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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 322 | Wednesday, 29 November 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,370.25 (-29.30) qSENSEX 33,618.59 (-105.85) pDOW JONES 23,580.78 (+22.79) pNASDAQ 6,878.52 (+11.16) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.41 (+0.09) pRUPEE/EURO 76.65 (+0.29) qGOLD/10GM 30,500 (-50.00) qSILVER/K 40,200 (-200.00) ASSEMBLY PASSES TEJASWI, SUSHIL B’DESH APPROVES ‘WANT TO BISWA BANGLA MODI INDULGE IN WAR CONTROVERSIAL PRESENT A NEW BISWABIDYALAY OF WORDS IN BIHAR ROHINGYA ISLAND ASPECT WITH BILL PG4 ASSEMBLY PG6 PG10 EACH FILM’ PG16 No loan waiver for MAMATA THANKS PRESIDENT FOR VISIT ABHISHEK DARES MUKUL capitalists: Jaitley ‘Either prove charges MPOST BUREAU Bengal must lead the effort for or quit Bengal’ NEW DELHI: The government has not waived OUR CORRESPONDENT any loans of big NPA defaulters, Finance Min- ister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday dismissing KOLKATA: Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool rumour that loans of capitalists are being writ- Congress MP and All India Trinamool Youth ten off by banks. better India by 2022: Kovind Congress president on Tuesday filed a crimi- In a blog, Jaitley said that over the last few nal defamation case against Mukul Roy and days, a rumour is being propagated regarding OUR CORRESPONDENT ers must be equipped with the latest said he would quit politics if the latter could waiver of loans of capitalists by banks. agricultural knowledge to allow them prove the charges levelled against him. Observing that the time has come for the KOLKATA: Recalling the state’s contri- to realise their potential,” the president “I will quit politics if Mukul Roy can nation to be apprised of facts in this regard, bution to the freedom struggle, Presi- said. prove the charges against me,” Banerjee said he said one should ask at whose behest the dent Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said Cautioning against the forces of rad- adding “ Roy should either prove the allega- loans, which have turned NPAs were disbursed that Bengal was in its forefront. With the icalism and extremism, Kovind said tion or quit Bengal.” Banerjee went to Bank- between 2008 and 2014 by public sector banks. country scheduled to celebrate 75 years West Bengal, being a border state, must shall Court and filed the case. “The public needs to ask the rumour mon- of freedom in 2022, Bengal should lead guard against them. Earlier, Banerjee had filed the Civil defa- gers at whose behest or under whose pressure in the effort for a “better India”. Kovind said that Bengal has been mation suit against Roy at Alipurduar Court. were such loans disbursed. They should also be Referring to the Centre’s Act East central to the country’s national iden- The civil judge (senior division) on Novem- asked that when these debtors delayed in repay- Policy, the president said that Bengal tity. “Our national anthem Jana Gana ber 22 had restrained Roy from making any ment of their loans and interest thereon to Pub- is crucial to the programme which is Mana was written on the soil of Bengal statement that “ may reveal or may tanta- lic Sector Banks, what decision was taken by the beneficial for the eastern and north- by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore ... mount to reveal any connection between then Government,” the finance minister said. eastern states as well as the neighbour- Bengal has a great history, but it is for Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Baner- Jaitley said that rather than taking a firm ing countries. each one of us to ensure that Bengal also jee and Biswa Bangla Marketing Corpora- decision against debtors the then government “The ambitious Act East Policy has a great future.” tion Limited and Jago Bangla Media Private relaxed the loan classification norms to keep embarked upon by the government of Describing Kolkata as a “city with Limited.” Earlier. Roy on November 10 had defaulters as non-NPA account holders. India involves building connectivity a heart” he said that he was deeply alleged that Banerjee was the owner of both The asset quality review (AQR) carried out projects and taking economic initia- touched with the honour given to him the companies. Banerjee said despite the for clean and fully provisioned balance-sheets tives. These would be of mutual benefits in the city of “mishti, adda and football” Court’s order Roy has continued to spread in 2015 high revealed NPA, the finance minis- to the eastern and north eastern states where he would like to come back again. ‘ canards’ against him at a meeting held on ter said. As a result, he said, loans of about Rs as well as to neighbouring countries. Welcoming the President in his first Monday.” He said, “ these are attempts to 4,54,466 crore, which was fit to be NPA and were The people of Bengal are crucial to this visit to the state, Banerjee said: “We are malign me by circulating fake news and lower under the carpet, were recognised after inten- programme,” he said. deeply honoured for your presence here. me in the eyes of my party workers.” sive scrutiny under AQR. “Government has The President on Tuesday addressed I had invited you to come to Bengal… Soumya Bakshi, a witness in the case, told not waived any loans of big NPA defaulters ...,” the civic reception organised by the within a few weeks you have chosen to the Court that he was shocked when he heard he said, adding under the new Insolvency and Bengal government in his honour at visit our state, and we are privileged.” about the allegations made by Roy. “ I respect Bankruptcy Code, cases have been instituted in Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. He She said: “The President’s post is a Abhishek Banerjee, and this is a deliberate the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for was felicitated by Governor Keshari CM Mamata Banerjee with President Ram Nath Kovind at Netaji Indoor Stadium PIC/MPOST constitutional one and it is the highest attempt to malign him. We were shocked by timebound recovery from 12 largest defaulters. Nath Tripathi, Chief Minister Mamata post in the country. He is our friend, the allegations levelled against him.” These 12 defaulters account for non-per- Banerjee, Speaker of the state Assem- pleasantly surprised on Tuesday when to the Rashtrapati Bhawan gallery in philosopher and guide…when I worked Banerjee said he had full faith in the forming assets totalling Rs 1.75 lakh crore. bly Biman Bandyopadhyay and Mayor West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata New Delhi. as a Lok Sabha member, he was in Rajya judiciary. “I have full faith in the Court. No Cases for the recovery of NPA dues from the Sovan Chatterjee. Banerjee gifted him one of her paintings The state was an industrial and man- Sabha…he would give us suggestions one trusts Mukul Roy. The truth will come assets of these big defaulters are under way at Distinguished personalities from the here, which the president said would ufacturing centre in the country. Its as and when needed.” Stressing on the out, and everybody will have to abide by various stages. Jaitley further said with the object fields of industry, academics, culture always remain “close to my heart”. economy must “sing again” in this age need for communal amity, she further the Court’s order,” he maintained adding “ of increase credit off-take and creation of jobs; and sports were present at the reception. The president also said the paint- of digital and robotic technologies. “Its stated that all communities live together We know how to defeat those who circulate the government has taken “the big decision” of President Ram Nath Kovind was ing would undoubtedly make its way green fields and hard-working farm- in the country in perfect harmony. canards intentionally.” capitalising state-owned banks. I-T notices to 1.16 lakh for R K Asthana to ‘PREROGATIVE OF THE CBFC TO REVIEW THE FILM’ Women must lead No Padmavati ban, says SC, world business growth cash deposit of over `25 lakh stay CBI special IVANKA TRUMP director: SC admonishes Chief Ministers OUR CORRESPONDENT MPOST BUREAU if the censor board clears it. In today’s Top union ministers have NEW DELHI: The Supreme NEW DELHI: For the third said Bhansali should consult paper Court on Tuesday dismissed time this month, the Supreme with opponents of the film and a plea challenging appoint- Court turned down a request to historians to arrive at a version ... ment of senior Gujarat cadre ban “Padmavati” and said, in a that is acceptable to them all. CITY IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as rebuke to Chief Ministers and Filmmakers and artists have a special director of the CBI. others who have spoken out said that is a blatant violation of MOB LYNCHES 40-YR-OLD TO DEATH 4 A bench of Justices R against the film, “those holding freedom of expression. NATION K Agrawal and A M Sapre public offices should not com- CBFC,” the judges said. The Karni Sena, a fringe MPOST BUREAU returns,” he said. said “the writ petition is ment on such issues.” “Padmavati” has been group, has led the protests PM INAUGURATES HYD METRO RAIL 6 “So we have asked them to file dismissed”. The judges reiterated that opposed by several top poli- against the film NEW DELHI: The Income Tax their IT returns within 30 days,” he The apex court had on it is the prerogative of the ticians who say that the film The 190-crore movie EDIT Department has slapped notices on said. November 24 reserved the national censor board to review cannot be allowed to “distort is directed by Sanjay Leela 1.16 lakh individuals and firms who Chandra said 2.4 lakh people had order in the matter. the film and make a decision history” and offend the senti- Bhansali who has denied BALANCING REEL AND REFORMS 8 made cash deposits of more than Rs made cash deposits of Rs 10-25 lakh The Centre had opposed on whether it is suitable for ments of Hindu groups. reports that the movie suggests INTERNATIONAL 25 lakh in bank accounts post note who have not filed returns so far. the plea, saying Asthana had screening. “Padmavati” has been a romance between Rajput ban but failed to file returns by the “They will also get notices in the an outstanding career and “When the matter is pend- opposed by several top poli- warrior queen Padmini and KENYATTA SWORN IN AS KENYA’S PREZ 11 due date, CBDT Chairman Sushil second phase,” if they did not file the had supervised over 40 high- ing the consideration of the ticians who say that the film Alauddin Khilji, the Delhi sul- Chandra said. returns, he said. profile cases like coal scam, CBFC (Central Board of Film cannot be allowed to “distort tan who was obsessed with her BUSINESS Besides, large cash deposit by The notice is under section 142(1) AugustaWestland scam, Certification), how can persons history”. beauty. According to legend, PRADHAN DEFENDS MEGA OIL REFINERY 13 people who have filed I-T returns of I-T Act. The official further said blackmoney and money laun- holding public offices comment The Chief Ministers of Raj- the queen set herself on fire are also under scrutiny, he said. the number of people prosecuted for dering cases. on whether CBFC should issue asthan, Gujarat and Madhya after her husband was killed SPORT The tax department has combed violating the I-T law has more than Common Cause, the peti- a certificate or not? That will Pradesh have said they will not in battle to ensure that Khilji

ND TH as many as 18 lakh people who had doubled to 609 in April- September tioner NGO, had opposed prejudice the decision of the allow the movie to release even would not capture her. PUJARA RISES TO 2 , KOHLI STAYS 5 14 deposited junked 500 and 1000 rupee this year from 288 in the same period Asthana’s appointment, say- currency notes of over Rs 2.5 lakh last fiscal. ing it was illegal as his name each post demonetisation. The total complaints filed are had surfaced in a diary recov- Indrani makes U-turn, says not accusing Peter FOR ADVERTISING Out of them, individuals and 1,046 as against 652 in the last year. ered during a raid conducted kindly contact at 9810195709 companies who have still not filed Also, convictions had gone up to by the Income Tax depart- MPOST BUREAU after she said he might have Mukerjea had demanded call or their I-T returns were segregated 43 from 13 last year, Chandra said. ment at the offices and other played a role in her daughter’s data records of her husband, [email protected] into two categories - those deposit- “So courts have given judgement con- premises of company Sterling MUMBAI: In a U-turn, disappearance. alleging that he may have ing more than Rs 25 lakh in bank victing people. So those 43 people Biotech Ltd. Sheena Bora murder case “We are not making any played a role in the disappear- accounts and those putting in Rs will face sentences given by courts”. The Centre, however, had prime accused Indrani Muke- accusations against Peter. ance of Sheena, her daughter FOR SUBSCRIPTION 10-25 lakh each. According to the official data, claimed that Asthana, who rjea on Tuesday told a spe- Some words are inadvertently from an earlier relationship, kindly contact at 8800854665 “There are 1.16 lakh people who 17.73 lakh taxmen have identi- was earlier an additional cial CBI court here that she written as there is emotional and now framed her. or have deposited more than Rs 25 lakh fied suspicious cases involving Rs director in CBI, was looking wasn’t levelling any allegations stress,” her lawyer Sudeep Pas- “The contents of the appli- [email protected] in cash after demonetisation in old 3.68 lakh crore in 23.22 lakh bank after its eleven zones. against her husband and co- bola told CBI judge J C Jagdale. cation are speaking another currency notes but still not filed their accounts post demonetisation. accused Peter Mukerjea, days A few days ago, Indrani language...,” the judge said. No IFFI screening for ‘S Durga’, TRAI AGAINST DISCRIMINATION OF CONTENT CBFC orders reexamination Telecom regulator bats for net neutrality MPOST BUREAU to any website or service like voice MPOST BUREAU directed to inform you that calls which requires decent net speed. the above film will be re-exam- NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai Supporters of Net neutrality back PANAJI: The censor board ined under the provision of on Tuesday proposed restrictions on the principle that the entire Internet has ordered a re-examina- the Cinematograph Act, 1952 service providers from entering into traffic should be available to everyone tion of the controversial film and Cinematograph (Certifi- agreements which lead to discrimi- on equal terms without any discrimi- “S Durga”, derailing its court- cation) Rules, 1983, with the natory treatment of content on the nation based on business consider- ordered screening at IFFI that date and venue being notified to Internet. ations of service providers. ends today, with director Sanal you soon,” said the letter, which Issuing the recommendations on In February 2016, Trai addressed Kumar Sasidharan crying foul was addressed to Shaji Mathew, Net neutrality, Trai has also suggested a part of Net neutrality which was saying the government wanted The bone of contention the producer of the film. a multi-stakeholder body comprising under its jurisdiction. It barred plat- this to happen and it is a con- seems to be the hashtag that fol- The letter stated that the telecom and Internet service provid- forms like Facebook’s Internet.Org tempt of court. lows the letter “S” in the revised board had “received complaints ers, content providers, civil society and Airtel Zero which allowed free A screening of the censored title of the movie, which was from the IFFI jury at Goa over organisation and consumer represen- access to select websites to check ‘gate- version of the film was held for earlier named “Sexy Durga”. the title of the film”. tatives for monitoring and investiga- keeping’ in cyberspace. the jury Monday evening at the “It appears that you have According to the letter, tion of violations. tweaking of licencing norms of players practices like blocking, degrading, Trai’s recommendations come at International Film Festival of prima facie, deliberately vio- the director had shown “S### “Service providers should be to ensure that “explicit restrictions” slowing down or granting preferen- a time when there is a debate raging India (IFFI) here and in a letter lated the Rule 33 of the Cin- Durga” on the title card which restricted from entering into any on discrimination in Internet access tial speeds or treatment to any con- globally over net neutrality. dated today, the Central Board ematograph (Certification) the board says “has different arrangement, agreement or contract based on content. tent,” Trai said. The US regulator, Federal Com- of Film Certification (CBFC) Rules, 1983 and hence invoca- implications and are effectively by whatever name called... that has “The discriminatory treatment in Its consultation paper on the sub- munications Commission, has said wrote to the producers asking tion of Section 5E(1) (i) of the undermining and attempting the effect of discriminatory treatment the context of treatment of content ject floated in January this year had recently that it plans to roll back the them to resubmit the movie, Cinematograph Act, 1952 may to defeat the very basis of the based on content...,” it said. would include any form of discrimi- majorly focused on network speed so “net neutrality” rules the were adopted which was earlier given a U/A be considered. title registration and changes The Telecom Regulatory Author- nation, restriction or interference in that telecom operators do not use it in America in 2015 and voting on the certificate. “In this connection, I am effected thereby”. ity of India (Trai) has also favoured the treatment of content including for any preferences or prevent access issue is scheduled in December. P12 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town HOLI AND CARNIVAL Colour, music and dance shape the landscape of two celebrations sepa- rated by more than twelve thousand Women’s health kilometres: Holi and Carnival. It is the time of tradition and transformation, transfiguration and transcendence, in India and in Brazil. On November 28, WORSENED SINCE 1990 ‘The Aesthetic Joy: Holi and Carnival’ – an exhibition by Brazilian photog- rapher Ailton Silva and the Indian photographer Natasha Hemrajani – According to a recent study, gender disparities in the society, will be inaugrated by Tovar da Silva Nunes, Ambassador of Brazil. increased risk of burnouts and men’s violence against women WHEN: November 29 – December 5 WHERE: Art Gallery, IIC Annexe is causing significant harm to the well-being of young females TIMINGS: 11 am – 7 pm TRANSITION ZONE With Changhoon Lee, Wonho Lee, omen’s health has signif- suggests increased risk of illness both Yoonjean Lee, Minchul Song and Eun- icantly worsened while in the short and long term,” said Goran sook participating, exhibition ‘Transi- that of men has improved Waller, researcher at the Department of since 1990, say scientists Public Health and Clinical Medicine. tion zone’ is a manifestation of change, Wwho suggests that gender disparities in “The results show that gender equal- phenomenon and metaphor. At the the society is causing significant harm to ity efforts, and especially the promo- same time, it is a variety of options the wellbeing of young females. tion of equal rights to health for men and boundaries, a space of buffering, Researchers at Umea University and and women, need significant revisions,” and a process that has the same daily- Region Norrbotten in Sweden have stud- Waller said. ness as the density of the overcrowded ied health trends among women and According to the study authors, pos- city. Dimensional, multidimensional of men aged 25 -34 from 1990-2014. sible causes for this negative health trend points, lines, spaces, and time, which In 1990, 8.5 per cent of women self- among young women may be increased crosses visibility and non-visibility, but rated their health as being worse than risk of burnouts, lack of equality in one’s which is neither clear nor an uncommon peers in their own age group. In 2014, private life, and men’s violence against this trend increased to 20 per cent of women.Tougher working conditions in issue. women. female-dominated professions such as WHEN: Ongoing In contrast, a bigger part of the men healthcare may also contribute to wom- WHERE: Korean Cultural Centre India, self-rated their health as better at the end en’s ill health. Lajpat nagar of the study period compared to the start. Conflicting but coinciding norm sys- TIMING: 9 am – 6 pm “In recent years, public debate has tems in society - equality and traditional raised the issue of increased illness and gender roles - where women must fulfil WINTER BRUNCH sick leaves among women. Our study expectation related to both also harm Spend your winter afternoon enjoy- now shows, for the first time, that there women’s health, researchers said. ing an extensive selection of local and are corresponding health trends also Women also face general societal international cuisines such as Asian, among young women,” said Annika expectations such as pressures to be both Italian, Mediterranean along with live Forssen, co-author of the study pub- successful, socially active and physically counters and unlimited beverages. Not lished in the journal PLOS One. attractive. to miss is the dessert counter offering The researchers behind the study On the other hand, in the labour mar- have, through a long- term, population- ket, men are still valued more highly a fine selection of assorted pastries, based survey, analysed answers from than women despite having a lower level cakes, brownies, Indian sweets and 1,811 people in the MONICA study in of education, researchers said, which much more. Don’t forget to take your Northern Sweden. As a part of a stan- may be a possible reason for the positive friends and family along. dard health check, study participants development among men. WHEN: Every Sunday answered a questionnaire which included increased proportion of study partici- among both women and men. ical activity increased over the period. A more equal responsibility for chil- WHERE: Blooms Restaurant, Eros hotel questions about self- rated health. pants indicated obesity, anxiety and dis- Simultaneously, the proportion of “A generally worsened self-rated dren and the household is also beneficial TIMINGS: 12 pm to 4 pm The results also showed that an satisfaction with their personal economy, women and men with high levels of phys- health among young people most likely for men’s health, researchers said. IANS Two-day festival to ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATION embrace Korean emphasizes the ‘power of dreams’ OUR CORRESPONDENT Dr. Amiya Chandra, who inaugurated the cel- ebrations, said, “I am extremely privileged to JP INTERNATIONAL School, located at Sector have the opportunity to witness the amazing and culture and heritage Omega 1, Greater Noida, passionately celebrated passionate performances. I was wondering that Mélange, 2017, its 12th annual day, around the how talented these young boys and girls are and OUR CORRESPONDENT Korean Traditional Hanbok dress with theme of ‘The power of dreams’. Stu- a customized background. dents from nursery to senior second- A TWO DAY KOREA FESTIVAL Speaking at the inauguration, Exec- ary wing showcased hope, aspirations, showcasing country’s rich art, culture utive Vice President Min Hong Min dreams, through various dances and and heritage kicked off on November said “We have organized the festival for cultural programmes and enthralled 27, amidst much fanfare and authentic Indians to feel and experience Korean the audience. Korean performances. An initiative traditional and modern culture rep- Held on November 25, the event wit- by Korea Tourism and Organisation, resented by Korean Wave. I hope this nessed Dr. Amiya Chandra, Additional the festival was inaugurated by Min two days’ event will help Indian people Director Foreign Trade as the Chief Hong Min, Executive Vice President, understand and feel Korean ethnicity. Guest and Major General V. Namgyel, Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO), at Besides, we have brought the leading Ambassador of Bhutan as Guest of Ambience Mall, Gurugram, along with airlines and travel bodies at the festi- Honor. The other distinguished guests Suman Billa, Joint Secretary Ministry val to promote Korea tour products who were present were Pradeep Agar- Of Tourism. and promotions so that our visitors can wal, industrialist, philanthropist, pro- The inauguration also witnessed the Executive Vice President Min Hong Min signing MoU with LG, Hyandai and Samsung make the best of everything.” moter of Sparsh group and founder of presence of other eminent representa- Jong Sool Kwon, Director Korea JP International school, Roshan Agar- tives from regional Tourism Boards of sung, and KTO. The aim is to promote a taste of the local Korean flavours to Tourism Organisation India (KTO) wal, Chairman of JP International School, Ran- how fortunate they are to study in a top-ranked South Korea and related organizations tourism through organizing MICE serve Indian taste buds besides featur- said “Korea Tourism Organization is veer Singh, Regional officer, CBSE, Dehradun school with world-class facilities”. Dr. Chan- such as Gyeonggi Tourism Organiza- groups to Korea for their employees ing experiential attractions like face entering a new dimension of tourism and Lt. General (Retd.) J. Sikand, member of the dra also praised theme of the event and asked tion, Gimhae City, Busan Metropoli- and dealers. mask painting, Hangeul calligraphy promotion in India with the festival. think-tank of JPIS among others. students to dream more and be the catalyst to tan City, Busan Tourism Organization, An endeavour to give a boost to the and video gallery exhibiting Korean Travelling to Korea is getting more The School Principal, Heema Sharma, Pres- change the society. Jeollabuk Do, Gwangju Metropolitan existing MICE tourism business to history and cultural assets. favourable for Indians with increased ident Arun Kedia and Vice President Amit After the lamp lighting the event began with City, Gwangju Convention and Vis- Korea, the association would bring Furthermore, the K- Beauty zone by flight connectivity and competitive Saxena welcomed the guests besides present- mesmerizing performances like “Jashn -E- Bach- itors Bureau, Incheon International public-private bodies together to famous Korean beauty brand Innis- costs.” ing the annual report and achievements of the pan”, “tiny rock stars” by the little wonders of Airport Corporation and Visit Korea achieve larger growth in the tourism free offered free makeup sessions and “With an increased number of school. Also, they launched “JP Times” a quar- nursery. Students also presented their social con- Committee. arena. samples to the visitors at the festival. A Indian travelers to Korea, we would terly digital newsletter to share the progress and cerns and charmed the audience with Dastak- The festival also marked the signing of The festival also displayed food coun- special Virtual Reality zone and Photo- get more adaptable to their traveling achievements of school to its stakeholders. The An Appeal (Beti Bachao) which left everyone MOU between leading Korean com- ters (managed by Korea Agro-Fisheries Op Booth had been created for the visi- requirements.”get more adaptable to staff members, who had spent more than 10 with teary eyes and a promise to contribute panies such as LG, Hyundai, Sam- and Food Trade Cooperation) to give tors to get themselves clicked wearing their travelling requirements.” years with JP International School, were hon- wholeheartedly to the cause. The school band oured as well. performances were the highlight of the evening. Benefits of essential oils for hair, body itch synthetic chemicals-induced skin- scars. 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OUR CORRESPONDENT Chowdhury, Rajesh Chow- dhury, Santosh Prasad and Police arrested Raju Chowdhury, Ratan KOLKATA: Police have Debu Pakre from Benaras. Chowdhury, Krishna Chowdhury, President Ram Nath Kovind and Mamata Banerjee at an event in intensified their search for Total eight persons have been Kolkata on Tuesday PIC/MPOST the Independent Councillor arrested so far. Akash Chowdhury, Rajesh Chowdhury, of Bhadreswar municipality, Earlier, the police had Santosh Prasad and Debu Pakre from OUR CORRESPONDENT shi Bankim and Netaji Subhas Raju Sahu, after the arrest of arrested Munna Rai in this Chandra Bose were instrumen- seven persons from Bena- connection. Benaras. Total eight persons have been KOLKATA: President Ram tal in defining India’s national- ras in connection with the According to a senior arrested so far Nath Kovind will be visiting ism. “During the course of my murder of the municipality’s police officer, it was the the ancestral home of Rabin- visit here, I plan to visit Netaji chairman Manoj Upadhyay. dearth of money that led to motorbike the victim was rid- Abhishek Banerjee had dranath Tagore at Jorasanko in Bhawan where there is a memo- Upadhyay was shot dead their arrest after escaping for ing pillion and had witnessed assured that immediate steps Central Kolkata on Wednesday rial and research centre dedi- from point blank range when seven days. the incident. would be taken to arrest the morning. cated to the life and work of he was returning home late at The police could Police feel that the seven accused. While addressing the civic Netaji.” night on November 21. identify their location in arrested are well aware about Locals, too, held candle reception organised by the Ben- While speaking about Net- The day Criminal Inves- Benaras as one of the accused the absconding independent light protests against the mur- gal government, he said in Ben- aji, he said: “A few days ago I tigation Department (CID) contacted his family mem- councilor. der and demanded the arrest gali: “Gurudev ke pronam korte had the honour of visiting the had taken up the case, officers bers using a different mobile that they had fled from the remand. A police officer said They suspect that a few of the accused. jabo. Tomorrow morning I plan Indian National Army Memo- of the Special Investigation phone number. areas soon after the incident that they will be interrogated others are also involved in the They appreciated the to visit Jorasanko, Gurudev’s rial in Moirang in Manipur. This Team (SIT) of Chandannagar They conducted a raid took place. First, they went to ascertain the exact motive crime and the arrested ones police for arresting seven ancestral home, to pay my heart- is where freedom fighters of the Commissionerate got the suc- along with the local police at to Bihar where they spent two behind the crime. can provide information on persons from Benaras in this felt tributes.” INA, inspired by Netaji, raised cess of arresting the accused. a lodge where they had been days before moving to Uttar It may be mentioned that them as well. connection. He said: “This is my first the national flag for the first time Police arrested Raju Chow- staying for the past few days Pradesh. police have come to know It may be mentioned Now, they demand the visit to Bengal as President on Indian soil.” dhury, Ratan Chowdhury, and arrested all seven of them. The accused will be about the accused after ques- that senior Trinamool Con- arrest of Raju Sahu as early of India and I am absolutely During his tour to the state, Krishna Chowdhury, Akash Investigation revealed brought to the city in transit tioning Chintu De on whose gress leaders including MP as possible. glad to be here — in this glori- the President will also visit the ous state and this lovely city... I headquarters of Ramakrishna FOR CASUAL/CONTRACTUAL STAFF am not a stranger to Bengal. I Math and Mission at Belur to Air India have been visiting the state and pay his respect to Ramakrishna ABT man Umar Farrukh arrested have been coming to Kolkata Paramahansa and Swami Vive- starts direct for decades now. I would say I kananda. Kovind will also be Govt to give Rs 2 lakh have long been an admirer of visiting Jagadish Chandra Bose flight from Bengal, its culture and its heri- Institute that is “celebrating its from Indo-Nepal border tage.” He stated that Gurudev centenary and renewing the to next-of-kin incase of Rabindranath Tagore, Mahari- learning of the scientist-scholar”. Kol-Varanasi OUR CORRESPONDENT on November 22. Monotosh De, an arms dealer, was also OUR CORRESPONDENT death before 60 years KOLKATA: The Special Task arrested on the same day. Later CPI(M) MLA praises Sadhan Force (STF) of the Kolkata police arrested Sahadat from KOLKATA: A direct flight has OUR CORRESPONDENT be mentioned that the state Police arrested another active Sealdah Station and came Pandey for prompt action been initiated by Air India con- government has taken many member of the Operation to know that he had helped necting Kolkata with Varanasi- KOLKATA: The Mamata other steps for the benefit of Group of Al-Qaeda’s Indian some of the ABT activists to KOLKATA: The state government has been lauded on Tuesday. Banerjee government has the casual workers in the past sub-continent network Ansar cross the border. From him, by a CPI(M) MLA for the prompt action being taken AI422, operated by a decided to give Rs 2 lakh to six years. Bangla Team (ABT), Umar the cops came to know about by its Self Help Group and Self Employment de- 122-seater Airbus 319 aircraft, next-of-kin of a casual or con- Meanwhile, the Bengal Farrukh, alias Mahi, alias The police came to know two other activists — Shopon will leave Netaji Subhas Chan- tractual employee of the state government has also decided Aftab, from Indo-Nepal bor- about Mahi, who is a Bangla- Biswas, alias Tamim and partment to address the issue raised by him. dra Bose International airport government in case of his or to give 15 days’ special Casual der on Tuesday evening. deshi national, from Sahadat Nayan Gazi (28), alias Zafor. In the Question and Answer Session in the state As- at 2.30 pm and reach Lal Baha- her death before attaining the Leave to all employees includ- Acting on a tip off, a team who had helped him enter Sahadat had helped sembly on Tuesday, the department’s minister Sad- dur Shastri International Air- age of 60. ing those of the GTA and gov- comprising STF officers con- India by crossing Indo-Ban- Tamim and Zafor to get shel- han Pandey was appreciated by Sujit Chakraborty, port in Varanasi at 3.30 pm on It may be mentioned that ernment-aided institutions ducted a raid in a village in the gladesh border. ter in a hotel near Howrah Sta- MLA from Barjora Assembly constituency. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays earlier “the casual or daily who had attended office dur- bordering area and arrested Investigation revealed that tion where they stayed during and Sundays respectively. The rates of contractual workers ing the bandh in the Hills that Mahi. he, along with a few other the first week of October. Chakraborty told the Assembly that he would like return flight, AI 421, would were entitled to an amount of continued for more than three Sources said that Mahi, ABT activists, had entered the Police went through the to thank Pandey as he had received a communiqué leave Varanasi at 12.10 pm and Rs 2 lakh as one-time bene- months. who is involved in killing of country through the border- CCTV footages of the hotel from the concerned BDO informing him about a arrive in Kolkata at 1.20 pm. fit on account of cessation of The Chief Minister had bloggers, had a plan to escape ing Gachha village at Basirhat and other documents which meeting of Project Implementation Committee Varanasi, on the banks of engagement on attaining the earlier made the announce- to Nepal to avoid arrest. in North 24-Parganas. They revealed that Mahi had also the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, is age of 60 years”. ment and recently the order He chalked out a plan to had also stayed in a village for been staying at the same hotel. in his area for Swami Vivekananda Swanirbhar a religious hub with consider- The state government had has been passed regarding the escape through Nepal know- a few days before spreading Police had initiated an Karmasansthan Prakalpa. It was on November 21 able flow of tourists to the holy been carefully considering to same. ing that vigil along the Indo- out to different parts of the intensive search for Tamim, when the MLA informed him that he had not been shrines thronging the city and give the benefit to family of The teaching and non- Bangladesh border has been country. It may be mentioned Zafor and Mahi. A police offi- receiving info about such meetings for the past one the Buddhist centre at nearby such workers who die before teaching employees of the intensified and there were high that the police had arrested cer said Mahi could be aware year. On the same day, around 4.25 pm he received Sarnath. It is one of the rich- attaining the age of 60 years. government aided schools and chances of getting arrested if Samsad Mia (26), alias Tan- about the whereabouts of the est repositories of Buddhist Finally, the state govern- colleges in the Hills who will he would have tried to flee to vir and Riyaz (25), alias Riya- two others which would help a communiqué about the next meeting, asking him antiquities from the times of ment has taken the decision attend duty and take classes Bangladesh. zul Islam from Kolkata Station in the arrest of the other two. to attend the same. MPOST Emperor Ashoka. Varanasi is and the casual workers’ fam- during winter vacation will an important centre for handi- ily will now be getting the ben- also get their withheld sala- craft — famous for its muslin efit if the person dies before ries for the period when the and silk fabrics, carpets, per- attaining 69 years. It may indefinite strike was on. fumes and sculpture. Famous State govt to use data analytics to strengthen ‘Safe Drive Save Life’ temples, forts and palaces make it a tourists’ paradise. Varanasi Ex-AIFF president Dasmunsi SOUMITRA NANDI has already done GIS map- areas in the city. We are col- is a centre of cultural activities ping and have marked acci- lating these data to identify and education, with one of the remembered by Mohun Bagan KOLKATA: The state govern- dent prone areas in New Town. the reasons for such situations most reputed centres of aca- ment is planning to use data “We have already taken and accordingly offer a solu- demics — the Benaras Hindu KOLKATA: A condolence meeting for former All analytics in an effective manner some measures to curb acci- tion to the Kolkata Police. KP University — and other reputed to strengthen “Safe Drive Save dents at such spots but we have provided with video evi- institutes adorning the city. Air India Football Federation (AIFF) president and Con- Life” campaign initiative that believe that by analytics we can dences and we have studied on India also connects Varanasi gress party leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi was held was launched by Chief Minister make real time interventions,” our own at some other places,” with Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, at the Mohun Bagan club on Tuesday. Dasmunsi Mamata Banerjee in July 2016. he maintained. said Sudeshna Mitra of the Khajuraho and Colombo. died on November 20. He was in coma since 2008. “It will be really fruitful if The government and the Civil Engineering department Air India has been spread- Former Indian football stars like Chuni Goswami, we can use data analysis to save traffic wing of Bidhannagar at IIT Kharagpur, who is work- ing its wings to expand its lives on city roads. Predicting City Police together have ing on the component of pre- domestic network in sync with Subrata Bhattacharya, Prasanta Banerjee, Biswajit accidents is not an impossible put up additional traffic sig- dicting accidents. its Connect India mission. Bhattacharya, Compton Dutta, Prasun Banerjee and proposition with data analyt- nals, increased police pres- Mitra added that they have The airline has also been Gautam Sarkar were present on the occasion. For- ics,” additional Chief Secre- ence, enhanced the lighting found in some areas pedes- bringing more international mer Mohun Bagan president Swapan Sadhan Bose tary Information Technology arrangement for better visi- session was held with an IBM department at IIT Kharagpur trians have to wait at traffic destinations in the air-map was also present. Dasmunsi’s membership card Department Debashis Sen said bility during nights and done team to pinpoint the use of cut- said they are already working signals for a long time while with non-stop direct connec- on the sidelines of an interna- road markings. It may be men- ting edge technology to help a on a model project to predict crossing the road and as a tivity with its Dreamliner B787 with the club was handed over to his son, Priyadip. “I tional workshop on Big Data tioned that roads in New Town man on the street where it was accidents on city roads to bring result they often lose patience aircraft. would like to see a tournament named after Priyada. for Better Governance organ- do not have speed breakers. In discussed that by using analyt- down the number of accidents. and cross the road in a hurry. The flight between Kolk- It would be better if the goal scorer of that particu- ised jointly by IIT Kharagpur some cases, the government ics on CCTV, accidents/colli- “We have gathered a com- Also, people hardly use Zebra ata and Varanasi fulfils a long- lar tournament also gets a prize named after him,” and British Deputy High Com- is changing road geometry to sions can be avoided. prehensive data of the conflict crossing because of its location. standing demand for a direct mission in Kolkata on Tuesday. curb accidents. Bhargab Moitra, profes- points for vehicles and also “These factors are being taken Subrata Bhattacharya said. AGENCIES air-link by Air India. Sen said the government Recently, a brainstorming sor at the Civil Engineering identified the accident prone into account,” she added. IN PROTEST Narada sting case: Mayor’s 42nd Int’l Kolkata Book Fair gets new wife visits ED office

venue: Salt Lake’s Central Park KOLKATA: Ratna Chatterjee, wife of Mayor Sovan Chatterjee, went to the office of the Enforcement OUR CORRESPONDENT tioned that within the third week of December the entire area will Directorate (ED) in connection with Narada sting op- KOLKATA: With renovation get a facelift. eration on Tuesday. Chatterjee, who was at the ED’s work going on at Milan Mela The focal theme of the forth- office for around six hours, said she has answered Complex, the 42nd International coming International Kolkata all the questions of the investigating officers. She Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) 2018 Book Fair will be France which added that she would continue to co-operate with will be held at the Central Park is considered to be Europe’s cul- in Salt Lake from January 31 to tural centre. This will be France’s the investigating agency to help in the probe and February 11. third appearance as the theme will visit again if the investigating officers wanted The Publishers and Booksell- of IKBF. to know anything more. It may be mentioned that ers Guild (PBG) which organises This year, on the occasion of Chatterjee had always been co-operating with the the International Kolkata Book the 70th year of Indo-France dip- central investigating agency. OUR CORRESPONDENT Fair announced the change of lomatic relationship, the cultural venue during a press conference 12 pm and continue till 8 pm. edition of Kolkata Book Fair can wing of the French Embassy is at the Bengal Chamber of Com- Publishers from various parts be organised at Salt Lake Central organising the “Bonjour India merce and Industry on Tuesday. of the country and abroad will Park. Chatterjee also expressed Festival” in the selected cities of Chief Minister Mamata put up their stalls. However, the his gratitude to the state Urban the country. The festival will start Banerjee is expected to inaugu- number of stalls will be little Development minister Firhad in Jaipur but the closing cere- rate the Book Fair on January 30 less compared to the previous Hakim and the Bidhannagar mony will be held at the 42nd but it will be thrown open for the year, organisers said. According Mayor for extending all sorts of IKBF. On this occasion, Damien A notice regarding the suspension of work for 15 minutes public from January 31. Tridib to them, there were around 750 co-operation to put in place ade- SYED Consul General of France by the employees of a cinema hall is pasted on the poster Chatterjee, general secretary of stalls in the fair last year. quate infrastructure at the venue. in Kolkata said: “We are delighted of the movie ‘Padmavati’ at a cineplex in Kolkata on the Publishers and Booksellers Chatterjee also added that the Speaking at the press con- that France is the focus country Tuesday. The work was suspended to condemn the various Guild said they are indebted to Milan Mela complex is going to ference, Chatterjee said the at the Kolkata International Book protests and campaign against the movie in some parts of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee be renovated thoroughly and it Central Park might be slightly Fair this year, and we are proud the country. Actor Indrani Halder, who was shooting for for helping them find an alter- would come up as a new inter- smaller compared to the Milan to offer the Experience, Bonjour a tv serial, said: “We stopped work at 12 noon and every native place for oraganising the national fair complex as concep- Mela ground but there is ade- India’s immersive showcase of the person of our unit came out to the compound” PTI world’s largest attended book fair. tualised by the Chief Minister. quate infrastructure available to Indo-French relationship, at the The book fair will open from She also suggested that the next organise the event. He also men- heart of this participation.” 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 Mentally State Assembly passes Biswa unstable woman Banyapran Sathi launched to goes missing from Bangla Biswabidyalay Bill NRS Hospital OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT support wildlife conservation KOLKATA: The Biswa Bangla Biswa- KOLKATA: An 82-year-old SOUMITRA NANDI importance of wildlife conserva- bidyalay Bill 2017 was passed at the state mentally-challenged woman tion,” Barman added. Assembly on Tuesday. who was admitted to the NRS KOLKATA: In a unique bid to The programme is open only While placing the Bill at the state Medical College and Hospital a garner public support for wild- to residents of Bengal over the age Assembly, state Education minister Par- few days ago was found missing life conservation, the state Forest of 18 and they will have to bear the tha Chatterjee said: “The government on Tuesday. department has launched Ban- expenses for participation. Selected has been considering to establish a gen- The incident has raised yapran Sathi project that offers candidates will have to pay a fee eral state-aided university in Bolpur questions on security aspect of wildlife enthusiasts to venture of Rs 15,000 for two years and in Birbhum district in the memory of the hospital. It was learnt that into the core areas of the forests, undergo orientation training and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the victim, Subala Mondal (82), especially in North Bengal and medical examination. with the view to explore and enrich the is a resident of New Town. the Sunderbans and have a real- The next itinenary will be on study of Rabindra literature and also to Partha Chatterjee Police found her roaming life experience on how to deal with December 4 in which enthusiasts bring academic excellence in the field of aimlessly on the streets of New the animals. will venture into the Sunderbans literature studies.” Responding to the protests by the Town on Sunday night. She The initiative was kicked off in on a four or five day trip. “As many According to the Bill placed by Opposition Left Front and Congress was initially unable to recall North Bengal on Sunday in which as nine people have already paid Chatterjee, the university will have all members while tabling the Bill, Chat- her address and was also ill 13 persons will be allowed to spend for the trip including two women branches of studies including Indology, terjee said it was surprising to see them when the cops rescued her. nights in as many as six core areas in and we are hopeful that there will Indian Philosophy, Indian Languages, objecting to the use of the word Biswa the forests of Jaldapara and Goru- be two or three more,” a senior offi- Indian Literature, Comparative Litera- Bangla. He reiterated that the name has When her family mara and Buxa in North Bengal. cial of the Forest department said. ture, Rabindra Literature, Humanities, got nothing to do with the `Biswa Ban- “They will stay along with the two of our officials who are experts Bengal forest and the same number Participants in this unique Science and Cognitive Science, in a sys- gla’ logo. “Now, they are opposing the members came to forest guards in camps and will in handling wild animals. of such areas in the Sunderbans — adventure will not be allowed to tematic manner so that the benefits of words Biswa Bangla, later they might the hospital to see have their own experience on how The programme was announced the home for Royal Bengal Tigers. carry video cameras. However, general education reach everywhere. oppose the usage of Biswa or Bangla,” the latter keeps a guard in the for- some months back at the website “Wildlife conservation cannot mobile cameras will be allowed. The university will be government- he said. the victim they est. They have been provided a day- of the Forest department and till be done in isolation. We need to A Forest department official aided affiliated university with a unitary The minister mentioned that the found that her bed long training on how they would date the department has received involve nature enthusiasts to under- said it is hard work and one has to character. “Our primary objective is to state is now having 20 state-run and behave if they come close to an ele- as many as 128 applications on stand nature, protect and conserve adapt to extreme and unpredict- create a Centre of Excellence in the field nine private universities. was empty phant or a leopard or a deer during the basis of which 47 people have and create awareness. They will able weather, live with bare neces- of literature, cultural and social stud- The LF and Congress members their adventure,” state Forest min- already been selected. They will be share their experiences in public sities, get used to rationed meals at ies in undergraduate and post graduate wanted the Bill to be referred to the They immediately rushed her ister Binay Krishna Barman said. taken in small groups of 10-15 in domain through writings and posts stipulated times along with other level having employability potential,” the selected committee which was declined to Bidhannagar Hospital and The team is accompanied by six earmarked core areas of North and people will have an idea on the challenges. minister said. by Speaker Biman Banerjee. later shifted her to NRS Medi- cal College and Hospital for better treatment on Monday. The nursing staff of the On mere suspicion of being a thief, Kolkata port aims to reduce turnaround time for ships ward she was admitted to found that the woman was missing on OUR CORRESPONDENT the huge pieces of land it owns in Kolkata, Tuesday morning. After com- mob lynches 40-yr-old to death Haldia, Budge Budge and Howrah, KoPT ing to know about her address, KOLKATA: The Kolkata Port Trust will soon put 20 plots on long-term lease the police went to her house (KoPT) is making efforts to reduce the for commercial establishments, hospital- and informed the matter to OUR CORRESPONDENT a few months ago. On Mon- He was immediately rushed turnaround time of ships to three-and-a- ity sector etc. For these 20 parcels the size her family members. When day night, he gathered at Kuruk to a private hospital in Bolpur half days to make it lucrative for traders, of land is around 50 to 60 acre. In the next her family members came to KOLKATA: A 40-year-old Danga area with an intention of where he succumbed to his an official said on Tuesday. phase 70 odd land parcels will be rented the hospital to see the victim man was lynched to death by stealing. He was roaming in the injuries later on. “Currently, the turnaround time is out and the KoPT hopes to earn a revenue they found that her bed was a mob on mere suspicion of area when some of the locals Police said that the vic- about four days, which is not healthy for of Rs 80 to 90 crore from these 90 parcels. empty. They waited at the ward being a thief. caught him. Before listening to tim died of excessive bleeding. trade as it adds to the cost. Our effort is to KoPT owns nearly 4,000 acres of land for quite some time with a hope The incident triggered ten- what he wanted to say, an irate Cops have started a detailed reduce this time by increasing operational in Kolkata, including the port facilities at that the elderly woman might sion among the locals at Kuruk mob pounced on him. probe into the incident. efficiency. We look to bring the turnaround Netaji Subhas and Kidderpore docks. return. But it did not happen. Danga area of Ilambazar in The local people, however, A senior police officer of the time down to three-and-a-half days to In the middle of November, KoPT had They later informed the matter Birbhum. The victim has been alleged that he had assembled district said that steps might be begin with,” KoPT Chairman Vinit Kumar organised a trade meet with its existing to the hospital authorities who identified as Seikh Enamul (40) there to steal. taken against those who will be said on the sidelines of an interactive ses- and interested lessees and licencees where in turn asked the staff mem- who was a resident of Jagdalpur The victim was seriously found to have spearheaded the sion organised by the Merchants’ Chamber KoPT Chairman Vinit Kumar (left) there was participation from as many as bers to carry out an intensive village under Ilambazar police injured in the incident. After incident. of Commerce here. 150 companies. KoPT is also planning to search at various wards of the station. being informed, the police The family members of the He said reducing the turnaround time a smart look so that they can be used for foray into real estate business by leasing out hospital. But their effort turned The villagers alleged that reached the spot and rescued victim alleged that this could be would make the port more lucrative. tourism purpose. land. They had already done their home- futile. Her family members also Enamul had committed a theft the victim. a preplanned murder. KoPT has also decided to outsource “We will adopt PPP model in this ven- work on the land parcels that have good lodged a complaint at the local two of its jetties at Outram Ghat and Prin- ture and the company will be selected potential. “We are getting Rs 250 crore per police station. cep Ghat to boost the movement of inland through proper tendering process,” KoPT annum by leasing out land for various pur- Gopal Mondal, son of the Soumitra Chatterjee to get French honour transport. The jetties will be developed chairman Vinit Kumar said. poses and we want to increase it,” a senior victim, who visited the hospi- by a third party and renovated to give it In a bid to generate more revenue from Port official said. tal raised questions as to how during Kolkata Book Fair could a mentally-challenged FRESH START KIDNEY RACKET patient go missing from the KOLKATA: Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee would be handed over France’s ward unnoticed. He also asked what the security staff were highest civilian award Legion of Honour during the 42nd edition of the Interna- doing during that time when tional Kolkata Book Fair in January next year. France, which would also be the Kolkata Police to she disappeared. focal theme of this edition of the world’s most attended book fair, is planning to On the basis of specific present the award to the octogenarian actor on the inaugural day of the event in complaint, the police have the presence of its Minister of Culture Francoise Nyssen, a senior French official started a probe. scan CCTV footages The hospital authorities said on Tuesday. “Soumitra Chatterjee is not just an actor, he is a legend. The also assured that they would award was announced in June. But we waited for the perfect occasion to hand look into the matter and take him the award. The book fair seems to be a perfect backdrop as our Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT Cops also came action against those who are of Culture would also be present in the city at that time,” Damien Syed, Consul found guilty. KOLKATA: Kolkata Police to know that the General of France in Kolkata, said. AGENCIES would go through the footages market price of a of the surveillance cameras of a kidney is around millenniumpost.in 26-year-old found private hospital on EM Bypass in connection with the recent Rs 10L but the hanging inside kidney racket incident. A communiqué has been accused got Rs 4L abandoned shop sent to the hospital seeking is now available in everypart of Bengal CCTV footages which will help police that Teherun along with KOLKATA: Mystery shrouds the cops in their investigation if the couple were going to a pri- SL DISTRICT Centre Name Agent Name Contact No the death of a 26-year-old boy the accused, who have already vate hospital to sell kidneys and NO NAME whose body was found hang- been arrested, were actually they were supposed to get Rs ing from the ceiling inside an visiting the hospital. 3-4 lakh for one kidney. 1 East Midnapore TAMLUK N.C.Bera 7501493175 abandoned shop. In the interrogation, the The cops also came to know HALDIA Ayesha 9474306356 The incident took place accused told the investors that that the market price of a kid- Begum,Ranichak in Aldarput area under Jun- they used to visit the hospital ney is around Rs 10 lakh but DIGHA Kamal Lochan Panda 8906868884 put Coastal police station in to sell kidney. It may be men- the accused used to get Rs 4 Contai. The victim identified tioned here that the police on lakh. Police suspect that Asfaq, 2 West Midnapore MIDNAPORE Balaram Pandit 9932708271 as Priyaranjan Giri (26) was Monday arrested four persons who is a broker, used to get the 3 Jhargram JHARGRAM Champa Maity 9547230220 found hanging inside the shop. Chinese artistes perform Lion Dance during inauguration of for their alleged involvement in remaining amount. The cops 4 North 24 - Parganas BARASAT/NILGUNJ B N Kundu 9836333630 There were multiple injuries India’s Confucius Classroom at the school of Chinese Language operating a kidney racket from will examine the CCTV foot- on his body. in Kolkata’s China Town on Tuesday PTI the city. In the face of interro- ages to ascertain if Asfaq used BARRACKPORE Biswajit Ghosh 9830830798 The incident triggered gation, the accused told the to visit the hospital in actual. BASIRHAT Uttam Biswas 9474574927 tension in the locality after 5 Bardhaman BURDWAN Kamal Mukherjee 9332192230 some people spotted the body 6 West Bardhman ASANSOL Hiralal Sen 9933662126 inside the abandoned shop. Dengue-affected Snehasish Ganguly’s platelet count falls They informed the matter to DURGAPUR WARIA Joy prakash Ray 9563601176 / the local police station. Police 7864818860 reached the spot and recov- KOLKATA: The health condi- condition as “stable”, a senior NIRSHA Gopal Chatterjee 9386695330 ered the body. The circumstan- tion of dengue-affected Sneha- official of a city hospital said: ‘The platelet count of Snehasish has tial evidences suggest that the sish Ganguly, the elder brother “His temperature was recorded BARAKAR Jai Bhagwan Singh 9334652173 reduced to 20,000 on Tuesday. We are victim was murdered. It also of former Indian cricket team at around 99 degrees (Fahren- 7 Murshidabad BAHARAMPUR COURT Dipak Choudhury 9851612424 seems that a scuffle broke out captain and Cricket Associa- heit) and he did not complain monitoring his health condition’ 8 Nadia KALYANI / Dey News Agency 9830609355 between the victim and the tion of Bengal (CAB) president of any body ache. But his con- KANCHRAPARA assailants as there were nail Sourav Ganguly, remained “a dition is a matter of concern monitoring his health condi- But all these are normal clini- marks on some parts of his matter of concern” on Tuesday for us.” tion and trying to give him the cal conditions in dengue cases. 9 Howrah HOWRAH CENTRE Manik Lal Bag 9883393201 body. Locals alleged that the after his platelet count plum- Snehasish was admitted requisite medicine to arrest the There is nothing to worry about /9732243933 miscreants might have killed meted to 20,000. to a private hospital here on fall of platelet count,” the offi- the patient.” 10 Purulia PURULIA D.C.Nag 9434130550 the victim and then hanged his The normal platelet count Wednesday after he tested posi- cial said. Virologist Amitabha The KMC had sent a notice 11 Jalpaiguri SILIGURI Toton Saha 9832046238 body so that it appears to be a for a healthy adult is 1.5-4.5 tive for dengue. Nandy, who is treating Sneha- to the Ganguly residence in case of suicide. They found the lakh per microlitre of blood. “The platelet count of Sne- sish, said, “He has a mild fever. Behala after spotting larvae of 12 Hooghly CHINSURAH / CHAN- B.Singh 9883108806 victim in the area at around 10 Describing the former hasish Ganguly has reduced His liver has also been affected dengue mosquitoes during an DAN NAGAR pm on Monday. MPOST Bengal Ranji cricketer’s health to 20,000 this evening. We are and he has developed ascites. inspection. AGENCIES 13 Birbhum SHANTINIKETAN Anita Shaw 9232162151 14 Darjeeling DARJEELING Bitta Newspaper 9434131515 Agency Singapore Defence Minister flies in LCA at Kalaikunda 15 Cooch Behar COOCH BEHAR Jayanta Das 9434217084 16 Alipurduar ALIPURDUAR Bablu Saha 9733166169 KOLKATA: Singapore Defence Minis- ment Agency, Air Vice Marshal A P PTI 17 Kalimpong KALIMPONG Sandeep Jain 9832016738 ter Ng Eng Hen on Tuesday flew a sor- Singh was the pilot who flew the vis- tie in the trainer version of the Light iting dignitary in the LCA, a Defence 18 Uttar Dinajpur RAIGUNJ Pradyut Karmakar 9434384154 Combat Aircraft at the Indian Air Force Ministry spokesman said. 19 Dakshin Dinajpur BALURGHAT Sujan das 8670582892 base at Kalaikunda in West Bengal, and Hen also met and interacted with 20 Malda MALDA TOWN Ashim Kr.Sarkar 7797919580 called it a “very good plane”. the Detachment Commander and other Others District List “Privileged to be flown on the Tejas, officers and men of the Republic of Sin- India’s own designed and manufactured gapore Air Force (RSAF), who are pres- 21 Jharkhand RANCHI Birendra Nath Singh 9431929279 / fighter aircraft. A very good plane,” the ently at Kalaikunda undergoing their 8409298763 Singapore minister said in a tweet. routine annual training. TATA NAGAR Surender Singh 9835170495 Hen, on a day’s visit to Kalaikunda, The Joint Military Training is sched- DHANBAD S.K.Pandey 8409984151 was received at the air base by Eastern uled to start in a few days at Kalai- Hen praised the professionalism of the Khosla said Joint Military Training Air Command chief, Air Marshal Anil kunda wherein the RSAF pilots would IAF and expressed satisfaction with provided a unique platform for mutual 22 Bihar PATNA Nandalal Yadav 7765012713 Khosla. The Project Director for Flight fly their F-16s and their IAF counter- the military cooperation between the learning and exchange of ideas between Testing at the Aeronautical Develop- parts, the Su-30. Speaking to the media, two countries. two professional Air Forces. AGENCIES 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 mp nation JAY SHAH CASE EC says not enough VVPATs to hold Guj HC rejects The Wire’s plea simultaneous by-elections in WB SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE

NEW DELHI: Shortage of VVPATs has forced the Elec- against lower court gag order tion Commission not to hold simultaneous by-elections for OUR CORRESPONDENT “The trial court is directed over the article which claimed two Assembly seats and one to finally decide the injunction that his firm’s turnover rose Lok Sabha seat in West Ben- AHMEDABAD: The Guja- within 30 days from today, 16,000 times in one year after gal, the autonomous consti- rat High Court on Tuesday after hearing both the sides,” the NDA came to power. tutional authority clarified to rejected a petition by ‘The the high court said. The company, according to Trinamool Congress (TMC) Wire’ challenging a gag order The HC also said that if the article, saw a huge rise in its on Monday. passed by a lower court in a any of the parties is aggrieved turnover after the BJP came to After a delegation of the civil defamation case filed by by the final order that may be power in 2014, and its revenue ruling party in West Bengal BJP chief Amit Shah’s son Jay passed by the trial court on the rose from Rs 50,000 to over Rs met the EC, TMC Rajya Sabha Shah over an article published injunction application, it would 80 crore in a year. MP Derek O’Brien informed, by the news portal. be open to him to challenge it It triggered a political fire- “The Election Commission of due to the resignation of Manas The TMC delegation also Justice Paresh Upadhyay before an appropriate forum in storm, with the Congress India categorically informed Bhunia, MLA from Sabong, on submitted a memorandum to asked the petitioners, including accordance with law. demanding an inquiry into the us that the VVPATs are not July 24 this year and the death EC – mentioning, “In the fit- the author of the article Rohini The petitioners had sought matter, while the BJP termed it available in sufficient number of Noapara MLA Madhusudan ness of the situation, all these Singh and founding editors of that the interim order of the as “slanderous”. to hold simultaneous by-elec- Ghosh on August 18. Sultan three casual vacancies are the news portal, to move the trial court be quashed and set Jay Shah also filed a crimi- tions in Sabong and Noapara Ahmed, who represented Ulu- required to be filled in simul- trial court to challenge the gag aside as it was passed without nal defamation suit against the Assembly seats and Uluberia beria Lok Sabha seat died on taneously to allow the elector- order. issuing notices to the defen- publishing, broadcasting or has not given any justification author of the article Rohini Lok Sabha seat.” September 4 this year. ate of those constituencies elect The HC also directed the dants, and claimed the facts did printing “in any manner” pro- for the plea. Singh, founding editors of the Reportedly, only 2,500 The Election Commis- their representatives and the trial court to decide the matter not warrant an ex-parte order. grammes in any language on The petition was filed chal- news portal Siddharth Varada- VVPATs are needed to hold sion has already announced sooner it is done it would not within 30 days. They submitted that the the basis of the article pub- lenging the injunction ordered rajan, Siddharth Bhatia and the elections simultaneously. the schedule for by-elec- only be better for them, but “These appeals arising trial court had not considered lished by the website about Jay by a civil court on October 12 M K Venu, managing editor Talking to media persons here tions for two Assembly seats also conform to the practiced from an ex-parte ad-interim any of the “parameters like Shah “directly or indirectly” till on the story carried by The Monobina Gupta, public edi- on Tuesday, the TMC senior in Arunachal Pradesh, one in conventions.” impugned order of the trial prima facie case, balance of the defamation suit has been Wire titled ‘The Golden Touch tor Pamela Philipose and the leader also added, “On the one Uttar Pradesh and one in Tamil The delegation further court are not entertained. It convenience, irreparable loss” disposed of. Jay Shah had sub- of Jay Amit Shah’. Foundation for Independent hand, the Prime Minister Nar- Nadu. referred to the vacancy caused would be open to the defen- before passing the order and mitted before the high court The lower court had issued Journalism. endra Modi is talking about TMC had also alleged that by the demise of E Ahmed, MP dants to file their counter to hence, it was unsustainable. that the appeal against the ex- the order against the news por- In his suit, he termed the simultaneous elections, and on the EC was being biased, but of Malappuram parliamentary the suit, or at least to the appli- An Ahmedabad court had parte interim order was not tal in response to a civil defa- article as “scandalous, frivo- the other hand Election Com- the Election Commission constituency on February 1 cation for interim injunction last month issued an ex-parte maintainable and deserves to mation suit of Rs 100 crore filed lous, misleading, derogatory, mission doesn’t have sufficient rubbished the charges and 2017, which was filled within before the trial court, if they so injunction against the news be dismissed. by Jay Shah against the report- libellous and consisting of sev- infrastructure.” asserted that it is operating 70 days through a by-election choose,” the court said. portal, prohibiting it from He also said the applicant ers, editors and the company eral defamatory statements.” The vacancies were caused independently. on April 20. Ajay Kumar is new Defence Boy commits Govt, corporate sector Two more MPs desert Dhinakaran, suicide, family Production secretary blames teacher to work in tandem for OUR CORRESPONDENT join TN CM Palaniswami’s camp Upendra Prasad Singh has been appointed as Secretary, COIMBATORE: A 17-year- NEW DELHI: In a major Ministry of Water Resources, OUR CORRESPONDENT old boy allegedly commit- wastewater management secretary-level bureaucratic River Development and Ganga ted suicide in his house near reshuffle, the Appointments Rejuvenation. He is at present CHENNAI: In a further set- here, due to ‘harassment’ by OUR CORRESPONDENT try. There is a huge scope for Committee of the Cabinet, Additional Secretary in the back to sidelined AIADMK his school teacher over poor wastewater to be treated and which is headed by Prime same ministry. leader T T V Dhinakaran, two academic performance, police NEW DELHI: There is great used for agriculture,” Par- Minister Narendra Modi, Senior bureaucrat Apurva Lok Sabha MPs representing said on Tuesday. potential for the corporate meshwaran Iyer, secretary in approved the appointment of Chandra will be Additional Vellore and Dindigul constitu- The family of the class 12 sector and the government to drinking water and sanitation Senior bureaucrat Ajay Kumar Secretary and Director General encies in Tamil Nadu on Tues- student has alleged harassment work together in wastewater ministry, said at the conclave. as secretary in Department of (acquisition) in Defence Minis- day joined the ruling camp. by his school teacher. management, senior officials The private sector can help Defence Production. Kumar, a try. Chandra is at present Addi- The duo joined the main- The victim was said to be said here. by bringing in necessary exper- 1985-batch IAS officer of Ker- tional Secretary in Department stream ruling camp, a day after upset after being allegedly Lamenting that wastewa- tise for recycling water, they ala cadre, is at present addi- of Defence Production. three Rajya Sabha MPs joined abused by the teacher, over his ter management in India has said. tional secretary in Ministry GC Murmu, Additional hands with Chief Minister K poor academic performance been “very inefficient”, secre- “In India, we can recycle 40 of Electronics and Informa- Secretary in Department of Palaniswami and his deputy O and not trimming his hair, they taries of ministries of drink- billion litres of wastewater we tion Technology. He has been Financial Services, has been Panneerselvam faction. said adding the boy hanged ing water and sanitation and get every day. The private sec- appointed to the post with moved to the revenue depart- Vellore MP, B Senguttuvan himself in his house near Karu- water resources emphasised on tor can bring in their expertise effect from December 1, an ment in the same capacity, the and Dindigul MP, M Udhaya- mathampatti last night, police the role of industry in “institu- and work with the government order issued by the personnel order said. He is a 1985-batch kumar called on Palaniswami said. A case under IPC section tionalizing” the use of recycled on the project to recycle this ministry said. IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. at his residence here and anand, had told him that they back in his faction),” Dhina- 306 (abetting suicide) was reg- water as part of conservation wastewater,” Amarjit Singh, Raghvendra Singh has been The ACC has approved expressed their support to the would be back in his team if a karan said. istered against the teacher and efforts. They were speaking secretary, Ministry of Water appointed as new Secretary in extension in the tenure of RK ruling camp, a party release “stay” was obtained from court The rival leader said he further investigations are on, at the third edition of India Resources, said. the Ministry of Culture. Singh, Jain, as Member, National said here. Senguttuvan cited to the Election Commission would meet his aunt V K they said, adding that educa- Industry Water conclave organ- Delving into the priorities a 1983-bacth IAS officer of Disaster Management Author- the Election Commission order allotting the symbol to Sasikala in Bengaluru prison tion department officials are ised by industry body FICCI. of FICCI Water Mission, its West Bengal cadre, was Direc- ity (NDMA), for a period of order,allotting the two leaves the ruling faction. tomorrow and announce the probing into the incident. “The prime minister has chairman Naina Lal Kidwaisaid tor General, National Archives one year up to November 30, symbol to the EPS-OPS camp Speaking to reporters in candidate for R K Nagar bypoll Four girl students of a gov- put water very squarely on the that FICCI will try to bring the as Secretary. 2018, the order said. MM Kutty, and said their decision to Tiruchirappalli, he said he had after the meeting. ernment school in Vellore agenda. The role of the pri- industry linkage on the water According to the DoPT the 1985-batch IAS officer of extend support was a natural asked them to stay put in the Yesterday, the Rajya Sabha district had on November 24 vate sector is very important. in its dialogue with govern- order, Pritam Singh, additional UT cadre, has been moved to outcome. establishment camp. MPs had said here that they committed suicide by jumping There is a huge potential for ment and other stakeholders to secretary in Corporate Affairs Finance Ministry as Additional Earlier in the day, rival “They (MPs) have gone chose to align with the ruling into a well after being allegedly us to work together in waste- create a growing understanding Ministry, will be Director Gen- Secretary. Kutty is at present leader Dhinakaran claimed there fearing that they may face camp as it had the official two- chided by their teachers for not water management, which is of the water risks to the indus- eral, National Archives. Delhi’s Chief Secretary. that MPs, including Vijila Saty- disqualification (if they stayed leaves symbol. being attentive in class. MPOST very inefficient in our coun- try and society. EC names 3 Robbed man walks 90 km to return home Maha: New law for elevators, expenditure OUR CORRESPONDENT SP of North Garo Hills district Jebil and Kalmen from Guwa- but agreed to store them. Dur- Jerry Marak said. hati station to the market dur- ing their way to the store, Jebil escalators, moving walkways observers for RK TURA: A vegetable vendor, However, Jebil’s friend, ing the day but did not accept and his friend were offered the who was missing since Friday, who had accompanied him the fare then. spiked soft drink, his family Nagar by-poll has returned home covering 90 to Assam from their Lower He had said he would members said. OUR CORRESPONDENT insurance mandatory, so that 2017’ also provides for fixing km on foot along railway track Beomedang village, is still return in the evening, help When he woke up at New in the case of a mishap, injured the life of an elevator so as to OUR CORRESPONDENT from New Bongaigaon station traceless. them sell off the remaining veg- Bongaigaon station, he found MUMBAI: The Maharashtra persons can get compensation. curb accidents. in Assam after allegedly being The acting SP said Kalmen’s etables, take them back to the his money and mobile phone cabinet on Tuesday approved An official in the state Moreover, the new law CHENNAI: The Election drugged and robbed. mobile phone was last traced at station and take the fare, Jebil’s were missing and his friend a proposal to scrap the exist- Energy Department said the will be linked to the stan- Commission on Tuesday Jebil Sangma kept on walk- Guwahati and efforts are on to family members said. Kalmen was nowhere to be ing Maharashtra Elevators 1939 Act covered only eleva- dards updated by the Bureau named three officials as the ing for three days, fed on left- find him. When the rickshaw puller seen. Act, 1939 and bring a new law tors (lifts) and not escalators of Indian Standards (BIS) to expenditure observers for the overs from dustbins at various Jebil told his family that he returned in the evening, there Jebil had tried to take a bus which will also regulate esca- and moving walkways which ensure that technological stan- December 21 by-election to stations and lost consciousness had been offered a spiked soft were some unsold vegeta- home but failed since he did lators and moving walkways. are common at shopping malls, dards are maintained in step the RK Nagar assembly con- after reaching his village. drink by a rickshaw puller and bles and he called up a friend not have any money. The legislation, expected to railway stations and many with the times. stituency here, represented by “Jebil Sangma returned he lost consciousness after hav- who was supposed to be a While he still managed to be tabled in the winter session other public places now. The new law will also deter- late chief minister Jayalalithaa home yesterday night. He is ing it at a market in Guwahati wholesaler. return home, Kalmen’s where- of the state legislature begin- The proposed `Maharash- mine the required strength and twice. very weak because of the tiring on Friday evening. However, the ‘wholesaler’ abouts are not yet known and ning from December 11, pro- tra Elevators, Escalators and standards for elevators depend- Kumar Pranav, Indian Rev- walk. He is in hospital,” acting The rickshaw puller took refused to buy the vegetables a police complaint was lodged. vides for making third-party Moving Walkways Legislation, ing upon the footfall. enue Service, Sheel Asheesh, Indian Railway Accounts Ser- vice, and TK Jagoria, Indian GES: IT employees in Hyderabad BJP dares Congress to reveal Defence Account Service, have Modi running away from discussion been appointed as the observ- ers, Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral told to work from home roadmap for Patidar reservation Officer(CEO), Rajesh Lakhoni, on failed promises, says Congress said. OUR CORRESPONDENT ing and auditing firm said. OUR CORRESPONDENT getting votes, then it must stop,” They have been asked The entire city is under a OUR CORRESPONDENT He claimed that Modi Prasad told reporters here. to report (for duty here) HYDERABAD: Some of the thick security blanket in view “hates truth, he often lies. He AHMEDABAD: Union min- “There are seven different on December 7, he said in a IT firms located at Madhapur of the visit of Ivanka Trump AHMEDABAD: Denounc- is loud, but not strong. If he was ister Ravi Shankar Prasad on judgements about reservation, release. here have asked their employ- and a number of VVIPs for the ing Prime Minister Narendra strong, he should have called Tuesday accused the Congress including the 1992 Indra Sawh- The bypoll has been neces- ees to work from home on three-day summit, being held Modi’s remarks that the Con- the winter session of Parlia- of misguiding the Patidar com- ney judgement, which clearly sitated by the death of Jayala- Tuesday and for the next two in India for the first time. gress was levelling baseless ment and faced questions”. munity over the issue of res- says that we can’t cross the 50 lithaa on December 5 last year. days keeping in view restric- Trump along with a busi- allegations against “the son of Sharma also said that on ervation and asked the party per cent cap,” the minister said. The EC last week tions put in place for the global ness delegation from her coun- Gujarat”, the opposition party Tuesday he sent a book to the to reveal the roadmap under The Supreme Court had announced the schedule for the summit being attended by US try landed at the Shamshabad on Tuesday said he was making prime minister, titled ‘Journey which it has promised a quota also made it clear that any law bypoll as per which voting will President Donald Trump’s airport in the wee hours on emotional statements to run of the Nation’, which details the to them over and above the 50 about reservation does not be held on December 21 and daughter and advisor Ivanka Tuesday. away from discussions on failed 125 years of history of the Con- per cent cap set by the Supreme become immune to judicial the counting on December 24. Trump. The Global Entrepre- A senior police official said promises. gress so that Modi could put Court. review just by putting it into DMK has already neurship Summit (GES), being as many as 10,000 security per- If he was strong, he should history in perspective. Prasad, while referring the 9th schedule of the Consti- announced its candidate while attended by over 1,500 dele- sonnel have been deployed to have called the winter session In response to Modi’s alle- to seven different Supreme tution, he said. the ruling AIADMK, headed by gates, will be inaugurated by keep vigil for the next three of Parliament and faced ques- gations that the Congress Court judgements, including a Last week, Patidar leader Chief Minister K Palaniswami Prime Minister Narendra Modi days. When contacted, Ranga tions, senior Congress leader insulted Sardar Vallabhbhai landmark judgement in 1992, Hardik Patel announced his and his deputy O Panneer- this evening. Pothula, president of the Anand Sharma said. Modi, during a rally in Patel, he said the ‘Iron Man’ alleged that the Congress’ res- support to the Congress for the selvam, is likely to name its As part of security arrange- Hyderabad Software Export- “Why cannot we challenge Gujarat on Monday attacked was among the country’s great ervation talk is “height of polit- upcoming Gujarat polls, stating nominee in a day or two. ments for the high-profile ers Association (Hysea) said the prime minister in Gujarat, the Congress, saying the oppo- leaders and freedom fighters. ical opportunism” aimed only that the party has promised to Sidelined AIADMK event, restrictions have been some of the companies in Mad- just because he is from Guja- sition party leaders were hurl- He was a Congress leader at getting Patidar votes dur- give reservation under Article leader TTV Dhinakaran has put in place with regard to hapur have issued advisories to rat?” Sharma sought to know. ing baseless allegations at the and the deputy prime minis- ing the next month’s Gujarat 31(C) of the Constitution, if announced he would contest movement of people and vehic- their employees allowing them “He (Modi) visits Uttar “son of Gujarat”. ter. “Both Pandit (Jawaharlal) Assembly polls. voted to power. the bypoll. Meanwhile, the city ular traffic in and around the to work from home. Pradesh and abuses (Sama- Sharma claimed that Modi Nehru and Sardar admired “Congress is now talking Hardik had said that res- police said security arrange- venue, the Hyderabad Inter- “There are heavy VIP move- jwadi Party leader) Akhilesh had “no tolerance and demo- each other,” he said. about reservation to Patidars. ervation formula given by the ments have been put in place in national Convention Centre ments involving security issues. Yadav, goes to Bihar and abuses cratic mindset”, which is why “When Modiji sets up the This is height of political Congress for his community the constituency in connection (HICC), at Madhapur, which There are traffic restrictions (RJD chief) Lalu Yadav, insults he said so. Statue of Unity, I would request opportunism. I want Congress will be over and above the with the bypoll. is an IT hub. around some of the places. So Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gan- “Your (Modi’s) big prom- him to put a copper plate with a to reveal their roadmap as to present 50 per cent quota and The arrangements included “We were asked to work some of the firms have issued dhi in Uttar Pradesh,” he alleged ises have turned out to be a lie letter from Sardar Patel, dated how they would breach the 50 opined that the 50 per cent cap 12 round-the-clock check- from home if we are unable advisories to their employees while talking to reporters. and you are running away from February 4, 1939, which he per cent cap set by the SC,” the set by the Supreme Court was posts with six of them being to come to office today and asking them work from home if “We are not insulting you discussions and only making wrote to RSS chief M S Gol- law minister said. just a “suggestion” and can be manned by the Swift Action tomorrow,” an employee work- they feel that they cannot come but should we also not ask any false emotional statements,” the walkar on Mahatma Gandhi’s “Is it a mere eyewash or breached if the sate govern- Group (SAG) personnel, a ing for a multinational consult- to office,” Pothula said. questions?” Sharma said. Congress leader charged. murder,” he said. cheating? If it is being done for ment wants. police release said. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 NDA govt believes in competitive Cong, BJP protest in Odisha Assembly on farmers’ issues cooperative federalism, says PM OUR CORRESPONDENT

BHUBANESWAR: The winter session of the Odisha Assem- PM Modi inaugurates bly began on a stormy note on Tuesday as members of the opposition Congress and BJP Hyderabad Metro Rail protested over farmers’ issues, leading to adjournment of the proceeding till Wednesday. As soon as the House made obituary references, Congress members rushed towards the Speaker’s podium and shouted slogans demanding a statement from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on crop loss and farm- ers’ suicide in the state. Wearing aprons bear- ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caricature and holding paddy straw, Congress MLAs demanded suspension of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses BJP workers on his arrival at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the Hyderabad Metro rail question hour and a debate on on Tuesday PTI project in Hyderabad on Tuesday PTI crop loss and other farmers’ issues through a motion. OUR CORRESPONDENT show any discrimination on “I offer my salutations to OUR CORRESPONDENT The trains would run from BJP members too rushed to the basis of politics,” Modi said. Sardar Patel, who merged the 6 am to 10 pm initially and the the well of the House and raised HYDERABAD: The NDA “Whichever party is in princely state of Hyderabad HYDERABAD: Prime Minis- timings would be rescheduled slogans against the state gov- government promotes “com- power in the state, we are a into the Indian Union from ter Narendra Modi on Tuesday to 5.30 am to 11 pm, depend- ernment for not being able to petitive cooperative federal- party committed to cooperative this ‘veer bhoomi’. My respects inaugurated the Hyderabad ing on the traffic and demand, protect the interest of farmers ism” without discriminating federalism. Our government is to those who sacrificed their Metro Rail and took a ride Telangana’s Information Tech- who have been suffering due to between states on the basis of promoting competitive coop- lives for the liberation of Telan- along with Telangana Chief nology Minister K T Rama drought, pest attack and unsea- the party in power, Prime Min- erative federalism,” he added. gana. Hyderabad is an amazing Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said last week. sonal rain. in paddy MSP. The BJD mem- singha Mishra of the Congress ister Narendra Modi said here The Centre, he added, city,” he said. Rao in its maiden run. He claimed that the Hyder- The BJP MLAs also held bers on Tuesday staged dharna said a motion was moved by his on Tuesday. would work shoulder-to-shoul- Modi affirmed that the BJP The first phase of the metro abad metro rail is the most damaged paddy crops. near Gandhiji statue protest- party to suspend the Question The Central government der in the state’s march towards was committed to the develop- rail project covers a 30-km innovative and largest such Unable to run the House ing against the Centre’s atti- Hour and hold discussion over has always supported policies progress. The Centre would ment of Telangana. stretch between Miyapur and project in the world in pub- amid the protest, Speaker tude towards Odia farmers,” the issues of farmers. in national interest to let states move ahead with the pledge BJP is what it is on Tues- Nagole, having 24 stations. lic private partnership (PPP). Pradip Amat adjourned the government chief whip Amar “Unfortunately, the develop and prosper, Modi that the fate of Telangana and day because of the hard work The metro rail’s commer- The concessionaire, L&T Assembly first for an hour, Prasad Satpathy said outside Speaker did not permit me said. the country would change only and sacrifices of generations of cial operations would start Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd, then for 30 minutes and later the House. to say anything in the House The prime minister was by adopting the path of prog- party workers and their fami- from Wednesday. has fixed a minimum fare of till Wednesday. BJP MLA Pradip Purohit and adjourned it. The Speaker speaking at a reception organ- ress, he said. lies, he said. Besides the chief minis- Rs 10 for a distance of up to After the House was said the farmers have suffered should convene an all-party ised in his honour by the Telan- Modi, who struck a chord “BJP activists in states like ter of Telangana, Modi was two km and the maximum fare adjourned, the ruling BJD a lot due to drought, crop loss meeting and discuss possible gana unit of the BJP on his with the BJP activists and sup- undivided Andhra Pradesh, accompanied by Governor of is Rs 60 for a distance of more members staged dharna in and unexpected rain during the ways to help farmers and stop arrival at the Begumpet airport porters by starting his speech Kerala and Tamil Nadu never Andhra Pradesh and Telan- than 26 km. front of the Mahatma Gan- kharif season. farmer suicide,” Mishra said. here for the inauguration of the in Telugu, said Hyderabad left the path of hard work and gana E S L Narasimhan, Union Each train would ini- dhi statue on the Assembly “We demand identifica- Earlier, the House observed first phase of Hyderabad metro reminds him of Sardar Patel. made sacrifices for the party Minister for Housing and tially have three coaches premises demanding hike in tion of affected sharecroppers a one-minute silence as a mark rail project. “It was the first deputy and the country, though the Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh and 330 people can travel in the minimum support price like deceased Brunda Sahu and of respect towards the departed “Telangana is a newly-cre- prime minister who led the party never had the oppor- Puri, Telangana’s IT Minister each coach. The number of of paddy. proper assessment of crop loss members of the House, includ- ated state... I assure the people merger of the erstwhile princely tunity to serve people and K T Rama Rao and state BJP coaches can be increased to “The prime minister did by the state government,” Puro- ing former minister Muralid- of Telangana that the BJP gov- state of Hyderabad with the develop the state by being in chief K Laxman in the much- six depending on the traffic, not give time to the House hit said. har Guru and ex-MLA Samay ernment in Delhi will never Indian Union,” he recalled. power,” Modi said. awaited train’s inaugural run. Rao said. Committee formed for hike Leader of Opposition Nara- Kisku. JK CM speaks to 8 kg of gold seized Home Secy over Tejaswi, Sushil Modi indulge in NATION BRIEFS assault of ATM WITH RS 12 LAKH STOLEN NEAR in TN coast; 1 held war of words in Bihar Assembly POLICE STATION IN MADHYA PRADESH RAMANATHAPURAM: when they seized it at the coast Kashmiris in Tihar KANNOD: Unidentified persons stole an ATM located Gold weighing about 8 kg and on Monday. One person was OUR CORRESPONDENT only a few meters away from a police station at Kan- valued at Rs 2.5 crore, alleg- arrested in connection with nod in Madhya Pradesh in the wee hours of morning edly being smuggled from Sri the seizure, they said without PATNA: Acrimonious exchanges were on on Tuesday. They apparently tried to break open the Lanka, has been seized and one divulging further details. Tuesday witnessed inside the Bihar Legisla- SBI ATM at Bahirawad Naka, and failing to open it, person arrested in this connec- This is the second major tive Assembly between Deputy Chief Minister tion at coastal SP Pattinam in haul of smuggled gold in the Sushil Kumar Modi and leader of the opposi- removed and took away the entire machine with Rs 12 the district, officials said. district since last week. On tion Tejashwi Yadav over the issues of corruption lakh inside, said Kannod police station in-charge Ra- Directorate of the Reve- November 20, gold biscuits under the present regime and benami property jendra Chaturvedi. The security guard deployed at the nue Intelligence officials said weighing around 6.9 kgs were allegedly amassed by the latter. ATM booth was away, he said. “The guard was away, the gold was being smuggled seized from a boat off Manda- As soon as Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary having tea. He informed police about the incident on from the island nation by sea pam north sea coast . MPOST rejected a notice for adjournment motion on ured in a murder case and even a fine has been Tuesday morning. The incident probably took place various scams served by opposition members, slapped on him by a court in that connection”, Yadav stood up and said “this is a very impor- Yadav alleged. between 3 am and 4 am,” the police officer said. Ac- tant matter. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who Sushil Modi sarcastically replied “had he cording to the bank officials, the ATM had Rs 12 lakh SRINAGAR: Jammu and was earlier known for good governance, is now explained his position earlier, he would have in cash inside. Probe is on, said Chaturvedi. Kashmir Chief Minister regarded as ‘Bhishm Pitamah’ of corruption”. been sitting even now on the Deputy CM’s chair”. Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday “Not a day passes when people in Bihar do The senior BJP leader was referring to col- PRESIDENT TO ARRIVE IN MIZORAM spoke to Union Home Secre- not open newspapers or switch on TV expect- lapse of Grand Alliance comprising JD(U), RJD TODAY ON A TWO-DAY VISIT tary Rajiv Gauba about social ing news of a new scam”, Yadav, younger son of and Congress over the issue of graft charge on media reports on the alleged RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, alleged. Yadav. Earlier, proceedings of the House com- AIZAWL: President Ram Nath Kovind will arrive here assault of Kashmiri prisoners Sushil Modi reacted angrily to this, saying menced in a surcharged atmosphere with some on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Mizoram. The in Delhi’s Tihar jail and urged Yadav “should tell the house about benami prop- CPI(ML) MLAs carrying placards and shouting president would address the Mizoram Legislative As- him to ensure their safety. erty worth about Rs 1,000 crore amassed by him slogans demanding a stop on violence against sembly on Thursday, officials said on Tuesday. State ICA/T 5792(3)/2017 Mufti spoke to Gauba after into which CBI was inquiring. At the age of 28, dalits. This evoked angry outbursts from the Protocol department officials said that Kovind would photographs of injured Kash- he has become owner of so many properties”. ruling side. miri undertrials surfaced on Yadav retorted, “at times I am told that I am a Later, RJD member Abdul Bari Siddiqui arrive at the Lengpui Airport near here on Wednes- social media sites here, offi- child (a reference to a recent remark by the CM) told the Chair “members of the ruling side are day. He would fly to the Thuampui helipad in Aizawl cials said. “A prison is consid- and at the same time I am also accused of cor- behaving in a manner in which the opposition by helicopter and would stay at the Raj Bhavan. He ered to be the safest place but rupt deals”. “I was the Deputy CM for a consid- has been known to behave”. State Minister Nand would inaugurate the Housing for the Poor Project at a the alleged incidents that have erable period of time. I want to know whether I Kishore Yadav reacted angrily saying the ruling function in the Raj Bhavan, the officials said. Additional come to light put a question was guilty of any corrupt deal during the period. side “will not allow the opposition to manipulate secretary of the state Assembly S R Zokhuma said mark on it,” she said. On the other hand, the name of the CM has fig- the proceedings in an arbitrary manner”. the president would address the session of the state NADIA ZILLA PARISHAD legislature at 11 am on Thursday. “Though Speaker Hiphei adjourned the winter session of the legislature Krishnagar, Nadia. Indian universities must become E-Tenders have been invited on November 16 sine die, the state Governor Lt Gen- by the under signed from the eral (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma was yet to prorogue the bonafied Contractors for the session,” he said, adding that the speaker’s notification following works at different centres of excellence, says V-P issued on Monday for continuation of the session was sites NIT- 67/NZP of 17-18: OUR CORRESPONDENT enough. Supplying of veterinary Hospital RAJ GOVT MAKES NATIONAL ANTHEM instruments as per list. Total AMARAVATI: Vice President estimated cost is Rs. 15.51 Lakh. M Venkaiah Naidu on Tues- MANDATORY IN STATE-RUN HOSTELS Last date of submission of day said that the universities JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has made singing e-tender is 08.12.2017. Please in the country should become see website www.wbprd.gov. centres of excellence and pro- of national anthem mandatory in all government and in or contact to this office. duce multi-skilled students of government-aided hostels in the state. Social Justice Sd/- tomorrow. He rued that none and Empowerment Minister Arun Chaturvedi said the District Engineer of the universities in the coun- Nadia Zilla Parishad move would instill a “sense of nationalism” among try are world-class in terms students. “Students will sing ‘Jana Gana Mana’ in the of excellence and said India morning meeting at 7 am. Hostel wardens will have NOTICE has good varsities but it needs ln continuation of this office No. to be present during such sessions,” he said. The order 1238/BCW. Dated.08.09.2017 excellent ones. and No.1310/BCW Dated. “It is very painful to note came into force on November 26, celebrated as the 12.10.2017 , it is hereby notified that not one of our 760 univer- “Digital technologies are “The Centre and the states Constitution day. There are close to 40,000 students in that the last date for submission of sities is world-class with that playing a lead role in the world are not able to rise to the nearly 800 state-run hostels in Rajasthan. The Jaipur applications from the Retired Govt. excellence. There are good uni- now and universities must pro- expectations of spending 6 Employee has been extended up Municipal Corporation had last month started the daily to 05/12/2017 for the Post of versities in the country but we duce multi-skilled students of per cent of the Gross domestic practice of playing the national anthem at the start of Assistant Engineer on contractuaI need excellent universities,” tomorrow,” he added. product(GDP) on education the day and the national song in the evening. basis under Tribal Development Naidu said here. Naidu appealed to the uni- because of competing requests Department. Please contact with The vice-president was versities, both public and pri- and aspirations from every sec- LEOPARD KILLS NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL the office of the Project Officer- addressing a meeting after vate, to focus on enhancing tion of the society. cum-District Welfare Officer, BAHRAICH: A nine-year-old girl was killed by a Backward Classes Welfare, Siliguri inaugurating the Andhra skills, knowledge and raising “There is so much pressure at Shivmandir , P.O. Kadamtala, Pradesh campus of the Vellore the standards and then com- for housing, roads, trains, air- leopard in the Makhanpur village under Sujanpur Dist. Darjeeling or visit the District Institute of Technology (VIT) pete at the world-level. ports, ports, metros...prime police station area adjoining the Katarniyaghat forest Website of Darjeeling for detail at Inavolu village here. “With proper infrastruc- minister is doing his best,” he here, police said on Tuesday. The child had gone to at- information. Last date for submission “There is every need for ture, facilities and opportuni- said. of application form is 05/12/2017. tend nature’s call alongwith her mother last night in the The application should be drop in institutes of higher learning to ties, our universities can excel,” “India is going for a great Sujauli police station area when the leopard attacked the Drop Box at the office of the raise standards, improve peda- he said. transformation and we must her, they said. Villagers rushed on hearing the cries of undersigned on or before gogy, enhance research activi- The vice presidentall look for the future. I am sure 05/12/2017 during office hours. ties and form greater linkages expressed hope that once the once the economy strengthens, the mother forcing the leopard to flee but the girl had Sd/- with the industry so that stu- Indian economy strengthens, definitely the governments will died by then, police said. The locals raised slogans Project Officer-cum-D.W.O. dents are well-equipped to face the government will spend be able to spend more on edu- Backward Classes Welfare against the forest department and also protested in Siliguri. the challenges of a globalised more funds on education and cation and higher education front of the police team which rushed to the village. world. higher learning. also,” Naidu said. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 mp nation Hadiya’s father welcomes SC decision, Futile to file grievance with govt against says he can’t have ‘terrorist’ in family court order: Law Min OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT against the backdrop of the ‘Hadiya will continue studies Want to meet office of the law minister and NEW DELHI: The father of NEW DELHI: It is “futile” the ministry itself receiving the Kerala woman, at the cen- my husband, to file a grievance with the thousands of complaints over tre of the alleged love jihad under previous Hindu name’ government against a court the past several years relating to case, on Tuesday welcomed the says Hadiya order as it can only be chal- the delay in justice and griev- Supreme Court decision allow- COIMBATORE/SALEM: A with her husband Shafin Jahan. lenged before an appropriate ances against a court order. ing her to continue her studies. Kerala woman, who is at the Salem medical College OUR CORRESPONDENT court, the law ministry has told The guideline states that Asked about his stance on centre of an alleged love-jihad Principal G Kannan said Had- citizens. a judicial order can be chal- inter-religious marriages, Had- case, will pursue her homeop- iya will be treated as one of the SALEM: Freed by the Supreme It has also told the people lenged only before an appro- iya’s father K M Ashokan said athy studies under her previ- inmates of the hostel and that Court from the custody of par- that the government cannot priate court as per prescribed he believed in one religion and ous Hindu name, the Salem no special treatment will be ents and directed to pursue her ask a court to expedite pro- legal procedure. one god but could not have a medical college principal said accorded to her. studies, Hadiya, who is at the ceedings of any particular case. “Therefore, it is a futile terrorist in the family. on Tuesday, a day after the Hadiya will be registered centre of a love-jihad case, on No administrative action exercise to file a grievance “Hadiya does not have any Supreme Court freed her from under her Hindu name Akhila Tuesday said she desired to can be taken on a grievance against a judicial order/judge- idea about Syria, where she Hadiya comes to Salem Homoeopathy College, after the supreme court the custody of her parents. Ashokan in the college, he told meet her husband Shafin Jahan. for which the court has already ment,” it states. wanted to go after converting order to continue her studies PTI Hadiya, 25, flew to Coim- reporters in Salem. She arrived here in a police been approached, the depart- It points out that the judi- to Islam,” Ashokan said. batore in Tamil Nadu from Hadiya was in the custody vehicle from Coimbatore, ment of justice in the law min- ciary is an independent organ “I cannot have a terrorist in was fully surrounded by police allowed by the court. Delhi and headed to Salem by of her parents for almost six about 170 km from here, amid istry has said. of the state under the Constitu- the family,” he added. inside and outside the house.” Hadiya on Tuesday left for road this evening to resume her months after the Kerala High tight security, to pursue her “...No action can be taken tion and the government does The Supreme Court yester- Ashokan said he was not Salem under the protection of studies as directed by the apex Court had on May 29 anulled studies at a homeopathy col- by the government where the not interfere in the functioning day freed Hadiya, 25, alleged to worried about her security in Kerala Police and is expected court. A Hindu by birth and her ‘nikah’ with Shafin Jahan. lege here. petitioner is aggrieved of the of the judiciary. be a victim of ‘love jihad’, from Salem, Tamil Nadu, as she was to reach there by evening. named as Akhila Ashokan, she The apex court has “I have sought permission fact that there has been inor- As per the guidelines issued the custody of her parents and now under the protection and The apex court, which yes- had converted to Islam several appointed the dean of the from the college authorities to dinate delay in disposal of the by the Supreme Court, griev- sent her to college to pursue observation of the apex court. terday interacted with Had- months before her marriage. college as Hadiya’s guard- meet my husband. I hope they case,” according to the ‘general ances against judicial officers her studies, even as she pleaded “I accept the Supreme iya for nearly half-an-hour Hadiya, who was accom- ian and granted him liberty will allow,” she told reporters guidance’ issued by the depart- are required to be sent on that she should be allowed to Court’s decision. She is under in the courtroom against the panied by the Kerala police, to approach it in case of any at the college where she will ment of justice for ‘aggrieved sworn affidavit with verifiable go with her husband Shafin the protection of the Supreme wishes of her father who had is due to undergo a 11-month problem. undergo a 11-month intern- grievance holders’. facts to the Registrar General Jahan. Court as it is monitoring the sought an in-camera interac- internship in homeopathy at The bench, also comprising ship. During the proceed- The document states that of the concerned high court, “I was sad that she had to case and so I am not worried tion, had directed the Kerala the Sivaraj Medical College Justices A M Khanwilkar and D ings yesterday, the apex court a grievance regarding a com- the guideline tells people. undergo all these unpleas- about her security,” he said. police to provide her security in Salem, about 170 km from Y Chandrachud, had directed refused to allow Hadiya’s plea plaint against a judge can be “As judiciary is indepen- ant experiences because of He also said he would go and ensure that she travels at Coimbatore. She was not per- the college and the university to to go with her husband. taken up for inquiry by the dent and government does which her studies were inter- to Salem and meet her as and the earliest to Salem to pursue mitted to speak to the media re-admit Hadiya and grant her Earlier, she arrived here in concerned high court or the not interfere in the function- rupted. But now I am happy when necessary as the court her homoeopathy studies at the at the airport in Coimbatore. hostel facilities. Deputy Com- a police vehicle from Coim- Supreme Court as per the in- ing of the judiciary, no further as the court has allowed her to had allowed him to do so. Sivaraj Medical College there. A Supreme Court bench missioner of Police Subbbulak- batore, about 170 km from house procedure adopted by follow-up or correspondence study further,” Ashokan told “The court has not given Hadiya was in the custody headed by Chief Justice Dipak shmi, who held a meeting with here, amid tight security. them. is made by the government reporters. anyone guardianship, includ- of her parents for almost six Misra had given its direction college authorities in Salem, Hadiya, wearing a yellow “There is no role of govern- after forwarding of grievance He denied allegations ing Shafin Jahan, of my child,” months after the Kerala High yesterday after interacting with told reporters that adequate scarf, was whisked away to the ment in disposal of such griev- to the concerned high court that she had been kept under Ashokan said, adding that only Court had on May 29 anulled Hadiya even as she pleaded that protection will be given to the Managing Director’s office at ances,” the guideline states. or Supreme Court, as the case house arrest and added, “She close relatives like him were her ‘nikah’ with Shafin Jahan. she should be allowed to go woman. the college soon after arrival. The document comes may be,” the guideline says. ‘Those with criminal records Parliamentary panel calls Bhansali, Prasoon No tribunal needed to enforce FCRA don’t have rights?’ Joshi over Padmavati controversy on NGOs, Centre tells Delhi HC HC to Maha govt OUR CORRESPONDENT Rajput queen Padmini. NEW DELHI: The Centre of judiciary as of executive”. provisions, the government As allegations of distort- on Tuesday told Delhi High The Centre was respond- had not taken any action. OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: “Padmavati” ing history in the film trig- Court that the government has ing to a PIL by an NGO, Asso- The court questioned the director Sanjay Leela Bhansali gered protests in various states, a “robust and efficient” system ciation of Democratic Reforms, maintainability of the PIL and MUMBAI: The Bombay High and censor board chief Prasoon the makers of the movie has to implement the foreign con- seeking creation of an indepen- sought to know from Bhushan Court on Tuesday asked the Joshi have been asked by a par- deferred its release date. tributions regulations law as it dent body to implement the whether it can issue any direc- Maharashtra government if liamentary committee on IT The film was scheduled to has already imposed penalties, FCRA on grounds that conflict tion with regard to setting up it believed that people with to appear before it and present release on December 1, this frozen accounts and referred of interest hampered imple- of a tribunal. During the hear- criminal records had no right their views on the controversy year. to CBI and state police several mentation of its provisions by ing, the ASG contended that “at to a safe life. The government surrounding the movie which The Karni Sena, a fringe NGOs for such violations. the government, as political present, our system of adminis- invited the high court’s ire after has been accused of distorting group, as well as the BJP have A bench of Acting Chief parties which allegedly violate tering FCRA is robust, efficient, it submitted that it had decided history by fringe groups. been critical of the film and Justice Gita Mittal and Jus- this law, were part of the rul- just and fair and there is no not to extend police protection The 30-member panel a number of BJP ruled states tice C Hari Shankar was also ing establishments sometime need for establishing separate to persons who had a crimi- has also asked producers of present their case before the will examine the issues relating have already banned it. informed that there was no or the other. body or tribunal for enforc- nal record, since any threat to the movie and officials of the panel. The members have also to the movie. The set of the movie was need for any tribunal or body Advocate Prashant ing FCRA.” their lives was a consequence of information and broadcast- decided to call the producers Parliamentary sources vandalised twice -- in Jaipur for enforcement of Foreign Bhushan, appearing for the The Centre had con- their own actions. They are into ing ministry to appear before of the movie,” chairman of the said they have reached out to and Kolhapur -- and direc- Contribution (Regulation) Act NGO, alleged that implemen- tended that the NGO’s peti- criminal activities and hence, it and brief about the contro- panel Anurag Thakur said. Bhansali, but he appeared to tor Sanjay Leela Bhansali was (FCRA), 2010. tation of FCRA appeared to tion appeared to have been they have a threat to their lives, versy relating to the Rs 150 The committee is scheduled be “shying away” from appear- roughed up by members of Additional Solicitor Gen- be strict on NGOs, but not on preferred on behalf of var- public prosecutor Abhinandan crore film. to meet on Thursday. ing before the panel. The cen- Karni Sena earlier this year. eral (ASG) Sanjay Jain con- politicians. ious NGOs whose regis- Vagyani said. “The panel has asked Interestingly, actors Paresh sor board is yet to clear the film. Another parliamentary tended that setting up of He claimed that despite a tration under FCRA have “It is because of their own Bhansali and Joshi to appear Rawal and Raj Babbar, who are The film, starring Deep- panel has also called the offi- tribunal would be a “wastage high court judgement holding been cancelled for various doing and hence, we have before it and present their members of Parliament, are ika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor cials of the ministry and cen- of precious resources in terms the BJP and Congress prima irregularities and statutory decided not to give them police views on the movie. They can also part of the panel which and Ranveer Singh, is based on sor board over the controversy. of money and man power, both facie guilty of violating FCRA non-compliances. MPOST protection,” Vagyani said. A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice M S Sonak, however, asked if this ‘400% increase in risk of brain cancer among teens using smart phones excessively’ meant that the state believed those with criminal records OUR CORRESPONDENT lightly the latest warnings per- serious health hazards of exces- Cell phone radiations are youngsters. It is also responsi- had no right to a safe life. taining to “hidden dangers” of sive use of latest technology. also causing serious effects on ble for a steep increase in sleep “What nonsense is this? Are ALIGARH: There is a 400 per technology, which stem from He pointed out that the animal and plant life, he said. disorders and neurodegenera- you saying that those who have cent increase in the risk of brain indiscriminate use of such release of free radicals into Talking about the adverse tive diseases, Alzheimer and a criminal record do not have cancer among teenagers due to devices. the human body due to exces- impact of indiscriminate use Parkinson’s disease,” he said. any rights? Can anyone come excessive use of smart phones, He also categorically sive use of cell phones was also of latest technology on young- The IIT professor added and kill them just like that?” says Professor Girish Kumar of warned people from using causing irreversible damage to sters, Prof Kumar said there that one cannot wish away Chief Justice Chellur said. the Indian Institute of Technol- smart phones for more than male fertility. was a 400 per cent increase in the latest technological devel- The bench was hearing a ogy, Mumbai. 30 minutes a day. The scientist stressed that the risk of brain cancer among opments, but it would be a public interest litigation (PIL) Speaking at the Aligarh Prof Girish Kumar from the children, in particular, were teenagers due to excessive use fatal error if the society was filed by a lawyer, seeking Muslim University here on Electrical Engineering Depart- suffering grave threats to their of smart phones. not made aware of the seri- directions to the state police ‘Radiation Hazards of Cell ment of IIT Mumbai had health as “a child’s skull is thin- “Such radiation is caus- ous health hazards, emanat- to recover dues from VIPs, Phones’, the scientist urged the recently submitted a report to ner and easily penetrated by ing irreversible damage to the ing from unbridled use of including politicians, and film smart phone users not to take the central government on the radiation”. human DNA, especially of technology. actors, who have been provided security cover, but have not paid the charges for the same. As per the PIL, around Indo-US ties set to scale new CBI books former deputy director of ED in DA case 1,000 personnel from the state police are deployed for pro- OUR CORRESPONDENT assets he amassed is 328 per The agency in its FIR ture from income during the viding protection to private heights, says Sushma Swaraj cent more than his genuine alleged that Singh and his period, the CBI concluded individuals. NEW DELHI: The CBI has income, the CBI alleged in family members purchased that the value of his assets The plea also claims that registered a case against a an FIR. a luxury car, properties and was 328 per cent more than about 600 policemen in Mum- rest of the world. former deputy director of Singh was relieved by also carried out high-value his lawful income, prompting bai are deployed for protec- She further said that while the Enforcement Directorate the ED in January this year, cash transactions. the agency to register a case tion duty. On the last hearing India is a land of entrepreneurs, for allegedly amassing assets sources in the directorate After deducting expendi- against him. in September this year, the the US is a nation that is iden- disproportionate to his said. bench had directed the state tified with spirit of enterprise. known sources of income. It is alleged that at the government to revisit its policy “The relationship between Gurnam Singh from start of his deputation with on providing police protection the two countries have devel- the Central Forensic Sci- the anti-money laundering to private persons. oped into a partnership of ence Laboratory, Chandi- agency, Singh had assets It had also said that such global significance. Woman garh, was on deputation worth Rs 12.86 lakh. Their protection must be provided entrepreneurs are epitome of in the ED between 2012 value grew to Rs 1.85 crore to private persons only in the courage and leadership. and 2017. The value of the in five years, the CBI said. rarest of rare cases. In compliance with the order, Vagyani told the HC West Bengal Health Recruitment Board that the state authorities con- GN 31, Sector-V, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700091 sulted the advocate general and www.wbhrb.in the additional commissioner of Abridged Advt.No. R/FSO/46(1)/1/2017 police, Mumbai, and then came External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in a meeting with Ivanka up with a proposal revising its Recruitment to the posts of Food Safety Officer Trump, Advisor to the US President in Hyderabad on Tuesday PTI policy on police protection. The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board invites online applications from eligible Candidates for recruitment to 179 He said the above sugges- posts of Food Safety Officer in the cadre of West Bengal General Service, under Commissioner of Food Safety, Department OUR CORRESPONDENT of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal. tions were a part of this revised was attended by Ivanka Trump, 1. Category wise break up of Posts : policy. The bench, however, US President Donald Trump’s Name of Unreserved SC ST BC Category A BC Category B PWD Total dismissed the new proposal HYDERABAD: External daughter and advisor to the Post submitted by Vagyani, saying Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj White House. “I have no doubt Food UR UR (EC)* SC SC (EC) ST ST (EC)* OBC A OBC A OBC B OBC PWD Total Safety (EC)* B(EC)* it was apparent that the author- on Tuesday said the relation- that under leadership of Prime Officer 62 29 28 12 8 3 12 6 9 4 6 179 ities had not applied their mind ship between India and the Minister (Narendra) Modi and 2. Only online registration of application (including printing of Govt. Challan ) will be allowed on the website between to it. “You have simply changed US under the current leader- President Trump, India and US 01.12.2017 to 11.12.2017 (before 8 PM). a few lines in the old policy of ship will scale new heights and relations will scale new heights 3. Application Fee is to be submitted, as stated in advertisement, wherein applicable, in any branch of Banks participating the year 2000. It is vague and an contribute to global peace and and contribute to global peace in the GRIPS (Govt. Receipt in Portal System), Government of West Bengal. absolute nonsense. If this has prosperity. and prosperity,” she said. 4. Detail of eligibility, Scale of Pay, other conditions, Advertisements and Application Form will be available in the West Bengal Health Recruitment Board Website. been done after consulting with The minister said this while The minister also under- senior police and legal officers, proposing a vote of thanks at lined the need for according Sd/- if this is the decision of our offi- the inaugural session of the priority to women entrepre- Dated : 28.11.2017 Secretary & Controller of Examinations cers, then God save the public,” Global Entrepreneur Sum- neurship, saying it should be a West Bengal Health Recruitment Board Chief Justice Chellur said. mit 2017, which among others priority for India as well as the 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 EDITORIAL Balancing reel and reforms How independent Despite their popularity on screen, sensitivity towards is your autonomy? prisoners is limited and demands immediate accentuation o what extent can we protect the autonomy of an individual? Is there any possibility of freedom when risons are de rigueur. Similarly, there are polit- every thought and action is the result of our percep- Or at least this is what ical figures too, who never tion of the outside world? Since external influence seems to be the trend- fully understand the essence Tis compulsory, on what basis do we define freedom? What DR. VARTIKA NANDA ing fashion in India, of the subject and yet, they are does it mean to be free—can the misguided decision mak- Pas of now. With the release of enjoined with this responsi- ing of an adult be considered as autonomous decision mak- films such as Daddy, Lucknow bility. By holding the portfo- ing? On what ground do we decide what is right and what Central and Haseena Parkar lio of prisons, they contribute is wrong—ultimately it boils down to a game of perception towards the year-end, it is clear immensely to add chaos to the and benefits. These questions are not only abstract; they are that Bollywood has consciously already amorphous status. On complex and parallelly palpable. The Supreme Court has kept prisons in mind; it is quite many occasions, unless and been battling an issue that has gained precedence on the evident that prisons sell, and until the ministers themselves public front because of these very perplexing questions. The how. land inside the prison (hope- complicated story of Hadiya has got the brightest minds of This is not an unusual or fully as a visitor), they never the country logging horns to decide the intellectual validity even unexpected incident that understand what the fuss is all and the practical feasibility of deliberating on independence, has occurred. Since the advent about. The moment that situ- autonomy and manipulation. The underground network of of cinema, a number of films ation arises, they take every Prisoners continue to occupy space on the reel, but in real their relevance is still numbered REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE Love Jihad has been doing the rounds in recent news. Radi- have been made across the possible step to improve the cal Islamists are supposedly culpable of forcefully converting globe, dealing with various put out to be displayed, she point at all, is like inviting all major conferences, seminars situation in the closest periph- young Hindu girls on the pretext of marriage to subsequently At the end of the aspects of the intricate matrix highlights a very crucial point. and sundry to ogle at them– and symposiums, there are a ery of the low-hanging fruits, engage them in terror activities. The NIA has been on its toes day, people do of human rights and prison With my experience as a prison those whose wings have been select few who are asked to rep- treating the symptoms, if at all, cracking this underground network. For many, the strong reforms. reformer and my background clipped– and expect them to resent or present their point of rather than the disease. Their Muslim man forms the exotic other, who irks senses more watch cinema for One of the most out- in crime reporting for over two exhibit their vulnerability and view. It is ironical when peo- concern tends to revolve more than the bland Hindu—known for his subservience. The entertainment, standing films in this genre decades now, this whole idea of emotional nakedness in full ple are invited because of their around populist measures such validity of the underground Love Jihad network though still has been Do Aankhen Barah exhibiting the inmates to out- view. political, bureaucratic or page as addressing inmates’ demand remains unfounded. Not to dismiss its validity in totality, on period. And Haath (1957), directed by the siders has always troubled me. Prisons grow, moss-like, in three credentials, but generally to get an air-conditioner or a the public front there has been little evidence to prove the true prisons are legendary V Shantaram. The Recently Tihar jail organ- solitude. They bring loneliness not because of their work and fan installed, comfortable beds, functioning of this unholy network. Hadiya’s story emerges film was about a progressive ised its Tihar Utsav and sub- but often turn into petri dishes passion for the subject. facilities to use their mobile from this background. Married to Shafin Jahan, which Hadiya not a piece of reform-minded young warden sequently opened the Hunar of introspection and aloneness, There ought to be a word of phones and thereby to exercise says was an outcome of her autonomous will, she converted entertainment, who gets permission to take six Haat at the Pragati Maidan resulting in various creative caution here. When Bollywood some power inside, as an exten- to Islam prior to her nuptials. Her father alleges that this was murderers from a prison envi- Mela so that the outside world forms. This period of silence deals with such not-so-com- sion of their standing outside. an instance of Love Jihad, as the young girl, all of 24, was period. When ronment to a dilapidated coun- is sensitised towards the world and rumination is often trans- mon and sensitive subjects, Though prisons are now still unable to think for herself. An appeal to the Kerala High a film revolves try farm in order to rehabilitate inside jails. However, one can- lated into creative writing. This the audience gets enticed. It is being ‘showcased’ on both big Court subsequently led to the annulment of their marriage it and subsequently to reform not deny that at times, the is one of the reasons that jails not surprising to see the halls and small screens, they have as Hadiya was handed over to her parents’ custody. As the around a subject the inmates. officials themselves are not sen- have also gained the reputation almost full of people keen to not been able to evoke focused, Supreme Court went on to hear the petition filed by her hus- with sketchy There are ample such sitive enough to deal with such for literary pursuits. However, watch films related to crime, serious discussions. One must band, Hadiya for once spoke out, reinstating that she was now examples from Bollywood delicate issues. Frequently, the the unfortunate fact remains the underworld or prisoners. It appreciate that every jail has a devout Muslim of her own will and she wished to remain research, a and parallel experiments from bigger and better-known jails that there are officials of dif- is very difficult to pacify one- inmates of various types–some married to her husband while continuing her education in weak script, or is international cinema too. One start working towards gather- ferent hues. As one can see in self by believing that the Indian who have committed crimes Homeopathic medicine. The Court has, till now, granted her cannot deny that films likeThe ing media hype for themselves, Lucknow Central too, there is a audience has matured; the pro- and some who have not, some the second will. Hadiya will go back to continue her stud- interwoven with Shawshank Redemption (1994) rather than evoking seri- perpetual undercurrent of con- tests on sundry issues relating habitual offenders and some ies, living in the hostel, not in the jurisdiction of either her weak lyrics, it and Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) ous discussions per se. When flict of interests among the jail to film releases and assumed first-timers. One cannot treat father or her husband. While Hadiya repeatedly emphasised have been able to evoke sen- jails organise fashion shows staff, IPS officers and the ruling offence to their sensibilities or each one of them with the same on her autonomy and free will to make choices, the Courts sends a different sitivity among the masses on and expect inmates to walk ministers, highlighted in the religious sentiments jolts one yardstick. With the prevalent were faced with a critical dilemma: to what extent must they message the subject, yet a large section the ramp in front of the head- film quite realistically and this out of the comfort zone of that overcrowding in jails and sev- restrain their power to question the autonomy of an individ- of such films revolved around line-thirsty media, it creates a happens everywhere in India. belief. At the end of the day, eral other issues, jails need a ual? While Hadiya’s repeated statement of wishful engagement the dark, pungent face of crime chaos of priorities and brings One can see officers who have people do watch cinema for pucca road to reformation, sub- with her husband stands undisputed, what is also concerning and retribution, pointedly a bitter taste in the mouth of an abiding interest and pas- entertainment, period. And sequently heading towards a is the NIA’s findings of a truly active underground network resulting in more profits. the silenced inmates who get sion towards prison reforms, prisons are not a piece of enter- holistic transformation. that seeks to exploit young Hindu girls with the attempt to With a freshness in its an immediate feeling of being whereas there are others who tainment, period. When a film (The author is a prison radicalise them. A quick detour—there is a growing number script, Lucknow Central used and exploited for a widely neither understand the need revolves around a subject with reforms activist. She is the of home-grown terrorists in Kashmir today, whose fragile revolves around the concept televised or reported event, for it, nor the others’ passion sketchy research, a weak script, founder of TINKA TINKA, minds are tapped upon by violent extremists who convert of the miscarriage of justice without benefiting from it. to contribute to it. or is interwoven with weak lyr- a unique initiative for prison these naïve boys into killing machines, a slow process that (till the last reels anyway), Undoubtedly, it is a wel- In this juxtapose, one can ics, it sends a different message. reforms & was given Stri has unfurled over time. While Hadiya’s story might not at role stereotypes within jails, come idea to showcase the see a different world of NGOs The masala which goes into Shakti Award by the Presi- all be similar to their’s in North India, the growing terror and the whole issue of prison hidden talents of the inmates emerging and quite often with such films may get them good dent of India in 2014. Her threats to the country emboldens the government’s concerns reforms that we avoid even and providing them with their own agenda of interests, reviews (deserved or other- name has been included in towards protecting the sovereignty of its citizens. The human talking about. At one point, some limelight; but asking being run by the spouses of the wise) but that does not solve Limca Book of Records twice mind is strong, stubborn but also fragile and open to manip- when the protagonist says that them to walk the ramp as bureaucrats or police officers as the crucial larger issue which for her work on prisons. The ulation. Autonomy need not always be independent; it is, in the inmates are not pieces of clothes horses, devoid of a lit- adjuncts, or even directly by loses itself in the labyrinth of views expressed are strictly fact, always dependent on external circumstances. The sift- exhibition and they cannot be erary basis from their view- the politicians themselves. In debates. personal.) ing has to be done to separate the nourishing elements of the external world from the potentially destructive ones. With dear adequate manipulation, even the most dangerous thoughts Quote martial EDITOR millenniumpost.in can be planted with the façade of independence. Hadiya’s WE HEAR YOU! case is truly complex. It impinges upon the very question of autonomy which we as a democracy must never fumble to It’s only after you’ve The Hadiya case is truly baffling. When an adult woman is speaking for her free- Log on to write letters to the protect. Yet, given the foibles of the growing world, can we stepped outside your dom and expressing her independent desire to stay with her husband, the courts editor or send them to ever discount the evils that loom in the shadows of our every- [email protected] day, waiting to clutch on to the easiest prey? While the NIA comfort zone that have no right to interfere. We must overcome the barriers of religious divide and proceeds its studies, another relevant aspect that mustn’t be you begin to change, learn to accept fellow Indians for who they are, what they eat and what they wear. You can also send your overemphasised is communal difference. Even 70-years after grow, and transform comments to The Editor, independence we are shackled by fuelling hatred between We cannot be shackled by these primitive thoughts; they do not augur well for our Millennium Post, Hindus and Muslims. A marriage between two communities, which form the majority in the country should be as normal ROY T. BENNETT progressing economy. Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah as the act of marriage itself. These false divergences hold no DAMINI KOTHARI Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 value in the modern world where each individual must focus their attempts to reduce prevailing hatred. We already live in a hateful world where animosity spreads quicker than a virus. Whether Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Sikh, each community should realise how petty their differences are. If God exists, Entrepreneurship Culture then s/he exists as one; unperturbed by a turban, a beard, a white robe or a saffron tilak. India is battling a fear of failure which is preventing individuals from Service in death acing the field of entrepreneurship writes Dipak Banerji n a refreshing and welcome move, the Ministry of State for Health and Family Welfare emphasised on the need n an article titled, ‘How To Stop training modules to have a cascading to promote the practice of organ donation across the Worrying and Love Failure’, Mr impact on employees, their wards and country. The surprising fact in India is that most dona- Rajan Anandan, Vice President vendors. The idea is to cast the net wider Itions are being done by living donors and of the donations and MD of Google India Ltd, had to encompass individuals from diverse made only 23 per cent is being transplanted to the needy Isomething interesting to say. He wrote, sectors viz. NGOs, advocators of women patients. We are battling a shortage of donations across the “Asia, as a region had the highest fear of empowerment and rural development. country and to top that, if the successful conversion of dona- being an entrepreneur and India, is no We do not have any dearth of talent tions too meets a roadblock, then the situation would be different from anywhere else. Almost or intellect. What is needed is a deter- undoubtedly unfortunate. Being a country with proliferating 40 per cent of potential entrepreneurs mined attitude to becoming self-reliant. population, the only upside in sight would be the subsequent in India don’t set up their businesses Many nations have done it successfully. growing rate of mortality and thereby avenues for acquiring First, the colonial because they are worried about failure. They are now the role models for others. consensual organs from patients who have succumbed to In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 20 per cent Let us consider three instances. death but can still contribute to societal well-being. The lack and post-colonial of people surveyed said they were afraid The USA is what it is because of her of awareness and superstitions surrounding the donation of hangover of our to fail. When did India become a less entrepreneurial culture. The early set- organs post-death continues to be a significant barrier that is scary environment than Africa? That tlers had to face a lot of hostility. They impeding the successful conversion of organ transplantation naukri culture fear explains why we Indians avoid being had to strive to create a life of bounty in the country. An estimated 1.8 lakh people suffer from renal sapped our love entrepreneurs and why we must change. from scratch to become an icon of world- failure annually, of which only 6000 are able to receive a new Ironically, there has never been a bet- Burdened by fear, millennials are losing their entrepreneurial spirit REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE class supremacy. organ. Around two lakh people die annually of liver failure, for independence ter time to set up a business in India.” Japan was pulverised to ashes after of which only 10-15 per cent are saved with a timely trans- and sense of self- Here is what an Indian patriot-saint any sphere of life? Everything we do is the number of unemployed people will WWII. Once, the Japanese products plant. At any given time, eight to 10 people are suffering from and yogi suggested from the US in 1890, a calculated risk. A noble mission, an increase by 3.4 million in 2017, with the were even synonymous with cheap price a brain-stem death in the ICU’s of major cities, yet very few reliance. Second, for his fellow Indians back home. “If intense passion or tough times open up pace of labour-force growth out-strip- and poor quality, but Japan surged ahead of these patients’ organs are utilised for donation. Death of a technological anyone forms a company and exports an unknown column of energy to with- ping job-creation. of the debris and banished both the near one is a difficult time for the family, often making ratio- development Indian goods here (to the USA) and stand failures with enthusiasm. Fortune In such a scenario, we may huddle tags to redefine quality and productiv- nalisation an obstacle. However, by emphasising our efforts into England, it will be a good trade. always favours the prepared, albeit with together and pray for jobs to come from ity standards worldwide. Today, Japa- on increasing awareness we can overcome a major hurdle in and economic Dal Soup will have a go if properly intro- successive burn-outs. nowhere. Alternatively, we may opt to nese products outclass the pioneers in the availability of organs that could save the lives of lakhs of imperialism of the duced. There will be a good demand for What is the way by which we can be courageous and strive to become automobiles, electronics and several people suffering from renal failure, liver damage, or corneal these things if they are sent from house get rid of this fear psychosis? Before entrepreneurs. In all probability, suc- other industries. Unsurprisingly, Japan blindness in our country. The black market for selling organs Highly Developed to house in small packets with direc- we try to delineate steps to bring about cess will be ours. is also a hub of teeming small-industry continues to thrive in our country, because of the absence of Countries had tions for cooking on them and a depot this change of culture, it will be worthy An entrepreneurial nation requires entrepreneurs. China offers yet another a well-organised institutional infrastructure that would sup- is also started for storing a quantity of to muse the reasons that have led us to the active involvement of all sections inspiring case study. After years of com- port the successful procedure of legal donation and transplant. driven our them.” The name of the yogi was Swami embrace this culture of fear. of society—spiritual masters, writers, munist rule decrying individual own- The government must allocate its budget to improve the back- young aspiring Vivekananda. First, the colonial and post-colonial academic institutions and corporates. ership and wealth accumulation, it is bone that would support this entire process of retrieving and Between then and now, there has hangover of our naukri culture sapped Ideally, we should start with high school baffling how its leaders could motivate replanting organs. While the government plays its role, the professionals been some welcome change in this our love for independence and sense students. With creative modules of moti- people for such a gargantuan change! society has a big spot to fill in—with community awareness, to seek instant direction. But the level of activity is far of self-reliance. Second, technological vation, we can sow the seeds of dreams From the above examples, it is simple discussion and motivating one another to take the correct below the optimum. So much so that development and economic imperialism and self-reliance into young minds. Par- to infer that, given the urge and the will, step by shedding superficial traditions. Superstitions regard- gratification India, with its galaxy of star leaders in of the Highly Developed Countries had ents and teachers are great motivators. we can resurrect a culture of fearlessness ing after-life and preserving the entire dead body before its the global corporate community, lags driven our young aspiring professionals Home is the springboard of a value- to become job creators and not just job journey to heaven continues to be an obstacle that deters behind Sub-Saharan Africa in nurturing to seek instant gratification. based culture. Teachers as mentors and seekers. We are at the crossroads of a many from donating the organs of their dear ones. However, entrepreneurs out of the fear of failure. But what happens when the world friends leave lasting impressions on cultural evolution and it is pertinent to it must be held in mind that there is no greater religious duty The point, therefore, is to revive the economic order takes a downturn? Let students even after they leave campus. recall what Charles Darwin prophesied than service to mankind; and organ donation today tops the culture of fearlessness inherent in Indi- us have a look at the latest job-report Universities, academic and profes- about evolution in a related context: “It list among the services that we can provide to our fellow citi- ans. The percentage of normal fear is of ILO World Employment and Social sional institutes, engineering colleges is not the strongest of the species that zens who are battling diseases that are bringing their lives to only 5 per cent as against imaginary fears Outlook for 2017. The number of unem- and business schools can play significant survive, nor the most intelligent, but the a quick halt. What better way to begin the journey to heaven of 95 per cent. Normal fear is healthy ployed people in India is estimated to roles in inspiring students to become one most responsive to change.” than by contributing to unconditional service, even in death. fear. Imaginary fears have no objec- rise from 17.7 million to 18 million by entrepreneurs. Corporates, through CSR (The views expressed are strictly tive reality. Is there any certainty in 2018. Globally, the ILO reckons that programmes, could launch innovative personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 mp in focus Disrupting Middle-East The US-Saudi alliance targeting Iran is fuming crisis in the Middle-East, causing dismay to the entire region, writes Jane Green eace in the Middle East has, events must also include the 2015 for many decades, been a nuclear deal brokered with Iran— rare commodity. The flow of which US President Donald Trump oil, gas, and minerals, which is keen to tear up—and US insistence Phas seen the development of some of on keeping all options open when the richest states on the planet, has dealing with Iran. not brought with it a rush of demo- While those options may not cratic control. On the contrary, from necessarily mean a direct attack by the controlling input of the oil trans- the US on Iran, it seems increasingly nationals under British colonial rule probable that a US proxy—such as to the dynastic dictatorships sold to Israel or Saudi Arabia—could be the Western public as “royal” fami- the conduit for such an action or lies, the mineral wealth of the region an orchestration of a regional crisis has been ruthlessly exploited to ben- involving Iran. To suggest that the efit a select few. Over recent decades, escalation of such a conflict would the power balance has ebbed and be a threat to world peace is no exag- flowed with different allegiances geration. As the recent years of con- being fashioned to suit the needs of flict in Syria have shown, alliances in As the recent the West and to ensure that oil sup- the region rarely take account of the years of conflict plies are kept flowing and rival econ- needs of the people but are instead in Syria have omies are kept at bay. geared towards the control of the The dictatorship of the Shah of rich oil and mineral resources of the shown, alliances Iran suited the needs of the British Middle East. in the region and the US interests in Iranian oil While the rhetoric of “fighting fields during the decades that fol- for democratic freedoms” will still rarely take lowed the World War-II. The estab- be deployed when deemed useful, account of the lishment of the Islamic Republic put the reality remains that little, if any, an end to that arrangement, and thus, democracy has come from Western needs of the the West was quick to back Saddam interventions in the region in the people but are Hussein in Iraq in the 1980s when past decades. There is every pros- it was clear that Western interests pect that the West, however, particu- instead geared could still be protected. Meanwhile, larly the US, may regard intervention towards the Saudi Arabia, in spite of being a sin- against Iran, in some way necessary. gle-family dictatorship, is neverthe- The defeat of the Islamic State control of the rich less fawned over by presidents and forces, across Iraq and Syria, has oil and mineral royalty who are keen to keep the oil involved Iranian-trained fighters flowing and the arms sales booming. on the ground. Iran now controls resources of the Now, the two regimes—Iran and a significant land corridor, running Middle East Saudi Arabia—are in a power strug- from Tehran to Tartous in Syria, pro- gle to control the Middle East, while viding an important access route to the US and other Western states try Caught in the crossfire of political powerplay, people of the Middle-East are bearing the brunt of evil propaganda the Mediterranean. Iran’s designs on to game the conflict from above, for extending its influence across the their own benefits. The revolution in of many looking for a focal point for and interventions in Afghanistan guards were confiscated. arming of Hezbollah and accusing region take account of the contin- Iran in 1979—followed by the unex- opposition to Western interference in and Libya. The more recent Western Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Iran of interference across the region. ued supremacy of its theocratic rule. pected seizure of power by a ruthless the Middle East. That such a regime efforts to stoke civil war in Syria, as bin Salman’s own “night of the long Over the same weekend, Houthi reb- The Saudis and Israel claim that theocracy and the establishment of could be seen as remotely anti-impe- well as supporting the Saudi block- knives” began only hours after Hari- els, suffering relentless Saudi bom- the extension of Iranian influence in the Islamic Republic—was the key rialist is both an irony and a contra- ade and bombardment of Yemen, ri’s arrival in Riyadh. It has seen the bardment in Yemen, launched a the region represents an existential point at which relationships began to diction. The reality of Iran’s human have added mileage to the feeling house arrest of 11 princes, including missile attack upon the Riyadh air- threat. As unlikely as they may seem change significantly. Not only did the rights abuses against its own peace of the adage “my enemy’s enemy is the immensely wealthy Al-Waleed port. Although the Saudis managed as allies, both the Saudis and Israel establishment of the Islamic Repub- activists, political opposition, trade my friend”. bin Talal, four ministers, and scores to intercept the missile before it hit are backed by the US, itself strug- lic of Iran mark a significant break in unionists, and women should have Significantly, much of the mil- of other former government lack- the ground, they have nevertheless gling to retain its hegemonic foot- guaranteed allegiances with the West, paid off any illusions that the regime itary equipment used by the Sau- eys. Up to 1,700 bank accounts have proclaimed the attack as “an act of hold in the region. it also exacerbated differences within represented anything remotely pro- dis in Yemen comes from Britain, also been frozen. His plan appears to war” by Iran. Saudi Foreign Minister Recent events do not augur well the Muslim world between the Shi’ite gressive, long ago. while the effective Saudi blockade of include an attempt to destabilise Leb- Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir has threat- for the people of the Middle East, and Sunni strands of Islam. However, for some Muslims, the Yemen’s borders has not been chal- anon by removing Hariri and effec- ened to take “appropriate” action who are inevitably caught in the The Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) was alternative Saudi-led interpretation lenged by either the US or the EU. tively throwing down the gauntlet to when the time is right. crossfire. The Saudi blockade of a significant attempt by the West— of Sunni Islam is regarded as infi- The recent bizarre resignation of Leb- cabinet partners Hezbollah, who are Jubeir claims that the missile was Yemen alone, which relies on imports which backed Saddam Hussein’s nitely worse than whatever Shi’ite anese Prime Minister Saad Hariri backed by Iran. made in Iran and smuggled in parts for 90 per cent of its food supply, attack upon Iran—to restore the pre- Iran has offered. The anti-Western can only be understood in the con- This is supported by the fact that into Yemen where, he claimed, “oper- is creating a humanitarian crisis of revolutionary balance in the region. feeling in the region has been height- text of the wider power play unfold- Hariri read out — on Saudi-owned atives from the Iranian Revolution- major proportions. IPA Inevitably, as with most efforts by the ened by the failure to curb Israeli ing in the region. Hariri was called TV — a scripted announcement of ary Guards and Hezbollah” helped (The author is a regular contribu- West in the region, the plan backfired brutality in Palestine, the post-Sep- to Riyadh, where upon landing, his his resignation as Prime Minister of put it back together again and then tor to the ‘People’s World’. The views and Iran emerged stronger in the eyes tember 11, 2001 invasion of Iraq, mobile phone and those of his body- Lebanon while calling for the dis- launch it. The wider context of recent expressed are strictly personal.)

tweet Healthy path for recovery RETWEET Forecasting ahead, OECD lists factors for upturn from 2018 onwards inance Minister Arun is that international oil prices Jaitley may derive some would average 60 dollars a bar- PURAB KOHLI cheer with a more rel throughout 2017-2019. This @Purab_Kohli meaningful agenda would mean in India a build-up Fboost from OECD, as he starts of both fiscal strains and infla- S. SETHURAMAN work on a challenging budget tionary pressures while higher Mumbai to Goa Rs 635 toll tax. Rs 550 for 2018-19. More taxes are to global interest rates could also in #Maharashtra. Even the collectors at augment revenues and mon- lead to some capital outflows, the booth were embarrassed about it, etary easing in 2018 are being though manageable with cur- held up to accelerate recovery rent reserves. The Current given the state of #NH4 in MH beyond in 2018-19. OECD notes after Account deficit is also set to Pune. @NHAISocialmedia why collect suffering from a temporary set- worsen in the next two years, toll for roads that are still being built? back, the economy is "bounc- despite global trade expansion #justasking why collect toll at all? ing back". at over 4 per cent in these years. The Modi Government, still OECD sees scope for overcoming the totally disrup- improving the quality of pub- tive impact of demonetisation lic expenditure and notes recent SACHIN TENDULKAR in November 2016, also has to efforts to move away from the @sachin_rt The prospect for make the hurriedly launched informal economy and to digi- GST more workable with fur- tise transactions are boosting tax further structural ther rate readjustments and revenue. However, non-tax rev- reforms, in easing the tax compliance, espe- enues, dividends, privatisation Feel so proud of our #TeamIndia players. cially for small-scale business and telecom receipts are below Yet another outstanding performance from particular in the sectors. Exporters continue to budget. On the spending side, @imVkohli , @mvj888 , @ImRo45.. and @ labour market, is face delays in tax refunds. wages and various allowances ashwinravi99 cleaning up with those 300 With a belated launch of for government employees are a clear positive recapitalisation plan for public being adjusted up while several wickets. Well done, guys! risk for growth; sector banks, the government states have announced farm is also caught in the labyrinth loan waivers, leaving little scope OECD urges of ways of funding means and for a further fiscal stimulus with DONALD J. TRUMP the Central sorting out legal issues related the deficit already high. Still, in @realDonaldTrump to bankruptcy procedures for the medium term, the expecta- government delinquent borrowers. OECD OECD has emphasised on improving public expenditure to smoothen the pace of the economy REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE tion is that the GST would spur to pursue its urges that the large recapitalisa- tax revenue. tion for PSBs should be accom- recovering from the transitory mal monsoon year, and higher structure would require addi- Creating more and better proposals to panied by governance reform adverse impact of rolling out rural wages. The large increases tional revenues by raising more quality jobs, for both women The Tax Cut Bill is coming along very well, modernise labour so that banks do not run into a the Goods and Services Tax in wages, pensions and vari- property and income taxes. and men, is necessary to pro- great support. With just a few changes, renewed accumulation of bad (GST) and measures to choke ous allowances for public ser- With inflation expectations mote inclusive growth. The some mathematical, the middle class and codes besides loans. off the black economy, includ- vants are also boosting private adjusting down to around 4 per prospect for further structural job producers can get even more in actual encouraging Overall, the Modi Govern- ing demonetisation". consumption, in particular in cent, some easing of monetary reforms, in particular in the dollars and savings and the pass through states to reform ment will have no smooth sail- In the longer run, GST urban areas. policy is proposed. OECD has labour market, is a clear positive provision becomes simpler and really ing for the months to come. Yet, would boost corporate invest- Import growth has slowed, assumed policy lending rate risk for growth; OECD urges works well! the labour a modicum of progress on these ment, productivity and growth after the surge in gold and (repo) to be cut from 6 per cent the Central government to pur- legislation in structural reforms will become by creating a single market and silver import ahead of tax now to 5.75 per cent in mid- sue its proposals to modernise a key factor for restoring credit reducing the cost of capital changes. Investment has failed 2018 and to remain constant labour codes besides encourag- their domain growth and triggering a private equipment, OECD said in its to rebound so far, affected by thereafter if inflation dura- ing states to reform the labour JOE KENNEDY investment revival. latest Global Outlook (Nov.28). the weak financial position of bly remains below 4 per cent. legislation in their domain. @RepJoeKennedy Now, in line with down- The investment will be further most public banks and some Overall, inflation has fluctuated Global growth is strength- ward revisions by other global supported both by the plan to corporations, combined with a well below the 4 per cent target, ening at 3.6 to 3.7 per cent in institutions, OECD puts growth recapitalise public banks and by low capacity utilisation. since October 2016 and infla- 2017-19, the fastest since 2010, estimate at 6.7 per cent for the the new road plan. According to OECD, an tion expectations are adjusting but the question posed both in Constituents filled our voicemail over current fiscal year ending March Currently, consumption is increase in public pensions and down. Some price spikes are developed and emerging mar- Thanksgiving weekend opposing FCC’s 2018. It expects growth to pick led by growth, though depressed wages, as well as debt write-offs likely in the coming months, as ket economies is whether the up to 7 per cent in 2018-19 and in the months after demoneti- in some states, is resulting in a base effects vanish, OECD says. upturn in investment and asyn- #NetNeutrality decision. This isn’t just 7.4 per cent in 2019-20. This sation. Consumption is recov- "broadly neutral" fiscal stance Globally interest rates would chronized growth momentum a hashtag, it’s a guarantee that the is predicated on progress with ering from the liquidity crunch over the projection period go up with US FED expected would raise productivity with internet should be open and accessible the ongoing bank and other and there is some rebound in (2017-19). Given the high pub- to gradually hike key interest real wages and higher living for everyone. reform efforts (GST). The econ- rural consumption as well as lic debt-to-GDP ratio, increased rate from 1.25 at present to standards for all. IPA omy is projected to "strengthen a rebound in two-wheelers spending on social (health and reach 2.75 per cent by Decem- (The views expressed are to above 7 per cent, gradually sales, bountiful crops in a nor- education) and physical infra- ber 2019. Another assumption strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 Pope Francis Suu Kyi stripped Bangladesh approves fails to mention of Freedom of Rohingya in Oxford award controversial Rohingya island Myanmar speech DHAKA: Bangladesh year to turn the island into a approved a controversial $280 way station for refugees amid million project to transform a warnings it could be completely desolate island off its southern inundated by floods. coast into a temporary camp But the scheme was revived for 100,000 Rohingya refugees in late August as unprec- on Tuesday, despite warnings edented numbers of new NAYPYIDAW: Pope Francis the site is uninhabitable. Rohingya arrivals poured into failed to mention Myanmar’s The announcement comes Bangladesh’s southernmost Muslim Rohingya minority just days after Bangladesh Cox’s Bazar district, placing as he shared a stage with the signed an agreement to repatri- enormous strain on limited country’s civilian leader, Aung ate to Myanmar the Rohingya resources and makeshift camps San Suu Kyi, in which he said refugees languishing in over- in the border region. the country was suffering from burdened camps along its Bangladesh Foreign Min- civil conflict and hostilities border. ister A.H Mahmood Ali in “that have lasted all too long A government economic September appealed for inter- and created deep divisions”. council chaired by Prime national assistance to transport Speaking in the capital, LONDON: Myanmar’s de has described the violence and Minister Sheikh Hasina Rohingya to the island. Naypyitaw, on Tuesday after- facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi mass exodus as “a textbook gave the greenlight to the But leaders for the perse- noon, the pontiff talked of the has been stripped of the Free- example of ethnic cleans- planned redevelopment of cuted Muslim minority remain need to “respect the rights of all dom of Oxford award over ing”, Suu Kyi has dismissed all Bhashan Char island, a proj- opposed to the idea and a UN who call this land their home”. her “inaction” in handling the allegations. ect that has attracted fierce agency official warned any His visit to Myanmar comes raging Rohingya refugee cri- Oxford City Coun- criticism since being first attempt at a forced relocation after an exodus of more than sis and turning a “blind eye to cil said that when Suu Kyi proposed in 2015. would be “very complex and 620,000 Rohingya from Rakh- violence” in the country that had been given the Freedom Planning Secretary Ziaul controversial”. ine state to the southern tip forced over 600,000 people to of the City it was because Islam said it was hoped the (100,000) people will be shifted Apart from build- The silty strip of land only The navy has built two heli- of Bangladesh after a mili- flee to Bangladesh. she reflected the city’s values island would be ready from there for the time being. We ing shelters, low-lying emerged from the Bay of Ben- pads and a small road on the tary crackdown that the UN, Oxford City Council voted of “tolerance and internation- May to accommodate some hope the project work will be areas of the island must be gal in 2006, and lies one hour’s island in recent months but US and UK have described as unanimously last night to per- alism” and as a celebration of of the more than 620,000 completed by 2018,” he told filled in and embankments boat journey from the nearest concerns persist over its suit- ethnic cleansing. The trip is, manently remove the honour her opposition to oppression Rohingya Muslims that have AFP. erected around the entire inhabited island. ability for human habitation, however, so delicate that some given to 72-year-old Suu Kyi and military rule in Myanmar crossed the border in the past “The navy has been given perimeter to ensure it can resist Bangladesh, a low-lying riv- with experts warning it could papal advisers warned him in 1997. but now any association with three months. the task in an effort to expedite tidal flooding, monsoon storms erine country at risk from ris- be swallowed by tides and ris- against even saying the word “On Tuesday we have taken her would tarnish the city’s “Approximately one lakh the (project) work.” and seasonal cyclones. ing sea levels, shelved plans last ing seas. AGENCIES “Rohingya”. AGENCIES the unprecedented step of reputation. stripping her of her city’s high- “The burning of their est honour because of her inac- [Rohingya] villages has been Top Chinese General kills self to tion in the face of oppression of independently confirmedThree alleged Islamists killed in the minority Rohingya popula- by satellite images, and the escape anti-graft probe: PLA tion,” Councillor Mary Clark- UN has called the situa- son said. tion ‘a textbook example of BEIJING: A top Chinese General has committed “We hope that on Tues- genocide’ yet Aung San Suu Kyi Bangladesh before Pope’s visit suicide to escape a probe against him over his day we have added our small has denied any ethnic cleans- voice to others calling for ing and dismissed numer- DHAKA: Three suspected render. But they responded were killed” in the explosions. tal before the visit, with police alleged links to two corruption-tainted former PLA human rights and justice for ous claims of sexual violence Islamist extremists were killed by opening fire and throw- RAB officials said the house patrolling around Christian generals, becoming the first senior army official the Rohingya people,” she said against Rohingya women as on Tuesday in a raid by Ban- ing bombs. Moments later we was raided following a tip-off. churches and places where to have killed himself in the anti-graft campaign in a statement. ‘fake rape’,” it said. gladesh police as security was heard loud explosions inside Pope Francis arrives in Francis will visit. of President Xi Jinping. Zhang Yang, 66, a member More than 600,000 “Oxford has a long tradition stepped up before Pope Fran- the house,” Major Ashraf, an Bangladesh on Thursday for “There will be the high- of the Central Military Commission - China’s high- Rohingya Muslims have fled of being a diverse and humane cis’s landmark visit to the Mus- RAB officer, say. a three-day visit, the first by a est security measures for the to Bangladesh following a mil- city, and our reputation is tar- lim-majority nation, officials The officer said a search Vatican leader in 31 years. Pope,” Dhaka police spokes- est military body - hanged himself at his home in itary crackdown in Myanmar’s nished by honouring those said. of the tin-roofed house in The visit will be dominated man Masudur Rahman told Beijing on November 23, state-run Xinhua news Rakhine state, creating one of who turn a blind eye to vio- The suspects opened fire Chapai Nawabganj district in by the plight of more than AFP. “We have taken the mea- agency on Tuesday quoted the CMC as saying. In the world’s most dire refugee lence,” it added. and threw bombs at Rapid the northwest of the country 620,000 Rohingya Muslims sures in consultations with the its first comment on Zhang’s death, the Chinese crisis. Last week, Myanmar A series of UK institutions Action Battalion police who was being completed. who have fled ethnic unrest in Christian community here.” military has termed the suicide as a “shameful” signed a deal with Bangladesh have been distancing them- cordoned off a house where RAB deputy head Colonel Myanmar and taken refuge in The Pope will meet a to allow the refugees to return selves from the Nobel Peace they were hiding near the bor- Anwar Latif Khan told AFP Bangladesh. group of Rohingya refugees in attempt to escape punishment. It was described home. laureate in the wake of the der with India, officials said. that “three people who were Bangladesh authorities have Dhaka and conduct a mass at as a “bad move to escape punishment”. AGENCIES While the United Nations Rohingya crisis. AGENCIES “We called on them to sur- involved in Islamist militancy tightened security in the capi- Suhrawardi Udyan. AGENCIES Hariri will quit if Hezbollah US charges three Chinese for Police foil Australia New Year’s Eve ‘terror plot’ MELBOURNE: An Islamic Christmas Day, arresting sev- doesn’t stay hacking American corporations State sympathiser planned to eral men who planned to use buy a gun and kill as many explosives, knives and guns to revellers as possible on New target the location. neutral WASHINGTON: Three Chi- December 2015 and March Year’s Eve in Melbourne, Patton said Ali, who lives nese nationals have been Moody’s Analytics, 2016, the US Department of police alleged Tuesday after with his parents, had been on indicted by the US Justice Siemens AG and Justice said. “Defendants Wu, foiling the plot. their radar since the begin- Department for allegedly hack- Dong and Xia launched coor- Ali Ali, born in Australia to ning of the year, part of a small ing and stealing sensitive inter- Trimble were dinated and targeted cyber Somali parents, was arrested community of extremists that nal documents of American the American intrusions against businesses in a raid on a house in the Mel- police have been monitoring. corporations like Moody’s Ana- operating in the US, including bourne suburb of Werribee His behaviour had gradu- lytics and Siemens for nearly six corporations that here in the Western District of on Monday. He appeared in ally escalated over time, but years. The indictment, which were hacked by Pennsylvania, in order to steal court Tuesday charged with police believe he was act- was unsealed Monday, charged confidential business informa- preparing to commit a terror- ing alone. “The potential of that the three defendants and the trio tion,” said Acting US Attorney ist attack and collecting doc- the attack was catastrophic,” others participated in “coordi- Soo C Song for the Western Dis- uments to facilitate a terror many people as he could in why we put the resources in.” said Patton, adding that the Saad Hariri nated and unauthorised” cyber the trio. According to the indict- trict of Pennsylvania. attack. No bail was applied for. the Federation Square area on Federation Square is in man was an “Islamic State attacks in order to steal confi- ment, Wu, Dong and Xia were He said, “These conspira- Police claim the 20-year- New Year’s Eve,” said Victoria the heart of the city, oppo- sympathiser”. A person who BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime dential business information owners, employees and associ- tors masked their criminal con- old accessed a guide book Police Deputy Commissioner site a busy train station and knows Ali told the Melbourne Minister Saad Hariri has said and intentionally cause dam- ates of Guangzhou Bo Yu Infor- spiracy by exploiting unwitting online produced by Al-Qaeda Shane Patton. St Paul’s Cathedral. It is one Herald Sun: “He is a very quiet that he will resign if the Hez- age to those computer systems. mation Technology Company, computers, called ‘hop points’, on how to carry out terror “It is a tremendous con- of the most popular places to guy. This is an absolute shock.” bollah resistance movement The three defendants have a firm in the southern Chinese conducting ‘spearphish’ email acts and use firearms, but was cern to us that (during) the see-in the new year and would Justice Minister Michael refuses to remain neutral in the been identified as Wu Yingzhuo, city of Guangzhou that offers campaigns to gain unauthorised arrested before he could pur- festive season, when people be packed on December 31. Keenan said the fact that country. Dong Hao and Xia Lei. Moody’s cyber security services. access to corporate computers, chase an automatic rifle. are out enjoying themselves, The alleged plot comes a the Christmas — New Year Hariri, in remarks to Analytics, Siemens AG and For one victim, informa- and deploying malicious code “What we will be alleging that there is a potential plot to year after police prevented period was again a target French broadcaster CNews, Trimble were the American cor- tion that the defendants targeted to infiltrate the victim computer is that he was intending to use commit a terrorist act. That is what they said was another “reminds us of the depravity said on Monday that he would porations that were hacked by and stole trade secrets between networks”. AGENCIES a firearm to shoot and kill as a huge issue for us but that is attack in the same area on of terrorists”. AGENCIES continue as Prime Minister “if Hezbollah accepted to stick by FROM NEW SPACEPORT the state policy of staying out of regional conflicts from Syria to Following ICJ defeat, Micro organisms Iraq and Yemen”. “They know we have to Russia loses contact with remain neutral in the region,” Britain replaces UN Hariri was quoted as saying by found from Atacama Press TV. Hezbollah is an opponent satellite after launch of Hariri’s Saudi Arabia-backed Ambassador Desert may cure HIV Future Movement though it is VOSTOCHNY: Russia said it also a member of Hariri’s coali- WASHINGTON: Britain on had lost contact Tuesday with tion government. Tuesday appointed Karen a weather satellite just hours LONDON: Scientists have Hariri announced his resig- Pierce as its new Ambassador after it was launched from its found a treasure trove of nation on November 4 in Saudi to the UN, replacing incum- Vostochny cosmodrome, in only micro organisms with poten- Arabia, shocking Lebanon and bent Matthew Rycroft under the second rocket liftoff from the tial to treat HIV in Chile’s plunging it into political uncer- whom it suffered a humili- new spaceport. Atacama Desert, one of the tainty. He accused Iran and ating defeat at the hands of The glitch is a fresh embar- highest and driest places Hezbollah of sowing strife in India in the recent election rassment for Russia’s belea- on Earth. Researchers have the Arab world, an allegation to the International Court of guered space programme which explained these exciting find- rejected by both sides. Justice. has suffered a series of setbacks ings from soil samples taken Shortly afterwards, Leba- Pierce is the first woman Matthew Rycroft over recent years as Moscow from heights of 3,000 to 5,000 nese President Michel Aoun appointed to this role, and is Bhandari was on Tuesday seeks to ease dependence on metres above sea level. accused Riyadh of kidnap- uniquely suited for the posi- re-elected to the ICJ as the the Baikonur cosmodrome in A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome Michael Goodfellow, from ping Hariri. The European tion having previously served UN General Assembly over- Kazakhstan. the Newcastle University in Union, France and Germany as deputy permanent repre- whelmingly threw its weight “During the first scheduled National television broadcast vices and increase the volume the UK, said the study focused were thought to be devoid of also called on the Saudis for sentative to the UN in New behind him, forcing Britain communication session with the live footage of the launch, show- of extra-budgetary funds and on actinobacteria as they are life,” he said. his return. York, and more recently as to withdraw its candidate space vehicle, contact has not ing the rocket taking off into a investments,” Medvedev told a keystone species in our eco- The researchers found that Hariri then travelled back the permanent representative from the hard-fought race to been established because it is not grey sky in the Amur region near meeting. systems and are acknowl- 40 per cent of the actinobacte- to Lebanon and put his resigna- to the UN in Geneva, the UK the world court. This is for on its planned orbit,” the Russian the Chinese border. The first launch from edged as an unrivalled source ria captured in samples could tion on hold at Aoun’s request Mission to the UN said in a the first time in 70 years that space agency Roscosmos said in Apart from the weather Vostochny spaceport took place of bioactive compounds. not be given ascribed names in favour of a national dialogue. statement. Britain would have no judge a statement. “Information is cur- satellite, the rocket carried in April 2016, with President “Surprisingly, we found as they had never before been According to reports, Hariri Britain’s Permanent Mis- in the 15-member panel of rently being analysed.” 18 payloads from institutions Vladimir Putin overseeing the that this landscape is an discovered. had been forced to step down sion to the United Nations the ICJ. The statement did not pro- and companies in Canada, the take-off. extraordinary repository for “This microbial seed by the Kingdom over his failing did not give any reason for Political analysts and edi- vide further details and its rep- United States, Japan, Germany, It represented a major devel- actinobacterial ‘dark mat- bank represents an enor- to “confront” Hezbollah. appointing Pierce as new torials in British media have resentatives declined immediate Sweden and Norway, the space opment for the country’s space ter’ - which comprises the mous untapped resource for “Lebanon cannot resolve a ambassador to the world described it as a diplomatic comment. Marking another agency said. sector, with the new cosmo- vast majority of microbes biotechnology programmes, question like Hezbollah which body, which comes days after failure of the Therasa May milestone after the inaugural Prime Minister Dmitry drome touted to mark a rebirth that microbiologists are cur- especially in an era where is in Syria, Iraq, everywhere it failed to get its judge Chris- government. “Britain has a liftoff last year, the Soyuz rocket Medvedev said Monday that of an industry plagued by a rently unable to cultivate,” resistance to existing antibi- because of Iran. It is a regional topher Greenwood elected to proud history of working for carrying the Meteor weather sat- such contracts would help Rus- string of embarrassments. said Goodfellow in the study otics is rapidly becoming a political solution that needs to the International Court of Jus- positive change through the ellite and other equipment took sia modernise its space industry. In December last year, an published in the journal major threat to global health,” be done,” Hariri said on Mon- tice (ICJ) after India’s Judge United Nations, not least in off at 2:41 pm (0541 GMT) from “The launch of foreign unmanned Progress ship car- Extremophiles. Goodfellow said. day. He also rejected claims that Dalveer Bhandari consistently addressing the problems in far eastern Russia. “All the initial devices with the help of Rus- rying supplies lost contact with “It is particularly inter- He said the discovery of he had forcibly resigned. He received nearly two-third of Libya and Syria,” British for- stages of the rocket’s flight went sian launch vehicles should Earth minutes after blast-off and esting that there is so much new bacteria could potentially said he had written his resigna- the votes in the UN General eign secretary Boris Johnson according to plan,” Roscosmos strengthen our positions on burnt up in the atmosphere over ‘dark matter’ in Atacama Des- be used to create new treat- tion statement himself. AGENCIES Assembly. said. AGENCIES said after the liftoff. the global market of space ser- Siberia. AGENCIES ert soils, which until recently ments. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 mp Kenyatta sworn in as Ireland’s deputy PM Frances May faces fresh accusations Kenya’s prez after oppn Fitzgerald resigns rally is hit by tear gas amid crisis DUBLIN: Ireland’s deputy of ‘rigging Parliament’ prime minister Frances Fitzger- ald has said she is resigning for the sake of the country, avert- LONDON: Theresa May to an end with commitments ing a snap general election. faces fresh allegations of “rig- to continue support for wom- Taoiseach (Irish prime ging Parliament” over a near- en’s services. minister) Leo Varadkar has unprecedented move to prevent “We can’t let the Govern- accepted her resignation. MPs amending the Budget. ment shut down the debate. Ms Fitzgerald had been at Labour has accused the If they think this is over, they the centre of a Garda (Irish Prime Minister of running should think again.” police) whistleblower contro- scared of an expected attempt However, the Government versy which could have resulted to use the Finance Bill to force dismissed the controversy, in bringing down the govern- a vote on scrapping VAT on describing the change to pro- ment.She quit hours before a domestic fuel. cedures for amendments as “a motion of no confidence in her With the Democratic practical modernisation”. was to be proposed by the main Unionist Party likely to oppose Increasingly, MPs have opposition party, Fianna Fáil. the Government on such a seized on the Finance Bill as a There were fears that an vote, it left her facing a pos- mechanism to force the Gov- NAIROBI: Kenyan President day that we have been wait- Irish election could have com- sible embarrassing defeat, the ernment to change course on Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in ing for. It’s finally here. Our plicated next month’s EU meet- Opposition claimed. tax measures – including over for a second term on Tuesday God had done this for us. The ing, at which the Republic of An amendment was the “tampon tax” and over amid thunderous applause of elections have tormented and Ireland’s position will influ- expected because – like the solar panels. In March last year, supporters even as pro-govern- almost destroyed our coun- ence the assessment of the notorious £350m-a-week extra George Osborne was forced to ment forces fired on protest- try. We hope that this will be UK’s progress in Brexit talks. for the NHS – zero-rating of announce the abolition of the 5 ers angered by the contentious the beginning of a new chap- According to Irish broadcaster, fuel was a key plank of the Vote per cent VAT charged on wom- election process that kept him ter,” said 30-year-old busi- RTÉ, Ms Fitzgerald told a Cabi- Leave campaign that secured en’s sanitary products, after a in power. nessman Marvin Muriithi net meeting on Tuesday that Brexit. Theresa May cross-party revolt. The inauguration capped an Munyua. “Let’s now focus on she was not asked or forced to Another likely challenge Labour campaigners joined incredibly fraught few months our country.” resign, but took the decision was over the issue of “period forced through in September, ther evidence of the Govern- And Paula Sherriff, the forces with Eurosceptic Tories for Kenya that saw an election The extended election sea- herself. poverty”, with ministers under potentially helping ministers to ment’s unprecedented rigging Labour MP who successfully keen to assert Britain’s power where results were annulled, son stretching from August “I believe it is necessary to pressure to agree to put in free ram through up to 1,000 “cor- of Parliament because they can- amended the Budget over the to set its own tax rates, forcing weeks of unrest, an opposi- until the inauguration exac- take this decision to avoid an sanitary products in schools. rections” to EU law ahead of not rely on their backbenchers so-called “tampon tax”, told the then-Chancellor into the tion boycott and finally a new erbated the deep divisions in unwelcome and potentially The controversy comes Brexit. or the DUP,” said Peter Dowd, The Independent: “That ended climbdown. election that gave Kenyatta 98 Kenya. Support for Kenyatta destabilising general election hard-on-the-heels of the row Now Labour has accused the Shadow Treasury Chief up being welcomed on all sides A similar alliance also percent of the vote, but with a and his opponent, Odinga, at this historically critical time,” over the Conservatives seizing the Government of a similar Secretary. of the House. forced Mr Osborne to scrap turnout of less than 40 percent. broke along on ethnic lines. she Fitzgerald held the dual control of all Commons com- manoeuvre to prevent most “This comes in the wake of “And, this year, there are a proposed VAT hike on solar Even as Kenyatta was sworn The business community also roles of tánaiste (Irish deputy mittees – despite losing their amendments to the Finance the Tories stitch up of standing MPs across parties who want panels, wind turbines, hydro- in, police across town opened backed Odinga while many prime minister) and minister majority at the general election. Bill, which will enact last week’s committees and its undemo- to press for action on period power equipment and energy fire on opposition demonstra- in more marginalized regions for business, enterprise and The Independent revealed Budget. cratic and arrogant decision poverty and get a clear timeta- efficiency products, from 5 per tors, with reports of at least turned to Odinga to stem the innovation. AGENCIES that plan ahead of it being “Once again we have fur- to ignore opposition motions.” ble for the tampon tax to come cent to 20 per cent. AGENCIES one dead. An impromptu rally endemic corruption in the later by opposition leader Raila country. Odinga attempted to Odinga was also hit by tear gas, stage a parallel prayer rally dur- At least 11 dead forcing his abrupt retreat to his ing the inauguration for those China permits limited tours to Hawaii urges top US court vehicle. killed during the election- as floods and Kenyatta took the oath on related violence. Some 70 peo- the same Bible used by his ple are estimated to have died South Korea as relations warm not to fully allow Donald landslide hit father — Kenya’s first presi- in confrontations with police dent, Jomo Kenyatta in 1964 — over the past few months. BEIJING: China is resuming China sees it as a threat to allow them to resume sending and the capacity crowd erupted The government declared limited tour group travel to its own military capabilities groups to South Korea. Trump’s travel ban Indonesia into cheers in the 60,000 seat the rally illegal and blocked the South Korea, a sign of warm- and slapped a series of restric- “At present, according to Kasarani Stadium decked out roads leading to the Jacaranda ing relations which were tions on South Korea in moves the tourism bureau’s rules, we JAKARTA: At least 11 people in the red and gold of Kenyat- grounds, preventing it from strained by Seoul’s installation seen as economic retaliation. still can’t cooperate with web- WASHINGTON: The state of vious versions that had been have died in severe floods and ta’s party. Neighboring heads of taking place. of a US missile defence system. In addition to the travel sites,” she said, noting they Hawaii on Tuesday urged the impeded by federal courts. The landslides in the east of Indo- state looked on, including the Residents of the area said Tour group operators in Bei- curbs it imposed a series of would resume selling to over- US Supreme Court not to allow ban currently applies to peo- nesia’s main island of Java, leaders of Ethiopia, Uganda, police used live fire to disperse jing said on Tuesday the city’s measures on South Korean the-counter travel agents. President Donald Trump’s lat- ple from Iran, Libya, Syria, an official said on Tuesday. A Rwanda and South Sudan. protesters. The residents held tourism bureau had told them firms operating in China. The end of the ban est travel ban that would bar Yemen, Somalia and Chad landslide killed nine people In his speech, Kenyatta up spent cartridges as evidence they could resume booking The undeclared sanc- appeared restricted to a few entry of people from six Mus- who do not have connec- at Pacitan in East Java prov- noted that the past few months that gunfire was used. At least group visits to South Korea. tions have taken a toll on areas. Tour operators in other lim-majority countries to go into tions to the United States. ince and two people died in “have been a trying time” but one body could be seen. China halted group travel to South Korea’s economy, major Chinese cities told full effect after it was partially Those with family relationships floods triggered by heavy rain assured the country that the The crowd chanted “Uhuru the South in March after the with its economic growth AFP they still could not book blocked by lower courts. and other formal connections in the same area. elections “are now firmly must go” and “Thief.” country began deploying the slowing this summer amid group visits to South Korea. Lawyers for the Demo- with the United States, such as Thousands of homes were behind us.” Supporters barricaded Terminal High Altitude Area shrinking exports. “We just Both countries late last month cratic-governed state, which through a university, can enter flooded and 4,000 people forced So many people tried to streets in the neighborhood Defense (THAAD) system, received the notice on Tues- took steps to improve rela- filed a legal challenge to the the country. to evacuate them, said a spokes- push into the stadium for the with stones and said the which Seoul and Washing- day,” said Zhang, an employee tions, saying they had agreed ban, were responding to the In a separate case in Mary- man for the national disaster event that police had to fire forces attacking them were the ton say is intended to combat at Huanyu Yuntong Interna- to address China’s concerns Trump administration’s land spearheaded by the Amer- mitigation agency. tear gas outside the venue to Mungiki, a pro-government missile threats from nuclear- tional Travel Agency, who over THAAD through future request last week asking the ican Civil Liberties Union, a The extreme weather will control the crowd. “This is the gang, rather than police. AGENCIES armed North Korea. said the tourism bureau would discussions. AGENCIES conservative-majority court federal judge partly blocked the continue to hit the Indo- to allow the ban to go into ban. nesian islands of Java and effect completely. The administration has also Bali, the spokesman added, Greek terror squad detains 9 Turks ahead of Erdogan visit Putin warns Hawaii’s lawyers wrote that asked the Supreme Court for warning people to be pre- the latest ban, Trump’s third, that injunction to be lifted. pared for floods, landslides ATHENS: Greek counter-terrorism police detained C, deemed a terrorist organization by Turkey, the of Russian discriminates against Muslims The ban also covers peo- and tornados. nine Turks in Athens on Tuesday in an investiga- United States and the European Union. Police said in violation of the US Consti- ple from North Korea and The agency said it urgently tion into Turkish leftist militant groups, ahead of a that searches of three homes where the Turks were tution and is not permissible certain government officials needs blankets, clothes and demographic under immigration laws. from Venezuela, and lower inflatable boats for affected scheduled visit next month by Turkey’s President detained produced detonators and materials “avail- On Nov. 13, courts have allowed those pro- areas. Indonesia is often hit by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A police statement said the able on the market that could potentially be used decline the San Francisco-based 9th visions to go into effect. landslides and floods. Turkish nationals, eight men and a woman, were to make explosives.” Erdogan’s visit, announced on US Circuit Court of Appeals Trump has said the travel Twelve people including detained in the central Athens areas of Neos Kos- Tuesday, is set for December 7-8. In 2014, four Turk- MOSCOW: President Vlad- allowed the ban to go partly ban is needed to protect the three children died in a land- imir Putin on Tuesday into effect, lifting part of a dis- United States from terror- slide on the holiday island of mos and Kallithea. The operation was not connected ish men were arrested in Athens on terrorism-relat- announced a string of reforms trict court judge’s nationwide ism by Muslim militants. Bali in February. with suspected Islamist terrorism, police said. The ed offences in connection with DHKP-C, after a raid aimed at boosting birth rates injunction. As a candidate, Trump had In September last year detainees are suspected of links with the Revolu- on an Athens apartment that uncovered weapons, in Russia as the popula- The Republican presi- promised “a total and complete almost 30 people died in dev- tionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP- explosives and detonators. AGENCIES tion continues its long-term dent’s ban was announced on shutdown of Muslims entering astating floods and landslides decline following a period of Sept. 24 and replaced two pre- the United States.” AGENCIES in Garut, West Java. AGENCIES improvement. BALI VOLCANO “On Tuesday... Russia’s Mali justice demographic situation is once again deteriorating,” Putin said ‘3,000 migrants died in minister resigns at a meeting on child policy Residents living in evacuation in Moscow. “This tendency after activist’s was predictable and is linked to the consequences of previ- Mediterranean this year’ zone urged to leave now ous, overlapping deep demo- acquittal graphic declines,” he said. GENEVA: More than 3,000 He pointed to the decline migrants and refugees have died BAMAKO: Mali’s justice of the Russian population as crossing the Mediterranean in a minister resigned late Mon- a result of the Second World desperate bid to reach Europe’s day following the acquittal of War and “roughly the same shores since the start of the year, a popular radio presenter and decline in the mid-1990s due the International Organization activist who alleged that the to enormous problems in the for Migration said on Tuesday. president and top military economy and de facto break- The figure so far represents a leaders were failing to keep down of the social sphere.” 40 per cent drop compared to last the country secure. The government would year’s record of 5,000 known or No official reason was reset its demographic devel- suspected drownings. given for Mamadou Ismael opment policy and pay partic- “That mark (was) proba- Konate’s abrupt departure ular attention to low-income bly passed sometime over last from the government, but a families, he said. Putin, who weekend,” when more than 30 source close to the minister has made improving the coun- migrants died off the coast of told AFP his decision was try’s demography a priority in Libya, IOM spokesman Joel “related to the Ras Bath case”. his three presidential terms, Millman told reporters in Mohamed Youssouf announced new monthly Geneva. Bathily, alias Ras Bath, him- handouts for the birth of a The 3,033 deaths happened self a minister’s son, reg- first child that will come into across three main sea routes in ularly broadcast tirades effect from January 1. The the Mediterranean. against the administration Russian leader said his gov- “We’ve been saying this for of President Ibrahim Boub- BALI: Bali airport is remaining ellers from Denpasar airport in with the leading Indonesian ernment would allocate $2.4 years and we’ll keep on saying acar Keita until his arrest in closed for a further 24 hours Bali to the port at Padang Bai airline, Garuda, facing criti- billion (two billion euros) to it: It’s no longer enough to sim- August 2016. because of volcanic ash from on the east of the island, from cism. Dagmar Zwebe tweeted: the scheme, which would give ply count these tragic statistics. via Libya and Turkey, the two place. News of Bathily’s deten- nearby Mount Agung. With where they can take the four- “I have been trying to call your Russian women an allowance We must also act,” IOM direc- main routes, with more than 1.5 “People are still dying at sea tion led to protests on the around 450 more flights can- hour ferry ride to Lombok. lines but it is impossible to get of $180 for 18 months after tor general William Lacy Swing million people reaching Europe in enormous numbers, even streets of the Malian capital celled, it adds tens of thou- The prospects for Bali’s air- somebody on the line. I also the birth of their first child. said in a statement. since 2015. after years of seeing this hap- Bamako, and one person was sands more travellers to the port re-opening on Wednesday tried the life chat but nobody Russia, home to 146.9 million The number of migrants The UN has condemned as pen repeatedly. We have to ask killed and dozens injured in list of passengers stranded on look bleak, and the Australian is answering. people, has seen its popula- and refugees who have arrived “inhuman” the EU’s coopera- ourselves, why is this still hap- the ensuing violence, which the Indonesian island. airline, Jetstar, has already can- “Would it be possible to tion decrease by more than in Europe this year — nearly tion with Libya, where migrants pening?” Ambrosi said Monday also caused widespread Forecasts from the Volca- celled some flights. change our flight to a different five million since the fall of the 164,000 — is less than half of are being held in “horrific” pris- in Brussels. damage. nic Ash Advisory Centre in It is offering Australian pas- destination? Is there any other Soviet Union in 1991. last year’s total of 348,000. ons and have even been auc- “Rescue at sea needs to be He was cleared of all Darwin, northern Australia sengers booked to travel to the way to contact you?” The country then plunged Three-quarters of the arriv- tioned off as slaves. more robust and well resourced, charges yesterday follow- show that the ash cloud is now island the option to switch to The Australian foreign min- into a deep demographic crisis als in 2017 have been in Italy, the Eugenio Ambrosi, with a clear, life-saving mandate ing months of legal wran- spreading south-west from the much further-flung destina- istry is warning: “Depending due to worsening living stan- remainder in Greece, Cyprus IOM Regional Director and better cooperation among gling after being sentenced volcano. This should allow the tions, including Thailand, Viet- on the weather conditions at dards, an increasing death rate and Spain. for the European Union, all actors involved. But at the while out of the country to airport on the neighbouring nam and Japan. the time of an eruption, an ash and falling birth rates. The flow has been stemmed Norway and Switzerland same time, the best way to save a year in prison for “inciting island of Lombok, to the east, Frustration is grow- cloud could affect flights and After a period of improve- by controversial deals between warned that the continuing lives is to offer migrants a way troop disobedience”, a deci- to operate normally. ing among travellers who ash fall may impact Denpasar ment, Moscow’s demographic the EU, Turkey and Libya. alarming rate of fatalities raises around smugglers through safe sion overturned on appeal The authorities are said to are either trying to leave the and neighbouring airports in decline now seems to be wors- The EU has been desper- serious questions about the pol- and legal bridges to Europe,” he on Monday. AGENCIES be laying on buses to take trav- island or booked to go there, East Java and Lombok.” AGENCIES ening again. AGENCIES ate to slow the migrant influx icy and measures currently in added. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 Women must lead world biz growth: Ivanka Prez Trump’s daughter leading US contingent at Summit themed Women First, Prosperity for All ‘Cutting gender gap by half HYDERABAD: Ivanka ing his visit to the White House Ivanka highlighted what the "At home, our administra- Trump, daughter of and advi- in June to speak at the Sum- US is doing to reverse the tion is committed to empow- sor to US President Donald mit. She is leading the US con- trend. "The US Small Business ering women entrepreneurs can up Indian GDP by $150 bn’ Trump, on Tuesday pitched for tingent at the Summit themed Administration, for example, through domestic reforms. In access to capital and equitable 'Women First, Prosperity for increased its lending to women the past 11 months, we have HYDERABAD: Ivanka "Through your own enter- laws for women entrepreneurs, All'. by over 500 million dollars this expanded apprenticeship Trump, US President Donald prise, entrepreneurship and saying closing the gender entre- She opened her speech year alone," she emphasised. programmes and prioritised Trump's daughter, on Tues- hard work, the people of India preneurship gap could grow by stressing how all over the The US administration is STEM education to ensure day said reducing gender gap have lifted more than 130 mil- global GDP by up to 2 per cent. world entrepreneurs are "revo- fostering mentorship through that women -- and men -- have in the labour force by half can lion citizens out of poverty -- In her keynote address at lutionising our economies, and programmes such as SCORE -- more opportunities to master help boost Indian economy by a remarkable improvement, the 8th annual Global Entre- improving our societies". a nation-wide initiative where the skills that drive progress over $150 billion in the next and one I know will continue preneurship Summit (GES), "You are rewriting the successful men and women in the 21st century," she stated. three years and reiterated her to grow under the leadership she said that despite the soaring rules," she said and went on coach those who want to The US has dramatically father's words that "India has of the Prime Minister," she rate of female entrepreneurs, to talk about this year's GES become their own CEOs. reduced job-crushing regula- a true friend in the White added. women still face steep obstacles theme. "This year's Summit "Our Administration is tions which disproportionately House". Ivanka, who is the advi- to starting, owning, and grow- is focussed on a theme that is striving to promote greater hurt entrepreneurs and small In her keynote address at sor to the White House, said, ing their businesses. key to our future: Women First, opportunity for women around business owners. the 8th annual Global Entre- "Here in India, I want to "Fuelling the growth of Prosperity For All. I am proud the world, both through our "And we are laser-focused preneurship Summit (GES), applaud Prime Minister Nar- women-led businesses isn't that for the first time ever, While her trip to India has The Associated Press in a domestic reforms and our on passing long overdue tax she showered lavish praise endra Modi for his firm belief simply good for our society women make up the major- been hogging media limelight, news report today said a Sep- international initiatives," she cuts. This will provide the on Prime Minister Narendra that 'the progress of human- -- it's good for our economy. ity of the 1,500 entrepreneurs questions have been raised tember investigation by it said. much-needed relief to work- Modi who is "doing to build ity is incomplete without the One study estimates that clos- selected to attend." about whether her message "showed that Trump's supply At the G20 conference, the ing families and businesses of India as a thriving economy empowerment of women'," she ing the gender entrepreneur- Women, according to of empowering poor women chain has become more opaque United States was a founding all sizes," she said, adding that –a beacon of democracy – stressed. ship gap worldwide could grow Ivanka, can help lead the way matches her actions. than ever since she took on her member of a bold, new ini- this year, the President's Budget and a symbol of hope to the India, she said, is one of the our global GDP by as much as in closing this gap and usher- Critics have faulted her White House role, making it tiative with the World Bank included a proposal to establish world. What you are achieving fastest growing economies in 2 per cent," she said. ing in a new age of greater pros- for failing to use her leader- impossible to know who her the Women Entrepreneurs a nation-wide programme for is truly extraordinary". the world and has a true friend Ivanka, 36, a business- perity. "We must ensure women ship role to call out labour and company is doing business with Finance Initiative, or WeFi. paid family leave. "What you are achieving in the White House. woman, fashion designer and entrepreneurs have access to human rights abuses and her around the world. The brand This facility provides access to "We are committed to sup- is truly extraordinary... from President Trump earlier the eldest daughter of the US capital, access to networks and refusal take a public stand on has said supply chains are the capital, networks, and mentor- porting women, and men, who your childhood selling tea to this year said India has a true President, was invited by Prime mentors, and access to equita- alleged abuses in her brand's responsibility of its licensees". ship for women in developing work, inside and outside of the election as India's Prime Min- friend in the White House, Minister Narendra Modi dur- ble laws," she added. own supply chain. In her speech at the GES, countries. home," Ivanka added. PTI ister," she said. Ivanka recalled. PTI Dredging Corp staff observe ‘relay Bhel shares Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Siemens ABB, Kawasaki join hands gain over 2% working fast on hybrid plane for collaborative robots fast’ against disinvestment plot on `64-crore FRANKFURT: Airbus, Sie- control systems and flight NEW DELHI: Global auto- collaborative automation, and mens and Rolls-Royce are controls. Jet engine maker mation firms ABB and Kawa- creating common industry NEW DELHI: Dredging Cor- order win teaming up to develop a hybrid Rolls-Royce would make the saki on Tuesday came together approaches to safety, program- poration of India (DCI) on The national company’s non-executive passenger plane that would generator and the turbo-shaft to share knowledge and pro- ming and communications, it Tuesday said its employees workers' union has already threatened NEW DELHI: Shares of BHEL use a single electric turbofan engine and engineering com- mote benefits of collaborative added. are on a "relay fast demonstra- rose by more than 2 per cent along with three conventional pany Siemens would deliver the robots, particularly those with Collaboration between tion" till December 5 to pro- to launch an indefinite strike on or after on Tuesday after the company jet engines running on avia- two- megawatt electric motor dual arm designs. people and robots, machines test against the government's December 6, 2017, to protest against announced bagging an order tion fuel. to power the engine. "ABB and Kawasaki Heavy and processes is getting move to sell its entire stake in worth over Rs 64 crore for set- The plane is an effort to The companies said they Industries will join forces to increasingly important as pro- the company. proposed stake ‘throw-away’ ting up sewage treatment plants develop and demonstrate tech- were looking ahead to the share knowledge and promote duction in many industries has The non-executive work- in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. nology that in the future could European Union's long-term the benefits of collaborative shifted from larger lots with ers' union of the company has ment plan, company work- tives of DCI at Head Office, The stock moved up by help limit emissions of car- goals of reducing CO2 emis- robots, in particular those with little variation to low volumes already threatened to launch ers, including shore-based Visakhapatnam had gone on 2.28 per cent to end at Rs 94.15 bon dioxide from aviation and sions from dual arm with a high mix. This means an indefinite strike on or after executives, had gone on a mass leave. on the BSE. During the day, reduce reliance on fossil fuels. more variability and more December 6, 2017 to protest mass leave on November 21 The employees had also it jumped 2.66 per cent to Rs The three companies on INNOVATION INC human intervention. against the stake sale. at Visakhapatnam. staged a dharna at the main 94.50. Tuesday said they aim to build aviation by designs," Collaborative automation "The employees of DCI are The government, on gate and did not allow the On the NSE, shares of the a flying version of the E-Fan X 60 per cent, as well as meeting a joint statement, issued in allows people and robots to participating in a 'relay fast November 1, approved sale of Directors and the CMD to company went up by 2.17 per technology demonstrator plane noise and pollution limits that Zurich in Switzerland today, each contribute their unique demonstration' at Visakhapat- its entire 73.47 per cent stake enter the head office. cent to close at Rs 94.10. by 2020. The aircraft would be they said "cannot be achieved said. strengths people offer pro- nam from November 27 to in the DCI.The company has The disinvestment of the "As part of its strategy to based on the existing BAe 146 with technologies existing According to the statement, cess knowledge, insight and December 5 from 900 hours to earlier said its management government's entire 73.47 per diversify into new areas, Bharat four- engine regional jet. today." CO2 "carbon dioxide" the global cooperation will improvisation for change while 1800 hours every day against is holding discussions with cent stake in the company Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) The hybrid version would is a greenhouse gas that scien- become effective immediately. robots offer tireless endurance the central government's deci- the union to call-off the strike. could fetch about Rs 1,400 has won an order for setting up generate electric power tists say contributes to global Under the new framework, for repetitive tasks. sion for sale of entire stake...," Earlier on November crore to the exchequer. six decentralised sewage treat- through a turbine within the warming. which is the world's first to The cooperation also rep- Dredging Corporation of 21, after the Department of The dredging company is ment plants (STPs) in Raipur, plane. That power would be Other projects for hybrid or focus on 'cobots' –short for resents collaboration across India Ltd said in a regulatory Investment and Public Asset under the administrative con- Chhattisgarh," a BHEL state- used to turn the fan blades of electric planes are in the works. collaborative robots –both borders, with ABB as Europe's filing to the BSE on Tuesday. Management, Ministry of trol of the shipping ministry. ment said. the single electric turbofan Kirkland, Washington-based companies will independently largest robot supplier and It said the management has Finance informed the com- It is involved in mainte- According to the statement, engine. Zunum Aero says it is work- continue manufacturing and Kawasaki one of Asia's indus- taken steps for smooth func- pany regarding constitution nance dredging, capital dredg- the order is valued at over Rs 64 If the system works, a sec- ing on a 12-seat hybrid-electric marketing their own offerings trial giants. "The scale and tioning of the operations of of an inter ministerial group ing, beach nourishment, land crore, and the STPs will have ond electric motor could be commuter jet. The company's while working together on pace of change in the robotics the company and their is no for appointing transactional reclamation, shallow water a cumulative capacity of 25.4 added, the companies said. website lists its partners as joint technical and awareness industry today is unimagina- disruption in the operations and legal advisers for the stake dredging, project manage- MLD (million litres per day). The companies said plane Boeing, jetBlue Technology opportunities, it said. ble," said Per Vegard Nerseth, of the company. sale, both the shore based ment consultancy and marine The order has been placed maker Airbus would be respon- Ventures, and the Depart- This includes educating Managing Director of ABB's Opposing the divest- executives and non-execu- construction. PTI on BHEL by Raipur Develop- sible for building the aircraft's ment of Commerce Clean policymakers, NGOs and the Robotics business, in the ment Authority. PTI systems into a working whole, Energy Fund. AP public about the benefits of statement. PTI Bharat 22 ETF lists on bourses ‘GST mop-up, compliance unlikely to improve near-term’

with sober gain of around 4% MUMBAI: Both goods and significantly till the complete quarterly. Total GST collections services tax (GST) collections framework including returns in October stood at Rs 83,350 Badri Narain Sharma is chief of anti-profiteering body NEW DELHI: Bharat 22 Bharat 22 ETF, managed as well as its compliance in matching, e-way bill, and crore much below the previous Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), by ICICI Prudential Mutual the first four months since the reverse charges, are imple- two months, when it averaged NEW DELHI: Senior bureau- November 16 approved setting generally take about three comprising 22 companies, Fund, is a unique blend of rollout of the new tax regime mented fully," it noted. at around Rs 92,000 crore each. crat Badri Narain Sharma was up of the five-member author- months to complete the inves- made a modest debut on the shares of key CPSEs, Public remain well below the target, Collections may fall fur- But total tax returns (GSTR- on Tuesday appointed as the ity, mandated to ensure that the tigation and send the report to bourses on Tuesday, surging Sector Banks (PSBs) and also and the situation is unlikely to ther, unless there is a massive 3B) in October was nearly 0.7- chairman of the national anti- benefits of GST rate reduction the anti-profiteering authority. nearly four per cent over the the government-owned shares improve in the near- term, says improvement in compliance, 0.8 million lower than the profiteering authority under is passed on to consumers. If the authority finds that issue price of Rs 35.97. The ETF in blue chip private companies a report. as the government had mas- previous months, till now, the the GST regime, according to As per the structure of the a company has not passed on listed at Rs 36.30 per unit on like Larsen & Toubro (L&T), This is excluding the Excise sively reduced the tax rates on report stated. The government an official order. anti-profiteering mechanism GST benefits, it will either BSE, up 0.92 per cent over the Axis Bank and ITC. duty collections on petroleum most of the items. While it has attributed lower revenues to Sharma, a 1985 batch IAS in the GST regime, complaints direct the entity to pass on the issue price of Rs 35.97. In the The government raised Rs products and the basic Cus- brought down the 28 per cent IGST, overall rationalisation of officer of Rajasthan cadre, is of local nature will be first benefits to consumers or if the intra-day trade, it had touched 14,500 crore through Bharat toms duty both of which have tax slab to just under 50 items taxes on certain goods, imple- at present additional secretary sent to the state-level screen- beneficiary cannot be identi- a high of Rs 37.38 and a low of 22 ETF, which opened for sub- been on an uptick due to the from over 250 items, it has mentation issues and compli- in the department of revenue. ing committee, while those of fied, it will ask the company to Rs 36.30. It closed the session scription for retail investors spike in crude prices, says brought as many as 200 items ance. "Because of the first time The Appointments Com- national level will be marked transfer the amount to the 'con- at Rs 37.33, up 3.78 per cent. from November 15-17. It had a report by brokerage Kotak into 18 per cent tax bracket requirement of paying IGST on mittee of the Cabinet has for the standing committee. If sumer welfare fund' within a On National Stock an initial issue size of Rs 8,000 Securities today. from the 28 per cent earlier. transfer of goods from one state approved his appointment to the complaints have merit, the specified timeline. The author- Exchange (NSE), the fund set- crore. Bharat 22 ETF saw bids "Both collection as well as There are around 9.6 mil- to another state even within the the post in the rank and pay of respective committees would ity will have the power to can- tled 3.7 per cent higher at Rs of nearly Rs 32,000 crore com- compliance of GST remains lion registered taxpayers under same company, there was an secretary to the government of refer the cases for further inves- cel registration of any entity or 37.30. It had opened at Rs 36.11 ing in, with foreign portfolio low, with the compliance GST, including around 1.5 mil- additional cash flow of IGST India, the order by the ministry tigation to the Directorate Gen- business if it fails to pass on to and hit a high of Rs 37.40 in the investors bidding for one-third being at around 50 per cent lion of composition dealers, in the first three months," the of personnel said. eral of Safeguards. consumers the benefit of lower intra-day trade. of the money. PTI and is unlikely to increase who are required to file taxes report noted. PTI The Union Cabinet had on The DG Safeguards would taxes under the GST. PTI Internet companies hail Trai’s Net Protests outside Ajit Pai home neutrality proposals, telcos cry wolf in US over net neutrality rules LALIT K JHA and Verizon broad powers to harassing us at our homes," Pai NEW DELHI: Internet firms directions. discrimination in content and determine what website should told 'Fox and Friends'. on Tuesday lauded Trai's rec- "We had proposed broad services available on the Inter- WASHINGTON: The Fed- reach out to subscribers faster His proposal is scheduled to ommendations on Net neutral- approach on Net neutrality net on the basis of pricing. eral Communications Com- than others. come out to vote before FCC on ity, which calls for unhindered covering national priority of An Edelweiss report said mission chairman, Ajit Pai, has The activists not only staged December 14. This is expected access to content and services connecting the next 1 billion that recommendations to come under a blistering attack protest outside Pai's home with to pass as the Republicans have over the web, while telecom unconnected people in India exclude content delivery net- by several Indian-American signs directing at his children, five votes as against three from operators said that the regula- and licensing for over-the-top works (CDNs) from Net neu- lawmakers and activists for his they also reportedly sent piz- the Democratic Party. tor has applied a 'narrow defi- players," telecom operators trality restrictions will give proposal to repeal the Obama- zas to his home every half-and- Pai expressed his displea- nition' to the topic. body COAI Director General integrated operators like era net neutrality policy. hour. Some media reports said sure when asked about the They said Trai did not Rajan S Mathews said. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio The activists also protested the frequency was every 15 protest outside his house in address the issues related to All this should have been an upper hand versus pure outside Pai's home in Virginia minutes. Virginia. "It was a little nerve- connecting the unconnected included in the Trai proposals, play connectivity providers. with signs directing at his This is the first instance racking, especially for my wife," in India and licensing of apps he said, adding that the Net "We expect Reliance Jio children. that a senior Indian-American he said. or websites providing calls and neutrality framework in India and Bharti Airtel to be key Pai, 44, blasted the activ- administration official in any of "Internet regulation activ- messaging services such as should be in accordance with mittee to decide on violation open' upholding the demo- beneficiaries as they already ists for "harassing" his family the presidential administration ists have crossed the line by WhatsApp, Skype, Viber and the needs of the nation. of rules is an unnecessary and cratic principles, it said. have presence in content plat- members, saying they "crossed being harassed and threatened threatening and harassing my Google Duo. Trai has recommended a bureaucratic move. "However, the government forms," the report said. the line". by opponents. family. They should leave my The Telecom Regulatory narrow definition of Net neu- Industry body representing needs to act with speed on Law Firm Khaitan & Co, He is facing backlash from Signboards and placards family out of this and focus Authority of India (Trai) on trality, he said. Internet firms IAMAI lauded these recommendations. The Associate Partner, Harsh Walia his opponents for his pro- placed by protestors outside on debating the merits of the Tuesday recommended bar- "In narrow definition, we the recommendations, calling Trai position on differential said that all Internet of Things posal which seeks to reverse Pai's house in Virginia mocked issue," Pai was quoted as saying ring telecom operators from agree with it in-principle. We them progressive and prag- pricing had a sunset clause of (IoT) services are not excluded Obama era's net neutrality, him for his views. by The Washington Post. imposing any restriction, like are still studying the recom- matic, which recognise the 2 years which is fast coming to from the principle of non-dis- which meant that all websites "I understand that people In an interview to PBS reducing Net speed or block- mendations and will update requirements of expansion of an end," said the Internet and crimination, but only those are treated equally by Internet are passionate about policy, but News early this month, Pai had ing the access of any content or our views as we will note key digital services in the country. Mobile Association of India. that fall within the ambit of providers. the one thing in America that said the digital landscape has service available on the Inter- points." The Internet in India, Trai had in February last specialised services to the sat- His proposal would end net should remain sacred is that changed, and the government net, except in special cases like Mathews said the recom- unlike possibly in the US or year barred telecom operators isfaction of the Department of neutrality and give big Inter- families, wives and kids, should should stop "micromanaging court orders and government mendations to set-up a com- China, is going to be 'free and from imposing any sort of Telecom. PTI net providers like Comcast remain out of it. And stop the Web". PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 mp Pradhan defends mega oil Pradeep Singh Kharola named Air India CMD NEW DELHI: Senior IAS offi- refinery amid e-vehicle push cer Pradeep Singh Kharola has AI launches been appointed as the new CMD of disinvestment- bound NEW DELHI: Oil Minis- Air India, the government said simulator ter Dharmendra Pradhan on on Tuesday. Tuesday strongly defended Oil minister pitches for Kharola would take over as training centre plans to build the Rs 2.7 lakh the chairman and managing crore oil refinery on the west director of the flagship car- coast by 2022 despite the push rier from Rajiv Bansal, who for ATR pilots for electric vehicles, saying that including gas in GST was given an extension only India needs multi-source fuels last week. HYDERABAD: National to meet its fast-growing energy NEW DELHI: Oil Minis- duty and VAT. A 1985-batch Karnataka carrier Air India on Tuesday needs. ter Dharmendra Pradhan on Unlike other industries cadre officer, Kharola would commissioned its first ATR The plan to build the 60 Tuesday made a strong case which can take credit for any be steering the national airline As part of efforts to revive simulator at its Central Train- million tonnes (MT) a year for inclusion of natural gas tax paid towards the further- at a time when the government the fortunes of Air India -- ing Establishment (CTE) in capacity refinery in Ratnag- in the Goods and Services ance of business, no credits has started the process for its which is staying afloat on Hyderabad. iri district of Maharashtra has Tax, saying that if polluting on input GST will be available strategic disinvestment. taxpayers' money -- the gov- Set up at an investment come in for questioning after coal can be included, then to the oil and gas industry Kharola has been ernment has decided on sell- of Rs 63 crore, including the Transport Minister Nitin Gad- the environment-friendly fuel leading to the huge additional appointed as the CMD of Air ing stake in the airline. acquisition cost, the new ATR kari announced that only elec- certainly deserves a place in indirect tax burden. India in the rank and pay of The Cabinet Committee 72-600 full-flight simulator tric cars would be produced in exceeded the demand of 194.2 Petrochemicals which form the new regime. Pradhan's ministry had Secretary to Government of on Economic Affairs (CCEA) (FFS) will meet the training the country after 2030. MT in 2016-17 fiscal. the building blocks for prod- "Coal has been included previously written to the India, an official release said. gave its in-principle nod for requirements of the ATR pilots Besides, Railway Minister According to the Interna- ucts used in the manufacture and levied with 5 per cent tax Finance Ministry to consider He has been the managing the strategic disinvestment of of Alliance Air, its regional Piyush Goyal has said that die- tional Energy Agency (EA), of wide range of items, from but gas is outside GST, how including natural gas in GST. director of Bangalore Metro Air India in June this year. arm, an AI official said. sel locomotives will be phased this demand is expected to plastics to cosmetics, is derived fair is that," he said at the Industry body Ficci has Rail Corporation Ltd since The carrier, which has Pilots will begin simulated out by 2022. reach 458 MT by 2040. from refining crude oil or nat- KMPG Energy Summit here. also pitched for the inclusion February 2015. a debt burden of more than training at the centre from "India consumes just 6 Pradhan said India's per ural gas. Crude oil, petrol, diesel, of natural gas in the new indi- Among others, Kharola Rs 50,000 crore, managed to tomorrow, the official added. per cent of the global pri- capita petrochemical con- Refineries world over are aviation turbine fuel (ATF) rect tax regime so as to help has worked in various posts eke out operational profit for Till now these pilots were mary energy at present but it sumption is just 10 kg as looking at value addition to or jet fuel and natural gas are producers contain cost and in Karnataka, including as the the first time in a decade in going to Singapore, Bangkok or will account for 25 per cent of against the global average of produce petrochemicals. not included in GST, which aid in moving towards a gas- chairman of Karnataka Urban 2015-16. France for training on regional incremental growth," Pradhan 30 kg. And the nation is import Pradhan said that just a has amalgamated over a based economy. Infrastructure Development Under a turnaround plan jets, which was costly. said at a KPMG Energy Sum- dependent to meet its petro- couple of days back Saudi dozen indirect taxes includ- In a letter to Finance Min- and Finance Corporation Ltd. approved by the previous UPA Alliance Air, the regional mit here. chemical needs. Aramco and Saudi Arabia's ing excise duty, service tax ister Arun Jaitley, Ficci said He has also served as princi- regime, Air India is to receive arm of Air India, has 15 ATR In order to meet the vast "So if the petrochemi- chemicals company SABIC and VAT since it kicked in that keeping natural gas out pal secretary to the Karnataka up to Rs 30,231 crore from 72-600s and it plans to add five growing energy needs, India cal demand grows with the announced plans to develop from July 1. of the GST is causing hard- chief minister. the government subject to more by March. needs "multi-source fuels," expanding economy, we would a fully-integrated crude oil to Hence, while various ships and having an adverse Interestingly, Bansal -- who meeting certain performance Spread over 20 acres, the he said, adding that there is a need domestic production," chemicals (COTC) complex. goods and services procured impact on the producers as it is also additional secretary and thresholds. facility currently has two sim- requirement for conventional he said. The $20 billion project is by the oil and gas industry are is increasing their costs. financial adviser at the petro- The ten-year bailout pack- ulators for Airbus A320s in fuels, coal, renewable sources The planned Rs 2.7 lakh planned to process 400,000 subjected to GST, the sale and Gas sales including CNG leum ministry -- had got an age began from 2012. Hyderabad. Apart from train- as well as nuclear. crore project in Ratanagiri barrels per day (20 MT) of supply of oil, gas and petro- and piped gas supplies attract extension as Air India CMD So far, the embattled car- ing pilots, CTE offers training India has a capacity to district of Maharashtra will crude oil and produce some 9 leum products continue to VAT ranging from 5-12 only last week after his initial rier has received around to cabin crew in aviation secu- refine 232.066 MT of crude have a 10-12 MT petrochemi- MT of chemicals and base oils attract earlier taxes like excise per cent. PTI three-month tenure ended on Rs 26,000 crore under the rity, aircraft engineering, mar- oil into fuel a year, which cal complex. per year by 2025. PTI November 23. package. PTI keting and management. PTI Lodha group raises $125 HSBC pegs Q2 growth at 6.3%, RCom shares end nearly 4% mn to repay costlier debt lower on insolvency case buzz sees inflation holding rates NEW DELHI: Shares of Reli- Reliance Communications NEW DELHI: Leading real mium to the original issuance. ance Communications on spokesperson yesterday said: estate firm Lodha group has The bonds are listed on the Sin- MUMBAI: British brokerage HSBC on Tuesday ended nearly 4 per "The company has not been raised an additional $125 mil- gapore Stock Exchange (SGX). Tuesday said GVA growth will come in cent lower amid reports that served any notice of the appli- lion through bonds to pre-pay Lodha International, at 6.3 per cent for the second quarter, and China Development Bank has cation filed by China Devel- its costlier debt and reduce which is based in Mauritius risks to inflation will prevent the Reserve filed an insolvency case against opment Bank with NCLT, as interest expense. and undertakes development Bank from tinkering its policy rates at the the telecom firm, which the reported in the media." Mumbai-based Lodha of projects in London market, next review. Growth data for the July-Sep- company has denied. However, in the interest of group's subsidiary Lodha said that the company planned tember period is expected to be released Trimming most of its early all stakeholders, the spokes- Developers International Ltd to raise $100 million but the on Thursday, while the Reserve Bank will losses, the stock ended the day person said: "The company had raised $200 million in size of the issue was raised on be coming out with a bi-monthly review at Rs 12.90, down 3.37 per is engaged through the JLF March 2015 through issue of strong interest from global on December 6. cent on BSE. During the day, (joint lenders forum) with all bonds with maturity in 2020. investors. "While recovery is expected to be only it slipped 8.61 per cent to Rs its lenders for a successful res- The company has now "The total order book, at modest, inflation risks are edging higher," 12.20. At NSE, shares of the olution of the SDR process. raised an incremental $125 final pricing was in excess of economists at the brokerage said. company went down 3.74 per China Development Bank has million through issue of bonds $320 million. On account of In a note, they said gross value added cent to close at Rs 12.85. also been actively participat- with same maturity date, taking this strong interest, the deal (GVA) growth will come at 6.3 per cent In terms of equity volume, ing in the JLF." The company the total size to $325 million. was upsized to $125 million," for the second quarter, which is higher inflation could be joining core and fuel "No reason to tweak policy rates, till 67.51 lakh shares of the com- is therefore, surprised by the "Lodha Developers Interna- the statement said. than the three-year-low of 5.7 per cent in becoming a potential upside risk in the clear signs emerge. Given inflation risks pany were traded on BSE and untimely and premature action tional has priced a $125 million Lodha group said the pro- clocked for the preceding three months, coming months. are tilting on the upside, the RBI will keep over 7 crore shares changed of China Development Bank of tap of it's 2020 bonds at a yield ceeds would be used to pre-pay but much lower than the economy's After slumping in June, core infla- the repo rate on hold at 6 per cent in the hands at NSE during the day. filing an application at NCLT, of 8.89 per cent, a 310 basis its higher cost debt and is lever- potential. tion climbed back to over 4 per cent and foreseeable future, giving primacy to the BSE had sought clarifica- the spokesperson added. points (3.1 per cent) reduction age neutral for the group. It said agricultural growth will moder- is expected to remain sticky or acceler- inflation target," it said. tion from Reliance Commu- The company continues to in yield from the original issue In July, Lodha Group MD ate on low production of key crops and a ate further as well, on items like house- It said an interest rate cute will be nications after market hours remain engaged with all lend- which was done at a yield of 12 Abhishek Lodha had said that drag from animal husbandry to its long- hold goods and services, health, personal "unwarranted" given that RBI expects yesterday with respect to news ers including China Develop- per cent," Lodha group said in its Indian debt stood at Rs term average, while industrial growth will care, it said. growth to pick up to 7 per cent level in that China Development Bank ment Bank and is confident a statement. 14,500 crore, while the debt of go above 4 per cent as manufacturing is It pointed out that fuel inflation is also the second half of the fiscal, while a hike has filed an insolvency case and committed to a full reso- The tap issue has been done London business was about 300 picking up pace. a risk, given the limited fiscal room to cut in rates will be "detrimental" to the "frag- against it. lution with the support of all at a price of 106.25, at a pre- million pounds. PTI On inflation, the note warned food the high duties on fuels. ile" recovery. PTI In a clarification to BSE, the lenders. PTI Ficci welcomes UP Govt Air India Express gets 'Data usage per smartphone Draft Textiles Policy CAT-III-B certification to grow 5-fold in India by 2023' MUMBAI: Air India Express in and out of a CAT-III. MPOST BUREAU Policy, Khandelia said “It is tions also made by FICCI (AIE), the overseas budget arm At present, only three air- NEW DELHI: The monthly year- on-year growth due to there will be around 800 mil- heartening to see that many which the State Government of Air India, has secured the ports -New Delhi, Jaipur and data consumption on every surge in data consumption lion VoLTE (vocie over 4G) NEW DELHI: L K Jhunjhun- of the suggestions submitted may like to consider. These are: Category III-B certification Lucknow – are CAT III-B com- smartphone in India is esti- in India. "It shows the high- subscribers in India by 2023. wala, Chairman, FICCI UP by FICCI like Open access for Higher subsidy on electric- from regulator DGCA, which pliant aerodromes. mated to grow nearly five est year-on-year mobile data At present entire net- State Council and S K Khande- existing as well as new units, ity tariff: 1.5 per unit power allows it to operate in dense The fog season in the North times from 3.9 GB in 2017 growth globally since 2013, work of Reliance Jio supports lia, Co-chairman, FICCI Tex- capital subsidy for new and subsidy in tier 1 cities/ areas, 2 foggy conditions. generally sets in from the first to 18 GB by 2023, Swedish led by massive growth in India, VoLTE (voice over 4G) calls tiles Committee on Tuesday existing units over and above per unit power subsidy in tier Air India Express flights week of December every year. telecom gear maker Ericsson and highlights the underly- which are upgraded version attended the meeting called by TUFS, interest subsidy over 2 cities / areas and 2.5 per unit can now land and takeoff in low The airline is also qualified said in its mobility report on ing need for mobile data," the of calls made using internet the Uttar Pradesh Chief Min- and above Central Govern- power subsidy in tier 3 cities/ visibility conditions even up to for LVTO (low visibility Take- Tuesday. report said. connections. Bharti Airtel too ister Yogi Adityanath, to dis- ment’s subsidy for technol- areas. Rs 20 crore subsidy for an RVR (runway visual range) off) of up to 125 meters, which "The total mobile data India jumped to top spot in is launching VoLTE services cuss the draft textile policy for ogy upgradation have been each cluster/park in addition as low as up to 50 meters, the will avoid delays during foggy traffic per month in India is data usage in a period of 1 year gradually across the country. the State. included in the draft Policy. to the Central Government’s airline said on Tuesday. days, the AI Express said. expected to grow 11 times dur- after Reliance Jio launched its As per the report, there will S K Khandelia welcomed All this would help in attract- subsidy of Rs 40 crore under The airline is now 100 per A wholly-owned subsidiary ing the forecast period (2017- 4G (LTE) services. "We expect be 1 billion 5G subscriptions the Draft Textiles Policy of UP ing investments in the sector in Scheme for Integrated Textiles cent CAT III B certified and of the disinvestment-bound 2023) from 1.3 EB (exabytes) LTE to be the most dominant for enhanced mobile broad- which shall set the vision for value added segments”. Park (SITP). Capital Subsidy by all its pilots have also com- national carrier, Air India to 14 EB by 2023. The report technology in India by 2023. band by 2023. Ericsson Mobil- the sector in the State. Prior to Jhunjhunwala said “UP has State Government for Techni- pleted the low visibility train- Express operates around 555 estimates that the monthly LTE will account for more ity report expects 5G to cover the release of the draft policy, abundant labour force that cur- cal Textiles sector (It needs to ing, required for carrying out departures a week, connect- data usage per smartphone than 60 per cent of the total over 20 percent of the world's FICCI had submitted detailed rently is largely employed in the be clarified). The State Gov- operations in foggy conditions. ing 16 cities to 13 destinations GB/month) in India will subscriptions in the country population by the end of 2023 suggestions to the UP Gov- industry outside the State. This ernment to provide 50% of Domestic airlines are in the Middle East and South- increase 5 times from 3.9 GB by 2023 compared to the 12 and first commercial net- ernment for formulation of a policy has the potential to pro- the CETP project cost or Rs required to deploy only CAT- east Asia. in 2017 to 18 GB by 2023," per cent LTE subscriptions in works based on 5G technol- vibrant and competitive Tex- vide jobs to millions of natives 20 crores whichever is less for III compliant planes and crew The airline has a fleet of 23 Ericsson said. 2017," Ericsson India Manag- ogy are expected to go live in tiles Policy. as it is a labor intensive sector”. setting up a CETP in new or trained to fly under low visibil- Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft, Globally, the mobile data ing Director Nitin Bansal. 2019, with major deployments Commenting on the Draft There were other sugges- existing textile parks/ clusters. ity conditions while operating six of which are brand new. PTI growth witnessed highest The report estimates that wfrom 2020. PTI CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE

On National Organ Donation Day, Airports Authority of India signed an MoU with the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS). As per MoU, AAI will give financial aid of Rs 84 lakh each year for 5 years for EWS patients undergoing liver transplant surgery at ILBS. The MoU was signed by NBCC celebrated its 57th Foundation Day on November 15, 2017 in New Delhi. The evening was graced Sanjeev Jindal, General Manager (CSR) and Dr Bimal Rai Sharma, Deputy Head, Operations, ILBS Yogamaya Acharya, president, Ladies Club & Sneha Opportunity School of Neyveli, by Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (I/C); Manoj Sinha, Minister in presence of Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, AAI. S Raheja, Member (Planning), AAI, G presenting ‘poshak’ food packets to the differently abled persons during her visit of State for Communication (I/C) and Railways; Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, (MoHUA); Dr. Anoop K Chaukiyal, ED (RCS), AAI, Rajesh Kalra, Regional Executive Director (Northern Region), Dr S K to the Oasis Trust, School for Handicapped, Vanarapalayam, Cuddalore, on Monday. Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC; Directors of NBCC and other distinguished guests Sarin, Director (ILBS) and Dr Anil Aggarwal, ILBS were present on the occasion Kanchan Rakesh Kumar, Shanthi Vikraman were also present on the occasion 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 JUVENTUS FORWARD GONZALO HIGUAIN BRAZIL, SPAIN AND FRANCE ARE STEP DORTMUND’S MARIO GOETZE TO MISS UNDERGOES SURGERY AHEAD OF ARGENTINA, SAYS SAMPAOLI 2017 SEASON FOR INJURY ROME: Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuain has undergone BUENOS AIRES: Brazil, Spain and France are early BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze has been surgery to repair a fractured finger on his left hand, the Serie A favourites to win next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia, ruled out for six weeks due to an injury, the Bundesliga foot- defending champions announced. The Italian football club, how- according to Argentina national football team coach ball club confirmed in an official statement. The 25-year-old ever, did not reveal when the Argentine forward was expected Jorge Sampaoli. But Germany are not at the level that Germany international sustained a torn ligament in his ankle in to return to competition. “The operation, which lasted approxi- saw them defeat Argentina in the final to win the last Saturday’s dramatic 4-4 draw against rivals Schalke, mately 45 minutes and concluded successfully,” the team said. World Cup in Brazil in 2014, he said. reports Xinhua. Herath ruled out Ashwin is Pujara rises to 2nd, Kohli currently the due to sore back best spinner in NEW DELHI: Veteran Sri the world: Murali Lanka spinner Rangana Herath was on Tuesday ruled out of the stays 5th in ICC rankings NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan spin third Test against India due to legend Muttiah Muralitharan a sore back, compounding the DUBAI: Indian batsman down by one), and Shikhar feels India’s Ravichandran Ash- visiting team’s problems in the Cheteshwar Pujara jumped Dhawan (29th, down by one). win is presently the best spinner ongoing series. a couple of rungs to second, In the bowlers’ rankings, in the world and his achieve- Leg-break bowler Jeffrey while skipper Virat Kohli held Ravindra Jadeja has reclaimed ments with the ball are a testi- Vandersay has been added to on to the fifth spot in the latest the second position following mony to his greatness. the touring squad as Herath’s ICC rankings for Test batsmen, his match figures of five for Ashwin on Monday became replacement. issued on Tuesday. 84, while Mitchell Starc has the fastest bowler to reach the Sri Lanka, who were handed Pujara trails Australian returned to the top 10 in 10th milestone of 300 Test wickets in an innings and 239-run defeat captain Steve Smith, who has position after his match fig- his 54th match, breaking Den- by the hosts in the second Test extended his lead at the top but ures of six for 128 helped him nis Lillee’s record during India’s in Nagpur, trail the three- match became the first left-arm spin- the next four batsmen are sep- to gain three places. convincing win over Sri Lanka series 0-1. ner to take 400 Test wickets, has arated by just 11 points in the Ravichandran Ashwin, in the second Test. And Murali- The third game is scheduled been ineffective on this tour thus latest rankings, the ICC said in who became the fastest man tharan congratulated the Indian to be held in the national capital far. In the first Test in Kolkata, a statement. to 300 wickets in Tests, has off-spinner on his achievement. from December 2 to 6. Herath bowled only eight overs Pujara has returned to consolidated his fourth posi- “I want to congratulate Ash- It was learnt that left-arm in seaming conditions, but was number-two ranking after tion by gaining nine points, win. It’s a big achievement as spinner Malinda Pushpakumara required to send down 39 overs scoring 143 in his side’s huge which helped him to be on 849 getting 300 Test wickets is not was Sri Lanka’s first choice to in the only innings that India victory by an innings and points. an easy job. Definitely, he is the replace Herath but the 30- year- batted in Nagpur, after which he 239 runs against Sri Lanka in The India off-spinner is best spinner in the world at the old failed the fitness test. complained of back pain. Nagpur. now 42 points behind number- moment,” Muralitharan said. The 39-year-old Herath Vandersay has played 11 He had first peaked to sec- one ranked James Anderson, “He is not in the One-Day is due to fly back home on ODIs and seven T20Is for Sri ond following the Ranchi Test who has dropped five points team but hopefully he will Thursday. Lanka but is yet to make his against Australia in March, double-century in 62 Tests. Bradman (961), Len Hutton Rohit Sharma, who were the after claiming two wickets in return and do wonders in the Herath, who last month Test debut. AGENCIES while the last time he was Smith, on the other hand, (945), Jack Hobbs (942) and other centurions in the just- the Brisbane Test. shorter formats also,” said the second was following his 133 stroked an unbeaten 141, his Ricky Ponting (942), and at par concluded Test, have also Other bowlers to improve spin legend, who holds the CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT against Sri Lanka in Colombo 21st century in his 57th Test, with Peter May (941). made impressive gains. Vijay their rankings include Bhu- world record of capturing 800 PRESS NOTICE in August. Pujara has been which was the cornerstone of England captain Joe Root has risen eight places to 28th vneshwar Kumar and Ishant wickets in 133 Test matches. NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS rewarded with 22 points, lift- Australia’s 10-wicket victory is sitting third and New Zea- position, while Rohit has shot Sharma, who have moved up Australian legend Lillee ing him from fourth to second over England in the first Ashes land captain Kane William- up seven places to 46th spot. one place each to 28th and had reached the milestone in The Executive Engineer(E), DCED, CPWD, 20-Subhash on a career-high 888 points. Test. For his performance, son is occupying the fourth Some of the leading bats- 30th respectively. 56 Tests in 1981 and it took Road, Dehradun-248001 invites Percentage rate bid The 29-year-old now leads Smith has gained five points spot, while sixth-ranked David men heading in the wrong In the all-rounders’ rank- 36 years for another bowler to on behalf of President of India from Approved and his fifth-ranked captain Kohli to rise to 941 points, making Warner of Australia is another direction include KL Rahul ings, Ashwin has returned to eclipse the record. Ashwin is by 11 points. Kohli has vaulted him joint-fifth in terms of the 51 points behind Kohli. (ninth, down by one), Ajinkya third place in the list which is ahead of some of the illustrious eligible registered contractors in Composite Category in from 817 points to 877 points highest points tally in batting India opener Murali Vijay Rahane (15th, down by two), headed by Shakib Al Hasan of names, who had completed the appropriate class in CPWD for the following work: after scoring his fifth career history in Tests behind Sir Don and middle-order batsman Dimuth Karunaratne (18th, Bangladesh. AGENCIES milestone in quick time.AGENCIES 1. NIT No. 134/DCED/2017-18. Name of Work:- 1) RMO 2X320 KVA DG set at FSI office ASHES OUTCAST BEN STOKES EYES Kaulagarh Road Dehradun (SH- Operation of DG set). NEW ZEALAND HIT-OUT Gujarat, Kerala qualify for Ranji quarter-finals 2) RMO pump sets at FSI Colonies Kaulagarh Road & SYDNEY: Suspended England allrounder Ben Stokes Convent Road Dehradun during 2017-18. (SH- Operation RANCHI: Defending cham- side batting collapse. crumbled once Singh was dis- ers seat after taking a 181-run of drinking Water Pump & DG Set). plans to play first-class cricket in New Zealand, offi- pions Gujarat thrashed The 10-wicket bonus-point missed for 52, losing six wick- first innings lead and having cials said, potentially paving the way for a dramatic Estimated Cost Rs.12,68,088/- Earnest money Jharkhand by 10 wickets after win ensured a top-of-the- ets for 26 runs to be bowled reduced to Haryana to 83 for 5 Ashes call-up. Social media went into overdrive late Rs.25,362/- and Period of Completion: 12 Months, Last left-arm spinner Hardik Patel table finish for Gujarat with 34 out for 183. by the third evening. Monday when a picture showing Stokes leaving Lon- starred with the ball with an points from six matches. Patel had remarkable fig- They needed just five wick- Time & date of submission of bid: 05-12-2017 at 3:00 PM. impressive four-wicket haul to Having been asked to fol- ures of 4 for 9 in six overs. ets for a win on the fourth and & the same shall be opened on the same day at 3.30 PM. don’s Heathrow airport sparked speculation he was set to join his England teammates in Australia. The qualify for the quarterfinals as low-on on the third day yes- Gujarat openers collected final day today and they did The tender forms and other details can be obtained from the Group B toppers in the Ranji terday, Jharkhand were always all their runs in fours to breeze that in style with seamer M D website www.tenderwizard.com / CPWD or www.cpwd.gov.in, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) poured cold Trophy cricket tournament facing an uphill battle. They did to the target, reaching to 16 for Nidheesh grabbing three wick- water on the suggestion, saying the 26-year-old was here on Tuesday. not begin the fourth morning no loss in 1.4 overs. ets to earn Kerala a bonus- simply heading to New Zealand to visit family. Gujarat needed just 10 too well, losing two wickets in In Rohtak, Kerala picked up point win. But it soon emerged Stokes aims to play first-class balls to chase down the fourth- the first three overs. an innings-and-eight-run win Kerala finished second cricket for Canterbury during his trip to the innings target of 15 after Virat Singh and Ishan Kis- against Haryana to join Guja- on the Group B table with 31 South Island, keeping him in shape if required Jharkhand imploded on the han made some resistance with rat in the quarterfinals from points, while Haryana’s season fourth and final morning with a 48-run partnership for the Group B. ended with their fourth loss in for the Ashes. AGENCIES Hardik triggering the home fifth wicket, but Jharkhand Kerala were in the driv- six matches. AGENCIES

Government of Chhattisgarh Kohli undecided Water Resources Department At drinks, Kaul gets OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER on Lanka T20s WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION No. 1, RAIPUR CORRIGENDUM NO. — I biggest career newsbreak NAGPUR: Rested from the In System Tender No. 23099 N.I.T. No. 19/SAC/2017-18, Raipur Dated: 31/10/17 whose G-Number is one-dayers against Sri Lanka, 45376 Dtd. 03.11.2017, following amendments are made :- NAGPUR: The biggest news- Indian captain Virat Kohli is break of Siddharth Kaul’s crick- uncertain for the Twenty20 eting career came during a series as well and will decide drinks break. on his participation after con- The 27-year-old Punjab sulting the team management medium pacer, picked for next and the selection committee Note :- Accordingly Date-Time Detail(s) are changed. Detailed Date-Time Detail(s) can be viewed from month’s ODI series against Sri later this week. the Government of Chhattisgarh e-Procurement Portal https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in and all other terms and Lanka, was bowling against “Virat has told the selec- conditions will remain be unchanged. Services in a Ranji Trophy tors that he needs some time Executive Engineer game when match referee Sunil to take a call on whether he Water Management Division No. 1, Raipur Chaturvedi sent in the message will be playing the T20s or not. For, Superintending Engineer, of his selection in the national That’s reason why they have not G 45925/8 Mahanadi Circle, Raipur (C.G.) squad through umpires Vineet the side. announced the T20 squad,” a Kulkarni and K Srinath. India were defending 18 BCCI official, privy to selec- OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, “It was drinks break at that runs in the final over and Kaul tion matters, said on condi- P.W.D. KANKER CIRCLE KANKER (C.G.) time and one of the umpires gave just six to seal it in India’s tions of anonymity. “Virat has e-Procurement Shart-time Tender Notice came up to me and said that favour. some personal commitments Online tenders are invited for Construction Of Building work ,up to Date 09/12/2017 match referee sir (Chaturvedi) Kohli has since gone on to till December 12. Post that, had informed that I have been become one of India’s greatest whether he would like to take selected in the Indian ODI batsmen, Ravindra Jadeja has rest or just play T20s will be his squad. I didn’t know how to been an established name from call completely,” he added. The react at that moment. It was that squad while the likes of national selection committee the biggest piece of news in my Saurabh Tiwary and Abhinav and the team management — cricketing career and I got it on Mukund have made sporadic comprising chief coach Ravi the field,” Kaul, who took five national team appearances. Shastri and Kohli — will be wickets against Services in the Kaul could not make it as deciding on the matter during Ranji match, said. big but did not lose hope, ply- the team selection meeting for Kaul came into spotlight ing his trade for Punjab, North the South Africa Tests in New All Documents related to Tender are to be submitted by Tenderers online only, failing which the tenerer when he bowled the famous Zone, India A and Sunrisers Delhi, later this week. The three can not participate in the bidding, for tender details please visit https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in last over during that 2008 Hyderabad consistently. He has T20 Internationals will be held Superintending Engineer U-19 World Cup final against 175 first-class wickets from 50 on December 20, 22 and 24 at P.W.D, Kanker Circle South Africa in Kuala Lumpur games and 99 List A scalps Cuttack, Indore, Visakhapat- G 45979/5 Kanker where Virat Kohli was leading from 52 matches. AGENCIES nam, respectively. AGENCIES NADA, FTP to top BCCI’s Dec 11 SGM

NEW DELHI: The tussle with NADA over dope testing of Indian cricketers will come up for discussion when the much-awaited Special Gen- eral Meeting of BCCI is held in the national capital on Decem- ber 11. Also on the agenda will be revocation of Rajasthan Cricket Association suspension, Future Tours Programme (FTP) from 2019-2021 and the compensa- tion claim of the now-defunct In a stern response to the cussed at the SGM despite the IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers the National Anti Doping Supreme Court-appointed Kerala. The Board’s acting sec- Agency earlier this month, the Committee of Administrators retary Amitabh Chaudhary BCCI had said that the gov- (CoA) deciding that the BCCI sent an official notification as ernment body has no jurisdic- doesn’t need to come under far as the SGM was concerned, tion to conduct dopes tests on NADA as there is a satisfactory acting BCCI president C K Indian cricketers. anti-doping system already Khanna said. The matter will be dis- in place. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 mp East Bengal draw Thapa fights India to face Pak in opening back to win gold 2-2 against Aizawl at national in I-League opener match of CWG hockey C’ship taekwondo meet MUMBAI: Rahul Thapa from GOLD COAST: Reigning silver Professional Taekwondo Acad- medallists India will open their emy, Sonipat defeated Ajinkya campaign against arch-rivals Parab from Swaraj Sports Pakistan in a mouth-watering Foundation, Mumbai to win men’s hockey contest of the 2018 the gold medal in the Senior Commonwealth Games. Kyorugi Male (Fin weight) cat- According to the sched- egory at the inaugural Mumbai ule announced by the Interna- Consul General Cup National tional Hockey Federation (FIH) Taekwondo Championship on Tuesday, Asian champions on Tuesday. India are placed in a relatively In the first round, Thapa’s easy but tricky Pool B along side opponent, Parab held the upper Pakistan, last edition’s bronze hand as he had inflicted three medallists England, Malaysia kicks to the former s torso to and Wales. take his score to 6, while the Five-time champions and former s solitary punch helped hosts Australia, New Zealand, him to score 1 point. South Africa, Canada and Scot- However, Thapa fought KOLKATA: Aizawl held East lis Plaza met Mehtab Singh’s land feature in Pool A. The back in the final seconds of Bengal to a 2-2 draw in their cross inside the 6-yard box. Indian men’s team will play Pak- round with three kicks to his I-League season opener on From a handshaking distance, istan in its first match on April 7, opponent’s body to decrease Tuesday in Kolkata. Former the Trinidad and Tobago striker followed by games against Wales the margin to two points and Mohun Bagan players Kat- failed to find the back of the (April 8), Malaysia (April 10) trailed 4-6. sumi Yusa and Eduardo Fer- net. Within seven minutes Plaza and England (April 11). Thapa was constantly trying reira scored for the Red and got yet another chance but his Meanwhile, the Indian to break the strong defence of Golds while William Lalnunfela shot was comfortably saved by women’s team have been his opponent throughout the scored a brace to guarantee the Aizawl custodian Avilash Paul. clubbed in Pool A, which con- second round and finally found defending champions a point. Youngster Mehtab Singh was sists of current silver medallists an opening to kick his oppo- East Bengal coach Khalid Jamil the weak link in East Bengal’s England, South Africa, Malaysia nent on the face and push him fielded the team in a 4-2-3-1 for- defence as he struggled against and Wales. off the mat. mation with three debutantes Aizawl’s Dodoz. The Ivory Coast Title holders Australia, New This enabled Thapa to take in the starting XI. Defenders winger exploited East Bengal’s Zealand, Scotland, Canada and the lead with five seconds left, Mehtab Singh, Deepak K. and right side and was a threat. Ghana are placed in Pool B of three points for his lethal attack goalkeeper Mirshad K. made Plaza completed a hat-trick the women’s competition. and one point for the gunjum their I-League debuts for the of misses in the 35th minute The Indian women’s team (where opponent is kicked out Red and Golds. when his shot hit the wood- will play the tournament opener of the mat). Thapa thus won Mohammed Rafique and work. The strike’sr attempted against Wales on April 5 before his first gold medal in a senior Armand Bazzou were deployed shot from the edge of the box it squares off against Malay- category. The inaugural event as the central midfielders with beat a diving Avilash but unfor- sia (April 6), followed by Eng- is supported by the Consul- Mahmoud Al Amna, Katsumi tunately did not go in. Khalid land (April 8) and South Africa ate General of the Republic of Yusa and Brandon Vanlalrem- Jamil made his first substitu- (April 10). In the men’s compe- Korea in Mumbai and organ- dika upfront. Willis Plaza was tion in the 37th minute as Lal- tition, Australia has been reign- ised by KUKKIWON (World designated the role of the lone ramchullova replaced Mehtab ing supreme when it comes to Taekwondo Headquarters) at striker while Salam Ranjan Singh at the right back position. the Commonwealth Games — the Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Singh partnered Eduardo Fer- Another former Mohun five editions, five victories — so Sports Complex, Dharavi. reira at the heart of the defence. Bagan player Katsumi Yusa dou- there will be a queue of nations The winners in Finweight The defending champions bled the lead in the 72nd minute. lining up for a crack at the title, were Rahul Thapa, Sonipat bt took the field in a 4-4-2 shape Avilash was left wrong-footed not least recently crowned Asian Ajinkya Parab, Mumbai 8-7; with Japanese Striker Yugo from the initial shot taken by champions India, who have Heavyweight: Aseemsingh Kobayashi partnering William Rafique which took a wicket been runners-up in the past Sodi, Mumbai bt Anup Pegu, Lalnunfela upfront. Leonce deflection off Katsumi and beat two editions. Mumbai 10-6. Dodoz operated on the flanks the hapless goalkeeper. In the women’s competition, The winners in Women: while skipper Alfred Jaryan The away side found the current champions Australia Under 51 kg were Durmaya played at the heart of midfield. equaliser in the 96th minute will want to impress in front of Thapa, Delhi bt Khushi Bhati, Aizawl FC enjoyed the lion’s to break East Bengal’s hearts. the home crowd, while England Delhi. In Junior boys, win- share of possession through- William Lanunfela scored his and New Zealand will both look ners Deepanshu, Sonipat out the first half as the home second goal of the night from a to get their names on the trophy will qualify directly for the semi- en’s competition will be held on The bronze medal as well The 11th Commonwealth bt Himaghna Baruah, side were restricted to counter Lalthathanga Khawlhring cor- for the first time. finals while the rest will play April 12 while the men’s last as the final matches of both the Games will be held in Gold Assam; Under 51 kg: Sree attacks. The first major chance ner with was was the last move Two teams from each pool classification matches. four matches will be played a men’s and women’s competition Coast, Australia from April 5 Hari, Tamil Nadu bt Vikash came in the 7th minute as Wil- of the match. AGENCIES in men’s and women’s section The semi-finals in the wom- day later on April 13. will be played on April 14. to 14 next year. AGENCIES Jha, Delhi. AGENCIES Gianluigi Buffon leaves door open for Italy return Arsenal duo Alexis and Ozil will ust two weeks after announc- The 39-year-old Jing his retirement from not be sold in January: Wenger international duty, legendary has now admitted goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon he could return rsenal manager Arsene had admitted he could play for Awenger has reiterated to the Italy national team again. for Italy at some Manchester United and Man- Buffon bid a tearful fare- chester City that star play- well to the Azzurri on Novem- point ers Alexis Sanchez and Mesut ber 13, just minutes after Italy Ozil will not leave the club in fell to Sweden in a two-leg Italy manager Gian Piero January. playoff and failed to reach the Ventura left his post following The duo, whose contracts World Cup for the first time his team’s embarrassing failure expire at the end of the season, since 1958. to qualify for Russia, but Buf- are being strongly linked with Though that appeared to be fon chose not to lay blame on moves away from the Emirates the end of a legendary inter- the outgoing boss. Stadium. national career, the 39-year- “Ventura has done the best Alexis, 28, continues to be old has now admitted he could job he could, but unfortunately linked with Man City despite return for Italy at some point. we were unable to score in the missing out on a move to the “I took a break from the two games against Sweden,” Etihad Stadium last summer, national team,” Buffon said at Buffon said. while Ozil, 29, is reportedly nal beyond the January win- ferences, you confront me with the Gran Gala del Calcio in The Juventus goalkeeper attracting interest from Man- dow, Wenger replied: “Yes, of speculation, but for me they Milan on Monday. took home prizes for the best chester United and Barcelona. course. stay until the end of the season “Both for Juventus and for Italian player and best Italian But speaking to the media “No doubt. I don’t think - that’s what we decided at the the national team I have always goalkeeper at the awards cer- ahead of Arsenal’s Premier every day about that at the start of the season.” considered myself a soldier,” emony on Monday. League clash against Hudder- moment. As long as they are Arsenal run the risk of los- Buffon continued. “I’m happy and proud. I sfield on Wednesday, Wenger here, they give their best for the ing Alexis and Ozil for noth- “Even when I’m 60 I could never thought I’d get this kind has ruled out selling the pair club. As far as I’m concerned, ing at the end of the 2017-18 never turn down any call of trophy,” Buffon said, “and in the winter transfer window. they’ll stay until the end of the season as negotiations over because I have in me the con- I’ll hold tight to it because I’ve When asked whether Alexis season unless something unbe- contract extensions at the club cept of nation.” never won best youngster!” and Ozil would remain at Arse- lievable happens. In press con- continue to stall. AGENCIES Spain arrive in F1: Aston Martin will Bhubaneswar Woods makes another attempt to reclaim his kingdom for HWL Final probably enter in 2021 V KRISHNASWAMY the eve of the tournament that friends, I call them kids actu- raises funds for his own Tiger ally. All these are young guys BHUBANESWAR: Spain ALBANY: Tiger Woods makes Woods Foundation, Woods have become very close. I have arrived here on Tuesday for one more attempt to reclaim said: “The fact I don’t have any played a few rounds with JT the prestigious Mens Hockey the kingdom he once owned. pain in my lower back any- (Justin Thomas), (Daniel) World League (HWL) Final, The 41-year-old legend, whose more compared to what I was Berger, Rory (McIlroy), Rickie scheduled to begin on Decem- multiple back problems, as also living with for years, it’s just (Fowler), DJ (Dustin Johnson) ber 1 at the Kalinga Stadium. numerous other injuries, have remarkable. There have been you go out there and challenge The squad was welcomed at become the staple of media periods when I couldn’t get out yourself against these guys and the Biju Patnaik International around the world, will tee off of the bed, let alone swing a see where do you stand… how Airport by Odisha government for his first competitive round club. Sometimes, I didn’t think good are my skills after a long officials accompanied by host in nine months at the US$ 3.5 it was going to ever happen. layoff… in tournament how nation Hockey India. million Hero World Challenge I’ve been struggling for a long would I react… That’s what I According to the Spanish at Albany on Thursday. time and to come out of on the am enjoying.” Coach Frederic Soyez, playing REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE He will play the first round good side I’m blessed.” Confidently, he added, “I against World No.1 Argentina in the company of the hottest The struggle was clearly think I can hit any shot I want, will be their biggest test. ston Martin says it will marketing platform as he seeks player of 2017, Justin Thomas, quite an effort. “I was strug- but I still need to go through “We are in a tough group “probably” enter Formula to expand Aston Martin’s range 17 years younger than Woods. gling to get up from bed and a tournament… I haven’t felt with World No.1 Argentina 1A in 2021 as an engine supplier of road cars. Thomas is the reigning FedEx- struggled to go to my kids the adrenaline for a long time being our toughest test. We if the rules are changed in a way But he added that he and Cup champion and the PGA games, it meant so much for in my body…” have four sessions of prac- that makes it affordable. the Red Bull team were acting Tour’s Player of the Year. me to be able to participate Eight of the world’s Top-10 tice before we play our first F1 bosses have proposed in concert to try to influence a Few athletes ranked outside with them in their games and players will feature in the field match on December 2. We new engine rules to reduce cost change in engine rules. of the Top-1000 command the I was not able to do that…now that is one of the strongest ever are quite prepared to play in and complexity and attract new Aston Martin has this year kind of attention that Woods I can play around with football. in an invitational event. The these conditions. We have entrants, but existing manufac- had a sponsorship arrangement does. But this man is not ‘just Toss the baseball around… I field is led by Dustin Johnson earlier played in Australia and turers have objected. with the former world champi- another’ sportsman, but one feel blessed… I missed being and includes US Open win- have had good outing there. It Aston Martin boss Andy ons, who are vocal opponents who possesses 14 Majors and able to do all that.” ner Brooks Koepka, The Open will be great exposure for us Palmer said: “It moves from of the turbo hybrid engines more than 100 international Woods added, “I missed Championship winner Jordan to play the top teams of the probably I wouldn’t propose used in F1 since 2014, and the titles worldwide of which being able to play golf with Spieth and PGA Championship world,” Soyez said. it to the board to probably I car company will next year 79 have been on the world’s my friends. I had not done winner Justin Thomas. World Spain will play their first w ou l d .” become the team’s title sponsor. toughest Tour, the PGA. that in close to two years No. 3 Hideki Matsuyama is Pool A match against the He said existing rules were “The issue is making the Looking totally at ease and as my back was hurting so the defending champion who Netherlands while Argen- “annoying the public and driv- sport entertaining again,” smiling ear to ear, posing with much. Now it is fantastic to is aiming to regain the title tina will take on Belgium on ing them from F1”. Palmer said in an exclusive the Hero Motorbikes and on come back and play with my against the star-studded field. December 2. AGENCIES Palmer wants to use F1 as a interview with BBC. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Wednesday, 29 November, 2017 ‘Want to present a new aspect with each film’ Whenever Parineeti plays a character, she tries to bring it alive with ‘human, believable traits’

NEW DELHI: She is just six years old in Hindi for the film with him,” she said. filmdom and has been a part of nine films, Parineeti will be seen as a fiercely ambitious mostly in different genres. And actor Parineeti girl in the film. Chopra says she prefers not to play repetitive Is she similar in real life? characters. “I am ambitious, yes, just not fiercely ambi- “Audiences are keen to see a performance, as tious. When I take up something, I give it my much as they like watching the stars and larger- absolute best. I focus on it 100 per cent and try than-life films. So being able to deliver in dif- achieving it. I don’t like ambition that tries to put ferent genres and tackle a variety of roles has down people and talent. I feel there is enough ‘The word nepotism more value. Personally, for me, repeating myself room for everyone to grow,” she said. at this stage of my career would just be unin- Whether it was Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, spiring. I like to challenge myself and put out Ishaqzaade and Shuddh Desi Romance or Hasee haunts me today’ (present) a new shade (aspect) with each film,” Toh Phasee, Daawat-e-Ishq and Meri Pyaari Parineeti told. Bindu, Parineeti says when she plays a character, PANAJI: The word nepotism has balled into a huge controversy, with She was last seen on screen in the comic she tries to bring it alive with “human, believable been following Karan Johar around Karan and actors Saif Ali Khan and entertainer Golmaal Again, which minted over traits and nuances”. like a shadow, the director said, add- Varun Dhawan taking potshots at Rs 200 crore in India. Does crossing these bench- “I want to work on varied characters, films ing that despite his best efforts, he has her at this year’s IIFA Award func- marks matter to Parineeti? and subjects. In that sense, I am passionate more not been able to get rid of it. tion. The trio later apologised for “As an actor, you want to have a great body than ambitious. My character in Sandeep Aur The 45-year-old filmmaker was their remarks. of work, but I would be lying if I said the Rs Pinky Faraar, though, is super ambitious and described as the “flagbearer of nep- Karan, who was in conversation 100 crore benchmark doesn’t matter. It matters that makes her different from me. It’s also fun otism” by actor Kangana Ranaut on with film critic Anupama Chopra to every actor. It just shows how audiences are playing characters that are so different – it makes his popular chat show earlier this on a panel discussing ‘How to make accepting you, how much they love you. I’m lov- you live someone else’s life, dreams, aspirations,” year, triggering a row in Bollywood your own film’ at the ongoing Inter- ing the feeling that I have right now,” she added. she said. between those with a family back- national Film Festival of India (IFFI), Her next film project is Dibakar Banerjee’s Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, which is slated to ground in cinema, and those with- also aired a grouse against live tweet Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar. Parineeti says Baner- release next year, also stars her Ishaqzaade co- out. Johar’s father, Yash Johar, was a reviews. jee was always in the list of her “dream directors” star Arjun Kapoor. She says her relationship with well-known producer. Asked by Anupama what changes ever since she started acting. Arjun has not changed. “Can we just put a hold on this he sought to see in the film industry “I have always been really fortunate to work “Arjun has certainly evolved as one of the word ‘nepotism’? ... It haunts me. in the future, Karan replied that he with amazing directors. Dibakar has been on my bankable actors that there is today, which is a It has become like ‘mera saaya’ wanted the trend of live-tweeting dream directors’ list ever since I took up acting. huge achievement. (my shadow). I told somebody that reviews to be done away with. Working with him has involved elaborate prep Arjun’s understanding of the craft and his I have developed ‘nepospasm’,” he “I am tired of these live tweet and very focused workshops. He has an exqui- eagerness to learn sets him apart. With Sandeep said, tongue firmly in cheek. The reviews... How can they review when site eye for nuance and detail,” said the actor. Aur Pinky Faraar, we are doing a very intense word, he rued, had become a trend- they are not watching the film and “His characters make his movie stand out. I film together... We are at loggerheads in the ing topic. are on their phones? I plead for a ban am thoroughly enjoying this process of shooting movie,” she said. IANS “It has been following me every- on this,” he said. where. Suddenly, it has become fash- Producers Ekta Kapoor, ionable. Can we just get rid of it and Siddharth Roy Kapoor and Fox Star start focusing on good content,” he India CEO Vijay Singh were also a asked. Kangana’s comment snow- part of the panel. PTI It was an Women face challenges head on: artistic choice: Manushi on threats to Deepika MUMBAI: Miss World Manushi was speaking at a special homecom- Cameron on Chhillar said Deepika Padukone is ing press conference here. The model ably handling threats issued to her in was recently won the coveted title at the wake of Padmavati fracas as she a grand event held in Sanya, China. Jack’s death in believes Indian women are capable of The 20-year-old medical student tackling problems. from Haryana had won Femina Miss The Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed India World 2017 in May. Titanic period drama has been mired in con- During her campaign, Manushi troversy with several Rajput outfits had taken up the issue of menstrual and political leaders, accusing the health in India. filmmaker of “distorting historical Asked if it was sad that on one facts”. The filmmaker has also received hand she is calling for awareness about death threats. menstruation, while the government Commenting on the issue, has levied heavy GST on sanity nap- Manushi told reporters, “I feel if there’s kins, Manushi said there is certainly one thing all Indian women have in a dichotomy. common is that we don’t feel perse- “I absolutely agree on that... There it was that, or whether a smoke stack fell on cuted of who we are. is a quote going around that menstru- him, he was going down. It’s called art, things “We face our challenges head on. ation is natural and sanitary pads are a happen for artistic reasons, not for physics That’s what we need to do. We need to necessity, not a luxury.” So, I definitely reasons,” he said. be confident of who we are. Definitely, we should set an example and make feel that they should be available at a LOS ANGELES: It has been 20 years but Fans have come up with their own theo- we will face a lot of limitations and women feel confident that you can do very low cost so that every woman is Titanic fans are still angry with Rose DeWitt- ries to counter’s the director’s theory that the sometimes we feel it isn’t a women- amazing things.” able to afford it. PTI Bukater for not making room for Jack Dawson door could not have supported two people but friendly society. But as individuals, The newly-crowned Miss World on that door but director James Cameron says Cameron disagrees. the character was always meant to die. “I was in the water with the piece of wood “...the answer is very simple because it says putting people on it for about two days getting on page 147 (of the script) that Jack dies. Very it exactly buoyant enough so that it would sup- Prince Harry says ‘stars were simple. . . . Obviously it was an artistic choice, port one person with full free-board, meaning the thing was just big enough to hold her, and that she wasn’t immersed at all in the 28 degree not big enough to hold him...,” Cameron said water so that she could survive the three hours in an interview with the Vanity Fair. it took until the rescue ship got there. aligned’ when he met Meghan The director said it is “kind of silly” to still “(Jack) didn’t know that she (Rose, played have this discussion but it also shows that Jack by Kate Winslet) was gonna get picked up by LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry has Harry said “this beautiful woman collection, said that he feels (Leonardo DiCaprio) became so endearing to a lifeboat an hour later; he was dead anyway. admitted that the “stars were aligned” just tripped and fell into my life” as he that they would have got on the audience that “it hurts them to see him die”. And we very, very finely tuned it to be exactly when he met his fiancee Meghan Mar- revealed how the pair got together.” very well and been “thick as “Had he lived, the ending of the film would what you see in the movie because I believed at kle on a blind date and fell in love with “She didn’t even let me finish. She thieves... best friends”. have been meaningless... The film is about the time, and still do, that that’s what it would her “so incredibly quickly”. said ‘Can I say yes’. The prince also revealed death and separation; he had to die. So whether have taken for one person to survive,” PTI Harry, one of the ‘world’s most eli- Then there were hugs and I had that he had not been aware gible bachelors’, revealed that he is get- the ring in my finger. I was like ‘Can I of Markle before their first ting hitched to outspoken American give you the ring?’. It was a really nice meeting as he had never actor Markle next year after they got moment. watched her television Weinstein expelled from Just the two of us,” Harry show. recalled. The couple are due “The fact that I fell in love with to get married in Markle so incredibly quickly was spring next Directors Guild of America confirmation to me that all the stars year. PTI were aligned, everything was just LOS ANGELES: The Directors Guild of Amer- ing it had launched disciplinary proceedings. perfect,” he said. ica (DGA) has expelled Hollywood producer A DGA representative recently said Wein- The couple revealed that they Harvey Weinstein over a month after announc- stein had resigned his guild membership. had met on a blind date set up by a “We have no further comment,” variety.com mutual friend in London last July quoted the representative as saying. and got to know each other camp- The DGA also had removed Weinstein ing in Botswana, South Africa. from its website. He had been listed as a DGA “I think about three, maybe member on the dga.org site even after the four weeks later I managed to per- DGA launched disciplinary proceedings on suade her to come and join me in October 21. Botswana. And we camped out The disciplinary proceedings were filed on with each other under the stars... October 13. she came and joined me for five The DGA said: “The DGA has a long- days out there, which was abso- standing practice of not commenting on inter- lutely fantastic,” said Harry. nal union matters, but has decided to make an 36-year-old Markle, who is exception in this case to acknowledge the filing already involved with humanitar- of charges. However, because of due process ian work and is a women’s advo- concerns that are a part of federal require- engaged earlier this month. cate with the United Nations (UN), ments for labour unions, the DGA cannot In his first interview since announc- confirmed that she would be moving comment further.” ing his engagement to the Suites actor, away from her acting career to focus Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein the 33-year-old fifth in line to Britain’s on her new royal role. are credited as the co-directors on the 1986 throne told the BBC that he proposed The star of US legal drama Suits movie Playing for Keeps. Markle, three years older to him, ear- said she was looking forward to focus- Weinstein’s career and reputation has been lier this month over a “standard, typi- ing more energy on the causes that are in free-fall since an article from a publication cal” dinner of roast chicken at their important to her. detailing settlements that were paid to women Nottingham Cottage home in Kens- “I know that she will be unbeliev- including Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan. ington Palace in London. ably good at the job part of it (royalty) The expose has prompted dozens of women “He went down on one knee,” Mar- as well,” Harry said. to come forward with allegations of sexual kle said, adding that “it was just an The prince, who had designed Mar- harassment and assault, leading to multiple amazing surprise. It was so sweet and kle’s engagement ring with diamonds criminal investigations. IANS natural and very romantic.” from his late mother Prince Diana’s