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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. with the main accused, the late were trying to get to Dwarka, visit to Pakistan to learn from UK LAUNCHES NEW VISAS 6 supported the concept of simulta- be allowed to complete its term and The Court had reserved its Ram Singh, and the juvenile were lured into the bus by the the experience of the coun- neous polls, saying it would reduce the Lok Sabha elections should be judgement in the matter on accused took out a bus for a juvenile at Munirka bus stop. try’s Water and Power Devel- SPORT expenditure of parties and shorten the held as per schedule. opment Authority and benefit period of the model code of conduct The Trinamol Congress was rep- from its technical and human HAMILTON WINS POLE POSITION 7 which hampers development work, resented by Kalyan Bandhopadhyay, Amarnath yatra starts after 2-day suspension capabilities,” according to the sources in the law panel present at its Lok Sabha member, at the meet- local media reports. the deliberations said. The SAD was ing. His party opposed the concept JAMMU: The Amarnath yatra wati Nagar base camp for the are expected to reach the base The delegation met represented by its Rajya Sabha (RS) saying that regional issues would be resumed on Saturday from Valley as the authorities had camp in Anantnag district of Muzammil Hussain, the FOR ADVERTISING member Naresh Gujral, who raised overshadowed by national issues, and Jammu after it was suspended suspended the yatra from the south Kashmir later in the day,” chairman of Pakistan’s Water kindly contact at 9810195709 the issue of impact on RS polls in case national parties with their “money for two days due to inclem- shorter 12-km track due to a police official said. and Power Development or the term of an Assembly is extended power” would steal a march over ent weather in Kashmir, with slippery conditions and inci- The yatra was suspended Authority, at Wapda House [email protected] to ensure that its elections are held smaller players. a batch of more than 2,200 pil- dents of shooting of stones, from the Jammu base camp on in Lahore in Pakistan’s Pun- along with that of Lok Sabha. The CPI, AIDUF and Goa For- grims leaving for the Pahalgam they said. Thursday to avoid overcrowd- jab province. Ahmed noted “This is an important issue which ward Party also expressed simi- base camp for the 3,880-metre- “The 8th batch of 2,203 ing in the camps in the Val- that Maldives State Electric FOR SUBSCRIPTION has to be kept in mind,” said a law lar views. The IUML presented its high holy cave shrine, officials Pahalgam-bound pilgrims, ley after heavy rains coupled Company, which is the largest kindly contact at 8800854665 panel functionary. The AIADMK, views on electoral reforms. “But we informed. including 311 women, left in with landslides and shooting power producing company or represented by Lok Sabha Deputy told them that the issue at hand was However, the pilgrims reg- a convoy of 51 vehicles from of stones forced suspension of of Maldives, is keen to learn [email protected] Speaker M Thambi Durai, said hold- simultaneous polls,” said a law panel istered for the Baltal route were the Bhagwati Nagar base the yatra from the twin tracks from WAPDA. ANI ing the two polls together is “desir- functionary. not allowed to leave the Bhag- camp at around 2:40 am and a day earlier. MPOST

HARRY’S MEN SCORE ONCE IN EACH HALF TO DEFEAT SWEDEN 2-0 AND REACH SEMI-FINALS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1990 England two wins away from repeating ’66 World Cup feat

SAMARA: Harry Maguire and Dele Alli Viktor Claesson drilled over for Swe- after the restart. scored as England comfortably defeated den early on with an ambitious attempt England promptly cranked up the ‘We are buzzing,’ Sweden 2-0 in Samara on Saturday to from distance, while Harry Kane, the pressure and pulled further ahead on 59 reach the World Cup semi-finals for the tournament’s leading scorer with six minutes when a completely unmarked says captain Kane first time since 1990. goals, dragged wide after a penetrating Alli sent a thumping header past Olsen Leicester defender Maguire headed run by Raheem Sterling. after a first-time cross by Jesse Lingard. SAMARA: England captain Harry Kane said in the opening goal from a corner on 30 Sweden manager Janne Andersson Maguire then lashed over after a scene his team were “buzzing” and full of confidence. minutes, with Alli adding a second just had warned his side England were a of panic in the Sweden area as England “We’re buzzing. It’s probably not sunk in,” Kane before the hour. match for them at set-pieces, and so it chased a third goal, although they were said. “We know there is still a big game ahead Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford then pro- proved when Maguire connected with twice indebted to Pickford for preserving but we are feeling good, confident. “We were duced a series of crucial saves in the final Ashley Young’s corner after a low-key their two-goal lead. composed, we controlled the game. We’ve just half-hour to seal England’s long-awaited first half hour. The Everton shot-stopper thrust out got to keep doing what we are doing.... We’re spot in the last four. Maguire outjumped the much smaller a hand to superbly keep out Claesson’s enjoying it, the fans are enjoying it, I’m sure It was just a second England victory Emil Forsberg to nod low into the corner, low strike from 10 yards following a neat we’ll see some videos later of the fans enjoy- over Sweden in nine competitive meet- as England scored for the eighth time in lay-off by Berg. ing it.” “It (the first goal) can’t come better than ings, and sets up a clash with either hosts Russia from a dead-ball situation. Pickford then showed terrific reflexes that. The win sends us through and that’s the Russia or Croatia on July 11 in Moscow The lively Sterling should have dou- to tip over an effort from Berg, who shot main thing,” Maguire said. “We felt like we for a place in the final. bled the lead on the stroke of half-time on the turn after being picked out in the could dominate the ball in this game. It was a Southgate stuck with the same team when he brilliantly controlled Jordan area by substitute John Guidetti. little bit sloppy at the end of the second half, that overcame Colombia on penalties Henderson’s lofted pass, but he was Harry Maguire scores England’s first goal in the quarter-final against Sweden at Samara Arena, Russia PTI Southgate withdrew Henderson for we felt it was a bit too open.” Tottenham mid- in the last 16, while Sebastian Larsson unable to find a way past Robin Olsen Eric Dier in the closing stages and will fielder Alli nodded in only England’s third goal returned for Sweden after missing the 1-0 and his follow-up was blocked by Andreas Pickford had relatively little to do in keeper produced a vital stop to claw have a full squad to choose from in the from open play of this World Cup so far just win over Switzerland through suspension. Granqvist. a quiet first half, but the England goal- away a Marcus Berg header minutes semi-final, injuries permitting. AFP before the hour mark. AFP 2| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018|millenniumpost mp Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefits Weekend Break - William Penn Popularly known as Vinnie, – the 54-year- old drummer of the band Pantera was found dead in his home in Las Vegas on June 22

MASSIVE LOSS FOR WORLD OF METAL

he death of Vincent Paul Abbott, best ‘Drag The Waters’ and the two-part ‘Suicide Note’. known as the drummer and co-founder of Pantera’s final album Reinventing The Steel was American heavy metal band Pantera and released in 2000. It can be considered the band’s later the drummer for Damageplan and heaviest album featuring ‘Revolution Is My Name’, Tsupergroup HellYeah, has left a void in the world ‘Goddamn Electric’, ‘I’ll Cast A Shadow’. of metal as legions of metalheads mourn the pass- The Abbott Brothers broke up the band in 2003 ing away of the legend. Vincent, known as “Vinnie”, following disputes with Anselmo and formed the was found dead at his home in Las Vegas on June Damageplan band the same year. Its debut and only 22. He was 54. album, New Found Power, sold well but was met On June 24, two days after his death, the cause with mixed reviews by fans and critics. was officially revealed – a powerful heart attack in Tragedy struck on December 8, 2004. Damage- his sleep. Several artistes have paid tribute to him plan was performing in support of their album at a via social media such as Black Sabbath, Megadeth, show at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus Ohio when, Guns N Roses, Metallica, In Flames, Periphery, Devin less than a minute into the first song of their set, Townsend, Alice In Chains, Lamb Of God, Slash, D a member of the audience, Nathan Gale, 25, went J Ashba, and Sebastian Bach, who posted a tearful onstage and shot and killed Darrell. video on Twitter. Gale also killed a fan Nathan Bray, 23, club Former Pantera band mates Philip Anselmo employee Erin Halk, 29, and Pantera security offi- (vocals) posted the image of a lighted candle on cial Jeff “Mayhem” Thompson, 40, and injured long- his Twitter account while Rex Brown (bass guitar) time Pantera and Damageplan drum technician album and tour from 1990 until 1992. On Vulgar issued a brief statement on his Facebook page. John “Kat” Brooks and Damageplan tour manager Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven albums and Pantera was formed in 1981 in Arlington, Texas, Chris Paluska before being shot dead by Colum- tours respectively, he used Remo drums. He was also by the Abbott brothers – Vinnie (drummer) and bus police officer James Niggemeyer. Following known for using triggered samples mixed with real younger brother Dimebag Darrell (earlier known as oriented drumming by Vinnie and a harsher more Dimebag’s murder, Anselmo and Vinnie Paul were miked drum sounds during live shows. Diamond Darrell), Terry Glaze (lead vocalist) and abrasive vocal delivery by Anselmo. In 1994, the Pantera band mates – Philip permanently estranged and any hope of a reunion Pantera is considered among the most impor- Tomy Bradford (bassist). Within a year, however, band released Far Beyond Driven which is consid- was shattered. tant and influential bands in modern metal and Rex Brown replaced Bradford. ered its fastest-selling album featuring a heavier, Anselmo posted the image of In 2006 after taking a hiatus, Vinnie Paul the pioneer of what has been called the New Wave The band then released Power Metal in 1988, more aggressive sound. The album featured songs a lighted candle on his Twitter returned to music with the heavy metal supergroup Of American Heavy Metal, inspiring several bands which featured stylistically a heavier and more such as ‘5 Minutes Alone’, ‘Broken’, ‘Becoming’ HellYeah featuring former members of Mudvayne all the way from nu metal bands like Limp Bizkit, aggressive sound often closer to thrash and stan- as well as a cover of Black Sabbath song ‘Planet account while Rex Brown vocalist Chad Grey and guitarist Greg Tribett, gui- to alternative metal groups like Slipknot as well dard heavy metal. Caravan’. issued a statement on Facebook tarist Tom Maxwell from Nothingface and bassist as leaving a permanent impact on modern metal. Pantera was best known for the groove metal In 1996, the band released The Great Southern Bob Zilla from Damageplan following the departure Alongside fellow American band Exhorder, As of sound following the release of ‘Cowboys From Trendkill which is considered its overlooked album. of original bassist Jerry Montano. 2018 Pantera has sold more than 60 million records Hell’ in 1990. The album is considered the band’s most aggres- metal, death metal and southern metal. The album As of 2016 HellYeah had released over five worldwide. Vinnie has been considered by many to The group abandoned all traces of the original sive to date, featuring more downtuned guitars featured the band’s longest song, ‘Floods’, which con- albums. Vinnie Paul was noted for his southern be a “monster drummer” with his fills being very glam sound, showcasing a mid-tempo thrash style, and a grittier production alongside more scream- tains what has often been called Dimebag’s greatest influenced chops and groovy playing which became energetic and passion driven, his style has inspired heavier, aggressive and more complex riffs and solos ing vocals. Sonically, the album, while retaining its solo and is also considered among the greatest of an integral part of Pantera and HellYeah. Vinnie countless drummers to this day making him an icon by Dimebag, a dirtier bass by Rex, faster groove- groove metal style, contained elements of thrash metal guitar solos. The other famous tracks included used Tama drums during the Cowboys from Hell in the world of meta. IANS

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Complimented efforts so far by SDMC & IIT-Delhi team City - Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Twitter SDMC inducts CM inspects work in Sunanda death: Shashi new drain cleaning Tharoor granted regular bail machines unauthorised colonies NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Thar- oor was on Saturday granted regular bail by a OUR CORRESPONDENT Delhi court in a case relating to his wife Suna- Funds for development works to be sanctioned in 15 days: CM nda Pushkar’s death almost four years ago in a NEW DELHI: Shikha Rai, luxury hotel here. chairperson of the South SAYANTAN GHOSH addressed at the earliest and that the proj- The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who was sum- Delhi Municipal Corporation ect would be completed a month before moned as an accused in the case, appeared before (SDMC) Standing committee, NEW DELHI: After visiting unauthor- the deadline. the court and informed it that he had already on Saturday said that drain ised colonies in Kirari on Saturday, Chief At Karan Vihar Part-III, residents told been granted anticipatory bail by a sessions cleaning is becoming more Minister Arvind Kejriwal directed that the Kejriwal that they were very happy with court on July 5. mechanised for urgent Budget required for development work in the roads and drains being constructed. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate troubleshooting with the all the unauthorised colonies will be sanc- He visited three different lanes to take Samar Vishal then directed him to furnish a bail Shashi Tharoor arrives at the Patiala House Court, new suction-cum-jetting tioned in 15 days. stock of the projects executed, and received bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of like amount in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death, in machines, as these are useful “Now, the projects will be carried out no complaints. as directed by the sessions court and converted New Delhi on Saturday PIC/PTI for maintaining the storm/ on a war footing. The Budget required for After the visit to the two areas of Kirari, the interim relief to regular bail. mixed water drains. development works in these colonies all Kejriwal said development of unauthorised Tharoor had moved the court for anticipa- the application was not maintainable. Rai’s comments came after over Delhi, especially roads and drains, colonies was one of the primary agenda of tory bail apprehending arrest. The court, thereafter, asked the BJP leader to she flagged off six advanced would be sanctioned within 15 days time,” his government, but it was delayed due to Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a lux- hand over a copy of his application to Tharoor. suction-jetting machines, three Kejriwal said, after visiting Braj Vihar Col- interference of the Lieutenant Governor. ury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, The sessions court had observed that the each for the South and Central ony and Karan Vihar Part-III in Kirari, However, after the Supreme Court 2014. The couple was staying in the hotel, as the prosecution’s apprehensions that Tharoor may zone of SDMC, at a function at where he took stock of roads and drains decision on Wednesday, the projects are official bungalow of Shashi Tharoor was being flee offshore or influence witnesses were “with- the headquarters of the South being constructed. expected to be speeded up. renovated at that time. out any basis”. zone at Green Park. In Braj Vihar, he met locals who com- The battle over administrative jurisdic- The court handed over a copy of the charge The court had also imposed certain condi- Chairperson of South plained that the work under progress was tion and governance of Delhi intensified sheet and the documents filed along with it to tions on Tharoor, including that he would not zone ward committee Tulsi shoddy. They told the CM that the mate- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inspects after the apex court had ruled in favour of Tharoor and posted the matter for scrutiny on tamper with the evidence or leave the country Joshi, South zone deputy rial being used, especially bricks, were sub- development work in unauthorised colonies in the elected city government and clipped July 26. without the court’s prior nod. commissioner Nidhi Srivastava standard and the work has been stalled for Kirari on Saturday PIC/MPOST the LG’s independent decision-making Meanwhile, the Delhi Police and the counsel It had noted that Tharoor, who has not been and many councillors attended more than two months now. powers. appearing for Tharoor also opposed BJP leader arrested by the probe agency, had joined the the programme. After hearing the complaints, the CM placed under suspension if the mistake On Friday, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking the court’s investigation as and when called by the police. The machines are fitted ordered the bricks to be sent for qual- was repeated. Delhi government promptly cleared back- nod to assist it in the case. It had also observed that the police had not, at with appropriate safety features ity testing. He also warned officials over The contractor executing the project to-back projects that were pending await- While Tharoor said Swamy had no locus and any point of time, alleged that Tharoor tried to flee during work, such as pressure the complaints and said they would be promised that the complaints would be ing the Centre’s decision. he was a stranger to the case, the Delhi Police said from justice or shift base to another country.MPOST regulating and pressure relief valves for ensuring worker safety. Upset with Rai said that jetting Delhi govt employees divided over Services dept pressure is used for flushing boyfriend, and de-chocking drains and SAYANTAN GHOSH level officials of the government a good rapport with them. Manish Sisodia met Baijal on of Home Affairs) order has not “The said notification was culverts, as well as ensuring are showing an affinity towards But we are limited within this Friday, seeking his cooperation been quashed by the Supreme also upheld by the high court smooth flow. Meanwhile, the woman jumps NEW DELHI: Even as the the elected government. Secretariat and we do not have in Delhi’s development and Court,” he had told media of Delhi in its judgement on suction effect is meant for Delhi government has started “We have already sorted doubts in whom to support,” good governance. persons on Friday. August 4, 2016,” the letter said. immediate relief during rains to death in mall clearing pending projects on out all our issues and the said another official. The meeting came two days In a letter to Kejriwal, Baijal “In the wake of the and also for the purpose of a war footing, the impasse work environment has Other officials said that after the Supreme Court ruled pointed to the 2015 MHA judgement of the learned sucking slurry/sludge from RAHUL SINGH between the ruling Aam Aadmi changed a lot. We do not have Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that the LG, as the Centre’s notification issuing “Presidential Constitutional Bench of the drains even during regular Party and Lieutenant Governor complaints from our side and personally met them and sorted representative, was bound by directions” under Article 239 Supreme Court, the MHA has activity. NOIDA: A 25-year-old woman Anil Baijal over the Services we want to co-operate with the out their issues. “The CM and the Constitution to listen to and 239AA of the Constitution. advised that as per concluding She further said that the reportedly jumped to death department could still defer the government,” said an official. other ministers are in touch with Delhis democratically elected It said that ‘Services’ falls paras of judgement, the nine new machines have also been from the third floor of the approved projects. He added that the Services us and we are all trying to create government. outside the purview of the appeals including the one deployed to improve the level Great India Palace (GIP) mall Officials in the Delhi department and the related a better environment. Yes, we “We met the LG Anil Baijal Legislative Assembly of the NCT relating to ‘Services’ shall be of sanitation and overcome the in sector 38-A of Noida on Sat- government are still divided issues have nothing to do with participated in the protest and today, and he refused to agree of Delhi and consequently the taken up by the learned regular spread of vector-borne diseases urday afternoon. over who has jurisiction of the them, but for IAS officials it is will again do if needed, but that that Services department government of the National bench and the MHA notification such as chikungunya, dengue, Police said that the girl left Services department. While top a bone of contention. is not the solution. We believe in has come under the elected Capital Territory of Delhi will dated 21.05.2015 continue to be and malaria due to stagnation behind a purported suicide officials mostly try to obedient “Top officials are appointed dialogues,” said another officer. government in Delhi. He said have no executive powers in valid,” the letter from the LG’s of water because of choked note, wherein she claimed to to the Centre, lower and middle by the Centre and they share Kejriwal and his deputy that the 2015 MHA (Ministry relation to ‘services’. office stated. drains. be upset over her boyfriend being in a relationship with another girl and ignoring her Delhi PWD tells GNIDA announces sops constantly. According to police, the officers to visit deceased has been identified for industrial plot buyers as Shivangi, a native of Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh, and sites to check RAHUL SINGH changes in the construction lived alone at a rented apart- policies over the acquired plots ment in Barola village under waterlogging GREATER NOIDA: Greater by the allottes. Sector-49 of Noida. She was Noida Industrial Develop- “The Authority, for the first spotted in a pool of blood in the NEW DELHI: The Pub- ment Authority (GNIDA) time, has sought to provide courtyard on ground floor and lic Works Department of the on Saturday made changes in flexibility in the industrial plot was rushed to a nearby private Delhi government has directed their industrial plots scheme, in scheme. As of now, the time hospital, where she succumbed. its senior officials to visit their order to provide a major relief limit for starting the construc- According to the mall respective areas during rains to to the buyers of these schemes. tion over the allotted plots was employees, the incident check to waterlog. The decision was taken in 18 months, which has now occurred around 3 pm. when The directives were issued the Authority’s 112th board been extended to 24 months for Shivangi was spotted talking at a recent meeting, chaired meeting, chaired by Uttar plots of 250 to 2,000 sq m, and on the phone and sitting alone by Engineer-in-Chief Rakesh Pradesh chief secretary and 36 months for 2,000 to 10,000 outside a store for over an hour Kumar Agrawal, on various GNIDA chairman AC Pandey. sq m plots,” said Pandey, at a before she decided to jump. issues. As per the new policies, press conference. People gathered around According to the minutes the allotment of any industrial GNIDA also proposed mea- the area the immediately and of the meeting, the field units land measuring less than 4,000 sures to make the villages of informed police. The victim of the department were also square meter area will be made Greater Noida free from open was also carried on a stretcher directed to inform the central- through a draw system. defecation and strengthening by mall employees and secu- ised control room about water- The move is aimed to bring the Swachh Bharat mission. rity guards and was rushed to logging in areas, irrespective of transparency and make it free “We have proposed a bud- Kailash hospital where doctors the jurisdiction. from complicated procedure. get of Rs six crore to be spent declared her brought dead. “It was directed that in “Moreover, after allotment, if for the construction of 5000 According to a senior doc- addition to subordinate field the allottee pay total amount toilets in the area falling under tor of kailash hospital, the girl staff, superintendent engineers in one time, five per cent con- the Greater Noida Authority” stopped responding to treat- should also visit their respec- cession will be given to them,” a senior GNIDA official said. ment and had suffered griev- tive sites during rains and take said a senior GNIDA official. A budget of Rs 3,639 crore ous head injuries. She died of stock of the position by them- Apart from these deci- had been allotted for 2018-19, excessive bleeding. selves,” the minutes said. AGENCIES sions, the Authority also made almost double that of last year. Alert Metro Two arrested for smuggling driver saves poppy straw worth Rs 10 cr man who OUR CORRESPONDENT fainted on track

NEW DELHI: A large haul OUR CORRESPONDENT of poppy straw brought from Naxalite-hit areas of Jharkhand NEW DELHI: The alertness and meant to be supplied in of a Delhi Metro driver saved Punjab has been confiscated the life of a 57-year-old man by the Special cell of Delhi on Saturday, after he lost con- Police, with cops saying on sciousness and fell on the tracks Saturday that the market value at the JLN Stadium Metro sta- of the recovered 12 quintals tion. This affected the metro contraband is Rs 10 crore. services for a brief time. Cops said that on July 3, a A senior Delhi Metro offi- tip-off was received that Bhim cial said the incident took place Giri – a resident of Patiala, The bag of poppy straw recovered from the two accused PIC/MPOST at 8.44 am. The man, an offi- Punjab, and a big name in the cer in a government bank, sus- illegal drug trade – had brought were recovered. One bag to drug peddlers of Punjab tained minor injuries and was big consignment of poppy contained 25 kg of poppy straw, and Haryana. “The two also admitted to AIIMS and later straw in a truck from Chatra, while the remaining bags had disclosed that they have been released, Delhi Police said. Jharkhand to be delivered to 20 kg each. involved in poppy trade from “The man claimed he had drug peddlers of Punjab via Both the men were arrested Jharkhand for the last five years. lost consciousness after he felt Delhi. and case under appropriate They have already supplied dizzy,” a police official said. Cops laid a trap near Burari sections of law has been more than 800 quintals of As he fell, the driver of the flyover in Ring Road, and the registered by the Special Cell. poppy straw in Punjab during Metro saw him in time and suspected truck was spotted “Both the arrested persons this period,” said DCP (Special applied emergency brakes. and forced to stop before Burari were subjected to sustained Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah. Timely action of the alert flyover by police vehicles. interrogation revealed that During investigation, it also driver saved the man’s life, as The truck was being they had brought consignment came to light that Naxalism- the train stopped just in time. driven by Bhim Giri, with one of poppy straw, concealed affected areas of Jharkhand The man escaped with minor Ravinder Singh sitting beside between bags of rice paddy, have became a hotbed of illegal injuries on his hands and chest, him. Inside the truck, 60 white in their truck from Chatra, cultivation of opium for the last and was released from hospital plastic bags with poppy straw Jharkhand to deliver the same 15 years. after being given first aid. 4| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018|millenniumpost mp There is need to encourage voluntary eye donation, and this sublime ethos must be inculcated among children in schools Nation - Venkaiah Naidu No-confidence motion against Three civilians die in Army firing in J&K Raman Singh govt defeated OUR CORRESPONDENT SRINAGAR: Three civilians, The debate started after 12 noon on Friday and ended at 2.10 am on Saturday including a girl, were killed and two others injured on Saturday OUR CORRESPONDENT with any alternative policy. edly featured a Chhattisgarh when Army personnel opened The no-confidence motion minister. fire during clashes with stone- RAIPUR: After a 14-hour was direction-less, unprin- The government has lost pelting protesters in Jammu debate, a no-trust motion cipled, unsubstantiated and people's trust as several sec- and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, moved by the Congress against unplanned," Singh said. tions of society including Shik- the police said. the Raman Singh-led BJP gov- The Congress has failed to shakarmis (teachers), nurses This afternoon, a group of ernment was defeated by a raise even one issue, fact or a and families of police person- miscreants pelted stones at an voice vote in the Chhattisgarh piece of evidence which could nel are agitating, he said. Army patrol which was passing Assembly in the wee hours on have cornered the BJP govern- Despite the government's through Hawoora Mishipora Saturday. ment, he said. tall claims of development in area of Kulgam in south Kash- The debate started after 12 The BJP is in power in 19 the last 15 years, the poor's lot mir, a police spokesperson said. People participate in the funeral procession of three civilians (including noon on Friday and ended at states, ruling almost 70 per cent has not improved, he said. Five people sustained inju- a girl), who were allegedly killed in security forces action, at Hawoorah 2.10 am on Saturday. of the country, while the Con- The LoP also hit out at the ries when the Army personnel Mishipora, in Kulgam district on Saturday Several issues including a gress's rule has shrunk to only government over the issues tried to disperse the protesters, sex CD case, corruption and six per cent of the country's ter- related to health, law and order he added. under heavy stone-pelting and tioned the stone-pelters, who law and order situation were ritory, Singh said. achievements, and said it will targeted," the Congress leader and the agriculture sector. The injured were rushed to firing from militants. refused to relent and hurled raised. "The charge sheet presented retain power for the fourth said. After the debate, the motion a nearby hospital where three Area Domination Patrol petrol bombs at the patrolling Chief Minister Raman by the Congress in the no-con- time in a row in the coming Referring to the cases was put to voice vote and was people, including a girl, suc- (ADP) of the Army, while mov- party, he said. Singh termed the allegations fidence motion clearly shows it Assembly polls. against state Congress chief defeated. cumbed to their injuries, the ing in general area Hawoora, “At one point, some uniden- levelled by the opposition as has already accepted its defeat. Earlier, Leader of Opposi- Bhupesh Baghel, Singhdeo Speaker Gaurishankar spokesperson said. Kulgam, came under heavy tified terrorists also fired at "direction-less and baseless". In the winter session it had tion T S Singhdeo said the state said Baghel was being targeted Agrawal then completed other He said condition of the stone-pelting. As the ADP the column. This resulted The Congress has made a moved a no-confidence motion government had cheated peo- by the government machinery business of the House and other two is stated to be stable. tried to extricate, it was chased in some soldiers sustaining failed attempt to mislead peo- which had 168 points, now the ple by not fulfilling its prom- with political motives. adjourned the Assembly sine The police have initiated an by an aggressive and menac- grievous injuries. In response ple, he said during his reply number is reduced to 15. ises and by perpetrating scams. The government did not die. This was the third no-trust investigation into the matter, ing crowd of 400-500 persons to this grave provocation and which lasted for over an hour. "Like the Congress party, its "The government has failed agree to the demand of probe motion faced by the Raman the spokesperson said. which kept building up and to ensure safety of troops, the "In the last 15 years, Con- charge sheet has also shrunk," on all fronts. Farmers are facing of the alleged suicide of Rinku Singh government. A defence spokesperson coming dangerously close,” the Army resorted to controlled gress has failed to play the he quipped. a crisis, theyouth have no jobs, Khanuja, he said. Khanuja had The state, under BJP rule here said some soldiers also spokesperson said. firing which resulted in the role of constructive opposi- Singh gave a detailed women are unsafe and pub- been questioned by the CBI in since 2003, will be going to the sustained grievous injuries The troops, while exer- unfortunate loss of human tion and has never come up account of his government's lic representatives are being a case of a sex CD which alleg- polls later this year. in the incident as they came cising extreme restraint, cau- lives, the spokesperson added. Salman, 5 kin get Class 9 girl raped AK-56 seized from Dawood gang Unnao rape: CBI notice for ‘illegal’ member's house, wife arrested files chargesheet construction at by principal, two OUR CORRESPONDENT farmhouse teachers, 16 students MUMBAI: An AK-56 rifle has against five MUMBAI: The Maharashtra been seized from the house of forest department has served a OUR CORRESPONDENT headquarters of Chhapra. a member of Dawood Ibrahim OUR CORRESPONDENT peace) are the other sections. notice to Salman Khan and five District Superintendent of gang in suburban Goregaon One of the accused Shailu has other members of his family CHHAPRA (Bihar): A prin- Police Har Kishore Rai said an here, police said on Saturday. NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: been given a clean chit by the for what it claimed were illegal cipal of a private school and a FIR was registered under Sec- "Yasmin Naim Khan (35), The CBI has filed a chargesheet CBI. All are residents of Sarai construction at the Bollywood teacher, who were arrested for tions 376 (rape) and 506 (crim- wife of Dawood Ibrahim gang against five men, including Thok Makhi of Unnao and are star's farmhouse at Panvel. allegedly raping and blackmail- inal intimidation) of the IPC member Naim Khan, was Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh currently in judicial custody. The notice was served on ing a Class 9 student here, were and the POCSO Act. arrested following the raid Sengar's brother Atul Singh The Central Bureau of June 9 in the name of the actor's on Saturday produced before a In her complaint, the girl on the couple's house on Fri- Sengar, in a case related to Investigation (CBI) said fur- father Salim Khan, based on a POCSO court which sent them alleged that she was first raped day," a senior official of Thane the death of a gangrape vic- ther investigation in the case complaint by a non-resident to jail for a fortnight. by some of the students of Police said. tim's father in police custody to look into the roles of others Indian who also has a property Four students of the her school in a toilet there in Apart from an AK-56 Police show the weapons and cartridges recovered after a raid at the in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, an including the MLA is on. in Panvel in adjoining Raigad school, who were also alleg- December 2017. assault rifle, three magazines, house of a Chota Shakeel's aide at Goregaon, in Thane on Saturday official said on Saturday. The mother of the girl had district, according to a forest edly involved in the incident, The girl claimed that the a 9 mm pistol and 13 live car- Jai Deep Singh alias Atul accused the ruling party legis- department official. were sent to the remand home students also recorded a video tridges were seized from Khan's the arms, ammunition and ber, on the instructions of fugi- Singh Sengar, Vineet Mishra lator of raping her 17-year-old Salim Khan was given seven as they are juveniles. of the act and threatened her to house by the Anti Extortion explosives smuggled into tive gangster Chhota Shakeel, alias Vinay Mishra, Birendra daughter on June 4 last year. days time to respond, accord- The teenager in her com- make it viral if she reported the Cell (AEC) of Thane Police, he India by Dawood Ibrahim's the official said. Singh alias Bauwa, Ram Sharan On April 8 this year, the victim ing to the notice. plaint to the police had alleged matter to anyone, the SP said. said. men before the 1993 Mumbai They were arrested before Singh alias Sonu and Shashi tried to self-immolate near the It stated that the ownership that she was raped and black- When the victim com- The raid followed inter- serial blasts. the plan could be executed. Pratap Singh are chargesheeted house of Uttar Pradesh Chief rights of the property, called mailed by her school principal, plained to the school princi- rogation of two alleged drug The AEC is also probing Naim Khan is currently under Section 302 (murder), Minister Yogi Adityanath, after Arpita Farms, located at Waj- two teachers and 16 students pal about the incident, he first peddlers, Jahid Zali Shou- whether this rifle was from lodged in Thane prison, await- Section 506 (criminal intimida- which the matter came to light. apur area of Panvel, rest with for seven months. convinced and persuaded her kat Kashmiri (47) and San- among the weapons brought ing trial. tion), Section 147 (rioting) and The girl's father was being Salman Khan, his sisters Alvira The six were produced not to lodge a complaint as the jay Shroff (47), arrested by the in during the blasts conspiracy, AEC sleuths are question- Section 148 (Rioting, armed forced to withdraw the case and Arpita, brothers Arbaaz before the court of Additional matter would bring disrepute Thane AEC from Nagpada in the official said. ing Yasmin Khan as to why the with deadly weapon) of the against the MLA. Upon his and Sohail and mother Helen. District and Sessions judge to her and the family and later central Mumbai two days ago. Naim Khan was arrested weapons and ammunition were India Penal Code. refusal, he was picked up by Asked about the action Uday Kumar Upadhyay, who along with two teachers raped The assault rifle was lying at by the Mumbai Crime Branch stored at the house, the offi- Section 149 (unlawful police on April 9 and was alleg- taken against the Khan fam- is also in-charge of the Protec- and blackmailed her, he said. Khan's house for a long time, under the Maharashtra Con- cial said. assembly), Section 323 (volun- edly roughed up by Atul Singh ily since the seven-day period tion of Children from Sexual The girl told reporters today the official claimed. trol of Organised Crime Act Arrested under the Arms tarily causing hurt), Section 34 and his aides while in custody. to respond had lapsed, Maha- Offences (POCSO) court. that she could not muster cour- The rifle was found (MCOCA) in 2016. Act, she was today produced (criminal act done with com- He was taken to district hospi- rashtra Forest Minister Sud- The court also directed that age to lodge a complaint with wrapped in a newspaper from He and some others had before a court in Thane which mon intention) and Section tal with 18 wounds and gashes, hir Mungantiwar today said the case of the four students be the police since her father was the year 1997. allegedly planned to kill Iqbal remanded her in police custody 504 (intentional insult with abdominal pain and vomiting. that "due process was being fol- heard separately and sent to in jail for several months. AK-56 rifles were among Attarwala, a former gang mem- till July 11, he added. intent to provoke breach of the He died soon after. AGENCIES lowed". AGENCIES the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) Her father was released which would verify their age. from jail a couple of days ago The girl's statement was also and a complaint was lodged recorded by Judicial Magistrate yesterday, she said. US oil sellers may look to India Zakir Naik will never get access Rakesh Mani Tiwary. Rai said a special investi- The principal told the court gation team (SIT) has been that the allegations against him constituted under Deputy as China tariff war escalates to Bangladesh: Hasina aide were false and this was a con- Superintendent of Police Ajay spiracy to frame him in the case Kumar Singh, who visited the NEW DELHI: American oil and energy at Morningstar Inc., to Brent oil, the global mar- MPOST BUREAU policy of zero-tolerance pol- in order to bring disrepute to school yesterday and made the producers may find a new said by telephone. “U.S. sell- ket standard. That could lure icy towards terrorism. The soil him and the school. arrests. friend in India as they brace ers would have to find alterna- India to take more U.S. crude, NEW DELHI: Promising full of Bangladesh will never be The school is located at Par- Raids are being con- for a trade war with China that tive buyers.” One option could Fielden said. cooperation in India's quest allowed to be used by elements sagarh village of Saran district, ducted to apprehend the other could curb US shipments. be more shipments to India, To be sure, most Indian to bring controversial Islamic who are hostile to our neigh- about 35 kms from the district accused, he added. Refiners in China were the which already has been buy- refineries are designed to pro- preacher Zakir Naik back to bours," Imam said. top buyers of American crude ing more U.S. crude. In May, cess heavy, high-sulfur Iranian the country, a close aide of Naik found himself in oil in May, and have been reg- Indian refiners imported 4.7 crude, which has been sanc- Bangladeshi Prime Minister the eye of a storm after news ular importers since the U.S. million barrels, or about nine tioned. The bulk of the growth Sheikh Hasina said today that reports surfaced that at least CITY BRIEFS revived domestic output and times more than April and the in American supply has been in Bangladesh will never allow two of the terrorists behind the exports in recent years. But most of any month based on light, low-sulfur oil produced its territory to be used by ele- attack on Holey Artisan Bak- JUSTICE RADHAKRISHNAN SWORN IN sales may slow amid a growing U.S. government data going in shale developments. ments hostile to New Delhi. ery cafe in Dhaka in July 2016 NEW CJ OF HYDERABAD HC trade war between Beijing and back to 2015. “Shale crude is not an After delivering a talk in on Naik. He said Naik would were "inspired by his preach- the Trump Administration. If Beijing does impose tar- alternative to Iranian crude,” New Delhi on "Indo-Bangla- never get access to Bangladesh ing about Islam." HYDERABAD: Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair “If China imposes tar- iffs on American oil, it could Fielden said. “Indian refiners desh: Historical and contem- and his country would coop- Rohan Imtiaz, one of the Radhakrishnan was sworn in as new Chief Justice of iffs, their refineries won’t buy put downward pressure on the can’t absorb all the U.S. oil that porary perspective", Hossain erate with India on the matter. suspected attackers, is said the Hyderabad High Court for the states of Telangana U.S. crude since it would cost price of West Texas Intermedi- was going to China. They can Toufique Imam, political "We will fully cooperate to have posted a message on and Andhra Pradesh here on Saturday. Governor more,” Sandy Fielden, director ate crude, the U.S. benchmark, import more, but can they pro- advisor to Hasina, answered with India. Our government Facebook quoting Naik prior of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ESL Narasimhan of research for commodities and may weaken its spread cess it?” AGENCIES a question from a reporter is committed to its declared to the attack. administered the oath at a function in the Raj Bhavan. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K E Krishna One killed as heavy rains lash coastal, western Maharashtra Murthy were present on the occasion. Justice Rad- hakrishnan was Chief Justice of the Chattisgarh High Court before being shifted here. OUR CORRESPONDENT Kumari, 5, injured following three hours due to landslides While Matheran and Kar- a short-circuit in their house or tree crashes resulting in jart in Raigad received around MUMBAI: One person was in PMGP Colony in suburban massive traffic jams over sev- 190 mm and 150 mm respec- killed and normal life disrupted Mankhurd. eral kilometres, and peoples' tively, Mahabaleshwar and in many areas on Saturday as, The Central Railway sub- weekend getaway plans went Panchgani 160 mm, Murbad for the second time this week, urban and long distance train haywire. A majority of the big in Thane was inundated under torrential rains lashed the traffic was again hit after at least and small rivers in western 220 mm, and Wada in Palghar Mumbai suburbs, and adjoin- three signal poles fell down in and coastal parts of the state with 230 mm. ing districts of Thane, Raigad the rains. It diverted two trains including the Savitri River, The IMD said most places and Palghar, officials said. on the Mumbai-Pune sector were overflowing, with flood in the Palghar, Thane and At least five picnickers went and cancelled three services waters running into surround- Raigad received an average of missing and another 30 were due to the downpour which ing villages. around 110-200 mm rains in rescued from a picturesque continued till evening. The famed hill stations of the past 24 hours. hilly picnic spot, Chinchoti Though streams and water Matheran (Raigad) and Maha- It has also forecast heavy Falls in Palghar district. bodies adjoining the Western People make their way through a waterlogged street after heavy rains, baleshwar (Satara), Khandala to very heavy rains in Mum- An aerial search with heli- Railway were swollen, there at Sion in Mumbai on Saturday (Pune) received heavy rains bai and adjoining districts over copters and a NDRF team from was no major impact on the and over 10,000 people jos- the next 24-48 hours, besides Chairman Railway Board Ashwani Lohani shares his experiences here have launched a rescue train traffic. Ambernath, Badlapur, Vidy- or heavy waterlogging, throw- tled in traffic snarls to visit the in places like Nagpur, Aurang- at IIM-Ahmedabad during a lecture series on rail transport operation to trace the missing Large parts of towns like avihar, Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar, ing traffic movement out of Bhushi Dam in neighbouring abad, Nanded, Akola, Wardha, planning and management course on Saturday. Lohani’s topic of persons. Usha Sawant, 40, was Palghar, Boisar, Dahanu, Karjat, Pali and surrounding gear. The busy Mumbai-Goa twin-hill station of Lonavala Chandrapure and the coastal the talk was ‘Indian Railways: Moving India Forward’ electrocuted and her daughter Saphale, Virar, Vasai, Kalyan, villages experienced flooding Highway was blocked for over which received 160 mm rains. Konkan. millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018 | 5 mp It is a misconception that we subsidise our exports Business - Suresh Prabhu ‘India plans to reduce emission levels of old 1992 securities scam: Sr bank power plants to national standards by 2022’

NEW DELHI: Starting next year, India has planned to officials among 5 sentenced bring down emission levels of all old power plants to national standards by 2022, a top Envi- MUMBAI: A special court case, FFSL, a private firm, was to FFSL on 'securities receipts', ronment Ministry official has here has convicted and facing an acute cash crunch which were, to their own said. awarded varying jail terms to and was desperately in need of knowledge, not backed by Union Environment Secre- five persons, including senior additional funds. physical securities and it was tary C K Mishra also said that bank officials, in the 1992 secu- It, thus, began to bor- done by the ostensible trans- "very old" plants in the country rities scam. row heavily from ABFSL and actions of sale and purchase. might be closed down. Justice Shalini Phansalkar other banks and financial "Their evidence also proves "When it comes to address- Joshi, who presided over a firms. Those convicted facili- that the money received by ing climate change issues, the bunch of cases related to the tated such borrowings without FFSL from ABFSL in these first thing that one needs to do 1992 scam, convicted R Lak- ensuring that the transactions transactions was diverted by is to acknowledge that there and by 2022, emission levels much higher," he said. shminarayanan and S Srini- were made against credible FFSL to share market invest- is an issue... In the backdrop of all old power plants will be The secretary said the vasan of Financial Fairgrowth securities and stocks of the ment and not for purchase of of the Paris agreement, the brought to national standards. Badarpur Thermal Power Plant Services Limited (FFSL), and FFSL. ABFSL officials con- securities," she said. NDCs (Nationally Determined Some may be closed which are in Delhi remains "closed" and it Tharian Chacko, Y Sundara victed in the case issued illegal Justice Phansalkarb Joshi Contributions) announced by very old, but rest will be done," would be operated only in case Babu and R Kalyana Raman of security receipts to the FFSL added that even if the court India, so far, according to me, Mishra said. of "extremely critical power sit- Andhra Bank Financial Ser- for these transactions, and it in were to accept the conten- is already ambitious. State-run National Thermal uation" in the national capital. vices Ltd (ABFSL), a subsidiary turn made wrong declarations tion that the convicts did not "But, there are development Power Corporation (NTPC) "The Badarpur plant, for of Andhra Bank. to other lenders by giving these make any personal gains, imperatives, and India is one of is doing retrofitting works in example, remains closed. We While the court sentenced security receipts that had been "This special case is a fall- serious nature of the offence it must remember the view the fastest growing economies, old plants in a "big way", the are holding it, and will operate Lakshminarayanan and Srini- issued against securities and out of the financial scam that and the repercussions it had taken by the apex court in pre- so as growth takes place, emis- secretary said. "It is a time- only in case of extremely criti- vasan, executive director and stocks that the FFSL did not rocked the economy of the on the nation's economy, tak- vious judgements that finan- sions levels are bound to rise. consuming process and one of cal power situation in Delhi. senior vice-president respec- really possess. nation in the era of Harshad ing a lenient view can have a cial scams affect the economy So, the story of India and the these additions takes about 18 Next year, anyways, we are tively of FFSL at that time, The court, however, acquit- S Mehta," Justice Phansalkar- counter-effect. An appropriate of the nation. narrative is that of responsible months," he said. shutting it down, as we have to imprisonment up to three ted Gopal Shankar Iyer and P Joshi said. "It is true that in message needs to be sent out to "Such scams result in the growth," he said. Mishra said the emission an alternative system being years, the officials of ABFSL Chandrashekhar, two other this case the offence has taken the society," she said. loss of hard-earned money for Mishra said this on scenario would improve if built," he said. were sentenced to four years. officials of FFSL, and share bro- place in 1992 and that in these "In my considered opin- many innocent members of Wednesday during the inau- emission norms for boilers and In Bawana, the gas power According to the judge- ker Pallav Seth. 24 long years the accused have ion, the evidence of all these the public. Some victims even gural edition of 'The Earth technology that are friendly plant is running at 20 per cent ment passed on Thursday, The court also rejected the undergone the rigours of the prosecution witnesses, some lose their lives," she said while Dialogues', hosted by a public to emission reduction are capacity. It has two units of 750 those convicted "knowingly plea for leniency pressed by trial, which were in the nature from FFSL, some from ABFSL awarding the sentence. The advocacy firm here. He also implemented. MW each, Mishra said. conducted fraudulent trans- the convicts on account of the of physical and mental torture and some from an indepen- court, however, suspended the discussed the road ahead for Thermal and other fossil "By next month, the first actions between FFSL and long trial, their old age, and on also, as the sword of this case dent source, like RBI, is more sentence of all the convicts for the government in the clean fuel-based power plants are unit of 750 MW will fully run ABFSL between July 1991 and the argument that they did not was always hanging on their than sufficient to prove beyond four months to permit them to energy sector. one of the main causes of air on gas with full capacity. Gas May 1992". make any personal gains out of heads," she said. reasonable doubt that ABFSL file their respective appeals in "We have a plan in place, pollution. "Doing is well worth is a much greener fuel," he As per the prosecution's these transactions. "However, considering the has deployed crores of funds the Supreme Court. PTI wherein from 2019 onwards it, as the cost of not doing is further said. PTI Iran says Trump ‘destabilising’ oil market ‘Fortis Board unable to determine if fraud occurred’ NEW DELHI: Independent tations on the information avail- legal action to recover the inter-corporate depos- TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday demands other countries increase -- to raise its production. auditor of the Fortis Healthcare, able to the external legal firm its (ICDs) given to the three firms after an external accused US President Donald their production, Zanganeh said. OPEC and other produc- Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP on and their qualifications and investigation found "systemic lapses and override Trump of destabilising the oil "It's an insult to the people and ers including Russia agreed last Saturday said the Board of Fortis disclaimers as described in the of controls" in the loan given. market with his flurry of tweets national sovereignty of these month to boost output by around Healthcare are unable at present investigation report, it added. The loans were given without Board approval taking aim at the OPEC cartel. countries and it also destabilises a million barrels a day, revers- to determine whether a fraud Fortis Healthcare had ear- and enough collaterals, it had said. PTI "These days... the price is the market," he added. ing course after supply cuts that has occurred on the company. lier said that markets regulator dependent on the behaviour of In his latest tweet on the sub- cleared a global glut and boosted "At this juncture the Board Sebi has ordered a forensic audit Mr Trump," Iranian Oil Minister ject on Wednesday, Trump said prices. of Directors of the company are in the matter of the company, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on that the "OPEC Monopoly must The move came as Iran -- an unable to make a determination which has admitted to systemic state television. remember that gas prices are up OPEC member -- faces renewed on whether a fraud has occurred lapses in giving Rs 494.14 crore "Every day, Mr Trump has & they are doing little to help". He sanctions over Trump's deci- on the company in respect of the loans to firms controlled by erst- a new message or remark that has repeatedly urged the Organi- sion to quit the international matters covered in the investiga- while promoters -- Malvinder causes concern in the market, zation of the Petroleum Export- nuclear deal with Tehran, which tion by the external legal firm...," and Shivinder Singh. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar or he gives OPEC members Zanganeh ing Countries (OPEC) -- which has added to supply concerns on the auditor said in its report. The company, on June 27, orders that are very insulting," or includes key US ally Saudi Arabia world markets. AFP This is considering the limi- had said that it had initiated Mukesh Ambani gets another 5 yrs as RIL Chairman

NEW DELHI: Shareholders of Reli- a total share base of 616.45 crore voted munication expenses at residence shall and divided the business their father ance Industries have approved giving on the resolution, RIL said in a regula- be reimbursed at actuals and not con- created between them. Mukesh Ambani another five years as tory filing. Of the votes polled, 98.5 per sidered as perquisites," it said. At the AGM, shareholders also the Chairman and Managing Director cent were in favour of the resolution Also, "the expenses, as may be borne allowed RIL to raise up to Rs 20,000 of the company. Ambani, 61, has been while 1.48 voted against it. by the company for providing security crore through a non-convertible deben- on the board of Reliance Industries According to the resolution, Ambani to Shri Mukesh D Ambani and his fam- ture (NCD) issue in 2018-19, according Ltd (RIL) since 1977 and was elevated will be paid an annual salary of Rs 4.17 ily members shall not be considered as to the regulatory filing. RIL wants to as Chairman of the company after the crore and Rs 59 lakh of perquisites and perquisites and accordingly, not to be "offer or invite subscriptions for secured death of his father and group patriarch allowances. Retirement benefits are included for the purpose of computation / unsecured redeemable non-convert- Dhirubhai Ambani in July 2002. not included in the overall ceiling of of the overall ceiling of remuneration," ible debentures, in one or more series / The company put a resolution to remuneration. He will also be entitled the resolution, which was carried at the tranches, of an aggregate nominal value re-appoint Ambani "for a period of five to receive bonus based on net profits AGM, said. After Dhirubhai Ambani's up to Rs 20,000 crore, on private place- years, on expiry of his present term of and "expenses incurred for travelling, demise on July 6, 2012, Mukesh was ment, from such persons and on such office, i e with effect from April 19, 2019" boarding and lodging, including for elected Chairman and Managing Direc- terms and conditions as the Board of at the 41st Annual General Meeting held spouse and attendant(s) during busi- tor of RIL, while younger brother Anil Directors of the company may, from on July 5 in Mumbai. ness trips and provision of car(s) for was elected Vice Chairman and MD. time to time, determine and consider As many as 50,818 crore shares out of use on company's business and com- The two siblings parted ways in 2005 proper and most beneficial". PTI IndiGo, GoAir conduct visual inspections of 50 PW engines

NEW DELHI: IndiGo and GoAir have carried out "visual inspections" of a total of 50 Pratt & Whitney engines powering their A320 neo aircraft in the last fort- night but no abnormalities were detected, a senior official said on Saturday. The visual inspections were done after US regulator FAA issued an airworthiness directive on June 26 to check for possible engine fan hub damage of certain P&W engines. IndiGo and GoAir, operating A320 neo fleet with P&W engines, have been facing engine issues in these aircraft that even forced grounding of many planes. A senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said no abnormalities were found during visual inspection of a total of 50 affected P&W engines. "In compliance with AD (Airworthi- IndiGo and GoAir, operating A320 neo fleet with ness Directive), IndiGo has carried out one time inspection of 34 affected engines P&W engines, have been facing engine issues in these and GoAir carried out inspection on 16 aircraft that even forced grounding of many planes affected engines. "No abnormality has been observed with these engines fitted on A320 neos age, and removal of parts if damage or JM engine fan hub to ensure that all fan being operated by Indigo and GoAir," defects are found that are outside the ser- hubs comply with proper maintenance the official said. viceable limits. "This AD was prompted standards. A GoAir spokesperson said it com- by reports of damage to engine fan hub," "Findings were identified at our MRO pleted the required inspections in the official said. facilities on a small number of fan hubs, response to the FAA directive immedi- IndiGo and GoAir have 36 and 17 and our investigation determined the ately upon receiving the information and A320 neos, respectively, and all are pow- issue was caused by improper installation that "there were no findings". ered by P&W engines. of the inlet cone. Queries sent in relation to FAA direc- Earlier this week, IndiGo had to "We do not anticipate any major dis- tive to IndiGo remained unanswered. ground an A320 neo plane due to P&W ruption to our customers, and are coor- On June 26, the Federal Aviation engine issue. dinating with them to ensure the process Administration (FAA) issued a directive In a statement issued earlier this is completed within the required 60-day for PW1100 engines fitted on A320 neos. month about the FAA directive, Pratt timeline," it had said. The FAA is sched- "The AD calls for one-time visual & Whitney had said it required a one- uled to conduct an audit of the DGCA inspection of engine fan hub for dam- time fleet inspection of the PW1100G- from July third week. PTI 6| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018|millenniumpost mp I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad! World US President Donald Trump Scotland Yard's PIO female officer faces investigation UK launches new visas open to

LONDON: One of Britain's senior-most Indian-origin female officers has been placed of restricted duties as Scotland Indian scientists, academics Yard investigates allegations that she broke the rules on being nominated for LONDON: The UK has launched require individual Tier 5 spon- Business, Energy and Industrial a royal honour. new visas that will be open to sor licences. Strategy (BEIS) will monitor the Parm Sandhu, currently serving as overseas scientists and research- "Research and innovation is activity of the scheme on a regular Temporary Chief Superintendent with ers, including Indians, to encour- inherently international, as are basis with UKRI, to provide assur- the Metropolitan Police, has been served age the growth of the country's the unprecedented 21st century ance that it is meeting the crite- with a "gross misconduct" investigation research sector. challenges we must address," said ria for a Tier 5 scheme, the Home notice and could potentially face a seri- The new UKRI Science, UKRI chief executive Professor Office said. ous disciplinary charge. Research and Academia scheme, Mark Walport. The UK government said the "The Met's Directorate of Professional which is being added to the "Global collaboration through new scheme demonstrates its Standards (DPS) is investigating the con- already existing Tier 5 (Tempo- the movement of talented people commitment to make the UK a duct of three officers following an alle- =National Police Chief Council rary Worker Government Autho- plays an essential role in meet- "dynamic, open, globally-trading" gation that they breached guidelines guidelines say that "any person can nom- rised Exchange) visa route, opened ing these challenges and this new nation. relating to the UK honours nomination inate any other person for an honour". from on Friday for researchers, scheme will provide further sup- Some of the other reforms to process, a Met Police statement said. However, as with other honours, people scientists and academics from out- port for international research- the country's visa system in recent "A temporary chief superintendent are not expected to nominate themselves side the European Union (EU) ers to work and train in the UK," months have included removing currently attached to human resources and are not meant to contribute to or to come to the UK for up to two and benefit from their knowledge cils, Innovate UK and Research Walport said. doctors and nurses from the Tier was served with a gross misconduct know about the process. The internal Met years. and expertise. England. The Tier 5 Government 2 visa cap, allowing more Indian notice on Wednesday 27 June and has investigation is examining an allegation "The UK is a world leader in "I recognise the crucial contri- It will mean that UKRI, along Authorised Exchange (GAE) is doctors among others to address been placed on restricted duties, it said. that Sandhu may have contacted other research and innovation and these bution science makes to the UK with 12 approved research organ- the principal visa route by which staff shortages in the state-funded The two other officers a detective officers with a summary of information changes will make it easier for economy and society and I am isations such as the Natural His- professionals from outside the National Health Service (NHS). superintendent and an inspector, both to support her QPM nomination. The international researchers to work determined that the UK will con- tory Museum, will now be able European Economic Area who A new Start-up visa route is from frontline policing were also served inquiry is at an early stage and no dis- and train in the UK," said UK tinue to welcome leading scientific to directly sponsor highly skilled wish to undertake training and set to replace the Tier 1 (Grad- with misconduct notices on June 27 but ciplinary action has been taken so far. immigration minister Caroline and research talent from around individuals, such as specialist tech- work experience are able to come uate Entrepreneur) route and they remain on full duties while enqui- Sandhu, who joined the police ser- Nokes in a statement announcing the world," she said. nicians, to work and train in the to the UK. widen the pool of candidates who ries continue, the force added. vice in 1989, rose through the ranks to the launch. The scheme will be operated UK. The route allows individu- can apply to launch a new busi- According to the BBC, the inquiry is become borough commander in Rich- "We must have an immigra- by UK Research and Innovation The sponsor organisations als entering the UK through this ness in the UK, beyond gradu- focusing on whether Sandhu encouraged mond-upon-Thames. She is one of the tion system that makes sure we can (UKRI), which brings together will be monitored by UKRI as the scheme to stay for up to two years. ates endorsed by higher education her colleagues to support her nomina- most senior ethnic minority female attract leading international talent the country's seven research coun- scheme owner and they will also The UK's Department for institutions. AGENCIES tion for a Queen's Police Medal (QPM), officers in the Met Police and in 2006 which is awarded twice a year by Queen received an Asian Women of Achieve- Elizabeth II as part of her honours' lists. ment Award. Last month, she had tweeted Philippine prez Duterte to resign ‘if The medals are given to serving police that she will be promoted to Chief Super- Climate Change? 38 killed, 50 officers in the UK in recognition of dis- intendent in the Metropolitan Police, anybody can prove God exists’ tinguished service or outstanding cour- adding: "I will be the first woman of age in the line of duty. colour to hold this rank." AGENCIES MANILA: The Philippine president, who recently sparked out- missing as heavy rain hits Japan rage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his TOKYO: Torrents of rainfall largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if any- and flooding battered a wide- body can prove that God exists. President Rodrigo Duterte, who spread area in southwestern has had a thorny relationship with the church, questioned anew Japan on Saturday, with local in a speech late Friday some of the basic tenets of the Catholic media casualty reports climb- faith, including the concept of original sin, which he said taints ing quickly. Public broadcaster even innocent infants and can only be removed through bap- NHK said 38 people were dead, four were injured seriously and tism in a church for a fee. "Where is the logic of God there?" 47 were missing. Duterte asked in a speech at the opening of a science and tech- Television footage showed nology event in southern Davao city. The 73-year-old leader a residential area in Okayama said that if there's "one single witness" who can prove, perhaps prefecture seeped in brown with a picture or a selfie that a human was "able to talk and to water spreading like a huge see God," he will immediately resign. AGENCIES lake. Some people fled to roof- of water. NHK TV said water ties was a challenge because of tops and balconies and waved had reached as high as 5 metres the widespread damage. NHK furiously at hovering rescue (16 feet) in the worst-hit areas. repeatedly urged those await- helicopters. Kyodo news service, which ing rescue to not lose hope. Okayama prefecture said a put the death tally at 34 people, In Ehime prefecture, a man caught in a landslide died, said one death was in a land- woman was found dead on the and six others were missing. slide in Hiroshima, which had second floor of a home hit by a Evacuation orders had been set off a fire, while the body of landslide, Kyodo said. Also in issued to more than 360,000 a child was found in another Ehime, two elementary-school people, the prefecture said in area. NHK said a woman died girls and their mother who got a statement. in her home in Hiroshima sucked into a mudslide were Throughout the affected when it got buried in a mud- rescued but their hearts weren't areas, parked cars sat in pools slide. Assessing overall casual- beating, it said. AGENCIES South Korean Zardari's close aide detained women raise in money laundering case voice against KARACHI: A senior Pak- 'spy cam porn’ istani banker, who is a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari, has been detained by the country's investigation agency in connection with a money laundering case. The Federal Investiga- tion Agency detained Central Depository Company (CDC) chairman and Summit Bank vice chairman Hussain Lawai was detained from Karachi after Twenty nine accounts were being barred from travelling opened in the name of seven SEOUL: Thousands of South to Dubai. people, including a woman, the Korean women gathered in Lawai and his associates sources said, adding that 18 to Seoul on Saturday to demand are accused of opening 29 fake 19 of the 'fake' accounts were stronger government action accounts in the Summit Bank opened in the Summit Bank to fight the spread of intimate and United Bank of Pakistan alone. The sources said the photos and footage taken by Limited. financial monitoring unit of the hidden cameras, which they According to the FIA State Bank of Pakistan say has women living in con- sources, beneficiaries of the alerted the FIA about fictitious' stant anxiety and distress. provincial Sindh government transactions in the banks. Sub- Police said about 18,000 deposited Rupees 35 billion sequently, the FIA interrogated took part in the all-women in these fake accounts and four of the seven persons in protest, with demonstrators the amount was subsequently whose name the 29 accounts calling for stronger investiga- transferred to different accounts were opened. All the four peo- tions and punishments against including one allegedly belong- ple, including the woman, male offenders who photo- ing to an Arab national, Nasser expressed their ignorance about graph or film women without Abdulla Hussain Lootah, who the transactions and recorded their knowledge and post the is the chairman of the Summit their statements before the mag- material online. AGENCIES Bank's board of directors. istrate concerned. AGENCIES 100 'Chimneys' drilled into mountain to reach trapped Thai boys

MAE SAI, THAILAND: More than 100 chimneys are being drilled into the moun- tainside in a frantic bid to reach a Thai youth football team trapped in a cave complex below, the head of the rescue mission said Saturday. The unprecedented rescue effort is attempting to estab- lish new ways to extract the boys from above, if the under- ground chambers flood and it is deemed too risky to evacuate the team by diving out through the passageways. AGENCIES millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018 | 7 mp Difference in conditions from Manchester helped us Sports - Eoin Morgan ‘Bitter’ Brazil boss Tite Belgium send Samba Boys packing keeps quiet on future KAZAN (RUSSIA): Four years quarters, and sympathy may after the psychodrama of Ney- be in short supply. KAZAN ARENA (RUSSIA): mar’s injury and a humiliating That even applies back Brazil coach Tite left ques- World Cup semi-final defeat as home -- “Sublime genius or tions hanging over his future hosts, Brazil are forced to come pathetic farce?” read one head- but refused to point the fin- to terms with the crushing dis- line, in weekly magazine Epoca. ger as the five-time champions appointment of a failed mission He goes the way of fellow crashed out of the World Cup in Russia. superstars Cristiano Ronaldo after a 2-1 quarter-final defeat It was not meant to be like and Lionel Messi, although he to Belgium. this, Tite’s side dumped out of will still be just 30 by the time Four years after the drama the tournament in the quarter- the next World Cup comes of Neymar’s injury and a finals at the hands of Belgium, around in Qatar in 2022. humiliating 7-1 semi-final losing 2-1 in Kazan. In four years it may be a defeat to Germany on home They had come to the very different Brazil -- after soil, Brazil were forced back World Cup determined to con- all, Neymar was one of only to the drawing board as they firm their revival following the six survivors in the squad from followed neighbours Argen- 7-1 humiliation at the hands of 2014. tina, Uruguay and Colombia in campaign, but I won’t be Germany in Belo Horizonte, And what of Tite? Such an exiting the tournament earlier making any comments on and there were plenty of rea- impressive figure, his record than hoped. individuals. sons for optimism. since taking over following the Brazil had been undefeated “This is not very human. With Germany, Spain and disastrous showing at the 2016 in their last 15 games under And we also have to look at the Argentina out, and Italy not Copa America should not sim- Tite, a streak in which a resur- global context. even at the party, the path ply be forgotten now. gent Selecao had conceded only “We played a match in looked to be clearing for Brazil Under Dunga, Brazil had three goals. which we had lots of posses- to go and win their sixth title. been knocked out on penal- Their World Cup hopes sion, a lot of opportunities, but But instead, Tite’s side came ties by Paraguay at the quar- were turned upside down in in terms of effectiveness... Bel- a cropper the first time they ter-final stage of the 2015 Copa 31 first-half minutes when Fer- gium managed to turn their faced another of the contenders America, then eliminated in nandinho’s 13th minute own opportunities into goals. and it is Belgium who advance the group stage the following goal put Belgium ahead before “They weren’t superior to to a semi-final against France. year in the United States. a superb strike from Kevin De us on the pitch, but more effi- In the four World Cups It is scarcely an exagger- Bruyne left Brazil, and Neymar, cient. That’s certain.” Neymar, since the Selecao won the Brazil’s Thiago Silva reacts as his team loose the quarterfinal match in the Kazan Arena, in Kazan, Russia on Friday AP/PTI ation to say they might not staring at a spectacular defeat. who appeared in great form 2002 tournament in Japan and even have qualified for this Tite admitted it was a “bit- when scoring once and setting South Korea, they have been When Neymar was cut low, with a stricken Neymar soil. ing just two goals, his great- World Cup had Tite not been ter” defeat, but he brushed up another in a 2-0 last 16 win eliminated three times in the down in the quarter-final win absent as Brazil dramatically Now 26 and the world’s est impact on this World appointed. aside suggestions he could over Mexico, failed to spark on quarter-finals. over Colombia in the Brazilian capitulated to the eventual most expensive player, Neymar Cup being his tears against Even before the tournament resign. the night despite testing Bel- The run to the semis last city of Fortaleza and stretch- winners. was fit here, but only just. Bra- Costa Rica and, above all, his began, it was being reported “I’m not going to talk about gium ‘keeper Thibaut Courtois time around as hosts is the ered off with a fractured verte- They consoled themselves zil’s build-up to the tournament theatrics. that the Brazilian Football the future, I’m not think- at the death. exception, but fans had been brae, the outlook was not good with the thought that, four was dominated by his battle to Neymar’s response to sup- Confederation (CBF) were ing about the future,” said the The Paris Saint-Germain desperate for their team to for Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side. years later, a fit Neymar would recover from an operation on a posed rough treatment from keen to tie Tite down for the 56-year-old. star, left in tears at the final make up for their disastrous Yet nobody could have pre- be at his peak to lead a new broken bone in his foot. opposition defenders has been next four years, through to the “I will do a general assess- whistle, refused to talk to wait- collapse in 2014. dicted exactly what would fol- assault for the title on Russian He goes home after scor- met with ridicule in certain World Cup in Qatar. AGENCIES ment of the match and our ing media. AGENCIES Brazil’s World Cup defeat Belgium’s ‘golden generation’ finally make their mark at WC hits home in Lebanon SAINT PETERSBURG: Long come in the last four on Tuesday. the world’s best goalkeepers, touted as World Cup contend- Here, AFP Sports looks at Courtois has won two Premier BEIRUT: Brazil’s surprise defeat ers thanks to an abundance of Belgium’s rich resources in every League titles with Chelsea and in the World Cup has stunned talent, Belgium claimed their area of the field. La Liga while on loan at Atlet- fans in the Lebanese capital Bei- biggest scalp ever in beating ico Madrid, but his nine-save rut, where football supporters five-time winners Brazil to reach COURTOIS STANDS TALL display against Brazil was one have long put their hopes in the just their second semi-final. The giant Chelsea stopper of his best yet on the big inter- Latin American side. “We are all A ‘golden generation’ fea- needed every inch of his 6 feet national stage. Brazilian, we all love Brazil to turing Thibaut Courtois, Kevin 6 inch (1.99 metre) frame to death whatever happens,” said De Bruyne, Eden Hazard and prevent Neymar hauling Brazil LUKAKU MORE THAN Ali, dressed in a skin-tight shirt, who loves his team, it’s in victory Romelu Lukaku exited tamely into extra-time with a stunning A GOALSCORER after seeing his heroes lose 2-1 but also in defeat,” said Ali, who to Argentina four years ago and stoppage time save on Friday. Still in the race for the Golden to Belgium on Friday and crash works in deliveries for a multi- blew a huge chance at Euro 2016 “I know Neymar likes to curl Boot behind Harry Kane, with out of the tournament in Russia. national firm. Millions of Leb- when on the kind side of the it that way. I was ready and made Belgium now guaranteed two The 24-year-old watched the anese have emigrated to Brazil draw. Now in their prime, this a good save,” said Courtois. more matches, Romelu Lukaku match in the Shiite outskirts of since the end of the 19th century group of players is unlikely to “I have been unfairly crit- has shown another side to his Beirut, where Brazilian flags -- including the family of Bra- get a better opportunity to win icised a lot this year. Today I game so far in the knockout and dummy in the final seconds Against Brazil, again it linho on a rapid counter-attack hang from buildings and shop zilian President Michel Temer a major international tourna- proved again who I am and why phase after scoring four times against Japan cleared the space was Lukaku’s link-up play that before feeding De Bruyne to windows are filled with life-size -- ensuring enduring support ment than over the course of I am here.” in the group stages. for Thomas Meunier to tee up proved decisive as he powered smash home from the edge of posters of players. “A supporter when it comes to football. AFP the next week, with France to Widely regarded as one of His superb run off the ball Nacer Chadli’s winner. past Fernandinho and Pau- the area. AFP Hales powers England to 5-wicket win No. 1 Simona Halep CHETAN NARULA India were reduced to 22-3 falls at Wimbledon in the fifth over and only man- CARDIFF: Alex Hales struck aged 31-3 in the powerplay Loses to Hsieh Su-wei in 3rd round an unbeaten 58 off 41 balls to overs. It was India’s lowest pow- power a much-improved Eng- erplay total for 27 consecutive LONDON: Women’s top seed land to a series-levelling five- T20Is since June 2016 when they Simona Halep suffered a tor- wicket victory over India in the scored 29-3 against Zimbabwe tuous third round exit to Tai- second T20 International here. in Harare. wan’s Hsieh Su-wei as a wildly The hosts scored 149 for five Dhawan’s dismissal had unpredictable Wimbledon con- in 19.4 overs to overcome India’s brought Suresh Raina (27 off tinued producing huge shocks sub-par total of 148 for five on 20 balls) and Kohli together at on Saturday. a Sophia Gardens surface that the crease. Despite his weakness The Romanian world num- offered bounce. against the short ball, the left- ber one never got to grips with Virat Kohli had top scored hander did well to help put on the 32-year-old Hsieh on a bak- with 47 runs off 38 balls as the 57 runs for the fourth wicket ing Court One and lost the last visitors struggled to get going with the Indian skipper. four games as her opponent after being put into bat. Perhaps they were helped battled back from 3-5 in the England used the short-ball in this regard with Adil Rashid decider. Defeat for the French tactic to good effect and tied (1-29) coming on to bowl. Kohli, Open champion means only down both Rohit Sharma (5) on 15 not out, survived a chance one of the top 10 seeds in the “This is the first time I have and Shikhar Dhawan (10). in the 11th over when he hit the women’s singles have reached beaten the world number one, Rohit was the first to go, leg spinner to long on only for the last-16 — Czech seventh it is amazing,” she said. trying to pull a short delivery Jason Roy to drop and push the seed Karolina Pliskova. “I had to run and fight for after failing to make contact ball past boundary for a six. She is the first women’s top every point. I tried to concen- repeatedly. He skied a catch off Raina and Kohli brought up seed to lose to an unseeded trate on my game and calm debutant Jake Ball (1-32) in the wicket’s top-surface and English Liam Plunkett (1-17) in the fifth their 50 off 38 balls and imme- player at Wimbledon since Ana down a bit, that helped a lot. second over and was caught bowlers used it amply. over and was bowled. diately afterwards the former Ivanovic lost to China’s Zheng This year I have tried to enjoy behind. With the short boundaries, Three balls later, Dhawan upped the ante. He started look- Jie 10 years ago, also just after more, not just tennis but life, First game’s centurion KL they used short bowling against was run out in a bizarre man- ing for quick runs with his part- winning the French Open. food, strawberries and cream, Rahul (6) was in next but didn’t every top-order batsman. Even ner as he failed to make ground ner holding one end together. Hsieh thoroughly deserved lobster. look comfortable at the crease an in-form Rahul couldn’t con- going for a quick single, and lost It didn’t work, as Raina was her win as she booked a last-16 “I am really enjoying play- either. The groundsmen left an tend with this tactic, thus man- control of his bat at the same stumped off Rashid in the 13th clash with Slovakia’s Dominika ing tennis.” The crowd enjoyed extra layering of grass on the aging to miss an off-cutter from time. over. PTI Cibulkova. it too. AGENCIES Hamilton wins pole Papa you are getting older, daughter position at British GP Ziva reminds MSD on 37th birthday SILVERSTONE (UNITED Kimi Raikkonen was third KINGDOM): An emotional in the second Ferrari and the CARDIFF: Ringing in his 37th to England in the second T20 Lewis Hamilton outpaced other Mercedes driver Valtteri birthday sporting a thick, grey International wasn’t ideal for a Sebastian Vettel in a keenly- Bottas fourth, ahead of Max beard, Mahendra Singh Dhoni man who is often credited with fought record-breaking quali- Verstappen and his Red Bull was reminded that he was “get- redefining limited overs cricket. fying contest on Saturday to team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. ting older” through a song by It wasn’t the kind of birth- claim his fifth consecutive Brit- It was Mercedes’ sixth con- none other than his toddler day celebration befitting one of ish Grand Prix pole position. secutive pole position at Sil- daughter Ziva. “Happy birth- India’s finest captains, but that’s The defending world cham- verstone, but came after a close day papa, you are getting older,” how Dhoni has always been - pion, who trails Vettel by a sin- battle that, which, Hamilton sang Ziva to her father who con- quiet and simple. gle point in the drivers’ world said, was decided by the sup- tinues to inspire his teammates His teammates - past and championship, increased his port of his army of fans. and millions of fans. present - joined in the party as record total of career poles to 76 “These guys are the best,” In a video posted by the offi- wishes poured in from across with a dazzling record lap under said Hamilton, pointing to the cial Twitter handle of the BCCI, the cricket world. pressure in the closing seconds. grandstands. “I gave it every- everyone from Virat Kohli to After the match was over, lywood actor and Kohli’s wife our for me to be playing with Hamilton in a Mercedes and thing I could and it was so close Ziva and wife Sakshi sent their ‘Captain Cool’ celebrated the Anushka Sharma. you still. We started under you, Ferrari’s Vettel traded fastest between these Ferraris. They wishes to the former India occasion with his wife and “At this age you are as fit as we know the respect we share. laps until Hamilton clocked pulled something out for Q3!” World Cup-winning skipper. daughter and was joined by ever, as fast as ever, it’s great to Best wishes and my positive 1min 25.892sec in his final lap Vettel had been complaining Entering his 37th year in his India teammates as he cut see you enjoying, smiling and energy towards you always,” to outpace Vettel by 0.044sec. about necks problems. AGENCIES the backdrop of India’s defeat the cake. Also present was Bol- wish you all the best. It’s an hon- current captain Kohli said. PTI NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018|millenniumpost 8| mp

With global powerhouses locking horns over access to precious oil resources – India with its burgeoning population faces an uphill task of acquiring requisite enterprise, filling gaps in technology and also maintaining its balance of payments

AUTHOR reserves of crude oil. long in trying to compete with the US in A key point of any monopoly is keep- price cutting. The US ‘success’ story has ing a tight control over all alternate sources prompted the likes of China, Australia and of procurement, essentially undermining even long-time OPEC supporter Russia the competition. OPEC, as an organisa- to consider joining the party. And, this is tion, has achieved this by undercutting where India comes in. any other source of energy in pricing mak- Avoiding blind bandwagoning, there ing a large energy switch from crude oil is no way of knowing if shale oil is a fad, to anything else unprofitable and, thus, just as OPEC is keen to portray it. Fur- impractical. ther, there is no guarantee that India An emerging contender to crude oil can replicate the US success story. The and by relation OPEC monopoly is the ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corpora- ARNAV JHA shale oil industry. To cut the long expla- tion) in conjunction with US aid has, nation short, shale oil is extracted from over the past few years, spent close to Rs shale (a type of sedimentary rock) by a 200 crore in establishing shale oil and gas ith the Indian oil ministry somewhat lengthy and resource intensive viability within the Indian subcontinent. taking measures to com- process. This organic material-rich rock The survey, which is still underway, has ply with the UN on cut- pretty much occurs in most places with established that India has approximately ting oil imports from Iran even trace amounts of oil. The process of 80 billion-plus barrels of shale oil and 96 tion. In the US, areas with shale mining the necessary fracking technology will gap in resource demand and technolo- Wby November, India once again faces an mining these rocks is called fracking and trillion cubic feet of recoverable shale gas are large stretches of empty land. Thus, also lead to tricky situations. Who do gies required, we must reach an opti- uncertain future. The Indian rupee which it, in short, involves pumping in a pres- reserves.These reserves while nowhere the environmental impacts of fracking, we acquire our technology from? The mum solution with regard to how much has long since come to depend on oil surised liquid mix (a majority of which near as impressive as the US and Chi- which are as yet not completely explored, Americans would be an obvious answer water would be required to bring up the prices worldwide is expected to become is water) into the rock, which has already nese reserves are still more than enough will be far more significant. Alongside but there are bound to be strings attached. oil and gas. even more fragile as our oil import bills been drilled, to drive out oil and gas. The We could wait for Russia or other friendly As mentioned earlier, investments to are set to rise. Even as our government resource-intensive nature of the extraction nations to develop similar technologies, develop indigenous technology suited to scampers for alternatives for Iranian oil comes from large water requirements. A Avoiding blind bandwagoning, there none of these deals will come without Indian needs are necessary in the future. and makes promises to prevent the fiscal shale oil well in its lifetime can use any- strings – we are after all talking about oil! Meanwhile, with the expansion of shale deficit from being raised, there is little where from two to nine million gallons of is no way of knowing if shale oil is a All said and done, the potential payoffs industry worldwide, we will to a certain hesitance in believing that tremors will water for extraction. The tar-like oil shale fad, just as OPEC is keen to portray make the risks well worth taking. India extent be able to avail a wider range of be felt throughout the Indian economy. thus produced must be further processed it. Further, there is no guarantee that would first and foremost need to design technological solutions in our quest for The next few months may well see the before it is usable. It requires a heating plenty of new legislations. These legisla- fracking. Finally, it is important to con- Rupee depreciate even further with infla- process before usable shale oil is pro- India can replicate the US success story tions must encourage private investment sider the human cost of such endeav- tion inevitably affecting everything from duced alongside an enormous quantity but, at the same time, tie it up with joint ours. The mass relocations, which will petrol prices to vegetable costs. While, for of waste. All in all, it makes the average government ventures and oversight. The inevitably occur, must be carried out as the time being, we can do nothing but cost per barrel of shale oil easily exceed to establish a degree of immunity against the obvious risk of air pollution, another government can offer short-term con- humanely as possible. batten down the hatches and cope with $100. This makes shale a rather easy prod- the whims and actions of OPEC. prominent fear is that fracking will pol- tracts with a future promise on longer All this will take time – but that is to losses, there is perhaps a future resolu- uct to undercut on price, something that But as mentioned, the road to such lute the groundwater supply in the area. ones to invite technological investment. be expected. The best advice in this regard tion in sight. An emerging alternative has been attempted with varying degrees self-sufficiency is difficult. The six loca- Fracking is also known to cause trem- At the same time, a more efficient system can only be patience and due diligence to imported crude oil may be our way - of success by OPEC in the past. tions mentioned for sites of such reserves ors. It can measure up to 3.0 on the Richter of waste disposal would be a must. and to remember that shale oil isn’t there shale oil and gas. All said and done, the US in 2018 - Cambay Basin, Gond- scale. This also warrants caution. Finally, No go zones, especially in the to replace our crude oil imports, it’s When anyone talks of oil prices fluc- has emerged as the largest oil producer, wana Basin, Krishna a question of the resources involved. Sim- case of private investors, there to supplement it. Even that tuating, it, more often than not, is not surpassing Saudi Arabia. This meteor- Godavari Basin, Cau- ply put, India doesn’t have the required must be established with much would stabilise the rupee and the hand of God at work but rather the itic upswing in oil production has been very Basin, Indo- amount of water resources to start frack- government oversight bring down fuel prices. hand of OPEC (Organisation of Petro- made possible by two factors – first, the Gangetic Basin and ing on a large scale and it doesn’t have the playing a crucial role in We can’t pull a US on this and leum Exporting Countries) that holds US implemented new technologies that Assam-Arakan Basin technology to cut down on this require- ensuring that ecological keep raising production with- over 80 per cent of the planet’s proven are less resource-intensive in extraction – are not only fairly ment. As a matter of fact, acquiring zones of vital impor- out limit as it will have signifi- and thus bring down the pricing to around populated but also tance are not polluted cant costs for the nation that will $50 a barrel. Second, the simple fact that serve to provide a and pushed to the outdo the benefits. The way for- the OPEC countries have needs too, grow- large amount of extremes. While try- ward is to extend our hands only ing needs in fact, and they cannot ignore water to a steadily ing to bridge the as far as we can see in these budget shortfalls of their own for too growing popula- murky waters. millenniumpost|NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018 mp |9 hoonya Ghar TUNS BASEL Sudarshan Shetty's Shoonya Ghar – an engagement with the dichotomies of life and death, connecting objects with their evocative consciousness through intense performances – deeply captivated the audience at Basel

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mages at Art Basel 2018 showed art aficionados enthralled by the film Shoonya Ghar that was unveiled at Basel’s Unlimited two weeks ago. ISudarshan Shetty’s multi-channel video installation and large-scale architectural elements made of wood that resembled palatial ruins with a haunting background score was a part of the prestigious Unlim- ited. In a departure from the usual, the film is shot on the installation ramparts of his own sculptural edifice. For an outsider, the film was a cele- bration of the Renaissance ideal of “man as maker”. With a vast range of materials, objects and rare artisanal crafts/techniques, the film was a testimony to man’s abilities. PATTERNS OF PARADOXES “I didn’t expect people to watch all the way till the end, with rapt attention and concentration,” says Sudarshan after his return to Mumbai. The film replete with multimedia effects and elements is an exploration that has many parts – in which, Sudarshan creates patterns of “paradoxes and apparent contradictions” through a narrative that moves between spaces that oscillate between the past and the present. Known for his poetic, hybrid construc- gallery, the film is installed and viewed Kumar Gandharva extend far into a public tions that interrogate the force of the object with a set of companion objects – a nine- consciousness that is rarely addressed by and the rituals, themes and movements channel video focusing on the perform- contemporary Indian art in the early 21st associated with the loss of and fusion of ers’ interpretations of the nava rasas or the century. These networks extend and con- Indian and Western traditions, the film is nine moods theorised in classical Indian nect philosophical meditations on death, a confluence of poetic pensiveness and the dramaturgy; the set reconstructed inside time and the void that cuts across, Hindu power of silence. Sometimes soothing like the gallery – a space within another space Nirgun, Muslim Sufi and everyday folk a brook, sometimes filled with sombre sad- and a set of photographic images that practices. Sudarshan’s sustained engage- ness – the film has something for everyone. extend the set into other spaces and times. ment with the boundary between life and Each set of objects refers to a different tech- death, with the object world and its evoca- VOID AND FORMLESSNESS nology and methodology for approaching tive consciousness and with performance Shoonya Ghar (Empty is this house) the world – the intimate moving images of all come together in Shoonya Ghar. A range references a poem by 12th-century poet video, the reality effect of photography and of performance of music and poetry in Gorakhnath, a part of the formal Nirgun the functional aesthetics of architecture. the film, including Sudarshan’s own voice, tradition, on the themes of emptiness, the Each medium is differently open-ended.” mediates his attempts to break the overde- void and the formless. It refers to the pere- termined meaning of objects, symbols and grinations of a man in a city with ten doors, HINDU NIRGUN MUSLIM SUFI rituals opening them to new meanings and symbolic of the openings of the body. The “What, for example, does it mean to experiences rooted in an ongoing engage- installation stands in an abandoned quarry, view the film’s actors interpreting the nava ment with the multiplicity encompassed in an empty and surreal landscape in which the elaboration of a setting becomes the main protagonist, as the characters come The installation stands in an abandoned quarry, and go. an empty and surreal landscape in which the Sometimes when you see the women or the men or even the empty pillars that elaboration of a setting becomes the main seem to echo the music that moves with lithe grace, it is as if we are confronting a protagonist, as the characters come and go vast story that weaves into an unending tapestry of thought. The bearded old man sitting on a chair is time’s traveller. Short with God instead of ritualistic idol worship. brings in polarities – the reclaimed wood bed with faded bolster pillows, an antique rasas – is it preparation or something else?” cosmic emptiness.” motions of simple humble actions add to For Sudarshan, Nirgun poetry is more than is new but the structures are old in time – looking dresser with a photograph on top asks Rao. “How do we approach the appar- Rao explains that the film’s effect of the alacrity and the elegance of mood. a vehicle of spiritual awakening; it marks a there is an artifice in the setting up, it plays and a dusty television set mounted on a ently completed set as an object given our multiplicity is intensified. Even the cine- milestone in his artistic journey as it brings between what is meaningful and meaning- wall, even a small shelf. In the video, what experience of its diffusion throughout matic work of the camera and its ability to DYNAMICS AND DIALOGUE on the fabric of humanism in the many less in terms of the fragments and the fra- becomes surreal is the agile grace of the Shoonya Ghar? How do we approach the resolve questions of time, to connect nar- 60 minutes of a narrative hinged on the dichotomies of time and its being. gility of time and being. characters moving among the installations, appearance and extension of the film’s set ratives and scale itself is questioned by the Goraknath poem creates dynamics in the The film is an auratic discourse of aes- as well as the musicians. In more ways than into the static realm of a historical photo- film. The film’s final scenes had enchanted dialogue and dimensions contained within thetic structure, cosmic space, three con- FRAGMENTS AND FRAGILITY one, it is the poet of the past who becomes graph? How, for that matter, do we approach viewers shooting scenes with their phones. the fragments of daily life. Nirgun poetry, ventions of cinema as parallel streams Set within the structural sculptures of the hero and the sage with a doha – a cou- the life from which this art comes? The net- No doubt Shoonya Ghar had stunned Basel which originated over 900 years ago, building of structure, while the structure his installation, it unravels as fragments plet that transcends time. work of connections that evoke events, audiences. The abundance of architecton- belongs to the Bhakti tradition, a strand is being built around the performance of within fragile islands of moorings, and Famed anthropologist Vyjayanthi memories and tastes specific to the art- ics laced with poignant poetry and dulcet within Hinduism that argued for a mysti- the actors. The relationship built between floating in the narrative are symbols of Venuturupalli Rao explains the entire ethos ist’s life including his encounter of Gora- melodies is what remained long after the cal, passionate and personal relationship the actors is also a design in dialogue. It everyday idioms of living – a wooden of the film succinctly: “In the space of the khnath’s poetry performed in the voice of 60 minutes were over. NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018|millenniumpost 10| mp

A warm cup of exotic chai or a relaxing body massage; a walk down Delhi’s historic lanes or a comfortable night out with like-minded strangers – take your pick this monsoon in Delhi!

PAMPER YOUR SKIN AND BODY Alongside all the fun that comes with monsoons, infec- tion too is at its peak during this season that can ham- per your well-being. To avoid a serious backlash, it is essential to take care of your skin and body. Innisfree has come up with a clay mask infused with special essential oils which help combat various skin infections by cleansing your skin from its inner layers. The mask is relaxing and completely natural avoiding the hassle of undergoing the process of getting complicated facials and skin cleaning procedures. You can also try out homemade masks made of Ubtan or prepare a aby, the raindrops is nothing short of a festive ren- toric Sunday tea stroll down the coffee mask mixed with sugar and oil. With a healthy AUTHORS play for me." Exactly, dezvous in the middle of a tire- lanes of Purani Delhi watching body comes a healthy mind; and, for that, you need a “Bthe hypnotic sound of some summer – an oasis in the enthusiasts showcasing their art sufficient amount of sleep and an adequate intake of pelting drops and effervescent desert of Delhi. Monsoon unfurls at Mandi House. For the Jacobian fluids to help you flush out the toxins from your body. petrichor can mesmerise any romantic facets of the city – from cuckoo, the rains are here and A spa or body massage is possibly the best option aesthetic soul – and, the rain the busy South to the North block listed below are a few more rea- to relax your body, especially in the monsoons when after the fatal scorching heat of to a fulfilling sunset at India Gate. sons for you to step outside your you may be anyway stranded indoors. Try out the the national capital only brings Newly-washed roads and a fresh cocoon without worrying about Ayurveda Kendra in South Delhi or any Kerala mas- relief. For the cheerful, monsoon breeze welcome you for a his- the sweltering heat. sage centre. Be sure to check the hygiene. RADHIKA DUTT Delhi Tourism Corporation operates DELHI DARSHAN: KNOW YOUR CITY daily sight-seeing tours starting from Scindia house to Janpath, covering all monuments of historic and national interest. From Red Fort at Purani Delhi to Akshardham Temple, you can inti- mately encounter our rich and flourish- ing heritage at a pocket-friendly price of Rs. 200. This is a must try for a SROOTI JHA family with kids and for those curious about India’s dynamic past. A heritage walk, beginning in August, will be the new swanky thing to do. This truly is a unique experience as you wander the lanes and by-lanes of Delhi which was once the abode of mighty Kings. You will come back with a sense of SEASON FOR HOUSE PARTIES fulfilment, knowing where you belong, Break the monotony of your monsoon blues with house admiring the grandeur of India. The parties curated by Scoot – a team of young profes- guide on offer shouldn’t be missed for sionals who ditched their corporate life to venture into interesting snippets and insights into the unknown. Providing respite from known faces and the intricacies of Dilwaalon ki Dilli. places, Scoot organises house parties across the year, where strangers ‘unstranger’ with exciting games, ice-breaking conversations, music, dance, drinks and much more. Packing an old-school concept with a new, refreshing twist, your monsoon evenings would whisk COMFORT OF COSY CAFÉS away in the comfort of strangers (soon to be accom- Cafés are the perfect metaphor for escape. The greatest and most creative plices), without judgement or worry. Known for innova- minds have found their way to delicate cafés, converting them into spaces tive themes, including masquerade parties, drinking for steering great thoughts and inventions. Though symbolic to Paris, Delhi games parties, glow in the dark parties, among too caters a plethora of cafés. Bahri & Sons, Cha Bar, Gypsy are just a few others – this monsoon, Scoot has packed exciting names which instantly whisk you away from the rush of your everyday life to new themes for Delhiites who are looking to venture house you in the comfort of warm drinks and soulful reads. What better time beyond their immediate social circle. A midnight pool to taste this delight than the monsoon? Tea and rains, a combination much party with rain dance; a wine and salsa party and romanticised in literature and films – has gained its reputation for the right a tropical themed party are some of the takeaways reasons, first being comfort. Now, with the FIFA World Cup fever evident for this season of showers. You can expect a chain of across the city, cafés and pubs are gearing up for the occasion. For those games, warm fresh pakoras to satiate your taste buds, wishing to avoid the rain, go to the café nearest to you, enjoy a cup of coffee a potluck to balance the traditional with the modern or a mug of beer as you cheer for you favourite team away from the muck of and, of course, the warm company of fellow strang- the monsoons. ers united in the search for a soulful evening! Whether indoors or outdoors, your monsoon evenings should not become regrettable. With like-minded socialising, drinks and fun games – liven up and have some fun! EXPERIMENTING WITH VARIETIES OF TEA To the West, India is synonymous with tea! And, rightfully so – tea is intrinsic to our everyday life, we know our tea and we abundantly grow our tea! Con- versations over chai bind the ordinary man to the affluent. As we love our tea, we have duly created several variations of it, whether it is black tea, ginger tea, bubble tea or green tea. Shangri-La’s-Eros Hotel, New Delhi, presents Monsoon specialities – Mister Chai, where you can enjoy the fragrance of the rain as you relish your tea. Alongside, they have a menu which is an assort- ment of dishes like Kutchi Dabeli, Aloo Tuk, Bread Pakora and more. Each dish on the monsoon menu is served with the signature Cutting Chai presented in a traditional Chai Ki Tapri. For tea aficionados, don’t miss out on the tea at Minto Road bus stand with their big rusk or bread toast – it will give you wings, we vouch for it! millenniumpost|NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018 mp |11 Humour in the Uniform FRESH OFF THE Rajendra Shekhar has scripted his life as an encounter with others — an effervescent journey of varied faces through distinct places, writes Radhika Dutt

ajendra Shekhar, former Direc- aggression and unapproachability, Shek- Mayo College, Ajmer tor, CBI and DG of Rajasthan har presents a more light-hearted tinge Police has woven episodes of to the forces. From his participation at

his life, from his childhood in the Indo-Pak border to his operations in SHELF RBharatpur to his schooling in Mayo, Rajasthan, the highlights of his stories his subsequent college in Delhi and to are not the actions or the brutal events – finally, his professional journey in Raj- they are the people, their humour, their asthan and beyond. silly judgements – which, in fact, form The Dhoni Touch Shekhar is among the most cele- the true basis of existence. brated IPS officers from the 1957 batch, The Tunnel to God, for instance is a The author having served in the most reputed Raj- hilarious account of a sadhu who was discovers a asthan cadre – a most sought after out- duping villagers with his preposterous certain je ne sais fit among Indian police forces. He has claims of godliness. While indicating quoi about the previously scripted two books in English the surge of unscrupulous activities that man who has a magical ability and one in Hindi – all have received their are conducted in rural India behind the to transform and due acclaim. glamour of urban structures – Shekhar elevate everything This book is the result of Shekhar’s Rajendra Shekhar lends a hilarious touch to a small-scale which comes into onerous engagement with social media, Godman’s means of appropriating God. his orbit with the where he has strung together his mem- The two highlights of Shekhar’s life, Dhoni Touch. st oirs of growing up in a world that was sentiments of an erstwhile 21 century ing classroom lectures – the entire as he himself has declared, first, include Author: probably marked by more simplicity, child. We have all had the fortune of wit- paraphernalia. an encounter with Prime Minister Jawa- Bharat Sundaresan even in conflicts. Facebook has been his nessing a Mr Mansukha in our lives who, Arguably the most poignant char- har Lal Nehru. Shekhar’s descriptions, Publisher: ` Penguin chosen medium of expression. He has quite comfortably, reduced living to hell acter sketch in the book would be of again, transport you to the anteroom 299 eBury Press scavenged through his memory picking and, with some evil machination, gained Masoom Ali. Once the author’s senior where the IPS officers were seated await- his choicest excerpts and consequently, a soft-corner in our otherwise sensible at Mayo, Ajmer, Masoom was a most ing their Bharat Darshan. Shekhar’s he has 'posted' short snippets of events parent's hearts. The tussle is real. gifted sportsperson who had lost his greatest takeaway was Nehru’s empha- The Babri Masjid that have characterised him and also his Despite being an octogenarian, Shek- crown in tennis to Shekhar. Though sis that a public servant’s “paramount time. This book then is a collection of his har’s writing does not seem to be anach- the author and the audience insist that duty is to do maximum good for the This book clearly Facebook posts as also a journey through ronistic, even when he speaks of his Masoom let him win – Masoon denied maximum number of people.” Yet, as reveals why and the life, living and becoming of Rajendra childhood and the many encounters the gifted allegation. Over time, natu- Shekhar discovered during the course how the issue of Shekhar – a most notable bureaucrat of with people in his immediate periph- rally, they developed a friendship that of his service, and a challenge that we Babri Masjid that the Indian democracy. ery. By a delightful chance, the author relived itself beyond the four walls of Indians battle even today “only a few had been settled Shekhar’s unique specialty is his was sent away to Mayo on an offering Mayo institution. The “uncrowned chosen were more equal than others”. in the 19th century character delineation almost in tandem by the Maharaja of Bharatpur, how- Nawab of Tonk”, Masoom had his way The second, more heartwarming was revived in with Somerset Maugham’s stylisation of ever, this took a nasty turn as a mis- through things. Visiting the author on encounter, was with Sheila, his wife now, the 20th century, protagonists. He pays intense attention conception angered the Maharaja who a bicycle, Shekhar recalls, “His laughter, who was also his batchmate during his and repeatedly to the details of characters that make relieved the author’s father of all respon- as it filtered through the purifying sieve days at St Stephen's. A member of the exploited for sordid the events and, in the process, with the sibilities, including the sponsorship to Price: `370 of his upper dentures, bore his age-old ‘water squad’ as titled by the author’s political ends. assistance of those characters he is able Mayo. Soon, after another turn of events Publisher: Notion stamp of sincerity and ingenuousness… accomplice ‘Lion’, Sheila compelled the Author: to make succinct observations about life though, the author continued with Mayo Press Only Masoom could make humility author to attend more classes and per- AG Noorani Publisher: Tulika and human philosophy at large. His sto- – much to his and his Amma’s delight! look great.” Dying prematurely at 65, haps, even paved the way for him to `2466 ries are never theoretical though their Shekhar’s vivid descriptions trans- that complements an administrative offi- Masoom has left an indelible mark on crack the coveted IPS examinations. Books argument maybe deeply entrenched in port the reader into his very world, lend- cer is evident even as he scripts the nitty- the author’s being. Friendships then are Memories are Made of This, has been the theory of human action. ing a new lens of experience.The careful gritty of his enviable life. the life-long anodyne that move even the aptly titled. The author expresses with As he tells readers about his plight details and the intricate characterisations Shekhar’s time at St Stephen’s has most credible. passion and care the many events that The Billionaire Raj with his tutor in Bharatpur and his unre- paint a canvas in motion. The lucidity been described just as the ordinary stu- With descriptions of his time in the shaped his worldview and lent him a lenting father who refused to submit to with which he expresses his thought dent’s University days. Of classroom forces, Shekhar lends an insight into lens to the world, a lens which he con- The author reveals his demands – his narration from the and the fluidity of the shifting chapters lectures, bunking classroom lectures, the human faces that make and break sequently lends to his readers – a prism the titans of politics th and industry shaping 20 century resonated strongly with the is indeed commendable. The dedication having alternate agendas to attend- authority. Usually known for their of magnificence! India in a period of change – from controversial PM Narendra Modi, victor in the largest election in history, to the leading lights of the country’s burgeoning billionaire class. Author: James Crabtree Publisher: ` Oneworld 799 Publications

Master Growth Hacking Master Growth Hacking lets you learn from the pioneers of growth hacking in India with interviews with the start-up founders and more. It is the new growth mantra that start-ups are using and don’t want you to learn about! Author: Apurva Chamaria, Gaurav Kakkar `599 Publisher: Penguin Portfolio The underbelly of the impenetrable Indian Supreme Court ndia's judicial set-up has remained largely secluded, particularly the one Bereft of legal jargon, the book provides insights into the functioning involving the Supreme Court and its judges. The politics, rivalries, dis- of the apex court that is often veiled away from the Iagreements between the judges, judicial appointments and the working culture public eye, writes Bhavana Akella Price:`599 surrounding the apex court have mostly Publisher: Penguin been kept under wraps, for the powers and equations and tussles between the Supreme Viking privileges the court and its judges enjoy. Court's legal eagles. An American scholar George H Gad- Though many of the judges interviewed Beginning their careers as lawyers at Court is consistent with how colonial bois Jr., who visited Delhi in 1980 as an have passed away, their views, interac- the Patna High Court, Sinha and Imam, courts functioned in British India. Out eminent author writing about the Indian tions with then governments and fellow the latter who received his education at of 411 cases decided by benches of two judiciary in reputed journals, set out on a judges remain pertinent in understand- Cambridge, waged several battles against or more judges of the Bombay High journey to understand the Supreme Court ing the top court. At a press conference each other in a race to become the Chief Court between 1866 and 1944, only three through interactions with several of the on January 12, four Supreme Court judges Justice of India. cases had dissenting judgements," notes top court's judges for nearly a decade from – J Chelameshwar, Rajan Gogoi, Madan B Then, Justice M Hidayatullah (1905- Chandrachud. 1980 to 1989. Lokur and Kurian Joseph – warned that the 1992), used his autobiography, My Own The dissenting opinion, which is filed Winning the judges' trust over several "integrity" of the institution was at stake Boswell, to refer to Justice JC Shah (1906- by a judge who disagrees with the major- meetings, Gadbois got a rare insight into and that the Chief Justice of India Dipak 1991) as being "jealous" of him and often ity decision in a case, was not very com- the politics and workings of the Supreme Misra was not maintaining "transparency" writing a separate opinion from his when mon in the Supreme Court as the benches Court through 116 interviews with more in assigning cases. the two were colleagues in the Supreme were constructed by the Chief Justice to than 66 judges, which he had carefully While this public address of the judges Court between the 1950s and early 1970s. minimise dissent and that dissent was written down in his notes and later typed was considered "unprecedented" by legal The decision on Shah being appointed not preferred to maintain the collegiality out on his typewriter. experts, the anecdotes in the book point as the next Chief Justice after Hidayatul- of the court. These notes, which remained unpub- to several happenings in the past where lah was due to retire in 1970, had reached In the meticulously recorded inter- lished for years, were handed down to the the justices washed their dirty laundry then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whose views, some which went for as long as few author before Gadbois's death in February in public. government "was contemplating supersed- hours, the judges also shared how over- 2017 due to a terminal illness at the age of The first-hand accounts obtained by ing Shah for his judgement against the gov- worked they were and found no time to 80, to soon take the shape of this book. Gadbois from the judges themselves point ernment in the bank nationalisation case". even write dissenting judgements. "(These typewritten interview notes) to the rivalry between former Supreme Interestingly, Gadbois's interviews Without much legal jargon, the provide an invaluable insight into a decade passed away, without imposing any con- chud recalls in the book. Court judges BP Sinha (1899-1986) and show that despite all the public rivalries, book provides several notable insights of politics, decision-making and legal cul- dition on how I could use them. He (Gad- Chandrachud, an advocate at the Bom- SJ Imam (1900-1965), who served in the there were very few dissents written down into the functioning of the apex court, ture in the Supreme Court of India. Gad- bois) was a mentor and guide to me in my bay High Court, draws from these inter- court in the 1950s and 1960s, as the most by the judges while hearing cases. which are otherwise kept away from the bois sent me his notes shortly before he own research," author Abhinav Chandra- views to offer a peek into the personal "significant" one. "The low rate of dissent in Supreme public eye. IANS NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018|millenniumpost 12| mp Beautiful and Brilliant Berlin The Germans are celebrated for their punctuality, attention to detail and engineering marvels alongside harnessing a rich historical tradition – a trip to Berlin was another moment to participate in this grand Deutsche discourse

PHOTOS: PRARTHANA MISHRA 1 ) Horse statue outside a museum; 2) Mercedes Benz Museum; 3) People riding cycles in dedicated cycle corridors in Berlin; 4) Cruise on Spree river

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AUTHOR Berlin is its affordability, punctuality and boat tours vary. If you want to pack many (entrance) side is the best place to refresh The water in artificial Eisbach's river being friendly to specially-abled persons. It sites in a short span of time, the river cruise yourself with a cup of hot coffee. Near the comes from the nearby Isar River. In order is fairly cheap to ride the train, for a little on the Spree is the ideal way to experience café is a big historic windmill, which is to slow the flow and create the necessary more than 7 euro a day, a person can ride this bustling city. much older than the palace. The windmill serenity in the English Garden, engineers Travellers' unlimited across all types of transport. I opted for the one-hour excursion has an impressive size and still works! submerged concrete blocks just beyond There are also tickets for groups of up to which covered some of Berlin’s landmark After this, we spent some time beside the the bridge. This was intended to slow the five people for only 17 euro a day! Ber- monuments like the Reichstag (German Wannsee Lake, the most popular recreation water but it also created a rapid. Soon people GUIDE lin is also known for its transport running Parliament Building), the Government spot in Berlin. Yachts and rowboats cruise learned to manipulate the wave and started through the late hours of the night. On the Quarter and the House of World Cultures. through the shimmering waters of the lake. surfing on the rapid. WHERE TO STAY (BERLIN) weekends, the trains run 24/7 and during After turning at the Luther Bridge, you can It is a most popular spot for people to sun- Though my travel plans were limited to We stayed right in the heart the week they run till after midnight. look at the Bellevue Palace, the civil ser- bathe and swim. The mesmerising view of Germany only, I was tempted to try a train of the Mitte. Mitte is a busy PRARTHANA MISHRA Another thing that gets your atten- vant housing and the Victory Column. The ducks wading through the waters and the journey from Munich to the beautiful city of tion on Berlin roads is the extensive use of Central Station, Berlin Cathedral, Museum beautiful garden surrounding the lake make Salzburg in Austria, which takes you along area in the centre of Berlin. cycles. Everyone rides their bike in Berlin. Island, and the oldest residential area in Ber- it picture perfect. a picturesque ride of two hours. You can’t It is famous for sights like the uring my flight to Frankfurt The variety of bikes used by the people in lin are also covered during the cruise. You A trip to Berlin is not complete without a keep your eyes off the large glass windows Brandenburg Gate, Alexan- from New Delhi, as I sat and Berlin is amusing – there are women’s bikes, can also get an audio guide on the cruise to visit to the fascinating city, Munich. Sprawl- of the train, else you may miss the stunning derplatz, and Museum Island. decided my four-day itiner- men’s bikes, Dutch bikes, children’s bikes learn about the city in eight different lan- ing Munich is one of Germany's major cul- views of the countryside landscape. The You can walk around Mitte ary for Berlin, I decided to go and many more. The city has dedicated guages. As we sat at the front of the deck, tural centres, second only to Berlin in terms lush rolling fields in different hues of green, any time as almost everything beyond the obvious choices of museums, bikeways offering safe and convenient travel we got an excellent view of the river. of museums and theatres. It is also one of clusters of wood and the red-roofed houses D is around there. It is domi- gardens, palaces and castles. Alongside, routes for its two-wheeled commuters. Spree Island is better known as Museum Germany's most festive cities, and its loca- with hills in the backdrop were unforgetta- I picked up some German, knowing the Among the tourist attractions, the Ber- Island. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, tion, at the foot of the Alps, is idyllic. bly beautiful. nated by the impressive TV restricted use of English – Danke (Thank lin Wall still remains the most prominent here, you'll find many of the city's oldest We took a one-hour flight to Munich Tourist friendliness is the forte of Euro- Tower, the world clock, a big You!) turned out to be a rather helpful word. destination. It is a memorial to the countless and most important museums, including from Berlin and toured the city on a hop- pean cities. There are information centres U Bahn train station as well as Stepping out of the Tegal Airport in men, women and children who died while the Old Museum which houses the Crown on-hop-off bus. The city has many attrac- across all locations to guide you around the S Bahn stops. All big names Berlin, the first impression is of a clean trying to cross the wall. Erected in the dead Jewels and other royal treasures. The New tions like the Marienplatz and the New city. English was the accepted language for like Grand Hyatt, Hotel Berlin, city. Well-laid expressways with clear road of the night on August 13, 1961, the Berlin Museum serves as the home of extensive Town Hall of Munich, Cathedral of Our foreign tourists. We didn’t come across any signs and numbered cars are a relief from Wall was a physical division between West collections from the Egyptian Museum, Blessed Lady, Dachau Concentration Camp, dry patch. The entire area was green and Berlin Marriott, Radisson the crowds back home. The robust public and East Germany. When the Berlin Wall the Papyrus Collection and the Collection Residence Palace of Munich, Deutsches manicured. The trains are clean and almost Blu and Hilton have hotel transport system, which I used in the next fell on November 9, 1989, it was celebrated of Classical Antiquities. Museum, Olympic Stadium of Munich and empty, but never compromising on their properties here (from 10,000 four days, encourages people to opt for it around the world. It now stands as a stun- Potsdam was the next destination we the BMW Museum. frequency. There was no piling of debris, – 15,000 INR with breakfast). reducing the congestion on roads. The Ber- ning piece of public art, brightly painted by visited around Berlin. It is a bordering city, But, the most noteworthy attraction sand or granules around the construction One may also get budget lin transport system consists of four forms international artists. around 25 km from Berlin. Potsdam was of the city is The English Garden. One of sites. The undergoing construction didn’t hotels in the range of 5,000- of transport – bus, tram, U-Bahn (under- I dedicated my next day to the famous a residence of the Prussian kings and the the largest urban parks in the world, the cause pollution or hindrance to the move- ground train) and S-Bahn (above-ground river cruise of Berlin. Berlin has two large German Kaiser until 1918. Around the city, English Garden is Munich’s most popu- ment of traffic and pedestrians. Cleanliness 7,000 INR. train). What makes public transport a rivers – Spree and Havel – along with sev- there are a series of interconnected lakes lar green space, boasting over 48 miles (78 was everywhere – the public places, the GETTING THERE preferred mode in eral lakes and canals where ships and boats and cultural landmarks, in particular, the km) of walking and cycling trails. People buses, the trains. Tegal Airport, Berlin: Tegel is cruise. The Spree river flows in arches parks and palaces of Sanssouci, the larg- were relaxing, playing, sunbathing, swim- The memories of the trip may fade over through the centre of Berlin and est World Heritage Site in Germany. The ming and even surfing in a man-made river time. But few impressions are everlasting. I the main international airport south of it runs the Landwehr Sanssouci Palace is not as big as the other called the Eisbach. Despite being many hun- may forget everything about the trip but I of Berlin. It takes around canal. All boat tours through palaces of Europe, but each room was beau- dreds of kilometres away from the nearest will remember Berlin for its bike rides, its 10 hours from New Delhi the inner city follow the tifully decorated with inlays and carvings. ocean, the artificial river in English Garden kindness to specially-abled persons, and of to Berlin. IST is 3 hours 30 same route over the Spree There is an extensive garden in front of the has become a surfing hotspot. Soon, I was course, the river cruise. The beauty of the minutes ahead of German river and the Landwehr palace, where one can spend hours wander- taught about the history of this unique surf- English Garden of Munich, the artificial time. All major carriers flying canal, only the length ing in absolute wonder. The small café just ing spot by people standing on the banks river and surfers dancing on the waves will and the duration of the below the Sanssouci Palace on the northern and applauding the surfers. always tug a string at my heart. to Europe have a stopover in Berlin. Lufthansa, of course, has an edge being the nation- al airlines of Germany. millenniumpost|NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018 mp |13

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You share your birthday with birthday your share You needs to be done. Focus upon towards achieving your goal. the circumstances before Perhaps, you need to begin sleeping at night. During at the base level of learning. the time you dream, you will Clear off your old beliefs. You receive the answer you seek. are reaching new heights of Know your Stand firm for challenges. spiritual understanding. I leave him? We understand the guilt you feel when you look at the sad eyes with which your Puppies are prone furry companion looks at you when you puppies well are leaving for work. First of all, ensure to infections and that when you leave your pet alone, he/ she should have access to food, are very sensitive this gap some of the contents of water and a place to pee and the abdomen may poke through poo. in nature. Timely and be felt as a soft lump around Most cats do not mind being the region where your dog’s belly left alone for long hours, dur- vaccination and button (umbilicus) would be ing work. However, they should found. There is nothing to worry not be left alone for very long about this. because cats too are social ani- Heads emotional back-up However, if the lump is mals that need interaction. Also, found in some other location leaving cats alone for too long will help them grow and you suspect that it is a could mean damage to your tumour, take him/her to the vet. furniture. better into healthy Benign tumours usually occur It is not advisable to leave tails in old dogs and very rarely in adult dogs alone for more than adult dogs puppies. If the lump changes size eight hours. Young puppies Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, or secretes fluids, then it might under six months of age can’t be a malignant tumour and you should absorb vital nutrients. This means that a be left alone for more than two hours. MP & Union Cabinet My three-week-old puppy has a lump on immediately get him/her checked. dog or puppy will become very weak and You should house train your pet so Minister, also an eminent her belly. Is this a malignant tumour? dehydrated. Symptoms of CPV include that they do not develop separation anxi- Do I need to go to the vet? What is CPV and how can it be foul-smelling diarrhoea with blood in it, ety. They should know that it is okay to be animal rights activist Lumps found on the abdomen of pup- fatal to dogs? vomiting, loss of appetite, collapse, depres- alone. It is a good idea to tire out your pet and environmentalist, pies are usually umbilical hernias. They Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a highly sion, fever and sudden death. CPV attacks before leaving them, so that they fall asleep are not dangerous. The abdomen of most contagious disease that can be fatal to dogs. a dog’s cells in their intestine, meaning eventually. Provide them with puzzle treats answers Millennium Post animals is made up of the organs inside it, Puppies aged six weeks to six months are they become dehydrated and weak. There to keep them busy and entertained. Most readers’ queries related a layer of fatty tissue and then the layers of the most at risk. Parvovirus is a highly is no cure but vaccinating a dogs and pup- dogs will sleep through the night, if you to animal welfare issues muscle. These muscle layers are joined by infectious disease that can be fatal. Many pies against CPV will protect them have a night shift. a white strip of strong connective tissue. dogs that are diagnosed with ‘parvo’ will (Views expressed and information Sometimes, this strong white line is die. The virus attacks cells in a dog’s intes- Am I bad pet owner if I leave my pet provided are personal. Send your questions not complete and there is a gap. Through tines and stops them from being able to alone at home during work? Where can to [email protected]) millenniumpost|NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018 mp |15 VAR:Confusion OR AUTHOR

DAMAN SINGH CLARITY? The video assistant referee (VAR) technology has undeniably impacted the World Cup this year. With as many advocates as opponents – is VAR viable for the fast-paced adrenaline that complements football?

ith football’s lawmakers Under any of these circumstances, approving the decision to VAR is called upon. The situation is then roll out the use of video analysed by the VAR officials who are assistant referee (VAR) miked up to the on-field officials. The Wtechnology in the ongoing edition of the main referee, thus, can change his/her World Cup, one of the biggest changes decision or choose to stick to it or can was explicitly descended on the sport refer to the situation on a TV screen in several years. Before this, the integra- arranged on the sidelines. The system, tion of goal-line technology had perco- before being exercised at the showpiece lated the game. event in Russia, had been on trial exten- Having unanimously received the sively in major leagues across the globe. nod of the International Football Asso- Although it has not been implemented ciation Board (IFAB) in Zurich in March in all big leagues, it has already made and being publicly backed by its advo- debuts in the Serie A and Bundesliga cates – none more prominent than FIFA at the beginning of the 2017-18 season, chief Gianni Infantino – this is the first Major league Soccer (MLS), A-League time that video replays are being used in to name a few. While Spain’s La Liga is the World Cup. In addition to this, IFAB expected to introduce VAR next season, also sanctioned a fourth substitute in the the World’s most watched league – Eng- case of extra time. Backtracking to the lish Premier League (PL), has no plans goal-line technology system, it was suc- of adopting it anytime soon, it seems. cessfully employed in Brazil four years Notably, the technology was also used not been ruled out for an offside, it could by referees were changed or overruled ago. Now, the technological aspect of this in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, have scripted a whole different story for after being reviewed by VAR and three beautiful game has a new face in VAR – the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the Iran at the World Cup as they could have reviews were made by the VAR team on garnering its own share of blames and 2016 FIFA Club World Cup too. made it beyond the group stage of the factual decisions. According to FIFA, acclaim as 2018 FIFA World Cup marks Needless to say, the usage of VAR has tournament for the very first time. The referees called 95 per cent of the inci- the system’s debut. ushered a significant change into soccer. replay system was also a talking point dents correctly without VAR but taking The video assistant referee system, The fans, players, managers and others in Portugal’s matches, especially after the system into consideration for the better known in its abbreviated form of the footballing fraternity have pro- Spain’s Diego Costa appeared to push first time at a major international tour- VAR, is an addition implemented with duced mixed reactions ever since it was defender Pepe during his side’s opening nament, improved that success rate to a the intention of reducing human error to first rolled out for experiment in the US fixture against the Spaniards. Also, Eng- commendable 99.3 per cent. reach more accurate decision-making in Major League Soccer in 2016. In the June land’s Harry Kane and Serbia’s Aleksan- VAR though has its ‘rights and order to avoid unfortunate instances that 2017 Confederations Cup, it acquired dar Mitrovic both appeared to be held wrongs’ tethered to it which seemingly might sum up to impact the outcome not only praise but also incurred much in the box in their group-stage matches. stem from the divided opinion in defer- of matches. It allows the head referee criticism regarding the controversies sur- However, there is no denying the ence to the system as it has also courted of a match to review his/her decisions rounding the tournament’s final between fact that VAR has been under the spot- various controversies and teeming prob- with the help of video footage along with Chile and Germany as its usefulness was light for many reasons comprising both lems, giving birth to many opponents. assistant referees watching the action questioned when it got things wrong. the good and the bad. There have also These have led to the surfacing of argu- remotely who can also draw the former’s ments such as voicing of concerns about attention to officiating mistakes or other video assistance disrupting the flow of missed serious incidents. As per the stan- the match – possibly, breaking a team’s dard set by rules of FIFA, VAR can only VAR seems to be in the rhythm, as some games with VAR in intervene in the course of a match when very middle of an ethical use have produced five or six minutes of the officials have made a “clear and obvi- ‘grey area’ as proponents stoppage time come the end of the first- ous error” in one of the four key areas half or killed the spontaneous joy of goal which can be reviewed, namely: and opponents continue to celebrations due to the possibility of a GOALS: Arguably, a close offside argue whether it is good or review – looked upon essentially as dam- decision is the most common reason for aging to the atmosphere in the stadium. the VAR to be consulted after a goal has bad for football As football seems to be setting out on been scored and can be used to either a journey whose destination is hard to award or rule out a goal. Also, if any predict, as of now, with the video assis- violation to the buildup is encountered Serbian referee Milorad Mazic called been times when the video replay sys- tant referee (VAR) system marking the such as shirt-pulling etc, it can lead to the for a video replay in a crucial moment tem undoubtedly raised more questions latest stage in its evolution, it remains to goals being cancelled out. of the match which saw Chile defender than provided answers. Still, there is a be seen how football’s governing bod- PENALTY DECISIONS: A highly Gonzalo Jara booked for elbowing Ger- brighter side to reflect upon, especially ies will manage the historically uneasy problematic area. The spot-kick can many’s Timo Werner in the face much when instances of referees committing nexus of referees and technology. More be awarded or the decision could be to the bewilderment of the spectators huge blunders have proven to be game so, VAR seems to be in the very middle reversed using VAR if there has been a as it was initially considered a sending changers, to the lament of both players of an ethical ‘grey area’ as proponents and “clear and obvious error” regarding the off moment. and managers in the post-match criti- opponents continue to argue whether it original decision. Cut to the 2018 FIFA World Cup cism. This is when the VAR can come to is good or bad for football. And, as far as DIRECT RED CARD DECI- action, Iran coach Carlos Queiroz lam- the rescue as a saviour. It can also bring its future usage is concerned, it has been SIONS: Violent conduct and threat- basted the video review after his side’s to light the non-violent infringements off on a rise in the domestic major leagues ening tackles can be penalised. Second 1-0 loss to La Roja in what he said was the ball which almost always go unpun- of the world but in order to translate yellow cards are not reviewable. the overuse of the same to overturn close ished. Moreover, going by the stats, a the success of the goal-line technology MISTAKEN IDENTITY: This and debatable calls rather than being lim- total of 335 incidents were checked dur- and credibility, there still remain several implies a mistaken identity in awarding ited to only correcting obvious mistakes. ing the group stage – averaging seven kinks to be resolved as it is seemingly a red or yellow card. Had Saeid Ezatolahi’s goal against Spain per match – 14 on-field reviews made creating as much confusion as clarity. NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2018|millenniumpost 16| mp Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out -Martin Scorsese GOING ‘Ultra-Retro’

Shedding light on the joy of collaborating with very talented people.” he says. Hirani yet again, the singer remarks, “I hope this Having seen the music industry changing over remains the same way. It started with Karan Johar, the years, Nigam opines, “When I started out as a but after a point, I stopped being in all of his films. singer, it was an altogether different Bombay. Now So, I am not going to assume that I will be in all of companies have their own artistes, music com- Raju’s films. I am happy as long as it lasts. I love Raju posers and singers. That is how the business has as a human being. For me, working with people changed and we have to accept it. We must all learn like this is a perk.” to adapt to the new scenario and new situations.” inger Sonu Nigam is This is the first time Nigam has worked in Hindi Excited about his upcoming single, Nigam adds, back with a roman- with these young composers, the duo of Rohan “I am a part of a company called ITW Playworx tic track with Sanju’s Talking about his latest romantic number ‘Main Gokhale and Rohan Pradhan. Music. We started with talent management and ‘Main badhiya tu bhi “I had sung a very beautiful song for them in are now venturing into the creative aspect of the Sbadhiya’. badhiya tu bhi badhiya’ from the filmSanju, Sonu Marathi. When I heard that they were doing this business. First in the list is this song called ‘Aey Talking about what sets movie with Raju, I thought, ‘Arrey waah! Shabaash! zindagi’ composed by Vishal Mishra. He is bril- this retro number apart, he Achchi baat hai!’ For the first time, there are two liant. When I heard the song, I really liked it. I says, “It is very different reveales the importance of this song in the film partners who share the same first name. They are thought, ‘Let me try something interesting with it.’ I from the other tracks that I have sung. It is way beyond retro. It is ultra-retro. I don’t think I have ever sung The Sonu Nigam-Sunidhi Chauhan song has something like this for any actor. Everybody is say- had the crowd crooning to it. On the response to The singer says that his latest ing that it is an ‘80s song but Pankaj Mullick and the track, he shares, “I have been in the business retro song from Sanju is very KL Saigal used to sing like this in the ‘40s. It is like for a long time, so I don’t have any expectations a situational comic interpretation of the old retro from anything. Pata nahi kab kaunsi cheez hit ho different from the tracks he has songs. This is not something that I sang keeping jaaye, humein kuch nahi pata! But the song came Ranbir (Kapoor) in my mind.” out pretty well.” sung and he didn’t sing this Sharing an early memory of this number, he Nigam says he was very particular about keep- song keeping Ranbir in mind says, “When I sang this song, I found it to be a little ing the essence of the song intact. “I don’t think odd for the movie Sanju. I knew Raju (Rajkumar) there’s ever been a song where you have to imitate Hirani is a great thinker and he always thinks out the greats of the past. The way they used to sing, I requested Abhijeet Bhattacharyaji, Shaan, Alka Yag- of the box. I was quite stunned that he wanted this drew inspiration from them. I made sure I didn’t nikji and Suresh Wadkarji to sing this song with me. song for Sanju. But, then, Raju told me what he had make a caricature of them. I have kept the essence We all have our solo versions. We are releasing the in mind. It worked with a particular situation in of the ultra-retro feel but I have not made a mock- whole song on the same day and same time, with Sanjay Dutt’s life. This is a very important sequence ery of their singing. I was very careful about that one video in five different voices. It is a beautiful in the film. So, yes, I sang it in a classic style.” because I have a lot of respect for my seniors.” song written by Virag. You will like it.” ‘The song seeped into my body and mind’ Ace playback singer and performer Sukhwinder Singh talks to BOI about his latest song ‘Kar har maidaan fateh’ from Sanju, his love for music and more…

entire film into my body and mind. When I This really hurts me. This is extremely shame- finally recorded it, the right mood began to ful.” Hinting at his upcoming projects, Singh reflect in my voice.” says, “I am singing for Vishal Bharadwaj’s Despite working in the industry for nearly next. He is a genius composer. He appreci- two decades, he is always excited about the ated me so much after I recorded the songs he is working on at any given point. “I first song that he requested me to believe in singing every song with passion. I sing another one. don’t think I have ever sung a song half-heart- I have recorded edly. Even now, whenever I get an opportunity for Thugs Of to sing, I feel very excited. I am very happy Hinduston too.” because I am getting the opportunity to sing some very good songs.” He adds, “I think music all the time. Music is like my Valentine.” Commenting on working e’s happiest when he’s belting with Shreya Ghoshal yet again, Singh remarks, He further remarks, “There is a big crime out emotionally intense numbers. Sukhwinder Singh is not “Shreya is a very good singer. This is a male taking place in the Hindi music industry. Now vocalist Sukhwinder Singh is voice-oriented song, but Shreya’s voice stands Old songs that are remixed back with ‘Kar har maidaan fateh’ happy with the new culture out. She is a very melodious singer. She is the and recreated today do Hfrom Sanju. of music industry, where best female singer that we have.” not carry the names Talking about the latest chartbuster that Shedding some light on the industry, he of the original is a celebration of hope and struggle, he says, old songs that are recreated says, “There is a saying that the world is known composers. “It is a musically rich song that is very well- today do not carry the names for special people and special people are very composed and well-written. I really enjoyed few. We have very few composers and lyricists singing it.” Brimming with joy, he adds, “I am of the original composers who are geniuses. The rest is a crowd.” lucky that I have always received opportunities Having seen the changes in the Hindi to sing very good songs. I am being flooded Thrilled about collaborating with Hirani, music industry up close, Singh ponders, with a lot of phone calls. This last happened to Singh states, “The very polished directors in “These me when I had sung Jai ho.” the industry have a special quality. They give days, a Taking us back to the time when he was a lot of freedom to everyone working with and lot of offered the song, he says, “The credit goes to under them. Raju Hirani has that quality. He technol- the music director Vikram (Montrose). Raju sets you free. I recorded the song in two hours. ogy is (Rajkumar) Hirani gave Vikram the liberty to But he was there with us throughout the pro- incorpo- choose a lyricist and a singer. cess of composition. He is a very humble per- rated while He says,“He narrated the script to Vikram son and a thorough gentleman.” making music. and the lyricist Shekhar (Astitwa) initially. About what excited him about the song, Earlier, when I Vikram said to me that the day he got an Singh reveals, “I was given a narration of the sang ‘Chaiyya chaiyya’ for A R opportunity to make a song for Sanju, the entire script. Raju actually gave me two nar- Rahman, he used to use a lot of tech- first name that came to his mind was mine. rations. One was the story of the film and the nique in his songs. Despite this, his songs It was Vikram’s first big break and he chose to other was the reason for making this film. That sounded very natural. Today, 90 per cent work with me.” is why it was easy for me to sing. He put the vocalists use auto-tune.”