millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL.13, ISSUE 188 | Sunday, 8 July, 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 SPORTS PAGE 7 FILM PAGE 16 CM INSPECTS WORK IN NO. 1 SIMONA HALEP GOING UNAUTHORISED COLONIES FALLS AT WIMBLEDON ‘ULTRA-RETRO’ ASPIRING ENGINEERS, DOCTORS WON’T LOSE A YEAR IF THEY FAIL TO CLEAR EXAMS IN FIRST TRY Congress party is a From 2019, students will get to sit bail gaadi, jokes PM OUR CORRESPONDENT JAIPUR: Launching a scathing for JEE-Main & NEET twice a year attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the Opposition DHIRENDRA KUMAR Access to higher education party is now being called a ‘bail gaadi’ as several of its leaders are NEW DELHI: In a historic decision as out on bail. Several leaders who it is being dubbed by Human Resource still a privilege: President are called stalwarts of the Con- Development (HRD) Minister Prakash gress and former ministers are Javadekar, students aspiring to become OUR CORRESPONDENT many of whom will not out on bail these days, Modi said rally venue for 13 projects worth engineers and doctors have got a double even know you personally, at a public rally here, punning on Rs 2,100 crore in various dis- bonanza offer from the Government. PANAJI: President Ram that sustain institutions the Hindi term for a bullock cart. tricts of the state. However, political experts have opined Nath Kovind said on Sat- such as Goa University,” He said that the people are Criticising the Congress, he that the move is mainly aimed at woo- urday that although India Kovind said. well aware of the intentions of the said that parties following the ing first-time voters in the upcoming Lok is the third largest educa- “There is a greater Congress party and had started politics of family and dynasty Sabha elections. tion system in the world, emphasis by the govern- calling it a ‘bail gaadi’. In an may continue like that but the It may prove to be a great relief to access to higher education ment and other stake- apparent reference to the surgi- BJP government is committed students preparing for engineering and was still a privilege holders in making cal strike into Pakistan-occupied to taking the country’s defence medical entrance examinations as the in the country. He higher educa- Kashmir (PoK) in 2016, he criti- and self-respect to their pinnacle. Government has decided to conduct both said India had tion inclusive and cised the Congress for question- “The country is today at a cru- Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main examination if they fail to appear in the valid for that particular attempt.” made “impressive expansive. India ing the capabilities of the Army. cial stage. We have started mov- and National Eligibility cum Entrance first attempt or are not satisfied by their Apart from NEET and JEE Main, the gains” in widening has the world’s It is unfortunate that politi- ing towards a new direction and Examination (NEET) two times a year score in the first attempt. “Students NTA will also conduct the National Eligi- the higher educa- third-largest edu- cal opponents also committed I believe that the government, from 2019 onwards. would not have to wait for another year bility Test (NET), Common Management tion ecosystem cation system and a sin by raising questions on the with the cooperation of you all, Both the examinations will be con- to appear if they fail to clear or appear in Admission Test (CMAT) and Graduate by setting up new it also holds the capabilities of the Army. This has will gain success in fulfilling its ducted by the National Testing Agency JEE or NEET as the second round of the Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) exams institutions, but a greater largest young population.”. never happened before and the commitments,” he said. (NTA), which was formed by the Human entrance exam would be conducted by from now on. According to the minis- challenge was improving India had made people will not forgive those who Without taking names, the Resource Development Ministry to NTA after a gap of just a few months,” ter, candidates who will be appearing its quality. impressive gains in higher are indulging in this kind of poli- prime minister said that some offload the exam conducting burden of Javadekar said, adding that the JEE Main for these tests will be allowed to use the Kovind was speaking education ecosystem. The tics, he said. people get disturbed on hearing the Central Board of Secondary Edu- exams would be held in January and April best score from the examinations in the at the 30th Annual Con- very fact that many new Modi was addressing a the name of the BJP. They catch a cation (CBSE). At present, the Central while NEET would be held in February counselling process and there would be vocation of Goa University institutions, including rally of beneficiaries of welfare fever when Modi or Vasundhara Board of Secondary Education is the and May. no change in syllabus, question formats, at Dona Paula near here. Central universities and schemes run by the Centre and Raje are mentioned, he added. nodal agency responsible for organising Explaining the operational modal- language and fees for the exams. “I request young men and IITs, are being established the state government in BJP- Such people hate this kind of the Joint Entrance Examination Main ities of the National Testing Agency, “The exams will be more secure and women to bear in mind in hitherto under-served ruled Rajasthan, where Assem- programmes but the common and National Eligibility cum Entrance Higher Education Secretary R Subra- at par with international norms. There that access to higher edu- locations illustrates the bly elections will be held later people get to know about the Examination examinations. manyam said, “If students want to take will be no issues of leakage and it will be cation is a still a privilege national commitment to this year. The prime minister government’s schemes and pro- According to the Human Resource both the attempts, they will have to pay more a student-friendly, open, scientific in India. It is the contribu- take higher education to laid the foundation stones sym- grammes through such events, Development Minister, the decision the entrance fee for both the attempts. and a leak-proof system,” Javadekar told tion of countless citizens, the masses, he said. bolically through remote con- he said about the rally he was would let students appear in the entrance The registration of one attempt will be reporters. trol from the ‘Amrudon ka Bagh’ addressing. World Cup has SIMULTANEOUS LOK SABHA & ASSEMBLY POLLS Should Nirbhaya rapists be spared In snub to India, broken stereotypes BJP, Congress skip first Maldives inks about Russia death? SC to decide tomorrow RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN power deal day of law panel meet Judgement to be given by 3-man Bench led by CJI with Pakistan OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT ‘joyride’ as was their routine In today’s on Sunday evenings. NEW DELHI: In a big set- NEW DELHI: Both the ruling BJP NEW DELHI: The Supreme The bus, which was used back to India, Pakistan and paper and main Opposition Congress on Court is set to pronounce its to transport school children, the Maldives have signed a Saturday stayed away from day one judgement in the Review peti- was also used for such unli- Memorandum of Under- ... of consultations by the Law Com- tions filed by the convicts in censed trips in which rides standing (MoU) to support CITY mission on feasibility of holding Lok the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case, were offered to people wait- the island nation’s infra- Sabha and Assembly polls together on July 9. The judgment will ing for public transport late structure development in the THAROOR GETS REGULAR BAIL 3 even as regional parties expressed be delivered by a Bench of in the evening. The first pas- power sector. The move is NATION apprehensions that simultaneous Chief Justice of India Dipak senger was a carpenter who seen as yet another snub by elections would allow national players Misra and Justices R Banu- was beaten up and robbed of the Maldives to India after it RAMAN SINGH WINS TRUST VOTE 4 and issues to dominate the polls and able” but certain “practical” and mathi and Ashok Bhushan. his belongings before being recently scrapped a helicopter put smaller parties at a disadvantage. “serious” issues need to be settled first. Justice Bhushan has penned May 4 this year after hearing thrown out in the cold night. deal with New Delhi. BUSINESS The Trinamool Congress and the The AIADMK, which rules Tamil the judgement for the Bench. the arguments on behalf of the The accused had then put “A four-member delega- CPI were the two recognised national Nadu, was of the view that if neces- The review petitions chal- convicts. up a clever masquerade with tion of Maldives State Electric TRUMP ‘DESTABILISING’ OIL MARKET 5 parties to attend the consultation. sary, simultaneous elections should lenge the judgment of the It all started on the fate- three of them posing as pas- Company (STELCO), headed Both vociferously opposed the con- be held in 2024 and not before that. Supreme Court delivered on ful day of December 16, 2012, sengers in the bus when the by its Chairman Ahmed INTERNATIONAL cept simultaneous polls, sources said. Sources said that the party was also of May 5, 2017 confirming death when the four appellants along victim and her friend, who Aiman, was on a six-day state NDA ally Shiromani Akali Dal the view that the TN Assembly should penalty for all the four accused.