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WILL EXTEND POWER ‘WHILE SOME PELT COLOMBIA MUDSLIDE, MARRIAGE NOT A SUBSIDY TO STONES, OTHERS FLOOD KILLS DISQUALIFICATION’ TENANTS TOO: CARVE TUNNELS 254 IN MIDNIGHT IN BOLLYWOOD KEJRIWAL PG3 OUT OF STONE’ PG6 DELUGE PG10 PG15 Quick News44 PM MODI TO CJI ATF price cut by 5 EC to soon procure ‘Govt to help judiciary to pc; subsidised LPG reduce pendency of cases’ hiked by Rs 5.5 tamper-proof EVMs MPOST BUREAU Political parties alleged that EVMs were tampered in Assembly polls ALLAHABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured MPOST BUREAU Chief Justice J S Khehar that his Hightlights government will make all efforts NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh gov- to back his resolve to reduce bur- ernment on Saturday removed the District den on the judiciary and pendency Collector and Superintendent of Bhind after »»These EVMs will become of cases. a controversial video of a dummy test of an inoperable the moment any “I assure the chief justice that electronic voting in Bhind ahead of the by- attempt is made to tinker government will back his ‘sankalp’ election went viral on social media. Interest- with it (resolve) to bring down the bur- ingly, the Election Commission is set to buy den on the judiciary and reduce NEW DELHI: Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price next generation EVMs that become “inoper- »»The 'M3'-type electronic voting pendency of cases,” he said in his ing the Supreme Court and said he has been cut by over 5 per cent, reversing a two- able” the moment attempts are made to tin- machines (EVMs) are also address at the sesquicentennial cel- was taking steps to reduce the bur- month rising trend, while rates of subsidised ker with it, a move which comes amid claims ebrations marking 150 years of the den on the judiciary. LPG were hiked by Rs 5.57 per cylinder. Also, by some parties that the machines were tam- equipped with a self-diagnostic Allahabad High Court. He asked the judges to con- the rate of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) pered with during the recent assembly polls. system for authentication Noting that he felt that there was sider sitting in courts for five days has been cut by Rs 14.50 per cylinder in line The ‘M3’-type electronic voting machines of the genuineness of the an element of “pain” in the speech during vacation to clear at least 10 with international trends. Price of jet fuel or ATF (EVMs) are also equipped with a self-diag- machines of Justice Khehar, Modi said the cases each day and bring down the was cut by Rs 2,811.38 per kilolitre, or 5.1 per nostic system for authentication of the genu- government had done away with pendency. cent, to Rs 51,428 per kl with effect from April ineness of the machines. »»Around Rs 1,940 crore 1200 old laws to find a way out of “This way thousands of small 1, oil companies said. The reduction comes on These will come with a public key inter- (excluding freight and taxes) the maze of the statues and also matters like matrimonial disputes the back of a marginal hike of Rs 214 kl effected face-based mutual authentication system. help the judiciary in modernising and mediation cases can be settled on March 1 and a 3 per cent increase on Febru- Only a “genuine” EVM – manufactured will be required to procure the the system. and arrears of cases brought down” ary 1. Simultaneously, price of non-subsidised either by atomic energy PSU ECIL or defence new machines which are likely He asked the people working on he said and referred to a system of LPG, bought by those who have either given up PSU BEL – “communicates” with other to be introduced by 2018 startups to bring about innovations court management under which their subsidies or exhausted the quota of 12 bot- EVMs in the field. to strengthen the judicial system. pendency of cases in Malaysia had tles of 14.2-kg in a year at below market price, Any EVM manufactured by other com- The Prime Minister lauded the been brought down to one-fifth. was cut to Rs 723 per 14.2-kg cylinder from Rs panies would not be able to communicate new EVMs so that it can phase out the age- had said that the poll panel has informed steps being taken by the chief justice He said he proposes to have 737.50. The reduction comes on back of a steep with other machines, thus exposing it. ing ones before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. the government that it had not procured any to make use of technology in sim- three constitution benches dur- Rs 86 per cylinder hike in rates from March 1. Around Rs 1,940 crore (excluding freight The Cabinet had also authorised the electronic voting machine during 2014-15, plifying the working in the courts ing this summer vacation to help That was the steepest hike in recent times and and taxes) will be required to procure the Election Commission to vary the quan- 2015-16 and 2016-17. and bring about qualitative change. reduce the arrears in the apex court. came on the back of Rs 66.5 per cylinder increase new machines which are likely to be intro- tity to be ordered on BEL and ECIL based In a related development the Election Modi also said video confer- On the issue of simplification of effected from February 1. Rates had been on the duced by 2018, a year before when the next on their production capacity and past Commission on Sunday said that the Aam encing should be used for deposi- procedure, Justice Khehar said he is upswing since October, 2016. A non-subsidised Lok Sabha elections are due, the Law Minis- performance. Admi Party is free to file an election peti- tion made in courts by those facing making efforts to make the system LPG cylinder was priced at Rs 466.50 in Delhi in try has said, quoting details made available On July 20 last, a similar Election Com- tion in the state high court if it wants to trial, the witnesses and officials to paperless in the Supreme Court in September and had risen by Rs 271 per bottle or by the Election Commission to be given to mission proposal to buy nearly 14 lakh new verify votes cast in Punjab polls with data prevent wastage of time and money. a month or so. 58 per cent in six instalments. Parliament. EVMs – the first tranche – at a cost of Rs of paper trail. He appealed to the judiciary, The gathering was attended by Oil firms, however, raised price of subsidised The Election Commission has decided 9,200 crore during 2016-17 was approved In a strongly-worded letter, the EC also the government and the people to UP and West Bengal governors cooking gas by Rs 5.57 to Rs 440.5 per 14.2-kg to replace 9,30,430 EVMs purchased before by the Union Cabinet. said it is for the AAP “to introspect as to make 2022, the 75th year of Inde- Ram Naik and K N Tripathi, Union cylinder. This hike came as the state-owned oil 2006 as the older machines are nearing their In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on why your party could not perform as per pendence, a target year to take the Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, firms on previous two occasions -- February 1 15-year life cycle, he said. Friday, the Law Ministry had said that EC your expectations and it is unfair on your country to greater heights. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adtiyanath, and March 1 -- did not effect any significant raise On December 7 last, the Union Cabinet has not purchased a single new machine in part to attribute unsatisfactory poll perfor- Earlier addressing the gather- Allahabad High Court CJI Dilip in prices in view of assembly elections in states had approved a fresh tranche of Rs 1,009 the last three fiscals. mance of your party to the alleged tamper- ing, Justice Khehar raise the issue of B Bhosale and members from the like Uttar Pradesh. Prior to that, they had raised crore for the Election Commission to buy Minister of State for Law P P Chaudhary ability of EVMS.” pendency of cases in courts includ- legal fraternity. rates by nearly Rs 2 per cylinder for eight months in line with government decision to cut subsi- BODY SCANNERS IN AIRPORTS TOO RIO REVENGE dises through calibrated increases every month. 168 CRPF jawans fall Oil firms revise rates of ATF and cooking gas on 1st of every month based on oil price and foreign ill with suspected food exchange rate in the preceding month. AGENCIES Soon, laptops may be banned poisoning, probe ordered Skill development in hand baggage: CISF DG MPOST BUREAU key to creating huge THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: OUR CORRESPONDENT As many as 168 jawans attached to employment the CRPF camp at Pallipuram were KOLKATA: In a bid to thwart terror taken ill due PRANAB MUKHERJEE attacks, restrictions may be imposed to suspected on carrying laptops in hand baggage food poison- in flights. This comes along with the ing, prompting plan of installing body scanners in all authorities to In today’s airports across the country. order a board The matter has been taken into con- of inquiry into paper sideration after it came to light that ter- the matter. The ror outfits including IS and Al-Qaeda jawans had ... are developing a bomb small enough their dinner around 7.15 PM last night CITY to fit in a laptop that could get past air- and after a few minutes they com- port scanners. plained of uneasiness. The personnel WITH CYBER-BULLYING ON THE RISE 4 Though the final decision in con- OP Singh were shifted to hospitals after they NATION nection with imposing a restriction on showed symptoms of vomiting, head- carrying laptops in hand baggage is yet all airports across the country will be ache and stomach cramps, a senior INDIA STEPS UP BLACK MONEY HUNT 7 to be taken, the discussion in this con- taken if the trial run in Delhi Airport CRPF official said. “We rushed the nection has already started. goes off well. people to our hospital at the camp EDIT Besides, taking necessary measures OP Singh, Director General of CISF, and later took them to various hospi- to restrict the use of laptops on board, said on Sunday: “There are grey areas in tals,” he said. ASEAN REMINDER FOR INDIA 8 the Central Industrial Security Force every airport that do not come under All the jawans, except about 50, INTERNATIONAL (CISF) has also decided to introduce CCTV coverage. There is a challenge to were treated as out patients, he said. scanners to detect explosives in liquid tackle the grey areas.” According to Trivandrum Medical FORMER NEPAL PM ARRESTED 10 form. Such scanners will be installed Stressing on the need to improve the college hospital, 111 patients were in all the airports. A final decision in security in airports both with the help admitted there and their condition BUSINESS this regard has already been taken, a of technology and manpower augmen- was stable. Initial investigations sug- source said adding at present 59 out of tation, Singh said: “Non-stamping of gested that the jawans fell ill after con- RBI GUV GETS PAY HIKE 12 98 airports in the country are manned hand baggage will be implemented in suming fish curry, the official said, by CISF. all the airports by the end of this year. adding the fish had been sourced from SPORT PV Sindhu in action against Carolina Marin (Spain) during the women’s The body scanner is already in use It was initially started in seven airports a nearby market. “A board of inquiry singles final of the India Open 2017 in New Delhi on Sunday PTI KONTA WINS MIAMI OPEN 14 in Delhi Airport on trial basis. The final after trial runs. It will ensure a hassle was ordered today and the report is decision on installing body scanners in free journey to passengers.” expected in 7-8 days,” the official said. 20 people killed by ‘mentally ill’ custodian of dargah in Pak Harassment for loan repayment

LAHORE: At least 20 peo- He said that the prime sus- amounts to abetment of suicide: HC ple, including six members of pect, a resident of Lahore, is an a family, were tortured and employee of the Election Com- MPOST BUREAU “The conduct of the killed at a shrine allegedly by mission of Pakistan. accused persons in assaulting its “mentally ill” custodian and According to senior police MUMBAI: Rejecting discharge the deceased for getting back his associates in Sargodha in officer Bilal Iftikhar, one pleas of two money lenders, the loan amount appears to be Pakistan’s Punjab province. injured witness also said there the Bombay High Court has wilful and its gravity seems to Sargodha Deputy Commis- was a clash between two groups said that continuous ver- propel or compel a person of sioner Liaquat Ali Chatta said of the caretakers of the dargah bal and physical abuse and ordinary prudence to commit the incident took place at the over its possession. repeated demand for return of suicide,” the court said. dargah (shrine) of Muhammad Twenty people of both money amounts to abetment The court noted that con- Ali Gujjar in a village in Sar- groups, including six mem- of suicide. tinuously attacking a family godha district, some 200 km bers of one family, were killed, Justice A M Badar was man, both verbally and phys- from Lahore, at around mid- the police officer said. recently hearing a petition filed ically, in presence of his fam- night on Saturday. “We have launched an by Gurunath Gawli and Sangita ily members at his home and The custodian Abdul investigation into all aspects of Gawli, both licensed money at his work place amounts to Waheed, who was apparently this case to ascertain the facts lenders, seeking discharge from a loan of Rs 19 lakh from “instigation and provocation” suffering from mental disease, of this gory incident,” Iftikhar a case of abetment of suicide. the accused. When he failed to commit suicide. used a dagger and a stick to kill Police official Mazhar Shah dargah – Waheed and Yousuf, dargah for “cleansing” their said. The duo were accused of to repay, the duo allegedly “Cornered to a wall by such his victims, he said. said that the motive behind the into custody for interrogation,” sins and allow the caretakers A heavy contingent of assaulting and intimidating harassed him and on various behaviour of the accused, the Chatha said it appeared crime has not been ascertained Chatha said. to beat them with clubs. police was deployed at the Umesh Bomble, a city resident, occasions verbally abused and victim Umesh was bound to that the caretakers of the dar- yet but locals have said that Three persons, including “But in this case the visi- dargah soon after the inci- and abetting his suicide in Sep- even assaulted him. think that it is better to die gah had first drugged the visi- from last two years the suspect two women, have been injured. tors were first drugged and dent and a search operation tember 2014. “A prudent family man rather than suffer such humil- tors, stripped them and then used to visit the area for ‘spiri- They have been shifted to then stabbed with daggers and was launched in adjoining His wife Sunita had filed a when meted with such treat- iations in front of his children stabbed and clubbed 20 peo- tual sessions’ with the disciples. hospital where their condition hit with clubs, apparently dur- areas. An emergency has been complaint against the duo. ment day in and day out would and other family members,” ple, including three women, “We have taken five people, is stated to be critical. ing the cleansing process,” Cha- declared in hospitals in Sar- According to the prose- certainly think of committing said Justice Badar while dis- to death. including the caretakers of the People would come to the tha said. godha. AGENCIES cution, the victim had taken suicide,” Justice Badar said. missing the discharge plea. 2 town mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town Navratra diet: A CULINARY JOURNEY This April, The Leela Ambience Conven- tion Hotel, Delhi takes you to Kolkata, the final pit stop of the Grand Trunk Culinary RESTAURANTS SHIFT Journey. The food festival celebrates cuisines from across the NH1, bringing to you mouth-watering dishes from various cities that come along the way. Chef De to healthier low-calorie dishes Cuisine Ashwani Kumar Singh travelled to Kolkata to gather the secrets hidden amongst the busy lanes of a city famous People are now opting for low calorie and innovative fasting for its indulgent variety of Bengali cuisine. Delight your taste buds and spoil dishes during Navratra throughout the country yourself by dwelling in the culinary trea- sures and the ambience of Kolkata. hen it comes to “fasting” dur- of the elder generation still prefer to stick to WHEN: March 31 – April 15 ing the Navratras, people usu- traditional sama ke chawal, arbi or sitaphal ki ally opt for puris, pakodas and sabzi, kuttu ki puri and sabudana tikkis. But WHERE: The Leela Ambience Convention sweets, but keeping in mind the as a whole in this era, eating out has become Hotel, Delhi Whealth-conscious generation, restaurants in more common, particularly during this festive CULTURAL REVOLUTION different Indian cities have experimented with season,” said Dasari. innovative and alternative low-calorie dishes It’s not just in Delhi where people are opt- To mark the 50th anniversary of the Cul- to cater to the tastes of the new age devout. ing for low calorie and innovative fasting tural Revolution in Tibet, an exhibition of An executive chef point out that over the dishes. There are eateries in Pune too cater- photographs by Tibet Museum, Depart- past few seasons, there has been a shift from ing to such tastes. ment of Information and International traditional recipes served during Navratra to “Navratra typically calls for a fasting spe- Relations, Central Tibet Administration, more innovative dishes. cial menu as more and more people are open- Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Dharamsa- “In fact, we have tried to incorporate these ing up to the idea of eating out during fasts. elements in our menu and present dishes such The market is still quite niche and largely la will be inaugurated on April 1at 6:30 as Hare mattar adrak ki chaat and Plantain untapped. and will continue for a week. koftas which give patrons the chance to fol- “Also, there is an increase in innovation for WHEN: April 2 – 8 low the nine-day fast and yet at the same time fasting foods as people are eager to try various WHERE: Annexe Art Gallery, IIC indulge in a range of sumptuous delicacies, all picious festival in the Hindu calendar where different renderings of our traditional fasting TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm of which are made using saatvik ingredients. some opt for fasting during the entire period, food. Our menu has been designed with an “Also there is gradual shift to healthier, while some on the first and last days. aim of making fasting as enjoyable as possible KHUSHRANG ART EXHIBITION low-calorie alternatives from traditional Sanjay B Dasari, Executive Chef at Hotel and at the same time ensuring that it fulfils the With an aim to bring visibility and Navratra food such as puris, pakodas and The Ashok, has come up with a special Navra- body’s requirement of nutrients,” told another credibility to the works of deserving mithai. People are now increasingly con- tra thali this season. He feels the new gen- chef from Pune. talented artists who have largely been suming soups, uttapams and idlis during the eration is more open to experimentation Some of their Navratra foods are Tandoori overlooked within the mainstream dis- Navratra,” said the chef. with food during this time unlike the old paneer matar – made of hung curd, cottage Navratra is celebrated twice in a year – generation. cheese, green peas, tomato, seasonings and course, Khushrang, a group art exhibi- once in the month of Chaitra (mostly falling “The new generation of Indians though are fresh coriander – and Motiyana kheer, an tion, curated by Erum Khan, will have 25 in March end or April) and in the season of more open to try out new Navratra specials amalgam of sago, milk, sugar, condensed milk, renowned artists participating and will Sharad (in October or November). It is an aus- introduced by many fast food outlets, most cardamom powder and dry fruits. IANS display a variety of paintings, mass media, installation, photography, sculp- tures and more. This group of young in- Ditch the petticoat and belt your sari cluding international artists promoted by Laziness may be Erum Khan are young upcoming talents flaunt your midriff in these hot picks. You who are breaking traditional thoughts can also switch to peplums. with contemporary vision and are all set Top it with jackets or shirts: Sport an to be the masters in the times to come. embroidered, velvet, denim or collared CONTAGIOUS WHEN: March 31 – April 6 jacket with sari. Try coverall jackets and sheer printed shirts to look trendy. DO YOU HAVE lazy friends or co-work- WHERE: All India Fine Art and Craft Pick a heavily embroidered jacket and ers? Their attitude can rub off on you, Society team it with a plain sari or a collared jacket according to a new study which shows TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm like the Victorian ruffled high collar style that people tend to imitate behaviours to dazzle in the traditional attire. of laziness, impatience and prudence. SPRING FESTIVAL Belt your sari: Using the right belt can Prudence, impatience and laziness Celebrating the spirit of spring, a two- make you look classy in a sari. Look for a are personality traits that guide people to day festival of dance and music, has metal waist belt or an embellished one in make decisions that involve taking a risk, been organised by IIC where the first day leather or fabric that can be worn a little delaying an action and making an effort, will witness a Sarod recital by Apurba above your waistline. Belts can give the sari said Jean Daunizeau, from the Brain and Banerjee from Kolkata, followed by Hin- a perfect structure and hold your pleats in Spine Institute (ICM) in France. dustani Vocal Recital by Vivek Bhola from place. The belt can save the pallu from slid- Prudence is a preference for avoid- ing off as well. ing risk, and impatience is a preference Delhi. The second day of the festival will Ditch the sari petticoat: Team your sari for options that involve little delay and payoff in three months with lower odds. ence’ reported. have a Kathak Group Recital by Man- FLAUNT your saris in different ways with a pair of palazzos, dhoti pants or a strong desire for a payoff now rather They were then asked to guess “some- The researchers found that after the jari Kiran from Jaipur, and a Kathakali other than the traditional style. Replace jeans to sport a modern look. Tradition- than later. Lazy people are those who one else’s” decisions on a similar task, participants observed the prudent, impa- Recital, Cleopatra – The Last Pharaoh of the blouse with a chic crop top or add a ally, a sari is draped over a petticoat, but determine that the potential rewards are and after making a selection, they were tient or lazy attitudes of “others” on the Egypt in Kathakali Stree Vesham – an belt for a different style, suggest experts. play it up with these combinations to make not worth the effort. then told which choice this “other” par- task, their own choices about putting in adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A stylist has given tips on how you a statement. In the study, the researchers recruited ticipant had made. effort, waiting during a delay or taking a can stylise your six-yard wonder in inno- Give away Kancheepuram silk or 56 healthy people. To measure the par- However, the “someone else” was in risk drifted toward that of others. Anthony and Cleopatra by Prabal Gupta vative ways: georgette and go denim: Instead of going ticipants’ attitudes toward risk, delay and fact a computerised model developed by In other words, the participants from Bangalore. Ditch traditional blouse for a crop for the regular sari fabrics like georgette effort, they were given a series of tasks. the researchers. During the final phase of started acting more like the computer- WHEN: April 6-7 top: Pair a funky crop top with your and kancheepuram silk, try different fab- Participants were asked to choose the experiment, the participants repeated generated study participants. The study WHERE: CD Deshmukh Auditorium, IIC sari. Choose from polka dotted prints or rics like denim and make a style statement between a 90 per cent chance of winning the first task, in which they were asked was published in the journal PLOS Com- TIMING: 6 pm monochrome colours and Aztec prints and of your own. IANS a small payoff in three days or a higher to make their own decisions, ‘Live Sci- putational Biology. PTI A stroll in the

LAHARIHONOUR BASU titled ‘Devi’, a combination of different of the figures painted. OF ART energies of the Goddess in Hindu mythol- Espa, the spa in the hotel, is home to a creative hand has the ability to ogy. Sculpted by Satish Gupta, it is the series of paintings by Seema Kohli, which build some of the finest pieces of major attraction of the art walk in regard have innumerable stories in them, and beauty, while only a blessed soul to worship and respect Mother Supreme. Shipra Bhattacharya whose paintings cel- has the eye to appreciate beauty Two major walls in the central courtyard ebrate womanhood. Aeven in the smallest things. Culture and art, are adorned by Satish Gupta’s set of murals Gujral’s painting ‘Harnessing Artist’ as the two words are used together, comple- titled ‘Let a thousand lotuses bloom’ which depicts power symbolised by the horse ment each other to create a story. The Leela symbolise purity, knowledge and wisdom. form that is reduced to its essential and is Palace, New Delhi is one such destination A couple of sculptures titled ‘Devotees’ being harnessed by human force. A sculp- for art enthusiasts to rejoice. by Satish Gujral are placed on the Lobby ture from the ‘Mood Series’ by Dimpy In an attempt to preserve the Indian and the Ballroom Promenades, along with Menon, portray a comfortable together- culture, the palace has specially curated JJ Valaya’s ‘Paisley Cashmere’. The latter’s ness between the two figures placed at the paintings, sculptures and other artefacts in ‘Jewels of Alika’ is also a piece of art to Club Lounge. tune with the interiors. Walking in, you’d be look forward to in the Club Lounge. Lita The palace has various genres of art in greeted by melodious Indian classical music Alburquerque’s quest to express the spiri- store, therefore in order to brush up your accompanied with the fragrance tual through material can be witnessed in knowledge about art and culture take some from fresh flowers all around her work titled ‘Solar Magnitude’ which time out from your busy schedule to soak soothing your senses. To constitute nine panels with the center panel in the beauty of rare and diverse collection take a close look at the art being a monochromatic blue circle. of contemporary Indian art. works in order to admire Climbing up to the first floor, one To experience them in person, visit the them, one would need would be greeted by Subhash Awchat’s palace in the earliest and be guided by the about an hour to tour ‘Parampara’. A painting titled ‘Memo- hosts in the art walk thereafter sitting in around the palace. ries Revisited’ by Sanjay Bhatt suits the the lobby over some tea and delicious pas- In the central business centre passage’s aura aptly as tries brooding about the exclusive walk. courtyard, overlook- it portrays two faces conversing behind This luxury of experiencing the art walk ing the main lobby, semi-closed doors. ‘Eternity’ and ‘Face of touring the Leela Palace followed by hi tea, stands an auspicious Life’, by Paresh Maity are worth adoring as can be availed for Rs 2500. panch-dhatu statue they expand a range of possibilities

Left to right: Mood series; Memories revisited; Devotees; The Devi

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No. 011-47777500, Email: [email protected], Lucknow Office: 401, Chintels House 16, Station Road, Lucknow Ph: 0522-4013126 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 mp Online sanction Will extend power BJP unfurls first list of building plans gains of candidates momentum subsidy to tenants: CM OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT According to AAP leaders, the number of tenants who will NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday NEW DELHI: The three benefit from this move is said to be in several thousands evening released its first list of Municipal Corporations of candidates for the upcoming Delhi (MCDs) have announced OUR CORRESPONDENT MCD polls. that the new online building has house tax have become a The saffron party, in its first plan sanction system through NEW DELHI: The Delhi ‘major’ source of corruption. list has released names of 160 a scientifically developed Com- Chief Minister Arvind Money paid Delhiites to candidates contesting for the mon Application Form under Kejriwal on Sunday said the BJP-ruled Corporations Delhi Municipal Elections and a single window system has that his government would through taxes was being the list of rest 112 candidates gained desired momentum. MCD ticket seekers wait at Delhi Pradesh BJP office in New Delhi on extend the power subsidy stolen by corrupt leaders and that will soon be released. SDMC Commissioner, scheme to tenants as well, bureaucrats and the party Later in the day, BJP revealed Sunday PIC/PTI Puneet Kumar Goel, on a move aimed at the lower (AAP) determined to end such the name of the 161st candidate will be fighting on the symbol of the upcoming civic polls in the Sunday stated that the online middle class, the party’s practices. Anita Bharija, who will contest the Bharatiya Janta Party. capital. Names of the rest of the building plan sanction scheme support base, ahead of the “The party promises to from Paharganj As Monday being the last candidates for the three Delhi has immensely simplified the civic elections. abolish the residential house The party has alsoday to file nomination paper, Municipal Corporations process apart from reducing “Tenants in Delhi are not tax and waive off tax arrears announced that it will be con- BJP President Amit Shah on with a total of 272 members the time being taken in sanc- getting benefits of power comes to power,” stated the testing the civic polls in an elec- Saturday held a series of meet- would be announced on Sun- tioning the building plans subsidy. Will make sure they CM. toral alliance with Shiromani ings with parliamentarians at his day, Delhi Congress chief Ajay and visits to the offices of the are benefitted after the MCD Also, he had vowed to Akali Dal (SAD) and Lok Jan- residence. The party has decided Maken tweeted. Corporation. elections,” Kejriwal tweeted transform the three civic shakti Party. While BJP has to deploy at least five party vol- “Winnability and opinion of “This is a unique system Sunday morning. bodies of the city into “profit- given five seats to Akali Dal, unteers per election booth to grass root level party workers which has eliminated human This initiative is expected making” bodies. it has offered the seat of Pahar mobilise voters on the main day. have dominated the candidate interface by providing online to benefit those who live in “Tenants in Delhi are not getting benefits of power subsidy. Will make Two of the bodies – Ganj to the Lok Janshakti Party Giving a push to the election selection process,” said Maken. submission of the applications rented flats but have been sure they are benefitted after the MCD elections,” tweeted Chief North Delhi Municipal candidate. campaign, Bharatiya Janta Party Twenty-one of the 140 can- along with the minimum num- denied of subsidy benefit by Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday morning Corporation and East Delhi Five candidates have been also released its theme song ‘BJP didates are sitting councillors, ber of documents and facility the owners who charged them Municipal Corporation – are announced by SAD, who will Dilli me’. The party has also the Delhi Congress in a state- to make payment online after at an “average rate”, said party “Instead of a separate the city’s ruling as Kejriwal currently grappling with contest the Municipal elections aggressively pushed for mobil- ment said, “We are giving tick- using online calculator for this sources. meter for every flat, the had earlier promised that his financial losses. under BJP’s symbol. The candi- ising the Poorvanchali vot- ets to seven sitting councillors purpose,” he said. According to Aam Aadmi property owners have got sub- party will abolish the house “His party has delivered on dates are Amarjeet Singh Pappu ers in Delhi by making Manoj in North, eight in South and The Commissioner further Party (AAP) leaders, the meters installed. They charge tax of residential properties most of its promises, including (Partap Nagar), Ravinder Singh Tiwari its Delhi President. Poor- six in the East Delhi municipal stated that the three Corpora- number of such tenants was the tenants on an average and waive off outstanding if reducing the electricity charges Sonu (Tilak Nagar), Paramjeet vanchali Voters constitute a corporations. Out of the 140 tions sanctioned 139 plans on in the thousands. Also, they basis, which in many cases voted to power in the national and providing free water to Singh Rana (Rajendra Nagar), large chunk of voters in all three candidates announced so far, the same day of filing online were receiving complaints is arbitrary,” the AAP leader Capital’s civic bodies. 20,000 litre. Regarding house Manpreet Kaur (Kalkaji) and municipal corporations. 119 are first-time contenders.” application. that tenants in unauthorised added. “People of Delhi reeling tax abolition, the AAP has Iqbal Singh Raja (GTB Nagar). The Delhi unit of Congress, Meanwhile, later in the Another 268 plans were colonies and villages are Notably, this was the severely due to corruption in made all calculations,” added After releasing the list, the on Saturday night, had released night, the Congress released sanctioned between 2 to 7 devoid of such benefits. second largesse promised by BJP-ruled MCD as house tax Kejriwal. party stated that the candidates its first list of 140 candidates for its second list of candidates. days of submitting online application. WORLD AUTISM DAY A table below gives an Put placards account of plans sanctioned by the three corporations dur- stating service ing the months of January, Feb- Clearing misconceptions around Autism ruary and March 2017, in all charge is voluntary, 547 plans have been sanctioned YOGESH KANT Autism Awareness Day at its spread information among met- autism, cerebral palsy, mental people with Autism disorder Autism spectrum disorder during this period. premises. ropolitan people about the dis- retardation and multiple dis- every year, including 150 new (ASD), commonly -Autism, He added that the SDMC Delhi eateries told NEW DELHI: Autism can be “Earlier people had reserve order and early symptoms of the abilities act, 1999’- to enable cases, which is country’s first which refers to a lifelong con- created a record of sanctioning fought only if one is aware of speculation about Austism problem in order to take appro- and empower persons with dis- public sector center to provide dition that affects the ability of building plan in the shortest OUR CORRESPONDENT the disease in a detailed man- Awareness campaigns but now priate and timely intervention. ability to live as independently multidisciplinary evaluation the person to communicate and possible time of 27 minutes 13 ner. The awareness programme they have started taking interest “Awareness is vital to pro- and as fully as possible within and treatment of developmen- relate with others. seconds. The deemed sanction NEW DELHI: Cracking the not only boosts their knowledge in joining these kind of aware- mote acceptance of these kids and as close to the community tal problems, including Autism. Children with autism often will be issued after pendency whip on hotels and restaurants but also to helps them cope with ness programmes,” said Dr in the society and advocate to which they belong. The centre is also running a have poor language skills, less of 30 days. which force consumers to it in a more positive manner. Prashant Shirvastava, Psychiat- proper allocation of resource Also, to facilitate the reali- flagship program for behav- eye contact, have limited inter- It may be recalled that the pay service charge, the Delhi The views were articulated at ric Social Worker, Child Devel- for providing various services sation of equal opportunities, ioral management of Autism action with people around them SDMC being nodal corpora- government has issued an event held at Maulana Azad opment Center, Lok Nayak Jai to affected people,” he added. protection of rights and full and claiming INDT-ASD, an and have highly specific inter- tion for online building plan instructions to all eateries to Medical College, in association Prakash Narayan Hospital. Only four people out of participation of persons with Autism Diagnostic Tool for est and repetitive behaviours. has undertaken major reforms put a placard on their premises with Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Dr Shrivastava also 100 aware about ‘The national disability. The Child Develop- Indian Children- for the diag- Autism occurs in one out of to offer a common application which states ‘Service charge is Hospital, on the eve of World explained that it is important to trust for welfare of persons with ment Center caters nearly 1000 nosis of Autism. every 100 children. form online. voluntary’. In January, the Ministry of DU spreads Consumer Affairs, Food and Restrain students from Public Distribution had made it clear that service charges wings: Now, more on a bill in an eatery was not holding protests within 100m compulsory and a customer exam centres in can choose to have it waived off if not satisfied with the of admn block: JNU asks HC other states too experience. However, there were OUR CORRESPONDENT who had recently asked the OUR CORRESPONDENT complaints that some students to ensure maintain restaurants and hotels in the NEW DELHI: The Jawaha- decent decibel levels during NEW DELHI: The Univer- city were making all customers rlal Nehru University (JNU) the protests so that there was sity Of Delhi (DU) in order pay service charges whether or Administration knocked the no disturbance in the func- to spread its outreach and not they were satisfied with the Delhi High Court’s door to tioning of the University. reach out to more students has service. seek direction to restrain its The petition by JNU’s added new cities to its exist- “The (Delhi government’s) students from staging any counsel Monika Arora has ing list of examination centres. Department of Excise, demonstration within 100 sought ‘immediate indul- The entrance test for Entertainment and Luxury Tax metres of the administrative gence of the court’ while high- the University’s Post Gradu- has issued instructions to hotels block. lighting that on March 23, the ate and Professional Under and restaurants in the city to On March 17, the court students had staged a dharna, Graduate courses for the next display at the appropriate place had reversed its order which burnt the effigy of the Vice- academic session will now in their premises that service made JNU’s famous protest Chancellor outside the admin- be held in Patna, Guwahati, charges are discretionary and site- ‘Freedom Square’ inac- istrative block and blocked Bhubaneswar, Ranchi and voluntary. cessible for students and the entry and exit of university Chandigarh. “A customer, who is order had restrained the stu- officials. According to the Prime dissatisfied with the services, dents from protesting within The varsity’s administra- Minister’s Digital India Pro- can have it waived off,” a 100 metres of the block. tion requested Justice Sanjeev gramme the entire examina- senior state government official Later, the court’s reversed Sachdev, to issue a directive tion procudeure has been made said. order stated that students against protests and stated the online. However, DU Students’ The official further said could hold demonstrations as varsity should be provided Union opposing the plan said, that strict action will be taken long as they were peaceful and with adequate police protec- “The students who come against violators, adding that the noise levels were kept to a tion when required and that from rural and marginal sec- the consumer can make a minimum. “no dharna/demonstration/ tion of the society do not have complaint against such “unfair It also prohibited students street plays etc be allowed the facility and knowledge of trade practices”. from blocking access to the with or without noise-mak- computers to appear for online The Centre had asked administrative facility. A hear- ing instruments within 100 tests.” states to ensure that eateries ing of the university’s plea has metres of the administrative In a meeting of the Exam- disseminate the information been scheduled for April 12. block of the JNU”. ination Committee the deci- that service charge isn’t The plea by the JNU Meanwhile, the court has sion was taken keeping in mandatory through displays administration was filed before fixed the flea for hearing on view the increasing number of on their premises. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, April 12. aspirants. Many Delhi denizens grappling with depression: WHO YOGESH KANT refusing to socialise, not going “Mental disorders can be BPO sector, including FMCG, to work, no concentration, or divided into two broad groups infrastructure, telecom, NEW DELHI: The World inefficiency, are all factors that - severe mental disorder, such education, manufacturing Health Organisation data count as disability,” added Dr. as schizophrenia and bipolar and knowledge process reveals that huge spike in cases Rajesh. disorder and common mental outsourcing, including media. of depression, including India. Also, he mentioned that disorder (CMD) such as Most of them were in the age They also state that people usually do not consider depression, anxiety and others. range of 20-29 years, followed ‘depression’ will be a leading mental illnesses, especially Broken homes, professional by 30-39 years indicating such cause of disability by 2030. depression as a handicap. and relationship-related issues are mostly prevalent Following the footstep of other The disease has taken stress are some of the factors among younger professionals global cities, Delhites are in the a major toll in our Capital. that contribute to rise in the than older executives. clutches of the disease. According to the Dr Deepak prevalence of CMD. Initially, Dr Henk Bekadam, WHO “Depression affects more Kumar, Deputy Medical patients came to psychiatrist on Representative to India, people than HIV or road Superintendent, Institute of reference of general physician highlighted that we all are accidents,” said Dr Rajesh Human Behaviour and Allied but now people reached us hooked to technology and Sagar, Assistant Professor, Sciences, around four to six directly, they are very much there is very little place for Department of Psychiatry, percent of Delhi population aware,” said Dr Kumar. physical activity. As a result, we All India Institute of Medical suffers from depression, “Also, females are more lead unhealthy lives. He urged Sciences (AIIMS). however, one in 20 suffer from affected by the disease. Around that we find time to engage in He also stated that the the current state of depression. 80-90% of patients do not turn sport, yoga to stay fit. bouts of both depression and Moreover, depression is up for treatment,” added Dr. India has about 0.3% trained disability are severe. “But as significant risk factors for Kumar. psychiatrists as opposed to 1% the patients continue with suicides with nearly 15-20 Delhi records the highest requirement and 0.7% clinical treatment, their depression percent of depressed patients number of such employees, psychologists, when the need is scores reduce. Small things like possibly commit suicide. who does work in IT/ITeS and for at least 1.5%. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 With cyber-bullying on the rise, children, women being pushed over the edge ANAND MOHAN J 'pineapple face'. I did not mind and conceal it with a sports dents who uploaded morphed did not pay him 100 dollars for voicing her opinion on the it as even my seniors called me band. I would show it to my It has been found that cyber-bullying is pictures of her. Initially, it used every month. The blackmailing, Ramjas College violence. NEW DELHI: 15-year-old that. At least they knew about friends, who asked me to stop to be a form of harassment. But however, did not stop even after Speaking to Millennium Ankush (name changed) had me," said Ankush. hurting myself," he says. highest among the 15-24 age now cyber-bullying has become she conceded to his demands. Post, Delhi Commission for been active on social media However, what started as a Yet, Ankush carried on with group, comprising 43 percent of all a business," said Chaudhary. Soon, she approached Delhi Women chief Swati Mali- ever since he got his hands on trickle turned into a flood of the self-mutilation. Soon, he Several recent incidents Police, who prepared a pri- wal said: "Gurmehar was a computer. After creating an incessant trolling, as his bullies informed his seniors and the cyber-bullying incidents support Chaudhary's claim, as mary report and found that the trolled and given rape threats. account on Facebook, bypass- made a hate page in his name trolling stopped. The scars cyber criminals sitting in India accused was based in Kuruk- Yet, no substantial police ing the minimum age crite- and photoshopped his face to etched across his hand, how- from studies and, in some cases, that cyber-bullying is highest now harass Indian girls and shetra. When he was nabbed, action took place. The police ria, he was soon a part of his poke fun at him, reducing his ever, serve as a reminder of his suicide. among the 15-24 age group, even foreign nationals, which it was found that he had black- must act in a timely fashion as school's online community. existence to a meme. online bullying. According to Kislay Chaud- comprising 43 percent of all soon turns into an extortion mailed around a thousand for- the victims are threatened by Soon, however, the school That was when Ankush Ankush is one of the lucky hary, an advisor with the Cyber cyber-bullying incidents. racket. eign women. their harassers and investiga- canteen was abuzz with gossip started to cut himself with a ones; however, an overwhelm- Crime Cell, Delhi police, inci- "This trend was first seen in Recently, a Czechoslova- The most prominent case tion takes its own time. (The as Ankush became the butt of blade, frustrated that he could ing majority of teenagers go dents of cyber-bullying have online school groups and con- kian woman reported that she of cyber-bullying of an Indian Commission) is setting up its everyone's jokes and was trolled not even talk to his parents through some form of cyber- dramatically shot up. His fession pages. In a high profile was bullied online by a man woman, meanwhile, took place own cyber cell team and wants on a daily basis. about this issue, as he was asked bullying which ends up tak- organisation Indian Cyber case, in 2012-13, an IIT-Delhi who morphed her photos into in Delhi, where Delhi Univer- to take up every single case of "I have a small face and my not to open a Facebook profile. ing a violent turn in the form Army, involved in cyber crime professor committed suicide nude pictures and threatened sity student Gurmeher Kaur cyber-bullying and also con- hair sticks up, so they called me "I used to cut my right forearm of self-mutilation, withdrawal analysis and prevention, found after she was abused by stu- to release them online if she was abused and threatened duct research in the field." 10 air pollution monitoring Four youth who tailed Irani's car arrested for stalking stations to come up in western UP OUR CORRESPONDENT and Kunal. The four youth, However, during their RAHUL SINGH will be installed within six to of new stations suggested for NEW DELHI: A day after who are interrogation, they denied that eight months after the tenders the cities are very less. "We are Union Minister Textiles they were stalking the Union NOIDA: With the urgent need are announced. The locations requesting the government to minister Smriti Irani registered students of Delhi Minister, reiterating that they to monitor real time and peak are yet to be decided but the deploy more mobile air quality a police complaint that her University, have were indeed trying to shoot a concentration levels of critical new systems are expected to be monitoring vans in the region car was chased by a group of been booked video to upload on the internet. pollutants present in the air, the installed in Hapur and Khurja so that every area of the city unidentified men, Delhi Police "They have confessed that Uttar Pradesh Pollution Con- cities as well." can be monitored. The real time arrested the four accused youth under sections they were drunk but denied trol Board (UPPCB) will set up According to environmen- data should be timely uploaded who were inebriated at the time 354D and 509 of that they were stalking the car. 10 new real-time air pollution tal activist Vikrant Tongad, on the board's website so that of incident. They have said that they were monitoring stations across five the air pollution level in the the residents should also know The four youth were the IPC returning drunk from a friend's cities of western Uttar Pradesh, National Capital Region is more about the quality of air identified as students of Delhi birthday party and were including Noida, Greater Noida going beyond alarming limits. they are breathing in different University and have been Saturday, when the minister's shooting some funny videos," and Ghaziabad. "The air quality monitoring sta- areas," he added. booked under sections 354D security team made a PCR call said a senior police official. According to UPPCB offi- tions already operational in the The system will moni- (stalking) and 509 (word, around 5 pm informing police Their medical test cials, the tenders for installation city are manually operated and tor and display air pollution gesture or act intended to insult that the four youth, driving a was conducted and it was of the ambient air quality mon- provide limited access to the parameters, including oxides of the modesty of woman) of the Santro car, had been tailing the confirmed that all four were itoring stations have already data. The government needs sulphur and nitrogen, besides Indian Penal Code (IPC). minister's car and were trying to under the influence of alcohol been issued. Two stations each to put together a new data to wind velocity and live tempera- The accused, during their overtake it near the Myanmar at the time of the incident. Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board will set up two stations each in will be installed in five cities of understand exact sources of tures. Levels of particulate mat- questioning, told police that Embassy in Chanakyapuri area. They were then taken to western Uttar Pradesh, namely Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Baghpat and Muzzafarnagar pollution and develop mit- ter suspended in the air, i.e. PM they were drunk and shooting The security staff of the Chanakyapuri police station Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater B B Awasthi said: "We have itored by the station installed at igation strategies for each of 10 as well as PM 2.5 will also be a video on a social networking Union Minister later stopped and later arrested for stalking Noida, Baghpat and Muzza- already installed one ambient Amity University, Sector-126, them". monitored by the system. These website and were unaware that the four youth and handed and outraging the modesty of farnagar. The tenders will be air quality monitoring station Noida while in Ghaziabad the While discussing the num- parameters will be displayed on Smriti Irani was the occupant them over to the police. They women. They were produced announced on April 26. each in Noida and Ghaziabad. system is installed in Sector-16, ber of new stations proposed, board's website, which will be of the car. were identified as Anand before the court Sunday Regional officer of UPPCB, In Noida, the air quality is mon- Vasundhara. Two more stations Tongad said that the number accessible to all. The case came to light on Sharma, Avinash, Shitanshu morning. Three days after rape FIR against five JNUSU members for Youth arrested for Liquor ban: Hospitality murder of five-yr-old, removing CCTV cameras outside hostel stalking JNU girl industry seeks OUR CORRESPONDENT installation site and protested the sloganeering. The workers OUR CORRESPONDENT outside her hostel, breaching accused still at large against it. Soon, Pandey, along also claimed that the students the security of the University govt intervention NEW DELHI: An FIR was reg- with JNUSU general secre- pulled down a ladder and that NEW DELHI: After he stalked campus. OUR CORRESPONDENT avenge the humiliation. istered at Vasant Kunj (North) tary Satrupa Chakravarty and Mohit went outside the main a JNU student for several On Saturday, when she OUR CORRESPONDENT The father of the deceased, police station on Sunday against union members Amal Pulla- gate to dismantle a CCTV cam- days, Delhi Police arrested a spotted him outside her hos- GHAZIABAD: Following the a priest by profession, hails Jawaharlal Nehru University rkkat, Dileep Yadav and Abhay, era, reportedly worth Rs 32,000. 26-year-old Munirka-based tel, she immediately contacted GURUGRAM: Hit by the alleged rape and murder of from Gorakhpur. The police Students' Union (JNUSU) presi- began arguing with the workers. The CCTV installation youth on Saturday. the police, following which a Supreme Court's order on the five-year-old daughter of have detained the father of the dent Mohit Kumar Pandey and The argument soon turned team soon left and informed The accused, Shailesh team was sent to the spot and extending the liquor ban to a priest in Indirapuram, Gha- accused person and other rel- five other office holders, after into a minor scuffle and Mohit University administration was Kumar, was picked up from the accused was apprehended. hotels and restaurants on high- ziabad, heavy police force was atives to inquire about all the they forcibly removed CCTV and other union members alleg- informed about the incident. a girl's hostel inside the JNU "On Saturday, we received ways along with liquor vends, deployed in the area to ensure possible hideouts. cameras from the University's edly dismantled a CCTV cam- Police said an FIR was filed campus. a PCR call from a girl's hostel the stakeholders have decided proper state of law and order "The post-mortem report Brahmaputra hostel. era outside the hostel and forced against Pandey, Chakravarty According to police, the in JNU campus about a stalker. to meet the government offi- on Sunday, while the accused confirms that the girl was Acting on a court order, the the staff to stop the installation and union members Pullarkkat, case came to light when the A police team reached the spot cials to seek a way out of the is yet to be traced. raped before being killed. University administration had work. The workers claimed that Yadav and Abhay under sections complainant reported that and arrested the youth. The ban. On Thursday, the girl had Three people have been started the process of installing they were pushed around by 341 (wrongful restraint) and she was being stalked by the arrested person is a college "We are planning to meet gone missing from her home detained by the police and dif- CCTV cameras across the cam- the students and one of them 427 (mischief causing damage accused from the past couple dropout and works at a shop the tourism minster to apprise and was found dead in an ferent teams of the police are pus on Sunday. was hurt. worth Rs 50) on the basis of a of days. The girl had repeatedly in his locality," said a senior him of the enormous losses to under-construction build- conducting raids at all the sus- The administration roped In their complaint, the work- complaint lodged by the varsity spurned his advances but he police official. both states and to the industry. ing on Friday night. After pected locations to arrest the in system analyst Satyendra, ers claimed that as soon they administration. kept pursuing her and would Based on the girl's com- The total consolidated loss being cremated on Saturday, accused who is absconding," graphics analyst Deepak, secu- reached the corridor outside Meanwhile, JNUSU has stand outside her hostel at odd plaint, a case under sections will be around 1 lakh crore," the infuriated local residents said Salman Taj Patil, Superin- rity in-charge Naveen Yadav and the hostel, several students claimed that the JNU admin- hours. 354D (stalking) and 506 National Restaurant Associa- demanded the immediate tendent of Police, Ghaziabad. three other workers for the job. reached the spot and started istration had bypassed many The victim told the police (criminal intimidation) of the tion of India President Riyaaz arrest of the accused. The res- Patil also stated that the Seeing this, several stu- sloganeering. Later, Pandey and rules to impose a 'surveillance that the accused started fol- IPC was registered against the Amlani said. idents, however, turned violent culprit is a drug addict. "He dents gathered around the other office holders joined in state' inside the campus. lowing her and even came youth. The government should after cops failed to trace the does not have mobile phone at least urgently denotify the girl on time even after receiv- otherwise we would have highways that are under the ing timely information. arrested him by putting his With fewer watering holes open, Ggn tipplers head to Delhi municipality limits, he added. The victim's father has mobile on surveillance. Teams Speaking in the similar accused 19-year-old, Afroz, are conducting raids at all the PIYUSH OHRIE hundred pubs and bars, only realised that the pubs and bars Speaking on the impact of Responding on the order vein, Bird Hospitality Executive who reportedly arrived in the possible locations. We will in the Cyber Hub area, cannot in Cyber Hub have actually been the Apex Court judgement, prohibiting them from serving Director Ankur Bhatia said: area from Bihar 10 days before arrest the culprit at the earliest. GURUGRAM: The closure of serve alcoholic beverages to its prohibited from serving alco- a bar owner in Cyber Hub, alcohol, an association of heads "What we are expecting that the incident. Afroz had earlier "An FIR has been regis- bars and pubs situated along customers anymore. holic beverages. A similar situ- requesting anonymity, said: "The of hotel and restaurant in Guru- the government will denotify stayed in the priest's house as tered under sections of mur- the Delhi-Jaipur Highway in The impact of the judge- ation prevailed at bars situated closure of more than hundred gram on Sunday said: "How can the highways as some state gov- a tenant but was asked to leave der, attempt to rape and Gurugram has led most mil- ment has also been felt by five- along NH-8. Ultimately, I and pubs and bars will surely affect one relocate hotels? The ban on ernments have already done". after a spat. provisions of Protection of lennials in Gurugram to ven- star hotels and watering holes my friends decided to head to a lot of business and will add sale of alcoholic beverages will The overall impact of the Residents claimed that Children from Sexual Offences ture to pubs and bars of Delhi located at Sector Road and Delhi to enjoy our weekend," to our losses. Already the state affect the business of foreign ban is huge as most of the Afroz committed the crime to Act," added Patil. for the weekend. Sohna Road. said Rohan Dua, a Gurugram- government has increased the tourism and wedding functions hotels and restaurants are on Most millennials expressed District authorities in the based youth. excise fee of pubs and bars in in the city." the highways, and it is impos- their dismay over the Supreme city swung into action from Sat- Dua added: "I feel that the city from Rs 12 lakh to Rs Expressing optimism over sible to relocate them while it is Court order directing closure of urday, giving notices to various rather than banning the units 15 lakh. A new location at Golf the situation, Meghna, another easier to relocate liquor vends, CITY BRIEFS bars and watering holes located establishments in the city not to that serve alcoholic beverages, Course Road and Golf Course Gurugram millennial said: "I he added. within 500 m of national and serve alcoholic beverages. action must be taken against Extension is going to cost us hope that the state government The stakeholders had met SDMC UNVEILS PERFORMANCE REPORT state highways. Friday's judge- "First, I thought it was an people who actually violate traf- even more. Also, we will have will take some steps to look into on Sunday to chalk out a strat- 2012-2017 ment means that more than April Fools prank. Later, I fic rules when they are drunk." to take care of costs of the staff." this matter." egy going forward. NEW DELHI: South Delhi Municipal Corporation Property tax: (SDMC) leaders on Sunday presented the Perfor- Student fraternity stands by Braving sweltering heat, mance Report for the period between 2012 and Rs 294 cr lands 2017. The leaders said that the Corporation has set a Ggn parents march against high standard of service to the people during the last beleaguered African friends five years. in MCG kitty RAHUL SINGH overcharging pvt schools SECOND UNDERPASS OPENS IN OUR CORRESPONDENT The Indian students have been in GREATER NOIDA: Racial regular contact with the district OUR CORRESPONDENT said Dev Kumar, one of the GURUGRAM'S GOLF COURSE ROAD GURUGRAM: The 25 percent tension in the city seems protesting. GURUGRAM: After the opening of the 1.2 km long discount offered by Municipal to have eased, as Indian administration and are seeking help for GURUGRAM: A blistering "Imagine the plight of the Sikanderpur Underpass, a second underpass was Corporation of Gurugram students from different col- their African friends Sunday did not deter hundreds middle-class parents who will opened for commuters at the Golf Course road. The (MCG) has led to rich leges of Greater Noida have of parents who carried out a have to pay more than a lakh second underpass, also 1.2 km long, will ease traffic dividends for the municipal come out in support of Afri- protest march against hefty as school fees for their chil- bottlenecks between DLF Phase-I and Global Foyer body in the Millennium City, can students who were victims Indian students from dif- have gone through tremen- fee hike by private schools in dren. The measures adopted Business Park. with the civic body having of racially-motivated attacks ferent institutions expressed dous pressure in the past few Gurugram. by certain private schools are collected Rs 294 crores in in the city. their shock and disappoint- days. Our Indian friends have The parents, many who completely unjustified and the PLAINT AGAINST PRASHANT BHUSHAN property tax. The Indian students have ment at the brutality meted stood for us and we are thank- have children enrolled in pri- state government must take NEW DELHI: A BJP spokesman filed a police com- More than 1,75,000 been in regular contact with out to African students, who ful to them. They take us to the vate schools, marched to the note of illegal actions adopted plaint against advocate Prashant Bhushan for outrag- residents in the city across the the district administration and were accused for the death of a college in their own vehicles Mini Secretariat at Civil Lines by them," added Kumar. four zones of MCG have so far are seeking help for their Afri- local student's last week. and remain close to us in the area. However, the parents were ing religious sentiments. The complaint was filed after paid their property tax. can friends. The fear among mem- classes also. Efforts made by Protesting under the ban- stopped mid-way by police and Bhushan drew comparisons between Lord Krishna and With more than Rs 137 "Our heads stooped low bers of the African commu- the police are also admirable. ner of All India Parents Forum denied permission to enter the eve teasers on Twitter, over the recent anti-Romeo crore in collections, MCG when few Nigerian stu- nity reached such a high that Soon, we can expect the situ- for Education, the protestors Mini Secretariat. squad controversy. The complaint was filed at Tilak Zone-III region – which dents faced the brunt of the they were afraid to go out ations to become all gentle for also demanded the auditing Even after being stopped Marg police station. Police are yet to register an FIR. consists of many posh colonies racial bias and were alone, prompting the district us" said Abdulla, an African of accounts of private schools. by police, the angry parents and major commercial centres attacked and severely beaten administration to deploy PAC student at Sharda University. "With no checks and bal- refused to leave the area and AAP'S SANJAY SINGH ATTACKED – recorded the highest up. The incident was a force at malls and universities. "We are thankful to the ances, most private schools dispersed only after submitting NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh collection from any zone, with total failure of the law and They were escorted by cops to efforts made by the police and in the city are now looting us a memorandum against the was on Sunday attacked by a woman party worker, a significant margin. order. Since then, we have mosque and nearby markets. the townspeople in providing openly. Recently, DPSG School private schools to the Guru- identified as Simranjeet Kaur, during a road show. Zone-III was followed been making various efforts "The situation hasus security and helping us to in Palam Vihar increased their gram divisional commissioner. Singh was campaigning for the upcoming civic polls by Zone-IV with Rs 66 to provide a more familial improved a lot in the last cou- recover from the trauma" said fee by as much as 400 percent. With protests against hefty crore, Zone-II with Rs 62 and safe atmosphere to our ple of days. As everyone is Zaharaddeen Mohammad, Not only this, most of these school fees increasing in num- along with several other party leaders and workers in crore and Zone-I with Rs foreign friends," said Jitendra standing by our side, we can National Academic Coordi- private schools are also forc- ber in the city, a high level Tilak Nagar area when the incident happened. 26 crore in property tax Sharma, a student of Galgotias now go to nearby markets and nator, Association of African ing us to buy stationery from meeting by the district authori- collections. University. can resume classes too. We students in India. them at a much higher cost," ties is planned on April 5. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 mp nation ‘Legal aid officers to be appointed GST: Tax evasion Govt committed to complete in 200 districts’ of over Rs 5 crore ALLAHABAD: The govern- ment would appoint facilita- freedom of judiciary: Prasad tion officers in 200 districts of non-bailable offence the country where cases older OUR CORRESPONDENT Court collegium over Mem- than 10 years are pending in MPOST BUREAU orandum of Procedure, the court, Union Law Minister ALLAHABAD: Government Centre has often faulted the Ravi Shankar Prasad said on NEW DELHI: Tax evasion of is committed to complete judiciary over the vacancies in Sunday. These officers would over Rs 5 crore under the GST independence of the judiciary, lower courts. help the poor people coordi- regime would be non-bailable Union Law Minister Ravi However, the Supreme nate with the government and offence with the police having Shankar Prasad said on Sunday. Court collegium last month the courts and work towards authority to make an arrest He urged lawyers to volun- finalised the MoP for appoint- getting their cases heard in fast- without a warrant. teer to help the poor get access ment of judges in the higher track courts, he said. The Central GST (CGST) to justice and highlighted the judiciary, ending a year-long Prasad said there are around Act provides that if the offences steps being taken by the Cen- face-off with the executive by 2.5 lakh common service cen- relating to taxable goods and/ tre to reduce pendency, includ- agreeing to include the conten- tres (CSCs) in the country or services where the amount ing minimising litigation by tious clause of national security which are run by women and of tax evaded or the amount the State and meeting the long- in selection of judges. youth where PAN cards, Aad- of input tax credit wrongly standing demand of filling up PM Narendra Modi with Chief Justice of India Justice J S Khehar, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, UP Governor Hailing the contributions haar cards are made and other availed or the amount of refund GST will be vacant posts of judges. Ram Naik and CM Yogi Adityanath during the Sesquicentennial Celebrations of Allahabad High Court on Sunday of advocates in the freedom digital services are provided. wrongly taken exceeds Rs 5 "The Prime Minister has struggle, the Minister said "We will train people and crore, shall be cognizable and implemented said that government is com- dras (facilitation centres) that process is on for finalising a speaking in the presence of luminaries like Mahatma Gan- attach them with CSC. There non-bailable. mitted to independence of the will be devoted to speedy dis- national litigation policy. Prime Minister Narendra dhi, Sardar Patel and Rajen- are poor people who need jus- In a 223-page FAQ on judiciary and that it should be posal of such cases as may have "Already, I have at the direc- Modi, Uttar Pradesh Governor dra Prasad had placed an ideal tice and they should get proper Goods and Services Tax (GST), from July 1: complete," Prasad said at the been pending for 10 years or tion of the Prime Minister writ- Ram Naik and Chief Minister of "kaabil vakil, tyaagi neta" legal advice before the hearing the CBEC said other offences closing ceremony of the Alla- more. "A pilot project for legal ten to chief ministers of states Yogi Adityanath, among others. (competent lawyer, sacrificing of a case,” he said. The min- under the act are non-cogni- Meghwal habad High Court's sesquicen- aid was being launched for and my colleagues in the Union There are nearly 5,000 leader) which all ought to fol- ister said in the phase-II of zable and bailable. tennial celebrations. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar," the Council of Ministers to ensure vacancies in the subordinate low. Prasad also recalled land- e-computing, the district law The government has set a KOLKATA: Union Min- He said the government is minister said. that the number of cases filed judiciary and the pendency. mark judgements passed by the service authorities would be target date of July 1 for roll out ister of State for Finance committed to reducing pen- Prasad exhorted those by the government is reduced There are as many as 2.7 crore Allahabad High Court, includ- computerised. Prasad exhorted of the GST, which will subsume Arjum Ram Meghwal on dency of cases, an issue high- involved in the legal profes- as far as possible. cases pending in subordinate ing the one whereby the elec- those involved in the legal central excise, service tax, VAT Sunday expressed confi- lighted by Prime Minister sion to help the government "There has been a long- courts, and 38.7 lakh cases tion of the then Prime Minister profession to help the govern- and other local levies. dence that the historic tax Narendra Modi as well as Chief in achieving its objectives by standing demand for filling pending in the high courts. Indira Gandhi was declared ment in achieving its objec- As per the FAQ, cognizable reform Goods and Services Justice of India J S Khehar at devoting their time and energy up of vacant posts of judges. While the appointments in illegal and another one way tives by devoting their time offence means serious category Tax (GST) will roll out from the event. in cases "that may be pro bono That too will be taken care of," the higher judicary have been back in 1901 which held that a and energy in cases “that may of offences in respect of which July 1. "100 per cent GST will "As a step in this direction and may not bring public- Prasad said. delayed over the tussle between widow was entitled to receive be pro bono and may not bring a police officer has the author- be implemented from July we are setting up sahayata ken- ity". The Minister said that the The Union Minister was the Centre and the Supreme maintenance publicity”. MPOST ity to make an arrest without a 1," Meghwal said here when warrant and to start an investi- asked on GST roll out. gation with or without the per- "In the last meeting four mission of a court. rules had been approved and ‘Food safety issue neglected in India’ Non-cognizable offence the next meeting is in Sri- Education, healthcare means relatively less serious nagar," he said on the side- MPOST BUREAU mittee has also recommended manner." The FSSAI was estab- offences in respect of which lines of ICC organised on that the results of all food items lished in 2006 and the status of a police officer does not have investment opportunities in NEW DELHI: A parliamen- being tested should be adver- safety, regulation, manufactur- to be out of GST the authority to make an arrest African country Democratic tary panel has asked the health tised in newspapers and social ing, processing, distribution, without a warrant and an inves- Republic of Congo. MPOST department to take necessary media to make people aware. sale and import of food items MPOST BUREAU good and services will be charged in the new tigation cannot be initiated measures to arrest underutili- The parliamentary commit- for human consumption shows indirect tax regime that is being targeted for without a court order, it said. tion 436 of the Code of Crimi- sation of funds by the country's tee on Demands for Grants for a "dreary" picture in India, the NEW DELHI: Education, healthcare and pil- rollout from July 1. Adhia said the endeavour Outlining the safeguards to nal Procedure, 1973. food safety regulator FSSAI 2017-18 for the Department committee said. grimages will continue to be out of service tax would be to maintain the current tax incidence be taken during arrest, the FAQ The FAQ provides that, if a and ensure strengthening of the of Health and Family Wel- Slow progress of develop- net even under the GST regime as the Centre is on a commodity or service at the same level in said if a person is arrested for person does not appear before food testing system in a time- fare noted that there has been mental activities and initiatives against giving any shock in the first year of the the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. a cognizable offence, he must a CGST/SGST officer who has bound manner. a "consistent trend" of unde- would hamper the quality of rollout by bringing in new services. GST will subsume central levies like excise be informed in writing of the issued the summon, he is liable It said the safety and rutilisation of funds in 2014-15, work being rendered in the Besides making a strong case to the GST duty on manufactured products and service tax grounds of arrest and he must to a penalty of up to Rs 25,000. standardisation of food is a 2015-16 and 2016-17. context of safety and standardi- Council for not touching services that are out on rendering of services as well as state VAT on be produced before a magis- Also, the tax department "neglected" area in India and The committee, chaired by sation of food items, it noted. of tax net currently, the Centre will also pitch sale, to make for a national sales tax that will be trate within 24 hours of his have guidelines to ensure that the health department, under Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Since there are numerous for keeping concessional rate for services like levied at the time of consumption of a product arrest. If a person is arrested for summon provisions are not which the Food Safety and Yadav, "expects the department domains under the FSSAI, transport at the current level, Revenue Secre- or service. Adhia said the approach for the GST a non-cognizable and bailable misused by field officers. Standards Authority of India to take appropriate measures underutilisation of budgeted tary Hasmukh Adhia said. rollout would be to avoid any shock in the first offence, the Deputy/ Assistant As per the guidelines, (FSSAI) falls, needs to focus to arrest shortfall in utilisation funds indicates "negligence" The GST Council, headed by Union Finance year and any review for inclusion of a service Commissioner of CGST/SGST summons are to be issued as more on this field. of budgetary funds and ensure in this area and "poor" finan- Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising represen- or change in rate could be done in the second can release him on bail and he a "last resort where assessees Emphasising the need for that the strengthening of food cial planning on the part of tatives of all states, is scheduled to meet in Sri- or third year of the implementation based on will be subject to the same pro- are not co-operating and this ample provisioning of mobile testing systems and laborato- the authorities concerned, the nagar on May 18-19 to decide on rates various revenue realisation. visions as an officer in-charge should not be used for the top food testing labs, the com- ries is done in a time-bound committee said. of a police station under sec- management. ICA - 635(13)/2017 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 While some pelt stones, others UP govt wants ghar wapsi of its honest officers carve tunnels out of stone: Modi DHIRENDRA KUMAR Yogi’s first OUR CORRESPONDENT are eyeing Kashmir, saying NEW DELHI: In an attempt “they can’t even take care of to keep its promise of provid- cabinet meet UDHAMPUR (J&K): Send- themselves”. ing corruption-free governance, ing out a message to the mis- He said his government the Yogi-led Uttar Pradesh gov- guided youth of Kashmir, was committed to ensure ernment is mulling to recall its on April 4 Prime Minister Narendra fast-paced development of talented and honest officers Modi on Sunday said “40 years Jammu and Kashmir, which serving outside the state on LUCKNOW: Over a of bloodshed” has not bene- would also tell the people liv- deputation. UP CM Adityanath Yogi fortnight after taking fitted anyone and that they ing under “occupation” in the According to sources, a oath, Uttar Pradesh should choose tourism over other parts of the state how letter in this regard has been and IPS officers are also com- terrorism to ensure the state’s they are being destroyed. written to the Centre by the ing forward to contribute their Chief Minister Yogi development and well-being. At the event attended by UP government requesting the role in the state’s development. Adityanath will hold He again invoked former Governor N N Vohra, Chief cadre controlling department to There are several officers who his first cabinet meet- Prime Minister Atal Bihari Minister Mehbooba Mufti and prepare a list of officers willing had sought central deputation ing on April 4 where Vajpayee’s slogan of ‘Kash- some union and state minis- to serve in their parent cadre during Akhilesh Yadav regime key issues in the miriyat, Jamhooriyat, Insani- ters, Modi promised to stand after consulting with officers. due to some ‘obvious’ reasons,” yat (Kashmirism, democracy shoulder-to-shoulder in the Besides, the officers of UP cadre the source said, adding that the BJP’s poll manifesto, and humanity)’ and said this development of Jammu and have also been asked to send only objective behind the move especially farm loan “prime motto” will be used for Kashmir and sought the coop- their willingness to the state is make UP a crime free and waiver, are likely to be taking the state to new heights eration of the people in this directly. corruption free state. taken up. of development and “no obsta- regard. “As Chief Minister Yogi At present there are about “The cabinet meet- cle can stop us”. “I want to tell the mis- PM Narendra Modi visits Chenani-Nashri Tunnel in Chenani (J&K) on Sunday Adityanath led BJP govern- 88 officers of UP cadre on cen- Modi, who was on a brief guided youth of Kashmir ment is committed to take firm tral deputation. The Centre has ing will be held in the visit here to inaugurate the valley, realise the power of a steps against corruption, the requested to shift officers like evening on April 4,” country’s longest road tun- stone. On one hand, there are PM inaugurates India’s longest road tunnel proposal to recall officers with OSD to Agriculture Minister state Health Minister nel between Kashmir and some misguided youth who clean record would be a major Durga Shakti Nagpal, senior OUR CORRESPONDENT Siddharth Nath Singh Jammu, used the occasion to pelt stones, on the other hand, dedicated to the nation by ister then posed for a photo- step in the direction to overhaul IAS Avnish Awasthi, who had told reporters here. tell the stone-pelters of the there are youth from the same the Prime Minister here in graph with the engineers who the ‘old’ system. The officers also served as Gorakhpur DM, valley that stones can be used Kashmir who carve stones to CHENANI (J&K): Prime presence of Jammu and Kash- were involved in construction serving on deputation in the Mines Secretary Balvinder Speaking in Vara- for better purposes – building build infrastructure,” he said. Minister Narendra Modi mir Governor N N Vohra and of the tunnel. Centre and other states have Kumar, etc to their parent cadre. nasi, state Agriculture infrastructure. The message was clearly for on Sunday inaugurated the Chief Minister Mehbooba The tunnel, bypassing been requested to send their Recently, Adityanath had Minister Surya Pratap Addressing a rally here, he the youth who are indulge in country's longest road tun- Mufti. snow-bound upper reaches, consent to the DoPT at earli- said that officials with clean Shahi said a proposal told the Kashmiri youth that stone-pelting in the Kashmir nel that links Kashmir Valley After the inauguration, will reduce the journey time est,” the sources said. and honest image would get if they ignore the “invaluable valley and thus risk their lives. with Jammu by an all-weather Modi, along with Vohra and by two hours and provide According to the sources, key postings in the state. “All has been prepared tradition of sufi culture”, they “I want to tell the Kashmiri route and reduces the dis- Mehbooba, travelled in an a safe, all- weather route the officers, who were forced to out steps will be taken to curb for loan waiver of would “lose the present and youth, there are two paths in tance by 31 kms. open jeep through the tunnel to commuters travelling leave the state during Akhilesh corruption for which working farmers and it will put your future into darkness”. front of you which can deter- The 9-km long 'Chenani for some distance. from Jammu and Udham- Yadav regime due to “politi- will be made transparent in all be presented before In a veield manner, the mine your future – one is tour- Nashri Tunnel', built at the The Prime Minister, the pur to Ramban, Banihal and cal interference” are the first the state government depart- the cabinet at its first Prime Minister also hit out ism, the other is terrorism,” cost of Rs 2,500 crore, was Governor and the Chief Min- Srinagar. choice of the government. “As ments and schemes,” the Chief at the rulers of Pakistan who he said. there is a new regime in UP, IAS Minister had said. meeting. MPOST Constable killed, NATION BRIEFS 11 bodies, 4 human 15 security BJP rubbishes Pak claim ANDHRA TOPS LIST AS OVER 2.23 LAKH personnel injured STUDENTS TO APPEAR FOR VITEEE-2017 skulls recovered in grenade attack on Jinnah’s ‘South Court’ VELLORE: VIT University has yet again created his- tory with a whopping 2.23 lakh set to appear for VIT SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE SRINAGAR: Engineering Entrance Examination 2017. This year, the A police from Bhakra canal constable was killed NEW DELHI: In a twist in the university has registered 2,23,081 students for VITEEE, tale on Sunday, the committee’s whereas the number was 2,12,238 last year. In addi- JIND (HR): Eleven “highly the water level was down sub- and 15 other security chairperson on ‘Enemy Prop- tion, this year the university also received 10,843 more decomposed” bodies, including stantially. We recovered eleven personnel were in- erty’ and BJP’s national secre- applications, which show the brand’s reputation among of a woman, and four human bodies from various locations jured in a grenade at- tary Bhupendra Singh Yadav students across the nation. Announcing the results, VIT skulls were recovered on Sun- inside the canal,” Jind’s Super- tack by the militants said that Mohammad Ali Jin- day from Bhakra canal here intendent of Police, Shashank in Nowhatta area of nah’s house at ‘Malabar Hill’ in Chancellor G Viswanathan said that the university’s during its annual maintenance, Anand, said. Mumbai cannot be ‘taken over’ in any part of the territories to they are citizens of India or of record placement this year and its thrust to create police said. He said that one body the city on Sunday. by Pakistan. which this Act extends.” another country which is not innovation in academics has propelled the increase in The bodies were recov- has been identified and the Militants hurled According to the senior poli- ‘Evacuee property’ means an enemy, (ii) nationals of an patronage among students. ered near Narwana and Garhi deceased was from Patiala. the grenade on a tician ‘South Court’ is an Evac- “any property of an evacuee, and enemy country who subse- PREZ LAYS FOUNDATION STONE OF ESI areas of the canal, which enters The Punjab Police has been police party next to uee property. ‘Evacuee means includes any property which quently changed their nation- Haryana from Punjab. informed in this regard, he Ganjbaksh Park in ‘a person who on account of has been obtained by any per- ality to that of another country, While eight bodies were added. the setting up of the Domin- son from an evacuee after the etc. HOSPITAL IN JHARKHAND’S DEOGHAR recovered from Narwana, three A case has been registered Nowhatta area at ions of India and Pakistan or 14th day of August, 1947, by The central government had bodies and four skulls were under relevant provisions of around 7.00 pm when on account of civil disturbances any mode of transfer which is also designated some properties found from Garhi, police said. the law, a Narwana police offi- they were withdraw- or the fear of such disturbances, not effective by reason of the belonging to nationals of Paki- “Eight bodies were recov- cial said, adding possibilities of ing from there after leaves or has, on or after the 1st provisions contained in Sec. 40.” stan and China as ‘enemy prop- ered from the canal near more bodies being found from day of March, 1947, left, any Whereas, the “Enemy Prop- erties’ during the 1962, 1965 Dhakal village in Narwana,” the canal cannot be ruled out. day long law and place in a State for any place out- erty” Act, 1968 defined an and 1971 conflicts. On March a police official of the Sadar “We have kept the bodies order duty, a police side the territories now form- “enemy” as a country (and its 25, BJP MLA Prabhat Mangal Police Station, Narwana, said. for their identification in gov- official said. He said ing part of India, or who has, citizens) that committed exter- Lodha resurrected the Jinnah Police is contemplating ernment hospital at Narwana 16 security personnel after the 18th day of October, nal aggression against India (i.e., debate in Maharashtra Assem- going for DNA test for identi- and are in touch with our coun- were injured in the 1949, transferred to Pakistan, Pakistan and China). However bly. He called for demolition of fication of the bodies. terparts in Punjab and Him- without the previous approval the latest Ordinance expands Jinnah House saying it “was the “The canal was shut down achal Pradesh,” the police grenade blast. of the Custodian, his assets or this definition to include: (i) place from where the conspiracy for annual maintenance and official said. MPOST any part, of his assets situated legal heirs of enemies even if of Partition was hatched.” TEEMING WITH DEVOTEES RANCHI: President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foun- 50 pc of police posts vacant in dation stone of 100 bedded ESI Hospital at Karon, Deoghar (Jharkhand) along with inaugurationof UP; national average at 24 pc projects of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepre- OUR CORRESPONDENT a shortage 35 per cent of the neurship on Sunday. Imparting skill training to youth total strength. The sanctioned is the key for creating huge employment, President NEW DELHI: Vacancy in strength for Karnataka is Pranab Mukherjee said on Sunday. “Basic problem Uttar Pradesh Police stood at 1,10,210 personnel and it is fac- of India is job creation... it can be solved by imparting a whopping 50 per cent, more ing a shortage of 39,276 police skill training to the youth as more than 50 per cent of than double the national aver- personnel. India’s population is young,” the President said while age of 24 per cent. Following Karnataka is The total sanctioned West Bengal, where around dedicating 35 skill development centres to the nation strength of police personnel highest population and is 33 per cent of the posts in online. “Skill development is the only answer to create in all states and Union Terri- termed as the “worst state” in civil and armed police forces employment,” he said, lauding Narendra Modi gov- tories is 22,80,691, of which India in terms of law and order is lying vacant. The sanctioned ernment’s Skill India drive. 5,49,025 or 24.02 per cent is by the National Crime Records police strength for the state is lying vacant, officials said. Bureau (NCRB), is facing a 1,01,482, out of which 33,630 In Uttar Pradesh, there are shortage of 1.81 lakh person- posts are lying vacant, they only 1.81 lakh police person- nel, they said. said. nel working against the sanc- In 2015, the state had regis- Among the states and UTs, tioned strength of 3.63 lakhs, to tered 1,239 cases per 1,00,000 only Nagaland and Dadra and take care of the state’s 21 crore population. Nagar Haveli have more num- population. Uttar Pradesh was followed ber of policemen than the sanc- Devotees pay obeisance to the sun god on the occasion of Chaiti Chhath Puja at River of Ganga in Patna on Sunday The state, which has the by Karnataka, where there is tioned strength. Centre Is poll-bound Himachal a cakewalk for BJP? grants VIP RAJA AWASTHI nected to the state’s economy. career, Virbhadra Singh never The budgetary deficit will keep ever believed in second com- security NEW DELHI: The first round on piling up if Himachal hopes mand or second rung of lead- of battle in 2017 goes the BJP to march ahead with the increas- ership that is why the state cover to OPS way with the Assembly elec- ing debt liability. Congress is facing a big vac- tions in five states are over. The Is Himachal heading uum after him. At the age of 84, NEW DELHI: Former Tamil BJP has done overwhelming towards a debt trap? The oppo- Singh still is projecting himself Nadu Chief Minister O Pan- well forming government in sition has to rise and speak if for the chief ministership. This neerselvam has been accorded four states. Punjab falls in the state’s economy looks weaker has not gone down well with a VIP security cover by the Congress kitty; courtesy- Capt and people’s income has the masses. Central government in view Amarinder Singh’s undisputed increased, political observers While on the other hand, of potential threats to him. leadership and mass base. Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections are likely to be held in late 2017 feel. The issue of unemployment Dhumal is keeping all his cards Officials said the Union Now much is on stake for letter by Union Finance Minis- tion in Revenue Deficit Grant allowance gained momentum in close to chest as Modi was state Home Ministry has sanctioned both PM Narendra Modi and try recently says that Himach- coupled with increased salary the recent past but state’s exche- incharge in 1998 when Dhumal the lowest category of ‘Y’ secu- BJP president Amit Shah as their al’s debt liability will increase to burden due to pay scale revi- quer gets depleted whenever took over the reins as the Chief rity cover of central paramili- home state is next in election Rs 45,213. 30 crore till March sion by Punjab Government and any decision is taken on politi- Minister. Both are mass leaders tary forces and has asked the radar. The congress-ruled Him- 31, 2017 but the government is followed by Himachal Govern- cal considerations. but Dhumal is considered to CRPF to take charge of the achal Pradesh is also to face elec- indulging in extravagant expen- ment in 2012 as Congress came Besides the financial situa- be more accessible than Virb- security of the former CM. tions this year. Both the states diture. The loan is continuously back to power. The state govern- tion the political heat in both hadra in the state. The political They said a recent incident are up for grab for the BJP and rising even as Centre is provid- ment has raised all market loans the parties is also flurry. Though churning has already started of hurling of stones on the vehi- it seems it will be a cake walk ing Rs. 40,625 crore to the state only after obtaining the approval local leaders in the BJP are with Chief Minister Virbhadra cle of Panneerselvam, who has for the saffron party. With its under Revenue Deficit Grant. of Government of India. claiming a bumper (landslide) Singh recent sprang a surprise revolted against the leadership victory over Himachal, the BJP The Congress government The opposition has alleged victory and many believe that which he is duly known for by of ruling AIADMK, in the will inch closer to its dream of has raised a loan of Rs. 17,000 major corruption allegation’s Congress might stand with a offering his Assembly seat to Theni district of the state and ‘Congress-mukt Bharat.’ crore during four and a half against the CM and his cabinet tally of single digit in forthcom- his son Vikramaditya, saying few other similar developments The idyllic hilly state is in years of its present tenure. colleagues. The question raised ing assembly elections in the he would himself like to contest prompted a security audit by ICA-T643(3)2017 shamble with debt liability of Increase in debt during recent by Leader of Opposition Prem house of 68. from a seat which Congress has central intelligence and secu- more than Rs 40,000 Crore. A years is because of sharp reduc- Kumar Dhumal is directly con- In his 55 years of political never won. rity agencies. MPOST 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 mp nation SC BAN ON LIQUOR SALE India steps up black Watering holes along money hunt, seeks Swiss details of over 10 highways not high but dry NEW DELHI/BERNE: Step- ping up its hunt for black OUR CORRESPONDENT "The Supreme Court order would money stashed abroad, India impact about 60 to 70 per cent liquor has approached Switzerland NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Thousands licences issued in the state," the Asso- for banking details of at least of watering holes, iconic clubs and ciation's General Secretary Honnagiri ten persons and entities sus- swanky pubs were left high and dry as Gowda said. pected to have kept untaxed authorities went full steam to enforce a In Goa, some 30 per cent of liquor money in Swiss banks. Supreme Court order banning liquor outlets have shut down following the These include two listed sale along highways while states gauged Supreme Court order. Chief Minister textile companies, while oth- revenue losses. Manohar Parrikar yesterday met rep- ers are associated with an art In Delhi, 100 restaurants, liquor resentatives of liquor traders to look at curator and his carpet export vends and bars, including those in five their issues. business. star hotels, along the six national high- In West Bengal, the police and excise Switzerland's tax depart- There are also some compa- "administrative assistance", ways passing through the state stopped were keeping a vigil on both the national ment issued notices to them nies incorporated in tax havens including access to bank serving alcohol. and state highways so that the order was last week to reply within 30 like Panama and British Virgin account details of the persons The state's excise department is plan- strictly followed. days to appeal the decision Islands. Most of the companies and the companies suspected ning more action but is already flooded Not a single liquor outlet was open about providing 'administra- and individuals are associated to have stashed undisclosed with representations from licence hold- on Kona Expressway, Bombay Road. tive assistance' in information with a carpet export business funds in banks in Switzerland, ers, who claim their outlets do not fall Some had even “Bar Closed” notices. requests from India. and an art curator with opera- after furnishing some evidence within the 500 metres range laid down Several bars in the districts of Howrah, Under its local rules, tions across several countries. to justify the suspicion. by the apex court. Hooghly, South and North 24 Parganas, Switzerland provides a final These are Abdul Rashid As per the local law, Swit- A liquor shop being shifted following Supreme Court directive in Mumbai on Sunday In neighbouring Noida, the number Burdwan were also shut. chance to the concerned per- Mir, Amir Mir, Sabeha Mir, zerland gives an opportunity of vends no longer serving drinks was Sri Mulam Club in Thiruvanthapuram In Chennai, over 35 star category In Rajasthan, out of the total 7760 sons and entities before shar- Mujeeb Mir and Tabassum to the entity concerned to 42 while out of total 292 bars in Guru- would miss their drinks as the bars in hotels serving liquor in and around the liquor shops in the state, 2800 fell within ing the information about Mir. The companies named challenge the sharing of infor- gram, the Supreme Court order would these places have been shut. city and around 250 elsewhere in Tamil the 500 meter radius from highways. suspected cases of tax crimes in these notices include Cot- mation, before providing the impact 106, officials said. Overall in Kerala, one of the high- Nadu would be affected, it is estimated. “Nearly 2800 shops in Rajasthan with any foreign jurisdiction. tage Industries Exposition, assistance to the requesting In Maharashtra, the liquor ban on est liquor consuming states, 1,956 Business has taken a blow in Mahe were affected due to the Supreme court These notices are made public Modale SA and Progress Ven- nation. highways has affected at least 1,000 star liquor bars and toddy shops have been enclave in Puducherry where liquor is order. Most of the shops were shifted through gazette notifications if tures Group. The Swiss notices mention hotels, the Indian Hotel And Restaurant affected. cheaper than Kerala attracting tipplers elsewhere from their highway location they are not reachable directly Some of these names had the names of individuals, their Association (AHAR) president Adarsh These include outlets run by the from neighbouring districts. At least 32 and remaining few were closed because by the concerned banks or the figured in the leaked Panama nationality and dates of birth. Shetty said. Beverages Corporation and Consum- shops come within the 500 meters range of non-availability of suitable location,” tax department. Papers too, but several of them In case of companies, their These include the VIP Lounge in erfed, 11 bars in five star hotels, bars in in in Mahe. O P Yadav, the Excise Commissioner At least ten such notices including the two listed firms names and the countries of the city's domestic airport, he claimed. 18 clubs, 586 beer wine parlours and Puducherry PWD Minister A said. concerning individuals and have denied any wrongdoing. incorporation are mentioned. Maharashtra government expects 1,132 toddy shops which have been told Namassivayam said that the overall Haryana government officials expect companies with Indian links Earlier, the notices were India has shot off 'admin- it would lose an annual Rs 7,000 crore, to stop serving liquor. revenue loss to the Union Territory is about 200 bars will be closed down in were issued last week -- which issued by Switzerland's Federal istrative assistance' requests because of the ban. The state's Excise Kerala is looking at revenue losses expected to be around Rs 60 crores. the wake of the order while the Punjab could be the highest for a Tax Administration (FTA) ask- to Switzerland in several cases Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule as well as the tourism industry being In Karnataka, the state's Wine officials say they are work out the exact country within a week. ing some of them to designate a in recent months seeking has said that alternative ways to increase affected. State Excise Minister G Sud- Merchants Association is consider- number. “Out of 478 bars in Haryana, The notices name two listed representative to exercise their details of Indians suspected the revenue would be explored. hakaran however has made it clear ing meeting Karnataka chief minister 194 bars will be affected by the Supreme textile firms –Neo Corporation "right to be heard" before the to have misused Swiss banks' The visitors to three Trivandrum that the apex court directions would Siddaramaiah with a representation to Court order,” a Haryana government International and SEL Manu- assistance is extended to India. famed high-secrecy walls to Club, Trivandrum Tennis Club and be followed. denotify state highways. official said. facturing Company Ltd. India has been seeking evade taxes. AGENCIES Andhra Cabinet: Naidu Muslims realising terrorrism is SC rejects plea to stop EC asks AAP to approach inducts son, 4 YSRC MLAs attempt to defame Islam: Rajnath MPs from practising HC for vote who switched sides OUR CORRESPONDENT verification NEW DELHI: Home Minister other professions OUR CORRESPONDENT Rajnath Singh on Sunday said NEW DELHI: The Election the country is united against MPOST BUREAU Commission on Sunday told AMARAVATI: Chief Minis- any kind of violence and Mus- the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ter N Chandrababu Naidu's lims have realised that terror- NEW DELHI: The Supreme to approach the Punjab and son Nara Lokesh, four MLAs ism is an attempt to defame Court has dismissed a plea Haryana High Court if it of the opposition YSRC who Islam. "The whole country is seeking to restrict lawmak- wants verification of votes cast crossed over to the ruling TDP, united against terrorism. The ers from practising any other in the Punjab assembly polls and six others were on Sun- Muslims have realised that ter- profession, saying though the with voter-verified paper audit day inducted into the Andhra rorism is an attempt to defame petitioner has a valid point the trail (VVPAT). In a letter to the Pradesh Cabinet while five Islam," he told reporters here issue is beyond the realm of its AAP, the EC wrote: “As regards ministers were dropped. when asked about the violence jurisdiction. your demand for verification Nara Lokesh The first major reorgan- perpetrated by militants in "The prayers made in this of votes cast in EVMs in Pun- isation of the state Council Kala Venkata Rao was taken Jammu and Kashmir. petition do not fall within the imposed on judges and public jab state legislative assembly of Ministers since the forma- into the Cabinet while his sis- He said the security forces realm of our jurisdiction under servants against engaging in with paper trail data of VVPAT, tion of TDP-BJP government ter-in-law Kimidi Mrinalini were giving befitting reply to Article 32 of the Constitution other professions should also your attention is invited to Rule on June 8, 2014, however, trig- was dropped. militants who are creating trou- of India. The writ petition is be applied to the lawmakers. 93 of the Conduct of Elections gered discontent in the TDP. The others from the TDP ble in Kashmir Valley. accordingly dismissed," a "Today, I saw five MPs in Rules 1961.” One of the dropped min- to get Cabinet berths included The Home Minister had bench of Chief Justice J S Khe- the Supreme Court. They have According to the law, the isters, Bojjala Gopala Krishna Pithani Satyanarayana, Nakka on Friday said that Pakistan har and Justice D Y Chandra- come here after signing a reg- control units “sealed under Reddy, resigned from his Ananda Babu, Somireddy was using the social media to chud said. The bench observed ister at 11 AM in Parliament," the provisions of rule 57C Assembly membership. The Chandramohan Reddy, Kalva incite youths in Kashmir to that the petitioner in the matter he told the court. and kept in the custody of the veteran TDP leader from Chit- Srinivasulu and Kothapalli storm encounter sites and help has been affiliated to a political To this, the bench said, District Election Officer shall toor forwarded his resignation Samuel Jawahar. holed-up militants. The strife- party and though he has a valid "Your arguments make sense, not be opened and shall not letter to Assembly Speaker Vijayawada Central MLA torn region had seen a "new point, the court cannot frame but how can we frame policies?" be inspected by, or produced Former Supreme Court judge Justice KT Thomas presents a memento Kodela Sivaprasada Rao this Bonda Umamaheswara Rao, trend" of late in which youths policies in this regard. The petitioner had sought before, any person or author- morning. A copy of the letter who aspired to become a min- from nearby villages gather at to Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the 90th birthday celebrations of "There are doctors who framing of a uniform policy ity except under the orders of was also sent to the CM. ister, announced that he would the sites of encounter between iconic Hindutva renaissance ideologue P Parameswaran, in Kochi became IAS officers and engi- to restrict the lawmakers from a competent court”. Chandrababu spoke to Boj- resign from his post but con- security forces and terrorists Jammu and Kashmir. Last month, Army Chief neers who are diplomats," the practising any other profession. “Hence, you are informed jala over phone and is said to tinue in the party. and pelt stones to help the mili- Director General of Jammu General Bipin Rawat had said court told the petitioner, add- He had said in his plea that that after declaration of result have explained the reason for MPs Kesineni Srinivas and tants escape, he had said. and Kashmir Police S P Vaid that local Kashmiri people ing, "You also have a political members of Parliament "must only alternative available to dropping him. Konakalla Narayana tried to The Home Minister and had said on Thursday that creating hurdles by throwing affiliation." attend Parliament everyday verify the data of votes cast is to Governor E S L Narasim- pacify Bonda but the latter Defence and Finance Minis- youths who storm the encoun- stones at the security personnel The petitioner, advocate and dedicate themselves full- file an election petition before han administered the oath of remained firm on his decision. ter Arun Jaitley had also held ter sites in the Valley to hurl during anti-terror operations and BJP spokesperson Ash- time for the welfare of people" the competent court, that is, office and secrecy to the new Government whip Ch a high-level meeting on Friday stones at security personnel are will be dealt as anti-nationals wini Kumar Upadhyay, told as they have a very important high court concerned,” the ministers at a function near the Prabhakar was also apparently to review security situation in committing suicide. and will face "harsh" actions. the bench that the restriction role in the federal system. EC said. AGENCIES state government's transitional upset that his rival Pithani Saty- headquarters at Velagapudi. anarayana, who joined the TDP The AP Cabinet's strength on the eve of 2014 elections, NATION has now increased to 26. was made a minister. UP’s Banda hottest place at 44.8 deg C BRIEFS The Cabinet now has four In Kadapa district, the POLICY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS members of the Legislative home turf of YSRC chief Y NEW DELHI: Banda in Uttar of the season. The maximum with 43.4 degrees Celsius, nagar and Pilani recorded day Council, including Lokesh who S Jaganmohan Reddy, there Pradesh was the hottest place in temperature was recorded at according to India Meteorolog- temperature of 40.9, 40.8, 40.7 NEW DELHI: Property owners will have to shell out was elected to the state Legisla- was some resentment among the country on Sunday, record- 38 degrees Celsius. However ical Department (IMD) data. and 40.3 degrees respectively, more money in the form of new taxes to be levied by tive Council under the MLAs' those opposed to Adinara- ing a maximum of 44.8 degrees relief seemed to be in the offing In Rajasthan, blistering heat according to the Met depart- the government in the wake of state-sponsored infra- quota last month. yana Reddy, who has been Celsius, while many other cit- for Delhiites as the weatherman continued to affect normal life ment. Maximum temperature structure projects pushing up the prices of land and The four YSRC MLAs, made a minister. ies too registered 40-plus tem- has predicted a dip in tempera- in parts of the state as the mer- in Jaipur and Ajmer was 39.8 buildings in the vicinity. According to a proposed plan who were sworn-in as minis- Rama Subba Reddy, senior peratures as the heat wave tures after April 4. cury soared to 42.4 degrees degrees. In Uttar Pradesh, apart by the Ministry of Urban Development, public invest- ters included R V Sujay Krishna TDP leader from Jammala- onslaught continued in several Chandrapur in Maharash- Celsius in Barmer followed by from Banda, high temperatures Rao, Bhuma Akhila Priya, Ch madugu in Kadapa, strongly parts of the country. tra recorded a maximum of 42.3 degrees in Jaisalmer. were experienced in cities like ment in infrastructure projects like metro line, elevated Adinarayana Reddy, N Amar- opposed the inclusion of Adi- The minimum tempera- 43.8 degrees Celsius and was Churu and Bikaner Gorakhpur, Faizabad, Varanasi, road or Railway project push up the property prices natha Reddy. narayana Reddy in the Cab- ture in national capital Delhi the second hottest place in recorded maximum of 41.5 Allahabad, Lucknow, Mora- in a particular area. On the other hand, the state Veteran TDP leader and inet and threatened to quit settled at 23.9 degrees Celsius, India while Bankura in West and 41.4 degrees respectively dabad, Jhansi, Agra, Meerut, government and urban local bodies reportedly face party's state unit president K the party. making it the hottest morning Bengal was the third hottest while Kota, Jodhpur, Sriganga- Kanpur and Bareilly. AGENCIES shortage of funds, leading to sluggish infrastructure development. To tide over this financial problem, the Ministry has formulated a fund raising scheme –Value RTI pleas on pension issues should be decided in 48 hrs: CIC Capturing Finance (VCF) to capture a part of the increment in value of property due to public investment MPOST BUREAU taining to pension of a person pensioners, it is important that in infrastructure projects, it said. pertains to his/her life and lib- records of their dues should be NEW DELHI: RTI applica- erty which is mandated to be considered as "life and liberty" Govt proposes new RTI draft 70 MILLION MORE PASSENGERS tions seeking pension details replied to within 48 hours as related information under the TRAVELLED IN TRAINS IN 2016-17 should be replied to within 48 per the Right to Information RTI Act. hours as it pertains to the "life (RTI) Act. "The moment RTI appli- rules, seeks public opinion NEW DELHI: Railways has achieved positive growth and liberty" of the elderly, the He said the moment an cation on pension issue is for the 2016-17 fiscal with 70 million more pas- Central Information Com- RTI application on pension received, there should be a NEW DELHI: The govern- How will people know that its discretion allow a prayer sengers travelling in trains than last year, breaking mission has held as it pitched issue is received, there should mechanism at the entry stage ment has proposed a new set something like is placed on for any amendment of a com- a five-year jinx of negative growth in the passenger for early redressal of such be a mechanism at the entry to discover and identify if of rules for processing Right website for them to give opin- plaint during the course of its sector. Since 2012, booking of passenger tickets had grievances. stage to discover and identify it reflects a pension related to Information applications, ion," RTI activist Commodore hearing, including conversion The Commission also if it reflects a pension related grievance/issue and should complaints and appeals and (Retd) Lokesh Batra said. of the complaint into second witnessed a decline due to various reasons. “However, directed that if an RTI appli- grievance. be acted upon immediately," has sought suggestions from A major proposal now appeal, if available remedies with concerted efforts, we have managed to buck the cation is a genuine grievance He said it should be brought Acharyulu said in his directives the public by April 15. allows the Central Informa- have been exhausted, on a trend since 2012 and achieved a positive growth for of a pensioner, steps should to the notice of the responsi- to Employees' Provident Fund The proposed rules, aimed tion Commission (CIC) to prayer made by the complain- the year 2016-17,” Railway Board Member (Traffic) be initiated within 48 hours to ble officer by the CPIO on the Office, Raipur. at replacing RTI rules of convert a complaint into sec- ant," the draft rules state. Mohd Jamshed said. Railways has initiated several redress it. same day and if it is a genuine He said all the cases relat- 2012, have been placed by the ond appeal which would mean The Supreme Court had initiatives in the 2016-17 fiscal to carry more pas- The directive of Informa- case, the grievance should be ing to delay in fixation and Department of Personnel and it can order the disclosure of held in one of its orders that tion Commissioner Sridhar addressed. The result should payment of pension and also Training (DoPT) on its web- information to an applicant Section 18 of the RTI Act sengers by pressing 87 new train services including Acharyulu will come to the aid be communicated within 48 arrears shall be dealt with site for comments from public. who has come under com- provides for complaint while Humsafar Express, and Antodaya trains. Many train of over 58 lakh central govern- hours, followed by redressal urgently, considering them as "The time given is too plaint clause of the RTI Act Section 19 of the RTI Act services were extended and frequencies of certain ment pensioners. within 30 days. request for information con- less. There is no official press which was not the case earlier. provides mechanism of trains were also increased to cater to the demand of Acharyulu in a recent order Acharyulu said consider- cerning the life or liberty under release in this regard as well. "The Commission may in second appeal. MPOST passengers. held that the information per- ing the "living needs" of elderly section 7(1) of RTI Act. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 EDITORIAL ASEAN reminder for India Loan waivers in No visible signs that India has created a benign presence in South East Asia

ver the past two Singapore in facing the new Indian farm sector years, Prime Min- challenges. Singapore has PANKAJ overnments seem unable to deal with the agrar- SHARMA ister Narendra one of the best financial sys- ian crisis afflicting vast swathes of the country. On Modi has sought tems in the world. The coun- Saturday, the Centre approved nearly Rs 3000 crore Oa new and more action-ori- try has bought many ports from the National Disaster Relief Fund for drought ented policy towards the Asso- in the world. All this makes Grelief, among other related concerns, in Tamil Nadu and Kar- ciation of South-East Asian Singapore resilient. Singapor- nataka. This development follows a 20-day protest by farm- Nations (ASEAN) in particu- eans expect India to pay more ers from Tamil Nadu in the national capital, where among lar, and East Asia in general. attention to the region. Singa- other acts, they held the skulls of farmers who had commit- Despite his attempts across pore has been an important ted suicide in their region to communicate the desperate state international forums, results facilitator in India’s growing of affairs in their area. The protesters demanded a farm loan have not been forthcoming. engagement in Southeast Asia. waiver, saying they are not in a situation to repay their debts There is a growing feeling in Singaporeans see India as a because of severe droughts. Earlier this year, the Tamil Nadu the corridors of diplomacy power big enough to help bal- government declared all 32 districts in the state as drought- that in order to emerge as a ance China’s influence. Even affected, besides seeking a sum of nearly Rs 40,000 crore from big player in the Asian region, if there was no presence of 10 the Centre to alleviate farm distress. Karnataka, meanwhile, is Modi must exploit India must expedite its efforts per cent of the ethnic Indians facing a second consecutive drought year. With farm income to increase trade with the rest in the population of the city- dwindling, and the debt trap making lives of farmers very dif- Singapore’s of Asia, especially with South state, India has a historical ficult, governments are once again coming under pressure to strategic position East Asian countries. responsibility to support Sin- waive loans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi once spoke of Much of India’s economic gapore. There are territories in wanting to double farm income 2022 by transforming Indian in the mutual health is driven by domestic Malaysia also that have more agriculture. Despite some steps taken to this effect, the domi- interest of both production and consump- than 15 per cent of the Indian nant political discourse continues to revolve around farm loan tion, instead of extensive Container port in Singapore (Representational Image) population. Ignoring India’s waivers—a favourite tool used by political parties when con- the countries. trade. China, on the other national interests in the region, testing elections. It was the promise of a massive farm bailout About 80 per cent hand, trades very heavily with As a result of India’s tip of the South China Sea If India does not play its therefore, can boomerang on programme for the agricultural sector in late 2008, which pro- the rest of Asia. Modi’s ‘Look decade-old active relation- that sees an annual trade traf- constructive role in the region Indian interests after a decade. pelled the previous United Progressive Alliance government to of the world’s East’ policy, therefore, needs ship with Singapore, espe- fic of US $5 trillion. The island at a time when Singaporeans I recall Prime Minis- a second term the following year. Reports indicate that nearly maritime trade to be implemented through cially after the period of ‘India nation is the regional oil hub are living with a growing feel- ter Modi saying during the 3.7 crore farmers had benefited from loan waivers of above vigorous trade and exchange fever’, Indian companies now that handles more than 600 ing about China’s deliberate ASEAN summit held in Rs 52,000 crore. More recently, both the Telangana Rashtra between east in newer and strategically form the single largest busi- billion USD tankers traffic. move to isolate their country, November 2015 that most of Samithi (TRS) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Telangana and west passes important areas. Prime Min- ness community in the island India must realise before it is we will be failing in our pri- the ASEAN economies have and Andhra Pradesh respectively, won elections in 2014 on ister Modi has reaffirmed his nation. Singaporean compa- too late that China’s aggressive mary responsibility in promot- done their bit for Asia’s resur- the promise that the loans of farmers would be waived off. through the Straits commitment to this policy nies have also recognised the investments in ports and rail ing an atmosphere that creates gence and now it is India’s With a significant section of the voter base engaged in farm- of Malacca. from time to time by express- opportunities in India and are links in Malaysia will change a level playing field. How can turn. Modi had assured, “We related activities, it makes sense for political parties to promise ing India’s intentions to build participating very actively in economic dynamics for Sin- the tricks to punishing any know our time has come”. loan waive offs during the election cycle. Before the recently This is the main links with countries in the the areas of manufacturing, gapore in coming years and country for expressing its Then he gave assurance in concluded Uttar Pradesh elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party shipping channel region. But there are no visi- urban solutions, and consum- therefore, it becomes more opinions on the issues related September 2016 that he ded- promised that if voted into power, it would write off loans of between Indian ble signs that India has created erism. India has as much, if compelling for us to take the to the South China Sea or ‘one- icates himself for the “shared small and marginal farmers. As per recent figures published a benign presence in the whole not more, to gain from this steps required to strengthen China’ policy be ignored by values and common destiny” by the State Bank of India, the entire exercise is likely to cost Ocean and Pacific of South East Asia. relationship. Singapore’s com- the relations between the two the world community as well of the ASEAN nations. He Rs 27,400 crore or 8% of UP’s total revenue. Newly minted Ocean, linking Towards building a stron- petence in management know- countries. as the major economies like then said, “We have begun Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has also sought ger economic and political how, its experience in public The belt road projects in India? institutional and structured central assistance for farm loan waivers, while Shiv Sena in major Asian presence in ASEAN nations, housing, urban development, Malaysia are part of China’s Let no one miss the fact reforms in agriculture, hous- Maharashtra is pressurising its ally in government, the BJP, economies India should seek active sup- mass rapid transit, and airport design to expand the exports that in the current scenario, ing, transport, financial inclu- to work towards the same. Several other states had also come port of Singapore which has management has proved ben- of its over-capacity in the Singapore has the advantage of sion and investments….We forward with similar requests. Will the government accede to shown its keenness on facili- eficial to us. name of helping the less devel- being a global financial centre, have launched a ‘Housing for their demands too? tating such a move. Singapore Modi must leave no stone oped nations to build their has the vast experience in pro- All’ program, which involves Economists and experts on agriculture, however, have spo- has always been supportive unturned to exploit Singapore’s infrastructure. Singapore has viding a whole range of mari- 20 million urban houses and ken out against this practice. Fiscal conservatives believe that of India’s quest to become an strategic position on East-West excellent connectivity to 600 time services and has become 30 million rural houses…. Our farm waivers have a deleterious effect on the budgets of both influential player in the inter- route in the mutual interest of ports. But it will not be easy for the choice for world’s big cor- aim is not merely to reform, the Union and State governments, and increase inflation. Dur- national community. It is evi- both the countries. About 80 the island republic to maintain porations. Therefore, it would but to transform.” Prime Min- ing his tenure as Reserve Bank of India Governor, Raghuram dent from the fact that India’s per cent of the world’s mari- its tag of world’s busiest trans- be underestimating the coun- ister Modi should not delay Rajan argued that debt waiver schemes are ineffective and limit candidature for the United time trade between east and shipment hub if business shifts try if one thinks that replac- what he had vouched for to the flow of credit to farmers after their loans are waived off. Nations Security Council has west passes through the Straits to Malaysian ports. China, ing Singapore would be easy. ASEAN and take appropriate Last month State Bank of India Chief, Arundhati Bhattacharya, always found favour from Sin- of Malacca. This is the main being currently the biggest This is the time when Singa- steps to thicken India’s ties in received a lot of flak for saying, “credit discipline breaks when gaporean leaders in the recent shipping channel between trading partner of Singapore, pore must focus on trading the region. you waive off farm loans”. At a time when public sector banks past. Singapore and India can Indian Ocean and Pacific knows how to twist arms and with countries with which it (The writer is Editor have written off massive loans for big businesses, it may have make great partners as each Ocean. Major Asian econo- global economic slowdown is enjoys sound frequencies. and CEO of News Views seemed like an insensitive statement. But scratch beneath the is the answer to other’s vital mies are linked to this route. also waiting in the wings to India must reinforce its India. Views expressed surface a little further, and Bhattacharya makes a valid point. economic and political needs. Singapore is on the southern play its negative role. whole-hearted support to are strictly personal.) A 2014 World Bank study on the UPA government’s 2008 farm loan waiver presented some worrying insights. “We find that dear the stimulus program had no effect on productivity, wages or Quote martial CHECKING POLLUTION WHOLISTICALLY EDITOR millenniumpost.in consumption, but led to significant changes in credit alloca- tion and an increase in defaults. Post-program loan perfor- There is a dire need to check environmental degradation at a time like now and restore it. Log on to write letters to the mance declines faster in districts with greater exposure to the I will be ruthless program, an effect that is not driven by greater risk-taking of That the National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to allow registration editor or send them to in cutting out [email protected] banks. Loan defaults become significantly more sensitive to the waste, streamlining of eight new diesel vehicles conforming to BS-IV norms to be used for waste disposal, is electoral cycle after the program, suggesting the anticipation more that a relief to North Delhi Municipal Corporation. With its check on the Vehicular You can also send your of future credit market interventions as an important channel structures and comments to The Editor, through which moral hazard in loan repayment is intensified,” movement, it also takes a necessary step for the very crucial matter of waste disposal. We the study said. Moreover, none of these schemes plays a role improving efficiency Millennium Post, in improving the lives of landless farmers, who have little or THERESA MAY can only hope that this leads to some improvement in situation. Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah no access to bank loans, and other small farmers stuck under PRANJAL UPADHYAY Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 the thumb of local moneylenders. In fact, according to a 2013 report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the UPA’s 2008 farm loan waiver scheme, small farmers deserving of much-needed assistance were left out, while ineligible big farmers pocketed undue monetary gains. Of course, no story Poor farmers cannot move WTO about this scheme is complete without the harmful impact it had on banks regarding their nonperforming assets. More than half of India’s 90 million households engaged in agriculture are in debt, and they need the government’s support. But the evi- As India seeks a lasting solution to the public stockholding issue. It is dence seems to suggest that when a government spends vast sums on loan waivers, it reduces the scope for necessary pub- clear the agenda of wealthy nations will prevail lic expenditure in agriculture. The concerns of the agriculture sector in India are structural in nature. What it needs is seri- LATHA hen the World Trade ous reforms, including making land leasing easier and legal, JISHNU Organization (WTO) better access to markets for farmers, and massive investment Director-General in areas such as irrigation, superior storage facilities, water Roberto Azevedo came saving practices, and in-depth research into better agricultural Wcalling in early February, he was practices to reduce dependence on the monsoon. Do farm flooded with representations from a loan waivers address these concerns? Do they resolve any of host of farmers’ organisations with a the above concerns? The answer is no. What is needed from list of pressing demands. They wanted governments is greater political will to implement all these a permanent solution to the issue of reforms and measures. What farmers need is better remunera- public stockholding of grains to ensure tion for their crops, particularly in a time when land holdings food security and also sought a focus are growing smaller, the quality is soil is deteriorating, and on special safeguard mechanism (SSM) input costs are rising. A one-time loan waiver will not resolve Even before the which protects developing countries any of these concerns. from unexpected surges in imports WTO boss landed of farm products. But poor farmers in New Delhi, it from India and the developing world found the dice loaded against them— Tampering results? was apparent as usual. Azevedo made it clear that that he would talk these issues needed to be reformulated lectronic voting machines (EVMs) are once again before they came up for discussion at in the news. On Saturday, the Election Commission about the agenda the next ministerial meeting of the of India deputed senior officials to supervise the by- he had come WTO in December in Buenos Aires. polls to Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh on April Even before the WTO boss landed E9 following reports of EVM tampering. The latest controversy with— in New Delhi, it was apparent that he stems from a video, which apparently showed that a Voter Veri- e-commerce, the would talk about the agenda he had fiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine used during a trial come with—e-commerce, the Trade in Madhya Pradesh only issued slips with the Bhartiya Janata Trade Facilitation Facilitation Agreement and not the Party’s election symbol. One school of thought believes that Agreement and highly contentious issues on agricul- political parties raising a hue and cry about electoral tamper- ture that have split the WTO. WTO Director-General Roberto Azevedo ing are behaving like sore losers, considering the BJP’s massive not the highly Just days earlier in Geneva, a news success in recent polls. While it’s perfectly right to be on guard contentious issues report had quoted India’s ambassador long-pending developmental issues In a detailed letter to the WTO That is what farmers are asking. Why concerning EVMs and their security, it is unfortunate that such to the WTO Anjali Prasad as being of the Doha Round of negotiations. chief, major farmers’ representatives has the WTO still not delivered on allegations were not made when opposition non-BJP parties on agriculture that highly critical of Azevedo’s assessment This conflict of interests although not reminded Azevedo and Organisa- farm issues under its development won elections in other states. If there’s one thing India can be have split of the critical issues before WTO at a new by any reckoning, is guaranteed tion for Economic Co-operation and mandate? When it has done nothing immensely proud of, it’s the conduct of regular elections that closed-door meeting of trade envoys. to result in yet another fractious meet- Development (OECD) or the club for farmers in developing and least are widely free and fair. The ECI had earlier roundly debunked the WTO According to Azevedo, who is also the ing in Argentina this December with of rich nations that Indian farmers developing countries why is WTO all allegations of tampering. It presented a detailed explanation chair of the trade negotiations com- the G33 group of developing countries receive nominal support through the unleashing new issues like investment about the steps taken to prevent such a thing from happening. mittee, a permanent solution for pub- pitted against the rich club yet again. administered price—a price that barely which will threaten access to land, As one of the most reliable institutions in this country, one is lic stockholding issue and SSM had What has annoyed India is Azeve- covered the cost of production. On water and undermine their existence inclined to take the ECI at its word. However, no EVM can been discussed in the run-up to the do’s purported statement to the closed- the other hand, trade-distorting sub- further? There is also alarm over moves be assumed to be invulnerable to a determined attacker. In a last ministerial meeting in Nairobi in door meeting of trade ambassadors sidies came from developed nations, to discipline fisheries subsidies without bid to quell all doubts, experts have called for an early rollout 2015. He claimed there had been wide that it would be difficult to find a defin- especially the US which “gives out 44 applying the principle of special and of VVPAT machines in all polling stations across the coun- divergences. Instead, he spoke of the itive solution to the question unless the per cent of its value of production as differential treatment. try. Many constitutional experts have argued for a paper trail interest of developed countries such as G33 proposal is revised altogether. As applied domestic support”. As for SSM, The farmers’ appeal says they will accompanying the electronic voting process, which confirms Japan to ensure that developing coun- of now, under a “peace clause” India is there has been no movement although not support any move to eliminate the that the votes have been cast correctly. But the recent contro- tries did not place barriers on exports permitted to continue its purchases of import surges could “wipe out the live- subsidies that the fishing and farm sec- versy raises further uncomfortable questions of the poll pro- of farm products. grains for public distribution without lihoods of millions of farmers in India tors receive. But will New Delhi remain cess. The ECI has sought a detailed report from its official on Trade analysts here believe that the attracting penalties till a permanent in one go”. as resolute? DOWN TO EARTH the ground. If these allegations are indeed proven to be true, it highlighting of e-commerce was tak- solution is found. But India’s propos- Given the repeated failure of WTO (The writer is Senior should work towards fixing them. ing centre stage because rich nations als for a permanent solution are not to address such concerns should agri- Editor, Down To Earth. Views wanted to divert attention from the acceptable to developed countries. culture be taken out of the trade body? expressed are strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 mp in focus Critical choices before 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party expects renewal of national mandate in 2019 to lay

S. firmer foundations for the “New India” that Prime Minister desires SETHURAMAN ndia has entered a penultimate fiscal year on April 1, 2017, which may largely determine the shape of things to come in 2019, as the triumphant Modi Gov- Iernment steps up its relentless majoritarian drives in every sphere. Meanwhile, the coun- try lacks an effective and credible opposition to assert civil rights and safeguard constitu- tional values, wherever necessary. A weak and divided opposition in the Rajya Sabha, led by Congress with powerful voices, and though commanding majority, has had little impact on arresting authoritar- ian moves of Government, as was seen with the Finance Bill finally passed in Lok Sabha, ignoring key amendments unrelated to tax There is no policies made in Rajya Sabha. This brings into connect between question Parliamentary supremacy. This is the year the Modi Government the state of is going all out to flaunt its achievements of readiness in the three years so far, which besides some com- mendable measures taken, could also misrep- country for the resent facts and perhaps also the moods and government to urges of the broad mass of the people await- ing the promised “Achhe Din”. Towering all resort to such is the personality of Narendra Modi and his steps, including skilful presentations - which can make fail- ures look symbols of success, all “pro-poor”, insistence on as he made it for the disastrous demoneti- digitalisation, sation – have had a magical effect on broad sections of the electorate. affecting daily The UP vote is assumed to be a total lives of citizens, endorsement of this well-intentioned but badly managed “historic” step, to the det- in a peremptory riment of millions of ordinary people and fashion. The rights trades and services. Emboldened, the way is now clear for this Government to do any- of people, even thing, even if disruptive and could cause loyal assessees inconvenience or sufferings to large sec- and honest tions of people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Take the case of Aadhaar where it is pre- citizens are being pared to flout the Supreme Court’s directions. expenses unless one produces the Aadhaar, no citizen of the country is untainted until BJP hegemony, coupled with the deliberate party that led the nation to freedom is yet trampled upon in And a full bench of the apex court would later ignoring PAN card and other identifications. he proves himself! choice of the young firebrand Yogi Adity- to bestir itself on a national scale to fight in the year pronounce on its implications It may be understandable for opening a new More confidently now, building on the anath to head the government, the stage for the India as envisaged in the Constitu- different ways for the privacy of an individual. The Court account or for significant transactions. A Modi/Yogi miracle in UP, BJP expects a looks set for that “New India”. All this fits in tion. The national party has the last chance has no doubt given certain exceptions such mindless government is seeking to enforce renewal of national mandate in 2019 to lay with the BJP/RSS ideal of a unified nation, to galvanise itself countrywide and build a as for income tax filing and bank accounts. it for most welfare schemes including PDS, firmer foundations for the “New India” the not merely concerning GST, but politically platform of like-minded parties, especially The BJP Government has been on an over- midday meals, itinerant labour, rail travel, Prime Minister desires, in which the Hin- leaning toward the cherished goal of Hindu regional majors, with a common agenda of reach to make as many services or welfare and so on. This is flouting the Supreme Court dutva-cum-Development model would be Rashtra. inclusive social and economic development programmes Aadhaar-compulsory. That it is directions. Considerable numbers of people promoted. UP Chief Minister Yogi Aditya- Prime Minister Modi is so self-assured and growth and job priorities. This it must no guarantee of privacy has also been shown have yet to get enrolled or others awaiting the nath has already been assigned to make this that he has broken through the barriers of in the run-up to 2019 Lok Sabha poll, oth- up, to the chagrin of Government in some numbers which take a few weeks to receive. experiment successful so as to be replicable castes and religions such that even Muslims erwise it could well fade into history. A truly cases recently. There is no connect between the state of for other states. That would bring substance perhaps would be willing to recognise and democratic India needs an effective opposi- The Aadhaar, which BJP had earlier readiness in the country for the government to the “One Nation” theory. support his “Development” model of gover- tion besides a robust and stable government. scorned when out of power, has now secured to resort to such steps, including insistence on The signs are unmistakable from the way nance, come 1919. This is a signal BJP seems On the economic front, no matter the a grudging acknowledgement from Finance digitalisation, affecting daily lives of citizens, the Modi Government has been permissive, to have read in UP verdict when the party had gloating over the passage of GST bill, it will Minister Arun Jaitley of this UPA measure. in a peremptory fashion. The rights of peo- besides its earlier efforts at saffronisation of not given a ticket to any Muslim candidate. not be smooth sailing for the Modi Govern- He now sees its revolutionary significance ple, even loyal assessees and honest citizens educational and cultural institutions, of the After UP, the Modi juggernaut is ready to roll ment in fiscal 2018 either, mainly because of to be extended to every service and human are being trampled upon in different ways, as ruthless ways in which Hindutva groups into other poll-bound states, not merely BJP- possible monsoon failure and global head- activity, in effect being entirely controlled. seen in the miscellaneous non-financial pro- and outfits have taken to moral policing and ruled Gujarat and Rajasthan but also Karna- winds from uneven growth in developed For instance, banks have taken the cue and visions included for passage of the Finance seeking to enforce conformity, over parts of taka, the only major state left with Congress nations, Fed rate hikes, and protectionist try to disable any customer from withdraw- Bill as “Money Bill” by the Lok Sabha. Tax the country. Liberal voices are sought to be as well as into BJD-ruled Odisha. threats by the Trump Administration. IPA ing even small amounts from his own depos- authorities have been given the widest pow- silenced by being branded “anti-national”. Still, to overcome fatigue after its 2014 (The views expressed its for emergent needs including medical ers ever because in this Government’s view With the largest state of UP now under humiliation with 44 seats in Lok Sabha, the are strictly personal.)

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The fact that the whites are very rarely targeted in a similar fashion DILIP K. PANDEY speaks of the racist factor involving the Africans @dilipkpandey AMULYA GANGULI he recent attacks ECI/SC must have a on African students in Greater Noida comprehensive look at in Uttar Pradesh, the EVM tampering issue. Ta township near New Delhi, Its not just the hardware, has once again highlighted the continued presence of insen- but the software too sate prejudice and brutal vio- can b tampered. lence in public life. #MPEVMFarud With its well-kept and well- lit roads, bustling malls and shopping arcades and rows of high-rise residential com- DEREK O'BRIEN plexes, Greater Noida -- like @quizderek Gurugram in Haryana -- is typ- ical of a booming India whose affluent citizenry have been 165 days after his ac- The recurring compared by Nobel laureate cident, @abhishekaitc Amartya Sen with the denizens singling out of of California. makes sizzling come- Africans and But in the midst of the back speech, huge people from the razzmatazz lurk ill-bred and crowd. Happy to be barely-educated louts ready to here. Praise God northeast by vent their spleen on anyone Indian police and onlookers surround African nationals at a shopping mall in Greater Noida (Representational Image) who either rouses their antip- anti-social athy, like Africans or people safe not only while going about against Africans, Bengaluru, that at least cities like Delhi and that in India, people, in gen- elements has from India’s northeast with their daily business but also the vaunted Silicon Valley of Bengaluru with their greater eral, have become a great deal their Mongoloid features, or where they stay since the land- India, was an earlier scene of exposure to foreign travel- more aggressive than before. underlined looks to the ruffians like an lords are usually wary and dis- unchecked mob rule when a lers and their varied lifestyles The attacks on the doctors in JAYANT SINHA the need for easy prey like a woman walk- dainful of their presence. 21-year-old Tanzanian woman would not display the kind of Maharashtra, which led to a @jayantsinha combating this ing alone. The incident in October was assaulted and stripped primitive insularity which can strike by them, were an omi- There have been far too 2015, when a Delhi govern- when she inadvertently came manifest itself with sudden vio- nous sign of the volatility prev- The Chenani-Nashri menace at both many incidents of mob vio- ment minister urged the police to an accident site where a lence at short notice. alent in public life. tunnel is what administrative lence in recent months to be in Delhi’s Khirki area to raid a Sudanese man in a car had run But the recurring singling The burning of as many as brushed aside as the occasional flat without a warrant to check over a local woman. out of Africans and people 40 buses in Bengaluru with #NewInfra4NewIndia and social levels rampages of hooligans which whether the Africans living Although the authorities from the northeast by anti- Tamil Nadu number plates looks like. World if the country’s can be controlled by stricter there were taking drugs was routinely deny any racist senti- social elements has underlined during the Cauvery river class in building, policing. Evidently, a profound an example of how biases and ments behind the attacks, there the need for combating this water dispute between Tamil technology, safety, reputation is to be personal and societal flaw are preconceived notions drive a is little doubt that the known menace at both the adminis- Nadu and Karnataka last year saved at work. section of Indians. dislike for dark skin among trative and social levels if the is another example of how cit- ease and indeed even The sprawling metropolises In Greater Noida, for Indians -- which explains the country’s reputation is to be ies in India are seemingly sit- in looks. where these acts of depreda- instance, the suspicion that preference for fair brides in saved and incidents such as the ting on a powder keg which tions take place are too large a 16-year-old boy died of an matrimonial columns and the exodus of the north-easterners can explode at any time. for the victims to feel safe. overdose of drugs given to him marketing of fairness creams from Bengaluru in 2012 are to In most of these cases, IMPERATRIX MAXIMA Hence, the advice to African by his Nigerian friends led to -- combined with weird be avoided. the official response has been @rupasubramanya students by an association of the latter being beaten up by a notions about the citizens of Even if racist attacks on belated. Although the police students from the continent gang of thugs. the 5-nation continent, viz the Indians are being reported cannot be present everywhere, to stay indoors for some time. Not only that, the rowdies use of drugs and promiscuity, from America and Australia they should be more visible in But such a precautionary even invaded the flat where are among the reasons for the because of the rise of the far- the areas where the Africans Story of India: We're measure is hardly feasible in the Nigerians stayed to check attacks. right xenophobic sentiments, live and study to foster a sense always working around the long run considering that whether they had kept human The fact that the whites they are still mercifully on a of security. there are an estimated 1,500 flesh in their refrigerator. Sub- are very rarely targeted in a relatively smaller scale and at The media also has to play a dumb shit whether African students in India. sequently, a Nigerian told a TV similar fashion although the an individual level. greater role in dispelling myths laws, regulations, bu- They need, therefore, to go interviewer about the belief women may be subjected to However, the motivation and false notions about Africa. to their academic institutions among some Indians that the indecent attention is evidence is mostly similar -- animus IANS reaucracy etc and the apart from partaking in other Africans are cannibals. of the racist factor involving towards the people of a differ- (Amulya Ganguli is a system is never fixed. activities. If Greater Noida saw the the Africans. ent colour and culture. political analyst. The views However, they do not feel latest incident of violence It might have been expected It also appears possible expressed are strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 Bangladesh HC upholds death Colombia mudslide, flood penalty of two Islamists DHAKA: The Bangladesh ABT members for hacking to was sentenced to five years of High Court on Sunday upheld death secular blogger Ahmed imprisonment after he was kills 254 in midnight deluge a trial court order, confirming Rajib Haider in February 2013. found guilty of provoking the the death penalty given to two “The HC bench confirmed students through his sermons Islamists for the 2013 murder the tribunal verdict after the to kill Haider. Rana, who is MOCOA: Rescuers in south- from my house or my family. of a secular blogger that had set analogous hearing of (man- also the main suspect in the ern Colombia scrambled over- I am at the will of my God. I off a chain of attacks on liberal datory) death reference and murder of writer-blogger Avi- night to reach more than 100 have nothing. Nothing to eat, writers in the Muslim-major- appeal hearing by the convicts jit Roy, is absconding. The ABT, victims still missing more nowhere to sleep. These clothes ity country. A two-member who faced the trial,” a spokes- said to be ideologically inclined than a day after devastating were given to me,” he said.Resi- bench upheld the death sen- man of attorney general’s office to al-Qaeda, is one of the two mudslides tore through entire dents pored over a list of miss- tences for the two members of said. Redwanul Azad Rana and main militant outfits active in villages. ing people pinned outside the banned Ansarullah Bangla Faisal Bin Nayem, who were Bangladesh. The other is the At least 254 people have a family welfare center. One Team (ABT), said court offi- given the death penalty, were Islamic State-affiliated Neo- been killed and around 400 listed only children, some as cials. The court also gave dif- students of the top North South Jamaatul Muhahideen Bangla- more injured, the military said, young as 2. ferent jail terms to six others in University. The 6 given varied desh (neo-JMB), which carried after torrential rains Friday “We have lost a baby, who the case, 16 months after a fast- jail terms included ABT’s so- out the July 1, 2016, attack on night caused three rivers sur- has gone missing, and the rest track tribunal handed down called ‘spiritual guru’ Mufti an upmarket cafe in Dhaka that rounding Mocoa in Putumayo is as you can see. A little baby, the death sentences to the two Jashim Uddin Rahmani, who killed 22 people. PTI province to overflow, sending a we can’t find him anywhere,” stream of mud through the city. said one woman, wiping away The Red Cross put the tears. Sri Lankan death toll at 234, and said that More than 1,000 soldiers Two teens held on 158 people were still missing. and national police officers Navy arrests Colombian President Juan are involved in the rescue, Manuel Santos declared a sate and they are facing enormous suspicion of plotting six Indians for of emergency and told report- challenges. ers at the scene that the death “The difficulties we are fac- smuggling drugs toll could climb. ing are that it is still raining attack in France “The first thing I want to in the region and the (mud- NICE: Two teenage girls were COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan say is that my heart, our hearts, slide) turned up a considerable arrested on Sunday in southern navy on Sunday said it has the hearts of all Colombians are amount of land. France on suspicion of plot- arrested six Indians for alleg- with the victims of this trag- There are mobility issues ting a terror attack, a judicial edly smuggling 13.5 kg drugs edy,” he said. on almost 80% of the roads, source said. into the country. “We don’t know yet where and where the road ends, it is The pair, aged 14 and 15, The Sri Lankan ship on they are. Many people are com- tions are some factors that can Images showed cars and they had to run for their lives. three hours to the place where were taken in for questioning patrol detected a suspicious ing to us saying, ‘My son is leave communities vulnerable buses trapped in several feet “Around 11, 12 o’clock (on Fri- the (mudslide) took place,” a by the anti-terrorism prosecu- movement at IMBL (Inter- missing, my father is missing, to landslides, scientists say. of mud. day), there was a huge storm, a police spokesman told report- tion service after a search of national Maritime Boundary my mother is missing.’” Aerial footage of the site Gabriel Umaña, a spokes- lot of water. I got up because it ers. Photos released by Colom- both girls’ homes turned up Line) from Indian waters to He said that the city had showed some rooftops poking man for the Colombian Red sounded so heavy, the sound bia’s military showed rescuers evidence suggesting they could Sri Lankan territorial waters in experienced in one night above the muddy deluge that Cross, told CNN that 300 fam- of the rocks. Everyone (was carrying old women and chil- have been planning an attack, a the wee hours, the Sri Lankan around a third of the rainfall flattened other homes, bridges ilies had been displaced and shocked),” one man at the site dren over downed, mud-caked judicial source said. navy said in a statement. “The that it should over the span of and highways. more than two dozen homes said, Reuters reported.Another trees and homes. “At this stage we do not suspected boat movement was a month, blaming the disaster Power and water supplies had been flattened. Many were wearing yellow rubber boots Colombia is no stranger to know how far advanced the continuously monitored by the on climate change. to the city have been cut by the sound asleep when the torrent stood on some rocks as a river mudslides. In 2015, torrential preparations were,” a source patrolling ship,” the navy said. Heavy rains, high levels of disaster, and the hospital sys- of mud hit their neighbor- of mud streamed by. rains in northwest Colombia close to the inquiry told AFP, The drug parcels believed to deforestation, informal hous- tem has shut down, firefight- hoods, and witnesses said the “Nobody has given me caused a mudslide that killed adding no weapons had been contain heroin were taken to ing and dense human popula- ers say. the sludge flowed so fast that news. Nobody, nobody. No one more than 80 people. AGENCIES found. the Kankesanthurai harbour. Several girls have been The six Indians will be handed among a swathe of teenag- The pair, aged over to the Kankesanthurai Former Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai arrested ers arrested in recent anti- 14 and 15, were Police for further investiga- terror swoops in France on taken in for tion, it said. Sri Lankan Navy KATHMANDU: Former Nepal Prime Minister and Chairman of Naya Shakti Nepal party — Baburam Bhattarai was arrested from out- suspicion either of plotting regularly arrests drug traffick- attacks or having contact with questioning by ers approaching to the north- side the Election Commission (EC) Office on Sunday, the media reported. Bhattarai, his wife Hisila Yami, and Communist Party of Ne- Islamic State members or the anti-terrorism ern waters of Sri Lanka, the pal (CPN) Maoist Revolutionary leader C P Gajurel, among others, were picked up by police while they were staging a sit-in outside the sympathisers. prosecution statement added. In 2014, Sri EC office to protest denial of election symbol to the party, The Kathmandu Post reported. According to Bhattarai’s aide Bishwodeep The country remains in a Lanka sentenced five Indian Pandey, police personnel badly treated the leaders by hauling them into a truck after their arrest. Five political parties registered state of emergency after suf- service fishermen to death for drug with the EC, including Naya Shakti Nepal, staged a sit-in outside the poll panel’s office in protest against “the election holding body’s fering a spate of deadly jihadist smuggling, but they were later attacks over the past two years. ing platform used by French released into Indian custody. refusal to grant election symbol”. Prior to this, the agitating parties had submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Three teenage girlsjihadi Rachid Kassim to call for The killing of an Indian Dahal and Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav. While submitting a memorandum in this regard to Dahal on Thursday, were arrested in late Febru- attacks on France. fisherman last month along Naya Shaki Nepal had issued a 48-hour ultimatum to him demanding allocation of an election symbol for their party. Naya Shakti, ary on suspicion they had An anti-terrorism judge the maritime boundary led among others parties, staged a two-hour sit-in on Sunday outside the EC offices across the nation to press their demand. AGENCIES chatted on Telegram, an in Paris charged the trio to widespread protests in encrypted instant messag- last month. AGENCIES Tamil Nadu. AGENCIES Indonesia Fire breaks out in Ecuador decides its future and WORLD BRIEFS destroys 81 10 MILITANTS DIE IN AFGHANISTAN foreign ships for Dubai building maybe Assange’s, in run-off ATTACK KABUL: At least 10 militants were killed overnight illegal fishing QUITO: Ecuador voted on Sunday in a presidential run- when Afghan security forces repelled an attack by near Burj Khalifa off to turn the page on a Taliban in northern Takhar province, police said on decade under radical econo- Sunday. “Dozens of militants stormed Darqad dis- mist Rafael Correa and decide trict centre at mid-night (on Saturday),” Tolo News whether the country will follow quoted a military official as saying. He said three Latin America’s recent shift to policemen and nine militants were injured in the the right. The election could also attack in the district bordering Tajikistan. Several decide the fate of WikiLeaks security towers around the district office building founder Julian Assange, who were damaged following the clashes in the prov- has been holed up at the coun- ince, 245 km from here. try’s London embassy since JAKARTA: Indonesia – Indo- 2012. Correa presided over NINE KILLED IN HOUSE EXPLOSION nesian authorities destroyed 81 an economic boom that has foreign ships over the week- DUBAI: A huge fire broke out early on Sunday morning out at a recently gone bust in the South IN CHINA end after seizing the vessels for three 60-storey tower complex near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s American oil producer. With BEIJING: At least nine persons were killed and six fishing illegally in the coun- tallest building, police said. The site is next to the Dubai Mall and voters torn between continuity others injured in an explosion at a house in northern try’s waters. near the 63-story The Address Downtown Dubai tower, which was and change, the race remains The world’s largest archi- heavily damaged in a fire on New Year’s Eve on 2015. too close to call.The runoff pits China’s Shanxi Province. The blast occurred on Satur- pelago nation has taken a tough Flames licked out of the podium level of the building as fire- the socialist president’s des- into recession and leftist lead- squandering the windfall of the day at the house on Nanhuan West Road in Fushan stance against illegal fishing fighters shot water inside. Every few minutes, small blasts could ignated heir, Lenin Moreno, ers have been tarnished by a oil boom. In another of the County in the city of Linfen. Ten people were buried since President Joko “Jokowi” be heard inside the structure, presumably from exploding pro- against conservative ex-banker string of corruption scandals. race’s hot debates, Lasso has in the blast. The illegal storage of explosives was Widodo took office in 2014. pane or welding tanks used by the workers. Ambulances stood Guillermo Lasso. Boosted by high prices for threatened to revoke the politi- believed to be the cause of the blast. Nine bodies Authorities have sunk 317 for- nearby but there was no sign of any worker being treated. The Lasso finished second in its oil exports, Ecuador regis- cal asylum Ecuador has granted have been found and one person has been rescued, eign vessels since then, includ- fire appeared to be confined to the lower floors of the structure. the first-round vote last month, tered solid economic growth its most famous guest, Assange. state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Six people ing the most recent. Dubai’s government media office said the fire erupted at the with 28 per cent to Moreno’s of 4.4 per cent per year on Correa, an outspoken critic Address Residences Fountain Views towers, and that firefighters 39 per cent. But polls give him average during the first eight of the United States, let Assange who were at the site have sustained minor injuries. The most have brought it under control. “Cooling operations are underway a slight edge heading into the years of Correa’s presidency, stay at the embassy to avoid The cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained, the and ambulance units are on site,” the media office posted on its runoff, with between 52.1 per before tipping into recession arrest and extradition to Swe- report said. destroyed in Twitter account. It said there were no injuries reported. cent and 57.6 per cent of the in mid-2015. den over a rape allegation. one area was The high-rise Fountain Views complex is being built by large vote. The race is also a barom- Correa won loyal fans The 45-year-old Austra- OUSTED S KOREAN PRESIDENT TO BE 26 in Natuna Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties, which raised the mall eter of the political climate in among the poor with gener- lian, who denies the accusation, INTERROGATED IN JAIL and the hotel struck in the 2015 blaze. Latin America, where more ous social benefits that helped says he fears Sweden would SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors will interrogate on the edge of The developer declined to immediately comment. Large than a decade of leftist domi- reduce the poverty rate from send him to the United States South China Sea numbers of firefighters were on the scene, and police cordoned nance has been waning. Argen- 36.7 per cent to 23.3 per cent to face trial for leaking hun- ousted President Park Geun-hye who is now in off nearby roads. tina, Brazil and Peru have all in this country of 16 million dreds of thousands of secret preventive detention over her alleged involvement and 10 in the “It was plumes and plumes of black smoke. It looks like it was shifted to the right in recent people. But he has also faced US military and diplomatic in a corruption scandal, officials said on Sunday. nearby seaport of quite low down,” said witness Anthea Ayache. AGENCIES months, as the region has sunk accusations of corruption and documents in 2010. AGENCIES A spokesperson of the Attorney General’s Office Tarempa told Yonhap News Agency that Park, 65, will be questioned on Tuesday in the detention facility in The ships were blown up southern Seoul. The spokesperson also said that she at sea in 12 locations around Bob Dylan accepts 2016 Nobel prize will be questioned in prison only to avoid her going the archipelago on Saturday. to the Seoul centre. The Attorney General’s office The most destroyed in one STOCKHOLM: After months confided. “Quite a bit of time meeting - the only requirement has set April 19 as the deadline to press charges for area was 26 in Natuna on the of uncertainty and controversy, was spent looking closely at to receive the eight million kro- her trial, although it aims at doing so by mid-April to edge of South China Sea and Bob Dylan finally accepted the the gold medal, in particular nor (USD 891,000) that comes prevent a clash with the April 17 start of an official 10 in the nearby seaport of 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature the beautifully crafted back, with the prize. Tarempa. Most of the vessels at a jovial, champagne-laced an image of a young man sit- He has until June 10 to pro- campaign for the presidential elections. On Friday, were from Vietnam, the Phil- ceremony, the Swedish Acad- ting under a laurel tree who vide his lecture, which could be a Seoul Central District court judge ruled in favour ippines, Malaysia and Thailand. emy announced. listens to the Muse,” she added. anything from a short speech to of the preventive detention of Park as sought by the Indonesia was upholding its The academy, which“Taken from Virgil’s Aeneid, a performance, a video broad- prosecutor’s office. sovereignty and combating awards the coveted prize, the inscription reads: ‘Inven- cast or even a song. Failing that, illegal fishing, said Susi Pud- ended prolonged speculation tas vitam iuvat excoluisse per he risks losing the prize money. SWEDISH BUS CRASHES, 25 REPORTED jiastuti, the minister of Mari- as to whether the 75-year-old artes,’ loosely translated as ‘And “The Academy has reason INJURED, INCLUDING CHILDREN time Affairs and Fisheries who troubadour would use a con- they who bettered life on earth to believe that a taped version witnessed the sinking of two cert stopover in Stockholm by their newly found mastery’.” will be sent at a later point,” STOCKHOLM: Swedish rescue officials say a bus ships in the port of Ambon in to accept the gold medal and The first songwriter to Danius said on Wednesday. with some 60 people on board mostly schoolchildren Maluku province. diploma awarded to him back receive the prestigious award, Several Academy members, has crashed in central Sweden, resulting in many in- “We hope Sino (the name of in October.They were handed Dylan joins a celebrated group including Danius, were present juries. Rescue services spokesman Peter Nystedt says one of the ships) is the symbol to Dylan at a “private cere- of laureates including Thomas at the concert as Dylan, wear- some 25 people were injured some seriously in the of our victory against poach- mony in Stockholm” attended Mann, Samuel Beckett, Gabriel ing a white hat, western-style ing after years of defeat, espe- by 12 academy members, Sara Garcia Marquez and Doris black blazer and cowboy boots, accident on a main highway, south of Sveg, a small cially in eastern Indonesia,” Danius, the academy’s perma- Lessing. The meeting took performed “Love Sick” and town 430 kilometers north-west from the capital, Pudjiastuti said. She expressed nent secretary yesterday, said in place at a secret location ahead planned European tour for his Dylan had not been “Full Moon And Empty Arms,” Stockholm.The bus reportedly was en route to a ski hope that the action would a blog post. “Spirits were high. of Dylan’s first concert in Stock- latest album of cover songs, expected to deliver his tra- part of a playlist of standards resort on Sunday morning, local media said. deter poachers. AGENCIES Champagne was had,” Danius holm, the first stop on a long- “Triplicate”. ditional Nobel lecture at the and self-penned hits. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Monday, 3 April, 2017 mp Spain eases Renowned opposition to Russian poet UK finance minister to lead trade Yevtushenko an independent dies at 84 Scotland in EU mission to India next week MADRID: Spain, at log- LONDON: British Finance “The UK is perfectly placed statement from Hammond’s gerheads with Britain over Minister Philip Hammond will to be India’s financial partner No 11 Downing Street office. Gibraltar, appears to be easing lead a “heavyweight” trade mis- of choice, helping it to raise “The UK and the City of its opposition to an indepen- sion to India next week with the finance needed for its con- London are therefore perfectly dent Scotland in the Euro- the message of ‘Make in India, tinued rapid growth and my placed to be India’s partner of pean Union, saying it would Finance in UK’ in an effort message will be ‘Make in India, choice to raise the finance it not block such a move at least to boost international trade Finance in the UK’. Our inno- needs to deliver on its plans,” initially. post-Brexit. vative markets have helped the Chancellor will say in his The Scottish independence Chancellor of the Exche- support the development of message during the visit. Ham- drive — now resuscitated by quer Hammond will visit Delhi whole new product classes such mond will also recognise the the prospect of Britain’s depar- and Mumbai alongwith Gov- as masala bonds that will sup- major opportunities for col- MOSCOW: Russian Soviet- ture from the EU — is highly ernor of the Bank of England port India’s transformation,” laboration for British FinTech era poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko controversial in Spain because Mark Carney and UK gov- he noted. firms, specifically as India con- died of a cardiac arrest on Sat- of the secessionist movement ernment ministers, including British Prime Minister The- tinues its drive towards a soci- urday in Oklahoma, US , at the in Catalonia. Commercial Secretary Baron- resa May had set the ball rolling ety “less dependent on cash, age of 84. As a result, Madrid has long ess Neville-Rolfe and Inter- on Britain’s exit from the Euro- using technology to increase Yevtushenko’s wife was been seen as an obstacle to an national Trade minister Mark pean Union (EU) as she trig- access to banking and finance quoted by Xinhua news agency independent Scotland joining Garnier, the UK government gered Article 50 of the Lisbon for everyone”. This ongoing as saying that the poet had been the EU after Brexit. But its for- said on Sunday. Treaty last week. push across India means that hospitalised in serious condi- eign minister, Alfonso Dastis, The delegation is part of the The trip has been described its “finance sector is undergo- tion and the doctors were con- threw that in doubt on Sunday. annual UK-India Economic as a significant opportunity for ing a significant transforma- ducting medical examinations. “Initially, I don’t think we and Financial Dialogue and the Chancellor to discuss Brit- tion, with new payment firms, Russian President Vladi- would block it,” he said. How- also includes some of the UK’s ain’s new role in the world, as small finance banks and insur- mir Putin expressed condo- ever, he added Scotland would most experienced leaders in it prepares to revitalise its links ance players entering the field,” lences to Yevtushenko’s family, have to leave the EU with Brit- financial services and leading with friends and allies, open- the Treasury statement said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ain, and “the rest we will see”. FinTech entrepreneurs. ing up new markets and new “This shift presents enor- Peskov said, adding: “His leg- He also said Spain did not “I’m delighted to be leading opportunities for British busi- mous opportunities for the UK acy is an integral part of the welcome fragmentation of the such a heavyweight delegation nesses. “As we leave the EU and omies is more important than ing hub”. He will set out how ambitious growth aspirations to work much more closely Russian culture.” Europe. “Having said that, if, in to India to bang the drum for embark on an exciting new ever,” the Conservative party the UK is perfectly placed to require it to develop its finan- with India’s own exciting Fin- The poet, who was also a application of its laws, the out- British business. I am deter- phase of our economic history, minister added. During the become India’s leading finance cial infrastructure and tap into tech sector.” novelist, movie director and come of that process is a divi- mined to create a truly Global looking to boost our trade and visit, Hammond is set to focus partner to help it deliver on global investors, with estimates Almost 80 per cent of all essayist, was nominated for sion of the United Kingdom, Britain, reaching out and pro- investment beyond the bor- on “Prime Minister Modi’s its plans. The UK is already suggesting that it needs over masala bonds issued in Lon- the Nobel Prize for Litera- any part of the United King- moting the best of what we ders of Europe and strength- ‘Make in India’ vision, which is the world’s largest exporter of USD 1.5 trillion of capital in don was highlighted as a sign ture in 1963. Yevtushenko dom that becomes a state and have to offer,” Hammond said ening our relationships with devised to transform the coun- financial services and the lead- infrastructure investment alone of the strong bond between the and his family moved to the wants to join the EU will have in a statement. the world’s most vibrant econ- try into a global manufactur- ing centre for FinTech. India’s in the coming years, said the two countries. AGENCIES US in 1991. AGENCIES to apply. And follow the steps that are stipulated,” he said. The comments come after a week Police detain Britain attempts to burst fake news bubble in which the issue of Gibraltar, Judge to Trump: No protection a British oversees territory on dozens at LONDON: The rise of fake news has been a hot topic in Britain this year, with Spain’s south coast, has stirred the lawmaker leading a probe into the phenomenon warning it was “a threat tensions between London and for speech inciting violence Moscow Madrid. The EU has said that, to democracy”. As-well as the inquiry, British journalism schools have begun following Brexit itself, no future LOUISVILLE: A federal judge Trump, his campaign and three Korean War Veterans Associa- Oppn protest to adapt their teaching while national broadcaster the BBC has issued preven- EU-Britain pact that affects has rejected President Donald of his supporters can proceed. tion, whose uniform he wore tion guidelines for children in an attempt to reverse the trend. Damian Collins, Gibraltar can be made without Trump’s free speech defence Hale found ample facts sup- at the rally. He wrote that he MOSCOW: Police said they head of the parliamentary probe, said that fake news undermined trust in the Madrid’s approval. against a lawsuit accusing him porting allegations that the “physically pushed a young detained 29 Opposition pro- media in general, with the explosion of social media making political issues Britain has reacted sharply, of inciting violence against pro- protesters’ injuries were a woman down the aisle toward testers in central Moscow on saying its support for the ter- testers at a campaign rally. “direct and proximate result” of the exit” after “Trump kept say- Sunday, a week after hundreds particularly sensitive. Fake news represents “a threat to democracy...if people ritory, ceded by Spain in 1713 Trump’s lawyers sought to Trump’s actions, and noted that ing ‘get them out, get them out,” of others were arrested during a are deliberately using it on social media platforms to spread misinformation and which wants to remain dismiss the lawsuit by three the Supreme Court has ruled according to the lawsuit. rally organised by leading Putin around an election”, he said. The panel is considering whether fake news British, is “implacable”. Dastis protesters who say they were out constitutional protections Heimbach, for his part, critic Alexei Navalny. spreaders could be blocked or closed down, or genuine news outlets given refused talk about veto rights roughed up by his supporters for speech that incites violence. sought to dismiss the law- “Twenty-nine people were a special verification mark. Collins urged tech companies to help tackle the when it comes to Gibraltar but at a March 1, 2016 rally in Lou- “It is plausible that Trump’s suit’s discussion of his associ- detained by police for breaches said he viewed the EU’s stance isville, Kentucky. They argued direction to ‘get ‘em out of here’ ation with a white nationalist of public order,” the city police’s problem on social media platforms as they had done in combating piracy, il- very positively. that Trump didn’t intend for his advocated the use of force,” the group and of statements he press service said. legal content sharing, cyber-bullying and hate speech. But the tech giants had “When the United King- supporters to use force. judge wrote. “It was an order, made about how Trump could An AFP journalist at the only moved “in response to pressure, and reluctantly”, the MP warned. The dom leaves the EU, the EU Two women and a man an instruction, a command.” advance the group’s interests. scene said he witnessed around impact on those too young to vote is also causing concern. BBC television’s partner is Spain, and in the say they were shoved and Plaintiffs Kashiya Nwang- The judge declined, saying such 30 people being detained as “Newsround”, a news bulletin for children, explained fake news to youngsters case of Gibraltar the EU is punched by audience members uma, Molly Shah and Henry information could be impor- they attempted to carry out a therefore obliged to take the at Trump’s command. Much of Brousseau allege that they were tant context when determining peaceful march. Among them in February. The programme created “think before you click” clips informing side of Spain,” he said. “I do it was captured on video and physically attacked by several punitive damages. was a 16-year-old boy called youngsters how to spot false stories, using invented tales of yellow pandas, not think it’s necessary to talk widely broadcast during the members of the audience, The judge also declined Pavel Dyatlov who became a robot headteachers and UFOs. Fake news is not a 21st-century phenomenon, about vetoes”. Dastis said campaign, showing Trump including Matthew Heim- to remove allegations that symbol of youth protest in last but what is new is its scale, said James Rodgers, a senior lecturer in journal- that Spain’s stance to not bloc pointing at the protesters and bach, Alvin Bamberger and an Nwanguma, an African-Amer- week’s rally when he was pho- attempts by Scotland to join repeating “get them out.” Judge unnamed defendant they have ican, was the victim of racial, tographed climbing up a lamp- ism at the City University of London. “Before, being published relied on getting the EU had nothing to do David J Hale in Louisville ruled yet to be able to identify. Bam- ethnic and sexist slurs from the post. He was detained in that into an established medium. It no longer does,” said Rodgers, whose univer- with Catalonia. AGENCIES on Friday that the suit against berger later apologiSed to the crowd at the rally. AGENCIES protest, too. OVD Info, a web- sity runs some of Britain’s most prestigious journalism courses. AGENCIES site that monitors detentions of activists, wrote that at least Suu Kyi’s party wins half 32 people had been detained Flynn fails to disclose including at least 4 minors. UK Police appeal Navalny, who is currently Plans for World of the seats in Myanmar serving a 15-day sentence for info in hate payments from behind bars for disobeying police at last Sunday’s event, by-elections has distanced himself from the War I Memorial crime attack Russia-linked entities latest protest. “He knows abso- YANGON: Myanmar leader a chance to gauge the popu- lutely nothing about this,” his on youth Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won larity of the administration in WASHINGTON: Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s for- spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh nearly half of the seats con- a country where nationwide mer national security adviser, failed to disclose payments from wrote on Twitter. in Washington LONDON: UK detectives tested in by-elections on Sun- public poll s are not available. a Russian television network and a second firm linked to Russia Navalny last Sunday organ- appealed on Sunday for infor- day, the first vote since it swept Win Htein, one of the in a February financial disclosure form, according to documents ised protests in cities across mation and witnesses who to power a year ago and an NLD’s top leaders, said the released by the White House on Saturday. Russia, most of which were might have seen a group of early indication of support party faced language barri- In a financial disclosure form signed by Flynn on March 31, not authorised by municipal youths attack a teenage asylum- for her administration amid ers and problems with armed the former White House official listed speaking engagements to officials. The largest in -Mos seeker in the London borough increased fighting with ethnic groups in the Shan state dis- Russian entities, including the Kremlin-funded RT TV and Volga- cow saw about 500 people of Croydon. armed groups and slower eco- tricts being contested. Fight- Dnepr Airlines. The form does not say how much Flynn was paid detained according to police, The attack left the 17-year- nomic growth. ing in some of those areas has but the speeches are in a section titled “sources of compensation while OVD-Info put the total old Iranian Kurd in serious but Suu Kyi’s National League intensified in recent months. exceeding $5,000 in a year.”The speeches were not included in at almost 1,000. Posts on Face- stable condition in a London for Democracy (NLD) won “We are still improving in a form that Flynn signed electronically on February 11, which book linked the latest protest hospital. Authorities are treat- nine out of 19 seats in the Shan state. The local people the White House also released on Saturday. The discrepancy on to a little-known nationalist ing the matter as a suspected national and regional parlia- don’t understand Burmese, so reporting income linked to Russia could add to Flynn’s legal woes. group. Opposition supporters hate crime. ments, according to the Union we have to translate our policies The retired general, who was forced to resign after only 24 days, had begun to walk peacefully Detective Sergeant Kris Election Commission, follow- into the Shan language,” he said. is under scrutiny for his contacts with Russian officials in a wider along the city’s main Tverskaya Blamires said the teenager was ing a period in which she has Major rebel armies engaged in investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presiden- Street from a central metro sta- at a bus stop with two friends struggled to match sky-high clashes with the military in tial election. He has requested immunity if he testifies before the tion at around 1030 GMT in an when approached by about expectations. areas including the Shan state intelligence committees of the U.S. Senate and the House of Rep- event coordinated via social eight youths. In a televised address earlier have refused to actively partici- resentatives, his lawyer, Robert Kelner, said on Thursday. Flynn media. “The suspects asked the this week, Suu Kyi acknowl- pate in Suu Kyi’s peace process. was forced out on Feb. 13 for failing to disclose talks with Russian Police in helmets and victim where he was from and edged the public’s frustration Several conflicts have reignited Ambassador Sergei Kislyak about U.S. sanctions on Moscow and body armour swiftly moved WASHINGTON: How should asks that?” when they established that with the slow pace of reforms since Suu Kyi took office, dis- misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations, to arrest demonstrators. The the United States honor the Americans have long he was an asylum seeker they and development. But she also placing an estimated 160,000 which occurred before Trump took office. Trump, a Republi- authorities earlier had laid on wishes of the last American debated how to best remember chased him and launched a reiterated her top priority of more people, according to the can, said in a tweet that Democrats were pursuing investigations a massive police presence in World War I soldier, who asked influential people and events. brutal attack,” Blamires said in ending the ethnic conflicts that United Nations. because they were upset about his Nov. 8 victory over their par- anticipation of an unauthor- for a national monument to the Grand memorials in cemeteries a statement. have kept Myanmar in a state of Over two million voters, ty’s candidate, Hillary Clinton. Congressional committees and ised protest at 0900 GMT after country’s role in the conflict? were once popular, as were stat- “He has sustained seri- near-perpetual civil war. less than five percent of the the FBI are looking into allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies calls were posted online to The answer is more compli- ues of war heroes on horseback. ous head and facial injuries as While the outcome of the country’s population, could that Russia meddled in the election campaign. rally on Red Square. Journal- cated than it seems. Others argued that memorial a result of this attack, which by-elections will not affect the vote in the by-elections where The Russian government has denied the allegations and denied ists saw only a handful of activ- Frank Buckles, who was a libraries and schools were more included repeated blows to balance of power within the seats in eight states and regions that it hacked emails of Democratic groups and released informa- ists, however, some of whom teenage ambulance driver in practical. the head by a large group of parliament, where the NLD across the country were up tion to tip the election toward Trump, who has called for better voiced support for President the Great War, was dismayed Memorials have also long attackers.” enjoys a large majority, it offers for grabs. AGENCIES U.S. relations with Moscow. AGENCIES Vladimir Putin. AGENCIES to discover on a 2008 visit been local affairs: there are The teen’s friends managed to Washington’s sprawling some 10,000 WWI memorials to get away. National Mall that there was across the country, including British police say hate nothing to commemorate the three in the US capital, accord- crimes remain under-reported Soon, ‘Grassoline’ to power future aircraft pivotal role Americans played ing to the World War I Inven- in Britain. The country has in the final two years of the tory Project. seen a surge in xenophobia LONDON: In the quest of The lactic acid was then 1914-1918 conflict. They usually honor local expressed in threats, taunts more sustainable energy converted into caproic acid, The wheelchair-boundmilitary units or hometown and physical attacks after Brit- sources, scientists have devel- which was further converted 107-year-old found memorials troops who fell in the war, and ain’s vote to leave the European oped ‘grassoline’ - a biofuel into decane. Decane can be to wars in Vietnam and Korea, include statues, plaques and Union last year. Much of the derived from grass that c ould used in aviation fuel, research- and a grand monument to the bridges. Brexit debate focused on an one day power aircraft. ers said. “Right now the US victory in World War II. Most prominent among influx of migrants into Brit- Researchers investigated amount of biofuel that can be But for World War I, the best them is the 217-foot (67-meter) ain from other EU countries methods that can disintegrate made from grass is still limited he and his entourage could Liberty Tower, on a hill soar- and whether their presence was and treat grass until it can be to a few drops. find was an abandoned mar- ing over Kansas City, Missouri. making it harder for Britons to used as a fuel. The current process is very ble bandstand honoring Wash- The city was a wealthy rail find work, housing and medi- “Until now, grass has expensive, and engines should ington residents who died in hub during the war years, and cal care. Police recorded 1,546 mainly served as feed for ani- be adapted to this new kind of the conflict. close to the birthplace of the top racially or religiously aggra- mals. But apart from that, grass fuel,” they said. “’Can you do something so US WWI military commander, vated offenses in England and can also be used as biofuel. Due “If we can keep working that my generation is remem- General John J. Pershing. Wales in the two weeks before to its vast abundance, grass is on optimising this process in bered?’” photographer and Swept up in patriotic enthu- the June 23 referendum, and the perfect source of energy,” cooperation with the business filmmaker David DeJonge, siasm at the war’s end, Kansas 2,241 in the two weeks after said Way Cern Khor from world, we can come down on who was in the group, recalls City residents raised $2.5 mil- it, the Home Office said. The Ghent University in Belgium. at first. Then bacteria are added its derivatives, researchers said. to produce other compounds the price. And maybe in a few Buckles saying. lion — the equivalent of $35 total for July was up 41 per- To improve its biodegrad- which convert the sugars in This lactic acid can serve such as biodegradable plastics years we can all fly on grass!” “What do you say to the last million on Sunday — in just 10 cent from the same month ability, the grass is pretreated the grass into lactic acid and as an intermediate chemical (PLA) or fuels. Khor said. AGENCIES World War I veteran when he days to build the tower. AGENCIES a year earlier. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 Only five large banks can survive RBI Guv gets pay hike; monthly basic jumps to Rs 2.5 lakh NEW DELHI: RBI Governor Urjit Patel and his in the long-term: Uday Kotak deputies have got a big pay hike with the gov- ernment more than doubling their basic sal- ary to Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 2.25 lakh per month, MUMBAI: Banker Uday Kotak will you get stickiness and ulti- respectively. feels there will be strong con- Globally, in mately monetise?” The “basic pay of the Governor and Deputy solidation in the financial ser- Advocating a faster push Governors” have been revised retrospectively vices sector and eventually only most countries, there on growth, Kotak said he is with effect from January 1, 2016 and marks a five players will dominate the are only three to five getting the vibes of an uptick huge jump from Rs 90,000 basic pay so far drawn space just like in the global in growth. “Macroeconomic by the Governor and Rs 80,000 for his deputies. space. large banks which stability, now combined with Still, their salaries are much lower than the “Globally, in most coun- dominate. This is how political stability, is a very big top executives of various banks regulated by tries, there are only three to five plus for the country to embark the RBI. The monthly emoluments of these top large banks which dominate. the future will be in faster on the growth side. This RBI officials include ‘basic pay’, dearness allow- This is how the future will be our country as well is our opportunity,” he said. ance and ‘other payments’, which totalled Rs in our country as well,” Kotak, When pointed to the con- 2,09,500 in case of Patel as on November 30, vice-chairman of Kotak Mahin- tinuing reluctance of private 2016, as per the latest information disclosed on dra Bank, said in an interview sector to invest since the past the RBI website. RBI Governor Urjit Patel over the weekend here. three years now, Kotak said, In response to a query under the Right to India will be no exception “Competition may be from “we need to be bold and get Information (RTI) Act, the central bank has now The increase in the basic itself would take his to this global trend of hav- government banks, new play- the animal spirits back. We will disclosed that as per a Finance Ministry com- gross pay to nearly Rs 3.70 lakh. ing a few dominating players, ers. You have to be alert, agile get it back, people should feel munication, dated February 21, the basic pay Patel, who took over the reins of the cen- he added. When asked about and paranoid,” he said. excited to invest.” of the Governor and Deputy Governors have tral bank in September 2016, had received a the names of banks which will Kotak also made a strong He said a newer breed of been revised. salary of Rs 2.09 lakh in October -- the first dominate the domestic bank- pitch for having norms on entrepreneurs will emerge Following the revision, the basic pay of the full month in office. This amount was same as ing space, Kotak declined to Uday Kotak, Vice-Chairman of Kotak Mahindra Bank “bank mortality”, underlin- and the “historical Lalas” will Governor stands increased to Rs 2,50,000 per drawn by his predecessor Raghuram Rajan in specify the names but said ing that not all the players change. month while the same for a Deputy Governor August that year. State Bank of India will be one that is bold and that can be ready for another such exercise, who enter due to liberal rules On whether government would be Rs 2,25,000, RBI said. Rajan assumed RBI governorship from Sep- among them. game-changing in the finan- Kotak replied in the positive. can’t make it commercially, can meet divestment targets The pay hike is “with effect from January tember 5, 2013 at a monthly salary of Rs 1.69 “The rest who knows? Can’t cial services industry,” he said, “Do you think we are and should thus be given exit and if the markets will continue 1, 2016”. lakh. His salary was revised to Rs 1.78 lakh and say anything about ourselves but quickly added that there is fatigued? We are alive and kick- options. “That is a big issue. to rally, he said the present bull- Dearness Allowance would be notified by Rs 1.87 lakh respectively during 2014 and March but each of us will have to do nothing to announce now. ing, and have learnt a lot from Who is thinking about mortal- ishness in the capital markets the central government from time to time while 2015. His salary was raised to Rs 2.09 lakh from our bit to get ourselves onto the The board of the bank last the merger. That does not mean ity in banking? We have to see will help government achieve “all other allowances (are) to be paid at existing Rs 2.04 lakh in January 2016. high table. You just can’t take it week decided to raise over Rs we are rushing into a merger in the long-term how it hap- the aggressive divestment plans rates as if the pay has not been received with It was not clear whether Rajan, who left RBI for granted,” he said. 5,300 crore by diluting 3.3 per but we are always open and pens. As you make entry eas- in fiscal 2018. effect from January 1, 2016,” the RTI reply said. on September 4, 2016, would be eligible for Kotak, whose bank is widely cent of the promoters holding, keep our eyes and ears open ier, mortality always have to On his expectations from The RBI, however, did not disclose the new arrears as the basic pay for Governor has been speculated to be interested in for pursuing a host of opportu- for consolidation,” he said. be thought about,” Kotak said. the forthcoming monetary gross pay for Patel and his deputies following the revised retrospectively while covering little more buyouts, acknowledged that nities, including consolidation. He said the share of private When asked about if e-wal- policy review, Kotak said he revision in basic pay. than nine months of his tenure. consolidation is something his When asked if his bank sector lenders should eventu- lets will succeed, Kotak said, expects the apex bank to go With the earlier basic pay of Rs 90,000, Patel Currently, RBI has four deputy governors -- bank is interested in. which completed an integra- ally grow beyond the present 25 “to some of those models, you in for a status quo at the next got a DA of Rs 1,12,500 and ‘other payments’ of R Gandhi, S S Mundra, N S Vishwanathan and “We are open to change tion with ING Vysya Bank, is per cent or thereabout. need to ask the question- how week’s review. PTI Rs 7,000 -- totalling to a gross pay of Rs 2,09,500. Viral V Acharya. PTI India adds 5,400 Eyeing regional connectivity, Exim Bank to raise MW wind power Alliance Air plans to triple its fleet $3 bn from overseas NEW DELHI: Alliance Air, Lohani said while interacting capacity in 2016-17 the regional arm of Air India, with mediapersons. markets this fiscal plans to triple its fleet this fiscal Air India is also procuring by inducting 20 more ATR air- a new ATR 72-600 simulator, NEW DELHI: Exim Bank Of its total funding every year, OUR CORRESPONDENT respectively during 2016-17. craft amid an increased focus which will be operational in plans to raise up to $3 billion half of the credit goes to Afri- During the last finan- on enhancing connectivity to October, in order to train pilots from overseas markets this fis- can nations. NEW DELHI: The Ministry of cial year ended March 31, the underserved and unserved for flying the new aircraft. cal. “We would be looking to Talking about geographical Power and Renewable Energy MNRE took various policy ini- airports. This will replace the Airbus raise between $2.5-3 billion in mix in terms of lending, Ras- has claimed to have added over tiatives in the wind energy sec- Over the next two years, A320 simulator at AI’s Cen- the current fiscal year,” Export quinha said that Bangladesh, 5,400 MW of wind energy gen- tor, including introduction of Alliance Air aims to expand its tral Training Establishment in Import Bank of India (Exim Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar eration capacity during 2016- bidding, re-powering policy, fleet to 50 ATR aeroplanes, Air Hyderabad. Bank) Managing Director are strong areas in the Indian 17, bettering its target of 4,000 draft wind-solar hybrid policy India CMD Ashwani Lohani “So far, Alliance Air has David Rasquinha said. neighbourhood. MW, on Sunday. and new guidelines for devel- said. “We will induct 10 ATR been sending its pilots for In 2016-17, the bank raised In East Asia, Cambodia, A ministry statement opment of wind power proj- 72-600 planes in September. training to Toulouse, Singa- more than $2 billion from mar- Vietnam, Laos are important claimed that, “The Ministry of ects, the statement added. We plan to lease another 10 pore and Bangkok. This is a kets abroad, he said. countries, he added. New and Renewable Energy Meanwhile, India has ATR aircraft within this finan- costly and time consuming Depending upon market The African continent (MNRE) has set a record in become a net exporter of elec- cial year. In the following year, exercise. These pilots can now conditions, Exim Bank bor- poses tremendous opportuni- wind power generation capac- tricity for the first time during we hope to procure another 10 train at our facility in Hyder- rows money tapping overseas ties for Indian businesses and ity by adding over 5,400 MW the 11 months (April-Febru- to 20 ATRs,” he said. abad,” Captain Amitabh Singh, resources. there are a lot of commonali- in 2016-17 against a target of ary) period, the government The 10 new ATRs are being regional connectivity scheme, merely the routes awarded to Executive Director (Training), “Even if we don’t use money ties between India and Africa 4,000 MW.” said earlier this week. procured on lease for 12 years. Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik it and will be flying additional Air India said. right away, I can deploy it as when it comes to development, This surpassed the previ- “As per the Central Electric- At present, the Air India (UDAN), wherein fares are ones to improve connectivity to Alliance Air, a wholly- liquidity because as a financial he said. ous higher capacity addition of ity Authority (CEA), the desig- subsidiary has a fleet of eight capped at Rs 2,500 for one- smaller cities. owned subsidiary of Air India, institution we have to think “At Exim Bank, we are try- 3,423 MW in 2015-16, it added. nated authority of government ATR 72-600 (70 seater) and hour flights and airlines are “We will be operating currently provides flight ser- long term. Our assets go right ing to promote Indian inves- The leading states in wind of India for cross-border trade two ATR 42-320 (48 seater) air- extended viability gap funding flights to enhance regional con- vices to 34 tier-two and up to 20 years,” Rasquinha said. tors to do business in Africa in power generation capacity of electricity, it is the first time craft. Alliance Air has recently by the government. nectivity, and (only) some of tier-three cities via Delhi, Kol- Exim Bank funds long-term power, renewable energy, rail- addition during 2016-17 are India has turned around from been awarded 15 of the 128 However, the Air India sub- them will be part of UDAN. We kata, Mumbai, Bengaluru and projects in Africa, SAARC ways, roads and agriculture,” Andhra Pradesh (2,190 MW), a net importer of electricity to routes under the Centre’s sidiary will not be restricted to are very aggressive about this,” Hyderabad. PTI countries and those in far east. Rasquinha said. Gujarat (1,275 MW) and Kar- net exporter,” a Power Ministry nataka (882 MW). statement mentioned. According to the minis- “During the 2016-17 (April MFs add 67 lakh try, tentative returns showed 2016 to February 2017), India Centre’s green nod to Rs 9,747-cr that Madhya Pradesh, Rajast- has exported around 5,798 mil- han, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, lion units (MU) to Nepal, Ban- folios on higher retail Telangana and Kerala reported gladesh and Myanmar, which is 357 MW, 288 MW, 262 MW, 213 MU more than the import Khurja Power Project in UP 118 MW, 23 MW and 8 MW of around 5,585 MU from Bhu- participation wind power capacity addition tan,” it added further. NEW DELHI: The Centre has given green already been acquired. The coal require- nod for setting up 1,320 MW coal-based ment would be 5.4 million tonnes per NEW DELHI: Mutual fund at the end of February, from super critical Khurja Thermal Power Proj- annum which will be sourced from houses have registered a 4,76,63,024 in the end of March PK Bondriya takes over as new ect at a cost of Rs 9,747.5 crore in Buland- the Madhya Pradesh State Mining surge of over 67 lakh inves- 2016, a gain of 67.25 lakh. shahar district, Uttar Pradesh. Corporation. tor accounts during the first Growing participation GGM of NTPC Singrauli Unit The proposed project to be imple- A total population of 4,171 will be 11 months of the just ended from retail investors, espe- mented by state-run THDC India Ltd affected from five villages due to the proj- fiscal, taking the total tally to cially from smaller towns, and (THDCIL) along with the UP govern- ect activities. Employment generation dur- a record 5.4 crore on growing huge inflows in equity schemes SHAKTINAGAR: PK ment will address the electricity shortage ing construction phase will be 2,000 and interest of retail investors. have contributed to the upside, Bondriya has taken over being faced in northern India. operation phase will be 900, the company This has already topped experts said. as the Group Gen- The proposal is for setting up two units About 1,400 acres of said in its proposal. 59 lakh folios additions made The equity category saw eral Manager of NTPC’s of 660 MW and the power generated from land is required for the It may be noted that THDCIL is in 2015-16. In the last two an addition of more than 40 Singrauli Unit, in Uttar the project will be evacuated through 400 establishing generating stations in vari- years, investor accounts have lakh investor folios to 4 crore in KV transmission systems by Power Grid project, of which 1,200 ous regions of the country for supply of increased following robust con- April-February period of 2016- Pradesh. The incum- Corporation Limited. power to states in the concerned and other tribution from smaller towns. 17. Mutual funds have reported bent Group General “The environment ministry has given acres has already been regions. Folios are numbers desig- a net inflow of Rs 62,151 crore Manager Dinesh Kumar the final green clearance to the Khurja acquired Khurja Super Thermal Power Station nated to individual investor in equity schemes during the has been transferred Power Project with some conditions,” a in Bulandshahr district is one such sta- accounts, though an investor period under review. to Vindhyachal Super senior government official said. tion being set up for supply of power to can have multiple ones. Mutual funds are invest- Among conditions specified, the ment for diverting the Aligarh natural the beneficiaries of northern region and According to the data from ment vehicles made up of a Thermal Power Sta- company has been asked to take sepa- drain from the project site. Uttar Pradesh. Association of Mutual Funds in pool of funds collected from a tion. Before coming to Singrauli, Bondriya was rate environment clearance for township Estimated cost of the project is Rs THDCIL presently has 16 projects India (Amfi) on total investor large number of investors. The posted at NTPC’s Simhadri Super Thermal construction. 9,747.5 crore. totalling to an installed capacity of 8,796 accounts with 43 active fund funds are invested in stocks, Power Plant in Andhra Pradesh. It has also been told to take necessary About 1,400 acres of land is required MW under various stages of implementa- houses, the number of folios bonds and money market permission from Water Resource Depart- for the project, of which 1,200 acres has tion/development. PTI rose to a record 5,43,87,930 instruments, among others. PTI Compensation hike to Infosys COO not proper: Narayana Murthy BENGALURU: Infosys’ N R Narayana to 70 per cent increase in compensation my stay at Infosys since then. He had been Murthy said on Sunday that the compen- for a top level person (even including per- sidelined. He was not even a member of the Infy shareholders approve new AoA, pay sation hike to Chief Operating Officer formance-based variable pay) when the Executive Council at Infosys in 2013 when (COO) U B Pravin Rao approved by the compensation for most of the employees I came back. Kris, Shibu and I encouraged hike of COO Pravin Rao board in February was not “proper” and in the company was increased by just 6-8 him, elevated him to the board, and made “will likely erode the trust and faith of per cent is improper. him the COO when we recruited Vishal as NEW DELHI: Infosys on Sunday said its shareholders have ap- the employees in the management and “Giving nearly 60 to 70 per cent the CEO. So, this abstention has nothing the board”. “The impact of such a deci- increase in compensation for a top level to do with Pravin,” he said. proved the proposal to adopt a new Articles of Association (AoA), sion (compensation hike) will likely erode person (even including performance- “Those of us who have always stood for bringing in provisions for buyback of shares and appointment of the trust and faith of the employees in the based variable pay) when the compen- fairness in compensation and practised it, independent directors. “The resolutions...have been passed by the management and the board,” he said in an sation for most of the employees in the right from the day Infosys was founded, members of the company with requisite majority. The approval is email to PTI here. company was increased by just 6 to 8 per will have to demonstrate it when needed. deemed to have been received on the last date of receipt of postal Murthy also said that given the current cent is, in my opinion, not proper,” he said. N R Narayana Murthy This is a time when it is needed. Nothing poor governance standards at Infosys, the This is grossly unfair to the majority of more and nothing less,” he wrote. ballot forms March 31,” Infosys said in a BSE filing. Shareholders targets for variable pay may not be adhered the Infosys employees including project hard and make sacrifice to reduce cost and “You may not know that my Infosys sal- also approved revision in compensation of Chief Operating Officer to if the board wants to favor a top man- managers, delivery managers, analysts, protect margin? I have got so many mails ary at the time of the founding of Infosys & Whole-time Director U B Pravin Rao, and also appointment of D agement person. “Finally, given the cur- programmers, sales people in the field, from these people asking whether this res- was just 10 per cent of my salary in my pre- N Prahlad as an Independent Director. In February, Infosys Board rent poor governance standards at Infosys, entry level engineers, clerks and office boys olution is fair. No previous resolution in vious job. I ensured that my younger, co- had approved pay hike of its Chief Operating Officer U B Pravin let us also remember that these targets for who are toiling hard to make the com- the history of the company has received founder colleagues got 20 per cent higher variable pay may not be adhered to if the pany better, Murthy said. “With what con- such a low approval,” he added. salary over their salaries in their previous Rao. According to the new Articles of Association (AoA), Infosys board wants to favor a top management science can a decent person like Pravin ( a Murthy, however, said he has lots of job even though I was 7 levels above them “may purchase its own equity shares or other securities by way of person,” he said. man schooled in Infosys values for over 30 affection for Pravin. “I recruited Pravin in in my previous job and was 11 years’ older a buy-back arrangement.” PTI Murthy said giving nearly 60 per cent years) tell his juniors that they should work 1985 and had nurtured him throughout than them. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 mp Will change security marks of BSE awaiting Sebi nod for banknotes every 3-4 yrs: Govt

NEW DELHI: To check coun- terfeiting, the government plans to change security fea- commodity trading: CEO tures of higher denomination banknotes of Rs 2,000 and Rs NEW DELHI: Top stock exchange BSE is ready to 500 every 3-4 years in accor- launch trading in commodity derivatives and is wait- BSE to charge for each dance with global standards. ing for the final approval of markets regulator Sebi The move comes in the to commence operations, its chief Ashish Chauhan equity trade from today wake of recovery of a large has said. amount of fake Indian cur- BSE will offer trading in these products on a sepa- NEW DELHI: Leading stock exchange BSE will rency notes in last four months rate platform as against an earlier proposal to launch start charging transaction fee on per trade basis from after demonetisation. an entirely new exchange because the merger of erst- tomorrow, a move that is expected to attract a larger The issue was discussed while commodities regulator FMC with Sebi led to a number of big deals. Under the new system, it will threadbare at a high-level unified marketplace for both equity and commodities. charge Re 1 per trade for up to 5 lakh transactions in meeting on Thursday attended It plans to offer derivatives trading in select com- a month; 70 paise for 5-10 lakh; 60 paise for 10-20 lakh by senior officials of the min- modities to begin with, while it will look at new prod- and 30 paise for over 40 lakh. istries of Finance and Home, ucts as and when they are allowed by the regulator, Earlier, the exchange charged a flat Rs 275 per crore including Union Home Secre- RBI should focus on NPA Chauhan said in an interview. on a gross turnover of Rs 1 crore. Market experts said tary Rajiv Mehrishi. Advocat- “We had applied to Sebi when FMC was there (as the move is part of BSE’s effort to increase its trad- ing the move, Home Ministry resolution: Assocham an independent regulator) and we were in process of ing volumes and attracts more block and bulk deals. officials said most of the devel- applying to FMC also and had written to them that Besides, BSE would levy a flat transaction charge oped countries change security NEW DELHI: The banking system in India is we want to set up a commodities derivative exchange. of Rs 10 per crore of turnover on both active and pas- features of their currency notes That was more than two years ago,” he said. sive trades done on its currency derivative segment. every 3-4 years and therefore, it facing the challenge of bad loans and the RBI “Then, FMC was merged with Sebi and then we Earlier, Rs 10 per crore transaction fee was levied is absolutely necessary for India should focus on resolving it for the time being, were told that even stock exchanges can now also do on only active side of the trade transaction on cur- to follow this policy. an industry body has said. Even though interest commodities as a segment. So, we applied accordingly rency future contracts. Similarly, for currency options The change in design of rates are benign, credit offtake has remained at soon after and we are awaiting the approvals. As soon contract the transaction fee was also Rs 10 per crore Indian currency notes of higher historic lows, clearly pointing out that the big- as the approvals come, we will start,” he added. active side of the transaction on premium value. PTI denominations was long due. Asserting that all necessary ground-work has been Till its demonetisation, there gest problem the economy is facing is stressed done by BSE, he said: “We have already got the soft- had been no major change assets, Assocham said. The estimated bad and ware made, we have got the team which can do sales, FPI inflows at record Rs 57,000 cr in March in the Rs 1,000 note since its stressed assets are at around Rs 7 lakh crore, clearing, a lot of other preparations are in place. Mock introduction in 2000. Changes it said adding that the focus of the upcoming trading has also happened.” NEW DELHI: Foreign investors pumped in a record Rs 57,000 crore in Indian capital in the old Rs 500 note, which meeting of RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee On the products, Chauhan said, “Whatever prod- was launched in 1987, were car- ucts are currently allowed, we should be comfortable markets in March, buoyed by expectations that BJP’s victory in assembly polls is a ried out more than a decade (MPC) next week has to be on working closely trading in those and as and when new products are precursor to more “bold, reformist policies”.With the latest funds mobilisation, net ago. The newly introduced with the government and banks to resolve the allowed, we can always look at them.” investment by FPIs in the capital markets -- equity and debt -- reached a little over notes had no additional secu- mounting non-performing assets (NPAs). PTI There are two major exchanges for commodity Rs 49,000 crore in 2016-17. In the just-concluded fiscal, FPIs invested a net sum of rity features and were similar to derivatives, MCX and NCDEX, while Anil Ambani- those in the old Rs 1,000 and Rs Ashoka Pillar emblem, the had been copied on the reverse led Reliance Group is also betting big on this segment over Rs 56,000 crore in equities while they pulled out Rs 7,000 crore from the debt 500 notes, officials said. letters ‘Rs 2000’ on the left, side. Although the print and and is in process of relaunching the Indian Commod- market. According to depository data, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused a net A close look by the investi- the guarantee clause with the paper quality of the seized ity Exchange (ICEX). sum of Rs 31,327 crore in equities in March and another Rs 25,617 crore in the debt gators on some of the recently Reserve Bank of India Gover- counterfeits was poor, they BSE, which recently got listed after a bumper IPO, segment, translating into a combined inflow of Rs 56,944 crore (USD 8.7 billion). seized fake notes found that at nor’s signature and the denom- resembled genuine notes. has expanded successfully in a number of areas in This was the highest net inflow by FPIs in a single month since 2002 when segre- least 11 of the 17 security fea- ination number in Devanagari The officials said the change recent years and has seen business soar significantly tures in the new Rs 2,000 notes on the front, officials said. of security features of currency in several segments including in mutual fund distri- gated data for equities and debt were available with Sebi. The latest inflows follow a had been replicated. Besides, the motif of ‘Chan- notes in every 3-4 years will bution, debt placement, currency derivatives and SME net investment of Rs 15,862 crore in equity and debt in February. PTI These included the trans- drayaan’, the ‘Swachh Bharat’ lead to curbing of counterfeit- segment, besides equity markets. PTI parent area, watermark, logo and the year of printing ing to a great extent. PTI Jaitley, Kamath NTPC’s 800-MW Koldam Hydro Power CIL gets ready to tap into coal discuss NDB’s bed methane, gasification India ops, project Station exceeds all generation targets pipeline NEW DELHI: The state- SHIMLA/BARMANA: owned Coal India is ready- NEW DELHI: Finance Minis- NTPC’s 800-MW Koldam ing an action plan to tap coal ter Arun Jaitley discussed vari- Hydro Power Station has bed methane and gasification ous issues, including issuance achieved a record power gen- to keep a lid on emission and of masala bonds and future eration of 3,225 million units cut down India’s dependence plans of the New Development against the design capacity of of imported petro products, a Bank (NDB) during his meet- 3054 million units during the top official said. ing with the head of the mul- financial year 2016-17, which “Coal India (CIL) is making tilateral funding agency K V is more than 5 per cent above an action plan. Under the plan, Kamath. the design energy, said San- the PSU will have to come out The bilateral meeting, jeev Kishore, Group General with projects on coal bed meth- which took place yesterday, Manager of the power station. ane, gasification (underground focused on the steps required The Group General Manager and surface), coal to liquid and in expanding the bank’s opera- informed that 2016-17 was the polychemical,” Coal Secretary tions in India, including proj- first full year of operations of Susheel Kumar said. ect pipeline. the power plant. Underground coal gasifi- They also discussed the Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar Sanjeev Kishore said that cation (UCG) is extraction of bank’s operational plans for the power plant had thus sur- energy from coal and lignite 2017, the Finance Ministry passed all the targets of genera- resources that are otherwise move will help the country gas can be used as a feedstock said in a statement issued on tion. The plant, he added, had deemed uneconomical through reduce its emission intensity for producing urea and other Sunday. also surpassed the normative conventional mining methods. and dependence on petroleum chemicals that can help limit The forthcoming masala declared capacity of 90 per cent The plan of action, Kumar and gas imports. the country’s import bill by $10 bond issuance by the NDB was by achieving 106.42 per cent Sanjeev Kishore attributes Dispatch Centre (NRLDC), ture and subsidiaries, he said. said, will be monitored by the CIL consultancy arm billion in five years and cut car- also discussed, it said. with annual PLF of 46 per cent the achievements in front of the power plant, he informed NTPC has also ventured in the coal ministry. CMPDI recently sought appli- bon emission. The NDB, which is hold- which was nearly 2 per cent power generation to the effi- was presently being operated field of Wind Power generation “We want that at least the cations from global firms on Kumar hoped that India’s ing a three-day Board of Gov- more than the design PLF. cient machine and water man- between 6.15 hrs to 7.45 hrs as well as Solar Power gener- pilot should come... Let’s hope providing consultancy on for- dependence on petroleum and ernors and Directors meeting The financial year 2016-17, agement affected by engineers and 18.15 hrs to 20.30 hrs. ation in view of the govern- that it happens sooner than mulating bid documents with natural gas can be reduced or here, was created by the BRICS Sanjeev Kishore informed, was of the power station. Talk- The 800-MW Koldam ment of India’s ambitious plan later because... a new vista will regard to development of UCG done away with if the country (Brazil, Russia, India, China a year of laudable achievements ing about the annual main- Hydro Power Station, San- of promoting New & Renew- open for us,” the secretary said. projects. The secretary had manages to extract gas from and South Africa) countries on many fronts like achieving tenance of the machines, he jeev Kishore informed, was able Sources of energy in the He is optimistic that the earlier said the domestic coal coal. PTI with an objective of financing the highest monthly genera- informed that inspection of the first hydro power venture country. infrastructure and sustainable tion of 641.02 million units all the machines had already of the country’s largest power The Koldam Hydro development projects in its during the month of August been completed successfully producer NTPC Limited. He Power Plant, Sanjeev Kishore, member countries. 2016, and highest daily gener- between 4 to 5 days for each added that the Maharatna informed, was meeting the Tata Motors arm to export NDB complements the ation of 20.86 million units on machine against the target of NTPC had crossed the mark energy needs of the northern efforts of other existing finan- 17 June, 2016. 10 days. of 50,000 MW and the installed region states viz, Himachal, cial institutions to realise the The surpassing of Declared With a head of 138 meter, capacity was 50,498 MW. The Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Made-in-India robot to Europe common goal of global growth. Capacity by 110.10 per cent the machines, the Group Gen- company, he told, was operat- UP and Uttarakhand, where The founding members of the during May 2016, Kishore eral Manager told required a ing as many as 19 coal-based power is being distributed as NEW DELHI: Tata Motors on Sunday said its applications like pick and placement of materi- NDB have put in capital of $ said, was highest in the coun- flow of 750 cumecs of water power stations 7 gas-based per the Power Purchase Agree- subsidiary TAL Manufacturing has received ‘CE’ als, assembly of parts, machine and press tend- 1.5 billion thus far as capital try’s hydro power sector. Simi- while presently the flow in river power stations and one hydro ments (PPAs) with these states. certification for Made-in-India robot ‘BRABO’ ing, as a sealing application, camera and vision contribution. larly, the achievement of 107.27 Satluj was about 118 cumecs power station in the country. The state of Himachal Pradesh, for its commercial sale in Europe. based jobs, among others. The NDB is also planning per cent of Plant Load Factor (Cubic Meter per Second) It has also launched as many Sanjeev Kishore added was also “The TAL BRABO now complies with essen- The BRABO can also complement human to raise up to $500 million (PLF), achieved in July 2016, on an average which is on an as 10 renewable energy projects getting 13 per cent of power tial requirements relevant to European health, workforce by taking over dull, dangerous and through ‘masala bonds’ and he added, was also the high- increasing trend with the onset to harness solar energy with an generated which includes 12 safety and environmental legislation, permitting monotonous jobs. With the BRABO, TAL Man- increase its exposure to infra- est among the central and state of summer. As per requirement aggregated capacity of 620 MW. percent power as royalty and 1 export of the TAL BRABO Robot to custom- ufacturing will focus on automotive, electronics, structure projects in India to sector power stations in the of the grid and schedules given The company is also operating percent for Local Area Devel- ers in Europe,” Tata Motors said in a statement. logistics, food, packaging, pharmaceutical and around $600-700 million dur- country. by the Northern Region Load 9 power plants under joint ven- opment Fund. It said the BRABO can be used for varied other industries. PTI ing the year. PTI CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE Honda Cars India registers 8.7% growth in domestic sales in March 2017 MPOST BUREAU

NEW DELHI: Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL), leading manufacturer of passenger cars in India, registered monthly domestic sales of 18,950 units in March 2017 against 17,430 units in the corresponding month last year, registering a City 2017 and Honda WR-V, growth of 8.7%. helped us achieve good sales New models in the HCIL result during March 2017. We line-up, including New City are thankful to our customers 2017 and Sporty Lifestyle Vehi- for their support to Honda.” cle Honda WR-V, contrib- “As we enter into the new fis- Uttarakhand government in association with the State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited welcomed a delegation from the Royal Thai Embassy, New Delhi, uted significantly to this sales cal year, we are confident of a on a visit to the state. The visit of the delegates was scheduled for 31 March to 2 April, 2017. During his growth. strong show in 2017-18 with Mr. Yoichiro Ueno, Pres- a robust product-portfolio courtesy call, Apirat Sugondhabhirom, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Royal Thai Embassy, greeted NLCIL registered a record performance in overburden excavation, lignite excavation and power generation. the Chief Minister and said that the Kingdom of Thailand has had strong diplomatic ties of over almost Dr SK Acharya, CMD, NLCIL, addressed the media about the physical performance of the company for ident and CEO, Honda Cars and good demand from the seven decades with India 2016-17 at Neyveli. Also seen in the picture are Functional Directors of the company India Ltd. said, “Strong sales market.” momentum for our latest offer- HCIL also exported a total ings in the market, New Honda of 145 units in March 2017. 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 India eves beat Rio revenge: Sindhu conquers Uruguay in HWL Marin to win maiden India Open Round 2 opener ABRESHMINA S QUADRI point of the game but imme- her second Super Series title diately after, she restored parity post winning the China Open NEW DELHI: Revenge tastes and the packed stadium echoed Super Series in November 2016. sweet and more so on home with thunderous applause. Though disheartened, turf. In a pulsating final, Rio Sindhu then won five points Marin congratulated Sindhu Olympics silver medallist and in a row to take a big 6-1 lead and said, “I have been getting world no. 5 Pusarla Ventaka but Marin soon crawled back better now after battling with Sindhu downed the Rio Olym- to take the next three points to injuries and I’m happy with my pics gold medal winner Caro- make it 6-4. performance.” lina Marin of Spain in straight The two women engaged “On-court we might be sets to win her maiden India each other in rallies trying rivals but off-court we are very Open title at the Siri Fort Sports to squeeze out points as they good friends and I am happy Complex, here on Sunday. played cross court and made for her that she won as she was In Olympics 2016, Sindhu each other run for every point. the better player on the day,” the had gone down fighting but With a perfect drop shot, Spaniard added about Sindhu. on Sunday, she turned that Sindhu went into the break with Earlier in the day, Viktor fight into victory and beat an 11-9 lead. Axelsen lived up to his top Marin 21-19, 21-16 Marin stayed neck-and- billing in the tournament as Indian and Uruguay women's hockey players in action during Women's in the women’s sin- neck with the Indian and he fended off Chou Tien Chen Hockey World League Round 2 match in Canada PTI gles final of Yonex finally managed to draw level. MPOST of Chinese Taipei 21-13, 21-10 Sunrise India At 17-17, Sindhu did the mis- to lift his maiden title in India. WEST VANCOUVER: The break before the final quarter Open Super take of constantly just blocking serves high and put herself into Throughout the game, it was Indian women’s team beat began, a few key variations Series. Marin’s aggressive shots and an attacking position. Victor who held the charges and Uruguay 4-2 in the penalty brought in by India chief I would like Unlike thus Marin took the lead for the Even as Marin’s scream Chou seemed far too fragile shootout to begin their cam- coach Sjoerd Marijne saw the Rio final, first time in the game. rung the stadium every time for the mightiness of the world paign in the Women’s Hockey Vandana Katariya convert a to thank the crowd, Sindhu didn’t As she berated herself for she won a point, much like Rio, no. 4. World League Round 2 on a fine field goal in the 49th min- the spectators, they enter the giving away the lead, Sindhu this time it was Sindhu who In the men’s doubles clash, winning note here. ute to take 2-1 lead. court with a came back with some fiery set was seen breaking her oppo- top seeded Marcus Gideon and Skipper Rani, Monika, But a defensive error in were really very flashing of shots even as Marin found it nent’s momentum but delaying Kevin Sanjaya of Indonesia beat Deepika and Navjot Kaur held the striking circle in the 54th nice and being the smile and difficult to keep her strikes in. Marin’s serves. their compatriots Ricky Karan- their nerves to score in the minute saw the Indian team it seemed Despite going down late in the Marin persisted for long dasuwardi and Angga Pratama tense penalty shootout that concede a penalty stroke home ground, it was like this set, Sindhu went on to win the but broke down after a point 21-11, 21-15 without breaking saw them through after the which was successfully con- an extremely good time crucial first set 21-19. as many a times it were her way- much sweat to win the title. two sides were locked 2-2 at verted by Uruguay’s Manu- around, Sindhu said after the match, ward shots and her nervousness In the women’s doubles, the end of the regulation time. ela Vilar. experience for me she “I think the first game was cru- that gave Sindhu an upper hand. it was an all-Japan affair with India got off to a good In the last six minutes, the was cial for the both of us and I’m Sindhu never let the Shiho Tanaka and Koharu start and took the lead with Indian forwards made forays ready happy I could pocket that and opportunity slip and finished Yonemoto, seeded seventh, get- skipper Rani scoring as early into the opposition striking to carry the momentum with me.” off the set 21-16 to become ting better of third seeds Naoko as in the sixth minute. circle but could not fetch a The Hyderabadi girl started only the second Indian after Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao India held on to the lead goal eventually leading the reserve her the second set just where she left Saina Nehwal to win the pres- 16-21, 21-19, 21-10. till the third quarter but match to a penalty shootout. happiness the previous opening a 4-0 lead. tigious title. The mixed doubles title went Uruguay struck their first With the experienced and smile Sindhu seemed to be apply- This is also her second title to Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong of goal in the 45th minute goalkeeper Savita producing only for the ing the same strategy that she of the season at home afterwin- China after the beat their com- to equalise through Maria a good show, India held their ultimate glory. did against Marin in Rio Olym- ning the Syed Modi Grand Prix patriots Zheng Siwei and Chen Teresa Viana Ache. nerves to win 4-2 in the excit- PTI Sindhu lost the first pics as she kept most of her in Lucknow early this year and Qingchen 22-24, 21-14, 21-17. After a quick two-minute ing penalty shootout. AGENCIES B’desh, Sri Lanka may not be with Aditi makes cut at Paes wins first Konta overpowers title of season BCCI if Srinivasan comes to ICC ANA Inspiration golf in Challenger Wozniacki to win NEW DELHI: Indian Cricket don't be surprised if BCCI lose ited status, was once again accu- Board's move to stall the pro- 1-9 or 2-8 may be," the source COA to meet rate of the tees as she has found tournament posed constitutional and said. In the last two ICC meet- over 75% of the fairways in three financial reforms in the ICC ings, the BCCI has been rep- BCCI officials rounds. She needed 28 putts in Miami WTA title may suffer a roadblock if BCCI resented by Vikram Limaye. the third round, as against 25 tries to send N Srinivasan as The ICC AGM will be held in on April 5 in in second, but as on the second its representative at the world Dubai on April 27-28 day, she found only 10 of the 18 body's Board Meeting. While COA head Vinod Hyderabad greens regulation. It was also learnt that Com- Rai has made it clear that Yet, as Tied-23rd, she has a mittee Of Administrators the office bearers don't need NEW DELHI: The great chance to make a bid for (COA) may just spring into their approval to convene an Committee of her first Top-15 in the Majors, action if Srinivasan, who is SGM but any deviation from Administrators has as she sits just two shots away 72 years old, becomes BCCI's Supreme Court order will from the eight-player bunch at representative at the global make them step in. summoned the five-under. body's forum. A lot of BCCI officials BCCI office-bearers Aditi’s only appearance on There are rumours that are still N Srinivasan confi- for a meeting in the LPGA this season saw her Srinivasan will have back- dants including joint secre- Hyderabad on April finish T-52nd at the Women’s LEON (MEXICO): Leander ing of majority of state units tary Amitabh Chaudhary and 5. The meeting will Australian Open. It is only the Paes on Sunday won his first at the BCCI Special General treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry. CALIFORNIA (US): Aditi fifth career start on LPGA for title of the season, combining Meeting, tentatively sched- "The COA is keeping a tab be held with se- Ashok made her first cut in Aditi, which include a missed with Canadian Adil Shamas- uled for April 9 but this move of things. Srinivasan in any nior vice-president a Major with a second round cut at her Major debut in Wom- din to lift the Leon Challenger can mean that Bangladesh and case is ineligible to attend CK Khanna, joint three-under 69 and then pro- en’s British Open in 2016. Tour tennis tournament's Sri Lanka will no longer sup- the so-called SGM as he is secretary Amitabh ceeded to compile a no-frills Meanwhile, Thompson is men's doubles trophy after a port India. above 70 years and is on the Chaudhary and 72 in the third to get to three- looking to take another leap straight-set triumph here. "The Bangladesh Cricket wrong side of all the Lodha under 213 and a highly cred- into Poppie’s Pond and pick up Paes, who was named a Board (BCB) is very wary of Committee reforms. Also one treasurer Aniruddh itable Tied-23 position in the her second major championship reserve in India's Davis Cup Srinivasan. They have not for- shouldn't assume that Srini- Chaudhry, who are ANA Inspiration, the year’s and first win of the 2017 season. team for the Uzbekistan tie, gotten the kind of insult the vasan's nomination as BCCI all expected to be in first Major women. The sec- She carded six birdies on the day and Shamasdin defeated Luca Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark (left) and Johanna Konta of Britain then ICC President Mustafa representative for ICC meet- the cyber city, for the ond round was completed on to finish at 5-under, hitting 18 of Margaroli (Switzerland) and pose with their trophies after the woman's singles final at the Miami Kamal faced at the 2015 World ing will be a cakewalk," the opening ceremony of Saturday, which also saw third 18 greens in regulation. Caro Zampieri (Brazil) 6-1 6-4 Open tennis tournament PTI Cup in Australia. Bangladesh source said. round action. Pettersen, the 15-time in the title clash at the $75,000 for certain will not be with It is being speculated that the 10th edition Aditi, who turned 19 a LPGA winner has finished in hard court event. MIAMI: Johanna Konta India if Srinivasan is BCCI's Srinivasan is eying the inde- of the Indian Premier day before the event, has now the top-10 at Mission Hills seven With this win, Paes clinched defeated Caroline Wozniacki Johanna Konta choice at ICC Board Meet," a pendent chairman's posi- League. It is learnt carded 72-69-72 and is 10 shots times, including three times a his 20th ATP Challenger title. 6-4, 6-3 to win the Miami Open secured the senior BCCI source privy to tion as current incumbent that both Vinod Rai behind the 2014 champion, runner-up. Pettersen, whose Paes has now won at least one - the biggest title won by a Brit- development said. Shashank Manohar has told Lexi Thompson who sits atop a last victory came at the 2015 title every year for the past ish woman in 40 years. biggest win of Even Sri Lanka might have the Board that he will com- and Vikram Limaye packed leaderboard at 13-under Manulife LPGA Classic, had 26 years. This was Paes' first Konta, who had never won her career and the other thoughts, ditto for Zim- plete his current responsibili- will be meeting par after 54 holes. Lexi leads two bogeys and six birdies to final this season. an elite WTA premier manda- babwe as India require three ties and then leave. Manohar the three office- Suzann Pettersen by two-strokes card a 4-under 68 in her third The last title Paes won on tory event, will move to num- best by a British votes to stop the reforms. had resigned last month only bearers to ensure and has a large group of pursu- round. Mi Jung Hur, Minjee the ATP World Tour was in ber seven in the world rankings woman since "If the reform proposals to reconsider his decision smooth conduct of ers within five shots of the lead. Lee, Inbee Park and So Yeon 2015 when he triumphed at with the victory. come up for voting and Srini- with important reform work Aditi, who is playing the Ryu sit three back of Thompson Auckland with South African The Sydney-born 25-year- Virginia Wade vasan is BCCI representative, still pending. AGENCIES the IPL. AGENCIES LPGA Tour this year on a lim- at 10-under par. AGENCIES Raven Klaasen. AGENCIES old, who beat Venus Williams in won Wimbledon the semi-final, began superbly, breaking to love in the opening in 1977 AIFF to launch game before Wozniacki swiftly Di Maria sparkles as PSG retain French League Cup broke back to level at 2-2. as long as she needs, I think it new 4-nation After another break each, was important for me to assert the Briton took advantage of myself right away in the man- Champions Cup LYON(FRANCE): Angel ing the Monaco keeper could two double-faults from the Dane ner that I wanted to play ... to Di Maria scored one goal do as Di Maria stabbed low to break to 5-4 and serve out give myself the best chance of football tourney and set up two more as Paris into the corner with half-time for the set. executing what I wanted tacti- Saint-Germain thrashed approaching after Draxler dis- There was a similar pattern cally," Konta said. NEW DELHI: The All India Monaco 4-1 to lift the French played remarkable balance to to the start of the second set, Konta conceded that there Football Federation (AIFF) on League Cup for the fourth feed the unmarked Argentine. with the pair exchanging breaks was little to choose between her- Sunday announced the launch successive season. Joao Moutinho fizzed a in the first two game. self and her Danish opponent, of a new invitational multi-con- Julian Draxler fired PSG shot just over the crossbar fol- The key moment came when who she also beat in the Aus- tinental Champions Cup com- ahead with just four minutes lowing the interval, but PSG Konta broke to go 4-3 up, with tralian Open in January. petition in August. played in the final in Lyon, landed the fatal blow on 54 a little help from the net cord. "Until the end there wasn't The Champions Cup may but Thomas Lemar levelled for minutes as Cavani hammered Clearly full of confidence, too much in it. I tried to not possibly see participation of Monaco before the half hour. past Subasic after a sublime Konta then broke again, with a wish time away and to really four countries from an Asia, Argentine international floated cross from Verratti. lob on match-point, to secure stay out there as long as pos- Africa and North America Di Maria restored the lead for Benjamin Mendy went the biggest win of her career sible and really enjoy compet- including hosts India. Unai Emery's side a minute close to halving the deficit with and the best by a British woman ing. I think even when it was “We are quite excited at the before half-time and Edinson a stinging effort, but Cavani since Virginia Wade won Wim- finished I was expecting more prospect of introducing the new Cavani sealed a record sev- should have netted his sec- bledon in 1977. points to come," she said. Champions Cup from 2017. enth title for PSG with a clini- ond and sealed the outcome No British woman had ever It was Wozniacki's third final AIFF and its partner FSDL cal second-half brace. when he steered wide from Di won a premier mandatory event of the year and third defeat fol- have worked together over the After the shock of their Maria's delivery from the left. since the elite tier was intro- lowing her loses in Dubai and last couple of months in study- Champions League last 16 Substitute Irvin Cardona duced in 2009 and this was only Doha. "I was hoping it was ing the past and current year’s collapse against Barcelona in flashed a header just wide the second time that Konta had going to be third time lucky in National Team engagements the second leg, a third meeting of Kevin Trapp's left-hand even qualified for the Miami my third final but we will go for and how other countries are with Ligue 1 leaders Monaco post, while Subasic dived tournament. The Briton said the fourth one," said Wozniacki, performing in Asia,” AIFF Gen- this season presented an PSG have dominated the ishly slide the ball across for from the edge of the box. at full-stretch to palm away her quick start had really helped who nonetheless said she was eral Secretary Kushal Das said. opportunity for redemption competition in recent seasons Draxler to tap home. Monaco Cavani thought he had put a Di Maria effort with the her in what was just her second pleased with the consistency she “We are in talks with vari- for PSG. – Monaco's last major trophy shrugged off that setback as PSG back in front as he reacted outside of the boot. premier mandatory final, fol- has shown in the first quarter of ous Football Associations from Monaco's Radamel Falcao came when they won the 2003 Lemar replied with a fine quickest to Thiago Silva's tow- But the Argentine com- lowing her loss to Agnieszka the season. AFC, CAF and CONCACAF. failed to shake off a nagging final – and the holders stormed equaliser on 27 minutes. ering back-post header, but bined with Cavani in the final Radwanska in Beijing in 2016. "I think I can take a lot We envision to consistently hip injury that has sidelined into an early lead albeit in con- Bernardo Silva's chipped the Uruguayan's goal-bound minute to add a fourth for "Going into any match but out of this first part of year in climb through the FIFA Rank- the Colombian since March troversial circumstances. pass found Djibril Sidibe flick was superbly kept out PSG as the Uruguayan pow- especially against someone like general. I think I can take a ing charts by playing matches 11, but Thiago Motta returned Verratti slipped Di Maria inside the area and the France by Danijel Subasic before the ered home Di Maria's cross Caroline who is such an athlete lot of positives from that and against good opponents,” to the PSG line-up for his first in behind the defence, with the full-back laid the ball back for Croat smothered the rebound. from close range to cap a con- and can really stay out there just build on it.” AGENCIES he added. AGENCIES start in six weeks. Argentine electing to unself- Lemar to expertly sweep home However there was noth- vincing triumph. AGENCIES Entertainment 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 mp ‘Baahubali 2’ Marriage not a release biggest disqualification movie event ever: KJo MUMBAI: Filmmaker Karan Johar says April will witness the biggest movie event ever as the two parts in the Baahubali fran- chise will release within a span of two weeks. He also said “Baa- hubali: The conclusion” is going to be “bigger” and “grander”. Ahead of the release of Baahubali: The Conclusion on April 28, the first part is being re-released in select theatres on April 7. “When a movie continues to be topical for two years, you know people love every bit of it! Both, exhibitors and film lovers, have approached us to make ‘Baahubali’ a binge- watching experience,” Karan, who will be distribut- in Bollywood ing the Hindi version of the film, said in a statement. “Hence, we are re-releasing the first part on April 7 with a special offer that takes care of tickets for both parts. We’re excited. April will witness the biggest movie event ever,” he said. The franchise has a huge fan following owing to its larger-than-life content and fans are eagerly looking forward to watch Prabhas and the entire ‘Girls get married cast go a notch higher than its predecessor in giv- NEW DELHI: She has been married for over ing the audience a splendid cinematic experience. three decades to veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar at an age when they Produced by Arka Entertainment, directed by and has essayed powerful roles in Bollywood in S.S. Rajamouli, the film stars Prabhas in the title her 44-year journey. Acclaimed performer and role in addition to Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah social activist Shabana Azmi doesn’t see mar- are ready for it, after Bhatia, Anushka Shetty, Sathyaraj and Ramya riage as a “disqualification” for female actors in Krishnan in pivotal roles. IANS the Hindi film industry. “I think it is a very old playing their parts way of thinking that marriage is detrimental to the careers of female actors. This is no longer the case... To say that marriage is a disqualification as leading ladies and for parts, I do not agree with it,” Shabana said. The 66-year-old star says actors get married at an appropriate age now. by then, they look “What happens is girls get married at an age when they are ready for it, by which time they for more substantial have played their parts as leading ladies that are sort of in the heroine mode. By the time they get married, they look for more substan- parts in the movies tial parts and so the parts that come their way are appropriate to their age,” added the actor, who was feted with Padma Shri in 1988. Sha- and so the parts that bana, who through her work strongly supports the empowerment of women, says the role of come their way are women in Indian cinema has changed greatly. “If you look at the 1960s, you see Meena Kumari was the heroine for the film that was appropriate to titled ‘Main Chup Rahungi’ – remaining silent was considered a virtue for women,” she said, their age’ adding how it was left to the parallel cinema to portray women differently. “This fortunately is changing... Because of the weight that many of our female actors have brought to the films and their parts, more and more such films are being written, and importantly they are being commercially successful.” “We can’t say that we want films about empowered women, change and justice unless these are films that are going to be embraced by the audience,” added the actor, who has worked Star kids have a burden to succeed: Jackie in films like Ankur, Arth, Fire, Makdee and Neerja. All said and done, Shabana says produc- MUMBAI: Actor Jackie Shroff says so many people watching you, have he had a smile on his face. Usually kids edy, by the general standard. There is ers who pump in a lot money into films are here it is not easy being a star kid as they expectations from you,” Jackie said. “It cry but he was smiling. I still remember a message in their too conveyed with for business. “Some feel strongly about being are under constant scrutiny and pres- isn’t easy being a star kid that way when that moment. He is still the same and I grace.” Jackie says over the years, the committed to a social cause, others feel strongly sure to outdo the work of their par- you have to tackle all the pressure and like it,” Jackie says. emotion of love has remained the same committed to entertainment – both are equally ents. Jackie, whose son Tiger is also in still make your mark. It’s (acting) in the The 60-year-old actor has recently but the process of expressing it has valid because finally it’s a choice each artiste films, believes the biggest challenge for genes, if they have it they will use it and featured in a short film titled Khujli undergone a huge change. has to make,” she added. Shabana feels the film star kids is to come out of their fam- make wonders for themselves. Nobody which also stars Neena Gupta. The “Definition of love may not have industry is age-centric, but this is also changing. ily’s shadow and make an identity for can take away your talent,” he adds. 15-minute film, produced by Terribly changed but this generation definitely “If you look in my own career graph in the themselves. The actor says though he is a celeb- Tiny Talkies, narrates the story of a has no time. All the emotions stay the last 10 years, probably I have had the most chal- “They have a burden in their heads, rity, his son Tiger never grew up like middle aged couple who try to rekindle same but timing is a problem. Every- lenging roles of my life... I was just recounting of their father, mother, family. They a “star kid” and was always grounded their sex life. thing has been squeezed into the digital to somebody that I have five films lined up for have the pressure to succeed. Star kids and humble. “I was laughing when the script medium. “There is no time for looking release. Two of them are American productions have to come out of the shadow of “As a kid, he was lovely. He was on came to me. The way director, Sonam into the eyes. The love in the old days – one is called Signature Move and the other is their fathers, be it me, Bachchan sir his own, never bothered about any- Nair, narrated it to me I had a hearty had a certain grace, quintessential feel The Black Prince.” IANS (Amitabh Bachchan), Dharmendra, thing else but his sports and friends. laugh. I just couldn’t say no. The script to it. Now everybody is busy in their Vinod sir (Vinod Khanna). There are When I first saw him in the incubator, took me inside. It isn’t really a sex com- phones,” he adds. PTI Tyra Banks Joe Manganiello excited for The Batman role removes LONDON: Actor Joe Man- ganiello is very excited about age limit from his role as Deathstroke in The Batman opposite Ben Affleck. ‘America’s Next The 40-year-old actor will play Slade Wilson aka Death- stroke opposite Affleck in the Top Model’ title role in the upcoming DC blockbuster, and he couldn’t LOS ANGELES: Tyra Banks be happier about it as he’s has reclaimed her position as always rooted for the villain blade. That’s been a lot of fun. to polarise an audience or the head of ‘America’s Next when watching similar films, I grew up rooting for the vil- have them walk away maybe Top Model’ (ANTM) judging reported Contactmusic. lain,” he says. not agreeing with my char- panel and the supermodel has “I’m very excited. I just “These characters mean acter but understanding why removed the contestant age started kung fu, qigong and so much to so many people he does what he does. That’s limit from the show. cutting with a live katana and there’s a real opportunity a really fun challenge.” PTI The television producer has announced she is remov- ing the age limit from the Prince Jackson honours ‘ANTM’ contestant applica- I was ‘sick’ of Ed Sheeran tion, opening the modeling competition up to contend- father with new tattoo ers of all ages. after his success: Elton “There have been 23 “Thanks @dermagraphink cycles of America’s Next Top for sitting 9hrs with me for such LOS ANGELES: Music legend Elton While he’s proud of the 26-year- Model, and every single cycle an incredible and beautiful tat- John says he urged Ed Sheeran to old singer’s achievements so far, Elton we say you have to be 27 years old too,” Prince wrote on Instagram, take a career break after becoming feared Ed had started to become too or younger. alongside a video of his new ink sick of seeing the pop overexposed – so he advised him to “You know what I hear all the which features the late singer star’s face follow- enjoy a lengthy getaway, reported time? ‘Tyra, come on! Why have an in black suspenders, a match- ing the huge suc- Rolling Stone magazine. age limit?’ So, you know what? I’m ing jacket, a red shirt, a black cess of his 2014 “He was so omnipresent I taking that age limit off. You want and red fedora and his signa- album ‘X.’ said, ‘Ed, even I’m sick of you. to audition for America’s Next Top ture white sparkling glove, as The rock Go away.’ And he did. He went Model? I don t care how old you well as wings. icon has served to the Far East with his girl- are, honey,” Banks said in a video Both Prince, as a mentor to friend, had a great time, put message she tweeted. who was 11 when Sheeran ever on a lot of weight, ate food and Banks, however, asks poten- Michael died in since he signed came back,” John said. PTI tial contestants to come pre- 2009, and his sister his fellow Brit to pared to do two things: “You Paris Jackson have his management just need to know how to many tattoos. In firm Rocket ‘smize’ and be open to LOS ANGELES: 2016, she got two Music learning how to work the Prince Jackson has hon- honoring their dad. earlier runway like a super- ored his father Michael One reads “Queen of on in his model,” she says. Banks Jackson with a tribute tattoo My Heart” in his hand- career. recently confirmed she that captures the King of Pop writing and other one is would return to the in one of his signature dance the cover art for his 1991 album show she launched moves. The 20-year-old got Dangerous. They recently got back in 2003. PTI inked on his calf and revealed matching Yin and Yang sym- the tattoo on Instagram. bols inked on their ankles. PTI 16 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 3 April, 2017 Paschim Medinipur radiant in the light of Development In the presence of MamataMamata BandyopadhyayBandyopadhyay Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal Inauguration of a cluster of projects, laying of foundation stones and providing services 3 April, 2017 Venue: Kharagpur College Ground • Time: 4p.m

INAUGURATION Krishak Bazar in Chandrakona-I Block • Market Complex at Udaypur in Medinipur Sadar Block and near Shalboni Bazar Haat in Shalboni Block • Water Supply Projects: Bachhrakundu, Gobindapur, Sahapur, Chandpur and Durgapur in Daspur-I Block and Anandapur-Sundarpur in Ghatal Block • Multi-Purpose Flood and Cyclone Shelter at Samsara Mouza in Pingla Block • Newly constructed two-storied office of the Block Animal Development Officer and of Block Animal Health Centre in Garbeta-II Block • Roads: 3 in Debra Block, 8 in Garbeta-1 Block,1 in Garbeta-III Block, 1 in Chandrakona-I Block, 1 in Chandrakona-II Block, 9 in Kharagpur-II Block, 2 in Medinipur Sadar Block, 2 in Shalboni Block, 3 in Keshiary Block, 1 in Ghatal Block, 2 in Daspur-I Block, 1 in Dantan-II Block and 3 in Naryangarh Block • Widening and strengthening of roads: Amlagorah Road, MRBS connecting road, from National Highway to Kharagpur Bypass four- point crossing and Radhanagar-Birsingha-Kharar road • Upgradation of Sonakoniya Bypass Road • Road by the side of the Vidyasagar Industrial Hub of Kharagpur from Odisha Main Road and Culvert • Anganwadi Centres: 9 in Medinipur Sadar Block, 6 in Daspur-I Block, 1 in Debra Block, and 1 in Naryangarh Block • Passengers’ Waiting-Room at Kamala and Turapara in Shalboni Block • Sub-Health Centres: at Godabazar in Debra Block, Metala, Kiyamacha Chhotonakdona and Jirapara in Garbeta-II Block, Bhasra and Borar in Keshyeary Block and at Agar in Naryangarh Block • Mini Indoor-Games Complex: At Moupal Deshapran Vidyapith in Shalboni Block, Barunighat Ramkrishna High School in Chandrakona-II Block, Ghatal Alui High School, Sharharang Madhusudan Vidyapith in Dantan-I Block and at Chakmakrampur High School in Kharagpur-II Block • Mini Indoor Games-cum Recreation Bhawan at Nachhipur Adivasi High School in Keshiary Block, at Ujan Haripada High School and at Barisha Vidyasagar Vidyapith in Pingla Block • Newly constructed office and Godown of Ghanarampur Vivekanda Co-operative Agriculture Development Society in Chandrakona-II Block • Nepura Junior High School in Medinipur Sadar Block • BoundaryWall of Nayagram Primary School and Dherua Anchal Shatabala High School in Medinipur Sadar Block • Computer Training Centre at Dakshin Bengai in Medinipur Sadar Block • Staff Quarters of Block Primary Health Centre and Boundary wall of Hospital Building at Chandra De Para in Medinipur Sadar Block • Building of Training Centre for Self-Help Group and Self-Employment at Panchkhuri in Medinipur Sadar Block • Building for Residential Training Centre at the ground of Medinipur Sadar Panchayat Samity in Medinipur Sadar Block • Boundary Wall of the Mohanpur Mukta Mancha ground in Medinipur Sadar Block • Solid Waste Management Project at Manik Kundu Gram Panchayat in Chandrakona-I Block • A cluster of Development Projects of the Jangal Mahal Development Project under the Medinipur, Rupnarayan and Kharagpur Forest Division • Protective Wall of Kadra Canal in Garbeta-III Block • Class-room of Kadra High School under Karsha Gram Panchyat in Garbeta-III Block • Fencing of Shalboni Stadium Park in Shalboni Block • Small Deep Tube- Well at Debagram and Garhmal in Shalboni Block • Project foranti-erosion repair work of ex-Zamindari Canal at Ramdebpur Hazra Hana of Rajnagar Gram Panchyat in Daspur-I Block and of Bhasra Canal in Nandanpur-II Gram Panchayat • Dispensary of Makrampur Primary Health Centre at Sarberia-II Gram Panchyat in Daspur-I Block • Project for renovation of SecondaryPrimary Health Centre at Nandanpur-I Gram Panchayat in Daspur-I Block • New Building for Renjura Ashram Hostel in Dantan-II Block • Boundary wall of PHC at Sandhipur in Garbeta-I Block • Office of the Block Land & Land Reforms Officer, Sabang • 50-bedded Boys’ Hostel at Balaramgarh High Madrasah in Ghatal Block • Family Welfare and District Vaccination Store exclusively for the District in Paschim Medinipur Sadar • Third floor of the Administrative Building housing the office of the District Land and Land Reforms Officer • Godown with the storage capacity of 2500 MT in the premises of WBSWC in Garbeta Block • Police camp at Kalaimuri in Kharagpur • Culvert Bridges on the gravelled road at Nayabasan and at Tutranga Gram Panchayat in Narayangarh Block • Pathra Bridges at Kunjgeria in Narayangarh Block, on the Medinipur Main Canal, at Palasi Mauza in Debra Block and on Kalaichandi Canal in Medinipur Sadar Block • Primary Schools at Ugroshanda in Narayangarh Block and at Baishnab Chawk in Medinipur Sadar Block • Preservation of the coast- line adjacent to Krishnanagar Temple in Garbeta II Block • Installation of CCTV at Kharagpur Municipality area.

LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONES

Super Speciality Hospital at Belda • 33/11 KV sub-station at Nija Narajole in Daspur I Block, Anandapur at Keshpur Block and at Hoomgarh in Garbeta II Block • New Government College building in Narayangarh Block • Karmatirtha in Danton II and Mohanpur Blocks • Marketing hub cum Training Centre in Keshpur Block • One road each in Pingla, Sabang, Salboni, Medinipur Sadar, Garbeta III & Narayangarh Blocks • Strengthening and widening of Belda-Keshiari stretch of road on the State Highway-5, of the road from Narajole to Daspur and Medinipur-Keshpur stretch of road on the State Highway-7 • Strengthening of Balighai-Mohanpur-Solpatta road • Expansion of the new shop establishment in the fourth phase at Netaji Subhash Market in Salboni Block • Submersible pumps along with tubewells for drinking water at Muchiberia Mouza of Debgram Gram Panchayat in Salboni Block • New small and deep tubewells for irrigation at Gangashol, Bishnupur, Morulu, Dhengashole, Godamouli and Daha in Salboni Block • Office of the Assistant Agriculture Officer in Salboni Block • 1 quarter for the Medical Officer and 2 quarters for the Nursing Staff at Keshpur Rural Hospital • Boundary Wall for Jalchawk Primary Health Centre in Pingla Block • Sub-Health Centres at Kantorh, Aamjorh and Suniakone in Garbeta II Block and at Kuldiha in Kharagpur II Block • Common Collection Site in Sabang Block • Guest House and its wall at Manidaha Ecopark in Medinipur Sadar Block • Up gradation of Kankabati Community Hall in Medinipur sadar Block • Causeway over Kalaichandi canal on the stretch of road from Malida to Pathra in Medinipur Sadar Block • Anganwadi centres : 1 in Medinipur Sadar, 19 in Garbeta III, 30 in Danton I, 5 in Danton II, 2 in Ghatal, 3 in Sabang, 2 in Daspur II, 6 in Pingla, 2 in Chandrakona II Blocks and 2 in Chandrakona Municipality • Walls of the Chandra Primary School in Medinipur Sadar Block • Gopalpur Park in Medinipur Sadar Block • Footbridge at Kadamdiha in Garbeta II Block • Pipelined drinking water projects at Chhotopatashole and Dhamcha Churkapara in Garbeta II Block and also in Medinipur Municipality Area •Rest House for patients’ relatives in the Block Primary Health Centre at Kewakol in Garbeta-II Block •Night Shelter for patients’ kith and kin at Ghatal Subdivisional Hospital • RCC pipe-culvert from Makli to Konarpur and RCC box-culvert from Hamargorh to Keyamacha and Chuta over the Kubai Canal in Garbeta II Block • New culvert from Gokulpur Rural Hospital over Sangar road at Benapur in Kharagpur II Block • Road and culvert beside Vidyasagar Industrial Complex of Kharagpur from National Highway-6 • Balarampur II Irrigation Water Project in Garbeta III Block • Mini Indoor Games cum Recreation Buildings at Basudebpur Vidyasagar Vidyapith and Haat Sorberia Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy SS Siksha Sadan in Daspur I Block, At Mahmudpur Mouza in Keshpur Block, at Satyapur Mouza in Debra Block and at Kshirai Shahid Smriti High School in Pingla Block • First floor at Belda Market Complex • Community Hall in Keshpur Block • Fisheries Building in Daspur II Block • Food Godowns with storage capacity of 5000 MT in Garbeta-I and III as well as Keshpur Blocks • Strengthening and widening of TE 2H2 Dam at Debra Police Station •A cluster of growth oriented projects included in the developmental plan of Jangalmahal under Medinipur, Rupnarayanpur and Kharagpur Forest Division.

PROVIDING SERVICES

• Kanyasree • Sikshasree • Yubasree • Cycles under Sabuj Sathi Scheme • Cycles for the ‘Pranimitra’ • Geetanjali Aabas Yojana • Saplings under ‘Sabujsree’ Scheme • Grants under ‘Samarthan’ Scheme • Nets ,Containers, fingerlings, thermo insulated boxes for keeping fishes, vehicles for carrying fishes and cycles fitted with thermo insulated box for the fishermen •Artisan Credit card • Machine for making ropes out of Babui Grass • Anadadhara • Sport Equipments • Vegetable Seeds • Area Expansion Tissue Culture for banana, mango, guava lemon pineapple and flower • Swami Vivekanda Swanirvar Karmasangsthan Prakalpo • Tractor • Setting up of Banks for agricultural implements • Kisan Credit Card • Power Tiller • Pump Set • Sprayer • Thresher • Power Thresher • Kono Weeder • Drum Seeder • SRI Marker • Bon Adhikar Patta • Computers and Books for Library for the students of Ashram Hostel • Retainer fees and Identity Cards for the folk Artistes • Musical instruments for the tribal Artistes • Nijo Ghiro Nijo Bhumi • Grants for conventional paddy barn and community granary • Grants for Van Rickshaw for carrying vegetables • Patta • Provident Fund for the workers of unorganised sectors • Social Security Scheme for the Building and other construction workrs and transport-workers • Cheques for the vegetables – farmers • Grant for preserving Onions • Grants for space for drying up of paddy, implements and construction of granary • Cheques to the Bon Suraksha Committee • Sewing Machine • Dice for making plates out of Sal-leaves • Saplings • Search light • Relief items • Mini Pulse-mill to the Self-Help Groups • Spice-Grinding machine • Portable Vermi-pit • Farmers old age pension • Soil Health Card • Term Loan and Direct Loan • Vending Cart • Implements for the silk farmers and Silk-egg producers.

DIGNITARIES TO BE PRESENT Sri Churamoni Mahato, Hon’ble Minister, Government Sri Subrata Bakshi, Hon’ble MP of West Bengal Srimati Uma Soren, Hon’ble MP Sri Soumen Kumar Mahapatra, Hon’ble Minister, Srimati Sandhya Roy, Hon’ble MP Government of West Bengal Sri Dipak Adhikary (Deb), Hon’ble MP Sri Indranil Sen, Hon’ble Minister, Government of Srimati Uttara Singha (Hazra), Hon’ble West Bengal Sabhadhipati

Dr. Sukumar Hansda, Hon’ble MLA Sri Bikram Chandra Pradhan, Hon’ble MLA Sri Dinen Roy, Hon’ble MLA Sri Paresh Murmu, Hon’ble MLA Sri Mrigendra Nath Maity , Hon’ble MLA Mohtarma Selimi Khatoon (Bibi), Hon’ble MLA Sri Dulal Murmu, Hon’ble MLA Srimati Chhaya Dolui, Hon’ble MLA Sri Srikanta Mahato, Hon’ble MLA Sri Asis Chakraborty, Hon’ble MLA Sri Sankar Dolui, Hon’ble MLA Srimati Seuli Saha, Hon’ble MLA Srimati Mamata Bhuiyan, Hon’ble MLA Sri Khagendranath Hembram, Hon’ble MLA Sri Prodyout Kumar Ghosh, Hon’ble MLA Dr. Manas Ranjan Bhuian, Hon’ble MLA Sri Basudeb Bandyopadhyay, ICA - 636(16)/2017 Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal

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