the victim and the crime scene, “The Director (of) CBI has been mon- clan and the area to which the suspect the CFSL. officials said on Wednesday. itoring the progress of the case from day belongs, they said. After one such call made around April The findings of the agency will come one. He expressed the satisfaction at work The agency had collected 250 such 13 was intercepted by the agency, the teams as some relief to the families of five people done by the investigative team and forensic samples of people from a wide range of were rushed to a farm in Roharu area near arrested earlier by the state police as the experts of the CFSL of the CBI for solving backgrounds. In one case, the agency Shimla. The team spotted one labourer on CBI has not found any evidence of their a sensitive and difficult case,” CBI spokes- found that some percentage of a sample the farm whose profile matched with the involvement in the gruesome rape-and- person Abhishek Dayal said here. matched with the DNA of blood samples one they were trailing. murder in July last year, which had become After ruling out the involvement of found on a liquor bottle at the crime scene He was immediately nabbed and a rallying point against the then Congress five suspects arrested by the state police and clothes and the body of the victim, the brought to Delhi where tests confirmed his government in Himachal Pradesh. using call records analysis, narco-analy- FILE PHOTO officials said. involvement in the crime as DNA matched The investigation unfolded like a crime sis, polygraph tests and corroboration of The agency short-listed some of 80 peo- hundred percent with the blood sample thriller involved a team of 40 CBI officials their alibi, the CBI had started the probe ple who had a high probability of being collected from the site. who camped in the area around the crime afresh, they said. a rapport with locals trying to get intelli- officials said. contacted by the suspect and started trail- The accused was produced before a scene for nine months in extreme secrecy The agency started work on multiple gence while others did combing operation The CBI officials spoke to over 1,000 ing them. court in Shimla on Wednesday and was collecting intelligence from local people, fronts -- some teams worked to develop of the forest area in concentric circles, the people to get inputs and recorded state- In remaining cases, the agency started sent to judicial custody. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 Myths, tips for healthy hair

INummer can bringSUMMER in several hair 4Hair serum: Always apply hair HELP YOU TO GET HEALTHY HAIR woes. From using right serum to serum with finger tips and do not apply THIS SUMMER. brushing in a proper way, experts hair serum too close to the scalp to avoid say there are easy ways to tame oily look as applying serum with finger tips 4Cutting your hair regularly makes Syour mane. will give better look to your hair. it grow faster: It is a myth! Hair grows 4Hair wash: Wash your hair twice from the root, and the body cannot detect HERE ARE FEW TIPS TO KEEP YOUR or thrice a week to retain essential oils. when it has been cut (shaving, plucking or HAIR HEALTHY: Ensure that you wash your hair with warm tweezing is a different story). Cutting the water (neither too hot and nor too cold) to hair removes split ends which help the hair avoid frizz and damaged hair. stay more aligned and look healthier. Per- career struggles or a death of loved one can 4Brushing: Brush your hair in bal- ceptually, if you get your hair cut regularly trigger hair loss. However, the types of hair ancing manner so that too much of brush- you will probably be more aware of how loss associated with high stress are typi- ing does not distribute oil all over your quickly it grows. cally telogen effluvium, a “resting phase” hair. 4Be rough: You really have to be in which hair follicles stop growing, and 4Dry shampoo: As sum- rough to get the lather going. Remember, alopecia areata, patchy hair loss. Both of mers have set in, dry sham- your hair is delicate when it is wet, so be which are temporary, reversible, and eas- poo is going to be your gentle. Massaging your shampoo in with ily treated with topical or oral solutions to everyday saviour if you soft, circular movements will give you a jumpstart the recovery process. IANS don’t have time to wash few minutes of bliss. your hair regularly then 4Dying your hair will cause damage: dry shampoo will help Bleaching hair can dry it out and dam- in hair to not look age it however there are plenty of greasy and matte. nourishing treatments to help 4Tie your replenish hair. Invest in good hair: To avoid quality, hydrating shampoos extra stress to your and conditioners and use a hair, tie your hair mask once a week to keep when you sleep and your hair in the best con- when you go out dition possible. in the sun or dust. 4Stress is making This prevents your your hair fall out: It is hair from the further definitely true that cer- damage. tain traumatic events have been linked to EXPERTS ALSO BUST hair loss. Things, like SOME MYTHS THAT CAN suffering a major ill- ness, gaining weight, DAYINDAYOUT Ways to eat healthy while travelling Eminent Odissi dancer to What’s on Around Town CELEBRATING WORLD DANCE DAY WHILE TRAVELLING, you often tend to anything local and healthy. Fresh fruit and Sadhya Dance Group is organizing a binge on unhealthy snacks. You can remain vegetables can be cut up in your room and enchant Delhiites grand show titled “No Boundaries”. healthy by eating nuts and dried fruits, canned dunked in some hummus or any local dip. Car- OUR CORRESPONDENT in the association with Trinity Vents. fish, peanut butter and anything local in small rots, cucumbers, capsicums, and unsweetened They are bringing together around potions, suggest experts. almond milk can be eaten anytime. 100+ artists in a unique manner. Experts including chefs have listed a few tips on 4If you need a chocolate fix, buy some AN EVENING of lilting tunes and healthy snacking: 70-85 per cent dark chocolate. lyrical moves will celebrate the per- The event will showcase mesmerising 4Carry a stainless-steel water bottle for 4Limit alcohol intake. It has calories and it fect communion of beauty, grace, performances by Ganesa Natyalaya. water. When dehydrated, especially while fly- dehydrates, so stay within your limits. melody, rhythm, movements and Sadhya, followed by performances by ing, we tend to confuse being thirsty with 4Opt for ginger and peppermint tea as expressions, when the noted Odissi Guru Rajendra Gangani and group, hunger pangs. It’s extremely important to stay it aids digestion and great immune booster. dancer from Bengaluru, Madhulita Urshilla Dance Company, The Backyard hydrated during the flight. Chamomile helps you calm and lemon and Mohapatra and her acclaimed Nrity- Groovers and others. Try to drink two litres of water and stay ginger act as a cleansers and immune boosters. antar Dance Ensemble will bring to WHEN: April 29 WHERE: Siri Fort away from tea and coffee. Don’t stop once you 4Consuming healthy snacks at the right stage the magical beauty of Odissi Auditorium TIMING: 7pm onwards have landed. It is essential that you keep up the time and in the right proportion is the key to dance. the event will be conducted fluid intake over the next few days. Pack some getting the most from your snacking habits. on May 1, 7 pm at Stein Auditorium, ART THAT FOCUSES ON WOMEN herbal tea bags and ask your flight attendant It’s better to eat small portions from Habitat World, India Habitat Cen- An exhibition, titled “Elation”, is open for some boiling water or simply ask for some a plate or bowl than snack tre, New Delhi. for art lovers at the India Habitat freshly sliced lemon and ginger. directly out of a box or Odissi dance is an epitome of Centre. It is dedicated towards the 4Take fresh nuts bag. IANS fluid grace, lyrical beauty, sculptural and dried fruits, sensuality and deep spirituality with critics alike, for her profound art- sical Odissi dance. Under her train- women empowerment and aimed canned fish, curvaceous movements, sculptured istry and her innate abhinaya quality. ing, vision and supervision, young at honouring the female and child peanut but- poses and impeccable rhythm. She is the recipient of the prestigious talented dancers of her troupe, Nrity- victims of abuse and murder through ter, and Complemented by soulful music, IIDF and BCKA Yuva Kala Pratibha antar Dance Ensemble, work tire- the sculptures that represent pride, this dance of lyrical beauty cast a spell awards and has performed exten- lessly to meet the highest standards of exultant gladness and high spirits and on spectators. The event promises an sively in India and abroad. artistic display. Madhulita Mohapa- promoting the message that it is time enchanting evening in store for all Counted among the foremost tra’s group choreographies with her that every individual of the country art lovers when Madhulita Mohapa- exponents of Odissi dance of her Nrityantar Dance Ensemble, are has to stand together for justice for the tra and dancers from the leading generation, Madhulita Mohapatra always a visual delight. victims and their families. Odissi ensemble, Nrityantar reveal has found a way to appeal to the The event will showcase an array the beauty and elegance of Odissi millennials with her new age works of choreographies, from the time- WHEN: Until April 30 dance to viewer’s delight. in Odissi dance. less ones to new flavours of Odissi. WHERE: India Habitat Centre Young talented Madhulita She is rightfully applauded for Where Madhulita Mohapatra will TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm Mohapatra has carved a niche as her inventive choreographic skills enthral viewers with clarity and pre- one of the leading Odissi exponents and her adeptness to keep her audi- cision of her dance and her deeply EXHIBIT ON RAMA’S GRANDEUR in south India. A graded artiste of ences engaged with the imaginative moving abhinaya, her Nrityantar A painting exhibition on confined Doordarshan and an empanelled use of movements and space. Dance Ensemble is set to mesmer- grandeur of Rama, titled “Maryada artiste of Indian Council for Cultural Whereas the dance movements ise everyone with their captivating Purushottam...” by Vasudev Kamath, is Relations (ICCR), she is admired and look fresh and innovative, they are moves, powerful imagery and seam- open until April 30 at IGNCA Twin Art applauded by the connoisseurs and deeply rooted in foundations of clas- less synchronicity. Gallery No. 2. The artist is known for painting commissioned portraits as also the portraits of the people around. He also invites dignitaries for a sitting and is invited by the Diplomats and eminent Open Block: A 21-year old flows her imagination personalities for painting from life. WHEN: Until April 30 OUR CORRESPONDENT WHERE: IGNCA, Twin Art Gallery No. 2 TIMING: 10 am – 6 pm ablo Picasso once said: ‘Every child is an artist. The prob- CONCERT SERIES lem is to remain an artist once A monthly concert series featuring they grow up.’ Inspired by these musical soirees can be witnessed in the Plines, artist Nehmat Mongia has cre- month of April, May and June. The event ated a genre of artworks that are truly titled ‘Under the Banyan Tree on A Full unique. Curated by Shobha Broota, the Moon Night’ will feature artists like Qutbi Brothers Qawwal, Azeem Ahmed Alviand Ujwal Nagar. WHEN: April 29 WHERE: 1AQ, Mehruali TIMINGS: 7:00 pm onwards MUSICAL SOIREE On the occasion to celebrate artworks will be displayed as ‘Open Block, without being worried about toxins pour- may have existed or may be striving to the forest, in turn, causing large-scale International Jazz Day an event will be a flow of imagination’ at the Conven- ing onto the Earth fascinated me.” exist even today, kindled the curiosity upheaval known to be as ‘Kalyug”. organised to enchant students, families tion Center Foyer, The India Habitat She spent her schooling years discuss- within me, leading to this ensemble.” In addition, there are about 100 and culture enthusiasts. The open-air Center, New Delhi from April 27 - 30. ing and working for many programmes The Creator’s Ensemble uses the pen and artworks – 8 inches by 8 inches each. The 21-year old artist who is in the third- related to issues of global warming, plant- pencil on canvas. This work of art is an Nehmat says she loves to explore evening will include a jam session by year graduation says, “The most powerful ing trees, spreading concepts of re-cycling/ amalgamation of realism, observation a variety of mediums to innovate young musicians Vaibhav Chaturvedi, way of my expression is through Forms re-use/ reduce, saving the tiger and ban- and imagination. It follows an academic unique techniques to express herself. Elton Fernandes, Shashank Music and of Art. For me, it is as spontaneous as my ning of the use of plastic. study of ‘animals’ running towards a nat- Since 2009, she has taken part in several Rohan, who will enthral the public with imagination. The beautiful ensemble of Through her canvas, she still endeav- ural habitat, which has been created on art exhibitions and even displayed her popular and experimental tunes. nature created by the ‘creator’ is the pro- ors to create the simple small pleasures of the basis of observation with underlin- works in France and Germany. Her many WHEN: April 29 WHERE: The Plaza of vider for the inspiration of my artworks.” life and that “we all may have missed out ing realism. While on the other side of achievements include working as an Art “Often, hearing my grandparents talk on” being the children of this millennium. the forest are the ‘robotic figures’ of my Director, Assistant Director of Photog- the Gardens Galleria Mall about how they would sleep under a sky “A search to find new forms within imagination representing the creations raphy and Illustrations on making of the TIMINGS: 5:30 pm – 8 pm full of stars or dance around in the rain the matter of living or nonliving, which of mankind themselves charging towards Film A Tribute to Vande Mataram. 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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 mp Court junks Tell students not to use plastic ‘Sealing should plea against have been done in a Kejriwal for to cover books: Govt to schools defaming PM constructive way’ OUR CORRESPONDENT

Following grievances by environmental activists, Environment department SAYANTAN GHOSH NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed a plea writes to Directorate of Education to issue a directive to all schools in Delhi NEW DELHI: Union Hous- seeking prosecution of Chief ing and Urban Affairs Minister Minister Arvind Kejriwal and SAYANTAN GHOSH Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednes- others for allegedly defaming LG directs DDA day criticised the sealing drive Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: The Delhi government in Delhi, saying that it should by raising questions over his has directed all schools in the national to boost green have been done in a construc- educational degree, saying only Capital to restrict students from using tive manner. aggrieved persons can file defa- plastic covers for their notebooks or cover across city The Minister’s remarks came Union Minister Hardeep Puri mation complaints. books. The order from the Environment a day after he had lashed out on at the HUDCO Foundation Day The complainants Yogesh department comes following the orders NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Governor members of the Supreme Court- Bhardwaj, Rakshpal Singh and programme on Wednesday of the Delhi High Court banning the use Anil Baijal on Wednesday directed appointed Monitoring Com- PIC/PTI Ijharul-Haq had moved the of plastic bags and other such material. the Delhi Development Authority mittee for carrying out sealing rants, were sealed for failing court, seeking an order ask- “All principals are directed to ensure (DDA) to enhance green areas by drive worked from air-condi- to deposit conversion charges ing the police to lodge an FIR that students in their respective schools undertaking afforestation in DDA’s tioned offices and not knowing according to provisions in the against Kejriwal, Deputy CM do not use any kind of plastic cover or parks, green belts, roadsides, biodi- ground realities. Master Plan Delhi-2021 (MPD). Manish Sisodia and AAP lead- film for their books or notebooks,” said versity parks, Yamuna flood plains “Do you know how many “I don’t want to interfere ers Ashutosh, Raghav Chadha, an order by the Directorate of Educa- and central verge of roads among people have lost their jobs? with the process or direc- Ashish Khetan and Jitender tion (DoE). other places. Till you don’t understand the tion of the Court. But it is our Singh Tomar, for allegedly “This is of immediate importance The DDA informed the LG that ground realities, there is no responsibility to understand the defaming the Prime Minister. in view of the upcoming new academic it has finalised action plans for large point talking on technicalities. issue holistically,” Puri said on While summarily reject- session when students purchase new scale afforestation and planting There have been instances of Wednesday. ing the complaint, Additional books and notebooks for their new class,” nearly 4.15 lakh seedlings of indig- those properties being sealed for He added that nobody dis- Chief Metropolitan Magistrate it added. The DoE has directed all principals to ensure that students in their respective schools do enous varieties in the above-men- which the conversion charges agrees with the court’s order Samar Vishal said, “Only an Following certain grievances in this tioned areas, as part of rejuvenation have already been paid. There to stop construction-related aggrieved person, that is a per- not use any kind of plastic cover or film for their books or notebooks REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE regard shared by environmental activ- and restoration of the plains. are many cases where the prop- activities in the unauthorised son who has been defamed, can ists, the Delhi government’s Environ- person Justice Swatanter Kumar directed provide assistance to the inspecting “DDA has also permitted com- erties sealed had to be de-sealed colonies. “But there are ground prosecute for his defamation. ment department wrote to the DoE to the AAP government, three Municipal teams and listed the matter for next pensatory afforestation on land in later,” Puri told reporters on the realities. Why are people poor? Admittedly, the complainants issue a directive to schools. Corporations and the Delhi Pollution hearing on November 9. Yamuna flood plains in lieu of trees sidelines of an event here to Why are they living in sub-stan- are not the aggrieved/victims Earlier, various green bodies had Control Committee to sit together and In Delhi, all administrative agencies to be felled for various developmen- mark the 48th Foundation Day dard houses? These are real of defamatory statements, if slammed the government for failing to select at least one market to implement have taken various steps to fight against tal works on lands with NHAI, ITPO, of Housing and Urban Devel- human issues and need to be any, made by the respondents implement plastic ban in the Capital. the ban. plastic pollution. Earlier this month, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor opment Corporation. resolved,” he said. (Kejriwal, Sisodia, Ashutosh, Last November, dissatisfied over the “Please tell us one market where you complying with the NGT orders, all Development Corporation,” it said. The sealing drive by the Puri also exuded confidence Chadha, Khetan and Tomar).” improper implementation of its plastic have banned plastic. All the figures you the three MCDs penalised thousands Baijal also advised taking up ver- BJP-run Municipal Corpora- that the apex court would lift a “Therefore, they have no ban order, the National Green Tribunal are giving are very good, but the authori- of violators issuing challans for using tical gardening on flyovers, buildings tions of Delhi were initiated last stay on proposed amendments locus to file and prosecute (NGT) directed the Delhi government ties must implement it strictly. All of you plastic bags. and sports complexes so that pollu- December, on the directions of by the Delhi Development the present case as far as the and civic bodies to choose a particular decide on at least one market and make A penalty of Rs 5,000 as ‘environmen- tion levels can be brought down in the apex court. Authority in the MPD, which offence of defamation is con- market to make it plastic-free. it plastic free,” the bench said. tal compensation fine’ was using plastic the Capital. MPOST Commercial premises, was aimed at granting protec- cerned,” he pronounced. A bench headed by then NGT Chair- It also ordered the Delhi Police to bags of thickness less than 50 microns. including shops and restau- tion from the sealing drive. The court also noted that the complainants had not given any thought on what offence e-POS in ration they were alleged against the LG has ‘killed democracy’: Ram Niwas Goel to LS Speaker respondent’s persons. : Food “The complainants state in OUR CORRESPONDENT who has “killed” democracy related to reserved subjects Lok Sabha Speaker that Lieu- same,” the Speaker said. received answers of 17 ques- the heading of the complaint, with his order. such as public order, police, tenant Governor has killed During the budget session tions as the departments con- the commission of following Commissioner NEW DELHI: Miffed at a Noting that he is also services and land, with the democracy by issuing this of the Assembly, Goel, Deputy cerned have denied answering other offences, that is 504, 467, communication sent by Lieu- exploring legal option on the departments concerned refus- order,” Goel said. Chief Minister Manish Siso- on ‘reserved subject’. 465, 468, 469 and 34 (com- overrules LG tenant Governor Anil Baijal issue, Goel in his letter to ing to answer questions on this An angry Goel also sought dia, cabinet ministers and AAP “It is unfortunate that the mon intention) of Indian Penal asking him not to admit ques- Mahajan has demanded that ground. to know why legislators can- MLAs wore black bands in pro- law ministry has issued such Code but did not elaborate how ROUSHAN ALI tions on reserved subjects, the LG’s communication be “I have written to the Lok not ask questions on reserved test against the Centre’s move. directions. It is a very danger- these offences are made out in Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram withdrawn immediately. Sabha Speaker complaining subjects. “Can an MLA not ask Goel had said the central ous incident in the history of this case. All these offences NEW DELHI: A week after his Niwas Goel has shot off a let- Last month, the Ministry about LG’s order to Assembly a question in the Assembly if government has “insulted” the Independent India. The Cen- except 504 (intentional insult appointment, Delhi Food Com- ter to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumi- of Law advised the Lieuten- Secretariat that the Assembly there is a rape of girl? Also, a Delhi Assembly with the direc- tre’s move is highly condem- with intent to provoke breach missioner Mohan Jeet Singh tra Mahajan alleging that the ant Governor’s office to com- Speaker cannot admit ques- person can ask a question (on tive. Informing the House on nable... I want to sit with black of the peace) of IPC relating overruled Lieutenant Governor power of legislation is being municate to the Speaker that tions on reserved subjects. reserved subjects) through RTI, March 28, Goel said out of 40 band as mark of protest,” Goel to the offence of forgery,” the Anil Baijal’s orders, wherein the encroached upon by the LG he should not admit questions “In the letter, I have told the but legislators are denied the questions, the House has not had said. court said. latter had concurred with the Delhi government’s proposal of suspending e-POS devices HC seeks JNU’s for ration delivery. Wednesday warmest Singh issued an order to response on restore the ration disbursal through e-PoS (electronic day in Delhi this year; point of sale) system to bene- plea to suspend ficiaries of the public distribu- tion system (PDS). April hottest since 2012 Prof Atul Johri Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had earlier SAYANTAN GHOSH Thereafter, mercury would OUR CORRESPONDENT demanded the LG to stop the take a dip again on Friday on existing e-PoS system, under NEW DELHI: Wednesday account of change in wind NEW DELHI: The Delhi High which beneficiaries are given was Delhi’s hottest day of the pattern. Court on Wednesday sought ration through biometric season so far, with the max- “Dry and hot north-west- the response of the Jawahar- identification. imum temperature touching erly winds would be replaced lal Nehru University (JNU) on According to Sisodia, the 41.6 degrees Celsius at Safdar- with humid southeasterly that a plea by several women stu- e-POS system – which was jung, while Palam Observa- would lead to dropping in mer- dents seeking suspension of its implemented in the city from tory recorded mercury at 43.1 cury on April 26. Not only this, Professor Atul Kumar Johri, January 1 – is allegedly leading degrees Celsius. there are chances of pre-mon- against whom eight FIRs have to “open theft” in the distribu- Sources in the India Mete- soon activities, such as thun- been lodged alleging sexual tion of ration. orological Department also derstorms and dust storms, harassment. The Food Commissioner, noted that, since 2012, this was on April 27 that may further Justice Rajiv Shakdher also in his latest orders, cited that the hottest April in the Capi- plunge the mercury,” noted an issued notice to Johri on the these machines have the ten- tal, where the temperature rose official. students’ petition, seeking ure of recognition of eligibile above 40 degree Celsius. He further said that these restriction on his entry into the ration card holders by way of “In the past 10 years, 2012 activities would be observed varsity campus and provision finger prints, iris and one time was the only year that has not during late evening hours of of a safe working environment. password (OTP). recorded day maximum above Friday and early morning of The court asked JNU to As per information received 40°C during the entire month Saturday. treat the representations of the from field officers between -Jan of April,” noted an official. Thereafter, the weather will women students as complaints uary and March 2018, around The official further said, clear up but under its influ- for initiating action against four lakh PDS beneficiaries in “On Wednesday, the day tem- ence day, temperatures would Johri and directed Delhi each month did not pick up peratures crossed the 40-degree not rise. Police to show the statements the ration. mark. As per the Palam Obser- “Thus, by the time, mercury of students recorded before a Chief Minister Arvind vatory, maximum temperature starts rising, we would have magistrate to the JNU vice- Kejriwal and Food and Civil of the day was recorded at a entered May,” the official said. chancellor, so that he can initi- Supplies Minister Imran Hus- whopping 43.1°C, while the Throughout April this year, ate preliminary inquiry against sain had earlier written to the Safdarjung Observatory also day maximums have been ris- the professor. LG, flagging the “open theft” recorded the maximum at ing, settling in the range of In a related incident, the in ration delivery under the 41.6°C. Thus, the maximums 35°C to 38°C. JNU Students’ Union said e-POS system and demanded recorded by both the observa- There were also some that the university adminis- suspension of the former Food tories today are the highest of occasions when mercury had tration forced open the sealed Commissioner RK Meena. the season.” reached 39°C, but there have the office of the varsity’s Gen- Baijal subsequently ordered According to the Met been two occasions this month, der Sensitisation Committee suspension of the e-POS sys- Department, similar weather including Wednesday, when Against Sexual Harassment tem and ordered a probe by the conditions are expected to fol- day maximums settled above (GSCASH) to gain the access Anti-Corruption Bureau. low for the next 24 hours. 40°C. of the files of complainants. Maneka Gandhi offers help to solve menace of stray animals at AIIMS OUR CORRESPONDENT increased in the campus and do anything about the food,” offered help of NGOs to deal she asked the hospital. NEW DELHI: To resolve with the dogs by sterilizing and In addition to demarcating the problem of monkeys and vaccinating them. areas for eating in the open, dogs in the All India Institute However, she said the same Gandhi suggested that audio of Medical Science (AIIMS) cannot be done with monkeys messages be played through premises biting and attacking as this has no effect on their loudspeakers, asking people people and medico-staff, Union behaviour, rather making them that the dangers of sharing Minister Maneka Gandhi sug- more aggressive when they get food with animals and throw- gested that a place should be separated from their troop. ing food on the premises. demarcated where people can Gandhi said she will ask NGO’s to “The basic problem in According to the RDA’s let- eat food, as leftovers strewn on resolve the issue AIIMS is easy availability of ter, around three-four persons the campus attract animals. food. If this is strictly moni- (including patients, doctors, Harjit Singh Bhatti, presi- keeping patients and staff safe tored, all these animals will student, professors) each day dent, Resident Doctors Asso- from dogs and monkeys at the disappear overnight. Other- and around 100 persons each ciation (RDA) of AIIMS, had AIIMS premises. wise, we can keep removing month are bitten by these ani- written to the Union Women In her response, Gandhi dogs and monkeys but they will mals and receive anti-rabies and Child Development Minis- said she was distressed to know be replaced overnight by new vaccine from the emergency ter, seeking her intervention in that dogs and monkeys have groups. Is it possible for you to medicine department. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 A strong medical report will give child victims justice

ABHAY SINGH tion report for a strong investigation. "It The child rights body has sent the let- lennium Post claimed that there has been user book of commission which should be a minor girls below the age of 12 years. has been observed that common format ter to the Chief Secretary of all states and a considerable rise in the number of reg- followed for a good medical report. Presi- Data accessed by the Millennium NEW DELHI: Conviction rate in cases for medical examination report of sexual Union Territories in which they have been istered cases of sexual abuse of children dent Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave Post from August 26, 2016 to December of sexual violence against minors is very violence is not being followed in all states. told to issue necessary directions to all the over the years. Despite so much of effort, his assent to an Ordinance permitting the 8, 2017 revealed sordid state of affairs as low and one of the reasons for this is weak Every state has its different format and concerned departments in the state to fol- the conviction rate is very low due to vari- death penalty for those convicted of raping 1,153 cases were received by Commission's medical reports which lead to acquittal, loopholes were found in the format so low the format for medical-legal exami- ous reasons. girls below the age of 12 years. POCSO E-Box; some of them were about National Commission for Protection of we have written a letter and told them to nation of the report of Sexual Violence The Ministry of Health and Family It was the effort of Union Minis- child labour or some contacted to know Child Rights (NCPCR) has found in its work on one standard format,” said Yas- under the POCSO Act, 2012. The copy of Welfare, Government of India, has guide- ter Maneka Gandhi who had asked her about the box. There were 59 complaints investigation. The child rights body had hwant Jain, a senior member from the the letter was sent to all the police chief of lines and protocols namely Medico-legal department to work on a proposal for which were registered under POCSO and told all states and their police to follow a National Commission for Protection of all states and Union territories. care for survivors and victims of sexual amending the POCSO law to bring in the so far 46 cases were disposed of under common format of the medical examina- Child Rights. A copy of the letter accessed by the Mil- violence and it has been included in the provision of death penalty for the rape of POCSO Act. Baby dies minutes after woman Four of family killed in Gurugram road mishap PIYUSH OHRIE were lost due to accidents on forced to deliver in ambulance the city roads. Commuters on GURUGRAM: Perils to the two-wheelers and pedestrians PIYUSH OHRIE ities. “As a poor man, I can- tors on January 21. His fam- safety of citizens travelling on were the most the vulnerable not do anything but to rely ily alleged that the doctors did the roads of National Capital groups among the victims. To GURUGRAM: The poor state on the Press and ask for jus- not treat him as they did not Region (NCR) once again came reduce the rate of road acci- of affairs at the gynaecology tice. I have become a victim of have the OPD Card despite the to the fore when four of a fam- dents, the Haryana govern- department of Gurugram’s medical apathy. I do not want patient being extremely criti- ily succumbed to the injuries in ment has started the Haryana Civil Hospital leading to med- others to face the same fate,” cal. During the process of mak- a tragic mishap on late Tuesday vision zero campaign. Under ical horror does not seem to said the father, whose newly- ing the card, the condition of night. The incident occurred at this campaign, the Guru- cease. Not even a week has born baby died after medical the patient identified as Ibrar Ballabgarh Chowk in Sohna on gram authorities plan to set passed after a woman was complications. deteriorated that subsequently the outskirts of Gururgam. The up preventive mechanisms at forced to deliver her baby in the The instances displaying resulted in the loss of his life. tragedy struck after an over- hospital. His condition at the the deadly stretches along the washroom of the government lack of accountability, apathy Ironically, this is not a case speeding dumper hit the bike moment is said to be critical. Delhi-Jaipur Highway. hospital, there was yet another and inhumanity seem to be of poor healthcare system that which then rammed into an The SUV driver has also sus- Faulty road designs, poor horrific incident of medical not only emerging from pri- has been reported from Guru- SUV. Irshad who was driving tained injuries but is said to be signage systems and poor man- apathy on Wednesday. With no vate hospitals but also from gram government hospital this the bike died along with his sis- out of danger. The driver of the agement of traffic are attributed doctors to treat, a woman was public healthcare system of Poor healthcare system of Gurugram government hospital has been week. On Monday, a 60-year- ter Afsana, who was travelling dumper fled after the incident. as major reasons for accidents forced to give birth to her child Gurugram. reported several times old had to be taken to the hos- with him. What can, however, The Gurugram police which along the Delhi-Jaipur high- in the ambulance of the hospi- On February 9, a pregnant Despite repeated pleas, the staff woman had to deliver a baby pital in the vendor cart as there be considered as a cruel twist has registered the case under way. Coordinating with the tal. The agony of the mother woman was denied treatment demanded that Aadhaar must girl outside the hospital as she was no ambulance available to of fate was the death of Afsa- relevant sections has begun the national highway authority and her family only increased in Gurugram hospital as she be presented before admitting did not possess the Aadhaar fetch the patient. To improve na’s children –two girls iden- search operation to get hold of of India (NHAI), the public as the newly-born died within did not possess her Aadhaar the patient, without taking cog- card at that moment. More the state of public health care tified as Saima and Ayat, both the driver of the dumper. authorities plan to construct minutes of delivery. card. What makes the case even nisance of her medical state. than a month after the shock- system, the Haryana govern- below 6 years. The dangers to the com- foot over-bridges and improve Angry over the entire inci- more appalling is the fact that It seems no lessons have ing incident occurred, there ment has decided that the The deceased’s one-year- muters can be gauged from the signage system. The Guru- dent, the family then protested the family had pleaded that the been learnt from the Aad- were allegations that a three- capacity of the hospital will be old brother who survived the the fact that on an average gram police has also intro- over the matter and demanded woman did have an Aadhaar haar card fiasco in Gurugram’s month-old boy lost his life after increased from 200 to 300 beds horrific tragedy is presently there are eight mishaps on city duced over 300 traffic cops to action against hospital author- card which they left at home. civil hospital where a pregnant being unattended by the doc- in the future. being treated in a Gurugram roads daily. In 2017, 481 lives manage the traffic in the city. EASE OF DOING BUSINESS Crime Branch SDMC conducts seminar-cum-workshop 13 arrested for betting visits madrasa on reforms in construction permits on CSK vs SRH match to probe rape OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT make the system more and OUR CORRESPONDENT more user friendly. The Cor- NEW DELHI: A Crime NEW DELHI: DS Mishra, poration has been sanctioning NEW DELHI: The IPL sea- Branch team on Wednesday Secretary, Ministry of Housing construction permits in single son every year brings a series visited a madrasa in Ghaziabad and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) day I.E. within 24 hours. 1,130 of crackdowns on betting syn- where a 10-year-old girl was has said that Centre is doing sanctions have been issued dicates that operate from dingy allegedly raped by a minor after all-out efforts to earn a bet- online within 24 hours of fil- rooms to five-star hotels. The being kidnapped her from her ter than best ranking in ease ing online application. dark shade of betting keeps the house in east Delhi's Ghazipur, of doing business (EODB) in “Our efficiency reflects police on its toes months ahead the police said. The team led by respect of sanction of con- from the fact that recently of the start of the IPL season. DCP (crime) Dr G Ram Gopal struction permits by the local introduced process of star rat- In one of the new crackdowns, Naik visited the madrasa and bodies in the country hence, it ing by architects has made it Shahdara police have arrested questioned the residents, visi- becomes duty of all the stake- crystal clear that out of 3491 13 people in connection with tors in connection with the case holders to seriously involve He added that there is still the month of May to reassess cases, in 2276 cases Star Rat- the that created tension in Ghazi- themselves to percolate down a scope to improve ranking by the ranking. There had been a ing was given. The number of gambling from Farsh Bazaar. pur. The girl was rescued on the benefits of reforms under- making the Architects, Engi- bit incomplete reflection which forms reduced last year from The cops have seized 28 mobile April 22 from the madrasa by taken to the permit seekers. neers and beneficiaries more could not yield the desired 39 to 14 have been further phones, one output box, two match. ing and giving information to a Delhi police team. While addressing an inter- capable to reflect the efficacy ranking during the last visit reduced to just seven. SDMC is set-top boxes and one small On sustained interrogation, Satta players with the help of The police were informed active session on Tuesday eve- of the online system coupled of the team. committed to work with trans- TV along with approximately the police got to know that the a small TV with set top box, on April 21 by the girl's father ning at Civic Centre, Mishra with common application The SDMC Commissioner parency and honesty to achieve Rs 45,000. betting syndicate was well con- 28 mobile phones, output box that his daughter had gone stated that we must get the rak- form before the Word Bank took questions of the architects a better ranking for the coun- The police team soon nected and well orchestrated. with 19 lines, 20 mobile char- missing after she went to the ing which we deserve. team visits India probably in and gave them suitable tips to try,” said the Commissioner. sniffed information that dur- Accused Md Afsar disclosed gers and two electric-boards. market. Subsequently, she was ing a match between Chen- that he used to take informa- The articles used in the Satta recovered from the madrasa nai Super Kings and Sunrisers tion about the rate of Satta from were also seized. Further inves- and the accused juvenile was SDMC to develop For girlfriend, he Hyderabad, a group of men a man named Gulshan, who tigation is being carried out to apprehended. On Tuesday, CITY BRIEFS were playing satta. Immedi- operated from Subhash Park, find out the involvement of the case was transferred to the vertical gardens instigated many ately, a team of police offi- Shahdara, Delhi. Acting upon the others in this crime.” DCP Crime Branch for a thorough BJP LYING, LANDFILL SITES WERE cers geared up for the raid at the disclosure, the team raided Shahdara, Nupur Prasad, said. probe. ALLOTTED BY DDA: AAP on pillars under to steal phones Bhikam Singh Colony, Shah- at the disclosed address and Those who were arrested are in The girl's parents are alleg- dara, Delhi. When the police arrested three persons Gulshan the age group of 35 to 46. How- ing that the madrasa's cleric NEW DELHI: Ruling AAP on Wednesday said the BJP flyovers NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old team barged into the room, Walia , Nipun Verma and Anil ever, a 19-year-old boy from also knew about the girl being was lying to people that the former was responsible person was arrested for sell- 10 persons were found gam- Oberoi. Radhey Puri extension was also kept captive there and are for allotment of two landfill sites in the city, saying OUR CORRESPONDENT ing drugs in Najafgarh area bling and betting on the cricket “They were found operat- arrested. demanding his arrest. the decision was taken by the Central government- of Dwarka district. Police controlled Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Earlier, NEW DELHI: South claimed that the accused insti- this week, DDA had given in principal approval to al- Delhi Municipal Corpora- gated many persons to snatch tion (SDMC) on Wednes- or steal mobile phones and give After 6 yrs, Assam girl finally rescued lotment of land for two landfill sites in Sonia Vihar and day announced that it would him in exchange for drugs. The Ghonda Gujran in the city. “Sonia Vihar and Ghonda develop vertical gardens on the accused was identified as Vinay are densely populated areas and lakhs of people pillars of flyovers. SDMC ear- Kumar and resides in Prem ABHAY SINGH was taken by Deepak. “In kept captive by Deepak and In 2015, an SIT was formed stay in nearby areas. By dumping waste there, lakhs lier took initiatives to develop Nagar, Najafgarh, Delhi, and December 2013, Deepak and Jacob Deep in their Tamoor by JCP (Southeast), under the of people will be affected,” AAP leader Dilip Pandey spaces underneath flyovers originally belongs to Aligarh NEW DELHI: Six years after Jacob came to Ludhiana and Nagar office,” the DCP added. supervision of DCP (South- said. He said that though it was done by the DDA, on major roads owned by the (UP). "His girlfriends always getting trafficked from Assam, took her back to Delhi, where In January 2014, the vic- east) to trace the missing girl, which was under the Central Government, the BJP’s PWD. The idea is to provide a demanded new gifts but he was the Delhi Police traced a girl she met her father Mangal tim’s mother approached the the police said. soothing feeling to pedestrians always short of money. As he to Shalimar Bagh area. Police Munda in the office of Jacob Delhi based NGO and told Police claimed that a raid Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari was blaming the AAP for it. and passengers in buses and pri- could not get enough money claimed that the girl was lured Deep in Tamoor Nagar. Both them that in 2012, her daugh- was conducted at their office WANTED CRIMINAL ARRESTED vate vehicles. There would be from his parents, he decided on the pretext of the job but father and daughter wanted to ter, who was 16 then, had been in Tamoor Nagar and the NEW DELHI: The picket staff of Mayur Vihar has ar- greenery, public art and attrac- to enter into the criminal world she was cheated by the accused go to their village but Deepak kidnapped from Assam by a girl’s father was rescued. The tive lighting under the flyovers. for quick money," said Dep- as no money was given to her. refused to give them money,” local agent Deepak. accused Jacob Deep was also rested one criminal, Ahsan, a resident of Sarla Vihar, SDMC Mayor Kamaljeet uty Commissioner of Police The trafficking came to light said DCP (South East) Chin- She told police that her arrested. Loni, Ghaziabad and has recovered one country- Sehrawat said that the Corpo- (Dwarka) Shibesh Singh. in 2012, the victim’s neighbour moy Biswal. daughter was sold to one However, as the victim had made pistol and two live cartridges, one snatched ration has formulated an action He further added that the Deepak induced her to go with “The accused told the vic- Jacob Deep who was run- run away from Udai Park, she gold chain and one stolen motorcycle from his pos- plan to develop vertical gardens accused started selling drugs him to Delhi for vacations. tim that if she wants to go ning a placement agency in could not be traced. Losing session. The accused was wanted in several cases of on over 142 pillars of about a to drug addicts in Najafgarh After reaching Delhi, Deepak home, then she will have to the name of AA House Keep- the hope, the victim herself attempt-to-murder and snatching of gold chain. During dozen flyovers in a phased man- area at high rates. There were introduced her to Jacob Deep, work in a house in Udai Park ing and Office Staff providers started doing domestic help ner. The five flyovers where the many occasions when his cus- who runs a placement agency. area for 20 days, to which she at Taimur Nagar, Delhi. Her job in Patel Nagar and finally the intervening night of April 20-21, at 6:15 am, they vertical gardens will be devel- tomers did not have money From Delhi, she was taken to agreed. Even after 30 days when husband also came to Delhi settled down in Shalimar Bagh, noticed one suspicious person was coming towards the oped in the first phase are Lajpat to buy drugs. Hence he insti- Ludhiana where she was hired Deepak did not turn up to take in search of their daughter but where she was working as a picket. As soon as the staff on the picket saw the sus- Nagar, Andrews Ganj, Sarai gated them to snatch/steal as domestic help. her back from Udai Park, she he was also detained by Deep part-time domestic help from pect bikers approaching, they immediately closed the Kale Khan, Kalkaji, Nehru Place mobile phones and give him In Ludhiana, she worked ran away from there, mean- at his Taimur Nagar office, the last two years from where she barricades and surrounded the bike rider. Upon being and Raja Garden. in exchange for drugs. MPOST for two years and her salary while, her father was being police said. was finally traced. cornered, criminal Ahsan tried to escape from the spot. The picket staff acted swiftly and apprehended him after a brief chase. On search, one country-made pis- Students acquainted with medico-legal procedures tol with two live cartridges and one stolen motorcycle were recovered. ZAFAR ABBAS Gita Mittal accompanied by compliant setting the criminal and Public Facilitation Officer. members of DSLSA educated justice system into motion; the At the LNJP Hospital, the SEXUAL OFFENCES NEW DELHI: A group of the students about several manner in which the rights of students were taken to the 'One teenager students walked into procedures that are adopted the victims and accused are Stop Centre' which provides the LNJP hospital and Bara- to counsel victims of sexual protected by the police; the facilities like medical assis- khamba Police station to get offences to adduce their agony victim friendly procedure tance, counselling to victims knowledge on medico-legal and to set the law in motion. adopted by the police in the of sexual offences and abuse. In cases related to sexual offences. The students interacted with investigation of cases of sex- these Centres, a gynaecologist, Justice Gita along with the judges, doctors and police offi- ual offences,” Madhur Verma, police officer and paralegal DCP New Delhi Madhur cials and asked them several DCP New Delhi said. worker are present as perma- Verma accompanied by Delhi questions clearing their con- Students reflected a keen nent support persons for vic- State Legal Services Authority fusion in these cases. interest in police working and tims. The students were made members led the school stu- “At Police Station on Bara- were happy to see how the to understand the functioning dents providing them with all khamba Road, the students records and case properties of these centres. They were also necessary information in this were educated about the work- are maintained in police sta- taken to observe the function- regard on Tuesday. ing of a police station. They tion premises. The students ing of the casualty ward where For many students, this was were made aware about how were also informed about ini- they were explained medico- their first interaction. Justice the victim lodges her or his tiatives like Women Help Desk legal cases. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 mp Asaram: Other rape victims awaiting We got justice for our daughter: Victim’s dad justice in Guj court OUR CORRESPONDENT Asaram: From hut to OUR CORRESPONDENT SHAHJAHANPUR: “Even if I die now, I will have no regret NEW DELHI: The verdict of as we have got justice for our a lifetime in jail slapped on daughter.” `10K-cr empire to jail self-styled godman Asaram The father of the teenager for raping a 16-year-old girl raped by 77-year-old Asaram OUR CORRESPONDENT Even today, many of his dis- has turned the spotlight on said this soon after a Jodhpur ciples believe that he was jailed two other women who have court sentenced the self-styled : From med- and convicted on false charges. charged the 77-year-old godman to life imprisonment. itating in a small hut on the "Even if Brahma, Vishnu preacher with sexual assault “We are very happy with the banks of the Sabarmati River and Mahesh come and tell me and are awaiting justice. punishment given by the court to commanding a sprawling Rs that Bapu was wrong, I will still A Jodhpur court on to Asaram,” he said. “Now we 10,000-crore business empire, say, 'No, No, No'," a young dis- Wednesday convicted and sen- do not have any fear as the self-styled guru Bapu Asaram ciple in Delhi told PTI. tenced Asaram to a life in jail administration and the court soared high -- only to plunge Asaram is married to Laxmi for the assault on the teenager, are with us,” he said, looking into ignominy after his con- Devi and they have two chil- but another matter relating to much relieved. viction today for raping a teen- dren - son , who is the alleged sexual exploitation “We had always stated that aged minor. also behind bars, and daugh- of two sisters is still pending we have faith in the judiciary School dropout Asaram, ter Bharti Devi. The guru first before a court in Gandhinagar, and it has been proved correct,” once called Asumal Siruma- ran into trouble in 2008, when Gujarat. The sisters, based in he told media persons who lani, is believed to own 400 two pre-teenagers -- cousins Surat, had alleged they were mobbed him for his comments. ashrams spread across India Dipesh and Abhishek Vaghela raped and illegally confined and abroad and has a legion who lived in Asaram's guru- by Asaram and his son Nara- Terming the self- Shilpi and Shive key aides of Asaram Bapu and co-accused in a sexual assault case being produced at the court in Jodhpur on Wednesday PTI of followers, many of whom kul in Motera -- were found yan Sai. still revere the controversial dead on the riverbed near styled godman preacher, sentenced to life by his ashram. The two cousins' While Asaram as a “fraud”, the ASARAM RAPE Timeline of the Asaram a Jodhpur court. parents had alleged that they was arrested in CASE When he was arrested in were killed in Asaram's ash- father said such Bapu rape case: 2013, investigators had said ram where they claimed black September 2013 men brainwash “With police security at the 77-year-old guru owed his magic was practised. in connection with god-fearing people our place, threats were also »»August 15, 2013: The girl is taken to immense wealth to buildings, The state CID had in 2009 the Jodhpur rape sent through our relatives,” he Asaram Bapu’s ashram in Manai village stocks and shares, a lucrative booked seven followers of case, his son Sai and gradually win added. near Jodhpur by her parents, who were money-lending practice and Asaram in the death case. Terming the self-styled god- by selling Ayurvedic products But Asaram fell from pub- was arrested in over their loyalty, man as a “fraud”, the father followers of the godman. She is sexually and religious booklets. lic grace in 2013, after he was making them said such men brainwash god- assaulted on the pretext of curing her of Documents seized by the arrested for a minor teenager's December 2013 believe that “the fearing people and gradually ‘evil spirits’ police from Asaram's ash- rape in Rajasthan. over the complaint win over their loyalty, making »»August 20, 2013: Complaint is filed at a ram in Motera area here had After that, two Surat-based lodged by sisters guru is supreme” them believe that “the guru is Delhi police station. In her complaint, the victim says she was asked to perform oral revealed that he also owned sisters also accused him and supreme”. sex and touched inappropriately vast tracts of land. his son of sexual exploitation. “People like us are brain- The grey-haired and The police on October 6, While Asaram was arrested “My daughter is very coura- washed into believing that they »»August 31, 2013: Asaram Bapu is arrested from Indore, which leads to violent bearded guru, who studied till 2013, registered complaints in September 2013 in connec- geous and it is because of her are the incarnation of God. protests by his supporters Class 4, started attracting atten- filed by the two sisters - one tion with the Jodhpur rape courage that we have managed Their so-called mystic powers »»September 01, 2013: Asaram Bapu is quizzed by the police after being arrested. tion when he began meditating against Asaram and another case, his son Sai was arrested to ensure that the ‘dhongi baba’ are repeatedly mentioned and A potency test is conducted at SN Medical college, which confirmed that he was by a modest hut near the Sabar- against Narayan Sai - of rape, in December 2013 over the (fake godman) got punishment they become the focus of their capable of performing sexual act mati River back in the Seven- sexual assault, illegal confine- complaint lodged by the sisters. for his wrongdoings,” he said. disciples,” he said. ties. Soon, people were flocking ment and other charges. While the elder sister had “We have won this fight “When we got completely »»September 02, 2013: The godman is sent to judicial custody to his hut and he had begun The case is being tried in the accused Asaram of repeated as Asaram will not be able to brainwashed, we were told that »»November 06, 2013: Jodhpur police files a chargesheet against Asaram and four gaining popularity as Sant Asa- Gandhinagar court. sexual assaults in 1997-2006 at come out of jail,” he said. there are gurukuls where our co-accused – Sanchita alias Shilpi, Sharad Chandra alias Sharat Chandra, Prakash ramji Bapu. He was also accused of the Motera ashram in Gujarat, “The people of the town and children will do well,” he said. His official website states grabbing land for build- the younger sister had alleged the media have given us all the “When I came to know what and Shiva alias Sava Ram Hethvadiya. He is booked under Sections 342, 376, 506 that he was born in 1941 in ing his ashrams in Surat and that Sai sexually assaulted her help,” he added. had happened to my daughter, and 509 of the IPC, as well as under Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Berani village of the Ahmedabad. from 2002 to 2005 at an ash- Earlier, when the reports of it was shattering for us... we lost Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) province in . His followers were held ram in Surat. Asaram’s conviction first came, all faith in him when we learnt »»February 7, 2014: Jodhpur court frames charges against Asaram for rape, criminal After the for threatening and assault- One of the sisters also the victim’s father expressed about his misdeeds,” he said. conspiracy and other offences in 1947, he came to Ahmed- ing witnesses in rape cases alleged that Asaram's wife and satisfaction over the verdict The Jodhpur court found abad with his parents and against him and his son after daughter helped the two men and demanded the “strictest 77-year-old Asaram guilty of »»May 23, 2014: Asaram’s personal aide, Amrut Prajapati, who was a key witness in studied in a school in the Mani- they were arrested. Asaram rape the women. punishment” for him. raping the 16-year-old girl five the case was shot at. He succumbs to inuries on June 10 nagar area, but dropped out has also courted controversy Besides Asaram, the state “I am happy to get justice, years ago. »»February 13, 2015: Rahul Sachan, another witness in the rape case, is stabbed at when he was 10 after the death in recent years with his out- police in its chargesheet filed I thank the judiciary and the The teenager from Shahja- the Jodhpur court premises. Later, in November, he goes missing from Kaiserbagh of his father, Thaumal. spoken -- and debatable views in 2014 had mentioned among media for it,” he said. hanpur in Uttar Pradesh was bus stand in Lucknow He did odd jobs in his early -- on issues such as Valentine's the accused his wife Lakshmi, “We had complete faith in the studying at the self-styled god- youth, including a reported Day and the Nirbhaya killing. daughter Bharti and four judiciary and are happy that we man’s ashram at Chhindwara in »»May 14, 2015: Witness Mahendra Chawla, who had served as Asaram’s personal stint as a tongawallah in Ajmer, Valentine's Day should be women followers --Dhruvben, got justice,” he said. Madhya Pradesh. assistant between 2001 and 2005, shot dead at his house in Panipat and then, the website states, marked as the day for worship- Nirmala, Jassi and Meera. “For the past four years, our The victim had alleged that »»June 10, 2015: Kripal Singh, a witness in the Jodhpur case against Asaram, is shot went towards the Himalayas ping parents, he had said a few Earlier this month, the family members had not been Asaram had called her to his at in Shahjahanpur and dies a day later on a spiritual quest, where he years ago. Supreme Court had adjourned coming out (of our house)... it ashram in Manai area near met his Guru, Lilashah Bapu. In 2013, he had told a gath- the bail plea of Asaram and is satisfying that the verdict has Jodhpur and raped her on the »»June 22, 2016: An Income Tax probe into the charitable trusts controlled by It was Lilashah Bapu who ering in Rajasthan that if Nirb- pulled up the Gujarat Police gone against him,” he said. night of August 15, 2013. Asaram Bapu revealed undisclosed income of Rs 2,300 crore since 2008-09 apparently gave him the name haya had chanted the 'Saraswati for the delay in the completion “We were living in con- Ahead of the pronounce- »»August 4, 2016: Police move a plea in Rajasthan High Court for shifting the trial to 'Asaram' in 1964 and "com- mantra', she would not have of recording evidence in the stant terror, our business was ment of the judgment, the jail premises in Jodhpur manded him to carve his own boarded the bus where she was case and directed it to conclude adversely hit,” he said. district administration had path and guide people". brutally raped and assaulted by the process within five weeks. He spoke about the hard- extended security to the vic- »»April 7, 2018: Final argument in the case ends in the court of SC/ST Cases Special Asaram came to Ahmed- a group of men. "It cannot go like this for ships faced by the family dur- tim’s family. Judge Madhu Sudan Sharma. The court reserves verdict for April 25 abad in the early 70s and set "She should have taken months," the top court had said ing the trial of the case, saying The administration had also »»April 17, 2018: The Rajasthan High Court directs the trial court to pronounce its up 'Moksha Kutir', a small hut God's name and could have while asking the state police he was given “allurements and stepped up vigil at Asaram’s judgment inside the Jodhpur Central Jail to prevent breach of law and order in the on the banks of river, in 1972. held the hand of one of the about the status of the trial. threats to life”. ashram at Rudrapur, about two It wasn't long before the men and said, I consider you The government had “He men asked me to go kilometres away. city hut had spawned into a full- my brother and should have informed the apex court that before the media and say that Asaram was arrested in »»April 25, 2017: Asaram Bapu, 77, is convicted by a trial court. The verdict is fledged ashram. Soon, new ash- said to the other two, brother, the victims' statement has been he is innocent, and the court Indore and brought to Jodh- delivered by Special Judge Madhusudhan Sharma in a makeshift court at the rams had come up in various I am helpless, you are my recorded. Asaram's counsel will free him and they will give pur on September 1, 2013 and Jodhpur Central Jail, where the self-styled godman has been lodged since 2013 parts of the country, including brother, my religious brother," had told the court that in the me as much money as I want,” was sent to judicial custody the a sprawling complex in Delhi's the media had quoted him as Gujarat case, out of 92 wit- the victim’s father said. next day. protected Ridge area. saying. nesses, 22 material witnesses had been examined, 14 of them dropped and the rest needed to be examined. Asaram case: Rape victim’s school principal breathes easy On August 28, the apex court had expressed anguish OUR CORRESPONDENT punishment under Protec- The principal, who is not the "guru". The court sentenced him to in the Asaram case were com- over the tardy pace of prog- tion of Children from Sexual being identified to protect the The teacher, who "Only one constable has life imprisonment. The verdict pleted on April 7 and the court ress in the case and had asked SHAHJAHANPUR: TheOffences (POCSO) Act. victim's identity, said he had is also a witness been given to me for my secu- was delivered amid tight secu- had kept the order reserved for the state government to file a principal of the school where "There was pressure on received threatening letters rity," the teacher said. "The rity arrangements in Jodhpur April 25. Asaram was arrested report. Earlier, the top court Asaram's victim studied was me to change the date of birth and was sent a packet with car- in the case, said administration needs to look and in other parts of Rajasthan, in Indore and brought to Jodh- had refused to grant bail to a much-relieved man on mentioned by the guardian in tridges to put pressure on him. he had been into it." He termed the convic- as well as Gujarat and Haryana. pur on September 1, 2013. He Asaram on various grounds Wednesday with a Jodhpur the form at the time of admis- The teacher said the secu- facing threats from tion of Asaram as the victory of The teenager had said in has under judicial custody in the two sexual assault cases court pronouncing the self- sion. The disciples wanted me rity provided to him by the truth and justice. her complaint that Asaram since September 2, 2013. lodged in Rajasthan and Guja- styled godman guilty of her to show the age to be more district administration was Asaram's followers A Jodhpur court today held had called her to his ashram He is also facing a rape case rat. But rape is not the only rape. than it actually was so as to suit inadequate in the backdrop to change the Asaram guilty of raping a teen- in Manai area near Jodhpur in Surat in Gujarat. charge against Asaram. He is The teacher, who is also them," he said after the verdict. of deaths of some witnesses child's date of birth age girl in his ashram five years and raped her on the night of Asaram unsuccessfully also facing prosecution in a a witness in the case, said he "But society has a lot of in the case. Three witnesses ago, the second case of a pow- August 15, 2013. The girl from moved 12 bail applications, of Rs 700-crore land grab case of had been facing threats from faith in schools and it was my have been killed and several erful spiritual leader being con- Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh which six were rejected by the 2000 in Madhya Pradesh. Asaram's followers to change moral duty to live up to it and others attacked and threat- of Asaram and his son Narayan victed of a sexual offence in less was studying at Asaram's ash- trial court, three by the Rajast- The case pertains to 200 the child's date of birth to help I fulfilled my responsibility," ened for speaking against the Sai were accused of threaten- than a year after Gurmeet Ram ram in Chhindwara in Mad- han high court and three by the acres of land in Ratlam, Mad- the godman evade stringent he added. 77-year-old godman. Followers ing people who testified against Rahim last August. hya Pradesh. Final arguments Supreme Court. hya Pradesh. Asaram not a rapist, says Nirbhaya’s kin ‘Landmarks named after welcome life term Reactions hailing the verdict pour in ex-Gujarat top cop Vanzara Asaram to be renamed’ OUR CORRESPONDENT fight for justice has been vin- must protect them and not sex- to Asaram Bapu dicated. What is worse is that ually assault them. The ordi- NEW DELHI: Former Guja- addressed the media and waved OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Politicians and this godman used the ‘bhakti’ nance will have a prospective rat IPS officer DG Vanzara, a a copy of the FIR to substanti- BALLIA (UP): The kin of the activists welcomed the Jodhpur of these followers to abuse effet not a retrospective effect,” key accused in the alleged fake ate his claims. Delhi gang-rape victim Nirb- BHOPAL: Following the con- court’s verdict on Wednesday their believes,” said Communist said NCPCR Chairperson Stuti encounters of Ishrat Jahan “In the FIR lodged by the haya on Wednesday welcomed viction of Asaram in a rape awarding self-styled godman Party of India-Marxist (CPI- Kacker. and Sohrabuddin Sheikh, victim or in the chargesheet the life imprisonment awarded case, Madhya Pradesh Chief Asaram life sentence for rap- M) Politburo member Brinda Seventy-seven-year-old on Wednesday came out in filed, nowhere does it say that to self-styled godman Asaram Minister Shivraj Singh Chou- ing a teenage girl in his ash- Karat. Asaram was booked under defence of Asaram Bapu, say- she was raped. What it says in a rape case. han said on Wednesday the ram five years ago and also “The time has come when Protection of Children from ing the survivor never said in is that he tried to touch her "Asaram is a demon under places named after the con- hailed the resilience of the vic- people should be able to dif- Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act the FIR that she was raped. improperly,” said Vanzara. The the garb of ...We are also troversial godman would be named after Asaram -- a road tim and her father for pursu- ferentiate between the actual and the police had filed an FIR Asserting that it was IPS officer also said that dur- feeling relieved after the Jodh- rechristened. crossing and a bus stand, both ing the case. saints and the frauds, as this under Sections 342, 376, 354 improper to dub Asaram a ing the trial, the victim never pur court verdict," Nirbhaya's Nobody is above the law, located near the godman’s ash- The teenager from Shah- creates a bad image of the A, 506, 509/34 of the IPC, Sec- “rapist” for being convicted in mentioned she was raped. “Her grandfather said. Chouhan said and prom- ram near the Raja Bhoj Airport jahanpur in the northern country in the international tions 23, 26 of the Juvenile Jus- the 2012 “sexual assault case”, virginity was found to be intact Nirbhaya's grandfather ised “appropriate action” on the city outskirts. Activist Indian state of Uttar Pradesh arena,” Congress leader Ashok tice Act and Section 8 of the Vanzara said the chargesheet when medical tests were car- said that during the tragedy on an activist’s demand that Rachna Dhingra, who works was studying at the godman’s Gehlot said. POCSO Act. mentioned that the godman ried out. Her hymen was also that struck his granddaughter, two places in Bhopal named for the survivors of the 1984 ashram at Chhindwara in the The National Commission Asaram was charged for tried to touch the victim intact. This was never a case of Asaram had defended the cul- after 77-year-old Asaram be Union Carbide disaster, made central Indian state of Madhya for Protection of Child Rights sexual assault, raping and improperly. rape,” Vanzara, who addressed prits and instead held the girl renamed. “No one is above the demand in a video on social Pradesh. In her statement, the said despite the child being a illegally confining a minor, “We respect the decision of Asaram as Bapuji throughout responsible for it. the Constitution, the law, and media. “I am asking the chief girl had alleged that Asaram minor, the new ordinance that according to 1,300-page charge the Jodhpur court. However, it the address, said. Vanzara even "We had realised then only the public sentiments. It is a minister who claims to be a big called her to his ashram and allows courts to invoke the sheet filed by Rajasthan Police. is improper to dub Asaram as a wondered if Asaram had really that he is actually a demon who country where the name of proponent and protector of raped her on the night of death penalty in such cases will “This is a victory for all such rapist for being convicted in the “touched” the victim and said was portraying the image of a Aurangzeb Road has also been girls’ rights that the names of August 15, 2013. not be applicable in this case. victims and a clear message has sexual assault case,” the former the case was a conspiracy as sadhu," he said. changed. Soon, we will take this crossing and bus stand be “I welcome the judgement. “We welcome this judge- been sent out to all the per- Gujarat top cop, who arrived the 77-year-old godman was On December 16, 2012, six appropriate action on this mat- changed,” she said. Another In this case the witnesses were ment, more so because the per- petrators of such crimes that at the Ahmedabad ashram of a “protector of the Sanatan men had assaulted the 23-year- ter too,” Chouhan said. activist, Akshay Hunka, tagged attacked, one was killed. The petrator of this crime is a very you cannot escape the wrath Asaram and met with officials Hindu dharma”. “The victim old paramedic student, later A court in Rajasthan on the chief minister in his tweet victim and her father were powerful person who held a of the law. The victim and her on Wednesday, said. Vanzara, said ‘Bapuji’ had touched her named "Nirbhaya", in Delhi, Wednesday sentenced Asaram and asked to spell out the gov- threatened, they were forced position of trust, the devotees father have really been brave who said he was a follower of with bad intent, which is also a triggering a nationwide out- to life in jail for raping a minor ernment’s stand on Dhingra’s to leave their home. They were go to these godmen when they and kudos to them,” said Utsav the self-styled godman, later crime...” Vanzara said. AGENCIES rage. MPOST girl. Bhopal has two places demand. displaced. But today their are in trouble and the guru Bains, the victims’ lawyer. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 Hardik’s security Political activist gunned 58 MPs, MLAs have declared cover withdrawn hate speech cases, says ADR by Central Govt down in J&K's Pulwama BJP having maximum number of such politicians OUR CORRESPONDENT were highly condemnable OUR CORRESPONDENT such as Asaduddin Owaisi Uttar Pradesh has 15 MPs, and must be condemned by (AIMIM) and Badruddin MLAs with declared cases SRINAGAR: A political activ- every section of the people. He NEW DELHI: A total of 58 Ajmal (AIUDF) have declared related to hate speech, fol- ist, Ghulam Nabi Patail, was offered deepest condolences current MPs and MLAs have cases related to hate speech lowed by Telangana (13), Kar- killed and two policemen to the bereaved family. Mean- declared cases related to hate against themselves," ADR said. nataka (5) and Maharashtra AHMEDABAD: The central injured in a militant attack in while, opposition National speech, with BJP having the Also, Uma Bharti, Union (5), among others. government is learnt to have Rajpora Chowk area in south Conference working presi- maximum number of such Cabinet Minister for Drink- The report further said 11 withdrawn the security cover Jammu and Kashmir's Pul- dent Omar Abdullah, while politicians, a report said on ing Water and Sanitation has sitting MLAs with such cases of Patidar Anamat Andolan wama district on Wednesday, condemning the killing, said Wednesday. declared such cases as also are from Telangana, four from Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik officials said. if neither PDP nor Congress "15 sitting Lok Sabha MPs eight state ministers, the report Bihar, nine from Uttar Pradesh Patel based on a security assess- Political parties promptly was willing to own Patail as have declared cases related to added. There are 43 sitting and four from Maharashtra. ment. Hardik had been given condemned the killing but con- one of their own, he could be hate speech against themselves. MLAs who have declared hate Besides, three MLAs each a Y+ category security by the fusion prevailed over Patail's called an NC leader. What ter- None of the Rajya Sabha MPs speech cases. are from Andhra Pradesh and Intelligence Bureau in Novem- affiliation. Chief Minister Meh- Relatives mourn the death of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Patel who rible news to start the day with have declared cases related to Among party-wise distribu- Karnataka, two each from Utta- ber 2017. booba Mufti condemned the was killed in a militant attack in Pulwama district on Wednesday PTI here. My heartfelt condolences hate speech," a report by Delhi- tion of MLAs, 17 sitting MLAs rakhand and and A contingent of eight armed killing describing Patail as a to the family of the deceased & based think-tank Associa- with such declared cases are one MLA each from Gujarat, Central Industrial Security senior Congress leader while the Rajpora Chowk area. One ocratic Party in 2008 assembly prayers for the injured. Allah tion for Democratic Reforms from BJP, five each are from Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Force commandos was guard- the Congress claimed he was a of the injured, a political activ- elections. He did not contest Jannat naseeb karay, Omar (ADR) said. TRS and AIMIM, three from Rajasthan and Jharkhand. ing the PAAS leader who has well-known PDP activist. ist identified as Ghulam Nabi the 2014 state polls. tweeted. How tragic that Patel Ten sitting Lok Sabha MPs TDP, two each from INC, ADR said it believes that been campaigning against the National Conference leader Patail, resident of Shadimarg Heartfelt condolences to Sahib, a political worker assas- with such declared cases are AITC, JD(U) and SHS, one strict action must be taken BJP since the Gujarat assembly Omar Abdullah waded in say- area, succumbed to injuries the family of senior Congress sinated by militants in Kash- from BJP, and one each from each from DMK, BSP, SP and against the candidates giving election held last year. Sources ing if neither PDP nor Con- while being taken to a hospi- leader, G. N. Patel who was mir, is being disowned by both AIUDF (All India United Dem- two Independent MLAs, the hate speech prior and dur- said the order of withdrawal gress was willing to own Patail tal, he added. The other two killed by militants today in the PDP & Congress. If nei- ocratic Front), TRS (Telangana report added. ing elections, and against the of security was passed by the as one of their own, he could be injured, both policemen, were Rajpora. Such cowardly acts ther party is willing to own Rashtra Samithi), PMK (Paat- ADR and National Elec- elected legislators even after Ministry of Home Affairs on called an NC worker. being treated upon at a hospi- achieve nothing but leave one him as one of their own let's tali Makkall Katchi), AIMIM tion Watch (NEW) have ana- elections, if found guilty of Tuesday and the same has been The Congress and PDP tal and their condition was said more family devastated (sic), just call him a NC worker so and SHS (Shiv Sena), it said. lysed the self-sworn affidavits indulging in hate speech. communicated to the CISF offi- were not keening on owning to be stable, the police official Chief Minister Mehbooba his death is not in vain(sic), BJP has 27 MPs, MLAs with of all sitting MPs and MLAs. "Political parties must not cials. An MHA official said “the the killed leader as their own said. Security forces have cor- Mufti, who is also the presi- Omar added in another tweet. such cases, All India Majlis-E- The analysis reveals that many give tickets to candidates who decision was taken following a to avoid conveying to their doned off the area and a hunt dent of PDP, tweeted. The former chief minister said Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) of them have declared cases have declared serious crimi- review of Hardik Patel’s secu- workers that they were at risk, has been launched to nab the A Congress party spokes- Patail was being denied the dig- has 6, TRS (6), TDP (3), SHS related to hate speech. nal cases against themselves. rity by the Intelligence Bureau, Abdullah, a former chief min- attackers, he said. man, while strongly condemn- nity of having been killed for (3), AITC (2), INC (2), IND The analysis is based on Cases against MPs and MLAs which said in a report that there ister claimed. Giving details Patail had contested the ing the killing, said Patail was a his political affiliations so that (2), JD(U) (2), AIUDF (1), BSP the affidavits submitted by the should be fast tracked and was no threat to Hardik. Based of the attack, a police official 2002 J&K assembly elec- well-known PDP activist . the PDP and Congress can lie (1), DMK (1), PMK (1) and SP candidates and MPs/MLAs decided upon in a time bound on this report, an order was said three persons were injured tions on a Congress ticket but The Congress spokesperson to their workers to claim they (1), the ADR report added. prior to the last election they manner," ADR said in its passed for withdrawing the when militants opened fire in switched over to Socialist Dem- said the killings, in any form, were not at risk. "Political party leaders contested. recommendations. security.” AGENCIES Hooda urges Cong workers to Naxals kill 2 in C'garh Gorakhpur doctor Kafeel Khan for being 'informers' participate in 'Jan Akrosh Rally' OUR CORRESPONDENT him of being a police informer granted bail by Allahabad HC before killing him, the SP OUR CORRESPONDENT he said. RAIPUR: The Naxals alleg- said, adding that a search was NEW DELHI: Dr Kafeel Khan, uid oxygen,” he wrote. Speaking about Haryana, edly killed two men, including launched in the area to nab who was suspended by Gora- Khan claimed, “The guilty CHANDIGARH: Former Hooda alleged that the present a village head, accusing them of the assailants. In another inci- khpur’s BRD Medical College are DM Gorakhpur, DGME Haryana chief minister Bhu- BJP government "has set new being police informers, in sepa- dent, an unidentified man was over the deaths of several chil- (director general of medical pinder Singh Hooda has urged records in incompetence and rate incidents in , allegedly hacked to death by dren in a short span, has been education), principal secre- party workers and supporters corruption". police said on Wednesday. the Naxals in the insurgency- granted bail by the Allahabad tary health education for not to participate in large num- "People in the government They added that the rebels hit Dantewada district. High Court on Wednesday. taking any action against 14 bers to make the Congress's have snatched 'Dal' from the had called for a day-long bandh A Maoist pamphlet found Justice Yashwant Varma reminders sent by Pushpa Sales 'Jan Akrosh Rally' in Delhi a plates of the poor...The gov- in the south Bastar region today from the spot claimed that granted him relief after hear- for its Rs 68 lakh dues. It was a grand success. said in the meeting organised ernment has gone to unprec- against the Supreme Court's the slain man was a police ing his bail application. He total administrative failure at The rally is scheduled to be at his Delhi residence. edented lows by indulging in recent ruling on the SC/ST Act. informer, the police said. has been lodged in a Gora- his letter to the media at the higher level, they did not held on Sunday at the national Hooda, according to a scam in the distribution of free Somaru Ram Mandavi (28), Other Maoist pamphlets khpur jail since September 2, Press Club of India last week. realise the gravity and just to capital's Ramlila Maidan. release issued here today, said medicines and putting a rate the "sarpanch" of Darbha vil- recovered from the spot criti- 2017, after being arrested on The paediatrician claims that save themselves, they made us Speaking at a meeting to as this is the first major rally list and auctioning jobs, lage under the Kutru police cised the recent Supreme Court charges of criminal conspiracy, he was on sanctioned leave on scapegoat and put us behind review the arrangements for after Gandhi took over as the "Today, everyone in Hary- station in Bijapur district, was order, "modifying" the provi- attempt to commit culpable August 10, 2017, when news the bars…” the rally, he said every Con- Congress president, "we will go ana, the farmer, trader, gov- attacked by the ultras last night, sions of the Scheduled Castes homicide and criminal breach reached him about the children Khan claimed he was forced gress worker from Haryana will all out to make it a grand suc- ernment employee and the Superintendent of Police (SP) and Scheduled Tribes (Preven- of trust by public servant, deaths. to surrender after his family make all out efforts to make the cess". The former chief minis- working class, are in deep Mohit Garg said. tion of Atrocities) Act, they among others. “The moment I got that was hounded and tortured. He rally a "grand and historic suc- ter expressed his gratitude to anguish. The farmer has been "A few armed Naxals added. "The body was found Recently, in a letter he wrote WhatsApp message on that was earlier removed as head cess". Congress president Rahul Gandhi for providing him the hit the hardest as prices of mus- stormed into his village, located in a pool of blood on a road while in jail, Kafeel claimed that fateful night, I did everything of paediatric department by Gandhi has called for the rally opportunity to be appointed tard, sugarcane, sunflower, around 450 kms from Raipur, near Gadhmeri village under he has been made a scapegoat a doctor, a father, a responsible Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to protest the "anti-people pol- as chairman of the party's sub- bajra, cotton and several other and attacked him with an axe the Kuakonda police station," along with others for what was citizen of India would/should for the deaths of over 70 chil- icies of the BJP government", group on agriculture. commodities have crashed," he and sticks," the SP said, add- Dantewada Additional SP essentially an “administrative do… I tried to save each and dren. The hospital administra- Hooda said. "We would ensure that the claimed. Fourteen of the party's ing that Mandavi was killed on (Anti-Naxal operations) Gor- failure” at management level. every life which was in danger tion had denied all charges of "Rahul ji has called for the farmer is debt free, the farmer 17 sitting MLAs from Haryana, the spot. The Naxals accused akhnath Baghel said. Khan’s wife Shabista released due to sudden stoppage of liq- medical negligence. AGENCIES rally to highlight the problems gets a fair price in line with including Kuldeep Bishnoi, and miseries of the people of the recommendations of the were present at the meeting. various sections including the Swaminathan Commission, It was attended by more than a BRIEFS poor, Dalits, farmers and the which would cover the costs of hundred former MP, ministers Juvenile accused appears NATION youth and destruction of our transportation and ensure 50 and MLAs, among others, the constitutional institutions," he per cent profit for the farmer," release said. NZ: 28% INCREASE IN INDIAN STUDENTS in court, given chargesheet NEW DELHI: There has been a 28 per cent increase in number of Indian students enrolling in different varsities in New Zealand last year, the country's High Govt sends 2nd notice to FB, CA; KATHUA: The alleged juve- being underage, but CJM had team to probe the rape-cum- nile offender detained in the rejected his plea on various murder. The crime branch sub- Commission said here on Wednesday. rape and murder case of an grounds. sequently filed two separate FORCES NAB NSCN(IM), NSCN(K) CADRE seeks response by May 10 eight-year-old girl in Kathua According to the Crime chargesheets in the case one ITANAGAR: Security forces have nabbed two militants was produced before a Kathua Branch charge sheet, he had against the seven adult accused NEW DELHI: The govern- magisterial court in veil amid allegedly played a key role in on April 9 and the second of different factions of the National Socialist Council ment on Wednesday shot-off Involvement will be investigated: CA tight security to be given the the abduction, rape and grue- against the juvenile accused of Nagaland during separate operations in Arunachal notices for the second time copies of the Crime Branch some murder of the girl. The on April 10. Pradesh, a defence spokesman said. Arms and ammu- to both Cambridge Analytica LONDON: Cambridge Ana- tions are part and parcel of chargesheet against him and other accused arrested in the Though the Crime Branch nition were found from their possession and the cadre and Facebook, seeking more lytica (CA), the data consul- the independent investiga- other prosecution documents. case include local resident Sanji has filed a separate charge- confessed their plans of extortion from the locals. details on the data breach issue, tancy firm at the heart of a tion. Rest assured, India, Chief Judicial Magistrate A Ram, his son Vishal Sharma sheet against the juvenile sources said. fake news investigation in the Kenya, Nigeria, all the other S Langeh asked the juvenile if accused, it had claimed in its MAN 3-YR-OLD GIRL IN MP, HELD Taking a tough stance UK, has said all its activities countries that SCL has been he got the copies of the charge KATHUA CASE earlier charge-sheet for the CHHATARPUR (MP): A three-year-old girl was alleg- against Cambridge Analytica's around the world, including working in historically, will sheet and other documents, to adult accused that a medical edly raped in her house by her 20-year-old neighbour "cryptic response" to its first in India, will be investigated be investigated and reported which he replied in affirmative, and two special police officers. examination had found him to last night in Rajnagar town of Chhatarpur district in notice, the government has and reported on. on as part of the independent following which his case was A police SI and a head con- be an adult of around 19 years Madhya Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. The again sent notices to both the A spokesperson for the investigation," he said. The slated for next hearing on May stable too have been appre- of age. The court, however, had British data analytics firm and company said while CA was press conference came soon 7. CJM Langeh had dismissed hended in the case on charges earlier rejected the claim. accused, identified as Taufiq Khan, was arrested im- Facebook, confronting them focussed purely on the US after an academic associated his bail plea on Tuesday. of destroying crucial evidence According to the charge mediately after the incident, a police official said. with additional questions on market, its global arm SCL with the company, Aleksandr The counsel for the under- in the case to save the culprits sheet against the underage potential misuse of data. Elections handled other Kogan, gave his evidence to age accused had moved the after taking bribe from them. accused, a school dropout, EX-T'GANA BJP LEADER JOINS CONG It has asked Facebook to regions. "All the national the UK Parliament's DCMS court for his bail last week, The body of the girl was had lured the girl to a deso- NEW DELHI: Former BJP national executive member list out security architecture issues and national associa- Committee into fake news. soon after the Crime Branch recovered from a forest on Jan- late place on the false pretext Nagam Janardhan Reddy and some other leaders proposed to be created by the had filed its separate charge uary 17, a week after she had of helping her in finding her from Telangana joined the Congress in the presence company "so that data concern- Facebook about steps it plans to companies on the impact of the sheet against him on April 10, gone missing while grazing missing horses, held her captive of party president here on Wednesday. Apart from ing Indians are not pilfered or clamp down on any unauthor- data breach, following which a day after filing one against horses in the forest area. at a 'devisthan' where she was manipulated again for extra- ised use of data or manipula- Facebook had admitted that the seven other adult accused The J&K government had drugged and allegedly raped by Reddy, G Surya Kiran and others joined the Congress neous purposes including to tion, and fixed a deadline of nearly 5.62 lakh people in India in the case. handed over the case to the him, Vishal and SPO on differ- at the party's headquarters here, the party said. influence the elections". May 10 for responses. It had were "potentially affected" by The juvenile had sought Crime Branch, which had ent occasions before being bru- The government also asked earlier questioned both the the incident. MPOST the bail on the ground of formed a special investigation tally killed. MPOST COP GOES MISSING WITH RIFLE SRINAGAR: A policeman, posted in Budgam district of J&K, is suspected to have deserted the force and is believed to have fled with his service rifle. Constable 2 more Maoists' bodies found; Maha operation count now 39 Tariq Ahmad Bhat, posted at Police post Pakherpora in Budgam district, has not reported for work since OUR CORRESPONDENT forces have identified 18 and venue - catching the rebels vir- dalams (Maoist fighter units), Tuesday, a police official said on Wednesday. handed over the bodies of tually by surprise and little time including a woman chief, VIDEOCON APPROACHES NCLT GADCHIROLI (MAHA- nine to their relatives for the to hit back. a deputy commander and RASHTRA): The bodies of last rites. However, there are conflict- prominent members of vari- NEW DELHI: Debt-ridden Videocon Group on two more Maoists, including Besides the entire district, ing reports of the purpose of ous groups. Wednesday approached the principal bench of NCLT a woman, were found in the search efforts, deploying tech- the meeting, whether a mar- The dalam commanders requesting it to direct all insolvency case, filed by its Indravati River near Kasnasur nology and gadgets, continue riage celebration or to chalk have been identified as: Dolesh lenders against seven group companies at different in this Maharashtra district, even in the Indravati River out some major offensive, but Madi Atram alias Sainath (Per- courts of Mumbai bench, to be heard together. The four days after Sunday's secu- from where 15 bullet-rid- officials remain tight-lipped. mili), Mangli Pada alias Shan- rity forces operation, taking den Maoists were fished out The operation - the biggest tabai, 31, (Aheri), the wife of group has requested the principal bench sitting here to the count of the killed ultras on Monday-Tuesday, with the in the anti-Maoist war since Srinu (above), Naresh Kutke consolidate all multiple insolvency cases filed by lend- to 39, an official said here on waters teeming with crocodiles, the past over 38 years - saw Yeladi alias Raju/Ramesh, 29, ers at three different courts of NCLT Mumbai. Wednesday. snakes and other dangerous the elimination of at least four (Gatta), and Vasudevo Bichha Besides, the search teams creatures, posing hurdles to the prominent commanders, and Atram alias Nandu, who is the AADHAAR SUPPORTED BY UPA, NDA have fished out body parts of the volley of bullets fired by the gunned down in the twin searchers. dealt a body blow to their rebel- Aheri dalam's DVC (killed in NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar scheme has the support of some Maoists, which were commandos, or may have been operations on Sunday morning The successful operations lious activities in the district. the Monday night battle). two successive governments and senior advocate Kapil apparently left over by croco- dragged some distance in the and Monday evening in Gad- came after the security forces The prominent lead- Police officials surmise that Sibal, who had opposed it for a party in the Supreme diles and other creatures in the forest by their associates before chiroli, considered the worst landed an accurate tip-off well ers eliminated include: south the Aheri and Sironcha dalams river, and efforts are on to iden- they succumbed to injuries or Maoist-affected district in the in advance about a proposed region chief Srikant alias Ravtu have been totally wiped out in Court, was part of the empowered Group of Ministers tify them. were abandoned near the river. country. jungle meeting of around four Vijendra, 50, known as Srinu, the two-day operations which which had dealt with the 12 digit unique national iden- Security officials suspect As many as 39 Maoists, Meanwhile, from the 39 dozen Maoists scheduled on besides the commanders of claimed four out of five of their tifier issue, the UIDAI counsel said on Wednesday. they may have tried to escape including 20 women, were Maoists killed, the security Sunday morning and the exact the Aheri, Gatta and Permili top leaders. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 mp Prez to visit Suriname in June No BJP wave in K'taka: Cong GAUTAM LAHIRI as a member of the official del- egation to that country. NEW DELHI: After visit- Last November, a plaque Says it's an election between Siddaramaiah and Yeddyurappa Govt ing African nations, President namely MAIBAAP was opened Ramnath Kovind will now in Surinam Ghat of Kolkata by OUR CORRESPONDENT he said. BJP has not put up a strong tively things are perfectly okay mand, not because the chief undertake a visit to Caribbean the Government of India where Dubbing the Karnataka candidate (to help the JD(S) now... because we have done a minister wanted it. countries in June this year. The Minister of State for External BENGALURU: The Assembly polls as the "semi-final" before nominee). In Varuna (from lot of home work. When asked why Sidda- President will visit Caribbean Affairs M J Akbar, Ambassador election in Karnataka is a con- the 2019 Lok Sabha election, where Siddaramaiah's son Yat- "There were several aspi- ramaiah was not declared the country Suriname. Kanhai, and the Netherlands' test between the current Sidda- the vocal Congress MP said the indra is contesting) JD(S) has rants...we are talking to them. party's chief ministerial candi- External affairs ministry is Ambassador Alphonsus Stoil- ramaiah government and the party was confident of breaking not fielded a strong candidate The chief minister, PCC presi- date, Venugopal said, usually now working out a plan for inga were present. On February previous BS Yeddyurappa dis- the jinx and retaining power (to aid the BJP candidate)". dent and I myself have spoken Congress avoided it. the visit of President to other 26, 1873, sailship Lalla Rookh pensation, and there is hardly in the state, something no "There is clear match fixing to them and have tried to pacify "Our tradition is like that. neighbouring Caribbean coun- composite culture of Suriname. set off from what is known as any "Modi effect", senior Con- party has been able to do since between BJP and the JD(S)," them. They are all okay now." We have given a clear picture tries. This will be the first-ever Though Dutch is the official Suriname Ghat with passen- gress leader KC Venugopal said 1985. he claimed. He rejected suggestions that Siddaramaiah is going to visit by Indian President to the language of Suriname, most gers on board. Nearly all of on Wednesday. "We will get 130 plus seats. When asked if the Congress that Siddaramaiah had his way be the leader of the campaign, country situated in the north- of them also speak Indian them were from Uttar Pradesh He also claimed there was I"m damn sure...we are work- will join hands with the JD(S) deciding the nominees, some- being the present chief min- east Atlantic ocean of South Bhojpuri language, which has and Bihar. Among them were a "match fixing" between the ing for last one year here (for in the event of a fractured man- thing that did not go down well ister. After the election, legis- America. The public diplomacy almost become a common lan- the ancestors of Ambassador BJP, which is aspiring to form achieving the goal)," Venugo- date, as being projected by vari- with senior leaders like Mal- lators will meet and take the of the present government is guage of the country. Kanhai. The men and women its government in the state for pal told PTI when pointed out likarjun Kharge and Veerappa decision (choose the new chief to reach out to those coun- President Kovind himself had been recruited as 'coolies' a second time, and the JD(S) that no party has been able to KARNATAKA Moily. minister)," he added. tries where people of Indian hails from the same village or indentured labourers by the of former prime minister HD achieve the feat of retaining POLLS "Some people are saying Responding to allegations origin have a presence in large from where his ancestors went Dutch who owned sugarcane Deve Gowda. power in the state since 1985. the chief minister got maxi- that the Siddaramaiah govern- numbers. to Suriname more than a hun- plantations in Suriname. "There is not much Modi The Congress will be able ous surveys, Venugopal said mum number of seats, he got ment had tried to split Hin- Justifying the visit of Indian dred years ago. Several high-level ministe- effect in Karnataka election. to form its government despite there was "no question" of a maximum advantage. That"s dus by recommending religious President, diplomatic sources Indian festivals like Deep- rial visits have been exchanged This is an election between the "match fixing" between the hung Assembly. baseless. minority status for the numer- said that India enjoys close and avali and Holi are observed in since the establishment of dip- Siddaramaiah government and BJP and JD(S), he said. About protests by Congress He was accommodative, I ically strong and influential friendly relations with Suri- the country as main festivals. lomatic relations between India former Yeddyurappa govern- Venugopal backed party ticket aspirants and their sup- can say that the chief minis- Lingayats, he said the repre- name, reinforced by cultural But this year ambassador of and Surinam. But this is for the ment," Venugopal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi's porters after candidates were ter was most accommodative sentation from leaders of the and people to people contact. Suriname to India, Asashna first time that the first citizen general secretary in-charge for charge that Deve Gowda's party announced, Venugopal said in the selection of candidates," community was forwarded to The Indian diaspora's arrival Kanhai is planning to organise of the country will be visiting Karnataka, said. was a 'B team' of the BJP. the turn of events were "most he said. the Centre, which will now take to the country dates back to a Durga Puja festival in Par- Suriname. In Karnataka, he said Modi He said Deve Gowda's son peaceful" this time as compared He said 200 candidates were a decision. 142 years. amaribo, the capital of Suri- The Vice President of Suri- was viewed as leader of just and former chief minister H D to those witnessed after the finalised by the screening com- When asked whether the Over 2,30,000 people of name. She has approached name, Ashwin Adhin, had another political party. Kumaraswamy repeatedly vis- announcement of the names of mittee unanimously. move will help the Congress Indian origin, hailing from the president of ICCR, Vinay come to India as a special guest "I don"t see any Modi wave ited Chamundeshwari, from the nominees in 2008 and 2013. The senior Congress leader reap a rich electoral harvest, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Sahasrabuddhe, and national to Youth Pravasi Bharatiya here in Karnataka. I"m not were Chief Minister Sidda- Referring to similar dissi- said Siddaramaiah was con- he said, the party will be backed and Kolkata live in Suriname. Vice President of BJP to export Divas 2017, in Bengaluru. Dur- minimizing the personality of ramaiah was in the fray, only dence and show of anger by testing from two constituen- by all sections as they "feel They contribute significantly to a Durga idol and all puja mate- ing the visit, he met Prime Min- the prime minister. Here peo- with the intention of having supporters of BJP leaders who cies-- Chamundeshwari and justice is being done to them the economy and civil service. rials from Kolkata before the ister Modi and handed over an ple take him as a leader of a him defeated. wanted to contest the elections, Badami-- as part of a "strategic" and their demands are being Many of them are technocrats festival. Sahasrabudhhe will invitation from the President political party, a BJP leader," "There (Chamundeshwari) Venugopal said, "Compara- decision by the party high com- looked at". and together they represent the also travel with the President of Suriname to visit Suriname. Over 6 lakh Class 12 Amit Shah meets K'taka polls: Rahul PM to interact with K'taka candidates, RSS chief Mohan to release Congress leaders today through his mobile app CBSE students take Bhagwat in Nagpur SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE ments with the round of the ing Rajnath Singh, Sushma economics retest manifesto on Apr 27 Assembly elections, the state Swaraj, Nirmala Seetharaman NEW DELHI: Prime Minister has entered into the final leg and Smriti Irani and fire-brand OUR CORRESPONDENT various professional compet- OUR CORRESPONDENT Narendra Modi will interact of campaign trail after the last leader of the saffron corridor itive exams which have lim- with Karnataka BJP leaders, date of nominations filing on and the Uttar Pradesh Chief NEW DELHI: Over six ited seats... Therefore, giving NEW DELHI: Congress presi- including the party's candidates Tuesday. Minister Yogi Adityanath. lakh Class 12 CBSE students undue advantage to a handful dent Rahul Gandhi will release for the May 12 assembly polls, The party also seems des- Meanwhile, many poll pun- appeared for the retest of eco- of beneficiaries of the alleged the party's manifesto for the elected members and office- perate to pound the Sothern dits are talking about a hung nomics paper conducted suc- leak of the economics paper NAGPUR: BJP president Amit upcoming Karnataka Assembly bearers, through his mobile part of India with a major vic- Assembly, where many are pre- cessfully on Wednesday, almost would not be in larger interest Shah on Wednesday visited the polls on April 27 in Mangalore, application on Thursday. tory in the state of Karnataka. dicting 'unexpected' political a month after it was leaked of the students." Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh sources said on Wednesday. Aiming to engage all of Reportedly, the Prime Minister alliances. leading to a nationwide pro- The CBSE had earlier this (RSS) headquarters here to During his two-day sev- them in the election work the Narendra Modi would address BJP sources that the party test and outrage. month said an assessment had meet Sangh chief Mohan enth leg of campaigning in the candidates, party office bearers, rallies in Chamarajanagar, Bel- is set to release its manifesto The exam was conducted found no impact of the Class 10 Bhagwat and other senior southern state, which starts elected representatives of Kar- agavi on May 1. He will address within a week. However, no successfully at over 4,000 cen- mathematics paper leak. functionaries. tomorrow, Gandhi would nataka and millions of party rallies at Kalaburgi, Ballari and dates and schedule have been tres across the country. The The reports of leak of the Shah arrived at the RSS also visit parts of Uttara Kan- workers will be communicated Bengaluru on May 3, along finalized yet. candidates took the exam at CBSE papers had caused dis- headquarters in the city's nada like Ankola city, Masti- directly by the Prime Minister. with will a rally in Shivamogga For the first time in India, the centres allotted to them ear- appointment among students Mahal area around 12.20 pm katte Circle (Kumta), Saraswati On Gandhi's campaigning, All senior party leaders, on May 5. the M3 EVMS will be used in lier, a senior CBSE official said. across the country last month. and left at 4.40 pm. Circle (Honnavar) and hold a the Congress leader said the MPs, legislators and public rep- Besides, PM Modi and Karnataka. The state is going The CBSE had announced In Delhi, students held He met Bhagwat and RSS corner meeting at Bhatkal, the party workers wanted him to resentatives of Karnataka will BJP chief Amit Shah 40 other for polls in 224 seats on May 12 the re-test after reports of the protests, accusing the CBSE general secretary Bhaiyyaji party said in a statement today. focus on the areas he was yet also be participating. star campaigners will be cam- and the counting will be done leak surfaced on March 28. of negligence and demanded Joshi. "Rahulji will release the to visit. Amid political develop- paigning for the party, includ- on May 15. Then, there were also immediate action against the Earlier in the day, Union manifesto in Mangalore the day So far, the Congress chief reports of the CBSE Class guilty. minister and senior BJP after tomorrow. It will be an all- has held six rounds of cam- 10 mathematics paper being The investigators made leader"Uma Bharti also visited encompassing document," a paigning in the southern state. Minor girl raped in J&K Siddaramaiah- leaked, but the board decided arrests in several parts of the Sangh headquarters and left Congress leader said, request- The sixth phase of campaigning against a re-test of the Class 10 the country, including in around 1 pm. ing anonymity. was on April 7-8. JAMMU: A 14-year-old girl student was allegedly kidnapped and BJP face off paper, saying the examination Jharkhand and Himachal Newly elected Vishwa He refused to divulge more The election to theraped by two persons in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir, was "largely an internal seg- Pradesh, in connection with Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief details, but added that the man- 224-member Karnataka police said on Wednesday. While one of the accused has been over north Indian ment" of the school education the case. They claimed to have Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje also vis- ifesto would have "something" Assembly will be held on arrested, hunt is on to nab the other one, they said. system. arrested the main conspirators ited the RSS headquarters on for all sections of the society. May 12. The southern state is A class ninth student was allegedly raped by two persons on 'imports' jibe For the economics paper behind the leak from Una town Wednesday. In the run-up to the high- slated to witness a three-cor- Tuesday in Poonch area, a senior Police officer said. re-exam, the board had said, in Himachal Pradesh. The three Amit Shah had last month stakes Karnataka polls, Gandhi ner contest involving the rul- The victim was returning to her home when two persons, "Class 12 exams are a gate- people were staffers at a school also visited the RSS headquar- had asked the Congress leaders ing Congress, the BJP and the identified as Azhar and Rafeeq, allegedly kidnapped the minor way to higher education and in the town. ters on March 4. to prepare a "people's mani- H D Deve Gowda-led JD(S). and then raped her, as per the official reports. According to the festo", after taking the feedback The result of the polls will be reports, the duo had also threatened the girl to not reveal about of all the stakeholders. announced on May 15. the incident to anyone. MPOST RaGa appoints Govt sets foodgrain production BENGALURU: Mocking at the Karnataka BJP unit, Chief members, Minister Siddaramaiah on target at 284 MT for 2018-19 Wednesday called Prime Min- officials at Cong ister Narendra Modi and his OUR CORRESPONDENT port in implementing schemes Uttar Pradesh counterpart 'adivasi' panels of the Central government. It Yogi Adityanath "North Indian NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the would only then benefits of imports" in the May 12 election NEW DELHI: Congress presi- forecast of a normal mon- Centrally-sponsored schemes campaign and said it had no dent Rahul Gandhi on Wednes- soon, the Centre on Wednes- would benefit farmers.” leaders in the state. dayapproved the names of the day announced a production While appealing officials Siddaramaiah also said members of the national execu- target of 283.7 million tonnes from states to properly imple- BJP's chief ministerial candi- tive committee of the All India for 2018-19 with 140.2 million ment the schemes/missions in date BS Yeddyurappa had been Adivasi Congress, and the co- tonnes for kharif and 142.5 by it, if rates fall below the their state, Singh said, “Farm- reduced to a "dummy." coordinators and chairpersons million tonnes for rabi crops. benchmark price.” ers must be encouraged to "@BJP4Karnataka by wait- of its state units. “The normal rainfall pre- “The credit for ensuring the participate in large numbers ing for North Indian imports V Kishore Chandra Deo has diction by India Meteorolog- nation’s food security goes to in the ongoing Rashtriya Gram like PM Modi, UPCM Adity- been named as the chairman of ical Department (IMD) was the farmers. Today, India is not Swaraj Abhiyan. At Kisan anath is admitting they have the 58-member national exec- a positive news for farmers only self-dependent but also Kalyan Karyashala that would no leaders in the state. They utive. He will be assisted by in particular and the agricul- an exporter of many agricul- be organised on May 2 at every have reduced their CM face @ five vice chairmen, party gen- ture sector in general. It’s a tural products. It is also true block, agriculture officers and BSYBJP to a dummy," Siddara- eral secretary Ashok Gehlot good signal for production of that farmers do not get a fair scientists would discuss ways to maiah tweeted. He further said said in a statement. Besides, kharif crops,” Union Agricul- value of their produce; there- increase income through new the Prime Minister may come the party has named eight co- ture Minister Radha Mohan fore an all-round develop- technology.” and go, but here it is a battle coordinators Thakur Singh Singh said while inaugurat- ment of the agriculture sector In 2018-19 crop year, the between him and and Yeddy- Bist (Uttarakhand and J&K), ing the National Campaign is needed to ensure the stock of ministry aims to increase urappa, and the" saffron party T Ishwar (Goa and Kerala), for Kharif Campaign, 2018 on food and agriculture product, foodgrain production by 6.2 knows who is winning in the Balu Chavan (Maharashtra and Wednesday. and enhance farmers’ income,” million tonnes -- 2.9 million May 12 Assembly polls. Andhra Pradesh), Sushil Pegu While reiterating govern- Singh maintained. tonnes in wheat, 2 million In a blistering attack over (Meghalaya and Sikkim), ment’s resolve to declare 50 per Stressing upon the need tonnes in rice and 1.3 million Siddaramaiah's "imports" com- Dadu Taye (Nagaland and cent hike in the minimum sup- for state government’s coop- tonnes in coarse cereals. Rice ment, the BJP said his attempt Tripura), Pranjal Sonowal port price for the coming kharif eration in implementing the production target has been to divide North and South (Arunachal Pradesh), Phugshot crops, Singh said, “The gov- schemes of the Centre, the fixed at 113 million tonnes in India is "disgusting" and added Vengam (Mizoram and ernment will soon announce a minister said, “It’s the need of 2018-19 from estimated 111.01 it understands his anxiety of Assam) and Kebal Karigapa scheme to ensure that farmers the hour that states govern- million tonnes output in the being""rejected" by his constit- (Manipur). MPOST get the MSP price announced ments must give their full sup- current crop year. uents. MPOST India, China to resume annual military exercise later this year

OUR CORRESPONDENT place within next 4-5 months countries. in Wuhan. The government standoff in Doklam from June in China and an announce- Prime Narendra Modi is sources said both sides want 16 last year after the Indian NEW DELHI: Suspended after ment is likely to be made very travelling to Chinese city of to resume the military exer- side stopped the building of a the Doklam face-off, the bilat- soon, sources said. Wuhan on Friday on a two-day cise as it will act as a confidence road in the disputed area by eral military exercise of India It is learnt that the issue of visit to hold an "informal sum- building measure between the the Chinese Army. The face off and China is likely to resume resumption of the annual exer- mit" with Chinese President two armies. was "resolved" on August 28 this year, in sync with renewed cise had figured during talks Xi Jinping, seen as an effort to The annual exercise was to last year. efforts by both the countries between Defence Minister Nir- build mutual trust between the be hosted by China in 2017 but The area in Doklam where to reset ties hit by a tense mala Sitharaman and her Chi- two sides. it did not take place due to the China tried to construct a road standoff between their troops, nese counterpart General Wei Chinese Vice Foreign Min- Doklam standoff. So far, both is a disputed territory claimed government sources said on Fenghe in Beijing yesterday. ister Kong Xuanyou said the sides have participated in six by both China and Bhutan. Wednesday. Sitharaman was in Beijing two leaders will try to reach editions of the exercise. India India sent its troops to stop the The exercise 'Hand-in- to attend a meeting of defence important consensus to resolve had hosted the exercise in 2016. Chinese construction activity, Hand' between the armies of ministers of SCO (Shanghai outstanding issues and build Troops of India and China saying it could be a threat to its the two countries will take Cooperation Organisation) mutual trust during their talks were locked in a 73-day-long strategic interests in the region. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 EDITORIAL Godman destined to hell Godman falls, Divine justice aside, Asaram Bapu should receive the bitter justice wins taste of human justice, argues Sushil Kutty he Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a sea of swirling plas- he law has finally caught up with godman Asaram tic waste in the middle of the Bapu. A special court has found the self-styled Pacific, twice the size of Texas godman guilty of sexual assault, committed on a Tand thrice that of France, is difficult to 16-year-old girl in 2013 at his Ashram in Manai vil- remove. Similarly, the human garbage, Tlage, near Jodhpur. He has been sentenced to life imprison- trash like self-styled ‘godman’ Asaram ment until death. Each of the two other accused in the case Bapu, is hard to get rid of. But, on April have been awarded 20 years in jail, while two others who 25, 2018 – Judgement Day – this Bapu had been named as accused have been let off. The victim of all things bad in man and worse in was a student at a school run by Asaram Bapu’s ashram in ‘godman’, who has lakhs dancing to his Madhya Pradesh and originally hailed from Uttar Pradesh’s tune, stood convicted of rape. He was Shahjahanpur district. Asaram Bapu was charged under the sentenced to life in jail until death, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act quantum of sentence was not quite the and the SC&ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Asaram has quantum of solace he and his support- been under imprisonment since August 31, 2013. During ers expected. the trial, Asaram moved 12 bail applications, of which six Divine justice will come in time, but, were rejected by the trial court. His bail applications were for now, human justice will do – Asaram rejected thrice each by the Rajasthan High Court and the Bapu is a ‘certified rapist’, which fits him Supreme Court. Amid fears that his followers might indulge better than ‘convicted rapist’ because in extreme violence in the case of an unfavourable verdict, there is something ‘mental’ to Asaram the court pronounced its judgment from the Jodhpur Cen- Divine justice will – from his Bhagwan Dada dance rou- tral Jail. For this purpose, a special court was set up inside come in time, but, tine to his miracle-healer boasts. The the premises of the Jodhpur Central Jail. The law enforce- verdict pronounced in Jodhpur Central ment agencies apprehended a repeat of the violence that fol- for now, human Jail, where for two days just a wall sepa- lowed the verdict of Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s conviction last justice will do rated Asaram from Bollywood superstar August. “Asaram is convicted, we have got justice. I want to and slayer of blackbucks Salman Khan, Asaram Bapu will spend the rest of his shameful life behind the bars thank everyone who supported us in this fight. Now, I hope – Asaram Bapu was cordoned off. he will get strict punishment,” said the father of the rape sur- is a ‘certified Two of his cohorts and accomplices tactics told the media. quoting the scriptures, which to their twitter handle, which has 4.6 million vivor. Fearing turmoil, Jodhpur Police had imposed Section were let off. And two others went out of The Dhongi Guru, who uses the dismay have no verse to defend the per- followers. Politicians are great believ- 144 in the city. Asaram has been accused in a rape case in rapist’, which fits the jail gate. That should gall the godman crazy Bhagwan Dada-style dance rou- verse. One pandit reluctantly admitted ers in the vote-catching powers of god- Gujarat as well. Two Surat-based sisters had filed separate him better than no end. How can a pair of mere mortals tine to get into the head of devotees, is a that maybe Asaram’s ‘sins’ in a past life men. There are any number of pictures complaints against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai. They get away when God on Earth could not? master of the possible. He injects himself have caught up with him – shattering of Congress leaders also paying hom- accused the father-son duo of repeated rape and illegal con- ‘convicted rapist’ There must be something truly wrong into minds with an array of gimmicks. with that one statement Asaram’s claims age to Asaram Bapu. One has Digvijay finement between 1997 and 2006. because there with this ‘godman’ analogy? The case To date, 10 attacks have been carried out to godhood! Singh on his knees before the Dhongi Asaram has a huge number of followers and there were that cooked his goose relates to the 2013 against those bent on seeing to it that It is the ‘political lobbies’ which Guru! ‘A man is known by the company fears that they may pose a threat to the prevailing law and is something rape of a girl, a minor who was pulled Asaram got his just desserts. A repeat can make a dent. None of them can he keeps’ is a serpent-skin that fits all. order situations if they were unhappy with the court ver- ‘mental’ to out of school and told to serve Asaram offender, he has been accused of land- risk trashing the verdict. They cannot Remember Chandraswami! dict. Due to security reasons, a special courtroom was set- Asaram – from in his infamous Kutiya. The girl, now grabbing, kidnapping, rape, intimidation show their displeasure with the con- None of the political parties has up inside the Jodhpur Central Jail for the pronouncement five years older, on Wednesday ‘thanked and murder. Asaram’s trusts ran schools viction because none of them want to hailed the verdict, lauded the ‘success of his verdict. The Jodhpur Police had requested the Rajas- his Bhagwan God’ for justice done. that provided the paedophile children lose the ‘perception battle’. Especially in of the criminal justice system’ against than High Court to direct the trial court to pronounce its Dada dance The rape survivor’s father calls to be molested and raped. It was a cool an election year and another to follow, a ‘godman who runs a Rs 10,000 crore judgment from inside the jail. After getting the High Court Asaram a Pakhandi and a Dhongi, who set-up, till it lasted. and when ‘rape’, especially child rape, empire’. Asaram is not a custodian or nod, the police undertook strict security measures around routine to his is physically fit as a fiddle to get the maxi- Asaram has busloads of support- has the country roiled in outrage, after repository of Hindu faith. Bringing reli- the city. The police also issued a prohibitory order for 10 days miracle-healer mum sentence – 10 years – and mentally ers, blind as bats; the number of buses, Kathua and Unnao and a 100 other gion into court is a big ‘nada’. The child from April 21-30. The police checked his ashrams and kept cunning like a dyed in wool jackal. The if they are lined, will occupy hundreds rape-destinations! who was raped is Hindu. The judge who a strict vigil on bus stands, railway stations and the airport. boasts man and his family have been living in of kilometres of roads. And, there is no These political lobbies are using the read out the conviction is Hindu. The The hotels and guest houses were directed against providing the fear of death and the conviction of shortage of money at his command. conviction to target political rivals. In prosecutor who argued to win is Hindu. accommodation to Asaram’s followers. The Union Ministry the devil has not changed that state of He has moneybags lined up to line his the short time since the conviction, the So, where is the Muslim in the picture, of Home Affairs had directed the Rajasthan, Gujarat and mind. Three witnesses in the case have pockets, though the outfit he wears has Judge Loya Death has been raked up and other than Farhan Akhtar, and, he is Haryana governments to tighten the security and use addi- met death and several were “made to no pockets! Top lawyers of India have linked with the verdict. And, pictures not doing somersaults, only correcting tional forces wherever required. The Shahjahanpur district disappear”. defended him in court, including sharp of our Prime Minister with Asaram are a perception? administration in UP, where the victim lives with her fam- “This is a verdict in just one case. legal minds such as and doing the social media rounds. So much Expecting mass disturbances fol- ily, has stepped up security around the rape survivor’s house. There are other cases. And there is still Salman Khurshid. Yet, there are doubts so that actor Farhan Akhtar tweeted lowing an adverse verdict, security was Apart from 10 armed guards, women constables and several the ‘family’ of Asaram lurking in the if the criminal justice system has deliv- ‘Please Stop’. Asaram has been convicted beefed up in Punjab, Haryana, Raj- intelligence officers have been deployed around the house vicinity – his son Narayan Sai, his wife ered justice or not, in both camps, pro under the POSCO and Juvenile Justice asthan and Gujarat. But better sense of the victim. The victim and her family members decided and his daughter, all of them aids of the and con. It is the ‘Pandit Lobby’ which Act and ‘guilt by association’ is a pow- prevailed and the bigots stayed home, not to visit Jodhpur due to security concerns. The police are paedophile. He has henchmen at his is mighty p*ssed off with the verdict. erful perception-shaping tool. emotions bottled in their gullets. It was taking no chances. Nobody is allowed to meet the family beck from Panipat to Pune and these In its defence of Asaram’s still infallible ‘A man is known by the company he the quantum of the sentence which without a thorough verification. Local intelligence teams, Satan’s children will go to any extent to godhood, standing like a rock, its first keeps’ ran the caption to a video – show- determined the quantum of solace to Cheetah teams and police teams are keeping an eye on them. silence the voices raised against the Shai- reaction was: Hindu Dharam is under ing PM Narendra Modi with Asaram everyone involved, for or against the After hearing the sentence, Asaram broke down. He had tan. They had put a gun to my neck and attack and this is just another instance – tweeted by the Congress Party. The Dhongi Baba! IPA denied the rape and can still appeal against his conviction shot me. A miracle saved me,” one of the of no justice in Kalyug! However, the video dates back more than a decade (The views expressed are strictly to a higher court. The 79-year-old godman has about 400 luckier victims of Asaram’s intimidation pandits cannot do much about it except and was tweeted under the Congress personal) ashrams across the country. The special court on April 7 had reserved its judgment for April 25. The final arguments dear stretched for over five months. During the trial, three key FALLEN GODMAN EDITOR millenniumpost.in witnesses died and several other witnesses were attacked Quote martial and given death threats. The police officer who probed the The law has caught up with another so-called godman, as life sentence was awarded to self- Log on to write letters to the Asaram rape case received 2,000 threat letters and phone I like the religion styled godman Asaram Bapu, after holding him guilty of raping a teenage girl in his ashram editor or send them to calls. The victim said that Asaram had called her to his ash- that teaches ram in the Manai area near Jodhpur and raped her on the five years ago – the second case of a powerful spiritual leader being convicted of a sexual [email protected] night of August 15, 2013. She was 16-years-old at that time liberty, equality You can also send your offence in less than a year after Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim last August. and was studying at Asaram’s ashram at Chhindwara in Mad- and fraternity comments to The Editor, hya Pradesh. Asaram was arrested in Indore and brought to It's pathetic how these unscrupulous elements hoodwink millions in our society that are Jodhpur on September 1, 2013. He has been under judicial Millennium Post, custody since September 2, 2013. DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR fooled by their petty antics. It is time, we as a society, reject their unscrupulous business that Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah is only detrimental to our people. ANMOL KUMAR Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 Prospects of new Iran nuclear deal Investing for India’s tomorrow hile US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his utter dislike for the Iran deal, to the extent that he wants to tear it up, talks With a large aggregate economy and low per capita income, India presents with visiting French President Emmanuel WMacron seem to have helped soften that stand. In the a unique challenge as one of the fastest growing economies early hours of Wednesday, Macron seemed to have won over his host with his unusual show of friendship with the uthor H. Jackson one’s assets with another similar suggestion that the Iran deal could be tweaked to ensure TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE Brown Jr had once company to create economies total peace in the Middle East. Earlier, the deal was Iran remarked: “Oppor- of scale, a strategy Vodafone specific, but, now, it includes three more pillars includ- tunity dances with has adopted. ing Syria. Trump was expected to come under increasing Athose already on the dance On the liability side of the pressure from the visiting French and German leaders floor.” For global investors and balance sheet, businesses can this week to not scrap the three-year-old nuclear agree- businesses, India in the 21st innovate through prudent capi- ment with Iran next month as American and European century is that very dance floor tal structure management to negotiators make tentative progress towards a new deal to – but we must hasten to add generate access to relatively toughen the limits on Tehran. Macron arrived on Monday that the investment opportu- inexpensive debt. Global inter- at the White House to try and persuade Trump to preserve nities here come with a unique est rates are still at historic lows the Iran deal, at least for now. While not as close person- Bridging the gaps set of challenges. despite the recent rate hikes ally to Trump, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will Creating a business out of in the US. The global finan- follow on Friday to reinforce the message. The back-to- in infrastructure an opportunity that appears cial investor base is awash with back visits come weeks before a May 12 deadline set by sectors is the attractive at the macro-level liquidity and, hence, willing the US President to “fix” the Iran agreement or walk away opportunity may be beset with challenges to provide high-quality busi- from it. Under the agreement, sealed in 2015 by President at the micro-level. Essentially, The aviation industry is one of the most lucrative sectors for investment nesses with attractive bor- Barack Obama, Iran has curbed its nuclear programme in investors must the country’s large market size rowing terms. A high-quality exchange for relief from crippling international sanctions. set their eyes on. in any sector presents a com- 0.08 vis-a-vis 2.59 in the US (as this regard. In fiscal 2016-17, of sector in India. This is a chal- company in India can create But, Trump and other critics have assailed it as it begins pelling investment oppor- per the Centre for Asia Pacific its total global subscriber base lenge that businesses in general a moat around its business by to expire after a decade and does not block Iran’s missile Despite the low tunity, and, yet, the average Aviation, or CAPA). of 341.7 million, 209 million face in a country that has a large borrowing for the long term at development or prevent it from destabilising the region. airline domestic return available per user may Bridging the gaps in these were in India (about 61 per aggregate economy, but low per relatively low-interest rates and In the recent weeks, American and European negotiators challenge the viability of the infrastructure sectors is the cent). Yet, the revenue earned capita income. reap long-run benefits. have made progress toward side agreements that would seats per capita, business model. With ris- opportunity investors must here was 6.16 billion euros or The key to success for busi- India does present a unique lay out new standards for Iran to meet or risk the reim- CAPA maintains ing income, immense growth set their eyes on. Despite the just 12.9 per cent of its total ness in India is determined by set of opportunities and chal- position of sanctions by the West. Negotiators have gen- opportunities will emerge in low airline domestic seats per global revenue of 47.6 billion the ability of an investor to cir- lenges for global investors and erally reached a consensus on measures to constrain Iran’s that, in terms of the coming decades across tele- capita, CAPA maintains that, euros. cumvent the divide between an businesses. That said, it is a ballistic missile programmes, according to people briefed tickets sold, India com, aviation and other such in terms of tickets sold, India In a business such as tele- opportunity at a macro level major economy and, in the on the talks, but remain divided over how to extend the infrastructure sectors. The is the third-largest and fast- com that requires significant and the ground-level chal- years to come, it is projected to restrictions of the original agreement due to lapse starting is the third-largest consumption of goods and est-growing domestic avia- capital expenditure, the low lenges. Strategies to succeed have one of the highest growth in 2025. Most importantly, the Europeans want assurances and fastest- services is expected to rise to tion market in the world. This average revenue per user is a should revolve around both rates globally. One estimate is that if side agreements are reached, the United States will levels approximating those of gives one an idea of the busi- real challenge. The fact that sides of the balance sheet. From that India will be the third-larg- stay in the deal, a hard commitment for American offi- growing domestic more developed markets such ness opportunity. With the the large subscriber base can an asset perspective, businesses est economy globally by 2050. cials to make given Trump’s mercurial nature. But, Euro- aviation market in as China and the US. expected increases in incomes deliver value in the future, as need to potentially bundle ser- A global business searching pean leaders hope that they can persuade him to hold off Take, as examples, the case in the foreseeable future, these the average revenue per user vices and products so that cus- for growth will need to have by showing enough progress in negotiations that he can the world of optical fibre cable and air- opportunities will only become grows, cannot compensate for tomers are willing to give the a significant market presence claim he is making the deal better. The fate of the Iran line seats per capita. The opti- more attractive. the fact that sustaining busi- company a larger share of their in India. We would advise agreement could influence the president’s forthcoming cal fibre cable (much-needed Despite a large aggregate nesses in the short to medium wallet. For example, for a tele- patience and a differentiated meeting with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader who for 5G technology deployment) market size, the lower per cap- term can be confounding. com business, this could mean strategy for success. IANS already possesses some nuclear arsenal. Whatever its flaws, kilometres per capita in India is ita income in India leads to low This apparent paradox of offering connectivity and enter- American officials understand that cancelling the Iran deal currently at 0.09 vis-a-vis Chi- revenue per user. This phenom- an attractive business from a tainment as a package, a trend (The author heads Devel- days weeks before that meeting might complicate Trump’s na’s 0.87 (as per CRU). In 2014, enon poses a challenge for pro- macro perspective beset with that is currently emerging. A opment Tracks, an infrastruc- chances of making an agreement with Kim. the annual airline domestic spective businesses. Vodafone challenges at the micro level is second strategy could be to ture advisory firm. The views seats per capita in India stood at presents an interesting case in not unique to just the telecom acquire the assets of or merge expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 mp in focus Beyond politicisation of rape The horrific prevalence of endless rapes is greater than the individual purview of political, social and communal motive UJJWAL K CHOWDHURY onourable Prime Min- A study by Kailash Satyarthi Chil- ister Narendra Modi in dren’s Foundation, whose founder his much-talked-about shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, Townhall address in Lon- reckoned that as of the end of 2016, Hdon recently answered an interview the backlog of child sex abuses cases question by stating, “Do not politi- in the courts would take two decades cise rapes”. The nation, however, did to clear. Under POCSO, which cov- not have the opportunity to ask him ers victims under 18 years, the police in response, “Who has actually politi- are advised to collect evidence within cised rapes in India?” This is not at a month of the complaint being filed all to say that rapes have happened and the court should complete the only after the Modi government has trial within a year – this norm has assumed power. This is not also to say been flouted in most cases. Crime that there are only political or social statistics showed that police files causes behind the cause of rapes. remain open for about a third of all rapes that were investigated for each A Dalit woman Anti-rape ordinance year between 2012 and 2016. can be raped not President Ram Nath Kovind on Understaffing is an issue. The April 22 promulgated a criminal law government told the Parliament last just for being amendment ordinance, paving the month that the police had a sanc- a woman, but way for providing stringent punish- tioned strength of nearly two mil- ment, including the death penalty, lion officers – but, almost a quarter for being a for those convicted of raping girls of those positions were vacant. Some Dalit as well. In below the age of 12 years. The Presi- of the worst accusations against the Kandhamal and dent’s nod to the ordinance came police stem from cases, like the ones after the Union Cabinet’s approval in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kash- Gujarat, women for tightening the law against peo- mir, where they are alleged to have were raped not ple involved in rape, following the bowed down to pressure from peo- public outcry over the cases of sex- ple of influence to bury cases. So far, just for being ual assault and murder of minors the only policy response to the latest women, but for in Kathua and Surat, and the rape of cases has come from Maneka Gan- a girl in Unnao. The minimum pun- dhi, the minister for women and being Christians ishment in the case of rape of women child development, who has advo- or Muslims. In has been increased from rigorous cated applying the death penalty for imprisonment of seven years to 10 The evil rot of rape runs deep into a system of inefficient redressal (Representational Image) rape cases where the victim is under fact, the rapists years, extendable to life imprison- 12 years old. Currently, the Supreme have even ment. According to the ordinance, community, the Bakerwals, out One should first understand that 34,651 cases of rape were reported in Statistics show that since 2012, Court reserves the death penalty for in case of the rape of a girl under 16 of that region. And, now, there is women through their gender identity India in 2015. Out of these, in 33,098 reported rape cases climbed 60 per extreme cases, as in the 2012 Delhi articulated this years, the minimum punishment has a movement spearheaded by local as well as sexual identity are margin- cases, the offenders were known to cent to around 40,000 in 2016, with case. In February 2017, the Ministry while raping been increased from 10 years to 20 leaders with the blessings of two erst- alised. Gender is a social construct. the victims – revealed the National child rape accounting for about 40 of Health and Family Welfare of India years, extendable to imprisonment while ministers of the state to protect Sex is a biological construct. Both are Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. per cent. The conviction rate of peo- introduced resource material related for life, which means jail term till the rapists. Here, rape is a tool for power dynamics of patriarchy. How- The victims were largely among the ple arrested for rape remains stuck to health issues to be used as a part the convict’s “natural life”. The Indian control over resources, supported, ever, both these identities have multi- age group of below-six years to over at around 25 per cent. The backlog of a pan-India adolescent peer-edu- Penal Code (IPC), the Evidence Act, unfortunately, by right-wing politics. ple marginalisations when combined 60 years. Madhya Pradesh reported of rape cases pending trial stood cation plan called Saathiya. Among the Code of Criminal Procedure The 16-year old Unnao girl’s with caste, religion, nationality, race, 4,391 rape cases, the highest in com- at more than 133,000 by the end other subjects, the material discusses (CrPC) and the Protection of Chil- rape by a BJP MLA is an act of sex or any marginalised culture. A Dalit parison to other states, with Rajast- of 2016, up from about 100,000 relationships and consent. dren from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and also gender violation and social woman can be raped not just for han being another major state. Delhi in 2012, National Crime Records Hence, it is a question of sheer Act stand amended with the prom- power. That means, she is defiled to being a woman, but for being a Dalit reported 2,199 such cases – highest Bureau data showed. In each year political will to check the rape epi- ulgation of the ordinance after the show the power of men on one hand, as well. In Kandhamal and Gujarat, among the union territories. during that period, about 85 per cent demic in India. The government can approval of the President. and of Rajputs over lower castes on women were raped not just for being India launched fast-track courts of the total rape cases being heard make a hundred laws and, yet, it will The Ordinance comes after the other, apart from the act of sex. women, but for being Christians or and a tougher rape law that included remained pending. fail because there is no enforcement. nationwide protests against the And, then, the rapist was being pro- Muslims. In fact, the rapists have the death penalty after a gruesome It needs to take this incidence as an Unnao and Kathua rapes, which also tected by the Thakur lobby dom- even articulated this while raping. assault on a young woman shocked What ails the system epidemic and treat it accordingly, by spread to London when the Prime inated state government until the Women in Kashmir and the North- the country in 2012. But crime sta- In general, conviction rates for overhauling the police machinery, Minister visited the city, and a 10-day Allahabad High Court forced action East were raped in large numbers not tistics indicate that the situation has crime against women – deaths fol- prosecutors and the judicial system. hunger strike by the Chairperson and, that too, through the CBI and just for being women, but for being worsened, not improved, since then. lowing demands for dowry, assault, This political will is missing at the of Delhi Commission for Women, not the state police. part of a marginalised national iden- The data collated by Reuters amid kidnapping as well as rape – are lower Centre and in most of the states. Swati Maliwal. In the last five years, several acts tity that inflicted upon their bodies. mounting public anger over crimes than for most other crimes. A study by (Professor Ujjwal K Chowd- of violation of women have occurred against women after the horrific the National Law University in Delhi hury is Head, School of Media, Pearl Politics of rape at the hands of extremist forces. Incidents and statistics cases in Jammu and Unnao, has, once found that 43 death sentences were Academy, Delhi & Mumbai; and Having said this, the eight-year Either as a tool of sex, or of gender Rape is among the most disre- again, cast a harsh light on the sys- handed down for murder involv- former Media Dean of Symbiosis old’s rape and murder in Kathua, dominion and rights over women, or garded and heinous crimes commit- temic problems plaguing the coun- ing sexual violence in 2017, almost and Amity Universities. The views Jammu, was primarily to scare her of caste-communal dominion. ted against women in India. A total of try’s police and courts. double the previous year’s number. expressed are strictly personal)

tweet Visions of a modern minister RETWEET On the sidelines of ‘Happy Cities Conclave’ in Amravati, Nara Lokesh, son of Chandrababu Naidu, spoke to Millennium Post about carving Andhra Pradesh’s digital future VIR DAS hen young Nara Lokesh @thevirdas was sent by his father to intern with the Singapore GAUTAM SEN Government, little did Whe know that, one day, his associates Can we as a nation stop the obsession and seniors in the government would with worshipping these Babas and become his partners in designing Amra- vati, the ambitious capital of Andhra yogis and God men? If you have a direct Pradesh. Owing to the common ground, channel to the main guy in charge why both the parties have been at ease in are you going through some bullsh*t VP communicating and understanding the of sales who doesn't even actually work pantheons of the various requirements and their subsequent implementations. for the company? 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So much for 'Na for an internship. ourselves with Lokesh later went to earn an MBA Khaonga, Na Khane doonga'! other states in degree from Stanford University and “We have envisioned India’s first ‘Blue, Green, Clean capital: Amravati’,” said a confident Nara Lokesh attended the prestigious Carnegie Melon India, we try to to complete his Masters in Manage- install, we have completed the installa- Electronics and Communications was which will make Andhra the destination match global ment Information Systems. Thereafter, tion of three lakh lights by March 2018. for ‘India’, whereas Panchayati Raj and for blockchain based technology. MAMATA BANERJEE he worked with the World Bank and Testing the quality of water in the vil- Rural Development was for the prover- “The entire state of Andhra is online @MamataOfficial models. At the later joined the family business Heritage lages is being done on a real-time basis. bial ‘Bharat’. In the early days of what I and our ministers don’t carry papers end of the day, Foods. Today, he is a Minister in Naidu’s Monitoring the breakout of malaria and call a ‘start-up state’, I realised that gov- anymore. We are the first cabinet which government for Panchayati Raj and Rural dengue is now dashboard driven. ernment departments lack reliable data. works on tablets and Ipads. No physical we are the United Development, and Information Technol- “We have started rating the gram Coming from the corporate sector, I was files actually move from one ministry to Today is World Malaria Day. The State of India. ogy, Electronics and Communications. panchayats on a 10-star rating based on used to data-driven actions. Therefore, another. If you go to a ‘Peshi’ you will mosquito-borne disease can affect On the sidelines of ‘Happy Cities water, power, electricity, gas, fibre optics as IT minister, I created a number of not see any paper.” If the states do Conclave’ in Amravati, Nara Lokesh etc. Internal benchmarking has created ‘dashboards’. Each morning by 11 am, I anyone. Our government is ready to not develop then discussed his vision for Andhra Pradesh. a healthy competition among the sar- have conducted my ‘Whatsapp Review’ Andhra’s overall development fight it, and we reiterate our collective India can never be panches and district collectors. I am con- and noted my actionable points,” said “We are a ‘start-up’ state. When commitment towards prevention and Transforming lives: Reversing migration fident that by 2022, all gram panchayats the minister. Andhra was formed, we didn’t even know cure measures. a global leader “My first job is to provide people will come closer to achieving 10-stars. “The biggest challenge that I witness where our capital is going to be located. with basic infrastructure such as roads, “As far as water is concerned, 80 per within my departments of Panchayati Raj It took us eight months to convince all power, water, gas, sanitation, telephone cent of all out-patients in state hospitals and Rural Development is the democ- constituents that Amravati would be the etc. 18,000 km of roads, 1000 gram pan- are inflicted by water-borne diseases. I ratisation of data. We had to overcome best place to build the capital. The next chayat buildings and, to top it all, we have searched around the world and came the secretive tendency of departments – task was to acquire land. Fortunately, BRAHMA CHELLANEY a target of achieving the basic Rs. 10,000/- across a company in Australia called ‘why should I share my data with others’. the villagers voluntarily pooled in their @Chellaney per month per household income level. Water 365, which provides real-time “The biggest advantage of being a land to build the capital. That is when We need economic activities in the region feedback on the quality of water across minister in Andhra Pradesh is that we we began our work on India’s first ‘Blue, to deliver that. It can be sheep rearing or 60 parameters. Chlorination of water have a plethora of data; but, the pitfall Green, Clean capital: Amravati’. handicraft. Thus, there is the need for doesn’t work in India, so we opted for is of data security, especially of land “We do not compare ourselves with Beijing, not Washington, faces the micro-targeting. ionization of water and have witnessed a records. We have introduced the Block- other states in India, we try to match biggest challenge from North Korea’s “As the Minister for Panchayati Raj, I 40 per cent reduction in patients suffer- chain Platform to secure these records global models. At the end of the day, we realised that Andhra being primarily an ing from water-borne illnesses.” from tampering by individuals. Also, are the United State of India. If the states nuclear weapons, which are an obstacle agricultural state had a number of issues the mortgage of land can be done much do not develop then India can never be in China's path to achieving dominance at the village-level. Topping my agenda Challenges of data management faster with the help of this technology. a global leader.” in Asia. was the electrification of villages. Out of “It took me one entire year to get a We have also undertaken the training of (Gauatm Sen is Editorial Consul- 26 lakh street lights that we propose to hang of my two extreme ministries. IT, a massive army of blockchain engineers, tant with Millennium Post) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 Novel glow-in-dark contact Canada van massacre: Most of the victims were women TORONTO: A Canadian man lenses can fight blindness who apparently had a grudge against women was charged with murder after allegedly LOS ANGELES: Scientists completely. much oxygen in the dark as plowing a rented van onto a have developed glow-in-the- However, damage to the ret- they do in the light," said Colin crowded Toronto sidewalk, dark contact lenses that can ina begins with an insufficient Cook, a graduate student at killing 10 people -- an incident painlessly fight blindness supply of oxygen, it should be Caltech. that shocked the nation. caused by diabetes. possible to stave off further eye- For that reason, the contact Police said the suspect, Hundreds of millions of sight loss by reducing the reti- lenses are designed to reduce 25-year-old Alek Minassian, people suffer from diabetes na's oxygen demands. the retina's night-time oxygen was not known to them before worldwide, putting them at Until now, that has been demand by giving the rod cells Monday's carnage in Canada's risk for a creeping blindness, achieved by using a laser to the faintest amount of light to most populous city, which also or diabetic retinopathy, that burn away the cells in the look at while the wearer sleeps. left 14 people injured. Most of comes with the disease in its peripheral parts of the retina, "If we turn metabolism in the victims were women. 25-year-old suspect Alek Minassian’s more advanced stages. so the oxygen those cells would the retina down, we should Public Safety Minister FB post referred to the Incel Rebellion — Existing treatments, though have required can be used by be able to prevent some of the Ralph Goodale played down effective, are painful and inva- the more important vision cells damage that occurs," he said. any suggestion that the attack ‘Incel’ is short for ‘involuntarily celibate’ sive, involving lasers and injec- in the centre of the retina. To provide light to the ret- bore the hallmarks of those and is often used in connection with tions into the eyeball. throughout the body, including be badly developed and bleed Another treatment requires ina throughout the night, the carried out by truck-driving Researchers from Califor- those in the eye. into the clear fluid inside the injecting medication that lenses borrow technology from extremists in London, Nice online groups of sexually frustrated men nia Institute of Technology That damage results in eye, obscuring vision and com- reduces the growth of new wristwatches that have glowing and other cities, saying "there who are known to rant against women (Caltech) in the US developed reduced blood flow to the nerve pounding eyesight problems. blood vessels directly into the markers on their faces. The illu- is no discernable connection a potential treatment that could cells in the retina and their As the blood vessels bleed, eyeball. The lenses reduce the mination is provided by tiny to national security." ing him. military spokeswoman Jessica be a lot less scary and invasive, eventual death. As the disease they cause additional dam- metabolic demands of the ret- vials filled with tritium, a radio- But authorities said the The suspect's post also Lamirande confirmed that he in the form of a glow-in-the- progresses, the body attempts age to the retina that the body ina, but in a different fashion. active form of hydrogen gas incident during the busy lunch referred to the "Incel Rebel- enlisted last August but asked dark contact lens. to counteract the effects of repairs with scar tissue rather Key to their success are the that emits electrons as it decays. hour Monday was undoubtedly lion" -- "incel" is short for to be discharged after only 16 The loss of vision that the damaged blood vessels by than new light-sensing cells. eye's rod cells, which provide In the dark, the pupil deliberate. "involuntarily celibate" and is days of basic training. accompanies diabetes is the growing new ones within the Over time, a diabetic patient's vision in low-light conditions. expands, and the faint glow Lead investigator Detec- often used in connection with A shaven-headed Minas- result of the damage the dis- retina. In diabetes patients, vision becomes blurry and "Your rod cells, as it turns from the vials can illuminate tive-Sergeant Graham Gibson online groups of sexually frus- sian appeared in court early ease causes to tiny blood vessels however, these vessels tend to patchy before fading away out, consume about twice as the retina. AGENCIES said trated men who are known to Tuesday to hear the charges Minassian had posted a rant against women. against him -- 10 counts of "cryptic message on Facebook "We will overthrow all the premeditated murder and 13 Amid trade spat, minutes before he began driv- Chads and Stacys!" the post of attempted murder. Danish inventor Madsen gets lifer for scribe murder ing the rented van" along a long read, monikers used in the A 14th count of attempted China says it stretch of Yonge Street, eventu- community to describe people murder was pending after COPENHAGEN: A Copenha- death. ally jumping the curb onto the who have no trouble finding the toll of injured was revised gen court on Wednesday found An autopsy report said she sidewalk. sexual partners. down. welcomes visit Danish inventor Peter Madsen probably died as a result of suf- In the post, Minassian Gibson said the victims Minassian stood impas- guilty of the premeditated mur- focation or having her throat praised mass killer Elliot Rod- of the Toronto attack were sively with his hands behind by US officials der and sexual assault of Swed- slit. ger -- a 22-year-old American "predominantly women" and his back, wearing a white police ish journalist Kim Wall on his But the professional judge who murdered six people and ranged in age from the mid- jumpsuit. He was calm as he homemade submarine last year, and two lay judges found the then killed himself in Cali- 20s to 80s. was led away. BEIJING: China says it wel- handing him a life sentence. incriminating circumstances fornia in 2014, and who had Minassian also referred to The suspect is scheduled to comes a planned visit by US Madsen, 47, had admitted were enough to find Madsen professed frustration over his himself on social media as a return to court on May 10 for Treasury Secretary Steve chopping up the 30-year-old's guilty, including the gruesome virginity and women reject- private in the army. Canadian a bail hearing. AGENCIES Mnuchin to Beijing next week body and throwing her remains videos he watched, and the fact amid trade tensions between the overboard in waters off Copen- that he brought a saw, plastic world's two largest economies. hagen on the night of August strips and a sharpened screw- 2 police officers Indonesia oil well explosion Foreign ministry spokes- 10, 2017, but claimed her death driver on board. man Lu Kang said Wednesday was accidental. Psychiatric experts who & civilian shot that China looks forward to the A life sentence in Denmark evaluated Madsen -- who kills 18, injures dozens visit for "consultation on trade averages around 16 years. vessel on the evening of August his version of events several described himself to friends and economic issues." Madsen, wearing a black 10 to interview him for a story times, told the court she died as "a psychopath, but a lov- in Dallas; The United States and China T-shirt and blazer, stood in the she planned to write. when the air pressure suddenly ing one" -- found him to be "a BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): are entangled in their most con- courtroom to hear the verdict. During the trial, pros- dropped and toxic fumes filled pathological liar" who poses "a suspect caught The death toll from a blaze at sequential trade dispute since As it was read out by the judge, ecutors argued that Madsen his vessel as he was up on deck. danger to others" and who was an illegal Indonesian oil well on World War II. Both countries he sat down next to his lawyer, killed Wall as part of a dark Despite the testimony of likely to be a repeat offender. Wednesday has jumped to 18 have proposed tariffs of USD 50 visibly affected and dejected. sexual fantasy, stressing that many experts, the lack of tan- Madsen is the 15th per- HOUSTON: Two police offi- with dozens injured, authori- billion on each other's products; Madsen's lawyer said he he enjoyed watching videos of gible evidence in the case and son in 10 years to receive a life cers were shot and critically ties said, warning there could Trump is looking to impose would appeal the verdict. women being beheaded and the decomposed state of Wall's sentence in the Nordic nation, wounded outside a home be yet more victims. tariffs of up to USD 100 billion Wall, a freelance reporter, tortured. remains made it impossible to which has a reputation as tran- improvement store in the US Images from the acci- more on Chinese goods. AGENCIES had set off with Madsen on his But Madsen, who changed determine her exact cause of quil and safe. AGENCIES state of Texas, police said. dent showed a towering flame Armando Juarez, 29, ear- shooting some 70 metres above lier identified as a person of homes and palm trees dotting interest, and an unidentified a small community in Sumatra Thousands protest in Armenia PIO loses in Arizona female were apprehended after island's Aceh province. ple there who were smoking," a police pursuit that ended near Firefighters this afternoon Wasisto said. uptown, authorities said. were still battling the blaze "It's a village, so many were as political talks called off Congressional seat "We got our man," Dallas sparked by an oil spill at about scrambling to get oil and it was Mayor Mike Rawlings said at a 1:30 am in a residential area. crowded." East Aceh is dotted YEREVAN: Several thousand press briefing. Several homes were destroyed. with numerous small-scale protesters took to the streets WASHINGTON DC: An Republican victory margin The incident began on "We're still unable to control oil drilling operations, which of the Armenian capital on Indian-American cancer was in single digit, in a district Tuesday when an off-duty offi- the fire," said Syahrizal Fauzi, are often run illegally by local Wednesday morning after research scientist, Hiral Tip- which they had been repre- cer at the Home Depot called head of the local disaster miti- villagers. talks between the opposition irneni has lost narrowly in the senting since early 1980s, and to request backup officers for gation agency. "We don't know There are reportedly tens of and the acting prime minister special election for the House of which was won by Trump in an arrest. if there are still victims because thousands of such wells across were called off. Representatives from a Repub- the November 2016 presidential The two officers who we cannot get any closer." the Indonesian archipelago. Protest leader Nikol Pash- lican stronghold in Arizona, US elections by 21 per cent margin, responded to the call were Authorities initially said at Abandoned oil wells are inian had been expected to sit media reported on Wednesday. reflects the fast slipping ground wounded, police chief Rene least 10 people died and some sometimes re-tapped while down for talks with acting Prime An emergency room physi- for the GOP. Hall said. 40 "severely injured" victims locals also drill into fresh sites Minister Karen Karapetian to cian and a Democrat candidate, Tipirneni had given sleep- A civilian who was work- were being treated. to find new sources. discuss political transition after Tipirneni was trailing by more less nights to her Republican ing as a loss prevention officer The jump in the death toll Deadly fires are not uncom- Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan than 9,000 votes and six per- opponent in Arizona. She was at the store was also injured, was due to the subsequent mon in Indonesia, a sprawling abruptly stepped down on Mon- centage margins against Debbie expected to replicate surprising police said. deaths of eight victims who country of more than 260 mil- day amid massive anti-govern- About 5,000 people marched until we take power." Pashin- Lesko of the Republican Party wins of Democrats in Alabama, The three injured were had been rushed to hospital, lion people where safety regu- ment protests. in the center of the capital, Yere- ian said he and his allies would in the eight Congressional dis- Pennsylvania and other states being treated at Texas Health authorities said. lations are often flouted. Karapetian is an ally of Sarg- van, blocking traffic and chant- boycott the snap parliamentary tricts of Arizona, when reports where opposition to President Presbyterian Hospital, police "There was a group of peo- In October 47 people died syan, who ruled Armenia for 10 ing "Join us!" "Authorities won't election if a member of the rul- last came in. Donald Trump's policies have chief Rene Hall told reporters. ple digging in the old well after a blaze tore through a fire- years. The opposition insists that step down, they are just drag- ing Republican Party remains Lesko, a former Arizona boosted their chances in Repub- She declined to give their but suddenly a huge fire was works factory outside Jakarta. he step down soon to make way ging their feet," said 24-year-old prime minister. state senator, will replace former lican strongholds. names or more details about sparked and it exploded," said Workplace safety is often for a new premier appointed by protester Garik Migranyan. "But Pashinian earlier said "a peo- Congressman Trent Franks, a Tipirneni's parents came to their condition. national police spokesman lacking in Indonesia and there a new parliament. The talks on we will make them do that. We ple's candidate" should replace Republican who resigned in the US from India when she Earlier on Tuesday, Dal- Setyo Wasisto. are also concerns about lax Wednesday were supposed to are the power." Police troops Karapetian and said he would December amid sexual mis- was three-years-old. A bout of las Mayor Mike Rawlings also The victims were collecting building standards. discuss that transition. supported government build- be willing to become premier conduct allegations. typhoid fever as a child inspired tweeted on the shooting: "We oil from around the entrance This year Jakarta temporar- Karapetian said in a state- ings and the headquarters of if people support him. Former Official results were yet to her to become a doctor special- are closely monitoring the sit- of a well bore when the blaze ily halted all elevated transpor- ment on Wednesday that the the ruling Republican Party. Prime Minister and President be declared, but several local ising in emergency medicine, uation in northeast Dallas and erupted, police said. tation projects after a dozen talks with Pashinian were An armored vehicle was spot- Sargsyan said in a statement he media outlets had projected and she is a powerful advocate praying for our officers and It was not known how major accidents killed five and canceled after the opposition ted nearby. "We will not allow is concerned about the tensions Lesko as the winner. for affordable health care cover- their families." much oil was spilled or what wounded dozens more. made unspecified "unilateral authorities to steal our vic- in the country and would launch "I am going to take this job age for all. Lesko and Tipirneni Texas Governor Greg ignited the fire, but authori- That directive followed a demands." Pashinian called on tory," Pashinian told support- talks with pro-government and very seriously," she said in her are likely to headed for a face off Abbott sent "thoughts and ties suggested a lit cigarette as balcony collapse at the Jakarta his supporters to take to the ers Wednesday. "There will be ruling parties in search of com- victory speech. in the November Congressional prayers" to the officers in a a possible cause. Stock Exchange building which streets in protest. more of us here with every day promise. AGENCIES The very fact that the elections. AGENCIES tweet. AGENCIES "There were many peo- injured dozens. AGENCIES 3D printed self-folding materials developed WASHINGTON DC: Scien- to many users," said Lining Yao, tists have used an inexpensive assistant professor at Carnegie 3D printer to produce flat plas- Mellon University. New technology can tic items that, when heated, fold FDM printers work by lay- themselves into predetermined ing down a continuous fila- shapes such as a rose, a boat or ment of melted thermoplastic. 3D print your food even a bunny. These materials contain These self-folding plastic residual stress and, as the SEOUL: Scientists have devel- microstructures that allow food objects represent a first step material cools and the stress oped a new technique to 3D texture and body absorption ICA-T2902(4)/2018 towards products such as flat- is relieved, the thermoplas- print food that can allow users to be customised on a per- pack furniture that assume tic tends to contract. This can to cook according to their sonal level," said Jin-Kyu Rhee, their final shapes with the help result in warped edges and preferences. associate professor at Ewha of a heat gun, said researchers surfaces. 3D printing of food works Womans University in South from Carnegie Mellon Univer- To create self-folding much like 3D printing of other Korea. sity in the US. objects, researchers precisely materials in that layers of raw "We think that one day, peo- Emergency shelters also control this process by varying material are deposited to build ple could have cartridges that might be shipped flat and fold the speed at which thermoplas- up a final product. contain powdered versions of into shape under the warmth sheet in a few seconds with- be inexpensively produced tic material is deposited and by In addition to offering cus- various ingredients that would of the sun. out human intervention," said using these materials. combining warp-prone materi- tomised food options, the abil- be put together using 3-D print- "The software is based on An. The researchers were able to als with rubber-like materials ity to 3D print food at home ing and cooked according to the new curve-folding theory rep- Self-folding materials are create self-folding structure by that resist contracture. or on an industrial scale could user's needs or preferences," resenting banding motions of quicker and cheaper to produce using the least expensive type The objects emerge from greatly reduce food waste and said Rhee. curved area," said Byoungkwon than solid 3D objects, making of 3D printer - an FDM printer the 3D printer as flat, hard plas- the cost involved with storage For the study, researchers An, a research affiliate at Carn- it possible to replace noncriti- - and by taking advantage of tic, researchers said. and transportation. used a prototype 3D printer to egie Mellon University. cal parts or produce prototypes warpage, a common problem When the plastic is placed It might also help meet the create food with microstruc- "The software based on using structures that approxi- with these printers. in water hot enough to turn it rapidly increasing food needs tures that replicated the physi- this theory can compile any mate the solid objects. "We wanted to see how soft and rubbery - but not hot of a growing world population. cal properties and nanoscale arbitrary 3-D mesh shape to Molds for boat hulls and self-assembly could be made enough to melt it - the folding "We built a platform that texture they observed in actual an associated thermoplastic other fibreglass products might more democratic - accessible process is triggered. AGENCIES uses 3D printing to create food food samples. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 mp As India cosies up to US, Pak Pak may soon have world's third largest nuke stockpile: Report WASHINGTON DC: Paki- NSA & Army chief visit Russia stan is well on its way to amass- ing the world's third largest nuclear weapons stockpile and ISLAMABAD/MOSCOW: national meeting of security its decision to deploy low-yield The national security advisers chiefs that will be held in Sochi Russia says ‘no (5 to 10 kiloton) battlefield of Pakistan and Russia have on April 24-26, Tass reported. weapons, represents a danger- met in Moscow and discussed Janjua gave an elabo- alternative’ to ous new strategy that could the situation in South Asia rate presentation on trends have a telling impact on South and the main challenges and of global power politics. He Iran nuclear deal Asia's future stability, claims threats to global security, media shared his strategic thinking a military history and world reports said. about evolving security chal- MOSCOW: Russia said on affairs expert. Russia-Pakistan ties has lenges around the globe with Wednesday that there was In an article written for the been improving steadily since particular focus on the region, "no alternative" to the cur- www.military.com website, the two signed a military coop- The News reported. rent Iran nuclear deal, after US Joseph V Micallef, a best-sell- iated Ansar Ghawzat-Ul-Hind, conflict, have added a further eration agreement in 2014. The He also highlighted the President Donald Trump and ing military history and world have added an additional ele- layer of complexity between two countries also held joint common opportunities for French counterpart Emmanuel affairs author and a keynote ment of conflict into Indian- the two countries," Micallef military exercises in 2016 and Russia and Pakistan. Macron called for a new agree- speaker, warns that if Islam- Pakistani relations." maintains. last year, as Moscow and Islam- Regional connectivity and ment with Tehran. abad continues in this vein, "They have also led to a sig- Micallef suggests that what abad made efforts to move past prospects of closer cooperation "We believe that no alter- there is every possibility of nificant deterioration" in bilat- concerns him most is that Paki- their bitter Cold War hostilities. seek enduring peace and sta- "Issues of bilateral mili- in the fields of space, defence, native exists so far," President nuclear device or devices fall- eral ties between Pakistan and stan continues to engage in a Pakistan's National Security bility in the region, it said. tary cooperation in informa- security, economy and trade, Vladimir Putin's spokesman ing into the hands of militant the United States, he adds. nuclear arms build-up, which Adviser Lt. Gen. (Ret) Nasser This is the first-time ever tion security and countering cyber security, intelligence- Dmitry Peskov told reporters, jihadist organisations, both in He says this conflict it has been doing clandes- Khan Janjua visited Mos- that inter-ministerial level dele- international terrorism were sharing remained the main adding that Iran's position on Pakistan and in other parts of between Pakistan and India tinely and illicitly for the past cow this week and met Niko- gations led by national security studied," it quoted the Russian focus of the delegation level the subject was paramount. the world. must be seen in a larger context 48 years, and that these arms lai Patrushev, Secretary of the advisers of the two countries Security Council press service talks, it said. "We are in favour of keeping In his article, Micallef says, - expanded to a "larger rivalry could be accessed by rogue ele- Security Council of the Russian met each other, the Pakistani as saying. Both sides expressed their the Joint Comprehensive Plan "Pakistan's past ties to militant between China and India in ments, both in Pakistan and Federation, The News reported. newspaper reported. "The general situation in satisfaction at the positive tra- of Action in its current form," jihadist groups like the Afghan Asia and the Indian Ocean abroad. Janjua, who led a high-level Russia's state-run Tass news South Asia and the main chal- jectory and progression of Peskov added, referring to the Taliban, Tehreek-e-Jihad Isl- basin." "The military interven- Between 1971 and 2016, inter-ministerial delegation, agency reported that Patrushev lenges and threats to global mutual relationship at bilateral nuclear deal hammered out in ami, Jaish-e-Muhammad, tion by the United States and Islamabad has been developing reaffirmed Pakistan's desire to and Janjua stressed their inter- security were discussed," it and multilateral levels includ- 2015. He said the agreement Lashkar-e-Taiba or Hizbul its allies to defeat the Taliban its own nuclear arsenal, "both continue to work together with est in further security coop- added. ing at the Shanghai Cooper- was the product of the efforts Mujahideen, to name a few, and in Afghanistan, and the role of plutonium and enriched ura- Russia for further improve- eration between Moscow and Janjua arrived in Russia to ation Organistation and the of many countries. AGENCIES the emergence of al-Qaida affil- both India and Pakistan in that nium-based weapons." AGENCIES ment in relationship and to Islamabad. take part in the ninth inter- United Nations. AGENCIES Trump calls North Korea's Imran Khan’s 3rd marriage in trouble; Government of Maharashtra wife moves out due to dog dispute office of hte executive Engineer, Publice Works Division No.2 Nagpur Kim Jong Un ‘honorable’... ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chair- man Imran Khan’s third wife Bushra Manek has E-mail: [email protected] Telephone No. 0712-2565048 but tempers summit hopes reportedly returned to her maternal home fol- lowing a domestic dispute over the ex-cricketer’s WASHINGTON DC: U.S. pet dogs. As per a report by Times of Islamabad E- TENDER NOTICE NO. 2018-19 President Donald Trump said , Imran Khan’s pet dogs, who had earlier been on Tuesday North Korean expelled from his palatial house, have returned Executive Engineer, Publice Works Division No.2, Civil Lines, Nagpur are invited Online leader Kim Jong Un had been and are seen wandering around the house. “very honorable” and discus- e-tenders for following works from the contractor who fulfill the terms @condition in B-2 (Item sions on a planned summit Imran Khan had earlier refuted rumours about rate) tender form. Tender paper can be download on Govt. site http://mahatenders,gov.in. Also, were going well, but tempered kicking out his dog, saying the canine in question right is reserved to reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason. Conditional tender will expectations for any quick had died a few years ago. The presence of dogs be treated as non responsive.. denuclearization deal by say- reportedly interfered in the religious activities of ing “it may be we’re all wasting Manek due to which she wanted the expulsion a lot of time.” Trump told reporters dur- of the dogs from the house. Khan had secretly ing a meeting with French see the country’s complete married his spiritual mentor Bushra Maneka last President Emmanuel Macron denuclearization. month amid media frenzy over his third mar- at the White House that North Asked at a news confer- riage. Further, Manek’s child from her previous Korea had said it wanted to ence, what he meant by this, hold the summit “as soon as he replied: marriage was living at Imran’s Bani Gala resi- possible.” “It means they get rid of dence for a long time which flouted a said rule “We think that’s a great their nukes. Very simple ... it between them that no family member of Manek thing for the world,” he said. would be very easy for me to shall be living at Imran’s residence for a “We’re having ... very good make a simple deal and claim longer period. AGENCIES discussions. victory. I don’t want to do that. “Kim Jong Un, he really I want them to get rid of their has been very open and I think nukes.” very honorable from every- Trump said he would not thing we’re seeing.” repeat the mistakes of past Trump has said he could administrations, which his meet with Kim in late May or aides have accused of relaxing June. sanctions too early in pursuit of The United States is press- deals with North Korea. ing North Korea to give up its “The campaign of maxi- nuclear weapons and says it mum pressure will continue,” will keep up a policy of “maxi- Trump said. mum pressure” on Pyongyang “The end result is, we’ll see. through sanctions to achieve Maybe good things will hap- this goal. pen; it may be we’re all wasting Trump said he hoped deal- a lot of time, but hopefully it ings with North Korea would will all be good for everybody be positive, but he wanted to concerned.” AGENCIES GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION WAMAN NAGAR, KHAMGAON-444306 [email protected] Telephone no 07263-254897 fax No.255248 E-TENDER NOTICE. 4/2018-19

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Sd/- (S.P.Thptange) Executive Engineer Public Works Division No.2, DGIRP-2018-19/540 Nagpur DGIPR/2018/19/537 Public work Division,Khamgaon, 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 Bharti Infratel, Indus to merge into Wipro Q4 profit crashes by 20% world’s second largest tower firm to `1,800 crore BENGALURU: Faring below Combined entity will have in its fold more than 163,000 towers across India, largest after China Tower market expectations, India's third largest software services NEW DELHI: Bharti Infratel firm Wipro on Wednesday and Indus Towers on Wednes- Bharti Infratel board renames posted over 20 per cent decline day agreed to merge in a deal in its consolidated profit at Rs that will create a $14.6 billion Akhil Kumar Gupta Exec Chair 1,800.8 crore for the quarter firm with world's second-larg- ended March 2018. est number of mobile masts. Wipro had registered a The merged entity will have NEW DELHI: Bharti Infratel board has reap- profit of Rs 2,267 crore in the in its fold more than 163,000 pointed Akhil Kumar Gupta as Executive Chair- year-ago period, as per Indian towers across India - largest man of the company for five years with effect accounting norms. after China Tower. from August 1, 2018. "The Board of Directors in "The total income stood at "He was confident that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone its April 23, 2018 meeting has reappointed Akhil Rs 14,304.6 crore compared to the company would return to will jointly control the com- Rs 15,045.5 crore in the Janu- growth trajectory starting Q2 bined firm, the two companies Kumar Gupta as the Executive Chairman of the ary-March period of 2016-17, due to its strong deal wins and said. company, not liable to retire by rotation, for a down by 4.9 per cent. order booking coupled with the The transaction is subject to further term of five years with effect from August For the year ended March continued strength in digital. regulatory and other approvals, 1, 2018," Bharti Infratel said in a BSE filing. 2018, Wipro's profit fell six per The company claimed that including from Competition His reappointment is however subject to share- cent to Rs 8,003.1 crore, while its digital revenue grew 9% Commission of India (CCI), total income dipped 1.7 per sequentially and 27.6% on a Securities and Exchange Board holders' approval. Gupta also serves as Vice cent to Rs 57,035.8 crore com- year on year basis in Q4 con- of India (SEBI), National Com- Chairman of Bharti Group. He is also the chair- pared to the previous financial stituting 26.7% of its revenue. pany Law Tribunal (NCLT), man of TAlPA (Tower and Infrastructure Provid- year, the company said. "In terms of client mining, Department of Telecom (FDI ers Association) and President of TSSC (Telecom Addressing reporters, Wipro's top 10 account grew approval), and is expected to Wipro Chief Executive Offi- 5.5% sequentially and 14.8% Sector Skill Council). PTI close before the end of the fis- cer Abidali Neemuchwala said year on year in Q4. cal year. the company entered Q4 with Two of its accounts crossed "Indus Towers will be with Aditya Birla's Idea (11.15 Idea has the option to sell its would have a shareholding of be subject to a lock-in on their footprints, will create a pan- a confidence driven by the the $250 million mark on a run merged with and into Bharti per cent) and Providence (4.85 11.15 per cent stake in Indus 33.8 per cent in the combined shareholdings in the combined India tower company with the improvements it saw in "our rate basis in Q4. Infratel through a scheme of per cent). for cash at the merger ratio entity. Vodafone in such a sce- company. ability to offer high-quality pas- deal win trajectory, uptick "In terms of non-linearity, arrangement," Bharti said in a "The combined company that values the stake at Rs 6,500 nario would have 26.7 per cent "It is intended that any cash sive infrastructure services to in client mining, our perfor- the company has been witness- statement. will fully own the respective crore ($1 billion). Under the while Idea Group would get 7.1 consideration paid to Idea all operators on a non-discrim- mance in digital and reduced ing traction in its homegrown The merged entity, which businesses of Bharti Infratel deal, Bharti Infratel agreed to per cent and Providence would Group and/or Providence will inatory basis, needed to sup- headwinds in some of our IP like HOLMES, AssureNXT will be called Indus Towers Ltd, and Indus Towers," the state- pay 1,565 of its own shares for have 3.1 per cent holding. The be financed through new debt port the pan-India expansion businesses. and Delta Verge with IP reve- will remain listed. ment said. each Indus Tower share. remaining 29.3 per cent would facilities and the existing cash of wireless broadband services "However, we are disap- nue crossing $100 million this Bharti Airtel, which cur- The merger will help Vodafone India will receive be with public. resources of Bharti Infratel. On using 4G/4G+/5G technolo- pointed at the loss of momen- year. rently owns 53.5 per cent in unlock value for the compa- 783.1 million shares in the "Bharti Airtel and Voda- the basis that Idea Group and gies," the statement said. tum in Q1 due to surprises The company said it has Bharti Infratel, will get 33.8 per nies which are locked in a tar- combined company, valuing fone will have equal rights in Providence elect to receive the Taken together, Bharti arising out of bankruptsies filed 2,000 patents so far. cent to 37.2 per cent stake in iff war unleashed by newcomer the UK-based firm's stake at the combined company," the maximum possible cash con- Infratel and Indus Towers faced by two of our clients with Giving insight into the per- the combined entity. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd that Rs 28,400 crore ($4.3 billion). statement said. "Following sideration, the pro forma net had over 163,000 towers and a revenue run rate of over $50 formance for the quarter and Its shareholding is depen- has hurt earnings and trig- If Idea decides to sell all of completion, the Board of the debt of the combined company 367,000 tenancies as at March million, addition impact in the year ended March 31, 2018, dent upon what Aditya Birla gered consolidation in the sec- its stake and Providence sells combined company will com- would have been Rs 5,600 crore 31, 2018, the statement added. HPS business as more clients the chief financial officer Jatin Group's Idea and Providence tor. Vodafone and Idea Cellular 3.35 per cent of its 4.85 per cent prise of 11 directors, of whom ($0.8 billion) as at March 31, With over Rs 25,360 crore exit the exchange market and Dalal said the IT service rev- do with their minority share- are already in the final stages to shareholding, the new entity three will be appointed by each 2018," it said. in revenues in 2017-18, the weakness in our communica- enue stood at $8,060.2 million, holding in Indus Tower. merge their mobile operations. will be 37.2 per cent owned by of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, Indus Towers currently combined company will be well tion BU." which was 4.6% year on year Vodafone India will get Bharti Airtel separately said Bharti Airtel and 29.4 per cent one will be appointed by KKR/ operates in 15 telecom ser- placed to invest on a national HPS run rate revenues have growth in dollar terms and between 26.7 per cent and 29.4 it plans to engage with poten- by Vodafone Group, while 1.1 Canada Pension Plan Invest- vice areas or circles while basis to satisfy the future gone down by about $150 mil- 2.9% year on year growth in per cent of the Indus-Bharti tial investors to evaluate a stake per cent will be with Provi- ment Board and four (includ- Bharti Infratel's operations demand from all telecom oper- lion annualized. constant currency terms. Infratel combine. sale in the combined tower dence and the rest by public ing the Chairman) will be are focused on the remaining ators in India as they continue "That is the quarterly impact Dalal said the adjusted mar- Vodafone has 42 per cent company, which will have an shareholders. independent," it added. 7 circles. to densify their networks to of low $30 million. Client exit gins and reported margins were stake in Indus Tower. Bharti equity value of Rs 96,500 crore In case Idea and Provi- None of Bharti Airtel, "The combination of Bharti support sustained data traffic impact in both Q4 and we see a 16.8% and 15.8% respectively Infratel too has an equivalent ($14.5 billion). Under the deal dence decide to continue to Vodafone or Idea Group (if it Infratel and Indus Towers, with growth and roll out new net- further impact in Q1 in the HPS with regard to the IT services stake while the remaining is announced on Wednesday, stay invested, Bharti Airtel elects to receive shares), will their highly complementary work technologies, it said. PTI business," said Neemuchwala. margin for the year. PTI Key GST Council ` China phone firm Kisan Morcha to hold meeting meet on May 4; CCEA approves 1,290 crore to Comio to invest simplifying restructure bamboo mission `500 cr in India of dairy farmers over milk prices NEW DELHI: The govern- MUMBAI: Kisan Morcha, returns on agenda ment on Wednesday approved CHANDIGARH: Chinese which had organised a "long a restructured National Bam- smartphone maker Comio will march" to Mumbai last month NEW DELHI: Finance Min- boo Mission (NBM) with an invest Rs 500 crore in the Indian to highlight the problems of ister Arun Jaitley-chaired GST outlay of Rs 1,290 crore for two market by the end of this year, tribal farmers, would be rais- Council will meet on May 4 to years, a move aimed at benefit- a senior company official said ing the issue of milk procure- discuss a simpler return form ing one lakh farmers, said an here on Wednesday. ment rates next, said Dr Ajit and the amendments required official release. Comio will invest Rs 250 Navale, one of its leaders, on in the indirect tax regime rules. The Cabinet Committee crore in marketing, another Rs Wednesday. The 27th meeting of the on Economic Affairs (CCEA) 150 crore in R&D and manu- Dairy farmers are selling Council, comprising state approved Centrally Sponsored facturing, and Rs 100 crore for milk for less than the govern- finance ministers, will meet Scheme of NBM under National sales and distribution in the ment-prescribed rate and suf- through video conferencing and Mission for Sustainable Agricul- Indian mobile phone market till fering a loss, he claimed. will also mull over the proposal ture (NMSA) during remaining December 2018, Comio India "It has been more than one of converting GSTN into a gov- period of 14th Finance Com- CEO and director Sanjay Kumar and a half months since we took ernment company. mission (2018-19 and 2019- NBM and to make the changes development of bamboo in lim- Kalirona said. out a long march of farmers day to discuss the issue. We will price formula for procurement. A decision on return simpli- 20), it said. therein, including cost norms ited states where it has social, Comio is a smartphone sub- from Nashik to Mumbai....The announce our next step after "We want this formula (gov- fication could be on the cards "An outlay of Rs 1,290 crore for various interventions as per commercial and economical sidiary of Topwise Communi- state government had promised the meeting," he said in a state- ernment-prescribed rate) to be with the Sushil Modi-led Group (with Rs 950 crore as central the "felt needs" and specific rec- advantage. cations and was launched in (during the meetings held after ment here. implemented across dairies so of Ministers putting before the share) is provisioned for imple- ommendations of states. The states include, the China in 2015. The company the long march) that it would "Recently the people from a that farmers earn more," Navale Council the three models of mentation of the Mission dur- "It is proposed to bring about North Eastern region, Mad- started their operations in India purchase milk at higher prices, village in Aurangabad district, said. new return form for discussion, ing the remaining period of one lakh hectare area under hya Pradesh, Maharashtra, from May 2017 and launched but farmers are still selling milk Lakhganga, protested against "On average, 123 lakh litres an official said. 14th Finance Commission," plantation and it is expected that Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Kar- its products in India in August to dairies at much lower prices," the low purchase rate of milk. of milk is procured in the state With Jaitley been advised the release said. abut one lakh farmers would nataka, Uttarakhand, Bihar, 2017, he said. The company Navale said here. Milk is purchased (by private or every day. One can imagine the by doctors to stay in isolation It also approved empower- be directly benefitted in terms Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, caters to the mid-level seg- "Hence we have decided to cooperative dairies) at Rs 21-24 cumulative loss of farmers as to avoid contracting infection, ment of executive committee for of plantation," the release said. Telengana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu ment priced from Rs 6,000 to hold a meeting of dairy farm- per litre, which is at least Rs most of them are selling milk the meeting has been planned formulation of guidelines of the The Mission will focus on and Kerala. PTI Rs 12,000. PTI ers in Ahmednagar on Thurs- 10 less than the government's at lower rates," he said. PTI through video conferencing. The Council had in March Oyo eyes large discussed on two models of Toyota starts bookings GST returns and suggested that India defends safeguard measures on the GoM would work further hotel assets with simplification. for Yaris; launch in May The official said the amend- over 100 rooms ment to the law would also solar cells opposed by EU, Japan in WTO NEW DELHI: Toyota Kirlos- MUMBAI: Hospitality firm be taken up once the Coun- kar Motor (TKM) on Wednes- Oyo on Wednesday said it is cil clears the new GST return NEW DELHI: India has told drew criticisms from the EU rarily with an aim to protect ous domestic shortages and even day commenced pre-launch looking to partner with hotels format. a WTO committee that it fol- and Japan, which criticized the domestic industry from an risk the environment. bookings of its upcoming mid- with large inventory of over One of the models pre- lowed global trade rules while conduct of the investigation and increase in imports of any prod- On this, India "noted that it sized sedan Yaris, with intro- 100 rooms under its franchi- sented before the Council was imposing safeguard measures the initial findings," a Geneva- uct which is causing or threat- informed members in January ductory prices ranging between see and management contracts that provisional credit should on imported solar cells even as based trade official said. ening to cause, serious injury that a preliminary safeguard of Rs 8.75 lakh and Rs 14.07 lakh to expand its presence in the not be granted unless the tax- the European Union and Japan India stated that it has fol- to the industry. 70 per cent was notified to WTO (ex-showroom). country. payers file returns and pay taxes. have criticised the move. lowed "WTO rules and regu- In the meeting, the EU has members in January and that TKM, which is a joint ven- of Honda City, Maruti Suzuki It has already partnered with The second model stated The issue came up at the lations on the imposition of stated that safeguard measures this was followed by a challenge ture between auto major Toyota Ciaz and Hyundai Verna in the 12 such hotels and is managing that provisional credit could meeting of the safeguard com- safeguard measures", the offi- should only be imposed under to the measure in the domes- and Kirloskar group, will launch Indian market. Customers can them across Delhi, Goa, Ben- be granted to a taxpayer, but mittee of the World Trade Orga- cial added. exceptional circumstances, par- tic courts, so the matter is sub- the vehicle in May. make their bookings with Rs galuru, Tirupati, Hyderabad, returns have to be filed within nization (WTO) in Geneva on Under the WTO norms, a ticularly if the imports causing judice", the official said. Yaris, which marks TKM's 50,000 at any of the authorised Noida, Vrindavan and Patna, 3-4 months and taxes have to be April 23. member country can impose problems come from predomi- India has also informed that entry into highly competi- Toyota dealerships across the said a release. The company paid or else the credit amount "India's preliminary safe- safeguard duty to restrict nantly one source. It added that its investigation will be carried tive mid-sized sedan segment, country with deliveries begin- plans to add over 50 cities to would be reversed. PTI guard on imported solar cells imports of a product tempo- India's actions will create seri- out in line with WTO rules. PTI would compete with the likes ning from next month. PTI the network. PTI Trump effect: H1B nods for Indian IT cos dip 43% in two years

WASHINGTON DC: Top a decline of 43 per cent for these for an economy the size of the cloud computing and artifi- must compete for the same approved for new employ- seven Indian IT companies companies since FY 2015, when United States," it argued. cial intelligence, which require relatively limited pool of tech ment in FY 2017, with 3,194, experienced a whopping 43 per it received 14,792 H-1B visas. Based on the H-1B visa data fewer workers, and a choice by talent in the US as other com- that represented a decline of cent drop in their H-1B visa Given that 199,000 applica- obtained from the US Citizen- companies to rely less on visas panies, it said. 800 approved petitions, or 25 approvals between 2015 and tions were filed in FY 2017 for ship and immigration Ser- and to build up their domestic The foundation said, corpo- per cent from FY 2016. 2017, a US think-tank has said. the FY 2018 cap year 105,000 vices (USCIS), the foundation workforces in the United States. rate clients of both the US and Further, five of the seven The National Foundation in excess of the FY 2018 H-1B said that the Tata Consultancy In most cases, companies Indian-based IT services com- top Indian-based companies for American Policy in a report annual limit even if none of Services (TCS) received 2,312 require fewer people per proj- panies are requesting digital saw declines in FY 2017 from said that the 8,468 new H-1B these companies received new H-1B visas in 2017 as against ect, it argued. engineering and more sophisti- FY 2016 Infosys, Wipro, HCL visas for Indian-based com- H-1B visas the annual limit still 4,674 in 2015, registering a Also, like all companies, cated services, including better America, Larsen & Toubro and panies in the finanacial year would have been reached on drop of 51 per cent. including US companies, data analysis, that require fewer Mindtree. 2017 equaled only 0.006 per the first day of the April filing Infosys, during the same restrictions on visas may result workers and more advanced Only TCS, with an increase cent of the 160 million in the period, it said. period saw a whooping drop in more work being performed technology, and this is reflected of 13 per cent, and Tech Mahin- US labour force. "The data indicate the prob- of 57 per cent from 2,830 in companies the H-1B approval Foundation for American Pol- outside the US, which is the in the H-1B visa numbers. dra, which increased by 42 per The top seven Indian-based lem is not which companies 2015 to 1,218 in 2017. Wipro of Tech Mahindra went up icy said that the drop in H-1B unintended consequence of While Cognizant, an IT cent, had more H-1B peti- companies received only 8,468 are receiving H-1B visas, which received 1,210 H-1B visas in from 1,576 in 2015 to 2233 in visas for Indian-based compa- many immigration restrictions services company headquar- tions for initial employment approved H-1B petitions for some contend, but that the 2017 as against 3,079 in 2015. 2017. nies is due to industry trends in a global economy. Indian- tered in Teaneck, New Jersey, approved in FY 2017 than in initial employment in FY 2017, 85,000-annual limit is too low Among the seven Indian-based In its analysis, the National toward digital services such as based companies, of course, had the most H-1B petitions FY 2016, it said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 mp India’s global ` trade up 16% crashes by 52p to 14-month low against $ to $ 767.9 bn MUMBAI: The rupee on vention did little to save the eral Reserve's anticipated inter- before concluding at 66.90, upmove as investors turned mon currency euro staged Wednesday nosedived 52 paise rupee from plunging in the est rate policy is just triggering revealing a steep loss of 52 cautious ahead of F&O expiry a rebound following upbeat in 2017-18 to hit a 14-month low of 66.90 mid-afternoon trade but man- panic, a forex dealer said. paise, or 0.78 per cent. in the derivatives segment. ECB comments despite strong against the US dollar, the third aged to prevent it from touch- The rupee has been the The rupee had rebounded The dollar index, which greenback. biggest single-day fall for the ing the psychological 67 level. worst performing Asian cur- by 10 paise on Tuesday, after a measures the greenback's value The pound sterling, on domestic currency this year, The rupee on Tuesday rency this year after strength- six straight day fall. against a basket of six major the other hand, traded little amid surging crude prices cou- snapped its six-session losses ening over 6 per cent in 2017. The RBI, meanwhile, fixed currencies, was up at 90.97. changed amid positive com- pled with headwinds on the to end higher by 10 paise at In the meantime, higher US the reference rate for the dol- In the cross currency trade, ments from the UK Brexit macro-economic front in form 66.38 against the US dollar. bond yields which surpassed lar at 66.6983 and for the euro the rupee retreated against the minister David Davis who of widening trade deficit. The domestic currency has the key 3 per cent mark con- at 81.4253. pound sterling to finish at expressed optimism about This was the lowest closing been caught in a free fall for tinued support the US dollar The bond market encoun- 93.31 from Tuesday's close of reaching a deal. for the rupee since February last few sessions against the and dominated currency mar- tered sell-offs after a brief 92.60 and fell back against the In forward market on NEW DELHI: India's global 22, 2017. backdrop of surging global oil kets worldwide. recovery with the 10-year euro to settle at 81.54 as com- Wednesday, premium for dol- trade increased by 16.32 per After a brief overnight prices and consistent widening However, brent crude, benchmark yield drifting back pared to 81.07. lar dropped due to sustained cent to $767.9 billion in 2017- recovery, the domestic unit of trade deficit. an international benchmark close of 66.38 at the inter-bank to 7.74 per cent from 7.68 per The local unit also slumped receiving from exporters. The 18, according to the Commerce tumbled following panic dol- Besides, a massive exodus is trading lower at $72.60 a foreign exchange (forex) mar- cent. against the Japanese yen to end benchmark six-month forward Department data. lar buying by corporates and of capital outflows from both barrel. ket, the rupee rapidly fell to Meanwhile, domestic at 61.31 per 100 yens from premium payable in August In 2016-17, the trade stood importers. equity and debt market against After resuming sharply touch a fresh intra-day low of bourses succumbed to profit- 61.01 earlier. declined to 88-90 paise from at $660.2 billion. Even, suspected RBI inter- the grim backdrop of US Fed- lower at 66.47 from overnight 66.91 in late afternoon deals taking after a two-straight day Elsewhere, the com- 92-94 paise. PTI "While India's global trade grew by 16.32 per cent between 2016-17 and 2017-18, India's total trade with LAC (Latin EPFO to inform its members about American countries) grew by India, Mongolia to enhance 19.63 per cent," the department said in a series of tweets. contributions not deposited by cos It said that bilateral trade with LAC including Bolivia, bilateral trade, investments Peru, Chile and Brazil has NEW DELHI: Retirement fund recorded healthy growth in ULAANBAATAR: India and the refinery project selected by body EPFO on Wednesday said New member 2017-18 as per the provisional Mongolia on Wednesday dis- the Government of Mongolia it will inform its subscribers if numbers. cussed economic cooperation for implementation with the contributions are not depos- registrations "Bolivia has emerged as a in areas such as infrastructure support of $one billion Indian ited by their employers with major trade partner of India in development, energy, services Line of Credit. the body for a given month in with EPFO hit LAC region with bilateral trade and IT and agreed to explore "We directed our officials due time. registering a growth of 205 per possibility of launching direct to coordinate follow up action At present, Employees’ 4-month low cent from $253 million in 2016- air connectivity between New on each side for the expeditious Provident Fund Organisation tive monthly contribution into 17 to $772.44 million in 2017- Delhi and the Mongolian capi- implementation of these proj- (EPFO) only informs about the their accounts. NEW DELHI: Job creation 18," it said. tal Ulaanbaatar. ects. Our strong political ties credit of contribution to sub- Now, it said that the credit slowed down in non-farm sec- Similarly, two-way com- External Affairs Minister must be complemented by com- scribers account by SMS/email information is available tors during February as new merce with Brazil has increased Sushma Swaraj during a joint mensurate levels of trade, econ- to registered universal (EPF) through e-passbook online and member registrations with the to $8.56 billion in the last fiscal media briefing with Mongo- omy and investment," she said. account number holders. UMANG mobile App as well as EPFO for its various schemes from $6.51 billion in 2016-17. lian Foreign Minister D Tsogt- "Today, India has emerged “The members whose con- through missed call service for declined to a four-month low Bilateral trade with Chile baatar after the 6th Session as one of the fastest growing tributions are not deposited in all members. of 4,72,075 during the month, grew to $2.85 billion in 2017- of the Indian-Mongolia Joint large economies in the world. time remain uninformed. In The EPFO members whose according to the monthly data 18 from $1.90 billion in the pre- Committee on Cooperation With its rich natural resources order to bring more transpar- monthly contribution is regu- released by the retirement fund vious fiscal. "India's trade with here said the two countries and strong aspiration for devel- ency, it has been decided that larly received may view their body on Wednesday. LAC increased from $24.52 bil- agreed to explore ways to iden- opment, Mongolia can be an an intimation by way of SMS/ contribution details using any As many as 6,04,557 such lion in 2016-17 to $29.33 billion tify new areas of cooperation in important partner in India's email shall be sent to mem- of these options. members were registered in in 2017-18," it added. all sectors of mutual interest and growth story," she said. bers (who have registered Besides the body has also January 2018 and 5,57,633 in Meanwhile, according to a to enhance bilateral trade and Swaraj, who arrive here on their Mobile Number / email decided to publish the age-band December 2017, the latest data report, India is seeking more investments. Tuesday on a two-day visit, said ID against respective Univer- wise estimate of all new sub- by the Employees' Provident oil, drones and aircraft from the Swaraj, the first Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj being welcomed by Mongolia collaboration for the ongoing sal Account Number) in respect scribers as declared by their Fund Organisation (EPFO) US to help narrow its $28 bil- foreign minister to visit the Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar ahead of the 6th India-Mongolia refinery project is in recognition of whom contribution has not employers less (deducting the about all non-zero contribu- lion trade surplus amid rising resource-rich country in 42 Joint Committee meeting in Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday PIC/PTI of this fact. She said Mongolia is been deposited by the employer number of) subscribers exiting tors or new members that are concerns of possible collateral years, said India sees Mongo- not only India's strategic partner with EPFO for a given month jobs every month. This infor- registered with the body every damage to its economy from lia as a factor of stability in East lia Joint Committee on Coop- arena to thwart the designs of but also a spiritual neighbour. in due time,” an EPFO state- mation can be accessed on line. month showed. The number President Donald Trump’s trade Asia and believes that Mongo- eration, the two sides discussed those who extend support to Swaraj said in the six decades ment said. In the recent past, the EPFO of all non-zero contributors spat with China. Asia’s third- lia's social and economic devel- pressing global challenges, par- terrorist outfits. of the partnership between the According to the statement, has taken a number of e-initia- registered with the EPFO was largest economy could bridge opment is important for peace ticularly the scourge of terror- The two sides also reviewed two countries, the bilateral rela- the EPFO has so far been inti- tives to provide services and 647,019 in November, 3,93,904 the surplus by up to $4 billion and prosperity in the region. ism and agreed to collaborate the progress in the ongoing col- tions have grown from "strength mating its members by way of timely information to all its in October and 4,35,283 in Sep- through oil imports alone, gov- During the Indian-Mongo- bilaterally and in international laborative projects, including to strength". PTI SMS on credit of their respec- stakeholders. PTI tember last year. PTI ernment officials said. AGENCIES Jindal Stainless Ltd Manipal Health sweetens Puri asks Hudco to expand activities Fortis offer yet again OUR CORRESPONDENT growth trajectory from a mea- FY18 revenue surges ger profit of Rs 11 lakh in 1970 NEW DELHI: Manipal Health of FHL. This is the second time NEW DELHI: Calling upon to Rs 1,100 crore, which is Enterprises has revised its offer Manipal/TPG-led consortium HUDCO to expand its activi- indicative of its professional by 30% to `10,785 cr for Fortis Healthcare again, rais- has revised its offer for Fortis ties, Union Minister of State competence.” ing the value to Rs 6,322 crore, Healthcare Ltd (FHL). (I/C) for Housing & Urban Recollecting what the Prime NEW DELHI: Jindal Stain- according to a regulatory filing. FHL said that acceptance of Affairs Hardeep Puri on Minister had recently said less Limited (JSL) consoli- The move comes ahead of one-time waiver from the exclu- Wednesday urged HUDCO to while addressing the CPSEs dated its financial position by Fortis board's meeting to con- sivity provisions given by Mani- cover a large number of stake- conclave, the three keys to suc- successively posting a profit sider the recommendations of pal and TPG to it on April 19 holders under its lending oper- cess are incentives, imagination for the sixth straight quarter. an expert advisory panel formed would have limited its ability to ations by taking up innovative and institution building, Puri JSL recorded a robust reve- to finalise the evaluation process run a competitive bid process. projects to accelerate the pace said that HUDCO has been fol- nue growth of 30 per cent in of all binding offers. Manipal's revised offer states of investment in housing and lowing these 3-point mantras to FY18. Increase in stainless steel The new offer from Mani- that it had given Fortis a one- urban infrastructure realising sustain its momentum and suc- demand and improved oper- pal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd time waiver from the exclusivity the much-desired PSU “Pragati cess and expressed confidence ational performance led to (MHEPL) also proposes that provisions under the Imple- Sewa Urja” status, as envisioned in HUDCO for playing a more growth in total revenue in FY18 MD Abhyuday Jindal Manipal Education and Medical mentation Agreement signed by Prime Minister Narendra that HUDCO may focus on team for their growth-oriented pro-active role in the housing at Rs 10,785 cr as against Rs Group India Pvt Ltd will arrange with them on March 27, 2018 Modi. the needs of aspirational dis- performance and the excellent and urban development sector. 8,311 cr in CPLY (correspond- a strong result in FY18 for the financial assistance of up to Rs by permitting Fortis with a lim- While speaking at an tricts thus helping in the bal- MOU rating that HUDCO has Housing Secretary Durga ing period last year). second consecutive year. Our 750 crore either by way of debt ited ability to undertake a pro- event organised to celebrate anced development across the been achieving for the last 7 Shankar Mishra and HUDCO The total consolidated robust performance in FY financing or through guaran- cess by permitting due diligence, the 48th Foundation Day of country. years, Puri said, “The HUDCO CMD M Ravi Kant were also FY 18 sales volume touched 17-18 reinforces that JSL has tees, comfort letters to lenders Fortis said. PTI HUDCO, Puri also suggested Appreciating HUDCO has been able to strengthen its present on the occasion. 778,933 MT, recording a set itself on a strong and sus- growth of 21 per cent as tainable growth journey. CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE against 641,333 MT in CPLY. “We will continue to JSL reported a strong growth enhance our offerings in the China opens its first bank without bankers in PAT at Rs 318 cr in FY18 market with increased pro- as against Rs 58 cr in CPLY, duction of auto grade stain- SHANGHAI: Missed pay- the entrance and answers ques- registering almost six times less steel and also meet the ing dues on your Communist tions using voice recognition increase. EBIDTA was up by 16 growing demand for railway Party membership? There’s a software. Clients can swipe their per cent at Rs 1,281 cr in FY18. coaches. Architecture, Build- bank for that — and it’s fully national identification cards to The net worth of the company ing & Construction (ABC) automated. A state-owned Chi- enter the bank — or scan their as on March 31, 2018 stood at and Automotive, Railway & nese bank has opened an auto- faces using the bank’s facial Rs 2,352 cr. Improved opera- Transport (ART) segment will mated branch equipped with recognition device. Machines tional efficiency in FY18 led also supplement stainless steel facial-scanning software, a vir- inside allow visitors to buy gold, NLCIL Director (HR) R Vikraman inaugurating BPPI’s ‘MAKKAL to an increase in total stainless consumption. Despite pro- tual reality room, a hologram change currency, or scout real MARUNTHAGAM’ Retail Pharmacy at Main Bazaar in Neyveli steel melt production which tectionist measures in some machine, talking robots and estate investments using virtual Township. Also Seen are, CGM/TA M Karthikeyan, NLCIL GS/Medical stood at 797,156 MT and was parts of the world, we will touchscreens for paying utility reality googles. Munendra Kumar Jha, and the officials of BPPI, Vijay Singh Rajput, up by 10 per cent as compared continue to maintain our sta- bills, among other functions. The bank isn’t totally Santhosheema Ravi, and Shri Sakthieswar Singh to CPLY. bility in exports. With our The branch opened last week unstaffed. Guards still stand Commenting on the out- industry leadership, our focus in central Shanghai's Huangpu sentry, and a room equipped standing performance of the will expand to new applica- district and is being hyped as ech branch is meant to make from cashless payment systems with teleconference software company, Managing Direc- tion development and further China’s first “unmanned bank.” banking more convenient, per- that are giving the banks a run allows VIP clients to request tor, JSL, Abhyuday Jindal, said, improve our market outreach Beijing-based China Con- sonalised, and efficient. It also for their money. help from human employees “The Company has delivered in FY19.” MPOST struction Bank says the hight- reflects growing competition A robot greets customers at based elsewhere. AGENCIES MF asset base from small towns up 38% in FY18 NEW DELHI: Smaller towns' lakh crore in March-end. asset base surged to Rs 4.27 lakh Currently, B15 towns crore in 2017-18, up 38 per cent account for nearly 19 per cent Bank credit up by 11.52%, from the preceding financial of the total assets of the industry. POWERGRID has been awarded the Platinum prize (1st prize) in Power Sector Category at the ‘6th FICCI Quality Systems Excellence year, due to a spirited inves- About 62 per cent of the Awards’ ceremony. Director (Personnel) Ravi P Singh received the tor awareness campaign by the assets from B15 locations is in deposits grow 7.96% award from DG, BIS, Ministry of Commerce and Industry industry and strong participa- equity schemes, while the same tion from retail investors. is 36 per cent for top-15 cities MUMBAI: Banks' credit rose against Rs 105,38,304 crore in Harsh Jain, COO at Groww, or T15. 11.52 per cent year-on-year to the year-ago fortnight, accord- an online mutual fund invest- B15 cities are those which Rs 84,78,459 crore in the fort- ing to the data. In the fortnight ment platform, attributed the are beyond the top 15 cities night ended April 13, RBI data ended March 30, the deposits impressive surge in asset base namely New Delhi (includ- showed. had increased by 6.66 per cent to investor awareness campaign ing NCR), Mumbai (includ- In the same period ended to Rs 1,14,74,989 crore from Rs by the industry. ing Thane and Navi Mumbai), April 14, 2017, banks advances 1,07,57,656 crore in the year- Besides, an aggressive role Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, were at Rs 76,01,970 crore. ago period. played by mutual fund distribu- Ahmedabad, Baroda, Chandi- In the previous fortnight In February 2018, non-food tion platforms, demonetisation garh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kan- ended March 30, 2018, banks bank credit increased by 9.8 per effect and strong participation classes such as real estate and 3.09 lakh crore in the preceding pur, Lucknow, Panjim, Pune loans grew by 10.32 per cent cent on a year-on-year basis as Oriental Bank of Commerce donated Desert Coolers, School dress, from retail investors helped in gold to financial asset class. fiscal, latest update with Asso- and Surat. to Rs 86,50,714 crore from Rs against an increase of 3.3 per Exhaust Fans to the poor and needy children of ‘Sakshi - Centre for the rise of asset base in smaller Mutual funds' assets under ciation of Mutual Funds in India About 10 per cent of the 78,41,466 crore in the period cent in February 2017. Credit Information, Education and Communication, Dhanwapur, Gurugram’ towns, also called B15 locations, management (AUM) from B15 (Amfi) noted. retail investors chose to invest ended March 31. to agriculture and allied activ- under its CSR initiative. President Meena Jain, Vice-President Nidhi he added. locations soared by Rs 1.2 lakh Overall, the industry's AUM, directly, while 18.4 per cent Deposits grew at 7.96 per ities increased by 9 per cent Joshi, and other members of ‘Jagruti- a social venture by Oriental Moreover, investors are now crore, or 38 per cent, to Rs 4.27 comprising 42 active players, of HNI assets were invested cent to Rs 113,77,729 crore in in February 2018, same as in Bank Family’ were present on the occasion shifting from traditional asset lakh crore in 2017-18 from Rs surged 26 per cent to Rs 23.05 directly. PTI the period ended April 13, as February 2017. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 DHAWAN, MANDHANA NOMINATED FOR PART OF 2019 IPL MAY SHIFT TO THE PATRICK VIEIRA SAYS READY TO LEAD ARSENAL ARJUNA AWARD UAE DUE TO GENERAL ELECTIONS LONDON: New York City FC’s French coach Patrick Vieira on Wednesday said that if asked to, he would be ready to lead KOLKATA: India men’s and women’s team openers Shikhar KOLKATA: The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Arsenal after the departure of his compatriot Arsene Wenger. Dhawan and Smriti Mandhana have been nominated by the is likely to take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to Vieira’s name has been floated in the media as one of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the prestigious the general elections in 2019, a Board of Control for Cricket possible candidates to take over the Gunner’s bench upon Arjuna award, BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhury said in India (BCCI) official said. “Due to the Lok Sabha elections, Wenger’s retirement at the end of this season following 22 on Wednesday. “We have sent the communication to the Gov- the IPL next year may take place in the UAE,” the BCCI official years as Arsenal’s coach, reports Efe. ernment of India,” Chaudhury told reporters. said on condition of anonymity. De Villiers, De Kock’s blitzkrieg ‘At 45 I feel like a 25-year-old Gautam Gambhir power RCB to 205/8 vs CSK with 20-years BENGALURU: South Afri- both de Villiers and de Kock de Villiers and new man Corey cans AB de Villiers and Quin- nearing their respective fifties. Anderson (2) in the very next experience’ quits DD captaincy ton de Kock’s struck breezy half Despite being overshad- over to restore parity into the centuries to power Royal Chal- owed by his senior partner, match. MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar lengers Bangalore (RCB) to a the southpaw brought up his De Villiers miscued Tahir’s turned 45 on April 24 and cele- that it would result in a suc- mammoth 205/8 against Chen- half century in style, tonking tossed-up delivery pitched out- brated his birthday by cutting a cessful season. However, it has nai Super Kings (CSK) in an Shane Watson for a six over side off-stump for Sam Billings cake at the Wankhede Stadium proved to be exactly the oppo- Indian Premier League (IPL) deep mid-. to complete the formalities at where Mumbai Indians were site with Delhi losing five out match at the M Chinnaswamy On the first ball of the very deep cover. Tahir immedi- playing . of their six games. On the per- Stadium here on Wednesday. next over, de Villiers, who had ately got rid of New Zealand’s As Tendulkar’s home stadium sonal front, Gambhir’s perfor- De Kock (53, 37 balls; 4x1, earlier clobbered leg-spin- Anderson with a googly as brought in the love and admi- mance was below-par by his 6x4) played the perfect sup- ner Imran Tahir for two mas- completed a ration for the “God of Cricket” own standards. He scored 55 in porting role in the 103-run sive sixes, took Thakur to the brilliant catch at slip. with chorus of “Happy birthday the opening game before failing second wicket stand with de cleaners thrice consecutively to With the hosts comfortably Sachin”, it seemed like nothing in the next four . Villiers (68 off 30; 4x2, 6x8), bring up his half century. placed at 142/4, had changed in the years that The southpaw insisted that who started from the word go With both the RCB bats- (32 off 17; 4x1, 6x3) and Colin the Master Blaster retired from he was not pressurised to quit to bring up his half century in men going hammer and de Grandhomme (11) struck the game. and it was rather his own deci- just 23 deliveries. coming their way, as de Vil- tongs, CSK skipper Mahen- a few lusty blows towards the As SRH faced MI, Sunris- sion. “It is solely my decision Put in to bat, RCB got off to liers started off by clobbering dra Singh Dhoni threw the end, even as two run-outs and ers’ mentor VVS Laxman took and there was no pressure a decent 35-run start by skip- Harbhajan Singh for two con- ball to his West Indian all- a wicket in the final over could some time out from the dug- from the franchise. As I said, per (18) and de secutive sixes before launch- rounder Dwayne Bravo, and not stop RCB from crossing the out to chat with the Mumbai my performance was not upto Kock before Shardul Thakur ing left-arm spinner Jadeja to the “Champion” responded in 200-run mark. Indians icon Tendulkar at the the mark and I just could not saw the back of the Indian cap- the skies. style by packing back de Kock BRIEF SCORES: RCB Wankhede. The former team- handle the pressure. That could tain, thanks to a smart catch by Such was the dominance with a smart catch off his own 205/8 (AB de Villiers 68, mates had a jovial conversa- be one reason (for stepping . from the former Proteas skip- follow through. Quinton de Kock 53; Mandeep tion and the topics ranged from down),” said Gambhir. He per- But the visitors wouldn’t per that the hosts raced to 87/1 Tahir then joined the party Singh 32; Imran Tahir 2/35) cricket to healthcare. formed for India in high-pres- have imagined what was midway into the innings, with by bagging the prized scalp of vs CSK. AGENCIES VVS Laxman: Happy sure games multiple times and birthday, Sachin. You are 45 enjoyed success with a high- today, but you look as fit as ever. profile team like KKR over Multi-skilled cricketers Pandya, Karthik to be part How do you feel? their seven year association. Sachin: Don’t go by the Former Delhi Daredevil skipper Gautam Gambhir addresses a press Was pressure really behind his looks, Lacchi. I feel like a conference in New Delhi on Wednesday PTI unexpected decision? will be in demand: VVS of World XI against WI 25-year-old with 20 years of “I was 28 when I joined experience. NEW DELHI: Gautam Gamb- cricket for over a decade, said KKR and today I am 36. May be HYDERABAD: Former India Test batsman VVS Lax- VVS: I can assure you that hir on Wednesday stepped he was not able to handle the I could handle pressure better man on Wednesday said multi-skilled cricketers like Har- he is looking exactly the same down as of perennial captaincy pressure. then,” he said. Daredevils CEO dik Pandya and Krunal Pandya will be in demand as the as in 1996 when I saw him for IPL laggards Delhi Daredev- “The bell started ringing Dua also faced questions over present day game required such abilities. the first time. How do you ils, saying he just wasn’t good after the last game (against his future with a team that has “A batsman should be able to bowl and a bowler recall the memories you gave enough for the job. KXIP at Kotla) and it was time under-achieved over the last should be able to bat. Cricketers like the Hardik Pandyas, to the millions? India batsman Shreyas Iyer to take the call. My own per- 11 seasons. “If that helps the Krunal Pandyas will be more in demand because irrespec- Sachin: It has been a bril- was announced as the new formance has not been upto team, I will happily do it,” he tive of the format the guys who can do all the three things liant journey. I was talking skipper at the franchise’s press the mark. Maybe I was too des- snapped back when questions good will be more in demand,” he said after launching Pro to some journalists and they conference which was also perate to turn things around,” were asked about his tenure. Star League’s mentorship camp here. were talking about the Des- attended by coach Ricky Pon- Gambhir said. “I was sitting Having relinquished cap- He also stressed the importance of fielding in the ert Storm knock. It has been ting and team CEO Hemant alone and thinking, I couldn’t taincy of Delhi Daredevils, modern game and said every player has to be good in KOLKATA: India all-rounder hurricanes last year. 20 years and time has simply Dua. The 36-year-old Gambhir, handle the pressure... I was not Gautam Gambhir has decided that department. “Fielding is non-negotiable. Whether Hardik Pandya and wicketkeeper Other Asians who have already flown by. however, will continue to be a good enough and that is all,” he to forego his entire Rs 2.8 crore you are a batsman or a bowler, you have to be an excel- batsman Dinesh Karthik will be confirmed for the match are Pak- VVS: I was very fortunate part of the team for the remain- added. The experienced com- salary while taking responsibil- lent fielder and you have to be athletic which will help you part of the ICC World XI which istan’s Shahid Afridi and Shoaib as I was the non-striker and ing eight games. The India dis- bine of Gambhir and Ponting ity for the team’s disastrous run in running between the . That’s how the game has will take on the West Indies in a Malik, and Thisara Perera of Sri you did not even register that I card, who led KKR to two IPL were roped in by the franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier evolved,” Laxman said. He said gone were the days when charity T20 game at the Lord’s on Lanka. was the non-striker as you were titles and played international ahead of the season, hoping League. AGENCIES one focused on one skillset adding these days one needs May 31, BCCI acting secretary The proceeds from this match in your zone that day. to master the other skills too. Pro Star League, an Under- Amitabh Chaudhury said here on will be donated towards rebuild- Sachin: In fact, I got 16 cricket tournament which aims to identify and nurture Wednesday. ing and renovating five major ven- shouted at when I got back talent at the grassroots, has begun a hunt for up-and- “Hardik and Dinesh will be part ues as well as other community home. There was some Sunrisers face rampaging coming cricketers in Hyderabad through a national-level of the World XI team for the charity cricket facilities that were damaged kind of misunderstandings mentorship camp. The camp in partnership with VVS match,” Chaudhury told reporters by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. as we looked for some quick Sports Academy began today and will go on till May 1. on the sidelines of the ICC meeting. The venues that will ben- running runs. My brother KXIP in return leg He also said there was a need to encourage sports at the Top-ranked bowler Rashid efit include the Ronald Webster shouted at me for shouting at grassroot level besides providing access to qualified and Khan of Afghanistan along with Park in Anguilla, the Sir Viv Rich- you in the middle. He told me, HYDERABAD: A charged up professional coaches. “I think encouragement of sports at Bangladesh stars Shakib-al Hasan ards Stadium in Antigua, the Wind- ‘what are you doing? He is your Sunrisers Hyderabad will have grassroot level is very very important. Government has and Tamim Iqbal have also con- sor Park Stadium in Dominica, the teammate and he is support- revenge on their minds when got funds and it is important to develop infrastructure at firmed their participation. A O Shirley Recreation Ground ing you and you are shouting they face an in-form Kings XI grassroot level like international standard grounds besides The match is being organised to in the British Virgin Islands and at him’. I apologized and I told Punjab in the Indian Premier providing access to qualified and professional coaches,” raise funds for stadia in the Carib- the Carib Lumber Ball Park in St. him that it would never happen League here on Thursday. he stressed. AGENCIES bean, which were damaged due to Maarten. AGENCIES again. AGENCIES Sunrisers defended a mod- est 118 against Mumbai Indians last night to bring their cam- Afghans not to play India paign back on track after suf- fering back-to-back defeats. Despite missing the ser- in Tests in next FTP vices of injured Bhuvnesh- war Kumar, Sunrisers showed KOLKATA: Afghanistan is set very busy. Since we are not their prowess. Pacer to make its Test debut against in Test Championship, the Siddarth Kaul and leg-spin- SRH PACER REPRIMANDED India in June this year, but after inaugural Test match is good ner helped the MUMBAI: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) pacer Siddharth the historic one-off match the enough for us. We are play- home team dismiss the two- Kaul has been reprimanded for breaching the IPL code two teams will not face each ing 14-18 Tests in new FTP time champions for 87 on a of conduct during a match against Mumbai Indians other in the longer format as cycle,” ACB CEO Shafiq Stan- slow wicket at the Wankhede per the new proposed Future ikzai said here on Wednesday Stadium to record a 31-run at the Wankhede Stadium here. “Siddarth Kaul, the Tours Programme (FTP) set on the penultimate day of the victory. Sunrisers have looked Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler, was issued a reprimand for 2019-2022. five-day ICC quarterly meet- a balanced side with skipper during his team’s Indian Premier League encounter Having earned its Test ing. “Against India we will leading the against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on status alongside Ireland in be playing only one Test in from the front with 259 runs Tuesday,” an IPL statement read on Wednesday. “Kaul June last year, Afghanistan Bengaluru as per earlier FTP. and Kaul standing out with admitted to the Level 1 offence under 2.1.4 of the IPL is set to take on India in its The new FTP is from 2019 to nine wickets in the tourna- code of conduct for players and team officials and ac- historic debut in Bengaluru March 2022,” he added. ment so far. It was KXIP who from June 14. Even though He further said Afghani- had handed out a 15-run loss to cepted the sanction,” the statement added. AGENCIES Afghanistan will play all top stan will play bilateral home the Sunrisers earlier at Mohali. nations, including Australia and away series against Eng- They were, in fact, blown missed the last match against 236 runs including two half- CHHATTISGARH RURAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY and England in the new FTP, land, Australia, West Indies, away by Chris Gayle, who had Delhi Daredevils as he was a centuries. Sunrisers will be the Afghanistan Cricket Board Zimbabwe, Ireland and Ban- cracked a 63-ball 104. The bit sore and Punjab would hope again banking on the danger- VIKASH BHAWAN, CIVIL LINE, RAIPUR (C.G.) (ACB) has failed to secure any gladesh in the next FTP. West Indian T20 exponent has the opener makes it to the play- ous duo to give them another MUKHYA MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJNA (MMGSVY) other series against India. Stanikzai said Afghanistan looked in ominous form this ing XI on Thursday. His open- flying start while Hyderabad SHORT NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR ROAD WORKS (MMGSVY) “India are a tough team to is also considering day-night season with a hundred and ing partner K L Rahul too has will be focused on dismissing AGENCIES AGENCIES NIT No 306/CE(TC)/TECH/CGRRDA/2018 Raipur Dated 624 /04/2018 get hold of because they are matches. two fifties. However, Gayle had looked in good touch scoring them cheaply. Superintending Engineer/ Convener (Tender Cell), Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency, millenniumpost.in

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AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 mp BCCI keeping ‘all ‘Phenomenal’ Liverpool man downs Roma options open’ on RTI LIVERPOOL (ENGLAND): Liver- keeper Loris Karius some anxious Alisson to make it 2-0. pool’s Mohamed Salah put his stamp moments as a strike by Aleksandar As he did after the first goal, Salah NEW DELHI: The BCCI is ing all options open. The BCCI on the Champions League semi-final Kolarov skipped just over the cross- abstained from celebrating out of keeping all options open after will have to come under RTI if first leg here against AS Roma, scor- bar, momentarily silencing the rau- respect for his former club. the Law Commission last week mandated. The BCCI is all for ing a brace and assisting on two other cous crowd at Anfield. Liverpool’s dominance carried recommended the powerful transparency and if that means goals in a 5-2 victory that leaves his Liverpool regrouped quickly over into the second half and the cricket body be brought under coming under RTI, it will be club poised to reach the final for the after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain left hosts increased their advantage to the RTI ambit. considered,” said a senior BCCI first time in more than a decade. the game injured in the 17th minute 3-0 in the 56th minute, when Mane It, however, doesn’t see team official on the condition of The Egypt international, voted and Roma soon found themselves scored with an assist from Salah, who selection coming under its anonymity. Player of the Year by his peers in Eng- penned in their own end for extended also set up Roberto Firmino’s goal five purview. “However, selection commit- land, has 43 goals in 47 club matches periods. minutes later. Law Commission had said tee and a couple of other things this season — including 10 in the Sadio Mane threatened twice Firmino made it 5-0 in the 68th, that the BCCI should be brought cannot be mandated in it. Tech- Champions League — and people from close range before Salah got heading in a James Milner corner. under the RTI Act, noting that nical and finance committee have begun to mention his name in the breakthrough in the 35th min- With the job seemingly done, it falls under the definition of could be part of RTI,” the offi- the same breath with those of Cris- ute, leaving Roma keeper Alisson Klopp substituted Danny Ings for a public authority which has cial added. The matter was also tiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, a bystander with a perfect strike to Salah, which turned out to be the sig- received substantial financing discussed by the Committee of reports EFE news agency. make it 1-0 for the hosts. nal for a late surge by Roma. from the government. Administrators (CoA), Vinod Neither Liverpool nor Roma were Dejan Lovren should have dou- Edin Dzeko, the hero of Roma’s Though the recommenda- Rai and Diana Edulji, here on on anyone’s pre-season list of likely bled the lead moments later when amazing triumph over Barça, tions of the Law Commission are Wednesday. BCCI CEO Rahul Champions League semi-finalists. he got a free header in the box, but exploited a mistake by Lovren to score not binding on the government, Johri, too, was part of the meet- But Jürgen Klopp’s Reds are the Mohamed Salah did not celebrate either of his goals against his former club he sent the ball straight into the in the 81st minute. the cash-rich board is waiting to ing. In July 2016, the Supreme last remaining undefeated side in the cross-bar. Four minutes later, Diego Perotti see its stance on the subject. Court had asked the Law Com- tournament, while Eusebio Di Fran- back in the quarter-final against during Tuesday night’s contest, neu- The second goal for Liverpool cut Liverpool’s lead to 5-2, converting “BCCI is waiting for the law mission to recommend whether cesco’s Roma squad reached the final mighty Barcelona. tralizing Liverpool’s pace for the first came in the final minute of first half from the spot after the referee spotted commission report to be sent the cricket board can be brought four by mounting a historic come- Roma made a good beginning 15 minutes and giving home goal- regulation, as Salah lifted the ball over a handball by Milner. AGENCIES to the government and keep- under the RTI. AGENCIES Four players PCB chief Sethi Chamberlain hurts leg, ‘Tsunami’ of match-fixing in return to Arsenal refutes BCCI’s claims lower-level tennis: Panel training before KOLKATA: Pakistan Cricket “India have not slotted any doubtful for World Cup LONDON: Lower-level tennis has a “tsunami”-like prob- Board (PCB) chairman Najam games. That’s consistent with lem with match-fixing, according to a review panel set up Atletico clash Sethi on Wednesday stood by India’s position. What’s con- LIVERPOOL: England mid- to look into allegations of corruption in the sport which his claim that they have a ‘con- sistent with our position is we fielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain published its findings on Wednesday. LONDON: Arsenal players tract’ with the Board of Control say there’s a contract and India could be in doubt for the World The Independent Review Panel (IRP) says there is a Mesut Ozil, Petr Cech, Sead for Cricket in India (BCCI) to have to play or give us compen- Cup after sustaining a leg injury “very significant” corruption problem at “lower and mid- Kolasinac and Jack Wilshere on play six bilateral series between sation.” BCCI Acting secretary while playing for Liverpool in its dle levels of the sport”, and especially in the men’s game. Wednesday returned to prac- 2015 and 2023. Amitabh Choudhary had said 5-2 win over Roma in Champions The panel was set up in January 2016 following allega- tice on the eve of the first leg “We say it’s a binding con- the that BCCI “never signed League on Tuesday. tions made by the BBC and Buzzfeed that leading players, match of the Europa League tract, let them decide whether any contract” with PCB with Oxlade-Chamberlain was including Grand Slam winners, were involved in suspected semi-finals against Atletico it’s a contract or not. We have regards to bilateral series and carried off on a stretcher in the match-fixing and that evidence had been suppressed. Madrid. challenged it. This question will it was a ‘statement of intent.’ 18th minute at Anfield after The panel — which spoke to over 100 players and accord- The four players missed be decided by the dispute res- “If the dispute resolution injuring his right leg in a tackle ing to the BBC cost 20 million ($27.9 million, 22.8 million Sunday’s English Premier olution committee of the ICC. committee says we don’t have on Aleksandar Kolarov. euros) to fund — found no evidence to support those alle- League (EPL) match against We will wait for the dispute res- a case then this FTP is okay. Liverpool manager Juergen gations. However, the highest level competitions and gov- West Ham United due to injury olution,” Sethi said on the side- If they say India do not have Klopp said it was “probably a fantastic player tonight.” without midfielders Emre Can erning bodies did not escape criticism. or illness, reports Efe. lines of the ICC meeting here. a case then ICC will have to really bad injury” and acknowl- Klopp said Oxlade-Chamber- and Adam Lallana. Investigation at Grand Slam events was deemed “insuf- Ozil missed the match The PCB is seeking $70 change this FTP. We have put edged that Oxlade-Chamberlain’s lain’s injury took some gloss off “The squad doesn’t get big- ficient” by the report, while other enquiries were “inap- against the ‘Hammers’ due to million compensation and has our reservations and our con- season was over, even before he Liverpool’s brilliant performance ger at the moment,” Klopp said, propriate or ineffective, resulting in missed opportunities”. illness, while Cech had a small initiated dispute resolution ditional acceptance to it subject has undergone any scans to assess in the first leg of the semifinals, “so we need to be creative in the The ATP, the governing body of men’s professional ten- ailment in the hip and Wilshere proceedings against the BCCI. to the dcision of the dispute the damage. “Yes, that is how it is, in which they conceded two late next few games.” Oxlade-Cham- nis, were also found to be guilty of “failing to exhaust poten- and Kolasinac suffered from A three-member ICC panel reservation committee. We unfortunately,” Klopp said. “All of goals to give Roma a lifeline. berlain has become an estab- tial leads before ending investigations”. The panel claimed ankle injuries. Absent from will settle the dispute in a hear- have challenged it,” Sethi said. the medical department is quite “The biggest blow for the lished member of England coach tennis faces a “serious integrity problem”, particularly at Wednesday’s session were Hen- ing in Dubai in October. Asked about specula- concerned, without a scan. The mood is the injury of Chamber- Gareth Southgate’s squad after the lower levels of the sport. The panel made several rec- rikh Mkhitaryan, who exer- Meanwhile, Sethi also said tion that ICC Champions season is not that long anymore. I lain,” Klopp said, “so conceding settling well at Liverpool follow- ommendations to tackle corruption because it believes the cised alone, and midfielder India have not slotted Pakistan Trophy will be tweaked to a am very positive person and hope two goals is not what we want ing his move from Arsenal at the current system used by the TIU and international govern- Mohamed Elneny, recovering in its FTP draft submitted to WorldT20, the PCB will go it only feels bad. But I am not fly- 100 percent but we can deal with end of last year’s summer transfer ing bodies is “inadequate to deal with the nature and extent from injury. AGENCIES the ICC for 2019-23. with the majority. AGENCIES ing, mood-wise, because we lost a that.” Liverpool is also currently window. AGENCIES of the problem now faced”. AGENCIES Press Note Simeone and Wenger go head to e-Tender is invited for purchase of below mentioned items in single Nadal breaks another stage two cover system i.e. Request for Pre-Qualification/Technical Bid (online Bid under PQQ/ Technical Envelope) and Request for Financial Bid (comprising of price bid Proposal under online head in a battle of the old-timers available Commercial Envelope) clay-court record MADRID: Arsenal’s Europa League the first spell yielding a league and cup Gil paid a rare visit to the club’s training semi-final against Atletico Madrid on double in 1996, when Simeone was the ground earlier this month, his message BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic suffered Thursday will be a clash of styles as stark captain. When they next won the Copa was clear. “Qualify for the Champions set a new Open Era record for a surprise defeat in his latest as they come but Arsene Wenger and del Rey in 2013 and La Liga in 2014, Sime- League,” Simeone said. “He has been tell- the most consecutive sets won comeback from injury after the Diego Simeone are anything but polar one was the coach. ing me that for five years.” on clay, as he reeled off his Serb was beaten by Martin Kli- opposites. The cult of Simeone at Atletico is also Wenger once suggested a top-four 37th and 38th against Roberto zan in his first match at the Bar- Arsenal will flood forward at Emir- powerful because it is unusual. finish was akin to winning a trophy and Carballes Baena in Barcelona. celona Open on Wednesday. ates Stadium while Atletico will sit back; In December 2011, he was their 12th he knows the challenges of leaving a The world No. 1 had Djokovic had been due to Arsenal will dominate possession, Atlet- appointment in 10 years and fifth in the long-held home, both psychological and matched Romanian legend meet Rafael Nadal in the quar- ico will counter; Arsenal will risk leaving last two. Like Wenger, he has brought financial. Many suspected Simeone would Ilie Nastase’s effort of 36 sets ter-finals in Spain but a dis- gaps and Atletico will do everything they stability, but in a club where previously leave after Atletico departed the Vicente won in a row as he beat Kei jointed display gave Klizan, can to close them. there was none. Calderon but he has stayed to oversee the Nishikori to win an 11th title ranked 140th in the world, a “We have a style that does not vary Like Wenger too, Simeone enjoys transition while enduring the club sell- in Monte-Carlo and he over- 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory. much,” Simeone said last month. “We casting Atletico as underdogs, up against ing some of its most expensive stars to took him with a 6-4, 6-4 victory While Klizan goes through Endst No. 2804-11 Dated .23 /o4/2018 usually play one way, with the same idea.” rivals with far greater resources and far make it work. against his compatriot. Rafa to meet Spanish clay-court spe- A copy of the above is forwarded to the following for information :- Wenger may share little common ground less concern for long-term thinking. Radamel Falcao, Mario Mandzukic, has not dropped a set since los- cialist Feliciano Lopez in the 1 Deputy Commissioner Hisar . with Simeone on how best to win matches “What we cannot do is forget the real- Diego Costa and Filipe Luis have all been ing to Dominic Thiem in Rome last 16, Djokovic will now have 2 Engineer-In-Chief, Haryana P.H.Engg Depatt Panchkula but there is no coach in the game that ity of the numbers,” Simeone said, after allowed to leave for big sums. It remains last season — a loss that ended to reset, with the French Open 3 All Superintending Engineer, P.H.Engg Circle Deptt 4 All Executive Engineer, P.H.Engg Deptt knows better the sense of identity and his side lost 1-0 to Barcelona last month. to be seen whether Antoine Griezmann a run of 17 straight victories. next month fast approaching. 5 Notice Board attachment to a club, which the French- “In 14 years Madrid and Barca have and Jan Oblak follow suit this summer. Rafa will face another com- Austrian tennis player 6 Contractor man is now in the process of curtailing. always won the league, 13 times in 14 And there is Simeone and Wenger patriot in the third round as Dominic Thiem on Wednesday “I’m staying because this club has a years. We made possible the impossible themselves, each symbols of their respec- Guillermo Garcia-Lopez pro- debuted at the Barcelona Open Executive Engineer future and that future is us,” Simeone said once but it is clear that it will not happen tive clubs but both at their least com- gressed after two-time cham- with a victory against Spaniard Public Health Engg. Division No.3, at the end of last season, before extending every year.” They nabbed the La Liga title fortable when discussing personal pion Kei Nishikori was forced Jaume Munar and advanced to his contract to 2020 in September. in 2014, an astonishing achievement, but achievements. Simeone prefers to divert to retire. the last 16 round. AGENCIES PRDH-Advt. No:-1082/11/2647/1819/64516 Hisar If he sees it through, he will have been Atletico’s priority has been qualification focus onto his players and the next game, in charge at Atleti for almost nine years, for the Champions League, particularly just as Wenger has tried to do since still 13 short of Wenger’s 22 but far closer during the club’s switch to its new sta- announcing he will leave Arsenal at the in terms of status, impact and legacy. dium, a move completed at the start of end of the season. Atletico, and Simeone, His standing is enhanced by two stints this season. stand in the way of a potentially glorious and five years playing for Los Rojiblancos, When chief executive Miguel Angel farewell. AGENCIES Hockey teams off to overwhelming start at Youth Games qualifiers

BANGKOK: The junior Indian men and women’s hockey reams started their campaign at the Youth Olympic Games Qualifi- ers in emphatic fashion here on Wednesday. The girls blanked Singapore 14-0, while the boys crushed hosts Thailand 25-0 in the five-a-side contests. In their first Pool B match, the women’s team opened their account in the second minute via a goal from Sangita Kumari. OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL COMMITTEEF BAWAL (REWARI) Three minutes later, Mumtaz SHORT NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER doubled the lead with Vice Captain Lalremsiami adding Online tenders are hereby invited for Development to the tally in the seventh min- work on dated 23-04-2018. The detail of estimate, ute. Ishika Chaudhary and San- terms & condition can be seen in the office of Municipal gita made it 5-0 at the end of the Committee, Bawal on any working day. Online submission first period. Singapore had no of bid is up to 30-04-2018 at 5.00 P.M. and Manual answers to the pace and skills showed by the Indian team in Tender documents and other documents can be submitted the second period. In the office of M.C. BAWAL on 01-05-2018 up to 12.00 Deepika scored the sixth P.M. Tender will be opened in the presence of Contractor/ and seventh goal in space of Firm/Society on 01-05-2018 at 3.00 P.M. two minutes. Sangita, Lalrem- Note:- terms & condition can be seen on www.etenders. siami and Mumtaz came to the party scoring four more hry.nic.in goals between them as at the Sd/- Secretary end of 2nd period India were PRDH-Advt.No:- 1078/11/6786/1819/64503 M.C. BAWAL leading 11-0. AGENCIES 16 Entertainment mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 26 April, 2018 Ranbir Kapoor, a huge fan of Sanjay Dutt opens up about ‘It was shocking his experience TO KNOW ABOUT DUTT’S LIFE’ of filming ‘Sanju’ anbir Kapoor says the fanboy in and how it was him was scared to play his icon on screen in Sanjay Dutt’s biopic not just an “acting Sanju but he could not let go of the opportunityR as it was a screenplay that was “sent from heaven”. The actor said it was not gig” for him an “acting gig” for him but something per- sonal as it gave him the opportunity to be but something a part of the story of someone he admires. “I was always a Sanjay Dutt fan. So for personal me, it was like a fan trying to play his icon on-screen. The hardest thing was to give confidence to myself that I can play this man... I did not have the confi- dence, the courage, understand- ing or the acting chops to do it,” Ranbir told reporters at the teaser launch of the film. The actor said he had and be him was quite incredible. I have known Dutt as a fam- RANBIR ON observed him all my life. I try to do this for ily friend and even DUTT BIOPIC every film. Fortunately or unfortunately, though the Vaas- we have a character that is so relevant. He tav star seemed read about his life, it was shocking to me.” is a pop icon...” like a famil- “His whole drug phase, the passing away Hirani, who has worked with Dutt in his iar person, he of his mother two-three days before the Munnabhai series, says making a biopic had was shocked premiere of his film, the controversy with its own challenges but his subject’s rich life to know some terrorism, guns, his relationship with his made things easier for him. “In this is jour- of the details father, best friend, the women in his life... ney, I figured out that biopic is a different about his life. all this was shocking to me. I was like how monster altogether because you don’t have “The whole script can one man live so many lives in one life. I total control over it. When you are writing shocked me. I am 35-year-old today but by the time he was a fresh screenplay, fiction, it is your charac- knew a different San- 18, he had lived five times the life. It was a ter. With the biopic, you will have to stay jay Dutt. I have known screenplay that was sent from heaven,” Ran- true to what has happened in the life. He him as a family friend. He bir said. The actor credited his director and (Dutt) gave us anecdotes. It is a different has always treated me scriptwriter Abhijat Joshi for helping him in craft, which we discovered. The good thing like a younger brother capturing the finer nuances of the character. is Sanju gave us details. If we had to write it and I have also been “He (Dutt) is a very flawed person but from imagination, we would not have been his fan... But when I a very good person. And to tell his story able to make it.” PTI Deepika speaks up on PAY DISPARITY

NEW YORK: Deepika Padu- kone, one of the highest paid For years, actors in the Indian film indus- try, says women must not shy we’ve been made to away from demanding and feel we should be even fighting for the pay they think they deserve. okay with settling The actress, who attended the TIME 100 gala here on for less. But I think Tuesday night, spoke to you should get Time magazine about the need for confidence what you think you among women to ask for deserve better pay. ‘Kesari’ set gutted before film’s completion “You can feel a sense of – am I stepping over of getting something more later the line, do I deserve it? on. But I think you should get MUMBAI: A fire broke out on But if you believe you what you think you deserve. It’s the sets of Akshay Kumars film deserve it, then you okay to fight for it, and it’s okay “Kesari”, destroying the whole set do,” said Deepika, the to feel uncomfortable initially, just ten days before the film was only Indian to fea- because that’s just the way we’ve expected to wrap up. However, no ture in the Time 100 been made to feel for so long,” one was injured. A source in the Influential People in she added. know of developments said that the World. The actor won hearts Akshay had already left for the day “For years, we’ve been by gesturing a ‘namaste’ when the incident took place at made to feel we should be at the red carpet where she daz- the set in Wai, over 200 km away okay with settling for less, zled in an embellished ivory from here by road. with sometimes a promise ensemble. IANS “They were shooting a crucial war scene when everyone heard a “The explosion was a mas- While the cause of the fire remains Productions for the movie, being blast sound, which triggered the sive one, but not a single per- unknown, the quantum of loss directed by Anurag Singh. The fire. The mishap occurred just 10 son from the crew was injured,” they have incurred has also not film is said to be based on the Bat- days before the team was about the source said. It is not known yet been revealed. tle of Saragarhi of 1897. Kesari, to wrap the film’s schedule after yet what the makers will do now Akshay has teamed up with which is slated for a 2019 release, shooting the climax. that the set has been destroyed. filmmaker Karan Johar’s Dharma also features Parineeti Chopra.IANS ‘There is no catfight with Kim Catrall’ regard and always appreciative of her contributions. “If she chooses not to do the third movie, there’s not a lot I can do to change her mind and we must respect it. That’s the only thing I’ve ever said about it, you know?” Parker said she is not sure if they would even revisit arah Jessica Parker says Vulture. the Sex and the City anytime she has no hard feel- “...There is no catfight. There soon as she has not discussed ings for her Sex and the never has been a catfight. I’ve it with director/writer Patrick City co-star Kim Catrall never fought with someone Michael Sas there is no catfight. Multi- publicly in my life, nor would King. PTI ple reports surfaced detailing I. And I spent time with all of decades of alleged hostility the women on the set. People ‘Want to be rid of Weinstein’s between the two actors, after need to recall that it wasn’t just Cattrall made it clear she has two women on the set fighting zero interest in reprising her because that just never hap- ‘toxicity’ on the current war’ role as Samantha Jones in a third pened,” she added. She insisted Sex and the City movie. that she always got along with LONDON: The Current just to be rid of that toxicity, tastes, for all his often-bril- Parker, who was careful not Cattrall off camera. War, starring Benedict Cum- I’m fine with that... (He wants liant film-making ability,” he to badmouth her former co- “There were four women on berbatch was one of the films to) To step back and be as far said. But the actor made it star while promoting the sec- the set and I spent equal time that suffered the most due to removed from that influence clear that he knew nothing ond season of HBO’s “Divorce with all of them, so this was the Harvey Weinstein scan- as possible, both as filmmaker about Weinsein’s alleged sex- earlier” this year, said the tab- not a set with two women who dal, but the actor is “fine” as and as human being,” Cum- ual transgressions. loid stories were blown out of didn’t get along. I’ve always held it will help the film get rid berbatch told The Telegraph. “But did I know that proportion. “I’d just like to Kim’s work in high of the “toxicity” of the dis- The actor previously was going on? A systematic remind graced producer. The film, worked with Weinstein on abuse of women, happen- every- which focuses on the rivalry the 2014 film, The Imita- ing through bribery, coer- body between legendary scientists tion Game” which received cion, trying to gain empathy, that Thomas Edison (Cumber- eight nods at the 87th Acad- to physical force and threats, there batch) and George Westing- emy Awards, including Best physical and to career? No. is no cat- house (Michael Shannon), actor for Cumberbatch. The That was the true shock. fight. I have never uttered has been shelved with no new actor described Weinstein as That this has just literally an unkind, unsupportive, release date in sight. “lascivious”. happened. And it’s been cov- unfriendly word, so I would “If it takes us not releasing “I wouldn’t want to be ered up by an entire body of love to redefine it,” she told our film for a couple of years married to him Gaudy in his people,” he said. PTI